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s hat, his haiids..an
farmer- he slaps" you on the shoulder and
dislocates it for you.
If a. farmer says it's going"to rain, it does,
's.;tell ay.' ,but rarely when their land really needs it.
" Farmers like:newcars and always.buy •big
without: _ shiny ones:. Within two weeks after delivery
allners thereis;,thhree,�to four inches of mud; on.,the
+we , new front floor 'mats,: e dashboard ,is
,covered with dusty a parr ,of work gloves 'a
notebook aand th�u°ee;books: of matches.. Int ►e
and h ve the p trui k of the,' dew` car can be .,found air.
, take off . • 4e41191°,0 e i
r. r . ff k;up, a!l aLtloots caked
h dried rnud, a ?box' f misceiianeous
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r�'�aramet's:are t▪ heo ly people wh can keep
hey, ty: while 'the, rest os ! 'Our
lairds' o' h '3- F m 8
�.. ��- wait. nn ddiss�aay over, the
ler,, ,government pOlicieg, the Weather,
increases, the ,weather acid `a county
it whichn"often forgets most of. its coif
it 464 farmmfor a living
Fanners read agriculture: bulletins, ,The
atnadan Farther and the financial ` page,
On March 22,
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KK�airshe�a, Hea 'firobs•was nein atthe'home
ot= Bonnie still fnlie Clarke.
�, : onnie Clarke Ied,the, eeng as;;..art,:of
f leadership; club She'.casiAdiscussed`- ewer-.
ng, .snacking and eating at fast food
'Places* ' , b k ,F,' L ' ,
Julie Clarke` deonsrated 'how'' to do
different" types of sit'ups and: push ups.
Ie fourth meeting: of the
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but not necessarily in that order. They know
a lot about insects, hail, crop dusti> i& irriga-
tion, interest rates, curling, animal husban-
dry, engines, electricity, welding, and
futures, but can never seem, to figure, out
what the heck those guys in Ottawa. and,at
Queen's Park are doing.
Farmers like roast: beef ('usually well
done), small children, especially their
grandchildren, woodlots, big tractors, Hub.
bard squash, pot roast and sometimes liver.
They ' like gnashed potates with gravy,
homemade pie, and almost anywhere in
Florida. They like vacations, but ,not as
much as their wives do, big bath towels
dogs, euchre. and Hockey Night m,,Canada: and drought when, it is parched h
Farmers don't particularly, like zucchini, when his corn or beans are at their peak, t
opera, the Liberals, hospitals, itals, su r- withstan interest rates and colla
rik p -(that's
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its, the 401, gas stations (that s -markets, g' ernmeni action or inactiok
because they usuallykeepagasoline pumpstill' ets 'Very day,puts on his
g u� , ., rY . , P cap, �!
of their own near the barn, : sort of a do -it- once again, makes• it all work for all of u'
yourself service station), implement' who so often take our farmers for granted
salesmen, bank managers and drought. -reprinted from the Kent County Federa
Farmersare people who are convinced to tion of Agriculture.
$p nd a s ltfortun on a sprayer and ti
quart ity o ;k rho new .insecticide mietl
bethyl aRr ; n, ro; eon,: only to find' out that da
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atter they spray it has been'banned by
federal Department of. Agriculture and
Department of jlealtkand Welfare beca
beSidesitilPailliO, it just maybe kills b
and a few,people too. ,
Farmers are the people w f know how
raise food in • such quantity, ; d of su
quality, we are a.people bless .- _ ' many tint
over with their 'plenty at. a • fraction of
cost of what many in other less-privileg
countries pay to eat.
A farmer Is an eternal optimist who
spite o,f rain hen his land ns soaping w
•' .w e
rebs learn about eating in f ast :food joiiits
llonnie gave the ;.club a quiz on the Canadian
Food 'Guide.
Everyone helped Bonnie as she demon-
strated., how to make bran muffins, "jog
nog", and cheezy poPcorn.
The club, enjoyed these as snacks at the
close .of the meeting:
Heart Throbs •Discuss Snackinn
The Clover Valley Calistentic Cats held
erclub hIrildfirst meeting
The first°meetwg for the Silver Lake 4-H
Computer Club was' held at Kinloss Com
munity Centre on March `8 '
The Meeting opened with the 4-H pledge
and then members voted ' for the club
executive. They are Mary Stanley, presid-
ent; Karen Hedley, vice-president;. Terri
Johnson, secretary and Debi. Johnson and
Laura . Stanley arepress reporters.
