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MONDAY:

Major Activities At Station In Charl

By I. C. Parent

Superintendent. Dominion Experimental

Introduction

the Hurry Farm of 48 acres and the St. Dunstan's lot of two acres, were added to the Experimental Station in 1953. thus making I total of 4.24 urcs now owned by the Experimental SI-ll'lt)ll, Charlottetown These ad- ditional areas will be used for pat-titre and rtheii investigations

at the Upton Form, an addition was added to the loose-housina pole barn and a horizontal silo erected inside. This silo is a self- feeding one and. at the. time 0i writing, twenty steers are obtain- ing all of their food, both hay and silage, from sell-feetiitig racks N0 roots or grain are being fed.

The Charlottetown station has ilPPn selected to specialize in cer- eal breeding for the Atlantic Pro- iixircs and. to head up the work.

Two properties.

iii: .1 D. E Stciriiiig, M Sc, oi Narrpaii, N S, was appointed ear- lier in the year as the Agricul-

'i:'ml Research Odicer in charge T e main brteding work will in- ci-irie the devrlopment of oat va- . to 5-eptoria, com- mon rot a iud:;.ii.g and barley varieties I'PSlSial1Y. 'o loose smut. n-irlev ioint worm. barley root rot and lodzzng.

Many groups of farm people vis- i'ed the Charlottetown .station during the tear to attend meet- ings and Field Days Numerous l1'(lil'iFlll1'li.l also looked over the .'!'nlll'lf'lS. stables. poultry depart- merit and fields obtaining first hand information on the various ;ilKil9."'S now liezng conducted at the station A ronserintive esti- m.ite places the total number of vii:.t.'ir.s for the year at 7.000.

Members o,' the staff attended various coni'ei'ence.s and meetings 1”. other parts of the Maritime Pmvinccs and Canada. and the

N"l',70i"li1iPl'l(iPll'. visited Great Brit-i

a.n at the time of the Coronation i.'.d latcr visited a large number of -ir.ciilt'.iral Research Institutes :iiid a number of private .'l'L'tlfTllliUfe in Great Britain was 'iTllifi to be of a very high order rid m.'iii'.' ideas were obtained from Rcscarcli Statzons. some of ')'".cli will he ripplicrl and investi- :a'erl at the local station. During the year of i952. a sum- 'nary report giving the ni:i.i0T fiindings of the station for the ins! five years was prepared. This report is now in the hands of the printers and will be available for dis'rih:ii:n:: ear'iy :n 'he spring. In cooperation .i..h the Experi- mental Sta ins and Farms in the Ai':.nt.:' Prnvinccs. a special bul-

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Kevin has been prcpa red which gives a coiiiplete l.s: of recom- mended ii riot ms of field crops,

cereals. 7il'.(i horticiil'iii-al crops for vai':o's zones in these provinccs.

This 2 is norv brin: publ.sl'.- ed and hoped that it will be available. early in the spring and that l' will he used as a guidc it'll the sclectzoii of siiitable varieties of tlse i'.'lt':”llS farni and garden crops. The Reason

Above airraga teinperatures WOIP rn.-vi:-dccl during the winter moi: of 1.053 and the coldest

dav .i"is Fri'iiai'j: 2tid when the ii1ci'mri-iic'..cr reccrdcri lhelow zero T':'ic',e acre no prolonged cold spells"

The .s:i-iii-fall was below average and ircqiieiit. thaws kept the groiinci hrire most of the season 'l"empc:-atiii-cs during the summer

its titre lirl i' the 44 yeai zc. i'l".(l. wit higher than

. no a.mi-s pi-ct-ziiling. the sum- ml” was crol. p'.'fl?lDLifii')flll was below average

for tho months. Jaiiiiary to June.i but rliii'ii:'.' .i'.ilv and August rain was rrrordrrl oil 30 days with above average rainfall. The tem-

the fall season e exception of the

peratiircs during were normal with th the month of November when iverivzc triripnratiiim was 5 (recs above the 44 year average. The ialniali was slightly below 'inrniri1 with the inoiitli of No- .'Pf'llhPI rccordziirg oiilj.' 230 inches is compared to the 4-1 year aver- ngc of 336 inciics

