Times-Advocate, 1986-12-24, Page 35Wise opens way
for potato agency
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.arin.al potato amity,"' ale said.
Al resent,. ttke Act restricts supp-
ly managentesit programs is eggs,.
podding and tobast&
"As long as there is no major
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dal
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Barrie,. the chairman tie tie National
Fay P1red.ets Illasketieg Ci wwilL t�
begin Me public hearing rocestt,
Wise add
The gelatin hearing will be, part of
the C'ouncil's inquiry in to eke merits
of establishing a matiieaal osaeketing
agennci k r petaMes soder Om Ad.
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chewan Alberta asid British Cohan
Ilia The prepsall ea& Ger as agency
to aesiel its the win* enarket:Ig'sd
potatoes eider a national supply
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tie national marketing agencies Wien
the majority of prodkscers a par-
ticular commodity support suds ac-
tion: The National Vann Products
Maeketing, Ceuneit is the federal
iso' of national marketing
supery
agencies. Existing agencies ate fir
tablet eggs chicken, turkey acid
broiler hatching eggs.
MOON HOE venoms — Members of the Grand Bend Alhambra Caravan assisted Santa Claus at
Friday's party at the Huron Hope Nursery School. With Santa ore Dawn Quick, Jeffrey Roach and Becky
P'idrrering. From Alhambra are Ed Mommersteeg, Bill Vandenberk, Jim Dolton, Ben Wiendels and Cor
Vandenbei h.•
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to serving ytnuu in the New
Year.
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vierneestt Christmas greetings. May
the ante meaning and tete spirit of
Jack Rid
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ams Greetings
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(519) 523-9666
"One Christmas was so much like
another, in those years... that I can
never remember whether it snowed
for six days and six nights" when I
was twelve or whether it snowed for
twelve days•and twelve nights when
I .was six." — Dylan Thomas.
When your hair is almost as white
as the ground at Christmas time,
Thomas's words make a lot of sense.
The older I get, the more I tend to dis-
count the old saying that age brings
wisdom. I am beginning to think I
know less and less as I get older.
When I was 14. I wondered about
how stupid my father was. When I hit
21, I was amazed at how much he had
learned in seven years. Now that I'm
at the three -score point, I have most-
ly memories to light up my life.
Wisdom seems to have eluded me.
Christ}nas this year will probably
be the last one when we will have a
"child" at .home. Our youngest
daughter will be 20 in a few weeks and
a ring is sparkling on her finger. We
may not have her with us nexteac.,
at this time.
Some of those old adages still ring
true. Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
wrote: My son's my son till he gets a
wife, but my daughter's my daughter
all her life.
With three daughters and five
grandchildren, I can vouch for the
truth of Dinah's words. We get a
choice — and a great choice it is --
every Christmas, especially because
the two oldest girls live within 15 or
20 minutes' drive.
When our youngest leavers the
nest, we pray she will also be close.
I certainly empathize with Dylan
Thomas when he has trouble
distinguishing one Christmas from
another. The early days in my home
town of Lindsay, Ont., during the
Depression years should stand out in
my mind but only one or two of them
do and they have been chronicled in
this column: the year of the red fire
truck, the year 1 f the new skates.
The first year away from home dur-
ing the Second World War when I was
a lad of just 17 — I had lied about my
age to get into the navy -- stands_out
in my mind. It was lonely in Quebec
City in I943 for an Anglo.
The first year my lady and I were
married stands out as a special year.
Each of the years when a new baby
graced our home - was also
memorable. And when the grand-
children arrived, an n entirely new
dimension came to Christmas.
Thane who decry the commer-
cialization of Christmas have a point.
The buy -buy -buy aspect is enough to
make Scrooge sick to his stomach.
I maintain, though, that Christmas
is just what you make it. We have
always made it the happiest time of
the year. It is a big day and the friend-
ship and love is almost palpable in all
our households. We open presents
Christmas morning, eat a huge
breakfast about 10 a.m., come home
to our place. stuff the turkey and
everybody enjoys a big dinner at
night cooked, by the best cook in the
world.
NDY POIN
CENTRED AROUND
ART1FKIAL INSEMINATION
• Our breeding stock provides
our buyers with proven genetics
from the top 3f' animals tested
across Canada. • Our program
enables us to offer quality and
health at a price that is hard to
beat • We have an ongoing
supply of A.I. sired
'Hampi Duroc, York landrace
boors S FI York%landrace gilts
• Our closed herd is ranked
"Good" by the OMAF standards
of Herd Health Classification.
