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TIMELY IIOTES OII TOPICS
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Mink. Farming
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Robert Eadie of Cornell Univer- sity, has an article in a recent issue of National Fur News en- titled, "The Average Farm Is A jRat Paradise". We quote in part: "The average farm is a paradise for rats. Food and shelter are plentiful, the two necessities for an easy life for these destructive pests. Each rat boarder can de- stroy at least 100 pounds of grain, feed or produce every year by eating or polluting it. In addition they damage farm ltructures and may carry disease to man or live- stock. As long as conditions favor rats they will be present no mat- ter how many are destroyed, thus cutting off their food and shelter is an important step in rat. con- trol.
. . . "This can be done by . a little direct action. Farm foods and
produce should be stored in rat- proof bins or rooms. Feed pbins can be made rat-proof by lining them completely with sheet metal or heavy screening. smallcr am- ounts of feed can be stored in large ash cans with tight covers. Storage rooms having concrete floors can be made rat-proof, lin- ing the lower two feet of wall with heavy screening and by edg- ing the lower portion of the door and jamb with sheet metal. The door should have a regular spring or weight to keep it closed. All windows or other openings should be screened or closed. To rat- proof a room with a wooden floor,
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extendthe screening to cover the entire floor. 0 O C "All trash heaps may provide both food and shelter and should be banished. Proper garbage dis-' posal is very important in rat control. Burning or burying is best. The open dump on the farm is a line source of rats for infest- ation of the buildings. When food is placed beyond reach and shel- ter is removed, the farm will be a less attractive place for the rats and more attractive place for you. Lumber and wood should be stack- ed neatly a foot or two off ground, since rats often use these for shelter .whcn they are on the ground. The careful use of War- farin baits will control any, rats that do appear." . . . In our own ranch we were greatly troubled with rats at one time. That was when we were producing 1500 to 1700 pups an- nually. To rid ourselves of them we kept a number of cats and their progeny. These cats made selections of certain portions of the .ranch and buildings , which they took over as their own play- ground and domicile. They picked up a lot of feed that had fallen from the feed racks and with a little given to thcm they lived very happily. However, this meth- od will not appeal or be suitable for everyone and the new method or treatment mentioned-Warfarin baits-is now considered by all scientific authorities as the most effective. . . o We are proud to notice that our good friend Lowell Hancock, a man with a scientific education who has been one of our leading producers of silver fox and mink and always to the front in any good work for the community, has interested himself in the rat men- ace and is now placing on the market a Warfarin preparation called Deth that is absolutely ef- fective and can be purchased in shops and drug stores, . . .
Raw fur production in Canada in the 1950-1951 season-exclusive of Newfoundland-was valued at 531,134,000, an increase of 26 per cent over the preceding year's figures of s23,l84,000. The num- ber of pelts taken during the year was 7,479,000 as against 7,377,000 the year before. Mink is the prin- cipal fur produced, being valued at 314,618,000 compared with S10,- 8'7'l,000 in 1949-1950, followed by muskrat at s6,6-16,000, compared with 35,334,000. Other figures are, beaver, s4,263,000, compared with 53,305,000; squirrel, 51,943,000, com- pared with s87l,000; ermine, S806, 000, compared with s934,000; white fox, 5684.000, compared with .5167.- 000; silver fox including mutations, S0'l5,000, compared with 5899.000: marten, s539,000, 327i,000. and otter, 5374,000 com- pared with s2-12,000.
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Exports of Canadian raw furs in 1950-1951 were valued at 329,-
000 the previous year. While the imports totalled 521,783,000 as against 316,118,000. Mink, beaver, muskrat, squirrel and fox were the chief exports while persian lamb, muskrat, mink and rabbit were the leaders among the imports. - . . .
Two mink ranches in Wisconsin were recently hit with Anthrax. This acute infectious, deadly dis- ease is caused by feeding meat from infected animals. Being a spore-forming bacteria it is long lived in the soil and once estab- lished can break out again in not-
compared with
884,000 as compared with 521,947,-I
THE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN
I -NEAWSY
Poisonous Plants
Some years ago the Experimen- tal Farms Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture issued Bulletin No. 39, second Series, by Faith Fyles. entitled "Principal Poisonous Plants of Canada." This bulletin was exceedingly well ill- ustrated by Lhirty-four photo- graphs and eight coloured drawings by the author, so that most of these poisonous plants could be recognized by farmers and stock- men in their fields and on areas of uncultivated land.
