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the georgetown herald wednesday march 16 1949 page 10 canadian s plowmen abroad tor j kf bjjot moses dirfor ontakio iflowmins association sfttitots ofiv this u the fifth of a series of weekly stories which elliott moses dlrtsctor of the ontario plow- tnens association is writlog about the vilt of canadas champion plowmen ui the bfcltlah laics kelrst since my lost loiter the boys and ave had a vay iull program j of events and jtcuviufcs intruding an international plowin match klghtseellpa injwo countries and numerous parties it is a hit tiring for farmers used to regular hours unci not too much excitement but nevertheless wc arc enjoying every minute of it- we have had a jfrand time in ireland and now we are on our way back to england where wti shall apend a few days before bailing for- canada ill have more to say about ireland but now i would like to describe our last days in scot land blrfatseehnf in scotland edinburgh is said to be the most beautiful city in the british isles and it was our privilege to see some of the historical sites we were accompanied by mr t w jack of the tourists association of scotland we were taken to edinburgh castle which is the highest point in the city and gives one an excel lent view of the surrounding area we saw the birthplace of sir wal ter scott the famous scottish nov elist and visited the homo of sir james younfi simpson the discov erer of chloroform but perhaps most interesting to us as canadians was the cottage of alexander gra ham bell who came to canada in 1870 and invented the telephone in the city of brantford visit to a machinery testing station from edinburgh our party proc- with much more action every now uud then there would bo a loud shout from th men which sounded ukti a mild form of indian vat whoop the boys had a little dif ficulty at first catching on to somo of the different dance steps but it was not long before they wero putting on u teal dcmojuitratlbn of their dancing ability international match fci umavady on j the morning of the match our party and about 40 english ahd scottish plowmfch and ono contest ant from the isle of man were tak en by bus to tiie plowing field at limavady nearly 40 miles outside belfast it had rained all through the night and was still raining as we reached uie plowing field which by that time was a sea of mud entries deliberately restricted totalled 111 against 12b last year these included 17 overseas compe titors in the horse section and 22 tractor competitors competition was very keen in every class the rules restricted handling to foot work only and this of course was new to our boys however in spite of this they made a very cre- dltaole showing and while due to the type of plows used and the manner of scoring our boys did not win in the regular classes they were winners in the special visitor class with alvin mark the saluda gold medallist placing first and bob timbers and rhys bacher the esso champion second and third re spectively presentation of indian war c lubs the annual dinner and presenta tion of prizes sponsored by the northern ireland plowmen s asso ciation was a fitting climax to the matchs activities my particular job on this occasion was to present to each member of the irish team v ho visited canada last year an eeded to glasgow where we were indian war club lust fall the irishmen had honoured us with immediately taken to the scottish agricultural machinery testing sta tion just outside the city the sta tion is a new branch of the agnc department and time will decide whether or not it will give suffi ce nt service to warrant its exist ence the main object as far as wc could cather is to bring mach inery from all parts of the manu facturing world and test it for use in scotland we were directed through the main building and fchown the equipment and testing methods machinery for experimental pur poses is submitted on a voluntary shillelaghs and so we wished to give them ome token of exchange the presentation was unannounced and was one of the highlights of the evening the program was quite lengthy with toasts songs and plenty of irish wit wluch we all thoroughly enjoyed the evening s entertainment brought to a close for another year the northern ireland international match due to bad weather the association bui ely made expense although they conducted a ery good match our boys consider the old country plowmen artists high school news basis and the tests are conducted their particular style of plowing by experts without charge while wc were there implements made in germany new zealand australia united states and canada were being tested after leaving the main building wc were taken to a field where two men were trying out a heavy australian plow designed to break up virgin soil powered by a heavy caterpillar tractor this plow has no difficulty in turning out boulders weighing several hun dred pounds and roots up ordinary hrubbery with the greatest of ease f the day after our visit to tha testing station wc took a hurried tour of the highlands we enjoyed the trip immensely and indeed our only regret was that wc could not pend more time in that rugged yet picturesque section one feature that struck us dur ing our trip was the extent to which the scottish department of reforestation has reclaimed many 6f the mountain