A number of Maritime mayors were among a delegation of 32 '5 members of the Canadian Feder- .tion of Mayors, who left Mon- treal this morning (Friday) for , one.day meeting with Prime Minister Diefenbaker in Ottawa. They were to submit a brief
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gm BEEF MARKETING
fro Canadian farmer- who make live stock the basis of their mar- Ikétable production tire following ‘figures should brighten the out- -link for 1953:
Export of Meats Jan. to Jan. lathis year, follow d by 1957 is bfackets: Beef and Veal, 6,006,584, (720,455) Pink, 3,419,353, (2,362,579) ,Export of Live Stock to U.S., Jul. 1 to Jan. 13:
Slaughter cattle, 5,246 (0) l‘é'eder cattle 22,749, (0)
Ca '3, 2,010, (1,175)
' _ 3,331, (2) Q slaughter and feeder cat- , Ileixported are t'ra-- '1ted into bfiat 500 lbs. per carcass we 110' ,have roughly 14,000,000 lbs to Ta total export of 20,000- ‘000;,_. of beef over a periodof two weeks. If on the same basis the beef exported were transla- téd into live animals, we would . have about 40,000 head of cattle - eiported during the same per iqd. This would amount to about E e-third of all the cattle slaugh-
. ed at ‘Canadian inspected pack- gig plants during the same per
‘ zlfjthe por‘ exported were es in terms of live hogs, we would have the equivalent of 30,- ‘III ‘hogs exported from Jan. 1 It Jan. 13 or a total equal to . Mlshly ten per M II of the hogs N ell at inspected plants during 1 e same two weeks.
This strong market outlook I s our cattle producers in a ‘V510’ favorable position in that the tcanadian cattle population is at arecord high level. 8TRAvvBi«:RRY VIRUS
ihnunng the past few years, we I ve been hearing a great deal lbollt strawberry viruses and
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7 §OMlNG- EVENTS
"Card Party North Wiltshire Ran tonight.
35 jisllpper, Home Baked Beans, Ilown bread. Bristol School, Sat- ~ "day. Feb. 15th.
:Dance in Corran Ban Hall Thursday night‘ Feb. i3.,spon. “ed by C.W.L.
._5fI'lving this week, carload of ‘III coke. $3.85 a bag off car. R. Dickieson Ltd., New Glasgow.
*B_ooking orders for oilcoke. To
I ,§}'1'1Ve soon. $3.85 off car. W. . I~j30Wman.
11 attend the Special Meeting ednesday Feb. 12, 8:30. Please {Itemi loam Party and Dance at Levi 3;’“118'S Cherry Valley, Thurs- ll. Feb. diestra.
13th. Mack’s Or-
Eunloading Wednesday and
I I9 Meeting will be held of Hunter ‘ ‘VH Teachers’ Workshop, .°b- 13th at 7:30 in Hunter ,V€l_j School.
jg 1;‘I“11i0r Farmers Meeting in I = *9“ Glasgow School tonight, ‘Wary 12th. A full attendance Fiuested.
‘February 12. Sponsored by boro Choral Club.
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS
P.E.l. Department of Agriculture
affected much more readily by attacks of other diseases or by
covering a number of municipal topics including cost of educa- tion. unemployment and civil de- fence. Their visit followed a meeting of federation’s execu- tive committee at Montreal Thursday.
In the picture at‘ Monti-eal’s
their affect u-pon strawberry plants. Although we read and hear a great deal, how many of us have stopped and asked “Just what is a good definition of a virus?”
An Amenic an Yearbook of Ag- riculture contains the following: “Virus, an infectious agent too small to_be seen ..'iI:h .. compound microscope.” This is adequate if one is not interested in techni- calities. If one is interested in a more precise definition the same paragraph continues: “It is not yet settled whether viruses are living organisms because they have characteristics of both the living and the non-living worlds. The definition that is generally accepted is that fl“ y are large
bodies capable of multiplying and ' acting like organisms when they are in living -tissues”.
CARRIERS
Viruses are carried from plant to plant by certain aphids. These aphids must feed upon diseased plants to pick up the disease. It
riers.
