NOVEMBER _1. 194]

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TIMELY notes on rorlllsw

llow To Control Thrills In Glallioli

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tllany Perennial Flowers Better Sown in the Fall

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Lampson. Fraser s; Huth. Inc.. "port on their October auction has reached us and is as follows. lunch Mink, 7.811 skills, top price m for a lot of males. dark and dark brown. It was an end o! on; lesson collection containing most- ly odd luts of winch 65 per cent were sold. The market is practical- ly clear of raw pelts and tho trade ls now awaiting the new crop which will be well received. Mutation Mink, Sllverblu Mink of- lored 858 skills, top price $58. These urn also an end of the season oollection containing many 1n. ferior skins. It was 79 per cont i sold. ITIlite Mink — offered 178 I skins, up price $52; Royal K0114. Nur Zillnk, offered 6,359 skins, top lllire $29. It was a fair (rolleciiull with .l lllllnhcr of goad qnolltl- well nlarilcli lots. Tile top price was for a lot of uniform males and fznlsies of light medium colors,

Silver Fox and ~ Mink Farming

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During the past season, many growers o1 gladloll have raised the

Seeds of many perennial flowers may be sown this fall rather than qiiiftstiokn as to What should be done nexlt HJFIIIB- ‘They will germinate . w e corms dug from the earler and w ll have a correspond- ‘garden where the gladloli thripsllnl! longer BYOWIBE 59350" XIBXl t were prevalent. Some ol- the. year. Then. too, the weathering of ‘e “I glrovllejrsbtiléaught that these Cormgl Winterafperods up germ nation in Yr sng space. Saks in Washln . ,- 5 "11 e estroyed. imany t em lltlich sown in the 30H. D. 0.. presents jaokgtg ln n52, I That is by no means necessary, . Spring, are slow to appear. In fact oral platinum fox. natural silver I "Y: Alan G. Dustan. Divislon'5°'ml5 of them will lie over a year fox and natural blue fox at $233, ‘ 0f Entomology, Science servlce in tlhe ground before appearing. "salts uses {our Dominion Department QfAgflQuI- The irises. the gas plant, Dictam-

l"! $3.000. class. Fox fur Jackets also received a good deal of the do.

fuli skins in each jacket, styles turc. While it is true that many m" Imxllllellfl. Hlld delflhlnllllflsl them in new longer lengths, Qlyeg of the insects may be taken Into "M11115 8nd PIIIOXCS wmelinw s you straight or scalloped bolgomm storage on the corms this insect it"!!! the" @7111“- filny collars or cardigan collars," .may be easily killed by pfopgp Sow delphlnunzs oolumbnes ___ .t.reatmcnt. All the thrips left In saillnrdias. foxsloves. Canterbury Sir Patrick Ashley oopor, Gov. , the garden will be killed by winter bem- Pelfh-leflvvd bfillilowers co- elllor of the Hudson’ Bay com. l temperatures, so there is no fear,_ 1'e°l>5I§-1il If"! 8113' 0f the hardy

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FPAME, COVER WITH LATTICE

AFTER "sowmo SEEDS m coto- ‘

TO BREAK ‘DIRECT RAYS OF SUN.

Five Year Tests 0n Lanllraoe Pigs

of Landrace pigs was

mental Famls at Ottawa, Ont Brendon. Man; Melfort, Susk

just issued. summarizes

In order to compare the Landracg pigs of the Scandinavian countries with Canadian Yorkahires, a group lmpimed common Canada Goose from Sweden ln 1934: Tests were‘ ma", palatable flesh conducted at the Dominion Experi-

and Lacombe Alberta The u j this trait has led I0 the slaugh-l Y . S .

Included farrowing and weanlngl records, feed and grain informat-l Ion and carcass measurements \l'iih' the two breeds and their recipro-l tery (or as we call it, a blind) be-I cal crosses raised under identical l conditions. The report on the tests,‘ the res- ults uf five yours’ work at Ottawa and four years at the other farms.

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The American Brant its market-cross, where the Yo Pretender was proclaimed in 1746.1 ruined by the erection of s. dos

This ls a. smaller bird than thel

but ltsl partment store ln its centre).

v outweighs, Whole counties are converted lntA lthe disproportion in size. Branti black deserts by the heavy indus- ‘l. are very unsuspicious birds, and! tries. Ancient monuments are pul-

led down. or hidden by acres ol miserable Jerry-built houses. Finn ‘views are blocked by hideoll statues of nonentities, and nobody protests.

