By ALAN DONNELLY Canadian Press Staff Writer- OTTAWA (CPi-Canada's vole- taking r. achinery is on the mark and ready to go whenever an elec- tion date is announced. An elaborate. smooth-running 9., tion headed by chief elec- toral officers Nelson Castonguay has been preparing itself for the last two years. "I'm ready not to hold an elec- tion in 60 days at 24 hours' no- tice." Mr. Castonguay said in a recent interview. He said he has no information as to when the next federal elec- tion will be held. It could be any time up to Oct. ll. I958. when the life of the present Parliament Parliament elected Aug. 10. 1953. expires. B ut general speculation h as been that tile country will go to the polls next June 17 or perhaps llay 27 - both Mondays as re- qillrcd by law. WELL PREPARED some 200 tons of election ma- Iel'lal were shipped long ago to returning officers. including in- structions and s u p p l l e s for enumerating an estimated 9.200- 000 eligible voters. Another 300 tons of supplies for 70.000 polling places are ready to go as soon as the election date is announced. The supplies are minutely or- ganizedoown to thumb-tacks and sharpened pencils for voters to use in marking their "x-" And for urrergencies. about 500 parachutes are on hand here big enough to drop ballot boxes and pulling suppplics to northern out- posts. Several air drops were ne - ed in the June. 1949, election which came in a year when the northern break-up of Ice prevent- ed either ships or planes from stopping at remote settlements. The cost of holding the election is expected to be S6.500.000.' com- pared with 35,000,000 in 1953. That does not lnclide campaign spend- ing of political parties and candl- dates. which unofficial reports have put at 310,000,000 or more.. Altogether it is expected to be the costliest election in Canadais his- tory. HIGHER FEES The increase in electoral office expenses is due mainly to higher less to the election force of some 200,000 workers and the addition of some 000.000 new voters since I953. Few voters realise the prepara- tions which must be made before they put their mark on the ballot paper. Mr. Casionguary. 43. heads an organization which reaches into every part of Canada except Kee- iiatin and Franklin districts of the Northwest Territories. which have no v commons representation. it also stretches abroad to Cana- dian military establishments in Britain. Northwest Europe. Japan. Indochina and now Egypt. By a 1955 change In the Election Act. wives of servicemen living over- seas were given the vote for the first time. They will vote in mili- tary polls with their husbands. The chief electoral officer is carrying on a family tradition be- gun in 1020 when his father. the late Jules Castonguay. began wor- king In the electoral office. The father became chief in 1027 and Nelson. who entered the office in 1934. succeecded him in the top Job in 1049. Preparations for the next slee- tion bcgan as soon as the 1058 vote ended when Mr- Caatonguey, C omtng Events Crokinole P a r t y. Springvais school. Wednesday. February 27th. I R u m in a g e Sale L.0.L. Hall, lied"!-May. February 27th. at 2 o'- clock. . Bintzn. filorell Parish Hall. Wed- "il9dBl'. fl olclock. Jackpot ssooo. Frcczc-out 85.00. Dance Cardigan Legion Hall every Thursday night. Webster: Orchestra. P. A. System and Can- teen service. New Glasgow and districts Jun- lfir Farmers meeting at New IIIBSROW school. Wednesday Feb- ruary 27. Special Speaker. Hockey. North River Rink. to- night. First same in sernl-Final hinc Mlle Crash Bulldogs Vs. liinsloe Hesrtbrealrers. Game time 0:30. Stats altar. iii ism if!!! if -if reviewing suggestions from can- didates and the public. began draft divisions in the technical opera- tions of the Canada Election Act. Parliament's revision of the act in 1955 w' his go-cl" td signal to order hundreds of tons of supplies for the next election. Last June Mr. Caatonguay ordered a revis- ion of polling division boundaries -normally each poll should