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enémgmplirlcvigllrictlon was the highest We; l-ccortled for a cow of her age. H5 more than five times the aver- 1 w,- ull cows in Minnesota, 212 “and; a vvar. and six times the {Rental states average of about 200

Pwnds‘ Al the new dairy §f§,“°‘fl~,.,"§.RYrl Julv 11. 1934, at $25.6 farms, and has spent her we n5 a nrclnbcr" of the famous

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Icmco herd of registered Holsteins. 5h ~ ' clartnlicfi as a 1111110!‘ W10- .rl 1111.11 tlmrccord-breaking ~ begun on January l0, 1937.

Sets Inrgircsslve Record

rune-o Anna's world 01111111111011- glllp li“('l>'.(l, ruin 0i tile most im- pressive in lire annals 0f the Hol- stein or ally other dairy breed, is official. lt nus made under minute supervision oi the college ol agri- culture oi lhe University of Minne- sota and of tllc IIolstcln-Friesian Association of American, whose su- perintrinlcut ol records, H. W. Nor- ton, J12, compiled mid made pub- lic the figlnrcs at. Madison, Wis.

In urinning international renown with her new nil-time butter record for cows of her class, Fcmco Alma displaced the junior tavo-year-old world champion of more than 10 years, (Jar-nation Walker Hazel- wood. This Holstein produced, 1,- 902.2 pounds of butter in a 365- iiay lcst completed in September, 19

26.

The previous Minnesota cham-

‘ou was another Femco purebred.

moo Rose Fobcs Aaggic. a. sta- blcmatc of Fcuno Alma, born and bred as a mcnlbcl- of the celebrat- rd Fcmco forms herd.

Tho frinmph of Fcmco Alma. in winning iicr now world honors, is likewise a triumph for Ficmco fanns, for its great Holstein herd and for ihc program in which Fcmco farms for n-lany years has bccn n l(‘ililf‘l'——(lf‘fll(lllt€‘d to the de- rrlnlvrlvnr of scientific balanced fanning. Q place oi’ the dd one- crop agriculture, with all its haz-

lrlls.

Dairy farming: is the keystone of this struc-luro of permanent agri- quuir prosperity to which Femw

farms has made n mighty contribu- tion. rill-ouch development of dairy cattle ]‘l‘ll(1\\'l\(‘l'I for uniform high abilitv in production of milk and butivr. It; latest contribution is the now world champion, Femco Alum. with hcr history-making Ir1‘nl'(l_

The name of Fcmco farms is mutton large as u ioneer in the lllflf-“russ of dairy. lvcstock and mixed-crop farming in the great plains of wwwtcrn Minnesota and the norilnvcst, where adherence for a half century to exclusive small grain growing had depleted the laud and loft agricu‘turc far short of tho permanent prosperity that the richness of soil promised in tho rarly days. ,

The rccorrl of Femco Alma, in producing more butter than any Junior Ll-yrcar-old ever produced bcforc, is only one of the many‘ ilfcat achievements credited to Fcnico farms, in the sustained lcallcrshila it 1111s furnished along llif nulhwov of farm prmpcrity.

Fl!" ncllicvcmcnts of Femco Farms cilliniilrlilng in thenewrec- 0rd of Fcmo lilmu, make n picture

flrc the imagination. A‘I of it has bccn done. in a fertile but bleak, region. of wiudswc t, prai- ries. where fine dairy ca tie were Virtually unknown c. generation lilo. Thcro FPlTlPO farms has been a IPZHIN’ in sowing the seed of halllllfffl "fn-iculinrc. with profit- ‘h-f‘ (‘MYNIHE as its nrimc factor.

