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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-05-23, Page 29Huron farm and home news Several appolatants at Iluron 0INE educatit m. In 1981, she receiv- ed a honours certificate in Of- fice Administration from the Ryerson Polytechnical In- stitute. An Ontario Diploma in Agriculture, specializing in General Agriculture, followed in 1982. At present, Cathie is studying from the University of Waterloo. A native of Holmesville, We are pleased to announce the appointment of Cathie Potter to the position of Office Manager at the Huron Coun- ty Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Cathie has been employed in our office since 1967. Dur- ing that time, she has worked for the Agricultural Engineers, Ministry of the Environment, Home Economist, Extension Assis- tant and Agricultural Representative. From September, 1981, until June, 1983, Cathie was the 4-H Con- tact, performing most of the duties of an Extension Assistant. Never one to sit still, Cathie hasconttnuallyupgraded her bne loot in the lurrow' bYXt�, Nobody -- not you, not me, not Allen Wilford, president of the Canadian Farmers Sur- vival Association, not Harry Pelissero, president of the On- tario Federation of Agriculture -- has the God- given right to be a farmer. If you listen to some of the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth from the agricultural community these days, you wouldthinkthat all farmers, in the nation should be given special dispensation so that they do not have to go bankrupt. They want government help in interest rates. They want floor prices for all their com- modities. They want subsidies and insurance. They want a special act reborn to prevent inure me 40..044 Or Ida frau. EMM. •a E .. Om N31 iC 7 foreclosures. Some of these requests -- sometimes demands -- are necessary to keep agriculture healthy. But legislation to prevent failure will not sit well with the consumers of this nation. Just because you are a farmer does not mean that you always should be a farmer. Some farmers deserve to fail just as some students fail and some other businesses tail. I would love to own a little newspaper. I did, in fact, own a weekly paper a few years ago but through lack of capi- tal and poor management, my newspaper had to be dos- ed. I lost $28,000 in one year and I'm still paying it all back, every penny of it. I did The Westeel-Rosco Agri -System — designed to grow with your needs Your new Area Dealer for Westeel-Rosco Storage and Hop- per Bottom Bins Call us for all your material handling and storage needs Dougall Construction Exeter 235-1281 Introducing z1V-mirThl- Grain Dryers • • • • • • • A A •• •• • I•••••• f,l * Screenless design * Continuous flow * Instant Clean-out * Extremely quiet * Electronic moisture control * Drys all grains * Completely automatic * Simple to operate MF AGRI BUILDERS DESIGN / SALES / SERVICE MF AGRI BUILDERS P.O. BOX 550, MAIN STREET SOUTH, EXETER. ONT., NOM 1S0 (519) 235-2120 After Hours 345-2611 not declare bankruptcy. And I did not scream for government help. Having said all this, I still believe that the agricultural community in this country needs special consideration. When you hear about the chilling stories told by people when foreclosure or receiver- ship was implemented, you must conclude that special consideration is necessary. Farmers, as Gordon Hill, the outspoken farmer presi- dent of the federation of agriculture, used to say, are different. They should not be treated the same as other segments of the economy. Without farmers, we do not have food. Without food,' we starve. ' Gordon could never explain fully what he meant about farmers being different. He would smile brightly and give you that wonderful cockeyed look of his and just say: "Well, they're different". And he was right. It is not simply a business; it is a way of life. Farmers do not go to the of- fice or the plant.' They work right out of the house. It is dif- ferent when yott put a padlock on a house, much dif- ferent than on a store or an office. Seizing the records of a nor- mal business does not include a search of a private home. In his book, Farm Gate Defense, Allen Wilford tells a horror story of how police came to his home while he, Allen, was away. "Three policemen in tren- chcoats forced their way in and started shouting and ordering my ' family around...they hollered back that they had a search war- rant and could do what they liked. The police went through our whole house until my wife objected that she wanted to be present as they did their search -- to make sure they didn't pickup any valuables, or worse, plant something. "These officers were from the anti -racket squad in Toronto and I suspect were more used to`doing drug sear- ches. But this does not excuse their methods. • "When they did search, they dumped all the drawers on the floorand left the place looking as it a cyclone had hit. "They broke in the door and searched for five and a half hours." And this in a house with a woman and her four young children at home. Some treatment by police! These are quotes from Wilford's book. No one, to my knowledge, has refuted his statements. If this is the way sons of the soil and their families are being treated, is it any wonder farmers are screaming for better treatment? It is about time the rest of the country listened to them. June and July are Horse months at Come in and ask us about our new horse feeds and store specials w cM ' •r OFFICIAL FEED SUPPLIER DIVISION OF GERBRO INC. Kirkton 229-8986 Cathie manages her parents' 250 acre farm and raises com- mercial Suffolk sheep. She has also been the organist at Wesley -Willis United