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st tribune june tfc 4 sfbujffvilles rae ivisifs australia for red poll congress editors note stouffviues jim rae attended the seventh world red poll cattle congress this spring in australia as part of a local group of farmers representing canada here is his report by jim rae correspondent we arrived in brisbane on march 21 along with the rest of our four delegates seven coun tries were represented jamaica new zealand uruguay great britain united states australia and canada one of our first stops was mick pikes red poll stud and banana plantation near coffs harbor bananas are a very good crop in the area and gross income is about 60000 per hectare visited a feed lot with 20000 cat tle as well as an abbatoir while in south queenslandnorthern new south wales we arrived in sydney on march 24 in time for the opening of the royal easter show there were 18 breeds of cattle represented as well as many sheep breeds the australians put on an excellent red poll show and sale with ded icated breeders coming from as far as western australia march 27 we flew from sydney to perth wa and travelled to valley of the giants in southern part of west australia to see the massive red tingle trees from here we headed to the central part of the state around katanning this is a major wine growing area with wineries open to the public a little farther north and we were into the wheat growing area the land is very dry and in many areas salt is seen on the surface the australians readily admit they have cleared too much of the land and no more land is being cleared many are starting a reforestation program as well as dams and dugouts being built to conserve what water they get dur ing the wet season there are also thousands of miles of pipe above ground which carries fresh water to farms towns and villages some hotels advise that water from taps is okay for personal hygiene but not for drinking april 1 we flew from perth to adelaide in south australia we visited many livestock and wheat growing areas we visited ken dunns red poll stud for morning tea and then on to john and veronica malones for barbecue lunch malones were feeding 20 round bales of alfalfa per day they expect to combine 12 tonnes of alfalfa seed and sell it at 4 per kilo april 5 we arrived in loxton sa where the congress was held sa gets rain only during their winter may to october and must plant grain in may and harvest in november and december at bob grahams they have 4000 acres of spring grain which they start combining the second week of november and finish in january after harvest they turn the cattle and sheep on the stubble and they stay there until planting time most farms were between 1000 and 7000 acres with anywhere from 20 to 400 cattle and 3000 to 12000 sheep feed lots are just starting to be developed in the hope of produc ing better beef they couldnt understand how we in canada can pay 125 to 150 per pound for stacker cattle and sell them for 1 or less per pound besides the many red poll studs we also visited some other breeds such as polled shorthorn charlois belgian blue etc we stouffville canadian progress club sponsors of the strawberry festival baby contest friday july 1 1994 10 am at the pavillion in the park preregistration only 1 babies must be a resident of whitchurch stouffville area boundaries are 404 on the west 19th on the south uxbrldge pickering townllne on the east davis drive on the north 2 babies born between april 1 1993 and march 31 1994 3 registrations received no later than june 28 1994 4 registration contribution to the whltchurchstouffville food bank at baby contest for more information please call 6406518 babys name parents name address babys date of birth ages as of july 194 phone j 35 months cu 911 months lj 68 months j 1215 months sex dm df send registration to 487 elm rd stouffville ont l4a 2s3 also visited an open cut coal mine a race horse stud percheron and clydesdale studs and a red poll dairy herd which unfortunately was not being milked at the time we were there merino sheep were most popular as they are known for their very fine wool it was a very interesting tour we met some new people as well as renewing acquaintances from previous tours and were treated royally everywhere we went it just proves that farmers and their friends are the best people and if they were running coun tries there wouldnt be any wars and we sure wouldnt be in debt like we are now we were glad to represent the canadian red poll cattle association at the 7th congress this was the fifth one we have been fortunate enough to be part of the next tour will be in the united states in 1997 and we hope that in future we will see many more young people involved both on tours and with the red poll cattle association thanks again to all the australians who made it a great tour modular demo 63 995 manitoulin vrw- w including foundation including j compact three bedroom vacation home has all the necessities conveniently located on one level 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