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page 3 canadian plowmen abroad by eujot moses undar ontario plowmens association this is the sitfit ot a series of weekly stories which elliott moses a dlrtctor of the pntarlo plow mens assoclotlqn will write noout the visit of canadas champion plowmen to the british islei v ew voltli this u tlio third year lllat cuiindlim plowmen have been awarded a trip to the british ialci to take part in piowink inat- chci hnd study brltlfh methods of agriculture it lv alto the third year that cunudiari plowmen abroad hoi been published i only hope i can do h3 well ai my prc- doccafcors clark young and w l olarke in recounting observations of conditions abroad the expenses of our trip are being paid jointly by lmperiil oil limited and the salada tea com pany of canaan ltd imperial oil sponsors the esso tractor class at the international plowing match and salada tea the transatlantic class for hore drawn jointer plows tills year s winners in the esso tractor class were hhya bpchcr of hagervllle and robert timber of isioultwlle alvin mark of cameron and wilbert mcfaddln of mjubank were the successful contestants in saladas trans- atlantic class last fall when the thamplon plowmen wop their trip to britain at the international plowing match at lindsay and i was chosen to accompany them as team manager we wondered what it would bo like to visit far away places and meet so many new people now that we j arc actually or our way we seem to if i could do this bo taking everything in our stride now that jou and second prices he was born in stnuffvllle on november 10 1820 apd li the youngest of the 1041 champon plowmen he owns an 100alre mixed farm his wlfo 1 the formor loutrlce nltholbon and tiwir baby daughter karen is- near ly ohe year old 1 lilve been tokl that it is cui- tomary foi the teiimmannger tp a something about himself so heie nie a few facts i am a dlrec toi of the ontario plowmens asso- uiation und was born at ohswokon on tl6 six nations ijeserve near brajitford 10 years ago while my tribe the dchware is not part if tile six nations indians we are affiliated the iix nations he erve half in new york we are prepar ing to board the new british liner h ms cnronin in my next lettr ill tell you about tills ship which is the lnrgest liner built since the end of the war the boyyand i are anxious to see and do as much us we call dur ing our tour of the british isles nor onlv foi our own bake becauso we may not huve tlio opportunity again but also so other canadians can shaie our experiences and come to understand the british farmers land the conditions under which they are working wo con say as did peter vlupatrlok a member ot the northern ireland team when lie visited conuda last fall that our visit is in the pnture of u goodwill mission and that wo are hopuig these vlsjts will be 6x- fended to otier countries und will in time become the- basis for un der landing and friendship among the nrmeyi of thevoild jto be qontlnutd the georgetown herald wednesday feb 9th 1949 tile largest in population in cannda and claims sucli famou people as lo eph brant pauline johnston and tom longboat i received my early education in the six nations day schools and later went to the agricultural col icje at guelph apart from a short career wltli the canadian army during world war 1 i have been a farmer all my life my wife is the former ethel styrcs and we have r children like the others i have been looking for- of it was wjiii jo this trip but there arc or high school news by luiyl greetings lads and lassies iuid vou canadian funnels tills is old goodj two shoes biingmg you what s iuvv mi the world nf sport what s iilw nothing what s iilw with jou nothing and so it goo but monuam besides and heeau e i speaking about filums tilde was one showed ut the fakool t other clay t nda to be resaet jnd it was a dllly of a picture it was a i icing picture called pieadilly oi don t bet on the horses mother they al ways make a donkey of you of course i am just jeling the true mapleville some- and was a pictur j inwr nw nlu- 6t uorrx two special reasons why it means l a little about the bank- j a great deal to me my maternal system in canada nuff bald uiandmother was born in ireland iw moie musing shinny tames but even more important i am played hit monday and wed hoping to visit at least one of the between kirkwood and i fields in trance where the cana dians are buried so many of our boj from the reserve were killed during the last war and i know it would make their families happy as i write this letter we are in the heart of manhattan five canadian farmers seeing new york for the first time new york is a wonder