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Andrew Humphrey, provincial soil analyst, is in charm of the Soils Laboratory at the Experimental Farm where the Canada department of agriculture I

mppiis the space and part of the equipment, and the provincial department supplies the staff and the remaining equipment.

The laboratory analyzes soil free of charge {or I PEI. farmers and recommends fertilizer .or lime application to correct deficiencies. A total of 1175 samples were received last year, an increase of more than 300 per cent in the past few yam. but the laboratory can handle 2,000 to 3,000 samples annually. .

The soil analysis service was initiated some

Right application I

controls thrips

1m in blustery fields can be controlled by applyin‘ an ti» Iecticide In the year 'he nelds

are burned. states CW Maxwell of the Canada Department of Agriculture Research Staucn at Fredericton. N B

A 2‘: per t‘enl dieidnn dust at It pounds per am Is the most effective pedicide lid sliould be applied when the sprouts are, emerging from the soil

Thrips come out of the soil In early spring and lay eggs on the terminal leaves causing than to twtst and mil. These leaves develop into galls from

I which the adult imp: emerge in

July or August. in late August

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the winter.

A little CanPraliOI between crop emiser and beekeepers allous Insecticides and other chemicals In he used Without killing oil the Jotal hoe popula- tlnn

LAO Roadhnurc, a Canada department of agriculture pesti- ctdc expert oflrrs some tipl to farmers. fruit growers. market gardeners custom spray opera- tors and beekeepers

lta beekeeprr Is warned In time that a toxic chemical Is to be used In his neighborhood he can protect his bees. He may move them or shut them up (or

The Guardian - 'Hie Patriot. Mu. Aprl U. "a. 11-h”

‘Co-OperotiOn cuts bee killing”:

a day. The beekeeper should be} —Chemicala highly toxic 10' alert lor spraying and iaqutre bees should be used only hetero: what is being applied and when. and alter flowering and never Mr Roadhouse also suggests witlua a quarter mile at baa —Spraya or dusts for orchards colonies or blooming fields and field cropa should be an: ~lnsacticidea dudly ta beaa plied belore the blossoms open.lnclude arunicals. Sorta. dial-I or alter all the petals have lall‘ ‘ drin, diailns, parathion. Diauav on; I on Guthlon and maiatfln; return local beekeepers be —Time spraying and dusting lore using a chemical fruit tnin~ so that chemicals will not drift her: to nearby fields where bees are —Apply need killers on car- lnraging. cal or forage crops before the —Do not dump mute chemi- ' weeds bloom; cal: or empty containers III-iv —II the orchard has cover they might contaminatapools - plants in bloom. cultivate ortstreama that bees an likely to mow before spraying; visit for water.

years ago by Dr. George B. Whitesidb—he retires this year—who also conducted the provincial soil survey.

Samples should be taken irom six to eight places around a field. the soil mixed thoroughly and about one pound sent in as a sample. It should be taken down to plow depth for cultivated crops. and down to three Inches for hay and pasture crops.

The emphasis hu shifted from potatoes to other crops in recent years with about 20 per cent of enquiries concede with land for new crops grown for Frosted Food plants.

I‘Bod meat’ outcry ;hikes inspections

In the first six weeks of lmlgedly being retailod to the pub the Iederal Health of Anin’tlsllic. he said. Previously appllca division received more than 10 lions t'amc In at the rate of om appllcations lrom firms for in- or two a month. spcction of killing and that Dr Wells pointed out the processlng plants. Dr, K Flthe law requires the moat in Wells. veterinary director geb‘spection service of the divislu eral of Canada. announced. Ito inspect plants from Whit"

The influx could be tracedjthe product is shipped out 0’ directly to the recent outcry _ the province or out of the coun against uninspectsd meat alle—rtry. Such products carry the “_“_—"——§“Canada Approved" stamp,

NEW ‘ Meat establishments in Can

>ada under federal inspection to CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3* Nil 230 and comprise 65 IITRI l animal slaughter plants. rill I worm, II. is liker that field test- poultry slaughter and process»

‘ flng of Improved resistant stocks ins plants, and 97 meat pm

twill be resumed in 1962. ccssing 918“!!-

r The difficulty in removing Dr. WP”! slid the EPDWIHR "m; from I’ll-levy in [hruhln‘ list of applications for federal has long been a deterrent to the melt Inspection i! made up 01 introduction of new varieties to "PM! VOIUMHIIHK for Inspec- the Maritimes. Two approaches."on 10 Sllifify WIN"! WIN toa solutlon are being investl-‘Wlflt HI? Clflldl APWDVM "led .1 Chulmmown .stsmp on the product. and can- A number at lines whlch have‘wmers who have begun on Illttle or no awn devrlopment PI‘EISIHB the Sam? Wlsh. HP all-I h." been obtained from in. dad federal Inspection has al- breeding program, These ap—J‘endy been extended to some; pear to have exceptionally applicants: other IPPIICHMS‘ strong straw and high reslstanceiWHe In "10 PPDCYSS 0‘ W81"!!- to smut. Sufficient seed is now: Ifll- ‘ available to test their yieldingl . ability. In small plots. FEWER DIVORCE!

Also. an extenslve research FREDERICTON (CPI—Court program has begun to deter- records here show a reduction mine the environmental facton in the number of New Bruns-I which influence the developyick divorces In late years. it:- ment of brittle awns. These stu~I eluding an occaslonal annul- ‘ diet will facilitate the breedlngl ment, there wore 161 legal sepa- I can: rations in mm. compared wlth readily be removed in threshing. 162 in 1940 and 221 ln I959 ‘

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