The Rural Voice, 1981-10, Page 5the rural
Voice
i The magazine for the whole farm family
Special features
Farm Reporters, Part 1 4
Bridging the rural/urban gap
The pros and cons of drainage 10
Productivity can increase by 50%
Market trader John Feeney 12
It's only a matter of money and time
Guest Column, Bob Bergland 33
The former U.S. ag. secretary talks about American
agriculture.
Regular features
Rural News in brief 15
Voice of a farmer 25
Advice on farming 28
Mailbox of the Month 29
Keith Roulston 31
The Rural Family 35
Gisele Ireland 37
Up and Coming 40
Classified Ads 41
Grey Federation 43
Perth Pork Producers 45
Bruce Federation 47
Huron Federation 48
Cover:
Down the road in Ashfield Township, Huron County,
Photo by Sheila Gunby
A winning
issue
If you've got time this month between late beans and hoping
for dry cool weather, Rural Voice has got a lot of information and
just plain good reading for you.
We've started the first of a series of profiles of farm media
people.... the reporters who bringyou the agricultural news and
who are also warriors in the continuing battle to explain the farm
scene to urban consumers.
Ever wondered what John DePutter, Roy Maxwell or Cliff
Robb were REALLY like? Read about them, starting on page 4.
There's an interesting story too about a young man who's
active in the complicated world of futures and commodity
markets, recent college graduate John Feeney. It's a remarkable
involvement for one so young and you can meet this talented
gentleman on page 12.
Writter Adrian Vos takes a look at farm drainage, from the
farmer's, engineer's and conservationist's point of view and
we've got a long awaited guest column [delayed by the mail
strike] written especially for Rural Voice by former US ag
secretary Bob Bergland.
Add lots of news and photos from the Western Ontario farm
scene, timely advice and our popular columnists and we think it's
a winning issue.
We hope you agree. See you in November.
EDITORIAL BOARD: Bev Brown, Sheila Gunby, Rhea Hamilton, Dean Robinson, Adrian Vos and Susan White. Bruce Correspondent
Gisele Ireland, Perth Correspondent Donna Thiel, Staff Reporter Debbie Ranney.
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