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zfsi x page six the acton free press acton ontario thursday january 26th 1mc reports and articles from hahons farmland and farm organizations cost analysis figured pleasing mps may hear more talk about farm problems members of parliament may be hearing much more of the agricul tural probjems and desires oftlieir eonstituencies if members of on tario farm forums s ollow out the ideas expressed in the discussions of farm forums across ontario about the farmer and government this was the topic of january 16 and almost half of the forums in dicated that they felt a planned ap proach to local members of parlia ment would be more effective than the pressure group technique nel- rose in hastings felt that we have our member of parliament to repre sent us and if we approach him with our problems it would be his duty to put it across to the govern- ctampbellville church groups yearly meeting actor woman speaks to auxiliary the grace mission band held jts i- mrs baulch installed the officers january meeting in the sunday i for 1956 president mrs w hamb- a i i j mrs prlrtentywmrs j school room on saturday afternoon ly first vicepresident mrs ma- th primary group was un t el optometrhs t fin response to numerous requests will now accept appoint- fm in h acton off f a own o t w ta- s i to 72 herd owners in groups the 72 halton herd owners whp 2 feeding efficiency 72 halton herd owners whp are enrolled in halton s three dairy herd improvement associations or croups this past week received thlr cost analyses figures or the year ending april 30th 1955 this in our opinion is one of the most val uable and appreciated nieces of ex tension work beng conducted by the ontario department of agriculture in any event during the past few days several of the dhia mem bers have brought in their individ ual reports and to state they were well pleased with the service is put ting it very mildly at this office we get a summary for each of the three groups the breakdown for each group reveals the following 1 production per cow 2 feeding efficiency 3 labour efficiency 4 capital use 5 size of business under each of the five factors is presented the average for the 24 herds in each group the average figure of the two herds with the high net returns and the average of uie twoherds with the low net re turns in addition each herd owner receives the figure for his own herd with a rating weak average or strong we were interested to note that the average production per cow in the 72 herds is approximately 8735 lbs in the 305 day lactation for the previous year the average produc tion figure for the same 72 herds was 8150 lbs ypknyct hon f s thomas to address haltons seed fair this march the annual seed fair sponsored by the halton soil and crop im provement association is scheduled for milton on march 23 and 24 stat es e ross sefisworth president of ttie association this event always attracts a full house and the as sociation has been successful in securing hon f s thomas minis ter of agriculture for ontarioas guest speaker on the afternoon of saturday march 24th the honorable mr thomas is a native of the streetsville district and consequently has many friends and farmer acquaintances in halton the soil and crop leaders of the halton is accredited as a tbfree area county have revised their prize list considerably with a view to encour d not expire until may 1 1957 cattle from such area herds aging mpce exhibitors as in former years special classes are provided for those with seed for sale all en tries in these classes must be back ed by government grade and fur thermore the seed offered for sale must be of the same quality and grade as that exhibited in addi tion other classes arc being provid ed with no restrictions on cleaning etc other than that the grain small seeds etc must have been grown by the exhibitor in 1955 in short for these additional classes it is not necessary to have seed etc for sale j intwdertbtie eligible to show this i section open to the county of hal- j ton will include classes for wheat oats barley seeds grain corn pota- toes 1st cut hay 2nd cutting of hay chopped hay etc junior section john w picket president of hal ton juniors has given assurance that halton juniors will have their special junior farmer section which includes interclub education al dlspjnys special classes for oats barle and w open to juniors andii junior farmer judging com petition as usual on the saturday morning au in all with the hon mr thomas as the guest speaker on saturday march 24th the 1956 hal ton seed fair should be best on re cord at a recent livestock meeting in halton the question came up when will halton be due for another gen eral test under the tjb area plan upon investigation we find that the last general test in halton was in 1951 inasmuch as the percentage of reactors did not exceed two- tenths of one per cent halton was then declared an accredited tb free area for a period of six years consequently