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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jan 14, 1954

Page

6

Halton Peel Guernsey Club elects Brownridge president

Joe Brownridge of Brampton was chosen president of the Halton and Peel Guernsey Club at the annual meeting held at Trafalgar Memorial Hall. Wim G Booth of Milton presided. the day featured market development talks, a report on marketing efforts in 1953, and remarks by Padre W Young of Ontario Agricultural College.

Guernsey Brownridge Joe Brownridge Brampton Halton and Peel Trafalgar Memorial Hall Wim. G. Booth Milton Ernest Crosyman York Conny Padre W. Youn Ontario Agricultural College Guelph Padre Young George H. King Oakville Sixteen Presbyterian Church R. I. Blain Dr Campbell Guernsey Club BB. Hodgins Ont Fredward Hayde Transport Co Art Bennett Branpton H. C. Morris Mitton Ro W. Davidson Acton Jo Lloyd Chisholm

Decline in Horses on Canadian Farms Across Regions

Postwar rebuilding shifts show steadily falling horse numbers on farms since 1930, with a sharper drop after World War II. Machinery sales peaked in 1949 and declined thereafter, especially in the Prairie Provinces where income remained strong and farm debt fell. Canada-wide sales fell notably in 1952.

Department of Agriculture Prairie Prairie Provinces

Banking By Mail Saves Farmers Time

Farmers busy with fieldwork find trips to town burdensome, so banking by mail grows in use. The notice highlights quick deposits and postman service while discussing tractor sales shifts from 1949 to 1952. It notes standard tractors rising and row crop models declining, with larger plow sizes gaining share.

Bank of Morkr T Co

Boof M Bank Leaflet Offers Public Banking Details

In a fragmented notice readers are urged to visit the Boof M bank or call Ho Townsend for banking details. Farmers depositing poultry or live stock cheques with passbooks are asked to pick up bank leaflets in town for full information.

IPL Post Ho Townsend Acton

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