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s ll M M D E Results of Experiments i in

and Prhrg count, Renovation of Old‘ Pastures

h... on... -- mo».- m i»... Presented‘ by M. F. McKenzie

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havrpusd all four fields. the! no returned in the first field and soon.

it's d a summinwlmw “ lo The pasture experiment begun under the Hohenbsim system in 1m has been revised and mand- n. number of timel. but awn-ally speaking, the procedure has not or ‘ immoral fertiliser, in our case, either 860 9011115 15 P" cent simflpholnhl-W M‘ l0 90'1"!" 20 per cent super-phosphate Ind 10o pounce murlate of potash P" neg-c wen applied either in the 1511 or in April before the grazing sel- son o1 ma, 1m. m1 and m1" last fsll for the grazing season of 1936. The nitrogenous fertilizer, in our case either nitrate of soda. or. nitro-chalk, i, applied after ' the commencement of growth. ‘The first year of pie experiment m0" nitrogenous fertilizer was used but! the last four years the practice h"- been to apply 150 pounds of niti-o- ‘

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Mr. J. M. l". McKenzie, Assistant one field was top dressed with no 1,0 mo Superintendent of the DO- pounds Bessemer s1l18 (16 P" mmion Experuneniai station in cent.) per acre every three yo!"- Fredericton, N. B. opened the dis- the other field was unfertilized. cusslon before the Farmers‘ and Both fields were DRSNJYW Wm‘ Dairymgn’; Asscnatlon upon the ewes and lambs. This exiwflment subject "Renovation of Old Pss- was carried on for 6 W11’! "d tures." His paper was delivered at while the results indicated that the Experimental Station and in- eventually the increased gains on cluded some valuable suggestions the sliiggcd areas would pay f", as well as reviewing experimental the fertilizer, the return". were goo, “'Q1‘k_ slow to justify rcconviuv-rlm; the

Mr. McKenzie spoke as follows: frrlhullllb-

I propose to review briefly the various pasture ferlllizer experi-

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mer months than year". We found that when we borrowed the pas- ture the barrow drugged manure over-clean grass and increased the area on which the cows would not graze. Our cbservatlonshavs also led us to believe that a. large pert

phosphate, lime and nitrate of soda alone, and with mixtures of super- phosphaie and lime will increase the yield .on this tyrpc of pasture. the increase will be comparatively small at least for the first few yeaia.

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The fmviiu! Young People's Lea- gue inc‘. at {ill} liomi: of lllC presi- dent. Mr. Harold smith on Friday, Pebruaiy 18th. About nvcnty incin- bers ‘vi-ere present. Rcv. G. A. D. Elliott led the devotional service. Mr. Wilfred Lawton road tlic Bcrltpture lesson. Mr. Elliott gave l. vci-y interesting iiilk on Disar- mament. Cfraradcs u-crc played and piano selections wore given by Miss Cllzirlotze Drake and Mrs. Harold Snilili, followed by a ::0l0 by Mrs. hfucliiunon, itilrr ivlilvli WIN. Smith mrvcd lheon. lifcctiug close/l‘ \.-,:1‘\ v Tpull Benediction.

A fancy dress camlvnl “AS livid

at the new rink lifouilt llcrbcvi. on Saturday night, Fob. 10th and wus I. decided success; Mlfllc scvcuty- live skaters vsillr fifiv in cn-lumr- many ivoriliy of note and iruvc the Judges quiic o. iris-k in dcr-idc im- partially. Tho firs‘. pram for larilcs Went f0 3i iss T-‘rcda lloucll as. Aunt Dinah: first. gcuilcirmivs, Mr. Gco. Lawton, Formal, as l-‘lit. Worthy of Ipeclal mcuiiou v: r~ 1ft‘. Kcnt Jones, llnzrlbvoolr. who imperso- hated Grandma. \'f‘i'_\' realistically‘. iii/firs. Imslie lfutcli as Vi: Lad‘: of the Snows: .\ll'. Lc. Purcna Clmw was r : orig‘: .. lrtrs. Ray Jitiicriou as a. Dizskt/ Belle of 1896 kcpt the crowd gues- Iing as to ldciiiiiyt Bride and Groom. Rod Riding llond, Miss; Ca- lladri. sprlnc‘. qulmn Lady, suian end tlic Glimi, were a fciv out- itandliig fcriturcs. ‘Filo jucigcs WOTC Miss Bot-rs. Mr. ,Ti0.?\\'l"il Cnvvcr, Hazclbrool: rind 311'. Pim- Cameron, _'.l.‘1'y0n.

