OCTOBER 1. 1952 . .

I ”:LAgrici1ltura1 News

. 2. E. i. Department of Agriculture

p ,Annusl Poultry Policy

At this time we would like to remind all R.O.P. and approved flock owners that the season for mood-testing and culling your flocks has arrived-

B. pullorum is a. disease which causes a. very high mortality in chicks. This disease is transmitted from laying hens to the chick through the egg, so it is very im- portant that we have pullorum free flocks supplying our local hatoheries.

In the past this disease was commonly found in our flocks eup- plying hatcheries as well as the commercial flocks. The method of blood-testing has "cut down the number of birds infected in P.E.I. and consequently greater liviabil- ity is observed in our chicks. Last year only two birds from the flocks supplying the hatcheries reacted to the pullorum tests.

A sample of blood is taken from each bird on the premises and two tests, "Rapid Test", and "The Tube-Aggiutinatlon Test" are car- ried out on each blood sample at the Laboratory in Charlottetown. The leg-band numbers of the re- acting hens are sent to the flock owner who must go over his flock to remove all reactors.

We of the Department of Agri- culture begin this work on octo- ber 1. and all approved and RD. P. flock owners are asked to co- haerate as they have done in the past.

Beef Judging Finals

Two club members from the Augustine Cove Shorthorn Calf Club will represent this Province in the beef cattle competitions at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair at Toronto this year.

Norman Carruthers and George Murphy won out in the finals on Friday afternoon. They were given”stiff competition from the MacKenzie brothers--Vincent and George-of the St. Cathcrines Shorthorn Calf Club.

Four classes of cattle were judg- ed with oral reasons on each class and also oral questions relative to beef raising. Scores were given for placing of the classes, for reasons and for answers to the questions. The score of each mem- ber was kept and then the scores of the two teammates were total- led to decide the winning team. A judgingrteani for Toronto must be two members of the same club. '

Two classes, one of Hereford cows and one of heifers were held at Tom and Miller Sanderson's, North River. Aberdeen - A n g u s were ;udged at the farm of Red- verse Stewart, North River, and there was a class of Shorthorn cows at R. R. Bell's farm in New Glasgow.

Congratulations to the winners in the competition. Let's hope that the other competitors will be back next year; with added experience they should stand a good chance another year.

Fieldmen of the Federal and Provincial Departments of Agri- culture conducted this competition.

Sohoiarshi .

The Maritime Coop. Services, Moncton, are offeringrelght schol- arships of rflfty dollars each to itudents enrolling for the "Farm Course" at the Nova Bcotis. Agri- cultural College. Truro, Nova Sco- tia. Applications for these schol- arships may be procured from J. Lincoln Dewar. Secretary of the P. E. I. Federation of Agriculture, Box 99, Charlottetown. The ap- plications will be considered by a Selection Committee. Young people who are considering this course should apply immediately for a scholarship. The course begins the first week of November. so time is short.

Assistance is also given to young people taking this course by the Provincial Department of Educa- tion in cooperation with the Fed- eral Government through a Youth Training Agreement. This smut- anee would amount to between fifty cents and one dollar per day.

Every year, farm operations are becoming more and more big business. Managers must be train- ed if the business as to be suc- cessful. This is an opportunity to be greatly helped in getting an education. Why not make enquir- ies and try for s. scholarship?

Floor Prices

New floor prices have been an-

hogs. equivalent to 326.00 per hundred pounds warm di-use weight for GradeA carcasses basis Toronto and Montreal. will be maintained until December 31st. 1952. After that date a floor price of 523.00 per hundred pounds will be established on the same basis.

With reference to cattle, until the embargo is lifted or until Ap- ril 1st, 1593, whichever is the earlier, the floor price will be 323.00 per hundred pounds. basis "good" steers at Toronto. If the embargo continutes after that date the support price will be raised to 825.00 per one hundred pounds for "good" steers. basis Toronto de- livery.

In order to offer some measure of protection for farmers who held back and finished their cattle dur- ing the summer perlod, so the Federal Minister, of Agriculture states, the Board will continue un- til November 15th. 1052, to main- tain a floor price of 325.00 per hundred pounds live weishlv I0? heavy steers and heifers.

The argument in favour of ii continuation of the present floor price for next spring is to provide an incentive for farmers to pur- chase and winter stocker and feed- er cattle.

