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r j to Wages from the L Oh Monday night we were the guest of the Newmarket East Farm Radio Forum at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Walker at the corner of the fourth and the It a thoroughly enjoyable evening There were pres ent and the discussion was on What is wrong with farm or We listened to the radio broadcast during which the question was discussed by men who might qualify as experts- Then using the program as a guide we split into three groups and carried on the cussion After a half hour or so we came together again and the findings of the three groups were discussed and brought to gether for the secretarys re port Refreshments were served and after an hour or so of pleasant conversation the meeting broke tip It was our first visit to a farm radio forum and we were impressed by the scope of the conclusions reached during the discussion The issues were discussed with intelligence and against the personal experi ence of the speakers And al though there were of us each with something to say- the verbal traffic ran along with out a hitch Next Monday the East group will he host to the Farm Radio Forum at the of Mr and Mrs Bill Taylor on the fourth Next week is review night when the subjects discussed during the month will be re viewed and a new series Ji topics set up for February There are around five such forums Pine Or chard Holt Mount Albert East and Their membership averages we would say about ten farm fam Hies each There are in the provinces some six or seven hundred forums The radio forum is considered a model of its kind and experts from other countries have studied its workings so that it could lie From the Files of and 50 duplicated at home But until one has experienced its actual workings at a local forum level one does not appreciate its tre mendous worth in the improve ment of farm conditions in the self education of farmers and as a means of bringing together channeling towards practical application numerous ideas for making a better country We are indebted to Mr Ern est Winter for bringing in a copy of the secretarys minutes of the Newmarket Agricultural Society and dated The minute book was found when they were doing some remodel ling While the book is somewhat battered its contents are still quite legible and as they can be transcribed we intend to print excerpts from them in regular weekly instalments first entry reads At meeting of gentlemen interest ed in the agricultural improve ment of this district it was re solved that in furtherance of this object the following gen tlemen were appointed a com mittee to carry it into effect Messrs W Roe Thos Hender son John James Cam eron George Simpson James Pearson Isaac Rev Ritchie and S Penrose sec retary The date was July and Serving Aurora and the rural district of North York Hi Nowmerfcet Era 1852 Herald IB Published every Thursday of Main Newmarket by the and Express limited Subscription far two 250 for one year in advance Single copies are 5c each Member of Class A of Canada Canadian Weekly Nwspaper Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations Authorized as Second Class Mail Department Ottawa JOHN A- Managing Editor JOHN Editor CAROLINE Womens editor SpotH Editor RACINE Job Printing and Production I J a l page W A week later the Newmarket Agricultural Society was for mally organized with James Pearson as president Isaac William Roe treasurer and S Pen rose secretary Among the resolutions pass ed at the first meeting one setting the membership fee at ten shillings for the first year and live shillings thereafter Another resolution read That a fine of five shillings be im posed upon any of the members introducing politics during any of the societys proceedings With the Mackenzie rebellion only two years past we sup pose this last resolution was essential to any gathering where politics were the least concern JANUARY Miss Agnes while visiting in her old school section and surrounding coun try addressed annual meeting of the Farmers Club in Newmarket High school news Now that physical training has COD in earnest we can probably expect rifle drill any day Maybe yes maybe Twentytwo below zero re ported in several places about town last Saturday morning Terrific speed predicted in air flights to cross Atlantic in three hours Potatoes have suffered a considerable slump in the past week or more Dealers are paying 115 a bag Egypt Heights The dance at Corners was well at tended and all report a good tune Who says there is no snow for sleighing The last fall of snow makes it look like real winter You can hear the hum of the buzzsaw as men have started to cut their wood piles already In the Santa swim ming race George Young to have found the tide that taken at the flood leads on to fortune A family dinner party was given at the residence of Sir Win in Toronto last Wednesday in honor of his birthday Congratula tions Headline Marconi years ago heard first wireless signal across Atlantic JANUARY Toronto A cook at restaurant on Yonge St was arrested on Saturday night while on his way home having in his possession a sirloin steak some chops a liberal portion of pie and some butter to which he