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omen's Wear Daily- has the ;g,,,,ll',,,,,;.m stores where mink 1, 1,, (mt position. these have been be top liens: Wild mink jackets. tpeqacket and stoies at 81.000 to 3500. platinum. wild and stand- ','d mink in that order in the new Nsiousun" stole for the fashion- mmded customer; classic- stoles ma 26-28-inch Jackets for the mljgrny of well-to-do mink cus- wme,-, at 31,500. At one source, mwength pastel and wild mink mg; were "a windfall" - com- pleugly unexpected after last year's poor reception-at about 64,000 a. garment. vying for second posi- W, at most sources are muskrat ma squirrel. Squirrel is best in dutch capes, stolos and jackets from 31384393: muskrat in skin- onskin costs at 5250-8298 . . . .

This year's "sleeper" particularly 1,, specialty stores. has been bea- ver, running third and fourth in mmy of these stores. Sources claimed that beaver-'s improved pmltlon has all but knocked shear- ed raccoon out of the picture. Low pncmg oi beaver is said to be a iactor in ouixiistanclng raccoon. Blonds beaver is said to be com- mg up fast in Jackets and three- quartcr coats, at s398-8598. Dyed cliiiicn ermine Jackets and stoies have also done well in specialty mica, selling beat at 3350 and 1405. Briyers, in general, give credit for improved volume to an increase in advertising and local fashion publicity of popular-priced furs. Another factor which has helped somewhat, it was said has been the slash in the excise tax.

lo-om several sources we have learned that there is considerable activity in beaver and we are glad, because the trappers who have been depending upon beaver for a large part of their income have had a very lean year and this will give them courage for the coming season.

Marshall Field as Co., used a full page in a recent issue of the Chicago-Tribune to advertise its Empress chinchilla Jacket retail- mg for 85,000 in the 28 shop. Against a background suggesting a castle was sketched a. woman wearing the Jacket. Copy read, "One of the few things in life that makes a woman feel she just in- lieriled the world . . . our own natural Empress chinchilla. And, why not? so very few will ever wear so fabulous a fur." This fol- lowed a smaller ad run in a previous issue, which invited read- era "to come in and see our pre- cious collection of designer furs in The 28 Shop." Furs here in- eluded small mink pieces, retail- ing from 3795 to 83,000, full-length iiiinks from 63,000 to 86,000, and leopards at 83,500.

From Toledo, Ohio, Herbert

hire, Inc., reports mink in brief liens, such as capelets, pocket mics and caps Jackets dominated August sales at a price range of 3595 up to 02,250. Mr. Bchwalbe sister he also noticed this year the trend in mink is toward sap- phire. A little activity is also be- ing shown for squirrel abort pieces and a few jackets at 5395 and rapelets at 1150.50 and up. Blonds ihades are moving in sbedred rac-

mg with the first day of the sale. banks A despatch from St. Inuit. Mon ,

scliwalbe, head of "A. '2'. Schwalbe

Mink Farming

coon coats at 0505 up and beaver th at out to 01.000. Gunmetal

Jackatssoid at 80,850. All the taller-st expressed

with the upturn, in' work this fall. Toledo and north-western ” Ohio is hopeful of having a fairly ood fur season. Th loo

Seth C. Osborn. well know mink rancher of Watarville, Minnesota, is offering what he describes as the finest quality mink in world. iorsalc until the 15th oi November. Whites that threw all Whltc'kits with no yellow cast or discolorlng and giving a 3 1-4 average . . 3125, females. 000. Ruby Eye (pro- duce Topas mink). male! 8100. fe- males, :50. MIKE x Pastel (a large. clear, pale, blue underfurred Pas- tel without any reddish cast.) males, 8200, females. 8100. These prices seem to us very reasonable considering the reputation of Os- born mink.

United States exports of raw dressed and manufactured furs in- creased in 1953 from the previous year. The total exports were t30,43ll,000.. Raw muskrat was again the leading item of export. A total of 4,876,325 muskrat skins went out at a value of 36,535,000. Raw mink was second in 1953 with 259,040 skins worth 34,542,236. Fur waste, fur pieces and damaged skins made up the third highest category with 84,241,500 worth. Canada was the leading purchaser of American furs in 1953. taking 50,043,177 worth. Switzerland was second with 85,326,584. Third was the United Kingdom with 85,035,725. France was fourth with 82,383,077. Belgium-Luxemburgh was fifth with 31,734,009 and Italy complet- ed the list of countries" taking :1 million or over with 81,371,228. The above item will cause quite a lot of interest to Canadians. The writer was always of the opinion that Canada was the land of furs and that our exports would be much larger than the United States. It doesn't look like it when we are the leading purchaser, does it?

