THe Western FARM LEADER

SOCIAL PROGRESS

CO- OPERATION

, Vol, 19

Relationship of Seawa

Farm Prices and

Costs Is Topic

Features Deal With Grain, Beef, Poultry and Hog Producers

IS WELL ATTENDED

Events in International Field Greatly Affect Canadian Farmers’ Interests

By JAMES R. McFALL, Secretary, Alberta Federation of Agriculture

EDMONTON, Alta., Feb. 2nd

The Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Canadian Fed- eration of Agriculture has been brought to a close. The delegates, representing provin- cial federations from Prince Edward Island to British Col- umbia, have returned to their homes and to their respective provincial and local responsi- bilities.

The questions asked from many quarters, on our return, are what was the highlight of the convention? or what did you accomplish?

Highlights Many and Varied

The highlights are many, and vary depending on the individual’s chief in- terest. To grain men the chief high- light could be the support and enthusiasm expressed through reso: lutions of our Canadian Wheat Board and its operation. To poultry pro- ducers the desire and need for national poultry producers’ marketing legislation, The dairymen, the hog men, and those raising beef cattle, may point to.some other feature.

However, all are interested in’ the relationship of farm prices to farm costs. This topic brought out pos- sibly the greatest general interest and presented the greatest problem. The convention did not come up with any overall plan to meet the situa- tion, but approached the question from different angles. The solution was not looked upon as federal re- sponsiblity alone, nor was it felt that the farmers by themselves could solve the problems,

Price Support Policies

The question of price support policies was given careful consider- ation by a panel chosen from the delegates, This was followed by a paper prepared by Dr, E, C. Hope, economist for the Federation. This

- report presented a survey of price

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Farm Wife's Purchase of Washing Machine

LONDON, Ont. — ‘SA decree in some far off country whose very location may be some- what vague to a Canadian farmer may, nevertheless, have an important bearing on whether his wife will be able to buy that new electric wash- ing machine,” declared Hon. L: B. Pearson, Minister of Exter- nal Affairs, in addressing the annual meeting of the C.F.A. ‘Tt is a chastening thought which should be kept in mind as we talk about our independ- ence and our sovereignty and

control of our own affairs.” — Farmers’ Legitimate Anxiety

‘ “Because government today has so

much influence and control over the

lives of its citizens —- a control which.

became inescapable when those citi- zens began to demand more and more from government in the form of ser- vices and assistance and security — you naturally as farmers and as citi- zens are anxious to ensure that this

control, this influence, be exercised

in your ‘best interest,” said the

speaker.

Difficulties Due to U.S. Stocks

Discussing the ‘difficulties we have recently had in the United States and elsewhere in marketing our farm products,” Mr. Pearson said: “We hear

much of import restrictions and even

more of rumors of such restrictions,” due to pressure resulting from (in the case of the U.S.) “their present agricultural program and mounting stocks in the hands of the U.S. Com- modity Credit Corporation, now worth about five billion dollars.

“The accumulation of these large stocks also threatens to create pro- blems in other markets of concern to us and to other countries,

“Movements of massive U.S. sur- pluses, .or ‘reserves’, as they are - sometimes called,, through give- away programs or through sales at cut prices or for local currencies, are almost bound to affect ordinary exports directly or indirectly. I am not now referring to relief ship- ments for famine and distress. That is something very different to the disposal of surpluses by ‘tire sale’ marketing methods...

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Dairy Farming

Seen No Longer Just Sideline

President of Dairymen De- scribes Trends in Address to Annual Convention

EDMONTON, Feb. 2nd. — An in- creasing desire on the part of farmers to look upon dairying as a perman- ent enterprise — not just a sideline run by unpaid family labor — is seen by Thomas Morris of Didsbury, presi- dent of the Alberta Dairymen’s Asso- ciation. In addressing the thirty-third annual convention of the association which opened here today, Mr. Morris said that the new trend involves greater emphasis on soil conservation and crop rotations and the use of dairy cattle with good breeding.

“I firmly believe this trend will continue, and that the greatly en- larged local market, created as a re- sult of industry establishing in “en provide a more attractive as well as a more stable market for Alberta products,” the president declared.

Dealing with increased costs, par-

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THE WESTERN

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SLOGAN FOR TODAY: “Test and Weigh and Keep the Cows That Pay”

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February 5th, 1954

By GILBERT MACMILLAN, President, Dairy Farmers of Canada

N reviewing the position of the dairy industry in Canada for 1953 and trying to forecast

what may be in store for it in 1954, one is per- haps on a little sounder footing today than he

has been for some time.

Effect of Foot - and - Mouth

In 1951 the average dairy- man felt himself in a much more secure position than either the market for, or the price of, dairy products war- ranted. This was due to the high returns he was getting from his secondary source of income, cows, whether sold for milk production or beef, and his veal calves. The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which rocked the whole live- stock industry in. February, 1952, quickly put an end to this; the returns from his secondary source of income were cut almost in half over- night.

Net Income Declines A sharp upsurge in milk pro-

duction created both surpluses. and a downward trend in price .

for many dairy products, Un- fortunately, during this same period prices of nearly every- thing the dairy farmer had to buy in order to carry on crept

‘milk production

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CENTRAL ALBERTA DAIRY POOL

upwards. What the exact net result of this has been to the average milk producer is not easily determined. However, taking overall farm income and cost of operation, Domin- ion Bureau of Statistics fig-

ures show a decline in net in-.

come of between:ten and fif- teen per cent. I think one is quite safe in saying the milk producers’ loss of net income was considerably above this.

Production Trend Upwards

From what is now taking place, it would appear that his- tory is repeating itself and is moving steadily upward. The reason is not hard to find. We repre- sent some 455,000 farmers whose income, all or in part, is derived from the sale of our milk for some purpose or other.

I do not think I am exagger- ating when I say that 350,000 of these farmers operate on a sustenance basis. In other words, they depend on the re-

turns from their milk to carry on operations, feed and clothe their families. This requires a certain amount of money and, to make ends meet, they see no other way of getting it than by producing more milk. This may not be sound econo- mics, but you don’t shelter and feed your family on economics alone. trend in milk production.is a good thing, but I would feel more confident of it continuing if it.was based on confidence in the future rather than necessity for the time being. Dairying Must Keep Pace We, in Canada, are in a period of expansion, with a rapidly increasing population a if we were not expanding we would actually be losing ground. A lot of people may disagree with me when I say this, but my definite opinion is that nothing could be more disastrous for the future of Canada than the failure of her dairy industry to keep pace with other developments. It is the backbone of our whole Canadian farming industry and plays an important part even in the great grain areas of the western plains. ; The value of the milk pro- duction in Canada at the farm level in 1952 was $490,- 941,000 — nearly half a bil- lion dollars. The dairy in- dustry has also provided approximately forty per cent of the beef and sixty per cent of the veal — worth another $128,000,000. Where did this value come from? Aided by . the labor of our dairy farm- ers, it came from the soil, and a great share of it came from farm soils that I seriously doubt can be profitably used for any other purpose. — Squeeze Must Be Relaxed I pointed out at the start of this address that I did not consider 1951 and 1952 quite normal years and it has taken

I think this upward |

In his address to the an- nual convention of the Dairy Farmers of Canada, held in Hamilton in January, Gil- bert Macmillan, president of the nation-wide organiza- ~ tion, made a comprehensive survey of the prospects of our industry in the coming year. This survey is of in- terest and importance to every dairy farmer. The Central Alberta Dairy Pool is. therefore. publishing salient points from the ad- dress in this and the follow- ing issue of The Western Farm Leader. little more for what he sells, or pay a little less for what he buys. The proof of this. lies in the fact that there are not enough young people going into the business and the pre- sent older generation will not last forever. soe What Income Must Cover

Dairy farmers do not change vocations readily and the pre- sent producers will still con- tinue to produce milk if, in re- turn for their labor and invest- ment they can enjoy a stand- ard of living equal to other people in the same station of life. I believe they will even work more hours to attain this

than a lot of other people. In addition to this, they must have sufficient income _ to either put into reserve, or

spend on repairs on their buildings, machinery and fences, about five per cent of their capital value every year. Otherwise, they will find them- selves some day facing a heavy expenditure and no money to meet it. Must Close Gap

-Until recently, consumers have not paid much attention to what the dairy farmer re- ceived for what he. produced, unless it was to protest that it was too much. Some recent events may help to change that

1953 to level out to what may attitude. Considerable alarm become the fixed pattern, un- jg being shown at the number less we have some drastic of men being laid off in the

change in the industrial field.

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is being subjected to cannot gap between farm income and become any tighter if we ex- farm cost is closed, that situa-

pect him to remain in business. In fact, it has to be relaxed a bit. He has either to get a

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CENTRAL ALBERTA DAIRY POOL SECTION Dairy Farmers Issue _ Statement of Policy

HAMILTON, Ont. — Setting forth with admir- able clearness. the courses of action which its members believe are desirable alike in the in- terests of the stability and prosperity of producers and of service to consumers, the following “State- "ment of Policy for 1954” was adopted by the Dairy Farmers of Canada in annual session here:

THE WESTERN FARM LEADER

ITH growing concern, Dairy Farmers of Can- ada, representing 455,- 000 producers has, during the past year, deplored the down- ward trend of net farm income which has declined 12-15 per cent. In spite of an increase in gross farm income from the higher production of milk, dairy farmers have consider- ably less money after their bills are paid because ‘their costs of production have risen or have remained uniformly high. The implications of lower net farm income are ob- vious in a national -economy Where farm buying power plays such an important part in the general economic health of the country.

Problem of Surpluses

In order to insure adequate sup- plies of dairy foods to meet the needs of Canadian consumers at all times, dairy farmers must, produce for a surplus. These small surpluses, actually in the best interests of the Canadian consumer, have become more embarrassing as our export markets have contracted, The in- creasing Canadian population has, in a measure, taken care of products which would otherwise have been surplus,

In the matter of price support for butter, it is generally accept- ed by consumers that the govern- ment’s policy of support price and the purchasing of excess sup- plies was established to protect and benefit only the producer. Dairy Farmers of Canada believes that every available means should be used to impress con- sumers that this policy also brings equal benefit to them be- cause of stabilized retail butter prices throughout the year at a support price plus the cost of handling.

