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"The most valuable education- here of 100 tons. the livestock a] tour a group of Island tar- director said. Mr. Gla-st'ord IS mers have ever taken" was the in the corn belt and grows a comment of Livestock Director tremendous amount of grain corn Lou Roper on the IOday visiti’or his stock. to Ontario agriculturists and Many farmers visited give no semi-agricultural plants late last hay to their feeder steers. Mr. month. The 70 farmers left tile Roper reported. The animals get Island on Saturday March 23 their rougmge from ensilage. and arrived home Tuesday eve- A visit With former Islander ning April 2nd George Darraoh who is now

Tour leader was Mr. Roper farm manager at Oakridge Farm with assistance from ficldmaii was a highlight of Tuesday’s Jack Chandler and he was also tour which was sponsored by a.ny assisted by Ivan Kerry. Canada Backers. The group vis- distributor acre for a nationally ited the Ontario Cattle Breeders known feed comprny and Frank unit at Magic. Ontario and then Trainer representing a Charlot- toured the Shur-Gain farm and

tetown - based teed company the large Finley Dairy Farm.

where they saw an entirely new ey were guests of the PE]. setup with a huge barn com- department of agriculture at a pletcly modernized so that only dinner in the Oak Room of n- 25 per cent is required of the ion Station. Toronto where they farm labor normally employed met representatives of the vari- for the same size operation. ous com anies who were each sponsoring a day of their tour of PLANT TOUR ‘ ' Ontario farms and plants as- mu" 9' Canada PaCkCI'S

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sociated Wl’i'h agriculture. Agriculture Minister William Stewart drove 60 miles from his home to extend a welcome to the Island farmers. (lo-chairman were Paul Couse. assistant On- tario sales manager Master Feeds a W. A. Sutherland rm manager for Massey-Fer- guson at Milliken. Ontario.

Toronto plant was followed by a visit to the Spring Loam farm owned by Allan Cook at Cooks- ‘ville “who is one of the largest ‘swine growers in Eastern Can- ada." He has a battery of

brood sows and raises all of ‘the little pigs to maturity. Last year the sows averaged 101/: pigs to a litter. Most of them are

‘Netted Gem varieties of pota- jVISI’I‘ SCHOOL

.York and Landrace cross.

INTERESTING VISITS A visit to Tom Jackson‘s Aber—

Hosts for the Monday to“ T- deed Angus farm at Tullamore:

Maple Leaf Milling Company- renewed acquaintenances for took the group 03 5‘ “5” ‘9 some of the Angus breeders as beef. dairy and DOUWY farms m .Mr. Jackson. who has about the forenoon and. commercial 300 head in an' was in this pro. bEEI OWFBHOHS. SWIM and d3“? ivince two years ago with a con- farms in tho aftem‘mn» The, V‘s' . signment (if the sleek black beef itors were entertained at dinner came fm. sake Tm, Isiande" that night in the S‘Vl55.ChaI°.t,‘P were entertained by the com- I‘OX'OMO. after interes’lnz Vls‘ts pany that night at the Town and to farms wthin a 50~mile radus Country Restaurant.

of the city. he touring farmers spent the

T A VlSit :0 the A113“ Glassmrd 1{entire day on Wednesday at the:

{army 389m“ RR W35 ‘1 higtr'lSwift Canadian plant-hosts l-r light. Completely wiped 01" Y i the day — and the Ontario stock- lillre last y;ar£heMll‘-ar:;::51:n;ed yards in Torontodwheil‘e a great 83 0‘19 1? , r s ." many catte an caves were housmg “mts m the “mm” mm sold by auction Wth calves accommodation for upwards ohm-mg“ 18 m 33 cents. per Low came- ML Roper e‘t‘ma ‘ pound. depending on quality. - . This part of the visit was of A hjlge CONT?“ 5‘10 “'m' a“‘ great interest. observed Mr. Ro- ggiagifcl higéoffifiizrwhm‘ 30:22? per. todthe Island beef rtnen 1who ' ‘ . . ' are en eavo'irmg o ge a ‘l 08 With the average 51’ capamty stock sales yard operating ‘Charlottetown. The Toronto ,Vilitls

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ones are the most resistant to. Dick Graham. assistant live-

