.2? . Education Week observed At north llustico Education Week a large muhrmor parents and ratqaayers ” .a Stella Maris School. North "590 Their visits to the class- R” '.,.,s their interest in the mfzhat is being done there was " urceof much satisfamiontoboth Tuihers and pupils. The fact that mm of the visitors were not pa- ''”,S or children actually attend- reiii school proves that the peogle HI North Rustico believe that " - 6 tion is everybody's busiiaeu". no-T-he week's activities were ter- lnalcd by a debate in which grade XI took part. The subiect .35. Resolved that. in the play. "Julllio Cacsi;u"', Mark Anthony is eater than Brutus. "The leader for the affirmative ,3; Joan Doiron with Vaunda Gal- hnt and Lois Gallant as second ma third speakers. The negative was mmeld by Marina Gallant NW0,-H-d by Carmelita Blacquiere um Dons Poirler. The speeches. charactefil-Gd by doqugncc and persuasiveneaa in- wmrsga with wit, afforded a Dill scores Propaganda -.. Continued lrom page 1 on the farm. I submit therefore, that I. my worker with a Job, setrtinle Rood wages is in a much better Position to buy good dairy products than to buy the cheapest of these nb.-titutea without a Job. Loyal Support Locally "I-would like at this time to commend all the non-agricultural citizens of this province who have stood lovlllv in swoon of our INF)? '”'duatry through the whole period. I would like to make spec- ial mention of the splendid sup- port given us by the newspapers through their editorials and other columns. "Now we farmers hear a lot, of course. about the large quantity of margarine that is being smuggled into the Province and used in place of butter. We are not unduly alarmed as the quantity” is not sufficient to make much difference in the consumption of butter. we do find the principal offenders are the poor (7) people who travel ex- tensively in their fine automobiles and bring - supply of margarine back with them from Florida or other extended tr ps throughout Canada. andthe . S. A. Now I amnotgoingtouseanywordsto condemn these people. I will leave that entirely to their'own con- i. hour of entcrtr t to zI,ewI;I1I)preclative audience. who we mgr, praise to the speakers for their forensic ability. The Judges, M11. M. J. DOYII. Mr. Allnn Gauthier and Mr. limel- Buote, gave the decision in favor of the arfirmative. A prize offer- ed to the but speaker was pre- x science. I would uy. lwwever. that any citizens living on Prince lldward Island. onlovlne our stand- ards of living and sharing our , and knowing that it is determined largely by the prosper- ity of dairy rmers. are not in my opinion one hundred per cent loyal if they persist in bringing in mgrgarine for use on their family ta le. Mint Not Relax "in conclusion, I would say we must not relax our efforts in any- way. We as farmers must produce economically the highest quality dairy foods that can be produced anywhere, at a price our people can afford to pay for them. We must also keep up our advertising programme and increase the con- sumption of these fine dairy foods in Canada. And to contimie to be in a position to demand the same consideration and protection as other industries. If in the opin- ion of our government the time ever comes when our industries do not need further protection, we as farmers are quite prepared to go along with the other groups. '"Dr. H. H. Hannam repeated this challenge at the C.F.A. meeting in Victoria this year, when he said: 'Once again the farmers of Can- I3 af 'iaileng-- other industries to of THE GUARDIAN. people in Canada are benefitting by protection in their own incomes and then unfairly and inconsist- ently raise a. great farmers attempting a email meas- ure of what they themselves are doing'." cry against Mr. ProfItt'a -statements were made in the course of his pres- idential report at yesterday's meet- ng. ' Reviews Year's Activities "The year 1952," he said. "has been rather an unusual year due to the closing of the U. 5. border to all livestock. back of surplus dairy cows on the farms we have experienced a sub- stantial incrcase in the total pro- duction of milk. For all of Can- ada, it has been estimated at over seventeen billion pounds. However we hope that this situation may never develop again, and in that case we are not likely (to have many surpluses of dairy products in Canada. By the holding "The real problem we have had to face in lp52 has been a sharp decline in the price of dairy pro- ducts and beef. The average price milk produced on the farm dropped 10.2 per cent. while beef dropped a total of 30 per' cent. It perhaps not generally realized CHAR LOTTETOWN that the dairy inchletry provides about 80 per cent of all beef eaten in Canada. You may readily see how these lower prices have con- tributed to an