“ELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming

British Market

Says Gardiner

I l -t rlnrhers as ii rll e 1m’. Mlzrhlllllillll We do. Some of the “file... ones were pelting in Nov- me but Fromm Bros. and Nie- m 31131125 usually start on Am- >""‘1§ Tranksgivinil Day. which is , “mud iveek in November. Loc- lff “.1. w... informed by ctettrge Rylbeck iew evenings ago. that "I'm; \ - in fuli swing and Can- “ Nililflilill headquarters at 1,1,. sud Furl Pool

itul es 1: inicn s are ungtczolllxg ill-om morning until balm 11 has not been an ideal lg. 15y any means with the long [my 531501] and luck of cold wea- mr’ u“ 111p past fcw days ll" 1,911,311 matters considerably.

tween 10.000 and llllflllty. decide of Russian sables. CDIOI‘ the greater fulness and sllkincss oi iu1~ the la1'ger the skin the more v

the

511111111915

pelts come

times cal

dark blue and fllklggt

-__ more suitable for 51:31-15, Ml’. Callbeck, who was present l, 111; New Brunswick fox show, said 11 was g fine exhibit of live 111111111111. .n1d was a credit to the breeder! there. Asked as to Wilc- 111" the Asspciatiggi hhadsaila 10kg:

~ ver o p8 B - - - almliagve less than 1.0% of the number consigned and recent sales we considerably above prices .11“ seulti be realized in Septem- ' The news that. the carry-

the year

preceding season.

1150 111 Canada. This is due to manufacturers buying for cloak 1.1111; and also for scarfs and capes. the drop in prices foi- Platinums .1111 White Faces has not been

Fox from

Muskrat from $2.46 to $2.7

‘m; New York Auction Company held a stile of Silver Fox and mu- tations last week nnd 652"” of the 1.000 catalogued were sold. Top price n-as 580.00 for a full Silver Fox. Mutation fox including Plat- nuin. white Face, Ring Neck and iirious color phase drew a high of i145 for the 20'.) skins catalogued. lire collection of full silvers was imixcd one consisting oi about l0‘: fresh goods and the balance ui-ry-over pelts. It was considered n the belotv-the-overage catalogue 11ii1ity. Prices were estimated in Lure iile with ground market levels and he auction firm reported an ad- iant- 11 from five to seven per- "ent 0\'i‘l iilc lost sale 111 October. liurli oi ilie Hoods which went insaid 1111:. marked for last oi the lfifillll all" P-lllflllcrs had seemingly aticed at higher than the present nlarkci would afford. The per- cculace sold iii fresh goods was not iellrruniaiive<e11ougi1 to set a ilflld for iielv season values. Re- pcinfroiii New York are that; the Slllfi’ Fox market is open for fresh merchandise although there s some last season leftovers yet ivailahlc Current supplies nre said tn be sufficient lo hold uniil some time 111 December at which time the nevi season's pelts should be iii full swing.

day afternoon and is now all

Silver Fox

extensive connection

on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. show aitd visited several oi clients in the ltfaritimes coming here and regrettably

one. have a talk with Mr. keeps au fait with

all the

fur world.

and drove through the ranch

lye note in \ omeifs Wear Dally trite n few comments praising the new OPA regulations and saying lllPY are a step forward in ihcl tabiiiziilg of fur prices and proc- lices. lf_tlils feeling becomes more ieneral it will mean that furs-will leboosted again and better things lie in store for us all.-

hundreds of pairs mated up.

tei11 would be too slow.

Fromms pens cover miles their annual production runs

A nation wide advertising cam- lllin 1s to be launched to pro- lllflie the sale of Russian sabies. The first shot out of the gun was ifiili page ad in the New York llllrrs by Saks Fifth Avenue store. large quantities of Russian sable grills have been coming into the llltcd States recentlv. probably f"? 10.000. Saks. who have scv- lllt 510105 are said to rgqntm1 u. '11 ..000 of these which they de- grlbe as the largest and finest sin- " collection in the world. with

"I705 liricca ranging from $190 to

good line oi Silvers.

Silver"

truc. Mr.

marvellous business.

l .

‘_ we "l" be bllylllg daily throughout the season ‘ SILVER-S, MARKED SILVERS and PLATINUM

‘ TYPE FOX FURS

Also MINK, MUSKRAT, RED FOX, etc.

“l! your furs

lE '1 . , ,- > . ‘llllflit in 1.1111 11c “Ill examine same at your ranch. ‘° "“l~' "limit for your money. We pity spot. cash.

P. E. I. FiIR TRADERS 1w. R. JENKINS)

" I 212 Great George St.

