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page- the acton free press acton ontario trtursday aprcl 5th 195 ports andjarhctes froth hon farmlands and farnrorsanizarions areacaitlemens groups gather j b nelson associate director of the farm economics branch was the special speaker at a meeting of haltons three dairy herd im provement groups last week the group met in the farmers build ing in milton comparing the summaries of the ht hal ton members for the years 188263 and 199485 it was pointed out by the speaker khat they had in that two year period increased their average production per cow and increased their size of bfiuln- esa and improved their feejctg ef ficiency but that littritor no change had been madetin the oth er two factors it is the balanced improved program- which counts no one factor in itself can offset the lack of efficiency in another the latter part pi the afternoon was spent visiting and looking over the farm business of sam harrop this young operator in theo two year period has increased his aver age production per cow by 3203 lbs increased the net returns of his herd by 2216 and reduced the cost of producing milk by 178 per cwt in commenting on this hen mr nelson stated this is what 1 mean by balanced improvement his summary shows that according to our standards he is strong on two of the factors and at least average on the other three all in all we think the group thoroughly enjoy ed the practical discussion on farm management staff photo seed fair arvard were presented fol lowing haltons snnual seed fair which was held recently left to right pe calvin aitken who won the t eaton award for the exhibitor with the largest num ber of entries smith griffin who received the simpsonsears trophy for his oat exhibit dr don huntley one of the two guest speakers and alfred ford winner of the trophy for his second cut ting of hay in the open section good judgment means speaker tells operators productivity at seed fair some 200farm operators from all parts of halton attended the annual halton seed fair ill the milton town hall on saturday march 24 as pointed out by the chairman e ross segsworth pres ident of the halton soil and crop improvement association the primary purpose of this seed fair is to bring a people who have seed for sale together with those who wish to purchase good quality seed judging by the auction of 14 bu shel lots conducted by j a kl- liott tliis objective was accomp lished registered lots of oats sold at an average price of 187 with a top of 205 for calvin aitkens first prize lot of registered no 1 tarain oats commercial mo 1 oats sold in 10 bushel lots at an average of 158 and the only 10 bushel lot of commercial no 1 montcalm barley at 205 dr don huntley head of the field husbandry department at the ontario agricultural college who was the first speaker on the ex cellent program referred to the disappearance of halton farm lands for industrial and housing develop ment a good farm always looks better than any factory building but i suppose that is progress and stated farming will never be a cook book sort of formula and you farmers will in the final analysis have to use your own good judg- rrrcrrtto make your land more pro ductive need farm salesmanship the second speaker charles mc- innis president of the ontario hog producers association who was introduced by a r service chairman of tlu- agricultural com mittee of county council stated we in the agricultural industry- have not been doing what industry- is doing they have established good salesmanship and an excel lent marketing program and it is time that we as farmers reviewed the situation and considered simil ar programs there has never been a time he stated when we in agriculture tirerc unable to provide sufficient food and a surplus for our people that is as it should be but it is equally important that we learn to handle those surpluses without de pressing prices stanley hall mla who ex tended the thanks of the gathering to messrs huntley and mclnnis also congratulated the officers and members of the halton association on their seed fair and general program congratulations were also extended to mr hall to the hal ton juniors on their educational displays and on their provincial championship debating team 48 junior farmers saturday morning saw a record turnout of 48 juniors for the an nual seed judging competition merle gunby was the champion judge of the day and won the strathcona orchards trophy other trophy winners were george greenlees who won the halton seed growers trophy emblematic of the hirh score in judging of cereal grains sandy buchanan had the high score in judging of hay and potatoes and thereby won the halton cream and butter co tro phy other awards were as follows juniors george greenlees goerge hume don taylor harold patterson philip shepherd bob merry ross austin david hume ein al fl ba intermediates merle gunby lynne coulter bill robinson bill marshall paul ford ross shortill and mervyn colling tom hunter f peter seholtz doug starret seniors sandy buchanan don johnson and john vtf picket john wilftnott bill wilson and mark marquardt david wilson gordon harris norman bird howson rud- dell husbands wives weak rundown md ad f bb am walk tfaad lack blpbtwrfmlnb4nn i mrs jean bennett on fw 10 board mrs jean bennett was appointed junior farmers representative to the board of the federated wom ens institute of ontario at the rec ent junior farmers ontario con ference in guclph she is one of two representatives from the prov ince to hold this important posit ion she will be attending meetings of the directors at the parliament buildings in toronto on behalf of the juniors mrs bennett is the wife- of- the associate agricultural representat ive for halton county she lives at bronte people buy thefree pres to read and read the free press to buy culture powder reader fpr seed since 1905 states professor e h garrard of the bacteriology de partment at the 6ac our depart ment has manufactured and dis tributed approximately 300000 cul tures for legume seed inoculation jn recent years the cultures man ufactured at the oac have been prepared in the powder form and trrereby can be applied to the seed without any difficulty according to prof garrard cul tures should be stored in a cool place furthermore the inoculated seed should be sown as soon as pos sible after treatment the milton office of the ontario department of agriculture now has a supply of these cultures on hand they sell at the nominal price of 25c per can which is sufficient to treat two bushels of seed the value of legume inoculation has been proved many times both in experiment and practice inoculat ion is the cheapest known method of adding valuable nitrogen to crop and soil clearing auction sale of fewer and farm implements the undersigned have received instructions from alfred m bentley to sell by public auction at his farm con 2 lot 35 nds toron to township on the corner of back concession and town line 4 miles south of streetsville on 8atukbay aprii 7 at 190 oclock the following implements etc uis chalmers ca tractor with live power takeoff fully hydraulic and lights allis chalmers 2-fur- row tractor plow allis chalmers balers allis chalmers cultivator power lift allis chalmers- disc 8 ft power lift hubolt manure loader and gravel scoop case 7ffc power mower allis chalmers tow er rake m h 43dise fertilizer grain drill power lift clipper combine 6 ft mh no 11 tractor manure spreader rubber tired farm wagon and flat hay rack m h hay loader land roller 2-sect- ion spring tooth cultivator 5-sect- ion levelling harrows electric bench saw emery and motor el ectric equipment quantity of threequarter inch plastic pipe rotary water pump extension lad- der 40 ft 80 ft of hay car track car fork ropes and pulleys plat- i form scales set of double blocks quantity of 2 by 8 pine no of i cedar posts work bench grain i treater egc scales and candler forks shovels chains i also a small quantity of fumit- ure terms 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