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page six the acton free press acton ontario thursday february 10th ims reports and artkw from heltons farmlands and farm organizations farm economist explains reasons for price shifts fifty per cent of the world gwarw- crop jsstul being cut with the sickle stated dr h l patterson director of the farm economics branch toronto when addressing a meeting of farm operators in milton last week in discussing the farm outlook for 1936 it was pointed out that price shifts are caused by the fol lowing four factors world prices demand for our products wars cycles of production world prices at the present time are on the upsweep stated dr patterson two years ago the price of cheese in great britain was twen tyeight and a half cents per pound fob montreal today the price is 30 cents in connection with de mand it was pointed out that two- thirds of the worlds population is underfed at least by our standa the per capita consumption in in dia is about onehalf that which we consume in canada or on a calorie basis about onethird incapable off baying on the other band a large part of the world due to lack of foreign exchange is incapable of buying our products in southeastern europe such countries as bulgaria and ro mania which used to be sources of fed grain for northern europe now require their supplies at home to feed their increasing population ulauon increase of two million per year in the united states and 435- 000 per year in canada in making more specific reference to the farm outlook it was pointed out that for all practical purposes our domestic population now con sumes our entire output jof cheese and processed milk while admit ting there is a surplus of pork products at the moment it was sug gested that prices should strengthen by june while there will be some slight variations stated dr patter son it will keep us going to pro duce sufficient pork for our own requirements with little net export of hogs i slse ef canadas imports we were also rather surprised to learn from the speaker that in 1055 canada imported practically as much agricultural produce as the province of ontario produced in that same year in his prognosticat ion that the next is months would seeatemporary collapse of the housing industry dr patterson stat ed the estimated value of housing constructed in 1955 was 1 513 million dollars in contrast with this the estimated cost of the st lawrence seaway is 300 million dollars all in all it was an outstanding evenings program and as usual this popular speaker presented a fund of information which figuratively speaking at least kept his audience on their toes tuesday evening of the current out 50000 for roads in 1956 erin township council at a reg ular meeting last week in hillsburg voted a total expenditure of 50000 for township roads in 1956 and passed a bylaw to petition for government subsidy on that amount the total is made up of an esti- mated 20000 for construction of refere was alaomade t t popweelcsawthewindupo what h 1 roads anfbrrdgesand 3000 f award ton of gold certificate locally the jersey cow brampton w r pinn grirl -193246- has been awarded a ton of gold certificate in three lactations 1323 days she produced 2274 lbs of fat girl is a daughter of the superior sire brampton worlds records her classification is excellent and she won a gold medal and medal of merit at five years of age with an outstanding record of 13 770 lbsof milk and 787 lbs of fat the same medals she got at six years of age with 13507 lbs of milk and 793 lbs of fat girl is bred and owned by b h bull son brampton ont f to qualify for this award a cow must at least produce 2000 lbs of fat in four consecutive years erin tw to pay been a popular and worthwhile ser ies of meetings professor art rob ertson farm management expert at the oa c was the speaker name add woodley president of leaders council plan year wednesday of last week say ant- enthusiastic group of 16 4h club i leaders laying plans for the years program under the chairmanship of a t woodley the- 1855 program was reviewed and suggestions ad vanced for the strengthening of the 4h agricultural club program which will be offered to haltons 12 to 20 year olds according to art bennett popular associate agricultural representat ive three calf clubs holstein jersey and guernsey beet and du al purpose will be offered in ad dition it is expected there will be a second year gram club open to the 1955 grain club members a new grain club in the acton dis trict and a third club open to the remaindei of the county then there will be a 4h swine club a 4h tractor club m west halton and perhaps a potato club among those present were e r segsworth gordon sinclair a r coulter and george pelletteno of nelson township sandy buchanan from nassagaweya charles mc- keown and mac sprowl of the ac ton district j w carney and ken ella of esquesing township a t woodley m c beaty john w picket w r royle and c h lawrence of trafalgar we understand that plans