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B! AGRICOLA

Amen; wliltii i l ' v.1. - i‘) Llins clvl a

-,9i, says that the righteous

lniglit." that is "bogeys," or as the l Authcrizeci '“terrcr by night." Many old word» lappar to have been Ln geiiczal use

.. . .. ..... >........¢ iiyullia the cite yuuiilge like doges." Youling was u=cd in the North of England, I01‘ howling, whrn I was a boy. Psalm need

by

iioi be afraid of "eny buggas

Version makes it,

lzill over England in 1535. that are

't...\t ul s iiui llltikc i1. innuaoiit. l since i’, .s rarity as wcil as age. l...“ n_.l....~. any cool; a iltlloulﬂ w the (an: ii’,

l L..\' old 1:10 is ilct without ll._._- .,... l.l'.i lul hem, ll. is H, “p; u. . llluzul ugiel book: l "ii.u...l, l..ic LJLU. Lnat is UH‘ iitLy

;l,l._- ol l...» (hue iiiiii New

iilciit, l..:.i:iil.._v iliiu iriilt’

»..l .il lu i.il- ..ii_ui.s.lc. .\1..J. <. .\l_\., .'.,~, IILJ-PMUL‘. ‘in? orig-nun. the... iiciii when .iiis r0» pini; lilla liiilbii, was ‘ilk "Cover- time.» oiiiv‘ ul loco, a. the iiiiir \A.L'., lose‘! iii tile iioriiiy oi tne

the ilukzl oi Suliolk. in 183d there were .-..l.! .‘i.'<.lil_'.'-eli-.l original. co- 111m oi Ce ringin .1 ijbi» ii. Eng- land, l...e c‘. v,.i.c1i ulre ili pJldiC iui ti», .i..._l Fill‘ Uiiifllw ili ijvilﬂhlﬂiﬂ ‘no . -, 1i.i;is Lhev Lao would \l IKLYIQIUS.

c, the translator oi’ i Iillilc, wus a lia- mili ili 1-1158, Ho by liil‘ Augustine l(‘(I '

_- 1c lb .\.l.i lo have

mod 'l“yildaii> in making s trans- atloli of the Serilrlires into Elig- Zisii. Iii i535, as s ll. he publish- ed his lull l (indicated IO K1217: ifs: .\ l. a picture surrlliizti ml hv K!i.t".l!i., hliolis. ec- cupies ii-l‘ long. hall oi its title- pagc. This was not uii iliilnediato version, since it was translated ‘out of Douche and Irityn", instead of

froin the orlgliliii Hebrew" and (ireck. wilicli Cl: lilic was perhaps not ﬂFqlllil vii w At the some t.lzic. as 1 ill-r points: out. "TAlS w... .i:' us lrrins.."'\n 0f the who‘ 1131c into the English ianguaize, and inw-h of the rhy- thiniczil flaw a .’. IIIIOLY-DQIBIICEG cutiiin-ss of the Auilloi" cii Version

.ilcc<i l). i; 1o Coverdale. ll. ii ili the Ail- ullioii Prayer" .1011.

lpolnted 1o the l and we learn ... that tile cus- ;‘..'.vlilcili llf "first-fruits" " ' in his case. Alter during which he

‘ii ili i363, where he occupied hiiuscii ili translatizig the works of the Continental Re- IO ntcrs, iii‘ \ death ili i559. His portrait iill {lo

2.111); whose iliul ot lhl: which he col-nun pass-

‘ u» rrzld ovcl- this

I'll‘ word or. is it is I'll" trk was . ' I am

lili-

i“!";'il(‘i‘l.‘fi w“? intsr- , 0th?!‘ l

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l s lll".'"l'. P.wl'llTI 5U.

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appcas in

lSIﬂlUlIiCilt ldcpsiidcncc can bc placed on pon- ‘Illfii’ names.

