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stouitville ontario september 10 1931 quality service peaches a large crop and low prices main crop starting this week crawfords are on now and elbertis next week let us have your order and we will try and give you quality both as to size and ripeness preserving jars all sizes and every jar guaranteed also order your kena claude plums you pay less for more ratcliff go notes and comments editorially the whitby gazette re fers to the passing of a great preacher in these words many people in whitby and dis trict regardless of their political affiliations will sympathize with- w h moore which occurred iu water- lord on saturday last the late rev mr moore was the oldest minister in the daptist denomination in canada and a pioneer missionary in this district well over halt a century ago he was stationed at whiievale and for over seventy years ho had served his be loved church in canada ile was a remarkable man for his age preach ing as late as a year ago in october 11126 at the age of st he preached in whitby baptist church and many remember his earnestness and wonderful vigor at that time filled with the old evangelistic spirit lie was a foursquare expondent of the gospel of christ canada owes a debt of gratitude to pioneers of rev mr moores type men who believed in a godgiven ission and set out to accomplish it despite hardships the like of which we of today know very little this farmer queen makes good on turkeys the remarkable story of a woman turkey farmer who has been so successful in trans forming 40c wheat into wheat is told here m town delivery phone 7112 coal coke flour feed coal our sampson feed is an all round good feed for cattle or poultry bran shorts and middlings cheaper in price cement and tile on hand at all times put in your orders for coal and coke now while you can get it dry and clean s w hastings phone 169 will hold match at wilco lake the annual plowing match of the north york association will be held this year on the farm of mr s c pnivoly at wilcox lake an ideal farm for such an event situated in a convenient piace will all tend to make this years match one of the biggest on record the womens institute at wilcox rake will serve the meals and fuller details will bo announced later tile salt stouffville ont cement goodwood a number from here attended the exhibition wedding hells are ringing again how about tuning in boys mr and mrs is mcguckin have a new boy- added to tmir family miss alice sears of atherly paid a visit to her aunt mrs middleton construction work is started on the county road west of here and motorists will take heed of the signs miss adelaide evans has resumed her school teaching duties at kona- bec near englehart after spending the summer at home here we are pleased to have mr and mrs nowble who recently moved to peterboro from her making a friendly visit with friends for a few weeks values that are to create enthusiastic shopping wide printed linoleum a good stock of this excellent quality linoleum a splendid range of patterns for kitchen dining room and bedroom in three and four yard widths that cover most floors without a seam finished with a hard glazed varnished surface to withstand wear heavy quality at 95c yard serviceable table oilcloth the appealing beauty of these new oilcloths will enduce every thrifty housewife who likes to have her kitchen appear smart and modern here is a popular and serviceable oilcloth in rich design and colour 45 and 54 wide at 45c and 55c yard large bath towels soft absorbent towels of heavy qual ity offered in this sale at a price that says buy a large supply natural colored towels with blue or red stripes large size about 22x46 special price each 29c fancy bath towels here is your chance to get a supply of nice towels at such a reasonable price soft absorbent puality with colored borders and plaid effects size 18x34 special 15c each jelly glasses just what is needed at this time of year so many demands for these glasses heavy puality with top at only 5c each water glasses heavy and medi um quality plain or star cut at only 5c each new shipment fall frocks smart styles at exceptional values a new collection of womens and misses frocks of celancse they are prettily made some with pleats or flares tailored or daint ily trimmed with contrasting colors also black special at 450 leather hand bags new shipment of fine quality leather bags just what you need to complete your fall outfit and so reasonable in navy green fawn blue and black special 95c esmond blankets just what baby needs for cooler weath er soft and warm as rabbit fur in blue and pink at only 125 each pepperell plaid blankets you cannot fully realize the value of these blankets until you see the quality soft napped cosy and warm excellent for fall use crib size at 79c visit our china department we have a wonderful display of fancy china hand painted norilako aynsley grafton foley royal albert and royal crown derby china also less expensive grades to suit all purses we also have a splendid display of dinner ware which con tains 97 pieces and open stock sets call and see them before buying elsewhere shaws stor phone 9612 stouffville ontario our store will be open tuesday thursday and saturdayovcningclosed wednesday at noon elizabeth bailey prl macleans she rounds up her turkeys on horsebaek at the first sign of a storm cloud she mounts a saddle pony and herds into shelter her flocks of hundreds of lliese birds which dot the hills of this alberta ranch bordering the foothills of the rockies only a few years ago her husband and his cowboys punched cattle and horses over these selfsame langes the days of the cattle regime are gone but the ranch has been restored to its former prosper ity by turkeys myriads of prime plump alberta bronze turkeys all this has been accomplished al most lonehanded by a woman mrs v a freeman of ardeuode alberta the beau desire ranch owned by mr and mrs w a freeman was one