The Rural Voice, 1983-02, Page 30BRINDLEY
AUCTION
- '/. mile east
of Dungannon
TRACTORS
FOR SALE
IH 784 & Loader $11,500.
Case 1370 & cab $10,200.
MF 2705 & cab $24,000.
MF 202 Forklift $ 4,200.
AC HD3 Dozer
6 -way Blade $ 5,000.
MF 1135 & cab $ 9,500.
New Ford
CL -20 Skid -Steer $ 8,500.
White 1365
& Loader $ 5,200.
Cockshutt 1650 $ 4,200.
Zetor 6711 & Loader $ 4,000.
Ford major (gas) $ 1,700.
JD 3010D $ 4,500.
MF 65D $ 3,100.
JD 1010 (gas) $ 2,700.
Regular
Sale
on third Saturday
every month
at
10 a.m. SHARP
Lunch Counter
Auctioneer
Gordon H. Brindley
For further
Information, call
519-529-7625
519-529-7970
Farrowing pens
Farm gates
Hand railing
Lathe work
Hog confinement
Repairs to all kinds
of small engines
and chain saws
LUCKNOW
CUSTOM WELDING &
SMALL ENGINE REPAIR
Box 357 Ross St.
Lucknow, Ont. 528-3835
ita*
RALHEN
HAMPSHIRES
and
SPOTS
Registered R.O.P.
breeding stock
Ralph, Georgina, Dave and Gina Hen-
derson wish to thank each of you for
using Ralhen breeding stock in 1982.
All the best for a successful 1983.
RALPH HENDERSON
R.R. 1, Atwood, Ont.
(519) 356-2656
PG. 30 THE RURAL VOICE, FEBRUARY 1983
FARM ADVICE=
CYCLES OF THE
FAMILY FARM
by Marianne Debrabandere
The farm family goes through certain
stages which form a cycle in each
generation.
The first is the wonder stage - wonder-
ing if you'll make it. These years find
farmers overextended and undermanag-
ed. Children arrive to increase the con-
cerns and management skills of the farm
couple.
The blunder stage with everything go-
ing wrong, but some things going right,
takes the business through rapid growth.
Farmers still are overworked in these
years and become overprotective of the
business they feel they have created. A lit-
tle more money filters in and thoughts do
turn to acquiring help.
The thunder stage sees the business
still growing, secure and comfortable with
time for meetings and holidays. Prosperi-
ty fosters myths. Parents often downplay
financial security to keep children on their
toes. This can backfire leaving children to
feel farming is lousy and not for them.
Keeping communication lines open will
develop a healthy respect for the farm.
Disenchantment with the thunder stage
leads to plunder. Owners in the 55-60 year
range consider selling. This is the saddest
and most dangerous period. Growth levels
off and wear and tear shows on the
farmer. Appetite for risk is lost. The farm
wife is caught in the middle, not wanting
her husband to quit for his sake, but fear-
ing the business will otherwise do him in.
If children are interested in continuing on
the farm, the farm wife often assumes the
position of mediator between anxious stu-
dent and experienced father.
More problems arise in the changeover
when daughters-in-law enter the scene.
Support from the young wife will again
determine farm success. The solution
here lies in all parties sharing the dream.
Communication brings about a team ap-
proach. Parents who can relax and give
moral support find retirement can be a
renaissance, the realization of a dream,
watching the farm business survive into
the next generation.
These thought provoking ideas were
presented by Jack Hagarty from the Strat-
ford OMAF office, to a gathering of farm
wives supporting agriculture. Mr.
Hagarty's comments prompted a lively
discussion and a social time followed his
talk. The Perth -Oxford WSA is an open, in-
formally structured group of farm women
meeting monthly during the fall and
winter season.
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