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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO THUP.SDAY. OCT. 2lat. 194A V U' f*a*L ~ I a hornland to a gigantic peanut L1a om B riish 8Market aI To achieve this goal will take six years and costth Bris Monel Domiionstaxpayer more than $100 million. u m no sBut the estimated eeta il rmessol td ec ntematmCnd of 750.000 tons of peanuts an- ersng u tredy ncesaxIntheup doll, arndahenually is expected to increase the veloingtren inis svin up ollrs uderthemeagre fats ration by 35 per cent, ritish sociahast gov- austerity scheme against trading lessen the scarcity of soap, and Ireplacing former ex- with the USA and hasý been loan- rvdmoeilckfrfnsh nadian farmn surpluses ing these dollars ta Britain. Inprvcemeouakfrfish . 'products from other1 spite of thik we are losing the Bri- ing British cattle. s, with trade deals ef -1 tish market. Farniers who wiçh Producing the most oil per acrej ith Denmark, Holland, to look ahea&, will have much to of ail annual oil seeds, the peanut d commnunist RVssia. At tbink about in thele circumstanc- is processed into margarine, cook- Urne an increased pro- es. Here are a few revealing iiig and salad oul, soap, fuel and od production in the di- 'items in the case. fabrie. The eminent United making Britain as sef Peanuts States negro scientist, George es possible on the food Ntvsae]aigtermd Washington Carver, discovered Natvesareleaingther md-hundreds of additional uses for walled buts and walking as far as the peanut. making from it pro- tems from official sourc- 150 miles to join the British spon- ducts as varied as cheese and cof- beencarred i Thesored organization which is trans- 1fee, dyes and insulating board. n for some weeks show- 'forming the economy, and land-! rend. Others appear be- scape, of East Africa. With only Australian Honey e thing is that Britain is a few months' training, these pri- During the current financial dollars wit which to mitive tribesmen are driving bull- year Australia will supply the! adian goods. She is there- dozers and running survey lines United Kingdom with 10 thous- ling with countries trad- as Britain seeks to convert 5,000 and tons of honey. Pounds, Shillings and'square miles of Tanganyika Danish Exports ; Effctiv Octber 1 198.lane ba uý Chsh of thr' 91ENERAL0ELECTI al, on FLUORESCENT LAMPS fions ' persua ence proves that office woskers appe re and bettes work in officeà We ated with G-E Fluorescent Vere. Yet this better light is inexpen- guest> operate. For further informa- 'Tayllo ee your nearest C.G.E. office. street a ited Da l3unday, 0( On Sunday, C everywhere will obse Day ... The third ami- of the f ounding of the Ui ization. And in Canac and churches, we will r to the cause of a lastirn of the United Nations. Since Unitedi1 Sunday this year, our o more than ever a prayE est h ope, and a promise to foster friendship an our world. rIe four year British-Danish trade agreement will replace the pre- [vious agreement which expires on September 20, 1949. In the first 12 months Britain jwill purchase 60 per cent of tDen- mark's exportable butter. est mat ed at 65 fhousand tons. The price will be the same as in the aId agreement. JDuring the period of the e agreement Britain will buy 901 Per cent of the Danish exportable bacon, compared with 80 per cent Linder the previous agreement, at the old onice with provision for' price revision at any future date. U.K. Apple Imports Durîng the first six months of 1948 apple imports to the United1 Kingdom amounted to 2.21 mil-i lion'bushels, compared with 3.33 million during the same period inJ 1947. Main suppliers in 19481 were Australia and New Zea- ]and; neither of which exported eipples to the United Kingdom in1 the first hiall of the pnevious year. On the other hand the unrincipal1 exporters duning the first six n1onths of 1947, Canada (1.-66 mil- ';on bushels) and the United States (1.48 million bushels) completelv dnopped out of the British market in the first haîf of 1tu i 1o BRITAIN REMAINS GOOD That Canada is still the Drin- , c ' <ipal SUD vlier of foodstuffs ta the United Kingdomn is shawn in an MrticIr, apoeaning in Foreign Trade by W. B. Gornail. Agricultural Specialist of the Department of1 Tradle rd Commence in London, England. Imnorts of foodstuffs from Can- ,da totaliing 43,600,000 cwts. in the first six months of 1948 rep- resent 57.9 per cent of aIl provis- ions purchased from abroad by the United Kinzdom. I!his arn:nunt compares \vith 62.2 pcr cent in 11947' and 25.4 per cent in 1938. a e Canada suprlied 82 Der cent. of the wheat and flour imported. 