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President and Associate Editor, inn A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frsnk Walker.

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edwin! isllnd like the dew”

j'IIno Strongest Memory is Wlakcr You the Weakest Ink". '

CEIARLOTTETOWN, FRIDAY. JUNE 27, 1951

Potato Varieties

it is well recognized that in recent years rhanges have taken place in Prince Ed- .vard Island farmers' preferences for diff- erent varieties of potatoes. In the Econ- omic Analyst, published by the Federal De- partment of Agriculture, there is the re- port of a 1951 survey of 95 farmers from a list of producers who had provided data for another study in 1946.

On these farms the potato acreage ranged from four to 15 acres and averaged 3.3 acres per farm. This average had in- creased only to 8.5 acres in 1950.

In 1945 Irish Cobbler accounted for 55 per cent and Green Mountain for 33 per cent of acreage. By 1950 the total of these two varieties had fallen to only 50 per cent of potato acreage. Much of this change was due to an increase in Sebago and Katahdin plantings, although since 1946 there is indication that the Sebago gained at the expense of Katahdin plantings.

One half of the growers preferred the Green Mountain as a table potato, but only 11 preferred to grow it for sale. There is some question as to the quality of the Sebago but in economic returns it has the advantage over other varieties. They had average yield and obtained the highest price per bushel as well as the highest labour returns per acre. Green Mountains had the lowest yield per acre and received the lowest price per bushel (except for Katah- dins) and the lowest labour returns per acre.

In the matter of quality, the report notes that an American authority emphas- izes the Sebagds late maturity. Criticism of quality may arise because it is harvest- ed too early and because it is a common practice to apply a spray killing before har- vesting. In any case it is an excellent trade potato and has particularly valuable

storage qualities. I

Farm Labor Prohle

The International Federation of Agri- cultural Producers has made a survey of the supply of farm labor and finds, first, that many countries have shortages, and second, that where there is a shortage it is caused by workers leaving the land for jobs in town and cities. Lower wages paid in agriculture is deemed to be the main rea- son for the drift townwards.

The Federationls survey lists Canada among those countries where the scarcity of farm labor is considered serious. Also in this category are the United States, New Zealand, France and South Africa. At the other end of the scale are such countries as Germany, Yugoslavia and Jamaica, which are not bothered with a shortage at pre- sent; Jamaica, indeed, complains of a sur- plus. with a perennial problem of under- employment.

It is significant that, in general, the diff- iculty of recruiting an adequate farm labor force is greatest in lands which are high- ly industrialized or are in process of be- coming so. There is no short or easy an- swer, but the broad approach-apart from mechanization which reduces the need for land labor-must be through making coun- try life more attractive.

. Storm clouds over Morocco

Morocco, rich French Protectorate on the,North African coast of the Mediterran- aan, promises to be the newest trouble spot in a world cleft in twain by resurgent na- iionalism and Soviet Communism. Anti- French sentiment in Morocco might be no cause for alarm, were it not that the coast of North Africa is of immense strategic importance in the East-West struggle and that allied air bases, manned by ten thou- sand American troops, form a vital link in the chain of Middle East and European de- fence.

The origin of Moroccan unrest dates back to the days of World War II when President Roosevelt virtually promised in- dependence to the Sultan. National sov- ereignty, a phrase which falls softly and al- iux-ingly uponithe ears of Aspiring politicians everywhere In the Middle East, has an especial appeal for the Moroccans.

Under normal circumstances, Morocco would he s problem for France. and France noon to solve. . Nor have the French been their efforts to modernize the

Since mat assuming ro-

for Moroccan affairs at the be-

spared no effort to bring modern tech-

niques to bear in the development of Moroeco's mineral and agricultural re-, sources.

Inevitably, however, industrialization

has brought in its wake demands for par- ticipation on the part of the Moslem pop- ulation not only in government but in in- dustry. This participation the French, hav- ing devoted little effort to the develop- ment of native talent in administrative af- fairs,,are singularly reluctant, for perfectly sound reasons, to grant. The American position is further complicated by the fact that organized labour in the United States is strongly backing the Moroccan national- ists on the ground that labour conditions in the Protectorate are bad.

The diplomatic dilemma confronting Washington is that of choosing between the alternatives of encouraging the National- ists and thereby antagonizing the French, or of backing up the French at the possible risk of having her stand as the champion of subject nations in their struggle for in- dependence undermined. What that choice is cannot fail to be fraught with significance for the free world.

EDITORIAL NOTES

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At Edinburgh today H. M. the Queen will hold an installation service of the Knights of the Thistle in St. Giles Cathe- dral.

