Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 21, 1955, p. 6

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i bmmnm i nulling tinny wiimm if v page sax the acton free press acton ontario thursday july 21st 1955 farm news from haltonv farm lands army worms on march again but none reported in halton yet at time of writing july 15 no army worms have been discovered or at least none have been reported to our office in halton howeverr according to a recent report from h w goble provincial entomolo gist outbreaks have been discover ed in the counties of kent oxford i rt bruce lanark and waterloo i seventyfive per cent of the grain kernels were found on the ground in one large field in oxford county so it would seem that in spite of the predictions that we dont usually get an outbreak two years in suc cession this pest which reached serious proportions last year is on the march again i we hasten to point out that in festations reported to dale are localized butt farmers aie advjsed to walk through all their spring grain corn and pasture signs that this pest might be prevalent are as fol lows oats kernels on the ground and leaves gone barle leaves and awns gone droppings on the giound striped caterpillars under lumps of earth or in cracks in the ground it is to be hoped that there is no major attack but should you find crop damage directions for control may be had from the office of your agricultural representative four buses carry 160 4h club members and leaders on tour four large buses w ere needed to i taken ov er it as amazing to see accommodate 4h club members the millions of small trees thriving from the 18 4h clubs in halton and on vv hat still looks like blow sand peel counties who participated in but soil which through manuring the annual 4h bus tour the group plowing down re planting shelter this ear consisted of 160 4h club hedges and windbreaks and proper members 10 4h club leaders art use of commercial fertili7er a good bennett associate agricultural re- 1 rotation and adequate irrigation preventative for halton and peel is von productive counties and j w mccul lough cash crop farm agricultural representative for peel i on loute home the farm of mr county a i wesmlan of r r 3 simcoe was visit- scattered from bolton to water- od specinliringn sweet corn and down and iceresenting a i tobacco the minei irrigates- quite everv section of halton ajid peel eunmveiv harvesting of the 200 tea room may get high sign an application for an order of mandamus to compel trafalgar towjnship council to issue a license to mrs marie hamilton to operate a tearoom at avalon villa her lake shore road east residence is being prepared by her solicitor h g chappell toronto following jcfusal of council to grant the license should the application be granted by the supreme court of ontario and the order issued the council will face a damage suit for 50000 or more mrs hamilton may seek damages to the amoun of 100000 notice that his client intended to bring suit unless the license was granted was given council by mr chappell on friday june 24 town ship clerk s a featherstono con firmed that council had refused mi chappell s request that the permit be issued mrs hamilton is seeking to re cover damages for loss of business resulting from council s i efusal to grant her a license mrs hamilton has been convicted three times of operating the tearoom in contravention of the restrictive zoning bvlavv in march 1953 mi justice lebel of the supreme court of ontario ruled the bylaw was null and void because it was not registered and dismissed the townships application for an in junction to restrain mrs hamilton counties an indication of their promptness was the fact that all four buses arrived at the first stop hamilton s beautiful rock gaidens within a period of 10 minutes and right on schedule following a half hour stop at the rock gardens w hich at the present time are featuring petunias the group journeved to st williams dniy four days after brampton w r lua established a new canadian daily milk production of 88j lbs her stable mate jrampton w r biou pinn stepped away out in front with 94 lbs c of these great producers are expected to produce over 1000 bs of butterfat this year as well as another stable mate the 10- 00 cow brampton lady bas radar itoni operating the tearoom acies or over of sweet corn had al- readv commenced and the group watched with inteiest a washing and cooling machine which was in operation from this machine the uniformlv packed cases of ears of com weie loaded onto refrigerated ti ucks and awa to market ro richards assistant agricul tural representative for norfolk forestrj station near simcoe n i countv v er kindlv guided the invigorating swim followed bv pic- group to this farm and explained nic lunch in the park complete with i how tobacco was giown right from 16 gallons of freshie followed by two warmlv contested ball games rounded out the two hours allotted for leisure forestry nursery intriguing an hour was spent touring the forestrv station on foot with two excellent