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Legislative Assembly","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/issued":[{"value":"2018-08-16","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"1965","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/aggregatedCHO":[{"value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/bcsessional\/items\/1.0371040\/source.json","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/format":[{"value":"application\/pdf","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note":[{"value":" PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nDepartment of Agriculture\nFIFTY-NINTH\nANNUAL REPORT\n1964\n  I To Major-General the Honourable George Randolph Pearkes,\nV.C., P.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C.,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour:\nI have the honour to submit for your consideration the Annual Report of the\nDepartment of Agriculture for the year 1964.\n  BRITISH COLUMBIA\nDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE\nMINISTER\nThe Honourabl\nFrank Richter\nMis\ns M. Jew\nell, Sec\netary\nMINISTER\nA. H\nTurner\nB.Com\n_., M.S.\nBRANCHES\nENTOMOLOGY\nPLANT PATHOLOGY\nC. L. Neilson, B.S.A., M.Sc.\nW. R. Foster, B.Sc., M.Sc.\nProvincial Entomologist\nProvincial Plant Pathologist\nHORTICULTURE\nLIVE STOCK\nA. KlDD, D.V.M., V.S., D.V.P.H.\nProvincial Horticulturist\nCom\nmissionerand Chief Veterinary Inspector\nDYKING AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS\nINSTITUTIONAL FARMS\nCommissioner\nSuperintendent\nFARMERS' INSTITUTES\nPOULTRY\nL. W. Johnson\nW. H. Pope\nSuperintendent\nCommissioner\nFIELD CROPS\nSOIL SURVEY\nN. F. Putnam, B.Sc., M.Sc.\nC. C. Kelley, B.S.A.\nCommissioner\nSenior Soil Surveyor\nAPIARY\nProvincial Apiarist\nMARKETS AND STATISTICS\nM. M. Gilchrist, B.S.A.\nAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT\nAND EXTENSION\nDAIRY\nG. L. Landon, B.S.A.\nK. G. Savage, B.S.A., M.Sc.\nDirector\n5\n HIGHLIGHTS OF 1964\n\u2022 Regulations introduced making veterinary inspection mandatory for all live\nstock sold through 20 public live-stock sales yards in the Province.\n\u2022 New, improved farm-management programme formulated, using detailed accounting forms adaptable to computer processing.\n\u2022 Ram Purchase Premium Policy introduced, providing for the payment of a 20-\nper-cent bonus, up to a maximum of $20, to every purchaser of an approved\nram at an approved sale. The bonus is payable on not more than two purchases\nper buyer.\n\u2022 Evaluation study of the commercial potential of breeds and strains of meat-type\nchicken in the Province, aimed at reducing the dependence of British Columbia\nproducers upon imported breeding stocks.\n\u2022 Regulations established for controlled-atmosphere storage of apples to provide\nimproved fruit quality over extended marketing periods.\n\u2022 Pesticide Residue Laboratory established at Vancouver to carry out testing programme on foodstuffs to ensure freedom from toxic spray or dust residues.\nis expanded to permit greater control of this pest\n\u2022 ARDA programme expanded by a total of 24 projects involving estimated\ncapital cost of $4,000,000. Projects included 4 research, 14 soil and water,\nand 6 as part of the Canada land inventory.\n\u2022 New Dairy Laboratory established at Vancouver to conduct sample testing of all\nmilk produced in the Province.\n Report of the Department of Agriculture\nREVIEW\nUnseasonably cool, cloudy weather with above normal rainfall during the entire\ngrowing season was a dominant feature affecting agriculture in British Columbia in\n1964. Difficulties stemming from these conditions were encountered in virtually\nevery sector, and led to considerable losses, particularly in grains, fruits, and vegetables. In spite of this, over-all output was maintained at close to average levels.\nGenerally steady prices prevailed for most major items, but declines in eggs and live\nstock were effective in reducing the farm prices index by 6 points.\nCash income from the sale of farm products remained relatively unchanged\nfrom 1963 according to preliminary estimates. In live stock, the Province's cattle\npopulation increased by an estimated 22,000 head over 1963. This gain was\nachieved solely in beef cattle, offsetting minor declines in dairy-stock numbers.\nMilk production continued to rise, however, up about 2Vi per cent over the preceding year.\nBeef production increased, with shipments of live cattle to Alberta reaching a\nhigh of 49,875 head during the year. Exports to the United States were down\nsharply at only 6,406, less than one-half the 1963 figure.