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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-02-02, Page 9ire.. ocal • ze iun- aysa are Jean he THE•'LUCKNOW SENTINEL, ;i.UCKNOW, :ONTARIO Bruce' County EngineerReporsn: Creek culvert on Duiham treet . •- ' " Repairs were made to .Silver in Walkerton and repairs to WOrk Done Andjoj'' Be Dolce may 'Culvert; Construction of • ,The grace County Highways De' meet,. ,in spite of adverse wea- er conditions, was able to com'' ere all mna'jor grading jobs on bedule,, County Engineer Eldon ndt told' county council at the nuary session held in Walkerton. In 1966, there will be a large ' wing program in order to finish e;roads that werestarted, lvir, b - ndt expressed satisfaction' at the punt Of construction that was ne'in,1965, and also at the Dunt of direct. aid provided by . ;province. Sucti:;amounted •to • 81,360.. The Engineer reviewed some of work'.completed during the . r just ended.' 'Most of the grad- in Road '10 , Chesley to Tara, s.completed at a cost of $323, 4; Many of the ditches still; ed trimming up, and ,the major. „of the: top soil has,' not been re- Ced; This will..be.done in 1966 said, anda heavy lift of crushe vel will have to be put :on .tlie. d. to prepare it for paving. This • jectdwas the largest that the my highways has ever under en., e'overhead bridge at the C'NR.' cks in Chesley was repaired s'year:ata cost to the county, $4,115.' The total cost of the airs was$11,,153 ecause .of thewet weather' and fact that equipment was busy hard to rent; the mile and one7. f from Chesley to the Grey boa- ry will riot be started. The ding south to the Brant town p boundary was completed, and mile and ,one. -quarter to' the 'y boundary will be .finished t thing in the `spring,- Mr. Yun=, • Said, ounty Road 16, east. of 'High y4 in Teeswater.; was recons- ted, with, curb and gutters in- led, ' and a sidewalk on the • th side. fron,the Highway up to school `:built; Hot mix'paving applied on the street with the b and Sutter, and'a surface tment given the•.road from ated *era - the rhurs- 9 0'- :ett Alex. Eedy, :van .' !aid - Elliott,;. 1' lvic'� lob Mc= d Hain-', Ion Ro-. , tarry; s Mac- Broad- IcKag )n,... w,•parr Huston!. h'itby , .r ;' ' ttyre, Al Hanr i Jani- .. i Daer; Bob Tilton; , .Don .• iltz;. iald, Sandy' • h ;Mason, there west about .one mile to the bridge over. the Teeswater River,. Sauble River Bridge, on County . Road 10, one. mile south of Tara, with three 80 -foot spans, was con- strutted by Arnott Construction of Arthur. Cost of the bridge was $11:5,7.19, Gaffney Construction Limited of Stratford commenced construction of the Sauble Falls Bridge on 'County Road 2.1', in October. Estimated cost of this •bridge• is $110,000.. The south abutment and the south,pier' have been'formed and: they. are' present- ly working on the north abutment :and pier; The bridge slt�uld be. completed, b.§ early tRing. . An extension will have'•to be . granted to the contractor of•the Gregg Bridge on Lot 38, Concess- ion A in tate townships of Greenock and ,Brant, as high water had de= rayed.:constructi'on. The estimat- ed•.cost 'of•this bridge is $22,000..: Thehcounty, purchased $99,000 worth of .new equipment in 1965; ' traded•in,$28,000 used equipment and sold $11,000 worth. • A two-way radio system was in- stalled in some of• the vehicles, and garages to connect then' with the • Engineer's office, and this is prov- ing very. beneficial. :The' cost was •$14,750. Other purchases included a grader costing $39,920;. a truck, $9,453; a pick-up truck and •two suburban vans', automatic sander, ,floor jack, three chain ,. `saws and vacuum applicator for making signs'. Minor'projects`carried out by the Highways Department included Improvements to theButchart Cor net on County. Road . 