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toursdav fkbm1ar7 10th lfttt the acton free press pack sevkn no nutter i 11 a dirty paid the mllnaii brotuthtl a pair oc aockm or a chriatmab cake 1 or the amraxmomd eooluea it dnimt natter a hit aald be ica aat thm she aetvt it from homo mtla ctroofl ciga wrapper and werytnjnc zapreefcmn aa coat and a some- a male from the lovely past and i can see them all a plain aa can be graving their hands la oodtay to me i can aee the kitchen and mother there la a ktod of housedreas thi watchlnc kjtowiac dad wiu be dead on his net boatlbui around in her happy way tonkins aa cute as a kid at play it bat the mud and the coh and wet that sets you down if they dont that were out here alugatav to keep and a million other kids like me la the battered fields and the skies planing our faith on the folks we love edna jacques in the saskatchewan farmer twentycyeare ago c thai febssswy mu- st valentines day buffalo meat lias be n on the menu in a number of homes during the wwk patterson the meat man obtained a supply from walnwrlght alberta a ur w j aklns has been chosen a secretarytreasurer for acton fall fair the thomson motor supplies ltd which started a factory here last year is to be run by the acton machine co the two companies have been closely related for several years both handling the same products messrs blow and harrison are at the head inventions aid r in uniform aramy aad s c a p mm marie bavjcr iiwmkii loaity qf wi hiigini winnipeg cp they may no have cot around to building a better mousetrap yet but the inventive gen iuses tn the canadian forces have built a lot more useful things and la so doing haver saved thousands of man hours to be devotedto other tasks staff set w is of winn ipeg known as jocfc to his fellows at no 10 supply depot here invented a ready reckoner which gives at a glance and a turn of the handle any one of the 72j000 calculations in providing dally ration for the three services in military district no la jock is responsible for checking filing and dispatching dally food re quirements for up to 16 units with a total of more than 7jooo personnel daily rations for each of these men and women include 73 individual items computing the enact amounts re quired for these servicemen and wo men was a gigantic task every day until jock invented his reckoner weeks of mathematical headaches resulted in the invention of a small cabinet with a glass panel tn front of it through which two rolls of tlghtiy- flgured paper can be seen the turn of a handle in the side of the box gives the exact number of rations re quired for any riven number of per- dont ask us how it would j take too long i aid parachutist fit r robert gruhb of winni peg is to the itcaf what jock is i to the supply department grubb has invented n number of instruments to ease the life of the parachutist one is a tension device used in packing parachutes which replaces outward process by which the parachute- packing mamas of the rcaf wd once used to have to sling around a 29 pound bag of lead shot in packing the yards of silk that go into a chute some of grubbs other inventions are a clip for packing chut parachutists tool kit weighing about awkbklvi umksat ottawa ml of the amalgamated manufactory fire chief mcdonald interviewed 21 pounds and replacing a 100-pound- the council requesting motor trans- er once carried by airborne troops nortatlon for the fire apparatus a harnessdrop tester for chutes and george hynds j p- for over fifty various prongs to hold shroud lines years a worthy dtuen and closely associated with the administration and development of the town died last thursday ufjed davis- at the home john street acton on monday february 11th 1024 lydia lodge wife ol william j davis aged 94 years worden at the family residence church street acton on tuesday february 12th 2024 lottie barber- ree wire of william l warden mclellan at the residence of his sonlntaw john lelshman mill street acton on sunday february 10th 1024 john kemp mclcllali in his both year sunflowers a new grain crop until recently the production of the sunflower tn cattada was restricted chiefly to its use for ensilage in areas not suited to the production of corn and to n lesser extent in the garden where it served to provide seeds which were enten much os peanub nrc or as a border flower intercut in the sunflower ns a grain all weed legislation except that crop came about largely because of concerning the seed trade is the ret- the shortage of edible vegetable oils ponslblllty of provincial governments i tn canada soon after the outbreak of and the preparation and distribution the present war states dr t m of literature concerning weed indent ttlcatlon and control is imminent in the work of provincial departments origin of national committee on weeds in position in the packed parachute sgt grubbs interest in the prob lems of parachutists dates frojn the time years