The Rural Voice, 1981-09, Page 10A highly valued group
The OMAF stenographic staff is highly valued says Ag. Rep.
Don Pullen because they are such an integral part of the
organization; they are perfectly capable of handling and dealing
with the varied situations and problems they are confronted with
daily at the front desk.
This team effort is provided by (from left): Catherine Potter.
Maxine Aiken, Ethel Ball, Betty Young and Robin Theedom.
people," says Len MacGre-
gor, extension assistant,"
makes my job the best one in
the world. Their youthful
idealism keeps me going."
Born and raised on a dairy
farm in Grenville county,
Eastern Ontario, and a
graduate gf Kemptville
College, Len MacGregor is
responsible for co-ordinating
the 4-H agricultural
programs and acting as
resource person for the
Huron Junior Farmer club.
Assisting with extension
work with swine, sheep and
crops and acting as liaison
with the Huron Farm Safety
Association is also a part of
his job.
"With the problems of
today's society," MacGrcgor
says, "I sometimes wonder
what the world will be like in
the next fifty years, but with
the calibre of young people in
Huron county, our future is in
good hands."
RON FLEMING
Agricultural Engineer
Originally from a dairy
farm near Woodstock. Ron
Fleming, a graduate of the
University of Guelph. is now
an agricultural engineer at
the OMAF office in Clint --
Fleming, a member of the
Association of Professional
Engineers of Ontario and the
Canadian Society of
Agricultural Engineers, has
been a resident of Huron for
five years. His main respon-
sibilities are making barn
layouts, working on
structural design, ventilation
insulation and the handling
and storage of grain. He also
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OMAF's people
concentrates on alternate
energy sources, certificate of
compliance, regulations,
machinery management and
erosion control. Right now,
manure handling and storage
is his specialty.
SAM BRADSHAW
Engineering Assistant
Engineering assistant Sam
Bradshaw helps farmers with
drainage and ventilation
problems. farm building
layouts. sizing storages and
advice on farm machinery.
4-H tractor club work also
keeps him busy.
San Bradshaw. after
working on a dairy farm. a
beef farm and a mink ranch,
completed the diploma
course in 1969 at the Univer-
sity of Guelph.
His work at Clinton, he
says, is gradually leaning
towards more involvement in
conservation and soil erosion
and he expects this part of his
service will increase in the
future.
BILL ELLIOTT
Milk Section
Costs of land, cattle.
machinery and milk quotas
have made it very difficult for
young people to establish
themselves on farms, says
Bill Elliott who works in the
Milk Section of the Farm
Products Quality Branch at
the Clinton OMAF office.
Elliott. raised on a dairy
farm, owner of a dairy farm.
now works with dairy
farmers. His main re-
sponsibility is enforcing the
regulations of the Milk Act.
doing routine farm
inspections, supervising milk
truck drivers, assisting in
milk house planning and
taking milk samples.
WILLIAM TURNBULL
Grant Inspector
Bill Turnbull is a capital
grant inspector for North
Huron and ROP weighman
for Huron county cattle and
sheep. A farmer and a
purebred livestock breeder of
Yorkshire hogs for 40 years,
he finds working with people
one of the best parts of his
job.
BOB TURNER
Grant Inspector
Bob Turner, the other
grant inspector, has been on