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8 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs. Sept. 2, 1965.

FEDERATION NEWSLETTER

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Young People Are U rged To Show Greater Interest

Br J. LINCOLN DEWAR FARM EDUCATION

This is the season when young people think of going back to echo! but_for—-most, schooling meant preparation for some of the professions Not often en- eugh has it meant preparation for farming, fishing, lumbering’ the other primary occuna- on which the economy

most is in the imcroved grazing, second one is growth of edible

hd to go on a mushroom diet t

when living in the country very real advantages, fres vegetables, berries

an fans coats Our particular interest at the, < in training for agri- and voung people are reminded that the college at Tryure_offers an excellent two course in practical agri-

Generous assistance and .cholarshhins are available anq voune peovle whe are inter ected—are-irgedtocontact eith- er Navid Rogers, Box 2000, De- partment of Agriculture or the

and sauce, to say

moment fields after the harvester

eulture inexpensive living vears ports where the scallop fleet

eulture

Montreal or Toronto Finally if the

important one, of course, the a remarkable mushrooms and for those who are prepared the grocery bill can be reduced con- siderably; It is a time of year has

to be had for the picking, apples for pies nothifig of peas that can be picked from has operated all add up to high and If the family happens to live near one of the is operating, then there is an op- portunity to have a meal that is really expensive if aspired to in

savings effect-

A little earlier than usual the harvest season has come to the province. This vear the crop Is spotty, not “generally excellent as has been the case for some years. Rarley appears to have the edge on the oats some of which is verv ht indeed

For the livestock farmer there Nis the prospect of scarce bed- ding and also of poor stands in the new seeding of grasses and clover

The growng and harvesting of grain is the one farm opera- tion referred to at any length in the scriptures Thpre 1s- of course, occasional reference of certain fruits that were grown in the Holy Land but if there is any emphasis it was on the grain. In this-countrs where the grain combine is the accepted method of*harvest it is difficult

ederation of Agriculture for ed by having fresh vegetabies reer intcreeation Two wine makes it possible to finance the to omgeees that oer mee of the tere -=pent-taking— this —-eourse purchase of a fine steak, then WOO grain {ssi ing har ell pav lasting dividends over the mushrooms really come into vested with ” om as ~ the vears their own. After all here is a = case in Le a imes : wa roo “armen peat ein a ul ate Reorenti rains have had two pasture which can produce both ne ‘thas Ce lle ig og

marked effects on pasture. The steak and mushrooms

ACROSS THE ISLAND

(ld ‘Food Balance. Is Historical Item

By NEIL MATHESON Provincial-Farm Editor

Ive seen so many unusual things in my travels for “Across the Island’ that it takes something really unusual to surprise me now after five years of research. But IT saw an artiele at Dan McLean's home in De Gros Marsh recently that really raoKks among the top historical items in this province.

I don’t know exactly what people called it, but itis a hal ance that was used by the immmgrants many years ago, to weigh out the food allotments they received each day in the ships that brought them across the Atlantic from the old land. In_this case the immigrants came from Scotland, for it was Dan's forefathers who brought it

: ebb vou-are—famuliar with the cheap type of wooden coat hanger It's a small piece of wood, curved to fit a coat or some éther garment, and it has a wire hook in the centre on a it- hangs 5

Meh THE WOODEN frame of the ‘fond balance’. Dan MacLean showed me is almost exactly sumilar to that kind of wooden coat hanger frame. On the top of the wood, at either end, there is carved a niche on which a cord can be hung Instead of a Sire hook, there 1s a wooden attachment in the centre which can he grasped easily by a human hand, so that it is suspended tn the-aIrAwercht-of-exaetiy—two_pounds is hung on. one end ofthe hatanee On. the other end-food-was meted-—out,—until_it

ced the two-pound weight ? ae The two-pound weight wwas-a crude stove wrapped in a bit of touzh cloth, with a string to suspend it from the end of the

