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Ttfiflihl 1940 "the beat year on record with respect to crops and weather to harvest them,“ Presi- dent Louis O'Connor of the PEI. Federation of Agriculture also was able to report, at yesterday's an- nual meeting of the organization, a substantial increase in Federa- tion membership in this Province during the year.

“The yield, per acre of potatoes," Mr. O‘Oonnor said, “was the larg. est in history. Unfortunately, some varieties, particularly, Green Mountains were hard hit by blight. lt has been proven over ‘the years that proper spraying methods for Green Mountain potatoes. accord- ing to the season is crop insur- ance. Too many of our farmers fail to realize this. Next Spring, there may be a danger that many will change to Sebagoes and per- haps over supply the market that there is at present for good Selbago seed.

“The quality and quantity of all other crops and farm products was well maintained in compari- son with the previous year which was also a banner year." Reviewing the present position of farmers with regard to prices, cost of living and production, Mr. O'Connor said: “Eggs and pork have taken a sharp drop in recent weeks. Lt the new contract with Britain for cheese is much below last year's level, it will have a tendency to undermine the Dairy industry, which is the cornerstone of agriculture. At the same time. cost of feed, machinery and every- thing the farmer and his family have to have — is stmdily going higher. All this means more un- employment which is a problem in itself today. If something is not done immediately to bring prices of all commodities more in line- \vllat will the situation bpiiulclve months hence’!

“We havuall realized that this time would come. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture has been doing everything possible to meet this situation by consulting and advisinlg the Dominion Gov- ernment to pass Bill 82 at the last 58551011 of Parliament. which glvcs the provinces the power to pro- vide their own marketing legisla- tion for moderate prices with long- term stability. 1 b do h “This will ony e ne w en the farmers get together and ask for it with one united voice. ‘in the meantime the C.F.A. is lasing every means in its comman 0 have the Prices Support Board mainllain the floor price on butter and put a reasonable support price on bacon, cggsalld DgEIIOQ-S I’; 1944 vernmen ear-marked a fund o! $200 mllli°l1 dollars and set it aside for this purpose. This fund or the greater part. of it is still available.

C.F.A. Meeting

"In June. as your President and CFA. director, I attended the di- rectors meeting and I.F.A.P. con- ference alt Guelph. Ontario. This W85 a new and very striking 6X- pcr-ience for me. There were 264 delegates representing the farm organizations of 26 countries. with their economists and advisers at that meeting. Twelve days were spent in studying the problems of distributing the worlds food, work- ing out exchange and currency problems and some system 0! agricultural education betwecn the different nations of the wlorld. The sincerity and ability of those peo- ple to find a solution for those problems certainly impressed me.

“A finaldoculncntoutlining plans for an International Commodity Clearing House for distributing surplus food. to be supported and financed by the Governments of both importing and exporting countries was unanimously and enthusiastically adopted. The 9.1a" received a great deal at publicity. ll. was approved by all who knew about and were interested in the distribution of the world's food. 1t was accepted by the food and agri- cultural committee of the United Nations. They drew up a plan for financing it. and agreed that ll was constructive and workable.

"However, about three or four weeks ago, at the last F.A.O. con- ference, there was sufficient in- fluemc brought to bear from oth- er sources, who were afraid that under this plan. they could ml manipulate markets to their 0W" uidlvantage. The result was the plan was altered, the most im- portant parts deleted and thrown out for at least a year. _

"In the coming year, it. will be up to the farm producers of the world to see that their respective governments take action to 60W with this problem. 01 people are starving in the world today. producing areas not sell all the food that they C!" produce. In a great man)’ 95595 we cannot get the cost of produc- tlon~no matter how effectively or well planned we operate. As "was slated nt the conference lllcro ls an average of 55.000 new people lo feed in the world everyday.

"There is not enough land in the world. according to scientists to produce sufificienl. food to fecd the people 0f the world properly if it was distributed evenly. Solne- thing has to be done audit is up to the fenners of the world to level out those international prob- lems as ‘well as to cope with local matter and to protect their own in- forests. .'

