The Bridge of Allan Gazette from Bridge of Allan, Central Region, Scotland • 6

THE BRIDGE OF ALLAN GAZETTE -DECEMBER 13 1952 0 Information Wanted Agricultural Hews and Hotel HIDDEN MIDDENS I Iroentlv Rom iiVpW Can Pron gifonn- urgemiy nequirea aUon as t0 the whereabouts of any HIDDEN MIDDENS in the farms around Stirling (or have they all now been spread on the fields?) Replies treated in strictest confidence No 7157 Office Stirling AWA Select Your XMAS GIFTS At John Broum9s THE BUSY SHOP IN BAKER STREET Hare is a Shop stock full of Gifts to please every member of the family Gifts which are suitable useful and and at prices to please DEPT SILK SETS VESTS NIGHTDRESSES PYJAMAS BED AlCETS BLOUSES GLOVES CARDIGANS HANDKERCH Er5 SCENT COMPACTS HEAD-SQUARES DRESSING GOWNS Etc DEPT GLOVES SCARFS TIES BRACE SETS SLIPOVERS PULLOVERS SHIRTS SOCKS HANDKERCHIEFS Etc HOUSEHOLD DEPT TEA CLOTHS TABLE CLOTHS CUSHION COVERS TOWELS QUILTS BEDSPREADS SHEETS BLANKETS Etc DEPT HANDKERCHIEFS GLOVES JUMPERS SHIRTS DRESSES VELVET TROUSERS HELMETS Etc SHOP EARLY THIS XMAS STIRLING AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Next Foal Show Etc Stirling Agricultural foal show and grain and root competition due on Wednesday of next week at the Central Auction Mart is being extended this year to include cattle classes These will include dairy cattle and feeding stock Mr Bathie secretary stated on Wednesday that entries were still being received There seems to be a good entry likely for most classes and the new cattle classes particularly the dairy catt QOf ft are creating very considerable interest The judging is due to start at 10 and prizes will be presented at the close of the judging STIRLING HORSE SALE At Stirling on Friday Live Stock Marts Ltd held their monthly sale of horses and all classes of tractor and horse implements at Queens-haugh Horses on offer numbered 12 of all classes and only those fully warranted realised satisfactory prices Aged and worn-out sorts sold from £26 to £33 for slaughter Work horses warranted in their work made from £42 to £60 There was a good turnout of implements and the demand remained good for anything useful Horse implements were more difficult to sell WM McLACHLAN CO LTD Fishmarket Glasgow Cl Phone Bell 2021 (2 lines) Lachlan Glasgow LIVE POULTRY We are paying this week for first Quality Poultry Large Hens 1 Per Lots of 100 or more 110 per lb Prime Quality Turkeys 36 to 4 per lb Chickens according to size and quality We are buyers of Fresh Trapped Rabbits CASH PAYMENTS ON COLLECTION It II BROWN A SON DRAPERS AND OUTFITTERS 37-39 Baker Street Stirling Telephone 203 M3'2 Brucu 141 Ai-jyl Straet Glasgow Cl II St Cthrln' Road- Wart1 ESTABLISHED I83S NOVEMBER WAS A HARD MONTH Variable conditions with considerable rain in some areas prevailed until the last week of the month when hard frost with snow in Northern districts set in over the whole country Autumn cultivation was well in hand though retarded to some extent by frosty weather Lifting of sugar beet was practically complete but steady progress with other root crops was interrupted towards the end of the month by hard weather The condition and quality of crops were generally good With a few exceptions threshings were light Bushel weights averaged about 62 lbs for wheat 53-54 Ids for barley and 41-42 lbs for oats Yields similar to last were recorded for straw Pastures were practically finished for the season but adequate supplies of fodder were generally available Dairy cows were in fresh condition with milk yields about the seasonal average Grazing cattle made satisfactory headway nearly all having been housed for the winter while sheep continued to thrive Winter vegetables are generally making normal progress with prospects of average to good yields Recent severe frosts have checked the forward progress of autumn-planted cabbages HEAVIER CROP YIELDS Estimated yields of grain crops in Scotland show a considerable increase this year over the figure for 1951 Wheat has gone up from 413 bushels per acre last year to 482 this year with an average from 1942-1951 of 404 bushels Barley has jumped even higher when the 10-year average is taken This year the yield is 535 bushels per acre against 453 last year and 419 average since 1942 MX XCHES EDOM COAST TBEUSti i pm ii mm UP TO £18 18- ALLOWANCE ON YOUR OLD RADIO towards this modern JESS! RAYMOND HE LUXE RADIOGRAM Garrard 3-speed automatic Record Changer 3 wavebands Beautiful two-tone Walnut Cabinet of do luxe design Record Storage CA8H pR1CE or used as part deposit Ogns by Easy Payments from fellow-members of the tub in recognition of her services as secretary Mr A Jessiman club organiser in handing over the gift said there were few who realised the tremendous amount of