‘leaves. Our plant

now only found in the rustic dis- tricts of Northumberiand iind Dur-

ham. Such are "flmkercd" for tulle-ed, isaid of wings): "bicar- cd." now biarcd. for wept: ‘gild-

nri." ii snare (probzbly licwl. and dozens of others.

marked (in pencil) the A.V." That. is to say Coverdule

rhmcn of that simpler day. The Use of "I"

Herr I-litier. they say. uses

pronoun "I" once in every 41 words

larc probably justified in so doing.

use of thc ponoun is a siizn of ego-

iifc. should have done. and learneid. sufficient to keep his

“divine spark of genius"

a classic. using deems most suitable. ut the com- mcri run oi’ mankind s reduced to tclllnc his deeds in hiimblcr narra-

lar. Nature Notes

Lily”. IL ilud hunched, sword-like g.O1l'.l(i. alili from them iirosc stalks bearing a fcw oronlge-coiored, fug- itive flowers. The proper name of this herbaceous Orange Dnylily; the Orange Lily is somethin glse again. Mosl gar- dciie s arc qliiic at home with the Daylllyls moniker "lIi-mcrocnllis fulva". and that. tells them that the flower is pretty, that it lasts but a day, and that it is tawny.

In my own garden groyvs the yel-

coziise in growth, and the flower is butter ycliow and deliciously fra- grant. The Da_vlilics like a fair sill)- ply of moisture.

The hybridizcrs have been work on the Daylilies in recent y'ea'.s and have quite outclassed our plants. Rosc-colored and red shades

lare now on sale in the U.S.A., and lan illustration of one variety shows ‘i1 flower nine inches across, (mens-

urcci by a ruler illonyidel.

A good article o'li waiter bouquets ipu"" willows, forsyihias, etc“: the “Czinilziiziii Horri- cliilurisi" for March. Tile writer of txe dfliCC however makes a which shows how little

She says the licpatiya (Lﬁyflow- (‘1"_' JIIYHIPTIIK flue winter-

‘i Qikerﬁﬁlkl Iif.i\\‘ci'cti iiisitlc. it is ilic lic-

pzitica [filly that is meant, because "thc new loaves zlrc fuzzy and shit‘; but our Mayiioyvei" is the Epigilcd, with Irathcijv evergreen has borne its pop-

ular name since the time of tile Pilgriili Fathers, who may liavc iialiiczi it for their famous ship.

_ lThc Hepatic-a is properly known lby the lcss elegant name of Livcr- I

leaf. I have an English Liz-ch groyv-

, ling on the side of the creek and in . lthe winter of 1038-39 a

l‘ lcut the central stem off halfway.

Ask vour neichbors what Bray Chicks did for them. Then phone, or drop in. W. l. Bowman, Hunter River. W. K. (‘rafc-r, Kensington. Francis Gardiner, Launching

Place. Mrs. Basil MacDonald, Trocatlie Cross. Waldo MacDonald. Bothwcil. Lloyd II. McEwen, Souris. l Mrs. George Myers. Hunter llivlr- l Earl Diamond. Winslow 0r O. C. Johnson, North ’l'ry0n.

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Last fail I protected the iirw

VQTOWIII with tar-paper. which seems

to have stopped furtiicr deprcda- lions. By Hi0 term “rnbbit" I mcnn the Vagving or Snowshoe Hare. for we have no rabbits on the Island

'_ except those kept ili captivity lis

pets. Wril, what's the difference between a rabbit and a hare? In the first place hares have longer ears and hind-feet; thcn the young

hares are born with their eyes open, in "nests" which are con- structed above ground. Young

rabbits are born blind. in burrows (called "wulrrens" in Briiainl which are excavated ilnderqrourid. On this continent halos are found in the northern regions, but in the Southern States and Mexico both hares of various sorts, and aber- rrint strains of rabbits, abound.

In Britain the common rabbit was introduced froln southern Europe about a century after the Norman Conquest, and aided by the mildness oi’ the climate. has always kept ahead of the demand! Some inju- dicious naturalist introduced rabbits into Australia with the result that thousands of square miles of pas- turo have bccn laid waste.

Small as the territory is, there arc three kinds of Hares found in Britain. The Brown Hare, the commonest. was often brought in by gnmekecpcrs when I was a boy in Northnmberland. Then there was the Scotttsh Mountain Hare, or Blue Hare, rather smaller in size, and slsty- ey on the back but. burning whi (like ours) in winter. 1t was native to the north o! Scotland. and had been introduc- ed in Ireland, where it. lost the "habit" of turning white. The Iﬂsh Hare, o russet-colored animal, has been introduced into parts of Scot- land and Woles.

