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v page six the acton free press acton ontario i itaports and articles from hakons farmlands and farm organizations third 4h chib awards ni again proves to be popul i i rural population increase hi tno doubt most of our readers are aware that the 1951 census reveal ed that slightly under 15 per cent of our population now live on farms some concern has been expressed that the- trend towards larger farm units will disrupt our rural social services recreation etc we were therefore somewhat sur prised to learn today that the as sessors lists show a tremendous increased population in our rural municipalities needless to add this increase is due in the main to the influx of folk from urban centres iwho have pur chased homes in our rural municip alities back in 1928 the papulation of esquesing nassgaweya nelson end trafalgar which at that time included the village of bronte tot alled 12143 in 1955 we find the papulation in the same four mun icipalities including bronte lhad jumped to 31663 haltons third annual 4h awards night again proved to be a pop ular event taxing the capacity of the milton high school auditorium to the full add woodley president of the halton 4hclub leaders associat ion was dhairmah for the evening guest speaker was miss ethel chapman a native of halton coun ty author lecturer and widely known for her work with agric ultural organizations she iwas in troduced by mrs mabel borg- strom home economist for halton peel and york counties while miss chapman was ad dressing 4h members their par ents friends and donors of prizes she apoke particularly to the 4h members it is our opinion that her advice and philosophy will long be remembered by everyone present lynne coulter a member of the halton 4h calf and swine clubs thanked miss chapman on bdhnlf of all present projects showmanship the next highlight of the evening was the presentation of 4h pins to the kboys and girls who comp leted their first 4h project in 1955 the gathering was honored to 53sraaebs3kssswsss38 nassagaweya farmers bring rwf honors to halton in hog contests john w wilson from near -hal- tonville nassagaweya- township was the winner of the brethour challenge trophy at the recent royal winter fair this trophy is awarded annually for the best wiltshire side at the royal agric ultural winter fair the trophy was donated by the late joseph e brethour who was a noted yorkshire breeder near butford the late mr brethour won this competition personally in the years 1934 1935 and 1936 entries for this competition must be pure bred barrows or sows bred and owned by the exhibitor from a nominated litter of any breed of suitable weight and quality to make a grade a carcass in all there were 26 entries in the class at this years royal repres- rs3k enting 17 different pure bred breeders consequently it was no small honor won by mr wilson for halton county and nassaga weya township to him goes our heartiest congratulations another nassagaweyta resident ho brought honors to the county from the 1955 royal was don moffat ofcampbellville irr 1 in competition with 18 other exhib itors from ontario manitoba and quebec he entered a hog in the hog carcass competition for the s e toad challenge trophy alto gether there were 28 entries in this class and this was the first time for 15yearold don to enter such a competition the carcass from his ihog was not only in the first prize group but was placed next to the reserve champion side have nafisagaweya reeve a service make this presentation howad armstrong president of the halton agricultural society presented cheques to the winners of the inter club showmanship classes at milton fair the winners were juniors bab merry don moffat dorna woodley mary lawrence evelyn mckay seniors tom hunter bob coxe eleannr joyce iduncan campbell douglas campbell john w picket club leader of the halton 4m grain club assisted by iwaurice beaty vicepresident of the halton soil and crop improvement association made the awards to the 4h igrain chib members merle guntoy president of the clulb was the winner presentations of prizes to the norval 4h tractor club were made by leaders earl and herb wilson bill wilson president of this cluib was the winner tmlf photo a new trophy this year the katherine merry trophy for halton 4h beef and dual purpose club competition was presented at the third annual awards night in milton high school last friday evening miss merry is shown presenting the trophy to don moffat calf forestry potato clubs club president lynne coulter assisted iby mrs george readheal secretary of the halton agricultur al society awarded the prizes to members of the halton beef and dual purpose 4h calf club don moffat was in first place in this club and is the first recipient of the katherine merry trophy rdb- ret coxe who won first prize with thursday december 1st 1055 his steer at milton fair received a beautiful tray from james mckay grant campbell president of the ontario shorthorn cllufo presented automatic pencils to all members i who exhibited shorthorn calves members of the milton and j georgetown forestry clubs receiv- i ed their prize money from bob continued on page seven i beautify your home for christmas with thes- bargainpacked values modern