Harvest farm report notes thriving wheat and grain yields
The county reports strong fall wheat and spring grain harvests with yields of 20 to 45 bushels per acre and mill buyers paying 1.85 to 1.95 per bushel. Smut issues persist in seed wheat, urging treatment with mercury dusts or liquids. Weed control expands as Halton farms spray roadsides and fence bottoms, with calls for a county spray day next May. Calf Club meetings showcase Guernsey and Shorthorn stock at Twin Elms Farm and Campbell Farms under Halton Peel leadership.
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Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Cafhada
U.S
Cornell
Dawsons
Halton
Ontario
Halon
Art Bennett
Peel
Twin Elms
Joyce Bros
Milton
Harold Clapp
Fraserdale
York County
J. Sayed Chisholm
Ontario Guernsey Club
Campbell
Campbell Farms
German Combine Impresses at Canadian Debut Demonstration
Halton farmers witnessed the Claas Super Combine at Charles Austin farm near Hornby last Thursday. The German built machine, hauled by a jeep on large airplane tires, cuts a nine foot swath, threshes with minimal loss, cleans and separates four quality grades, and bales straw while moving swiftly across uneven fields.
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Halton
Claas Super
Charles Austin
Hornby
Claas
CLAAS Super Combine Demo At Wheatland Day
Canadian readers learn that the German built Claas Super Combine may reach the Canadian market next year. Demonstrations by George Hunerfauth in Halton and another operator near Milton showcase a machine claimed to handle all crops from cereals to corn and beans. The two units now in Canada travel from Halton to Waterloo, then to Western Canada as interest grows.
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Great Britain
Europe
Kohler Aifrport
Cayuga
Clana
Peta
Halton
Canada
Waterloo County
Kitchener
Western Canada
George Hunerfauth
James Carney
Esquesing
Wm. Marshall
Milton
Twilight Meeting Highlights New Oat and Barley Varieties
About 70 Halton farmers joined a Twilight Meeting at the Robt Wurren farm near Campbellville hosted by the Halton Crop Improvement Association. Prof Laughland led discussions on replicated oat and barley tests with promising new varieties GA 14 GA 19 GB 11 and GB 19 and noted Moore the American barley as superior among older types.
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Robert Warren
Halton
Halton Crop Improvement Association
Campbellville
W Hurren
Russell Hurren
James Laughland
Department of Field Husbandry
Ajax
Moore
O.A.C
Wm. Toss
O.A. C
Halton Holstein Club Lucky Draw Heifer Doreen Featured
A November Milton Fair Holstein heifer, Doreen, from Ross Seyzaworth’s Burlington herd is the Halton Holstein Club Lucky Draw selection. It is praised for balance, dairy rib, and temperament and has strong show records through Spruecleigh Annabelle lineage. Lloyd Pickard helped secure Doreen amid Ross’s Halton Club interest, with a cash-buy option for the winner.
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Holatein
Ross Seyzaworth
Burlington
Halton Holatein Club
Milton
Doreen
Lloyd Pickard
Segsworth
Ross
Halton Club
Balsam Poplar Bark Floats Used by Great Lakes Fishermen
When cork was scarce fishermen on the Great Lakes used the thick outer bark at the base of old balsam poplars as floats for their nets.
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Great Lakes
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Rockwood
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Piano Sales & Service OF
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Reliance
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Wasaga Beach
Bracebridge
Owen Sound
Harold Wiles
Gray Coach Lines
Stanley Young
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Toronto
R. A. Hurren & Sons
Georgetown
Guelph
Gordon Young Ltd
John Calder
East Motors
Guardians OF Peace
Canadian Army
Defence
Army Recruiting Office
Wallis House
Rideau & Charlotte Sn
Ottawa
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