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There is a lot of good, homely advice contained in the Bible, and one piece sadly overlooked by many is that of the Apostle

Paul-”Seek to magnify your job, not your- c

self." - O O O

The roadside tables being put out by the Provincial Government should prove a boon to tourists. This Province has in- numerable delightful picnic spots but the motorist cannot readily determine when an attractive looking spot is really suitable.

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The semi-annual meeting of the P. E. I. Federation of Agriculture today and this evening has a variety of important busi- ness on its agenda. Marketing, transporta- tion and power are some of the problems to be discussed.

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After all the effort of individuals to promote traffic safety and June being pro- claimed Safety Month by the Lieutenant- Governor-in-Council, it is to be hoped that the great numbers of drivers on the roads over Festive Week will have been well in- doctrinated against bad traffic manners.

There will be fewer disappointed par- ents as a result of a recent Army order. Formerly the Army notified next-of-kin when a soldier from Korea left Vancouver and in many cases he would decide to stop off for visits along the way. Now soldiers are required to telegraph the notice them- selves.

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It was a long way for Mr. J. Watson MacNaught, M.P., to go to New Zealand two years ago to attend the then Empire Parliamentary Association meeting. The ex- perience was undoubtedly worth while and now we are to have 45 of the Common- wealth delegates visit the Island on their way to the Association's meeting at Ottawa.

Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politic- ian, was born this date 1846. He succeed- ed Isaac Butt as leader of the Irish Home Rule party at Westminster and became president of the National Land League, formed with the object of securing owner- ship of land in Ireland for the occupiers. A charge published by "The Times” that he was involved in crimes of the Land League was proved to be based on forged doc- uments.

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over m2,000 raised for the Protestant Orphanage by the ladies' auxiliary was re- ported at the annual meeting of the organ- izatiomyesterday. The president, Mrs. H. S. Henderson, is indeed to be congratulat- ed on her efforts, and on her record of twenty-five years as chairman of finances, during which time she has been ably as- sisted by the executive. The reports of both the auxiliary and the trustee board under Mr. W. A. Stewart show continued progress in this important activity.

The Norwegian Polar Institute will sponsor a total of seven Arctic exploration parties this summer, reveals Dr. H. C. Sverdrup, who is head of the Institute. Two hydrographers are scheduled to make depth soundings along the coast of Spits- bergen, a job which may take several years to complete. Six other exploration parties will be sent to Spitsbergen proper. Re"- msining coal reserves will be surveyed by two groups of geologists. Two topograph- icalportieswllitrytogetexactdstsonthe

east coast, and two omlthologlsts are due I”

to" study birdlife in .Norway's Arctic prov-

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The Good News To-day

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This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of rest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse tho opinion of wrrespondenis.

CHATTING WITH FARMERS

Sir,-The turn for the better the

weather has taken must. indeed be is welcomed overture by farmers throughout the Province, especial- ly those whose activities have been curtailed by an over supply of rain. Plenty of rain throughout the growing season is usually an assurance of bumper crop: but excessive rain within a. prescrib- ed period has its disadvantages. The precipitation this season, to date is mostly within the ground and available as there has not been sufficient. sunshi e or winds to cause much dlssi scion. The enrth surface, where hay land and pasture abound, is well protected but root crops and late grain sow- ing could easily become victim to B. drought period of extended dur- ation. During dry weather plant wilt- ing and discoloration is an indica- tion of malnutrition and crop fail- ure is the result of plant starva- tion. Plant. life in its habits and requirements, is very similar to animal life, neither will thrive on short rations and will succumb to starvation following cessation of feeding. Feeding of a balanced diet is as essential to satisfactory development in one case as in the other. It must be available in a form of which it can be partnken or it. is useless. Animals, like plants and vice-versa, receive their sustenance in the final analysis by way of absorption of liquid diets and while the preliminaries to the act differs somewhat, yet in the finals, feeding is very similar if not actually the same.

Originally, nature provided for animal and plant nourishment, but with the evolution of time, a portion of the former became sep- arated from their natural haunts and mode of life and were domest- icated for man's use and purposes, following which they became heir to all the ills and ailments incident to confinement. and domestication. To cope with problems that de- veloped, science and research were called in for consultation and pre- scribed thnt. digestible nutrients, available in wild life, be provided for the animal in its tamed state and encampment. Thus originated the "balanced ration" method of feeding for more profit.sble an- imal development and production.

