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B District

z= convention of Distriet B. Farmers In-
® stitues and locnl farmers, visited the
Wim. Sproule farm on Saturday at the
noo hour to see the work that has
been necomplismihed at the illustration

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THE OMINECA HERALD, WEDNES

DAY, JULY 11, 1934

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NO.

About seventy-five delegates ta the!

farm during the past year, Great. in-
terest wus shown in the various plots
and the manner in which the soil and
the erops had heen treated. J. M.
Straight, superintendent of the Bxper-
imental Farm at Saanichton, Vancoi-
ver Island, and R. M. Hall, sperinten-
dent of experimental stations in the
provinee, gave addresses. «In due time
n basket Iimch was served and the
Inmerning proved to be very profitable.

The delegates got together fn the at-
ternoan. about 3 oclock in the ~ bihg
hall and took up matters that were of
special interest to farmers, There ap-
reared to be considerable disappoint-
meut beenuse the resohitions passed
sul forwarded to the advisory board
nf Yeut azo never reached the legislatur
and) consequenty never acted upon.
Most of these resolutions were so iimn-
tortant that they were. passed on
tu the advixory board, Among the re-
solutions were one asking that tle con-
tracts be given through the farmers
fustitutes, and Win. Little of Wood-
cock advocated that an inerense of 5c
ov 10c a tie be requested, Forestdale
Institute wants a lower rate on beef
und mat products. The farmers still

* want the privilege of working out the

current taxes, as well as
‘faxes until such tlme as the market

delinquent

tov farm produce is. normal.

When the matter of 2 refrigerator
plant at "Prince Rupert came up some
valuable information was given by the

dairy commisioner, Mr. Rives. who ad-|-

vised that considerable stuilgbe given
the subject, and he also sugested that
the use of ice be given consideration.
as lee was easily obtained, He did not
think that a half ton plant was any-
where near sufficient.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture J,
B. Munro of Victorin, who was present
pointed out that the new Dominion
Marketing Act could be taken advan-
age of to solve the problems of -the
furmers in the interior. He pointed
out that that act was very broad and
aiinost anything could be done under
if to assist the farmers. He was quite
sure this act would he of great benefit
fa the locel farmers ond be recom.
mended that the institutes approach
the Dominion government,

The Marketing Act then came in for
# goad denl of diseusston, A. couple
of vopies were in the hinds of the de-
puty ininister and the local member,
EK, 'T. Kenney, But: as ther hud just
received those caples neither of them
wits prepared to discuss the act to any
extent. Both admitted that lt was a
soo sommd act. Mr,’ Kenney did not
think he would agree with all the de-
tails. Mr, Munro pointed out one or
two of the important clanses and ask-
ed that he be given until the evemng
to study the act and he would refer to
It in his speech in the evening,

A motion was moved by Win. Little
expressing appreciation of the very
valuable services of the seeretury, Don
Sutherland, a

Chas. Killer of Tetkwa Was neain
chosen as president with J. G, Donald-
son as Vice president and D, Suther-
lind ag secretary trehsurer, Mr, Kil-
er was chosen to again Yepresent the
tlistrict on the advisory board,

The secretary, Mr, Sutherland @ave
the farmers quite a talking ‘to about
the marketing of thelr produce. He
nuwintained that the Interlor could get

und hold the Pree Rupert market it}

the farmers would ship what was de-
sired by the market, ship it regularly

B. Farmers Meet
Want Tie Contracts and
To Work out Taxes Due)

and according to vrade and quality,
aud in approved puckages. These fea-
tuves did not require a Marketing Act
although the Act was going to be a
big help, but the main job was up Co
the farmers to supply the market, not
just once in a while, with no attention

Army Planes _
Can Use Field
Mission Point

Two scout phines of the American
Army Abr Force seeking. out landing
fields through Canada suitable for the
air armada which is to leave Wash-
ineton shortly for Alaska, urrived at
Smithers field on Friday and after re-
maining there for a day or so went on
to the Mission Point field at Hazelton

to grade or quality, but to keep up a
steady flow of good stuff.

