whettioomail did the georgetown herak wedrieady dee 13th 19 what the many cos antyuu during the winter the couiwecthelkuurymiimot which cartavdy holds a marathon slsefuna record in mm v ortftmw port of mt conge- hits creature iweps aue oftclof the twetvel thb serbs of atrverktemanh b desjgneato ocejoalnt ye wfch mm of iw unucul reareres of our natural sceaa estd to promoto yow weresi in the cgnurvahon of v o u ft s t o i n j o v car5ings mf capttno mwitlm umitto wwfc 1 m ml v oiuburher bv imyiam 0f manupacniurw uraibtpi qaleter mom efldae years ofextra life ksjs beakslforse od bora- era offer all umm seaa n and mora becansa ttai bajlt by a com pany with the know liow that thmwf only with year of experienca f coma in and well prat attoyoa on xtjr8dav dkokkbkb ktk heard a complaint from a k col- man that the garbage man had re futed to pick up garbage at his home which was claimed to be in an unsuitable container mr col- man aald the weight was tar under the eft lb maximum that he could easily lift it onehand and that he would continue to use it unless everyone waa forced to use a standard container council aald thesf wouldlook into the matter with bob lane who has the gar bage- contract jr proclaimed tutsdayr december 28th as a boxing day holiday after receiving a petition from the roer- chaihts requesting this moved by maedonald and fetch set aside the sum of 822s0as the towns ahare in paying for jackets which will- be given to members of- the ontario championship juven ile c lacrosse team sponsored by the qrc ksqueslng township la contributing a similar amount moved by hue and petch recreational director j l self asked council for this and r iinrwamd his thanks for councils cooperation during his term as director be asked council to support the 93800 grant lndlvldoatr- and collectively in next mondays vote i cr will write to engineer hagey eon- ceralng an improper installation of machinery to the sewage disposal plant which the town foreman has found runs- backwards the con- tractor engineer and plant designer had been previously informed of this and though the guarantee per- iorujjas since run out council felt the onus still lies with the contrac tor to make the prober adjustments p took no action on a request from the board of parks management to appoint allan norton to the board to replace p f blackburn whom the board said was resinning council felt that the proper procedure was for mr blackburn to tender his reslcnatlo to council before action was taken by them sura to tit on this council ha had walked out on- one in the past be cause there were members who had said things they shouldnt say about the people of georgetown cr mc- gllvray said that in his four years serving under mayor clmvehe was impressed with his fairness and with the time he devoted to the job cr hill said he was seeking reelection but there would be 0 anjmoslty it he wasnt back there next year hews and views for halton farmers maple amtificiaiuaf bred heifer makes record recently 140 members of the maple cattle breeders association ventured oyer slippery roads to the farm of cecil atkinson and son of schomberg the occasion was a barn meeting to see the new worlds milk record artificially bred two s main factors responsible attendance and at each point whr tharat st pauls church sunday school- room where we found soma sixty ladies workinjf on aprons and dresses the fsrroers building where twentyeight ladles were cat ting instruction in tailoring or at one of the eight classrooms at the high school we found a veritable beehive of industry the farm business course was the only one where wo stopped more than a minute or so here dr h ix patterson of the farm economics branch of the ontario department of agriculture wa pr a wealth of interesting and valuable information thlswas in the main- based on his cost studies in ton- jicction with one of the now dairy herd improvement groups in the particular group under consideration the figures for twon- tytwo herds were presented the average cost of producing milk for the two low herds was itiso per ewt while 259 per cwt was the average figure for the two high herds and the average of the en tire group was 382 some twenty- five different factors were present- ted and while we do not pose as an economist it appeared to us- that tha for jean patte audrey wtekssfl carol pope their accompanist alav ta cowan and their director saw indeed to be eonsyatuutad est f finished performance fits well be proud of this group even if they did meet waterloo any frank carney electrical and refrigeration sales and service phone 379j georgetown c i attention farmers we are paying the highest prevailing prices for dead or crippled farm animals horses cattle hogs telephone collect for immediate service gordon young limited toronto adelaide 3636 georgetown 11 guelph 3334 community xmas tree saturday instructed the foreman to take water meters out of four empty houses owned by provincial paper ltd which are slated to be torn down expressed appreciation to mayor cleave for his capable and cooper ative handling of meetings and of town business during the year moved by marshall and maedon ald mr cleave said it had been a real pleasure to be mayor this year and thanked council the town staff and press as mayor he felt that he had had llttlelo do because ev- 2ry member ad done their fair hare of thc work and he hoped that all the present members would be able to spend their evenings to gether next yearj all members sjiokc briefly cr lyons said he had been in and out of many councils and he had never seen one where there was more unanimity of opinion often in the past there had been crossfire be- tween members who forgot that they were workins for the welfare of the town the reeve and deputy- reeve said every meeting had been a pleasure and mr maedonald wish ed all counciuorvsuoceas in the el ection and hoped they would be back crhale said it had been a plea- year old holstein jielfer orchard vale laura texalthls heifer has just completed a record of 22009 ibs of milk and 778 lbs of butter fat in 383 days on twicfc a day milking this typey heifer is one of the 279 registered holsteln heif ers