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PAGE ?1!W THE CAIfADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMA)IVtLLE. ONTA~IO THURSDAY. JUT~E Cth, 1957 4 7 Years Sfory of A gricultural Representatives' Service Here Keeps Abreast of the Times Editor's Note-We are ia- debted ta E. A. Summers, Agri- cultural Representative for Durham County siace Sept. lst, 1930, for supplyiag us with the history o! the Agricultural Re- presentative's service for Dur- ham County from the lime it was established in 1910-40 years ago. This service has had mnuch ta do with the successful and important part agriculture bas played la Durham Countty. It had a real uphili struggle in its early days, but the service has long since justified ilsel! having become a necessîty siace farming is now recognized as a science in ils various depant- mnents. We stnongly recommead that aur neaders, bath urban and rurai, read Ihese articles, for in sci doing you will better appreciale and understand the tremenidous importance o! the services being rendened in kceping agriculture abreast of the times.-G.W.J. The Agrîcultural Representaq- tives' Branch was organized for Durham and Northumber- land Counties on June IsI, 1910, with Mr. R. S. Duncan as Agri- cultural Represenitative. The tirst office to accommodate ihe. United Counities o! Northuni- berland and Durham %vas la- cated aI Port Hope. A separate off ice was opened in Port Hope 1in June 1913. Apparenthy there was a close tic-up ibetween the Department o! Agriculture and the Depart- ment o! Education. One o! the stipulations was that the Agri- cultural Representative had to supervise demonstration plots in connection with the Port Hope High Schooh, where an acre of land was reserved for these experiments. Naturally the first 18 months was a period o! organization when many meetings had ta be attended aad variaus expert- mental projects were started. Il is rather astonishing the aumber o! organizations and the amount o! work that was instituted la this short period. The summarized statement tak- en from the 1911 Annal Report is as foilows: 1. Organized four Farmers' Clubs. 2. Organized and conducted four Short Courses in Stock antd Seed Judging. 3. Held fine Special Fruit In- stitute Meetings. 4. Attended nearly ail Farfn- ers' Institute Meetings in East and West Northumberland and East arîd West Durham. 5. SUpervised the conduction of 15 co-aperative Experiment.s with Fertilizers on field crops and orchards. 6. Made Drainage Surveys BINGO I for 20 farmers and held Drain.- age Demonstrations where Sur- veys were made. 7. Supervised Expérimental and Demonstration plots in connection with High School. 8. Conducted Live Stock Judging Competitions at five Fali Fairs. 9. Organized School Child- Éens' Compétition in making, nature collections. 10. Made Educational Exhi- bits at six Faîl Fairs. 1l. Organized Northumber- land County Bee-keepers' As- sociation and was made Secre- tary-Treasurer. 12. Organized Hope and Hamilton Plowmen's Associa- tion and was made Secretary. 13. Addressed two Teachers' Conventions. 14. Assisted in organization o! Northumberland and Durham Apple Growers' Association. 15. Assisted in making Fruit Displays at Flower, Fruit and Hloney Show, Toronto in 1910 and 1911. 16. Organized Durham Co-op- erative Fruit Growers' Assc~- ciat ion. 17. Organized Menie District Ayrshire Breeders' Club. 18. Assisted in organîzation o! Port Hope Branch of Wom- ens' Institute. 