the accreditation of are eligible to be shipped for export to the us the same as cattle from any other herd in an accredited area as a matter of fact it is pos sible to extend such accreditation for such an additional three year period if there is no indication that tuberculosis is increasing in the event that the three year extension period is not granted then a gene ral retest will likely commence in halton in sufficient time to reac credit the area by 1957 production cost howsvartafioiy we also note that the cost of pro ducing milk in the 72 herds in hal ton in the year ending on april 30th last varies all the way from 250 to 3520 per cwt the average frgure for the entire 72 herds was 366 per cwt tlus figure covers the cost of feed labor overhead veterinary breeding fees milker supplies targeting jees milkhaulages plus the dairy share of t farm taxes hydro and insurance in the case of butter fat the cost of production varies from 76 cents to 153 per pound with the average figure of 103 these figures therefore will be a mrs j macpherson dublin wi hostess the january meeting of dublin womens institute was held at the home of mrs j d macpherson check line esqucsing last thurs day afternoon the president mrs wm mclntyre presided for the meeting which opened with the institute ode the mary stewart collect and the lords prayer roll call a thought of present day ed ucation way an by 18 mem bers cards and letters of thanks from sick and shutins were read by the secretary she also reported that a carload of members had visited the halton manor before christmas and presented the top two stories of the institutes 30th anniversary cake to them during the business period ar ran were mad for an ap meat foster forum in ontario agrees and- adds that someone- in your own district is more interest ed than someone farther away on the other the niners groupoh huron county spoke for nearly a third of the forums when they say that the pressure group is most ef fective adding that they feci con tinuous pressure is needed to get results germans in brant have the same idea when they state that farm organizations should have a planned approach and then go to the govern ment as a pressure group with high pressure then a substantial number of the forums felt that a combination of the two methods would be most likely to get results hampton in durham county think the local mp and ontario members should be made aware of the farmers needs but that the pressure group tech nique must be maintained and is the more effective plum creek in lambton suggest it is not a question of which is the most effective meth od but that we must use all meth ods open to us the forums were also asked in what ways farmers might become more effective in solving their agri cultural problems as individuals and as members of farm organizations as individuals 40 per cent of the groups felt the most important thing was to belong and support a farm organization in addition more than a quarter of the groups thought like west dartford in northumber land that as individuals they should study agricultural problems in or der to deal more intelligently with them then as members of farm organ izations leith forum in grey sum marized the thinking of most when they said the important thing was for farmers to support these organ izations by attending meetings providing finances and supporting projects leadership of mrs parker and the junior group under the leadership of mrs greenlees the two groups met together for worship and business with beverly roberts presiding the meeting was opened with the call to worship after singing a hymn fernram- shaw read the scripture and prayer was given by betty lou turner the secretary joan early read the minutes and presented the annual report mrs greenlees treasurer gave the financial report mrs baulch installed the officers for 1956 the offering was received and dedicated by singing a- hymn the roll call was answered by pay ment of membership fees the birth day song was sung by linda smith ann baulch read a poem and a hymn was sung the meeting was closed with the mizpah benedict ion after which lunch was served and enjoyed by the 22 members present mrs l andrews was hostess to the bl evening auxiliary on wednesday evening mrs andrews opened the meeting with a poem progressive a hymn was sung and the president mrs andrews offer ed prayer r mrs austin led in the reading of the scripture lesson mrs j ma- hon introduced the guest speaker mrs mainprize of acton mrs mainprize has been appoint ed by guelph presbyteria to visit the auxiliaries and to give inform ation re stewardship a special ef fort is being made this year to em phasize this part of the missionary effort in the womens missionary society the address was informat ive and appreciated mrs james robertson thanked mrs mainprize also miss simpson expressed her appreciation mrs w greenlees gave a report of the annual meeting held in guelph also gave some interesting extracts from a letter received