78 per cent of the cheese. 75 per cent c of the bacon, 40 per cent of thrý eggs and 69 per cent of the canned - - -salmon.j -t Several Local Judqes Durham Plowmen Win Places Announced for [Roal intr Fir In International Plowing Events Among the hundred or so judg- es selected to officiate at the Two firsts, one second and one the gravity of the world food sit- Royal Winter Fair held in the Co- third prize were won by Durham uation and lauded the plowmen in iiseum on the Canadian National County entrants at the great Inter- whose hands rested largely the Exhibition Grounds, Toronto, national P]owing Match held at peace of the world. Nov. 16-24, this year, three are Lindsay, Oct. 12-15, according to The four leading winners in the f rom the local and contigous dis- preliminary lists forvjarded to eet eegvnmdl n tric't. J. M. Fisher, Caesarea, is The Statesman. Most of the Coun- feentris tere gin medalsprand judge of Oxford Downs in the ty entrants came from East Dur- frey erstoBran enaextspring sheep class. Robert Chater, ham, but two of the winners came ured in most of the leading prizes Blackwater, is judge of Cheviot from Newcastle. Among the 14 or for plowing in Ontario in recent sheep and Thomas Wragg, Osha- more entered from Durham Coun-yesaIbtoefmOtri wa, will make the placements in, ty these placements were consid- County. l tIihon wmentaco the Zealand Rabbit class. ered a good showing in these petnundTerishnfaomîia codi- Durham County again figures competitions which found many ptn ne naiircni. proinetlyin the livestock ar- hundreds taking part from aîî 1ions placed third. in one event, rnminentsly th oyl across Ontario and several from jlh.iaote.Bthey att- rageens tth Rya.R. B. Nit rlad racted as much attention as didý GlaspelI, Taunton, is General Su- NrhIead the team of oxen that came froni perintendent of livestock and Durham Contingent !Wisconsin ta link the past with Jack Baker, Hampton, acts for Roy Heeney, Ida, took first in the present. 'It was a great and the third year straigbt as Super- bis class, Boys and Girls under inspiring show. intendent of aIl the cattle exhi- 17, Plowing witb horses. In the __________ bits. General Manager, Bill Dry- Open Tractor event, Don Budd, den of Brooklin, who was taken Port Hop~e,- placed lst. in bis class. seriously iii at last year's Royal In Class 7, Tractors, Earl Brown, New York 4-H Club will act in n advisory capacity Newcastle, won 2nd. place, and Vst uhm C ut this year. William Allun, Newcastle, took Vst uh mC u t _________________ 3rd. in the Open Horse Class in which be competed. Taking in the great Internat- Others from Durham County en- ional Plowing Match at Lindsay IDurham Ir. Farmers tered in the competitioswr last week, 15 members of the Jun- Enter Contests Roy Luney, Anson Morton an ior Farmer 4-H Club of Niagara Fo * .John Hooton, alo Cavan. ail County, New York State, made ýF rKings Guineas entrants in the Boy's Class. Mill- a side trip into Durham County's _______brook entrants included Lorraine! apple orchards and tobacco plant- Four Durham County Junior Henderson, Russ Kennedy, Eric ations ta get a fuiler insight into Farmers have entered beef calves Fallis, Trevor Fallis and Allin, Ontario Agriculture. The party at he oya WiterFai inth Thmprn. owad ad Erlwas in charge of Miss Betty annuae contlestr thering'sher e preseHowate d abl-Walkiey' of Lockport, N. Y. assis- Guineas, one of the premier cnoft district. There may have been tatt1onStoeCut prizes of the show. The contest is other local entrants and same w- Agent in charge of 4-H Clubs who open ta junior farmers who fit and ners amang these. At the moment, inomaetejuey show thein own beef calves of any however, the above nam es are thej The bright young boys of the bbreed that can qualify. only ones ta appear in the presgroup secured accommodation at The Durham County boys wbo releases. the Balmoral Hetcl, Bowmanville, have filed entries are; Kenneth Great Crowds .for