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Rural Rambl ts bi I back vorthumperkind â€" beckly Aug 30/82 g ® g Cas | By Ceciua Nasmith i ty Stare Wrirer mteananis y & - It seems one year‘s hiatus has only made wl â€" rug. 5 people want Rural Ramble more. Pn s â€" } $3 55 Forced to skip 2001 because of the danger | s f i Poias posed by hoofâ€"andâ€"mouth disease, the popular ‘ mm ks ) ‘ & hies .. annual event returned this weekend with a A h } ‘,; P o i vengeance. Twentyâ€"three Northumberland * uts o â€"(% oi es locations, from Petherick‘s Corners in the f = | ty northeast to Dale Corners in the southwest, put pesln C ! J pianmais ) i: L on a show for visitors that highlighted each : io ts MWls se * WI (Y j * ‘wat EL one‘s specialties. a is s=i PAl _ | adldhk an o > [( TT’?“;';;' U‘*;;‘ fil s laaes c From the maple butter and maple artifacts at . WBWl U o y inCc :%4 M ” bidL ,;"“-----n ‘J_{L Â¥![ 1/ 44! Sandy Flat Sugar Bush near Warkworth to the. . M@s q o P e es :‘qg""" o . O t aotenamaiti n romsas pony rides and giant apple at Burnham Family ~Be : " m-fl_'fifi:. h ~al dcae poafore, 4 Farm Market near Port Hope, there was a ‘rl_"_:““:?:‘:‘» ie uie WM,____ & n 8 world to discover at each stop. There was an "7 . "I e s rame ifi\s‘;;"-:«f‘ g‘: saifa es sls [ s e s 7 4 t o ANSNC oo ol e acol Jn At fi interesting piggyâ€"backing network in place too, ic it ;;“‘_:»a{;fi,;'-rfi e o o. c § 4 Fist for example, with a Women‘s Institute baking es c ou m t otgse o a% \"fi"’ § crafts and food sale at High Pointe Inn and e oo e * Equestrian Centre near Baltimore and | _ _ wAE es . Rebound Youth Services Northumberland w uied es aie s1 x7 ) G offering games and face painting at Homac / porsace, ciltes 5l al. 5 is i | Acres Inc. near Codrington. en $ oi c Dave Ward was kept busy jotting down figâ€" seaert‘ ;‘m\g,:"‘ h C od 3 s f + et ures as the vehicles drove into Homac Acres. Sn t n "We just had somebody from England," he S x: : said briefly with as much excitement as he had 4 ; C f time for. He noted it on his sheet, which also o * o ipy i p Horo ay Manoy Marny t Ejé}fi,gfiilc“l;’_‘n idpiceurine, m laidrod IN THE GOUNTRY: The picturesque, centuryâ€"old Hoskin Farms Ltd. stop drew crowds during } "A lot of people are coming with grandchilâ€" _ Rural Ramble on the weekend. The Stoneybrook homestead northwest of Grafton featured milkâ€" dren, nieces and nephews," he said. "We see the . ing demonstrations and 4â€"H exhibits. backseats are usually full of kids. f "And some of these people are upset thatâ€" and washing down the floors of the cow parâ€" _ Williams said. * they couldn‘t do this last year." _ _ lour. Everyone walking in was given a small "There are a lot of things for the kids to do At Homac, the children could wander vial of cream to shake into butter as afirstâ€" »here, and the people with kids are really thankâ€" around pens arranged into aisles to show off â€" hand demonstration of how churning used to.. ful," she added. ; â€" id cows, calves and donkeys (including a tiny â€" work. Free chocolate milk and ice cream were Ms. Williams heard many comments from threeâ€"weekâ€"old one many children wanted to â€" distributed, with the 4â€"H Club set up at a barbeâ€" people who had seen the milking demonstraâ€" | bundle up and take home with them). cue to sell hot dogs and hamburgers. tion. "They think it‘s just amazing, with all the _ Miss Piggy, obligingly rooted for edibles in Once the children downed their treats, they â€" electronics," she said. "Many of them thought the soft ground of her pen, and the children â€" were free to check out the baby cow in the Cow _ they still do it by hand." were also invited to step into a cage with rabâ€" . Palace (a little building made:entirely of hay In fact, computers play a role in almost , hits they could hold and pet. bales), feed the baby calves, enjoy the model every farm operation, according to the Rural The grownâ€"ups would have been more apt to _ farm set out on a table under a tree and play in â€" Ramble program, for such functions as milkâ€" ‘enjoy the cattle penning demonstration, where the cowâ€"corn pool â€" a wading pool filled with ing, livestock mating, machinery functions, workers on horseback cut out specific calves â€" cow corn and some great Tonka toys to transâ€" â€" marketing, financing, feeding, record keeping, from a herd and got them into the pen. When â€" port loads of the maize pellets around. weather information, nutrient reports, disease _ the bleachers were full, spectators drifted to the Volunteer Danielle Williams said the Hoskin . control and crop rotations. é bales of hay that had been set out for overflow . farm had seen well over 200 visitors come in The program estimated Northumberland seating. within the first two and a half hours alone. farms have investments in some 3,400 tractors, Hoskin Farms Ltd., north of Grafton, also "Their response is, ‘Thumbs up!‘ and, ‘Excelâ€" . 2,000 farm trucks, 1,000 balersâ€"and 400 comâ€" had much to mesmerize both children and â€" lent!‘, ‘We had a great time, thank you very _ bines, among its 1,336 agricultural operations adults, including demonstrations of milking much,‘ and, ‘We‘ll be back next year,"" Ms. _ in the county, farming some 274,809 acres. : s j g [EEEENTC i on onnncammmnamnnnines."" 7. 1177 f en o 9 " 2 3 P # _ i emasce t plxian i y I 4 I .,,:'-'"t.-""-';"?!" y . | . â€" _ M B o & C l #,- 2 i . s . o ol s 8 5 S (*e ns n eC F2 _ }â€". . y unc &4 ; xo '\‘ faV C afpesine c oi 'rj" WX 8 %fi\ \’g *E E & _c css fi"“ es _ on‘ /// 1t ;’Is / §F 3 : . 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