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The Acton Free Proas Wednesday October Bennett heads Shorthorn Farm Page contest at Erin Fair Local plowmen do well at International Match J Stanley Several from Halton competed in the International Plowing Match held at Lindsay October Despite the wet muddy conditions this annual event was as successful as usual Mrs Mary Picket Furrow Queen made a very creditable showing by placing third in the Ontario Furrow Queen Competition Winner was Mary Dolson of Peel County Jean Wilson one of the few girls competing in the match had several high In the Eaton Junior Championship Class Jean placed Fifth out of contestants She also placed and In other and along with Pickering of R Oakvllle placed In the InterCounty class Places third Harley Pickering also placed 3rd in the Junior Championship Inter Branch competition with 13 competitors taking part Stan Pick wild berries Picking fruit out of Benson is not always unusual but how about wild raspberries In October Mrs Harding of R R Acton said she picked enough wild raspberries to make a meal last week near her home She had enough left over to furnish the Free Press with proof that there were genuine berries on the bushes as the picture shows OUR READERS WRITE Dear Sir The time is now for municipal councils across the Province of Ontario to accept the advice the Ontario Federation of Agriculture gave to its members I Withhold that portion of tares levied by the provincial government for education The present system of taxation is discrimination People who own property are taxed to educate those who don pay property taxes therefore people living two or three families to a single dwelling are property owners is a triumph for dwellers farmers and their taxes for instance the of Agriculture President Gordon Hill Never before in the history of Ontario agriculture have organized farmers succeeded in winning such large concessions for property owners Mr Hill an apartment block housing a hundred families pays taxes on his building but nothing like the taxes levied on a hundred families living In a hundred houses on a hundred lots The Provincial Government said today has seen the writing on the wall 12 per cent When farmers took the advice of Farmers by withholding their the A legislation was education taxes dramatically quickly passed allowing told the government of their municipalities to seize properties hard pressed situation a in arrears of the year taxes it situation In which farmers pay 12 used to be three years The per cent of their net incomes In farmers refused to be in the form of property taxes tlmidatcd so the Government whereas others pay only per next move was divide and cent and the government conquer therefore the farmers responded by granting farmers a and the aged were given special 25 per cent rebate on their status leaving the homeowner to property taxes bear the brunt of education costs a poll by mail of all OF A Education taxes must be levied members found that a conclusive at the paycheck level This Is the majority were prepared to accept only way it is equitable and far the property tax rebate as the less discriminatory first step towards a solution of the If Municipal Councils withhold education tax problem education taxes the Provincial Said Mr Hill members government will be forced to act have given us a clear directive on and I cant sec them putting this issue They want us to reduce An editorial Food for all Save leaves for garden ByB McNeill At this time of year the chore of raking leaves is uppermost in many homeowners plans There is not much trick to gathering the leaves but in areas where bur is prohibited disposal becomes a bit of a problem One excellent possibility is to collect and save the leaves for future By J Stanley Organic matter which Is Agricultural e to Will there be enough food n the world a he end of century to eHort feed everyone Th s is a question Is often asked it For thousands or years man has worked and prayed for enough food to keep himself alive the garden In some areas such as North food has nearly always Stack leaves been available to those who would work Tor It In other lands food has small corner of the garden is often in the past been lacking Population increases of over per H A needed for a compost cent per year in developing countries such as Africa and India have To make compost pile stack put strains on the food reserves In contrast we look at developed Pack leaves In nine Inch countries where surpluses often abound but where the population is layers between each layer now climbing at less than l per cent place an inch or two of good top There arc high surpluses of food in the world at present some soil sprinkled with fertlllier million tons of wheat surpluses of eggs mlk wheat and rice The fertilizer is suggested but world produces three tunes the protein and calories it needs but still any grade will do Each layer