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ity. His appointment, however, is more than a recognition of personal merit; it

served by years of creative work.

moulded Canada's present foreign policy

Ian A Burnett. , , . . . must assign a prominent place, if it IS,

Preeldent and Auiiclato Editor.

Associate Editor, Frank Walker. CIBWLATWN familiar with the record, to the influence of the Canadian Institute of International Af- "Covera Prince Edward telaiid like the dew”

fairs. The Institute has never believed in large memberships or in public displays. Its traditions of research and scholarship have compelled it to work with small groups. Yet in each community its men and women members have exercised an influence upon public opinion quite unrelated to their limited number. On any fair assessment this influence must be accounteda notable public service.

Mr. Mclnnis, who of course embodies so

f'lhe Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

L:lTABl.l(.l'l'TETOWIi', H'ItJDNESDAl'. 1,'l95!

Potato Board Endorsed

Last night's public meeting of potato growers was a remarkable demonstration of the solidarity of Island farmers in sup- port of the Potato Markmlhg Boardi Prince.-inany of the Institute's traditions, is not of Wales College auditorium was packcdlthe only Institute member on the Canag and the. crowd extended to the corridorsldian delegation to me United Nations. AL and slahlhla-VS" Even at, that, were lhereliiiost every one of the ten delegates has, at those who had to roniain 0lllSlClt: the build-tom, time 01, Other, been active in the Ing inc.

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I , , , , stitutc. The farmers interest in the Boards g g Wwg activities is unmistakable. L'nmistakablc l

Ancient Law codes

also is their support of the Board policies. From the questions that were asked from -mm the floor it is clcai' that a system of lic-yl The history of Written laws has been, cnses is not popular, but at the same lllllP;l'OllCd hHCli all0lll9l' C9hllll'.V 10 13300 13- C-l the farmers showed their recognition that llll'0Ugll lhe ll'allSl3ll0ll Of 3 Clay tablet ext it is at present the only system by WlllCllKCaV3-led fllly .V93FS 330 lll the FUlhS Of the they can finance a potato niarketing ancient Sumerian city of Nippur by an schcnm :Amcrican expedition to southern Meso- Both the farmers present and the man- fl0lahlla-

age,. of the p, E, 1. Ma,-keting Board 01).! Written in cuneiform script the laws on viously would have preferred to have tltct the lahlet ahledale the Celebrated "9Ye'f91'- supervision of the industry financed by ayElll'C)'9s3h(l'l00lll'l0l'-8-l00lh" dldale Of levy which could be collected through tlic.llalhlllU1'8hl by about 300 y93l'S- TllE.V Were dealers. The decision of the Supreme Coui'tlDl'0hlUlg3lCCl by Klhg UF'NamlllU. Wh0 T9- of Canada, however, ruled that out. Pcr- lglled S0ITle 4.000 years at-7.0 0V9l' the land naps the necessity of conocting in a less of Sunier and the City of Ur, in what is painless way is not wholly a disadvantagclnow S0u.lllCl'h lF8(l- .

Knowing that they must collect directly; The discovery, announced by the Univer- from the farmer as well as others interest-I sity of Pennsylvania, was made by Dr. ed in the industry, the Board will be the hramer, curator of the tablet collections of more sensitive to criticism from the grow- the university museum and Clark Research crs and will quite probably do a better jobjl Professor of Assyriology in the university's than if it could go its way more or lessj Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

unconcerned about its popularity. Three of tfllie rlegulatcions of Ur-Nammu, founder of t e tiird ynasty of Ur, deal with forms of mayhem, making these crimes punishable by cash fines in contrast lto the "eye-for-an-eye” penalties that stir-

Froni whatever angle one looks at the vived in the Biblical code.

Charlottetown school situation the picture is one of inadequacy. The record of less than onc-quarter of the students completing the equivalent of junior matriculation is. e-- certainly not one that the city can be proud! The Ollelllhg Ol ill? (lUCk 50615011 this of. Premier Jones is reported as sayingil morning marks the beginning of the hunt- that "When you finish high school you! lhfl 50350” E9h9I'?-ll.V- DUClx'Sy SOEm 10 be the should be ready in go to work. and in thislfElVOUl'llC game bird of local hunters while Province that means farming or fisliii1g.",Vl5ll0li5 lhllfl l0 flF9lPI' E0lllE Klimt Pheasant- Three out of four city pupils, however, do, hot lllllsll hlgll 5Ch00l- 5 Mrs. Annie Besant, English theosophist, Al lhh Olllh-1' Phil (ll ill” S.l'5l0lll- 01' was born this date 1847. She co-edited the rather at the beginiiing, the picture is even A-;x;ationa1 RefO,.me,.n and took a prominent worse. Through what the Charlottetown part in the free thought and 1-adica1 move. superintendent of education very moderately, mem, She proclaimed a anew Messiah” called "mistaken economy", the city has aigmdl worked for Indian home mm - proper capacity for 1,700 pupils, an actual i enrollment of 2,100 and the certain pros-l,

pect of increasing numbers for at least the, . next eight .,,(,a,.S. posed by the International Labour Office