e ae mether,-Mrs—deroeme-McLean, told him that once _ the food portion for the dav was allotted, the travelling family had to get alone with it There were no seconds there was no second. chance. Some of the older people had told her that some- times people especially children, died on the ocean because there was not enough food and water to sustain them properly

dance of labour exists mechani-

eal progress comes slow! In agriculture tt is onlv when la hour becomes scarce that man

really concentrates on efficiency of production

FEDERATION PRORLEMS Generally July and August

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produce a lull! in the actitie: of many organizations The em |phasis in this province is quite istrongly on the: tourist industry and on the sale of hospitality. In this agriculture has an import- ant ‘stake as a ready market is provided at hand for. many of our products

With the coming of September organizations begin to — think more actively in terms of ser- vice. to their members anc jn the development - of programs With the Federation of Agricul- ture it appears to he a logical time to think in terms of pro- grams tht will improve the po- sition of the farmer and his fa- mily. Probably the area of im- mediate concern.is the farmer § | income position: this is influenc- _ed by two factors — the price of what he sells and the cost of what he buys. This, of course, does not overlook the impor- tance of producing in sufficient volume. to influence returns. .

It would appear» reasonable

_helief that farm people havé not been -provided in—this-—-eednomy with equality of opportunity when. compared with various other trades and professions There never has been a critical Situation in-Canada with respect to the food supply. there has really been--a- surplus of farm

people and society has heen able to take 't for granted that food would be abundant, avail-

~ able ahd generally chéap. With

Horrible Thought- But Difficult Times a marked decline in the num-

THAT STORY is passed down from early settlers and there’s no way..of checking into it. But isn’t it a norrible thought? Critics should remember, though, that those were difficult times, and perilous journevs— Those were sailing vessels and they could make the trip in two months—Rev. Donald Nicholson’s people

came over in exactly two months—-but the trip could actually ©

take much lonéer. So the food supply had too rationed strictly. Otherwise it was possible—though it wasn’t probable that the lives of -all would be endangered by breaking the strict food

rationing regime 2 Getting hack to that old ‘fond balance’—-that's..the name

Pare opiven: 1 -for-want-of..a- better -one~—-¢here,s.a,.place..ford

in the Provincial. Museum, if the McLeans are willing to. part with it T saw Dan a few days ago when he dropped in for a chat, but I forgot to tell him

1 was talking ‘tp Moncrieff Williamson, curator of the Art Gallery and the Museum. Dan, and he told me he would wel- come such a historical item, if it is available

= Old Store Had School Upstairs

GEORGE MACDONALD, St Georges gave me an old stone tnkwell that would date back to approximately 1830, his people have told him. George also gave me a piece of an old clay pipe stem It was found when he was cultivating a roadside field, that had been used for a winter road in days gone by: Mr. MacDonald picked it up this year in-cropping time.

An old building on the MacDonald place—the father ts Augustus MacNDsnald—is interesting. It was a country store in the old days. and one vear school for the pupils of the district was held unstairs hurned, and the upstairs over the store had been used until anew school was built =

The building had been owned by Ronald McCormac, father nf Wilfred-- McCormac—in- Albany,and- the -lete Pie. McCormac whom manv remember here, was another son. Land for the school had been given by Ronald McCormac, I was told

THE BUILDING It's used as a granery now. I believe— hai the steepest pitched roof I have ever seen. We picked up an old cork in the loft where the school had heen held. It was made “ef metal of some type. that would screw into the bottle.

A narrow window, with colored glass, was over the door of the old. St. Michael’s Church in Launching The church had closed in 1860, and it was built. perhaps, around 1800, it was estimated hy Mr. MacDonald, and by Dan McLean who was with me at the time 5 ;

The old church had heen a successor to the original log church that had stood opposite the Launching cemetery, or the present Launching school, they told me. The present church was built in 1952 when the one built in, 1860 was burned.

