The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

f4i the georgetown herald wednesday deeh27m 1950 baetj jwaajhta l nmnmn me mamwawaambaaamaamb4hammwi i and the best of all to you and all your loved ones for this year and the years ahead megowans specialty shop main street iftjaamhih xi phone 643 jnewtatfc views for hanoi farmers halton ipkodvobu makb good sbowino at swims fitklq riat cmbwalt wis chrktaubi itbe girls of cedsrrale seheol- had an even finer christmas than usual this year when they learned sllraaon in now enjoyable it can be to giveto othen on thursday the whole school went to jthe peelhalton borne in brampton where they presented concert for iabe elderly resident there toppedtwitb christmas pres ents and a personal card for each which the gtyrls hsd made them selves christmas eve the whole school 32 strong eceotttpaniedjjy mrs paola-ar- thurs went carosinglng through the town stopping before awexeti homes of mstnbers t st john omrch their alnfjng was xean- tlonally ana and broaghvjoy to ao who heard them whsa they tie turned to tl ached itr o bma hmeu mt to end a to each and eversgone of our many friends thehawer new year ever 1licatas fruit market specializing in fresh fruits vegetables main street phone 71 m recently some data was released which will be of interest u hog producers and particularly to those who entered hoes for the swine field day held st essex pack ers in hamilton some weeks ago in all so hogs were entered from the six counties in the district of this number 28 were entered from halton 24 from haldlmandy 21 from norfolk and 9 and 8 respectively iva margeson and from wentworth and lincoln coun ties what is even more interesting 1s to note thai from the standpoint of quality halton is again- at the top with so per bant ala went- worth sb er- cent tfaldhniftd 80 per cent lincoln 27 per cent and norfolk s3 par cent another 32 per cent of be helton hogs en- tared were bls which hi matt eases could have been avtoo had they bean marketed- at the proper weights 7 durin recent yaerill mountain concert heabeen said and written on bash blue mountain school held their farming plowmens folly by concert in the hall thursday even- faulkner stirred up quite a centra big under ihe direction of their versy then followed a number teacher mrs john lawson a mast of books articles and addresses by enjoyable program was given by the one and only touts bromfleld the pupils followed by a visit from he too is an advocate of trash b well beloved christmas personal- farming those of us who had an ity lunch was served and dsne- opportunlty of visiting malabar ing wns enjoyed to music supplied farm last june have to admit he by mr and mrs jack ifcknery has converted a veritable desert mr harding price was ti4 into a very productive farm we tor the proceedings and miss boils could not help but note thathis i harding was accompanist in the mouldbosrd plows stand rusw and absence of the music teacher rlm had ik v a 1 i 1 8 1 seasons greetings i from the wmk to 100 miff tt ewawatgajiajsbbm seasons greetings from kfen mcmaian m 1 l with best wishes for your happiness in 1951 fred sinclair white rose service station and garage main street phone 26 1 1 i 1 s the close of our brat year in business gives us the oppor tunity to say thanks to those it has been oar pleasure to serve harris grocery phone 691 r 12 stewarttown samsslin we take great pleaftire in etendinsjxiurjest wishes for a joyous new year with many thanks for your patronage in the year that is i i 1 1 1 unused in the driving shedf mr bromfleld asidefrom being -a- great booster of alfalfa ladlno and brorae grass is a real enthusiast for the graham plow a is a modified hydraulically operated stiff tooth ed cultivator with teeth approxi mately a foot apart which accord ing to mr bromfleld can it put over a field several times be put down to 18 or 20 inches the sev entyfive members of our party were impressed but not convin ced that such method would de satisfactory on the heavy clay looms of halton conditions at malabar are entirely different from here in halton they argued in the ffst place the soil at malabar is a deep gravelly loam secondly they get 35 to 40 inches of rainfall in that section of ohio in contrast to 23 or 30 inches in- this section of on tario others pointed out that 25 to 30 inches of moisture is ample it we could get sufficient at the critical growing period during may i and june with that we are in clined e agree and our solution in part at least would appear to be a question of conserving our moisture by building up in the humus con tent of our soils true that is eas ier said than done under the ad- verse growing periods of the past two or three years itmay necessi tate us discarding or modifying some of the methods which we have considered sound on even our best farms frankly we must admit we dont know the answer however we were impressed to learn a few days ago that some of those who took the trip- to ohio last june are quietly proceeding to try out- some of these new ideas up in the ashgfove district of esqiiesing toivjudjp kurs bros have pro- cured a graha0rplow and instead of fall plowing some of their stub die and sod fields they put this new implement over the fields a couple of times instead of getting it down 18 to 20 inches as sugges ted by mr bromfleld the best they could do under their soli con ditions and power available was 8 to 10 inches and they used s lot of power too the only observation nurse bros can make to date is that the moisture has gone down and there has been little or no runoff they are indeed to be commended for helr initiative and their experience will be followed with interest recently we were talking fo a prominent fruit grow er in halton and he is a great vocate of mulching undor orchard conditions this practice gives results jade mckay bert mcmenemy ihodge mr- andmrsoearslnolairand family of milton spent cin4rtm day with toe klricwoodt j rev and mrs e w brierly- of st thomas were christmas visi tors with mr and mrsw gibb mr and mrs jos allan were in tqronto for christmas with mr and mrs russcl taylor tsrm sales and service georgetown social personal mr and mrs bruce kennedy and cheryl of lansing were guests on christmas day with his parents mi- and mrs george herrlngton a family dinner on christmas day at the home of mr and mrs- jesse wyatt included mr and mrs b1u wyatt and mr and mrs bert wyatt hamilton and mr and mrs bob wyatt and lynn mrs wyatt and lynn left today for trenton where bob who is stationed there with the rcaf has rented an apartment gument that a heavy shower on our clay loams does create a hard surface with consequent loss of moisture by runoff whereas a mulch of cut straw or manure does break up the rain drops and results in the moisture soaking in with little runoft and the soil remains loose and friable needless to say the soil under such mulch does retain its moisture too during dry periods the point is can we apply this principle to grain and other cultivated crops the practice on many of our better farms in recent years where manure is available for the plowed fields is to it on top and disc it in under mal condition this hi good prac tice but in the dry springs of 1048 and 1949 it has resulted in opening up the soil and greater loss of moisture at least that hssmwen our observation wo wonder if there isnt someone in the mixed farming of the county who is prepared to be a guinea pig if you like someone who has part stack of bid straw which has lincoln auto body extends seasons greetings with thanks for patronage extended during the year expert collision and body work auto rehnishmg all types of we wealeyan street phone of there can be no ar nr boen through a shredder some surplus cut straw or some manure who would be prepared to speed it after seeding over a portion of one of their fields which have been sown to grain and seeded down it may be a new fannied idea but in an area when we run short of moisture in may and early june jand where we have difficulty get- jt tins satisfactory catcher of small iceds it should be worthy of a trial where the going is toughest goodyear studded soregrips will pull yon mrwuth where other urea slip sad dog let ss seaslpyoar track r it is our sincere wish thai the new year may bringthe best of every for our friends in the district ttbrsetown feed mill grain feed seed custom chopping and rolling guelph street cccicwcikwitmswjml phone 861 j ik um 3 at this happy- 1