Mrs. I-‘rcdcrlck L. Ncleou. i; visit-

Ing hcr mother, furs. Bcaicn of Iris, ivlio, we rcgrc: to limr l", not [fly Well. i. (NIT. and hlite. (Ioiilm llvuco and Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm wlucnzic Ipent Sunday nftcrilocn 1n Povuni the guests of Mr. and Ali's. Na- thaniel Gay.

Mr. J. P. Irving and Nil‘. Low Young were visitors to Waterside on Sunday.

Mr. Richard bfncltac. Jim, Point kiln. is vlsiiinr: ills mint and lmclc Mr. and Mrs. Joliu R. Mac- Rac, cherry Vallcy.

Rug making ls iiic orrlcr of the day in this vicinity; ouc lady fin- ished nine beauties sincr: Christ- mac-P.

01011:: “I have received a letter from n. firm asking for a Nfcrcnce for that man Brown who used w work here."

Manager: "Toll tiwm that. lie is I rogue and a thief, and that any- thing he knows he learnt from us."

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. RIVER lfERBElR/l‘, N. S, Fleb 27- Sirikliig iliiuers at River Hebert will return to work tomorrow un- idcr ihc luruis u!‘ an HgTCCfllCllti rcuvlicrl bciwcvn lhc mcn and oi- flclals 01' lilo Victoria. Coal Com- pany lust night. Cir-operative 0p- crutlou oi." No. 2 colllew is now in prospect.

Tile lll(‘ll agreed to abandon de- mands for [liq lnstzillalloii of scales a‘, the lmnkliczid, and in return the cculpuny promised to absorb 1'5 iiu-n from No. l! into No. 4, and u» lease No. ‘.1 wlili its equipment lo a co-opcrailve company at. a zmall rcufal. It was ilil'l.i\(‘l' zigrccd iliat illCll working at the pan-face will gcl. $5.00 u day in wages.

A mass mcsiing of citizens will U“; called in organize tllc new No.

2 Crampaug: and devise means oi‘ ' Y mo $10,000 initial capital is necessary. In tlic incan- timc, about 60 miners will be wltli- ou; ucrk, and the union is making arrangements to provide relief.

Thu dispute started nearly a mouth ago when the nicn claimed that work ivns being distributed unfairly as between the two mines. The company's position was that No. 2 coal was difficult to markct.

Roosevelt’s C a b in e t

lily franc-ls DI. Stephenson, Asso- rizilcil Press Staff Writer]

HYDE PARK, N. Y., Feb. 27- Prcslilcui-cicct Franklin Roosevelt formally announced today that Henry A. Wallace of Iowa, and James A. Farley of New York—two of Dcmocrucys youngest leaders- would be Secretary of Agriculture mid Postmaster General respect- ively in the incoming United States Government.

Wallace, publisher of a. farm per- iodical, follows in the footsteps of his father, the late Henry C. Wal- iacc, who was Secretary of Agri- culture in tho Republican Cabinets

ldge.

The tall, gonial Farley, 44 years old, managed the Roosevelt cam- paigns for the nomination and for election. Ho will continue as chair- man of the Democratic national committee and as state party chairman.

