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stouffville ontario thursday july 21st 1938 army worms invade markham the army worm scourge pre valent in ontario 21 years ago returned to local areas last week ravaging several farms north of unionville namely those of col- deacon appletons and waggs so far no evidences of the scourge have been discovered in whitchurch or uxbridge town ships markham and pickering being the only two hit handicapped by the fact that the larvae are following an un precedented course in attacking spring grain and that but one entomologist in this part of the country has even so much as a speaking acquaintance with the army worm local field husband men made a determined effort to save their crops more than forty men and boys divided their efforts between oat fields on col f h deacons farm on the kennedy highway immediately north of unionville and that of his northerly neigh bor wednesday night these be ing the most seriously affected areas in the district- the plan of campaign was simple armed with buckets of poison mixture bran molasses and paris green the men lined up at one end of a field ten paces apart and proceeded through the grain broadcasting the poison in much the same manner as grain was sown be- introduction of seed fore the drills expert making survey there was one important difference over ordinary broad casting however the poison had to be thrown downwards in or der to penetrate through the heavy crop to the ground four teen grain sacks of the mixture was used in the ten acre deacon field a truck driven by don deacon acting as a portable supply base to replenish the workers pails from time to time kenneth deacon superviser of his fathers farm directed the field work that the plague can be suc cessfully combatted by this poi son spreading is firmly believed by dr- a w baker bsa en tomologist from the ontario argiculture college at guelph dr baker as the only authority having firsthand knowledge of the army worm is making a personal survey of all infested areas advising district agri cultural representatives and farmers of the best way to com bat the menace there is no doubt that poison can stop this outbreak if it can be laid effectively and if fanners will get out into their grain fields and watch for the first signs of an outbreak he said the difficulty is that most of the infestations this year have occurred in spring grain some thing that did not occur in the outbreak in 1914 he added under these conditions it is difficult to lay the poison bait close to the ground through the blue coal now on tik ton money on every er when you order blue an identified fuel 9 low prices now in effect worlds finest anthracite save real rememb you get an identified fuel your absolute guarantee of greater heat ing satisfaction phone us today frank harvey gormley out phone 7307 hard and soft wood ox hani liliieoaf the solid fuel for solid comfort now for seeds this is the time of year to buy your turnip seed rape seed seed corn and millet for worms and flies we keep arsinate of lime arsinate of lead and fly spray cement and land tile place your orders for coal now at summer prices salt by bulk or bagged s w hastings phone stouffville k9 for best results ship your cream to our creamery for safe and wholesome butter ask your grocer for stouffville creamery prints made only from cream produced from t b tested herds stouffville creamery co open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings phone 18601 heavy grain and it must be laid close to the ground if it is to be effective ith dr bakers statement came the warning that farmers in all districts should be on the lookout and should report the first signs of an outbreak to their district representative in order that prompt and effective pre ventive measures may be taken- this outbreak is not confined to the three disticts which have received publicity dr baker pointed out it is general from renfrew county to lake huron the army worm looks much like the ordinary caterpillar common to most districts in summer but with this difference its back is not striped or band ed but is a solid dark bluegreen with longtitudinal strips on each side it is a surprisingly agle fellow it moves with aston ishing rapidity and can eat a square inch of green leaf in a matter of minutes- on the deacon farm wednes day as many as a dozen of the crop destroyers could be counted on a squai foot of ground they are not apparent from a distance and grain recently attacked shows little difference to the in experienced eye close examina tion however reveals the grain stalks stripped of leaves and many of the heads eaten off just what crop loss has re sulted from the prague or may still result from further infesta tions has not been estimated with any certainty by other farmers or officials hon p m dewan ontario minister of agriculture who has ordered every available man in his department to battle the plague advised that the spread of the pest has increased so alarmingly within the past few weeks that ontario grain crops may be seriously imperiled dr baker lacking definite know ledge of any but the infested areas of whitby and markham declined to commit himself on this point canadian press reports how ever based on a provincewide survey advise that crop pros pects for the entire southern portion of the province are the best in many years the cut worm or army worm invasion is minimized by this source which states that while it is the worst in years it is confined to half a dozen distinct areas the localities named are whitby port hope markham township and south wentworth do you recall this familiar scene boubtobnder and dsriver here is the woodburner engine which