The Rural Voice, 1997-05, Page 53the two of us," he says.
One component of the Stapleton
farm which did change was feedlot
cattle. Care of the animals was too
difficult for Stapleton to handle.
Nancy still has 25 to 30 animals in
her cow -calf operation, but she does
that because she likes it, he says. "If
she wasn't interested, it would only
be cash crops. I can't deliver a calf.
Nancy does that."
As it turned out, Stapleton's
decision to get out of feedlot cattle
came at the right time. The land
which had been used to grow silage
was planted in cash crops. "1988 was
the first year we grew soybeans. The
economics were good."
Over the 10 years
since his accident,
Stapleton says cash
crops have done
slightly better than
cattle.
Stapleton has
changed the way he
Accidents like Stapleton's inspired
this entry in the 1988 Huron Couty
Farm and Safety Association's poster
competition by neighbour Scott
Rintoul of Lucknow.
dumping, the bag is pushed onto a
loader lift to the correct height, then
poured off.
As for his operation of farm
machinery, Stapleton says he is more
safety conscious and still very
nervous around round bales.
"I give them special treatment and
I particularly don't like to see them
above the height of the tractor."
Stapleton is contemplative when
asked what was the one thing he
learned from his
The decision to get out of
feedlot cattle came at the
right time
fills the seed drill before heading into
the field. Instead of lifting a bag of
seed to the top of the drill for
accident. It was
not a farm safety
hint or fortitude
in a time of
difficulty, but
"take your time in
making decisions
for the future."
"If someone is injured, they
should make as few changes as
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