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the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 13 i960- ont county jr farmer picnic fri july 14 the executive and directors of the ontario county junior farmer association met in the depart ment of agriculture office on wednesday evening the main purpose of the meet ing was to make plans for the annual junior farmer picnic the annual junior farmer church service and the tractor safe driving competitions held in con nection with the fall fairs the president ted croxall con ducted the meeting and led the discussion it was decided to hold the picnic on friday july 14th at geneva park with picnic lunch commenc ing at 630 pm followed by games and swimming commencing at 9 pm a dance will be held junior farmers from each of the four local clubs namely brooklin port perry beaverton and uxbridge are invited to be present it was decided to hold the church service at beaverton this year the beaverton junior farmers are making the arrange ments and a tentative date of august 13th has been set with the service to commence at 730 pm the port perry junior institute is providing special music junior farmers of all clubs in the county are invited to attend their annual church service on august 13th the finals in the tractor driving competitions will be held on october 5 at the north ontario ploughing match to be held at dunrobin farms beaverton the executive decided that the top 3 contestants at each of the local driving competitions to be held in connection with the fall fairs would compete in the finals the winner of this final county com petition will represent ontario county at the provincial finals held at the coliseum toronto in january 1951 mr fair agricultural represent ative outlined the rules and regu lations concerning the tractor driv ing competitions at the local fairs contestants are required to drive a tractor hitched to a wagon through a series of offset stakes and back the wagon up to a loading- chute time care of operation safety and driving ability are all judged and count toward the final score in addition each contestant is required to answer a short true or false examination in connection with care and opera tion of farm machinery the var ious junior farmer competitions will be held at oshawa fair port perry fair scott fair and beaver ton fair prior to the finals at dun- robin farms on october 5th the meeting adjourned after a lengthy discussion of each of the questions at hand the united states weather bureau reported more than 10000- 000 different local weather observa tions during 1948 markham township building permits over hon mark building permits issued in mark- ham township for the first six months of the current year are only 53000 short of the total for all 1949 figures released by ross norton township building inspec tor indicate total amount of permits issued for the last six months is 1315300 1949s twelve month total was 1368800 issuance of permits for june took another big upswing value being 313550 as compared to 128450 in june 1949 the increase in issuance of building permits for the township is not of the flashinthepan but is being steadily sustained a month by month comparison indicates irwi blocks of salt are the favourite form of currency among the bertat tribe of western asia markham new policy daylight saving 2 shows nightly 730 doors open 700 pm continuous sat 700 pm to midnight matinee sat 300 pm friday saturday july 14th 15th in glorious outdoor technicolor audie gale murphy storm the kid from texas mon tues wed july 17th 18th 19th george and gracie together for the howl of it af j in a riot of mirth ij 7t see ice the show ss the songiest funniest everi coming fun the good humor man local health unit rents newmarket site the new york county health unit has accepted an offer from the town of newmarket for head quarters accommodation in the webb home at a meeting last week the health board which includes representatives from stouffville whitchurch and mark- ham decided to rent the building at 150 a month from the town although the town council has not purchased the building yet the health unit has been assured that the building will be purchased council decided last week to pay 16800 for the building the unit has asked each of the 11 member municipalities for threequarters of a mill on its assessment for 1950 the board hopes to operate on a basis of one mill in the 12 months of 1951 one of the members of the board said that he hoped the municipal ities would understand the press ing need for funds in establishing the unit the threequarters of a mill basis for the remaining six months in 1950 is higher than the eventual basis for operating the unit because of the cost of estab lishing the service buying new equipment and other initial needs the present staff consists of dr r m king the unit medical health officer mrs jean rhoten aurora superintendent of nurses r a craig chief sanitary inspector and four nurses barbara wills toronto betty topper richmond hill ann manie quigley toronto and miss g walker six nurses will eventually be required also another sanitary inspector there are to be seven branch offices throughout the municipalities in the north end of the county two newmarket girls barbara pritchard and mary bothwell make up the clerical staff at the health unit headquarters there dr king comes from orillia where he was with the simcoe county health unit he graduated from the university of toronto in medicine in 1914 the garage operators association of ontario invites you to cooperate with them in assisting to make the streets and highways safe drive and walk safely will your vehicle pass the road safety tests now being conducted throughout ontario 1 service brakes 40 ft at 20 miles per hour stopping distance 2 hand brake 60 ft at 20 miles per hour stopping distance 3 steering wheel back lash should not exceed 3 4 head tail and stop lights should be in working order and the head lights properly focused 5 mufflers and exhaust pipe should be free from leaks at your service in north york mole motor sales pontiac buick gmc trucks sales service stouffville 372 don pickering garage