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Times-Advocate, 1979-04-18, Page 23SADDLE CLUB HAS AUCTION — An auction sale held Friday by the Exeter Saddle Club raised $100 to be used towards the club's activities. While Nelson Bilyea of Granton holds up one of the many items available, clerk Brenda Jackson of Lucan and auctioneer Ken McLellan of Melbourne look for bids. T-A photo Don't Miss The Savings SPRING FILTER SPECIAL £.A„d freeGet One I ■%■■■■ Includes All Oil, Fuel, Air & Hydraulic Filters NOW OPEN SATURDAY MORNING 8:00 A.M. TO 12.-00 NOON Tractors Equipment EXETER FORD Equipment Sales Ltd. EXETER 235-2200 Playhouse plans auction in July Bill Amos, chairman of the board for Huron Country Playhouse announced this week that Glen Wood, the innovative designer and developer, has agreed to be convener for the Third International Art Auction to be held at the Huron Country Playhouse, Sunday July 29. Wood is the owner and developer of numerous commercial properties in renova’ted historical buildings, including the Talbot Inn, London, and the Festival Square, Stratford. He studied interior design at the prestigious Parsons School of Design in New York City, then began his career with Simpson’s in London. Ten years ago he started his own store, Tradewinds, selling china and glassware. In 1976 his passion for renovating and restoring old buildings led him to buy the Belvedere Hotel in downtown London and turn it into the beautiful Talbot Inn. Wood’s most recent project is another renovation of older buildings in Cam­ bridge, Ontario, The International Art Auction helps to raise funds for the Huron Country Playhouse as well as give the opportunity to the people of Southwestern Ontario to purchase valuable works of art. l experience for non-farm youth » This program will be held [ about mid June and on-farm ( assignment will be a nine • week period, commencing on i June 18th and terminating on August 18th, 1979. i A Junior Agriculturalist ; will be assigned, wherever . possible, to a farm with the i type of enterprise in which i he^he is most interested. , The duties involved will vary ; considerably depending on the individual farm operation, the demonstrated ability of the Junior Agriculturalist and the kind , of enterprise found on the farm. The interested host far­ mers are to be commercial farms, with the operator engaged in farming full time. They must be in- . terested in helping inex­ perienced young people develop the skills required on a farm and are expected to have the ability to work well with and supervise young people. Host farmers must also provide suitable accommodation for the Junior Agriculturalist Each Junior Agriculturalist will receive a training allowance of $18 per day on a six day week. $6 of this will be provided by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food; the host farm will provide $6 per day in cash, as well as ! supplying room and board This year the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food will once again be sponsoring the Junior Agriculturalist Program during the summer of 1979. The program is designed to provide a practical learning experience for young people from non-farm homes who have a serious interest in agriculture, and who have had no experience working on a farm. As a Junior Agriculturalist, a person will be placed on a selected commercial farm, where he,she will perform regular activities relative to that farm operation. In addition, an appreciation of rural life through living with a farm family, and through par­ ticipating in the local 4-H and Junior Farmer programs and in other rural activities. The prospective Junior Agriculturalists will be either boys or girls 16 or 17 years of age and must be in good physical and mental condition in order to withstand the vigorous physical effort. Selection will be based in part of their reasons for being interested in agriculture, and their plans for further education and a career. All Junior Agriculturalists will be required to par­ ticipate in an orientation program to help prepare them for their farm stay. worth$6 per day. Youth program set for another year Reintroduction of the On­ tario Youth Employment Program for the third year, to run from April 30 to Oc­ tober 21, has been an­ nounced by Treasurer Frank Miller. Designed to help young people gain work ex­ perience, the program offers employers in the private sector a wage sub­ sidy of $1.25 an hour. According to Mr. Miller, this year’s program will allow more flexibility in hir­ ing. Businesses and farms may apply for a grant for up to 150 weeks of .employment at each business location, regardless of the number of The grasses are coming. positions created. “This will provide greater flexibility for the employer and allow him to maximize the benefits of the program since, in previous years, he was restricted to six positions at each business location, even if the positions lasted only six or seven weeks. The practical effect of the new rule is that if employers can create new work for as little as six weeks, which is the minimum, they may apply for up to 25 employees for this period,” Mr. Miller said. To qualify for OYEP a young person must reside in Ontario and be at least 15 years of age, but not yet 25 on or before May 1. Those who turn 15 after May 1,1979 are not eligible. Nor are those who are related to the employer. In his statement to the House of Treasurer said he expects that OYEP, budgetted at $25 million, will produce 40,000 jobs. Last year’s figures were 34,000 jobs produced, at a cost to the Province of $20 million. The 1979 Ontario Youth Employment Program will be operated within the Ministry of Intergovernmen­ tal Affairs under the direc­ tion of Minister Tom Wells. Employers who par­ ticipated in 1978 will automatically receive 1979 application forms by mail. Employers wishing to par­ ticipate for the first time may write to: Subsidies Branch, Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs, Queen’s Park, Toronto M7A 2R8. Prospective OYEP employers may phone 1-800- 268-7592 (toll free) or, in Metro Toronto 965-0570. In Northern Ontario, calls should be made collect to 965-0570 in Toronto. Times-Advocate, April 18, 1979 793150-f The carbamate line that scores on corn rootworms University researchers have found the best way to keep rootworms from building up resistance is to alternate carbamate and organophosphate insecticides each year. FURADAN 10 Granular is .the tough carbamate rootworm insecticide you can count on. It has contact activity to check early rootworms; protect feeder roots needed for fast, vigorous early growth. It has systemic endurance to whip later rootworms that attack brace roots; helps stalks remain upright so you can harvest bigger yields. And the hard purple granules won’t bridge or .cake in the applicator. 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LC-79-3 Changes in loan program Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan and Finance Minister Jean Chretien have announced the transfer of the Farm Inprovement Loans program from the Department of Finance to Agriculture Canada, effec­ tive April 1,1979. The Farm Improvement Loans program provides government guarantees for loans made to farmers by banks and other designated lenders for a wide variety of purposes. The Farm Development Division of Agriculture Canada’s Food Production and Marketing Branch will administer the program. “The program will give the department an impor­ tant means of assistance in farm financing,” Mr, Whelan said. During 1978, 25,710 loans were made for a total of $222.3 million. This is a ma­ jor increase from the 1977 total of $132 million. 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