The Rural Voice, 1982-01, Page 3the rural
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Special features
Making Music: The Town and Country Four.
Something to sing about.
Impressions of the OFA Convention
Commodity Outlook
What's in store for '82
An Association that works
A salute to the Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association
Earthen manure pit studied 10
The Hemingways. in Grey Township. Huron County,
think they have the answer for cheap. reliable
manure storage.
Regular features
Adrian Vos 11
Rural News in Brief 13
Advice on Farming 17
Mailbox of the Month 17
The Rural Family 19
Gisele Ireland 21
The Young Farmer 23
Up & Coming 24
Classified ads 25
Grey Federation 27
Perth Pork Producers 29
Bruce Federation 31
Huron Federation 32
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COVER: The Town and Country Four. the
Seaforth area "combine" for sorne pretty good
barbershop harmony. They are from left: Marlen
Vincent, Ken Campbell,' George Ribey and Bill
Campbell. See story on page 3. (Photo by Dean Robinson)
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Happy New Year
With all forecasts predicting a sizeable decline in net fare:
income for 1982 we at Rural Voice thought our farm readership
might be ready for a little New Year's cheer. With that in mind
we turned to that interesting topic "what ELSE do farmers do?"
And we came up with one answer, thus our story on a group of
musical farmers. Dean Robinson has profiled Huron County's
Town and Country Four, an example of people in the agricultural
industry who have a heck of a lot of fun singing land entertain
lots of others in the process].
We know there are similar groups in the other counties in our
readership area. Please let us know about them. We'll try and
write about them in future issues.
Also on an upbeat note, we've got a story about a local Soil and
Crop Improvement Association, which has been providing
leadership to cash crop farmers for decades. Sheila Gunby looks
at the group's history and its late,.st achievements.
While there's not a lot of optimism in the 1982 commodity
outlook by Adrian Vos, which begins on page 7, it's interesting
and should give readers some perspective on the state of the
industry as we head into a new year.
We've also talked to some Brussels area farmers who think
they've found a cheap and reliable way to store and use the
manure from their pig operation. Their neighbours aren't srr
sure. Read about the Hemingways on page 10.
Looking to the future and farmers' attempts to f ind solutions to
the present economic problems, Rural Voice this month has u
report on the OFA convention and on the organization's task
force that held hearings around the province Iasi fall.
If you're too tired from holiday festivities and worrying about
the future of farming to read anything, turn to Gisele Ireland's
funny column on page 21. There, that ought to revive you enough
so that you can enjoy the rest of the magazine.
Happy New Year and we'll see you in February.
EDITORIAL BOARD: Bev Brown, Sheila Gunby, Rhea Hamilton, Gisele Ireland, Dean Robinson, Adrian Vos and Susan White.
Staff Reporter Debbie Ranney.
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