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the tribune thursday jan 2 1969 pag 9 keep barns open with proper planning time for stocktaking a a wall agricultural representa tive for york county newmarket its stock taking time now and interesting to look at the farm industry in york county the most recent figures show that we have a total of about 2400 farms of which 1400 are in the com mercial category about sixty percent of these have gross incomes of over s10- 000 and there are nearly 400 farms with gross in comes between s5000 and 10000 of the total number 915 farm operators do some work off their farms with close to half of these hav ing full time jobs we have roughly 400 dairy farms 500 farms with mixed livestock 100 poultry farms and about 200 fruit and vegetable farms an interesting sta tistic is that farms with horses outnumber all of these at 630 total farm capital in york is estimated at 180 million dollars with about 751 of this in land and buildings livestock and machinery total 35 million gross income from the sale of farm products is over 30 million dollars cattle dairy products vegetables greenhouse and nursery stock each account for around five million dollar sales with hogs grain and poultry being the other very large con tributors to the industry there are a few un usual items there are 10- 000 trees tapped in york for maple syrup each spring there are 14000 cows milked every day filling over one million glasses at 75000 more than half ontarios duck population lives in york county according to the rr ords 45 acres of tobac co are grown in york each year but 1 cant find any one who has seen it the real feature of york county agriculture of course is the effect of ur ban development the number of acres in crops have dropped by about 25 in the last fifteen years but it is surprising that livestock numbers have fallen by onlv about 10 everything else is up value of farm products is almost twice as high com pared to 1950 and capital values along with machin ery crop yields and live stock production has gone up steadily since then snowclogged front of an open barn caused through improper planning 5000 contribution conservation field centre claremont a con servation education school located near bolton is playing an important part in the establishment of a similar type of facility in pickering township the albion hills conser vation school has been awarded the first white owl conservation award comprising a handsome trophy and a 5000 cheque by a montrealbased cigar company general cigar company ltd for its work in conservation edu cation among youth and adult student groups the school won the award over 14 other nominations from across canada the 5000 cheque is ear marked towards construc tion and equipping of the claremont conservation fifildicejitre which isjsched- uled to open next year in the claremont conserva tion area the new inresidence field centre like the al bion hills conservation school is being established through funds furnished through the efforts of the metropolitan toronto and region conservation foun dation headed by elgin h card chairman- and charles sauriol executive director the foundation is cur rently undertaking a cam paign for 150000 towards the conservation field cen tre which will be in ef fect an extension of the albion hills conservation school but located at the extreme eastern boundary of the authority region since its inception seven years ago the foundation has received donations totalling 400000 plus many thousands of dollars in materials and services among the projects in which the foundation has weed control youll save money when you shop the tribune classified action ads weekly it is the ideal place to find the inexpensive answer to almost every need to place an ad dial 6402100 optn to sorva you monday to saturday ontario cty in an effort to promote more ef ficient weed control on tario county council has doubled its staff of inspec tors by adding arthur richardson and j wesley piatti to the present staff the inspectors will be paid 15 per day and 10 cents a mile for travel mr piatti will look after the work in ajax picker ing village and pickering township mr richardson whitby town and east whitby township m a colville will look after rama mara thorah and brock townships and the villages of beaverton and cannington r medd will look after the town ships of reach scugog scott and uxbridge the village of port perry and the town of uxbridge alarmed by the spread of buckthorn which has been found on some 900 acres in the county the council asked the provin cial government to make a survey to determine the spread of the tree with a view to increasing grants for its eradication the province was also asked to pass legislation prohibiting the sale and distribution of european buckthorn as nursery stock the minister of lands and forests and all coun ties in the province will played an active part are building and equip ping the albion hills con servation school building the cold creek conservation field centre moving and restoring the half way house at black creek pioneer vil lage building and restoring the roblins mill print shop and crafts building at black creek pioneer vil lage persons or organizations are being encouraged to donate to the foundation and may send their con tributions in care of the metropolitan toronto and region conservation au thority offices po box 720 woodbridge ontario receive copies of a resolu tion calling for amendment to the wolf bounty act to provide for the payment of a bounty for the destruc tion of hybridwolves the weed inspectors were instructed to enforce the regulations covering the cutting of weeds by all residents of the county stouffv1lle dont let old man winter drive your cattle from home ad vises the ontario depart ment of agriculture and food with proper plan ning such a problem can be prevented drifting snow clogging the front of open barns can mean costly hours for the farmer in clearing it away as well as making it uncomfortable for the cat tle snow can also be pre vented from plugging the exercise yard the depart ment will be pleased to as sist farmers in planning the location of farm build ings information is avail able from either mr a a wall at newmarket or mr h l fair in uxbridge the newmarket number is 8954519 the uxbridge number is 8521132 gold seal ayrshires ashburn twelve cows owned by ontario ayshire breeders have qualified for special pro duction certificates in re cognition of high lifetime production achievements gold seal certificates are for cows which produce over 100000 pounds of milk color or black and white tv trouble let our experts get your set working tike new again fast low rates all work guaiantud greenwood tv eiktron1cs 58 mln wrst stoultvule tin smith radio shop phone 6402440 one of these awards goes to william g reid of ashburn for annbrae countess alfalfa she has produced 103103 lbs milk 4276 lbs fat 415 in 2- 886 days she has several high 305 dav records in cluding 13061 lbs milk 583 lbs fat 446 in 305 days she is classified very good kinq fill up snow can be prevented properly located from plugging the exercise yard by having the buildings wins bird feeder by elsie dunkeld atha mr ellis mel ton was the winner of a bird feeder built by doug las dunkeld and a first prize entry at markham fair the lucky draw was made by principal mrs delia moore of claremont school at the community christmas concert pro ceeds will be used to help sponsor a trip for grade 8 students to vancouver in 1969 miss eileen draper tor onto and mr and mrs larry vernon claremont spent christmas with their parents mr and mrs fred draper mr and mrs w silver- thorn and mr and mrs ken smith and son stouff- ville enjoyed christmas day with mr and mrs cliff dunkeld and family mr and mrs james carnathan and family port perry mrs james melton and frank and mrs thom as dunkeld spent christ mas day with mr and mrs ellis melton and family mr and mrs donald dunkeld and family were christmas day guests of mr and mrs frank bielby miss jennie carruthers and brother harold ru pert avenue stouffville entertained mr and mrs ernie carruthers and ruth anne to christmas dinner mr and mrs gordon johnson and family of ot tawa mr and mrs allan jones and family and mr and mrs herb hoover and daughter were christmas guests with their parents mr and mrs allan meyers mr and mrs murray dunkeld and mr frank wagg edward street stouffville had christmas dinner with mr and mrs arthur wagg mount al bert and on thursday dec 26 held a christmas gathering for the members of their family mr and mrs ernie car ruthers and ruth anne at tended the christmas gathering at the home of mr and mrs earl bril- linger jimmy and judy for the families of mrs foster wagg everyone i s fa l6 don shank fuels 248 main n markham 2941600 can you price shop intelligently ftsta blessings in the new lyear at this time it is a pleasure to chime in and ivish you and your family a happy new year its been a delight to serve you thanksl the 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