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The following reports were pre- sented at yesterday's annual meet- ing of the Prince Edward Island Potato Growers’ Association:
PRESIDENT'S REPORT By Hon. Horace M. Wright
Today in reporting to you for the year ending June 30. 1948. it would be well first to review the production and prices of that year.
The crop of 1947 was reduced in acreage due to the discourage- ment of previous years’ prices and within the Canadian production may slightly in excess of the na- ti ’s demand. and with an outlet at a good price in the States, the marketing of that year's crop was not a great problem.
However during the fall of 1047 the ago-old problem of transpor- tation came‘ to light. During late November when the farmers ai- ways wish to dispose of their sur- plus. the shortage of refrigerator cars was acute. It was not uncom- mon for Island shippers to load box cars to capacity in November as late as the‘20th and ship to Upper Canadian points-this is a situation extremely dangerous to the shippers and would prove even- tually costly to the growers.
To add to transportation prob- lems. a railway freight rate boost of 21 per cent was permitted on April 8th. last. This organization fought against, ‘and will continue the battle against any straight per- centage rate of increase which places us under a. severe handicap when we must market our pro- ducts over great distances involv- ing- long railway hauls.
Another matter of importance during the year was the raising of the Potato Seed Quota under the Geneva Agreement of November 1947 to 2 l-2 million bushels. This increase of one million bushels under the low duty of 3'1 1-2 cents was a very vvorthwhilo con- cession, ns up to this year the in- creased figure would take care of all our exports of Seed to the U. S. A. It can be stated here that your Manager, the late J. W. Boulter was prominently connect- ed with negotiations leading to the above satisfactory conclusion.
The year 1947-1948 was not so profitable to us, as an Association. from s. purely financial point of view. Howeven our high volume of business was maintained and with s. keen market at all times the margin of profit n-as naturally smaller than usual. This year your directors decided to acid the prof- its to the Reserve Account. This was done and we hope it has the approval of all our patrons. The previous year it will be recalled we dispersed all our profits in the form of debentures. The total de- bcntures issued on a 10-year term amounted Ito over $50,000 and pro- vision is now being made to place $13,033 plus interest, in reserve every year as a sinking fun to take care of those debentures on matur- ity. -
Since the last ycar ended. this organization has had serious loss- as in pErsonnel. Early in August, 194B, this Province, and particular-
y agriculture lost a great stalwart in the passing of J. W Boulter. Mr. Boultsr had given long and faithful service i-o this organization. becoming its first Manager. and from s. small beginning expanded it. to make it one of the largest businesses in the Province. During the early years it was largely through Mr. Bouliei-‘s efforts that our Seed potatoes were introduced to various parts of the States.
To replace Mr. Boluter. your directors appointed E. D. Reid as Manager in August. 1948. Mr. Reid had the advantage of service as assistant to Mr. Bouiter for three years, and with a rural background and military experience we felt was qhaiifled for the position.
To bring our members up-to- date. we might say that during the fall of i948 your Association on realizing the situation facing the potato producers of this province put forth every effort to ensure that's floor was established to sup-
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port the 1948 crop and prevent our gm...- from suffering great fin- “ ancial loss. In this connection. wa find it invaluable to be able to present to Government authorities at Ottawa the growers viewpoint and this can only be done through a growers’ organiation. We can definitely assure you that with our affiliation with the Federation of Agriculture and the Canadian Hor- t‘culture.l Council this organization is well fitted to serve and our opinion at Ottawa is still held in high regard.
In nciusion. we trust that this meeting will be of great value to you today. For we have not reached the stage yet‘ where we as pro- ducers may rest on our “lsurels". We must be always alert to ‘im- prove our methods and efficiency of ya duction and marketing,- nnd today the problem of main- taining andimprroving the quality of our product in a highly com- petitive world market must be fac- ed
We shall appreciate any oom- menta or constructive suggestions you may make today towards the improvement of your organization.
Respectfully submitted.
SICRITAITI REPORT By I. D. Reid
In presenting the annual report of the P. E. I. Potato ‘Growers’ Association for the year ending June 30. i948. it is desired first of nll to review the financial state- ment which has already been sub- mitted. ln summing up the bust» ness of the year it is found that our total turn-over was 81.015338 or almost the two million dollar mark. This represent! is higher dollar volume of business than previous due to the increased value
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day which is as it should be when dealing wtth.a product that fluc- 0 a 0 tuates in price on the world mar-
kets ss do other commdditles.
Fertiliser
During the year 1947-48 this As- sociation handled approximately the same volume of fertilizers as the previous year. Farmers with experience of scarcity during war years accepted their supplies throughout the winter months and final deliveries were completed in May or early June without any great congestion. In the spring of i948 it was found that 6-10-10 was the big seller for potatoes. while 3-16-6 was the most popular mix- ture for grain. However, there was still a largo percentage of farmers using low strength mixtures, such as 4-8-10 and 2-12-6.
