'Pup1ls of Grades 0. 7. and fl. ducen Square School exhibited Friday a variety of projects which thcy had completed during the g(;ll0llSllC year in the manual training class. Approximately 87 couples visited the basement rooms under the new school where the display was located. During the school year each student is re quired to construct one project
oussu souaits scitoot PROJECT?
eent hens l.l inillitu to 1.! at!!- Ion
Numbers of hens and clilgksu llclblbd 4-7 per cent from 64.0 million to 07.0 million. The count of turkeys almost doubled. rising troin1.Iinilliaato4.lniillioa.tha number of ducks on farms declin- sd about four per cent from (3 ET ' T0 431 E T and the number of geese declined 7.5 per cent from 151 thousand to an thou.
IOGI During the first four months of 1&7 IIOI ” in inspected or
IDIIIOVOCI ltllnts amounted to 1-9 million head, the fewest for that period Ilnce 154. The lower level of puductiut has been common to all provinces.
Hog prices in March and April dell back slightly from the level reached in February. At Toroum Grade 14' dressed hogs have held at mitt for several weeks. com- pared with the recent high of 834.1! in the week ending February 1:. Although lower than mid-winter prices. the Avril price at Toronto represents a gain of over 27 per cent man the previous April. This increase is larger than that re- corded in the same period for com- parable hogs in the United States.
Ontario. A recent snrvq on as Bruce farms, taken as part of . hog tpprovament eamllllsn. re- vealed that TI per cent used regis- tered boars. I) per cent fed bal- anced rations I303 10” "'3" 59 Per cent used scales Laacertaln Prop-
er marketing .
According to the agricultural taken in June 1956 there were 452,437 farms in Canada re-
edwa). 117.857 farms with hogs. 59.. I: with sheep and 817.306 still having some horses. Chickens were raised on 86.3 farms.
Cuudat population at June 1. 1956 as apparently down to on y low figure. The census total was 4.732.799 or
vey indicated This largely ex- plains the reduced hog market- ings and stronger prices in recent months.
Cash income from sales of live- stock, poultry etc and wool in 1956 topped the billion dollar. mark for the second time on record. The total of 31.044 millions constituted 39.3 per cent of farm cash income and has been exceeded only by the all-time high of 31.150 millions in 1951. Livestock and dairy product together made up 56 per cent of total farm sales last year.
CLUB NEWS
particularly when the increase in the value of the Canadian dollar
St. Phillip-St. Chrysoatonie 4- H Cnlf Club met in the St. Phil-
ia taken into account. saying the lip School on May 22nd a 7.30 pm..
porting cattle (SCAM having milch ;
at-moo less than the 1956 June sur- 5'
DOUGLAS ELLIOTT
. Will Conduct Music Exams
Mr. Douglas Elliott will be con- duvlinll current examinations for the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto in Charlottetown on June llllh, 1957.
Douglas Elliott, graduate in .music from the University of Tor- onto, Associate of the Royal Con- servatory of Music. Associate of the Canadian College of Organists. I18! appeared as organ and piano
same thing in another way. the Tiie meeting was under the direc-gm price dlferentlal between Canadian tion of Mr. Cyrus Gallant. Cluhl
built from plans drawn by him-
se .
In all 270 pupils were enrolled in the manual training class taught by Mr. John Danton. The basement classroom is designed to handle 12 students at each ses- sion. and is fitted with a wide variety of the most modern equip- ment available.
Several samples of individual
projects completed by the Q-S.S. class in the 1956-57 academic year are shown in each of the above photos. Class representatives in- clude. TOP. left ot right. Paul
C "J. Paul Carragher. Gerald Mitchell. Leo Murphy. Louis Gau- thler, Richard Campbell; 301'- TOM George Berrigan. Gary Gal- llant. Kenny Smith and Clifton Pound.
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
P. E. I. Department at Agrlelltllla
JUNIOR FARMERS
The St. Georges Junior Farmers played host to visiting Junior Far- mcrs from the East Prince ('lub.' Provincial President, Eddie Clark introduced their members also the special guests. Mike Glllis of the C.B.C. Farm Broadcast and Alan Pnlmcr. Agricultural Represent- ative for Prince County. "informal and each Club exchanged ideas on their various projects. It was. gen- qally felt by both groups that more exchange visits should be made. The main part of the meet- lnr uns recorded on tape by Mr- dlllis.
