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f PAGE T"m VM E AXAMM SATUMAW nDWMANUU. OIIMTAUTO MSUSDAY, OCT- 2nd, 1959 Tobacco Farmers Busy CeaninigUp Harvest On Durham Plantations By Beryl Hughes The tobacco farinera near Bowmanville are busy in thel mnidst o! their harvest. Their fai-ms are an asset ta the dis- trict. Waste land that did flot previously pay taxes, and which was useless for general farin- ing, lias been made productive by the tobacco farmers and now bears a valuable trop. They have increased the value o! the land itself. The operation of a tobacco lai-m is tremendously interest- i.ng. It is an intricate business that reciuires specialized knowl- edge, experience, and plenty of liard work. People of many na- tianalities are engaged in At in near Bowmnanville and the sur- reunding district. There are Canadians, Dutch, Belgians, Hungarians, Arnericans, Yugo- slavs, Austrians, and English- men, ail working in harmony as they busy themselves with the tasks o! the harvest. Special Tasks Each Season Every seasan on the tobacco fai-ms bas its own work. Sowing starts in the greenhouses in Mai-ch. Two long beds with a narrow lane along the centre extend the length of the green- houses. Most greenhouses are 120 feet long and 26 feet wide. The two beds are usually 12 feet wide each. Tobacco seed is exceedingly fine. Only two and a bal! ounces is enough for an 80 acre crep. The method most usually used for sowing is to mix the seed with water, -and the mixture is sprinkled over the beds. Steain engines are used for two days to keep the greenhouges moist. The fariner attends te the seed- lings by careful watering. He uses a movable two foot wide board by .12 feet long placed over the beds resting on the foot and a bal! high wooden partitions on each side o! the bed, te stand on. The young plants are transplanted in the fields early in May. Irrigation is of vital import- ance to a tobacco crop. At the farm on the Darlington-C larkeI Line road run by Henry Eikens there is a creek a mile west and the water is carried from it through six inch aluminium pipe to the fields, then chancr- ed to four inch pipe te obtain the pressure needed for irriga- tion. Mr. Eikens and his wife came te Canada from Holland six years ago.. Harvesting Graduai Process Harvesting started at thé te- bacco farms in the. district dur- ing the second wee.k of August. The priming_.crews work the fields going froin plant te, plant taking two or three leaves frorn, each ptant at a time. They start at the bottom ef the plants, and the final turne around take thi- last three leaves fi-rn the t'-0. Phone MA 3-5822 STE VENS' TAXI <'Safe, Satisfyhug ServIce" AIL PASSENGEES INSURED 100 Ring st. I. D.wmanvmle iiere's the best in heating coinfot RED TRADEMARKED FAMOUS READING ANTHRACITE You con b. sure you c» e g.ffng the woId's finet hard cool! Rememberther. is conOMY in quality. Ask for it todayl STOVE - NUT PEA- BRIQUETS FILL YOUR COAL RIENGW AND SAVE STEPHEN FUELS PHONE MA 3-5410 Office at C.N.R. Yards There are seven men in each priming crew. Six strip the leaves, and the seventh la the driver. A herse pulls à long narrow 'boat' on runners be- tween the long rows o! tabacco plants in the fields. As the rnen prime the leaves tbey load themn on the boat. Each loaded boat is taken by the driver to the farrn's kilns. Preparing Leaves For Kilns At the kilns a man unloads the boats ente a table. A group o! wemen handle and quickly tic the leaves te loiig racks. These women are also of dif- ferent nationalities. Tbey work with amazing speed and dex- terity. The racks of tobacco are plac- ed on a conveyor belt and tak- en up tbrougb one of the high windows into the wooden kiln where they are hung in rows from the ceiling. Two men are the bangers. Once the kiln is filled with tobacco hanging from racks the curer is in charge of it. Most o! the curers came ta Canada each year from the Southern United States for the harvest. Fiem Tatum, whose home is East Boston, near Rich- mond, Virginia. bas worked in the Ontario tobacco harvest on farms ownecl by Bill Adams, Simcoe, for 21 years. At pres- ent he is curing on the farm run by Albert Saman, R. R. 4, Bowmanville, which Mr. Samn- an works on shares for Mr. Adams. Although he looks ta be a man in bis prim:., and is a vig- orous worker, Mr. Tatum bas had ,58 years' experience as a tobacco curer in Virginia and North Carolina. This