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the acton free press acton ontario thursday july 22nd 19m farm news from haltons farm lands fill wheat harvesting under wy monday july 12 saw a few fields of winter wheat cut in south halton by the time this appears in print we would anticipate that with the ex ception of fields beinc left for com bining most of the wheat will be in the stook during the past week wc have been in a dozen fields and in general winter whnt is a pretty good crop however in our opinion the crop while good is hardly up to- last years standard true five of the 12 fields look like 45 to so bushel crops but it will keep a couple of other fields busy to make 30 bushels we note that the hcssion fly has been busy in a few or the fields and in one field the damage was quite severe halton needs a rain pastures spring grain in fact all crops were badlv in need of a good ram tht week of july 12 spring grains in tht north half of the coun ty are excellent in south halton they arc a bit spotty while they are for tht most part of good color they do need some moisture if they are to fill properly new seeds at the moment do not look ven promising corn on the other hand looks exceptionally good but even here some moisture would help the intense heat on tuesday and wednesday last was shrivelling up some of tht corn fields pastures in general are getting very short rotational grulnjr pays certainly the dairymen who are practicing rotational grazing this year are awa ahead of tht game there appears to be quite a differ ence in tht pasture situation be- tween those farms which an prac ttcing rotational grazing and thox which are not a difference in both quantity and qualitv eastern ontario dairymen supplementing pasture with hay the week of july 5 was spent in eastern ontario where we attended the annual agricultural represcn tatives conference in the far east haying appeared to be just getting under wa spring grain crops look ed fair not as far advanced as here in halton on the other hand they appeared to be getting plenty of moisture perhaps loo much to get off good qualitv ha on our wav down we passed through prince edward county where we called on some old friends nameh mr and mrs f j webster who operate a 170acre farm near picton fred webster was in the agricultural representative service for man j vears but owing to ill health found it necessary to retire some seven ears ago fred was al ways a keen livestock man and he has built up a nice holstein herd most of them sired b prececd- nce his a year old son of marks man his milking herd of 17 cows were in an excellent pasture but hi in formed us the were handling two bales of ha per da in addition this was being fed in a rack where thev helped themselves when they felt so inclined frankh we were a bit surprised to find that cows on luscious pasture would bi interest ed in dr hn down at tht kcmpuillc agricul lural school farm vt learned from j a dilrvmpl of the kas staff that the too follow the same prac tice later prof geo e raithb of the ontario agricultural college infornud us that then also they find it a good practice aside from the fact that cow like the ha it apporentlj helps to prevent bloat new fly killer here in halton ve are running across a lot of cattlemen who are cry enthusiastic about a new fly killer this is a dry insecticide which is dusted on the stable floors on the window sills etc and judging by what we have seen it really does a job according to our understanding the killing ingred ients are malthion and tnlcure down at the kemptville school they are using a malthion bomfly spray and there too they are getting excellent results if any of our read ers are having trouble controlling barn flies we would suggest trying out one of these materials fat hogs economic waste overfat hogs are an economic waste stated r k bennett chief livestock marketing canada de partment of agriculture when ad dressing the ontario agricultural representatives in conference at the kemptville agricultural schoo the week of july 5 with grade a hugs at 33 50 per cwt and bl s a dollar less the fat which has to be trimmed off the bottom half of the bl s and the cs is not worth over seven cents a pound one hundred pounds of pork fat makes roughly 65 lbs of lard so we have no hesitation in agree ing with mr bennett that over fin ished hogs constitute not only an economic waste but a threat to the future of canadas hog industry just why ontario and canadian swine producers are not prepared to do something to save their own in dustry we find it difficult to under stand if halton and ontario hog producers would do nothing more than mirket their hogs at the pro per weight thev would increase the percentage of a hogs being market ed from less than 30 per cent to at l asl 60 per cent the mirkct in the us for some of our choicer cuts loins bick bacon and hams has been a real factor in maintaining a profitable hog industry apparently the ave rage hog producer puts more con fidence in the ontario hog market ing scheme than in producing a quality product marketing schemes have a real place in our economv but no mar keting scheme can save an industry if the product is produced in execs of our domestic requirements und it as a result of a poor quality pro duct we lose our export markets old cooking hints told to busy bees the busy bees met at the home of mrs j dredge r r 2 roekwood with a good attendance roll call wbb a a cooking failure the thought for the day was giv en by mrs s coxe and mrs a al len gave