The next meeting of District. “B”
Farmers Institute will be held in
Burns Lake as early in July as is con-
venient for the Provincial Government
to furnish speakers and officials from
the department. For eleven years the
convention has been held in Telkwa,
: und the echange was made on the sug-
vestion of Deputy Minister J. B. Munro
on the grounds that would probably
increase interest in the work of the
Institute In the different parts of the
district, It is not proposed to‘ hold
the convention in one place anymore,
but to move it’ about, providing the
firsf move or two ‘prove snecessful.

The annual ‘conrention of the Farm-
ers Institute, District “BY” was held
in Telkwa on Thursday-last with both
morning, afternoon and evening ses-
sions,” There was a good represents-
tion of delegates,from yarilous parts of
the District, althongh none ivere pre-
sent west of the Kispiox.

fhe morning session was devoted to
intreductious, . preliminary: « business
andthe reception of reports, including

a a i

Nee

' the financial statement. which was ‘of,

very fay urable. nature.

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Those Present

- Farmers ot District “BR”
Meet at-Burns Lake Next |
Good Sessions at Telkwa

THE OMINECA HERALD, NEW HAZELTON,

B.C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1937

dress the delegntes and he expressed

his plensure at being among his friends |~

and while he was. not really a farmer
he was one of the first to take a-pre-
emption in the Bulkley Valley and he
still had it.- He then gave the history
ot the experimental’ farm question in
this part of the country.. It had first
been taken up many years ogo and
had been.a hardy annual since. Last
year he was successful in getting the
Dominion Government to finally pro-
vide thé necessary funds, and to real-
ly decide to establish an experimental
station .m the Bulkley Valley. As
soon as it was known that such a
farm was to be established sixty-three
farmers in the Bulkley Valley wrote
to Ottawa obfering | their farms, and
the government sent four iny estigators
into the district to make a choiee. It
is now known that the W. 8. Sprotile
farm on the main highway, midwry
hetween. Telkwa and Smithers had
heen Felected.

’ Harry Bowman of the C.N.R. Colon-
ivation: Dept. spoke briefly on the ben-
efits the experimental station would

“ohe to. the. district, and to all northern

wed

so ‘British Columbla. -

Mr... Bussinger of. Telkiwa “Was pre-

moni ‘the “visitors present were J. sent.as a representative from. the
HB. Munro, deputy minister of agricul- Chamber of Commerce: at Smithers and
ture, who makes It part of his business he told the farmers what: ‘the Cham-
to get around: among “the farmers ench ber. -had done for -.the , benefit ‘of the

year. at convention time,

He is a very. farmers ‘iu getting lower. freight anl

useful . “person, both for the farmers” express rates, and: fhe part. tte Chain-

and for the OV ernment. ‘Then there

a | owere’ ‘Dr. ‘Wm, “Newton, - Pominton Plant establishd. and , of. ereamiery * yan

“ey Boxe coming: shortly.
an ets over: Bite

‘mumber’ o£: ‘the farm ;
is a. decided! ‘difference : Of: ‘opinion. ag:

dea,
at ‘| 7 Ste 7 |

ae at. Lytton, ‘B: 'C.,. “ited” preaident of the
m6 OUR ‘Hotétetn-Freistan - adssoclution :
_ Mr. Paul-of Chilliwack, ,, Tum Inion. ‘Hal
stein-Priesinn representative for B. ¢

Dr. G.'G.- Moe, Prot, of ‘Agronomy’ 1 ait
U.B.6.; 8, G. Preston, district agricul-
turist: Harry Bowman, (1 N. Tt. Col-

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G Stevens; C.N.R,, Smithers and a
nunber of others.

Delegutcs present were A, Mengit-
we: olan. Evelyn: BP. ONaruy sw Win. Bil-
a ileter, Smithergs 7 L. Gi. Saw, Palting ;
A. Kain. Pall ug; Wan, Cocks and 1.
ae: ||| Weilrtie, Quick§ ‘Wm, Gare and Wim.
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8. Hagelund, Kispiox - 1. N. Bree, TG.
Nonalison and Chis, Killer, Tetkwa ;

7 Osborne, Colleymonut

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DELEGATE'S REPORT._

2 : ory Board, reported «on the meeting
ae hid last Noy ember.
tant worl:
strengthen the: indiv tdi
be cvouthune at Bfenur intercrt in ecm.

