By NEIL A. MATHESON

The price of pork hete is $32.09| per hundred pounds for grade A} carcasses, and $31.90 for grade B, The Guardian Bas told yes: terday. This represents a sharp drop.from, the $41.75 that was being. paid for grade A carcass: es not-so long ago

The average price for Grade A carcasses through !945 was $32.30, Livestock Director David Peacock told a group of hog pro- ducers here in mid-March.

The average price! for . 1964 was $26.70: for 1963 it was $26.50;. for 1962 the averace was $28.30 and for 1961 it was $27.50, Mr. Peacock said at the time.

There's. still a fair margin of profit in producing hogs for mar-

ket. But it must be down very _ considerably from what was available in recent months to

those who were fortunate enough to be in the business in a large way. I'm talking now about the chaps who have establishments capable of handling 1,900 feeder pigs at a time, and others who also’ have large numbers of hoes. :

Hog men will be watching earefully the announcement that’s coming this. week on car- cass prices. The price for each week comes on Wednesday, I'm told by the Canada Packers peo- ple here. |

The prediction to the hog pro- ducers was that prices this*year will be.equal to what they were in 1965,,and that in 1967 they'll “level off at around 30° cents ‘per: pound, or $30.90 per 19 pounds, which is the same thing. It will be interesting to watch how these predictions turn out. OUR FARM BUSINESS

T want to call the attention of all farmers to the “Our Farm! Business’’ series which is being telecast over CBC stations in the |

“Maritime Provinces at — 10:30 am. tod Wednesday, Thurs- day. and ‘Friday.

Today's ‘show is called ‘‘Live- | stock profits from quality for: |

atter-he had been able to announce that the gavern-

| ment was making ‘sure

dairymen would get $4.00 for milk going into manuiacture. of butter, for example. Se his story had to be. cood.

But he brought with him §

C. Barry, who is his deputy minister, J.A. Anderson who is the director-general of the research branch (that in- cludes the | Experimental Farm) and Rill Bird, in charge of crop insurance, It was an \deal opportunity for

our farm leaders to meet. with | men who direct the department |

of agriculture’s policies and se-, veral who administer the phase of agricultural activity which comes under their direction.

We had top. spokesmen the. federation of agriculture, from the dairymen's : associa- tion. the beef producers’ asso- ciation, the potato producers and the potato marketing board, among others. And, of course our minister, Andrew MacRag, and our deputy. minister, S.C. Wright, were there

This was a “golden opportun- ity’’ as several of the men: told me later, for our people tn dis- cuss subjects which are of vital importance to our province

The talk. was completely rank, yet it was on a basis of. mutual respect and the visitors were good listeners. 1 gather also that they. were inderstand- ing listeners. So far as I could gather>from=the-men-to- whom 1 talked after, the visitors were sympathetic to the arguments our people put forth.

Many important issues were discussed in the two hours or |More our. people had with the Ot- tawa men. One of them concern- ed our Experimental Farm tere and the desirability of more em- phasis being Jaid in future on livestock — I believe that’s real- | ly cattle in this case.

|EMPHASIS ON CATTLE T recall Jearning in the. past

from |

age" and Wallace Wood, Marsh- two years or so that the empha- field is the Island cattleman who ‘sis on cattle was being aoad at is ona panel. of three farmers | the Experimentaf-Farm in Fred- who are heard and seen in the ericton. The tendency, I was told,

discussion. The same panel par- tiefpate in the Friday forenoon show which discusses ‘'The use of quality forage for maximum livestock profit.’

Charlie Yeo, St. Eleanors is on the panel of farmers who wil) participate in the. program Thursday when harvesting; 3tor-.| ing and feeding quality forage will be discussed.

There are. no Islanders on the Thursday show which discusses

“How to plan a quality forage | Program and how to grow it.”

Dave Rogers and Dave Pea-|

tock —nf-—the-— provincial de=+< partment have seen these shows | in previews, and they .tell me they are really good.

“ ¢ Several farmers whd watched |

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! ia similar series about this time | last year were enthusiastic in!

their comments. | suggest that

you take an hour off in the late’

forenoon and have a look.

There are other people on the show, many of them well known professional - agriculturists.

ing some of your fellow farmers participate.

