The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs. Jan. 18, 1966. 18

FEDERATION NEWSLETTER

Resolutions Are Given | Overhaul By Meeting |

By J. LINCOLN DEWAR 21 DOWN ith the letdown that follows the preparation and holding of @n annual meeting it would be very easy to decide that there réally isn’t very much need of a newsletter as the public has re- ceived a great deal of informa- tion through the press already on Tuesday's annual meeting of the Federation, In a sense fur- ther reporting on the meeting might be considered a reflec- tion -on the capabilities of the press, however, there are always different angles of view and per-

haps this justifies some further comments. .

--The more contentious reso- lutions, were the ones. that. sug- gested or appeared to suggest curtailment of freedom on the part of the farmer. For instance the suggestion that land use po- licies which might be devised to encourage people to sell land and others to buy it got pretty rough handling. Similarly a re- solution suggesting that there was need of regulation on terms- and conditions relating to the purchase of farm machinery was given a manicuring.

~In. some cases the discussion may -have missed. the maia

point, but it did serve to esta- blish the basic concern of .péople

that their freedom’ may be tam- pered with. >

However, that farm people are to realize that even though they own the title to land there is a

danger of other people making'|

mands with respect to land use and putting themselves in a position to enforce them. Cer-

tainly we have observed that if |

anyone took the same. liberties with urban property that they feel free to take with rural pro- perty, the police would be promptly called, : Under the heading of drouth assistance the Federation will ask the Minister of Agriculture to make a survey, of the feed sit- uation in the province and it is suggested that the Federation

there is evidence |.

* Fducated Pussy Cat Brushes Own Teeth

By NEIL A. MATHESON i Provincial-Farm Editor I HAVE an unusual story today. Just to make sure you'll

believe it, I direct this edition.

your’ attention to the picture on page 1 of

It was last summer that ‘Ralph Cameron told me about an unusual cat. in. the home of. Sterns- Webster, who is Chief of

Police in Charlottetown.

The cat is a warm friend of “Picky” Webster, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Webster..The cat-brushes its teeth in the. bath room, when “Picky'’ does, I ‘was told.

I’ve had some unusual stories in this column in the last five years. Some of them have caused challenges concerning their truth. So I decided to get the picture of this cat actually brushing its teeth, before I’d-use the item here. ;

The cat's name is ‘Archie’, even though it's a female.

4, Our photographer ‘tried to get the picture for me, but Archie” wouldn't perform, with a stranger looking on, So 1 took my camera to the Websters a few days ago, set it up properly, and left it for the members of the family to get the

picture.

. .“Arehie”’ does, brush her teeth, I saw her -do so myself. Her special brush {son the right side of the tooth-brush holder fn the bathroom. In the picture you'll see her with her mouth

against-the “brush; which she is holding solidly with her. paw...

The cat actuatly opens_her lips,:so.the brush will be against

her brushing motion.

teeth, as she moves hef head up and down to establish the

Cat Dislikes Bass Notes

The cat sits on the side of the piano while ‘Picky” ys the instrument. But she doesn't like bass notes. When er mistress plays the bass notes, to tease her, the cat will plump -her body down lengthwise, so she’s covering those

disliked bass keys.

“‘Archie”’ has one special Chesterfield chair she regards as

her. own. When a visitor comes in and occupies that chair.

the ‘unusual cat will do everything possible to get her chair

back

But “Picky” is her special friend. If the girl is away for.

a weekend, the-cat-—mopes

around_the house and refuses to

eat. The cat follows her young mistress around like a—dog

would, Mrs. Webster tells me.

A cat naturally dislikes water, but “Archie” jumped into the tub one day while the young lady was taking a -bath. And

it didn’t scramb! There are

out either, Mrs.

