Clinton News-Record, 1950-03-16, Page 8•
PAGE EIGHT
CANADIAN
PLOWMEN
ABROAD
by ALEX McKINNEY Jr. * Director
ONTARIO
PLOWMEN'S ASSOCIATION
This is the sixth of a series
J of weekly stories which Alex
McKinney, Jr„ a director of the
Ontario Plowmen's Association,
is writing about the visit of
Canada's champion plowmen to
the British Isles, West Germany,
Denmark, and the Netherlands.
BRAMPTON: There's an end to
all things but it seems that the
best things are over soonest.
That's probably why it feels like
only yesterday, although in real-
ity it was seven weeks ago, that,
I started this series of letters by
saying good-bye to Canada. Now,
on behalf of the Canadian champ-
ion plowmen and myself, I want
to say hello everybody for we
are back home.
We flew back to Canada from
Prestwick, Scotland. It was a
smooth trip and a fast one for we
had a tailwind all the way. We
were surprised, when we put
down at Dorval airport, to learn
we were two hours ahead of
schedule. That gave us time to
telephone our homes so that when
we landed at Melton a few hours
later, our families were on hand
to give us a real welcome.
This business of globe-trotting
can certainly be thrilling but
'coming home is just as thrilling.
That poem by Walter Scott that
we had to memorize at school
describes our feelings when we
James Eccles Ronald Marmite
out that when I speak of "we"
in these letters I mean the three
is us. There is my next door
neighbor Jim Eccles of Bramp-
ton. and Ron Marquis of Sund-
erland, the Canadien champion
plowmen. As winners of the
Esso • Trans -Atlantic horse and
tractor plowing classes at last
year's International Plowing
Match held neer Brantford, these
boys were awarded trips to the
United Kingdom with Imperial
Oil Ltd. paying the expenses. As
a director of the Ontario Plow-
men's Association, sponsor of the
International Plowing Matches,' I bear tn. He was staying at
was appointed to accompany the the same hotel a we were and
boys as coach -manager. I also when we got back that night he
came in
act as a sort of reporter -hist-
orian. I got a real good close-up look at
In Scotland we were treated He is just as impressive in
royally and really got around. i the flesh as he is in his pictures.
Several people were after him
While there we saw some of the ,
finest livestock farms of all we,ior autographs but it wasn't us
have seen. We also -saw Winston because we didn't have autograph
Churchill, attended • the world books with us.
The day we attended the foot -
famous purebred Shorthorn salesb
landed better than we can ex- l
press them.
Breathes there the man, with i
soul so dead,
Who never to himself bath said,
This is my own, my native land!
. Whose heart bath neer within
him burn'd
As home his footsteps he hath
turned,
From wandering on a foreign
strand?"
But this letter is chiefly about
our stay in Scotland. As you will
remember my last letter was from
Ulster where we attended the
international plowing match at
Mullusk, near Belfast. I'd just
like to say in passing that Jim
Eccles' effort here was really
outstanding. Taking eighth place
in a field of 38 champion plow-
men from the United Kingdom
was really an achievement espec-
ially as he had only one day's
practice on the high cut plow.
There were some there who said
he should have rated higher but,
be that as it may, the fact is
that Jim is the first Canadian
plowman to do so well. In a
special class for overseas plow-
men, Jim also took first and Ron
Marquis was second against very
stiff European competition. The
boys received sneer cups and I
feel they were a credit to all
Canadian plowmen.
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250 guineas' apiece. We under-
stand they were for a cattle ranch
Miss Carson is starting in New
]Viexico.
We also heard some of the
fastest bidding we've ever heard.
In' one period they auctioned off
90 head of cattle in 110 minutes
which is certainly a, lot faster
than we do in our country. All
in all it was easy to understand.
why the Perth sales have over
many years- consistently secured
the highest prices for - Shorthorn
bulls anywhere in the English-
speaking world.
The Perth sales'" also served to:
remind me that it's a small world.
For it was -there that I ran into
my next door neighbor Hector
Astengo of Rosafe Farms, Bramp-
ton. I hadn't seen him since
about the time of the Royal Win-
ter Pair so we had a lot to chat
about, Mr. Astengo was buying
some purebreds, for his ranch in
South America.