Lots of Work
All are Happy
| Over in ltaly

Antonio Sartori, for miiny years a
resident of Hazelton, but of late yeurs
making Smithers his home towa, paid
a visit to his old haunts the end of the
past week, List winter Tony spent
ip Italy, his birth place and where he
spent his young manhood, coming to
Candi twenty years ago. Tis fori-
er home is in the northern part of
tiny and that section was in the heavy
bavt of the war. Tremenduous dam-
ge was done by the invading German
troups nud the country bad te be re-
built. Mven today, with a large popu-
lation, unexploded shels are dug up
py the farmers. Whenever a shell is
encountered a soldier is sent for to
tuke it away as many people have
been’ killed by them since the war.
be nude on the reads and while grso-
old, county and was. surprised to find
Lso inany modern: devises In use. The
country is largely electrified, anda
great Intny in-the country have radios
Irrigation is practised and a very few
acres sufices to maintain o family.
There is no such thing us govern-
ment relief. or very few soldier pen-
sions, Anyone taking a pension doey
net zet a job and as the job is the
_ hotter pay most of the men take the
job, Ph people hare to take care of
themselves—-these who have give to
those who have not.

The Fascist form of government ts
working satisfactorily od the head of
the government is honest and he in-
sists on honesty mnong the entive civil
arvlee. ‘The least act of dishonesty
ments ingtart dismissal. :

There is lots of work and everyone
is happy. Jobs for a great many are
povided by nu control over the extent
to which machinery is use, or allowed
‘nto the country.

One of the things which struck Tony
Was the wonderful roads they have.
Dirt reads are a thing of the past. 1%
has beer found that two feet of erush-
ed rock and sand, with the sand later
wished off, nnd then a ter finish is
the most serviceable rond. It is eas
ier to keep in renur and hardly effects
ones fires at all, Gert speed is to
ho maede on the ronds, and while gaso-
line prices, ave high their cars run up
to 100 miles per grt. The trn¢ks that
curry fifteen to twenty tons, make 40
to 60 aniles per end, ' :

While in the ok) conutry Toney also
visited France. Austria and Germany:
He traveled over the Canadian Na-
tional and speaks in the highest terms
of the service thronghout the entire
trip, even the offices In Ttaly and in
Frenuce the service is very food. He
experlencd no trouble at any point,

The members und ndberents of the
Wntlted chureb and. Sunday sehool of
New Huzelton tre to plenic at Lwo
Mile on Thursday for the purpose of

rare
The Cannda thistle “is not a native

ister Mr. O. Grondaht and family.

of Canada. It was imported ‘from! the

Huropein comitries,

getting acquainted with the new min-|.

Sunday morning, They remained at
that point til Monday when they

preceeded north. The two plies
with wWlets Capt. Hoyt und Cape.

Bolin. "Shey were ecompumied — by
Corp, Hoffman spd Pra. Crouse.
Phe giders did not cont der the field
if Smithess, or rhe one at Mazelton
‘core Wig enongt fo aeeommodite (as
Cazen hig phines, and if ix nut likely
thait the gmmada will be ronted this
was. vuless if is divided.

The two army panes from the Am-
erican army that left Mission Point on
Mone@ay for Alaska, ran into a bad
snow and vain storm near 8th cabin
nid lad ta put back to Hazelton, As
reported above, these planes are scout-
ing for good fields for the armada and
in speaking of the Mission Point field
expressed entire satisfaction - with it,
and suid that if the armada planes
wished to land nt this point they can
do so. There is plenty of room and
no ubstacles. The two machines that
were here took off in just half the
length of the field,

an inspector of airplane fields is on
his way from Vancouver to inspect the
Mission Point field in the interests of
the Dominion association. Sinee the

