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Office in the Post Office Block TEL. 118 Richmond Hill Eastmrstfil, Pmdufls Phoneâ€"Willowdale 96W POYNTZ AVENUE LANSING, ONT. F. E. LUKE, Opt. D. RICHMOND HILL CORPS Lieut. Whiteher Officer in Charge Sunday Services W. E. LUKE, R. O. W. N. Mabbett ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR 'ROOE your- house or cottage With Rxb-Roll. Handsome to look at . . . increases value of reperty . . . lastin . . 2col- ects clean rainwater. anlshes leaks . . . ideal for houses. barns sheds. warehouses, scbopis. churches, public bulldmgp. One size ofroaf for free esumnto. Write Right at The City Limits Metal S'h‘jhfila‘éz’simc Co. Limited. A. G. SAVAGE PRESTON, ONT. t at The City L North Toronto. Succession-)9 â€"â€"ANDâ€"- inked) 11 YORK COUNTY PLOWMEN BUSY PREPARING FOR ANNUAL MATCH King and Vaughan Match Will Be Held on Farm of Cameron Walkington, Nov. 2nd--A Few Pointers l On How To Plough. Farmers throughout York County and the Province of Ontario are busy this season preparing for the annual Plowing Matches. The great Inter- national event which was held in York County last year will commence at London next week and it is expected that as usual York County plowmen will take a prominent part. The annual match of the King and Vaughan Branch which is one of the oldest organizations in existence will be held on November 2nd on the farm of Cameron Walkington, lot 1, conces- sion 4, King. The officers and direcâ€" tors are offering an attractive prize list which will appear in The Liberal in some future issue and ho effort is being spared to boost the 1928 match. The North York match will be held in Markham Township this year on the farm of Levi Burkholder on the ninth Concession of Markham, on Tuesday, October 30. For making the scratches the coul- ‘ ter should be set on the beam well forward, with the point of the coulteri practically touching the plow point. | After the scratches are made the coul- ter should be moved back about an ‘ inch from the point of the share and Iraised above it so one can pass the 1fingers freely between the coulter point and the share of the plow. When the coulter is well forward on the beam the turn of the furrow is less ‘abrupt and smoother work is done. A few pointers on the art of plowâ€" ing as it should be done and as it is carried on at plowing matches are in- eluded in the following:â€" Hitches and Adjustments The ordinary wagon doubletrees are not the most suitable for a match. As a rule they are too long, but they may be shortened by boring new holes, so the whippletrees will just about clear each other. The traces should be exâ€" tended, and it is well to add several links between the doubletree and clev- is. When the horses are hitched close- ly to the plow their movements affect it too abruptly. A long hitch gives the man more control over the plow with less effort. It is well to use three or four links with a half twist, then each link will~fit into the clevis properly and they can be used or dropped at will. It is very necessary to have a direct line of draft. The hitch on the clevis should be in a direct line with the beam, or a trifle to the right when viewed from behind the plow. Adjust the bridle on the head so the plowman ,will not have to carry the plow or lift on the handles in order to get suffici- ent depth. It is better to press down a little on the handles, when plowing, rather than lift. 22. Each and every plowman has to determine the exact width to.suit the plow he is using and the condition of the soil. When the scratches are made too narrow or too wide the first pair of crown furrows will not meet properly. It is necessary also to have some i bevel on the coulter; that is to say, if i a straight-edge be laid along the face ' of the coulter six inches from the A ground, it will carry back so one can ‘ place aboutlthree fingers between the ' straightâ€"edge and the back of the land side of the plow. With the straight- ‘ edge hard against the landside and the coulter it should just clear the throat of the plow, or give “body } ileai'ance,” as plowmen say. When a skimmer is used it should be set just far enough from the coultâ€" er, so it will not clog with grass or stubble; and it is a mistake in plowingl to set; the skimmer too deep. The. furrow will not pack and it takes off'. ‘more grass than is necessary. All }that is necessary is to remove the 'g'rass or stubble corner. Striking Out The Land When the competing plowman reach- es the field he finds a peg or lot num- ber indicating the land he is to plow. His crown is made in line with this peg. The first move is to figure out the correct width for the scratches. This is regulated by the natUre of the soil, the width of the pIOW-bottom, and whether the crown is to be turned on the level or in an old deadâ€"furrow. A width' of 23 inches is about right as an average for the scratches; in some cases it should be 224 inches, in others