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Farmers ilsing -Modern Methods

In eleven years, toss-as inclusive, Canadian farmers spent more than 5'M0.000.wo for farm machinery and eqiliinne 2 salts Frank shefrin in the October Economic Annallst. published by the Economics Divi- sion, Marketing service, Dominion Department of Agriculture.

Had there been no rationing of machine y sales or curtailment of machinery production during the war years, chances are the total would have been a good deal more impressive. As it is, expenditures since 1946 have set new records every year.

The inevitable trend of Canadian agriculture to mechanization was stimulated by a scarcity of farm labour during the war, by the rela-

iiepori 0n Vlesiem Crop Conditions

WINNIPEG. May 6 - While spring seeding has -commenced at scattered points in the Prairie Provinces. it will not become gen- eral until the 10th or 15th of May. and then only if warmer weather occurs. according to the first week- ly crop report of the Department of Agriculture of the Canadian National Railways. in comparison with last year the crop will so in from one to three weeks later this season. Moisture conditions are quite variable.

In Manitoba the present flood condition will delay seeding. at the expense of wheat acreage. Sugar beets too may be slightly reduced ,in the flatter lands in the Red River valley which have been flooded.

Moisture conditions in Manitoba

generally are satisfactory and tively high farm wage scales, by former! are awaiting warmer the uncertainty and consequent W9Iih9"- economic risk involved In using

In northern Manitoba there is still a considerable amount of smw In the sheltered places and the land is generally very met.

In eastern Saskatchewan top soil moisture is considered satisfactory to start the crop and there has been only slight soil drifting to date.

transient labour to harvest crops with high market value. and by the increasing total cash income received by farmers.

Economic conditions significantly influence the rate of farm mechani- zation and the remarkable expan- sion ln total purchases during the 1946-48 period was due in part to unfilled needs carried over from the depressed thirties. as well as the wartime rationing period.

During the depression years. farmers were hard hit and made every effort to avoid new capital outlays although farm machinery was in good supply. The reverse was true during World War Ii, when farmers had the money but there was a shortage of new machinery,

Greater mechanization of farm operations means greater eificency in production. Probably because the Prairies are so suitable to rapid mechanization, prairie farmers pur- chased more farm machinery than any other regional group in the eleven-year period under considera- tion Thcir total outlay, at whole- sale value, amounted to S 451,000,000 or about 60 per cent of Canadian expenditures.

On a. provincial total basis. Saskatchewan farmers have been the heaviest investors. in (Eastern Canada, with its smaller farms, rapid mechanization is being made possible by the introduction of

Snow In Regina

A seven inch snowfall on the Regina plains on May 2nd will or- casion further delay in commencing seeding operations. Suh soil mola- iure due to the dry fall months will not be considered better than fair

Grasshoppers threaten over 3 much wider area in Saskatchewan than in Manitoba and both prov- inces have carefully organized control campaigns in prospect. Weather generally in Saskatch- ewan has been quite cool with re- curring frosts at night which has seriously delayed seeding. The flrst report of seeding in the Saskatoon area comes from Delisln Seeding has started only in a few localities in the western end of the Prince Albert division, but will not become general until about the middle of May.

North and east of Calgary mois- ture conditions are generally poor on the Drumheller sub-division, with other areas showing fair to good moisture.

Some sections have little sub soil moisture.

Frosis have occurred quite fre- quently in the Edmonton area and moisture conditions are not too smaller types of equipment Iatisfactor.V- By reducing the whole picture to

Except I0? 15013595 Milan"! "0 the size of a sinale farm it is fairly WP”! I155 bee" dime P" "'9 13": simple to visualize the. extent of in the Peace River area. but see - . 5 , i, inz should be general in a week or txiiseigeggggsgia IE"fhZ'!B:1):?r!: Iegoizigiong me” are generally ioniBrlttreau1 of Statistics. Canada's good with high winds rapidly dry- 'i8' 0" ii”: indusily SP9"! an

These averages varied from prov- ince to province In 1938 Manitoba in science farmers spent 5123 per farm, in of wheat and coarse grains are 1ii- 194.8, 5416; Alberta, 391 per farm in ficult to appraise accurately. Some 1938, 5408 in 10-1-8; Saskatchewan, areas indicate a wheat reduction of 555 per farm in 1933. 5360 in 1948. five to ten per cent due to the late Ontario was fourth with 543 in 19.,8' season. with the possibility of 5215 in L948 ”' coarse gra nsb eing increased some- ' . , , what. Close to 200.000 acres in the stEc!E:dI;?t;m7:,:e: mdgy meiPitm; Red River valley are under water In rem” L pr 1 5:1" "I" mm” at the present time. Farmers have any auger; occiigg m::on!:!l':f:eE;h”"N;:!

been ur ed to reduce when lant-

mg by ac”: by 51!: Dog shefrin. They are likely to con-

minion Department of Agriculture. tinue to add to machlntfy and Indications 3,5 mm ac,-(.539 win implement inventories as long as

be reduced considerably less than him incomes FBIYIBID NEIL

this figure and that the overall Tr-m-m

Acreage Changes

Est irnates of change

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erican Reds. and Jack Stachel, wheat acreage may approximate may not be bottom, a convicted Communist that of last year when nearly cent; of normal, Party official. 26 1-2 million acres were sown. Chen-195 are arse dgfnnged with

In the Okanagan extremely cold 40 to 50 pm. Cent of normal ..i,.i,i; weather in January and February anticipated, Damage to plums. unused considerable dnmntze, es- prunes. appiosv Md pears is peciaily to apricots and pchclr-as. thought to be slight and may pm. Estimated yield of these fruits duce no,-may ymds.

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LONDON. May T-(Reuters) -A voice believed to be that of skipper- Alexander Smith of the Welsh trawler Milford , Viscount -missing in the Atlantic for three weeks -came ovcr the loudspeaker at a Scottish lighthouse today while his brother William sat transfixed by the radio.

William Smith was convinced it was his brother who. with his crew of 1'2, had twice been given up as lost.

The voice-weak, but distinct - was heard to say:

"This might be last cali...bat- teries going II:-It...pnSIII0li 72 do- grres 40 minutes mrtli 17 west. This would place the vessel north of Iceland and east ci Greenland Local iislrermcn said the North Atlantic tlriit, coulrl have carried the Miiiorti Viscount there. William Smith and it lighthouse kceprr heard the message nt 4:30

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Immediately on hearing what he firmly believes to be his brother's voice. Smith telephoned his home villztge. Milford Haven in South Wales. to tell his other brothers.

They got in touch with the Ad- miralty, and an urgent call went out to all trawlers and other ves- sels to look out for the Milford Viscount and listen for any further signals.

A United States Air Force B-l'I bomber took off from Iceland this afternoon to search for the m.ssir'.',; trawler.

A Royal Navy spokesman said it message about the signal having been received was sent to the fishery protection sloop Cygnet, cit the northwest lrisl-i coast on her way to Iceland.

There are no other British naval vessels closc enough to join the starch, and the area is out of normal range of R. A. F. planes.

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