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Vol. 17 No. 4
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
CALGARY, ALBERTA. FRIDAY, MARCH 7th, 1952.
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STOPPING OF LIVESTOCK IMPORTS IS COMMENDED
Livestock Meeting Calls for Price Floors
BUT FEDERATION REGRETS FAILURE SET FLOOR PRICES
For Beef and Lambs — Gardiner Defines Policy of Federal Government
PERMIT SYSTEM ADOPTED
Amend Act to Make Possible Adequate Compensation for Slaughterings
Commenting on Ottawa announce- ments given below, J&mes R. McFai!, Secretary of the A.F.A., stated to The Western Farm Leader: “Mr. Gardiner’s failure to announce floor prices for beef and: lambs at this critical time will cause much disappointment. On the other hand, the decision that no livestock or meats may be imported without permits is commendable. li will accomplish the end which was sought in a resolution moved by Mr. Marler at the Calgary meeting last week — a resolution which was un- fortunately tabled.”
OTTAWA, Ont. — provided that no livestock or, meats may be imported into Canada except on permit. I am sure that those outside Canada will agree that we must hold this market for our own producers until such time as the disease is removed and is no longer a dan- ger to ourselves or other coun- tries. This will make it neces- sary for all within Canada to get their supplies of meat from Cana- dian producers.”
This announcement of Government policy was made by Rt. Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, in Ottawa Monday. Rigid import con- trols were immediately established, the expectation being that they would break the restrictions established by British Columbia, Quebec and Mani-
“We have
‘toba against importation of livestock
and meats from other Provinces.
(A resolution virtually along the same lines as the action now taken Ly the Government was submitted to the meeting of livestock men in Calgary last week by Roy Marler, in behalf of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture, the Farmers’ Union of Alberta and other bodies. It was tabled when a
‘number of ranchers feared that such
action might prejudice prospects of exports to’ the U.S. in future.)
In the House of Commons, legisla- tion was introduced Monday to amend the Contagious Diseases Act so that “fair and reasonable compensation,” may be made to owners of livestock which it is found necessary to slaugh- ter in order to wipe out foot and mouth disease. mot
Appeals for Reporting Suspicions
“This is being done, Mr. Gardiner
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trenches may be dug for the destruction of livestock infected, or exposed
to infection, by foot and mouth disease.
In all, five trenches were used, the
third burial being on Monday; arrangements were made to complete the fifth on Wednesday, the 5th. While only 23 animals were actually infected, others
which had been exposed to infection
made up the total to 850 cattle, 190
swine and 140 sheep ‘marked for slaughter.
Symptoms Which Might Give Reason to Suspect Foot-and-Mouth Disease
There are no grounds whatever for suspecting that any livestock in Aji- berta are infected or likely to he in- fected with foot and mouth disease; but vigilance is always in order, and any farmer who has any - doubts about the nature of any illness among his stock should at once “report the symptoms to the nearest practicing veterinarian.”
That’s the advice given by Dr. E. E. Ballantyne, Director of Veterinary Ser- vices of the Alberta Departinent of Agriculture.
The following conditions are grounds for suspecting the presence of the disease, according to an offi- cial bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture: a combination of high fever, vesicular inflammation of the mouth and hot, painful, swollen con- dition of the feet. These symptoms, when followed 24 to 48 hours later by the appearance of numerous blis- ters varying in size from that of a pea to.that of a walnut, on the udder and feet and in the mouth, shou prevent any serious or long continue
Fat Cattle Sale Goes On, Bull Sale Delayed
The Fat Cattle and Baby Beef Sale will be held as sched- uled in Calgary on March l4th and 15th, it has been decided by the Alberta Cattle Breeders’ Association, but the Bull Sale has been postponed for at least thirty days, as recommended by Federal authorities.
error in the diagnosis.
When the blisters have ruptured, however, and the resulting lesions have become contaminated by num- erous secondary forms of micro- organisms, the correct recognition of the disease may be difficult. Never- theless, in the inoculation of calves and horses there is a certain and final test. In 24 to 96 hours after inoculation the calves present the characteristic blisters while the horse, in our experience, will remain un- affected. Such inoculation, however, should be practised only by officials who are properly authorized to deal with contagious diseases,
(See also Page 5)
Stock, Slaughtered to Stov.Spread of Disease ([FARING TRADE
CHANNELS OF OUR PROVINCES ASKED
Minister of Agriculture Pre- sides — Livestock Men Deal With Grave Situation
ACTION TAKEN
Proposals Submitted by Marler for Federation, Union and A.L.C. Adopted
Establishment “by the Do- minion Government, as.an em- ergency measure, until July 15th” of a floor price for cattle that will net the producer at least 281/2 cents per Ib., basis top quality beef at public mar- ket", was. unanimously called for by a meeting of nearly five hundred producers of livestock
from all parts of the Province
called by Hon. David Ure, Min-
ister of Agriculture and held in Calgary.
The meeting was called on Friday, February 29th, to deal with the grave situation in the industry caused by the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in a small area in Sasxatche- wan, and the embargoes by the U.S. and some Canadian Provinces which had followed. Mr. Ure» was a most effective chairman.
The meeting also called for a floor price in Alberta of 25 cents per lb. liveweight for fat lambs; and ask-
‘ed that the price support for Grade
A hog carcasses be established on Alberta markets at the same price as at Montreal and Toronto.
Call for Clearing Trade Channels . Roy C. Marler, President of the Al- berta Federation of ‘Agriculture, pre- sented from the platforms the resolu- tions dealing with these matters, which were carried unanimously, as was a resolution pressing “most vig- orously, for immediate and courage- ous efforts to clear inter-provincial trade channels, exclusive of the quar- antined area, for livestock and live- ' stock products, in the immediate in- terests of the national welfare and
economy.”
Mr. Marler presented these resolu- tions in behalf of the Federation and of the Farmers’ Union of Alberta, the Alberta Livestock Co-operative, and various producers of livestock and feeder associations. Henry Young, President of the F.U.A., spoke strongly: in their support, and stressed the need to press for a clear statement from Ottawa in regard to the floor price
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THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
March 7th, 1952
OR the last two years we have been trying to interest our poultry producers in the raising of capons. The results have been
very encouraging — we received several ship- ments of capons this fall and the producers were very pleased with the returns for this class of bird. The average weight of the capons was 8 lbs. and brought from two to four cents over Grade A chicken - price:
We would like to see more patrons raise capons and our Poultry Department will be glad to help you get started. Any breed of fowl may be caponized, but as the market likes a large capon it is generally advisable to use the larger breeds — Plymouth Rocks, ~Orpingtons, New Hampshires, Light Sussex are amongst the most suitable breeds.
No special skill is required and no elab- orate equipment is necessary — anyone atter being shown how can do a satisfactory job.
As a service to our patrons, we are pre- pared to arrange to have demonstrations of the caponizing methods at convenient points in our territory if there is sufficient interest shown by-_our. patrons.
If you are interested, tell the manager of the branch of the C.A.D.P. you do busi- ness with and, if sufficient numbers make a request for a demonstration, we will gladly arrange it. 3
The season for caponizing is | very scon — make your request NOW. _.
INCOME TAX
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Election of Delegates
OU and your neighbors who are mem- bers of the~C.A.D.P. own and operate 18 creameries, a cheese factory and
the condensery.
It is your privilege and duty to elect a delegate to represent you at the annual meet-. ing to be held in June.
