The Rural Voice, 2019-01, Page 9January 2019 5
Twenty thousand birds
Modern poultry operation
Food for the masses
~Lisa B. Pot
Ruralite
Raising pigs isn’t
just a business. We
are caretakers of
the animals.
~ Tara Terpstra, Silver
Corners Inc., Cranbrook ~
Old Joe farmed a small dairy
in Ontario. The Ministry of Labour
claimed he was not paying proper
wages to his workers and sent an
agent out to interview him.
“I need a list of your employees and
how much you pay them,” demanded
the agent.
“Well,” replied old Joe, “There’s my
farm hand who’s been with me for three
years. I pay him $600 a week plus free
room and board. The milker has been
here for 18 months, and I pay her $500
a week plus free room and board. Then
there’s the half-wit who works about 18
hours every day and does about 90 per
cent of all the work around here. He
makes about $10 per week, pays his
own room and board and I buy him a
bottle of bourbon every Saturday night.”
“That's the guy I want to talk to, the
halfwit,” says the agent.
“That would be me,” replied old
farmer Joe.
A boiled egg in
the morning is hard
to beat
JANUARY
INSPIRATION
This year I just wanna go on
more adventures.
Be around good energy.
Connect with people.
Learn new things.
Grow.
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