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the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 9 1950 farm forums hold county rally ontario county held its first farm forum rally on tuesday the music hall at uxbridge was chosen for this important event eight new forums have been organized in uxbridge and scott townships this season they are uxbridge forum fosters 5th line bethesda 1th concession scott township bethesda scott udora south leaskdale fosters forum made a special collection for the march of dimes one of their projects a short course in farm mechanics was a very successful action project sponsored bv the greenwood forum in this age of farming by machinery their efficient use is one way to cut clown the cost of pro duction the reports of the farm forums show good discussion of subjects that not only concern the farmer but many of them are far reaching and concern everyone in our land and even beyond they found weather tariff walls to protect industry cartels and artificial substitutes for farm pro ducts interfered with the law of supply and demand the canadian fanners prices are influenced too much by the surplus greenbank and claremont forums agreed with many when they said farmers would be willing to accept lower prices if the cost of other things came down accord ingly sinclairs corners forum and others stated they followed canadas food rules very well although it is difficult for many to secure green vegetables during the winter months most forums thought we had enough land to feed the increasing population in the world if all farmers put organic matter back into the soil and practiced soil conservation and the best farming practices however this would never feed the world unless there was better distribution of sur pluses it isnt the farmers respon sibility but is a problem that can only be solved by all people shar ing this responsibiity forums in the uxbridge area named soil drifting as their worst soil erosion problem and found reforestation an important means of control other forums where soil was heavier found washing of top soil caused most erosion several discussed the soil conser vation demonstration on the heber down farm brooklin but saw no way to purchase the heavy machin ery needed as the present price of farm produce is not on a par with expenses the advice of the agri cultural representative was thought sufficient for all the con servation that could be accom plished m e mcclean the numerous bearded fig trees on barbados gave the island its name editors xote this is the sixth of a series of weekly stories which alex mckinney jr a director of the ontario plowmens association is writing about the visit of canadas champion plow men to the british isles west germany denmark and the netherlands brampton theres an end to all things are over soohest thats things but it seems that the best probably why it feels like only yesterday although in reality it was seven weeks ago that i started this series of letters by say ing goodbye to canada now on behalf of the canadian champion plowmen and myself i want to say hello everybody for we are back home we flew back to canada from prestwick scotland it was a smooth trip and a fast one for we had a tail wind all the way we were surprised when we put down at dorval airport to learn we were two hours ahead of schedule that gave us time to telephone our homes so that when we landed at malton a few hours later our families were on hand to give us a real welcome this business of globetrotting can certainly be thrilling but cop ing home is just as thrilling that poem by walter scott that we had to memorize at school describes our feeling when we landed better than we can express them breathes there the man with soul so dead who never to himself hath said this is my own my native land whose heart hath neer within him burnd as home his footsteps he hath turned from wandering on a foreign strand but this letter is chiefly about our stay in scotland as you will remember my last letter was from ulster where we attended the in ternational plowing match at mul- lusk near belfast id just like to say in passing that jim eccles ef fort there was really outstanding taking eighth place in a field of 38 champion plowmen from the united kingdom was really an achievement especially as he had only one days practice on the high cut plow there were some there who said he should have rated higher but be that as it may the fact is that jim is the first cana dian plowman to do so well in a special class for overseas plow men jim also took first and hon marquis was second against very stiff european competition the boys received silver cups and i feel they were a credit to all cana dian plowmen also in passing id like to point out that when 1 speak of we in these letters i mean the three is us there is my next door neighbor jim eccles of brampton and ron marciuis of sunderland the cana dian champion plowmen as win ners of the esso transatlantic horse and tractor plowing classes at last years international plowing match held near brantford these boys were awarded trips to trie united kingdom with imperial oil ltd paying expenses as a direc tor of the ontario plowmens asso ciation sponsor of the internation al plowing matches i was appoin ted to accompany the boys as coachmanager 1 also act as a sort of reporterhistorian in scotland we were treated royally and really got around while there we saw some of the finest livestock farms of all we have seen we also saw winston churchill attended the world fam ous purebred shorthorn sales at perth visited a number of out standing farms and even attended a football match at glasgow our guides in the land of the heather were allen campbell of the depart ment of agriculture scotland and ken mcneil of angloamerican oil co they certainly did a good job of looking after their charges its hard to know where to start in describing our experiences but as we have always wanted to at tend the perth sales ill start there the perth sales were held in a large building specially fitted up for the occasion it was a two day affair with the first day for show and the second day for sales the quality of cattle offered was very high but as far as exhibiting the cattle i think maybe we do the job better here in canada there were some outstanding bulls up for sale and the biddin was brisk somehow we got the impression that the british breed ers liked to say that a bull cost them so many guineas and for that reason they seemed willing to car ry their bids higher than canadian bidders would do the top price paid at this years sales was iooo guineas or about 21000 this was for a white bull named iawton nelson the major champion and grand reserve