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COUNTRY CALENDAR
Publish your event or meeting
free Write THE RURAL
VOICE R.R. 1, Dungannon,
NOM 1R0 or phone 519-7610.
Notice must be received five
weeks in advance.
Perth County Pork Producers' Association Annual Meeting,
January 28th, 12 noon, Stratford Coliseum.
RSVP Rural Seminar for Vital People, one day leadership
workshop for members of Rural Organizations. Mon. Jan. 31,
9:45 sharp, Community Centre. Seaforth. $5, for more
Information call the Clinton OMAF office, 482-3428 or Zenith
73040.
Financial Management for Farmers, Feb. 1 - March 1, 9:30
a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Committee room, Seaforth and District
Community Centre. Course to be taught by qualified
accountants with input from OMAF personnel. Designed for
farmers, will cover financial planning tax records, techniques
of transfer of farms, items to keep in mind when budgeting
and cash flow forecasting, ac,;d keeping proper production
records.
Marketing Seminar for Pork Producers, Feb. 1, Holiday Inn,
London. For more information call Grey county OMAF office
Zenith 16310.
Young Swine Farmers Training Course Program, Jan. 31 -
Feb. 24. Centralia College, contact Continuing Education,
CCAT., Huron Park, Ont. 228-6691.
Bruce County Pork Producers Annual, Feb. 1, Bruce room of
the Hartley Hotel, Walkerton, 12 noon. There will be a
presentation on naturally ventilated swine buildings and
election of twp. directors.
Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board - Grey County, Jan.
27, OMAF office, Markdale, 1:30; Bruce County, Feb. 4,
Legion Hall, Ripley, 2 p.m.; Perth County, Feb. 7, Town Hall,
Mitchell, 8 p.m. Guest speaker, Dr. Busch from the
department of Environmental Biology, Guelph Univeristy, on
disease problems in winter wheat. Huron County, Feb. 8,
OMAF board room, Clinton, 1:30. Meetings called to receive
reports and elect the county and regional wheat committees
for the corning year.
Huron County Federation of Agriculture monthly meeting,
Feb. 3, Londesboro Hall (upstairs) at 8 p.m.
Cropping for Cash, Feb. 1, 2, 3, Teeswater, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
for more information contact the Bruce County OMAF office,
881-3301.
Steeples and Weather Vanes Workshop Faith and Agriculture
Lecture Series, February 5, sponsored by the Christian
Farmers Federation of Ontario, Huron Campus Ministry of the
Christian Reformed Church and the Wellington South Chris-
tian Farmers Association. Held at the Arboretum Centre,
University of Guelph. Registration $5. at the door. Lunch
($3.00) will be ordered for those who pre -register by calling
519-338-2921.
Trading In Commodity Futures, Feb. 7, Centralia College
Feb. 21, library room, Belmore Community Centre, 9:30 - 4:00
p.m. Course fee for the day is $5 - includes lunch, coffee and
handouts. For more information phone Clinton OMAF office
482-3428 or Zenith 7-3040.
Biennial Grain Corn Conference, Feb. 8-9, Downtown Holiday
Inn, London. A panel discussion on why quality corn is
important to industry. Speakers will be representatives from
the feed industry, distilling industry, and the wet millers or
starch industry. Fee is $25, couples $35. For more information
contact the Ontario Grain Corn Council, 801 Bay Street,
Toronto, (416) 965-7665.
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Perth County Ag Week, Feb. 8-11, Stratford Coliseum. Topics
include Feb. 8 Beef and Dairy Day; Feb. 9 Federation Day;
Feb. 10 Pork Day; Feb. 11 Crops Day. No registration fee, for
more information contact the Perth OMAF office 271-0280.
Beef Production and Economics, Feb. 8. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Wesley -Willis United Church. Clinton, (Across from the post
office). Also featuring buying and selling replacement cattle.
Huron County Pork Producers' Association Annual Meeting.
Wed. February 9, 12 noon. Legion Hall. Clinton.
Swine breeding Program, Feb. 9, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. OMAF
board room, Clinton. Special emphasis on producers wanting
to sell gilts for breeding stock. Topics include A.I., herd
health, purebred experience, quality control.
Grey County Pork Producers Association Annual Meeting,
Feb. 10, Legion Hall, Markdale, Lunch at noon, business
meeting 1:15. There will be a vote on the ammendment on the
constitution of the Grey County Pork Producers Association
and an election for council men, alternate voting directors and
directors at large. Guest speaker.
Variety Concert sponsored by the Howick Junior Farmers,
Feb. 11, 8 p.m. Howick Central School (Hwy. 87, 2-3 miles
east of Gorrie).
Circle City CB Club, Feb. 13, Meets every second Sunday of
the month in the recreation centre board room in the
grandstand on MacDonald Street, Goderich.
Bruce Milk Committee Annual Meeting, Feb. 14, Knights of
Columbus Hall, Mildmay Hwy., starting at noon, for more
information contact Walter Hammil, #2 Elmwood. 363-6604.
Dairy Day, Feb. 16, Clinton Legion Hall, 10-3:30 p.m. Silo
management, structures, mastitis control program, what to
know about feeding minerals and vitamins, red veal, produc-
tion and marketing. Bring Lunch. Sponsored by Clinton
OMAF.
Huron County Junior Farmers monthly meeting, Feb. 16,
OMAF board room, Clinton, 8 p.m.
Dairy Update meeting, Feb. 17, Hanover Coliseum, 9 p.m. for
more information contact the OMAF office, 881-3301 (Bruce
County)
Clinton Fair Board meeting, Feb. 17, OMAF boardroom,
Clinton, 8 p.m. Topic, program director.
Dairy Day for Ladies, Feb. 22, Clinton Legion Hall, 10 a.m.
Farm Safety, calf management, understanding the milk
cheque stub, farmstead planning, careers in agriculture.
Ontario Cattlemen's Association Annual Meeting, Feb. 23-24,
Skyline Hotel, Toronto, contact Graeme Hedley (416)
766-9217.
Dairy Day, Feb. 24, Auburn Hall, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Analysing farm business, debt management and mechanical
feeding systems (alternatives). OMAF sponsored.
Rural Women's Study, sponsored by OMAF. All interested
persons are invited to attend provincial meetings and express
their views on the pressure, problems, and educational needs
of rural women, especially farm women, and how they effect
family and rural life. Meet with the study advisor Molly
McGhee to discuss these important issues. Written presenta-
tions appreciated.
Mon. Feb. 28, Stratford OMAF office; Tues. March 1, Grace
United Church Hanover; Wed. March 2, Clinton OMAF office;
Thurs. March 3, Fergus OMAF office; Sessions at each
location 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. and 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Women Today - "When the Bloom is off the Rose" (a focus on
women, aging and self-esteem) Wed. Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.,
Wesley Willis United Church, 52 Victoria St., Clinton. For
more information call 523-9335, 235-1774, or 524-4749.