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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1992-10-21, Page 14F arm PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21,1992. New beef cattle project underway Local 4-Hrs win prizes at Seaforth fall fair by Meg Penstone Rural Organization Specialist for Huron County Approximately 130 4-H members participated in Seaforth Fair on Oct. 9. Clubs from around the county competed in their commod ity group shows. Debbie Rintoul of RR 2, Lucknow captured the overall Sweepstakes Showmanship title with Jenean Todd of RR 2, Lucknow receiving Reserve Champion honours. Other results from the day area as follows: Championship Beef Show - Champion Showman, Debbie Rintoul, Lucknow; Reserve Champion Showman, Kevin Rintoul, Lucknow; Champion Steer, Debbie Rintoul, Lucknow; Reserve Champion Steer, Randy Hoffman, Dashwood; Champion Heifer, Tim Hoffman, Dashwood; Reserve Champion Heifer, Lana Thompson, Wingham and Group of Three Calves, Belgrave/Brussels 4-H Club. Championship Dairy Show - Champion Showman, Donna Lynn Armstrong, Auburn; Reserve Champion Showman, Jamie Hallahan, Blyth; Champion Dairy Calf, Ryan Hallahan, Blyth; Reserve Champion Dairy Calf, Donna Lynn Armstrong, Auburn and Group of Three Hallrice Dairy Club. Championship Goat Champion Showman, Rodges, Goderich and Reserve Champion Showman, Heather Becker, Dashwood. Championship Swine Show - Champion Showman, Richard Sinclair, Clinton; Reserve Cham pion showman, Brian Sinclair, Belgrave; Breeding Gilt, Brian Sinclair, Belgrave and Market Barrow, Jamie Thomas, Ethel. Championship Sheep Show - Champion Showman, Jenean Todd, Lucknow; Reserve Champion Showman, Kevin Campschroer, Blyth; Champion Fleece, Kris McNaughton, Kippen and Reserve Champion Fleece, Jenean Todd, Lucknow. Championship Horse Show - Champion Showman, Miranda Learn Calves, Show - Laurie to cope with pressure Feeling pressured? Feeling stressed? Wondering how you are going to be creative to make ends meet in your job and in your home life? Let's find some ways to cope! We tend to use one side of our brain for statistics and traditional thinking. Let's use our creative side to start looking at concerns in another way. Russell Christianson will help us develop techniques to be creative and innovative. Humour is one of our best techniques for handling stress. When did you last have a long- lasting belly laugh? A switch in mental attitude can help us cope with the problems of everyday life. Put all of this together and it is available to you on Friday, Nov. 13 (how appropriate) at Goderich Township Hall from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. For more information, contact Jane Muegge, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 482-3428, 1-800-265-5170. MacDonald, Auburn and Reserve Champion Showman, Stephanie MacDonald, Seaforth. Congratulations to all participat ing members. The purpose of the 4-H program is personal develop ment of rural youth. Speaking of Farming By Keith Roulston Big Gene still packs them in Supporters of the "new competitiveness" can talk all they want about the need to change from the agricultural policies of the past, but Eugene Whelan, the man who helped draft many of those policies and who still is their number one defender, has a lot of support for his arguments. Big Gene was in Durham Friday night, in the heart of right-wing cat tlemens country but he still drew the kind of crowd that made it nearly impossible to find a parking space in the Durham Legion parking lot There was no difficulty for Federation of Agriculture members to sell tickets for this meeting. In fact one joked when he heard Whelan was to be the speaker he almost bought 20 tickets himself so he could scalp them at higher prices. Mr. Whelan was his usual blunt, funny, cynical self, taking on every one from bureaucrats to fellow politicians from all parties, to the Cana dian media which wasn't giving enough facts about international trade. It can be frustrating trying to write a story about a Whelan speech because the direction can change abruptly as Whelan's thought changes. A promising theme may be developing when he'll suddenly be reminded of something and take off in an entirely new direction. Still, audiences love him and he scores enough points to keep the audience laughing along and nodding in agreement Friday night, as it often has been in the last few years, the main target of Mr. Whelan's wrath and wit was GATT and Free Trade. GATT, he said, is being negotiated by a comfortable bunch of bureaucrats in Geneva who live a high life on the international circuit. These are the people who are deciding