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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1946-10-03, Page 121 GOD SPEED Along tine lanes and highroads, Lest - tip bare beeeia forests aid the smooth 'elope$ of the Downs, came the farmers Of Susses Afoot and in wagons, they smell of the fresh-turn�al� earth, cola' e from. God.. . The .beauty of a clean-cut furrow, the sweep of a well - plowed .field—come from God." - At the end of the s&rvice a Sussex o!vesged; on Chichester •t'athedral, plowman aslt;ed Dr. George ;1. • 4•• Be11, '-those distant spire w as a grey -needle. Biewp .41,7h.ichester, to bless the ploW, against the pea. They filed into the "the sign of all one labor iu the coun- fr'auaedearly Norman church, packed it try -side." The ° 13ii;hop. wearing a to the doors, and -waited self-coneeious- gleaming tape. of graeeu and gold, raised 1Y. For the first time in. 300 years his hand over the •plow and. the kineel- the • British festival of Plow Monday ing farmers: "God speed the plus*: was .being celebrated. the beam and the mouldboard, the slade Eight farmers in white milking coats and • the sideeali; fhe share and the carried a red, blue and silver plow coulters . .. in ftl'ir weather and foul, down the nave. laid it at the chancel in success and disappointment, in rain steps and knelt around it. Then an- and wind. or in` .frost and sunshine. other farther gave thanks fur God's (iud speed. _the plow." gifts, while the congregation joined Plow Monday is the first- Monday him in repeating the last three words after,Twelfth-night f Epiphany). Tra- of each sentence: "The rieh soil, the 4'ditiuna11y, this is the first day ofethe ert Haveyouany used Rifles or Shotguns? IF YOU WATT TO SELL THEM, WE WILL BUy THF1:I! ON SALE NOW Heavy Deluxe Wool Hunting Shirts Wool UsedBicycles Motorcycles Records CLINTON Jho p__ p S CLINTON "o THE GOI)ERICH SIGNAL-STAR' All Roads Lead to. International P1owiu � •4. Site' of PIow•iug Mateh is Port Albert, e`leveu miles north of Goderieh on the Blue Water ys Match HORS-DRAWN PLOWS Standard Jointer — A standard Jointer is a platy with a blare measur- ing not less than 8 inches, width of breast not leas than 0% Welles (Mea- sure Dia inches fro u land sjde of plow to outside of bottoe of mouldboard from directly under the point where top corner of mouldboard touches the beam) and equipped with a jointer known ascut wind the s a emitter to mer) This plow is capable of of wn cut beam) face of -the. c . ce of the share, the higher' Lake Hur,:;n Lane Omenn Pr Hvaaa A r" 7MINT. MAP 5PtO.IlNG ©ODIRIC60 sndRa4414t,ghwya Weer eanntseifanm - . DM*Ni ,S. i SETTING COULTER . RETURN OF SOLDIER SONS .. SEES INCREASED PLOWING ACTIVITIES, The 'coulter for scratch furrows should be set about one-half inch back from the point and one-quarter inch As 'Leaves Change Their Colors and Days Grow ` Shorter, Farmers above the outer -edge, .ut the share. .Hasten to Fields to the Important Work of Plowing Before starting heavyurro��'s; coulter�^ 0 u • should. he set 11_ inches beck from point' and is to at} inch above the "H Have ituilt My HHoine oti the Fields a. outer edge of the share. In order that of Earth; It le Mine by the Right TRACT® PLOWS of the Plow" 4 1 By observer er 1 Autumn brings added labor on farm- lands. and.:agrf(vulture takes on •a neW i1111)0 •tante, for it is the season of pre- paration for winter, and for spring=- the,.tiller of lands must think far, ahead. lu many parts of the country plowing matches are held, and they provide not -only .extra labor but -training- iu one of the great industries of the world—the turning of the sod. This autumn .'there will be more plowing contests because the .former soldier sous theme Where fall plowing of these have returned to the farms to carry on soils - is 'necessary, it should be done where they left off when called to the fairly early, and a cover cropsuch service of their country on European as rye should be sown aa a protection. battlefields. - It is well to plow down strawy As the leaves change their colors:, manure and crop refuse on all souls and the - day's light grows shorter,. early- in autumn so' that this plant farmers hhsten to the: fields to demon- matter i_uay.e, decay' and • become strate to the world the importance, of thoroughly combined with the soil. turning! the sod, also that agriculture This humus -making material aids�ypthe n-�_ _ .' • ::ell _.trc'.....