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MITCHELL
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Ching a pre schootert
write: the pros and cons
Should. a parent try to teach
a pre-school child how to
write?
"Many teachers are very
concerned about the diffic0
ties•that arise when students.
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plete,' knowledge of 'letter
formation." says, the author
BY BRULE
McCORQUODALE
FARM MANAGEMENT
SPECIALIST
Do you have a farm library?
If notowhere do you turn for
reference and 'advice when
problems arise? A neigh-
bour? Salesmen? Extension
representatives? They may
all be good sources of infor-
Aation. however, the neigh-
bour may not be right. the
salesman may be biased in
favour of his product and the
Extension agent may not
always be available. You
should, therefore. have a
second source of information
or a reference to check
information received from
other sources.
A farm library should con-
sist of half a dozen or so good
reference books supplement-
ed by several factual farm
publications which update
your technical knowledge on
a regular basis.
You should have a good
book on farm business man-
agement and books which
provide reference for your
production specialties. If you
grow corn you should have a
good book on corn production
as well as reference material
on soils, fertilizers. plant
diseases authrutrjtional-defi-. ciency symptoms. If you are a
hog producer. you will want
, books on feeding and rations.
housing and animal health.
of # recent research paper.
A. Blaine Currie has con-
ducted, a research project for
the Ontario Minittry of Edee-
11110on and WIMP. (zed his
conclusions in a bulletin entit-
led "Instruction in Handwrit-
ing in Ontario Schools"' which
was releaSed recently.
Find out what reference
books the livestock, soils and
crops and farm management
specialists use. If you live
near an agricultural college.
stop in and find out what
refeienre books are tieing
used by the students as
textbooks for .heir courses.
Some of the country and
regional libraries nee now
establishing agricultural re-
ference sections and sub-
scribing to farm magazines.
These libraries provide an
excellent opportunity to study
a book to see whether or not it
would be useful to you.
County extension offices also
subscribe to a wide variety of
farm magazines and you can
examine these to see which
ones might be useful.
Many publications are a-
vailable free of charge from
the Information Branch, On-
tario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food. Parliament Bldgs..
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A5 or
from the local agricultural
representative's office,
The University of Guelph
produces various agricultural
publications. including Notes
on Agriculture, a magazine
on current agricultural re-
search. To receive more infor-
mation about this and other
Guelph publications, contact
the ExtienSion-Caordinator at
the Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege, University of Guelph.
Guelph NIG 2W1.
To obta in agricultural
tion in Winnipeg from Nov.
29 to Dec. 6.
Two concerns arising out of
the meeting were quota
transfer authority and having
the quota in pounds rather
than per head. While-still'in
the draft stage, having the
quota per pounds was added
as a recommendation. The
new% and in-depth articles on
specific farming problems
and to keep up with tee ical
developments, you c n sub-
scribe to farm magazines and
or newpapers. Usually. these
are published weekly or
monthly. Whether you select
general ones or those more '
specialized-will-be up to you.
Perhaps you will choose one
or more of each type. Before.
investing in a subscription.
visit your county or district
agricultural office, a college
of agricultural technology or
regional public library where
you may be able to look at the'
magazine or newspaper. You
.can also write to the publisher
and request a copy to review.
It is useful to include some
basic reference books in the
farm library--on farm busi-
ness management and ' your
production specialties. for
example. To choose the best
books for your operation and
to review agricultural maga-
zines and newspapers, ask
the people who know--the
livestock, soils and crops.-and
farm management specialists
of the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food, or the
teaching staff at a college of
agricultural technology. They
may have copies for you to
consult. If you prefer, browse.,
through the bookstore at the
University of Guelph. where
there is a good selection of
agricultuhal books.
"all owners of beef cow herds
or owners of dairy herds who
cross breed dairy cows with
beef cattle for the purpose of
producing feeders to finish
custom feeding or for sale
would register with the
NMA".
Following this. tabulation
of the size of herds and
number of producers would
determine the initial market
share quota. Also a historic
pattern of production would
be used to determine quotas.
A cost of production form-,
ula would be established, and
the NMA would be the sole
seller of all feeder cattle.
Administration costs of the
NMA would be iribluded
the cost of production formu-
la.
