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CALGARY, ALBERTA, MARCH 2list, 1941 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office, Calgary, Alberta.
FARM ORGANIZATIONS PROTEST NEW WHEAT POLICY
5c a copy; $1.00 a year.
Lengthy Debate on Wheat Policy Is Expected
PROTEST FAILURE RAISE PRICE WHEN CUT IN DELIVERIES
Farm Organizations and Leaders -
Express Views on Policy as Announced
GENERAL DISAPPOINTMENT
Effect of Plan Outlined by Robert Gardiner — Calls Special Session U.F.A. Executive
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General disappointment and _ dis- satisfaction with the Dominion Gov- ernment’s announced wheat policy has been expressed by farm organi- zations and farm leaders in both Western and Eastern Canada.
Protests have been made by a number of organizations. ag 0 of the price of 70 cents per bushel, basis No. 1, Fort William, in view of heavy reduction in the volume of wheat of the 1941 crop that may be delivered, is common to all criticism offered by farm bodies.
In a preliminary statement in behalf of the United Farmers of Alberta, pending the decisions of a_ meeting of the Executive called by President Gardiner for Friday, it was stated that the economic policy of the Dominion Government seemed to be shaped ‘‘once more to place on the shoulders of the Western Canadian farmer a burden much heavier than that which the average citizen of other occupations is called upon to bear.”’
Gardiner Qutlines Position
In an _ exclusive. interview with The Western Farm Leader, President Gardiner stated:
“On Wednesday, Mar¢éh the 12th, the Hon. J. A. MacKinnon, Minister of Trade and Commerce, outlined in the House of Commons the Dominion Government’s policy in regard to the marketing of wheat. The main pro- posals are as follows:
“(a) To limit the delivery of wheat either to the Wheat Board, on the open market or otherwise, for the crop year 1941-42, to 230 million
* bushels.
“(b) To guarantee an initial pay- ment of 70 cents per bushel, basis one Northern, F.O.B. Fort William.
‘“(c) To continue to pay storage to roducers on the same basis as 1940-41 but only on the undelivered portion of the 230 million bushels.
“‘(d) No change in the processing tax.
‘‘Provision is made for compensation to those who voluntarily reduce their wheat acreage. This part of the Government’s policy is administered by the Department of Agriculture un- der the Minister, the Hon. Jas. G. Gardiner.
“This part of the policy follows:
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reductions made in wheat sowings in
the Prairie Provinces in 1941 as compared with 1940, provided the farmer does certain specified things with the land.
‘1. If he summerfallows the reduced wheat acreage or part of it, the Gov- ernment will pay him $4 an acre for the reduced wheat acreage which is black by July Ist, 1941; payments to be made as soon as possible after July Ist, 1941.
‘9. If he sows the reduced wheat acreage or part of it to coarse grains in the spring or in the case of rye, in the fall of 1941, on lands not sum- merfallowed, the Government will pay him $2 an acre in 1941 as soon as possible after proof of sowing is established.
“3. If he sows the reduced wheat acreage, or part of it, to grass or clover during 1941, provided the land has not also been sown to coarse grain or summerfallowed, the Gov- ernment will pay him $2 an acre as soon as possible after proof of sowing has been established, and an addi- tional $2 an acre if the same land is still seeded- down to grass on July Ist, 1942.
‘4, If he sows reduced wheat acre- age or part of it which is also sown to coarse grain, or which is summere fallowed in 1941, to grass or/and clover or to rye in 1941, the Government
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WASHINGTON, March 19th.— Adding vast new resources for use in the United States program of rearm- ament and of aid to Britain, the greatest power generator in the world —the Grand Coulee Dam, will begin operation on March 22nd.
It will start with two generators of 108,000 kilowatts each. It comes into epera- tion at a time when aluminum, which requires electric power for its processing, is greatly needed for aeroplane construction. The dam, in the Pacific Northwest, harnesses the waters of the Colum! ia river, and it is one of the triumphs of the New Deal. It comes into use just when it is wanted most. Nezt year two more generators will be added to the operating plant, and two more the following year.
OTTAWA, Mar. 19th.—Revised reg- ulations dealing with coma pulaery mili- tary training, tabled in the House of Commons yesterday, make single men and widowers without children, be- tween the ages of 21 and 465, liable to call. ,
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DISCUSSION MAY _LAST TWO WEEKS IN OTTAWA HOUSE
Strong Differences of Opinion on Dominion Wheat Policy Will Be Expressed
WAR EFFORT SCRUTINIZED
Roosevelt Speech Cheers Parlia- ment— Redoubled Effort Needed by Countries at War
By M. McDOUGALL (Special to The Western Farm Leader)
OTTAWA, March 19th.—The House of Commons is certain to hear a wide .variety of opinion on the recently enunciated policy on wheat when it comes up for debate. This is readily forecast on what is heard in the lobbies, The debate may last it is believed, for a fortnight, and during that time speakers will express the full range of opinion from the belief that too little is being done for the Western farmer to the stand that they are being too favorably treated in comparison with Eastern farmers.
No Appreciable Change Expected
There is little likelihood that when the legislation is brought down there will be any appreciable change from the policy given by the Minister of Trade and Commerce.
(Details of poliay outlined by Presi- deft Robt. Gardiner of U.F.A. on this page— Editor.)
But aside from the disappointment which will be expressed by a number of Western members, supported by petitions of wheat organizations, there will be complaints from Eastern farm- ers that not enough consideration is being given to them on butter, cheese and bacon production. There seems to be some uncertainty about how the bonus system is going to work out in practise, but there is a fairly general impression that the net result of the new policy will be a reduction in the wheat acreage of from 8 to 9 million bushels which will bring the acreage sown to approximately 65 per cent of the 1940 area.
What observers see in the new plan is that it is primarily a war measure, that it is designed to meet an emer- gency, in which the salient feature is that by July 3lst next, the end of the crop ‘year, the carryover will be about 575 million bushels and that the Government will be under an obligation for the guarantee of the wheat and storage and carrying costs of nearly 500 million dollars. Whether the measure will also mean in the long run the growth of a more balanced economy in the Prairie Provinces is another matter—which the future will decide.
The main measures of this session, in addition to the wheat policy, are the war appropriation bill, still being debated, the budget which is not being brought down as soon as ex-
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U.S. Oil Shipments to Japan Show Big Increase
Oil shipments from the U.S. to Japan have been running about 50 per cent more than a year, ago, said the New York Times recently. any American tankers are said to have been ‘‘transferred’”’ to the flag of Panama, to evade the Neutrality Act, in order to share in this profitable trade; the Japanese are paying as much as four times the regular freight rate.
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The War and the
Canadian Farmer
An Answer to the Unfair Criticism Today Being Directed Against Those Who Till the Soil
Below we conclude from our last issue the address given by E. D. Brunsden, Sccretary of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture, before the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in Toronto.
While we prepare for this time of the release of foodstuffs t Europe, it remains that the usu@l markets for many of the products produced on our farms have been narrowed by this war. The prices received by the farmer for these commodities have fallen. In our exports of other farm products the volumes of our shipments overseas have been increased, but che prices for these have been keyed to a reduced British spending power for foodstuffs, and this also has been a factor in reducing Canadian net farm incomes.
It is a paradox that while the prices he ‘receives for his commodities are falling, the prices the farmer is asked to pay for the goods he must buy to operate his farm have risen— some of them sharply. The farmer insists that if he is to continue in business, some means must be found of establishing a reasonable degree of relationship between the values he receives for what he has to sell, and the prices of the goods he is forced
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to buy. Concerning this situation Charles Dickens. put some words into the mouth of one of his favorite characters, Mr. Micawber. Times have not changed since Mr. Micaw- ber’s day; there can be no content- ment in an individual or a community if ‘‘outgo’”’ persistently exceeds ‘‘in- come’’, and contentment is one of the requirements of war-tuned Canada.
Domestic Consumer Must Help
Because the war has given increased wages and incomes to many, the farmer maintains that the home consumer of food-stuffs should not wish to capital- ize on the low prices. prevailing in agriculture. It is another paradox that Canadian prices for farm _ pro- ducts are nearly always aligned with those prevailing outside the country. The domestic consumer must be asked to help take up some of the ‘“‘slack’’ in the farmer’s price problem by purchasing his commodities at levels in line with those of the enhanced spending power.
he story of the development of Canadian policies for agriculture is that such policies are only determined when the stress of the related events allows no escape. And even then, the policies evolved have been insular in character; they have possessed no concession to the necessity for the interlocking in a practical way,of the various departments of the farm.
The Canadian Federation of Agri- culture insists there should early be created a forward-looking national farm policy embracing the business as a whole and co-ordinating its component types of production on an all-Cana- dian basis. There is-small comfort in the treatment of a patient for a minor ailment, when that patient is in torment through the ravage of a fearsome disease.
Should Be Partnership
The Federation submits that by reason of the long-term and collective experience within its ranks and the crystallization of farmer opinion it is capable of achieving, it should be invited into partnership with the elected representatives of the Cana- dian people and the leaders of their choosing, in the creating of this national policy for agriculture.
The Federation of Agriculture de- plores and brands as- vicious. the philosophy expressing itself in the adage “the creaking wheel gets the grease.” It deplores further the organization and activities of highly powered “‘pressure groups’. In time of war the existence and actions of such groups are held to be despicable. The farmers are content to advance their case on the basis of its record— the part agricultural settlement has played in the building of the nation; the assistance rendered on Canadian farms to Britain and her Allies in the winning of the 1914-1918 war; the
- part now to be taken by our producers
in the determination of the new peace.
Amid the clamor of the day for skilled hands wherewith to tool through machines the implements and_ the accompaniments of war, the Federation of Agriculture urges upon the Govern- ment and the Canadian people, the need for the retention on our farms of artisans capable of agricultural pro- duction,
Conserve for Post-War Period
Along with the need for continued production of farm commodities now, it urges too, a consideration of the enhanced position the farm must assume in the post-war period. The farmstead—the land that goes to make the farm—must be conserved for the generations to follow our own, and for the Canada of these succeeding generations,
It- is axiomatic of Democracy in action that the governed shall ain, selves govern, In this period of stress, and a terwards, some controls with
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respect to the volumes of the market- ings of specific farm products may be" necessary. With respect to these controls the Canadian Federation re- iterates and emphasizes the opinion that wherever possible they be self- imposed by the agricultural fraternity through the decisions of representa- tives of its own choice.
