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By NEIL ‘A. MATHESON

Last week's trip to the farms

@f several Nova Scotia straw berry growers proved'a most in-

teresting experience. It was re-

vealing the qurantits { berries those Nova Scotians can prodace on land that just doesn't eompare with what we_norn pw expect to sre vince

If any Nova Sectians tea I want to emphasize that mot belittling their so It doesn't compare, so far as out- ward appearances are concern - ed’at least, auth. what-we have come to take for n P.EJ

Several of the herr: we saw are planted on ground that is almost covered with stones 1 can't see Island crow

; @rs plantinc berries

“looks like that

But don't start feeling sorry for the ‘men from the sister pro Vince, fhev're-dninc —a— terrific fob -with- what-they hate Indeed

« Athey’re outproducing us by a tremendous margin

We have a few crowers here. f am told, who sometimes cet five to seven thousand boxes of berries per acre But most growers are far below that The

~, N.S. gfowers the Island group

visited are getting eight to 12

thousand boxes to the acre

IRRIGATION DISCUSSED

The men we- visited use frri- gation and that. of course. adds greatly to production Taland growers sized up this part of t Situation and most. I felt carded the idea of irrigat being too costly, unless -th get more money for their ber- ties.

The men te whom Tsland vist- fors talked last week, in the Lakeland and Westbrook area both are close to Parrshoro got an average of W to 32 cents per box fer their herries la et year. They sold them on the fresh market, and the markets ranged all the way from Mone- ton to Svdney They have an 4d- vantage in Nova Scotia where there are many centres of pop- ulation

Some of our growers told me an the wat to Nova Scotia ‘we would be happy if we could get an average of 25 cents for our berries."’ Here most of the ber-

_ es —. one man estimated per are sold for proce & ing. And that means 21 cents a hox. T was told ;

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By KEN (CLARK

OTTAWA ‘CP Conference table diplomacy. hecin= here Wednesday to force a stronger link between Canada and Commonwealth brethren tn Caribbean

A 3%member Canadian dele gation led by Prime Minister Pearson will meet with the chief ministers of 13 Carihhear coun tries for three days of largely private discussions have

ite the

made clear ada in developing a special re fationship with these underdevel- eped countries :

Three countries are indepnd- ent. The others are gradually shucking off th restrictions of eolonial status: British infk ence therefore is declining.

The Canadian means to fill tt. the gap are largely trade and aid

As a result the 19% trade agreement between Canada and these countries will come under review ;

Canada chipped ¢9n_9n0.NO worth of wheat flour. salted fish and other commodities te the 13 eountries last vear In return Canada got- $81.900.900 worth of bauxite for makihe aluminum, sugar. rum. fruit fuice. petro leum and molasses. .

AID INCREASES

Canadian aid to the farthhean has risen throich the veare and flow runs at $19.000.900 annually will want more &

The ‘old diplomate chestnn! about whether to-foin the Or ganization of American States fa also on the agenda Canada has heen an this ene

Migration af Carihhean pennte te Canada aise may herome a hot topic Immigration all eategories reachen » peak of $000 last vear

Bit easing —1— fro migration

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NS. Berry Output High =a Despite Soil Appearance.

have heen-in-the-agrictiture-and

_ Improved Caribbean Links ; "Te Be Aim Of Ottawa Talks —

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e leader as: the op- parties continued de- second reading of the Assistance Plan to co-

and extend existing measures.