Because of these and other factors, the Canadian dairy industry is a finely balanced and vital food pro- ducing industry. It is, therefore, the view of Dairy Farmers of Canada that every precaution should be taken by the governments of Canada to insure that this basic industry be afforded the protection given to other in- dustries,

Commodity Policy

Butter: 1. Canadian cream producers desire to produce abundantly, but to insure adequate production it is necessary that butter support prices be maintained at a level in keeping with production costs,

2. Dairy Farmers of Canada feel that increasing butter stocks in Can- ada may soon reach a level where they will be detrimental to our dairy economy. Our present trend of in-

President James A. Wood of our C.A.D.P. was again this year a delegate to the annual meet- ing of the Dairy Farmers of

Canada. In a later issue we hope to be able to present to our readers some of his impressions of this important national gathering.

creasing milk production constitutes

.a further threat to the butter market.

In view, of this the dairy industry faces further deterioration as a re- sult of the unfair competition from butter substitutes,

Curtail Unfair Competition

Therefore, Dairy Farmers of Can- ada urge, with particular emphasis, that Federal action be taken at the earliest possible time which will sub- stantially curtail such unfair competi- tion and enable the butter industry to be maintained in a healthy stable condition, dian Federation of Agriculture to the Federal Government dealing with dairy problems should be followed up vigorously at government level by Dairy Farmers of Canada. If action is not forthcoming at. government level, Dairy Farmers of. Canada

directors should be called together }j

for consultation.

3. That a vigorous protest be made to the Federal Government regarding a departmental publication currently suggesting that. public institutions serve and use margarine in their meals,

Cheese: Great Britain is the world’s greatest importer of dairy products and has proven to be one of Canada’s safest customers. It would, there- fore, seem desirable that the dairy industry in Canada actively support a program suggesting to all engaged in Canadian agriculture that they buy British-made goods when it does not conflict with goods produced in Canada,

2. Canadian dairymen operate in a high cost area in order to supply dairy foods for the nation. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that the dairy industry will not be subjected to the imports of dairy products from countries whose cost of production is lower because of climatic or other reasons,

Concentrated Products: Since there is some evidence of price cutting in the milk powder business, it is de- sirable that we have a plan for price stabilization, A move should be made to investigate the feasibility of powder being marketed through a central selling agency.

Fluid Milk: Concern has been ex- pressed over attempts in some markets to force down prices to pro- ducers while: production costs are still high. The fluid milk division of Dairy Farmers of Canada places it- self on record, that while these con- ditions prevail, no downward ad- justment in prices is justifiable.

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f A PROUD HISTORY

In his brief review of the evolution of the farm movement in Canada, at the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agri- culture in London last week, President H. H. Hannam paid tribute to all those pioneers in organization who laid the foundations of the Federation which now exercises a dominion- wide influence, and participates in the formu- lation of national policies for the industry of agriculture. The tribute is well-deserved, and in the report in this issue We have given great stress to this portion of Dr, Hannam’s address.

The men and women of younger genera- tions who are now carrying on the work so well begun will be inspired in their own efforts to serve the farm people of Canada by the memory of this record. Times have changed, and forms of organization, like methods of farming, have changed. with them; but what- ever success may be won in this new day, and in days to come, will depend upon the survival of the spirit of the pioneers.

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There is much to-be done. If the farmers in this and other lands had been as fully and effectively organized as they should be, the Food and Agriculture Organization might now, in Dr. Hannam’s words, be supervising ‘“na- tional programs for the disposal of surpluses.” The international body might be effectively in action, coping with the problems of distribut- ing food from the lands of surplus to the lands of deficiency—protecting the livelihood of pro- ducers while assuring that the hungry shall be fed.

* * co A STEP FORWABD

In its conference last year, Dr. Hannam pointed out, the FAO did report excellent pro- gress. in its technical assistance program. “In its commodity program, while it did not launch a surplus disposal program such as the International Federation of Agricultural Pro- ducers (IF AP) has'consistently urged it to do, the conference did take a step forward in ap- proving of ‘consultative machinery through which the disposal of surpluses may be facil- tated’... with the standing commodity committee of FAO in regard to any surplus disposal plans which they propose to undertake. came the basis of unanimous agreement by the conference.” It may be the start, Dr. Han- nam believes, for a regular program by which nations in FAO will supervise national pro- grams for the disposal of surpluses, This could grow into the kind of program that IFAP has urged.

“The main objective of this step,” he said, “is to use international consultation to see that surplus disposal plans undertaken nationally do not interfere with normal markets and do not undermine prices and the agricultural economies of receiving and competing coun-

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There were.times, said Dr, Hannam, when “the commodity committee (of FAO) looked like the whole conference. Practically all spoke anxiously about the threat of surpluses

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and Increased Indemnities

That sacrifice can not walk hand in hand With recompense, and virtue still maintain,

He said in words that all could understand; Then urged his tellow-members to restrain

The scope of startling changes they proposed, Their own well-being amply to insure,

Until some want and hardship was foreclosed In lives that now are bleak and insecure.

His voice was crying in the wilderness — But let it be remembered that he cried! And let our gratefulness be none the less In that his plea was hastily denied, As men who had enough reached out for more And left the needy needful as before. ISA GRINDLAY JACKSON.

FAO’s standing commodity committee ....a surplus sub-committee was set up to meet in Washington early in 1954 to deal with current surplus problems. e

BUT SHORT OF OBJECTIVE “While this is one step forward, it does fall far short of measuring up to the fine ideals ap- proved with much enthusiasm ten years ago

by the free nations at Hot Springs and later at |

Quebec when the FAO was getting under way. “Accordingly, we in the IFAP should not in the slightest relax our urging, our prodding and our pressure on our respective govern- ments, as well as jointly on the FAO, to have them at the earliest possible time attempt something substantial by way of this program. “During World War II these same nations pooled their resources of men and materials on an unprecedented scale. It was the greatest international co-operative effort in the history of man. If they could do it for war, why not for peace? Surely it is becoming increasingly apparent that in this modern day the greatest advances of the human family can be attained only by way of a constantly increasing meas- ure of international co-operation. Certainly we believe that the hope for the future of the free world lies in a progressively expanding meas- ure of co-operation between free nations.” — cS

CANADA AND U.S. FARM PROBLEM (Ottawa Citizen) In a National Farm Radio Forum broadcast interview originating from Washington Monday evening, Mr. John H. Davis, United States assistant secretary of agriculture,

spoke with considerable candor of the difficulties likely |

to be encountered as his country attemps to work itself out of a position of almost unmanageable farm surpluses.

. According to Mr, Davis, Washington is aware of these problems, and it has no desire to break prices. He men- tioned wheat specifically. “We feel,” he remarked, “that basic stability in farm prices is paramount. Neither we nor anybody else stands to benefit from any program that sends prices down drastically.”

His explanations are persuasive, yet. it is to be won- dered whether this new U.S. farm policy is the final answer. It is, after all, restrictive. It does not bridge the gap between abundant production in one hemisphere and semi-starvation in parts of another.

All the more timely, therefore, is the renewed appeal by Mr. H. H. Hannam, president of the Canadian Federa- tion of Agriculture and a leading figure in international farm organization, for creation of ‘an international food disposal agency. This proposal, supported by farm lead- ers in many countries, deserves careful study while the U.S. embarks on its new unilateral epreeneNe.

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February 5th, 1954

THE WESTERN FARM LEADER _

From “Marches on Ottawa’ to Creation of Powerful National Farm Federation

~LONDON, Ont. — Reviewing the history of

the struggle of Canadian farmers over several |

decades to raise the economic status of their in- dustry dnd promote the well-being of. all farm families through organization, H. H. Hannam, president of the Canadian Federation of Agri-

culture, addressing the

annual meeting’ of the

Federation here, described the far-reaching de- velopments which culminated in the creation of

‘the present’ powerful national organization rep-

resenting agriculture across the Dominion. He paid a high tribute to the pioneers who had laid the foundations of later achievement.

Crystal Ball Gazing

Said Dr. Hannam, recalling early “marches” on Ottawa: “Had anyone told us in the early thirties that in the for- ties we would have a strong, well-established and nationally recognized farm organization, taking a hand actively and continuously in the shaping of farm policies throughout Can- ada, that there would be a world farmers’ organization, that Canadian farmers would be taking their place along- side the strong farm organiza- tions in some twenty other countries, that our producers would be represented at all international wheat confer- ences, that they would be rep- resented at all United Nations FAO conferences from 1943 on- ward, and that from 1941 on this Canadian farm organiza- tion would be one of three joint sponsors directing a_nation- wide internationally recogniz- ed radio discussion group pro- gram, well, we’d likely have labelled it wishful thinking if not wildly imaginative crystal ball gazing: ..

Impression Above All Others

“The impression which stands out above all others of my early years in the farm movement is undoubtedly admiration for the farm organization and co-operative pioneers of that day.

“In this I am thinking ... of all provinces . . . for, strange as it may seem, we had a far greater exchange

of farm speakers between our pro-

vinces for country meetings — par- ticularly Ontario and the prairies — than we are having today.

“With powerful personalities, with drive, through a lifetime of effort and devotion, with meagre rewards for the time they spent away from their homes, they made a truly re- markable contribution; they builded well the foundations of our success- ful organizations and co-operatives of today. a

‘The “Marches” on Ottaw

“In 1932, then in the capacity of assistant to the dean of farm orga- nization pioneers in Eastern Canada, the late J. J. Morrison, I helped or- ganize the Ontario (and Quebec) ‘march’ on Ottawa of three or four thousand farmers. J. A. Marion” (now vice-president of the Federa- tion) “was interpreter and prominent in leadership that day. It was the third farmers’ ‘march’ on Ottawa of three or four thousand farmers (the

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H. H. HANNAM, re-elected to head Canadian Federation of Agriculture

for year 1954,

others having taken place in 1910 and 1917) to put forward emphatically the case for the farmer. The sporadic nature of such a ‘march’ and the lack of follow-up and continuity led many thinking farm people to conclude that a far better procedure would be to establish a national voice for Cana- dian agriculture and have an orga- nization permanently on the job speaking for farmers and looking after their interests.