With the width of the scratches set- tled the plowman sets his stakes one- half the distance of the scratches to the left of the peg; that is to say, if the scratches are to be 23 inches apart the guide stakes will be set 11% inch- es from the centre of the peg on the left hand side. After the first scratch ' After a level, tidy crown has been 5 achieved the plowman takes for his r standard the width and depth of furr- ow that will bring the body of the land up to a level with the crown. One of the common mistakes in match plowing is to vary the width and dep- ith of furrow, so the body of the land tfifalls away from the crown furrows, 1 .leaving a depression. These depres- t |sions are scored severely by the judg- ' ’es. Beginners usually plow too wide and too deep, leaving a rough job :7 when they are done. i After the first six heav y rounds ' have been turned the plowman begins u ‘to haw around and cast away to his 1"Ineighbor. Frequent measurements ' .should be taken leading up the finish, ' iand any adjustments are better made n ‘on the castaway side. The Finish Experienced plowmen, as a rule, consider a good finish more difficult to achieve than a good crown. When 5 approaching the finish the land should be carefully measured, so the compet- itor may plow a trifle more shallow and a little narrower. If the same width and depth are maintained throughout, the contestant will end up with a deep, wide finish, which is bad plowing on the farm or at matches. HIDUJCF .1 {125(0me is made the stakes are removed the same distance to the other side of the peg as a guide on the return scratch. The purpose of the scratches is to smother vegetation and provide some- thing on which the first pair of crown furrOWS may rest. ' After both sératches are made and the material smoothed down the con- testant prepares for the first pair of crown furrows. These should not be heavy, and perhaps an inch narrower than the width of the furrows througâ€" bout the land. A high, coarse crown furrow ruins the whole work, for the remainder of the land must correspond and will necessarily be heavy and un- tidy. The second pair of furrows will need to be a trifle wider than the first, so they will be up even and level with the first pair of crown furrows. In fact the second pair of crown furrows should be approximately 11/2 inches wider than the others, and with suffi- cient depth to bring them up level. In the third pair of furrows the plowman comes back to the standard in width and depth that he intends to follow throughout the body of the land. The first six heavy furrows, or, in other words, the first three rounds on top of the scratches, constitute the crown. These should be so level that a straight/edge laid across them will bear evenly on the upturned edges of the six furrows; and the distance be- tween the furrows, including the first pair, should be the same, or as a plowing-match judge would say, “they should read.” The sole furrow should be out about 4 inches from the split furrow and laid up to about 4 inches from the top of the furrow on which it rests. The mouldboard should be held well up a- lgainst the sole furrow, so it will not be too thick. The purpose of the sole or scour furrow is to cover the base of the last turned furrow and conceal the grass. In a match the last green furrow and the sole furrow must a1- gways be turned toward the prize land. It is well to raise the clevis a coup- le of holes on the bridle of the plow when the last green furrow is being ‘turned, as it gives better control. The clevis should be returned to its former position before the sole furrow is beâ€" gun. The plow adjustments and hitches should be such that the plowman will not be constantly fighting against the draft of the horses. The plow should be guided as much as possible by the hitch and adjustment, leaving the com- petitor to give only the additional guidance required to produce some- thing approaching perfect work. The plowman should stand between the handles and hold the plow firm. Some plowmen stand well back and “pump the handles,” as experts say. This is not the way to do good work. Neither should the plowman cheek the plow; that is, hold it on its side again- st the furrow. A properly made plow correctly adjusted should run level. When the plow is cheeked the furrow 'falls over loosely away from the mouldbeard and does not pack firmly. Most of the plowmen are strong ad- vocates of the rope lines. It is claim- ed that-the horses can be kept under THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO Holding the Plow better control with the rope lines than with the ordinary leather reins. Ex- perts recommend that the horses be checked from bit to hame-ring on the inside, with the off horse checked 2 or 3 inches shorter than his mate. By shortening up the check on the off horse he is obliged to travel straight ,and his body does not obscure the plowman‘s vision. 