floor or tabu iampwith the purchase of a 2pc suite 2 pc davenport suitesofa by daybod by night wool me trr 15950 2 pc chesterfield suite by kroehler 1qd per cent nylon frieze rri 22950 2 pc chesterfield suite airfoam cushions metallic wool frieze 20950 2 pc kroehler suite good quality wool frieze exceptional value 18950 2 pc davenport suite converts to a comfortable bed by night figured frieze 19950 2 kroehler half sofas covered in twotone textured bou- cle 21950 pr matching tv rotor chair 5950 2 pc modern suite in two tone boucle airfoam cushions 23950 2 pc kroehler suite wool frieze with metallic thread special 22950 use our convenient christmas layaway plan acton home furnishings mill st acton a av3ihx frasxsa speaker captures audience on economics of farm mechanization keen interest was shown in the forth of the series of 12 agricult ural meetings being sponsored by the halton soil and crop improve ment association the topic was the economics of farm mechan ization and the discussion leader was that walking encyclopedia dr h l patterson director of the farm economics branch toronto we will not attempt to reproduce the valuable information dr pat terson contributed in his introd uctory remarks he pointed out that ibotween 1941 and 1951 the av erage investment in farm machin ery across ontario big farms little farms etc jumped from an average of 855 to 2970 per farm it was further pointed out that in that same period in halton the average investment in farm mach inery jumped from 1070 to 3380 he also pointed out that farm wages in that same period had gone up four fold gasoline and oil up 68 per cent farm machin ery up 89 per cent etc during that same period dt patterson stated the average size of our farms in ontario had increased from 125 acres to 139 acres value of tractors i stated dr patterson where the one operator is taking three times as long to do his chores as the ether dont forget he added the saving of five steps per day mens the saving of a mile in a year all in all it was a great even ing a number of those present were heard to comment i wish i could remember half of what he told us we wejc also impressed when we heard that according to census fig ures we had 35000 tractors in 1911 and that by 1951 there were 105000 tractors just how many v have in ontario today is difficult to mate but wo understand that since 1961 dealers have been selling 13000 to 18000 per year the trend stated dr patterson is to larger tractors he referred to three men lie knew personally in alberta when dr patterson visited their farm some years ago he found the three of thero jointly without other help were operating 4800 acres here jibjpgav 85 hp caterpillar tractors rtsfreavaitoble in addition he pointed out they had selfpropel led combines in his opinion they were doing pretty good job with their weeds under control hn short stated dr patterson keeping in mind the scarcity and high cost of labor land iwhlch doesnt lend itself to larger equip ment is at a serious disadvantage daily steps yearly miles to illustrate his point we learn- ed that the cost of operating a 1800 forage harvester varies from 9645 per hour when operated only so hours per year to 253 per hour when operated 90 hours annually the speaker also went- into the field of barn mechanization illus trating his statements by inform- atioo gained through the medium of dairy herd improvement as- eociatioris in ontario i could tell you of two farms in haltoh each with 18 cows on our tenth anniversary v n canadian achievement 22000 jobs 4 companies 9 plants 5400000 square feet of floor arek these are the basic figures for a v roe canada limited and ity four member companies as employers of canadian people nd their skills an organization which had its beginnings only 10 yean ago this week with 300 employees these are big impressive figures for a 10yearold corporation they imply much growth and development a record of significant achievement over a relatively short period of time theyre significant figures too providing one measure of the a v roe canada groups contribution to the health and vitality of the canadian economy and its itake in the nations future this contribution is truly remarkable in 10 short years the a v roe canada companies have provided canada with its first jet transport its first jet interceptor its tint jet engine its first private aeronautical facilities for original research additionally many other firsts originated through the establishment of a network or some 1000 subcontractors and suppliers which span the nation and now with canadian car and foundry company limited as a member the a v roe canada group broadens its industrial base to include an array of commercial productslhat are exported to 26 countries through its enlarged engineering research and development establishments the group provides additional creative opportunities for young canadian scientists and engineers which never existed before within their own land all this in 10 short years lorne garner motors ltd toth motors town country tires v tube or tubelfss v white sidewal or allblack avro aircraft limited canadian car a foundry co ltd canadian steel improvement ltd member compania a v roe canada limited m alton 0ntaii0 canada member hawker siddeley group v