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PAGE IGIITTUCAAANTTEMN OMNTLfM'TV-k. IDurham County FARM-,'FORUMS HAMPTON FORUM The Forum Group gathered at thie home of Mr. and Mrs. Clar- ehee Tli*. It being Review Night, we istened with great interest to the radio broadcast in whicIh tl4y sumxned up the topics o! lasi month's discussions. When the Broadcast was completed we en- joyýed a social evening. Our next meeting will be held on Feb. 6 at 8:30 p.m. in Hamp- toçt School. Clarence Allun and H. Davey, Orono, will -Je our guests. We would like ta extend an invitation toa ah those interest- ed. Lunch was provided. WELCOME FORUM Welcome Forum met at the home of Mn. and Mrs. W. E. Lew- is* with twenty-two members in attendance. As this was review night, no discussion groups were- held. Ouests were Forbes Heyland and ?Ned Milîson, members of the Federation. After the broadcast they brought us a message o! greeting from the Federation and i4r Millson gave a report o!f the Annual Convention o! the Fed- eration, which was held in To- rônto early in January. After the meeting the hostess sred lunch. Next meeting at home o! r and Mrs. Les '~PROVIDENCE FORUM e'rovidence Forum met at the bIzne o! Mn. and Mrs. Clarence lner with 30 present. ~s this was review night there sno formal discussion. We list- e d ta a special farm forum b adcast fnom Niagara Falls ere the Canadian Federation of iclueis meeting. 1 .K. Galbraith, Head o! E&onomics Depantment, Harvard University, and Rt. Hon. James Q.- Gardiner, were spakers. The subject of the broadcast was "Panity and Floon Pnices". .A!ter the bnoadcast we spent ayveny enjoyable evening o! cards and then lunch. ': Next meeting at the home o! tIâe Wight family. MAHOOD FORUM Jan. 30 being Review Night no subject was up for discussion. Our Forum was invited ta meet with the Biackstock Forum for a so- cial evening. Mr. Allan, High School Principal, showed six films fiom the National Film Board. Some were flot only entertaining býit very educational and src a. very respansive chord among rqany o! us. One especially, with eank Sinatra called "The House I'Live in", was very timely, show- ixig that mare tolenance was need- e4 toward other races and relig- iQns if we are ta succeed in hav- iiig a peaceful world. Thene weire bÏtween 60 ta 4?5 persans present. Nte received a surprise visit from John James, M.P., a! The Can- a4lan Statesman, Bawmanville, ,Whoa arranged each graup for pfrçtunes ta be printed in bis pa- P r We shauld ail appreciate the f ce; publicity The Statesman is glving Farm Forums each week. WESLEYVILLE FORUM FamForum met at the home o! CamaIll Nichais with 19 pres-, en*. .As this was review night and the topic was about dairy farm- iqg and there are sa few dairy fmsin this neighborhood, that ,ý.edid not discuss it. W. had as guests Mn. and Mrs. Chas. Osborne and Mn. an-d Mrs. L. Crago fnom Ebenezer. Mn. Os- borne spoke an the Federation o! Agriculture. He stated that be tlhought that farmers on the whole were getting along better siiice the forming a! Farm For- unis. He was sure that the Federa-] tign would not have advanced soi far without the help of groups. It was the general opini the forum members th& farmer of today could nc along without organizatic some source or other. The meeting was broui a close with a very inter quiz on farm machinery.1 was served by the hosteas. Forum will meet at Ri Best's on Feb. 6. Farm ion o! t the at get on of ght ta esting Lunch Lichard NEWCASTLE FORU1I The Fanm Forum was held nt Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dean's with 25 present. After listening ta the programme we found we got very little out of it. Afterwards a short discussion was held on the pnoblem o! Milk and Milk Products. We came ta the conclusion that aur biggest pnoblem is lack o! sales. It seems that we need a very industniaus advertising cam- paign. At hast the farmers must either spend a small percentage o! thdir income ta bring this ad- vertising campaign o! aur pro- ducts befone the public or suffer greater surplus and thus lowen prices by floaded markets. Also the manufactuners of margarine are getting a substantial amaunt o! the farmer's former incarne through the lasses in sales o! butter. We agree that most farmers are coming at last ta the point where their problems are taken ta their Association. It is through these associations that aur advertising1 must be launched. As this was review and recrea- tion night the cammittee arranged fan an evening o! cards and cro- kinole. Lunch was served. Next meeting at Mn. and Mns.c Gea. Honey's whene two repre- sentatives of the Durham Feder tion are ta bq present. Let's hav anothen good turn-aut. FARM RADIO FORUM S.S. NO. 4, DARLINGTOI N Farm Forum met at the honr a! Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Peance wil an attendance o! twenty-fou The topic was Milk and Mi] Products. The probhems o! the mihk pr( ducer are: (1) getting up in th morning, (2) surplus milk, (2 too short notice given when quoi is ta be cut, (4) 16w pnice fc milk aven quota, (5) high pnîce-î feed. Prob]ems are usually take ta the dainy and the local mil producers' association. Our recommendations for inr provement o! conditions are: (1 equipment in dairies ta make us a! surplus mihk; (2) co-operativ cheese !actary ta take cane i surplus milk; (3) more adverti. ing by Milk Foundation-adve tise milk as much and as we as coca-cola-advertise butter a much as margarine; (4) deman langer servings o! butter in hc tels and restau4-ants; (5) onde milk in place o! other bex;erageý Meeting on Feb. 6 wilh 1b hcld at the home a! Mn. and Mr! Lloyd Crago. Our guests will b two directors o! Durham Count: E'edenation o! Agriculture, C NiUcholls and E. Nicholhs, R. R. Port Hope. KENDAL FORUM Our Farm Forum hchd at thý home a! Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lov on Jan. 30, was langely attendec Secretary was instnucted ta in vite executive members o! Dur bam County Fedenation, S. Mor ton and W. Bannisten, Campbell cnaft, to aur ncxt meeting, at Mr and. Mrs. Roy Menccn's. Discussia: took place on Falk Scbools anc their Programs, which is ta b. given funthen thought. It wa thought it would be a good tbini for the yaunger members o! thi cammunity. Thene was a lengthy discussion qn Mihk and -Milk Products- V DARTON'S STORE 'Newtonville Phono Clarke 3020 WeekendSpeclails For Thursday, Friday and Salurday Grapefruit, pink -------------~----- 4 for 2bc White Sugar lb. 9c - cwt. $8.95 ýGrapes -----------------------------2 lbs. 29c :Domestic Shortening-------------- lb. 29c :Fresh Hamburg ----- ---------- b. 45c Velvet Cake Flour --------- ---5 lbs. 37c ý'Aylmer Fancy Peaches, halves ----------20-oz. tin 25c Cherry Valley Choice Tomatoes, 28-oz. tin ---2 for 25c Sun joy -Choice Corn# 20-oz. tin ---- 2 for 25c Choice CDiced Ccrrots, 15-oz. tini------ 3 for 25c * Choice :Diced.Beets, 15-oz. tin ------------3 for 25c ?Fancy Tomato Juiceo Pride of Niagara. 20-oz. tin--- 3for 25c Compare These Values -FREE DELIVEY SERVICE - UP - - -- - THUItb1AY, .EBLUAItY 2. M0~ Farm Folk from Mahood's School Section Met wi"th Blackstock Forum Monda y Evening e Many rural people throughout turham County have re- Cantwright Township, visited the Blackstock Forum for a joint ceived much inspiration and knowledge from the Farm Radio Forum meeting in the Community Hall and had a most enjoyable time broadcasts each Monday evening during the winter months. Tbey listening ta a broadcast from the Fedenation of Agriculture con- gather together in little groups, scattered here and there, either in vention at Niagara Falls. Later, there was an interesting prognam a farm house or in the community hall ta hear the broadcast con- and the inevitable lunch. Through these meetings, new residents cerning some aspect of agriculture. Then, they hold their own become acquainted with their neighbors in a spirit o! fellowship discussion periods and send in the group findings ta the central and a rhutual attempt ta salve their own problems. In many body whene they are checked and recorded. On Monday evening counties every farmen is a member o! the Fedenation o! Agriculture of this week this group o! farm folk from Mahood's School Section, which, in conjunctian with the CBC, sponsors these broadcasts. a- Whole Milk, Concentrated Milk, ýve Cheese and Cream. The farmers in this vicinity are aIl cneamn pro- ducers and voiced an objection ta the tests they were receivingU which sometimes dropped abrupt- ly. The subi ect o! margarine found P ne its way into the discussion witb th a decided expression of disfavour ir. that this commodity was on the 1k market. yAE1 It was mentioned aven the oFanm Forum broadcast that the he economy a! the farmer and the DL0 3) consumer wene linked together. ta We thought we wene going ta or have a nice long evening o! en- o! tertainiment, but the men folk This is the first of a senies o! en found sa much ta talk about on weekly stonies which Alex Mc- lk agicultural production as it Kinney Jr., Brampton, a dinector stands at present, that it was of the Ontario Plowmen's Assoc- n- time for refneshments before they iation, who as their coach-man- 1) had finished. The pnice of eggs