drew the watermelon excursion parties of long ago referred to by ja lord the inset is john piercy engineer the value of grass in farming economy farming today offers a great variety of interest and op portunities to those who prefer the outdoor life true the prob lems confronting the farmer are more perplexing than in the past when soils were more fertile and insect and fungus pests were almost unknown yet today both the art and science of agriculture have advanced to the point wheie a higher standard of farming is possible and desirable says mr g- r snyder wellknown soil chemist one of the most interesting and important developments of recent years is the realization that grass the commonest an most neglected farm crop is in reality the farms and nations most valuable asset the saying aw go to grass carried no special significance until the scientists discovered that grass due to its high mineral and vit amin content contains special nutritional propeities valuable alike to man and beast practical livestock men have long known that cattle prefer and thrive better on grass pro duced on soils of certain types than on others but the exact reason was unknown however through chemistry man has been able to discover many of natures secrets and we now know that the special properties referred to as well as the pro tein and carbohydrate content of grass depend largely upon the degree of fertility present in the soil on which it is grown unfortunately the former false concept that the fertility of pastures could be maintained through the droppings of the grazing livestock has resulted in the rapid depletion of the min eral plant food substances in the soils of many areas once famous for the quality of beef and milk produced as the level of fertili ty declines the clovers and dom estic grasses are quickly displac ed by dandelions mosses bluet wire grass and other species of poverty plants- these are warn ing signals which should be heeded those water melon excursions of 50 years ago are recalled by ja lord in times journal oi the present type of engines this article will recall to you the watermelon excursions that we had for some years in the early eighties these excur sions were made up about the time when the water melons were at the cheapest the old toronto and nipissing railway was running through the town of uxbridge they ran these excursions every fall to toronto and return for 30c yes thirty cents this the first railroad a narrow gauge road the equip ment was small as regards roll ing stock 2 trains a day com bined mail and express ear bag gage car and one passenger coach that was ample for the traffic of that time when they had these excursions they had to improvise additional cars com posed of a few box and flat cars to take the crowds that had opportunity to go the box cars were provide with planks for seats as wei as the flat cars the flat cars had branches of fdai- and spruce trees stuck in the stake grips to keep the hot sun off the passengers- the train was quite a long one drawn by a doubleheader engine a type of engine if you can picture two yoked back to back with the drivers cab between them so shut while one engine was run ning forward the other was run ning backward it acquired the nane of doubleheader as it ran both ways without being turned about on a turntable as the single locomotive of the present day engines while on the rail way subject i might say the engines carried the fuel supply wood in a receptacle on top of the two boilers the old road was taken over bv the midland railway and then the grand trunk and now the canadian national after the gtr- took over the road the car shops were removed to lindsay conse quently the removal was a bad blow to the town as a veiy large number of employees were tkpn away and it crippled the towns business up to that time tiv bridgctwas classed as one of the best towns for business outside of toronto it not only stopped its growth but ruined quite a few of the merchants and trade people of which it has apparent ly never recovered well now back to thf exr sion the road had a heavy pafr ronage as it included the tonvns beyond as well as between ux bridge and toronto and it must have paid the company or they would not have continued it for quite a few years well there was a real jolly a went an ticipating lots of fun the open cars were preferred to the coach or box cars- lots of young folks keeping time to their songs with the bumpti-bump- clickiticlick of the railway joints worn to receive the bumps of the wheels on their return they were a tired crowd loaded with melons but they had a grand time and near ly always dated their next visit to toronto on the next water melon excursion how many old- timers can recall those days street dance stouffville this friday night july 22nd ice cream social lemonville at an ice cream social un der auspices lemonville united church will be held on lemonville school lawn on thursday july 28th- a splendid line of entertain ers has been engaged in cluding a local elocutionist admission 25c and 15c program commences at 8 oclock send friends the tribune to absent musselmans lake ratepayers association sth annual field day appleton park musselmans lake bigger and better than ever the place where all the cottagers spend civic holiday monday august 1st 1938 free pony redes candy balloons and novelties for children horseshoe pitching softball water sports land events no connection with any other event our own ratepayers field day start at 10 am close in evening with grand open air concert on our own platform grand openair concert adults admission 25c includes lucky draw for boat children 5c bert lloyd president harold bevens secretary