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trtviifr li i 4 i page dc the acton free press acton ontario thursday february 9th 1986 reports and articles from heltons farmlands and farm organizations m haltorvsdebatersmo to hnal 0 round in intercounty series s bgy wrifer although blind halton junior farmers debaters advanced to the final round in the lntemunty debating series brea- son of their win over lanibton county debaters on wednesday ev ening o last week the subject under debate was resolved that more power should be granted to school boards over the affairs of elementary and secondary educat ion in ontario haltons affirmative team of mac sprowl and george greenlees met the lambton negative team in wat ford at the same time the lambton affirmative team of ross smith and carl whiting met haltons negative team of roy ford and lloyd viv ian at trafalgar at both points the negative teams won the judges awards by split decisions in such cases the win ner is selected on the basis of the total of the judges scores at both centres the judges at trafalgar were everett biggs dairy commis sioner for ontario clayton frey of sarnia and edwin harrop of mil ton at watford the members of i the judges panel were dr chapwin of petrolia reeve dick of wyoming and george e elliott qc of mil ton in the finals which will be held at the ontario agricultural college on friday march 16 halton debat ers will be pitted against carleton county the subject on this occas ion will be resolved that the problem of low incomes in agric ulture can be better met by govern ment research and extension aim ed at lowering costs of production than by a policy of price support when the debating series com menced last fall 16 counties with a total of 64 rural young people par ticipating were in action in ad vancing to the final round haltons debating quartet has won over wa terloo lincoln and lambton the big battle is still ahead and the carleton teams have won quite a reputation for themselves by the ease with which they have won over their opponents to date how fernstosh alta cp an alberta farmer turned writer ed itor and poet because of blindness faces his handicap in what he says is the only way when in darkness make light of it he puns with a smile gordon neilson s3 taught him self to type after he became blind two years ago now he edits the ferintosh news a twicemonthly paper is a correspondent for the camrose canadian one of albertas large weeklies and has published many of the 70 poems he has writ ten gordon grew up in this rural village 75 miles south of edmon ton in november 1947 he married his childhood sweetheart eileen vera krinke who lived two miles away they settled down on a por- ever haltons quartet of roy ford hon of his fathers farm where george greenlees mac sprowl and they raised a son darryl mow nine gordon decided farming would be lloyd vivian will take a lot of beat ing and win or lose halton may well be proud of these young men haltons hog producers up grade a percentage in 1955 halton hog producers marketed a total of 19131 hogs this is an increase of 17 per cent over their 1954 marketings this is very close to the percentage in crease across canada of 164 per cent hog marketings in 1955 show ed an increase of 128 per cent in eastern canada and 21 per cent increase in western canada the province of saskatchewan came up with the biggest increase 335 per cent ontario is still the heaviest hog producer with nearly two mil- hon hogs in second po is the province of alberta with 1685887 western canada accounted for 46 per cent of canadas hog market ings of 1955 frorn the standpoint of quality halton producers registered the largest increase in percentage of grade as marketed by any ontario county in the past year recent fig ures released by the ontario live stock branch shows that the per centage of grade as marketed in 1955 by hil ton hog producer was 353 per cent or an increase of 54 per cent over the 1954 figure perhaps the carcass cutting dem onstration at haltons 1955 seed fair and bacon show can take some of the credit in any event there was plenty of room for improve- ment it is only a few years ago since 42 per cent of haltons hogs graded a actually waterloo was the top county with 373 per cent grade as with halton in fourth position export 56 mlllian pounds nearly 32 per cent of ontarios hogs made the a grade and the percentage for all of canada was 27 per cent the province of alber ta the second heaviest hog produc er in canada had only 189 per cent grade as so it is to be hoped that the new lacombe breed orig inated at the lacombe experim ental station by the canada de partment of agriculture is as good as newspaper publicity would lead oheto believe canada exported nearly 56 mil lion pounds of pork products in1955 and practicalryahof it went to the united states needless tor point out the us has a surplus of pork products herself and the only rea son why canada was able to export pork products to that country was due to lack of quality in the vs product had this 56 million pounds remained on the canadian market canadian hog prices would have hit the floor of 23 cents long before they did furthermore as pointed out rec ently by l w penrsall director of marketing for the canada de partment of agriculture canadian producers are living in a sense of false security because of health regulations which at present serve as an embargo on american pork currently the chicago price for hogs is the equivalent to about 16 per cwt compared with the 33 price on the toronto market when the disease problem is clear ed up stated mr pearsall the embargo will be removed d job an qeahty we do not pose as an economist but should the embargo be removed we tail to see how it would be pos sible for the canadian government to maintain the 33c floor so in stead of asking for a higher support price on hogs ave think canadian farm organizations and hog produc ers generally would do well to ser iously consider dqing a job on quality when one realizes that 