THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE Page 3 ‘Lowly’ not apt word for potato says grower Introduced as a speaker on the lowly potato at the Kiwanis luncheon Tuesday, Harold Edmunds, well-known Marguerite rancher, said: “ Lowly is not a very apt word for potatoes as they are one of the For comparisons, the per capita is 143 pounds, or 1,070,000 tons. Bread is 140 pounds per head per annum and 1,050,000 tons, while pota- toes are eaten at the rate of 227 Pounds per head per annum, totalling 1,875,000 tons. It is interesting to note, he said, that B.C. produces two percent of the total meat pro- duction in Canada but also con- sumes nine percent of the pro- duction. Thus, while eating four and a half times more meat than we produce in the province, fortunately the ratio for pota- toes is not quite so high. WINS SCHOLARSHIP Winner of the Cooper Widman scholarship of $250 for high standing in options related to commerce and forestry at the University of British Columbia is Con- rad Alfred Pinette, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Pinette of Wil- | TBe Vancouver market re- liams Lake. Conrad has quires 260 tons of potatoes daily. As there is no farmer in completed his second year at UBC and is tak- ing a commerce course. BIRTHS At War Memorial Hospital LOWRY—To Mr. dnd . Mrs. B.C. who raises enough potatoes to supply this market for even one week and qualities diier even on adjacent farms, and the chain stores require a consist- ently uniform quality for their several private brands, there is no alternative but to buy pota- toes from farmers with tremen- Howard Lowry, of Williams|@°US acreages. As a result, Lake, a son, born June ig. |B-C- imports 28,000 tons of JONES—To Mr. and Mrs, John | AM°TI@n Potatoes —a large por- Jones, of Williams Lake. a [ti of them from Moses Lake, son, born June 20. Washington. . | At the present there is a pro- BOCHAR—To Mr. and Mrs. _ Mrs.| ject reclaiming around 500,000 Walter Bochar, of Williams] acres of irrigatable land in the Lake, a daughter, born June Moses Lake area, a large portion n20- of which will be in vegetables. CALDER—To Mr. and Mrs.| ‘The potato brokers who buy James Calder, of Williams| the potatoes in the ground from Lake, a daughter, born June|the farmers in blocks from 200 21. to 500 acres, move in with their FENTON—To Mr. and Mrs.| thousands of dollars worth of John Fenton, of Lac La|machinery and can handle them Hache, a son, born June 22. {so fast that potatoes in the SMITH—To Mr. and Mrs. Ken|$round at eight o'clock this Smith, of Williams Lake, a| morning could be served by the daughter, born June Vancouver housewife tomorrow principal foods on the North American continent.” cannot improve the quality or make them mealy and white if the potato was not high in dry matter content which is starch and sugar. But to derive the maximum food value, all pota- toes should be cooked with their skins on. Bring the water to a boil, add the salt and with the water still boiling add the pota- toes. He showed samples illustrat- ing the vascular ring which is situated within one-eighth of an inch of the skin and between the skin and this vascular ring is to be found the high starch content and all of the mineral elements. Consequently, the best of the potato is thrown away when it is peeled. Bst quality potatoes are pro- duced on high land of a sandy or black loam. Peaty land, wet land or a climate where the humidity is too high cannot pro- duce the highest starch content in potatoes. The potato was originally dis- covered in Chile, South America in 1580. Sir Walter Raleigh bought it in Virgina, U.S.A., in 1586 and had it sent to Ireland. NORTH-SOUTH ROWS Mr. Edmunds emphasized the importance of planting all pota- toes and turnips in rows run- ning north and south because rows planted in that manner en- joy the sushine on the east side of that row until noon and the west side in the afternoon which in September and October, the two most important months, the earth is kept warm and of uni- form moisture content. When planted in rows east to west, the sun only shines on the south side of the row. If here is frost at night, the north EVERTON—To Mr and Mrs. of Wiliams Lake, a daughter, born June Clinton Everton, 23. side will remain cold and the frost can continue penetrating at noon. The cost of digging, sacking and loading in the trucks or cars is about 25 per-|@ll day resulting in chilled pota- cent of the B.C. farmers’ costs.|toes or actually frozen potatoes. The truck freight from Moses|Since at that time of the year oe Reouver, however, “s rate (re. meos, B.C., to Vancouver. 80 VARIETIES There are 80 varieties of pota- in North America, “CHURCH oval shape and shallow eyes There are over 20 diseases for which farmers must be con- stantly on the watch. The worst of the virus dis- eases is witches broom. Mr. Edmunds showed a sample of nis diseased plant showing over 50 roots no bigger than tooth picks and a sample of a healthy plant. Entymologists have been try- ing to locate the insect that de- posits this virus or poison in the foliage which works down and destroys the life cells in the healthy tuber. If this pota- to was cut up and used for seed the following year, the result- ing yield could be up to 40 per- cent very small diseased pota- toes. When cooking potatoes you CKCQO Word of Life (Mennonite Radio Mission) Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Oral Roberts Voice of Prophecy Sunday, 9:30 a.m. the sun is~iower on the horizon, the north side is more moist which causes the potato and tur- nip roots to grow in that direc- tion, resulting in, with turnips especially, not being as uniform in shape as when planted in munds pointed out that every- thing we eat, drink, smoke or wear comes from the six inches of topsoil covering the earth’s surface. Then Benjamin Frank- iyn was correct when he said that we could destroy all our cities throughout the world and mankind would continue to sur- vive. Destroy the farms, how- ever, and cities, too, would cease to exist. toes grown he said. The netted gem is the/rows running north and south. most popular in B.C. due to its Closing his speech, Mr. Ed- ON Library summer schedule Commencing July 1, Williams Lake Public Library will ob- serve summer schedule of one day a week. 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Larsen celebrated their golden wedding anniversary June 14, with an “at home” from 2 to 4 p.m. There were about 20 guests present including the Largen’s son and daughter-in-law Courtney and and son-in-law from Lone their dayghter tte. ae 2 MRO AND MES. Hernt fbee quist and family motored to Vancouver recently on busine: THE annual Sunday School picnic of the United Church of Lac La Hache and the 100 Mile House was held at the Cariboo Youth Camp July 20. BABY CLINIC will he held} July $ instead of July 1 for this} month only. motored to Vancouver on busi- ness. Visitor dies of heart aitack M. J. Alden, ot Ontario, Cali- fornia, a guest of Mahood Lake ~ Lodge, passed away last Tuesday MR. AND MRS. Stan Moore following a heart attack in the late afternoon while out fishing. Utilizing Forestry radio, Dr. MR. AND MRS. Art Marshall] J. 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