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P. I. I. Departnsentot Agriculture . rum soon AND sou. FERTILITY

Plants in their normal develoP-

ment take from the soil the fol- 01 I15

(own; elements: nitrogen.

phorus. sulphur. ilotllllllllh rium and magnesium in consider- able quantities and smaller amounts of iron, aluminum. man- ganele, sodium, chlorine. tlllcon. copper, zinc, boron. cobalt. molybdenum and iodine. It is pos- sible that some of these elements. auch as chlorine. lllldllh l1.llm"m- iodine. cobalt and sodium are not

.sentisl for Plllll "ml "9" trlfough taken up by O In addition. plant! "till" '”

i th water absor :Udti?:y.-goe(;Ita,nande carbon obtained as carbon dioxide from the atmos- ""83"... elements of plant food derived from the soil. 1110: lhll most frequently tendbtf collne deficient in an avails cm or crop relllllrelmnu '" ""'?f"' phosphorus. Ind P0tl3'l"m- 9” three are commonly blown I8 "'9 major elements of iertulty. Their available stores are quickly de- pleted by cropping and therefore they must be returned if fertility is to be maintained or increased. All of these major elements of fertility are necessary for the growth of the plant. If one is de- n.-ieni, crop growth will be re- smcted by the limited supply of that element although the others may be present in ample amounts for maximum production. In other words. there may be present in the soil all the phosphorus and vom- slllm that the plant can utilize. but if only very small amounts of available nitrogen are present good yields cannot be obtained until the deficiency in nitrogen has been (ii'El'ClJlIll.

FUNCTIONS

Nitrogen promotes particularly the development of stem and leaf and is demanded largely dunns the earlier weeks of growth. Too little hltrosen f in growth with yellowish foliage; too much nitrogen ml! lndllw "W growth. delay seed formation and ripening. tend to make plants sub- ject to disease. and cause lodlllll of grain crops.

Phosphorus or "super" mm"- laies root growth in the early stages and promotes seed or fruit formation in the later stages of growth. its importance for turnip! and grain crops ma! "Ill! 53 5' plained. It promotes fruitfulneas and. in some measure. hlltelll maturity. and is therefore specially important when earl! fllltllllll 0' the crop is required.

Potassium or Potash is essential to the formation of the starches of potatoes and grains. the sugars of fruits and vegetables, and the fibrous matter of plants It aids in the rmation of the pro- fetus and in the production 0' Veg; developed stain 1" c'"”1" pl-omom . good growth of many cups particu arly the clovers and other legtmles. An amilll lllpllllf available flolllilllm 1" the 1' helps to prevent disease and to es- sen the effect of excessive nitrogen.

Calcium (Lime) - In ordinary (arm practice calcium is suplllled to the soil in umlns mated-la (ground limestone. marl. shell mudsl. most complete fertillleflt stipcrphosphale and 9Y”"m'd-

The indirect effects of certain calcium compound! In h0W9l;l'"'- of prime importance and it as heon found necessary with many soils to apply "llmlnl m""”"' in order to reduce soil acidity. improve filth and berteflclalli ll!- ”"e':”:..l.:l'.”.:.::::;”"l" "' ”""' vinn e 8 -

I Soils motgsy contain :3: ll:'.'I' ccniage ea c um. -

rarhonate. for 010 helml! dglmhi mom of some Pl8lll5- 0"" 9"h'o an such soils. Plant! "M" m "chlorosis." a Pllllll0l0ZlClldJ;”:' dliion avparentbhdua to I c' eucy of iron or manslllllt It 5a pcara that where much carbon: of lime exists in the soil. it may render the absorption of manganese compounds difficult to the slant- lron. on the other hand. ll Uh" up by the plant under these tittlons but appears to b0 M” an unavailable form within 11!! tissues.

