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The Pioneer Plowman
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Many of the early pioneers of this
district were big, powerful men, and
otories of their exploits are related
by Gavin Ilamiltun Green in his enter-
taining book, "The Old L. School:
uron Old Boys in. Pioneer Days."
One of these pioneers was Andrew
Green, graudfather of the author. He
canoe front Perthshire, Seotlallcl, itl
the year 1833 and was' the' father of
the first white child born in, the town.
ship of Colborne, Charlotte Green
(later Mrs, James Andersou of 1:3 an,t-
ford, Ontario,. He did the tirst plow-
ing, in the township of Colborne, on
tiW ' Maitland Inver flats, as.foreman
for Dr. "Tiger" Dunlop, in 1S33 ; was
the °first, constable, appointed in .the
township, and was at 'the first Council
meeting. Ile Was six feet in height
and weighed ,224 bounds, all bone and
muscle. At one time he carried a
barrel of whiskey from,. the ..harbOr at
Goderich to the uld lug '•()rown and
Anchor" tavern .at Gairbraid, un the-
cr►l.-ru:tcl• on the Blue Water High-
way- at the southwest corner of: the
farm now owned ,by Frank l.,fuklater.
Carried it through the bush oti a cow -
path through the Galt property (now
owned, by Thomas Sandy), a distance
E 011,D k'b•RI04IT1i SHOP
in C t►Ileri-(•li, . with %►11avin llainilton
a (° teen. author of "the Old Li►g School"
We Salute th
Int rnation I Plowing Match
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corner, 31,4c
line, 2c
Fence Insulators
Electropail 16.75 - 24.75
LAMPS 2,9.8 A
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Sealed Beam Head Lamps, pair 13.95
Sealed Be Conversion Kits
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Goderich, Ont.
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THE °GO _ RICH SIGN; TAR
Canada's Answer to a Hungry World
ocTU ER, 1%16.
t have hit t "l3 'ii1)ot ‘with a g ca,,t,,-harvest of 440 million
'1, ) r 1 't1 ''. h! (':' than i:'-'.) and the lo..rgert s:.iCe 1942's record crop, Britain
\V_1«'.1 l�a� , 'ltl,'. •I-+sd or l,.l1 Otl,llw bush •i, oI \,.i1cat (ljrin�,' the next four years and many Euro -
I' '1:] \` i 'e their •lar;lcrs rk': 1, ,''• ( .111,1 record yields are expected. Here, as far as .6
th,.2 n.a
•r I. a a it fleet of s\vathers goes into action. The
ill:s \ t.11' \\ 111' (.•Jv er more than 26 nr.-f i.Ja Cir.':.s .if \\ heat and oats.
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Entries for Plowing Corpetitions
Expected to Reach a New Higlot
arranged for special cattle shows. All
the leading farm machipery and equip-
ment firms have arranged for demon -
16, 17 and 18, being the greatest event stratiuns of the latest types of machin -
of. its kind ever held in Ontario. Stlm-- ert-, including jeeps, warble fly' spray-
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machin
control
n weed
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log (u )me
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of free
trips ) i
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Britain for. the' first- and second -privet -cry 1111(1 heavy machines for breaking
winners in t11e uhampionsbip classes, and clearing land, cleaning out ditches
t eft ies* -are--expect'e4 to -reach an alk ..and removing. hedgerows. These de-
monstrations . will be conducted 'chilly..
The formal opening of the Inter-
natiunal Match, at 2,30. p,nl. on 'Wed
nesday,..:Q.ctobe . ti,, aW_,i11,..1?II4t.1~115-.. a
,Everything point: to the Inter-
national Plowing, Match, to be held
' at fort Albert airfield on October. 15,
Fonner ' Plowing:lVlatches
V191.3 er • 117
VorkountY
1914 York
1915 wellington
1,9111 Ontario
191 a ]Brarnt
* 1918 Carleton/
1919 Kent
11924 Wentworth
-1921 Oxford
1922 Victoria
1923 Lambttil
1924 feel - ,
1925 Leeds
1926 Welland
1927 York
1028, 'Middlesex
1929 1+'rontenac
1930 :Perth e-
1931 Peterborough
193,2 Carleton
time high for the forts -seven diifereat
classes of competition to be' held. Of
the forty-seven • classes, twenty-four -
are—in, t .u_' .1iterlt.►1,,U,WXaal r Ilia„ ,.pit.,
will be hE on the last• -.three days of '
nti
--- the -itch _Oil the first ..day, .there
will be twenty-three classes confined to
local plowmen, ten being confined to
farmers from Huron county, seven to
furmel:4 from Bruce, and six to farmers
from -Perth. Ori the tirst day, there
will' be a special horse show, with the
plowing teams being judged solely on
their performance. The horSe show
for the international classes will be
judged ' on conformation and ' quality
• and equipment asp well as -on perform-
of 'about. one and a -half miles. ante.
