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Huron farm and home news
Session's planned on microwaves,
Microwave cooking is a popular
alternative in making meal prepara-
tion fast and easy. But are you getting
the most out of y our microwave? Do
your meals need some new fresh
ideas? Perhaps you need some hints
on what to look for when buying a
microwave.
A new course "Ontario Foods in the
Microwave" is now available. Co-
ordinated and prepared by the On-
tario Ministry of Agriculture and
Food, the program will be held:
Thursday, November 28, Legion Hall,
Seaforth, 1:30 -3:30 p.m. and repeated
7:30-9:30 p.m.
Topics will include meal manage-
ment, cooking techniques, selecting
'cookware and choosing a microwave.
Joan Winfield will be the featured
demonstrator, Joan is a cook book
author and writer for the London Free
Press food section.
Participants can give their
mealtime a new look with recipes
featuring Ontario products. Learn to
make potatoes stroganoff, sweet and
sour spinach salad, hearty beef
quiche and more.
There is a charge of $3.00 payable
at the door but pre -registration is
necessary. Please phone the
Agriculture Office at 482-3428 or
1-800-265-5171.
Jane Muegge
Rural Organization Specialist
(Home Economist)
Food Processor Savvy
Do you own a food processor? Does
it sit in the cupboard and is only taken
out to make cabbage salad? Do you
want to do more with it? Well then,
why don't you join us.
We're going to deal mainly with
Christmas cookies, squares, desserts
and treats. There will be lots of chat-
ter about buying a food processor,
usage and food ideas. Come sample
the recipes Thursday, November 14,
Huronview Aualtonum, Clinton, 7:30
p.m. Cost: $3.00.
Pre -registration is necessary. Call
your Agriculture Office at 482-3428 or
1-800-265-5171.
Jane Muegge
Rural Organization Specialist
( Home Economist t
Erosion Control
In 1983 the Ontario Soil Conserva-
tion and Environmental Protection
Assistance program (OSCEPAP)
was initiated. It provides a grant of
50 percent of the eligible cost of work
on approved soil erosion control
projects up to a maximum of $7500
per farm operation. Eligible items in-
clude for example ditch buffer strips,
tile outlet protection, windbreaks,
low-level ditch and stream crossings
and drop inlet spillways.
Changes to the erosion control sec-
tion of the OSCEPAP were announc-
ed recently by the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food. Effective oc-
tober 16, 1985 for all new proposals
and those proposals in progress at the
County/District offices, the engineer-
ing requirements for Category I items
are relaxed. The categories have been
eliminated and there is now one list
of eligible items.
As a result the requirement for pro-
fessional engineering design and con-
struction supervision will depend
upon the project as determined by the
county/district OMAF staff. In addi-
tion a certification course for contrac-
tors interested in doing erosion con-
trol works will be given this winter.
It is anticipated that these Certified
Erosion Control Contractors will play
a larger roll in the design/installation
of projects that are non-complex and
do not involve more than one
landowner.
Any projects involving more than
one landowner (multiple projects)
must first be referred to the Soil and
Water Management Branch office in
Guelph for approval.
For more information contact your
local OMAF office.
Jane Sadler -Richards
Soil Conservation Advisor
Near the Top
An enthusiastic Huron County 4-11
Reach for the Top team placed second
in the Ontario Championship.
The fourth annual Provincial Com-
petition was held on October 18 in
Baden, Ontario. Teams representing
twenty-six counties were involved.
The Competition tests the
agricultural, homemaking and
general knowledge of the 4-H
members and is similar to the T.V.
program.
The Huron County team consisted
of Paul Hoggarth, Heather Love,
Murray Rundle, and Liz Stewart. The
team was unbeaten through the semi-
finals and held the lead for most of the
final game, but lost to Victoria Coun-
ty by only two correct answers in an
exciting finish.
Town Topics
Rev. Robert Marneson o1 'names
Road won $500 in the Lucky Puck
draw at Les's Valu Mart this week.
food processors
A $100.00 donation to the Huron team from the Ontario
County 4-H Clubs was presented to the
Stockyards.
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CHECKING THE SIZE — Vera Armstrong and Bill Snow check out the
size of a jacket at Thursday's rummage sale sponsored by the South
Huron Hospital Auxiliary. T -A photo
It has been mentioned before but it
is worth mentioning again: Ontario's
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
(OMAF) needs some stability.
Not since Bill Stewart was
agminister has this province had a
minister with plenty of clout in
Cabinet. For the past 10 years, the
ministry has lacked direction and
management. Across Canada, provin-
cial agriculture ministers are noted
for their tenure in office. Not so here.
We change ministers almost as
often as we change underwear. This
year alone, OMAF has had four
ministers in six months. How can
anyone feel secure, keep doing the job
well, under such insecurity?
I can recall 10 years ago when Bill
Newman took over from Bill Stewart.
Newman was given a huge pair of
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he would have to try hard to fill the
boots of Bill Stewart. I know they
were big because I was across the
road helping to buy them to present
to him while everyone else was
eating.
He did not fill them.
Newman was followed by Lorne
Henderson. At times, I was embar-
rassed for him. He tried but he was
completely lost in the Queen's Park
bureaucratic jungle. He was sincere
and tried hard but it was during his
tenure when a handful of sincere,
career public servants in the ministry
decided it was time to leave for
greener pastures. Many of them ask-
ed for -- and got -- transfers to other
ministries. Others simply left for the
private sector where there was more
security and a better future.
Dennis Timbrell, the urban cowboy,
the Don Mills schoel teacher, the non -
farmer, took over. He listened and
listened and listened and listened. Ile
learned and learned and learned and
learned. His listening and learning
may have helped him a great deal but
it did little to help farmers across
Ontario.
Philip -- don't call me Phil -- An-
drewes -- you spell it with an extra
"e" -- was next but an election and
and a cabinet shuffle put Ross Steven-
son in charge. A nice chap, Ross. I
think. He got his name in the press a
couple of times.. He carne across as
sincere, also. But his sincerity lack-
ed color and flare. Even if the Tories
had stayed in power, I have grave
doubts if Stevenson could have talk-
ed the Cabinet. let alone the caucus.
into doing any favors for farmers.
An example of the confusion at
OMAF: when other farmers across
Canada were legally applying a new
fungicide to control powdery mildew
in wheat, administrative chaos in On-
tario held up the stamp of approval
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Some farmers applied it anyway and
were technically using it illegally
even though approval came late.
It has been said by many people
that ministerscan come and go but
the work goes on anyway because
senior staffers, deputy ministers and
assistant deputy ministers in par-
ticular keep the wagon running
smoothly.
That is partly true but the wagon of
OMAF has been running on three
wheels for a decade. Too many senior
officials have called it quits and the
ministry has suffered. So many inef-
fectual ministers has compdu ded the
problem.
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He has been accused of moving too
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