It is interesting to note that out of a possible 63 million pounds of beef to be delivered to Great Brit- ain under the meat exchange plan nearly 50 millilon pounds have al- ready. been purchased for delivery. only .a small amount of the con- tract is left and with the restrict- ed storage space the price support programme cannot be based solely on the purchase of meat, and is-urged that the co-operation of livestock producers be enlisted so that lower types of animals may not be rushed on to the market and further embarrass the whole situation on meals. Prices of live- stock have deteriorated to. an un- fortunate d e g r e e, particularly prices on cattle and lalnbs. The announcement of a recession in floor prices will probably in this area have the effect of depressing prices to a still greater extent. Farm Coats Up And Price: Down ' The latest report on price index compiled by the Bureau of statis- tics indicates that farm costs have been steadily increasing, while prices of farm products have dropped in the past year. on the basis of 100 for the 1935-89 period the farm price index for farm products was 258.3 in May of this year compared with 294.3 for Aug- ust of last year; a very substantial drop. As far as we are concerned here in this Province the compari- son with the present moment would be still more obvious. The index for the cost of goods and services to farmers stood at 237.7 in August oi last year. but had increased to 243.2 in April of this year. In the latter month the in- dex for farm living costs stood at 209.6. while the index for urban living costs stood at 188.7.

Farm people are naturally be- coming somewhat alarmed at this situation. Prices of farm mater- ials are going up- The" 13' 3 steady demand and increase in in- dustrial labour, and the prices of ram products are receding. It is not a pleasant picture.

The following Sewing Clubs have been re-organized this fall: Saint Teresa, Victoria. Saint Andrew's. sourls, Kingsboro, Tracadie. Stella Maris Convent, North Rustico. Kilmuir, East Baltic, Bedeque and Notre Dame Convent, Charlotte- town. These clubs each have an average oi twelve members and are under local leadership.

Further clubs are being organ- lzed daily under the.'.Women's In- stitute Branch.

on Friday evening, September 26, the Prince Edward Island Wo- men's Institutes sponsored the first Audubon Screen Tour to come to the Island. Mr. Robert C. Hermes of Buffalo, New York gave a splendid lecture illustrated by the most beautiful coloured- films on Wild Life that have been seen in this Province. All who attended are looking forward to the next screen tour on November 26th.

Adult Sewing Classes will be organized in three communities next week: Kingsboro, Fivenouses and Crapaud, and women from three communities will participate

nouneed on livestock to the effect that the present floor price for

in each class.

a often, wholly unconscious of passing. Even in our own bodies we have the rhythmic beating of our hearts with such regularity that we pay little heed to it. 30 it is with other of our bodily processes. In the world around us, Nature trips along with rhythmic step.

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Strange But True Hy I. ILA-ls-atrthu

.Li1e travels along its rhythmic

path so smoothly that we are too

ill

Consider how the night follows day, how the seasons come and go

in an endless cycle that impresses

other rhythms of our lives, and we get some small idea of what a wonderful part rhythm actually plays in Nature.

The brown seaweed Dictyota die-

every two weeks, two or three tides after the spring tides, and the palolo worm which lives in the coral reefs in the Pacific swarms to the surface of the sea for the pur- pose of mating only at the time of the new moon. Where could one find a more striking example of rhythm in the world of lowly crea- tures?

When the curtain of night drops down some flowers like the daisies. fold their petals to don a crimson night cap, others bow their heads and thus gain protection from the wind.

Herbs and trees build up reser- ves of food which are stored in un- dergtound organs or in the trunks and branches. During the winter months little of this reserve food is used but come spring, they are rapidly depleted by the unfolding leaves and flowers as the rhythmic seasons begin once more.

At cock crow, plants awaken to their daily rhythm. The daisy spreads her petals, and the leaves carry on their daily task of food- making in the sunlight.

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The Seminole Indians who dwell in the Florida Everglades, make a delicious jelly from the starchy tuberous roots of the china-brier. This dish was made by chopping up the root, pounding the pieces thoroughly in a mortar, then mix- ing with water and straining through a sort of basket filter. The sediment was dried :.nd came out as a fine reddish meal. A small quantity of this mixed with warln water and honey when cool be- came a delicious jelly, very nourish- ing and wholesome. They also mix it with fine flour. which, when fri- ed in fresh bear's grease. makes pretty fair hot cakes.

Tile china-brier. sometimes called bull-brier is a perennial woody vine of dry thickets from Maryland to the Gillf of Mexico. The whites made a potent beer from its roots by mixing them with molasses and corn and letting the mash fer- merit.

Many of the food plants of the North American Indians were poi- sonous in the raw state. but when dried and thoroughly cooked made good food; For instance, the fam- iliar Jack-in-the-pulpit belongs to this class of plants. Bitten into raw it stings like a serpent but be- comes ,thoroughly tamed when dried and cooked. Its "tarchy con- tent was once a source of bread to the Seneca Indians.