\nSheep and swine production remained small, the population of the former\ndropping further to a total of 93,000 head, while swine remained below 40,000\nhead. Hog prices weakened during the year, but lambs were up fractionally over\n1963 averages. In spite of both seeding and harvesting difficulties, grain production\nexceeded 11,000,000 bushels this year, a gain of almost 4,000,000 bushels over the\n1963 crop. Prices were steady throughout the year. Hay production, although of\nindifferent quality in many areas, was up substantially at an estimated 1,000,000\ntons. Production of poultry meat rose slightly this year, while eggs increased by\n5 per cent. Meat prices were relatively stable, but egg prices at the farm reached\na post-war low as the weighted average price paid to producers fell to only 27.7 cents\nper dozen.\nProduction of tree fruits was down, gains in cherries, apricots, and peaches\nbeing more than offset by a substantial decline in apples from the near-record crop\nof 1963.   Prices remained steady for the most part.\nWeather conditions effectively reduced the small-fruits crops, but prices increased moderately to bring equal or higher over-all returns.\nVegetable crops, particularly of the heat-loving kinds, were hard hit this year,\nbut unusually firm demand and prices tended to offset production losses. Particularly firm-priced this year were late potatoes, which by December were more than\ndouble those of one year earlier.\nUnfavourable weather also resulted in a decline in honey output to less than\n1,700,000 pounds, one of the lowest yields on record. Fur production and prices\nshowed only slight changes, while the wool clip for the year declined fractionally to\n359,000 pounds.\nADMINISTRATION\nDuring 1964 the Department adopted several new techniques and accelerated\nothers in a continuing programme aimed at improving its general efficiency.   For\n Z 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nthe first time a self-improvement plan was established, under which staff personnel\nhave enlarged opportunity to take advantage of refresher courses, particularly at\nthe academic level.   As conditions permit, interested personnel will also be able   :\nto pursue postgraduate studies in degree courses.    In all, 35 staff members have   j\nindicated serious interest in the latter field.\nDuring the year 53 staff members attended approved short courses on a full   j\nrange of agricultural and related subjects, most of which were of less than one\nweek's duration.\nFurther improvements were introduced in communications, including expanded radio and television programming and a controlled distribution system\nfor publications. \u2022\nPeriodic staff meetings of senior officials, commenced in 1963, were continued\nthroughout the year with beneficial results, particularly in keeping personnel better\nacquainted with Departmental activities.\nAs of December 31, 1964, the total Departmental staff numbered 269 in all\ncategories.\nChecking carcasses\u2014ps\nLIVE STOCK\nServicing the requirements of the Province's live-stock industries, the beef\nand dairy segments in particular, taxed both staff and facilities to the fullest extent\nduring the year. The meat inspection staff, for example, carried out inspections\ncovering a total of nearly 42,000 animal carcasses in the eight killing establishments\nqualifying for such inspection service. An additional 9,918 carcasses from farm-\nkill sources were also inspected. This represented an increase of 10 per cent over\nthe inspection totals of the preceding year.\nUnder provisions of the newly enacted Live-stock Public Sales Act veterinary\ninspectors of the Department made 550 supervisory visits to the 20 licensed public\n r\nDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1964                                   Z 9\nsales yards in the Province, where a total of 106,543 head were inspected. Of\nthis total, 95,284 were cattle.\nOther inspections included the checking of 14,180 head of sheep for foot-rot\nprior to their being permitted to graze on Crown lands.\nDairy-farm inspections saw a total of 2,341 producing units approved for the\nshipping of fluid milk in 1964. In the eight years that the present form of dairy-\nfarm inspection has been in force, the number of approved premises has declined\nby 32 per cent. Despite this downward trend, there has been no decrease in milk\nproduction, indicating a steady increase in production per farm unit and per animal.\nLatest D.H.I.A. records provide further supporting evidence, showing an average\nproduction of all breeds of 10,971 pounds of milk and 437 pounds of fat, based\nupon 16,671 completed records. Five years ago the same all-breeds records\nshowed an average production of 10,330 and 425 pounds respectively.\nThe use of artificial insemination also increased again in 1964, as a total ol\n74,978 first services were recorded. A.I.-sired dairy cows now on Record of\nPerformance and D.H.I.A. testing are outproducing naturally sired animals by\n4 points in milk and 5 in butterfat on Breed Class Average scales.\nLicences were issued to 425 fur-farms during the year, covering 135,000 mink,\n11,221 chinchilla, and 248 other animals, including marten and nutria.\nThe Animal Pathology Laboratory handled 6,812 animal specimens in addition\nto 17,526 serology specimens.