MAY 9. 1952

run GUARDIAN. I CHARLOTTETOWN

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Ainosg The Farmers (Continued from PIIB 3)

rourse imposes the necessity of ,n earlier start at haying and Wm be followed by I superior stand of aftermath for pasture. mgllage and possibly seed. Late Red or single cut on the other hand produces a very coarse hay and is not followed by nearly so good a second crop.

The only real advantage in late is the fact that haying does not have to be started so soon. Other- wise the early variety has every- mjng to recommend it. The fact 1.. be noted is that double cut and early are the same and pos- was marked advantascs.

Good lloughnge

pr, Petersen, A noted American authority on animal nutrition in an address this winter to the Manitoba Dairy Convention made some interesting observations on me value of roughage. We feel the following paragraphs are of lniPrESi. and very significant.

”Roughage, when pasture is in- t'lU(lDd, is the most important crop Ill Amcricn. More than 70 per .-.-nt of the total production of dairy cattle is obtained from rough foods and pastures. A very large proportion of our total sheep and p.-of cattle growth is from rough- a ('5. gnoughage is characterized by a high fiber content and relatively low digestibility as contrasted to concentrates or grain. As A rule. the roughage that is fed live- stock is of such A poor quality that the results are poor unless .-om-ciitrate is added.

There is now enough exper- imental work at hand to make the rnllowing assertion without risk- that roughage can be so good that for dairy cattle at least, the highest inherited production can im obtained without the addition of any concentrate. Put another my-we feed concentrates to li7liI'y cattle only to make up for the deficiencies in the roughage.

The question may be asked, what is there about roughage that lii.ll(CS for this big difference? The answer, to be complete, would be long:-but mainly. the chief diff- ercnce between roughage: as to performance is based upon the amount of lignin it contains. The young roughage plant, almost without exception. has high nu- triiire quality. The fibre in this young plant is mainly cellulose. As the plant grows older and pre- pares for the bearing of seed. lig- nin is formed. Cellulose is high- ir digestible by the ruminant, uliilc lignin is not only indigest- vhle, but depresses digestibility of other constituents."

Trench Silos Are Here

The announcement by the De- pariment of Industry and Natural Resources that orders are on hand for the digging of 40 Trench Silos

is rvidcnce that farmers are iwenly interested in this method or saving feed.

The Department is to be com- mended on being in a position to provide such a service to farm- us iiilti assisting in what will be a wry significant and profitable uir-vrlopment.

indications at present point to an abundant clover crop this sea- snn and its storage in trench silos can provide a reserve of feed uhrn crops are not so good.

Beef as bit.-ms

The past week has not done much to clarify the uncertainty axistlng in the beef business. Re- rr-nt outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease have added,to the uneasy tooling and the fact that the op- rralion of the floor price struc- turn is not definitely worked out ivnds to aggravate this uncer- talnty.

The very small percentage of road and choice beef offered to our ltfaritlme packing plants makes a floor of very little real value on these grades in tho Maritlmes. In this Province most of our bet- icr beef goes into the medium class which is selling at a price very much below the floor. It hardly seems probable that the Dominion Government will pur- chase good beef at 525.00 per 100 rwt. on the hoof and at the some time permit the purchase by the trade of the medium grade at much lower than the customary spreads.

Should this condition be permit- led to continue we fear that the rnnsumer would possibly not ben- efit to the full extent of the re- duccd prices received by the pro- duccr. '

Reports from the U. S. It. ind- it-ntn it Mi. reduction in the uprlng

st. Louis Anti Vicinity

-Mrs. Jerry Bernard has nturn. ed to her home in St. Louis um- y,i.aslt!ikng relatives and friends in

Mrs. Prank Ellsworth. teacher of Palmer Road south school. so- centlv visited relatives to char- lottetown.

Mrs. James Richard was a. re- cent visitor at the home of Mr. gnld Mrs. Alphonse Perry, Tignish

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Mrs. Eddie Bernard attended the funeral of her niece. Mill Mu-. eella Leciair, which wns held in Tignish Tuesday. April E.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peters were in Charlottetown recently on business.

Friends of Mr. Joseph Bernard of DeBlols are sorry to know he is"; patient at the Western Hos- p .

Mr. Alfred Douoettc; Summer- alde. was s. recent visitor at the htlilrne of Mr. and- Mrs. Thomas A an.

Mrs. John G. Arsenault la visit- ing her daughter, Mrs. Raymond Gallant and Mr. Gallant in Carle- ton, P.E.I.

