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achievement days at fair Doug Gardhouse is champion showman The Acton Free September 30 1970 By Hugh Cook Milton Fair was the Achievement Day for the Calf Club the Halton Jersey Guernsey Dual Purpose Calf Club the Halton Beef Calf dub and the 441 Field Crop Club The results of these Achievement Days are as follows In the Holstefn Calf Club the top Junior calves were exhibited by first Charles MARY McGee of won the Jack Holmes trophy for grand champion dairy showman at the Fall Fair livestock show Russell Murray presented the awards on behalf of the donors Staff Photo 1 Burlington second Cathy Georgetown and third Bruce McGee RBI top senior calves were exhibited by first Mary McGee Norval second David R Georgetown and third Bob MacDonald Georgetown The top three showmen in this club were first Sandy Bennett Burlington second Paul Stewart RJl Hornby third Mary McGee Calf club In the 441 Jersey Guernsey Dual Purpose Shorthorn Calf dub the top three showmen were first Jane Nixon Norval second John Nixon Norval and third Ken McNabb RR Georgetown Marg Robinson 3 Georgetown won first prize with her Junior Jersey calf The top Senior Jersey Calves were first Jane Nixon second Valerie Ella Hornby third Bruce McKeown RJt 1 Mono There were two Senior Guernsey calves with Ken McNabb Georgetown winning first prize and Lois McNabb taking second place Of the two Dual Purpose calves Marianne Lena Milton exhibited the top Milton exhibited the second place calf The top pair of dairy heifers In the Holsteln section went to Bob MacDonald with MacDonald R R 3 Georgetown taking second place and Paul Stewart third Top pair of dairy heifers in the other breeds section went to John Nixons pair of Jersey heifers second to Marg Robinsons pair of Jersey heifers and third place to Jane Nixons Jersey heifers The Bank of Commerce Milton trophy presented to the Holsteln Calf Club member with the winning pair of dairy heifers goes to Bob MacDonald Beef entries In the 441 Beef Calf Club the winner of the John Trophy for the Champion Beef Showmen was Doug Gardhouse R R Milton second place went toBobLasbyR and third place to Doug R 3 The top senior beef heifers were exhibited by first Bill 2Rockwood second Bill Allison RJt 2 Georgetown third Tom Hornby The winners in the beef steer section were first Joe I Milton second Doug third Bob The winner of the Ben View Farm Trophy for the champion first year showman of beef or dairy was BUI Allison RR 2 Georgetown In tne class for dairy showmanship the winner of the Ward Trophy for the champion dairy showman was Jane Nixon 1 Norval Sandy Bennett placed second Paul Stewart third Mary McGee fourth and Bruce Stevenson R Burlington fifth Doug was the winner of the James McKay Trophy given to the Grand champion showman of beef and dairy for the day Field crops In the Field Crop Club the com exhibits placed as follows first John Nurse Georgetown second Keith RR 3 Milton third Phil Milton and fourth Marg Anderson RR 3 Milton The top three exhibitors in this class are eligible to show In Erin on Oct The placings In the hay section were as follows first Don Mc Clure 3 Georgetown second Dennis R 3 Georgetown third Mary An derson RR 3 Milton fourth Grace Bird RR Georgetown The top three entries are eligible for Erin on Oct In the grain section there was one entry of winter wheat with first place going to Bill Stokes There were two entries of barley with Joanne Wilson 3 Georgetown winning first prize and her brother Lome winning second Therewerefiveentriesol oats with David Taylor of 3 Georgetown placing first Ken Georgetown second Barb Brownridge R third Edward Bird Georgetown fourth and Ann McClure RR 3 Georgetown fifth The top three entries in this class are eligible to show in Erin Oct Interclub exhibits There were two junior fanner exhibits this year In the Inter- Club exhibit By a very narrow KEITH BAKER accepted the A Green Refractories Ltd Trophy for top herdsman from former George Barbeau at the fair Staff Photo Place on noxious list Fight to save