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Tarly Herd History ‘ Proves Interesting

By NEIL A. MATEESON

Toms Proving-Farm Editor

MANY 8 came Mad as I talked to

some .of the people attend-n: the mull meetlu of the Canon

u.— Breedors 8m.mmredwlfllmh.

delicious lobster dinner at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Erir Hurry. West Royalty.

One of the stories concerns Eric’s herd. but first. I want

to tell you one about ER. Brow. a Charlottetown businessman

ho imported the first Guernsey cattle to this province one tramps a M :30.

Afriend of the Brow family suggests it must have been h

the early 1890‘s when Mr, Brow and several

females direct from Guernsey Island. the of

gun "Gypsy Boy of Eastview No. 550. was imported in Septem- ber a .1866 by ER. which shoves the date back mudI IMALS must have been good ones. for the herd which followed the big Show circuit successfully fir years. suggest to any readers who are not interested in

farther. he built up

Ma. farm”; that you stay with me. for l have several unusual stories to tell you about these animals.

The Brow herd was under the direction of John B. Roper. Livestock Director L_W. Roper. and another brother-Jim was also associated in the operation as assistant. 1 am told by someone close to the Brow family. The location “'25: Eastvicw Farm which is now just about the middle of the present Charlottetown airport site.

The show circuit in those days followed through the chief Maritime can es and continued into the Eastern Townships of Quebec. The Brow cattle also showed with distinction at

oronto on several accessions. .

Several Unusual Events.

ONE 0]" the unusual stories concerns one of the shows on

the bigcirouit when a Brow cow that was a threat for the

) grand crhampimsmp m "milked out" by l rival on the day of the ow.

5 people know. dairy cows In milk‘alrc filled out In body on show day. and their udders are also allowed to till completely for their appearance in the. show ring.-

And the cows are judged on their appearance. which In- cludes a full udder of milk. So it would be a trem handicap to have a cow appear with her udder hanging loosely

.ausc it was

The people In chargeofthe Brow cattlewenf tothejudge and explained What had happened. But the judge replied that his duty was to judge the attic as they appeared In the ring. so nothing could be done And the trick to beat the top-quality

row cow was successt . On a later occasion Mr. Brow who was a Charlottetown business man. got an urgent call one morning to go out to the Sherwood area. When he arrived he found . . . . ‘s best cows were dead In the pasturefield. They had died from eating poistmcd fund which had been thrown oad fence. apparently. That. I was told was the. part. In having Mr. he had been

development that played the greatth dispose of his herd "a 1900 or l9m". And the pioneer Guernsey breeder In this prtwince.

Only One Female Brought In

THE ERIC Hurry herd goes back to a lone female. “Golden’s Rhoda of Oakhurst" that was one of a bunch of heifers chased in Ontario in 1927 by a committee comprising Walter Shaw. now premier. who was then director of livestock: John B. Paper and James Roper.

The Premier recalled the incident. at the Guernsey dinner '. and particularly the last heifer they bought which “’3: not up to he others in type. ey were drawn by lots hi the purchaser and Eric Hurry naturally feels he drew the best heifer in the lot. for a ' th eta him on the way to one of Canada's best known Guernsey he s.

"I have never brought in a single drop of female blood

farm since. and I‘ve bought. very few males". Eric Hurry told me this week. after he had completed his term as Canadian Guernsey president,

One of the bright spots of the early years wa. the pur- ~'hase of Colehester nce. an 11-month old bull that. he pur- chased from a retired businessman Albert Falconer. Great Village. N S. As Eric recalls it. Falconer had turned some fancy prices for the young sire. but he sold him to Mr, Flurry. a young man at that time. for $133 landed at the flurry

arm. ' ‘FROM THAT sire the. news woe all good. Some of it woo mighty good. He sired Patoaie Patricia which became one Canada‘s best known cows. She we the highest cow tins-day honor roll for many years. and still holds the

. the distinction of being the highest producer ever bred in the Mari- times though she has been dead manv

. M. d of 27 calves sired by Colchester Prince. 25 of them elfers "and every one of them was a rcallv good mlI‘k rm many of them class leaders In the monthly record of roduction reports". _ ' Getting back to Patricia for aminute. she first attained fame by producing 18.046 pounds milk. 877 fat in 1945 and she battered the effort two years later with a record of 19.342 milk. 928 fat Patosie Rosie was the other top producer In the flurry herd She was awarded the Fair Lady trophy in 1959 for be- in: the highest lifetime produch of butterfat that finished her production that year. She is still numbered among the top 10 cows in Canada. I was told this week. 1