Akin to this is the lnsensiblllt] to any of the arts, except perhaps music. Poetry. the art in which above all others England excelled has for nlore than a century, had

ter of enormous numbers in form- l er days. Gilbert. Pearson. a well- l known American ornithologlst, re-l lates that he once lay in a bat-

side a local gunner, from 10 am. till 2, and In those four hours he saw 50 brantl brought down. The size of the kill "caused no par- ;ticular comment among the other

pany, who l5 coflcludlng a “u”; he guys, a; the old plat helm; perenn:als—late tllll fa;l and save _ . . . , , . ., 110 HD9881 t0 the English common w m» we a i» y and Canada this week, ln an m. Ir at all posslllle, the corms fer results In the way of germina- tested by farmers m“ first brounqt the birds w‘ when in the form of some popu- tervlew states that the Hudson's should be dried and stored In a W-‘ll- Pfimfciie 599d Ell/BS mu‘?! The oplrlon o, lhe farmers was dam,“ o! ex,ln;£,0n' l1“ 5°“?-

ftfily Comqany Wm establish a n" °°°l PIDCP- 1'1"‘! ‘Will CIIECI! U“? ‘fmgher percentage M germlmtxn that the Lundrace pies were no‘ Aranerican Brant. IAOU 173-a. “our ‘mammary 10mm“ M35977‘ sacs centre in Montreal at sonle (icvclopmcnt of the thrlps. It is i! 50W" 1H the tall than in the belle, than their ow" Yorkswras iMlgmnL “the, ram nhéaves (m. e1’ “T111111 Pflfllnly be Struck with

future date. He shed no light on the details of the plan exccpt say- lllg that the. architects were now busy druwlng up plans for a struc- ture. Whether the Company would

following spring.

Sow the seed in rows will-re it may grow along until the plants are- sufliccnt sizelto transplant. The one danger of fall plantllg is

recommended, also, that treatment be commenced just as soon as dry- ing and ripening are completed, which will be about the beginning of the calendar year. The grower

Those who grc-v; irlses frcm serd, a popular garden pastime of recent

and the carcasses from

equal to the

Canadian bacon.

average run

the test, when slllppcli to the British mar- ket as Wilisllirc sides, were about. of the white face-marks"--Taverner.

lour gentleness." says Mr. Orwell. The ge: lencss takes the form of.’ consecration for others. It is keen in the orderly behavior of Eng- lish crowds, the absence of pustu-

the north. June 1st to 20th "Birds of P.E.I.", 15-47». "Resembles a small dark Canada Goose without

'Head. neck, and breast black.

Streak)’ “lid Xwned P91“ WW9 limit! fbffular auction sl l ‘ - -- the washfo hea' ain. da - years. Sllfluld Plum ‘he “ed a“ ‘llg and quarreli th ‘lll - very (lllflvult t0 Sell. llclv fur sales centre fr: Fife llbcafgfl ‘Lin trdficlltemfilltdetgldeadldipatt Ber BIWXIYSrltlnlillfintlvflyErseetlS ain tge inch deep this ml- siberlan- J39‘ The rem" of a“ She five years.‘ Ehurply defined again“ the gray‘ I13“ W {firm W458i. Millage ‘:0 N1 Montrcaltsfiignvor l-lnll Hlll sir hcflnm ",0 lrcgnmont Wm d9 emf open. To obviate Lil's danger, anese and tile tall bearded sorts tests of the Swedish Landracel 1?‘. “hue °i the underparts. a ‘ ungraceful, but extremely Bill Frost Mink - offered 8.058 Patrick would not say for sure but 1 W16. ll l ml g p l mulch the beds with somo m-torl- This will give good gemlnat onl swine and their progcncy, tholrl whitish patch. made up of little mam‘ A“ Ennnshman Wm than; top price $19; T8 per cent le admitted that there had ‘been laIl-zao-sllfiljr u m‘ wr o corms n n1 that wll not mat dofin solidly next spring which will not result disalllloinilng littcr size. the lm- streaks, on either side of ‘the neck. g0 Om of his way =10 direct . sold; a mediocre collection which discussions on the subject 1n llrlm L mm b d id l“ _ such as oak leaves. pine ne:dlos, with as much certainly from‘, Darsticubihty o1 obtaining further. Back. wings. and tail-tip. dark stranger, while m Landon blind contained only a few lots of good these days, he said, one (‘annol edleoiorwflnnlagtede ‘£16 huge or freslh straw, In the spring the spr ng-sown seed, some of which» bleeding stock, and the fact that, :§'°“;“- Ukagge 353?: 65°56“: people travel the length 5,54 quanta‘ “ms; the‘ top mice W“ look ahead we L“ but" the"? might IITJTCIIIOIIS giving ‘lllmoslt orfect corl- beds may be Protected by frimes Will fluke R T951‘ b°f°r° appearing" l {My were no Pet!" than the can-i tallp ills: fl Ifle low r Leonetlh 26 breadth or me Cm" helped ‘m "14 for a bundle 0i’ Mltlllil)‘ Silvery. tome a time when the Compan . A ’ p - covered with lvnclcw sclren or ‘ath '11"? DPYPII-“liil W954?“ Shwldi “dla” Ymkslm“ l“ °c°n°my °tl a y g ' g off every bus and 811111611 across l ppflj l.ll'll't‘ll skills. Silver Fox Pla- l- l‘ . I "OL Ammlg m0 ‘lugs’ DDT '5 . I ' . I - ‘ -l. ml enriched will 3i production and carcass quality, mchesi ‘Velglll BIJWI 4 lbfl- _ ever . , .

