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the acton free press acton ontario tffuksl day august lh ims altoations come at once doctor mid the mother frantic voice on the phone mj little boy has swat lowed my fountain pen til rush right over the doctor eried what arc you doing in the meantime tiring a pencil the mother re plied scntlowm there u a posaibility that the headi of manitoba a sunflower crop may ne day provide a aource of commercial pectin experiments at the experimental station mar den manitoba have shown that the heads contain m to is per cent pure pectin and that the pectin is of fair quality for jelly purposes tax notice 1953 municipality of acton third instalment now due attention u drawn to the payment of 1953 taxes which are now payable to four instalments taxes are payable to the municipal treasurer at the acton public utilities office instalments are due as follows third instalment fourth instalment august 17th october 15th according to the tax collection by law a penalty of m of 1 per cent per month shall be made to the first instalment of every tax rate or assessment remaining unpaid after the fifteenth day of april 1953 a penalty applies to each instalment jn aimilar m the attention of ratepayers is directed to the penalties and i as printed on the reverse side of- every tax notice and explained in detail on every tax bill make payment now and take tour tax notice with you when making payment j mcgeachie collector ready cash advanced by b of m for essential home improvements halton daoty bkeedeks make entries at cnje entries for the canadian national exhibition closed on monday aug um 10th haltona three dairy breeds will all be represented with couity herds down at the colts eum herds which will tie repres erted are as follows holsteins c alexander f o hunter vernon archer john sen ertzl son w h robinson tall of esquesing township peltetterio bros a o hunter ross segs worth horley sherwood and gor don sinclair of nelson township trafalgar quotawill come from the herds of johnson neelandr j f trimble and hays limited jersey gerald r graham ken ella and major roberts esquesing township featherstone bros and m c beaty trafalgar township guernseys m t mcnabb sons and joyce bros esquesing township win g booth trn falgar j l chisholm nassagj weya township john st joe brownndge opeel county when representatives from these herds parade the tanbark on sep ember 3rd and 4th our readrs may be sure that halton wtl be well and worthily represented in 1953 rains retard harvest two inches of rainfall in the hornby district on tuesday of las week was reported we judge that a somewhat similar amount fell in other parts of the county gram in the stook was ir many cases on friday last still too tough for satisfactory threshing com lhlbiawri hinder miwlmawwf so far mi ytwr hie boys round trip font havent cough too many north bay of tha big ones to there ml b quit a few of nee you read about just walling for you make it a ttn trip this year 4 by bus 15 05 jacksons point 550 subfact to chango ib rout ioou aeon about hghway route ro au mmo raijiss tickets and information im harold wiles phone 207 going again on both thursday and friday while progress in harvest mgtiaslieen retarded ihc moisture was badly needed in most sections and consequently was very wel come by and large the grain crops are excellent in the case of fall wheat yields of 40 to 50 bushels are quite common with the occasional one approaching the 60 bushel mark on the other hand some fields were hit by root rot due to too much moisture in may and june and yields will be somewhat lower taking the county as a whole the average will be considerably above normal spring grain while rather un even due to too much moisture in the spring is nevetheless as we see it better than normal in any event judging by the stooks there is a tremendous amount of strav and some excellent yields have been reported united kingdom may re move controls on meat rumours persist in trade chan ntls that the meat trade will be restored to private enterpris pos sibly by june 1954 supplies ex ceeding requirements have virtua ly removed the necessity of con tinuing rationing if prices are kep at present levels latest estimates place 1953 bacon supplies at 500 000 long tons compared with 515 000 in 1952 imports will approximate 175000 long tons about two thirds c uning from denmark danish pig population danish pig numbers for maj showed a 41 increase over april and exceeded may 1952 b 24 the number of sows was 17 over a year ago united states feed situation united states department cf agriculture estimates based on thi july conditions indicate a nc3r record suppl of food gra ns an other concentrates n prospect for 1953 54 the t tal of i milh i tons is six per cent 1 irper trnn last year and within 1 per cent of ihe record supply of 195051 the increase is largelj due to a pros pective corn crop estimated a 3337 million bushel plus an 800 m uion bushel corn carr cr on october 1st if the prospec materialize the corn suppl oud exceed 4 1 mill on bushes h ch ilian any previous f eur- ind 17 above the 194650 five year aver age hay supplies are calculated at 120 million tona slightly larger than last year emergency needs of drought stricken areas may re duce the feed bank available oct ober 1st larger supplies of feed in pros pect plus reduced numbers of hogs and lower prices for dairy products and cattle contributed to feed price declines in may and june the price index for feed grains dropped to the lowest level since november 1940 prices for seed wheat the seed marketing and public ity committee ontario soil and crop improvement association rec ently suggested the following min lumum prices wheat commercial no 1 seed 9220 per bushel registered no 1 seed 230 pc bushel rye commercial no 1 173 per bushel winter barley certified no 1 60 per bushel thse prices are based on retail sales at farm or local shipping point in new bags for treated seed and in the case of registered inspected and sealed these suggested prices may to sume of our readers seem high however anyone who has had fx penence in growing and