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COMMUNITY SCHOOL CLOSES
Miss Ida Clark, Mt. Stewart was the chairman of the Com- munity School which held ‘ts closing dinner in the Mt. Stew- art Memorial hail Wednesday evening. Others in the picture
LEFT TO RICHT, are Hon ’ Andrew MacRae, John Mac- Donald, P.E.I. department of agriculture fieldman, and Rudi Dallenbach who was warmly complimented by the agricul-
ture minister who announced he has been engaged for a one- yearcontract, with ARDA and the province sharing the costs. The school, attended by adults, was held during the winter.
FACTS FOR FARMERS
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Forage Crops, whether the y are harvested as hay, haylage, silage or pasture and fed to ru- minant _livestock contribute more to the total farm cash in- come-on P.E.I. than does any ether crop. It is unfortunate that we are presently exploiting less than one-half of our potential for producing forage.
It is my opinion that hay
“yields could be doubled on at ast 80 per cent of the farms on P.E.I. All farms have a poten- tial acre and
-- ler... careful- duce five tons According to the 1! provincial average “tame” hay in P.E.I. w tons per acre. This represe Jess than half of our potential yield and it means that we are getting all of the exercise and machinery wear and tear of for- age -production but only getting one-half the quantity of hay that could be produced. In too many
farms could un-
instances-in-past-years the hay
crop has been left to grow on the fertilizer that is left in the soil after the potatoes and oats or barley crops have been grown._Under_these_conditions—it is little wonder that the average hay yield is below two tons per -acre.——
Forage is an extremely vale able crop in any dairy or beef enterprise. To produce forage successfully we have to think of ft in terms of its real value. If good quality hay was worth even $25 per ton, and it was selling for, more than this in many Maritime- areas. this year, then ‘a five-ton acre hay crop would have a value of $125. Unfortun- ately the cash return is not as direct or as quick as with pota- ‘toes or other cash crops since forage must be processed through the animal before it can be turned into cash. Neverthe- less it must be considered valu- able enough to fertilizer at ieast every year and preferably twice’ each year if you are timing for high production.
How much fertilizer should you apply? You must apply as much as has been removed -by the crop less that which is supplied from the native fer- tility in the soil. This native fertility is rapidly depleted when hay is grown without fertilization, and the native fertility is very low in the soil of many of the back fields presently used for hay.
FERTILIZER DEPLETION
In order to get some idea of how much fertilizer is removed by a four hay crop we can mul- tiply the yield in pounds by the percent of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the -tissue. By eonservative estimates a four- | ton hay crop. will remove 250-1 pounds of nitrogen, 30 lbs. of phosphorus and 200 Ibs. of potas- sium. In terms of fertilizer this removal represents 9800- 900 pounds of ammonium nitfate,; 300 pounds of superphosphate and 400 pounds of muriate of po- tash.
Total cost of this fertilizer re- moved by four tons of hay would be $45. Some of this fertil- ity will be supplied from the soil
but-—the—fertilizer—costs—for—a—
four-ton hay crop may go. as high as $35.
A four to five ton crop of tim- othy hay would require,..1,000 pounds of 15-5-15 fertilizert.cost- ing $35_per acre. It-is ‘more cost- ly to fertilize grasses such as timothy or bromegrass because
all the nitrogen they use must |
be supplied as fertilizer. Alfalfa hay, alfalfa. timothy hay or red clover- timothy hay do not re- quire much. nitrogen fertilizer since the legumes such as alfal- fa and red clover can utilize ai- trogen from the air by fixing it in nodules on their roots. ‘Fertilization costs for a four to | ‘five tons legume-grass ‘mixture | stich as alfalfa- timothy or alfal- fa- bromegrass would therefore not include nitrogen fertilizer and would be approximately $20. Legumes and legume- grass mixtures will, however, respond
of_four__tons_per_|—
Proper Fertilization an Double Hay Crops
_ Sy L. B. MacLEOD
Research
Officer
Experimental Farm, Charlottetown
to nitrogen fertilizer in the) spring. ;
Pris fertilizer nitrogen helps | both the legumes and grasses to}
begin growth in
ing until June when the legum- es begin to fix their own nitrog- en supply. With grass crops such as timothy or bromegrass sufficient nitrogen must be sup- | plied to carry it through the en- tire season.
CUTTING TIME
Cutting management is a sec- ond very important factor to be
‘considered when trying to doub- * te the hay yields. Time of cut-
ting has a great influence on both yield and quality of hay. Quality of hay that is left stand- in the field after the latter part_of June deteriorates rapid- ly. Hay—or silage harvested dur- ing mid toate -June may “be from 70 to cent diges- 'tible, while hay or later may be digestible. >... : Early cutting, in additi removing the first cut wh quality is still good, also per- mits the second. cut to start growing before the soil mo
per cent
supply becomes limiting during
July and August.