. , SDI-d see the need fol IIOIIIII’ l. b ., p, c, .3" used to break tl.e forle of ClllVlll" lfLrls be made eull a _ __ Th B m cm o, n d, Y Street. A few polloomoo, P; - offered 1.645 skills f." out-lions ln Mount.“ He ab” i“ Inc m” "WV g llsllmul; r8 1nd pleevgrlt the tiny cepdlntfag gram balanced plant food appl ed at the‘ led to the decision to conclude tribute! ‘Prim’ 15 b gfilicaixrvldlvki“ I were armed with revolvers during

. .. . . . . . ‘ ' ' x or cnrrosl c su l e a ‘ ' ‘ ~ a’ ~ ~ on su s , - _ “W? 61 P91 w!" 501d. I01’! vlously had In mind the British mlvifurlle dlps_ and lumlgnllon being washed out of existence. This r816 0f 4 Pwilds I° a 100 square‘ thfnutftshlesrlirlnl-ggrfigluiol, on the ‘eats, ed into the New anal the Old World ‘ lme Wm‘ but England h“ “mm”

$55 for good quality, large i m. The collection was fair and s‘d freely at about last. August Willie Marked Fox - offwred ‘. ills; 2i par ccllt sold; mp J for fine, pale blue skins. ll_\' llo market and where told lould only he moved at very low figures. Full Silvers - over- 6.108 stains; 58 per cent sold; top prre $27 for sclcclcd pale silvery wan at the low basis prevailing "e sold quite freely. There sre still fairly large quantities of silver foxes being carried in this lo-ln v as well as in other pro-

icgarriintz such matters. He

restrictive measures placed the fur import by the British gov- crnment.

The Amherst fox show in con- nection with the Amherst Winter Fair will be held November 7-10

dull "IlITFS and until there is , and we understand m,“ George A_ some rn n-al change in style.‘ Janna-k “ml uoyd Lovkerlw “l; ucillls no material advance ln 1,9 among the ranchers represent“, value van be e-xbefied even on i lag this Province with exhlblis the fresh crop. George H, Mayer,’ Manager Lamp son, Eraser & Huth, Inc.. New

A survey of the popular furs in i York, will judge the foxes and the llted States during October l nlgllk The r0]IO\\‘iX‘/y week M“

llious that nlink stayed ill top {ll-Ice In roiail store advertising. l-‘ull lermth llllllk coats predonlillated in

Crllllleck will not as judge at the (Illtario fox show and return to Prince Edward Island to judge the

l variety 0f styles. Most of the provlnclal Fox Exhlblllon at ldvtrllslns WM (‘lmfellllflled °n ‘ Charlottetown the weel: of Novem- ‘oer 17-21.

Ztbcvorroo. was ommsuun‘, —

Ill a telegram from George A. Callbeck the following results of the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company Ltd.. auction of slivers and mutations Tuesday and Wed- nesday was received Platinum: 58 per vent sold. average $23.41: ill- fel-ior Platinums 55 per cent sold.

per cent sold. average $13.20; White

Marked Silvers 26 per cent sold.

RAW FURS average $10.85; selected Full sil-

vers 50 per cent sold, average

The 5905071 is now open 0n 314.63; regular Fulls 40 per cent

sold, average $11.52; one-half to three-quarter silvers 75 per cent sold. average $12.85; inferior types 4o per cent sold. average $7.54; low grades 56 per cent sold, average $2.41; total sale 46 per cent sold a; an average of $11.91.

oil raw furs. We ore interest- ed as usual in Mink, Muskrat, Coon, Red Fox, etc. Highest Market Prices, Prompt returns.

