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The. men's RCAF . Associa- tion bowling league held their annual banquet at the RCAF Club last night. During the banquet trophies for individual

“FACTS FOR FARMERS oi _ Ring Riot Threat — _- Seed Spud Industry

and team efforts were pre- sented. Shown above are, (FROM THE LEFT), Eric Farquharson, Floyd MacLean, Neil MacInnis, captain, and

ing from the photograph are Claude Carrol! and Bill Tan- ens

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P.E.1. Dept. of Agriculture

: es Potato growers unite!

Let's\es tt had caused extremely, ring rot. Shortage of farm etamp out the bacterial Ring Rot |heavy- losses. | Jabor has resulted in many problem before we losé our val-| The pathogen has been found| to the use of custom seed

uable seed industry. Our seed |in nature only on potatoes. It potato industry is almost’twice |has been shown experimentally as_large as our tablestock one jto infect the tomato, eggplant, }- by. Screage, so it is well worth and some other related species | protecting. - ~ lof the .Solanaceae- (potato acres of potatoes passed in- : spection, while less than 15,000 |HOW RING ROT SPREADS | Bacterial Ring Rot is spread

acres of tablestock were grown. | Couple this with the fact{thre ¢(by planting infected seed and by| MOviné them from one a

— 0} . there is a higher return for seed uSing contaminated equipment oe iad than for tablestock, and we see |in handling the crop. It is spread | CONTROL just how important our seed po-|by such agents as seed cutting| Since the bacterial ring rot or- tato industry is. In order to re- |knives, mechanical seed cutters, | ganism is distributed on seed tain our position on the world | potato planters, cultivators, |tubers, rigid tightening of certi- market with our seed potatoes, Sprayers. diggers. trucks, bar- fication standards followed its we must produce a product of Tels, bags, baskets, gloves, etc. appearance: When a grower

_the highest quality. == ——-«|_‘ The organism a from sea- ignee Bae ring rot a stock : ~gon to season chiefly in tubers.|on his property, through” = ae een aan YEAR FOR (it also survives between seasons [fection of all warehouses, bins, OTATO in slime from rotted tubers:|sorting equipment, and cultiva-

“cutters, picker-type planters _ and potato harvesters. In‘ or- der to protect our whole po- tato. industry it has become necessary to impose regula-

and disinfection of these custom machines before {

‘a lot may lead to a general in- . . |fection of seed’ stock by this members of’ the league win- means. The only certain means | their own tablestock potatoes in ning team and recipients of the ‘of prevention known at present'1966 crop year IF they also Arnold Callbeck Trophy. Miss- |is to plant seed-from a disease-|plant a seed plot with Founda- |free area and to. plant small, ‘tion seed in an-acreage | a

_ {in the development. of ring rot

resistant |Merrimack, and Saranac. How- |

. fever, it is well to pokat. ok sal: -etiseed from): ber high-ranking |

{they are not immune but are posifio ; e—National. Pro- | jsuccessful because they produce | gressive Conservative party, will \satisfactorily in spite of infec- | work with Prince Edward Island

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___| Jt has been shown that the cut-| planting needs in 1967. In the | ‘ting of even slightly diseased tu- | case of the-seed plot no se ed

bers is the chief, method of |

~|spreading the disease, and it is |

‘type planters cause greater other crop of potatoes.

spread from seed piece than do’ assist-feed planters.

Some progress has been made

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resistant varieties. Examples of | potatoes. are Teton, |

tion. They are therefore .pos-

and thus are a_potential source | of contamination where suscep-| tible varieties are being grown. | The ring rot problem is a | nee

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gradually less impo

INDUSTRY IN P.E.I. ‘which has dried on bags, con-|tion machinery becomes neces-

Bacterial Ring Rot was the i . cack Wt tae avee ash: ff Ais itainers, tools, machinery and |sary because of the extreme in

province since we started grow- | ing seed potatoes. Over six per cent of our seed potato acreage

winter in the sol] but it can live its’ spread by equipment.

survive the winter in the fiekl. jed or thoroughly disinfected. unteer—plants- wing such. i ers are a source of infection for—tions, only—Fo ‘a crop planted in the same field ‘fied seed stock should be used the next year. for planting. All other potato i Increased use of custom (stocks must be kept off the pre- machinery in potato produc- mises. . tion in this Province has giv- Since the organism is spread en rise to the present alarm. from tuber to tuber by the cut- over the spread of bacterial = ting knife, one infected tuber in

Ring Rot— and these were only or cases which were discover- Government inspectors turned | down 1687 acres of seed pota-| toes because of ring rot, and this involved 109 of our seed po-_ tato growers. (Also 289 table | stock growers were fond to | have either contact or positive ring rot in their crops. This in- volved 4332 acres of potatoes grown as tablestock). I’m sure that there were more cases than | this, but they went unnoticed, | since this disease is almost im- }}- possible to recognize unless | samples are taken and tested in a Laboratory.

The damage from the 1966

Prince Edward Island —

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So we cas cake vate tas SOURIS REGIONAL AUDITORIUM Tite ie one of tee cheswt | FRIDAY, APRIL 29—8 P.M. |

and easiest diseases to con- trol, so there is no excuse for having it. Let’s take a good close look at Bacterial Ring Rot, learn all there is to learn about it, and make sure that 1965 doesn’t ‘hap- pen to this Province again.