sides and has plan ted them with young trees not only has this improved the scenery but in time it will prove to be of great commercial value kn route to ireland the nthtt day we took tho train to stranraer where we caught the boat for belfast when wc landed in ireland we were greeted by of ficials of the northern ireland plowmens association wo were particularly pleased to sco pfctor flupa trick whom we met lust aut umn when he accompanied the ul ster team to the international hatch at lindsay grower of luhl all the visiting dlqjymen were billeted at the stroucr hotel at portatewart and it was quite am experience to sit back and listen to the many different dialects of the englhui and scottish people we almost felt as though were were attending a league of nations con ference ao varied were the expres- sdonjt and ways of speaking we landed in ireland two days before the international match and ao the boys bd a day in which to jnesurtlce as well a to take part in the usual round of entertainment on our first night we attended dance aponeored by the junior jtabiar orgrmlsttku it we bttrej lister agricultural college the next day we were taken on a tour of belfast we visited a llax factory which was something quite new and interesting to us wc also stopped tt the greenmount agricultural college muckamorc which is the only college of its kind in northern ireland at greenmount college the prin cipal and staff are all young men none of whom appeared to be over jo we were told that the depart ment of agriculture established the policy of employing young men who would have the same slant on life as the students and thereby establish a more harmonious spirit in the school than if staffed with older men the college specializes in regis tered dual shorthorn cattle large white pigs and also keeps three or four breeds of poultry aside from the orchard and the greenhouse all crops are grown for feed for the livestock ireland is noted for its potatoes and the college prides itself on its success in growing seed potatoes which are used on the farms and also sold as seed most of the courses at green mount arc duugned for boys who intend to form there is also a de gree course which is along the lines of our own ontario agricul tural college returned men arc given preference as students and if there is any additional room civil ian students may enter during the war years the college was used as an air force base iioveriiknent milk depot our last visit was to the govern ment controlled milk depot all production of milk in ulster is government controlled right from the farm to the consumer and this depot operated by the govern ment at cost receives grades and pasteurises 4000000 gallons of milk per year which is collected by 26 lorries from 1500 farmers- the depot does everything but bottle tlie milk which is done in the large dairy distributing centres and then sold to the stores- northern ireland u the only part of the united kingdom wluch pro duce more milk and butter than the home market can absorb end we were told that moat of the milk by uoyd i had lots of comments on last weeks column and was expecting them some thought it was good others said bod the rest tho maj ority said it was good n bad even in the face of these ldlcbralned mororis who dont know good liter nturo wherlhoy it i will never surrender hut will fight oh the land 4n the river and in the all so help mo j i in writing ldal weeks vjothln i neglected to- xite tt leot bcci- of news so here it is for what its worth three weeks ago this thursday a group of girls and what nave you journeyed down to brampton to st- pouli church there in the- gym these girls under thvblc coaching of don basket bean hutchinson had a miniature war basketball that is jsfexl comes a subject which i have drooled on before and must again the subject a girls hockey game the place the arena the- time last monday or wednesday i forget which but it doesnt mat ter anywho the teams jean hancock and ruth mcnollys tills hockey game using the term veery loosely wan one of thp bloodiest battles ever transacted on arena ice hockey sticks were dripping gore and blood flowed tike water on the ice surface what a scrap nothing like it ilncc the battle of the bulge or the slaugh ter at lidice thew two teams went out for the sole purpose of getting their opposition the squads were made up of first second and third form girls and the final outcome saw jean han cock t team emerge the victors 4 to xero the first tai wns joyce uctrington with three goals to her credit second place to jane milne with the remaining counter on the score sheet liz ireland fills the third slot noetl vwth a fine bit of defensive and offensive hockey it might be mentioned these three were given this honour because they were among the cry fcw who could stand up on their skates t jm kirkwood as ref and bud varey uas playing coach for r mcnally s team jean hancock and neretta ziho played goal guess who played for who a couple of the lighter moments in the tussle should hi ruconted at this time one of the most laugh ter packed came when one of the players could be stella s became entangled in the net and remained this wa for cjuitt some tunc trying to free herself a not he i highlight of the game fame uhen joan l another clean third form plaer npihd a certain girl s slacks could i be so