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The Rural Voice, 1993-11, Page 14YAMAHA POWER DELUXE V MAX 600 DX * Comfort for two * Performance and handling second to none * 598cc high output engine * Plush long travel suspension * Convenience; reverse gear; electric start * 38 litre fuel tank * Yamaha dependability mile after mile after mile... 0 YAMAHA The ARGYLE MARINE & SMALL ENGINES LTD. 88 Britannia Rd. East, Goderich 519-524-5361 c"nucon. w tEm) (A division of Steve's Welding)itlii FARROWING CRATE • 12 gauge full width, gate mounted feeder • Heavy duty round steel tubing, mig welded & bent to shape • Cathedral shaped crate, narrow openings between tubing sides • Vertical pins, looped with no sharp edges where piglets nurse • Head bars towards front • Rump bar in rear gate • Gates front & rear with long pin closures FLOORING - FILTER EEZE - PUNCHED METAL SLATS Also Available • Rotary Feeders - Dry Sow Stalls - Feed Carts - Filter Eeze Flooring - Plumbing Supplies - Gestation Stalls - Plastic & Stainless Steel Feeders A division of Steve's Welding R. R. 1, Newton, Ont., NOK 1R0 519-595-8737 10 THE RURAL VOICE Adrian Vos Be prepared From a TV news report I just heard that a new study aims another blow at red meat producers. A Har- vard study covering three years found that eaters of red meats (beef, pork and veal) had twice the rate of prostate cancer than eaters of fish and chicken. If I remember correctly, earlier studies have shown a correla- tion between animal fat (red meat) and breast cancer, and heart disease. These find- ings should be taken seriously by marketers of red meats because they do not come from researchers prejudiced against red meats or from animal rightists. On the other hand, such scary reports have been around for many decades and total red meat consumption has not suffered appreciatively. It will not suffer now either unless someone comes up with a substitute that tastes like red meat. The closest competition has come from chicken and that has taken only enough of the market to fill the need of a growing population. We get so many scare stories about food that most of us have become inured against them. Many others have not, and now the world is full of new hypochondriacs who are frightened by anything new on the food market, new chemicals used in the production of food, and old pollution of air and water. This also has positive sides. Society is doing something about it. Also, a number of farmers have carved out a niche by producing "organic" food. This number, however, is limited, as the cost of such food is still higher than that produced in the conventional manner. There is a limit to what food buyers, mainly housewives, will pay for "organically" produced food. I have a sister in Holland who will only buy eggs from free ranging chickens, preferably brown ones. She pays from 10 to 20 per cent more for these eggs. Not every Dutch food buyer is willing to pay that premium and sale of such eggs has stalled at a certain level for many years. The same holds true for "organically" produced food, as organic farmers have found out already. * * * I had some thoughts about the looming election (when you read this we will know if we have a new government or a renewed one) and about letters to the editor in newspa- pers. The Bible quotes Solomon that there is nothing new under the sun. I reflected on this when I re -read "The Brothers Karamozov" by Dostoyev- sky which he wrote some 150 years ago. At one point he wrote: "What do the boys talk about? About none other than the univer- sal questions. Is there a God; is there immortality? And those who do not believe in God, well, they will talk about socialism, about transforming the whole of man- kind according to a new order, but it's the same old damned thing, the questions are all the same, only from the other end." Whoever will be governing us will make little or no difference for the country, they all promise to "trans- form the whole of mankind". It is obvious that we cannot keep on piling up the national debt. The interest alone is such that the deficit increases even if the government, (that is us) lives within its means. It may sound hard, but all of us, seniors like me and farmers like many of you, and auto workers and handymen et al will have to bite the bullet. We all better get ready to make ends meet with less. It may mean no cottage on the lake, no boat for fishing or recreation, be more miserly in our driving habits and ... but you will get the picture. I wish us all good luck.0 Adrian Vos, from Huron County has contributed to The Rural Voice since its inception in 1975. He is a writer and raises exotic birds on the farm where he raised pigs for many years.