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the georgetown herald wednesday evening may 2nd 19s6 farm news theyre here the famous pf canvas footwear by b f goodrich in georgetown exclusively at silvers attentie aan alle hollanders walter t evans co hebben het genoegen u de benoeming van mr martin menken in hun agenlschop mee te delen mr menken is ook ervaren in de verkoop van levensverzekenngen voor de nederlanden van 1845 nederlandse clienten kunnen in hun moedertaal bediend worden terwil de nederlanden tevens een nederlandse vertaling van de pohs verstrekt voor inlichtingen omtrent brand auto ongevallen of levensverzekenngen telefoneer tr 7 2512 walter t evans company real estate insurance ocean steamship ticket agency telephone tr 72512 georgetown ont georgetown collision service maple avenue west at 7th line georgetown 24hour towing service triangle 73790 youre invited turkey glen williams united church supper iiliiams united church thurs may 3rd 5 p m to 7 30 pm adults 1 25 high school 75c c under 12 50 116th anniversary services sunday may 6 11 am 7 30 p m rev prof w d fen nell emmanuel college everyone welcome an agricultural survey j e w a few days ago we came across a most interesting thosis entitled an agricultural survey of halton coun ty this was written by george wilson back in march 1913 george whose home was on the lakeshore highway east of bronte was then in his graduating year at the ontario agricultural college at the present time he is the director of the fruit branch of the ontario department of agriculture and resides in oak villc however to get back to the thesis in question under the head ing of transportation we quote in this connection it might be well to mention a scheme now well under way for constructing a concrete road from hamilton to toronto a project which if carried out would be of untold value to the whole country traversed committees have been ap pointed to investigate the finanung of the scheme and to inquire into the type of concrete road best suited to the prevailing conditions at the time of writing the counlits of wentworth llalton peel and york tiavc agreed to contribute 150 000 hamilton 25000 and toronto 3u5 000 the ontario government has been asked to contribute 300000 and to maintain the road this total sum 5100000 it is estimated will ion dtruct the forty miles of concrete road necessary our hrst reaction was how far would sfc00 000 go towards constant ing a similar highwa lotia lhen our thoughts turned to the highwav developments which have taken pi ice in a short period of 4j vcais in ton trast to 1913 when the count had no highways wo now have the lake shore or u 2 the qmtii hbzabcth and dunrias street or no 5 across the front we have the no 7 across the noithern end of the count and the no 25 running lengthwise o the tounlv and now suivivcrs are busv in the hornby and nnpbelh ill arms sinking out the right of way for the new 401 at the present time thtir immediate contirn would ap pear to be clenerleafs at homhx and on the base line betwt en horn bv and milton humour also has it that still another highwav will tra verse the count following the b isu 1 me between the old and new sur ves of trafalgar and nelson town ships along with that we have at least two pipelines crossing the count and more in the offing we wonder w hat the next fort cars will bring will highwas he more or less out moded and our landscapes dotted here and there with landing will oahmuttt when plumbing kick up call us quick we know just how to do the v billgaabutt strips for aeroplanes farm labour problems not new mr wilson also writes in 1913 of the advances in the use of labour saving equipment and farm labour here is an extract we find of inter est and we quote but forty years ago that would he back in 1873 agricultural implem ents and machinery were not used near as much as they are today with the aid of these labour saving devices one man is enabled to accomplish much more work than heretofore hence for some works there is not the same need for men again with all the labour saving devices procur able desire as they may to farm intensively the farmers are prohibit ed their efforts being frustrated by the scarcity of labour and the high price of the said labour if labour were more plentiful more help would be utilized on the farm and to great advantage the wages paid through out the county approximate on the average twenty five dollars a month and board neither are farm weeds a new problem again we take the liberty of quot mg from another section of mi wilsons excellent report the in junous weeds sad to relate are mak ing headway in halton here and there one discovers a farmer who is trying his utmost to eradicate these pests and just across the fence his neighbour is allowing his weeds to reproduce and spread its encourag ing isnt it scarcity of farm labour of course is to a great extent the cause of this neglect the most sen ous weeds to be encountered and combatted are ragweed mustard ox eye daisy mullein false flax cana dian thistle couch grass and peren nial sow thistle the writer has heard very similar stories on weeds related in recent years but we really have made progress apparently back in 1913 they hadnt heard of wild carrot chicory bladder campion leafy spur ge to mention but a few of our pres ent day varieties r r credit valley sand rock i asphalt pavin g co 2d 7 g 2gravei3 tciwg driveways tennis courts parking lots sidewalks motels service stations road work concrete curbs if you need any asphalt paving done call triangle 73751 free estimates call tr 73271 tr 72674 concrete work footings cellar floors sidewalks block work brick laying for your construction needs carpentry homes garages kitchens bathrooms remodeling modernizing mcnally construction elgin street near cnr station coop opens new guelph feed plant some 60000 ontario farmers thro ugh their central wholesaling organi zation united co operatives of on tano are now the proud possessors of a new 600 000 feed manufaclur ing plant in guelph in official open ing ceremonies the plant was un veiled by united co operatives of ontario to approximately 500 ontario co operatives and affiliated arm or ganization officials employees and guests boasting one of the largest feed warehouses and one of the most mod ern feed plants in canada the duclph operatnm will supply 72 cooperatives looted in southwestern and north ern ontario the remaining 80 co operatives in the eastern part of the province arc presently being supplied hy united cooperative feed plants at kemptvillc and peterborough the new duclph plant will replace thi two now outdated ti ed pi ints which the united cooperatives of on tai 10 own in guelph with a 24 hour capacity of 400 tons the new plant will almost double the present capiri t of the two riielph plants and eventually will require less manpow er main units of the new plant are i three store warehouse with floor space of almost 50 000 square feet a modern office and laboratory 12 silos with storage capacity of 84 000 bushels and the mixing department forty mixing bins 15 ingredient bins and six grinder bins plus the 12 silos give the plant a total hold mgcapacity of almost 15000 bushels mixing is done by a twoton travel ling scales bulk deliveries of grain and ingredients to the plant are speedily handled by a pneumatic unloader the new guelph plant is part of a current million and a quarter dollar capital expansion program of united cooperatives of ontario in charge of the guelph plant wiu be alfred walberg manager of the united co operatives of ontario s feed depart ment countytoun to visit the new plant will be held later in may tn these touti it is planned that farmers from a majority of the counties in ontario will be visiting the plant todouus lwtmj it toetmmdtiifdthmftfimtf 50 years of progress in this year 1956 ontario hydros golden jubilee the modern home is not only light- conditioned but workcondi tioned by electricity electrical servants many of them fully automatic have made possible a higher more comfortable standard of living for all they cook refrigerate wash dry iron polish and clean it ia difficult to name a routine household task where electric ity cannot in some way be of assistance truly todays living is mea sured in kilowatthours and these are servanthours no matter where we look elec tricity is at work making life easier and more enjoyable hydro will continue to provide an adequate supply of elec tricity to meet the power requirements of the province power that means better living for all in ontario the hydro family assures your electrical future