The Rural Voice, 1983-04, Page 41BRUCE M.P.P. DINNER
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The winners of the Tommy Cooper
Award were presented with their trophy
by CFOS of Owen Sound at the Bruce
County Federation of Agriculture "Meet
the Members" night. Radio station
CFOS & the Owen Sound Suntimes
co-sponsored this award and from ten
entries, two winners emerged to share
the award.
Lloyd Harris of Mount Forest and
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PG. 40 THE RURAL VOICE, APRIL 1983
IN THE NEWS
Borden Fenton of Allenford were the
recipients of the award for outstanding
contributions to the rural community
and agriculture. Harris was presented
with the trophy and Doug Gowanlock of
the Bruce County Federation of Agricul-
ture received the award on behalf of
Fenton who was unable to attend
because of illness.
Briefs, outlining concerns in the area
of agriculture, were presented to the
members of parliament by the Bruce
County Federation of Agriculture, the
Concerned Farm Women, the Bruce
County Cattlemen's Assoc.. the Bruce
County Milk Committee, the Bruce
County Crop and Soils Assoc., the
Bruce County Hog Producers and the
Canadian Farm Survival Assoc.
The members of parliament present
to address the briefs were, Murray.
Cardiff, Gary Gurbin, Murray Elston and
Bob McKessock. There seemed to be a
marked similarity in the concerns ex-
pressed by all organizations and they
dealt with long term, low interest
financing, foreign land ownership. dual
metric/imperial labelling on agricultural
products and stabilization in the red
meat industry.
Cardiff voiced the opinion that a
"legal aid" style financial consulting
service would be of merit to farmers
who could not afford such a service.
Gurbin urged the organizations to con-
tinue their lobbying efforts and stated
that it would be more effective "if all
farmers sang from the same hymn
book" if not the same song.
Bob McKessock voiced concerns
about foreign ownership and the heavy
tax burden the new taxation proposal
would place on farmers if foreign
owners eliminated the buildings from
their land to escape assessment. He
also was concerned that the minimum
gross sale was too high in the proposed
program and would leave some farmers
unable to quality.
Elston also expressed concern over
foreign land ownership, stating that
statistics were difficult to find since
some of the numbered companies are
hard to trace and some townships have
people residing there and acting as
agents. He also urged stronger lobbying
by the farm organizations and warned
that going after one thing with a united
force would be most effective. ❑
Gisele Ireland
DHIA AWARDS
Both Wm A. Mann, Monkton and
Fred Meir, Belgrave, tied for the top
award given out by the local Dairy Herd
Improvement Assoc.Both their Holstein
herds had the highest breed class
average. At the Annual meeting on
March 30 in Brussels both will receive
awards, one for the herd of fifty or
more and the other for a herd of fifty or
less.
Aart and Greta DeVos, Bluevale, had
the best calving interval and they use a
herd bull in their herd. For the most
improved herd, Tony Van Dorp, Seaforth
won with his herd of Jersey cattle.
The categories are compared within
their breed and milk is tested on a
regular basis for percentage of fat and
protein. Herds are tested 11 times a
year; the milk is weighed at night and
at morning milkings and then samples
sent to Woodstock and information
forwarded to Toronto. H.
IN 83, PLANT A TREE
"In '83 plant a tree." The new motto
for the 4-H Conservation club stresses
the importance of trees in our environ-
ment.
To further promote trees, club mem-
bers will receive 25 trees for planting.
Upon successful completion of the
project they will receive another larger
tree as well as an award or gift, all
through the gener^ts sponsorship and
co-operation of 11 Ausable Bayfield
and Maitland Conservation Authority.
The organizational meeting is sched-
uled for April 4 at 1:30 p.m. at the
Clinton OMAF office. (This is Easter
Monday and a school holiday.)
The meetings and field trips will be
held from April to August and items on
the proposed agenda for summer meet-
ings will include looking at the woodlot
as a fuel supply, lumber supply, protec-
tion for farm crops. shelter belt, and
source of food and shelter.
Projects may involve preparation of
leaf and wood samples.
Leaders are Ray Hanna, 526-7251;
Bob Hern, 229-6300, and Dave McClure,
228-6219.
OUR MISTAKE!
The Rural Voice wishes to apologize
for an error on page 24 of the March
issue. The 4-H members pictured with
Helmut Loewen, General Manager of
the O.P.P.M.B. and Pete Huitema, 2nd
vice and 4-H liaison for the P.C.P.P.
association, were receiving awards for
participating in the Perth County Pork
Producers' Barrow Class held at the
1982 Stratford Fair --- not the Royal
Winter Fair.
Other participants unable to be pre-
sent for the presentation were Nancy
Knechtel, Debbie McLeod, John Knech-
,tel, Steve Spence, Stephen McLeod,
Kevin Yantzi, Brian Knechtel, Linda
Knechtel and David Knechtel. Congratu-
lations to all! ❑