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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 03, 1949
Page
6
The text contains disjointed phrases about returning to a farm and a glass that magnifies mass hysteria. It mentions "Lost Jborizins" waiting to welcome you home and references Nick Menny in the Detroit Times with surreal imagery.
Robert Larsen of Brampton Holstein Club placed third among 470 Calf Club members from across Canada in the 1948 Junior Judging Competition linked to All-Canadian Holsteins. He lives in Georgetown with J W and EB Ho Camey and is 15 turning 16, beginning his Calf Club career.
A Ontario poultry and livestock decline noted in six classes with a 100010 head drop in Durham County. The piece argues aging farmers and urban job allure cut youth on farms, leaving older folk unable to manage livestock as prices rose.
Work on the new United Kingdom House of Commons to replace the structure destroyed by German bombing is proceeding according to plan. The Minister of Works informed members it is hoped the chamber will be ready in due course.
The Maple Cattle Breeders' Association reports rapid growth from under 109 to over 1860 members since 1845. An artificial insemination program bred over 14,000 cows by 1848, with Ayrshire Holstein and Jersey bulls in service. A Halton branch meeting is set for March 11 in Milton with Maple directors and dairy leaders speaking. The Dairy Herd Improvement policy now uses a one day per month test supervised by a field supervisor, reducing manual weighing and enabling herd certificates and cost summaries for owner comparisons.
Dr V A Rice dean of agriculture at Massachusetts State College of Agriculture will speak at Memoris Hall, Ontario Agricultural College, under the McGillvray Scholarship on Thursday March 10. The event follows his Guelph address in March 1947 and will include lunch for attendees.
Farmers, shut out of wartime equipment loans, begin mechanizing to lower costs amid slack export demand. Urban workers, earning more for food, argue price controls are misguided, urging market adjustments rather than controls.
Oakville architect William Arm strong retained by the Oakville Rec reation Commission to design a proposed ice arena and community centre. Construction should start in May per Fred Turner, chairman of the centre committee. Also noted is the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Walker C Anderson, residents of Balsam Drive, and the death of Robert Ho Post of Trafalgar at Hamilton General Hospital after years of poor health.
A British Labour pamphlet boasted about the "banniest babies in living memory" and featured a laughing baby boy image. The piece references a Prince Edward connection, noting a claim tied to the late Duke of Kent.
A Halifax discussion on the word bias features a speaker challenging opposing views and another labeling bias as mere alignment. The exchange highlights heated disagreement over language and perspective in casual dialogue.
Public auction on Wednesday March 15 at 1 o clock at the farm lot 5 Con 6 two of the qu. offering dairy cows including several Holsteins and a grade cow herd plus two purebred Herefords with calves and two York sows with litters. Equipment includes Oliver tractors and implements, a Dodge sedan, hay and grain, dairy gear, and animal stock. Settlement cash day with no reserve as the proprietor rents the farm to Mr Archer.
Joseph Smith of Brant Street runs a long time hardware business and plans to hire Chris Graham of Woodlawn Avenue. A Holstein herd owned by W N and H B Ford Freeman earns a grand champion ribbon at Palermo show. Orr-Mar owned by Mrs Orrin H Baker wins Kerry Nine Terrier class at a New York dog show. Guy Cecil Hunter dies after collapsing during a Trinity gym basketball lesson. Australia’s population reportedly exceeds 7.5 million.
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