The action which must be taken to 3”” ah exploding ghehade for 9XPl05lV9 meet the situation can be no minor aCljLlSl-,SUbStanCeS' 3 lighted match for lllflammable A, me, pmson, time Cmldrpn arolsubstances, a skull for toxic substances, a

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being acconiinodatecl in classrooms which i C0”'0d9d hahd for C0”'05lVe 5UbSl8hCe5. ahflf ,.,,,.,a,nh, wow, mwm. intended (0,. me pm, a skull and crossbones against a radiant "R".

pogo. we mm, mm me ,ask of ca,Ch,n::foi' radio-active substances. The skull and up Wm, tho pas, ,hi,,,y yC,a,.S- ,n(.,.(,aSC in crossbones is already familiar, however, as population and at the same time have the 3 5-Vlhhol I0? loxlc 5Uh5l3llC95- resD0nsibilit.V for flrcflarina for the futurrxlhc h'9ll'kh0h'h hlusllmohl Shape Ol llle A- increase which is certainly going to iakr homb C-l0Ud W0UlCl do for making radio-

pI(.m(,' active materials.

Building ii lii::li school would rciicvc the, e . .

also is a tribute to the Institute, well de-'

Any review of the forces that havlil

,nur Festival this your as festivals have been crirried on in England

Markings for dangerous substances pro-'

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food production it not antibiotic. streptomycin. is made

keepmz llll Wllh lhe growth in contains vitamin B 12. It was there-

population.

crease in poulation in North A-

Europe, 5.3 million. In these con- tlnenu. the hlghlproportiuii of daily food consumed in the form 01' animal

During the last few fore argued that the closely rem. years. the world's population has ed mould from which eureoinycln increased by 12 to 14 per cent, while was made should also contain 812. food production, as the Fpod and small quantities of the waste pi-o-. Agricultural Organlzetlorv points duct which remained after this out, has increased by only 7 or 8 drug had been extracteu from the per cent. Since 1940, the annual in- mould were fed to chickens. They

rapidly gained in weight. Further

merlca has been 2.3 million. and in experiments showed that pure eure-

omycln had an even greater and dlstincter effect on growth than B 12.

This was announced publicly only two years ago, and today an- tlhtatlu are producing a revolut- ion in American farming. The a- mount of the antibiotic needed is small; about a tablespoonfull add- ed to a ton of feed. with regard to pigs, for example. growth is said to be speeded up by between 15 and 31 per cent. It is claimed that the pigs grow so fast that they can be sent to market several weeks in advance of the usual tline, that less feeding stuffs are necessary, and that more pigs are now sent. to market. from the average litter because it is possible to stimulate the growth of the runts, or weak- llngs.

In the north of Scotland, in typic- al litter of pigs will contain two very good ones, six moderate ones. and two runte (that le. uwufed and undersized). Tests made on farm:

products creates very ieavy de- e

mend: on ilvetock and poultry farming resources. - Today, researches which may have an important bearing on eas- ing the problem, are being carried out by Britain's Agricultural Re- search Counctl. They are concerned with what. is Known as the "boom- food" effect produced when the antibiotic drug. aureomycln, is fed to animals, such as pigs and chick- ens. This is not an original British discovery, but is based upon work already done in the U. S. A. Q t . Two antibiotic drugs, terramycin and eureomycin have remarkable growth-stimulating effects on ani- mals . The uniniele do not become monsters. but reach their flnali adult size at an earlier date. For example, it normally takes about three months to produce a. 3-H) fowl for "boiling". When aureomycin is

PUBLIC FORUM

Thie column is open to the discussion by correspondent: of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correlpondente.

SOUTH SHOIIIC FESTIVAL

Sir,AWe have received so many inquiries aboiil. our plan to hold preliminary competitions as part of the South Shore Musical Festival, to he held on November 7th, and Btli, in Summcrside High School, that we feel we should make public the procedure we propose to follow, and we know of no better channel throuftli which to inform all those inter- ested than that afforded by your column.

We are attempting to conduct

and Wales for many years. and as the VVr-lsli in the United States conduct them. Where there are more than six entries, in any of the classes for individual coni- pelitors, the adjudicator will hear that class, at. a designated time previous to the final competition, in some room other than the main auditorium, and only the six, of each class, who attain the high- est. marks will be called to the stage for the final competition. At a Welsh Festival. you may often hear a contestant. say com- placently, "Well, I didn't win, but I made the stage." "Making the stage" was something to be proud about in a large competition. where there might be eighty com- petitors in a t'las.s, and only three called to the stusxe.

