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Clinton News Record, 1954-06-17, Page 577T0RSDA]t, TUNE 17, 1954 Bob Allan Reports its From Scotland (The News -Record was pleas- ed this Week to hear frop'i Ro- bert P. 'Allan, who is at present' touring the United Kingdom, with three other Junior Farm- ers,/ Clinton News -Record, Clinton, Ontario Our exchange visits party is made up of Barbara Redner, Prince Edward,County; Marie Ecker, Wentwort; Charlie Cory, Perth, and myself. As you know our trip is sponsored by the On- tario . Department of Agriculture, and will last for ten weeks. We will spend one month in, Scotland and another in England, Dr. N. H Nigh, OAC, Guelph, accomp- anied us on the trip and is visit-. 'ing the agriculturalcolleges in Britain and Ireland. We travelled by train to Mont- real, where we boarded the Em- press of Scotland' and left for Greenoch, Scotland on May 18. It. was .a smooth voyage and all of us enjoyed it. Since we were travelling first class we had every service possible, including break- fast in bed, six meals a day with practically any entree you could mention for dinner or supper. We tried everything we could think of, from shrimp to frogs legs.. There was one waiter for each table, and ours won a prize for having served more different dishes than any of the rest. Between meals we played gam- es, such as decktennis, table tennis, shuffle board, bull board or cards, and also enjoyed swim- ming, shows and dances. We arrived in Greenoch on May 24, and after having supper with some of the leading Young Farmers at Glasgow, our party of five split up,. with each of us going to a different section to stay on farms with members of the Scottish Young Farmers As- sociation. My first week in. Scotland was spent in the West area with Willie Armstrong, Lesmahago, Lanark- shire County, about 20 miles south of Glasgow. While theme we visit- ed many of the leading farmers around the district and also went on trips to Sterling, Lanark and Carluke to judging competitions, markets and fairs. We also drove to St. Andrew's on the East Coast; Ayr on the West Coast, and up around Loch Lomond in the North. Farming in Lanarkshire is quite different from that in Huron County, and not at all as I had expected. They have sheep on the high hills but I would say half of the remainder is not tilled, as it is too wet. It cannot be drained as there is over a foot of moss and water grass growing on top. The tillable land is drained every six yards and is nearly all in grass except for maybe one field of oats and one in turnips on each farm, Everybody seems to be a dairy farmer and keeps Ayr- shire cows, The average herd was about 40 cows and a herd of young heifers. They use a great deal of hand labour and on each farm as well as the hired men and children you will find at least two girls since the women do- the chores while the men work the fields, on an, eight-hour day and a five -and one-half day week. At present they are busy singling.turnips,and making grass silage in trench silos. They usually cut the grass with a mower, rake itwith a dump rake, and haul it in long one horse carts or two wheeled trailers and tractors. Next week I will be in Kin- cardine County of the North East section, south of Aberdeen. —BOB ALLAN a Perth Tops Huron In County Juniors' Field Day Junior Farmers of this district joined with those of the county and of Perth for the annual Perth - Huron Junior Farmers Field Day held at Lions Park, Seaforth, last Saturday. The Whyte Packing Company trophy for most points in the day's events was won by Perth. It was presented to Stewart Anderson, R.R. 2, Stratford, president of the Perth County Junior Farmers, by Daphne Yeates, England, among a group of young farmers from Britain now touring Canada. Howard Pym, Exeter, president of Huron County Junior Farmers, was chairman of the evening's events. Square dance—Listowel Eight, I-Towick Juniors, Mitchell. Softball—Girls: Seaforth; boys: Clinton. Track: girls, 75 yard dash — Margaret Horne, Perth; Fern Sawyer, Perth; Ruth Keyes, Hu- ron. Running relay—Seaforth, North Easthope, Stratford. Softball throw—Elaine Shackle- ton, Perth; Ione Watson, Huron; Doris Johnston, Huron. Needle and thread race—Sea- forth, Seaforth, Clinton. Boys: 100 -yard dash—Doug Keys, Hu- ron; Jim