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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUAnuu-bu -

Policies of the Department of Agriculture were reviewed by the Jvtlnister, Hon. W. F. Alan Stew- art. in speaking in the Legislat- ure on Monday in the Draft Ad- dress debate. NU‘. Stewart stuck closely to the work of his own dc- partment and avoided controvers- ia-l issues. ,

The department. he said. has been getting along with a very small staff. The only permanent additions were Mr. Adams as assistant to the

tendent. and Mr. Leo Mclsaac

. who has been taken on as a gon-' '

eral duties man.

The exceptionally‘ dry fegt on practically" nll lines of farming. and was particularly noticeable ill pastures nnd hny crop. Mr. Stewart said. Ht- was afraid the situntion would be seri- ous it showers are lackinc dur- ing the comin: June.

Asked by Mr. Strong how tnuch

Dairy Superin- I

5035011 "last year had had an adverse ef-"

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lthe $2.1oo.ooo minimum

It is a‘

ivrmlmltt" the warble fly.

hay was brought into the Prov-

ince wimp, m9 1351 two o; [h-fee simple thing to apply the mtlxq months. the Minister said the lure anti it is 95 per cent etf-l quantity was not ulrest as fectivw. The sanit- policy is bO-I mlgh-t be expeclcd. “We find thel ing czirttvd out this year. farmers have been very carvfull Mt". Stewart reviewed nssislancel

with regard to their hay." he said.

In t-he eastern and ivestorn sec—_

tinns they have to buy cottsider; atblP quantities. but. throuilh the central part of tho Province this was not. the case.

Some farmers. ‘in added. ltavc been trying to owrconie the hay shortage by feeding potato nulls to cattle, but this requires s cer- tain amount of grain to make up the required protein content.

Shortage of labor was also 8 cause of farm production de- cline. “We have not been able to place as many men as we have had applications for." he said. "We work in conjunction with the Dominion Department of La- bor and last fnll we had a good many Polish veterans. Some of them have been very satisfact- ory. Though the difficulty of lpngunge still aids-ts they seem on b» getting along very well in learning EWQHQL"

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ma" has been a very satis- amnll herds established last year. The Breeders‘ Association gives n

booiation. which has to be all’ proved by the Departnnent. ‘lhey “so this ertnney to very good pill‘-

you.

)1 artificial insemination a null naucleus has been establish- ed at Pialconwood Farm.’ In co- operation ~wlth the Dominion Government this policy is to be veg-y much expanded this year.

Rog woduotion has .not in- croamd to any great extent. but it is estimated during the com- ing season that there will be no increase of 100 per cent. Mr. stimv-nrt thought this estimate n little high. but the representa- tive of the Dominion branch HS- mired him it Wfililfl be nt least this

great.

Last. fail a trial fiiipiment of iaurebrcd P. E. l. t-ype York- shire hogs was shipped to the

Western Provinces. and has prov- ed satisfactory. This is a much better paying business than rais- trig h0g5 fol‘ slaughtering. The animals do not require any more feed. This Province.- has n very ontstanditig type of hos. “llifll nlay be due to the boar bonus giolit-x‘ followed in recent _\"<‘-"H'-< 'J.v' "in Drpart-Illclit.

“Vt/n have in this Provlure t\\'t‘l' ‘.0 pct‘ cent Class A l'l'IL'..‘- for pnughtering cnrtwarrd with stunt" of the \Vesfei"n Provinces which gm rs low its 40 pnr cont." the Minister noted.

One reason why the sheep in- dustry has failed to thrive to a gtrntet- extent is the menace of dogs. he continued. The Depart- ment has a protective policy and from one district in eastern King's t-hey paid out $780 on ac- count. of sheep killed. Titty are now trying a policy of payinll i119 bonus not on the sheep killed but. on tho dogs that. are killers. 'l'l‘.iis ntoy prove n better solution to the probloin. I

lflh-l/ year. M1". Sttnrnrl noted. WINS H D00!‘ fillf‘ lflY llflflfy PTO‘ tltirtiou. Ilo cave some details in this connection.

