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Page Six ...~ vunuauy e.swLuusn- bat potato virus diseases `become so rmly estab- grave droub$ were -ex- ` to the nma.'L..;1.'m, -4 ~-- -I;--vuu LU 1.11 PULQ-' ever, vh1-ough seed cer is danger h:as been avert- John Tucker, Ohief In- ninion S4-mi D.\+..+.. mm ave urouzrs o the possibility oi spread to all pota- _l._ I . 1uCl\'-11', un1eI 111- 011 Seed Potato Cer- Cv -W3`-`es Wit.hou't 011 H141 urlunlocmln " w xunout wholesale uuuu bl nu :\ TOTAL ASSETS O.\/ER $500,000,000 SPEED, DEPENDABILI-TY, SAFETY AND EXPRESS ATT-RACTIVE man An .....v... .$18.00 .$18.10 S1t;n.dax-d Time Indulge in your favorite Summer sport --aH Winter--in the balmy. invigorat- ingclimatcof Canudzfsvcrgrccn Play- ground. Colf' hiking, ridxng motoring. yachting. tennis . . . enjoy majestic mountain snenery--sec snow-clad Canadian Rockies en route. n . . nu. , ,.,____.._... . .v......... V .uuu.. Special Winter rules atholcls.St1'lI/ower rail fares now in ecct and untiH\r1ay I 4. Return limit 6 months. Stop-ovcra al- lowed at intermediate points. Reduced slceninu-car hm. LOW mul runs on Main! WINTER GOLF TOURNAMENT '9 Victoria March 1-6, 1937 Full information from any ticket agent LI l I - 1- L n - - 30 at IHICITDCGXEIC P0111 sleeping-car fares Lnw mu-I n There are many and varied types of assurance and insurance. A savings account assures the depositor of an active reserve that can be had on instant demand in an emergency. A savings account assures financial stability and security against market risks. Open a savings account with this Bank and benet from the assurance such an account will give you. FHE CANADIAN BANK or COMMERCE . ROUND TRIP FARES 1 Am A\YI`1v1v n llxln 5 rs.-\:_` A N GELE S WASH-.INGT`vON In~car fares Low mul ralu min: HI I.` Tnllnunnapuu PHONE 6'.` .$65.50 ..$20.25 .\ thv. `hi` IP11 LU ll,'Zl\'l' IL LU ' soil-drift and `.110 1 19S).`32 more than \l'II llIllll' l'I'u pr:1'n-i-.< wnrv drou_L`ht the land did not :n'm*:\ $1.18 pm` zwrv. Tho 1 NI tn lnnvn if in Hm ` ,u.mn.~ wun 1L.< n}u;\' in Sz1. two hundr-`*rl milr-5 ! I souzh of thr- .;'oog`m;)]1i(-vi] (-ontw,-ut'] tho p1`o\'in(-o and just south of wh:1t| later bocumv the Hub of Lhv Haul` Wheat Bol4t."--.Saskatoon. Othr-1' I anglc-5 of tho `.1`i:1n5:](2 w(~r(- nv-:11` what ` later br-c'm1u l\ i1l:u-m-y. .\Im1iLo..a..'~ and Pincl1m'(`rv(~k. .~\.I*h<-rtu. 'l'h~_\" rr=c21ll-d that Pli. had mum-c!-E`. thv Gm-at .-\n1-ri<-an Dr-st-1`t." mull that ho believed it to be u rvgrion` of rm-u1'rin_<.:' rlr'01l.2`11t. unt for l':1rm- ing. ., .., m1'nw1`.< :nvmn;:u-I uhou: $7 from Lhvir fzlrlns. A lmrrm1 1 land in S:1. nvnr t<-rnmtimml h0und:12'y .<.:n ;~"pr:-ad north, 1-zmt and w: ruin full during` '.h<- . driv-I on! elm! lmrnml clown ... ...(| .--.- --J ' 1'n-n -.------ -nun." 5-1:, 1.35! ' I_________J CANADIAN ATIONA _H.~ax' ; was there not w`a.l:t-h in U10! soil? In tho r.-ig'htit-5 .' happen:-d. Onr- yam` `tho 1'21i11f ::1l\ was not pit-ntiful and thorn xvus loss} snow than usual in Th!` winter, and tho crops \\`('1'(`` poor and tho lam} withr-rod by the sun. Itw:1.=`..!w |sa1n:- the Iwxt year. mad fzu'm(-)'.<, lm11)1'opzu`v(I, : But. the dry I _\`c-ar.