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iFnllnninz is a speech utvvn bv Rm E. J. Roche of St. Dunstan's I lll\'Pﬂll_\ as n l'I‘A cent agricultural cdlll‘niiolliil conference held at the PJ". Vocational Instituth

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I think rh1: is the first time in mv lif'v that l insiin liiad not been bronchi up on a farm l‘Lic problems "i inrmers mun-.1!" much more complex and d .t‘. cult tnt‘nivm nhn are or ll;i\(‘ bppn ding-Hr mi nivnd :tt 'ltc'ti than in Hinze who see them only from a didazirc or learn about them from books. movies and no‘izp'zper: in N19 \F‘Ri‘i 50A fog-c iv..qu a."ll¢l\ auarr‘ Iii" c or nt‘ Flinn the tim-

m’ mnrn' l til-IilJll' i.il' E avg; a 'tnrirlert'vtl lilc \s l Hie r and vim" imiml" an more acute l W’-

canng (l'; llll: ni'nd_ L»‘l‘il.i:‘\ ew-pja n r.:' 'o the point ‘il.i' ‘ u “nor: i; that them

£511! ,q ~11 ~15 ii-nn: ~.i th lni‘tr er; sy ,1"11_l'\_'5 in Pt'tmo l"'!r r1 that a little hci‘ri~

place. r‘.-.v- pj‘r‘tflly‘ﬂ couldn't row. with paging; at an cent: a hut: dyad weight :pil h Def :ti {ti (put: me titer formal nor tom tunnel B’l‘ll ,wt'un if. .Iriil‘n .t lilln 93-5 dam Fqimcv: (‘Allntl’ pin d‘lf‘F pf‘r‘i‘i‘zlnli :.t 7)‘i‘:p pi tr; In mqifpv- ﬁrm mitt-‘4 :Fllhiil‘ii; Gr edit-’2‘ on that liztn nr

Karin-garter .atli Q’s-nu that tarmci: .a

gl’nlhlﬁ :rl\ll|’l1\‘ Admczrcnt: .i tin can? ;aam to get it tlirmigit thﬂl!‘ head; that they are rnaw, u'nntini-Fvi l l 14 ‘|I:ll nit" dealer: and lurking pat chum nn 'i-m head and linpn flini’ Lrnivt 1.1M th;1‘ qr: rim"; lamps that the: Hare aware of the rnnchsicn.rc: w thgir immature hahai-imir‘ The 'i‘nplvrztinn v: that flier RH? not but that it'; no use in tell them The' nail iiizt ham: it) learn l’l'ID lMi‘n' ‘\.’l\‘.

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\\i l H \. ""‘ “‘ ' ‘“ ' ‘ .“‘ W PROFITABI.E wars m J Nineyear old b0 . id girls '1 ‘ ' 'nterested in farm animals. WW their habits, their feeding. their m W p l I, , , ,,.' rc \‘ow the only source of "'l'l I '1' “Hr “mm ‘11") 11““ information they have is their "‘2' m a .. I. 1 “HM, own farm on which they often N W“, “MW” " H" “An” 11, “(1' i see only poor or mediocre grade 1‘ [a ~ ‘ lgxlxjjnllmd 13nd Scaiitlc. carelessly fed. and poor- ‘I' ‘ t t' .i iiiuntm won‘t y housed They: “(Hid [0. v m. _. h,“ lid .1“. And taught that 'thete ate oi ltl . . p ,H. ‘ W”, W W] breeds of animals, other me, 31"” ‘Hfd "im “N, tiiods of feeding and housing. .. t . . , lic"l i» it liil‘ lliill'tlS Oil in and pel‘haps I p 4“ I o w‘ 1 t.‘ ..t turn. a Mum “ass of handling live~lot I, "‘1 lulu iii .: a»: {other ever had,‘ Ten-year "Ids-gar} be H‘dll‘1LHE uni . . ,. WI", “mum” “mm. . that there are diit‘nteient hints o. ' f , 7,, ; fertilizers and that diftetcnt Il'l,‘,‘,.,,"ﬂ,f. £42,"; ignitmply‘i‘needs. ’l‘ea-ch diem llOW expen- 5 ,‘u hm.‘ ,1 I [‘1 ‘ sm- it is to grow some crops.

