By NEIL A. MATHESON

There will be upwards of 250 sheep and lambs roaming the S: ‘ of Athol Roberts this summer, where one of the Island's h ﬁiiori'liorn cattle years ago. Mr. Roberts has al— most 100 mature females and they're averaging about one and one half lambs per ewe thus far

this year. Mr. Roberts has purebred Lcicesters, Nortih County Che-

viots and Suffolk sheep on has ' farm but he likes best for wool Illld meat animals the cross ‘ o’ a North County Cheviot male 2rd a Leicester ewe. with their met at Leicester ewe. with their rossb'rcd progeny crossed in 'tiii-n with Suffolk males. “Thai gives you the best market lamb. but you have to stop the cross breeding there." he believes.

’ BI-‘S'I‘ MUTTON

i‘lie Lciccsier has size and is the best mutton sheep. ' .iry‘i'e great wool producers. lIl’I't‘ than the Cheviots or the

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uiiti‘elks. A Leicester shearing ‘ Put’ produced 14 pounds for him mostliiniusua-L He purchased the ‘ mo in Ontario and S‘llf‘ had Rryal Winter Fai . Though he's doing a great 2 his sheep, he‘s “breeding a good rue like that straight. to get lie has a crop of early lambs liming that will be going st hitting 100 pounds or more. {I or nine-week old lamb hits I ast summer as over the desired weight of The early ones came from iii February to March 5. Later ruling at present with iid late lambs. to test “ rarly price is much better bill . i‘ic lambs take more eraln. lie creep feeds the lambs rum the time they'll eat. and bran from six weeks before ‘ ambini: on the average. The. e behcvcs. .\ single lamb is a better in- we profitable in the end. ~ ‘ave had several sets of tiriplcls n sheep a couple of years 8510. viliey had one set this yearw

a~l vcar. he recalls. which is placed second in her class at the r llf‘al of crossing with most on ‘ good stock out. of her. nerkei about mid-July with the lyllm pounds right now. One . 4. nb old 10 pounds. nes come in L y. He's ex produces the most profit. The FEEDING IMPORTANT the cues are fed round oals and grain feeding is most important. dii-idil-al animal. but twin are the farm since they started ' “PROJM‘E‘. W all"!

250 SHEEP WILL ROAM FARM AT SOUTHPORT THIS SUMMER

'Leicester sheep found the best for mutton

iped four lambs on e year, , tilicufzh she had virtually no milk ‘and lost all of them

‘ The large number of sheep irequire a lot of pasture—tilie ra-

‘ ttio is about five sheep to one icow. he estimates. l MI‘_ Rcberls. 72 started at

iNorth Winsloe as a young man 'one cow “S‘FI‘In‘gthI‘n Bessie“— ‘she was bred by Gilbert Mac- iMillan. Iiintongdoii. Quebcc~ that. was grand champion for imany years at Charlottetown. i A bull from her was one of the jfirsi Island cattle to take a red ribbon at the Royal. perhaps the first. he believes.

lIc sr‘d the A} 'li c herd in “the Iiiiiizi'y thirties" “lll‘in h? was raising hcai'til'ul heifrrs

and had to sell ham {0' heel, and rrilk was worth practically n, hind. ‘LESS WORK

lie switched to Dual Purpose Sli!‘l‘lll“l‘ll$ and purchased il'OllIIII‘Zillf‘n stock from res M'acNiitt. \l'alorqiic and Sey- mour Wcod. Mi. Herbert: Then

he changed gradually to Scotchi

Shortliu‘rs. because there was less wri'k in them.

()iii‘ of he most linoii'chgath beef men in the country. Mr, Roberts sold his farm at High- ficld ali'llll l7 years 320 who he I‘f‘;‘f‘l\(‘fl an rffer that was too good to lIIl'll down A visitor asked him one lllL'lil if he would sell. and lllf‘ deal was made iicxt IIIOl‘nlliE.

‘rom there he “PM to Rrud- enell to establish a Shot-thorn herd for an American who pur- chased a property and two years later conic io Siliiillpnl‘l where he purchased the farm which had formerly hf‘f‘ll the Raoul Reymoiid fox ranch. There he biiiii up aiiotfic" fine Show herd of Sliiii‘iiinrii caiilc. and had a milking herd as “C” for several cars, They had R0 head or more in the barn one year.

i SHOWED HORSES

Mr. Roberts began to show animals at the exhibition in Charlottetown when he showed Clydesdale horses at the age of M. He showed every year since until last

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. show animal he. ever had was the 'l‘ee-Kay-Dee. 4-D female he won grand cham- pionships uilh ai Charlottetown and Amherst for several years

i before. he sold her. lie saw he:-

‘ 12 years old “ ‘ have won the erand ribbon". emphasized.