Pcmco Alma is not only the new "hdluhion in her class but also the guy cow. loss than two and one- dlm wars old. that over has pro-

uccd more than 1,250 pounds of butter in 365 days,

Femco Almirs record output of .-

butter was produced in the form cf more than 20.000 pounds or milk at a rate ranging frcm 75 1,0 44 pounds a day. One pound of mill;

is equivalent to slightly more than

a pint. Averages 4.9% Butterfat

Femco Alma's milk has estab- lished a new high mark in the Hdstein breed for richness -in other words in the test period averaged 4 9 per cent butterfat. the highest percentage ever attained by a llul- stein in production of 1,250 or more pounds of butter. This richness makes the new butter record pos- sible, es Femco Almlrs volume of milk has been exceeded by several other young I-Iolsteins. '

Femco Alma is the first world, champion produced in Minnesota, whose sire and dam were also breed and developed by hey own-

er.

She Is a beautiful heifer with remarkable excePence of type, in- dividuality and smoothness of line, 111 lbody. head and limbs. This combiatlon of championship pro- dueing ability. with appearance that would make Femco Alma a blue ribbon winner in show rings,

_ is well nigh uniq

Founded by F. F. Murphy

Fernco Alma is the daughter of Fcmco Count Walker Piebe, one of the younger herd sires at Fem- co Farms. and Femco Ormsby Dunchess Ama, a cow that former- ly held state production records for milk and butter as a. heifer.

As evidenced by the word Fem- co in their names, both animals were born and bred at Femco Farms, as members of its famous Holstein herd-

Feoo Farms is one of America's premier establishments for th breeding of registered Holstoins and gurcbred Dirroc-Jersey hogs and hropshire sheep, as well as a leader in scientific research and demonstration work in the growing of grains and other crops.

Femco Fhrms was founded and deveoped by Frederick E. Murphy. president and publisher of The Minneapolis Tribune and a leader in the northwesfis progrss in mod- em balanced farming.

At Femco Farms, Mrw Murphy has inaugurated a scientific ro-

gram of Holstein cattle br ing, planned for 5o years ahead. This program lass the approval of the

college of agriculture of the Unl- versity of Minnesota and of the HolsteIn-Frieslan Association of America. Its goal ls to raise the quality and the standards of dairy cattle, both as to production abil- ity and type, as a major contribu- tion of advancement of prosperity in the dairy industry and agricul- ture ln general.

To insure successful continuance of this program. without interrup- tion, Mr. Murphy has transferred the operation of Femco Farms to The Mlnneapoll. Tribune of which

he is publisher.

The program, with all the dem- onstration and research work for which Fbmoo Farms has become noted throughout American and the wor-‘d, will be carried on under the personal supervision of Mr. Mur-

hy.

pThe Femco Farms herd is one of the most famous in the history of the great breed of Holstein dairy cattle. Through the years. it has numbered among its animals some of the greatest Holsteins of all time, winners of championships as milk and butter producers and high show ring honors for excel- lence of type.

Femco Alma. the new butter champion. boasts an ancestry that traces back through some of the most celebrated Hostcin blood lines to ‘holders of world produc- tion records.

Through her sire. she is de- scended from the noted May Walk- er Ollie HUI estead. one of the history-making cows of the Hol- stein breed. May Walk" 1°‘ several years held the former world butter record of 1.5233 pounds of butler. She ater was purchased by Femco Farms and spent her last yours in the Femco

herd.

Also through her sire, liemco Alma. traces back to an even ilreat- er butter producer. Daisy All!‘ pic Ormsby 3rd, which followed May Walker as world champion with e record of 1,607.7 pounds.

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Hlghland Carrie Walker. the darn of Femco Count Walker Piebe sire

of Femco Alma.

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Producer whose blood flows in the veins of the new junior two-year- old champion. Highland Carrie Walker, whose record Ls 1,33 a P01111118. was brought to Femco ghherllreis as a. heifer and developed

Femco Ormsby Duchess Alma, dam of Femco Alma. has D8144 Minnesotanstate records for cows milked twice daily. In a test com- pleted January 20, 193T, she pro- duced 16,538.13 pounds of milk and 745.3 of butter.

