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the acton free press acton ontario ihirttttday november 16 1944 halton farmer acclaimed world wheat king farm news from haltons farm lands haldimand county farmer is winner forty six farmer from 17 dif fcrent counties competed in the in tcr county sixt bushel winter wheat competition al th royal winter fair the awards are based on appearance of seed weight per bushel wcirht per 1000 ker j nels di neaso protein test and time test the first aw nrd went to l b mchlenbachcr of ciyugu with m e hooper of perth county in sec ond fred none third the entrj of fred nurse of ash grove got third and with it goes a 60 cash award leach county was eligible to tend thre entries their election being based on the com bined score for field and yield the other two halton exhibitors were calvin ait ken of acton and er nest pell of omagh who placed 12th and 14th respectively cer tainly an excellent standing in this strong competition industry stymied by market trends the trend of hog supplies and prices in october and to date in november has almost everyone in the industry stymied the experience ovtr a period of years has been that october mar kelings show a sharp siiionil advance over september an aver age increisc of over 20 percent in the east and 40 percent in the west but ii of october halton societies well represented at district fair boards meeting nelsons w e b reckon brings rwf honors to halton county another great ach pvement h ii wen both won thi year by the been won by n hilton county entrit i of english exhibitors hi i farmer w l brock an of nelson breckon s entry m the soft whiti township burlingtoi r r nij wlnur data in competition with m aiium won first and k the wlnur wh it averaged only 11 percent higher than september in the wet and only 7 percent higher in the east whether this situation is due to exceptionally early marketing of spring pigs this year to errors in previous surveys of hogs on farms or to the concentration of farmers on crop activities is still not clear in anj event a seasonal hog price advance in late october is a rather unusual occurrence coming at time when it earlier seemed a touch and go proposition whether prices might be headed toward the 23c floor it is an encouraging start for the 196456 hog marketing year durham jrs again win royal judging for the third consecutive year a team of three durham county junior farmers won the inter- county livestock judging competi tion at the royal winter fair on thursday last a total of 24 teams competed hafton county was represented by clarence ford colin marshall and bill kelly who along with the 69 other competitors placed three classes of dairy cattle three clawes of beef catlc thre clases of swine one class of sheep and presented oral reasons for their placmgs on all ten classes competition was keen with dur ham obtaning 2658 points or 88 of the possible score of 3 000 to win the bh bull trophy halton s team rmde i credilible showing obhining a score of 2461 or 82 of a perfect score peel s team of ted fraser harold mckeown and murri stewirt was i close 2nd in tlv comno ltion obtuning a score of 2041 three new trophies three new trophies were up for competition this venr the ontario vetonmry association challenge trophies fo th high teams in dairy cattle beef cattle and swine judjeing these were won b dur ham north simcoe and lamb ton respectively winners of the gold medals awarded to the high individual judges were dairj cattle keith vancnmp durham beef cattle murray stewirt peel swine ted fraspr peel sheep walter kerry ontario all contestants coaches and of licials were guests of the ontario dcpt of agriculture for a banquet to conclude the day hon f s thomas minister of agriculture in th capacity of guest speaker was thirtilii fair boards answered ihe roll call at district five mctt ng which was held in tin niw legion hall at elmale on octob er 28 district fivi includes the counties of dufferin simcoe york and peel as well as halton dim tor himill of beeton op ened tht morning joint session due to the resignation of thi secretnrv treasurer of th board vic ellis of markham was chosen its secretary for the day the secretary s and treasurer s reports w ere read also i ports wire given by the 13 board representatives present at the presbyterian church a newly form ed women s institute the central floss served a delicious dinner the afternoon session of the wo men s division was opened by the director miss charlotte mccul lough of georgetown with every one repeating the lord s prayer the minutes and treasurers report were read by mrs watson of bee ton the secretary following the report there were discussions re garding exhibits at the fairs es peclally interesting was the differ ent ways boards handled the worn ens institute exhibits miss mccullough introduced the speaker mrs normin nixon of erin and a member of district sev first three weeks cn mrs nixon spoke on the dulic year marketings r director and whj each indiv ldual was chosen for the position mrs mckinney of brampton told of different types and ideas by fair boards she visited she also answ ed numerous questions put to her bv the meeting mrs mccullough of brampton told of the work of their group mrs norman nixon took trie chair for the election of oftlcers director mrs watson beeton as sistant director mrs frank chis- holm milton secretary mrs j r smith colhngwood at the men s section there were high in his praise of the calibre of the voting men participating in the competition he furthe maintained that good livestock would continue to be extremely important in ontario agriculture and predicted that the trend would be back to livestock farming rather