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The Rural Voice, 1985-07, Page 18AGRICULTURAL REAL ESTATE LIMITED AND AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED Clinton, Ontario 519-482-3981 Urgent need for dairy farms in the London, Kitchener. Guelph areas. Required are ap- prox. 8-10 operations ranging from $400,000 to 51,000,000 with quota and cows. Also offering for Stanley Twp. Tuckersmith Twp Osborne Twp Colborne Twp Stephen Twp Ashfield Twp Hay Twp sale: — 100 acres recrea- tional property, 16 workable — 200 acres cash crop near Hensall — 150 acres cash crop — 235 acres cash crop, beef and hog — 95 acres cash crop and swine, relatively new buildings — 300 acres cash crop farrow to finish, beautiful setting — 140 acres cash crop and swine Call: Helga Hasenberger, Broker (519)482-9331 (res.) Bruce Rathwell, Listing Agent 519)482-312(1 (res.) STIHL® TRIMMERS Sadler Richards co-ordinates details at each site. the the soil in the row where the residue was cleared is several degrees warmer than the residue area, even on this cloudy day. Start your engines. The tour con- tinues. At 11 a.m., precisely on time, the convoy rolls into Ray Hogan's farm. As the drizzly rain increases in strength and the temperature decreases, Sadler Richards is prepared. She forsakes her crisp, classy look for a comfortable, prac- tical one. With a change to work boots and rain wear, she is ready for the next part of the day. Hogan brings his anhydrous ap- plicator in from the field and joins the group. As part of the planning for Conservation Day, sites for the public tour must be chosen. After visiting several potential sites and highlighting tillage and herbicide practices there, the group takes a lunch break at about 12:30 in the farm kitchen. By this time, the group has been rained on enough to look a bit frazzled and to be chilled to the bone. Brown -bag lunches and hot cups of coffee are a welcome inter- mission. For almost three hours in the after- noon, the group drives from site to site, plodding through ditches and fields and discussing the potential of Stihl Trimmers and Brushcutters First choice for lawn and garden chores ... whether you do it for a Irv- ing or for the fun of it. Nine models to choose from. with a variety of op- tional cutting attachments 10 give you the kind of results you want' and Smith's rug- ged. quiet. dawn -to -dusk performance to get the job done — start to finish! HUMPHREY-STRAWBRIDGE Co. Ltd. 400 Huron St., Stratford 519-271-9557 16 THE RURAL VOICE One of the tour sites on conservation day will be Hogan's field where a berm (a soil conservation structure) was built last year. Ignoring the drizzly weather, Sadler Richards and Julia Cooper listen as the Hogans describe the drainage system.