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THE CHARL()'l"l'E'l‘L\.i/.\ GUARDIAN

FEBRUARY 26. 1937

AETHIUPIAN }~WARlflRD|$ titgiviin

Ital y lleiolces Over Heath ()f Ras Desta

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Augustus declared that he believ- thing that came before mcvc. Mr. C. E. McKenzie of Mil- ton told the delegates that he had

just received a ileport which in- dicated that cancer was the cause

Demfu, SQn-ln-law of by m: the most deaths of any . ; - disease in Canada.

H3113 Selassle. Reroiutions asking for the en- __.__._ sibling legislation In provide for

y. o," ' -h_ v‘ 1* l‘ f mm m. compulsory grading o! creamery , - in the butler for doulestic consumption

(i excell-

and for a butler grader for this iris Dcslu Di-miu. son-in- Province were mo Adopted. -

pe" of Ifaile Sel-

To Provide ltfarketing Assistance

A vote of dclrgates from cheese factorie; and crcanicries was 13-3 iii favor of establishing a celitral agenily ioi- the as Lstance of more ilegulariiyl in the marketing of dairy products, especially butter. The ‘move ivas in the natlire of an expclzinclit iii an (‘lldCllVDP to solve some of the LlhirViIiClYS difficulties, ighuj-y Gr“- [President Jenk explained. ‘It 4 _Q','(~}'i1\'_f {mm bomb , would not cost .10 nnociatlon uny- imitt, 0f ycbgljiglis thing a; the advisory Iork would ' _;, who 517m5hed b: done by thi: superintendent. re forces, once in the South- . nest. a year nslo. , . tonight, devoted Mr. J. \\y".lltt‘l' Jones declared . ti) the De this 3therc was llluFC wlastc in feeding nrrivitiex. and the livestock ‘izlii in any other indus-

.~.= tracked dolvil in the of the southern Elli- . hi~ last column de- his siiii-clxieftaiiis ‘l "1 with ll. fclv of . "turned inlincd- t) the firing squad,” iziaui inforiii-

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Mr. Walter Jones Speaks

life 1.15.1 try ui C iiada. Siacalcing on the ~ii 21 feeling ct‘ topic. " din-v Ethiflplfl he t 2rd principles in feeding

a5 Qi- ,bi1‘(‘bblll§ the filled for a. balanced ration i‘. rtlonoiiuiritl production was s. three-page re- l t0 be ail-a i and disease avoid- lcl not mention ‘ed. H0 (ll i-d different classes Friday, when o: zillltls and led out that one i me iuroiirers, of the DLSL l(‘l'\'i‘1()ll the farm from lt‘t‘l‘t"l£\l ruite ai; l in..- olfllidpullli. o. the balanced ra- wouilded the lion was skim. iiii.k. In fact those . members of hi5 farmers Will) had succeeded had .-.<l. fins Desta had plenty of skim milk. Did you ever h that. heal", lic asked. of a fanncr going we worked OVPY- l0 tiie wall with a. lot of cows "I1 since 2,000 milking wcli? lfliil up 0n su ~ ‘ Ho rcconlzucudcci mixtures of on with the bonflg- ; oats alld ‘barley, turnips and. corn no ilesisting the 1t- silage as honic grown feeds supple- unenteci with nnil- feeds to provide proclaiming l a balanced dict. White Iish meal -emnving the ‘ ali:i oil cake were recommended. ‘Elie lmpolliailiirc of proper ventil- l . repor- - atioii i id 11in ileild for lots of water ii . with a few of ~ for cattle ai, all times were stressed. ..: . i been taken yester- Ml‘. Jones said that he always 110d - t rf rhe lake. region by his cattle turned out of doors euch =- iilitieil from the day no nlatier what the weather a Cftpi‘ in Puccl. was like. It “.145 necessary for them . the I. ltrov related ' to get the sunlight, he said. If old- ~i hcen made to get or cows started to shiver he let. them full. lin but. younger cattle would stay ions for hours. The time between

