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Plots at t‘anada Department. of Agriculture seed stationsi across ('aiimta are hem: read- ied to receive plants represent-7 in: scores nf “nil-known vane.l ties of field crops During tlieir‘ growth they will be studied con- ., stantly by trained observers fort characteristic development. Off- type plants will he picked out“ and the :i'mi'r‘r or dealer will bel located and told of the need for remedial action ‘
This is part of the important} work of varien verification car— ‘ ried out by the seed iPt‘llt‘tl of Plant Products Division under. the Canada Seed‘ Act and Regu-E lation: In aimip: tn [\l‘PSFI‘VP ' varietal purity it also serves as a safeguard tor grower and buy- t er azaiiist misrepresentation in the trade. 1
Variety \‘erifuation has be- come a iict-essity with increased ' use of pedigreed SPPd. the grow- i th of both the import and export . trade in seed and Canada's com-- m‘tment to adhere to seed cer- tifcatinii procedures of the Dr- ganization oi Economics (To-op- eration and Deielopment
SAMPLES OBTAINED
HR Parnell. Assistant Chiet'i of the Seed Section. said samp‘-: les are obtained from inspectors i in the eight Plant Products dis- 1 firms of Canada in addition to ‘ a program of specific investiga- tion of varieties of some crops. ; gambles also come In from com plaints. and from inspectors whc have reason to check the true- ness to varietv of crops in their area Most of the work involves ' lots labelled and sold as Certi— Pied seed Ottawa is the head- quarters for verification Which is also done at Sackville, NB. district stations and Re- gina. Saskatchewan.
Variety verification onl-y began on a large scale in Canada a fen years ago. But John Pauks- ens who is in charge of the chief station at Ottawa‘s Central Ex- perimental Farm. says he now is receiving about one thousand namples a year for testing.
Some of these can be checked out in the greenhouse or in the laboratory but the big majority
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sSupports ion hogs are same
l Agriculture Minister Harry IHays announced that the price l support for hogs will remain at 23.65 per hundred-weight for Grade A hogs during 1964. i As in previous years. the sup- l port program will be on a defic- [ icncy payment basis and will apply to a maximum of 100 car- casscs Grade A and Bi market- ed by individual producers. This year's support price - the same as last year‘s ~— amounts to 88.3 per cent of the national average for the past 10
Hog marketings were Iowan last year than in 1962 and the national average hog price was $27.30. Since it exceeded the sup- port price, no deficiency pay- nicnts are being made for the year.
Prospects for the current sup- port year indicate that hog pric- es will be almost as high as the 1963 average. Mr. Hays noted.
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“TNTER SCENE AT EXPERIMENTAL FARM IN CHARLO’I'I‘ETOWN
Grower is safeguarded?
Prince Edward Island in 1963, grew
19 per cent of Canada‘s cent of
the national acreage.
more hogs on (‘anadian itarms at December I. 1963 than a year t earlier and estimates indicate a 1 seven per cent increase in the spring pig crop.
Increased marketings would ‘ normally result in a lower price llcvcl. However. the Canadian
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ISO-mile trek on foot.
new buildings for housing live-' stock and comparing them un- ‘ der various conditions to find out 1 which ones are the most econ- omical.
hog price is linked closely with? that in the United States where; prospects are favorable for high-i er prices this year. due largely to a smaller pig crop this spring. ‘ Feed prices currently are somewhat lower than those pre-l vailing in the same period lasti year and. although this sum-l’ mer‘s crop conditions will influ-i
ence them. the outlook is for iii-i
PLANS JOURNEY l FRANK, Alta. (or) — Annl Kerr. 23. of Frank will join an ‘ expedition to the Karakorum Mountains in Kashmir. Pakis- tan. She says the expedition will travel by car from France to Pakistan. The last leg will be a
SEWS QUILT OOBHAM. England (CW—A patchwork quilt made from men‘s ties is being sewn by Mabel Lawton at her homel here in Surrey. So far. she hasl u-sed 2.000 ties for the eight-footl quilt. including college and old
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there are many potted seedlings waiting to he transplanted. and: probably 50.000 will go into the ' ground as soon as the weather improves. lOO VARIETH‘IS
Testing includes cereal. forage ‘ and horticulture crops. Hybrid corn is a very important item in the work schedule at the pres
to varieties of this crop avail- t able to Canadian growers and careful verification is needed to assure the farmer that he is getting a variety with the char- acteristics claimed. ‘ Assistance in the work of die
adian Seed Growers Association 1
control samples and originators' descriptions. > Recently a vegetable crop be- ing grown by several farmers ‘ under contract failed to conform to the variety claimed. Samples i
came evident to the experts at '. an early stage of plant growth i that the seed was not the variety l claimed On the basis of thesei
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Animal scientists at University recently built tout different kinds of hog barns.
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9 experiment showed that the 4th set-up. a steel building with long narrow pens and pai- tially slatted floors, was th e cheapest unit for raising hogs. While further tests are being run. preliminary results indicat- ed that the long pen arrange- rrent required much less labour to look after the hogs. The costs of feed and bedding were much lower than any of the ot buildings and the combination of long narrow pens with partially
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