GARRISON OfFICERS' BALI.

The New Year received alhearw welcome at the Garrison Officer! Mess ball at the Armouries on Sat-

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"Our first prosram in NI -lune mm and ever since every N0 in-eks we have Plll 0" I PW8"-'”"r -no Federation puts on the first hruzidcast of each month and each mmip takes turns putting on the Ni,” pr0gl'8TTll each month.

"Wig organized two new groups Jlllillli tho time of the first broad- ,...i one at Summerside called 1.7;.-t Prince Junior Farmers and mmtlier at Charlottetown called ("i-ntral Queens Junior Farmers. 'l'hi-y put on broadcasts as well as iulr oldest group, the St. Georges Junior Farmers, who Plll 011 the my group broadcast June Wth The radio program was put in charge of the executive (past pre- sident, president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer).

”The Federation adopted a crell which it is hoped will be ready l0l' the annual meeting.

YOUTH DAYS

"The Junior Farmers Federation attended the Centennial Youth Day at the Experimental Farm took part in the parade which fol- lowed.

"Many Junior Farmers attended the Rural Youth Fair and those Junior Farmers still eligible for 4-H clubs made a fine showing for their respective clubs.

FEW PUBLIC SPEAKERS

”The Public Speaking Competi- tiun was not very successful due in the small number that entered, however, congratulations are due to George Riley and Kathleen Deh- kcr who were the winners of the trip to the Maritime Winter Fair to compete for the public speaking Clla pionship of the Maritimes.

"In October. the Junior Farmers delegation headed by their presid- ent waited on the Minister of Ag- riculture. Hon. Eugene Cullen, and discussed with him their needs of a ticldman and a larger grant from

that he did not think we could get an extension worker but hinted that there might be one available in the future for part time Junior Far- mer extension work. He. l10WeV91'- gave us an extension on our Pfe- sent grant after we save him our budget for the balance of 1955. W0 are very grateful to Mr. Cllllell for doing this and we hope for an increase next year.

LATEST GROUP

"There was a group formed at New Glasgow the latter part of October and it seems to be settint better as it grows older. The group in Charlottetown (Central Queens) folded and some of its members joined New Glasgow and are real- ly helping to make this new group. go. They have our able president and leader in Sterling Macllae who will give them a good start in Jun- ior Farmer work

”On November 23rd thc l)cpurt- ment of Agriculture tendred a hen- quet to the 4-H club leaders The Junior Farmers directors we.: al- so invited. to the banquet and many of them attended. It was indeed fitting that the club lead- ers who do such a good job with the clubs should be honored by a banquet.

"Our leadership course is held on December 27 and 28 and follow- ing this, December 29 to 31 will be an agricultural short course. We held the leadership course separ- ate this year to try and develop young leaders who will come for- ward to take our places as the leaders of tomorrows Junior Far- mer groups.

No TRACTOR CLUBS

"It is indeed a disgrace that here on P. E. I. we have no trac- tor maintenance clubs and we certainly have the tractors for them. I hope that the existing Junior Farmers groups will make this one of their next year's pro- lects. We have an agricultural en-

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"While we are on the subject of clubs. the Junior Farmers groups could certainly try and organize more potato clubs. It is a shame that here on P. E. I. where we grow so many potatoes that we can manage only one potato club. It is a disgrace and I hope that the Junior Farmers will lead the way in trying to remedy this awful situation.

PROPOSED GROUPS

"We had another group organiz- ed December 16th. The Mt. Stew- art group was organized that night. However, due to the smallness of the meeting it will not get official recognition from the Federation until it has the required number of members enrolled. I would like to warn all other groups in the Pro- vince to watch out for this new group when they get going in Janu- ary. They will be hard to beat as the hcst group on P. E. I. They havc two fine voung men at their

ers hold their annual meeting Dec- ember 23rd., but due to cold and unfavourable weather, the attend- aucs was small; however, though small in number, their interest was high. Their president presented an excellent report; however, there were no resolutions passed at this meeting. The group is trying to get rural electrification to their district. The president noted in his report that the only grain club on P. E. I. at St.Georges had fold ed during the year because of lack of competition. In the past three years. only one grain club on P. E. I. was active. Now Junior Farm ers that is an awful record.

"Every year the seed drill survey -

conducted by the Provincial De- Dartment of Agriculture shows that the farmers are sowing grain in- fected with weeds and only one grain club to try and combat this condition. It is to be hoped that the Provincial Department of Ag- riculture will have at the top of its New Year's resolution list a re- solution that at lr-ast six crain clubs Will be organizvd in 1956. It

head and with the leadmuhip that those two will Lzivr lif Stewart is, bound to succeed. i

"There will also hc zmuthnr group organized in (lhcrry Vnllcv Ill the near l'tilm'cll is lulpcrl that the group will he uri::mi7.r-rl car." in the New Year. I hope that hath of these new groups will have a very properous 1956.