I remember Atliol showing me the heifer whcn he brought her

SOME CONFUSION EXISTS

‘The Guardian - The Evening Patriot Page 9.A

When

is Canadian bacon not so?

with Ayrshire cattle and recalls

is this. Bacon comes

usual procedure is to split this section parts, the loin

Question: When in Canadian. bacon not Canadian bacon? An . swer: When it is Canadian- style

acon

American tourists travelling In Canada. are often disappoinr ed when ordering "Canadian" bacon in a restaurant. notes the Meat Packers Council of ‘Can- ada, They expect to be served back bacon Icalled Canadian -. style bacon in the U.S.I but in- stead they receive side bacon. not realizing that this is the pop- ‘ ular breakfast bacon of Canadg

ians.

The reason for the confusion from t' middle section of a hog, and the 3

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length-wise into ibacki belly iunderparti. Loins. are us-

ually lold fresh a: pork chops:

nd loin roasts. Bellies are not sold fresh. but are. cured and!

ducts. how ever.

smoked to become side bacon. The demand for pork chops is not as high in Canada as in IIIL

'fiised with ('aiiadia

produced 'n the

ii-style bacon kind of bacon is side bacon l, \‘ 'l‘ii:- lil'iﬂ ihrcukfasi baconv. the Inn: slit--

US. As a rcsuli. more (’aiiail- ian loin cuts end up as back bac- on ihan pork chops.

When back bacon is produced In a similar way in the US. il is quite olten sold as “Canadian- style" bacon. There are some differences between the two pro The American back bacon V‘Canadian-siyle" usually has less lean. more lat. and a different, texture and flav-

norma’s

. . . small enough

to

y es which are countries

appreciate you

our. This is due mainly to basic differences in US. and Canad- ian swine breeds. although in re- ceni years. US, producers have made great strides in raisiiii, higher quality Ieaiicr IIOES.

'l‘i'iie Canadian back bacon is a highly sought-alter product bought as a luxury item by Ani- erican consumers when the) can get ii. It should not be con

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home as a calf from the Mea- i that was later used by the P,E.1. yd0“nbiam4k Farm of Dick Mac-lslh0l‘lth0‘l"n Breeders club. ‘ non. He had sold Alex Mac? "She was [the M91 COW 1 ever Kinnon——Dick‘s father—five of .Ow‘ned". he mm "19 a few days .his best femailes when he said?“-

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had its quiei

of affairs in the industry, Stuliz of CDA's research station at Kentville. N.S., says it evolv- ed as nu ‘lage

Quiet revolution on 1n strawbernes

The strawberry industry has revolution. Now a strawberry grower us-

ing certified virus-free plants aphid and the six- simde leaf- needn't worry about virus dis- 5 eases during the usual life of his planting.

Even if virus disease. does oc-

Reporting on this happy state H.T.

rserymen took advan- research in many parts of the world. This research led towards recognition of virus dis- eases of strawberry an deve~i lopment of methods for obtain- in;i and propagating virus. free. plants. [

Leading nurserymen in Nova

iout at nglllllileld. and had ‘ ‘promise of first chance at his LADIES DON'T WIN scotia fell into line when the. {stock if MiacKininon ever decid-l HAMlLTON iCI‘)~——A Six-year—l government sponsored straw- 1ed to sell. {old girl Who pllays tiCR-taCk-ioc : berry nursery certification in i y _‘ vto win probe y is a tomboy. 1937. This program incorporai-' . a‘llgekxngghtqghea“t:if hfeorhgfe; according to results of research ed new findings as they became real dam "5 mid me. h- among 1.900 children. At an an- available and the advantages ~y ~ ' ,thropol-ogical conference at Mc. are now becoming fully appar-

% gdgemgg. as usual. turned out | Igggﬁs [Ia-[waggith PS“: J‘Oh'n

I I ‘- . 'e I niveislty

' 'I‘he heifer was sued by Bea- i said the results indicate a lady lihon Charmer a bull he boughti plays the game to draw.

j from Ontario for Mr. MacKinnon i

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Capable growers using Virus- free stock can produce 8.000 to 15.000 quarts of berries per acre compared with the previous highest yield of 6,000 quarts. i'l‘he average yield in 1951 was 2,329 quarts per acre.)

Because of better runner pro- duction only one-half to two- thirds as many plants per acre are needed as were required in 10‘

How to acquire virus- free

1 plants? Mr. Stultz says the nun] plants .’

serymen start with which have been found virus - free through special testing te- chniques. Then_ in a small lot.

the

relation:

steady progress and

service in the future.

if choicest meals at price-

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lite plants are proiccie'i hy . - ;‘,.(. . \- .

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