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l the acton free praia wednesday june 5 1968 in reply to concerned farm vehicles have righf to use our public highways by henry j stanley agricultural representative recently in a leltef to the editor of thu towapsoei the hasanls of farm vehicles on hghay was discussed the person writ ing the article apparently wishes to remain hidden as 1m utteris signed only with the word concerned certainly farm vehicle are a haurd on hlgtnowa one of the phpdbllureasons is the fact that urban pen ho hot realise ho alow a farm tractor moves aa a result they are upon the farm machinery before they dedde to ajow down last year ih ontario thine were 386 ac cidents between farm vehicles and cars or tracks on roads resulungn 11 deaths of the farm machinery curators as a result of collisions the chance of survival is 17 to one in favour of the motorist thus farmer have beenusidgtheunpavedportion of the highway whenever possible and are pulling- off and allowing other vehicles to pass if they find they are holding up traffic concerned feels that farmers should not be on the roads with their machinery this la an absolute necessity in halloa a county which is being overrun with rural nonfarm houses and 10 acre lota over 40000 acres of farm land is rented if this were not so our county would be anunsight- ly mess of weeds how else can farmer move between farms without using the roada the farmer pays taxes on roads not only on his bouse aa does the urban dweller but on bis bard implement abed and all the land he owns surely he is en titled to use the roads be is paying for it has also been suggested that many of the vehicles are without proper lighting very stringent rules are in effect and are being enforced on farm vehicle lighting from ooehalf hour after ainset to one- half hour before sunrise farm tractors musf have two white tight i at the front end one red light at the rear hist the same as a motor vehicle the farm implement must also carry a red tight w the rer h the two vehicles are more thab 0fet long lights jnoat be carried showing a green or amber light to each aide at the front and a red light to each side at the rear the red triangular alow moving vehicle dgtt sold throughout ontario may be sub stituted for these red lights if the imple ment is more than eight wet wide a red light or reflector must be carried on each side at the extreme rear also two independent means of attachment mdsi be nsed when a farm implement is belngtowedslong etujh- way licences or fecial permitsare required only in fecial circumstances single vehicles may be up to 35 feet long eight met wide and 1312 feet high before a permit is required a combination of vehicles can be up to 60 feet in length if over these limits special permits are available from the ontario department of transport a licence is required for self propelled forage wagons or for farm trucks to be used on the highways when concerned states that the farmer remains one of the privileged few is he really suggesting that the farmer be banned from the roads this would greatly in crease the cost of food products is be reslly willing to pay 35 to 50 per cent of his take home pay on food similar to europ ean countries rather than the 19 per cent he is now paying or is he wlllingtoappreelate the farmers point of view and alow up when he sees farm vehicles on roads provided fortheuse of all citizens keen competition neath sunny skies at halton junior farmer field day by jim jenkins the attendance at the halton junior fariher field day held at actoo on saturday may 25 was more than double that of last years there were over 30 participants in he morning track and field events plus of ficials and spectators this was probably partly doe to the ex- ceileni weather with tempera tures remaining ih the mld70s throughout the day while the bright sunny conditions were responsible for many sunburns arternoon saw two lophslded baseball games palermodefeat- ing norval 15 to 1 and palermo nurse high jump jeff nurse over adon 15 to 2 murray mecalg allen norton the following are the results girls softball throw wilma of the track and flehj events ella tbeliha klrkwood jean boys running broad jump wilson high jump rowent- burke harrison allen norton stonehouse maggie given mary dermis sinclair discus tarry williams wllma ella discus bennetj earl burt bob rut- maggie given gwen rutledge harrison grlswotd lejjgo 440 burko brent marshall don mile murray mecalg bill alex ander don hamilton hop step jump i alton norton murray mecalg 220 allon norton burku llarrlsmv bill jackson shot put joff nurse larry ben nett allon norton 100 burke harrison allan norton jiff jean wilson 44p relay acton norval 440 dash maggie dlvon mary williams 75 dash haggle given lois klrkwood mary wil liams running broad jump maggie given lots klrkwood jlbelma klrkwood shot put jean wilson lots klrkwood maggie given 220 maggie given mary williams wllma ella scottish jr farmer at linhams says halton looks like home scottish vouno farmer delegate janette wilton li the guest of junior farmer linda unham r r 1 llmehouie to observe canadian farm methods staff photo plans exchange trip with wisconsin 4hers by jim jenkins see film halton county agricultural representative henry stanley re ported to a meeting of the halton 4h clubleaders held at the ontario department of agricul ture and food may 30 that five halloa 4h members will be selected to visit kenosha county wisconsin for twoweeksln 1969 in return the same number of wisconsin 4hers will visit hal ton county in 1070 living with 4h families for two weeks the active summer season be gins for members on thursday june 20 with a careers seminar at the ontario school for the deaf in milton several speakers will outline their occupations telling how ii is related to agriculture and name the various institutions and universities where one will obtain the necessary education for the various vocations every one is welcome at this careers seminar night the following monday evening