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the tribune stouffville ont thursday jan 13th 1944 with a wide assortment of foods unsurpassed for value we are ready to serve you in this new year farmers argue over cost of producing hogs rice white beans rolled oats cream of wheat cooking bran evaporated apples per lb 12c per lb 5c per lb 5c per lb 5c per lb 4c per lb 19c special special special navel oranges 2 doz 39c ratclif f co physios in demand town delivery stanley theatre phone 100 showing each night at 815 saturday and holiday 700 and 90o i thursday friday saturday january 1314 15 the hard way ida lupino news reel dennis morgan cartoon monday tuesday wednesday jan 17 18 1 street of chance burgess meredith claire trevor also lost canyon j hopalong cassidy jwiursday friday saturday sjgz jan 202122 three girls about town vandorf our farmeis are attending the two day course at the hall on monday and tuesday of this week a number of young people and old alike are confined to their homes with heavy colds a large attendance enjoyed the fiist wa meeting of this year held last week at the parsonage an in teresting program is planned for the coming year special meetings are being held at wesley ohurch each night of this week our pastor has planned an in teresting and helpful series of ser mons which should be an inspira tion to all who attend pte steve komar of bc spent a few days last week with the bost- wick family so far our snowplow is still wait ing for work while all motorists are are enjoying the summertime roads mr sam gibney is enjoying the brightlight hydro being turned on last week misses irene harper doris fen rose and mr roy harper were tea guests one night with mr and mrs randall chapman hev mcmath called wednesday at the willing workers meeting also visited severaj homes and had sup per with the hope family the sunday school members of the church of christ enjoyed a sup per and social evening at the home of mr and mrs chas brandon jr on saturday night with a good crowd present o d o farm mechanics 0 o lectures short courses demonstrations lantern slides 2 for young and oud buttonville mon tues jan 17 18 agincourt tues wed jan 18 19 stouffville thurso fri jan 20 21 vellore mon tues jan 24 25 thistletown tues wed jan 25 26 kertleby thurs fri jan 27 28 nobleton thurs fri feb 3 4 subjects rope splicing and repairing laboursaving devices re- air and adjustment of mowers binders seed drills corn binders corn loaders other farm miicliinery also tractor maintenance electric motors milking machines and farm buildings 10 am to 4 pm no chargo new machinery still rationed service your old ones now be on time bring your lunch w m cockburn newmarket agricultural representative lieut margaret j ball elder daughter of dr and mrs s s ball has recently arrived in england and reports a pleasant voyage margaret graduated in physio therapy from the university of tor onto in 1941 after entering in adult work with the workmans com pensation clinic in toronto and in childrens work with the childrens memorial hospital in montreal she was taken on the staff of the work mans compensation clinic in tor onto in august 1942 she enlisted with the rcamc and as lieut ball was posted first to chorley park convalescent hospital in toronto and later to debert military hospit al nova scotia from here she was posted overseas in october 1942 and mobilized with her unit no 11 canadian general hospital canadian army overseas at sarcee camp cal gary upon arriving overseas the physio therapists found themselves very much in demand this was due to the fact that two more complete canadian hospitals had proceeded to italy taking with them eight physio reinforcements leaving only two per unit in england where there should be eight x no married nursing sisters or physios can now leave england for an active theatre of war so several of the married girls in the units which went to italy and north africa either were not allowed to proceed with their own hospitals or they were brought back aurora resident has 81ht birthday fred cousins a resident of aurora for 15 years cerebrated his 81st birthday saturday mr cousins was born in whitchurch township and farmed in vaughan township most of his life jssfore moving to aurora he lived in woodbridge where he was a director of the woodbridge fair d o o s o d o 0 o annual meeting markham and east york agricultural society will be held in the town hall markham monday jan 17 1943 nt 280 pm business well c of lusoeiving the financial ft statement for the past year and other reports q election of officers all members of the society and those interested in the fairare urged to attend directors meet nt 2 pm john scott r h crosby 0 secretary o president j two farmers from whitchurch township got into a discussion in the office of this papr last week over the question of whether there is any money to be made in feeding hogs at present market returns one chap was very hostile and dammed the government and everybody else for what he termed an unfair situation his feed bills were tremendous and well it just ikes it all said he the other farmer lives four miles from the unlucky hog producer he grows more of his own feed he ad mitted but contended flat he could show a margin on four pens of hogs he runs off right along and so that is what you find all over the coun try hog producers have voiced disap proval of the present price structure claiming it to be too low in compari son with feed and labour costs others claim there is a fair margin in feeding