. Splendid Girls Choir Hea I HEARD

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last week at Kelnvsington (Lise atlhclmoatm peas in renditions of ladies chora music w ve ever Iisgtened. The 12 young ladies—several are high nhool girls of perhaps in or 17. and r.. are in their early Noumea-«thrilled those who heard them last Saturday night in the High School auditorium

was even more impressed by the performance.th I learned in a talk with Rev. L.M. Murray. who has trained and is directing them. of come of the difficulties under which they

h v kl . R‘ngmsggted their choral training in late June of 195:. [fit an

Thev meet each Saturday afternoon couple they have been faithful In their attendance when possible. but V ' Scotia. and necessarily miss manly

2! m .n m) :-

'l‘lTSe who often wot .

k’olce at Mt_ Allison whicll: means that. she misses many practices nother L: a music tcac er.

red music beautifully. Mr.

They sing their secular and sac M and Mt a dif-

‘Iurra. su ested "we c c". w I ‘crencz thgtg makes. How often have. I listened to efficiently valued choirs singing test pieces with almost flawless perfect- ion. and have failed to enjoy a minute of the experience. THE BLENDING of voices. the effective shading. the time- lyrios. set to milk: that h lug. produces a composite effect that. adds up to one the mat. plcaointg performances to which I have ever had the pleasure of listening. This choir has a wide range of music which they can offer "‘9 public. The Saturday selections covered a range from the Majestic Finlandia to the plaintivety appealing Negro splrituals. But they have many «hers. I am fold. for the choir was only ‘l‘llng in when only four Male Quartets turned leis? to had been c and met

up when at e Isl! been . To Rev. Mr. Murray. to talented young son. Gordon

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D! J. LINCOLN DEWAR have conveyed the impression

that the Federation of Agricul- ture is not concerned with pol« .Y icy for the potato industry. The

iamong many Federation mem- jbcrs and among 1 directors. ‘ However. initially the potato tgrowers are the ones {should have first say in brin - -lng forward proposals for development of potato policy. 5 The Federation’s responsih - ‘Ity is to provide. where indica- ted. assistance to the groWerI Lin m a kin g changes and im- : provemenfs. ; In keeping with this trend of thought the Federation called lthe public. meeting on March 330. This meeting made certain :recommendations and requests. 50ne request was that the Fed ‘cration name a committee plan with the Minister of Agric- lulture the carrying out of a ple- ;biscite on board composition ;and a central Iagency. Should fthe plebiscite be held and indi- icate a majority for certain ac- ;tion then the Federation would :ccrtainly lend what support It could to the development of per: tinent policy. ' However. the Federation cer- l tainly doesn't intend to place it- ‘sclf in the position of recom- . supporting policy for the potato industry in the absence of an expression of opinion by the industry itself. 'NEW GROUND t The request for the holding tof a plebiscite under provincial {authority was ba on major-.

Ity of opinion of the March not

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'tmeeting. Generally the impres- ‘sion was given that the plebisr cite would be held. it is under- standably puzzling that the gov- ernment ppears to have

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This it has every right. to do. i It also has the right. to disre- gard even a very large. meet- .ing. But having changed itsi imind on the plebiscite questionl {it would anocar lo~ica o sug-i ‘ gest that there should have been : lsomel‘hlng in the way of an al-'

. tor-native proposal. in a h o r t. .

'aome new ground to stand on.‘ CRITICISM 3 l We realize that potato produ-l cers in some cases were expres- I sing the opinion that the Fed-. ‘eI-aticn wasn't pushing action? ‘as requested on March 30. Car-i ttainly it must' be admitted that :progress was slow and the rc-E gaulta not. too encouraging. For} tthose who may have been crit-i ‘llcal or who are interested we1 seI down In order the events lwhich took place.

. 1. March 30. Meeting of grow- l‘era at Vocational Institute.

' 2. .

l secretary of the Federation met . with the .Hon. . 3. Median . and reported on the meeting.

" 3. Aoril 17. The executive of: tington street. Ottawa 4. On- . FeClel‘vltli'm "’0" 8161’! l0' tario. will be received up to ‘

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thave the sooner] Potato Com-i moo

linittee set up, i I 4. April The committee: f met. with the mInIsIcr to discuss f ; plebiscite and industry prob-f

ems. l 5. May 15. Committee agvo tmet with the minister. | 6. May ll. Prr‘sidenf and sec-i {rotary of the Federation met lwith the directors of the Pota- to Producer's Association.

I. May 15. Committee met ,‘with the minister

It. June 24. Committee again imet with the minister. I 9. July 8. Federation execu- tfivc authorised press release dealing with progress.

