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A herd of 500 Hereford cattle is the aim of an Alberton man. Gordon White. who started .buildiug up a herd of top grade animals several years ago. lie is one of a trio of West Prince men whose cattle are pictured

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Ramsay. Montrose a veteran‘malcs he can spare. Hereford breeder. and H as b "i can't supply the demand" Matthews. Alberton who is for breeding stock. said Mr.

Ramsay who claims he has the best milking Hereforda tn the Maritime s in a herd built up by carefully selective breeding. He has had cows milk as high as 60 pounds and geta an average of so pounds. he re-

started last summer to develop a herd of 100 Aberdeen Angus rattle.

Mr. Ramsay. a former mem- ber of the legislature for First Prince, is the veteran of the trio as he has been breeding"

Heretords tor more than 25 Ported- years. “I've always kept my best hel- His Montrose Ranch herd let's." be " “WEI

though he has often been under considerable pressure from eag- er buyers.

50 ANIMALS IN HERD

Mr. Ramsay had approxi- mately 50 animals in his held when visited him several months ago. He has had up to 75 Here- iords. he said.

His herd traces back to the sire “Bocaldo Domino" bred by Charlie Bull and Son. on their farm near Calgary, Alberta. he said.

Aiming for quality Mr. White is using a son of a Royal Win- mmwmmrmyw terFalrgrandch-npionashll m. 1, picked up by 18mm. herd sire at present. He's a W from infected weed, or i son oi Whittern National Velvet. mop plants. After a period (,{iaod was purchased from Ernest eidit to 15 days. the insects can Ililmmelman. one of the coun- transmit the virus to healthy ‘try‘s best known Hereford men plantswhilefeedingon them. John has a farm at La Have. was”). prmugdlmppcrs ts .Nova Scotia. "I

Mr. White is using e mod-

!“ "'9 Nev MT- “‘0um Iem method of open-air feed- “.w“ sw'ym‘m'm "a" ing for his herd. He has a by weeds with malavhlorr. DDT hat-mg Mm 180 by 15 {m M or parathion is recommended. l 3"“va NEEDED . had 150 feet of feed trough wcufg linuce' Mr“ through the winter

po n ou . isth i ' my my, “,1”an owner}, A natural shelter and wind- mm to ﬁve day;_ although (“a break of heavy bush is supple- m cm do not require my. mentor] by a high board fence so irequent treatment. the cattle are sheltered from

lnstmctians on the insectic- rrinds

has built up such a reputation that he sells all of his bulls for breeding animals—he has never

Lettuce losses are controlled

hoses h lettuce and carrots fran uter yellowsmay be re-r dined by controlling the six-- spotted leafhopper. reports L.S. i Thompson. of the federal exper- imental farm at Charlottetown.

The vinu disease. which may

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FERERA'I'IOII oi AGRICULTURE

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Ida labels aimld be followtd FOUNDATION STOCK (IONIY. "'0 WM “amt, Foundation stock came from H “he liwl'f‘l Vilma] he' some of the best known Mari- tween final application and har‘ time and Canadian herds. Germ “l” “l “03 Mid» "W "1W" no Rodanz. Stouifville. Ontario; :2; '31" make the Jim O'Brien. Windsor. N.S.; Mil- - lcr and Tom Sanderson, North I “on 0‘ theJliver. Fred Ramsay. Montrose M an ymudd" do no, and llammond Sanderson who a“ the 1W! quickly has since sold his Hereford farm mm". .0 mvgm mom smad. at Winsloe to Edwin MacRae. in; the virus. However. a re He had an arrangement with and Soul. by «staying the ltI- ‘ North River to use their herd $243! More M "I! We“ 14- ‘ sire "l-‘owey Triumph" for a dltlmll Dim“- ycar. His first herd sire came The ﬁn- Wth in Eu“ from Jim O‘Brien's herd. Gm CHM! in I mink" '* l’" Mr. Matthews. known through "mm “'4 Wm“ “'"d" the Maritime provinces as a Saracen of iritection can be re breeder and producer of 'hsr- ducwd bydestroyina weeds aim: kc“ h ed 10 [Wed Mum ma tence mwsand lathe ~ 'I’“"" ‘ Mr W n" last October at the Futurity Sale mp.‘ ' ‘ " in London. Ontario. His first call

Dishing or ptowin in the re- mains of a lettuce (Er-op imqu. was dropped in January and he

lately after harvest cumin-hes has six calves at the prune: another m of interim. time.

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Maritimes led battle on bovine TB

The Maritime provinces played an important role in the

Dr. Orin Hall. a retired aasb rant veterinary director gener- al now living in Ottawa.

