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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-12-01, Page 10'cLOITO7sY14EWS,CORD ABROAD by WILL C. BARRiE, Amos, .1955 • CANADIAN PLOWING TEAM W. C. Barrie W. C. ,Barrie ofGalt Ont:, a past president of the Ontario Plowmen's Association and manager of the Canadian plowing team at the third annual World Plowing Match in Sweden, has sent hone on -the -wet reports of his trip with team members Joe Tran of Claremont, Ont„ and Ivan Mc- Laughlin of StouffvilIe, Ont. Here is the third of his reports. UPPSALA, Sweden—If anybody had told me a year 'ago that I would celebrate my 71stbirthday high above the English, Channel Bind the North Sea, I would have told him lie was crazy. - But there I was, on my way to the World Plowing Match, along with our Canadian plowmen, Joe Tran and Ivan McLaughlin, , plus "BUSINESS DIRECTORY" INSURANCE Insure the "Co-op" Way W. V. ROY ' District Representative Box sin Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect, Office 557 Res. 324J H. C. 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INVESTMENTS Get The Facts gall VIC D1NNIN Phong 168 — Zurieh Investors. Mutual Managed and Distributed by Investors Syndicate of Canada, Ltd. OPTOMETRY G. B. morc Y Optometrist -- Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 83, Goderiek 4. E. MC:NGSTAFF Hours: Seaforth: gaily except Monday & Wednesday -9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Clinton: MacLaren's Studio—Mon- days only -9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. PHONE 791 SEAFORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant 4 Britannia Rd. (corner South St.) Telephone 1011 GODERIC$ONT. RONALD G. MCCANN Public Accountant Royal Bank Bldg., Phone 501 Res: Rattenbury St., Phone 456 CLINTON, ONTARIO 4-ttb REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Beal Estate and Business Broker Sigh Street — Clinton Phone 448 Mrs. Barrie, Mrs. McLaughIin, e rt O rte that 0 r any h German e Water s h and un, a utttm e have been would plane kh e a ant I Farm r al ail 0 ai �v Forestry Hall, bn s h made h os owl u e h pm w e a h our the mm I ec 0 next a, of we b fences did u e this other teams of plowmen from Northern Ireland, and Brit- ain — and a. number of •World. Plowing �rganization officials and. their friends. nds, When word got around t at it was my birthday,,. the wholeparty offered their con-,. gratulati ns. The' air was clear and our view of the flat English farmlandon the banks 'of the, .Thames was a sight we will long remember. While skirting the coast of,. Hol- land we could see quite plainly them ; miles of dykes with Am- sterdam ten miles to our right. Our flight took us over Heligoland, that Ge an Island in the North Sea which had been so heavily fortified by the Kaiser Wilhelm previous to the First World War. Water Shortage By the time we were approach- ing Oslo it was getting dark and the light were coming on as we flew up the coast of Norway. To view this country from the air and see the great number of lakes, rivers fjords,. would lead one to think that conservation of wat- er at er would present no problem in that country. On the contrary, as we learned - later, Norway; Sweden and Finland all had the driest s, _ er in many years. In fact, the plowing fields at Ulna - sale, sale, wh re the match, is to be held, been so dry, that had it' not for daily arttfioiia�l watering during the past niontll, there wo d have been no match, Our stopped a very short time in Oslo, and then took off for Stockholm:* There we- were welcomedby Bengt Stegander, the' representative for the World Plowing Organization in Sweden. Mr. Stegander is manager of the Swedish low team, rn 1953 he accompanied the Swedish. team to Canada and last year to the mat- ch at Killarney. He, at the pres- ent time, is secretary of the Swe- dish Youth Federation. Our group was taken to the Hotel M men, a very modern hotel built just four years ago, which compares favorably with any we have in Canada. It did seem strange to hear the Swedish language when we arrived, but on the next day when the groups from Norway, ay, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland,, and the United States came, it sounded like the United Nations. Forestry Exhibit That morning after breakfast Alfred H 1, secretary of the WPO suggestedwe might like to sec a forestry exhibition in a park in Stockho The exhibition was held in a park of over 100 acres, known a the Natural History Museum of Stockholm, on a moun- tain high above the city. The taxis took us h if way up the mountain