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pjge m the tribune tbunir november 16 1967 farmers fall plowing completed in one day frank mcavoy claremont rr 2 was one of twenty district farmers who joined in a plowing bee last week on the property of reg hoskins mount zion in a single day they plowed 60 acres staff photo holstein bull s 150000 gloxinias oakville a new world record sale price for a dairy animal was es tablished at oakville nov 7 as a holstein bull calf sold for 150000 at the annual allcanadian sale the bull calf named oak ridges supreme progress was bought by abc farms brampton from claude picket of hornby also established was a world record auction sale average for dairy cattle of 16715 each for 13 head that sold for a total of 217300 buyers from many countries including usa mexico brazil ar gentina and italy jammed the hays sales arena as senator harry hays of calgary alta acted as auctioneer asked why he had paid 150000 for the bull elg in armstrong of abc farms said he has the best bloodlines in the holstein breed canadian breeders need these bloodlines and i didnt want to see him leave the when you turn 21 you are no longer covered by your parents hospital insurance you must take out individual membership within 30 days get your ap plication form at bank a hospital or the commission to keep insured fol low the instructions on the hospital in surance certificate of payment form 104 that your present employer is required to give you on leaving country the 150000 bull is de scended through both his sire and dam from the fa mous class extra sire abc reflection sover eign generally recognized as the greatest canadian holstein sire of the past quarter century if not of all time the dam of the bull calf is a full sister of oak ridges reflection emperor who last spring sold in a private sale for 140000 the world rec ord price now surpassed he was sold by russell rowntree woodbridge and robert lowe maple ontario to abs artificial unit at deforest wiscon sin sire of the 150000 bull is thornlea texal su preme royal winter fair grand champion and all- canadian aged bull of 1961 abc farms also paid 25000 to agro bros hamilton ontario for an other bull calf agro ac res never fear he also traces on both sides of his pedigree to abc re flection sovereign his sire is the 37000 roman- dale reflection marquis and his dam a daughter of the class extra sire rosafe shamrock per seus still another bull calf sold for 17000 on the bid of glenafton farms alliston ontario he was oak ridges citation lind- on sold by r r dennis oak ridges ontario his dam was oak ridges roy al linda recently reserve grand champion at east pntral ontario champ ionship show at peterboro highest price for a fe male was 4000 received by r f brown paris ontario from tom rown tree woodbridge ontario for browndale master ruth other high prices recei ved for bred heifers inclu ded 3200 paid by claude picket to paul fkstein toronto 3000 paid by claude picket to rich ard schleissner jersey- ville 3100 paid by joao alfreda castilho rio de janeiro brazil to fred stewart st catharines 2500 paid by palermo hewly wed the family hospital i insurance premium i must now be paid to cover husband and i wife notify your group without de- loyor if you both pay premiums direct no tify the commission your ontario hospital insurance plan ontario hcsptol toronto 7 ontario thrive at home by john bradshaw garden editor just as soon as the middle of november arrives the garden stores start receiving their stocks of gloxinia tubers four months from the day theyre potted up the velvetytextured bellshaped blooms with magnifi cent coloring start to appear gloxinias are one of the few house plants that actu ally prefer the warm and partially shaded conditions found in most modern homes patience careful watering in the beginning and feed ing are the key to growing them in the home or apart ment why do so many window gardeners have trouble with these plants which are so easy to grow thats the question i asked frank reinelt the world famous glox inia tuberous begonia and delphinium breeder when i visited his nurseries recently at capitola california his answer was a very simple one a poor soil mix ture and overwatering in the first three or four weeks after potting up frank reinelt recommended a loose humusy mixture consisting of one part leaf mould one part top soil and one part coarse sand he was emphatic that the humus part of the mixture should be leaf mould commercially packaged leaf mould can usually be had from most gar den stores gloxinias thrive in the warm temperatures of our modern homes but they dont like the dry atmosphere found there the amount of moisture contained in the air is less than that above the sahara desert theres only one truly satisfactory way of making sure that the air contains sufficient moisture and that is to in- stall one of the inexpensive mechanical humidifiers one of these can he bought for as little as 1995 next time you have an opportunity to visil a greenhouse observe how the plant grower wets the walks between the beds two or three times a day to keep the moisture in the air at a high level youll need two sizes of pots for growing gloxinias to start them off select clay pots just large enough to hold the tubers a 3inch one is about the right size later on when the first pots are filled with roots the plants are moved to the five- or sixinch size a tuber should be just barely covered with the soil mixture recommended before give them a good soaking with water at room temperature and you probably wont need to water them again for as long as ten days to two weeks overwatering at this stage when growth is just be ginning usually means failure in ninetynine cases out of a hundred too much water at this time later on causes the plants to develop flowering buds to the point where they are about to open and then they exasper- atlngly drop off the night temperature during this period should be 60 to 70 degrees after a few days the puckered brown tubers start to send out small fuzzy leaves that look a great deal like mouse ears it isnt long after that that the plants start to grow vigorously when four or five leaves have developed the glox inias will need plenty of moisture this is the time to start giving them a regular feeding with a liquid com plete plant food every two weeks twenty farmers join bee mount zion about one month ago mr reg hoskins rr 2 clare mont suffered a severe heart attack and was rush ed to sunnybrook hospi tal toronto following a period