period in- cludes the 21 eight weck harvest scesons be bas spent in Ontario. Expert Curing Important At the Saman-Adams farin the kilns are heated by five large oil burners. Mr. Tatum starts the curing at a low heat, 80 degrees Fahrenheit, til the leaves turn a lovely clear shade o! yeilow. Five carburetors out- side eacb kiln central the tem- peratures inside. The process of curing is ex- acting, and leaves in kilns must be constantly inspected every two heurs. If more moisture is needed a special engine directs steain inside. When the tobacco bas reacbed the right stage the heat is increased. The final cur- ing is done at 170 degrees F. The leaves turn a lovely rich colour. At the Albert Saman farm, which like the Eikens farm is on the Darlington-Clarke Line Road, priming bas been finish- ed, and the curing completed. The curing process always takes about eigbt days. There were 33kilns filied at the Saman tarin this year. The contents o! eaeb kiln have been -taken to the barn, after first being steamed for bandling, the racks o! tobacco are carefully stack-1 ed for temporary stotage in the, bai-n. About the middle of Octoberi the sorting and grading starts. Before this proccss begins thel leaves are steamed as other- wise they would be tee brittle te bandle. When gradcd, the te- bacco is baled ready for sbip- pinýg te the tebacco auctions. Local Crops Better Than Delhl's Mr. and Mrs. Saman have lie- come Canadian citizens. Tbey reccived their final papers two years ago. Tbey came te On- tarie fi-rn Stekene, Eas't Flan- ders, Belgium. Mr. Saman bar- vested two tobacco crops in Delhi, Ont., before coming te this area. "The move bei-e was the best thing I have ever donc, the crops are mucb better in Durham," Mr. Saman teld the Statesman. Another tobacco farm nearby was purchased by Daniel Sion on May 8th, 1958. Mr. Sien, a most industrious and capabl young man, bas worked bard this summer. ' Me has cleared land, and grown a fine crop. Mr. Sien bas aln-ost finisbed barvesting. He bas also made a tremendous difference te the bouse be bought by paintingz Largest Farm The largest tobacco farin near Bowmanville is owned by Ju- lius Kovacs. He has a 144 acre well kept farm, aise on the Dar- lington Clarke Road, which he Geir thul Turkey! Corne October il and 12 and meet will incIude 10 Civil war Flint Warren (above), of De- military teains both Union and troit, will move from this his- Confederate, with more than tory-book setting and do b- lz',0 shooters in ail. Individual shooting at the Fourth Annual contests and m en' s costume Midwest Muzzle Loaders Tur- judging will be held Saturday key Shoot at Greenfield Village, with military matches and jùdg- Dearborn, Mich. Warren, attired in," of women's and children's in authenie 'pre-Revolutionary costumes on Sunday. Besides war buckskins, is a member of simulated turkeys, the sharp- the Wy andotte, Mich., Muzzle shooters will use breakable tai-- .Loader club and Potawataigt. h reni ilg Valley Muzzle Loaders, Plym- gt.TheGcnil ilg outh, Mich., tweo! the dozen Shoot is patterned after those oldtime firearms clubs in the of Colonial times sponsored by Shoot. In addition to frontiers- local innkcepers araund Thanks- men like Warren, the two-day giving. UN Elects Durham M.P. To Important Position Dr. R. P. Vivian, Member of Representative in the Economic Parliament for the riding Of and Financial Committee whyh Durham, was elected. Vice- is one of the seven main coin- Chairman of the Economie and Financial Committee of the mittees o! the Assembly. This United Nations General Assem- Committee will be dealing chie- bly on Sept. 24. His nomination fly with the problems of econ- was proposed by the Delega- omic assistance for the devel- tion o! Argenýtina and seconded opment of the less-developed by the Delegation -of the Uni- countries and questions con- ted, Kingdom. cernin.g international trade, in- Dr. Vivian is the Canadian cluding commodity problems. Sunshine Class Makes 100ý Cancer Dressings The opening meeting ef the the Lord Simcoe Motel, Toron- Fail season, for the Sunshine to, Sept. 30, Oct. 1-2. class was held at the home of Mention was made also of Mrs. 