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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1947-03-13, Page 7Editor 'b Note; This is tide fourth tmt,the series of weekly articles whicli 'Clark Young, treasurer of the Ontario Plowmen's Associa,tion, its writing from Rilitain: He is accompanying the tour eanada's champion plowmen. Others fin the party' are Floyd Steckley., and. Austin Nairn, winners' of the Salads Trans -Atlantic class for horsedrawn Jointer plowing at last fall's Inter- national Flowing Match; F'aed Timbers and Alex. Black, Esso open 'tractor Class winners; and George Vyaldie, trip manager. GLASGOW.—Our visit 'to Scotland is alwost over and today we are to RE back to the north, of Englond. We have Seely a, great many interesting thingsw but, the weather' has been very , bad, .interfetsing, with some. of our travels. It .seems doibtfulp that the Workington plowing match can be held on schedule, which will be a disappoint- ment to all of us. 'Fuel is very scarce and in many Places ,there has been no heat in our roots. But we've had wonderful hos- pitality everywhere we've been and Wit GOD RIT I SIGNAL,STAR A should not eoraplai ;. After our stay iza southern tagla> , ave deft London for 'York. Normally it's about a four -hoar ride. by tra;p, but again the geld delayed us. '''6014 arrival we 'aveut straight to the National Institute of 'Agrie(altural ningineering at AsItha,,,. Bin, four or ,ilye miles from, Tork. Thio building was formerly a;,: agrieultural "school and farm of 400 aces, but Was tahear over ter agrieultu rai research in 1942. Here they test all hinds- of farm machinery; and design many new types. We were all interested in their th.>ree- furrow, one-way plow., 'his.low' 1 both right and lent-han'd botto s. Whe:(, turping at the headland, the plowman simply trips a lever, thee plow balk rotates and, he goes bads; the Raine 'furrow. This eliminates dead furrows in is Held' where not necessary for drainage.. . Harvester. for Sugar Beets A sugai beet harvester is another implement of their own design.. A large acreage of sugar beets . is grown in England and this machine pulls, tops and elevates the beets into a torp tea enjoy o the last, •Nor(i finis Brisk! And, Yes d°satisf c i ins Brisk/ n , went ars that risk flavo that paeans e brisk with washy . , wishy-washy 'Tea ver . ..a.-.ne liVeyan a • always fresh, 1 grocer odic(. A.sbt•iskoutasting full�b £bx- today 'Lipton' s ^res• ' 11♦ tart or urns«; tbus•s.avinag a great deal of hard, v aGlk. •We me dd(Y aA tune Xnutittuty the next d ay. _ 7L';l�cg grltriaat(fl� vas t>ro2 as two:, >t� 4ad for outside de ,,°Otaat atiptua, ao we .were sha)wsa some il<nttt esting plains on Britisia plowing. That afternoo 4 We looncd aa,roulfd Xorkt; one of the .oldest cities ha Eng- land. 1t still is surrounded by a, heavy stone wall'. We visited Yorltrainoter Cathedral•and here again we, saw •' some of the finest architecture in the world. Cdtiaedral's stained glass wiindOwt ';Bashi...tit be- anexeelled any icte,< 1! , Edinburgh train was hours late, owing to 'the 0l4; and we diel not reach that Scottish capital until Mid, utlht, We went to lied in Abe North littitish Railway hotel without supper. Next' morning we were met by T. B. Manson of ,the Department 4)f Agri- culture for %cotlund, who shoved file a part of. the city and after luncha we attended the. internation1Ul rugby match between Scotland and Wales. They take their. football seriously here, for despite the cold weather and bad roads the attendance was 50,000. , The rules are altogether different from Canadian rules, but we found the gime interesting. Scotland was de- feated 22. to 8, but in spite of the de- feat there a •as a big time in the old town that night, for all the Welsh and most Lit' the Scottish players were in our hotel. Next morning we attended service, 111 St. ('uthbert's church in Edinburgh. Some of us had been anxious to go to St. Giles. where the Rev. John Knox used to preach. but it was closed for rl while. Irl 1111 aftet•rluorl we were taken for ;t drive tlu•uugh some of tyle better farming,- sections and we had an excel- lent view of the Furth bridge. 