The Rural Voice, 1983-04, Page 3THE RURAL
V0ICE
IN HURON, PERTH, GREY, AND BRUCE COUNTIES
FEATURES
Managing a Disease Free Pig Herd 4
Pigs and the Power of Positive Thinking 6
Twelve Steps to Higher Profits 10
Agriculture, chemically speaking 13
Crop Pesticides: Savings and Values 15
Nothing for Free 17
Profile on a Crop Insurance Agent 18
Guest Editorial, Ruth Harding, W.I. 20
COLUMNS
Keith Roulston 46
One Man's Opinion 49
Striking Back 51
Over the Back Fence 53
Gisele Ireland 58
DEPARTMENTS
Feedback 2
Animal Science 21
Farm Market Perspective 22
In the News 26
Farm Advice 41
What's New? 44
Rural Living: Bean Cookery 54
Treat Yourself to Pumpkin Seeds 57
Young Farmer 60
Country Calendar 62
Farmer's Market 64
NEWSLETTERS
Grey Federation 66
Perth Pork Producers 68
Bruce Federation 70
Huron Federation 72
"Try to improve what you've got already" is
the messagee being directed at farmers, parti-
cularly at all the meetings we've been attending.
We're trying to use that same principle in The
Rural Voice magazine, and to do that, we're
making changes.
Do you notice any difference? This month,
we've improved the quality of the paper to
something cleaner and lighter and easier to
handle and read. And still staying within our
budget.
It's important to us that The Rural Voice be a
quality product both in the way it looks and the
features and articles inside. The Rural Voice is
more than just the news. Our line-up of
informative reading material, many written by
local people, contributes to the uniqueness of
the magazine.
OMAF swine specialist Richard Smelski pre-
sented an upbeat message at the recent Perth
Pork Producers' Annual and we felt it should be
shared with our readers, especially now with
the price of pigs beginning to slip.
Back to the land. Mervyn Erb, Agrico Ferti-
lizer Farm Centre Manager at Brucefield offers
12 steps to greater profits. Mostly common
sense but we need someone to spell them out
for us.
Other contributors: Glenn Hayter has strong
opinions on the topic of farmers "getting things
for free" and Ruth Harding, president of the
Huron East Women's Institute writes in defense
of the W.I.
If you had seen how hogs were handled in
1881, you'd realize how far we've come in the
industry. See 'Striking Back', page 51.
MANAGING EDITOR: Sheila Gunby ADVERTISING MANAGER: Beverley Brown.
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Gregor Campbell, Ron Garland, Alice Gibb, Lise Gunby, Diane Jones.
EDITORIAL BOARD: Rhea Hamilton, Gisele Ireland, Dean Robinson, Adrian Vos, Susan White.
REGIONAL & NATIONAL ADVERTISING: Beverley Brown, (519) 335-6118, R.R. 1, Bluevale, Ontario.
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Federation of Agriculture, Bruce Federation of Agriculture, Grey Federation of Agriculture and the Perth Pork
Producers receive THE RURAL VOICE as part of their membership. Subscriptions available at $7. per year (Canada).
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