” animals." " periodically have to cull I Timely Notes On Fur Farming Thanfollowinl appears in the June number of the Black For Mink Breeder: A six-point warning to u... Magazine and prospective chinchilla farmers has been issued by the Better Busi- ness Bureau of New York City. lnc.. through that organization's BBB "Monthly Memo." The points out that many "uninform- ed" persons have discovered that "unfortunately. dollars do not multiply as rapidly as these An- dean rodents." critical of "newspapers as well as radio and television networks" which have been carrying adver- tising promising "quick riches to Ihe owners of a'pair or two" of the chinchilla animals. The six points of warning fol- ow: 1. "There is at present no one accepted standard" for grad- ing chinchilla. 2. "Inferior ani- mals are frequently sold. Poor grade stock . . . . will not yield saleable pelts or saleable tweed- ers". 3. Fur auction results show "that while excellent pelt may 3e marke able at certain .'mes. pelts whic are not up to stand- ard are either non-saleable. or saleable at a price which justi- fies neither the original invest ment nor the cost of raising the 4. To maintain stand- "serious" breeders may their animals. 5. "Certain promoters offer to buy back offspring" but often at a very disappointing price. 6. Raising any livestock requires general breeding know- ledge. Raising of chinchilla re- quires "additional technical skill." the BBB emphasizes. The Black iards. Fox Magazine and Modern Mink . gBreeder is a member of the Bet- ytsr Business Bureau. '--' Two weeks ago we had part - gpf an article from the Black Fox ---'-Magazine and Modern Mink Breeder on "The World's Largest .8”.-Fur Farm"-that conducted by I Fromm brothers in Wisconsin. ' , :We did not have sufficient space apt :3." ow readers to have it in full we are publishing the remaining part.... "In 1936. fur auctions were held at Hamburg. and buyers from , all over the world flocked to .t.hat small town to buy the fam- Aypus. Fromm furs. But then, some ';.'zbf the fur trade was found slyly T"using the Fromm trade name to romote their own for business. he brothers set out to remedy jhis situation by building their -own fur factory in New York City. For a number of years. the Fromm brothers owned one of the largest fur factories in New York and another at Mer- rill, Wisconsin. There they em- ployed the best design 3 and furriers in making garments. The furs were grown on the Wiscon- sin fur farm, and stored in refrigerated ware- houses, until they were needed in the factories. Ever so often. one of the bro- thers would make a trip to New York to take care of the busi- ness at their factory. There, they watched their furs being created into beautiful coats. stoles. jack- ets and muffs. At the Fromm For Factory. the pelts were judged by the fur grader. in in- direct daylight. he graded the fur value with the hypersensitive touch of his finger tips. After atroking the fur at various an- gles. blowing the fur against the grain. smoothing it out. shaking it and by following other meth- -ods. the fur grader marked the value in terms of dollars and cents. A good fur grader can tell you just what country o fur comes from. the exact part and the time of year the for was trapped. The designer doesn't need the actual furs around to design the coat. for he knows the hang. texture. vwelght and temperment of all fun. He knows these factors so well, that he can make up a model in cambric or canvas. and rely on the competent cutters and sew- ers to skillfully produce it -in the actual furs. The job of the cut- ter and sewers is a difficult one. for a fur coat has to be carefully matched and sewed together with a mosaic of pelts. No two pelts are the same size or shape. which makes the job a tough one. The handwork alone on a mink fur coat is around I750. for there are many little jobs to be done in the making. Each skin that goes into the making a mini: cost has to be shredd into nar- row strips. and then pulled diag- onalLv. until it stretches three times its original length. Then the sewer binds the strips back together without a pucker. bump or rip. Then comes the delicate process of assembling the coat. The pelts are nailed out on a huge board according to the de- signer's pattern. Plus or nails are tapped lightly down-each individual pelt 'sometimes taking .10 pounds of pins to do the job. The dampened leather side. al- lows the strips to stretch and shrink hto uniform