Attached to old tree roots in the Southern States one often finds a fungus resembling a coconut. In- side the brown rind is a white meat, devoid of starch. Its most common name is Indian bread because of the redman's use of it as a food.

Another underground parasite, though not a fungus that is good eating is the curious Sand Food found all the way from California to Mexico. After flowering the ri- bove ground part withers and dis- appears and then presents no signs of its existence except to the ex- perts who know where to dig. The root is tender. Juicy and sweet - a remarkable plant indeed, in that it. is both meat and drink in one:

st breakfast and you'll start to work feeling

full of pep. Delicious Canadian cheese is a line source of proteins and other essential food values. It gives you energy that sees you through fill lunchtime without any tired, mid-morning let-down. There's a chees'e to please every taste, so serve your favourite tomorrow for a really nutritious breakfast.

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLCTFETOWN

THE CENTRAL GUARDIAN

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COOK'S for Perfect Pictures. i

MILK - the perfect food, order another quart.

LADIES SUITS, large sizes to my, priced from 524.95 to 829.95. At Jack Cameron's.

JUST ARRIVED. '- Tweeds and Worsteds from the Auld sod. J. P. MacPherson and Son, Queen Street. RESERVE November 21st for Kings Daughters Bazaar and Tur- key Supper, Trinity Church.

ICE CREAM - the perfect des- sert -'no preparation .. econom-

charges its eggs into the sea once kn

SIIORTHORN BREEDERS. - General Meeting Saturday, October 4, 1952, at S P. M. In City Hall. Im- portant Business.

DR. W. L. MacDONALD will be absent from the Prince Edward Island Hospital, and the Charlotte- town Hospital, during the month of October. ,

SPECIAL, MEETING of Royal Black Preceptory, Central Bede- que, lodge room, Wednesday, Oct- ober Isl. Initiation. Refreshments. A .full attendance is requested.

THE HALIFAX Symphony Or- chostra opens the Prince of Wales College Concert Series Monday evening, October 6 at 8:30. Tic- kets may be secured at door or by phoning 2800.

Personals

Mrs. W. H. MacLeod. Charlotte- town, was a recent guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Math- eson, Rose Valey.

Mr. Francis McQuaid has re- turned to his studies in Halifax after spending holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexis Mc- Quaid, North River.

Mr. Edward A. Dewire, accom- panied by his mother, Mrs. A. W. Dewire, and her sister, Miss K. Maude Macdonaid, all of Massa- chusetts, motored to the-Island and spent a very pleasant holiday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Matheson, Rose Valley, and Mrs. W. H. MacLeod, Charlottetown. They also visited their niece, Mrs. Arthur Newson of Summerside East.

tedtand is one of the few roots that is relished by redmen and white alike.

The creeping cat-tail, very com- mon in swamp lands hold a nutriti- ous secret, too, for they have a core of almost solid starch. The Indians, of course, knew this secret and ground the stuff into a meal from which they made flour. A recent analysis of such meal showed by ii government chemist's test it con- tained about the same amount of protein as is in rice and "corn flours, but less fat. The Indians weren't too slow when it came to choosing edible wild plants.

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Spring is the breeding time for most of the larger animals, sum- mer and autumn a time for storing reserves of food in the form of fat within their bodies. and Winter for many is a time of hibernation. As the days lengthen and the sun gets more power the period of hib- ernation ends and the animals be- come alive again.

The.ssme process may be noted in mg flower kingdom: As the days lengthen, different plants come into blossom. Many of our early sum- mer plants will bloom only when the days are long. Other plants flower only in late Fall when the days are shorter. It is also a strange fact that some plants, in- eluding many common weeds like the chickweed, will flower at any time of the year, provided it is not too cold.

. lri MEMBEIXM

I -In loving memory of Mrs. Maynard Brysnton. who passed away September 80th, 1951.

She

had a nature you could not - help loving. And a. heart that was purer than

gold.

And to those who knew her and loved her.

Her memory will never grow old.

Always Iunieniiierad -by Husband and Son Harold.

llsiisiilicrlis

of -local interest, but advertising WEAR at 175 Queen Street.

HOWARD MscINNIS FOOT-

5.00 WILL PLACE on your head a smartly styled Fall Hat, by Adam. Henderson as Cudmore.

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I BATTERY unacraic BADIOS.,Batteries. Bryenton and MaoKsy.

