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THE TURKEY

lllc cuninion turkey (meleagris part) is a native of North The story is told that

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-- it almVt't'l'taln Thomas M o r to n. ,,...- oi the Pilgrim Fathers, see- ill. .4 flock of large brownish birds H, mg I clearing. asked an in- mm. native: fiiow many of those m, mo see in the woods every (13. ' The answer was ”Neent

m-,it.'iulia." which being translated mm... ”more than we can count." uiltl turkeys then ranged from l-.tIllillPl'Il Canada to Florida and 3....-i-ii Texas and as fir west as tltr edge of the Great Plains.

l sub- , IR.) tMeleagris Mexi- WH. ranged over the high plateau .,( iloxicofrom the United States l)tIItlPl' south to Vera Cruz. These Mun; had their tails and their .-riicrts tipped with I buffy white. Thw. was only one other species or tiiikcy knoun. tMelcagris ocel- 1.-pa . it is native of Yucatan and wilt of Honduras. These birds tour a icry beautiful plumage.

'I”t.o Turlis. who make no claim to this fowl. give it I name which

.. the equivalent of "American up i" in Iingzlish. North American 1... ---.n traditions report its exist-

.--i-: us far back as about 1.000 it 1) Tile Spanish Conquistaclores i.,-.. ltti'.t-ys tti Spain in 1521. They no--p introtluced into England in 1” anti brccding work was lflti to ”Improve the Brcntl." . .esuIte(l in the dcvclopiiit-it ..i .iiiie of the larger domestic ii. breeds we have today. Tm-i-p is a mural in the Church ..t st Pctc" at S:-lileswig.

7- l lllCtlr'Illl'tlS, each depicting i.i:-i-it-all liirkeys. The art au- lllt i-itics state that the mural a:id lIl'n'ifllllOllS (late from 1280 A. D. this has given rise to the coli- )i'tilii'(' llllll. Norscmen had taken l'.'l k in l'Iui'ope wild American tur- I...-xs lr.ini the legendary ”Mark- l.tiitt' long before Columbus dis- ttIlt'l'('tl I w. Those who made t-iv c iiicdnllions must have St.'CIl

ritlicr il' H '”ll' PlCW"f'5- Iwtaiise there is no other bird Lin-till to ll c .1.-1'.-d other than

Ill Nut-tli Amc.'1'.-a that even re- st-iiililcs the turkey. '.

'l'tii'l.cys. cithcr imported or bred. 'i(iF icry exnclisiic in liuropc. It IK ivportcd that in 1538 a Danish ll'lllll')lllElI1 paid 838.00 per bird. 'Ihr- price, however, had dropped in the sixteenth century, in Inn, and, to S1600 per bird. There is also a record that turkeys, kept as pets for children. retalled in (i!t”.lt'P at 570.00 each. These were linudsonie. while-tailed birds prob- otily secured from the Mexican .suli..specics tM. Mexicanal.

with the clearing of the forests along the Atlantic seaboard and the development of modern fire- arms, the wild turkeys were ruth- it-ssly destroyed. in Massachusetts a hunter could bag 30 or more in a day. that were worth at that time 25c each in the Boston mar- kr-I. The last one reported there has killed in 1851, and by 1900 ilivy had almost all Jlsappea ed il'tll'It Ontario, Canada. From 1902 to 1905 there were closed seasons on uild turkeys in Ontario. but In tlial date there were none left.

tumscrvation authorities in Cen- l"Jll l tilted States have made good prnt'.l'c.ss in hatching wild turkey rigs. and in releasing the young ptiultr. at 14 weeks of age. The On- tario Department of Lands and Forests believe that the wild tur- li'9.V can be brought back to the forests of Western Ontario. They hate secured eggs and allotted them to interested men for hatch- ing and release. They have also .lFt tired some adult birds that were released in the Pinery It-ens nem- Lake Huron. The wild turkeys travel in flocks. and for their ex- islcnce require vast IreIs. esti- mated at l,m0 acres per bird.

Before the wild turkey had dis- appeared from Massachusetts, an unknown farmer crossed an im- l"""”i European turkey with na- llle wild birds in Rhode Island, "I" d9V9l0PCd ya new breed. Rev. R It Avery in New York State In 1860. used the Narragansett T",-""1 10 Cross it again with the 3'” lUFk0.V. and developed the

tonze turkey. which is one of the "IN Ptmular turkey breed; go. for There are many named Il':'l"ll5.0i iurkeyl: among these '" Mlle Broad Breasted Bronze lctame very po ulIr for large V-"tie (hrlslmas urkey dinners. ml-or homes with smaller f "t he Bcltsville White, gold .5 .

llllikey broiler," which reaches about six pounds dressed It 11 neck; of age. and roasts well It "'3' ilase. is becoming quite pop- Ill.-r in many markets.