june 24 the second annual 4h fun night will be held at hornby park commencing at 630 pm with a pot hick supper the pro gram includes baseball games and other sports phis 12 4h acton forage club meets at g leslies by george ucphall oo wednesday may ib the acton forat chib held ita se cond regular meeting at the farm of a leslie bill latby the president opened the meeting by having the membera recite the 4h pledge the secretary norma leslie then read the minutes of the last meeting which were adopted as read speeches were given on soy beans in halton county by keith altken why grow barley by bob leslie corn as a cash crop by bob laaby and a place for data by george mcphall mr bralda said that these were all done well the membera lidged aclassof barley and oats next and gave reasons tor their choices then came a tails on the speeches that were made up by the chib leaders the meeting was closed and refreshments were served by our hostess members competing for 50 in prise money in a public speaking contest on july 17 at the university of guelph 4h livestock mem bers will compete in the annual 4h livestock judging compet ition this year a class of lamb carcasses will replace tho live sheep class john dunford assistant agri cultural representative for hal ton and peel announced that the annual land and seed judging competition will bo held in con junction with the peol competition at terra cotta on august b at present further details are in definite halton county has 128 4h agricultural club members work ing on 225 projects compared to 124 members working on 207 projects last year yet only 31 new members have joined this year which is 10 less than in 1907 eight beef calf club mem bers have entered their steers in the queens guineas compet ition the new halton county pro motional aim man and the boy win be shown at the robert little school friday afternoon joe hurst will introduce the film for the students halton county is not so vastly different from scotland ac cording to miss jsnette wilson as a delegate for the scottish association of young farmers clubs she is spending two weeks of an exchange visit with ontario junior farmer linda linham of southbrae farm on the fifth line near acton janet comes from nellston in renfrewshire county scotland where her family own a 353aera farm with 50 ayrshire milkers and 150 sheep at 21 years old she is finished school and works in a bank she has been involved with young farmers for close to five years and this is her first ox- change trip abroad since she arrived in canada at the beginning of april she has visited farms in slmcoe and lambton counties every coun ty has something special to show saysjanette im having a high old time there is a similarity tohome here in general habits and land scape she says im going to visit an ayrshire farm so i can make a comparison while she is in halton tho lin hams plan todrlve jsnette around and show her the points of in terest on friday night thoy are going to have apartyforhorlnstowart- town hall and thon sho is going to do tho work says linda janetto is to show her slides of farming in scotland to the halton junior farmers sho is ono of lodologatesfrom tho unitod kingdom enjoying ox- change visits with junior farm ers in various parts of tho prov ince they woro brought over in a weeklong cruise by boat we were all sick admits janetto sho loaves juno 14 safety council plugs theme man machinery and fire w man machinery and fire the three main causes of injuries and accidental deaths on the farm are the theme words for the halton safety councils 1968 campaign in a letter to heltons farm organlxallons this week safety council president gerald carton and secretary mrs william webb outune their plans to make the county a safer placo in which to uvo and work a u st of publications first aid tools and films available to halton termors is included in the letter the safety council safoty line up for 68 includes dozens of pamphlets on safety some safety servtettos and a set of five large posters for displaying around the home and barn members are also selling at cost the slow moving vehicle signs first aid kits two sixes of tire extinguishers plsstic gog gles for protection of eyes when spraying or grinding respira tors hard safety hats and re flector tags which show up at night tho prices range from 10 cents por reflector tag to 1125 for the larger of the ex tinguishers tho safety council pays freight charges and a projector rental fee for safety films for any farm group in the county there are 10 films available ranging from nine to 33 minutes in length some in color and some in black and white which are available for showings they deal with auto safety haxards on the farm machinery safety swimming artificial respiration and fir prevention pollock and campbell m mill u tun i til high gbade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st north gait tiliiiliniil 2i um natural gas is ts exciting 3 if you ore locatod on the same side of tho street as a gas line which was installed prior to april 1 1967 youmay qwlifyfora that s man man is the worlds most dur able and miraculous machine his heart beats dally over 100- 000 times he breathes 23000 times inhales over 400 cubic feet of air moves 750 major muscles and usually speaks about 5000 words and yet this marvellous machine can be des troyed in a few seconds by one mistake its worth thinking about missing bike a mans bicycle reported mis sing from the lga parking lot may 16 was later discovered abandoned in bushes at the matthews bout knox ave tractors for lawn and garden many utm in various six wiced to suit tebaas available semt thaw now pensons farm equip he 7 highway tvfc miles wat ef 8776308 t wind tar mtwey i l i lltll in trutuis plll lliii utfh i ik ir p ii iadtivmi it l in milvir ii t wli i uitlt lli spud tin t i 111 tilt t t iii till tit mill 111 iv iii hi ll i m n ih it th it mi sta iiniipli ti l ml it ihli hut on t in v c n out of tin ir i in i timin mi ii n if 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