Delegates are elected for a two-year term
and districts Nos. 1,.3, 5, 7 and 9 elect their delegates this year. | The towns and villages represented
each district are as follows:
ountess
DISTRICT No. 1 Alix Erskine ' _Dorenlee Tees Nevis Donalda Mirror Bashaw Red Willow
DISTRICT No. 3 | : Clive Haynes Winfield . Morningside Joffre Thorsby Chigwell Lacombe Warburg Bentley Hoadley Bluffton Rimbey Breton Pendryl Blackfalds Sunnvbrook
DISTRICT No. 5 Delburne Elnora Wimborne Ardley Huxley Three Hills Lousana Trochu _ Twining
DISTRICT No. 7 Consort Brownfield Sullivan Lake Monitor Bulwark Scapa Pemukan Talbot Coronation Kirriemuir Puffer Throne Compeer _ Battle Ridge West Wingham Altario Silver Heights Spondin Sounding Lake Fleet Scotfield Veteran Federal Hemaruka Loyalist Lake Thelma Little Gem
; : DISTRICT No. 9 Rolling Hills Millicent | Duchess Tilley Gem Brooks Patricia Vauxhall Scandia Rainier Cassils Bow City yremore _ Rosemary Grantham
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THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
CENTRAL ALBERTA DAIRY POOL SECTION
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ness. Your Dairy Pool influence and service its members and their own business.
is growing in size and through the loyalty of active interest in their
Ballot papers are now in the mail — fill yours in as soon as you receive it and make sure that you are represented at the
annual. meeting by own choosing.
a delegate of your
Ii two or more names
from one section are nominated you will
be sent ballot papers to elect one of the nominees to represent’ you.
Co-op. Implements Have Good Year
N a business volume of just over $5 millions in 1951, Canadian Co-operative Implements, Limited, had a net
margin after providing for income tax of $667,711, re- ports presented at the recent annual meeting showed.
Assets in all classifications amounted to more than $3,- 086,000. Savings to farmer members on their purchases during the year represented approximately 17 per cent of retail prices,
Dividends Paid Out Since the organization commenced
‘operations in 1946, sales had totalled
$23,344,000, and dividends paid and allocated were $2,867,000. Of this latter amount $939,000 had been paid in cash.
During the year, it was announced,
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Income. Tax Time: During the last few years and on the recommenda- tion of the Canadian Federation of Agricuiture, many important features have been added to the income tax regulations,
These include spreading of loss to years of protit, averaging of farm in- come over a period of 5 years and the basic herd principle. The fact that these features have been incorporated
for the benetit of farmers makes it .
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THe Western
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CAN'T BE TOO SOON
Just before press time, Mr. Gardiner an- nounced that a ft ederal-Provincial Conirerence will be held ‘‘soon’’, to deal with the national emergency and especially, we understand, With the coniused situation created by the ill-considered and entirely unwarranted action of a number of Provinces which have imposed embargoes against interprovincial trade.
We hope tnat by the time this issue comes
into our readers’ hands the date will have
been set and the agenda will be ready. We don’t think the conterence can be held too soon.
In the interest of Canada, as a whole, it is clear that sole authority should rest with the Federal Government to decide if and when and where any embargoes affecting in- terprovincial trade should be imposed. What the exact situation may be from a legal and constitutional standpoint we are not of course in a position to say. The Government at Ottawa should declare its pdsition in the matter unequlyooaty Bnd wieneuh delay.
The virtual wenden of ai: imports of live- stock and meat from the United States by the institution of a permit system as an- nounced by Mr. Gardiner is a_ necessary measure. It may force the Provinces which have established embargoes to lift them.
The course taken by the Ottawa Govern- ment in regard to this matter is, in effect, in line with the proposal, made in a resolution introduced by Mr. Marler at the Calgary meeting last Friday. Unhappily this resolu- tion was tabled, as some cattlemen feared it might tend to prejudice future Canadian-U.S. trade. Mr. Gardiner obviously entertains no such fears. It is not against the U.S. that action is directed.
Mr. Ure’s early protest to Ottawa and his
call for action to end the Provincial bans were commendable; and he did well to arrange .
the Calgary meeting.
The information given by the veterin- arians was invaluable. The five resolutions introduced by Mr. Marler in behalf of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture, the Far- mers’ Union of Alberta, the Alberta Live- stock Co-operative and various producers’ livestock and feeders’ associations, were care- fully drafted and right to the point. All but the one we have referred to were carried.
These farmers’ organizations ‘sprang to action as soon as the emergency arose. Im- mediately following the disclosure of the out- break in Saskatchewan, Mr. Marler wired the Minister at Ottawa, expressing the concern of the farmers, and stressing the need for the institution of floors; and the following day Mr. Marler was in touch with A. M. Shaw,
Chairman of the Prices Support Board. : * + *
The fact that some three months passed before foot-and-mouth disease was diagnosed makes the demand for thorough investigation Someone blundered. Respon-
THE ARBITER
At last with warming suns and lengthening days We hover on the borderland of Spring, When farmers may examine and appraise What salvage from disaster they can wring. The fields by Autumn’s fury sore beset The sum of their undoing will disclose, And point the painful problems to be met When Winter its long tyranny forgoes.
For, ere the land is ready to receive The ploughman’s blade and’ nurse the willing seed, The work the harvester was forced to leave Undone must now the rites of Spring precede. Then, with the tardy sowing at an end, On Nature must the reaping: still depend.
ISA GRINDLAY JACKSON ————_@_____—__
TO STRENGTHEN COMMONWEALTH TIES
EMBASSY OF PAKISTAN WASHINGTON, D. C. February 25, 1952
Editor, Western Farm Leader,
I have just received your letter of Feb- ruary 16th forwarded from Ottawa, in which you enclosed a copy of your publication of February 15th, in which you have suggested editorially that the ties of friendship between Commonwealth countries could be strength- ened if Canada had asked the Crown to nomi- nate a citizen of an Asian country as the Governor-General of Canada.
I found this proposal very interesting, particularly as I myself have held this view personally for some time. At a dinner on December 26th, to celebrate the birthday an- niversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Founder and first Governor-General] of Pakistan, at which Viscount Alexander, Governor-General of Canada, was the chief guest, I, in the course of conversation with him, mentioned that it would be a wonderful idea if a scheme could be evolved which would enable Commonwealth countries to’ invite Governor-Generals from other Commonwealth countries.
This exchange of prominent and distin- guished statesmen between the nations of the Commonwealth would help to draw the countries together and bring about a feeling of unity and closeness among all members of this international brotherhood of free and sovereign nations. :
It is particularly gratifying to me to find that your paper is advocating such a step. Your desire to strengthen further the ties of the Commonwealth is laudable. It is par- ticularly important now in the present poli- tical context, when the world is so much in need of understanding and goodwill amongst the free nations, so that a united effort may be made to preserve and strengthen human freedom. Yours sincerely,
MOHAMMFD ALT Ambassador * * *
Hon. Mohammed Ali was High Commis-. sioner for Pakistan in Canada until a few . weeks ago,
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... “THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
Seek Marketing Boards for
Province With Adequate Powers
ALBERTA POULTRY
~ PRODUCERS CALL
FOR LEGISLATION
The record of achievement of the Alberta Poultry Produ- cers, which is today the larg- est co - operative of its kind in Canada, will be dealt with
_in our next issue, when the results of the very successful
- past year’s operations will be reviewed.
Unanimously reiterating previous requests to the Alberta Government for legislation which will make pos- sible the setting up of Marketing Boards with adequate powers, dele- gates to the Annual Meeting of Al- berta Poultry Producers, Ltd., stressed the need for immediate action in this field of marketing policy.
Arrangements have been made for the delegates’ decision to be laid before members of the Pro- vincial Legislature this week, and this course will doubtless have been followed when this issue comes into the hands of our readers.
As has been made clear on past occasions, the intention is that the Provincial legislation should be uni- form with legislation in other Prov- inces, to the extent that may be necessary to make possible inter- Provincial co-operation under Federal Bill 82.
