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=e aw THE OARVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, March 30, 195 COUNTY COMMENTARY THESE TAXES! Georgetown's tax rate for 1850, struck at a recent council session, will be 68 mills. The new rate is a hike of four mills over the 1949 figure, caused by a $3,000 in- crease in the county rate, a $1,300 Jump in public school costs, and a $1400 tree trimming expendi- ture made by last year's council. With council adhering closely to . 8 policy of economy, no major expenditures are contemplated this year. FROWNS ON C0-OPS Halton farmers in general do not favour co-operative farming, according to forum reports of the last radio discussion "Can We Farm Co-operatively?" Mrs. R. E. Ellenton, forum press re- porter, writing in the George- fown Herald, says that, while there were a few things mention- ed where members felt co-oper- ation might be beneficial, Halton farmers pride themselves as being individualists, owning their own land and machinery. OPPOSES NEW HOME Although both 1949 and 1950 Halton county councils have sanctioned the erection of a sep- arate Halton Home for the Aged near Milton, Warden William Vansickle has expressed himself as favouring delaying the build- ing until the county's financial status is more substantial. He suggests that council should concentrate on improvement of county roads, particularly in Nassagaweya, instead of contin- uing with the building plans. On the other = hand, several members of council express the view that the work should be proceeded with, and a motion passed at the last meeting stat- ed council will not authorize any further major expenditures on the present Halton-Peel home. ML N WANTED Burlington's active Chamber of Commerce is heading a drive to have the required 90 percent of citizens install mail slots, in order that the town may have house to house delivery. An ad- vertising campaign will be laun- ched, while all tardy household ers will be contacted during the next few days in an effort to bring the posties out onto the beat in the near future. A WET JOB William Summers, a Burling- ton plumber, was rescued from an old well into which he fell while engaged in some repair work. Not in use since the in- stallation of the town water sys- fem in 1910, the well was cov- ered with a layer of earth and leaves, and was hidden from view. Mr. Summers therefore naturally felt the earth was opening under his very feet when the rotting board cover collapsed, plunging him into 15 ft. of stagnant water. Other workmen quickly fished him out, however. A CRUET If you have a few old, colored vinegar cruets tucked away in Your cellar, a phone call to Bur- lington 2045 might be well worth your while. A classified advt. in the Burlington Gazette fails to divulge the use to which the cruets will be put, or even ex- plain. what a cruet might be. But it does warn the items in ques- tion must be perfect and must have stoppers. and promises good prices. SEED YIELDS Failures in seed yield of alsike clover, red clover and alfalfa, as] well as failures in catches of sweet clover, are of serious con- cern to both farmers and bee- keepers in Ontario. The Legume Research Committee, established in 1948 by the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture, is attempt- ing to solve these problems. This Committee is a research organ- ization where the combined ef- forts of various departments at 'the Ontario Agricultural College are co-ordinated with those of research workers in the Dominion Department of Agriculture, par- ticularly the Dominion Entomo- logical Laboratory, Chatham, the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Harrow, and the Bee Division, Ottawa. During these first two years of operation, the research has centred, primarily, on ways and means to increase the seed yield of alsike, because this was the first problem laid before the Committee. Reduction in alsike seed yield mow appear to have several causes and some Of the lines of investigation have al- ready produced results from which growers can benefit. ficient methods! of harvesting are | It is now known that heavy |used. The suggestions given in losses in alsike seed yield may [the following reports on these occur (1): because there are not [three causes of low seed yield sufficient honeybees present in [should be of material help to al the field at flowering time, (2) |sike seed growers. because of feeding by injurious [Quality Crops with Quality Seed Insects, and (8) because inef-| A good starting point for crop quality improvement is to sow pure seed of those varieties that have proved suitable for the areas where the crop is to be grown. 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