victoria square ph stouffville 64012 mcintyres garage victoria square ph stouffville 66106 aurora automotive wholesale parts equipment yonge st ph 340 iiuuiiniuiuhiiuaiirainuudiiiuiiiiuiaiiuuiiiiuaiiuiiiiiiiiaiiuuuuiinuiiiihiiununnoiiiiniuiih york county soil survey the department of agriculture has announced that a general soil survey is being cdnducted in york county at the present time two men from the ontario agricultural college guelph are now working in vaughan township and it is expected they will be in york for the remainder of the summer since their work is a survey of the various soil types and not a fertility analysis they operate from the roadsides and will not be call ing in at the farm houses thus the fanners of york county are asked to cooperate with these men and to not be alarmed when the soil survey party climbs over the fence on their routine work it has been almost ten years since a similar survey has been conducted in the county and the ultimate result will be the publica tion of a report on the soil sur vey of york county including a new soil map and recommenda tions on the most suitable use for the soils of the district record entry expected for plow match prospects of phenomenal entry list in this years international plowing match have made it necessary to restrict competitors roy shaver of finch president of the ontario plowmens association announced only plowmen who have won a prize at a local or county match at some time will be eligible to com pete in the event mr shaver dis closes it may be necessary in future years to have been a win ner at a county match immediate ly preceding the international event the decision to restrict entries in this way was reached at a meeting of the prizelist com mittee the other day it was stip ulated that the restrictions apply only to ontario plowmen how ever the match is open to the world any competitor outside of the province is eligible to enter mr shaver explains that the chief aim of the match is to raise standards of plowing this along with an unprecedented entry list has made the change necessary he explained county and local plow ing matches are planned for all parts of the province and those who have not yet won a prize and who are desirous of competing in the big international event next october are urged to enter their local match local competitions open in september this years international plow ing match which will be staged on the beautiful nottawasaga valley plantations in simcoe county has every indication of outclassing any previous event it opens on october 10 and continues to october 13 scene of the event is just three miles south of high way 89 near alliston its location is in tecumseh township opening day tuesday october 10 will be open to the counties of simcoe ontario and york total prize money of nearly 1800 will be offered and mr shaver says that as some of ontarios best plowmen come from these counties competition should be keen and well up to internatssmal standards even on the first sag it has been decided that ccnrjiet itors from simcoe york oratorio peel halton wellington duserin and grey counties must provide their own tractors or teams far plowing the local committee will provide tractors and teams for those residing outside ffiese counties at a nominal fee of 3500 application for tractors and teams must be made on or before october 1 for the big match a valuable prizelist is being arranged for the various events total prize money will exceed 14000 the president says the nottawasaga plantations scene of the match this year clfera an abundance of room and specta tors are assured that not only will they be able to enjoy a worthwhile outing but they will also be able to switch actual plowing competi tions without walking a long- dis tance from the exhibits plan of the match area is being arranged so that machinery and implement display in the tamtei city will be quite close to the actual scene of competition going into pig business alarmed by the number of pigs being lost throughout the province the ontario government has decided to go into the pig raising business agriculture minister kennedy said last week he was seeking a site for the erection of a modern piggery for experimental and educational purposes it will likely be located in western ontario the demonstration farm will be operated by a farmer and the gov ernment will subsidize it he said i am certain that the plan will save the province large sums annually improvement of pasture lands will also be the subject of a study by the department the number of demonstration pasiure farms in the province is going to be increased to six kills all flies including ddtresistant no doubt about it flies are a nuisance and a menace and a bill of expense theres a lot more comfort convenience safety and profit when you and your stock are clear of them purinas new formula fly spray kills all flies including the ddtresistant ones and it keeps on killing them for a long time all summer if we dont run into extreme heat over a long period make a special note to use this new for mula spray its a real fly killer any weeds youre tired of j any weeds around your place that you want to 0 get rid of heres the easy way with the broad- leaved kinds practically all the bad ones except twitch spray them with purina weed killer it beats cultivating and hoeing by the proverbial mile saving time work and expense and really hitting them hard purina weed killer ask us for new purina hog folder 4 it doesnt cost you anything to find out about the new improved purina hog programme it may cost you plenty not to find out ask us for the new folder giving all the details of this money- saving moneymaking programme futspray w aim for big eggs early people who should know predict that egg prices will be up feed prices down this fall a money making combination if you have the eggs to sell and especially if theyre big eggs it takes big well- grown and thoroughly developed pullets to lay those big eggs in time to take full ad vantage of fall prices and it takes good growing feed to deve lop them that way in time we stock and recommend chick gr0wena stiver bros stouffville ontario