< [)21S('I'] and they forgot. Thr3_v forgot for .f`t<-on _v when "4~ J1-appt-nml :1g`z1in. This (11110 it wa} 1on_L`(-1' be -t\\'<'~m1 r:1in.<, and somv ]of't,; xnoving-' north imo tho mbur 11011 Most of H1011} . :md won" lthrou_2'h. Thosv who Innvwi thou}.-"n1 of Pul'li. H-port to `hv Briiislw Go\'v1'nmont. Tho_\' n:nw1nhr-rr-ri ! that he had (I1':m'n :1 vast z1'i:111:`i<'! O\'(')` thr- prz1iI'i:~.= with its in, lszlskuicht-\\':1n. milr-:; :nn"h nf` 611,. ...,\...........1. ....1 - uni` zn-va m-c:mn- .-1mlunl'ruitfuL 'l`] \\'0I'. zmtl tho dr_\' .-thnost. thu vntiru 1) so!` hzul nutlim-I. \\"' : n\'.un nun-n .,- . __.... .-..n.;. - Wi"h one-nimh of Saskatchewan s population moved to other area; evon within or Without the province. and 'a smaller fraction from each of. the other provinces, it will take only a few more `houszm.d;~: to lonx-v the g])miric.~I without lmbilalion. (mo abandoned farm in 21 distri_c* t'h1'v2z`.ens oth(-x'.< arounrl it. GOV('l`ll- mi-nt. ollici:'.l.< have dons all thC\' can 0 keep l'c~1'ine1s on the soil, and voluntary relief organizzxtiolis hzivo poured hundreds of carloads of clothing`. vegetables and fuel into the dry 2'eg'i0.nLs. In Saskatclimvari I every couple withoui farm produco will draw $10.30 this mornth in ro- lief. None are .=t:n'vin_gr. Friendli- ness and neccssi- _v have seen to that. iBu`t they're not g`oi11lg' to s`?-a_\'~--not much longer, at any rate. Farinm'.= who have waitr.- in vain for the end of what they "houp:ht would be the l i seven-year drought of Joseph, know denitoly now bt]1((l`t it w:\. t. Back in 1868, wlwn a lean, tanned Britisher named Palliser tramped out of `.hr- pruiriv ccnt1'<- in Sns'l wan and told the sca.t.tm'e(l sottlc-1'3 that their lzmgl would IICVGI` be t for fzn'1nin:_-', tho_\' lzluglivd. W`-as -'.l10l`(` not p;1'ain 21-_:1'o\vin;: cw-1'_v year `I Was there not \\'('2ll`t-ll tho in .' tho 1'21ini'*'*ll loss lznnl - 3 IF2ll1l` fhn nm-r \'nnv- 1`- _....... ..:u_u gzuuo uuI11L11-:5 nave quit the prame Ll1S{1'lCt, once proudly re- ferred to 21.: the bread bzrsket of |tl1e world. And they are S/121 mov-I ing! Men who have farmed "hel prairies for *'art_v years are aban- doming the land to winds that lmvu swept away the top soil and left notlhing but dry, sandy, )`OCk`SLiL`\Vll regions of desert. From Manitoba to Alberta there are acres of wind-blown farming; counmry, devoid of any vegerb'ab~le :0` animal life, with here and there a decaying, melan.c*holy house, standing" `guard, like some scarce-crow in 21 eld of stones. Siftin_: sand has crept around the homes of detcrmi;. ed armers, smothered their gardens and brought starvation so their] stock. In the arid region among1 [those left to battle the elenients, an |zwe1'ag'e of 116,500 each mon"h have been forced to receive govern- ment a;ss-istance. Fifty thou.<,;1nd,, more are preparing: to desert; Ll1<.