what is best for ordinary people and if there aren't strong politi cal ministers to rein them in, their views will win out The U.S. had ignored every GATT decision that didn't go its way over the years but now wants to use GATT to get its own way in trade issues, he said. He defended supply management as the most democratic for market ing and noted that U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton has talked about bringing supply management to the production of chicken even though he comes from Arkansas, the state with the most centralized chicken production in the U.S. Attacking critics of supply management he said "Who the hell are these people who can take away behind a closed door, these things we worked so hard for so long to get?" Yet he also struck out at the size of some operations, particularly poultry operations, under supply management. "It never was my intent to let some farms get so large." When the U.S. uses its Export Enhancement Program to undercut its competitors it is really practicing economic terrorism, he fumed. On and on it went, on everything from use of hormones to promote milk production (he’s against it) to reduction of standards of food inspection (he's against that too). By the end of the night the audience was on its feet with a standing ovation. Mr. Whelan seems to project to people, even those who wouldn't normally share his political affiliation, that kind of down-to-earth charm of Ross Perot in the U.S. If rumours of his possible return to politics prove true, however, Whelan may come closer to being able to do something more than just make jokes. THURSDAYS FRIDAYS 9 a.m. Finished Cattle& Cows 11:00 a.m. Dropped Calves Veals followed by Goats Sheep & Lambs 10:00 a.m. Stocker Cattle 1:00 p.m. Pigs Many thanks to our sponsors Brussels Livestock Cardiff & Mulvey Insurance MDS Agvet (Ivomec) Royal Bank, Agra Div., Exeter Grey-Bruce Simm. Club Quality Lamp Co-op by John Bancroft Farm Management Specialist The Ontario Beef Cattle Performance Association, local Beef Improvement Clubs and Ontario Ministry Agriculture and Food will be sponsoring a new contact for Ontario; the Heifer Development and Evaluation Project. Records from the Beef Herd Improvement Program (BHIP) indicate that 20 per cent of first calf heifers require assistance at calving with 8 percent losing the calf at birth or within the first 24 hours. Research has shown that heifers with calving problems take longer PARTY to get rebred. The purpose of the Heifer Development Project is to improve heifer calving and rebreeding and calf performance through optimum development by means of proper rearing, feeding, evaluation and breeding. The program will take replacement heifer calves at 7 - 9 months of age. The heifers will be grown out for 140 days on a nutritionally balanced ration with a target gain of 1.5 to 1.75 lbs. per day. Heifers will be evaluated for temperament, growth rate, reproductive soundness, condition, pelvic area, frame score, etc. The BRUSSELS • MORRIS • & GREY Book a Christmas Party Now for You or Your Group • Fantastic Music by Crippled Duck Rock & Country • Delicious Food Hot Roast Beef by BMC Catering Group • Good Entertainment Gary Ballagh M.C., Door Prizes, Spot Dances • Festive Atmosphere Beautiful Decoration/Corsages for Ladies BRUSSELS 4-H CALF and LAMB All proceeds for arena and community betterment Tickets must be reserved by November 20 Call: Dale Newman 887-6664 Rhonda Fischer 887-6268 Dec. 5: 6:00 p.m. -1:00 a.m. Brussels Morris & Grey Community Centre $15.00 per person Sponsored by the B.M. & G. Recreation Board CANADA^ SHOW and SALE The 4-H members wish to thank Len Gamble, Brussels Livestock Division of Gamble and Rogers; organizations and sponsors for their time and financial support and to the buyers for purchasing calves and/or lambs at the show and sale. Brussels Livestock Rock Estates Better Beef Mayfair Restaurant Thompson Feed & Supply Chisholm Fuels Dauphin Feed Ontario Livestock Exchange Howatt Trucking McCutheon Motors West Wawanosh Insurance McGavin Farm Equipment Ross McCall St. Helens Meat Market Doerr Brothers Meats Brussels Agri-Service B.D.O. Ward & Malette Acc. Bruce Energy Centre Judy Miller Sheepshearing Brampton Livestock Exchange Cook's Elevators heifers will then be bred to calving ease bulls and pregnancy checked before going home. Follow up of heifers on BHIP will determine the success of the program in the calving and performance of these heifers as productive cows. For further information call Brian Pogue (519-846-0941 or 1-800- 265-8332 (519 area only) or James McKinlay 519-599-6236. 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