of the first and oldest stock ranches of this district lint settlors came land near the railway became too valuable for grazing it was turned into wheat land dry years ruined many crops then one day nine years ago the ranch mistress wone turkeys and a gobbler in a raffle for charity iu the nearby town of strathmore that was the start which has developed today into the largest turkey ranch in canada one that boasted a hock of d00 number one birds which furnished the piece lie reisiance of many holiday and special dinners from thanksgiving to easter it was my privilege to visit mrs freeman when the turkey market was at its peak it was only an hours drive from the city of calgary twentylive miles motor highway and eight miles due north on a prairie trail wo came upon the ranch suddenly a natural amphi theatre which provides an ideal en vironment for turkey raising we were greeted by a young look ing browneyed woman whose energy and appearance belied her later romarksabout- grandchildren atten- ding a calgary college her natural ly wavy hair was bobbed her dress was her work uniform a becoming bluetailored chambray shirt- and overalls belted in at the waist from her first hearty handshake and her invitation to have acup of tea in the cookhouse we were caught up in the atmosphere of her absorbing interest iu her work yes she would show us the turkeys gladly and tell us about them not boastfully but because she believed that raising turkeys was cue of the ways of salvation for the western canadian farmer for instance she explained take the price of number one wheat paid to the farmers around here last fall forty cents a bushel one bushel of wheat will provide enough of this variety of food for forceful feeding to develop a turkey to the average and most saleable market weight twelve pounds all season i received the steady price of twenty- five cents per pound fob at the ranch even at this the minimum price for years it means we are getting two dollars a bushel for all the wheat we have grown we had twelve hundred of our three thousand acres in crop but we are not depending on current grain prices for our returns wo are not worried about the price ofbeef only keep fifteen cows and wc all the milk here think too of tho future of this industry which can he made prim arily canadian only the other day i had a visit from a poultry expert from hie united states who empha sized the quality and flavor of can adian turkeys they are getting as good a reputation as our wheat and beef my flock is entirely canadian raised i have never imported breed ers or sptting eggs in fact i do not go in for fancy breeding my aim is to raise big quickgrowing healthy and wellflavored birds alberta bronze turkeys i began the season with assets of approximately ono turkeys 350 hons forty gobblers 2 goo well- hatched turks arid 250 chicken hens in the spring the sale of eggs and breeders brought me 2000 i could not supply the demand for eggs and tho money i had to return would bring tears to your eyes the market was surprisingly good both demand and price being steady in fact i have almost a year round market the only slack time during tho laying and brooding period of the turkey hens which are sold when the young ones no longer need them the price too this year has been low for in the past i have re ceived as high as fortyfour cents per pound fob dressed at the ranch- i estimate that my turkey business this year has netted me well over 7000 in cash and i am starling tho season with 500 hens fifty gobblers and 200 chicken hens turkey raising needs no scientific training no courses in agricultural schools just hard work and com mon sense knowledge of the funda mentals may be obtained from pamphlets available for tho asking rom provincial and dominion governments of agriculture schools of agriculture and experimental how to solve farm problem big meeting of farmers farms turkeys hatched by chicken hens one of the first problems that mrs fitemau had to solve- and the surmounting of this has been the keynote of her success was the un remitting care of the newly hatched turkey hens are not good mothers alike the chicken hen who clucks her brood to shelter beneath her warm breast at the east sign of- a storm or when night is approaching the turkey mother trails her young cues through the wot cold grass and if thus exposed invariably the casualty rate is high turkey hens are literal examples of not knowing enough to come in out of the raui this stupidity has been recognized by the french habi tant more than the british farmer the latter when he blunders says what it goose i am the former ejaculates je suis ldindon as far as possible mrs freeman lias her early turkeys batched out by chicken hens which give the j brood the same constant care they would give their own she also has i four incubators and makes use of the calgary hatcheries no poet roaming the hills at sun set watches the sky with more con cern than does mrs freeman in the rungeing lays of her turkeys i round them up at every cloud during the spring and summer at the first sign of what looks like a i sudden storm i call all hands 1 have to ride like fury to drive the main flock to that high red barn over there which holds 2000 tho others tire driven into the shelter sheds nearest the runs there were turkeys everywhere hundreds and hundreds of them they roamed the creek bottom scratching in and about the brush or drinking the fresh water they ranged the low chills that encircled the ranch buildings they seemed to know they were show- they seemed- also to know it they were government- inspect ed approved and handed feu- airs freeman is a charter member of the record of merit association for turkeys which was inaugurated in 102j hy the livestock branch of the dominion government to he a member means a regular inspection of the flock by government inspect- ors and stamp of approval is a small metal baud attached to the turkeys ieg as i looked upon that sceie of