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e. : : be @ good producer for is ; production class in pedigree.. Her dam, Patosie Dorraine, . r completed a lactation exactly 20 years ago that produced 12,167 ' eae an average .est of 5.54 percent, 7 E - e : oe. which made her the top Canad- : iam four-year-old of that year. . Dorraine’s dam, Patosie Mari- : anas—she was sired by Colches- j ter Prince— was also a good : ‘<~ poner day, oe By NEIL MATHESON Roda was bred by HJ. Wil-:fat producing two-year old ing failure to award any Island-, The Monitor bull also sired [> ) “manNvears : Provincial and Farm Editer |son, Rush Lake, Wisconsin. Mr. Guernsey of 1938. "bred Guernsey the top grade of |Patosie Dorraine’s Lassie and "T ae One of ‘the best producing |Hurry did buy two females la-| Unfortunately Erie lost Silver-| Excellent — it hasn't this grand old cow — she was 1g Dounds milk, 6&2 pounds fat in Guernsey herds in this country ter but he didn’t keep them, so locks when she died of “hard-| yet, so far as | am aware — was a few months ago — was due to > >, “avs for am average test of is stabled at West Royalty in the they had no part in building up ware disease” at the early age mainly responsible. |freshen Bgain a few weeks afer “There's also some blood barn of J. Eric Hurry, a man the Patosie herd. : of four years. The term is com-| I've always felt that there is I visited the Patosie Farm home ,, oe im the who has produced many cham- If he didn’t bring any females mon among livestock men and a lot of weakness in the udders discussed with Eric and — Pi on pions and has never purchased into the herd, 1 suggested, he it means the animal died from of Maritime Guernseys — I — Mrs. Hurry "2% be most . 2 single female for his herd must have had some good sires. swallowing nails, or some other haven't seen enough of other |is the former Margaret Murray, °° “we that was ever bred in since he started back in 1927 And that iscorrect. , metal objects. In Silveriock’s|Canadian Guernseys to pass an int — some of the (ned Island a with Golden Roda of Oakhurst,| His first sire purchase was case it was a nail that had punc-| opinion — I've often discussed jreasons for their outstanding here on the a % a heifer that Walter R. Shaw, |Colchester’s Prince that a Great | tured her stomach wall and led | this udder weakness with judges | success. ee ee ee ee now premier of the province se-|Villege, Nova Scotia man, Al- ‘her to her early death. |amd top cattlemen at Maritime | It's only = few months ago \i.-. ae ed Bie ig os lected in Wisconsin. U.S.A. bert N_ Faulkner, sold him in But there were many top pro-|and Atlantic Winter fairs, but | that Lassie completed a “life- | King barn Draukteene along with James and John B. | 1931. The bull had good breed- | ducing cows tracing their ances-|there’s nothing wrong with the time production of 140612'y ee ™ Roper from the Charlottetown |ing for he traced his paternal |try to Colchester Prince. In| udder on this heifer. pounds milk, 6,473 pounds but- = Royalty. ancestry back to Guernsey Is- | 1947, for example, Eric had se- Miss Brigg is a daughter of |terfat which established her as the Wint Mr. Shaw then superintendent land, and Prince’s dam, Daisy |ven cows that were Canadian | Patricia 2nd and her sire is the |the leading Maritime Guernsey Fa) i of livestock for the province. re- Hillcrest, had been the high-class leaders ‘for the month) |imternationally known Magle-|cow of all time in production of | Ty. Mister King animal _ ealls the group of puré bred hei. ¢St Producing 4-yeer-old im Can- out of the mine that qualified im|wood Royalist Brigadier, known | milk. and she still has at least or ‘beaten aor He fers he and the Ropers selected | a that year. ‘record of performance tests |to cattlemen in Canada and the |one lactation more to go. Lassie Cxcent for one time on ‘that occasion. Eric Hurry, | COST $133 ; | from his herd. and every one of |United States ap “the