are al ready under way to stage a social evening on thursday evening march 29 which will be open to the 1955 club members prospective new members and interested adults elusive bird south yarmouth ont cp hunters may be puzzled if the pheasam goes into production the hybrid pheasantbantam chick en bred by george and clifford rlckman is described as longleg ged unfriendly and elusive newoff icers are elected by acton norval juniors halton juniors are really busy this was part of their program last week monday night saw milton and palermo clubs in the first of their hockey playoff series tuesday ev ening was county board night when president john w picket and his fellow officers were initiating or completing plans for various act ivities on wednesday night acton andjnorval clubs held their respect ive annual meetings at four other centres members of drama casts were holding dress re hearsals preparatory to the halton juniors annual drama festival which was held at oakville on fri day evening just what they did in their spare time we are not sure but here are the new officers elected at acton and norval acton junior farmers presid ent jackie marshall vicepresid ent wm price secretary- treasurer calvin sprowl directors sandy buchanan jackie black don mat thews and paul lawson junior in stitute president kathleen stan ley vicepresident doris thomp son secretary treasurer mildred watson directors ida matthews betty anderson norval junior farmers presid ent cuff mcdonald vicepresident elmer b sc jamie cun ningham treasurer bill wilson directors earl wilson herb wil son howson ruddell and ed bailey maintenance of roads and bridges council also passed a bylaw re quiring police villages and school area boards in the township to have their requisitions in to council be fore march 1 of any year a donation of 25 was voted to the salvation army hamilton branch and a grant of 300 award ed to the wellington county fed eration of agriculture council expressed regret that deputyreeve george wallace is still in guelph general hospital and wished for a speedy recovery wellington county was ordered paid 1160 65 for indigent patient accounts for 1955 and other ac counts were passed as follows gen eral 46225 sheep 23 relief 134 90 roads 469638 father son farm partnerships need legal agreement forums written legal agreements are necessary to ensure satisfactory fatherson partnerships according to reports received from 391 forums who discussed this last week this topic was a natural foljowup to the previous week when the forums discussed the family farm campbeuviue receive letter from formosa mrs lloyd crawfqrd was hostess to the ladies aid of st davids church on wednesday afternoon mrs crawford the president op ened the meeting with a poem the faithful few and a hymn was sung mrs evans read the 23rd psalm and the president offered prayer mrs greenlees the treasurer gave the financial report a letter received from rev james suther land in formosa was read thanking the members of the ladies aid for i must be considered in considering the most important points when drawing up a father- son partnership twothirds of the forums felt that there should be definite written legal agreements many groups like maple valley forum in simcoe said there should be separate living quarters and enough land to guarantee a decent standard of living for father and son onethird of the forums agreed with kencona in victoria when they said both partners should have the sprit of cooperation the com bination of fathers experience and sons enthusiasm should be ideal for father and son partnership about one quarter of the forums thought that property should be transferred during the life time of the owner but as qulgleys of stor- mont said- deed the property to the son while the father is still liv ing but have a legal document drawn up to provide a living for the father in his late years roseville in waterloo spoke for many other forums when they said each case should be considered its own merit and the entire family energetic at builds own 72 home kirkland lake ont cp fred churchill a young fellow of 72 wanted a home on a site of his own choosing andhe wanted to design and build it himself that wa a year ago now fred lives in his selfbuilt wooden cabin complete with trim garden fred who in his time has been a blacksmith a farmer loco motive engineer carpenter and un dertaker cleared a rocky hilltop dug the foundations and this year finished the job mr churchill isnt particularly surprised that a man of 72 should build his own home as an eng lishman with a name like church ill he said i have to do some thing a parcel sent to him a short time- ago mr sutherland gave an inter esting word picture of the beauty of the mountains and also sent a sample of their money the president thanked mrs greenlees for typing the yearly pro gram mrs greenlees has done this work for several y plans were made for the st patnc6s supper and committees appointed the minutes were read and con firmed mrs