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wwkpsvw the oeokobtown hlikaud fabm news wednesday evening- aphl 1 1953 page s cdshion aids circulation a anuslnt im mechanical ouum luu bn develop to 14 in umuutlpg circulation iniid he nuhion la patented notor which producva a smooth comforting maa- aaca action when uerd on feet back anna iw and atomach th cushion will balp mim limb crampa oumbntu cold fact and othr circulatory ailmvnu no elecuitity m aotd with hand unit aa horns manage set opt rat on it almllaf to equipment built by same manufacturer or bobiul liutitutiunbhealth centura at for details and booklet write the house of monarch ltd 31 church st dept 83 st catharines ont highest prices paid for scrap iron steel metals batteries miscellaneous farm scrap delivered to our yard 175 caroline st n hamilton i waxman sons phone hamilton 27061 and 8 3611 bill garbutt plumbing and heating all types of repair work water systems eavestrouyhinr sarah st georgetown phone 505r i flowers for every occasion design work a specialty bonded member tds telegraph delivery service flowers by wire anywhere in the world norton floral phone 315w georgetown don johnson milton tops junior judges don johnson tops junior judcea not the annual junior farmers judg- ing competition in cereal grains small seeds potatoes ihog carcas ses and identification of weeds and forage crops was held on march 21st under the supervision of art bennett assistant agricultural rep resentative for hatton and peel counties twenty four juniors wor ked on the eight classes and later gave oral reasons to the following official judges cereal gralfis w e breckon burlington small seeds george s atkins bronte potatoes stanley young crops seeds and weeds branch of the ontario dept of agriculture hog carcasses les lie mcmillan of the marketing ser vice canada dept of agriculture don johnson of milton had the high aggregate score of tie day and also won the halton seed growers trophy for the high score in judg ing of cereal grains don thus dup licated his fathers achievement w r g johnson who as announced a week ago won te silverware for having produced the hog which hung the grand champion carcass of the bacon show john w picket of hornby had disappointed introduced by rosg segsworth vice president of the halton soil and crop improve ment association mr watson in his clear cut logical form reviewed the livestock situation as only bill watson can do he pulled no punches and he presented facts in a manner anyone could understand halton farmers like bill watson because in addition to being a top speaker he speaks from the shoulder does not play to the gallery and he can back up his statements as a member of the advisory committee to flhe meat board for the dominion he re viewed the livestock situation for 1952 presented the problems and proceeded to justify every decision and action taken by that board in referring to the 70 to 75 mil lion pounds of canned pork in stor age he pointed out first that it is an excellent p oduct second that its storage life might not exceed another twelve months and that in relation to other meats is an ccon omical buy mr watson also re viewed the edible oils question from all angle- and the majority of his audience went away with last year we switched over to self feeders our percentage of a dropped from 75 7 to 705 per cent with self feeders he further poin ted out that under the self feeding method they had got their hogs off to market two weeks earlier in short 186 days under self feeders against an average of 200 days pre viously under both methods it had taken the same amount of feed to produce a pound of live gam namely 36 lbs the appreciation of the gathering was ably extended to these two outstanding speakers by w e breckon of burlington good prices at auction the busy day s programme con cluded wdth the auction of the ten bushel lots of oats and barley auc tioneer j a elliott again handled the sale withujiis usual efficiency commercial no 1 barley sold at prices ranging from 2 50 to 2 70 per bus reg no 1 seed oats sold at 2 00 per bus and comm no 1 at from 1 70 to 1 75 per bus these prices were somewhat high er than the same growers were pre pared to book orders at president fred nurseof the har ton soil and crop improvement as sociation who was the able chair man for the afternoon programme could well go home with a feeling of satisfaction that it was at least the equal of any programme ever presented in the county of halton insurance travel real estate walter t evans co mill street phone l63w georgetown ontario serving your community for over 30 years a complete fuel service at w h kentner son phone 12 blue coal high quality stoker coal for those with coal stoves and furnaces fuel oil contracts available for those who use this form of heating ihe ifmv thp much clearer picture of th whole travel notes springs here new york and washington are grand places to visit in the sprint only 4080 by tca toronto to new york return 4 services dally each way hotel accomodation and all expense tours available at slight extra cost consult john r barber travel advisor elmer c thompson insurance service pttone 119 mill street high score in judging of hog car casses and potatoes which took with it the halton cream and butter trophy john c wilmott of milton was the third high on aggregate and the toivon ludging of small sccds and identification of forage plants ind weeds and thereby won the str uhcon i orchaids trophj the thicc nfeh lull i merii iu wcic as follows 1st wm r wil son ccoilctovn rid gordon grr btn noral md jrd p iui johnson milton juniors 16 jtjrs md under 1st b irrj archer georgetown 2n 1 lynne coulter cimpbcllvillc and trd gordon 9ecord oakvillc bacon show as repeal e d a wet k igo fi f tec n of the twt nty cii c jssts graded as as on the rail howmr only five of the carcustes were classed aa first quality by judfes i inlay stewart arid murray mchue of the production service of the canada dctrt of agriculture halton pro ducers who achieved this objective were w r g johnson milton mervyn coulson milton t h mc gee norval m t mcnabb geor fietou n and c e davenport of milton the latter three producers along with douglas robertson mil ton and vernon archer of geor gctow n mide up the winning township group from esqucsmf it was interesting to learn from w r g johnson that the hog which produced the champion