Apiary The 'i;i.:i:v was increased from no ).i lot) colonies during the year,

ill preparation for a new project, ill 1954, in which hybrid qiicens prcdiiced at Price island, Ontario, are to he (”)ll'lI'lRlNl with a stand-

ard stain of iinliaii queens. Prorliictirui of honey oil the Is- land was less than produced in

1952 nzwi the total crop was 67.000 nriimris This was produced by 110 hcekrrprrs with 80') colonies.

Cereal ('ropiI

No new cereal variety recom- mendations will be made for the 1954 scason although several un- named out strains did show con- slderable promise in the 1953 yield trials. These require further testing

Acadia spring wheat, which wIs undrr large scale production for the first time, has been given high praise by practically all growers It appt'ni'5 that this variety will man ci.cc.upy the maturity of the wheat at-rcage on Prince Edward Island.

Several barley hybrids under study in 1953 have demonstrated high resistance to barley joint-

worm. The job remaining is to select and increase those plmts Whl'3i1 have high yield. strong draw. good threshnbiltty Ind oth- .-.- dc.-irrd characters.

Lodzinz, which was particularly noticeable in 1963, is one of the main problems facing oIt produc- .-rs. considerable effort is being expended by the Cereal Division, Ottawa, at the Experimental ata- tlon towards the development of stronger Itrawed vu-ietten. Al- though some progreu bu been

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made in this regard. I duue. known as black Item. is becoming In ever increasing hazard. This rlisesise causes I stem not which subjects the stem to easy break- age. This type of injury is uIuIlly confused with lodging. Breeding for resistance to black stem is ihampered by the lack of I. resist- Iant parent. An intensive search iior such at parent is under way.

Agronomy

Long term Field I-IuabI.ndry pro- jects. covering soil fertility and cropping practices, that have been ll.lnd(".' study for the put number of years were continued in 1963. lover mo experimental plots have lbeen laid down on the Beach Grove Farm during the put three years and more are being added .annually Is new areas come into iihe rotation of the recently estab- 'lished projects. The latter are concerned wih manure and ferti- .lZeI' applicaions to farm crops, and, in addition to yield, the qual- ity of the crop, particularly pota-

Experimental i ettetown Reviewed

Station

During the you. no can II.m- plu were received from fI.rmerI for soil Idvisory purposes and fer- tilizer recommendItion.s. The en- quiries regarding soil fertility prob- lems indicate In increasing inter- est in fertilizer rlquiremenu for gi-Iln. hay uid pasture as com- pared to some years ago when the interest was mainly concerned with the potato crop.

Illnltrdtion Station: mpg:-imenta of I fact-nndlng

nature. involving 974 experimental plots and comprising upwuds of

160 acres. were under study on seven Illustration Stations in Prince Edward Island Ind two

stations in the Magdalen Islands during the year These stations Ire so located that research work may be conducted on all major soil types in the province. Field ex- periments are so designed that in- formation acquired may supple- ment research work now conduct- ed by the branch experimental farms and, in turn, benefit the in-

'toes, is being studied. '1 A new project. was begun during lthe year to study the use of rock iphosphatc in the crop rotation. iThe rock phosphate is applied to isvnedes in a three-year rotation of iswedes, oats, and clover. , A comprehensive experiment us- ing liquid fertilizer as I foliage -spray for potatoes was conducted. iIThe results indicated that no sig- nificant increase in yield was ob- itained from. the liquid fertilizer. ! In pasture studies, the grazing ,of single species of grasses was icontinued. Orchard grass. meadow ifescue, Ind timothy have stood up twell undior two years of pasture. lBrome grass, which was a poor catch the first year, has improvedi soinewha', but still cannot be con-i sidered a good stand. l V, - Fonge CropI