ago when he was a pro fessional barnstorming jumper in britain demonstrating the use nf chutes in leaps from planes and sta tionary balloons stev ensoti dominion agrostologtst central experimental farm ottawa the ensilage varieties which were of agriculture some experimental tall growing and late maturing were not suited as a grain crop in most area however other types were available canadian plant breeds had some years prior to the outbreak of war recognized the possibility of us ing the sunflower as a grain crop chiefly as a source of vegetable oil they set about to develop varieties suitable for grain production on a large scale they decided first of all that such varieties must be semi- dwarf tn habit of growth and early maturing so that they could be har vested satisfactorily by ordinary farm machinery furthermore the hew varieties had to meet certain stand ards of perfection respecting oil con tent and oil quality the two outstanding varieties which resulted from that work are sunrise ahd mennonlto approx imately 30000 acres of these varieties were grown for grain tn the prairie provinces tn 1943 it is estimated that this crop villi yield over 18 million pounds of seed 1 hid crop is capable of providing 4 million pounds of high quality edible oil and more than 2250 tons of excellent high protein and research work on weeds is carried on at provincial institutions such aa universities and agricultural schools most of the work in connection with weed experimentation and research including surveys is administered by the dominion department of agricul ture thtrough its experimental farm and science services in response to requests from prov incial organisations the associate committee on weed control was set up by the national research council in 1929 five years later the com mittee was organized with the dom inion department of agriculture in 1039 the committee was absorbed by the national advisory committee on agricultural services and named the national committee on weeds from 1920 to 1042 dr robert newton president of the university of alberto was chairman of the committees during that time six volumes of re ports and proceedings were compiled and distributed to members and lib raries in june 1042 dr k w neatbv winnipeg was appointed chairman and the name of the committee fin- oil rneal suitable for stock feed in ally changed to the national weed addition there will be an abundance committee i fcd available to enable us to meet among the functions of the commit- the 50000 acre objective set for 1944 tee is to serve the national advisory the development and production of committee on agricultural services sunflowers for grain constitutes an- in all matters pertaining to t weeds other worthwhile contribution from to act aa a clearing house for exper- i agriculture to the war effort imcntal and observational informat ion compiled in the various provinces and make it available to all to org anise meetings to discuss and review work in progress in all the provinces to undertake v critical discussions on dominion and provincial weed legis lation to sponsor and finance re search projects and to undertake and promote aggressive educational and publicity work through any ap propriate medium it la important that sows be sup- vued with green forage or fed a feed ing oil during entire nursing per iod sheet and towels slated fob increase under standardization and simplif ication orders announced by the pri ces board considerable increase in the quantity of bed sheets pillow slips towels wash cloths and bath looms tn prospect the comaumer may not be able to obtain these articles tn as many sixes qualities designs and col ors as normally but there will be more of tbem available it is thou ght that an additional 175000 towels will be produced as a result of the steps taken along with a further 30 000 sheets parliament hill ks somnolentlook ing no more as the house is in sfrlon again there is a freak lilt to the walk of most folks coming up wellington street and entering in at the trig or nate gates leading to the p tower entrance the members from town city farm mine and flshlkg village are back on the job democracy starts clicking again ottawa storemen were given a jolt the other day when a brisk salesman was around offering flags and bunting for sale to be used for armistice day no he wasnt a bit early he explained this was the armistice when this war ends the next jolt may be coming to the sales man and others thinking the same way that well known fjttawa landmark the 140000 gallon water tower which reared above the ex perimental farm auditorium crashed to the ground when flre destroyed lite building recently we think of salvage ns n civilian job but it might interest you to know that the army goes in for it in a big way utving millions of dol lars annually a recent national de fence report showed that 836000 pairs of hoot and shoes were repaired and restored to