The Federation records the opinion that the investment, the hazards and the life work involved in the production of farm products fully justifies an interest on the part of the producer in the transporting and assembling for sale of his products. The producer of farm commodities, particularly with respect to that share-of his products consumed at home, for his own pro- tection and that of the consumer, has an unchallengeable right to a reason- able degree of control over those who do his marketing. \
Farmers, in their. thousands, have long given of their best thought and have contributed financially toward collective determination and expression through the media of local and pro- vincial organizations. More recently they have gained by the consolidation of their -opinions and the further clarifying of their expressions through the national organization. Fully one- half—ef-Canada’s 700,000 farm opera- tors now declare themselves through
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Farmers Asked to Contribute Wheat in War Services Cam- paign—Method Outlined
Six war service organizations are catering to the comfort and entertain- ment of Canadian boys in the army, navy and air force. These organi- zations are:
Canadian Legion.
Salvation Army.
Knights of Columbus.
Y.M.C.A,
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Services Provided hours when the men are these organizations provide
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various services. They provide huts where the men can forgather, write letters on stationery. provided for them, join in singsongs and enter- tainments, attach themselves to edu- cational groups, consult with trained leaders on personal problems, and
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environment and
enter an banish homesickness morale. ry 4 These services military authorities to be
are considered by the absolutely
essential. In order to perpetuate them a drive is being conducted in the Federation of Agriculture. This
representative voice should engage the attention of all of the people; it may well become of substantial value to our governments.
Bound Up With Canada’s Welfare The farmers ask that their: spokes- men be, recognized, heard and _ re- spected; that their organizations, na- tional, provincial and local, created by themselves, be re-appraised. They urge that the strengthening of these organizations be not impeded but encouraged and that these associations of our tillers of the soil be not con- sidered solely as “commercial” or “economic” groups, for the one ideal that initiated all of them is far deeper than either of these descriptions. They ask that their organizations be interpreted by the public from the viewpoint of their common objective, the welfare of Canada, the improve- ment of farming and the development of the farmer and his family. There is no trace of despair in the character of our farmers, even: though at this time they be, as we have said, a type of war refugee. They possess within themselves the main require- ments for their own complete recovery and they know that in the next phase of Canadian history they will still be -required to assume their full part in our country’s progress. The farplers of Canada seek no _ prefer- mts. Not one of their requests is incompatible with the development of the national life as we all desire
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British Housewives Keep ‘Iron Rations”’ in Store Against Bombers’ Visits
Hints to housewives, contained in the bulletins issued by the Co-opera- tive Union News Service ( British) take on a grim note sometimes in these days of the Battle of Britain. Civilians as well as the army must be prepa ed for invasion, housewives led, when people may nol ach the shops, or supplies ch the stores. For such every household should on rations’? of canned foods; a supply of flour, rice rane d oatmeal: and, the bulletin conclud- es, “‘don’l forget to slore water.”’
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Canada to raise 5-1/2 million dollars Alberta’s share wis $240,000, half of which will be collected in the northern section of the province and half in the south. The motto of the drive is ‘We cannot let our own boys down.”’
This is a joint undertaking spon- sored by the Federal Government under strict regulation and careful budgeting.
Ask Farmers for Wheat
Appreciating the fact that cash is somewhat of a searece article under present conditions on Alberta farms, the Provincial organization is asking the farmers for contributions of wheat.
Arrangements have been made _ with the Wheat Board to accept such contributions in excess of the quota of each farmer and without having the same entered in the farmer’s
permit book.
It is desirable that local organiza- tions should look after the collections of wheat, making arrangements to have trucks go from farm to farm collecting individual contributions. In any case, where a farmer has not been contacted it is suggested that he-take his contribution personally to the elevator and inform the agent that the returns from the wheat are to go to the Canadian War Services Fund. A eash ticket will be made out in the name of the organization and should be handed to the local committee or sent to the Canadian War Services Fund in Calgary or .Edmonton, as the case may be. ,
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Rationing in Britain and
Germany Compared
With the introductory warning that it is extremely difficult to make an exact comparison of food rationing in Germany and in the United Kingdom, a study in the latest issue of Foreign Agriculture states that: in, addition to fats, meat and sugar, (rationed in both countries), in Germany bread, milk and cheese are also rationed— milk being available only -to children
and nursing or expectant mothers. Food consumption in the United Kingdom, moreover, was well up to
normal standards until weil on in 1940, whereas in Germany supplies of fats, meat, eggs and fruits have been lim- ited for several years. On the other hand, it is stated that food prices have not risen so much in Germany as in Britain. Cut Fat Rations in Italy
Effective March Ist, rations of edible fats and oils were reduced in Italy to 14 ounces per person per month—just half the former ration. A new: order maintains the same ration of flour and similar products— 4.4 pounds per month—but restricts the choice of the individual.
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WHEAT POLICY
The wheat policy announced by the Dominion Government is most dis- appointing to the farm people. As interviews published in this issue make clear, it falls far short in the judgment _ of those who are entitled to speak for agriculture, of meeting the situation with which the most depressed of all Canada’s important industries is con- fronted.
In Great Britain, the governmental authorities, when introducing any im- portant new war policy, collaborate with the sections of the community which are affected by administrative or legislative action. In Canada, the representatives of organized agriculture should have been asked to collaborate in the formulation of the wheat policy. This has not been done. It is not too late, however. We trust that without delay the Government. will call the representatives of agriculture into con-
sultation, postponing action until such
consultation has taken place. oK * *
WAR SERVICES CAMPAIGN
The War Services Campaign out- lined in this issue provides means by which the farm people of Canada may make a most important contribution to Canada’s war effort. The voluntary war organizations are giving magnifi- cent service to the men in all the armed forces of the Dominion. The work they are doing, both at home and overseas, is absolutely indispensable. We ask our readers to study the plan, and then make up their minds as to what contribution they can give to help those who are today the defenders of the liberties of us all. ji
TIME TO WAKE UP It is reported that H. R. MacMillan, chairman of the Wartime Require- ments Board for Canada, recently declared :
“If Canada performed the same task (as Britain) on a per capita basis, she would have 600,000 men in uniform and 1,400,000 men on war production, with war expendi- tures amounting to $12,000,000 daily. We are not doing that - because we haven’t had our backs to the wall, as Britons have had.” That is a very serious indictment,
by one of the chief directors of Can- ada’s war effort, ‘who speaks with the
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authority which springs from expert knowledge and experience.
The people of Canada are not as yet awakened to a realization of the needs of total war. They have been-told a good deal about what Canada is doing; and because many of the figures which have been made public are in fact impressive, there has been a tendency in some quarters to think that the Dominion is bearing not much less than a fair share of the burden of the war. Mr. MacMillan’s statement must shatter that impression.
We do not doubt that the small group of overworked Ministers whose special task it is to administer the departments most concerned with our activities in the war, are giving of their best, nor that that best is in several cases very good indeed.. Much
of the badgering to which they have
been subjected has been pointless and irritating; though there are a few members in the ranks of opposition groups who have offered needed criti- cism which is constructive and should be helpful. On the whole, however, we can forgive the Ministers for an occasional loss of patience.
But if the Canadian: people and their
representatives in Parliament realized
what is at stake—and in this conflict everything of value is at stake—there would be less pettifogging criticism. Instead there would be an overwhelm- ingly powerful demand for a speeding up in every field of war activity.
What the British people can do, we can do if we have the will to do it. Upon the engendering of the will to total effort may depend our survival as a free people.
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Mr. MacMillan had other significant things to say. This for instance:
“We might as well realize that the old order is gone, that the new condi- tions are already here. No man owns his property or his job. All are at the service of the state. Labor must see that it cannot retain or extend its social gains except by the fruits of increased production—by an earned victory. The same applies to the property owner and the capitalist. There should be
no such thing as protecting any one locality, any one Province, any. class against the results of this war, even if our Alli
- vietory.’
With that ceteenh of Mr. MacMillan’s we are in general agreement. But we do not think it is tite roe oi We should like to add that, if Canada is
es win an early, clear-cut —
March 21st, 1941 °*
EMBATTLED ISLAND:
From every headland of the sea-girt island, From every tower, from every bay and bight, The eyes of Britain peer into the darkness To meet—and match—the foeman’s boasted might! The ghosts of warriors who wrought Britain’s glory | Stalk through the night—awnsléeping, unafraid; From shop and street their sons ‘in anger muster— A wall of steel around their isle arrayed! :
From sweet green hills, from hamlets deeply hidden, The eyes of Britain search the lowering sky—
The ancient valor in each bosom burning, —
_ Proud of its birthright—not afraid to
die! - And on the outposts of the empire high- ways Britons stand guard at all the ocean gates— Gibraltar, Aden, M alta—each granite rampart In stern and silent menace, bravely - waits! The sea’s strong arms enfold this island fortress, Its deep bed strewn with wrecks of other foes! And every lashing wave shouts loud the challenge:
“The bones of each invader shall lie low with those.” | O, stormy headlands of embatiled Britain, O, smiling hamlets in her peaceful vales; O, brave hearts waiting for the —_ onset, Strike, fiercely as your own uncon- quered gales!
Each dawning comes a ship from far
horizons . Bearing your sons, in haste to share your zést! These sons have looked into bright eyes of danger And will irl back the foe at your behest! So, take new courage you who are em- battled! We live—or die—beside you in this hour; From every throbbing pulse of earth and ocean
Your very soul drinks deep. its con- _ (quering power! BERT HUFFMAN Delburne, Alta.
attain to maximum efficiency as a factor in the war, no great primary industry can be allowed to languish. And, as Ernest. Bevin, J. B. Priestley, and others have insisted in behalf of their British countrymen, the re- moval of unwarranted grave inequalities in our own country must. itself be recognized as a part of the means to Victory itself. ZA
To paraphrase the nae ‘abies we patel in our last issue from an influential British publication:
“Our plan for a New is not something outside the war, or something “ ihe war. It is an essential part of our war he New Canada is the country we are fighting
March 2lst; 1941
United States Wheat |
Exports Remain Small
United States wheat exports, incfud- ing flour as grain, during July January 1940-41 totalled 22,279,000 bushels as compared with 35,817,000 bushels and 61,946,000 bushels, respectively, in the corresponding months of 1939-40 and 1938-39, states Foreign Crops and Marketsissued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Very Heavy Decline.