crawford reported having sent out 71 cards in con nection with a special missionary raus in w th l of the- congregation are asked to help the offering was received and dedicated with the doxology the birthday song was sung for one of the members a hymn was sung and the meeting was closed with the lords prayer a pleasant half hour was enjoyed by all prayer service the prayer service was held at the home of mr and mrs robert elliot on wednesday evening rev baulch had prepared a list of bible questions for four different groups each group discussed their list and afterwards the questions were dis cussed by all present mr baulch also showed several beautiful pict ures- of bible characters short prayers were given by most of the members present this prayer service is held every two weeks and all are welcome canada has some 1340 power laundries dry cleaning and dyeing- plants with annual receipts of some 113150060 otherpoints brought out in this discussion were- adequate book keeping systems for all farms sons should be given some responsibility at an early age both parties con cerned should have a will and be entirely satisfied with the father son agreement out of the number of reports re- ceived 570 forum members already have fatherson arrangements of some type robt r hamilton fred a hoffman optometrists formerly e p head phone guelph 1924 58 st georges square shortill sheet metal p1umbing heating gar wood furnaces eavestroughing shop 126 main st n phone 464 residence phone 340j4 acton jersey dairy daily delivery phone 242 don timmings prop white gypsy an operetta in two acts by acton public school wedthurs feb 29mar 1 815 pm public school auditorium adults 50c students 25c tickets available from pupils gian wallpaper regularly priced from 40 to 70 for each roll with matching border purchased t the regular price you receive an ad toll for one ceeti hero are sensationally low prices on a wide range of smartly designed wallpapers patterns and colors for every taste for every room in your house all are precisiontrimmed for easy doityourself application dont miss this chance to brighten your home for half the normal price save money have fun if easy to do it yowrmlfl sale ends feb 18 symon hardware mill st acton want ad page where old friends meet come to the womens world day prayer s er vice taxrefunds writeoffrassei in esquesing court of revision esquesing township council met as a court of revision last week after the oath was taken the fol lowing members were seated wal ter linham george currie spencer wilson campbell sinclair and wil frid bird the following amounts of taxes were to be refunded william mun- son house burned 12 helen tur ner house burned 31 fred bruns- ktll barn burned 12 60 floyd ward building wrongly assessed 2425 the taxes on the following properties were written off the roll as the properties are now exempt from taxation upper canada col lege arthur clark 23 25 lime- houke women s institute hall 59 50 the clerk was empowered to make the necessary changes in the roll and initial thorn council met again at 2 pm with reeve linham in the chair council requested the credit valley conser vation authority to supply an en gineering opinion on the erosion problem at glen williams cemet ery douglas r wilson george town engineer was recommended to make the survey the treasurer vas instructed to pay the following accounts t two fires munts and mullens 150 esquesang fire area 1 and acton fire area 1 charged town of acton printing fire cards 2048 road accounts 4909 00 city of to ronto relief chargeback 1603 halton registry office january list and fees 3 80 georgetown lum ber co ltd lumber for vault 010 joseph- standlsh repairs to vault h the municipal world assess vl guide 910 a w benton stamps and registered letters 875 town of oakville refill scott air- pak 3 a scott motors ltdv gat 241 charged to esquesing fire area 1 a bylaw to charge fees for the inspection of plumbing septic tank and drainage installations was read a third time and passed the road superintendent was appointed a delegate from esquesing to the ontario good roads convention council instructed the road super intendent to advertise for tenders to supply crush and deliver ap proximately 15000 jards of gravel on the township roads in 1956 ten ders to be in the hands of the clerk by 12 oclock noon on monday march 5 1956 the treasurer was instructed to pay a total of 60 for foxes des troyed in the township by the fol lowing persons donald hancock glen williams wm thompson milton 3 emerson anderson acton alfred brigden hornb peter joostcn glen williams sandy barnes norval 1 wm tuck georgetown edward martin den williams charles norton acton frmk jones acton ed robertson alfred brigden f i nam fuel oils and seivice call 69 thompson fuel service prompt delivery by meter pump deal at home and save knox presbyterian church friday february 17 230 pm miss ellen anderson working with burns presbyterian church georgetown 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