enléural matters. -

the other subjects.

nssured by the Dominlon. Dept. “Agrt-
offiee in Vancouver chat an efficient
* potate grader world We seut-in to the
district this fall when. tha spnd crop
was being - harvested aud ‘sive demon-
 stpations - of grading, ete © Mn, , Kilier
also" reported on the’ various: ‘matters
teken up at the Advisdry Board.
seilyp

Ce re
gts i. -Otitteers cars Elected ~
ihe officers ‘of District “BY “have:
heen! ‘wo: -safiafictory that when, it ‘was
time to ‘aleet- .Officers for the following’
~ year: “they were all ununtmously..© re-el-,
ected. as follows:....
Prestdent—J., iG. ‘Donaldson,
Vice-Pres:—W;' Billeter’. ;
Sec:-Trenas Chas... “Killer -
; Delegate. ito Advisory,

‘her was taking in getting: A. evenmery

tian

to- the ndvisibility : of establishing | a:

? ereamery at this time, even milk pro-

onization Dept., Olof Hanson, M.P., J. .

ete

Forestdale; Win. Hageinnd dind

At the ‘afterndon: reali € ‘has: iS ting too many: “organizations. .
fer, delegnte to the Agricultural Advis- Lett of the St Georges Indian Res!-

oe ss ovemnimem
. Board , Chas. 2. Jicnelieagton Di. Newtdn: ‘of. the Bx-

‘ducers were doubtful of its Stleceess
or necessity.

; ABOUT THE BEEF MARKET

There was quite a discussion on .the
matter of getting ‘beef cattle. to -the
hest market and getting the best pas-
sible price, President J. G. Donald-
gon: snggested ‘that a live stock asso-
dation be organized to embrace. the

entire district along the Canadian Na- |

tional Railway; ‘and’ that: a committee
be appointed at this meeting to under-
take the organization of same.

Some thought that a committee from
the Farmers: Institutes could handle
ote: ‘matter: “sucessfully: ‘avithout® get]:
Rev, Mr

dental School at. Lytton. told: of the

“The most impor sanecesstul’ way the farmetes tristitutes
tor thé’ Farmers how was. to. in Ontario had handled’ tlie. matter for
institutes many years,

‘Finally a motion was put forward: by].
niunity ¢ffairs 1 well as pure’y agri Chas. Killer, and Wm. Ral that’ a .com-
He algo advotated mittee be appointed to lopbk into the
the tenching af agriculture An the rural matter of: beet markets and. how to get].
high schoolr in. preference to- ‘some, of loeat’ beef..to those marketd with the:
ed ge Tent ‘expense and ‘the greatest’ ‘profit
Mr. Killer stated that he: hag’ heen ‘to “the” farmer: aiid to report. to. the’

aecretaty of the’ ‘District Board within
tyro months; and: ‘the: secretary iy turn
would. report ta the, aecretaries. of the
individual. institutes: throughout . the
district. After. ‘further. discussion this
motion. was" ‘Hasbed, we

“The president appointed - “Wn. Cox};
of ‘Quick-as convenor of that: committee
mile ‘peter 'té’add. ‘6 4 Hf: ik rite.)

"YOU;, DANDELIONS _

“Harry. Wlerne; got. a lot-of the mem-|-

‘horn and some ‘of >the. visitors all het:
wD ‘when: ‘he- introduced ‘the. matter: of

“| the’ dandelion “thidnace, . ‘which he con-
teniied: wae: Very’ serlous,’ and_ he _con-|
atc

o,. take ‘sévionsly, into

‘per! mental: Station, ati Saullchton, who,

njon eB ‘brief visit, ,Piqneer | resident

ro their ‘home in ‘Victoria, and are renew-

sidered..n-Very - ‘gertous. one. “Finally:

Prince Rupert
The Garden City by the Sea

By Our Own Correspondent

- Harry Kennedy, for the past nine
years a member of the Prince Rupert
Nows. typesetting department, has re-
turned to Prince George, where he will
help in ‘the less strenuous stask of

stead of six times.a week. Harry's
friends: of the craft managed to wan-
gle-a crock, along with sundry gifts,
und gave him a hearty send off. Mr.
Kennedy, with emotion, acknowledged
the expressions of regard, and-said he
would always look on the years spent
in this city of destiny with a feeling

of pleasu re.
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Local juveniles, full of high spirits,
utherwise known ag the devil, have
heen taking liberties with other foik’s
automobiles, Cars have been “bor-
rowed”; taken out the road and left
there, sometimes lying on their sides.
Police are looking after the little dari-
ings and indications are that their
style will be cramped.