"Mter the Guelph meeting. I ac- companied the tour through West- ern Canada as far as Vancouver and returned by air at my own expense. llt was a wonderful trip and a great experience but, I re- turned more convinced than ever that. Prince Edward island has advantages and ‘possibilities that could be developed if we were

properly organized. The last annual meeting gave

THE GUARDIAN, CHARDOTTETOWN

Year 0f Great Activity In Farmers’ Federation

the du-ectors authority u; pgoqggd wllth the organization of the Fed. 913N011. and what further action was deemed practical and neces- s-"DQ We saw the need for ex- Dandlng our operations. and setting up on a full time basis, to look after the interests of the farm. ers of this province. After study- l"! the set-up and the success of farm organizations in other pro- vinces and countries. we decided one necemary factor was to have representation and a voice con- trolling the Federation right from the farm people in the rural areas. With this in mind, we set out on- an educational campaign based on school districts, and ask- ed for 1.00 per farmer membership fee. Our only contact in the coun- try was the school secretary. Where there was sufficient. inter- est and a canvass was made, the response was almost 100%. Where secretaries did not understand the need of the Federation, the re- sponse was poor and in some cases none at all.

"However, an educational 30b was done and in spite 0'1 the in- dlflference on the part. of many farmers, some rumors and whis- pering campaigns, the overall re- sponse was gratifying. Mr. E. D. Reid was appointed secretary and held this position until Mr. Mc- lsaac took over on a full tune basis on June l. An office was opened tmnporarily in the Riley Building. After getting the of- flce organized the first duties of the secretary was to prepare and send a letter explaining the set- up and "aims of the Federation to all farmers in the Province. Over ten thousand of these were senl

out.

“As a follow-up means, he then visited practically all the school districts in Queen's County and contacted either the school secre- tary or some farm leader where no action had been taken in the mumlbership campaign. As a re- sult uf this, much added interest was developed. but we had neither time nor money to follow it up right across lllc Island. ln order to finance ‘the activities and give some security to the secretary; the directors took the responsibility of

‘signing a joint note with the bank

to secure all expenditure; of your Federation. During the summer and early fall, meetings were'held at central points throughout the Province to discuss organization and lmarketin-g with the farmers.

"By the first of last November. the total menllbershi-p was about Z600 — an increase of 230 nclw members.

“Our next step was to establish a permanent organization for the future by forming County Federa- tions. Prince and Queens have been organized and if the repre- sentatives from Kings are suffici- cnt and agl'ecablc..tlicir County Unit will be formally established. at a meeting here tomorrow.

“There is a great deal of work to be done yet. I emphasize again the great need of having contacts and ivorkers in each farming school district in the Province to carry the message of farm organ- ization to our Iamicrs and to be in a position to carry their sug- gestions, recommendations, prob- lems an-d criticisms back to those who are responsible for activity, policies and work at the county and provincial level.

“Fourteen executive and direc- tors meetings were held with thrce special meetings — one with the directors of the Artificial In- semination Unit. one with the Potato Promotion Committee and one WILII our four Federal repre- sentatives held recently to discuss the need of immediate action by the Dominion Government on-floor prices. This meeting was duly covered in both Press and Federa- tion News column.

n obienu Dealt With

"One of the first problems com- ing to our attention was the dis- banding of the aflLfjcial In- seminaltion Unit in the Charlotte- town area. We were anxious that this idea be developed as it has been most successful in other Provinces. But, there was not suf- ficient financial backing and in spite of our efforts and recom- mendations, it ceased operations last spring.

“A meeting of all those chiefly concerned with eggs and poultry. on the Island was called last July. We could see that the hope for a British contract was faint. and that some action should be taken to protect egg and poultry prices this fall and winter. Fanni- ers did not seem to be interested. There was not a very encouraging

tum-out. In fact, some people laughed at the idea of low egg prices.

"Horwcver, we sent two delegates to a National Poulrlry Conference called by the C.F.A. at Ottawa and they submitted a plan for or- derly marketing. disposing of egg surpluses rtc. This scheme was agreed by all to be a solution but. there was not enough producer support to warrant putting it into effect. We are suffering the con- sequences now. At ihe time of the Amherst Winter Fair. a furth- er meeting was called of the polli- try representatives with rcpre- scniativcs from the other Mari- time Provznces and Newfoundland. As a result of this and other Maritime meetings during the year, a better understanding of the marketing and agricultural prob- lems between those provinces has developed.

