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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIANM»

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FOR FARMERS, STOCK BREEDERS and GARDENERS

AUGUST 6, 1938

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Th:- Iilmrst molten n! BINDER TWINE in TIIE BRITISH EMPIRE.

Wc have sol lrc wile tlislrlhul llinsc yours have nt-vcr lind a brill of being iliimagcd or othcrivlsr.

Hold WHOLESALE I-ml RETAIL at iowcst pnssihl Don't huy hcfore getting our prices.

CARTER 8i O'O., LIMITED

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Binder Tirim for many years. Wc and In all TUIUPIVPII as

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its (IOilLliYH f'(”=‘l‘lli)if‘S that of its llrrish wiiiuciiei‘. But our little iillllllfli nrivr \\".L\ the terrible char- auici- that the (‘amnion Shrew was! :\il Eliiuirh naturalist of the seven- trciith vriiiuiy", mic Topsoil, makes this iiitiir-tiiiviii: “The Shrew is a riictiiiig llrasi. feiizniiiz itscif i: . lllili tunic; but being touch- c ll bliciii ilvcp. and poysoneth tiviiiléy. lt bearetli a cruel mltidc. ti» 1'11.’ 1o liiiri any thing, neither

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OUR. SMALLEST MAMMAL

That is. of course, the tiny "Shrew M019‘ as Francis Baln calls it; the 511F911 llerscnatus personatus of i-lie ZOOIUEiH-s. a. little insect-eating beast that rarely comes under our notice. Bani further briefly states that, it "iJlli‘I'fl\\‘S tinder stumps and "Xlllilljvs iiic grass lands for in- svr . aiui that. "its tiny chain like trai. is often seen 0n the snow in winicr."

The animal thus summarily dis- posed of is, _I Judge. closely related lfi. or idciitical wltii the Common biircw of Britain. Certainly‘ its ap- llrflraiicc and sizc are the same; and

v crcaiiirc that .t loveth.

Llicy voiistunc SEYHI’ in lime. They \f"l'_\ sloivlv, they are fraudul- . and take their prey by deceit. times they graw the Oxes ‘ii tlic stable." It was a. long- iWilPi. iiictitipncd by Aris- ilic bite of a Shrew was . u» ilOi‘.=('s and cattle, but . il‘iiO\\‘ is eiisilv exonerated ‘...'i\\'iiiE the “Oxes hoofs,"

Another bciicf of oursuperstitlotis urcfaiiicrs was that if any horse.

time paralyzsied or diseased, it. was use a slirciv had crawled over hotli- 0i‘ had contacted it in if‘ other ivay. The Anglo-Saxons

ia! spcrlal sense.

crc is an nlfi sayiri: that “Like » cs like " and our provident fore-

aluavs ‘mid ti Surety-ash at

son. Herc and there 5 determined attempt is made to remedy this by running wlre net round the plot and gT°W1n8 beddin! Plants, and some of these little gardens are real] handsome. I notice, Bug 1 thin there would be more satin. faction in cultivating the plot, a; a, rockers". as the British term it and for these reasons First, the ‘OOWTY 15 DPYOPHOBIW‘. and when once planted with perennials, no further expense of that kind comes against it IL takes little weeding becwr" “K91? plants are of a. creeping. encroaching kind them- fPlfré. and ivceds have little chance wl.h them. If the stands are dis- posed properly both footirafflc and fflfllllw are discouraged. which un- fir-r’ the-crlcumstanoes l5 a distinct ndianta e. such a garden could still be cnced 1f the owner thought 1i YWCENQFY- This is not a far- fctched idea, because something like it, was given effect to. by the Council of a town in the pmvmce of Quebec. During the worst years of the deprecslon, cine of the pub. lic works ivas the construction of a. long rock garden bordering the ap-_ preach to the town, and a couple of years after I noted with some amusement that the thrifty souls in the Council were advertising the increase of their stock in one of our gardening magazines. " ' It is almost- lmposslble to lay down hard and fast rules for such construction. as a g deal d9, fiends on, the configuration of the‘. ground, and the nature of thel Stone available. There are, however. ' a few hints for the gardener, which must be studied well if he mints his rockery to be a success. First, a 511ml!’ Fiilllltittli is (LTEIIHM. as the the 1DW-FPOWlnZ< Alpine plants (which are the kinds most suitable for rockerles) come from countries where sunlight ls stron and unin- ierfilptfid- If the groun is variable in contour so much the better. for hills and delis‘ may be formed “Rh greater ease; if flat. hillocks molt be constructed with the larg- er stones. Keep the surface irregu~ 1B1‘! Again, the rock garden ought not to run in a. straight line; it should advance and recede so that bill‘ and "promontory" may alterntiiefflie body of the rockery should consist. mostly of soil rather than of sinnes, since plants imnfl