Brigadier |looked so good to Classifier Sicrime Winter Fair, and the then-a-youngster_of 4H Club Then a young-men, Eric could them was a daughter or a grand-|bull”. Sold originally for $4,100 | MacArthur when he visited the | suimal that was placed over oie il age — it was Known as Boys |not afford to pay the high price | deushter of Prince. (|e a. syndicate as am i-menth |Kerd in mid March this year | ‘nim stood ninth at the Royal and Calf clubs at the time |the Colchester Prince bull would Even more important to animal, Brigadier was later |that he awarded her 8 points winter Fair, Toronto the follow an rane : — grew Roda fram a hat and|have been expected to bring, | Y°U"S ™am trying to build up a | sold for $10,000. - ~~~ |foF conformation, only two from |ing week in a class which Mix- TOP GUERNSEY IN HER TIME has never been sorry. jbut an ROP inspector who knew | Pure bred herd of cattle, out of Semen from this animal cost |Excelient. a really magnificent | +> King Mg his ‘- tee Mr. Hurry’s story is ose of the | both men told Mr. Faaulkner __ |27 -ealves sired by Prince, 2 | $99 per vial at one time, but it's showing for a cow of 18 years. Grand Championship. The horns at the of this pict those ‘osie " most unusual. in the develop-| he was reputed to be a wealthy | *€re females. z much cheaper now as the bull| Another cow in the herd clas- | ‘him’ fa na ad aod ong fie. ‘Si nb ined ru. see ih att The —_ is im an artificial breeding ‘unit <i u r; Mr. Roper bought him‘ for a of the best Guernsey producers in Can ada in her time. She stood second on wae aang ee, about * | red en the oe a " ‘The Patricia blood cropped up — Patosie Rober-' price that would equal approx-| the alltime dian honor roll for butter fat producers for many years- oe cee — —— — eee ee oe | Patricia, was a daughter of Col-|S¢ain a few days ago when jimately $2,500 ~ oe —- Mr. and Mrs. Hurry are holding a ceftificate indicating that Mr. producers. he has ted and de ball cost him only $133, landed | Chester Prince. Fenisle sued i Semple’s won, Di- | Mighset ‘Gs dam — a Hurry, a past president of the Canad ian Guernsey Breeders Association has al president of the Guernsey As-| The young sire produced some omor roll for Canadian alltime | pounds milk, 670 butterfat to be- [seeand a an Se eee = ee sociation last year when the an- excellent stock. A daughter, Pa-| >Toducers of butterfat im the | Come the highest producing |years later for approximately nual meeting was held in Char-|tosic Silverlocks, produced 10, day division. : Guernsey cow reparted in the double the purchase price lottetown asa part of the Is- 077 pounds milk, 524 pounds but- Patricia's top production—was | Maritime Provinces this year in | One member of the Patosie land's version of the Confeders- terfat to miss by one pound be- |p «ove uum ford foo via gala trend herd carrying this sire’s blood- 3 a : 2 P * pounds d butterfat produced | in on no . Centennial celebrations. ing the highest Canadian butter 2. 19 year old cow. That's the |twice-aday milking for breed | lines was Patosie Rosie that won / . . one that got her the honor roll | Class averages of 179 in milk, | the Peerless Fancy Lady trophy “ spot. She had a record of:.more | 163 in butterfat. . | im 1960 for being the highest life- FROM THE MODERN DAIRY than 18.000 pounds milk. s71|_ Glenda who is owned by Mr. eee ee eee ee FA of : ”.