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PG. 8 THE RURAL VOICE/JULY 1982
size of his territory. He suddenly decided
to re-evaluate his position and to help him
do it he sought the advice of Bert Christie.
another of his profs at Guelph. "We
talked long hours," says Lynch, "and he
said to me 'You've got to decide what's
more important. To me family life is more
important and that's why I've chosen to
work here at the university.' "
The glamour of the travelling saleman,
with a full expense account, had worn thin
for Lynch, though he admits he enjoyed
the first three or four months on the road,
and he never really lost the drive to make a
sale. Close to the time he chatted with
Christie, a teaching job opened at an
Ontario ag college and Lynch called for an
interview. The principal told him he
needed somebody with a master's degree
and that is what he encouraged Lynch to
go after, and get it as quickly as he could.
In January 1972 he returned to the U of
G's graduate school and fifteen months
later emerged with a masters of science.
specializing in corn breeding. Students
usually take a full two years to earn such a
degree at Guelph but Lynch was in a
hurry. When he graduated this time
around the job market was considerably
better than in 1970. His major decision
came down to this: return to Maple Leaf
Mills (who wanted him back) but stay in
Toronto until a spot became available "in
the field", or go for an extension job with
OMAF (for which he had been encouraged
to apply by another Guelph friend, Don
Hill).
Mostly because he didn't want to live in
Toronto, Lynch opted for OMAF and in the
spring of 1973 he moved his worldly
belongings to The Festival City. The next
year he married a registered nurse who
had grown up in Havelock. about thirty
miles from his home. They didn't meet
until both came south and west and were
introduced by one of Lynch's sisters. Pat
and Sally Lynch have since been joined by
sons Sean. five and Danny. two, and
daughter Megan, six months. They live on
Bedford Drive in Stratford where dad the
soils and crop specialist confesses to
taking lawn and gardening advice from a
neighbour (an engineer) down the street.
"It's life," smiles Lynch. "It's the
cobbler's son who goes shoeless and the
carpenter's house that falls down. When
I'm out in my garden I've often thought if
the farmers could see me now they'd think
I was two-faced." He thinks his approach
to his lawn and garden parallels what
happens in the farm community every
day. A farmer who is close to his
operation and working it daily is not likely
to notice shortcomings. A Pat Lynch or
even a fellow farmer could walk up the
lane and spot them immediately.
Similarly. farmers would be great critics