J. D. JENKINS _ core of. THE ROYAL PACKING CO.

Provincial mink breeders are ar- ranging a field afternoon for Wed- ncsday, November 5th. at one o‘- cinck. Provincial Fox Show Build- ing Exhibition Grounds. Breeders are invited to bring four mink. of any kind they have_ adult male. one adult female, one kit male and one kit female. Standards, Silver- ulu. Black Cross or any- other mu- 'ntion. They are to be brought in crates 15" long by 6" high and 6" wide, wood ends and wire sides. Mr.

FOR SALE FOX AND MINK FEED _

tVe Ilale cl quantity of Fox WI Mink 'Feed mode from Chicken _by-products, both can-

ned and frozen, u’ very ransom George H. Mayors of Lamxpson. able PM“ The from" fesd i‘ Fraser 8: I-luth, Inn, New or,

_ ' _ will be present and will :0 0W1 P=I<I<¢d ln twenty and tlllrty the mink and point out desirable pound boxes, and the canned in qualities and give inrornlation to I6 0L fins those present who, wish it. This Is

an exceptional opportunity for mink breeders here to determine the correct types and qualities to ureed. Mr. Mayors handles hun- dreds of thousands of mink and ls probably the greatest mink expert

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A FIRST CLASS INVESTMENT a FOR ‘THE FOX RANCHER HOLDING ON

FOR ANYONE WISHING AN INTERESTING AND _ PROFITABLE SIDELINE

Silverblu, Halfblood Silverblu and Sac-Whites (Recessive) of a strain which huffor years been bringing‘ a higllerlhon aver- "9! Price on the Pelt Market.

PRICES REASONABLE FOR HIGH QUALITY I0% DISCOUNT ON QUANTITY LOTS INSPECTION INVITED In the some ranch-"HILMUTT FOXES" UNEXCELLED FOR HERD IMPROVEMENT WENDELL K. MUTTART, SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I.

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fur market situation and indicated that the present difficulties of the British fur trade might influence said that tile H.B.C. hart established it- seifflrlzlly in the international fur business and its operations were X1011 b91113 hampered lnuch by the upon

average $13.58; Pearl Platinums 40 i

with naphthalene flakes has long hccn the most popular with the larger grolvcrs. Full directions regarding illoso nlelllods. are given ill n publlvilflflll entitled "Standard Control Recommendations for the Gladiolus Tllrips". This is known as Processed Publication, No. 09. Copies may he obtained by apply- ing to tllc Division of Entomology. Dominion Department of Agricul- ture, Ottawa.

professional gard cnccs

posed to spring downpours.

Some Principles 0f Seed Separation

> (Experimental Farms News)

‘Pigs Profitable i In The North

(Experimental Farms News‘)

mom ul luarkets. ’l‘l:e.-".e grainnvegctzzble and

wdely as to their llegllt.

In order to fnd tile r< turns from raising pigs n the Kapuékas n; district of Ontario a conlplete re- cord of fecd consumption, cc-sl. and returns from pork sales was kept‘. ,f0r 218 pgs raised during a six- ‘yeur prr nd T194645). i.t the Domin- ' ion Exporfcnental Statlnrl, Kapusk- using, Ont.. says J. U. Plon. In m“ f‘ 530d u _ me lest. 103 plgs were klled a; principles of so, Lon and l-‘ser bacon hogs at 200 1b.. and 110 were applcatm“ I? "eflessari- Om“ kmed as Shop hogs L, 150 m All conszderablo Jlgfinliily ls lze ded were sold on tile local market t; I‘ of kncm" Pr-n‘ prevailing pr ces, which averzgxrcples "5 e ' Owrmme over the perod 17.1 cents per lb. of wme of the leamng and grad n3 dressed pork. Proljlems- l.§“..°..§“€.i.i‘iffii‘.‘;§‘Elwslfllwiié’. cleaning and swans merm- Tlley were fed ZndOCIS a mixture EM“ w-‘hln m“ “m” °f "5 5P9’ of barley and oats, supplemented d“ d“ gn- °ml3l°y5 o"? °1' m0" "with a protc n mineral mixture. The feed was ch11‘ er local market pTlCis of 31-81 per cwt. derswcq and “PM ed’ s“ sfumryl for barley. ‘L92 for ens’ 53,59 m. separation and cleaning of most.

l t d l, 1 seed is usually not difficult. Iillztjlglsfupp amen an $2 or The principles employed by most.

of inert matter wh-ch must. be sep-

are so many. Kemp of tflc mental Station.

according t» I-LJ.

