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Program provides practicai farm ;experience
This year the Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture and Food will once
again be sponsoring the Junior
Agriculturalist Program during
the summer of 1977. 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 have no ex-
perience 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 addition, a
Junior Agriculturalist, will have
an opportunity to develop an
apprecitation of rural life
through living with a farm
family, and through participating
in the local 441 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 condition 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 assign-
ment will be for a nine week
period, commencing on June 20th
and terminating on August 20,
1977.
A Junior Agriculturalist will be
assigned, whenever possible, to a
farm with the type of enterprises
in which he or she is most in
Regular soil testing
increases crop yields
"Regular soil testing can save
producers money and also lead to
higher yields," says Dr. Charles
Baldwin of Ridgetown College of
Agricultural Technology.
Before farmers begin fer-
tilizing this spring they should
have the soil tested to determine
what nutrients the soil requires.
The Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food provides
soil testing without charge to all
Ontario producers.
"Many producers have a
traditional view about fertilizer
— a little bit is good, so a lot must
be better," says Dr. Baldwin.
"They don't realize that fields
can be over -fertilized and. over-
manured.
Dr. Baldwin stresses that it is
important to remember that
what was good for the field 10
years ago has no bearing on what
it requires now.
"Though the soil nutrient
,composition doesn't change
much from year to year, we
recommend soil tests every three
years."
Soil tests analyze the
phosphorus, potash, calcium and
magnesium levels, as well as pH.
Although there is no reliable test
for nitrogen, analysts are able to
get a good idea of its level from
knowing the crops and history of
the field.
Following a soil test, experts
are able to make recom-
mendations on fertilizer use. Di•.
Baldwin says the experts will
first look at the farm's manure
supply to see where it can be
used. They then can recommend
commercial fertilizers.
"Knowing the soil and its needs
can save fertilizer dollars and
also reduce the costly errors of
over- or under -fertilization."
In addition to soil tests, the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food also provides a manure
analysis service. Dr. Baldwin
says that although there is a
charge for this analysis, it could
,result in savings of thousands of
dollars.
For more information about
soil and manure testing contact
local offices of the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food.
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°terested. 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 in-
terested in helping inexperienced
young people develop the skills
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required on a farm and are ex-
pected to have the ability to work
well with and supervise young
people. Host farmers must also
provide suitable accommodation
for the Junior Agriculturalist
during his or her stay on the
farm.
Each Junior Agriculturalist
will receive a training allowance
of $16. per day on a six day week.
$6.00 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 par-
ticipating 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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