-<-E pounds butterfat: and another |Semple, a° Charlottetown phar- pooh RMS of Prince Edward Island | & 1.0 pounds minx and stight- macist, is another granddauzh- ly more than 88 pounds fat ‘er of Patricia. Glenda’s dam j = when she was younger. - ,was Patosie Diane. is dotted with — Come — Strangely enough Patricia Patricia 2nd Rever reached was never a top show cow. I do the peak of fame that her dam not recall her in the flesh, but | ochieved in single lactations but several pictures Eric -has of his | S#¢ Was a most useful Guernsey, most brilliant production queen |With production of 118,261 do not indicate showing quality, |Pounds milk, 5,350 pounds but- | xeat producer needs to fil the | Patricia ed was sired by eel pail with high testing milk. And|Rosewald Honoris Monitor, a : é she did just that. bull brought here by Guy Rodd Bone \who dispersed his well known ‘ 'Brackley herd almost 10 years ; of the fat. and : mi baled hav. Po = ——— as . |The ized cor os wn noe raegeecoe oo ree | eee ) - «as a delicious ‘FORTUNATE CHOICE ‘day pro- , Femember Eric has | ae He Quality Sunshine Dairy ahs has a Geeke T tou aan Mr. Hurry was fortunate in was at 10 years of age |proven he knows something : : find it. \the choice he made of sires and 14,559 pounds milk, 658 |about feeding. The production ie TWINS AT HURRY FARM PRODUCTS ithe availability of others. One fat on twice-a-day milk- |he has achieved without any : : : ONE‘ POINT SHORT \ ef the mest usefal sires he pur-| ing. : ; fancy feeding speaks for itself. This pair of twin calves were just two days old when a Guardian cam- Classifier Allison MacArthar, chased, for example, | Sher- ee ee ao as much era caught them in the barn of J. Eric Hurry, West Royalty. Mr~ Hurry’s ‘ oS we in ee ee — showring. See = a cow as *| herd of Registered Guernsey cattie has bred and developed some of the SUNSHINE and I shared in Eric's disap- |tost Erie just $5,500.” the Maritime Winter Fair =| Ai at tee Sig Tad gies to tae OP Mividual produeers in the hation. 2 poinitment the Ontario man| One of his good daughters was , was aged cow in | Patosie cattle is mixed at home. | ‘ ae ISLAND had stopped one measly point Patosie Rosie who produced |milk, and the seniot and grand | He uses oilcake as his main |**Ve grand which gave the e . ae short of making her an “Excel- | 125.425 pounds milk, 6,671 pound |champion female at Chariotte-|concentrate and mixes his own |Hurry females a sweep of the V - lent” cow. The official classifier |butterfat in 12 lactations. That's |town in 1956, and as recently as grain, with minerals added of | 'P Tibbons. . a improvemen f DAIRY awarded Miss Brigg 89 points. Aan average test ‘of 5.25 percent |1964, when she was. still being course. He tried several of the One of the usussal things one score of $0 would have given her |butterfat. Incidentally Rosie's shown, was third in the aged jbest mixed feeds. and lt ee ae Gas ee ae ° GAY PROP. i coveted top classification. I | butterfat production is the se-|dry cow class at Charlottetown. back to liis own mix. me F sire PERCY aren ae Dial £4251 |} wondered as I talked with Mr. |cond highest in Maritime Guern-|NATURAL RIGHT He put up only about 400 bal- /NaS # good type Angus bull and > C)UL GQ in isian Hurry if classifiers” long stand-' sey history. Lassie has a natural right to jes of hay last year though he |€t dam was from a Dual Pur. ” a a ——— grows enough hay, and some to |P0S¢ Shorthorn bull and a pure : : spare, to feed his herd of 10 to | red Guernsey cow. A hay improvement program In addition approximately $608 15 mily cows, along with his| The big black cow weighs in will replace this year the pas- i" Prize money will be awarded young cattle and the horse he | the vicinity of 1,400 pounds and tyre improvement program ‘© the contestant displaying hay keeps and uses on his 100-acre |She has produced as much. as | iin ho- isamples in competition at the ‘tame | 11,000 pounds of milk in a year. |“ s been conducted the Provincial Exhibitior © There The Patosie herd owner belie- |She has tested 4.7 percent, 4.4 last few years, by the depart- will be three classes: 1. Legume ves that mangels and turnips | Percent and 3.9 percent on three | ™emt of agriculture and the hay 2 grass hay and 3. a clase . x are helpful in cattle diets—Pa- |Consecutive tests by ROP insp- P-EI- darymens association. for a mixture of grasses and le tosie Patricia—usnally had a |€Ctors who were in the bara This program ‘is designed pri- gumes basket of mangels the last thing | testing the pure bred cattle in ™4rily, it is explained, to em-| Items countinz heavily im the at night—but a farmer cannot | the barn. phasize and draw closer atten’ total score under the general afford to grow them these days,| The present herd sire is Pato-| 1 to hay production and to|headings of stage of crowth 2 with: labor so scarce, Erie told | Sie Major and he traces his) Stress the importance of better |points proportion of leaf te me, and so did many of the | bloodlines on both sides of the | bay management. : stem with a high porportion @ other farmers I've talked to re- family back to Carter's Mixter | Thousands of dollars are leaf rating eight points; colg : ; cently. King. Major was sired by Pato- 'St each year because farmers and odor five. legume to grag He feeds one pound grain to sie W.R. and the initials are delay too long the dates for cut- ration five points, and purity. al three pounds milk, or according |those of the Island’s Premier. “2 their hay and thus reduc- sence of weeds, five points to the amount of butterfat they |The name was given because it |™2. quality Other considerations include 18 are putting up, and he has had |Was Mr. Shaw, then livestock | Neglect to fertize and man- points for time and suitability of some most untisually prolific | Superintendent for the province, |\"7¢ 2y meadows and failure amounts of fertilizer applied and butterfat producers. Patosie | Who selected the original Hurry |? ™ake the extra effort to get| 10 points for the application of Verbena, fer example, had a |Cow many years ago, along with |cured hay under cover, are other manure lifetime average of better than | the Roper brothers, John B. and ‘aults at which the program is Ten points are available for six per cent butterfat with nine | Jim. aimed second - cut of hay with five Jactations being over six per- Hay 1s another type of feed for quantity and five for qual- cent: one of them was 6.86 per- - the department people point’ ity: A total of 10 points are awar- cent. She had one of 661 per- Reduce virus out, mot just hay; it is valuable ded for entries in the hay sect- cent and another of 6.46. feed for livestock just as are ion of the crop record book : RAPID RECOVERY ti Dee a ue a ae eo One of the most “Just as we associate the per- e ome te me ema se. | threat in centage of proiein in the ‘eed. Farmers find Verbena. In the course of her and the total digestive nutrients . lactation at nine years, she was strawberries ee ee ee ee down and unable to get up for 19 consider bay on the same basis”. QT@Ater USE A SALUTE Sar une Seth rede Maa Feros 7 aan that time, yet her record for the "24 its quiet revolution —- aia lactation’ was 10,966 pounds |, N°W ® strawberry grower us- | From well saved eariy-cut hav. @ ertilizers bs milk, 700 butterfat with an aver- | 2 certified virus-free plants for instance, 10 to 12 percent F age test of 6.38. The |meedn’t worry about virus dis- of protein is available and nec- OTTAWA, — Canadian part to me was that the cow dig |eases during the usual life of his essary: additions recommended M™ers are using fertilizers . not go dry, and that she ‘ | planting. include only TDN (total diges- extensively a tapidy e ae Even if virus disease does oc- tible nutrients) while protein has This fact emerges from re- sachs & arias Sh : complete cur in the second year it would also to be added, for example, ports by the Dominion Bureau oe sae at ie best 2% be significant enough to | to hay that is left uncut until it Of Statistics of increased sales danithig cas Bite Nes teed have justified taking control | is nearly mature as the protein | Of fertilizers in the 12 months’ She wah 0 eoeeral lr ee ee ee ee ol alas ken | aus Canta Dive cz times grand | y eight percent and cattle will eat anada Department ‘ ef Down through the ages our farmers have become an important segment aa ; ic meek seen ne | Reporting on this happy state little more than one-half the, Agriculture also reported more of our society, and