work Chris had done as most secretarial work was never seen They had found her most co-operative and obliging at all times and they were pleased that she was continuing her active interest in the club as she had become a member of the advisory committee Miss Christie thanking Mr Jessiman and the club members said it had been a great pleasure being secretary especially when one had every assistance from such an enthusiastic number of members It had never occurred to her that her services were to be recognised in this way apd she thanked the club members for their kindness ALLAN WATER YOUNG CLUB The above club held a meeting in Greenloaning School on Thursday when Mr A Fraser presided The chairman introduced the speaker Mr Gilchrist head of the economics department of the West of Scotland Agricultural College who gave a talk on Farming Through The with emphasis on change change change The talk was very varied covering the different branches of farming cattle sheep and arable crops After questions Mr Rowe proposed a vote of thanks to the speaker This is a talk which can be recommended to any Young Club for their winter syllabus STRAiTHENDRICK YOUNG CLUB Ayrshire Talk Young Clubs fulfilling their That was the provocative title of the address given to the members of the Strath-endrick Young Club at their meeting on Monday night by Mr John Stevenson MBE of Changue Ayrshire Mr Stevenson would seem in a good position to judge He is a prominent West of Scotland farmer being the owner of a famous Ayrshire herd but he is perhaps better known in the Young Club movement He is a past president of the Scottish Association of and now occupies an advisory position in the association He thinks they are fulfilling their function although everything is not ideally perfect A great deal had still to be done to further the education and knowledge of every member as it was from the ranks of the ordinary members that the future leaders of the agricultural industry would come In thanking Mr Stevenson Mr Jim McAuslan said although the Strathendrick Club were having some difficulties at the present time he hoped that from the information and help Mr Stevenson had given them that their club would once again attain the high place it had occupied in the Young movement Mr Victor Perritt presided at the meeting Secretary Honoured Miss Chris Christie Dalfoil Balfron received a handsome gift TI 1144 and 2I4S Tal Cantral 1A44S Tl 1170 TOYS ALL AT very keen We have the finest range in the whole of Stirlingshire WONDERFUL STOCK OF ALL KINDS OF CARPETS and RUGS AT PRE-INCREASE PRICES THE FASHION SALON At our Falkirk Branch stocks the newest lines in Fur Coats Costumes Afternoon Dresses Evening Gowns etc all available on our EASY PAYMENT TERMS FAT STOCK MARKETING SCHEME MOVE LOCAL FARMERS' MEETING Stirling West Perth and Clackmannan members of the National Union had an opportunity in the Golden Lion Hotel Stirling on Thursday night to express their views on the proposed fat stock marketing scheme the subject of recommendations contained in a booklet issued by a joint working committee Mr Paterson Claylands Bal-fron president of the Stirling Branch presided and introduced Mr George Hedley president of the NFU who made a statement on the scheme before the meeting was thrown open to questions Mr McDermont Live Stock Marts Ltd thought the auctioneers were going to be by-passed They had been very useful to the agricultural world all their days and if they were to be washed out he thought it was very unfair If the farmers were going to run the scheme he asked where were they going to get the finance? It was costing the Government £30000000 to run the scheme at the moment Mr Hedley said it cost the Government £10750000 plus between £35000000 to £36000000 that they were losing between the uptake of the carcases and their disposal He realised what a good job the auctioneers had done in the past and he hoped they would continue to do so But one of the fundamentals of the scheme was that they as quality producers of meat wanted to hand over to the consumer the meat in the best condition possible and everyone whether they be auctioneers butchers or farmers realised that the more handling a fat animal got the more damage was done It was because of that that they were insisting on a dead-weight scheme that they transport direct from the farm to' the slaughter-house With regard to finance Mr Hedley said they had their Marketing Act and the Government would guarantee them a marketing allowance Mr Have you that guarantee? Mr It is in the Act POSITION Answering Mr A Bowie Linlithgow who raised the question of imported meat Mr Hedley said if the Government imported so much meat as allowed the selling price to fall below the guaranteed price the