M1_\_Y 1. 1941

Five pelts exhibited at the New Brunswick Pelt Show, January, 194i. See Timely Fox Notes for further particulars.

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming '

Major A. Wyllie M. Allan. M.0., L05. DD.S.. one oi oar lnoet euc- asuiul dental practitioners. who Iill ior many years kept foxes as a sideline ior recreation and prc- iit, has an excellent turnout in his ranch. The 23 females o! the Allnn - ranch had 20 litters when last we iieard of them, with one litter more arpecud. The 20 litters counted up 101019111X. Or an average of 5 1-20 .rather |, record we think for a hash, at least we have nor-heard ei anything to top the Majors rec- erd. Amo the litters are a num- ller of mar ed foxes, Dr. Allan hav- lug succumbed to the same tempta- iloli Is the rest of us-the produc- tion of while-face, ring-neck, near- plstil-iuin or platinum foxes.

1n the mail last evening we re- ceived two photographs from Ollie llcNeili, Fort Qukppelle, sack. One is oi two litters oi’ white-face, ring- nick platinum foxes born this mson. They are on c. platform whim is covered with black and the background is black and they show up perfectly, the markings being a: distinct as if you were looking at them. The other photograph is 0i a litter ci five, iour o: them plat- illiirlls and one with neck and lllﬂlilﬂlx white, white face, white feet an dark iur on back and brilsh. one of this litter is almost entirely white. lllst a little shade 0i blue-gray over Ille back and shoulders. 'l‘hey are certainly at- tractive and Mr. McNelll is to be congratulated on having produced lirch foxes and his albill y to think Ill a method oi photographing chem alt was unique and yet depicting

eir characteristics so perfectly.

Ill‘. 1f. 1!. Oook, sales inanuaer oi gut" reeds. paid a flying visit °iir Province the past week. He 1m d lliii Diane from Toronto and _ 1o ed at Moncton. caught a, plane r Summerside and then in com- E iiiiiv with Mr. Delaney of the p. P001. Ltd. visited quite s ‘ 0i’ ranchers. Mr. cook m"! You like right from the word

go and there is nothing or the high pressure salesman about him. His method is to give you interesting facts concerning the methods of manufacture, the quality oi the goods used and the results obtain- ed. We confess to a feeling that we would like lo see conslderibbly more oi him.

The humble northern muskrat was an outstanding feature of last week's sale offering by Iampson, Fraser dc Huth, Inc. of New York. Reminiscent of the days of yore the merchandise sold to a top price of $2.46. Not only that but an estimat- ed 90 to 95 percent oi the offering was disposed of, the average price rise being placed at 15 percent. Black muskrat was in strong de- mand at market levels, the top price being $2.06 for spring and Winter goods. The total number of niuskrat offered was 100.000 and prices rang. ed from $1.78 to the $2.46 for the best Spring goods one and two sizes. The jllmp in the price or muskrat is all to the good for us fox farmers. A rise in staple fur such as it is will mean a consequent rise ln other furs eventually, 1t is an indication that all is well with ligiaestiur trade for this season at

Tile Bureau of Customs. Wash. liifilﬂrl. D-Q. has made known that iire quota 0f silver black roxss, 1111010 silver or black fox m” and 5 i" which may be entered or Wllhiilrawﬂ 1mm warehouse for con. suzn tion during the period oi May

5 N0 be been exhaliisnibdf 30ml“ 1941' has

Iﬂmpson, Fraser s: Ruth's g n. eral sale of furs concluded list week showed considerable activity. 3-209 Greenland blue foxes were “Pill” Wiiii ii wp Price of $04.00 for an exitra pale silvery type; p319 “Otto $56; slightly rusty $34 to $43-

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ass to s42: wool ‘s14 to . kan blue iox soil up to $44 with l Rreat number in the $15 to $24 clam; 1.100 cross fox comprised an

iii-i- 7°" overnment’: ifs-Ion]. :2: iliﬂiartment is strongly “l K the use of lime season. Consult your L

llrlculiural representative

mice i a Lwigurtlxuslpplleation of

n’. IIQ m3“, f” ma": this: you Ikely anew "me ll and are lnnnln to To ‘viﬂllar farm i is Sp ng. deli,’ helm: disappointed n" {SFY-"kllce your order MWLle rooliville" lllgh u“ g: lmcstone is eellirl nt ‘Mum's; low urlce es hat all ‘he n“ t Bkricultural Lime Is l" manufactured and m, I've early results. Consul; M lrnier who has used It. ‘ulazillm of increased urn. uuurllncostg‘. there is no in- Mhm D ce to you this