Thr- ncricultural laboratory; was busier than ever during 1946. F000!) hens were tested for pu- inrum. In poet mortems they dill

.uut find one case of puillorum. which is evidence of the mtan- nor in “lflldl this disease is be- ing eradicated.

He dealt. with the difficultv of handling fox distemper. 25.000 foxes were inoculated last year, and the Department. has to handle all the serum in lhiscon- itoctlon.

Soil sllfVPY is being con- tinued. there bring a Dominion official in chargo of the work ivitth two assistants supplied by the. Provincial Department. Dur- ing the coming year it ls Intend- ed to carry on in connection with the different experimental sta- tlonli.

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Connecting on the success of the rural beautification contest last year. Mr. Stewart credited Colonel Johnstone with initiating the movement, in which over 160 contestants participated. ‘the total cost to the Department of Agriculture last year was $2.800. and ff. is generally conceded that the money was well expended. This year consideration ls being given to attaching the programme to the ‘Iuurlst Bureau.

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factory increase in the number ofl by doubling tho bonus

grant of $1.000 tn each cattle ns- I isfactnri‘.

git-on to the Fish nnd Game As-l

fifiClfllltlll. Ho also referred to 1hr.- sktttik and o\\'l lxiuutics. Int the case of owls the difficulty was that people failed to dis- tinguish between the harmful‘ and tin.- botteficlal birds. and lvznitiglit in ltr-aris of barn owls,

and screech owls which bclont: to thc latter category.

The skunk bounty is to be paid only for the four months of, the year. The Minister instancedi

the difficulty of handling and identifying skunk snouts in hot ' weather. Each specimen is cx-

amined carefully by Mr. Jenkins. In one case they had 110 shouts: brought in. and the circum-i stances being suspicious the Mounted Police investigated. vrith. the result that. they were found.’ to have been "bootlegged" in from Non: Brunswick.

Di‘. MacMillan: “Did you hovel

n lot soul in that were made nf cowhide?"

Mr. Stewart said they some» times received tint sunuts and‘ kitten snouts. They, found that i

on the adult skunks ‘u the month of lvpril the results were more sn-t-

He reviewed brioflv the activ- files at the Sunnis. Egmont Bar. Aibcrton and Charlottetown ex- hibitions. also the Central King's plowing match. In Charlotte- town they expecrt. to accentuate the livestock exhibit. also to re- build the main building for han-i (llcrafts. etc. The latter he m.‘ gardcd as very important, and the i Department might makeit con-‘ clitional on giving the grant thiagi handicrafts be encouraged.

He referred to short courses given in blacksmithing. carpentry.‘ agriculture. motor mechanics. and domestic science. which were at-' tended by lOO boy's and '70 girls during the past season. They had an exceptionally good class of students. The ZlhSPlllFPS- did nrq amount to 1-2 of’ l per cent, which showed that. tho Qlnggpg "were popular.

Dairying

Dealing with the dairiinc as; the most important farm inrlus-‘-' tr.'~' in the Proviut-o. Mr. Slvuhtri‘ said lllt‘ Island find a ‘Wflllfleiyfiflv rrrord for ittilk production and‘ lie was sorry to think that it; mlehi h!‘ on the ditwu tirade. 'l‘h--; chief titfficttltv was ti". 1M1. fir‘, lahct. H» rt-fr-rrnd to thn fins; “elk done by lvfi". T‘. Fraser Mor-l row. now retired as government! grader. who luirl attain offered’ his assistance to tho department, if required; also to the work of; the dairy inspector. Mr. MocDortq f-ld. whom MT. Stewart descrlbedt as an outstanding man.

It had been noted that. small dairy factories were trud- ing to disappear. There was a reason for this. Mr. Sttwvrtrt n.1,; Milk can now be taken longer distances than in the old days.‘ and the large factories have bnnnl lntvittn increasing prices for hut- ter fat because i-‘.‘te_\' t-nn m)“ lnrrznr riutintitivs.

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Mr. Mzithoscn asked what nf- fctt the icr- cream business had‘ ir‘ this connection.

Hon. Mt". Stewart. said this did‘ not enter into the picture. u; the factories that. paid the high-- est prices were not making ice‘ cream.

