JANUARY 20, 1950

Farm Prices ‘ And) Markets

The following prices and m“- hot details in_vsrious par-fig og the Province are given in the weekly market report of the De. partment of Agriculture:

Tilllllh —' Seed -— Mountains 61c per bus. at car. 70c per bag at car. ‘Light move. ment in both seed and tablestcck.

0'14"?!‘ — Seed Sebagoes 60c per bus. at the car. Talble- stook—-55c per bus. ungraded at

I

the car.

Wellington — Seed — Cobbler; s5c-70c per bus. Slow movement. Tablestook-‘mc per bag ur. ight movement.

S t"—Seed—60cper bus. at the car. Very slow. Table- alock-60c-65c per bag. No Ship-

ping.

Borden Lino — Seed - Mom. rains 80c Per bus, Very slow. Tublestock — None moving.

Kensington — Taiblestook 70c p91‘ 75 llb. bag, for all varieties. Foundation A Cobblers 70c per bus. No movement in other var-

iltiel.

Charlottetown - Seed — Se- bagoes and Katahdins 60c per bus. at the car. Fair movement. Cobblers 70c per bus. at the car. Fair movement. ‘Eablestock — name es previous week.

Moreil — Seed — Sebagoes 65c per bus. Cobblers 70c per bus, Foundation A and Certified. Fail:

movement. I Tablestock -— 52c per bus. at the car. Slow. Elmira. — Seed — Katahdin

Foundation A 60c per bus. at the car, No. 2 Katahdins 75c per bus. scarce, Light movement.

Livestock

Hog prices over the week-end strengthened a bit-at Moncton with Grade "A's" now at 26.00, which is an advance of 50c. A further advance on January 17th of 25c was registered.

At Charlottetown also advanced 75c. On our last week's broadcast I referred to'the improvement in price at Montreal. an-d local prices, while a little 110w in gathering speed, eventu- ally were placed more in line with Montreal quotations. l-low- et'er, Montreal prices are fluctu- ating to some extent, and we feel Maritime prices are, at present, comparatively good.

The following is the dciail:

hog

Moncton Prices

hot dressed Cattle, calf, alive are

Hog prices are weight delivered. sheep and lamb prices f.o.b. country points.

Hogs: Grade A 26.00; B1 135-00- No. l sows 16.00; No. 2 sows 15.00.

Cattle: Steers and heifers: Choice 21.00; good 19.00; medium 17.00; fair 14.00; common 12.00. Cows: Choice 14.50; good 13.50; lyibdium 12.00; common 11.00; canners and cutters 9.00 to 10.00. Bulls: Good 15.00; medlium 14.00; common 12.00.

Calves: Choice 18.00; good veal 17.00; medium 15.00; 6001010“ 13.00; grasscrs 12.00 to 13.00.

Sheep: Good 7.00; common 3.00; Rail Grade 15.00 for Grade A de- llvered.

Lambs: Good spring lambs 20.00. Rail Grade 44.00 Grade A delivered. '

Charlottetown Prices

Charlottetown hog prices are hot dressed weight delivered. Calf, sheep and lamb prices are delivered to the plant and weigh- ed on the plant scales.

Hogs: Grade A 25.00; Bl 2-1150 No. 1 sows 15.00; No. 2 sows 14.00.

Cattle: Steers: Choice 20.00; good 18.50; medium 18.00-18.00; common 14.00 16.00. Heifers: Choice 19.50; good 18.00; medium 160008.00; common 14.00-16.00. Cow's: Good 13.50; medium 12.00; common 13.00-11.00; oannere- 8.00- 11.00; cutters 11.00. Bulls: Good butcher 14.00; bologna bulls 10.00- 13.00.

Calves: Good and choice 18.00; common and medium 15.00-17.50; praseera 10.00-12.00.

Sheep: Good 7.00; colmno 8.00; Rail Grade 15.00 Grade A.

Lambs: Good and Choice alive 31.00. Rail Grade 45.00 Grade A. Lambs alive Lolb. country points 19.50 for Good and Choice.