3 Man or ruormr Beglda; our fuhermrm up have I" {get three lands of pro i p19 in Print-:- Felix-2rd l<lanrl tarry}er mm A farmers, and ﬁling: farmers u‘l’!f\ are in the proves; nf bottoming nnl'l (at m

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out of 't The\ liavnvit MM 5 come non — farmer: Thev are fading itttn it Thar an: t'cizic tant in be plated in either group jlict yet Tlipv have nn giants. no (‘Prtmntv in t h o: l 1- tuttirp, just hem: transnlanted hut rim yet harm: taken rnnt Tllt‘\ kF‘Pp a rinse eve on themzeh rs , are 2 m n make it. if thew crnilri onl," no" a Job driving: a z n n N'plnu‘ m- drivin: a roadmnrhine, or dr-va in: themail, or drivin: a? “chord — bus, or working in nnnf of thaw nmv processing plains, or m1 the p a r l: . maybpl they’ll an an ay tn Torontn next. (all

Then in have the mm - farm- . ears urndiirin: nothing on theiri mrn but (cartinnnlizing the her i lures ‘I'h‘fl’l the f a r men and fishermen need and don't mud to the point that in 1035, we had; $3.112 farmer; stirrnrtinz 30.37“, in urban r-Fnttrz, 16,7 7 of these [A (“harlntietmrn gland And} what i: Chzr'lntiatnu-n .- a dic-l .‘I‘Eb‘lllnn center. a tnwn of mer-E chants. rivil warrants and pro—E gegsmnai: lll'inz off of one aim:I ther and the farmer but all lllll-‘ mgtglv l‘\ll1E nff the farmer. 1d a; it hernma: increasingly Evident that he lust can it til cart-x, so mani‘. flier turn in the toiiris'; for rte-I h1t‘k5 on which to Start-1r! the lnacl, i "GETTING RY" .

And then we have the farm- gr; imp promo who are always "getting hr" hut \rlio ll(‘\Ql‘ gun. he he in discover a future Then read their papers

. thetr maywinos; ' y lie. out to their radios and watch their talerisinns: they take ari- ving 3w] philosophy from every Mdv. from at) one who. when he has no one else to advise, can

boil hv ti'lP tall even if it is their own hull There is alnays a dawn on the tail ahead of ilicnt, and O‘\'l'l"\0llt-‘ sn'inﬂing the bull n his nun riii'cct-m.

The farmers nith whom up are concerned hi‘re produce as mam politics: por acre as auc- onl cite in the unrlr‘l, ihcy keep an ewriiani iipo of milk cmi', (hex- raica :imrl hoof T‘wiir town. wave of production is good. But Chev st”? can’t the any future in their M‘Frriw- Why" Because.

'-r Fwy liar i‘i been site on get tlir- upper hand on their, own decliny 'l‘hcy know that, the bat-hers can 1e! tngctlwrl and rlianze the price of hair-

It5_ that d , _ I gather and chain-2e the price of upwatwnz. that dentist: can go} heather and t‘hatiszt‘ the price WN’ of “nines that the park. er; already act-9e on the price of meat that, the rota-latrines act. are price at clothing. and that1 die dealers set the price of

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The farmer inin at pricel let hv 90!"!th else and he cells at Minn u in Inmo.

.rdii '(Iiitrlt of our rural children.

i can and should he appraised in

The Guardian-The Evening Patriot

n'ould suggest that one of tho sctiiot' officials iti the provincial department of education should

man who is highly qualifi- ct production, farm management, and farm market ing: that be responsible for liaison with the provincial and fcderal departments of agr' culture. and especially with the Dominion Experimental Farm. The fruits much excellent agricultural research are not filtering.r down to the levels where they good. Our boys and girls are going through schools that are almost completer out (1 con- tact with the realities of their lives. We have men who can prepare tst as interesting and fascinating texts on agriculture as the present wonderful series on Science. Why not work up a six-year ogra . embracing grades III in Vll ﬁor each of our itiliree C(Mlill‘les, and in this ser- '~ teach our boys and girls I pittiosophy of rural lite. the es- sentials of good pl'odillt'illbil. o:

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.. , \ H, ,u, hm, good titanauement. of a o o d l: in "i 1 . itl mam marketing. Show them how good I, ' .omniiinitits our island soil really is. him ll