aoe * . :

-Frank Buckley will be tn town this
week after an absence of some. months.
Mr. Buckley is finding os close inter-
est as ever tothe problem of. interest-
ing capital in the question. of a pulp
mill at Prince Rupert. On his present
visit it is believed he. will bave an an-
nouncement to make. | -

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Mr. “and Mrs. T, H. Johnson are here’

ft
writes ‘Rupett; they i dte“now- ene

ing | old - friendships in ‘Rupert. For:
many Fears Mr, Johnson was general
manager of the Canadian Fish & Cold
Storage Co. plant here, . - ,
8 * s

Dar id Glennie pioneer- florist of this
for more than a year, has. gone to the
city, who has been in declining health
hospital. He had been ‘confined to
bed at -honi®'for months. Mr: Glennie
is a native of Scotland, is well ad-
vanced in years, being over eighty.

zee
Commissioner Alder, who has been
in Vancouver and Victoria on a busi-
ness visit, is expected back before the
end of the week,
_ = em

‘An aeroptnne, property of the United,
Alt: Tratisport. Co.,Ltd, * or Bamonton; |
was ‘brought from the north on the s§
Prince Rohert and. landed here last
Sunday for shipment to . Edmonton.
The plane looked as if it had been in
o forced landing somewhere in the,
golden northland. .

A FAIRLY GDOD SIZED FISH

On Tuesday an Indian fishing under
the high fevel | bridge at Hagwilget got
hig. gaff into an unusually large. fish
He could. not begin to handle it: alone.
He SOS'd to another - Indian who gave
him a hand. It was a spring salmon
and when got up the hill and onto the
senles it weighed ‘fifty’ pounds. ‘-But,.
not to be outdone by another Indian, tt
“ie reported that Donaid | Grey got oue’
on his gaff that was 80 bi
pis gaff: betw

we

in:two° and’ ‘gira ake ‘

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is. ‘aciation wide “weed ‘but: ‘tg. not i

resolution was Passed referting’.t jth
n in “th j

getting out a paper once @ week, in-}

it uBt;togk . ae
i sth

_ ‘fortnnnte

1 veralty: daspartments of agel

“As there were a number of visitors
at the Farmers Institute convention
with special messages for the farmers
an evening meeting was held in’ the
Telkwa hall which was open for all to
attend and quite a number availed
themselves of the privilege.

‘The first speaker was Rev. Mr. Lett
and in opening be explained how it
happened that a minister to be in the
livestock business. He sald he had
been brought up on a farm in the east
and the*way they had to work on the
farm nt home was no joke. He went
on to college eventually with the hope
of improving’ the lot of his fellow
farmers. Eventually he became con-
nected with the Indian school at Lyt-
ton. His first experience was the dis-
covery of tuberculosis in the cattle on
\the-farm. This was cleaned up, new
Imildiugs were erected’ and the best
jossible stock was secured to build a
high producing herd, Today they
hare a very fiue herd, and due to his
intefest in and his knowledge of the
‘work the Holstein-Fresian Association
lad made him president, He then
quoted. figures to show the relative re-
turns from the various breeds of cattle
The figures were taken from records
‘computed at the Central Hxperimental
farm, wind these figures show a consid-
erable advantage in favor of the Hol-
steins He wound up with remarks on
the publicity work being carried on by
the Assoviation. ,A few years ago sev-
eral young heifers and bulls were sent
into this district. Now, they were UD
Shee te” Tivestigate- thé “resulta” frdm
‘this - work. ‘and. to. determine, the stand-
ing and thé: value of Holsteing in the
district.- te

Mr: Paul spoke briefly on. the pop-
‘ularity of the Holsteins: in Canada and
pointed ‘out that more Holsteins had
been registered for the Inst few years
that all. other breeds combined. From
the profits made from this registration
work they were able. to carry out a
great deal of publicity work and their
visit to the district was dane’ on these

| funds.