Tablestock— '

at the‘

prices

l Potato Marketing Situation Reviewed

‘ "Al. a conservative estimate. be- itween eooo and 1.000 cars of ‘Potatoes remain in Prince EflWlLfd

Island for shipment. as against

3,000 ears shipped by rail and a

51mm" llllanml’ by water," states Col. C. C. Thompson. manager of the Potato Promotion Gonvmittee, 111 I market revert prepared for the Provincial Department of Agri- culture.

At present, he said, the market is extremely quiet. The demand for seed is very slight, nrld_ while- on occasions there is I. slight tinny in the domestic tablestock market. l! Bllpesrs to be of a.' temporary nature only. Just a few extra. cars depress the market in the larger consuming Ccnterstsuch as Mam. real and Toronto.

will“ Shipments have. of course. finished for the winter in so far u the use of Island ports is con- cerned. We anticipate. however. a reasonably steady movement by water of potatoes 1mm Halifax mid st. John for United States Atlantic ports.

Maine Freight Rates

"As reported in the pres, Mgihe growers were given a concession 1n freight rates to New rlngland points, including Boston and Providence. as well as New York City. We were extremely hopeful that our shippers would enjoy the same privilege. ,

“Both the Canadian National and‘ the Canadian Pacific expressed a willingness to put us on an muaf. footing with Maine. However, steps were taken to nullify this propos- ed reduction and we now find ourselves at a. disadvantage over Maine in so far as reaching the New England States is cbmorneci,

The a-bove prices on hogs do not include Dominion Govcrn-| nlent premiums of $2.00 for Grade‘ A and $1.00 for Grade Bl, nor Provincial Government premiums on Al and Bl ewe and wether lambs

BUTTER.

ln checking with the trade on‘ the Sydney and Halifax markets, we find butter is coming from the west and is being sold to the Sydney retailer at 6355c. We have. also been informed that butter is‘ beili-g sold in carload luls lil Sydney for till/ac delivered in. Syd-hey‘. This could be the Dairy‘ Products Board butter or fresh western butter packed in solids; This butter also could be printed’ and sold to the retailer for 631,20.‘

In checking with the trade on; the Halifax market, we find some creameries have been selling to the retailer for 630-640. while wholesalers have been trying to hold the price at 64c and the Stilt} of butter on this market is much lower than one year ago, due lo- tho competition of margarine. l‘. is impossible, therefore, for our creamery salesmen to sell butter at the present price and meet iiilS competition. Our prices ulero sot so that the butter would clem- satisfzlctoriiy on all COII1lp0I.\il\'L‘ markets. A few of our creamerlcs, are even now selling their butler

well, while others have made, few, if any, large sales for 4the| past month. This is SIIKICIPYIL] proof mat there is somethmfl wrong and we must adlllsl 0"!" butter as follows:

Local Jobbing — l-Z lwlwd prints — 03c (Charlottetown).

Wholesale price —- l-i 90ml“ prints-file (Charlottetown).

Due to the unsatisfactory con- ditions prevailing ln the other two Maritime Provinces, we shall uol. at present 101019 Pnce-‘i fml“ there.

l A concrete reaction to the United States Dfogfilmmc °E dumping fa rm suPDlWS f"? m‘

port was seen by the £110" 1111" ket in Quebec on Wednesdn) and showed a reduction per cwt. on oats and Hi0 061' 9W1‘ on barley. This reaction continued Thursday and prices before the close of the market showed 8 still further reduction of 30 P" qwg, an oats, and 5c on barley. The above mentioned prlflés are on bulk grain in carlots only on a wholesale basis. if baESI-"i the price would be the cost 0f the bag higher or 23c per cwt. l

‘this is that the

tEdward island and

l" Particularly the City of New York.

"At the beginning of this week Maine had shipped to date from her 1048 crop 26,000 cars out of a total crop of 05.000 cars. To date she has only shipped fffln] he; present extremely heavy holdings 0f the 1949 crop slightly in excess of 14.000 cars. 1n other words she is ill the vicinity of 12.000 oars be- hind this time a year ago. It dues not require much figuring to dis. cover that Maine. irrespective of other potato producing States still has a terrific quantity q! potatoes yet to market. The some applies to New Brunswick and ourselves where We have a. large excess of klfllalnes over our holdings of a 'ear ago.

