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the tribune stouffvije ont- thursday march 28 1946 farm equipment menmeet in toronto the second executive meeting of the ontario hetail farm equip ment dealers association was held in toronto on march 13 present were representatives from the eleven units of organization regular delegates to executive con ferences for 11h6 who speak for farm equipment dealers in every part of ontario the ontario retail farm equip ment dearvrs association was organized at a meeting held in december to bring into one central body the various units which had been formed throughout the last year keystone of the association move ment in canada is the elimination of unfair and unscrupulous trade practices which have long been pre valent farmers everywhere stand to benefit immediately from doing business with association members because of the high standard of trade practices which these dealers have undertaken to observe and because of the wide range of ha hogs improvements in dealer services top pigs good chunks 12 mos farmer customers which is an purebred berkshire boar important part of the association i harness program better merchandising se team harness facilities more equitable and uni form prices for used equipment better repair parts stocks and the best repair service ever offered to lraclor cultivator canadian farmers are among the binder 0 ft cut deering other important advantages mower 5 ft cut deering it was just a year ago on march single plow horse rake 13 when the original handful of marrows 4sec walking seuffier dealers in the toronto area met at wagon and gravel box auction sale horses cows implements seed potatoes etc to be sold by public auction at eot 10 cox 2 uxbiuoge 134 miles south of goodwood friday april 5 the property of wm hakney horses cattle swine roan mare about 10 years grey horse about 10 years holstein cow 5 years fresh 2 mos holstein heifer 2 yrs fresh 10 wks holstein cow g yrs fresh 7 wks durham cow 7 yrs due in may holstein bull s mos yorkshire sow 2nd litter due in may 2 yorkshire sows 1st litter due in may 3 yorkshire sows 1st litter due in may 3 collars implements uxbridge to organize the first unit set uglu bob s i he editor of the tribune acted biniin chain s t as chairman for that occasion turnip pulper active ix community life mabel carr passes grindstone i set scales 1200 lbs i boring machine with 3 bits cross cut saw two years 1400 miles of new the town and one of the fine things line had been built for rural serj about it is that not a single user j vices alone and that 10000 new would want to be without the ser- j customers had been added in vice now they have experienced it 1944 and 11000 in 1945 many newlthe ontario government pays half customers were added in and the cost of bringing the line up the around slouffville on all sides of concession to the tanner mother rescues six children in pike less than two minutes after she had dashed into her blazing farm house seven miles north of xort h bayont to rescue six of her 10 children mrs o huneault turned and saw the roof fall in two of the children lorette four held by the father and joel 4 months held by the mother were ill with measles four children were at school at time of fire the father was away from home when tire broke out mrs huneault groped her way through three rooms to rescue the baby ien up with paint separator renfrew- seed and hay 20 bags seed potatoes pink eyes cobblers and chippawa 2 bus carrots about 8 tons hay quantity red clover seed quantity carrot seed furniture sideboard kitchen cabinet 5 dining room chairs kitchen tables kitchen stove quantity fruit jars quantity potato bags i large fork 10gal gas drum i numerous other articles terms cash r folkner clerk a s farmer auciibnce the funeral service of miss mabel can- daughter of mr and mrs robert can- of the oth con cession whitchurch township was held in wesley church saturday afternoon march 16 mabel passed away on thursday morning at her home after a lengthl illness of over a year born at areola saskatchewan she was in her 20th year at the time of her death the service was conductetd by the pastor rev e c moddle assisted by a former minister rev garnet lynd mabel carr was one of those people we can ill afford to lose a sale at 130 pm talented young woman with many fine gifts which she gave unstint- ingly to every good cause in com- munity and beyond a member of sunflower seed wesley united church a valued j during the past three years worker in the choir a leader of sunflower- seed production has not great acceptance in young peoples i achieved the popularity among work and at the time of her taking western farmers that has been de sick the superintendent of the sired by the fats and oils adminis- primary deptof the sunday school trator states the canadian coarse her bright happy dispositionalongj grains quarterly review the with a cheerful willingness to recommended acreage of 100000 serve gave her a personality that acres set for 1913 was met by an won for her a host of friends both actual seeded acreage of about 12370 acres a seeded acreage of 17300 acres in 1911 was the re sponse to an appeal for 50000 acres while only 9212 acres was the re sponse to a request for 2s000 acres in 1915 in addition adverse weather conditions worked to give below average yields and a resul tant overall production of 29 mil lion pounds of seed in 1915 a limited quantity of seed potatoes this year potato growers are advised to order their seed potatoes early this year because of the fact that there is a limited supply to meet the de mand there are a few growers with foundation a seed for sale and this would be an excellent sup ply of good seed for any grower good seed is important in the pro duction of this crop particularly wben the grower is obliged to spend so much time in labour on the crop farm drainage to be started soon during the past few years a num ber of farmers in ontario county have been anxious to have drain age work done on certain fields of their farms but the supply of tile and the number of ditching mach ines has prevented getting this im portant job done contracts are being made with ditching machine operators and tile manufacturers for prices and the supply of tile and the time at which ditching can be started by these operators it may be necessary to have a ditching machine brought in from a distance as there does not