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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-01-05, Page 5Huron farm and home news The The year 1982 was a year of challenges if you were pro- ducing crops. You were challenged by high interest rates for your crop inputs. This was complicated by a spring seeding that started late. And then you remember the rains that we had in September as we alLanxious- past year had some ly watched the white beans in the field. However, 1982 had its high points. We had approximate- ly 24 days without rain in late April and early Mary. You got the crops in on time. The June rains got all crops off to a good start. These timely rains gave us good 'spring grain • yields. The corn crop in Perth and Huron may have been the best crop ever. And we did get our beans off. Last spring I predicted that most of you would come through 1982. No one made, promises of how easy it would be. But you made it and now you prepare for 1983. TOP GROWERS — Four soybean producers were rocognized as the 1982 Soybean Yield Kings at the Ontario Soybean Growers' Marketing Board annual meeting. Nap King (far right) President of King Grain, sponsors of the competition, presented the awards to George Murphy, Port Lambton; Ross Ballantyne, Kirkton and Carman Rose, WJailaceburg. Absent from•.the photograph was Ron McRae of Bainesville. Clandeboye pacer wins $220,000 At horse's etirement Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Scott and grandson, Brad Scott were in Hamburg, New York, Thursday night to attend the retirement race for their horse Midnite Brad who reached the age of 15 on January 1, 1983. They brought him home to spend the rest of his life on the Scott farm. Midnite Brad has lifetime earnings amounting to $220,000. with a mark of 2.09,5 Congratulations to the Scotts' and their fine horse. Dean Scott, student at the University. of Guelph spent the holiday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Scott. The Millson family spent New Years with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Millson, London. Linda Barnes and son David, Calgary returned Saturday after spending a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hardy and family. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cunn- ingham, Kim, Tracey and Jill spent New Years Day with Mrs. Elizabeth Knight, Rodney. Mr. and Mrs. John LOSE WEIGHT NATURALLY THROUGH THE AMAZING MAGIC OF NATURAL HERBS A fabulous 4 -step plan to help you lose those excess pounds. 1f you've been looking for a safe and effective way to lose weight, this is it. YOU GET: 1) Effective weight loss of 10 - 29 pounds per month. 2) Herbs naturally curb the appetite. 3) Herbs naturally cleanse the system. 4) Burns off calories. 5) Supplies all daily nutrients. You deserve the best and there is no better way to trim those unsightly, unwanted pounds away than the natural way. TREAT YOURSELF TO A HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER YOU SATISFACTION GUARANTEED (Distributorships Available) Andy or Sue RR 1, Granton, Ont. 229-6883 Brownlee, Jack, Pamela and Susan have returned to Savannah, Georgia after spending two weeks with Mrs. Viola Carter and other relatives in the area. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Raycraft spent a week of the holiday season with relatives in Toronto. Janice and Stewart Adkins of Winnipeg visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. Rea Neil. Christine and Elizabeth Markus,'London visited with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Armstrong for a cou- ple of days last week. Jean Hodgins, accom- panied by Mrs. Edna Ander- son, Exeter visited Sunday afternoon with their 84 year old aunt, Mrs. Dorothy • Morley, who is a patient in Stratford General Hospital, recovering from a broken hip. The high winds that. buf- feted the areaguesday, cans - ed a six hour hydro outage, in • parts of the Clandeboye farm- ing area. ' Lary DeCaluwe is recuperating at his home from fractured rigs, bruises and abrasions receives in a five horse spill, in the seventh race, at Western Raceway, New Years New Year's. visitpf Probably 1963 will be just as difficult a year. However, you have lots of people to help you through 1983. These include personnel from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The list is long - Farm Management Specialist Ag Reps., Livestock Specialists and Crop Specialists. You should get to know one or two extension people with whom you can consult. Extension information You should realhie that these extension staff are a good source of information. They have access to all the latest research. They are also in touch with other extension people and professionals in in- dustry with similar interests. However, the recommenda- tions that they make will be based on how they perceive the industry. This perception will also be influenced by their own personal attitudes and who they talk to in the industry. This point was made to me recently by a hog farmer in Mornington. He commented that we in O.M.A.F. tend to be pushy in our insistence on ef- ficiency. We keep talking about number of pigs per sow per year. We keep wanting farmers to get higheF corn yields. And always doing both things moreeconomically than the previous year. The farmer stated that to him • other things were just as im- portant. He was now putting more emphasis on family life. He also likes being out driving his tractor after spending a Ever e. s with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cunn- ingham were Mr. and Mrs: Ernol Cunninghamy London and Stephen, Elaine, and Paul O'Neil, Thorndale. Lois and Allan Cunningham spent -the New Year holiday'. with Mrs. Nolan,' Gore Bay, Manitoulin. Saturday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Henry and family were Mrs. Helen Bogart and Charlie Cameron of Poplar Hill, Judy and David Ross, Nairn. On Sun- day, the Henrys' were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Davies, Nairn. spF��qs60 8 x 10 COLOUR ENLARGEMENT GIVE-AWAY G GUARDIAN DRUGS Order one — get the second FREE Made from the ame colour negative. Exeter Pharmacy Ltd Main Street 235-1570 Offer Expires: Sot. Jon. ' , WINN -,os e • Times -Advocate, January 5, 1983 Page 5 high pointscus well as the low lot of hours in the barn. • The point is that if you are an aggressive farmer you will probably not agree with the advice of a non-aggressive ex- tension person. And vice ver- sa. Try and match your at- titude to life, with that of an extension person. Another group of people that will be giving you lots of advice are the promoters of miracle products. As times get tough, more of these pro- ducts will become available. The type of products that just sound too good to be true. In fact, I use the number of miracle products as a yard- stick of how hard -times are. As money gets tighter and . farmers look to alternatives, more miracle products appear. With all these products you first have a registration number. if there is no registration number this means that whatever claims the sales person is making have not been verified by Canadian research. Don't try them. If someone tries to sell you something without a registra- tion number, get the person to 94% Of Business Failures Are Due to Management Error! - Don't Become A Statistic - No business can succeed without adequate and timely financing. Learn- ing to present your needs the right way, to banks and other lenders, can great- ly enhance your ability to obtain funds. "How to Arrange Financing" Conestoga College - Stratford January 12; 1983 - 9:00 - 4:30 REGISTER NOW Call 271-5650 Collect $47.50 registration fee includes lunch. Presented by: Federal Business Development Bank put ,his claim in writing and send it to us. We will forward it 10 Consumer and Corporate Affairs in London. —tile Consumer and Cor- porate Affairs Canada is the only federal statute of general application to all Canadian advertising. The Act contains provisions relating to misleading advertising and deceptive marketing prac- tices promoting the supply or use of a product or any business interest. Anyone violating these pro- visions is guilty of a criminal offence and may be subjected to fines of up to $25,000 or one year iniprisopment". (Statenlents in quotations come from a release dated April 1978 from Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada). We are here to help In a recent news article a reporter stated that i have ac- cused Ontario farmers of such and such. 1 hope that 1 do not' appear to be accusing anyone - certainly not farmers. 1 like to think I am challenging farmers. ljopetully, you accept these challenges from myself and all other extension workers. Also, hopefully, . when you think we are wrong, you tell us. 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