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THE WELLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE * ' Thursday, May 21
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half-million potential in turnip raising
' Board of Trade committee "222
working on new scheme

might be extended to
But growers in any ares
have to organize into c
tives of at least four gro
avail themselves of this
The lowly turnip could be a thing of economic |ance.
beauty to the district agriculture industry, according
to Frank Armes, who this year heads the Board of
Trade’s agriculture committee.
Enthusiastic about the possi-,
bility of swede turnip production of production of 20 tons to the
, following weeks of preliminary acre, a farmer could be expected
investigation, Mr. Armes feels|to market 15 tons of saleable
that it could be developed into|produce. The average price is
an industry worth between a/$50 a ton, and according to
quarter and half a miluon dol- | government figures, it costs ap-
lars annually to cur economy. _j proximately $150 an acre to pro-
E. M. King horticulturist with | duce turnips. It is also estimated
the provincial Department of|that in this district there are
Asriculture, has studied soil|some 1,000 acres available for
possibilities here, and states the | turnip production.

general area north of the high-|_ a:
way in the 150 Mile to Horseay | STORAGE NECESSARY

CANADA GENERAL

cattle
To May 7

Calves
Lighter deliveries of cattle at| higher.
Public markets, due in part to|
improved weather and increased
spring work, and lower levels on
slaughter cattle featured this) Cattle supplies at the 11 pub- Of this week's arrivals give in-
weal market, Steers, heifers lie markets this week amounted fication of grading about the
cows were generally steady to 25,000 head, 4,300 less than|same as last week when 49.8
to 50c lower. Bulls varied from last week and 1,00 below the | percent graded choice and good.
50c higher to 1.00 lower, Feeder corresponding week a year ago. Out of 133,795 beef carcasses
graded at inspected packin:
| plants during the month of April,
| 49.1 percent were in the choi
and good grades, compared with
13.4 percent for the same period
Tago. Last week’s exports
of 7.716 beef cattle were the
larkest weekly shipment south
up to May 2. The bulk of these
were made up pof feeder cattle

were
were

mostly steady. | Receipts at eastern markets were
Steady to 5.00 down 900 cattle, with “Toronto
Hogs and sheep were accounting for the decrease, and|
|mostly unchanged. “western centres had 3,400 less

on offer with all markets show-
ing lighter receipts. The quality

A storage building her
cost an estimated $16,0
this amount the grower:
have to put up $4,000 |
balance would be extend
loan basis, repayable as
charge on the crop at c
per bushel.

SLAUGHTER CATTLE

Mr. Armes will visit
later this spring to talk
mers of that district. H
that already about 10
have shown interest in t

Tractor men know what thisis...

The agriculture coi
chairman isn’t stopping ¥
nips. He claims there is
derful potential here for

area is excellent for producing On-track storage is essential
“cold loving” crops such as/|to the successful operation of a

turnips, r ‘shi i i is} gardening, since over t
from western provinees. In ad. ps, carrots, beets, parsnips|turnip industry, and here is| gar
| dition to these, there were 2,939 and others. where Mr, Armes committee is|loads of produce a we
| hh Macha iibacar a : busy. brought into Williams L
OBVIOUS ADVANTAGES

calves shi < [
alves shipped on export from According to the Markets’ consumption.

eastern points, Mr. King states the district
st markets opened the cr aepyeppyo has “obvious climatic advant-
|week’s trading under a fairly NEW INDUSTRY? tages” for growing swede tur-

nips, and yields are high—up
wards of 20 tons per acre.

ap at oak ANNUAL MEETING

again prospects are good. The of

cuned upnara ot son one nlf Cariboo Cattlemen's Associati

sumed upwards of 6,509 tons in
will be held in

1957 and yet the province only
produced 850 tons in the same

ELKS HALL, WILLIAMS LAKE at 2 P.
MAY 22, 1959

Most of us think of turnips as something of a poor
relation in the vegetable world, but to Frank Armes,
chairman of the Board of Trade’s agriculture com-
mittee, enough of these vegetables like the one he is
holding could spell a half-million dolar industry for
the district.

| active demand, but the trend |
| was slower at the cl Toronto |
was the only market with a
carryover of about 400 stockers.
ontreal, Calgary and Edmonton
reported losses of 25c to 50¢ on
most grades of steers and heifers
while other markets were mostly
steady. Cows were generally
steady to 50c¢ lower, and bulls
from 50c higher to 1.00 lower.