together, form one element in the democracy of the her lactation for one of the Sis eae industry, H. T. amount when it is placed before’ registrants and products re Se ee. ee A cow in milk on - | at tville, NS. prog Ape ae of the “Hay !mprovem- ag mars anced ability to. make democracy work to produce a new and better kind of tected to a Sania" ca set (eae nei, toes aioe. Set Eres Ese, OS BEET soe | DS seeorend &2tlen amen ‘ : ge research in many is 1. All livestock farmers are recorded a sales increase security and freedom for all men, by so doing our farmers through their he ae ae ae of the world. This voonnilt tea eligible - in 196364 over the previous organizations have accepted a great responsibility in citizenship, and are tation. aaa ar eae of virus dis- ast _ fields are to be ent- aie +2 ber = for mixed i ; = j eases and deve. ered in the competition zers and a whopping 73 weit dia as to be a major force in shaping our Island economy. aimed ae ee tae Char. /lopmient of methods for obtam- 3. A complete set of records per cent increase for smgle ma- pid rides are being made by our farmers towards progress in the Pateaie Paitita Suh wns hioeeen Propagating virus- free inp dale of comb Gane i cutt- —— oa ei } . . ease - i e tela, baling aiuc a) increase, . agricultural industry by keeping abreast with latest scientific develop- Leading nurserymen in Nova 0d storjng dates of application. tons for materials and 808,008 ments with the use of modern machinery and the adaptation of newest Scotia fell into line when the mumber of bales or quantity of tons for mixed fertilizers was farming method For All Your government sponsored strawber- hav ftom each field made up of the higher analysis of . . ry nursery certification in 19%57.| 4. Each competitor is to dis- grades The actual increase im . The town f Summerside situated im a rich agricultural belt of Prince | Service oom ~~. new play oe of hay plant food sold was, therefore, ‘ : ee lings as y became avail. 2 ¢ rovincia xhibition even greater than’ these val ae aaa a ee ee | able and the advantages are Entry forms will be made av- ues indicate ae oar ane contribution made by our Island Farmers, not only to On Co-Op Cane on fully apparent. _ailabie phe Bape newspaper or ig of ae fertilizers are thi + pa growers using virus- You can send a note showing your were also sharply up. amount- , welf is province but also for the benefits of the hungry na- free stock can produce 8,000 to desire to enter. Information re- img to 144,000 tons an compared tions of the world. 15,000 quarts Sa ecanied ies gee gro pe be with 54.000 tons for the previous compared wi oTwa ater to each entrant year ‘ . IMPLEMENTS [highest vied of (6.000 "quarts, Send all entries to the PEI De. While Canada has recently be (The average yield in 1951 was D2timert of Agriculture. Box come 4-major world supplier of f ; ; See 2,329 quarts per acre.) 2000. Charlottetown. All entr- potash the domestic sales of , ; Because of better running pro- ies should be in by Jume 1 Pri- potash have not increased duction only’ one-half to two- 2¢s will be awarded on a County greatly The tremendous in ' KEITH _ | thirds as many plants per acre and Provincia! basis crease im domestic use of fer : : , a are needed as were required in tilizer has taken place in nitre : CARMICHAEL 7. plants are protected by screen- gen and phosphate fertilizers. : Mayor and Councillors . ” How to acquire virus- free ing and by insecticides from vir-| Under the Fertilizers Act. 12 Brackley Pt. Road plants? Mr. Stultz says the nur- us carriers—chiefly the aphid firms registered 82) products i" : hans beuk Soaus plants which ard the six-spotted leafhopper. in 19655 re compared with 11! virus- ‘ree the last ¢ the most tmport- firms and 728 products in 1963 S : Dial 4-6423 through’ special testing techni- ant where certified nursery 63 — am imcrease of over 12 pat : ques. Then, in a small lot, the stock is used im Nova Scotia cent. : ,