Last Saturdays' complete broad- out was done from Summersidde.
Friday. June 14th.
Cllnvie "Going My Way" Lot 65 lull. Tuesday. June 18th, 5.30.
loam Mlliview Hall every Fri- day night.
Booking clover seeds. MacGid- pn and Doyle Ltd. i
Ice Cream Festival. dance Got!- an Brae School. Tuesday. July I.
I Dance Peakes Road St.-liool. lune 14th.
Reserve July on for Crapaud lliuti-d Church supper.
llnvie ”Going My Way" Corran alnn Hall. Saturday. June 15th. .9.
Movie "Going IVLV Way". Fort lggustus Hall. Monday June 17th.
Itsday Mxht. June 12t.'t. Turner's Orchestra.
lion's "Going My Way" If
Y. June 14th, 3.30. leek. lionclon.
Ibance in Fort Agustin Ilall.
ions: every Thursdu
'ist-ussions were held '
Mike Glllis used parts of the meet- ing at St. Georges and had Eddie Clark. Alan Palmer, and Dr. Fish- er speak on different aspects of 4-H Club and Junior Farmers ac- tivitles. You can listen each Satur- day for news and information a- bout Clubs.
FARM FORUM
Thsjlilational FQIL-Radio Tor- um Conference is being -held in Shedlac this week. Various repre- sentatives will be attending from the Province. .1. Lincoln Dewar will take an active part.
The Junior Farmers debate be- tween Ontario and Prince Edward
COMING EVENTS
i Raffle. dance. Kelly's Cross Hall
'nam-e in Forest Hill Hall. Wed-
Leleft Bay Holy Name Hall. Fri-
Dr. Reddinr office closed thlsl Attending convention in
:29?! Wednesday Burke's Orcha-
light If-illlln legion Hall. Vetntll hestra.
Island will be ludged- At a later date to be announced this debate
will be broadcast over the C.B.C.
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE The Dominion Bureau of Sta-
tistics reports that the 1956 nation-
al ccnsus of Agriculture revealed
Increases. since 1951. in the farm lpopulation of cattle. sheep, bcna I and chickens. but decreases in the lfarm population of horses. pigs. lducks and gt-ese. I Total cattle numbers rose 32 per cent from 8.4 million in 1951 to 11 million in 1956. Milk cows increas- ed 8.8 percent from 2.9 million to 53.2 million. Horse numbers drop- iped 40 per cent to a record low .total of 784 thousand from 1.1 mil- lion in 1951. Only 55.3 per cent of the farms reported horses in 1956 .cnmparcd with 72.5 per cent In I 1951. The number of pigs on farms de- clined 3-7 per cent from 4.9 mil- lion in 1951 to 4.7 million in 1956.
Sheep number. increased 10.8 per
hogs has been greater recently than a year ago.
duced exports of pork from Can- ada. During the first three months of this year total pork exports a- mounted to the equivalent of some
per cent of the commercial hog slaughter in Canada during the per- iod. In the same three months in 1956 pork exports wen equal to to 144 thousand hogs, or about nine per cent of the domestic slaughter in the period.
On the basis of farmers' reports of hog numbers and farrowing ex- pectations, as recorded in the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics' re- ports on the December semi-an- nual livestock survey and the March quarterly hog survey. it is expected that the per cent do cline in hog marketing from year- earlier levels will become smaller during the summer. During the fall
expected to be slaughtered than in the corresponding period of 1956-57. A more detailed report on mark- eting expectations during the com- ing 12 months. including provincial estimates. can be obtained from the Markets Information Section. Department of Agriculture. Otta-
wa. FACTS
World cattle numbers during 1956, according to estimates of the US. Foreign Agricultural Service. reached a new record high of 921! million head. A further increase of about one per cent is anticipat- ed in 1957. although In North Amer- lca there may be a slight decrease.
Canadian cattle population. ac- cording to the June 1956 census. reached a record 11,091,403 head. 32 per cent higher than in June 1951. .
World & numbers are estimat- ed by the U.S.D.A. to have reach- ed 3809: millions last year and may increase to 395 million in 1957. This is 31 per cent greater than pre- war. although North America in numbers have only Increased by about half this percentage.