“This and reasoning along similar lines led to the birth of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in Novem- ber, 19035 . .-«

On the Job All the Time

“Today, instead of ‘marches’ on Ottawa, our national organization is in Ottawa all the time, in touch with the government and senior officials from day to day. :

“Each year for the past twelve, our board has had an interview with the prime minister and members of the cabinet — similar interviews are held by provincial federations with their respective provincial governments.

“We have had a National Agricul- tural Advisory Committee, advisory to the Minister of Agriculture, for the past 10 years; now we have an economist doing research constantly, and besides our interviews with the governments we present a carefully prepared case on behalf of organized agriculture to royal commissions, to the board of transport commissioners, to the tariff board, to house of com- mons and senate committees and en- quiries, and generally in every place where farm policies are being formu- lated and where farmers’ interests are at stake.

“By 1928 the wheat pools, together with the older United Grain Growers,

A.C.U. Elect Officers and Board

At the recent annual meet- ing of the Alberta Co-operative Union, W, J. Harper of Edmon- ton . succeeded Jake Frey of Arneson as president, Mr, Frey, who has been president for the past three years, having an- fiounced his-intention not to be a candidate for a further term J. R. Love and

in that office, Cc, C. Gant, both of Edmonton, were elected respectively vice- president and executive direc- tor.

Messrs. J. Frey, Arneson and

D. C. Thornton, Calgary, to- gether with C, M. Baker, Cal- gary, make up the board of directors, Norman F, Priestley was re-appointed = secretary- treasurer,

were | fast becoming a big factor in wheat marketing and in the econo- mic life of the prairies; a few years earlier while teaching school in Sas- katchewan I had attended local meet- ings held to organize ‘the pool’.

Two Out of Three in Co-ops

“In those days, in all provinces, all community leaders with conviction and vision were preaching a phil- osophy of self-help and self-reliance, urging farm people to set up and direct their own co-operatives,

“Today about two farm families out of every three in Canada belong to one or more co-operatives and we have central supply co-operatives and marketing enterprises which qualify as big business, some of which are widely known and respected in world trade. ant part, of our Federation. . .”

Recalls “Absurd State of Affairs”

Dealing with the Canadian wheat program, Dr. Hannam recalled parti- cipating in wheat harvesting in

Saskatchewan in 1935, when there.

was no Wheat Board. A plentiful harvest and glutted markets brought growers 60 and 65 cents a bushel for wheat, with high harvesting costs. The next year a half crop, with much lower costs for harvesting, brought the same farmers $1.40, and they were far better off. “That such an absurd state of affairs could happen on the plains where the world’s best hard wheat is grown,” he said, was “unfair alike to wheat consumers and producers,”

The experience “confirmed my be- lief that producers, in their own in- terests and in the interests of the general welfare, should undertake orderly marketing, ... . Present Program Merits World Fame

“Today Canada has a wheat pro- gram that merits the world fame it has been accorded,” consisting of “four outstanding producer-owned and directed marketing organizations and one national wheat board acting as the selling agency for producers,” while the board and the International wheat agreement, a double-barrelled stabilization program for wheat growers and for Canada, was “writing one of the brightest: chapters in world food and agriculture history.

“It is an indication of the success and soundness of that program that we and other countries can feel. as- sured, following three bumper wheat harvests in succession, our, large wheat stocks will be marketed in an orderly manner, and that there will be no dumping, no unloading or dis- tress selling of Canadian wheat,”

Stability for Other Products

Canadian producers of other pro- ducts would like similar measures of stability to be assured for these, though not necessarily by the same kind of machinery, and _= producer marketing legislation was designed to meet this need,

The Canadian price support pro- gram, with the floor at a stop-loss level, had worked well, “but many of our producers have _ looked for price support to provide a re-

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Dr, Hannam reviewed agriculture’s present position and outlook for 1954 in various fields — in cattle, hogs, poultry, dairy products, as well as grain, and pointed out that-the over- all position for 1954 could be. signifi- cantly affected by U.S.. and world economic conditions. Even if pre- dictions of business recession in the U.S. are correct, “it does not appear at this time that the decline will be sufficient to greatly affect business in Canada.

“With population increasing and purchasing power high the domestic marketing has been taking a larger proportion of our farm output — with, of course, the exception of wheat — that has ordinarily been the case in the past. This has been fortunate for agriculture in view of the many discouraging features in the export market,”

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RESERVE ALL-CANADIAN GET OF SIRE: The group (top left) b Houckholme Sovereign Sky Rocket has been selected as the Reserve

Canadian Holstein get of sire for 1953. The breeder and exhibitor we Rockwood Holsteins, Ltd., St. Norbert, Man. Left to right are Rockwood Rocke Tone, All-Canadian Aged bull and five times All-Canadian (owned b Quinte District Cattle Breeding Association, Belleville, Ontario.) Princes May Sky Rocket, nominated for All-Canadian Aged cow, 1953; Rockwoa Dorothy Pal Rocket S, All-Canadian two-year-old 1952; Rockwood Lad Rockette, fourth milking four-year-old at the Royal Winter Fair, 1953.

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RESERVE ALL-CANADIAN PROGENY OF DAM: The progeny of da from Rockwood Tiny Ella (also shown left) has been selected as Reserv All-Canadian in the Holstein class. Exhibited by the breeder, Rockwoc ‘Holsteins, St. Norbert, Manitoba, the group consists of the All-Canadig Aged bull. Rockwood Rocket Tone, left, and Rockwood Prince Rocket, rig Grand Champion at the Manitoba Championship Show at Selkirk. Rock Tone is owned by the Quinte District Cattle Breeding Association, Belle

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February 5th, 1954

A.F.A. NOTES

By JAMES R, McFALL, Secretary

Western Conference

WINNIPEG, Man. — The Western Agricultural Conference brought its two-day session to a close on January, 22nd at Winnipeg. The W.A.C. is what might be called a consolidating or co-ordinating meeting in prepara- tion for the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation that opened in London, Ont, on January 25th,

While the Western Conference rep- resentation is limited to six voting delegates from each_ -Provincial Federation — British Columbia, Al- berta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba— the attendance covers a much wider field. Some 75 persons were in at- tendance, representing other farm organizations in the West.

Over 75 resolutions were considered, Some of our readers may wonder how a two-day session can do justice to such a volume of business, This is explained by the fact that resolutions have previously been debated and endorsed by the Provincial Federa- tions and provincial farm organiza- tions where the resolutions originated.

For example, the Alberta Hatching Egg Producers’ Association, the Al- berta Poultry Federation, and the Alberta Poultry Producers Co-op, Ltd., all passed resolutions supporting the principle of board marketing for poultry products. Through the Al- berta Federation of Agriculture, one resolution is endorsed, This is carried on to the Western Agricultural Con- ference; other Western provinces are

“jn full support of this principle, so the resolution is endorsed with very little debate, if any. It is then on. its way to the C.F.A. as a policy - resolution from Western Canada.

Many resolutions do not receive the same treatment, as often there is a clash of opinion, say, between Alberta and Saskatchewan. Often it takes considerable debate, and some- times compromise, to produce a re- solution that can gain majority sup- port, and thus Western opinion. But that is what the Western Conference is for — co-ordination,

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Annual Meeting

LONDON, Ont. The Western delegates encountered quite a plea- sant weather change when they ar- rived at London, Ont. From a cold blustery Winnipeg, fdllowed by a de- layed train ride, they stepped from the train to encounter mild weather and a light rain.

It was interesting to stroll through

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HONORABLE MENTION ALL-CANA- DIAN: Jointly owned by Pickard and Clark, Carstairs, and W. G. Scott, Red Deer, Alberta. Walhill Diamond Jim (top right) has been given Honorable Mention as All-Canadian, Senior Year- ling Holstein Bull. He was Junior Champion at Calgary and Edmonton Exhibition, and fourth at the Royal Winter Fair.

ALL-CANADIAN HOLSTEIN BULL CALF: Selected as the All-Canadian Holstein Bull Calf is Acme Larry Rocket (middle right). He was shown by Pickard and Clark, Acme, Alberta, and is now owned by James R. Hen- derson, Kingston, Ont. Larry was first prize Junior Bull Calf at the Royal Winter Fair.

HONORABLE MENTION ALL CANA. DIAN JUNIOR YEARLING: Owned by A. Millington, Medicine Hat, Alberta Chinook Rocket Cora (last picture) has been-given Honorable Mention as All-Canadian Junior Yearling Holstein - Heifer. She was a first prize winner at Calgary Exhibition and stood fourth at the Royal Winter Fair.

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DAIRY FARMERS OF CANADA ISSUE POLICY STATEMENT A(Cantinued from Page 3)

General Policy: 1. Dairy Farmers of Canada: wish to express appreciation to the Federal Government for their action in purchasing 10 million pounds of powder, thereby strengthening the market and consequently benefitting all dairy producers. And further, that appreciation be’ expressed to the Ontario Cheese Producers’ Marketing Board for their action in financing the sale of cheese to Britain,

2. Further study should be made

‘to establish a fast, accurate test that

will detect the adulteration of dairy foods by the addition of fats other than butterfat,

3. Dairy Farmers of Canada request that the Government of Canada amend the Bankruptcy Act in such a manner that it will accord producers the position of preferred creditors in the matter of payments for the primary sale of agricultural products.

4. With substitutes still threaten- ing the dairy industry, the constant promotion of the dairy industry and dairy foods is necessary to insure the attention of the Canadian consumer. Dairy Farmers of Canada’s advertis- ing and public relations program is a valuable part of the overall pro- motional program of‘the dairy in- dustry. .