0 wonderful piece of engineering, intact in spit•(' of the blies bl,;lter we went through Edinburghf'ust1 and saw the 11111-1!11 , Scottish War Memorial situ- ated within its walls. On the Monday morning N',e, 11101.ore(1 :sixty Milt's to Perth, where we watched the judging of the Aberdeen Angus at the annual show and sate. After lunch we visited the farm of Mr. r 111/1115 Clark of Mui iton, where we saw .some xctl1( A_. (_'ly.0 ai 11 , filen ' , 4447. ori i'Pliiti•av(il`-' ii"ilit`�°°"l�tiiiui`iroil=_�" g 1 sflTiliOrr and winner of the Cawdor cup at Glasgow in 1945, the last time shown. Next we went to the dairy farm of Ole- Lord Provost t of Perth, Ure Prim- rose. We were entertained at tea ill- the irrthe lovely homeland in the evening we were guests of the provost and city magistrates ata civic dinner: in -the Station Hotel. Later we attended a "brains trust" in the city hall con- ducted by • the young farfuers' club in BNNMILLER 1=511044 -at, Mar. 11,-F he Vico- znerat't3 lassuciatlon 1.7r111 meet on Wed- nesday e d niesday -at the home 14m. A4, tr'aughatm. Mfrs. , '1C, k'frimmer and Mrs. $traugliaan are hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. fi Ved White and John, of Goderieh, visited with Mr. and Mrs. U. Gehl o,, T ours day. Mrs. Henry B•rtndley, who ' under-. went an opere tioan in Goderich hospital last' weep, ir3, we are pleased to report, progressing .very favorably. The sympathy' of this community is atended to NE. and Mrs. Dan Pitblado" in their recent sad bereavement. Slaovellin.g, snow" and snow plowing ha the order of the day around here -- and; 'lots .amore, toolo. . ' Mr. and Airs. Q;.. Kerr and faairily visited in Exeter recently: with- Mr. and Mrs. Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. ld,ichard Park and babe, of Dungannon, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. Vanstone. MrS. Wilbur Thom spent last week- end with M. and' Mrs. Jock ' IGarrish at Lisfo,ivotl. 'number from here attended the Saltford Community ('1ub earth party at Dunlop last Wednesday night. 'Mr. 'and \Irs. Leslie Jervis of IIobuesville au(1 (Ir. and Mrs. Ivan Jervis of Clinton visited recently with Mrs. 1 Valter5 and Floyd. Activities 10. ' the c•omluttnity have been at ti. standstill owing to road and • w•eitt'iter conditions. The March tlleetiirg of the Bettmi11er Voting Adults will take place in the church on°Friday, .Mareh 21, with Rei; Harold Snell of Auburn United church and 'Miss V'aiviun Strang -hint in charge. T)Iis is a very special meeting, the theme being "Book; 00(1 Music." It is hoped there %'i11 be a good turnout. owing to the recent storm the play "\lluust'5 I;al,v Boy," whic•Il -was to be put •on at the end of March. will be presented in L'entniller 1lo middle of April. This play is Lehi;; sponsored i by the Yount; AIIlllt (:roup, w•it11 the help of several in the counininity. ' ITNG'SBRIDGE KINGSBRIDGE, Mar. 11.—Kings l,laikl#;ty ltl. • ria. :'n'1 ),.,a4 i. tr.•b J ag, l iolaateifa '.-a } 'iby snow fi)i• the past ten days. Where is that" fellow who pre-' dieted an open winter'' • We, are sorry to. report that Aus -+3atigh'3'-_hits t zt -hi a- dpi hoepit 'for the last two weeks, having under- gone .an operation: Ills many friends wish hits a. speedy recovery. Mr.` Bruce Hansford has returned to Toronto after his vacation here. " Mrs. Doherty Moore has returned 'home from Detroit after spending two weeks in that city. Amateur photograpbe;lrt3 of Winglaasln are talilang 112 torMing a Camera club. 1I r, James Ross Macdonald, a former well-known physician at . Wingbaua, died at Londo4t ,en Marcia 4th. The Sourro Huron' ' .4.grieul4irals Jo- elety .is 'holding its aml7ual seed show at Hensali on Saturday of this w ielL The people of •i rutisels have begun a campaign to raise funds for the re building of 'the 'Anglican :church there, which was glided by fire recently. After a lengthy illaness, Mrs. James T. Lyons of Lucknow passed away in the Winghtm hospital at the age t<►f' sixty-four years. s n At the last Meeting of the Clinton Town Council a motion was passed that members of the Council receive $.50 a year for their services. • The Council also rescinded a motion passed at a ,precious meeting limiting the number- of taxi licenses to be granted in the town. James r `prrance Ross, of Brussels, died oil :March 4th in his eighty-second year. He.