have: Machinery All Ready For Handling Federal Election pointed since 1953 ends next week. 60 BUSY DAYS Normally an election if announc- ed day. Six days of enumeration of voters commences seven weeks before polling day. Printed lists of voters must be ready 26 days be- fore the election. A three-day re- vision of the lists begins eight days later in urban ridings. Rural rs no more than 350 eligible vote-rs.!visions are carried out by the e- Material for the enumeration of voters was shipped out last Aug- ust. A returning officer is in charge of each of Canada's 263 constit- uencies and some 200 of them. ex- perienced in the 1953 vote. will serve in the next election. A month - long scriea of training courses here for returning officers ap- numeratcr on an informal basis throughout the period up to la days before the election. Then comes nomination day. 14 days before polling day in all ex- cept 20 constituencies. in those 20 - nothern rldings where commun- ications are poor -- nominations are two weeks earlier to permit printing of ballots in time. AGRICIIITII HAL NEVIS ' P. E. I. Department of Alrlculturis Do you have a problem in main- tainlng a healthy herd or flock? If so why not plan not to attend the Agricultural Short Course in Charlottetown. The main theme this year is Animal Healtit. Lead- ing Veterinarians and livestock men will be assisting in the course. This is your opportunity to pani- cipate in the discussions and prac- tical demonstrations. Any person interested is elegl- ble to attend this Short Course. it starts Monday afternoon. March it and runs until Friday. March 15. Simply apply by w ting to either Miss R. Best. P. .1. De- partment of Agriculture, Summer- slde or to Dr. George C. Fisher, Department of Agriculture. Char- lottetown. This course is being giv- en by the Provinclal Department of Agriculture assisting the Junior Farmers. There is no registration or other fees. Why not send in your application now - lust signify your attention and-include your name and address. FARMERS WEEK The P.E.l. Sheep Breeders will be meeting on Thursday. March I4. in the morning. The Central Farmers Institute will convene in the afternoon. 'l'he Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture will meet in the evening. On Fri- day. March 15. the P.E.l. Dairy- men's Association will meet morn- ing and afternoon. The climax of the days activities will be a ban- quet at the Charlottetown Hotel. Prlus will be awarded and enter- tainment provided. It is hoped that the National President of the Holstein Fresian Association will be the guest spaker. ARTIFICIAL BREEDING The development of Artificial In- semination in various parts of Can- ada durlng the last few years has shown rapid growth. it was on an experimental basis in Denmark as early as.193p. This created wide- spread interest both within and putdde Denmark and lead to the establishment of similar units in the United States in i938, Canada I940. Great Britain 1942 and other countries. Now. twenty-one years after the first Danish experiment a well es- tablished lnsemlnatl movement exists In every country with dairy farming as a major industry. In Denmark about three quarters of 75 per cent in the national herds were inseminated last year. In oth- er countries such Is Great Britain. Sweden and Holland the portion is ugly: chlng 50 per cent and over gssatc'&hpr You Nowwsapqy-hahwyisarlr eliilhsaIssshthdrsoslsbyssvins- Gstth-arlnatcDspasisor'sssv- &P&nokdmmnuh&. - 5.000.000 cows are inseminated an- nually in the United States. THE MARITIMES The first Canadian area for the insemination of dairy cattle was established at Yarmouth. Nova Scotia. in the summer of 1940. Two or three other smaller units were set up in Nova Scotia during the war but in 1945 operations were centralized with all bulls being housed at Truro. Because of breed- ing difficulties growth was slow un- til 1951 when numbers increased to over 4.000. This year about 10.000 will be inseminated with semen