sired by lonelm texal ideal the first aire purchased by the maple cattle breeders when the artificial breeding unit was organ ized in 1945 john powell of the holsteln friesian association at brantford pointed out that the herd average from the twelve cows and heifers was 16111 lbs of milk it waa also pointed out that one senior yearling and eight two year olds sired by four different bulls of the maple cattle breeders had an av erage of 15251 lbs of milk and three of the nine records were for 305 days incidentally one of these heifers in her second lactation- has averaged 71 lbs per day for 79 days theguest speaker w p watson ontario livestock commissioner presented some startling figures as revealed by cost data secured in connection with the new dairy herd improvement associations mr watson pointed out that grassi sil age and loafing barns would appear to be two methods of reducing costs for feed and labour several of the halton members of the maple unit also have some fine records coming along on heif ers sired by bulls in the maple unit all of which would indicate that the formation of the halton branch of the maple unit and the organi zational the three dairy herd im provement groups in halton mark two of the most important advances ever made by the dairy breeders or halton county certainly under present day agriculture with its high production costs due in the main to the upward spiral in the cost of labour and feed in fact everything which enters into the cost of producing farm products the farm operator must cut costs wherever possible if ho is to keep out of the red club winners entertained by kingsway kiwanis the wide spread uvcosts between the high two herds and the low two were 1 production per cow 2 pounds concentrate ted per cow and 3 man hoursper pound butterfat produced it is tiro big a story to attempt to deal with in this article so we booked dr pat terson as the guest speaker for tha annual meeting of the halton crop improvement association to ba held in the court house milton on friday afternoon january 5th in these days of high costs and narrow margins all dairymen would be well advised to make note of the meeting in question u the perfect christmas gift for wife or mother 2 the filter queen j a vacuum cleaner with no dirty bag to empty a health unit guaranteed to remove dust and dirt from your home made 100 per cent in canadac lifetime service guaranteed special xmas offer now in effect 30 down will deliver the perfect machine for a perfect christmas for infontultion or for free home demonstration write or call collect filter queen sales hswdtoit room 10s 42 james st n phone 37223 for local itirormajion aa ernies radio rosy thsatn bid eight of haltons top club mem bers were entertained by the kings- way kiwanis at their weekly lun cheon of last week each of the eight club members were presented with a cheque for 1250 by c d graham denujy minister of agr culture for ontario oh behalf of the kingsway kiwahls mr graham was the guest speaker for the occa sion and his address pointed out that the young people in connec tion with their respective projects learn to make decisions and to sub stantiate their doaision with good reasons for so doing the young people from halton so honoured were as follows- jcan bird of the halton girls garden brigade eleanor stark of the halton jersey guernsey calf club john curric of the halton boys swlne club frascr mcnabb of the halton boys grain club don milton of the halton tractor maintenance club johnc- will- motl of the halton baby beef club john w picket of the halton hoi- stein calf club john marclunent of the halton junior farmers association others who accompanied the young people were a t woodloy and arnold mcduffe both of whom gave outstanding service as club leaders during the past year and agriculture representative j e whltelock why cant we have a night sciioolt this was one of the queries in the columns of the first issue of the milton reformer on november tsrh in 1888 sixty five years have e and the milton district has its night school whether or not any have been held in the interval we do not know but if the writer of that inquiry could have accom- panted the writer of this article on a toor of the tan elans rasas er halls last tuesday evening we f think ha would have bean quite i impressed a total of m wag diamond rings mcbrine luggage lamps purses by julian sale electric shavers billfolds pen pencil sets dinnerware spode i shelley wedgewood world famous watches gruen elgin omega tisaot n recta silverware 1847 roger bros community plate sterling flatware l a keufeman jeweler 48 main st n brampton announcing new low transatlantic rates 7i from caaaaiaa te british lrts j tourist class 14700 and up firsclas 2104 and up fer fail details as u saras walter t evans 4 caw pnone isw halton juniors met their waterloo on friday evening of last week one of the five zone amateur enter tainment contests was held in the junior farmers building at sim- ebe presentations were made by the juniors of the counties of ox- ford norfolk wentworth water loo and halton all presentations were of a hijh calibre and it was s flowets for every occasion desigrvwork a spdtiahy bonded member tds frelegraph delivery service flowers by wire anywhere ra the world norton floral j phone taw o with some difficulty that the adjud icators made their decision the award went to the maple grove jun ior farmers of waterloo county who presented a skit depicting a social evening in a mennonite home palermo juniors representing halton county presented their mus ical comedy entitled ss ber muda this musical skit written and directed by geo s atkins of palermo had a rear audience ap peal and the members of the cast namely happy qates dave pel- letterlo mildred lucas jotuvlilly- ero geo smith geo rogister jfov a driver carefully train ed to drive in all sorts of weather and all sorts of traffic a but equipped with the best safety devices and rets ulaify inspected that are the added safer features you onlay at jovcost when yow travel by bus wsujdncton 2510 north bay 1300 montreal 1570 new orleans 4868 round top aahjact saeaaasja rose bar restaurant phone 89 main y