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1980
Wheat
Crop
KEN R.
CAMPBELL
PG. 10 THE RURAL VOICE/JULY 1981
began his career with the
ministry in Lambton County,
where he was also an in-
structor at the ag college in
Ridgetown. Then he moved
to Essex County and for the
past dozen years he has
worked out of Stratford.
He designs farm buildings
and counsels farmers who
have plans of their own. He
also gives advice on ventila-
tion, manure handling,
drainage and soil conserva-
tion, and encourages and
promotes new, better, safer
and more economical en-
gineering practices on farms.
Helping farmers adopt and
use those practices will im-
prove their productivity and
economic well-being, and re-
duce the labor and drudgery
in farm routines. Bird enjoys
helping people achieve their
goals and he says there's a
sense of creativity in coming
up with new designs and
applying new practices and
ideas.
JACK HAGARTY
Farm Management
Excluding a three-year
stint in the mid-70s when he
was teaching at the Univer-
sity of Ghana. Jack Hagarty
has been the area co-ordina-
tor and farm management
specialist at the Stratford
office since 1970. Prior to
that, but after he had re-
ceived bachelor and master's
degrees from the University
of Guelph, he was the OMAF
soils and crops specialist in
Brighton and Guelph. Be-
sides Perth. his work area
encompasses Huron. Oxford.
Waterloo and Wellington
Counties. and his colleagues
include other ministry offi-
cials, university faculty. and
a range of professionals (for
example, accountants and
lawyers) involved in agri-
business. Together they put
together farm management
programs, which might deal
with farm business agree-
ments. or the transfer of
assets. or the handling of
finances.
Hagarty enjoys working
with diverse "real world"
problems, and the many
different people they affect.
They give him a chance to be
creative, innovative and
helpful. He keeps his pro-
grams timely, to meet the
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current needs of rural peo-
ple. Those programs might
help young people get a start
in farming. or show older
farmers a way to retire
gradually with an adequate
income flow.
HAL THOMPSON
Extension Assistant
Born and raised on a
farm. Hal Thompson has
been the extension assistant
in Perth County for eight
years. He joined the staff in
Stratford after getting a dip-
loma in agriculture from the
University of Guelph. He
co-ordinates the 4-H agri-
program in the county. and
helps the leaders organize
and conduct it. He also
serves as a resource person
for the Perth County Junior
Farmers, as well as a re-
source person in the area
of sheer and Boats.
Says Thompson. "We tri
to help rural young people