19. Conducted four Demon- stration Orchards and held four Prunîng and Spraying Demon.. strations. Démonstration orchards One o! the main projecîs that xvas started ini 1911 and (-on- CILided ln 1913 \vas the denien- stration orchard. Four negleviT cd orchards were sehected ln Northumberland and Durham for a demonstration in pruning and spraying. From these den- onstrations the orchard spray service was developed and has been functioning ln all the fruit districts ln Ontario since that lime. It is interestirig 10 note that three sprays per seasoua did a good job arouad 1911 la 1955, but at the present lime our best orchard men find il necessary ta apply ten ta twelve sprays per year. This proves itseif a rather expen- sive procédure, especially in a year like 1955, when il was almost impossible to seil even No. 1 apples at a profit. One o! the first assistan, who had experience with Ihese demonstration orchards, xvas Mr. J. A. Carroll who was un- tii recently Assistant Deputy Minister o! Agriculture when he retired. Early History of Northumber- Land and Durhami By Mr. J. A. Carroll From 1911 to 1913 inclusive, demonstration orchards were getting striking resuits and, consequently, were prominent in Agriculture Representative programmes even in inland live stock counties. Mr. Duncan was most tho- rough and insisted that if lie and bis Assistant could not han- dle the spray rods, aI least one o! themn must handie one o! the spray jets at al l imes. Sprayin.- is not easy but the work was more severe on "soft city slick- ers' who had spent the winter aRt sitting down jobs, protected fromn the weather, and then suddenly exposed 10 swaying around on a spray platform and being blasted by cold spring winds and saturated by lime sulphur. As for transportation, I re- member in the spring o! 1913 1 ,left Port Hope one evening with an Assistant by the name o! Fox and drove ta Coiborne (21 miles) with a pair of good horses and a democrat. The orchard was sprayed the fol- lowing day, with a drive back bo Port Hope after supper. Fox was -met downtown on the fol- lawing morning at 5:15 for a drive to Newcastle (18 miles) for breakfast. The Gibson or- chard was sprayed both ways on that day: we sprayed one way against the wind, and then the night trip back ta Pt. Hope. That, at the lime, seemed to me a bit o! an endurance test for possible, particularly in North- umberland County. From 1907 until 1912 th?! Agricultural Representalives were appointed jointly by the Departments of Education and Agriculture. One condition was that experimental plots be op- erated near the schools. On these the Assistant Represen- tatives had an opportunity ta cultivate, sow and reap-but al with hand tools. In these davs, when we hear Fo much about chemîcal \veEd contril. il iîz înterestînlg 10 rc- rall that one oftin,.-tîrst jobs3 wvas ta) conduct a tpraving. dem- £êwý4 loi- he oiiOtiQl CI BINGO Lubrication Thorough lubrication at each vital point with factorv prescrlbed lubricants. Com- plete inspection and report of your car's condition. Robson Drake Inspection and Adjusiment ('areful equaiizing of brakes at ail four wheels. Fi master cylinder with correct fIuld. Brako test Motors Limited 166 Kinig St. F. BoN-naii-tille Phone 31A 3.3321 JL Xý.Ll First Motor Car The fîrst motor car for Dur- ham County was purchased in June, 1914. This was a five pas- senger Ford Touring Car. Il xvas purchased by the Part Hope High School Board fron i a -balance a! a grant o! $1,200 that was received from the De- parîment o! Education la 1910. Initial Outlay Touring Car -------- $650.00 Freight -----.-:--------- 18.00 Difference an Traction Tnead Tires 16.00 Electric Light . 10.0î) Electric Horn 5.25 $699-23 The total bill for gas, ail, sundries and repairs for the yean 1914, was $242.33. The total oullav for car and upkeelp was $941.58. During 1915, Mn. Duncan had two temparary assistants and his assistant along with him*i self judged the school fair plots. Mr. Duncan's camments were as follows: "We secured the services o! Mr. Reginald Sutan o! Mill- brook, a campetent farmer aad school teachen ta judge plots in the Sauth Hope and Northi Darlington Districts. Mn. Sul-I tan used his motorcycle. Mn. E.1 Mitchell, a farmer and schooli teacher for Lifford la Manversi Township, judged plots in the[ Cartwright District, used t.is Ford Motor. Bath mnen gavel enoire satisfaction. Mr. D. R.1 