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ABBOTSFORD

FARMERS URGED NOT
TO BE CONTENT WITH
PRESENT GOOD INCOME

Warned of “What
Is Sure to Happen”

David Smeaton, manager of the
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale
Society and who is also manager
of the Inter-Provincial Co-opera-
tive Society, presented a picture
to the anhual meeting of the Pa-
cific Co-operative Union on Dec.
20, of the rapid progress of co-
operative enterprises in the prai-
rie provinces. 4

The speaker stated that in
five years the number of co-op-
erative stores in Alberta had in-
creased from 16 to 99 with the
100th in the making.

J. B. Shimek, general manager
of the Union, reporting that
growers had received the high-
est prices during 1943 in the his-
tory of the berry industry, de-
clared farmers should not be
content to sit back during the
present time when they are re-
ceiving a fairly good income. It
ii y right now, he said,

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Unsexed415 per 100 Sexed—$26 per 100

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to look forward to what is sure
to happen after the war is over.
He hoped that the farmer would
not be content to be the “shock
absorber for industry, commerce
and finance, as he has been in
the past.” He advised farmers
to support the Federation of
Agriculture.

“The agricultural dollar must
be brought ‘up to a par with the
industrial dollar,’ Mr. Shimek
said, “as only in this way can a
farmer receive his fair share of
the wealth produced in this Do-
minion. The farmers are not
only the greatest producers,
they are also the greatest con-
sumers, a fact often overlooked
by those directing the destiny of
this and other countries.”

JOHN HUNT, BRADNER
PURCHASES CLYDE COLT

John Hunt, oldest son of Dan
Hunt of Bradner, well known
Clydesdale breeder, has purchas-
ed a registered colt from E. A.
Vernon of Burnaby. The new ac-
quisition to Matsqui stock is a
promising animal sired by Dun-
more Fine Art of Agassiz Ex-
perimental Farm and imported
from Scotland. Mr, Vernon
bought the dam, Lady Margaret,
from Dan Hunt in 1942. i

MATSQU! DAIRYMAN
REGISTERS HERD NAME

Alfred H. Sandercock, Matsqui,
has registered the name Pencre-
bar with the National Livestock
Records for his exclusive use in
naming thg purebred Holstein
cattle bred on his farm. All his
stock will, in future, carry this
name as a prefix.

NOVEMBER EVEN DRIER
ON SUMAS PRAIRIE
THAN AGASSIZ RECORD

Nov. 1926 Driest
On Local Record

As reported recently in The
News, November was recorded at
Agassiz Dominion Experimental
Farm as the fourth driest month
since 1891. Agassiz recorded a
total of 2.65 inches rainfall last
month, with November 1936 hold-
ing the record of only 2.09.

GARDEN TIPS
W from W
T. Preece, Bradner

Vegetables
Fruit trees: Get on with prun-
ing now. Clean off old moss and
all rubbish. Old trees need a
good brushing on old wood with
a wire brush.

Give stone fruit a good dose
of stock lime.

When gooseberries and cur-
rants are pruned give a good
dressing of manure.

Watch fruit and roots in stor-

age and do away with diseased
ones.

CO-OP PAYS $203,000
TO POULTRY PRODUCERS
OF SOUTH NEIGHBORS

Washington Co-op Pays
23rd Annual Dividend

For the 23rd consecutive year,
members of the Washington Co-
operative Egg and Poultry Asso-
ciation received this Christmas
season their annual six percent
dividend on the common and
preferred stock which repre-
sents their ownership interest in
a state-wide marketing and
service organization.

Whatcom County poultrymen
received $50,130, divided almost
equally between shippers of the
Lynden and Bellingham stations.

Shippers of these two What-
com County plants placed first
and second among all the Co-op
plants in the state. Tacoma was
third, Mount Vernon fourth and
Everett fifth.

Payments totalling $202,904 to
20,000 stockholders were made
just before Christmas, continuing
a record which has gained na-
tional recognition as an example
of successful operations of a
farmer-owned and directed busi-
ness.

FARM NOTES

When a farmer purchases a
cow he is, in effect, gambling
that one animal against his en-
tire herd, say veterinary auth-
orities, unless before being plac-
ed with the other animals, the
cow has been tested by a veter-
inarian to ensure that it is not a
disease carrier.

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In the study of the history of
the apple maggot, it has been
found that cultivation tends to
{increase the number of adults
|which emerge from the soil. Fre-
quent rains during the emerg-
ence period have a like result,
and also tend to prolong the life
and activity.
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The milk ration in Britain has
been reduced from one-half pint
per day per person (3% pints
per week) to 242 pints per week.
This is to meet special demands
for manufactured milk products
for the armed forces.
Fer

Grasses and legumes are rela-
tively high in protein and low
{in sugar, a factor which adds to
the difficulties of making them
into good silage.