In the new two-year-old queen of the dairy world are combined the blood lines of the most furious strains of Holstein breeding — Ormsby Homestead, Piebe Fobes, Pontiac Segis and others.

All these are blended by scien- tlfic breeding in a super-strain de- veloped at Femco Farms, whicl. has culminated in the new cham plon, with her all-time butter rec- ord as a junior two- year-old.

Femco Alma 110w takes her place in the diary hail of fame, along with others of American‘: best known cows, which already have brought championships to the Fern- co Farms herd.

One of these is Fer-moo Johnna Bess Fayne. the only Holstein that ever has made two SSS-day records of more than 1,500 pounds of but- ter. Bess Fayne produced 1,510.6 pounds, in c. test ended in 1933, and 1,525.5 pounds, in a second test, ended in I935.

Another is Lady Pride Pontiac Lleuwkje. the all-American show cow of 1932 and the highest pro- ducing Holstein that ever won a national championship In the show ring. Lady Pride for years held the world record for combined milk and butter production —35.- 626.6 pounds of milk and 1,483 of butter.

Other great producers whose records have brought fame and championships to the Femco I'm-m herd are May Walker Ollie Home- stead, Memscll Johanna, Wisconsin Pride 2nd and Grahamholm Colan- iha. Pauline Segls.

Many months of hard work by experts in conditioning, feeding and milking of cows are, required in establishment of a. world butter-rec- ,ord, even by an animal of superior producing ability, such as IFemc.

Alma .

This cow has been milked four times in each of the 365 test days, as is customary when high records are’ sought. Milking times were at 5 and 11 a. m. and 5 and ll p. m.

Menu Highly Varied

During the test, the cow was transformed into a. veritable milk- manufacturing machine. Although Femco Alma possesses an ap-

tite smaller than average, huge quantities of fuel, in the shape 0f feed and water, were required to produce 20,000-odd pounds of rich milk, even from so smoothly func- tioning a piece of bovine machin- e

ry.

Femco Alma. was fed a h! y varied menu, of feeds neede to maintain her strength and prime condition, as well as produce the '15 to 44 pounds of milk a. day.“

The diet included alfalfa. y grain in the form 0f bran and ground corn and oats, cotton seed oil meal. linseed oil meal, sugar beet pulp, ensliage and chopped garden beets, of the sort that peo-

ple eat. I Martin Morstad, retake: at Femco Farms. has had personal

charge of Femoo Alma and has done all the feeding, grooming and milking since the test was begun. The milking has been entirely by machine, something unus In establishment of high records.

The supervisory work and rec- ord keeping have been shared by Frank A. Ludolph, superintendent. and Edward Meade. accountant and assistant manager of Fbmoo Far-ms and its herd.

Axel Hansen, manager of the agricultural and livestock develop- ment department of The M10118- apolis Tribune and one of Am- erica's foremost judges of Hol- stein cattle at state, national and international livesock expositions, has co-operated in the manage- ment of this and other important tests at Femco Farms.

Since Femco Alma's record-mak- ing was begun in January, 1937. she has had at least two special test periods of two days each. per month, in addition to the daily in- spection. weighing of milk and rec- ord keeping -

One special test is conducted ea~h 30 days for all cows making official records. For Femco Alma.

48-hour period in each of months. Femco Alma the ideal cow. in intelligence, as lence of t . and produc ion ability.

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by the official scores of v 5st her private co Famis barn. Femco serene

lcal make-up.

