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page 14a the tribune thursday mar 12 1970 york county farm production is still more than 20 million aawall agricultural representative for york county newmarket our attention in york county focuses on western canada these days quite regularly the grain situation there affects us directly as the emphasis in yorks farm industry shifts steadily from livestock to crops every wwjkbilm t r r b uk e the prints 7000 copies as increase wt overl00chrebs m atrrrueovebl while our base is still solidly livestock the minority group of cash croppers has a few more farmers added to its ranks every year the sale of farms and the prospect of future development certainly are deterrents to ex pansion of livestock facilities a big item too is that dairymen can now quit the milk business and sell their quota for money that pays them fairly well for their years of work towards the fluid market this has to be one of the really good results of the marketing plan crops then fit nicely for snort range plans often on rented land and its a happy situation that we have top land and climate in whitchurch and markham for growing grain it is satisfying to know that steps are being taken in the west to control the grain surplus buildup a lot of land here would be left to grow weeds if the grain market really hit the skids its always good to look for new crops grain corn is the big one but nursery sod soyabeans peas forage seeds vegetables and small fruit should be used wherever they fit farmers like jake baker and john doner have had good success with birdsfoot trefoil for seed for steep slopes it can be left down for a long time and has quite an edge on red clover soyabeans have potential too they have to be carefully managed but no special machinery is needed drying and storage is a major bottleneck in corn its slow and expensive one of the answers may well be the use of propionic acid applied evenly to wet corn bacterial action is stopped so that grain can be stored in any regular bin our grain growers might also do well to put some effort into selling direct to big livestock feeders many beef hog or poultry producers could be quite interested in contracting locally for the production of his feed grains a final point on our industry is that despite land sales total production for york hasnt slipped very much its annual income is well over twenty million dollars and there are over seven hundred farms grossing over 10000 per year york is still one of the strong farm counties province in the long wearing full cut our b r a v n y work clothes are firmly wov en of tough fibres full cut reinforced at points of strain to wear like iron most popular brand name work clothes now in stock b jamesway power choring equipment featuring barn cleaners automatic chain or shuttle stroke hog equipment sow tieups feeders panelling farrowing crates also fans in various sizes milking equipment silo unloaders ken bacon sales service rr 4 stouffville ph 8881013 als tack shop features the very finest in new larger premises features clothing an excellent range lo choose from boots halters and such accessories as hats jewellery etc everything in saddlery rr 4 stouffville on vandorf side kd 1 aurora rd vandorf rd a 00 m n ringw vv e s od phone 6402011 were in the know when it comes to work clothes for the farm pants shirts socks sweaters underwear hats and tough hard wearing boots but ever so gen tle and comfortable on the feet weve got the boots you want most fine lines of dress shoes too weidons mens wear footwear 39 main west stouffville phone 6403614 alus chalmers 8 10 12 hp lawn g tractors handle any job 12 hp with hydrostatic automatic drive 12 hp with varishift transmission any season 10 hp with varishift transmission 8 hp with 3speed allgeared transmission see the new ac scamper riding mower smooth running ac rotary mowers too john pugh sales service aanmgwihhbg rr 4 stouffville 8881021 special savings on balance of 1969 models limited quantity act now