PRICES mill pel- ton in Bulk “'75 Der ton in Bags

var lots of so m“ Tons or more w“ ﬁlial“)? iéealrest rail- ~ Avoid the l u ual rush by plan- i?’ "iai..'"a*.r.i°"iia.iir i iittliviniz shinning date to

Bruokville Mfg. Co, Linsitss "°°'""is- st. John 00., u n u“ ll Q 8 Adams. Pres.

cllﬂn. specimen sil- verles sold from $53 to 33,4; pale BIIVBTY $96 l0 $38: ordinary $15 to $24; dark silvery $18 to $24- lowes- grades 1mm $5 t0 $12. There were 14.000 red foxes offered and these llmlelkllt from $5 to $6.50 for north- WES 8m. and northeastern as wel B8 82.90 for eastern while ranch. gm“ bmiiiilil irvm $8 to $16 with

average o! $8, Fri-om the above lt Will be seen that the trend to.

Nicholson's l-‘oxllealth

(3 FEEDS FOR I CENT)

Something like 1900 years ago tliut eminent scholar and wonderful ma: Pﬂul. while writing to the Theses gnlans. made use of this staiemeli .

Prove all things, hold fast

, and the year intervening have demonstrated the truth oi his words. and if Paul was alive today and iii the Fox business he would recommend Nicholson's

" he up you can afford to use Nicholson's Fox HeaJth" the best conditioner for your Fox and Mink litters. HERE'S ECONOMY 1N FEEDING. each box contains 375 feeds for a fox and will feed one ioléufor over a year or 750 feeds lcr

food start, keeps them growing ilito arge vigorous foxes and nliitk. Tins

owder is gt up frcsli as ordered.

rice 3% l . box 81.50 delivered if you mention this aper. Can supply lily illlinllty. Bend money older for what you want or when in Chur-

lb. box 50 cents delivered.

llIl.J.M. lllclloisoli

f "Wis l-om or a-ma ti. l

L-Bl-b-Sl-O- l4.

" George A. Callbeck. who sent the

i toba. Fisher farming was an iilea

Fox Heaimv H h ‘ rs- has been successful in lrlerld-ir- As thbergrlcii Tzfuiaelig) hint these desirable but dlfflclllt-IO-pro-

This powder gives your pups a‘

“mew n _ _ their ranch this season, mg their “Nichognq: ﬂﬁﬁgebgiveﬁtlﬂli?‘ préLgl. own breedof willie-face, ring-necks

302 Ken's 8L. Charlottetown, P, E. I.» numYcf 0i 91-973, This season they have I. real freak. It is a you lase-

oss fox and the reddllll illiiiligliefoi foxes has deihuiely d1- minished. There dots!" willie" l-° be a. very profitable future for the ranch raising oi cross fox unless one could develop full furred, large silvery types with road markiiiia-

On the 00W!‘ 0f Canadian Silver Fox and Fur for May is a cut of five’ pelts emlbitcd at the New Brunswick Pelt Show. January, 1941, which is reproduced on this page today. Reading from left t0 right the numbers i. 3 Biiil 5 B" white-face, cross foxes shown by Fried Colpitts. The centre skin (No. 3) sold ior e400 American funds in the March sale oi lsampson. Fraser as I-lnth. Inc., New York. Pelts Nos. 2 and 4 are described as near-plat- inum types in marked and were shOWn by Fred Colpltts. We leave it to our readers i! the display is I not an arresting one, showing qual- ity, beauty. showmanship, style and other desirable features.

The lead article in IIte same mag- azine is entitled $12 Extra for Extra Size and accompanying it are phoiographs of two pelts alike in color, face markings, volume and density of fur-in fact in all par- ticulars except size. Olie pelt be- lng ‘l8 inches in length from nose to base of tail and the other 32 inches. The larger one was stretch- ed on a six inch shaping board while the smaller one was stretch- ed on a 5 1-2 inch board. The sale prices of these varied almost direct-

as did their size, the longer pelt sold for $84 villile the smaller one brought $72.

p‘cture in, concluding his letter writes...."Size oi pelt as a Price factor has rarely been brought to our notice as plainly as in a tabu- lation of 153 silver iox pelts ic- Oenlly sold for the account o! our fur marketing department. Of these pelts 97 ran from 33 inches to 39 lrlﬁhes lri length measured from nose

base oi tail. These sold for an average oi $69.92. while the 56 smaller pelts, i|lal on a quality basis. but with length running from 20 inches to 32 'nches, sold (or an average of $59.30, a difference in average price of $10.62 in favor oi the larger pelts. This is an actual experience from pelts that we ar- ticularly examined before we s lp- pcd them to the sales house. It further warrants our continued ad- vice to ranchers to feed their pups generously during their growing period so as to favor the develop- ment of large foxes which in turn yield large pelts."