Last year Bruce County market- ed lhe,hlghest proportion of "A" grade carcasses (40.3 per cent) in
This has been reflected in re-l
91 thousand hogs. or about six.
and winter of 1951-58 more hogs are I
Leader. In. his opening remarks.IClay' L”5”"' ""9 "kw "Id 9" .M,-l Gmam wid me club of me program committee took charge. responsibilities of each member H was mlwed W 3015” and 599' and urged them to take part in all lmded by. Andrea will m9 m”:' club functions throughout the year. . '."5 ll" "'lJ”"""9d- l)0"El" Johnwllo
The busines part of the meeting b”"'9”"iY-
consisted of the election of offic-p-...-m.
-ers for the current year and thosel -elected were: Miss Its A. ” . lPrt-sident: Raymond Arsenauli,
Vice-President; and Miss Norma Gallant. Secretary-Treasurer. The adult directors for the year are -Polycarpe Arsenault and Edmund
Bernard. .
it was decided by the meeting to hold the next judging class at
Rainy Arscnaulils followed by (MW
W I & Wegske your
more wwl
For Meat. Fish. Fowl, Vegetables and Canned goods
ibuslnt-ss ll10t.'lll'lL'.. Norma Gallant. Scoretary-Treasurt-r.
l Kensington lllllslfln-Glltl'11!('y' lCulf Club met in Margate Scliool . May 9 with the president in the- p"I'aHf- The meeting oircned by rs- . And we think IT will please .pealing the club pledge and the.y0u' DIAL 7366
motto. Elcven mcmbcrs answeredl SPECIAL THIS WEEK
.the roll-call and fifteen visitors I V I J i. . cie prcst-ii lFresh Island Spring Lamb
"cal? Dfntllrnlri t';;llI'I11l11lPf'CLl'Of' the meeing s oan, ll (1 8' an QUEEN ST. MEAT MARKET
Edwin. The next meclint: is to be judging held at the farm of laan Pickering. May 23 at 7 p.'n. A letter was then read from Keith
recitals! In many parts of Canada and the United States. Mr. Ell.lotts' studi in Canada lndtnie composition with Dr. Heal-
Peaker. and 'ano with Lubka Kol- easa. Severa years ago. a two years' scholarship took him to the Organ Institute. Andover, Mass,, when he studied with Carl Wein- rlch (Columbia University. ll. Power 13133: and Arthur Pointer (Syracuse University), and Ernest White. Mr. Elliott has also taken Inuit! ' in vocal music from Alfred Spouse of the East- nian School. Rocheste .
Teacher of piano. organ and
3 11100?! at the Conservatory, Mr.
Elliott also serves as organist and
byterlan Church. Toronto. He Inanlnl to find time for numer- oua concert appearances. includ- ing broadcasls with CBC orchestra as solo organist.
LONDON 'Reutersl - Britain! has made financial provisions forl British tourists to visit the United States and Canada for the Out line since before the Second World War Peter Thorneycroft. chancellor of the exchequer. an-
nounced each tourist will be xranted a travel allowance of i100 ii year.
COMPLETE TIRE SERVICE -
New Tires Retreads
Used Tires Tubes
Rubber Welding Balancing Truing - Siping
ey Willal. organ with Dr. Charles 1850
cholrmaster at St- Andrew's Prep 1. .y.u.bi. .;
AFRICAN IAILWAY Railway history is South Africa began with a II-mile link between Capetown and Wellington. built in
riu-Gumitnragoai
inaa teams. ' c was killed in Aug- nst. III. is a wing accident. '
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OLD TIME FIDDLING Ir STEP DANCING CONTEST
i In Corran Ban Hall. Wea- nesday, June 19 at 8:30 pm.
DONATE CUP
ZWEIBRUECKEN. West Ger. main (Reuters)-The RCAF Fli- en ice hockey team here has do- nated a cup in ury of F0 Pas: Cunningham. tltir founder. for competition next season among theniselvu and leading West Ger-
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treasurer, Mrs. C h a r l e s . O'Brien. Covehead Road.
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MEETING
The annual meeting of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island will be held on Monday the -17th day of June at the hour of 3 o'clock in the afternoon in the Law Courts Building in Charlotte- town. Queens County. Prince Edward Island.
JOHN P. NICHOLSON Secretary-Treasurer.
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wool worsted and blends Value
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