seem to be any operators in the county these men have express ed the desire that they must have four to five miles of drainage be fore they will come into a district- all farmers interested in having drainage work done are asked to write the agriculture office ux bridge giving the amount of drain age to be done on their farm and the approximate time that would be most suitable for them to have this work done hydros amazing growth hon leslie frost provincial treasurer made a statement the other day about hydro that was interesting he said that during the enhance the appearance of your home with a fresh bright coat of paint youll welcome the sight of your newlypainted house after many long drab years our paint is long wearing color true easy to apply order front us today agnews hardware stouffv1lle ontario paris auto parts richmond hill ford model a motors ford v8 motors ontario 6950 11000 old and young recalls trip to altar at 50th wedding anniversary when mr and mrs isaac morton of belhaven in gwillimbury town- stiip celebrated their golden wed ding anniversary they had a big tableful of guests at noon and a different tableful for the evening meal the noon day guests were their own family and some nieces and nephews the younger genera tion in the evening they had four of mr mortons five brothers with their wives and his sister mrs angus king for mrs morton there was added pleasure in the presence of her sister mrs wm morton newmarket who was her brides maid of 50 years ago mr morton recalled driving across lake simcoe from keswick to lefroy home of the bride on march 7 1s91 for the wedding it was a winter of considerable snow and at the time of this drive a thaw had been followed by freezing weather which left a heavy crust over the snow with his parents the late mr and mrs ira morton he drove across the fiields to reach the lakeshore on the west side of the lake which they reached to- is farm machinery ready for business farmers who have ordered re pair parts for their farm machinery are advised by j m armstrong agricultural engineer central experimental farm ottawa to get in touch with their dealers at once because ofthe tieups in steel manu facture deliveries of repair parts may be delayed if the dealer inti mates that deliveries are likely to be slow or late this season other plans may be made to get the farm machinery in good running order temporary repairs may be resorted to while awaiting the arrival of the replacement parts broken parts may often be put in shape by acety lene welding a broken gear tooth can be built up by that process all farmers are not in a position to carry out temporary repairs and ward noon the bright march sun j usually entrust the job to the local had softened the crust so that the blacksmith the average smithy is horse broke through then the men had to walk leading the horse the rest of the way to the brides home one of isaac mortons brothers rev richard morton lansing was unable to be present because of illness in his family but with the other brothers william and ernest newmarket john a toronto and norman thornhill and with his balance of county open only sister mrs king it was a on muskrats happy reunion for the couple mrs i ah open season on muskrats in morton was well enough to join northern part of victoria has her guests at the tahle and in the j tin a peterboro counties all equipped to make such repairs as brazing a filling into the groove worn in axles and shafting often a blacksmith can help the farmer in need of repair parts by fabricat ing the more simple ones such as strapping wrought from iron or mild steel living room of haliburton county and that part of ontario county north of the south boundary of thorah town ship was declared open march is this was announced by game threw cat in fire gets lash at milton eighteenyearold rolert henry of milton chose ten strokes of the overseer a m hodgson of lind lash yesterday instead of a month say in jail for tossing a cat atop live the season opened south of coals in an incinerator the cat j highway no 7 on march is escaped with burned paws and scorched hair because it was the richmond hill lions club rescued bv its owner thursday night is foto nite offers 200 and 125 will be asked to raise the sum of 20000 toward a community centre jto be established there if the lions undertake the job which is 40s iof the cost of the proposed corn- j munity building then the project j is likely to proceed according to a statement of the committee head for town planning in the yonge i street centre published in the liberal 4 next to heart disease cancer is the greatest single cause of death on this continent it kills 1000 canadians every month one out of every eight persons now living must expect to die of cancer unless farreaching preventive measures are taken cancer is a deadly killer unless the patient seeks early medical advice but when caught in its earlv stages cancer is generally curable the cause of cancer is still unknown and there is yet no specific cure but if diagnosed in time and created by surgery xray or radium a cure can be effected in a majoricy of all cancer cases it is now proposed to organize an energetic campaign in ontario against cancer in all its forms this campaign will have the follow ing objectives 1 to organize and operate fully equipped cancer clinics at suitable j centres where people may be ex- i amined and if necessary treated according to the most scientific methods 2 to pay a portion of the cost of treatment of cancer for those needing financial help 3 to pay travelling expenses to and from clinics if needed 4 to conduct an energetic program oj cancer research to carry out this program the first need is monev your donation will definitely help to reduce the number of deaths from cancer in this province it will help hundreds of people to be medically examined in time and to escape from the deadly clutches of cancer it may well help research scientists to dis cover a cure for cancer and so free mankind forever from the dread scourge of cancer this appeoi is for an objective of 2000000 to provide for a threeyear program of cancer research ireafmenl and provincewide service ontario cancer foundation this oraanlied drive again cancer it a joinf ffort of the ontario conctr treatment and reseorch foundation ond the canadian cancer society give your contribution to your ixxttl branch or fiend to 22 college street toronto