\nColony Farm's Colony Vrouka Kit Cyvro, grand champion at 1964 Pacific National\nExhibition, nominated All-Canadian Aged Cow, 1964.\nIn the field, veterinary practitioners inoculated 66,817 calves with Brucella\nvaccine in the 12-month period ended June 30th, as the programme aimed at the\neradication of brucellosis in the Province drew closer to expected completion in\n1965.   Payments to practitioners since the programme was first launched in 1956\nnow total more than $500,000.\n Z 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nUnder the various assistance policies designed to stimulate interest in quality\nstock, a total of $4,420 was expended in 1964 for purebred sires by stockmen, and\n$5,081.61 repaid in respect of purchases made in previous years on which financial 1\nassistance was provided. Assistance was also given in the transporting of purebred\nstock to those areas not immediately adjacent to good sources. Included was the\npolicy on the moving of sheep, which, since its inception in 1961, involved a total .\nDepartmental expenditure of $2,228.\nAssistance to exhibitors showing at the Pacific International Exhibition in  I\nPortland, Ore., and the Royal Winter Fair at Toronto amounted in all to $4,642.\nRounding out the activities of the Department in this industry were production\nand management demonstrations for stockmen, three sheep-breeders' field-days,\nand a short course for swine-breeders. The R.O.P. programme for purebred beef\ncattle was reorganized this year, with an encouraging total of 508 calves enrolled.\nAlso continued was the dairy-cattle placement policy, which, in the 15 years since |\nits inception, has made possible the placing of 836 dairy cows from D.H.I.A. herds\nin the Province. The policy of assistance in the purchase of purebred rams at\napproved sales resulted in premiums being paid on 20 head in this first year of\noperation.\nPreparing milk samples for plati\nDAIRYING\nThe Dairy Branch in 1964 embarked upon an expanded laboratory programme as a result of the transfer from the Health Branch of milk analysis and\ngrading work. This was made possible with the opening this year of the new\nlaboratory facilities in Vancouver, staffed by four technicians.\nIn the period April through December a total of 23,605 milk samples were\ngraded. Of this number, 79 per cent produced bacterial counts of less than 30,000\ncolonies per millilitre by standard plate count, reflecting the remarkably high\nquality of fluid milk produced in British Columbia. The standard of 75,000\ncolonies is the highest of any Province of Canada.\n r\nDEPARTMENT OF\n1964\nBy the year's end there were 56 licensed dairy plants operating, of which 48\nwere pasteurizing milk, 16 making ice-cream, 12 making butter, 9 cottage cheese,\nand 4 other cheeses. One plant was making evaporated milk and one powdered\nmilk.   Several of these were engaged in multi-product operations.\nInspectors carried out 684 dairy-plant and 1,484 dairy-farm inspections and\nvisits during the year.\nThe Branch again conducted a combined correspondence and residence short\ncourse in dairying at the University of British Columbia, with 15 students. A one-\nday ice-cream clinic was also held at the University, with good attendance of dairy-\nplant operators from all parts of the Province.\nA Dairy Producers' Protection Fund was established in April to provide\nassurance to milk-producers of compensation for moneys owing them from dairies\nunable to pay for milk received. By the end of the year, collections derived from\nfees assessed against all dairy plants totalled $10,716.72, with no disbursements.\nAlso collected was the sum of $3,401.80 in fees for laboratory analyses.\nPOULTRY\nThis year some 236,000 chickens and 8,317 turkeys were blood-tested and\napproved for the production of hatching-eggs by inspectors of the Poultry Branch.\nThese represented a decrease of 11,700 chickens and an increase of nearly 5,000\nturkeys from 1963 totals.\nIn addition to the work of testing the inherent productive capacity of the\nvarious breeds and strains of poultry offered for sale in the Province, the British\nColumbia Random Sample Poultry Testing Station at Abbotsford this year carried\nout intensive studies to determine\n(a) the effect of ventilation and temperature on the growth rate of broiler\nchickens;\n Z 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA\n(b) the effect of bird density (in housing) on the production of commercial\n(c) the production potential of newly developed Canadian strains of commercial laying birds;\n(d) economic factors associated with high-density housing in the production\nof broiler chickens;\n(e) the economic feasibility of producing broiler chickens of lighter weights\nthan are commonly produced today; and\n(\/) the isolation techniques required to limit or prevent altogether the incidence of leucosis in the brooding of baby chicks.