widths, as the pelts are not originally the same the when animals are pelted. Next, the finisher sets for work and puts yards ti binding! rnatarial into a coat. Then. when ' carefully exalninedbytheboaa -and if it doesn't meet up to his son: the areopuodasd those- fectspatieutly Thedropinailvcfuprlcea bu in years. soMtonlyaboutI5ofanor- lcropiabeiru at The bureau in ' "to complete the article and as we ' it will be interesting to our and then pelted. overcame was distemper. The only vaccine available was an English formula and this wasnfi effective. The boys took their problem to the University of Min- nesota, and interested a groupof young professors in ,roducing Immunization. The boys set up a laboratory on their farm and the professors set to work on the experiment. Their experiments and tests proved highly success- ful and produced new vaccines, which are now shipped from the Fromm Laboratories to fur ran- ches all.over the world. Dog kennels and hospitals are also found sending in regular orders. The vaccines have become so important. that they are one of the more widely used immuniz- ers in existence. The modern laboratory buildings which pro- duce the famlous vaccine are located in Graftor. Wis. Th -tromm Fu. -'arm has its own iet kitchen: where bal- BIICL cations are worked out for their nrefully fed ani ' They make up their own vitamin con- centrates and mix their own feed. When the use of vitamins was still new to human beings about 15 years ago, the Fromms were feeding them to their fox and mink. Theyhad noticed over a period of years. how the qual- ity of the pelts were deteriorat- ing and production was decreas- ing. The br there were desper- ate, and tri .everything they could think of to clear up the trouble. Then vii X A irate was added to the animal's diet. and the improvement was rapid. From then on. the Fromm brothers and their scientists be- gan other experiments. in an en- deavor to produce healthier ani- mals. larger litters and smoother giossier coats. They found the fur quality of the pelts much bet- ter after vitamins were added to the menu. The diet of the fox and mink ' a of horse meat. a cereal such as wheat. corn and oats. a small percentage of carrots and cabbages to supply needed vita- min A.. brewer's yeast for vita-' min B complex, milk powder for vitamin C. The gamble the Fromms took to produce a bal- anced mcnu was based on sound reasoning and careful research. It is still the typical Fromm pol- icy to produce finer and better animals. And now over a period of years. the original Fromm homestead has grown into 12.000 acres. The Fromm brothers have developed new methods and ap- ened new channels In raising the largest fur herds in the world. They have put an end to two of the fur farming hazards and dangers by their careful medical research. Whenever a discussion of furs is carried on. the Fromm furs are bound to be mentioned through an excellent reputation well earned. They have proved. that if you believe long enough and work hard en- ough to promote your ideals. they're bound to pay off hand- sriziely. St. Pierre Celebrates ST. PIERRE, St. Pierre et Mi- quelon (CPI France's oldest and smallest colony celebrated Bastille Day Thursday with a hen round of activity stretch- ingvlong into the night with sing- ing In the streets. The British navy frigate Veryan Bay slipped into port, past a point where cannon once guarded the harbor 150 years ago against rov- ing English ships, to join in the celebrations. A soccer ship's crew ended in a match between the and a local squad tie. Swimming, foot and bicycle races occupied the day. Bands played at night and a huge fireworks display provided a backdrop as more than a quart- er of the colony's 4,500 people packed the picturesque streets. The CBC covered the celebra- tions by shortwave for its French and English service and a TV team filmed a documentary. St. Pierre is 12 miles off the south coast of Newfoundland. Toke New Stop , Towards Ouod dy Proiecl Survey tidal power project between Maine and New Brunswick. The Senate previously had voted the survey. It would be made by the International Joint Commission on U. S.