prosperity and fat of the land it seemed almost incredible that it could have been developed from nothing in comparatively so short a time cleanliness essential rut surely you had some ex perience in poultry raising asked no i hadnt mrs freeman re plied i never even raised a chicken continued on page s men who started movement lo lui prove condition in parent in dustry address fjricull ural com munity of luuisfil dciiuiud tluit water be wrung out of industrial slocks we use the spacious community ball at stroud in the finosfsection of simcoe county a few miles south of liarrie was completely tilled with in- tislil farmers and their wives mon day evening toiiear the addresses in connection with the parent indus try movement launched at new market a couple of weeks ago win martin one of a quartette of lnnistil farmers who attended the newmarket meelingwas in the chair the speakers were arthur hawkes editor of the newmarket bra and t j clark of orchard grove on whose verandah the iew movement which has as its purpose improvement of farm conditions that will yield a larger revenue and assist the farmer cut of the period of depression through which the country is now passing originated arthur hawkes outlined the principles enunciated at the new market meeting citing the burden of taxes that the farmer in common with the people of the land is under at a time when farm revenues are very low and commodities necessary in farm life are- at a much higher level than the farmer can afford to pay for them ho dealt at somo length with the desire of the farmers at the newmarket meeting to estab lish a clearer understanding be tween the people of the urban centres and those of the rural districts he urged the farmers to organize for the new movement and to attend the october meeting for general organiz ation mr clark in a dispassionate strain dealt with the well known farm prob lems of the present day and offered some criticism of the business meth ods of corporations the farmer said mr clark is the most inarticulate man in the country whatever comes or goes the farmer accepts it with cquanimityand never j utters a word of protestnor a word ot commendation when things suit him labor is storming the gover ment citidals just now and men the head of affairs know that labor is in earnest and is watchin trend of events with a view to p tecting its own interests but the farmers voice is never heard mr clark urged the farmers to take a employed by milk distributors in the city of torouto he instanced one in vestor iu the city dairy who some years ago for 1000 had purchased some slock in that company which today is worth 1s000 on which sum the owner of the stock receives his dividends regularly to pay these dividends the price of milk paid to the fanner has to be shaved down to the last possible cent the farmer has no opportunity to water his in vestment but must endure conditions which make il possible for dividends lo be paid on 17000 in the rase he had just instanced further discussing the returns the farmer gets for the milk he produces mr clark showed that the farmer is not getting a fair deal the retail price of milk iu toronto is 11 cents a quart the producer must deliver the milk in the city for 4 cents a quart the distribution charges mount to 2 cents a quart which leaves 5c for the companies for pasteurizing the milk this was too great a margin and some of it should ofne to the tanner who produces the milk punctuated freely through his re marks was a plea to the farmer to try and help think out a remedy for these grievances and others vhlc farmers specializing in other branch es of the industry might encounter during a discussion which follow ed a man in the audience asked if it was not the trades unions that are l esponsible for the tightness of money and low level of values of the present day mr clark replied to this question and cited some of the statements made by a labor lead r at the newmarket meeting where was stated that labor will rot accept a lower wage scale will water exists in the stocks of co trations employing labor by exhaustive fig uring it had boon found that a in percent reduction in wages would mean a 1 percent reduction in the commodities produced by in dustry it is not the wages that keep up the price of needed commodities it is the water iu the stock on which dividends must be paid stated the labor expert mrs robert sutherland lately president of the simcoe county womens institute made a telling plea for extension of the hydro system into the rural districts picturing vividly the overworked housewife on the farm she con trasted the activities of the farm women with those of the women in urban centres where they do practi- njcally all their hard work with the a assistance of hydro the product of ontarios great public utility would the 18 a v long way in alleviating the no i hardships of life endured by the women who help run- the farms greater interest in the affairs of the j my place of bust nation as well as become more inter- tlle evening but ested in the business methods ofi apartment others with a view to obtaining sug gestions and useful information of lvalue to tho farmer in his own busi ness speaking of the conditions that ay weighing- down upon the farmer this speaker thought watered stock was one of the most flagrant reasons for conditions on the farms just now being in the milk business he knew something of the methods real estate agent my place of business is not open i can be found in partment silvester block after hours heaps of property to rent or sell in stouffville or vicinity jacob yake real estate in connection massey harris agency in the old stand just south of post ofilce stotiffviile get your repairs and new implements now j p cassidy phone 902 for winter g or plumbing system may need overhauling will save you money stimate we have just added to our store ew line of shelf or small hardware plumbing and heating cooper ed mcgrattan manager stouffville