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The Rural Voice, 1987-03, Page 38Livestock Equipment Feed Mixers Silo unloaders Silo construction & silo wall restoration Cattle, Hog & Truck Scales .Gni O,V S ( Hanover: George Bauman 519-364-5226 (after 5 p.m.) Wingham: Glen Walker 519-357-3729 Head Office: Elmira 519-669-1655 ON THE FARM Poultry & Piglet Brooding Crop Drying Building & Water Heaters Motor Fuels IN THE HOME Barbecues & Accessories Dryers, Pool, & Water Heaters Home Heating Cooking FOR INDUSTRY Carburation (fork lifts, Zamboni etc.) Construction Heating Motor Fuels Water Heaters Commercial Fryers, Ranges, Broilers Dishwashers etc. Superior Propane Inc. Walkerton Owen Sound Stratford Hwy. 9 W. Hwy. 70 519-271-0810 519-881-1270 519-376-6735 1-800-265-4915 Goderich 519-524-2661 36 THE RURAL VOICE NEWS BRAND NAMED 4-H LEADERS' PRESIDENT Adrian Brand of R. R. 2, Crediton became the president of the Huron County 4-H Club Leaders' Association at the annual meeting held last month in Blyth. The association has a membership of 195 volunteer 4-H leaders from all areas of the county. Past -president Dianne Oldfield of R. R. 4, Seaforth was presented with a pen set from Centralia College of Agricultural Technology in recogni- tion of her leadership. Barry Cleave of Varna was elected first vice-president, Ken Ramsey of R. R. 3, Blyth second vice-president, and Mary DeBoer of Exeter secretary - treasurer. The directors are Brian McGavin of R. R. 4, Walton, Ken Mewhinney of R. R. 1, Lucknow, Bonnie Johnston of R. R. 2, Bluevale, Rose Workman of Clinton, Lila Rin- toul of R. R. 2, Lucknow, and Isabel Campbell of R. R. 4, Wingham. The association is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year.0 SAY IT AND SPRAY IT James Tyler of St. Marys and Richard Batte of Walkerton are among the winners of Ciba-Geigy's "Say It and Spray It" contest. The top 16 entrants received prizes ranging from $100 to $2,000. For a free copy of the collection of winning ideas about how to make pesticide spraying safer, more accurate, and more econoniical, write Say It and Spray it Dept., Ciba-Geigy Canada, Agricultural Division, 6860 Century Avenue, Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 2W5.0 RESEARCH MAY IMPROVE CLOVER Canadian Pacific has awarded two graduate students at McGill University $11,000 a year each to develop better strains of red clover. Caroline Constabel, using bio- technology to grow cell tissues in Petri dishes, hopes that resulting mutations will provide clones resistant to root rot. Lawrence Wolfraim will use DNA research in an attempt to find red clover cells more tolerant of drought, cold, and other stresses.0