. ivhii-ii iilivri oiicciiicdicut-ezl" is (‘villicrt Wiiuc," would maln- zis viituc fcr ci-er." Thcshrew- " amai ivas stroked or whip- hrn ‘ch from tiic ash and ‘v i'l'iif‘\'P(I of the pain mo running of thcshrew-

it‘? tlic part affected." If l

.- mis not available, an- 'i ilfc curc was lo "drag through a piece of

pd m both ends. . ‘.i'fi_\' to make a shrew- wi limo a ilccp hole into the I'll lill uusrur: inln the hole "cw is iiiscrted, and a plug iiit‘ operator niutters ' ' iitriiiiiiiiioiis! The ash :1 llttlci was said by '.' had w Vlflilc in his da

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"t-hcse freed and flexible, ivere sev- l opvii bv ivcdgcs. rod children. stripped .' pilf-iiffi through the uiiiicr a ticrsiiasinn that. l\l"ltl"i"_\‘-, tiir pnrir babes ‘icrl of their infirmity." fun that lililTIIiPTS of 'l'(‘ found every year ins iii the North of iiiriii iiilii ii. iviis . to altcmpt to cuxxss \ road, l fil‘i$'.‘fi. The most pro- litire cxiiiirarioii ls that. prowling i5 sii-r 'licni easily in such places, icm and i(‘f'l\'0 them. lying. zliwv do, not from the rea- n bv the naturalist T) ell. in , fact that the rew .-. ‘I sccii. and on ciitih side of .s body, niidivay' between the frcnt and liiiizi legs. which gives of!‘ a puiicctii. and obnoxious odor.

" is ilfls sprung another be- . t. nothing ivill cat. a shrew; zi bclicf ‘lflW uzitcriahlc since owls and trhci- lxrds have been observed

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to rrt and swallow them. l w; ious to road. on the au- tlzcriti‘ of l2]. W. Nelson, a former

chief of ihe U s. Biological Sur- - - that the lLskimos are as much . . .ri of thr- shrew as were the old ft ~r of Fnalanri, e common i ~ ne correctly terms it) i5

ll a: Guatemala. ic slirciv very frequently cs its time's through ihesnow o ll on tlic sea ice. Of the many .-_ iihi i are believed to have mritzzi-a! powers, the Eski- filil‘. "he “sea shrew“ to . »t maliciiiinl. "lls appear- ; tics l'lh"il as exactly like -hi~ coiiiiiioti ‘and siircw, but l "i l'-"J‘ mi the icc at. son. ‘l iiuiiici" to ilart at.

air, picrcc thc

uiiiivi: all throiivh

. . ‘lTfilbifl rapidity.

o t‘il‘i“.‘ “no ma s licart. and kill in.‘ A ii‘il1‘i‘l' who incl. on» of .0 tct-nblc creatures saved him- hv tviiiaiiiiiiiz motionless for

rai hours until the shrew had crcti out of sight. All his this act-owl that hc had had a flffiliif“!

.if‘ JV-IiIlFCT is by no mciins cx- worl. hut I fccl that rcadcr! ii" "nail cnouzh of the shrew for if‘ limo! It, ls wonricrfu‘. 'ilflliilh. ivlinl an amount of extravagant rcirs il"\f‘ gathcrctl round this lizigllliifdili crcaturru

