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In the Public Interest

For 47 years, the B.C. Electric has matched
progress with progress in British Columbia,
planning developments years ahead. During
that entire time its every policy has been in
the interests of the public it serves.

Great plants .have been built. The B.C.
Electric has made a great contribution to
war industry and to this province by develop-
ing dependable electric power, gas and
transportation services.

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B 27-44

Bees

Mother:
ping you would be unselfish en-
gh to give your little sister the} low that does eveything in the heat
mer piece of candy. Why, even/of the moment may be a black-
At old hen will give all the nicest! smith.

WILLING dainties to her little chicks and
““Johnnie, dear, I was|take only a tiny one for herself.”
Then again that. impetuous fel-

Dairy Products |
Cattle and Hogs
Show Substantial
Increases in 1944

UE largely to close co-operation between British
Columbia producers and District Agriculturists of
the incial D. of A ic
creases in staple lines of production were shown in 1944.

steady in-

.
The technical advice of

these trained and
as well as the

various studies of P
of legislation and other work of the Provincial Depart-

ment of Ag have i d to the steady
imp’ of farmi diti and crops.
Here are some figures ‘ing 1944 prod

with that of the previous year:

BUTTER di Up 138%
CHEESE product Up. 17%
ICE CREAM prod : Up 8%
EGG producien (supplied to Special

Board)—

1943 3,250 cases

1944 185,000 cases

BEEF CATTLE production cossresseens 46,500 head

HOG production ..... 112,500 head

ALSIKE CLOVER SEED production .......Up 200%

Ah. per

Any farm p to the above
products or to crops, may be discussed with the District
Agri ‘ist in your 1 ity. He will be glad to help
in every possible way.

Department of Agriculture,
Parliament Buildings,
Victoria, B.C.

HON. K. C. MacDONALD, Minister.

GROWERS MEET ADMINISTRATOR

Ask Abolition of Ceiling Prices
On Strawberries and Raspberries

Representatives of the small

fruit industry met in the Office
of Canadian Fruit Distributors
Limited, Vancouver, Thursday,
forenoon in order to prepare for
la méeting with E,. J. Chambers,
‘Administrator of Fresh Fruits and
Vegetables for Canada. Mr. J. P.
Hansen, President of the B.C.
‘Coast Growers Association, Mis-
‘sion, acted as Chairman.
The meeting was attended by
'H. C. Oldfield, manager Saanich
Fruit Growers’ Association, Mr.
Pitchford Gordon Head Fruit
Growers” Association; J. B. Dick-
ey, Canadian Fruit Distributors,
Vancouver; V. B. Robinson, Foods
Supply Office, Vancouver; Mrs.
J. G. MacDonald, New Westmin-
ster; Miss Alice Murchison, New
Vjestminster; A. N. McKim, Stev
eston representative; Nicholas
Wowk, Lulu Island representa-
tive; P. Van Velzen President and
J, Linton, general manager, Pac-
ific Co-operative Union, Mission;
L. R. Wilson, secretary, Federated
Coast Growers Association; A. C.
Fisher, Central Fruit Distributors,
Limited, Mission; J. W. Little,
director, B.C. Coast Growers As-
sociation; J. C. Krause, Manager,
Yarrow Growers’ Co - operative
Union, and Mr. Pike, Salmon
Arm Farmer’s Exchange.

It was unanimously agreed
that every effort should be made
to endeavor to have the ceiling
on fresh shipping strawberries
and raspberries removed.

Failing this it was further
agreed by all present that the
following resolution, which was
presented by the B.C. Coast
Growers Association to the an-
nual meeting of the B.C. Feder-
ation of Agriculture, be suggest-
ed to Mr. Chambers as a basis
for the price ceiling of 1945.

“That the ceiling on fresh
strawberries and raspberries be
abolished. Failing this that the
price for fresh summer berries
be set as follows: Strawberries -
$4.00 per crate f.o.b. plant; Rasp-
berries - $4.35 per crate f.o.b.
plant; Everbearing Strawberries
and raspberries not less than $4.50
per crate f.o.b. plant. These
prices are based on 1944 produc-
tion costs. It is also requested
that the price ceilings, if any, be
made known to the producer
not later than the month of Feb-
ruary, and it is also very strongly
requested that the actual produc-
ers are represented and consulted
when these price céilings are
definitely set.”

With an Amendment as follows:

That the date of expiration, of
the Administrator's Order No.
A-1224 be advanced from Sep-
tember 30th to September Ist.”

Meet Administrator

The same representatives of the
berry industry met Mr. Chambers
Thursday afternoon in the Board
Room of the Canadian Manufac-
turers’ Association, Vancouver,
and received a sympathetic hear-
ing. H. C. Oldfield, manager of
the Saanich Fruit Growers’ As.
sociation was chairman,

This meeting urged.Mr, Cham-
bers very strongly, due to last
year’s experience, that the price
ceiling should be abolished.

The following summary pre-
pared by the B.C. Coast Growers
Association, of the main objec-
tions to the price ceiling on these
two commodities was widely dis-
cussed and a copy was presented
to Mr. Chambers.

