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o F01‘ GYOWIIIQ puggestdons that legislation be “acted making 1t compulsory m,“ only certified scecl potatoes b, planted in this Province were‘ m“, yuan-day by Hon. Horace wmm, president of the P. E. I. potato Growers‘ Association, and Ir‘ J, W. Boulter. the manllBﬂ. m reports presented at the un- nmi meeting of the orgunizzziiloii. m, pglslatlon would be aimed n making the Province a disease h,” U” for potatoes. yellowing is the text of both gppﬂfll which were listened to with great interest nt lfslirdriys matting;

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

In i; my privilege" said Presi- “m Wright, "to welcome you to my, Zith annual mcelinr; of the mm; Edward Island Potato Grow- gry Association. As ue meet heft! in this City of Charlottetown from y,“ to year to review the iii‘llV'.- ties of our Association our exper- iences have been many and varied. Qn some orrzisiuns uu have ilffvii able to look back upon a yea."

crease tho acreagg of a a-op which callod for extensive cultivation and a large amount of labour in har- vestins. Tho previous year's crop had not been sufficient to supply the demand of our Canadian con- sumer and largo knportatlons had‘ to be made from the U. S. A. It looked as if oven a. considerably increased acreage would no more than supply the Canadian demand. “But the anticipation; wero nl realized. The season was especially flvﬂlbio to the growth of pota- toes. particularly so in thls Pro- vince. Very seldom have had a heavier yield than during he last

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have been rewarded with profit enough to convince us that potato,

growing is Olin of our most lucra- tive Inning activities. On other occasions we have been compelled to look back upon a year of dis- couragement and loss. When we are almost forced to the conclu- sion that the farmer's lot is a hard one, that the potato grower is ilic most poorly paid man of any resident in our Province. and as we look back upon all the hard labour and long hours of toll to find that we have nothing in the shape oi’ profit to reward us, we‘

are naturally inclined to argzte within ourselves that iaotato grew- 111g l-s one of the poorest lines of‘ farming. I suppose this experience] is inevitable. The perishable nature of the potato crop and the many uncertain factors in connection with its growth make it impossiblo for the farmer to know at the beginning of the season whether he will have a profit or o, loss. "Al, the beginning of last season the prosper-is fut‘ a successful year were reasonably ilrighl. The world shortage of food was quite evident. The shortage 01' labour would drake‘

whim brings to us full satisfaction ,4 the realization that our efforts

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the RI. Hon. Si: john A. Macdooald was the ﬁrst President of the Manufacturers Life.

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The life insurance company he helped no found has proved worthy of him. The Manufacturers Life has made a continuous and ever-growing contribu- tion so the nation’; welfare.

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scason. The result was that prices came down below the cost of pr:- duction. and had it not been that tho Agricultural Rice: Support Board came to the reacua there would have been heavy losses ex- perienced by our growers. It may be that the market for three mil- lion bushels in the United Kingdom may absorb the surplus and make‘ it possible to dispose of the bal~ anco at present floor prices. I

High Reputation

"It is vary gratifying to us to, know that our P. E. I. potatoes have such |, high reputation in the markets of the world. It was this reputation that enabled us to dis- pose of the large amount just men- tioned and we must not forget that this reputation has been won by constant vigilance not only on tne part of the grower but by our able staff of inspectors working under the supervision of Mr. S. G. Peppin and Mr. C. Shaw. Our compara- tive freedom from bacterial ring rot and other serious diseases is due in large measure to the untiring

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efforts of these gentlemen and, their staffs,

"If all potatoes grown in this Province svere subject to inspection their task would be made much easier, but- unfortunately mam’ P0- tatoes are planted and harvested without any inspection whatever. In an area where bacterial ring rot exists it is going to be exceedingly difficult. to eliminate this disease unless inspection becomes compul- sory and only certified seed be permitted to be planted.

"I believe in the interests o! po- tato growers in general, and i-n or-i dcr to insure the future high stan- dard of our seed we should ask that legislation be enacted making it illegal to plant anything but cor- tlfied seed. At first sight ﬂiis might seem iika a hardship being enforc- . ed on growers of Tablcsiock pots- toos. but I believe in tho and

owing to the fact they are healthy and frce of disease, and when u-e. consider the demand there \vil! be for olll‘ potatoes if Prince Edward Island vcero a disease free are; we can visualize the value that such lfrgislation would be in. dollars and cents to the potato growers of this Province.

Opportmvia ‘time

“Ono thing further we might con- slder. There will never be a more opportune time than the presen‘ to ask for legislation of this kind I understand that a largo quantity of cacti-fled seed potatoos an balng shipped to the United Kingdom market at the preach-t time at the same price per bushel as uncertl- fied potatoes. Any P. E. I. grower can buy certified seed potatoes at no higher cost than the un- certiified which might possibly con- um Ring Rot or other diseases. Would we not bo conferring g favm- on such growers if legislation such as I have mentioned were put into effect at once?

"Our Association has rooontiy boo“ hononod in the appointment of our secretary and mlnagep .- chairman of the P. E. I. Potato Ex- port Board. It is a further evi- dence of the high regard in which our Manager is held. not only by the people of this Province but by the authorities at Ottawa. On be. half of tho members- of this Asses elation I extend heartiest congratu- lations to Mr. Boulter.