Magnesium - MIIMIWM 5 ' nccessary constituent of Dllllll lid is. therefore. lll'lD0l'lll00 smls. Usually the latter are suf- ficiently well supplied with this element: but it has been found in

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some districts that certain CPO In.

for example potatoea. do not V' in best advantage unless the soil has been given a small application of LUI pounds containing mail- ncslum. such as ground dolomite (magnesium limestone). Symlll-Om! of magnesium deficiency have been observed in certain orchards and these can be temporarily correct- ed fairly quickly by spraying the trees with a solution of a mag- ucsium salt. Applications of mag- nesium compounds to the soil act somewhat more slowly in correct- ing this deficiency in orchards. Boron - Boron is essential for the healthy growth of many plants. but the amount required is very small. Certain physiological disorders such as brown-heart of turnips. crown rat of sugar beats and mangels. browning of cauli- flower. cork disorders of apples.

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spllttln of celery and yellowing a can genuerally be ma- tarially lessened and sometimes completely eliminated by the ap- plication of boron to the soil. pre- ferably in the form of born: at 10 to 20 pounds per acre. These amounts contain, approximately, from I to 2 pounds of available boron. Frequently. boron de- ficiency can be controlled by spray- ing with boron compounds.

CLEANLINESG FOR HEALTH

Wherever poultry is being raised there is aways the continual dan- ger from an outbreak of some dis- case. so that it becomes necessary for the poultryman to be on con- tinual guard ngainat any disease outbreak. It is true there is less danger from certain disease when the ground is covered with snow. nevertheless. the den er of a dis- ease outbreak is s i there al- though the danger is much greater when the ground is wet and muddy. as it frequently is around our Prince Edward Island farms dur- ing the brooding season.

Disease troubles to which poul- try ars subject seem to run in cycles. These are somewhat sea- sonal: so that one may. to some extent at least, prepare in ad- vanca to combat them. Other dis- eases make their appearances un- expcctcdly but they can be pre- vented or held in check if proper precautions are taken. "Cleanliness in Health Insurance.” This means clean roosts. clean dropping boards. clean floors, clean- litter. clcan nests. clean food and water. clean drinking vessels. and food hoppers and a clean attendant. Prevention rather than cure is the satis- factory procedure. The poultry- msn who is efficient in the prac- tice of sanitation will have little trouble from disease. The body of the normal bird is well protected against disease but adverse con- dltions lower H the natural re-

and es- tabllahed. Sanitation must begin with the young stock. Chicks from disease- fres parents have a better chance, provided they have been properly incubated. Blood-testing of the breeding flock and removal of the reactors has greatly lessened the trouble from pullorum. Before placing chicks or in the brooder house. it should be ' ,” cleaned and disinfected with a good germicids and kept clean. Proper ventilation and free- dom from draughts are essential. since chilling or over-heating of chicks will start diarrhoea or ag- grsvate the condition if already established. Over-crowding. irregu- lar or improper feeding. dirty feed and water vessels. tor mixing of various ages may be contributory causes. Young stock should not be allowed to run with mature birds. Never mix turkeys and chickens. The use of disinfectant mats have been found to be a good saf-

of ety precaution. The mat is placed oil just inside the brooder house door

(do not allow chicks access to it). The mat can be made from old feed sacks soaked in a good disin- fectant. When the poultryman en- ters the brooder house he disin- facts his feet on this mat before walking among the chicks. Some poultrymen prefer to have an ex- tra psir of rubbers which they leave inside the brooder house and when entering the house they pull them on over their . on farms where the same per- son is looking after both adult birds and young chicks he should plan his work routine so that "he goes from the chicks in the adult birds" and not from the older stock to the young chicks. in any cue. it is never advisable to allow outside visitors into your poultry house unless they have a definite Job to do.

Another disease yaCVOIItAOH mea- sure would be to place waterers and feeders upon wire covered platforms. A certain amount of

the waterers; by using a wire cov- ered platform the water will go down through the wire and chic s will not have access to it. It has

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BE SURE To GET A COPY of this week's Star Weekly for an excellent story on The Charlotte- town Centennial. Get an extra copy and send one to your frriends, thus assisting in advertising our 100th Birthday this year.

