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’- ‘ America's Sentiments

The Atnerlcan people entertain towarda the Canadian people the most friendly regard and they halve the highest rrespect for the nntiiondl aims oi’ the Dominion. Mr, lMoonlaw. continued amid ap- plptlse. ateverylreiuloneble per- son liv n-g on either side of the Boundary Linedeeires is only the closest. cooperation between the two countries. ‘He had found that tlle people of ‘iOur, Lady of the Snows" possess the same warm hearts all his own fellow citizens In warmer climates. ‘In conclusion he‘ trusted ‘that the deliberations of the meeting would meet with tic» served success. (Applause).

Mr. A. E. Dewar said the Aslstlci- iltlon had found Americans good people to deal with. only they charged a little too much to lull into t-heir market. (Laughtelal

ADDRESS ev SECRETARY sooner;

Ml‘. Wilfrid Boulttlr. S(‘.(5l'('illI‘_\' of’ the Association said that it‘ 102i should prove as successful as lit2.i

when we "hold ollr annual meeting we shall ha vo l‘) engage the Prince Edtvnrd

to hold the uttendance- ln-luakiug arrangements for purchasing oi‘ fertilizer tenders were culled for and received from six different

concerns.—-factorles and Ilrokcrs it‘ was decided to deal directly with a factory in case- of trouble

when compensation for loss might be demanded. Tllc factnritls ablc to give best servicc were tlll~ll con- sidered and on tllc best priccs a re- duction was received null orders placed. The miuilllllnl was pIrlct-ll at 13,000 tons and the luuxilllllln llt 5,000 tons. Today we have passed ollr minimum and over 2-3 ot‘ that has been ordered for immediatl- ill-- livery, Mr. Boulter said. In cast- this fertilizer was considerrcd toll expensive other cheaper grades had in other years been listed but this year it was not necessary. Anyone wanting fertilizer at n iO\' >l- price may make application. "lo-r. would never buy fertilizer at ally- thing near the price you arc gei- ting it today if it were not for this Association," Mr. Iioultcl- declared. If a member does not think so he is perfectly at liberty t.o Inly else- where; the Association docs not press any man to buy through is channels. The greater tlle voiulnc of business of course, the Cheapcl‘ the overhead charges. The As- sociation sells fertilizer at tllc same price to members and nou- menlbers. if every farmer in the province can get his fertilizcr at ooilt so mllch the better-Altai is the object of the Association. With members and management work- ing together cooperatively success willitbe-aseured. There are hound to_he"'ltnocke" in every progres- qsive‘ business.

A car load of potatoes was delay-

, ed two weeks inst yenr and got

f _ 'v .- liad arrived late ut Cullu. m .,, . \ , . Thisfiqit “my 10 “M5 a bush“ as i'l‘illiililldiid;llingl‘lzg uttii dealt): ‘ahrfiimofi Y“ it“ ASSOC“ high as last year. The Virginia dea- tid “ ‘ettilik ‘ t0 li- A“ a Iers mav to ahlc ‘to purchase else- mt “t9 “sgismnce given wllerc zit. a lower price Vllfittlc 1". I “rk-“mg and loading steamers S. tukcs tlle dutv oil‘ it will help the-‘lfllsral- price was Iletterl-d. us a gum dds ~ ’

The year 1922 W215 a bud year bllt

we got through it and as a rllsult All Irish Cobblers

1928 was good.

and practically all Green Moun-

l ‘ taine were sold and forwarded at a

good price. Many visitors llcrc last summer were taken to various

parts of the Island wherever time ‘would permit. These potato moa

were well pleased with the.- craw- ‘mg conditions and frccdoln from ‘disease and also with the typo of ‘Irish Cobbler which illcy found . here. That is the variety Wt‘ ulusi 1- emphasize. Virginia is our tow-al- est state for IrIsluCobbIt-rs at prc- eeat. We hope to open out nlarkt-is in 01hr states. These pcoplc arl- not paying higher prices and extra {freight retell unless we have sumo- ltlling superior to what they can wt Illsewhere. Among the visitors last year was u seed specialist, b“ wae looking for tho "spindlinl: tuber" but could not find any and expressed great satisfaction illul he would not.