\nThis last project was undertaken in co-operation with the Canada Department of\nAgriculture.\nThe cost of these studies was partially recovered through revenues returned\nfrom the sale of the resulting products, amounting to about $30,000.\nIn co-operation with the Canada Department of Agriculture and the Con-\nnaught Medical Research Laboratories, the Branch successfully carried out a field\ntrial using over 250,000 laying-birds on 31 separate premises, to evaluate the\neffectiveness of methods and materials currently available to commercial producers\nfor the control of respiratory diseases in poultry.\nIn an attempt to reduce British Columbia producers' dependence upon imports\nof broiler-chicken breeding stock, the Branch this year initiated a study project to\nevaluate the commercial potential of those breeds and strains of meat-type birds\nnow available in the Province. This was done with the co-operation of the University of British Columbia's Department of Poultry Science.\nAs a part of a continuing study of cost factors involved in the production of\ncommercial eggs, a special study of the problem of cracked and damaged eggs was\nalso instituted. This is of particular interest to British Columbia producers, since\nlosses from these factors are higher in this Province than elsewhere in Canada.\nAPIARY\nInspectors of the Apiary Branch carried out inspections of 8,000 bee colonies\nin 1964, locating and condemning 114 infected with American foul brood disease.\nThis was an increase of 25 over the number found in the preceding year.\nIncreased priority was given this year on controlled pollination experiments on\ntree fruits, blueberries, cranberries, alfalfa, and white Dutch and alsike clovers.\nOver 500 colonies of honeybees were used in the experiment with blueberries,\nwith encouraging results in spite of inclement weather. Seed yields of close to 700\npounds per acre were realized in a pollination project on 900 acres of white Dutch\nclover at Creston.\nWork was continued on the use of both wild and honey bees in alfalfa-seed\nproduction. Larvae of the alkali bee were planted in an artificial bee bed adjacent\nto a 40-acre field as part of the experiment to determine reproduction rates and\nwinter survival capability under Southern Interior conditions.\nIn addition to conducting a \" pollination workshop \" for fruit-growers and\nbeekeepers, the Branch also organized a training course for honey judges and short\ncourses on beekeeping during the year. In co-operation with the Extension Department of the University of British Columbia a highly successful Beemasters' Course\nwas held for advanced instruction in beekeeping.\n DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1\nPackaged Okanagan honeybees being readied\nFIELD CROPS\nAs in the past few years, the Field Crops Branch continued its programme of\nsetting out demonstration trial plots on cereals, forage crops, potatoes, weedicides,\nsoil fertility, and fertilizers in various sections of the Province.\nAlso continued was the soils extension programme commenced in 1962.\nThe addition of 10 new soils clubs among farmers in the Lower Mainland and on\nVancouver Island, with a membership of 269, brought total registrations to date of\n600 in 21 clubs.   Emphasis has been placed upon soil studies and forage-crop\nNew extraction procedures in the soil and forage analysis service were introduced this year following the renovation and re-equipping of the Branch's Victoria\nlaboratory. A scale of fees was introduced for this improved service, which saw\na total of 4,500 soil samples analysed by the end of the year.\nWeed inspectors were employed this year in the Pemberton Valley and the\nPeace River District, where unseasonable weather hampered herbicide application\nHORTICULTURE\nA tree census in orchards of the Southern Interior of the Province was commenced this year, from which preliminary findings indicated increasing planting\nrates of Mcintosh, Spartan, Golden Delicious, Newtown, and Tydeman apples,\nwhile plantings of Red Delicious appeared to be declining.   In peaches, plantings of\n Z 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nRed Haven showed increases, but other varieties were down from previous tree\ncounts. Plantings of all varieties of pears, apricots, and cherries were found to be\nproceeding at reduced rates, while prunes appeared to be unchanged.\nAlso started was a programme of leaf analysis in the Okanagan Valley to\ndetermine nitrogen levels in orchard soils. Such information is useful in establishing fertilizer recommendations. An experimental trial employing live female codling moths in traps was carried out at Oliver with effective results, with, males being\ncaught over a considerably longer period than has been possible with the use of\nmolasses bait.\nFurther tests were conducted on the problems of apple scab and coryneum\nblight, with promising results.\nIn the field of small fruits, trials on the effects of winter storage of strawberry\nplants indicated that it may be feasible to eliminate winter losses in this way.