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the tribune stouffville ont thursday september 1 1949 heber down farm before and after where the farm face lift is scheduled for september 8th mr h martin director of the crops weeds and seeds branch of the department of agriculture on one of his trips to united states saw some especially fine work that was being done along the line of soil conservation practical man that he is this immediately aroused in his mind the question why cant we do it in ontario on his return he called together a group of interested bystanders and proposed that the improvement of a farm be undertaken somewhat along the line followed by the united states specialists among others at this meeting were mr heber down who lives near brook- lin mr lynn fair agricultural representative for ontario county sists of about 140 acres most of which is good farming land this particular farm is a unit of a 500 acre block owned by mr down on this farm the objective for some years has been to supply pasturage and grain for young growing cattle mr down maintains his main herd at the headquarters farm which is across the road towards brooklin the demonstration is planned for on the farm of 140 acres 90 of which are on the north side of the road while 50 are on the south the farm was purchased by mr down- approximately five years ago from a family named lewis the sur vivors of which live in myrtle the land had been in their hands for over 100 years like many areas in that section it had originally been heavily wooded and through the years had been cleared and the areas given over to the production of export barley which was teamed down to whitby the main local harbour of those days naturally now the crop of major and representatives of the ontario interest is grass or hay agricultural college the objective was to choose a farm on which at a oneday meet ing of ten hours a demonstration might be made of the major improvements which would norm ally be accomplished in 10 years in bringing back this farm into good production and to improve the general attractiveness and habitability of the farm there were five farms offered for treatment all things considered the group decided that the farm of heber down located on an important highway and convenient to toronto and neighbouring agricultural offices would be most suitable for a start a full day of face lifting was planned the thought occurred to us that the public would be interested in a before and after treatment of the subject hence we visited the farm and herewith record our observa tions the farm is located beyond the village of brougham in one of the glacial valleys of that region from the road near the farm it is possible to see the lake beyond the grass is of poor quality especially on the higher areas the ten acre pasture near the stream which runs along the south west ern border of the land seemed to be well located but the stand of grass on this area was anything but promising from the north about twothirds of the way down the slope an old fence row hedge very clearly divides the area this old hedgerow contains a lot of brush buckthorn one or two elm trees white ash and one or two basswood and chokecherries in the domern lay out of the land this hedge will be taken out and the land will be leveled with reference to the general lay of the land from the north east corner to the south west there is a decided fall of about 80 in about 80 rods this means that there has been splendid opportunity for rapid soil erosion throughout the years and this is exactly what has taken place the c horizon or parent material is fairly clearly shown on the top of the area and further down the slope surface soil increases in the hedge row which whitby the farm in question con- is along the edge of the former lane the soil is 3 to c higher that it is on the west side of the hedge row and from 2 to 3 higher than it is on the east side showings that much top soil has been washed from the higher land and piled along this hedgerow there are definite drainage valleys or waterways draining from ihe hill sides there are at least three of these in the main field and in accord with good practice these have been fanned out from the centre furrow and green topcovering has been pro duced on them with the idea of forming what is known as grass waterways now when the water comes down from the high land it is carried over the grass waterways and erosion is reduced to a mini mum in working out plans which are to be put into operation on septem ber 8th the soils department has taken the basic move of drawing up the plans for the project these include the diversion channel or terrace along the edge of the higher areas of land this is follow ed by a series of strip cropping laid down on the contour in accord with the slope of the field the agricultural engineering department is advising and assembling the types and number of machines