We plan in work out the dc- lails as follows: Individual com- petitors for Friday evening's pro-

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(And P. E. I. )

NEWS OF YESTERDAY

From the files of the Daily Ex- inminer for the first week of June, 1883:

l i: "The first number of The Prince Edward Island Agricultur- isl, issued fortnightly in connec- Him with the Summerside Journal. appeared ycstenlay.-The examin-

situation. The great objection. however, is Bmamvs ANS Council is 0,-fcring two that it would cost more than equivalent miles, each of L225 (about (55500)Y1-0,. mi, grade school accommodation. On the cre-yginal English Verse by Commonwealth poets. dit side is the fact that with a high SCllOTilIThe prizes are fol. A first book of original it would be possible to ciiminalu one ycai':,,C,.SE, by a living poet who mus, be 8 cm- of the time nccdcrl to attain university Zen of the British Commonwealth. publishg m?l"'l('l'l”ll"”- led during the period January 1951-June 1953, and a book (not the poet's first) of original English verse published during the same period. Verse translations, verse plays,

Canada's tlcicgatioii to the seventh ses-,collc-cted or selected poems previously pub- sion of the General Assembly of the Unitcnll lishcd, are not eligible. Nations. opening in New York on October; A " 14, will be a strong one. "It will be headed! as usual by Ilon. L. B. Pearson, the Minis-l' ter for External Affairs. The vice-chair-l man will be Hon. Paul Martin, Minister oft National Health and Welfare. Mr. Mar-l tin has made the study of international af-l fairs one of the continuous interests of hisl public career and he is a veteran of As- sembly debates. Since Mr. Pearson will likely be president of the Assembly for this session, a large share of the burden of leadership for the delegation will be carried by Mr. Martin.

But perhaps the most notable appoint- ment. for many reasons. says the Winni- peg Free Press, is that of Mr. Edgar Mc- Innis, (a native of Charlottetown), president of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, as one of the alternate delegates. He would be a valued member on any - H e do ; tlon for his range of knowl-

en. ' "

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lslrong Representation

Designed for small airfield: which can- not afford expensive equipment is a new one-man radar aid for landing aircraft un- der adverse conditions of visibility. The new device is so compact that it can be easily installed in a trailer and towed to any part of the airfield where it can be quickly set up for operation. In use, ii pilot wishing to land radios the airfield for instructions. His signals are received on a direction-finding receiver. Approach instruc- tions are then transmitted to the pilot, en- abling him to bring the aircraft within about 15 miles of the airfield, when a pen- cil-shaped radar beam is projected on to the aircraft giving the operator of the equip- ment a precise indication of its position. The radar beam is then kept trained on the aircraft, and instructions radioed to the pilot enable him to come in.on the correct course under the supervision of the opera- tor, who follows the rogress of the air-

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atiori in connection with ' teach- lers' licenses will end tomorrow. Complaints are made that the -papers are too hard. and that they are too numerous."

2: ”we understand that all the lawyers in Charlottetown have decided to close their offices cvcry Saturday at one o'clock, during the months of June, July and Au- ust. -Mr. Theo Chappelle has been appointed agent for the sale of the celebrated spectacles of Mr. B. Laurence, optician. Among those who have secured these mag- nificent glasses are His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, ex-May-

or Dawson, Owen Connolly, Esq, and David Sterling, Esq." 4: ”The Phoenix Cricket Club

had it long practice some on sat- urday evening at Victoria Park. By diligent practice they expect to put a good team in the field to meet the Wanderers of Halifax."- "The respectable looking female who has on more than one oc- casion stolen the centre plant from the flower heads in front of the residence of Mr. J. W. Mitch- ell, Eueton street. is known. If she would call at the door and ask for I! plant, her request would be granted, and she would. therefore. be relieved from committing a petty theft. and Mrs. M. from the trouble of planting and re-plant; lng her geranlume."

5: "Plug: are floating over the Railway Depot today in honor of the marriage of Conductor Mec- Doneld to Mden Logan, daughter of Devld hogan, liq. of Georgetown. The happy couple arrived in the city by train today."