I should have added that one | an | Islander now. He's Dr. Lloyd)

of the professionals is also

MacLeod, research officer at, the

Experimental Farm,.who along | Brown, Univer- |

~ with “Dr. Cecil sity of Maine will perennial grasses,

talk about | perennial le-

gumes and annuals: among oth- fi

er things. And that is on\Wed-

veda fooaon (aI | GOLDEN OPPORTI INITIES | i

If Agriculture Minister 14 J. Greene..makes as good an impression everywhere he goes, as he-did here Friday evening and on Saturday he'll be ‘one of the moat highly regarded ministers of agriculture this country has had. Of course that's a big order, and he may never ‘reach that pinnacle of pub- lic esteem. But the man cer- tainly did win the respect. of the farm leaders who heard him Friday evening at the dairymen's hanquet. and talked with him Saturday morning at a breakfast meeting in the Charlottetown Hotel.

Luck was with Mr, Greene in that he was speaking to the province's dairymen on Friday evening, a few days

: I've |

mentioned the Island men. be-| cause you know them and IT he- | Hieve—you'lt-be-interested* in sees

was to reduce the emphasis on cattle here.

Our people were able to de- ‘velop their opinion that. this’ trend should he reversed. The minister and his top advisors - were made completely aware of the position, of the value which. our people put. on livestock in the future of our economy. sy POTATOES TOO :

In case potato men think thetr iproduct was ignored, that is not ithe: case. Potatoes were stress- led,along with livestock, as the. “bread and butter’’ items of* Is-

Jand farm economy. a capable staff of federal agrl- cultural officers here who, along men’s president, with provincial people. are looxk- guests.

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jed for oe with | members ‘of his ‘staff. It would be. difficult, al most impossible for so smany of ‘our farm leaders to have. met all of those people in Oftawa, to say nothing of the expense of travelling there, As several our farm ‘spokesmen said to me

“it'was a- golden oppoctunity”

I didn't get to the dairymen’s banquet at which Mr. Greene

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him those ‘las McKennev) top advisory Dovle, David F. Hall

Miss Jackte:

ke Zee ae 8 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Tues March 29. 1966. : The -hudges~-are Jorn Jd, Deutsch, chatoman of the Eco

and The ——

Giddings Twins, all. of Charlotte- town. The latter-consisted of a humorous ‘take-off on the Mum. singer case and I'm told it real- ly went over big It was Boyd MacDonald, North Tryon who ‘sent me ‘the advertisement in whi¢h the American man was. ask- ing for Red and White Hol-

She loaned me a lengthy his- a few quick glances that there is a really good col- ‘ame on it, though I'm not sure

yet about that color argument.:

economic thesis, essay. or novel, tory of the Holstein breed, and for example—will be, $33,000 Earle Birney of Vancouver, Mr°! indicate The other nine finalists will re- ceive $3,000 each.

John M. Keith, company pres- ident, said at“a press conference 7 that the award ever offered for a literary work in Canada, The competition is

is the. argest

nomic Council of Canada; Prot , Justice Alfred. M. Monnin_ of | Winnipeg; Claude Ryan, pub- lisher of Le Devoi, Montreal; ‘and’ Prof. Peter ,B. Waité, Hali-

Run-Off Eases

spoke Friday — ‘I did have his | ~ steins.

Competition

entited Canada—-2,000 A.D. and

mere petare it started. few items Rut thére ts ie = Pelton Arthur MacRae, new dairy- introduce’ the Greetings..came from

And that remi lady reader has

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competition is open bo all 'Canadian citizens at home abroad. Cosing date for 2,500-.

word: abstracts is July 16, 1966.

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ing after our potato needs. Premier Shaw and Mayor Cox. was supieremposed on the breed. The tO. finalists wilt be an- Fy ( PE That's why the emphasis "Mr. Greene was introduced by The idea was that black is a do erary competition on Canada’s goynced. Oct. 31, 1966. and the Bowaters Newfoundland Pulp | HOP strengthening the livestock em- Hon, Andrew MacRae. He was minant color and it producet!| future was announced Monday \¢losing date for a full-length and Paper Mills Ltd. here. | : i N : phasis at the Experimental thanked by John A. Rodd, Mil- the black and white Holstein of by Imperial Tobacco Co. Ltd.’ book or thesis ig Sept. 1, 1967. M. G.. Green, president and OPENING SOO Farm was made so strongly. ‘ton. Entertainment was provid- today. Rut. Red and White hol- First prize for the best writ- The winner ata he announced general manager of . Bowaters | 9 Fitzroy St, Ch’town Mr. Greene is to be commend: ed hy. Faith- Marie ‘Mrs. Doug: 'steins crop up now and again. ten work in French or English—-- ‘Oct. 31, 1967, , Power Co., said Monday the wa- % a 2 ee , . ear 2 . ": 7 s06lti< a 1S IS = > ( ; he ¥ x \ A I : « é j ss 2 htfsce aS

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