K. V. Kapler, President of Alberta Poultry Producers, pointed out that the Federal legislation has been de- clared ultra vires of the Ottawa Gov- ernment by a court in Prince Edward Island; but that an appeal will be made to the Supreme Court of Can- ada.
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While the Federal legislation is necessary for an inter-Provincial set- up, Mr. Kapler pointed out, this should not occasion any delay in the enactment of legislation by the Prov- ince. Such legislation would permit of Boards operating as Provincial units being set up and coming into operation in their own Provincial field immediately.
Quebec and Alberta were the only Provinces that had not obtained mar- keting legislation, and Quebec was not in the same need as Alberta for exports from the Province.
That the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and its Provincial units speak for agriculture in regard to marketing policy had been shown by the vote in Manitoba on coarse grains marketing, President Roy Marler of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture pointed out. The same principle was involved in the proposed new market- ing legislation covering other prod- ucts.
Convincing Evidence
The handling of coarse grains through the Wheat Board had been most advantageous to the farmers. Convincing evidence of this was that even in face of a substantial surplus, the market held firm (the first time in history this had happened), where- as eggs and hogs were down because of a surplus. “We shouldn’t be get- ting present prices for coarse grains if we were not marketing them through the Board,’ declared the ‘A.F.A. President.
During the course of the discussion on Board legislation, the meeting
learned from Poultry Producers’ offi- —
cers that the Alberta Government had shown unwillingness to come out in its favor, because the Government’s policy was “free enterprise”.
The position taken by the Govern- ment was further explained in the report of the Board of Directors sub- mitted by Mr. Kapler. The A.F.A., said Mr. Kapler, had continued to press for action, Mr. Marler and him- self having presented a brief last year to the Agricultural Committee of the Legislature, but without suc- cess, and then a plan was submitted to the Government itself with a pro-
1 posed draft for an Agricultural Prod-
ucts Marketing Act and a proposed Egg Marketing scheme drawn up under such an act. The only assur- ance given was ‘that arrangements would be made for any: interested
} members of the Legislature to meet
with representatives of the A.F.A. and other groups concerned.
After two years’ effort by the Federation, read the Board report, “the time has arrived for a defi- nite decision”.
In response to a proposal by Mrs. Gillespie of De Winton that a set- aside similar to that adopted in the dairy industry should be arranged for advertising purposes, it was pointed out that the Board last year author- ized a $600 contribution to the adver- tising fund of the industry in the national field, and this was the policy favored. (Continued in next issue).
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F.U.A.. to Meet in Edmonton
This year’s Annual Convention of
the Farmers’ Union of Alberta will be held in the Alberta College auditor- ium, Edmonton, December 8th to 12th inclusive. This was decided by the Board of Directors recently.
In preparing and presenting to the Alberta Government a brief in sup- port of a new deal in rural electrifi- cation, the FUA will join with the Alberta Federation of Agriculture and the Alberta Association of Municipal
. Districts, it was announced.
Membership is reported well akead
| of last year’s,
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What Is Foot and Mouth Disease?
Foot-and-Mouth Disease is an acute highly communicable disease chiefly confined to cloven-footed animals and characterized by an_ eruption of vesicles or blisters on the miucous membrane of the mouth and on the skin between the toes and above the hoofs. The vesicles rupture, forming erosions and ulcerations; there are also salivation, tenderness of the affected parts, loss of appetite, lame- ness, emaciation and a decrease in the quantity of milk secreted...
Known for Centuries
The disease has been known for centuries and has existed for long periods in many countries, despite the more or less vigorous methods used for its control. .
The tremendous ravages of foot- and-mouth disease are seen in the number and variety of the species attacked. Although it may be re- garded as essentially a disease of cattle, hogs seem to be as easy a
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Horses Not Susceptible
Horses have not been found to be susceptible to the disease. Although dogs, cats and rabbits have been in- fected artificially, they evidently do not contract the disease under nat- ural conditions. Wild rats, on the other hand, have been found to be susceptible, and there are indications that rats may acquire infection under natural conditions. Poultry have not been found to be susceptible.
It is definitely recognized that foot- and-mouth disease is propagated by a specific virus and that every out- break starts from some pre-existing outbreak.
The contagion may be found in the
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A WoopLanp W ak
By KERRY WOOD
~ woodland walk in wintertime is not without instruction and
A enjoyment. The snow has spread a white newspaper on field and forest, with many a story printed thereon by the wandering feet of animals and sometimes birds. We will likely encounter some of the track-makers in person, if we forsake the toad and follow a secluded trail through the leafless deciduous trees and reach the warmer shelter of the evergreens. So pull on jacket and mittens, then come into the woodlands to see what
_ through willow bottomlands
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hoar frost. This makes a beautiful picture, but when the temperature is low enough to steam the breath and make feet tingle, we do not -halt long to admire scenery. Hurry on, where the cold seems so biting in quality.
The Diamond Willow
But wait: isn’t that a Diamond Willow clump over there? We must go close to examine the wood, full of diamond shaped depressions and hol- lows to scar the grey bark of the willow. The variety is the common Salix Mackenzianna, found every- where in Western Canada and often used for fence posts by farmers. In occasional clumps of that plentiful
nature can provide for our learning.
The Non-Hibernating Pocket Gopher
At the start, we sight the black earth mounds of a Pocket Gopher, shoved resolutely through the snow to notify us that these redoubtable animals do not hibernate during the snowy season. One naturalist who possessed an ample bump of. curiosity followed the year-long meanderings of a Gopher and came up with the announcement that each of these seldom-seen. but plentiful animals
make a mile of tunnels every single year. Most farmers
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are acquainted with
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where the “gopher’ name has been wrongly given to the Richardson’s Ground Squirrel and thus leaves the proper gopher no common right to its Pocket Gopher name. Whatever called, the Pocket Gopher is known to every farmer for its earth push-ups that dull mower blades, for its greedy gnawing of beet-roots, carrots, pea- vines, and potatoes. These busy dig- gers also kill orchards, by gnawing on the tender roots of apple and other fruit trees.
Not Entirely Harmful
But here in the woodlands, we pause to admire the texture of the rich black soil the Pocket Gopher has pushed up for our inspection. Nor must we forget that the gopher itself is partly responsible for the excel- lence of that soil, as the push-ups cover surface plants and thus create humus — a continual process of soil- making that: these gophers have been busy with for countless centuries. Their tunnels also help to aereate the soils and provide storage for surface waters. So their record is not en-
_tirely harmful, though most farmers
can say no good about the prodigi- ously busy Pocket Gopher ‘Moles’. * eo: * Step over the black mounds, then let us follow a forest path among the barren poplar trees. Here the
A, woods seem lifeless, but that is belied
MAL Bee” | the Pocket Gopher’s push-ups and hungry interest in vegetable crops, but in Western Canada this nocturnal animal is commonly misnamed a “Mole” there are no true moles _throughout most of the prairie region.
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voles.
by the hard-packed trails of snow- shoe rabbits or hares, the tinv marks left by deer-mice and Red-backed The Red-backs are numerous throughout the forest zone; when
‘their numbers mount to nuisance
figures, they wreak damage to trees by bark-girdling. Orchard men know
this destructive vole and should wel-'°
come the snow-marks we see next: the twin marks of a weasel.
Finest Pocket Gopher Control Agent
The weasel is the best mouse- hunter of the wilds, also the finest control agent of the Pocket. Gopher described above. Farmers seem re- luctant to forget the murderous visits of weasels to old-time chicken coops of the porous variety, but weasels more than make up for their poultry killings by continual good work ‘at controlling the much more destruc- tive mice and pocket gonhers. So
‘we welcome the sign of this foraging
weasel, following his trail to a snow- covered log where the weasel went underground — to seek out a nest of mice sheltered by that mossy dead- fall.
