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stouffville suntribune thursday sept 15 2005 7 ancient art of plowing not lost on todays youth hank god im a country boy remember that john denver classic many people will it was a 1974 crossover charttopper the kind of song that had both rural and urban folk tapping their toes me too here in whitchurch- stouflville the country as we knew it is rapidly disappear ing victimized by burgeon ing residential growth vanishing too is the country boy image that 50 years ago was part of our tradition almost gone and almost forgotten but where theres life theres hope a visit last week to paul and thea hulshof s kennedy road property showed that perhaps all is not lost eighteenyearold brad hulshof is determined to keep the family farm alive so much so hes committed to a farming career its never been anything else says the strapping goodlooking teenager i wouldnt trade farming for anything he could have hes coming off a year in which hes accomplished just about everything at stouffville district secondary school he attained an ontario scholar ship with an average of more than 80 per cent he served on the athletic council he was an integral part of inter- mural sports he performed brilliantly on school rugby and hockey teams he excelled in biology chem istry and woodworking and was co winner of the homestead award emblem atic of athletic leadership and participation brad is enrolled in a two- year course at ridgetown agricultural college near chatham a wellrounded educa tion is key to success say his parents son bryant is a grad uate of the university of guelph daughter michelle is a graduate of bishops university in quebec and daughter natalie is entering her third year at the university of ottawa brad will continue to carry the torch booklearning however is not brads only focus in 2003 he broadened his knowledge through trips to france italy and edmonton the latter achieved through association with the york region 4h club the edmonton farm experience was something ill never forget he says brad was involved with 4- h even before he reached the legal age to join his fathers been a 4h leader more than 30 years mr hulshof vividly recalls roaming around with jim thomas one 4h plowing year when there were 37 entries it was necessary to divide the group he said there were more people than tractors other 4h connections include the markham dairy club and the york plowing club where along with close friend ian vanderberg of richmond hill he serves as a junior leader this summer brad placed first in his class at both york and durham region match es he also won his class in regional competition last year at pefferlaw later this month hell compete at the international near listowel using a 495 case international and a two furrowed kvernland plow hell take time off from college to attend i expect half my class mates will be there brad says with a smile on his return hell take part in a calf achievement show at markham fair brad admits hes indebted to many people for whatever plowing successes hes enjoyed including his dad as well as ken ferguson ken wells floyd forsyth and bob pritzker hes also grateful to sue leroy head of the high schools coop program she even came to the farm at 630 one morning to see for herself what was involved he said the hulshof family works 400 acres and milk a herd of 40 holsteins brad believes ms leroy returned to class satisfied her program was serving its purpose but why ridgetown brad said he visited the college thanks to a trip sponsored by the kinsmen club the course offers every thing ill need his parents are 100 per cent supportive maybe in two years time ill be able to take things a little easier brads dad concludes confident in the fact the family farm will still be family jim thomas is a stouffville resident who has written for area newspapers for more than 50 years prime rib when someone from the trade visits or someone who has yet to try one of our dinner entrees asks us what they should try first i always give them a container of this because i think its amazing why so its because we use the meat from between the bones of a prime rib and make the stew just like mom did or better if thats possible it comes with enough to serve 3 or 4 people and i recommend that you serve it with the very wide egg noodles or best of all spaetzle which is available in packages in our pasta section jui 0 reg 1395 c off this week chicken ijtleti this is one of our more popular meat counter preparations we begin with our chicken breasts and flatten them so theyll cook quickly we bread them with egg crumbs and a french herb seasoning and voila a quick and tasty meal that can be served on a bun or on a plate with your veggies and fries reg 995 lb chicken noodle ever had trouble finding the chicken in chicken soup ever wonder what it was made of if there was no chicken no further worries about that here we make chicken noodle soup using lots of chicken and noodles with the cooked-all- day grandmotherly flavour of days gone by its really good reg 599 serves 3 4 oep this week hanterelle mushrooms these delicious morsels of goodness come from the queen charlotte islands of british columbia theyre the first of the season and its a good time to plan something wild for dinner our picture this week was done by local 9 year old artist brianne barker who evidently likes the combo of brie cheese and jam great work any other artists pumpkin well be making pumpkin pies from now till thanksgiving and perhaps beyond theyll be available weekends tarts too this is a reminder that if you want one of our smoked turkeys for thanksgiving youll need to order it soon these are our freerange turkeys which weve cured and smoked over hardwood order deadline is october 1st 0ueds these are the things to have if youre doing a bit of autumn decorating or making an attractive fall table arrangement they come in the most interesting shapes colours and sizes mix or 4ilo exmeta virgin cmdjvjs oj3lr match imnip as i mentioned in last weeks ad weve been cutting squash and now turnip to make life easier in your kitchen yet another example of the obliging nature of our produce guys ausages this is my favourite sausage and since were making diem for the thornhill village festival we thought that wed make them for the store too theyre made with coarseground pork marjoram mace an underrated spice coriander and nutmeg as well as others reg 399 lb m m y off great with a glass of beer jspssss 1 w this 4 week olive oils are like wines so many factors affect the quality and characteristics of the finished product everything from the soil the weather the harvesting technique to the storage and handling all have an effect on an olive oils flavour profile we stock a selection of give or take 30 varieties of olive oil starting with the most plentiful and least expensive bertolli to some very rare and incredible types carli oil is certainly one of the better oils we sell and being extravirgin meaning first press its best used where it will be eaten raw salad dressings or seasonings youll like the deeper flavour of this oil and youll like the sharp prices this week its 25 off our regular price of 1095 for the 500 ml size luebemues if you missed out on getting some of the large baskets of wild blues to freeze away for the winter well have a few for you this week i dont know the exact price yet but im thinking about 6000 each whats happened outside weve got a huge quantity of fall mums happening as well as some icecycle pansies some grasses some cabbage and kane too harvest baskets are now available and now goures village grocer oualityfoods specials in efeect until closing sundat september 18 hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900600 sun 1000500 548 garlton road unionville 9401770