Seated in his library afici- rc- turnlug from church, Mr. Roosevelt mode iiio announcements to news- papcrmcu without comment. Later, ihe President-elect received Homer Cummings of Connecticut, and Mrs, Cummings. Cummings, another cf (he Roosevelt leaders, is regarded as ihc likely next Governor Gen? oral of the Philippines.

Mr. Roosevelt has now named ilvc of his 10 cabinet members. The others arc Senator Hull, of Ten- nesscc, secretary of State; William H. Woodin of Pennsylvania and New York, Secretary of the Treas-

of Presidents Harding and Cool- -

-—A_SII WEDNESDAY-There will be e. celebration of Holy Ccnunun- ion at nine o'clock on Ash Wednes-

mcuis conducted at theFre-dericton Experimental Station and make a few general recommendations from

day at St. Mary's Church, Slimmer- side, and the usual service in the, evening-S. l,

————— I —-PAYS TRIBUTE-Von. Arch-' deacon White, D. D., rector of st. l\fary’s Church, Siunmcrsidc, paid high tribute to the late Dean of Nova. Scotiii, the Very Rev. J. P. Lilwyd. who died on Wednesday last. Rev. Doctor White ‘said {hat the Diocese had lost a man who could not easily be rcplaced.—S. -—O'LEARY SCHOOL TEAM ISIT SUMMERSIDE-Tlic O'- Leary hockey boys, who played Kcnslngtcn High school Friday and got rt beating t-o.tllc tune of 7-1, mci; the Junior summcrsidc High School team on Saturdnv ill a. friendly game. S‘Slde WPn with a 4-2 scum-S.

-—LENTEN SEASON OPENS- 'I‘0moi"r'o\v is A5ll WCGHCFGH)’, the beginning of Lent. There will be High Mass at B o'clock in SLY Paul's Church, Summcrshic, and cvcry Wednesday and Friday even- ing dilrlug Lcul. services will bc licirl. on Wednesday n, sermon and "1 FYidPLV "The Way of the Cross“. On Sunday the piisloral lcltei" of, His Excclicucyr. Bloliop Osullivau, was road at nil the Masses-S.

"PERSONALi-‘V

—Mls5 Edith Dayle of Charlotte- town is sllcildillg n. few dnys in SllllllllPlXSidm-S.

--l="rlcnds will regret i0 learn of the serious lilncss of Mr. Major Schurmzn of summcrslde-S.

---\'lis§ Joan K. smith of Wllmot valley, nus a week cud visitor to Suminczisldc Ulf‘ gllflst of llOl‘ aunt. Mrs. J. W. H:gg.-—S.

-Mi'. J. Mclvor of Kinkora who “'85 very sOTiOllSlY hurt last week ivlicn he was tliroim from a load 0T 1183'. was reporlcd on Monday as resting a liltlc casier.-S.

—Mix and lVLrs.

Lorin of Summcrside mofovcrl ii.- r-roxxs ilic lec lo Scnrlton on sun- day to visit Mrs. McLean's mother Mrs. Sobcy-S. —Mis5 Louise Mouse of New Annan is visiting Mrs. Maxwell Robcrisou of Summcrsldc. Mrs. Robertson also liar-i licr sister, Mrs. Robert A. Slzivcrt of Wilmot as her illicit for the week end-S.

‘the results obtained in thcsr- ex-

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prriuicnts. Experimental Work

Pasture fertilizer experiments have been conducted at this station for 10 years. On page 59 of ihe I923 report, there is the following statement. "An experiment was b0- gun in 1923 to ascertain the most feasible means cf improving New Bruiisivick pastures by moans of Fertilizer." ‘This quoiatlcn refers to twenty one 1-100 acre plots, eigh- iccn of ivliicli were given a to!) dressing of either basic slag, super- phospliale, ground limestone, ni- trate cf soda, or a mixture of sli- pcipliostate and ground limestone. This experiment was carried on for 7 years and while the various fer- illizcr trcztimcnfs increase yields. the increases were not sufficient t" justify recommending any of the treatments. Tlicsc plois were all mowed with citiicl‘ a hand scythe or lawn mower, therefore, the r-" suits are not absolutey compara- ble with results obtained under grazing coiiditioils. Practlciflly the sumo results, however, were 0b- taincd in un experiment begun the sa-iuc yczr to lost tlic rclaiivc gains made by sliccp on alaggcd versus uiislaggcd pasture. In this‘ experi-

