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AUCTIONEEE JERRY COUGHLIN atwork farmer Abner Rawn beside him drinis for members furnished food and hot hundreds attendingfarm auction no mainstre Auctioneer Can Be Farmers Friend By nun GRAHAM Examiner Staff Writer Sometimes an air of sadness pervades farm property as staccatovoiced auctioneer of fers for sale the implements thellvestock the furnishings that it has sometimes taken two or three generations of farm family to accumulate To those who attend some of these farm sales there is al most an embarrassment as they snap up bargains in tractors threshingmachines and even family heirlooms These men of the soil are close to their neigln bars on the concession lines too and in some cases farm sale means that trusted friend and his family are selling out and leaving the area that strangerf will be moving in to till the acres When this is the case the bid ding as theauctioneer extols the value of the calves heifers bulls and milch cows which he hopesto sell is quiet and re strained As he bids the man looks closely at the farmer who is selling out his stock and there seems to be an unwritten law that the bid that is made is fair one Recently attended sale on the farm of Abner Bawn Reeve of Sunnidale Township Hundreds of persons found their way to the wellknown tauacre farm at Lot Concession Sunnidale Towns three iles southeast of Stayoer N0 SADNESS HERE There was no noticeable air of sadness at this sale The neighbors of Abner liawn re spected member of the farming community in Sunnidale knew that they were no losing their friend iie was offering his farm for sale along with his live stock implements hay and grain but it seemed likely that he would remain in the gene veral area The Sun dale Reeve was sel ling out becausevhe found he could not work theacreage him self and good heipwas difficult to obtain He had farmed the 150 acres since April 1946 and had noWdecidedto sell out The men of the soil whose cars lined the concession roads for more than amile were in jovi moodas liartie auc Ktloneer Jerry Coughlin coma menced the $31 good an once taymerg hestrfricnd and cry Cougbhn earned his commu sion asxheca1oied the careful farmers into parting with some of their money for some of Mr Bawns possessions One of the highlights of the salewhen it came to auction eer repartee with his bidders occurred when big threshing machine was offered for sale The early bidding was small and when the offers were down about $75 the man with the wav ing cane and penetrating voice told the buyers Why YD could take this machine out and in couple of days make enough to pay for it This started another trainof thought in the assembled farm ers heads and the price rose to $100 The buyers wouldnt bulge be iond the 5100 mark although the auctioneer challenged them and coaxed them to up the bid When they would not farmer got the big machine for own and the auctioneer turned to former owner Abner Rawn and told him You should be crying machine like that for that price big tractor under the ham mer and the the crowd became bit more spirited in their bid ding with Auctioneer Coughlin egging them on to raise the price But like all agriculturists the bidders had an idea what they could pay and when the bidding bogged down at $51500 Farmer Keith Padderson of the 9th Line Snnnidale became owner of the vehicle Earlier smaller model tractor had brought $330 from Archie Currie Right alter the threshing ma chine was sold for $100 Auction eer Coughlin withan aggrieved air at the low price asked the gathering what they would pay for brand hew belt which is used to run the thresher To his apparent surprise the price for the length of belt vcnt up algoo forwhich figure it was SD Coughlln remarked Here we sell big threshing machine for only $100 and get $60 for small belt that is used to run it He nodded his head in puzzlement and shortly after that headed for the kitchen of the Rawn farm borne where the members of Clearview Womens Institute had fascin ating array of food awaiting the hungry buyers There were homemade pies of every de scription hot dogs tea coffee and pop to tempt theuppqtitcs They did real business during the afternoon as formegs and their families dropped in for snack and stayed for meal All money raised Mrs Harold finish of Stayner president of the institute said went to worthy causes When the auctioneer had slaked his thirst with coffee he went back to the business at hand and hundreds of persons surrounded him as he sold off baled hay other feed lines and straw You can tell our buyers are not drinking anything but cof fee by the way they are bid ding was one of theremarks directed the goodnatured crowd who bid cautiously on the feed0ne lot of straw brought zl cents bale from one buyer and second buyer who took the balance of the consign ment got it bit cheaperat 23 cents bale The pigs were sold right in their pens with the auctioneer extolling their merits and the farmers carefully patting their pockets to see the bankroll was where it belonged From the hogs the auctioneer turned to the so cattle up for sale nine of them miich cows the balance young feeders Far mers said later prices fetched by the animals were fair SLEIGHNO VENDW The auctioneer gulped onceor twice before be commenced sale of sleighfie looked around the landscape which was noticeably bare of snow which is one basic requirement of sleigh hen he plunged into the seilln of an object that does not command too much attention inSpring time The sleigh finally brought $35 and for once the auctioneer looked happy The buyer got himself serviceable sled some harness enough other equipment ich next Winter will probably make him feel he got the better of the deal The buyers who did purchase articles appeared satisfied with necessities they had obtained at fair prices Mr and Mrs Frank Hodglns and granddaughter Bar baralcft for their home utVic toria Harbour with cream sep arator which they bought for $36 Bob Coo Creemore got himself mower attachment for $23750 and Norris Cochrane side delivery rake attachment for $329 manure spreader went to Mike Coyie for $340 small Jersey cow brought $150 another goodlooking miich cow $237 Al the sale nonnluded the if WINTERTON Lawrenc on sleigh sold for $85 Hlitz and Jim Moore all of New Lowell round my ENJOY farm ssle Eldred Bowman Bowman all ofStayner quench their thirst Accident Survey Aims To Discover The CauSe By wau Associate Agricultural Rep In the last twentyfive years farming in Ontario has been virtually revolutionized with the introduction of modern farm machinery Mechanization has increased the output per man phenomenally and