.

The utmost extent of profitable
application of fertilizers is deter-
mined by the value of the re-

W. Peyton, who records clim-
atic conditions on Sumas Prairie

GIVE
THE TOOLS,

Of me
AND JLL

he United Nations are depending on the
anadian Farmer to supply much of the food
‘at will win the war. Primary Producers in the
taser yalley are already doing their part to
crease production, But they need all the help
ey can get. That is where Reddy Kilowatt
mes in. Reddy is one hired hand you can
pend upon for the duration. He is on the job

hours, day and night; he’ll help in hundreds
ways any time he’s asked. Make full use of
e assistance he can give you—you’ll be help-
¢ Canada to the fullest in her production job.

sad

for the Meteorlogical Service, re-
veals that precipitation here was
even less than at Agassiz both
last month and in November ’36.
He recorded a total of only 1.95
inches last month and 1.27 for
the same month eight years ago.
Precipitation here during No-

vember in intervening years, as
recorded by Mr. Peyton, was:
November 1942, 6.34: 1941, 5.76;
1940. 3.89; 1939, 6.03; 1938, 3.82;
1937, 9.92 inches.
HFAD SWINF RRFEDERS

John R. McPhee. Chilliwack
was elected president of B.C.
Swine Breeders’ Association at
the annual meeting in Chilli-

wack. J. J. Andrews. Chilliwack.
was named vice-president and E.
H. Barton, Chilliwack. secretary.
McPhee succeeds J. J. Brown,
Surrey. $250 was voted to en-
courage junior farmers winter-
ing gilts and raising litters.

F.V.M.P.A. RIIYS
ALI. SHARES IN
DAIRY GONCERN

Fraser Valley Milk Producers’
Association, always the majority
shareholders in Associated Dair-
ies Ltd., has decided to buy the
remaining shares in the latter
company, owners of which have
agreed to sell, it is announced by
W. L. Macken, president of the
FVMPA and general manager of
Associated Dairies. The decision
was made at a special meeting
held at Mission.

“When the transaction is com-
pleted, the largest milk distrib-
uting company in Vancouver will
be entirely farmer-owned,” states
Mr. Macken. ‘No change is con-
templated in the personnel or po-
licies of Associated Dairies, but
it is felt by the association that
the interests of producers and
consumers alike can best be serv-
ed by the direct vroducer-con-
sumer contact this
makes nossible.”

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—A “News” Ad (iets Results!

sultant increase in the yield and
quality of the crop, and whether
increases in the quantity of the
,applied fertilizer result in pro-
fitable increases in the crop.

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Unless manure is infested with
weeds, it is usually desirable to
draw it fresh from the stable to
the field. Where snow does not
prevent its use, the manure
spreader is the most satisfactory

implement for drawing and
spreading manure.

coer)
Flax was among the first

crops investigated by the Domin-

jon experimental farms when

they were established in 1886.
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The production of seeds of

vegetables an field roots in Can-
ada has increased at least five
times that of pre-war years. A
program of scientific research
essential to developing satisfac-
tory control methods of many
seed-borne diseases is now in
progress.
.

Heavy milk-producing cows use
up a lot of minerals, particularly
Supplementary minerals are not
calcium (ime) and phosphorus.
usually necessary when the cows
are on good well-fertilized pas-
ture, but on winter rations they
may benefit by being fed sup-
plementary minerals. A simple
method of supplying the neces-
sary minerals is to add two
pounds of bonemeal, or the same
amount of suitable commercial
mineral supplement to each 100
pounds of the meal mixture.

FARM MACHINERY

The Prices Board has announc-
ed a consolidation of its farm
machinery ration order which it
said would provide closer con-
trol of the conditions governing
the purchase and sale of farm
machinery and equipment.

$20,000 TO GROWERS

Over $20,000 has been distrib-
uted to 100 growers who produc
f minster Can-
¢, The Chilli-
cannery

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ment wv
nery price plus $4 a ton govern-
ment subsidy.

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Your car suffers more than
of the dropping in the qui

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EXPERT CARE
FOR THE CAR

you may realize as a result
ality of gasoline which has

further cut in quality is
of your car, therefore, is
” driving days, and there is
“sludge” in your motor.

To maintain maximum per-

pated. The per
also lower than in pre-war
a dangerous accumulation of

formance and to keep d

Resolve to take hetter care of your car in 1944 ;
and bring it in for regular tune-up and checking +

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