In different localities, most. of these plants. have more than one common name, and the author. to assist in their identification, has recorded from three to seven of the common names used to describe these plants. The index or the bul- letin lists 574 common and scient- lflc names for the 72 poisonous plants dmcribed, which belong to 26 families. Accurate drawings of the leaves of 60 of these plants are also given.
This bulletin remains a standard work on poisonous plants. It also gives details oi the symptoms of poisoning caused by these plants, and suggests what should be done
ive form. We cannot remember of an outbreak of Anthrax during our term of fox farming, but in 1930 the Norwegian Government put on an embargo against our foxes, claiming that there was a possibility of Anthrax outbreaks here. The charge, we believe, was ii trumped up one to prevent the importation of- any more foxes in- to that country. Several people who had orders for silver foxes. some in large quantities, met with a great loss because of their inability to fulfill the contracts. . . o
A collection of 18,724 ranch mink described as ordinary towards poor, was 65 per cent sold at the New York Auction Companyts sale last week. Females were up 5 per cent and males firm. Top price was 324.50. An offering of various dressed mutations described as ordinary resulted in a sale of 82 per cent of the pastels with a :58 top. Thirty per cent of the Green- eye pastels sold up to 350; 77 per cent of the Aleutlans were sold at s. top of :56; 83 per cent -of the sapphires were sold with a top of silo and the top price for whites was 549. These prices are consid- ered as unchanged in comparison with June sales. In ranch mink interest appeared best for the cheaper goods and especially low- end females for chokers. Best bid- ding was apparent for females around t9 and 310.
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Canadian Fur Auction Sales Co. (Quebec) Ltd. will hold a special sale in Montreal commencing Aug- ust 14th. The following furs will be offered: Beaver, muskrat, ot- ter, ranch mink and Canadian squirrel. Canadian auction .also announces the next general sale originally set for tember 8th has been postponed to Sept. l5th.
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Prices were mostly unchanged at the July for auction of the Can- adian Ftaw Fur Auction Sales, Ltd. held in Vancouver. Ranch mink were slightly higher than June with rats and beavers un- changed. All long-hair furs were withdrawn. Muskrats were 80 per cent sold with Yukon and north- ern Albcrta's bringing s2,l0. Ranch mink was 75 per cent sold. malcs extra large and large brought 320 to s25. In secondary type, dark and dark brown malcs brought s17 to 319, females sB.50 to 39.75, sil- verblus of good average lots, 514 to :16, pastels, good colors in av- erage slzes, :25 to s29, mediums, S23 to 324.
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immediately when animals or people have been exposed to such injury. While scientific terms are given for the convenience of teach-
this bulletin for every farm home.
Classification
In order to determine the best methods of eradication of poison- 01345 Dlllnldi llley may be divided in- to three classifications in rcgarcl to their propagation and habits of growth. as annuals, biennials and perennial.-it The propagation of all annuals is by seed. To destroy an- nuals, such as Purple Cockle, it is necessary only to prevent it from seeding. Hand pulling is very ef- fective when only a few plants have to be destroyed. cutting when in bloom and preventing any' seed from forming, can be used when the plants are numerous.
Biennials are plalits, like poison hemlock. that do not produce seed until the second year of growth. They should never be allowed to seed. This particular plant IS so dangerous to animal life that it shoulld be dug up and completely destroyed, found.
Perennials, such as poison multiply and spread, not only by seeds hut also by underground rootstalks, and are the most diffic- ult type of plants to
ment was to spray the plants with:
gallons of water,”
There are. however, on market today effective weed kill- ers which can be used to destroy dangerous perennial poison plants. In destroying perennial poisonous plants, it is most important that the job be continued until it is complete. saving the life of one animal will compensate for a large amount of materials; and time tak- en to free the farm of poisonous plants. Some of these treatments check'all vegetation -until
out of the land, and are usually recommends”
To Animals
The parasite
most common associated with
and eighteen or more grasses. These plants are spoken o as hosts and the ergot or mass usurps the seed of the
great number of spores the ncx
season, at the time the host plant is in bloom. A spore falling on I floret of the host developes anoth- er reproductlve form of the fungus, and the injured host plant pro- duces a honey dew that contains these forms of the fungus and at- tracts insects which carry to other hosts this most virulent type of infection, which reproduces er- gots on susceptible host' plants throughout considerable distances.