that will be necessary for the job the necessary drain age has been blueprinted and the drains are already in the process of being laid down the strips for fall wheat are already plowed and worked since this was necessary if the crops are to be seeded on the day of the demonstration mr lynn fair has been the coordinat ing officer working out the details of the plans mr walter reynolds of the crops seeds and weeds branch has been delegated by mr martin to supervise the project naturally a lack of proper man agement in the past has resulted in the soil becoming less and less productive on the higher areas certain weeds have become quite well entrenched such as ragweed and bind weed to cope with this certain areas have been sprayed with sodium chlorate 24d and other chemicals these have been the stanley theatre stouffville september film festival of motion picture greats farm auctio farm stock implements 40 head op registered and grade ayrshire cattle co hogs poultry tractor on rubber threshing machine buckrnlie tractor machinery and hay grain lots 29 30 con 9 pickering township wednesday sept 14th ten cinematic wonders of the world at one theatre in one glorious month masterpieces from the treasure chest of great motion pictures now playing will james sand in technicolor mon tues sept 5 6 swashbuckling adventure and romance larry marguerite parks chapman in gallant blade in technicolor wed thur sept 7 s the f uniest thing in 1949 fred claudette macmurray colbert in family honeymoon fri sat sept 9 10 the wests most thrilling adventure howard ann duff blyth in red canyon in technicolor the property o sam fretz mow tue wed thur sept 12 13 14 15 the hilarious sequel to the egg and i marjorie percv main kilbride in ma and pa kettle mon tue wed thur sept 19 20 21 22 that sitting pretty man is back clifton shirley webb temple in mr belvedere goes to college mon tue wed thur sept 26 27 28 29 the sunshine show of a lifetime in technicolo r june ray haver bolger in look for the silver lining friday saturday september 16 17 you havent laughed until youve seen it william james bendix gleason in the life of riley friday saturday september 23 24 laughs laugl is laughs bud abbott lou costello in mexican hayride friday saturday sept 30 oct 1 fighting looting loving yvonne howard decarlo duff in calamity jane and sam bass in technicolor extra every saturday matinee only starting saturday matinee sept 3rd 3 funfilled cartoons in addition to the regular screen program horses bay gelding 5 years old gp gray gelding aged gp registered ayrshire cows 1 no 305620 palomyne fairy 2nd born july 17 194g fresh calf by side 2 no 234235 donallan pauline born mar 14 1940 full flow not bred 3 no 2c0250 donvale queens edith born oct 14 1942 bred july 2nd milking good 4 no 20707g gladden hill queenie 15th born may 1 1942 bred july 22nd milking good 5 no 302934 dolly rosemary born july 23 1945 bred may 21 milking good g no 234237 donallan mary born april 6 1940 bred may 30 milk ing 7 no 302931 pauline lucky til- lie born feb 25 1945 bred jan 2g due about nov 3 s no 302933 brown mary horn feb s 1945 bred mar 1g 9 no 302932 pauline dewdrop born mar 5 194g bred mar 25 heifer 10 no 337334 paulino dona may born april 5 1947 bred may 8 11 no 337333 princess queenie born mar 15 1947 open 12 no 33799g rosemary lilly born nov 15 1947 open 13 no 325g79 palomyne elsie born mar 8 194s open 14 no 337336 tillie rosebud born sept 17 1948 open 15 no 337337 brown mary 2nd born nov 30 194s open 16 no 339219 mary jean born feb 3 1949 open 17 queenieann born april 13 1949 grade ayrshire cattle is ayrshire 19 ayrshire 20 ayrshire may 9 21 ayrshire june 20 22 ayrshire nov 3 23 ayrshire 24 ayrshire 25 ayrshire 26 ayrshire 27 ayrshire 28 ayrshire 29 ayrshire 30 ayrshire 31 ayrshire 32 ayrshire 33 ayrshire 34 ayrshire 35 ayrshire months 36 ayrshire months 37 ayrshire months 3s ayrshire months cow bred july 2 cow bred june 11 cow milking bred cow milking bred cow not milking duo heifer heifer heifer heifer heifer heifer heifer heifer heifer heifer heifer heifer heifer bred mar 31 bred april 3 bred april 4 bred april 14 bred may 9 bred april 18 bred april 26 bred may 20 open 2 years open 2 years open 2 years calf 1 year calf about 6 heifer calf about 6 heifer calf about 6 heifer calf about 6 39 veal calf all cattle artificially bred to alaple bulls all cattle vaccinated swjne sow with 10 pigs 9 weeks old sow with 12 pigs 8 weeks old sow with 9 pigs 8 weeks old sow with 7 pigs 8 weeks old sow with 13 pigs 4 weeks old sow due time of sale sow bred june 21 due about oct 10 sow bred june 28 due about oct 17 red hog 1 years old 3 shoats poultry 130 nh x ls pullets ready to lay 100 capons muscova drake 2 ducks and 10 small ones implements w6 md tractor good shape combination no 5 white thresher with grain thrower and straw shredder good all roller hearings mii 7ft grain binder on rubber near new md 100bus manure spreader with