-_v` cannot go on, even with debt re-du<:" tions and relief. I I "7. . - - - u1;sL.;.',`:1\`(` `ncm 1118. It is not so many years, zuzo that scLtle1s_ from the East found their way :0 the ]|l`dl1`i(3S, then it rollirig-:i 1`r`2t.il(> 1'L-.g'io.1, revady for the plow anwl the \v2u'Ing' wheat that would ow over i' from horizon to hori- zon. Now the mi.g'ration has satiri- ed all over cumin, but` it is the sons `and dau_2'11tc.s, and they are going the oppositiav: direction, wia.1.ki:1g ofl` mil/l`io-n-dolli21r land their forebears `battled to secure. But it is no longer :nil.li'):`.~rlo`Ilar soil. Tihous-an lhzwe decided it is no ever: worth living` on. In one province alone more than 8,000 families have quiil prairie district. nrmirllv m- 1 unucueu u1*oug"nL. Saskatchewan, the greatest s/u'er- er of the three d,rou.g|h1;-stricken provinces, has approxinmtely 290,- 000 persons eiibhol in need or re- reiving govermnenit assistance, 31 per cemrt. of `the province's popula- tion. More than 116,000 have either deserted their homes or are see-kiln: g'ove1'nmen4t relief; 250,000 head of umderfed cattle have 1`ecem;ly been sum to abatboirs or to greener pas- tures. Five mem.be1`.s of one drought stricken farm fax-mily were 1-ece.n1.l_v adnvitubed to :1 mental instituition, and as many as 74 person's enter such` in. in a. single mro.n'1ih. ilihc trek L) greeiner elds has left 10,000 1'z1m1 homes vacant, a prey to hot siirt-'.aid'en winds tha` have \\'mpo(l and parclied and rotted the in:inimI:itt- lv'L'I'| as it has sucked from '_:,'1`z'.i.'1S and grasses the fluid X11111. ,-.>::1\`e `hem life. if is nnf GIN r\\uv\1v "An... ..,, -`I .,,. T'h(`n (-;mn- I92!) \\'h-11 thv pmiri: u1'mo1`.< :1vmzun-I about $7 an -..- Under the title Arre the Prairies Doomed?" 'l`e~rry Rowe, of the Re-! gina Daily Star, gives a. pen picture of the o4uLl~oo~k in the `-`hree Prairie Frovinlces. Since 1929 more than 50,000 persons in Manitoba, Su.s~kut.- ohewun and Alberta have a.bui1don('.d their homes on account of the pro- Lnaeted d1~ough'L. I Szlskntchewnn, than (rrn!M'1,nl- ....a-.... `iwan The westem Prairie s ( Provinces Co me Back?f rr-g.:'ir .'|I`l`!I NEW YORK CHICA:G.0 . . |`dl|ll' l:!. .2l \\`|14'I :nvmz1;:u-I about \i I` Tn I-nu .\ kn -- uurHI:_' .n(' .~'1lllHIH*l'. ('l0|L~' lu\\"n in ifnr .m\\'I1 soil \\':|.< \\*l1i.~'kwI mT' ion by pl'l'\'.'lill`p,' winds.` lwc:1m- . lnli.~'l0rwd' .zitful. 'l`hn nux`. \':-:11` w:n.~' '| Hun :h-\- --u-..-. .-n ..a .. _. nu; nun. IL WEI. Y.-"U vxt fanm-1'.<, I -'4 1g`z1in. T}`ll'.`~"t1l`n(? it warlt, '-on r:1in.<. nnd unnm Inn llUl'1` ('l'U` d rou wht uni ..n;.u... -`nu un.\. _\I'll \\'iI.~'3 r_\' :-r--:1 spn-:1d mu-r - `H-i:n1:.rlv that l`:xIli- l. 'l`h- _\'m' nftrr 0 I-ruol. Half the ou':ht. .~`/.l`iL`kt`I1, mid :1\'<-r:\_Lrr' more t.!I.:u1 fzmnors start- : the winds and tho ~ Ru_ thistle. In 1 half P:lHisn1"s tri- The Northern Advance .. u\1'.`g x p:1L('h us`, I Lhn 1.1-I |..4l I - ' up ! `all 1 I" what | ' Haul ' 2' ` nhn .~ run Lununnu FUKLVUKIHDAI run rx:.1V1:lANU and intermediate points and intermediate pointsand intermediate points 8.40 a.m. e6.10 p.m. 10.45 a.m. yd4.l0 p.m. 10.45 a.m. 2.05 p.m. (18.15 p.m. x4.10 p.m. x8.15 p.m. c4.10 p.m. 8.15 p.m. c-Sat. only; d-Sat., Sun. and Ho`..; e-daily except; Sat., S;m. and Ho1.; x-to Orillia on`.y; y-to Gravenhurst only. I I'I'0 V-.1 um-_v . `.2 ' land is do( shit |1:1.~' In-mu-In lm-ir Inr)r:1l(- and _1l-rm! Lhvir (h'vznn.