The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

3 thursday june 28th 1056 the acton free press acton ontario pa6wnink pollock and gbmpbell manufacturer of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st north gait i mpfloft 20m always fresh available at ledgers l a g uernsey group holdstwilight on pasturing continued from page six over the past year or two much has been written on the subject of mechanical grazing or zero pastur ing it is a practice which was in itiated some years ago in the unit ed states and is now being practic ed t a limit ex in ontario thanks to the initiative of gordon king president of the halton and peel guernsey club and john mc- dougall manager of lazy pat farms at palermo halton farmers had an opportunity of seeing a practical demonstration at lazy pat farms on thursday evening of last week despite the busy season some 75 haltonites availed themselves of the opportunity frankly it was an excellent program and aside from the mechanical grazing feature there were many new ideas to be seen here and there about this progressive farmstead the milking herd of 40 guern sey cows apparently enjoy having their grass and clover brought to them atthe present they are con suming approximately four tons of green feed daily a new style pig- pjlanningsurvex- alma que cp i a quebec company will begin a topographical survey of this northeastern que bec centre and its outskirts shortly mayor paul lovasseur said the sur vey is essential for town planning purposes gery was inspected here the mar ket hogs receive free choice of shelled corn and concentrate ac cording to mr mcdougall on this type of feeding the average mar ket hog consumes 50 lbs of starter 80 lbs of concentrate and 5o0 lbs of shelled corn a number of hal ton hog producers are reported to be following this method of feeding with excellent results following the various tours competitions were held in judging of yorkshire gilts and guernsey heifers in the swine class where donald mcnabb of the livestock marketing service of the canada department of agriculture was the official judge the prize winners were allan patterson and george greenlees j lloyd chisholm well known guernsey breeder officiated on the guernseys and here the top awards were won by mervin cur tis and ralph ford refreshments served by the staff of lazy pat farms brought to a conclusion one of the most inter esting twilight meetings it has been our privilege to attend in some time pubuc school champions who ran away with most points in the recent field day held for actons younger school pupils are shown here with theirbest victory smiles from left bob marshall senior boys diane dedeis intermediate girls fred dawkins junior boys renske ram junior girls- donald price intermediate boys gertrude oosf senior girls friday at the district meet in milton the acton athletes won the cup on total points over milton and george town big visitor8 kitchener ont cp city hall here had three unusual guests the visitors were twoyearold el ephants weighing about 600 pounds each here in connection with a circus boost salaries fredericton cp the new brunswick legislature approved legislation increasing minimum yearly salaries for secondary school and senior class elementary school teachers by 200 passenger car sales in canada in 1955 totalled 386937 sales and ex cise taxes remitted to the federal government by the automobile in dustry totalled 172189762 in that year an average of about ty5 per car 45 j many trees quebec cp the quebec lands and forests department planted 13l8tt00 twoyearold trees in the districts of sherbrooke vic- toriaville scott st pascal mont joli and pont rouge ith gas the point by check youll see the difference demand is greater the demand for natural gas for househeating is increasing rapidly the many ad vantages of natural gas make it the most modern most dependable and most efficient method of hou economy natural gas automatic winter ah- condi tioners or any other type of automatic gas homeheat ing units can be installed for less money than any other automatic heating equipment lower operating cost free service j- flexibility in application the natural gas homeheating unit can be placed in an attic closet par tial excavation or in a full basement modern in design natural cas equipment is de signed to blend into the livingspace with other fixtures and furniture space saver the owner of the home can have a roomier more livable and attractive home natural gaa affords additional healthful space for recreation or work space normally used for oil storage or for coal bins and ash cans can be converted into clean comfortable prac tical rooms making the home more useful and more en joyable- w 1 space heaters if you want clean thrifty gas heat for hard to heat places then an automatic gas space heater l the solution to your problem these heaters are available in many sizes and styles- with natural gas heating cleaning bills are kept to a minimum there are no dirty streaks on walls furniture or drapes natural gas is clean and dependable easy payments can be arranged on your monthly gas bill and rememberwhen you need service l free so automatic so clean so convenient conversion burners tired of bothersome furnace chores enjoy automatic gas hmling with your present furnace install a convenient economical gas co burner designed for your home if s adjustable to fit all furnaces takes only a few inches of floor space t requires no unsightly fuel storage area your furnace can be changed ever now and r whan you service if s free i winter air conditioning furnaces why are more and more homes now heated with natural gas and thousands more being added each year its the clean healthful even heat gas provides its also the economy and comfort of automatic heating at its best the simplicity and low cost of the installation the elimination of delivery and storage problems the assurance of unfailing supply because gas travelling underground is never stopped by weather or traffic before you invest in outdated heating equipment en quire at our office or consult your local heating representative for complete information about safe silent dependable gas heating and re member when you need service its free see your dealer or gas co ltd for information call town tr 739x1 u n- 6gers0f tvvv-