U. S. Support Price

"The United States growers have the benefit of a support. - or floor price. At the present time that is $2.20 per owt. A year ago the U. S. Department of Agriculture. operat- ing under the support price, had purchased from farmers, slightly in excess of 50 million 100 pound bags of potatoes. To date she has only purchased something less than l0 million bags. So it is quite evident that the US. Government is for behind in her purchases of potatofs tuldel- the support price.

"Pressure is being put to bear on the American Department of Agri- culture to greatly speed 11p hc-r glulcliascs in order to l‘€l.i€\‘0 the grower situation in that country. As a result of the few purchases

‘by the United States Government

on the support programme, a large number of potatoes, in practically all potato grmving points in the United States. arc selling. today. considerably below their support price. The only apparent reason for owners orf the potatoes require money and in order to secure same are trot wait- ing for Government purchases to be made."

Mr. Thompson said there is an agitation on by the ‘Potato Oom- niittee in the State of Maine re- commending a. change in lfheir graded U. S. No. 1 potatoes. This rllilllgq which undoubtedly will be approved of by the Government. uiii consist of a 2 {-4 inch mini- mum and a 3 3-4 inch maximum. The object is to provide a better quality’ for consumers and more culls for slitrc-h factories.

“It would appear that before is any marked improvement in the potato market the U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture will have to take off the market for industrial use, "or have gifts to foreign countries. or destroy at least 80 million bushels of DOHITDQS. Should this take plncc the American mar-

‘ket would unquestionably improve. ‘Ally intprcvoinellt in that country

uould naturally be reflected in Canada, and particularly in Prince New Bruin:- wick, where the only surplus iu Canada. exists.

“To sum the potato situation up briefly. then- is nowhere that then- is much confidence sh9wn In the p3lnt0 market. Buyers are merely gOiil; {mm hand to mouth. and miuy bvlieve that this situation will continue for sometime. there is any change, it should be for the better.

U. B. Announcement

“It is of particular interest to our poluto farmers lo note that lilo U. S. Department o! Agllfillll" u1‘o has anounccd that for 1950 ‘the silpport price will be at 60 per c0117- of ilnrily, which ls a decided \re-

‘(iIICLiOII from that existing for the

past frw years of namely, 90 per cont of parity.

"It is also interesting to note that. t-‘lc 1050 goal figure is set

,ar. 1.137.000 acres. which is a drop

of 85,000 acres from the 1949 acre- age allotment. It is ‘anticipated luu, from this new acreuEE flzure. md tinder normal conditions, this lcuid produce a. yield for 1950 of .L.5 million bushels. which is just enough potatoes to provide a per cnpltu nlrrpLv of 100 pounds. This figure shows a reduction of three 13» pounds per person from the 1948 figure".

M13 Thrunpson referred to the "rat-her startling announcement from Washington" rezwrdmz the action of the United States Gov- ornment on surplus farm products. There are eleven commodities prtfl (lucefi I11 the United 509105 WhiCh

FLYING IAUCIIS? IUBI.

the vague side. himself and hlt he from the gro "nd and spins in a

1M disk open by centrifugal force. making it act can be closed and the disk scoot: away like a w hirling top. Watched a test flight n! Dr. Kay's I‘O\'0ii|iI\lI1'<Il'_‘~'

Bu Dr. E. W. Kay of Glendale. elieves will revolutionize

av iation.

30-foot circle at ‘l2 mliES are hour.

flying disk.

Ill‘! GUI‘ 1M — Moat of the flying-saucer llorlen are a little on Calif. above, has a flying saucer that he illilii His 41-inch. ZO-pound test model rises

Vanes on the rim of the whirl-

like a helicopter. Once in the air. the vanes U. S. Air Force-

officials

recently

come under their support wine, “The one that concerns us in this lh-ovinco more than any other," he said, “is potatoes. It is to the cfifect that the American Government is actually giving away surplus pofig- toes. which cost them lla excess of $3.00 per hundred, for one tier one hundred pounds. big in- cluded, at country shipping point;

“Just what effect ~thls will have on our market remain; to be seen, Certainly it will not tend to strengthen our potato market, but on the other hand disposal of sul'- plus potatoes from the United States can be prevented under out

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anti-dumping law. This new mu. ation makes it still more difficult l0 make any accurate statement on future markets.