He cmcurrod in Mr. Snvilhfls l‘£‘l'[‘l‘r‘r.'.‘r‘ to the welcome whichi rhnuld be extended to tho old Country wives of returned sold- it-rs in this Province. t

M‘? SHINE.’ asked t-lie Mlnislt-rl if his Department had anv pol-;

icy regarding refrigeration for butler factories.

Mr. Sit-unit will tho Depart. tti-ent had been tlnirg \-;h.»i_| i1 cuuld to ndrvlse dairymnn m, his subject. but the financial .- -

.1 rnce has been n matter for tho Dominion Department. Some fac- tories have put in refrigeration‘ with the aid of Dominion grants.’

PBEPMRF.‘ FOR DRIVE

TTOUGLASTOWN. Que. April 1 "iOPF-T-amfi (luanflitics nf lngg have been dragged out ontlo the ire 0f the st. Joun River near hero in readiness for the annual logging drive as soon as ice mplls. The ‘WON! Will be floated down the river t0 its mouth where it will be ship. pod by rail to Com/wall, Onl,

‘rnw corn rasr

The primary cause or n mm is l _

‘Another small depsr ore ln pol-living disease agent. called g vim;

Icy last your was in

Ylnl oM-foo small to be" seen tinder l mi»-

balf thecost of material to ex-roscope.

'.~.ud vrre finally reported agreed o " '

PROVIROMI. GASOLINE

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subsidy

had been arrived at. The amount

.of 51.350000 represented the per

eapita payment of $15 which was tiffercd to all the provinces. The amount of $656,962 represented the statutory subsidies Payable by Canada to this Province during 1947. There was an extra amount of $93.068. stated to be “an ad- ditional amount agreed’u»pon be- tween Canada and Prince Ed- ward Island." He asked how the latter item was arrived at. Over and above our 815 pet" csplta and statutory subsidies it was all ‘this Province was getting as a fixed: minimum.

Hon. Mr. Hughes said it WM.‘ the amount sufficient to estab-I llsh the 82.100000 minimum. It:

rnprescntcd special consideration.’ troduce Daylight Saving time iocni qu e

agreed that the farmers are otp-"

Hon. Dr. MaoMillan: "The? tad to give us that much more tot givo us. the minimum." Z

Messrs. Hunter and maintained that the capita. was based on the 90.- 000 population estimate. Hon, Mr. Hughes maintained that the‘ population figure had nothing. to do with the amount. ‘more was considerable argument. on i; paht.

Strong ‘ _$15 p0!’

Further Argument . l

Mr. l-fttrttor asked in the event, f the Province not signing the: agreement, what amount we’ would receive. i

Mr. Hughes: "Our statutory» subsidy of some 5050.000." l

M1". Hunter: "All we are get.- ting in this agreement then is the $l5 per capita for out‘ tax sus-I pensions. plus this $93,000. ,

Mi". Hughes: “We are getting; $1,650,000 in addition to. our sub- sidy, in round figures."

Mr. Strong said the Opposition, contention was that the door should be left open for further subsidy settlements. and that this had not. been done.

Mr. Hughes maintained were sufficient safeguards the agreement as it stood.

Dr. MacMiltlan asked with 1'9- gard to the $656,900 given as the] statutory subsidies payable to: the Province.‘ This amount had’ never been paid. according to the Public Accounts.

MT. Hughes said- there was. some $9.000 interest annually de- ductt-d on account of Hillsboroi bridge. l

Dt". MacMlilan‘. "Did you get. tint changed?"

Mt". Hitches: still stands."

Dr. MacMillattz "Tlhc-y‘ paid us the subsidy less the amount for Hillsboro bridge. Therefore the agreement is not carried out. for it. specifies the sum of 3036.932.‘ The $2,100,000 we get includes no, special concession. but just be-l cause it was the absolute minl-" tnum.“

Mr. Hughes: "Tvro million was tht- absolute minimum. and not geared to gross national produc~ lion. We got it. raised."

