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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 10, 1954, p. 6

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the acton free press acton ontario thursday june 10th 1m jystts s ijjhfi farm news from haltons farm lands battty bmiuumb wtaa caiwalmsvp th hilton junior farmer under the leadership ol art bennett associate agricultural representative for hal- ton and peel oountiea held their an nual live stock judging competition last friday fortyeight young men judged 10 classes of livestock on the farms of retard gardhouse gerald qrahim f 0 hunter m t mcnabb and sons and stanley may squslng township also at the farm of j h wiumot and son trafalgar town ship during the afternoon the con testants gave oral reasons on five of the classes judged in the morning the official judges being gd starr of the ontario livestock branch toronto herb norry associate ag ricultural representative for wel lington county harold buck as sociate agricultural representative for wentworth county garnet nor- rish canada department of agricul ture and j h wtllmott of milton don mathews president of halton juniors presided at the announce ment of awards and presentations of prises held in the milton town hall the same evening sandy buchanan of moffat won the hamilton spec tator aard of a championship trip fc the 4h club congress in chicago the award u based on the all round ability of the contestants namely leadership participation in 4h club wwk and junior farmer activities m well as judging ability the run nerup here was earl wilson of xorx si ho was aw arded the kucrway kiwanis scholarship td ivlletteno was the high cravittttt of the day with john c yiusx4t in second place other wrs were as follows hut wxf harold patterson misocu ijcn campbell trophy vi n r iwer don matthews dkioam robertson trophy thigh la bctrsws d id pellet teno baroesmn trophy thigh man in j dkt xaraian bird mason knit- j tot ca trophy thigh man in sfeteep barry archer thomas bufctikvi trophy thigh man m swae john wulroon palermo jtsaars trophy i high coach i don jfmcc nerval juniors trophy fcugi atgregaie or sand bu- tiix df r r anderson tro phy iufh club xorval i baak of nova scoua trophy thigh township team qucsing high jotuor tl6 years and under norman bud high fmermediate tl7 to 11 years barry archer high senior t21 to 15 year david pel- lettexjo i another highlight of the evenings programme was the presentation of awards to halton s 4h homemakers i here mrs borgstrom home econo- mist was asxisjted by mrs max featheratone president of luium district wis and mrs j l euer- by district w 1 secretary the halton w i championship trip was awarded to miss barn ice wilson of ashgrove who will accompany group of ontario juniors on a bus trip this fall to ottawa new york and washington provincial honor pins emblematic of 13 completed projects were presented to marilyn barnes marion bird barbara cun ningham bern ice wilson kathleen kirkpatrlck while county honor pins emblematic of six completed projects were presented lo freda- mae stull shirley downs and joan mccarron the bank of toronto trophy was presented by mr m f kerr mana ger of the oakille branch to the nelson h club the team members being helen vivian glcnna hose and ruth featherstone still another pleasing feature of the evening was the presentation by mr george e elliott milton of two trophies in memory of hia father the late john robertson elliott to the misses barbara cunningham and jean patterson who represent ed halton in the intercountv de bating competition this past winter the concluding feature of the outstanding evenings programme was the demonstration in square dancing b two sets representing north halton and milton juniors a composite set selected from these two outstanding groups wit repre sent halton in the intercounty square dancing competition to be held at western ontario junior farmer field day at o a c guelph on saturday june 19th ontario dairy commissioner addresses halloo muk producers mondav evening of last week saw what was perhaps the most out standing meeting held b halton milk producers in the past 20 years the meeting was held in the stew- arttown hall with an outstanding batten of speakers namely everett biggs dair commissioner for on tario wm hoilcs president of to ronto milk producers association and william willmot secrotary of the same organization the speakers dealt with the new agreement based on formula pric ing bill 68 which combines all dair legislation under one act bulk hauling and the proposed surplus milk plant we were