.,, HIM Ti”; can be well used. Show tlictit . ., .H I” “M as how our only hope of 3;", 3 lies in co—operabive marketing.

on some of the lll‘lL‘llbu-i’lllitdl AM’HH'M P‘HVT soils and how this land might

“1” "*" “ill”? ’i‘l‘“ 5‘ “Wk 3‘ better serve another purpose the si'... ' ‘ii'. i:‘ tit ziiioiiit‘t‘ llilllllyTeach them “wt 3‘“ to may“. l‘ “51"” “ll-“5": be?” l up a soil what kinds of plant

ill“ ‘if-i’l rm“ 7‘" 5WD" ll “*"l i ,' nourishment it contains and that

""“im‘” 4"“ “hi” “hm” "l" the soil can be tested to find 1"" '" "l ' “3‘” mi“ “"“ “‘l'motit what it is like. '“ 'l " ' ”' "l ""“"~' “ll” m" In a‘ll()ltll("l' yea-r concentrate

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w um, oft t.tiiitiit_' on 9mm. femhmm and “Hum. mum: .;,i .tt our minds tin": “hen machinery and hay. ' i" "l “mm” 5‘ ‘5." vesting; wok-keeping Bor fa r-

.‘l-‘ll inc this nztv 0 life. 1n the high school d” if an ‘1" i“‘""“"' lll"‘l‘4il‘1ill“n-’ over again but now it has be- \\'imt tines ll“ lxlltt\\' about farm— come a four..veair emu-33 ltiil. its Iimsihilitios. its {’10- agricultural science and special Wm“. ii" if‘i‘lllilﬂm“? ‘_provision is made for the girls.

This your; man has alictid of 15 two hours a nee too tnucit livm :t lilo in \i‘. and a ll\l'.l” to wire in a study of the rural

lo tii:.ki~_ iii "o lili) I rounder, llit‘e nltith is the only life tuhcsc

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“r of t-utii‘sc. . l'lll‘ lul‘lnt'l‘~llle boys atiri girls know?

iii}: to he ﬁxed-is more funda- in a few years our large meet- niotii ll. more within i1m' hzii im- ‘ in.“ will be a meeting of minds WN» uln :ttm‘i i'tnnt iiio sot-ond,- lillflil have a cotn-binatiou of the» who Inn»; in iw mum's ory and practice. minds llml

H-x' pg! it-nmm must Sl‘j'\'(‘ bull] llth‘ a 116“ sail on :It'nliti, "him-i \H, I! 1mm {HUM} and farm problems, minds that h...“ in 1th mp gnud life with a 4 “here put higetiher will conic genuine apprct'iatiim of all ﬁlle‘llip with a future for farmers niiinzs that are worthwhile. a, and a future for Prince Edward sat-w'i-inn life niiich comes from, lslnm.

ll'lllil': bccn able tlhe. CONFERNED TEACHERS i,lili“,'< that are \rm'tiinhile aud’ But tio do this we must have n i‘l‘.’lll_\' successful life, n'iiicttllcttolici's who are concci'ncd cnitirs only nhcrc he has been , about the problems of farmers anurtlmi rite i‘l'irl\ll of everlast-i‘ and rural lie, teat-titers who in: lmppiiicss. it must teach judge it nortiiwliiie to attend the hint how to make a good lviv- Easter Monday mee' inz. in lil< cote how to ho a potato growers to learn first- Fill‘t'f‘>’4l.lil farmer. l.ll\€‘ (‘vct‘v liaiid about the marketing pro- l)ll"‘l' mic of education, this blcnls and the proposcd soil- mie involves a multitude of ap- ' lions. ltet dcpaiitniotit of pt‘i‘lit'HPS, and itizitir pniiirs of j education employ one good than view And llt‘l‘!‘ 1 :im not ‘.]ii‘;tl\‘— to prepare the ieslis com» um only of Hip int-imit-tii zis- pile the information alt'cady pt’is oi the ciliic..itnn ltii l;iil|l available. to ~ulyuiii an all-'il} st-s liiiiig. 'l‘ltt- lllgllllltir oi ‘i\ "g in- of farm problems and farming! _: :d He ii~iit is \.i<‘i} tllf—‘ prospects for each of oiir tltrec icrcnt for lllt‘ intuit-v iliztii ii is‘uoutiities. Let this siud'y he in- lor the italic or tin» innit-~- irodtit-ed rivy iti tilie i'iti'al siiititil “'1‘” or llli‘ llihlllt‘sﬂlldll. i Si'llimls. Grade I” H1 lcasi. and His ii'vprct-iiitii-ns :lip of (hilt-ta. truth ii iii every grttdc to the cut tciilotu'. his N.tll~l;|t'lltill_~' are and of llltiill scitioul It won't be ti’ :1 (harm-cut mini-c itiittt those long until it is polling into the c.‘ in u l>l mines :iitd‘un the farms u'het'e Mont: lv'l'xltHililVl'U. rititc children live.

