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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-03-16, Page 58The Pm Boldest, Week ei Mao& 16, lid - 23 AdvLefamily consultation Farmers should consult their wives when making major business decisions. Otherwise they risk putting a major strain on their family relationships and operations, says a banker who has been studying the modern farm wife's role. Harvey Wood, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, feels that dealing with just one farm family member, usually the husband,is a major business shortfall. Af- ter all, other family members would be asked to help pay for new capital spending, he told ,a recent agricultural credit conference in Edmon- ton. Wood, agriculture depart- ment manager, talked to several farm wives before he prepared his presentation. He found husbands some- times lose sight of family goals while pursuing busi- ness success. One neglected wife told him she would like to feel "at least as important to her husband as the poorest, cow in the barn." Others report- ed lack of family communi- cations and vacations. Wood noted, though, there is . a trend towards .wives taking a more active part in farm business. He has seen it in his own dealings. "Not too many years ago, the farm wife served coffee and quietly disappeared," he said. "Now, Now, I notice more and more the farm wife serves coffee, sits down and enters freely into the busi- ness discussion and shares on the decision making." Often, women actually know more about a farm's finances than their hus- bands, he found. Personally, he welcomes wives particip- ating in meetings. "The lender knows both parties are in agreement with the proposal, probably other family members have been involved with the planning and, more likely than not, the success of that particular farming operation." Farm business and family goals should be compatible. Wood stressed. Opposite ob- jections could lead/ to a marriage breaking up - dis- astrous from a personal and quite, possibly a business standpoint. Women play a role in future Ontario's rural women will play a part in determining future education programs offered by the Ontario Minis- try of Agriculture and Food (OMAF). Beginning in February, province -wide meetings are being held to evaluate the effectiveness of the minis- try's current women's pro- grams and. to suggest future directions. "Rural women play an important role in the family farm. Many are involved in decision making so we must determine what information the ministry may provide to help farm women make informed decisions," says study advisor Molly Mc- Ghee, director of the minis- try's former home economics branch. About 6,000 men and women from provincial or- ganizations interested in ag- griculture and rural life have been invited to these meet- ings. But McGhee says she hopes anyone from the farm- ing community who is inter- ested in participating in the survey, will attend. McGhee says she hopes to learn rural women's views on the ministry's current educa- tion and information pro- grams to determine areas where new programs may be needed. She has also prepar- ed questions to determine the effect of changing demo- graphics and technology on rural women and plans to compare Ontario's programs Turn to page 28• 4ow't 'anm Sqdteu4 R.R. 1, Kincardine Zed.395-5286 BUTLER Ring drive silo unloaders; Big Jim silo unloaders; Volume belt feeders; Convey -n -Feed cattle"feeders; Single chain conveyors; Barn cleaners; Oswalt ensilmixers; Nesseth underground manure pumps. FARMATIC Blender hammer mills; Blender roller mills; Blender mills for ground hi -moisture corn; Augers, Leg elevators. HOULE Agi-pump liquid manure agitator pump; Barn cleaners; Under round manure pumps; Transfer pumps; Stabling. 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