` had been .a resident of Brussels nearly all his life and' was formerly a merchant there and was prominent in municipal affairs. - One daughter tro. two sons war'vkve; Harry • In t,,,»ion and David C. Rosa, Brussels, rail 'i� iiliaria #t(is$, Chealeys The dea h of Harvey 1iobe4 johns occurt4 a 145 home in Ei 1 out yi to lvebruar'y th, at tlio age of 4evemty� one --ears : A. ndtivo ofke e >rsmltk he had sp nt ,all Ms. life" in that. tovin- ship. 'Hi wife, the former Sophi* Stonehous , :survives; also°.a 'br'other, Addison , Johns, of Neivalaitet, and' three oast rs, Mrs. Robert Lawson, 'et Constance, Mrs. (Rev.) . Ai I). Altai, of Goderieh, and 51rs. Albert Seeley, of Olin ton. You wo y about"' you>r present or future security, i'laonaf arlow 1706 or. write R. ROBINSON Monarch Life Assuramctt 'repre- sentaitive, R.R. 4, Goderieb. • 36tf ,111111180111111k,, (rood health is a' priceless asset that should :Sways be protected. 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George e ark, Nether l'itlochie. The farm contained about 1,000 acres, 600 being Sown to rr spring crop annually. Mr. Clark ii ilot it dairy: farther but feeds- ab'bstt -200 to 300"steers yearly. These are pur- chased in- Ireland_at hetweena to cents per pound Ile does no' nsider there is very much profit' in feeding c'att'le at present prices, but finds it necessary iu order to utilize the straw to make manure. Most of the cattle are finished ii, the sstableand marketed; the balance *are put on 'grass. ,.-They . would-. weigh from 13 to 15 cwt. each.' This, farm produces about ,125 acres, of potatoes each• year aS well as ai lot of turnips and about twenty acres of suga r beet s, which •fa rulers a11 some sections are compelled to grow.. The potatoes are sold mostly for seed and are quite a profitable crop, averaging a5 mush 1110 twelve 10115 per acre. \Ve i were surprised to find that .n)ost- of the potatoes are picked by hand, thus re- quiring a lot of extra labor—for some I'easoll they, al'e not Satisfied wit the potato -diggers. Sixteen. Inen 'ar'e' etn- .ployed yeierlY. with some casual -labor (curing Ilii, 1sar,eSt''ttio17T11.�e _ 1-rse tnrrl._' _.._ -- evident that the labor situatio lS` 11(51 111 111'11t(,,115 it LA 11 Canada. Perth, 'Angus Sale -Alter lunch we returned to Perth and attended the sale of the Angus cattle. Between four and !lye hundred passed through the ring, averaging about One a I011111te. The grand c hsllnpiotl 1)1111 sold fol` 5,80(),, guineas (1t;24;476 ) for export to South America. The reserve, 'bull was purchased by \lr.`F. W. Hard- ing of the U.S. for 4.600 guineas 1109,-1 1.2). AV'ith the exception of a. few of the tots, prices were lower 11)1(11 we expected. tr \Ve drove from I'ertli to Glasgow this .morning through heavy snow 1111(1 over Very .4lippery"road F4. At•Iunelr we were the guests of the Scottish CO -operative Wholesale Association, one of the lark - est co-operatives in the'w'(ri(1. It was organized about 100 years ago hy`a few farmer's. They handle or matltlfl1('111I'e almost ('very commodity that's on the Market. In the past the company waS. noted for its fine horses, 'sand while nlilily have been replaced by tunas they still hsl ye about 100 left. This afternoon we are to take the, train, for Carlisle and then we're to " . go to \Vorkingtoit, where the pl'iswiug tulttch is to be held, weather permitting. After stt it. will .be over to. Ireland for some DPW adventures. Alt,,pew Oldsmobiles offer GM .Hydra -Matic' Drive* --proved, perfected, now at its peak! 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