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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-03-17, Page 67(ACCO) Plans to publish a toy machinery magazine ' from page 8a ' weigh eight pounds and are 15 inches long. First choice of the steam engines goes to the people who bought threshing machines. Ireland has a list of hopeful buyers wanting to buy one, but he doesn't hold out Much hope for them. Most customers who bought a thresher want a steam engine too, he said. And finally, the Bruce IPM com- mittee ordered and is selling 1,000 one -furrow plows, which were originally made right in Teeswater by the Bruce County Agricultural Works. Ireland got the plans for the plow from a "working" model owned by Jim Whytock of Teeswater. People buying the threshers, steamers and plows are mostly retired farmers, Ireland said, or. their families bought the unique farm toys as Christmas gifts. Many Watch out for leafhopper • from page 9a beans from the field over the tradi- tional pull and windrow method. But he conceded the method does not benefit a crop more than the traditional method. Templeman also warned the white bean producers to watch for the leafhopper insect this year. "They're mean little creatures," he said, that can suck the nutrients out of leaves and stunt the growth of the plant. Leafhoppers winter in the United States but come to Ontario to infest alfalfa and bean fields when , it's, warm and dry. Farmers didn't have a problem : with leafhoppers last year because it was damp and cold, he said. "These little guys can put a field of beans right on its knees," he said. Agricultural Canada's predictions Horticulture • The Canadian farm price for apples is expected to decline -in 1992-93. • Canadian apple production in 1992 increased to a record 550,000 tonnes or 7.6 per cent above 1991 levels. • The Canadian farm price for potatoes is expected to decline in 1992-93 - In-4992;Canadian-potato-produc tion went up by 23.4 per cent reaching a record 3.5 million tonnes. The increase was particular- ly strong in P.E.I (26:6%),i New. Brunswick (34.6%) and Manitoba (28.8%). Yields increased in all provinces. serious toy collectors ' are also buyers. "One collector bought four of them (threshers) and he expects the value to appreciate quickly. I do too." This is Ireland's first thresher project, but already it has led to other groups looking to get certain models built for shows or fund raisers like Renfrew and Waterloo counties, and the Lambton County Museum. Ireland's favorite story is of an elderly grandfather, who had. regressed and virtually stopped all communication with his family. That was until the family visited Ireland's toy shop and bought a brand-new Cockshutt #30 trac- tor....the exact same model the grandfather used many years earlier on his farm. It was a Christmas gift, but the best gift of all was the old man started talking about the good mem- ories he had. "It made us feel special to help bring back good memories." Interesting stories are what Ire- land hears all the time when people see the tractors and machinery he's building. All the news is being collected for his new Canada -wide toy magazine, Canadian Antique Power. The 48 -page magazine will be published six times yearly and features contributing writers from across Canada. By the way, if you were hoping the buy a thresher, you're too late. The $250 machines sold out in four and a half months. Steam traction engines are $250, but they're first being offered to thresher buyers. Plows are still available at $45. Teeswater Custom Tractor In about one mile east of Teeswater on Concession 6, 392-6733. Introducing the NEW WHITE MID-SIZE 6000 SERIES 63. - 106 HP Farm Progress '93—Page 11A CALL YOUR HOME ENVIRONMENT P R O F -E S S 1 0 N A L ta+TECI entta9 $ ettd* poured RR #2, Zurich, Ontario NOM 2T0 Showroom (5191236-4770 • Fax • (519)236-7499 You talked,' we listened... DeKalb Days Are On The Move NEW DATES! 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