If, after feeding on a diseas- ed plant, they feed upon the healthy plants, these plants be- come infected with the disease. Several species of aphids known to be able to carry viruses af- fecting strawberries are present in the majority of our strawber- ry fields and probably occur on wild plants as well. These aphids have been found throughovut the season, from the time the mulch is, removed to mid November.
NO SYMPTOMS
Strawberries are susceptible to several different viruses. Some of these viruses and certain com- binations of them recognizable diseases, but the majority pro- duce no detectable symptoms. They do however, greatly lower the vigor of the plants and ser- iously reduce the yield of fruit.
Infected 1‘ ‘s‘ also seem to be
eetly; they inenely serve as car-
a.dverse weather conditions. It is impossible to know the true virus content of . commercial field by afield inspector alone. To determine whether or not a plant is infected, it is necessary to transfer any viruses that they may be present to some sensi- tive indicator species in which
£11 interested in Winsloe Road ‘
Illlrsday oil coke $3.95 per bag ‘SW14. Dickieson. Ltd. New Glas-
‘ Crokinole and Card Party will ’ held at the Mt. Herbert Or-
age Hall Wednesday even-
Mfllentine Dance sponsored by 5 “°.’°11 Ifligh School in Moiell §.”““.“u111Iy Hall Wed, Feb. 12.
F L - I '“°°key at North River Rink 1st game in semi-finals W- R. Shaw Trophy. Winsloe l\Ill€ , week Bulldogs. Game time 8:30.
"COMING to the attention of ECON- \> ~\duces e rade V 388 and COSTS LESS than A : ’ ‘W shells.
these viruses will produce charac- 1 teris-tic symptoms.
The simplest and most recent method- of indexing involves the insertion of a leaflet and petiole
‘from the plant under test into the split petiole of the indicator plant. The indicator plant most commonly used is the species ?Fragoria vesca which is extrem- Iely sensitive to the viruses that 1 are commonly found in commer- cial strawberrie.
VIRUS-FREE PLANTS A search was made for virus- free plants several years ago and as soon as these were found, they 1_were propagated. It w..s noticed ‘that far greater runner product- ion and plant vigor was obtained virus-free stock as compared with with infected plants of even relat- ;ively tolerant varieties. Plant Istands of virus-free stock may«be Itwo to three times greater than 'cocmmon stock and yields in ex- cess of three times that of com- mercial stock have been harves- ‘ ted at different maritime centres. GRQWERS
During the past two years, a number of Island‘ growers have imported substantially vii'us-free plants from ierican nurseries for propagation.
The problem faced by grow- ers was that of keeping their pro- pagation beds of virus—free plants free of a.pl.'. ‘s, the virus carriers. It has been found possible to re- ,tain this comparatively virus-free ‘condition, by ‘a’ 9131113113 Virus‘ free. aphid l'rec. ock; (b) isola- ting the plantat 11 from commer- cial strawberries (0) (listing 01' spraying with 4 percent .‘.lalath-
to write or cal of Agriculture, Charlottetown.
Q.——Is it true that honeybees have a color sense? A—-Yes, Dr. Von Friscli has de- finitely proved ‘that bees have a color sense and apparently see only four different qualities of color: Yellow, blue, green ultra- does not affect the aphids dir- violet. This is in comparison to -the more than 60 distinct colors in, the visible spectrum detect- able by the human eye. Q. — Is it true that bees are col-
fication are sold as First Genera- tion Virus-free Stock. Only by using plants known to be free from virus infection can the strawberry grower be sure of realizing maximum returns from his plantation. The Provincial Department of Agriculture is again placing a collective order with an Ameri- can Nursery for all Island grow,- ers wishing to purchase virus-free plants for propagation under the presently existing virus-free. pro- gramme. The supply of the varie- ties most suitable for Island con- ditions is very limited so immed- iate ordering is recommended. The following are a few ques- tions and answers taken from a book of questions and answers published by AI: Root Co Medina, Ohio.
