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An opportunity for young budding farmers 1 By Rod Stork. . Once again this year the Ontario Ministry of Agricul- turcand Food Will be conducting conducting the Junior Agriculturist ■Program.across the province' of Ontario. The past three years of the Program have been very successful in providing providing a number of young people who are interested in agriculture with a practical learning, experience , on a commercial farm. As a result, result, there are now a group of young people who are interested interested and capable of entering farm labour positions.' As well, the Junior Agriculturists, Agriculturists, their families and friends have developed a greater, appreciation of rural life in the food producing industry. The Program is designed to provide a practical learning experience for young people from non-farm homes, who have a serious interst in'- agriculture and who have had no experience working on a farm. As a Junior Agriculturist, the person will be placed on a selected commercial farm where he, or she will perform regular acitivities relative to that farm operation. In addition addition the Junior Agriculturist will have an opportunity to develop an appreciation of rural life through living with a farm family and through participating in the local 4-H and Junior Farmer programs and in other rural and community activities. Junior Agriculturists are to be 16 or 17 years of age and must be in good physical and mental health and to this eftd each Junior Agriculturist is required to have an examination examination by his of her faifiily doctor to certify that he or she has no major disability and is. able to withstand very rigorous, rigorous, physical and mental effort. The Junior Agriculturist Agriculturist are expected to remain on the assigned farm for the full period of the program from June 2lst till August 20thT976. Selection will be based in part on their reasons for. being interested in agriculture and their plans for further education education in a career. Host farmers âre to be engaged in farming full time. The farm is to be a commercial operation and the farmer must be interested in helping inexperienced, young young people develop the skills required on a farm. Farmers are expected to have the ability to work well with and supervise young people/and must also have suitable accommodation. ■ A Junky Agriculturist will be expected to participate in farm, activities for 12 days consecutively then have 2 consecutive days off. The normal days off period will be from after chores on Friday evening to before chores on Monday morning. A Junior Agriculturist will be assigned whereever possible to a farm with the type of enterprise or. enterprises which he or she is most interested. The duties involved will vary considerably considerably depending on the individual individual farm operation, the demonstrated ability of the Junior Agriculturist and the kind of enterprise that is found on that farm. Each Junior Agriculturist will receive receive a training allowance of $16.00 a day based on a six-day week. $6.00 of this will be provided by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the host farmer will provide $5.00 per day in cash, as well as supplying room and board worth $5.00 per day. Each Junior Agriculturist will be expected to provide his or her own clothing, suitable to the activity being perform-^ ed. A pair of steel-toed work, boots are mandatory and a hard hat is desirable. WALLPAPER SALE 20% Discount on Stock Papers 10 % Discount on Non-Stock Papers Kem Paint Sale SAVE over 25 % ROLPH Hardware dominion The response to the Junior Agriculturists' Program acr oss the province has increased increased over the years, however, in the Durham County area, response by host farmers has not been as great as would be expected. This program provides provides an excellent opportunity opportunity for farmers to show urban people what modern farm operations are all about, while at the same time, helping to correct the farm labour problem during the summer months. Persons interested in participating in this program, as either a Junior Agriculturist or as' a host farmer, should complete, the appropriate application forms which are available at the agricultural office in Bowmanville, and return it to the office in Bowmanville or to the Junior Agriculturist Program, care of The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ontario M7a 1B2 not later than May 1, 1976. Orono Weekly Times, March 31, 1976 - 5 Hamlet of Hampton would 'overtax the present Junior Hampton Public School site. It also noted that additional property would be difficult, to Kin - Kinette obtain Soundings and administration is to study. • Board members of the area Afraid You're Going Deaf? Montreal--A free offer of special interest to those who The Kinettes will be holding a dance on Saturday, April 10th at the Newcastle Town Hall. This is a fund raising dance for Cystic Fibrosis and Community Services. Tickets are available from Kinettes. ■Now is the time to fertilize your lawn, and the Kinsmen are not only selling,- it, they will also deliver it to yoyr home this Saturday. Contact Dave King 983-9249 or Bill' Stapleton 983-5093. I'VWIAAAA-WVVV-VWV'VW School Grounds inadequate It was reported that a proposed subdivision in the the matter further. Five new portables needed The Northumberland and Newcastle Board - of ■ Education Education are faced with purchasing purchasing five new portable class-, rooms for the year 1976-77. Monies for such purchase was hear hut do not understand words 1 has been announced by Beltone. A non-operating model of the smallest Beltone aid of its kind will be given absolutely free to anyone answering answering this advertisement. Send for this free model now. It is not a real hearing aid, but it will show you how tiny hearing help can be. The actual aid weighs less than a third of an ounce, and it's all at ear level, in one unit. 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Right now, the Pfogram consists.of 70 working projects, including: • testing ways to reduce fuel consumption in automobiles and farm operations; • improving the heating and cooling • systems in government buildings (which has already cut some energy bills by as much as 20%); - « finding ways to improve residential natural gas and oil furnace efficiency; • constructing and testing a totally solar-heated home; : • reclairrgng waste materials to produce energy; • sending gn "Energy Bus ' throughout Ontario to do on-the-spot analyses for •industry (so far, annual energy cost , savings averaging 20% have been ' identified). ..... Practical suggestions on ways you can save energy and money are.available from your Ontario Government and from energy-supplying companies. For more information, write to: Energy Management Program . Ontario Ministry of Energy, 12th Floor 56 Wellesley Street West ■ ' Toronto, Ontario M7A 2B7 Ministry of Energy Dennis Timbrel!, Minister Province of Ontario •. William Davis, Premier