0n the outside the lines are passed through the loop [where the back-strap joins the traces. Two fine audiences attended the Halal vest Home Anniversary services in the Newtonbrook United Church last Sunday. The church was tastefully decorated with flowers and autumn fruits. Excellent and appropriate anthems Were sung by the choir undâ€" er the leadership of Miss Bertha Smith. In the morning the Rev. D. M. Solandt, D.D,, associate Book Ste- ward, of Toronto, preached an elo- quent sermon from Paul’s declaration ito the Philippians (3-10) “That‘I may know Him and the power of His reâ€" lsurrection.” In the evening, the |Rev. A. H. Halbert, of King City, dealt with the new life and spirit that icome to the believer in Christ Jesus. On Tuesday evening an excellentli supper was served in the Sunday 1 school room by the ladies of the chur- l ch, after which an, entertainment was ‘ given. Mr. William Brett, of Toron- : to, chose for his first violin selection, ‘ a Serenata by Rudolph Reiser and for l his second “Traumerei” by Schumann. ‘ He- was accompanied on the piano by 1 Mr. C. Tavener, also of Toronto. Miss " Jocelyn Berry, of Willowdale, sang in i her beautiful way, “There’s a Song in 3 my Heart” and “I’ve something to tell 5 you.” She was accompanied by Mrs. ] Irwin. Mrs. Earl Bales, accompan- ied by Mrs. Soules, sang sweetly and effectively, “The Garden of Your Heart” and “The Wasted Crust.” Miss Marion Forrester, with her wellâ€"rendâ€" ered readings. charmed her audience, who demanded several encores. Rev. E. R. Young, the pastor, presided over the programme. ‘ Eleven Receive Their Certificates At the first meeting of the Home ‘ and School Association, held in the 1 inc)» school on Thursday evening,__Sep- ‘itember 27th, Mr. G. R. Goulding and iMr. Harry Smith, trustees of the ; 'school, presented eleven pupils, whol had been successful in the last entr- an‘ce examinations, with certificates. lWIiss Audrey Phinnemore gave the valedictory addreSS. A presentation by the graduating class, was made to their teacher. Miss Tate; a testimoni- al of their thanks and appreciation of her training. Very encouraging re- ports wefie presented by the retiring officers of the association. Officers for the coming year Were then elected | Mrs. E. R. Young presiding duringI the election. Mrs. A. W\ Galbraith] was chosen Honorary Presldent. Mrs. ~ A. Nuttall, President; Mrs. G.R. Goul- ding, Vice-President; Miss Jackson,‘ lSecretary; Mrs. Banks. Assistant Secretary and Mrs. J. R. Smith, Trea- surer. After the elections a social hour was enjoyed and refreshments] served. Social and Personal We are glad to see Miss Shirley Foreman back after her extended visâ€" it to Beamsville. Miss Meredith, of Montrea1,\is visit- ing herdister, Mrs. F. Maynard, Abit- tibi Avenue. Some business changes have taken place in Newtonbrook. Mr. James has sold his corner store to Mr. Smith of Toronto. The Merrill Brothers have bought the home of Mr. Henry Woods and installed a pastry bakery. Mrs. L. A. Grisdale’s mother and sister, Mrs. and Miss Stamp, of Long- ford are visiting her. GEORGE KEAYS Stouffville â€"â€" Licensed Auctioneer County of York LiVe Stock and General Sales Conducted with Effeciency Phone .Stouffville 9003 Newtonbrook Ontario - Editor Richmond Hill Liberal, Dear Sir:â€" From last weeks issue a blind man can see that you intend doing some boosting for Richmond Hill, but you modestly ignore the boosting you have already done. Haven't you announc- ed the appointment of a Richmond Hill representative on The League of Nations, and did not one of our famâ€" ous local concerns claim credit for ex- tending our village fame to some re- mote quarter if this Mundane sphere. You know Mr. Editor that boosting} is a catching complaint. I certainly: recognize its approaching symptoms, even in myself, a worn out, toddering‘ octogenarian. Blood letting is good for some attacks, and perhaps scribbl- ing these few lines may ease my ‘trouble. Perhaps I may claim some icredit for advertising Richmond Hill on at least three continent, for within the last 20 months I have had busi- ness correspondence with The Liter- ary Digest, Sir Hugh Denison, and U. S. A. postal authorities, all in New York. The famous players, Lasky, Los Angeles, Sir Herbert Holt and L. Currie and Co. of Montreal. The State Government, Sydney; N.S. Wales, Australia; The State Government Melbourne Victoria, Australia; The State Government, Adelaide, South, Australia; The common wealth G0verâ€" nment, Canteria, Australia; The Burâ€" eau of Provincial Information, Victor- ia, B.C., The Burnsideâ€"Scott Films, Ltd., Glasgow Scotland. Above are exclusive of correspondence with reâ€" latives China, England, Ireland and of course Canada. FAVORS BOOSTING RICH MON D HILL To the Editor, Sir:â€" The governments are spending larJ ge sums of money in fighting forest fires but are doing little in a practic- al way to prevent them. They repeat- edly tell us how rapidly our forests are disappearing and the crying need