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iilhl, VV $vI - 7:-aw ---- 65 Bradford Sl:.. Barrio Phone 748 _, : Eveningsv 9131 Reeves Jewelry Buy `your; A utider the `double "at _ uuau uauwuc a avwsusc _yu..wu .. _- There were 36,272 acres in barley _'with a yield of 1,109,923 -bushels. -4 Total production in Ontario was 14,- 1 ; 447,174 bushelsfrom 449,095 acres. 1 nsimcoe grew 340,348 bushels o ' ._ buckwheat from` 15,541 acres and ' 2 again led the province. In all On- "tario 234,870 acres produced .;4,975-,- 192 ushels of buckwheat. ' L I In all wheat Simcoe stood second. both in acreage and yieldwith 71,,- '._650 acres and. 1,733,930 bushels. ' `Kent county was first with a yield -of ' 2,073,413 bushels from 78,242 acres. ; `Total production for the province was f i 20,988,030 bushels.- Simcoe was also "second in peas with 220,162 bushels `_s off 10,385 acres. The average yield A 21.2 bushels per acre was two bushels bigger than. that`. of the province as a whole and also higher than that of - Renfrew, the leading county. 2 ' - 1:71.21- c1:..-..-- 1.-.: .....J. 4.1.. I.n..uuml- GUU UHDIIULB LLUIII .Luu,-_xvv wvnvu, -an _average' of }07.5, somewhat lower than Simcoe s average yield. ' nu. __.- ...-..- no m-in -......- :.. 1.....l..u' LEG-ll.L_l.UVV, UIIG Iwuulue vvunnv While Simcoe had, not the"largest' acreage in sweet clover, the -yield, 68,256 -tons, was the greatest. The .acreage in this county was 28,679, while Grey county with acreage. of 80.397 produced 3,000 tons less. The ' alsike yield in this county was_ 18,- 355 tons from 9,274 acres._ Ha_1di- -mand county led the province with 18,118. tons. Alfalfa has made, great `strides in popularity in _.this county during the past two years I and each year` shows a great increase `both in acreage and yield, but the county stands tenth in the province` with` 63,852 tons from 24,095 acres. H i'elVatin`g to livestock own-kt` ed by farmers and on hand on June E 15, 1926, show Simcoe in the van in 1 .several branches. [This county stands 1 first ,in mares and geldingh, third in 9 1 sheep, first in beef cattle, fifth in 1 milk cows, third `in swine, first in` geese, sixth in turkeys-, ninth in ducks r f and sixth in fowl of other kinds. H _ _.-___ _._-1I L- . GIILIV llhllll Ill J.UVVi VJ. vvuva. nauuuo The people of Simcoe may well-be proud of such a record`, which is striking evidence of the fertility of the soil and of the intelligence and industry of the farmers. Dia |mondR [ , I I I_}III 90 Trinity Sunday School made merry last Friday evening. Shortly after six o'clock the scholars and their friends sat down. to well-filled tables of ap- petizing eatables that had been pro- vided by, the parents and teachers. Af- ter all had done justice to the good. things, the tables were cleared `away andfa good program was put on by the scholars. This con'sist_ed of recit- ations by the dozen, solos, duets and instruxnentals; also three dialogues. Miss Doane's. class put on a. very clev- er dialogue entitled True Charity. `oinsinav with a very pretty motion song. ` Mr; VVest's class of girls represented: -_-,-;-_ I ;`ear1,v settlers OI me `rownsxup UL nsau. ; ; A number of years ago Mr, Beattie. disposed of'his~.farm!here and he and his sister went to London. Ont. _where they resided until four years ago when` the s1ster_ died. Since then Mr. Beat- tie had spent most of his time with, friends here, The late Mr. Beattiewas. '. 01.... (`*1-n~ia Hnn ohm-hnfnr. n sxtmmnh supporter of the Presbyterian church and was the last member of his family. friends here, '1`ne late Ml`. 1:seaLI;1e' was. .a fine Christian character. a staunch His brother. Geo. Beat.tie,_ predeceased" him last May. Thefuneral took place on home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cun- ningham to Barrie Union cemetery. Wednesday afternoon from the'5 i | Jan. 25-Mrs. Vvhiteside and-Vera left on Wednesday for Hlllsdale. Alon- zoand Dalton Fever, Geo rge, Cliff and Mr. Whiteside took their departure a. `week or so earlier for the. same place and are busydnow. on a. sawing con- tract. . " On Wednesday evening the Women's Institute held a social at the home of R. W. McLean. The weather being favorable 9. very large crowd gathered and. spent the evening in games and dancing. . . 