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the tribune stouffviue ont thursday december 19 1946 woodville couple celebrated fifty years of life together lindsay dec 14 living fori nearly 50 years in their present i home mr and mrs james dixon of woodville celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on dec 9 with all their family present the elderly couple are enjoying good health and like nothing better than a visit with neighbors they have five sons and daughters name ly harvey of woodville welton of bowmanville mrs hooper jean of toronto mrs bodendistel mary of stouffviue mrs fisher minnie blackstockrfjnd eight grandchildren send the tribune to absent friends to end drought he claims start now to reap the benefits that the local corn supply offers you we now offer to the trade corn and corn products at the following prices fob plant no 1 kiln dried corn used jutes 5000 per ton no 1 kiln dried corn meal used jutes 5200 per ton no 1 kiln dried cracked corn used jutes 5400 pl- corn and cob meal used jutes 4400 per ton shurgain laying mash commencing immediately this mash will contain 25 fresh sweet kiln dried corn for cold weather feeding increased palatability and high vitamin content actual protein level 185 250 per cwt 50 per cwt buyers sax corn shelling high capacity power corn sheller now being installed which will be available to the trade at 4c per bus of shelled corn watch for announcement re custom grinding soon dicksons hill mills phone 26302 our bands will be full too completing thousands of extra long distance calls during the holiday season most calls will go through promptly because our operators will be using all available equipment to complete them of course with holiday traffic so heavy some calls are bound to be delayed if this should happen to yours you can be sure the operator will get it through just as quickly as she possibly can the bell telephone company of canada vitagras contained in marmill feeds we are linn belleversin the use of vitagras in marmill poul try mashes and pellets vitagras a product derived from dehy drating succulent green cereal grasses grown on specially prepared land are cut before they start to grow coarse and treated the same day as they are cut they make a valuable addition to marmill c1ck starter growing mash laving mash and other marmill politry feeds marmill laving meal clo is kept up to date and in keeping with the results of the latest research findings it is well balanced with a good variety of carefully selected ingredients pro viding the important proteins from animals vegetable and mar ine sources lt ingredients include meat scrap whitensh meal soybean oil meal yeast etc carbohydrates are furnished from srains the essential minerals in marmill lai imj meal are provided in lth organic and inorganic forms they include calcium phosphorus iron copper sulphate iodide we have a complete line of stock minerals and tonics coal alberta briquettes ciij for it modern peedlng book hy rroors marmill ltd central feed store lindsaypalestine shipment of cattle to improve breed ready to banish drought with his moonpowered rainmaking ma chine is donald s johnston above of regina who stated matter-of- factly that it was his rainmaking apparatus that ended 12 years of drought in the southern saskatchewan dust bowl in 1942 the machine consists of a steel framework to which are attached two horseshoe mag nets and a coil one of these magnets swings in a short arc and accord ing to johnston is synchronized with the movement of the earth and oscillates slow or fast according to the position of the moon the function of the machine is to create an electromagnetic field with electricity drawn from the moon which induces rainfalls by lessening evaporation and increasing condensation of raindrops in the atmosphere science has not accorded mr johnston any recognition but now that he is out of the army hell be giving his machine a thorough tryout an allout attack on drought seldom seen last friday night the wind was howling around the eaves and we were having our first real touch of or blow of winter just the day be fore it poured rain and soaked away here in the sand like the ground was a sponge but down in markham the land would undoubt edly be flooded like a mill pond the old stove in the front room had a draft that would fairly take your shoes off if i hadnt them tied on it was just the kind of night to stay at home and feel how fortunate you are to have a warm place to be in while the bitter wind blows outside this is the sort of night when something is sure to happen only a few years ago at this time and on just such a night jim smiths barn caught fire it was blustering cold and i had just settled down before the fire on the old sofa when the call came ill never forget the scene as long as i live the sky was grim and dark blue in color the wind was whipping the trees back and forth and would have blown half this country away only for the fact that the ground was frozen at that there were skirles of sand heading down ballantrae way that took off a good many tons 1 thought since what a grand thing to have the sturdy aivian forest growing around us well back to the fire the barn was burning and nothing on earth could have