Times-Advocate, 1984-06-13, Page 33i
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TOP HENSALL CALVES — Scott Cooper receives the Exeter Times Advocate
trophy from Ross Hough as exhibitor of the champion calf of Tuesday's Hensoll
Fair, At the right Wilbur Kerslake gets the Exeter District Co -Op trophy from Roy
Pepper as reserve chomp. T -A photo.
Scott Cooper sweeps soli show
It was.a clean sweep for in Tuesday's feeder calf club Spring Fair.
Scott Cooper In all categories competition at the Hensall The 16 -year. -old son of Lloyd
and June Cooper of RR 3, Kip -
pen exhibited the top finish
calf to will the Exeter Times
Advocate trophy, the calf
gained the most weight while
under Scott's care and he was
chosen as the top senior and
overall showman
Riddell suggests
Timbrell reneging
Agriculture Minister Den-
nis Timbrell is backing down
on a ministry promise made
28 months ago to create a pro-
vincial farm bank If farm
credit- problems persisted
longer than one year, MPP
Jack Riddell (L — Huron -
Middlesex) said Friday,
Bruce County farmers were
told in February 1982, by
former deputy -minister Dun-
can Allan that the province
would act if farm credit
became a chronic problem,
and set a one-year time limit,
'Riddell told the legislature.
"-The situation shows no
sign of improvement," he
said, calling on Timbrell to
establish long-term farm
loans at eight percent
it interest.
There have.been a number
of developments since 1982,
said Timbrell: The farm ad-
justment assistance program
has helped thousands of
farmers, he said.
"Farm bankruptcies are
down from the 1982.1evel and
at the same level as 1983."
That observation enraged
Riddell, who accused Tim-
brell of taking delight in
bankruptcies being as bad
this year as 1983 and not be-
ing higher than in 1982, a year
Riddell called the worst in On-
tario farm history. "Shame
on you. You're prepared to
see our farmers go down the
drain."
Timbrell responded,
"Debating the honorable
member reminds me of hav-
ing a battle of wits with an
unarmed person."
BEST FAIR SHOWMANSHIP — Hensall Fair president John Kinsman presents
the senior showmanship trophy to Scott Cooper and Cathy Carter receives the
junior award from Stuart Brown. T -A photo.
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"'Long about knee-deep in
June, 'bout the time,
strawberries melts on the
vine," wrote James Riley in
1883.
To be knee-deep in June is
a great thrill in the country.
The seeding is finished by this
time and first -cut of hay is
smelling sweet and clean on
the night air. Wild strawber-
ries and"raspberries abound
in the bush behind our house,
especially raspberries; They
won't be ripe for a week or
two yet but it is fun to take the
old buckskin mare through
the trails. At time:. she'll be
belly -deep in undergrowth
that is full -leafed and as
spongy as a carpet.
Along the roadsides and in
the fields, the young wood-
chucks -- groundhogs — ap-
pear outside the dens. The
ruby -throated hummingbirds
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are waiting at the corner of
the house for the hollyhocks to
open.
One of my fondest
memories of my father is wat-
ching him tramp through a
bush when we were trying to
find a good trout stream. I
was breathlessly trying to
. keep peace with him when he
stopped and put his fingers to
his lips. He turned slowly and
pointed ahead of him. A
mother partridge had just
signalled our approach and
we counted 10 little balls of
fluff, no bigger than hickory
nuts, as they froze at her
sharp little cluck. Every little
golden ball seemed to disap-
pear before our eyes.
When they freeze at her
signal, itis almost impossible
to find them even though they
were moving a 'brief second
ago. If you continue your ap-
proach, the old mother par-
tridge will pull a broken -wing
trick to distract you. She will
flutter, seemingly helpless in
front of you and deliberately
lead you away from the mo- .
tionless chicks.
I remember the twinkle in
Dad's eyes when hg said : "If
all you young ones obeyed like
the young pardges, we
ur
wouldn't have auch trou-
ble raising yo
He carefully backed away
lest he step on a motionless,
chick and we took another
route to the trout stream. I
can hear his chuckle to this
day and that must be more
than 40 years ago. He had a
reverence for all forms of life,
especially flowers. The last
picture the family has is Pop
stooping to cradle the leaves
of a wildflower in his hand, his
body even then ravaged by
cancer.
At my daughter's home a
few miles from here, the barn
swallows have nested close to
the swimming pool. That nest
must be overcrowded if the
beaks poking above the mud -
and -stick nest are any indica-
tion. We watched them last
year and when they were
crowded out, it took them on-
ly two evenings to learn to fly.
They hunt while in the air
and I've heard it said that a
full-grown swallow will eat as
many as 500 mosquitoes in an
evening while a purple mar-
tin -- of the same family as
swallows -- will eat as many
as 1000 in a night.
Kingbirds are nesting, too.
These tough little fighters will
attack a crow, five or six
times bigger than they are, if
the ungainly crow comes too
close to a nest.
Squirrels are being born;
cottontails are probably into
their second family; spring
peepers are through the tad-
pole stage; cattails are in
bloom.
And my favorite tree, the
tamarack, is in full bloom in
June.
What is so rare as a day in
June!
The minister said no pro-
vince has done more than On-
tario for its farmers, but that
no province can develop its
own farm credit program to
make everyone happy.
NDP agriculture critic Mel
Swart (Welland -Thorold)
joined the attack on Timbrell.
"There's no question you
have done far less than
other provinces. It's obvious
you're not going to do
anything on your own."
But Timbrell maintained he
still favors national solutions,
if he can get Ottawa to agree
to his proposals for an agri-
bond progam — by which
private investors would get a
tax break by making credit
money available to farmers
— and for a national red meat
stabilization plan.
Agreement could be reach-
ed at the national meeting of
agriculture ministers July 23
to 25, said Timbrell.
The Cooper calf which gain-
ed 530 pounds almost doubling
its intitial weight of 270
pounds was purchased by
Veal's Meat Market for $1.20
per pound.
Judged the second best
animal and reserve champion
was a calf shown by Wilber
Kerslake. In the auction it
went to Bevan Shapton
representing Top Notch
Feeds for $1.16 a pound.
The other calves in the top
eight were exhibited by Pat
Melady, Brad Carter, Cathy
Carter, Matthew Townsend,
Katie Kerslake and John
Passmore.
In senior showmanship the
winners following Scott
' Cooper were Kevin Varley,
Katie Kerslake, Jim Camp-
bell, Wilber Kerslake, Tracey
Parsons, Pat Melady and
Beth Consitt.
Cathy Carter was the junior
showmanship champion.
Next in line were Murray
Townsend, Joan Kerslake,
Brad Carter, Karen Camp-
bell, Michael Man, Matthew
Townsend and Robbie
Passmore.
The award for the top 4-H
calf went to Kevin Varley.
In the veterans division for
former calf club members,
the first prize in finish went to
Les Coleman. Next were
Lloyd Cooper, Beth Cooper
and Don Carter.
The showmanship winners
in this category were Jim
Carter, Les Coleman, Les
Consitt and Beth Cooper.
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