LODGE MATRON T RN! -- Mrs. Ronald Parke . Dis ct De- puty Grand Matron. Order of the Eastern Star of Nova Scotia with Jurisdiction over P. E. I. returned home ongsaturday after visiting chapters in Guysborough and Hall- fnx counties.

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING. The Annual Congregational Meet- ing of the Breadalbane Presbyter- ian Church will be held in the Church Friday evening. May 27th. at 8 p. m. Rev. Lawrence Blnikie. interim-Moderator.

ENGAGEMENT.-Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Mullen. Tracadie. P. E. I.,announce the engagement of their , t ” '-' Freda Theresa to John Alexander David. son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mac- Cormac. St. Margaret's. P. E. I. Marriage to take place the latter part of July.

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been found that there is a greater concentration of droppings around feeders than anywhere else on the brooder house floor: the result is that litter around the feeders us- ually becomes qults damp. By placing feeders on wire covered platforms access to the damp litter bg the growing birds in prevent- E . - A sanitation programme on the range is important. Soil contamin- atlnn. contaminated feed hoppers, pools of water around the drink- ing vessels. are common causes of loss from disease. Clean range can be achieved by a rotation sys- tem, allowing at least two years of rest before using that particular range again. If lack of space pro- hibits this system. intensive and regular cultivation is a safeguard. Sunlight and air are two great dis- ease killers. Over-crowding on range. particularly in the Fall. is liable to allow colds to develop. Feed hoppers. water vuscls and the colony houses should be moved from time to time.

CLUB NEW! On April 29. the Poultry Club School. The meeting was called to

order by the President. followed by the roll call which was responded

held its meeting in the East Baltic l

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..r ENGAGEMENT.-Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mscllacharn. an. P. E. 1., announce the engage- msnt of their , unger daughter. Sara Louise (daily) to Robert W. Dungan son of Mrs. Clarice Dun- gen. Jeannette, P. 0. Marriage to take place in Halifax. N. l.. on June Ziltls.

Newly-Weds A Honored

uuthk TbursdayP:vell:iyntg. May, 10. an as erian oung Adults mob met in the Sun- day Scbool Room to honour Mr. and Mrs. iharles Kennedy, rec- ent nswly- eds. Upon entering the room the Wed-

ding March was played b Mrs. Ervin Jay. The guests. ta by surprise. were escorted the

to

bride's table centered with a ee- tler wedding cake. Lighted ta rs and yellow daffodils completed the setting for a lobster salad supper. A toast to the Queen was made by Charles Beairsto and was re- sponded by the singing of the Na- tlonal Anthem. The toast to the bride was given by Rev. E. H. Bean to which the groom fittingly . d d F " t , remarks were also made by Messrs. Boyd Beairsto and Fred Bernple. An ad- dress was read by Mrs. Horace Paynter, President of the Choir. and Mr. Charles Bealrsto. Presi- den to! the Young Adults, pre- sented the bride and groom with a beautiful yellow Kenwood blanket. The . alnder of the evening was spent in a sing-song and all departed wishing Marion and Char- lie best wishes for a happy wed- ded life.

On Friday evening. May N, the

instead of flying, I traveled from the Island to Chicago. from Chicago to New York.by train- and the slowest trains possible!

ibned person at heart. as far as

Ruhamah Scheinfeld

PORTRAIT! AND

My friends were amused that

perhaps I'm really an old-fash-

speed is concerned. but perhaps a better reason is that

byes" get more difficult with the passing years and a leisurely over-night ride gives time for throwing off the sadness of part- ing before feeling the gladness of reunions. -

Flying stirs the imagination but watching fields and woods and mountains and waters slipping past, and particularly looking out from one'a berth at night over sleeping farms and towns qulets the heart. . .

And now, here I am in New York. I am fully aware that there is ugliness, crime and mis- ery in this great city. is that not also true of other great cities? But how much of beauty there 1;, of hope and the possibilities of a better life for all. And the fun of the unexpected!

