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‘I feel that throughout lhesc developments. there hm ham .1 Iron trend inwards the nut. dept of an economic farm uni

I.I is particularly In In nee Edward Island Wh-‘rl In industry In of paramount

Inportance. “to Island's mnlh lotion. for instance. has remain ad stable while the numhvr ni ﬁrm units decreased. Total population today is abmtt int.- Il'l. six par cent higher than in W: and farms number about not compared with 9,432 in

use. I18! CID" ACT Farmers are making greater I! of the Farm Credit Act. ow two and one-half years old. ode-r this legislation 11'. Inans Malling $1.455.“ have hfr-fl made to Island farmers for the express intention of putting them it a better facmneearnlna pos-

Eton. .Acme of lmprnvul land 'II M01104 l" '9“ in N‘ insurance Act paaaed h use. I

on less than It was an ycan are, There still exists a size- abie area of nunsrglnal farm or] relative to the area of the amine. and I believe the merrily - activated Agricultuc Rehabilitation and Dev»an t Administration may be able b help convert this to more pro diable use. Some disc lave already been held ARDA and your provincial 1w Wt.

amutretiliawlllbednut benefit and a visa precaution. The decline in farm lacuna which you experienced II III was in large measnra the b lower return!

year’s crop. My dam pdd nut sums equivalnt to the pro- vinrial governmeat'a grants b lessen the impact of ilk GI.- lit

in ambitious err-aru- Of no info indent!“ I! m "M this year in eihtinatl W ring rot and viruses which the main arm u this tnni rash rm. Our pill! fectllll dl'lliﬂ M I! t Charlottetown rue-m Hatti-

hem the island Potato

Die-atom have been hold on the provincial government ‘icl h heal! interested in

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BAYNEB SAYS BREEDING INDICATES PRICI- KIILING "DOD SPOTS ‘Alll ITABY

Minister predicts trend nomic farm unit

It gives me, :rmt picaslu‘t’ to send greetings again to the people of Prince Edward Island and particularly to the farm families in whose honor this

A busy calendar and my recent illness have prevented me from visiting the Island lately. but I have pleasant memories of the hospitality I received on previous occasions and lasting impressions of the

scenic attractions for

The national agricultural picture in the meantime has undergone changes which have to some deem: been reflected here. I refer to the unprecedented ex- pension of our whcal exports: the reduction of feed supplies through drought: In over-supply of butter which is now to be made available to the consumer at lower prices. (‘lnsor to home. you have had you own problems in potato

expect that 8.000 tubers. indivi- dually tested for bacterial ring rot. will be distributed to select- od grower! this spring and that me first Elite stock will be pro ducad this year. in five ynars we will have enount foundation stock to supply local needs. Concurrently the stock will be greenhouIe-teated for viruses. The m1 crop of potatoes was nestles! except for some hac- tsrial ring rot. but marketing was difficult in the face of heavy supplies of the product In the United States. We are was: export of potatoes to other than North American ids-WI in order to relieve ; this situation.

MAN'I' muons The instant mashed potato process which my department developed has led to commer- throuh macera-

ctal production Ill factori- la four provinces. [

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BY NEIL A. MATHESON Provincial and Farm Editor A tremendous improvement in

poultry development is report- ed by Ralph Rayner who con- ducts a large-scale farm test program on his ranch at Mt. Herbert. in addition to fill ex» tensive egg production.

Production was rated pretty good if it hlt an average of 60 per cent. when Mr Rm‘nr-r started his development hack in 1947. Today production runs in a peak a! 90 per cent. and aver- ages out at 75-80 per cent

Mortality was high at that time with Ill to 20 per cent loss but today anything more than to per cent mortality is consult-rod impractical. and some of the test pens run as low as three per cent over the year.

