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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-08-12, Page 18Page 16 Times -Advocate, Au CORN CROP ON -- Tim Ralph and Ross Ballantyne check the quali- ty of the 1987 sweet corn at Nabisco Foods in Exeter. T -A photo. Crop Update piogram August 19 at CCAT Centralia College continually strives to meet the needs of farmers by providing guidance with produc- tion and management skills. This is uniquely blended with the knowledge of market potentials in order to help steer farmers on an economically viable path. For the facts, attend Crops Update 1987 on Wednesday, August 19 begin- ning at 9:30 a.m. The noon hour pro- gram features market forecasts by John DePutter, Market Analyst and Charles Broadwell, Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board. BRANDY POINT FARMS •, Our breeding stock pro- vides our buyers with proven genetics from the top 3% animals tested across Canada • Our program enables us to offer quality and health at a price that is hard to beat • We have an ongoing supply of A.1. sired Hamp/Duroc, York and Lan- drace boars and FI York%Landrace gilts. All Boors are priced from S275-$375 F1 York Landrace gilts are priced $55 above market hog value. • Our closed herd is ranked "Good" by the OMAF BRED GILTS ALSO AVAILABLE Delivery available KURT KELLER R.R. 1 Mitchell, Ontario 319-348-8043 Announcement Exeter District Co-op We are pleased to announce the appointment of .-Kevin Delbridge to the position of Soles Representative. Kevin has a solid background in agriculture and is looking forward to serving the needs of his many acquaintances in the area. The short program will conclude with the sod turning of Centralia Col- lege's new agronomy building by Hon. Jack Riddell. This new facility will house technician offices and labs. Continuous wagon tours from 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. allow the viewing of experimental study plots to be combined with presentations from research and Plant Industry Branch specialists. Tours will highlight Hard Red Wheat with Hugh Martin, OMAF, Elgin County; Fertilizer on Corn with Ken Stevenson, Ridgetown College; Coloured Bean Trials with John Heard, OMAF, Perth County and Torn Michaels, Univ. of Guelph; Quackgrass Control with Jim O'Toole, Centralia College; Field Bean Diseases with Bob Forrest, Cen- tralia College and Alfalfa with Joan McKinlay, OMAF, Grey County. Self -guided walking tours can be taken through the commercial exhibit area to learn more about conserva- tion tillage and new machinery alternatives. The one day forum -of tours and speakers continually proves to be an event not to be missed. To farm 300 acres Dutcli family moved to Dasliwood farm By B.L.P. Tramper Translated from Dutch Emmigratlon Dept. Press release dated July 24, 1167 Mr. A. Soer who had lived his whole life in the little Dutch town of Kerkwijk in the Bommelerwaararea, emigrated to Canada with his wife and six children July 23. Soer, 66, will run a 300 acre farm in the Dashwood area. Mrs. Soer was certain that "life and work will not change much from what we did back home." Mr. Soer is well-informed about Canada. His emigration has been planned for seven years, during which time he visited Canada fourteen times. "I have been in Canada in dif- ferent seasons to find out about the climate, how the winters and summer are, and about the crops and soil". He adds that the Dashwood area is best suited to his needs because "The land is level and the winters are reasonable". During his trips to Canada Mr. Soer did not make use of the Immigration Huron 4-H in Guelph show Six Huron County 4-H members completed the first half of the Silver Dollar Competition. The competition is sponsored by United Breeders and is designed as a challenge of in- telligence, self-expression, showman- ship and knowledge. The competitors wrote a quiz and an essay during a day long educa- tional program at U.B.I. head- quarters near Guelph on July 30. Showmanship and calf conformation will complete the four part competi- tion on August 22 at Erin Fairgrounds. Sandra Shelley, RR2, Gorrie; Steven Beane, RRL, Brucefield; and Gwen Holland, Clinton are represen- ting Huron County in the beef competition. Representing Huron in the dairy, competition are Kyle Pewtress, RR3, Wingham; Laura Hallahan, and Anita Bos, both RR3, Blyth. They are competing against 4-11 members from across Central Ontario. The competi- tion is an unique opportunity for 4-11 calf club members. 