The Inquisitive Blue Jay
Now a flash of .movement attracts us; we sight a handsome Blue Jay. The curious bird has been stalking us, inquisitive about our interest in the woodlands. Its presence known, the jay shrills out a loud alarm to warn all woodfolk that Man has come to the forest. You can hear that alarm go echoing across the wilds, and you also notice the ominous hush that follows the strident warning. Then, gradually, the wood creatures go on with their doings. again the far-off lisping of Chicka- dees, the whistlings of Crossbills feed- ing on cone seeds among the spruces, the chirring of a squirrel defiantly uttered in answer to the jay’s cry.
Walk on, and we come te a low spot where the trees are rimmed with
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wood for those who know how to peel off the bark and reveal the cream. and red contrasting colors under that unprepossessing exterior.
The Diamond Willow is useful for furniture’ making and for novelty woodworking. One farmer near my home built himself a Diamond Wil- low bedroom suite, a most attractive set. A city man was so enthralled with the lovely native-wood furniture that he offered the farmer $1,000 in cash for that willow suite, but the farmer just smiled and said: “I’ve already had a thousand dollars worth of fun out of making it, so I wouldn’t feel honest about taking your money. However, I'll show you just what this Diamond Willow looks like in the raw
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Canada Cuts
Cost of Insurance by Policy Dividend Increase
Also Holds 1951 Canadian Company Record With $461 Million New Business
The announcement of a further increase in policy-holders’ divi- dends, reducing insurance costs; an all-time high in benefits paid; the largest volume of new life in- surance issued by any Canadian company in 1951 — over $461 mil- lion; and a new record in volume of total assets which now stand at $1,666 million, are among the highlights of the 8lst Annual Re- port of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada just released by George W. Bourke, President.
In commenting on the continu- ing favorable trend in policyhol- ders’ dividends, Mr. Bourke said that any permanent improvement in interest earnings on the Corn- pany’s assets brings about a reduc- tion in the cost of insurance. The interest rate earned during 1951 was 3.70% as compared with 2.61%. in 1950, 3.48% in 1949 and 32.20% in 1948.
The 1951 Report of Canada’s leading life company reveals that over the twelve month period more than $1,800,000 of new business was received for each working dav, the final total being an increase of more than $20: million over the previous year.
A SOCIAL INSTITUTION
Mr. Bourke described the Com- pany as a social institution in its function of distributing payments in the form of death benefits, or to living poliev- holders in the form of retirernent benefits and annuities. In 1951, a total of $125 million was paid out for these purposes, including $35 million to beneficiaries of deceased policyholders, $16 million under an- nuity contracts, $36 million for ma- turing endowments, and the. hal- ance in dividends to policyholders, disability benefits, ete.
Since the first Sun Life policy was issued in 1871, total benefits paid to policyholders and benefic-
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INSURANCE IN FORCE
The total Sun Life insurance in force at the close of 1951 was $4,- 801,000,000, an increase duving the year of $340 million. Annuities now in force provide immediate or fu- ture payments to individuals or
through Sun Life Group Pension plans to the amount of $104 million per annum. In discussing the con- tinued progress of the Company, Mr. Bourke referred particularly to the ever-expanding services of its Group businegs, pointing out that the Sun Life was the first Cana- dian Company to write Group in- surance. He stressed the increas- ing importance attached to this form of collective protection hy employers and employees alike, men and women in all walks of life, many of whom would not otherwise enjoy the benefits and security which life insurance pro- vides.
Total Sun Life Group insurance in force now stands at $1,254 mil- lion, an increase of $168 million during 1951. a
The assets of the Company in- creased over the twelve month per- iod by $68 million, to reach a year- end total of $1,C66 million, an all- time high figure.
NEED FOR LIFE INSURANCE
Mr. Bourke mentioned the ad- vancement of medical science and ‘ts effect on improving the mor- tality rate but he emphasized the necessity for life insurance by pointing out that, in all companies, 50% of the death claims are paid on policies in force less than ten years, and 5% on policies less than one year in force. More than 50% of all deaths among Sun Life policyholders are due to heart dis- ease, which is not necessarily a disease of old age. It kills and cripples thousands of children and tens of thousands of the young and. middle-aged.
The key message of life insur- ance, said Mr. Bourke, is thrift. “ife insurance combines protection with saving. Without the spirit of ‘hrift and of self-reliance which life insurance has fostered over many decades, it would be difficult to imagine what the present state of our national economy would be.
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In many Alberta districts there is a crop to take off in addition to the regular spring work. It could be a véry busy time. With good weather and everything rolling along well, you don’t want any unnecessary stops. For instance you don't want to run out of fuel or oil or grease (especially Maple Leaf Co-op brand) for your expensive power
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You should make your arrangements now for supply. Take delivery of what fuel you have stor- age for and secure the qmount of motor oil and grease you are likely to use. Then road bans won't worry you and you can keep your equipment rolling. .
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Feb. 14th. 2e to Red Cross inspection of prison camps, in discussions on exchange of prison-
ers. Canada will build F-8G Sabre’
Jet aircraft under agreement with U.K. and U.S. Largest North Korean attack in four weeks, on front, is repulsed.
Feb. 15th. — King buried at Wind- sor; memorial services held in many parts of world. Egyptian tcrror- ists blow up military oil train near Suez; British again impose travel restrictions in zone. Allied negotiators in Korea _ reject Russia as one of neutral pow- ers to conduct inspections.
Feb. 16th. — Oil negotiations
a broken off, says TG ’ PAUL RE EYNAUD Tehran report;
(see Mar. 1st) Iranians ask
mission from international bank to remain in city for new attempt. Japan will try to sell more and buy less in sterling area, is report from Tokyo.
Feb. 17th. — Germany won't be admitted to NATO as full member, agreed by Big Three foreign ininis- ters. - Egyptian Premier Aly Maher ‘Pasha says willing to work with strong regional organization, within framework of UN. U.K.-New Zealand meat deal completed (later, top price of £125 per ton announced); follows Peron’s.- demand for £250 a ton for Argentine beef.
Feb. 18th. — Plans to prevent de- velopment of new German militarism from participation in NATO armies, and to negotiate the Saar dispute, reported agreed on by Big Three for- eign ministers, with Adenauer. First British atomic bomb to be tested this year. :
Feb. 19th. — Meeting in Lisbon
(with Turkey and Greece represented-
for first time), NATO rejects com- mittee recommendations for 15 to 20 per cent cuts in armed forces.
Feb. 20th. — Communist insistence that Russia take part in after-truce inspections in Korea blocks progress in negotiations,
Feb. 21st. — Churchill government in U.K. postpones action to make charges for dental treatment and pre- scriptions, under. national health scheme; Conservative M.P.’s had been bombarded with protests. Indonesian foreign minister resigns; split in cab- inet reported arises from suspicion that strings are attached to plentiful U.S. aid.
Feb. 22nd. — U.K. steel” “adminis- jtrator Steven Hardie resigns because of decision to boost iron and steel prices. Kefauver withdraws from U.S. presidential race. Latest figures in Indian election show Congress party won 341 out of 496 seats; independ- ents 35, Communist front 27, Social- ists 12, others 51, 30 pending; esti- mated 90,000,000 voted.
Feb. 23rd. —- NATO countries, at Lisbon, agree to plan for 45 to 50 divisions in Europe this year, at cost of over $300 billions; number to be doubled by end of 1954. Attlee charges U.S. elements want war with Communist China: warns that attack on mainland would consolidate Chin- ese support of present regime: does not believe present Russian govern- ment would provoke third world war.
Feb. 24th. —- Coal shortage in Fur- ope will handicap industrial develon-
ments, warns UN economic commis-.
sion; urge speed-up of production, curb on waste. French evacuate key town of Hoa Binh, Indo-China. U.S. Senate committee opens hearings on St. Lawrence Seaway.
