The Rural Voice, 2003-10, Page 37After 45 years of farming Corrie is
unflappable.
spears; visitors usually leave with
huge bunches of them. Because
peacocks are native to warm
climates, they spend the winter
months in one of the barns.
Visitors usually leave
the farm with huge
bunches of peacock
feathers
Though they were originally
purchased as a novelty and their
numbers have fluctuated throughout
their reign, they've become as much
a part of the farm as its residents.
Currently 32,000 turkeys are
raised on contract at the Wallace
farm per year. Four bunches of day -
olds arrive from Ohio at various
intervals; three are kept in a brooder
barn until they're nine weeks old and
then shipped to the processor. The
remaining bunch is put on range at
seven weeks old and shipped at
sixteen weeks. One hundred acres of
barley and corn are grown for the
herd of 500 farrow -to -finish pigs.
Sixty acres are rented down the road
for planting extra corn.
One of Alvin's greatest passions is
building machinery. Lawn rollers,
sweepers, and mowers, log splitters
and skidders, massive articulated
tractors, and even a snowmobile have
emerged from his work shop. Some
he sells, most he keeps for use on the'
farm.
"I get an idea and can't sleep until
I tackle it. It gives me such a great
sense of achievement to see my ideas
come alive," he explains. He has
built an impressive succession of
wood -burning stoves, one of which
heats the house. Some of his
inventions are used to obtain and
split wood from nearby woodlots.
In rare moments of leisure, he
picks up the accordion; he enjoys
playing tangos and polkas most.
Clearly these 100 bountiful acres
Alvin has always called home have
blessed him abundantly in many,
many ways.
"It's a good life," he reflects. "You
don't get rich farming, but I do it
because I love it. This is where my
heart is. I wouldn't do anything
else."0
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