l'.m,ll,y, Aug. 13, 1955'Tho Guardian Page 11

.: ig Peaceiime Manoe uve rs inished AiCamp Gagetown

By DAVE MclNTOSl! the lat Black Watch. lst Royal l.mml;lla,,.p,-L-.5 Staff Writer Canadian Regiment and 1st Royal cull) GAGETOWN, N.B. tCPt 22nd.

"canadian Army's biggest arunoa nrvan - l me- time manoeuvers in history The second phase. tnvolvmg a atlel tndav as they began-in the left wheel. bridging of a river and "M i advance from bridgehead. was '.'”lf' rally the lst Infantry Di- carried out by the 2nd and 3rd (1-ell: ljxitrctsc Rrslnl Star was Canadian Guards. 3rd Royal 22nd ”5l:y,,l,.l.-rt a success. and the Royal Canadian Engin- mllllll more oifr--crs said they fell cers. . 1 could have been made ll lot The bridging was done at night 'm.(, ,.mll.t,m- with a bigger over a river swollen by a days I? Hm.-- r0rce- ltcrrentral rain. e'l',h(l rule of the enemy was taken: The infantry spent the (lay and mlv one battalion, the 2nd night slogging through sodden hl ill itvmt-li Ranged against it-fields or crouching in weapon pits 5.”. tn bztttzrlions. three squad-l half-filled with water. Mr? ll; tanks. artillery and sup- The exercise began in similar mnimg al-ms, sweather last Sunday. it cost one WK, 3 result. some said. non-vet-;man's life when a bren gun car- ," soldiers in the big force hadtrler slipped off a muddy road at E: real sense of what an enemy night and tipped over in the ditch. could do. t ('Al.l.F.l) rtxnrorrnav HALT

"ml. 80 that elements of the divi don uerc able to make advances may umtlri not ncbur in actual war- miih. has particularly true Thurs- BONN tReuterst -- West Ger- ljgv uheli the division staged a many is challenging Britain for breakthrough. The umpires bud ll! second place after the United .-.11 a ternporary ceasefire in sortl States among industrial powers of out the situation and pull back the, the Western world.

attackers who had stormed ahead At present. economists of both

lm. tar countries regard Anglo-German The is! liuttttlrtttr. Royal 22nd export competition as a healthy itecuttrnt. travelled so last. in factor in encouraging lower prices

m. that it inst the umpire mov- tag with it and nearly decimated . thsnrstrr-at force nine times its ml-Eirst phase of the breakout. gamed after an initial repulse on Knob Hill. was accomplished byl

and increased production in an ex- panding world market. But they warn that if a reverse trend sets in the struggle for economic sur-

revive the bitterness periods.

of previous

COMBINES

We do not believe all the Thinkers" Pugwssh. N. 5.. but rather think they are still farming on P. E. 1. Most of these farmer "Thinkers" are now thinking of Combines and the real ”Thinketts" are looking for Massey Harris. At the present time we have in stock the famous

Massey Harris No. 90lClipper Combine. 6 foot cut, power take off.

Massey Harris No. 90 Clipper Combine. 6 foot cut, engine drive.

lliassey Harris No. 60. self propelled, 10 ft. cut.

We have the above Clipper in the "bugger" which are difficult to replace at present are most suited to Island needs.

Contact us for the best deal on the best machine available.

E. D. REID PRODUCE LTD.

Phone 3507

type and we believe

Charlottetown

rustic AUCTION

V Come one. come all, to the largest privately owned sFO(.lx and MACHINERY SALE ever offered in West- moreland Co. at the farm of GARTH WALTON, at BAY- l-IIELVD. WEST. C0,, N.B., 1 mile from BAYFIELD 19.0. on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17th, and THURSDAY, AUGUST 18th, beginning at 10 o'clock sharp, each day.

120 head. of cattle418 cows, 15 steers 2 years old; balance yearlmgs and calves. Everything in machinery

front tractor to cultivator. 4 farms with a total acreage of 930 acres.

Lunch served at noon both days. See posters for particulars. Don't miss this sale, a chance of a life time.

HALLEIT J. ALLEN. Auctioneer.

Phone 17-2, Port Inglis.

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ATTENTION - POTATO GROWERS & DEALERS

lh (.l-auuda Packers Ltd. wish to announce the opening of 9 First Dust Mill on Prince Edward Island. The mill. lo- cated st the Summerside Shur-Gain Fertilizer Plant. is

h”l"""ll.l' llroducing Dithane, Copper and DDT Dusts for lllzhi and insect control.

All ortiers will be fi

lied immediately with freshly Mixed dust (analysis

guaranteed) .

ASK YOUR DEALER FOR SIIUR-GAIN DUSTS CANADA PACKERS LTD.