<. `Th:-_\` look ,`\\':mi in thv dv: whvn their 1 Iwill `w und<-1' :1 hm1d1'(-(I foo sum! in "ho Grvut Annr-rit-m1 D: Many .'.{'0\'(`l`HH1!"l)tr omcinls r`. l':u'mm'.< in othor _HH']i4`\'(' thv .<:nm'- thing". "I`11v-*y 1'10 l1i.-'tmg\' rnd {hr . SHIN ..;Sm1ll1\\'n. St:1`.'0.< as zm r-X211 .~ `Vin Lhn xv...-`fa:-r. I\'1\:I\r- r\I\ A - . .ur.~. nzxrnu-r.~ H1 011101` .'ll'(`.'1~ HH']i4`\`(' point '10 .::1nd.= of ;S(u1ll1\vn. r-.\'z1mp]c. VVHI tho xv:-.<`to1'n plains onto :1r::11~. lwvnnw llw _-sjoldrvn elds of Uw wm'M'.< hr--:ul b:1. or the drn=m'1 of (`nptuin John Pal-1i; -.u.~ ux .- :2('<'r\pt.inu` HIlHll'!\ \\'il.! Hwm. n\uIj.' 1':-Iivi lw Hut `hm ;'lht-_\' `. `I: '. lo .. Z urlum cu. oico for the _vent 'en'ding'.1V[~:1.rch 31st collm-`ted $121,- 100.26. an increase of $16.-133.15 over the previous year. lm.`_\'0'1l(l control they aro condr-:~' ; P1'o_ir-(`ts include (lugouts on farms ,to catch . \vatm' to $100,000 ]me1ting' snow zmnd ;~`u1'f;1<'(.- drzlinago to |communit_\-' dams `to hold back `in-ri_ thou.~"21nds of` ac1'o.<. "Thous- l:md.< of t.rnv.< haw` hm-n di.~`trilmt..-d l`to make shelter lwlts, strip-farn1in5:' `is e11(`ou.r:np,'o(l and v'.1riotir\.< 3.-'1':1.~. d?.<-trilmtn-d in an -'01't to combat soil drifting`. I "I`hou.<:-ml.~' of` mm mm] tlwir fam- ili<~.< :m- li\'in,-4' rm :1 \'i1'tuz1I dr-sort. .'!1'('r\mim-- .-mum` nun` H I um [Jl`?lll`lt .~' ml! :10 into :1 rlosnrt. { I` lios wlh us wl1v'.l1m' it will lum- . pm or not". _ .\l<-a.ntin1:- :_-'0\'4-1'n1nt~n't..< v z1_2`)'i(-,ultu1'z1lri. and rlmvo :1(~copt.0d . tm-lmiml )'(~ti1'od fzmm-r.< tl1:~('hall(n;c. Soil . and xvulor consr-1'v21.tion pro- :_i(~('..s` nrv undo)` wz1_v. By 193.`) l`t~ ,`h:1l)llitminn t`X])(`)'L~ hC`1l('VI' that l`. rn1'z1il'ir*.< will lw woll onou:.*h fortlr-d Ito \vit.l1.~'.t:1ml the rigzors of the mo.-" . drou;-:ht poriod. Tlmt :~'u<-h !(ll'0Ll,L','ht will recur 11105" urn (-m'tain. l'l"]1z1t thv pm-. one will not _2'vt llmyowl control they , ;to |meltin,2' znml ;~`Ill'f:H'n rlmlnnm. on wr .~'zn(1 .=nvont_v-w- 7 Hon. VV. R. l\Iotl1<.-rwo.-l~l does not advocate a m1'p:1*:1tio.n nor :1 . or-ingr of rlrou_zht :u'c:1.<. Ho sL1g'gest_< _\'c:n'.< i that Xl'}))'fS be pl:1c<-d, perhap.< ow I ago. to evc1'_\' four muni(-ip~ul.itios, in the (lroup,'l1.l z:2'(-;1 to I'z1l'111iItg' m('l,l10(l.~' for \'zu'iou.< typ.-.~ of soil. l'nl<~.<.< :~zonwtl1ing' is (lmzv the prniric-.< will into 1 :1(lvis(- the bo. -,...m.u .\L'(.'HUIlS, no h(.`H(`\'C never mea'n". for f:n'minp;. : 501' said .=n\'ont_V-\'t- `W, R 1\Inn...,...n.n ..auew;ui mrm IS near the dried 0 area. believes the prairies can no 'lon,2'er wait for the good crop nex-I _\'ear. and believes that the drou_::ht- area fz1rmer.= .=4lmuld he moved to other di: He su_g'_e'e. an e.\'- pert sI`.'ud_v of the soil in arid req- io'nIs, counled with a study of mois- ture conditions over 21 period of _vear:<. 'I7his would reveal the ex- tent of areas that are still suiifabie for cultivation. `Herman T'1'elle, chzimpion wheat `qroiwer, holds the smno opinion. Certain soc-lions, he believes, were for f`.-n-minw -.. D--H: l I r l Tickets and Information at DUNLOP AND MULCASTER STS. urs nave mrrerent views. I Former Minister of .