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A summer .of .experience
Young p�
Something: o
To most 16. and 17 year,olds,
farming is getting back to the
land and the fresh, clean • air
of the countryside. But those
taking part in the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food's Junior Agriculturalist -
program discover, firsthand,
that's :not'all it takes to run a:
succbssful. farm operation. ..
Host farmers for the Junior
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is nota plan to gain an ad-
vantage over other provinces.
But, while . we • agree that
ideally farm stabilization.
should be initiated at the
-f-edea al .: -,1-eve-l• rt•
unreasonable for the Ontario
government to make Ontario
•4 ' farmers wait. for such federal
initiative, • especially when
B.C., Quebec and •Manitoba,
have taken initiative them-
selves."
The, theory that such a plan
•would beY prohibitively ex-
pensive; QFA ,ser"iously
• questions
Mr. Hill said, "Allegations
that our plan would,•cost an•
'average of $i40 million a year
- are unfounded: We have spent
considerable . time budgeting
out plans • for the past fiye
:years for major con•}.m,odities
In our opinion, about $90 per
Year ; would have been
required'.as the government's
share • if all major . com-
modities were covered. While
• these years included. good
crop price years, '1971 was a '
depressed•• year generally and,
it included. two. • disastrous
"years for 'beef calf producers
and low returns to. ,Wilk
producers for several years."...
OFA was pleased to : note
• that the Throne Speech of
March ' . 10th promised
legislation providing for farm
income stabilization: t
"But," Mr. Hill said, ;'we
insist that there must be a
meaningful role for -farmers,
through the general 'farm
organization, OFA,, in the
legislation. • OFA must have
the co-ordinating role on the
• farmers' side of the process." -
e Iearii
f farming
Agriculturalists accep.
responsibility of helping these 'under the direction of the
inexperienced young people organist, Mrs. -Art.
offer .•a • nine -week period. McMichael, contributed to •
during the summer. They're the service with three an:,
interested- • in young ..people therns. Next Sunday will be
and interested in '. confirmation service . for
teaching
them the basics' of agriculture those joining the church.,Any
- from •.livestock, production . parents who areinterested in •
to machinery maintenance.' presenting their infants for.
This summer, the : Juirior---�baptism on Family Day', May
Agriculturalist^program will• 9, should '.• contact 'the-:
be operating for-tkie= Y m'nister: •
season Young people will be • The Explorers .will held a
placed° on selected com Mother -daughter luncheon on
mercial. operations .Monday at12;30'inthe church
throughout the proV°tnce; basement.
where they will live. with, and. Mr. and Mrs. Wif Pentland
participate in, the. -regular had as visitors on Easter
activities of the family. Sunday Mrs.' Ernest `Frit=
hk '' oun •'chard of. Toronto; Mr La
e �'�re6ple--wi1 Verne lsentland; etrort;••
receive a training allowance and Mrs Bob Andrew,."Jeff
of'$16 a day; of : which' the and Paul of Kincardine,::T.eri
Ministify will pay $6 andthe and Sean Van Dongen,
host •farmer will provide :,$5• Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce '
cash, in addition to room and Utley and Erin of•Goderich:
board worth $5 a day.:•Sunday visitors with Mr.
Details of the program and and Mrs. Gordon Anderson on
applications for host.farnners Easter' Sunday were Miss
and interested young people Patsy Anderson;' London
•are available .from' county Feed McCullen,' London;
-•2iittr•etoffices of ,the John -arid Suzanne. Anderson,
Ontario Ministry of Goderich; Mr, and Mrs. Mark
Agriculture and Food., Berger; Mrs. Joyce Caesar;
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MRS, MARY EER,
GOD ERIC14 SIGNA L -STAR. TRU
and Mrs. Francis Thompson
Sarnia. Jeff and Scott
stayed with their grand-
parents, Mr":and Mrs. Keri •.
• Thompson in C" 4derich ".
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Eedy and
twin daughters of Missisauga
visited on. the weekend With.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Hedy.
Mr. and ;'Mrs: -Robt. Irvin
visited ' their daughter *and:
son-in-law, Betty, and Fred
Stirling, _Darlene and,larold
m
at Thaesv-IIIc.:`• on , the
(( weekend.
-.Miss Barbara BlaK•e of
Toronto spent a couple ...of
days with her mother, 'Mrs.
Cecil Blake. Bill and Pat
Blake, Becky and •Kaxa of
Cambridge visited with Mrs.
Blake and Barbara arid with
Pat's ; parents;;' Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Ryan in Goderich.
Sunday ,visitors, with Mr.
and. Mrs. Graham . McNee
, were" their family. Ken and
Linda'" McNee and Timmy,
Eric and Angel McNee,
Brenda and Craig Nile,
Donna and Jim Hayden,
Laurie and Linda 'dbf . Port
Albert. Allan and,. Sandra
' McNee, Edward and Paul of
Ajax spent Saturday at their
_cottage at Port Albert.
Rev. HO.. Dobson preached
on the subject; "Easter", at
' • Sunday service at Dungannon.
the- `United Church . The choir,
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Mr.Ru•sse•ll Johnston.'
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and Mrs. John Johnston and
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Johnston. on the weekend.
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been with.: his mother for the
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Mr. arid Mrs. Sim- Dobson,
Jeffrey arid David • of St.
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and Mrs. Dobson for a couple
of days: on the weelend..
Thornton Eedy went west to
attend a cattle sale and will
visit with Mr. Frank
Eedy in Calgary, ,
Howard Godfrey • suffered
severe burns to his ,hands .last
.week while fixing:a hot water
furnace. •While he was unable
to work he visited his father,
Mr._ Ralph Godfrey at Hare
diiigton near,, Kingston •for a
couple -of days
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wilbur
of Toronto spent the weekend
"at their'summer home here..
IV Ir. and Mrs. Gordon. Kidd
and family of Georgetown
were up at Mrs. J. Ryan's
house on Friday to look after
-furniture: and sale.
preparations.
On Tuesday evening • the
"Little People" directed by
theirleader, Donna . Sue
Errington and:her
provided a splendid evening .
for community enjoyment at
the Agricultural Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Art,
McMichael and Rhonda went
Thursday evening for: a
couple of days' visit with Mr
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