-Canadian waters. Engineers, in a preliminary sur- vey. have determined that dam- ming of the high tides in the 'Quoddy area is possible. The sur- vey now sought to determine whether the cost of the project would permit production of hydro- electric power at a price that is economically feasible. gt! llndand and Canada will ties on future those areas" "V (Rep. He.) said he rules committee thsmeasun foredonu-easadjonrna. INCLUDED IN BUDGET President Eisenhowe 's budget for this fiscal year includes 81.000,- am to initiate the survey. An au- thorization is necessary before ap- pro rlntions may be made. e senate foreign relations committee. in approving the sur- vey authorization, said that it "will Britain make knowledge a significant contribution to of the potentialities of power resources ofdnoribern parts ens era and supply informs- which to these plans for economic development in Repnaontative Clifford Mcintyrp will seek early action so as to get the Home be- o'l'rAwA (cm - rt-sight ion- 10 cenadlu coasts an h tyaeropenawitl annnn toabetd.t'l'hu rates ins. whicttare kept Iaoatahwireeacfoaodcages Dxtandlllithrae feet off the contained -kssaroof.ThoV tarnis- thwar- brothers ......'v" ""'?':'i.'.”-'-......'"' " '.':.-'E..K7'n7.r "-'- or tel. w.c.r,u. NOTES . DOES BEER INTIIXICATE I began drinking with 3.! beer when! was sixteen years of age, and by the time I was eighteen I was a confirmed drunkard. I was in and out of Jail" and in and out of hospttals during a per- iod of eleven years. during which time I was a hopeless alcoholic. I wanted to stop drinking. but was powerless. I went to doctors for a cure. but they had nothing to effect a cure in me. I drank so much that I would not eat suf- ficient food and lost weight from my normal 178 pounds to 120 pounds. The doctor said I was slowly a Mac myself to death. Throu part of this eleven yearsI of drunkenness I longed for help,' but found none.' Then my mother-' put me in contact with Alcoholics Anonymous. Some of the mem- bers mentioned the help they had received from God. and this thought lingered in my mind. This I I false sense of well-being." - C wssnmoron (AP)-The liouse A D”''' MD" ""'"'""I "ll of Representatives foreign affairs wunaemi 3-3'6'J5”o'8o?' T"””if.y ?l2””"” 3 . . aurv to cot an 0 feasibility of Pauamaqsuoddy RCIICS FfOm made it easier for me to accept the invitation of an acquaintance to meet her minister.-Through the services in this church I was con- verted. became a new man, andI was saved from the slavery of alcoholic bevera s - a slavery begun from drink ng only 3.2 beer! "An Alcoholic Crutch" For his whole lifetime, W. C. Fields. "an emotional cripple who required an alcoholic crutch." fear-ed ' ..y, ' 1 and famine. During his final days a friend inquired: "If you had your life to live again. what would you like to change". His AESDOIISE was wistful and tragic: "I'd like to see how I would have made out without liquor." Success and Failure "I don't care if you make 3 109 Of money - even .a million dollars. You're not a success un- less you have a happy homc,I where your kids respect you and your wife thinks',you are the tops." -I-Ieard from a heavy drinker and a sage philosopher in a tav- ern as he raised the question as to whether he was a success or a failure! No Liquor Ads for Fifty Years Reaffirming its 50-year-old pol- icy of not accepting advertise- ments of alcoholic beverages, The LadIes' Home Journal recently said editorially: - "The Journal considers liquor- and similar items unfit advertise-I mcnts for a woman's ' . The Journal annually I-efuses 'tn print. in its readers” best inter- est. nearly a million dollars' worth of ads other magazines find acceptable. Because of this atti- tude. the Journal leads all other woman's magazines in total ad- vertising revenue, and total cir- culation." Twelve to Your Life Twenty Years from , "You. have the most important things in the world in your grasp right now - your youth and your health. Many millionaires would trade their fortunes for them. All you have to do is hold on to them. The best way to do that is by refraining from drinking, smok- Ins. and carousing. Don't put a mortage on your future. These things can subtract from 12 to 2) years from your life. Don't let them. Don't give in to the temp- tation. Fight it." - Glen Cunning- ham, world's indoor track record holder. Angina Pain'”Masked By Alcohol "It is widely -- and mistaken- ly - believed that alcohol dil- ate: the blood vessels of the heart, allowing more blood to get through. It has long been known that whis- ky would prevent or stop an at- tack of angina. "Recent tests show that this effect is due not to action on the heart but to action on the brain. Alcohol simply acts as a sedative, masking the pain wltnout having any effect on the root