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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1956
Page
11
The Cuernsey Jersey and Holstein breeders prepared prize data for the county dairy show at Malton on September 20. Club secretaries and the Agricultural Office to Malton supply these lists as officers strive to maintain the excellence of their respective shows despite late harvest conditions.
Five friends spent a weekend with a friend in Bala and other locals joined a Halton County bus trip to Toronto. The group visited Loblaws Maple Leaf Milling Company Chetstie and Toronto Island for lunch before two week vacations and community events in Milton Torrance and the Hala district.
The Coliseum at the Canadian National Exhibition hosts nightly dairy queen trials from Aug 24 to Sep 5. Five dairy maids from Guernsey Jersey Ayrshire Shorthorn and Holstein associations perform milking related tasks, with 10 winners crowned across the ten nights and a Queen of Queens finale. Halton entrants include Barbara Cunningham Jean Peterson and Mrs Dalores King representing Holstein Jersey and Guernsey clubs respectively. A Milk Weight Stakes offers 1000 in prizes for public estimates of total production by breed and overall production.
In late July farmers report overlapping hay and wheat operations as second-cut hay grows to 18 20 inches. Ward Brownridge notes fields where first crop was cut June 19 show rapid growth, and O A C seed mixtures favor brome and orchard grasses for broad adaptation. Weather relief hoped to speed harvest and storage quality.
The Board of Trade reports United States Northeast Air Command spending has fallen and local firms lack chances to quote on orders. They say NEAC does not cover transport costs, favoring Newfoundland suppliers, while NEAC claims no policy change toward buying locally when prices are competitive.
Halton Holstein Breeders will enter the County Herd Competition at the C N E as announced by President Bob Alexander. The decision follows harvest season doubts on exhibitable cattle numbers and Halton’s second place finish last year. The club also sponsors a contestant for the Miss Dairy Queen at the C N E, with John Picket seeking details. contestants must milk a cow before judges and a public audience.
The Halton 4-H program reports a week of meetings across several clubs. Activities included a perfect attendance record at the Halton Potato Club meeting, joint sessions of Guernsey Jersey and Holstein Calf clubs at Finlay Joyce’s farm, and a Beef and Dual Purpose Calf Club gathering at Malden Farm. The annual bus trip is set for August 7 to visit provincial parliament, Sunnyside, a Toronto newspaper, plus an IL game between Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Royals. Peel county members took a separate trip with tours of Koffman Furniture Plant and Georgian China, plus Wasaga swimming and a visit to George Faris’s Bond Head farm.
Binders combines and threshing machines were active last week in Halton, harvesting the wheat. The crop varies by field with poor yields on level areas and excellent stands on better drained land, reportedly up to 50 bushels per acre, while overall quality remains good but about 85 to 90 percent of normal.
Halton Holstein club president R C Alexander and officers selected the entries for the Canadian National Exhibition. Entries come from the herds of R Alexander J W Carney J C Bell and Son A G Hunter F O Hunter Wilfred Teeslie and Sons T H McGee D B McKersie McDonald Bros Pelletterio Bros H C Reid W R Royle M C Sherwood Gordon Sinclair E R Segsworth W Starrett and Son and Tovell Bros.
Stanley Hall, Halton’s provincial government member, had a street named after him in Georgetown. Hall Road extends from the Wth Line, joining a list of streets named for former mayors and reeves. The 1955 council members in office when the Deltex subdivision joined Georgetown are noted.
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