than to ward straight cash cropping others who spoke briefly were c d graham deputy minister of agriculture w r watson live stock commissioner j a garner and r g bennett of the exten sion branch ontario dept of argi culture col bartley bull and col mckee manager of the royal winter fair mijze gatte plumbing heating eavestroughing pressure systems water softeners phone 25 251 mason blvd acton cecil a carr optometrist guam douglas st veterans land act recent change to the veterans land act now make it possible to build on ordinary lots within the corporate limttl of towns or cities h there are sufficient veterans interested in acquiring more information a meeting will be arranged with the v la supervisor in this district please contact either l mattocks or 6 mccirtdraon manch 197 canadian legion if rrmyin teres ting ideas and discuss onslwr lashlcy provincial sterol spoke to the men their kil of officers for 1955 resulted as follows mr bointln chairman and rtpresentative of district fiv vice chairman mr currie of mil ion sccrelarj mr r h crosby of markham the men joined the ladus and all the new officers wire introd uctd to the imctlng mr roy curmud w extended an invitation to dst rlct five to hold their 1955 me i ing in milton this was accepted with thanks mr lash ley spoke to the group expressing the pleasure both he and mrs lash ley had from isiting these meetings short bui brcckoi has bcirn an o unced as tht 19s4 whuf king nt the royal agricultural wlnur fair this achuvimmt is one of in ternalional scope since it is open to residents of any country for 25 ji in this world championship has bten won by hard red spring wheat almost without exception by ex hihitors from western canada in lutrt it has just about bi cn taki n foi knitted that the championship would go to the winning entry of bird red sprint wheil seven wheat lasses in all there art seven classes of whi it at tht rojnl namely hard rid spring while sprint lkrd iter soft red winter soft white wlntir durum 4 h spring whiat for tight years in succe on w e breckon has exhibited in the soft white winter wheat cilss during th it period of time the entries of bill breckon is to his legion of fn halton agrlcultunl society ofjmds have won seven firsts and milton had the greatest number one second present which was 13 while bx j th classes n hirri rid winl i attended from aclon society j whe it and soft red winter wheit eliumpionship tht four classes in spring wluil win ill won by intnis from west rn ciiatln md the champii nship in spring win its igun went to th lm md 1053 wheal king ron aid it leonhardt of drumhellir alta this brought thi leon hi nil uiit ilrtekoii mines together in eom t turn for oil world ch imp itituli p title which takis with it the ciiuklinn national railways chjhiie ti iphy plus a cheque for 100 md i silver tray entry la oeneiuiee thi judgt s cirl borti nson of si i iul minnesota j d john sin f b isk itoon sask dr d n hunlley of guelph and d l rirkks of kemptvillk is intim atcd ibove give tht world chimp kinship award to the entry of w e breckon the breckon entry was of the gt m ssen v inety it will be cf interest to our readers to learn that w e breckon operates 350 acres along the queen elizabeth in nehon township in 1954 he over thi yrura many ag ivc been won hy ii it i frm folk but thi i wl ch urtalnly rnnki with any- ii ii u of the past and perhapi iiirp im a llmni ii one which the wr it r ticvrr xprcled to ice won by i halton exhibitor piano or bust welcome the queen in eastman color and romance of canadian transportation acton public school auditorium wednesday nov 24 two shows at 7 30 and 9 00pm adults 50c students 25c tickets available from p s pupils auspices acton home and school association we bring y buick thrill m a bright new freshness greets your eyes and tells you butcks done ft agatn you see it in the bold distmctiod of that gleam ing widescreen grille you see it in the rakish sweep of the rearend contours you see it in the whole foreandaft newness of flee lined grace that marks buick the beauty thrill of 1 9 5 5 new horsepower up to 336 you learn more when you get the power stor up to new peaks go the horsepowers of eserr buick v8 engine a walloping 188 h p in the low price special a mighty 236 h p in the cevttr super and roaduaster and it s new more responsive far abler power you can literally feel as vou go but een btgger buidtews for 1955 is some- thing more than style and power its what thp tar table pttcb propeller now bad done for djnaflou dm up gos per and gai mileage loo when you find it necessary to push the pedal to the floor hoard you do more than call on the greatest high compression v8 power in buick history you do what a pilot does when he heads his plane down a runway you do in oil what he does in air yon car dtum take off time by nstng tenable pitch propellers in this case the propeller blades are inside the dvnaflow unit but they re engineered to snivel or change their pitch ust like plane propellers now on display and with the same remit one pitch for get- away another pitch for gas saving fuel efficiency and ubat you get rn the way of instantaneous safetysurge u ith absolute tmootbnest you can only behei e u hen you feel it this row have to try of course we want you to come and see the trend setting new buicks look into the better rnems in gasoline mileage that add new thrift to these spectacular cars but this year seeing is only the beginning so join the crowds iewing the new buicks and make a date to get behind the wheel as soon as we can have a demonstrator awilahle we promise vou the thrill of the year when ettit automobiles are fcuut muck will build them lorne garner motors main at bovver acton phone 452