interested to learn that in contrast to 78 distributors who operated in the toronto market in 1932 there are today only 24 dis tributors consumption on the other hand has increased from si million quarts in 1939 to 130 million quarts in 1953 under formula pricing the pro ducers price is based on the follow ing formula wholesale index 101 weekly wages index 40 commodities and services used by farmers j0 price of butterfal index 10 price of condensed products index lflt price of cheese index- lois this seta the price for quota milk testing 3 4 bf at s4 m per cwt attains the old price of 4 00 no change will lake place in this price until the combined weighted correc tion index varies id points one way or the other congmtulatlons arc extended to president w r hoyle and secre tary john m bird for the excellent leadership which they aiu giving to the hal kin ussoclallon world jersey bureau to visit halton the week of july 19th will see the world jersey bureau meeting in an nual session at the ontario agricul tural college the weeks pro gramme calls for the group spend ing the afternoon of july 22nd in halton when they will visit four of hal tons outstanding jersey herds namely those of gerald r graham georgetown ken ella and sons hornby featheratone bros oak- ville and that of m c beaty near milton the tour is scheduled to conclude with a picnic supper at lindali- farm where the party wjjj be guest of the halton jersey club paint sale paint up at the lowest prices in our history of high quality paints quarts reg 1 50 100 gallons reg 5 00 349 kennedys book store 175 wyndhni guelph j how bg profit br- a lot less than moct people think the only quarrel j35 r people haws with profits ic they think they are too big la but how big is 00 big to find outsurvey people rapped on doont right across canada frtftw fe most canadians think companies like imperial make 29 on each dollar of sales most x of them think such companies are entitled to make about half that ieon the sales dollar imperials profit in 1953 was actually less than 8 less than a third of what most people tho vj m ssso imperial oil umited immigrant parents or cattle types dospltu the benefits of modtii 11 education uml lust nil mile com- nnmleiilumi mod in there are illll u kt nf in ban dwelled who end ui lit ngi iftiuiirxl ilious and ute tin able to tell a beef row from j dairy animal thl inrl r thing iloent usually ruuio too much omrorn among tin faint folkn although sometime it rausc them a little amusement how ever ihe major shows 111 on la rlii have now aturud tuck 1 11 h up signa in their stiuw bam i ihut when junior aprcada butler on hit ukad or drinks hi milk hell have 11 rough idea of th type of tow 11 in me from mohi cream and milk producer in this province keep one of four dairy bleeds two of which aie urge animal the olher two com- paiatlvely umiill the holntein popular aa a heavy produce g properly known as the holstelnrrlexhin and originated in u section of europe now shared by germany denmark and the ne therlands it is s large animal blutk and white in color with fairly lonu horns th ayrshire native of scotland is another jorge type with long hoi n except for the few of polled or hornless strain it in brown and white and a heavy producer the jersey and oueanaey the other main dairy breeds arc natives of the island of the same name they too have 0 brown and while coloring predominately brown and shading into almost black in sonu jersey 4 roth have short curved horns and are producers of high tent milk the jersey is knowt for a deerlike face canadian cattle sell at us sale the anntia sale held in connection with the national convention of the moutttliirrlehliin association of a hum leu on jum 3 ut grand llaplds mtiblfliin liroiikht u lolul nf tm 4121 m 111 head for an average of sfftq liveru i canadian tfolatelns were mimu tlinne sold top price of the sale was 13000 enived by estate of 1 e ller kenoahu wise from percy jones denver ciip tor a six yearold cow nty lhni bund old for 1000 or v wlfh ulkhl between t3000 and 13000 anton the bidders wore ed don enrife fonmr world chumplon 1 dm tie 1 who bus established a hul- ein herd mr lluffalo and col j c mclean chhf teat pilot for the us a 1 my air force patricia ann beauty salon hirslylut all lines of beauty culture clomd all day monday for appointment phone 341 81 mill st e acton painting and decorating frii htimatis sample of workial 40 church si aclon steve payne phone laiu brampton coluct travel treats for montreal 1775 chicago 2295 philadelphia 2430 round 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