Variety tests of corn. rilfalfa.i tried on as in 1952. Rhizoma has proved to be one of our best al-I ,falfa. varieties, both in green yieldi rand in dry matter per acre. This. variety has I. low crown, and is; supposed to withstand intensive; grazing, which should make it an, excellent pasture alfalfa. The va-I lrieiy Du Paii, grown for the firsti time in 1953. shows exceptional ability to recover after grazing or iclipping, and is being further in- .vestigated. In timothy varieties. Climax is outstanding in green) jsicld and dry matter. It alsoseems. to have desirable characteristics; for both pasture and hay, for it, produccs tail stems as well as ai ihicit leafy undergrowth. Althoughj some areas report that Climax is too coarse to produce,goocl hay,i this has never been found to bei the case in the variety tests.

In a test. of red clover planted in 1952. the first year of harvest- ing showed that Redon. a variety lproduoed at the Ontario Agricul-i tural College. is a. very heavy yielder, but produces little after- imath. It is also from 10 days to ;two weeks later in maturity thani commercial red clover. It is con- isiderably above average in yield. ,however, even though it must bci considered as a single-cut variety. 1 Lasalle, a relatively new varie ' was promising. It was second only lto Redon in yield. and matured labout the same time as commer- icial Red Clover. Lasalle is not I31

upright in growth habit as com- ,mercial rcd clover. however. and- lrould possibly prove difIicult if a ihcavy stand was to be harvested. , In the test of varieties and hy- brids of corn for ensilage purpos- es. Algonquin proved superior Is it has for a number of years. The hybrids Canada 775 and Canada 531 also showed promise.

Tests of pasture mixtures have tbeen carried on from 1962, and 'plans are laid out for I new test ,to be established Kwill include the best of the old rmixtures and several new ones. lAtts-ntimi will be given to the us". of blrdsfoot trefoil Is it pasture ion Prince Edward Island.

in 1954. This

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Ficlrl plot. and g-reenhniise tests for the purpose of studying the. iresponse of grain to different fer- ,tili7.er applications were conducted lduring the year, on several soil

types.

i The results of these tests over It period of five years have shown that under the Iverage farm prac- tices prevailing in the province substantial increases in grain yields can be expected in response to the Ippllcation of fertilizer even when the grain crop follows pota- toss.

All the formulae usod gIva I .reiItively good response on Ill ,soils; the results, however, show lthat the formulae supplying the higher amounts of nitrogen were invariably superior to those rela- tively low in nitrogen. This would indicate that nitrogen in the most important nutrient element for grain on most Prince Edward Is- land soils. No marked differences in response to phosphorus and potash were to be noted although the results of the field plot. teats indicate A slightly better response to phosphorus than to potash on the O'LeIry Ind chIrlottetow'n soill. No trend was indicated for the Culioden soil. The result: fur- ther indicate that both phosphorus and potash should be in plentiful supply on all mils, eqncislly where the grain crop is seeded down with a hay mixture includ- ing legumes.

of the many fertilizer formulae used, those Iupplying N to 40 poundI of'nif.rogen,50 to oopoundn of phoIphoruI Ind about so pounde

of pouulum per Icre were the mixtures which invariably gIve

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clover and timothy have been car-i'

dividual farmer.

Two additional Illustration Sta- tions, one located at Boisville, Grlndstone Island, and one newly established at Portage du Cap, Amherst Island, Magdalen Islands, were placed under the general ad- .m.inistration of the Experimental

Station, Charlottetown Preliminary investigations with respect to soil fertility studies

have already been instituted with particular reference to pasture fer- tilization and potato production.

Canso. a blight resistant variety of potatoes. was introduced for the first time and proved highly resistant to blight infection in this particular region. A tractor-drawn and horse-drawn horse-hoe was also introduced at the Magdalen Island stations with the view to promote improved cultural prac- tices with respect to the produc- tion of tubers, roots and garden crops.

With the view to increase, yields of cereals and improve the general quality of grains harvested, Abeg- weit oats, Acadia wheat and Char- lottetown V80 barley werevseedcd in multiplication plots for the first time at each station. This seed will be available for distrib- ution to neighfboring farmers in l954.

