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v v leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 54 no29 stouffville ont thursday nov 25th 1943 2023 copies- eight pages ohio theory of plowing wouldnt work in lis district says fred timbers farmers of york county stick to plow but disc cultivation works well on leitchcroft farm markham township ever since the first piece of land was broken and pioneers settled on crowndeeded property in york county well over a century ago the plow has been regarded as the far mers most important agricultural tool and it will continue to be an essential instrument despite revolu tionary theories advanced to aban don it at least that is the opinion of the majority of farmers throughout the rich grain growing district who are confident modern disking methods of soil tilling will never supersede the orthodox plowing system of cultiva tion theory of edward h faulkneiof ohio who advocates theabandon- ment of the plow and the introduc tion of a disk tilling system to save unnecessary extra hours of farm work and provide bigger and better crops would not woik out entlrelj satisfactorily in york county local farmers point out his theory how ever is not altogether unfamiliar in the county for scores of farmers have been using the disking method of tilling on their grain fields for years but they still use the plow as well my opinion is that it wont work in the immediate district around here said mr fred timhers who was the champion plowman in canada and the usa only a half dozen years ago it might he practical in light land he continued we understand that the view of lloyd turner d j tran win tim bers and many other prominent farmers with championship records is mnch the same as that expressed by fred timbers it may be prac tical on light soils they say but as for the nature of land any of the men mentioned here work the disk alone wonld not do it is the belief of the us agricul tural authority that deep plowing buries green manuring crops too far down to be of use to the shallow root systems of most plants this decay ing organic matter is highly absorb ent and draws moisture from the soil above it and eventally the moisture and the entire mass of plant food with it drains away in the subsoil starving the crops above it by disk ing into the top soil a very liberal mass of green lye the organic ab sorbent mat is left where roots can benefit from it this plan mr faulkner claims would halt erosiony replenish the land with organic matter enrich the land already producing crops and produce gi eater yields to the given acre according to wm cockburn coun ty agricultuial lepresentative a var iation of soil conditions exist in the district which would tend to knock holes in mr faulkners theory the theory could undoubtedly be applied with success on land of a sandyloam nature declared mr cockburn but i am confident it would not work out with satisfaction on land that contains an adundance of gravel such a plan could be op erated in many of the southern states and the western provinces of can ada but ground conditions in ontario are too extreme is laborsat or he said that scores of farmers throughout markham whitchurch vaughan and king townships have used the disking method on their land for several years and have found it to bo a real laborsaver its hard to determine however how this method would tend to increase crops he added the only way to compare the faulkner method with the orthodox way would be to take one field div ide it and experiment using both sys tems said mr cockburn it would continued on page five to organize for christmas fair the merchants of stouffville aie asked to meet in the municipal hall at s oclock on monday evening nov 29th to organize for the xmasfair the meet ing is called by reeve a e weldon and all are urged to attend as this is a stouffville booster in which all should be vitally interested the horse show committee is also asked to attend so that their part of the days piogram may be worked out in conjunction with the poultry exhibit the day is fast approaching when christmas stocks will again be back to noi mal and since stouff ville has gained for itself the repntation of a real marketing centre for both buyers and sell ers the merchants should in their ow n mtei ests do every thing they can to hold this trad ing interest which will certainly be appieciated in the postwar years talk ox baby clinic work mis irving e robertson president of the canadian mothereraft society addressed a public meeting in the united church school room on mon day evening in an effoit to arouse interest here in a baby clinic the gathering was sponsored by the lion club and mrs robertson outlined the advantages of such a clinic she said the post would be about 50 for each clinic in answer to a question from dr h b freel unfair penalty fofoverweight hog one of the strange angles to the hog marketing by grade came to light the other day here in the case of a shipment of twelve hogs sent down to the maiket by elmer fockler on the malone farm just east of stouif- ville nine of the animals shipped were within the grade limit of 185 pounds the remaining three being overweight for the nine the owner received the maiket of 1715 pel 100 pounds foi two overweights he was docked only 3 each since they were just over the mark the other hog ran heavy at 214 pounds for which he was heavily docked being paid 1214 cwt the same day sows soldfoi 15 cwt any weigh any age yet the focklei hogs were all just seven months old the ques tion arises why was not mr fockler paid at least the price offered for aged sows or hogs instead of being docked nearly 3 per cwt below the market for aged hogs any weight john phillips was seriously injured by motor car although feared to be fatally in juied when struck by a motor car on saturday afternoon on the townline west of stouffville john phillips of tins place was said to be still hold ing his own on wednesday he is in western hohpital suffering serious scalp and body wounds mr phillips fathei of ken phillips manager of the local dominion stoies was out for a walk and had reached a point opposite win tim- beis faim at the gateway he had just been talking