“Qne large steamer is now load. ing m Halifax with Isl-and potatoes and unless yesterday's announce. ment from the United State; will effect Same. two additional boats will be loaded in Ilalifax next month. We understand that the PPWB-lliflz price on these future 1mm would be 7% new bushel to the farmer on Cobblers and ap- proximately 60c on other varieties.

“This is not a. time," Mr. Thomp- son emphasized. "to be-too pflgg

40 ONLY MEN'S SUITS

Fine English Worsreds S. B. and D. B. Models Blues - Browns - Greys

Sale _Price UFF

6 DOZEN Fine Fused Collar SHIRTS

English Woven Cloth Blues - Greys - Fawns

Sizes I4 - I7 — Worth to $4.95

Sale Price

conscious. We understand that some sections are taking advantage 0! My Opportunity that presents ltaei! to move considerable qumt. m" U! Potatoes, but other districts apparently are not.

MELTON PONY

Turnlpa

“The turnip market continues to have a. firm undertone. and it will likely continue to do so until our available stocks are cleaned up. The price ranges from 60c to 65c

JACKETS JACKETS

STATION WAGON COATS

2.75

Fancy Crew Neck SWEATERS All Wool — Browns - Greys - R'eds Sizes 34 - 42

Sale Price 3,Q5\

per bushel to the grower. There should be still available. provided they pass inspection, a. minfvznuzu of five hundred cars of turnips re- maining to be shipped,

Feeds "Feed prices have remained on a Regma comparatively steady level with last week's quotations. I would like to draw the attention of’ cur farmers to a valuable source of feed, WillCh is in every cellar ill this Province at the present: time. namely, potatoes. We expect to have further information on the feeding of potatoes to all classes of livestock issued at a la/ter date. but in the meantime every farmer must have some knowledge on the use of this good food material

Sale Price

r $i.75

5

Sale Price 331/3 OFF

RAILROAD CAPS Blue, Meirons and Frieze

l .00

20 PAIRS MEN'S WORSTED PANTS - Greys and Fowns — Sizes 32 - 44 SALE PRICE

Men's Doeskin WORK SHIRTS Piqids and Plain Shades — 14V: to ITI/z Regular $2.95 Value

Sale Price ‘

9 l l

$6.15

Ooiaaonua -»--q-e»¢--n--¢-».-.

which is in such large surplus 1,, this Province."

Gi:| Guide News

til eventually they all peeped our. from their hiding places and the

lost Brownies were found. (I thought perhaps the wicked Bog- garLi had taken you all). One Tweenle was enrolled, Christine Mugford, who will always have the Brownie Smile that is sure.‘ After such a period of work, Brownies all jumped with the Bean Bag, but some did not jump high enough and were quickly caught. Gail Williams was the winner. Two clothes lines for pa- per washing were made demons- trating the knots that had been learned. Brownies all joined for the Goodnight prayers and ran happily home to bed.

NORTH WlLTSllmtE W. MJ.

‘rhe monthly meeting of this Auxiliary was held at the home of Mrs. D. and Mrs. B. McDonald, on January 6, P. M.

The programme from the Mia- slonary Monthly was followed, the theme being: The Bible, Our Guide to Christian Faith and cou- duct. The Leader —- Mrs. G. Gcd- frey. Organist - Mrs. F. Mitchell. Hymn. "Father of Mercies, in Thy Word" was sung, and passages of Scripture read by Mrs. F. Mit- chell and Mrs. B. McDonald. Mrs. Wtm. Clark and Mrs. Reggie Clark read on "The use of the Bible as a Guide to Christian Faith and Con- duct”.

The Worship period closed with a. hymn and a prayer.

