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The Rural Voice, 1978-07, Page 26it provides the latest infor- mation on a variety of subjects ranging from field crops to machinery operat- iong costs ... perhaps 400 articles each ranging from one to six pages in length. For example, one article deals with an office in the farm home. Another explains how to determine the appropriate time to trade in obsolete farm equipment. It includes charts that enable you to calculate the operating and capital costs of such equip- ment as tractors and forage harvesters. In the section on agri- cultural economics, there is an article on how and when to hold a farm auction, It's the kind of information that, if you did not have it right at your fingertips, you would not know where to begin looking for it. If you want to go into a particular subject in depth, you can obtain more detailed publication from Agriculture Canada or the Ontario Ministry. Just write for a list of their publications and choose the titles that appeal to you. Agricultural trade journals are usually ex- cellent sources of inform- ation, too, although some- times a trifle shrill when they get away from tech- nical information and into the realms of opinion. For news about current dev- elopments in the agricul- tural industry, however, they are invaluable. One or two such pub- lications dealing with agriculture in general, and one or two others dealing with a farmer's specialties will round out any farm's library. As with all business expenses, the cost of books and trade journals is tax deductible. And it would be the rare farmer who could not quickly earn the price of subscribing to these pub- lications by spending only half an hour a week or so flipping through them. PG. 26 THE RURAL VOICE/JULY 1978. o.op, It pays! Fertdize CC F 1 014P4 e0.0 GE • 11\ 0116- 4 Forage fertilizer could be the best investment in low cost feed you'll make. And the payoff is quality protein — as much as 1 ton from every acre! Ask about custom spreading right now. rikti ti_te WNBAf AVAILABLE u o UNITED CO—OPERATIVES OF ONTARIO U.C.O. Belgrave 887.6453 -- 357-2711 -- 526-7262 PNAIKIN6 AVAILABLE 1NAOMI