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rircskwnbwwrannracct hi ep page six the actom free press acton ontario jl u thuksday april 28th 1055 farm mews from haltons farm lands seeding delayed few early fields in here and there over the county the odd higher earlier field has v been sown reports to date indicate that the seed has germinated njcely ndis about ready to pop out in the main however the majority of the fields were just about ready to work when the showers came however the meadows and winter wheat are coming along nicely as a result of the showers and higher temperature soil conditioners not recommended those on the bus trip to western ontariot and michigan in 1933 which was sponsored by the halton soil and crop improvement association will recall the visit uathe woodslee experimental substation in essex county they will also recall the heavy soils and further that on some of the plots treated with soil conditioners there was a marked improvement in the general tilth and friability of the soil it will therefore tje of interest to learn that according to a release made by thr effective in increasing corn or soy bean yields the report further points out that one of the synthetic wiateriau used effectively loosened the soil pro viding better soil aeration better movement of water through the soil and imprnvtwnt in granular striir- ture earlier work reported by ex periment stations in the lis had indicated that soil conditioning materials brought about spectacular yield increases of many crops however on the strength of the work at woodslee e f bolton soils specialist states soil condi tioners can not be recommended for use with field crops in southwest ern ontario silverwood retiringpresident given pin china fn tended for last week the silverwood womens in stitute met at the home of mrs henderson sr on april 14 a feat ure of the afternoon was the drawing of the winning ticket on a handtooled leather bag on whicr there has been a raffle little lisa hoare drew the number held by miss a keay of toronto mrs w r norton gave a report ojt ithe district -directors- meeting held in milton on april 4 reports were read by anikcetanding con staif photo halton junior farmers held their annual at home friday canada department of agriculture p 15in he oakvifletfafalgar high school auditorium members synthetic soil conditioners were not of the executive and their escorts shown from the back are patron warden r shannon county director mac sprowl and margaret clement president john picket and alma bradley dave pellefterio and vtcepresiden j p treasurer roy ford and l webb ida archibald anctpast presi3eritdcirrmatlriews press re porter wilma sinclair and david wilson representative for halton and peel counties and by art vivian and geo dennis of the kingsway ki- wanis which organization incident ally is sponsoring the two 4h for estry clubs in halton soil crop annual proceeding ready the report of the annual conven tion of the ontario soil and crop improvement association which was held in toronto in late jan- uary is- now available at the milton office of the ontario department of agriculture it is a very attractive booklet suitably illustrated and covers the general sessions as well as the spec- ial sessions of the potato turnips and registered seed growers we think every farmer will welcome the opportunity to read the papers or addresses presented by some of the following dr we tossell on grass and legume combinations to meet the needs of the ontario farmer dr e s hopkins on a trip to the ussr agricultural exhibition in moscow harry smallfield on taking the pasture to the cows or w p watson on the agricultu ral outlook for 1955 and in addi- appoint h c king dhia supervisor as most of our readers are aware halton has three dairy herd im provement associations the super visors in the past have been frank w chisholm of hornby who has been snpervisoiofhe east halton dhia group geo r mccor- mack of burlington rr no 2 sup ervisor of the west halton group and raymond royce of guelph who for -the- past year has been super visor of the dhja group desig nated as halton centre on may 2 mr royce is being transferred to the guelph district where he will be supervisor for a new dhia group being organized in that district we are happy to announce as his successor the ap pointment of howard c king of the omagh district who will super vise the halton centre dhia group mr king has a background of many years experience with dairy cattle and we feel confident his appointment will meet with the un animous approval of those in his group the lure of montreal by w p perclval soon l will be holiday time if you are planning a motor trip- you might want to take a look at some of the books on travel in the lib rary one of these is the lure ui lvtnnlrn the author feels that montreal is a fascinating place with the ancient and the modern side by side this may help you to decide on r trip east visiting montreal dur ing a visit to quebec towns and villages or to the gaspe veivers