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The Rural Voice, 1985-07, Page 14You get a New Boar Free if this MAITLAND MANOR Four Star Value doesn't meet your Satisfaction! This boar is a Maitland Manor Four Star Value. He is guaranteed to give you satisfaction or Maitland Manor will replace. This Is just one reason this boar is a Four -Star Value. FOUR OTHER STAR REASONS * Health — Closed Minimal Disease Herd for your protection. Ranked Good * * * by OMAF. * Production — Yorkshire & Land- race, the two "Mother Breeds" for top productivity. * Performance — Low backfat & fast growth rates monitored by R.O.P. * Soundness — Boars & Gilts raised on total or partial slats to ensure soundness. Our policy has always been — if you've got a problem with a Maitland Manor Boar, give us a call — we'll deliver you a better boar — PRONTO! PstLAND MANOR FARM M"Build Around the Basics" CALL TODAY DON HENRY & FAMILY, BLUEVALE, ONT. NOG 1G0 519-335-3240 Purebred Yorkshire & Landrace Boars & Gilts HARVEST HELPERS Make your grain handling chores easy with one of our dump trailers (also does dozens of other jobs). Available in 5 ton or 7 ton models or have a larger size made to order. Call us today for more details. N.E. HAGEDORN & SONS LIMITED 353-5240 PAISLEY P.S. We still have lots of wagons, racks and round bale forks. 12 THE RURAL VOICE residents seem more inclined to op- pose the hydro corridor than farmers, according to Hill. "People want to view the Beaver Valley, not hydro wires." The Hills' proximity to the city of Owen Sound allows them to sell some farm produce to the urban communi- ty. Ruth Hill started gardening as a summer hobby eight years ago when looking for something to do during summers off from her preschool childcare job. The idea grew into its present size of eight acres of sweet corn, two acres of potatoes, and a variety of garden vegetables including tomatoes, carrots, beets, beans, and cauliflower. The peaceful seclusion of the Hills' home was great for them, but did not suit the pick -your -own vegetable enterprise. Customers just weren't willing to drive the extra three miles off the highway for their produce. "It took a lot of advertising dollars to get people away back in here," Hill says. Acting on the advice of a fellow market gardener who suggested that, the three keys to success are location, location, and location, the Hills established a roadside stand on their highway property and discontinued the pick -your -own operation at their home. Hill had found it difficult to employ the pick -your -own idea with his sweet -corn crop. "You can't real- ly run a pick -your -own with sweet corn because the people that do the picking like to do their grading right on the spot, and it takes two dozen for them to get a dozen that they want." Hill can easily tell corn that is ripe and ready, but to the untrained customer's eye, one cob looks like another, and they will open them, spoiling the cobs, to determine their maturity. The Hills are amazed by the number of people who will drive the six miles from Owen Sound to their gate every night. Most will buy a half dozen cobs each night. "Sweet corn has to be fresh," Hill says. "They'd rather drive five or six miles to know it's fresh than buy it in a super- market." One favorite customer last summer was a businessman in a suit and tie on a motorcycle. There is keen competition for sweet -corn sales in Hill's area as the idea catches on. "Last year we had four places selling corn within a half mile. If you can get it in early enough it's good, but the really early varieties that we have to grow to get into the market are not the best crop on the market." By the time the better varieties mature, it's too late, and the