The greater part of the wheat shipped by the United States this season has been in the form of flour, about 16 million bushels, of which 12 million bushels represented flour made wholly of United States wheat. Ex- ports of wheat as grain have amounted to slightly less than 6 million bushels; in July-January 1938-39 they consti- tuted 75.6 per cent of the total ex- pone: or nearly 47 million bushels. n the comparable period of 1939-40, exports of wheat as' grain had fallen off and totalled less than 16 million bushels, but they still represented nearly half of the total wheat and flour exported by the United States.
3.5 Million to British Isles
Of the wheat exported from the United States during July-January, about 3.5 million bushels were destined for the British Isles this season as compared with 3.1 and 19.2 mullion bushels, respectively, in 1939-40 and 1938-39. Less than 1 million bushels have gone to other European markets; the total for all Europe was less than 5 million bushels as compared with 18 million in the corresponding period of 1939-40 and 44 million bushels in July-January 1938-39.
Exports to the Latin American countries have also been somewhat
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reduced, -but amounted to almost 6 million bushels as against about 7 million during July-January of the two previous seasons. The only mar- kets to .which larger quantities of United States wheat have been sent this year are found in China, Man- churia,; and Japan, and these came under the Government subsidy pro- gram, which until October 8th, 1940, covered such exports from the Pacific Coast ports.
Prior to the outbreak of the present war, European markets took at least two-thirds of the wheat exported by the United States. This season, suc exports have accounted for only 20 per cent of the total. Shipments to the Latin American markets have represented nearly 27 per cent as against 20 per cent in jaly-danuary of last season and 12 per cent in the corresponding period of 1938-39. The Orient’s percentage share of the total is more than 33 per cent this year as against 11 and 5 per cent, respec- tively, in July-January of 1939-40 and 1938-39.
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OTTAWA LETTER (Continued from page 1) pected, the estimates of ordinary expenses of the Government, and possibly the St. Lawrence Waterway
agreement.
(The agreement was signed Wednes- day in Washington and Ottawa. Rati- fication by Congress and Parliament is necessary.— Editor.)
Call to Redoubled Effort
A much more cheerful spirit is in evidence in Parliament since the passage of the Lend Lease Bill, and the unequivocal declaration of the President of the United States that he intends to help Britain and the other democracies to the utmost of his country’s capacity. But here, as in Britain, this encouraging atti- tude of the great republic is considered as a call to redoubled efforts on the part of the countries at war. With the increased pressure of the submarine campaign, Parliament is urging that Canada’s work in the production of ships should be geared to. the highest possible pitch.
The Minister of" Munitions and Sup- ply; Mr. Howe, has told the House that his Department is encouraging
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THE
WHEAT SITUATION
Every farmer will be studying details of the new government wheat policy to see what changes in his seeding programme can be most suitably made.
One thing remains unaltered. To the extent that customers of United Grain Grow- ers Limited are able to deliver wheat, they will want to continue doing business with this farmers’ Company.
They will also want to be sure that all 1940 wheat is disposed of before new quotas begin to be effective for 1941 wheat. company is building extensive temporary stor- age at the head of the lakes in order to make
that possible.
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the work to the utmost. The Minister for Air, Mr. Power, has been en- couraging on the outlook for the supply of aircraft for the joint training scheme. The supply of planes for elementary training has been and is sufficient, but the supply of twin- engine planes for advanced training has been below requirements. Recent deliveries of these larger planes have improved, although as he said, ‘“‘We are not yet out of the wood’. The shortage of twin-engine planes has slowed up certain classes in the training
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plan, but that should not be taken, he said, as meaning that the entire plan has been slowed up.
Mr. Power mentioned that the R.C.A.F. has now an enrollment\ of 50,385, of which 3,136 are officers, 39,803 airmen and 7,446 civilians. He told the House that in spite of the slack in receipt of twin engine planes required for final instruction for bombers, the proportion of airmen so far trained as fighters and bombers has: been satisfactory according to advices from Britain. .
Important Notice to All U.F.A.,, ~ U.F.W.A. and Junior Locals
Problems of Agriculture are today so urgent that effective organization of the farm people is vitally
important.
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF OUR ORGANIZATION!
You should endeavor to canvass all farmers in your neighborhood, ‘asking
them to join the Association.
Conditions are such that at any moment it may be imperative for a strong, united farm move- ment to rally in support of the policies we need for the protection and improvement of our
industry.
UniTED FARMERS OF ALBERTA
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THE WESTERN
FARM LEADER
Central Alberta Dairy Pool Section
Care of Your Cream or Milk
Message from the President of Southern Alberta Dairy Pool
Three Hills. temptation for producers to be less careful in the handling
It was courteously suggested that I should write a short note for the C.A.D.P. page in The Western Farm Leader.
It was a fine co-operative gesture—the executive officer
of
one organization granting the chairman of another organi- zation in the same field the freedom of their publicity medium.
Fine Spirit Prompted Courtesy I appreciate the spirit which prompted the courtesy—
in the same spirit I gratefully
accept the opportunity,
hoping it may lead to closer co-operation between the various co-operative dairy units within thé Province.
Why we are not one great big co-operative dairy at this date is still a mystery to me. From small seeds great trees grow. Who knows, perhaps from some such
small beginning as this the solu- °}
tion may be found which will eventually lead to the fuller reali- zation of the Co-operative Ideal within the dairy industry in the Province of Alberta? Accomplishment to Be: Proud Of I was very pleased to learn that the Central Alberta Dairy Poo! was in the happy position of being able to pay the second Isrgest dividend in its history. Such an accomplishment is a record any organization may well-be proud of. I trust the success of the past year is the forerunner of many such.
The co-operative ideals are grad-:
ually assuming their rightful place. The greatest leaders in the world today are all stressing the need for co-operation and more co- operation as being a partial solu- tion for our economic difficulties.
-problems remains to be
ideals world At the present moment co-operation is definitely helping to solve the war roblems of the. people of Great Britain. Nowhere has been so forcibly demonstrated what ean be aecomplished by. the application of- the - co-operative ideals — and principles to the problems of every day life. I hope the lessons now being learned by the people of- Creat Britain under the stress of war will not be forgotten when the day of vietory dawns,
Oh behalf of my fellow directors and the members of the Southern
How
will go
the the
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co-operative solution of seen,
Alberta Dairy Pool I. extend to the .Central) Alberta’ Dairy Pool our thanks for the chanee to co-
operate with you and we hope the
vear 1941 will be another suecess-' ful one for the C.A.D.P. Yours fraternally,
WILLIAM BURNS,
President, Southern
Py Pool.
Alberta’
March 2Ist,
By The Management
In the ordinary fall and
and the caring for milk and er
factories, and inevit: tbly when the warm weather
winter seasons there is a big
am which goes to our various comes,
sometimes unexpectedly, this lack of thoroughness on our
part immediately shows up.
In our Condensery operation, the keeping quality of the milk as indicated by a metholyne blue test not nearly so good. In our cream, the odd ean which Should) ordinarily grade Special will go down to No. 1 and.in the
is
odd case even a_ grade lower. Likewise, the grades on the butter
will not be nearly as good.
This situation was very 'perti- nently brought to our minds during the warm spell which’ we exper- ienced, especially in the month of February, and we are taking this opportunity of bringing it to your
attention as, On- account. of. the season, we are going to have warm weather again quite soon.
_ Your butter factories are ¢: apab le
of making an excellent product but it is impossible for them to have a finished product which is any better than what they receive from its members and_ shippers. In 1940, your Alix, as -well as Bowden, branch made more. than 95 per cent No. 1 butter and this is quite possible again in 1941, provided. that. the proper care is given your-milk and cream on the farm) before it is delivered to our plants.
We realize that it intention to produce anything but the best, and we are sure that with this reminder-you will continue to
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institute’ the proper amount of care that every can of cream or milk we receive will be the best
qui ality possible.
Conditioning Dairy Cows for Celine
The milk production of dairy cows and heifers, particularly during the first -part of the Jactation period, depends to quite a large extent on having them in good thrifty condition at calving time. They need not» be really fat, for the laving on of excessive fat is a costly business. ‘They should, however, be in good flesh and on a rising rather than a receding plane of nutrition, says George W. Muir, Dominion Animal Husbandman, Cen- tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa.
Has Many Advantages
A cow ip good condition at calving has many advantages over the cow in very thin condition. In the first
‘place she has a better chance to with-
EGGS
This year we are proposing to handle a larger amount
of eggs.
The ideal way to handle eggs is direct from Producer to
Egg Candling Plant.
Your Poo! has one at each of its branches,
Arrange now to ship regularly to
CENTRAL
ALBERTA
DAIRY POOL
P lants at
ALIX
BOWDEN
RED DEER
Producers operating their own Creameries and Condensery
stand the hazards of calving; secondly, she will usually produce a_ larger, stronger calf and lastlv, she will have stored up in her body a reserve of fat, minerals, and vitamins that will have a decidedly beneficial effect on her subsequent milk production.
This beneficial effect will be mani- fested.in two ways; first, in increased and prolonged milk production, due to the fact that the cow, being in good condition, uses less of her ration for maintenance and more for milk pro- duction; secondly, the good condition of the cow will have a tendency to increase the fat percentage in the milk a little for the first month or two.
A dairy cow should have a ‘‘dry” or rest period of approximately eight weeks. A cow that has been liberally fed in the previous lactation will not require so much special feeding while dry. A thin cow, however, should receive special attention. As soon as she is propeely dried up, commenee feeding a good roughage ration’ of legume hay, and silage if available. This should be supplemented by from three to eight pounds daily of a good grain mixture such as oats and barley plus a little bran and oileake meal.
