Farm Ponds Take Important Place In Modern Farming
Water on southern Ontario farms comes from wells streams springs ponds and cisterns. With more livestock and mechanization demand rises while supplies diminish. Proper land use to store spring runoff in the earth can raise groundwater and maintain summer flow. Farm ponds aid soil conservation reduce erosion and provide reliable water for cattle and firefighting plus recreation and wildlife management.
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Ontario
Dept. of Agriculture Pampalet
Halton 4-H Club Programme attracts rural youth entries
Rural youth 12 to 21 in Halton County submit applications to the Ontario Department of Agriculture Milton office for six 4-H clubs. Calf Clubs, Grain Club, Swine Club, and Tractor Maintenance are outlined with age rules, prizes, and an April 20 organization meeting at Milton Court House. Achievement Day set for Milton Fair, with Halton Soil and Crop Improvement Association funding oats for Gram Club members who complete the project.
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Hallen
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Milton
Halton
We Queen's
Milton Fair
Halton Soil and Crop Improvement Association
Georgetown
Court House
Agricultural Office
4-H Achievement Day honors and intercounty drama festival
Ashgrove and nearby clubs showcased grooming skits by Bernice Wilson and others while demonstrations on clothing were led by Helen Brucker Barbara Marlain and Audrey Featherstone. Certificates were awarded to 4-H Homemaking members and County and Provincial Honors announced. The day ended with silver spoons and hyacinths as volunteers prepared for the Garden Club Leaders Training. The event closed with the Inter-County Drama Festival at the War Memorial Hall Ontario.
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J. L. Ellerby
Acton
Women's Institutes
Iron County
Fredamae
Stull
Shirley Downs
Joan McCarron
Marilyn Barnes
Tartare Bird
Barbara Cunningham
Bernice Wilson
Kathleen Kirkpatrick
Imaris
Garden Club
Fife Drum Band Planned by Local Lodge
At Stewartstown L O L 68 last meeting a good turnout welcomed visiting delegations from Acton and Milton plus Georgetown L O L members. W Bro Jack Fox spoke on progress and urged each lodge to recruit one more member. L O L 68 plans a fiddle and drum band, hall renovations, and exterior redecorating. Meanwhile the Agricultural College Guelph hosted the first intercounty Junior Farmer Drama Festival with Halton Peel Waterloo and Wellington counties represented. Milton Juniors performed The Legend, while Maryboro Junior Farmers of Wellington won the top award The Valiant with Honorable Mention. Sheila Henderson of Hornby won Best Actress and Keith Dickson of Wellington County Best Actor.
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Stewartstown
L.O.L
Acton
Jack Fox
W. Bro. A. Moore
Milton
Ernie Wilson
Georgetown L
Agricultural College
Guelph
Halton
Peel
Waterloo
Wellington
Hatton
Maryborn Junior Farmers
Welington County
Sheila Henderson
Hornby
Keith Dickson
Wellington County
Farm radio forum proves its value at Ontario meeting
At the Royal York Toronto April 7 the provincial annual farm radio forum meeting urged open discussion to shape policy for the coming year. Wellington Sutton chaired the report. Clifford Waite retires as provincial secretary amid praise for fostering community spirit and education across 719 members and 46 fewer forums this year. Leaders hailed stronger county committees and closer ties with the Ontario Rural Leadership Forums as vital to rural-urban understanding and farming progress.
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Farm Radio Forum
Royal York Hotel
Toronto
Wellington Sutton
Peterborough County
Farm Forum
Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
Clifford Waite
Emmanuel College
Canada
Cacre
Waite
Farm Radio
County Federation of Agriculture
Farmer's
You
Trout eggs flown from Ontario to Paris for restocking
Approximately 8,000 eyed lake trout eggs hatched in Ontario were flown to Paris to support the French hatchery program. The eggs arrived in good condition, delivered to the Paris hatchery about three hours after departure from the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests.
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France
Ontario
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Paris
Capital
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Burlington
Farm News
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Rcent
Multan
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Mile
Mabel Borgstrom
Fconormist
Department of Agriculture
Atooteina
Inter-County Drama Festival
War Memorial Hall
L.O.L. 68
Dorothy Coursy
George Clements
Dick Course
Charles McArthur
Milton High School
Albert State
Hamilton Players Goat
Strong County Committee
FORD
Thompson Motors
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