from all the dairy breeds and Shortltorns. In addition to the Cen- tral Unit. one small private unit operates in Nova Scotia. in New Brunswick" is similar de- velopment has been followed with the first unit established in Mada- waska County in 1942 followed by a number of smaller units which were finally centrall1.ed.at Fred- ericton in 1950. Since that time growth has been encouraging and about 20.000 cows will be insemin- ated with semen from all the dairy breeds plus Shorthorns. Herefords. Angus. and Red Polls. The last two breeds are not maintained in the Bull Stud but semen is available. in Prince Edward island units were established in the 40's but did not last too long. Since that time an experimental project for approving sires has been in oper- ation at the Experimental Farm. In 1955 a unit was established in Eastern Prince County. The fol- lowing year eight more clubs were established and in the first eight months of operation bred well ov- er 7000. This year will. in all prob- ability. show complete coverage of the Province. It is estimated that between 15 and 17.000 cows will be ed. The Pri cc Edward Island Arti- ficial Breeding Association is a central group. It is composed of porportlonal representation ac- cording to mcmbe ship in each of the Clubs operating within the Province. This central body ap- points the Prince Edward Island representatives to the Sire Selec- tion Commlttees. There are three Prince Edward Island breeders on each of the Holstein. Ayrshire. Jersey. Guernsey. and Beef Sire Selection Committees. In addition to these duties. the Club will be more or less a guiding body for the future of Artificial Insemina- tion within the Province. ONTARIO about 60 days before polling' The first Ontario insemination will Wslmestabllshed at Waterloo Ill i9-ti; lltts was followed by Ma- " pie I9-la, Oxford and District 1946. 4 Quinte and District. Eastern 0n- n l3l'I0 and Hamilton District in I948 and Lssex. Toronto District and Lambton in 1949. These units are all firmly Cslalyligh--d pm me 0;. lord and District. the largest unit 0P9T3l-int; in Canada. will insemin- ate over 60.000 cows in this com- ma year. it is estimated that from all Ontario units a total of about 300.000 cows will be inseminated this year. THE WEST it is only during the last couple of years that Artificial insemina- tion has become established on what appears to be a permanent basis in the Prairie Provinces. The first Alberta unit was cs- tablishcd in 1944 at Olds. it was sponsored by the Provincial Gov- ernment. In addition to this. smal- ler units have been established in other centres. in British Columbia insemina- tion units were organized in I943 at Mtlner and Chilliwack. Between these two units about 30.000 cows per year are in inseminated with semen from all the dairy breeds. RAPID GROWTH it can be seen that an artificial insemination movement has grown with great rapidity in Canada in the last 10 years in' the areas of greatest dairy cattle density. While expansion may have been slow in the early years. it has greatly ex- cellcrated in the last two or three years. It appears certain that the number of cows serviced by or- tificial insemination associations will continue to increase and that the associations will gradually as- sume a dominant role in dairy cat- tle breeding in this country. PROGRAMME POINTS A successful insemination pro-. gramme in this or any otltcr area: is dependent on a sufficient con-i ccniraiion of cattle. a road sys-'. tem which permits service to be provided all seasons. a lcvcl of. technical efficiency which ensuresl a conception rate approximately. that obtained by natural breedingi and an adequate financial struc- ture. The development of icrhniques for holding semen at very low tem- peratures two degrees to I25 de- grees F. below zero). Here in this province as in other areas it looks as if the future will mean that the majority of our cows which are to be bred artificially will be done by the use of frozen semen. The