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Potato Growers
(Continued from page 1) having to do with the elimination of a number of- egg grading sta- tions. 1
Mr. Smith commendec__l..the De- partment on, its livestock im-
provement program. He felt the ‘membership in the Federation
should be doubled so that the farmers would be able to speak with a strong voice. He urged potato growers to give closer co- operation with the Department in its disease control program.
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Fred Ramsay (L i b e 1' al 1st Prince) said farmers were look- ing to the Federation for leader- ship in solving many of their problems. He noted that unem-
ployment insurance for farmers was not included in the brief and felt that this was a serious om- ission. He noted that during the past year 30,000 workers have left the farm and if the trend con- tinues would result in a loss of 300,000 workers to the industry.
~Mr. Ramsay said he favoured freer trade with . both United States and the United Kingdom. “The only thing tariffs do is to give us less for what we sell and make things we buy more costly”, he ‘said.
Frank Myers (P. C. 1st Queens) said there seemed to, be some confusion regarding d a y 1 i g_h t time. He hoped that something satisfactory to all concerned could be worked out. l Mr. Myers paid high tribute to the Women’s Institutes of the province stating,
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Mr. Myers agreed that _con- tract farming should be curtailed. As an example he said a man might be raising ten hogs and a dealer, professional or business- man might offer_ to supply the feed for «an additional ten hogs-- in which case, he said the farmer would be competing with his _own ten hogs for the ten he had raised for the contractor. -
Morely Bell assured the Fed- eration that their annual ‘briefs were given hightrespect in the Legislature and it was not un- usual to hear such remarks as, “What has the Federation to say about this”’.
WHAT ABOUT PLANT? _ Mr. Bell wondered why the sil- ence about the new frosted food
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plant. He felt that this plant would be a great boon to the agricultural economy of the Province. The Summerside mem-
I ber discussed farm 'credit and
expressed the belief that the terms of the act should be en- larged so that it would work to the benefit of the young man wanting to get a start in farm- ing.
G. E. Saville said he could not see why “all the fuss” about day- light time. “If the City people want to get up an hour earlier or go to.bed an hour earlier, that’s
9 their business, why try to enforce
it upon the farmers and the fishermen".
R. R. Bell said he was happy to see that out of some 14 pre- sentations of the Federation since 1944, many of the recommenda- tions have been implemented.
He was in complete agree- ment regarding the extension of farm noting that he had ad- vocated this for years. He said Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick have a farm settlement policy and the province of Que- bec through its loan board has advanced $150,000,000 to farmers without loss and loaned at 4 1-2 per cent. .
The Opposition Leader stressed the importance of disease con-- trol in potatoes and urged farm- ers to pay more attention to the marketing and packaging of potatoes. “We have a wonderful product and we should make every attempt to see that it has quality when it reaches the mar- ket.”
The following is a partial text of the Federation Brief 2 .
Tenant farming in Britain, where the tenant does not have capital invested in land, is com- pared in the brief with the con- tract system which is coming in- to some vogue here. The farmer invests in land and buildings while another party provides the investment in livestock, feed, fer- tilizer and equipment.
“We believe the time may soon be at hand when special legisla- tion will be required to cover the matter of contract between far- mers and other parties. . .Auth- orities on farm economics point out that under a system of ver tical integration that many of the management decisions will be made by other parties involved in the agreements and it there- fore logically follows that a high percentage of the profit related to management will not accrue to the farmer.”
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support vincial being satisfactory and superior to a situation where municipali-
pf the principle of pro-
matter. “We are strongly of the opinion
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that uniform standard time in this province is strongly support- ed by our rural people and that they expect its continuation dur- ing the coming season.”
The brief notes the decline of approximately 1,000 .farms per decade during the past 40 years, partly from consolidation but partly also from abandonment. “There would seem to be little real justification for allowing pro- ductive land in this province to lie idle, the development of pol- icies wliich-will encourage young people and immigrants to either continue or to settle here is one of real importance.”
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Some of the proposals in the brief for achieving this are: “In our brief last year we asked that as a preliminary step that a study should be made with a view of determining, the best manner of providing encourage- ment to our young people and im- migrants to keep the land of the province in production and arrest the too frequent evidence of de- cay apparent in many of our ru- ral communities.”
