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ON FARM Five-year-old Wesley Trotter cozled up to some Reg. Corriedale . sheep fleece, taken from his parents' Butternut Farm, near Uxbridge. His mom, Carol, was showing the fleece at the Shepherds' Festival at the Latcham Centre Saturday. ors and estival Lou Lombard! of Claremont was busy serving up lamb-b: lamb kebabs to the many people at the Shepherds' Saturday. It was a fine day for Durham Pacific ep ENERGY" ' * Ash dump system * Optional Enamel * Hidden Air Controls * Top Cooking Screen * Glass Door Stays Immaculate producers. IP OVER RIDGE RETAIL ae 985-0715 ~mie STOVES © PROPANE 60 Vanedward Dr., Unit 7, Port Perry, Ont. LOL 1G3 Deals Made Every Day! DAVID MALCOLM N If Mary' was looking for a lit- tle lamb on Saturday, she couldn't * have had any trouble finding it. From lamb-burgers to a lamb petting zoo -- it was all there at the Shepherds' Festival, Saturday at the Latcham Centre in Port Lamb producers from through- out the area gathered to draw attention to Ontario lamb. For a variety of reasons, supermarkets prefer to stock imported lamb, so one of the most imp 10 to 12 mashrooms, sliced, 1 medium -onion, chopped . 8 rib lamb chops OR 4 shoul- der lamb chops, 3/4" thick pepper garlic powder 3/4 cup beef stock 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 tsp dried dillweed Saute bacon in large skillet or electric fry pan. Set aside and keep warm Saute mushrooms in bacon fat. Set aside, keep warm. by which Canadian produced Saute cl pped onion in bacon fat . 'Nothing sheepish about Shepherds! Festival until softened. Lightly sprinkle lamb chops with pepper and garlic on both sides, Brown chops on both sides in pan and 'add beef stock, Simmer over low heat, uncovered, for 20 minutes, turning once. Meanwhile, heat sour cream and dill together in 'small saucepan. Do not boil. To serve, top two rib chops or one shoulder chop with one slice of bacon, 1/4 cup mushrooms and two tablespoons sour cream sauce. Makes four servings. foods come to the attention of shoppers, the grocery store, is not always open to Canadian lamb producers. Free taste samples, meat-cut- ting demonstrations, raffles, wool crafts and shearing demonstrations made the Latcham Centre a very busy place, and the hundreds of people who toured through seemed to be enjoying themselves. Here's a recipe, from Foodland Ontario, for 'Saucy Lamb Chops': 4 slices bacon LEARY"S MINI HOE || BOBCAT Backfilling * Trenching Grading Di y Gravel * Topsoil (416) 985-0361 I" arain | MARKET REPORT Prices quoted at market closing Mon., Aug. 26/91 Board Prices The 'petting zoo' at the Shepherds' Festival was a popular spot. Kelly Brzezinski, Sandy Elkington, Lisa Brzezinski and Scott Elkington enjoyed themselves with the friendly animals. Farm market reports? Call 1-519-436-NEWS! If you want to reach the Scugog Citizen, call 985-NEWS. If you want to access farm market news reports, call 1-519-436- NEWS! If you're a farmer of any kind, write that number down and keep it by the phone. By calling this one number, you can obtain eight different reports, including: Daily Grain Futures update and Closing Cash and Future Grains; Fruits Hogs, Cattle and New Crop: 2.64 - 103.93 SOY BEANS New Crop: 6.05 22229 CANOLA New Crop: BARLEY New Crop: OATS New Cr (40 1b. fe Over): 246.40 75.00 103.00 Prices supplied courtesy of W.G. THOMPSON & SONS LIMITED R.R. 1, Bethany, Hwy. 7A & 35 includes basis price and V Re $/ $/ Metric Bushel Tonne Summary; CORN Old Crop: 260 102.36 Sheep; Market Summary; Cattle Pick-Your-Own Report; and Market Comments. Many of the reports are updated several times during the course of the trading day. Those with touch tone phone service just have 10 dial the num- ber and enter the code of the report they wish to access, just after the introduction message (see codes, below). Additiondd reports may be accessed by pressing the asterisk button followed by the entry code of the desired report. Those without touch tone ser- vice can hear the desired report by saying 'yes' when the report is offered by the voice mien The report codes are as fol lows. 1. (11:20 a.m.) Daily Grain Futures Update (4:30 p.m.) Closing Cash and Futures Grain Report. 2. Hog Report. 3. Cattle and Sheep Report. 4. Market Summary, 5. Fruit and Vegetable Report. 6. Cattle Summary. 7. Pick-Your-Own Report, 8. Market Comments. If you wish to comment on the reports Or are experiencing a prob- lem with the service, call 1-519- 674-0714, ext. 318. As of today, August 27, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food's Farm Market News Service will be operating out of Ridgetown, Farm Market News, which was established in 197 1, provides an information link between Ontario producers and world markets. The reports are curgently carried on more than 30 Ontario radio sta- tions and hundreds of individuals call directly for the service every month. State-of-the-art equipment in the new location allows staff to provide better service and better quality. Farm Market News is part of the ministry's economic analy- sis unit that recently moved to Ridgetown College The Lindsay Community Sale Barn Ltd. MARKET SYNOPSIS will return next week.