apparently helped self Mrs George Rose entertain ed a number of guests at tea last Friday evening Correspondents who wait till the last mail got left this week The snow storm put the Sutton stage out of action but we got our Mount Albert news by telephone The Mount Albert stage started for Sharon Wed nesday morning but had to turn back When people got up on Wed nesday morning they found about a foot of snow on the level and many goodsized drifts with a heavy storm rag ing The snows now piled up about four feet high both sides of Main Street Would you believe it The ice is inches thick on Fairy Lake There was a bridal party at the Methodist parsonage last Tuesday afternoon Sharon Miss Clara gave a pleasant afternoon tea last Thursday to a number of young ladies Holland Landing Our young lads seem to be enjoying them selves skating on the sidewalks Where is the inspector Mount Albert Dr Smith dentist will be here on Tuesday next Twenty percent discount on all winter at A STILL DEPENDING ON WAR ELEPHANTS WeOUR THURS PAY OF JANUARY NINETEEN HUNDRE AND FIFTYTWO These rules based on common sense are only practical when those to whom they apply exercise some self responsibility and censor their own contributions A measure of self restraint among members an awareness that others have something to say and a willingness to say it would revitalize many organizations farm or otherwise which are now only shadows of what they could be ifffm BLOOD IS NEEDED Blood plasma is needed in Korea Newmarket citizens have the opportunity of contributing towards that need They have only to telephone Dr Vander- Voorts office leave their name and when there is sufficient number a travelling Red Cross unit will come to Newmarket The donors will be notified of time and place The actual giving of blood is a minor inconvenience of no more than a half hour or so It hoped when the call for blood donors was made some weeks ago that Newmarket could muster at least donors Of that number it was thought that the Newmarket branch of the Canadian Legion would volunteer half and the rest of the town the other half Dr is sure of the Legion contribution but so far he has had only names from the rest of the town V Sixteen names During the war Newmarket had a name for the willing contribution of blood Is the fighting in Korea any less a war Is the need any the less What is wrong with us that we should ignore the call we obeyed so willingly less than ten years ago Thirtyfour volunteers are required to make up a reasonable contribution of blood Ten years ago it was three or four times that number and at regulate intervals as long as required Are we any the less thoughtful of the need now The Red Cross needs blood Let Newmarket show the Red Cross it knows how to answer that call POLICE AMBULANCE SERVICE The case of the marsh farmer who after being hit by a car lay on the roadside an hour before an ambu lance arrived illustrates again the need to incorporate within the provincial police services an ambulance service as well There is the possibility that the unfor tunate farmer might have lived had he reached hospital earlier Accident victims are dependent upon ambulance service from nblrfiby towns ambulance available there is not always an alternate means of taking him to the nearest hospital Frequently the police carry injured to nearest medical aid but the cruisers are not always practical for seriously hurt there any reason apart from its cost why an ambulance cannot be kept at provincial police head quarters Or possibly police cruisers might be re- equipped so that their rear seats could be converted a bed for carrying seriously injured The advantages are immediate Word of an ambit lances need could be quickly sent It would always be available and with a man to drive it It would have the advantage of the police radio system WHATS WRONG m m The national farm radio forum discussed on Monday night the question What is wrong with farm organi zations We have of many replies to this question ranging from a simple nothing is wrong to a catalogue of evils which would startle the devil Our contribution is that of all the difficulties farm organizations labor under the worst is that their in common with members of many nonfarm organ- are not sufficiently experienced in orderly discussion or parliamentary procedure A public organization usually tries to act in a manner which is considered most democratic Members given as much leeway as time permits Unfortun ately there is not one in a hundred members who is able to get up state his case briefly and factually and sit down The whole workings of flop exchange opinions in a large group depends upon brevity Hut how often is this observed Too frequently a speaker with a minor point holds the floor until time is exhausted while those with serious issues to before the gathering bite their nails in frustration Too often the gathering of an seized upon by a speaker as the opportunity for him to display his self importance while his audience is obliged by all the lessly Too often illprepared opinions ideas are thrown to the audience and in the resultant endless time jwoplo but all our fairness is not proof against bores or those who take Off