e

.- _ FEDERATION NEWSLETTER -

_ |deal Conditions Pre

‘Fertilizing Forage Fields -

b se

~e '

Rewspavers have indicated .a[Canal and circurmmavigated Af-| The Sunday Times says thatjond time within about twe degree of mystery about the |rica. In the meantime, say|when Ioanna sailed into Beira months—to 5°4 per cent from ships, which once had a stated |London reports, it. had been last Tuesday, she was carrying |5'2 per cent on single-family dontination of Botte rdam,|sold for £400,000 rh Oe | the first of 27 tanker cargoes of | dwellings surely_one of the! most substan- {and its registry was chang | crude- oil- destined for the pipe- tia! and’ non - controversial of |from Greek to Panamanian. It |line to Umtali, just across. the |q1,7 oe abate. ports : also changed ‘skippers at Da- Rhodesian border from Mozam- | h--+ d tighte ; STORY EMERGES kar, Senegal, on Africa’s west bique. . an sarey i a ee Yet when loanna V—with new |coast. If Ioanna and her sister ship! . oe 8 a > a jowners and new flag—arrived | The Ioanna V seems to have |had been able to continue their Peiding the eae ae - lat Beit a week ago, a differ-|gone through ‘more navigational |scheduled voyages unhindered, t . ed Oo ee ee lent story emerged. leonvolutions than her - sister | Rhodesia would have had Ferre pe on Federal” Hou in- The Ioanna V_ skipper, aston-|ship, the Manuela, which was enough oil to supply its seige | Agni ae 7. Veton ished that anyone should men- eventually boarded by the economy for a year, says ee ee. ee Coe

The Gnantion, Charlottetown, Thur. April 14, 1966. 15

Stories Of Phantom Tankers . Told In Mozambique Channel

By JOSEPH MacSWEEN,- , Evér since lan Smith seized LONDON (CP)—To the fanci-jindependence for Rhodesia Nov. ful, this story may recall phan-|11, there have been tales of tom ships geen by superstitious phantom tankers in the Mo- Sailors, perhaps even, the elu- \zambique Channel \sive Marie Celeste, which sails, These yarns arose from puz-

vail For:

By J. LINCOLN DEWAR.

tion Beira’s oil-pipeline connec-|Royal Navy Saturday when if |newspaper. . td ib _ Mortgage bankers expect that

seeing three tractors, . two {forever in ocean mists. zlement over how Rhodesia, an tion with Rhodesia, said he had |was obviously headed for Beira. |

under $30,000 the averaging pro-

TO FERTILIZE OR vision would be a value only if NOT TO FERTILIZE profits tended to fluctuate be- Early April 1966 is proving to|tween levels that involved the be a year in which certain farm |two rates of taxation. : operations can be carried out at; dn the case of purtnerships one an unusually early, time. One of|partner may average and the these is the application of fertil-jother not and it is not even re-

spreaders and a loader all im-| But it tells instead of fat bank mobilized because a poorly in- |books, big, smelly oll tankers, stalled bearing had disappeared |Greek and South African busi- and the replacement was not |nessmen, Rhodesia’s white-mi readily available. Some atten-jnority regime; and of how the tion on the part of experts to de-|United Nations and Prime Min-

-

inland country without oil re-!merely stopped for repairs and

sources of its own, hoped to meet its fuel needs while defy- ing oil sanctions by Britain and the United Nations

The two tankers now so much

“This is the story of -how water and was.en route to Dji-\three private companies and an bouti, in French Somaliland. |unrecognized rebel regime held

The ship had passed Djibouti |the United Nations, the Royal without stopping. after picking |Navy and the British prime up 18,000 tons of crude oil from |minister up to ridicule,” is the

ithe biggest effect of Monday's action will be to reduce the pre- jmium sellers of homes must [naw hay ‘to obtain mortgage fi- nancing. This rate called |pvints—now runs to as much as

Mortgage Rates Go Up In US.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inter-

izer £ early pasture— a mat- ter some importance follow- ing a season of feed shortage. It is on this question of chemi- eal fertilizers to be used on grass that we find the authori- ties speaking with a forked ton- gue. At the moment we have on our desk two rather official appear- ing documents, one approved by the P.EI. Soils and Field Crop - Committee recommends the ap- plication of 300 to 400 of 6-12-12, this would provide slightly over 20 pounds of.-nitrogen-which oth- er authorities and many farmers know is quite inadequate: to do the job ers The second document “is a press release issued by.the Fed- eral Department of Agriculture and suggests that for profitable production what is needed is 500