FARM LEADER Internal

1. Cheese is no exception to the generally accepted rule for dairy pro- ducts, and in order to have sufficient supplies for the domestic market it is desirable to have some surplus. Cana- dian cheddar enjoys an unique re- putation for high’ quality and com- mands a ‘premium on the world market. At the same time cheese provides a market for butterfat as well as solids-not-fat, and therefore, would appear to be one of the safest products into which to channel sur- plus milk. However, since surplus manufactured dairy products must be sold at world prices, the cheese in- dustry alone cannot withstand the whole financial burden incurred in making export sales,

2. Dairy Farmers of Canada regret that at the present time consumers generally are not able to purchase bread containing six per cent milk powder, Every effort should be made to influence bakers to increase the use of milk powder in bread up to this percentage,

3. It is recommended that a thorough study be made of the legis- lation governing claims made by manufacturers in newspaper and radio advertising. Where controls ap- pear to be lacking, representation should be made to the proper govern- ments,

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Fears Loss of “Way of Life”

“An entire nation has_ stopped everything, else to hunt Communists and to fear Communism, And so ob- sessed has America become with this — search that she is in grave danger of losing her way of life, not so much to Communism as to fear of Commun- ism.”—Murray D. Lincoln, president of the Co-operative League of the United States.

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Canadians spent a record $8.21 per capita on moving pictures during 1952, states the Dominion Bureau of: Statistics; this was 49 cents more than in 1951, $3.20 more than in 1942.

4. In view of the interest in estab- lishing prices for fluid milk by set formula, study of this subject should go forward. Dr, Leland Spencer, famous authority on the subject, should be invited to speak at the next meeting of Dairy Farmers of Canada,

5, Development. of a_ stabilization fund which could be used to drain off surpluses in depressed branches of the industry is thought by many to be feasible. Such a plan would raise the fund through a_ percentage levy on receipts from the sale of dairy products. It was recommended that such a-plan be discussed in all mem- ber organizations.

U.G.G. MARKS TEN-YEAR PROGRESS PERIOD

Expansion and Progress of Farmer-Owned Company

Is Illustrated by the Following Comparison of Figures

Number of Shareholders

Paid up Capital

Reserve and Surplus

Total Shareholders’

Depreciation Reserves

Working Capital

1943 1948 1953 Hee 35,000 40,000 48,000 SEV Ran, Hone SUC! $3,174,000 $3,570,000 $4,796,000 a 2,186,000 2,584,000 4,125,000 Foulty ............ 5,360,000 6,154,000 8,921,000 Value of Capital Assets at cost ...... 11,721,000 14,659,000 20,588,000 hihi pieallas coi 5,924,000 7,814,000 9,927,000 BY OBC OS HEE SRE REET: 2,053,000 2,900,000 6,636,000 TOTAL FOR TEN-YEAR PERIOD Appropriations for Capital Stock Dividends .......................----. $1,905,000 Appropriations TOP PROCTOR OO TON pe cesccceceeecmndenernconens 5,652,000 GROWTH OF ELEVATOR SYSTEM, 1942 TO 1953 INU DOP OF COMMON Y FTO VBCGEG ooccccccnescesncoccascneccoecvccccronsenoncneons 1942 446 1943 528 1953 621

‘Terminal Elevator Capacity, Port Arthur........ 1943........5,500,000 bushels

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faced with so great a danger as that.which they have

N ‘iace since human beings first existed have they been

brought upon themselves by a combination of unrivalled skill and unrivalled folly. Everybody who has taken the trouble to consider the matter knows the peril inherent in an arma- ments race involving atomic ane EB hihi todas

Still Pursuing Old Patterns

I shall not enlarge upon this peril, as to which others can speak with better authority. I cannot, however, refrain from expressing amazement that the men who direct the policies of nations, whether great or small, are still pursuing old patterns of be- havior without any visible modifica- tion.

Jugoslavs and Italians, Jews and Arabs, British and Egyptians, French and Indo-Chinese, pursue their little quarrels without ever for a moment remembering that all alike may be engulfed in a common ruin at any moment. Whether they are to be allowed to continue to exist depends upon the whims of those who direct policies in Washington and Moscow.

Everybody can see that this is a situation which ought not to be al- lowed to continue, but it is not at all easy to see how to take the first steps toward something less insecure.

Cannot Be Dramatic

I do not think that in the present situation the first steps can be dra- matic. Each side is firmly persuaded of the bad intentions of the other, and only time and patience will alter this persuasion. I do not think any useful purpose is now served by point- ing out the evils of the system to which we are opposed, whichever that may be. i Abuse of those to whom one is un- alterably hostile is not likely to lead them to mend their ways. Both sides are faced by the difficulty that meas- ures which seem to them purely de- fensive appear to the other side to be preparations for offensive war. And yet, I do not see how any sane member of the Western world can think that it would be wise to dis- continue such preparations on our side. The problem is to find ‘some way by which, in spite of our arma- ments, we can persuade the Com- munist world that we do not intend to inaugurate a war.

First Steps by Neutrals

I think the first steps in this direc- tion could advantageously be taken by the nations which are genuinely neutral, of which India is the most important. The Communist world can only be addressed through its govern. ments, since it does not allow the kind of public propaganda which is still possible in many Western coun- tries. The governments which Rus- sia regards as hostile cannot expect to be listened to sympathetically in the Kremlin.

Only those governments which are genuinely neutral can hope to make any. impression upon Communist gov- ernments by moves intended to dimin- ish the tension. A third World War, if it occurs, while it will probably completely ruin all the belligerents, will certainly do very grave injury to the neutrals also. They have, therefore, a legitimate interest in trying to prevent such a calamity.

Statement Should be Impartial

I think it might serve a useful pur- pose, if they were to draw up a reasoned statement as to the ruin which such a war is likely to bring about. Such a statement should, of course, preserve the most absolute impartiality.

It should not even investigate whether either side could hope for

Bertrand Russell, O.M., F.R.S. (above) is the third Earl. Russell, though he never uses his title. Now

in his eighty-first year, he is one of Britain’s great men in the fields of philosophy and mathematics. He has been broadcasting for the B.B.C. since 1927, on both home and overseas services. The photograph was taken at Broadcasting House on the oc- casion of a talk on the “Asian Club” program,

something which insane milita- rists could call victory. It should deal only with those misfortunes which are likely to befall all the .inhabitants of belligerent coun- tries, whether on one side or on the other.

Might Bring Favorable Atmosphere The neutrals, having drawn up such

a report, should invite other nations

to concur in its findings. It is pos- sible that in this way an atmosphere might be created in which there would be matters about which Rus- sia and America could be in agree- ment, and perhaps in time each could come to believe that the other, if not attacked, will not itself attack. If once this were believed on both sides, negotiations leading to a “detente” would become possible.

Such a policy as I am suggesting can only. be effectively inaugurated by neutrals, since an agitation on one side only, setting forth the disastrous consequences of war, would seem to be favoring the other side—not with- out justice, since, on the Communist side, no such agitation would be tolerated. Neutral nations have in this respect an advantage, and. can approach both sides simultaneously with complete impartiality.

Prevention Must Be Aim

All this would constitute only a

beginning. It would merely make possible the discussion of such meas- ures as might avert war in the future. I do not think that the prohibition of atomic and _ thermo-nuclear

FARM LEADER _

‘“The| Bulletin of. the Atomic Scientists” is published by the

Educational Foundation for Nu- clear Science, Inc., in Chicago, Ill., a group of scientists engaged

in research in atomic and related . fields. We .reproduce one of several views expressed in the January issue on “Where We Stand in the Year of, the H- bomb.”

weapons would be very useful. What- ever agreements might be réached, and whatever thoroughness in inspec- tion might be established, the pro- hibited weapons could always again be manufactured after the outbreak of war, and no doubt would be. It is the prevention of war, not of this or that weapon, that must be sought.

This will not be possible so long as most of the great powers are firmly persuaded that each other is wicked and deserves to be destroyed in a holy crusade. Unfortunately, this view is held at present on both sides. We must hope that if, by means of makeshifts and expedients, war in the near future can be made to seem less likely, fanaticism on both sides will gradually grow less. This is an undramatic hope, but I think it is the best that the situation allows.

After the Third — the Fourth

In a longer view, we have to con- sider not only the possibility of a third world war, but also the further future. I suppose that if war broke

. out tomorrow, there would still be

human beings when it ended. But if they had no more wisdom than we have, they would soon be preparing for a fourth world war; and, apart from statesmanship, there is no rea- son to expect this process to stop until the human race is extinct. If, therefore, we think the survival of man worth while, we must have as

our goal the total prevention of large-

scale wars. The only way to secure this is to have in the world only one armed force possessed of a mon- opoly of the major weapons of war.

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The Policy Committee re Publicity consists of the Executive with addi- tion of J, T. Monkhouse, Winnipeg, Manitoba; A. H. Mercer, Vancouver, B.C.; J. W. Maxner, Windsor, Nova Scotia; F, E, Lutes, Berry Mills, N.B. (Alternate for the Maritimes).

The Public Relations Management Committee is as follows: Chas. Milton, Erle Kitchen, Gilbert Macmillan, Dr. H. C. Bois, R. F. Lick, W. B. Rettie, W. O. Coon (Alternative), P. D, Mc- Arthur (Alternative),

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An Eisenhower on McCarthy

Although President: Eisenhower seems to be taking a firmer attitude toward Senator McCarthy, the Presi- dent may not think it politic to go so far as did’his older brother last July. Mr, Arthur Eisenhower, a Kansas City banker, termed McCarthy “a rabble- rouser’ whose methods are “a throw- back to the Spanish Inquisition. He calls in people and proceeds to make fools of them by twisting their an- swers ,.. He has never been respon- sible for the conviction of one—of one, mind you—Communist.”

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A Gripping Book Comox, B.C.

