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BOY SCOUT, GIRL GUIDE COURSE
(left) Southport and Sylvia Phillips of Charlottetown demonsi rate their first aid ability on Mar-
go MacDonald of Parkdale as part of a six-week instruction course being carried out by the
of | Red Cross.
Instructor of the
| course for Boy Scouts and Girl | Guides is Edward Chinery. He jis assisted by George Schelyer
and Brenton Partridge. On com | pletion of the course the boys jand girls receive
their. Ambu-—
lance Mans’ Badge, First Class First Aid Badge and their Ju- nior First Aid Badge. The course is also being carried out in Summerside, where in ad | dition to the Boy Scouts and | Girl Guides, the So-Ed Group ‘are also taking the course.
60-Year Dairying History Is Outlined At Meeting
“The early settlers of this province and in particular those who left their native homes in Scotland and Ireland were pos- sessed of a strong pioieer spirit and a great desire for indepen- dence,”’ said J. Lincoln Dewar, in tracing the origin and de-
dustry and the Prince Edward {sland Dairymen’s Association.
Mr. Dewar was speaking to the P.E.I. Dairymen’s Associa-
portunity of purchasing — their
farms.
“While freedom of tenure had been achieved at this point. eco- nomic freedom aad not on the
Island farmer found himself con- |
tinuing in a system of bondage
1 t of both the D I | manifested chiefly in the grow- velopmen e airy In-}
ing of oats as a cash crop for which no cash was received and to a lesser extent in the trad:ng of potatoes and turnips to ‘he
meetings in New Perth, where attendance, interest ana enthus iasm seemed to be at the bcs. level. One of the patrons of this association was Dr. James E., (afterwards Senator) » Robertson of Montague.
“He was at that time a mem j ber of the Federal House and divided his time between medi- cine, agriculture and _ politics. Others who encouraged this As-
jjner in a commercial firm _ still doing business in this city with
_| chapter in Verticle Intergration in
merchants of the provinte on a) sociation were the late Charles
tion at their 60th anniversary) barter basis. | Palmer, barrister of Charlotte- dinner held at the Charlottetown! ‘‘Freedom was always just! town and W. A. Brennan, pub- Hotel Wednesday evening. jwithin the farmer’s grasn but/|lisher, of Summerside.
“In his review he gave partic-| always just eluding ‘t. Clearly} “In spite of indifference and ular credit to Jonn Anderson,|@ system which impoverished | scepticism the small light which secretary oof the Association! both the land and the farmer|had been kept burning by the
from 1901to 1913 ani to
John | could not persist, ¢ertainiy some-| Three’ Rivers
Hamilton of New Perth who set! thing better had to be found.
down in exact and
ment of the New Perth Dairy- lag Company.
excellent | form a record of the develop-|
FACTORIES ORGANIZED
“In the early 1880's three fac- tories for the manufaciure of cheese had been organized under
“This desire manifested itself| private auspices at St. Eleanors, fm strong dissatisfaction with the} Cornwall and Millview, they met
tenant system of land holding)
which had been imposed-on the province in 1767 when it was div- ided into sixty-seven lots and parcelled out among -favorites of the Crown in return for ser- vices either real or fancied.
_“In 1946 the tenant farmers
3 formed the Tenant League and
this organization carried on the struggle for free-hold tenure until 1873 when the holdings of the land owners were expropria- ted and the tenants given the op-
with only indifferent success, passed out of existence and pro- bably developed a feeling of
scepticism on the part of many farmers on the future of the commercial dairy industry. “During the 80's the Dominion Department of Agriculture fad former dairy associations in each county, by 1390, one remaining was that .in Kings
County, known as the Three Riv-
ers Dairying Association which
the only:
Association had! | cast its beams as far as Ottawa, iwhere Dr. J. W. Robertson then Commissioner of Agriculture and Dairying was providing exalted leadership for the farmers of Canada.
“Dr. J. W. Robertson, a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, believed ia farmers and in dairying as a means of providing securiiy for them. In 1891 he addressed meet- ings in this province folding out the offer of federal assistance to any organized group of farmers in the construction and operat- ion of cheese factories. : SYMPATHETIC RESPONSE
“While the Doctor spoke in | some of the best sections of the province it was oot until he ap-
had been holding most of itsipeared at a meeting in New
A. A. Nicholson, director of the Prince Edward Island Tra _‘vel Bureau. seems well pleas-
PE. MURAL ON-DISPLAY
that he foond a svmpefhe tie response to his proposal. “Probably the Docter’s logic clothed in his rich Scottish ae- cents stood him in good stead in impressing the decendants of the j pioneers who had emigrated i from Perthshire, Scotland to the Three Rivers area at the . } ning of the nineteenth century. “In any event the legislature of the province was petitioned in 1692 to incorporate. the New Perth Dairying Company whose first officers were to be: Cyrus Shaw, M-L.A.. president, ~ John Hamilton, secretary, Alexander Hamilton, James Gordon, Wil liam MacDonald, Stewart Mace- Laren, and John A. Deawr. . “The new factory opened on June 20, 1892 and thus was Jaun- ched the dairy industry of _ this province as we know it today. “The firet manager was T. J.