Managed Woodlota

In oooperation with the Depart- ment of Industry and Natural Resources of Prince Edward Is- land, managed woodlots were es- tablished at the Alliston, New Lon- don and Urbiiinville Illustration Stations. At the present time, studies in woodlot management are being conducted at five stat- ions and at one other privately owned farm. A woodlot conserva- tion program was initiated by the Experimental Station, Charlotte- town, in 1944, when in cooperation with the Dominion Forest Service, managed woodlots were establish- ed at Charlottetown, Iona, Rose Valley and Rustico. These inan- aged vioodlots feature selective cutting and methods whereby growth may be increased and tree quality improved. The frequently adopted practice of clear cutting in which the young trees. as well as the mature trees. are harvested is considered wasteful and should be avoided.

Coupled with the carelof the farm woodlot has been the refor- estation of those areas which have been clear out or where excessive thinning, disease or fire has re- sulted in an uniproductive izrowih of trees. At the Allistoii Station, 3,000 seedlings of red and white pine, and white and Norway spruce were planted in 1953. An area comprising 6.75 acres, once classed as sub-marginal crop land. is now bearing an excellent stand of coniferous trees.

Illustration Field Day:

Seicii Illustration Station Field Days lield dtiriiig the. year at- tracted a total attendance of 1,000 farmers. A special feature at each Field Day was an address by Mr. F. M. Cannon. officer-in-cliarge, Entomology Section, Science Ser- vice Laiboratory. Charlottetown. Mr. Cannon dealt with the life history of ”Common Injurious Farm Insects" such as the apple maggot, turnip root maggot. pea moth, carrot rust fly and others and gave farmers first hand in- formation as to how these pests might be controlled.

A special feature of the program It each Field Day was an address to visiting ladies by Mrs. R. C. Parent, Experimental S ta ti o n, Charlottetown. Mrs. Parent gave her impressions of the British way of life and of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The true character of the people of Great Britain wudorcefully portnyed in the topic of the address "Hearts of Gold".

The appreciation of the Division is extended to the, Provincial De- partment of Agriculture, the Pro- vincial Department of Industry and Natural Resources Ind the science Service, Canada Depart- ment of Agriculture for their co- operation in making these farm- ei-I' meetings interesting Ind in- fomiative.

The lnterett taken in Illust.rI- tion Btatlon Field Days in Prince Edward Island is evidenced by the fact that during the put 16 years. in Field DIyI have attracted A total Ittiendnnce of 16,479 farm- en.

Puture Improvement

Improvement of permanent. pu- tures by the use of chemical fer- tilizers has been an active project on Illustration Stations on Prince ldwIrd Island for I number of years. A steep sloping are; com- pelling twenty Iurel, and my

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subject to non radon. bu has established to pmnuient mature at the New London Illuatntion station for over twunty-two yum. Pasture fertility studio: featuring the recommendation: of the Can- tru Pasture Committee hcvo been actiw at this station for the put ten years.

In 1963, climatic conditions were ideal for the owth of pasture her-buo and pr uct-ion rIIchodI.n Ill-time high. with oondniud olou grazing by I lI.rgo hard. and periodlcnl mowing, the W. t e of wild white clover has been maintained even on the hcuvior fertilized plots, It I level Intoxi- mating 50 per cent of the total pasture composition. Yiolda of green herbage in tons per I.ci-0 are listed by plot treatment; for 1968 (ten-year average yield Ippeuc in brackets). Plot 1: 61 Lb. ammon- ium niitrste annually; coo lb. IU- per-phoophsto plus 100 lb. potuh per more every three your-E32 (16.24). Plot 2: 000 lb. superpihcb phate plus 100 lb. potash every three years-18.94 (16.68). Plot 3: 600 lb. superphosphate every three years-20.60 (15.43). Plot 4: Oil lb. ammonium nitrate, zoo lb. Iuper- phosphate, 88 lb. potash InnuIlly- 32.70 (19.70). Plot 6: 61 R). sm- monium nitrate, 600 lb. superphos- phate. 100 lb. potash LninuIlly-- 38.97 113.72). Plots 8 Ind 6A: un- fertilized check areas-30.71 (12.74).