'J. A. VanNent on Sept.: the anrgual meeting of,,the Osh- 24th with 15 members present. awa unît of The Canadian Can- During the evening about 100 cer Society some time in Oct- cancer dressings were made. ober, date will be announced Mrs. Bert Syer the president, later. Is to attend the annual conven- The members decided to tion of the Women's Service make ditty bags for the Gi! t ,Committee of the Canadian Cupboard at, the Little Red Cancer Society, to be held in Door in Oshawa. 'Missionary Io Far East Coming Here on Oct. 12 For Church Anniversarv On Tbanksgiving Sundav, October l2th, BowmanvillE's Baptist Cburch will be celebrat- ing its second anniversary with, special services, when the guest speaker will be the Rev. John Bell, prominent missionary te the far east. Mr. Bell, wbo is Deputation' Secretary o! the China Inland Mission, an interdenomination- al group who bave mission fields in Japan, Foi-masa, Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indone- sia and Maiaya. Me and Mrs. Bell first went te the land o! China in 1921 under the Tibe- tan Forward Mission. They were appointed te the Tihetan border and tbey bad many in- teresting experiences in thi s wild and ruggcd country. Ai- tbougb Mr. Bell was net train- cd in medicine, bie soon foUnd that tbe tremendous need around thein dcmanded their help and it is amazing te hear what they werc able te do for the physi- bas owned for two years. Pi-n ing was completed there on Saturday and the curing iSno being donc. Odeil Fletcher, Noith Carolina, is Mr. Kayacs'i curer this year. Mi-. Kayacs bas 31 kîlns this season. Prier te coming te this dis - trict Mi-. Kayacs operated ai farin at Port Balder, near Tii- sonburg, Ont., for 12 years. Me bas been a Canadian citizen since 1936, and bas been in Can- ada 29 years. Mi-. and Mrs. Ko- vacs have twe married daugh- ters living in London, Ont. Edward Debaene, wbose te- bacco farin is on the Taunton Road, aise bas been in Caad 29 years. He is working s-ar1 for R. S. Collings, Simcoe. He camne originally frein Zeeland, Molland, ta this countr-y, and bas bad bis Canadian citizen- sbip for many years. Mis br-' ther, Joe, and bis four nepbews bave a tobacco farm at Garden il. The four boys are active in the Junior Farmers organ-I ization. Mi-. Dehaene's only son, John, lives in Taranto. Mis. De-I haene was bomn ini Hamilton,j ont. Before coming ta this localityl Mr. Dehaene grew tobacco fa r! James McMahon at Delbi, On- tarie. He undertook the opera- tien o! the tai-m bere two yearsl ago. Last year lie lest 30 pe r cent o! bis crep tbrough a bail storin. This year hee bas been much moi-e fortunate and bas biarvested 23 kiln. cal needs o! these nomnadie peo- pic 'as well as giving tbemn the Word of Life. In 1927 Mi-. and Mrs. Bell joined the China Inland Mis- sien and continucd their minis- try on the Tibetan border, In 1939 Mi-. Bell bad gained the confidence and respect o! bis feliow missianaries to the ex- tent that tbey elected hum' as Superintendent of the work in the far Nortbwest. At this time Mi-. and Mrs. Bell moved ta Lancbow, a large city and train- ing centre. Tbey wcre stationed bei-e tbrougbout the period o! the Japanse wai- and tbough se far inland, were very censcieus o! strife tbrough constant aer- ial bombings. Their childi-en, who were receiving their edu- cation at the China Inland Mis- sien school on the coast of North China, were in tbe mîdst o! the activities and were interned fi-rn the time o! Pearl Marbour until the end o! the war. In 1945 Mi-. and Mrs. Bell returned for furlough after which tbev expected te resume their work,-in China but Mi-. Bell xvas asked te assume the responsihilities o! Deputation Seci-etary for Eastern Canada, which post, he bas beld pince that time. When the Communist govern- ment foi-ced the withdrawal o! ail missionaries fi-rn the main- land o! China, Mi-. Bell was asked te be one o! a teain te make a survey of 3apan. The China Inland Mission wantcd te be sure o! the Lord's leading as te its future ministi-y and s0 sucb survey teains were sent ta most o! the countries sur- reunding China in the Far East. Mi-. Bell spent saine montbs un Japan and it became very clear that there was a tremendous necd there and an invitation was extended te us by other groups working in that land ta came over and help thein. With bis China background and aise this further trip te the Far East, Mr-. Bell is well equip- ped te give an up-ta-date pic- ture of the situation in the Far East which be naturally foilows very closely. The China Inland Mission bas some six hundred woi-kers in the fields of