\nFurther investigations will be undertaken in this regard. Variety trials to determine\nthe suitability of various small fruits to particular areas were continued as in the past.\nWith the growing commercial importance of grapes in the Okanagan, the\nHorticultural Branch devoted considerable effort to variety trials on a number of\nthe newer hybrids. Also checked were such items as fertilizer requirements, herbicides applications, pruning methods, and irrigation techniques.\nWork with vegetables was highlighted this year by an extensive trial programme\ninvolving over 200 varieties and strains planted at Cloverdale. Conducted in cooperation with the Canada Department of Agriculture, the University of British\nColumbia, and the growers' co-operative, this project was aimed at finding what\nother varieties, if any, might be used in place of those currently grown in that area.\n DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, .\nFor the second year, demonstration plots of field t\nVernon to illustrate the benefits of proper soil husbandry and spraying practices\nfor that crop.\nColour coding and certification of tree-fruit nursery stocks was extended in\n1964 with the addition of five certified nurseries to the programme. At the same\ntime, further demonstration work was undertaken in chemical weed control in\nornamental nursery stocks.   Fall weed control proved most effective.\nAn improved technique in the deep-steaming of greenhouse soils was introduced successfully, pointing the way to substantial savings in labour costs for operators of houses where ground beds are used.\nIn the field of extension the Branch continued to make use of radio and television facilities in the Okanagan to reach the widest possible audiences among the\nfruit-growers. Particularly effective was the continuing annual \" Sunrise Chautauqua \" broadcast for five consecutive mornings in late January.\nSOIL SURVEY\nA sharp increase in demand for soil-survey work in 1964 forced a reduction in\nthe amount of work that could be undertaken on any individual project. This resulted for the most part from the requirements of soil-capability programmes for\nagricultural land classification under terms of the Agricultural Rehabilitation and\nDevelopment Act (ARDA). These took place in the Okanagan, Similkameen, and\nKettle River Valleys and in the Prince George area. In the last-named area a pilot\nstudy was instituted this year leading to the development of a soil-classification procedure for forest soils, in co-operation with both Federal and Provincial departments\nof Forestry, the Canada Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Soil\nScience of the University of British Columbia. In addition, a soil reconnaissance\nwas made of part of the area lying above the shoreline of the proposed Arrow Lakes\n Z 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nThe work of extension soil surveyors in the Okanagan involved problems surrounding farm soil, irrigation, and drainage. In the Fraser Valley such work was\nconfined to land drainage only.\nTo enable a better understanding of the performance of chemical amendments\nwhen applied to soils having different characteristics, a start has been made on the\nexamination of the chemical status of soils, including the systematic identification\nof clay minerals.\nA bulletin describing the soil survey of the Kettle River valley was completed\nduring the year, as were interim survey reports and maps of Matsqui Municipality\nand the valley of the Eagle River. Also produced were soil-capability maps of those\nareas recently surveyed in the Fraser Valley.\nEXTENSION\nA prominent feature of the Department's extension activities in 1964 was the\nreorganization and expansion of the farm-management programme. A completely\nnew set of farm account books was devised for distribution among participants\nin the programme, each of whom was charged a nominal fee. By the end of the\nyear a total of 338 farmers had been signed up in all areas of the Province, from\nVancouver Island to the Peace River District. Of these, 159 were dairy-farmers,\n113 were engaged in beef-cattle production, and 35 were grain-growers. The\nremainder were in mixed-farming operations.\nWorkshop sessions were held in each area as the programme was launched,\nwith the assistance of District Agriculturists. District Agriculturists were also\nactive as usual in the organization and conducting of a variety of field-days in their\nrespective districts. These continue to be well attended, indicating the value\nattached to such events by farmers at large.\nThe 4-H Club Division reported an increase in the number of clubs in the\nProvince in 1964 to a total of 242 with a membership of 3,039. It is of interest\nto note that the average age among the members is 13 years, and one-third do not\n DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1964 Z 17\nlive on farms. Among the various activities carried out in 1964 was a Province-\nwide public speaking competition, which drew keen interest from virtually all clubs.