_ It is hoped that they« will be of interest not only tn the bee keep- er but to the public in general, At any time you have questions or comments to make about bees high _ molecular _ weight protk-1 or this column plea.se feel free the. Department
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A—In so far as red is con- cered, bees are color blind. To bees, red and black appear the same; so in other words bees are
Q—After the scout been convey the location’ of a nectar source -to the colony, how do other bees go out and find the new source
A—The bees take the following factors into considerations in lo- cating a new nectar sourcet 1. Color of the flower. 2. Shape of the flower. 3. Sc-ent of the flow- er. 4. The nectar guides on the flower itself which lead the bees down -to the nectaries. 5. Taste or the sweetness of the nectar. Q—If a colony has a virgin queen but no drones, will it rear drones to mate with her? A.—-If the young queen can not mate within a few weeks after emergence- she will begin to lay unfertile eggs which produce only drones; but after such a queen begins to lay, she does not mate even though there are drones in
Q — What is the extreme range in number of bees in a swarm? A. — The number of bees in a swarm varies all the way from a mere handful, as in the last af- ter-swarm or in a small nucleus that swarms out, up to as many as 10 or 12 pounds of bees. There are about 3500 bees in a. pound, (Continued on page 10)
mpa-Dy,
CANADIAN MYO or T0 sis . Canadian Pacific terminal are:
left to right (front), Mayor I. W. lottetown; and Mayor William T. Akerley, Dartmouth, N. S.; De- Walker Fredericton; (rear) May- puty Mayor William C. Dunlop, or M. M. Baig, Moncton: Halifax: Mayor D. A. MacDon- Mayor W. A. Currie,
ald, Glace Bay, N. S.; Mayor H. side, P. E. I. E. Marmen, Edmundston, N. B.
ion every 7 to 10 days for aphid
WMS Auxiliary Hold Meeting
Trinity United Evening Aux- iliary of the W. M. S. met on February 4th in the Church Par- lor. The theme of the worship service was “The Second Mile." conducted by Mrs. Henry Moyse. The Scripture les- son was read by Mrs. Cecil Web- A meditation Moyse was followed by prayer and the singing of the hymn “Lead on, 0 King Eternal”.
Mrs. Moyse presented the Study assisted by Mrs. Robert Phillips. A comprehensive picture was . given of the Japanese education from Kindergarten through to University. The sing- ing of “In Christ there is no East or West” closed this part of the
"In the absence of the president, Mrs. Henry Moyse, Vice-Presi- dent was in the chair for the bus- iness portion. It was decided to have a pantry sale as soon as it could be arranged. Mrs. William Roach. Literature Secretary, re- the book, Circle”. Mrs. Eric Sheen, Com- munity Friendship reported 24 House Calls, 58 Hos- pital Calls, 42 Cards Flowers and Treats meeting closed with the Mizpah control. These plants upon certi- Benediction
“The
and sent.
by Mrs.
, Secretary
Full
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ed for another 13 two of whom
Convictions were obtained in all
Charlottetown
CounciIlor‘E. C. Johnstone, Char-
and
shortly after receiving a phone call from her family that her invalid- mother had passed away.
Senior Major Mildred Stevens,
superintendent of Sunset Lodge in
died Monday,
tele-
Sr. Major Mildred Stevens was
born at Bareneed, Newfoundland, February 17, 1905. Her parents are William John and Mary Eliza- beth Stevens. She attended school in Bareneed and then entered The Salvation College in Saint John’s.
Army Training
Commissioned as an Officer in
June, 1929, she served ’success-- fully as a school Corps" Officer in her native pro- vince. Transferred then to the Women’s Social Service she was a» member of the staff of Glenbrook Home, Saint John's and Grace Hospital, Halifax.
teacher and
In June, 1950, Major Stevens
was appointed to Sunset Lodge, Charlottetown. She a s s i s t e d Major M. Wheeler and Major 1. Henderson very ably and then as- sumed full charge as Superin- tendent in January 1957.
Through the years she has
given herself unstintingly to the welfare and comfort of the eld- erly guests meanwhile planning and working constantly to maintain and de- velop th, facilities of stitutiongil-I
of Sunset Lodge,
in- and
RELIGION
.BY VERY REV. GEORGE
the er spirit
~.......~.‘w.
SR. MAJOR STEVENS
stalwart Christian faith end- eared to her associates and guests alike.
Funeral service will be- con- ducted by Brigadier John Nelson, Saint John, N. B., at The Salva- tion Army Citadel, Charlottetown, Wednesday, February 12 at 2 p. m. Interment at Saint John's,
Newfoundland.