The great difference iil grade ll!‘- tween the potatoes of 1921-22 and '23 was referred to. lnstcud of bu- proving he regretted t-n say it was doing the opposite. Unless we can atop that for I024 we cannot. guar- antee that illt- lw-putatizlu built up m carefully "Wu ho coiltlnued. The‘ responsibility rests not _wifll the mlnagtlul-rl. cvclzv ‘individual nlrmhrr. There will ll!‘ ‘rigid inspection Lust year ill"

were ‘many sacks in a shiplucllt thatwere under wl-igilt. ll< ‘lrc "l -hy the Customs officl \\‘l- ware. bud to bl.‘ sh .lrt il good mnlily allele. Thlc is a ucw iTHlIlll" ‘mat ~ h. Now the potatoes will h we to be wl-ighcd right at Itlg point. Tilesc mis- eg plight have occurred through

i i _‘t a lea. “Grover-rs slinlld R99 lb ‘i. teirsca '3 are tested fretitib ti). Every grower should

illllllléalzélila Biilht Up ‘With Sulphur‘

.;.. Tan; IIIQIIIII‘ out of the skin.

; ~ . itching eczema. can l7 overcome by applying a

of its

Qggfl-oyfng properties. this 1-,,‘ peration instantly ' akin irritation.

’ .- ilballghe eczema rlsht . ' pkfn clear and i

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remember that if growing a larger acreage than ltc can preventfrom frost he is up against a losing proposition. He should remember also that the temperature need only drop to 32 degrees to freeze potatoes. lt is better to keep those frozen potatoes home than to send them down to Long lslend and have them turned down.

' Over 50,000 sacks of Irish Cob- blers were shipped by the Assn. dust. full. It was difficult to li'll'l the demand and quite a number of Ne. 2 quality were sold. This latter trad-e is however not desirable. 0d‘ Green Mountains, the association shipped 31,000 sucks and lrall ill storage a little over 6,000 sacks. in November we bad cars loaded when we got word to bold llIPlll, we shipped th-cm to Kinkora. We were very fortunate to illlVP a convenient storage place tllerc. With the increasing tlcreage we must have sufficient storing uccllllnulodaticn. Potato Ilousles such as at Kinkora luay have to lbe provided elsewhere.

ll. menus u Iui lo llilVtl a good blllk oi‘ potatoes sold early in the ycal. Fortunately lbe Association w able to place them ill June. ’l‘lle tllctagl- price asked was frlllll S0

rants to $1 ]lt'.‘ bushel, tllc Iligllesi pricc asked lllclllg 31.10, We sold 1i0,000 ut a good pric-l- ill June and wc were zlblc ill ‘lllllilllillll lllis price

throughout iill‘ wllolc scusoll.

‘Filo Aspncialion is alllc lo pay $1.15 (‘"1118 :l busllcl on lrisll (foll- blors, lllis ycal‘. illl-‘i they cxpect. til l».- illllc tu i:i\'c a rebate later nu (applause).

He would nol like to say what illu Association call ‘lluy ior (ircell .\llluuiains_ llc knew it would he $1.00 at tllc least. perhaps $1.05. From May 1923 io -.\la,v 192-1 tlle Assnclatinll Ilusiusss will run ‘ll])- ward; o.“ iflflillhflllll llt‘ dlusineas, in- ciudlng 1‘. rtilizcr". 'l‘be potato bus-

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red to the progress of fox breeding, egg and poultry production. and to the seed potato buslnes as outstan- d-lng. It may not be wise to go too largely into seed potatoes. The province ill lbeet suited to mixed farming and rotation of crops. Wle can make a. better success with dairying on account of our seed potatoes and we may achieve bett- er success yet through hog raising. This latter. he believed. would he the most profitaible of all. When we make a success of dairying and ha- con raising, lls well/ha fox farm- ing, poultry and ' to growing. then we will the far Edward ilsland In more than name. He believed there were many pres- ent who would see "this day. when the Island would bathe most suc- cessful farming province of tlle Dominion. : . Mr. J. 0. Hyndman

