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Feedback to ag reps on or
Praise for farm women
The national conference of farm women %4ere Mid they
should hewn-1e active in all farm organizations --
everything from speaking out at local milk comtnittee
meetings to competing for top, elected posts on national
commodity boards. a,
Agminister Eugene'' Whelan. toed the cOnferente that
farm Men Must recognize and accept the concerns
farm women, especially the desire to- be treated equally
with their husbands by
A TIME TO. REFLECT -
atoms Rcp Crypt'. Che P435 TCT or . As we start nato.a new year
it is a-common experience ,to
reflect on.. last year. Family
- get togethers Christmas.
parties with friends and an
overall feeling of-relaxatipn
is thereasettfor4liis. reflee-
tioa.As.lIOok back on 1980,1
•=see..
numerous faces and
field It's 'funny. some -
people ,,,can match faces to.
names, or remember pea- '
names by something
.about theft character, l have
a bord. time rernernberng
names,.-Hot it is . easy . to . -
remember fields with a cer- .
BY; PAT LYNCH SOILS lit
CROPS SPECIALIST
ART LAWSON ASSOC.
AO. RP.
I hear what really ".bombed
out." BM most of the time
extension people de not get ,
feedhaek.,
This 'feedback is very
important to us. You ask us
for -information • based On ..a •
judgement call. That is,
nobodY- haS the ,black and'
white answer for But a
decision has to be made on
some facts. For instance you •
want.to takeit ctitof alfalfa in '
October. Rased on some
factS, we say -Yes"' or
"N6".:. On theSe issues it's
nice to hear the results.
Ofter w.e.:have to: -make the
sante deeiSion again. -it is
nice to repeat that decision
based' on an experience that
worked or failed
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oii*itiOn can Mean a great deal to the sense of a
sentence. - --. - .. .
• . Consider 014: Wentattl Without .her, .man would bt
Salt‘age.Tbagettsing punctuation properly. Now. write-ft
Sentence *Without -punctuatimi: Woman ' without her mar
The meaning qt the words is exactly the oppsite.
Iteh4.1uthefoxinet. Without women, men could become
savage. Which yeags into some pralS"C for the National
Farm WoMergs Conference, , 1
Farm women ate afarting_to get recognition from society
for the 1,We they ,play in Agriculture. Not enough
recognition, Mind you. but attitudes-are- changing. I know
of hnndreds of farme - who would 'have gone banirept
were it not for the help and encouragement of a wife.
A federal study on rural women two years ago revealed
some startling figures. They spend alniost 30 hours a
week, on aterage, doitkg •farm-chores and bookkeeping as
well:as another 53 „betas doing household chores.
I don't know Who- penned the-plece that says a woman's
work is never done Whoever it was must have had farm
women in mind. •
Not. long ago, I Was a guest speaker at an annual
meeting of a county federation of agriculture. I made it a
point to get away early so f cbuld visit the president of the
organization-before going to the half where the meeting„,
was held. '
I pulled into the lane an:: was greeted by a cheery voice
from gal in dungarees coming out of the sommer•kitchen.
In spite of the unshapely clothing, the rubber boots and a
battered baton her head; this farm wife was still attractive
and out.going. She skipped to the barn, and told her
husband Ivies there.-He took a few minutes off the milking,
chores to get some information about me. The twoOf them,
working as a close7 kiiit team. 'finished the chores in jig
tithe'
An hoir later, both of .tjjem walked into the hall as
• handsome a couple as any in the nation. She, sparkled with
Oesn, crisp goodness and chatted knoviledgably with the
men.
The following year, she became president of the ,
federation, following her intiband's_terin.
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breeatn r4roduelt ey) di- , seases. baby pig ,scours,
Weaner pig „housing and
producer presentations on
how their operations
records, prevent diseases
and_thanage finances.
Feeder pig Management is
scheduled for Thursday,.
January 8th. This progranV
v4.11 cover feeding •systems.
hedging inputs andhOgs. W5
on the poor boar. .manure
handling, designing loading
&citifies. sources pf feeder
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Trapper
visits SF'S
BY GRANT ROSS (
Peter Roy gave a presenta-
Seaferth Public .
&lira Mr. Roy showed the
grade seven classes how to
skin a racoon and also
showed them various other,
pelts such as fox, beaver.
brush -wolf and triuskrat. •
All -of these ?nlinals lhad
been caught v:ithin 10 Miles
of Senforft Most 4-11r.,
Roy's pelts are shipped to
North Bay auction; after they
are cleaned, stretched, dried
and bundled'.
After skilfully skinning the
-racoon, Mr. Roy talked to the
sitidents about different
techniquei for trapping.
Expecting
too much
from your
sows?
Courses at C entraita dain "'OW: heart effithect
that field to a face.. ,
Piss and feeder pig housing.
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Agriculture & Food
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different short courses which
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The time each day is- from'
9:30 a.. until, 4:00 p.m.
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Ssdrw Herd Management is
first on the list - on -Tuesday,
Januarys , fitly- - The .filipica
includ • tithe::: =neat;-
Are you expecting too
much from your sows? Even
highly productive animals'
can't carry an excessive debt
load. •
let's consider a theoretical
example -- high debt-load, a
70 sow farrow-to,finish open-
-atop, no, other enterprise. -
Su-Opoke you buy a 52.000
item that you could have
gotten along without. You've
added principal payments of
-$668 and interest payments
Of S340 if the repayment
schedule is .3 years anti the
interest 17%. In order to
service this debt, S14. must
come from the income pro-
duced by each sow. That's, S1
for each of-the 14pigs raised
-by the sow
Why ,not calculate the
costs that you're, expecting a
sow to cover before adding
on more? it's not difficult.
List yeur interest and prince
Pal Payments' for each loan
Op a sheet of paper. Add up
the total debt commitments'
and divide by the size of the
spw herd. Do the same for
the dell* figure that , you;,
need to live on and :for your
total cash expenses. -See
what fat price you need to
give a return per sow to 'cover
thesecosts.
Have'these figuresin mind-
when you're faced with an.
"impulse purchase. It • may--
: help you to avoid a decision
that will push , the total- too
high.
Allocating costs is more
difficult •if you have two
'enterpiaet. thii
a matter of setting down your
total cash outflow and asr
Signing a proportion to. each
enterprise.
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