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- §lugs cause heavy damage -- to farm and garden crops

Slugs annually cause consid- {the brown slug, are the princip- fertilizer bags and the like; keep erable losses to farm, garden al offenders_in most of- Canada. grass and weeds cut short and h ial. Several other species occur | crop remnants cleaned up; and

and .geyentiouss crops, Snes mainly in greenhouses or in the | when cultivating soil; break it i ly in wet seasons and in humid pymidcoastal regions of British down to_a fine tilth and = com- k -yegions. They eat the foliage, Columbia. |pact. surface before_ seeding.

are particularly fond of the ten-| These gray and brown species | e a , @er young shoots, and feed on when fully grown and extended, | PLANT eR =~ Ss

ripe fruit, especially sttawber- seldom exceed two to three in-| Protect small plan ings <

ries. ches in jength. They cannot be | Valuable plants with outers M

Slugs feed almost entirely at jdistinguished by their color, as| W"¢ fly screen « - night, though some species may jit varies in different localities, |804 Projecting an inc ; - ‘ feed on a dull day. They and/and their feeding habits are #bove the surface with . ow

‘their eggs are very resistant to’ similar. ee o- edge uppermost, Strips x y f

extremes of weather, as they’ Slugs are contpletely depend- | Screen may also be ine nd

,are hidden in the soil-and under ent on hiding places for protec- the upper edge of a bso ame.

Protective objects when condi- |tion from heat and predators, | of flat, with the cut ge pro- |

tions are unfavorable. Two spe-|To keep them—out;— eliminate |Jecting upward. Traps are use-

cies, the gray garden slug and lrubbish, boards, boxes, stones, |ful and may consist of pieces of |

4 __Urge_restrictions.

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| the like laid on the ground. Each | day, collect and destroy the

Metaldehyde is one of the

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~~ ~-On copper imports sratared bait either pelleted or

unpelleted.- Or, you.may make

: LONDON (AP)—The British (British consumer, the electrical ,YOUr—owM. bait by th or oughly 2 ; government and industriali malta utr; te incited tor araye, to | mixing pee cance of Dawtrey called urgent talks today to con- switch to substitutes like aly- | Metaldehyde with pend a 1

sider possible restrictions on! minum or. stainless steel. pean, Baers si aeaten e ld copper imports after huge price Even the. royal mint dry “or” slightly morstened.

the main producers. British penny, some commen- | i Financial commentators fore- tators say. They estimate. that (04 ao Pianta $0. be pki east the increases could add at current prices the penny |i, clear weather. Rain will de- £70.000.000 ($219,000,000) to Bri- costs two peiice to produce. | stroy the baits. Rebait two of tain's import bill. Higher prices, Total withdrawal of existing ies times at weekly intervals. were —— for cars, heating! copper coinage, however, would Liquid. metaldehyde (50 per cent and plumbing systems, _and_telé- have only a margin&l effect on se also be used-- Mix it with Vision and radio sets. supplies. Bankers estimate cur- water “— tablespoon per gal- _ Increases became inevitable ‘rent circulation at only 20,000 lon and sprinkle on the soil in- with the Zambian producers’ de- tons. the: evening One gallon will cision to stop selling at the fixed Until the Zambian and Chil- treat about 100 square feet. price of £336 ($1,008). a ton and jean price increases, copper pro- LCHEAP_ METHOD instead return to the free. mar- | ducers in general had sought to A copper-lime dust is also ef. | ket price fixed at the London |keep the metal price down for fective and less costly than me- metal exchange. — |fear that users would switch to taldehyde. Mix one part by vol- The London price closed Fri- substitutes. ume of dehydrated copper sul- day at £636 ($1,908) a-ton:-With But labor troubles im both phate with 10 parts of hydrated more copper coming on to the Chile and Zambia, plus demand jime. Apply late in- the evening free market i is. expected to from the Viet—Nam—war,—sent in warm. clear weather. Use a settle at around £500 ($1,500) a the free market price soaring. double cheesecinth bag or hand BON nnn nnn Another-factor,market- experts! dict—gin—for—small—areas: Ons. Douglas Jay, president ef the say, was hoarding. pound of dust will treat about government's: hoard. of. ade, | —O—=™SS 500 feet of row or 1000 square already has power to limit cop- CAN'T TEACH OLD noa feet. pee per imports by~decree. The ef-| KH has been scientifically Various residual insecticides | fect of possible restrictions is! shown dogs’ ability to learn de- applied as dusts or wettable under study by the confedera-'clines rapidly after their sec- powders have also proved effec- . tion of British industry, with ond year. tite, whom the govertiment Would | Scmemesseseee work ont any ‘rationing’ Pro- |