'l\Tn\xrfnn `Rnhimmn Sundav School dancmg. Newton Robinson Sunday School `came to town on Monday. 24th. in _, sleighs and autos and spent the after- noon on the rink. . ` Vlnnun you run carving ham: rm Sun- me rum. - V There was no service here on Sun- day in the United Church on account of the anniversary~at Newton Robin- .son. Mr. Burgess gtook Mr. Irwin's work in Alliston while the latter took charge of the two services at Newton. 1 Nfnvf Rnhnv evening` a snecial somz, charge or tne two servwuu at ncwwu. * Next S_u'nda.y evening a. special song,` service consisting of solos, duets. quar- tettee and anthems will be held in the United Church. ' _ , . . 7'Dkn'an-nun` Qnnnv nhnn`| slaizhride T 'l`he'a.nnual Sunday chool sleighride and skate has been arranged for Wed- nesday, Feb. 2. .. I 'l`hn marmnf thaw has given the mot- nesua_v_,1'eo. z. j The recent thawhas given orist a chance to make use of his auto V again. as the roads leading to all the neighboring villages are now open, but it'aisosoftened the ice on the rink to such an extent that the Beeton-Bond `Head hockey game billed for Friday had to bee oostponed. -numn `RHHncrn hold` a. "sale of his had to _be- nostponea. _ `Elvin Billings held` a sale of his` .farm stock and implements on Tues- day of - this week . Jan, 25-Thos..Jacks turnd his 74th milestdne during the week, Several members of the family and other _friends\ca11ed during the day. .. 'Dn1;uA`f1 (`I `H Hnending during the clay. , , Reeve; G. C.` Allan is snendlng the I Week at" County Council in Barrie. . mt..- 1urn1m. had rnhtrnn from Smith. week at County Uouncu ,m narme. Mrs. Miller has returned from smith` Falls after a. few weeks spent with -her-son and family there. - "llrun annuo` rvianflncr f Rh.r9hO1derS `her-son and tamuyv tnere *The annual meeting. of `Shareholders of`Imjx1sfil Telephone Co. wasxheld in the; 1.0.14`. ha} here on Friday, Jan, 21. nnvnknvo fwnvn Tmfrnv n.ttend`ed the the 1.0.3`. nat nere on r'r1uu.y, own, 4;. A numbertrom Lefroy attended the carnival at Churchill. Friday evening. _ One .sle1ghloa.d` contained twenty-two. `Mn and Mr: T. W." Swindle `and One .sle1ghloa.d ecomalnea Iwenty-Lwu. Mr. and Mrs`. T. F.` Swindle family entertained several from the village recently in their beautiful De eGra.s`s1 e Point resl'dence.. ` mr- -'.....a M.-n Tnvnrnnlz nntm-tained Grassle Point res10ence.. Mr. "and Mrs. Loverock entertained a number or friends on Monday even- eing last at a .pt-o'gressive, bridge party. `Mrs. M.cCa;lIum and E. H, Reddick were .uccess1.'ul '_ih carrylxgg off the prizes. A very enjoyable time was spent: uzj-:1--nj IJI-I ya! :3.` Jar;. 24-'--Brooke' Siesser Sbent Athg Lwek-ndrin 0;-111la.'~_ . V . `Robt. Carscadden and son Clifford of radford attended the funeral of .the,~ ormei"s uncle. James Brandon, on `Satm-'d'a.vT. J.n. 22-. /'\' 1' man.-m nnn"r'H*.' the week?-end Saturday, Jan. `.22-. _ _ `V 'M1s.-sf J. Bishon_.spe`nt',the we`ek_-end "at" her home ,-in Gre nfe1.~ . Miss Geo1-eriina VK19slck' is `spending two _weeks `In. Orillla` with Mr. and Mrs. D. Galbmith.,- ~ s ' ' ' 1-xr... \lii('1Innin' no `mI`vn'va1' visited `Mrs. D. Gsalbx-aitn., _ ~. ~ Wm. Mc':G!nnisf of Elr.nva1e visited TfArie_n j W `A . - _\ Triity S.S.`A_E;;I-tainment ...u.__ |':1.....A.-.u Gnknnl vnon n Buy` A-Evertisga % Things, BOND HEAD 'i.i;Fi67 _E`?G3_% , . 1 .a group of little grandmas who had met to sew for the poor but they did more gossiping then sewing. Mrs. Lunau s class brought the program to at "close all "too soon with a very funnyf _`dialogue entitled, Mrs. Oak1ey s Tele-g '-E phone. Mrs.` Oak1ey s cook had a very`. ,happy faculty of getting phone num-= ibers mixed. In this one case she was` -the means of bringing a. pair of e- istranged lovers together. Buy`Advert1aed Thing. H3. & W. M0i0IS New Ford Trucks for Low - % Cost Hauling Ford Trucks heat! the list for or- ciency and economy. They are the natural choice of business men who. chart their operating costs and buy accordingly, The cost per ton-mile of hauling any type of merchandize, deter- mines the value of a truck. 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