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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1952
Page
10
Members of the Halton Junior Farmers county executive and five local clubs held a picnic at Bronte Creek on Sunday August 17. Twenty juniors attended the event including local club presidents and secretaries. A vote of thanks was offered to Mr and Mrs Atkins by Moc Sprowl the Halton county president.
Size of business and labor efficiency emerge as major reasons for higher returns in flocks. While egg production rate from good stock, disease control, and nutrition remains vital, a Department of Agriculture bulletin on Commercial Poultry Farming in Nova Scotia notes that flock size and labor time often separate top earners from average poultrymen. Larger flocks cut labor per bird and boost returns, prompting emphasis on labor saving devices and organized routines. Hemlock note mentions Canada’s slow growing tree maturation as context.
Halton Junior Farmers held their second mid-summer dance at Halt tonville on Wednesday evening August 20 with the Modern Aires Orchestra from Georgetown providing music. County president Mac Sprowl welcomed about 200 dancers and vice-president Harold Tyrell conducted spot dances. Winners of the two spot dances were Miss Thelma Hunter and Grant Devlin for the first, and Miss Helen Lyons and Charles Hunter for the second, both couples from Norval. Pakistan produces about 25 million pounds of wool annually and will be the first country in Asia to introduce scientific wool grading when the test house starts operating shortly.
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