My second day in New York I went to the Grand Central Station to retrieve a suit-case. Of the crowds hurrying here and there. of the partings and meetings, of the endlessly different human beings. I shall speak another time. This day. on my way to the bag. gage room. I noted an interest- ing group of about fifty men and women waiting for an elevator to the Grand Central Art Galleries. One woman fascinated me. She was dressed in white and had copper hair and sapphire eyes: and her skin. her features and expression were equally lovely.

"good--cocktails were passed to me as

Frank

POLAR REGION!

go along thought I. see more of the beautiful lady-and enjoy the paintings too? -

So I did and found myself in a party of invited guests to view a special exhibition of "Portraits by Bassford"i No one questioned my right to be there and the

well as the others without dis- crimlnation! Occupying the place of honor was a portrait of my lady with the blue eyesl Only. in the port- rslt she had hazel eyes. and she was described in the catalogue as "Miss Virginia Macwstters. Star of the Metropolitan Opera." I chose a moment when she wasn't surrounded and asked her why the artist hadn't done justice to the color that Nature had so generously given her eyes. ,she had wondered too, said Miss Mncwatters, but "hazel" is what the artist saw! 0 U 0

People kept coming to view the portraits (there were others of prominent men and womenl and drink-the cocktails and after say-

Desrlli Of - Former - island Lady

We And Our Neighbors

water of 35 High Street. Charles. town. Mass..

Ghost Hospital. on Sunday. May ath. 1955. in her

The death of Mrs. Minnie Drink-

occurred in Holy Cambridge. Mass.

h.”'."'

e ate Mrs. Drlnkwat .

in Newport, P.E.I.. was aerda'i).ogri.". ter of the late Louis Campbell and Christie MacDonald. Since her marriage to the late David E. Drinkwater 55 years ago. she re- sided in Charlestown. Mass,

The funeral was held on Thurs- dll'. MI! 12. to St. Mary's Church.

3! Rev. John J. Forgarty. assist. ed by Rev. Leonard F. McGrath,

Cann. Sub-Deacon. The funeral services were attend-

Charlestown. where a Sol R . W gulem High Mass was CeeUenbnl'8teed "'”'

Deacon and Rev. Gerard J. Mc- '

The Guardian, Wed. May 25, 1955 Page I

of St. Gertrude Court. M. C. O. F. and St. Mary's Women's Sodality. of which the late Mrs. D.inkwate was an active member. Burial was in St. Joseph's C y. Maiden. Mass. One brother John J. Camp- bell of Newport. P. E. I. survives. May her soul rest in peace.

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ing a few words to this one and that one I slipped into an ad-1 joining room that might hart-l been in a different world.

There were few people about. and the paintings dealt -with at. world of ice and snow. polar; bears and reindeer and rugged? men-not with men and womcrv of fashion. And even a laymar could see that the painter knew this world deep down.

The paintings were indeed by; Col. Berni Balchcn, a famous: Polar Explorer. They showed that color and vlvidness of the North as well as the brilliant whiteness we associate with Polar regions.

I had an hour tolspare. why not

Managers. Trustees and the Ses- sion of the Remington Presbyterian Church met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bernard to hon- ota- . and Mrs. Charles Ken-

nedy.

Mr. I. ll. MacLcod acting as Master at Ceremonies called on Rev. 1. ll. Bean to read an ad- dress. while Fred Sample present- ed the bride and groom with a lovely mirror. Both Marion and Charlie expressed their apprecia- t

on.

The remainder of the evening was spent in a sing-song with Mrs. Roy MacArthur at the piano. Lunch was served by the hostess. assisted by Mrs. Fred Semple. Mrs. Roy MacArthur. and Mrs. Horace Psyntar.

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to by eleven members. The min- uies were read and approved. It was moved and seconded that membership fee be 15 cents also that the roll call be answered next night with the name of your fav- orlte flower. The date set for next meeting was May 23. It was moved and seconded that Joan Dixon and Anita Rose bring games for next night. The President then called on the directors to give the lesson.

The meeting was then adjourn-

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