Testing of cattle for W oats was begun in three aunt. of Prince Edward Island in has he said. Systematic testing of III cattle in Canada was begun two years earlier in the Carmen are. of Manitglbahand the following year an a un don district of Quebec. m

Health of Antmals Division to- oords reveal that in 195. the first test year in the Maritimea. 20.500 cattle were tested for bowie tuberculosis in Kings county. P.E l., and “3 or 0.55 per cent of the cattle tested were discovered to be infected. The {tyne dropped consistently in each test year until. in 1941. only one reactor was discovered in 19.720 animals testcd. in 1955, the last year for which figuru are available. 21545 cattle were tested and 22 reactors (0.10 per cent) discovered.

in Prince «utility. in 193. some 35.l00 cattle were tested and 222 reactors uncovered. Irr- fected cattle represth 0.“ per cent of those tested. In 196! the level of infection fell to 0.01 per cent and has remained coo slant srncc that time. QUEEN'S ('Ol‘NTY

ln Queens county. 39.172 cat- tle were tested in 1925 and cases- 058 per cent were found to h. irnleded, The level of the dia- oase dropped to 013 per ted in 1929. rau- to 032 percent in .1935 and fell arzaln to an In- timelowotoﬂl porcentin 1940. in 1955. the last year for which

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BY DB. DONALD C. MACKAY (The following approach to a proposed soil research pru- granr at the Experimental Farm here Is by Dr. Donald C. Maexay who was trans- erred from the Research Sta- tion at Kentvtlle on Sept. I. iﬂltehead up an erpnndrrt resemh pron-m in soil for- tilityaad set up a new mil laboratory. Dr. 6.3. White- Itle who headed the tamer eel tasting laboratory retir- at he first of this month: Two main types of research

will beearrled on in the new be good

soils laboratory: (1) Research to determine soil management and fertilization principles. nhir-h will be applicable to the .production of any crop. (It Sui» porting research concerning the fertilizer requirements of spec- Iiic crops,

An example or the first type of rcscarch involves the plant nutrient potassium. Experimrn- tal results have been obtained In different parts of this region uhich suggest that potash is be~ in: used wastefully, while in other places there appears to pvrdence that similar

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Gairt Fertilion are easy to use. . . .etnre well and are made for uniform crop fmlim.

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‘51.674 cattle tested reacted in amounts are insufficient. 0a the when-nun to“. some occasions. certain mana-‘ Testing was be” h m . semen! practices have armar- Scotia in 1927 and in New 311“. ‘red to increase the availability wick in 1930, Most huvtly it of potassium and reduce the ' tected areas in Nova Smith fertilizer requirements. while in when the program began was th other i n s t a n c es the oppns- Colchester area where t 50 pa -itc seems to be true. The influ- cent of 22.459 cattle tested were cure of liming is a case in found to he infMui. and tho point. Hunts area were no per con

One way of tackling aurh a M16587 cattle were disused.

problem might be to establish a i The first year of systemaﬂa series of plots at various lora- ; testinir in Nova Scotla up tions on the Island. They shomd | a total of 4,153 cases of who be selected to represent differ- l tuberculosis and these enthal- lent soil types. different types of were ordered destroyed. hallo 'rutatirrns. d l ffe r e n t fertil- I ity practices. different levels of ; illmlng andso on. edlhpaylmntttnborneouttryre- there are plenty of replications. 3 cards which show that aim and provided the experiments 1.015 mm were dLsmvert'd in are carried out for a fair num- 1 t!” at“! Coded h the M her of seasom. we should be 0918' If" ll! 1927. only 01'"! able. with a given crop. to oh- i we discovered in 2Lm cattle tain a fairly good picture of the felted III the Slim "0' III 15"- potash fertilizer needs. But it ' weundertalethesama av . intend to keep in close contaa proach for each of the crop spc- rith «her Research establish- cies. not to mention varieties. merits, pnrtirulnrlv those in the of economic importance to the other Maritime Provinces. WI will make every effort 'n pre-

leu task we have undertaken 1 taken by these (mm. but Ioil The other alternative. and the endeavor to see that their re one we haw chosen to follow In suits are available for interim. to trv and determine rrri'nnriiy workers Ind growers in {h ‘ a through mention» and labors province Conversely, we have rnrv investigations, how tarirus that our research will be rut- tectm are affecting the avail- ficlently tritenslve so that the re~ abilitv of native soil plutonium. units will be applicable to ill and the efﬁciency of appllei ter- entire Maritime region tiliﬂ'r potash We would urn-rt i feel that. too often. we have that. with Improved and tests. been unaware or have itrmred ‘wirh the proper assessment at results obtainedla other pie-an extraneous factors. and w l t h and have dabbled in the m a n the known prnash needs of spec . things without doing a real lﬁc rm. we will be able to on any rrf them With so maﬂ predict the mash needs for a tumbler-m and an few research- stv-n mutton. lers. we can‘t afford tn he nan in addition to this type etiruw-nsindes! in our outlook no! problem.weareco operating; meme-lat in our approach with other research officers in‘ fAnewlahnratory for all r. determining the effects effortl- searrl hasheen set up at the Iron and plant nutrients on thel Experimental ﬁrm for Dr. performance at speciﬁc er-rrps. i Maelay who has had conside- Thosr protect! involve quality New in he growin‘ ssaessrrreut at tobacco. nutrient of tobacco. as the experimen- mrrrmsition and nutrient r e~ directed from the Research a. onimteof vegetatite mn.‘tioaatleatvillewerelndert. particularly those grown in! i m. ills experience messingasvdlasautrrtirnithtscrw.“ Farm airtudiesofforue and ceredll.c.Par..wlhea .emps kittens-cw rowers. h an Us d an... Q ~ ~ Q '