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TIIE JEWS IN BRITAIN (I)

ou Jan. 15th. and part 1 is here rc- wntten. the original having gone. astray in the mail.) |

Rumania. is the last to join the

rest of the antl-semltlc powers of Central Europe. This is mother, blow to that hapless and long-r suffering race—the children of Judah. A few countries, Britain among them. still treat them with -

tolerance. for this downtrodden l

race to find a. resting-place and an asylum from their enemies. England did not always treat them well: but that was long ago. It was W . Duke of Normandy

known as the Conqueror, who first country cousins

brought a. colony of Jews from of coal soot (of whatever national-

Rouen, France, and settled them in ity) will meet the occasion. l in

London. The district which they were settled has been known for the lust four centuries as the 01d Jewrm-onu it is all of a. piece

stands on one part of its precincts. The Jews were the first money- lenders in Britain. and William brfluxht them in for that purpose.

‘They soon began to form ittle

11-1680 by the few “Jew’s Houses” which still remain. at Lincoln and elsewhere, they lived in more com- fortable style than the EnglLsh, themselves. Envy was part; cau5e| of their unpopuiarity. William

Rufus, however, favored the Jews; so far that he swore (as his cus- tom was) "By Luke's face", if they could overcome the Christians he would be one of their secti

Under Henry II, the Jews had become so bold as to debase the coinage. Probably by reducing the WWII-Ht 0! Precious metal in the. 5110i’. At any rate that King Tghrievously Punished" them for it.

an EMU-ill K1118 used harsh measures towards the Jews. Richard I (1189-1199) began his reign by forbidding Jews and wo- men to be present at his corona- tlon, "for fear of enchantments”; but some Jews who thought to present the King with a. gift of money. assembled in the Abbey. There one of them was knocked down by a. Christian. which some of the mob perceiving, they fell upon the Jews, beat them to their houses and burnt them therein, or slew them as they came out. The persecution spread to Norwich, Lincoln, and many other towns, where the Jews were robbed and nraltreated. At York Jews to the nrunber of five hundred, with their wives and children, took refuge in the castle: they proffered money for the _sa.fety of-thelr lives, but the Christians would not take it. whereupon the Jews cut the I throats of their wives and children and cast the bodies over the Parallels on the Christians’ heads. Then, entering a. building known

‘sgot ‘isumixedtwith the potting soil e o ago o (Part 2 of this article appeared l comes distasteful

to be careful not to make It mo‘ Ben HUI‘. bfeflkfflfit 100115. and almost $34.00, the three-qual-tel non-Irritant, nnn-cnrrnnlvn and ‘strong; ma; appue‘ u, any llquld . Vita-Manna, (puffed wheat, rice silvers $25.8’! and me hQlf-suvers molt lmpurlalll In nur climate- munure I and. barley.) These are very at- $23.65. The highest prlce was 231 nrosr xr;n|r~a1'.\s'r.

that the Bank of England now _ whose discourses you may remem- ‘birds of Montana.

colonies in other towns, and if we llefls feathered

is appears to be the first timei

Silver Fox Farming l M» the” hint! be. 1 Guaranteed

to eaf-mlnlm‘.

maggots. and the color of the: _ dowel-g lg lnlumuled, . Lowell Hancock of International The Hudson's Bay Companvb we us“; w make a 300g ljqujd Products, Limited, Summerside, sale which was held on the 13'“, Kl-IROI. ll n runny Conronlrnt- -

rll Farm lllnllllcvfulll, approved _. I ' lay the llrnltln of Arlimulu Branch, ' | (ltlunu, umI ulalely lllllfll In T. II. ‘ l Aron Work and with accredited henln. KEIIOII in rvonuurlrnl.

visited Charlottetown on Wednes- day and made arrangements to market three new foods for hu- man consumption,

of December had an offering of 257766 skins. largely of Norwegian ("llllll- and 90 Der cent of them were sold. Full silvers

manure by putting soot into a small sack and hanging it in a tub of water. In a couple of days‘ it was ready for use, but one had l

tractively packaged and should

o i rumor. r » have popular appeal because the n" mm N“ "m"

