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c the acloo ft praia wednesday december 10 1969 present trophies prizes erin twp 4h awards night farm page 1 mia judy hesaon guelph township waa soiesf maker at the annual erin 441 award night held on thunday nov 27 in the agricultural society dining hu judy waa one of four junior fanner member choeen to repreatnt ontario on an 1 1week educational exchange tour of england wales scotland and ireland the main ptnpoae of the trip was lo acquaint people in the countrie of the way of living and farming in ontario and lo bring back impreojortj facta and toaaoru in living front theae older countrie her commentt were accompanied by eolorett tilde of the people and their adivitiei the architecture and undacapet sutan burt praaenled her with a token of appreciation from the audience stephen graham favored with selections on an accordion craig acted aa chairman for the evening program the hall waa decorated with the 411 color green and white a large doverleaf emblem centred the front wall and 4h mobile hung from the ceiling jim brown extenilon worker from the agricultural office reviewed the season icttvitie- tuning with j the organisational meeting lit april the regular monthly meeting the but tour to etileni counties the aemlnar for tenior member at havnjmfuit park fudging ichool at gualph faivertity the county exchange program judging competition and the achievement day sutan burt told of her vuh to lincoln county debbie hamilton tpoke of the three day youth conference which the attended at york university toronto trln agricultural society acting jointly with the provincial local winners at master feed store in conjunction with the recent official opening of ilt new store muter feed at stewart town held several free tacky draw winner of the shetland pony colt waa varies cochrane of rr 2 georgetown other winner of pr tees were actonjohn van arragon hjt 4 harold brown rr 4 lloyd brown rr 4 brent timber 176 church st ken murray rr i margaret johtuton rr 3 mra bert benton rjl 4 miltonjohn wobey rr s frank peddle rjt s thouttt mclean rr s mary robertion rr 5 tom wattertholu rjl 3 tauka fmrobtern rr 3 georgetowngeorge bird rr 2 mra dave barclay rr 3 s j muehim rr 2 john humberttorie mra c buckwell 35 moatray crate allan brownridge rr 2 hint treveranus rjl 2 donna humberttona rota auttln rr 3 mr james t flatter rjl 2 viola armstrong rjl 2 brian humbarttona mr r j cunningham rr 2 vic galliford rjk i mr don don john liviflgitone 54 ann st livingstone 54 ann st bird r r 2 bettina kuryeetwicz rr 2 f m wilton r r 3 elizabeth treveranut rr 2 david thomt rjl 2 calvin wilton rotlyn atklnton rr 3 john ruddell rr 2 andy alkiiuon rjl 3 miu helen mcneil r r 2 norvalmac alexander rjl ibilldoruldaongraydon chatter rr i othersr day rr i moffat jack thomat cooktville phyllii thompson owen sound mr and mr thomaa bullock rr 2 oakville vera mather limehoute gordon small kilbride vera mortu bolton s stubington rr 2 rockwood matter feedt manager stu hall reporti the twoday open house nov 28 and 29 wa a great tuccett with around 700 attending halton warden george cunle cut the ribbon to officially open the new ttore beef group lours peel ferns sees beef ob hoof in carcass by h cook the hiltonpeel beef improvement attociation had t very tucceufuj beef tour day in peel on tuetday dec 2 followed by a well attended evaluation day at guelph on saturday dec 6 the tour began at the farm of william shear j where a group of five tteert were selected by dr t d burgess head of the beef cattle dept and dr w k otboume meal smclalitt of the unlvertlty of guelph there animals were viewed live and a dlacuiilon of their chancteriitic agriculture flourishing at u of g president utter nontetue 1 whit unlvertlty of guelph president w c winegud ttld at i scholarship awards banquet in reference to critical ttatementa about the unlvertlty made recently by murray gaunt mpp for huronbruce both in the legislature and in speech at meeting of ontario junior farmer at seaforth mr gaunl hat claimed that agriculture it being deemphatlxed on the guelph camput member of the legislature should know belter than to make audi statement said dr wlnegard on the guelph campui agriculture hit new research buildingt more students more faculty splendid aupport from the ontario department of agriculture and food vigorous leaderthip and fantastic spirit agriculture will flourish on the university of guelph camput it long it the ontirio agricultural college hit young people in it of the quality represented at thla achourihip award banquet concluded dr wtnagard liter ha latued g public challenge to mr gaunt to visit the gualph campus to find out at drat hind how agriculture la faring s you meet thebestofpeopli at the station took up the rest of the morning the afternoon consisted of calls at the farnu of tom jackton highfield farm and high meadow farm a question and discussion period took place at each farm concerning itt particular tyttem of feeding the five tteert viewed at william sheardt were tltughtered in the new aninul science building at the university of guelph one side of each animal wat hung on the rail for viewing on dec 6 dr burgett and dr osborne arranged a program whereby the carcattet could be viewed and several men from the meat trade were on hand to exprets their opinion evaluate the carcattet and answer quettiont it it very interesting and educational lo compare one live evaluations of these steers with the evaluation resulting from the weighing of retail cult and federal government tpoiuor the erin 4h calf com and grain club alio south wellington swine and corn the calf club had 22 member with a 91 per cent completion craig swltzer paul ifamuton and r john reld were dub leader five top member in order standing were earl mclean frances mclean maria mcklnnon stuart g region and john mckuinon harry burt and donald matheton were leader for the 4h com and grain dub the com dub with 17 member had 100 per cent completion five top member in order of standing were debbie hamilton sutan burt john mcklnnon jim marshall and betty hamilton the grain club with 16 member had 100 per cent completions the top five memberi were debbie hamilton sutan burt john mcklnnon jim marshall and frances mclean jim reid expreued the appreciation of the club memberi for the interest shown by the agricultural society and for help given by club leader and parents suun toscan gave courtesies to the lady director for providing refreshment for the evening