The Rural Voice, 1983-09, Page 3THE RURAL
VOICE
FEATURES
Grey County Gravel 6
Ag. Grads., Part II 10
Surviving in the Pork Industry 14
Guest Column, Ralph Barrie 46
DEPARTMENTS
Feedback 2
Farm Market Perspective 4
Farm News 18
Farm Advice 35
Bright Ideas 37
Mailbox of the Month 48
Animal Science 49
Rural Living 54
Out for the Day 58
Young Farmer 60
Country Calendar 62
Farmers' Market 65
COLUMNS
Keith Roulston 51
Adrian Vos 52
Gisele Ireland 57
NEWSLETTERS
Grey Federation 66
Perth Pork Producers 68
Bruce Federation 70
Huron Federation 72
COVER: Dynamic Graphics
MANAGING EDITOR: Sheila Gunby
ADVERTISING MANAGER: Beverley Brown.
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John Hazlitt, Gisele Ireland, Diane Jones, Jim Rae, Keith Roulston, Adrian Vos, Mary Lou Weiser.
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What else can go wrong? Cool damp spring, no rain
for most of the summer and then violent storms in some
areas. Talk about extremes. The greatest gambler in
the world has to be a farmer.
Saw a quote the other day- "farming is everybody's
bread and butter." How true. There's another one
-"how agriculture goes, the nation goes" or words to
that effect. The message is clear though. Agriculture is
a vital business and what happens on the farm has
repercussions across the whole country.
Pages full of good reading. Mary Lou Weiser has an
article on Grey county gravel - who wants it, where
it's going and the implications of its use now and in
the future.
Speaking of Grey county, advertising manager Bev
Brown recently spent three days there, through the Beaver
Valley and on up into Owen Sound with The Rural Voice
in her hand. She's been giving glowing reports of the
beautiful countryside and the friendly people ever since.
Willy Keller, a well-known Perth county pork producer
submitted an article on his view of the pork industry
and how you can survive as a producer. Also there's
coverage of various meetings and events throughout The
Rural Voice reading area.
Using the phone at The Rural Voice office can be very
interesting. Try saying "this is The Rural Voice
magazine" repeatedly. After awhile the words don't
relay well, especially over the telephone. We phoned for
some information on embryo transfers and subsequently
received an envelope addressed to "The Rolls Royce"
magazine. They must have wondered what we were going
to do with that information.
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