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Rlc Swlhart Agriculture Editor Gray remembered Dick Gray has been out of Valley Feeders for about four years, but that didn't stop him from keeping an active role in the cattle feeding industry right unlil his death this week. Dick might be gone, but part of his legacy hard work to help build a vibrant cattle feeding industry across southern Alberta will live on. Dick was one of those fellows one didn't know how to take at first. He was a little gruff, and he didn't mince words, but he sure knew the cattle feeding industry, and he knew peo- ple. There was a time in this editor's career when there was a type of range war feeders in Alberta felt they were getting the short end of the price stick from the big buyers in the east, and Dick was one of the more vocal spokesmen trying to bring some semblence of understanding to the sit- uation. He wasn't afraid to speak up for his rights, and the rights of the men and women who fed cattle in his feedlot or any feedlot. But he also was willing to listen. The Herald had a direct dealing with Dick one year. This editor convinced management that he should buy six feeder cattle, feed them out, and then do regular stories on the progress of the animals. Dick Gray jumped at the chance to co-operate, and it meant a lot of extra work in moving the cattle to the weigh scale every two weeks and keeping extra records so the regular feature story could be done. But he did it gra- ciously. That feature turned out to be one of the best-read pieces on the agriculture pages, and it wasn't unusal for law- yers, doctors and housewives to stop on the street and ask how the critters were coming along. Of course, one has to mention hockey when talking about Dick Gray. Some say hockey is what drew Dick to Lethbridge, and he was part of that Lethbridge Maple Leaf team that won the world championship one year. And in the last few years, he has been a major supporter of the Leth- bridge Hurricanes, and of the Leth- bridge Minor Hockey Association. When you combine a person's busi- ness interests with his active involve- ment in the .community, that person is hard to replace. Kind of a good advice with Parenting.It is that same combi- nation that will leave a void in Leth- bridge. Simple, Dick Gray will be missed. Agri-notes L Research funds set Two researchers at the London Research Centre will participate in one of the 14 networks of excellence selected to receive million in federal funding over the next five years. The two scientists form part of the network on "Biotechnology for Insect Pest Their work currently involves research on insect neuropeptides, compounds that regulate muscle contraction and are associated with such essential components of the insects' life cycle as feeding and egg laying. Safety a concern Canada's food safety system is serving as a model for Algeria, a country trying to boost its exports of products such as wine, fruit and vegetables. In a cooperative project with this North African country, Agriculture Canada is providing lab equipment to allow the Algerians to test for pesticide residues and computer hardware to process inspection reports streaming in from every "corner of the country. Several Algerian trainees will visit Canada to get a first-hand look at the department's and private industry's food inspection know-how. Exotic crops A team of researchers testing alternate and exotic crops for British Columbia greenhouse growers is looking at the Canadian marketing potential for the babaco, a member of the tropical papaya family. Trials at the federal research station in Agassiz (B.C.) have shown the babaco can reach heights of two meters under greenhouse conditions. 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South (Juil behind Bridge City For In'ormilkin, till: 327-5383 New products, presentation boost to Lilydale operation By RIC SWIHAKT ot Tbe Herald New products and new ways of pres- enting poultry are helping keep Lilydale Poultry Sales in the forefront of the industry in Alberta and British Colum- Henry Van Zeggelaar of Edmonton, chief executive officer of the producer- owned co-operative, said Lilydale is tak- ing direct aim at the busy consumer in its diversification into specialty meat products processing at its Edmonton Vans Sausage plant. And that plant is also increasing use of chicken and turkey, the backbone of Lilydale's processing operations in both provinces. It operates large chicken and turkey processing plants in Edmonton, Calgary and LetSbridge, and chicken- only plants in Port Coquitlam and Vic- toria, and a turkey-only plant in Abbots- ford. And Lilydale works hard to keep its plants up to date and its management operation top-knotch. InLethbridge, that means installation of a cone line that has created work for 10 people. Birds are placed on special cones after slaughter, allowing workers to cut then into portion cuts on an assembly-line basis, speeding the opera- tion to put more pounds of poultry through the plant in a day. On the management side, Gregg Mar- shalsay has returned to Lethbridge as plant manager. He started in the Lethbridge plant in 1974, placing lids on boxes full of chicken and turkey. He advanced to plant superintendent, responsible for the on- floor activities before leaving the com- pany for one year. He returned to the company in Edmonton and then was plant superintendent at the firm's Pine- Agriculture Rlc Swlhirt, Agriculture Editor 328-4411 between 8.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. Saturday, January THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD BS crest plant in Calgary for years before returning to LeUibridge in July. Van Zeggelaar said Lilydale normally advances good workers through its sys- tem rather than hire outsiders in the management positions. It has been forced to hire outside employees in sales in recent months to keep up with demand. Marshalsay agrees with the Lilydale work philosophy of a hands-on approach by management and i demand that employees and plants work closely together. He said too often people within the food industry work against one another within plants and between plants. "That is counterproductive." Van Zeggelaar said the co-operative spirit of Lilydale's members helps pro- mote co-operation, but he has to run the co-operative as a business to ensure financial success. Staying No. 1 in Alberta's poultry industry is just as difficult as attaining that position, said Van Zeggelaar. Lily- dale processes about 60 per cent of the chicken produced in Alberta, and 90 per cent of the turkey. It processes virtually all the turkey in B.C., and 30 per cent of the chicken. "It is tough to hang on to that market he said. "You have got to be Women farmers counted OTTAWA (CP) Female farmers are finally standing up to be counted. Data from the 1986 census released Thursday shows the number of women in Canada managing farms has increased substantially while the total number of farms has dropped consider- ably. Experts say the increase is not just because more women are moving into traditionally male occupations; rather, the figures show more women are finally being recognized for farm work they have always done. They are becoming increasingly reluctant to give their husbands all the credit for running the family farm, Net- tie Wiebe, women's president of the National Farmers Union, said in a tele- phone interview from Saskatoon. "Farm women are no longer so acqui- escent about being put into a secondary role of being the 'farm said Wiebe. Rick Burroughs, of Statistics Can- ada's agriculture division, agrees. 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Producers will be given either female or male birds to raise for the chicken market, and the female birds will be raised to an aver- age weight of 3.5 pounds, mainly for the nine-piece or Kentucky Chicken trade. The male birds will be raised to an aver- age of five pounds for the institutional trade. Look for more info about Parenting Styles.