Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 18, 1978, p. 33

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Real Estate Show Oct 18 1978 5 Farming A challenging lifestyle I recently purchased a form How do I get into beef Can I get some in formation on your courses for new farmers What can 1 do with the fields on my new arm Each year the University of receives literally thousands of similar Inquiries by telephone letter and In person Guelph proximity to Ontario Golden and the University s reputation in agriculture bring many an aspiring farmer to campus All arc seeking some kind of with their hobby or with their dreams of becoming a full time farmer and in variably they end up dis cussing their hopes and pro blems with the of the Ontario Agricultural Profess r Hutchison of Loursis for the of 1- due it ion and himself part time farmer also bets air share aspiring f irmers in Ins office It Prof Hutchison who six need for a program of stud Li for this now breed of firmer Hie back tolhehnder whom some have called the gentleman or city farmer the in of he Applied culture program received id vice and In sorting out fact from the operation of mo often small stale farms Its not our goal to in courage or discourage pari time farming says Prof Hutchison It is our ob jective however to present the realistic technical and facts or forming to the novice facts which may discourage him and him forever an armchair far Others obviously become belter equipped and more en than ever A few even make he big jump four years ago computer specialist got Involved in the rabbit industry and is now one of tin most knowledge ible breeders in his field His production will reach j printouts alone all destined for Ontario supermarkets Many students never intend to farm but enrol because they live in the country and want to understand and com better with their farm neighbors No one is overlooked as a potential student The matronly looking librarian or the frail elderly English teacher arc as much a part of the novice farmer student population as the firefighter or robust truck driver According Prof Hutchison several music teachers are strong advocates of our program but in the In dividual professions engineers surpass all others In numbers followed closely by physicians Roughly half of the par from the pro fessions followed by business and management Armed forces policemen social workers taxi drivers and ski licet tradesmen constitute the balance These students however con not really be classified according to occupation age or social status The stylish wife of the general manager of a large corporation Just might be the principal tractor driver an actress may be nursemaid to sick animals on a port time farm Seven faculty members have enrolled at one lime in the same class and wo members of the University Continued on page Saxe Stiphen P Saxt Limited or 4531111 Custom Built Back Split Only Years Old is a lot of living space in three bed luck ill the features you for i Mm it livinq room el n room id I mi oil The i 2219 to Colonial 800 of color ekeiion left plus floor to fireplace deck fro family room walkout from to beautiful treed lot mdple spruce challenge la jo it in ih inn f rear yard and fam ly room ill Hob or Eleanor for your too HIGH ON A HILL COUNTRY COMFORT 3 acres northwest of Georgetown with a degree view of rolling pasture land The house has everything to make it comfortable in winter spring summer or fall so all you have to do is Catonand I II to show you your future home Price 168 BUY YOUR OWN or GOOD OPPORTUNITY IN RURAL AREA A Inyo hobby form t W GLOnotownnnlclosolanavndroad Ask Stephen P Limited Realtor Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario Tom Cooper fri Robin Fischer JohnCaton Eleanor Langdon 877 Norm Sinclair 6050 Howard Caton 838 2708 Coring DePooh 877 7976 RozettaStolp 8772180 Don McMillan Wendy Saxe 8772984

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