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38 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER RECEIVES
HILLIARD AWARD FOR EXTENSION SERVICE
When Hank Bellman was hired by
the Department of Agriculture in 1952,
his job as an agricultural engineer was to
assist 4-H tractor clubs and Junior
Farmer farm machinery clubs.
He's seen many changes, in his own
job and in farming generally, and his
service to agriculture through 37 years
was acknowledged recently when he
received the 1989 T. R. Hilliard Distin-
guished Agricultural Extension Award.
An agricultural engineer working
out of the OMAF office in Walkerton,
Bruce County, for 35 years, Beliman
retired in March of this year. The Hil-
liard award, named in memory of the
late T. R. Hilliard, former deputy minis-
ter of agriculture, recognizes Bellman's
outstanding contributions to agricul-
tural extension in Ontario.
Raised on a dairy farm in the Bow-
manville area, Beliman graduated from
the Ontario Agricultural College in
1952, returning in 1961 to earn his
Master's in agricultural engineering.
He taught at Ridgetown College of
Agricultural Technology before joining
the Bruce County OMAF and starting a
long career in farm buildings advisory
work.
He notes the dramatically increased
intensity of farming in the past 30 years,
and the expansion of agriculture
through new techniques to improve
animal environments.
But above all, he notes his pleasure
in working with people, both his co-
workers at OMAF and farmers.
"One of the joys of being involved in
agricultural extension has been working
with farmers," he says. "There was no
greater joy in my job than going out on
a farm call and helping a farmer with a
specific problem. They were and they
continue to be a tremendous group of
people."
The admiration, as indicated by the
T. R. Hilliard award, is mutual.
The Hilliard award is presented
annually by the Ontario Agricultural
College Alumni Foundation. Last
year's recipient was Ross Daily of
CFPL-TV's program, This Business of
Farming.0
NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBERS OF FARM
IMPLEMENTS BOARD MEET THIS MONTH
Art Helm of Lucknow, one of the
nine members recently appointed to the
newly created Ontario Farm Imple-
ments Board, is looking forward to the
board's first meeting this month.
Of particular interest, he says, will be
the setting of safety standards for the
industry. A secondary farm implements
manufacturer, Helm says that the safety
standards the board will be establishing
should be good for the industry, despite
some controversy about the proposals.
Having read through the proposed
regulations under the Farm Implements
Act, he says he finds nothing "too alarm-
ing."
In addition to Helm, who is also a
director for the Ontario Farm Equip-
ment Manufacturer's Association, the
new implements board includes:
Board member Art Helm.