ROCK GARDENS

Thorn are spots for pioisl tn the ('ii\', hctitccn tiic sitlcivalk and kerb. that would be lfiPfli as the WP". o!‘ nick pardons. Thcv have aricitiabv hcvti swirled niii. but \\'i‘.-'il. ivilli traffic. and such ivccds as the hmari-lcavcri plantain, the brass has all but. disappeaxetl, and the i_i'iiVi.S_l'|'lf_]i‘E or, less of_a

thrive without abundance of good earth for rooting in. If the rock Harden is made b)‘ the side of a path, it may be carried up in low flat. terraces about. three feet wide, each rislniz to a height of one fool "MVP i119 previous terrace. This style of rockery has several ad- vflnigP-K Small stones may be used. and if a mistake is made it. can bc corrected without. moviniz large masses of rock. An effect of height can be produced in a small com- pass, so long as due proportion is observed: for instance any shnihs or plants used on a small rockery. must. be small themselves or they dwarf the structure. Sinner. must- be sloped to direct the rainfall lam the ‘pockets’ in which the lants are growing. A good plan fore commencing such a garden. is to study a few picture of rockerles or better still i0 visit. act-ital examples. noting the way the stones are dis- posed.

Most ‘horlllculturoi magazines list- advertisers who will supply suitable plants, but as these, will not. make much of a show the first season it is ivell to stipplement them by showy fLnnUfli&--biii. these must be dwarf species. Finally. I may say that. there are several kinds of bulbs which lend themselves to rock gardens and these are mostly‘ spring-blooming.

A SMALL GR-ASSI-IOPPER

This summer I have noticed many small green insects which I have identified as the "Eastern Slender Meadow Grasshopper," which rejoices in the equally 1m- poslng Latin name of Conocephaliis fasclatus fasclatus DeGocr. The first onc I picked up was o. male. and as he was not. an adult, I was not very sure of his identity though I suspected he was C. fasclatus etc. etc! Then on the following clay I came across a batch of the little creatures in the adult stage and my doubts were dispelled!

This grasshopper with many other kinds from Nova Scotla. was listed by Rmncis Walker, F. L. 8., as be- ing iri a collection in the British Miseum in 1869; so that it ls by no means a new discovery! It is a verv slender and dellcatey formed insect. with verv long antennae. Its head has a sort of conical shape as its Latin name indicates its body is about. 13 millimetres long, m-ccn, with a dark brown stripe doivri the back. The fcmalc is dis- tinguished by a “SVJOTG-iikfi" oviiiosiior propcctiniz to the rcar.

These insects, says Harry Piers. in liLs, "Oriiioplcra. nf Nova Scolln." frequent. damp situations such as wot mcndows and mnrshcs.

‘and thin cattle goin

DAIRY TOPICS

._-i_. Provlnoial Department of Agriculture In Ctr-operation lrecfors of Dairymen’: Association.

b! With the D

AYRSHIRE MEN ALERT

The Ayrshire Breeders Asooia- tlon of Prince Edward Island has made provision to assist brccders of Registered A_\‘l'.|i|li‘.\ on P. E. 1. _to test their animal‘. for Bat s’ Dis- oase, The Ass lution wil pity a bonus of tiwetily vc ccnis per head on every reitlsacrcii AYrshire icsted under a private tcst, the bonus to apply ori~the first four htindretl animals for ivliich application is

made. .

The intention LS to encourage breeders to iiiiilllllifi)’ come under the Fbderal plan for Bangs‘ Discasc Vera/dictation,

This is only one of the many piogremlve policies that have been initiated by lhc Ayrshire breeders of l-hls Province.

PASTVRES

Pastures 31c or; oil‘ and flies are becoming thicker. a combin- ation potent iii rcducing flow. For- tunately, the fly menace may 1w fairly well controllcti through the use Q; many tli- sprays obtains-bio on the niarkct 'I‘lie question oi iaastures is fllfivhull. One cannot i)il_V a paistuic. ill‘ iiicr can onc pur- chase green i i. rililllifimflliiS. Pro- vision, howe can be made for it. ilic wise dallivmfln 1y arceti feeds sown l'\ pasture condition. 1 follow in rcgulai- iiill be carried lack of such pro- ll cream chrqucs into ivlnter in

to meet the <1 Later com wil time and cauli-

safely over whori- vision leaves sm-a

dtmicnia , huwPvPr.