cham pion it was consigned by major p ik henderson and was bought by ai interests fourteen ani mals from the calrossie farms owned by capt john macgillivray sold for a total of 32000 guineas just about everybody who is interested in purebred shorthorns attends the perth sales but we were surprised to learn that the english actress greer garson had been there although we didnt see her we did however see the foundation herd miss garson bought through an agent it was made up of five females and two bulls they were all white and were bought for between 150 and 250 guineas apiece we understood they were for a cattle ranch miss garson is starting in new mexico we also heard some of the fastest bidding weve ever heard in one period they auctioned off 90 head of cattle in 110 minutes which is certainly a lot faster than we do in our country all in all it was easy to understand why the perth sales have over many years con sistently secured the highest prices for shorthorn bulls anywhere in the englishspeaking world the perth sales also served to remind me that its a small world for it was there that i ran into my next door neighbor hector astengo of rosafe farms brampton i hadnt seen him since about the time of the royal winter fair so we had a lot to chat about mr astengo was buying some pure- breds for his ranch in south america it was in edinburgh that we saw winston churchill he was making a political speech there that night but because of other engagements we did not go to hear him he was staying at the same hotel as we were and when we got back that night he came in a few minutes after we got a real good closeup look at him he is just as impressive in the flesh as he is in i his pictures several people were after him for autographs but it j wasnt us because we didnt have autograph books with us the day we attended the football match was a miserable day it was snowing the match was between glasgow rangers and couperheath and it was played in more than an inch of snow in spite of the dirty weather there was a good crowd on hand to see the rangers win eight to nothing compared with our game it was rather tame they play a more gentlemanly game over there and body checking is penalized before we left scotland we visited the farm of william young sherriton mains not far from prestwick mr young is a cousin of clark young of the ontario plowmens association whose letters you probably read a few years ago william is a former president of the scottish farm union and has an outstanding flock of borderleceisters and a fine herd of ayrshires on his 400- acre farm our visit to the young farm was another of the many highlights of our trio i realize that in these letters i havent told you a quarter of the interesting places visited nor the interesting people we met it would take many more letters and it would also take considerable time to sort out our memories as time goes on we may have othrr opportunities to tell you of the things that havent been covered in these letters but before i bring my final letter to a close there are two matters id like to mention the first concerns the maple trees we planted or left to be planted overseas as a symbol of canadian friendship the danish government has reciprocated since we returned we have received a shipment of beeches the beech is the national tree of denmark they asked that the the new modern rio theatre uxbridge matinee saturday at 230 pm wednesdav thursday march 8 9 the forbidden street dana andrews and maureen ohara adult entertainment foto nite every thursday this week 11000 cash offer wednesday night is attendance nirht lots of fun lots of cash friday saturday march 10 11 the big wheel mickey rooney and thomas mitchell monday tucsdav march 13 11 dancing in the dark william powell and mark stevens in technicolor two shows nightly first 7 pjn feel the tang of a fresh ocean breeze enjoy the thrill of a dip in the sea this year visit us down in the maritimes see our his toric towns and beautiful countryside the rugged coves and sunbathed beaches along our shores well welcome you warmly youll enjoy going by bus fares are low round trip halifax 4955 quebec 2270 stjohn 3575 sydney 5690 subject to change m tickets and informatlbn stouffville iwotdrl phone no the new 19so ude bake from its gleaming aerocurve front end to ht gracefully flightstreamed rear fenders this 1950 studebaker is the worlds most distinctive new car its a long low alluring 1950 studebaker with the new performance of new higher compression power its an amazingly comfortable 1950 studebaker thanks to a new perfection of balance and weight distribution plus the most advanced kind of coil- spring front end suspension its a remarkably thrifty 1950 studebaker trim and sleek and free from fuelwasting excess bulk stop in and take a closeup look at this dramati cally different sensationally advanced 1950 stu debaker arrange to take out this pacemaking new kind of car for a thrilling trial drive studebaker the originator of the worlds first real postwar motor car styling now steps out still further ahead come in and see the 1950 studebaker next look in cars come in and try the 1950 studebaker next ride in cars les wilson motor sales weslend stouffville telephone 272w trees be planted on the grounds of the ontario agricultural college at guelph as you may remember from my last letter i planted maple trees at the veterinary college at copenhagen 1 think this reciproc ity is a real friendly gesture on the part of the danish government and i hope we can make a ceremony of planting the beeches i also hope that as many as can make it will attend the ceremony the other important matter is our thanks to the ontario plow mens association and imperial oil ltd for making the trip possible we would also like to express our appreciation to the many people in private industries in the government services and the esso companies overseas for all they did to make our trip so mem orable and we would like to thank you the readers of these letters for the time you have given in follow ing us in our travels we hope you found them interesting goodbye for now mount albert couple celebrate fiotli anniversary mr and mrs george burnham mount albert recently celebrated the goth anniversary of their mar riage in the afternoon they received many of their friends the tea table was centred with a wedding cake and the color scheme was carried out in pink and white mrs byron stiver and mrs agnes crowle poured tea and mrs jim slbrach mount albert and mrs clarkson arnold zephyr served from the sale of farm products canadas farmers realized 2409- 165000 cash income in 1949 about three times the 1940 total and jat 40000000 less than in the jitak year of 1948