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. 4-H TROPHY WINNERS

Eﬂeen and Bloyce MacRae of‘ trophy was presented by Mr. S. 40 animals or less. In barns with

Wheatley River, 4-H Ayrshire C-31f Club members, proudly dis- may the T. Eaton Co. Trophy symbolic of the highest standing in Dairy Club competition. The

ward Island. The Journal of the House of Assembly of that year contains many petitions for re- Iief, of which the following are examples‘

“A petition of diverse inhalbi-I tants of Andcrson’s Road, Town’ ship 31, setting forth that in con- sequence of the failure of their crops last season, many of the’ petitioners are already without food; that others have not one month's provisions for the sup-

port of their families, and that ’

without aid their farms must lie waste for want of seed in the ensuing season, and praying re- let.” 1‘‘A Petition of diverse inhabi- tants of Township 29 and 30 set- ting forth the failure of their 110-’ tato and wheat crops last year, their consequent destit-ution in re- gard to food and seed, and Pray- ing that in embargo may be im- posed on the exportation of ag- ricultural produce until after seed time, or some other measures adopted in the matter, otherwise that starvation and a fearful a- mount of distress must en-sue.” To meet these emergencies the Legisalture increased the grants for roads and bridges to the ex- tent of 300 pounds for ‘each Coun- ty, with instnuictions to the Road Commissioners to expand the money in sums not exceeding two pounds, and in such a man- ner “as to give the neoessitous every chance of pumcha-sing on credit from Individuals, to an a- mount equal to the road appro- piations.” It also appointed 1! comnnttee of the House “to report on the causes to which are to be attributed the d-estitution said to exist amongst the inhabitants of many parts of the Colony, the best means of alleviating su-chi distress and of preventing the numerous applications of the Ten- antry to the Government for pecuniary relief for the future." The report of this committee Isa very interesting one. It notes that in addition to deIfective crops other agencies had long been op- erating in such a way as to cause distress among the agricultural population. A Irnrnigrants from the Mother Country, for some years after their location here, were not in general, capable of raising from forest land crops sufficient for their maintenance, nor had the ‘bulk of them been able, within the past twenty years, to obtain locations on the sea shore, or on banks of rivers, which would

sources of fishing and sea man- ure.

The rents, though coImIpara-tiv- 61)’ small, yet trendhed heavily on crops they could raise. Many laboured under difficulties with ljespect to roads and restrictions In disposing of any marketable timber growing on the land they had leased. Leases in many ,in- stances were of such short dura- tlon that the tenants were un-

distress, or a proper value for their imporveiments.

Lastly, the committee found that ‘of the immigrants who with In these fifteen years have been landed on ‘our shores, some have been without relatives capable 0f assisting them. While they lhelnselves were past the time? of life when they could undergo the labor of entering on the for- est: others have been enfeebled_ and dispirited by disease, contrac bed on the passage, through the 11011-enforcement of regulation-s as;

food and accommodations, so essential to the preservation of health; and the great majority h‘3V€ been d-estute of pecuniary resources."

Between the years 1836 and

47) advances‘ made to settlers

F the purchase of seed grain and Dotatoes had toatlled 7,339 Pounds, Island currency.

‘On these advances there had

9'1 Paid from the Colonial Re- Yemle’ a considerable amount of gleierest, “By no hlan which had

en tr1ed,” says the report, “had even the original amount been ﬁamipletely repaid, whether mon- tg 01‘ labour on the roads was 06 condition of the loan. The ufston the whole cannot be cal- ama ed at less than oneahalf the

Aount advanced." '

MS between tenants and free- am rs receiving this temporary . at least four-fifths were ten-

‘S. Carson, manager of T. Eaton‘ to have two exhaust fans. Nor- Company, Charlottetown, at the mally, fans are located in the annual 4_H Chm Leaders Ban_ middle of the long wall, and can quet last fall.