-\,L'ricultLn`e, Hon. Robert Wice, himself a Sa.<-I kaitchewzm farmer, has said the land should not be abandoned. The wvealn of the p1`airie.< lies in the buildings. the homes and equipment He stilil believes in the f'm'!iIit_\' Of` the soil the best m'irlence being` thr- farm homes and building's that have hen built up. Hon. J. G. Gardinr-r, p1`r-.~'ent 1\Iin- I isrter of Ag'1'icul`t1n'e. \vho.` S2lSi{.':!i-l chew;1n farm is the i mrpn kn`l:A`m 1-~ --~37 LU maK(- Pm` land t for _9,'min. But is it too late Can m-in overconio ob; of nature, thrown up before hr` had time to store rr--i `serves: '0 prepare for loan :. oar.< '? [ers havv di 0ren.t views. ! AJ2'ricuI,tu1'aI authorities /and farm- .`I;A,, Formur Wfiri-iuhxu A: \r.. L111; Muuw OI \V'H1tr`)`. rG,ovornment.= considering: the crisis :1 national one. have combined in an e'o1-t to prevent a further exodus] from he area. 'T'he_V have setup debt relief machinery. rehabilitation con1n1'i1tftoes amd _g'rz1nt.r.=d t.hou. of do.lL'.n`s to the bu. of t1'.vin,r.-' to make the land for I ton lam mm . .. |ll ILLCU I u; x.u\.I\- ! Many Still Hope What hope is there for the hrezul I basket of the world 7 In some dis tricts within the drou_e;ht area wheat is still being; produced in suiciont quantities ` to w:1rran tilling thvl soil, and one or two region's luzf.` yezur produced better than in the pa.-=Li ve or six _\ ez1rs. Nevertheless vast areas of land are 2:1-owing :<>'.ez1(lil_\' more barren and hopelc-.<:<. I,,2xcl fodder. southern .`~\lbertz1 f;1rmer.<: are facerl with the prospect of rid-E ding` themselves of 500.000 he`::d ni'| cattle. In the Shz1u\'an'on, Sask.,] Idistrict ei_:ht. years ago horso-drawn- lbi.n`der.<: cu`; wheat that yielded 2,500,000 bushels. Last. year rust}: combines 1-a"t1ed their bones to shake out :1 more 20.000 bushels. In the }<}estz1\'zrn disitriet there are fzu'ms; ihat have not grown a blade r` ' grass since 1930. Topsoil has drift- ed around the farm house as deep as the drifted snow of winter. l yf:_n`yn~nwnanuL.. ,.....f I ' .1`u-(uL_V Lnese settlers are svtx`up,'gIin.L{': to exis.', and there is still the vision: iof p;reat wheat el-ds instead of lwo-; acre pzutches sur1'0un'ded by s ruce , P . land tanmmck. } unmx.- negun the trek nonth. I u'l'he next. years funners book on` new hope, when rain fell more fre-9 quenrfly. But rust and hail added to heir torment. In .1934 things were worse and following.-: that ."he drought region .smrez1d out like some clawing .s'Ipiderexten.drin1.r his liegs that he inipsht travel more quickly. The trek was renewed and increasing: nrumbers left the distriui. They real- ized it was too late to do much. Whwt res01`ves~ they had were gone. In nIorthern- sections of the pro- vince, cities became llled with farm- er families seeking` civic relief. In ve years 28,000 people moved fr01_n the drolupsht urea. r In n....al..,.... n., I A I _...;: vnn. mu-u;.;nL urea. [ In northern Suskzvtchewum govern-' ment authorities found it nieces-' sury to bcgxiin 21 survey of 7,000 'f:.uni]ies that had settled on ma1'sh_\' timbered land unsuited to farmingzi Governments csitabliishcd a $600,000` fund to aid them. Districts were. so`. out and govex-mncmts bougrht ma- chineljv and (iisitributr.