Dear Farm Women:

_ Again my favorite topic and, of course, you who have read my letters for some time know that it is to be the weather,

When I wrote most of the letter for this issue, loyal “Coasters” were trying the emphasize the mildness we were enjoying as “nothing out of the ordinary”, Now they point out to visitors that our most recent experience of cold and rough weather with mountains of snow, is “most unusual’, You on the prairies have no reputation to keep up; but the meteorological broadcasts we hear in- dicate that your thermometers have been trying to establish new records for the low sub-zeros prolonged over some weeks. I hope the forecasters’ more encouraging promises will have been fulfilled when you read this.

People who work directly with Nature cannot fail to be interested in what is one of: the governing factors of their lives. And some- times I think we are a little bit in- clined to think that we on the farms are more interested in the weather than are those in any other work. However, if we stop to think, it is of direct paramount importance to many others and indirectly to us all.

Birth and Growth of a Storm Which is all a preamble to asking

you if you have read Storm, by George A. Stewart (The Modern Library). It is not a new book, so

many of you may know it, and I wonder if you found it as gripping as I did? For those who have not read it, I might say that in a sense California is the scene, but that is only a portion. It was where the meterologist recorded the birth and growth of the storm and was where

so many direct, outstanding results

occurred. Edmonton and Calgary get their passing word of the route of some of it.

No, it is not a true story in the sense that it is the recording of a series of events which actually hap- pened in sequence; but it reads so unbelieveably true to many events of which we have read and heard about that is seems to be one,

It’ gives one, realization of the contribution made in this day and age to keep “Business as Usual’. It also gives one a greater respect for the part many people play in our modern life, and in their man- ner of working together.

We see the interest of the meteoro- logist in the storms he names, We see the contribution the forecasting of the weather makes on both land

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which it was awaited before its force and fury were known. We see the efforts to keep roads and wires in service; also we see some of the tragic results of a storm,

We leave the book thinking Nature is very wonderful and some- times very terrifying and tragic. Also we have read a book worth the reading.

Yours sincerely, H. ZELLA SPENCER

News of Women’s Locals

Naco F.W.U.A. are helping finance improvements to the local hall.

Black Diamond F.W.U.A. are plan- ning a Pot-Luck Supper for February 13th. ,

A CARE parcel of hand tools is being sent to Pakistan by Park Grov F.W.U.A. .

In aid of the Building Fund, In- land F.W.U.A. arranged a dance for February 4th.

East Drumheller F.W.U.A. have planned a whist drive for tonight (February 5th), weather permitting.

Besides a cash donation, Rosyth F.W.U.A. voted recently to donate 100 cups to the community hall.

Swalwell F.W.U.A. recently ar- ranged a Bingo game in aid of the

Building Fund, reports Mrs. Fred Empey. Mrs. A. W. O’Brien writes that

Barrhead F.W.U.A. recently arranged to cater for a dance sponsored by the

-men’s Local, and to hold a card party.

The financial statement presented to the annual meeting of Poplar Ridge F.W.U.A. (Red Deer) showed funds in hand of $133.57, reports Mrs. J. B. Moore,

Hope Valley F.W.U.A. (Edgerton) recently decided to clean the com- muity hall, and to hold a social event each month, reports Mrs, B. Chester- man,

“As the thermometer stood at 42 below, we thought we were lucky to have nine members at our meeting,” writes Mrs. Don MacNabb, secretary of Beaverlodge F.W.U.A.

In aid of the polio fund, Royce F.W.U.A. recently planned a dance, writes Mrs. W. J. Edmunds. The Local also sponsored a shower for Mrs. M..Syrnyk, a recent bride.

Dolcy-Browning F.W.U.A. are invit- ing Setting-Sun, McCafferty and Rosemoyne Locals to join with them when Mrs. Taylor shows her pictures, writes Mrs. Harry Scott, secretary.

Members of Ascott F.W.U.A. (Wain- wright) have autographed a copy of the F.W.U.A. Cook-Book. and written in additional recipes, before sending it to their English correspondence club, writes Mrs. A. E. Rodgers.

Hillside F.W.U.A, recently made plans to send a member to the

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How far-reaching are the fields of activity of the central office of the C.F.A., and how vitally important they are from the standpoint of the farm people of Canada, was made apparent even by the condensed account given in the report of the capable secretary of the Federation, Colin G. Groff (above), in one of the public sessions in Ottawa. Working in close associa- tion with the provincial Federations, and aided by a well-known econo- mist, Dr. E, C. Hope, the national of- fice is in a position to deal continu- ously with the multitude of problems concerning the industry of agricul- ture which arise throughout the year, and to plan for the future,

_THE WESTERN

The Wh Wheat Situation .

E, PATCHING, Alberta Wheat Pool

Deliveries of grain are proceeding fairly well in Alberta this season, de- spite the fact that hundreds of country elevators. were filled to capacity and most others almost full when the crop year began last August ist. Up to mid-January, mers had marketed 65% million ‘bushels of wheat. This works out to 10.3 bushels for every acre seeded to that grain last summer, Coarse grain deliveries, however, have not been as heavy, and when all grains are considered 8 bushels per seeded acre have been

- delivered,

These figures are well above the present quota of 5 bushels. It should be remembered, however, that this year’s quota is based on the “specified acreage” which includes summer- fallow. Extra deliveries of oats have been permitted in supplementary quotas. Furthermore, a_ substantial quantity of grain was delivered be- fore the quotas were applied.

While deliveries have been quite good in view of congested conditions, almost two-thirds of the total grain available for delivery remains on farms.

Below are shown deliveries of grain in Alberta between August lst and January 13th, estimated amount of grain available for delivery during

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~ CALGARY STOCKYARDS, Feb, 3rd.

— Hogs sold yesterday $32, sows $19.50, good lambs $20 to $20. 50; good 'to choice butcher steers $16. 50 to $17.50, down to $12 for common; good stocker and feeder steers $14 to $16, good to choice veal calves $21 to $24. ee es THE DAIRY MARKET

Special cream, locally, to producers, remains at 63 cents; No. 1 is 61, No. 2 is 52, and off-grade 46. First-grade prints, wholesale, are 63.

EGG AND POULTRY MARKET

Feb, 2nd..— Egg prices to producers remain at 32 cents for A large; med- ium are 30 and small 25; B’s are 27 and C’s 20. Dressed chicken, under 4 lbs., remain at 37 for A, 30 for B and 20 for C; 4-5 lbs. are 39 down to 23; Over 5 are 42 down to 26. Dressed fowl, to producers, are: under 4 lbs., 23 down to 11 cents; 4 to 5 Ibs., 26 tal to 14; over 5 ibs., 28 down to

the entire season and the percent of the total delivered:

Deliveries Total %o

Aug. 1-Jan. 13 Available De-

livered

Wheat 65,700,000 162,900,000 40 Oats 14,300,000 49,300,000 29 Barley 20,100,000 6,900,000 29

All grains 103,100,000 291,700,000 35

Visible supplies of wheat in Canada in mid-January totalled 379.6 million bushels compared with 258.6 million at the same time last year. These figures do not include wheat still held on farms,

Total supplies for the 1953-54 crop year, including carryover from last year, amount to 977 million bushels. Domestic consumption will take 160 million, leaving 817 million for ex- port and carryover. To January 13th exports had totalled 107 million, ex- cluding flour. Flour exports would probably add another. 18 million bringing the total to 135 million,

It can be seen that no matter how well exports go during the balance of the season there will be a heavy carryover of wheat at the year’s end. Fortunately for prairie farmers, the marketing of wheat is in strong hands and prices have been maintained at a reasonable level. In the other major exporting countries the govern- ments also have a _ steadying in- fluence on the market, and there has been no move to offer wheat at “fire- sale” prices which will be ruinous to

farmers,

SEE AEEG AE ea HIGHLIGHTS OF C.F.A, CONVENTION (Continued from Page 1) Canada up to the present time. In summing up this question, it can be said the Federation recognized the importance of such policies as a stop-loss feature protecting branches of our agriculture industry from prices declining to disastrous levels. The big problem is to decide at what level support prices should be estab- lished. The meeting, on the advice of the national poultry committee, voted for an increase in the support price for eggs from thirty-eight cents

to forty-five cents, .

International Aspects

The international aspect and in- terest in farm problems always has

- an important place in C.F.A, méet-

ings. This year Miss Florence Rey- nolds, education officer of F.A.O. was in attendance and addressed the delegates briefly. Mr. Roger Savory, secretary-general of I.F.A.P.. was on the agenda, but did not arrive in time to address the general sessions be- cause of delay in air passage, How- ever, hhe took part in the board dis- cussion following the open sessions.

Hon, L, B. Pearson, in his luncheon address, stressed the importance of international problems and the need for a co-ordinated and co-operative

February 5th 5th, 1954

‘Celgene Co-op Store Has Successful Year

.

More than a hundred members of the Calgary Co- -operative store at-

tended the annual meeting in the’

Labor Temple last Saturday. After an excellent lunch. provided by the Women’s Guild under Mrs, Norman F. Priestley’s convenership, the business session, with J, E, Campbell as chair- man; heard reports from E, T. Mow- prey, general manager of the

A.C.W.A., John Suits, store manager, -

and from Mrs, Priestley on the acti- vities of the Guild, Ron Stirling re- ported on the annual meeting of the A.C.W.A, and .Keith Rosenberger, president of the advisory board, also spoke briefly. Norman F., Priestley, secretary of the Alberta Co-operative Union, congratulated the store on its year’s progress,

The operating statement showed gratifying expansion of sales, with a substantial balance on the year’s business. A resolution was adopted recommending that the board take steps towards placing the store on an autonomous basis. It was pointed out that at the present time savings made by _ the Calgary store are absorbed in losses in some other stores in the retail section of the A.C.W.A.