pigs at the present price i our agricultural colleges experi mental farms and feeding stations have accurate figures as to the amount of feed consumed by pigs of different ages and the total cost of turning off a 200pound hog this is not on one litter or two litters but on many litters however we find that the hog producers association are not satisfied with these official figures and at their meeting held in toionto on december 7 recommend ed that an investigation be initiated by the economics div of the domin ion dept of agriculture into the cost of producing hogs on the average farm because we believe that the figures as obtained from feeding sta tions experimental farms and agri cultural colleges are at variance with actual cost under average farm condi tions and that future hog prices be based on cost of production plus a margin of profit if members of the ontario hog producers association would take it upon themselves to ascertain the cost of feeding pigs on their own farms they would have cost figures obtained under various conditions with differ ent breeds of pigs and with different climatic conditions because there is a big difference in the weather be tween essex and the ottawa valley or in northern ontario the trouble is that not enough producers will go to the trouble of ascertaining what it actually costs to feed pigs it is no great hardship to value a litter of pigs at weaning age and then to weigh the feed used to grow and finish them there could be a separate box to hold the feed for this particular pen or if dry feed ing a hopper could be built to hold 5 or 6 bags of chop at one time these could be weighed and the amount marked down together with the pi ice of the feed if one does not wish to carry a notebook a shingle or a smooth board nailed beside the pen for convenience in marking down the weights of feeds would serve the purpose for further information it would be advisable to keep track of the different varieties of feed used then when the litter is marketed the cost of pigs at weaning plus the cost of feed could be totalled up and sub tracted from the total amount the hogs brought true there are other costs besides feed there is overhead and labour but the difference between costs and receipts would show whether it was sufiicientto give a reasonable wage for the time spent farmers who have kept records report a substan tial amount left for labour and over head an amount equal to a fair pro fit actually there are now figures a- vailable on cost of raising hogs under farm conditions for several years swine clubs have been carried on in which the members purchase and raise 2 gilts these are weighed every two weeks feed costs and gains are reckoned at the end of each month and at the time the gilts are around 200 lbs a final report is turned in there must be several hundred such reports on file which would give what we consider fairly accurate figures and in these reports the cost of min eral protein in whatever form it is used and the different kinds of grain used are recorded these figures should be available not from one county but from a dozen or more counties where swine clubs have been conducted there is no reason why these gilts should make any bet ter gain than a good bunch of com mercial hogs but ij further figures are required why not have two or three members of the association in each county keep records and have accounts kept of both winter and spring farrowed litters the hog producers association is absolutely right in their contention that there must be cost of produc tion figures in order to negotiate a price that will leave a margin of profit but if the members are not satisfied with figures put out by col leges experiment stations or swine get these figures for themselves un- chibs then they should be willing to der actual farm conditions 4th line uxbridge mr and mrs russell feasby enter tained mr and mrs byron rlse- brough and family of sandford for supper saturday evening mrs reuben maye held a quilting bee for few of the neighbors tues day afternoon the baptist wa held their meet ing last week at the home of airs h woodland mr and mrs clarence jones and family with mr and llrs geo jones monday afternoon mr and mrs frank collins and ruth spent a day recently with her father mr jas sherrard mr and mrs gordon wilson ber nice and murray bad tea on sunday with mrs percy wilson and leslie of greenwood mr and mrs norman smalley had tea with mr and mrs norman feas by on sunday we are pleased to report that mr geo redshaw is making a satisfac tory recovery after his recent attack of flu and pneumonia pte howard feasby of toronto spent the weekend at his home mr and mrs edward norton spent friday evening at the home of mr and mrs rolph davis glasgow mr and mrs elwood carruthers of claremont visited with mr and mrs ross watson and family on sunday we hone mr watson will soon be able to be up and around altona the sympathy of the community la extended to mr and mrs e lehman and grace in the passing of a dear father and grandfather our sympathy is extended to the relatives of the late mr j b hoover of atha reeve wm reesor attended the inaugural meeting of pickering council on monday the look well club met at the home of mrs david crosier on sat urday the girls were kept busy with scissors needles and thread trying to make victory badges also cutting out material ready to sew congratulations to mr and mrs i lehman who celebrated their 39th edding anniversary at the home of mr and mrs n neal we also ex tend congratulations to