power takeoff new mii 17 spring tooth cultivator power lift good mh 5ft mower oil bath good tractor or horse cockshutt 3furrow tractor plow no sa md 13disc drill grain and fertil izer cockshutt no 5 hammer mill near new md 3sect springtooth harrow waterloo tandem disc new 7 ft tudhope anderson 9tooth stifftooth cultivator 1937 ford 2ton stake body truck with buckrake attachment new motor buckrake md 3drum roller mh 2row corn cultivator mh hay tedder mh 2furrow plow cockshutt no 17 single plow wilkinson no 21 single plow wilkinson double mould plow turnip drill 2row corn planter mh hay rako 2 democrats md inthrow horse disc peter hamilton scufller set gsec diamond harrows set 5sect diamond harrows set 4sect diamond harrows rubber tired wagon 6 x 600 tires rubber tired wagon car chassis 14ft hay rack wagon box 14ft stock rack chatham fanning mill flcury cutting box cutter 2 sets sloop sleighs electric motors loultry equipment woods electric grinder 1 hp general electric motor 4 hp general electric motor 4 hp compressor with 4 hp motor com plete with spray gun 50 ft hose jamesway oil brooder large size new coal brooder large size buckeye oil brooder 2 large dry feeders 5 range shelters number fountains and feeders roll 1inch mesh mink wire roll heavy chicken wire 50 high 11 x 11 colony house good miscellaneous set inside silo pipes 2 oil drums 12 gal oil drum 90 gal 14 ft of shafting 1ton chain hoist watering trough 50 ft of steel cable pulley 2 8ft mh binder knives adjustable bench with 2 blades delaval magnetic milker with out lets and pump delaval utility no 16 cream separ ator set electric clippers ioc bus boxes set scales 2000 lbs thresher belt 100 ft by 7 4 ply hammermill belt 50 ft by 7 4 ply quantity of light belting number of pulleys log chain feed box number of sacks water trough 24 cotton grain bags feed barrel steel hog trough 2 light chains hay grain about 12 tons mixed alfalfa tim othy hay about 15 tons of baled wheat straw to bo sold by the bail about 1400 bus oats suitable for seed harness set backhand harness set team harness set single harness number of collars household furniture 2 coalman space heaters oil acme cook stove coal or wood with water front general electric 4burner range and back oven general electric annex coal or wood jacket heater heater oak treasure coal kitchen cabinet glass cupboard 0 kitchen chairs settee national electric stove 4burner oven bedroom suite complete power churn 2 butter workers electric washing machine easy iron bed stead size 2 single bed steads iron folding ironing board hoes rakes forks and other ar ticles too numerous to mention the altona avomcns institute will operate a booth terms cash no reserve giving up farming sale starts at 1200 noon sharp this is a large sale and must start on time lloyd turner clerk a s farmer auctioneer evenings adults 40c children 20c matinee adults 30c children 15c including govt hospital kix applied to kill weeds and ordinary fence row brush strips which have been treated will be placarded for the demonstration day in setting up the diversion or terrace heavy power machinery will be used as it will also be used in clearing the hedge row and clearing rocks and trash the out lets for the channel were construct ed in may 1949 and are now covered with grass the farm barn is being repaired by the reconstruction of the north foundation wall and by laying a modern floor in the stables other departments of the ontario agri cultural college and the depart ment of agriculture are sharing in i the improvement scheme eg the department of poultry will remodel the poultry house making it suitable for the needs of a family unit farm the womens institute department is undertaking to remodel the home kitchen entirely and a paint- company is going to paint the barn and sheds the department of forestry is undertaking to clean up a forest block in the northwest corner of the farm they will remove buck thorn and other useless trees and encourage the growth of white ash the forestry department will also demonstrate the planting of trees by machinery on the area south of the road where much reforestation is necessary in the present cropping system there is no attempt made at laying out of fields so that erosion will be either slowed down or prevented with the new plan this control of water movement will be major importance definite steps to this end will be taken by adopting certain rotations and by strip cropping canadian oil production in 1948 showed an increase of some 60 per cent over 1947 and 63 per cent over 1946 this gain was mainly due to the discovery and development of the leduc and woodbend fields before you ever cross the road pause look both ways is your safety code wit persons young and old use extra care when crossing road ways they look both left and right to see that the way is clear it takes but a second but it spells safety ofo h doucett mhhht ontario department of highways