BES sa pas
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Mrs. Molnar showed how to take year, There are excellent poten-
measurements and to select pat-| tial markets in Washington and
tern sizes. Lunch was served Oregon,

after the meeting.

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Toronto steers were generally
steady with last week’s close.
Choice quality were 25.50 to

25, good 24.50 to 25.50, and
choice fed yearlings from 26.00
to 27.00 with an odd 27.50.
Montreal met a slower cattle
trade and lost 50¢ to as much
as 1.00 on all steers. Choice
sold at 24.50 to 25.00, good
23.50 to 24.35. Winnipeg re-
covered early losses to close
steady with last week. Choice
steers sold at 24.00 to 24.50,
good kinds 23.00 to 24.00. Cal-
gary was steady on choice at
22.00 to 24.00, and 25c¢ to 50c
lower on good at 22.00 to 23.00.
Edmonton was about 25¢ to 50c
lower on all steers, choice at
22.00 to 23.40,: good 21.25 to
22.70. Lethbridge was a steady

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23.25 to 23.70 on choice, and
22.25 to 23.00 on good. Sas
katchewan markets were mostly
unchanged, ranging 22.00 to
23.25 on choice, and 21.50 to
22.50 on good. Good heifers,
Toronto, generally steady at
23.00 to 23.50; Montreal, steady
to 50c lower at 22.25 to 22.85;
Winnipeg and Calgary steady at
22.00 to 23.00 and 21.25 to
00 respectively; Edmonton
about 25¢ to 50c lower at 20.25
to 21.50; Lethbridge a steady
21.50 to 22.00; Saskatchewan
outlets steady, ranging 20.00 to
22.00. Good cows, Toronto, 50¢
or more lower at 18.50 to 19.50;
Calgary a firm 18.25 to 19.00;
Edmonton steady to 50c lower
at 17.00 to 18.50; Saskatchewan
terminals steady between 16.75
and 18.25. Good bulls, Toronto,
21.00 to 21.50;Montreal 19.75]
jto 21.25; Winnipeg 18.50 t
19.50; Calgary and Edmonton,
| 20.00 to 21.00 and 19.00 to
|19.75 respectively; and Saska-
toon, 18.50 to 19.00.

S

4-H Club news

The second meeting of the
Hemline Beavers was held at
the Curling Rink on May 11,
with an attendance of 16.

The meeting began with the
singing of O Canada and the
club pledge. Barbara Morris,
president of group “B,” pre-
sided over the meeting. It was
decided that no meeting be held
during June, July and August,
the next one to be held on the
second Monday of September. A
motion was passed to hold a
weiner roast at Ruth Lake Park
on June 27.

A letter of thanks will be
written to Mr. and Mrs. Bric
Sandback for their donation of
a sewing machine. A number of
girls offered to paint the cup-
boards and sewing tables in the
Curling Rink. Mrs. Bakken and

FEEDER CATTLE

There was a good demand for
the limited numbers of good
quality feeders on offer. Export
buyers continued active on west-
ern markets, and prices of top
quality grades were generally to
last week's levels. Good feeder
steers at Toronto were a firm
25.00 to 27.00; Winnipg and
Calgary steady at 23.00 to 26.00
and 22.50 to 25.50 respectively.
Edmonton and Lethbridge were
21.50 to 23.50 and 23.00 to
26.00 respectively;  Saskat-
chewan centres were about
steady on good feeder steers at
20.50 to 24.00.

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