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the tb1bune thursday may 16 1968 fk king of furrowland treated like royalty stouffville grant wells the canadian king of furrowland has re turned home from salis bury rhodesia feeling like royalty for that is how he and his wife mar ion were treated during ing their stay there grant a farmer near lemonville in whitchurch township was canadas number one representative in the world plowing match in the community of norton 30 miles outside of salis bury from the time we arri ved to the hour of our de parture everything was just wonderful said mar ion she described the country as a land of flow ers and sunshine grant expressed the same kind of praise for the match itself the handful of men who organ ized it deserve every credit he said they were efficient in every de tail grant described the match site as excellent with both sod and stubble lands in close proximity this allowed the specta tors an opportunity to see the two operations without difficulty the attendance expected to be about 10- 000 exceeded all esti mates the final figure was 33000 weather conditions just prior to the competition left something to be de sired it rained exceeding ly hard and the quality of plowmanship suffered grant noted however that considering soil condi tions some good lands were completed the top four plowmen all used their own equipment ship ped in from holland west germany and england grants tractor was a ford 4000 and a ransom plow the rhodesians treat ed us like heros he said they had never seen plowing like that before for grant and marion tlire was more to their stay in rhodesia than the competition between men and machines much more they visited a game preserve for a closeup look at elephants zebras giraffes and other forms of wild life a highlight of the trip was their visit to the re search stations and farm ing communities they have made great strides in agricultural efficiency said grant irrigation is important to them espec ially this year when the drought has been the worst in 40 years some farmers have replanted their crops four times manual labor is still used extensively mr and mrs wells visit ed one farm 30 miles from salisbury where the owner had just completed the building of a 30 foot dam to maintain a water reservoir covering 25 acres fext year this lake will bemused to irrigate 300 acres of cotton plus pas ture lands for 500 beef cattle for the native african seeking government aid he begins by cultivating 4 acres of burley tobacco and some maize thus in a small way he becames part of the agricultural community and assists in improving the economy of the country it was an exciting two weeks away for grant and marion but they both agree too that theres no place like home sweet home corn growers club ontario county for the past fourteen years corn growers in on tario county have organ ized and carried through to completion a very suc cessful high yield corn club this club has for its objective 100 bushels of shelled corn per acre the winner of the 1967 competition was mr hen ry westncy pickering rri with a yield of 1558 bushels per acre mr paul meyers claremont rr3 was second with a yield of 1548 bushels per acre the officers and com mittee follow chairman malcolm allbright bal sam vicechairman don d u n k e 1 d claremont rk2 secretarytreasurer lynn fair uxbridge com mittee members jack morgan claremont bert lewis stouffville rr3 murray dunkeld clare mont rr2 albert foster claremont rr2 don dunkeld claremont rr2 paul meyers claremont rr3 paul wellman claremont rr2 malcolm allbright balsam carman boadway mount albert rr3 bob timbers mount albert rr3 bob hunter brooklin rri anyone interested in joining this high yield club for 1968 should send their application together with a 300 membership fee to the department of agriculture and food off ice uxbridge by june 1 pasture prospects poor a a wall agricultural representative for york county newmarket last weeks cold weath er held growth to almost a standstill newly seeded fields made very little pro gress and wheat is having a hard time to really get going however theres noth ing wrong with these crops that a week or two of hot weather wont cure there is the usual worrying that seed will rot in the ground if its cold and wet but this is very rare insect damage is a great hazard for seedings that do not get up and get going in a hurry the weakest spot in crop production in york county now is probably hay and pastures damage from being too wet last summer combined with serious frost damage last winter has left many fields in poor shape to start with then our re cent weather hasnt given the plants a good early start its a time to think about putting some nitro gen on hay or pasture fields if the alfalfa is mostly gone up to 200 lbs of ammonium nitrate or 150 lbs of urea is almost sure to pay for itself in extra yield but if it s doesnt go on in the next day or so it will be too late another answer might be to move to mechanical grazing this year a forage harvester will certainly stretch the pasture acre age a third possibility would be to plant an ann ual crop to be used as roughage oats can be used for midsummer feeding corn or sudan hy brids can save the day in early fall these two could also be stacked and fed in november and december the best way to meet a shortage of hay and pas ture will depend on speci fic conditions on a farm but the decision should be made soon farm land sales soar uxbridge twp farm land sales contin ue to soar particularly in the areas between concessions 2 and 4 of the twp of uxbridge several properties have been purchased and ru mors are rampant as to the ultimate plan behind the transactions prices are said to range from 600 to 900 per acre reported proposals in clude everything from a giant airport to a satel lite city to date nothing has been confirmed one stouffville area realtor told the tribune that several farms in ux bridge had been acquired merely for speculation purposes with no imme diate plan 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and 300 to the department of agri culture and food office uxbridge by june 1 the 1968 executive fol lows chairman albert hockley claremont rri ivan norton good wood rr1 sec what you buy be fore you buy by shop ping the advertising col umns of your hometown newspaper soybeans eligible for insurance insurance on soybeans is now available the crop insurance commission of ontario announced today following closely upon the introduction of their grain corn plan coverage is now available on soy beans for 70 of a farm ers average farm yield a spokesman for the commission stated that applications will be accep ted for insurance on soy beans up to 10 days after seeding or june 20th whichever date occurs first for purposes of in surance and indemnity the commission has estab lished the price of soy beans at 250 per bushel based on 60 lbs at 14 moisture content the low rates to be charged by the commis sion produce a premium cost of around 250 to 300 per acre depending on average farm yields in 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