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Clinton News-Record, 1952-01-31, Page 8by S. A. CARROLL. Formerly Secretary Manager ONTARIO PLOWMEN'S ASSOCIATION A LIGHT ONE-MAN SAW WITH A HEAVWEIGHT'S POWER AUTOMATIC F777:777 CLUTCH Light Enough For Profit- Building One-Man Operation in Heavy Logging A '51 SUPER PIONEER or SUPER TWIN CHAIN SAW will help you solve your wood-cutting problems. Sold and Serviced by +++4-9-÷4-0 Home a EP There's Still Time to I or BRICK — STONE — Chimneys Tuckpoin Faulty Dr Brick Walls Tuckpoi Fire Walls B Stone Walls Tue 0 RURAL WO. Have that stable wall rem that affect the PROMPT ATTEN osamech Phone 386 — SE COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Yesterday we stood in a Danish cheese factory and watched the This is one a series of Weekly stories which John A. Carroll, assistant deputy min- ister of agriculture for Ontario and formerly secretary-man- eger of the Ontario Plowmen's Association, will write about the visit of Canada's champion plowmen to the British Isles, Germany, Denmark 'and Swed- en. 1937 TERRAPLANE 1951 METEOR, Merc-matic Drive, W_ bite Tires, Chrome Wheel Rings 1951 METEOR SEDAN (new) 1947 PONTIAC COACH, Fleetline 1946 PONTIAC SEDAN 1950 MORRIS $1,050.00 1949 AUSTIN 1/2 Ton Truck 765.00 1942 DODGE Excellent 975.00 1942 DODGE SEDAN 1940 BUICK, two-tone, radio, Life Guard tires-875.00 1938 FORD Special Deluxe 570.00 1937 DODGE SEDAN 325.00 215.09 since we left Toronto. A short stop at Amsterdam and then within an hour we wheeled into Hamburg, Waiting for us was liansjurfsen Zetzsche, of the German Esso company, Tall, pleasant, in lib early thirties, this former' young submarine com- mander was our guide throughout our German stay, be the slack that is taken up, Even our brief glimpse of Lon- - Even with that thought in mind don which is now pretty well the three of us (Norman Tyndall, patched up had not prepared us Richmond Hill, the champion for the shock we received when tractor plowman, Eugene Timbers, we saw the bombed sections of Milliken, the champion horse Hamburg, sometimes just rubble plowman, and myself) felt great and other times ()pen spaces admiration for these enterprising where buildings once stood. We Danes. 'were shown two air raid shelters They need the British Inarket built to protect 50,000 persons, as much as we do; perhaps more If this sounds fantastic, is it any As atricultural. observers and so. For despite the fact the :more fantastic than the fact that your reporters we knew this was people look well-dressed and are 30,000 were reported killed in one red-hot news. But as three Can- well-fed, there is austerity here. raid on this city? adians we also knew we were No automobiles have been inn- Political refugees pouring over watching something that may ported since 1938; and for those the border from East Germany turn out to be a new threat to , with cars gasoline costs 50 cents have almost doubled the popula- the Canadian Cheddar market in h a gallon. Britain has been im- tion of Hamburg, from one mil- Great Britain. porting only limited qnantities of lion to 1,800,000. Recovery, both We gathered from our Danish butter, bacon and eggs—and at building and economic, is re- friends that the experiment was low prices—so sterling credit is markable and we were told that as low as dollar credit here. THamburg was leading the whole We have boen here just over of Germany. in this regard. We making of the first experimental batch of Cheddar cheese produc- ed in this country. The sight left us with mixed feelings. Wall stwommosileaser, 36 hours and have ahom er clay , were suqrised at the Mildness , of the climate and saw tender and a half to spend ip this ord- erly and well-planned little shrubs and. bush plants growing I The land here is relatively fax one of 90 acres and the country. Tomorrow we= shall in many gardens. be visiting two of the area show I light and poor, so we were inter- other a completely mechanized ested to see what progress was farm of 1,500 acres. !being made at the Esso experi- It has been originally planned mental farm at Dethlingen, 60 that we would motor from West miles south of Hamburg. Germany .to Denmark, but our , There is quite a story to this German hosts thought we would farm. It was rented in 1947 by foodfor its em- made last-minute 'arrangements appreciate more time here so they ,Esso to provide ployees for the immediate post- for us to fly by Finnish Airlines war years, It had been in the from Hamburg to Copenhagen. possession of one family for 500 Flying is becoming almost rou- years. The owner lost his only tine with us, for it was by air son during the last war, and that we travelled from London to Hamburg. That flight seemed all too short. It was a beautiful morning and we had a wonder— ful view of the English country- From the first idea of provid- side and were able to see the ing food for employees the farm shipping moving up and down has now graduated into a major the Kent coast. experimental station, which uses Our first good view of the all the latest equipment a n d Continent — owing to a sudden farming methods to increase crops lowering of the clouds — was from this rather poor soil. Mech.:. over Holland, which was reveal- anization is up against a strong ed as gorgeous patchwork of foe, tradition, but the scientific green pastures, canals and red- methods and results of the Esse „tiled houses. Yes, I said green farm are making headway. pastures. We haven't seen snow Potatoes are important in the being Made to see if it were possible for Danish cheeSemaker$ to tuni out a Cheddar acceptable to tirz., British in an attempt. "to take up the slack" of Canadian ,Cheddar. It doesn't take an 0XcePtien- ally keen eye to see that if such a Cheddar Is produced, in the- years to come it may not only Here's the 951 uer P1 then when the Russians broke through they plundered the prop- erty and fired many of the buildings. rye was being grown we suggest- ed that it would be plowed under for soil improvement. When he recovered, he said such action would cause a revolution. Rye is needed, and used as food for humans and animals. A press conference was held for us attended by reporters from five city dailies and 20 agricul- tural papers, As usual we apol- ogized for not being able to speak their language, but most of those present spoke ours, and for the one or two that didn't there was an expert interpreter. The at- tention paid to our remarks and the seemingly never-ending ques- tions directed to us indicated a keen interest in match plowing, Canadian agriculture and immi- gration prospects. With the interest shown in im- migration in Hamburg and else- where in Germany,' )ntario should have no difficulty this year of getting its quota of 2,500 German immigrants. Time is short now and I will finiih my story about Denmark and report on our tour of Sweden, next week. 0 There are 225 teachers of law in Canada. . diet of these people, and yields on the Esso farm. have been sub- stantially increased. Stock on the farm includes about 250 hogs of all. German breeds (rather fat types compared to Canadian hogs), some 20 cows, (it is plan- ned to increase the herd to 35) and about 400 ' sheep, called Heidschnucken, These are cheap to rear for they thrive on the Rev. Mr. Ostrom was born in forage from the local heather Sweden. He came to the New moors. England States early in his child-We startled our host, Dr. Sven hood, and received primary ed- von Muller, when after noticing ucation in Hartford, Conn, and Springfield, Mass. Moving to Canada, he attended secondary schools in Toronto, MR. AND MRS. HERBERT MILTON POCOCK, are shown in Dungannon United Church. The bride, formerly Joyce Ma and Mrs. Frank Glenn, Dungannon, and her husband, only son Holmesville, are residing near Holmesville.. Pictured above (right) are MR. AND MRS. ALBERT ALVI formerly Doris Edna Cole, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schilbe, Dashwood, were Church, Goderich Township. 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