Government would have to make it up any Government in all probability would give them first call on the home market because the Government would have to make up the difference Mr Morton Bensfield Falkirk asked how Scotland would fare in this with the amount of meat she had to export? Mr Hedley said Scotland would have little to fear If she continued to produce the present quality of meat she would get price recognition for the quality Mr Waugh auctioneer Falkirk thought the scheme was the same as the present pig scheme and a man would never believe his weights when he got them Mr Hedley said farmers would follow their animals through by appointment and see them killed When they realised it would be a board and not a Government board surely they would be more happy than under the present system They had no intention of Jloing away with the auctioneers The producer could sell his fat cattle or sheep through the auctioneers if he wished but the buyer if he wanted to kill them would have to sell them through the Board The auctioneer would still have his store trade going on all the time Mr Bain Doune wanted to know the powers if a strike was on in London Mr Hedley said the Board would not have the power to call out the Armed Forces but surely the Government would do that He agreed more refrigerated vans and better rolling stock would be needed there would be a tremendous lot of teething troubles The people on the original Board would get many kicks MILK SCHEME SUCCEEDED Replying to another question by Mr Waugh Mr Hedley outlined how money would be saved by the new scheme A million pounds would be aved by cutting out collecting centres a million-and-a-half pounds would be saved by cutting out droving from the collecting centres to the slaughter-house Another saving would be effected by more efficient handling and the better Handling of offals Mr A McLauchlan Crieff wanted to see auctioneers getting a fair deal Mr Hedley told Mr A McNaugh-ton Balquhidder there would probably be under the scheme omething like 30 and 40 centralised slaughtering places But supposing they had only six properly sited no one would need to transport their stock more than 50 miles Mr Hedley informed Mr McDermont that if they took over to-morrow they would not go on with scheme until they had slaughtering facilities Mr Waugh said the auctioneer would help the farmer every time and asked how many farmers in bad times had been indebted to the auctioneers a remark which met with considerable approval Mr Weir Speedie Bros suggested the auctioneers should let the farmers get on with the meeting Mr Morton thought that if they gave the scheme a chance it would do a lot of good He instanced the milk marketing scheme as having ended the milk cap-inhand approach to the Glasgow dairymen Mr McGregor Ballinton hornhill was concerned about the fine quality cuts arriving on their plates and not mixed up as things were to-day Mr Hedle said that would be one of their aims They must ensure that the distributive trade got exactly what it wanted the kind of meat and the kind of cuts Mr Gray Burnside Alva thanked Mr Hedley and the vote of thanks to the chairman was moved by Mr Mclldowie Nether Cambushinnie To Farmers and Landowners PLOUGHING NOW UNDERTAKEN BY THE ACRE in the LOTHIAN STIRLING and PERTH DISTRICTS ALL ORDERS and ENQUIRIES will receive IMMEDIATE ATTENTION WM FERRIER AGRICULTURAL CO 5 WEST SAVILE rtftRACE EDINBURGH The meeting last Thursday night in the Golden Lio i Hotel arranged to hear a speaker talk on the plans for a proposed fat stock marketing scheme as worked out fey a specially appointed working committee of the NFU was a Success in many ways The speaker Mr George Hedley president of the Union made a very good substitute for the pre-arranged speaker Mr Graham the union secretary who was in London on business The attendance was satisfactory and fairly representative of the industry from Linlithgow to Callander and Balquhidder including hill sheep farmers and cattle feeders and dealers and let us not forget auctioneers Mr Hedley outlined the principal points of the suggested grading from the hook scheme to replace the present grading from the scheme run by the Ministry of Food He was given a very attentive hearing and an opportunity was given for discussion (a fuller report of which appears in another column) We were frankly disappointed with the paucity of questions from the actual producers side but silence probably meant entire agreement with the new scheme Be that as it may we know that quite a number are in favour of the present methods of grading as carried out at the Live Stock Marts but why oh why did they not take part in the discussion It always pay dividends to sit on the and gently scan your brither man