Irviii m y assistant, judiv o thnse in the Cavan Disrct xwln a horse and rig -while Il tudged the Plots in Cl.arkçe and Harvesters Leadin g Lakeshore League mustard, u ing iron aulphate. The first Seho Fair in Dur- ham, I think, was conducted at Welcome in 1911, with three schools participating. In 1912 1 organized a second School Fair in Cavan Township. In the following spring of 1913, the first Poultry Breeding Station, outside of the Guelph area, was organized in Cavan Township. This was done by "borrowing" pullets fromn pu- plis who had been provided with O.A.C. eggs in the year previous. It was my job to go around and persuade the chil- dren-but particularly the par- ents-to enter a contract and let one or two pullets go to the Station. These birds had sud- denly become very valuable! After the laying season they were delivered back to their homes-some of themn over the huis down by Pontypool. And thereon hangs an anecdote, We, that is the operator o! the Station, Mr. X, and I were invited to stay for supper at a farm home remotely located in the hili country. During the meal the rnother, who had quite a family of children and ani- mals, complained about a little fox terrier dog-"Oh! What a nuisance." When we were leav- ing the dog came barking after us. Mr. X thought that if the woman did not appreciate il, he did. So he caught the dog,, put il in a chicken crate and took it home. There followed a nasty letter addressed to me. complaining about a man by the name of H. S. Fry who had partaken of their hospitality and ilhen stolen their dog. A case of mnistaken identity, you sce, ivhich, when replying, I did not attempt to correct! Many stories could be told about horses but I shahl resist the temptalion except 10 re- port a near death in a blizzard when even on the side of the road my livery horse came to a standstill. I tore down a fence, proce-eded through a fýeld on to the Fallis Line an.j thuis a life saved'! A life wvas pearlY lost on lhiz saine line the followvîîg suni- mer. Little was known about the Deparîment at that lime and plans were developed often with the idea of becoming known being as important as the agricultural improvemnent concernied. Judging o! School Fair plots offered a wonderful opportunity 10 gel in hundreds of homes and meet parents through the friendly channel of their children. When there was a litte spare lime in the summer of 1913, Mr. Duncan asked me 10 gel a horse and drive out bo parts of Cavan Township ta visit farms and tel l hem about the service being offered. This I atlempted to do at the home o! a bachelor who promptly and firmaly ln- formed me that. he "tlid nil need any white-collared college boy lelling him how to run bis business and, while he needed help, it was only in one place- out in the field on the handte of that manure fork". Potato marketing was a prob- hem then as now. In 1913 we had a solution if the farmers would co-operate. Vr. L. New- man and I arrangea a meeting aI Pontypool. During the 'day Nve drove by buggy to see sonie of the eading growers. On a quiet road a dog came through the elderberries, barking and snapping. Young Mr. Newman (as he then was), taking the whip, jumped fromn the rig and surprised the dog by a sharp cut. Out o! the bushes came the roar of the farmer owner. T.wo sheepist young men went 10 the hall that çvening expecting to be met by a posse of enra- ed farmers. However, the dog, owner did flot show up-theý Growers' Association was form- ed and the industry saved." Methods of TransportationI In 1910 when the office wasJ opened in Port Hope for the United Counties o! Northum- berland and Durham, the hors~e was the only method of trans~- portation for visiting the var- Bowmanville Harvesters, newly1 formed Intermed- John Mason, Butch Cole, Don Gilhooly, Clint Ferguson, iate basebail club are presently in first place in the Lake- Jack Parker, Tim Cox and Mike Murphy, bat boy. Back shore Loop. This season the team have a new sponsor, row: Fred Cowle, George "General" Jones, Ted Dadson, the Cowan Equipment Co., local International Harvester Ken Kelly, Bob Gallagher, Jim Crombie, manager; Dan and Ford dealer. They have a record of twvo ins and two Girardi, Bob Williams, George Sellers, Russ Lane, Laurie losses. Players are, from the left, front row: Maxie Yourth, iGarbe. -Photo by R. Carruthers, Bowmanville Camp RaIly at Pretoria Attended by 300 Girls A Camp Rally, sponsored by Oshawa and District C.G.I T. Board for C.G.I.T. and Explo.