10. July 9. Executive council deferred anti-m on plebiscite. . BANDCRAFT A display of very consider- ;able interest is the handcraft at ithc Recreational Centre and ; _ e P.E.I. Wom- icn's Institutes. For those who ;are interested in handcraft with in history and often of great lane. time spent at this exhibit twill be very rewarding exper- lence. . We were

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‘ . t a k e a twith a man‘s linen suit belong- llnl In R. Mcllilh of New Perth. The ax was grown on the l grandfather’s farm on the Union lRoad and pracessed through all ,its stages by the women of the 3 household with the suit being the complete item. ‘ One is bound to be impress- with the tremendous amount 1of work and skill which wentl i into the making of many of the I Items. . NA'l'mN BUILDING 1 On Monday evening we h adi .the opportunity of atmnding a lfunction in honor of nine young .Islanders. me In her s of 4- :Clubs who have been chosen to gIeprcscnt this province as ex— trhangc delegates w one . to each Canadian province. The bank which Is sponsoring I this exercise In nation bildingi ‘ deserves credit for setting up an ’

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texchange which any. Recent press releases mayivaluable in familiarizing some‘ outstanding young people with

who are separated by.” much I 4.000 miles it Is difficult to the like blood brothers but to com ca on :- helping to change this.

April 7. The orestdent and.

Iebiscife

Aims Reviewed:

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may}! integrated nation are. is certainly present ma difficult by Very'few Canadians have seen'

great size. :

the whole country. many haves

seen very little of it. when we '

as feel i odern l and v 1 is

Slowly

but surely the country W11]

0 . crcome the mental block caus- ed by great. size. This is where ‘

the exchange in question ren— ders a great service to under- sta

EXPORTS ‘

Two items of interest h a re been reported recently that of: the export of Canadian cattle to ‘ Russia and of a rather substan-‘ tial quantity of butter to Great Britain. Both are indicaters oft

widening opportunity fort Canadian livestock men. Cer- talnly if Canadian cattle pro-v uce a favourable impression and Russia decides to melee fur- ther importation it could add up to really large scale business.

BETTER

N0 . From a haying standpoint i July has certainly been no prize. ‘

While the weather hasn‘t been": bad for the last week it hasn't been good either. Little sunlight“ and high humidity adds up to little or no progress. ,

But there. are compensations. 1.

the crop has never been better and the pasture is beyond any-. thing ever known. We are be- ginning to feel it to be a ser- lous mistake listening to wea- ther forecasts. With the contin- ued promise of showers it is dif-

ficult to make. a decision to cut . decided against a plebiscite. .the h

ay. have almost decid- ed to stop listening and go right ahead.

A point worth noting Is that. two years ago when the wee» ther was very bad the people who cut. hay just before it rain-

ed or while it was raining made 3 o ress. If you waited. until the weather cleared up it ‘

some pr g was too late

GRANTS TO OTHER!

Since 1945, Australia has con- .

tributed more than 95720000th

to i n te rnattonal development

schemes and relief funds.

DEPARTMENT OF NORTHERN AFFAIRS AND NATIONAL RESOURCES

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

; dressed to Chief Engineer. ‘ Engineering Division. Room 1 4oz, Norlite Building. 150 Wel-

. Eastern Daylight Saving Time. August 6th. 1964 for: Construction of Service Buildings. Breckley B e a c h. Stanhope and Cavendish Camp— ground . Prince Edward Is- land National Park.

Copies of the contract agree- ment. plans. specifications and tendering documents may be examined at or obtained from the office of:

Chief Engineer.

Engineering Division.

Department of Northern Affairs and National Re- sources.

Room 402. Norlitc Budding.

Ottawa 4. Ontario.

Mr. R. P. Malls. Regional Engineer. Atlan- tic on

National Parks Branch.

Halifax C i t a d e I National Historic Park.

Halifax. Nova Scotia.

In addition. plans. specifr cations

m tbut not be obtained from) the office of— ‘

Superintendent. Prince Ed-

ward Island National Park.

Stanhope. RR. No. 1. E. I.

A certified cheque In the amount of $25.00 payable to the order of the Receiver Gen-

ments taken out and retained ‘

by the tenderer. The docu» ments deposit will be refunded

upon return' of the documents. ‘

in good condition. within ten days of tender closing date.

To be considered. each

tender must be accompanied '

y security in the form of a certified cheque. bonds. or bid bonds as specified in the form

The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

.1. R. 3. COLEMAN. Director. N'atlnal Parks Branch.

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