Feb, 25th. — Foot- and-mouth out- break in Saskatchewan announced;
. Regima area quarantined; U.S. puts
eastern’
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To Consider Terms for New Wheat Agreement At Meeting in Regina
To discuss terms and _ pro- visions to be considered in the renewal of the International Wheat Agreement, a meeting of the Western Agricultural Con- ference will be held in Regina on Thursday, March 13th. The meeting has been called by Roy C. Marler, Chairman of the Conference. Participating will be member groups of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture, and representatives from the Feder-- tions of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Mr. Marler deemed such a Conference of very great im- portance because negotiations for a new agreement must take place in the International Wheat Council before July 3lst of this year. It is most necessary, Mr. Marler believes, to finalize the opinion of grain growers of the Prairie Provinces as far as pos- sible, “with respect to the term of years for which the agree- ment should extend, the price schedules to be included, also the status of domestic price to the price schedule in any new agreement.”
embargo on stock and meat imports from Canada. RAF to have top place in U.K. defence program. Pakistan minister attempts mediation between Egyptians, British, says Cairo report. NATO to establish headquarters in Paris.
Feb. 26th. — Churchill wins -confi- dence vote; denies he made any new commitments in U.S.; says Labor gov- ernment made atom bomb, in secrecy so great he didn’t know of it until he came into office. West Germany to be asked to contribute $2.6 billions for joint defence.
Feb. 27th. — Ottawa reports signing of agreement which will pave the way for more U.S. purchase of. mniili- tary goods in Canada. Sir Oliver Franks turns down offer NATO secre- taryship.:
Feb. 28th. new Governor-General; opens new session of Parliament at Ottawa. Lisbon reports Britain will provide at least a third.of the 4,006 aircraft called for in NATO plans for this
year. Washington announces. U.S. will buy large quantities nickel, © cobalt, copper, from Canada. Nehru
says India will accept foreign aid unly if no strings attached.
Feb. 29th. — Fina) results elections in India show Nehru’s Congress party received 43 per cent of popular vote, Faure resigns French premiership, fol- lowing defeat of his bill to increase taxes 15 per cent for rearmament. Ottawa reports Pearson has refused offer to become NATO secretary.
Mar. Ist. — Reynaud will attempt
to form government, states Paris des-
patch. Egyptian prime minister re- signs; is succeeded by Hilaly Pasha, independent.
March 2nd. — Reynaud, calling for revision of constitution, announces failure to form government; Socialist leader Pleven refuses to try. New Egyptian’ premier suspends Parlia- ment for month, closes Faud Awal University. for indefinite period.
March 3rd. — Right - wing Pinay will attempt to form government in France.
March 4th. — At Panmunjom, Allics demand accounting for 50,000 missing
South Korean troops; North Koreans
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THE RING OF SINCERITY
Comox, B.C. Dear Farm Women:
It would be extremely difficult for anyone who puts pen to paper or fingers on a typewriter to fail to comment on the death of the late King George, and I must do as others.
We well know that in his position, notwithstanding the character of the man and the regard in which he was held, much lip-service would be paid him on his sudden passing.
In this instance, however, there sounds a ring of great sincerity. I was saying I could not but feel it on the day of his death. An elderly, comparatively uneducated man was at the house and something was said of the schools being closed that day in British Columbia. The man has a daughter attending High School who travels by one of the numerous buses. He commented that he had called up to her early in the morning that she need not hurry as usual as there was no school, saying ‘‘Our King is dead.”
Great Simplicity and Beauty
The tone in which he said King”’
“Our made it to me a tribute of
great simplicity and beauty. . Every place else one saw and heard ‘I'he King is dead,” which might in a sense denote the king of outstanding posi- tion, but the word and the tone of his “Our’ made it as though it were personal; the loss, a personal loss which would be shared by many. That has been widely emphasized.
Sometimes it would seem as though the greatest asset a person could possess would be personal physical courage. Wartime possibly empha- sized that characteristic, and it be- comes the highest aim and the great motive in life of many a young per- son, and older one as well. Of course, in others, there is the great desire to be considered a good fellow and to be popular and every effort is made to that end; and very pleasing it must be to succeed if they do not cheapen themselves, as unfortunately is too often the case.
The same might be said for others who aimed at financial success as their highest goal or for power and position and have _ arrived there. Others possibly regret that they are
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_ March 7th, 1952 Say What You Please, If...
“People (in Canada) who are in- terested in the social scene and What’s Happening Today seem to have newspaper minds, perhaps be- cause it is becoming the rule that you can say what you please here — providing you agree with everyone else. In Britain you can say what you please. This encourages think- ing. ”* — ‘Elizabeth Martin of Regina in The Canadian Forum.
not considered as clever as. some who seem to have outshone them.
Those Who Leave Deeper Impression
But, after all, do we not find that those who have simply and honestly tried to see their duty, personal and social, and have played their part to the best of their ability, have left a deeper impression, a warmer memory, whether they be kings or country- men?
And here there is one very regret- table thing of which probably. most of us are more or less guilty. We do not make known our opinion to those for whom we have feelings-of respect and admiration until it is too late. Appreciation is one of the little pleasing oils for the wheels of life which some of us dole out very spar- ingly.
But life goes on. “The King is dead; Queen.”
We who are parents have seen the young people we have’ watched through the years set.out on their life’s work or in the building up of their own homes and have felt a great responsibility was theirs. From the depths of our hearts we have given them our good wishes. So it is to Our Queen.
- Yours sincerely, H. ZELLA SPENCER.
It is a case of long live the
News of Women’s Locals
A talk on fabrics by Mrs. G. Melnyk was much enjoyed by Inland F.W.U.A. recently.
Recently Champlain F.W.U.A. (Bros- seau) planned aé series of whist drives, beginning March Ist.
Members of Warner F.W.U.A. ar- ranged recently to report on their water supply to the district agricul- turist.
Groups from Namao F.W.U.A. plan to work, in rotation, on painting, var- nishing and waxing at the church.
Hazel. Bluff F.W.U.A. (Westlock) have challenged the men’s Local to dehate the question of rural electrifi- cation policy. \
Lower Beaverlodge F.W.U.A., writes Mrs. G. Sheck, greatly enjoyed a talk on the Fairview Agricultural S¢hool by Mrs. Flint.
Joint meetings with the men’s Local will be held by St. Alhert F.W.U.A. when addresses of special interest to the women are arranged.
Mrs. H. Chew gave an interesting paper on horticulture, and Mrs. F. Blue read a paper on the _ Rural Leadership Course, to Rosyth F.W.U.A. recently.
At the recent reorganization meet- ing of Evergreen F.W.U.A., it was de- cided to meet in the members’ homes on the third) Wednesdays of each month,
Marwayne F.W.U.A. recently com- pleted and raffled their Friendship Quilt. They made $25 from their last dance, and plan another for St. Patrick’s Day.
Tentative plans for a picture show were made by Ardrossan F.W.U.A. at a recent meeting: a talk on home decorating, by Miss Ruth Whaley, was also arranged,
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A WALK IN THE Woops (Continued from Page 7) state, then you can go make your own furniture and pile up some fun for yourself!” Bird Life Among the Spruces. Beyond the willow bluff, we come to the spruces. Here the bird life is more plentiful;—we sight the Black- capped Chickadees, hear the quank- ing note of the Red-breasted Nut- hatch, and see a solitary Junco that tarried the winter somewhat north of its usual range. On a large spruce ' stump we spot a scarlet top-notched Pileated Woodpecker — the king of the woodpecker tribe in Canada and a bird as large as a crow.