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The climate aud- the proximity to the sea, ensuring sufficient iodine made the hiaritune Provinces an ideal place for the development of young stock. Mr. Jones saw no rea- son why this province, a T.B. free area, could not become a. great source of supply of breeding stock

bath in Canada and the Uniicd

Father Mequald Discusses Fodder Corn

\

éyvrra Iraola In Al“ lilcasvm the nveilagc production of

l not. fczl properly. Foddril corn was

25; ‘ealwy and p°"‘_°rml cattle l didirt pay to buy mill feeds at the mdqaugemo Percy“ Irwla’ “and . production of fodder corn on small Poficemfin be“ the muntrynde fthc cost of the silo was not so

of the oldest and most prominent , largo item of Co“ especially on a °“cé.1°d by we reckless “Pipe cab“ feed fodder corn late in August and 5h one“ °f Buenos Ajres three ‘l from the field. Then it should be baby's fat-her, Simon Pereyra. Ira- irecommendcd the Algonquin hybrid flYntil "Port that the alleged kid’ be obtained i-iivii year its the hybrid Eklgmlm "anl-“hcd ywwrdny though bullcliiu; isrzucd from exper- thefsiimmcr resort of Mar Del stubble m“ b051, hon.‘ n; “m; @3519,- 1.1135119901111111“! created a which would soon ruin a field if

the siix children of the Spmiimln was advised as well as a light ap- grifidson of Senator Santa. Mart!!!- turo he used per acre, the Rev. Ciffifiibcr of Deputies. pounds of potash; and 100 pounds tonight. but. it was lcanled deteo- 1g wok 30 pounds of corn to plant l? Afle: province, using $110 33mm“ tween each week with horse equip-

l‘. a 1,‘; Fucnte, for gugsl-lvnmfl. ly, the speaker said.

NVidespread Hunt For l’ Rev‘. Fiillici- McQuaid of St. Dun- . null: per cow in Canada. was only gentma. l‘ tone of the most beneficial crops barons urged hundreds of police I present 1mm he SMCL kidnapped m“ h“ parent's’ benuu’ ,' farms. In fact the farmer was bet- “u ‘my long’ Seeking a trace of the great. the maclihicily" for cutting familie". in the land,.or some sign i small farm ~55“? "(baby ‘MEL - eontiiiniiir.‘ ‘i0 fl “d ll through SOP- w°=k5 “$9 but m5 brlgands are ‘shocked and would then provide ' 015.795‘; Nwember- ' ivarictv. It could lie obtained from nzipptrs had begun mnsoin nego- d“, not 1.,,l),.,_,d,,c,, that al- flllvmml“ 5mm m“ 1mm °l the imentzil staiiciiis recommended sod P1030. 1'59 ""195 twum 0r Bum” to cover Ilic corn unil 5.0 protect cncious sensation in thiz fare- they 80L Stnl-Mxd. crcyra. Iilacla and the former plicntion of commercial fertilizer and the graudnephcw of Carlos Father said, was 400 P0111105 01' A semi-official censorship W35 of ground limestone to make the (lugs, from Bucnos Aircs city H110 ono acre, the dairymen were told. v their owrailofl-‘l- merit until horses could no 1on8" b9 3; V ~ Corn would give more food stuff

Tyvo Year Per- fsuiuis Uinvleilsilyl believed that. the . 4,000 pounds wtls lxcausc cows xvere NOS AIRES‘ Argentina’ Frb‘ ‘ that could be lTllnPft. he bcleved. It iniJ a. Inuit tonight for two-year- silos were not necessary for we n“ “staficm- Iter off without one for, although blue-eyed baby, a member of one l. and the power m drive it was a of the remnants of B’ kidnap band i Tilc speaker advised starting to “Plpc" vzas slain in a. battle with ~ tembw m,“ U “m, m 06.01,“ knmvn m have ‘Obbed the missing icxcclrilt liicii lintil Christmas. He Brvvinvlfll 170mm refused m mm’ McDonald Col‘ c. Niuv seed nlust fiction: with the baby's family. Fmhm. AICQHHM 5,1,1 family estate, "L115 SOFPYCEBS/f “ear laud for will lic- had found that. ' it. from the i-rowlr; and blackbiilds. Ilvlfli; fllflllblifl- 3'18"“): “m1 °f Heavy manuriilg spring and fall Dolores Santa llftirtna. is the just before planting time. The mix- N061" president of the Argentina. super; 10o pounds 0f ammonia; 75 C1H1l1l>°d U1 filTtfln-‘f 9f the mmmunt mixture easy to spread. ma” mobilized police of Buenos The young plants were worked be- ", “i, base for $0 seeking n. truck driver, one used between the rows. Plant deep- per acre than any other crop

he knew. Farmers were urged to try corn during the coming season. The best. time m plant was when the apple blossoms were out. The ; ground was warm enough then. he said. Itfwas not advisable w plant when the soil was co'd.

