Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 20, 1955, p. 6

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rqu-r- vl r page sec tht agtqn eree8esacipn ontario tltnithday qctoukll 20th ims farm ivews v from haltons farm lands top flight speakers scheduled for series of t2 farm meetings fin wvdnaflay at last wwk 43 arm operators had made appltca uon at tlt nuton office of the do- partment of agriculture for the aeries of 13 meeunss being sponsor ed by the halton soil and crop im provement association those meetings are being held in the public school bmc st milton on tuesday evening commencing november 1 at 8 pm can 1 afford to farm in halton with arm land selling all the way from ssoo to tlooo per aero that is a question vxttich many halton farm ers are asking themselves and others thus is the timely subject which owns the series on novem ber 1 and n j thomas noted soils and firm management expert vv ill lead the discussion the following tuesday night the topic is another umel subject which many farmers were asking themselvos ust midsummer when their pastures wore almost nonex istent would it pa to irrigate here the- discussion leader to to bo prof hugh a res of the depart ment of agricultural eivgineering at gwlpn on november 15 dr v e tvvssell the sixth and final subject in the series bofore chtta is anot question which many halton dairy men have been discussing namely the economics of zero posturing and the future of the dairy indus try in halton here prof geo e raithby head of the animal hus bandry department at csuelph has agreed to tackle the broad and com prehensive topic i with bulk hauling of milk grad ualli working ltia m many hjl in the judging competition fur jun iors which was held on saturday some 43 juniors from the area were in competition and in the junior section for those 16 years and un der poo a reunites of campbell- vill was first in the senior ec- ttotrtantmytiuiiier of georgetown- was aecond in the 4h grain and potato sec tions philip shepherd of uowvillo was to the best of our knowledge haltons sole representative how- ovftkjmrupheld haltons honor in finer style getting first on his grain t rodney oats and second on his kalahdln potatoes the dairy show was also held on saturday report hus it that ger ton dairymen have boon heard to aid r graham of georgetown ken state when it comes to the day when ive got to put in a bulk cool er or eu im going out of the duiry bumew this is a viewpoint with which wo sympathise nevertheless one i forced to ak himself if im going to tay m the farming bum- ness make a living and meet in creasing expenditures to what other line of farming can 1 convert my present farm this as previously italed u a big topic and is indica tive of the high levels of both sub jects and speakers lined up for the entire series of 12 nights a number of farm operators have asked the question can 1 drop in of the oepartment of field hvb- a meeting vv uhout mgnmg bandr follows on drought per- i or tfn answer tods and forage crops ms luestlon m vve can at then comes the economics of the moment iv our accommodation mechanisation with dr h u pat- w m handle about 50 vv hich means terson as the discussion leader j there is room for about five more the fifth topic in the series is en titled the place of commercial consequently if ou are one of those m this categorv it certainly titled ttie naoe m v vw fertilisers and liming in haltons looks as if ou v ould be vv ise not to otviuj farming ith prof n rdelav longer in sending forward our application vv ith the accomp- mixed farming fbchards head of the soils depart a i guelph as the leader an ing dollar sssssagsa man halton entries at great livestock show in erin fall fair thanksgiving day this year parently there from a wide area ne of liaase feeautxru fall days so grev waterloo wellington duf- is tic sfteraoon xre journey ed up to form south simcoe peel and hal- erm fall fair apparently thou- ton in the steer class it almost sands of people had the same idea seemed like a prev lew of the te any evns lb tunds nenunded queen s guineas class at the royal b of the days ihra 1 usaeaio walk in anv event bob coxe of milton dowr tiw rrujj of the canadian who had the top steer at milton and xaucot exiibnxbi georgetown had to be content with inciaestiur i jra n nelemng to fourth and bv the wav thats tie trnpncaphr of the two areas quite an achievement too w hen v ou aex 1 nuke tint cwnpiison the realue that 38 of the top 4h steers em lair irousas is rolling and to say the jeast what a picturesque sprat i is ajaoe from the crowd i ras iapraed by the tremendous irrssock show it apparvnuv s the cuimamtdcc oj a ihe fall fairs of the area of the area were in the ring don moffat of campbellv ille also had his teer in the first prize group douglas campbell of mof- lat and bob merrv of milton were n the second prize group and in the interclub class for groups of 3 a iear thev hav at erm the three the halton group was second thaxajoccislij shows for shorthorns to the group entry from the orange- arxrus