quarters. Pun cm is the pasture

the dulrv sY-‘i

Ifi-idei- a proper systcim ofptisiure management. for-ding conditions arc usually maintained at a satisfac-

tqry lervelfithroupligut tharrvtiso‘

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varieties of P. slnerisis were de- veloping a fragrance which of course made them more soilfiili fir" er by the izardenini! public. This qualltv was developed bv selection and ransferred by heredilv to Paeonles of other color, and these colored and scented plants com- manded high prides. Any Paeony root of the commoner secntless var‘ ieties is worth from 60 cts. to $1.00: but, 1n 193B a variety called Philippe Rivoire “m; put. on the market at just, $15 a root! The plant. scored 9.2 out, of .1. possible l0 rated by the American Pacoiiy Socicti‘. and was at that. time supposed to be] the finest variciiv in existence The, bloom was deep ii-mnranlh-rcd. and it had a tca-rrisc fragrance. Ari carilcr lniroduciioti _l‘l£1I‘i"lP(I "Mary Brand," raicd 3.7 in the scale. and lirid immense crimson; red blooms. a delightful fru€TflT1¢°~

It is listed at. $4 i?" TOM-

Ail the same a scented Paeony must. indeed be rare in P. E. I I've never come across one. I suggcsi that Mr. Brchaul. pro-

pagate his rose-scented Paeony". by , division, for two or three years: and then, ivheri he has workcd up a, stock. put. 1t. on the market tit a] price to suit our depleted purses» The divisions may be plantcd

spring or Fall. but nipst be plant-

ed shallow or no bloom the next

year! I have some of the old crim-

son P officlnalls, and I find they

do best when the "bud" or onc or

two inches below the surface (ll the.

soil. some put. on a protciziitii: mulch, which is removed in early spring. Should my corresnciitleiit. desire any further information, I shall be glad to get it for him.

THEY I-IOAXED THEMSELVES.

ivrvuld

Once on a time reporter in the . 5., perpetrated a wholesale hoax on the general iibllc by in- venting some rcmarka lo “discover- ies" of lunar inhabitants, and scenery by Sir. William Herschel. the Astronomer. One of the Ncw York papers actually printed the "discoveries" in irood fnitih. and the fiction ls always rcfcrrcrl to in star- gazlrig circlecs as "The Moon Hoax." The Bathybius hoax was a differ- ent affalr. It was the men of science who first deceived them- se es. and then found out. that. it w all a hoax! And this ls how it happened. _ _ T e foliewers of Darwin. in their eagerness to support. his evolution- ary theory, were somctlmes rash and jumped to hasty conclusions. They ho ed t0 find the beginnings of life, usl. as they searched to find the missing link between man and the apes. Whcn tho dredge. in 1868. brought up from the bottom of the Atlantic a quaniiy of soft gelatinous matter. thcsc siivants be- lieved that they had found some- thing oven simpler than the Amoeba, the lowest, form of life previously recognized. Onc of ihcm. writini: of this substance says "If a little of this viscid nnzc bc placed in a drop of sen watci" under the microscopc. We can sec

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They no doubt succumb to the first. frosts which occur about thc mid- dle of September, being pmbably the first species to do so."

A ROSE-SCENTEI) PAEONY

Mr. Lcmuel Brchauf. of Murray River. ii-rltcs: "I have a Paeony with dark crimson blossoms, which have a strong rosc perfume. I have bccn told that. a Pnenny with a stron perfume is very rarc, and I woul be obliged if you could give mt- tmy information that you may have on this matter. Yours etc.“

To begin with. there in no doubt-

that all the botanical species o Paconin. like P. oiflrlnnlis (the common crimson lvmb typei and

P. Slncnsls. the, Chinese Paeony iii-hence come most of the garden varieties). were scentlesa. After many years of experlmentatirm. it ' 191ml; tliiibeemcgulisliilta

I sciiiimic aiuiviriiviiic

Send uii your wool to bc spun into yarn and woven Into blankets. (‘hnrlcs are: angle yum 23 cents. double 20 cent!

prr pound. blanket $2.00.

It taken five pounds of wool per blanket. Wan! must he will washed and all dirt and burrs picked Tho size rif single , am is: medium. double yum. fine,

out.

mcillum. coarse and hon ing.

name on, all parcclii, address and lniitriic om molds, dead Freight will be _ “INFO Iml plrk! fipcr al price for unwashed. and colored blankets, yarn in all shades for pie.

by miiil or freight. This’. ' FFIFF iii’ ‘V!!! pound.

Plume 145-].