AND LIFE
C. PIDGEON, D.D., LL.D.
First Moderator of the United Church of Canada ‘
Summer-
Canadian Pacific Photo
‘Police Report Given For Jan.
.As in previous months, more
The fact that body to be subject to the spirit does not mean enmity against
‘YOUR BODY IS TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT’
What has our Christianity to
say to us at the beginning of Health Week?
Certainly it is not indifferent. it requires the
persons were arrested in Char— the b°dy‘ Ratherv it claims f°r
lottetown in January on charges t of being drunk and incapable than any other inditable offense, ac- cording to a report of departmen- tal activities submitted Monday night to City Council by Chief of Police, C.W. MacArthur.
Though 50 arrests were made on drunk and incapable charges and 35 for other offences, the Chief noted that no.major crimes were dealt with in January. The report revealed that of the 85 arrested 1
he body vigor through disci-
pline when all the energies of our nature, are governed and directed to serve the ends of life.
No graver perversion of Scrip-
ture can be imagined than that which regards St. demand for self-contro plea pommel my body and subdue it, lest, after preaching to others,
Paul's stern as a
for self-emaciation: “I
myself should be disquali-
all but two were convicted as fled",
charg. ‘..
Look at the contest. St. Paul
Drunk and disorderlies acc0,mt_ finds his illustrations in the stren-
were dismissed by the magistrate.
nine cases of disorderly conduct. One case of ‘drunken driving and seven ofdriving whilst im- paired by alcohol all resulted in convictions. Theynetted the court a total of $575.00 in fines. Fifteen other cases were
iuous life, and here he has the runner in ' mind: know that in a race, all the run- ners.compete, but only one re- ceives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every aithlete ex- ercises self-control in all things, They do it to receive a perish- able wreath, but we an imperish-
“Do you not
able."
Then follows his own -hard training for the race of life. He buffets his body and brings its powers under strict control, not to weaken it, but to develop its powers to the full and qualify them to serve the higher ends of life. ’
The physical weaklong could never have accomplished what St. Paul did in his service of God and man. HIS ENEMY
Jesus claimed health for His People, Disease was His enemy and He fought it victoriously whenever it raised its head.
We hear a great deal today about raising the standard of living. Jesus said nothing about that sort of thing, but wherever men believed in Him they are in-
spired to‘ subdue their circum- ‘
stances to their will and make them serve their interests. _ Once I heard the head of 3 Rescue Mission describe what Jesus did for His converts. First, He set them free from self-destructive vices from drink and from the evils to which drunkness leads. »All through the New Testament sins against the body are speci- fied and condemned.
brought before the court by way‘ of summons,‘ all of offences under city traffic by-laws. Convictions were obtained in every case;
Included in the other duties per- formed by the department were the recetipt and investigation of 166 telephone complanits. Thirty- five traffic accidents were report- ed and investigated.
STOLEN VEHICLES
Three automobiles were report- ed as stolen during the month, with recovery being made in each case. Of the eleven bicycles '01- en, eight had been recovered and returned to their owners. Fifty-four prisoners were trans ported from the Police Court to Queen's‘ County Jail and mine in the reverse direction. A total of 22 transients were given over night accomodation in the police cells. 1 In addition to the fines and costs collected by the City Po- lice Court, the department col- lected $276.50 during Jantary. This amount covered minor traf- fic violations, meter permits and rentals.
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BLAST TAKES FINGERS
'SAN,BERNARDINO, c alif. I (AP) — Terry James Burns, 13, lost the tips of three fingers in
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, Transportation to the polls provided. I ‘ if‘ desired.
EDWIN c. JOHNSTONE
‘ -is still the Great Physician and
said 5!. Paul: “Do you not
that your bodies are meni- Passes After Long Service
bers of Christ‘.”‘ And again: “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit?... So glorify God in your body." STEADY WORK ’ The nest thing this man's converts did was to find steady employment. and in it to excel out of loyalty to Christ. It soon meant a transformation of their circumstances.
This too was Christ’s will for them. Christ makes the same difference with those who ac- cept Him in Africa, Asia and the islands of the sea. The body_is the servant of the spirit of man, but that spirit, renewed in Christ, sanctifies and so builds up the body as well as inspiring the mind and cleansing the heart. Look at the matter from another angle. In the'correspon- dence of a famous English physi- cian, a vast majority of. the in- quiries were about maladies of the mind and soul rather than about physical diseases.