9 in: Eastnor Township,' relocation •of -about 'one- third mile on County. Road'16 from Highway 9 easterly at cost .of $4,0000 Surveying done during the' summer and some excavation in'. the fall on the Sauble Beach-By- Pass, each-By-Pass, County' Road. 21; • a lift of ballast and some minor• ditching done..onCounty Road 4, 7th Conte scion Kincardine; before it .was,. reverted to the township. Last ;urs iasis. lock.. imposed sesw ater; ;Blake They ,b Fin- • the kipped ... re .of 1-4. idy: was. Df 6- 5, wwent With, Ritchie non as wins and his first tipped. back in s• by de tngannon 10-4; s for two ze, is rink gie; adie• win their. tf 8-2 which 1965 FORD, Galaxie 500, 4 Door, Hardtop 1965 FORD,' 4 *Door,. Automatic Transmission 1964. CH EV,. 4 -Door, 6 , Cylinde r 1964 PONTIAC, 4 Door. Standard Transmission 1964 CHEVY 11, 6 Cylinder, Standard.ITransmission 11664 PONTIAC. LAUiFENTIAN, 6 • Cylinder, • Automatic Trans • mission 1963 MERCURY, 4 Door, Standard Transmission 1963 PONTIAC STRATOCHIEF, 4 Door, 6:.Cylinder, Automatic• Transmission H62 CHEVROLET, 6 Cylinder, Standard Transmission 1962 FORD Feirlan ,. Standard Transmission 1962 FORD, Gaiaxia..4-Door. 1961 FORD % Ten Pickup 1966 FALCON 6 Cylinder, Standard .Transmission 1960 CHEV, 4 Door, 6 Cylinder Automatic Transmission • 1960 AUSTIN 4 Door 1958 CHEVROLET 6 Cylinder, 'Standard •Transmission .about 250 feet of curb and gutter in Lucknpw and installation of about. 406 feet of storm drain on Spencer St. County Road 5, were carried out. • - ' Sortie of .the work not completed included the grading of.County Road 11 near North. Bruce. and the' construction of a bridge on this., seetion of road. No progress was made on the setting of a location for a new .road north of Oliphant Ocean Breeze Park; Jensen Beach ,Fla .33457 , January, 22 ,1966 The Lucknow Sentinel., Lucknow, Ontario; Dear Sirs;: ° Thanks; to the Frank Mauldens; the Sentinel has been sent tome, two years: now andbe- fore that, for several years. to my 'husband, and: myself ., Used to pick it.up on Sundays, before mail de-. livery, :when l came from church: - While I do not know ;many of the people in the Holyrood area, I find your paper . interestingly written and enjoy the different.- items of the correspondents.'• Usually 'Share the paper with a Mr: •and Mrs. Ebner "Mac- Kenzie of Keene, New Hampshire, '•who are here in the winter seasons. They have anice-cream business. up there and while: no relation to • the'MacKerizies,, named often in your paper , seerin, to' be ,a . personal touch for them. Mrs. Elmer•Mac- 'Kenzie was on "tour" of the States and in Toronto, forthe ice-cream and' refrigerator, people, and did, meet some of the MacKenzies ,at • that time. • ` Today while you are having snow, we area bit colder. 'than usual: But the robins love it and are busy eating :the berries fro the palm trees. The mocking birds: are imitating their calls --but seem: to forget it onee the robins:go nor th after .a week or so. The fruit . growers. are watching this "cold" spell-" for with so much warm Wea- ther earlier --,"the citrus trees did not go into full dormancy and some trees are showing new growth and . . budding." , : ' Best wishes.tothe 'staff of•:The Sentinel,• tours truly, .' . Freda Peterkin. Don't make the mistakeof waiting until spring 'to buy your fertilizer..,. that's when everyone else does. That's when supplies can run .low too, even in the best -stocked warehouses. 'That's when.you should be applying, not buying. Make sure you have your spring supply of'CO-UP' fertilizer in time order now. Buy your CO=OP fertilirer now and you'll enjoy worthwhile early ,delivery savings.. Special winter savings me in elleCt lrom: • ' . by G•R.GEAR AGRICULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE • BRUCE COUNTY Quite a large number of Farm Account Books have come into the office and we are making good • progress in getting them processed 1 would. expect' about/another, fifty: If those intending to send in their book could speed it up a little and let us.have them as soon as poss.' ible we could get' this part of our' work cleaned away sooner