I have said sufficient to show - that coal soot is a very valuablel bye-product. I suppose more of it' is produced in Charlottetown than any-where e1“ on me Island; and blended. A puffing machine has a. pal-t,

l; the loll; lgeel llllu (lulu; meuilbeen added to the equipment to ' B good mm. ‘ha; | turn out the puffed wheat, rice The Newyork Auction com_ | and. barley used in Vita-Manna. puny offered 25000 silver fox pelts

Only the best grains are selected lncludlng 5000 ‘Nleman Skins on and the remaining grains are used m, January’ 19m Sale. The pnws

pounds for a full silver. From the] above it will be seen that the prices at the Norway auction and ~, the one in London were about on i

ll u r 1| w a r c, I'M-ii and Seed More, ur write . (J A N A D I A N (‘O-OPICIIATIVI \V00li GIIDHTJIKS L I .\l l T E D ‘:11 Buy m, Tornnlu. llrnnvllcl In _ Ileglnu, Weston, l,\-|||lux\|llr~, Que. , I

.:.4_...-¢. _

for 10X food preparation-s 0m were firm and in fact a mu bet has to hand 1t to Lowell when it e I comes to energy and inltlatlveness the previous sale m De as well as the scientific bend which ‘drives him to constantly explore

new sources to provide better pro- ducts for the public.

The annual pelt show of the On- tario Fur Farmers Association, held in the King Edward Hotel, Tor- onto, on the 15th and 17th of De- cember. was s. great success. There ,wa.s almost double the number of

SOME MONTANA BIRDS (S) And now, like Praed‘:

fenced-in enclosure.

Standing sixty feet away the animal lashed itself luto a fury. Its wild tail-swishiug was accom- lpanied by snaris. then in three bounds it covered the distance. the last leap launched it at My, Douglas's face. He threw up his left hand which was covered by a heavy glove and seized the beast b3 the low-er jaw. The fisher wound itself around his leg, tearing away his trousers and inflictinfl seven wounds before he succeeded i: choking it and returning it to In small Den.

Vicar.

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ber, Jumped "from rocks to roses", we will turn to the predatory

The Rough-legged l-Iawk (No. 347 a) is a. large bird, and has its to the Like the Red-tall this hawk has a dark color phase which makes it dif- ficult to separate the two species. The light phase, however, is more common. and will not easily be confused with other hawks. The under surface of this hawkis body distinctly marked into two areas: the throat and breast is grayish-white, streaked dusky, and the posterior half is a solid dark band. Forked, dark, "wrist-marks" are conspicuous on the under sur- face of the wings, and the tips of the largo wing feathers are dark. The bases of the tail feathers are conspicuously light. So much for the field-marks.

'I'he Rough-leg flies rather like the Marsh Hawk. and inhabits the same kind olf broken marshland, flying most actively at dusk. Its habit of making a few leisurely wing beats and then sailing. to- gether wit/h its twilight activities, is reminiscent of the owls. This bird is preeminently a. mouser: and the contents of 200 stomachs show- ed 86 per cent of these little rod- ents, .04_ pc. of poultry or game, 4 p.c. of other birds, 4 p.c. of oth- er vertebrates. and 9 p.o. of in- sects. A11 assembled data indicate Itihatl the Rough-leg is highly bene- C 8. . The next in our list of Raptores is the Golden Eagle (No. 349). A note by Mr. Ruble W. Tufts, in the “Birds of Prince Edward Island" under date 1936, tells us that this bird is now very rare. Its large size ——t.hree feet in leugtli—and uni- form blackish-brown color. dis- tinguish it from all other of our birds. Young Golden Eagles are not as uniformly dark beneath. as are the adults. The tail is rather

At the Seattle, Washington, sale which usually sets the prices for Western United States. ranch mink sold freely on a. basis about 40 per cent below the prices of a. year ago. Best price for best lots was $25.25 and the average for re- cent collections around $13.86. Muskmts are selling at prices of about 85 per cent below last year Red fox has met with quite an active demand at lower levels than last year.