ice Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger not enough unless the MA A WHITCHURCH VOICE HEARD IN OTTAWA Some months ago following a level crossing acci dent in Whitchurch township a nearby farmer Mr Mel McMillan dropped into the office to see if we would publicize the condition of some of the district level crossings lie maintained that many were hazardous that while safe enough in horse and buggy days in an age of high speed transport they were no longer adequate We followed this up with editorials and news stories with no apparent reaction except a growing awareness among our readers that this condition existed In the meantime the Whitchurch Federation of Agriculture passed a resolution asking that some action be taken and forwarded it to the township council which in turn sent it on to Ottawa Still no action was taken Then at the York County Federation of ture Mr presented a resolution asking that action be taken to make the crossings safer It was passed and forwarded to tlife provincial federation Last week we had a news report that the provincial body had passed the resolution and it was now way to the national group Having reached Ottawa there is presumably every chance that the board of transport commissioners or some other appropriate group will he presented with this resolution and this time with the accumulated weight of opinion behind it there is every chance now that some action will be taken m m Coach Lines have in recent years extent far from Toronto The bus service has become an essential part of the workings of many communities miles from the city These communities have been de prived of those services by a strike in Toronto Some- thing is drastically wrong when such a circumstance can come about Why should Newmarket or Aurora for example be deprived of this service simply because the Toronto Transportation Commission and its employees fail to agree on wages and employee benefits We all suffer in varying degrees when there is a strike in a major industry whose products we buy In most instances however there is an alternative which will substitute for the products of the struck plant There is not however a substitute for many of those whoso only moans of transportation has been cut off And because of the manner in which bus are granted there is no possibility of local buses taking over the routes The fact is that the Toronto Transportation Com mission is misnamed It should be the Central Ontario Transportation Commission and the commissions mem bership should include representatives from outside the city Then there might be some consideration tor the communities outside the city in these matters BANQUET FACILITIES NEEDED The York County Crop Improvement Association held its annual meeting in the Newmarket town half on Wednesday of last week There were over pres ent and the hail was filled over sat downi to at St Pauls parish hall Because of their the members sat both upstairs and downstairs in the hall The was- the largest the association has had vol and there is every reason to behove that next year the number attending will be still further Increas ed Other county if organizations are allowing increased memberships AH of thorn have annual and all of them reftvaccommodationv- continue however they will expand beyond local accommodation and have to follow the lead of other group to halls in for- serving comfortably much more than to diners top made do of the but a speaker i this satisfactory Pickering College and are iiot the circumstances installing kitchen facili ties in the town hall auditorium seems a practical under taking In the neighborhood of could bo fed there I visited Blig- Slims retired air race pi lot cousin in his workshop last Thursday The Stallanprang workshop is a fascinating place it holds the romance of invention in it and you can sense history in it right back to the Wright Bro thers cycle shop where they invented the aeroplane Maybe someday the world will make a museum out of that little shop of Stallanprangs like they did Edisons or Henry and look upon it as a shrine to the original inventor of the upperneath underhand ed camshaft or something like thai Stallanprang is that type of man He invents at will They say that he is such a bear for detail that he even measures the cream for his coffee with a graduated beaker I have wit nesses to swear that he takes the diameter of a new hat with a pair of calipers before he will buy it The noted airmaninventor was measuring an engine bear ing with his HandyJiffy pocket size micrometer when I entered his workshop at Oak Ridges last Thursday Oath upon oath to the obscene thing anyway cried Stallanprang Shes a thou out spitoo Obviously some Shake spearean blasphemy I thought to myself attempting to recol lect such a quotation as Shes in and thou are out So I cried know ing of no other quotation mom entarily appropriate- But I am in and here to pay thee a visit thou clout I ad Stallanprang put down his micrometer and eyed me pecu liarly over his What in the divil is troubling yer gas on the stomach I just thought I would drop down and see how your work was coming along and thought you might fix this vacuum cleaner while Im here I said picking