Farming waste blamed for Ontario water pollution
Ontario watchers warn farm runoff major pollution risk with animal waste equal to 48 million people. Steggles ties erosion pesticide misuse and overfertilization to water contamination and urges managed waste spreading, better manure handling, and buffer strips to protect streams and groundwater.
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Ontario Water Resources Commission
William A. Steggies
Ontario
Toronto
Steggles
Interim payment on dairy subsidy quotas announced
Agriculture Minister J. J. Greene said the Canadian Dairy Commission will issue an interim adjustment payment on dairy subsidy quotas for April through November. The payment covers regular quotas for the first eight months of the current year and supplements or re allocations, totaling about 62 percent of the annual quota.
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J. J. Greene
Canadian Dairy Commission
Commission
Wellington winners at Royal Winter Fair shine in turnips and swine
Wellington County competitors excelled at the Royal Winter Fair turnip classes with S R Griffin and S E Griffin and Son of Acton securing multiple prizes. J C Cunningham from Georgetown won citron and pumpkin firsts and other high placements, while Harold J Meek of Erin led in swine with a first, second and ninth in boar and strong showings in related classes.
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Wellington County
S.R. Griffin
S.E. Griffin and Son
Acton
Georgetown
J.C. Cunningham
Wellington
Harold J. Meek
Erin
Farm Management Short Course Planned in Ontario
The Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food announces a farm management short course to be held this January 15. Halton and Peel Extension Branch staff will run sessions at Brampton Junior Farmer Building and Milton Agricultural Office on Mondays. Courses cover records keeping budgeting farm credit machinery and crop management labor and insurance. A soils and fertilizer course ran last winter with about 80 participants.
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Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food
Halton
Peel
Brampton
Milton
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Agricultural Representative
Local Sessions Aim to Foster Discussion and Learning
The article notes that the sessions are intended as opportunities for discussion and learning within the community. It emphasizes participant engagement and the value of shared knowledge.
Christmas Spirit on the Highways Encourages Courtesy
The speaker urges drivers to extend Christmas courtesy to others on the roads. If followed, this polite behavior may become a year long habit in 1964.
Brampton Lady Aimy Carom Tops Jersey Records in Nov
In November the record for a mature cow reported to the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club via the Record of Performance in Ottawa was Brampton Lady Aimy Carom. The six year old daughter of Brampton Carom Beacon, owned by D.H. McCaig & Son, produced 13,928 pounds of milk and 771 pounds of fat in 305 days, scoring 5.54 percent and earning Gold Medal and Medal of Merit. Second high in the junior three year old class was Glenholme H. C. Lorraine, a daughter of Campburn H. C. Valour, owned by Mrs. Eva Harper of Georgetown, with 11,866 pounds milk and 599 fat in 305 days at three years, 163 days, earning Silver Medal.
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Canadian Jersey Cattle Club
Ottawa
Brampton
Aimy Carom
Brampton Carom Beacon
D.H. McCaig & Son
Norval
Glenholme H. C. Lorraine
Campburn
Memorial gifts at Nassagaweya church service
At Nassagaweya Presbyterian church a recent service dedicated memorial gifts in memory of J Lamont McMillan. The gifts include a pulpit lamp fall communion chair and table runner a communion chalice and an illuminated church sign. Appreciation was voiced for gifts to be used practically in the church for many years. Mr McMillan trained at A T Browns drug store in Acton years ago. Mrs McMillan lives in Toronto.
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Nassagaweya Presbyterian Church
J. Lamont McMillan
Mr. McMillan
A.T. Brown
Acte
McMillan
Lves
Toroonto
Halton farms gain aid under Woodlands Improvement Act
Halton County farmers may receive help under the Woodlands Improvement Act, allowing agreements with woodlot owners for tree planting and forest improvement. Since 1966 counties joined as permitted, eight Halton farmers have participated.
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Halton County
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Halton
Hespeler
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