Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 6 Oct 1967, p. 30

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commentator Earl Eaton lunior ChampiOnship Dayfhahue To Be At TentedCity Open Shhhlhllh$ to Mias bestknown gardener Bae rie resident Earl Cor Earl will be ott hand in the Gurdming Comer at the one Tent adjacent to the plowing match headquarters building Thursday and Saturday between two and loin pm Gardening tips on autogr ed picture or Just triendly ill will all be suitable them the TV gardener At the match Earl may tnpe some portions oi his regular 15 minute program Gardening With Eori Cox which is telecast Smi days at 115 pm on channel It liieptogrum is aisoscen on CBCWs OntarioQuebec net work For radio listeners Earl is heard Saturdnys on Byways Beauty over CBC Radio From earliest days Earl has GARDENER EARL cox been involved in gardeihu it spent much at his boybmd on term it Weiinzinn County in Barrie he maid up smug house nursuy gamma to sell all and be come hilltlme gardening broadcaster and writs Since then he has into writing tor magazmes and editing garden handbooks and has taken on the highly popular role at TV gardener The beautiiully la seaped home of the longtime city resi dent illustrates that he is just as adept working garden as heh talking about one Earls wtie Helen who is devoted partner on mmera as well as oil testi tics No one else is even all owed to toudi blade ot grass it is 25 min since Earl and lleien Cox bought largo lot overlooking ltempcnielt Bay Ho 2ch railway main through it was an umpiionally deg lot at whee gravel dud out to build the rnithed down close to the flies in We doubled to ignore the trains be said Ray were mud too big to fight and be sides they were enough down the hill not to bother us too much We concentrated on build ing garden on the gravel pit We cit that it We could yew things here we mid grow them anywhere Bob Keith dose triend oi Earls and ielinw gardening expert will also be available in thc Gardening Comer at the 030 Tcnt Wednesdays and Fridays lrom two to tow plm Bob the Ontario and Quebec Gardener on CBC liadto tor quartu century will personally memorandum Big in hevewon £3 bi remembers it its gravel pit greethismaoy radio friends wants bhlseyrFelgnmn Ltdn Toronto During the 20th century ma chinist have dranng great deal not only machine but the methods ol tsing them have also changed good ex ample oi these changes to in the source of power used on the intm irom animal power to steam engine iollowed by gas and later to diesel powa The moldhbord plow has al so been the target of many chongm This plow being one or the oldest tillage tools known to not primary tillage implement despite the iactthat tor cer tain amp and contain Midi tions no advantages in in use can be ensin seen The tune tion oi plowing are as tollows To prepare desirable seed bed to control weeds to in norpomte surfaceresidue into the soil to kill insects that may othcnvise survive to mix the soil so thnt the nutrients are well distnh uted Let us then for tow minutes look at some at the many flanges which have taken place in this important agricul nrral implement In the not so distant past when this country was first being set tled the land rum wnrkedrintov shape With the timer wing yoke of oxen pulling sharpen ed tree root When this back brealung jobwas completed he then attempted to level this AlliSton Of 1950 The coming international plowing match to he held at Sitvertop and neighboring farms south of Holly will he the lirst such event in Slmcoe County in 17 years It is hopcd the weather will be kinder to the coming match In 1960 when the international was held near Alliston it rained three of the four days and kept the attendance down to 60000 huge banquet at Beetnn Com munity Arena was attended by 1200 and then Premier Leslie Frost was the main speaker with Carroll then secre tarymanager oi the Ontario Plowmens Association and Clark Young who is Still trea surer awardedthe prizes 1950 CHAMPIONS The two champion lowmen that year who won alexpense trips to the British isles were Herbert Jarvis then 27 ot Aglncourt and Hugh Leslie then 28 of Georgetown Jarvis led in points for horsedrawn plows and his team at greys Queen and Doll attracted much atten tion at the Notawasaga Valley harms Dr McKclvey of Bee on was chairman iorthe ban quet and Wilbur Reed ol Ardtrea was chairman of the county committee in charge Downer oi Duniroon intro duced Premier Frost while it was notthe most successful of the international matches which started at rrybroolr harm in Toronto in 191 the match nevertheless hd many highlights and did crease competitive plowing tortst in this area it was stressed then as now tltat the main objectives ot the Ontario Plowmens Association were t1 io team framers particularly young lnrmsrs how to set and adjust their plows zBy competition to encour age them how to use plows to get the desired tone oi hurow whether it he narrow or wide straight or contoured When young man has mastered the plow he Will not be satisfied with other implements that are not properly adhisted it would hcimposstbleiloestintate the annual loss in Ontario in labor and drntt power due to impro perly set rusty or dull equip mcnt at The last and most impor tant object is to encourage pride in doing plowing and othcrtiarm jobs in sklltul way No workman can be happy on Jwingjodohisbrst mtlucnce helped to make etler taming and more inrm yrotltlctlon in Ontario rottghplowmsjobhyuslnghis oxen to pull tree branches over the tow am whithbe hndtill ed It goes without saying that his farm was small likewise his income Several years iota tanning and its machinery had advanc ed to the point when horses were used to pull single or doublelurrow steel plow Most senior citizens