EMBA. largest mink brceders' association in the United states and elsewhere, for that matter. are endeavoring to secure the ser- vices of the famous Paris designer Dior, to be present at a showing of gowns, models and EMBA furs to the principal South American countries where style shows will be held in connection with leading charitable organizations. It is pro- posed to fly the gowns. models and furs to the southern countries.

In an address before a. meeting of the Rocky Mountain Fur Farm- ers Co-operative Association held in Golden. Colorado, George May- crs, well-known to fax and mink farmers throughout Canada, and new manager of the American Fur Auctions, Inc., N. Y., paid tribute to the mink rancher for his part in sustaining the popularity of mink. By the continuing pro- duction of beautiful colors, accept- able to women, stated Mr. Mayors, the rancher contributes mightily to the suocess of clment 'Idvertis- ing and publicity campaigns of mink garments.

In his opinion, the various color phases of Beige (or Buff or Palo- mino) will prove to be popular. This color is adaptable to many styles of garments; most women can wear it. Dark: are in short supply and good demand. Produc- tion thls year will be down sharply. Many dark half-bloods disposed of. Darks are principally coat

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equipment afford an unending source of pleasure for children in a wide age-range. Paint the clown in pure blue. red and black on an all-over coating of white enamel. Then someone will bestow upon him a -name and he will quickly become the leading personality of the neightborhood gang. When this project appeared in the paper. last summer we received many com- ments from readers, some of whom sent snapshots of their finished projects. Besides illustrated dir- ections for making the two pieces shown above, the pattern gives de- tails for making an awning cov- ered sand box at the side of the house. The price oi pattern is 35c and it is included in the Outdoor Play Equipment Packet of six standard size patterns for 31.50 postpaid. .

Apply: The Workshop Depart- ment, The Guardian, Charlotte- town. P. E. 1.

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Then A Booms

LONDON, (Reuters)-A food min- istry official said Wednesday night that Britain had gone from bank- ruptcy to boom in three years, with employment at s peacetime record.

Dr. Charles Hill, parliamentary secretary to the food ministry, told a political meeting here that both production and exports had increased by seven per cent com- pared with last year, the trade gap was narrower and gold-and- dollar reserves were bigger.

"This year," he added, "we shall be eating half as much meat again as in 1051, 25 per cent more bacon and more eggs and cheese. There is more feed about now than at any time since the war."

Hill said the wages had risen considerably more than prices, and that in three budgets from the present Conservative government, annual taxation had fallen by ssso,oo.

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stock fur. sapphires are still pop- ular, and Platinum has become the price line in the blue type. The European trade likes sapphires and, Platlnums. Mayors stated that, with less than 1-2 per cent of pelts remaining unsold at auction houses, with E pean trade.ex- panding and sound economic con- ditions at home. the marketing season ahead should be profitable.

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Ants belong to the l-lymeaoptera order of insects. wblch,includes bees, wasps. sawflies and others. While this order is placed third in size by entomolgists, it is fre- quently placed first in importance by writers. much as man is placed at the head or the animal king- dom becauae of superior intellig- ence, etc. Most of these insects care for their young, live in social colonies with a division of work within the colony among the workers and their queen. Ants are very widely distributed throughout the temperate and tropical coun- tries: They occur in three different forms: (a) The perfect females or queens, that lose their wings alter mating, and that reproduce the new generations, (b) the wing- ed males that die soon after they have mated with the queen, (c) the workers, all sterile females. Ants are exasperatlng pests that invade dwellings, seeking food. They are fond of human foods. and some gather and store grains and seeds. There are ants that es- pecially llke honey-dew, which they gather from plant-lice or aphids. Linnaeus said of them that they secure and keep aphids as "cows" protecting them from enemies, placing them where they can get their natural food and even caring for the aphid eggs and young. They consider the aphids their property and will fight to re- tain them.

As with other insects. the body of the ant consists of three sec- tions-head, thorax and bbdomen The brain in the head, though min- ute, is large in proportion to the body. There are four periods in the life-history of an ant: Eig, larva, chrysalis and adult. T a small white or yellowish eggs are laid by the queen in the ant-nest, and hatch in from two to six weeks. The larvae are legless. white grubs, which are fed from an abundant supply of food pre- pared by the workers. They grow rapidly, and in a few weeks or months become pupae or chry- salids. These may or may not spin cocoons, but the workers always take care of them. They are fed and kept clean; moved into the sunshine or carried off when there is danger. No food is taken in a later period until after the meta- morphosis is complete and the per- fect lnsect appears. weak and helpless and still cared for by the nursing workers.

Ants usually live in chambered nests. The black carpenter ant is the largest we have. It is dark brown in colour, and lives in hol- lowed out trees or stumps. It is a very common type on Prince Edward Island. and ranges in length from Va inch to V; inch long. It does not eat the wood taken from the many hollowed out chambers in the tree. It is fond of sweet foods. It does not sling, but it has been known to bite people. It causes damage to tele- phone and telegraph poles. .305 90 the timbers and sills. of buildings.