We would have been better pleased if the two auctioneers who did speak had tieon bettor prepared as it were and ready to submit the alternative scheme as being bolstered by the auctioneers' association It will doubtless resolve it self into a case of the minority having to bow down to the majority As Mr Hedley remarked the whole purpose of holding such meetings was to find out what the farmer producers thought of the proposals put forward by the working committee and to discover any possible amendments and constructive criticism Which would be fully discussed at headquarters The Central Scotland dairy farmers will be making the Lesser Albert Hall Stirling their mecca on Monday night first to take part ift a conference on Milk production and dairy herd Last week we gave you the panel of speakers to be introduced by the chairman Sir George Wilson LLD (chai'man of the West of Scotland Agricultural College Governors) They will give you details of the running successfully of the Auchincruive dairy herd of between 70 and 80 head To give you an example we quote official figures In the last three years the yield from complete lactations averaged 1012 1100 and 1041 gallons with 4 butter fat The profit per cow for the same years respectively was £27 10s £16 10s and £21 5s the net profit of milk produced in those years was £2265 £1435 and £1865 We trouble you with more figures It will be more beneficial if you dairy farmers put in a personal appearance and hear for yourselves Principal Kirkwood Mr James Thomson the farm manager and the other two speakers give their homely and interesting description of how it is done successfully at Scottish breeders and feeders Were delighted to hear on Monday of the outstanding Success of the Aberdeen-Angus Shorthorn cross steer Gregor shown by Scottish Malt Distillers and which was previously champion at Birmingham and Edinburgh gaining the rare triple crown by winning the supreme championship at Court Another Scottish exhibit Euroma 4th of Clashfarquhar shown by Mr James Nicoll Por-lethen survived the effects of the devastating London fog to win three championships after a Vet had administered penicillin injections and also wearing a mask of sacking dipped in whisky No mention is made of the proprietary brand whether it was Glenlivet or Johnny There was brisk bidding for the cattle sold by a record being set up of £1200 for the champion steer Gregor and it was quite nice to know that it was being brought back over the Border and that the bonnie lads and lassies in Ayr would get a taste of this super animal Messrs McLaren The Inch Kincardine-on-Forth sold their third prize-winner at Edinburgh a cross heifer weighing 11 cwt 3 qrs the buyer being Mr Fernie butcher Cupar and the price £100 Three young members of the Stirling District YFC took part in the young farmers stockjudging competition at the Scottish National Fat Stock Show held at the Waverley Market Edinourgh last week gaining 3rd prize with 996 points St Cyrus young farmers were the winners The members of the Stirling team comprised Stevenson Mill of Torr Gray Makeanston Thornhill CLACKMANNAN YFC Ploughing Match East Gogar Farm (Mr Gavift will be the scene of great activity on Saturday first when the Clackmannan Young Club stage their annual ploughing match Entries are practically the same numerically as last year at Black faulds There are eight high high cutters five two-wheelers two junior high cutters nine senior tractors and two junior tractors The judges appointed to do duty horse plough Messrs Alan Wingate Caledonian Road Wishaw and James Robb Wood-stone Kippen tractor plough section George Smart Hatton of Kinnoul Perth and Andrew Bell Bankell MilngaVie horse and extras Messrs Andrew Brand Nethermyres Auchtermuchty and Thomas McLaren Drumore Doune We are favoured with a list of entrants Here they are: one wheel Alex Miller Craigniven John Bain CYawtree Kippen James McNab Parkhead Alloa David Sibbald Thorn Hollar Malcolm McAulay Gartlove Clackmannan James Twaddle Gilbert-held Cambuslartg John Craig Devonside Tillicoultry and Alan Dykes Ballaird seniors two wheel class Messrs Ian Tan-nock Northfield CambUs McLugash Broom Causewayhead Jas Ramsay Blairmains Blairlogie David Barrie Powis Mains John McLaren Muircot Itrv 44-46 KING STREET STIRLING and Adam jun Lower Greenyards Bannockburn their trainer being A Dunn Redhall Bat we have also heard it said that Mr Bryce West-wood Mr Patterson agricultural adviser and Adam sen also gave some fatherly advioe and hints into the bargain Congrats boys it Will prove of great assistance in giving you added confidence in tho future While in the mood to hand out congratulations let us also include Mr and Mrs Thomas Miller Craigniven Farm Touch who celebrated their