Mr. .l. 0. ll-lyndmau, president of the Assnciatetl Boards of Trade. said he wished to make a few re- lua-rks In connection with a news- paper report of Mr. A. E. Dewar's (‘fillffifllfl cf the ‘Board of Trade at a recent farmers’ meeting. He did not ‘believe Mr. Dewar was correct- lyrcported. This was the timc when farmers and business men

should get together. ‘in 1922 ‘Mr. Benson, one oi‘ the prill- cipni promoters) 0i’ the Poultry (Jo-operative Associ-

ation in this ‘Province, had ud- llrcs-seli a number 0i’ meetings here and in writing later t.o lMr. Hynd- luau said he did not know of any province where‘ co-operation Ile- twen tilc business men and ‘tho farmers would be more advantage- llus. Mr. Benson had impressed this on tlle farmers during his visit. He was surprised ‘that Mr. Dewar was quoted as auying that the. Board of Trade would oppose

the farmers in any measure for cooperation. As a member o1‘ the Board of Trude lfor about

illllss has bccll over $300,000. Such business Wtllliii be impossible llll

lll- referred to lllc purchase by the - ntlciatillu of poisons which will delivered to lllculbcrs this ycal‘ at. cost prices, Cars and transpor- tation lillct; Iluve been secured at Ilcttcr rates than could have been donc iudiy‘ldllzlll_v.. 'I'w0 nlontlls bc- torc tlle iilnc of sllipnltcllt iniorula- tion was pIacl-d with the railway officials last _vcllr and ill that wuy iilL‘ trzlllwporiatitln difficulties were lonlovl-ti. 'i‘llc Potato (lrowers As- sociation is lilo lIPSi. revenue pro lint-er the. railways havc hull.

Till-rt‘ wore 200 can; oi' lferiiliz- l-r nlllvcti lust ycar, about 500 ca u!" potatoes, . well as all tllc car- llozltls of sacks. hlllvliffllii‘. Iinll- pui- ous, ctc,

The Prospects for 1924

There is a. bigger market for seed potatoes ii‘ we can keep the quality‘. 'I‘llere is no other uvellu-c that tlle individual man can mark- et his potatoes as we'll as through

less through a (‘ll-operative system.)

twenty-five years he Ilad been lul- lowing very closely the matter cli‘ better transportation for tlle Island. This was a question of ill!‘ greatest inlllol-lullce. He fPltifffili to what. the Board "of Trude had accomplished in this anti [lnrticlll- arly ill securing tlle broadening oi‘ the railway gauge.

‘Mr. A. Id. DEW-III‘ said Mr. Ilyllll- man Ilull Ilcttcr confine llilncclli‘ to tllc statement which he bud started to ‘luakc.

A Voice: What have our repre- sentatives done at Ottawa?

.'\ir. Hyndnlan said that fur from tlle membership of the lBoard 0t‘ Tradl- falling off, as Mr. lJewal" was lcllortcd to have said, the average attendance for tlle past three ycurs bad been better tlluu ever, though it was true that last year tilerc was u slight decrease. ‘The illoard of Trade had brought up thc matter oi‘ refrigerator cars for potato shipments with Mr. L. I5. Blown on his last visit here, which was nlude at ‘the request 0i’ the lBozlrtI, and the potato transpor- tation question was gone into ai

the Association. 1924 will see, no doulbt. a larger zlcrczlize of potatoes ‘the amount wiildepeilll on the amount oi‘ seed.

The mankct will take care 01' the supply and in Irish Cobblers at any rate tlle Association will be able to tnlllntaiu a pretty good price. We wullt to sell a larger quantity eaalrly

The 192-1 outlook is pretty good. especially for Irish Cnbillers, But one thing is surc, and that is a vary rigid inspection. 'l‘llia is car ricll on lily the ilolnillion Division of Botany and thr- Assorlllliuu lllls nothing to do witll it.

it vras Ilcpcd tn have a system of prdtupttlr paylmcni as tllc masoc- iation tlrngrt-sscd. Slllnc nlclllod will illlVQ to lbc til-vised to pay ill illlVllllfil‘ to lilG gfUlVttifi us tilt- slliplncllls arc received,

Address by Hon. J. H. Myers

lion. .l. ll. Mycrs, (loultuissiolll-ll" of Agriculture was (ffliifiii upon for a fctv l‘("llli|-i'kS. die suid tiic nicot- i111: tlnlzw was u tuost important phiug ior Prince Iddwzlrd llsllzluli. "Filo .\‘. lorilltion was lfortunaitl in llauug ll lnnn liked/Ir. llonlter t0 look alter the details of tho Ilusin cs5. IV- ll-lt very liiellflPll with ill(- plolzll-ils made along tllc lines o. lJ-‘Pfii potato production.