Chalmers, Perth; Ron McMichael, Huron. Running relay — St. Marys, Stratford, Exeter. Shot put — Bill Nethercott, Perth; Wilbur Bragg, Perth; Bob Kompf, Perth. Watch This Page NEXT WEEK For an ANNOUNCEMENT of SPECIAL INTJ 7ktEST. TO AFTERNOON SHOPPERS CLINTON = NE W g-TEpORD, PAGE .' PC's Annual Rally 'Hears -Health Minister Phillips Praise for the immediate action of the Ontario Government when the highway scandal broke was voiced Friday night. ,by Health Minister Mackinnon .Phillips - at the Huron Progressive Conservat- ive rally held at. Pete Eisenbach's' Grove north of Bayfield. "Remember the scandal at 'Ot- tawa last year regarding ;Peta- wawa and the horses on the pays. roll?" he said. "They did nothing about, that." But in Ontario, the Provincial Government immediately appoint ed a select committee to investi- gate alleged irregularities in the department. - " Dr. Philips said that he did not agree with all of the recommen- dations of the -,committee. He op- posed opening'of tenders in public as the quickest way to turmoil. He -said that in his own department tenders were examined by numbers and the best was accepted without knowledge of 'the submitting firm.. He was against the proposal that the road system should be set up the same as. New York State, because Ontario was five times. as large, and New York has three and a half times as many people to pay for the work. Also, there are many Federal highways in New York, and Canada is just getting its first. one. "George Doucett's handing out of contracts was done on a fair and square basis," Dr,,PhiIIips said As for the health department, he stressed increasing per capita costs of health units, To run 'a health unit successfully, he said, the ideal number of persons -was about 50,000, and as a result some units were not operated as they should be. He pointed out that in 1950, when he took over, the cost per capita was $1.15, and now it had risen to $1.75. In three or four years something must be done, he said. He sug- gested that instead of having the units on a county basis, the lines be redrawn. For instance, Grey County with 58,000 persons, Bruce County with 42,000 and Dufferinin County with 16,000 could be ar- ranged in two units. Predicts Election Tom Pryde, MLA for Huron South, said the "intimation" was that a provincial election would be held within the next year or 18 months. He also squelched any rumors that he would not be run- ning in that election. Elston Cardiff, MP for Huron, said that apparently we are just on the edge of an election and we might be in the midst of one "sooner than we think," 0 FIRST BOWLING JITNEY HELD AT HENSALL Winners at the, first jitney of the season held on the local'bowl- ing green were: James A. Pater- son, skip; William Brown, second; William Henry, lead; John Hend- erson, skip; Dave Sangster, sec- ond; Mrs. Lorne Luker, Iead. Inspecting the. Kitchens Shown inspecting the modern cooking facilities in the Mess Hall at RCAF Station Clinton on Air Force Day are (left to right) Morgan J, Agnew, Mayor of Clinton; Group Captain 11. C. Ashdown, Commanding Officer; Thomas Pryde, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Huron County and Elston Cardiff, Member of Parliament. —RCAF Photo Young Farmerette From Wales Visits With ' Two Local. Juniors While Huron County's own Ro- bert P. Allan is touring in Britain and staying with Junior Farmers there, Huron is playing host o a young U.K. visitor. A quiet -spoken pretty young farmer from Evanjowb in the County of - Radnorshire, Wales, arrived last Wednesday. She is staying for ten days, touring the various farms as part of a pro- gram to see how the Ontario young farmer lives and works. Jean Davies, who arrived in Montreal on May 29 as one of a party -of two boys and two girls, from the English Young Farmers' Association, is a guest in Canada of the provincial government and the Ontario Junior Farmers' As- sociation for two months. After spending a day in On- tario's capital city, Toronto, Jean started off the first ten days of her visit in Norfolk County. Be- fore visiting Huron she stopped in Perth County. While in Huron County, Miss Davies was last week the guest of Misses Gail and June Manning, Londesboro, and this week is with Lloyd and Margaret Holland, Clinton. Last Thursday was