debbie hamilton france mclean and betty himilton give gifts to the dub leaden jacka meat market trophy for the champion sheaf of grain wat ketented to jean wuulade aunt forett by r john reld alex parr erin township director to the holsteln club presented pen and pencil tell to firtt year member showing a holsteln calf alto the royal bank trophy to gayle beardmore who exhibited the champion dairy calf nomun orr presented breed awards of pen and pencil tett to club members showing hereford calves a representative of the gudph kiwanii club presented the seed judging trophy to the team of debbie and paul hamilton and craig switzer donald matheton presented the miller pharmacy trophy for champion exhibit of grain com to brian smellier guelph township elmer mcklnnon presented the community telephone trophy to debbie hamilton for outstanding 4h dub member residing in erin township r john reid gave a cash award to stuart gregton and jim marshall for being best showman with a dairy and beef calf john root traces layoffs to boycott speaking in the ontario legislature john root mjp for welllngtondufferin uld that farmer today are facing many problem notwithstanding the fact that agriculture it producing more food per man hour than at any time in history the farmer hat to bid for hi help in a labor market pool which teems to have accepted the five day week at the norm mr root tald i think every honorable member realuet you cannot operate a livestock poultry or dairy farm on a five day week the weulngtondufferin mj alto referred to the increasing cott of equipment which the farmer has to buy which he said reflects the steady rite in waj jreat prol for the farm people who hive thlt create a great problem get lent approximately si 25 billion worth of purchasing power from not teen a parallel rite in the price the consumer it prepared to pay for the products of the farm mr root serened lo the chain reaction which developed when the head of a grocery chain suggested a boycott of beef at a time when the price to the farmer had finally advanced to the price that prevailed back about 1951 or 1952 following mr weinttelns statement we have seen the price of live cattle drop we know the price of flnuhed cattle dropped almost 10c a pound when we realize that there aie in the neighborhood of 12 5 million head of cattle in canada using an average weight of 1 000 pounds per animal thlt drop in the market removed worth or pure the firm people i understand tint several hundred men have been bid off in the farm machinery industry in brentford alone thlt it but one indication of what these statements can do indirectly and directly to the total economy of the country mr root said ontario farmers are alio having a problem because farmers in western canada are feeding their grain to livestock the welllngtondufferin member later stated ontario farmers depending on western feeder cattle are paying up to 42c a pound for lop steer calves at a tune when he is able to get approximately 30c for top finished steers thlt tituatlon unleas corrected will eventually force many farmers out of the butineta of finishing cattle and raise the price of beef to the the entire family can bowl together ajsaia s tjutav bowl for pleasure bowl for health 3 go bowling acton bowling lanes 10 maim u m mwttb ujlc r5s4i70 we serve all dry cleaning needs firstbate results flit expert dry cleauluk service to keep your clothe and hoiuejjold itema looking brighter wearing better store hours uon tothursrajj to6rm fridays 1aji to 9 pit saturdays closed pji specials every week holiday cleaners 14 mill streft acton consumer mr root charged lie tuggettt hut the higlrptice feed lot operators are now paying for western feeder cattle might make it attractive for farmers to etlablkh cowcalf operations in northern ontario where there it an abundance of pan anda much shorter freight haul to the feed loll in sdulhern ontario mr root alto charged that large corporations chain stores and so on are able to import product and tell it in competition with ontario farm produce which restricts any rite in the price of products from the farm certificate for msrilortout service to agriculture was pretented to well known district fanner george wallace at last weeka annual dinner ol acton agricultural society in churchill church hea a pan protldent of tho fair and former warden ol welllnatonstaff photo three 4h leaders at regional meet by m cook bob merry nino braid and don nkhobon were the three 411 leader from halloa county who attended the regional 411 leader meeting in auliton on dec 1 and 3 those who attended had an excellent opportunity to ojeatlon and dbcua the 4h prolan and how it i carried out it will be interesting to have an evaluation of thi meeting from the leader who attended for thote lnteietled leader who were unable to attend this meeting there is a regional meeting of 4h leader to be held in brentford pri friday jan 30 and saturday jan 31 1970 you are more than welcome to attend further information it available at the agricultural office local shorthorns shown at chicago canadian shorthorns nude a strong showing at the chicago international placing well up in the polled section which wat one of the best thowt ever held at thlt major event in the horned section ol the show aberfeldy keynote bred by r w gardhoute milton and owned by r b stimion dunut ark placed second second prue unior yearling scotidale bullion bred by s b bennett georgetown was shown by mr and mrs ii molt holly mich the get of aberfeldy habitant who wit bred by r w gardhoute won firit in the junior get and second for tenior get for shea and stelger iii yule lighting the colored lights on our chrutmai trees and the outdoor lights around the house certainly add to the air of festivity at this season make sure that all the wiring it in good condition before you tiring those lights on the tree and keep to the proper sue of fuses you wouldn t want to short circuit your christmas holiday robin today there are many aymboia we aatoettte wins chritmathe tree the star of bethlehem tinsel tree light the manger scene hody caroler and mklletoe among other trawl la interesting to note that for torn reaeoa the robin wat often uaed a an uhittratioa on caakb of the victorian era arthur a johnson doctor of optometry milyom and actom dieeeieey tw ma slfour courlete selection krsonal ristifas cards at our office st t the national line acton mimeograth service 41 church st acton ssj24j7 gordons hardware 22 mill st e acton 8532720