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page 14 the tribune thursday sept 17 1970 visit iowa beef farms bv aa hall agricultural represen tative for york county newmarket york cty york county beef producers enjoyed a good tour last week to iowa the top beef state in the us the group of fortyseven travelled by- chartered aircraft to waterloo iowa visited four farms and returned the same day its wonderful corn country with about thirty inches of good black topsoil almost level land lots of rain and a growing season about two weeks longer than ours they can hardly go wrong the beef units we saw were going for volume low overhead costs and feeding for fast gains the usual size was around three to five hundred head and we saw one feedlot set up for 8000 buildings were being kept to the bare minimum often very small sheds and the larger farms were moving to completely open yards bunker silos and fence line feeders were the rule for silage with grain being dried and put into upright towers of steel bins for canada floyd forsyth of stouffville canadas plowing champion left malton by air monday to compete for the world title in denmark later this month top jersey brings 480 buttonville a cookstown man paid the top price for a jersey cow at the herd dispersal sale on the property of cline burr and sons gormley rr2 john sheardown pur chased a 5 year old for 480 her sister sold for 320 and a december calf for 225 the herd was established in 1919 a buyer from texas bought a number of the younger cattle and was a consistent bidder on a number of cows the milk quota went for 1975 a pound atkinson and wilson were the sale managers and auctioneers surprisingly a lot of haylage is used for protein but local soybean mills supply the bulk of the protein even with top corn silage most feeders were adding grain at around one percent of live weight to at your service c home services home services dadlfetd roofing dmnrvln an cidim and siding alcan siding airfi kkkookinc our specialty free bslimnlcs 6404966 confederation plumbing new work repairs alterations pumps r softeners sewers 6403924 jake harman sons plumbing heating ltd cascade rentals domestic industrial hot water heating alterations repairs new work pumps softeners sewers 6401576 appliances clothing appliance service to all makes ot washers dryers ranges and refrigerators fast expert service on 1nglis kenmore rca mid frig1dairk watts electric and plumbing phone 2943642 skate exchange new used murray wilson 124 main st markham ph 2941189 plumbing heating air conditioning and cttctrlcil contrewri phont for free kttlmattl phont 2mu42 watts electric plumbing go classified georges auto service all mechanical auto repairs 2941303 riddells towing 24 hour service 2942733 50 main st n in rear hentals rentals typewriters and adding machines smithcorona machines for rent general repairs tribune office supplies stouffville ph 6402100 improve the rate of gain and get cattle to finish faster nearly all of the cattle fed there were brought in from ranches further west and south prices of feeders as compared to the price for finished is just as big an item down there as here but there wasnt any evidence of a move to put cow herds on dry lots the opinion was that cow herd owners needed present calf prices to survive and that cow numbers in other areas were increasing enough to meet future needs it was a surprise to us that high grain prices seemed to be holding back buying in iowa leaf blight on corn is serious enough to really affect the total american crop and this will be an important factor in setting our price levels here you can be assured of fast pependable automatic delivery of bulk coop tytopanti for your grain drying needs call stouffville coop 47 edward street phone 6401 50 n for more information all or mail coupon to coop propane dept united cooperatives of ontario 96 kensington st guetph ontario phone 519 8247370 bruces mill area retains popularity nearly 14 million persons visited the 14 conservation areas ad ministered by the metropolitan toronto and region conservation authority during the past four months it marked an increase of nearly 274000 over the same period last year the attendance figure for the period may 1 august 31 inclusive was 1383641 last years total for the same period was 1109844 the areas and their respective attendance are as follows albion hills 218856 black creek 153330 boyd 257283 bruces mill 223995 claireville 113517 claremont 16255 cold creek 26896 glen haffy 52492 greenwood 64650 heart lake 180809 humber trails 4628 lower rouge 37591 palgrave 7530 another qua from brook ity product in concrete the farmers friend for 40 years department of agriculture representative for ontario county lynn fair retired recently after 40 years of service to the area over 750 attended a testimonial dinner in his honor at sunderland arena sept 11 with mr fair centre are ux- bridge township reeve bob nesbitt left scott township deputy reeve norm lyons the com mittee chairman uxbridge town deputy reeve bill gould and ontario county warden bob timbers peter harris cty rejects waste from duck farm york cty the operator of king cole duck farm cone 5 whitchurch and the aurora