Church in Clinton for the last eleven years and teaches 25 music students in her spare time. This dedication to her work makes Cathie's contribution to our office greatly ap- preciated. Congratulations! ROS specialist begins duties On May 1, Karen Rodman joined the forces at the Clin- ton Agricultural Office as Rural Organizations Specialist (Agriculture). A native of the Little Britain area in Victoria County, Kareh grew up on her parents' beef farm. Karen has been involved in a variety of 4-H projects and also has been an active Junior Farmer both in Victoria County and at the University of Guelph. Last summer, she had the opportunity of par- ticipating in the Junior Farmer Travel Opportunity to Alberta. A 1984 graduate from the B.Sc. (Agr.) program at the University of Guelph, she has majored in Agricultural Economics.,While at Guelph, Karen has been involved with numerous organizations, such as College Royal, The Student Branch of the On- tario Institute of Agrologists and Aggie Week. Karen's tasks in Huron County involve co-ordination of the 4-H program and liaison with other organiza- tions such as Junior Farmers 'and Agricultural Societies. Karen says that she is looking forward to working with the agricultural community and is already quite impressed with Huron County's friendliness and agricultural orientation. - OMAF presents...Lisa, Chris and Tom Lisa Thompson has joined the Clinton Agriculture and Food Staff as Junior Agriculturalist Co-ordinator for the counties of Huron and Perth. Lisa resides just south of Wingham. • • Lisa, 19, has successfully completed her first year at the University of Guelph in the Bachelor of Applied Science program, majoring in Consumer Studies. She is a member of the Blyth- Belgrave Beef Club and has been involved with 4-H clubs for the past eight years. Lisa's duty as Junior Agriculturalist Co-ordinator involves the interviewing and hiring of urban youths for the position of Junior Agriculturalists. She also chooses the host families who will provide the youth with support and encouragement in learning the ways of rural life. The Junior Agriculturalist Program is very worthwhile and for more information on becoming a host family, feel free to con- tact her at the Agricultural Office, Clinton. Chris Robson will be heading up the Agricrew pro- gram this year as Co- ordinator for Huron County, a program which is in its seventh year. Chris is originally from Markdale in Grey County and grew up on his parents' mix- ed farm of about 225 acres. Recently, Chris graduated from Centralia College with a diploma in Agricultural Business Management, and upon completion of this sum- mer, will return home to farm with his father. This is our new Co- ordinator's fourth year in the Agricrew program, starting in 1980 as an alternate and working his way up from I there. Chris is one on the twenty - PETE TUCKEY MARY -ANN DEVLAEMINCK ALAN HODGERT six co-ordinatorstitat will be stationed across Ontario this summer. His tasks will in- volve screening, interview- ing and hiring crew members, organizing orienta- tion sessions for the crews and arranging work agreements with farmers and subsequent fee collections. He will also keep accurate records of all transactions and correspondence. For more information about Agricrew, please con- tact Chris at the Agricultural' Office in Clinton. Tom Hartman has com- menced duties as Summer Assistant to Soil and Crop Specialist Pat Lynch in Huron and Perth Counties. He is cur- rently working on a Pesticide Use Survey which was started last fall and later on will get involved with many other operations involved with the Agricultural Office. Tom is a native of the Zurich area, where he grew up on a mixed hog and cash crop operation. The past two summers he spent his work- ing days on a dairy farm on the border of Perth and Ox- ford Counties. This summer,' he is also working part-time on a dairy farm. Tom recently completed his second year at the Universi- ty of Guelph where he is ma- joring in Crop Science in the B:Sc. (Agr.) program. Tom is looking forward very much to serving the far- ming community while hav- ing an enjoyable and wor- thwhile summer with OMAF. Don Pullen Agricultural Representative V__ -_-_-Special This Week . o Modal LGT165 Ford Hydrostatic drive - Hyd. Ilft - - 16 h.p. Lawn and Garden Tractor with 52" (three blade) mower deck and 36" three o point hitch rotary tiller. Ideal for your larger (awns 0 and garden in super nice shape. Only 53,650 EXETER FARM EQUIPMENT LIMITED ...r idrptt.. W.4 -.•.4.., •. . 242 Male Si. North, twofer, Ontario (314) 2334380— . Y CARL MOLLARD ROB SPRUYTTE DAVID DELBRIDGE Six area youths among graduates at Ridgetown May 23, 1984 Page 17A Six area students were among the record number of 171 who graduated from Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology on Friday. The total eclipsed the previous record by eight students. Among them were three South Huron District High School graduates, Peter Tuckey, David Delbridge and Alan Hodgert. Tuckey, captain of the Ex- eter Hawks this past season, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Tuckey and is now employed on the family farm. Hodgert is also employed on his family's farm. He's the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hodgert, RR 1 Woodham. They attained degrees in agricultural production and management, as did the third SHDHS grad, David Delbridge. He's the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Delbridge, Exeter. Robert Spruytte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Spruytte, RR 2 Lucan, also graduated in agricultural production management. 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