Among the most graceful of our wild plants ore the various species of ferns, but unless the proper con- ditions of shade and moisture can be achieved when transplanted they are apt to be short lived.

'I‘here is one species however that M.

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made the sense very plain, where the Ailthorized Version called for study: a fcatilre which must have , ITPSII most acceptable to the Eng-

the

while his axis partner at Rome is content with one "I" in 283 wivorils. Commentators gauge their compar- ative valiitv bv these figures. lind

Must w.- thcn conclude that the

tism? Not necessarily. Every man, during the first fiflv years of his observed.

mind employed for the next fifty if he lives so long! If he has the he may make use of his experience to write the pronoun he

tive form. and whether he be ego- tistic or not, has no choice bilt the pronoun of the filst._pcrsori singu-

_I.n past years, I have often no- ticed in gardens, a plant which, the owner told mc. was an "Orange .

leiives springing directly frcin the in

p. senliial is the

low Diiyilly, H. flava. It is not so .

"rabbit" '

THE (IHARLOTTETOWN

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ﬁilver Fox Farming '

I TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS

l Henry Morgan a.- Csinpuny, Mon‘.- real, have a write-up on women's ‘page of the Montreal Daily Star of last. Tuesday ic platina. fox furs ilolri Noiwzly. We quot-ez-"I-Iow would you like lo walk along Sher- ,I.)l'0CI(8 Street with a $7.000 double lplatina fox slung carelessly across your shoulders? That would be a thrill, wouldn't, it? Especially when lit is not oliiy the price that de-

obsolgte notes luxury biit the iare beauty

yof the fur, now shown for the

A great many passage; have been first time in Canada by Henry "better than

Morgan .5: Co. Developed by many generations of cross reading they have been released the Fox Breeders‘ Association o Norway in very small lots, ten or twelve in Piiris, eight in New York arid a consignment to Morgan's. It gives one a real feeling of being ‘in on the ground floor’ to see the heavy boxes with the ‘ Oslo, Norway stamp on them in which these love- ly furs crossed the dangerous seas."

.

l‘Oli the seal of the Norwegian govelnment, still attached to each skin. is slairiped ‘super plniina.‘ In New York a few women who have been able to buy ihcin all‘ called hcadiue news. It is difficult to describe the beauty of these fox furs. ‘They have a soft pearl white tone with a vcil of dark-’)liie-grey' that gives a lovely silver sheen. A iiarroiv stripe of black iuns down ihc cciilre back to relieve the shimmering softness. A tail tipped with white and n. white ruff a- round the neck complete the un- usual effect."

Our comment on the above is that tlu- \\'i'ill‘l‘ drcw raihcr largo- ly on his imagination when he spoke of the small lots released from Norway -—“te'n to Paris, eight to New York and a consignment

to Niel-gun's." Surely the firm ‘ niu>t have known ihnt 309 W"‘f'(‘ sold ili I\i“l\' Ylvk the third wcclc

Fi‘l)l‘il.’ll'\’ fllYl that hundreds

were oifcrcrl in Lrndnn, which was 110% R lrocd market for fhcm so T1103‘ have been forwardcd to the Unllcd Statics and Canada.

DI‘. Imo Frank, RUFEDIITIIK. has sold one of his healﬂiful Alsaka fa- malc foxes to Dr A B, Tough... Silwcx. N. ‘B. Other 1...... r15 have conic into the Doric" for Alli-Sims. but we ilrlderslazld he is

This ipuclol blond Incom- pond of ll»: oulrllndlrl] pickling VIIIIIIII In cor- rocl proportion to pro- duce maximum YIIIdI ol Icmi, symmetrically dull colored Euh vnlcly In lxlurc ll

p on"

frou-lpolllrixlian, rcsiillr

nI n u (ilmaiiali

hvbua o_ '0. mi.

Yiﬂqmfitrductivuncsl and

uniform quality follow:

BY the unit brlnciplc

mod In hybrid nod coin

Ind other hybrid». TM

VIIIII cl lhls blind Ilsl

bun lhoroiighly proud.

