Times Advocate, 1993-10-06, Page 18PZ re -
Noel Vert, representing the Children's -Aid Society, accepted a cheque for -$1;657.29 on t'e-
half of C.A. Recker -Equipment, Lucknowr-Be ker_F._arm Equipment, Exeter; Western Ontario
Farmer, London 1►,• duiifngton; t X, b1N ham; and Pepsi-Cola Canada, Exeter.
Shown'1rom,left'to:rtlght is Noel Veri, Glen Williams, Bill:Brown, Peter Mosey, Bob Becker
and Chuck Becker.—The donors sponsored a Pepsi concession at the 1993 international
'PlowingMNtetch in Walkerton, Ontario to raise money for both the Huron and Bruce Branches
atthe.Vhildren's Aid Society.
4Vabriala fiente s�w rielats
EXE •R - A_good_numberofex-
hibitors arrived for the Exeter Fall
liirilltalMian Hate Show held on
Sr5 117 class en-
tntM
Judi 471il*MMibarg,
vifghlia, �Mgan j g '!Ate line
et/uess I fly 0O a.m. Lo-
cal "ttstlllnt Lisa Beats `began col-
lectiagilbbons early in the day
with fiestiliece finishes in the Pure-
bred Arabian Gelding (four years
and over, Championship, Most
Classic Arabian, and Showmanship
(17 years and under) classes. Lori
Bell and Rebecca Darling had good
performances in the Showmanship
class, each emerging with a ribbon.
Several local junior riders includ-
ing Brent Darling, Justin and Cait-
lin Rowberry handled their mounts
well in the Leadline and Walk, Jog,
'Prot classes.
The Mounted Native Costume
classes tradiationally start off the
-Performance portion of the Class
44st and are always a crowd -pleas -
ea. This year proved no exception
*With Lisa -Bean leading .the pure -
'bred class on Blue Ribbon Chaser.
Kim Munro on a local horse, Bran -
dale Haizyek wok second place
honours and Rebecca Darling on
Ames Faran also placed well in the
class.
Thousaods,imaybe even more,
hundreds -_that's a joke, son -.of
programs toitelp:fan hers have
been intmdticed.intheiast 100
years. Some of-them:have
worked; somehavenot.
Anew one,:introduaedihis
slimmer by federal Agriculture
Minister Charlie Mayer, seams
:mintier be wotttrmorei a
. loo1 e. S_I1edthe -Canadian
Rural 1 ppomtmitiesinitiative, it
viill:providettnition,ttx oks, tray-
- e1cxpenseaand luvingxosts
awayfmmmfioete-`to iraitt:fmm-
aers for, other: jobs.
An interesting thing aboutihis
iproglam istthat;fnrmers:aunt -
• main onlhelarni while being
retrainedleMiliereltaining does
not have to be fanw sedated.
By.Bob Trotter
-The ideamakes sense al-
t ough:the:meagre-325;miiliion
allocatedaeems:to-be farfrnnt
enough.lthink itworksdhis
way: Youzre afffimenand,like
one;ethird of AI flnmers'inthis
land,otnillk:.atld honey; you
earned -more than halfiof,your
income on another jobiast year.
In other words, youlre-aTood
_farmer but youlctumotea n
'enough on thelannAokeep your
:.€amity nihe r to which
:mostof us wouldlike to:be
:comeaccustomed.bilactahe
farm: doesnotprovideenough
income:to-keep youin:theamme
incometbracketaS 95:percent.of
AhheiesL Of l nelbans so you get
-another job. Or your wi€e.did or
-yourhusband.did and the extra
ineomelmisedwrmitandardof
lid'liecognizinphismidliknown E
fact;
maystistepsaiment411117prcnride
oney:toamin youandihte:Off-
:if zin job:does not:have:tobe
Farm -related. Mayerinaintains
• ihatsechnology hasmade faim-
.-ers-morerefficientand:given
tthem7more:time forother jobs.
