Legislative Assembly lenge is for us to find our place in the world." Now, there's quite a challenge and we turn back to Page 12. I'd like also to read again, "So far there has been no real progress in agriculture since 1949. Agricultural production did grow rapidly during the Second World War and immediately thereafter." Now, Mr. Speaker , there is somewhat of a challenge to us to produce more to feed a hungry world. Away back in 1939-45 that is exactly what we did, Mr. Speaker . I know I was farming at that time, the challeng-e was ours not only to feed a nation but to feed an army at war. We carried that out though I may say at the same time, I used to have a hired man before that but help was scarce and the wife and I did it ourselves. Three nights a week I was in the reserve army and nearly every Sunday we were away doing exercises as well. Sometimes when I look back ! wonder how we ever did it but, Mr. Speaker , we had a ready market. Prices weren't very high but we were satisfied that we farmers were doing a good job. But today it's somewhat different. I don't want to wander too far away though. We have this comprehensive plan here and I understand that most of the money to fin¬ ance it is coming from Ottawa at the present time but we have a staff here that's been using up $170,000. Sometimes I wonder if they're not starting at the wrong end, because this report indicates that we should have more production. Mr. Speak ¬ er, we don't want any more production. That is the difficulty the farmers has at the present time. We have over production. When I listened this afternoon very attentatively to the Premier when he made his second speech, I thought he was all through but he stood up again and about agriculture. I don't think he knows very much about agriculture. Walter R. Shaw : He knows nothing. Frank Myers : But it seems very unfortunate and I was extremely interested in what he said that we have marketed here in Prince Edward Island 130,000 head of hogs last year or thereabouts and there's that much more pork coming in from the United States. Where is the Minister of Agriculture? I think that is very unfair to our farmers, not only here in Prince Edward Island but in Canada as well. What do the reports tell us to do ? We have a market .... Where are you ? I have it here somewhere. It's Page 21, I think. Yes, the same report, saying we have a ready market here in the Provinces for 447,500 more hogs. Just imagine that when pork was so cheap at the present time, but let us not forget the fact, Mr. Speaker , that we here in Prince Edward Island have felt a measure of that ready market elsewhere in the Provinces we are under the domina¬ tion of, apparently, the United States, and Ontario and Quebec . But I think it's very unfair. We are trying to produce as efficiently as we can. To give you another idea, Mr. Speaker , and perhaps the Minister of Agriculture would be in¬ terested in this. I have a daughter out in Calgary and I had a letter from her yes¬ terday and Sebago potatoes are selling out there in the stores 10 lbs. for 99< J. Now , that's exactly what it says. That is what we're up against. I wonder where the trouble is? I think the trouble lies beyond our con¬ trol, I think, until the opportunity comes that all the farmers not only here on Prince Edward Island but perhaps all the rest of Canada join together, includ¬ ing the States and try and work out some solution whereby they can control the acreage and at the same time control the prices as well. But our city friends are not getting their agricultural products any cheaper at the present time or very, very little because I've been checking up on different occasions. Why, for instance, I was down at Halifax a week before last for a few days and I was talking to a clergyman down there and he's supposed to tell the truth or at least 1 think so. A week before he paid $3.00 for a 75 lb. bag of Island potatoes. $3.00 a 75 lb. bag of Island potatoes! Now, there is the difficult situation we find our¬ selves in and there are a lot of potatoes coming in from the United States and even the Minister of Agriculture this afternoon said during question period that it is almost impossible to sell potatoes down in the , is that right? Well, I'm very sorry to hear that because just last year here in this Assembly this Government appointed one of the most prominent and well versed men in the po¬ tato industry. They hired him to do something and I'm very sorry indeed that he hasn't done anything along that line and I refer to Mr. Willis , Horace Willis . Very sorry indeed but whatever happened, someone got their wires crossed somewhere along the line. —76—