bold as to ask where the standing or sitting joke of the game was watching the girls trying to stand up on those essential things skates most of them hobblt d around walking on the side of the boots nr were doing some mightv fancj figure skating with hockey stick flaling in all directions this usual ended m the girl falling on her face or posterior to those that fell on tht ir face my what an improv c inert hut enough of this i will nu i turn though that then will be another game monday the 14th at 1 clock between first and the combined effort of second and third form onci again this car high school rings pins bracelets etc are on sale these aie not by the same company as last year and i do not think they are as nice catherine bingham has been taking the mon ey for the various articles and i think sales ended last friday but don t take my word for it as a necessary precaution all roads leading from georgetown have been blocked airline bus and train terminals are all guarded to make sure she does not skip with the canadiena win norval boyv hockey championship the norval boys hockey loague came to an exciting finish last wednesday when tin cunudlens league leaders all seuson eked a 4lt win over red wings to take the championship playoffs hod been disruptod due to the mild weather which ended actlvltjei nt norval outdoor rink and the game was played on wednesday afternoon on the artificial ice in georgetown arena ttov j l solf handled the referccing red wings made a gallant bid to win the game when jamie cun ningham scored ticc for them inj the first period george groshy tied the score near the end of the second with tww long idiot while dele sedpre was in tun penalty box in tho third the wings forged ahead nperl cunningham scoring on a pass from ren richardson with u vnlnuto left to play dale sedore tied it up and in the dying seconds george grasby scored fcorn a scramble in front of the net to put cadhdiens in the championship seut playing for canadiens were peter fendley inr goal dale sedore george grasby laurie reed f haney harvey hazel carl sedore bill donaldson and don smith the red wings had julian reed in goal jamie cunnlnghaivi sho ter- amoto don jarvic ken richard son ross cunningham peter pom- eroy ronnie mclean and bill kicharclon harley motors at your service for car repairs brake lining and greasing a specialty shell products phone 539 willard batteries john street gordon jhtarley prop money a team of fellows loyal cadets to be exact went down to the ar mories last thursday and regaged in some rifle shooting nothing more on it this week did ou know thit within a day our heart beats u 1 1r9 time our blood travels hh million miles in 21040 breath wc inhale 43b cubic feet of air vvc swallow 5 pounds in food and drink we give off 1 4j pints of pctsuirtlion our nails grow 0 000040 inch and our hair 0 01714 inch i don t know what good this will do you but at least it shows i m not as ignorant as i sound but who could be that ignorant thank you hay a pal but my column did not rnctl last week it may have been w rotten but it didn t smell lanes haulage you call we haul no job too big no job too small american cement for sale phone s call joe the man you know for eavestroughing hot water heating and steam fittings new idea furnaces sheet metal works all kinds georgetown plumbing heating back of hunters inn joe prucyk phone 192m inmj otjtjmo n handled by the det is shipped u england and scotlnnd irlftli farms after leutint the depot we took a motor trip throufih county an trim one of the richtsl agricultural counties of northirn ireland tin farm in ulster ore for the met part privately owned and are much smalled than thou in england and scotlund bclntf from one to flu- acres in size five acre i- consid ered a large field tho tash crop consist mainly of potatoes and flax other grains wheat oats ami barley are grown mainly as feud for livestock from the farming lnuntry we de toured through the mountain una and olopg the atlantic sea coast where the highway runs close to the waters edge and the scenery is exceptionally beautiful kven in winter tho mountains and valleys aro greener than ontario fields in midsummer and if the trees wert- in foliage it would complete the picture of ireland at its best the mountain top ere used for sheep jrrtnlnand some of the best farm land can be found in uis sloping fertile volley this ended our sightseeing 1- northern ireland and soon we will be uylnjf farewell to our irl i hosts who have treated us wl their worldfamed hospitality t night we sail from belfast to iftn ham on our way back to ilond where my next article will be wr ten this month you may be in for a pleasant surprise cheques representing refunds tin compulsory savings during- 19431944 are now being mailed to over 2250000 canadians one of these cheques in i le coming to you saving this money meant suciiliie mil selfdenial think twice before you spend it you can iiiikc it count for some thing by tucking it away in a ruj tl hank savings account use it as a nest egg to build up your savings to gain that added sense of security that savings bring uu ii uhuix s mm saved nuonartno facts lh c i went will iti i ul llni mould over j247ulhh m rlunuue mvhttfi 50006 okuues are mill urld nt ottw otft ljt yri distribution be cm use 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