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The Rural Voice, 1989-04, Page 19e 1 r average production, cows that will last five or six lactations, above-average management, and economical pro- duction. All of their cows are bred Al, some with semen from privately - owned sources in the U.S. or Canada and some with semen from United Breeders bulls. For Jim, who says he only wanted a Holstein once — when admiring the training of the Holstein competition in a showmanship class back when he was in 4-H — Jerseys are tops. He says that the common complaints about the breed — that they are sus- ceptible to milk fever and that calves are hard to raise — aren't a problem under good management. For John Brand, who has three uncles milking Holsteins, all within a half mile of him, an interest in Jerseys (John was among the top students at Ridgetown when he graduated last year and received the Jersey Canada Youth Scholarship after his first year) is being put into practice on his home farm, where the Brands also keep some pigs to supplement the dairy herd. "Work with Jerseys, and they'll kind of convert you," he says. But both the Sparlings and John Brand agree: "A good cow -man's a good cow -man, no matter what colour the cows are." And as diplomacy is being encouraged as the young dairy farmers sit around the kitchen table to the background noise of the cows — an intercom, a Christmas present from Tammy to Jim, connects them to the barn — they amend "cow -man" to "cow -person." "A good cow -person," Jim says, "respects a good cow -person, no matter what kind of cow they have."0 Lise Gunby FIRE AND YOUR PROPERTY YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE TWO TOGETHER For protection call the Howick Mutual Broker in your area Brown Insurance Brokers, Palmerston 343-2663 Paul Brown General Insurance, Palmerston 343-2663 Cardiff & Mulvey Insurance, Brussels 887-6100 Elliott Insurance Brokers, Blyth 523-4481 Gaiser-Kneale Insurance, Clinton Exeter Grand Bend Hensall Vern Hargrave Insurance, Dundalk Johnson-Dadson Insurance, Listowel Keil Insurance, Gorrie Wingham Listowel Bryan Lavis Insurance, Clinton Lyons & Mulhern Insurance, Goderich McDonagh Insurance, Lucknow Teeswater Middleton Insurance, Chesley Milverton Insurance, Milverton J.P. Uniac Insurance, Mitchell Glenn Warren Insurance, Clifford Hanover Wylie Insurance, Gorrie Harriston Kincardine Insurance Brokers, Kincardine howick EST. 1873 MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY Wroxeter, Ontario NOG 2X0 482-9747 235-2420 238-8484 262-2119 923-2244 291-2964 335-3525 357-2636 291-5100 482-9310 524-2664 528-3423 392-6200 363-3162 595-8108 348-9012 327-8041 364-4039 335-3193 338-3847 396-8112 Tel. (519) 335-3561 1-800-265-3033 APRIL 1989 17 1