“There is probably very good reason for believing that a great- er measure of stability can be in- troduced into the potato industry by the provision of more and better storage facilities.
“Coupled with this proposal is the possibility that a system of cash advances might be made to the farmer on potatoes in public storage thus enabling him-to han- dle his obligations while at the same time moving his crop to market in an orderly way and taking advantage of the average market price.”
“Realizing that many of the forces acting on the rural com- munity are neither realized nor fully understood and believing that information of value can be obtained from a social and econ- omic study of sample Island com- munities the Federation of Agric-
uiture plans to attempt to have made by competent persons or agencies a socio - economic study of rural communities.
“We have asked for the support of the Department of Agriculture in this request and would further ask that the support of the gov- ernment be given as well." LIVESTOCK
“We note with satisfaction and approval,” states the brief, “the efforts of the Department of Agr- iculture to develop such policies as veterinary services, herd im- provement, artificial insemination and the use of better sires. All this and others are important factorssin the development of the livestock industry.
“We believe that it is very
much in the interest of this pro-'
Vince that sufficient funds be made available to the Depart- ment of Agriculture for the im- provement of present livestock polliciesand the development of othens. Livestock represents a sound long term investment and should be encouraged wherever possible with sound policies and the generous provision of finan- ces for them.” EGG STATIONS
The reputation of Island eggs and the future of the industry are
being j-eoipaiidized, observes the»
brief, by too many egg - grad-in-g stations and inefficient stations. Quality would be IIIIDDOVBCI too by increasing the size of the farm fllock from a hundred bird-s to three to five hundred. “We re- commend . . . the setting up of a number of poultry demonstra- tion fa-iims which would serve as examples of efficient manage- ment and economic operations.”
The brief commended the De- partment for assisting in the test- ing of improved strains of P095- bred fowl. It requested further,
that any producer group requir-
ing help in the marketing and processing fields should receive
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Noting the basic position of dairying, the brief points out that, “There is nothing tr be gained by sending out of this pro- vince money for substitutes for dairy products which are efficie- ntly produced and which pi".-ot-ct not only the heialtlh of our people but the agric=ultura<l health of the province." BEAUTIFICATION
“The two entrances to the pro-.
viiice at Wood Islands and Bor- den,” notes the brief, “present a very good opportunity for beaut- ification and landsncapini , which if brought about would serve to make a favorable impression on arriving and departing visitors. The provision of roadside picnic tables and parking areas will pro- vide for the tourist an expected and aippreciatved service.”
The brief notes in a section on Fish and Game Legislatiion that while, “generality sportsmen res- pect the rights of property, un- fortunately there is a minority which persist in driving through crops, leaving gates open, and using firearms in the vicinity of livestock and buildings.
“There appeacns to be no ade- quate penalty which acts as a deterrant in such cases and we recommend that any new legis- lation should provide for a min- imum penalty of $25.00 on persons trespassing on farm property will- fully destroying crops, leaving gates open and making a nuisance of themselves generally. Further no hunting ‘should be allowed within 100 yards of livestock or people working fields. There should be no relaxation of re- gulations covering the use of rifles.”
EDUCATION
“Education must rank in im-
portance with all other respon-
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the brief," and nothing should in- terfere financially or otherwise in carrying educational improve- ments forward at a rapid rate.
“It is becoming increasingly ap- parent that reliance upon taxa- tion or real estate is no longer an equitable means of financing education. In an era when prac- tically all ratepayens were land or property owners such a sys- tem was satisfactory. However, many ratepo-yers no longer own property and receive educational benefits for a of taxa- tion with consequent hardship upon the land owner.
“We feel that a continuing study is necessary to determine a more satisfactory method of taxation for education than is presently in use.”
The brief recommends that but- saries be provided for young farm people wishing to avail themselves of the practical farm course at the Nova Scotia Agric- LllIlIZll'I‘3II College.
The brief urges that there should be no further increase in: the tax on fuel used for farm power purposes. It asks for farm market radio reports to be pro- vided by the Department of Agr- iculture. It suggests that the de- funct Potato Growers Associa- tion be wound up.
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