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page six the acton free press acton ontario thursday august 16th 1966 report and articles from hahon farmlands and farm organizahens jhaltohs w e breckon honored with robertson associates award oti one of the highlights of the pro- gram at the annual convention the canadian seed growers assoc- r iation held some weeks ago at amherst nova scotia was the awarding of the robertson assoc iates this is the highest honor whiclthe csga a growers or- ganizanon can award to one of its members among the three so honored from ontario in 1956 was w e breckon prominent seed grower and far leader of appleby aside from thewotld wheat-title- won by mr- breckon at the 1954 royal winter fair he has over the years been a tower of strength to his county and provincial soil and crop improvement associations as well as to many other farm or ganizations of- halton and ontario w es many friends are delighted at this well deserved recognition of his outstanding contribution to ontario and halton agriculture mr breckon at the present time is a director and chairman of- the seed section of the boyal agricultural winter fair our readers may be interested to learn that the robertson associate was named after the late dr james w robertson who was commis sioner of agriculture and dairying for the canadian department of agriculture from 1895 to 1905 the late dr robertson during his life time made an outstanding contrib- ution in the improvement of field crops as a result of his efforts the canadian seed growers associat ion came into being in 1904 he was the organizations first president and dr george h clark now liv ing retired in burlington was the first secretary dr robertson serv ed the csga for 17 years and on his death in 1930 the robertson associates were established in his memory rodney garry oats fare well last week we had the opportun ity of inspecting the plots of some of the 4h grain club members in halton the majority of the mem bers secured two bushels pf garry oats this past spring or sufficient to sow one acre the bajance of the field in all cases was sown to some either variety of oats these includ- edvodney lorain alaska beaver erban etc frankly we were arnaz- efl at the excellent stands partic ularly so in view of the late date of seeding it was gratifying to find that the garry variey and also the rodney which some of the club members were growing alongside their garry were relatively free from rust in contrast such varieties as lorain alaska beaver etc were bad with rust eighty 4h club members enjdy toronto bus triptour and garne tuesday of last week saw some 60 of haltons 4h agricultural members on their annual one day bus trip the two bus loads of young people with art bennett and a number of club leaders in charge had an outstanding days program in toronto in contrast to former years when the club members visited such points of interest as a forestry station outstanding farms etc the program tliis year as a result tsfthe recommendations of the halton club leaders council was all centred in the city of toronto some of the points of interest in cluded a visit through one of- tor ontos large newspaper plants a visit to the canadian bank of commerce building where they viewed the city from the observat ion tower a trip through the rec ently established toronto building centre then on to the parliament buildings where they took seats in the legislative chamber and el ected their speaker premier and leader of the opposition at this point they were met by haltons member stanley l hall and gordon bennett associate director of extension then followed a visit to sunny- side a dip in the enclosed swim ming pool and finally on to the maple leaf stadium where mont real and the toronto maple leafs staged an outstanding game for their benefit it was a tired but happy group who returned to their homes in the small hours of wed- tractor club sets date for driving contest west hjdtons 4h tractor main tenance club held its final meeting of the club year at the w i dales farm implement shop on no 25 highway near milton last week president george hume was in charge of the meeting when plans were made for their club display at the milton fair the theme back of the educational display is to be farm safety the club members also decided to hold their tractor driv ing competition at lowville park on monday evening august 20 at 8 pm topics of the evening included lubrication and oil quality cooling systems and tires which were led by agricultural engineering field- man ross milne all in all it was a most interesting meeting to listen in on and we were not surprised at the conclusion of the meeting to overhear club leader jack taylor comment well i dont know about the club members but i learned a lot tonight myself nesday morning the only report we have heard to date is the best ever science tackling big soil problem vegreville alta cp research ers are seeking ways to improve 10000000 acres of potentially fertile soil in alberta the topsoil in the area is not lacking in fertility but is cut off by a hard subsoil layer that inhibits root growth and prevents moisture penetration in many cases the layer appro the surface so closely as to make crop production impracticable solonetz is the therm used by the soil specialists for this type of structure which runs in a belt through eastern central alberta the strip 250 miles long and an average of 35 miles wide extends from bruderheim 30 miles north east of edmonton to the suffield area 25 miles northeast of medi cine hat soil researchers at vegreville under supervision of the lacombe experimental farm are testing ways that might mean economical handling of this type of soil the problem said agronomist henry friesen supervising the work is to break up the hardpan and keep it from reforming it is lack of tilth that creates the diffi- ulty deep tillage soil amendments fertilizer treatments and cropping methods will be the main branches of endeavor the tillage experiments are de signed to break up the hardpan lay er purpose of the soil amend ments is to prevent reformation of the tight hardpan layer once it has been broken time and frequency of application will be the chief end of the fertilizer studies while aera tion and penetration are important objectives in the cropping trials not one but several practices in combination may be the eventual solution college building may be destroyed toronto cp the fate of old trinity college buildingtias got the city board of control and history preservers at loggerheads controller ford brand says the 104yearold building has to go be cause it soon will fall down any way building inspectors say they can no longer be responsible for it answers dr sigmund samuel founder of the canad gallery this building is of immense value to the city it should not be torn down it will be a dreadful pity and an irreplaceable loss to the city suggest prices for seed grain according to a release just re ceived from the peed