It is a lﬂt'l'U iziiidztiiiciiiitl life.j Mid YMMV to the regional high .1 tr..- m mum :i-tt m.- ttium that schools. I submit that these "r “ﬁlm-c Hurt H in; mutants scimol-s could have been . t illl p-ttpm- 1.. it vii, tin: t‘tcse 1~e—,mni'e economically. that they \‘..'ll(l’~' ;, u not :iiziiinhie to the ‘ could embrace larger areas. that boy iii . ~c "fill itlii‘il nuts value the Whpllipll (‘OSt mill" MW? and citiiilim s on other l‘(‘\\’.'ll‘(ls§. i b9?“ lf‘SS BUT I S‘ll’bmii that it... .-i-,i.;.,~ti.- .iy' mim- kimis (,t‘lait‘ger fewer regional high llli", \ Forth-"r niio is loft in SCIIOOlB would not serve 01] lli:tt,<"‘l‘ m ti' moi- it”. spt-rets‘ rural peeple. in fact I maintain of I‘ ll '2 tie pli!l.’.<0])ll_V . Vt' . . t:t;tii In)“; m “(tree still gtie Regional High School is too si'liit (“ii iii :t iiitiiisiviti‘ty cf llv. large and takes in too much tti'.’ .‘ii‘ifl \iil'i‘tss that is fci'c'gn “‘rl'llill'."- A”"““"" is ll‘l‘Nlt‘d it‘- ti it -' citiirninicri, cannot but 7 N br- ililllftll't} nit‘t iiic iiiilizip- pitit.~.< llil the schizophrenic, the cmptftiiss If.“ the mint of [ms- ll‘i.l'.ii]1 '.\ t.\(‘ cdiiculional back- nvtnini is l‘ll' iliz- t)t'oi'c'~'ii'n.il and the urban. \iltiise living is llﬂ"il.’ll and rum

.\'l(l so to the School, to line l'lil’ijl schwol and to the l‘t‘ﬂ‘ll'li .l' liizii school. What is the dif- fci‘cttcc l)(‘l\\("t‘l'l the cducaittot: ariitizibie to our farm boys and girls Hll’l ihc (.‘illll‘alllln availe able to our iit'mn boys and girls? I submit that our pre<e||t school program completely ne- El’V'lS to in") this dttfcrence in-to t'viiydrt‘atton. I contend. at llll‘ ~;=mi' time, that a “inr- (Willi allltl)‘.~'l‘s of the present (‘ill‘lll'llllinl for rural children is in order and that the times de- mand a new approach to the

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are proud to be associated with P.E.l.'s Farmers

buy era of

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like light of the current needs of our rural yntitih. To (i) this I

body else. And be any; that the wire of to" will he better nut In". nova

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\'allcy-Ki|r:.~l.e tutti lli‘l‘ils a not if it. is at the mpctisc of lll‘ﬂlillllil lltgi‘t siiiml. lli‘JlitII-ll senicc. (‘t'iticistits can liigili schools llllt' arc uiimdc the have bccti iciciled at holli gm‘». slumping pctiplc tire boiiiiui iiti =i‘ arm of glottal high school sysicm grow

boys and :lll.\ \llt‘lltlill‘.’ too much cism is that in a couple oi cases ‘of llli'll' liics on l)li\>t‘3 non. but'caut'utic ci\il M‘I‘VaIl‘S suc- The aduxiiiuu's of tie srhimitcecded in L’l'lllll! loo much ei- at'e hcitt: cit»; by the liard- ‘ {icieitcy at the t‘xiit‘lht‘ of avail- sliips .ii\o!it-d iit .ii-i‘:tr_' in ii.

