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thursday feb 13 1969 the tribune page 9 farm feb 1821 1968 markham fair most successful on record parking a problem farmers week at 0 a c a a wall agricultural representative for york county newmarket there is keen interest in the recommendations made last month by the special committee on farm in come there were many changes suggested for the industry and quite a few new ideas supply management food supply agency gen eral farm organization negative income tax farm machinery corpora tion are some of the new terms used in the sugges tions the whole report is quite complex and it will take time to think it through this years farmers week programme at oac offers a good chance to get some of the ideas in the report sorted out the first two days thats next tuesday and wednesday are closely related to the farm income topic most of the main speakers are men from the income commit tee these include roger schwass of the research group murray mcgregor the director of research and malcolm davidson and gordon hill both members of the committee the remaining days thursday and friday will be devoted to production topics thursday is the day for beet producers and dairymen there are se parate sessions for both the beef programme is geared to feedlot opera tions with limited housing the dairy program is on the freestall system i think this is good because free stalls and milking parlors can be the salva tion for dairymen from here on the larger herd size needed and shortage and cost of labour make our conventional barns for dairy cattle obsolete free stalls will work if they are set up right and well managed the session at guelph will cover both of these angles friday is grain growers day there are talks on spring wheat fertilizer weed control harvesting and storage with uptodate information on all of these points the dates for farmers week are february 18 to 21 sessions start each day at 10 oclock at memorial hall i think a day or two there would be time very well spent york county farms gross income over 30 million markham in years past markham fair has at tained many successes but none could surpass the show of 1968 addressing the annual meeting feb 5 past presi dent joe tran noted that attendance and receipts had broken ill previous re cords enabling the execu tive to pay off the existing debt in welcoming sugges tions on how the fair might be improved mr tran also tossed in a few recommendations on his own he suggested that the prize list be finalized at an earlier date he recom mended that the band con cert be rescheduled and consideration be given to extending the rural exhi bition into sunday mr tran said that an ad ditional building was avail able for the grounds with the only cost in its re moval from the present site to a new location it was noted that park ing had become a problem with no immediate solution due to traffic congestion at the intersection of high ways 7 and 48 due to inclement wea ther horse racing was con- the 1969 markham fair board of directors attended the annual meeting in the markham arena feb 5 members include front row 1 to r cora bridie secretarytreasurer bert paisley 2nd vicepresident charles reeve president bert gardhouse 1st vicepresident joe tran past president gerald mann live stock director rear row i to r george hooper bob thompson al wilson gordon forgie mac cosburn bob tran bill walker dalton rumney ellis brit- ton howard cosburn fined to the one day but the committee reported the interest and competi tion as extremely keen due to the ever increas ing numbers of children at tending the fair each year it was suggested that an mcd farm would attract the attention of the younger set howard cosburn said that the organizing of the main street parade was becoming more difficult each year he observer that with the changeover staff photo frank barkey york cty the most recent figures show that in york there is a total of about 2400 farms of which 1400 are in the com mercial category about 60 per cent of these have gross incomes of over si 000000 and there are nearly 400 farms with gross incomes between s500000 and 1000000 of the total number 915 farm operators do some work off their farms with close to half of these having fulltime jobs we have roughly 400 dairy farms 500 farms with mixed livestock 100 poultry farms and about 200 fruit and vegetable farms an interesting sta tistic is that farms with horses outnumber all of these at 630 total farm capital in york is estimated at 180 million dollars with about 75 per cent of this in land and buildings livestock and machinery total 35 million gross income from the sale of farm products is over 30 million dollars cattle dairy products vegetables greenhouse and nursery stock each account for around five million dollar sales with hogs grain and poultry being the other very large contributors to the indus try there are a few unusual items there are 10000 trees tapped in york for maple syrup each spring there are 14000 cows canadian farmer