~‘ .;l Experi- on. B C . 121G113 cu‘ the

, , _ M mach nes are: Separaton by (l) lpefhgfigagwiserfiidslffiggtllgpwg: weiglht, (2) size. l3! shape. (t) 1m bacon: barley- aoo 1b.. oats. “"3"” ‘5’ appendages. (8) spe-

cific gravity.

Separation according to weighti is done by a controlled air blast.l This blast may be obtained by either force or suction or a com-

268 1b.. and protein mineral 51191118- ments. 52 1b.. at a total cost of $12,- ‘Jl. ' The total returns over feed cost and in tlnl value of the pigs averaged $9.61 per pg. With the

S! h H “h. h m, ready for bination of botfl. Tile volume of air IIBSTPIKCLGZ; clay: edlrlleer. the feeil and "s W1C“ w’ a" wnmmed b7 consumption averaged 19-1 lb" VBFYITIS the Speed of the fan in the

barley‘ we 1b,, Oats. and 38 1b" m,” l‘ machine, and the size of the air

tein mineral supplements, costlrl! inlets t‘) the fan’; by “We °f l . shutters. W.th careful adlustznent. $8.60 per pig. leaving a net overuse the eed ‘s actunII lei heci I th return ol'er cost of fced and initial BI‘ gtreah s thayt l‘ lg e2 i; ‘lame c! the mg‘ orb $7M‘ Eh“; desirable weight cnnoxfayll Stehrcfugoh costs could have een re uce _ ,-

somcwhat if whey or skimmedlglzlg algtigflgilm; wlflf,el_,ghi°i_“ilifl= milk had been nvalable. at b3“ 1g qfee F 511' ‘maxing, ‘£9 In this test, $100 worth of feed he mgans’ “f ca“ ,8 ‘d9 -e_‘d‘ used. gave a total return cf 5159-57 ing most kinds "long leiend grb - for bacon hogs and $102.95 for requms careful adP-stnfe t‘; L" “WP m“; “ “m” "m" m“ tall. the best resultgsu n O G _ for some other livestock operations.‘ sepamflcn or seeds accord!“ m Durmg the same perm!‘ the "-1 sze can be dore by the ‘w- g d ‘um m’ $100 of feed l” ‘Mrydusvtment of the w nd blaspt n! _ camp’ was “ham $140‘ lves 0t‘ screens are BTIC"'1ll"us‘-Jed‘fe~ Tile consumption of pork pro- m“ purpose zncgscréénsl rs m’ ducts ill Northern Ontario ls more ' a e We‘ than s million 1b.. valued m1 mill- zon. Only 8 per cent is produced 4 locally. Experiments at Kapuskts- ing show that pigs can be raISEtI profitably and that the hog enter- prise can be maintained or in- creased with l.‘ smaller investment than some other kinds of lviestock. T-hcsc are points worthy of con- sderntlon. for It would seem that more pork could be produced ad- vantageously for local markets. not only in Northern Ontario, but in Northern Quebec and in some

areas of the Maritbmo Provinces.

RAW POULTRY

We are interested in Ileuvy well finished Chicken, but at, the present time do not want‘ any of the lighter grades.

The Royal Packing 0o. '

J. D. JENKINS (Prop)

Sooho. thonnwilh MINAIID'.S .l I ll I M I I ‘I’ 35¢ £5".?l.f.""o.'.‘-‘.t=

scheme is used quite widely by to protest 5591' Sefdlillgs, a large proportirn of which might be lest ill fully ex-

Many kinds of seeds are required every year for sow ng on the farm» where they are grown. c-l‘ for c m- include flower sea ds. There are many varieties of the e different kinds of seed which vary ' size, shape. surface coverings and ap- pendages. These seeds usually c'n- tain other seeds cf lvceds, or df- ferent varieties, and various knds

nrated. The problems cf separa ion

There are malty kinds of seedl

lot the basic principles for separa-lcleaned ln the at premmng tlon. When the principles are un-f

such toll of seedlings SHCI) Yum‘-

and retain in».- proper Size

of sieves should be

to end shake and short rapid vb-l rations are usually more effecxtiv .1 e

than longer and sic-aver