than. usual. ••• It is encouraging to note the comparatively; healthy incomes of, the beef and hog farmers. This boostin the .income has been long overdue, We have not had very. Quality controlled for your satisfaction many account books for dairy tar mers as yet.They' are: obviously not quite as.high but there is also . some encouragement here and I think they will be slightly •better than a year ago • The wide variation in- income in farmers with the satne..lines and classes of stock it just as. apparent • as it has been over the years. , is great encouragement to us to see farmers who have been on the Farm Management Plan for several years build up good solid • farm businesses and these farmers are now in a pos- ition to go ahead and make compar. .atively high incomes. It doestake a long timeand some patience to • build a good farm business to fit in with the modern demands but many of our' farmers have done just that. There isso much study. :to be done by -many farmers to' realize just what' makes a good farm set-up. I am inclined to' think that a 'comparatively ,small percentage of the farmers realize' this or there would, be a great deal more interest in farm management work than there is.: So many think that there is either money in dairy cattle, . beef cattle., or hogs with very little thought that the money is either made or lost according. to 'how these different lines are hand- led.' We plan on a series of three imee tings in three suitable locations 'in Bruce County in the latter part of Febraury. The dates 'and places . will beannounced later. The gen- eral trends of farm' management: will be discussed at these meetings; also the new Farm Account Book. 'The new farm account book is 'con- 'siderably differen on-'siderablydifferent than the old one `About 300 farm account books have .gone out from the. office'and :farm- ers will have had an Opportunity to look them over' and we can dis- cuss the finer pointi of farm act- '.ount- keeping as At applies to these new books. Don rthur, Farm Specialist from Guelp has consented'to . speak to three farm 'meetings. in Bruce County on March 10th ,11th and 17th, to discuss Farm Partner. ships, Working Agreements, and related subjects... Places for these meetings have not been selected.. The ldn$ awaited 'Organization Meeting of the Bruce County Dairy ; Committee is scheduled to "take place at Fortnosa on Tuesday , Feb- ruary 8th, at 1.30 p.m. I believe we have about 1,300' dairy farm- ers in Bruce County: and these dairy farmers . will have an- opportunity to select 15 Directors to represent them :so they willhave some say in the• retorganization of the dairy business as it is to be in the future.. On Friday, February, 11th ;.the Bruce County Hog Producers Assoc? iation are holding their Annual Meeting.. Besides electing Direct- ors,Vrizes' are being offered for the biggest percentage improvement in. Grade" A's" ' for 1965 over 1964. $100.00 is being offered in prizes of $26.00,.$15.00 and =$10.00 for those Marketing up to 100 hogs'and a similar set of prizes for those marketing over 100 hogs. To app- ly for these prizes the grading slips .for 1964' and 1965 are to be sent to the Department of .Agricul-. ' ture, Walkerton, by February 7th.. . The Cominittee.in charge of the Quality -Hog Program in the County propose a program which intiudes . ithe continuing. of the monthly prizes; also the largest' percentage increase.in Grade "A's'" in 1966 ov- er .1965•. ; They are also planning to continue the boar premium but there is some difference here. Th- ey plan on'paying $10.00 for the first 20 boarspurchased from Jan-: uary 1st to July 1stand for the first 20' boars purchased from July 1st to the endof the year: The big difference is that they are going to pay the premium only on boars „that are from sows that have a, more of at least 80 under the old scoring system and 77.98 under the - new scoring .system and have a maturity index of 180 days,.. 1, r c