It is recommended _that_timo- thy or bromegrass-hay be fertil- ized ‘with nitrogen and potas- sium fertilizer immediately fol- lowing the first cut in order to produce a good second cut crop before late August. With legum- es it is recommended that mur- iate of potash be applied follow- ing the first cut, particularly if the fertilization rate was only moderate in the spring. Consult the soil testing service for spec- ifie fertilizer recommendations.
When early cutting, to give a two-cut hay system, is combin- ed with adequate fertilization most farm fields on P.E.I. will produce at least four tons of hay per acre. Fertilizer costs money so a farmer must first decide what hay is worth to him before deciding on how much fertilizer he will apply.
Considering that an _ invest- ment of from $20 to $30 will in- crease the value of his hay crop from $35 to $125 his returns per acre are greater by $90 due to
his investment. This..represents a $3 to $4 return for ane dollar spent on fertilizer. Inclusion of
harvesting and storing costs will
reduce these returns somewhat. Even 80, I don’t know of any
linvestment that will pay better
' |dividends than this.
With the forage-livestock ec- onomy playing such an import- ant role in the agriculture of. P.E.I..at the present _time,’1 feel that we must give our forage crops a better chance to prove
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their worth. The first step is to
\realize that hay is a valuable \crop and that it should be fertil- lized and limed accordingly. The
cold soil ,of isecond important step is to em- early spring and to keep grow- |bark on a two-cut hay system, if
you don't already follow it, in or- der to produce high quality and to make the -most efficient use of your haylands.
A combination of adequate fertilization and early cutting iwill result in high yields of dig- estible dry matter than are pre- sently_produced—on—most_farms. The benefits of feeding high quality hay will be-reflected--al- most immediately in--a larger milk cheque. Why don’t you plan to try it this year and see for yourself. ;
For further information con-
tact either Dr. Lloyd MacLeod, Experimental—Farm, —Charlotte- town or the P.E.1.-Department of Agriculture, Box 2000, Char- lottetown,- P:E.1- ~~
Daily Press In Rhodesia
-...}dian__ section _ of _ the _Common-. -| wealth Press Union has passed a
ity hay |Thomson, Thomson Newspapers
“cell, “Canadian ~ Press, “Toronto;
Commended
- LORONTO (CP)—The..Cana-
resolution commending the daily press of Rhodesia for opposing that country’s government and its press restirctions.
The organization, at its an- nual meeting, also re-elected Ross Munro, publisher. of The Canadian, Toronto, as chair- man. _
Other officers-elected were I. Norman Smith,-Ottawa Jour- nel, honorary chairman; W. J. Blackburn, London Free Press, | vice-chairman; W. A. Craick, honorary secretary”- treasurer; _ A. Graybiel, honorary audi- or.
Eleeted to the executive com- mittee representing the daily press: Hon. Oscar Gilbert, Que bec Le Soleil; R. S. Malone, Winnipeg Free Press; K. RB.
Limited; Ee ee the weekly press: H. E.
mick, The Monitor, Montesoks . representing the perlodiedl press: Floyd 8. Chalmers, Mae- lean - Hunter Puublishing . Col.
' The Guardian, . Charlottetown, Fri., April 22.
Lauentide Financial Corp. Gets California President
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VANCOUVER CP )—Lau- rentide Financial Corporation’ LAd. -Thursday « antrotneed”. the
appointment of a Califcnia fi- hancial executive, Myrwil L Goeglein: as president and chief executive officer of the corpora- tion, ‘
Mr. Goeglein, 58, moves to Vancouver-based Laurentide, an international financial company with assets of $365,000,000 and operations in seven counvies, from Pacific Finance Corpora- tion. He was a_ senior vice-
mt and director of the California-based company’ which has assets of more than $700,- o00-000, .
He succeeds Peter Paul San: ders, one of the- founders of Laurentide, who becomes vice- chairman. Maurice F. Strong of Montreal earlier was appointed
' Andwew E. Saxton, a co- founder of Laurentide and ex-
ecutive vice-president, has been,
chairman of the board of Laurentide’s largest subsidiary, Laurentide Finance Corporation of California, and continues as a director of the parent company.
wére indications ear- Wier this year that Laurentide was in financial difficulty.
The company’s six-month fi- nancial statement for the pe- riod ending Dec; 31, 1985, showed” het “earnings “had de-” clined 3.8 per cent from the samé ie one year earlier. Share earnings were 38 cents compared to 73 cents in 1964, WILL GIVE DEPTH
‘They said the management shifts were needed ‘‘to concen- trate on the highér yield con- sumer loan business during a difficult’ money period and at: the same time handled planning for future
Mr. Saunders and Mr. Strong said in a statement the realign- ment ‘‘will give Laurentide an | added depth of management.”