0. "The old eteeiney it-feather Belle: which for to many year: did service between Charlottetown. Mount etewirt. Orwell and On- peud. in now being taken to pleeee. and soon he veetlce of her will remain."

land worshipped God, saying, We

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And the eeventh angel sounded: and there were great voices In heaven, saying, The Kingdoms of this world are become the king- doms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twen- ty elders, which eat before God on their seats. fell upon their faces,

give thee thanks, 0 Lord God Al- mighty, which art, and west, and art to come; because thou heel. taken to thee thy neat power, and hast reigned.

gramme will be asked to appear at a preliminary competition Fri- lla.V afternoon; competitors for Saturday afternoon's programme will have preliminary hearing: in assigned rooms in the high school, while the younger children hold their session in the auditorium: preliminaries for the evening pro- gramme will be held in these rooms while the main afternoon session is meeting in the auditor- ium. Immediately after registra- tlon closes, competitors will be informed as to where and when the preliminary sessions will be held. Parents and friends may attend the preliminaries as well as the main sessions of the Yes- tival.

The audience will find the pro- gramme of the main sessions

Ever drifting, drifting, drifting

On the shifting

Currents of the restless main:

Till in sheltered coves, and reaches Of sandy beaches,

All have found repose again.

So when storms of wild emotion strike the ocean .

Of the poet's From each cave and rocky featnes In its vastness,

Floats some fragment of a song.

whole seed industry is the duct of its pioneering. They need- ed the Association n fairness to themselves they should

King's County, P.E.I.

French sahot, a wooden shoe, al- ways handy, for throwing into In- dustrial machinery ns an expres- slon owners. The general idea conve)l' E

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in 1920; lhey eed it in 1952 and later. In all

support it. I am, Sir, etc.. AN OLDTIME MEMBER SABOTAGE Sir,---This word comes from the against the

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that infect the chicks. Research in now aimed at confirming this, and at finding out the nature of these bacteria that hold up the growth of farm animals not fed with im- tiblotics.

lonlsis stomach animals, poultry and swine, need some animal protein in their food. whereas the multi-stomach animals, cattle and other rumin- ants. can be fed euccesfully on an all-vegetable diet. The scientists decided that there was an unknown element in animal protein, which they called the Animal .Protelri Factor, or APF. The multl-stomach animals, manufacture their own supplies of APP, while poultry or swine were incapable of doing

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late, discovered that H. factor dried cow manure could replace A PF in the diet of chicks. But what this nutrient was rhmalned un- known until the vitamin B 12 - the anti-pernicious anaemia factor - was discovered a few years ago. One mlci-ogram of B 12 a day was found to relieve pernicious anae- mle. Scientists knew that from which B 12 was derived, is rich in cluded that this new vitamin was the active nutrient they were look- ing for.

vest quantities of B 12 for commen- clal use. Researches showed that

in Aberdeenehlre showed thin, helped by aureomycln, the runte were able to make great. gains in weight, thus indicating that it great wastage could be cut down in the future.

added to a chick! food, it reaches the some stage in about nine weeks,

Exactly how the antibiotics work to produce this effect is still being studied. It is believed that they act by suppressing the bacteria

0 O 0 There in a high mortality rate among young pigs. In the U. S. A. each year, about 40 million baby pigs one-quarter of all pigs born A die before reaching weaning age. They die either of disease or mel- nutrttlon. or are crushed or eaten by the heavy saw that produced them. These losses could be prevented by removing the young pig from the cow soon after birth and by suckling it on an artificial milk. Such milks, which contain an an- tibiotic like terraniycln or aureo- mycln, have been developed, and their use has suggested the possibil- ity of raising pigs in hatcheriea in the same way as chicks. Thus in- stead of spending the customary 56 days in suckling a. litter and producing only two litters a year, the sow may be made to produce three litters annually. 0 O O

In terms of hard cash, the anti- blotlcs enable farmers to provide more meat with less feed. It is es- timated that U, S. meat producers may save s5ll0 million a year. In any event, American farmers are so impressed with the results that the sale of aureomyctn animal food is now a business running into many millions of dollars 5. year. In Britain, ll plant for producing aureomycln is in operation, but the growth stimulant itself will not be generally available until the in- vestigations by the Agricultural Research Council are completed. Aureomycln has shown its po-

For some years. animal nutrit- heve known that single-

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APF. and therefore con-

The problem was how to make

more interesting this year: since .

there will be less repetition of lep today. is the expression of th9 5”” mwld (mm which me tentlalltles as a means of s:bstan- selections" but me Change has Spite l1lZllll'ISl1 Somr D9110" fl” tlally increasing supplies of meat. been made, 1,, 1,,,.,,,, pm. ,0 snow izroup. resulting in damage -0 people to repent of the” WW The antibiotics may also have U, to hamuc me We, ,,,C,.e,,s,ng prspeirty. H l t "M. amp 0, W, worm and mm back important applications in other 'l”"lll9" 05 entries. Therefore. tan” (:3, g?;)envc:,,epr?nn;f1ves are to Him who. we can be sure. is hehhh air etxmlhle 1” "595 M nu" though it necessitates procuring hidden and unclmr. Recently I wamng (0 be gracious. who can mztgmiziaafxuflil 32.3": Seeing scien-