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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 15, 1955
Page
17
A Christmas gift of silver-hollow ware can be a twofold gift or even threefold for the lucky recipient. Many pieces serve second and third uses, from gravy boats as fruit centerpieces to pine cone and holly decorations, candlesticks wrapped with ribbons, and silver bowls holding flowers or mints on living room tables.
Prof. Geo E Raithby head of animal husbandry at O A C spoke on zero pasturing and the dairy industry in Halton as the sixth in a Halton Soil and Crop Improvement Association series. The talk weighed benefits of higher yields and uniform production against labor, equipment costs, and paddock challenges. John McDougall of Lazy Pat Farms shared experience and the session concluded two hours later. The next talk on January 10 will cover marketing schemes in agriculture.
A special Esquesing township council meeting in Stewarts town December 6 approved a by law prohibiting parking on township roads during certain seasons to avoid interfering with plowing and sanding. Reeve Bird presided as all members attended and discussed lengthy correspondence.
Halton farm organizations map their yearly meetings with key speakers. Stewarttown hosts the Halton Federation of Agriculture while Burlington Fruit and Vegetable Growers invite Hon. F. S. Thomas. Milton hosts Soil and Crop Improvement Association with a grain awards event and Tom Lane as guest speaker. Dairy breed groups schedule Jersey Holstein and Golden Guernsey meetings with designated speakers.
The Halton Plowmen's Association held its annual meeting presided by J Spencer Wilson. Secretary J E Whitelock reported large Junior and Senior Match entries with six ridges turned at the Harvey Nurse and J J Thistlewaite farms. Officers named include President George E Readhead and secretary treasurer J E Whitelock.
At Halifax the Bank of Nova Scotia president H L En infon said 1936 business gains exceeded the most optimistic forecasts while F W Nicks noted 35 new entries and assets up 16 percent. He cited Canada’s built in growth and a rising youthful workforce ahead of the sixties. Canada’s gross national product reached 26 billion dollars as industry modernized. The country ranked fourth in world trading nations with three times pre war manufacturing.
British rural lore links Christmas Eve and Christmas Day skies to the coming year. Clear starry Christmas night promised a plentiful harvest, while foul or windy skies warned of hardship. If the wind rose at sunrise, famine loomed. if it rose at sunset, omens of royal and noble concerns surfaced.
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