guides along to explain the details of growing the trees which arc shipped each spring to thousands of ontario residents for reforestation purposes situated on land which was noth ing but blow sand w hen originally in the the the time it was seeded in the green houses until it was harvested and cured everv one w as impi essed wih the amount of hard labor re quired to handle this crop to the best of our knowledge the entire group returned home safely and we were more than pleased with the cooperation received from 4h club members and ver hap- pj over the fact that 10 leaders were able to accompany the group and give valuable assistance with arrangements short notes of interest some excellent wheat was thresh ed and combined the week of jul ii we have reports that the aber- feldy and merrj brook shorthorn herds owned bv rcdford gardhouse and harland merry respectively have done exceptionally well to date on the western show circuit winning several first prizes and championships at brandon pasture continues to be in short supplv it is at this season of the year that thoughts of irrigation come to the fore it appears that fruit vegetables and cash crop grow ers can t get along w ithout it perhaps others will have to follow their lead halton 4h clubs and the ontario 4h club program will be receiving widfe publicity in the west now we feel sure that katherine merry who is currently on a 4h exchange visit in manitoba will impress 4h club members leaders and officials with her charm knowledge of 4h work and speaking ability thursda julv 28 is the date set for the annual halton soil andtrop imrpoverhent associations twilight tour it is planned to visit the wild carrot control demonstration plots oat and ariet plots etc it is ex pected that prof richards head of the soils department w ill be guest speaker ll tillkii3bs i bronte sewers vote in august negotiations to carry bronte sew age to trafalgar townships sewage disposal plant have proved very fruitful said reeve thomas mill- ward who added that he hoped to have the bronte sewer vote early in august c we wont be able to have the sew or vote by julj 28 as planned said reeve mill ward because we haven t a full council to consider the sewer bvlaw this week i ma call a special meeting early next week to consider the blaw the reeve said that bronte solici tor richard jones and engineer f roberts met with trafalgar council and ncgotiatedfor tormsto process the villages effluent the first highvoltage transmis sion line in the british common wealth was pioneered in canada in 1887 between st narcisse an1 three rivers que both polite rose vallev man cp william hanson set a trap near his barn and next dav heard noises under the floor pring up a board he found a mother skunk w ith one of its feet caught in the trap feeding its voung mr harrison let the skunk go unharmed and she returned the courtesv disfavor expressed with school change biampton council by a vote of 63 appioved a resolution expressing its disfavor with the action of the pub lic school board in altering the school attendance boundaries their statement council asked board to reconsider leaving boundaries as the now exist the resolution was passed in de ference to the recent representa tions made by groups of ratepayers to the board in opposition to the changes which effect about 30 children now attending mchugh school these ratepayers are also objecting to the construction of four new classrooms at glendale which has the smallest student population and only two at mchugh which is badlv overcrowed hwskinnygirls get lovely curves can 5 t 10 lbs new pep thousand who mver could rain wvialit be fore now have shapely attractive figures no more hony limb ugly hollow they thank ostrex tonic lumcts helps rut ttalx on body tkinny due to impaired appetite ixtauw blood lacks iron imprnxt dine stion uonrnlunpnt increases pep o t nquatntcd size on oof try ostrtx tor n toimtu loti curves new pep toda all d i it follow milton for natural gas gtoigetnwn miy have natural gas within six months council gave the first two read ings to a bv law which would giant fianchise to halton natural gas co to supplv gas foi industrial and domestic use in town the by law must have approval of the ontit to fuel board befoie the council gives it third rending there is a six month tim clause in th by taw which cincols it if the com- piiiv cannot produce results in that time me is besli and brooks re presenting the company appeared at the meeting they had just come from milton where the milton council had taken similai action a gieat majority of the sounding boaids used bv larger piano makers are made from b c sitka spruce smoown easytermpom surge p m m i ml m- mm but nasa id a w horace tomlinson surge dealer 9 1 st line west brampton telephone 1872 acton taxi and snack bar 24 hour servrct phone 260 10 mill st e acton operated by fred dunn jim iprm wlg manning xrwcmtahut mftufumiom vmm ootid m mannings osorrthmtscrvks tdtnsuauc there is no age limit to your need for the 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