MARCH 11. 1953

-Agricultural News

P. E. I. Department of Agriculture

l meetinc of the Dans- d1?11e&1lxIqII1x:lII of 4-H Olubs, held "I Ottawa, March 12nd-4&1. was

ii-iided by representatives from R55;-y Province, including New- " ndhnd together with representa- :f',I:.5 the Dominion Department of Agriculture and the businms H;mp,m19s and agricultural or- fY'mm,.io,,s which are members of " C ii. lhviriieorliirbcctings opened on Mbnday. mm, gnd, n,-itih a very fine aid- ,.,..g. eiititled "iwaklnz 4-H Ulub Wm-K ,1 Community Effort". by Mr. ,u.,m-, Hooter, State 4-H Club A1.-utter for New York State. Mr. lint-icris address was very interest- M and contained many sug- -,r,si.oiis that those In attentlancc ..,ii1cl put into effect. Mr. Tom l)lt'I(:PsOll, of the Ottawa Dairy ,,m.,, discussed voluntary local i.X...ioi-siiip in 4-H Club Work in j';i:-.rtmi County, and told of their tvirpfllfll" in conductint: their in Clnii Council.

in. A. L. Elliot. the Oouncll not-for representing International we.-'tcr Co., Hamilton, spoke on .i-ll Club Work front the busi- , inii's viewpoint and brought ,.,. me purl, that business could pm. J1 me promotion of 4-H Olubs. my meeting next heard from I fornicr club member who described the inc.-iiiuig his club experience and to him, and this was followed hy .1 fathers viewpoint on 4-H (-Mb work. During the afternoon the 1ad.cs had charge of the DN- rrniu, and 8 You'll! 1353' W55 helild mm who related her chin ex- pmlrzw-c, and also ii mother who min in-r viewpoint on Home- m:iki:uz C'.ui)S..

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The .'.rst can program 'oon- clidnd by the showing of coloured 51.195 of the 1952 National 4-H Cixib Week.

on 'i'lI0.N(IIl)', the various stand- ing mniiiiittces of the '0ouncil met yind prepared their reports for the

v -i ii mcctiiig. On Tuesday even- .iin .-uiiiua! banquet was held . A. E. Mcfiaurin, the re- - ' sccreinry-Miintiger addres- mi inc imtiiering. Before the ban- qirct rniicliided a presentation was niiide mi behalf of the Directors of flu: Council to Mr. McLaIurin.

The nnnual meeting on Wednes-

- nus largely attended and a ;- ms: 'it?i0l'y year was reported by IIIF oifli-r-rs of the Council. AI: flit rniicliiwinii of the annual meet- xlr. S. C. Writzlit, President, km! everyone for their at- r and interest at this. the 11:11 meeting of the Coun-

.i- n niri-ting of the New Board of I) -rotors immediately following file .:iiial niceting. Mr. E. F. of the Canada Depart- ni Agriculture. Ottawa was

President. The other of- nf the National Organization 2 r rf".'cri ziloiiz with life execu- tin M Stanley Wood of the New llrizi ck Department of Agricul- ww: cirrtcd in member of the river: re. Mr. S. C. Wright. Senior Yr xnmi. P. E. I. Department of Azrir-ittui-r. is also a member of W Fx'l'Filill'P in ilu-(capacity of Hm-rizur past President.

Dairy Farmers

attention of the dairy ll -5 is centered at the Legion :1 (Thnrloilctovm. This after- . evening various problems . the industry will be "ii, The support and endors- of this organization on the . iiairy farmers is imperative. tornrc has the dairy in- .. I)('f'll confronted with the .'r inroads which are been mule at the present time. Unless the industry is key-noted by whole hearted support and full co-opera- "0" on the part of the individual farmers, will it be able to meet the fmnfwtiioii of vegetable oils and .m!is'-curt! dniry by-products. Tim production of clean qualltv rrlilr no! only protects the health of :i:c family. but also assures a illilaliv bv product. High quality critics of buffer and cheese can W in ohinined if the milk is not N Wliiinrnblc quality. lifanv facmra must be considered in mdrr to produce quality milk. One of the first is the selection "(flood breeding stock and main- lil :i sound breeding up pro- v. 'l"io type of stable in- ? 'u sirili constructions, ventila- 'l”?l- ';".li'.. convenience. eic. The mflrlctzon of good palatable feed sin.'.e. prorrrl:-' harvested and stor- rii. T-c feeding of a balanced lrilmi The care and handling of he n.'.lnl.1ls with special at-temion in iriividuzil requirements and rmmv r.lllPl' factors must be taken into mi:.:ldorxi'ilon in order to pro- llllrn nivlk on a profitable basis. ln fzrilrr to maintain quality 0"" '.I- has been produced. proncr fflrc and handling will spell in big nerrriiimzr of the difference be- """l hmflt and loss. In this re- Srwi such things as clean stables. "llllmz practices. proper cooling.

