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Times Advocate, 1992-04-15, Page 173a Get Rid of those winter -blahs by attending the... MITCHELL FIREMEN'S ard Annual HONE AND GARDEN SHOW 'Many local Exhibitors omDisplay Satruday, April 25 & Sunday, AiI 26 12 noon - 8 p.m. .at the 12 noun - 5 p.in. MITCHELL ,& DISTRICT CQMM ¥ CENTRE FREE ADI CorneOut&En' � AiIlhe 0 N kkio Brirrsfey 4-4-1 BRINSLEY.--On Tuesday, April, Uie le iMley 4H club held their aohieventent night at the Parkhill C onseawationA1ea. After-agpper, president Julie Jones welcomed everyone and told than the purpose of having achievement night was to slow people what they have learned. Jones then introduced the rotating secretaries tr+otn each meeting, Jennifer Hodgson, Sharon Amos, Sistine Vanneste, Crystal Lee, Lindsay Thompson and Beth Heart- . man each read one of the six meet- ings. Youth leader Jana.Lyn Rowe gave a presentation on recycling and a pop quiz to parents and trmndsabout recycling. • Leader Nicole Vaaneste then in- troduced the members who had made . advertisements for the env i- ronment:They were very well done and enjoyed by cveryonc. Those people were Lindsay Thompson and Susan George, Giselle Van- neste and -Lauren Wangler, and lana Lyn Rowe and Erin Lee. Leader • Angela Hodgson introduced differ enrpeople who had written to the editor for the club. Those members are Valerie Ryan, Shan- non Morley, Jacqueline Cornelis - sell, Beth Hearunan and Lindsay Thompson. Leader Thra Conlin gave, a ptts- entation onitecycluhg also. Members were then awarded their -bars for:atte club -and intro- duced theirerojects. Two members received their sixth club, Valerie Ryan and Anne Conlin. Jones end- ed the evening, with the 4-H pledge. Trees arrive at `trA EXETER - On Ttsaadayeidarch 24, L200 Norway Spaacesamd 550 Austrian Pine trees .arrived. scalls Ausable-Bayfield Cmoervation Au- _thaity workshop at'liYlhrrison Darn toner,ration Arca. Tile se. trees are ,only a few of the 3504000 :which the ABCA will distribute.through the 1992 -Reforestation fiance Program. ...She:>lemho rity:works-with aimasis• '1508tri ni a von fiats (more limn :anyraliteramuervation authority in -1heeprovince) w increase .the tree cover. inshe,area and thereby im- -prove heanvinmtmene "T>rees are ssasenlial to the health of our:antire watershed. Trees im- prove water quality, reduce . wind and -water en,sion;-renin -iioodwa- ttrs, -provide .food :.and shelter for wildlife, produce • oxygen, provide ,ureas for recreation and improve theaoatttetics of ourarea," said Ste- .pben Harburn, Extension Services Technician. in charge of this year's program. We offer four services to rural landowners. Landowners can buy /larger trees front the Authority for . windbreaks .and roadside planting. They can also order seedlings and be responsible for ��thheplanting and auburn. e re,"-emainued lbur n. "The ABCA can also plant quan- tities of 1.000 to 5.000 seedlings and be contracted to manage these windbreaks .and plantations. This -includes herbicide treatment and in- filling for a five year period," ex- plained Harburn: Maybe youdasve seen this moustachioed, ardeubseseind polished professional on television. He is a natural for the bootee, the idiot box. His name is Jerany Rifkin and he has taken _ I U at all kinds of social `kUs" over the years. He has written setrita1 books to es- pouse his point of view and he, in my humble opinion, is a blMida- ble opponent His latestoAas been against beef cattfCr;illierillieillifthly, against the riding of beef for food. In his tateat book, Beyond Beef (McClelland and Stewart), he has tanned his eigitelleithellablinKide the production of beet on this continent and marlliirelline llnd. If you believe -his inconsistent and illogical its, you find that he blames beef cattle for soil erosion and the _se affect. He blames beef tor the increase in the incidence of osenstegicer rand heart disease, tor atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, overnight prat- _ Toms and the potlutiioned•-streams, riversand-ekes. He complains that millions of people starve because beer the consume too much grain and roars over too much land. As is the case with so many of these "scare" tacticians, there is just a grain of truth in most of the accusations which he presents as facts. To get an idea of the viciousness of his attack, he blames beef pro- o'cera tor elimiwWtg buffalo, tor the impoverishment -of millionaof-.- in Centtaland-South America, tier the destruction of rain °fo- evens and even for the cause of the desert spreading in Africa. -He :tsuggests that beef production is responsible for the destnictiontof e sin forests. One charge which may have some validity and which most con- eacientious farmers are now addressing is that beef causes manure -.pollution of surface and groundwater. Rifkin has put bimself.in the position of being a leader and a spokesperson for many social "causes" in the public eye. He has been in the forefront of half as ren. The -dangerous aspect of all this is that too many people will be- lieve his charges, bolus -bolus, without even checking for.the real -facts. Ruiners, as most of us :know, makeup about three pe watt of the population although, when this fact is -printed, few peoplelake she trouble to add that agriculture is the primary source of about 35 •percent of the jobs in this o>omntry. If youtake food from its source =night ihzough to the:table, you'll find a great manYpeople depend an -agriculture for their jobs. Bri'Rnse there are so fewactive fainters people -who actually •work the land or grow livestock - their voice is