Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), February 17, 1949, p. 6

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mat art the actom mtek trkss mtiaoay rpkuijutt it m ontario legislatcre opening ceremonle flhb chronicles of i jcmgerfarm wrltua he4ilr lee tfce aus pre pre flwendounk p cuulkss j ltciuiad aaovau uu ontario legislature during the ocwnlsu dies reading hit introductory rrnyiikk tu ihr irft l ihuwn the tun cmrmnytt 4ha first- ulunx lh jlnhaflulaluro which took plaoo i ury totuthn with iraauer ihunias 1- hannedy jm on thursday lal kybruaiv loth hon the it v ii cocks dav let mem rod in ihr background the press fallrty is shown and in thi tilth frn iu nnler fcee for w ifitkofw alkervl le nul appointed kprker u shown oa the i ol the chamber aic the wives ut cabinet mlnlsltra and gucslx fcs5aajj farm news al prevtswial ftninnl mrrttnn turmg in pail tw o fflu the jujal york and king ktlvvard ho tela in t ton to nave been lltcrallv swarming with fatm dr cgatrs from all c hon of ontario it was the occasion of the annual dmvttnfi and conventions of the majorttv of ttv onlart i and fan ajqan bred orgsnlrstlvts ontano crop improvement association ontario plowmen ontario art cultural societies etc hllr r were onls able lo at tend a ver tmal ptrnntagr of lb meetings and cntequentlv heard aftl a frw of the papers ami addresses on could not help but he impressed by the depth the comprehensive nature of many of the addressee and the dear cut manner in whsch many of the speaker rot down to the funda mental problem of the day in abort we personally felt 1hall- u our farm leaden have a grmip of our fundamental problems to a much greater extent than ha been true at any time previously in the paat 2 year they literally and figuratively jot down to earth at both the crop improvement and plowmen a convention the general theme was soil llulldlng no longer it ti a question of conser vation but rather th naceailty of building up the supply of organic matter and humus which it gen erally admitted aa being essential j u applet on of wauacaburg took u his subject th rath to profit u grass cow red whkh will suggest the trend of kit think- ijig and convictions to quote ur apple ton there u only one ob jective thai should feoe every far mer that is how to reduce coats how to produoefor lees this is the real application of science to agriculture while all of the other complex economic problems are be ing worked out year b year the farmer will make such problems much easier of solution forltoa cwrned if he keeps hammering away at decreasing costs the path towards this goal is covered with grata prof o n ruhnke formerly ot the dept of soils but now director erf research at j he oac took as his topic soil building with sod crops in other words farm lead era both practical and effective technical today are convinced that the moat practical and effective method of building up- our tolls in 3ngatlc matter and humus is iy muu of grasses and clover it is also generally accepted that our hay and pasture crops are our moat profitable crops we werraiher interested in a conversation we had with d h hart wellknown hols tela breeder from near woodstock mr hart ejarnaand oprataaaround 500 ae- rae and is recognlxad aa ana of tn ontario v hae known doug hart inl mnir w both p tended the llltlr tl m liool h i n tir tenth llnr of last orra and nrrrr with a good dral of lntrret urllirrmon wr nlwa find ii worth while lo keep our ear op n and in an far aa poasible our mouth i lnfd hrn he anund vw aoc- rd hts ntninn n thr artviwibfllty and piai tat iml of ttw ing ins r1 ulth eeo btaln crop alo hit iv n on the plowing down ol cni n manure crops at a means of stepping up organic matter and humus in reply loour first ju- ion he replied oh i r always seeded down ery gralft crop 1 sow and i ncrr sow two grain rrops in succession in the same field we a aolearnm thnt hl barnyard manure all e out on hit meadows and in addition he supplements with commercial fer- tl lier approxlmatrty 16 tons of luperphotphate was applied to the meadows last fall as ou would anticipate lack ot organic matter and shortage of pasture and hay are not srrtout factors on thr hart xarms ifro sa llelng so we hope next june il may be pocslb to conduct a bus tour to the hart holm farms and other points of interest in western ontario mime of our halton fields thu we hae more rten i sul- tnntiit th tiinn irnv lnnd is 1mflt ij r ai jork apnh ton puts it tu ialh to irodt is rn m nsl vi nuld not ip but ft 1 nfji r islt tlnj it i lit uunmrnu nnd nd drrssei of some of thrv- piatllinl nntt surrorm fnrmrrx mm wr tn llnllon doi ltn ini r n mn nt age of our land to grain or ul1l atd crops ioui hart dmi stai el that not rr a of one at riage should tx- in rialn rops mr reader where do ou stack up nniutnil hrtvr fo low a hi jicalnit this measuring tlrk we frefll fram raalem at on the auld farm near arkelu now perated by th animal hua- bandr dept of