. ‘stock commissioner. 0 ii t ario blumeg and are SP1? 0m' If ever. .department of agriculture was “fated by the “59359‘ says imaster of ceremonies for Thurs- JE. Campbell. 0f the {Bderal ‘day’s tour which was sponsored

im nt'al farm at Charlotte- by the Ontario agriculture de- emer e ipartment. The Islanders toured

w" Ethe Ontario Agricultural School

M0“ suscept'ble 3" the 59‘ icampus. They saw lots of steers halo. Kelswick. H u r o n and ‘being tested in a manner simi- Fundy varieties and some trou- lar to what is done in the swine ble can be expected with Avon. testing barn here. iihen went Gobbler. Green Mountain. Cher- to the Ontario Veterinary Col- okee. Pontiac and Kennebec. lege where they got an insight

Sound tubers and cut - |into the work done investigating pieces that are well callused are various diseases of cattle. sheep. safe from the organism which and swine. They were guests of strike through fresh cuts and the college to luncheon. bruises. farmers visited the Kit-

Mcrcury compounds are povi-~ chener sales arena where all IOIIOIB shmild be handled types of cattle, sheep. swine, carefully. he warns. horses and poultry. and farm

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ION GATHERED BY VAST ARMY 0F ISLAND FARMERS ON lO-DAY TOUR 01“ FARMS, PLANTS, LIVESTOCK YARDS IN NUMEROUS ONTARIO CENTERS: NEARLY 150 HEAD OF CATTLE BOUGHT

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=produce are auctioned off with Others included Harold Lewis, lfive sales rings in operation. It's :St. Peter’s Bay: Stirling Bow- owned by a joint stock company, .ness. Kensin'zton; Douglas Wood. land the animals are sold on com- .side. Kensmgton RRZ; Gordon lmission. Mr. Roper said. iCarver, Hazelb ro ok: Russell I They also visited the artifl-‘Buell. Abncy; Roy Cutcliffe. V. cial breeding unit at Waterloo . F. Webster and Georg-e Murphy. , d the wine testing barn. and Augustine C0ve; William Mac- were dinner guests of the dir- Donald and Morley Annear. ectors of those units that night. .Montague; Wallace MacL eod,g

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Contaminated foods do not always have offensive flavors and odors, nor are they always discolored. Pressure cooking eliminates all harmful bacter- ial cells and spores. at the same time pneserving many of the nutrients lost through leng- thy cooking.

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HOW TO IMPROVE QUALITY Planting annual flowers

Planting your annual flowers be made to fit them all. Even stocks grown as cut flowers, now? in the flower gardens at the Cen- Flowers were cut twice a week It's a good practice‘to apply a tral Experimental Farm. tests i from mid - July to the first frost. te t m u b general purpose fertilizer first. to find the best fertilizer for-gRecords were taken of height, hmgelj‘q life's 5 8h 3’ 8 0". ‘adVises R. W. Oliver, who has mula and the best rate of appli- inumber and weight of flowai' t e 01W? Pm!“ 0‘ waterftem' .charge of a great many flower.cation have not given consistent spikes. PEYBFUI‘CS attained only "I an ;beds at Canada's well - knownlresults- from year to year. Th to u~ t [ ~ efficient pressure cooker. Central Experimental Farm at; The . l _ e p ‘rce m es 0 apphca' destroys the spores but makes . a - - . - i - 9 flowers. Perhaps because Mr. Oliv.r says that a 5-10-5tbut on similar scii — a light_the solume chemicals leached

most vegetables unpalatable. _ _ d 1 S. . All fruit and acidic vegetables lm‘ 59-6 fertilizer at four Pounds is“ Y “m- “We 1‘ “’85 very'out quickly in the light soil. The

such as rhubarb and tomatoes [gagirlg’ndredusquarg geyet i; :gtis. it?" “:25 93:33“; g'loiwsfgggué lggur - potund rate iVilla‘s.otfherefore.