Plant growth is much the some in its natural requirements and habits. In its customary routine it. returns to the soil annually, probably more in chemical nu- trients than it. withdrew during the growing season. But. when man's long arm reaches out in reaping motion and removes of this growth for his personal needs, he interrupts nature's program and it. is only a matter of time and repetition when the earth's resources become exhausted and continued natural growth is im- possible. -

That is why there are. thou- sands of acres of wasted land lying dormant and unproductive

u oughout t.hs- Province. I-lure ngsin, scientific t has come to the rescue and insists

that plant life must. be nourished similarly to thst of animsls. hence t.hs' fertilising of form crops. There is no question About the necessity of chemlcsl fertilisers in modem forming. It. is u "must use or do not expect" dictum. The only question is as to how these chemicals can but be applied to produce maximum results most economicslly. It. has been ssdd authoritatively that plant food can be absorbed only in liquid form snd whether thus sppllcd or in its raw or dry

bued on quantities used. may be slmilsr, lth the ox tion that action w an spplicd . is in

conveniently delsycd, some times for em lama periods. Awaiting s d sit of run to dissolvc or rclngs the nutrients for plant Inc. I

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Braille In The Pantheon

(Unescc) , Just over a. century and 1 half ago, the French Constituent As- sembly decreed thst the Church of St. Genevieve should be secular- ized and used as a. lost. resting place for the great men of France. The first to be entombed in the Pantheon, as it came to be called were Voltaire and Mirnbeau. A resting place in the Pantheon is more than a. mark of gratitude towards men of genius or to greet: benefactors for it is also intended to perpetuate their memory and to ensure that the significance of their works shall not be lost on future generations. No one, in his own lifetime, would ever have foreseen such an honour for Louis Braille, who died one hundred years ago, on June 22. He was an unassuming man, un- known even to the people of Paris. Yet, on the anniversary of his death this year, a. state cortege will bring Louis Braille to the runtheon '" recognition of the glory of his name, in France and in every country in the world.

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Brnille's life was that or all in- novators who refused to be dis- couraged by any obstacle, even the worst-lack of understanding by their contemporaries. He was well prob- lems of the sightless. for he be- came blind at the age of three. Fortunately he was gifted for music and mathematics and when still 3. youth, he entered the In- stitute for the Young Blind, found- ed in Paris by Valentin liauy. He remained in this school to study and to teach, and only left it-his health undermined by tuberculosis -to return to his native village of Coupvrny to die.

There would be nothing else to tell about Louis Braille had he not conceived and developed his ed- mirable invention: 1. system of writing, using raised clots, thanks to which the blind throughout the world have a. means of mutu contact and a. chance to share in the -common cultural heritage.

It is clear therefore why he is to be honoured by France and the many other countries who will be represented at the ceremonies on June 22. However, the greatest: homage that can be paid to Louis

tinued and its benefits extended to the blind of all nations. . o .

For many years. the Braille system was used to transcribe an amazing variety of languages, but itsiadaptations, sometimes made haphazordly, gradually multiplied, from one country to another, the variations and the confusion. This is why one government.-that oi India-in 1940 asked Unesco to study the possibilities 'of unifying the Braille system.

since then, Unesco has under- taken the important task, ingeni- laborntion with lnt.erested,govern- ments of making writing for the blind truly universal, in other words, of adapting it seientifieollv to all phonetic systems and al- phobets.

To this end Unesco has several times called Braille experts to- gether md has subsidized their work. It has organised two region- sl conferences-one for the count- ries using the Arab alphabet and another for those where

world Braille.

be i solved. The publication

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porlson field, under dry treatment, ' haul the

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Braille is for his work to be con-'

spsntsh and Portuguese are spoken. It has also prepared s. chsrt. of unified

There are many problems still to of books in Braille is still insufficient. in several countries. The system is still for from unlficntion in the

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PEBCKEEON5 EDOBTED

"The people of this Island gen- erally may congratulate them- selves that they are possessed of men enterprising enough to im- port to this country the celebrat- ed Percheron-Norman breed of horses. Not long ago the French authorities endeavored to hinder the export of their stallions by offering Jorge annual prizes for the best animals retained in the country for service. This, how- ever, had but is contrary effect to what was expected. Foreign buy- ers soon became numerous, and now these horses can be found al- most anywhere.

"The horses imported by Messrs. Heart: and McKie for stock pur- poses are splendid specimens of the pure Percheron breed. The stallion is pronounced by all to be one of the finest horses ever brought into the Dominion, while it is said that the breed mares

Sometimes when we Os.nsds's mad for population and the vslue of immigration we over- look our own population incresso due to Canadian births. The Bursa of tatistics at Ottawa announces that Canadian births were higher during the first three months of this year than I you ngo. actually 31.385. This is ex- ceuent news. The best of all im- migration is via the stork.-(Lon- don Free Press). .

