The Rural Voice, 1993-09, Page 54VENTILATION
AXIS -AIR VENTILATION CONTROL A l i
The AVC -5 - An Electronic Temperature
Control System for the Axis -Air Ventilator
• minimum damper position setting • Heater control integrated into
,,`,,tem • Temperature reduction can be programmed • Records high
.iii low temperatures • High and low temperature alarms • Digital
temperature readout • Will work on 2 speed or variable speed fans and
115 or 230 AC • Computer compatible
Keep air fresh in winter
Lower energy costs
Call Axis Products
(519) 345-2258
Axis Products Ltd., Brodhagen Ont. NOK 1B0 Fax (519) 345-2575
NEED A NEW STABLE CLEANER?
Houle Farm Equipment
H-8000 swinging rigid elevator
- The H-8000 can replace
any existing swinging elevator
without pouring any concrete base.
- The rigid beam is located on top of the
elevator to prevent corrosion and is used
as a safety hand rail.
- Pivoting system easy to operate.
- Available in 55, 65 and 75 length.
or
NEED TO REPAIR YOUR EXISTING CLEANER?
— We have replacement chain for all makes.
Pintle & Hook link chain
for stable cleaners.
Single chain conveyor chain
(in stock) $7.95/ft.
Also replacement chains for most manure spreaders, feeders, conveyors, etc.
Call:
LYNN FARM
LowRy SYSTEMS
LTD.
R. R. 1, Kincardine
Wingham Area (John)
519-395-2615
519-357-2018
50 BRUCE COUNTY I.P.M. EDITION
Formosa...
brewing up
a reputation
The village of Formosa spills
down off the hill to the north and
strings along the road, never straying
far from main street on either side,
before petering out on the hill to the
south. It's a pretty place but hardly a
place that would seem to be famous
across the province.
Yet one local industry, dating
back to pioneer times, has put this
little out-of-the-way village on the
map. Except for a short time in the
1970s, Formosa has been famous as
home of a brewery.
When Lorenz Heisz, a brewer
from Buffalo came to found the
Formosa Springs Brewery in 1870,
breweries weren't unusual in Bruce
County. There were also small
breweries in Artemesia, Chepstow,
Chesley, Kincardine, Paisley and
Walkerton. One by one the other
breweries dropped by the wayside
but Formosa continued for a century.
Part of the secret of it's success was
the pure spring water (water that is
now trucked away to be bottled as
Clearly Canadian water, to the
consternation of many local
residents).
Periodically, for many years,
Formosa would be the centre of the
brewing world in Ontario when
strikes of brewery workers closed
down all other breweries. Since it had
no union, Formosa Springs Brewery
would be the only brewery in the
province producing beer. The little
village would suddenly become a
huge tourist mecca with customers
lining up to cart off the beer as soon
as it could be brewed.
It all ended in 1971, however,
when the brewery was closed down
and only the name survived for a few
more years as part of a much larger
brewing company.
For 17 years Formosa lost its main
claim to fame but then the purity of
the local water attracted another
brewery to the village. Algonquin
Brewing Company Limited joined
the trend to new "micro" breweries
setting up across the province. It took
over the old brewery building and
uses the old 1000 foot well drilled by