Mr. W. H. McGregor followéd Father mQlwlfll with 0" "d5"? on other fodder crops. 0180088 011

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a Opens Ii: Quebec llouse

‘BF-Q Fe], gas-Amid strife t. arty. the the Rovernmen cfied today

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Quebec legislature laun _ my“ m9 debate on the flggafiflag: followed each of the three address my“, to the “Irons spe “Other speakers who made brief

heard a. government speaker utter m-"gn slow" wurnlnz 0h $110 05mm‘ i; Lion's public ownership POW" mlicy. . _ v-As the debate opened, with the . ion just a day old, the legis- boed to th

were Mr. GametALe- Federal seed inspector 101' Moncton. the Mari- Moucton.

remarks Lucheur. the Maritime Proviflflfl- and m. McIntyre. of time Iltrtlltur Council.

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ADDRESS

Mr. John Bruce. Speaking to the motion Mi". J. J. McCarthy of Ft.

ed that it was the most important the As- sn xlou. He stiongly supported the

Three Sessions

Mr. W. H. McGregor reminded the a. zhort address. “Many of us have been increasing .

dairymen 1n

our feed supply by growing alfalfa “m! V0011!!! succes Just lately I have had occasion to write Prof. Eaton in Nova. Scotia, when doing 50 I asked him about a pic-s re-

the effect that he had noticed a marked improvement in his second crop on sour Nova Scotia land, which he says needs four tons of ground limestone to sweeten suf- ficiently for alfalfa, ,

His reply Wll; something like this. He has the largest area of 1111.‘; fodder on sour soil in the Prav- ince, uslng 10 u». of alfalfa, and 5 lbs. of timothy seed acre. Not first crop which was uniformly difference in the second crop be- came quite marked where he had applied l0 lbs of ibcrax peraerc for tumips when in roots in contrast with other fields where no borax had been applied the former made a much better grolvth, producing an increased tonnage and sci. a nice crop of seed, where the un- treated had not enough "to sow the area on which it gicw.

“I did not know of a second crop ever setting seed. Prof. Eaton says he will in. future use 20 lb =. of borax per acre.

“This winter is the first I ile- member of having enough clover hay for mzmyyeails. We tiitl not sow red clover, just alsike and al- ifalfn. Two years ago we brought

, ‘ enough early red Quebec grown to ‘ sow H acres. This made ft good .

growth for May, and a wonderful second growth along with alfalfa. We have never had it set seed of any account. Milk production is better than usual on this mixture of red clover and alfalfa.

“In the seeding for fend. we finil a. mixture of ivlteat, oats, barley and peas to do very ivcli indeed. and, if delayed as the seeding was last spring, I would recommend doubling the barley content of the mixture and add seine buckwheat. This will make a. very heavy feed suitable for cows, pig: and poultry. If you have a. field of hulless oats so much the better, you can make a. nice meal for young pigs, chick- ens or anything about the fni-ni that likes grain. In the mixed grain, hulless oats ripens ‘Gflfllfil’ than Viceroy or Banner.

“A patch of flax with a. bushel of barley and some blue peas would be a great help to‘ provide more home grown concentrates. Unfcr- tunately peaa are sometimes qiiitc

ing them as sometimes they sur- prise us. but they do not always; appear as thick in the thrashed grain as in. the sccd sown.

"Another promising source of feed ls the slicing of June grass. We have had this in mlud for some time, but not. till last year did we

make a. start in a very small Wily as the year before whcil we got a line on how to go about it. we had

for other parts of the continent, i mollasses to mix with it, about one

gallon to twenty gallons of \\'.lLi'l‘. riuming this on the cutter per ton of grass or clover. The fact thnl feed on the after grars was so plenty last. year prevents u; filiiin using this in the Autumn when it. is supposed to comc iii when nil grasses in the fields are dried up. So It is now in the bottom of the silo as the corn was put in on top. so I cannot say anything more

we uncovered it to fill in the corn." Wheat Not Diseased

Discussing last year's wheat. crop Mr. McGregor said that it had not been diseased as many believed. The extremely poor yield had bicn dve to prolonged and unusual wet weather. I-ie had taken some samp- 1P5 of wheat to’ the Dcniiiiion cerealist at. Ottawa and had been informed that it was not (lisctlscti. It would be all right for seed this

spring the speaker bi vcd. lie wlazlned farmers ' belt: "taken in" by freiii: 5 ri‘

lc. . wheat which they might. have of- fered them.

