4H Farm Safety Rally At Bona Vista Century Farm
A Halton County 4H safety rally at Bona Vista designated as a Century Farm featured Alexander of Norval and Wilson of Georgetown among visiting leaders. Nino Braida led hazard hunts covering barn, sheds and grounds with reports on electrical, fire, mechanical and child safety hazards. Keith Aitken and Janet Henderson spoke, while Alex R. Chisholm warned on pesticides and chemical handling, stressing protective gear, proper disposal and keeping chemicals away from people and animals. Prizes included a slow moving vehicle sign, a fire extinguisher, and a first aid kit, with refreshments served by the Halton County Safety Council. Bob Lindsay expressed gratitude to the hosts.
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Isiting 4H
Alexander
Norval
Pin “Wilson
Georgetown
Halton
Ciib
Nino Braida
Bona Vista
Swackhamer
Geoffry Taylor
Keith Aitken
Janet Henderson
Bob Leslie
Russell Murray
P.T.O
Ernie Alexander
Wayne Aitken
Mr.Braida
Alex R. Chisholm
Oakville
Niagara Brand Chemicals
Chisholm
Leah Leslie
Peter Lynch
Halton County Safety Council
Bob Lindsay
Safety rallies held for 4 H club members
A series of three 4H Safety Rallies was held last week replacing the June meetings. On June 19 at Sam Harrop’s farm in Milton and June 22 at Wallace Swackhamer’s farm in Acton groups conducted hazard hunts and safety reports, with machinery safety demonstrations by club members. Niagara Brass Chemicals’ Alex Chisholm spoke on agricultural chemical dangers and safety precautions. Safety films, a quiz, and a prize draw for extinguishers, slow moving vehicle signs, and first aid kits followed, with winners named including Fred Agnew and others.
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Agricultural Club
North Halton
Sam Harrop
Milton
Wallace Swackhamer
Acton
Alex Chisholm
Niagara Bran’ Chemicals
Burlington
Fred Agnew
Fern Lawrence
Nelson Lawrence
Keith Aitken
Leah Leslie
Peter
Three from Halton attend conference
Halton County 4H Homemaking Clubs will send three delegates to the Annual Girls Conference at the University of Guelph from June 27 to 30. Mary Lou Brown Norma Moffat and Laurie Allison will join about 200 Ontario delegates for group discussions and talks on You and Canada’s Centennial. Dr Ethel Chapman of Toronto and Mrs E Small FWI Ontario headliners will speak during the three and a half day event.
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K. Williams
University of Guelph
Ontario
Canada
Halton County
Guelph
Mary Lou Brown
Limehouse
Norma Moffat
Rockwood
Laurie Allison
Campbellville
Ethel Chapman
Toronto
E. Small
Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario
Museum tours draw hundreds to Halton county museum
School children in the hundreds have been touring Halton county museum in the last days of school. On Sunday picknickers numbering about 800 went through the complex Kelso Conservation area. More than 500,000 New York City children use the subways or buses to get to school each day.
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Halton County Museum
Kelso Conservation Area
New York City
Credit Authority farm thrills city school children on tour
Sixty grade four students from Willow Glen School Clarkson toured the Credit Valley Conservation Authority Farm at Hillsburg. Farm manager Walter Huxley explained barn, drive shed, lambs, calves, steers, pigeons nest and tractors. After lunch they visited the Foundation School two miles north, restored as a one room school from 1900. Public tours begin weekends July 1.
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Credit Valley Conservation Authority Foundation
Hillsburg
Credit Authority Farm
Willow Glen
Clarkson
Credit Valley Conservation Authority
Jack Smythe
Reid
Armstrong
Walter Huxley
Huxley
CVCA
Mr. Huxley
USS 15
Erin
East Garafraxa
Queen Victoria
Authority
Dairy breeding and management insights in Ontario
New publication No. 519 Dairy Husbandry in Ontario outlines trends in dairy cattle breeding feeding and health. It notes an 18 percent drop in dairy cows to under one million over 20 years while milk production rose 20 percent to nearly 7 billion pounds. Creamery butter and fluid milk together dominate output with about 60 percent. In Halton County three quarters of farmers sell fluid milk. herd numbers grow slowly due to labor limits. Halton Princess competitors Swackhamer Murray Henderson will discuss the dairy industry at a July 15 Hornby Garden Party.
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H. J. Stanley
Ontario
Halton County
Halton
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Denny's Insurance
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