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Acton Free Press in Acton, Ontario

23 Dec 1948

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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Dec 23, 1948

Page

6

Halton Plowmen Re Elect C F Pickett President

The Halton Plowmen's Association held its annual meeting in Milton electing C F Pickett Georgetown as president for 1949. Officers include Arthur Diamond Rockwood and W E McArthur Milton as vice presidents with J E Whitelock Milton as secretary treasurer.

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Halton Plowmen’s Association Milton Halton Association Halton J. A. Elliott C. F. Picket Georgetown Arthur Diamond Rockwood W. E McArthur J. E. Whitelock Esquesing J. C. Cuneningham R. Currie Ciébert McDowell J. S. Wilson Nasangaweya J. ER. Ellenton Ross Gordon Jack McPhail Nelson Roy Ellenton Geo. Renadhead Ross Sepsworth J. H. Taylor Trafagar J. A. Dixon Sack Marchment J. C. Marshall Harold Picket Hughes Cleaver M.P Stanley L. Hall MPP W. E. Brecken Victor Hall M. T. McNabb W. J. Robertson W. A. Robinson W. H. Robinson Lloyd Fisher Harvay Nurse F. Ruddell Nassagaweya Harold Ferguson Tom Patterson H. Warmington Glen Campbell A. G. Hunter John Richardson Trafalgar Frank Hall Leonard Lister Lloyd May John Irving Georgetown-Norval Messrs. C. Lewis Shadlock International Harvester Co., Ltd
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Walton Conservation Committee Organized for 1919

The Agriculture and Reforestation Committee of Halton County Council and local associations have pushed conservation of woodlots soil and water. A by law for fence subsidies was passed, a public meeting heard W G Porter of London, and plans include pamphlets school reforestation plots pond creation contour plowing and demonstrations. Reeve Alex McLaren led the drive with new officers elected for 1919: Chairman of Agriculture and Reforestation Committee J F Whitelock secretary and vice chairman Alex McLaren Georgetown.

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Halton County Council Halton Federation of Agriculture Halton Milton Sportsmen's Association Halton Lumbermen's Association Halton Crop Improvement Association Alex McLaren Georgetown J. F. Whitelock Milton
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Expansion or Retraction of Agricultural Production

In a Halton Livestock Improvement Association meeting Ww. Po Watson Ontario Live Stock Commissioner warned that world conditions suggest lower farm prices in 1919 unless a new crop surge occurs. He urged prudent retrenchment and curtailment of production amid uncertain global politics.

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Ww. Po Watson Ontario Halton Livestock Improvement Association Mr. Watson Canada United States Ahort
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Farmers urged to convert sub marginal land to hay and pasture

A historical note argues for increasing food production by market actions and land reform. It suggests selling off boarder stock while meat prices are high and seeding down steep or sub marginal fields, possibly to trees, to restore humus and earthworm vitality. It recalls 1933 policy on land retirement and questions its effect on production.

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Svestock Roosevelt U.S
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Farming shifts trim crops as prices dip and forests educate

Farmers say they will cull herds and reduce fields to offset lower prices expected in 1950. Marginal land is taken out of production while forest education expands for New Brunswick school children, highlighting economic caution and conservation.

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New Brunswick
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