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By Gisele Ireland Value of farm kids stump experts? Huge forests have been felled to prm ide the paper to docu- ment lhe findings of experts who have studied everything a farmer ever produced. bought or borrowed The studies and commis- Sions net-er uncovered any thing that wasn‘t common knowledge The one thingthat was missed. though. was how the size of the farmer's fami- ly contributed to his success ori'ailure Anyone who has what he conSiders the ideal family wouldn't take a million dol- lars for one of his kids. and wouldn‘t give you a pltig nick» E] for another one. The ideal size" Well that. thank good» ness, is still at the discretion of the parents. The arrival of the first off- spring is always celebrated \\'ilil extra fervor. When the little bundle has cried for the filth night in a row while Dads dy is trying to get the crop in. he wonders why they were in such a hurry to begin a fami- ly. When that same bundle gets over teething. flashes that smile that slays even the most standot‘fish person. you wonder why you wanted so long to become a parent. Teaching a toddling son or daughter about the environ- ment he lives in is a greater ego builder for the parents than getting the local prize for best dairy herd. prize hog or top selling bull in the sale. Watching them thrive despite the peck of dirt they seem to be covered with and occasitr nally ingest heaLs trying to outmanoeuvre the weather and the markets. When they become old enough to really be a help. when you need them the most. they'll be at 4â€"H. or playing sports. The mother will be gone too, driving them wherever the event is held. Stone picking time makes you wish you had a dozen kids. and when it‘s time to get braces on their teeth. one is more than enough Boys not girls are desired when there's a tractor that needs fixing but girls are de- sired when getting the car in. surance premium for sons. The car insurance problem is a drop in the bucket when the girls start getting mar- ried. Buying the sons a farm to start them off isn't cheap either, My advice‘is to pro- vide ladders to the daughters' beaux. and urge the sons to work in the “real world”. un- til they have some experience under their belt. Compatibility has tried to the limit when a fami- ly of five daughters with one bathroom reach adulthood with no permanent scars. Parents of five sons usually been /7F7 Athlete of the Week UEST O UMNIST r entertain themselves at home on Friday night. unless they want to go to town on the bicy- cles that are left in the shed. Nothing else with wheels is left. Once the rooms echo your own thoughts. and there isn’t a toy or running shoe in sight. you realize it's all finished The ideal family has been nurtured and gone. But not for long. The nice thing about raising a crop of kids is that they are self-perpetuating. in no time at all. there's another couple who has decided to be- gin a family. and being a grandparent gives you all the pleasure. with little work or expense. It‘s just miraculous though. i that some expert hasn't del- ved into the farm family and come up with what size fami- ly. what gender of children. and what talents it must pos- sess to enhance the farm fam- ily‘s success or failure. Eamztn A l Eflflflflfia “Athletics makes school worthwhile” sa . ys IB-year-old Karen Davey. a grade 13 student at in ‘ ngh SCHOOL 3 Chasley District “I really like it " she says "it's an enio , yabie outlet. We have a toonoich program here at CDHS th Improve.” at continues to Karen daughter oi William and Ruth Dav I Fl I. R Cnesley. is indeed active in all kinds oi sports.ey a 2 k! G school‘s basketball team' she plays voile 4 . ybali, is a membe lot the cross-country team: plays soccer. badminton and is a thrower on the track and iield team. participating l disgui, lari‘reiln and shot out events. it w on she‘s not doing aiithat she I5 either i i ringetie in Tara or hockey on a ndn-co ‘ ' pay" tealrn in Southampton. mpe‘mve [idles ast year. she was runner-up tor the overall irls‘ t ' re and field championship. an honour she won in grade run: Next year. Karen says it's 0" to either McMaster o active reality. B re n d a M as o n at Belgrave. Ontario. lives on a iarmers, and in problems both tlnanclal and witnij the family. Queen's Bush is midst at an emotional J . cepmsby‘em wnfla trauma. It Is aitncuit lor Mason was introduced as the start person tor the Queen's Bush Rural Ministries, She made a very good impression on the court. and was met with en- ' 7i [arm with her ramiiy. She is active in the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. and is experienced in iarm management and grist Cnllngnllinn sna has oer i -::_ i Karen Davey Debbie M. Calhoun graduated iiorn Conestoga College at Applied Arts and Technology. Guelph. on November 21. 1957. with a C! U I! 0! U I! l M O (I Q a 62 d Bush Rural M1nlst people to believe that they are not competeiy alone. a beginning in trying I Queen's Bush Rurai solve some 0! those pr Ministry will be a Christian blems- ll '5 hoped that W" a mission. mare so that pee» Queen‘s BUS" Hura ' pie will not be alone. it will ministry. no one will neeui provide an alternative to 9‘ alonev Government advisory The ministry Is presently In boards. and will connect "99°er DY grams "owl people to others who share Bruce Presbytery and, In their problem, and Just be Hamm‘m Contemnce. arj ’ there so there is someone we” ‘5 DY donations "0 m the Farmer can talk to. Farming is a way at lite. but a way at life that IS threatened. Ti’leré~ is an in- crease in the stress felt by local churches and groups it is hoped that in the nea ' luture that The Queen' ’ Bush Rural Ministry wm be an enumenciai ministry. diploma In nursing. Debbie is a lormer graduate or cnssiey District High School and the only daughter oi Ron and Marlene Calhoun oi RRZ. Chesley. Debbie has ac- cepted a DDSitlon at the Hanover and District Hospital, saturating