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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday Augusta 1990 City teenagers learn farm life By GARRY MURDOCH The Herald Ross Johnstone a yearold Mississauga youth has been ding his summer at Georgetown Farms on Trafalgar Richard Kunita owner of the farm is become Ross sponsor partaking i Junior Agriculturalist program which is designed to bridge the rural urban gap between city teenagers and farm life The program began on June and involves teenager- who are working on farms for tht first time The host farm fimily teaches student about life on a farm and in return receives summer assistance Junior Agriculturalists such as Ross are chosen for the program because of their interest in agriculture Although no expenence is re quired a desire to leam must be shown by the student as well as en and a sense of maturity Host families on the other hand must have an interest in both the student and the goals of the pro gram The program has been plemented all across Ontano and is now in its year The program has three primary goals 1 Give the youth the chance to gain valuable on a farm Allow the individual to develop an appreciation and understanding of rural living and 3 The farmer is given aid in return for teaching Ross whose primary goal is to be a veterinarian has been in terested in farming for the past few years Although his duties mainly con fine him to the barn working with animals which consist of cows he does from time to time engage in field work It was with this in somedav be a veterinarian that undertook the mi knowing this would op portunit to more about for the last four years he his worked it the Southdown Animal Clinic in on Saturdays and one d a week after school He has done everything from assisting m operations to clean up duties Ross finds the program exciting saying working on a farm is dif ferent experience from working with dogs or cats The animals he works with although somewhat larger present no real dangers His work day is a long one from to p in He starts off the day with the feeding and cleaning of the herd followed by breakfast at 8 a m Then his regular clean up chores begin He gets every other weekend off He receives a day for his efforts 18 provided by the Human Resources Secretariat and Ma n Streel South Downtov Georgetown 8731470 WERE GOING BACK OFF ALL IN STOCK ITEMS TOWN ONI WILLOW LANE NATURAL FOODS Willow St ACTON 8533051 GEORGETOWN GEORGETOWN OPTICAL NO ONE EVER REGRETTED BUYING QUALITY MARKET PLACE PLAZA 8773562 HOURS Man CLOSED SATURDAY 00 W SHOPPING SPREE VALUE STORE SPECIALIZING IN TEAM AND CORPORATE WEAR Come in and look through our great selection of Tshirts shorts sporting goods sport shoes jackets track suits hats much much more Kits from is of over HO on a farm for close to two month- while learning ills Unit f Junior Agriculturalist about mimiila and various farm duties Herald to work h ami program Tin program allows about photo 17 by the host family The host firmly also prov ides room and board plus access to laundry facilities The program which has so far allowed young people to par over the years is run by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food through a management staff located in Guelph as well as nine regional supervisors The program allows students to learn all aspects of farming not just dealing with herds Youth from urban areas ranging anywhere from to years of age can learn about a variety of farm areas from dairy beef and swine to fruit vegetable and cash crops Although Ross thought about be ing a large animal veterinarian he feels he will stick to small animals After having worked on a farm for two months he thinks although it would be fun to be a farmer it wouldn t be realistic Starting costs today are too high he said The program will be ending for Ross in two weeks on August Ross feels he learned a lot although he wishes the program ending so soon I wish it were longer he said I m going to miss it Enter Our SHOPPING SPREE CONTEST 103 in Stiico You Could Be 1 of 8 Winners Of A 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