Note here the nitrogen involved

adds up to 75 pounds as com-.

pared with slightly over 20 in the other =—s recommendation. Ag our first-authority recom- nds a 0-20-20 formula for le- gumes, here again other auth- orities- suggest 5-20-20. Another point of considerable importance for early spring application is the nitrogen. carrier which in most standard mixtures is an ammonium sulphate form which does not release iis nitrogen un- til soil temperatures have got- -ten over 50 degrees. Here again to get results with an early ap- plication the nitrogen or at least a ion of it should be of the nitrate type. = The point of all ‘this is that farmers planning the use of mix- ed fertilizer ‘for early pasture are not likely going to get the results expected from .a potato fertilizer such as 6-12-12: CROPPING TIME : = At the moment ‘indications ‘are for an unusually -.early spring, fields are firm enough to permit the spreading of manure and fertilizer and already some cul- tivation is reported to have tak- en place. There are, of course, many other early springs on record and these on the average have probably not produced as good a crops as the later ones. There is some real cause - for concern that the reserve of moi- sture-in the ground is verylow and unless- quite heavy rain or snowfall takes place within the next six weeks crop prospects “May not be good: Generally our

observation would be that if new_:

seedings are disregarded pas- tures and meadows appear to be in good condition. For new seed- ings 1965 was'a very bad year and the result is that many of these new meadows are far from good and present a prob- lem. Three approaches might be considered:-- : 1. Plough and take another —erop- of -grain-and- reseed. ——2. Sow some grass seed among the stubble and harrow in. __.°3. Apply a high nitrogen ferti- ~Yizer thus promoting a crop of grass which may perhaps be more abundant than is realized. Frankly the ‘latter course of action appears to have the most to recommend it from the stand- point of getting a crop of hay, keeping down expenses.and im- proving soil fertility. ~ INCOME TAX Some time ago # was brought to the attention of the Federa- tion that the income averaging feature of income tax available to individual farmers was not being applied to farm partner- ships and farm companies. We took this matter up and

+put-does-littleto_solve-the-prob-

|quired that they both average, or both refrain from averaging. | The partnership-as such is not a taxable entity. | CORN AND SILAGE

“There certainly appears to be an unusual amount of interest in the growing of corn. Related to this, of course, is interest in sil- age equipment and silos. We have heard rumors to the ef-

riculture is considering provid- ing some assistance in the pur- chase of silage equipment—noth- ing definite at the moment. We have before us quotations from a commercial firm. on wood stave silos. These do not include dilivery and cost of election, 12 feet by 35 feet $1,200

16 feet by 40 feet $1,855

20 feet by 40 feet $2,480

20 feet by 50 feet $3,160 Pa wood stave silois Tot

-

for farmers who have their. own lumber and who~can do a cer-

ied the cost can certainly be. kept \below the figures quoted above. iHowever, it must be admitted lthat the commercial structure will probably be—superior from the standpoint of quality and durability. In any event we see | a consi

|silage ahd one grower is plan- ining on 100 acres of corn. MEETING ACTIVITIES

As the cropping: season ap-

proaches, meeting activity tends to taper off provincially, but not

at the national level. This week |~-

a committee from the Canadian

Federation of Agriculture and~

the Dairy Farmers of Canada is meeting in Toronto to consider the factors related to integration of the activities of both groups. This committee meeting grows out*of a resolution introduced at the Dairy Farmer’s meeting in January and defeated one day but again introduced the next and passed in amended form.

_ Towards the latter part of next week the executive of the Dairy Foods: Service Bureau meets in Toronto for its quart- erly meeting. In Ottawa Feder- ation representatives from the Maritime Provinces hope. to | meet with-Maritime members of jparliament ‘for a discussion on Federal farm policy. At the same time the Centennial. Com- mission is holding a seminar on rural beautification with a view to stepping up activities in that area for 1967.

ple have their annual meeting at Birch Court. We do not expect the origin of the ‘Red Factor’ in the breed will receive special attention. The fact that it is there-is proof that it was intro- duced at some point, just when jor from where is, of course, an | interesting academic question,

lem: that Holstein people. now |find it necessary to live with. CENTURY FARMS

The recognition of century |farms carried out in this prov- ince in 1964 has attracted: at- tention in at least two other pro- vinces—Ontario and New Brun- 'swick. Over a year ago interest- ed parties in Ontario soughtin- |formation and ‘certain areas-aré ‘taking the matter up: Just re- cently two gentlemen from the Centennial Commission. in New Brunswick visited. the federa- tion office to make imquiries. WASTE TIME

jadvised by farm management |people and economists with re- ‘spect to efficiency, under—em-

fect that the Department of Ag- |

a com:

plicated structure to build and |

rable development in _

Next Monday the Holstein peo- |

| Farmers are constantly beirfg |

the advice from_the CFA office ployment and productivity. One in Ottawa is to the. effect that|aspect of the farming operation the averaging provision applies | that we would like to see statis- to any tax payer including- a |tically established is the amount corporation whose’ principle | of time spent by farmers in try- business is agriculture E */ing to procure parts and repairs.