for conservation, but seem to be per- fectly oblivious of the fact that they alone have the authority to enforce conservation, to regulate the volume of the annual cut and to require the ‘disposal of logging slash in order to prevent the spread of forest fires. \Until they do this all this propaganda is insincere and ends in nothing. It is true that eastern Canada has been favored of late with fewer forest fires, but as the Minister of the Interâ€" ior, the Hon. Charles-St wart, says “Favorable Weather was argely re- sponsible for this happy condition.” Dry years come in cycles and a dry season is overdue. When it comes I venture to say, we shall be exposed to the greatest forest fire hazard this or any other country has ever known. We are now cutting in Canada more than five million cords of pulpwood annually, and increasing the amount every year. In doing so this means that,we are adding to our accumu- lation of dry forest fire-kindling slash the tops and branches of one hundred and fifty million trees per year. This is from the pulpwood cut alone, wh- ieh constitutes only about one quarter of our total annual cut of timber. In addition to this vast quantity of 10:2 - ing slash there must be added the millions of trees that are continually being blown down to become tinder to ‘endanger our forest area from one end of Canada to the other, Turned loose among all this slash are the vast hordes of pulpwood cuttâ€" ers, lumbermen, prospectors, miners, Lsettlers, fishermen, hunters and tourâ€" ists with their cigarettes and camp fires, not to speak of the always pre- sent menace of coal burning locomot- ives and lightning. Together these constitute a combination of forest fire hazards heretofore unapproached in the World’s history. Even during the summer a continuation of dry iweather for two or three days longer ‘at the critical time and with such ab- ‘normal temperature as is common during such seasons in the North might well have wiped out the entire North Country. Even as it was the forest authorities spent many sleep- less nights over the situation. When forest fires break out in forty or fifty different places at the same time, which is quite common in dry seasons (one coal burning locomotive has been known to have started as many as twentyâ€"five fires on a single ru_n) and with a high Wind blowing, all the airplanes and fire fighting equipment in the world are of no ac- ’count, as was illustrated in the Hail- Ieybury, Iroquois Falls and Cochrane forest fire tragedies. The accumu- llated slash was responsible for those tragedies, yet their lesson has made CRIMINAL FOREST DEVAST- ATION LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE Yours truly RICHARD PLEWMAN October 151:, 1928 little impression on the Government. N0 adequate slash disposal has been put into effect. The slash continues to accumulate for another and far greater tragedy, which is inevitable ‘when the next dry season comes. In the meantime, we are paying a heavy and ever increasing toll throagh damage and loss of life caused by the other outraged elementsâ€"wind and water. Wasteful over-cutting, forest fire. fungi, insects and wind combined are rapidly wiping out our available trees. This enormous overcutting of our for- est is draining the eountry of its most valuable and vitally necessary natural resource, much of which is to be con- ‘verted into newsprint paper, a com- ‘modity that for the next four or five ’years at least is bound to be manufac- tured without any profit to the mills owing to its large over production. iThis overâ€"production is continually being added to through the erection of Emore and still more new mills. Con- lsequently We are ruthlessly wasting our forest heritage that is rapidly reaching the stage of exhaustion and are at the same time forcing our Igreat pulp and paper industry to the |wall. In other words, we are sacrificâ€" ing the last of our forests and bank- rupting a great industry at the same .time. Iri a year from now I would not care to be one of those who are responsible for the present situation. Can there be anything more imbecâ€" ilic than this? Montreal, Sept. 26, 1928 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR DIVORCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that FRANCES GWENDOLYN SNOW LOTT, of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, in the Province of Ontario, married woman, will apply to the Parliament of Canada at the next Session thereof for a Bill of Di- vorce from her husband, ROBERT ELGIN LLOYD LOTT, of the Toronto, County of York and ce of Ontario, Broker, on the 'of adultery and desertion. 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After the pleasant experi- ence was over, Mrs. Jones exclaimed, “I never lmew it was so easy! Why didn’t I do it before?” There is nothing compli- cated about it. Just say, “Long Distance.” I never knew it was so easy” HOWA RD Solicitor for Applicant FRANK J.D. BARNJUM FREE PAGE SEVEN ree Cit