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The production of turkeys has risen steadily in Canada. The num- ber of turkey poults batched in registered hatcheries in l953'was 3.406.294; the hatched in 1954 was approximately four and a half million poults valued at near- ly 35 million dollars. in the Prov- ince of Quebec, the hatpheries which in 1946 produced only about 310,000 poults. last year hatched well over I million. and these were mostly raised within the province.

Turkey breeders in Quebec or- ganized the first Canadian Record of Performance group. so that they have not only increased the num- ber. but have also improved the quality of their stock.

The wild turkey had almost un- limited range, and disease. pests, enemies and other causes only tie- stroyed numbers that were limited by local conditions. To combat the difficulties encountered in produc- ing domesticated turkeys profit- ably, practices vary. Soliie oper- ators. using modern assembly line methods. carry large scale oper- ations throughout the entire cycle. producing eggs. incubating them. raising the poults. feedilig for mar- ket, killing and putting up a fast- frozen package, ready for the coil- Si.IlIl('l”S ovcii, ()t'icl's litiy day-old -,oulls and go on from there. some turkey rai ins liiiy ” . "led ptiults” and feed them to iiiarhetlrg ago.

With 1'" :2: in. case in tur- Key production, the industry now

wheat 3387770 Despite Market Problems

By HAROLD MORRISON (Tuiiazlian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA fCPt-C:ltinda's ivliozit

farmers have a good chance til rc- coicriiig this year from the 11134 Prairie wliclii crop iziliurc. Hut higher productioii may further complicate the c(lulitl'y"s clilaliglcd wheat-selling picture.

Tlioiigh p ro it u c t I u n in 19.34 dropped to an 11-year low. tfaiiudo still has huge surpluses carried oi or from preiious bumper crops. On July 111 last they rcaclied an all-tiiiie high of 59-1.200.000 buslicis, enough to feed Canada's own popu- lation for four years.

Thus. while 19.34 output was slashed by rust and bad weather to less than 300,000,000 bushels, about one-half the near-record 61-1.- 000,000 produced in 1963. Caiiuda entered the new crop year Aug. 1 last with supplies of 803.200.1100 bushels. This was not far below the peak 9l13.l00,000-bushel supply the previous year.

WORLD SURPIAJS

Federal authorities estimate ex-.

ports in the current crop year will increase over the 25 100.tl00 bush- els shipped in 1953-54. But with other big wheat-producing coun- tries reporting heavy surpluses and the big importing nations seek- inrg lower prices. they see no hope 0 matching the near-record .1115.- 500,000 bushels exported in 1952-53.

Encouraging to farmers are pre- dictions of the Canadian Wheat Board. It says it will be able to handle during the current crop year deliveries equivalent to all wheat available from the poor 1954 crop as well as much of the farm-stored wheat, estimated July 31 last at about 200000.000 bushels.

MAY BOOST DELIVERIES

All this may help stimulate a-

production drive.

The farmer gets an initial price of 31.40 I bushel basis No. 1 north- ern at the Lakehead and the west coast when he tieilxci”. his win.-at to the board. But the hoard has been forced to set strict ttelii-ery quotas because it is loaded down with wheat.

Prospects of I step-up in deliv- eries to the board will help Plalrte farmers whose pocketbooks were hit by the poor 1954 crop. the deliv- ery quotas and the l'ElaliVely-FIe- pressed 1953-54 export plriurc.

PRICE FACTOR

Increased production this year may see importers continue t-lloris to reduce wheat prices. The llniicd Kingdom. the world's largest im- porter. wants to obtain wheat at the lowest possible price without wrecking economies of the wheat- growlng countries.

Federal officials say they will fight to hold the wheat price line in 1956.

They tried to keep the Interna-

Warns Against Continuing Farm Policy In Nova Scotia

IIALII-lAX (CPI-President Stan- lrt Sanford of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture Wednes- tlay warned the provincial cabinet that I continuation of Drew" trends could wreck the fnrminl 1"- duslry.

lie headed I delegation present- ing the federItion'I annual brief in the government. The brief said farmers increased production lost tour but took I cut in take-homo pay because of falling prices.