W”-lllillsllllts cunnnorrnmwm Tel. 2211

Tel. 7221

CLEARANCE - AUCTION SALT

AT MIDDLETON .'lltlNl.)AY. AUGUST 15--12:30 O'CLOCR

y Hjlllllz sold my farm, I will sell by public auction on dillemises above day and date all my stock, machinery Sluts:-hold effects in part as follows:--l

. you Mfrs? Reneral purpose horses, 3 choice milk cows. ll" "g5”fl:::- 1 Spring calf, 5 spring pigs, 1 brood sow in eM:Chlll0Py-Frost and Wood binder, hay mower, hay pmlytlltirtlonal seeder. gang plow, potato digger, Watson ...g l' loll" cultivator, horse hoe, spiked har- valie; ”fi'k Walton. bob sleigh. wood sleigh. platform mi-Plclram separator, cream cans. post hole digger, mouth car. quantity of lumber. 10 cords stove amen. traces, harness, chains, hoes, forks,

him. collars, h '"'9l-V bails etc. . , ousohold effects-Enterprise range, kitchen set. "1 table and 0 chairs, chesterfield suite, driven- t coffee table, end tables, 4 bed- res chairs, occasional chairs. linoleum lnl 1318!. two electric radios. electric lamps, tables,

t rapes. all kind dishes, pots. pans, and numer-

grther articles. . Erma Cash. If day unntiate first fine day following. -A i 1:. c. BELL

; hitches.

lGen. E. G. Plow. chief of Eastern

Thp utnpiring also fell down at Britain For World Trade

vival. or at least solvency. might COAL LEAD OFFSET

MINOn ut'i'CHES

The general plan was a divi- sional advance on a five-mile front to defensive ' . a general withdrawal under enemy pressure. prodding attacks and then a coun- terblow. The plan was followed fairly closely with only minor

The navy put up 48 planes on the three fine days-Monday. Tues- day. Wednesday-and they flew some 300 sorties. carrying out air strikes with small bags of chalk.

Senior officers will hold a croltl- que on the exercise and then a more detailed study will probably be done for army headquarters. ;The exercise was directed by Maj.

'Command. and it was watched by imllltary attaches from 18 coun- 'tries. L

t In steel production. usually re- 3 garded as a pointer to over-all in- dustrial strength. the two coun- tries now are running almost neck- and neck. ; During 1954. West Germany pro- duced a monthly average of 1,- -i53.000 tons of crude steel com- pared with the British figure of 1.568.000 tons. Figures for the first quarter of this year showed that jwest Germany had narrowed the , gap to about 90,000 tons.

In coal production. Britain re- mains well ahead. with a monthly average of about 19,000,000 tons in the year ended March 1955 com- pared with West Germany's fig- ure of about 11,000,000 tons. Kow-

Plctured above are the three J ' who have been chosen to attend the Junior Red Cross International Study Centre to l be held at Queens University l in Kingston, Ontario. from August 21 to 31. They are Mau- een Wood of Sourls. James Nor- ton of Summerside and Ernest- ine MacDonald, Tlgnish. This week they spent a day at Red Cross Headquarters in Charlotte- town with Miss Marie Bowness.

WILL ATTEND INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTRE

Director of Junior Red Cross for P. E. I., where they studied the various aspects of the pro- gram in which they will take part at the Study Centre. There they will hear outstanding speak- ers on and discuss such topics as:- "Making Ourselves at Home in the World Family", "Helping Our World Neighbours", "Help- ing Our Neighbours in our Na-

and "Canadian-American Rela- tions". L e c t u r e 5, discussion groups. panels. role playing, field trips and other group-learn ing methods will be employed.

These three delegates are being sponsored by various organiza- tions in their own communities the Y's Men's Club, the Catholic Women's League. the School and the Junior Red Cross.

Newsv

IZHUEL

The In (Fiber xibetbicusl la a North American rodent that belongs to the mouse tribe Muri- daeandiarelntodtothelnglialt water-rat of the sub-family Mic- rotinae. It is native to this con- tinent and is a common quadruped found from the Rio Grande River in the south to the Arctic regions in the north. The only other species of the genus Fiber in North America is (Fiber alleni) of Florida. The rnuskrats of the Rocky Mountain region are paler in colour than those in the East, but are classed in the same species. The muskrat is a heavily built animal with a broad head and short limbs. It has comparatively small eyes and its ears scarcely project beyond the fur of its head. The fore legs are four-toed and have a rudimentary thumb. The hind legs are larger; they are five-toed and are united with a web at the base. The hind feet are set obliquely to the legs. The toes are all armed with claws. The tail is laterally compressed; it is scaly and nearly naked. being fringed with stiff hairs, and is a powerful swimming appendage. The muskrat resembles a gig- antic mole or field mouse. It has thick, soft underfur, interspersed

tional and Local Communities"

"Building a Healthy World": Margaret Mallet

At the recent for sale in Lenin

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the United States.