of suffers widespread protein hunger why leaves soil and should Food Is wasted at all stages from production to consumption te well soaked before adding the They lose almost To assist decay turn the 17 million tons of food supplies containing three million tons of protein outside of the pile to the inside in in storage handling milling and because of insects etc Cons spring effort is now being focused on this problem Progress is also being made in population control The uneducated masses in the developing nations face this issue more every day Great progress has been made and must still be made During the past few years there have been tremendous strides in world food production New highyielding wheat produced in Mexico was sent to India and Pakistan and sown on millions of acres Similarly new rice varieties have greatly increased yields Surpluses are now appearing in Asian nations forcing a drop in world prices and Increased competition to our Canadian exports This is the great obstacle to increased world food production when production goes up prices go down Who knows the ceiling if profits were there Several thousand acres of land in Halton would not be growing weeds if it were profitable to be growing crops on them Similarly throughout the world much more food can be produced using each acre to its fullest with more irrigation insect and weed control etc Scientists have only begun to scratch the surface of all the possibilities for increasing food production Higher yields of higher protein crops will play a big role in ahead We haw only Just We also have a long way to go in the distribution of food throughout the world in order to prevent starvation Man Is working hard at this question of adequate food for all He can succeed if he wants to H S HOLDEN Cork St Eui Phone TA NUFFIELD Diesel Tractor SALES SERVICE MANSION FARM EQUIPMENT R 3 May Hornby plowed with a team of horses each of the four days and placed as high as fourth Other competitors from Halton were Bryan Marshall Milton fourth Larry Picket Georgetown two Carl Sinclair Bert Robertson Acton Hornby and Murray Burlington two These plowmen will be in lion once again at the Plowing Match to be held at the farm of Blggnr Bros on Saturday November 7 An excellent Shorthorn show at Erin Fair saw seven exhibitors with head of cattle S Bennett of Georgetown took top honors with Reserve Junior Champion Bull Senior Champion Bull and Grand Champion Bull as well as Junior and Reserve Junior Champion Female Senior Champion Female and Grand Champion Female Mr Bennett was also winner of the Ontario Shorthorn Club Banner for his Supreme Champion K Hall of Ayr took the reserve Senior and Grand Champion Bull awards and the Junior Champion Bull J McKinnon of Milton had the Reserve Senior Champion Female and Reserve Grand Champion Female Four animals In the group of four animals bred and owned by the exhibitor Bennett again took top honors In third was E Griffin and Son fourth W Gardhouse of Milton and fifth Falconer Clinton The only other exhibitor was Rosemary Booth of Milton Awards were as follows May to Dec 31 1969 Bennett Bennett McKinnon Gardhouse Hall Bull Jan 1 to April Hall Bennett Gardhouse Griffin Bull born 1968 Bennett Hall Gardhouse Griffin Falconer Female May 1 1969 to Dec 31 Bennett Griffin Griffin Booth Female Jan 1969 to April 30 1969 Bennett Hall Gardhouse Hall Gara Hall McKinnon Female born 196S Bennett Hall Griffin Gardhouse Female with calf at foot Bennett Griffin Gardhouse Hall McKinnon POLLOCK AND CAMPBELL of High lit Engm ng TtlphofW J j GALT Si ACTON PHARMACY is your local PARCOST PHARMACY Halton awards night ByH Cook The year Is again drawing to a close Achievement Days are over calves have been fitted and shown field crops have been harvested and exhibited and all reports and record books have been finalized The final event in the program Is the presentation of awards for out- stinting achievements In the various clubs The 4H Awards Night will be held In St Paul United Church Milton on Friday Oct 23rdot8 Everyone is welcome to attend every township in Ontario under There will be entertainment trusteeship provided throughout the program by Earl Burt Lunch will be A Johnson served following the program Rebate is termed a triumph for farmers the intensity of our tax withholding campaign for the present But at the same time they want us to press government for action on our demands for a system of education taxation based on ability to pay rather than property No penalties Further they demand that the government implement the recommendations of the Com on Assessment and Taxation so that those farmers In high land areas adjacent to ex pending urban centres arc not penalized for their location Our members await a statement from government on Its plans to remove all education taxes from all property And If government t show a willingness to change our members will resort to more direct action again