establishment of holding uniis whether electrically controlled or operated by dry ice in the var- ious clubs throughout the province will greatly facilitate the service in these clubs. This will be ac- complished by overcoming trans- portation difficulties due to plan- es not flying and hold-ups from other causes. in the next few weeks surveys to determine the breeder interest in those areas where clubs are not established, will be conducted. if sufficient breeder interest is shown an lnscminator will be selected and trained. it is hoped that they will be in operation by the month of May . Artificial insemination has a great future and a large potential for the improvement of cattle breeding within the province. The 0'Leary 4-H Calf Club was reorganized on February l. 1957. at the home of Elaine Palmer with Fenton Shaw. president for the previous year. presiding. The meeting opened by repeating the 4-H club pledge in unison. Ten members enrolled for the comin year. Officers elected are as follows. President. Perley MacNeill; Vice President. Eric Phillips. Secretary. Fcnton Shaw; Treasurer. Dana MacNeiII: Club Leader. Alvin Pal- mer; and Directors. Raynall Mac- Neill. Perley MacNeill and Fcnton Shaw. The Committees are as follows. Follolllllg the opening of the Legislature yesterday afternoon. members of the Cliztrlotteiown 'umen's Liberal Club served afternoon tea to the members of the House ar.' a large number of guests. The event took place in historic Confcticrzriion Chamber which fea- tured yellow spring floral decor- ations with yellow and green ta- pers. The tca was convened by Mrs. Milton Bell. Receiving the gucsts were Mrs. I LADIE ssifvs AFTERNOON Russell Ropcr and Mrs. J. J. Trainor. Mrs. Lloyd Wellncr a n d Mrs. J.0.C. Campbell were the ushers. Presiding at the tea cups were Mrs. Fdgar iicartz and Mrs- Simon Pauli. ' Those assisting were Mrs. Hattie Gor'kin. Mrs. Eugene Cullen Mrs. G.ri. M son. Mrs. G. Bur- goyne. Mrs. BB. Jones. lilies. A. B. Cutcliffe. Mrs. Roland MacDon- ald. Mrs- Arthur Henry. Mrs, Dr. Tidmarsh. Mrs. David Zllutch. Mrs. Lester Douglas. Mrs. Edgar ....E2 .. Wltiilock, Mrs. Gordon Avard. Mrs. Arnett llowatt. Mrs. llarry Bon- ncll. Mrs. B. Earle MacDonald. Mrs. W.l-I. Johnston, Mrs. W. G. Barbour. Mrs. Dr. Barrett. Mrs- W,J. Rodd. Mrs. Albert MacKin- non. Mrs. R. I-larquharson. Mrs. Sheldon Smallwootl. Miss Lor- i rains McCormac. Mrs. Walter 1 Beer, Mrs. Cleve Craswell. Mrs. George Lcc. Mrs. Vernon Howatt. Mrs. A. Guindon. Mrs. Earl Balderson. ' Ellen Smallman and Elaine Pal- mer and Lunch Committee will be the first four names on the roll call followed by the next four consec- utive namcs. Ncxt inc:-ting is to be held on February l5 at the home of Ellen Smallman. The deadline for new members joining will be at this meeting. The membership fee is 50 cents. it was moved by Marlene Palmer and seconded by Wendell Shaw that the meeting be adjourn- ed. Cape Wolfe 4-H Calf Club held its regular meeting at the home of llerin and Jerry Howard on Feb- ruary l. The meeting opened with the members repeating the pledge in unison. Minutes of the last meet- ing were read and approved. Roll call for the next meeting is to be answered by which kind of 4-H club is most interesting. The next mceting is to be ltcld at the home of Verna and Claret- ta Macwilliams on March hit. it Reliable Fast Dependable Service by Trained Personnel Modern Equipment All Jobs Insured Against Personal or Property Damage. mwnmq Correspondence. Marlcne Palmer. F-p"tf(fCft?:'so54 e-nhdriyo-I "There are so many things to save for Li my atstlorarraenruurarrniornepuumpursuas V THE CANADIAN I BANK OF COMMERCE Idgbranehssserosscansdslsslyfssanayoq K-67A was decided to write and ask Mr. Keith Clay of the Provincial De- partment of Agriculture. Char- lottetown. to our next meeting. It was moved by Bernard O'Connor and seconded by Sherrill Barwlse that the meeting be adjourned. The Sea Crest 4-H Calf Club met at the home of Earle and Wayne Lockerby