REPORT OF DAIRY SUPERIN I A Slllfllllllfy of the report. nub- mitted ‘by Mr. W. L. Bileutcvzi, Daiilyl Silperinteiident follows:

As has been the custom of previ-

1 lug classes in the Agriuliliiiiliii Short.

Course in Chilrlottctouln and two- day short courses in different section". of the province.

In the early sprint; the Cileniu- ery men met in s . . on In Chill‘- lottetown and decided to discou- tinue the Educatlonai Butter Grad- ing for the year and requested I give all my spare time to trc assist- ing in better cream grading en- forcement, as it ivas corn; l~ that the weak spot in the q.i.. _ of our Island butter ciunc from the cream source. the mctliaiiicnl or workmanrhip part being in gen- eral very creditable.

The improvement in thr- quality of the cream supply was evident lii almost every creamcry. Some ft-w still continue lax in grading and suffered the ill-effects more keenly than they will admit. Gentlemen, I have no hesitation in saying that every pound of milk and ercaiil dc- llvered at the factories should be graded and very pound of cream- ery butter and factory cheese should ‘be sold on grade, and marked accordingly. At. this meeting today resolutl -n.~. will be introduced ask- ing for compulroxy grading for do- mestic purposes, as is new in force in all provinces except Quebec. Nova Bcotia and Prince Edward Island. With a little better care of the Cream supply, all our Leland butter may easily be First Grade.

General Conditions

The‘ year favourable conditions for dnirilllil- The well distributed moisture.

good hay, grain and root

m problem of adeqlll" m“ ‘on the form in always a ll" "W"

Worm weather in the early spring

port I had seen some time ago to

800d all over, but a week later the ,

disappointing, still we keep on SOW- .

abut it. but. it looked good Wllfill i

nus _vcai~n drurinlz the iuz~t three months Iwa. eligaucil in office work, eolnpillng l'(‘1)Ol‘t.'». prcpiiiliuu . ‘ circular letters, attcn m; the iuui- - ual meetings of 101-: l _v il.ni- » jiaiiies whenever p . . cnnduct~

iucillotl. " Crcauicrlcs uiinel‘ ]ll( lllilstIlllCPS cannot con- ..lll( .-.o it behooves those s

1936 brought more|

throughout the season readied in l crops. .

I .

{helped out in the feed shortage. as t pa; tge wit; ullilable earlier than Ila‘ uill. In luany eases owing to Ismail crops harvested the previous

l

.1. ics there was through- out. all Canada an increase in milk ‘ production.

Thc ilVCfilEC price for butter and cheese were souls-what higher. For the flr~t four months of the year

ittci prices were higher. then islerkening. The most pleasing feature was the comparative high lJl.'l'_‘CS during the summer months- ilzc time of our llCilVy production.

Stati tics show that. on Septem- ber 30th Cold Storage holdings for all Canada were 55,749,000 lbs., tllc large-it‘ yet recorded. Following tlii. report; the market became lin- blCfldy and prices weakened. Re- ports say. this surplus has been homewhat depicted. Still thcrc is a large amount to reckon with iuld

much difference was evident m the quality will count. more and more tby creamerymen u‘) the dean-nu“, of

, in the future months’ prices. .

(‘rcumcrlcs i ’l'\vcuty' CYCHIIICHCI were In oper- ialion (lliflll-i tlic year. Fifteen Iiopcratcd for the twelve months, i four ffililflllfffl clozetl (luring the l winter and one operated for only a yiew weelas deciding it advisable to i close uuclet the local circumstances. i A few of the smaller" factories found ‘it. IIIIIJOLJJDIC to successfully oper- i ate and rclnalned closed. One Cileaniery failed iii payment to their cilranl patrons for cream dxlivcrcd. “PIIIS i‘, I believe, the first time such has happened in this P nice, and tJ me it is the hand izi; on the wall for a number of . cur Ciledmcilics if action ls not , tiikcn so that a goodly number of ‘-Ulll‘(‘O-01)i‘1'f\t}l\’(‘ Creamcrles am-

‘ Plllilil‘. pool their resources, for- liiffcre -=. mid start anew. trl d of the times is for l’ manufacturing ccritrer, the ‘lug of manufacturing costs.