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storing practices. proper cooling, consider.-u. Meetings

The annual meeting of the Sheep breoder's association will be held on Thursday morning ol this week in the Legion Hall. ohm-ioiteiown.

The Central Farmer's Institute are holding their annual" meeting in the afternoon, also in the Legion Hall,

The Federation of Agriculture will be holding a meeting on the same night in the Legion Hall.

It is to the benefit of those con- cerned to attend these meetings and take part in the discussions of the many important matters which are confronting the live- stock industry to-day,

Short Courses

Iigrlcultirrai short courses will comence on Monday, March 16 for a two week period at the Voca- tional School, A great deal of time and planning has been put into the arrangements for this course, in order that all those attending may receive practical knowledge in re- peot to the various phases of form- ing. It is hoped that all those who can avail themselves of this on- 'D0fi-unlty will do 50. Applications can be forwarded to Mr, W. 5. Mc- Murtry. Supervisor of the Voca- tional Sohool, Charlottetown.

Sheep

One of the most critical times in the life of a. sheep is the firsi few hours after it is born. and it is nbout the only time that under normal circumstances it sheep needs individual attention and care.

At this time of year when the lambs are or soon will be arriving. there are a few points which you should keep in mind which will help to save you time and labor and also dollars.

Have the sheep shut in ll. dry building at night. A new lamb can stand quite i lot of dry cold, but cold nnd damp conditions cause trouble.

Kern an eye on the sheep. Visit the sheep barn last thing at night and early in the mou-riing. If 3 gwe is about to lamb in the evening. it is best to remove her from the flock or'clse stay around to agisi her, If a ewe has twins in n flock. she may have difficulty in kci-ninsz the two lambs near her and might refuse to own one of them. If you are there when H. lamb is born, Y0" mlkht be.able to save a weak lam-ll b.V helping it to get started nursing.

A young owe often will not let her lamb suck at first and the "ml! may starve. if you are there. It it wise to clean the mucous from the nose of the newborn lamb. as 00085l0mll.V a weaker lamb may smother because it cannot get started breathiniz. Keep the ewe and lamb or lambs in the barn I07 3 My or so until the lambs Bet so they can follow the mother and also for the first week or so on a cold or damrp day. It is especially hard on a new lamb to flat wet. Give the ewe a warm drink soon after lambing. some wheat bran with the water is a good idea.

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If a ewe refuses to own one of her lambs. it is almost impossible I0 let her to take it. If voir have another one who has lost her lamli it will save time in suckle the Ullowned limb on this ewe nnd try to get her to take it. A ewe which has lost her lamb will usually take another quite readily and if such a misfortune occurs. it is wise to keep that ewe milking in case of further trouble. A owe with one lamb will seldom take another. but occasionally does. About the Only way you can do it is to keep the two lambs away from the ewe and hold her to let the two lambs snckle every 3 to 4 -hours. The lamb gets to know the ewe and the ewe may take it. In anv cast-. it will keep the "unwanted" lamb living even though you may have to hand-feed it finally. The im- DOTI-lnt I-hlnlt is to try to avoid un- owned lambs by removing or stay- ing with ewes lamblng in a flock and also by keeping the owes in good condition so they will have plenty of milk for the lambs. Al- ways handle awe and lambs gently if assisting the lamb is necessary.

When the lambs are one to two weeks of age. all should be docked and the males castrated. There is no excuse for having -anti-tailed and buck lambs to sell in the fall, and these poumr bucks are often the reason for the surprise lambs which come some cold morninrz in the winter when you are not pre- pared and perhaps the ewe is short of milk.

Let's try and do better with our slicep in l95.'f by saving and rais- ing more mid better lambs. Save that extra lamb by nttcnlion at lam-bingitimc and the short-tailed wcther is a better market lamb than the long-tailed buck!