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pelts of the previous year. the to- tal being 1,104 fox and" 106 mink ‘pelts. Robert W. Fraser, of Lamp- son 8: Huth, New York. Dlaced the awards in the open classes and with the increasing number of entries and the keen competition his task was a very difficult one.

At a banquet held in the even- ing Mr. O. W. Thompson, chair- man of the show committee, sug- gested that more pelt shows be organized in the other provinces of Canada and then co-operation brought about in marketing these specimen pelts. I-le said if we could market all show pelts in a co-operatlvo manner through one outlet, Montreal or London, the sale would be of sufficient size and importance to recapture our posi- tion in the world's markets. This would do more. for Canadian pelts than any form of publicity or ad- vertising and would cost us noth- inz. Cheers.

Three-Soviet fur auctions will be held in 1938. the first on March 6th in LeninRrad. and others will be held in the same city 1n July and October. At the March sale 5,000 silver fox are listed, 15,000 mink, 1.500 blue fox, 10,000 white $01K. 1,200 cross fox and 65.000 red fox. Large quantities of other furs are also catoiogued.

Among the offerings at the New York Auction Company sil- ver fox sale recently was a collec- tion of skins from Milligari and Morrison, presumably from the American ranches.

The Fur Trade Review of New York, which is the leading pub- lication of fur retailers, in a re- view of New York market condi- tions, concludes with the follow- mg: "The American trade has still got to do its buying of fresh pcltries. and there are signs of re- turning confidence. By degrees it has been Denetrating the mind of the deep-dyed pcssimists who have been shouting disaster for months that there is still a. mar- ket. a very bis market. in the United States for fur garments priced at sensible and honest levels. There are months still of painful liquidation and readjustment, but even as we write, hardy manufac- turers who havc come through

0f the five championship awards three and the Grand Championship were won by L. B. Pollock. Mrs. C. P. Mansfield won the champion pup pelt and Hillard Fox Farms the best half-silver adult pelt.

SCANDIA No. 6 for largo fox hrnn. SCANDIA No. 5 lighter than above without hand lever fur small f0! farms. Procurable from all Dealer!-

F. W. Lamplough 8. Co: Limited ' , Montreal. Qua

A shipment of twenty-one bluc foxes bred from Russian and Greenland stock in England, ar- rived at Winnipeg a few days ago and will be used as breeding stock for experimental purposes in a ranch there.

as the King's lodging, they burnt both the house and themselves.

Matters were worse under King John (119-1216). In the eleventh year of his reign he made a mass at k on his Jewish subjects commanding that all, both men and women, should be imprisoned and “grievously punished, for he would have all their money", says the old writer. Every one had one of their eyes put out. and were otherwise tortured: some gave up ,a1l the money they had and lpmmised more, to escape further torment. But one obstinate fel-

low, after being tormented many ways, refused to ransom himself. tlll the King ordered his jallors to Dull one of his "great teeth” per day. He stood it till seven teeth had been drawn; and then gave the King ten thousand marks of silver, "to the end that they should pull out no more." At this time the King is said to have despoil- ed the Jews of sixty-six thousand marks.

One other notable incident is recorded in this reign. In l5. the Barons broke into the Jews‘ houses in London, rifled them of all valuables". and with the stone of their houses repaired the walls and gates of Inndon.” An antl- quary, writing in 1586. testifies that then “Ludgate" was taken down to be built anew, he saw u. stone "wherein was graven in He- brew characters, this is the sta- tion (or house) of Rabbi Moyses, the son of the honorable Rabbi Isaac." This was a relic of the Barons‘ raid.

The subsequent history of the Jewish colonists in England, up to the time of their expulsion, has already appeared in these Notes.

COAL SOOT

A short while ago in a. popular magazine, a. writer was lamenting that she could get no "Scotch soot". I was interested because I had be- lieved the adjective to be restrict- ed to a. fluid presumably made from mountain dew. However, the good lady was a gardener, so I guesed she meant soot from the ‘ imperfect combustion of coal; and than I tried to recollect its qual- ities from a horticultural stand- point.