barrel of whiskey- 'weighed over .5UU Junior farmers are showing a spec-
1ai'iels, b ially keen interest in the junior inter-
�Iiuly other tales of the early days county team plowing match, and coach-
Many
tilt district, including a chapter ing classes for farm boys are being
on fort Albert, are to - be ' found -in
contltieted In many counties in prepar-
"The (Ila Lul 'School," a copy' of which anon for this • event. Expert tractor
may be ubtaiilecl by rtalling on the and horse plowmen are giving freely
con -
author ar Yeai (Ode Curiosity 'Shop, of their time and knowledge in con-
ttit Hamilton street, Guriositl. • Price ducting these coaching classes for -the
X11.7,), cash,and ; by Mail, h2.O(i juniors, and a keenly -contested com-
f •� •
:ANDREW GREEN
First Plowman in Colborne Township
is expected.
petition
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WEE -KILLING - METHODS- - TheFale his s Machinery -
of farm m-Exhachinery,
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TO BE DEMONSTRATED -1 equipment and supplies will break -all '
. former' records. Four large hangars
Plans Outlined in Connection with of tae former R.C.A.F. airfield will
Plowing Match- 1 be filled to capacity with these exhibits,
Plans fur it field • eshlblt of weed- which will also include exhibitions of
farm products of Huron and surround-
killit.It; methods at the Intelnatio11a1 ing counties, government agricultural
plowing Match at Port Albert. October institutions and by the Junior Farmers
1:1-18. wereinade by ,i party of agri- i Association of Ontario. • The breed
ocultural experts who visited the airport clubs of the surrounding counties have i
site of the plowing 'match 1'ecentlyn w' .
Jolie D. 'MacLeod. director of the
crops, weeds and seeds branch of • the ,
Ontario Department of Agriculture,'
Prof. R. Keegan of the department of ,
field husbandry, Ontario Agricultural
College, Guelph, and K. S. Murphy, 1
district field man for Mr. MacLeod's
branch, were accompanied by LeRoy G.
Brown of .Clinton, agricultpral repre-
sentative for Duron, in a trip to the
airport to select and mark out the land
for the demonstration project. _
Explanatory signs are to be placed
on each'plot, so that at the .time of the
plowing" match , interested spectators
will. see live weeds 'and. dead weeds
stau(ling, together with the necessary
information. t
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1934 York
1935 Haldimaud
1936. Stormont, Don-
das, Glengary
1937 \\'eilingtuti.
1938 Simooe
1939 Leeds, Grenville
1940 Elgin
v41 Peterborough
Urban
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Toronto
Toronto
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Match. Location,
Sunny brook Varna
Slrunybrook Farm
Ontario Agricultural College
Pickering R. J. F1Pnling Farre
Brantford oak Park Stock Farm
Ot twa Central Experimental • Farm
Chathaul
111uuilton ' -
Woodstock
Lindsay
Sarnia
English and (1'Brien I,('ltrltis
Ontario Hospital J1arm
t)ntari.o Hospital Farm
County Farm
Tonin, Goodison Farm
Brampton Ii. 11, 13u11 Sous Farm
Brockville Ontario Hospital Farm
Niagara Fa11s Lundy's Lane
Toronto `1'or( lit4) \Ignicipal tarn
London Carmichael Bros. Farm
Kingston Goernmeitt Farms
Stratford t • Downie 'Township, Highway No. 7 -
Peterborougl •• MonaghanTvvp.. highway N. 2S'
t►ttaw•a . or? (.'('titra1 Experimental Para
)weft. Sound 1 ►crhy '1'uwli5hip
Toronto Ma ry vii rte Farm. Wexford
Seneca Township'
Caledonia
Cornwall
Fergits.
Barrie
Brockville
St: '1 'Minas
l'„rnvvall '1«1,.. tipurmun1 Comity
Beat1y Bros., l', us•
\linesing
l►atario hospital, Adjoiliing FarnIs-
(int:(rio hospital, Adjoining Farms
I'eterhuruugl) N. Monaghan '1'p., highway No. 2S
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*Ca 11Celled 011 account Iritl1101 .:( 1 C.
celleney 'Earl .Alexander, Governor- '
General of Canada, 01i hand to ollieiate.
`Phis Will he the .first major agricultur-
al event at which the Governor-General
will take part since leis arrival in Can-
ada, and a htige crowd' iti expected
to he, on hand to welcome him.
imply arrangements have been elude
fl,►r• catering to feed the crowds, and
a pec•ial, billeting c,puunittee is organ-
izilln to have billets available in Gude-
.rich and 111e surrounding county for
those, desiring to stay 'over the fleriud
of the 11,111tch.
11' WET YOUR FRIENDS AT EATON'S
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By courtesy• of the T. Eaton, Co.
Limited, visitors may meet their
friends at the ,Eaton Building west
Of the -Caterers.' Row. All are -assured
of a -warm welcome. Tea will be
serve(1 free of charge during the after -
LET'S SHOW OUR VISITORS
A CLEAN COUNTRYSIDE
sot -vial efI' rt is asked of the
people of 1111ro11 to rid` roadsides and
\\r ds at tills time. The
(1i�trit i� to have slturtly, thousands
of \ from all parts of the
(„fort✓\. and many from the United
Sian's. and, :1" someone has put- it,
Ihtr,ii '(and particularly this ;fart of
Huron) wilt he rite -show window of
the 1'royince."
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1)'lellt to I:- guests, hilt neglect of
\Need- at this time means 0 bigger
taskllati r_ on. to _g(it rid of
Thrifty people read the classified ads
of . lis Signal -Star. ,It, pay ,1..•.
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