of treatment and convalescence he was per mitted to return home fa cing the bleak prospect of much of his fall work still undone but mr hoskins is high ly- respected in the com munity and his mount zion neighbors didnt wish this kind of concern to im pede his complete recov ery headed by ralph jon es the rural residents or ganized a plowing bee for wednesday nov 8 at an earlymorning hour trac tors of every make and model began moving onto the hoskins property and by evening choretime more than 60 acres of land had been turned un der all so wonderful mr hoskins now well on the way back to good health was not available for comment but his wife spoke for them both im overcome with gratitude its all so wonderful we cant express enough ap preciation this is the kind of neighborliness you get from folks in the country they are always so willing to help each o- ther out she said mrs hoskins said she was a- ware a few of the local farmers had planned to help out but not the large numbers who came she said that her husband had received dozens of get- well cards while in hospi tal and since returning home and now this we are just overwhelmed by such kindness its better than any medicine a doc tor could prescribe it just goes to show the kind of consideration and cooper ation you get from people in a small community its wonderful no praise mr jones declined to accept individual praise for organizing the bee an other neighbor who asked also that he not be singled out for special recognition said that mr hoskins was the kind of man who would do the same thing for anyone else taken sud denly ill thats what makes the country folk just a wee bit different from urban residents he said those who took part were ralph jones grant carson cecil disney ed gar evans joe forsyth leslie harbron bob jack son burnett jamieson murray jones percy jon es frank mcavoy neil mckie alfred pegg ed- gie pegg tony gardiner brian stickwood alex schneider bob torrance and elmer wilson caution plus courtesy plus common sense e- quals safety drive safely tractors marooned to the axles in mud are a common sight on farms in the area this fall the one shown here is on the george rodanz property west of ringwood staff photo king herd auction senior heifer sells for 1300 ringwood an estimated 400 cattle buy ers many from a distance attended the auction november 6 of the royalanc holstein herd own ed by eldred king markham rr 2 seventy head were included in the dispersal sale the autioneers were michael brubacher and henry bartel a senior heifer calf royalanc texal dorothy born july 8 1966 brought the sales top price of 1300 she was purchased by scott stewart of norwood a threeyear old female royalanc hope shir ley went to romaiulale farms unionville she sold for 1050 romandalc farms also purchased one other a very good milking female went to elmvale ontario for a bid of 1000 five heads were pur chased by ivan meeker of indiana usa others went to lakehurst farms wisconsin ontario buyers came from teeswater elmvale lindsay norwood milton tavistock and shantv bay elmcroft holsteins average 839 your best market place is tribune classified ads beaverton the elmcroft holstein herd of george r mclaughlin of beaverton was sold nov ember 7 at the hays sales arena oakville bringing the excellent total of 109075 for 130 head an average of 839 each the elmcroft herd was devel oped over a period of 44 years by george r mc laughlin they are the on ly father and son combin ation in canada to each qualify in their own name for a master breeder shield the highest honor a holstein breeder can win george r mclaughlin is the president of the dairy farmers of canada and chairman of the ont ario milk marketing board he will continue to operate a commercial hol stein herd at elmcroft elmcroft cattle have been sold as foundation animals to many countries and their excellent repu tation was reflected in the presence of many foreign buyers at the sale alto gether 54 animals were exhibition buenos aires argentina to r r dennis oak ridges three bulls averaged 64000 each three milking females 2- 567 each and seven bred heifers 2514 each cigarette lighter flash in the pan nominations township of uxbridge take notice that a meeting of the electors of the township of uxbridge to nominate candidates for a two year term for the offices of 1 council reeve deputyreeve and three councillors 2 public school area board five members will be held in the township hall goodwood on wednesday november 22nd 1967 from 700 800 pm all electors are hereby requested to govern themselves accordingly- should a greater number of candidates qualify than are required to fill the said offices an elec tion will be held in the township on monday december 4th 1967 polls will be open from 1000 am until 700 pm dated at goodwood thk 2nd day of november 1967 1 e foskett returning officer sold for export these go ing to the usa mexico brazil argentina and south africa thirtyfour head sold for at least 1000 each top price was 5000 paid by the oxford dist rict catlle breeding asso ciation for the excellent senior herd sire elm croft inka cascader he is a son of the excellent cow elmcroft hartog jean ona and is a full brother of the three times allcan adian excellent cow elmcroft inka jean olla wk macleod disraeli quebec paid the second highest price for a bull of 4100 for elmcroft pont- iac chieftain coop home heat service free and easy its the complete plan 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though that the diffculty of finding and keeping good hired labour is the one that real ly made the decision few good employees we have to face the fact that our industry in 1967 simply does not at tract a sufficient number of good efficient employ ees there may be many reasons but again 1 think there is one that really stops farm boys from bc- coming hired men working seven days a week is the killer a man and his work may be in separable but there is enough affluence in agri culture that a man ought to be able to call his soul his own on sunday chain saw new light lightweight extra low price for casual users pioneer a i t c kj a feed and l i uina supplies ltd rr 3 claremont 6401621 j judge the gehl mixall on your farm arrange now for a mixall demonstration and well grind and mix a few tons of feed free we make this offer because were sure youll like the mixall features i 66 thin hammers that cut not pound grain and hay to uniform size 2 variable speed drive on the auger feeder 3 twice 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