In the case of a corporation In far too many cases valua- where there are only two tax| ble time is lost and over the hol- rates, the lower one for profits| iday we had the experience of

TemporaryHibernation ls Space Travel Hope

By FRANK CAREY | He said this suggests that | ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) Only a few. hereditary genes} A space scientist hds reported |mMay be involved in the hiberna- that new-- experiments with |tion process, and further sug- hibernating hamsters raise hope |8ests—the possibility of produc. for eventually inducing tempo-|ing a@ Trace. ’of hamsters which rary hibernating powers in man|Would all be hibernators and ’—for long. space voyages and |another race lacking any power

|

the Persian Gulf late in-Febru-|way The Observer, a weekly est rates on U:S. government- |= and seven per cent of the ai ; paper, begins its article on the backed home mortgages were|total value of a mortgage is sailed on through the Suez! subject. ~ increased Monday—for the sec- some areas of the US.

_ Car Buyers of Charlottetown!

vise protection for the farmer |inister Wilson tried to stop oil |in the news—the Ioanna V and from this type of economic sabo-|getting to Britain's upstart col-|Manuela — are obviously far tage would be appreciated ‘ony. from. phantoms. But London:

s

*

Save money on the exact Chevrolet or smobile you've been looking for...during _

»

| tain amount of the work involv-—

|

| }

a s = In Full Swing Now! Have a field day! Look over all the Chevrolets, _ANYWHERE! What’s more, we can promise ON-— Oldsmobiles, Epics and fine OK used cars —OUR _ THE-SPOT-DELIVERY on virtually any model. We - SELECTION’S AT ITS GREATEST RIGHT NOW! want to give you our first-rate follow-up service, Discuss a trade-in allowance for your present car— too. Come in and make the DEAL OF YOUR LIFE!

WE FIRMLY BELIEVE YOU WON’T BETTER IT We planned this event JUST FOR YOU!

hn

Bs

CHEVROLET CHEVELLE

a. CHEVYIE CORVAIR

hg

&

for food conservation during |to go into hibernating sleep. times of .famine. Geguneccss: Dr. R. R.Chaffee of the|Wholly different lines University of Missouri's Space |@llow a definite test of the few- Science Research. Centre: also|genes concept of hibernation, said that an Ability to make the scientist added: men go into hibernation and| “If these (hibernating pow- slow their bodies’ demands by jers) prove to be the expression cooling them could greatly ex-‘of only a few genes, and involve tend the time available for jonly a few gene products, and surgeons in performing critical ‘these products can be supplied

Saying--the- production~of-such + would |

yy

ae

CORVETTE « OLDSMOBILE 2 & F-85 &

EPIC “*

operations.

He told about if in a report to the opening of the corivention of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biol- ogy—a conclave of nearly 20,000 scientists. 2). sae .

Declaring the Syrian hamster Is the .only inbred hibernating laboratory animal—but that not all of them have such powers— Dr. Chaffee told: of genetic ex- periments in which the ability

to hibernate gradually was in-.

creased over several genera- tions in some families and re-

* duced im others

to animals in a non-hibernating species. then presumably the |possibility® presents itself of |producing hibernation in ani- mals which do not have the ‘natural capacity to hibernate— and conceivably in man.

Caprice Custom Couns

an

Fe nc

ei

| CANADA |

@USED CARS :

-

ale.

HEMLOCK OUTLASTS ALL

The oldest tree ever measured in Ontario was a hemlock with 988 annual rings

BARRELS ROLL QUIETLY

An anti-noise device. intro- duced in England is plastie hoops around me barrels ‘which have te be ed.

a

AUTHORIZED DEALER IN CHARLOTTETOWN

~ ISLAND. CHEV. - OLDS. LTD. CORNER OF EUSTON AND WEYMOUTH, CHARLOTTETOWN Phone “894-6577 Be sure to see Bonanza over channel dl at 10 o'clock Sumjay night.

id

SH

te