saved it fanned by the wind it seethed and roared one of the neighbors was making a big effort to rush in and out the stables but every time he backed away with his hand and arm protecting his face he staggered then gave in i headed off a couple of stubborn pigs that upset me in the fight to turn down the lane theyre just about as foolish as some people who are bent on going where they ought to keep away from the beer parlors those pigs did everything they could to get back into the fire but i finally scoulted them away i looked across the fields and the sparks were skidding everywhere it seemed as though the whole farm was ablaze fortunately the house was protected by the wind blowing the 12 bulls in the shipment of 70 holstein cattle that left on the first lap of the journey to palestine from the cnr yards at lindsay on tuesdayafiernoon are destined for artificial semination stations l e shmaragd tel yosef secretary of the palestine cattle breeders assoc iation said during a press inter view tuesday some of the bulls were prize winners at the royal winter fair he said and the primary considera tion in purchasing them was to improve the breed of holsteins now in palestine the females purchased with the same thought in mind he added would be distributed mostly in the jerusalem area at one time he went on to say holsteins were purchased from hol land but the breed of canadian holsteins now is of superior quality and so it was decided to get the needed cattle in canada speaking of the holstein and friesiaris now in palestine the only breeds raised to any extent other than native cattle he said they pro duced an average of 10000 pounds of milk with a 37 per cent butter fat test he understood the canadian production to average u000 pounds when asked the reason for the larger average milk production in palestine he pointed out farming was carried out on a highly scienti fic basis there while in canada many farmers just farmed in the way their forefathers did and they kept the canadian average milk pro duction down all cattle breeders were organized in his country and were continually trying to increase milk production he added he himself had a 2500 acre farm he stated with 350 head of cattle which was operated as part of a cooperative enterprise the herd of 70 cattle purchased mr win murphy pointed out were gathered from various parts of ontario and assembled on mr mur phys farms the whole enterprise was made possible by the dominion department of agriculture the department of trade and commerce and the canadian trade commis sioner at london england it took 35 minutes on the long distance wire with the british min istry to get a boat to go direct to hafia where the cattle will disem bark mr l e shmaragd declared the insurance on the cattle which covers them for all rail and marine hazards mortality and even matern ity mr murphy said was placed fcy mr r a broom of frost insur ance agencies who managed to divide the insurance between eng- 1 lish and canadian offices of the com- pany he represents in fact if a loss occurs the company will pay m british currency through their own agent in palestine if desired he added it is understood the insurance premium runs well into four figures keys xow you can get that extra set of keys for emergencies our keys door keys lock key there is scarcely a key wbnb we cannot duplicate our equip ment for doing this work is lhe latest uptotheminute machine to do your job dont be embarrassed have that extra door or cic key in readiness the cost i small stouffyille radio electric phone 366 stouffville ph 277 poooooooooooooooocomrrr away from it other things can happen on a night like that sure as guns i just got home when mrs josh says you better get to the barn one of the milk cows old jess had a pain in the tummy and i had to mix up hot gruel and some medicine all the time mrs josh was expecting a call to help a neighbor out in one of those family affairs and she was on the jitters all night neednt have been though for she wasnt wanted for another three days all that worry for nothing i said we solicit your business farrs elevator claremont phone res 38j office 38w feeds feeds we solicit your patronage for poultry hog and dairy feeds western oats and barley whole or chopped and delivered salt a carload of fresh salt in large or small cakes binder twine- binder twine and rolled roofing claremont ontario phone 38w capitol theatre uxbridge remember there is always a good show at the capitol special showing for thurs frl and saturday december 19th 20th 21st spanish main in glorious technicolor starring paul honreid maureen ojlnra and walter slezak added attraction serial at gman xoe xoe30z xoe30i xoeaa christmas fowl having purchased our christmas turkeys and geese we can assure our patrons of special and grade a turkeys at a price they will appreciate canned peas tomatoes and apple juice etc by the case priced to please claremont meat market claremont ontario telephone claremont 3501 hoi lonoi ioc nor lazat cream for best results ship your cream to stouff ville creamery we pay two cents more per pound butterfat for cream delivered t o the creamery cold storage lockers fast freezing facilities stouffviue creamery co to have our truck call phone 18601