Put tihlp c‘; mil owner's id on l0! pounds wool in 23 rents per

Auto rebel. white

after a time, an irrcgulai‘ network of matter resembling white of egg . . . .'I'his network may be seen gradually changing its form and entangling granules and foreign bodies change their rcliitlvc pheno- menu of a very Simple form o life " Professor Huxley. the big shot. of the scientific world of those days ghrlggned this "simple form of life" Bnihvblus hacckt-lil and Hticckcl. the German naturalist. in ivhosc. honor it iviui named. wrote a book about it. I can just. rcmcmber the furore it caused becausc ii. “'R.\ a- gainst the "Special Crcaiirin" of 1,27. But. alas when n spri- ciul p. the Challenger. sci, out. in i871, to capture tlic Balliyblus. ll. was found that. the sim iP form was not, organic at. all. bu merely consisted of sulphuric acid and me: and in guote Huxley again “Batihybius ha not lived up to the promise of its youth!"

"viiif Drilling

Communicate with

_ Vaughan H. Groom, Summer-side

Track Wall 00., LtiL,

~,\’P1II'S and tests.

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with a minimized need for green supplements. Under recent condi- tions, much has been sold regard- ing mineral necessities and the dif- tlculty of getting CUWs ivlt-h calf. Fcrtiilzcd pastures providing suc- cuicnt uuutrllioiis and abundant. feed is hhc bvsl. itiulliocl of stippiy- llli-i mine-nil mixtures w animals. ‘These are mailers for yearly con- sideration and provision for im- provemciit in summer feeding should be made u yieur in advance.

SIIOILTIIORN RECORD

News from Sydney. Australia. slates that ii Sliorthom cow, Berry Lovely, owned by the Government. Farm, has uivcn 13.639 pounds of milk anti 611i pounds of butter-fut. ‘in 2'73 days. The breed is a strain of English Daiiy Slim-thorns which is tiuickly incoming established as a (ilbiiilltii. strain in Australia. This record gives iiie supporters of the Shot-thorn good grounds for cheer- iiig.

GROUND LIMESTONE CHEAPER

A policy oi’ interest iio daitymfli is that. annuunvctl by. the Depart.- iiicnt, of Aurioulttire where-by lami- vrs from now to Dec. 31st may sec- ure ilmc by rat-load at. a lute in bulk of ‘LWO dollars and ninety cents per ton and’ in bags at a cor- responding IELIUCLIOII.

This lino i)l'i(.'€ should prompt many farmers to secure the r lime l‘(‘(|ill1‘L‘lll('ili.<. this sHLSOII. Nottoniy will pressure of ivurk be relieved next, sprint: but. the autumn sea- son, osipcriiiili" for lands to be seed- ed out, should be the best. time for

HDDIICIILIOII, _ _ The value of lime in the ilwwinfi is the

of clover and alfalfa of

liighci- importance and. in turn,

ihc value of those feeds in clergy e

production is unquestioned. policy of cheaper lime has a dircct reiilMmIShiD to lower‘ costs of dairy

product ion.

00W GOES DRY

A correspondent asks what to d0 in case 0f~ a cow, which freshened in April. suddenly going almost dry. 'l‘lit.~re must be some outstanding cause for this condition. Possibly a. lcvcr has bccn set up causing a. sitdtlcn drying off.

Change t0 a new succulent pas- turn, iccd a generous dairy ration and allow times to salt and min- oral,

SPLENDID RECORDS Our Ollifiitiflfilrlz Holstein Breeder J Walter Jones, has alivai/s some- thing interesting and out 0f the oirliii<iry' to show visitors to Bun-

iJiIIV Farm. A icciiit. flying trip brought tio ille writv 5 attention iaoiie field,

llvv helfc "ed by a former herd slrc at iiuii ui"_v_ Raymondale Abeg- wcit Chieftain, that are putting up raihci" unusual records. ‘riicsc heifers are and with tilcmy of iiypc and qual- ity. in R. 0. H, in the two-year-old division. they will average bet-ween six hundred and twenty-five to six iiiintlrtirl and fifty pounds of butter- lflt. ivil-li an average test of 3.9%. 'l‘lic tivcraize age at tilie oom- iucnccmciit of the list was two years tiritl om- mon , - f 'l‘liv.~_<» llvc heifers will undoubt- ctily Li!‘ lit-uni from in subsequent.

Tlic iaiuc of the sire is demon- strated in thr- offsprinq of “Chief- iain" at Bunbury.

