The Acton F Press Wednesday Sep tern bq r MUSHROOM FARMS manager John Anderson whose Burlington firm built the machine first of its kind centre shows other mushroom growers the principle of the Canada Werner Hansen of Dixie Mushrooms Mr Anderson custom made machine which will produce 10 000 tons of Bob Reed of Tangmere Mushroom Co and Jack Kaltenevkcr mushroom compost each year Left to right are Eric Nielsen of K KW Mushroom Farms Burlington Photo New machines at s Halton mushroom centre of Canada County is fast becoming the centre of the booming Farm manager John Anderson mushroom industry in Canada said they expect to produce 10 000 well known grower Bob lorisofmushroomcompostayear Reed of Milton from the huge machine Tyler Transport delivers the shredded com cob one of the principal ingredients from the Windsor area The machine blends the compost which advantage over their competitors and several of them were at the Acton farm to view the machine work Among them were Eric Nielsen Werner Harrison from A substantial percentage of the first of its kind ever built in stored on the floor under the Dixie from the total crop of Canadian grown mushrooms are produced here in Halton now he told this newspaper as he visited a new installation at McNair Mushroom Mushroom Farm Ltd near Acton which will provide custom made mushroom compost for the industry McNair Mushroom has installed a portable compost maker machine which was custom made in Burlington especially for the job by Dave Welding Canada A new steel barn hovering over square feet of cement floor has been provided to house the machine and the ingredients which blend together to make compost Mr Anderson listed horse manure hay shredded corn cobs brewers grain gypsum potash and ammonium nitrate as the blend which makes the mushrooms grow He expects most of the growers will take advantage of the custom made compost large barn purchased from Beaver Lumber The new equipment gives area mushroom growers another Burlington and Bob Reed of Milton from the Mushroom Co Plowing matches are coming soon i Alt School Supplies at Discount Prices EXTRA SAVINGS BY CLIPPING COUPONS BELOW COVERS 13 3 RING BINDER Imported Colored PENCILS GARBAGE BAGS 33 Canadian Colored PENCILS 99 Swing line 50 TOT STAPLER Sugg 1 One Size Fits All PANTY HOSE Guaranteed Satisfaction 39 Less Than Price FLINTST0NE VITAMINS o Sugg Mltflf 1 pens in PENS 39 Young plowmen will be putting their best effort forward this Saturday Sept when the Halton Junior Plowing Match gets underway at the farm of Lloyd Pickering at the corner of Trafalgar and OakvlUe November will sec the veteran senior and Junior plowmen in competition this year at the Plowing Match at the farm of H C in Appleby Line in Burlington That event is slated for Nov The Inter national Plowing Match will be held in Haldlmand County Oct 12 to IB The Queen of the Furrow Contest will be held in con junction with the Plowing Match Nov Participants must either on or have been raised on a farm between the ages of IB and married or single The winner will represent at the International meet in 1972 if a competition is held Two claises Two classes will compete at the McNAIR FOREMAN Anderson sprays growing mushrooms with the aid of a single flashlight Growers said Halton County is the centre of Canada mushroomgrowing Junior plowing Match Class one is open to tractors mounted industry Photo Represent Halton atCNE Six Club members represented County at the Canadian National Exhibition recently They joined a group of nearly 200 members from other counties and districts for a program of tours and dis cussions in Toronto from Aug 25 to Included on the agenda were visits to University of Toronto Maple Leaf Mills Royal Ontario Museum Ontario Place as well as the Canadian National Exhibition The delegates from were Elizabeth Anderson and Gladys Smith of Milton Gail and Frances Mclean and Lois Mills of Georgetown plows and boys or girls between the ages of to 16 are eligible second class is for tractors with mounted plows and the age limit runs from to 21 years of l 1971 contestants in class two will compete in the International Plowing Match in County UN tour George Henderson Georgetown recently represented the Halton Junior Farmers on the United Nations Bus Tour The tour included a week long visit to points of interest in the S There was a brief stay at Pennsylvania State a tour of Gettysburg a stay at the National H Centre in Washington a tour of Washington DC on to New York for a bus tour of the and a tour of the United Nations Building The delegates were given free time for shopping and s seeing during the tour M0DESS Sugg SHAMPOO Sugg Announcing new to this area THE new MINIDUMP Surplus military aircraft are used widely in Canada as aerial tankers KEYS MADt WHILE 5c1 Store WORKSAVER FOR THE PICKUP OPERATOR DISTRIBUTED BY Cedar Springs Motel Hwy No 7 Georgetown Ont REVOLT Band Aid Sugg SI STRIP That s My Color COLOR SELTZER SELTZER 99 Sugg si Tec que 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