‘Sirius Will have t0 bc taken to lllllYl-il‘ 1'01‘ the increased volume ul‘ tzullc this fall. He was glad to allow that frost proof warehouses wl-ll- being considered. What has llrlu done by the Potato Growers. ‘illc Poultry Association and till- lilwi mill I

and he believed m 1s not for distant when all " I p lllucts will be put on the l. .. l. Ill a cooperative way. \\I‘ Ill tllb potato business is very llllltflilf llt be eilll believed tilni d1 lr-illv. und live etock ianming in inc bi'*~iii of agriculture and this l- u»: not t‘: forgotten, it would be a simpm nlatter to organize the lilfrt-rcnl dairy piante throughout tho Plavince and have them mark- \-.t their product anti purchase sup pi-lcs cooperatively. ‘He looked for- wnrd to the time when a central organization would handle all our flfllry production. Farming today- lhc Commissioner believed, is as nooti a business on the island as lever it was. In England he under- stood there were 000 people to the square rnfle or n population of 45.- 000000, This gives an enormous enrol“! Npnlatlon. He referred to the Dominion’ immigration Dian and the opportunity oi‘ Island far- mers to secure famn help from the old country during the coming year. ‘

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Hla l-Ionor the Lieutenant Glover. . won

Honor Lieut: Gavel-nel- M» Kimep called upotuexprealod his Hellfire at such s: brie and en- o meeting. Itrom ‘the pub- ‘lre llld the meet-

t . vliln Hyndmall- efllled yes, ‘ out an was the reason $11 also alfmoulty wi ' vi" ‘w atmihde loalee

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length; Tile Board was most anx- ious to lluvc tlle cc-operation of the ‘lllfmfifli. There are opportun- ities here for more people t.o he cmploycd._ Tllc development of the tourist. trade will also help t.o lbulltl up the Province. There should .lle meetings of farmers and business lncn to discuss matters ‘that come up from time to time affecting the welfare oi‘ tlle Province as a whole. He could not understand Mr. De\var's attitude. in Supposing that the Board cl’ ilk-axle was anta- gouistic to this. lMr._ Dewar said the rnils have already been laid lo two wharvel-l in the city, and that all tho farmers needed was the tlredging of the railway wharf on both aides, hllt the speaker hall seen the biggest cargo that over lett Charlottetown loaded nt. Con- nolly's whnnf—~tlult steamer could not got up to the railway whanf t0 Ionll llt the time. "There is now only enough space Bid e railway wharf to handle llul a cargo. Larger warehouses fol‘ handling potato ‘cargoes are needed and lullrc willlrf accommodation. To gct what tllc Province is cutitied to tllc fllll ire-operation of tlle farmers and business men is wanted. In Ills twenty-five years ‘experience on the Board he had ncver llcforc Ileurd it suggested that tlle Ilul-liucss men did not wuut. this co-opcrutinn.

Another matter for improv-‘l- ment was ollr educational system, Mr. llyndmntl said. Our pl-escnt ~lystenl is all wrong. We are edu- cating 0llr boys and girls to leave .lle Province. lif ‘bile agricultural grunt is to be cllt oil! by the Domin- ion Government tilen tlle Agricul- turul School should be transferred o Prince of Wales College where .t was intended to be in the first place. Our teachers should be grounded Ill agriculture. Ale it is, Prince elf Wales College is u slaughter-house.