1f I may divert your attention from the year under’ review for a few months. I think this Ls an opportune time to bring you up- to-date on the fertilizer situation of today.
~Last summer the Maritime Fer- tilizer Council agreed to recom- ment the manufacture of higher analysis fertilizers for i940. Ac- cordingly 5-10-13 is being manu- factured st all Maritime plants and it is hoped that farmers will quickly get away from the prac- tice of ordering weak strength mix- tures and order the new mixture which is considerably cheaper ind avoids the futility of the fa mer hauling useless filler. We use to think this filler was necessary but.
slcel volume of business was slight- ly less than that of 1N6. as the crop was somewhat smaller. How- ever. your Association handled its usual percentage of the total crop. The profits of the Association were not as great as previous year and this year were added to the Re- serve Fund rather than d orsed as pawnage dividends. Wit this year's additions the total surplus account now stands almost e78,- (Ii) after all outstanding deben- tures and Government loans have been paid.
The crop year 1947 was one of the ENC profitable to the growers in the history of potato growing in the Province. The price of Seed in the fall of i947 started at 81.00 a bushel and before the season fin- ished for seed reached the 82.00 level while at the same time Tablsstocls, starting st we per bushel rose to the great height of $2.60 per bushel in late May. i948. In fact the spring price was the highest during the last quarter of a century. Such prices quickly in- dicate that finding outlets for the 1947 crop was not a difficult prob- lem. Our good customer to the south. the United States, accepted its full quota of Seed. enlarged un- der the Geneva Agreement to 2
the actual reason for not introduc- ing stronger mixture sooner was the limited supply of the basicwla- merits which make up the fertil- izer mixtures. °
Regarding supplies of fertiliser this year it is found that for var- ious reasons farmers have not ao- cepted deliveries to any extent as yet and unless the month of April shows great improvement over previous months in deliveries from the fertilizer plants it will be prac- “Cally Impossible for all our farm- crs to secure their requirements at the desired time. However it is not yet Loo late to take action.
‘Pesticides
Your Association. during the ye-ar 1947. maintained its usual services to growers in the supply- ing of Insecticides and Fungicides. We carried supplies for Bordeaux Mixture and sold considerable but the trend is quite strong towards fixed Copper-prepared mixtures. This Association handled the greater portion of its pesticides on a consignment. deal with Canadian Industries Limited (C.l.L.). This assures our growers of an adequate supply of pesticides at all times and furthermore avoids the pos- sibility of any great loss to your
value of stock held over from year to year. In studying our pesticide sales it is evident that during the past few years the farmer with his high purchasing power has not been forced to consider the cost lfactor, in this connection it is
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pointed out that those complete sprays so easy to apply also are mostly costly to the farmer and it is suggested that the time is not far distant when the farmer must of necessity be more price con- sclous. ' ‘ NOW. Mr. President, if it is in order, it is desired to bring our members up to date on some of
the matters occurlng since the end V
of the last fiscal year on June 30.
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First of all it is fitting here to pay our respects to personalities which have been an essential part of the Association since its incep- tion slmost thirty years ego. We refer first to the grqlt loss to this Association on the passing of J. W. Boulter on August 1, 1968.» The late Mr. Boulter gave to this As- sociation unstintingiy of his ser- vices sinco its formation, and largely through his efforts in the early days the value of the Island Seed Potatoes was made known to many States of the United States and other countries of the world. His reputation for integrity was universal and he has left a record of service to agriculture in Prince Edward Isltnd that will probably not be equalled or excelled dur- ing the first half of this twentieth century.
In the same month of August, 1946 the Association received an- other selarplexus blow in the death of Mr. T. A. Butler who served many years in charge of the warehouse in Charlottetown
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1-2 million bushels. which was fili- ed by April 18.1048. at the same time the States bought slightly more than their full quota of one million bushels. Of the albove the greater pert of the Seed came from this Province. Island seed was also marketed in the West Indies. South America and Palestine.
Shipment to Palestine
Your Association participated in the Argentinian business and re- ports received indicated that Is- land Bebagoes were highly satis- factory. Fog the first time on re- cord this Province shipped seed to Palestine or Israel. About 40,000 bushels were included in this ord- er which included Katahdin and Green Mountain Seed. principally smalls. All reports indicate that the potatoes proved very satisfac- tory but only currency difficulties prevented a larger repeat order this year.
For the 1947 year Canada's pro- duction was 72 million bushels which after deductin_ the heavy exports of Seed and Table pota- toes as indicated above left a. vol- ume of potatoes equal to or slight- ly less than that required for do- mestic consumption and a healthy market in Canada was a natural result reaching an extremely high level as soon as the consuming public felt a shortage was Linn-lin- ant.
During this year under review. your Association tried at all times to reflect every rise in price on the major markets of Canada im- mediately in increased prices to the grower. At some times prices may have varied here from day to
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