Mr. strong: “You paid inter-l

there l in l

"That agreement

it-st on Hillsborti bridge for for1y'

years. Don't you think you have paid for the‘ bridge now?" I . Mr. Hughes: “You didn't bring

that up when yowtvere in pOWPf‘i"'L;'

Mr. Strong: "It is not too late now. You had the chance to do! something and you failed."

Dr. MncMillan asked what year was taken in the Public Accounts, 1n making up the agreement. _|

Mr. Hughes said it was the" statutes that were used. not the!

Public Accounts. l

Dr. MarMillnut "f um inter-l . I

rsietl lo know whnl Pllbllt" AC", rmluls urre used. hcraul-"c Your.

Public Accounts were astray to. the extent. of urarlv a million‘, tiollars‘. and that condition »iti.-.t-‘ rd for six or‘ seven years."

Mr. Hughes: “lf thtiv We" . astray they tvore straightened‘ out."

Dr. MacMlllan: “You idmit 1 they were astray?"

Mr. Hughes; "I said ‘if'." ' .

Dr. l\facM.illan: “I want to i

know whether t-hat was tho Pub- lic Accounts on which you based, this agreement. _ when they vrcrc_ astray by nearly a million dol- lurs?“

Hughes: "No."

Mr. Strong cited one section of the proposerl ninr-itdmeitis. re- garding flu‘ tax imposed on cor- poration. which provided that i!

l is “subject lo the said tax lllldcl‘;

legislation enacted prior to June 2'7. 1946". and that the rate of in-, tt-rest "is not in excess cf the tax rate.“ He asked this meant.

. Hughes said he could not give an explanation. The amend- mrnts had been sent from Ot-

tawa to tnnke the bill uniform across Canada.

M1". trong: "So wt- are nsked_ to pass something we don't know‘ anything about." i

Other amendments were rend

..'turl discussed nt some length.

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Uniform Tltmc Bill

On motion of Prcmlcr Jones the House Went. info cnmmlttr-t" with Mr. Saville in the chair nn' nn Act to provide for the uni- formity of ‘time throughout the! Province. ’

The bill provides:

"From and after the passing of this Act there shall be one stand- ard uniform official limo in us»

"lrflllYdMlll the Province of Prince Edward Island. "Unless altered by Order-in-

(‘ottncll as hereinafter provided. such official time shall be the Standard Time as established bv the Act 3 George VI. Chapter 23, belnlt The Interpretation Act. "The L-lcutenantcovernor-ln- Council may by Order-ln-Councll institute the observance of Day- l'~lit Saving Time (so-called) be. ""1 one hour in advance of stan-

l Mayflower.

i .-t the schools.

dard time, for such period of time

during each year as may be deemed advisable; and when so instituted such time shall be

deemed the official time during the period so specified."

Mr. Strong asked for an ex- planation. Was it proposed to do away with Dayllgh-t Saving time or not? Under this bill the Gov- ernment can bring in Daylight Saving at any time. The farmers

were opposed to Daylight 5&Vlng'

and they should have some ss- surance ‘on this score. Premier Jones did not reply. Mr. Strong: “Are we on At- lantic Standard time notw; will the promoter tell me that?" Premier Jones: “I amn ‘any-

way."

Hon. Mr. Wright laid lie thought it would be quite safe to leave the matter with the Government. The bfll provided

that municipalities could not ln-

their, own initiative. He posed to Daylight Saving time and the Government could be depended upon to bear this ln mind.

Mr. strong pointed out that there would be no uniformity of time if Daylight saving were in- roduced ‘Jry order-indcouncll. as me banks would have to remain on Standard time.

Mr. Morley Bell disagreed. but

Mr. R. R. Bell supported Mr. Strong in this contention. After further discussion the bill was reported agreed to. “om-I Emblem Bill On motion of Hon. Mr. Stew- art the House went into com-

mlttcc on an Act respecting n floral emblem for Prince Edward Island.

It provides that the “Lady's Slipper." botanically knovm as tllc Cy-pripedium l-tirsutum. be

adopted as the floral emblem of this Province.