The advisory board consists of Keith Rosenberger, Balzac, president; Mrs. Vera Gillespie, De Winton, secretary; Dwight Ellis, Hubalta; Gordon Bowers, Airdrie and E, R. Higley, Calgary (rural) Campbell, Ron Stirling, Tom Kirk- bride and A, Jesson, all of Calgary (urban). Messrs. Higley and Jesson succeed Messrs, John Fairweather and W. H. Evans, who resigned. Hearty thanks were expressed by the meeting to the board and manage- ment and staff for their valuable services,

vention went on record in support of such programs as the United Nations program for technical assistance and the Colombo plan, an international program and agency for disposal of supplies, and an emergency famine reserve along the lines proposed by the I.F.A.P. To further consolidate and review international questions, C.F.A, Delegates will meet with rep- resentatives from Mexico and United States farm ——- later in February.

Well Attended Public Sessions

The public sessions of the meeting were very well attended. These lasted

two days, starting Tuesday afternoon .-

and closed Thursday noon. Over two hundred and fifty sat down to the luncheon on Wednesday, when Hon. L. B. Pearson addressed the gathering. Much regret was expressed at Hon. J. G. Gardiner’s inability to -be pre- sent because of illness. However, he was ably represented by: Robert McCubbin,

Dr. H. H. Hannam was re-elected as president of the federation. This will be Dr. Hannam’s eleventh year during which he has worked for the farmers of Canada and the twenty- sixth year with farm organizations. Mr. W. J. Parke, President of the Manitoba Pool Elevators and J. A. Marion of the L’Union Catholique des Cultivateurs, were named first and second vice-presidents respectively.

Directors elected from member or- ganizations include Ben §S. Plumer of Calgary, Roy C, Marler of Edmon- ton, and Karl Kapler of Strome, rep- resenting the A.F.A, United Grain Growers are represented on the board of the C.F.A. by J. E. Brownlee, Q.C. Directors from the Saskatchewan Federation are W. J. Ball, Regina; Gordon Loveridge, Grenfell and L, J. Bright, Regina; while the B.C, Feder- ation is represented by Alex Mercer, Vancouver; GC, E, S, Wallis, Victoria,

approach to such problems. The con. and V, Ellison, Oyama,

and Jim

‘Februaty 5th, 1954,

LONDON, Ont, — Among resolutions adopted in public sessions, at the C.F.A, convention here, (for review by the board before endorsement) were the following: |

Grain Marketing

Canadian Wheat Board:. Thé Board be maintained as sole marketing agency for western grown wheat, oats and barley. (Doubts expressed by some members of board at later directors’ meeting whether producers’ interest best served by this policy in respect to coarse grains.)

Freight Assistance: Asking that

freight assistance be maintained on

feed grains,

Canadian Wheat Board: Apprecia- tion to provincial and federal gov- ernments for legislation which set up this marketing system; board com- mended for services given producers.

Speculative Market: Recommending elimination of use of this market by Wheat Board in marketing coarse grains.

Flax and Rye: Recommending board’s operations be extended to flax and rye.

International Wheat Agreement: Recommending I.W.A. be maintained as permanent feature of Canadian agricultural policy. :

Delivery Quotas: That uniform quotas be maintained at all points in periods of heavy crop production.

Public Terminal Elevators: Asked C.F.A. investigate possibility of per- suading federal government to build additional public elevators with dry- ing facilities at points east of Lake- head,

| Agricultural Policy

Support of I.F.A.P, Policies: Con- sistent with good farming prac- tices, and soil conservation, ade- quate production of perishable and abundant production of non-perish- able products such as grain desirable. “Reserves of storable foodstuffs con- stitute protection to producers in times of serious crop failure and to consumers against high prices that invariably go with periods of scar- city.”” Expansion of markets rather than “cutting production through re- duction of acreage.” Faith reaffirm- ed “in the policy of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers and the Food and Agriculture Organi- zation of the United Nations in their support of the principle of abundant - production of food as a means of more adequately feeding the peoples of the world, and as a contribution towards the maintenance of world peace.”. ole .

Use of Surplus Farm Products: Government of Canada urged to give active and energetic support to prin- ciple that “foodstuffs in surplus supply should be used as an instru- ment for peace, especially when peoples in many areas of the world are constantly facing the threat of starvation, and are being attracted in increasing numbers to the false doctrine of communism”. Support of

UN program for technical assistance,.

Colombo Plan, “an _ international program and Agency for disposal of surpluses”: “An Emergency. Famine Reserve along the lines proposed by LF.A.P.”; pending full development of foregoing “food surpluses which become embarrassing to our economy to be used to relieve food shortages in needy countries where normal com- mercial markets do not exist.’’ Copies of this resolution to be sent at once through I.F.A.P, offices at Washington and “placed before the C.C.P. com- mittee of F.A.O. before their meet- ing in February.”

Producer Controlled Marketing Boards:' Support re-affirmed, and provincial legislation to make plan effective to be sought,

Farm Credit Plan: Ask C.F.A. com- mittee draw plan to correct present inadequacies,

(Concluded Next Issue)

~

THE WESTERN @ Ottawa Letter @

By M. McDOUGALL, Press Gallery Leader Correspondent

OTTAWA, Feb. 3rd. — At this season, with the fields un- der snow and_ seeding still some distance off, interest cen- tres on a number of questions in relation to the grain indus- try. Among them are these: At what date will final pay- ments be made for the 1952-53 wheat accounts? How do the deliveries through quotas to the elevators stand? And how are the sales going?

Hopes Close Books Soon

In relation to final payments on year ending last July, the minister of trade and commerce expects to be in Winnipeg early this month, he hopes the Wheat Board can close its books for the period very shortly. The crop, up to a short time ago, had not been sold in total, but the minister hopes that the final payment will go out early in February, but if not in Feb- ruary, certainly not later than in March.

Some concern has been expressed on the decline in the shipments of grain in December and January, but the shipments in these months have not been below those in.the same months of previous years. The decline is of course due to the closing of navigation in the East, which natur- ally happens every year. The Lake Superior port of Port Arthur-Fort Wil- liam ceases to be a port for water borne traffic when the St. Lawrence route is closed by ice. Grain held there could, of course, be shipped by rail to St. John or Halifax, but there would be the additional cost of rail haulage which would put sales by the East out of line with Van- couver. The port of Vancouver is of course open all year, is now and has been, operating all autumn at capa- city.

U.S. and Problem of Surpluses

The economic questions that face the U.S. government, and which have been the subject of discussion and suggestion by president and legisla- tors over there, are of course of direct interest to Canada. One of the sub- jects of particular interest is the course they will pursue in the effort to lessen the burden of surpluses in foodstuffs. These surpluses do exist, and while they have their present proportions. they naturally cause con- cern; but what has to be kept in mind is that the men who take part ‘as leaders and direct the American economy have a well deserved repu- tation for sound business sense.

It stands to reason that they are

not going to cut down the dam and.

let the accumulated surpluses go at fire sale prices. They could absorb the losses as they have the many grants in aid to foreign countries, but the economy at home and in other countries would feel severely the dislocation to markets. ‘Expects U.S, Co-operation

The minister of trade and commerce recently stated in the commons: “I know of no plan for a fire sale in the United States. That country has a certain program that has dangers in- herent in it if recklessly used, a pro- gram of giving assistance to foreign countries in the form of foodstuffs. We have’ reason to believe that it will be used with due regard to friendly countries who also have mar- keting problems.” Mr. Howe added that the situation was being watched carefully and discussions have been going on between representatives of the two countries. “We have every reason to believe that the United States will co-operate with Canada in order that the Canadian position will not be damaged.”

Concerning grain delivery quotas, the overall quota is five bushels per cultivated acre, with the proviso that

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tor system. .

at full value.

Interesting Panel of = Speakers for Western Stock Growers Meeting

Bert Hargrave, Walsh, the president, will be chairman of the: annual meet- ing of the Western Stock Growers’ Association, to be held in High River, February 11th and 12th. Should the weather be favorable, an attendance of about five hundred is looked for.

The roster of speakers includes H. S. Fry, The Country Guide, F. M. Jacobs, Canadian Cattlemen, Grant MacEwan and D,. J. McKinnon of the Canadian Beef Producers’ Council; E. S. Man- ning, of the Industrial and Develop- ment Council of Canadian Meat Packers; Hon; L. C; Halmrast; Hon. Ivan Casey; W. R. Hanson of the Eastern Rockies Conservation Board; R. W. Peak -and R. H. Painter of Lethbridge Experimental Farm; J. A.

B. McArthur, Manyberries Range ‘Station; W. H. T. Mead, Alberta Livestock Commissioner; H,. A.

Jacobsen, Montana State College; R. H. Bennett, Livestock Marketing

' Service, Ottawa and Wayne Darrow,

Washington, D.C,

every producer is entitled to deliver a minimum of 1,000 bushels of grain. A supplementary quota of 12 bushels an acre is given on land seeded to oats, and there are special quotas on malting barley to be obtained on ap- plication. Flax and durum wheat do not come under quota regulations. There is no limit to the delivery of these grains.

Deliveries to January 23rd

By January 23rd, deliveries of grain have amounted to 354 million bushels, of which 314 million came under the 5 bushel overall quota and 40 under extra shipments, as specified. It is held as unlikely that there will be any additional quotas until the open- ing of navigation or until there is further space at Fort William.

The distribution of earnings as patronage dividends is a policy of the Alberta Wheat Pool. the Pool has allocated or distributed dividends among . its member patrons as follows:

meen __. $6,252,000

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Included is $2,479,000 declared on deliveries during the 1952-53 crop.season which will be distributed this

This year’s distribution of close to $214 million will undoubtedly be the largest patronage dividend payment ever made in a single year by grain handling organiza- tion in this province. It represents over 95 per cent of the Pool’s 1952-53 net earnings after allowing for pay-

On a per bushel basis dividends will be as follows: Wheat—4'4 cents, 1 cent of which is cash; Oats, barley, rye and flax—21% cents, 1% cent of

_ These dividends represent a savings which grain pro- ducers were able to make by patronizing their own eleva-

Wheat Pool reserves received by way of patronage dividends are valuable property for with them,rests the ownership of the organization. savings for the years ahead when they will be redeemed

ALBERTA WHEAT POOL

Dividends

Over the years

$9,530,000 $15,782,000

They represent a useful

Cabinet Turns Down Chief F -U.A. Requests

While consideration of requests contained in some F.U.A. resolutions was promised at a recent meeting with the Provincial Cabinet, President Henry Young states in a press release dated February 1st that “on the main planks of the F.U.A. program, such as Marketing Board legislation and a new system or rural electrification, the Premier indicated a blank refusal to our requests.” Request for a plebiscite on rural electrification was similarly refused, as was that for a better deal for surface rights owners. Premier Manning also saw no need of gasoline prices control.