to bob timbers and only moments after they parted phillips was struck by a car said to be driven by gilbeit ramsey timbeis told police the car barely missed him as it bore down on phillips later a charge was laid by con stable ben gaynian who took ramsey into custody and who was later al lowed out on 2500 bail ramsey was not insured we understand the injuied man sustained a possi ble concussion a scalp wound nec essitating 20 stitches a bioken leg and othei body wounds he was struck fiom behind since doth ne and the car were coming into town ir phillips is 63 jears of age and had been m delicate health local hunter find big deer with horns securely locked battled to the death grandparents proud of baby quart mr and mrs w t wilson who reside in then comfortable new cot tage w hich they built on main street east a few years ago may justly feel that their family is making some re markable history that is intensely interesting within the past year mr and mrs wilson have become grandparents to four new baby boys one each being born to their two daughters and their two sons in this period their two sons are roy and crenville wilson and their two daughters are mrs v pennamen and mrs chas reynolds mrs rey nolds gave birth to a son at the brierhush only last week to complete the quartette of babies that mr and mis wilson are grandparents to to be airgunner goidon gostick son of mr and mis fiank gostick of iclaremout has enlisted in the rcaf and will train as a wireless airgunner gor don who is just 18 was born near claremoiit and attended school there and in stouffville he had been employed in toronto for the past year councillor walter brillinger vege table dealei loaded a car of beets this week which he shipped to hali fax arrives in england mrs george reeve who died in toronto on monday in her 56th year will be burled in st philips ceme tery unlonvllle this thursday after noon her maiden name was agnes irene beckett and there survives her besides her husband two daugh ters and two sons takes quebec bride mr and mrs nathan gilbert an nounce the mariiage of their eldest son cpl harold stanley gilbert of the r ca f to miss jennie fitz patnek of gaspe harbour quebec the maniage took place last thuis- day evening at the united church parsonage stouffville the bride was attended by the giooms sister miss doiis gilbert and the gioom by his biother ross gilbeit the biide is the daughter of mr and mrs albert fitzpatrick of gaspe harbour gaspe quebec the couple left on monday morning for gaspe wheie corporal gilbert is waiting for further instructions here is a closeup of heads of the pair of battling bucks which had jus ended their last fight to the death when these hunters came upon them in the wilds of noithein hahburton their horns were so securely locked they could not be separated and were brought home still tangled in this fashion left to right aie myron anderson hany ratcliff john smits three hefty hunters photo by w r sanders native of ringwood geo silvester dead native of ringwood george e silvester died last week in the tor onto geneial hospital where he was taken from his home in timmins only a short time before his death he was 72 years of age for many years he was with the in ternational nickef co in toronto and copper cliff but for the past 15 years lived a retired life at timmins born at ringwood a son of the late mr and mrs g h silvester prominent store keepers there 70 years ago george silvester attended tile local bchool markham high school and graduated with honors in mining and civil engineering from the university of toronto at the age of 19 he was a member of the on- open night thursday tonight thursday the stouff ville high school is holding open house for the parents and general public to visit the school pioceed- mgs commence at 745 sharp with class demonstrations shop and home economics projects etc light lunch will be served t mis jonas lewis east of town spent a few days in sunderland visit ing her aunt mrs cooper few clubs able to bring back their quota of deer 20 be low zero at south river says chas atkinson 12 below at zebfa siding tario engineering association and several mining organizations as well as the ontario land surveyors asso ciation surviving are a daughter mis kelly timmins and a son george ernest silvester of torontoalso his sister mrs a s leaney of stouffville and one brother fred silvester now living at uxbridge his wife died three years ago interment was made at prospect cemetery to choose councillors and school trustees friday night reeve weldon will stand for election it is expected re- the yearly nomination meeting in stouffville will be held on the statu tory date which falls this friday ev ening nov 26 nominations will be received at ratcliffs hall between the hours of 730 and 830 oclock for reeve and four councillors also for three public school trustees reeve weldon will be up for re election while councillois hugh boyd walter brillinger and a coupon value for maple syrup up beginning next march 2 the value of d coupons for purchase of maple syiup will be increased from 12 to 20 ounces that the lastd coupon in the present ration books will be come valid on that date instead of v march 30 as originally scheduled leading aircraftsman gordon kersweli has just arrived over seas according to a cable re ceived by his parents mr and mrs geo kersweli markham township gordon was on the east coast for a considerable time before moving over new resident passes suddenly rushed from his home in the east end of stouffville last thursday to st michaels hospital toionto harry e chapman died there the following day and was burled at prospect cemetery on monday after noon in the veterans plot deceased is survived by his wife and was in his 57th year he was a great war veteran only a few weeks ago mr and mrs chapman located in stouffville having just bought the anthony dixon house and lot directly east of wm griffiths house in the north east section of the village they came from toronto and were looking forward to enjoyinga few years in comfort here mr chapman lost his one hand as a result of his war ac tivities and was enjoying a pension although they came here as en tire strangers