usually buried And ignored when polished and professional people like Jeremy 'Rifkin attack them. His cause this time is with the Animal Rights moveni nt, not to be confused, by the -way, with animal welfare. Animal welfare is mar :and:dear to the hearts of all of us interested in. agricultTre..But the • Animal :Rightists are ailiffensa treed of . cat "They are the:people .who bomb laboratories:They are the people who "free" wild.ani- malsand then leave ihian to_rttarve. They.ace•the:poople who: -mur- dered a professor in the -Excited States because he was Luing m- panzees inlab experiments. It's a popular morceme nttthese days. All kinds of animal rights or- _gamzations.have npnmgop:3ike toadstools in a manure pile.'Their .tgoal is to atop circuses, empty zoos and prevent the raising ofany Animalloclood. They want us all to be vegetarians. . Theyrtamnt to race. their. point of view on the rest of the.worldels .1this ncaaeform.ofanarchy?:Dictu.we.call.dem.Nazis.only.a.few years ago? 441 group hofr second meeting By.lLu rihansick BXB1ER - On March 30.he.Lis- bame No. 1.4-H ",s„ Club -had its .sec:- rond meeting at Bev Prout's home. The meeting was about perennial flowers. Jennie Girard talked to the groupand showed how they could plant a garden with hot colours like red and orange. She also gave them seeds , to ; plant and handouts 10 EARIERMIIIE RD7D ILLIAR6 orv NOMA 5HPB&Sengine rear tine tiller model 5020 Cast iron pear drive tilling width 18" and tilling depth 10" SFE Special "Ask.about our guarantee" Ball Jason today 235-2121 • allearkarat -FARM-EQUIPMENT LTD. &Alge+r Sates, Service Si Hentatc since 1932 Fax: (619 238-8121 1900465,21.21 2364 make their own perennial garden. Before - the meeting ended the members, agreed on a club name. The name of the club is now the Handy Landy People. On April 6 the Usborne No. 1 4- H -club met at the Ausable.Bayfield Conservation Authority office. At this meeting. Sieve Harburn showed them'bowi to; plant mute. He also demonstrated how: to plant a windbreak. He showed the group a towheads of trees and how to identify them. TIrnes-AeN00111e, *mil 15, 1992 Nitte 17 1992 Bleeders School planned GUELPH - Headlined under the theme 'Flom the blackboard to die barnyard", the fifth annual Canadi- an National Breederg School is well along in the planning for the May 27-31 1992 program. The school will again be in Onta- rio, only this year at the University of Guelph. But don't get the idea that the Breeders Schools is a bunch of classroom sitting and text- book reading. The 1992 edition promises to be the meatedglitional and liveliest school 'echool eleteaelleitting to Neil Gillies, Canadian Charotais Association (CCA) genetic im- provement manager and breeders school organizer. Yes, there will be -some classroom -time, Dillies said, but it will be enhanced by live dem- onstrations, bands -on sessions in the cattle barns live cattle evalua- tion and judging sessions, and of course, the best educational setting eof-them-all --informal discussion . Sh -:*U4w. AKIrticiPants,21100. Watruetors. ©iBies asys'-rgtat the dolitramor Exeter 4-1-1 EXETER - The Exeter 1t2 4-H duty held their -fifth -and sixth 4-H meetings on Saturday, April 11. They -opened the meeting with the •441 pledge. Linda Russell mklood�toldte:gtottp_aboutrlhe three grades:of maple syrup. Six people made -the snacks of -maple pecan aquanesrapple rarisp and baked ma- ple pudding.. 'The others talked about AchievemsatDay. The members :decided on what everyone would .-bang no =the up- carning Pot Luck .-.Supper. The moningendedat 4130. AR -11; / NI) MUNICIPAL .'DRAINAGE •.tk BI O' S • r zer t. q Isposoisnortend lassisile Tubing - Spedalizing in: ❑ Farm aha Municipal. Lt Open Trench or Plow Method Backhoe Service LJ Clay & Plastic Tile installations For 4uslity.aad.service can -WAYNE COOK . 2 Zurich M.9-236-7390 r"'ARKEF PARK=F Limiter line -top, is •again an "all-star" cast. The list will feature a returning all- star lineup anchored by Drs. Hun- sley, Minish and Ritchie: Added to that cast will be several guest lec- turers and speakers, all qualified and knowledgeable to impart cutting-edge beef business informa- tion to cattlemen. All cattlemen arc welcome from any treed and from any sector of the beef business. - "Here's your chance to sharpen your beef cattle knowledge and thereby sharpen your profit fig- ures," Gillies suggests. A new special aspect of the school will be the use of ultrasound technology to evaluate facility in eboth-hullsand•heifers. Anttwitltahe ohinges in Canada's beet grading system, there wiif be extens a dis- cussions and demonstrations on carcasses and their value. The Calgary -based CCA is the major organizer and sponsor of this event. 1n 1992, Coopers Agroph- ernm, Ajax, Ont., again joins in as a major sponsor as does the Canadian Limousin Association. -Take a -1?ehk after -the spring calving and spring breeding acid igpring seeding (and before summer ttaying) and come for some black loosed education that will translate pinto profit for barnyard. Already the school is filling up ?a sdno-©iliasentemeitges early reg 411100110a,- , � �u Fm D r t r� t A_CF Septic systems, basements, drive- ways, general excavating Free estimates on any Job Excavating and Trenching i age ILNsur ODntrolled for Maximum Accuracy JOHN VAN ROESTEL 235-0731 or 238.6420 'p.D.liOx 2001, Ensterant.1110M 1S7 Yoiirlznk-Mix Pgmer- NEVER! LEXO ' 'c' DF mixes with Pursuit') . for better weed :control in,soybeans. LEXONE'DF herbicide tan handle up to 15.h>tuadhraf _ weeds, including*wed veivetleaf. 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