Japan, Formoasa, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaya, Thailand, and Laos. Its present Headquarters is located in Shigapore. Forty-three new workers bave just completed their language study in that city and have scattered to join, older workers ln the vailous fields. Another seven from North America are on their way to the Par East at the present moment with a sti4flturther eightee in candidath school here atn home. There are about fitty China Inland Mission workçers on the Island of For- mosa wlth one couple on the Pescadores Islands between Formoasa and the mainland. A beautiful sound, colour film of a true story depicting the lite cf a girl in Japan en- titled, Miracle At Mari, wil also lie shown foilowing the even- ing service. Memorial Hospital Weekly Report For the week of Sept. 22-28: Admissions 63 Births, 3 male, 5 female - 8 Discharges - 68 Major operations 10 Miner operatians 20 Emergency treatments 27 Visiting bours 2.30 ta 4.30 p.m. and 7 te 8.30 p.m. BookietTeils About Our Banks A short story for Canadians about the country's bankmng systemn and its unique features is teld in a booklet distributed by The Canadian Bankers' As- sociation. It explains in a half-hour's reading how Canada got its strong banking systein, bow it keeps it up ta date and bow it provides Canadians in big and sinaîl communities with the same wide range a! banking services. The 28-page booklet, "The Chartered Banks o! Canada", in 16 brie! chapters gaes quick- ly through the bistory o! Can- adian banking, autlining bow the -modern systein was built up and bow it aperates. Canada bas a branch bank systein, tbe booklet explains. The fi-st branch was opened in. Quebec City in 1817 and te- day there arc more than 4,600 in Canada and 151 in 18 fereign countrîet, and eigbt territories o! the British -West Indies. Canada has more banking of- fices. in relation te population than any other country, the booklet notes. At Cenfederation, the feder- ai governinent got the power ta regulate banking' in the country, and the booklet. tells 'bow, by revision every 10 years, the Bank Act -is kept up te date and the banking sygtein kept abreast o! the natian's neecl£. There Is a chapter on the Bank o! Canada, the nation's central bank, and bow it con- trois the amount o! credit and Imoney available in the country at any given period. The bookiet also contains a number o! simple factsafaten forgotten: There are 11,000,000 depesit accounits in the cbartered banks. At any given moment the banks bave about 1,250,000 boans on their books. These aren't only boans te business- men. A one-day cbeck among banlc branches made a couple o! years ago sbowed that pet- sonal loans tetalled $220,123,- 000. The sîze o! these loans was frein under,$300 up te $3,500, Winding up its stery, the beeklct says: "Tbe Canadian banking sys- tein long bas been known for its strengtb and stabiity, its ability to keep pace with the growing, expanding needs ofa young and progressive nation." Prize Poem by Neéstieton Lady The two poems prlnted heré were submitted ta the Nestletoa Women's Institute for entry ln the Blackstock Fair W.I. exhibit. The first one was selected anid won fii-st place at the Fair. Bath are the work of Mrs. Adelbert Beacack of R.R. 1, Nestietan. The Statesman is pleased ta print these poe Ms - they'Ul take yau back to "Grand- rna's Day'. IN GRANDMA'S DAY In Grandma's Day - No mater cars, No flying moon No trip to Mars. No radia proclaimed the news, No televisian shawed the views. No rnighty transportsailed the sky,t No subinarines ln the sea did lie. Na freezer lkept the faod tram spoiling, No hot plate kept the kettie bailing. No wemen folk ta parliament went, To advertise their discontent. Frein arduous toil they could net cease, But in their hearts dwelt love and peace. In Grandma's Day, I can recal The' mottoes hanging on the walI, TlÉe photographs, the stereoscope, The laughter, and the faith and hope. They did not have electric light, A ceai ail lamp lit up the night. Folk drank their milk fresh from the cow, And hitched the oxen ta the plough. There were ne penicillin pilis, And ne excessive docter bills,_ If you were sick -in mind or body, You took a sip of grandma'a toddy. To mate sure of uinemp4d delivery of jour , mail don't forget I o: I. NIin a change of address. card (fanm 59-B) advislng your present Post 'Office of your new address. 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