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I'Rt7ESDAT, 3UL? lSth, 1g50 TEE CANADIAN STATESMAJ~, BOWMANVILLE. ONTARTO PAGE H~E ~~~1~9g~,, ,Wrist Watch Presented as Token ýqarmers' Esteem for Ed. Summers Ed. Summers, for 20 years Dur- 1 with the people of Durham ham County's Agricultural Rep- [Count and finish my work." Giv- resentative, was honoured Wed- ing tui audience a sweeping nesday, July 5th, at the Federa- glance, the Agricuitural Rýepre- thlonrio! Agriculture's annuai pic- sentative canciudcd, "I've spent nlc heid at Orano Community 20 o! the happiest years of my Park. Junior Farmers' President life here."* Murray Lord, acting as spakes- Mrs. Summers aiso exprcssed mnan for the farmci-'s.organizatian, her appreciatian of the 'beautiful presented Mr. Summers with a !lowers and of the many !riend- Rolex wrîst watch. Mrs. Sum- ships she and Mr. §ummers have mers received an attractive bau- made during their stay in Dur- quet a! roses, presented by Mrs. ham. Ed. Milison, wife o! Durham Fed -_________ eration's Secretary. Mel Stapies, Federation presi- Prizes Presented dent, in introducing Mi-. Sum- oR c inr mers, said that the Agiicultural ToR c in r Representative had dane very fine work in the past with junior fas-m At Farmers' Picic , men and womcn. "Most o!' us f. Ecre taday," he said, "aren't Racing was open ta everyone iOg~ir raor farmers and didn't have an at the Durham Federation a! Ag- opportunity ta be trained by Ed. ricuture's annuai pic.nic, Wednes- Sumnmers." Older people haw- day, July 5th, and many o! those ever, benefitted from the lite'ra- attending were in the prize-win- tus-c, advice and assistance that ning bracket. Ed. offered when called upan. Fi-st, second and third prizes As a resuit, according ta the presi- were awarded to contestants in dent, "We have had good crops each age group and lji the fallow- in Durhani." ing list of winners, names are list- The Roiex was a gif t firn the ed in order o! menit. Federation o! Agriculture in rec- Prizes ranging fi-rn nylon ognition of the valuable assistance stackings ta brightiy claured note Mr; Summers has o!fered ther paper, were taken home by the during his 20 years o! service in !oiiowing: Durham County. But Ed. Sum- Boys (4-6) Gary Porter, New- mers considers it a "réal pleas- castle; Wayne Bowen, Qi-ana; Bill ure ta have been in Durham Stapleton, Kendai. County for 20 years.". (Girls 6-8) Sandra Thompsan, He told the gatheiig a! an ex- Bowmanville; Donna Irwin, En- perience he had caming "lback niskillen; June Herrin, Qi-ana. home" with a !riend firn an east- (Boys 6-8) Benny Madili, Qi-ana; ci-n Ontario town." Reaching th6t Grant Down, Courtice; Ronald Durham County line. Ed. turncd Hoskin, Orono. ta his friËnd and said, "'Just turn (Girls 8-10) Bernice Lunn, down the window and take a sni!! Orono; June Madili, Kendai; Ail- ,Puzzled, his !riend complied ,With the request, then he turned ta Ed. and said, "What's the mat- ter?" Ed- looked at him and said. 'You'ie in Durham naw. Can't you smell that air." Delving inta his memory, Bd. Summers recalled the fi-st Fed- eratian picnîc when Forbes Hey- land was pi-esident ai the organ- izatian. There was a shortage ai chairs, Ed. selated, and whcn Mi-. Hcyland rose ta, address the ga- thering, a sly oldster quietly i-e- moved the chair the president had been sitting an. Finishing bis ad- dress and noting bis loss, the president tui-ned ta the crawd and said, "What arn I gaing ta sit an, my imagination?" Last wînter, Ed. Summers was o!fered a promotion which would have trans!erred him away frorn his Bowmanville office. "If I had been 10 or. 15 years yaunger, I wauld have consd.ered it," said Bd, but as it is, I'd like ta stay Wanled For Expori Registercd and Grade HOLSTEIN COWS and Heifers, freshcning this Sumnier and Fal WALTER FRANK' R.R. 5 BOWMANVILLE ,en Van Uamp la,2kstock. i(Boys 8-10) Jimmy Cryderman, Bow- manville; Douglas Sherwin, Qi- na; Bai-iy Stapies, Bpthany. (Girls 10-14) Ethel Strickland, Os-ana; Eleanar Osborne, New- castle; Florence Rowe, Newton- ville. '(Boys 10-14) Biliy Madill, Kendai; Keith Hodgsan, Bawman- ville, Keîth Cryderman, Ennis- killen. (Boys 14-18) Keith Van Caniip, Blackstack; Don Cochrane, Biack- stock; Gordon Wilson, Garden Hill. Ladies' walking race: Lucille I Lynch. Orono; Isobel Cruickshank, Hampton; Ruth MacHoim, Wel- came. Ladies' Shoe kick: Ethel Strick- land, Qi-ana; Mary Ann Airn- strong, Qi-ana; Lucille Lynch, Oi-- ana; Mrs. Howard Crydei-man, Bowmanville. Men's foatrace 18-30: Raiph Malcolm, Yelverton; Dick Wood, Blackstock; Gerald Jackson, of Nestieton.0 