\nAs usual, rallies and field-days made up much of the year's programmes, with\nemphasis upon demonstrations, judging, and display work.\nThe use of television and radio, particularly the former, as an extension tool\nwas sharply increased during the year. In addition to the regular weekly farm\ntelecasts originating in Kelowna, Kamloops, and Dawson Creek, a series of 19 programmes was presented to Okanagan fruit-growers during the growing season to\nadvise on such matters as pest and disease control in orchards.\nThe Engineering Division also made use of radio and television this year,\npresenting, in all, five programmes on hay-drying and land-clearing.\nThe Division continued its testing projects on crop-spraying and fruit-handling\nequipment, hay-drying techniques, and soil and water problems associated with\ndrainage methods. Advisory assistance was provided individual farmers in both\ndrainage and water-supply problems. In addition, published material on irrigation\nsystems and algae control was compiled, along with a wide range of farm building\nplans. Several farm-machinery field-days and one irrigation field-day were conducted during the year.\nIn the land-clearing programme a total of 8,462 acres was cleared and 5,101\nacres broken this year, at a cost of $369,502. Total expenditures under this programme since its inception in 1946 now stand at over $5,250,000.\nOTHER SERVICES\nThe Entomology Branch this year reported substantial increases in the resistance of cabbage and turnip maggot, carrot rust fly, and tuber flea beetle to the\nchlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides. Pear psylla resistance to guthion was also\nestablished.\nAssistance was provided in control work covering pear psylla, mites, peach\ntwig borer, European and San Jose scale. In addition to the common problems\nwith root weevils on strawberries and fireworms on cranberries, the Branch this\nyear was also called upon for assistance with a serious outbreak of leaf roller on\nblueberries. Control measures for mosquitoes were continued, and a detailed survey of breeding areas along the lower reaches of the Fraser River was carried out.\nThe Branch dealt with many requests for identification and control information\non a substantial number of household and other pests. In addition, extra effort was\nrequired this year with problems related to pesticide residues and the drawing-up of\nplans for a new pesticide residues laboratory in Vancouver.\nThe Plant Pathology Branch was called upon to deal with a larger than usual\nnumber of plant disorders in 1964, most of which were traceable to the unusually\ncool, moist weather conditions which prevailed during the summer months. These\nincluded bean rust, downy mildew of onions, and the wheat diseases basal spikelet\nrot, glume blotch, and wheat scab.\nThe Branch reported outbreaks of onion smut for the first time in the Koote-\nnays and the Fraser River delta, and white rot of onions in the Okanagan. Root-\nknot nematode in carrots was also diagnosed for the first time in the Fraser Valley.\nAlso reported were heavier than usual losses from powdery mildew and water core\nin apples.\nFive grasshopper-control areas received advances totalling $40,000 in 1964,\nand 106 licences to sell poisons used exclusively in agriculture were issued.\n Z 18 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nThe Department recognized and supported 21 agricultural exhibitions and 38\nfall fairs throughout the Province. Also recognized were 120 Farmers' Institutes,\nhaving a combined membership of 4,664.\nAssistance covering a wide range of agricultural products was provided again\nthis year by the Markets and Statistics Branch. For the first time, assistance was\nalso given to a non-agricultural group when the commercial oyster-growers of the\nProvince applied for and were granted a marketing scheme under legislation administered by this Department.\nA total of 117,708 pieces of published material was issued by the Publications\nBranch.\n  ","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/hasType":[{"value":"Legislative proceedings","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/identifier":[{"value":"J110.L5 S7","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"1965_V02_19_Z1_Z18","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/isShownAt":[{"value":"10.14288\/1.0371040","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/language":[{"value":"English","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/provider":[{"value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/publisher":[{"value":"Victoria, BC : Government Printer","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/rights":[{"value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. 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