"The East Prince Junior Farm- ers held their annual meeting in Summerside on December 5th. They had a very successful year due partially to the splendid lead- ership given them by their presid ent. Urban Laughlin, who is one of the smartest young men in P. E. I. He had a good executive to work with him and their assistance was the best that could be given by any group of young people and the co- operation of all the members was the other factor in the success of the East Prince Junior Farmers.

They brought in several good re solutions and their president's re- port was very well prepared. It would seem that with the capable leader ship of George Riley that East Prince is due for another ban- ner year and I know that all Jun- iorFarmers join me in wishing East Prince many more years of suc- cess.

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is in he hoped that the Junior Farmers groups will put the or- lzanlzatinn of a grain club on their next .Vear's agenda. We have quali- fied to handle those grain clubs so let us give them a uliancc to make each sccri drill survcy show better seed is being sown each year. "On behalf of the riirectors. I wish to thank all those who help- ed Junior Farmers this past year. The members of the Provincial De- partment of Agriculture, Mr. J. L. Dewar of the Federation of Agricul- ture for his help in planning and conducting our Leadership Course: Mr. H. B. Chandler for his help in planning and conducting the Leadership Course; Dr. G. C. Fish- er for his help in planning and conducting the Leadership Course. We would like to thank Premier Matheson and Hon. Eugene Cullen for their help in solving our prob Iems. We also wish to thank Mr. I. L. Tuplin who supervised the courses and looked after lodging. We would like to thank all those Who helped us in any way during the past year, especially the man- agement and staff of FFCY, the Press and Mr. George Barter. photographer. "The year is ending, but before I close this report, I will take a look ahead. The Junior Farmers

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some test groups whid n he same feed produce carcasses be short and decidedly too fat. This is concrete evidence that if our swinl Ilroducers would select tbdf young sows from our key breeder! who have high scoring stock, we could eliminate much of the loss from over-fat market hogs. All! swine grower should watch llll grading slips. If he finds F after any weights he knows that the carcass in question was too fli- This should prompt him to ably leaner hogs thereafter. '

It takes extra feed to Wt fat on any animal. Our Test Station results prove this when we

that the pig which gets too fat when half grown usually is I slow grower and as a rule taken more feed to reach market weigh!- ACKNOWLEDGED SUPIIEMACY It is acknowledged across North America that in this Province we have the best bacon type huge in the world. The fact that breeders come from as far west as Albert! to take carload lots of breeding stock and the fact that we ship an increasingly large number of boars and sows to Ontario and Quebec is proof that our stock is superior to anything available in these provinces. In the face J Ibis sl- uation, we find as odd case where loutside breeding stock is brought into this province. The greatest danger in this practice is one of disease. A few years ago. hog mange was unknown in this Prov- ince. Now we have it. Not long ago we were free from rhinitis. Now we have evidence th t this disastrous disease is ral ng its ugly head. In Western and Central Canada, hundreds of swine prod- ucers have been driven out of busi- ness by this disease. It is still rampant there. All this points to the danger of bringing outside swine stock into this province. It also calls for caution in buyint Vplgs from any source.

During the past fall we have ,found evidence of a skin condition previously rare in this province. The skin becomes very dirty. even on the legs and ears. The treat- ment with Llndane for mange has no effect. Similar outbreaks have ocurred in other provinces. The latest information indicates that this disease or allergy called parakeratosis, is caused by the food. Apparently. rlrv fed pigs are .mnre susceptible and the condition often disappears uhcn slop feeding is practised. Pllr led a ration which contains no animal product such as milk, fish meal. or tank- age are more prone to this dis- ease Authorities claim that the condition is not contagious.

A close look at local cases gives some hint that new home-grown grain used before it becomes thoroughly dry may cause this skin condition. Another contribut- ing cause has been pronounced as

group competition for a trophyzta) an extension worker for part time Junior Farmers workl (4) exchange visits between Junior Farmer or ganizations both in Canada and II Europe; (5) education of execu- tive me L s by sending them to other places to learn how other Junior Farmer organizations work; (6) a larger grant by the Govern- ment for J unlor Farmer work.

"I wish to thank my very able executive for their wonderful help, the directors who attended the meetings so wonderfully and a special thank you to you, the

the P. E. I. Junior Farmers for being such a splendid organization and I am indeed honored to have had the chance to help you in a

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It is interesting to note that a change to slop feeding seems to bring the pigs back to a normal

persists, no doubt the feed mixing companies will consider the addit- ion of due to their hog concentrat- es and perhaps place more emp- hasis on animal protein and less on plant protein. We know that some plant proteins such as that found in cottonseed meal can be very dangerous to cattle and swine' if used in certain proportions. Per-l haps there are some things we do not yet know about soybean meal which has been used in increased quantities in late years.