service they operate n boot repairing plant which con produce 1500 pairs each week using uppers stripped from condemned boots articles scrapped and resold realised 410331 reconditioned by contract we noted were damaged enamelware and galvanized utensils i including more than a thousand boll- era and twenty thousand jugs bowls mugs and plates clothing repair and tailor shops made over three million j repairs to garments of all kinds one of the interesting people at the national meeting in ottawa of the 14 regional consumer branch chair men of the wartime prices and trade board was mrs cameron dow lately appointed rural advisor to the branch she is national president of the fed eration of womens institutes mrs dow in plain longugage said if in flation is ever allowed to get hold in this country were sunk i remem ber what happened in the lost war and after even thouch we hold some of our stuff nt a high price the things we had to buy were hluher and tn the lane run we were worse off than before that must not happen bkaln mrs dow proves her fajth in th value of checking prices by keeping accurate account of her purchases in her little blue book national income is supposed to give n pretty cood indicntldn of the na tional welfare the dominion bur eau of statistics points out that for eleven month of 1043 it showed tin increase of 18 4 per cent a total of 580t2000000 over the similar period a year before production and trans port of munitions and war supplier were the main generators for the highest level in canadian history coincident figures are interesting too the index of mineral production up- ped a little but gold receipts and coal production declined manufact uring production index showed an in crease of 21 5 per cent there were advances in operations of flour mill ing meat packing and in the tobacco industries with a recession in news print output and of iron and steel and canadas domestic and foreign exports hit jtho astounding figure of 3001 million three times that of the prewar year 1938 the minister of labor is issuing on order which will put the onus on em ployers to check mule employees of military callup age to see if they j have compiled with mobiukatton rvgu- lotions an employer will include the dominion provincial and municipal governments as well as private busi ness or farmers oven where the em ployee is a son or other relative 6f the farmer j americans are really big investors in canada a united states treas ury census reveals that american owned property in foreign countries reaches over the nine billion dollar mark 34 per cent of this being in canada i if you sometimes wonder why hanks have increased staffs put it against the large number of checks that are issued for one thing checks cashed against individual accounts ag gregated 953797000000 during 1943 a new high point in canadian history too be sure to read that amount correctly because it sure is passing the busks and no fooling agricultural notes the department advises potato growers to order their 1944 seed potato requirements with out delay and a list of growers hav ing certified foundation a or found- 1 ation seed can be got from plant pro- tection division depc of agriculture ottawa as for potato a a five per cent increase is wanted for this year ontario manitoba and bc- have each agreed to 10 per cent more acreage quebec and alberta will aim for 3 per cent the marltlmes with 1943 plantings greater than long time average wllll maintain level pro duction as will saskatchewan an increase of nearly onethird over the 1943 output in maple syrup and pro ducts is being asked representing about three million gallons on a syrup basis marketing of lambs and sheep off canadian farms and ranches in 1943 is expected tn be up 5i over 1943 corn however looks for a jump of 93 per cent over 1943 acreage nearly 400000 acreswhich was the estimate quoted at the joint agricultural conference in ottawa there will be plenty of vege table seeds like peas beans carrots swedes etc- available for 1944 spring planting because the agricultural supplies board arranged a produc tion program in the spring of 1943 we are informed that about 69 per cent of the canadian production of vegetables and field root seeds were grown in british columbia last xea- potpourri canadian mctalurglsti will now be devising new plans for civilian use of magnesium canadian prodefeed restrictions for which have been removed by the department of munitions and supply apparently weve got plenty for war require ments in the same ontegory wrap rubber anchors nvelgh cimndn navy now totals ho 000 ter- konnel including 4 mm wrens with 230 fighting ships and 400 uuxlllury raft once up laughed nt the rain- tmw and ntobe only mtldler illhcnurged after november 1st 1041 are entitled to the new scale cloth ing allowance uppcd to 3415 a new medical treatment of heallhg chntquct they follow the wounded from the front line to the hospit al checking