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exceedingly powerful beak, and de- lights to excavate large holes in the rotten roots of old spruce .stumps when seeking grubs. Unfortunately, the handsome bird is so showy that thoughtless hunters have too often lined their gun-sights on this target, wanting a specimen for mounting. As result, the Pileated Woodpecker is now a rare bird in most parts of settled Canada, and now deserves the strictest protection to save it from the extinction route followed by so many of dur showiest birds.
Along a Lake’s Edge ~
We find the Red Squirrel who de- fied us earlier; he poses willingly enough for a picture, then runs up the tree to scold us about our manners and our ancestry. We turn our backs on the squirrel, leaving the spruces to walk along the edge of a tiny lake. Here we find many, tracks: the spoors of mink, of coyotes, of another weasel. The rabbit trails criss-cross the lake, too, and around a_— snow-covered mound at the edge of the pond we find the awkward trail of a muskrat who has dug his way out of the mound - house to foray briefly across the white lake. His journey came to a sad end, for we find blood on the trail and the sudden termination
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of the muskrat marks. A feathery etching on the snow provides us with a clue to the murder-mystery: a Great Horned Owl swooped down and carried off the rat.
We find the cold more stinging on the open lake, with a wind rising to Sweep across the frozen expanse. So back into the willows, where -we sight the roofed-over nest of a Magpie. We’ve heard the distant calls of these beautiful but evil birds several times, though the wary Pies have kept their distance from us. Now we study the nest, noting the clever construction of roof and double doorway, which gives the setting bird a ready exit either front or back, when danger threatens.
. The Destructive Magpie
We seé too many of these Magpie nests in willow bluffs of the west: magpies are on the increase, and so are their destructive habits of peck- ing out the eyes of new-born lambs and feeble calves, of robbing the nests. of domestic poultry and useful insec- tivorous wild birds, while their warble- blister peckings on the backs of beef and dairy cattle has caused the deaths of many valuable animals every year.
The wary Magpies have adjusted themselves quite comfortably to set- changing their original habits of following the buffalo herds to now bother the cattle herds and hover around barnyards to pilfer and destroy, and nothing we have done so far seems to effectively reduce their numbers. mee
Now back along the forest path, where we. pause a moment to admire the bright scarlet of the red willows
favorite bush of the old-time Indians, who used the thin outer bark as a smoking mixture and also made at- tractive pipe-stems from the slender, pith-hearted wands of red willow. The roots of this shrub provided Indians with a powerful fever medicine, a concoction that surpasses in strength the fever-driving quinine of the tro- pics.
Ornamental Beauty of Common Shrub
We are just starting to appreciate the ornamental beauty of this com- mon native shrub, so brightly attrac- tive during the snowy season and so beautifully adorned with flowers and berries during the summer.
But hurry: the night wind is start- ing to whine, with cold sleet stabbing
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Mrs. Sam Alberts recently organiz- ed a new F.W.U.A. Local in the Brooks district, to be known as One Tree Local. Mrs. Alberts was later elected president, and Mrs. Henry Houseman is secretary.
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The delegates learned with. regret that John Fairweather, of Bowncss, who had served on the Board of Li- rectors for twenty-one years, had de- cided not to stand for re-election. A resolution extending sincere thanls to Mr. Fairweather for his many years of service, was passed by the meeting.
J. D. McLaurin, of Springbank, was elected vice-president. J. T. Cullen, also of Springbank, was re-elected secretary, James Cutt, Calgary; Joseph Schmidt, Balzac, and H. F. Katter- hagen, Rockyford, are the _ other members of the Board. Mr. Kaiter-
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Some increases in sales was an- nounced in the reports presented by R. V. Duffy, the manager, but owing to a number of. reasons there had been a decline in earnings. An analysis of these conditions was given by Mr. Duffy, who stressed the dif- ficulty of forecasting future trends and developments affecting the dairy industry.
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_ Must Be Made Attractive ' ‘Dairying is essential to the main- tenance of soil fertility, and there are millions of people in the world who need more and better food without which there is less. likelihood of a peaceful understanding of each other. It appears to the speaker that in so far as this country is concerned, it is imperative that dairying’ be made sufficiently attractive to insure its re- maining one of the major industries.” —W. C. Cameron, Associate Director of Marketing Service in Dairy Pro- ducts, Ottawa, in address to Annual Meeting of Alberta Dairymen’s Asso- ciation. ~ a
The Dairy Market
Two drops of one cent each have brought Special Cream to 67 cents, locally; No. 1 is 65, No. 2 is 56, and off-grade 50. Prints are 67 cents wholesale.
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Livestock Market Review
CALGARY STOCKYARDS, March 5th. — Trade yesterday was fairly active on light receipts, after last week’s upsetting conditions. All stocker and feeder cattle have to go as killers. Good to choice light steers were §25 to $26.50, down to $20 for common, Good to choice light heifers $23.50 to
- $25, down to $18 for common; good
cows $17 to $18.50, down to 14 for common, Heavy butcher _ steers, heifers and cows selling around §2 below comparable light weights. Hogs sold yesterday $23.75; sows unsold, bidding sharnly lower.
EDMONTON STOCKYARDS, March 3rd. — Last week saw considerable confusion on this .market; volume of receipts since mid-week has been very light. Good to choice steers are quoted at $23 to $25.50.
FARM LEADER
Ee The Wheat = Situation
By E. PATCHING, Publicity Dept., Alberta Wheat Pool
Total exports of Canadian wheat and wheat flour from August lst, 1951 to January 3lst, 1952 were 134,153,300 bushels. This was the best half-year total export since 1945-46, when the figure for the same period was 178.6 million bushels. The biggest buyer of Canadian Wheat was the United Kingdom, with takings of close to 45 million bushels.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimated that on Jarfuary 1st, Can- ada had 463.7 million bushels of wheat available for export and carry- over. A considerable proportion of the estimated supply was unharvest- ed. The bureau estimated that 150 million bushels, or 28 per cent of the 1951 Western Canadian wheat crop, had not been harvested. Of that total 91 million bushels was located in Saskatchewan, 56 million in Alberta, and 3 million in Manitoba.
Predicts No Serious Losses
The real problem in Western Can- ada lies with the large quantity of tough and damp grain which has been delivered to elevators. Of the total of 250 million bushels of wheat de- livered from the 1951 crop, 116 mil- lion bushels was tough or damp. The Wheat Board is making every effort to recondition this grain. John Val- lance, one of the members of the Board of Grain ,Commissioners, pre- dicts that there’ will be no serious losses.
With regard to the unharvested crops, extensive loss can be prevented if the weather is dry during the early spring.
Dealing with world wheat condi- tions, it would appear that a good demand for wheat will continue throughout the year. Argentina will have no wheat for export, and the Australian surplus will be small. The United States is aiming at increased wheat acreage. The winter wheat crop there has come through in fairly good condition, but its outturn will depend on the weather during May and June.
@ CORRESPONDENCE @
ISSUES WARNING Editor, The Western Farm Leader:
Our attention has been called to the fact that certain parties are op- erating in some areas of Alberta soli- citing membership in'a new farm or- ganization. The membership fee charged is $15.00 and the main induce- ‘ments.offered are an insurance policy covering accidents from tractor opera- tion and a discount to: members on tires and accessories.
While naturally we are in favor of farmers becoming organized, it is not necessary to start a new organization to do this. We already have the Farmers’ Union which has locals ell over Alberta and inter-provincial cor- nections with the Unions in Saskat- chewan and Manitoha, nlus a national hook-un with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Anv new organization will onlv dunlicate the evicting set-up and further divide agriculture.
As to the inducements to member- ship, including the discounts offered, we wish to point out that the U.F.A. Co-op can sunnly tires to F.U.A. locals and also other goods at substantia) savines, Locals would do well to look into this.
