JOHN B. MACFADYEN

John Bell MacFadyen was born in Augustine Cove on February 19 1865. He was the son of Neil Hector MacFadyen and his Wife, Jane Eel

Mr. MacFadyen was personally of a retiring disposition, seléio heard as a speaker, but he was the brains and moving spirit in most 0 the progressive movements in agriculture in his time.

It was he, along with Prof. Paul A. Murphy then plant pathologis and Dr. J. A. Clark of the Experimental Station, who fathered and infirfl duced the white potato seed industry in this province. Gradually, her and there, throughout the province individual farmers experimented vii the white varieties and whenever they did so, Prof. Murphy and M‘ MacFadyen found a renumerative market for them. But soon organizaiioI was found to be necessary and again it was Mr. MacFadyen who took 3' initiative; He enlisted the support of Mr. J. O. Hyndman and a meetirs was convened in 1920, out of which the P.E.I. Potato Growers Associati grew and, of which he was a life-long director. He had taken trips 0 his own to Aristook County, Maine, to learn there how the people my ized for the Seed Potato Growers’ Association.

He was particularly interested in cranberry and blueberry pro duction. Only failing health in the later years of his life prevented hi11 from personally demonstrating the possibility of high grade productiOl in both berries. This revelation, alone, put, Mr. MacFadyen years aheat’ of his time. It has only been in recent years that the development 0' these berries has been undertaken on a major scale.

He was also interested in poultry production, being one of the firs

to experiment with the now commonly-owned egg incubators; and alwal"

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