Marketing Act
J. | B. Munro

“Tn the evening there was a fair at-
tendpnece at.the public meeting and the
chair was taken by President J. C.
Killer, Mr, EL M. Straight was the
first spenker and he gave the people
of Telkwa a broad hint that they were
negelecting a great opportunity and a
erent privilege in not adding thelr own
‘efforts to those of nature in beautify -
ing the town and its surroundings. He
(ia not advoente buying quantities of
flewers and shrubs from the nursev-
ies. Thnt was not necessary when 30
great a virlety of wonderful flora was
to de had in the hills and dules in any
direction one wished to gave. He
pointed out that every flower was a
weed in some é¢onntry, and what might
he considered weeds here, by  trans-
ine and-enltivating and fertilizing. the
beautiful flower developed, He made
i plen to the residents of Telkwn to
add to what nature had alrendy to
make this an attractive spot for them
selyes and for the traveller. It was
ensys needed no money, lut just labor
and some fertilizer. He gave some In-

tivation methods. _

Dairy Commissioner Rive guve the
farmers quite a different slant on the
mode of living. He who lived off the
country, as so many of the pioneers
did te a great extent, coukl get by, but
he must be patient as that sort’ of sa
life was slow. He instanced the beef
animal It did not develop for three

local field wos inereased in size and
other improvements’ made, it ‘is. one of
the better fields and it is expected it
will be recognized as one of the Do-
mninion fields in future.

LAYING MIXTURE FOR POULTRY

In a very short tine everyone witb
sine chickens will want to know what
ire the best mixtures to feed for early
eres and for most eexs. Here nre’ two
ut three rations that have been proven
#OUG —

No. 1—Mash—100 pounds bran, 100
of middungs or (200 pounds — finely
ground wheat in place of bran and
mhiddlings) 100 vf ground corn, 100 of
frou oats. 50 pounds fish.menal or
heat serap and 83 pounds salt,

Serateh grain—200 pounds evacked
corn, 200 Ihs, wheat and 100 of ‘oats.

No. 2—Mash—i100 pounds ground
wheat, 100 ground barley or oats, 100
pounds ground corn, 50 ponds — fish
meal or meat scraps, 2 pounds salt.

Seruteh grain—i00 pounds wheat
100 pounds barley 100 pounds oats,

No. $—-naish—100 pounds tran, 100
pounds xround wheat or harley, 100
pounds ground cats, 50 pounds fish
meal or meat euep and 2 pounds salt.

Seratch grain—100 pounds whent,
100 pounds erucked corn nnd 100 Mhs,
of onts,

The most satisfnetory method of
ferding mush is to keep it in hoppers
constantly before the flock. However
it may le fed moistened and table
scraps, if availilde, may be conven-

leatly utulized by mixing them with
the nish,

TO MAKE CHEESE AT HOME

Dairy Commissioner Rives when on
i visit to the Francois an Ootsa Lake

.| disttlets recently suggested to them

that they go in for making domestie
theese, A good deal of profit can be
made In this way by those residing far
off the beaten tracks -and it may bea
great ‘lienefit to: those “people who
would find a -ready market for thelr
cheese nmong. the. prospectors and the
other people going throtigh-that part
of the country. Domestic cheese is
hot hard to make and it ts’ very popu-

yer tunong those who have enten it,

or four years if it had to depend en-
tirely on the native forage. _ There is
something’ licking ‘in native forage.
The nhimal fed on grains and in the
moadern Way was ready for market so
much sooner. The same applies to the
man on the farm. He who depends
on onture for his living gets by, but he
who plows and cultivates gets ahead
Tastey and gives: employment to many.
and is a big factor in the development
of the whole country,

Alt. Rives suid that he always liked
to come ta Telkwa. He found it a
very pleasant place and would wish
for nothing better than to loaf about
for some time, ,

Deputy Minister of Agriculture J.B.
Miro is always assured of a welcome
in the north. THe has a very pleasnnt
way of getting over his points and he
ustaliy knows what he ts speaking of;
In his opening remarks he went back
some 36 yenrs age when a group of
sclontists predicted that by 1034 the
work) would he starved out at the rate
vecple were catiug wheat. But other
scientists took held and
inethads of cultivation and improvd
seed. and improved machines so that
tofuy there was a great surplus in-
stend of the predict] shortage. The
whet growing area of Canada had
heen extended hundreds of. miles to
north, This surplus mukes ft neces-
sary today to have a marketing act
and te control distribution. He refer-
red to the TB. CG. Marketing Act passed
lu the dying hours of the legislature
so that it might conform with the act
that wis then hefore the Dominion
Hose.