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SEEKS SUBSTITUTES ew Britain uses about 750,000 tons |

ef copper annually, nearly half

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of soil-tests outwear ordinary workboots,

*-ghahoeataey tasking of Wissel Sialaciacs oS

‘ 8 a farmer a ise, effi- i Se ee eee, oe are more comfortable toc in determining fertilizer re- : quirements,

But accuracy of the lab tests ean be impaired if his soil sam- ples are not prepared and hand- led with care, says D. C. Mun- ro, a soil fertility specialist at the federal experimental farm in Charlottetown.

Loss of moisture from a sam- ple between the time it is collee- ted and tested, for example, can result in a recommendation for nitrogen that is below the amount actually needed, explains the researcher.

He offers some pointers for farmers when submitting sam- ples for testing:

--- Place each soil sample ina | polyethylene bag as soon as it is eollected. “Tie the hag securely , and place it in the regular mazl- ing container.

--- Collect the samples at the time and in the manner recom- mended by the° provincial soil

WEAVY DUCK — LEATHER WySOLE me, ACID-RESISTANT KINGTREAD SOLE \ ~ NEOPRENE WELT Z

NEW PROCESS 82 INDESTRYCTIBLE BOND— THE SECRET 1S IN THIS WELD.

Kaufman Kingtreads are made by amazing

advisory laboratory serving your new Process 82, the first real improvement in area. shoemaking methods in 25 years. This mod- -+ » Deliver or mail the sam-- ern labour-saving method gives a better con- ples to the laboratory prompt- | structed-als ea ‘ble t better ca ly. Tf possible, they should he. stu shoe, makes it possible to use

received by the lahoratory with-

testing, the samples should he! kept at a uniform, cool .temper-

ature. Make sure they are not

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stored in a place, or carried i

_ tides, or other chemicals. Ry heeding these precautions 3s farmer can he assured that

"The Family Shoe Store” tests of his samples will result

in an accurate assessment of Water Street - Summerside | his fertilizer requirements, says : : Mr, Munro. ete - —— |

af a vehicle, where they will -be a ' | FROZEN FOOD SSL" SHEEN & MacINNIS Lid] -«~FROZEN FOOD!

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slugs that gather beneath them. } we od ost—eommonly—used_chemical 9

may | , ‘ tea. i i i may broadcast it or ptace a‘tea- 9 . increases by Zambia and. Chile. switch from copper for the’ spoonful every few feet, beneath |

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‘Seabrook Farms Frozen Foods Ltd., the P.E.1. and oy Canadian plant of Seabrook Farms Co., is now in its sixt packing season, having begun production in October of

a he New Annan plant ts fn year-round operation .

and employs 375 to 400 persons during the summer months and a minimum of 100 during the winter, with the. total annual payroll being in the vicinity of $500,000,

The plant's raw material requirements are met by P.E.I.'s best growers, all located within § te 15 mil esof the plant.

The local plant processes nationally, six products, namey, ae spinach, peas, broccoli, eauliflower, brussel sprouts and- potatoes, which find major markets in Ontario and Quebee

with an ever increasing sale in the Maritimes and the United Kingdom. The firm also markets green beans, corn, mixed vegetables, carrots and lima beans which at present are

packed in affiliated plants throughout Canada. Some of

the above may be introduced inte P.E.|. production -in. the

future. These products ar emarketed under the following well-known Brand names SEABROOK FARMS, SNOW- ( CROP, P.E.l. POTATOES, FLEUR DE LYS, SCOTCH MAID ;

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