their twa-day tour and visit anýd Doug Whitney, RR 3, Port In the four days of the great ta the plowing match. Interview- Hope, each with an entry; Mil- sho)%v held on the farm af J. Cham- ted ttha ht anl, out-ss aey fard White, Millbraok, and Lav- bers, 4 miles west of Lindsay, rainm ae ýtanuloto-tt erne Suggitt, Nestleton, who marred three of them but the tours were given members of 4-H came third in thîs contest last year. daily crawds numbered between clubars a\vitop Te ring ndeir Their entries will be judged the 30,000 and 40,000 people. A great yersatvte.1h ru ne last Manday at the Royal. tent city served with electrieity,lircag dwothtipn The first prize carnies with it telephone con veniences an~d din- completion of a county-wîde the $250 in gold donated by the ing arrangements, provided acc- c ourse in tractor maintenance. King. But the priz-2 winhing ommodations for contestants and The agricultural aid programme animal is later auctic -ýd ta be visitons but ail the fanms about among Junior Farmers in Niagara slaughtered for beef. :ýst year and ail the hateis for miles in a Couinty,, she cxplained, was undef the winner bnought $8.000 great circle, including Bo-wýman-1 the dircction of the County Agent at auction, making th-ý. al cash vil le, wcre taxed for. slecping, and one Assistant, wha were in value of first place i.--ne than accommodations. 1turn given the competent assis- $8250. Agicultural Representa- Billcd as the Wonld's Grcatcst tance of 50 Club Leaders of the tive E. A. Summers, who has Plawing Match and Farm Mach- mcmbership, specially qualified coached the boys is confident that inery Exhibition, the show was, through expcnience ta teach athen the wil mke god sowi-g the 35th annual event staged byi members. The tractor maintenance the wil mke god sowîg.the Ontario Plowman's Associat- gnoup had a field day among the Also taking part at the Royal ion. The machineny display was vert exhibits of machinery at are three Durham County Junior the great attraction with manyi Lindscy. Farmers coached by Mr. Sum- new agicultural im p ements mers ta enter the Boys' Grain seldom seen by the mnajonity J- Comettinopn t te ntrepresent. While a great array of 1 FEWER COWNS; MORE MILK Dominion under the Canadian splendid hanses won the heants of ____ Council of Boys' and Girls' Clubs. true farmers, the whole aggrcg- In June 19-18, the number of Entered are Arnold Brackennidge, ation indicated that the age of ýmilk cows on United States farms Milbrook, Ray Challis, Bethany power farming would shape the w,ýas estimatcd at 23 million head, and Don Prescott, Burketon, ahl future. J4prcn esta h 943 entered in the Beaver Oats class Wrl4Sotap~aeragenpoplestat of 34m- as the Durham County Sr. Grain WrdSotgpaeaepplto f2. il Club. With the wonld short of food ions. However this decline in _________________ and its population rapidly in- numbers were more than compen- creasing, the show was opcned, i ated for by an increase in the PESTS TAKE TOLL 0F FARM appropriately by Sir Ardnewv production of milk, cstimated at Jones, head of the British Food 118.'5 billion poun4ls in 1948 com- Canadian farmers spent app- Mission ta Canada. Just as app- paned with 105.4 billion pounds in roximateîy $10 million on pest nopiately it was closed %vith a 1934-38. This represents an in- contraI produets in 1947. This great banquet addressed 4jy Hon. ýcrease of Il per cent since pre- figure, obtained from the first Tom Kennedy, Farmer Ministen of! var as a ncsult of langer milk "Special Survey on Sales of Pest Agriculture P.nd Premier Desig- production pc-r cow. From 1947 Control Produets by Canadien nate of Ontario, the man who ta 1948 the deeline in the number Registrants," issued by the Dom-i sparked the million bushcl fecd of brovs is estimated at per cent inion Bureau of Statistics, is about grain increase in Ontario this whilo milk output decreased only one-half of one per cent of the1 year. The two speakers stressed '3 per cent during the same peniod. IIgrass farm incomýe of--about t-wo billion dollars for the same period. It appears that Canadian farm- a tio n s ers spent relatively littie in the control of pests xvhich yeanly con- t Sume and destroy an amount est- a io n s imated at about 17 per cent of the national farm income -$350 