-(I it among` the settlers on -.1 co-operative basis} To-d:L_v these settlers svtrup,'gIin_u" exist , still tho vicinn zuuxlc bucmllc H win_d .~'|a.s'hc(i region: [of stzmd :rlm`Ins and zmdity, and` bl1ou.- begun the trek | noxt. vmlrg zlrlnnvu om. A-. Orillia cu.~'Iom>': oicv n'ding'.1V[~:n*ch t'o]lpr~".r=d $19.1. nun lIlllllILL',. l.~'."l`.(l.~` mm 'v :1 nu` 1':-1i<~l' and pm_\'ing' that nnm- :1g'ni11 kind `.0 `h0u.<:m have (low-1't(-l. "`* land is doonmrl. shut hvir for- In dv::_\' fa1'm.< foot n!` n Do.::-rt. .' L'0\'m-nmnnl n'.-nk- 1/ 7ILL LOWER FARES TO P/xcurl COASTI I (`GHQ n '01 (` PaH.i- that have llame trees, as t.he_v will produce seed and it will be distri- Ibuted by the wind, squir1'c-ls and other agencies. This na`.ural repro- duction can be secured by fencing out the stock and it will be coin- posed of the more v1a.1uable species if they are left and the less valuable (weeds) are removed in order that `.~he_\' will not produce seeds. The planting` of 21 few humdred trees ni valuable species not growing" now in the woodlot will give more \" i<~1_\' and will minke quite a (lifl e1`vi1u- .f't_V _vear.< hence. A few 1.i'ee.< Well pliasntod in loc-atiomv.< \\'l1C1'(` they will be sure `.0 _:row well is far bet- ter than plzxiitima: thousands poorlv where the competition of the natur- al growth will choke them out. Blaming" is not nece;<.=)21:1`y on zuea 1 . J 9 The British Market I ' According` tooxthe terms of the newl :CanIad:a-United Kinaggdom trade pac;,l {recently made public by Hon. Chas. Du~nn`in'g, Minister of Financce, when ithe 1937 budget was presented to` `the House of Commons, Canadian farmers will continued to have free entry `.0 the British markets for. bacon, hmms. cattle beef and dairy pnodu-ct`-s. The quota on bacon re- mains at 280,000,000 pounds per annum, which gives bacon hog pro- ducers ample scope to expand their business. C:~1nadia'ns safeguard- ed in exports of cattle and meat up 20 50,000 head of cattle per an- num, and the value is enhanced byl the one end 0re-half cents per pound duty on foreign chilled heel` [imposed by the United I{in:g'dom last ;Deccmbc1'. No change was made in ,the 193 Zagreement regarding: dairy products which were accorded frm ecmtry. Wl1ll(` the Unized l{in_Lrdom ,\\'as at librty to apply preferential goon-trol ugai-nst Canadian dairy pro dIlCllS at the termination previous agweeiiient, ` l.wen taken. of the no action l1u.~*. cultivlated. Tlioso are the a1*ea.< tliu . should be planted, as they will con- tinue to be 21 liability ratlior tlmri an asse`. as long: as tlmy are tlostittilr of trees. ` ' l l i SIVC very small nnanclul 10'.u:'n< I" I re-Stocking l lishment 0 Fum." .c 3 New Types of Soybeans ` A iew va,r`ict_V of soy beans, pro ;dl1C(}d by the Division of FO)`a{(`| IP1ants, Expuiinental Eairms B1'anch,| .will be dist1'ibu`.ed for the rst tiny I , :hi.~: coming` s'p1'in';:. The new variety] 311215 b(3(`11 i`.`Z1m(:`(i I{4abotL and was zohtained as tho result of sovr;-ral _\'(`211'S sc-it.