all the way n our war expenditure for the first nine months of the fiscal year to december 31 1943 totalled 2782 749js15 thats why we need to buy the dental health of canadian ranks among the best in the world but it will be given a fillip after tlj war by the way the dental corps i looking after the men and women of the armed forces over 1200 canad ian dentists are now serving with tlte navy army and air force every sailor soldier and airman is mad dentally fit before going overseas or on i active operations and then a dental officer with his portable clinic goes with them wherever they go since the outbreak of the war over ten and half million dental opera- lions have been completed greatest threat to beef prirductioii the health of beef cattle depends llrst upon the selection of strong hyalthy breeding stock second the proper feeding with a better under standing of nutritional requirements particularly as to minerals and vita mins in a balanced diet fatprodui ing feeds are not necessarily sufficient to product a healthy tale unlis judi cially supplemented by these essential aids third proper win halloo and hygiene through the life of the animal fourth tin- irvnllon of ull contagious or infectious dlsenmmt which will rnmd to timely vaccin ation owners should im vigilant at nil times to recognize nny disease condi tions that might hudnvnly or gradu ally enter the herd so that prompt measure tan ito token to check the kpread of themi dlseaiu h thus protect- ini the remainder of the animals from infettlon and preventing need les tosxes kffldenf beef production lw more important to the nation this year thnn it htui ever loctrhefore ltvehtock diseases nr the greatest threat to beef production ut this time only by constant vigilance an dis ease losses he kept down and prod uction kept up wokfv 1 included in a bbc rouidup news inside europe was an ex tract striking in its frankness from a speech made by the dutch quisling mussert the day before at a nazi ceremony to mark the tenth anniver sary of the spread of nazism in hol land he said ormany had to take harsh measures to permit the con tinuation of the war before illtle- invaded holland the dutch nazis had a hard struggle to exist against the opposition of the dutch people htwjak indtttrniv 0t7ws lacos cp a sugar industry la being developed in nigeria the small sugar industry started in one province zaria shortly after the out break of war incre very rapfctr and sugar crushers now sure operating in seven provinces leeds cp the yorkshire west hiding farmers union passed a res olution urging that smoking during threshing and stacking operations be made illegal members said it was as dangerous as smoking in a muni tions factory tommies help in italian harvest a common sight in italy in the into summer of 1043 was the british tommy helping italian farmers with the liurvest three london men all r as c drivers acted as tomhtrnry furm workers on one italian farm carwood of mltcham n a jenkins of raltersennnd f rowcll of shored itch are all hth army men who have been in the fight from el alnmeln onwards the farmer they are helping is fratelll sessa a released prisonerofwar who also fought at el alnmeln on the side of the axis where he was wounded nnd taken prisoner picture shows jenkins left and howell at the idfter if its printing it can be done locally we take pride in the fact that over the years we have made a careful study of the local requirements of printing and have built up an equipment that can meet comlctcly the printing require ments of acton and milton and district folks who take the time to visit our printing plant often wonder at the amount of equipment that is in use not always can we show them all the machines in operation because we do not maintain a staff sufficient to operate them all at once they are ready on quick notice to meet the special printing needs of custom ers for commercial printing alwcdfa fjut qood pu4iihjf were always gkul to consult and give the benefit of our experience zoen i wartime wt are meeting your problems and continuing almost the same service sometimes its difficult hut we still like solvihg printing problems and can relieve you of most of the worries connected there with we dont ask you to share our troubles in meeting unusual situations of today thats our problem and if it is printing it can be done locally in wartime or peacetime m iob jj ptude 7oa in the type of printing we do for our custom ers we like it to look right when it is put in ser vice or when it represents our friends away from home it doesnt matter whether its a sale bill or a fine two or three color label or catalogue if it bears our imprint youll and it neatly printed easy to read and designed specially to fit the particular need we dont expect our customers to make any excuses for their printed material q a 2bdu pimid mill street acton ontario phone 174 ghatttfuoh main street milton ontario phone 220