from rev james sutherland of formosa mr sutherland has passed his sec ond examination and mrs suther land her first pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st north galt telephone 2048 baynton secretary mrs j wallace assistant secretary mrs dewhurst treasurer mrs d iriglis pianists mrs r mahon and mrs w mahon cheer secretary mrs s cramp supply committee mrsd martin mrs c mitchell welcome and welfare mrs h hamshaw mrs austin mrs c mitchell glad tid ings mrs j robertson social con vener mrs t mitchclj program committee mrs s cramp mrs s henderson mrs webb mrs and- rews the new president then took charge the secretary mrs wallace presented the annual report the roll call was answered by payment of fees the offering was received and dedicated by the lords prayer in unison an appeal is made for used christmas cards to be sent to for mosa mrs merizics then thanked mrs andrews for her splendid work with th auxilia d h tei of two years as president also mrs -mfthonr- hasbeen the- faithful treasurer for three years and who is now retirinft a hymn was sung and the meeting was closed with prayer by mrs t mit chell grace was sung and a social half hour followed addition to his regular wednesday office hours iphone 115 48 mill st acton mayfair restaurant acton east on no 7 highway open daily from 800 am to 300 am breakfasts lunches dinners special lunches daily steaks and chops a specialty good food at reasonable prices we deliver woiulrr whats happened to nancy oh im pliul yon railed was worried sl 1 the telephone rings and everythings ok so many of the calls you make every day say dont worry when someone has to work late or rant keep a date or has to cancel an appointment the telephone lets other people know at times like this whether you are making the call or receiving it the ready reassurance provided by your telephone can be precious beyond words this is just one of countless examples of how your telephone pays its way as it makes life happier easier more secure the bell telephone company of canada the only sh e to sail from pacific to atlantic via the north west passage is the rcmp ship st loch in 194042 ron display to be shown at acton fall fair final plans were made for the extension services program brighten your home with color to be held at mrs l fergusons home i in february the busy bee wi is i invited to share this project i several members offered to make up pillows to be donated to a fam ily who had the misfortune losing all their home possessions by fire mrs h bythcqnvenerjqfresolut ions asked that letters be sent to the proper authorities regarding sex perverts mrs t a storey rockwood convener of education gayo a splen did paper entitled new trends in bit startling to those who are in- education mrs william mcphedrah clined to bemoan over the present price of butter or criticize the fede ral government for a floor price of 55 cents pet pound high produc tion per cow is always an important somerville and mrs d moffat xactor in the cost of production- mrs j vanfiect moved vote i of thanks to the hostess and all who gave an interesting review of john steinbecks book east of eden an apple contest conducted by mrs h blyth was won by miss minnie shortill sheet metal plumbing ft heating gar woo furnace eavestroughing i shop 126 main st n phone 464 residence phone 340j4 sossscow nevertheless this study and all cither similar arm management studies reveal that it is only when the operator is above average on all five factors previously listed that he gets his cost figure for producing 100 lbs of milk down between the z50 and 300 mark in short it is possible for an operator to be strong on four of the five factors listed and if muth below average on the fifth fiactpr still end up with a losing proposition k or to present it in a different way it would seem that obtaining ave rage efficiency in all five factors leads to lower costs than was ob tained by any group of herds which were the best in any one factor but which may have been low in other factors dairy herd improvement work is a policy only for grade or mfjeed herds of grades and purebreds- it is organized in halton under the milton office of the ontario depart ment of agriculture the ontario livestock branch is responsible tor the supervision on production etc with the farm economics branch providing the cost analysis etc halton is one of the few counties in ontario with three associations the local supervisors being f cbis- bolnvfor halton east george r mecomnack for halton west and howard king for halton centre tariff duties were introduced in 18s0 to promote the growth of dom estic industry had helped with the meeting the national anthem and institute grace were followed by lunch and a social half hour phone 128 acton and be sure of the best exclusive sani iirvict cash ikcany at 5 mm w phone acton p an english sports car that has set 100 world records for its class uses aluminum in its body work 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