-ction Within a mixed 101 of seed which origrixmlly came from Manchuria. ?'l"lnn mu .,....:,.4.. 1.-.. Lu - - M u ncnu ma. | .*The new variety 11a.< been tested `on a number of the Dominion Ex- liI`O1`ilH(.`nCai Farms and was found 1~ i be about 10 days earlier in matur- ity than the Canadian 1\Iz1.ndarin f\':u*iet_v. At the Lennoxviiie FI.\'per- iimenral Station in 193 the ne`.\`i `.\-'a1'ie1_v created such a vvoruhle iim-[)1'(:.~".\`l'0!1 that )`(`q1.l0Si.'\' for : 11a\'ea.1read_\' been received from :' -number of farniers in th vicinit_\'. Kabott is 21 yellow-. \'m'iet' c:1.pabi(- of produciungr .v:ood _\'ie]d.~' of fodder or seed. Only 21 limited! qualltvily of seed of this new \':::" ;was obtained from last year's crop `and it is being` used to increase the amouint and for experimental pur-. l poses. ' Farm News HON. DUNCAN MARSHALL Minister CAIZIADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS MONEY ORDERS A Lin DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO J. D. SMITH, Seed Branch, Department of Agriculture, Toronto, or DR. G. P. MCROSTIE, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, for information. FARMERS BEWARE what seed grain you buy to saw this coming Spring. There is a great deal of grain being offered for sale in Ontario for feed.A grain shortage has resulted in a demand for Western Feed 0ats.These oats are being sold for Feed but some farmers may re-clean them and use part of them for seed. Germination Tests of samples/of such oats _ have shown as low percentages as from 20% to 70%. The Sowing of Such Seed may have dis- astrous results on the crops. A survey of the grain held in Ontario would indicate there is sufficient good seed to be obtained at home, and all farmers who must purchase seed grain this year should make careful selection upon Germination Tests. A farmer can make a simple and accurate test at home by sprouting a number of kernels either between two sheets of dampened blot- ting paper or in a box of earth. The sam le sprouted must be a fair average of the ot. WRITE ,1 `n emnvmx 0,.-.) n____, _ SEED OATS ..v..uuu an l'l|K`LLl\L' wlll(l[)l`CZlK. Application blanks for trees and (i:>.~'criptivo ]'it01'(lfU]'t' may be" securvd bx writin-_9_' th'e Foro.<.r_\' Branch, Parliament BuiIding`s, Toronto. m callitng` art the county a,g'1'icu2turz\l office. "" fill] HI`: \IL .,.\,\.~ unan. cut: L'uL. EVCl'_\ farm should have an even gvreen windbreak to protect the bL1ildix1.gs from the cold winds of w*in~ter. A farmer can establish a windb1'oak by makin-g a cash outlay of $1 for exm'es.< clm1'g'(-.< on tllr trees. In 10 to 1.3 _veur.< he will have an o'ec~1ive win(lb1'eak tha`. will increase the v;1.lu0 of his farm and reducn the amount of fuel necessa1'_v to heat the fzu`mh0u.<(. A _\"c'.1r`.`~ (l<+la_V i'n sta1'ting' u wimlbrcak means that the _:.rm will be u _\'0:u` lomzvr xvithoult an <-'oc~tive win .\nn]:,.n+:.... 1.1....1.. .'-N, A ' 1:I\'m1.uall_\' there will be no woodland in :1. eld if provision is not made 1-0 have 50-dli11p.'.<, saplin_x.