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Former Bruce
agricultural representative
receives honours
Twice in recent years have local
agricultural representatives of the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and
Food (OMAF) been honoured by the
Canadian Society of Extension for
their achievements.
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In 1982, Don Pullen, Huron Coun-
ty agricultural representative, was the
first to be presented with the
Distinguished Extension Worker
Award. In June this year, George
Gear, agricultural representative
from 1939 to 1970, was presented
with an Honourary Life Membership
in the Canadian Society of Extension
in recognition of his work in Bruce
County, especially for his farm
management program.
"I was surprised. You don't expect
to be remembered after 30 or 35
years. You think people will forget
after all that time," says Gear, who is
now retired.
"Gear is dearly loved by the people
in Bruce," Pullen says. Gear is most
respected professionally for his
"enterprise analysis," which gives a
complete picture of a farm business.
"He was a master of that," Pullen
recalls. In 1950, Gear was a key in-
stigator of a new emphasis on farm
management with a concentration on
finances. In recent years as the finan-
cial thrust of farm management has
come to the forefront once more,
Gear's achievements are being recall-
ed. "I guess those old ideas are pretty
sound," Gear says with pleasure.
Born in 1908, Gear spent three
years working in Toronto at OMAF's
head office in the Program Planning
and Analysis Branch after his 31
years of service in Bruce. "He
brought with him a wealth of field ex-
perience," Pullen says.
The 1985 winner of the
Distinguished Extension Worker
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