ager, wiîî write about the visit se at presOt was nrientioned. The o! Canada's champion plowmen ve pnice o! feed at the present time ta the British Isles, West Ger- of does not warrant the farmer con- many, Denmark and the Nether- is tinuing in this part a! production. lands. rA veny appetizing lunch was serv- On Board the Qucen Mary Sed by oun hostess. We welcome ail Soe eronteAiti as who are intenested ta aur meet-, oehronteAlti id ings. This is the first dav out o! New 0- York and it is Friday, Januany the lath. AIl supenstitiaus notions er ELIZABETHVILLE -FORUM ta the contrary the weather isl M. dean, the sea calmn and seasick- e (Intended for last week> ness hasn't yet taken hold o! any S. The Farm Forum for Jan. 23 of us. By us I mean Jim Eccles )e was held at the home of Mn. and of Brampton and Ron Marquis o! ty Mrs. A. Muldrew with 40 miema- Sunderland, the 1949 Canadian C' bers present. A lively discussion champion plowmen, and mysel'!. 3, centneci araund question 1. (a) We are on aur way ovenseas ta "Should thene be complete free take part in plowing matches in trade between Canada and the Great Bnîtain and ta see how United States?" The opinion was things are done on the other sîde that there should nat be free of the Atlantic. ie trade. As the United States has This is the founth year that the W50 much mare warkable land and gold medal winners in Trans- d. alarer ppultiontha CandaAtlantic horse and tractor'classes it as lanerepoul atintanleCanada,-at the International Plowing it stheefne caabe o po-Match have been awarded all- ducing mare industrial and agri-i expense paid trips ta the United cultural products than aur coun- Kingdom. But in many ways this Itry. These pnoducts would have year's trip is different frnm the ra tendency ta flood our markets othens. ,n at a lower pnice than aur cost For one thing Imperial Oul Is d Of production. Several graups the only company sponsoring the ýe went as for as ta say that such trip. In the past Imperial divid- ta move couhd head ta complete ed the honors and the costs with 9 domination o! Canada by the another fîrm. Then this year ýe United States. because o! exchange difficulties The answen ta question 1. (b) and restricted budgets only the nconcerning free trade with other winners in the two classes are -countiies brought forth a diefnte going averseas whereas in the "no". The groups believed that past the runners-up wene includ- the«re shauld be some tarif! with ed; and instead of spending al every country. It should be regu- o! the time in the United King- lated by sameone who knows that dam the champion plowmen this cauntry's needs. The only coun- year will shorten their stay in s try mentioned for even a slight the U.K. so that they can visit chance of free trade was the West Germany, Holland and Den- United Kingdom. TVpre would mark. This change in itinerarys be a big prable rn wilh the ex- was made at our request and w e change on the value of the dol- are paying the extra costs in- han. volved in visiting the continent. Question 2. "Some people Another change is that we will dlaimn that fanm pnice supports flýr back ta Canada instead o! re- and free trade are contnadictony tunning by boat.,n and cannot exist together." The As in the past the caacb-man-s forum felt they wene contnadict- ager will be a oto hsoin ony.Hawcana pice upprt epoter andthsorteofand thrase I stand if certain products are ah- that follow wiIl be my accaunt o! lowed in tarif! free? These would the trip. I will try ta descnibe t came n cheaper and this would wvhat we see, whefe we go, whatd be hard on such a programme. we do and sometimes, what we a C. J. Allin andd J. H. D avey, hear. If Mark Twain. hadn't al- dirctnso!Feeraio o Ani ready used the titie I'd suggest i culture, visited aur forum. They that these news-letters be calledp suggested that fouss Tud~ he Innocents Abroad" fan this make a special effort ta under- i the first time that any o! us stan th wokins o thir ed-have crossed the ocean althoughn srtn h okig !thi e-we are al a! British descent. Thew ertin.boys' great-grandfathers and my b great-great-grandfather crossed bi FRUIT TREES AND SOEL aven framn the British Isles and tl settled in Canada. Our five-day p. Tests at the East Maling Re- voyage an the Queen Mary is ar seanch Station, Kent, England, about equal ta the- numben ofa! have shown that cherries are the weeks that aur ancestars taok ta bi mast. exacting in their requine- si oCnd etr g. t ments. They must have a weîî But ta stant at the beginffing, tg drained, medium-textuned soi, as every news reporter is taught ar andfo