Toupin announces $18,900,000 subsidy for Quebec farmers: Quebec Minister of Agriculture Normand Toupin stated that he had experienced difficulty getting his point across in the legislative assembly but after those farmer’s demonstrations throughout the province, his fellow cabinet ministers were asking him what they could do for him.

What they did, as reported to the UPA and relayed to THE EQUITY by Pontiac’s representative on that board, Melvin Younge, was to add another 3.9 million dollars to the 15 million already earmarked to distribute as this troubled season.

Dr. Roland Armitage explains harness-racing at Quyon Fair Board annual dinner-dance: The annual dinner-dance sponsored by the Quyon Agricultural Society held Saturday attracted 350 Quyon fair enthusiasts. They were there from both sides of the Ottawa River, up the Gatineau and from Pontiac.
They came to hear the guest speaker, Dr. Roland Armitage of Dunrobin, to partake of a sumptuous dinner and to meet friends, old and new.

Dr. Armitage, who is president of the Canadian Trotting Association, described the growth of that organization and told of some of its activities. He was in a humourous mood as he related some of his experiences as a practicing veterinarian in Pontiac County.

At the conclusion of the dinner, entertainment was provided by Mac Beattie and his orchestra.