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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 30, 1959

Page

3

Crop Improvement Association Drives Field Trial Projects

Halton Seil and Crop Improvement Association promote field trials across Halton Wentworth and Peel counties. Demonstrations cover variety testing fertility soil management hay and pasture management with 62 cooperators. Includes 4 H forage club plots Kennebec potato variety trials and pasture management awards.

Halton Halton, Seil and Crop Improvement Association Halton ,Seil and Crop Improvement Association Halton Soil and Crop Improvement Association Halton 4-H

Jackson Named Assistant Agricultural Representative

D.£. Jackson, recently completing studies in the agricultural course at Ontario Agricultural College Guelph, is appointed assistant agricultural representative for Haron and Peel counties. He will be stationed at Milton and assume duties April 21 in Hatton and Peel counties. Jackson, raised in York county on a dairy farm, specialized in field husbandry and joined the Extension Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture as an agricultural engineering fieldman in recent months.

Hotton W. KB. Duragan Ontario Agricultural College Guelph Haron Peel Mr. Jackson Milton Hatton York County Ontaro Department of Agriculture

Seek Halton Entrants For Dairy Queen Role

Halton invites dairy farm young ladies to enter the Dairy Queen contest for Ontario. Final date to submit entries is May 4 as announced by Mac Sprowl chair of the Halton competition. Entry forms available from Halton Dairy Queen Committee members or the Ontario Department of Agriculture.

Halton Ontario Etl Mac Sprowl Dairy Queen Ontario Dairy Queen Halton Dairy Queen Ontario Department of Agrculture

Ladies Auxiliary Welcomes New Member Juan Smith

The Ladies Auxiliary met at the Yoon on Tuesday April 21. After reports were read, plans were set for catering the Father and Son banquet and for the May outing with smorgasbord supper in Kitchener and a show.

Ane Regia Yoon Kitchener Juan Smith

Bell Station Tenders For Western Ontario Skyway

Bell Telephone announces tenders for the Acton repeater station to form part of a new skyway across Western Ontario. The single storey concrete building will house a misted tower with horn shaped antennae and could carry up to 480 conversations on five radio channels. The microwave relay aims for fall 1840 use between Toronto and Windsor with four other strategic links. Towers will stand 125 to 300 feet high.

Acton Bell Telephone Ontario C. S. Keith Bell Toronto Windsor

Rabies Case in Bronte Area Ends Threat to Nearby Residents

The Bronte area reports a rabies diagnosis in a cat. Four people were bitten or scratched and are under treatment. Domestic animals on the farm have been quarantined. Archie F Bull, Medical Officer of Health to Halton County, notes 18 animal rabies cases in the county to date.

Bronte Archie F. Bull Halton

Dairy Herd Improvements Boost Profits in Halton Farmers

Ontario Department of Agriculture reports Hatton county farmers affiliated with the Dairy Herd Improvement Association since 1953 have seen materially higher net profits. Despite modest milk price gains and higher labor and feed costs, Halton West farmers exceed 2500 dollars and Halton Centrey County farmers exceed 2000 dollars in gains.

Gava Ontario Department of Agriculture Hatton County Dairy Herd Improvement Association Department Halton West Halton tCentrey County Halton West Alton Centre Toa

Soldier Archie Andrews travels across Canada seven times

Archie Andrews, 71, of Leamington Newfoundland, served in the Queen's Own Rifles and travelled across Canada seven times before leaving April 20 for Germany with the unit. A brother of Mrs. Charlie Hubbell, he previously guarded Princess Margaret and later joined the United Nations police force.

Canaan Archie Andrews Queen's Own Rifles Germany Oman Charlie Hubbell Leamington Newfoundland Baxter Labs Canada Margaret United Nations

Parking Your Large Car in Small Garages Tips and Tricks

Advice on curb parking for large cars with curb feelers upright wire guides and other devices to avoid scrapes. Tips include backing into spaces, keeping distance from curbs and traffic, and ensuring a clear path for other vehicles.

Ate Cescorios

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