And when we were very young the farmer looked into the, sky and edicted the weather and got it right. they had five-dollar gold pieces, little girls wore pigtails, the Chinese thought kindly of us, you could raise a family on 100 acres, we were buster straws, they sold cigars for a nickel, we played the piano in the parlor. there were no succession duties, the last. war of any importance was in South Africa.-(Brandon Sun).

No individual, of course, should ever be denied the privilege to learn to drive and to drive a car, or truck, or motorcycle, if that is the fancy. But everyone should be required to meet a high stan- dard of proficiency in driving be. fore being turned loose on their own. when a person is a men. see to the pubic at. large, behind

son should not be allowed to take control. It. may mean a somewhat longer period of learning, but both the student driver and the gene:-sl public will be safer for the period of waiting.-(sault ate. Msris star).

Wu Psrlinsnent sny livelier in the reputedly good old days? We recommend anybody who thinks so to read the political novels of An- thony Trollope-Phineas Finn and Phiness Redux in particular. There he will find descriptions of parliamentary sittings Just as dull as any at Ottawa today. Trollope knew politics and politicians u In?-UIIHIAIY as my English novelist. ssvc Disraeli, and he wrote of them more truthfully than 1315. rseli. Brillisnce was not. cncour. aged in the Commons in the 00's; W” 3 quality reserved for the lenders. if they could 'rise to it. We doubt if brilliance in a back- bencher would receive any wsrm. er welcome tod y. - (K1 c

Whig-Standard). - I n” on

Cancer ever has been one o! the most mysterious of diseases. Be. cause so little is known of its causes, it is all the more difficult to mid C0ml)let.e cures unless the disease is ” nosed in its early stnses. Possibly it might be help- ful to take the negative approach

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of Indian Hehlth Sergrtigd ?;i”"i"l Nstionsl I-feslth and Welfare 5”” putmcnt, reports 'l which are killers of the w1-1 man, cancer and heart disease 1,” less prevalent among Indians "mm Indians have been most lusc ta iblo to contagious or infectim. diseases of the white m.,, ,,f"” as tuberculosis. but are moi-e im mune to cancer and heart troubri). Why? If an answer can be roux; to that, one might also be mu to what makes the white man nu susceptible.-windsor Daily smf”

Moscow now oil 11, first motor car wslsmi:1vent.aetd Year! 880 by a "Russian serf " the past. we have taken with grain of salt Soviet claims that the electric lamp, the steam en. sine. radio. x-ray machines and the sutom tic toaster are the products of Russian brains. nu, the claim that Russia invented the motor car is in B somewim, different category. As 3. seem peacetime weapon. the motor cm hi-5 Ulluidsted more citizens in capitalist countries than out-and. out warfare. As a cause of pm. ate and public financial dimes, the motor car ranks high, As ,,' source of strained domestic 1-eh. tlons, back-seat. driving has ,,,, peer. What's more, our old New

as a strong inclination to sit right down and veto going any farther. Maybe the Russians mil invent it...-(Winnipeg Tribumyl

When someone is mentioned as havms "a strong buck and a weak mind" the presumption is charm. two often go together, which makes it. a badly compromlged compliment. The fact is thy, they're not necessarily related as an incident, in Savannah, '53 proved the other day. A chiidi; shoulder was pinned under um right wheel of a. car as his fame,- WM backlns up. Immediately .. man of muscle dashed out of the crowd and lifted one comer M the car so the child could be pun. ed free. Then the bmwny om-, dlssppeaxcd before anyone could thank him. The demonstration showed. however. that this strong man had more than muscieg, H, also had presence of mind and IIIUICK reflexel. not to mention is modesty. In any situa. than that required quick thinking had be a handy chap to have nround, strong back and gu,H (Windsor Daily star),

-ABERDEEN. Scotland-(CP) A trawler bound for the fishing srounds hsd to return to part. four hours later when all its pots and Plns were reported missing. Local police were given descriptions of

and nnd out what doesn't cause

two deckhsnds, also missing,

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

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will compare with any ever im- ported to America from France." -The Examiner, May 8, 1883.

74; 1t?oe&l 6-um COTTAGES BY THE SEA

Wind-scoured cottages by the sea Look the same the world over. Places where no lawn can be, Where and chokes the clover.

Sea-wind wears their wood in silk, Silver-grained as ocean squslls; Bleaching shards of clam and

whelk Flower to their walls. Their checkered window-curtains

fade, Winter shakes loose the painted shutter; In a few seasons they look made iOf wind and wood and water. Precarlous crates of salt and l ht Sailing up the sound of spray. Rigged with stars by dark and flight " Of endless gulls by day.

-Elizabeth Bohm

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