Men's "aver 30"1 race: Fred Tre- PHONE 2403 Politans Entertain by Judging "Utility" Cattie Things were different at the Federation of Agricul- everyone. - This photo shows the two judges, -Mr., James at ture Picnic at Orono last week. Usually, the local members the lef t and Mr. Foote at the right, while in between from of the federal and provincial governments bring greetings lef t to right are Mel. H. Staples, President of the F'eder- in brief speeches, but for once they assumed a new role, that ation; lfodGaaDpt iitro giutr o of cattie judges. Junior Farmers had assembled three ;CifodGamD utMnserfAgcluefr animais and John M. James, M.P. and John W. Foote, M.p.p. the Province of Ontario, and Dr. George I. Christie, the guest put on quite a humorous skit which was much enjoyed by speaker. Hayiug Culs Picnic Atiendance Federation Head Tells oi Activilies The question, "To hay or- not ta hay?" confronted many Dur- ham farmers July 5th, with the resuit that the Federation a! Ag- riculture's Annuai Picnic, bcid at the Qi-ana Community Park, at the start bad a low attendance re- cord. By twa o'ciock, howevcs-, the picnickers bad appraximated previaus attendance figures. The Federatiori Picnie is usu- ally held during the thii-d week a! June when farmn people are flot infiuenced ta a great extent by a cbanging atmosphere. Welcoming those who attended, Mel Staples, President ai the Dur- ham County Federation af Agri- culture. speakinLy fi-rn a wagon piatform, said: "It's very encour- aging ta sec so imany bei-e at this busy time*'. Mr Staples outlined the work danc by the Federation since the beginnirig a! 1950. The mai-gar- ine question, and the effect it bad on butter prices came into the pic- Lui-e as did the terminatian ai the British bacon cantract. "There is no doubt, whatcver", Mi-. Stapies said, "that thraugh. the efforts o! the Federation, the shock (af lost mrikets) was greatiy reduced". The Federation "exei-ted an in- fluence that was rcally feit", and accai-ding ta the speaker' "the question is not settled yet".,1 win. Blackstock and Bd. Milison, Qi-ana, tied for fi-st place. Nor- man Wilson, Yelverton, placed third in this last race. The people responsible for the Smooth' aperation o! the succes- sive races wcre: Milford White. Hazel White, Margaret Patterson, Barbara Wilson, Bev. Gray, Dr. Wayne GrLy, Billy Rower, Mary and Betty McComb, Merrili Van- Camp, Gloria Cruise, Bruce. Tay- lor, Art Bennett. G'ay S ummer FaL6rics Save this summer by sewing your own styiish summer dress and play clothes from aur wide variety of gay summer fabrics. See our selection of fresh young prints, cool solids in .your pet fabrics: nylon, lawn, crepe, voile, raton and silk crepe, linen, chambray, and ail at aur usual iow budget prices. DRAPES CUSTON MADE We measure and instail drapes within a radius of 30 miles of Bowmanville Free of Charge. Yau only pay for the materials and making the drapes ... we do the i-est free cf charge. Came in to-day and see how littie it takes ta add new life to your room with fresh drapes. 1Venelian Blinds - Window Blinds Weber's Fabric Centre 10 King'St. E Bowimanville Phone' 3121 He explained that the Federa- tian carried out a natian-wide ed- ucational pragram, and he *-said that in many parts a! the country they have met with cansiderable success. Egg prices alsa came in for com- ment. The loss of the British cantract seemed ta indicate that for poultry' raisers, nathing but "hard times" cauld lie ahead. The price af eggs "'decreased notice- ably", but accarding ta Mel. Staples, the "Federation stepped in and persuaded the government ta stabilize egg prices". Another innovation braught in- ta vague by the Agricultural Fed- eratian is the Farm Vèhicle In- surance that is naw available ta Federation members. Emulating similar organizatians in the Un- ited States, the Canadian Feder- atian of 'Agriculture arganized a Co-Operative Fidelity and Insur- ance Company. The insurance, applicable toalal types* af fartn vehicles, "is vcry ecanomical and offers goad caverage". Mr. Wil- fred Elson, R. R. 1, Fraserville, is the Durham agent for the Asso- ciation which alsa handies straight life insurance. The leather-bound "minute book" ta be awarded ta the Farm Forum having the greatest Forum rep- resentation at lunch time was UODINE APPLI90 WITU 1OOTM- PICK RISTOIE1 FURNITURritMARREO WITI4 WHITE CIRCLIS ... TIEN POLISN... Glen Tlae's Milk... ÀAlways at Ifs Besi Glen Rae's milk ia one food that's always at lta best, every day et the year, winter and au-mer - and Its au good for oldaters as childi-en. Many over 50 have found