current events mrs peter mclean as convener of home eco nomics gave a paper on old fashion ed recipes and suggestions for im proving modern cooking mrs s robinson had charge of the program with readings and a contest with the business short this month members enjoyed a chat over cups of tea and lunch provided by the hostess mrs j dredge and her helpers sees bright future for yukon territory wliitehorse yt cp georg black former member of parlia ment says the future holds bright promise for the yukon with ne discoveries of tungsten and other precious materials now 81 and retired from active politics he is engaged in a busy law practice here in august he and his 88 year old wife martha will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary mr black was member for the yukon from 1921 to 1935 and agai from 1940 to 1949 he was speaker in the house of commons for tv years during the five years when her huband was ill marina black was elected and served at ottawa in his stead mr black says lie is opposed to a proposal that the yukon be united with tht soutlurn provinces british columbia is loaded with i public debt while the yukon his none he said union with southern provinces would bring a flood of officeseekers that the people of the yukon would hnve lo pay for ottawa runs the show hero now and the administration is quite itisfactory must supply wants eliminating the hitandmiss tpe of livestock raiser and the placing of emphasis on the type of meat which the world markets want will go far towards making canada the no 1 supplier of the world s meat kipling sask citizen pollock and campbell uaaufacturera of high grade memorials memorial engraving 61 wtr st north galt telephone zm8 forestry workers travel 900 miles for popkir seeds longloc ont op at certain times of the year scientists may be seen in the woods around this northern ontario town chasing tm windblown pieces of flufr they drive 900 miles from thi lands and forests research station at maple north of toronto to take part in this unusual but extremely important job the fluff they seek contains the seed of the poplar the fas- growing aspen whose soft white wood was once despised by paper- maker and carpenter but which now draws an everincreasing de mand ontario s pulp and paper mdus tr mixes 33 pc cent poplar with black spruce and other tree varie ties concerned over the possibilitj of declining poplar supplies the industry has requested the ontario govt rnment to make c avail able for reforestation projects a furniture manufacturer his becomt so enthusiastic ibout poplai potentialities that he is asking thi government to proide trees fen nrsery purposes faced by this demand it is uj to dr c rl h imburger tree breeder in th lands and forest department and hi team of fluff- ohaers to produce tht nupplj and dr hoimburger says well be able to meet all the demands from industry for reforestation in poplar in two years refrigerated seeds this is how they are setting about it seed is obtained from the richly- endowed longlac district 150 miles midsummer clearance continues on womens and childrens cottons suits coats dresses accessories all greatly reduced mildred bell will st across from the y acton 10 day special stacks of quality goodvear i sale 14 tires on sale 1495 and your old tire sb 670 x 15 15 and your old tlr marathon sinfcooxtt extra special 25off g00dymk deluxe mist quauty tikes wi yov om ft i racoppdilt ct n0wi offer good foi 10 dats 0nit1 thompson motors phone 69 acton ontario aluminum cable from canada was used in a peruvian high- voltagc power line installed at altitudes of from 15000 to 15000 feet the worlds highest canada supplied not only the cable but also the technical assistance required on this record job wc imagine that aluminums light weight was particularly appreciated by the llamas or whatever other beasts of burden were used lo get the cable to the top in the rugged mountain country of british columbia where aleans own huge kiumat development is noing on the aluminum transmission lines used represent anoihcr record they arc the largest diameter overhead power lines in the world aluminum compan of canada ltd alum seeds la only two seeks under natural condlions before losing ff rtillty but dr helmburger beats nature by refrigerating them until plantingtime at the maple station a mixiue of earth and water is sterilized b boiling cooled and placed in sk d fljls into this the tm wed an handplanted when they reach the oudoor screened s bids the ore placsd in the prevlooilj sterilized soil bi neath a plastic covering addi tional protection is given by con stantly circulating fumigating gas stedlings are crossed and re cros sed to produce hardy strains from seed they groi a fool tall in one season in nursery soil sjpling growth has reached as much as 10 feet in single year it won t do that m the bush says dr hcimburegr but it will grow six feet taller oaai year tvtn against this kind of competi tion although the maple researchers do not make the claim scientists hive sud thnt poplar of sawlog m can be produced from seed 1 j ears a vanity bar beauty salon will be i closed for vacation august 2 to august 9 closed next week july 16 to aug 1 for holidays van wyck cleaners today successful farmers rely upon machine help profitable effitient low cost fanning depends largely upon the effective use of machinery to get more work done in less time and at the lowest possible cost per unit of production this trend to mechanization of mors and 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