736 per cent of the hogs in our advanc ed registry test stations made grade a and further when we know pos itively that here and there are hog producers who consistently get 70 to 80 per cent grade as is there any rhyme or reason for only 32 per cent of our ontario hogs mak- ing- a someday canadian hog producers will waken up to the fact as the danish producers did many years ago that they will have to do something to help themselves per haps bill watson ontarios live stock commissioner was not far wrong when he recently suggested lets make 1956 a doityourself year hog producers to hear address by clayton frey halton hog producers drovers and others interested in hog pro duction would do well to mark their calendars for milton on feb ruary 23 jt isthcoccasion of the nnnuatmeeting of the halton hog producers and president clayton may advises that they have been successful in securinr clayton frey of rr 1 sarnia vicepresident of the ontario hog producers assoc iation as their guest speaker we have known mr frey person ally for over 30 years and unless he has changed materially in recent years we venture ti suggest that he will present the facts as he sees them and let the chips fall where they will what his subject will be we are not sure but we think one can safely assume that it will hinge around the controversial top ic of ontarios hog ifiarketing scheme so irrespective of your views on the subject we think this is an op portunity you cant afford to miss clayt used to enjoy an argument and in our opinion a good argu ment if done in the proper frame of mind always adds to a meeting so watch your local press for a fur ther announcement by secretary a r service re time place etcetera his livelihood until two years ago it was then suddenly gordon went blind in one eye two weeks later he was milk ing when the sight in his other eye began to fade his wife had to lead him back to their home sixty of gordons neighbors turn ed out that summer and the fol lowing two years to do bus haying and summer fallowing however by now gordon had reduced his crops and livestock faced with the problem of what to do to support his family gordon learned braille from the canadian national institute for the blind and learned how to type on a typewriter borrowed from the cn ib he began to write poetry and with the help of his physician dr h f maclnnis sold many of his 70 poem to a the ferintosh board of trade and womens institute asked him to edit their newlyfounded ferintosh news and he became district cor respondent fbr the camrose canad ian now lie is working full stride again bl advertisement advertisjsment ue valley ranch to promote country music nite a country music nite is sched uled to start in the acton town han e sat nite- atsrting- february 11 this nite will be call ed blue valley country music nite people have asked for a nite such as this and in answer to many requests we have decided to try it if the people respond to what they say they will do and the even ing proves to be a success then we will import talent in from around the country like we have been do ing at blue valley ranch lime- house to bring to you the kind of music to make this a lively and entertaining evening for the people fn this district there will be two shows each saturday nite first show starts at 630 pm and second one at 1030 pjti this evening will be entertaining for young and old alike and we would appreciate your comments on how we may improve the show in any way to tnake it one of the best in the country there will be aud ience participation country music entertainers such as soloists groups quartets or com edians who would be interested in appearing on the show are request ed to please get in touch with earl scott blue valley ranch limehouse or phone georgetown tr 72144 see this paper coming events come long wat woss lake bc cp five of 10 senior students in the high school at this vancouver island log ging town travel 40 miles daily to and from classes cubs new home halifax cp two frisky bear cubs are new residents on the game reserve at shubenacadie they were orphaned when a 300- pound bear was shot by two bed ford men who brought the cub home shortill sheet metal plumbing a heating oar woed furnaces eavestroughing shop 126 main st n phone 464 residence phone 340j4 water consumption st rryacinthe que cp the 30000 poeplc in st hyacinthe and district psed an average of about 127 gallons of water daily during 1955 jean blanchard super intendent of the filtration plant re ported total daily consumption was 3817811 gallons may fair restaurant acton east on no 7 highway open daily from 800 am to 3 am breakfasts lunches dinners special lunches daily steaks and chops a specialty good food at reasonable prices tvve deliver oha junior d hockey acton arena friday febh0 830 pm admission adults 50c children 10c acton vs elmira d j armstrong dc jclhlrar ljqjl 6 john st acton for appointment phone 5s0 hs a better life for norm tyndol lb learn how farming has been rerolurioniwd in modem times listen at norman tyodall of richmond hill ontario nowadays one nun can produce as much food as eight men could les than feneration ago says mr tyndau machines like the newest tracton balers and combines hire lightened our job tremendously aod of course agricultural science as fl to our knowhow with remits that can be aaao in fields all oicr the country as mr tyndall knows there have also been important ikw i li ma wl h him ss s family i for insranrr these is a wider choice of life irnnfiso plans i dote somen like mr tyndall hare mote hash way of me their own families special needs needs that keep changing over the the life underwriter who serves people today is a key man in this plsnniaa and he too has changed modern training methods bra made him mot arli1 counsellor on the many different uses of life insurance ths mmd otbtt wi lb lif mumrmum sompsmiu csmtd btmt grmtmi to mutt lb cbsmgimg awab of popu a jl mnuks of liftl the hie insurance 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