The club than thought of the title, Whiz
for their= tante. Then they . read their
notes on the history of the computer. They
discussed their future projects and Achieve-
ment Night which will be on May 1d at 8, ,
.m. at. Che stow.
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They the meeting at 9 p.m. and the
next` meeting was scheduled.
The second meeting for the Silver Lake
411 Computer Club was held as scheduled
on March 22.,
Members began the meeting. with the 4-H
pledge and then read the previous meeting's
m mutes. The president!. " Mary Stanley,
resigned and Karen Hedley took her, place.
Members dicta _little quiz on the history of
the' mcomputer' They read their notes on
t 4.
c puter jargon. They ended the ,March 2213 p.
Meeting, at 8.3pint.' and the next meeting
was scheduled for March 29 at . Eleanor
Johnson's at 7 p.m:
uckio`v Horticultural Society
The Lucknow Horticultural Society held
their ' March 14 meeting in the, Legion Hall
with a good attendance.
Mrs. Mary MacGillivray, the new presid-
ent, welcomed everyone. • Mrs: Ruth. Rogues,
secretary, read. the , minutes of '- several
meetings.. . „
The president reminded the committee for
the booth' at"'the ' Lions Farrar and Garden
Show, to enlist other help. It was moved to
pay for a subscription for the magazine,
Organic . Gardening for the library. Mrs.
Jean Whitby read the inscription to be put
oh a plaque at the east end of Lucknow in the
park. it will tell of the first waterworks; a
bicentennial project. Delegates were chosen
for - the district convention to be • held in
Brussels April 14.
Future meetings are to be held every third
Wednesday of the month..
Mrs; Violet Arnold and a . committee of
Mrs. Ruth Pritchard, Mrs. Alex Hackett and
Mrs. George Garratt, were in charge of the
meeting. Ruth read a .spring poem. Vi spoke
of many new interesting itemsin the seed
catalogues and gave a reading on carrots.
Ella introduced the guest speaker, Mrs.
Mamie Wilkins, who discussed how she
plants and transplants vegetables and
flowers. She also answered garden ques-
tions.
Draws were made for sir different plants.
Vi thanked Mamie and presented her with a
gift. Mrs. Edith Webster entertained the
group with a number of Irish songs on the
piano.
A train visit to Timmins
Pete and June Bremner.have just returned
from -a months vacation in Florida.
We extend sympathy to Bill and Dora Van
Dyke and family on the death of Dora's
mother, from Holland..
Dawna Richardson, . Scott and Ryan,
travelled by train for a visit 'recently with her
parents, Edna and Walter Frank and her
sister and ,family of Timmins.
Congratulations to Jim and Cathy Vance
TRINITY
by Bell Hackett
of concession nine for the birth of their new
baby girl, Rose Amber, a little sister for
Roberta.
Ripley children prepare ,projects
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Burgess of Waterloo
called' on Mr. and Mrs. Ron McGuire and
boys on Sunday morning. Chris and Scott
McGuire returned.to Waterloo with there for
the day.
Sympathy is extended to Mrs. Geert
Guikema and family on the recent passing of
her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Guikema owned
the Peter VanSickle farm on the second of
Huron, before moving to Wingham..
Mr. and Mrs. Stan Blackwell have left. for
OLIVET
the west tovisit with members of their
family. They intend to be aws,ty„for about
three months.
Ripley School children are busy preparing
for their science fair this week. Be sure to
visit the exhibits as a lot of work goes into
their projects.
their third meeting on March 3 at Mrs:
Donna. Arnold's..
Some: members prepared Chili Con. Carne
and Fruit. Custard and,the meeting, was then
opened. ..
All members answered the roll call, Tell
about. the five ways you found to 'move it'
more.
The members ' and leaders tried some of
the warm up exereises in the manual as wei
as others.
Donna Arnold and Charlene Elphie
discussed, How Fit Are You, Be A Goan
Loser, Low 'Fat Cooking and Keeping the
Situation Under :Control.
The meeting was closed with the 44
motto and we tasted the Chili Con Carne an
Fruit Custard.
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