We would suegest to all farmers that they consider carefully before they lend sunnort to anv move which at the hest will onlv dunilicate exist- ing organizations and could actually wesken the position of Western agri- culture,
Yours fraternally,
HENRY YOUNG. President.
Farmers Union of Alberta &
Edmonton, Alberta.
‘March 7th, 1952
PROBLEMS DUE TO FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE ARE FACED
Grave Threat to National Economy Engages Atten- tion of Parliament
By M. McDOUGALL, Press Gallery Leader Correspondent
OTTAWA, March Sth — The out- break of foot and mouth disease and the problems that issue from it are very naturally of absorbing concern to the Government and Parlianrent.
The Federal ban on shipments of livestock and in some cases meats from Saskatchewan and Manitoba. to anywhere else in Canada has been supplemented by the British Colum- bia ban on similar imports from the Prairie Provinces and Quevec's pro- hibition of imports from anywhere in Canada. ,
Practically, the B.C. ban of course means cutting off Alberta, and the step taken by Quebec means the shut- off of imports from Ontario, which has been shipping a considerable number of hogs to that market. In practice, though not in theory, the Federal ban on shipments from Saskatchewan and Manitoba to anywhere .in Eastern Canada prevents shipments eastward from Alberta as there is no way of bringing cattle non-stop from Alberta. The cattle have to be taken off some- where to be fed.
U.S. Ban Complete and Mandatory
The United States ban is complete and mandatory under their law, the embargo covering live cattle, sheep and swine, fresh killed or frozen meat from these animals, with restrictions on shipments of hay and straw and certain animal products.
The whole situation presents -prob- lems of the greatest concern to Parlia- ment, the Provinces and the people of all Canada. The U.S. embargo cannot be raised until 60 Gays after the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture an- nounces that the scourge has been eliminated in Canada.
The United States has twice within the past three or four decades had serious spread of the disease within its own boundaries, one coming from Los Angeles and the second in 1924 or 1925 from Southern Texas. U.S. of-
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THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
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CBC to Present Canadian Opera
Kehearsing for the presentation on CBC Wednesday Night, March 12th, of the opera “Bashmatchkin” by Walter Kaufman, of Winnipeg, are seen
above, Norman Lucas, producer;
George Kent, tenor;
James Duncan, bari-
tone; Kerr Wilson, baritone; Walter Kaufman and Roy Firth, baritone.
ficials have also been helping to com- bat the disease in Mexico.
This is the first case of foot and mouth disease in Canada. The quar- antined area about Regina, Mr. Gar- diner h&s stated, is about 50 miles square. A report from Regina to the Department of Agriculture states that 238 cattle and 68 sheep have been destroyed by the R.C.M.P. and = all destroyed animals have been buried. One more trench is finished. The order being carried out is to destroy all animals with the disease and all animals which have been in contact with the diseased animals. Vehicles are being cleaned and disinfected and general disinfection will be carried out. The eradication of the disease and all possible carriers of the infec- tion is of course the immediate es- sential measure to be carried out thoroughly. All rumors of suspicious conditions anywhere outside’ the quarantined area, as well as within it, are immediately investigated. The report of such a condition on a farm at Pennant near Swift Current was immediately investigated, out it turn- ed out to be NOT foot end mouth disease, the Regina report states.
Results of Tests This Week-end
The German immigrant Willi Bruentjen who had worked on the farm where the outbreak was first discovered is now in Ottawa. Samples and specimens from his effects have been used by research technicians at the Government laboratories in Hull in preparing materials for tests to see whether or not the virus of foot and mouth disease is present. The final results of the tests will be known about the 7th or 8th of March.
The Minister urged farmers to re- frain from panic selling of their stock. The Department is investigating al- ternative outlets for livestock and ani-
mal products. The Minister caution- ing against premature delivery of live- stock, said that stock delivered. before being ready for slaughter cannot be returned for- further feeding. Those will be slaughtered which come to plants in certain areas, whether or not they are ready for slaughtering.
This means lower returns to =pro- ducers. e GARDINER’S STATEMENT (Continued from Page 1) informed a press conference, “in order
to compensate the individual for his losses, and also to encourage every individual to report any ‘suspicious
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Mrs. Ruth Dickinson Passes
With regret we record the sudden death of Mrs. Ruth Dickinson, of Wimborne, on February 13th. Born in Scotland, she came to Canada in 1904, and was married in 1907 to H. H. Dickinson, who predeceased her less than two years ago. She is survived by one son, John, of Trochu, three daughters, Mrs. Stroeder, Torrington; Mrs. Glover, Pine Lake; and Miss Bar- bara E.. Dickinson, Lethbridge; one sister, and five grandchildren.
Many of our readers will remember Mrs. Dickinson’s contributions tu “The U.F.A.” in years past. Her articles were marked by vividness of phrasing and she had a penetrating mind which probed beneath the surface of the in- cidents of life in the West, of which she wrote. Cireumstances prevented her from fully developing her talent for writing, but the lives of her fam- ily and many friends must have been enriched by her gifts.
case to his nearest veterinarian at the earliest possible time.” He ap- pealed to all who might note any suspicious cases to report them at once.
“Fair and reasonable payments to a few in a small area may save others enormous expense,” said the Minister, “IT know the taxpayers will agree to the necessary costs being paid.”
Mr. Gardiner announced that there had been twenty-three cases over an area of about 50 miles, all animals that had come in contact with those which had the disease being destroy- ed. No cases had developed outside the ten quarantined municipalities. A buffer zone of\50 miles on all sides of the quarantined area was being set up.
He announced the setting up of a board to deal with compensation, un- der the terms of the amended Act. Its members are George W. Robert- son, Secretary of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool; Raymond Young, in charge of P.F.R.A. pastures; and G. W. Stead, Department of Finance.
Later, Mr. Gardiner announced that the premjum on bacon A’s will be confined to kogs weighing from 200 to 240 pounds, and that premium on B’s will be confined to hogs weighing from 241 lbs. upward.
While Mr. Gardiner said the ban- ning of imports by certain Provinces would not be protested, an inspection service would be set up, so that if any Province decided to accept live ani- mals, they could obtain guarantees of security against; disease,
Hold Co-op Congress:
‘Attending the Forty-third Congress of the Co-operative Union of Canada
- at the Chateau Laurier, Quebec are
Norman F. Priestley, recently appoint- ed Director for Alberta; J. Russell Love, the retiring Director, Jake Frey, President of the Alberta Co-operative
Union, F. J. Fitzpatrick, Director of:
Co-operative activities for the Alberta We plan to publish an article: on this important gathering in our next issue.
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4 Debate. iy Fok ONTO FLOUR MILL, BAD RA TEN 7 ' wit: mt
Panel Discussion on F.A.O.
Chaired by James R. McFall, Secre- tary of the A.F.A., a most interesting panel discussion on the Food and Ag- riculture Organization of the United Nations was held in Calgary under the auspices of’ the United Nations Asso- ciation on February 25th. Dr. W. H. Hill, Medical Officer of Health for the city, dealt with the human sid2' of FAO, “the problems in relation to people”; E. Patching of the Alberta Wheat Pool Publicity Department, dis- cussed world food production; and Frank T. Allison, Superintendent of Publicity for United Grain Growers, outlined the technical assistance pro- gram of FAO. Mr. McFall described the origins of the organization.
FOOT AND MOUTH (Cont. from P. 5)
serum of the vesicles and vesicle coverings on the mouth, feet, and udder; in the saliva, milk, and various secretions and excretions; also in the
blood during the rise of temperature. °
A wide distribution of the virus and a rapid infection of a herd are the result.' Animals may be infected directly by contact with diseased ani- mals or indirectly from infected man- ure, hay, utensils, drinking troughs,
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railway cars, animal markets, barn- yards, and pastures. Human bcings may carry the virus on their shoes and clothing and even on their hands when milking, since the udder is occa- sionally the seat of the eruption. It may also be carried by ;dogs, cats, rats, chickens, pigeons and other birds. Milk in a raw state may also transmit the disease to animals fed with it.
