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1 lie georgetown herald wednesday march 24 1 948 glgy after 1 1948 tourist camp jteqoir a license apply to your municipal clerk xjtulmr thm provision of ilittourjit csxnp rgulw don act 1946 chvciivt april ut 1948 each lohs camp operator j riqmivd co ctir uccn which may b obtained upon application to the municipal clerk for a iopv of the regulations writ to the director development branch department of travel publicity fahli mew bui li kios to onto mom akfhuft welsh yomcfcucau tourist service education week prem mtrcli 3 1 it 10 april ath toorut hwlnm it youu buneii th catudua auqcu- um tooxljt rtuj iniblttuy bureaux bu mbuiud u lafcrmiilx bookl th v tutor laanttxy which tuj totuf oj cw do to bj p f imkr tlui japortattf ipiel rotraca writ lor your fr cop news and items of interest to halton farmers ii alton seed fair and bacon show halton guernsey breeders organize j lloyd chisholm was appoint ed the first president of the haltori guernsey club at their organiza tion meeting held on the farm of wm booth trafalgar township on tuesday afternoon of last week dr a r campbell of guelph se cretary of the canadian guernsey breeders assn was the chief speaker bruce hodglns fleldman of the ontario guernsey club also spoke briefly the other officers elected were as follows vicepresident f mcnabb georgetown sec treas wm booth milton director- howard king oak- ville wallace swackhamer acton ellery brownndge brampton g wilkinson malton where were you irate parent last night wayawrd son oh out with a couple of fellows irate parent well you tell those fellows not to leave their hairpins in the ear a capacity house at the mil ton towa hall greeted prof j c steckley of the ftjdggtowm ex perimental station and w v s mt- muhen of the livestock produc tion service of the dominion pe- irartinejit pf agrjcukure who were the guest speaker on tire occasion of the thirteenth annual halton sed shpw and fourth annual export uucon sjiow held 6n sat- mtday march vmu in kcepipg withy i- tfisippojitr ing crop yctar experienced in 1047 entries were down materially in the open seed clifsbes the quality however was well up to taridard and the demand was keen fred nurse of ashgrove repeated his- triumph of a year ago by winning the t eaton co spcciul for the champion bushel in the show on his entry of cartjcr oats the 4ime exhibitor repeated in the ten bushel oat class and in the auction which followed they brought 2 05 per bushel the other be von 10 bushel lots sold at prices ranging from 1 25 to 1 90 with an aver age of 171 in the ten bushel barley class auctioneer j a el liott got priced ranging from 1 g5 to 1 05 in contract to the open seed show halton junior farmers un der the leadership of president cameion wiuon staged an out standing junior farmer section their inter club class was worthy of special mention acton milton norval and palermo clubs each had a striking display in this clas norval club secured top hon ours both for seed and thejr gen eral display the champion lot in this section was exhibited by floyd bngden of the norval juniors the fourth annual export bacon show staged under the auspices of the halton hog producers was in the opinion of manythc best itag ed to date this year h event was conducted on an intertownship basis with the township directors jelee ting the 1 1 ve hogs the es- quesing directors it bruce ueul robert miller arthur brain and neilson stark proved to be the beat judges of the type of hog whieh makes the brat wiltshire their lop entry of five hogs resul ted in four mst guullty wiltshire ajid one second quality nelson nobsguwcya and trafalgar town ship entries followed in the ordcir named boy ellen ton nelson twp hud the uhatnplon wiltshire with the entry of thou aploard fes tiuesing getting the rsorvp ihovu whose entrius uosultod in hrst quality wiltshire were 4 folidwh thos apployard vernon archer guy wilyon geo t fe srins ullf esquevtng townshlpt w l fegmon of wufinagaweya township tt e ellenton noltoh township and percy merry of trafalgar lowpship w s memulien of the fcdttru live stock ijrarjch stressed qiliili ty in his excellent address as did each of the tuwnslup chairmen of the hdton hog producer nawicly h bruce held of ejqucslng erwln gunby of nelson percy merry of trafalgar and w l ferguson of kaskagawoya in the opinion of these four directors of the hog producers association and alio of president c l s palmer of the crop improvement association who was chairman for the after noon halton hog producers could materially rolse their percentage of o hogs and thereby increase their returns if they would make use of the scales before shipping their hogs president palmer re lated that lecently out of a group of eleven hogs which he weighed he had secured ten ala and one bl later he shipped eight nioil hogs without weighing and secur ed only two al s and thereby in hi opinion jost between 40 to 50 which he migth havfe secured by shipping at the proper weight prof 1 c steckley delighted his audience which packed the auditorium with his practical sound address on soil fertility and cropping piaetices he outlined an extensive experiment conductod at the hulgetown experimental station over a period of years the held in question was divided into h plots one of which received an application of 20 tons of barnyard manure to acre applications of electric cellar drainers or sump pumps electric water systems ixctric washers us engine drive wasjhing machines j i plumbing and bathroom fixtures kemtone wall finish lowe brothers paints and enamels at thompsons hardware pi ionc 46 main street