of the trouble. i "The pain of angina is a warn- ing slgnal for the patient to stop and rest. Alcohol's action prevents him from recognizing this pain. "The old remedy of nitro-glycer- fne tablets placed under the tongue is far superior in preventing and stopping an attack of angina than is a drink of whisky. which pro- duces its effect by creating a Spanish Galleon TOBERMORY. Scotland (AP) - The 52-year-old Duke of Argyll reported today that divers have brought up some odds and ends from the "treasure ship" Duque dc Florencia of the Spanish Arm- ada which was sunk in the harbor here about 400 years ago. The wreck was given to an an- cestor of the duke by the British government. and dukes of the Argyll line have tried through the years to discover what is in the old galleon. which lies deep in mud 62 feet below the surface of the bay. One story is that it carried a fortune in gold ducnts which the Spanish force intended to use to finance an occupation army in The present duke. who has made a hobby of fishing for his trea- sure. hasn't struck gold yet. but his salvage crew came up Thurs- day with six acabbards of Spanish design-minus swords. some pot- tery bowls which probably are water vessels. and bits of timber. There is a prospect of many Thirty Battalion sailed from Halifax England..and in their third reunion. of interest to read the exerpts from lottcrnwritten at an by Major T. Edgar MacNutt. 5. The Battalion esfained at Val- cartler Camp at 7 a.ns...l3t.h Jul!- ms and arrived at Halifax at 7.3. p.m. Saturday, lsth July. and then embarked mo strong on K. Transport "Empress of Britain. 10.45 p.m. Sunday liith. Jilly: ltilti. We cast off our lines, from the pier at Halifax at 6 a.m. to- day. when we swung into the stream we found the Transvilrl "Lapland" just ahead of in with two to three thousand men on board. Just behind us followed 1!. M.S. Drake. which. when we got .outside the harbour passed both Transports and took the load. so we now put our trust in God Illt-I the British Navy for a safe voyage to the Motherland. This is quite an "adventure" as .ieutenant Tannahill says as we do not know when a submarine,-or what Cifptaln Lou Moore calls a "Banana" host. may be having a look at us. This is a lovely night with moon and stars aglow and so very bright. The Drake is abou a mile ahead of us and the La!)- land between. Am feeling fine am so made out a nominal roll of in) Company to-day in a small booi for pocket use. The men all sleep in hammock: down below swung over then meal tables. The hammocks art put up at 7 p.m. and taken dowr at 6 a.m. When swung they are st close together that they touch one another. Major Jack Stewart and I have a stateroom between us so we are very comfortable. 10 p.m. 17th. The ocean is al- most as smooth as the Ilillsbor- ough River and I was able to eat a good goose dinner to-night. We have only the Drake with us as Escort yet,” but understand we are to be met shortly by destroyers. We are not yet in what is called the danger zone, but all must either have life belts on or carry them about with us. and the life boats are swung out on the 'davits ready to lower. We have had at station drill so that in case or! mishap all will know where theyl are to parade. There are a few of' our men sick. but not many. and I hope the weather will continue fine for the men's sake, as they are fearfully crowded. Must go be- low and see how they are getting along. The Drake had some gun practice to-day. There is one large gun on stem of this ship. . . 10 p.m. lilth. Still feeling fine able to eat a good dinner to-night. No sign of any "Banana" boats as yet. We have now got all our Reg- imental Machine Guns mounted deck. Also fifty men armed with, rifles as a Guard on fore deck. It) is dark to-nightrso can only see, lights of the Drake and Lapland. It. rained a little to-day. We passed the Olympic yesterday--she was going like the devil. - 8 p.m. 19th. Had another good dinner to-night at 7.30. We also have a cup of tea and biscuits at. We were being Wlltcd for by the Wm. The name of the v 4.30. so we are not faring badly I for soldiers. No sign of Banana boats to-day. We passed a four mast ship and steamer to-day. but both were a 'good many miles away. The ship had a slight roll on to-day at times. Although there is undoubtedly danger no one is won'ying and all are tryng to have g good time. The m n are unfortunately crowded, but other- wise fine. My men are away down on "F" deck. just on the water line. Most of the officers are on "A" deck. My stateroom is No. 12. 