Mr. Saunders said his new post will allow him to concentrate on | the company and said he we devote
LAd.,-Toronto. The following were elected o = represent “the ‘Canadian section of the council: J. 8. Atkinson. Toronto Star; St; Clair. Balfour. eran Press Limited; Floyd
. Chalmers, MacLean-Hunter ‘Publishing Co. Ltd.; James L. \Cooper, Toronto Globe and Mail;—-J: D. MacFarlane, Tor-
ne, Montreal Star; Gillis Pur-
British Firms Honored
s, includ- ing-the-subsidiaries- of<three-Ca- nadian companies, have— be- come the first to receivé~a unique honor, the Queen’s Award to industry, for their achievements in technology a in boosting exports. The oy Ok Goes wa ‘iit | Thursday, the Queen’s birthday, by a special committee set up to} administer the new. scheme.
Mherovcsnets or innovations in technology, and 18 for combined achievement in export and tech- nology.
Nuclear Enterprises (G.B.) Ltd., a subsidiary of Nuclear Enterprises of Winnipeg, re- ceived. an award for technol-
ogical innovation in scientific _in- |
struments. Massey - Ferguson holdings, a subsidiary of Can-
ada’s Massey-Ferguson Ltd., re-
ceived an export award, while a combined award went to Dis- tillers Co., a subsidiary of Dis- tillers Corp. Ltd. of Monireal.
The scheme was announ a year ago by Prime Minister Wilson as part of the Labor gov- érnment’s incentives for indus-
try.. The awards will be pre-.
sented annually in future.
TIDE PLAN TAKES YEARS
The use of Passamaquoddy Ray tides to produce electricity |
‘was planned in .1919 and—work | began on the task in 1935.
Progressive Conservative . Nominating C
4th QUEENS
APRIL 25th - 8.00 P.M.
ELDON HALL
poll is q attendance. The pubtie is invited.
Guest Speakers
_Thomas MacKenna, District President
rrr neem eaten
onvention
uested to have five delegates in
J.W. Stebenne, Montreal La Presse; K. R. Thomson, Thom- son Newspapers Limited.
Text of the CPU resolution: “That the Canadian section of the Commonwealth Press Union commend the daily press of
, |Rhodesia for its gallant effort in opposing to the limit of its re- |
sources and’ ability the impost- tion of illegal government upon the peoples of Rhodesia, and its coritinuing battle against censor- and other restrictions | at preventing the free |
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‘Examined QUEBEC (CP) Police said here a 29- vear- old) man
who confessed to setting fire to secured the participation of a number of buildings, inclua- Power Corporation of Canada jing the official residence of the as 4 partner during the tight \lieutenant-governor of. Quebec, money period of 1956. It estab- is undergoing psychiatric ex: lighed a majov base in. Eastern |amination. Canada with the acquisition of|: A spokesman for the Lautentide Acceptance Coropra- | incial police said it was impos-
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——~\in which the lieutenant - gov- ernor, Paul Comtois, 69. lost his \life, ‘destroyed the mansion
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jhave been distributed: evenly To Viet Cong
Ithrough both Hanoi and Saigon, VANCOUVER (CP)—The or-
Dr. Inglis said it is “well known that Saigon is thor- oughly corrupt and we don't
ganizer of a group collecting
money to aid victims’ of the
in Viet Nam said the
money and medical supplies will |@
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Cong in South Viet Nam:
Dr. Allan M.. Inglis of Van-
“ black market."
British Columbia and chairman
ship Society.
couver said victims of Viet i i ' Cong activities in the Saigon Pending approval of an ex- region are getting ample medi-|Port permit from Ottawa,
organization plans to ‘send 000 in medical supplies by ship to-the-Russian—Red—Cross—from Montreal to ; Leningrad. - The Russian Red Cross will trans- fer these supplies to Hanoi and the National Liberation Front. Dr. ‘Inglis said his organiza- tion plans further shipments possibly including plasma. Next month’s shipment will contain antibiotics and other drugs.
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to Hanoi as a cash gift. A 250-| pound shipment of medical sup- | plies will be sent next month. T. C. Douglas, leader of the New Democratic Party, is one of those sponsoring the organi- zation. He said earlier in an in- terview that he understood . the
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Bois de Coulonge concluded it SALISBURY (Reuters\, — The was not of criminal origin and | Rhodesia’ Parliament Thursday was probably started hy. an voted 43 to 13 in favor of ex: j\tending the current state. of —— emergency if the country for a é ° further three months. The emer- Business Briefs igency was dectaréd last Nov. 5, ja week before Prime’ Minister MONTRE AL — (OP) —.D.F. Ian Smith's regime seized inde- owie, president and general | pee ote It Was rs extende or ree. months at mapaser. of Canadian Overseas ‘ihe beginning of February. Telecommunication Corp. said | —————__—-- -__ |" Thursday direct overseas tele- graphic operations be t ween! Canada and the Soviet Union, have been opened. He said this | service eliminates any inter-|
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