lommcrcinl fcrtilizel and in addl- i atkins hon red clover was plowed down i wheat 1st john bird 2nd during the six year rotation other i douglas alexander 3rd floyd plots received one or more j of the brigden hh stunrt alexander 5th treatments in various combina- geo burkholder rrceman 6th tinns a visitor rollie bldgetown wm g alexander fum on learning that a heavy i halton junior tarmers held stand of red clover which hid tile their seed judging competitions wheat stubble on which crop it i m ue morning with traser lie had been seeded wn to be plowed nubb of esqucsing township not it hditboira oshmatod that thwrficiirovotsclbly hresthan 1000 trumpotor swans in tho wholo of north amonca evory romairung pair ol those boautifulbirdsinvitallyjmpottant to thcontinu6d oxistonco oi tho spocios and tho protochvo legislation which has boon onactod on ihoir bohalt must bo carofully obaervod in ordor to save thoao birds from total oxtinctton moro detauod iniormation concorrung thm and othor olomonts of our natural resources and fullcolor reprints of our wildkfo picturoo without aduortiolng are availablo froo by wnhng to the carting conservation club dopt w watorloo ontario t wvwt y cimw mm in 1813 audubon carofully estimated that he low over a billion passenger pigoonn in one day today there are none this same fate may overtake the trumpeter swan unless great car u taken in conserving the meagre eupply which klill exikts carlinffs he chums iieweiies limitgf milium mi yidrs tl eniiiy vouis tf kiotecf tieimii remarked to prof steckley it s a good tiunt you work for tin government to this prof sticklcy retorted the iovern- nn nt is the onlv one who could af ford not to turn it undlr but cut it foi haj instead the held was sovwi to beans in 1917 and tile in sr plot referitd to which reeeiv ed hit manure eomnienal fertili zer and red cloler yielded 30 bur p i iicie otbei plots which rc- clied only out of the three treat ments in the six yeai period mildtd onlv ii bus or a dlfler- mee of li bushels to the acre with the bean growers leeeivmg sboo per bushel for their 1917 crop one does not need to be much of a m itlu matleian to determine uhetlui il pas to build irp sdil fi rtllitj others ulio spoke briefly during the afternoon included w e onl the high contestant in the junior section but the iflgh man of the day ward brownrldgc of the same tiownship was the high senior lywlc devries won tho halton sejn growers trophy ward browrtridge the strathcona orchards trophy and fraser mc nabb the halton cream and butter 1 roph ii wton branch of tiik maple cattle brfedebs meet the members of the halton branch of the male cattle breed ers ass n met in the court houfic milton on tuesday march 16th notwithstanding flooded roads some seventy breeders were in at tendance to henr the reports of the olticeis of the association these b7itk7mndstank7hairrm p p7i included gw keftcnprcsidentr who expressed the appieeuatlon- of the lathering to prof steckley w s mcmullen and his staff and to canada packers ltd the prue winners in the various elasse were as follows late or medium oats 1st gor don a leslie acton 2nd wood lands orchards ltd bronte 3rd geo c wilson ith john bird gtoiictown ith j e pcaren ac ton ith j biuee brujden geor- 4i town lark oats 1st pred nurse geoijjetown 2nd j e pearen ac ton ird t j brownrldgc george town 1th a h mcclbbon son milton ith woodlands orchards lid bronte nth w s alderson hornbj itough awned barley 1st j bum bi igdcn geoigetown smiitli annul bin ley 1st geo c wilson georgetown iiul t j lliowiuldge ird clnienee king ston paletmo ffli goixion a les lie ith munsell nellia aclon norman porter vicepresident j m mcdonald sec trcas dr c h reeds chief technician and w m cockburn agricultural rep for york a t woodlcy of milton acted as chairman an opportunity was provided foi the ayrshire and jersey breed ers to sign up ond a goodly num ber of men availed themselves of the opportunity it was announced that the maple association is prepared to install batteries of jersey and ayrshire bulls providing sufficient riumber of breeders of these two broods sign up as members to ensure 1000 tows of each breed being insemi nated in a twelve months period the hulton branch of the unit now has 110 members with hol- steins and during the first 11 mon ths of operation they bred between eleven and twelve hundred cows altogether nearly 0000 cows were inseminated by the maple unit in l17 this association has had red lover- 1st h h kingdon luy rapid growth oild milt 10 bus lots oats 1st iicdnure 2nd guidon a leslie ird wood lands oichards ltd 4th t j biownndge 5th j bruce bilgden flth w s aldeison 10 biis lots barley 1st j bruce bilgden 2nd geo c wuson 3rd clarence kingston 4th t j urownridge 3th mnniell ncllls husking com 1st w e tlreck- on freeman 2nd harvey nurse georgetown field peas lst gordon a leslie timothy 1st j bruce brlgdcn chippewa potatoes 1st j e pearen l irish cobblei potatoes 1st j e peuren junioh fahmek section oau 1st geo s atkins bronte 2nd ward brownrldge george town 3rd geo c wilson norval 4th orvlllo orr hornby 8th floyd brlgden georgetown th cordon leslie acton barley 1st floyd brlfden 2nd ward brownridje 3rd wm brain nprral 4th hownon rud- dell gaorjetown bth stuart alex d0er town ut cho a prospects point to the above num ber being more than doubled in 1940 any jersey and ayrshire men who due to road conditions were unable to attend the meetlns on marsh 16th and wish to avail themselves of the opportunity of joining this unit should contact the agricultural office in milton be fore the end of the month doesthe trick geo c brown nonrej