and had not time to get acquainted the widow has the sympathy of everybody in her loss nolan aie said to be not keen enougli to stay in office to contest the seat councillor wm ratcliff will not seek reelection at all owing to his indifferent health he has been unable to attend council for a month or two and retires on this account there will have to be at least one new member and if more are anxi ous to secure a seat on the council they may be able to do so without meeting opposition the three members of the school board whose terms of office have expired are dr h b freel lloyd turner and j w mcmullen the first mentioned would like to retire but since he is regarded as an inval uable member efforts will be made to keep dr freel on the board even it only as a consultant last year he gave up the chairmanship in favor of i a aldred and now wishes to relenqulsh his seat entirely trustees lloyd turner and j w mcmullen each representing the whitchurch and markham portions of the union section will remain for reelection for councillors the names of hugh bannerman and ross brown have been mentioned but things are very quiet with interest decidedly lack ing there are some important is sues for the council to handle in the not distant future and men with initiative and foresight are needed we hear of no oppostlon to reeve weldon who is a hard worker for stouffville the move was taken to peimit customers to buy maple syrup in laiger quantities when the season opens eight coupons under the new ration allotment will buy one gallon of syrup any coupon holder who saves these coupons all d coupons from dec 1 until march 2 will bo able to buy at least a gallon of maple syrup in one purchase when the sea son opens said the board a fam ily of two would be able to buy two gallons with two d coupons to spare and soforth the board also announced arran gements would be made to facilitate mallorder business in the maple syrup industry it has long been the practice for many westerners to pur chase maple syrup from eastern pro ducers and dealers by mail a sys tcm for handling the necessary cou pons will be announced later harold good rcnvr made a hasty trip up from an atlantic sea port to spend a few hours in town visiting his father at the brierhush no stoiy book on wild animals would be complete without a yarn of a famous battle between two buck deer where the chargers got their horns locked never to be set free and where the victor died with the vanquished well dr s s ball and a party of other stouffville men jack smits harry ratcliff myron ander son and tommy kerr soninlaw of wm simpson came upon the re mains of two such bucks while hunt ing in northern haubuiton the professional man of the party said the big animals had died only a day before and evidence about indicated a teirific battle had been fought the horns of the two contestants were so securely locked that the hunters could not release them and had to cut the heads off to bring home the evidence it appeared that the pair must have come together with a teriiflc thud and fought for houis finally the larger deer ove 200 flopped its advisary over a big log with such force its back was bioken the pair lolled into a stream of water close at hand and the other deei was diagged under and drowned it was the first trip deer hunting for mr smits of the stouffville mach ine and tool works and in addition to being an eye witness to what we have desenbed he shot a deer the party brought home two other deer in addition to the heads of the bucks which will be mounted dr ball remained in the woods for a second week and aided by col harold bruels they brought down a big 200 pound buck and a large doe which looked like top ranking suc cess for even professional hunters jim bowes their cook is willing to put the good shooting down to his cooking generally speaking the hunting was good this year but the luck was very poor according to morley symes there were deer tracks everywhere in the hawk lake region but this keen eyed hunter only saw one deer he shot it and the deer went head long into the bushes got up blinked and lan into the lake a mile away but was not recovered there are a lot of good marksmen aiound good wood but only two deer were shot by hunters from that place the two walters did the trick walter byran and walter todd red forsyth hunting with a party from uxbridge including his brother arthur dropped a dandy 175 pound buck four in the party brought home two deer nels byer bob snowball jack pennock and elgin wagg hunting with the markham club at foots bay in the parry sound district met with poor success elgin shot a fawn jack shot a fox but nobody hit a deer tracks of a bear were all around the cabin one morning but old bruin was away before anyone knew he was about this is the pooi est hunting this party encounter ed in several years the sutton hunt club to which frank baker chris and sam arm strong were attached brought home eight deer this was away below their quota and the first time in 30 years that the boys of this club did not bring back their number the boys said the thermometer dropped to 12 below zero the hunters who tramped the coldest country were the whitchurch group with which chas atkinson reg stouffer wm greonhury wm armstrong arid w pipher from town were attached don ratcliff said it was 20 below around the camp at a place called rye on the south river like the others they had a lot of fun but didnt bring back their deer quota mrs fred cowle of claremont is in a critical condition a report from the brierbush hospital on wednes day stated mrs james mowat has gone to lindsay where she will remain at the home of her son m s kmowatfor some time which will hasten her back to good health again old friends will confidently hope prominent speaker rev dr chas endicott one of the most outstanding missionary leaders in the united church will be the speaker in the united church next sunday morning marking a service of missionary endeavour this dis tinguished guest possesses a great understanding of the resources of our great northwest and the re sponsibility of the church in its de velopment members and friends are urged to hear dr endicott sunday morning in stouffville