9.30 p.m. 20th. Feeling fine. Had turkey for dinner to-night. I-lad machine gun practice to-day. The Lapland pulled to one side to let us pass her so that we could fire at a target the Drake had in tow. We had a tug-of-war to-day be- tween "A" and "B" Companies. -We pulled them over the line in the three pulls. Each had a team of eight men. To-morrow "C" and "'D" Companies will pull. There has been quite a roll on at times to-day. , . VIEW ESCORT 11.30 p.m. 21st. Sttil good weath- at. Nothing unusual to-day. Have just seen a light on our starboard side. They say it. is li.M.S.K Ber- wlck. It is comforting to have such good company. Another light was seen a short time ago off our Port side, which I understand is from another Naval ship. We are about 1810 miles from Halifax. We have been steaming at only about an average of 12 knots. The ship can steam 17 or 10 knot.s.'There is of "worse some reason for this slow pace. Probably we are to pick up destroyers at a certain point at a given time. t 9 p.m. 22nd. Had another good dinner to-night. While the officers are feasting on turkey etc. the men below are being served with on the whole very good plain rat- ions and as decently as possible when the crowded quarters and number of personnel is considered on several occasions rabbit stew had been served to the men for dinner. This dish was not. how- ever. very appetising and a con- siderable amount of grossing took place. as the man -got it into their heads that it was rat stew they were being served with. They would point out to the 0rd ly Of- ficer what thcy claimed w e rats which. if at all. were no doubt those of rabbits. earsuowinthodangerzone. to lower and is egg; gr. -lone years after use -tosui. to out out Mr shirt I Water AII- Round Them Kvriting. Passed lo to-day. We are evidently n lougwayoffthauaualoceaulanea of travel. It 00 Midnight. Sunday lard. Am still fit and all going weu. To-day has been an exciting day. At five o'- clock this morning we began to Ipoec at about fifteen knots and rapt it until about 10.3). when we ran into a dense fog and had to slow down. as we could not see more than about two hundred yards ahead at times. Fog born! on our ship were kept going for a while. but were stopped. as I on- zieratand word came over the wireless that the liuns were after us. All this time our three ships with the Drake leading were fol- lowing a sis zag course--much like the letter Z. At about two o'clock the fog suddenly lifted and we started to speed again followingl the same zig zag course. I Just about 5 o'clock tthe ap- pointed hour) we noticed smoke and a mere speck away off on the horizon. This was H. M. De- stroyer No. 70 speeding towards us at a tremendous rate. She was in a few minutes followed by Destroyer No. 80 and then by No. 54. It was indeed a great and beautiful sight to see the" little ships racing: towards us with the flag of St.) George flying above them. Shortly after their arrival the Drake. Lapland and Empress of lritain parted company. Destroyer lo. 70 accompanied us. No. so the Drake and No. 54 the Lapland. All started at full speed for Old Eng- land which please God we will reach to-morrow afternoon. We are now speeding at 18 or 19 knots without lights. Our little destroyer is in front of us cross- ing and rccrossing our bows at an awful rate of speed. During the early evening the destroyer looked both majestic and beautiful steam- ing across our bow and all about us with her signal flags displayed. I got a snap of her just before she lowered her signal flags. I did not take my clothes off last night nor will I do so to-night. No person is worrying much about suhm lites, but at the same time it is quite a strain and we will all be glad to get into port. LIVERPOOL HARBOUR 8.15 p.m. 24th. Liverpool liar-l bour. Thank God we have arrived- safely. At exactly 9.15 by the greatl :lock (daylight saving) just op- iosite us on the shore we dropped anchor in this great harbour of old England. As we steamed up some miles into this harbour with I Liverpool on one side and Brighton and Birkenhead on the was a great sight. other it Cheering I 3.'.'.'lii'.”".'.'.."l"i.”E"ii'....l':'...'."”.'