The Rural Voice, 1979-09, Page 20while Ridgetown emphasizes cash crop-
ping and Kemptville is heavy on dairy.
(But we're strong on dairy as well," he
says.)
The four colleges operated by OMAF
"try to reflect the type of agriculture in
their part of the province," says Mr.
Cameron. Kemptville is SO or 60 miles
below Ottawa in Grenville County; Ridge -
town is south of Chatham in Kent County.
Centralia has graduated more than 1,000
students since the course began, and over
half of them from the local southern
Ontario area. The percentage of female
students has been rising each year, says
Mr. Cameron. Approximately 20 per cent
of the agricultural program enrollment are
women, 95 per cent of the animal health
program enrollment are women, and
virtually 100 per cent in the home
economics program are women.
Centralia's student population stands at
about 300, with a rough 50/50 division
between male and female students.
Centralia also offers one and two-day
short courses on specific subjects in the
winter.
Ridgetown has three programs, one with
two majors: agricultural business and
commerce, agricultural laboratory tech-
nology (a unique program), and agricul-
tural production and management - with
field crops and livestock or field crops and
horticulture as majors.
At Ridgetown, corn and soybeans are
stressed.
Kemptville College offers two-year pro-
grams in agriculture, agricultural
engineering, food and fashion, and food
services supervision.
A research program involving livestock,
field crops, soils, engineering, horticulture
and foods is conducted full time. The
college also maintains a dairy herd and a
maple syrup operation. Evening courses,
short courses, conferences and workshops
are available as well.
New Liskeard emphasized crop pro-
duction in northern Ontario rather than
corn and soybeans. They stress barley and
the use of forages.
Programs are agricultural technology,
farming technology (with an apprentice-
ship between first and second year), and
equine technology. They also have a fourth
program, offering subjects done in 20
hours of instruction over two weeks. As a
result, all courses are available to part-time
students as well.
In total, 511 students were graduated
from the four OMAF-run colleges and OAC
in 1979. Enrollment in the two-year
diploma programs reached a record of
1,384 students last year. And, according to
Agriculture and Food Minister Bill New-
man, employment prospects look good.
PO. 18 THE RURAL VOICE/SEPTEMBER 1979
A Guide to
NAME OF INSTITUTION
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
[Admissions Office of the
Registrar] Guelph, Ontario
NIG 2W1
CENTRALIA
College of Agricultural
Technology
Huron Park, Ontario NOM 1Y0
Agricultural Short Courses,
Centralia College
Huron Park
Tel. (519) 228.8891
RIDGETOWN
College of Agricultural
Technology
Ridgetown, Ontario NOP 2C0
KEMPTVILLE
College of Agricultural
Technology
Kemptville, Ontario, HOG 1J0
[55 Kilometers south of
Ottawa]
NEW LISKEARD
College of Agricultural
Technology
Box G
New Liskeard, Ontario
POJ 1P0
[100 miles north of North Bay]
NORFOLK SCHOOL
of Agriculture
[Fanshawe College]
_ Simcoe. Ontario
OXFORD CAMPUS
[Fanshawe College]
Woodstock, Ontario
TYPE OF PROGRAM
AND DURATION
Degree
Bachelor of Science
4 YEARS
—8 semesters (each 15 weeks
at 3 per year)
TUITION
$287.50 per semester
plus residence, meals,
other fees and books
Associate Diploma
in Agriculture
2 YEARS
—4 semesters
$120.00 per semester,
$25 semester 1 field
trip , $55 semester 3
field trips
Ontario Diploma
in Agriculture.
Independent Study via
Correspondence
5 YEARS MAXIMUM
Diploma in Agriculture
2 YEARS
$30 to $100 per course
(15 courses required)
(tax deductible)
$120 per term (2 terms
each year) plus text
books and travel
expenses
"Short Courses" 1-4 DAYS
$4 per day
411.
"Swine farm workers course"
-funded by Manpower.
15 WEEKS
Diploma in Agriculture
2 YEARS (3 terms each)
Diploma in Agriculture
2 YEARS
Diploma in Agriculture
2 YEARS
DlplQma in Agriculture
2 YEARS
Diploma in Agriculture
2 YEARS
$80 per term (3 per
year) plus expenses
S120 per semester (2
each year) plus ex-
penses
$120 per term ( 2 each
year)
($10 for each .2 -week
course)
$216 yearly
$398 yearly