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the tribune stoaffville ont thursday april 29 1948 alfalfa hay wanted best price for good quality sample reesors marmill limited markham phone 96 l auto glass installed piston pins fitted valves refaced and reseated while you wait new and used auto parts paris auto supply co richmond hill phone 86 loooogcocxaoooaoeoooeaffloooocoooaco wanted bones i w harris company limited 200 keating st toronto will pav highest prices for all classes of bones write or telephone elgin 7114 toronto cooperative medical services in sight for ontario county tells farmers how to clear 6000 a year some waterloo county farmers clear more than 6000 a year on 0 150 acres according to prof v m was held in sunder- drummond and a meeting land township hall monday april atxif tse ferer 19th to plan for the organization of cooperative medical ontario county this movement started in the r farm forums and is being spon sored by the federation of agri culture the county was well represented from whitby atherly lth to plan for the organization of w3nu a c 1 n says this professor he must be a i business man and conduct his farm in a businesslike manner he must keep books oac officials have made that task as simple as possible and has i now offered along with furnishing the chairman mr harper 1 f the man president of tte federation fstaternen counfv mroducd s after stud them the m xolnj ottturtf r r t- r t t snow ing not onlv the profit or loss i r j- of each project but also comparing sresed the importance of medical tnat ft wit tn services and iomted out the many advantages of the coperauv ai1 is kept strictiy plan on a county basis groups j confidemial and the w h wishing to become members should study the plan and go into it with the idea of helping others and at the same time they would be pro tected themselves the hand of god among the nations do you discern the signs oi the tines three lectures to be given in club 14 millard ave newmarket under auspices of the christadelphians 2 sunday may 2nd at 7 pan palestines great development under jewish restoration ix these latter days speaker mr b g williams of toronto admission free at all lectures come hear everybody welcome nothing to do with the incometax department prof drummond asserts he does point out however that properlv kept books enable a kach county is a complete unit farmer to figure depreciation and and is controlled by a board of other deductible costs of fanning directors elected by the members therein- reducing his income tax the cost of the service is a little j he savs too that a carefullv- less than other group plans and the kept account book whether it services are similar cooperative shows profit or loss is the best medical services are operating possible friend a farmer can take petr0lane bottled gas cooks heats freezes come and see our modern display of gas stoves space heaters and hot water heaters petrolane corporation ltd distributors of bottled gas yonge st thornhill phone 170j uccessfully in 23 counties in ontario provincial board of directors was appointed who will meet next along when approaching a banker for a loan if he can show his affairs are conducted in a businesslike way monday to draft the bylaws and j the loan is often forthcomin apply for the charter the follow ing provisional directors were appointed mrs i l mclean milton pegg pickering twp mr seymour mr dalby whitby clar ence werry walter beath east whitby twp mike boychyn allan downey whitby twp howard harper mrs jack morgan ux- bridge twp lynn fair uxbridge gordon reynard mrs armstrong scott twp anson gerrow scugog j l crane port perry leslie smith rupert lee reach twp floyd purvis miss jean murry brock twp russel morrison mrs g macmillan thora twp scott brandon mrs basset cannington mrs callaghan jack parks beaver- ton mrs harper newman grant windatt mara twp george jami son earnest camick rama twp mrs i l mclean was appointed secretary with mike boychyn as assistant coop medical services will unite the people of our large county i for real results try the tribune j classified adv columns promptly 100 farmers given hook books were distributed to 100 average farmers of four counties as a farm accounting project the farmers scattered across waterloo halton wellington and perth counties agreed to record every transaction at the end of the year the books were analyzed by members of the department under prof leckie reports went back to the interested farmers who were asked for sug gestions recently the demand for the free service has increased greatly and for several reasons prof leckie published an invitation to farmers to send him their account books to be totalled income tax officials are beginning to press farmers books are necessary where land is farmed on shares or agreement of sale another interesting factor is the increasing popularity of father-to- son sale agreements whereby the son buys the family farm over a number of years farm account books are kept fflfjopbeih f for lighter more tender pie tries carefully during the intervening the figure for waterloo county period in order that each might averaged two years one of the best take his fair share of the net earn ings the special test in waterloo county has been tabulated now and shows that the average farmer in that county has 100 acres takes in s9531 per year cash uses 557 man work units 10hour day has crop index of 9s 100 taken as normal earned 29 crop income per acre got 193 for each 100 spent on live stock feed and 190 per livestock unit cow 5 pigs etc all this was accomplished with the average of 26 men to the farm statistics show with each man aver aging 240 10hourday work units machinery costs average 636 per acre labor and machine costs per man work unit average 272 important indication of the farmers ability and the worth of his land is the number of years it takes to turn over his capital earn an amount equal to his total invest ment in the farm of the counties tested but indicat ing low investment per oper ating expense averaged 50 of each 100 income the two best farms in the county each averaged 110 acres 9000 cash receipts 625 manwork units 118 crop index s30 crop income per acre 215 return per animal unit 25 men 250 work units per day 715 machinery cost per acre 303 labor and machine cost per acre 25 years for capital turnover 38 oper ating expense per 100 income 7300 farm income 6300 opera tors labor earnings all of which means that the average waterloo county farmer had less land than the best farmers took in a lot less money did less work although he had nearly as much help raised a less valuable crop got less for his money spent on feed spent as much on labor but less on machinery and ended the year with half as much money- find our bank in this farm picture v niched 1 addition to this barn has been made possible through the banking services and helpful fin ancing of the canadian bank of commerce you too may need to repair alter or construct new build ings on your farm for c m improvement loans purchasing equipme k purchasing ti es raoaernuingond drainage st rn fencing a improving j pjver clearing and brea nd investigate the many advantages you have under the farm improvement loan plan come in and discuss your financial needs with our local manager the canadian bank of commerce s to nil title branch a g tkoxapoon manajrrr cbremont branch w l irwin manager uttr