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The cornfield ant generally nests in the sailor In rotten wood. It is a light brown, soft-bodied robust ant. it is widely distributed. Blld its nest is quite objectionable in lawns. The workers are fond of sweets and carry aphids in their

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seem to know instinctively that the aphids feed on certain plants. from which they suck the up by inserting their beaks, and that they must also take ,care of the aphid eggs during the winter. as they keep them in their nests and move them -bout according to the temperature and moisture of the soil.

A colony of cornfield ants were observed to move their own young and a large number of aphids-155

outlook Ear Winter Grain Slllpnent said To Be Promising

HALIFAX (OP)-Chairman 1!. K. smith of the national harbors board said today the outlook for grain shipments through Halifax this winter is promising.

In Halifax on his annual fail in- spection trip, Mr. Smith said the prospects for grain shipments were good after a disappointing season last winter when shipments through the port hit their lowest point in

feet from a timothy the third row of corn in a nearby field. There they pastured the aphids on the roots of corn and fed on the honey-dew pa ” J

to several years.

of the insects. Some we1l-orgsnlz- ed campaigns have cost about 35. per city block.

3cctlaniI'e iiance Blianillicn To Teach At Sydney school

SYDNEY. (GP)-Scotland's high- land dancing champion is coming to this New World Bcottiah strong- hold to teach liighland, Irish and Celtic folk dancing, it was an- nounced Thursday nlght. 0

Director A. W. L. Macxenzie of the nearby Gaelic College at st. Ann's said James L Macxcnsie of Aberdeen. Scotland, will instruct for five weeks at college classes beginning next July.

Macxenzie has been Scottish highland dance champion for sev-

eral years and this year won the

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Saturday. Sept. 25. 1954 fling, swords and seann tribbas titles at the international festival in Edinburgh.

ANNIIAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the l P. E. I. Potato Growers Aa- -

sociatlon will be held at their offices in Charlotte- town. on Wednesday, Sept. 29th commencing at 2 pm.

Signed, P. E. I. Potato Growers Association. '

by the aphids. These aphids seem to have lost the faculty of taking care of themselves, and are de- pendent on the ants not only for food, but for protection and trans- portation to places where food can be secured. We have found them particularly injurious to sweet peas, and the only control mea- sure was to destroy the ants or move the sweet pass to land free from aphid-carrying ants. Pharaoh is a tiny, slender, yel- lowish ant, less than an eighth of an inch long. its nests are gener- ally in inaccessible places -in the foundations of building. It search- es for its food indoors, and is very difficult to eradicate. It is omnivor- ous and pestiferous, and usually gets transported in imported foods. Its sporadic distribution in the larger towns and cities may be due to clmatic conditions, as it may not withstand severe cold. The Argentine ant was intro- duced info the United States years ago at New Orleans, in shipments of coffee from Brazil, and spread throughout the Southern United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is very injurious to citrus and other fruits, and to shade trees, by attacking blos- soms. lt distributes and cares for not only aphids, but also meaiy bugs and scale insects, and is a great nuisance in aplaries and poultry yards. It has, in many in- stances, reduced the value of real estate and rendered neighbourhoods undesirable.

These are some of the many species of ants that are frequently identified by the pungent odor when the body of a worker is crushed.

Control Measures

The best control lit to locate and destroy the queens iii the ant nests. These nests may be located by following the line of workers back to its source. When the queen is destroyed, the others die in a short time. Chlordane as a dust. or mixed in a 2-5 per cent solution of kerosene, is effective. Carbon bisulphlde, or calcium cyanide, if placed in holes punched a foot or so deep in the nest, at the rate of one or two tablespoonfuls to each hole, which is then plugged with mud, will destroy the ants. Carbon bisulphlde must be kept a- away from any fire, arI'l calcium cyanide is a dangerous poison and must be handled with care as such.

For the control of Argentine, Pharaoh and other wide spreading ant pests that overrun districts, it is necessary that an intensive eradication campaign be under- taken by the committees under the direction of entomologlsts familiar

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Province Wide Meeting

P. E. I. POTATO GROWERS

THE CHARLOTTETOWN FORUM

Wednesday. September 2'9-a:oo P. M. This meeting will provide

Time will be allotted to a spokesman of the Dealers Association and to a re ducers formed at the Summerside meeting.

This question is of vital are urged to attend what will likely be the largest ever held in this province.

PLAN NOW TO ATTEND WITH your: NEIGHBOURS Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture.

growers the opportunity of hearing the Chairman of the Potato Market Board an EXPLANATION of proposed MARKETING POLICY and the pinion of the Potato Board, make such a

presentative of the committee of pro-

importance to all potato producers who

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