can easily re member this iatercomhinn because of the many damag ed nhsrthe plowman received tram this method in the early part of tiny people saw the introduc tion oi the large heavy tractors pulling heavy trailtype plows which incorporated in their de sign many wheels levers and power tilts This combination pmduoed good work but with limited output Area Scene International halt mile of tents were set up on Nottawasaga Valley Farms tor the exhibits with Ham pm won by libreld Nixon of ling ersville with Bev Brown 0t Ay ton second Robert Timbers ot stouttvflle and George Mitchell ot Bright won the to tractor most Ontorio manutacturers 01 products relating to arm lite having displays One of the lar gest exhibits was Canadian Gen eral Motors showing of glisten ing 1950 model cars c1355 Alvin Mark of Cameron and Tractor class27 was won by Ed Timbers ol Millikan were ill Snowden oi Nanticoke winners of class 21 in skilled wi Glen MuFladdinotlifillhank plowing with tractors while runneMrp while Kennedy class 22 was won by Ran of Aglncourt won class 18 tilllilillliflliilllllilii 13571967 Celebrating 100 yearsol Service to and on behalf either Canadian Fatmar if JJ GREENEv MINISTER BSWILLIAMS DEPUTY MlNlSlEti THE CANADA DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE AV in no no man remains the most import E5 gig is is it 53 is 53 issasgsa 33 ii gigging rising at astrir to Plow Designs Still Changing Soon alter this the world was obliged into World War Dur ing those trying you much oi the world oncotmtered lood shortages especially the Brits ish Isles Become of this food shortage one man was destined to become worldtoms be mouso of his engineering shit llorry Ferguson took on the tremendous task ol seeing what could be done to increase term production and at the some time produce it at lawn cost lie quickly realized that the lust nutter changes would have to take place in the design oi tarm equipmcuLvln the year 1522 Mr Ferguson had the first work ing model which introduced it new method of tnrmingvnnd was to later revolutionize the design or arm tractors and their implements throughout the world This unit was Light weight steel moldhozud plow which could be attached to most tractors by means at nmelntniml threepoint linkage NO MORE ROOM VANCOUVER CF Sin gleiamily housing units are impractical in major cities says German architect Helmut Borchardt He said in lecture that man must doveloo multi vlarniLv huildlngsw that permit more individuality than down Lofioiéldnning Traded BY Cwmvchdirmdn The coming international plow in match will culminate more than year and halt ot busy planning or Lloyd Pridham the ehlirmm at the Simeoo County committee which has been as sisting the Ontariollowmft Associationin the arrangements The recon oi Sunnideie who was the roots dmhmn of the county egrlculturfl committee in lnrmer himsel Ind known good deal about plowing but he will be the tint to admit he has learned great deal about what involved in arranging nuteh on and large scale as the international YEAH FRO WORTH hir lrldham was one oi de logatiou lrom Simone Cointy who attended the 1966 international at Seniorth and here promotion or the 1967 match1u innislli urns begun with the distribution oi pamphlets Mr Pridhom anti other members at the delegation also gathered ideas which have been most helplul in their plan ning tor the coming match We leemed good deal at Seniorth hurt our comrnittce has added quite low dens at their own said Mr Pridham stating not all thework at good rm town highrise apartments xne plowing with good weather he one vuy bopelul the no international would be among the most loc cessloi on record steady rains whim came down in torrents turned fields into our ot mud and seriously eltectcd the Seniorth match Despite the notworable welthtr liters were still nearly 00000 who attended This has let to huh hope there will bermy more It Sitverlon and neighboring inrnu Just south oi llolly where the 1961 match will he held it we have good weather we should double lsstyears ntten danceat least that is what we are hoping said Mr Pridham who went on to commend mam bcrs ol the committee for their extensive ettorts in arranging and promoting besides providing competition to encourage better plowing the match should do much toward worm Show Emu PM ohms iculeriy tor the increasing im portance oi its agriculture The wide reputation the countyhss tor its quality potatoes good tohacco and superior vegetables should he better appreciated by more visitors Hinvrsnno TOOK Lovers 1N on phaseol tarm work whse fidelity countsrlt took alittl Mr Prldhaot who would like to thank Iii who have work ed no hard in helping with the match arrangements Ind ntlso the mama ports and organisations which plan ex hihiLt those who have Itded in the ticket sales and promotion Reeve Joseph Cochrnns Ind neighbors or lunluil who made their property availhie II the site and many more We have hail the match in Stmeoe County beiore lllinulng helore the war and near Ailhtou in the early 50s and they were both euccesslul matches We hope this ode will he ouhtnntb ing great deal of eltort has gone into making it so native antidote llr Prid ham his um in that township practically all his life lists now serving his sevazih year an rceve nrd besides hunting the committee to also chairman oi the Nottawnsngn Conservation Authority In the latter role he expressed the hope that visitors would find time to see the Tottenhnm pond New Lowell dam and other con servation projects in the county DAYS whenv the oldhovsedrawn wagonand troy ens ed Thoywera once Vii Harvestinth an important longer in grandfathers time sights on county farms Heres our chance to buy GOODYEAR Wests gBeers Tire srv

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