Infected animals, even before they show any visible symptoms of the disease, may eliminate virus from their bodies in large quantities, thus acting as unsuspected sources of spread of the disease. Foot and mouth disease may attack the same animal several times. Although an attack of the disease produces an immunity that may last for a long time, it has been found in recent years that there are at least three types of virus and while an animal after recovery from disease produced by one type is immune to that type, it is readily infected with the other types of virus. The period of incubation is variable, usually from 3 to 6 days. The disease, however, may appear in 24 hours, or, in excep- tional cases, not for 18 days or even longer.
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Li’l Goldilocks, our office vamp, has gone on a diet, as she has dis- covered the truth of that old saying, “More waist, less speed.”
. * + We understand that the resi- dents of Bowness Viilage have dubbed the man who thought up
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Ah well, Spring will soon be here, and then the double-fare cash cus- tomers may look for a little WRAY of sunshine if they haven’t been frozen to death by that time.
* * * MORE MONKEY BUSINESS
News item states that a Siamese kitten gets a daily bath from a chim- panzee at Frankfurt, Germany, Zoo. Most unfeline treatment, we call it.
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Knotty Frankie informs us that face powder may catch a man, but it takes baking powder to keep him.
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‘And according to H. C. Harris: “Mud thrown is ground lost.”
* * ee ISN’T IT THE TRUTH
The Bad Egg of Crow’s Nest insists that he’s a real Old Timer if the girl he winks at thinks he has something in his eye.
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THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
CRESS ——
— that is, if they do love us: If not, we die, and yet they ery, and raise tombstones above us.
—Rev. L. G. H. Farley, Lauceston.
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The guy who tries to look big generally ends up by looking small,
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Our office Cynic declares that prog- ress during 1952 will be mostly a matter of exchanging old worries for new ones. He must think there’s going to be a general election.
eS WHAT’S THE HURRY?
Why cut in there? Why itch to
get ahead?
A minute saved will not console
. the dead. Yes, yes, I know — you're skilful — sober, too: .
But you've some hefty horses
under you.
You are a train without a railway
line: .
You’re a projectile — you're a
bomb or mine.
The other fellow is a fool, you
~
swear:
Another reason, Sir, for extra care,
The man on foot is maddening, or mad:
But he is not, like you, an fron- | clad.
What is the hurry? Why is every day
A day of carnage on the King’s highway?
Because we're servants of a crazy creed
And bow in worship to the false god Speed:
Because the kindest, nicest fellow feels ”
A strange impatience when he rides on wheels:
Because we say “Behold, I’m in a car,
And more important than the others are.”
My goodness, what a rumpus there would be
If life was lost so easily at seal
The Queen Elizabeth runs no one down
Because the Captain has a date in town.
“Thou shalt be punctual.” But better still
An older ordinance “Thou shalt not kill.”
Be late — it matters not — but be alive. Start earlier. Go slower. And
survive. —A.P.H. in the Sunday Graphic. i From a wedding notice in a Che-
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the South of England, where the
.couple are spending their honeymoon
in a honey-colored two-piece.” We'll
. bet they’d be more comfortable in a
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THIS IS TERRIBLE
According to a New York columnist, a landlord wrote the following note to a woman who had given birth to a baby in the front hall of his apart- ment house: “I beg to remind you that all deliveries should be made at the rear of the building.” ee oF We see by the papers that the Rev. G. W. Markham, Vicar of St. Stephens, Burnley, Lancs., says: “People who throw confetti over newlyweds are ignorant louts making a filthy mess.” Tough words, reverend, but will your parishioners Markham? “oe eee News item states that rubber mat- tresses are being provided in the police cells at Barnsley. So, apparent-
ly, the Way of the transgressor is no longer hard.
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March 7th, 1952
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LIVESTOCK MEETING (Continued from Page 1)
for hogs,| which J. L. Pawley, Senior Market Representative of the Market- ing Service of the Federal Depart- ment of Agriculture, had described as “theoretical” (at $23.75, effective May 1st).“We’ll have to reopen the hog price question which is a top prior- ity,” said Mr. Pawley.
A resolution which would have re- quested the Federal Government to discontinue the- importation of live- stock and meats until the embargo on Canadian livestock and meat pro- ducts be lifted, was tabled.
Government Officials Take Part
All aspects of the emergency were dealt with by the representative of the industry and government officials, among them Dr. H. C. Storey, District Veterinarian for Alberta of the Health of Animals Branch of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa; O. S. Long- man, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for the Province; Dr. E. E, Ballantyne, Director of Veterinary Services, Al- berta Department of Agriculture; W. H. T. Mead, Livestock Commissioner for the Province, Mr. Pawley, and others. Mr. Longman said postpon- ment of the Calgary Bull Sale had been asked by Veterinary Director- General Childs from Ottawa.
A proposal by Jonathan Wheatley of Chancellor that Hon. J. G. Gardiner should be asked to come West for a further meeting in the Stampede Cor- ral or the Pavilion, in order that the various matters concerning CGovern- ment policy might be completely clarified, was adopted. This meeting will be called at the discretion of the Chairman, Mr. Ure, in the light of any developments.
Situation “National Emergency”
Another resolution moved from the floor declared the present situation a national emergency, and urged the Federal Government to treat it as such, while it offered full support to
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‘might be found necessary.
During the course of the meeting, Mr. Pawley expressed the opinion that the immediate surplus of cattie should “not be too great,” that a floor could not be expected immedi- ately, and that if a floor were estab- lished, it would be “considerably be- low what it was before the outbreak”. This, Mr. Pawley informed Henry Young, was a™positive declaration of policy which he had received from Ottawa. Lambs also would “have to take their place in the surplus meat pattern.”
Mr. Pawley said he had been ad- vised also that all whose cattle it might be necessary to destroy (as is being done in the quarantined area in Saskatchewan) would be “fully compensated.”
Protested Provincial Bans
Mr. Ure told the meeting he had protested to Mr. Howe, Minister of Trade and Commerce, against the im- position of embargoes by Canadian Provinces, on the grounds that “no Province has the right to interfére with Interprovincial trade.” The B.C. embargo would create great confusion and might prejudice efforts to have the U.S. embargo modified. Either the B.C. Government should change its policy, or the embargo should be over- ridden by Ottawa. Mr. Howe had agreed that this was a correct view of the situation, and would discuss it with the Prime Minister and Mr. Gar- son.
The A.F.A. resolutions presented by Mr. Marler were drawn up at a meet- ing in Edmonton called by the Al- berta Livestock Co-operative of which Charles P. Hayes of Strome is Presi-
dent. ———_@—_—_- WASHINGTON, D.C. — World pro- duction of fats in 1951 was at the record level of. 25,850,000 short tons. This is about 13 per cent higher than the pre-war figure.
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WHEAT POOL RESERVE PURCHASE
| The Alberta Wheat Pool has just completed the purchase of $900,000 in commercial and elevator re- serves built up by members during the 1923-28 period. This is part ‘of % $1,040,000 purchase being made this year. When completed, it will mean that $6,900,000, or over 80 per cent, of the reserves built up through deductions in the early years of the Pool will have been redeemed — all at 100 cents on the dollar.
In order that control of the Alberta Wheat Pool will always remain with farm people, these reserves are being re-distributed as part of the patronage dividend payment. In this manner ownership of the Pool is gradually changing over, but it is staying in the hands. of those who are using Pool facilities.
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This is the grain producers’ assurance of con- tinuing top quality service and protection.
‘ALBERTA WHEAT POOL