The Mt Herbert man has two pens of his layers in the nation- al Random Sample itst at Oi- t'awn which has birds fro m lright across the country. and ‘his two pens stood eighth and

ininth in a recent year With a

‘Fusarium loss canhe reduced l I M r W

Canadian potato growers some ' bird. times suffer heavy losses from E655 “Afrﬂgn ‘ lusarium, or storage mt. Th, ,"m “Rama,” 53mph." 5"” loss" u“ be "due"! ‘means exacilv what it implies. and even eliminated by dipping ‘11,, birds wows...“ ,, r"... w... the whole and in In manic tion of his flock and mm is no mercury fungluds Semulﬂ opportunity for selection. The Bel for instance. This vents the dlsease organisms on ‘ do“... 9 g g s in the nrgnmratuon "'9 “lb?” "'0’" Con'lmlnaﬁnﬂ at Ottawa which hatches them the soil and is also effectlvn=md kw,“ [3n pun". tm- m- ine-inst verticulllum and black- mt. Thpy use to birds in the {'98 two pens they select and they TM! “11$”th Com" "'0'" are fed and treated the same as G W. Ayers of the Canada de-lm. num- hlrds M "as. {mm partment of agriculture Experi- right arm“ n... rm.er mental Farm at Charlottetownl But Mr_ Ravnpr rung hisnwn H» points out lunme i- clused farm tests at home with 24 pens by l IUDKIJI that turns the tub- The idea. he explains. is in find or! dark brown to black durint: the smallest bud that Will lay late fall or winler. .the most eggs utihout sacrific- lf the disease organism in to lug sin- nr quality. on the lt’ast the soil when the potatoes armamount nt teed being harvested. the spores can "I have found". he says "that enter the tubers through bruises we can reduce the sire of the from the digging or later hand- Leghorn! without affecting the l ling. Careful handling reduces 1 quality or production " ‘losses because it reduces the‘ The Mt Herbert ranch I: also inumber of potatoes Infected. high on its Rhnde island Rm Dry soil and above normal ‘ and White lrglmrp Cross. which .temperntures during the growing l is gn-vug the sir'llzfll White Lee» 3 season favor the development of ‘ horn birds a stiff battle In the this destructive fungus. average it et income competi-

‘tlon. even though they are R h l:r:r:':.::-:;"..i"°.:.::.: . esearc 11 -~ cranberry i ' production

bird. and the White Leghorn run to four pounds each. STRAIN CROSSING In W. M. BLACK AND E. C. MA Experimental Farm

But the pure bred White Leg- hnrns are also crossed, thnucb it is a crossing of strains within thebreed. and many of the birds have three strain crosses in them. as the breeder endeav- ours to emphasize most desir- able characteristics ‘ Mr. Rayner finds the nut ‘wnrk "interesting and mod rc-

iiheCranbe-rrihea are would]???d warding". although It entails a “"9 d ' e M‘" "In “Ed 'great deal of work and of detail- iglﬂd'lmlx‘m '0 "in" ‘ ed bookkeeping. lt's just as im- ' poriant. he stressed. to find ‘lie ‘msger: o: hernia ‘poorest hind as it is in find the . ands best. “9:33? "I couldn't get along at all on llxperiments have also been ea- ‘tabliabed to ascertain means whereby cranberries can be es- tablished on upland soils. "2'" “aug “532% many other chores about the 9" horn . lion during the past . work 1 “in. "I I "a, "mm" M "3 mum "on. ' 95". work on the detailed records lines as formerly. in an effort km. hm om. “Wm chm

the mud keeping wilt-«It Mir

lam"~ Mrs. Rayner teaches

to Obi-Ill wail“! 'I'Imuu has been eiimmated in recent ' ll

at Prince Street School b at finds time to help with the poll!- try reconis. in addition to the

MM KEEPS RECORD 0]" LAYERS

9" poultryman sends a case of 30:

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' years. Trap nestinl Individual birds required a great deal of manual and clerical work in other years, but that has been dropped in favor of pen testing.

Siressingtbe family » opera- fion angle. Mr. Rayner sald that Ronald. 17. is in first year at Prince of Wales College; David.

I4. is in Grade nine at Queen 3

(‘barlotte High School; nine and Melody is four. BLOOD SPOTS

The flit Herbert man Is partl- cularlv happy about his succcss in eradicating blood spots. Re- ports from two farmers who buy his pullet chicks say that they have gotten as low as three spots in no dozen eggs and four spots in 100 dozen eggs. which is unprecedented. It means re- peat orders from satisfied cus- ‘ inmcrs. but it means more to .\lr. Raynor. who is delighted with the results.

