HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-04-07, Page 32PAGE 12A--GODERICH S1GNAL-STAR, THURSDAY. APRIL 7, 1977
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Ready for
shipping
Walter lSheardown and David MacAdam turn on the
Goderich Harbor navigation lights March 23 to finally
prepare the local facilities for another shipping season. The
official opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway is set for April 4
and the first freighter is expected at the local DOMTAR.
Sifto Salt Mine around April 7 or 8. Photo by Donald Bert
Mac Adam.
Lorne Luther NFU
District 5 director
Lorne Luther accepted the
position of Director for
District 5, National Farmers
Union, which takes in
roughly, the counties of
Huron, Perth and Oxford, at
the convention in Mitchell on
April 1. Blake Sanford, Co-
ordinator for Region 3 (Ont.)
conducted the elections.
An imitation cheese
product has been produced in
United States and the
government of Canada is now
being lobbied to permit its
entry into this country. A
resolution was passed to send
a letter to Prime Minister
Trudeau concerning this
matter.
"The members of District
5, NFU, and we are sure, all
farmers, wish to register our
concern and consternation of
reports that an imitation
cheese product will be
allowed entry to Canada from
U.S.,' the letter states.
"The importation of such a
product will inevitably put a
further crunch on the in-
dustrial milk producer, with a
large percentage of that milk
going to produce cheese in
this country.
"Dairy farmers cannot
help wonder, in view of the
losses imposed on them last
,year, the continued im-
p6rtation of overseas
cheeses, and now this new
threat - whether they should
let the dairy herds go and
close the barn door.
"If this is your present
government's intention, we
believe you should tell the
dairy farmers - now."
Copies of the letter will be
sent to the Minister of Trade
and Commerce, Minister of
Health, Minister of
Agriculture, Premier Davis,
Leaders of the Opposition,
l 1. P.'s and M.P.P.'s.
Mr. Trudeau will also be
asked for a report, from the
Food and Drug ad-
ministration on this imitation
product,
On April I, the farmer will
receive an increase of one
and a half cents per quart of
milk. This increase is given to
the farmer by the Canadian
Dairy Commission.
The increase to lite con-
sumer, which began in March
with another one coming in
April, is decided by the
processors and retailers.
Jr. agriculturalist program offered
This year the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
food will once again be
sponsoring the Junior
To Crossroads
Agriculturalist Program
during the summer of 1977.
The program is designed to
provide a practical learning
Blyth girl off
to Bardados job
Irene Konarski, 21, of RRl
Blyth, is one of 89 Canadians
who have been selected for
Crossroads, which receives
over half its budget from the
Canadian International
the 1977 overseas program of Development Agency and the
Canadian Crossroads `remainder from private
International. donations, has since 1958, sent
Crossroads a non-profit, volunteers to third world
voluntary organization has its countries to promote in -
head office in London, tercultural understanding
Ontario, and local andco-operation.
associations in every Irene, a third -year student
province. of psychology at Wilfrid
Selected Canadians must Laurier University will leave
raise $750 to participate in the for Barbados in the Carib -
program which involves bean community in May. She
spending four months living will use her skills to assist a
and working in one of 19 local community with a social
developing countries in Asia, service, education or
Africa and the Caribbean. recreation project.
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 or 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 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 to 17 years of
age, and must be in good
physical and ..mental con-
dition in order to withstand
the vigorous physical effort.
Selection will be based in part
on their reasons for being
interested 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 assignment will be
for a nine week period,
commencing on June 20 and
terminating on August . 20,
1977.
A Junior Agriculturalist
will be assigned, wherever
possible, to a farm with the
type of enterprise(s) in which
he or she 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 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
inexperienced 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 ac-
commodation for the Junior
Agriculturalist during his or
her stay on the farm.
Each Junior Agriculturalist
wili receive a .training
allowance of $16 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 $5 per day in cash, as
well as supplying room and
board worth $5 per day.
Persons interested in
participating in this program
as either a host farmer or
Junior Agriculturalist should
contact Len MacGregor at
482-3428 or long distance
Zenith 7-2800, or write to the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food, Box
159, Clinton.
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