The Rural Voice, 1981-01, Page 31
CONTENTS
Special features
4 THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
by Bev Brown.
6 A.I. ON THE FARM of milk producer ALAN
WHYTOCK and pork producer BILL
MacDOUGALD
7 EMBRYO TRANSPLANTS by Sheila Gunby
8 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE OFA CONVENTION
held recently in Toronto.
10 GEORGE JONES, THE EVANGELIST OF
CORN by Alice Gibb.
12 BILL C-32 AND PLANT BREEDERS RIGHTS by
Adrian Vos.
13 LOOKING BACK AT 1980, Rural Voice reviews
what happened last year in farming.
Regular features
15 Voice of a Farmer
17 Rural News in Brief
19 Guest Column by Richard Smelski, OMAF
Swine Specialist, Stratford.
23 Keith Roulston
25 Advice on Farming
25 Mailbox of the month
27 The Rural Family. Mouth watering, heart
warming soups.
29 Gisele Ireland
31 The Young Farmer
32 Up and Coming
33 Rural Voice Want Ads
35 Grey Federation
37 Perth Pork Producers
39 Bruce Federation
40 Huron Federation.
COVER BY Alice Gibb
Michael Milliner, Dundalk who entered a Simmental
steer in the Queen's Guineas Competition at the
Royal Winter Fair.
COMMENT
As we look forward to the beginning of a New Year rural
Ontario has a lot to be thankful for. At the top of the list probably
is the fact that we live in an area that's so rich in its soil, climate
and people that it produces a great deal of food for the nation.
And while 1980 has been far from a banner year for
agriculture, we've made some progress . . . . see Rural Voice's
year in review. which starts on page 13.
This month's Rural Voice is a sort of progress issue that looks
at advances in stock breeding, including Al and embryo
transplants. We've got the story of two farm families who
operate successful dairy and pork operations which use Al.
Then Alice Gibb has a fascinating interview with the man who
revolutionized farm crops in our area, George Jones, who a
colleague calls "the evangelist of corn."
We've got a story on the recent Ontario Federation of
Agriculture convention, from a delegate and non -delegate point
of view. Agriculture's other big November event, the Royal
Winter Fair, is covered in photos and a story in Rural Voice's
young farmer section.
As well, OMAF swine specialist Richard Smelski has written a
thoughtful guest column that says treating your pigs with care
makes good economic sense.
The whole familyshould benefit from our economical, stick-to-
your- ribs soup recipes this month, and everyone who's
over -indulged during the holidays will get a kick out of Gisele
Ireland's column on New Yeat's resolutions.
We think Rural Voice readers will be interested to hear about
the recent achievements of two of our writers. Adrian Vos has
won an award of merit from the Canadian Farm Writers'
Association for a Rural Voice column on farmers and heart
disease and Gisele Ireland has been named the OFA's
representative to the Canadian Association of Consumers . . .
well deserved recognition for two people who work very hard at
communicating the farmer's story to the rest of the country.
Reader response to our issues continues to be good and we'd
like to thank Marybeth Mann of Huron County for a photo of a
mailbox decked out for Christmas. Unfortunately, we weren't
mechanically able to print it.
Next month Rural Voice will look at an unusual crop that one
Huron farmer has been growing successfully for years . .
sunflowers; at the job of an ROP tester; and at a debate some
professional agrologists hosted on the role of chemicals in
farming and Tots, lots more.
See you in February.
the rural
Voice
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Herb Shoveller, Adrian Vos and Susan White. Bruce
Correspondent Gisele Ireland, Perth Correspondent Donna
Thiel, Staff Reporter Debbie Ranney.
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