Times Advocate, 1994-06-29, Page 10Page 1(1
Times -Advocate, June 29, 1994
Junior Farmers exchange
Sitting in front of the sign Spruce Grove, which is the name of the farm in Centralia are,
Rob Essery, left; Sue Hall, Robert Galway and Mary Peterson.
Visiting Junior Farmers
come to Centralia farm
Hall is from England and Galway comes from Ireland
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
CENTRALIA - It's a chance to
see the world but it's also an op-
portunity to learn about farming
in other countries.
Last week, Rob Essery and
Mary Peterson of Centralia hosted
Sue Hall from Humerside, Eng-
land and Robert Galway from
Northern Ireland as part of the
Junior Farmers exchange pro-
gram.
Essery went to West Germany
back in 1986 while Peterson was
in the United Kingdom in 1985.
"We thought maybe it was time
to pay something back. We hosted
two people last year," said Essery
to why they decided to do it again
this year.
Hall and Galway will be in Can-
ada for three months as they be-
gan their visit back on May 31.
"We're on the Junior Fanners
exchange for three months. There
are 11 delegates and we keep
meeting up," said the 25 -year-old
Hall.
The other delegates are from
Germany, New Zealand and Aus-
tralia and they get together
throughout the three months to
discuss what they've seen and
what they've learned.
"It's really an educational ex-
perience," said Hall who lives on
a dairy farm in England.
Across the world farming is
different but, as explained by
Hall, there are some similar ties.
"The size of our farms are dif-
ferent. The average size in my
area is about 300 acres. You
couldn't live off of a hundred
acres, that's about the same here."
But her three-month trip to On-
tario, which will see the next stop
in Lambton County, has not been
all fun and games. There has
been some work involved.
"It was not all play," said Es-
sery. "We were doing some work,
we were haying at my father -in-
laws."
In program for 15 years: At
26, Galway is a veteran of the
Junior Farmers program as he
started when he was 11 years -old.
He comes from a dairy and
beef farm in Northern Ireland and
currently his family is milking up
to 270 cows. That high number is
unheard of in Ontario.
"We would tend to go for lower
yields," explained Galway. "We
have 5,000 liters per year," he
said of the amount of milk pro-
duction per cow.
Farming in any country comes
from a solid family background.
The farm Essery and Peterson
live on is a Century Farm,
meaning it is over 100 years old.
"We have been farmers on the
same property for over 200
years," said Galway. That's not
uncommon for the area of
Northern Ireland in which he
comes from.
This is Galway's first trip to
Canada and he has enjoyed it
very much. If he had a choice of
touring and staying in tradi-
tional accommodations, he may
not be so willing.
"It's far better staying with
families when staying in Can-
ada," he said.
Late in August, the trip for
Hall and Galway will come to
an end. They'll take their mem-
ones and head home to their
own countries but they'll have
lots to.do when they get home.
"I have to go to local groups
and I'll tell them about Canadian
life and what I've been doing,"
said Hall.
Through pictures and stories
she'll tell them that as much as
farming is different in each
country, it's also very similar.
Exeter Fair
field crop
results
EXETER - The field crop com-
petition of the Exeter Fall Fair has
begun. The hay crop was judged
this year by Alan McCallum, Crop
Advisor with the Ministry of Agr.,
Food & Rural Affairs in Clinton.
This year there were nine exhibi-
tors.
The scores are as follows: Bob
Down 90, Cliff Hicks 87, Alan
Powe 84, Alan Hern 83, Hern
Farms 80, Tom Hern 77, Donald
Dearing 75, Larry Lynn 72 and Al-
lan Rundle.
Once again prizes will be award-
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crop judged. Each exhibitor will be
allowed to use their best five out of
seven scores to determine the
overall winner.
The next crops judged will be
wheat and barley. New entrants are
welcome. Call Cliff Hicks 228-
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