ful city but ill tell yotwnorc about it later the canadian team i fool privileged to be accom panying the 1048 champs to bri tain they are a grand lot and a fine example of canadian farmers for that reason i would like to tell you something about each one in turn this years team is a youthful group the average age bemg 20 thats excluding myself of course because i must confess that i would bring the average up considerably two of the lads are under thirty and the other two are in their early thirties know something about us let me tell you about our trip until we boarded the caionia we just had one da in toronto but as in previous years it was a very busy one we had to get our visas travellers cheques and jee that our luggage was in order in addi tion to all thin there were the radio broadcasts and press inter views we had dinner at the king edward hotel as guests of our sponsors the snlada tea company and imperial oil and then left by train for new york en route to new york while we were reviewing the day s events before retiring to our berths i was surprised to learn that train travel was a relatively novel experience for most of the boys they hod all travelled many miles bv means of their own cars svkc a brief sketch of these f e 1 lows s- in the first game the revitalized kirkwood jeam defeated the baldy laglcs 7s svkc juat touldn t win that game especially with some of the other team play ing on his side for the other team this statement will clear itself up w hen i tell you only six men showed up to play for ross guc is wha happen dcnham played a sloppy game in net for the eagles letting in easy shots which any moron could have stopped as k scott proved m the opposite net just in case you mist that last sly bit of humour please reread the preceding sentence preceding this one the second game saw sykes team once again in form and they walked ill civ ci the other tea pi winning j2 goals for sykes team by burns ireland and a new player by the name of er du uh syke- foi kirkwood gillis and mernani the o ihcs wtie changed around for this game with p barber knk wood and d thompson sjkcs filling in xthe empty slot between the goil posts the highlite of the game c une when bad bud hairy varcv tupped big al gillis the result saw gillis chasing bud around the it e tr ing to legally or illtg ill ood check him the onl mjurv of the game occurred when kirkwood sprained his ankle l picking the stars of tht game mv choice is tom beckett and j long john nodwell tom played 1 swell game all round skating fer- ociouslv checking madly stick handling up and down the ice storing goals right and left in be- twttn periods of course there is uil one thini he ha not quite ic umplished yet how to skate h second choice nodwell showed up his strategic and novel blocking john would lit the opposing play ers skate betw etn his legs then ideptl close them ensnaring the man neetly in closing i would like to expos tulate on the approaching trip to tht museum tickets went on sale as pi omised but due to the fact that sales wcie not moving alona an assembly was held and mr lambert delivered an ultimatum 1 either tickets sell brisklv this week or we don t go the following ire i my pommenti if jou stuped ignor- amases do not take advantage rf this outstanding offer by mldnlfc tebruary 11th you ought to bm locked in a room and have carmcti i ombirdo records played to you fcti day so pulecze buy a ticket re member this motto no tlckec tx goeo advertise it hays in the heraum s alvin mark in the salada gold of course but not by train rhys i hands in training for ontario medallist he is 35 and married in the excitement of winning a trip overseas alvin apparently forgot bacher was enjoying his first train ride at the age of 28 alvin mark had his last train ride when to mention that he had a family he was eight years ow 20 yean and the first rewspaper reports said ago wilbert mcfaddin has been i he was single his wife is the for more frequent passenger on mer alberta blatchford and they trains but bob timbers only had have four children kcitb anne one train ride before this one faye and sharon alvin entered his fjrst plowing match m 1929 and his first international in 1911 1 his show s how much the motor car has changed the farmer s method of transportation it would he owns a 125 acre firm and has seem that farmers make little use won the salada special evciy of tiam transportation for t hem- year in his countv since it wis first iclves and then families on the introduced an active sportsman i other hand our farm produce 1j he plays baseball hockey and is i transported by i ail to all parts of interested in horse showing he is i the countiy and to all