Gradually reduce this ration as the cow nears calving, especially the
barley portion, réplacing same with more oats and bran until after calving. Access to direct sunlight in the yard during the ‘dry period will aid in the assimilatior of the nutrients, particu-
larly the. minerals consumed. Preparation for calving in this way, ‘together with liberal feeding
after calving until pasture is available, will ensure maximum production later on pasture economical. Such maximum produc- tion will, in turn, aid in producing the\inerease in cheese and condefised milk required to fulfil our agreements with Great Britain this year.
NOTICE OF DATE
ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Meeting of our DAIRY POOL will be held in
LEGION HALL, ALIX
10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 17, 1941
Business Morning and Afternoon Dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m.
YOU ARE WELCOME COME EARLY
CENTRAL ALBERTA DAIRY POOL
order of
THE BOARD
: by
1941
not your
when production is most °
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March 21st, 1941 THE WESTERN FARM LEADER _ (87) 7
C.A.D.P. SECTION
Our Egg Department a final payment -on them of le per as the handling of eggs for your account To Expand Business of Department : It no doubt also indicates to you Ee ie F i ci E- RJ z
Deg set ise TO GROW PLENTY OF SUITABLE your Central Alberta Dairy Pool has been handling for members’ Soria us lnverated Gunmtity ef, FEED FOR THE DAIRY HERD eggs, and out of our operations in 1940 your Directors . declared NEXT WINTER/ dozen. This final payment: «will P reach you very shortly. | No doubt such action of your , Board could indicate several things, and one of them undoubtedly is that, HKlk THESE j BRULORS (ARE YAL 4 a ” @
has been done at a profit, then those E. A if 7 7 Thi t supplying the eggs are entitled to some OC One 15 Mmpor Qi Mf / 5 2 CO return, provided, of course, adequate working capital for this department : upon is left in the business. that our Pool, being a producers’ co-operative, and being anxXious to serve its membership in as many
ways as possible, has decided in the
interests of its membership to further
expand the business in this department.
By the time this paper reaches you, PLANNED SUITABLE ‘we wiil be nicely into the spring pro- ROTATIONS CROPS duction of eggs, and we suggest that this year, if you have not done it before, that vou give our Branches your eggs as they are produced. This RECOMMENDED year, we are. making additional ar- PROPER VARIETIES rangements for the proper transpor- ~ CULTIVATION tation of your eggs to our grading plants, either at Alix, Bowden or Red Deer, and we are advised by the ;
Government that if they are properly BARNYARD BEST RATE cared for on the farm that they will OF SEEDING reach our plants in good condition. MANURE
We also have available at our 2 branches a supply of 12, 15 and 30 = new on biel egg sepa, which COMMERCIAL are fitted with Keve’s trays. The Egg FERTILIZERS and Poultry Division of the Govern- GOOD ment has suggestéd that this new type SEED of tray be substituted for the old filler and flat, and we are acco:dingly only stocking the Keye’s trays for WEED shippers’ account this present year. BEST DATE ERADICATION
Can Get Tray From Branches OF SEEDING
If you are not, at the present time, using an egg case that is fitted for the Keye’s trays, we wouid suggest EFFICIENT that you ask for one from one of our HARVESTING OF branches. The Keye’s tray is a much HAY CUT AT GRAIN AND improved way of holding the eggs in the case over the old filler and flat PROPER STAGE SILAGE system and the cost of same is quite normal. The trays will sell for not J» more than 2c each and each tray holds 2-1/2 dozen. For a 15 dozen a9 case, the cost of the Keye’s trays com- plete would be 24c.
i r roe , > i . . ~ . ‘ ne por a my Sy uh poseting. pe ARMERS can contribute this year to Canada’s War Effort by increasing as well unless the Keye’s trays will dairy production. Every Dairy Farmer should plan to produce the properly fit into your old one. feed he will need next winter — home grown feeds cut down the cost of
We would like to also suggest again producing milk. that your eggs as they are produced : 3 : go rewularly to market and in that CROP ROTATION—Careful planning will provide for ensilage and roots, way your return should be the maximum : n um av. possible under the present system of COREHO Brains such as oats or barley and leg eh y ee heen ee GOOD SEED—Seed free from disease and impurities and of recommended
Central Alberta Dairy Pool. varieties is vital to efficient crop production. It pays to sow good seed. TIMELY TILLAGE—A good seed bed is important; weed control is NOTICE OF MEETING essential; seeding should be done at the proper date, rate and depth. MAINTAIN FERTILITY—Manoure is highly perishable. Conserve and use it for building up soil fertility. Commercial fertilizers may be used to supplement manure. ximately 12 miles east of Ponok , , p Or ee ee eee HARVESTING—Cut hay early to improve quality and to increase aftermath. A meeting has been called by the Direc- If weather conditions prevent making good hay, clover or alfalfa may be tor in this district, Mr. F. Meriam, satisfactorily ensiled.
for the evening of APRIL Ist, to be
For further information apply to your nearest Agricultural College, Dominion Experimental Station or Department of Agriculture.
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held in the above hall. The meeting will commence at 8:00 p.m. and all members and other interested pro- ducers are invited to attend. Representatives of the Board and Management will be present.
AGRICULTURAL SUPPLIES BOARD
Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
Honourable James G. Gardiner, Ministér
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Among bills introduced into the Provincial Legislature last week on debts, is one entitled the Debt Pro- ceedings Suspension Act, which would, on proclamation by Order-in-Council, put a moratorium into effect, on some classes of debts. A modified mora- torium would also be the effect of the Orderly Payment of Land Debts Act.
Estimating revenues of $20,662,584 and expenses of $20,651,314, the Provincial, Budget was presented to the Legislature last week by Hon. Solon E. Low. There will ‘be no changes in present taxation.
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Mar. 6th.—British and free Nor- wegians make surprise raid on Lofoten Islands, sink 11 Nazi vessels, take 225 prisoners, destroy glycerine plant. Tanks, planes, supplies, follow Nazi troops into Bulgaria. Only 525 British killed in entire African campaign. Nazi planes definitely destroyed durin war lexeont in Mediterranean ares) total 5,346, British 854.
Mar. 7th.—Five Italian’ vessels, totalling 28,153 tons, taken in the capture of Chisimaio, Italian Somali- land, five scuttled, one driven ashore. Sinking of Italian tanker, 6,861 tons, during shelling of Mogadiscio, and destruction of sixteen enemy planes during attack on Malta last week, announced. Nazi supply ship sunk by R.A.F. during raid on Netherlands coast. British destroyer Dainty lost. Nazi troops massed on Turkish and Greek frontiers; Turkish newspapers warn against: accepting Nazi assur- ances. Mines laid by R.A.F. and fleet air arm virtually close Kiel canal. Nazis fine Norwegians on Lofoten Islands, burn property of those aiding British. Nazi bomber shot down in raid on British convoy in North Sea.
Mar. 8th.—-Nazis reported in key ositions in Italian forees; over 100 Nazi officers in French Morocco ac- cording to Madrid report. Heavy raid reported over London, three Nazi bombers brought down over East Coast. 789 civilians killed in air raids on Britain in February, official announcement. Bevin says British industrial production increas- ing steadily. Admiralty states 480 warships to be completed in fiscal year now closing. ussolini again changes Albanian command. _ U.S. Senate passes lease-lend bill, 60 to 31.
Mar. 9th.—-Heaviest air raids since New Year over Britain. New Zealand cruiser sinks Italidn raider, masquer- ading as British vessel in Indian Ocean. Britain refuses Hoover’s pro- posal for soup kitchens in Belgium, says admission foodstuffs into German- held territory “‘false humanitarianism,”
Mar. 10th.—Yugoslavia must join Axis. not merely sign non-aggression pact, say Nazis, according to Belgrade report. U.S.S.R. concentrates troops in Caucasus. Darlan-says Vichy will convoy food ships past blockade.
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Bevin places shipyards labor under control of Admiralty. Admiralty an- nounce sinking Italian submarine Anf- ober Italian cruiser almost certainly sunk.
Mar. 11ith.—Roosevelt signs lease- lend bill, immediately after final pas- sage through Congress; to ask $7,- 000,000,000 tomorrow for aid to dem- ocracies. Sinclair says R.A.F. in last ten months has destroyed 4,250 Ger- man aircraft, 1,100 Italian, British losses fewer than* 1,800. Thailand and French Indo-China sign Japanese peace. Hohenzollern bridge at Col- ogne damaged, fires started in city, docks bombed at Boulogne, Cherbourg, Brest, in R.A.F. raids; three planes fail to return. Portsmith subjected to heavy air attack, seven enemy v%lanes downed. Greeks take 2,500 talian prisoners. Heaviest sea losses since October, 141,314 tons, in week ending March 2nd. U.S. urges Span- ish and Vichy governments show clemency for Spanish prisoners. Four killed, over twenty injured, in bombing of Istanbul hotel, resumably in attempt on life of Geutee Rendel, British minister to Bulgaria.
Mar. 12th.—Churehill thanks U.S. for lease-lend bill, ‘‘new Magna Char- ta.”” Two enemy planes destroyed in heavy air raids over Britain; Buck- ingham Palace again damaged. Bombs dropped in Donegal. Greeks drive back strong Italian attack. Yugo- slavia reported almost ready to accede to Nazi demands. Anzacs sent from England to Middle East.
Mar. 13th.—R.A.F. carries out in- tensive night and day attacks on Berlin, docks and airports from Nor- way to Boulogne; fires started at Kiel naval base; five aircraft missing. Sixteen Nazi planes brought down over Britain during large-scale attack, centering on Liverpool. R.A.F. carries out third successive raid on Rhodes. Admiralty warns straits at south of Red Sea “dangerous to navigation.” Mussolini has been in Albania for week, says Athens report, directing assaults, all driven back by Greeks; Italian losses said over 10,000 killed, wounded and missing, besides 3,500 taken prisoner by Greeks.___Greeks sink Italian submarine. Italian losses in East Africa in three weeks over 31,000; some Italian war prisoners to work on British farms.
Mar. 14th.—U.S. supplies already moving to Britain under lease-lend bill, says Stimson. Alexander warns Britain facing “most crucial stage” of war. British asks U.S. for merchant shipping. R.A.F. delivers smashing blow at Hamburg, sinks Nazi supply ship off Frisians, six planes lost. Liverpool, Glasgow, targets of very heavy Nazi air attack, 11 enemy planes destroyed. R.A.F. downs 14 Italian planes over Greece an Albania; continued Italian attacks unsuccessful.