The bill has been before the Commons far a week Conserv- ative and New Democratic Party MPs. have blocked pa» sage of the measure with peated demands: the present. $75

old age pension be Increased te »

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regularly, and make the recom- ance of moisture and ratn! mended egy pe talk-. have been dur ing, of course, about the men 7 : we visited on our trip arranged of the growing season by -Doug Kilpatrick, peeve Our grandfathers wouldnt re horticulfifrist. cognize so much of the hay .ia GEESE ARE WEEDERS ~ vesting machinery that

Among the more interesting now, but it all adds ap to ; things we saw was the weeding ‘gress at. least that's being done by geese. I've heard;some of the folk tell us for years about this. I was told i the Reese will eat the grass Ee = but not the berries. | was-'told ~ gas they are efficient weeders. But this was the first time I saw the feathered weeders a work

All of us were interested, of cours, when we heard the géese * came from Roberts hatchery at Tryon. Thev cet the goslings in the spring. turn them loose in the berry patch when the right time comes, and take them out before picking time

The geese are fattened late in in the autumn, and are sold at Christmas time So thev earn their keep as weeders. They. earn some more. when they're sold as Christmas treats

There's good news for tobacco growers, I believe in a sort of fog spray that’s available to pro- tect the crop against frost. Doug Kilpatrick heard about this on our” Strawberry trip “last -week-=

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My friend Charlie Thibert has lost none of his enthusiasm for ce Edward Island, and its agricultural potential. Charlie writes to tell me of the 290 acres of Long Strain Marketeer cucumbers 194 West Prince far- mers are growing. for him this vear Charhe is the P El rep resentative for an international ly known food. company: he real- ly believes im the agricultural potential ;

The most beneficial and lare est industry in the United States, Charlie_tells me, is agriculture,

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China's official New China 8 mes il ( adian pageant. ‘said

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has decided evacuat @si- » Falls: Grand Falls, NB, will be

Continue In Viet Nam

SAIGON AP US: alr power. continued to hit enemy targets in both North and, South Viet Nam, spokesmen reported Monday. Key. targets were a strategic oil depot near Hai phong and a missile site near Hanoi in-the North and Viet Cong guerrilla concentrations in the South

Navy planes from the US$ 7th Fleet carrier Constellation struck Sunday at the ‘Do Son fuel depot 12 miles southeast of the North Vietnamese’ port of Haiphong for the , time with the working title Circle in five days and four U.S. Ait Business Manager Kar! “Mills Forge Thunderchiefs wrecked. a said that under tertat.v>

EB IE TERYLENE and

és Coulter was .the

Miss Dominion paceant Ont. She. will be the Miss. Univ contest runner-up Marjor Sehofield 18, of Burlingto near Hamilton

Miss Coulter was Falls to take part festival when she is still in hospital there.

The nature of. her illness h: fot been disclosed

later “

For Pension

Mr. Diefenhaker 7 te

press reports Health Mintster _ MacEachen will announce $30 extra to old age pensioners whose income falls below seer

tain level ‘

The press reports had made Mr. MacEachen's expected an nouncement ‘‘as public as the sun.” But the Conservatives were against any plan involving a means test

Staley Knowles ‘NDP-—Win- nipeg North Centre) said his party too is opposed to a means test for the extra payments

David Lewis (NDP Yorn South’ urged that pensions be raised to $100 a month imme- diately, without a means test

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Contras Signed By Hedy Lamarr

HOLLYWOOD (AP) Hedy Lamarr has signed a contract to appear in a movie. It wou'd be the first top acting role since 1951 for the Sl-year-old, Vienna- born beauty

The film: A suspense thriller

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shooting woa!ld in October or November location in> Washington, D.C Miss Lamarr was last in the news May 12 when she filed a $5,000,000 damage suit against a department-store chain-for her Jan. 27 arrest on a shoplifting charge A jury ibe | her April 22 of allegations she took $86 worth | oy wall plug? of merchandise from a store Her suit charges false arrest, |Betterscall your electrician w! false imprisonment, assault and | lean eliminate these time-co battery and. malicious prosecu- ‘suming bottle-necks. tion

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(CP Canada has _ not made any formal protest to ~ France regarding that country’s recent atmospheric test of a no- clear weapon in he South Pa- cific, External Affairs Minister “Martin said in the Commons Monday

Mr. Martin told David Mae- Donald (PC Prince) Canada had already said'in the past she hoped both France and China would adhere to the interna- tional test-ban agreement. even though they had not signed it. , We still wish they hoth would.”

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