It was in.Edinburgh that we
saw Winston Churchill. He was
making a political speech there
(that night but because of other
engagements we did not go to
match was a nnsenable day
at Perth, visited a number of lit was snowing. The match was
outstanding farms and even at- between Glasgow Rangers anti
tended a football match at Glas- Couperheath end it was played
gow, Our guides in the land of in more than an ,inchof snow.
heather were Allen Campbell of in spite- of the dirty weather
the Department of Agriculture, there was a good crowd on hand
Scotland, and Ken McNeil of to see the Rangers win eight to
Anglo-American Oil Co. They ,;othing. Crmnarecl with our game
c r offer their goodcgo jof look-` it was rather 'came: They play a
It's hard to know where to (more gentlemanly game over
start in describin our exxer- there and body checking is pen -
g exper- alized.
lances but as we have always Before we left Scotland we
wanted to attend the Perth sales
I'll start there.
The Perth sales were held in
a large building specially fitted
up for the occasion. It was a
two-day affair with the first day
for show and the second day for
sales. The quality of cattle of-
fered was very high but as fa,•
as exhibiting the cattle, I think
maybe we cdo the job better in
Canada.
There were some outstanding
bulls up fog sale and the bidding
was brisk. Somehow we got the
impression that the British breed-
ers liked to say thet a bull cost
them so many guinees and for
that reason they seemed willing
to carry their bids higher than
Canadian bidders would do.
The top price paid at this year's
sales was 6600 guineas, or about
$21,000. This was for -a white
bull named Lawton Nelson, the
major champion and grand re-
serve champion. It was con-
signed by Major P. H. Hender-
son and was bought by Argentine
interests. Fourteen animals from
the Calrossie Farms owned by
Capt, John MacGillivray sold foe
a total of 32,000 guineas.
Just about everybody who is
interested in purebred Shorthorns
attends the Perth sales but we
were surprised to learn that the
English actress Greer Garson had
been there although we didn't
see her. We did, however, see
the foundation herd Miss Garson
bought through an agent. It: was
made up of five females and two
bulls. They were all white and
were bought for between 150 and
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THURSDAY; MARCH 16, 1950
visited the farm of . William
Young, Sherriton Mains, not far
from ' Prestwick, Mr. Young is
a cousin of Clark Young of the
Ontario Plowmen's Association
whose letters you probably read
a few years ago. William is a
former president of the Scottish
Farm Union andhas an outstand-
ing flock of Border-Leicesters
and` a fine herd of Ayrshires on
his 400 -acre farm. Our visit to
the Young farm was another of
the many highlights of our trip,
I realize that in these letters I
haven't told you a quarter of the
interesting places visited nor the
interesting people we met. It
would take many more letters
and it would, also take consider-
able time to sort out our mem-
ories. As time goes on we may
have other opportunities to tell
you of the things that haven't
been covered in these letters. But
before I bring my final letter to
a close there are two matters I'd
like to mention.
• The first concerns the " maple
trees we planted or left to be
planted overseas as a symbol of
Canadian friendship,' •The Danish
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government has, reciprocated.
Since we returned we have re-
ceived a Shipment of beeches.
The beech is the national tree
'of Denmark. They have asked
that the trees be planted on the
grounds of - the Ontario Agricul-
tural College at Guelph. As you
may remember from my last let-
ter I planted maple trees at the
veterinary college at Copenhag-
en. I think this reciprocity is a
real friendly gesture on the part
of the. Danish government and I
hope we can make a ceremony
of planting the beeches. I also
hope that as' many as can make
it will attend the ceremony.
The other important matter is
our thanks to the Ontario Plow-
men's Association and Imperial
Oil Ltd. for making the trip pos-
sible. We wouldalso like to ex-
press our appreciation , to the
many people in private indust-
ries, in the government services
and the Esse companies overseas
for all they did to make our trip
so memorable, And we would
like to thank you, the readers of
these letters for the time you
have given in following us in our
travels. We hope you found them
interesting. Good-bye for now.
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Have in stock: No. 2 Kiln Dried
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We are in the market for Wheat,
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