Mar. 15th.—Four enemy planes downed in night attacks on Glasgow, Liverpool, London; two R.A.F. planes missing after raids on Ruhr objectives. Belgrade reports 100,000 British sol- diers, equipment, landed in Greece; Canadian engineering unit at Gibraltar. Harriman, U.S. special representative on aid to Britain, reaches England.
Nazis execute 15 Netherlanders. U.S. newspaper man arrested in Berlin, charged with espionage. American
‘total effort’’ to be devoted to “‘total victory”, says Roosevelt in radio address; warns Americans sacrifices needed; pledges full aid to Britain and other democracies fighting ‘‘in the front line of civilization.”
Mar. 16th.—-Fresh Australian and New Zealand troops reaching Cairo; reports continue of British troops in Greece; net result Mussolini’s personal
efforts in Albania said by Athens 50,000 men lost. Hitler says no outside help can save Britain. British
enterprise in U.S. sold, 90 per cent of proceeds to go to Government; value said upwards of $100,000,000. Bevin calls for registration all civilians 41 to 45, for war industry; wages of
March 2ist, 1941
The St. Lawrence Waterways agree- ment between Canada and the U.S. was signed Wednesday. It requires ratification by a majority vote of Congress. f
At a recent meeting of Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers in Win- nipeg, J. H. Wesson of Regina was elected president and Lew Hutchinson, Duhamel, vice-president.
The wheat policy has been protested by the three prairie Wheat Pools;
H. Hannam, President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, and E. D. Brunsden, Secretary of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture.
people in industrial training to be raised April Ist.
Mar. 17th.—British recapture Ber- bera, British Somaliland, taken by Italians last August. Rome report (stated may be Vatican) Britain has
warned that if Avhens is bombed, R.A.F. will attack Rome. German liner Bremen on fire, presumably resulting from R.A.F. raid. British
Allied and neutral shipping losses in 18 months of war aggregate nearly 5,000,000 tons. Young British women to be drafted for war work, ‘from drawing-rooms and laundries,’ says Bevin. Thyssen, early supporter of Hitler who later opposed him, has been delivered over to Gestapo by Vichy government. Wendell Willkie may ‘follow Wheeler through U.S. to counter isolationism.
Mar. 18th.—R.A.F. sinks large Nazi supply ship, attacks Nazi ports; one
German plane shot down by anti- aircraft fire over Britain; London quiet. One thousand killed in last
week’s raids on Glasgow, Liverpool. Churchill announces destruction three Nazi U-boats; welcoming new U.S. ambassador, Winant, says Britain and U.S. will share in “solemn and splen- did’”’ duties after victory. U.S. informed German submarine on way to attack shipping along American coast. Yugo- slavia, Italy, sign commercial treaty. Japanese envoy to visit Moscow en route to Berlin and Rome. British, allied and neutral shipping losses week ending March 9th, 98,000 tons. British output of aeroplanes in Febru- ary reaches record.
Mar. 19th.— British take Jijiga, begin advance eastwards in attempt to surround Addis Ababa. _ R.A.F. starts fires at Kiel, batters Wilhelms- haven, oil storage tanks at Rotterdam. Nazis in destructive raid over Hull, one bomber destroyed. Arrival U.S. planes in Greece reported from Bel- grade. Turkey extends martial law. Former premier of Yugoslavia reported exiled after attempt to seize power and join Axis. U.S. votes $3,446,- 000,000 for navy.
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WINNIPEG, March 19th. — Ar- rangements for all its elevator agents to act as collecting agents for scrap iron, in a drive under the slogan “Drop your scrap iron on Berlin”, have been made by the North-West Line Elevators Association. Only expenses to farmers will be freight charges, and all proceeds will be turned over to the Patriotic Salvage Corps. Actual collections will take place between June 15th and July 15th.
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The Western Farm Leader LEGAL DEPARTMENT
By HON. J. E. BROWNLEE, K.C., LL.D.
Replies to Enquiries
Adjustment of Debt
W.H.B.D.—If the Railway Company is your only creditor I think you can make a satisfactory adjustment without recourse to the Farmers’ Creditors Arrangement Act. I would only advise an application under that Act if you have other substantial debts which you are unable to meet.
_ Landowner Owns Gravel
C.¥.—Gravel is not considered a mineral coming within the reservation of minerals to the Crown. I think there is no doubt the owner of the land in question owns the gravel and has the right to dispose of it.
No Law Violated
J.Z.—Your question does not raise a personal legal problem. However no law was broken or violated by any of the proceedings at the .F.A. Convention.
Vendor Can Start Proceedings J.H.— Your Agreement for Purchase
- was made in 1938. You do not there-
fore have the protection of either the Debt Adjustment Act which only
applies to debts created prior to
1936, or the Farmers’ Creditors Ar- rangement Act which applies to debts created betore May,’ 1935. The Ven- dor therefore can commence proceed- ings in Court against you for the can- cellation of your Agreement for Sale unless you comply with its terms and your only protection is such considera- tion as the Court may allow you. As the law now stands in this Prov- ince, I doubt if the Vendor could do very much if you delivered to him a one-third share of the crop less one ear’s taxes, but I think you would e running a risk if you did not do that much. Eligibility for Pension
M.K.8.—An applicant for Old Age Pensions must show that he has resided in Canada for twenty years preceding the date of application and in the Province in which the applica- tion is made for five years preceding the date of application. If your parents now move to British Columbia they would have to live there for five years before becoming eligible for Old Age Pensions.
Money From Estate in U.S.A.
W.A.A.—-There should be no diffi-
culty in getting money from an
estate in the United States of America
where you are a beneficiary of that estate. The delay so far may be entirely due to the necessary pro- ceedings in realizing the estate. If you do not receive any word within a reasonable time, you might arrange to have some solicitor here get in touch with solicitors in Florida to find out what the situation is. Any paid-up subscriber of The West- ern Farm Leader may submit a legal question for answer in this department, free of charge. Replies will not be sent by mail. The subscription to the paper is $1 per year.
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Shows Appreciation of Grave Character.
Our Wheat Problem
Solution ‘‘Cannot Be Postponed” Is View Expressed by British Publication
Showing a clear appreciation of the nature of the problem facing the Canadian wheatgrower, the solution of which it declares ‘‘cannot be postponed’, The K-H News-Letter, (formerly published in London, but
* now temporarily in rural England), contains in its most recent issue to come to hand the following com- ments on Canadian affairs:
The Canadian Prime Minister has cheered British hearts by his recent pronouncements about the growing volume of assistance which the Do- minion is giving to our cause. In almost every aspect, Canada’s war effort is several months ahead of the schedule drawn up in collaboration with British leaders at the beginning of the war, and her effort is expected to reach its maximum by the autumn of this year.
Canada has already far surpassed the important contribution which she made in 1914-18, and in the Dominion, as in this country, popular opinion has tended to outstrip the Government in the demand that the nation’s full resources should be thrown into the struggle. But behind this vast pro- duction of supplies and the training and equipping of men for the fighting services, Canada is faced with two serious problems, one economic, the other constitutional, for which a solu- tion must be found.
The Glut of Wheat
The first of these problems is a glut of wheat. In 1940 the wheat crop was the second largest in the Dominion’s history, amounting to some 550 million bushels in addition to which Canada had an excessive carryover from the
seggnoti year. *The result is that she ©
as greater stocks of wheat on her
hand than at any time in her history, —
while her markets are drastically cur- tailed as the result of the war and a surplus in other wheat producing coun- tries. total supply less domestic requirements and normal carry-over) of the four chief exporting countries for the year 1940-41 is estimated as follows: Can- ada 685 million bushels; U.S.A. 240 million bushels; Argentina 145 million bushels; Australia 135 million bushels. This enormous total of more than 1,200 million bushels amounts to twice the export trade of the preceding year. Solution Cannot Be Postponed
While hundreds. of millions of people in Europe and the Far East are facing a serious food shortage, Canada’s great elevators are filled to capacity, and millions of bushels have had to be stored in community halls, skating rinks and other improvised store- houses throughout the Canadian west. In addition to the problem of storage, these enormous wheat supplies have raised the question of financing the farmers for whose grain no market can be found, and this problem is now causing a good deal of worry to the Dominion and Provincial governments and to the financial institutions. The solution of the problem cannot be postponed much longer.
It is to be hoped that some means may be found by which a considera part of this wheat may one day/ be made available to the peoples of Europe when they have been rid of the Nazi scourge, and to the hungry millions of China, where, even in a normal year, in a great city like Shanghai some 40,000 human beings fall dead in the streets from starvation.
The K-H News-Letter then goes on to discuss the constitutional problem in Canada, in reference to the Rowell- Sirois report.)
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Following an address by M. H.,
Ward, Cluny U.F.A.~ Local was” re- >
organized recently.
The export surplus (that is the .
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“WE CANNOT LET OUR OWN BOYS DOWN”
~ Wheat, in Excess of
Quota, Accepted in
War Services Fund Campaign
Realizing that 50c wheat is unprofitable to the average farmer and that ,cash is a scarce article in rural areas at present, the Southern Alberta War Services Fund organization has made arrangements to take wheat above the farmer’s quota by way of contributions.
Thousands of Alberta boys are in the Cana- . - . dian army, navy and air force. You yourself may have a son, a relative or a friend therein.
For the purpose of bringing a measure of comfort, entertainment, education, sport and relax- ation to these boys, six. separate organizations are engaged in war services work. Their activities do not duplicate or conflict with each other.
The organizations are: the Canadian Legion, Salvation Army, Knights of Columbus, Y.M.C.A., Y.W.C.A. and I.0.D.E. The funds required for this war work must be raised by public subscrip- tion, and the Canadian government is sponsoring a joint national drive for that purpose. $5 1/2 million will be raised in Canada, and Alberta’s
share is $240,000.
You can help by encouraging in your com- munity an organized effort to collect wheat contributions. Such contributions will be ac- cepted in any elevator where there is space and the cash ticket made out to the Canadian War Services Fund. The delivery of wheat for this purpose is permitted in excess of the quota of any farmer and need not be recorded on any permit book.
