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The Acton Free Press Tuesday Juno Farm Page Susan Nixon Norval Halton Dairy Princess Hoi on s Dairy Princess 1970 In a pretty 19yearold farmer daughter from township Susan Nixon fl secretary at a Bramt air conditioning firm Friday night chosen Halton entrant in the Ontario Dairy Princess competition to be held at the Canadian national Exhibition in late August She won the contest against two challengers Mary Anderson of Milton and Pat Murray of Acton This the first lime Miss Nixon has been a princess In she was named a Junior Jersey Princcsi at a rally at Gait and the honor gave her a chance to do some travelling promoting the Jersey breed and playing host to an Australian farm delegation visiting Ontario farms Although she holds a farm job Susan Nixon has a good background in farming and she won the judges approval when she milked a cow Friday night at the competition held at Kunica barn north of Hornby She was born and brought up on the dairy farm of her parents Mr and Mrs Bruce Nixon on 10 Sideroad northcast of Hornby Susan was a member of the agricultural clubs for five years and completed six projects five Jersey clubs and one in con nervation She attended Rabies warning J H Chamberlain Medical Officer of Health for County recently issued a warning concerning rabies and how to avoid any possible contact In a written release the doctor recommended that ait family pets be immunized against rabies and warned people not to touch or approach wild animals of any kind and to stay away from pets which arc behaving strangely In particular you should avoid contact saliva from animals that appear ill All bites and scratches should have immediate attention by a family physician If an animal is ill contact your veterinarian and if there is a question of human involvement contact your family Supersneet manager scholarship winner Armstrong of Stratford has won an scholarship lo pursue muster degree in business administration at the llniversil of Western Ontario in An imploytt of Rubin Hood Multifoods I Mr Armstrong has en a inuger for the company feeds Milton and Stratford Tht scholarship wis established the late Gordon lark a formir president and dirt The lark trust fund allows company between ages of IB and to continue their studies at the university level on a liae of from company SUSAN NIXON Dairy Princess June but still finds time lo help with the family s dairy herd of 140 Jerseys lists readinR horseback riding and swimming as hobbies she siid 1 very proud be farmer daughter if I hid choice that s whit to be She appreciates li on a farm and plan to trade farm life for city dwelling ever Craig Hud chaired Friday competition and helped last year Hilton Princess Sharon Hume to crown the niw title holder Judgis were Mrs J a former Hilton prin cess J Palmer director of tht Milk Commission and rcpre the Ontario Milk Marketing Board Arrangements for the contest were mode by Joe Brent and it was sponsored by the County Milk Producers of thi girls gave a brief on the dury industry compiled in i milking com pi tit ion sit through a brief interview with judges Their also counted for some points FUN IN THE SUN and it tastes good loo Joanne of was one of many who picked strawberries recentlyat Mohawk Fruit Market on the Guelph Line Many picked ust enough for the tables but the berries will show up on many a table during the winter either fresh frozen or in the form of lam Staff Photo Proper pruning is important It Pruning of spruce and fir trees must be completed shortly after growth has begun in spring The plants do not re as deciduous trees do so only parti of branches should be pruned off Willi spruce and fir pruning should confined to the new growth just the growing points have begun to elongate This will allow shoot buds to form Pruning later than this mas buds that have already started to develop and result in thinning the growth Pine trees should be pruned b pinching back the new tandles on growing dps while arc soft and the needles have not yet expended The amount of subsequent growth can be eon trolled the amount removed at this time When pruning is confined to new growth the result can be a noticeable increase in the density of the tree The usual number of buds are produced later on but over a reduced area hence the density of the growth increases FREDA HOFFMAN Optometrist St George Sq On l Telephone of also NUFFIELD Diesel Tractor SALES SERVICE MANSION FARM EQUIPMENT Ft ROCKWOOD Ahoy Boat owners steer a course hey b the I power vessels under Sittco roof com protect on Safeco will insure Ihat is overlooked your hull your motor your Is your ler the re boat and us We II do it pressure or pa and quite I we II show you a money saving as well DENNYS INSURANCE AGENCY Mill St ACTON SAFECO hours INSURANCE Monday m BERRY PICKERS FLOCKED to pick berries at an outing on a farm People headed into the patches as Mohawk Fruit Market on the line north of 25 early as a m to get their fill of the tasty berries Sideroad last week taking advantage of the chance for Staff Photo Pickyourown system Their berry business is booming The do it yourself philosophy i spreading its roots in the farming business and according to some farmers the results art In recent Farms mar opened their strawberry patches for the do it yourself pickers and Bros on Highway north of Milton have for some time welcomed hoards of people their farm to their own apples This year for the first time Mohawk Fruit Market on the Line north of in has resorted to the pick philosophy ind according to Dave who works the farm for his mother it works just fine A lot of the worry and headaches about getting the crop to the stores and then lo consumer is done away with While the farmer sells his lo pickers for about half whit stores would piy he still gtts as flood or better return on tht deal If a farmer chooses lo mirktt in the stores he has to Inn at about six Ixix truik them into mirnu and thin hi pi the hadn t resorted In filling the bottom of with or that wertn ready to be puked but which helped fill tin box By selling dirtil to Ihe ton sunier farmer knocks six mils in puxcrs fees off the top two and tints on the tost of the boxes pickers bnnf avn or buy them Hurt and markup on Hit ritnil A bellir profit is realized by the price stoi i or any other marktt and his average take per quirt drops below the cent Warm wntlur run are to i striwbtrrus lilt liming is most important Warm wnlhir and ram just puking brings the farmer s hi but a or two later during the could mist p to rol on tht ground Mr said the plants which tan he used two years in a row bung left to lie fallow are mowed down after first year cutting off all the fob itt and directing the to root In the fill of the year after been picked Ihey in tnered in straw to protect the from the frost retailed seven nights irs to the pitch in middle of the night with his father and sisters to put straw on hearing a spring predicting frost in the spring could present a M per cent crop loss to tht fnrmtr result in small berries that arc hardly philosophy is a big attraction in the stnwbcrry pitih Over 100 penplt hactiktn to the it i m to kit their feed of fresh lurrus ind ston some for thi for frozen berries or not only because of the price He becomes the man in charge of quality control and knows just whit is going into his Some pukers ire under the idea thil strawberries like tnmitoes can be picked before ire ripe and left on the counter to It won work picked will liny ripen and should puked iht ripe rows arc picked sevinl tunes Usually the first puking meins i lot walking muih picking and pickers complain But even with sparse picking the farmer stinds to lose tints for quart left on bush and he wants them 1 w During a good year lind expects this will be a year a four acre should yield quarts At the farm then are IS acres with three parcels used on a thi pick rntKint basis CENTRE CELANESE CARPET OZITE ARMSTRONG CORLON PAINTS WALLPAPERS SHEPHERD CASTERS 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