The Ontario Fur Breeders‘ Asso- ciation will hold a conference on June 11th and 12th at the Ontario Veterinary College. An excellent program has been decided upon whim includes lectures such as the Factors On Which Growth De- pends, by Dr. Lionel Stevenson, Guelph. Cooperation Among Fur Breeders - The Platinum Fox. by Omar Brager-Llarsen, New York City, formerly President of the Norwegian Fur Breeders’ Associa- ton and the man who introduced, marketed and made popular the Norwegian platina fox in the Unit- ed Statcs. After lunch Peter G. Clark of Summerside, President oI’ the P. E. I. Fur Pool, will address the conference on successful mar-

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| handling of a distemper outbreak. There will be a Silver Fox Ques- tion Box, presided over by a com- mittee of notable foxmeii. Tuesday will be devoted to mink. Altogether the conference seems to be one tvat wll be of great interest and con- siderable good to the iur farmers 0f Ontario.

Four litters of young fisher were . born this Spring on the Hudson's Bay Fur Farms at Bird's l-lill, Mum-

develomd by W. O. Douglas into actual resulis as for three ears lie reedlng

duce animals. In th‘s some oi the litters were from Pelt-raised stock on both sides, so evidently rancher Douglas is off to a good start.

Congi-atulatinoa to Thomas i). Cal-rutliers. summerslde, secretary of the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders" Association, who ma; a female fox that has given hirih to a litter of nnc. four marked pups and five silvers,

Cudmore Brothers oi this ‘city ere enjoying an excellent production in

have multiplied considerably, The orlgililil ring-neck was produced from standard a lvera in their ranch ‘lire? Y9"! I30 and he has com-

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up ior its age. coanpléicly while ed Canadian Silver Bright, 153 rom nose to tall with’ white silver Grade A. 1.088 Grade B, about and white hairs predominating 7,000 Grade O and about 47.000 There is no question that if it can Grade D 0i the above number be brought to maturity it will be 70.000 were allowed entry into the a remarkable fox-that is the ogin- United States and there was a car- ion of everyone who has looke at ry-over or 17.700, but 6.500 oi the ll~ total number was a carry-over from -———— 1039-40. On looking over the re~ W. M. Ritchie Dominion Depart port it is rather regrettable the ment of culture, has issued a small number placed Ln the statement e owing the total num- Canada Silver Bright, Grade A and ber of pelts graded during tire sea- Grade B classes. and the large num- son-IMAM. 0i’ these 4834m- cent ber that gravitated to the lower fell into Grade E. the lowest group ciesslilcat nns. Evidently we are Permitted to be Enlisted. 38 [r_ad- far from having solved the best

BRINGING UP FATHER

[method of producing goo-dzilvrs-rliox i

| pelts. , _____ ‘Ilze Canadian National Silver

Fox Breeders‘ Association. Summer-

side, is ready to register new type |

foxes and have adopted the fol- lowing names for them; Standard Platinum. Standard Platinum Silver. Standard White Marked silver.

Standard s lver Pearl Blue. Further particulars can be obtained by writ- ing the head office oi the Associa- tion, Summerside.

___ _1Jr. it. H. MacDonald, President

._.__..A.,. __ —¢

of the Canadla Breeders‘ Association. gave , __ excellent advice nt a recent lllcct- illliiii °il“- “if "lilliiilk l” iii“ “W mg of fox ranchers m Saskatoon l'.".llf‘l‘lf‘l' is ii int bl“i".ll'fl‘ lliillliﬂ The Doctor said that we must co- i Pl Ill“ new “'99s lllld I'll’) rizop operate ii we are lo sOlvo our prob- 1 l" l" lllllllbei‘ "l 511W“

lenis. “Looking back at our m's~ I “—"—‘*_"““'"

takes Iii the 10x l)llhllll‘S\’. with! AUSTRALI/VS I‘0I'l.!\'l'lON which I am acquainted." said he. ‘ ~~ "would say that one of the most. CANBERRA — iCPl - With serious mistakes was il.e raising present living standards. AILSRYIIIII of too many foxes with a collscqileiii . could maintain ft Il\l\.'\..lllllm popu- lowerin of quality. We must not ‘lation of 30.000000 not 100.000.1100 make t is mistake with the new as German propaganda claims said types-we must get quality. with Acting Prime M'lllS‘i‘l‘ Ttiddeil. Pre- the new types we have several dii- sent population is abort‘. 7,000,000.:

iiiilln Fox R- "J 3'7‘!

By George McManus

mun cated his markings lo quite a,

Mn“. l(‘l'l‘lli kinds of fur in oiici" ruilirI '

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