It is a big undertaking to raise this large sum
for this purpose but ‘‘we cannot let our own boys
down’’. If all join in the effort, success can be
achieved.
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DATES OF DRIVE: MARCH 24th to APRIL 5th.
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Northern Alberta Division... .John Dower, General Chairman
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THE WESTERN
WOMEN, “COMMUNITY HOUSEKEEPING”
Warwick Farm, Edgerton, Alberta.
Dear Farm Women:
I do hope you all heard J. B. Priest- ley’s tribute to women the other night on the radio, or possibly it would be better to say I hope your husbands heard it. I felt it a minor tragedy in the family that mine did not, as he was on his way home from a neighbor’s. As I told him when he arrived, I had been sitting here listening and waiting for the home-coming later of a very humble person!
Naturally,. I agreed with much Mr. Priestley said, although I could not be quite as enthusiastic as-he. I do not mean with reference to the work of the British women today—far from that. They have, as women so often have done in an emergency, shown undreamed of endurance and achieve- ment, and as.I said before, we cannot fail to pay them tribute for their bravery and cheerfulness and _ their willingness to work in any capacity where they can be of service.
How Much Is Our Fault?
I mean I cannot be quite as enthus- iastic over what we do in our ordinary routine as citizens. If I remember correctly, Priestley said something to the effect that politics and economics were really a form of housekeeping at which women were proficient, and he spoke as if they were not given an opportunity to exercise their ability.
o an extent that is so, but how much of the fault lies with us women?
For instance, the other day I had a letter from an old U.F.A. co-worker in which he commented on the munici-
al hospitals which came into being argely because of the U.F.A. It was, however, the intention of those early promoters of the idea, he said, that women should serve on the boards, but he felt that today they were more conspicuous by their absence than their presence and he asked ‘‘Why?”
Now there are probably more mar- ried nurses who have worked in hos-
pitals and are now living in these rural areas than there are men who have had hospital experience, so it is not a subject of which they are totally ignorant.
But where are these representatives to hospital boards elected? Is it not at the annual municipal meetings? How many women make a point of going to these meetings and taking an intelligent, working interest in them? How many attended your annual municipal meeting? To be sure it is another annual gathering which seems to prefer the worst time of year for meeting, but would a fine June day make a difference?
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There are no doubt a larger number of women at the annual school meeting; mothers whose own Tommy or Mary may be directly affected by some regulation made. How many others attend as part of their community housekeeping duty? More do take part in the Provincial and Federal elections on that day, but the papers and radio have been full of the ‘‘game”’ for days, and although we may take a small part, we can at least play the part of good fans, so we go.
Despite the fact that women have the privilege of equal citizenship, have we taken on the responsibility as much as have the nant Do we think of other women as being equally well informed as men on these sub- jects and treat them as if they were? Or are we? Fortunately there are some who have served with distinc- tion in most of our elective public bodies, and in addition there are those who have not achieved the lime- light but are steady, dependable, interested workers. However, if we women are fair, [ think we may well take a goodly share of the blame that we fill so few positions in the Public Housekeeping world.
Yours sincerely, H. ZELLA SPENCER.
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March 2l1st, 1941
18th MARCH, 1940
Now Finland rises from
the blood-stained snow,
Unbowed her head, untarnished still her name. She proudly pays the ransom to the foe
Whose countless legions forged the bitter claim. While still she mourns her dead there is begun
The resctie of the living from the toils Of conquerors advancing that not one
True Finnish heart be numbered with their spoils.
But Finland’s hope is dead. | Beyond the crimson tides that overflow
She cannot see, ©
Defenceless lands, the dawn of liberty When freedom’s hosts have laid the tyrants low. With peace proclaimed she plans defence again Against the faithlessness of fellow-men.
ISA GRINDLAY JACKSON.
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One of the schemes for raising funds. adopted by Warden U.F.W.A., reports Mrs. R. Price, is to hold an auction
at each meeting. No bid may be for
more than 5 cents, but a bidder may: bids as she chooses.’
The successful bidder contributes an article for auction at the next meeting.
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Your Herbaceous Border should have a southern exposure if possible, though a south-east or south-west is also good, states a Department of Agriculture bulletin. In our windy , Province, protection from the pre- vailing west winds is essential. The soil gould be deeply dug; the best method is to dig a trench, lay well rotted manure in the bottom, the top soil next, leaving the bottom soil for the top. This thorough preparation puts the soil in excellent condition to hold moisture. Planting in clumps of about three is recommended, tall plants at the back, of course, medium next, and low growing plants at the front. Annuals can be used to good advantage to fill gaps—clumps_ of gladioli are excellent for the middle places. After planting and watering, apply a liberal amount of rotted manure which will be worked into the soil by hoeing occasionally through — the summer. In the fall, all old growth should be removed, and the soil dug and again top dressed with manure.
For Each Adult in your family you should provide, each week the follow-
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THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
CALGARY
Report Great Interest Shown in Co-operative Farm Implements Plan
Widespread interest has been shown by the farm people at a large number of meetings in Alberta to consider the co-operative buying of farm imple- ments, through Co-operative , Imple- ments, Ltd., Norman F. Priestley, Alberta Vice-President of» the Co- operative, stated on his return to Calgary from meetings addressed by George E. Church and himself.
Started Early March
Early in March they attended meetings at Edmonton-Wetaskiwin and Ponoka, when under the auspices of
the Alberta Co-operative Wholesale and local farm co-operatives, three speakers from Saskatchewan dealt
with the form of organization now being effected in Saskatchewan and Manitoba under the new company. They were H. L. Fowler, president of the C.C.I.L., James McCaig, president Saskatchewan Co-operative Wholesale, J. Adams, secretary Kindersley-Rose- town C.C.I.L. Co-operative. Com- mittees of three farmers at each of these meetings was set up and will be called together by Edward Peterson, Wetaski- win, one of the directors of the C.C.I.L.
Messrs. Priestley and Church later addressed a rally of six U.F.A. Locals at Drumheller; a meeting of Airdrie
: and meeting of 55 farmers at Rocky Coulee school, the last named being the first of a series mainly on U.F.A. organization and co-operative buying of farm implements to be held in the Lethbridge district in the near future. Another meeting was held at South Macleod. Rally of U.F.A. Locals in area east of Lethbridge will be held on Tuesday evening, April Ist, at Readymeade School.
Full Discussion First
It is believed on the part of officials of the farm movement in Alberta, states Mr..Priestley, that time must be taken for securing information and full discussion of the problems involved, before any attempt is made in-~this Province to solicit share capital and set up the district co-operative asso- ciations which are necessary for the control of C.C.J.L. and the handling of implements in Alberta. Last re- from Saskatchewan _ indicate that in Saskatchewan and Manitoba over $70,000.00 has been subscribed in share capital. Officials state this is a good beginning, but much work must be done before the organization is definitely launched into business.
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When the annual meeting of the Alberta Co-operative Council was held in Red Deer last July, and the constitution was widened to permit memberships of farm organizations other than those of a strictly co-op- erative nature, the membership total stood at 18 organizations.
There are-now 41 organizations affiliated with the Alberta Federation and it is anticipated several others will join shortly since the question has been before annual meetings of their members.
The presentation made to the Prime Minister of Canada and members of his Cabinet at Ottawa, January 27th, by a delegation - representing the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, on which this Province was adequately represented, has been published in pamphlet form entitled, ‘Manifesto of the Canadian Farmer’. | This booklet is available for distribution, and copies may be had by sending a card to the Alberta Federation of Agriculture, 525 Lougheed Building, Calgary.
Alberta agriculture will have three representatives on the Alberta division of the Western Canadian Food Dis- tribution Council, organized at a meeting in Calgary on February 24th. Secretary of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture was elected as _ vice- chairman of the Western Canadian body at the meeting in question. The Council will undertake a study into the economic position of Western Canada’s farmers at a meeting to be held within the next few weeks at Saskatoon. George Bickerton, presi- dent of the United Farmers of Canada (Saskatchewan: section), in collabora- tion with officers of the Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia Feder- ations of Agriculture, is responsible for preparing the case.
Endorsing the Canadian War Ser- vices Fund campaign, which begins on Monday next, March 24th, the Governor-General accepted the invi- tation to himself and to Princess Alice to be patrons of the fund. The com- bined appeal seeks to raise $5,500,000 to carry on war services of the Cana-
dian Legion, Salvation Army, Knights of Columbus, Y.M.C.A., I.0.D.E. and Y.W.C.A.
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Canada’s Wheat Competitors
Wheat exporting States in the U.S.A. are now making special efforts to improve the quality of their wheat, hoping to compete with Canada on world’s markets after the war. We, too, therefore, must make special.efforts to hold our own. The use of more Registered and Certified seed will certainly improve our wheat
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World Wheat Situation
a LEONARD D. NESBITT Superintendent of Publicity Alberta Wheat Pool
The Canadian visible supply of wheat on March 14th totalled 486,- 395,125 bushels. A fairly substantial flow of wheat into export channels was reported, but the season’s total export is 20 million bushels behind last year’s figures. Not including exports of wheat flour and shipments to the United States, Canada has exported 73.5 million bushels of wheat in the first 32 weeks of the current crop year, which commenced August Ist, 1940.
Movement From Farms
The movement of wheat from the farms has been continuing in substa®- tial volume. Last week the total reached close to five million bushels, and the aggregate for the season reached 330.5 million bushels. The small volume of exports and heavy primary deliveries keeps the visible figures high.
The Canadian Government has de- cided to limit deliveries of wheat from the 1941 crop to 230 million bushels. The price will revert to 70c a bushel, basis One Northern at the terminal, on August Ist. The farmers should see that their surplus wheat is delivered by that date. Farm storage will be paid on the new crop on the same basis as on the 1940 crop, namely lc for every 45 days.
U.S. Wheat Prices
United States wheat prices continue fairly strong, which is somewhat surprising in view of the anticipated record-breaking carryover at the year- end.. (380 million bushels), and the excellent prospects for the 1941 winter wheat crop.
Spring weather has come to Europe, and the damage to the winter wheat crop will soon be ascertainable. It is surprising to note Broomhall’s siate- ment that the European wheat acreage is several million acres larger than last year. Nevertheless, the European crop will be small because of the bad winter weather.