pretliict. birttci- buying and better

‘ mllillg facilities. A aiigcnlcnts

were made for Cllecse Factory Makers and salesmen to hdrloltetolvil on Decem-

ipilsitlcr conditions as

in C brr 0th to ivxisting in the local Dairy Coni- ,pnilies represcilted. with the par- i iicular objective of endeavouring to iheve the creauleries receive a ulli-

; foiliu piicc for their butter and iChecsc. At this meeting a. coin- [imitice of three were appointed tn j)I‘t"Pfll‘(‘ a letter and send same out to the ics for their .. mi at their annual meet-

} Sales Reported

‘ ‘The Butter and Cheese sales made at Montreal and Toronto were

illcpriiltilrl each Monday and Friday by‘ Mr. J. F. Singleton, Dairy Coin-

siclicl‘,

pt blc to our Dairymen. Such ‘illllfi iatioii was. upon request. fiirnishcil to the local saltrmen

Ottawa-u service very l

l vlsilcd this Pro- moiith of Juuc ill the and will be gladly Diiiryineli when- vci- he may find it convenient to .g-.iin cnluc to our Island. , frltc native Deiigvincn who met: in iCliarlottctcwu in December agreed it» ask this Annual Convention to itlccouliilcnd (l) Conlpulsory Grad- [ing tibButter for Domestic Con- '.'\.lll1l[)'.lOl’1; <2) The issuing of‘ Cer- ‘ tificrites of Merit to Factory Man- . tigers. hfilkerl and salesmen: (3) The assisting in more regularity in {the irinilltriing of our Dairy Pro-

duct ‘ Pcis. , three of worthy of your most sideration. 1g and Rc-teitlng r iil: and re-testlng for -fnt in the Dali-y plants was ril on as ill previous years and in addition at. one cheese factory we tin-ted nll milk siimplas twice monthly throughout the season. In a. number of Cileamerlcs. upon ilr-glirst. of the Directors of the Imeni Companie l. we did the Cream 'I‘iiis iias not pi-ovcn as. '_v iv. ‘expected. Should hi ii wo be carried on this year, immediately’ at ' the testing is ll " l Isl: send direct to

U! :51?!

ll ilon whose snmple of cream

i tcsli.ll.i,thc percentage of ' ‘ .:l1d sample. This ‘e: t. any errors or deliber- . bUllT-I made in payment ..~Latcmeiil.<. C0l1tid€ll0€ must be. ‘ maintained between creamcry

t‘}l(‘l'fili"‘ illltl rrcanicry patron and

‘the i..i his this. season ivcrti (unused in the clerical work, uo; at the llabl. "c tester.

in: has proven quite

t \\'llL‘l‘(‘\'(‘l.‘ feasible. it. ablc to adopt tihi‘.

icing patrons to wlatdi ' _. the work done by their i-A] Zll'lll-).. Remember. it docs not l lpav iillfvbMlY to send a low testing trrtlrrm ll» the Crrninciqv. Paylmcuts l arc mi Tc on pound of butter-fat ll'f‘i""lt't'lt—-llllll at not. less than ithll-tvper ccut. butter-flit in all _ your cream shipments.

, Vi“. ‘I11 ' a

l Butler i 2.003 07.2 pcunds of Creamery butt": w made of wlhlch only a

rllon was graded; All a high firvt grade. leading the other provinces. ’I'hl". is an in- PITIYYK‘ in make of 395.231‘ pounds ovcr ihril. of 1035. This grading may ci- lllny not be a true index of tlic quality in general. I trust you may u» your wily clear to re- commend asking the government for cnnblizzg legi lation that all our blxticil may be graded for domestic couwumptimi-such legislation to’ come into effect. only upon request of the nlrriorily; of the Directors of the Prince Edward Island Dairy- m"ll‘.»' As ociattoil.

A few vases of mould were in lcvidcncc, some of which lwero 1 (‘lCflTiy traced to the use of boxes i made ircm unreasonable lumber.

, hlfore cf our butter war regularly . markcirti in Nova Scritia and the inmoluit. of iulints held in storage hcre was. (aiuidered less than in t previous _Vt"1ll‘3. I The holding of Creamery Print Ibuttcr in Cold Storage for several months should not. be emouraged. Print butler held in co'd storage for severe] months cannot posivblv be as [mod in flavor it: freshly made and l).'t"ll has a. tleprr sing effect on hiittcr prices. If you must. hold

small pi-

1 competition among

l of each creamery operating in the

in solids and have it. rc-worked m required. Cheese 294,354 pounds of cheese was . manufactured,‘ an increase of 38%

over past year. 98.76 graded First i

.Grade, with an average szolle of 92.026. This province again head the list.