For years he had asked at fairs. at poultry exhibitions. at meetings and at every potiilhle place. what causes blood spots? but he never received a satis- factory answer Some people Hold him they were caused by .birds being frightened but one poultrvman put a ('ollte dog in with lus flock and found no ap« prectable increase in blood spots from his terrified flock.

By test breeding. Mr. Rayner ‘has found the problem is large Iy hereditary. for he has found that by c a re f u l l y selective breeding. he has been able it, almost wipe out the costly iault.

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Even a pinrslred point {not put: the eggs down in a in w grade. and a large spot mikes

the egg a reject. he explained. . .\lr Rayner now feels that he has the answer and can brecd u-ith cnnfidence "We know (X- artly what we are doing”, he said a few days ago (“VT MEET DEMAND He tells his eggs to a number of stores and institutions and is unable to supply the growing demand Shell texture improve- ment is one important develop ment - It leads to lean break- acr and cracked eggs which he has found in be partly here ditarv and can be imprnvnl by lhreeding. although feeding also plavs an important part Mr Rayner is the only man in thc Maritimcs who broods White Leghorns Others scll "franchise chicks“ and must turn over a royalty per chick in the people who breed them. some of them Americans One firm exacts a royalty of ll cents on a chick that sells for 59 ‘ cents. he reported The Rayner chicks sell much less. despite their high quality. as the operation is entirely cott- trolled by him The present poultry house was constructed in the fall of 195.1. after a fire had destroyed the former building that summer. The two-storey sons foot build» ing accommodates 3.0m hens after space ls taken out for fend rooms on both noon. Space re- quirement was five feet for a large hint and four for a Leg- ‘horn in other years. but th a present idea is to liaise a Leg- horn in two to two - and‘ me in" feet of space per bird. Whole grain is fed to the poul- try on this ranch with the con- centrate in ocilet form "The hens do the grinding. we feed on mash“. the owner explains

PRODUCTION RFKJORDS ADD TO WORK. BUT SAVE MONEY

‘ 53.7 PER CENT ARE GRADE A

l Island hogs lead Canada

Althnu:ll the number of hogslnl 1117i; saskatrhewsn ll 4 Grade R. 152 Grade C, 9.3 graded m liltil was down frnm‘taltv. .Grad' n 0‘ mm “ hwy 0hr nrcwmu year. "W Prrrt‘ﬂ- rite percentages of all hogs .13. mini lm'uv Ii, minim... in. of Grade A carcasses was graded last year: Grade A. 32 7. 05, Slaga. 0.1. no", 43

the highest since the grading. * 'k ‘k * *i' t t t 1:

program was launched in llWl.‘ erorts Elam Sena. chief of the grading s‘t'l‘flml. Livestock Divi-

sinn. (‘anada Department of Agrtrulturc PTlllf‘f' Eduard Island's per-

centage of 5.17 led all Canada

A total of M48 955 hogs ware graded last vear. a decrease of (“5.240 from 1%" Reflecting a conitnumg Improvement in quality ihc prrcrniagc of Grade A carcasses rose to a record 23.7 from 303 In 1960

Mr Scan attributes the gain in Grade A's largelv to the change in payment of the fed- eral govcrnment premiums from £200 on A and $100 on I grade in $300 on A grade.

l ., 2 SEE ll GREAT MOVIE BEFORE YOUR BUSY SEASON .. STARTS

in mm, while the percentage of

I I gtﬁerirtﬁncmgo: mum to Starting Monday - For 4 Big Days Of the Grade B hols. I” AT THE

per cent were one to 10 potmda too light for the iris-pound min- imum weight for Grade A's and{ lit per cent were one to 10' pounds above the maximum 170 pounds weight for the top grade

Provincial percentages of hogs graded A in 1961. with 19m per- centages In brackets:

Alberta 27 i '22 0; British Columbia 329 an); Manitoba 29‘ mm. \‘ew Brunswick «is. (469‘: Nova Scott. 51.! “Mini Ontario 163 2145‘, Prince Ed— ward island $.17 ‘53 2‘. Quebec

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