Webster

told me. unusual things about this cat that’s part

’~ Persian—its mother came from Fredericton—but —I’ve~ said”

enough, I suggest to establish “Archie” as a most unusual pet:

Foxes Taken From Den In Ground

A COLUMN on old fox days some time ago\brought a letter from Mrs. Laura M. Green, Albany suggesting her brother, _..Grattan Noonan, had an interesting old story. on early foxes. Last Saturday evening I visited the Albany area after the "annual méeting of the Shorthorn breeders was concluded, and I talked with Mrs. Green and Mr. Noonan.. © a

Mr. Noonan couldn't ‘definitely establish the date for me but it was sometime prior to the successful ranching of foxes

by Charles Dalton and William Oulton. And that was in the _ “of Grattan and Mrs.

earlier years of the century.

Joseph Noonan—he- would-be-the father

Green—went back to the field for his’ cows-one ‘evening, only

to find they had broken into the woods. As he searched for his —

- cattle, Mr. Noonan came upon 4 fox den which was under ap

to the yielding character of the brush on

4

old tree. hs

I like the story on the method he used to get the foxes out, and particularly the makeshift method he devised to carry the

animals home.

THERE WERE three black foxes foxes and one grey. one,

his son told me.

Incidentally he sold the four foxes to Charlie

Dalton: for -$70..That- would be-a.fairly.big.sum of money at the time, though it was peanuts compared to

reached some years later.

the prices foxes

To get the foxes out of the den Mr. Noonan cut a stick from a tree, took his nocket knife and cut fotches, or splinters along

the side of it.

Then he thrust the stick into the hole and by

twisting the stick against the body of a fox he got it tangled in

the fur so he could pull them out one by one.

Then he faced the problem of how to.carry them home. Apparently the man was in his shirt sleeves, so he took off his ‘pants, tied the-legs atthe bottom with a piece of-string;-and carried the foxes home in the legs of the trousers.

St. Peter's Bridge Old Football

=--Qne-ofthe first memories I have of the Provincial Legis- Jative concerns the perennial political arguments I heard about

the St. Peter’s Bridge.

Imagine my surprise then, as I picked

up a copy of The Daily Patriot of November 26, 1887 and found the famous old structure was featured on the front page even in

that early year.

A letter to the editor of that date charged the government with “dumping loads of large stones in the holes, which owing

eannot be broken but stand, out in gea of mud.”

bold

hich they are placed

in the midst of a

Apparently the bridge was built originally by the Conserva- tives—the district was represented by W. W. Sullivan, later Premier of the Province—but this letter was by a Liberal who hadn't the courage to sign his name, and he berated Mr. Sul- livan—he was later Sir Wilfred Sullivan—and. all the other Tor-

fes‘in robust fashion.

The travelling surface, this letter writer oe was 80

“travelling on foot is entirely suspended.... eeriat wilh 5 hoor the danger of falling

across with a horse one has to risk

to get through

at almost every.step, not to mention the probability of getting

stuck in the mud.”

Methinks the-man was exaggerating a, bit when-he suggested a horse would get stuck in the mud. As_

I read the lengthy letter through, I found:even by his version,

the mud was only a foot deep.

Merchants Bank Declared Dividend

page was a notice revealing that The

ON THE same front

Merchants Bank of P.EJ. had declared a dividend ‘at the rate

of, t per cent per annum on at one was F. Mitchell

the capital stock. The cashier

Goff Brothers were advertising winter boots and overshoes would protect the feet from ‘mud, water, slush and gold.”* The Pie} explain why feet would need

The advertising did not bother to protection from gold. Directly

elaiming: het

“We indulge in neither Brag, were in large, black face type— sterling goods’’.

below was an advertisement by D. A. Bruce pro-

Blow or Bluster"’—the words

The reference was to-overcoats,

"but tell sterling truths about

fur coats, in

*! price of & com

> fort-which has often served good

, |cows he could milk by hand and

goat and ark ep Tron e tdihery’ ewnea by the Hon. Col. Grey was for sale or rent.

This was the-man who was one of the Fathers of Confederation, and the house in question is

*Jock) Lawson.