‘Mr. Stewart said every Prov- ince except Prince Edward Is- land has its floral emblem. also every State in the Union. Nova Scotla has the trailing arbutus or New Brunswick the wild -rose. The bill had been brought to his attention by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture. and he understood that the teachers were supporting it. The flower selected is one of the most beautiful we have. and ls prob- nbly the only orchid native to f-hc Province. It ls a wild flower.

Premier Jone: said he knew where two good patches of the flowers grew. but he would be afraid to tell anyone now. bc-

i cause there would be a great de-

mand for the-m when this bill goes through. The flowers are very beautiful but they are hard to find. I-le was afraid if the bill went i-hrough they would disap- pear altogether.

Mr. Strong: "You are oppos- ed to the bill. then?”

Premier Jones: “Oh no."

Dr. MacMillan: “Why shouldn't we adopt the potato blodm?"

Hon. M1". Stewart: "It is not a wild flower."

Mr. R. R. Bell asked whether the fimver had any special sig- niflcaitce.

Mr. Stewart said the gentle- man who had advocated it was Mr. Blythe HurshStn. who writes the very interesting Newsy Notes in The Guardian under the name of "Agricola." Mr. Stewart read correspondence on.thc subject.

Mr. Philip Mathcson said if it were nothing else but a tribute to “Agricolzfi. nho made fine contributions in The Guard-

inn. this bill should go through. It wtntld be a nice gcsillrc In- r-snrds Mr. Hurst. who had vort- lrlbuled so tnut-h to the in- struction nt-rl enlrriaintuent of nature lovt-rs

Mt". Snvtile thought. ll might

‘be wise t-rt let the-hill stand over.

‘tn gel the opinion of organiza- tions like the Women's Institutes.

Premier's Tribute

Premier Jones said Mr. Hurst had done n great work for this Province “in his articles as "Agri- cola". lie was an old gentle- man now. and it would ho fitting for the Legislature to recognize

his work ln some way. Ht‘ had done "most distinguished" nrt"it-' lng ln his own field.

Mr. Snville agreed with the Premier. He said he always read "Agricolds" nrtirles and found idem very interesting and in- formative. ' _ '

Mr. Mntltcson recalled f-hot

some ten or twelve years ago. a contest about birds o'er; put on One teacher. who did not. know vet-y much about tho subject. Wrote to "Agricol ". though she did not know hm personally. In reply he ran a sot"- ins of articles on birds for two or three months. "What he didn't tell about our not. worth telling.“ Mr. Mgthcsnn ‘muld like to support t-he Pre- ntieris suggestion that Mr.‘ Hurst he recognized in some way ‘by the Legislature.

Hon. Mr. Sit-wart: “If might be’

n. gesture of appreciation to ndopt

. this measure."

Mt". Mntht-son: reason. 3'05." 1Y1" bill was reported agreed to.

"That is one

NUTBITIOUS LIVER.

Few foods are more nutritious than liver say health authorities. 1t Ifcovides vitamin A for growth and llrotectlsn against infection. ribof- lavin. essential for general good

henun. and iron needed for form- PTOiNUYII the P9001! Hw- The!

atlotn of red blood cells, SHORT 0N IOAI"?

WEYBURN. Suit. (OP) myburnu meanest thief recently entered a home and made off with two lrcs of soup. a box of soap chips and a box o! corn starch Nothing also was taken. '

such .-

llntlvc birds was.

Spring‘ Ensemble.

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For Your EASTER ‘PARADE

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This Season's cznt silhouettes create a

striking impression-from piquant short coat to the grace-

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, (Contii use elsewhere in Canada." such standard weight to be 20 ounces averdupois.

Asked by Mr. Heath Strong. K.C.. what the present standard loaf was in this Province. the

Premier replied. twenty - four ‘ ottnces. Mt". Strong; "We are cuttinil

ii down tn 20 ounces. Is the price being out?"

The Prctmiet‘ replied that there was no mention of price.

Mr. Strong said this meant an increase of four ounces to the bakers. It. meant higthewbraad to the consumer.

A Serious Matter

Hon. Dr. Maclvfillan said this may be a very serious thing to those who buy bread. There should be some assurance that