selling of registered seed will agree that any narrower margin would hardly justifj the additional expense ana bother in the growing of registered seed on the basis of cis per acre for seed when bags and seed means an addition dolla bill ni acre that is a very smalttfem in the cost of growing and harvesting a crop and may mean the differ ence between a 25 and a 50 bushel crop in any event good seed is one factor others as revealed by the investigational work done in halton a few years ago w ere 1 amount of commercial ferl lizcr and manure applied 2 time between plowing tnd seeding 3 times worked before sed m 4 date of seeding excellent seed available the following halton farmers competed in halton s 50 bushtl club this year and consequen ly have a crop grown from registered seed and should have either regi tered or good commercial no 1 seed for sale dawbul variety john b bird esquesing township and ross segsworth nelson township cornell variety r c alexander wm bain mac alexander mtlle bros gordon leslie esquesing township v j lawrence and walter royle trafalgar town ship j c bell son w e breckon m c sherwood and gor don sinclair nelson township a stitch in time aaves nlm holds particularly true about im provements and repairs to your home it is false economy to post pone them even if you are ihor of ready cash a tow cost bank of montreal loan made now may well save you the extra costs which often come from long neglected re pairs whether you need money to paint your home plaster the ceil irgs or replace the furnace it will pay you to have a chat with gor don oder manager of he acton b of m personal loans at the b of m cost only six per cent a year and repayable in easy instalment and you pay interest only on the amount still owing thus i you birrow 100 and repay monthly over a year the cost is only 27 cents a month you can borrow more or less for shorter or longer periods at proportionate v the same cost if you need money for home un provements dont hesitate to call on mr oder lending money s my business he says when you ask for a b of m loan you do not ask a favor knockout joke jessy did you have any luck in your bout with the champion perry 1 sure did tbey called it off koti a jhxmdto ortomktust 58 si georges square guelph formerly occupied by mr ip htmd complete eyesight service ucdtaf 1iecv goto 2 1 miibs north of huntsvilue no ii highway marshall spring mattresses light housekeeping phone huntsviue 802w3 your horn pete and marion hunter write tt huntsville ontario courses available to students of north halton high school district palsy polio said greatest cripplers cerpbrnl palsy and polio be tween them cause approximately 60 per cent of the crippling con d tions among children in canada according to the can idian council f r cr ppled children each con tr butes about the ume number of orthopaedic cases roughly 25 to 30 per cent of the total and there aro ati esttrmlefl three cr ppled ch idrtn per 1 000 canadnns of all ages the council def nes a crippled ch id as one up to the agt of 21 tir who because of disease ic cident or defect is restnc cd in normal muscular mottments no actual count has ever bten mm of the number of such childrn n canada ind to date only a few pro nces have establ shed rec ires where records of such cac can be kept t rema n ng 40 per c nt f cr ppled ch idren are in th ca e ri as a result of congen a de fecls or a noma 1 es lubccutol rick ts ace dents and degerera med seases the schoob al acton milton and georgetown operating under north halton high school district offer courses in the following special commercial a one year course available to students who have completed grade xi subjects shorthand typing office practice bookkeeping business law penmanship busi ness arithmetic business correspondence and spelling economics physical educa tion academic lower school grades ix and x leading to intermediate certificate obligatory subjects english social studies mathematics guidance physical education plus any three of these options general science french art and fvus c shop work home econom cs typewriting and business practice academic middle school j grades xi and xii leading to secondary school gradual on d ploma obligatory sybfats fnglish tnstbry physical education plusany four of the following op cons mathematics science french latin german commercial work agriculture sriop work home econom cs i academic upper school grade x1h lead ng to honor matriculation and entrance to all faculties and courses except honor classics in any canad an un versify sub english history algebra geometry trigonometry zoology physes chemistry latin french german send your children to high school give thorn this wonderful opportunity which is provided free of charge to every one transportation is provided lor rural students as well as transportation be tween schools for special subjects parent and pupils should confer with their nearest principal poor to school open ing in september grade xi and xii students who plan to take the special commercial course at georgetown h school should send their names and addresses to the secretary if a student lives in esquesing or nassagaweya township supply the name of your bus driver also for the convenience of the citizens s of acton and district we are opening i our showroom at 46 mill st east on s saturday august 29th next toy mca east 2 w w uh1 complete l o fw oenngs m th and j slus ho pun i a- s jj l ii a i i z i mftniium from th north halton board t row o robins acton c a wood m iton j l lambert georgetown rolk armstrong dominion and all othor popular mk 1 we v i be glad to help you w th vour f oor cove ng needs pease d op n and 00k around 5 5l must hvo wntton pormiuton from tho north habon prnn ro roquoitod to mmo hs cootm j bvfor appbcabon is md to j cost to tht dwtnct 01 ilhs oiwnici 1 outside school doe to the heavy additional clement floor roof service k dick1 clement aop eaten forms ia txr hd froi the board secretary the fortm should be ompleted and ma led to the undervgrted nol latet than august 2 1st 1953 g o mown secretary north helton dfakkl lewd georgetown of eersretb mwrmmrnvwrtmam