marketing and publicity committee of the ontario soil and crop improve ment association the following suggested minimum prices were recommended for fall wheat rye and winter barley fall wheat registered no 1 grade 250 per bus common no 1 grade 210 per bus rye common no 1 tetra pet- kus variety 250 per bus com mon no 1 other varieties 175 per bus winter barley common no 1 200 per bus these prices are for treated seed with new bags included fob shipping pointy incidentally the tetra petkus fall rye is a new fourrowed high yielding variety at least three or four halton farmers have sizeable acreages so those interested should be able to secure their require ments locally providing they make their wants known in sufficient time it might also be pointed out that the suggested prices for fall wheat seed are practically the same as those of a year ago not withstanding the fact that prices of milling wheat are considerably above those of a year ago esquesing sets payment for dogs destroyed foundkilling livestock 169 haltonians born at pmh the report of the peel memorial hospital on births during the first five months of this year shows that a total of 169 new haltonians were born in that hospital a breakdown indicates the fol lowing georgetown 92 esquesing 24 norval 4 milton 4 hornby 6 others 39 a grand total of 2113 new arriv als occurred at the hospital during that period of these 1553 were from peel county and 324 from york county needed in hurry montreal cp the dorval districts first theft this year will probably go unsolved a stolen car was found outside montreal airport with this note on the windshield sorry no cab and had to catch a plane robt r hamilton fred a hoffman optometrists formerly fc p head phone guelph 1924 58 st georges square garnet building products limited rtirymix concrete plywood masonry cement lime plaster insulation rock lath nails sewer pves sheathing papers and insul boards concerned over the numbers of livestock killed in the township by dogs in recent months esques ing councillors at their august meeting set a 5 payment for dogs destroyed while in the act of kifi- ingjivestock at the same meeting council ordered the following amounts paid in claims for livestock destroyed by dogs roy johnston 4 lambs killed 64 duncan waldie 1 trip 4 mrs mabel wingfield 1 hiefer killed 60 wm a cook 1 lamb killed 16 f l richardson 3 sheep and 2 lambs killed 93 george currie 1 eligible lamb kill ed 25 meldrum stark register ed ewe killed 30 a tf stark 6 trips 24 council- granted permission to haltons pride true blue lodge to hold tag daysin- the- township on september 14 and 15 request hcalutvnlt report council requested a report from the halton county health unit on the suitability of the proposed sub division known as briar hill locat ed at lot 16 concession 8 fpr res idential subdivision purposes council recommended to the es quesing planning board that res trictions on the number of prop erty separations in a calendar year as set out in a resolution of council hay 7 1956 be applied to separat ions for residential use only and that applications for commercial or industrial use be dealt with on their individual merits the treasurer was instructed to pay the following accounts a w benton stamps 78 halton reg istry office july list a05 bell telephone co 1780 m lawson typing 35 charged to esquesing fire area no 1 cooperators in surance assoc 51 arthur scott motors ltd 621 charged to mil ton fire area no 2 town of mil ton 100 the following amounts for foxes destroyed in esquesing were order ed paid john currie 1 fox 3 bert rennick 1 fox 3 ward brownridge 2 foxes 6 pay cemetery account the treasurer was instructed to pay to milton evergreen cemetery company 30 for opening a grave for indigent wm r norton was ordered a refund on 1953 taxes of 915 and road accounts of 257608 presented by the road superintend ent were ordered paid at the july meeting council au thorized the reeve and clerk to sign a quit claim deed to ten acres of land in the cast half of lot 28 concession 11 of the township council requested the provincial secretary to appoint the clerk of esquesing k c lindsay an issuer of marriage licenses thefollowing accounts were ord ered paid halton registry office 275 hepc 4360 caribonum 6 township of trafalgar 28 m lawson 48 charged to esques ing fire area no 1 town of acton 1050 town of georgetown 6 fires 300 town of georgetown 6 months standby 250 canadian tire cor poration 380 at a special meeting of council- in glen williams the bid of isaac sauve to builpvji concrete culvert at lot 9 on the road between con cessions 3 and 4 at a price of 1400 was accepted according to the terms of the bid and subject to the approval- qf the department of highways obituary mrs n f moore dies in guelph hospital there passed away in guelph general hospital on august 2 lav- ina matthews widow of the late n f moore of acton the deceased was born at mea- dowvale ontario on november 25 1874 and was united in marriage with the late waldie steen on december 23 1897 who predeceased her april 14 1931 she is survived by six children irene mrs wilbert wheeler or- ton lillian mrs welwood bar- den hillsburgh ruth mrs w lane elora j e steen and fred steen erin pearl mrs w w kel logg detroit michigan seven grandchildren doris mrs jim mundell douglas barbara tom my and kenneth steen bill and jane kellogg she also leaves a brother ken matthews of orange- ville the funeral took place from the swackhamer funeral home hills burgh on sunday august 5 inter- ment in huxley cemetery the pallbearers wore six neph ews harold and roy south carl matthews lome ella fred ellis and fred reeves floral tributes were carried by jane and bill kellogg barbara tommy and douglas steen doris and jim mun dell roy and bev ella rosemary barden o j hurren and bob somerville fall fair dates dates of fall farm have been set- by many municipalities some of those of interest locally sxe listed below acton september 14 13 bracebridge september 13 14 brarapton september 1315 elmira august 30 september 1 and 3 erin october s 6 and 8 fergus september 7 8 gait september 2022 georgetown september 21 22 grand volley september 21 22 london western fair septem ber 1015 m- muton september 28 29 mount forest september 2224 new hamburg september 14 15 orangeville september 1 12 ottawa central canada aug ust 1820 ottawa winter fair october 23- 27 stratford september 1719 toronto canadian national august24 september 8r toronto royal winter fair november 917 in the first half of the year 1956 there were 11065 fires in ontario causing a total loss of 13389101 of this only 11819634 was insur ance loss attention farmers i for yeur tractor gas and fuel needs grease and lubricat ing oil contact thompson fuels ltd phone 69 acton prompt delivery from meter pump yes we have tanks available for the best buy i our lumber is selected from the best stocksand finished with expert a this is your guarantee of sati and fair dealing when yen 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