up an old piece of pipe out of curiosity Put down that inverse ra tion overhead cried Stallanprang Do you want to ruin my project al together Now dont move and stand there till I found out how many thou out here thing is here Thou out 1 said Thousins of an inch he said impatiently Oh I said flushing about the Shakespeare What was actually going on in that workshop that day was this a last minute check was being made on Stallanprangs new aeroengine a three and a half cylinder Hung Lung II he had acquired in a barter Stallanprang was planning to put it in his new aircraft which had assembled himself out of parts he had picked up here and there The fuselage was part of a World War I Pup while the remainder of the aircraft was made up of com ponent parts of the Bieriot a famous monoplane which was the first to fly the English channel It was a dramatic moment for your favorite correspondent seeing for the first time and for our readers of course an actual testing of an aircraft engine on tost bed The test bed con sisted of a work bench upon which was bolted the engine an aeroplane propeller on it An exciting and dramatic experience it was to witness the first test bed performance of the new engine It was a hushed moment as leaned over to flip the prop and start a stam pede of horsepower Con tact shouted the fiverinven tor Chalks away or that is Roger the lodger I cried ner vously There was a cough a pause a splutter and then the horses took action and a mighty roar shook the little workshop Stallanprang was busy with his stethoscope over a hot engine The engine however proved highly successful too highly successful Crazy with power it ripped the test bed from its moorings and it and the work bench bounced out through the double doors which were only hanging by rusty hinges and it took off down No if highway by Dmf farmer It has been suggested by people selling and trucking fer tilizer that we order our next springs supply right now Most fertilizer manufacturers have elaborate systems of discounts to encourage the sale of their products in the winter time thus casing the storage problem and doing away partially at least with a big rush in the main season So far that is good However when we made inquiries as to prices we find that the prices quoted by the different manu facturers were the same right down to the last cent We can not understand how manufac turers of the same product working in different plants with different manufacturing methods different organizations and who furthermore compete in all other fields nil of a sud den develop great powers of mental telepathy and start char ging the same price for tt pro duct Here is a clear case for of Agriculture to investigate We understand that the Fed eration made a great to do about the recent Retail Price Maintenance Legislation This piece of red herring lias been adverted as having some feet on the cost f living The Federation of Agriculture fell for it in a big way and now they lure way out on the limb We fail to understand why the Fed- doesnt look into such obvious pieces of price fixing like baler twine ami fertilizer but goes barging into such questions as the Price Maintenance Just in case somebody thinks the two cases really belong to the same heading let us explain what we think about it Ac cording to the new law which the Federation supported it isnt legal for the manufacturers of fl tractor to tell the dealer what this tractor should for The law doesnt say that two manufacturers making two different brands of tractors of the same horsepower cannot charge the same amount for these tractors Now was the Federation right or wrong We think they might be on paper but in practice they are foolish and act like people who bought a tractor First because it if anybody pays the retail price for a tractor in cash There are other considerations There are tradeins and there are business and service conditions which vary in each case The amount service that each dealer pro mises is different In other words at least in this one case flic means tittle and we certainly do not see how it is going to lower the price of the tractor flu might raise it some cases Supposing a new is brought out There is a shortage of them For ex ample balers the hist two years The highest bidder will got it since there is no such thing as a list price anymore the case of the fertilizer the situation is different Ob viously the manufacturers got together and set the price They set the discount Since this is the price at Toronto every per son pays his own cart ago The are hot interest ed in the retail price Presum ably the markup is so small that the dealer or trucker just goes along and the final price farm is the same are awaiting to see what the Federation will have to say about this Wij must say though that we me wondering when is the Federation going to be concerned with the little things like price setting for hogs and fertilizer and the deal the farmers got in baler twine and maybe forgot about the big expensive briefs that bring a lot of headlines but no appreci able results THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY not of state on right their In n It not function of to of which inolvlovoM