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> The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, August 6, 1986 13 No Witnesses to Train Gate Breakage Plowing Match Sept 16 Students Against Drunk Driving Meet Attorney General On Thursday, July 31, an unidentified driver of a truck or car hit the protective gate at the south side of the CNR crossing on the East Beach Road, breaking it off. According to the sectionman Stan Wierzbicki, pictured here, the incident was reported from a train passing through, not by the person who was responsible for the breakage. The gate has now been repaired and is back in operation. Museum Hosts Interesting Doll Exhibit by Rob Savage Last Thursday, the Bowmanville Bowmanville Museum unveiled its "Surprise Exhibit", a collection of antique dolls which the museum had been gathering for some time. The collection is the most recent edition to gallery three in the series of rotating rotating galleries, Curator Dan Hoffman said. He said he had extrapolated extrapolated the collection from a vast number of dolls he has kept in storage. All of the dolls selected are accompanied accompanied by. supportive documentation of their respective respective histories. Altogether, there are almost almost 40 dolls of different composition, age, and history history within the three large showcases. Sign Celebrations Celebrate Special Occasions with a Sign Service Includes Delivery, Set-up on Lawn and Removal Inquire at 725-1586 Oshawa For Life insurance, check with state Farm. • Permanent Life. • Term Life. • Retirement •Universal Life. DON IRVINE 623-4482 tOBWaverley Rd., Bowmanville Mj Like a good neighbor. Stale Farm is there. STATS FARM INSURANCE Demonstrations of conservation conservation plowing equipment will be featured twice a day at the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show at Stirling, September 16 - 20. "Ask any 10 farmers for a definition of conservation tillage, tillage, you may get 10 different answers," says Dave Little, Hastings County Agricultural Representative with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Agriculture and Food (O.M.A.F.). "In a nutshell, conservation tillage tillage is any plowing system that results in less soil loss than the traditional mold- board plowing, combined with various types of discing, cultivating cultivating or harrowing." Conservation tillage leaves reasonable amounts of crop residue on the soil surface. More top soil residue means more water absorption, less wind and water soil erosion and more organic matter saved. The time-honoured mold- board plow faces a challenge because it leaves only approximately five percent of the stubble of à grain corn field on top of the ground. But, by using a mulch tiller, easily up to 50 percent of the stubble will be left atop the soil. "Farmers are looking at conservation tillage as much for economic reasons as out of concern for soil erosion," says Little. "Less money is tied up in equipment, there are fewer machinery repairs, less tractor tractor wear and tear, less fuel and labour...in other words, conservation of cropping costs." One thing is apparent in the gradual change from mold- board plowing to conservation tillage techniques; there's no one 'best' system. What works in one area may not work in another. "Very often, tillage alone cannot do a complete job in controlling soil erosion well enough," says Little. "Sometimes, "Sometimes, conservation tillage has to be coupled with other conservation practices like contouring, stripcropping, crop rotations, grassed waterways, waterways, terracing, and so on." The conservation tillage equipment on display at the Hastings County International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show at Stirling has pre-event field testing in Hastings County. Comparative Comparative information on investment investment costs, horsepower, fuel and labour requirements, plus topsoil crop residue, will be available at the Match. m Attorney General Ian Scott shares a smile with Lomax of Clarke High School. The students, who Arrive Alive '86 participants (1 to r), Kristine are running projects against impaired driving, met Woods of Clarke High School in Newcastle, Mary with the Attorney General in Toronto. Dotzko of Port Hope High School and Christie Bowmanville Museum Curator Dan Hoffman poses with a couple of the teddy bears which are a part of the new doll exhibit. The dolls were first put on display last Thursday as a "Surprise Exhibit". Mr. Hoffman said the dolls will be included in the regular tours of the museum. People touring the museum will see two original original kewpie dolls, Howdy Doody, a Scootls doll, and the Campbell Soup Kid. They will also see the French Jumeau doll which costs $3,000 and was donated donated to the museum by the- Town of Newcastle. Mr. Hoffman said some of the dolls come from as far as China. "Others are from our own backyard," he said. And some have very unique histories. One doll, the Bye-Lo Baby, is said to have been designed from the looks of a real baby. There's nothing strange about that, except that readers of the doll's history eventually discover a unique twist to the story (which will not be revealed here). Other dolls have histories which aren't as humorous but are equally intriguing. People wishing to see the dolls should sign up for the regular tours, Mr. Hoffman said. He stressed that the showcases showcases being used for the dolls are impressive in themselves. The three showcases are illuminated for best possible possible viewing. Two of them were purchased by the Friends of the Museum from Click systems in Scarborough. Scarborough. Mr. Hoffman said the showcases are just one example of the support which the Friends of the Museum arc giving. "The Friends of the Museum contribute contribute greatly to the museum's financial health," he said. - And for those doll experts who were wondering about the hair on the dolls inside the showcases, Mr. Hoffman confirmed that most of the dolls have real human hair, "Human hair's good forever," he said. search no more... discover il in the t YThe Quick & Easy Way To Buy And Sell! It's elementary! The shortest distance between two points is in the Classifieds... your direct line to find it all...large or small... from jobs to junk yards, real estate to real antiques...and lots more to buy,.sell, tradè or rent! See for yourself! Telephone 623-3303 / ! / Deadline for accepting Classified Ads is 4:30 Monday The Canadian Statesman The Newcastle Independent