Mrs. F. Mitchell, acting presi- dent. asked for the reading of last meetings minutes, which were read by the secretary and approved. Roll call was answered by only six mentbers. Reports of last year's work were given. Mrs. D. Mc- Donald, Associate Helpers secre- tary. reported they had given $47.95 Treasurer, Mrs, F. Mitchell, re-

15TH COMPANY NEW! (Parkdale)

The Guide Leader or! Parkd-ale was away doing her “Good Turn" caring for a sick relation on Tues- day evening so the Field Sec-re- tary and Mrs. Marie MacKay conducted the meeting. The evening was “WORK” in large letters but the guides showed great willingness for information and enthusiasm to do things, so the F. S. took advantage and set .them to it. Senior Guides Ena Bertram, Shirley McKay and Lois Coles have already passed part of the First Class Test and will be ready lo. pass more in a few weeks time and should have com- pleted the whole test by Spring.

Second Class work was detail- ed and the passing of the Health section, was to be the objective of another group of girls. Recruits, Eleanor Gregory. Erma MacDon- ald, Velma Coles, Sylvia McGee, Shirley Doiron and Marie Macin- tyrc, successfully passed the Ten- derfoot test and will be enrolled very soon. All this in one eve- ning was quite a lot but it is certain that we shall see some good results achieved in a few

cards from Mrs.

Noye, sympathy sent. Mrs. William

Christmas Story" Stewardship. Mrs. F‘. Mitchell rend about Medical Missionaries, assist- l ed by four other members.

our OUR WAY \

C

KELLYG- MaclNNlS

R. lylcPherson. Mrs. Elmer Clow and Mrs. acknowledging letters

lark on

At the close of the meeting. a MATTER OF COURSE

Bruce short Memorial Service for a de-i of parted member. Miss Bessie Clark ‘ HULL- Enlélillld — 1GP) —Bui- |was held. Mrs. William Clark rend 009F410)’ DQ011101 Wells saw smoke

read "Aqrom me mtaemh Clmptm- Q: 1 pouring from n house. He dashed Christian Corinthians, and hymn 1'8 uastlflfiide and rescued an 18-month- "We cannot think of ihcm as {Old baby from her burning pram.

.sung. _ then closed Donald said: "It's tho sort of thing

Boy Scouts are expected to zlo."

of]. R. BWlLLlAlI/IS

dead". The meeting with the Benediction.

MY, BUT SURE, 1 WANT THAT LOOKS FOR vou A COPY IN A GANG.’ r TOOK m‘ DELicIOLLc/‘l I. 6A1’ OF THAT; LEAQT TEN §URPRI§E f’ FRENCHY! uses on TOO! RECIPES "ro MY WIFE-- i cm ~/ou PAPER" DUTCH, HUNGARIAN. ear ME ‘TH’ EEG GERMAN. scorch. I VERY 1 MU5T ITALIAN, ETCw-ANI? , y @0012’ - GET THAT THEY wees ALL | F012 MY FOIZ BREAD PUDDIAY" l u. (_ WIFE.‘ I

I'M CURED OF EATIN"

evening the Field Secretary pas- sed most of them for various sec- tioru of the Golden Bar Test. Knots presented no difficulties_to them and on the Relay games with the Reef and Sheet Bend every’ Brownie completed the knot cor- rectlysnd also knew the uses. Brown Owl Fleur Hilliom opened the meeting with all singlrll their Fairy Ring. Fairy Gold was hidden but was soon discovered by a Brownie.

When Mrs. Jenkins arrived not one Brownie could be seen and Brown Owl called and looked un-

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weeks. Songs and Taps closed d 1 the meeting and the Field Secre- 353"?’ 9H9?" hid been Sent t0 ' I _ _ ; ‘ tary dismissed the‘ Company whet Aflexsnfi a “"5"?” "W! me I-J l ‘ all responded wit a very smatr - A ~ JjrqwyLLqAt/[fi “‘“”~‘-. S°“"°‘..G-‘“°‘° E“? 3"“ Pliiiiiiiirfii in” Eifiiigiigtewiil THE NEW OLD ONE - -. "m l iiiipliidaiein. riffs; MTS- William clerk had received 7 V ' .°°'“'"”°‘v '.‘§‘a§_m¢""'°‘-=.-=~‘"‘°'llf.$¥eL’ela-."""95: * l you Ena. _ _ v _ ._ ‘ mwm m m ~=w= z /\/ “PETER PAN "REHEARSAL