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the georgetown herald wednesday jan 24th 1951 farm news w p watsom outlines 195 farm picture the annual convention of tbf ontario crop improvement vaasoes iationwas neld in the coliseum es- 1 hifcition park toronto the ffret jiii three days of last week at thpj same time the ontario fruit an4 vegetablegro a iheoptatjpfa retail rarm fciquipment dealers were also in- session ah three con ventions were weil attended aritirv delegates in attendance frtom all i sections of ontario i personally we attended the crop convention for tvfb days and jc vealth of yaluflblctinformaion was- presented relative to soils crops ii water marketing etc i- l haps foolhardy to single speaker for special pe- out any mention byt us o far as ue could gather the hi t- a lights wrc the addresses of dr i harrold us soil conservation- strvkt at coshocton ohio what sokc on water and soils ultine w p watson livestock commissioner is his topic the look for 1951 tarries g in agri- onrana who took agricultural out- and the r hon gardiner minister ot agriculture for canada who way the uest speaker ai the annual banquet we cannot liox- to den ith f three addrc sss in fhis weeks col miiii and it has occurred to us that iv oi the highlights of w p ivatsons address would be of in terest incidentally mr ias gained in former irie record a i- agricultural imri the tnvon m watson- years an eri- pronosicator of outlook keeping tional i li the ot ited there iii oi i in i- ri in the front he ointed our ovcnwriiiitf nn this con pending astronomical oev tor defener pur- htve only one ro of an inflationary ited if higher pr- arrificv we have i- yet i i off very fill- il thi i e but lu- he oily i i ol de ilt hll- i i ti a hoit mi jlnsely w ih 1iir oefore employment iii am only labour wii be mjpplio of ied great mar- uyirig hecn aid i arc iiry sta- kiroie iii ii i f mi ports ii it i s i eon- in piv iun years iy is iica linked that of tne us there s toduy i the us and th a limited amount available in 1951 grain in canada arc larger today than at any time uncc 1941 the greatest- factor in ihe price of our own grain is the price of grain 111 us all western iced grain is- h bl j 151 monarch de luxe 4door sedan jqtan armilabl 19s1 model of equal vatom its fun to play its more fun to win the fun is match the photos into 80 correct sets o l wins its fun and its easy clip the photos compare the photos and order the toronto telegram from your neighborhood carrier georgetown m hwtckkimmi billiards motn st ssatch the photos m the matching frames published daily in the telegram yoa do not necessarily- have to match all sets of twin photos to win a prate the most nearly correct entries will be awarded the prizes under the rales the contest or from your dealer f kentner druggist r w robb rexoll drug store e v maccormock druggist r j- caldwell fairview inn or write to the telegram bay and melinda sts toronto i farmnews jersey history reviewed at annual club meeting the eleventh annual meeting of the halton jersey club was held at hornby on friday of last week president duncan moffat was in charge of the excellent programme jrollowing their business session in the morning iq5 sat down to an excelletrt turky repast served by 1be hornby wi numbered among he guests were norman and -alf- s4 haggs of edgeley and col bart- iyjjno of brampton fioi fleorgeralthby of the de- b animal husbandry dwas introduced by m c thesiest speaker talc- fjtowbj baekv fifty wn reviewed the of ihe jer- irlfi and fill per cent of these were in ontario today the jerseypop ulation riiub into five figures and they are in all provinces in can- acfti with 57 per cent in ontario he- further pointed out that in 1907 of all the registered rtittle of the dairy breeds in canada 6 per pent were jerseys whereas today 12 per cent are jerseys jas bromncr secretary of the canadian jel cattle ciub who but recently had returned from a trip to the british isles and jersey island in his original and humor ous stylo gave an illustrated address of some of the highrjghts 0 his mp a the excellent programme inclu- ded the presentation of halters and alexander huth and marilyn iiiriics eleanor stark nick and llemvv itesseni imd grant devlin 1 in- mekcndrick troihy cmblem- i i of the llianiiiion jersey ciuf club was presented to eleanor stark by kiwi klla during the lay plans were made in hold a social evening in the canadian grain board there is uttle reason for believing that grain prices will be any lower at least until spring when navigation opens- in referring to livestock mr watson pointed out that the price of beef cattle s close to an all- tirhc high due largely to the fact hat our beef cattle population od this continent in recent years hass hot kept pace with the increase boa human population in his opinion consumers can look forward to pay ng a high priee for beef in 1951 ib 1950 we consumed 50 million pounda- iess beef but consumed 75 millidnr pounds more pork mr watson rtes not anticipate that the remov ing of the embargo againsl us pork vuill materially affect the price of canadian hogs nir does he think canada will produce more hogs fnt 3 95 1 than was done in 1950 mr watson in referring to the dairy situation staled that the threat of ir may cause a switch from ihicse production to the f canned milk the binary 21st stcwarttowii hull on keb the election of officers resulted as follows president w ii devlin 1st ice president ken ella 2nd vice president w j hatch secre tary treasurer j e whitelock dir ectors mac alexander g r graham hans kroiss hugh beaty w e breckon ernest davies geo h duncan moffat stanley robinson and chas mckeown auditor mrs m c beaty jack featherstone was appointed as the halton representative on the ontario jersey club execjitjve minl9w cresta to the following members f tncaia- the halton jersey club mary lou men more than women are af flicted by color blindness forty out of every thousand men are colour blina 1 new lions club formed in erin plans for forming i ions club in knn were 11 ade ati lived inn of gcoritctnv n lions club at hilltop i mice erin last tuesday the local club met with a num- i of krii nr 1 who had- been in- kited to discuss the possibility of a imilai- club there president jack armstrong presided at ihe meeting mid asked several of the george townmembers to express their views on libnlsm including harold mc- clure only charter member of the club who is 9jmlan2 active member he complimented don barrager for his efforttfn organizing the riaeet- district governor maosel ketch- um of credit valley was a guest at- the dinner and gave some helpful information ma brief talk he met later with the erin jnen for a ques- tion period the group decided to meet last night at the buahobne inn to elect offloe t lub alx reid of guelph who rs iiarert in laiusitinvii oirsevera enterlaintd and made a r iiit with his own particular brand of comedy which intludis trick piano and violin- playing a new member harry loldharr was initiated into wojnbership in the georgetown cftib the district kovernor presenting him with his membership button production most tragic m luation in th- livestock field is 1 in sheep today iess than looooc hfiid in ontario and it el out that the wool litil had recently hit iti pound and 100 v s sh leep men farm nehs hog producers vieet saturday in milton hfitlon hog producers meet in the c6urt hbuse milton onsatur- day january 27th at 200 pjn when ft h graham associate live stock commissioner fpr ontario is to be the guest speaker states percy merry president of the halton asso- ciafilbn we understand the pro gramme will also include a- report on coat of adduction by cedrjo harrop prominent halton hogprprl ducer as poin- in new zea one sterling 1 per pound in can keep all ewe iriils t er the next five years thif is no lancer of over-produc- n the bad news i have for you stated mr watson pertains to labour the supply of farm machinery is likely to be less due to supply of available steel am available hydra electric power mr- watson concluded his address by stating v ybii handle more of that green stuff the more of it 4 wjul stick and further from the stand- poirt of efficiency we jniiatbethinfc ing in terms of coat of produonw rattier than prlcerbesiuse ajiieflt we are rnore likely prices ttap iojtiipfc5l tlikciileutj be tne issa sakmfisftmi w