rices - sure cure for farmin g ills;

trite Bt‘lliiNl iil'tu 'l‘itc Tine. l‘zlllll'lf‘llvl'y is a t‘uic tilting btititot'y program is not the Bit-,slmu-n ho“ lung “9 clushe responsibilttn of tiicsr "d schmtls. Mir DI‘PNI‘aliUII l0" "l‘idiansi' llo MW) kiinn thtii thci‘c ' - [i 15 “Vim “'05? “h” is a point at niaxuiiutn yield per ' tarnicis Hillsl WIN“. ii in ncrc‘.’ llon' illml)‘ afllllllnilril to these centers that our fai'lll- acres niil be nccdcd in the next

of vill' crtitiicitts for Hing (\iit‘

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itirolvctticnii, not to stir l)(‘_\tllltl up, Those criticisms are not :1 the rcuson-znbic rout-h or our boy..- juslmm, The nu;pr spent has and Q‘ll‘lA. \l't- ituic too many been ncll spent, \ly only (‘l‘lll-

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s mus , . ~ince Edward Island farmers from? Someone has

lil‘lt- walls'of those wry Why ""1 us“ the Emd land ' 'lhey constitute only MP9 and a" present “my nict's n'ho a-i'c existing on it.” do nothing. lit-ire our boys and girls lii't‘n nit-rs arc to continue in he the

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manta d In malady, monopolies. the victims of ver- tical integratitm. tihe serfs of = absentee landlords? To work the. frustration out the farmer.

For All Your

0 Servtce for the regional schools. Get .i'a-rming and education togedier. on and start at the top and at the

Hiletblc. btit not only because of'

FARM IMPLEMENTS vicious nutrkctinu conditions, but also because not enough of

l is top quality Lin-s than 10 see

per cool of our beef is top grade

(mill! to a pttol‘ hmvi breed of

animal and also because of poor

finish. Do our bins and gm.»

kti'in' hon liaixlil is to Hi”! a Bracklt-y Pl. Road

profit on llf‘l‘l if it is kept ovci‘ . ‘ . Dial 4-6423

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| Me V pare to feed 1') million (‘aiia—

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brought. it illt‘ suzucsict'. it won it u-il be me. retmmaqim] of wampmnd.

.tiro \rinicrs'.‘ it so ong since lll(‘ impcrtuticc of speed lll “may Clan-Pd “M and "h? n.”— finisiiing hogs licqati to get

donn to the grass roots level.

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TOTHE FARMERS OF P. E. I.

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S. C. Wright

Deputy Minister of Agriculture

Hon. Andrew B. McRoe

Minister of Agriculture

DR. H. H. KELLY E. w. ADAMS

Dirccior oi \'ctcritt.iry Servich

BILL STERNS

Horticulturist

Cyril Conick Dairy Fieldman

Ila .‘itl Ward Economist

David Rogcrs Agronomist

4-H Hubs and the “omen's Institutes form an in- tegral part of the farming community. The directors of these groups stimulate the interest and guide thl activities of the members of the organizations.

Acting Dairy Superintendent

REID SANGSTER Director of Resotirccs Development k Marketing

THERESA MncLEO“ Director of Women" Institute!

L. W. ROPER

Dil‘cCtol' of Livestock

5v v~m yon-M”?

"I'llt‘llle Liteklet i or Prince (‘0.

John Mnclloititld

llcsourct a lie r clopm c M

Gordon Ripley

Jack (‘handlcr

King's Co.

Peacock

Qucctt's Co.

David Resources Development Your county representative is your direct contact with the Department of Agriculture. He is in close touch with the prevailing conditions in your own locality. His experience and knowledge can be of value to you as a farmer.

Gerald Johnston. Poultry l-‘ieldman

Scott Coffin J. W. Glennie Dairy Fleidmn Dairy Flcldmnlt

.1. L, Mat-Enchcrn Allan (‘I

Richard (lurlcy

ow Dairy l-‘ieldman Di! lry Fieldman

Dairy Fieldmnn

The fieldmen are well qualified and experienced in the vnrlmis aspects of agriculture. The." keep up-to-daie on the latest farming methods and experiments. Their jolt is to make this information aiailable to you.

PHONE 894-8529 to arrange an appointment with the representative of your choice.

Dept. of Agriculture

CHARLOTTETOWN

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

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