“Reaction to Ceilings - 1944.

The imposition of price ceilings
on fresh shipping Strawberries
has had a considerable number
of harmful reactions. Here are
a few of the most obvious ex-

1, Strong exceptions were tak-
en by the producers to the years
1938 to 1941 being used as the
basic period. During this time

INVESTMENT

OPPORTUNITY

An application of 300
Ibs. per acre of C-I-L
2-16-6 to PASTURE
may be expected to
yield on the average an
increase in feed suffi-
cient to produce 1656
Ibs. of milk.

This shows a return of
$7.16 for every
$1.00 invested.

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CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED

FERTILIZER DIVISION

WARBLE CONTROL
TO BE UNDERTAKEN
AGAIN IN VALLEY

Warble fly control in the
Fraser Valley will be understaken
again by the B.C. Department of
Agriculture in February, March
and April. Warble fly wash will
be available in every district and
dates for first applications will
be announced shortly. As in past
years the distribution of the
material will be handled in each
district by the local organizations
co-operating in this project with
the Department of Agriculture.
Information on the matter may
be secured from the District
Agriculturist at New Westmin-
ster,

U.B.C, PRESIDENT
TO BE TRADE BOARD
GUEST SPEAKER

Dr, Norman A. M. MacKenzie,
president of the University of
B.C., will be the guest speaker
at the annual meeting and ban-
quet of Mission & District Board
of Trade to be held Keb. 13.

Strawberry production was pre-
dominately in the hands of the
Japanese. Their standard of liv-
ing was always far below that of
white producers.

The Japdnese employed to a
great extent child labor and were
infamous for their primitive
picker accomodations. The wages
paid by the Japanese for berry
farm work usually ranged below
those paid by the white grower.
The farming methods of the Jap-
anese were unhealthy and decid-
edly detrimental to the land.

of permanency in their policy of
mining the soil, by moving on
to another piece of virgin land.

2. The fact that the ceiling
was entirely too low to permit
the sale of strawberry crates
through the regular trade chan-
nels, resulted in’ a tragic free-
for-all. In some instances Van-
couver people travelled more
than 50 miles into the Valley in
order to purchase a crate of
Strawberries. On the other hand
some producers travelled a simi-
lar distance with a dozen or so
crates to the city in order to
take advantage of the retail price
by peddling their berries from
door to door. Chinese peddlers
could be found throughout the
Valley attempting to induce the
organized producer to bootleg his
strawberries. All this entailed a
tremendous waste of precious
time, tires and gasoline.

3. It was further felt that the
growers on the back benches
whose crops matured two weeks
later, due to the time element in
the Order, were deprived of the
opportunity of disposing of any
crates before June 17.

4. While the growers in the
vicinity of larger centres were
able to sell at the retail price
all the crates they could produce
the bulk of the organized grow-
ers were, due to distance, de-
prived of this opportunity.

5. The consumers, both in Bri-
tish Columbia .and on the Prair-
jes, were clammering for their
annual crate of strawberries.
Shipping organizations were bom-
barded with hundreds of letters,
long distance calls, and telegrams
- all of them asking the same
question, “What happened to our
strawberry crates?”

The fact that there exists no
wage control over labor and
Picking, together with the ex-
treme shortage of experienced
help, plus the tremendous in-
crease of cost of production,
made the shipping of fresh straw-
berries at the ceiling price pro-
hibitive.

6. The ceiling also was the
direct cause of a drastic reduc-
tion in Strawberry acreage. Few
new plantations were set out and
in some instances strawberries
were plowed under and replaced
by other crops.

7. The late announcement of
the ceiling caused a serious ‘pick-
er difficulty. Since crate picking
necessitates more pickers than
jam picking there existed an un-
certainty as to the amount of
pickers and packers required.

8. Producers, shipping organi-
zations, and box factories were
kept guessing until the last min-
ute as to the quantity of crates
required. Last year thousands
of dollars were tied up in un-
used empty crates.

“Our Government has repeat-
edly emphasized that food pro-
duction is one of the most vital
factors in our war effort. We
have been urged time and time
again to step up our output. We
have cheerfully done so and shall
continue to do our utmost in
our particular field. All we ex-
pect is a fair return for our com-
Modities, thus enabling us to
carry on and contribute our share
to final Victory.”

Mr. Chambers promised to
give the growers’ case very care-
ful consideration and that he
would endeavor to let th-m have
his decision as early as possible.

A hearty vote of thanks was
extended to Mr. Chambers for
his interests, and also to the B.C,
Coast Growers Association for
the preparations in connection

with the meeting.

Jan. 31, 1945

ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS & MATSQUI NEWS 3g

CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF ABBOTSFORD

COURT OF REVISION

of the Assessment Roll will be held in the Muncipal Office,
Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday, February 8, 1945 at 10 a.m.

George F. Pratt,
Municipal Clerk

CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MATSQUI

COURT OF REVISION

of the Assessment Roll will be held in the Municipal Hall
Mount Lehman, B.C,, on Thursday, February 8, at 10 a.m.

J. W. Pennington,
Municipal Clerk

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