Argentina is pushing exports and is sending substantial quantities of wheat to Britain and Spain.
The entire wheat situation in Canada and in all the exporting countries is in a bad mess. No real solution may be expected until the war ends.
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Dairy Market
Prices have advanced to the full
extent of the pegged price and Montreal is quoted at 35, Toronto 35 and Win- nipeg 33. Local first grade prints are 34c and apecia: grade butterfat 32c. Creamery butter on hand at March 1, 1941, is given at 18,415,000 pounds as compared with 23,368,000 pounds last year leaving a shortage of stock on hand of about 5,000,000 pounds at resent. Production, on the other and, is considerably up in Alberta, showing an increase of 19.3 per cent for the week ending March 1! and Ontario production was up 1.48 per cent for the.same week.
Nelson S. Smith, member for the Provincial constitu- ency of Olds, was fatally hurt last week in a highway mishap, and died on Saturday.
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The Alberta Legislature last week voted down a resolution proposing re-convening of the Rowell-Sirois con- ference.
Enlarge Store
It has been found necessary to en- large the U.F.A. Co-operative store in Calgary which was opened only last August. The partition at the back of the store has been moved back 36 feet, giving an additional 1,152 square feet of floor space. This, the management states, will permit of greater departmentalization and more adequate display of the various lines
handled by the store. : «
March 2ist, 1941
Livestock Markets Review
CALGARY STOCKYARDS, Mar. 19th.—The market has been slow with prices slightly lower. Good butcher steers are $8 to $8.50, common to medium $6.75 to $7.75; good heifers
$7.50 to $8,) common to : medium $6.25 to $7.50; medium good fed calves $7.75 to $8.50, top $8.75;
good cows $5.75 to $6.50, common
to medium $3.25 to $5.50; canners and cutters $2.50 to $3.25. Good bulls are $5.50 to $6, common _ to
medium $4 to $5; good choice vealers $9.50 to $10, common to medium $6 to $9; common good stocker and feeder steers $6 to $7.75. Hogs are $10.10 to $10.20 Bl at yards and plants.
EDMONTON STOCKYARDS, Mar. 19th.—-Trading has been slow with steady to a little lower prices. Good. to choice fed calves are $7.75 to $8.50; good to choice steers $7.75 to $8.50, common to medium $4.50 to $7.50; good to choice heifers $7 to $7.75, common to medium $3.50 to $6.75. Good cows are $5 to $6, common to medium $3 to $4.75; canners and cutters $3 down; good bulls $5 to $5.50.. Good feeder steers are $6.50 to $7.50, heifers $6 down and cows $4.75 down; good to choice handyweight calves $9 to $10. Hogs are steady at $7.75 liveweight, $10.10’ dressed at plants with good to choice handyweight lambs $9 to $9.50, handy- weight sheep $7.50 down and ewes $4.50 down. : ler
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Validity of an act passed by the Leg- islature on Friday last, to suspend for sixty days legal proceedings challeng- ing the constitutionality of the Debt Adjustment Act, will be reviewed by the Alberta Appéal Court on March 26th. On Saturday the Debt Adjust- ment Act: was declared ultra vires by the Supreme Court of Alberta, Mr. Justice O’Connor ruling that it invaded the field of irsolvency already fully — occupied by the Bankruptcy Act and the Farmers’ Creditors’ Arrangement Act.
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By SYDNEY MAY Hello, Folks!
News dispatch says that Mussolini is keeping the Italian people in the dark. Ah, Rome-in the gloamin’, what.
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Ald. Rose Wilkinson of Calgary wants reporters, barred from Reliet Committee meetings. And what a relief that would be for some aldermen we could name.
Speaking of rioting in HoHand, J.T.M. rises to remark that one of these days the Nazis will find them- selves in Dutch.
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Yep, and though the invaders. have wrecked the Dutch bulb fields, the flower of that nation still -flourishes.
BEET THIS ONE ‘‘Baker Heads Beet Growers” —headline. Now all that is needed is for a Beet grower to head the Bakers. | |
According to the papers; the United States has frozen Bulgarian funds. That doesn’t matter much. The Rome-Berlin-Tokio Axis had already put the country On ice.
‘‘Troops Learn Bridge Game’’— headline. And that may explain why the R.A.F. is continually trumping Hitler's | aces.
GOSH! IS THAT ALL ‘*The bride has chosen as her going away costume a smart black hat.” —Altlantic City Press. And little as that is it is enough to cause a lot of trouble. nc
Dorothy Dix says.that 30 is the
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According to* Dr. Henri Pieron, noted scientist, ‘‘pinpricks travel slow- ly to the brain.” MHe’ll probably change his ideas if he ever sits on a tack.
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Fashion note indicates that this summer bathing suits for the fashion- able gals will be made of velvet. We should worry. Li’l Goldilocks, our office vamp, looks pretty smooth in the other kind.
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DESIRE AT DUSK
Through deepening dusk I heard a woman singing,
Her voice was lilting as the pattering’
rain; And all the little leaves bent down to listen — I held my breath to catch the sweet refrain.
The song she sang was just a lullaby, A drowsy little tune of \her own
making; » And, misaenly, without quite knowing why,
I found tears in my eyes; my heart was breaking. ;
Could I but be a neepy woman singing, Though lowly all my homely tasks
might be; Could I but nurse my baby in the twilight, My life would seem so beautiful to me.
—ELLEN BETTY.
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Strange as it may sound, says Knotty Frankie, a good wife makes a fine husband.
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It seems almost too much to expect, but someday the guys who are mis-running the C.B.C. news service will discover that listeners would like. to hear the news.
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Sometimes, says the Bad Egg from Crow’s Nest, it’s hard to tell whether fools make money or money makes fools. rs
ISN’T THIS TERRIBLE
Communication from Mister Gloom declares that the price of liquor in Alberta, compared with other’ Prov- inces, is so high he feels in-TAX-icated by merely smelling a cork.
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Li’] Goldilocks, our office vamp, tells us that a man with a past is only interesting when a girl can be
sure it is past. * *
Incidentally, we may. add, Goldi- locks is not interested in this column. +. *
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS
Mary of Carbon says that next fall she intends to send us a bouquet on our birthday. We’re not surprised. She has already sent in her subscription to this great family journal in order to secure her premium of gladiolus bulbs. — : * +
You may find knowledge in books, but wisdom you have to discover for yourself. he
THREE NO TRUMPS. —_— ——_- ——_—- ——_ Con-r— ”
New U.F.A. Locals include:
Mill Creek, south of Edmonton, organized by William Runte; 8S. V. Sandberg, president, and L. A. Job secretary.
Eastervale, near Hughenden; Stew- art Wright president and H. 8. Wight secretary. me,
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In the course of a Western tour, the Governor-General and Princess Alice will visit Edmonton on March 26th and 27th, and Calgary on April
2ist and 22nd.
HAMBLEY Electric Chicks
Whether you live in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta or B.C., Hambley can give you good ser- vice on Pure Bred-to-Lay Chicks all hatched from Government- Approved and Blood-Tested Stock. Place your order with cash in full direct from this ad- ~ vertisement, or write for Free Illustrated Catalogue.
100% Arr. Gtd. .., Man, Sask. Alta. a: Se ee eee 100 $11.25 $12.00 $11.75 Wr ENON Racikcccascecune 50 5.90 6.50 6.25 Ws MN iki cewccisuans 25 3.00 3.60 3.25 iL ae 100 24.00 24.00 24.00 Fs 50 12.50 12.50 12.50 98 Accuracy...........) 25 6.25 6.25 6.25 W. L. Cockerels............100 3.00 3.00 3. Barred Rocks ........--- 100 12.75 13.25 13.75 Fg walle eee eer eee 50 ‘6.75 7.00 7.25 B, Minorcas.---. -.------ ) 2% 380 3.76 3.7 Bitte PONG iscicuees cde 100 19.00 20.00 21.00 Hamp. Pullets.........-.} 50 10.00 10.50 °11.00 98 Acc. Gtd.___- ‘ 25 5.25 6.50 656.50 i War SO csccwaeule R j
B. Orpingtons............--100 Wi WHOORR occ ccusecs oon, b- 100 13.50 13.50 May 10 reduce 1c Chicks, Pullets 2.
HAMBLEY R.0.P. SIRED CHICKS Our Portage and Brandon Hatcheries will pro-
duce only R.O.P. Sired Chicks for 1941. ‘ Per 100 | Mar.to Pul- May 11 Pul- i May 10 lets June 10 _ lets.
a 14.75 22.00 13.75
15.50 25.00 14.50 23.00
HAMBLEY’S CHICK ZONE A Teaspoconful per gallon of water sterilizes, cleanses tiny digestive tract. Keeps Chicks healthy and thriving. 6-02. 35c; ppd.; 12-02. 65c ppd; 40-0z. $1.00 Collect; Half Gallon $1.25 Collect.
J. J. HAMBLEY HATCHERIES 607-1st St. E., Calgary 10132-99th St., Edmonton Winnipeg, Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon
PROVINCIAL HATCHERIES
Now occupying our New Building
Hatching and Sexing Every Monday and Thursday
ROBINSON’S Provincial Quality Chicks, Sexed Pul- lets and Cockerels from ilocks consisting of two and three year old hens—sired to Spe- cial Government Approved Pedigree Cockerels from trap nested hens with records of 200 eggs and better behind them. Costs no more to buy the best.
REAL COMMERCIAL VALUE March and April Delivery Per 100 Per 100 White Leghorns__.....-.'...- $13.75 Pullets $26.00 Barred Rocks, Rhode Island “° Reds, New Hampshires _.__ 15.75 Pullets 23.00 Buff Orvingtons. _.-__.....-- 15.75 Pullets 25.00 Substantial reductions in 500 and 1000 lot orders. Standard Quality $2.00 per 100 less than above prices. Free Colored Catalogue and Entry Form on Big Poul- try Contest—Send for ’ hota You may win 100 free icks.
