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A riiculltural en ineer with OMAF . 1956 SINCE now 11g,f1"ga2gi1t,eestg, tubing, the use of micro com- in de.ciding which changes can attempts to keep abreast of m 'naltural en in 1 1.011. t e puters to assist in manage- be iI1.corpyattd into his developments in dairy houS- , . " T ""', Mm agnwted to gt' eer IS .today ment, record keeping and in operation advantageously. ing and conveys these to .3 ”2., elf-23% e r par (,cjpaaht. T, .ap- actually Programmmming other dairy extension people , , :3}: pn yp esearc activities. and contro .ling the mechanics In addition to having and farmers throughout On.. "r _w'rig Some of the innovative of performing some on farm responsiblity in agricultural tario. 5;; <_ changes have included: the job functions. engineering within Oxford Bob and his wife Joan -s, crfird I , E I ' r- transition from loose housing Changes and developments County , Milne is the provin- have five children; Mar , 'I; v - _ , a , dairy systems to free stall of these types will continue. cial specialist in Dairy Cattle Ly nn, Rob, Ruthanne, Paubi T l , s = Ll ts'. A . housing systems, the develop- The challenge to the farmer IS Housing. In this capacity, he and Gayle. Ra - . c/f",) e ment and acceptance of con- _ Y, he" d , I crete sandwich walls in -"-""-'------'-----------------------------------, 's',:'",': [ff /,(g,'.iiltf"t buildings, the " "1,1:- N "gs'. ' . overa and ongoing im- A It I - , . prt?vtryents in the area of in- grlcu ura representative _ isulating and ventilating livestock buildings, the I l " I development of newer con- I k t t k p t h cepts in natural ventilation of I es o o ee m ouc , livestock buildings, the - chan e from dr man e TVT . . - . systegns to liqui3d maniiiie representative in Grey Courr have certain work areas, each _ Bob Milne systems and the subsequent Atl, y ty. . attempts to keep in touch development of slatted floor " Biil FTC", .A considerable amount of with events happening in . . housing systems for swine, '4illlll Ill - - hi? work .deals Wlth the ad- other areas. iAger.iglt1,1Je1, Engineer, Bob beef and dairy, the concern Jral IPf'q trr?,?,... minlstlratlons .sidy of the , 21h mega: seen many changes for protecting the enivorn- r,i,(4,Ra,'8riiCi', ,‘e‘f'im- igrlcutural (gm: e, 2111a}? alsci yt S worked, for the mce 1fff coming to Oxford ment, the development of trt" F:,-,?'),.,":"' 'ri":'.' eeps 1n con ac W1 e801 ministry for the past 18 County over.. 30 y.ears ago. Ex- equipment and techniques to We I3i'it,i, lb. _ sit'ifd and crops and farm business years. tention engineering work has conserve soil from water and wr fix. 3-," l v .j' . 'tt J/f1iee'11,ed.,t, portion of the . . changed fr9m being a serv1c_e wind erosion, the production ' LI 'TL); 's,, I/Psa o lt' sleperatlon. Matthews and hi?. wife, type function to one that IS and use of plastic drainage ttt 'i, " - wj)i15tte1sist,it,reets, 1031;: germa- dhgjec two children: qKitt aim T . a aan y e. t' I , ks'::. ,'."". If“? .' "l-IMI-ll-i-l-it-r-- '" --t Cliff Matthews Cliff Matthews has worked - in Oxford County since 1972. He took over as agricultural representative after the retirement of Don Taylor in 1979. Prior to coming to Oxford, Matthews was a ministry i