HISTORY | Bacterial Ring Rot was first found in Germany in 1906, It | was reported in Eastern Canada | in 1931 and in Maine in 1932. It | appeared in rapid succession in various regions of Canada and the United States. By 1942 it had_

1. Souris Regional — “The Patchwork Quilt” : 2. Morell Regional — “A Pound—on Demand”- $%. Montague Regional —‘‘Still Stands the House?

SATURDAY, APRIL 30 = 1, Charlottetown Rural — ‘‘The Inconstant Moon” 2. Charlottetown Rural — “Lord Byron’s Love Letter” 8. Provincial Vocational Institute — ‘Riders to the Sea” Presentation of Awards Admission Adults 75¢— Students 35¢

storage bins. It does *not over | fectiousnegs of the bacteria and | in lightly diseased tubers that | Used bags should be discard-|

-sanitary__precau- undation—or—Certi-

25 Brackley Point Road

|* concerned. the ring rot ~ sit-

‘|tato Certification Division. ‘perimental~F'arm;--Charlotteto

sible carriers of the pathogen | provincial election campaign, a | party ¢

KEITH CARMIC

growers learn hetter how fe combat. it. Effective control requires co-operation by all

uation will improve only if the growers and the potato — industry contribute the ir best efforts in the effective

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Fed

‘Imenctng during the month of | Surviving are his wife, the ‘| June A variety show will be former Bessie Cann of Long Ri. held in May under the direction .¢, pEI., one son Layton of of Gerald Keough * Oak Hill, threé daughtars, Alba,

Cleaning up the grounds and yirs Ralph Haléy of Milltown,’ landscaping was. left. in the NB. Pauline, Mrs. Phillip Gul- hands of the executive. The a$- Jigon, Lynnfield, N.B. and Rosa- sociation will sponsor minor ball lie, Mrs. Philip Jackson, St. Ste-

2 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Fri., April ‘28, 1966.

control of this disease.

NOTE: Those growers..w ho wish to plant table stock pota-| toes and a Foundation Seed Plot should. contact. their local seed Potato inspector as soon as Ppo0s- sible or send their name and ad- dress to Gordon Ross, Seed oe

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P.E.I. Steaming

wn, Dial Community Sports Arena Apart from the financial over- | played.a major role in the life of |head’ of running the arena, all and disinfecting |the Tignish community during units are now in place and aVail-'the past winter, this was evident able for use. Every. potato farm-|at a general mecting held re- er should have custom planting ‘cently in the Dalton School and 8 were and set cutting machiriery thor-|ehaired by president

teams and town baseball and the’ phon, also two brothers Fred and Red Cross Water a Swim- Fjwood both oak Hill, and one ming course again this term. sister, Mrs. Daisy Waye. St

George Cheverie, Elmer Ar: George, NB. ,senault, and Car] Hackett were ese jnominated to help make .up the /summer committee.

ussell

G.R.R a Dies Suddenly

alloted the youngsters. | The death of Guy R. Russell of | The annual Lobster Bonanza|0ak H‘', N.B.. occurred «27d2n-

\Harper. A ‘full schedule of .hoc- jkey and skating activities high- ‘lighted the program during the. \past winter, _ The financial state- iment given by the treasurer, Franklin Perry showed a large amount of money was. transfer- red to the rink building fund.

Sports Arena Plays Big Role

TIGNISH — Tignish Centen-

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little league and minor hockey | |programs. were sponsored by the | |association. Free periods of skat-

AT 25% SAVING DURING OUR BIG APRIL DIAMOND

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oughly disinfected before use on

his farm For information COM: | yg ; oe tact your local seed inspector. paign policy and aid in party

“If a custom operator plants the potatoes on your farm this year, or if the sets are cut by a custom set cut- ter then to be eligible to have potatoes approved aS either Certified or Founda- tion Seed; the farm operator must able to produce & certificate stating that the machinery used was- disin- fected before use on that farm.”

SEED PLOTS Farmers whose crop was nel-

ther a positive or contact case

of ringrot~ in 4965 may plant

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enough to supply their total |

tags will be granted in the 1966 crop year so that this seed is only for use on the farm in 1967. The crop grown from the seed produced in a seed plot is not | -eligible for certification. The seed plot must be grown a min- imum of 200 feet away from any

Miss MacDonald | Accepts Position |

Flora MacDonald, recently dis- |

|conservatives for the rest of the spokesman: said: here Thursday

The spokesman said the na- tive of North Sydney, N.S., will

public relations.

tive assistant to Senator Wal-|

jlace McCutcheon, will also be. | business He was a member of | ew jassisting Island conservatives in| SUMMER ACTIVITY (Oak Hill United Church, and aj | y BLLERS: \preparing for the May 30 elec-| Summer activities will, again member of the Loyal Orange] 121 Grafton St... Dial 4-4253 |

{tion, the. spokesman said. -

arrive...here-Saturday..from._Ot-_J...

|and Picnic of the association will |ly at Charlotte County Hospital | |be held on Friday, July 1st. Mrs. lee Thursday following an illness | ;Reg Eldershaw was nominated jof one week. He was 67. 0) and lchairman of the event. A full | He was born at Oak Hill and |

committee will be named at .a |eontimued to.live at that place special meeting. where he conducted a lumbering |

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