PROVINCIAL HATCHERIES
10639-101st ST., EDMONTON Phone 25734
C. A. ROBINSON
Johnson’s Special Quality Chicks, selected hens mated to pedigreed males. 97% accuracy on pullets guaranteed. Prices for March and April delivery:
100 100 White Leghorns_$13.75 Pullets $26.00 Barred Rocks ___ 15.75 Pullets 23.00 New Hampshires 15.75 Pullets 23.00 Rhode Isd. Reds 15.75 Pullets 23.00 Standard Quality Chicks $2.00 per
hundred below prices quoted.
Send for tileetrated catalogue.
R. S. JOHNSON’S HATCHERY
10172 - 98th STREET, EDMONTON, Alta.
Strong Creek U.F.A., near Roma, passed a resolution at their last meet- ing asking for a pegged wheat price of $1 for the first 1,500 bushels; or, alternatively, equalization of freight rates on wheat.
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* I March 2ist, 1941 THE WESTERN FARM LEADER (95) 15 4 } + ; $—Cont. MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE /% pty Be gh Nn CLASSIFIED SECTION | POs nad at lili SELECT VIGO-PEP CHICKS eum Price: 3 cents per word per insertion; 5 insertions for the price of 4; 9 in- "a ae ry Rees ale St Cuan trom pedieres males cost ne girs BUT sertions for the price of 7; 13 insertions for the price of 10. Tobacco 65¢ Ib. or 2 lbs. $1. Agents GIVE BETTER Repose kage bene Terms: Cash in advance. eae G. Dubois, 374 Clarence improved strain ghorns. ‘oult T a. Guide booklet and catalogue contains muc . rr > Ne alte FARM MACHINERY HELP WANTED—FEMALE) Ot afoih Cream Separator, sternless, steel, er 100 . ay ———eeeceenenseenaeneneeeeenstiseeeeeeenetesteenesllaseateetennsnsineecseetesse lete with stand, i 0 lbs. Chicks May | Pull. May 15 Pull. 8-4 CULTIVATOR SHOVELS to fit all makes: | AMBITIOUS WOMEN WANTED—MANY Sour, . ‘Terms Tt tiered On. view Pat Leghorns....:. $11.75 $24.00 $10.75 $22.00 8 inch 59c; 10 inch 64c; 11-1/2 inch 69c; positions Peo Pleasant, steady, bigger Southern Alberta Dairy Pool, 706 11th Leg. Goukerels.: BOO cc, SB sens 14 inch 84c; delivered Soe ehiltane Tae tae eee eve, 5, Calgary, or write Western Farm ion i u : ure free. i : B. Rocks, R.I. Reds, agli hg g & Marvel Beauty Academies, 10114 Jasper ee
Hampshires...13.75 21.00 12.75 20.00 Wyandottes..... 15.00 24.00 14.00 22.00 Heavy Cock’ls..10.00 .... 10.00 ....
100% live husky chicks and satisfaction guaranteed on delivery.
from critcible type plow Ave. Bdmonton. NURSERY STOCK
share steel, excellent choanails cupplied over HELP WANTED---MALE $1.00 and $1.50 NURSERY SPECIALS
four western provinces —————————————————
with excellent satisfac- MEN WANTED—PAY WHILE LEARNING FOR $1.00 WE WILL SEND EXPRESS prepaid any one of the following—100 Cara-
tion. Order now before Barbering. Good, steady, pleasant work. price advance. Catalogue Free. Write Moler System,
gana 6/10 inch; 4 Virginia Creeper, two year; two Hansen bush cherry, four year; six black
SUCCESS AUTOMATIC LAND LEVELLER 10175-100A Street, Edmonton. CO. LTD. currants, two year or one flowering crab 5/6
DEALERS WANTED || "te
the oases Gar mountain ash, 7/8 feet; two ata or a plums, three year; or two If E pe are between 25 and 50, dependable Osman or Dolgo. crabs, three year.
and ambitious, we are at present in a position
to offer you the opportunity to get established
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THE LACOMBE NURSERIES There are several good localities open‘ for
Lacombe, Alberta men with the right qualifications, and who have a suitable travel outfit, to sell Watkins’ high quality staple articles and farm necessities direct to the home. For full particulars, write: .
THE J. R. WATKINS CO.
ALBERTA ELECTRIC HATCHERIES
2417D 1A St. S.E., Calgary
BABY CHICKS, INNISFAIL ELECTRIC Medicine Hat
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THE HOME OF THE WHITE LEGHORN _ tral Tractor Wrecking Company, Boone, eon as hae aan” ai ea quality, today from breeders who have qcygHIONED RUBBER TRACT shipped chicks to the prairies for twenty for Steel wheeled tractors “Rebuilt 8256 years with good results. Prices per hundred Truck Tires $12.00; 440 and 450-21 each accbe” thee ack On oe” aon oo. $3.50. Bennett's | 30x344 each $4.00
.00. ter ri th, Pullets .00, ae hie ’ “Sabha Mixed $10.00. Cockerels $2.00. Leghorn —Hodgson Rubber Co., Moose Jaw, Sask. Hampshire cross at same price. Moffett GRAIN ELEVATOR FOR LOADING OR Bros., Cloverdale, B.C. unloading trucks, capacity 800 bus. per
go price he ae i cal * hae
off approximately extra. amson O-
BATTERIES tar od Weeder Ltd., Calgary, Alta.
PATENT ATTORNEYS W. 8ST. J. MILLER, M.E.LC., (REGIS:
tered, Can. and U.S.)—Advice free and confidential. Expert drafting. 710-3rd St. W., Calgary.
LAS WINNIPEG. RURAL DEPT. H. Send f full ABC BATTERIES FOR ALL MAKES OF GARDEN SEEDS P A + E N iy S information THE RAMSAY COMPANY
cars, farm lighting plants and radios. Alberta Batter Ltd., 420-426 .- am pe a | LEGAL Reasetered Patent. Attorneys
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ua Central Co-operative Association Drug Sundries. Special offer 28 assorted ill health. H. J. W. Lipsett, 638-7th Ave, odits Gwen Ghee” Weta tar ae West, Calgary.
WI LL ‘" Double strength $3.00. Write for new roger Pass Louskond low price list. Standard Distributors, Building, Calgary. Solicitor for the UF A. Box 72, Regina, Sask.
+ pa Office and Southern Alberta dis- wen REGAIN PEP, VITALITY, TAKE . Vitex. 25 tablets $1.00. Guaranteed Pereonal Sundries 24 for $1.00. Box 324,
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upon request. pop retains prias Contest = ———————— 1 gross for $2.50. Married women’s sup-
EMPIRE CLEANING AND DYEING CO, FLOWER Estimating Contest included with each lies also. Novelty Rubber Mfg. Co.,
an ee se kuaes new Seed Catalegue. Send for your copy today. ept. M, Hamilton, Ontario.
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will recetve, post kets of McPAYDEN'S Vegetable ACKET of Flower Seeds, containing over 60 varieties, and «
Write for our low prices and save money.
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Bldg., Calgary. \ JOHN DEERE BLOG WINMIPEG MR Ae 450 EDMONTON, ALBERTA U.F. Locals, Socials, Concerts, Dances, ete.
RELIABILITY AND SERVICE mutter wrappers, eoudry an literature,
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improved farms on NEW EASY TERMS.
r Large areas in Alberta and Saskatchewan Registered and Certified 4 “BUY DIRECT AND SAVE”. J open for settlement. For full particulars Lumber, Shingles, Sash and Doors. Direct averane iota, Tha. Goldet Bule i Gus
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tions. Blueprint Plans Free with orders. Direct Lumber and Millwork Co., Van- SEED
couver, SSIS Wisteria gS liked: Sp. cxcncae ies Lae aa te ieee a SAVE MONEY PURCHASING DIRECT °OMMEROCIAL GRIMM ALFALFA SEED— from mill. “Lumber, shingles, windows, 200i." astrato-b. Cherhill, Alta, Pembina doors, municipal planking, piling. “ Valley Co-operative, H. E. Bronson, Jr.,
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| | ( ey a DELTA ELECTRIC LTD, 1002 ist STREET SPECTACLES FOR SALE | | West, Calgary. Phone M4550 for Magneto Wiry pay $10 FOR SPECTACLES WHEN in Manitoba, |
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Canada’s new Governor-General, the Earl
of Athlone, and H.R.H. Princess Alice, are rapidly making themselves familiar with many aspects of the life of our people in war-time. In the fpicture, left, Princess Alice is seen during 4 recent visit to Toronto, where a group of tiny children, some of them evacuated. from Britain since the
Manpower from tadie Swells Anti-Nazt
Troops from India have already played an important role in the fighting in Africa. _ They are taking part in the campaign which is sealing the doom of Mussolini’s East Afri- can Empire, after giving fine service in Libya. Some may be available to assist in meeting Hitler’s challenge in'the Near East; and if the spotlight of conflict is turned to the Far East. large numbers
Printed for The Western Farm Leader at the office of the Albertan Job Preas Limited, 312-8th Avenue East, Calgary, Alberta
: THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
iM, Cd - %s [ Fae gee ESS a ee. . ee owed
March 2ist, 1941.
Governor-General and Princess Study Canada at War
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bombings began, smiled and curtsied as she talked to them: As the older war guest came forward to shake hands with the Princess, one-or two of the smaller children mimicked their elders. The Governor-Gen-
-eral is show, right, during a visit to the
plant of General Motors at Oshawa, where gun tractors and military vehicles are made.
may participate there. Burma, a former
‘ Province of India, borders on Thailand and
French Indo-China. Malaya, Singapore and
the Netherlands East Indies are not far away. The peace-time strength of the Indian
army, excluding British troops, is 160,000
men. This number is being expanded to
500,000, and more than 100,000 recruits have
already been trained, while additions are Ww
artime Scenes---Canada and an Empire Frontier
The Earl watches David Nothaft, inspector on the assembly line, apply a gauge. During this visit the Princess, who accompanied the Governor, sent 15,000 lbs. of préssure down on a piece of steel by pressing a but- ton, and later examined with interest the finished product.
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Armed Forces
being made at the rate of 12,000 to 15,000 per month. Some 60,000 are serving over- seas in the United Kingdom, Middle East, Aden and Malaya. . Many of the best warriors come from India’s northwest frontier, extend- ing up to the Khyber pass, (above), which is shown patrolled by British tanks. British
forces are there, and Indians, many of them
under British officers.
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