FUR BUYER

MR. R. ll. IVBRYAII 0f HOLT RENFREW and C0. LTD., Montreal, will start buying all types of Fox Pelis FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 8th

At Office Of CHARLES R.- ROGERS

SUMMERSIDE _

Il- li 110i. Qxp-pigd ‘u; t .. W" "l" be brlwught Ina the Polling season in Russia m,“ Aillllit- In normal times the up. proximate yield is said 1.0 be be. and 12,000. Size. color value the darker the the degree of and alu- Bbie it is considered. Most n11 11.9 f B Kamciiatyu. Bhggluzin “all? some! ad Crown. are considered M“ f" Wat or Jacket use. being Kamchatka is dark browfiirlesilltrdg‘ largest in size but of coarser hair:

I Statistics as to the value o: raw urs purchased in Canada during i-‘lldlllk June 30th. 1943. uomitrlslluz pelts taken by trappei-s and those sold from fur farm; 9;.

Shed a. new record of $28,505.- 000. This valuation represent; .11. increase of $3,045,000 or 15% ov-i- the previous high recorded 11. 11-19 Mink it - tributed the largest among: so c8125

average oi $22.96 in i942 to $24.84. Rid Bl $12

. to .50: White Fbx from $25.74 to $28.37; l.

buyer oi Silver Fox, furs here the past several years. returned Tues-

to secure his season's requirements. Mr. Welssler has had a long cun- nection with furs and is considered one of the best judges of mink and in this country. His in Canada and Mexico. as well as in the Uni- ted States gives him an outlet for large quantities oi furs. Mr. Weiss- lers headquarters will be as usual at the office of W. Chester S. Mc-

Wiiircd 1-" Todd of Boston paid us what was truly it fiyliig visit Todd took in lhe Nova Scotia live fox ___. ._

before

stay due to pressing business i11- teresis 111 Boston is only 11 short It is really worth while to ' Todd. who fox breeding operations of the U.S.A. and can tell you Whoswho in the

A short time ago lie was an lvtu- llfCrl vl-illvr at the Fromm Bros. ranches in Thlensville. Wisconsin,

auto and looked over hundreds and

you are probably aware Fromufs use the auto truck method offeed- ing in their ranch, any other sys- A driver handles the truck while another shovels the feed into the receip- tacles which the foxes eat out of. and l" .. i Atoi l '5 . the neighborhood of thirty to for- gm’ '°“‘“" "ml" ‘he “mr PW‘ " 5 pm “m” “d m“ “m” iy thousand pelts. Mr. Todd says they are producing very beautiful White Faces and an exceptionally For years thcirslogan has been "Bright With it and by careful selection ‘ they have fixed types that breed There is no question, said Todd. but Fromm's do pro- duce high class Silver pelts and with their own factories making them up and their own selling or- ganization they have developed a

Fromm’s manufacture their fill

y FOX PELTS WANTED

to us for better prices or if more eon-

11-30-1-2-0

OTTAWA, Dec. 7—tCPi—Britain Walll-‘i HS molly ltogsas much beef, as much wheat and asiarge quan- litics of other products from ca". Eda in 1945 as she obtained

the concluding session of the 12th

agriculture. which Monday.

The dl‘°1>~l0r 1945.

unprecedented . had been maintained. had realized producing bacon quantities ago. -

for

beef Canada can produce. The Minister said he believed it

ing appreciation for the "splendid help" Canada had given the Unl- ted Kingdom through food sup- plies and saying he hoped steps will be taken to enable bacon ex-

surly so severe as ior Silvers. Fritz Weissler. Montreal fur ports from Canada in 1845 to reach merchant. who has been a large not less than 600,000,000 pounds.

Maintenance of production oi most farm products in i045 was recommended by the conference since the rapid increase in total production experienced in recent years had brought agriculture to an approach to maximum output. The conference recommended an increase in feed grains production, maintenance of (tie present acre- age of summer fallow. and a re- duction in the area seeded to wheat from 33,000,000 acres in1t144 to 21,000,000 acres in 1945.

The demand for livestock pro- ducts. the conference felt. was likely to be maintained or increas- ed. and efforts should accordingly be directed to these products.

Wt

his _“‘ ""“ ' cereals and buy their horses in train loads. They are slaughtered Blld around up anti out into cold storage with nothing 10st. ‘.110 hooves being‘ used to make glue, the bones for fertilizer and all the other organs are ground up includ-

his

McLure visited the Thiensvillc and Milwaukee ranches in 1923 and marvelled at the amount of wirc that went into them. Promms pens are 50x 50 and in both these ranches they mate their foxes up in pairs. but wc understand they

by AS

poiygamous inuins. They are going iii extens- ively for Pearl Platlnums which lucs. In and

Vogue Harper's

illustrations. photographs of ladies

they are going to boom line together with Silvers Wiiite ltacrs.

when we hopc to have more op- portunity to converse with and find out what the great out- side world is doing.