It heiptul au a mealtime beverage because it i. easy te digest and de. net intertere with uleep. Order Glen iac'. milk t. day. Phone4 4 J awarded ta the Ebenezer Forum. Walter Rundle, acting as spokes- man for his group, accepted the prize from Féderation Secreta-y Ed. Milisan. Education In Agriculture The faiiowing editorial tram The Napanee Express wili be of interest ta farmers and others in the ai-ca because At cantains con- siderabie infor-mation. To the acting editor ai The Statesman, it was ai especial interest because it was writtèh by a former resi- dent, Henry Wightman, who is naw with bis father, H. Dunc. Wightman, owner af the eastern paper. It wili be remembered that Mr. Wightrhan Si-. was with The Statesman back in thé '30s. The éditorial foliows: "Agriculture is a highiy-special- ized science now. In order ta be a succcssful farmer, a man bas ta knaw a lot. This is aften fargat- ten by the city siicker -wba places ail farmers in anc group and does not realize the great difference be- t.wecn the progressive- farmer and the indolent anc.. "The Ontario Department of Agriculture bas nat fargotten this and is giving evci-y oppor- tunity ta the fax-mers ta iearn good !arming practices. "Last week, a Gi-assland Day was held at the !arm hif Earl Shepard, R. R. 1, Kingston and over 4,000 farmers fi-rni the dist- rict taok advantage af the day ta learn the best way of getting the mast fi-arn their grasslands. "Han. T. L. Kennedy, Ontario Minister ai Agriculture, told the crawd ai the value o! improv- ing their grassiands which will give them reduced costs, especi- aily in rhilk and meat production. "Prof. M. J. Thomas, o! the On- tario Agricultural College at Guelph, said that poar farming aver the Yeai-s has resulted in poor pasture and sou. The fai-m- ers ai-c jiot getting their value fi-rn the crops and this has caus- ed an increase in the cast ai pro- duction. It was intei-esting that he said that pastures shouid be handled as a crop and not leit ta chance. "The Grassland Day is not the only educational praject being sponsai-ed. The govei-nment is cvery day makinq ncw maves which will improve the output o! the farms. "Although everyone knows that the country must have farmers if it is gaing ta cat, mast thinking on the subi ect usuaiiy stops about there. 1"Few realize that if it had nat been for John Townsend's intro- duction ai the !aur-year crap ro- tation plan hundreds ai years ago with al its attendant develop- ments, it is extrcmely unlikely that civilization cauid have ad- vanced as f ar as it has. "Because, previaus ta this, just about every man in the land had ta spend bis time farming if he hoped ta exist. It was simpiy nat passible ta grow enough food an the land ta support mare than anc !amily. "The feudal system was sound economics at the time. The far- mers supplied thc surplus from their land and -ta the lord, in s-e- turn he built a castie ta pi-avide them with protection. Thâle was very littie, surplus leit ar the outlying farmers had supplied food for their awn use and paid their tithe ta the seigneur. "It was known as a scîf-suffici- cnt ecanomy. We wouid still have a scîf-sufficient ecanamy, if tai- mning practices bad not improved. Now, anc !arrn grows enough food ta support many, many people. And so, wc can have the large cities and the mniddie men. It was not until agricûlture had made great steps that men could turn ta marc scdentary occupations. "The same situation applies in vai-ying degrees all over the world. "Hence in Canada, wbcrc cdu- cation a! the tai-mers is at a mini- mum, it is just about ail that anc man can do ta i-aise enough food to tced his family. Fartunately, in China, the extreme was-mth of the climaie makes it passible ta Sgow a great deal af nice on a effect an fecding anc man's !amily,1 and pravlding a surplus for the1 cities taa large a proportion o! the. people ai-e stili on the tai-m. "When and if education ini China i-caches the !ai-ming com- munity, there may be great Im- pravements in their standard o! living. But along with education must go a desire foi- this higher standard o! living. Bedause, up ta now, any increase in agricul&. tural techniques in'the tai-ms has been met with an increase i the population and thlngs i-emained as thcy werc. ci-case i farming practices has mearst an increase in aur stand- ard o! living. It has meant mare food for ail, because aur popula- tion has not inci-cased ta the point o! saturation each lime a surplus appears. "This, of course, is the long- range vicw ai the tai-minaidus-7 try. Education of the tarming community must go hand