I WILL BE ABSENT from my Office for month of October. Dr. A A. MacLeod, Bonshaw.

THREE FLIGHTS WEEKLY to Magdalen Islands, P. Q. Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday. Phone Mari- time Central Alrways 2061 or 540.

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Mr. Lloyd Cutcliffe, Fredericton, left for sackville, N.B., on Wed- nesday, September 24th to begin

his studies at Mt. Allison Univer- sity for the coming term.

Mr. and Mrs. Lorrie Seaman, Breadalbane, and Mrs. George Buchanan, Hazel Grove, have re- turned to their homes after spend- ing a vacation in Boston, Mass.

Mr. Merrill Nicholson. Hazel Grove. has recently left for Cin- cinnati. Ohio. where he will con- tinue his theologlcai studies.

Miss Marjorie Buchanan, Mone- ion, N.B., is spending her lloli- dl-iys visiting her parents, Min and Mrs. George Buchanan, Hazel Grove.

The friends of Mr. Arnold Weeks are pleased to hear that he has returned home after being a pa- tient in the Prince Edward Island Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Weeks and family visited friends in O'Leary on Wednesday, September 21st.

The many friends of Mrs. Simon Blondoli, Glen Valley, are sorry to hear that she is still confined to her home due to illness.

The annual turkey dinner spon- sored by the Pleasant Valley, La- dies Aid was held in Fredericton warehouse on Wednesday evening. September 24th, and was a great success. Over five hundred people enjoyed this delicious dinner. Much credit is due the ladies of the organization for making this dinner a success.

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Prolnises ii"- Oust kilriiish From Egypt '

MEHALIA EL KOBRA, Egypt, Sept. 30 -(AP) -- Premier Mo- phal tour of Northern Egypt, prom- ised thousands of wildly-cheering Egyptians Monday that Britain would be forced out of the Nile Valley.

Nagulb, army strongman who sent King Farouk into exile, was hailed by peasants as the "common man sent by God to save us."

Those travelling with the Prem- ier sald the popular enthusiasm for the country's new leader exceeded any such demonstrations in their memory. Lowly cotton and corn farmers ran frantically to try to touch his uniform or his hand. His automobile was battered; one door valmost torn off.

"Long live the enemy of our en- emies, the landlords," the peasants shouted to Naguib, who has ap- proved iegislation breaking up land holdings of wealthy Egyptians for sale to the poor.

Naguib's tour is regarded by some as the opening round in the fight against the powerful Wafdist Party, which has refused to obey the new reorganization law. There have bee:i hints that the Wafdists, who led the successful fight for Egyptun independence in the early 1920s. might go underground. -

PLANTS, HORSES. AND HUMAN BEINGS

greeted us jovially the other day. chillgists

We And Our . Neighbours

Y Ruhamsh Scheinfcld Frank

Mr. Henderson, a father of five.

"Well," he grinned, "so those psy- (psychologists) whatever they call themselves. have found out at last, that children are dif- ferent. Why didn't they ask the wife and me? We could have told them so, long ago."

We just smiled and said noth- ing but later, we innocently asked, "And how did Willy do in the Prince of Wales examinations?"

"Del He didn't do-he failed," exclaimed Mr. Henderson, irritab- iy. "To think that a. son of mine should fall. I warned him he wouldn't pass. If he had spent half the time over his books that he did tinkering around in that old work-shop his uncle fitted up for him, against my wishes

Although we had again said nothing, and kept. our eyes on the turning leaves of a maple tree, his words trailed off and a slicepisli look replaced the frown.

he said. "you will. May- be if we hear often enough that children are different, it will sink in and we'll try to find out what. they are after and not be so set on getting our own way with

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Nlaliager Mutual Life of caliaiia Agency

G. K. McKNIG-HT

The Mutual l.lfe of Canada has niinouliccd a change in the manage- ment of its Prince Edward Island A8BnCY- Mr. G. F. Stokoe, who has been branch manager since June 1049. is taking up residence in the Lliited States, and will he succeeded 85 Manager by Mr. G. K. McKnight of Truro, N. S.

Ml". McKniglil is a. native of Chalham. N. B., where he was Town Ti'easurcl' before joining the sales staff of The Mutual Life in July 1946. He moved to Truro in 1950

them. Willy has a good mind anti I can't see that he has much mechanical ability. But he was a sort of cranky baby-is That in- heriiecl or did we make him that way? Anyway, I'll try to under- stand himybctter and I think ne can get his school-work and have enough time for his shop too. You can be a lot surer when you raise crops and horses than when you raise children." s 0