Ill, In Ilzl, very lirnlllr

lo IIio blind uud lor yun by lrvusl lugs corri- merclnl pickling ccriccms. Order dine! from this ldvntlurriuil. (PM. 10¢) (or. 20c) (H lb. 10c) (lb. $1.15) voila-id. FREE—-OUR BIG I940 SEED AND .

NURSERY BOOK — Boner Than Evor I DOMINIGN SEED HOUSE, GEORGETOWN, ONT. i

will stand a lot of bad trealmeiit

ivnd will last for years: the Cinna-

mon Frfll somctzrncs called "Fiodle- l ; from the shape of its rolled-

' a cs huge clumps of

which

l

| of

, two

-s three feet high, J will live for a celi-

A SliilihiiCillli has latcly given. out that in New York City therel ,a‘c 1.200.000 children who are rc- | .ceiviiig no religious instruction in lchapc. cilurch, Di‘ synagogue. Also l lthiit thrro are upivards of 4.000.000 ‘human beings of cveijy age who have no relationship to any religious ' orgcuiizrllimp-Protestant, Cniholicl or Jewish. We may further suppose lthnt the iiiiliioii and a quarter lcliildrcn arc not getting any re- ,llgious training at home or in school.

That is a serious situation, and it. is probably ciuplierltcd in most l towns and rural districts of the continent. Christianity is the bas- is of our democracy: it insists on honesty (national and interna- tioniill, justice, mercy and truth: it teaches the Fatherhood of God, and the Brotherhood of Man. It; is because the nations have lost, men belief in these spiritual values that this world chaos has come upon ils. We are doing by neglect what the totalitarian states are doing by force; and neither we nor they can escape retribution. God is Law as wcll as Love.

NOTES 0N ISLAND PLANTS

The Bali-luminance

The silrzle uclius of this Family of Island plants is cnilcd Impatiens: and it gets the name because the ripe capsules burst impatiently . when touched, and throw the seed l to o distance. A popular name for this genus is "Balsam." and it com- prises the Garden Balsam (I. bal- sciminea), and a house plant called here "Paticncc," evidently s. mis- nomer for “Impaticns". These have flowers quite unlike our wild spec-

s

Alon brooksides here, and hi- deed nl over Canada, grows the S ttcd Jewel weed. I. bl flora.

eﬂower is in the ﬁorm of a lit- lllu sac or pouch, prolon ed int/a an luncurving spur. Bilmbe-oces and insects visit these flowers for the sake of the nectar in the spur. but perhaps the most welcome gilt-st is the Ruby-throated Hum- mingbird, whose long bill effective- ly fcrtilizes the flower. Later in the season this plant produces very small cl-ristozamous fiowcrs, which never 0pm. but. remain till the rin- ening seed-pod pushes them off.

In similar situations, but not nearly so common. is the Pale lJewclwecd. l. pallldo. The flower is pale yellow. almost unspotted, but thc chicf point is the vcrv short s urhtno short to curve under the fowcr. The Ji-w-clwccds have sever- al local names in various rrpirms,

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l Whore the trouble lics

among them bclng. "Lady's Slip- per." “Lady's Eartirogv." “Touch- mc-not," and ‘Snapweed!’

' Some years nuo. Pnfcssor Gmh fomid n third species The Small- Iif)\\'1‘i‘l‘(l Jcwehvccil I. parvlflora: ii w: cikiuiilc lii (‘lllirlnttclcwli Ill‘ l l".‘lIl."|I'.'i1‘l‘ crirrei-llyw nczii‘ Ihc

"ruululh . Sir J. I), I-Ionkcr, l1 . ftil'll"‘l‘ El ‘ii l:""'i<* and cx- : pklvcr. rncn-dctl " , ,~"\ilt as lia-

ilvc to Sllcria HI -irl it find its

way here? And is it still extant?