This is the time of year when

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amounnan MEETING ro- NIGHT - Monday night's City Council meeting was adjourned to tonight at 7.30, not Tuesday evening as was stated in yester. day's Guardian.

mink breeders enter their busy season. The mating season for mlnk begins in the early part of March, Many different practices are followed on various ranches. 39W!-',V8!'. the basic or underlying principles in the handling and care of breeding males and females is essentially the same. During the past couple of years the breeding operations on one of our leading mink ranches has been observed. 011 l'l1l5 Dartioular ranch they make a practice to line up the breeding lemallll during February. Toward the end of February they evenly distribute the males along the rows of Iemalos.

This practice has many ad- vantages, the chief one which is the privacy obtained for gevpgrgte matings.

when Wu decide to try a number of your females with males. it is ndviszuble to first use your most docile adult females, wpecially. if blaring them with young Kit males. If this is not done. an old female. for instance might turn on a young ambitious Kit male and give him a beating that will entirely ruin him as it breeder. Fights may dove. loo quickly when trying females with males. and one must. slway be ready to separate them quickly. If on the first day trying females. you do not get one m-ated out of every ten tried. then the starting should be delayed for another few days. Good males will consistently mate one female per day, and many will mats twice daily. alt- though the latter isn't recommend- ed" A Rood working adult male will handle two females every second day. Kit malu, however. cannot be relied upon. to mate any specified number. of females. A percentage of your Kit males may only mate once and oc- casionally not at all.

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The procedure they use is as -follows. If you are successful in mating a female to-day, put her back in her pen and try her again on the sixth day. If she refuses to mate try on the seventh and each successive day until the fifteenth day. If she again mates on one of these days the rocedure is re- peated and we sari trying her ngaili on the sixth day from her last mating. You will obtain more second and third matings during the first half of April. After the twentieth. they have found one mating is usually final and a litter is more definite. You may possibly obtain matings up to April tenth. or later.

A female that refuses to mate 'ro-day should not be tried daily thereafter. Every third day is often enowsh. otherwise she will become tei-rlfied of males to the point where she will not mile at all.

working males should be well fed during the mating season, and watered frequently.

Club News

A new Ayrshire 4-H Golf Club was orgaized on Wednesday even- ing. March 4th. at ii. meeting at the home of Mr. oheuel Annear. Lower Montague. Reprmeniatives were pruent from the districts of Lower Montague. Victoria Oross. and Brudenell.

The officers for the Club Wire:

resident - Hammond Reid. Vice- nresident Thompson, Secretary- treasurer - Ralph An- near. Adult leader: - Ivan Muc- Donald and Harold King.

other club members are: Buddy White. Don Ross. Robert Ross. Morley Armear. Eric MacDonald. Billy MacDonald. John MacDonald, Everett King and Beverly Motnod.

COMPLETE VISUAL REF'RAC'I'I0ll AND ANNALYSIS

G. F. HUTCHISON It SON ' Optometrists

58 Grafton Street

TI-IE GUARDIAN.

Cl-IARLOTTETOWN

Exit Tony Blount

by Sydney Parkman CHAPTER. I Oontfnued

"Front rank. about face!" was the next order; and two of the iruards went down between the lines hurriedly snapping the man- aclas on to each man's right wrist. The irons had been kept on their left. wrists all the time they had been wanking -- the spare cu.ff having been tucked away up the sleeves of the loose jumpers and secured with a piece of string above the elbow - and in a couple of minutes the operation was com- pleted. Then a long chain was passed down between their ex- tended arnris and locked back on itself.

It was evident that neither the prisoners nor the remaining guards understood the reason for this manoeuvre, but when it was com- pleted the sergeant stopped for- ward and addressed them.

"Listen you," he began unprom!s- ingly. "Do any of you know where the Englishman went to? He's missing. and if I don't get him back before we return I'm going to see to it that every man of you gets a flogging and a term in the punishment corps for aiding and abetting him! so speak up if you want to save your filthy skins!"

The un-kompt scarecrows before him eyed him uneasily. and there were one or two murirvurs of dis- may. Then Christophe offered what information be p' eased which was merely what he had told the guard.