Only five cheese factories were in operation, namely Tignish. Gm!“

, River, Kinkora, East River and

.Dundas. These factories were all kept in a strictly sanitary colt/dit- ion and the cheese makers put up a high quality cheese.

i An innovation of note was the

taking over of the Grand River

y Factory by Mr. Edward Larkln. of Bayside, Int 14, guaranteeing to milk patrons a mimimuni price. twice monthly testing of milk, and twice monthly cash payments. In the past the lack of iregulnr and prompt. payments at chcex: fac-

tories has been an argument used

i the manufacturing of cheese, and other factories should get in touch with Grand River Company for first ; hand knowledge as to how it. was received in that locality.

In certain sections t-herc is, and. I believe will continue to be. a D1000 . for a. cheese factory to operate for ie. slim-t full seawn. thus lowering

hauling and manufacturing charges.

A nlriuber of our wholesale cheese buyers are asking that all our make l of cheese be put. up in triplet form and it. will be only reasonable to expect their wishes will be met when and wherever povlble.

Prizes for Factory Operations

As intimated in last year's report. the DeLaval Company. Limited. through their representative Mr. J. D. Frier, offered $20.00 in oashto be divided pro rnta according to stand- ing in the Educational Butter Grad- ing. At their April get-together the , Crcamerymen decided to discon- i tinue this Butter Grading for the ,year and givc more attention to j Cream Grading. The arrangements ‘ were overlooked for the divislonvof ‘ this money. Mr. Filler has advis- ed me that at lerrt. this much, and pcrehauce a little extra, is still l held for us. So at our next. sPTmi-i , gathering, plans will then be made for its distribution.

The Dept. Agriculture on author- ization of the Hon. Minister will this year givc in prize monies the sum cf $100 to stimulate efficiency in Dairy work. Rules of competit- inn will be sent all factory oper- ators. l

Mr. W. J. Wilson, representative fcr Wyzindoti. Products, informs us a pilize will be donated by the J. B. Ford Company. Plans for such competition". will be arranged later Such generous offers as these will be gratfully accepted and should encourage a friendly and helpful our factory

men. Exhibitions

Once more I had charse 01' the Dairy Products at the Provincial Exhibition at Charlottetown. The average number of entries of cheese and butter were judged by Mr. F. T. Morrow, Dominion Dairy Produce Grader. assisted by Mr. W. J. Davis, alro of the Federal Dairy Branch. A copy of the prize winn- ers i; attached.

We had arranged an exhibition of two flats, Creamery Print Butter,

province; also chart: and general information relative to Dairy Work.

At the 1937 Exhibition, if suit- able space is available, the Dairy Division. Department of Agricul- ture. will endeavor to make our corner I. real worth-lvhile place to visit while taking in this fair.

I did the Judging at the County Exhibitions, namely Alborton. Georgetown, Souris, and Egmont Bay A: Mount Camel-all of which showed a decided improvement over previous exhibitions.

Vegetable Oils

The importation of vegetable oils for use in manufacturing of shortening, thus replacing butter and lard uted in baking purposes, is causing grave concern among Dairy Producer; and Manufactur- ers. The National Dairy Council of Canada has joined with others in presenting our case before the Tariff Board at Oitruvit. For gen- eral information, paragraphs were clted from their presentation in November last. by that active Secretariy-Tbeastirer of the National Dairy Council, Mr. Allan C. Fraser.

On December 7th the untimely death of Mr. Thomas itIcGrath. i‘ pilopilletor of Morcli Creamery, took plflCe at the Charlottetown Hospital. Mr. McGralh was on honourable busines miin and will be sadly mi=sed by his brother creamerymen.

In conclusion I wish to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to you. sir, Mr. President. to the Officers and Members of the Dairy- lneirs Association, to each and every Manager and Asdstant in the Dairy Companies, to the Officials of the Dominion and Provincial Departments of Agriciuture and the Experimental Station. and par- ticularly so to Honourable W. H. Dennis. Minister of Agriculture, Mr. W. R. show, Deputy Minister 8a Livc Stock Superintendent. Mr. S. C. Vllrlgllt, Dairy Field Promoter. to i‘-l.c office staff and the local prc. a.