ﬁlth R lief Inquiry Reveals 1948 Hardships

he or mm em 22:: :.?:;:1:‘..‘°:.:;°.i::t.::::::::I severe hardship In Prince Ed- fc>1!1‘:iI‘I§’ tgriiinggvegsliiyl ﬁ1]§n§),ll-§Jrll1s:a:1('i For direct drive units, use a 1,725 ces part of the crops thus ram :1.1p.m. I/tnotor. A erverse action ed had been devoted to the pay; ermos at is required to control ment of arrears of rent. '

Under these circumstances the committee recommended “that next year a Bill be brought in to make the proprietor of every

Town-ship liable toan equitable

share of the burden occasioned

by advances to the tenantry, d when the crops shall be so de- fective as to make advvances alb- solutely necessary.”

The report of the Committee was adopted, but the House re- jected an amendment citing as a prominent cause of distress, “the practice of leasing wilder- shamed to paid his .g,apden_ Kmw. ness landIs—ge-neral in the Col- ony—_and mostly at higher rent-s than the lessees have been able to pay."

There were 1,465 4}! clubs of various types for farm boys and the bell. 00-ons cuoming th-rough girls in Ontario between 12 and did the same. Tihse raids on the 20 last year. Total memlberushinp patch ended. was 17,510. Ontario has about 26 Mr. SIInIith suggested an electric

per cent of CIanIaIdIa’s 69,000 4iH hence could keep rabbits and membeIrs.

Exhaust Fans ]Help In Barn,

Exhaust fans provide a positive ‘method of ventilation which can, be automatically contorlled to .maintain a desired barn temepr- atuer or humidity. With fans, ade- :quate ventilation to remove heat ‘ -nd moisture can be obtained during mild weather when a na- tural draft system d-oes not ven- ;tilate properly. Druring colder ,weather the thermostat will stop

‘the exhaust fan if, or when, the v barn terriperaturefalls to I mini- mum desired setting.

For normal fall, winter, and Spring ventilation a fan capacity. of 100 cubic feet per minute perl 1000 pounds of livestock is need- ed. For example, if a barn con- tained 36 cows at 1,000 pounds .ea-ch, the fan capacity would be x 100 or 3,600 cubic feet of

air per minute. One fan is usually -sufficient in a barn that contains

. 50 animals or more it is desirable

be placed in any convenient lo- cation on the wall. If two fans are used, they may be placed be- side each other or some distance apart. Fresh, air inlets should be I at least 15 feet from the fan. Automatic sh-utters are required to prevent back drafting when the fan is not operating.

Fans should be wired according to local electrical regulations. Mo-

an exhaust fan. Thermostats are normally -placed a foot below the ceiling in the middle of the stable.

A garden expert has come up with -an iea which may scare cooms away from the corn patch. He said it worked suiccesslfully in his home gramden.

He said a Iﬂaimily of cioorus had

ing that only a few raids would IrnIe«arn no corn roasts he rigged up a li-g«hIt cow hell on long strings to several stwllkis of connion the out- side rows. 7 . Even a light wIiInId would Ting

grIouT1IdhoIg1s out of the ‘gar-den.

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Ordered Fuel In . 1900 !

There were few telephones in Charlottetown in

or wood brought their orders to the fuel yards. Most people walked. A few drove up in carriages or. came by horse-drawn buggy, which stopped close to the fuel

yard of A. Pickard &' Co. Ltd. down near the water- front.

A fuel dealer in those days suppliedalmost as much firewood as coal; and customers were just as

A particular then . . . about quality and value . . .Aa’s they

are today. When A. Pickard started business in 1900, it was resolved to supply only the best grades...

‘ and consequently the best values . . . in fuel.

Charlottetown expanded as the years passed. The demand for more fuel. . . and different kinds of fuel . .' . kept pace with the city’s growth. Pickard’s facili- ties wereenlarged many times; but the same policy of supplying only the finest quality of fuel prevailed. This dependable service soon made A.-Pickard 81. Co. Limited Cli.ar1ottetown’s leading fuel suppliers.

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