Halton Bacon Show entries set for Milton display
Halton Hog Producers' Association announced entries for the Halton Bacon Show to be displayed in Milton. Hogs were sold to Canada Packers in Toronto, with a call for better weight estimation to improve the percentage of A grade hogs. The piece lists show entrants by township and notes domestic market strength and pricing trends. It highlights cost of milk production in Halton, seed germination concerns, and upcoming Halton Junior Farmer activities and elections in Milton and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton Hog Producers’ Association
Halton
Milton Town Wall
Canada Packers
Toronto
Milton
Esquesing
Erwin Gunby
Halton Association
Gunby
Cedric Arrop
Harrop
Plant Products Division
Canada Department of Agriculture
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Milton Aut
Halton and Peel Guernsey Breeders Bus Trip Recap
A March 4 bus tour carried 35 Halton and Peel Guernsey Breeders led by Bill Booth and Bruce Hodgins. Stops included H. H. Larkin Farms Queenston with 5 Guernseys and a Niagara District view, Brock Monument and Niagara Falls, American Cyanamid plant for calcium cyanamide production, and Clovelly Farms St Catharines where Stewart brothers run 100 acres with 75 acres of grapes, 55 Guernseys, and 150 Holsteins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton and
Peel Guernsey
Halton and Peel Guernsey
Bill Booth
Bruce Hodgins
H. H. Larkin Farms
Queenston
Niagara District
Guernsey Club
Pirie
Brock Monument
Isit
Clovelly Farms
St Catharines
Stewart Brothers
Harold Tyrrell New President Halton Junior Farmers
Halton Junior Farmers elected Harold Tyrrell as president at their annual meeting held March 5 in Milton. Reports from Mac Sprowl Marjorie Segs worth and David Pelletterio highlighted 1952 achievements while Art Bennett noted a tight budget and a small year end balance. Plans were set for the Annual Banquet and Dance at Trafalgar Hall on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Tyrrell
Halton
Farmers
Milton
Mac Sprowl
Marjorie Segsworth
David Pelletterio
Inez Rae
Art Bennett
Trafalgar Hall
Acton Tax Bill Discussed at Georgetown Meeting
Report notes Acton garbage collection is economical and cites council discussion to raise the garbage contract pay by 150 dollars monthly to 6,000. A finance committee report was left for consideration. Acton's 1953 estimate totals 4,100, higher than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Georgetown
Trainbound Visitor Pleading for Departure
A departing visitor pleads with his earnest host to avoid missing his train as they drive to the station. The host reassures him that his wife would kill him if he delays, underscoring the urgency of the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Seed Fair auction sets average 2.19 per bushel for grain lots
Nine farmers completed a competition at the Wallington County Seed Fair in Guelph with top scores led by John Vogarty and Son Alma 93 and S. E. Griffin and Son Acton 90. Open 10 bushel rats and other exhibitor prizes list multiple winners. In 1939 Canadian steel ingot per capita was 380 pounds, rising to 795 by 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallington County
Guelph
John Vogarty
Roy B. Wingrove
R. R
Gordon Leslie
Acton
S. E. Griffin
Melvin McCutcheon
Rockwood
Dent
W. J. Kerr
S. E. Griffin and Son
Ernest Benham
Seeabinge Auction Sale in Eramosa Township
Auction notice from Robert Kingsbury selling Shorthorn cattle pigs poultry horses dairy equipment farm machinery seed grain tractors and household goods at a Rockwood Ontario farm on Tuesday March 27 1953 starting 11 am at No 24 highway four miles north of Rockwood. Auctioneer William A Gibson notes best herd and many items in excellent condition with cash terms and move-out required by March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kingsbury
Eramosa Township
Rockwood
York
Robes Dairy Equipment & House
Massey Harris Riteway
de Laval
Quebec
Thresher & Farm Machinery
Massey Harris
McCormick
Deering
Fleury
Fleury Bisse
Buehler
John Deere
Fleury Bissell
Massey Hartis
Renfrew Stales
Thia
A Gibson
Guelph
Albert Gras
Clarke Couple Honored at Acton Shower
A shower honoring Mr and Mrs Kenneth Clarke of Acton formerly Kathleen Taylor was attended by about 30 guests on Friday February 27 at the Evans homes. Euchre crokinole and a reading followed.Lunch by Bannockburn Ladies Institute and Churchill W A. Music by Marie Kerr and F Freeman concluded with dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Clarke
Kathleen Taylor
Acton
WO. Evans Euchre
Crokinole
William McDonald
A. Brooks
Clarke
Bannockhurn Ladies’ Institute
Churchill W. A
Farmer dismisses lectures on crop improvement
A sturdy farmer, asked to attend lectures on boosting crops, quips that his farming is already sufficient and he does not need schooling. The remark reflects a practical, self taught approach to agriculture despite outreach efforts.
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Farm News
Halton‘s
Trafalgar
W. B. Bradley
John Chapman
J. Allan Dixon
Clayton May
Percy W. Merry
Mrs. Hattie Price
Keith Moore
Nelson
W. R. Hume
Mervyn Coulson
Howard Coulson
Burdge Gunby
W. L. Kerms
Farm Economics
West Halton
South Halton
D.H. IA
Jean Peterson
Hornby
Mac Sprow
Halton County
Acton and Guelph
United States
Canada
the Life Insurance Companies IN
Ewe
Service Club
Ontario Society For Crippled Children
Robert W. Runge
Ottawa
Gail Cleaver
Barbara Joubert
O.S.C.C
Rotary Club
Tha
Seeabinge
K. Clarke
Cecil A. Carr
Optometrist
Tel
Cyril £. Citt
Cas Sk
Weston's
Sunkist
Florida
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