spent Visit- ing the poultry and beef cattle farm of James Scott, Seaforth, and the farm of Bob Campbell, Seaforth, where Shorthorn cattle TRACTOR CLIJB Members of the Bayfield Tractor Club gathered at the Mc- Alpine and Daw showrooms, Clin- ton. The meeting 'got under way wth the president, Lloyd Holland presiding. The members repeated the 4-1-1 pledge and listened to the minutes of the last meeting, read by Alex Ostrom. Hank Bellman, engineering field - man of OAC, Guelph, showed a film on the ignition of the tractor. After the film Mr. Beliman show- ed just how the ignition works, proper maintenance and adjust- ment. ,The next meeting will be held on July 21. VI WM Surprise FATHER with a ,fits your comfort mood £AI `TOY 'LEANS BACK WITH YOU -k's a beauty in style and covering ... with l,A-Z-BOY's uncanny knack of relaxing wtfh you. No buttons. No lovers. ble controls. You lust 'wisk'for— fun fert . .. and LA-Z•BOY responds.,,,' N Or La -Z -Boy. Aut�matic Cont�ur - Reclining Chair Upholstered in BoltafIex and Nylon Frieze Material. Airfoajn Cushions and, Back. — See Them at tie Furniture BAYFIELD 4-H CALF CLUBS The Bayfield 4-H Beef Calf Club held their last regular meeting at "Tripple A" farm, the home of Stewart Middleton, R.R. 3, Clin- ton. Members of the club judged a class of yearling Angus heifers. After reasons 0n the placing, the Bayfield Dairy. Club joined them. H, R. Baker, assistant agricul- tural representative, introduced the guest speaker, Miss Jean Davies, a visitor from England. Miss Davies told about how they Win in England and about their own farm. The meeting was adjourned by Joanne McCullough, seconded by Gary Merner. SWINE CLUBS The Bayfield and Howick 4-11 Swine Clubs held their last meet- ing on Tuesday, June 8 at Park View Farm, the home of Ernest Brown, Clinton. President Mel, Simmons- lead in the 4 -Ii pledge. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and roll was called by Bill Long- mire. Judging was done on a class of marketing hogs, and ma- ture sows. Members then receiv- ed signs, pins and sweaters. Edith Wren thanked. Mr. Brown which brought the meeting to a close. BAYFIELD 4-11 CLUBS HEAR WELSH VISITOR The Bayfield 4-H' Dairy Calf Club met Thursday night at the home of Tom Rathwell, R.R. 3, Clinton, with Mel Simmons pre- siding in the absence of the presi- dent, Reg, Riehl, and the vile - president, Don Lobb. Harold Baker, assistant agri- cultural representative, spoke on judging dairy cattle, after which members judged a class of jerseys. Following the meeting, the Club joined: the Bayfield 4H Beef Club at Stewart Middleton's farm, R.R. 3, Clinton, where members took part in a question period. Miss Jean Davies, on tour here, from Wales, spoke on farming in her country. Members received their 4-1/ Club sweaters, crests, and pins for the year. • a Rent Apartment; Use a 50c Want Ad are a specialty. Thursday night she was a guest of the. Bayfield 4 -If Club meeting at the home of Stewart Middleton, R.R. 3, Clin- ton. On the- whole she feels that the farm buildings she has seen thus far are more labor-saving than those in her country. How- ever machinery and implements are much on a par, On the "estate" of 800 acres five men assist her father and two brothers in stock raising—mostly Hereford cattle—and some grain crops. Keeping house for her brother, who farms along with his father, some 800 acres, is no idle task: She said that two months' notice of her trip to Canada was barely enough time to put her house in shape, as well as her club work. ' Jean has served as vice-chair- man and chairman of the Young Farmers of her district, and the County Federation, which has a membership of 630 in some 15 clubs. The experience gained from the club work in the past four years has been varied and enjoyable. After the Huron County visit comes the Ontario Junior Farmer Field Day at Guelph, June 19, and then a visit in South Simcoe County. INSURANCE J. E. HOWARD, Bayfield Phone Bayfield 58r2 Car - Fire - Life - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy Be Sure : • Be Insured K. W. COLQUHOIJN GENERAL INSURANCE Representative: Sun life Assurance Co. of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building Office 50 - PHONES - Res. 9W H. C. 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