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given as good result; II Hiberml and we do not consider it to be I good stem builder for moIt variet- ice.

1; a; recognised that chemical weed killers In now playiina In important part in our war against weeds. When these are combined rith sound cultural practices, they. undoubtedly have I definite place in our weed control program.

Weedlcldes available today In more or less of two kinds: those that are selective Ind those that are non-selective. The selective kinds are mostly of recent intro- duction. Within these two groups. a further division may be made classifying the different materials into pre-emergence types and post. emergence types. The weed work in liortlciilture at Charlotte-

Fertillty Experiments Pasture fertility experiments in progress at Alliston. Monticello, Rose Valley and 0'I.eary have shown that light fall surface Ip- plications of well rotted manure ill to ID tons per acre) once every three years. have not 0 y en- coura;.rccl the establishment of wild white clover, but have served to prolong the grazing period carry- ing the pasture through prolong- ed dry periods. Early spring Ip- plication of a complete fertilizer has given the highest production of pasture herbage over I four- year period.

v but some

Where permanent. pastures are town.” not cxiensive established on lowlying areas. 'xP”""””'” ” bm"”d"”:”f poo: ' drained. fall applications of pormm” hue can can in u"

The most extensive work has been

:.:I;t;:"..r.".:' :."..i:::5, ”::.: ts; o-mum utilized to advantage. Hand in ”"mm”d' The vegetable. used in

this experiment were: ' Beets: Beans, Peas. Corn and Potatoes-Different rates and times of application of cyanamid were used. The response was variable but the only vegetable directly in- jured by cyxannmid was beets.

In general the rate of 400 pounds of cyanamid per acre appeared the most satisfactory for germination. growth, yield and weed control of the different treatments. The one where the ground was prepared five dayu before seeding, and the iveedicide applied immediately af- ter planting, gave the best. results. The yield response was variable but beans and corn appeared to receive benefit.

hand with light manurial treat- ments and the application of com- mercial fertilizers is the careful management of permanent or ro- tational pastures. Illustration sta- tion operators have found close grazing vcry essential for the as- tablishmeiit and production of wild white clover.

. Where livestock fail to keep the pasture piicaperly grazed, particu- larly in early spring, periodical mowing has been a general prac- tice. Experience has proved that. where pastures are undergrazed and where grasses are allowed to shoot into head, production of herbage is greatly reduced and the l'eSUiliIlIli pasture forage is not ' relishcct by livestock. If mowing A new pmjed mine mm mm! of pastures is found necessary, this mvmmbie neinmem or calcium cy- mwzmon should be completed beg anamld and aero sodium cyanamid fore a hard stubble forms as the ix'w' was begun in 1953i The sharp ends of grass stubble prove Vegembies used wet" objectionable to livestock and they Beeisi b”"5' mm ”m.i mum" are likely to graze only on the "An Vegembies in. mm .”peH' more tender forms of herbage. mam germimned mmuumruy "- Periodical mowing not only dis- new beeu iiihich mned no germ. mumges me development and mate readily under the calcium

spread of noxious weeds but also cynmmld mieaiment

facilitates the establishment and or”. ye”! results wwld uem production of natural wild white in indie”: mm me X40 material

. , . , favors beans and beets and that :11?” so highly relished hi .6”. Granular Cyanamicl corn and po- ' tatoes. Weed control was satisfac- tory.

In im a few triIls using sodi- um cyanamid )(-5 were carried out on cruciferous plants. Weed con- trol was poor but the crop plants were uninjured.

