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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1933
Page
7
Various town items report heavy frosts and first snows in fixie district while rains remain sparse. Advertisers push goods and services, Halloween plans unfold in Acton, and Oakville Council withholds relief for new residents. A car crash near Acton injures a rider. Remembrance poppy essays prize includes J P Garrow. Brampton man William Hutchinson dies after Winnipeg journey.
William Busby long served Oakville Board of Education for over 40 years and led as Chairman for 25. Born in Ashley England he moved to Oakville at 13 and remained active in community groups including St Johns United Church and the Citizens' Band. He survived by his widow, a son and two daughters.
The Toronto market notes dealer quotes for poultry and eggs including stages of weight and breed, wholesale dressed meat prices, and grain bids. It lists country shippers’ egg prices, fowl weights, "B" grade poultry rates, hides and wool prices, and wholesale fruit and Ontario potato prices with current live stock figures for cattle and calves.
Canadian Government plant pathology researchers report a silver salt solution mixed with potassium cyanide sterilizes narcissus bulbs against bulb nematodes and bulb fly larvae. Evacuation-assisted treatment shows no significant bulb growth harm in greenhouse tests and no foliage or bloom injury in field trials. Vancouver Island and Fraser Valley bulb growers export rising quantities, with British Columbia bulbs rivaling imports.
Eight sugar refineries operated in Canada with plants in Dartmouth Nova Scotia Saint John New Brunswick Montreal Chatham Wallaceburg Ontario Raymond Alberta and Vancouver British Columbia The 1932 production value reached 41022569 with exports totaling 9483000 pounds valued at 428337 A large portion of Canadian sugar comes from beets grown locally in Ontario and Alberta.
William Thirwall Routledge of Auckland perished after a tour for the Acclimatization Society when a car crash left him paralyzed. He dictated key reports while dying, insisting on finishing his work before being moved to a stretcher. He passed away in a hospital.
Red top grass with creeping roots sustains pasture from spring to fall but is poor for hay due to leaf height. Timothy and similar grasses resist trampling poorly for pasture but yield excellent hay. For heavy production, choose grasses that suit soil and climate and thrive together to maximize ground use.
Gunn the big game hunter recalls facing a Bengal tiger and admits the choice was tiger or himself. His wife replies with pride that it was the tiger, otherwise they would not have the rug. World wool consumption in 1932 highlights heavy demand from Japan and Italy.
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