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the oeorobtown herald wolnwtar iter vth page 2 young dutch farmer returns after a year m written in the guelph dally mercury one year ago may qth when 24- ivreerold ted dauma arrived from i holland to work on the 200acre district farm of mel antlmargaret mccuuough he knew two words of english yes and no last friday when the young dutch far mer said goodbye to his friends and employees before returning to the netherlands his speech viv idly reflected results of 12months jfexposur to english as she is spoken in canada but besides acquiring a second language which he admits is r easier read than written the am j hitious visitor from friesland i quickly learngd canadian farm j ing techniques and operations t which where practicable he hopes to apply on his familys 40 acre carm near the dutch village of friesland population 800 at home ted said the daumas father mother a daughter and one son besides himself grow su gar beets potatoes and some grain their dairy herd of 15 holsteins produces milk which is sold at the village dairy and from there transported to larger centres the price of milk in hoi land about 27 cents a quart as in canada surplus cheese tyhen ted left holland dair men there were wording about the surplus of cheese we are making too much cheese and other countries can sell cheaper explained the eldest dauma who is very interested in dairy farming in our country he continued there are also red holsteins not very many but a few then he quipped with a shy smile per naps here in canada jou would not like bed holsteins very well admittedly this was grist for speculation reluctantly inter national politics were nudged as ide and returning to agricultura topics ted explained he was one of 60 young dutch farmers sent to this country for the purpose of learning about canadian farms and then operations from soil cultiva tion to harvesting work and leam the work and learn scheme was sponsored by the government and farm organizations in holland ployment on farms across canada with ted the only one of his group to settle near acton did he find farming conditions different m ontario many more machines and larger than in mj country in holland still some people do the work of machines and we use many more horses on our farms than in canada dutch farmers work harder and for ion ger hours but things are chang ing and some farmers are getting machines on farms of small acreage like his fathers ted admitted exces sive mechanization besides being expensive is not practicable seed ing was in progress at the mccul lough farm and the departing op erator stole a fond glance at lhi seeder stalled in the sunny drive way seeding over in holland now in m part of the country the planting will bt all over he observed compar ing soil textures he explained hi cause of its proximil to the sea the farmland near his home vil lage is wet and heavy and harder to work scoopmg up a handful of cultivated top soil ted shook us head this is fine land good for growing and easy to work when ted auma came to mc culloughs on his visitors visa it took a while to adjust to the dif ferent conditions in his new work ing environment on the farm al home most of the chores were per formed by hand there was a team of horses and basic equipmentof mall type machinery the mc cullough farm is emdpped nfith three tractors and completely me- chanized from milking machines to threshing combines disclosed later ted learned very quickly besides being willing hewaseager and interested and loves farming well miss him with admiration with an admiration for canad ian farms what other impressions will ted dauma carry with him to holland ask him about hock ey prompted mrs mccuuough teds smiles was spontaneous that is a fine game for me i like u i listened to all the games this it year and i was hoping those ma pie leafs would win 1 think may be next year in holland he added u we jhay only field hockey with ted daumas return to holland the maple leafarc short one faithful fan and mel and margaret mccuuough lost an as alatant who shares with them a tra utiooal love which overleaps na and translates sum meaning hf every ian- that is love of the soil l ect fwjttw processes of of tlss femsqaauuetfat to audit hoi- svftsmif yilvhlle wfresw special wroductory offer when you ask f of insist on the genuine lailai rrc goodness begins with fresh oranges k bottled by credit valley bottling works georgetown ontario suspect vandalism as snow fence destroyed some forty rolls of snow fence the propertj of the ontario dep artment of highways went up in smoke last wednesday night in a blaze just north of the old paper miu believed to have been set by vandals the loss was estimated close to 800 the firemen had to make two trips to he scene of hie blaze when the first arrived the brig adc segregated the good rolls from those bej ond saving how ever thej had hardl returned to the station when the fire bugs reappeared to ignite the remain ing rolls fifty feet of bel tele phone cable running above where the fence was stored was also clai med by the flames suspects have been picked up by the qpp and are being questio ned in eonneetion with the sense less damage the firemrn were summoned to the fire at 8 45 pm approximatch a half hour after dousing a minor fire of unknown origin which oc currcd about a mile south of ash grove tn a slump fence glass lines ditch as truck dodges transport dieter krausy of 377 sunnysme ave toronto suffered a shatter ing experience thursday night when the truck he was dming for the rfanac mass tompanv was forced off no 7 itighwa opposite the new shopping plaza his cargo si 000 worth of plate class vas re durcd to a pile of slivers hrausj was driving wst on the highway at about 830 pm wjien a tractor trailer in an oncoming line of traffic pulled out to pass he swerved the truck into the north ditch rather than tangle headon with the transport however his fragile cargo was sacrificed in the plunge both driver ind truck escaped s rions harm in the accident inves tiftated bj csl ron rankinc electric wire stolen from plaza police are investigating the theft of 2500 feet of heavy duty electric wire taken last wednesday from a construction hut at the new shopping plaza the wire is val ued at 300 ihe police said that the thie ves gained entry to the hut by hreaking a padlock off the door two nijht watchmen who patrol the area were eluded by the bur- rlan boughton jewellers 3 meintt n watdi repairs