+Dillon.. assisted.—by.. E. L. Head+
both natives of Ontario. Mr. Dillon afterward became a part
the farmers of the province.
of the company’s and i example of what was probably the first instance of verticai in- tegration in this province. In order to utilize the why, the company purchased ninety-nine hogs, described a heterogeneous, motley assemblage, variegated in color and diversified in char- acter.
ALBERTON MAYOR OPENS ‘SPIEL
The Alberton Curling Club's annual bonspiel was officially opened on Thursday by the Mayor of Alberton, W. W. Cur-
rie. He ts shown above deliver-
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the background. The spcil con- cluded wih mixed curling Sat- urday.
tivity to produce furs which would adorn the persons of the world’s [one most beautiful women.
By 1913 silver foxes were bringing as high as $20,000 a pair.
“The ninety and nine cost | $577.37 and with feed and at-| tendance represented a total im-| vestment of $748.77 Loss im the entire transaction amounted to $23.51. Thus ended the first
the hog industry. MECCCA OF FARMERS
New Perth became the Mecca of farmers and visitors interested in the new operation, tremendous enthusiasm seized the people.
“Here was an mstrument of en- ancipation from economic bond- | ' age, when in 1393 a Dairy Rally was held in Charlottetown inchud- ing such notables as the Governor General and Lady Aberdeen, Dr. J.W. Robertson, Governor Hoard
of Wisconsin, Senator Donald Ferguson,.Louis H. Davies after- werds Chief Justice of Canada), the heather was well and truly on fire. i | “The blaze spread with tre | mendous rapidity and by 1900 no | less than forty-five dairy factories were operating in the province. | Truly, the Dairy Industry had | come into being with almost ex- | plosive force. | “With some seven year ex- perience the Dairly Farmers of | the province moved in 1899 to! ‘form the Association whose dia- mond Anniversary we celebrate tonight. “The first President of the As- ~ien was Mr. Arthur Simonson of Bayview, Vice-President John Ay ». of Kensington. Alfred E. Dewar as Secretary. Directors | in addition to |
o
the above were! David P. Irving, of Vernon River | Bridge, Robert Jenkins of Mount | Albion, John Brennan of Alber- ton, James E. MacDonald, Cardi- gan, and Lauchlin MacDonald of Fas: Point. The decision to form the Association was made by delegates from the Dairv Com- panies at a meeting held in Char- Inttetown on March 4, 1899. $300 GRANT
“Dr. TW. Robertson agreed to ask the Federal Department for a grant of $300 and Premier Ferguson undertook to ask the | P-winc'al Covernment for $400 | per year. One of the respon-| ’ s of *e Association wae that of engaging a dairy instruc- tor. this vosition was filed bv Mr. Fraser T. Morrow who for many years outstanding ser- vice to Island Agriculture. Mr. Morrow was engaged for seven months at $100 per month and | was responsible for his own ex-"
an enthusiastic program of pro- moting the industry. A Board of | Trade for the sale of cheese was | organized, markets were sought! in Europe and an exhibit of eight | cheese went forward to the Paris | Exhibition. The first annual meeting of the Association was held on March 8, |
attention to the Dairy breeds and a paper on the transportation of
The infant industry had vaulted | ducts. into the clouds where it awaited | the tragedy of Sarajevo which
silver fox industry was here to stay for over three decades and during the years of the first great war proceeded to consolidate its position, improve its breeding stock and move on~to “become during the years of the 20’s and! the economic doldrums of the’ 30s a tremendous factor in our Island economy.
“Certainly if the birth of the dairy industry had been delayed a few years it is doubtful whether | it could ever have competed with | the frenized finance of the fox boom.
“The Dairymen’s Association ante-dated by one year the for- mation of the Department of, Agriculture, this fact produced a | curious situation in which for over fifty years a private act gave to the government of the province , its authority to regulate the dairy industry.
“It was mentioned earlier that . the Association employed and paid instructor. the Association | jealously guarded this right until 1932 when a showdown occurred with the Department of Agricul-
one of its main supporters, the Dairvmens Association. In fact it may be stated with consider- able justice that if we did not have the support of the dairy m- dustry of this -province, Federation of Agriculture tainly would not exist im its sen form.
“This, is hardly more than a sketch of your Associations his- tory and that of the dairy im- dustry. Volumes could be written
gestion may be entertained. it would be ¢hat provision should be made for the setting down in de- tailed form of the history with which we are dealing.
“Sixty vears is but a wink in| the long glance of time yet the accomplishments of veur Associa- tion during that period have been
covering the past and if a sug-!