.i iiiil g:,:,s',,; ;.:;V,,g:?"'d in ether Ens- boats gave us their welcome. After I wrote you last night I went on deck and ever seen. and on deck a night of alarms and to those in command of the ship of great anxiety, as they bad word Hun, but thanks to the vigilance ' of our destroyer they could not get I a chance to deliver a blow. How that destroyer raced through- the sea across our' bow and along our sides keeping guard over the 4500 souls on board the great ship. We slipped along hanging direction at I from 18 to 10 knots until about 8 , o'clock this morning when we ran t into a dense fog and had almost to come to a stand still in a very bad place right at the entrance ti the Irish Sea-north of Ireland. We had warning that this was one of the places the enemy were watching for us.) We passed Torey Island Light on the North coast of Ireland at 3 a. m. Passed through Incestrollen Sound. which is the entrance to Irish Sea and between the Giants Causway and Rathlin Island about 9.3) a.m. in a fog. which was again a bad place to be caught in. We passed the Isle of Man at about 3.p.m. and arrived in Liver- pool at 3.15 p.m. During the whole voyage we did not see a single submarine. Thanks be to the British Navy. It is to be hoped that the citizens of Canada will in the near future realize their responsibility and contribute in some way to the upkeep of the Royal Navy. We are not allowed to mail a letter or cable home for four days. Do not allow any of these particulars to get into the press. INTO CAMP 25th. We entrained this morning and left Liverpool at noon and de- trained at Cheriton, and after a short march we arrived at that section of Shorncliffe Camp known as Lower Dibgate in a downpour of rain at l0.l5 p.m., after which we got a bite to eat and then roll- ed in for the night. on our tent floors withonrblanketa. At this camp the Battalion did much hard training and spent much time on the splendid rifle range at Ilythe. There were many long route marches and at least one good day of tactical exercises. stayed there watching the greatest sight I have mrglgz? (-t::::hw'::hich R was I” am” mvuke attended. On the walls there were which was a great improvement. shows the The upper fore deck of the Empress of Brit- ain which carried the 105th Bat.- talion overseas in July. 1916. The Lapland can be seen ahead and, picture almost invisible. lI.M.S. leads the column. The lower picture Drake shows a P (1 group of 105th officers, not all identified but probably, from left to right: George Stanway. Lou Moore, Harry Jenkins. John Stew- art. Sterling Blanchard, Edgar MacNutt, Allan Cosh. Gordon Mac- Donald, Tannerhili, Ulric Dawson, Mclnerney. J. R. Paton. Eliott' Full. Allan MacLeod. to put it mildly miserable both in quality and quantity. It seemed impossible for some reason to im- prove conditions in regard to the rations. Company.office:s were in continual trouble over the matter. and although the Colonel tried to improve matters he did not have very much success. In short the rations issued to the men were the St. Martins. Iieare lyeth the bodye of Joan Brodnox: The wife of Robert Brodnox, who had issue by the said Robert syx sounes and eyght daughters and she departed this worlds the 23rd daye of January. 1502 be- inge of the age of XXXIX years. Lyve well and dye never. well and live ever. On 7th November the Battalion Dyec At Upper Dibgate which was only a few hundred yards from a very old I often several old brass tablets. The following is the inscription taken from one which is on the north Patterns by lvttt Wyeth 590'" 8ENCt-ES I Panacea 222 This backyard set is just what is needed to make those family pic- nics a huge success. The saw-buck type of table and benches are designs that will harmonize with any barbecue setting. A hand saw, hammer and screw-driver are the only tools needed. All dimensions and assembling directions are shown with large sketches on pat- tern 279 which is 35c. Available in packets of five standard size pat- terns af 31 each packet are: Lawn and garden figures packets No.1 and 2: Home Improvements, pack- ets l and 2 ; Lawn at Garden Furn- iture. packets 1 and2. Any of these packets, may be returned for re- fund if any single pattern in a packet is not useful or as expected. Apply Home Workshop Dep- artment, The Guardian Char- lottetown P. E. I WASHINGTON APPOINTMENT WASHINGTON tAPi- President Eisenhower T u e s d a y nomina- ted Reuben B. Robertson .lr., pres- ident of the Champion Paper and Fibre Co.. of Hamilton. Ohio. to be deputy secretary of defence. Robertson will succeed Robert B. Anderson. whose formal resigna- tion was announced Monday. Rob- lldes heading the champion Pa- ertson. 