About two and a half hours were spent in discussing the resolutions dealing with some forty subjects, and Mr. Young reports that the delegation received a very courteous hearing. It consisted of himself, vice-president C. J. Stimpfle, Mrs. W. C.° Taylor, president of the F.W.U.A., A. B. Wood and Archie Hogg, executive members, and Mrs, Gertrude Wohl, secretary. All members of the cabinet were pre- sent except Hon, Gordon Taylor, who, was out of the city,

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DAIRY FARMING (Cont. from Page 1) ticularly for labor, machinery and equipment, Mr. Morris pointed out that the dairy farmer’s sélling price has been moving towards lower levels, “and if greater efficiency had not been introduced he would have found himself out of business. In 1939 in the Edmonton Milk Shed it required one hour of labor to produce one pound of butterfat, while in 1952 it required only .55 hours...

“High production per cow is un- doubtedly the largest single factor in reducing costs, and Alberta dairymen have come a long way in this respect. Thirty years ago the average production per cow in Alberta was 109. lbs. of butterfat. Today it is 207.8."

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Saskatchewan Now Has 141 Production Co-ops

REGINA, Sask. — Production co- operatives in Saskatchewan at the end of the 1952-53 fiscal year totalled 141, it is reported here, These include 60 grazing co-operatives, 31 co-op farms, 18 fur co-ops, 12 farm machin- ery co-ops, 8 fodder co-ops and 4 irrigation and drainage co-ops. There are also some hog, sheep, lumber, honey and livestock feeder co-opera- tives, The co-operative farms had 263 members with a _ total members’ equity of nearly $1.2 millions.

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Home Market Absorbs Crop

RIO DE JANEIRO — Nearly all of the 1952 Brazilian wool clip has been absorbed by the domestic market. Of some 15 million pounds exported, most went to Japan.

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Hello Folks!

A letter from a reader in Edmonton declares that this column has been altogether too flippant of late. So we'll turn over a new leaf in 1954,

for this one column at. least, and —

start off ‘by letting Brother Barabash open the proceedings with a few well chosen philosophical thoughts.

* *

MEDITATIONS | '

What is self-reliance but obedienc to a higher will. Call it the will of God — for in truth that is what it is and this you will come to realize if you stop to analyse the essence of self-reliance,

* *

“Make yourself useful and mankind will give you bread,” sa4i Emerson. But why stop there? Go a little farther and make yourself essential and you will get butter to go with it. Go still farther — make yourself in- dispensable and you will have the world at your feet.

* * ISN’T IT THE TRUTH The way some children bring up their. parents is a _ crime.

With modern education facilities

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No mortal being can possibly live the life of an open book. Only the angels can afford to have secrets.

* * The first and foremost philosophy

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men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again, maybe the queen could. ; + * THE MATERNITY WARD (Calgary General Hospital) If your life’s all filled with curses. And your world crowded with vipers? Think of maternity nurses Washing babes and changing “Diapers”.

Brats galore of all description, Vieing to outdo each other; Driving nurses to conniption With loud screams and messy bother.

Easier to swallow daggers — Fact it would be an improve- ment, Than to care for little beggars Blessed with endless bowel movement. And so from my poet's “seeings,” With much love I pen these verses, To those hardship driven beings— The maternity ward nurses. — Volodimir Barabash. * *

Thanks a lot Volly. Now perhaps!

we had better get back into our stride and see if we can be at least a little flippant again.

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ANSWER TO A CONTRIB.

Thanks W. J. B. for your wisecracks. They came a little late for the festive season. And in the meantime our pooch got hold of your letter, tore it to pieces and then ate it and its con- tens, proving, of course, that even a dog can swallow a good joke, Let’s hear from you again.

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It’s a strange world, declares Nan

of Nanton, some people gild the lily

while others scrape the gilt off the

gingerbread. "+ *

We understand that down Boston way they’ve cracked: down heavily on those. disrobing acts on the stage. Strip, Strip, hooray!

+ + THIS IS TERRIBLE

Says the Bad Egg of Crow’s Nest, drinking champagne out of a lady’s slipper is quite a feet.

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We’ve been studying our new calendars and see that the first day of spring will be two weeks earlier this year, falling on March twenty- first to be exact.

* * THE BOSS SPEAKING

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Or else the carbon over which

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I wish I were the dog-eared dictionary You thumb from pages one to 953. The tried and true eraser that ‘you carry — Just so I know that you have need of me!

I wish I were the hours, my dear, you cheat me As powder puff in hand you gaily hum — And how I wish your ruby lips would greet me As eager as they greet a stick of gum! —Thenx to S. H., Calgary. * *

And Fern of Fernie reminds us that anyone can save money. “Yep,” she chortles, ‘all you have to do is quit spending it.”

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Finds Important New Trait in Cancer Cells

Dr. C. M. Pomerat announces at a special meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences that his re- search team found a new biological trademark inside the cancer cells that may yield new clues to the disease. Dr. Pomerat, of the University of Texas medical school. said that by loating cancer cells so that they spread out — under a microscope — “like fried eggs,” the researchers have found they contain up to 50 times the normal number of chromosomes. Because the chromosomes help cells divide and develop, they may hold

the secrets of cancer’s endless growth.

A.F.A. NOTES (Continued from Page 7)

the rotunda, and hear the pleasant ribbing by the Eastern delegates in their welcome. It was _ interesting, too, to note the number of people present, not as official delegates, but as visitors. Some representing their organization, others there for their own interest and information — all interested in the outcome of this national farm meeting,

A busy time was ahead for these delegates. Monday saw the first meeting of the 1953-Board of direc- tors — a meeting to complete any unfinished business of the year and

. make final preparations for the open

sessions that started Tuesday after- noon. (Later sessions elsewhere). * + Farm Radio Forum.

LONDON, Ont, The National Board of Farm Radio Forum meets twice a year. Its annual meeting is held during its National Conference and its semi-annual meeting was held here, at London, Ont., on January 24th,

Alberta representation at this meet- ing was Glen Smiley from Lavoy, chairman of the Alberta Farm Forum Committee, and Jim McFall, Alberta Farm Forum Secretary. Dr. H. H. Hannam, President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, is chair- man of the national board,

This meeting was well attended, with representation from all provinces with the exception of B.C. and Mani- toba,

The reports presented show that Farm Forum is in a strong position, even if some provinces have shown a decline in number of groups and number of reports received, Others, including Alberta, show an increase.

The meeting agreed to hold the next annual conference at the Uni- versity of Saskatchewan, at Saska- toon, on June 14th to 18th,

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Wool Consumption Up 30% WASHINGTON, D.C, — World wool consumption was 30 per cent more in the first half of 1953 than in the same period in 1952, states Foreign Crops and Markets,

BELTING WRITE FOR SPECIAL BARGAIN PRICES ON Belting, State requirements. Premier Belting Company, 800 Main St., Winnipeg. BOOES

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FOR ANY BOOK YOU WANT, NEW OR OUT OF PRINT: write Canadian Forum Book Service, 16 Huntley St., Toronto 5, Ontario.

CLEANING AND DYEING

*““EMPIRE’’ CLEANED — “EMPIRE” PRESSED —

The Budget way to look ‘*Well-dressed’’ EMPIRE CLEANING & DYEING

co. LTD. “The home of PERSONALIZED Service’ Calgary -— Phone 27926 — Alberta

THE WESTERN

RATES:

6 cents per word. Five insertions for the price of 4, 9 for the price of 7, 13 for the price of 10.

TERMS:

Cash with order.

Buy, Sell or Exchange through this section at a small cost.

CREAM SEPARATORS

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RENFREW PARTS, NEW EVER-BRIGHT RUST- less discs, re-balancing, retinning. Send bowl complete, ‘spindle, neck bearing and spring and milk spouts. Separator will run good as new. 20 years guarantee. T. S. Petrie Separator Service, Winnipeg, Man.

EDUCATIONAL.

MEN WANTED TO LEARN BARBERING, NO former experience required. Light, clean, inside work. Offers steady employment, big pay. Many positions now open. Opportuni- ties for advancement. Write: Moler Barber College, 814 Centre St., Calgary, or 9685 Jasper Ave., Edmonton,

BE A HAIRDRESSER MANY WOMEN wanted to Learn Hairdressing. Splendid op- portunity, better paying position, pleasant work. Catalogue free. Canada’s greatest system. Write: Marvel Hairdressing School 326-A-8th Ave. W., Calgary, or 10114 Jasper Ave., Edmonton, Alberta.

FARM EQUIPMENT

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fer dependabie, purpose power, 3 te 50 H.P. “WHERE TO BUY THEM’ WISCONSIN & DELCO ENGINE PARTS

Alberta Distributois

Bruce Robinson Electric Ltd.

Coigury — Edmonton — Lethb:idgs

BATTERY WEAK? RUNS DOWN? DEAD? Lead Sulphate accumulation at bottom of plates causes 80% of all bettery trouble. One package of Battery-Reviver instantly remedies this, restores auto, light plant, radio storage, batteries to full-charge capacity — gives easy starting — beiter lights — more pep — longer life to new or old batteries. Tested, recommended. Guaranteed Satisfaction or Money Back. Keep on hand for winter driving. Order

‘ Battery-Reviver Today! Trial package $1.50, 3 packages $3.00. (C.O.D. $3.35). Reliable Agency. Box 5-B-20-M, Regina Sask.