Let us again remind you that it is only a few weeks until the rult show of the Silver Fox Breeders’ and Exhibitors‘ Association which takes place the first week 1n Janu- ary at Summerside. Ontario and other provinces are making most determined efforts to have a really worthwhile display of Province pelts this year and it is up to us to o them one better. We are coni dent that if our ranchers villi eta-operate this can bedone. Those who exhibited last year received excellent prices for their pelts and they had the advantage of their Platinums. White Faces, as wcil as Silvers being featured in special ads which appeared in leading American trade magazines and some newspapers. This year even more advertising will be done i.» focus attention n11 the show belts. All the pelts will be marketed by the Canadian National Silver l-Yix Breeders‘ Association. Summei ide, P. E. I.

We are indebted to EM- Tilvlvf- Sccrcviry of the New Brunswick rvFur Farmers’ Association. Freder- icton. forn complete account of the piacings of the New Brunswick Fox and Mink show recently held. Space does not permit us to go in- to detail but the results can be summed up by stating that it was one of the best shows ever held, with 420 entries—a new record. Oi the seven Grand Championships m1- nny age or sex Fred Colpltts, his daughters Jean and Lucy, and his brother Sam. each carried off one. George Stright. Little Shem- oguc, was the winner of two Grand Division Championships. while Lloyd Pollock of Keswick, Ontario. gained the Silver Fox Champion- ship with a rather remarkable pup. Reserve Grand honors in divisions went, to Dr. AB. Teakles and Mrs. Teakles, Sussex: George Matti/Iod-

Prospeets Good A

E

i044. Agriculture Minister Gardi- ner said yesterday i.r1 addressing

Dominion-Provincial conference on opened here

Preliminary production data in- dicated that Canada's 1044 pro- duct-ion of hogs would reach ll,- 55 900» report recommended a cut to B.300.0J0-a six per cent

The Minister said that despite uctlon quality Farmers the importance of Britain in never expected a year

There were difficulties regarding beef. and "We shall be better serv- ed if we do not ship cattle to the Unified States for the time being,“ Mr. Gardiner said. The British market is open for all the surplus

irig a portion of bone. of course,

for feed. while the hides are at figures averaging 10W nf price of horse. 1

The writer W. (Iicster S.

81s now pracusmg a 55.5mm u; On searching among iuhc bottles mum,“ ,_w1m white then found one tagged The sense

Faces, pmmums and pear] p1,“, of the Paladin Orlando":

. . - t dist‘ cti f-cttture colllcs Magaalne they are having fullpaze 8112s biontof: t2.afisu§(1)ge1.;1;a gfilaiilellé. Thismls": “we nshmu extendmg‘

wen-um the“ beuuufu1 new 51y“ all tire contents. and the narrator half-way HCIQSS l-llc opening. but a‘ inusic-tcaclict-"told him to count.

c0315 and jackets ND duum about says that he was for a long t mm afterwards

11nd cciild wish. M,‘ qhud mans or. note he adds that there was rea- retumulg 1am- On 1n me “u, son to think that some of the pre-

himlwziy back into the bottle.

T 1

111E CI-IARLUHIYFOWN

- NEWSY NOTES -

II AGIDOI-A

FIIATS 0F ASTOLPHO (Z).

We left Astoiplio in the Earthly Paradise. awaiting the nightiai, when the moon should be over-, tead. "As soon as the sun sunk

planet: but the Saint to have been familiar with region:

presented its luminous disk. the holy man tSt. John; had the cha- riot brought out in which he was accustomed to make excursion among the stars." tThis was the fiery chariot used centuries before, to eenvey Elijah to the Paradise). do- The Saint told Asiioipho to get in, and taking the reins. directed the steeds towards the moon. At length they reached “the great continent xii the Moon." whose surface shone like polished steel, though here and uiere a spot, like rust. obs- curui its brightness.

As his eyes became accustomed to the glitter the Prince saw riv- ers, lakes. plains, hills, and beau- tiful cities and castles. But none oi these things filled him with such Wonder as the valley to which the Saint conducted him. “He was amaud: and well he might be so, for that valley was the receptacle of things lost 0n earth, either by men's fault. or by the effect of time and chance. Let no one sup- pose we speak here of kingdoms or

quite black. were at work.

of those whose thread is spun." Every skein had a label of gold

an individual.

very old but active man.

floa ted,

ter are heard of no more. Here, the ilatterers, pensioners. and ven- also. are countless vows and pray- al lllYmeslers who altemllt ers for unattainable objects, lov- ers‘ sighs and tears. time spent in gaming, dressing, and doing noth- illk. the leisure of the dull and the intentions of the lazy, baseless projects, intrigues. and plots: these and such like things filled ail the v ..

unworthy men; but all in valll. The swans that carry names to the temple of Eternal Memory, are the great poets. Such swans are rare; but princes should learn the true breed, and nourish with

pear in their time."