+,bfixe..+as. • a.s•�es.,.the s i1. 3a1� ci If its' m'a.ny �1hn:sPn ts°�the basal of�;-aur acre z �£ g• food supply, Without plowing—what? water -holding capacity, helps .air cir How Adam tilled the 'and is net ctrla`liorn in the soil, and promotes the known to us -,-what does it matter so ' liberation' of • plant food- from the long as farmers of today know their miueral matter of the soil. . - job?" Historic records refer to plowing in a casual way-eo show that it its as - - unnecessary to explain -the operation as a the 'human race itself. Poets of olden days clid not.,enthuse to any extent over the"plow; but'Virgil told something _ about the foresight of the Romain" - farmer Who trained al growing tree in tlhe shape he wanted for- a plow, then" used his .0«I1 strength and wits in "breaking the land." ' Our pioneers used the sturdy ox in farming operations, 'then on the Sab- bath coed the sante facilities in taking { the family to divine service.. Quite re- cently we noticed a pair of oxen, driven by a youth, taking' their part in .a. gPlowing contest. Stoic calm was l evident in both oxen - and driver; tllsor we saw -them finish the all(itted portion Moth; -with others who had a fine inattc'11(11 pair of horses. Another scene p recalled was that of " sixteen boys. a1I under twenty, 'comPet- iiig for prizes in 0 plowing conte,St• Stoic tabu was seen' here also. A young lard guiding a pair of heavy-, draft horses, cutting straight furrows, provided a picture that gave evidence of another farmer in the making. Au -4; in these keen, competitions it was no`ied_ that the cyst took defeat with -a--smile, hut' a look in their eyes told yP . deter- mination to try again, and yet again. ° A member .of Parliament,' who has always taken keen interest in the work of young fanners. said before a large gathering: ' "We can raise our own porridge, but not our coffee: we can raise our wheat, -but it must go to the mill.. . ." and another speaker added: "The true statesman is the Man who sees the, need of other than his own country --and own farm . . Hence the great need of co-operation and widened knowledge.;• So all along the line• even "stretching across our broad 'Dominion, across the seas - and war -devastated 'lands 'of Europe; there is need of plowing, of co-operation ,between plowmen, while we who stand by .watching with com- mendable curiosity and a - certain amount. of jealousy, offer congratula- tions and repeat the oft -quoted phrase:. Speed the Plow ! your plow may run straight, pi4ace a straight edge along the left side of the ccjtlter, about 5 inches from the share: In this position the back of the straight edge should have a clearance of from 11/2 to 21 & inches from the rear of the land side of the plow. This measprement varies with different plows and soil' conditions. If your plow has a tendency to run wide, wedge the coulter out to the left at the back, and vice eversa if your plow draws narrow towards th.et"furrow. No ;.van, `having put his • hand to the plow, and looking hack, is fit for the, Kingdom of God. - For what avail the plow or sail, Or land of life, if •freedom fail. • farmer's- Tette, when the ground has --thawed .,for share to cut -,.,en©rt hY�- a.. -,k ,, thawed g � _ ,,,,,-„�, ;_ cleanly through. the 'turf. Nile went; the origin of which is obscure, gradual- ly came to be celebrated ,as a British religious festival. By, the. lth century observance' of the day had ended.