The delegatlo called for I mass meeting of primary producers, II- hor. business and industry to make 'an honest and sincere Ipliflllll ff the provlnce'l Iconomle situa- Inn."

The brief said farmers were tak- na more out of the soil than they were putting into it because of lllltlier outlay and lower cash ro- turns. The reduced purchasing power had already had I Ierloiu impact on the labobforee.

FAVOR. POTTIER REPORT

Til! federation went on record "'yjj'"Vlnll In principle the recom- M ndatlom of the Potttor report we 4K-tlucotlon finance. upeclslly ,mnl:'.f';llufor uallutlon of I;

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Droteotod Importation

and said it could have adverse ef- fects on the fluid milk industry 1" Nova Scotian It said 10.000000 pounds of surplus Canadian cheese were Ilresdy on hand-

The brief called for an expanded home market for agricultural pro- ducts based on industrial develop- ment of the province.

It said the farming industry had more ed livestock heids in Nova soon. and planned more increases. It said I central Ibbntori was Is- sentlnl.

WANT PAPER MILL

The brief also called for: H

A government-sponsored buy Nova scotla products" campalgng

Extention of farm credit:

Continuation of provincial land- breaklng. drainage and ltrneotone Iulstance llcles:

A fedora -provincial servatton program:

Stepped-up efforts to get I paper mill established in eastern Nova scotla:

Compulsory automobile in- suraacez

Compulsory v ' Alon of calves against brucelloslsl A provincial weed control act and research to control Irmy worms: Improved rural telephone un-

Construction of I dormitory It the Non scotla Agricultural Col-

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generally uses artificial ' and brooding, and with it new problems arise. We note that in Colorado and states with altitudes over a mile high, operators have found that by pumping fresh oxy- gen into the ventilation systems of incubators, the.mortIlil:y rate was decreased 18 per cent.

when we visited the poultry plant at the Cochabamba Experi- mental Station in Bolivia last Sept- ember, they reported that the North American lflf,'IllJ8LOI'a had not proved satisfactory. This was probably due to their high altitude and the need for forced ventila- tion due to the rarefied air

Best Year For Holstein Ass'n

TORONTO, (CPI - Holstein breeders had their best business year in history last year. the Hostein-l-iriesian Association of Canada was told Wednesday by its president, Norman R. Martin. St. Thomas. Out.

"in spite of the fact that prices for commercial cattle have been soiiieu hat lower this last

year our registered Holstein: are

steadily growing in favor with practical farmers both at home and abroad."

Mr, Maiiin added that 5,000,000 pounds more milk were needed to supply the home market in August. 1054, than in the same llltllltil in 19511. There had been all liicrc:isc front the previous year of 59.000000 ill the total in come of dairy farmers.

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tiunal Wheat Agreement export price at the ceiling of about 52.05 a bushel when the licw tlilscc-year pact started in August, 193. Bill (luring the next hall-vcar prices dropped about 30 cents a bushel follounig relilsai of the UK. to sign the multi-country pricc-stnl:il- iziiig agreement.

Before the current agrcelnt-lit (X- pircs in 1956 there will lie litter- national negotiations for another.

HUGE U.S. STOCKS

Meallwlille. Caliutlitlti oflit-i.'lls are watching developliiclits in the United States.

Tile U.S. has huge wlic-at stocks and maintains its IWA export price at about the sonic as that of Can- ada. Bltt it also has embarl.'etl on large give-av..'iy st-henies and the sale of Sl.000.0t)0.000 worth of sur- plus foodslul.. for local currencies over a three-year period.

Canada has told the U.S, that dumping of Anierit-an wheat in overseas markets may seriously in- jurc this country's economy. So far the U.S. has given assurance that any wlieat moved under the non- coliilitcrcial disposal programs will not replace but will be in addition to normal shipments by wheat-ex- porting countries.

This has rea.s.sul'ed Canadian of- ficials but they still are uatching

EMBA Royal Pastel milik under- went I crucial test It Hudsouls Bay Company's fur sales. New York, last week when the offer- ing was 79,000 pelts, the greatest number ever put up for sale. Ninety-two percent of the catalogue changed hands and the prices re- mained firm to the very last. Close to 60 per cent of the males ranged from 330 to 338 and some 25 per cent of the collection brought 838 and up. In the fe- males the favorite price was 519 to 323 with almost 60 per cent in that bracket. Some 25 per cent brought upwards of 5523. A typical

omment from one dealer was: "Last year I paid 540 for the first males and S21 for the first females of I particular rancher. The same merchandise today brought 543 for males and 526,50 for females. This is typical of the price trend."

