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the twrjne twiy sfpubg 7s h1 p t district plowmen prepare for fall match competition a centennial farm in pickering greenwood one hundred and twentyfour years ago in the spring of 1843 robert clark brought his family from muddy york to norwood the earliest name of greenwood he had purchased a hundred acres nearly a mile east of the village from the mcmurrays who were the first resident- owners they had cleared seven or eight acres and had built several log barns and a roomy cabin on a knoll south of the creek robert and his wife isabella sadler had emigrated from wilton yorkshire in 1826 when at 22 he had sold his modest shipping business and determined to try a new life in upper canada during the seventeen years while living in york robert had prospered he had built a wood and timber supply business with government contracts in hoggs hollow on yonge street north had purchased a hundred acres on the base line south of pickering and by the time he purchased the greenwood farm he was blessed with a family of five children it was not for robert to see his land cleared and his family mature for eighteen months laler in the winter of 1845 he died at the age of 41 his widow managed the timber clearing and farming operations of both properties until her sons william and lames came of age lames the younger then managed the pickering property and william the eldest of the child ren retained the greenwood farm it had been roberts stated wish that his widow should have a comfortable brick home he left clear instructions in his will concerning the location and building of this house and so in the summer of 1864 when william was 28 the spacious brick home which you see above was built for his mother isabella three years later in 1867 william married sophia graham of kinsale they set up household in the log cabin and there raised a family sophia died in 1883 leaving william a widower with five children by this time william had moved his household to the brick house the furnishings of the original log cabin are retained by his grandsons today in 1014 william upon his death willed the farm to his second eldest son william graham who lived there until 1056 the property then passed to his iwo sons william erie and alan who own the farm at present william erics son david is the fifth generation to have resided on this land the garden guide plant daffodils in clumps york north match october 7 stolkkvillk its plowins match time aain nd nowhere in ontario is the furrow fever more pre- elant than right around stouffville in internation al competition stouffville district plowmen are al ways prominent among the prize winners this year the big match will be held on the farm of jospeh cochrane three miles nenh of thornton between highways 100 and 27 in simcoe county the dates extend from october 11 to 14 the firsl sod on the pro perty has already been tur ned william stewart min ister of agriculture did it with a hand plow and a team of oxen it marks the ihird time that the interna tional has been held in the county of simcoe the chairman is lloyd pridham of new lowell the majority of district matches will precede the international giving many of the local entries some practice under similar con ditions the south ontario match will be held october 4 on the farm of v f pat- iy and son brooklin the following day october 5 the north ontario match will take place on the prop erty of kaj have of udnev the york north match on october 7 will be held on the farm of grant wells lot 10 cone 7 whitchurch near lemonville mr wells is the president this year of the north york plow mens association the pre sentation banquet to follow will be held in the stouff ville masonic hall the east york match is scheduled for october 21 on the property of clark little hwy 48 north of markham village by john bradshaw garden editor john masefield wrote this about daffodils some short grassed fields the young spring fills with the never quiet joy of dancing daffodils daffodils are not a product of modern limes even bclorc the christian era the nar cissus daffodils was mentioned in the writings of sophocles and homer vis itors to an exhibition of greek art will notice that the greeks used narcissus as a motif in many art forms whats the difference between a daffodil and a narcissus again this is not a new question by any means over 300 years ago the english horticulturist john parkinson wrote many idle and ignorant gardeners do call some of the daffodils narcissus when as all that know any latin realize that narcissus is the same thing the simple fact is that the daffodil is the common name for the entire fam ily and narcissus is the botanical name the belter bulb dealers now have their bulbs in stock and it will pay to visit one in the near future and make your selections the supply of the choic er kinds always goes quickly and by october the selection is quite limited theres not loo much hurry to get most of the spring flowering bulbs in the ground however daffodils need planting as soon as poihle in septem ber because they have a shorter dor mancy period than tulips and the rest of the springllowering bulbs reports from holland earlier in the summer slated that the bulb crop and its quality was the best in years hav ing seen the stocks of several of our leading dealers i can honestly say hat the quality of this seasons bulbs is ihe best ive ecr seen one of the big mistakes thai a great viany home gardeners make with daffo dils is to plant them singly the only satisfactory way is to plant them in clumps of seven or more you have to plant in fairly largesized clumps in or der to create the best effects in the loundation planting mixed border rock garden or naturalizing in the woods be sure and plant a fair number of the several tspes of daflodils to provide cut flowers for the house and for drying in ilica gel daffodils dried in the laltet chemical aie pieseixed in an almost fresh condition and make an exciting addition to any dried flower arrange ment the preparation of the soil is nol difficult and you donl need to go to any more trouble than you would if you were going to plant a petunia or a lo- mato the soil in which you plant the daffodils should be onethird humus donl use manures for daffodils peal moss is the preferred form of humus planting depth of daffodils varies with the type of soil in heavy soils set them six inches deep measured from ihe lip of the bulb plant five inches deep in light sandy soils space the bulbs six inches apart daffodils need sunshine for at least pari of the day but youll find the scar letcupped varieties and the pink ones will keep their color longer and bctlcr if partly in ihe shade choice varieties at the time of the first elizabeth there were 25 varieties of daffodils grown commercially today there arc over 9000 available its nice to have such a wide selection but it can also be very confusing especially for the newcomer lo gardening the following varieties are choice mainly inexpensive and will grow well in any ontario gar den yellow trumpet golden sdl- ycllow trumpet golden harvest rem brandt irish luck hunters moon dutch master unsurpassable blcolor trumpet music hall president lcbrun spiizbcrgcn white trumpet broughshanc bccr- sheba mount hood canlatricc large cup flower record duke ol windsor red april kilwonh carbin eer carlton armada ice follies pink cup mrs r o backhouse pink rim rosv sunrise salmon trout wild rose small cup edwaid buxion la rianle misty moon kansas doubles golden ducat irene cope- land white lion texas triandanis several flowers to a stem horn of plenty liberty bells rippling waters silver chimes thalia cyclamlncus february gold charity may jenny march sunshine peeping tom little witch bunch flowers geranium cragford cheerfulness laurens koster ruffled daffodils canasta gold collar baccarat chanterelle species yellow hoop petticoat untie rosy trumpet w p milner new cattle herd arrives from france lly a a wall ag rep york county york county got a new herd of beef cattle last week in the time it took to unload it off tractor trail ers sixtyeight charolais cows and nine bulls all from france settled in at lack isichols in king town ship its an impressive look ing herd particularly from the standpoint of size and the uniform color really stands out the entire herd was bought in the calf stage al most three years ago in france and has been loca ted at st pierre and the is olation station at grosse lies since that time it is owned by mr john phipps of talahasse flori da but will be cared for and managed for the next three years by jack nichol and john kudelka of glen- ville farms farm accident hazard by a a wall agricultural representative farm safety is a topic which deserves more atten tion than it gets farming has more hazards than most other industries but because accidents are nol concentrated in any one place they dont impress strongly however just this past week roy phillips in vau- ghan lost two 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