DR. GEORGE HILTON RETIILES

The announcement has been niailc that. Dr. George Hilton, Vet- crlnmy inventor-General. is retir- in: aftcr thirty-three years service in Canada as Chief of his Depart- merit.

Duriiii: this period singular pro- urcss has bncii madn tn preserving the health of Canadian Livestock.

Of intcrcst to dalrymen is tho fact that. not. one. case of Foot. arid Mouth Disease has been found in ihli; country during this time while, til the present time. more than onc-third of the cattle in Canada iiro under supervision for eradic- ation of Bovine Tuberculosis. Meas- urcs for lht- control of Banirs Dis- casio have also been esttiblishcd undcr Hilton's regime.

Dr, A. E, Caninron will be acting Veterinary Director - General until a successor is appointed.

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Brown Brothers, Stanley Bridge, received a. check for $11’! and some cents for a silver fox pelt recently dl of at. auction in London. The writer remembers this fox very well when he was shown all. the Provincial Fox Show two or three I believe the animal

years ago. ‘ W88 runner-up to Ira Carl's Grand Champion. It. would be what is

known as a three-quarter silver. . ‘fliers still persists reports of sickness among foxes on ranches throughout the country. Symptoms are dullness or doplness, intense thirst. dlairhoea and finally death. This trouble occurred on our own ranch during the last week in May and first. week in June and we lost quite a number of pups. First we thought it. was food poisoning and changed our feed several times. Then we decided that. it was some kind of intestinal trouble and treated the foxes as follows. We made up a solution of permangan- ate of potash, 120 grams. to eight ounces of distilled ivater. and add- ed two teiispoorifuls of this mix- ture to each buckez of the drinking ivater given the foxes. We gave Dr. Bell's Wonder Medicine in dos- es of three chops by medicine dropper. on the tongue of each pup affected. 'I‘hat is to say as soon as we not-iced the least symptom of trouble we gave the Dr. Bell's. Of course we kept. everything thor- oughly clean and disinfected, wash- ed out. all coups an compartments with good strong disinfectant. and water. The trouble stopped and our losses since the 29th of June have been only three pups out of some 1,628. the smallest number of casualties we have over known.

There la evidently a. lot 0f trou- ble anions the foxes in Western Canada-and we think some of it is of the same nature as the above. Fur of Canada, published in Win- nlpeg, has a leading article headed. "Distemper? No!" We quote:- "Dominlcn wide reports are being circulated within the past two months stating that serious out- breaks of distemper exists in fur ranches of, Manitoba. Pending greater knowledge of the situation this journal has remained silent-on the matter up to the presen. Then it. goes on to state that the losses which took place were of low proportions and could not. compare with the typical heavy losseswhich distemper invariably causes. Fur- ther. the large proportion of imi- mals ivhlch under simple treatrrient recovered from the malady now show that it. could not be distem- per.

The question is. is there some connect-ion between the disease en- cophnlltls which is raglns: among the horses in Manitoba and the. trouble they are having on the fox ranches there? No one can say definitely whet-her there is or is not. but. there is a possibility of a connection and it. is possible zhiit meat. from horses having that trouble may be the cause of some of their diseases and our troubles.

'I‘l-ie iVeslem Canada Fur Breed- ers’ Astrclat-ion will invite repre- setnta/tives from all Canadian fur breeders‘ associations to a confer- ence to be held at Winnipeg on

‘TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

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Feed. Pleading during the moniih of August should not vary V811 greatly from the month of July. B‘ careful to see that your foxes art ‘getting plenty of water, also some vegetables and greens. If you newt lettuce feed it in generous quanti- ties. if not Swiss chard, turnlptqx or good green grass. Where any o! these greens have been exposed t; dust they should be washed clear?‘ ln fact. t. is aliknyiva good t-hl to wash them clean before grind- ing thom up and adding them w the fccd.

The value of lctlucc is not gen- erally known. It. ls ivlthout ques- tion onc of the finest nerve 01 soothing foods known to medical science. Lettuce has .1 medical irroperly known as sporific o!‘ soothing, and persons with high blood pressure or of an excitable nature will be liirproved through its use. It has the same effect on foxes. Wlicrc it. is fed in sufficient quantities foxes are tame and eas- ily handled. Furtlirriiioi'e. it isone of the great sources of vitamin E, which is the reproduction vitamin so necessary to provide a crop of pups next season.

