Halton Winter Wheat Contest Yields Highlight Local Farmers
Fred Nurse of Ashgrove tops Halton growers with 67.2 bushels per acre in the Sixty Bushel Winter Wheat Club competition sponsored by Halton Soil and Crop Improvement Association. Ernest Pell of Omagh and Calvin Aitken of Acton follow, with diverse yields, as 13 growers set a 60 bushel threshold for 1954. The results were measured at four plot points and computed at the Ontario Agricultural College Guelph. Halton juniors also competed in a plowing match near Hornby with 12 entrants under 21 years, judged by Winfred Timbers, with awards across four classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Nurse
Halton
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Messrs
F. Nurse
Ernest Pell
Calvin Aitken
Thos. Howden
Hornby
Halton Juniors
Halton Plowmen's Association
Winfred Timbers
Marilyn May
Milton
Martha May
Halton Junior Farmers display set high standard at Milton Fair Grounds
Halton 4-H groups from Milton Acton Norval Palermo and others showcased 71 educational displays. Milton Junior Farmers won Grand Champion for Farm Safety with judges Miss Florence P. Eadie and Prof. O. Kennedy praising the high quality. Night School programs run by North Halton High School Area Board open November 2 with applications due October 9.
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Halton
Milton Fair
Milton
Acton
Palermo
Norval
Junior Institute
Hornby
Ballinafad
Milton Junior Farmers
Florence P. Eadie
Women’s Institute
Toronto
O. Kennedy
Ontario Agricultural College
North Halton
Tuesay
North Halton High School
South Halton
W. J. Beatty
Georgetown
W. Barrager
Velma Norris
Halton entrants pace Inter-County Plowing Match near Breslau
Arnold Howden and John Cunningham will represent Halton in the inter county contest at the International Plowing Match near Breslau on Friday October 15. Oakville Trafalgar High School may also enter the Inter Secondary School event on Thursday October 14 with Glen Irwin and Wm Speck. North Halton hopes to send Ross Austin and Tommy Hunter, with entries due to F Laisties at the Ontario Plowing Match. Halton 4 H Homemakers awards noted through CNEL with winners including Venetaives and others in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Taylor
Appleby
Burt Speck
Hornby
R.R
Richard Sheppard
Milton
Arnold Howden
John Cunningham
Ross Austin
Tommy Hunter
North Halton
Glen Irwin
Bill Speck
Oakville -Trafalgar
Oakville -Trafalgar High School
Burlington-Nelson High School
Ktter
Don Taylor
John Cunningham Wall
Halton
Breslau
Oakville-Trafalgar High School
Orr
North Halton High School
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Margaret Stark
Barbara Cunningham
Ashgrove
Shirley Downs
Marilyn Wrigglesworth
Heatheronne Hayward
Joan McCay
Joan McCarron
Nelson
Matel Borgstrom
Ontario Department of Educat
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Joe Dunbar
CNEL
Tribe
Lemont Ag
Awe
Jeonete
Rath Pal
Robt. R. Hamilton
Optometrist
ST. Georges Square
P. Head
Pollock and Campbell
Water St
North Galt
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Miami
Harold Wiles
Cyril
Patricia Ann Beauty Salon
Hall Styliee
Brampton Monument Works
WM. C. Allan
West
Brampton
Tom Nicol
Bom
WY Bank
Bank of Montreat
Canada
First Bank
William Davey
Pat Wall
Mary
Miany
Ontario Hydro
Hydro
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