parts of the also a member of the young adults woild and in this w iy wt pi ov ide club of cameron united church the i always with one of then one of the first statements rhys main sources of revenue bacher made when hcjrarned he on reaching new york we were had won the esso tractor class met by a group of men from the class gold medal was theres a man over there who owes me 11700 now maybe ill be able to collect rhys was born in rhmerville ont on october 13 1020 and has been a farmer all his life he is married to the former jean gloyd of sel kirk for several years rhys was a member of the intercounty cams and had two second prizes and one first prize to his credit before winning the trip to britain at last year s international match wilbert russel mcfaddin winner of the silver medal in the trans atlantic class for hortcdrawn jointer plows sponsored by salada tea company is a younger brother of glen mcfaddin last years esso jjold medallut he was born in millbank ont on december 20th 1014 and helpp glen run their 250 acre forni wilbert has competed in both tractor and homo plowing competitions and has won m num ber of trophies including three gold wtttchci he is 34 single and a member of mulbnuk united church in addition to his plow ing ability wilbert has the hear tiest appetite of the group we have all decided that if he will plow with the same determination as he eats lie will be a sure winner ut the british matches the sso tractor silver medallut bob timbers also comes from a wellknown plowing family jills father winfred timbers wen u number of prizes ut plowing mat ches and his uncle fred tlm- lsso company who exerted every tefiort to make our stay in this great city inte and profit able i am rot going to describe the places we visited because we saw many of the same sites that were discussed in last years news lotteis instead i am going to men tion some of our impressions of this amazing city and its inhabitants we ure all most favourably wn- picuscd with our american friends for they arc in a class by them selves when it comes to hospitality they have such a free and natural way tli at one cannot help but feel at home but the traffic in new york is another matter it both terrified and amazed us and i have decided that if i should ever motor to new york i shall park my car t least 30 miles out of the city and let someone else worry about truffle jams another thing that seemed strange to us was the dis tance people travel back and forth to work for example our hosts of the esse company both live r0 miles from the centre of the city and commute daily one of our most pleasant mem ories of now york is dinner at the waldorf astoria the hotel itself 1h magnificent and the dinner was superb it was an added treat to have iinufdc with our meal and watch the people dancing in new york age doesnt seem to make any difference und yong und old daiice with equal cnioyment toot shore was autithei interesting spot we bers was one of the 1940 ksso tiuitud it is quite u famous res- champions the 1048 plowing tuuiunt neur rockefeller ccntie match was bobs fourth internal- just down the stiect fiom the now lonal and it the other competl- esso building lions ho curried uwayeattjul first aftei u memorable duy and a learning to make plastics in otiturio the wheclg of industry turn for the benefit of every lirfgle one of u our uthe dytrnmou drill preiwea farm combine tractora business machin etc are producing good and aervice winch earn dollar theae dollars provide food clothing mediaal rare and other uecemitie which contribute to our gecurityaml high atandard of living kvery single one of us therefore has a very personal interest in the low of a steady supply of trained workers to industrial pluuts these workers will piwrute inuthiiies which are important to our way of life we uhoiild appreciate then the coorralive efforts of government industry und labour in the held of employee training in schools and m tut torith our workers young ami old are given the opimrtunity to develop new und spm ihc skills in every firld of ousiurhs ami industrial activity iw iiistume an m the piturtrt show it here every effort of ontarios newlyskilled pluhtus workers will iiirun hettrr ptiislu help to iniiki ontario u finer plu products ill whu li to live ami woik uk bkkwinc industry ontario his wmy f ui biwarg trstlsmml usnudui ontario workers know tby esn mrn more bave executive reapojuibility iicl enjoy a higher atandurt of living in direct ratio to the ukillt thry at quire and the way tliev muke tne nf them thats ulwttj true in a free ftoimmv thats whj nut torn petitive hv il i m uill routi nue t u in u l t niiada fr ut und u great jilmr m vtlmh to live x