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-5- v page six the acton jfree farm news from hdltons farmlands fcr overstocking topic at meeting of herd improvement assns is it cheaper to purchase ratherv than raisje the hecessary replace- j p were made to lay down com ment heifers the average dairy i pr tests and dcmoruftra was 6ne of the mny ques- herd lions asked of the panel members at the annual meeting of waltons three dairyherd improvement as- sociations in milton on monday march 28 despite heavy roads and blocked lanes a large number were out for the morning session- to hear cliff morrow dairy specialist of the ontario livestock branch mr morrow dealt with the subject i tion nwr during the spring and sum inasmuch as hay and pasture con stitute the most valuable crops produced in tlhe general farming area in ftolton the question of getting satisfactory catches of small seeds is a most important factor with the hope of throwing more light on this controversial subject a comprehensive test is to be laid down this spring on the farm of aown mis spring on the farm i hja records as a basis for pro- a t wood ley near milton on the ving herd sires certainly the farrn replicated tests with research program being conducted eight varieties of oats and a similar at thft ontario agricultural college nurn of varieties of barley will on this subject is bringing to light ajgo be laid down a tremendous amount of valuable on the third line of esquesin proved to be a failure the assocw lion is planning to continue us war against wild carrot applica tions of 24 d have given excellent results on most other roadside weedslbut in the opinion of most hal ton folk it has not been too ef fective in killingwhd clarrot on halton roadsides it is generally agreed that com mercial fertilizer has been largely responsible in eliminating the ia- jtard of winterikilling in order to get- some idea of the point wtiere additional quantities- of commercial fertilizers ail to give economic returns the association i planning to lay down acre blocks on the farm of w is ibreckon using ap plications ranging from 160 lbs to 400 lbs per acre or 424i2 the program of the association also includes tests with commer cial fertilizer on potatoes a region- a v test with n twu information regarding the relative again with the hope of getting laemonstrations with long term ability of herd sires of the holstein more data on the qucsl of uro- pasture mixtures a one day bus breed to transmit type and produc- j it is planned to lay down at i tnp etc and ctc tion least one- test in each township of to get back to the question of tne county sites will be selected whether it is cheaper to purchase on e basis of soil test and appli- or raise the necessary replacement cations will be made at both two heifers in the average commercial ant f ton ra dairy herd john clark of the farm as a medium of securing more economics branch toronto admit- definite data on varieties the ques ted that their studies revealed that tion of the amount of commercial it costs as much or more to raise fertilizer which can be oconomical- a heifer to milking age than such applied cultural practices etc heifers can be produced fo at the the halton association is planning present time to sponsor a 80 bughel grain corn on the otherhand it was r the i competition on the more loamy concensus keeping in mind the 50ils particularly in the lowvillo disease problem and also herd imj kilbride and georgetown areas provement that it is sound business considerable of this crop is already to ralsg heiferlv rtbcompetition will better cows in ones herd be qpen to am halton growers ind all icatves not economical cali for a minimum a 6t at iprior to the embargo a few years j ncrcs those interested ago a a result of the outbreak should contact directors r a hur- of foot and mouth disease canada rcn or brock harris or the arii- enjoyed an nlmot unlimited mar- cultural office- in milton ket in the ixsv jnr surplus daily nnicrtn testmit the new tieiters an3 cows due to wie high variety rodney the halton associs- dafty cattle population in the us tlom stntps plps e ross segs- the demand for canadian commer- w wlll sponsor a 4h grain cia dairy cattle fo- export has club each of 20 club members been drastically curtailed since th wlll 1 with onc bushel of cmbarr wasjif leilaia resu n t va w is in very short lar percentage of our ontario sup the rodnev is some four or dairy barns are filled- to capacity fiw i lhan beaver but in certainly on the majority of our 1954 was the seennd highest yield- haltardairyjajartterarrmrnein atiett tested at 24 different young cattle coming along than are pol j ontario the top varietv required for replacement purposes was o another new varietv ht was mr morrow s opinion that w not available for distribu- if we are to improve our dairy c jh-ifi-year- tie we sriould restrict o curtail the j wild oarrot control raising of heifer calves to those j notwithstanding the fact that which in dm1ia receive gold and demonstrations laid down in 1954 red seal certificates with this con- 1 tmfrsprvy abhjii mth no one food in itself is fattening and that includes mflfa sound dieting advice puts milk in every nieal it is a protective food that contains valuable protein vitamins and calcium when ypu are dieting slim safely with milk here is a sample days dieu about 1400 calories t orange juice poached egg buttered toast whole milk- coffee with milk ho sugar at all meals if desired consomme tomato and cottage cheese salad mayonnaise whole milk tqmalo juice lens lamb chops baked potatoes string beans lcttuo s french dressing fresh fruit whole milk irfff i calorie coniror handy pocket guide to safer illnming write tot dairy mods a omafon of dairy torairi of cahoda mrvki mjmmi 409 huron street toronto canada cttrtttu convftiu three superb series the custom series the lucerne series and the hiqkkfa completely new richelieu series tention we heartily agree in the years when we had an almost un limited export market for com mercial grades and purebreds it was perhaps economically sounj to raise practically every heifer calf today that isnt true and if we are to raise the average pro duction of our dhia herds from 8150 lbs of milk and 294 lbs bf which was the average figure for j the year ending april 30th 1954 then surely it would be economi cally sound t veal si of the calves irrespective of sex from cows which fail to qualify in either d h ia or rop -the- final art of the interesting day- program was speht in visit ing the farms iif frred and harvey nure at both points there wi- pollock and campbell manufacturers of f1igh grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st north gait telephone 2048 iiiuoi oi interest to all dairymee soil crop assn plans 1955 projects at ft rocent meeting of theexecu- tivciif the hauinsoil and crop improvement association tentative robt r hamilton fred a hoffm lan optchmetrists formerly e p head i phone guelph 1924 58st georges square the entirel new 1955 monarch for 1955 is 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