The Rural Voice, 1980-11, Page 5CONTENTS
Special features
4 ENERGY ON THE FARM by Adrian Vos
6 WINDPOWER by Sheila Gunby
8 ENERGY CONSERVATION by Donna Thiel and
Gisele Ireland
9 ENERGY EFFICIENT BARN by Herb Shoveller
10 MAKING "LAND" SELF SUFFICIENT by Sheila
Gunby
12 TEESWATER TORNADO by Gisele Ireland
14 GUEST COLUMN Art Lawson, Associate
Agricultural representative, OMAF
Regular features
14
17
19
21
23
27
27
29
31
33
34
35
37
39
40
Keith Roulston
"Pig Tales"
Voice of a Farmer
A matter of principle
Rural News in Brief
Advice on farming
Mailbox of the month
The rural family
Gisele Ireland
The young farmer
Up and Coming
Rural Voice Want Ads
Perth Pork Producers
Bruce Federation
Huron Federation
COVER: by Sheila Gunby
Tony McQuail's Windmill, West Wawanosh
Township, Huron County
COMMENT
Don't ever let anybody say that Rural Voice isn't right on top
of farm news in Western Ontario.
We were, literally, recently when Bruce correspondent Giselle
Ireland looked out her window and saw a very localized twister
tornado barrelling down on her line. Sensibly, Giselle waited til
the blow was over to document damage for Rural Voice and her
photos appear on pages 12 and 13.
Also damaging, in a different way according to most farm
spokesmen is the growing ownership by absentee foreign buyers
of Ontario farm land. Rural Voice has a case study of a buy -up
attempt in McKillop Township in Huron County that has many
local farmers upset. And we report on a folk school on the family
farm that came up with plans to fight the trend.
High energy and fertilizer costs are on every farmer's mind
and we've got stories on some innovative solutions -a farmers'
co-op in Eastern Ontario that makes its own rich black compost
from garbage; and a small farm that gets some of its power from
a windmill.
Another feature this month is packed with suggestions from
local farmers on how not to waste energy and we have an
interview with Perth pork producer Willy Keller on his efforts to
construct an energy efficient barn.
Rural Voice some time ago did a story on Neil and Donna
Hemingway's solar farrowing barn near Brussels. Two years
later, "We would likely do it again," Donna told Rural Voice.
"The system has required little upkeep as there are so few
mechanical parts to cause a problem. We are also planning to
build a drive shed using solar heat."
Is a solar heated barn commercially viable? Watch for some
interesting figures on the Hemingway barn in a future issue of
Rural Voice.
Reporter Sheila Gunby takes an intriguing look at a group of
serious farmers who husband the soil in the old fashioned sense
and, believe it or not, make a living without using chemicals.
And once you've got the corn off and have time to enjoy them,
sit down and read Rural Voice's regular columnists, our food
feature on Ontario apples and a special story in our Young
Farmer section on natural ventilation in a hog barn.
See you in December.
the rural
Voice
EDITORIAL BOARD: Bev. Brown, Alice Gibb, Sheila Gunby,
Rhea Hamilton, Herb Shoveller, Adrian Vos and Susan White.
Bruce Correspondent Gisele Ireland, Perth Correspondent Donna
Thiel, Staff reporter, Debbie Ranney.
Advertising staff: Matt Adamson, Barbara Consitt.
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