FENCE POSTS

LUMBER, CEDAR FENCE POSTS AND POLES for sale. C. Ghirardosi, Trail, B. C.

FRESH FISH

FROZEN LAKE FISH

Production starts December) |st.

Order now for quick delivery.

Whitefish, dressed, per Ib, .......... $ .18 Fancy Whitefish, dressed, per lb. .21 Smoked Whitefish, per 10 lb.

Tipe ah ae a OE 3.50 Dressed headless Jackfish, per lb. 14 Round Pickerel, per Ib. ................ 22 Dressed Lake Trout, per Ib. ....... 26

_.. Dressed large fat Tullibee, per

HS GE es a a A ee es -10 Round large fat Mullets, per lb. .051/2 Whitefish fillets, per 5 lb. ctn. 2.10 Northern Pike Fillets, per 5 lb.

a a 1280 Trout Fillets, per 5 lb. ctn. ...... 2.50 Mullet Fillets, per 5 lb. ctn, ..... 1.25

Include sufficient to prepay charges if no agent at your station.

WAITE FISHERIES LTD. BIG RIVER, SASK.

FRESH OYSTERS

$6.00 gal, C.0.D.,

Horne Lake Store, QUALICUM, B.C.

plus express

FARM LEADER

SECTION [ trea Frozen Fish

From the old reliable Company

Whitefish, dressed, per Ib. Fancy Selected Whitefish, dressed, per Ib. -21 3moked Whitefish, per 10 Ib. ctn. 3. 50 gud dressed, headless, per Pickerel, round, per Ib, fullibee, large, dressed, per lb, . Lake Trout, dressed, per Ib. ..... Mullets, round, per Ib. ....00............ 0512 Whitefish Fillets, (10 lb. ctn.), dl" ctn. Northern Pike Fillets, 10 Ib. Cts, per ctn,. Mullet Fillets, 10 lb, ctn., per ctn. 2. 50 frout Fillets, 10 lb. ctn., per ctn. 5.00

If no agent at your station add sufficient to cover Prepay Charges.

Big River Fisheries Ltd. BIG RIVER, SASK.

GRAPHOLOGY

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SEND A SPECIMEN OF YOUR HANDWRITING (in ink) for character analysis by expert graphologist, for only 50 cents. Send stamped addressed return envelope — Sydney May, The Western Farm Leader.

LEGAL BROWNLEE & BROWNLEE BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, NOTARIES 5. 6 & 7 Shasta Bldg., Edmonton

J. E. Brownlee, Q.C., LL.D.

A. M. Brownlee, LL.B. Solicitors for: United Grain Growers Limited, United Farmers of Alberta Alberta Livestock

Co-operative Ltd., Co-operative Ltd., Alberta Seed Grow- ers Co-operative 'Ltd., Alberta Poultry Producers Ltd., Northern Alberta Dairy Poo] Ltd., Central Alberta Dairy Pool, aa Association of Municipal Dist- ricts.

W. KENT POWER, Q.C., BARRISTER- AND Solicitor, 517- 7th Avenue West, Calgary. 22406. ne

H. S. PATTERSON, PATTERSON & MacPHER- son, Barristers and Solicitors, 218 Grey- hound Building, Calgary, Alberta. Phones: 23825-21920.

WILLIAM E. HALL, Q.C., BARRISTER, SOLI- citor, Notary, etc.—228 Lougheed Building, Calgary.

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LIVESTOCK

A CHOICE SELECTION OF SUFFOLE & HAMP- “we rams. P. J. Rock & Son, Drumheller, Alberta,

MAGNETO, ELECTRICAL REPAIRS

Had any Magneto or Electrical Trouble Lately?

See HUTTON'S OFFICIAL FACTORY SERVICE CALGARY or LETHBRIDGE

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

TIRES, RUBBERS WON’T SLIP ON ICE! New discovery instantly stops tires from skidding, slipping on snow or icy roads. Also fine for rubber soles. Gives better brakes. Applied to treads with brush or flysprayer. Harmless to rubber. Guaranteed satisfaction. Order Non-Skid Today! Trial Offer: 1 package $1 or 3 for $2. Reliable Agency, Box 5-N-20-M, Regina, Sask.

TRY INGELSON’S AMAZING SINUS REMEDY. Easy to take. Month’s supply only $5.00, and you should suffer no more, Ingelson Drug, 1118 - 1st St. West, Calgary.

PATENTS

W. ST. J. MILLER, M.E.I.C. (REGISTERED Can, and U.S.) — Advice free and confiden-

tial. Expert drafting. GO9A- 8th Ave. W.,

Calgary,

PATENTS

Send for Full Information THE RAMSAY COMPANY Registered Patent Attorneys 273 Bank St. Ottawa,

PERSONAL

AUTHORS INVITED TO SUBMIT MSS ALL types (including poems) for -publication. Stockwell Ltd., Elms Court, Ilfracombe, Eng- land. (Established 1898).

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ADULTS! PERSONAL RUBBER GOODS. 24 assorted $1.00; 18 better quality assortment $1.00; 19 f nest quality assortment $2.00; Special: All three’ assortments for $3°75. Tested, guaranteed. Mailed in plain sealed package, including free Birth Control book- let and bargain catalogue of Marriage Hygiene supplies. Western — Distributors, Box 24-R6L, Regina, Saskatchewan, |

SEX AND BIRTH CONTROL BOOK BY DR. Ryeberg, 224 pages, illustrated, colored charts, 60c including postage. sonal requirements 24 for $1.00, quality 15 for $1.00 postpaid. Free informa- tion and list of supplies, Modern Supplies, ‘Box 188-A Vancouver 3, B.C.

WE HANDLE A COMPLETE LINE OF DRUG Sundries. Best quality, 27 De Luxe for one dollar. Write for new low price list. Stan- dard Distributors. Box 72, Regina, Sask.

MEN — $1 FOR TWELVE DELUXE OR 24 specials mailed postpaid, plain sealed wrap- per. Box 223, Calgary.

MEN — SEND $1 FOR SAMPLE ORDER 12 deluxe or 24 standard quality, mailed post- paid in plain wrapper. — Dept. 3, Box 3880 Calgary.

PRINTING

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PRINTING AND: ADVERTISING FOR F.U. Locals, Socials, Concerts, Dances, etc. Butter wrappers, Poultry Farm literature, Auction Sale Posters. Get our prices — Albertan Job Press Ltd., 312-8th Ave. East, Calgary.

RAW FURS

SHIP YOUR GREEN AND DRY CATTLE HIDES, reen Horsehides, Sheepskins, Horsehair, urs to J. E. Love & Son, Calgary, for best

market values.

MAKE $5,000.00 yearly OUTDOORS

Some are making many times this raising mink, chinchillas, fox and other animals. Send for FREE copy “Profitable Outdoor Occupations” o1 melose dime for sample maga-

tine covering fur farming,

trapping, fur news. Fur Trade

Journal, 588 Mt. Pleasant Road, “<< Toronto. Canada en

SEED

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CLEAN VITAL SEED FOR

Field — Garden — Lawn Write for

Vegetable and Flower Catalogue

C) Farm Seed List (ready soon) e

STEELE BRIGGS SEEDS Limited

WINNIPEG - REGINA - EDMONTON TIRES

WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF USED TIRES on hand, including tires suitable for imple- ments.—Western Tire Service, 204 Eleventh Avenue East, Calgary. 27141.

TURKEY POULTS

HAMBLEY TURKEYS

Imported California, Texas, Quebec and Canadian Government Approved stock. Excellent Quality Broad Breasted Bronze. Now is the time to reserve yours for ‘54. Mail deposit today, be sure of genuine Broad Breasted Bronze by ordering Hambley Turkey Poults for ‘54. Approved 100 50 25 10 B.B. Bronze $90.00 $46.50 $25,00 $10.00 Beltsville W.80.00 41.00 21.00 98.50 For March Delivery deduct 5c each. Write today for free folder, Poultry Supplies, Dr. Salsbury’ 8 Remedies, etc.

J. J. Hambley Hatcheries Lt

10730 - 101st St., Edmonton, Alta.

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New Toronto | oronto Centre of Canadian Institute for Blind Will Cost $3,150,

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Seen above is the architect's sketch of | a pro- veterans’ hospital, Susias btonle It will replace blind persons of Southern Ontario, the centre will posed new centre to be built by the Canadian buildings now used, many of which have been house the administration offices for the national

Institute for the Blind, in Toronto. The site for condemned as firetraps. organization. Braille books and: records made the series of structures is near the famous Besides providing residence and training for there will be distributed throughout Canada.

THE FARM THAT C7REW FROM TO SpA

Louis Hébert (about) 1575-1627 f

In 1617, on Champlain’s small ship, there came from Paris a man destined to found Canada’s greatest industry. He was Louis Hébert, an apothecary who was at heart a farmer.

In spite of opposition from the French Settlement

* Company who saw New France only as a source of fur and fish, he cleared ten acres of land on the heights above Quebec. Here on Canada’s first farm, Louis Hébert bred cattle and raised grain, beans and pumpkins.

From this humble beginning grew an industry that now stretches from sea to sea. Wherever farms were settled across this vast country, dairy cattle continued to be important.

Pioneers were aware of the value of milk, butter and cheese in their diet. Today, with our greater understanding of nutrition, we know that dairy foods are unexcelled as sources of complete protein, vitamins and minerals. Calcium, riboflavin, vitamin A, fat, sugars and energy- giving calories, are supplied flavourfully and at low cost, From Louis Hébert’s brave start, 455,000 dairy farmers today produce food essential for our well-being.

DAIRY FARMERS OF CANADA

A National Organization of 455,000 Dairy Farmers

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Wi Printed for The Weeternm Form Leader at the office of the Albertan Job Press Ltd., 312-*th Avenue Kast, Calgary, Alberca.