J,..G. Stevens, while not a farmer or
a Holstein man, had a message of in-
terest: to the farmers. He is C. N. BR.
agent nt Smithers and speke on the re-
cent changes in-frefght and: express
rates The rate’ from Smithers to
1 Pidnce| Rupert, wed nont:7-Bixprbas per:
100° Tha, on fruit and vegetables, $1. “AB;

on butter and eges, $1.60 - .

Prot G. ‘G. Moe of the University of
B.C. ‘Spoke an the effect of density of
climate on’ soil types and consequently
an soils, He traced the co-relation on
the prairie» provinces and the corres.

ponding. relation in B. C. .While the

slopes had" yery little effect on the
prairies, one finds "in B. C.: your rich
golls at the lower slopes, m medium soils
part way up and. grey’ soils’ at the
higher levels, Tt follows ‘thus - that.
there will be a’ very: great density’ of
soils ‘in such-a province as’ B. O. ‘He
then. “mentioned ‘that since we were
how. “to ‘have an’ experimental station
the ‘fariners must -be. warked “not. to
expect. a cohiplete solution: to'thelr-pro

__ they -wonld. aati ive th,

“‘Parmers.’are -f0 :
ing available Hterature and "Bhbfelitetal
atid, Dominion, ‘governments a Unt}:

bles, but assistance. ‘Would ‘be avail.

District Freest of Disease
In Canada Said a Speaker
At Farmers’ Convention

outside. This district is one of © the
freest from disease in Canada and it
can only be kept so by producing and
using our own produce.

J. R. Munro’ picked up ‘a few threads
to show how advantageous each of
the former speakers remarks . were.
He then went on to note how each dis-
trict. has its particular. diffienlty—one
district has frult tree diseases. another
perennial peppergrass in alfalfa—ani
our own seems to be dandelions. He
noted that such a weed as dandelions
would never reach the proportion that.
such weeds’ as perennial peppergrass
would and that better farming prac.
tices would greatly reduce the loss dne
to dandelions. He spoke briefly on»
the status of individnal and district.
institutes and finally on his, apprecia-
tion of the work being done in the dis-
trict by the various agricultural de-
partments and asked the people toe
make good use of them both for thelr
own good and the good of agriculture
in the district. :

New Hazelton
Won a Game
From Smithers

Last Sunday afternoon the Smithers
ball team paid a second visit this sea-
son to New Hazelton. and there was.
only: qn-erdinary crowdexb.te- see-the
zame.:, New Hazelton has _persistent-
ly lost this season with Smithers, but
on Sunday the local boys seemed to
hit something Hke their old stride and
got away with a victory, although al-
most lost it in the 8th inning when the
visitors pulled. off six runs, due chief-
ly to errors. But right from the start
New Hazelten took the lead and hit
Mike O'Neil quite freely. scoring fom,
runs the first and two in the 2nd, ard
and 4th, then a blank and 2 more in
the 6th, making a total of 12 and that
was all they got. Smithers went to
bat first nnd got two and thought they
had-the world by the tail. bunt they
were shut out the next two innings,
then got 2 In the 4th a blank in the 5th
and 1 in the 6th, none in the 7th, but
6 in the 8th, Then they got one more
in the'Othi, bat not ehGughi ‘to win, _

Por. New Hazelton’ Wim. Bacon, one
of the survey party with Dr. Kindle,
pitched, He had not thrown a ball
since last year, but. the boys gave hin
good support. He isa left hand pit-
cher and would be a big. help to the
team when he. got his arm in shape.
His style of pitching was apparently
something new: to. some of the. Smith-
era fans: who | used. to play with the
Rinky-Dinks on the other side of the
railway. tracks, and that was half a
century -ago. - ‘Thus: there ‘was quite a
lot of argument, “put the real cause of
the argument svas- something different
altogether. ~The players. were not an-
xious to, eanse’.a disturbance, | just a
few. ofthe fans. The. local . team js
scheduled. ta. go" to Smithers a week
from next Sunday. . ;

young vesple at pee t Woh nine, —_ i
eee ai §

Mi. D. ‘Fuller of. San. Toineisco ‘pold :
visit to: the : Atission, Point diying :

oe an a. Some ined: bas: “net ‘and: aba a

ae: ska. Bei ‘Bhipped big

“Ini AIBA: ‘and then: dect-

sine te ‘had ae oy