Christ on entering any human life replaces hate with love, fear with faith, discouragement and despair with hope, cruelty with kindness, remorse with the as- surance of sin forgiven, and the drab dullness of unremitting toil with the joy of God‘s salvation, UNBELIEF
Unbelief, whether in a pagan tribe or civilized society, is-be- set with superstitious fears; knowledge of God is a light that reveals the universe.as friendly, and its all-powerful Ruler as‘; “working for good with those‘ who love Him.” _
Convictions of this character change the emotions and turn them in the direction of pur-1 poseful living. I 1 Take out of any life the envy: and jealousy that eats away the fibre of the heart that cherishes it, the malice that in seekiligt o injure others attacks oneself, the indifference that lets one drift with the tendencies of the time, and replace them_with loyalty to the King of Love and the will to obey:Him and bodily health and vigor will be one of the first results.
Does. Christ. work miracles of healing today as He did “in the days of His flesh?”. .. . . Undoubtedly He does. Christ His Ascension broadened the scope of His actvities.
DISEASE J But look at _ this question more closely. When Christ en- ters a pagan community, the first thing He inspires is the cleaning out of the filth that causes disease.
Where disease-breeding condi- tions are found, one cannot be- lieve that the spirit of Jesus can be satisfied with a miraculous cure here and there while. the
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1P. E. I. Swine
Prince Edward Island Swine
other provinces with the quality of the product, it was learned
last night from H. W. Clay, sen- ior livestock fieldman her for the Federal Department of Agriculture. The official figures for 1957 indicate that 54.9 per- cent of all Island hogs shipped to registered killing plants last year graded A_ the top grade that can be achieved. This fig- ure is for all hogs with the ex- ception of sows and.stags. These animals are excepted because they cannot grade anyway, and there is no point in including them. in the national average, Mr. Clay explained.
The percentage of Grade A’s in this Province, although the highest in the nation, was down from the 1$}56 average of 57.9 but it was still well ahead of Nova Scotia which was hext in line with some 52 percent of their hogs in the top grade.
Ontario had about 35 percent, Mr. Clay reported and’ Alberta
remain unchanged.
Medical science vindicates its high calling by insisting on a healthful environment and lead- ing in the measures that secure it. The zeal that drives so many of the best minds to devote their energies to discover the causes of disease and the cure is surely of God. _
The Spirit of God, with the peace and joy and love He brings, heals those troubles of the mind which so sorely afflict the body.
unto you.”
Physician responds, is‘ itself the faith, who can set a limit to His power to do for us “exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think?”
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MONTAGUE and CHARLOTTETOWN
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human "sources of the trouble
A Special Message“
from
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H. E. HYNDMAN:
. If you are on elector in ~Wurd Five and desire transportation to the
polls. kindly Call 3552!
breeders have again topped all
“According to your faith be it‘ Th.is.faith to‘which the Great.
gift of God, and, granted this‘
. Wed.,Feb.12,1958 The Guardian Page:
Lead All
Provinces In Quality
wasfln last position with. some 21 percent of their hogs in the
top quality bracket. ___
Patriot ’ Will Have Weekend Magazine Now
bonus to its readers Magazine plus a
section in four colors.
elusive Patriot ment.
of the writers on the staff of Weekend Magazine are already well known to readers of The Patriot names like "Gregory Clark, Andy O7¥rien and Helen ,Gougeon.
FIRST POST OFFICE The first post office in Canada was established at Halifax in i1755.
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Weekend Magazine is at pre- sent circulated in Prince Etlwcird Island as The Standard. but after February 22 ‘till become an ex- feature supple-
~ Weekend is a family‘ magazine and gives stories behind the news, little Known facts about people here and everywhere and facts about sports personalitites. Many
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WARD FIVE ELECTORS ..
the explosion of a homemade rocket. Terry told police he cut. off the heads of hundreds of safety matches to use as a pro-. pellent. He was, tamping the match heads into an empty cart- ridge when they exploded.
NEW DESIGN King Olav of Norway has ap- proved designs for the royal mon- ogram as it will appear on coins
and medals.
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