,fur (lyeing house |l

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A mmlmui. of sapoo silver fox‘

pelts is expected for the four sales which commence in London next Monday. The Hudson's Bay Com-

pally iviil lead off at ten o'clock,

,\vith some 32,00 pelts.

i The Norwegian blue fox offering:

lat the New York Auction last weekend met with consistent sctive dcriiaiid and 90 per cent was sold. .Miinufacturers bought about two- ihirds of the skins and dealers a- bout one-third, indicating that the ‘demand was mainly for oonsum tion land not for speculation. inco ‘this was the first big offering of blue fox ever presented in the American market, it is practically ‘impossible to make. comparisons. Practically everything sold except |tl~= good quality intermediate priced darker skins between $20 and $35. so that would seem to in- dicate that the prices were within an accrpiable range. Bfue fox Ls a comparatively new article in quantities as far as New York mer- chants are conccnicd and they were frank in admitting that ihcir {cnoivicdgc of the article was lim-

In reference to the above sale of biuc foxcs. although we endeavored to we could not secure the average price pcr skin. It would ap ear. however, that it must have een somewhere between $25 snd $30. As there is .10 duty on blue fox pelts going into the American market th-rsc prices would afford the Nor- \\‘(‘!lfiiiS n better margin than they

silver foxes where a duty of 35 per cent. is charged, also a quota. It may be, and his will be inter- esting news to our fox farmers here, that the Norvreglnns, faced with a diminishing European and world (lcmiinil for silvers will switch to ihc pltltiiuis and blues. Bluw are said to be more prolific

and not as difficult to raise flS SIIYPIS. Eric Love of Dover-Foxcroft,

Maine. slirlit the first part of the ilccck visiting his father, Edward Love of ih:s'cil_v, Eric was several _\"‘.'ll'S in tho fox industrv, at least fivc of them on the Afingaii Is- IPnrK in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where he was irianziucl" of the Hud- solrs Bay Fox Fiirnis and mnde o. slices...» of 1110111. lion-ever, he was cu. off iiiinnst entirely from civiliz-

illicii and whrn an (““‘OI‘l.1ii"ilI-_\' pre- .

‘scuicd itsef to sccurc a lar e9- iilblihlmti automobile and garage bilsincss he took arlvrlittqgf of it, with tFc rcsult ihvt. he is now ifil ii as one OI the slicers-fill car ilcalrrs in inc potilto state.

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I'd-any in Due, Editor of the Am- crjcali Fur Brccrlci‘. is not one of Ihose ' o believes that a beauti- -ll .' ~ fox can l)!‘ replaced by plritiinlms. In an editorial entillm "In My Opinion" I~Iiiri'_y gives his l‘(‘Il"0il.\. H911‘ are exilxicts: "As I have slatrd licforc. the future of lhc plutiiium fox will depcnd ab- zoall/cly- on iis bczlurv and anprril. iiutl nuw nuothcr factor enters int-o ' Can the platinum and I‘.\(ii‘d foxcs be imitat- _ iiitd otherwise pro- ccss‘ _ ' ' furs? Shortly nil-E‘ , . the Norwegian platiiia fox skills in New York a. flashed n full iage ad in a. trad-c prim:- announc- ili‘! "Platinii. Dyed liite Foxes." The ad stated that lhc pelts were ‘l1 rtprcitlilcticn 0i the QXDQHBIVQ. naturill Plat-inn Fox and ‘perfect in simulation and unforgcttnbly beautiful.’

“And now let inc tcli you_of an experience Chris Lang. Editor of Fur of Canada. and I had an Niar- sliail Field N: Co's Fur Salon in Ciaicaito in Fcbriirlty‘. We visited {he store for til-g pilrpose of view- ing thc Norwegian ulatiiin pelts. After iidiniriir»; the beauty,- of the imtcr platiiias we wandered a- round tire department. examining mink, marten and other furs. Sud- denly we stopped nt a lalgc tllilllﬂll’ cf silver fcx, In the centre of that. (IZF'II,"\' was a silver fox cripc so scilitiiiatingiy beautiful that it took oilr brcuth away. We vlcwcd that cape from all angles -—iri its sil- ver fox setting rind staged with other pcltrics. And, trike my word r-~~ it. that. {Zilfillﬁit was the focal

ipoinl: in that whole collection of

Slidthi) fills. It stood Oilt as a zeemincnt thing of ravishing genutv. It had more eye attraction thanainy other furpicceinthefur salon. It created its own spotlight