kereforos yorkshires per mile cljb incidenlallv some 12 or haps scene others xi but in any 13 different 4h clubv were repre- their rol only had numbers of tented in this class biesock bjrt to quahty too cnfortilnatelv w e did not see the hitl weil bepreaeated 4h sw ine club show on saturday in the brae time at our disposal bjt halton s 4h swine club was we were unable to remain very long represented b delmar ford geo at ceue rat but is the few minutes greenlees and merwn curtis del- spec aound the beef cattle rings it ld wc to us that the shorthorn people a particular had a show coesparahle with the cs at least when the herd class lined up in the shorthorn ring there must hav e been at leist 10 different breeders with entries and four of the top lie were frooi halton here is how they stood first scotsdale s g bennett georgetown second geo lasbv guelph third t c amos i moffat fourth reford gardhouse i xhton fifth w h merry milton j we also saw the female cham- 1 ptonships being awarded and here scotsdale had the senior and grand champion with reford gardhouse having ttw reserve senior and re serve grand both the junior and i reserve junior champions also came from the scotsdale herd j in the angus ring jim mckay j had dr w f james string up around iht top in all classes the i giand ehampioo-malt- asfromthisl herd and w e also noted in passing j they had the red ribbon on the get of sire group john c willmott of j h willmott and son was also taking has share of seconds in the same ring i great j aniar saaw the 4h club members were ap- mar had the grand champion gilt of the show and the haltori club entry of three gilts also took the red rib bon good judges too halton was also well represented w h denny state farm agent first for all three auto life hire w h denny 39 brock st acton phona4s5 ella and sons hornby and geo hewer of moffat dominated trie jersey ling in holstelns halton was represented by t j brown- ridge and son wilfred leslie and son both of georgetown and doug starret of glen williams again re port has it that they got their shure of the awards this brief article should not be interpreted by any means us n com plete report of the erin show even from a halton viewpoint nothing has been said about the champion ship hereford and yorkshire shows in the former we saw soma fine entries from the herd of c f pat terson of norval and in the latter some nice individuals being exhibit ed by jack wilson of nassagaweya township however in our brief stny at erin we were impressed the weather was ideal their site picturesque and what crowds and livestock and finally it sort of made a halton- ite feel good to see and hear qf so many halton exhibitors either at or around the top in so many different sections of that great show basic inoush night cusses chart cu806 in basic english for novv caqgdians will again bo available o acton kiah school this season provided sufficient enrolment i ecoed all penoni dealromt of tafcttt t cetwim ar had to raguter in km acton high school monday october 24 at 730 pm registration foe 200 lasaarlal ou paete winner op canadas lop plowing trophy for the second time it bob timbers canter 28 of stouffville onl timbers who was canadian champion in 1953 won the esso silver plow at the inter national plowing match near leamington onl again last week runnerup was jerry ferguson left 63 of crolon onl edwin mickey demman 22 of portage la prairie man came third and will travel to england with timbers next year to corhpete for the world title demman rather than ferguson qualified for the trip because no province is permitted more than one man on the two- man overseas team arsimusaa shortill sheet metal plumbing a heating gar wood furnace eavettreughing shop 126 main st n phone 464 rasidanca phono 340j4 h s holden optometrist eyes examined glasses fitted 7 douglas st guelph thi corporation op thr town op acton tenders for rt concrete bridge sealed tenders clearly marked as to contents will be re ceived by mr j mcgeachie town clerk acton ontario until 200pm est monday october 24 1955 for the construction of a reinforced concrefe bridge to carry maria st over the beardmore co siding plans and specifications may be obtained from the office of the consulting engineers or the town clerk upon deposit of a 25 00 cheque the lowest or any lender not necessarily accepted no con tract to be awarded until om b approval has been received j mcgeachie town clerk acton ont r v anderson associates limited consulting engineers 1 36 felbngg ave toronto vv f here now the new flightstyled plymouth plymouth belvedere 4doqr sedan frst with pushbutton automatic gear selecting come to the rovai cousium ro v al aghiculti winter fair nhmimrautbaiab champion uvsstock queens guineas competition i cattle auctions cotoufmowvshait r coomat dernotistntioo dozens of other features kovalhomk show evanlnos 300 200 matlnaaa wed and fria bioo saturday b1bo royal a6r1cultural winter fair royalcouseum toronto general admission 50 toronto now just push a 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