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Judges had a dficutt time choosing a Queen of the Furrow for
Huron County at the plowing match but finally decided on Valerie
Johnston of Bluevale as the best representative for the plowing
association. Pictured from left to right are: last year's Queen
Lynne Dodds of Seaforth, new Queen Valerie Johnston, Lori i yter
of Varna, Cor e De Corte of Seaforth, Deb Henderson of Seaforth,
runner-up Rhonda Lobb of Clinton, Kara Van Den Neucker of
Seaforth, Lisa McClure of Seaforth, Donna McClure of Seaforth and
Mary Lou Anderson of Londesboro. (James Friel photo).
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runbrell announced the first tll v
agricultural education initiatives, • *hie
will be introduced, by the 048144.7 this
schtool year, at the annual Media day for the
,International Plowing Match and. Fiarin,.
MaclMeryShow.
"Agriculture,used to be part of the school:
curriculum," he. said. "It's only in the past
15 to 20 years that thesituation has changed.
Today, we find food production a forgotten
school subject."
He said by putting agricultural education
back into the classroom, the ministry hoAes
to increase public awareness of this vital
sector of the economy especially in the ur-
ban areas.
The first of the ministry's initiatives is a
catalogue Of resource materials available to
teachers to. help them portray a realistic
view of modern agriculture. More than 600
items, including slide presentations,
booklets, posters and ..publications, are
listed in the catalogue which is being,
distributed to every elementary, secondary,
and private school in Ontario 'next week.
School boards will also receive a copy of the
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Subject matter for the two secondary
.school proggr deal',with scientific ad -
yams in agrieulture including embryo
transplants,:hybrid cord, breeding and plan-
ting techniques. Funds for the video pro-
grams are being made available through
the Ontario Bicentennial Com mission. The
tapes will be available to teachers in March
1985.
ulauce film ifieting at careers in
yya Preis the third initiative
bel# this school year, The > 'a'u -.
ed afurades 7 through 11, was sponsoredby
the Ontario Institute of Agrolog�istsx
several farm businesses m co=operation
with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
It will be.available in January 1985.
"The Ministry of Agriculture and Food is
y o king with the Ministry of Education to
introduce new curriculum guidelines which
include agricultural education at the
elementary and secondary school level,"
said Timbrell. "By preparing some of the
necessary teaching aids, we have taken the
first step toward realizing this goal."
Forty recommendations
An interest rate freeze on operating loans,
the use of taxes to help tobacco and grape
farmers, and recognizing the contributions
made by farm women are just a few of the
issues m the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture's (OFA) brief to the provincial
cabinet.
The brief was presented to Premier Davis
and members of his ',cabinet in Toronto
September 12, by a delegation comprising
representatives from the OFA, its member
commodity organizations and county
federations of agriculture.
They discussed the major concerns of the
farm community with the cabinet ministers.
The issues included proposals on farm
financing, marketing, eduction, land use, af-
firmative action and labour.
"In developing these proposals, our aim
has been to strengthen the agricultural
economy," OFA president Harry Pelissero
said. He added that, "Achieving this would
have a much greater benefit than simply
.raising the standard of living of our food
producers. A healthy agricultural sector
means maintaining a food system that
allows us to spend less of our disposable in-
come on food than most other people in the
world."
He pointed out that in 1982, Canadians
spent $40.5 billion on food, including meals
outside the home, but not including liquor.
That's about .16.4 cents for every dollar of a
Canadian's take-home pay. "This low cost
of food means more money to spend on hous-
ing and new cars and clothing and furniture
— and the jobs created in these industries,"
Pelissero said.
Food producers in Ontario generate $5
billion in gross production value each year,
"And from packing house clerk to
wholesaler to .grocery store cashier, it is
commonly held that one in six jobs is related
to the agri-food sector," Pelissero said.
A total of 45 recommendations were made
in the brief.
All part of the job
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dards expected by the agricultural
ministry. With cutbacks in staff, the office
hopes to train these people already spending
a great deal of time at buildings to maintain
high standards.
Some of these programs are delivered in
workshops and others through the
midwestern Ontario chapter of the Cana-
dian Farm Builders' Association.
Members of the organization, primarily
contractors and suppliers, meet once a year
to discuss concerns of the industry and the
OMAF office is usually invited to stage an
information meeting.
Members' also discuss ideas'and try to set
standards for those belonging to the associa-
tion.
Although it takes up less than half his time
now a reflection of the change of emphasis
in recent years, Ron also works directly
with farmers, both in the field and at the of -
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fice. Most of that work concerns ventilation
in swine barns.
There are many other subjects the
engineering department is prepared to work
with. Ron has information on the structural
design of barns, layout and housing systems
for different types of livestock as an exam-
ple, general land use planning and alternate
forms of energy. After being a leader in
drainage for many years the ministry has
developed a licencing system for contrac-
tors and consequently does less in this area.
In addition to all these topics,: "We're kind
of set up for machinery work. thoughi.we
don't do much anymore," he said. A final
area the engineers have some knowledge of
is erosion control, though again, "We
haven't been encouraged to work on erosion
control" because the Soil and Crop Associa-
tion does much of the work on that subject.
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