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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 01, 1954

Page

6

Halton considers weed menace at special farm leaders study

A Halton Soil and Crop Improvement Association session at Milton Court House tackled Wild Carrot control on township roads. Panelists including Prof Waywell and Wilfred Nickels discussed timing 2 4D accuracy and water quality while farmers reported spray drift and late applications as factors in past failures.

Halton Soil and Crop Improvement Association Court House Milton Fred Nurse The Soil and Crop Improvement Ass'n Halton Esquesing Wilfred Bird Geo. Currie J. S. Wilson Wm. Townsend Trafalgar E. F Ford Robt. Marshall Ernest Henderson Nelson Geo. Brenholtz Leonsy Coulson Nassagaweya A. R. Service County of Halton J. J. Stewart Roy Smith J. E. Whitelock Prof C. Waywell Botany Department Ontario Agricultural College A. H. Martin Toronto Kent Wilfred Nickels Nickels

Kent and Halton farmers urged to enforce weed control act

Kent County officials and Halton farmers push for stricter weed control enforcement. The county weed inspector notes cooperation among district and township inspectors, cites Seed Drill Survey results, and warns about selling government-graded seed. Emphasizes cost of poor seed choices and the need for rigid act enforcement.

Kent Kent County Nickels Ontario Halton Milton County Council Committee On Agriculture

Ontario Livestock Chief Reveals Artificial Breeding Figures

Watson Ontario Livestock Commissioner disclosed at the Maple Catt Breeders Association annual meeting that eight licensed units in Ontario bred 234.611 cows in 1953 with about twenty percent bred by artificial means.

Ontario Mr. Watson Denmark Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada Clemens Jersey Ayrshire Watson Ontario Agricicultural College Geo. E. Raithby Clare Rennie Maple Catte Breeders’ Association

Bell Telephone Canada reports 1953 gains and staffing peak

Bell Telephone Company of Canada releases its 74th annual report noting vigorous health in 1953 with 31,502 employees in Ontario and Quebec and 115,788 shareholders. The year added 151,333 telephones to reach 2,127,456, paid $93,936,298 in wages, and net income of $2.65 per share.

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