Varml trials, both pre-emergence and post-emergence. were carried on for several years. The follow- ing vegetaibles were used in this experiment:

Poultry

The two main projects reported last year are still in operation- "The Feasibility of Selection Based on Progeny Testing" and "The Evaliiiition of the Egg Laying ca- pacity of the New Breed Develop- cd at Ottawa. namely, the Broad Breasted White". Both are co- operative projects, the former be- iiiz conducted at six centers

to I IIIII: extant onion weed control no poor. ' The nine apartment: uung vu- Iol Is I post-emergence applies- tlon gave good weed control but Iain favored only carrots and pI.rInipI. onions not being too sat- isfactory. 7

Pan-Three material: was used Is weadicidu on peas in I063 These were: Calcium Cyanunld Special Gndo. Dow'I ulcctive. Ind Onnuhr calcium Oyummld. The mm two I: poet-unergelwe cation: Ind the Cm.nulIr Calcium oyuiunld II I pi-e-emergence.

Dowis selective gave the but control of weeds but vine growth was unequal to Granular Gymna- mid.

Cxioumbea-I: Alanap-I Ind Ala- nap-3 (NIpthyl Phthalnmic Acid) were used in 1953 on closely plant- ed cucumbers. Theso were used ll pro and post-emergence aprsyl. The rates in eIch one were five pounds per core.

A1Innp-I Ind Aluup-a nppII.r to control weeds quits effectively. No injury to germination wu evi- dent and growth was excellent. When used as I post-emergence, vine growth was stunted and weed control poor..

cl-Inbu-rleI: A lI.rge number of weedicldes have been. tried on cranberries but the only sat.isfIc- tory ones to date appear to be Kerosene and Varsol. Kerosene, however, has only limited vnlueu it controls chiefly brown top Ind stunts, but does not ellmlnitte most other grasses. Varscl has proven to be a reliable weedicide under most conditions. The rate to ap- ply depends much on the age of the vines and the amount of grass and weeds present.

Amounts of 200 gallons per Icre of varsoi are satisfactory for new stands but 300 gallons or more are required for heavy grass.

The plants must be dormant. or else bud injury .will occur.

Varsol, used in oonjunction with commercial fertilizers, will retard grass and weed growth and great- ly stimulate viiie gmivth and pro- tectlon.

Blueberries: Some weedicide work has been done on blueberries, chiefly with Fsieron 215. This ma- terial controls bayiberry quite ef- fectively as a spot spray and ap- pears to be giving some control of sweet. fern and other hardwood plants.

'I'he most serious and hard-to- oontrol weed in our blueberry bar- rens is now Lrimbkill. No satis- factory control has not appeared.

Animal Husbandry A self-fceding horizontal silo is

flu sun has Ind no QIIII at ueond out I-III. zndlnb Oldiud gnu. IlfIl.fI Ind nod 'clover. stored long. Irlthvmolnuen II I preset-vItlvI in the Iowa half of the lilo. Twenty-two stun In bound in the notion of tho bun oontainlu the self-feeding allouul no Ilso being self-fed hay. All that ll rnquind to look Ifter than uwbedthomwhldaonlytnku I.fow nunutu etch (by. The Inc nu bun opm for Ibout. three wIIkIIoltlItooIIrl.v to in ooi-icludou on its iteration. Kow- avor, early impteuinns Ire thIt it will be sutisftctnry. I! you are interested. drop in at the Upton hm and no the Iilo in open- tion. I

OIIII Iihu wu Ila-Id long in two liotinontal lilol and chopped in two upruht Ind. one Inowfence Illo. Molulos wu used II a pro- Iervutlve in one liorinonttl Ind in one upright 110. The other! did

results indicate that cow: wiillocn- Iuino more total digutlbla nutri- ents (T. D. N.) which ruulta in giroIter milk production when some hay is fed with the line. 1111: project in being reputed this win- ter tc get. more information and to dctei-inlne the effect of In all silage ntion on the butter-fIt test.

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The Ayrshire herd has increased from 76 held this time last year to 106 head It the present time. An extension In; built to the pole born It Upton to Iccommodatc this increase Ind be head are presently housed in thla lmflng barn. The extension has I few improvements in construction over the original barn. one change was to raise the buck w-Ill giving more room for feed Itorsge. Logs from our own woodlot were treated with I. commercial wood preserva- tive and used for the framework of the barn. The exercise yard was paved with concrete as it was found the light paving of granite chips and tar used in the old ynrd would not last.