Mr. Peter Callaghan of Ebbsfleet. recently visited his daughters, Mrs James Lawless and Mr. Lawless in Norboro. also Mrs. Louis O'Con- por and Mr. O'Connor in Clin- on. K .

Mr. Austin Aylward has return- ed to his home in Waterford af- ter spending several months in Halifax, N.8. where he was em- ployed.

Mr. and Mrs. Arsene Bernard were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bernard in Harper Road.

Mr. Raymond Gallant of Palmer Road was a recent visitor at the home of his brother Mr. William gallant and Mrs. Gallant in Free-

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Miss Evelyn Chalsson spent last

weekend at her home in St. Roch, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Anvllle Chaisson.

Mr. William Mackendrick, road supervisor for West Prince. was in st. Louis recently to see about the condition of the roads.

Rev. Claude shes of Seven Mile Bay, accompa ' d by his mother, Mrs. Wilfrid Shea of Tlgnish, were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gsudet.

Mr. Andrew Araensult of Kil-

dare Capes was a. Sunday visitor at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sam Myers and Mr. Myers in st. Louis. He was accompanied by Lee and Marie Gillil. . Mr. Ben Perry has returned to his place of employment in Menc- t.on after spending a week with his wife and family in St. Louis. His young son Clifford Perry who met with an accident at school, is doing nicely and is able to be out and around again.

sincere congratulations are be- ing extended to Mr. and Mrs. Le- Pinc on their marriage at St. Joachim's Church, South Porcu- pine, Ontario. on April 28. Mrs. I..ePine was Miss Yvonne lunch. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kinch, formerly of St. Louis. 6

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pig crop the first drop after five successive yearly increases. It could well be that reductions in U. S. A. hog production during the next year could mean sub: stantial increases in present U. S. A. hog prices-and this in turn- once the Foot and Mouth disease embargo is removed, could put the best possible kind of floor under Canadian hog prices. i As in all these matters, the in- and-outer in farmi is generally out when he shoud be In and vice versa, and farmers who in the past have made a sliccesa in any particular branch of livestock production, or farming. would un- doubtediy be well advised to con- tinue a reasonably steady pro- gramme. rather than trying to

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Farm Prices & Market Report

Excerpts from the weekly re- port of the Provincial Depart- ment of Agriculture, prepared by M. W. R. Shaw, Deputy Minis- ter:

The beef situation, in view of pressures and conditions. has maintained its level in a fairly sat- isfactory manner. 0

Prices offered for live cattle in the Province have varied to a. very great extent according to locality, and the conviction is expressed by Mr. Shaw that some of these prices are entirely too low and out of line. "We have reports of offers for '8ood' commercial cattle of Y1 cents to is cents, which is s ridi- culous price. Packing houses are quoting 31 cents and 22 cents for 'medium' steers. " He urged that unfinished cattle be placed on pas- ture and keep their pressure off the market. This would enhance the value of the better class of commercial or medium cattle.

"It. was my understanding some time ago that the floor price of 25 cents on 'good' steers or 'blue' brand would have some relation- ship to other grades, and that there would be an automatic set- ting of a floor price in accordance with the usual differentials be- tween the different grades," Mr. Shaw stated, "Buyers, however. claim that they have had no such instructions and consequently prices on other grades will have to find their own levels. In this area where we have very few tRed' and 'l3lue' brand cattle the influ- ence of such a. policy almost re- moves completely the value of R floor price attached to one parti- cular ,and scarce grade.

There are no doubt some diffi- cullties in adjusting prices on the basis of grade differentials, but I do think that the present situa- tion would place the buyer and the seuer in a much better posi- tion lf cattle were bought pn rail grade. There would be a greater assurance and definlteness to both price and quality.”

.l-log prices are being maintained at the levels announced a week or so ago. sows at Charlottetown have advanced some in value this week. It is interesting to note that on our first Broadcast tn Novem- ber the priee of choice steers at Charlottetown was &27.00 to 527.50. Just a year before that. however, the price was snoo. Consequent- ly our present prices for steers compare vey favorably with the prices of a year and a half ago. At the same time hogs were 329.5?) for Grade A. and 828.00 a year prev- ioua to that. While there is some difference, therefore, in hog prices. our cattle prices are not so much out of line after all with previous quotations.

i Dairying

The dairy situation as announc- ed last week has wcalrened some. Prices at Charlottetown, are til cents Jobbing, and 59 1-2 cents wholesale, at the moment. We are making about 60.000 pounds of butter weekly. and we should ex- port. about 20.000 pounds of this. Nova Scotia prices are one-half to one cent higher than ours. and

-factories would go into the manu-

butter is moving freely in

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The tameness of the young deer brought into this Province W"-11111

the past couple of years is well iliu5trated'by. this animal whlcht wan- dered out on the main highway at St. Peters Lake. It walked up o one! bystander and permitted itself to be patted while it licked the hand o

another spectator, .

trade.