bet esutsthesol msita do, I introduce the two to a dee. fretreutthsomutchampion plawmen and mysel!. iE Dessert apples alsa must have Ronald Marquis, the gald medal Io gaod drainage, but they are morere plawman, is the Youngest sÈ member o! the gnaup. He is 28 accammadating as ta soul texture years o! age, single, and lives no and depth, wheneas culinany with bis father, Lloyd Marquis a apples do best on the deeper soils, on a 150-acre farnm near Sunder- Y( but can tolerate much poanen land- about eight miiles north o! be drainage than dessert apples. Uxbridge, Ont. Ron has been a ,yt Phums nesemble culinany apples contestant at Plawing matches g: in their soil requinements and for the past 15 years and hee bas ci pears will put up with paon wan haif a dozen gold watches vi drainage and are particularly suc- plus a large quantity of silver dr cessiul on heavy land. cups and trays at Internationali McKINNEY Jr. * Director ONTARIO' EN'S ASSOCIATION 1and. caunty matches. Jim Eccles, winner in the trac- ton class, haihs fnomn Brampton, and is my next doon neighbon. He is 30 yeans o! age, married, and wonks a 425-acre mixed farm. Like Ron Marquis, Jim bas been taking part in plowing matches for the past 15 years. For the last four years he. has been try- ing for top place in the Esso Champions at the International. In 1946 he placed fourth, the next year bie was seventh, the follow- ing year be placed sixth and j ast year he succeeded in win- ning. And now in describing my ac- tivities I would first like ta men- tion that alI o! us have much in comman. Besides beihg mem- bers o! pianeer Canadian- fam- ilies 'a11 o! us raise purebned cattle and we look forwand ta visiting somee a! the famous herds in the old countries such as the Aberdeen-Angu-, Guennsey, Here- fards and othens whase pnogeny are sa popular in Canada. Penhaps you wander why I amn with tbe team when I did flot plaw at the International 'last year., Well, that is easy ta ex- plain. In addition ta paying the costs o! sending aven the champ- ions, Imperial also provides fori a coach-manager ta be appainted by the Ontario Plowmen's Assoc- iation. That association operates the International Plawing Match- es. As a dinectar it was my luck ta be selected.. Last year it was Elliott Moses and befare that it was George Waldie, and Clark Young acted as reporter. In 1946 it was Fred Timbers. You pro- bably nead thein news-lettens and it is my sincere hope that I will be able ta follow in their foot- steps and pravide letters that wil be as intercsting. But ta get back ta my life story. In addition ta naising pure- bred cattle I gnow negistered seed on my !anm, called Pioneer Lodge because it is the family home- sjead. I have always been in- tenested in municipal and gavern- ment affairs and during my aven- seas trip I hope ta study saine o! the gavernments aven thene. In Londan I had hoped ta sec pan- Liament in action, but as there is an election an I will only sec the buildings. Howeven in these days when sa much is being said and .writtcn about representative government it will be an exper- ience just ta sec the "Mother o! Sînce October l4tb at Burford (at the close o! the 1949 Inter- national Plowing Match) when we wcnc infonmed that wc would be gaing overseas, it bas been ai busy period. Preparatians for the trip have involved us in passparts, visa% !oreign exchangc and numenous other govcnnmental Land transportation- regulations, but- we rnanakcd ta cape with themý. There wenc also meetings tg attend and farewclls ta be said and a! course there was no end1 ta the tasks that had ta be donc before leaving aur farms for sa, lng a time. - It will probably be ix wceks before we get home. But whcn we gathcned in Ta- ronto on January lUth ta attend afanewell luncheon at the Royal York. Hotel these things were ahi :ehind us. Before the luncheon re were intenviewed and photo- yraphed by the press, then wbisk- id off ta radia stations for inter- ýicws and final]y ta the bank ta Iraw -expense moncy. At the luncheon w:e were ad- dressed by Col. Tom Kennedy, Ontario Minister of Agriculture; C. D. Graham, Ontario Deputy IMinisten of Agriculture; Louis G. iN. M. Ravensloot, the Nether- lands vice consul in Toronto; G. W. Milîs of Imperial Qil and J. A. Carroll, secretany-manager of the Ontario Plowmen's Associa- tion and othens. They all wished us God speed. The day certainly went fast and befone we knew it it was evening. We said aur final good- byes and boarded the train for New York City. Our overseas trip had begun. Because of the excitement of getting underway we-. didn't sleep too well