Goldenrod fails In spite of a determined effort by Deputy Reeve Gordon Agnew of Nassagaweya to defend his colleagues on County Council backed a resolution to have Goldenrod put on the noxious weed list at the September meeting of County Council Mr Agnew told council medical research had proven that Goldenrod had no effect on hay fever He went further with his case noting that the Goldenrod was the last weed that bees used to collect pollen and said beekeepers benefited from the weed I see no justification for this at all I think It Is a beautiful thing In the fields he said adding that next thing people would be ob jecting to fields of timothy or alfalfa Georgetown Deputy Reeve Art Speight spoke of personal ex when be said he had suffered immensely from hay fever when he lived near a field with Goldenrod but bis suffering stopped when he moved away Re noted anything that could be done to alleviate suffering of people from the weed should be done without question TanuKitag Mr Speight said he had many calls from persons complaining boot the weeds Mr Agnew countered with an argument that nature be tamp margin the Palermo Junior Farmer exhibit on The Dairy Machine placed first over the Norval Junior Farmer exhibit on pesticides Both exhibits were Judged class A The Halton Junior Institutes had two exhibits First prize and overall best exhibit went to the class A exhibit of the Junior Institute Second prize went to the class exhibit from the Acton Junior Institute The Agricultural Clubs had four exhibits The results were as follows Class A Halton Electric Class B Halton 4H Field Crop Club and Jersey Guernsey Dual Purpose thorn Calf Club Class C Calf Club SAFETY EXHIBIT There was one entry in the Farm Safety Council exhibit put In by the Hornby 441 It was Judged a B exhibit SILVER DOLLAR The 4H Silver Dollar com petition sponsored by the United Breeders Inc In cooperation with the Halton Agricultural Society was held at the Milton Fair Grounds on Friday Sept at There were five competitors eligible from each of the following counties Wellington Waterloo and Peel The minimum age limit was open only to member with a dairy calf These members were required to write an essay answer a quiz show their dairy calves and be Judged on showmanship All the contestants were required to exhibit thelr and be scored on showmanship at Milton Five from The five representatives from were Mary Anderson Milton Sandy Bennett R I Burlington Grace Bird Georgetown Beryl Limehouse David Held Georgetown The results of the final com petition on Friday evening are as follows on calves fourth David Reld sixth Grace Bird seventh Sandy Bennett ninth Mary Anderson eleventh Beryl McEnery in Showmanship first David Reld fourth Sandy Bennett fifteenth Beryl McEnery nineteenth Grace Bird twentieth Mary Anderson The first prize winner of the competition was Tom from Wellington County who took home 50 silver dollars on a silver tray The runnerup was Mary Jane Henhoeffer from Waterloo County who won 25 sliver dollars on a silver tray All other com petitors won GRAND CHAMPION Aberdeen male at the Fall Fair went to the entry of Ron and Les Wilson Ted Pratt presented the Bank of Montreal Trophy Staff Photo Farm Page FIRST FOR HIGH STEPPING horse was the entry of Mr and Mrs Walter Clark St Marys the fair horse show Staff Photo ACTON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION with He explained that the soil needed the plant41ke structures to and bacteria into soil H CLUB FLOAT took second prize In the service club If you upset the balance of section of the fall fair parade Staff Photo nature youre in trouble he concluded INTEREST UP TO PAID ON DEPOSIT CfRTIFICATES NUFFIELD Diesel Tractor SALES SERVICE FARM EQUIPMENT R R 3 ROCKWOOD 8569512 TALK ABOUT FARM FRESH PICK YOUR OWN APPLES AT CHUDLEIGH BROS MILTON SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER FREE CONTAINERS FREE PARKING WEEKDAYS 100 pm to Dark SAT SUN Dawn to Dark DWARF THUS NO LADDERS CLIMB Wo APPLE CIDER POTATOES PEARS 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