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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-11-24, Page 9j day,November 24, 1999 Exeter Times -Advocate 9 ... CROSSWORD 4 2 4 WE MEE 12 55 13 555 I11 ■U■ 15 55 16 55■ 17 ■■■ 18 ■ 19 20 555. 21 ■■22■O 24 25 ■5■ 26 27 ■ 28 29 30 a 32 IS 33 34 ■■ WI■■ 36 37 ■ 39 40 ■■■ 41 ■ 42 43 5■ 45 46■■■ . 47 ■■ 48 49 50 1*55 ai aUU56■■ *■ 52 59 53 a■ ■ 54 57 ■■■ ■55 60 ■■ ACROSS DOWN 1. Start of a cheer 1. Heloise's handiwork 4. Piece of chocolate 2. Abstraction 7. Underwater vessel, for short 3. Ship's unloading locale 10. Effigy 4. Comportment 12. Self-image 5. Moslem official 13. Author Grey 6. Jungle sounds 14. Corpulent detective Wolfe 7. Bargain event 15. Motorists' club inits. 8. Military group 16. Nastase of tennis 9. Honey producers . 17. Tear 11. State-sponsored numbers 19. Leases again game 21. Pacific porgy 13. Nada 22. (nits. for LeMay 18. Home for a French fish 23. Studs in the mud 20. It may be tin 27. Homed animal, for short 23. Point a gun 31. Once blue moon 24. Antelope (2 wds.) 25. 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Lorne Fell and Brian Miller, both of RR 2 Staffa, brought back the hardware from this year's Royal Winter Fair (RWF) field crop competition. Fell is the world champion in pedigreed seed barley and Miller is the world champion in pedigreed seed oats. This is the 32nd RWF field crop world championship for Staffa area growers in the last 18 years, Fell told the T -A after the competition. At the Nov. 1 judging, Fell was the reserve champion in pedigreed seed barley, soybeans, oats and open seed oats and pulse crops. The world championship is the 21st for Fell in the last 18 years. He has entered the competition at the Royal every year since 1966 but said it took a while before he started winning. Back in the late -19980s, Fell won four world championships in one year - the only person ever to do so. Fell remembers he won his first-ever ribbon back in 1947 at the Mitchell fall fair when he placed second. Based on his position, he was eligible to enter the com- petition at the RWF where he also placed second, los- ing to Don McLagan at Mitchell and the Royal. Fell thought the seed was so good, he cleaned and sold it, launching his. career in the seed business. He installed his first seed processing plant in 1968 and went into business the next year. Fell and his son Roger operate Rosebank Seed Farms. When asked about the key to his success in competi- tion and cash crop farming, he said the experts recom- mend cleaning 200 bushels of seed per hour but at Rosebank, they only clean 50.bushels an hour. "We take our time at it and I think that helps," he explained, doubting the product quality would be as good if they went faster. They grow and market several varieties of oats, bar- ley, arley, winter wheat, white beans and soybeans. Fell said starting with good seed is the key to good yields. He admits the industry is changing quickly, making it difficult to decide what to grow and to have a solid idea of how a variety will perform. Not much is always . known about newly -released varieties and as seed dealers, the Fells are working two years ahead of their customers. Fell said there's always some risk involved in knowing what growers will want hi the future. OAC Bayfield is an example of a variety that worked well for the Fells. "When (OAC Bayfield) came out first, it was just another variety but then everyone wanted it," Fell explained, adding they were lucky to have a good amount on hand to meet the demand of growers. Thirty-year-old Roger already has four world champi- onships under his belt. With a smile, Fell says Roger had the advantage of getting a head start in growing top quality seeds whereas he had to start from scratch. Rosebank also won the Seed Processors Award at the Royal this year for the most entries in .the show - an award to encourage growers to take the time to enter the competitions. This is Miller's fifth world championship at the Royal. His first win came with his father Alec in 1994 when they won three charrlpionships in a row. He's been competing at the Royal since '92 and said the key to success is to "stick with it." Miller humbly told the T -A .his winning was "just the luck of the draw. "It's not something you plan," he said. Miller also competes at the London Farm Show and sends entries to Agribition in Saskatoon. He said there are definite advantages to winning. This year, the championship prize at the Royal is a silver tray and $500 cheque from the category's spon- sor and a rosette and two tickets to the horse show championship from the RWF. He's quick to praise the event organizers for their efforts. "The Royal has done an excellent job of looking after the entries in all categories," he said. Miller, who owns 250 acres in Hibbert Twp. and rents about the same amount was also the reserve champion in the pedigreed seed pulse crops competi- tion. There were 346 entries in this year's RWF field crops competition from Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Scotland and Australia. Outstanding in his field. Lorne Fell of Staffa dis- plays his tray for winning the Royal Winter Fair world championship in pedigreed seed barley, Seed i Processors Award plaque for the most entries and first place certificate, for Chapuis barley.This is Fell's 21st world championship and admits his champi- onship trays show up at community events holding squares or sandwiches. 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