- Anson Bomber Story Is Interesting |

_ The wreck of an old Anson bomber back of the Mac- Donald barn brought another story. These bombers were on sale at the local airport sometime after the end of World War Two, and the MacDonalds wanted the big wheels to make a farm trailer. But they found they had_to take the entire plane fuse- lage— the engines had been stripped ‘out previously:

‘| THE MACDONALDS had no desire for a plane. they only wanted the wheels. That meant they had to tow the plane across the old Hillsboro Bridge. And it was too narrow to handle the width of the plane. They trimmed it down as narrow as pos- sible and headed for the bridge, but the RCMP. stopped them

Hizhway traffic was moving at the time, and the Mounties -told them thev would have to wait until 9 o’clock next morning :

to get acress

Rut after waiting until four o'clock in the morning they decided to chance a crossing. They took an hour te get acroa= acd thev give a lot of credit to an unknown man who followed them closely with his car, so that hig headlights showed the way. and they were able to steer theYawkward trailing plane across. even though they did get caught at times and had "to crend time getting free and start in all over again.

George took me down to fhe site of an old saw pit that was used in the years when a shipyard was in operation on the

opnnsite bank of the river. known as Narrows Creek in those :

dave ~ Va ee The contours of the pit have long since faded out, but there was a sort of naturah elevation on one side, where the upper sawyer stood, and you still could see the lower level where the man below stood. This was before the days of rotary saws for ripping boards, planks. etc. from logs. So the job had * tS be done the hard way. by ss labor. °

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It was after the regular school had been

ber of farm workers and the jend not yet in sight.the cheap | food policy appears to be near- ing the end of the road: Even [under really” trying conditions people remained on the land if

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situation hag now changed and the worker can move readily and does move readily into oth. er employment In addition, the worker is aware that the bees fits of collective bargaining are available in industry along with many fringe henefits that are dened the farmer and the farm worker Possibly the area just outiimed in a general way de. ecribes the most important con- cern of farm organizations. Spe-

cifically the Federation believes that the situation can be im. proved through special policies

on farm credit being made avail- able in sufficient amounts and under condiions in keeping with improved agriculture.. The far- mer's difficultv in competing in the labour market can be im- proved through. the: application of unemployment insurance to farm workers

Improvement i) both the qual- ity and vailablity of education for yours farm people can place a better foundation under farms for the-future -

Efficient marketing with pro. vision for more bargaining pow- er for the producer still remains a number one objective

Crop insurance and price stp- ports.would appear to he rea. sonable policies im an economy which provides practically every section of society with security in the way of pensions, fringe benefits and a great variety of welfare

CORN TOUR

Something new hich should he of considerable interest is a arranged hy the Depart. | ment Agnien'ture of four farms where corn is being grown extensively

Those interested are invited to keep the date Frmday, Septem- ber 3rd in mind and to be pre. sent at all or amy -of the four farms listed and at the hours noted “

DN Fred MacRae and Son, Wheatley River 9.30 to 10 am

Ear! MacRae and Son, Brook- field 19 Mto 11.30 am. t&

Experimental Farm, Chartot- tetown 13019 2? 30 om

LP. Maclsaae and Son, Mer- maid 3M ta 5M pm

The corn explosion in Ontarto has produced a great deal of 1n- terest in the cron_and the tour, in question provides an —eppor tunity of demonstrating the pos- sibilities here

“FALSE ALARM SOUNDED

SAIGON AP+-A false alarm from radar scopes. sent - Saigon and Rien, Hoa air hases into full red. alert for 10 minutes Tues- day Reliable sources said the | sensitive. electronic gear picked up what appeared to be a fleet of planes sweeping tn from. the direction of Cambodia, but the blips turned out to be from at- mospheric_ interference. _

“QUAKE HITS HOKKAIDO

TOKYO ‘AP)-—-An earthquake jolted eastern Hokkaido Tues- day, *_causing.-cracks in roads 4 and walls, the central meteoro- logical—agency—-reported—Police, however, said there were no casualties

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