the oac was such a problem field twelve acre in extent the last crop was taken off in 1914 following 19m it just grew up in natural grass in 1945 it carried nine 3ve for two weeks which will indicate its csrrylng capaclt the field in question it a sandy loam with a gravelly sub soil furthermore it tt hilly and stoney in th fall ot 194o it was plowed and reseededf th folowlng spring at the rate ol jtt lbs per acre plus a ughl man ure crop and 330 lbs per acre of 3- 12 id fertlloer th held was pas tured lightly in the late summer and fall of 1946 in june of 1947 twenty steers were turned in and there they remained until nov ft during this period the 26 steers put oa a total of 300 ha in the spring of 1948 the field was top dressed at the rate bt 5 tons ol manure to the acre twelve mora steers were turned out into thlt fltld on may 9th hujand remain ed tnv re until august mrd when they were marketed tey hd gained another zttxt lbs prof r g knox who reported on this field at oneor the toronto meetings p rv ten ted a fund of interesting and amazing figure in brief the to al net profit per acre for the two grazing uasona was 99839 if returns such as the canbe secured from a problem run down are more than ever convinced nf ter attending some of lhe convent ions in tronto lhat if we in llal ton wou d cut down tlw acreage which w now put into raln rrops and seed down every rraln crop we sow sow more grax and do rr seed per acre appls our barn- nnl mxnure to our meadows and pututri ind plow down more do w r a green manure crops thai we would get more returns in dol lars and cents from our fields that we would over a period of cat materially step up organic matter and humus content of our soils increase their water holding cap acity and our crops would suffer esa from drought in dry perlodi there would be less run off and soil erosion our wells and springs would benefit thereby fewnr fail ure to aecur seed catch yrs and we would lower our coats of productionour cattle would have realepasturea not exercising pad- august and septem ber and in the final analtts we would cease thlt senseless mining of our national inheritance and pass on our farms to future gen erations in a good or better con dition n that in which we re ceived them so thst they in return may continue to enjoy the same standards of uvmg which we enjoy today only by so doing can we build a better nation in which our children can live in peace and hap piness and at the same llroerfnain- taln a stronger nation to face the storm clouds th a brewing in the ominous world of today halton forum dimuss problem immmi distribution halt on kami i- orums got right down to tustnei on the this htti- pig went tn market hroad- ral mxirrn r ports were rr iv ed and alt were in favor if wane kind of organised mark ling the open market wa lield in vt ry poor when the imln w make their apfmarame wi m v r mmmu u g t through without r rtjw or helf r requiring vt urinary aten tlfkfi h it was thlt ear on by lute llirv e t nlvea arrival and all was well in the maternity liarn llut tame the fourth id ll w4 a different itory i1il lime thr nrlher a i if r with tor first calf did nm i arcordmg ii lloylr to telp i r in lite w he nthmild k mtrttil oint int will len vt w i kept hu 1 i t mnl iv i ut lo ll k til i i ira dirn w ut i r lo ilrlnk ihi lug mri if fr ixnii imii mod 1icm to tl in ii molatm s oh hint m i ij f lt i mm y inrfcjm n i w ml r we i ml til i f 41 h lit if it it coop ihonk 127 milton w i have been appointed agents for pedlar product stable quipmunt litter armr- hsy jrs snj tracks i tc alst repairs for i ouden equipment start your jm ks right feed im op i ck starter new lnpmcni of a hsrlcy and 0rn they arc theaper is iw ukr ycujr vp and huild it it mol ivi in jim tui i if i hit mfiii i t tuf t ul io tiny uti ij i i i a jul in tt wax in n itlfct i nil for uintinliiin 111 i i l ll wuo l lij s mixed with wnrni watir tn n twit th nml vrn jv a dumb m in mttlr m difirull fo it j dip th cup inlo ihepall then drop the tnolnnm s ft mi ii up into a lug pllthir mid im whii wntit hut ih iihi1ss u tm thick to drop u i tin iii i i- j 1 th- plli her whl r ou i t a immm you mh iht tufl out of th i up then yoo lonk nnnrnrt wnnrtertnj whnt to ili with hit shmii u fmatly put tt tnwn jn thr kltrhrn tatilr nrut uirn you tlw mm ll mo ur nnr wish ou hadn t and then is t iii anothi r up if nn ins wis 1 wit stl with yvhlw ou nn in hie m 111 of things and t idy to d iahl w ith aninr tin one man n nor i ifr otmts along and ioi ii vnt u jii thnt 1 1x rt ndy mi tt r li avr it to me rv xl im if viu r k in to n nkt n mi vs mlw thnt n dl th nt xl itmm u if tt to him hul h that llmr th in ins w is nu- ik stainiil lluiugh a nil th k irik ns llut who nm i to favor man cjilming that ipeh markets have resultexl in a great range of prl e nnd have fnllcd lo mnr mi r pluses in ihr pnvt riilrteeti fnrunis advocate co op- i rntlvt mnrki lltik stone chml said all agreod that the op n