side and. then the rest of the way was on an escalator several hundred feet long. The exhibition, portraying Swe- den's :nest valuable natural re- source was spread over a large area, showing the many uses for the products* of the forest, how it can best be preserved and im- proved. The great hazard of forest fires was. emphasized and many types of equi ent for fighting fires were shown. It was an interesting and in structive exhibition and I am very sorry that our young Canadians. haven't the opportunity of seeing one in country. As a mem- ber of Canadian Forestry As- sociation and the Trees Conserva- tion Commission of Waterloo County, feel that the informa- tion I received will be of great help. On To Uppsala The day, two of the most modern buses I have ever ridden in carriedug out of the city. On the way out to Uppsala we noticed a great difference between the Swe 'sh and English farms. Instead hedged fields of green sod and many herds of cattle and sheep, saw plowed fields, no hedges or fences and no livestock, We were told that owing to the very dry summer there was no grass for the cattle and they were being stale fed. Instead` of per- manent they use electric or single barb wire fences. We see a large number of filds of rape, which is sown in rows about the first of September and harvested the next August, We were quite surprised to learn that in great dairy country as near as your telephone A COMPLETE TRUST SERVICE IN WESTERN ONTARIO Call RAPE B. PATERSON, Trust 10fcer Derail, Omni* Phone 51 For , . • J stato Planning end Wills Rcal Estne`Servieem • Invcttment Management and Advisory Service • 3' iTe Guaranteed Investments , • 2x%%q on savings–deposits may be mailed Or Cont&ct Any OJJice OJ GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA Toronto • Montreal • Otun+a •` Windsor Niagara'Falls • Sudbury :,Suitt Ste. Marie Calgary • Vancouver ' " the . farmers were ;grovy1ng ra for seed and the oil from: tfte seed is used to make margarine. We Were also surprised when passing g great manylarmy trucks loaded with soldiers that this country, which has had peace for over 200 years, haa' military con- scription. Every man at 21 years of age has to spend- a year in the army and then for the next 15 years, one month each year. -No Land Wasted The area of good farmland in 'Sweden is limited and noneof it is wasted. On the farmswe pas- sed on the 40 -mile trip to Uppsala we 'noticed that all of the farm buildings were built on some hill or rough land not flit for cultiva- tion. While passing a farm we noticed a large number of poles about six feet .long standing up- right - in a field and were,;'teld that when, the oats are cut _the sheaves. are placed on these poles to :dry. All other grain, such as wheat and. barley, ;have to be artificially dried as soon as they are threshed. • The average Swedish farm is about 20 apres of working land and 40 acres of bush and to make a : good living, farmers need to spend the winters in the woods. As over 50 percent; of Sweden's exports are from the Woods,, we can readily see why good forestry is so important. Near Uppsala the buses stopped at the Agricultural,, School, where the students do not study in class- rooms ., but are put to practical work on the farm. We were shown throughthetesting department where tractors and other farm machines' are put to" a rigid test. A. new market tractor thaby,tan itnplis .beineg tipuentt: oat. rthe gompany is usually runson a full 1pae 1'or 1,500, Hours and the ,re- eei' know twhhich$male to buy. O building housed a collection of early Swedish plows' and - other implements, some of them' nearly 200 years old. As we drove out to the site . of the World match we could see the great streams of water that had, been applied to the plowing land night and day.'; for the past month to make it fit for plowing. Up to that tb7le over 6,000,000 gallons had been used, and water- ing was to continue until : the plowing, started. NEXT WEEK: 'The Plowing Match. .Helpful Ideas For Mailing Christmas Parcels and Cards Last 'week - dates for deadlines of mailing Clristrnas parcels and cards in the local post office,; for delivery locally and far away, were published. Postmaster G. ,hi. Counter would like to suggest these things to assist you ; in Christmas. mail- ing. He says, "Christmas cards in UNSEALED envelopes may be sent to all countries at the rate of two cents each." - Mr. Counter advises using first class mail for` Christmas greet- ings, however, and that means' us- • sag a five cant stamps. 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