'Office, but preferred to make contact with Canadians himself to discover the country. "Canadians accept you very quickly. After being in the area a couple of times you are already known. That is different from Australia and New Zealand. There they have more British ideas and im- migrants are not easily accepted." Soer is confident that he is on the right track and has no worries about emigrating, advising that anyone who has too many worries about emigra- tion is not "cut out of the right wood. If you are sentimental, don't emigrate." Daughter Roelie, 26, who has work- ed for the Dutch government for four years, has never been to Canada and explains that for the children emigra- tion will be more difficult. "For us everything is still unknown." Soer explains his decision to emigrate in that "There is no future in Holland for the children. Natural- ly I will not forget Holland. I have pleasant memories of this country. Canada has more prospect because of Soer Family Before Leaving Holland It was Abe Lincoln - or Phineas Barnum? --who said you can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can- not fool all the people all the time. Oliver North has tried with his winsome, boyish ways, to win over an entire nation; in fact, most of North America. Some of us were glued to the boob tube during the days of his testimony. I was taken in by his win- ning ways, too. But; in retrospect, he sounded much the same as the Nazi war criminals during the Nuremberg trials. Those men and women said they were only following the orders of their superior officers. 011ie North said the same thing. The war criminals were found guilty. To use the excuse of the Nazis seems to me to be a weak defense. Americans seem to enjoy creating heros. They want someone to look up to. The boyishness of 011ie North struck a responsive chord across that great nation. The "011ie-for-President" signs were painted. Americans are pluralists. They believe that anybody can become president. They point with pride to Lincoln's ascendency from a fog NABISCO• � �LJ BRA1 Sd Sweet corn ensilage is available immediately in Targe amounts or small amounts. Could be dumped in pastures or bunkers. Phone 235-2445 Atten: Alan Oakes PARKER. PARKER,,,. R.R. 2 Zurich - Specialists in tile drainage Plastic or clay tile installations - Water line installations • Backhoe Service Available • Remember! A good drainage system pays for itself 1 - �. .11:- • ` MI•rte �> `• Call us for your drainage requirements Phone Wayne Cook Res. 236-7390 Shop 262-3434 4 cabin in the backwoods of Kentucky to the highest office in the land. (And, yes, I know, Lincoln was brought up in Illinois and represented , that state but he was born in Larne County, Kentucky, February 12, 1809. He moved to the Sangamon River near Decatur, 111., in 1830). The American belief that anybody can become president is different from Canadian philosophy. We are elitists. We believe that only those with a superior education should be governors, although that attitude is • changing. I do not think we are hero worship- pers, either. 011ie North, if he had been a Canadian serviceman who worked for the RCMP or the CSIS and followed orders to sell arms to the IRA, for instance, would have been fired and forgotten. We would allow the Mounties or the new security police to spirit him away without even telling us why. In other words, we are elitists: If the top brass think that is best for the country, then the top brass must be right. Do not argue with authority. But the Yanks are a different breed of cat. They have constantly washed all their dirty Linen in public. The Con- gressional committee hearings have usurped daytime soap operas in popularity. The Oliver North hearings may eclipse the big, summer blockbuster movies in popular appeal. Lieut. -Col North has become a Hollywood hero. As this is written, the Oliver North Legal Assistance Fund has received almost $2 million in public contribu- tions since he was fired from the Na- tional Security Council by President Reagan. Can you envision Canadians doing this? • No way, Jose. We see North for what he is: An underling who defied the elected representatives of his country; -a -person akin to the World War II Nazis who followed orders and murdered six million Jews; a nut who was hospitalized in 1974 when he wsa found wandering the streets naked, brandishing a .45 calibre 'pistol and mumbling incoherently; a bungler hiding behind a boyish grin and in need of a good periodontist; a Marine who stuffed his secretary's bra with top-secret documents. 011ie North should remember another famous saying by Abraham Lincoln: The ballot is stronger than the bullet. I hope 011ie never runs for public office. 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Quackgrass Control - Jim O'Toole 5. Field Bean Diseases - Bob Forrest 6.- Alfalfa - Joan McKinley WALKING TOUR EXHIBITS: Displaying: • 1. Conservation Tillage Equipment 2. Machinery Displays Ministry of Agriculture and Food ONTARIO Jack Riddell, Mintier Or/ Swttz.r, Deputy 9:30 - 12:00 1:30 - 3:30 9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. i 1 e For Further Information Contact: (519) 228-6691 I 14 • • • • 1 • • J