The Rural Voice, 1981-10, Page 19Alexander wins
U.S. award
A retired Londesboro farmer has re-
ceived the Soil Conservation Society of
America's Honor Award for 1981.
President Robert C. Baum of Salem,
Oregon presented the award to Norm
Alexander at a banquet concluding the
Society's 36th annual meeting in Spokane,
Washington earlier last month.
The Society is a private, non-profit,
scientific and ed ucational organization
which aims to advance the science and art
of good land use. It has about 14,000
members in the United States, Canada
and about 80 foreign countries. The Honor
Award is given for significant contri-
butions in the field of natural resource
conservation.
Mr. Alexander was cited for his de-
dication to promoting soil and water con-
servation practices by designing and con-
structing a practical work model of
solutions to the many soil erosion pro-
blems that occur on improperly designed
and constructed municipal drains. He is
called on regularly to demonstrate his
model and participate in seminars and
meetings about conservation; for
example, he has accompanied his display
to the last three provincial ploughing
matches at his own expense.
Mr. Alexander farmed for 30 years
before his retirement.
The Huron County Soil and Crop Im-
provement Association recognized his
personal efforts in the fields of drainage
and soil erosion by dedicating a con-
servation award in his name. The Norman
Alexander Conservation Award was pre-
sented for the first time last November.
Walter Renwick waits for the New Zealand TV crew to get ready to shoot the next scene at
his sheep farm near Belmore. Next to Walter is the soundman, John Carpenter; the
director, Keith Slater, and Max Pudney, the cameraman.
New Zealand TV crew at Renwick farm
A four -man TV crew from New Zealand
recently spent a day at Walter Renwick's
Huron County farm filming the mechan-
ics of running a sheep farm in Ontario.
It all started when the Quebec
government bought 750 Polled Dorsets
for the Quebec Sheep Breeders Associa-
tion to use to form a genetic base in
Quebec. TV New Zealand thought that
would make a good story for their
Country Calendar program, a 15 -minute,
magazine style program on prime time
Sunday evenings. So the TV crew flew to
Canada in the stretched DC -8 carrying
the sheep and filmed them being
off-loaded in Montreal.
Liz Bend Solhallan 312K
Back Fat 10 m.m. 129 days 151 index
$3525. Top selling boar 1980 Pork Congress
For the second part of the program
they wanted to flim a typical sheep farm
in operation in Ontario. Renwick was.
chosen because he had brought in his
own flock of Polled Dorset from New
Zealand a few years ago.
Correction
Rural Voice wishes to apologize to
Robert, Thelma and Trevor Peel for
re -designing their family tree in our
September issue (see picture on page 15).
Trevor is the youngest son of Robert and
Thelma Peel.
We have a good selection of boars and gilts of
Yorkshire, Duroc, Landrace, Hampshire and Hybrid
swine available for private sale.
This is our 15th year of offering progressive pork
producers Ontario's largest selection of R.O.P. and
veterinary approved stock.
Our herd is maintained as a closed minimal disease
operation.
7th Production Sale
Saturday, Nov. 1st
at 1 p.m.
at the farm of Warren Stein
70 boars 100 open gilts
15 bred gilts
THAMES BEND FARMS LTD.
R.R.6, Woodstock, Ontario N4S 7W1
919-655-2942 or 462-2704
RICHARD AND WARREN STEIN
THE RURAL VOICE/OCTOBER 1981 PG. 17