on Friday evening. Feb- ruary l5. to reorganize for the cur- rcnt year. The meeting was cal- led to order by the club leader at 8 o'clock with a good number of members and several parents be- ing present. The first order of business was the election of officers. This was carried out by nomination with voting by ballot. Following arell- ' Ann' those elected: Fr 4 A Ramsay: Vice President. Carol Pickering: Secretary Treasurer. Earle Lockerby; Club Leader. Lloyd Lockerbyi and Adult Direc-' tors. Frank Bearisto. George Riley and William A. Ramsay. Twelve members joined the club and it was indicated that others intendi to become members. The Club Leader outlined the ob- jectives and purposes of 4-H clubi work and discussed the various phases of calf club work as it ap- pllcs at the local level. such as. at- i at 1 meetings. selection and care of 1 tendance and participation (Continued on Page 15) MUSIC FESTIVAL AND MUSICIANS The rural community goes to the festival. - Professor Halfard Luccock. formerly of Yale wrote a few years ago that "What Amer- ica needs badly is more poor mu- sic." What he meant was - more music by common folk who sing and play for the sheer loy of it. Back in 1916 President Eliot of Harvard wrote - "By many teach- ers and educational administrators music and drawing are still re garded as fads or trivial accom- pllahments not worthy to rank as substantial educational materi- a'r - whereas they are important features in the outfit of every Isu- man being who means to be culti- vated. efficient and rationally hap- Slnce 19l6 many educators have like Plato. that wealth of enriching music for which we must be ever grateful come to realize. music has an important place in H-'1-ehl,";,i::";l,::',I.en:rle,a;,(bee2l!; I :f the life of the individual if he is to .pp,6Ved by me public Umm" '. be a well rounded person. and one commluion. y 3 it i encouraging trend in our day is Q toward greater participation. Rad- rsnnnn Moron TRANSPORT it A to and Television can bring us a g i -A i . but which must not be push out the deeper satisfaction which comes when the individual sings or plays an instrument. The Prince Edward Island Fes-1 tival of Music has played a lead- ing part in encouraging wider par- ticipation in music and while some Rural Groups have shown a keen interest others have been de-0 nying themselves of a privhege.l Let it be said that Rural Groups can make a worthy contribution al - whereas they are important to the Festival and can produce some pleasing music. in recent years many Rurall choirs have taken part in locali step and enter into the annual Fes- Hymn Festivals. These ought to now to be ready to take the next iical of Music. Two small choirs can teant up to form a larger sing- ing unit. especially for selections. sung in harmony. l Community groups such as Wo- men's Institutes. Junior Farmers. The Guardian Page 3 Wed.. February 27. 1957 Festival about by ths4s'particl- TheseGrvupscansingwith ' 0 Notice Effective March 1. 1957, all Is- 7 it land Motor Transport Ltd.. bus fares will be Refrigeration Repairs To All Makes i l 4 i. APPLIANCES '. SALES s snnvrcn 1.: i i i l Rewinding and Repairs ELECTRICAL Pater Electric. Phones ssts - ssu -l 1 Men's Associations can give the increased 6's. ex- lt- LTD. MOTORS Repairs , ' i CALENDAR CONTEST WINNERS 3, f ISLAND PROPANE GAS I i. E 1st Prize-Mrs. Wendell Burhos, Charlotteown 2nd Prize-Mrs. George Rogers. Jr., Charlottetown l Ird Prize-Mrs. W. C. Auld. Charlottetown 4th Prize-Mrs. Lowell I-luestls. surnrnersldis , . 5th Prize-Mrs. Windsor Campbell. Surnme side , ,- 'Window Cleaners. THIS WEEK. UP TO FRE 2 YEARS TO PAY ADMIRAL 5-PIECE CHROME KITCHEN SET I957 137 seem o no: srsssr WAREHOUSE SALE CONTINUES ALL THIS WEEK-STORE OPEN UNTIL 9 P.M. EVERY NIGHT MODELS WE TAKE ANYTHING IN TRADE nnrsront . . HOME AND Auto (0.; ADMIRAL i957- TELEVISION INCLUDING FREE CFCY ANTENNA Many other Free Gifts such as Gruen Watches and Jumbo Zoo's 139 REFRIGERATORS .95 and up .95 and up "