KINGSBORO
Sincere’ sympathy from the Community is extended to the widow and immediate relatives of the late Mr. Samuel E. Mac- Leod, Uigg, whose death occur- red recently at the Kings County Memorial hospital ip Montague. Relatives residing in this area include a daughter, Mrs. Floyd
|dairymen’s association.The win-
MacLean, Kingsboro, a number
The Guardian. Oharfottetown, Wea, Wier. 38, 08 9
J. A. Simmonds, Central Creameries, J. S. Wright, Amal- gamated Dairies; Eldon Roberts, |Kinkora and Car] Stewart, Mcn- itagnue were top prize winners when awards offered by the Prince Edward. Island ~ Dairy- men’s Association were distri- buted last week.
Announced by H. J. MacDon- ald, provincial dairy superinten- dent the awards were presented at the annual meeting of the
nens were as follows; ,.
To the butter maker making the highest percentage excellent in the sanitation contest: 1. J. A. Simmonds, Central Creameri- es, 90.96 percent; 2. Douglas
Dairy Association - Prizes Presented
scoring 93 points and over: 1.
John S. Wright, Amalgamated
Dairies, 59.40 percent
To the butter maker making — the highest percentage of butier-
scoring 93 points- and over: Eldon Roberts, Kinkora, 7 per cent.
To the milk plant manager having the highest percentage Grade A im bottled milk. 1. Carl Stewart, Montague, 94.8 percent;
2. Perey G. Gay, Sunsiine island Dairy, 87:5 per cent; 3. ‘Allie Machinis, Brighton, 78.2 percent.
Adams, Amalgamated Dairies,
To the butter maker making the highest percentage first grade butter: 1. J. A. Simmords, Central Creameries, 99.29 per- cent; 2. John S. Wright, Amal- gamated Dairies, 99.20 percent; 3. Mort Larkin, New Glasgow, 98.52 percent.
To the cheese maker meking the highest percentage first grade cheese: 1. John S. Wricht,
cent; 2. Joseph MacEachern, Fort Augustus, 83.15 per cent; 3. Joseph A. MacInnis, Tignish, 74.09 per cent.
and cousins, sad
of grand-children all of whom we remember in and sudden bereavement.
lottetown has been spending some time visiting at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Waido MacDonald, South Lake.
Mrs. Stewart MacGregor, E2:<* Baltic was hostess to the’ mem- vers of the United Baptist. W M.U. for their regular meeting on March 10th.
Friends and acquaintances of
Mr. Art Wright, past-master in Souris_will be sorry to hear that it was necessary for him to enter the P.E.I. hospital following a fire which damaged his home forcing him to escape by break- ing a window. One arm was severely injured by broken glass. All wish him a quick and satis- factory recovery.
BURNS
OLD BUILD. 'G
significant and st! supply a firm foundation for agriculture and the economy of this province.
ture taking the position thet if it were to pay the salary of the
MONTREAL ‘CP) The top
floor of a century old two-floor
frame building was burned out Thursday night in a fire in the old Bonsecours market district.
dairy superiniendent it should
have the right to fill the office,| “There is the possibility of still Since that time the Association @feater develooment and the has never questioned the Gov- practical realization of ne ernment’s 2uthority in this mat-|Picreer’s dream =o makirg pti ter. province.a land flewing with |
mitk and honey. : “The path of honour. runs not |
r “Possibly the most outstanding feature of this Association's his-
Some 30 occupants of a first- floor tavern fled when flames were spotted. They escaped min- utes before the fire engulfed the roof.
To the cheese maker making |the highest percentage’ of cheese
RAIL FATALITY
Mrs. George Cheverie, Char-}| KOMOKA, Ont. (OP) — One, ;CPR section man was killed |
while three others jumped to
|was struck by a CNR freight train. Alex Badio, 60, of nearby London, died a few minutes after the accident.
O'Leary, 89.92 percent; 3. Alban | Eldershaw, Morell, 89.81 percent. |
Amalgamated Dairies, 95.75 per.
| safety Friday when their jigger |
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tory has been fits success in pro-
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of the industry. The farmer, the plant operator and Devertments of Agriculture both federal and provincial have all worked to gether with fine understanding of
| one anothers problems ard in-|
terests and all have contributed to producing a situetion and an atmosphere conducive to pro- gress, harmony and development. REMARKABLE SUPPORT “Without steady and enlghten- ed leadership an Association such as this does not survive and pro- sper for sixty years. It can pro bably be stated without fear of contradiction that even at the end of sixty years the Associa*ion en- joys very remarkable support from all branches of dairying. “This support is evidenced by the fact that for over ten vears not one dairy plant in the pro- ‘vince has failed to pay in full the feirly substantial assessment which the Association levies upon them. Lest it be thought that this willingness to provide finances exists only with plant operators it should be pointed out that no province has exceeded the per-
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ASK 32-HOUR WEEK SAN FRANCISCO ‘(AP)—The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, bargaining agent for 80 per cent of US. copper .miners, Thursday night approved demands for a 32-hour week and a substantial wage in- crease. Present copper wage contracts expire June 30.
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tural practices which would re- store the good earth to its native fertility and repair the ravages of the barter system of trading that had afflicted the province for too long. s
NEW COMPETITION
the Dairy Industry had taken firm hold at the beginning of the
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Edward Island which is featur- | tained in the new wing of the | hotel's capacity
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