murk t omuim k i o he replaced by cooperative mnikctlnt as n mi nn of tunn iztng farm pnn n much as the law of uppl and dininnd al iqws mmi rmnn ndvoend d strong producer associations to act at bargaining ngrnciik in deal ing with processors and dlstrtbu tors r their asvoclatliwis in a t- tlng prices and grading rmlhods ashgrove was in favor of a pro ducer marketing scrnme where lhe farmers hasp jnnt control with thr marketing board for thr domestic markrl j mt nemo thought a price floor should he put under all commod ities but darbyvill waa of the -ilrxu- man lh illfit of thinking i is ahle to do a imi jrr job thnn such as i anjw i was still hu wiping up lil hs nf tn invst s 1 tint must mm l hnv dripiad inlo pin n when i hnd nesrr tern ll was around a m ltiil dav johndeieenbaker progressive conservative party will speak thursday night feb 24th on the subject the nations business cbl 745 pm est m c live lwly wll ii iii t t r ih i ow th n nt noon wi m nt f tr him ngnln this time for a hori with a had nttnik of ln mon hi an mashes 1nrtntr told lhe rl he had ihtt r take the farm imcausc we couldn t go on paving him a day hut while he was here wr had him glvr iinne a hol as a presrntltlve agalnsl distemper i arul speaking of that little dls i turh r of the iearr daughter writes htime how is mv llttlr hone getting along- i i read her irltrr nnd thought of the night before ahout m pm i took hon down cellar for thr night while there f put another ivelful of coat on thr furnace crochet work but could not find i mv glalscl the are thr kind otttumdlng farmar la wastara field what are the poeslulltlei on make your selection of new wallpaper tub lakge3t stock in wbsisbn ontajuo ptiewl to tttu i vmntuitit chapwirs bookstore ssntmm socmsta opinion that if a floor price were come back to mv chair and set in everything upp1 and dr- mand would gut the market m j concern sn the problem u farm that are pracllca ly unhreakaku surpluses the opinion was almost ilh shell rims i could not re unanimous lhat some means member what v had done with should be worved out whereb tham and et i had a hunch 1 had turpi uses would no go to waste i carelessl put them in m smock town une suggested bring im- j pocket in which case they might migrants to ihu county to con- hae dropped out at t shotirrt sume our turpi us darbyvllle lhe coal i searched the cellar pointed out if ctooperatlve had t the coal bin among odds their own cold storage for surplus and ends of this anfl that in and it could be held for a bettor mar j round a small pile of furnace wxod and among the hidden bones in hone s box partner esenj rated ovsr the eoa t in lhe fur 1 nace in case i had shovelled them in with the coal and wherever we went ylane scampered along with us and thought it all a great oke to have both of us down th cellar with her well i looked for those glasses off and on until mtdnlghbwhv wouldht i without them i can ket- ml nemo said markets should be open to countries to which we do not now export developing world trade and cur- rni pontile had an ingenious idea farmers shou d go on an eight- hour das with two weeks hoi days snders comers stated the government should provide necessary means to dispose of sur- 1 pluses to nesdy countries kelso i suggested cut production to read aord ftret thing the nex meet any surplus that might dev- j morntn i it gln tlain tlop ooked tn all the possible place 1 ss no 7 nassagaweya said b looklnar in th impntelmi we believe if there was a proper onct sur enough i found thenv marketing scheme there would be in an empty coal bin which li no surplus there are tn our own hadn t been near at all th were- country pcope who could use the no broken hut as i picked them oversupply of almost any product u on of dropped out we auo think that if inferior prot i could feel one of the earlugs ducts were kept off the market w roughened i dfdnt need fo tt would tv better zimmerman i much of a detective to know d r pf 1 notj now tjwy w c nd irpiusjtndstrtbutlontandaiki w kowa myhoneyj ed for a distributing arencv i daughter will read trils colum be set up by vno with full power and racllltlee for worldwide dts- jlbutlon of surpluses with set- tementj through a world bank th short forums agree with mar- eivt oateman- that tiere ti more than enough for everyone in the world but everyone doesnl gt it because of this there are war became of oils there can ba peace and from it she will know all about her honey i wonder if i should haw asked the vet to give iher another lcind of shot dut no for all her badness she u still a honey 1 canada makes three out of ev ery five newspaper pages printed in th world t siwssapssssi stir p u nrt x mastic tile rubber tile linoleum tile plastic tile no job too large or too small we supply the material or install your job complete f clemen tw mountain flooring and roofing contractor sanding machine for rent phons mttton collect

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