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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-04-10, Page 24PAO 10A---GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1975. Practical learning experience also helps farmers Youth who like TVs year the Ontario Mini try of Agriculture & Food will once again be sponsoring the Junior Agriculturalist Program during the" summer of 1975. The , program is designed to provide Ma practical learning experience for young people from non farnn 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 . ad- dition, a Junior Agriculturalist will have an opportunity to develop ,an., appreciation of rural life through living with a farm family, and through .participating in the local 4-H and Junior Farmer programs and in other rural activities. The prospective Junior Agriculturalist will be either boys or girls 16 and 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 in- terested in agriculture and their plans ,for further education and a career. All Junior Agriculturalists will be required to participate in an orientation program to help prepare them for their farm stay. This. program will be held about mid June and on- farm-.assignmentr--willbe for..a 'nine week 1period; commencing •on June 23rd and terminating ori August 23, 1975. . A Junior Agriculturalist will be assigned, wherever possible,. to ,a farm with the.: type of en- terprise(s) in which she -he is most interested. The duties involved will vary considerably depending on the individual , farm operation, the demon- strated ability of the Junior Ministry.. approves metric grants The. Ministry of Education will make $1.-5 million in grants available to school boards this year to assist them in con- verting learning .materials to the metric system, Education,, Minister Thomas. Wells an- nounced last week. In a policy statement to school boards, Mr. Wells urged boards to give increasing priority to the metric con- version program so that the goal of conversion to the metric system may 'be achieved in Ontario's schools by, 1978. Metrication will apply to all areas of the curriculum. The system to be used will be the International System of Units, commonly known as SI., To assist the program, the Council of 'Ministers of Education, Canada, will produce' a' Metric Style Guide which will ,be available to Ontario teachers later this year. The Minister " said the publication is a reference book on modern metric terminology' and symbolism, and does not involve teaching techniques. The imperial,system will not be phased out in a single magical Metric M Day. The quart of milk and the pound of butter will be with us for sometime to come. As teachers introduce metric conversion, they are not expected to abandon all reference to, •im- petial units. "In spite of ingenious modifications and' creative .thinking, metrication will inevitably create some expense and frustration. The answers to many, questions cannot yet be given. However, the Ministry expects school boards to plan carefully " and to gradually phase out imperial usage, :keeping in mind that many low- cost changes can be made over a period of several years," Mr. Wells said. MAN AND TREES MEAN SO MUCH TO EACH DINER !HIM MUT IT Agriculturalist, and the kind of enterprises found on the farm. The interested host farmers are to be commercial farms., with the operator engaged in farming full time. They must be interested in helping inex- 1 ance 1, •neir l e arm - . get - _ p,erienced 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 A Junior Agriculturalist during his -her stay on the farm. Each Junior Agriculturalist will, receive a training allowance of $16.00 per day, based on a six day week: $8.00 of this will be provided by the 'Ontario Ministry of Agriculture & Food; the host farmer will provide $3.00 „per day in cash, as well as supplying room and board worth $5.00 per day. • Persons interested, in par- ticipating in this program as either a host farmer or Junior Agriculturalist should contact Len MacGregor at 482-3428 or long distance Zepith 7-2800 or write to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture & Food, Box 159, Clinton. , INSURANCE Geoqe Turton LIFE, kU\TO, FIRE AND A .L OTHER LINE - 319 HURON ROAD • GODERICH 524.7411 "For a buck.a throw, she sire sounds like she's a ging-clang �faktte here in Ontario. Things we can all enjoy. So you see, Charlie, with Wintario we're all going to win. "Support y :..._ sport andyer physicahfittiflgs, you say? 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