alarming decrease in the income of dairy farmers. And that is not all. Along with the de-l crease in revenue we have been subjected to a sharp increase in costs of production. The dairy farmer is being handicapped by the inflationary trend we are oper- ating under, which stems largely from short hours of labor and a wage rate in industry with which the dairy industry cannot compete. There is no hope whatever. as far as I can see, that this situation of short hours and high pay in in- dustry is going to be discontinued but rather may be further in- creased. More Important Features "The dairy industry therefore cannot be regarded as a big money making industry and I do not be- lieve it will ever develop to be such. It has, however, many more important features that should commend it to our farmers, and I feel at this time of crisis we must keep these benefits before our peo- ple. In Eastern Canada and es- pecially ln P. E. I. dairylng is the one industry that is both basic and fundamental to the economic de- velopment ami security of our people. There is no better known way to keep up the fertility of the soil than by grassland farming or a. program of mixed farming with livestock as a base. ”'I”here are two immediate prob- lems facing us. The efficiency of our farm units and the protection of our industry from unfair com- petition and sale of imitation pro- ducts. The first is an individual problem. and must step up our production and lower our costs by improved methods, and general ail-round efficiency. Farmers must provide much more of the feed consumed by the cows on their own Iarms. Any farmer who thinks he can buy the feed for his cows under the present price structure at least, and have ltny profit at all, is just fooling himself. Snags "I am not going to pose as an authority on the use of silage in the dairy barn, for I have used it only one year. I do feel, however, that there is a. future in this country for the use 01 silos. I am using corn silage this winter, and it has increased my production per cow. and in that way is'low- erlng my costs. Whether you use grass silage or corn will possibly For ins. e it would never pay a farmer to gather gran over a large acreage and rot) his cows of suffic- ient summer grass and winter hay, when he could very well fill his silo with five acres under corn. Conditions on our farms is pos- sible to know by the first of June if you have sufficient grass in sight. If you decide that gram will be scarce there is still time to plow your land and grow a good crop of corn. Loafing Barns "We hear agreat deal today about loafing barns, and I have seen a number of them. I am still not convinced that this sys- tem will solve many of our prob- lems. I am not even sure that we can winter high-producing dairy cows in this cool. damp Eastern climate, with a cheaply construct- ed barn. In other words, the loaf- ing barn will solve some problems but will inevitably bring others with it one farmer on the Pacific Coast, with a fine herd of dairy cattle says you need more ex- perienoed help to look after milk- ing cows in a pen barn. 'iIn any farm program of econ- omical milk production, we must place sufficient importance on PAGE SEVEN quality herd sires producing cows effective ways from heavy is one of the most of improving the type and irlcreuing the average production of your herd. This again, should be a very practrcal way of lower"r production costs. Milk Plants "The erection of powdered milk plants in the province should en- courage greater should return to greater net income. in this day throughout the era are hardly such large quantities their livestock production. and the former a It does seem, or food shortages world. that farm- Juatified in feeding of milk to when children are so greatly in need of it. "Having taken advantage 0! all available information and research in connection with the raising d feed on the farm and the produc- tion of milk in have to face coll the barn. we ltill actively the grant- cct immediate threat to our dairy industry, that is the threat of cheap cits replacing butterfat. and substitutes whic h do not contain any dairy products. The loss last year alone to the dairy farmers of Canada was very large sum been used to buy machinery and the herd sire. Along with proper feeding and care, the use of high on our modern over 350,000,000. a which could have the necessary equipment needed farms." wipe off all tariff protection in- eluding all restrictions on the im- migration of industrial workers. and agriculture will be very happy to do likewise. Time and time again Oanadian farmers have thrown out this challenge-yet no one takes it up The plain truth sented by Mrs. M. J. Doyle to Oarmelita Blacqulere. 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