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The Rural Voice, 1988-08, Page 12See our new style of weaner feeders ED'S CONCRETE ▹s MANUFACTURING PRE -CAST HOG FEEDERS Three or tour feet long, 36 or 42 inches high, with allowance for water nipple installation. Designed for high p moisture com, pelleted, or dry feed Hog slats and weaner slats STRATFORD 519-271-6590 cHU Now Lobbs can fulfill Your GEHL EQUIPMENT NEEDS Lobb's for ... Forage Equipment: forage harvester, blowers & unloading wagons Haying Equipment: mower conditioners, disc conditioners, rakes, tedders, round balers And More: skid steer loaders, box manure spreaders, slurry manure spreaders, liquid manure spreaders, mix -alts See us today for a great deal H. LOBB & SONS LTD. BAYFIELD ROAD 482-3409 10 THE RURAL VOCE FEEDBACK ORGANIC BEEF REPLIES TO OCA The clique atop the OCA — the Ontario Cattlemen's Association — is afraid to debate us one to one, face to face, on some key health and econom- ic issues. Recently at a meeting of the Ontario Freezer Meat Association, some of Peace Valley's advertising material was used to "educate people about the evils of organic farming." Come now! Peace Valley wasn't even invited to be there to present a defence. It's now the right time to tell the whole story. Whatever the OCA has to say about our methods of raising drug-free livestock, they should have the cour- age to say it to our face ... and while we're all there, let's debate why the OCA wants to keep today's consumer so ignorant about modern animal husbandry practices. We want to discuss the issues with the OCA for everyone's benefit. We welcome an open, monitored debate with the Ontario Cattlemen's Association. The farmer, and especially the consumer, has a right to know!O Carl Cosack Peace Valley Ranch Ltd. R. R. 3, Shelburne CUTTING DOWN THE FUTURE? I noted recently a report that Ful- larton Township Reeve Bert Vorsten- bosch has said trees scheduled for removal should be cut down and it is selfish to think of the enjoyment the trees provide. The question should be asked — How many more trees in the city, county, and Western Ontario are we going to destroy before it is too late? In the Gadshill forest, the city has just destroyed another 18,369 trees to make way for an unnecessary airport runway. All over Ontario, farmers' wood - lots are disappearing, wetlands are drained, they now plow right up to the roads, and in only a few places the