the secretarytreasurer and president grid roll call was ail- swered by members paying their fees hits george henderson took the chair for election of officer officers and conveners for the year 19551956 are as follows president mrs h marchington first vicepresident mrs w r norton second vicepresident mrs george burt secretary mrs ern batkin troasurer mrs george henderson district director mr- r corbett alternate mrs e l miller branch directors mrs t apple- yard mrs a lindour mrs k c lindsay pianists mrs d lindsay mrs g henderson auditors mrs r corbett mrs e l miller conveners roll call mrs t ap- pleyard agriculture and canadian industries mrs bert corbett com munity activities and public rel- ations mrs don lindsay citizen ship and education mrs henderson sr historical research and cur rent events mrs george burt home economics and health mrs d williamson press reporter mrs e batkin mrs h march ington took the chair thankin the ladies toicl ecting he president saying her first duty was the pleasant one of making a presentation to the retir ingpresident mrs r gorbett- mrs corbett was very pleased with her fwic pin and cup and sauc er and thanked all officers con veners and members fo working so well with her the njew convener of home econ omics and health and tfaenew dist rict director were chosen to at tend the annual v ba a trafalgar two more layettes arc underway for the childrens aid a social half hour was enjoyed 5 appleyard and mrs william son assisting mrs henderson si we are glad to report the satis factory progress of mrs annie stull she hopes to return from wallace a lasby reaches 84 years wallace a lasby celebrated his 84th birthday at his home guelph road april 10 although not enjoy ing the best of health and confined to bed he was able to enjoy hav ing his family home for the occas ion they included his two sons c w lasby and j w a iasby from toronto his two grandsons g wallace lasby ahad joseph a lasby his three great grandchild ren bailie bobbie and catharine jessie the last nrtentioned is the first female in the lasby family im threefeenerations and is very much nis pride apa joy mr lasby also bad visiting him bringing congratulations and best wishes mrs j w lasby mr and and mrs c- b swackhamer from hillsburgh mrs a shaw mrs h lasby mr and mrs j monbbb and family from acton guelph hospital to her home with in the next week mt and mrs george burt at tended the funeral of mr burts aunt mrs sovereign in burling ton visitors this week with mr and mrs h marchirigton are mr and mrsrphilip smith of england last year when the marchingtons were travelling home from their trip to the old country they met the smiths who were coming out to canada to make their home they settled in montreal and mr smith obtained a post as writer for the montreal stair mrs amy thompson and herlit- tle granddaughter barbara- spent this week with mr and mrs ern batkin visitors over easter weekend wit mr an mr r co mr and mrs william hahn qf detroit- bilt0n perry limited plumbing and heating sheet metal work acto ont phone 464 jetton jersey dairy v quality dairy products farm fresh whole milk skim milk cream buttermilk- chocolate milk ps phone 242 vvvvvvvvvvvvyvvvvvvvv fvs bo o w l w l open bowling every afternoon just- learning were always happy to arrange friendly instruction in bowling i acton bowling lanes phone 697 acton pots new life into your farm whywait go akeadwith fil see your nearest bank of montreal manager uv ranu ab farm improvement loan bank of montreal bm total wo w co in vr o ll l hit tion there are many other articles on specific topics may we suggest that you call and pick up a copy the next time you are in milton 4h forestry clubs visit st williams on saturday april 16 17 mem bers of the cjeorgetown and milton 4h forestry itlubs were privileged to visit the provincial forestry sta tion at st williams there they saw the many steps in the production of young trees these included the newly laid out seed beds the beds oftwo yearold stock ready for transplanting the lifting arid transplanting machines and finally the beds of four year old trees which will be shipped this spring to all parts of the province for reforestation purposes the trip was organized by zone forester c r groves with the as sistance of club leaders b arm strong of the georgetown hjgh school and c wilson of the milton high school transportation was provided by art bennett associate agricultural safeguard hunters campbell river bc icp so many hunters itrc losing their way each season in this vancouver is land district that the campbell river fish and game association proposed that its members receive training in search and rescue tech nique e l buchner optometrist in acton every wed afternoon office at h ma1nprize barber shop hours 130600 evenings by appointment for appofntment telephone 115 -a3- prompt guaranteed service to all fakes op i television car radios radios rwgrant jwqtepns music store 124 mill st e phono 594 wbenjou powered 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