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PAGE EIGHT bl-TSMN'-WANILE'ONT1ARIO THURSDAAPL5t,14 Canadian Agriculture Today Standing at the Crossroads Now thaf a Dominion election ing at the crussroads. is fa be called within a matter of If bas corne far along its up- weeks we believe if opportune ta ward pafb since war began, but recaîl the many times in the past now if'bas reacbed a parting of the ways. Depending on the tbree years thaf The Statesmnan choice made naw, Canadian agri- bas sfressed in ifs news and edi- culture may gradually rolinquisb tonial columns the necessify of the expart position if bas reached striving for quality production in wifh a number of major products expot aricuturl prduc and wander back ta the more exprf griulura prduts and limited field of home consump- for sending experts abroad seek-tinadosrcdepr.Orf ingwidnedpost-war markets as may choose the highway strotcb- the best means of maintaining ing ouf fa the markets of the general farma prosperity. wrd In this connection we printed in wrd The Stafesman of Nov. 4, 1943, Because sa mucb depends on the 30-paint agriculfural pro- this decision, a decision affocfing gram released af that time by every home in rural Canada, Dr. Hon. John Bracken, national lead- Barton said ho direcfod bis mes- or of fbe Progressive Conserva- sage fa every man and woman on tive Party. No national program the land. affecting agriculture is more By ail their former standards, clear-cut, especially in referonce Canadian farmers are today well ta expanding expart markets. off. Farm incarne is bigher than Now thaf a polifical decision if bt as ever been, fbanks ta the about ta ho made we bolieve unparallelod output of warfime farmers will ho glad ta road the agricultural production f0 meet views recenfly expressed by Dr. tho needs o! an expart market. G. H. S. Barton, Depufy Minister, If is due f0 the fact thaf fhoy Dominion Depf. of Agriculture, bave been praducing for that ex- These views coincido with f base part market, that Canadian farm- long sinco reiterafod in The ors bave been able fa impravo Stafesman and tbey square pro- tbe living standards o! their cisely witb those of Mr. Bracken. homos. Wbefber this impraved Dr. Barton says in part: standard can ho mainfained de- Canadian agriculture is stand- pends on the ability o! Canadian Spring Check-up Doctorii-up your car when something goes wrolig is our business and pleasure WATOH FOR THESE FAULTS CAREFTLLY. DEFECTIVE CONDENSERS RUN DOWN BATTERY PLUGTGED-UP MLFFLER GARTON'S GARAGE Phone 2666, Bowmanville Convenience Plus !. If you 're in the habit of walking blocks every da.y for milk, stop and think awhile of the time and energy saved by having your milk and dairy foods delivered right to your door! Yes, convenience PLUS health insurance. For Glen Rae Dairy is known for cleanliness, and for the care taken in pasteurisation and bottlixxg. Just cal] us and we'll deliver your order tomorrow. it cc et 32 qt kE tir cn mi ba ye ne t't Br di ma prc fy OVE w] ha% on pro sup ta] wr( con tin tiol reci of al for ers Pro 1"nali -- er sbci h is Istan asz farn not mus se]] mea the sup] mai Bni parl star Neu tries oft cour Cî the mort askii ated min. able ahi it l e s t Isn't ifta coarse grains, then, will 1ýe missed by ber friends and that Western farmers sbauld turn famnily. She had been confined fa in order ta restoro their incarne bod for only a few woeks and fbreatened by a reduced quota on unfîl fhen, had beon able fa go wbeat deliveries? Tbere is a con- about ber hausehald duties. Bath tinuing goad market for oaafs. And Mrs. Smith and ber son, Claude, thore is a ready market for bar- suffered fram ill-health quife loy, eifher as barloy or when offen, but their cheerfulness was markefed in the form of hogs. an incentive toa ah who knew Mare thougbtful farmers prefer fbem. ta 500 barley marketed as bacon, Left ta maurn the lass o! a de- altbougb there is a large campef- vofed mother are Mrs. Alymer ing ouflet for this useful grain