From Stockholm. Sweden. sale last week we learn that demand was lively and prices firm when more than 16,000 mink were after- ed at the three days sale of the Nordic I-lur.Auction Co. Pastels and silverblus sold at prices a- bout 2) per cent above December levels. Buyers from the United States. Great Britain, France. West Germany, Portugal and Nor- way attended. Pastel males No. 1 sold for an average of 175 crowns and a high of 22.3. Pastel fcniales sold for an average of 108 crowns and a high of 125. Siiverblu males No. 1 sold for an average of 139 crowns. Silverblu females No. 1 sold for an average of 84 crowns. The final statement frnm Stuck- liulm is as follows: A total of 49.389 standard ranch mink was 90 per cent sold at an average of 93 crowns at the Nordic sale. Price levels were 10 per cent above De- cember. Males firsts and seconds averaged 119 crowns tabout 324). females averaged 70 crowlis (about S14.)

Colitiiiuiiig the report of the Hud- son"s Bay Company": sale in New York last week we find that both EHBA Lutetia and Cerulean min': continued to set a wicked pace. Both appeared headed for 100 per cent turnover with Lutetia clinlb- ing 15 per cent fruln December leicls. Ccruleans were reported very firm because of strong com- petition in both categories. Top prices for male Lutetia was 372. females 339. Top price for Stewart Royal Pastels was 557. females 530. Top price for Ceruleans was 564, females S29. The strength shown by Lutetia was the result of traditional economic factors. Most buyers felt the crop had been cut sharply. some as much as 40 per cent and that European inter- est is being accepted in these types. Great Britain was particu- larly well represented at the sale with Italy and France also active to I lesser degree. Some Swiss money was also in evidence.

Silverblu, Royal Pastel alid Topaz are no longer the exclusive pro- perty of Mutation Mink Breeders Association. These mink trade

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names are now common property. Such was the ” ” handed

OTTAWA. tCPt-Sea fisherliicn liarvesled 582,102,000 worth of fish last War. up eight per cent from 1953, The size of the catch rose 10 per cent,

The bureau of statistics report- ed Thursday the l.900.Iil'.:, - pound catch compared with 1.'i:l1l,-

743,000 valued at 576.3-17.000 the previous year. West coast landings rose to

592,640,000 pounds valued at 598.000 from 542,521,000 valued at S33,95Z. More herring, cod, clams and oysters were taken while there were smaller salmon, ball- but nnd sole catches.

East coast lauuings rose to 1.- 30l.tlrz,000 pounus worm whips,- uoo lrom l,l9l.Zzz.0ou worth Ma.- Ju.:.0tIti. cud. hauuock. pullock, roselish and mackerel catches were bigger but herring, sardine. alewlves and lobster catchell were smaller.

The catch in Newfoundland rose to t)I4.l34,tIlItl pounds from 503.- J-.t.).lIOU and tile value to oH,:tl2,- ow lrom )lZ,U1ti,U00. Landings of cod, haudock and lobster were larger but smaller for rosetish. in New Brunswick lobster 8110 some shellfish were below 1953. ltuwever. increases in the other tislieries raised the total catch to l9ll,907.000 pounds l'rom 1115,- .:l.'i,000 and the value to 8ti.904.00tJ trom 56,671,000.

Nova Scotia fishermen landed 3l1;l.ti46.()()f) pounds valued It 322,- l9.'i.000. about four per cent high- er than in the preceding year. There were larger catches of cod. haddock, pollock. rosefish Ind mackerel but smaller takes of plaice. herring Ind lobsters. Land- ings in Prince Edward Island rose to 32,834,000 pounds but the total value was slightly lower at 31.78i.000.

The main factor in the value decrease was I decline in the lobster haul.

Quebec landings dropped to 70.-

Son of Artist Seriously Iniured

BRYN MAWR. PI.. (AP) -The 18-year-old son of artist Norman Rockwell was seriously injured Wednesday when no spec. I I'll?- ler-like foil, pierced his lunlu and heart during I college match. .

Doctors at Bryn Mswr Hospital said it will be three or four days before Peter Rockwell is out 0' danger.

Young Rockwell. I frulimln It nearby Havarford Collelo, was wounded in I match with I mem- ber of the Princeton team. During

fencing mm

Canadian Fishermen Land More Fish During 1954

407.000 pounds valued It 82.374.- 000 from 82,147,000 pounds wortll 32.-196.000 in 1953. There were smaller catches of cod and her- ring but I larger catch of lob- stcrs.