mr and mrs wm reesor who celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary recently at the home of mr and mrs f mc- nalr the js class held their december meeting at the home of esther davis it being the reorganitfation the election of officers was as follows hon presidents mrs b reesor mrs f mcnair president grace lehman secytreas gertrude winn pianist audrey slack asstpianlst audrey baker editorial com doris baker flower com esther davis the church services christ church anglican rev f herman rector miss elizabeth foote organist sunday jan 16th 1944 sunday school at 2 pm regular service at 230 pm everybody welcome st james presbyterian church stouffville rev t deconrcy rayner minister sunday jan 16th 1944 130 pm sabbath school and bible class 230 pm divme worship why attend ohurch every sunday millions attend church throughout the world why there must be a valid reason for this what is it think it over then come and learn jan 23 communion sunday sacrament of the lords supper will be observed stouffville auxiliary wms officers the womens missionary society of the united church in town raised 431 in the year 1943 it was learned at the january meeting held at the parsonage mrs milton harris pre sided over the program and mrs gunn had charge of the business mis a v nolan leviewed the by laws and mrs ivy lewis sang irev douglas davis installed the following officers hon presidents mrs h hodgson and mrs jasmowat president mrs geo sunn associate president mrs s s 1 vicepres mrs d davis cor secretary mrs r leslie rec secretary mrs g r w thomas treasurer mrs f l but ton community friendship secretary mable bannerman christian ste wardship mrs d davis temperance and christian citizenship mrs h w sanders associate helpers mrs jas turner and mrs k campbell supply mrs a hoover mrs cross and mrs d smales and missionary monthly mrs e a button and mrs c l pipher bloomington ringwood christian churches rev g w brown pastor sunday jan 16th 1944 11 am bloomington morning worship 230 pm rlngwood subject sitting with christ upon a throne 730 pm ringwood subject facing a crisis hear these messages from the book of revelation sunday school at 10 am altona ss 1030 am classes for all ages bloomingtcu c e meeting friday 800 pm at the home of mr eldon fairies neighbors invited you are cordially invited to attend these services plan to come stouffville united church kev douglas davis minister mrs chas nolan organist sunday jan 16th 1944 1000 am sunday school 1100 am divine worship 730 pm evening service monday jan 17 the annual con gregational meeting pot luck sup per served at 630 pm let us come together gratefully to review the past year and earnestly to plan for this year we want to make 1944 a victory year now in india leland fairies son of mrfijmrs floyd fairies who went over seas some time ago with the rcaf has arrived in india according to word received by his parents leland reports the weather as typical of our hot canadian summer days cool at night a cousin of the fairies a naval officer is stationed at delhi and leland hopes to visit him soon murray sinclair son of mr and mrs e r sinclair ringwood has just returned from india to england and it is no doubt possible that these two local lads passed on the high seas going to different points on the globe second markham baptist church rev norman rowan pastor sunday jan 16th 1944 955 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship mr stan hunt from toronto well known gospel soloist who partici- pated in the recent interdenomina tional meeting will sing our sentence sermon we have only one life here live it for christ lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thie ves do not break through nor steal st matthew 620 plan to attend the markham town ship sunday school convention in markham united and presbyterian churches on tuesday jan 18th special singing excellent speakers hospitable entertainment stouffville baptist church rev d macgregor pastor sunday jan 16th 1944 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship 730 pm evening worship stouffville mennonite church rev e mover pastor sundayjan 16th 1944 1000 am sunday school 1030 am altona s s 4 1100 am morning worship 230 pm mongolia ss 730 pm evangelistic thursday 8 pm stouffville prayer meeting friday 8 pm mongolia meeting next week wednesday evening altona prayer meeting come thou with us we will do thee good num 1029 mennonite churches dickson hill and mt joy s s shantz minister sunday jan 16th 1944 mount joy 1000 am sunday school 11 am morning worship 730 pm evangelistic service dickson hell sunday jan 16th 1944 10 am morning worship 11 am sunday school melville bethesda and peachs churches minister rev a j orr sunday jan 16th 1944 peachs 10 am melville 1116 am bethesda 3 pm friday jan 21 melville ypu at the home of mrs ed nigh mennonite brethren in christ church gormley and bethesda rev f huson pastor gormley sunday jan 16th 1944 200 pm sunday school 300 pm preaching 730 pm young peoples service special singing bethesda sunday jan 9 1944 730 pni evangelistic service come and enjoy christian fellowship with us stouffville christian church charles montgomery pastor miss nora stnpleton organist sunday jan 16th 1944 1000 am bible school 1100 am morning worship 730 pm gospel service monday 730 pm teen age girls meeting friday 700 pm childrens heat ing friday 8 pm christian b meeting ohurch hell sunday jan 16th 1944 200 pm bible school 300 pm divine worship friday 430 pf childrens meet ing at mrs forfars house everybody welcome x