. or ie av r ,e a en. L ' ' ' r .e mos coonom ca the to “a: be pmcessfed Sam-V m but gardens vary so much n pounds per 100 squarefeet' three rates. It was also mor: boi ing water Without pressurefigi'] type and fertility that spe. Test plants were China aster. effective than the two . pound cooking. ‘le10 recommendations cannot scabious, snapdragon andlrate. \

readily killed by boiling for five minutes. However. spores of these organisms will grow under favwrable conditions and fatal poiso h spores can be destroyed by

The meal featured roast pig tails. Park Corner; Eric Heaney, New a Danish dish. served with colc lLondon; Clai-r M-ayliew. .‘dar- slaw and French fried potatoes. f gate: John Thompson. Margate: It was a delicious dish and George Stewart. Norboro: Jack greatly appreciated. said Mr. MacEachei‘n. Bonshaw: John Roper. a sentiment backed by Pickett. Mill Valley: Nell Mac- Sterling Willis. Kingston. ay. Coleman and Byron Housy SEE POTATOES t°"' Mayfield' i Massey - Ferguson were hosts ‘vgsegmggrgrprmgnivfirgofilzifi on Friday March 29 with farm 1 , gE l B u H t m ‘manager W. A. Sutherland in (“j S 1 agnfil‘ Kg" egreag: charge of the tour which visited an: Reg .anDonjg 5351mm“ the farms of Harold Rose, rant New Anna‘n. Dannv MacLeod' .Smalley and Murray Oldham. M.” , R t v. k N “1' lMount Albert for looks at pota- .1 on‘ O. 'r w erson' 9r toes beef and pigs. Mr Rose Ewe“ Room Howard' Spnng' l grows large quantities of pots-{13‘1" agitl‘esgg'lswtlfié . I si e . : n s a . ’toes and carries large commer' Clark Harding. Emerald: John,

rcial herds of beef and swine as i . ' MacNuti. Malpeque: Lloyd Mac- ldO the other two men. Steers Donald. Kinmss: Allison Mac_

gowpexvesfiraegaf‘nfia are fed Lean. Southwest Lot 16: Maur-

The Islanders were luncheo n if: gfiui‘:gi.:v:rkuggggr‘33:: lguests of George Rodanz. Stouff- L‘nuig' Mver: “ I O h i; ville. Ontaiio who operates the Macilend‘ Frank M'clnms large“ her“ 91. pure bred “gre' Cherrv Vallov- Gordon Cousins ford cattle in Canada Witn ‘ i _

. . and Elmer Hickey, Kensington something like 450 head. Mr. RR, Dnuqag and Ewen Mac_ ‘Rwer sald' Phaii. Ari:er Shore; Roy Jew- Hamld B‘Wnton 3‘ Ma?“ 3 m ell. Cornwall: Frank A. Ram- .35 a ‘arge .Steer “edmg Pm’ say. New London and Hudson ‘Jcct. and Bmker Brothers at J‘s-“rev. Bodeque'

‘Markham are mixed farmcrs. ‘ l . Others who went on the On- some 300 steers were seen m tario tour included Arthur Cou-‘

on.o feedlot at M-F Farm Milli. . ‘ ' sins. Kensmgton RR: Roy Gal. km and 30 percent oi the steers l a westmom a n d: wan”

had come from New Brunswick . .i . ' . Kelly's Cross: Earl Entertainment and unnoi that . _ Humor River: James

evening at the Brown‘s Corner . . ~ ‘ Turner and Brendon Reid. Hope Un'md CM‘Ch ha" m‘mfle.“ Ont 'ver: Edwin Johnston. Mar-i

a strenuous week of aCIlVliy. . . . ‘ The visitors had Saturday on fairgmuiligin Mggficnélgfluzyi “h” "w" 3"“ "my “f "‘9'" Vi‘ Ray Chine Reed Point and [Fos- " sited private breeders to pur- " . " .’

. _ . tor Schers. Hunter River. chase foundation stock for their when v0“, lame W r i g h t 1

‘herds or camp Summeri’ield: Lea Crozier. Ken-

l In all there-were about l50 . , thead purchased with the Angusiij‘fin“ “d “'1‘” Mad“ °d‘

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[ALL OVER PROVINCE

l The touri n g farmers c a m c vfrom pretty well all over the; province. James Harris. Loui3‘ lHarris. Ed Smallman a nd iBrenton Smallman were from iO‘Leary; Donald and Lorn e. iDrak‘e from Vernon; Grant Laird l iand Ralph Frizzell from Win- lsloe. .

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