in hand with thc education a! the i-est ai the people and bath must already have, a desîre for bettes- standard ai living". It la estimated that anc* dairy caw in every nine in the Unxlted States will be bred ai-tif iciafly this ycar. Neariy 3 million were enroiled in 1,480 A. I. associations during 1949. Every Farier' A Chemist Whether he realizes It or not, every Canadian fariner is a cheist. Ini hi. fields and bar-ns he supervises one of the greatest chemical processes - fhat of pra- ducing food for his fellaw men. Meat, grain, vegetables, fruit and milk are the praducts o! the tai-mer'. work with Sun and ramn, with seed and toals, anid the chemical elements of the sal. These last as-e a! vast importance to hlmn since their eresence or absence may determine the suc- ceas or failure of his crops. If he i. canscientious about his vocation and wishes to prasper, a fariner should knavý the cheni- lstry of his sal. He should know for example that nitrogen phas- I> horu and potassium are chem- calrelernents which are food for' plants when présent in proper foi-m and arnounts in soul. Since plants are not mobile the food must be brought ta them and klaced where they can reach it. eeping the sali so that it can act like an efficient chemical plant requires application o! plant food in manuire and fertilizers, malntalnlng arganic matter and proper tillage for good sal struc- ture. He should know samething of 'the trace elements - baron. manganese, iron and zinc - al important ta. heaithy plian t growth. Chemical soil tests and obser- vatian of craps are indicators of the state of the. sal chemical plant. Poor drainage and such practices as working clay souls when wet. causes poar soul struc- ture and the plants show it. Com- merdial -ertilizers are sources o! the plant foods, nitrogen, phas- phorus and potassium. Farmers know themn as nitrogen, phosphate and potash derived tram cammon materialà such as ammonium. sulphate, superphosphate a n d muriate of potash or mixtures af these.- This Io truc chemistry with Mamsy-Harnts ractoes sad powefarminq ma"« one. r t h. lateat and Wetl inseh«sad style. fa, &U typeamsu of faims. Ask youz local Massey-Hanls desi kg llpaaUculams MASSEY-HARRIS COMPANY, LIMITED Makers of Higi> Quality Patin Implements Since 1847 h. AfE Y@U USINS TUE NEW PARATHION INSECTICIDES TrO PR@TEucT YOuR cR@PSd? Many well-knawn manufacturera are selling parathion formu- lations in agricultural ai-cas. See your local agricultural authorities for recommendations. These insecticides are made i Canada from basic THiopHos* Parathion supplied by AMER/tAN ($mml/udtOMPANYý NE1W YORKC 20,N.Y. oRog. 17. S. Pat. Or'. which every fariner ahould b. farniliar if he is to give back te the soil essehtial elements remov- ed in harvested crops and by ieachlng and erosion. Rapid Test for Hiay . A rapid niethod of testing hay ta determine if it is safe ta place in the mow, has been developed, at the Michigan State College.. The equipment, as described là C. I. L. Agricultural News, con- sists af an aven, cylinder, weigh. lng scale and minasture chart. To determine t9e moisture content of hay, the aven is fastened ta the exhaust af a truck, tractai- or autamobile. A sampie of hay hs ýfoided and pressed inta a' nietal cylinder. Cylinder and sample are weighed, then piaced in the aven. The engine is started and allowed ta run a littie faster thant idling .speed. It takes fi-rn five ta. seven minutes for the hat ex- haust gases ta dry the hay. The cylinder arnd sampie are then weighed again. By using the chai-t which cames with the equipment, the amount of mois- ture which was In the hay before drying can be quickly read. If the readin ghsaws thiat hay has mare than 20 per cent. moisture, it is nat safe ta place in the mow. IWHO WAS MOST RTLD When 400 Boy Scouts recently attended the 5th International Camporee at the Secrest Dam. near Oliver, B.C., "Il fine rattie- snakes were taken, much ta the delight of the boys", the officiai report states. Asked if 'the Scouts had been toid about snakes being around, one Scout- er replied: "Did anyone tell the snakçes that 400 Scouts were coming?" CANADA WLLL BE REPRESIrNTED Among 47,000 boys at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, for the Sec- ond National Jamboree of the Boys Scouts of America, June 30 ta July 6, were 239 Canadian Scouts. The lads from Ottawa presented a Canadian Scout flag ta the Scouts of Washingto;4 D.C. Aristotie be lieved that plan$ lice arase fram dew falling an plants. -1 1 1 TIM 'CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOW14ANVn-LE. - ONTAFaO ' PAGE NnM