The cheese situation is obscure. There is no floor on. cheese at the present time. and latest informa- tion from Quebec indicates that they are offering an advance pay- ment there of twenty cents. There is a need of clarification in the outlook for cheese. It was antici- pated that a number of our Island

facture of square cheese this year, but it. looks now as it only two concerns will be in this trade. whether these two concerns will take care of the demand for pack- aged cheese is very doubtful. -There is some uncertainty in the whole dairy trade regarding our prospects. Butter, of course. has a floor of 58 cents, which should help to maintain it. some New zealand butter is still in storage. and the make across Canada is in excess of that of last year to date.

Mr. Shaw stressed the impor- tance of reorganizing the dairy in- dustry which was highlighted in his statement published last week.

An improved service in factory and creamery supervision, and in contacts with farm producers, is being arranged by the staff of the Department of Agriculture this year. it is hoped that the fieldmen will be able to visit a large number of dairymcn and not only consult them on matters of milk and cream quality, but on other farm products as well. In the meantime the Dairy superintendent; and his Assistant will concentrate on. im- movement in factory, creamery, and product inspection.

' Potatoes

The poiaio market has been quiet. There has been a slight pile-up at Toronto and Montreal. incidental, we -believe, to producers cleaning up available supplies be- fore plantimz. In addition quite large quantities of early potatoes have come in from the United states. and it is surprising how our consumers buy these up at

1'5 cents per pound, even on the

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Charlottetown market. In any event, importers had in let 3'14 0' these expensive potatoes. and while doing so we are not partl- culariy keen to buy 0! deal 1” 0” stock. .

"it is an amazing thing to me. too. how many potatoes are com- lng out of storage." Mr. Show states. "During the past week I have met farmers who had not sold a bushel of potatoes and were now grading their supply. Naturally. they were looking very happy. A great many had 9. surplus over the their seed requirements and these are now all showing up. The price sagged. off a bit during the past few days and is now at a price of 33.00 delivered. while the Ameri- can early supplies are not large they do have an impact on Cana- dian prices. I do not consider, however, that they will be suf- ficiently influential to crash the Canadian structure. But then - who knows?"

The following are quotations from three or four points in the Province:

Tignlsh: Not. many potatoes left. only add lots. No prices quoted.

O'i..eary: Loading at 5311). but. feel 62.80 would be more correct. Around forty cars in region.

Montague: slow movement. Still paying 33.00. Summeside: Prevailing price 33.00.

Feeds

Feed prices on grains have been high. and I doubt. if they will go very much lower. Bran is some- what lower at the present moment-, and there is some reduction in the price of ollcake at s5.i5 delivered in paper. Prices on local grains range round about 33.00 per hun- dred. There may be some improve- ment in grain prices as the west- ern harvest proceeds and grains are placed on the marlaet. It is well to watch the quotations in this re. spcct. Farmers are urged at this time to secure their requirements in good seed. and to return to the good old-fashioned system or mix. ing their own grains on the farm.

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Mr. James Winn has gone to resume his work on the dredge at Charlottetown.

Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Palmer of Borden are visiting at the home

Miss Norma Palmer spent the weekend at. the home of Miss Jean

Miss Adah Mlilnr has accepted I position as clerk at R. T. ii-folman's, Bummerside. . -

Miss Joan Hardy spent the week- end at Conway, the guest of Miss Ruth Ramsay. '

-Miss Jean smith of Victoria West was I visitor for a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reg- inald Palmer.

Miss Enid smith spent a few days recently visiting her sister, Mrs. Thomas Mac!-Ievin of Sum- meraide.

Mrs. Gerald MacArthur of En- moro spent a few days recently at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Palmer.

Mr. and Mrs. Wyman Yeo of Harmony, were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hardy.

Mr. and Mrs. George Tuplln and daughter. Myrna, who have spent the winter months in Charlotte- town are being welcomed back to their home.

Mrs. William MacDonald spent a few days recently with her mother, Mrs. Beatrice MacFadyen and her sister, Mrs. Harold Pal- mer of Borden.

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Murphy were recent visitors to Charlotte- town, where Mrs. Murphy had a medical check-up.

Mr. Preston Oatway and Mr. Lawson Oatway went by car to Toronto where they will seal: em- ployment. Their many friends wish them every success.

The Bible class met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Palmer on Saturday evening, April 26. Next meeting is to be at the home

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