Mr. Dawn's Reply Mr. A. E. ‘Dewar said he did not think the few remarks e had made at the previous meeting would have lluch effect on the lBoard of Trade (Laughter). He did not take i)i10|( anything he had said on that occasion. Thedloard of Trade was claiming credit for every- thing done ill the way of Improv- c-d transportation. ~ ‘lt was" Sir Robert Borden who had promised the car ferry to the ‘Provincel , Mr. ll-Iyn-d-man said he referred in the widening d! the‘ gaugel. Mr. Dewar said the last presid- cnt’s report at the lBoel-d of Trude annual meeting said 6600.000 was brought in through potatoes and 82,000,000 through lfoxel. and they claimed credit. for all the things that were done. That in the opin- ion of the people reading these reports in thp chantry. As for the failing off ht membership. he took the report of the secretary of the Board of Trude for that. lMr. D. B. lllc d asked i the ‘Board of Trade ever exte tied an Invitatielmto Qrtnere all ‘Mons to have tepl-eiontutlon.$ c Board '. -

invitations‘ hnj t De .

‘been _ fir. Dewar about the rlilw hi. on

nf-lt-Ilollresm time comers ' may 1h ti». femoral l<1!£_..°_!‘_4"*5"° t9"!-

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, . not greatly concern the formula: H _ Diseased Petetoog ' _> Illlr. EarlUraigTKInYora shtiy- ed some sclnpleapf potatoes. lf-rqlp a hag stored in his ‘warehouse zo- shipment. which were frost bitten. Seventy-dive percent were touched with lfros-t, more or lees.‘ ‘He said the farmers are growing more potatoes than they can take care of. not realizing how easy they may be caught by frost. Dry rot; he said.‘ is traced back, in the lmal-

Kority of cases. to lack of roper spraying. The potatoes own ‘were all Green Mountains. Many showed disease. .

‘like meeting adjourned until 8.00 p. m. ‘ I Evening Session,

The evening meeting also w"

largely attended. .Mr. .I)e\ presided suggested that ' be a good thing to admit soldiers to the Association charge. This propositio greeted wliih applause. lie out that every member wi- outside the Association is e against the organization. Th drones and dead beats in ev- sociation but he was glad there were not many In the Gr0were‘_. The question was raise. should be‘ done with lneulbc- shipped the diseased stock d . ed at the meeting, Mr. Jlewa. this had fortunately not been ped abroad. The Assoc should d-enl with these llll: strictly. There should be sonic. of checking up‘ all the hagls. Mr, Wilfred Boullter said ‘nil ere were notified to examine] uunlbers and durnieh the Assn‘. tion with these if the shipmentl not all right. ‘In one case there were 82 bo- of damaged potatoes shipped to} buyer in the United States, TI‘. bill against the Association w-lt $500 and tlle remaining sllipmeu

lu some (loses the late. blight dcv

The. Association feels that

members.

illl reply to a (juestiou, .\lr. Boul ler said: There was to be no pool ing of losses when Inlierior ship lueuts are put up. The mlln

keep payments regulated.

regard to tlle diseased displayed from a carlioad lot llecei

be recovered ‘I

money had not been advanced. Mr. Earl Crala, Middleton. ‘llclllev

thoroughly here before shipment He hacl no complaint wltr thrflns

the Association will have to cpl ploy instructors of their own. l‘

Method of inspection.

MI‘, S. G. Peppln, official Dolnin

tlle men available. The were getting this service eointely free. The system Ia:

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of th-e growing tubers

the market null the inspector uns

held up for shipments the

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will welcome any criticienl constructive nature.

having late lbllght with his potut

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per spraying.

few-growene who had late blight

1e Percentage of five in 1922;

percentage too high or too low‘!

‘Mr. lBonlter. The replies cove-red more than one your.

‘faction with the shipments. General Matters Dlsellpnd,

A general discussion. followed MP- Vvtllon Moore, Crapeud, cited his own experience.

He muted stock last 'of lMay, 10 days later he flniahe with the same chemicals and s d, The ine- mclor passed the stock a4 excel- lent. When the tuberadevelopad he ‘found them troubled with pow- dery ecalh. About 80 pel- cent were

diseased. The later onee were din-

covered to ‘be clean-not l percent affected. This was the some seed,

the only planted ten days later. What

(hill He also . ~WlrIstlon or Qlllll- 111's! practically impol-

for a formal-ate let tested

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only amounted to about $300. Tilt" same happened ill lnore than one case, though llut. ill Ll. great many.

elopcd, us in the salupllcs shown. they must bear the loss In such cases. lt is n. good business policy to he just as considerate of the fellow llt the other end no to tlle Association