— (From Time Magazine, ;Jan., 1945.) ' O'!4d.li•ODd Iii 29-10. iIlgld frame. Eotto a may be of citheai' Wide o4. narrow jointer tyo• 1E110h (tit -e -One of the earlier types of plows used in this country, was the high cut or Scotch plow. These plows were .mostly imported from the Old Country and turned a very narrow fur- row, about 7 <inches wide. The wing of the share was raised and the coulter' set at 'such an angle afe°to produce a., furrow with a sharp comb. This wes, er the angle turning a wider furrow and has come the cutting }u into more general use on fltrms and at the cut, :tae „object of, the fiat -vas Plowing matches, o he1Ti turn ci�ovwiiras� and stubble, Narrow Jointer -A. vamps jointer as this was beFore the sesmm d was plow is one with a share measuring introduced. In ,many less than 8 inches and -a breast less (nvn by htrirci .and would fall into than 6% inches .and is' more generally the seams and be covered `�vieths flow e used iia 'heavy stiff clay and stoney oP the harr(aw. this tYP land. • Zirovicied keen courpet t3ou for many Two I(;urrow--A two -furrow plow years at plowing thatches, but today Is one with two bottoms attached to a, is considered too slow to be practical. " �9b Tractor plows are built heavier and stronger than horse-drawn plows and are available in two, three or four bottoms of either the wide or narrow 'jointer type. Today mok tractor plows are so constructed that they may be adjusted to tura from 10 to 12 inches in width (in Eastern Canada) and all controls are -within reach 'of the operator from the tractor seat. • e Salute the... nternatiOflal 4 and extend a hearty welcome . . � to All attending... a IF IT'S Automotive Supplies you're findingit difficult to secure the you 'want and y , when you need u9ll be agreeably surprised parts y®u t'rl BRADLEY & SOH Goderich, for. them. Leslie Ball Automotive Supply WHOLESALE PARTS JOBBER IF IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET, TRY _Leslie Ball AUT.- 0 SUI'PL'Y phone 148 Ammolimilmmor r.� . s, List Three Factors In Productiveness Timeliness of Plowing Is' Import- ant in Heavy Clay Soils 4111 Spring Service -! Transmissions,etc. a 41)Machine -shop .Service t Auto-tracs • Rebuilt. Motors ` Electric and Acety- leve Welding Phone 247 or 658 Wholesale and Retail Goderich erving Canada now and tomorrow s• in the tradition. Three matin factors in tint productive- ness, of 11 soil which concern plowing are timeliness' of plowing, the . degree to which the soil iii opened - or aerated, and the thoroughness with which strawy materiel, or crop refuse i worked int() the soil, states Henry O. Bell, associate professor of chem- istry of the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege. Timeliness of plowing is partienlarly important in heavy clay sails. If these soils ate plowed while they -are too..wi,Ct, the furrows turn up with a plastic or pufty-like*:surface. Such soils. when_ they dry ont, hake into solid chimps. Tf heavy clays are left to airy out too long before plowing, '•the ft;crows are exceerlirlgly -rough. Hard, brick -like Clumps make it impossible to work the soil down to smoothseedbed. • A prac- tical test for the right condition of tiny soil for plowing is made as fol- lows: Press a hatadflil of moist soil into gi Tall. Strike it with the fore- finger or with a light stiek. If it yells apart fairly readily, the elny, soil is .in right eondititrn to plow. When clay Moils are plowed too late. and clumpy soil results, - the fertility of the coil is locked up and inferior ''crops usually result. • e Sandy or gravelly soils have right times for working, ton. Aw a mile sandy or gravelly aoijs„ }1ettl(1 not 1s1, Worked -more than Is tKeefleary In fall. If they 'are Pali-p1Mtel , and Ifo oz- poseft to rains and anoWs for fall, whiter find eenrly miring, ninth nitrogen potash and llitse are bleached out of . 4 of quality and excellence ;• v McCOLLFR0NT OIL COMPANY LIMITED - Refiners and distributors Quality Petr oteurn. •Products 41011111111.11111111116 . 0