< and pole- wood coming along to take tho plan. of t,re<=:< zhat are cut. Lv ` 1-_A,A,, 1 u 1 . IMPORTANCE OF SEED POTATO CERTIFICATION l I J Seed potato certication which has proved its merit during the -past |Lwer.I`y years has been accepted un {co".ditionzLlIy by the potato industry lthztougho-ut the North American con- tinent as an abSOl'1l'e necessity. Seed certication was originally establish- ;e(i_to combat potato vim: (lie:-neon ....\,u..uu.~,. I I Another 01' the mzmy sr:1`\'ic0s oil'- `e1'<-tl i.=. the i.~'. of seed and lhealth (:e1'ticatv.< requiretl in con - 'nr.-ction with the -_\'port ']'l(l(?. Many limpox-tin_2' cou.m-ir.-.< now demand Iofcials hiealmh cr~1'tic:1:e.= `guaran- iteoing that the potatoes have been ;inspected twice in the eld and after lwarvosl and are enti1'el_v sat- i.~'f":`:c to;'_\' for .~'r-ed pu1'pose.<,. Withh- ou=.' tln.-.~'c cm-t.ic.ut.e.< the potatoes are not allowed to en`1'e1' the coun- ries in qm-stion as seed. The whole objr,-ct of the Canadian seed certi- fication servicr: is t.o make available to pot-:x'.o g-rowers a plentiful sup- ply of grood. \'i_.-1'0rou.-, disease-free so:-d. with ult.i:na.to benet to .(`on'~ sumers and HM hnminum L - FOR TORONTO FOR NORTH BAY FOR PENETANG -qr` :v-lfllrrv-IAr`:nIA nn:nI'nnnA" `afar-van:-Hnln nrntnnnpl ;-`tau.-..nH-.L- ....:..I luurunczmon led to virus wh'icJ1 had rm llished that pressed as possi 'checkinIg their `toes. However, tication this be ed, `but, as specter, Dominion Po nication Service, seed ce11ica.tio11 the spread 01' virus diseases w ltm-inli-u. :.x .. . ' _ ,,_ ......... v1 uL`\'l::.`.lI.)' come into close contact with the seed g1'o\\'c1':: at leusi twicv v:'.:cl1 season and the seed g'rowcr.< Ll1on1se1vcs are naturally \'or_\' 0bSL`l'\ lllM- where powuco troubles are concerlred and at once bring` any sign of trouble [to the zwtexrtion of the inspec`tor, '\\`ht,-n prompt action is taken. This ICC-O[)('i'l. ion bt-twc.-en ;:1'owe1'{ -nd inspectors is, of course. in addi 3511 No the i11spz:cto1'.~:` own ilwestigatioxls and ob.<<-1-v::Lion.s, while the inspector .n1z1_\' I'l.`(.'i[)l'U(`U.t' by av(Ivi.~7-ing' grow- ers of any new du\ yI!0plnent in `he t.-id 01' . wi".vh respect to po- lwto .;1`owin:: and wlmrp II-n.~;.-..,a :-~ IIn.V'[.H.`(.'tOl S also know Llw location of all the bes. fields and strains of seed and also the mos-t reliable po`..a.to ,'1`O\\ L'1';~` and can arrange for ,thc multiplication of the best strains and of p1'omi.~:mg` W11-i:tio:< in `. he best locations. ---_. ..-..,...umuu me wholesale - - ' ' . would ma- terialize in a vu1';r short pel`i9d, t`h'e1`efo1'c, certication n1ust,.4,'-9'01? afinue fori many _\'o.-urs to IIV-. . ('n1l'1 ,_, _.......~ uu \;uuu:. |Withou1. the application of "certi- cation methods, even the best of rtihr` present day strains of semi pot,a.'o`e:s would soon pass int.o oblivion through (ii.S02LS(3, as many 01' the varieties so `popular 26 years ago have done. `The value to the potato industry of having a -`rain-ed staff of inspec- ltors is self-evident. In C:mmi;. Hm 5llllI( l`>' whole. leis: )1 any du\'yI!opn1ent Late ggrowingx where in< formzttion may be obtained. The :i.nspr.-ctors also know and c+1-...'... .: 'l`.I-IURJSDAY, APRIL 8, 1937. Hdl uu.1ma.to nenet tvc the Dominion J. B. FAIRBAIRN Deputy Minister -lwaya an. . . ;nAn-nu`;-