ment, two similar flclds were taken,

--Mrs. McKay and Mr. Fameel or Amherst, N.‘ s.. well known singers spent the week end in Sum- mcrslde and sung in the Prev-by- icrlau Church in the morning and ilic Unitcrl Church in ilic even- lug-S.

Objects (l-fwllrarling

Administration of tlic regulations for the grading of farm products offered for sale in so fur as such regulations have been established to date, is vested iii the several divis- ions of the Dominion Live Stock Branch. The grading of farm pro- ducts in Canada was brought about essentially on the voluntary basis, and it has done much to stimulate demand and to extend products by reason of the confidence the known quality secures. - The securing of price differentials as an incentive to improved produc- tion in live stock and live stock pro- ducts requires, as a fundamental principle, that these products should be segregated on a basis of quality into grades naiibnrilly known and nationally used. The administration of policies and legislation covering such standardized grading is a na- tural function of the Federal Dc- partmcnt and a major activity of the Live Stock Branch.

Grading is based on the principle that it is sound business to classify live stock and live stock products in such a way that the consumer will be able to recognize ‘and purchase quality products, and that the price premium which tho consumer will

In ihcse early experiments while lime wag used in combination with in two instances the general plans was to apply one fertilizer to each plot. In 1928 the first attempt was made to apply H- complete fertilizer and the system of pasteur management known as the I-Iohenmelm syslcm was adopt- ed. In case anybody present is not the Hohenhelm system means, it may be slated briefly, that it is a combination of dressing ivltli mineral fertilizer either in the fail or curly spring and stimu- lating growth during ihc growing season with successive applications or nitrogenous fertilizer; (2) rota- iioi-ial grazing of stock: (3) pastur- to

supcrphosphate

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four practices, (l) top

ing aftermath: (4) harrowing spread droppings. This system was

developed ill

Germany during the great war but it is really a. combination of prac- tices which have been in use either on pastures or for other crops for a long time. The first practice is merely applying to pastures a pla!1' followed by many of our best truck gardeners when they apply one 01' more side dressings of a} nitrwerl- our; fertilizer to either cabbage or tomatoes. Rotational grazing melms dividing the pasture area in two 01‘ more fields, in our case four. when the cows have grazed one field they are moved to the next field and that field rested. After they

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havc been a. tremendous incentive to quality production, with result- ant price benefit to producers.

Grading has not only served to create price differentials for quality products but has, also, brought about a substantial increase in con- sumption. As a result of the hog grading regulations, for example, the general quality in bacon and pork products has been so improved that a substantial increase in con- sumption has resulted. The grading of hogs has laid the foundation for a steadily expanding industry, mak- ing available, iu increasing qunti- ties, good quality bacon for export. Wool grading, also, has stimulated the consumption of Canadian wool in Canada and has at the same time provided a steady outlet in the United Kingdom and other foreign markets. The grading and inspec- tion of live stock products as they enter into foreign trade is. in fact, an essential adjunct to the mainten- ance of export markets.

Successful mcn do the best they can. with conditions as they find them and seldom wait for a better

pay for the bcttcr grades should be returned to the producer of them. Practice has proved the value of the theory involved in the grading principle. The identification of top quality beef under red and blue rib- bon brands, the grading of poultry, the segregation of eggs into quality grades which ore known to practic- ally cvcry Canadian consumer, ilicsc and other grading activities

turn.

An Aberdeen lasslc sent her lit- tle brother to, the chemist’: for some toilet powder. ,

"I want n. box o‘ poothcr for ma sister, please," lie said.

"Some that goes off with a bang?" asked the chemist jokingly.