Beech (Stella) o! Haydon, Mrs. for brewing and dîstilling pur- Cecil Rahm (Lena) o! Burketon, poses. Mrs. Harold Ormiston (Marjorie) Countries wbich have §een oc- of Enfield, Walter and Wilbert o! cupied by the enemy can quickly Oshawa, and Claude at home. A restore their output of wbeaf. And son, Wilfred died in infancy. Also much of liberated Europe is surviving are her sisters, Mrs. natural grain growing country. Wm. Moore and Mrs. Howard Stevens, Enniskillen, and bro- thers, William, Orono, Herbert, Hampton, Albert and Wallace of Toronto, sixteen grandchildren I i i iand tbree great-grandchildren. The funeral service, which was largely attended, was held in En- niskillen United Churcb, Mar. 28, and was conducted by ber pastor, Rev. J. A. Plant, assisted by Rev. . C. Smith, Porf Perry, a cousin o! deeae. The beautiful floral --fferings bore their silent testi- mony of est eem. Pail bearers were Wm. Moore, Wm. Trewin, Howard Stevens, Harvey Harris, Russell Gilbert and Will Ashton. 87 THFIEInterment took place in Hampton Cemetery.L No. 72 farmers f0 continue production for export. If farmers do not continue f0 plan production for export, to give the overseas buyer wbat he wants, then the farm standard of living cannot help but decline! In 1944, a record year of pro- duction and record returns, the exporf market in ternis of farm values represented over one- third. This may be interpreted f0 mean that from their scores of millions of acres of field crops and pasture, Canadian farmers can Îeed 30 per cent more people than there are in the Dominion. Indeed, if the Canadian farmer does not produce from 30 fa 40 Per cent more food than Canada needs, his income suffers. Need for Export The only practical. solution f0 disposing of 30 f0 40 per cent more food than Canada can con- sume is f0 export if. The alterna- tive would be f0 sbrink agricul- furai production. How painful and destructive would be such a restriction. If, then, if is agreed thaf Cana- dian agriculture must export in order f0 prosper, if must also bo agreed that these exporfed foods must be of the kind the export market needs. The recommendations for Can- adian agricultural production in 1945 made at the Dominion-pro- vincial Agricultural Conference heid in December, 1944, were in brief: an aftempt f0 maintain pro- duction of the quantity and kind acbieved in 1944, with this excep- tion: the conference agreed on the desirability of reducing the pro- duction of wbeat. Reduce wheaf ft was agreed, but maintain the Production of meat. The fact is we are long on wbeat but short on meat. We are in danger 0f being even longer ont wheat and even shorfer on meatE than we were at the fime of the onference. i Yet wbaf is happening in Can- e da at the presient time? Hog 1- riarkefings are down. By the Y nd of March, they wili be about h~ 32 per cent lower than in the first F uartier in 1944. While these mar- C .etings are not expected f0 con- nue at sucb iow ieveis, their de- F ffne may not be greatly arrested k intil foward the end of the year.h anada bas agreed f0 suppiy a 9 îinimum of 450,000,000 pounds of & )acon and park producfs for each hý 7ear, 1945 and 1946. But Britain st ieeds ail that we can ship. And a] rt vitb f bis assurance of quan- a: ity, and of prîce, and in face of th 3ritain's urgent need, bog pro- di lction bas been drasticaily re- fil iced. f Regular SuppHes Important te Canada bas foday almost a P 'onopoly of the British bacon !i' iarket. Tbaf will not always 15e in :but we are in a position f0 oduce a producf that will satis- go Sthat market when the war is re er. Tbe share of that market de ricb Canada should continue f0 lo ave cannot be retained excepf Ki na basis of regular supplies. If Fr roducers will not provide these r ipplies the structure which bas Len a lifetime f0 build will be El: recked. bc The West bas made the biggest 231 ritribution fa Canada 's war-in me expansion of hog produc- WE n. But if the West continues f0 M luce bog production the future E