All the cattle in the herd are dehorned. calves are dehorned when I few days old using an el- ectric dehorncr. We have found this dehorner satisfactory in every way Ind recommend it wherever electricity is Ivallable. Another herd management practice we rec- ommend is the vaccination of heifer oalves for contagious abor- tion or BIn,g's disease. This prac- tice not only protects the health

being tried out at the Upton Fiirin this year. It was constructed in.

of the heifers kept: in your herd but also considerably increases the

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Sqdn.-Ldr. O. 1. Rare (Ibove) of Montreal and Toronto. wII one of six-RCA? crewman and two pn- sengeru who escaped serioug injury when an RCAF North Star trans- pprt plIno crashed on I runway It the Bhemya airfield in the Aleutian Illsnds. Although details of the crush were Iketchy. the plane was reported to have been heavily dam- Iged. The four-engined North star, Ittachedito the 426th "KoreIn Iir- lift" Transport squadron. based It Dorvnl, Que. was on I regular flight between Montreal and the Far East.

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value of sows sold outside the pro- vince whether purebned or gs-Ides

The project comparing mixtures of grasses and legumes for pu- ture was continued. of special interest is the improvement of the check (which was on old nod mainly brown top) brought about by fertilization and close g-rulng. An area adjoining this plot has received no fertilizer and has not been grazed. The difference be- tween these two areas is rmnrx- able.

Four young bulls are being pro- geny tested using Irtinclal insem- ination to study the feasibility of progeny testing a limited number of bulls with a limited population of females. These bulls will be proven in four years time when their daughters come into produc- tion. The conception rate achieved by artificial insemination has been equal to or better liean that ach- ieved by natural service a.vera.glng 6-5'5; non-returns to first service for the first ten months of the year For the month of June the non-return rate was 94,".

Beats, beans, peas. oorn, pota- toes. carrots. parsnips, onionI.cab- bage and cauliflower-Prc-emei-m ence treatments retarded or de- stroyed germiiiatlon of all vege- tables except carrots, parsnlps,Ind

strcicliing across Canada. from Charlottctoiiii, Prince Edward Is- land in the East to Agassiz. B. C., in the West. In the first project where White Leghorns are utiliz- ed, several poin-ts aree becoming apparent: eggs production over a

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three year period is slowly increas- ing-laying house mortality seems to be decreasing. and there in I definite indication that environ- ment has I bearing on production apart frcim the genetic constitu- tion of the bird. This is demon- strated through the use. of the same st.ra:iis at several different stations. These strains usually hold the same relative position in re- spect to production at all stations, but the average production of each stmiii varies considerably between siaiioiis.

Work with the Broad Breasted White breed continues and. while prodiiction has not been outstand- ing. their quality from the dress- ed bird standpoint merits consid- eration.

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Horticulture

Tree building studies were ba- gun at Charlottetown I.fter the severe winter of 1933-34 when many apple varieties were bddly injured or killed. since many of the trees injured sustained mostly trunk injury, it wu decided in at.- tempt the building of hardicr treel by using intermediate stems, thus. hardy craib stocks were grafted to varieties known to be hsrdy Ind these top-worked at the age of about me years to more tender varieties. such as, Macrmosh Red and Red Delicious.

Four outside orchards were uud in this experiment situated It Alliston. Belle. River, Centrsi Ded- eque and Vernon. The Allistaon orchard is the only one where more than and intarmedlste stock is used. The other orchard: Ire grafted to Hibemal only.

The Alliston orchard consists of some two acres Ind is divided into two sections. one section being de- voted to intermediate stock etud- les. The stocks used Ire I-flbernli. Osrnim Ind Antonvkn. These were gt-Ifted to Red Delicious and MI Intosh Red. A few sundown and other varieties In included.

The growth of all top-work grafts on the Hibernll stock Ire satisfactory ll'ld'WE oonslder this stock to be very suluhle for moat varieties as grown in Prince Ed- wud Isluid. The Osman hu not

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