Come and take a look .t our
stock anytime!
Delivery available
KURT KELLER
R.R. 1, Mitchell, Ont.
S 19-348-x043
I -attars are apprec,atfd by Mob T.otur. Eidats AY . Vent.* Ont N31 2C 7 z,
It's a wonderful time of year and
whoever said it was for children knew
what he was talking about. Christmas
without children's laughter ringing
through the house is as empty as a
pricked balloon.
- "Sudden in a shaft of sunlight. even
while the dust moves.
"There rises the hidden laughter of
children in the foliage.
"Quick now, here, now always --
"Ridiculous the waste sad time stret-
ching before and after."
T.S. Eliot wrote those words in 1935
in Four Quartets. He must have had
grandchildren around at Christmas.
Ridgetown releases
farm week program
Senator Herbert O. Sparrow-. of
North Battleford, Saskatchewan will
be the first feature speaker at the an-
nual:Southwestern Ontario Farmers'
Week at Ridgetown College on Mon-
day, January 5.
An internationally recognized ex-
pert on soil conservation, Senator
Sparrow has been the recipient of
such distinguished awards as the 1985
IgnitedNatioins eriviromentat leader-
ship medal and certificate of distinc-
tion for soil conservation.
Sparrow was summoned to the
Senate in 1968 and is currently depu-
ty chairman of the Senate
agriculture. fisheries and forestry
committee. As feature speaker for the
soil management day, Senator Spar-
row will speak At 1:15 p.m. in the
livestock pavilion on the topic of Soil
- Canada's Agricultural Future at
Stake.
Monday's Soil Management day
will have 10 sessions beginning at
10:00 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. in addition
to the Senator's feature address.
Feature speaker for Tuesday's
Farm Management day is Professor
George Brinkman of the school of
Agricultural Economics, University
of Guelph. A specialist in the areas of
agricultural policy, rural develop-
ment and agricultural productivity,
Brinkman will talk to assembled
guests about policy options for
farmers in the 1980's.
Ten sessions in all make up the
farm management day program on
Tuesday including a two hour
workshop in the morning and after-
noon dealing with the potential for
major tax refornkin Canada, and how
it may affect farmers, as well as tax
implications of ,ccommodity based
loans. Jim Schnarr and John Dick of
Ward Mallette, Ridgetown, will lead
the workshop sessions beginning at
10:00 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. in Willson
Hall.
Wednesday, January 7, is corn and
soybeans day with eight sessions
scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. and
2:15 p.m. Dr. Terry Daynard,
secretary manager of the Ontario
Corn Producers Association will
deliver Wednesday's feature address
entitled, What the Future Holds for
Ontario Corn.
Thursday is livestock day and will
feature Ken Knox, Farm Products
Marketing Branch Director
0.M.A.F., talking about marketing
opportunities for livestock. In addi-
tion, six sessions focusing on
marketing as well as production
issues are scheduled.
Friday's Farmers' Week program
combines the horticultural crops and
cereals and edible beans programs.
Feature speaker for the day is John
Cassady, senior vice-president, sales
and marketing, Campbell Soup Ltd.,
Toronto. Cassady's address is entitl-
ed pushing the consumers' hot but-
tons. Seventeen sessions focusing on
processing tomatoes. edible beans.
winter wheat and alternative crops
are planned for the last day of
Farmers' Week.
Southwestern Ontario Farmers'
Week has a daily cost of 'registration
of $2.00 which includes admission to
the day's program and access to
printed proceedings. Farmers' Week
is sponsored by the Southwestern On-
tario Soil and Crop Improvement
Associations as well as by Ridgetown
College of Agricultural Technology.
This is the 49th annual Farmers'
Week to be held at RCAT.
CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND
by ('o dna Price
Grade 8 ,1.A.I). c('urdy P.S.
In Ireland a white Christmas is
very rare and is considered an omen
of good fortune. But to the children of
Dublin, snow just means a chance to
have fun and go sledding.
Irish school children participate in
a pantomine play. one of many
theatrical performances offered in
Dublin during the Christmas season.
The boy choir of St. Anne's Church.
Dublin sings carols from the church:s
front steps during the advent season.
Season's Greeting's
to all our customers and thank you for your
patronage in '86
Looking forward to serving you in '87
•
Denfield Livestock Sales
Denfield
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