Meet-tn; of Turnip Dealers

"In view of the great fluctua- tions, price spreads and imscrupul- ous dealings within the turnip market last fall, we called a meet- ing of the turnip dealers in the

Province, our directors and all

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HUNTER RIVER- CHABGE. _ Services United Church. Wiltshire ll A.M. Hampshire 2.30 PM. Hun- ter River 7.30 P. M. Annual meet- mgs January 12th. Wiltshire 1.15. Hampshire 7.80. January 13th. Wheatley River a P. M, Hunter River 7.30. Rev. Howard Otiristie hliliisler.

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farm leaders from turnip grow- ing areas to discuss the matter. llt was agreed after considerable discussion that a turnip market-_ ing board should be set up under; the provisions of our Provincial Marketing Act and the new Do- minion Marketing Act. and that it wlas the only solution to the problem. Our main dealers agreed to this and a committee repre- senlling the dealers, producers and our Federation \'.‘;.l>- sot-up 1o meet the (lovel-nment and try to have a board appointed to regu- late this turnip problem.

“A scheme was worked out in detail as was requested by the Government and submitted to- gether with a list of suggested names for the Board, which they could choose from, and a full ex- planation given of the advantages of such a board. The idea was not to restrict trade or lilnit pro- duction, but, to distribute our pro- duct in an orderly way, to pre- vent the flooding of nlankels, price cutting and consig ent ship- ping which was doing the harm. I can briefly say that there has been no response or no action from the Government in this mat- ter. There will bc a poirlod allot- ted for further discussion of pro- duce marketing later on in the meeting.

“Our recommendations of the last year to have a committee ap- pointed to administer the Potato Fund, melt with the approval of the Government. The Act was amended to provide for this com- mittee. We believe it is a much sounder set-up and that there is need for this levy, both to do a job of advertising and to pay for research work in keeping our high quality potatoes free from serious disease.

“As requested at our last an- nual meeting, we asked the Gov- ernment lo implement some policy for grading and inspecting live- stock being shipped to Newfound- land. We felt that we should not allow this market for valuable Is- land livestock to be used more or 1cm as a dumping ground. How- ever, to date there has been noth- ing done regarding this matter.

“We asked the Government for immediate action on the . B. test. Whether our efforla indiu- enced this or not. it is hard to say. However, the teat was made to our satisfaction.

Bangs Dlaeaae Control

“At one ef our meetings the problem of control and spread of bangs disease in our cattle was brought up also. and the old quer- tion of the esta-bllalunent of a Pro- vincial veterinary policy, that would take care of the needs of our livestock farmers, similar to the set up they have in New Bruns- wick and Nova Scotia. The need, too. for some instruction in live- stock first aid and veterinary work for leaders in aural comlmunltiea. A veterinary committee was alp- pointed and I am pleased to say that there has already been ac- tion on some of these recom- mendations and an encouraging report was brought from this vet- erinary committee.

"The matter of more ruearch work and control necessary in re- spect to the turnip borer or root m-aggot has been taken up with the Dominion Science Service and is stll-l in the negotiating stage.

"Assistance was given to the 1e- ral government committee on pre- paring their submission to the Royal Commission on freight rates. We were particularly concerned \vilh the freight assistance on fccd grains. Mr. Profitt wok the stand representing the Federation in this regard.

"Our secretary spent consider- able time in pro-paring a brief in conjunction with the Maritime Federation to the Royal Commis- sion on the development o-f arts, letters and science with special reference to the. development of radio in Canada. ‘There was a special brief prepared by the C. F. A, and National ifann Forum in this connection. Radio has such a decided influence on the people of this country that, to protect its independence and develop it as an extended service free from as

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“A brief was prepared regarding the Fawn Forum set-up request- ing the appointment of a com- mittee to administer this project. We felt our responsibility to hclp in the promotion of this work and agreed to donate our office facil- ities, also the time of our secre- iary to this project, if the Depart- ment would give a grant to the proposed committee to meet ex- penscs of literature, mailing, steno- graphefs work etc. Thls- was agreed to and the arrangement is working very satisfactorily.

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men‘: Association and a working algreelme-nt drawn up so that our secretary would act as secretary for the dairymen and they would pay a percentage of the cost for the use of our office facilities and stenogra-phic services. This has also turned out to be a very suc- eessful arrangement.

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of marketing developments, etn To do this. arrangements wlerl made with tlia three local papeza, who co-olperated fully and a weekly press review was released from our office. We believe thll has done a greet deal to devela] inlteraat and confidence in thl Federation. If you wills thl column continued, an ' of opinion would be here today.