“Nuwfl answered tho youngster, “the kind that gangs on wl‘ a puff."

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genous fertilizer durirl! the glow- ing season. In 1929, 1930 and 193i. 10o puilfid; of nitrogenous fertilizer w” amped at encement of growth ma so pounds was availed approximately one month label'- Mgking gwo applications of 111i"- genoua fertilizer increased labor costs, therefore, in i932 the 150 pounds were appplled in one all" plicatlon at commencement o! growth and we plan to follow the same procedure in 1933.

m i928 four fields were used and they were rotationally grazed. l“ 1929 the experiment was enlarged mid revised to include one cont!!!"- ously grazed fertilized field and one continuously grazed unfertiliz- ed field-making e. total of s1! fields of 2 1-2 acme each. In 1931 two additional fields of the same area. were added. These fields were fertilized in the same manner as the other fertilized fields but were “mowed to grow hay. This hay was cut about the 20th o! J1me B115 when the aftermath vras 10111‘ W

five inches high they were will?"

ed in the same manner as the ro- tatlonallvgrazed fields.

These two fields were added be- cause it was found that while fer- tllizinz pastures had gmM-lll l"- creased the carrying capacity, it

had not made much difference in

the ratio of the carrying capacity for the different months. Thus in 1930 ten acres of rotationally graz- ed pasture had an average of 64 cow days in June, as compared with 42 cow days in August and 35 cow days in September. There- fore, if the same number cf cows were to be carried throughout the season, at least 1-311101‘? pasture acreage was necessary in August and September.

In the full of 1931 one half of each of fertilized pawturc fields was given an app‘ication of ground limestone at the rate of orie~lon per acre. In 1929, nineteen plots 1-320 of an acre each were laid out. These plots have three main ob- Jccts: (i) to serve as a check on the large field; (2) to ascertain the value of successive application of nitrogenous fertilizer; (3) to ascer-

eral fertilizer should Another series of plots were laid oui that ymar to study the effect of frequency of cutting on the yield and character 0f the herbage.

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In 1930 a series of plots ivcre laid out to study the various methods of eradicating mos from pasture. There were iii plots in this experi- ment in 1930 and 193i but as the results for those years indicated that mO-‘Li ceases to be a. problem on well fertilized pasture, the num- ber of plots were reduced to 10 last year.

In i932 an experiment was begun to study the value of muriate of potash as a pasture fertilizer but more data. must be available be- fore any conclusions can be made.

Ten years work enables us to‘ make a number of deductions, al- though we will doubtless have to modify some of these as conditions 151181189 and more experimental work has been done.

Conclusion Reached The results obtained from 1923-

1928 inclusive indicate that while WP dressins withbasic ‘glsg, super-

The results obtained from 1928- 1933 inclusive from lop dressing with mineral fertilizer either in the fsll or early spring and following with applications of nitrogenous ‘fertilizer after commenceime t of growth, are more striking as the productivity of the pasture was in- creased at once. As there was no uh- lferiliized field in 1928 the result ‘for that year cannot be compared but the last four years 1929,1932 in- icluslve, the continuously grazed ‘fertilized field had an average car- - rying capacity of 212 cow days per acre as compared with 125 cow days for the continuously grazed c unfertilized field. An increased car- rying capacity of 69.8 per cent. due to fertilization. In that same per- .iod, the four rotationally grazed 1 fertilized fields had an average og '214 cow days pct acre or an in- crease of 111.2 per cent. over the continuously grazed unfertilized: field. While fertilized pasture both continuously and rotationally has much surpassed unfertilized pas- ture, the difference between the two types of grazing is very gllght. and farmers would be better ad- vised to spend their money for fer- tilizer rather than for wire fence to divide their pastures into fields for rotational grazing. It isfcrtu- nate that there is so little differ- ence between the two types of grazing because on many N, B, pastures the expense of providing water for each field would prevent. ‘IETKUGTS from dividing their fields even if it were desirable.