ROSE VALLEY SCHOOL

The January report of Rose Val- ley School is as follows:

Grade VIII - 1. Annie New- some; 2. Helen MacDonald; 3. Elmer Macintosh; 4. Maud Mac- Donald; Grade VII - 1. Robert Cousins; 2. Herman Cousins; 3. Ralph Bernard: Grade VI -- 1. James Smith; Grade V S I. Hel- cn Newsome; 2. Kenneth Cousins; Grade IV - 1. Joyce Macintosh; 2. Ian Garnhum; Grade iii - 1. Donna Matheson; Grade 1 in -1. Stirling Newsome; tbl Jean Mac- Klnnon: tct Daniel MacDonald.

The following received prizes for making over ninety per cent in arithmetic: Ian Garnlium. Joyce Macintosh, Herman Cousins, Hel- en Newsome, Helen MacDonald.

Prizes were also awarded to the following for making I hundred per cent in spelling: Annie Newsome, Elmer Macintosh. Robert Cousins. Herman Cousins, Ralph Bernard, Helen Newsome, Kenneth Cousins, Joyce Macintosh. Ian Gsrnhucn, Donna Matheson. Kenneth Cousins received I prize for perfect at- tendance for the first term. Perfect attendance in January - Maud MacDonald, Helen MacDonald, EI- mer Macintosh. Ralph Bernard. Herman Cousins, Robert Cousins, Kenneth Cousins, Ian Garnhum. Jiidyce Macintosh. Daniel MacDon- a

Teacher: Ethel Graham.

soulus LINE imp SOUTH

The following is the mid.term honor report of the Souris Line Road South school: Grade VIII- 1. Henrietta Kc-Iys: 1. Katherine Keays. Grade VI - 1. Gertrude Bulltey: 2. Kenneth MacDonald: Grade V (I) -- 1. Doreen Mac- Do Id Ind Mary MacAulay: 2. Po MIcPhee and Elmer Kesys. 3. James Kenya and Merlin Long- Iphee; Grade V (bl .. 1, Non MIcDonIId: Grade IV - 1. Mar- garet MIcAuley; Grade 111 - 1. Gerald I(IIyI; 2. Margaret Ber- nard: Grade If (I) -- 1. Francis MIcDonIld: Grade 11 (hi .. 1. Daniel MacDonald and John Mac- Donald ( uni): 1 Joseph Mae: Aulny; J. ohn Bernard.

Perfect attendance for the first - Kenneth MacDonald and Gerald Kuys; Highest average in the senior Grades - Doreen Mae- Donnld. 04.1 per cent; Highest average in Junior GrIdIs. Gerald Kuys. as: per cent.

Death! M. loin Teacher.

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In exchange the protnctlve button

on the Princeton man's epee VIII knocked off.

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lTimely Notes On Fur Farming

down by Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone in Wausau. Wis.. on Decem- ber 5. The decision ended the suit brought by Midwest Fur Pro- ducers Association against the validity of EMBA tradesmarks. Judge Stone also ruled that the Mutatioli Mink Breeders Asso- ciation has no legal right to re- strict the use of such names ex- clusively to its members and that the association cannot register similar names, with spelling varia- tions, such as "Silverblu." EMBA had long tried to stop Midwest and other associations and breed- ers from using the terms in the sale of their animal and pelts un- less they were sold through ElliBA's marketing S)SlEl1'l. To be able to use the terliis. hrccdcrs. EMBA contended. had ttl be mem- bers of the association.

Judge Stone cunt-lutled that "Sil- verlilil" and the other names are generic terms descriptive of partl- cular mutations or strains of mink. that they hail been used gener- ally and uniformly by breeders and members of the fur trade. in- clurlini: niatiui.'it'tui'ci's. pruir to thc time EMBA had them registered and that EMBA ”caniitit properly or legally clnltn exclusive trade- mark rights" to their use The judge also declared that the reg- istrations were "obtained by false and frantlulent l'Fl)1'P.N('Illall0fIS" lie pointed out that I-INIHA "over a substantial period of time roil- sented to the it-'.c of silt-ii names by many, who were legally stratig- ers to it, and has and is, in effect, offering to license. alid licensing. anyone to use said iiamcs upon the payiiicnl to the said dcteiidalit IEMBAI of a stipulated royalty fee."