on the train but neyer- theless we felt fine when we reached New York the next morning. The weather was clear and bright which was very for- tunate for us. We were met at the station by Eyre Branch of Standard Oul Company (New Jersey) who was aur host for the day. My first impression of New York was that it had changed a lot since I saw it last many years ago. Ail the street cars have gone and only one elevated rail- wey remains. The New Yorkers get around by taxis, buses and underground railways, something In Durham, there is still room for new forums ta be foiýméd. Fnom left ta right, the Mahood Fanm Forum presents, front ro*: Miss Annie Fee, Mns. Charles Fee, Mns. Bent Gibson, Mrs. Balfbur Moore, Onam Moore, Donald Ancher, Mrs. Elmo Archer, Mns. Tr. Samelîs, Mrs. C. Mountjoy, Miss Thompson; back row: Tennyson Samelîs, Clarence Mountjoy, W. Sweet, Balfoun Moore, Bert Gibsdnl, Mrs. A. Johnson, A. Johnson, Mns. Wesley Sweet, Elmo Archer, C. Fee, Dave Wilson, George Prosser and Mn. Eldon Fee. the people iil Toronto will soan be daing. During tbe tour o! the city we spent mare than an hour in the observation tower o! the Empire State building, the tallest building in the world, and because o! the perfect visibility we couhd sce for more than 15 miles in every direction. We really saw New York spnead out beneath us. We had lunch and saw the ice show at the Centre Theatre, folhowed by a televisian and studio tour at N.B.C. At night while the boys de- cided ta make their own tour o! the big city I went out ta see my brother, who lives about 35 miles from New York. I retunned ~in the morning during rush haurs and that pnaved ta be an expen- iencc! New York bas a population o! about 8,000,000 and anothen 2,- 000,000 people from within a radius a! 50 miles find daily em- ployment thene. As a result I saw commuter trains pauring 4,000 people into Grand Central Station eveny minute. I stood for about 10 minutes and watch- ed tbe crowds fan out from the station and I've never seen such ondenly confusion. And s0 aften mare hurnyinc' around checking mit o! aur hotel rooms and attending ta the1 evitable last minute details we made for New York harbor to, go aboard the Queen Mary. The Queen Mary is said ta 'be the largest ship afloat and 1 can well believe it. Imagine a *Êhip 75 rods long or about 1,250 feèt - as long as the Empire Stâte Building is high - and you get some idea of its size. It has ac- commodation for 2,000 passengâi, carnies a crew of 1,100 and is equipped to supplv evenything that makes for comfort and plea- sure. It is truly a city afloat. And so here we are, passengert on the Queen Mary far out in the Atlantic and heading for England and it is time ta bring my flrst newsletter ta a close. You- will be hearing -more about the châfrn- pion Canadian plowmen àawd about how thev make out in the overseas matches, but I woffld like ta emphasize that the boys feel that they will flot be com- peting as individuals but as re- presentatives of the 1,178 boys who plowed at Burford. Win, lose or draw you'll be proud,« of them as good sports and good Canadians. The Torngat mountains ini La- bradornrise to about 5,500 feet. O NTARI O NOTICE TO ONTARIO MOTORISTS R. Unsatisfied Judgment Fund Fée Under an amendment to the Highway Traffic Actenacted in 1947, pro- vision was made for the creation of an Unsatisfied Judgment Fund out of which wilI *be paid, in the manner prescribed, judgments for personal injuries and property damage sustained by reason of the operation of motor vehicles, which cannot be collected in the ordinary manner from the judgment debtors. The method prescribed for creating the Fund is the collection of a special fee, when required, from each person to whom is issued either an operator's or a chauffeur's licence. While this legisiation has been in effect since the lst of July, 1947, the Unsatisfied Judgment Fund Fee has been coilected onlv since January lst, 1949. Total fees collected for the Fund and repayments to the F~und from January 1 st toDecember 3 st, 1949, amounted to .................$638,430-37 Judgments paid out of the Fund from July lst, 1947, t0 December 3 lst, 1949, amounted to ..................................... $630,644.03 As there is not now sufficient in the Fund to pay judgments for a period of a year, an Unsatisfied Judgment Fund Fee of 50Oc will be collected from cach person to whom is issued a 1950 operator's or chauffeur's licence. ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS -GEO. H. DOUCETT, Minister 1 - THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE. ONTARic) @VqT-"TM"TA" 0 1