The American Fur

ever. West German lignlte product- ion of about 8.000.000 t'ons monthly

texpected to reach 3.000.000 tons-iallver

. this year. level off the difference l to a large extent.

In some fields. West Gcrmanyt is already ahead of Britain. Herl production of aluminium. for ex- ample. totalled 129.000 tons in 1954 compared with Britain's 32.000 tons. and the United States 1.- 325.000 tons.

Comparison of exports during the last three years shows a pat- tern similar to that of total pro- duction.

Three years a o. the average monthly value West German exports was slightly more than half that of Brltainls. In the first quarter of this year. it was nearly two-thirds of the British level. which then stood at AE257.000.000.,

West Germany's greatest chal- lenge in the export market is machinery. of which she sold about 3300.000,000 worth in the first three months of this year.

In shipbuilding. she passed Bri- tain in export orders last yelar. but this was partly due to the fact that domestic demand for British ships is much greater than that of Germany. Figures announced this month showed that gross re- gister tonnage on order in Ger- man shipyards totalled 1.aoo.ooo tons. compa ed with 4.000.000 tons in Britain.

Other export fields in which West Germany has been catching up and overhauling Britain are chemicals, iron and steel products. electrical and optical goods and motor vehicles.

LONG-TERM CREDITS .

Big German industrial firms have gained many big contracts by offering long-term credits to economically weak Asian and South American countries. or by willingness to invest in Joint pro- jecta in these countries. The Ger- man negotiators of such deals have been helped by Asian suspicion of Britain as a colonial power. a status which Germany lost in 1918.

of

platinum on their August 31 sale; It is expected that the. demand

prices will be realized than pre-

vlously. Increases in loan rates now being instituted in the United

States by the government are ex- pected to have little direct effect on the for industry though it is possible the trade may stiffer some side effects in the future. This is the opinion of bankers. factors and other credit men in the fur trade. The Federal Reserve System has taken steps to increase its discount rates to curb the mounting volume of business loans by member banks. This Federal move is designed to slow down inflationary spiral affecting the national economy. Sensitive as the fur industry is it is felt to be quite possible that deflationary pressure on the nation's economy may be felt in the retail for bus- iness. As one for trade source put it. "the depressing effect on the for industry, if it occurs at all. probably will creep in the back door-namely. through reduced consumer purchases of luxury furs."

Fur industry credit reached its peak in July and frotn now on it looks like liquidation. All the rate hike may do will be to make the cost of money a little higher. Also in a tight money market banks will become more'selective in granting loans to new customers. The amount of credit granted by local banks to the fur trade is said to be at a seven year high. One important bank for example reports it has increased its for trade loans 40 per, cent above last year. For trade factors' loans are also at near record levels. Factors rediscount cuatomers' paper at the banks. Should the banks raise their redlscount rates. factors too. may have to make their credit more expensive.

Another factor has been the abil- ity of some German firms to offer earlier delivery and firmer agree- ments on prices than some of their British competitors, a factor evi- dent in recent ship repair con-

PRESERVATIVE

Moisture is peinl'a test encmyl Seasoned wood I Hi .IlI ro- teeiod. can tluiehty in mm by moisture which penetrates under Ilse paint Mm causing ml. warp- ing, discolouration and pooling. OOTIIEJOI MINT WI FIRST TIME Don't pinch pennies new and rial many dollars in repairs lalor. . . be on painting than wood. apply " enlca". the penetrating tone

imer-acaln wood plr2IerVt'I'- Elhnlox" efeclivel such the pores of the wood wit a synthetic min preservative, boning Ibe way It harmful noimuo. leaping the Itoorl tn eondlllon for years to come. " color" I so prevents tor- nlre attack. on any application of "Portion" sans lninl. IIIIINI a boon. I-on-I-I -s r-int loi-

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All buildings in good repair.

The above would seem to indi- T? tracts given by British firms to German yards.

This is partly due to the industry of the average German workman and the average 55-hour week. in- cluding overtlme. which he works in most export industries.

Farm For Sale

AT HAMILTON

Consisting of 50 acres. all t clear. excellent potato land.