* Harris and Stewart, London House were “‘clearing entire stock of dry goods clothing, carpets, etc... at

tin, rices,””

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On-the-same page Beer Brothers were stock worth $50,000, “‘thrown on x ”

The:

was the news that Inkerfran House,

now owned. by Mr. and Mrs, J. J.

ae

advertising their e market at bankrupt

; copy of the Patriot came to me from Mrs. Wendell « - Vessey, Weert Prince Street, we 700 oh me

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Executive work with the ‘Minis- ter in carrying out an effective program ‘of assistance for live- stock farmers in serious need of feed. i

The meeting. agreed without any argument. that there was need of a cleaning wp policy in the application of eales tax on items related to farm produc- tion- The opinion was ° expressed that the sales tax administrators {have two responsibilities — to collect all the legal sales tax but also to see that they do not col- lect any to which they are not entitled. POTATO MATTERS | ‘ Many people have known for some time that the potato’indus-’ try has a disease problem, gen- erally thcze has ‘been & mini- mum of publicity in this connec- tion. Probably more serious than | the disease is the attitude of many growers who either disre- gard the problem or believe it can be dealt with without taking measures that will cause incon- venience or hardship. : It was once said that war_was too serious a matter to leave to the Generals. Is, this matter too serious to leave’ to the potato |* generals? Is it safe to leave the solving of this problem to the possibility of the growers agree- ing among themselves to accept the regulations which are the

would predict that unless very |goon there is some concrete evi- dence ofthe latter that the deci- sion will’be taken out of t hands of the growers and a g tough_ policy applied by ‘public authority.

The potato industry -is..of far _|,. too importance to this pro- vince to allow its future to be |. jeopardized by- the inability “or the unwillingness of the industry to-set-its-house in order. MARITIME FEDERATION Friday and Saturday some 9 delegates representing the three Federations . of Agrieulture. in

ner of its presentation to the Eastern Agricultural Conference.) twhich is the Eastern section of the Canadian Federation. The Maritime Federation serves the purpose of a giant co-ordinating |’ Committee and over the years has produced an understanding among the farm people of the three provinces and a united ef-

purposes in promoting the farm

sea. NEXT WEEK j a4 Next week the dairy interests) of Canada meet in Toronto for)|/ the annual meeting of the Dairy// Farmers-of Canada: It might be’ suggested that there has been a greater change in the dairy sit- uation related to this annual

for many years.

A few years ago the butter surplus was driving Ottawa fran- tic, today there is more concern with a-possible shortage. The price of dairy products is, at long last, beginning to move up even though it will be difficult for it ‘to keep up with rising costs:

The dairy industry has~ ‘not lent itself to the factory techni- ques which can produce hogs by the thousands and eggs by the millions providing the raw ma- terial is available. There are |very few cases in which the owner can buy all the feed for the dairy cow and have her pay for it. Dairying and farming ap- | pear to be very closely connect- ed. Nevertheless volume produc- tion in individual units is becom- ing much more the pattern. ‘There is certainly afar cry from the time a dairy farmer was limited to the number of

the number of first calf heifers he could break in with thumb and finger to today’s milking parlors where with the proper organization, one_man can milk from thirty to forty cows per hour. Without question the num- ber of dairy farms in Canada will decrease dramatically in the next few years. We have: stated that the cow is a hard boss and only redeems this by being a

gular if not high paymaster.

To come back to next week's meeting we feel that it will be

tive of the beginning of a new era for the. dairy industry, one in which the old problems of sur- pluses will be replaced with the _| possibility of scarcity. and com- pletion from imports and eubsti-

In addition, there is the strong possibility that much more in- tervention in the industry by up to by both producer and pro- arise from the standpoint of two public authority must be faced cessor. Such intervention will '|main problems, the need of even higher quality and the need of improved efficiency in produc- and marketing as a means

the Maritimes will-meet in Mone- | ton_to. discuss policy for Mari- |’ time agriculture and the man /«

interests of the provinces by the |.

meeting than has been the ‘case |

held in an atmosphere sugges- |

er tieecarcie the nation’s sup- ply of dairy ‘foods. eC

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