The Deputy Minister was going to
let the market act go at that. but the
thulrmain, Mr. Kifler, was anxious to
vet information himself ‘about the
mareting act and that the delerates
get information so he reminded the
deputy minister of his promise in the
afternoon to speak on the new act, It
Wis not just what Mr, Munro wanted,
He admitted that he was just a Httle
afrnid to talk abont the act on such
short notice, The act, he said, was so
drastic. so broad, and so definite in its
statements that up to a couple of yeir::
Ago no government in the worl would
have dired considered it. THe read

formation as te fertilizers and to cul-'

improved |

Considered _
Explained a_

Few Important Clauses

the preamble and, ‘spoke of two or
three of the more important ‘clauses,
which would meet the conditions and]
the requirements of this country. It
means, with this act,-that the farmers
can get a fair return on their. produce
nnd no other district can dump their
surplus aud glut the market of the
this district. But there,are also other
acts governing the grade, quality and
packages, and there was provision for
the protection of the consumer on the
‘government boards, He admitted that
it was a wonderful act and advised the
loent farmers to take every advantaze
of it, -

The secretary was instructed to se-
cure enough eaples of the act so that
each institute would hive one or two.
These are ta be studied by the mem-
diers iid then call mnother meeting of
the district associntion when this
the mutter dealt with. The president
thought it fit and proper that the far-
mers institutes- should continue to
tuke the lead in matters pertaining to
farming and farmers,

At the supper hour Mine Host
Greenfield served nn informal banquet
to the delegates and guests and some
‘others at the Telkwa Hotel. It was
one of the pleasant features of the
convention,

More Reports
From Columario
~~ Good’ Progress

The following is part of a letter
sent to shareholders of the Columurio
Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. whose
mine is at Usk. A very important ad-
dition to the property holdings of the
Company has been made in the acqui-
sition of 15 additional claims and twa
frectional claims increasing its hold-
ings from 600 acres to about 1200 acre
ail further blanketing its vein system
The Company now controls :—4 crown
granted claims, 27 uncrown granted,
2 fractionn! cliims, 5 ¢laims under op-
tion, AN] located on its vein system.
In 2 wire dated June 6 Mr. Willman
tadvised that two new veins had been
jdiscoverd. His wire—Two well min-
j eralized veins two hundred feet apart
just discovered on Columario. elaim at
thout 1000 feet lower elevation below
shanlage tummel and about 2000 feet
ifram the mill nen tramway, Veins
having same strike and dip as the vein
at mine and on extension of these,
_The discovery is important as it prov-
es the downward continuation of the
.vein under development.

Mr. Wiliman reports on Tider-
srouud development—Itaixe 439 is naw
Tp 70 ft. with the vein four feet wide
and heavily nirevalized, Four assays
on the tst 30 feet have heen receive]
and avemge $20.30 (rold at $35.04))
neross widths of nbout “thyce ft.
only other pssay return received = to
date was at 45 ft. Upouml gave the
phenomenn? valne of £848.40 gold, 55
ozs, silver per ton ncross 4 ft. 8 in.

¥ coe Uy st " c
Talis assay is not connted ty the above
avernge,

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Cons. Oland left Smithers on Satin

day. Tune 30 with Joseph Matus, jr.
for Hssondate,

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F,.'T. Kenney, ML.LA. spent a day
or so here the first of the week to soe
the boys and on Tuesday went on to
Ceilarvale. A few of the hoys are
wondering What is golng to he done
about relief after Aust 1 ,
Mrs. Cramner-of Lose Lake was’ ad-

mitted aa a patient to the He-otn

hoapltal the first of the trav:

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