RESOLUTIONS

The text of resolutions dealing with the request for X-ray equip- ment, butter grading for domestic

consumption and asking for a study of the education system is given below.

X-Ray Equipment

To the Honorable Min-k Mc- Guignu. Minister of Ilealth and Education, Government of Prince Edward Island:-

Resolved that, as there is grout. and urgent need in Prince Edward Island for the provision of X-ray Deep Therapy equipment for the treatment of deep-seated cancer mid other diseases, and whereas the Prince Edward Island Hospi- tal. when building their new hoa- pital. provided a properly equipped mid insulated room for the instal- lation of such X-ray equipment. and are now asking for funds to enable them to purchase and in-

j passed the 51.000.000.000 mark, the Jilghest level since i929.

Canada. established o

Promised Reductions 0'1"‘- cwtr“ 5""di"

(Continued from_

t substantial increase 1n taxation l levies. The public accepted the im- ‘ position of these new burdens. not j gladly it. was true, but nevertheless with a sin-e sense that it was the right thing to do. that. a serlou"

problem existed and that. it had to , ‘vicliou for unlawful possession n]

be faced squarely, though sacrifices might. be involved.

Fortunately the increase in the :

total income of the people has re- duced the weight of the burden. In view of the progress that has l already been made and the out- look for the immediate future I am indeed happy to inform the House that it is not my intention to rc- commend any increases in taxation for the coming year.

. tlal net credit balance. If

No Tax Reductions i

' S/umnierside presiding. The appeal

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS-Mrs. John MacDonald, 229 Sydneystroet was receiving the congratulations of a. wide circle of.’ friends yester- day on the occasion of her birth- day. During the day many friends called.

GEORGETOWN COURT - The appeal of Joseph Bell from a cou-

liquor was allowed in Supreme Court at Georgetown Wednesday, Mr. Justice A. C. fiaunders of

was allowed with costs o! $50. 8B. Hessian appeared for the appellant and Si. Claire Trainer represented the Crown.

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“Southern N i g h t” P e r f o r m a n c e In Heartz Hall En- joyed By Large Audience.

disc trade account a very substan- to the

export figures already given we l

iadcl, a"- wc should, the gold ear- I

The income tax will continue on 1 the present basi". Furthermore. no . alterations are to be made in rate. of taxes either under the special war revenue act or under the Ex- cise Act. The only changes pro- posed are n. few minor additions t~. the schedule of exemptions undcr the Sales Tax. Articles specially d!‘- sfgiled for use of the blind are to j be given exemption. "i

Art. work and printing plate: i made therefrom for non-advertls- ; ing purposes in periodical puli- i lications will also be exempted. Other items to be added to the ‘i list of exemptions are raw and ‘ salted hides, certain refractory’ materials, spinal britctal. and pal-ti; thereof, ingredients used in enli- ning fish. and part‘ for grain and seed cleaning machines.

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Trade and Tariff

I now turn to matters relating to trade and tariffs. In the calendar year 1936 Canada's export trade

Indeed. taking account of the lower level of prices. the physical volume of cur exports was about equal to the 1920 level. ‘The value of our ex- ports. including commercial gold. reached a total of $1,027.90l,000, a gain of $189,559,000, or 23 per cent over 1935.

This increase i: all the more sig- nificant in view of the fact that. agricultural and vegetable Pfddiift“. which accounted for 4'7 pcr cent of our total exports in 1928 were only : 34 per cent of the total in 1930. l

Imports for the year amcunrllli to $635,101,000, which exceeded the . 1935 total by $34,876,000. an in- i crease of 19 per cent. Our

total i foreign merchandise trade for the ,‘ year amounted to $1,663.093,000. This was an improvement of $2M.- i 439.000 over the previous year, or an increase of 20 per cent.

The latest available figures for exports show a. percentage lu- crease for January of this year. even greater than that for the year 1936. The increase over January i036 was nearly 29 per cent.

As a result of our gains in 1936 Canada. has moved up from fifth to fourth place among the nations of the world in export trade, svhilc retaining her position of fifth place in total trade.

While the total international trade of the world, as indicated, by figures for '13 countries published by the league of Nations is esti- mated to have improved by about eight per cent in 1936, Canada's total trade showed an increase of 20 per cent. Ar. our own trade gain 1s so much above the average of other countries I think it is not unreasonable to interpret this as clear evidence of the success of the Government's trade policies.