Dr. G. EnnLs Smith in last. Bab- urda_v's Guardian, nave ti very in- teresting article. on food require- ments. stressing the use of grasses and vegetables and the feeding of salt. The writer rcnd it with great interest lndccd. It. ls sin-prising. however, how many ranchers do not feed any salt. and their mineral requirements are not made up in other iviiys clthcr. However, it. S a. necessary constituent. requiring weplacement day after day. so If y_ou have not been feeding any salt. would advise you to ad norm t0 your feed mixture.

Watch for earmites and {k68- This hot weather will develop them and if there are any present they will multiply by the millions. mi good disinfectant. particularly with o strong odor. ls indicated. and pulvex or some other good fled powder should be dosed on the fox- es. However, if you have been’ L frequent. user of strong odored dit- infectants you are riot likely to b! bothered much with fleas. Ear- mil-es must, also be watched for. They will affect the foxes’ enthu organism and prevent a pup from developing into a well-flirted fox. They nrc so easily treated with fir: good earmite lotions now on th market. that lhcre is no excuse for neglecting them.

The parasitic survey instituted by tlic Dopartmcnt. of Agriculture under the iziiidiru: hand of W. Fred Burke and his assist-ant. is now iin- der iva-y. and it is the writer's sure belief that ll. will show that. hook- worm is very prevalent and that: there are a great many foxes suf- fering from lunirworm and round worms that are riot. suspected. Tlicsc troubles occur even in the best. rcizulziicd ranchcs. but them t-hcy are dealt. with when discover-r cd. Ii. is ivlicit they are neglected they progress to n stage where tbs pelt is useless that. tragedy occur! the trarzedy of blast/ed hopes,- poo pelts and poor returns from m otherwise cxpecicd-to-be-good m.

Cora ‘Slew-art has interviewed

September 9th for the discussion of national problems. '

Mr. Hiiycri svarre of Orfus. Nor- way. who operates a. platinum fox farm. recently paid a visit to Ollie McNeillls ranch at Fort QirAp- pelie. Saakatcheivam He states that a number of the rmimriL: thcre closely resembled his own platinum and agreed with Mr. McNeil] that ft was txisslhle to breed platinum gum selective breeding cf white

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Dr. J. A. Allen. B.V So, who was for several _vc:irs in charge of the experimental fox laboratory at Charlottetown, has an interesting article on fur animal distemper in the current issue of Fur of Can- ada. In it. he quotas his experi- ence with the epidemic in Prince Edward Island in i921.

August (liiyS—-p0piiin.l'iy RIIOWIIM dog days-are noted for their sul- try, optiresslve heat. It is the kind of iveatligr that lends to lethargy and inactivity of foxes. It is not a time to worry them or disturb them unduly. as if you do you are liable with excitable foxes m bring on fits. In cases where you have

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trouble with worms. either hook- worms or round worms. go about the work quietly. Feed very little the evening before, omlttimz milk. ls milk has a chemical action on the worm medicine. In our own ranch we have piilcd for worms year after year during the month of August. but. have escaped casu- alties or trouble by utilizing the right; kind of went-her. All cleaning operations tibould be canted out because ti. la the kind of weather that will develop fleas or parasites with sf-lfiiling rapidity.

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Frank F. Tiiplin. now of Clover- dale. B.C., but. formerly of New ~Antian. who is the only surviving member of the "Big Four“ group which included Robert Tuplin, Frank F. Tiiplin, Jmmcs Gordon and Silas Rayner, men who came into the fox industry after char- les Dalton and Robert Oulton had established it. Miss Stewart's atr- flclc appears in Fur of Canada uri- der the tliic. “Memories of the Early Days of Silver Fox Farming." Our younger rcadcrs-and perhalpl our older roadcrs too-will be in- tercsted ln some quotations from

. Mr. Tiiplin relating some of.‘ his experience it; the history of sil- ver fox ranching said:-

"I was first attracted to the raising of silver foxes in the year 1900 by watchlriq boys digging out the nests of wild red foxes on P. E. I. These pups ivcrc sold to me for fifty cents cach. They were kept from spring uni-ii fall. then pelted and sold at. around four dol- lars‘ each. Later I hunted wild foxes with hounds. and in this way lt-ai-ncd something of their habits, their mode of living and the fond ilicy nlc.