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The Rural Voice, 1978-11, Page 9MEM _ ma - 11 _ 11MEM e lan aNNIN - IMINE - - =M- I - lam MN= m▪ ai 11 11 M▪ EN 1111 — G M= - - - - 11aNa 11 11 _ MIN MEI _ IM▪ EN MIN N MI - _ _ _ _ _ - - •— AMBERLEY GRAIN ELEVATOR We have all the requirements for - Handling - Drying - Storing your 1978 CROP CORN at Amberley Grain Elevator located at the junction of Hwy. #21 and Hwy. #86. AMBERLEY GRAIN ELEVATOR Division of PARRISH & HEIMBECKER Ltd. R.R. 3 — ur _ �.. =a %Wimp , h Ontario 1j11111111111111111111111111111111111111 111111111 I I I I I I I I I L a▪ a = Ma▪ la - =▪ ft aaa — MID _ EWE - - - - - - - MEI - M▪ EI 1- 1 aMI — - _ _ _ _ _ _ an▪ all Phone 395-3300 Ell IIIIIIIIII1, tir111111111IIIII11111111111I11111II11llIIll RURAL VOICL'!L'Mnco In or a 1 1 A matter of principle by J. Carl Hemingway Thanksgiving is past for this year and of course I thought about it too late. However 1 would like to repeat a little story that the minister told to the children on a T.V. church service. God gave a man 10 apples - 3 for him to eat, 3 to buy a home and 3 for clothing and one to show his thanks to God. The man ate up the 3 apples, he bought a home, and he bought clothing for himself, his wife, and children. Then he reasoned that God could make all the apples he wanted and needn't have the last one - such a beautiful apple! He quickly ate up the apple and put the core on the collection plate.—end of story. I've been a farmer all my life and even the few years I was in other occupations, I was still a farmer at heart so I thought of another ending for the story. The pian took three apples and ate two of them. His hunger was comfortably satisfied. He bought a home with 3 apples, he bought clothing for himself, his wife, and children. He had two apples left. He reasoned that God could have all the apples he wanted. He thought of his neighbour who didn't have any apples so he gave him two apples and both he and his neighbour saved the seeds from the cores and planted them so there would be an abundance of apples for everybody. Yes, I forgot about Thanksgiving Day until it was too late for last month, but then, how can a farmer set aside one day a year to be thankful? We have been combining corn this past week. The crop has turned out very well, ever so much better than we had expected and we are "thankful." But why should we be particularly "thankful" today? Corn planting time was difficult. We had too much rain but it dried up in time and we got the corn planted only a few days later than usual. Then it turned dry but the previous rains supplied plenty of moisture for the corn to sprout and grow but it didn't rain worth mentioning for six weeks and the corn needed rain and it didn't rain. The corn was short and delicate. Ther; the rain came about July 22nd and the corn grew and it rained regularly and the corn kept growing. Yes, it is much shorter this year but the cobs grew and matured wonderfully and we were "thankful" but it kept on raining and then rained again and many were thinking the International Plowing Match in Huron County would be a repeat of lak year but it wasn't and many were "thankful". Even more were "thankful" that there was hope of getting their corn crop harvested. It rained some more. There was water in the corn rows. Whata mess! But again the rain stopped and the past couple of weeks have been wonderful. It is amazing how fast the fields have been cleared. There is still a fair percentage in the fields but they are dry and even if it rains a reasonable amount there shouldn't be any great difficulty. Faremrs can do a great deal to produce a good crop but there are many factors over which we have no control. Yes we have had good crops and we are "thankful" but it is much too much to cram into one day in the fall. Those not engaged in farming should be just as "thankful". Good crops mean plenty of food for all of us. Now for some odds and ends. As you may recall there were 15 by-elections and the usual coverage and speculations and commentaries in the "media." A commentary on the editorial page in one of our local weeklies left me somewhat astonished. I happen to know the writer and thought of him as being open minded and well read. Now I wonder. The first section dealt with the progress made by the Liberal Government of Trudeau at length and gave the the impression (Continued on page 42)