Net Credit Balance

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The figures just given show that

quested to set aside a half-day in each school when children be giv- en e holiday, and teams of schol- ars sent. out on that day to collect funds in each district to enable the Hospital trustees to purchase this much needed equipment, all of which is vitally important to the health and welfare of the people of this province. Moved by James G. MacLeod. Seconded by John Bruce.

Butter Grading

Whereas, compulsory creamery butter grading for domestic con- sumption is in force in all provin- ces in Canada with the exception of Quebec, Nova Scotia. and Prince Edward Island, and such is now

being considered in these other two provinces. - Y Be it. resolved, we the Prince

Edward Island Dairymen now in annual session, petition our local legislature at this next session, to pass Ollllblillg legislation that the said compulsory grading of cream- cry butter for domestic consump- tion come into force in this pro- vince on the request of the major- ity of the directors of this Associ- ution.

Moved by J. A. Dewar; seconded by Harold Laird.

Re Education System

Whereas, there is a widespread‘ dissatisfaction among parents and others with our educational system duo to the many failures at on: institutions.

And whereas there exists among the farmers of this province and was evident at our farmers con- ventions a feeling that our boys and girls are being educated tiwny from the fann. l

And whereas our board of edu- cation has been drawn into poll- tics.

Therefore resolved that we ask our local legislature w appoint n committee of leading educational- ists and ugricuiturists to investi- gate and recommend any neces- sary “anges with g view to bet- tering our educational system. And further that a committee be ap- pointed to bring this before the proper authorities and reportsamc

stall the same, be it therefore re- solved: That the Hon. Minister ofHw-Jlt-

l butter in $901186. Why not Wt. it ‘H!

and Education be raqmeofluily rc-

tn our next annual convention. tiicved by William MOCXIHUIII.‘ t'.-.~..-.s Roads; seconded by Earle

t had accomplished in the past, and

marked dialing the year and held l by the Batik of Canada for clients abroad, that is. gold of our own production which would otherwise » have gone abroad and is, in fact, mvnczi abroad and paid for, then i in: excess cf our export; over our airports would have amounted to the very impressive total of 8402,- 000.000.

The credit balance on commodity iicdc alone, excludlnl fld. was 1900.000 and was the largest ecorded since 1925.

Preliminary estimates of tourist trade zhow an increasing stream of visitors to our country and an expenditure here last year of’ about $290,000,000, an increase cf more- than 24 per cent over 1035. After: deducting estimated Canadian tour- § ist expenditures abroad there still remains a. net credit balance on tourist account of $165,000,000. Adding this to our merchandise credit. just. referred to gives a. total credit balance of no less than $617,000,000 on account of mer- chandise and tourit trade.

This credit balance gave Canada an ample supply of foreign ex- change Illnds with which to meet interest and dividend payments tn foreign creditors as well as other invisible debit items in our balance of payvncnts, and at the same time enabled us to efflict a very sub! stantinl reducticn i-i our net cap- ital indebtedness abroad.

Empire Trade

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In exruniniitg the distribution of our trade among countries during the past year we find that the United Kingdom purchased fi-om us just over $400.000,000 worth of goods ivhich was about 39 per cent. of our total exports, a per- centage slightly above that of the previous year. The British Empire, as a whole, took about $486,000,000 of our total sales abroad as com- pared with $382,000,000 in the prev- iou". year. While the greater part of this additional volume sold within the Empire went to the United Kingdom, nevertheless South Africa, Australia and New Zealand also purchased substan- tially more from us than in i935.

Imports from the United King- dom were slightly higher in volume reaching a total of $123,000,000 as compared with $117,000,000 for the previous year. From the Empire as a whole our purchases were up over 515000.000 in 1936 a: cem- pared with 1935.

I am sure it: will be B. matter 0! special interest. to the House to. obcrvc the growth in our trade with the United States, as we now have a full year's experience under the operation of the agreement which established new sohedulas of rates ou Jan. 1, 1936.

U. S. Trade

During the year our total trade with United States. including com- mercial gold, amounted to $787,- 000,000 as compared with $683,- 000,000 for 1935, an increase of $104,000,000. or 15 per cent.

If we exclude commercial gold entirely from the figures for the two years under comparison we find that. the trade increase in 1936 ivas just over 22_per cent. Calculated on tilts same basis, ex- ports to the United States were greater by 25 per cent while im- ports from the United States were higher by 18 per cent. It will be noted that. these percentage iri- cileases are appreciably above the corresponding increases in our trade with all countries.