grossly overcharged on machinery milked every day filling over one million glasses at 75000 more than half of ontarios duck popula tion lives in york county the real future of york county agriculture of course is the effect of ur ban development the number of acres in crops has dropped by about 25 per cent in the last 15 years but it is surprising that livestock numbers have fallen by only about 10 per cent everything else is up value of farm products is almost twice as high com pared to 1950 and capital values along with machin ery crop yields and live stock production has gone up steadily since then also adopted was a mo tion aimed at promoting freer trade between all nations through further reduction of tariff duties heads holstein club uxbridge frank barkey claremont rr 3 has been elected president of the ontario county club for 1969 the meeting was held jan 31 at the dept of assessment appeal pickering twp appeal its the most overworked word in the official language of pick ering twp with unrest over assess ments running rampant in the municipality the coun cil has agreed to appeal the entire 1968 assess ment roll the decision was ap proved at a special meet ing jan 29 members agreed that there were too many ina dequacies agriculture office ux- bridge other members of the executive include hon orary president jim gor don cannington vice pre sident ralph honey sea- grave secretarytreasurer lynn fair uxbridge audi tors gordon beare ux bridge and armour mcmil lan greenbank the county holstein club banquet will be held march 5 in the united church greenbank the guest speaker will be dr finlay stewart st an drews presbyterian church kitchener to a county board of edu cation system the problem of school cooperation in this phase of the program would increase he sug gested that perhaps some thought should be given to a parade of a different kind several committee spokesmen commented on the success of the 1968 fair and said that lack of building accommodation was their only problem prior to the announced election of the executive for 1969 mr tran expres sed his appreciation to all committees and individuals who had worked so untir ingly to make the fair so successful the established fair dates this year are october 2 3 and 4 and possibly sunday oct 5 auction sale whitchurch twp one of the first largescale farm auctions this year will be held on the property of bruce eade lot 12 cone 3 whitchurch twp the date is feb 26 included in the auction are 40 head of holstein cattle and a full line of farm machinery the auc tioneer is alvin farmer gormley farm clearance stouffville a clearing farm auction sale of holstein milk cows milk equipment and farm machinery will be held on the property of bruce har per obrien avenue south stouffville the sale date is march 5 the auctioneers are walter atkinson and lloyd wil son included in the sale will be 2500 feet of irrigation equipment the farm has been sold farmers this year have your fertilizer specially mixed to exactly suit your soil and crop requirements its our specialty science with service bradford fertilizer company limited aurora tel 7279421 locust hill tel 2942909 swaegbewe the newest mover begins e 20 bigger engine with austin i300 america no ordinary car now available 20 more of a mover 2inl transmission with 4 standard gears or fully 4-speed- automatic front wheel drive just effortless and priced right too r v r- only 2095 at whitby 6685231 joe mccullough motors claremont 6492101 the canadian federa tion of agriculture will in vestigate accusations that canadian farmers are grossly overcharged for farm machinery if the investigation re veals collusion among ma chinery companies opera ting within the canadian market the inquiry would be turned over to the fed eral governments restric tive trade practices com mission the request for an in- vestigation was contained see homelites great new xl 101 chain saw only loj lbs less bar and chain come in and try it see how well it fits your grip see its narrow new bar that cuts aster without pinching in a resolution adopted at the cfas annual conven tion the resolution says it has been demonstrated that the farm machinery industry is operating a twoprice system in world trade and canadian farmers are being grossly overcharged for farm ma chinery when compared with the price of the same machinery in other coun tries leo mclsaac from prince edward island said a tractor manufactured in canada which retails here for 5000 can be pur- chased in britain for 2000 a potato harvester re tailing here for 12000 can be purchased in britain for less than 7000 another resolution call ed for establishment of a fund to finance research in prairie grain produc tion marketing and util- iation the fund would be made up of yearly contri butions from western far mers amounting to one- tenth of one per cent of the final realied price of all grains handled by the canadian wheat board coming soon have a feed of it wed pancakes feb 26 10 am to 5 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