Canadian agriculture wili be O 1the more criticai, not onily Io,. ýthe West ifself, but for farm- yeý 'everywhere in the Dominion. car rhere is land in the Prairie 'Bo rvinces wbere wbeat is the 0Vt Lural crop. But there are larg- 1 areas where every good farmer nel ould include hog production in nij, sfarming aperations. From the 1 indpoinf 0f Canadian farmers 1Lu' a wbole, or even of Wester Ap rmers as a wbole, the choie is the ,one of wbeat or bogs. e Ce isf produce as much as we an Iof botb. a ecnoff. The wbole world is short of at. Canada bas been one of MR~ aimportant sources 0f meat pules for war needs. She bas c intained tbe bacon ration in pasý itain. Sbe bas supplied other hon rk products and beef i n sub- nor ntial quantifies ta Britain, Frei wfoundland and other coun- yeai m for bath civilian use and that M' the armed services of "allied late ritries as well as ber own. land 'anada bas done ail this, butand war is not aver. What issh re, the Armed Services are h ng for larger quantifies, liber- Enr dcauntries are pressing for fr iimum rneeds, UNRRA is un yeai aient rank and pay. T E A LLOYE GI H1GH VACUUM Distillation . . ;Purfural Processa... M.E.K. Salvent ... Catalytio Clay (part of this plant jse hown above) these are oach important steps in the famous Clarkson S-pain t-proceaa which moas the purent, mont efficient lubri- catingoilknawn. Then cames the unique 5th step-the step that "alloya" the où against oidation; just as iron in afloyed against rust ta make atainlesasateel. This step meana that Peeriesa Motor Qil will stay an the job langer, keep angines cleaner, out the repair oonta. 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Here in a nutshell is the reason: From selected lubricating crude oils, B-A eliminates everything except fixe purest, "loilest"' lubricating fractions. Then, by a special process, Peerles Motor Oil is "1alloyed"l against decom- position under fixe heat and pressure it meets in tfie engine of your car 1 For longer, saler car 11f e Iswitch nov to B-A Peerlesa Motor OUlI YOU ALWAYS DUY WITH CONFIDENCE THIE BRITISH AMERICAN OIL COMPANY LIMITED FARM RAcTOS lneed proper lubri cating oit aven mare than cars and trucks. Beoause "it 'a allaYed" Peerless Matar Olîkeepa tractar enjine in better shape! 7ME NOW TO replace old, orn-oaut Win te, grade ail with B-A Peerlen MataQo. ..ya7117ybu daaaroual Drive in Bowmanville Dealer for B-A Gas & Peerless Motor 011 EDWARD'S, GARAGE & MOTOR SALES CARBURETOR AND ELEOTRICAL SERVICE-REPAIR ALL MAKES 0F CA1ÉS South Bide King St., 2 Doors West of Liberty St. Bownlanville 1Wifhin the iasf year, tbe Soviet Union bas regained possession of a buge area known as the "bread basket". Wifbin, fbree monfhs fromn now if will be Passible there fa begin the barvest of winfer ANOTHER VICTORY wheat. LA OIGU!W But f0 restore ravaged herds of NUS SEMNTO SA W live stock may fake even the most S EMT A energetic naftion a number ofPA AND PAY AND SAVE, ' years. For at ieasf two of those MEAN ..AND LU y ears, Britain is prepared f0 take TO HAVE THE CHAI ail the animai producfs we can exporf. Anot ber food which Canada produces for export is in equally sfrong demand-dairy producf s. An ouflet for fbese, fao, is assur- ed. As long as Canada can ex- port 100 million paunds of cheese a year-and we are naw exporf- ing mare than that-there sbould be no cancern over aur present milk production gluffing a mar- ket wbich bas neyer enjoyed the dairy products if sbauld. Coarse grain production is the corner-stane of animal and dairy THAVIS TRUE, 1 SUE Products production. By increas- ing the acreage in coarse grains,< we can hope ta breed more sows ta produce more pigs, ta feed and milk cows in the numbers we shall bave them, fa finish cattie and lambs now on tbe way, and ta maintain aur pauifry industry. If, in planning production for this year and next, Canadian ag- riculture chooses the road ta ex- port markets, the road of- maxi- mum contribution fa world food needs, and the road ta a balanced