"Chris and I did some deep Ihinkill! and being editors we put our thoughts into words. RIPS ninv come and furs may go. but the thing of cndurable beauty and in- lmltable attraction will always be a dear-colored, full Iurrcd silver fox "

From inquiries we lcsrn that. in most ranches litters are a bit inter than other years. ‘Two or three well known ranchers that we called up yesterday do "not expect any pilps until the first of Anrii, while oth- crs have hnd a few litters in

. As we mentioned before in this column the result of the in- vestigation by Charles B. Kellogg

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‘own case we lean towards early litters. Up to last ni ht some 120 litters out of o. p055 bis 30o had arrived.

‘ Don't forget to look at your pups for symptoms of worms. Many ranchers dose at 20 days, some not until w days for early fox pups. particularly if they appear normal and healthy. If there is any chance of the pups bein infested ‘with worms they should looked ‘at between 15 to 18 days and if I -bellied should ‘be dosedFromm

ros. received the highest, rice in ‘their history for a silver ox pcli. from a fox thot. was dosed for worms at l5 days of age.

‘There has been such o demand for horse livers in the United stat- es that the I-Iil] Packing 00., o! Topeka. Kansas. have advised fox farmers that they will have to up- portion the available supply a- mom their customers. That aiy they could not take an new business. It appears tha the aiologlcal laboratories have been m he market for great quantities to convert into products useful in the treatment of anemia in hu- IIIILIIF. Fox farmers h-ew- have not been rising horse livers to nny ex- tent. iind the prevailing bclit-i is that they do riot have EIIVIIIIII‘! like til»- therapeutic or nutritional value that beef livers "have.

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is to

xiark marten brought

Sale in Montreal last February a ' British (xlumbia marten Deitl brought $108, while at a Seattle sale the some month iin Alaskan _ 100. Ranch- ers in the United Sta es and Can- ado have been cndeavoring to breed marten but we have not hem-d of any rest success in that line. Perhaps, owever. in the near future they will be domesticated the slime as silver fox.

The following brief particulars regarding the Fromm Bros. sale of silver fox cross fox and mink mlts at Wisconsin. recently. may be in- tercsting. 5.000 ranch mink were 65 oer cent sold st an average of $7.95 and a tOp price of $15 50. These prices were about Z0 per cent above December levels . . . Federal full silvers (skins consign- ed to Fromm Bros. bv ranchers) were 96 r cent sold from an of- 8200 at an average of 136.13. The top price was 800. These prices were fully i0 per cent. above current New York prices and 40 per cent above Fromm! Decem- ber priccs. Fromm full silvers sold at. o substantial advance from December. Of the 13,150 full oll-

vcr pelts 90 per cent sold at an rive-rage of 49.61. 'f'hesc prices yveri- estinia ed to 10 per cent

above the New York market . . . Federal cross foxes sold strong at advanced prices, the to price for

cross foxes was $60. e best. lot

prising stren th developed in Fromm and ederal thive- uartor sLvers, Federal halves and iirks.

The average for all Federal pelts was $29.27. Bales results showed the first sign of strength in the sliver fox market for some years, states Mr. Fromm. Continuing, he says it is apparent. that. silver fox are again comin to the fore as s luxury item in t. e fur trade.

Our observations on the above sale are that mink breeding in the United States cannot. be on o pro- fitable basis if the $7.95 average grice received for pelts at. Fromm

ros. auction is on indication of the average obtainable for the whole industry . . . It was inter- csting to see the price that blue foxes brought. No doubt the are some unique strain, quite dif erent from what we regard as regular blue foxes. They may be what is known as the lstinum shade of biue. The cer siniv must have had comet ing very distinctive s- bout them to bring such an ex- cellent price as $8 00.

Another interesting part of the above summary is the fact that the dealers are taking more inter- est. in three-quarters, halves and dnrks. Possibly within the next few gar: the trend willonoe sgotn turn

the block necks. that is to as

. --4=, the full silvers, platinums. ct n1. It. would wise, friend for rancher, we think, to pick out o few outstanding males and females, dark mediums and mediums so that if a switch is necessary inter on. ou will have the nucleus for buii irig up again to darker strains.

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