‘The Railway officials an m. titled to our highest commondation for the vvondaful manner 1n which they supplied refrigerator cars. All shippers are deeply grateful for the cooperation given tinder conditions nut normal in railway cxpericnggs,

“Wu nor vcry sorry tlml our lor- vnrr President Mr. E. B. McLureli is lint able to be xvith us today. We miss him very much. l~l’is-coun-' sci was always most reliable. Few it‘ any in the organization have wurkcli so faithfully in the luff-rest of this Assncintitvil as has Mr. Mc- Lnrcn. We wish him improved health that he may continue tr.- help us at. our meetings.“

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MANAGERS REPORT

Flullutylng is the text Bouliers report:

"We have assembled at this our 71th annual meeting to report on the business done in the year‘ ended June 30. 1946. That is a long time ago but we find the holding of our annual meeting at this time of the year is more beneficial to our growers than- it would be if we attempted to‘ hold it ln til-e Fall, which is the earliest date we could have our financial statement audited and. ready for presentation. Now we not only dispose of the business. vuhich after all is merely a re- port of‘ uhat was done and whether right or wrong cannot be aiicrcd, but we know pretty well whnl has happened and will happen to the i946 crop which was possibly the second largest on record for the Prov- incc.

“The light crop of 1945 was dis- poscd of quite easily. So great was iilc demand both for send and taiilrslock that for the moat

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part the wrowcr was paid the ceiling price received by the shipper. ("msequonily it was not a ycnr .n which a largo profit could iv fie.

"ANN" fnrlor which greatly rrtlllrcfi 1 ~ profits for the your

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cars in the early winter with which to complete orders for Seed sold carlicr in the season. Subsequently these orders were filled when the prices were high- er and also after the quota for seed to the United States had been filled. This necessitated the payment of double tho duty reck-

oned at the time the sale was.

made; and while the quantity sold was notconsiderecl large never- theless it ran into a conalderlhle amount of money.

Early Sralea

"lhe idea, no douibt. comes to your mind, ‘Why were these sales anode so early in the season?’ One explanation in part is that ac- cording to estimates of the total yield for Canada early in the fall of 1946 no one oould foresee that every Province in Canada would have less than a normal yield of potatoes, and also that early in the season the regula- tion prohibiting inter-provincial movement of small potatoes would be withdrawn. ‘fhere are ao many uncertainties in the potato mark-st that no matter what one's experience has been you cannot always rmke the right sales.

"Tlhe value o! Government con- trois was clearly demonstrated by the potato market for the 196 crop. Without those the market would have reached a condition. helpful to none and cietrimentar to many; and even though prices were controlled ‘the high Brice for seed was a great incentive to increased acreage for 1M6. The actual increase in acreage was at least 10% above that of i045. The sales of fertiliser told the same story,-over 50.000 tons were sold in the Province last year.

At our annual meeting a ycar

sibilities of a new trade agree- ment with the United StatcS. whereby it was hoped we might obtain either a larger quota. or both a larger quota and a lower tariff. particularly for seed. Your manager was chosen to repre- sent the potato industry not only for this Province. but as Presi- dent of the Horticultural Coun- cil of Canada to work in bcfiall‘ of the industry for all of Can- ada. A. great daal of study wasl clucts Canada imports, decided to put irvto the preparation of brlefil leave the Conference. The break and a great deal of assistance was averted by a joint meeting of

sions. g “At. this point the Canadian represeniziiives took their ﬁiﬂild- 1r. was learned the Potato Com- mittee of the United States re- fused to consider any reducilonl in duly. or increase in quota fort Seed potatoes. '1‘l\c_n our rcprc»; seniaiivcs. who trad been most generous in making concessions.‘ amounting practically to frce| trade on a very large list o! Pm-

we may be able to secure all the chemicals and mixed fcriilizei- we nccd. |

"There has been a great svrlnr: to the use of mixed icrtilizerm during the past two or tilrvc

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QUICKIES By Ken Reynolds

was given your manager by some of our own growers and business men.

"Meetings Canadian representatives and United States representatives to discuss the various rates of duly on horticultural prod-ucts passing between the two countries. ‘more were about four United States representatives to one from Gan- ada. Meetings were held at Ot- tawa. Chicago. and in the month of May. at Wamiington. A great many facts were revealed. What the results may be nobody knows. It is definitely known that. noth- ing will be done before the trade meetings now going on at Gen- eva. Switzerland, between about eighteen nations of the Interna- tional Trade Organisations arc completed.

Point! Hnphllllol

"In our plea for better con- sideration we were strongly sup- ported by all the representatives from Canada. It was pointed out that the value of the trade broilght into Canada was about five times the value of the ex- port from Oanada to the United States and of the horticultural

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products exported potatoes and

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the potato representatives of the two countries at which meetinB a reciprocal understanding was reached. not entirely satisfactory if) Canadian representatives but sufficiently so to nllow for furth- er discussion. We arc really hopeful of getting some conces- sion in duty.

"The volume of business dona by your Association aggregated about the some as in the pre- vious year. namely. two million dollars. The quantity of pota- toes marketed was not as great but the price was higher and the volume of fertilizer distributed was greater than in i046. but as already indicated there was a tremendous difference in the amount of profit realized in ll'i(‘

two years. A discussion of the financial statement will reveal this fact. '

Fartliu-r Difficulties

"A year ago we were a bit. wor- ricd about fertilizer but we made out first rate. 'I‘h.i.s year our fertilizer situation presents dif- ficultig; over which we may have no control. We are uncertain

about what chemicals we may get. Thcro is not as kccn a dc- mand front our growers for ferlil-

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