agriculture, if can march canfi- dent ly taward the future, con-- cluded Dr. Barton. O)bituaries- FARM LABOR SITUATION WILLIAM JAMES FURZE WORSE THAN LAST YEAR A cabinet maker employed by the Dominian Piano and Organ In the weekly repart of Agri- Company in Bowmanville for cultural Representatives made ta many years priar fa bis retire- the Ontario Dept. of Agriculture, menf, William James Furze pass- appears a brief summary canfri- d away in the Osbawa General buted by E. A. Summers. He Hospital on March 29, in bis 79fh states that witb the early spring Year. Wbile be bad been in poor there bas been a keen demand for àeaitb for a number of years, Mr. seed grain and smali seeds, and a Furze bad been seriously iii for large percenfage of farmers will nly twa manfbs. now buy nothing but top grade Witb the passing of "«Billy", clover and grass seeds. Furze, as be was familiarly But the farmn labor situation :nawn by a wide circie of friends seems even worse than iast year. ere, anofber link in tbe "aid Severai farmers bave made ap- :uard" of employees of the D.O. plication for Western belp if this kP. Co. factory is broken. In policy is again in force. is yaunger days be was an ouf- The Statesmnan bas found on tanding iacrasse player and he enquiry that the belp situation is tlways retained bis interest in indeed serious and several local ýd support o! amateur sparts in he tawn. He was of a retiring spasition, a gentleman af al noes and in bis quiet way neyer iled fa do bis part for the bof- Brment a! bis native townh. In olitics hoe was a stauncb Liberal id foak a sheer deligbf in figbt- ig many election campaigns. ;in or lose, Billy was always a aod sport and came up smiling Egardless of the results. We un- erstand the passing o! bis if e- )g and loyal friend, Tommy ýight, greatly affected Mr. urze and bie failed fa recover om the sbock. The son of the late William and izabetb Furze, the déceased was :rn at Bawmanville on March ý1866. Fallowing bis retire- Lnt about eigbt years aga, lbe cnt ta roside wifh bis nieces, îs Norman Winston and Miss va Westlake, at 61 Bruce Street, shawa, wba accorded him much ving care during bis declining ýars. Mr. Furze was an Angli- ý and hoe was a member of tbe :wmanville I.O.O.F. Lodge for rr 50 years. 3esides bis nieces ho leaves a bpew, Fred McDonald, of Win- peg. The funeral was held from the ike-McIntosh Funeral Home, rIl 2, followed by informent in efamily plat in Bowmanville netery. Rev. E. H. McLellan Holy Trinity Anglican Churcb Yýo AND JTLL E %RTH ou MORE AFTER THE UCICrJA w1vý S. MARY ELEANOR SMITH )n Sunday, March 25th there ssed peacefully fa rest at ber ne in Enniskillen, Mary Elea- rStainton, widow of the late ýd W. Smith, at the age of 70 irs. irs. Smith was barn in Dar- ton Township, daughter o! the SJames and Sarah Staintan, 1 had spent ber whale life in îiskillen cammunity. In 1895 married Fred W. Smith o! îiskillen, and lived on their n, west of Enniskillen, several rs affer ber husband's death. tbe pasf five years sho and son Chaude have lived in iskîllen. E THE CANADIAN.qTATV.ýczxxam mnumxàw"nýTm, r%%T-A-ý- afarmers are appealing to factory Canadian production of gold forl This is subscription fime. tworkers who may be glad to go the calendar year 1944 is esti- out for.a day or a half day at1 mated at 2,885,000 fine ounces, Sarcasm is just deep - down goodpa to help on jobs that ývaiued at $111,091,000. meanness coming fa the surface. mst be dorfe at once to prepare for seeding. Onbeaîf of farmers who are very hard ressed at the moment, The Saemnsuggests Qt h a tII im'O those who can spare a day or a Q a i y Y uI n o half day per week wouid be ren- 1dering an excellent service and this office will be glad to do it part in making contacts in this emergency, or tbrough the office of Mr. Summers. Seven women are among the SLD Navy. They do the same work as the male doctors and have equiv- rà mi hE lis in at Br ol nc ig ;il oc Bg er )n .n ui IL Lei 'er Î5 va sh vi :)v rei B ýp] PE TI ik M j Tfsà