era. Students, and doctors, they are
however. translated wherever pos- mm", the me C C13 sible into common, every day y '. .. y Engmh words. we recommend Ewart states that. A comparat
immediately, whenever
ivy.
eradicate. There are people that are immune
to poison ivy, and they canmake a limit. laurel-
com-plete job of digging up and Swine: Purple cockle, water burning the plant and all its root- ll9ml0Cl(-
stalks. The recommended lreat- Poultry: Erzot. purple Cockle-
”one pound of caustic soda. to two the
urea are dry and short from mid- summer on that animals. usually avoid poisonous plants, eat them and are poisoned. Pastures in
have been reported, however, the period is now approaching when
In the autumn, ergots formed on these drop to the ground and con-
ively small number of fresh ergot" grains suffice to injure or kill a horse, cow or sheep." They are poisonous 'to man and all domest- icated animals. Ergot in grain and grasses causes abortion in all types of animals.
A fungus that develops on Rag- wort was the cause of the Pictou cattle disease, which caused very heavy losses of cattle in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, and in Prince Edward Island. The late Dr. W. H. Pethick discovered that ras- wort was responsible for the dis- ease, and recommended eradication methods which include the pastur- ing of sheep on the infected areas. and the removal of ragwort from all hay. These measures were so effective that the disease disap- peared. , To
1'. E. Islalnd PInnts.In,IuriouI l Animals The following list mentions on-
ly the plants that have caused the greatest loss of animals.
Horses: Ergot, I-Iorsetail. purple aockle, water hemlock.
Cattle: Ergot, cockle, larkspur. poison hemlock, water hemlock. water parsnip, laurel. ragwort.
Sheep: Ergot. purple cockle, lup- in. poison hemlock, water hem-
While some of these plants are very dangerous while in the suc- culent stage ln pastures early in the spring, it is usually when past-
which this Province have been exceed-
ingly good for more than a year and very few cases of poisoning
every precaution should be taken to prevent the stock from having a
the chemicals used are again washed
for the destruction of poisonous plants on waste land.
Fungus Plant Parasites Poisonous
poisonous i plants is ergot of rye. It affects rye. barley mam Wm. different
black f MINARD'S
plant and is the resting period in the life
cycle of the fungus, which is dor- 5 intent.-eeiyd.nd: mant during the winter. N,"".'.,.",m r.
It germlnates and sends forth A! lncio
chance of getting access to poison- ous plants.
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LINIMENT
Suto ulsolv TODAY -- for I()H()RR()n the following Representatlvu of the sun Life of Canada in pg-mg.
Edward Island will be glad to discuss
to me msunmce par with you any matters relating
annuities. without obligation.
CHARLOTTETOWN MRS. ooaorm ROGERS E. ,1. A, Moon; w. D. YOUNG, SUMMERSIDE R. C. SHEA, KINKORA
II. C. BOIIAKER -- Unit Supervisor Charlottetown, P. E. I.
CHOLIDA-YS”
Our plant will be closed AUGUST 11th to AUGUST 17th in order to give
our stuff a well-earned rest.
AUGUST 7th will lie the last day we cun,accepi' Dryeleuning and promise
it before the holldays.'
IIEW METHOD CLEANERS LTO.
One Iiffleviiighied match-one Iii-I-Ie glowing cigar-
ette stub"-one little comp-fire. carelessly extinguish-
ed! Any one of these will start on insanely raging
forest fire. V
A single forest fire can wipe out ten years of conservation effort at staggering pub- Ito expense. Ono fire can rub it vast recrc ational vacation arm right off. the map. Worst of all, the damage done cannot be fully replaced by new tree growth for
more than a
century.
Do your part to save our Irreplaceable for estsi Put out your lighted matches. Never throw a. lighted cigarette from a cor. Extlnguish your camp-fires . . . with water. Never leave a rubbish fire untended. Urge care on others.
And most important . . s of all times . . . BE CAREFUL! ' DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FORESTRY DIVISION
EUGENE CULT. , Minister.
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