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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1951
Page
11
A diary recounts Ginger Farm harvest by combine and baler to save costs. A discussion on choosing by hour versus by acre for threshing, plus family notes on chores, driving lessons, visitors, and a Yukon scene near a frozen point.
A new yellow fleshed peach named Solo has been developed at the Experimental Station in Summerland DC and is recommended for trial in Canadian peach growing areas. It is described as well colored and firm with dessert quality and promising for canning, with officials noting firmness will cut waste in orchard packing houses and canneries.
The Financial Post reports a new attachment that stops skidding by counteracting uneven weight distribution with counter centrifugal force. It easily attaches to the rear cross member of a car.
Charlo Pickering, a renowned Trafalgar town farmer, was killed Monday evening while walking home along Pine Das highway. William Logan of Toronto drove the car that struck him. Logan says he will never drive again. Coroner W. M. Wilkington to hold an inquest.
The Financial Post criticizes delayed regional fruit and vegetable reports. It argues provinces should deliver fresh, collected, processed data within hours or days to aid growers merchants and consumers. It notes Canadians invested $338 million in housing in 1946 and $753 million in 1949.
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