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
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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• '
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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.
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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.
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Tuesday morning we drove up to
It'ifeshire to see-une..of•-the--lay get; _,fa.rurs.-
itl Scotland, that of .Ii. George e ark,
Nether l'itlochie. The farm contained
about 1,000 acres, 600 being Sown to
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there is very much profit' in feeding
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are finished ii, the sstableand marketed;
the balance *are put on 'grass. ,.-They
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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-
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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,
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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
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