Here the so-called legend ab- ruptly ends. When Astolpho ap- pears again, in another ‘story, he tells how he captured and bound Orlando. after a long Slfllglllii- Willi his mouth "taped" he tCr- lando) was obliged to inhale the phial of sense. and was at once Nor was Seli-

the

Seeing a mountain of blown bladders from which issued indis- tinct noiscs. Astolpho inquired of his guide what these were? The Saint replied that these were the dynasties of the Assyrian and Per- sian Kings. once the wonder ofihe earth. of which now scarce the name remains. (It is evident that in iticsc old Italian writers welcured of his frenzy- hav the origin of such parables B11115 forgotten, for e "Vision of Mlrza" with which English story-tellers of a later date entertained us in our school reaclersl

Prince Astclpho could not 1101p smiling. when the Saint said: "All these hooks of silver and gold that

t: m

wnich cured his blindness. Tllll SLIPPER LIMPET

to princes. made in the hope of getting something better in re- turn." He also showed him car- ‘lands of flowers in which svarcs were concealed: these were atlula- tioris and flatterics, meant to de- ceive. 'I‘i'iere were many more cur- ioua things. but we must, hasten on to the main purpose of the journey—the remedy for Orlando's madness.

This commodity appeared iii the form of a liquid, most light and apt to evaporate: it was therefore kept in tightly sealed phials. As- tolpho was told that this was something that all men believe thcyposscss. and do not think it necessary to pray for—good sense.

other was almost

Limpct that I write.

The young limpeis are

white to a brownish-red tint.

vievred from the sldc. finally

“liberty” cap. It is this

1g was a fornix, an arch. Turning the lim-

large one and quite full. pet on its side. to observe its 01*"- almost daft. 1t was long after- Th5 $111.11; placed anqthey 911131 irig, we find that the‘ apertlllo l5 1 t en he saw the conductor an almost perfect cvllusr- Who". t .cr.ii'a beating time with

saw by the tag 1t was his o\vn' it the animal is ex to View.

line little way in from the edge. giving anybody the shell some resemblance to a

No matter how small the l5 always therm,

as sage as However, in a foot- slipper. shell. the shelf

found its and part above. The inside of tho lshell may bc glossy red-blow‘?! fl"

the shelf is always pearly W 1-1 1 Turning the shell upright againl

cious fluid afterwards

There were thousands of these ggonfl/ag“fitiallllztlmgulrlltlifigm Ethel: to obfirge tliehemayéiangsf, 21cm’ m_ tailed almost the whole of the two n s.

» l th h ll and toll l”.l§f...§‘m"$2“¥...“i§i§£‘ it‘? 1 h‘.‘i"f.ié“éi lfiihisiiists. in. largest which held the wits of astrologers, of my specimens. kv this same inventors. mctaphysicians, and, e- ttokcn, is six Y9K" Old- The“ a“

bove all, of poets, wer in general also inconspiullill“ “m?” “M5 "n" t. ~ best filled of nil. e ning from the umbo to ltllewllvllf Having .sccured Orlando's phial,.of the shclLfl-WY "9 3955-5“

maxi Chicks, Chicks, _Chicks

Anyone wishing to order chicks for the season of I945 I would like to have their orders as early as possible as I was only able to get 58 per cent of my orders filled last year from some of ihe leading Hatcheries In Canada. Any person wishing to order

laying record of 280 to 331! eggs per year. write rail or plmne before ordering. Phone Nn. 20034..

A. I-l. BRYIJNTON, Charlottetown. Ikix 42.5

_l2-D-6l

Wanted Immediately Raw Furs

All iypes Foxes, Muskrais, Mink, Weaales. cic.. required. We have disposed of practically all last season’s goods and now need quantities of fresh skins for our trade. _ 1

1

We buy outright, also accept goods on consign-

R. O. P. Pedlgreetl While Leghorn: from parents stnek with a a

1t. was time to think of leaving the (who seems the first conducted his guest to a large building on the banks oi a river. Here was an immense beneath the Se“, and the muou- hall full of bundles of silk, linen. cotton. and wool. of various brigli: or dull colors. indeed some were Three ancient dames spinning, mixing. and weaving these materials. What might this be‘! enquired the Pala- i “These old women," said St. John. "are the Fates. who spin, measure. and terminate the lives of mortals. As long as the thread stretches in one of those skeins. so long does the mortal enjoy the light of day; but nature and death are on the alert to shut the eyes

silver. or iron. bearing the name of As each skcln fell to the floor. it was retrieved by a who dumped the labels into the river Lethe. Hardly one in a thousand though numberless birds, hawks, crows and vultures strove, to snatch them up ere they sank. But two beautiful swans gathered Cy. a few of the names arid carried ' them to the shore where a nymph