million worth of food and other fanm produce. With modern pest control it is estimated that 80 per cent of this loss could be av- erted with a subsequent increase 'y in output and ifficiency of prod- Technical workers in Canada have always been interested in finding the extent and nature of (lA h the lasses caused by the ection ~to er~ <j of pests. A recent estimate, md ctob r 2 4on quite a conservative basis, in- cludes the following among the financial gains which would accrue to Canadian agriculture by thon- )ctober 24th, people nough and economnie pest contrai. [Ihe saving on milk production is --timated at $10 million; beef, Drve United Nations M26 million; contrai of miscellan- cous ~nspetç,-$34 million; disinfect- luai commemoration ing seed. $100 million; weed con- trai, 122 million; contrai of rats, fnitd N tion Oran.$15 million;- a total of $307 mill- nitedNatins Ogan-ion. ýdian homes, sehools Increase in production of an- imal produets has been demons- re-dediCate ourselves trated by the use of DDT residual .sprays in and about banns; and g peace . .. the cause rotenione, thiocyanates and DDT applied ta the animais dunîng the summer season ta control flies. Contrai of weeds in grain and othen cnops by the use of 2, 4-D Nations .uay f ails on ails and other matenials would resuit in incneased production as )bservance should be weîî as a reduction of labour and jexpense on this, one of agricult- erf ul one ... an earn- iune's biggest headaches. Seed of ralend av urecononic return on increased The damage clone by rats could nong the peoples of bc gneatly neduced by rat proofing of buildings, elimination of han- bonage and waste food as well as poisoning and general dlean-up campa ign s. ETHER....AIl these and othen contrai me- thods have been employed and it OR FIGHT IT OUT ALONE"# is estimated lhat their widest economical use would result in immense savings. IONS DAY rOBER 24TH If BCKACHEis HoIdinoYou Iack It's Dodd's You May Needi When your kidneys act Up and backatbe follows-get and use Dodd'a Kidney Pilla, the 5-year-old Canadian rensedy. Dodd'a Kidney Pilla quickly and snely hep restore ror kidneys t. o rmdaction-help relier. ackache and that "tired-ail-the-time" feeig b! bacting the. kidneys. Ask any idrulggît for Dodd'a Kidney Pilla, look for Ithe blue boz:lth the red bal4L 15 I V 1WLVt.IlI HORSES .CATTLE . HOGS j Telephone Collect for Immediate Service - GORDON YOUNG LIMITEDI jTORONTO: ADelade 3636 COBOURG: 48J BLENNGETS RESUITS, SAYS EMIEL VANDEWYNGAERDE -l arn very satisfied with the results obtained on rnoy tbacco using Blenn Plant Food," says Emiel Vandewýyngaerde, tobacco grower of R.R. No. 5. A.ylrner, Ontario. "1 expect ta use Blenn igain nexf year." Ms. Vandewyngaerde used Swift's Blenn because he knows that the choice of a good plant food is just about as ""',,,,, important to raising profitable tobacco as the choice of good land. "< Swift's*Blenn is a scientific plant fôod Sdevelopment, prepared in Capada by. SSwif t experts to help grow more profit- ruun~/,< ~ able tobacco crops in Canadian soul. S Now is the best time ta see your Swif t ~ITIUiLWU Plant Food Dealer about your next ~ ~ year'8 supply of Swif t's Blenn. PLANT FOOD DIVISION P.O. Box 39, Now Toronto, Ont. I are4 ~.' An-. .-d Rel et Infcn WTE CAN WORK IT OUT TOG] . . 0. UJNITED NAT: SUNDAY, OCTI THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THIMPAY, OCT. 21st, 1948 St. ohns A bulncegrouping, publie duty, teaching Objective $60OO taining ambulances on highways, participating in a ca-operative Smaintenance of first aid posta Seeking $600.000 with which to i cross the country and sponsor- expand its activities across Can- ship of the St. John Cadets. ada, especiaily along the lines of Ontario's quota of the national first aid, home nursing and blood Objective has been set at $225,000. grouping, a public appeal for f in -__________ ancial help is to be made by the St. John Ambulance from nov- Crime and punishment grow ember 1 to 20. out of one stem. Punîshment is a The services of the Order of St. fruit that unsuspected ripens with- John include service and training in the flower of the pleasure which in firstaid, home nursing, blood conoealed with it.-Emerson. FORTEATONRIPLDFARM NMAS i WEARE PAYING M'E HIGHEST PREVAILING PRICES