has changed the farm work picture from one of long hours strenuous effort and sometimes drudgery to one that is now fairly comparable to other industries Along with this progress however farmers have had to accept the greatly increased accident hazard ass ciated with powerful fast in ing mechines it is estimated that one ember of every fouth third most dangerous occupa tion farming leads all occupa tlonsin number of accidental deaths With an accident record of this kind agricultural officials hundreds of persons dispersed as quickly from the Ram prop erty asthey had invaded it earlier in the day The place had beielook about it as the buyers loaded equipment and livestock on their trucks and headed ho with their new pos sessions Thus ended on farmhale in Ontario have been exploring ways and means to effectively reduce accident losses So for educational programs and safety campaigns have proven most effective In the United States reductions in accidents of over 20 per cent have often followed safetyprograms However the fact that there are no province wrde figures available to show the true accldentpicture inop tario has made similar pro grams here less effective In order to determine the costs types extent andcost of farm accidents in Ontario the Ontario Department of Agricul ture launched Provincial Farm Accident Survey on March lst This survey will record and classify all accidents happening to farnr people until the end of February 1960 All accidents occurring on farms and to farm people are to he reported where there is personal injury or pro perty damage amounting to more than $2500 Statistics for each County will be kept separately and so at the end of the survey an accurate record for Simcoe County will be avail able survey of this kind requires the cooperation of great many people in SimcoaCounty Wo mens Instiute branches have generously volunteered to report all accidents in their areas and mdivrdual reporters have been rest BARGAIN CREAM SEPARATOR goes homewlth Mr and Mrs Frank Hodglns and granddaughter Barbara of Victoria Harbor REPORT FROM UK British Sysetm is Intriguing by uciNTYnn noon vLondon England Correspondent ForThe Barrie Examiner LONDONTo Canadian ob server tha British system of guaranteeing the prices of arm products and ensuring agr ul tural prosperity is intriguing but frightfuliy expensive for the David Rawn Arnold named in districts where no In stitutes are organized in North Simcoe alone over eighty volun3 teer reporters are cooperating in the survey The survey is being directed by the County Committee In North Simcup in cooperation withStewart Page Agricul tural Representative and yoffic ialsof the CountyFederation of Agriculture Mrs Mc Clung of Wyebridge is the Chairman for North Simcoe and the CountyCommittee ismade up of Mrs HoWardCamphell Shanty Bay Mr EdSellows Goldwater and Crosbie of Barrie It is expected that this survey will have the full cooperation of allfsrjmers in the coun Farm people are asked to not the reporter in their district ifthey have had an accident Good oiloperation in this survey can insure that the important values associated wit rural living can be main tained our or bars ABERDEEN Scotland CF Farmers here gota chuckle over an order from the milk market ing hoard forbidding mtlkmaids to spit chew tobacco or take snnff while at the mi ng stool Aberdeen like most of Britain has no milkmaidsr taxpayers The annual settlement between the government and the three farmers union on the prices to be paid for farm pro ductsduring the 19591960 year has been announced The net result of the agree ment which has been reached is that the guaranteed prices for eggs wool wheat and rye have been reduced slightly Guaran teed prices for milk cattle hogs sheep barley oats potatoes and sugar beets are unchanged The effect of these new guarantees is that they will cost the govern mentwhich means the ta payers £1231 million decrea se of £3 million from the past year But new assistance schem es for the farmers will cost the treasury £6 million so that there is net increase of £3 mllllon over last years figures ARRANGED IN ADVANCE The interesting thing about these prices guarantees is that they are decided in advance of production The farmer knows at the beginningof his production year what the guaranteed price is going to be for what he may produce He is thus in position to plan his years production with some definite idea of what his financial returns will he at the end of the year provided his estimate of production is met into this of course haz ardsof weather always enter to deciding on the guaranteed prices the ministry of agricul ture takes various factors into consideration it studies the re sults of the past years opera tions and tries to assess the national requirements for ach product Where there has been overnroduction then there is likely to be reduction in the guaranteed price ltKhigher pro duction is required any comj modlty the price is increased Where there is fa 1y even balanceuthe price ren un changed unavv sussmms This system of guaranteed gt prices involves as the figures show very substantial subsidies to agriculture amounting in the next financial year to £1231 million This is equivalent to over 33 billion dollars poured out at the public treasury to en sure agricultural proSperity But it has another effect which serves to balance this It keeps down the price of food to the housewife and has very deflt inite effect in keeping down the cost of living for all the taxpay ers This is in decided contrast to the Canadian system of support prices which are based on tak ing off the market surplusagri cultural products in order to maintain the prices received by the producers From my obser vations and conversations with people who understandthe sys tem the British method expen sive an it may be is considered highly satisfactory by both the farmers and the consuming pub licsince both benefit weather Delays Seed Cleaning Deep snow and adverse wea ther conditions arecausing serious delay in custom seed cleaning reports Wm Taylor Field Crops Branch Ontario De parhnent of Agriculture Each year plants report rush that taxes both men and machines and some customers who leave things to the last minute simply cannot be accommodated This year farmers are urged to get their seed to the seed cleanlt ing plants as soon as road core ditions permllFailuie to do this may result in overloading the facilities of the plants when good weather finally arrives Most farmers carry insurance to protect themselves against various kinds of loss and liability Properly cleaned and heated seed goes long way toward in sunnx good crop for 1559