Other concepts include.
allowing the NMA to exercise
control over the market by
projecting supply against
future demand needs. •
The NMA through a chair-
man and general manager
would have input with the
Minister of Agriculture, Min-
ister of Industry. Trade, and
Commerce and provincial
governments. The proposal
includes managers for each
type of meat. such as. beef.
pork, sheep. turkey. and also
broilers and eggs. At the
national level. it is proposed
there be administrative serv-
ices,,marketing systems. and
market development. Under
this, there would be provin-
cial administration.
Once the concepts have
been approved at the national
convention, the idea will be
proposed to the federal gov-.,
eminent.
haphazard manner. ,causing
real problems when teachers
attempt to have the letter
formed according totheir own
Model*. ,2114 BET
"One School has attempted
to ameliorate this.ptoblem to
Kindergerten entry, so that
alphabet cards, with proper
letter formation indicated,
can be used by those parents
desiring to teach the alphabet
at home." M. Currie adds..
however, that although' the
letters may be formed proper-
ly when parents use these
alphabet cards,' there still
remains the problem of pencil
holding. paper positioning
and postural considerations.
The paper notes that many
teachers feel "if students
hold their pencil improperly
at the beginning, then they
,will-always do so.
"Given the large number
of students in Kindergarten
classes, it is virtually impos-
sible to. re-teach skills im-
properly learnedut home."
1 Mr. Currie also be ieves
that left-handed 5hildren
should be encourage,to con
trot' e using their left hand for
handwriting. "Recent re-
search suggests that hand
preference is not the result of
habit of conditioning, but the
result of the complex organiz-
ation of the child's brain."
"The-brain," he explains.
" is composed of two walnut-
like sections or hemispheres
that are joined together in the
central region. In many left-
handed students, the inal9
functions usually carried bet
in the left and right-handed'
hemispheres of right-handed
students are reversed,• al-
'though this is not true in
every case.
"Much more research into
this topic must be completed
before any conclusive state-
ment can be made about the,
effect of brain organization on
hand preference; however, it
appears relatively conclusive
that a child's hand preference
is not determined by habit or
environmental influences,
but is innate." Blaine adds
that about 11 percent of North
American school children are
left-handed.
In discussing the future of
handwriting instruction in
Ontario, Blaine notes that
"our schools in large part
reflect the public's own attit-
udes and standards, and this
is nowhere more the case
than with handwriting.
DOCTORS
"Jokes about the illegibil-
ity of doctors handwriting are
standard. Inde. doctors
with neat handwriting are
suspect.
"Good handwriting, like
any other skill. takes effort
and time to develop. If
pareetS and teachers insist.
then our children will develop
hetler handwriting.
A. At present, we ask only
for an.adequate legible style,
al.14 that is *hat we SW
He ;lines that a hliniStrY•f
Education study has fouhri
that "toverall legibility of
printing and writing in
samples produced by stud-
ents at various grade levels
was moderately high. with
very few students displaying
real difficulty in reproducing
basic letter forms in an
acceptable manner.
"The variation in refine-
ment of these writing skills
among students, however.
was quitenotiecable, being
more pronounced among
student than among
schools."
Mr. Currie sa "some
students will be ' or writ-
ers' regardless of the type of
program while others will
excel in this area in spite of
very little emphasis being
placed on writing skills by the
teachers."
He concludes, however.
that "in those schools visited,
when more emphasis was
placed on handwriting abil-
ity, the overall quality of
writing, in terms of legibility,
was generally higher."
es THE HURON .,EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 2E4 1981
Those present represented
most of southern Ontario
NFU locals.
Ivan Allin of RR1.-Oshawa,
meeting chairman, said the
two papers would be present-
ed at NFU's national conven-
BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE
MITCHELL-Approval in
principle has been given to
concepts and considerations
for a national meat authority.
Elected officials of the
National Farmers' Union met
to discuss the two papers
(concepts and considerations)
-on -Tuesday—Nov:-17 here,- quota- transfer- -authority
question is still unsettled.
The major concept of hav-
ing a national meat authority
would be to have supply
management taken care of at
the Weill level.
The concept
All Fa brics °1 0% off
UNTIL DEC. 10TH
Seaforth
'Sewing Centre
paper states.
tie report.% that in one
school, a teacher estimates
that over one-quarter of the
beginning students typically
know how to reproduce the
entire alphabet.
"Those students who do
net know alphabetic charact-
ers most often farm them. in a
NFU favours
National meat authority