golden wedding at the end of the week We have previously alluded to Mr prowess as a ploughing expert and decorator of horses His four sons are worthily following in his footsteps all being skilled craftsmen and keen exponents of the higfe cutting What a contribution they have all made and are still making to maintain interest in horse ploughing The farm at Craigniven is a perfect model of tidiness the hedges all trimmed to perfection stales of stacks all scrupulously cleaned up Several of Mr and Mrs sons-in-law are also workers on the land On Sunday we passed Craigniven but it was enshrouded in mist However our thoughts were with the esteemed couple and we are sure that it is the ardent wish of our readers that both will have many years before them to enjoy the fruits of many hard and honest work towards the maintenance of the farming industry The entries for Perthshire Agricultural annual foal show and root and grain show billed for Friday first are a bit down from last year Of the 59 entered 33 are foals The root and grain show will also show a reduction the figures being 99 as against 127 last year Mr Leonard Murray Auchyle Port of Menteith had an outstanding animal in tfee attested ring at the Central Auction Mart (Stirling) last Thursday It was sired by a Cumberland dairy bull and out of an Ayrshire cow The selling price was £122 The North of Fife Foal Show took place at the Auction Mart Ladybank on Saturday The foal classes were exceptionally strong Messrs Clark Son Muirtons Perth had the show champion a colt foal sired by Muirton Monarch and out of a Vanguard mother He was bred by Mr A Baillie Bannaty Milnathort and previously was champion at Kinross The champion was leader in the colt foal class second place being occupied by Mr Smith South Kerse bonny Stirling with his home-bred son of Muirton Monarch and which is improving with every outing In the same class Mr John Black Boghall Thornhill Stirling was placed fourth with a get of Tullichewan Command which previously was champion at Ayr as a yearling Mr Smith was also placed 3rd with his filly foal by Ideal The first local ploughing match of the season will be held on Saturday on a field given by Mr Gavin Reid East Gogar There will be eight high cutters five in the plain class (two-wheel class) two junior high cutters tractor ploughs senior nine tractors junior two a total of twenty-six ploughs See another column for full details of entry and panel of judges On Saturday night the 117-year-old Buchlyvie Ploughing Society will hold a general meeting of members and former open competitors in the Red Lion Hotel Buchlyvie when arrange ments for their forthcoming annual open-to-8cotland match will be made also the rules revised and judges nominated It will almost be a certainty that the match this year will be in the east end or Kippen end Time of course will tell The joint secretaries Messrs Muirhead of Am-gibbon expect a full turn-out The brothers Young of Powbridge and Airth along with Pearson and Scott won on Saturday for the second time the curling championship at Falkirk Ice Rink Their motto is concentration is half the Certainly they had to be on their toes for with an end to go in the semi-final they were 4 down Then they peeled at the last end and scored two in the extra end A wonderful performance 1 With the thaw setting in at the week-end there was great activity by the moles everywhere especially along the Carse where molehills were being pushed up in great numbers The West of Scotland Agricultural College has now opened an office at 9 Barnton Street Stirling (Telephone No Stirling 1431) Anyone who wishes to make contact with the College in the counties of and Clackmannan can now do so at the above address Mr Patterson the agricultural adviser is always at your service Geo Headrick Newmills Culross tractors senior Messrs John Prentice Gartenkelr (who incidentally has drawn lot 13) Alex Sibbald Thom Dollar James McNaughton Allaleckie Dollar James Croy Meadowhill Clackmannan Alex Eccles Balhearty Tillicoultry Harry Ross Balgownie Mains Culross Hendry Downie Hazleyshaw For-estmill Edward Robb Garvel Cambus and Hugh Allan Blama-vaid Drymen junior James Ross Balgownie Mains and John Moffat Inch Farm Kincardine-on-Forth Given a continuance of the open weather conditions there should be a good attendance of spectators GARTMORE AND DALMARY PLOUGHING SOCIETY The annual general meeting was held in the Village Club Gartmore on Thursday when there was a good turnout of members In the absence of the chairman Mr Alex MCAdam vice-chairman presided the treasurer gave his report which shewed that the society was in a sound financial state The following office-bearers were chairman Mr 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