First, it undoubtedly has a stimulating effect on plant life: "it is a useful fertilizer for most crops. yielding salts of ammonia.

as for other high producers, there potash, and soda," says Walter P. has been a second special tes , im- Wright, English gardener and mediately following thefirst. In- writer. '

these special tests, two official ob- It may be applied to lawn or servers from other statefi. 11’! T10 garden. when rain threatens. but wav connected with Femco Farms. only in quantity to well blacken have alternated in keepinz 00"- the grass or soil: it- shfiuld 110% be

but. on two or three inches thick: as has been clone, to the detri- merit of everything. . It must be as sparingly used when dusted over plants as a preventive of pests. I have used it in this way against the onion maggot: the smell of the soot is evidently dis-

Bill Ruthven is sold on wire- bottomcd sheds. He claims that if it were not for the wire floors in the new fur-ring sheds he built this season he could not have held color. However, he covers the wire with six or eight inches of straw to prevent the fur from being rubbed.

Little Brook, NS, ls noted for large foxes, big production and good pelt averages that the fur farmers have obtained there the past few years. Their location on the Atlantic Coast gives them an opportunity to buy fish very cheap and they feed a. large proportion of it to the foxes until around the first of September, when it is very

lighter with a dark tip to the feathers; and there is a lighter area. on the wings, beneath.

This bird is now so scarce that it should be protected by law. Gop- hers. marmots, and rabbits are un- doubtedly its staple food, accord- ing to Dr. Taverner. And, thought 1t is not such a can-ion eater as is the Bald Eagle, “it is not uncommon (in Montana) t0 see Golden Eagles so gorged with carrlon that they are unable to leave the ground." Altogether. then. the species does more

than harm, and considering its scarceness, should be conserved. The Bald Eagle (No. 352) is an- other of our birds, though I can find no recent records of its having

with their chins up. are experi- menting so to speak, with new styles for Spring.

Fox Ranchers Attention

The Parisian correspondent of the Fur Trade Review has the following to say: "The arrival of quantities of Norwegian silver fox and Canadian silver fox in the Paris nwrket at a new and lower price level. is bringing about a very strong demand for this fur. and it should be active the co il qvear. The cheap silvers will have an immense market through Eu- rope and silver skins will also by very popular for capes and coats. Already retailers are showing the two-skin silver fox scarves at

We list below reduc- ed cash prices on '

QUALITY MEATS Harris Horsemeat 5141: Beef Tripe - - -—5c , Calf Tripe --— 4941: Lamb Tripe - —4%c Beef Liver - - --9%c

been taken. The 1916 bulletin greatly curtailed. As a result of prices that bring into the market

says it is "occasional" on the au- this added calcium intake which a. new group of consumers who Lamb Hearts __ _ 7;

thorlty of that fine old naturalist. is combined with phosphorous in have long awaited the orrportun- M T F F d s,‘

Francis Bain. The size—a.1most as the fish metabolism assimilation is ity to buy this very popular fur. an ""9 9x 9° ' c large as the Golden Eagle — Ind effected much more surely than '—-—~ (Ground)

dark body and Whit-B 1198K! 8nd would be the case with ground Years ago the only firm that we Beef Cheeks __ __ 75c tall of this species are sufficient green bone fed as a calcium fac- considered as handlers of silver ,

distinctions to mark the adult tor. Last season many of our fox fox pelts was C. M. Lampson 6r Also in stock:-—Bor1e

farmers had the will to feed fish but it was an off-season for the fishermen and quantities of hake were not available in many sec-

Company of London. England. Al- most all the consignments of sli- ver fox from this Province in the early years of the industry went

meal. Fish Meal, Kelp Meal, Brewers Yeast, l Wheat Germ Glossy j

birds.

