The Rural Voice, 1979-11, Page 27Brenda McIntosh
first woman on
Farm Credit
BY ALICE GBB
Brenda McIntosh, of RR3 Seaforth, has
every reason to celebrate the fact this is the
50th anniversary of the year women were
first officially declared "persons" by the
Canadian government.
Recently Mrs. McIntosh passed another
milestone when she became the first woman
ever appointed to sit on the advis ory
committee of the Farm Credit Corporation
(FCC)
Mrs. McIntosh was appointed to the
committee by Minister of Agriculture John
Wise. She said all the commitee members
are either farmers or members of farm
organizations. Mrs. McIntosh, a member of
the Huron County Federation of Agriculture,
Brenda McIntosh
farmer.
Mrs. Mclntosh's three year appointment
to the nine -member committee was
announced recently by the minister of
agriculture. Last week, Mrs. McIntosh
attended her first official function as a
member of the committee, sitting in on one
day of the national convention of the FCC in
Ottawa, and then attending a day long
meeting of the advisory committee.
has been operating a poultry operatiuu H ith
her husband Jim for the past 18 years. She
was also deputy -clerk treasurer of
Tuckersmith for some years.
She said she feels the experience she has
gained in the past will be valuable in her
committee work.
The other Ontario member of the
committee is Ron Oswald, a Chesley area
Viueotape sales
popular in Bruce
Videotape feeder sales in Chesley are
proving highly successful. At the second
annual video sale held recently, feeder
cattle worth $1.6 million were sold in two
hours.
Since the response to the sale was so
encouraging, another sale may be held
before the next scheduled televised
auction.
Cattle are filmed before the sale and
then shown on video screens. Buyers have
an opportunity to view the cattle on the
farms earlier in the day.
More than 2,000 cattle were sold in 27
lots of 20 to 330 cattle. Most of the animals
were from farms in the north of Bruce
County.
Charles Murray of Holyrood sold 99
Hereford steers weighing 800 to 850
pounds for 91 cents per pound and Shawn
and Duane Wolfe of Dobbinton sold 22
Charolais heifers weighing 725 pounds
each for 92.5 cents per pound.
The only other video cattle auction in
North American is in Billings, Montana.
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THE RURAL VOICE/NOVEMBER 1979 PG. 25