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pacn noirr the acton free press actonj ontario thursday december ii im3 jr paefs corner going home for christmas up and dcftrn th shotim atrvu a parcollttdrti ihrtuig- kxchanbc thtlr merry christ and sally bud lon oh music in each chtry voice thelirlubht4rji clear and wct the tinkling hum or tambourine sound in their marchintf fet cathedral chlmw are pealtnu forth glad welcome for a kintf but none of lhfc can match the tunc my heart 1j catouing wi going home for cjhtam in txrri timpl t ira in jj that somehow hold a vnajhe lot to intricate refrains if going home for chrutmav through the ttvirliohf and the tumd to find a christmas welcome i a iuce i ued to know the train goes whizzing throuuh the nifiht yet fell loo slow for me w all alone the creeping miles im thinking eagerly of a little houe of welcome wher chrutmas flms glow where christmas candles shine afar a wanderer way to show where klndnexs lfuhtn ench pleas ant face where the chrlitmat feasts are cpread and with my thourbrln the same old song goe rinjrinc throyfeh my head its going homt for christmas the haunting old wfrain home where a thousand tnewdriet reresh he heart again itt going home for christmas o angel choirs that ting hear this my earthly carol for christmas homecoming at snag in the yukon on extreme minimum temperature of 81 below rero has been recorded dead stock dd and crtppwd farm an i ma i removed promptly for sanitary ditpotal jelephone collect gorgtown 11 gulph 3334 gordon young ltd conaervauon cmnmlu ifcevtowtf fertmlu or rtna valley since the form pond iolcy wtut approved by the halton coumy council on march 11th of thut year our secretary has received a total of w requests for farm pond sur veys stated geo currle chairman of the county conservation com- mitlec at a meeting of the com mittee on friday evening of last week the secretarys report revcale i that 43 of the proposed sites had been approved by a representative of the department of agrlcuuural engineering at the oac of the biunci 18 were turned down in most case due to the unsultabilitv allheson a few applications recently re ceived will not be dealt with until next spring out of the 43 sites approved eleven ponds properly fenced to keep out liv have been approved and the cheques covering the respective subsidies to the landowners concerned were iwiued early this week twelve additional ponds have been constructed under the policy of this number seven require fenc ing before the subsidies may bo paid under the llnltnn policy and five other if brought up to the standard may also qualify in other words n total of 23 ponds have been constructed under m3ic policy since it was approved last mnrch it will be recalled that hal ton uns the first county in ontario to inaugurate a farm pond policv and further that the on tario department of agriculture and the hal ton county council pay dollar for dollar up to n max imumof 100 on each approved pond the contribution of each of the governing bodies for 1952 was 1000 or a total of 2000 in all thf roughk provides a subsidy for tvent ponds applications were niled in the order received at the agricultural office in milton the first twentv on the list whose sites wore approved have until december 31st to bring their ponds up to the standard established and get them propeh fenced to keep out livestock after december 31 providing tw enty have not been approved bv that date others lfarther doun the list but who hnvi constructed approed ponds in in2 which hne passed the final inspec tion will receive the subsidy until the low appropriation is- exhausted the members or the halton con servation committee in general expires themselves as both sur prised and delighted at the interest shown since their iond policy wan inaugurated inst march due to the shortage of water on inn many farms below the escarpment it was the recommendation of the meeting on friday evening inst that every effort be made to hov the farm pond policy continued in 1053 needless to add such action can only become effective with the ap proval of both the 1053 count v council and the ontario depart ment of agriculture jiate wooj the 811 water is the life blood of the soil it influences nearly every property of the soil and every pr- cess which take place in it their processes are the most basic on earth in extreme cases they de termine whether or not plants and animals can live it has been pointed out bv ca ll snyder ciu agronomist that the njost basic of all soil- water- crop relationships is that from 300 to 1000 pounds of water are abor etand transpired by crops for erch pound of dry matter proluced assuming that 800 pounds of watep are needed for one ton of green alfalfa n three ton crop of dry alfalfa per acre would require nearly 5 000000 pounds of water during the growing season tht amount of watnr would weigh -1- most as much oilhc top 15 inches of soil and wofiiacovcran ur- to a depth of 21 inches ttiojn fijju should indicate why jut iimiiy farm lenders in ifnl- toil jlress the importance of con servation of wnter and the con tinual ixpnntin of our reforest ation program klnjpway klwanu enlerijtt hal ton olub member karller this year we nminunred tmt the klngswav klwnnu club of toronto had ottered ten short courses nt the oac each to the value of 12 so to hal ton 4 ii club members on monday of this wclc eight of the successful wlnneis were entertained to lunch at the old mill toronto the young people were mary lou alexander norval allen bowen aclpn james brown milton jnmei ismnnd georgetown don joyce milton hnwson kuddell oeorgetown ruth wilson norval and frank wilson georgetown the voting people were accomp anied by artbeimett assistant agricultural ttrprehenltiuve for halton under the chairmanship of art vivian tholrman of the agri cultural committee of the kings- way klwinis the voting people were presented with their respect ive cheques which will cover the cost of the weeks short courses at the oac between jthrlstmah and new year the program also included an addrev by everett biggs dairy commissioner for ontario who is well and favorably kpown to many hauoti dairymen all in all it was n delightful out ing for the eight halton scholar ship winners it was most unfort unate that the other two winners namely don johnson of milton now enrolled in the associate course at the oac and bobt coxe alio of milton a student at the acton high school were not able due to examinations to participate in this annual feature nrwlolloy vnt iforeat tra in recent months the department of iands and foreauhjive reviewed and revised the regulations govern ing dltttrlhlltlnn of forest tree in the past needling trees were dis tributed free of charge to nil pri vate laud nwneri under the amended regulations applicants must have land of at least two acres exclusive of the part occu pied by buildings- furthermore applicants will he charged 14 00 per 1000 fob the nursery for scotch pine and 10 for all other varieties it should u realized that this is only a nominal charge and fall far short of the actual cost it li however the hope of officials of tho depart ment of lands and foresui thqt it will eliminate carelessness and lass in the handling of trees by appli cants application forms together witli full details of the new regulations may be secured fromlhe agricul tural offlceln milton whippet club draw announce winners lucky ticket holders in the acton whippet club draw were held by heln7 slebel wilbur st mrs t cooke queen st and a fryer all of acton officials ond team captains of the club were elected on sunday nov ember 30 the whippet club has been under way now for five weeks and the boys nre all showing consider able progress everyone is troln- ing for events which they plan to enter in the spring at the indoor trick in hamilton some ore training for the three mile roce on new years day which is to take place in hamilton acton taxi and snack bar tip mill st w phone 260r 24 hour taxi service our cars are radio 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