the -retraining r;an ;include:an y -
:t ingfrom mtelding.to computer
..sciei e.fmm n:anchecre-
aeion:to goon etcooking-or-sell-
ingahoes..(fielhngsboes? Sure-
lynot We.have enough Al
:1$ut>dys inibitsaparld.nat).
ft M am> hoses n,
:tlrhiii;h
indicate.that a.third of all
4 helpmg, hand
r
Farmers reported they spent at
least one month andas many as
several months working et off -
farm jobs. Another StatsC an
surrey of medium-sized farms
fonndihatlhese fanners:eamed
.asmuch:as two-thirds of their
•aveirageincorne of $47,000 in
mnalfifamt job.
I slo not doubt these figures. I
k nowof.dozens oflann wives
•whoicach,.babysit, "clerk.and
awark somewhere.Agreat many
farmers.:eithermale vrfemale,
-xunsnowplows,..thiveichool
-buses or stock-muoks.or whatev-
_•er comes.along ;just to make
ends meet ormake a few bucks
sottra.
Urban dweIers.who,hodd
down a couple of jobs or.cou-
ples with two incomes seem to
think they -are the.only ones in
.-dire straights but farm income in
;.the past couple of years is not
imuch.better than it was 20 years
logo and howmany.city dwellers
inn say they earn about the
.same now.asthey did in 1973?
Including those who signed a
social contract.
Not only will this plan pay for
tuition, books and travel, it will
also provide counselling for.an-
'•tather career. Maybe many farm-
.rs will find that. a whole new
:: ppOrtunity will open to them
alien new jobs are suggested
And sought.
I would be willing to bet that a
few-entrrepeneurs will be found,
too, when some fanners get go-
ing on a new enterprise. I be-
lieve, too, that some employers
will find the work ethic much
higher among farmers than
some urbanites. Fanners are
used to hard work and that will
be reflected in whatever endeav-
or they try.
But a meagre $25 million is a
joke.
4I fl oett of.$oe is Elovottor Ltd. in Lucan stands by some
of the bales that are regularly exported. Two weeks ago he do
nated straw and hay for flood relief.
Scotvsaewator Ltd.
gives aerie efforts
to flood victims
LUCAN - While fisc flooduig
that hit the Ataerican midwest this
year wayvbc over, the relief efforts
aro dill tioderway and niarly.Cana
dians have offered a helping'huntl
utclutding Lul:art'aywn 41an 4c0.t.
It was less than a month/4o that
Seou, owner of Soot's 6levatot
Ltd., heard Mere was still a Hoed
for help and he made a few phone
calls W see how he could assist.
That lead to him urgani7.0 a truck
sluipment of straw and hay bound
for Illinois.
So on Sept 25, Alan, with Aon
Mark and ,faun manager Gam
Hwchinaon. began leading the
largc.seuare.bales-about 18 tomes -
destined for Kaskaskia inland, an
area virtually wt off since the levee
broke months ago during the llood-
ing.
The hay and strew catiefrom the
Sci$t's own 1.000 Acre pperatieeL is
well as the Ailsa Craig -area farms
of Ron Sou and Clayton Charbon -
neat'.
11 took IS. biers for the shipment
10 beach its destination thanks to
Harold Steituuan, Scott said.
Su:Unre l is an agent tor Don J.
Pesten Agri -Products of New Ham-
burg
Hili and Hilt Farms Ltd.
Adviaarl Wad on WMlaslliia
Rosalynd had Mang VeNtilialets
in many half Arab classes and re-
-turned for the Western performance.
Classes on El Kassandra as did Lisa
Bean on Stand* -Kalbtitmov • Both
riders finished the day sliti cnmpet-
ing for first place in the steady -
hand (Open) class.
THE
Huron County 'Health Unit
AND THE. HURON COUNTY
Veterinary Clinics
ARE OFFERING
Amitilltabies
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