sideroad will not be permitted to dump its liquid waste onto adjacent properties utilized for reforestation the decision followed a lengthy debate in york county council sept 9 and reversed an earlier committee recom mendation that under certain conditions ap prove the request strongest opposition was voiced by whitchurch deputyreeve norman barnard he said the firm operated as an industry and not an agricultural use and the township had a bylaw to protect itself from deposits of industrial waste some felt that if the project was allowed to start it could expand others agreed that since the business was in whitchurch the municipality itself should establish its own controls mr barnard said that while whitchurch was interested in keeping the firm in the township if it had outgrown its present site the operators might be well advised to look for more land on a request for a legal opinion solicitor lucas ruled the present whit church bylaw governing such matters should be upheld reserve champion ontario cty frank barkey of claremont rr3 won the reserve junior championship with his holstein heifer calf at the 34th annual ontario county black white show the calf altona les ormsby starlet is tall and sharp with good balance and smoothly blended shoulders judges described the junior two entries two winners oak ridges george annual horse show stouffville the colorful bayview belles in a display of tentpegging will be one of the features at the 5th annual st georges society horse show sept 27 beginning at 10 am the location is bayview farms cone 7 whit church and the gormley road the allday competition is under the patronage of rt hon roland michener governor general of canada champion as r an ex- ceptibnally good calf g darrach and son norman of oak ridges farm brought only two animals to the canadian national exhibition this year but each was a first prize winner one of them ganaraska belle was named grand champion female heading z class of mature cows the other oak ridges etta m was normans 4h calf of last year she won the senior yearling class phone 6553311 br00klin concrete products limited hwy 12 brooklin telephone- 6553311 yonge st newmarket telephone 8956781 markham fair board invites i all persons 75 years of age or over to become citizen of the fair to qualify register at the historical exhibit thurs fri or sat oct 1st 2nd 3rd the oldest citizen of the fair will fr ride in the parade be a guest of the markham fair board for dinner all senior citizens wearing red citizen of the fair ribbons will be allowed to attend the fair free of charge on sunday oct 4th display of documents of historical signifigance an interesting display of historical documents will be displayed at she fair featuring such items as deeds of crown land birth certificates marriage certificates auction sale bills school and church records old ad vertisements catalogues etc pictures of previous prize winning livestock and so much more come see it we still need more if you have old records of note we would appreciate a loan of them for the fair all exhibits are insured by the fair board for loss all single documents will be placed under plastic displays will be strictly supervised for further information call v h rutledge 2941430 on or before sept 25th tfnaf 2ash proclamation to the municipal electors of the area municipality of the town of markham public notice is hereby given that a meeting of the municipal electors of the area municipality of the town of markham will be held in the parkview junior public school located on fonthill blvd in the varley village subdivision unionville monday september 21 1970 from 7 oclock until 8 oclock in the evening for the nomination of candidates for the offices of mayor two members to be elected at large for the combined office of regional and local council and one councillor for each of the wards one two three four five and six to serve the area municipality of the town of markham for the years 1971 and 1972 and also nominations for the election of four members for the york county board of education and three members fo the york county roman catholic separate school board to serve for the years 1971 and 1972 if more candidates are proposed than required to be elected an election will be held on monday the 5th day of october 1970 when polls will be opened at ten oclock in the morning and remain open until seven oclock in the afternoon and no longer for persons who are able to make one of the following declarations a expect to be absent from the area municipality of the town of markham or b as an election official will be unable to attend the poll at which i am entitled to vote or c expect to be confined in a hospital or d for religious reasons am prevented from voting on the day fixed for polling advance polls will be open at the municipal offices buttonville and the markham centennial library 199 main st n markham on friday october 2nd 1970 from 4 oclock in the afternoon until 10 oclock in the evening and saturday october 3rd 1970 from 10 oclock in the forenoon until 5 oclock in the afternoon rr no 2 gormley ontario h c t crisp clerk township of markham returning officer area municipality ef the town of markham