Thursday, October ? ,1964.

THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.0.

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sealskins or seven times as many as, than in any other province, in fact

in 1950. ‘

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Everyone has a vital interest in science’s efforts to help us live longer. But life insurance policyholders have a special stake in this work.

You see, certain important medical research projects are supported wholly or in part by funds from all the life in- surance companies in Canada and their millions of policy- holders. As a result, skilled scientists in many Canadian medical research centres can Carry on their task of attack- ing some of mankind’s deadli- est enemies. Their names: cancer, heart ailments and virus diseases,

Other vital studies are sup- ported in a similar way. These focus on obesity, blood clot- ting, nutritional and intestinal

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Will all these efforts -help you and your family to live longer, healthier lives?

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X-ray Has New Use In Helping Pork Production

They are X-raying pigs at Lacombe Experimental Station, Alberta, and no doubt people will wonder why! It is an interesting story and this is how the research men explain the project.

At the present time in order to get a picture of the genetic possibilities of a litter of pigs it is necessary to take a representative group from the litter, generally four pigs, two bar- rows and two gilts selected at ran- dom and subject them to a feeding test which culminates in slaughter- ing the pigs This test gives a record of the group rate of gain, feed effici- ency, and carcass quality and to- gether with litter size and weaning weight can be used as a basis of sel- ection. Selection, of course, is the basis of improvement. The pigs from the best performing litters must be selected as breeding stock to produce each succeeding generation.

All of these records, with the ex- ception of carcass quality, can be ob- tained without slaugitering any pigs. However, carcass quality is possibly the most important record of all. It we are to produce a higher percent- age of lean bacon hogs we must select for and improve this characterstic. If we could evaluate accurately the carcass quality of a pig without hav- ing to slaughter,, we would have a much greater number of pigs to sel- ect from-and consequently be able to make q ‘better and faster improve- ment. -

Hence, the experimental work in X-raying pigs at Lacombe. A research project is underway to ascertain whether the bacon quality or potenti- ality of a pig can be determined with- out slaughtering it, by using X-ray. Techniques will have to be developed and studies made of the relationship of the relative fat and lean measured through X-ray equiment, and the fat and lean as determined by cutting the carcass. This will be done with a large number of pigs at different stages of growth. If a close relation- ship can be established and the best stage of growth at which to X-ray determined, then a simple measure of the length of the live pig along with the relative fat and lean from an X-ray should give a good estimate of it bacon quality or potential.

With this information, the best pigs in carcass quality could be se- tected as breeding stock from ths best litters from the standpoint of litter size, weaning weight, rate of growth, and ieed efficiency. These are the factors which determine economy of production.

This phase of the work has just started at Lacombe, says J. G. Stoth- art, senior animal husbandman at the station. It will take some time to appraise all the possibilities. It is another example of research, how- ever, which may contribute import- antly in the development of genetic- ally better breeding stock — hetter from the standpoint of overall econ- omy of production.

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Boxing Day Holiday Won't Be Lost

B.C. residents won't lose out on an extra holiday at Christmas because Boxing Day falls on a Sunday,

The provincial cabinet has ruled Monday, December 27th a public heliday, to provide for a full three- day, holiday weekend. Christmas this year is on Saturday.

5,000" Enter B.C. Hospitals Every Week

B.C. Hospital Insurance Service reports that approximately 5,000 people are going to hospital every week. Just over $2,000,000 is paid each month by the service for eligible accounts.

Recent policy changes made “resi- dence’? the determining factor for eligibility, and it is the hospital's responsbility to confirm the patient’s status by verification of the informa- tion stated on the admission form. Hospital authorities suggest that when a hospital stay is anticipated \n applicant for benefits should take some means of confirming eligibility, with him, ahd they list, as the best means of certification, a member- ship card; a receipt for a telphone account, etc; an employer’s state- ment; a hunting, fishing, or driver's

references to fonale party and accused Mr. Duplessis of separating the province

has insulted me,” said Mr. Duplessis. ministration of this province be in my hands and with long experi- ence, | will take care of everything.”

DUPLESSIS ANSWERS ST. LAURENT

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—Centras Press Canaaiao At Valleyfield, Que., Premier Duplessis made his first public 5 Laurent, who has attacked the Union N.

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licence; and your previous hospital registration number Authorities em- phasize the fact that receipts and other sources of confirmation must be dated prior to April 1st, 1954, but must not he dated in excess of one vear before the date of hospital entry.

Accounts for payment of hospita!- ization ineurred outside British Col-| umbia total some 300 monthly from | such’ sources as the United States, | South Africa, Australia, the British Isles, France, Germany, Italy, China, Singapore, Finland, and Egypt, as well as all parts of Canada.

Students To Study Cattle Sale

This week’s Cattle Sale will pro- vide a wonderful opportunity for ag- Ticulture students at the High School. !

Under the guidance of Dominion Veterinaian Dr. Stan Wood and Dis- trict Agriculturist Joe Walsh, they will study the judging, grading and marketing of the animals, and it will count as part of their education. Attending the sale Wednesday and Thursday will be students Barry Bishop, Bob Robertson, Al McDou-

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Consumer Price Index Lower

Ottawa— The Bureau of Statisties reports that the consumer price in- dex was one-fifth of a point lower in August at 116.8 compared with 117 in July. The decline cracked-a steady three-months advance in the cost-of- living yardstick.

The drop in the index, which is based on 1949 prices equalling 100, was caused mainly by a decline in some food prices. This decline more | than outweighed the continuing up-| ward drive in rents and home-owner- ship costs,

B.C. Farm Income Up From 1953

British Columbia's farm income for the first half of 1954 shows an increase over the corresponding period in 1953, according to a release from the Department of Trade and Industry.

For the first half of this year farm operators received income of $45,- 039,000, compared to $41,563,000 during the corresponding period last year. ,

With the exception of smaller re- turns for potatoes, vegetables and fruits, all other categories of tarm-| ing were above levels of the first! halt of 1953. A breakdown of this year’s farm cash income, by com-| modities, with the corresponding fig- ures for the first half of last year given in parenthesis, reads as fol-! lews: Grains, seeds and hay, $1,965,-

000 ( 0,000); vegetables and other field crops, $2,7

151,000); livestock

$12,294,000 ($101

products, $14,118,000

000); fruits, $3,558,000 ($4,274,-

000); eggs, $5,429,000 ($5,059,000) other products, $4,900,00 000).

Notice To All Present and Future

PROPANE

Consumers in Williams Lake and _ District

we are pleased to announce the appointment of

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They will be stocking an adequate supply of PROPANE at all times, and will also be carrying a complete stock of

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Watch for the opening of their new show room on First Avenue

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