"When you order "us to jump clear. air," he said. "I go one way. and the Englishman goes another. I look round and see him running away, but I don't stop to look any more. But I think, perhaps - "

"You think perhaps what?" the sergeant snapped as he hesitated. "spit it out, you black imbecile! You thought what?"

"I think perhaps he doesn't get. clear of the tree when it falls," the negro ventured dlffidently. "From what I iemom-” he is run-

nlng towards where the top 0! it comes down." "So that's what you think!" the

sergeant retcrted conteinptuously. "Well, I don't - but you'd better hope to God you're right. If the fool's broken his neck, well and good, but if he hasn't, you'll all wish that you'd never been born! Has anybody else got anything to say?"

An uneasy silence followed and then the sergeant turned to the four guards who stood eyeing him expectantly.

"All right," he said curtly. "Bis- quet. and you. Norman, keep an eye on these cattle! You others come with me."

He turned on his heel and set off in the direction which the negro had indicated. followed by the other two guards. The two men in charge of the prisoners followed them with their eyes as they proceeded towards the head of the fallen tree and then the one turned to his companion.

"This is 2. files thing!" he said in an undertone. "Two escapes in three days! You heard the com- mandant said to those fellows in numbe three squad when they turned up with a man missing. its going to be our turn now!"

"It's that fool, Marchand!" the other returned in the same tone. "He was supposed to be watching at that end, but he was too busy getting into safety to know what was happening to the men! But we'll all pay for it just the same."

"We will, my old one!" Normand assured grimly. "If they'd get that other fellow back it wouldn't have been so bad, but they've chased him into the swamps, and the chances are that he'll die there and they'll never find him. And

now. with this one going -" He shrugged gloomily and glanced at

We And Our ' Neighbours

D! Ituhannls Schcinfeld Prank

RELAX AND LOVE THEM AND LET THEM GROW

We plan to visit the United States for two months. and the line of thought we have pursued here, will be somewhat broken, for the time being. However, we shall continue this column, always relat- ing what we see and hear and do among Our Neighbours to the South. to the interests and atti- tudes of Our Neighbours on Prince Edward Island.

This column is in the nature of a postscript to what we have writ- ten so far. It has heartened us to hear from some readers that what we say is "true to life". and from others, that in our column." there is food for thought." .

But when we come upon readers -and we do quite often-who say. "What you write is only common sense", we are really happy! Be- cause in conversation with them, we usually discover that without benefit of psychology, they have practiced the main principles we have tried to set forth here-and it has worked!

Boiled down, these principles are the age-old one of. "Love Your Neighbour", "Neighbour" includ- ing our very nearest ones, husband and wife, parents and children. brothers and sisters. And "Love" meaning cherish them as they are. helping them to grow in their own direction.

We ask these parents who prac- tice "common sense". pointed questions. Punishment? -We seldom find we need to use it, they ans- wer. Children usually want to please their parent: and do the right. thing.

No mischief? No breaking and damaging, and losing? No quarrel- ing no asionul disobedience? Oh yes. they laugh, but after all. they are children. What can one expect? Old heads on young shoulders? Of course Du! and I get cross sometimes, and some- times we do punish in haste, but they know we love them. We tell them so, when the crossness is over.

Do they attend to their school- work? we ask. Some do more. some do less, they answer. They are all so different. Johnny is good at

the group of chained convicts with sour dislike.

The sergeant and their two comrades had disappeared from view round the head of the fallen tree, and he tilted his sun helmet back and ran a finger round its sweat-soaked lining.

"It's a pig of a job. this!" he re- marked morosely. "It's bad enough on the mainland. but to be stuck on this accursed island for it month at a time! And for what?"

The other shrugged.

"To give these animals! some- thing to do. I suppose," he said. "There's no more hattbour-making or road-work to be done at Nou- men. so they put them on to clear- ing the timber here. No doubt some friend of the Government will then buy the island cheap and plant sugar! That is the .wl.y ithlng; are worked and fortunes are made, my old one!"

"Ah, these sacred capitalists!" his fellow growled. "And for that. we have to live like pigs in camp here when we might be cornfor!.- able in barracks. In my opinion. this outside work ought to be stop- ped altogether. It's just the pris- oneirs who are not to be trusted who get put on it. There are more chances of making an escape. and if one of them should go bad. like that fellow who killed Berault last year. we kindly provide him with an axe so that he can do hLs worst. Now what I say is - "