The Bald Eagle haunt: the coasts. both marine and lacustrlne, and lives largely on carrion. Fish

enters greatly into its diet: some- tions. to them. The old original firm Sh l“ M." Fox times as carrion, and sometimes as was founded in Cheapslde, London, e9“, at l v i booty taken from other birds. Not Fox rancher; have lmd dllllcully in 1830. by Curtiss Miranda Lamp- l Foods, etc, ' a. nice occupation for Uncles mu winger ln obtaining gmeligs, son. who was later made aBaronetl “If itss for a fox we l chosen national emblem! flygt bgcause they are scarce and in recognition of his services in , m - - secondly because me New York laying the trans-Atlantic cable and have it.

he also became a. Deputy Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. In i873 Sir Curtiss took his two eld- est sons. George and Henry. into partnership and in 1876 Norman. the youngest. was admitted. '

COSTS IN ENGLAND

The correspondent who told me of the Pension Acts 1n Britain, gave n. short list of produce, etc. the prices of which I shall tum into dollars and cents. “This year: (1937) butter has been up to 36c: it is now 32c. Last year Dutch butter (good) was from l‘lc per lb. We get Danish at 34c just now but it's been very poor stuff." Bacon is 30c and ham 36c per lb. (We must remember that these products are brought from over- seas: the overseas people pay about the some!) Potatoes are 25c per stone of l4 lbs: these are home grown for the main crop, but there is a considerable trade in choice early potatoes from France and the Channel Islands. “Vegetables are reasonable." Clothing ls much, cheaper than in Canada, he says: which is true-however he knows it. And I may add-of better qual- ity. “Rents are fairly high: you pay $4.38 for new flats, 4-roomed, with convenient kitchenette and snail bathroom: not forgetting a. garden. There are miles of new houses in our district. and a lot are beiul !'L>.l111l_L_" "1_.°.51_"_m £21353’

market has been firm and active. Large quantities of capelin have been shipped in from the eastern part of the Province, but many ranchers do noboare for it, per- haps because it is a. bit oily and foxes soon get tired of it if fed daily. At the same time capelln has its advantages and if your foxes- will consume them by all means use them.

There ls a small sized fox feed - war on, for which we are very grateful. not that we are n. bellicose disposition - far from ityarc looked forward to by our sil- —but it is certainly pleasing to see ,ver fox ranchers here. It is now horsemeat. which is such a sub- known as Lampsou. Ruth 8L C0.- stantial part of the foxes diet. Ltd drop from 6 1-2:: to li 1-40. While l

Now you have it, now you don't!

there is much to be said from the l standpoint of those who import ...A writer in Womens Wear Daily New York, says there is a possi-

and handle fox foods, yet. the

ranchers’ position must also be bilitv that the brown shades of

taken into account. Some method ‘mink will be preferred to the

must be evolved whereby we can darker shades within three or four years because of the grow-

get our feeds at prices more in line with those paid by Western ing tendency on the part of ranch- ers to get their mink very dark.

fox ranchers, otherwise our sur- vival in the industry is far from. ———— wcc- 1.91. °~ "are. or: _.__ - u on's y mmn ur . The Norwegian Fur Auction As- 'Bird's Hill. near Winnipeg. Mani- sociation held their December sale toba. who ls well known to many i at Oslo with an offering of 7,000 in this Cltv. recently suffered sklgs, amber“ cent of wlgiéhsavieugz lselvferle wounds-i irfrflictefitsblgert‘ fish/Ira; so . s vers averag . . W1C escaDe rom . . I three-quarter silvers averaged .Douglas was giving this fisher a will: . . w a r n ' e a e of buyers 15111:: thges Norgvezlan mar- l eggs rolled out of a cardboard box. ket and during December quite a l He started to gather them up and brisk trade was done in the finer the fisher leaped ovcr him to §lrlu,s,__ __ _comrga_rjative fgeedom_ln_the_large

P. E. I. FUR TRADERS '