Ontario Hog Producers Campaign Expands Across Halton
An information drive by the Ontario Hog Producers Marketing Agency begins in Halton with 35 canvassers visiting about 410 hog producers as part of a province wide effort involving 5,000 volunteers. The campaign explains the marketing program and hog quality, aiming to inform some 40,000 to 50,000 Ontario producers and shape public support for future objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Hog Producers Marketing Agency
Halton
Ed Davenport
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Ontario Hog Producers’ Association
Ontario
Camvassers Melude
Halton County
Canada
Real Estate Dominates Spring Farm Talks
Farmers gather at Dundas Street to Queen Elizabeth discussing options and sales agreements as farming incentives wane. Reports show activity varies widely with changes in land sales from the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundas Street
Queen Elizabeth
Land values in Snyder's Corners area raise speculation
In Trafalgar township the price per acre ranges from $1000 to $2000 and above with $1000 common nearby. Northward to the Hornby baseline values soften to $500. The piece questions farming intent and suggests real estate speculation as the likely motive behind farm purchases.
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Snyder’s Corners
Trafalgar Township
Hornby Base
Halton Agriculture Survey of 1913 Highlights Roads and Labor
The piece reviews a 1913 thesis by George Wilson on Halton County agriculture. It notes a plan for a Hamilton to Toronto concrete road funded by local counties and governments, compares 1913 highways with modern networks, and discusses labor saving devices, wages, and weed problems including ragweed and thistle.
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Halton County
George Wilson
George
Lakeshore Highway
Bronte
Ontario Agricultural College
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Oakville
Hamilton
Toronto
Wentworth
Halton
Peel
York
Queen Elizabeth
Dundas Street
Hornby
Campbellville
Milton
Trafalgar
Nel
Wilson
Burlington to Pay 25 Percent of Nelson High School Cost
Nelson council passes debenture by law to share the new Nelson High School cost with Burlington and township residents. The $1.2 million project would put Burlington at 25 percent and Nelson at 75 percent with funding secured by 20 year bonds. The plan includes a new site on New Street and a 66 foot road for access as the board projects 400 to 600 pupils depending on zone and growth.
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Burlington
New Nelson
Nelson Council
Toronto
Burlington District High School Board
M. M. Robinson
Hughes Cleaver
G. W. Johnstone
Robinson
Nelson
East Flamboro
Guelph
Trafalgar
Council
New St
Oakville Snow Cost Blooms Over Taxpayers
Oakville faced a heavy snow season with 5334 dollars spent on removal and sand. Assistant clerk Dennis Camm cites November 1935 to present as the period covering street sanding and slipperiness control. The town’s approach shifts costs to homeowners through taxes and seasonal sand distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakville
Dennis Camm
Papa
Fifty Years Of Ag Rep Service In Halton County
In 1957 Halton County marks the 50th anniversary of the Agricultural Representative office begun in 1914 in Burlington with H. R. Hare. The piece traces successive representatives through Milton and notes the writer’s tenure since 1934. It recalls a 1917 tractor rental policy amid wartime food production efforts and a contractor’s billing disputes.
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Agricultural Representative Service
Halton
Rep
Burlington
H. R. Hare
R. R. Fleming
Milton
D. A. Andrew
Alex P. Mac Vannel
A. G. Kirstine
Shorty
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Nelson Council Seeks Rescission of Hamilton Land Bill
Nelson council asks Ontario legislature to rescind a bill that awarded about 60 acres of township land to Hamilton city and annexed Hamilton Beach and a Burlington strip. Dr. Walter Chadwick led the move noting no government letter or discussion was received by the council before the change. Reeve Harold Adkins to write Minister William Goodfellow requesting repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Council
Ontario Legislaure
Hamilton
Hamilton Beach
Burlington
Walter Chadwick
Therownship Council
Chadwick
Harold Adkins
William A. Goodfellow
Nelson
Hamilton Bay
Esquesing Council OKs One Ton Truck Purchase
Esquesing Township Council met with Reeve Linham presiding. Mavela Motors tender for a one ton truck at 2383 dollars was accepted, subject to Highway Department approval. The treasurer was authorized to pay multiple accounts including Bell Telephone and Halton Registry. Hornby Park Board members were appointed and a hospital contribution was deferred pending Dr Agnew’s report. A by law allowing mutual aid use of Esquesing Fire Area No 1’s truck passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esquesing
Reeve Linham
Bradford Clements
George Brown
Mavela “Motors
Department of Highways
Bell Telephone Co
Halton Registry Office
the Municipal World
Town of
Georgetown
Switzer
Arthur Scott Motors Ltd
Milton
Gillies and Switzer
Acton Free Press
Acton
Alvin Anderson
James Carney
Spencer Wilson
Hornby
Esquesing Fire Area No. 1
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Halton Agriculture Survey
Hinton’s
Ag Rep
Bill
Www
OH. Denny
State Farm
Aia
Colt
W. H. ‘Denny
Brock S
Doug Manning
Aledass Jersey Dairy
Don Timmings
Cape Cod
Churchill Highlands
Wright
Wilbur St
Insuror
Council of the Corporation of
E. G. Tyler
Hydro Family
Ontario Hydro
Hydro
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