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page 12 the thibuxe thursday xoversber 16 1972 wet weather has hit applegrowers hardest by aa wall agricultural representative for york county the job of getting crops harvested this year has been desperately hard all the way through from hay to wheat to spring grain to corn silage and now win ding up with grain corn poor drying weather and rain have been with us con sistently vegetable potato turnip and apple growers have all been having a difficult time there have been losses with apple growers probably at the top of that list corn just wont dry down this fall and many fields are too soft to carry combines yields which were just fair to start with are losing out from stalk breakage with every rain and strong wind the only real solution is to get control of the weather until that happens there are no real good answers diver sification reduces the risk two or three crops instead of a single one is an ob vious move but dif ferent harvest methods can help too some early corn stored as high moisture grain in a silo or with acid can take the pressure off the main crop to be dried the harvesting machinery question isnt easy combining for average crops costs less by custom work but in bad weather custom operators get a way off schedule awfully fast the choice is to be either very high on the custom operators list or own a machine syndicate ownership of things like combines is one idea that we dont make enough use of it keeps overhead low and still gives a person use of the machine when he needs it good loans are available for farmers buying machinery jointly still anyone growing crops to sell is very dependent on good weather the ultimate protection is crop insurance it is catching on steadily and very large numbers of claims are being paid this year the royal this week is an attraction that anyone interested in livestock just cant missthere is no other show like it and its worth a day even if the plowing isnt done yet most of the breeders in york are showing there and our 4 h boys and girls made the trip on wednesday eleven members will compete in the queens guineas class on friday 94th birthday mr frank baker a former stouffville resident and businessman cel ebrated his 94th birthday this week at his home in toronto mr and mrs baker recently returned from their cottage at jacksons point where they spend the sum mers veterans attend remembrance service stouffville fih chips fast takeout service stouffville plaza 6401732 following the annual remembrance day service in markham saturday veterans gathered at the association hall on washington street for a social hour shown here left to right are jack peplow association president brigadiergeneral colin s camp bell dso obe and donald deacon mc mpp yorkcentre jim thomas allcandidates goodwood an all candidates meeting for incumbent and prospective members of uxbridge twp council will be held thursday nov 23 in goodwood the time is 8 pm while the location is not definite the meeting will likely be held in the new community hall tribune office supplies has the latest line of smith corona electric adding machines new styling more capacity see them i 24 th birthday birthday on mattresses and continental beds vqaflaiviiajbvnvnanan 24 tr birthday c s only toromark exclusively has the 4 leading s manufacturers simmons sealy serta slumberking the lowest prices ever on these buys continental beds 39 4995 54 8995 j 60 queen 11995 s w 6 monthly payments bed sofas 249 high backs by serta sealy only buy top quality at lowest prices birthday discounts 20 40 off on stock furniture dining room chesterfield bedroom easy chairs for christmas ifv95 large selection from mian anan aiiaiyaaan a y 24 f birthday l ir w toromark furniture house sherwood plaza markham 2942581 plenty of free parking vflajiaflajiajjaflanan afcf 24 1 birthday v yz w facial tissue flat fold white pink yellow action priced kleenex 4 e giant size action priced tide detergent 89 butterscotch chocolate vanilla chocolate fudge action priced jello puddngs marvel brand ice cue aaa pnt carton 8 coke 5 1 00 cake mixes 14 varieties action priced duncan hines 38 ann page action priced peanut butter 95 green giant action priced niblets corn 4 1 00 superright red brand beef prime rib m 108 steaks first 4 ribs lb 1 smoked cooked picnic style pork shoulders 58 superright brand sliced side bacon 88 sx brand 4 varieties hot sweet plain garlic action priced sausage aum 78 all prices shown in this od guaranteed effective through sot november 18 1972 shop in your neighborhood store stouffville stouffville plaza main street west open thur 9 am to 9 pm fri s 30 am to 9 pm markham alto open wed 9 am to 9 pm mabeham sherwood plaza west wellington way