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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-09-17, Page 11Steam Threshers Drew Large Crowd at Blyth The Steam Threshers Reun- ion at Blyth last Friday and Saturday was highly successful and drew an excellent crowd for the two-day event. Ten steam traction engines were on hand along with a num- ber of ancient oil -burning trac- tors, farm equipment, antique cars and farm machinery. The reunion was officially opened on Saturday afternoon by harry J. Boyle, supervisor of radio features of the CBC in Toronto arid executive producer of CRC television. Mr. Boyle is also a prominent columnist and author of several books. Following the opening, the old steamers and other equip- ment were paraded around the fair grounds. All the steamers were fired up and in operating condition. Several were hooked up to old grain separators and threshed several loads of grain. One was used to power a portable sawmill, giving the public a demonstration of the steady power of the old steam engine, Another most interesting part of the exhibit was a display of traction engine models. They varied in size, all show- ing the skill of their builders, and were of particular interest to the youngsters. Bernard Porter of Eastwood showed a 1025 model of a Brooks steam, automobile. The owner had assembled the car from parts salvaged from many sources, lie said that the car in its original form had a top speed of 50 to 60 miles per hour. The boiler was located under the hood with the actual steam engine attached directly to the rear axle. It burned coal oil and would do about20 miles to the gallon of fuel. A radiator was used to condense the steam for reuse in the boil- er. The water supply carried took the vehicle about 200 miles, A number of antique cars al- so attracted considerable in- terest and added to the overall show. ANTIQUE OIL BURNER—An Eagle tractor was shown at Blyth last week by Frank Beechler, of Georgetown. The old machine is in good operating condition and runs on crude oil.—A-T Photo. MASSEY-FERGUSON TRACTORS TRY OUT THE Hardiest tractor in 3 - plow farming. Quadra- matic control, two-stage dutch, full range of speeds, variable drive PTO. Spend your time working instead of ser- vicing. MF 50 MADE IN SEAFORTH—Fred Motz, of Bay- field, displayed this 1929 Robert Bell steam engine at Blyth last week -end. It is still in MASSEY-FERGUSON NEW AND USED EQUIPMENT DIONE HARVESTER' CHAS, HODGINS MASSEY-FERGUSON SALES & SERVICE WINGHAM PHONE 357-1440 good operating condition and shined up for the occasion. —Advance -Times Photo. Now better than ever! See'for yourself. Take a handful of new formula COOP Feed, Run it through your fingers. Smell it. Even taste it. You'll find it fresh, uniformly textured and palatable. And that's just a starter. 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BELGRAVE CO-OP ASSOC WINGHAM BRUSSELS 357-2711 388-W-10 ONE OF TEN steam traction engines which appeared at the Blyth Steam Threshers reunion on Friday and Saturday is owned MOUSE -EAR CHICKWEED Weed of the Week series ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Chickweed comes in two forms, both a source of consid- erable inconvenience to the lawn -owner, Common chick- weed, an annual or winter an- naul, is the least troublesome, usually responding to the same measures as control dandelion and plantain. Mouse -ear chickweed, however, is a peren- nial, more aggressive at crowd- ing out.grass, and practically immune to ordinary treatments with 2,4-D. There is still an easy and ef- fective way of getting the lawn free of chickweed. The pro- duct Mecoprop, also known as Compitox, will do the job very nicely. Three-quarters of an ounce of Alecoprop in two gal- lons of water is sufficient to spray 1000 square feet of lawn. Silvex will also knock out chickweed, but it should not be used on bentgrass lawns. If dandelions are also a problem, mixtures of 2, 4-1) and Meco- prop are also available. Fall treatments work best during the period when fall growth is most rapid, usually the early part of September. There is also the added advan- tage that weeds which manage to escape can be given a sec- ond treatment the following spring, by A. H. Butters, of R. R. 1, Cobourg. The machine is a 20-24 McDonald engine. —Advance -Times Photo. Holsteins to Show At All-American Modern travel by supercat- tle trailer will make it possible for Holstein cattle to be shown at Western Fair, London, on Saturday, and yet arrive at the All-American Dairy Show at Harrisburg, Pa„ in time to be properly rested and prepared for showing there on the fol- lowing Thursday. Co-operation of Western Fair in releasing the cattle on Sunday, of border officials at Port Huron in passing the cat- tle through that day, and use of turnpikes in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, will allow the cattle to travel quickly and comfortably from one fair to the other. Paul Jensen of the Oxford Unit at Woodstock, will he in charge, and Howard Knill, of Paris, will do the trucking. In addition Canada will be represented at the All-Ameri- can by I lolstein herds from Ebydale Farm and Clarence Eby, Kitchener, and J. IL Gil- lespie and W. J. Knapp, Galt. The total Canadian exhibit will total approximately forty head. The All-American Dairy Show is a new venture this year. It is hacked by the Pennsylvan- ia Department of Agriculture, and is expected to attract top competition from all the Eas- tern States, Wingham Advanee-Times, Thursday, Sept, 17k 1964 - Page 3 A,R,D.&. Project Recommended To Ottawa Acting on the request of lo- cal county ARDA Committees and conservation groups, lion. Wm. A. Stewart, Minister of Agriculture, has approved and recommended to the federal authorities, four additional projects under the Agricultural Rehabilitation and Develop- ment Act. Designed to increase the production and carrying capac- ity of beef livestock in Bruce and adjoining counties, the es- tablishment of a community pasture consisting of 3, 400 ac- res is proposed in lluron and Bruce Townships. Establishment of the com- munity pasture will permit farmers on relatively limited acreage to increase their beef carrying capacity and thus strengthen the rural economy, Beef cattle production is a ma- jor source of income in the county with the beef cattle population being approximately 86,000 head. "In order to provide a satis- factory income it is estimated that the farm unit must carry 60 to 70 beef cows," said Mr. Stewart in announcing the pro- ject. "The size of the average farm in Bruce County is too small to carry that number of animals. There has been stron representation from the County Council and the County ARDA Committee in support of the acquisition of the necessary land to establish the pasture." Mr. Stewart pointed out that most of the land in the project area is unimproved pasture and "Can't you see the sign?" Commence Work On Highway 21 Award of a contract for im- provement of Highway 21, near Goderich, is announced by On- tario highways Minister Charles S. MacNaughton. The project involves grading drainage and granular base from one mile north of Mait- land River northerly for nearly five miles. Estimated overall cost of the project is $428,000. Work is expected to start this week with completion scheduled by the end of August, 1965. E. and E. Seegmiller Limit- ed of Kitchener is awarded the contract for the project, idle land with only moderate to severe limitations for arable agriculture. 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