- er groups, was held on Morn- day night at Camp Pretoria. Brooklin C.G.I.T. group were in charge of registration la the dining hall. The girls be.gan ta arrive at five o'clock by bus an d car tram i ono, Bow niai'- ville, Enniskillcri, Zion, MapikŽ Grave, Courtice, Whitb. Oshi- awa, and Brooklin, about 3100 in number. In groups, with a captain the girls enjoyed gathering wood and tinden for the camp fire, while wailing for all ta arrivse. Many girls teamed up witi camp friends tô cal their box lunch. A!terward la 12 groups Mrs. Sam K"ane ôrganizrcd a scavenger hunt which took the girls oven many parts o! th2 camp ground. Then, around the fire each group led in singing thoir favourite camp song. Miss Jean Gimblett from St. Paul's Presbyterian C.G.1.T. group, Oshawa,. Camp Council- lor for 1956, lit the fire with ithe usual ceremony. Mrs. Bob Brown, Oshawa, ]l it nI a Uitable outdoor worship service, lier- themne was "Find- ing God in Nature." Mrs. L. M. McMurtry, Osh- awa, Registrar- for Camps this year at Camp Pretoria, camne 1prepared with camp folders for the girls going 10 camp this summer. An expression of thanks 10 all vho had helped in any way was given. Two large Friendship Circles were forrned for the closing, Taps and -Thanks for the Eveniot-g, Comnrades". Guides and Brown les Receive Many Awards At Memoric Brownies of the 3rd and 4th pack and Girl Guides of the 2nd division, Bowmanville, tool- part in a "Fly-Up" ceremony Lt Memorial Park on Monday, June 3rd in the presence of Mrs. L. Lucas, District Coin- missioner, Mrs. T. Buttery, Di- vision Commissioner, Mrs. A. J. Frank, Camp Commissioner. The Brownies 'formed lwo circles wilh their leaders anac Manvers Districts with the ma- tor. Farni Organizations When the service was organ- ized in June, 1910, there were at leasl two Farmer Institutes in each County. One of the lâast presidents of the Durham Farmi Institute informed me thiat there were monthly mneetings, held during the winter season at which many Agriculturai Specialists acted as guest speakers. In 1911 a new organization known as Farmers' Club was organized. Two o! Ihese were organized in Hope Township, one at Welcome and the other at Garden Hill. By 1913 there were six Farmers' Clubs in Durham County and by 1918 there were ten Farmers' Clubs in the County with a number. of these being organized under I the supervision of the Uniterl Farmers of Ontario.1 In the 1911 Annual Report,1 Mr. Duncan made the follow- ing comment on some of thne duties of these Clubs: "These Cl ubs have a tasko! (1) Increasing farm produc- tion (2) Improving farm atod, home-life (3) Regulating the; markets and undertaking many things co-operatively. They are a force beyond the local Farni- ers' Institute and widen its sphere of usefulness." By 1913 and 1914 they be- came t;quite active in CO-oper- ative marketing and buying of necessary farm products. Wei note in Ihe 1913 Annual Repoit that one Club handled for thc members that year, two car-1 loads of sait, 1 carload of feed corn, 1 carload feed oats, 5 carioads of bran, shorts and flour, 56 bushels of flaxseeca, 66 bushels of seed corn on the~ cob. In one area the Club was in- fluential in obtaining the first rurl lecrialpower. In the inevnng 40 years, possibly' 75 to 80 percent of our farmers have obtained rural power. About 1920 when the U.F.O. entered Politics, it sounded the deathknell