47, is a Republican. Ec- per Company he also is vice-presb Unfortunately. however. the meals served to the men at Dibgate were ident of the American Paper and Pulp Association. acity restored. ANNOIINOEMENT We have installed a new radiator soak out tank. Radiators dipped in this solution are cleaned of all grease. mud. bugs, etc.. and the original cooling cap- lALLl.'l'l"8 aarrnnv AND RADIATOR svrcn Tr SEPTIC Only.- - Cl-ILMIIS For olnploto It icon - -I-m5'5-luv.-T-"J-T5. Charlottetown General Delivery. OHM?! risk: I NIWSON. Church is January. 1917. I ma "3115; was transferred to Whitley Camp and were here housed in hints. Whitley was a splendid camp. The 104th and 105th Battal- ions were amalgamated on 22nd Mines Dept. . Watching New Cool Process' OTTAWA (CP)-The fuels divi- sion of the mines department is following closely the technical "tar-char" process for production of chemically-rich tars from coal. A return fabled Thursday in the Commons for William Buchanan L-Cape Breton North and Vic- toria) said. however. that the dominion coal board does not un- dertake research on coal. This was done by the fuels division which maintained close liaison with the board. "The board understands that the division has been following closely the so-called 'tar-char' process." the return said. The division also was following coal research conducted by Dr. J. Paul Fugassi. head of the coal re- search laboratory at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. However. the division did not consider that this work had progressed far enough to form a concrete basis for study of any possible benefit to coal mines In Cape Breton. MORE BUTTER AND CHEESE OTTAWA tCPI - Production of Saturday, July 16. 1955 The Guardian Pay NEWSY NOTES E J. A. Clark. 0.8!. ' TIE PUTATO The potato is not only the most important farm crop on Prince Edward Island. but it ranks fifth among the field crops of Canada. It is the most universal vegetable grown on the farms and gardens throughout every province and territory of the Dominion, from the settlements on the east- ern shore of Newfoundland to the villages on the west coast of Van- couver Island. It is grown on the most southern point 48 degrees south latitude and in the north beyond the Arctic Circle. The Dominion Bureau of Stat- istics reports that Canada last year roduced 50,510,000 bushels of pot- atoes from 296.000 acres. Edward Island's share was 9.176- fI)0 bushels from 37,000 acres, while New Brunswick produced 10.123 000 bushels from 45,600 acres. These two small provinces pru- uced more than twice as many in 1954 as were grown , in Ontario that year. The previous year these two provinces planted 27.2 percent of Canada's total acre- ge and produced 36.8 percent of the total crop in the Dominion. These statistics are based on fields f one acre or more which does not give a true value of the potato our country where plots and patches are grown everywhere for domestic use. While the potato tsolanum tub- erosum) is one of the most import- ant of cultivated plants. and is universally grown in countries with temperate climates, its place of or- igin is not definitely known. is believed to be native to Chilean and Peruvian Andes South America. was discovered. grown in all temperate parts of South America from Chile to Col- bui they were not then grown in Mexico. Potatoes had been cultivated by the Indians for an unknown period before America was disc.;:'..'ecl. The Spaniards first found potatoes being cultivated near Quito in Ec- uador (Seville, 1553), Spanish books potatoes umbia. don of as a safegua 6 Ireland, but it was not until the grain crop failure of 1772 that they became popula plant in Europe. Some claim that this species of the large family of Solonaceae is a native of Chile. and that it is doubtful if it is truly wild any further north. Lt. Revoredo of Cusco. Peru. express- ed the idea prevalent in Peru in recent years when he stated:'”I'he potato originated here. When the conquistadores brought the potato to Europe. they gave the world a gift far more valuable than all the gold of the Incas." Of the 1200 species of Solanum only about 12 have the property tubers. This peculiar developing undergound slender leafless shoots or ches (Iuberosuml. character from the true roots by habit I ecommended them. forming of lnthe in Ontario. Prince It the in When America potatoes were and other mention potatoes. A Spanish monk. Huronymus Cor- dan. introduced potaotes into Spain. From there they were taken