carcass was ten days over the sixmonths in ige the dam wis of straight york- sh ire breed i ng crossed to a large english white boar the mcvibb entry which was also one of the first quality group was the off spring of a large english white sow crossed with a yorkshire the second prize trnfalgar town shir groulfcsmc from the herds of v b bradley mrlton john chap man milton j a dixon milton clayton may milton and p w merry son hornhy w p watson in good form w p watson ontario s live stock commissioner drew a packed auditorium and is usual they were subject while naturally mr wat- son did not reveal the contents of bill 71 which was introduced this p ist week he did point out thit shct p hog md reef men had found it necessary to compete a nnst substitutes for many years in re fcrrinj to shortening which has bet n t stionj c upctitoi in the sw u c indusli f i sotm ye us h- poinll 1 out th t n i f it t- hclu to dt r s the ii lu f i the thn original provinces of the wi wonder how much finer yon can get than the aluminum wire used in delicate apparatus which records the earths tremors drawn out almost to the vanish ing point it is about onetwelfth the diameter of a human hair one pound of aluminum would make enough of this unbelievably fine wire to stretch 20000 mites we know no more striking example of the way people make use of the lightness and strength of aluminum for all sorts of jobs our research and technical men are constantly tackling new ques tions brought to them bytcana- dian manufacturers who look to aluminum in developing new pro ducts or better products or pro ducts that cost less aluminum company of canada ltd alan confederation of canada were those of new brunswick nova sco tii and quebec the others did not join until later custom nlir mi it st inti iu his on point d out tl t 110 lbs f f t t i duces i lbs of lai t t lli liiul it f ht ki hojs this means that the i cki ijs 8 for 100 lbs of fat jiom which he m ikes 70 lbs of lnd which his t wholes ilc value or sbio ind a retail value of 10 00 ii icfcrrmc to olcomirlannc he i on ted out th it 100 million lbs 1 1 veir in 1 repined an equal in mtity of butter our butter con sumption his dropped from 28 lbs per tupitu in tormer years to ii lbs ptrcipitd last ye ir ins- b to 9 lbs of olco per capiti mr wit son also pointed out thit we pro duce oi ly 15 per cent of the eje table oils thit we require the bal- inee tomes in largely in the form tf soybeans which wt require for protein supplements for live stock feeds this problem on not be sol- id ly si nply raising duties 1953 demand side looks very good in outlining the prospects for 1953 mr watson stated from the demand side it looks very good more people gainfully employed d our markets for livestock mdl livestock products iirgely restrict ted to camda ind united states our canadian market governed by what happens in u s prices of cattle in u s 10 00 lower today than a year ai hoc supplus in canada and us will be down prices of pork and beef in re spett to one another will likely find their proper level the price of beef is- whit determines the price of dairy cattle when fin ished cattle sell it 25c per pound dairy cattle are worth about 1 0 and with the exception of the whole milk markets milk is worth 20 per cwt population or 190 000 000 by 1060 mr w it son prophesied tint by t the combined popul it n of u s md c ir idi v ml- 1 0 mif lion topic a twu per cert n ire ise in the r i xt m ven oi t nhl m us will do it hcjsluttd in the fisc of me it unkiiicts ilone this nu lib 1 billion ipounds more thin wi aic pioducinc today it is no tunc to talk in terms of cutting down avoid price support pol icy the us government due to this polity is buying butler at the rite of one million lbs per day mr watson concluded his oulstand ing address by stating we cm look forward with some decree of confi dence lo greatly expanded vnarktls on this continent w s mcmullcn critical w s mcmullcn chief of the livestock production service for the canadian dept of agriculture in toronto who was introduced by a r service secretary of the hal ton hog producers also pulled no punches mr mcmullcn slated this is your ninth annual bacon show in halton and you should have more than 25 per cent first quality carcasses at this show mr mcmullcn pointed out that the quality of hogs marketed in 1952 had dropped nationally provincial ly and at the county level in j 1951 mr mcmullcn pointed out halton was tied with waterloo for first position in ontario last yenr our quality in halton dropped from 41 por cent of a in 1951 to 36 7 in 1 952 a greater decrease than took place either provincially of nationally self feeders will produce a s at our advanced registry sta tron at new hamburg we fed s04 hogs in 1952 stated nmt mcmullen yisit your rcaf career counsellor at georgetown municipal oft1ce tuesday april 14th 1 2 noon to 7 p m this is your opportunity to get complete informa tion on what the air force cag offer you as an aircrew officer or as a skilled airman or airwo man technician in a mod ern aviation trade television service by jimmy brown now available in georgetown mr brown already well known in brampton as a television technician has opened a branch shop m georgetown complete tv radio service including custom installation factory trained work guaranteed jimmy brown cordaro bldg main street residence phone brampton 1722m masseyharris builds worlds first test track for power farming machines another milestone in implement engineering progress in 1952 masseyhams took one of the longest forward steps ever taken by a farm rnachmery manu facturer toward the development of stronger longer- lived betterperforming troublefree machines for a nrer farming masseyhams built the worldsfirst scale farm machinery test track where mh tractors combines and other farm machines are be ing tested accurately and scientificallyibr vibration fatigue resistance to shock resistance to water and dust stability on slopes cupabing power traction in mud steering torque weight distribution combined with practical field teste these scientific track tests conducted under controlled comparable conditions are providing masseyharris engineers with the necessary knowledge to improve design in crease durability and improve the performance of every mh machine that runs on wheels masseyharris company limited makers of highquality arm implements since 1847