Apply on premises or to D. r 0. Stewart, solicitor. Sum- merside.

l I NORMAN FERGUSON j

TIIE BIGGEST

nlarly ll4l.I5 each. special NOW

once-in-a-lifetime offer but write dress is:

i Timely Notes On Fur Farming

'r.-aic that the grad Russian muskrat was 85 per find it a little more diffictrlt to cent disposed of at prices estimat- sell luxury furs in the coming year ed at 10 per cent below Lontitrnproviciing there is no chltlange in May levels. London was said to the discount rate. While t is may be the major purchaser. Muskrats seem a bit pessimistic yet it ap- from Russia are ombargoed by pears ll) be alwllse move as otlllrlerll wise t ere mg t be I very g Auctiorrshdegttee of inflation which would New York. will place an offeringlend in a drastic decline. There is approximately 15.000 standard .no dottht about it. the encourage- have gone to i and her increasing oil productlon..'mutation mink and about 7.000 mcnl given to people to buy on fox including pearl anrllcredrt has been many times great- or than ever before and the above is the result. At the same time for foxes will be good and hettetnthcrr is no reason to look with lpessimism on the future of the ifur market as the indications are lfor lcontinued prosperity not only in te United States and Canada bill also in European markets.

Seattle Fur Exchange last week. Only small mink either in standards or mu- tations were availablc and com- parisons were difficult to make. lit! was the general consensus of

e prices were in line with the pre- vailing mnrket of the past month. The few seasonable lots of Alaskan wild mink were offered and sold 100 per cent on basis of 335 for clean lots of Lower Yukon skins grading out about 50 per cent males. 50 per cent females. The 60,000 muskrats offered were 75 per cent sold. Clean large and ex- tra large Alaskans and Western Canadians brought 31.50; mediums and smalls 90 cents to 51. Average lots of Upper Yukons sold from SL05 to 31.16; Iglrwer Yukons from 85 cents to

and pocket stoles at the S500 level occupied the center of the stage and Flint and Kent. New York. raised the curtain on its August Fur Sale. Initial interest points to another banner season for smaller pieces in mink, it was indicated Flint and Kent featured the mink pieces in a sliver-blu pastel, EMBA Argenta and Autumn Haze.

has been sold to Willis D. Parker. It is the oldest chinchilla ranch in the United States and is in- caled at Inglewood. Calif. It was on February 22. 1923. that M. F. Cltapman brought the chlnchillas to California and it is gratifying to people interested in the chin- chilla industry to know that this most historic of all farms is to continue on and that it will be made even more active in the years ahead. Present plans are for a line-bred herd of dark and medium dark chinchillas of one thousand producing females

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lbefore the end of the year. About

mats for other purposes. Line- hred stock is being gathered from herds long known by Mr. Parker and which meet certain exacting requirements he has set. for this operation.

From this herd and others to be held at "World's original chin- chilla farm". as it is now desig- nated, at 4957 West 104th Street. Inglewood. California, as well as from other sources it is planned to develop the sales for a thousand or more pelts yearly within the next few years. Pelt sales are planned on a lesser scale for the immediate future and a pelt stor- age vault will soon be in use at the farm with a capacity in excess of a thousand pelts. In addition to its own pelt production this farm is already petting for many other farms in the area and has trained an expert pelter who will give service through the Parker animal agency at Oakland. Cali- fornia, which firm ls also author- ized to arrange for chinchilla boarding for the "world's original chinchilla farm.”

This famous farm is already boarding animals for chinchilla owners both in the United States and its territories. Excess males and inferior animals are pelted out of such boarded herds to keep the boarding cost down and insure a higher quality herd when the owners take the animals away to establish their own pelt producing herds. It is Parker's belief that most chinchilla sales in the future will be line-bred males for herd improvement to people already well established in the industry and with pelt production as their goal. He stated that it is not likely

fur indttstry may

Muskrats were active at the

quantities of ranch

sales room, however. that

average lots of

one-fourth this number are alreatlvt gathered together plus other an-.

with long, stiff, glistening hairs which cover and conceal the for- mer on its back and on the sides of its body. Its coat is a dark umber-brown and is almost black along its back turning to a chest- , ut-brown on the sides of its head .and body, and to grey along its belly. Its tail and the naked parts of its feet are black.

The musky odor from which it derives its name is due to a lsecrction from two small skin 'glands that are present in both sexes. These muck glands render the flesh unpalatable for com- merce. but it is eaten by Indian and Eskimo trappers and their families in the far north.

The average muskrat measures about 21 inches in length. includ- ing its seven inch tall. Its muzzle is blunt and furry; the palms and soles are naked and fringed with fur. it is most active at night. In temperate regions the muskrat builds a large elaborate house at the beginning of winter; it is con- structed of sticks, mud, sedges. rushes and grass that are heaped together in a conical or dome-like fortn resembling a tiny coil of hay. All nests have their open- ings under water. Some live in burrows on the banks of streams. and all houses have several on- trances.

The muskrat lives on Ire shares 0

that more than one male -in three or four hundred now raised will be of the quality demanded by expert ralsers for herd improve- ment slres in the future. It is. how- ever. this exacting market that his plans include. He also feels that those considering going into chinchilla raising should either ar-