for the Farmerb,' Clubs. The next farmners' organiza- tion that the Agricultural Re- presentative assisted to organi- ize was the Federation o! Agri- culture in 1941. This organîza- lion is stili supported by quite a large percentage of our best farmers. Some of the assistants who worked iii Durham County in! 1911 and 1912 were Mr. H. S Fry, J. A. Carroll, A. A. McMl-' lan, J. Miller and George Wil-1 son. Most of these young menl work£ed durmng their spring ani J sumnmer holidavs 'while taking I their t.S.A. Course at the 0.I A. C. (To be contmnued next week) J il Park the Guides a horseshoe as the colour-party a! four Guides came forward with: Donna Ma- guire carnying the Union Jack, Lilian Miller her escort Iand Annabeil Stevens, carrying the Guide tlag, Marie Dunn cscor,- ing her. The fine Brownies who flew up ta Guide status are: Marie Sweep, Muriel Debos, Lynre Froast, Carolyn Stacy, Linda Masterson, Jill Kilpatrick, Pal- sy Thomson, Carolyn Meadows, Linda Ruiler. They wene called forward by their Brown and Tawny Owls. After "flying" around th2ir circle had thein wings pinîîed on by them; Mrs. B. Johnson îs Brown Owi o! the 3rd pack; Mrs. M. Vanstone their Tawîiy Owl; Mns. Ruth Calvert, Brown Owl o! the 4th pack.' After a brie! address to Guides and Brownies by Mrs. L. Lucas, presentations o! the I Golden Bar badges la place. ta Brownies and Girl guides took A special award ta Browni Owl Mrs. R. Calvert was alsa presented by Mrs. Lucas. Guides receiving badges were as follaws: Donna Maguirc-, Laundress, Hostess: Mary Bet- lies, Laundress, Hostess; Marie Duna, Hosless; Lilian Miller, Laundress, Hostcss; Sharoai Dillingr, Hostess; Rena Fowler, Lauadress, Hostess: Normna Frost, 2nd Class; Margie Co%%- an. Home Nurse, llostes. Several GCuides due l'or anc or two additional badges wili receive same in the fail due Lo technical difficulties. Mrs. Lucas then addressed the mothers, referring ta a separ- aIe Mother's rAuxiliàry bein.c formed for thic south ward ln autuman. Bnownic and Guide affairs would be discussed aI alternative meetings. Mention was also made of the Guide weekend startiing Ihis Friday. The assembly was tld o! the three delegates to the World Jamboree at Doe Lake la July, they are: Mns. A. J. Frank, Mrs. D. McDonald, Miss M. Heavysege. An appeal for more leaders was voiced by Mrs. L. Lucas. After a short sing-soag films were shown by Mr. Hardy, with explanatians by Mrs. But- tery and Mrs. Frank. The girls and mathers enjoyed seeing aiî ail veai round international Guide camp in Switzerlanui, also a camp holding 1200) Guides and leaders near Otta- wa. Refreshmenls were theri served by the girls to Iheir mothers and an enjoyable lime was niad by ail. Attention Tobacco Farmers The Provisional Committee of the Ontario Flue- Cureci Tobacco Growers' Marketing Board urges al f armers to observe your base acreage rights andi grow only your allotment. This is most important for your own welf are as acreage will be measured in the near future. The Provision-al Committee of the Ontario Flue -Cured Tobacco Growers', J', Marketing Board. TED RAYTROWSKY, Secretary. Il BINGO Bowmanville Kinsmen Mammoth STREET BINGO to be held Friday, June 14 ai 8 p.m. on Temperance Si. ai the New Post Office SPECIAL GAMES WITH VALUABLE PRIZES Ample seating space for everyone SERVICE UP NOW)J We recommend this Vacation Check-up TUNE m UP Clean and adjust distributor points Clean, regap and test plugs Test compression Set ignition timing Adjust carburetor Adjust fan beit Inspect choke and throttle linkage Test battery Complete tune-up electronic diagnosis "Hap'sry Service - Station CORNER KING AND WAVERLEY ROAD Try Our Gas «Fi-up SerVicý A complete service wvhen you f ill up with*:1" our famous B-A Gasolines For Carefree Driving Try -Our *Lubricalion Dii Changes Car Wash PHONE MA 3-3136 FOR PICK-UP SERVICE 's THUMDAY, JUNE ôth. 1957 TRE CANADUN STATESUAN. BOWMAVVILLE. ONTARIO PAGE TEN