HIGH SALES RECORD

Dining 1955 sales of Island Yorkshire breeding stock to out- side points have reached a re- cord high. Carlot and express shiune-nits have been made to Al- berta and Saskatchewan. Sales have been made to breeders int

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The significant fact here it that Prince Edward Island had 10 -uws out of 42 scoring 90 or over The next best province was Ontario with 4 sows out of 151 scoring, over 90.

TEST OF BREEDING

Another glaring result of tlivso test station figures is that at thi- Charlottctown Station the pics El'.'lrl ed about 85 per cent grade A At the Alberta station. lhl-W grad ed around 40 per cent grade A These were all purebred Yfll'l(Kllll z-- and fed identical rations at both stations. The difference is brood- ing and nothing else.

Another factor responsible for our high precentage of grade A hogs is that we have over one

province. all from sows qualtlir-rl in Advanced Rcizistry with a sworn- of 35 or over, In fact, about one- half of these boars in service arr from sows scoring 90 or over.

Even with our high standing in market hogs thcro is still room for improvement As mt'nll(lllP(l previously, more rare in weighing: all hogs before shipment would raise our percentage of Grade A over 00. Greater understanding

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fat hog would raise our precentagc of grade A's to 70 or over.

At the present time we have about 35 living Island sows with a score of 90 or over.

MAY SEND , REPRESENTATIVE

There is some possibility that a Live Stock Co-operative from Nor- thern Alberta will send a repre- sentative here next June to take back a carload of young sows and a few boars. February and March born litters will have the age re- quired. Breeders should make a special effort to have their youngl stock well developed and in topl bloom in June. Another fcature of sales to other provinces is that young gilts should have M evenly mmmmmmmgmmmmm

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al pests of Ontario. A: eqak large number of shipments luve been made to Quebec. Heavy sales have been made to N. S. and N. B. This increasing busi- ness is the result of our leads- ship in grade A market hogs and our commanding position in high scores of our test sows. The com- plete results for the year 155 are not yet available but the fig- ures for last October reveal the merit of our market bogs:-

. . . 57.696 GradeA

N. S. 5l.2Ta N. B. 45.6ilz Que. 29.970 OM. 34.696 Man. 31.6'5 Sask. &).9h: Alta. Z).7E B. C. asset: All Canada 30.496 This statement is significant when we remember that about

ten years ago P. E. I. and On- tario-were even with about 37 percent grade A. Our Island im- provcmcnt fmm that time has resulted in tens of thousands of vxtra dollars in the pockets of lslnnrl fnrmcrs.

Tin ;l:u1L'ht(-r test scores for test zwmru from sows complet- ing thclr lnzts during the (irst nine months of 1955 are as fol- lows:

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placed teats For this reason;-ur key breeders should keep nn sows with less than this number. Even in young boars the mmber and placement of teats should be check- ed to see that this specification is met.

Some of our key' breeders have llIV'll experiencing difficulty in har- ut: their sows qualify in Arivanrorl lhvgistry with a score of 85 or over

in tum. with the price of top stock. limp!" than avemzze. such hraericrsl

fnuulrl replace their low scoring ..u- uith gills from dams vulh lll'.Ill scoring background.

we have reached a level of quali- ty which a few years ago -would

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we must practise more efficient production methods. we must eli- minate the under and over weight hogs. We must ship our market. hogs in a leaner ('07l(llllnn and try to have mre carcasses dress clos- er to 150 lbs. at which weight we get the highest percentage of grade A hogs. Too many hogs are held to dress close to 170 thin in the menatlme. they put on an much fat that the carcass grades B nr C. This problem of rat hogs can be solved in some considerable de- gree by our commercial breeders selecting prospective brood sows from the key breeders who have high scoring stock. It can he snlxw ed to a further (lnszrcc by llw use of the judicial use of loss fatten- ing rations after the pig reaches 120 lbs. live weight. The importa- tion of breeding stock can not im- prove our Island strain hut It can brim: in diseases from uhu-h we are now r-omparalix'cl,v ll'f'P with- on! much rlfnrt ue (can maintain your present high standard of quali lt,v.WIth a little more effort we can make material improvement l The picture marltetvtise may be idirn at present but it is lncvilahlr that the sun will shine again fnr g.

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N. B. House To

Open Feb. 9th

FREDERICTON tCPt - The fourth session of the 47nd New Brunswick legislature will open

hero Feb. 9. it was learned today from a reliable source. it is the fourth session since Premier Hugh .lnhn Flrmmingls Progessive Con- scrvallvc party came to potter in 1932.

The lPl.lISliilUI'P is maria up of 33 Conservatives and 16 Liberals with three. vacancies The vacancies are the result of death.-: of Dr. E.T. Kcnnnriv and Walter V Pnu-pr; and the

appninlnwul nf Harold 5, Hill" as a mH'.'l:-ltalv Au.-.tm P Tmlnr lF&iflFl of the