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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1955
Page
17
Hog marketings in Canada in July averaged 97 600 head weekly, up 24.3 percent from a year earlier. Alberta 33 percent, Saskatchewan 62 percent, Manitoba 43 percent, Ontario up nine percent. Provinces all saw larger runs. August is expected to approach July levels.
A graphic tour of free and low cost attractions at the Canadian National Exhibition. Highlights include nightly Navy Band performances, Royal Conservatory music, Scadding Cabin shows, telescope lectures, fireworks viewed from the Ontario Government Building, and free sports events in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.
Halton’s annual plowing contest will be held at the J Thistlewaite farm in Esquesing on Friday. J Spencer Wilson, president of the Halton Association, says the Thistlewaite site sits at the escarpment base. Thistlewaite has rebuilt a pole barn after a past fire and added improvements enhancing the farmstead’s appearance.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports cash income for Canadian farmers in the first quarter at an estimated 472 million dollars, down nearly seven percent from 1954 and 15 percent below the 1952 peak. Decrease largely due to smaller wheat participation payments and lower oats and hog returns. livestock sales at 7.5 percent below a year earlier.
The first half of 1955 shows a 7 percent rise in domestic disappearance of the four red meats from 736 million to 784 million pounds. Pork led the gain with 60 million more pounds, beef stayed high but down 10 million from last year, lamb rose 10 percent, and veal fell 7 percent. Pork exports up 31 percent, beef exports 75 percent below last year's level.
The column reports Connie’s passage brought moisture boosting pastures seeds and corn while some corn fields suffered and much grain still in the fields risks sprouting and rotting. Some farmers gained access to new combines and fuel costs rose as fields remained soft. In Burlington area fruit losses hit 2 5 percent of certain varieties and pears with 10 percent under trees. Vegetable growers saw little loss and benefited from rainfall. Wheat seeding moisture expected next month. Ontario tax take nears 45 cents of each federal dollar.
Bell Telephone establishes a temporary Jamboree Ontario exchange near Niagara on the Lake to connect about 10,000 Scouts from 50 countries for an 11 day camp August 18 to 28. A 200-line switchboard serves 39 trunks plus 20 public phones and sub camps. a microwave relay links to Fonthill for TV broadcasts. J.C. Cruden will oversee operations with English and French official languages.
Victoria Herring, 74, lives in a small Toronto rooming house paying seven dollars weekly, spends waking hours helping others, and donates pennies to causes such as the St Christopher's home and the Home for Incurable Children. She carries a doll list and a fond motto about staying cheerful.
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