Italy and from Italy they were taken to Belgium. The Garten Zei- tung published in 1805. reports on page 346 that Sir John Hawkins took potatoes from Santa Fe to England in 1563. Sir Francis Drake is said to have taken them to Eng- land. in 1506. Sir Joseph Banks. however, claimed that the plants taken by both these men were sweet potatoes. Sir Walter Rawleigh grew pot- atoes in Ireland in 1535 or that he brought from North Car- olina. It may be that they were taken from Ireland to England and thus acquired the name Irish potatoes. They were. however regarded as a curiosity in Europe until late in the eighteenth cen- tury. The Royal Society of Inn- in 1663. A famine in to 1586 as a food Alvars Lunati bran- that differ in yadually swelling at he too to produce tubers. 51"! U common vegetable food. IMINI These tubers have mall! leaf 1' . or "eyes", which in duo KIA lengthen into shoots and fora" swmsofanew plant. ltbaaboa suggested that certain bacteria the soil the stimulus cause the potato plant to GGVOI underground branches that not true roots. somewhat manner of insects that cause th 3 the canes of raspberries etc.. ani way a variety remains pure. a.; each plant is developed from W lsection of the original parent plum ii The potato is described as: ” 3; perennial having herbaceous stem! 3 without thorns or prickles one t;-' many times this lengthl, "pinnat leaves, two or more pairs of lent. lets and an odd one. the leaflet entire at the margin. flowers I bout i inch or 1'5 inch'in bread-ll with wheel-shaped corolla. betn white or purple and more or tea veined. followed by globular. pm ,3 plisy fruit, of the size of larg;- gooseberries." The fruit of potatoes. generall called potato-balls. are often want ing on our best cultivated vane ties, as the flowers are not for tilized and no seed balls forrry New varieties are formed by crosr ing the blooms of one plant wit those of another. To do this. giha pollen must contact the pistil I another bloom or plant. Hundred, of varieties have been develoxl ed, they differ in the character ( , their herbage. from erect to strap I gling, - their blooms, in the size, shun and colour of their tubers. l their resistance to insect pests an plant diseases. in the length r time they require to mature. New varieties of potatoes ar always produced from seed oi tained from the potato-bails. Som years ago we were asked tosecur and forward to Fredericton. Nex, Brunswick. potato-balls from pt crops here were Irish Cobbler) and Green Mountains. We searcl . ed several fields without-findinv any. Then. remembering-.-the fu. placing a potato-ball on the era, of a supple willow branch and b l a flip sending it flying at is int -1 galls an oak trees or that still it :- three feet high". (when started I 5 a dark cellar they may attslc 13: in the size and colour ( . tatoes grown in this proilince. was at a time when the mat. we used to have as children 1' get. and that there were the . great clusters of potato-balla a Mclntrye potatoes. we loca ed'some Mclntyre potatoes an found all the potoato seed roqut ed to help in the -investiga on. A experiment was to be conducts of to potato scab. blight and diseases. Since then. manyof sort.-. have been grown in Charlottetown. On page 16 of a recall on Experimental Farm liig 1, in the Atlantic Provinces ,h information regarding "the- of this project. Some of ties that proved resistant- b causative organism, so that (I titer work will be required. '!lr bulletin is now available from an of the Experimental Stations I. the Atlantic Provinces. u LONDON (Reutersl-- copiers took off within w v the lawns of Buckingham elect the Duchess of Gloucester. tlj other, their attendants. on,a vis creamcry butter. process cheese and ice cream rose in Canada dur- the year from t'ic corresponding periods last year. The bureau of statistics reported Thursday that creamcry butter production climb- ed In 47.7l4.000 pounds from 46.- 455.000 pounds and in the first half of 1955 to 140425.000 pound from 139,653,000 last year. ATTENTION FARMERS! Donlt wait for the busy- Iseason. Check that Blow- er Pipe and have it renewed by DOLLIVER & DENNIS 201 Elm Ave. Sheet Metal Work of all Kinds. DIAL 9714 ing June and the first half of I IIPAIIS - Home, auto, tractor, born, machinery, etc. PAINTING -m House, larm build- Inga, implements, etc. O Rnaonul likes to make Inam to farmers. Cosh promptlv. Banlroble security not required. 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