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The annual meeting of the Ca- atillili National Silver Fox Breed- “; Association will b6 held If» i, ChUIOtiQWWXI Hotel on Tues- day mgrtfmg June 17th. The prev- h3g5 morning the directors from .1" vnflflllS provinces of Canada M11 meet and discuss the an- wai statement, etc. It has been Wm a number of years since m; Association met in Charlotte- '0Wn and we hope the weather will f! [Bout-able and that all will en- my themselves. Among 111058 IX- ‘pcrtetl are Dr. J. 3mm. Columbia. who is a brother ,1 Urban Gillis. Miscouchc, and m hi, youth was a. student at Si. Dungtnns University where he was on!’ of thi stars of lho football

team.

A {apart on the fur farms of the v province of Quebec shows 3.081’ with a capital value for plant and ; tui- animals of $541909 Th9 aill-l mp itigrflsclltvd about $3,000,000. t»... ioirirttrlr-i‘ being for land and‘

buildings. Fur farming has made vast sxrdes in Quebec in the last tan 59ers. notably mink ranching, and some of the finest mink ‘rr. raptivlty‘ are housed there. Nearby Labradir is the habitat of tlte world's finest wild mink. It is from that vast bleak land that the Hudson‘: Bay Company get their trip mink.

Tit.» fur breeders nf the United States no using great endeavors in Washington to rut down the importation of foreign furs and they are asking for tariffs that will hinder the entrance of these furs lritn in; U. S. A. On the other heed lite itianufetzturers slid fut‘ paw; havo tinited to oppose the wiove of the rancher; and it is questionable whether any restric- tionl oh importation: of raw furs ivZ-ll go into effect other than the Tl 1-2 not" cent duty on silver fox. Mink ranchers are clamoring for d tltity on mink, stating that prices have declined so much that in many cases it is not profitable to raise mink.

One of the bright spots at the imcrinatt National Co-operalive Fur Auction hvld recently was that. F? W writ of the 1.500 platinum fox pelts offered were purchased. Th9 5W Drico was $56. and some lots sold from five to ten percent liiilisi" than al the previous auc- tions The furs were of medium quality.

Montreal dealers report picking ‘lit Ind demand for smaller piece furs such as mink scarf: and even dings. Reduced prices on mink teats now offered are $1.050 for lull ltllsth made. to measures. Till! time ls bringing inquiries and some isles. Yesterday the New York Auction Company offered for the accoun". of the Mutation Mink Breeders Association, 14,000 511v“. hlu ntuik. 6.500 blue frost mink, 5.500 hoh-I-Nui- mlhg, 35o ebony glue mink. 50o white mink and $1.000‘ miscellaneous mink. It was

traded by a "colorama of furs lashlon shows" staged by the Fur Brmw“ "it Fir Dyers Associa- éfg" Ii‘- ‘ltlic Hotel Pennsylvania. Emlllvdhik. June 3rd to 5th. There mmviiblilfi models stopped around w“ "If! tiff beautiful coats, capes. his and other make-ups of mu- ‘ on mink. We hope next week

° The an account of this sale “hlfh "till iio doubt be interesting i” mink breeders here who have 5°" 1n for mutation breeding.

“a truth‘ in advertising and ia- “'"l “H1 covering the fUl‘ it".-

fsjilcl‘ has been lnlroductl into Jose Olllgiess of the U. . A. by 1.1mm} ranch or ‘slut Lake out. ‘uchaulr farm official advocated m m ealw Still"! that many furs m‘ m5 y labelled and the public ho "hill! RlPDed because of it. We

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..a',’;ln§-PM¢M_ y. D.V.M. of the Mo. has ‘frima company.‘ Si‘ hub‘ "H218 hm" lion"; very ititevestil-B Consider t "w" 5°“ Tllmg‘ T“ a any" FlKui-mi; Feed Costs.’

mm“ l?" the necessary con~ 5mm g 01' a proper food and nnsukesow) one can easily make lacking ml/lhfceding food that ls m,‘ The b? DIOper values. He prowl“ i! iological value of a "M m dt-fbendcnt on its amino mnosition and the nutrit-

nhat . . m, “h”? I! determined more liyiycars the fox has declined as an “M9119 "13" ll" 'article in style demand. The decline lhfiiof fox prices can be traced from

stanwm‘ Mid perfiml of rotei l trait?" The nutritiiionalnvalriie of ,,,im:;“zr°°"" Gilly be measured by ‘mum wth. The proteins from ‘WW8! are in general

‘lllieri aaurrgzl" to those from vegetable

Pro i‘ . ltnnqraltlt: ttnlmal kingdom the Mk tecdninoleins used for fox and ppmduvlsi are mcat. fish, mill !l!1lllP.'il‘\'if\‘n|f‘nd e88! lo a very qdhpcfid -The biological Yhfilg Inwdlent upon the qualify of the

. Fresh meats ronilin ao-

Wrifaita: i. m‘ ‘us; lgrller cent of protein.

wm a 1 frozen) ' contains m". NV‘) 30 Der cent. Dehydrated i Pr and fish meal contains

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grizzly tier cent (o 70 per cent.

tr... ' fwd Wliixv. 11 per cent; ' 5km‘ milk and hultermrlle.

an?" ""'"1 "illk albumin, 46 per

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"Most. of the knowledge o] ox.

and mink nutrition has been gain. ed thrvush the application o: the

nutritional standards set for other - “nlmflll- For instance. knowing the '

dog and fox belonged to the same

f-‘enetic family it was logical to’ assume that thcrr nutritional re-,

tiulrements would be similar in

many respects. Feeding tests have g shown there ls a difference in the i

abilities of the dog and fox tq n. similate and utilize nutritive ele- tments. The dog will stay in q- collect condition. grow normally. Jbreed. reproduce and raise e. large ilitter when fed a dry ration (less flhflri l0 per cent moisture) in |whlcli the animal proteins are “lflfllled by dehydrated meal; him],

"d milk liy-Droducts. Foxes fed_ the ' breedmlst Bestation and IHCIBUOH:

in similar dry ration during llfirlode have not as a group l-e. produced as well as their litter mates fed a diet containing raav meats. \_

"The normal growth of {ox Pups ll not impaired when they are fed s dry ration ‘containing dehydrated meat or fish meal as a replacement for raw meats from - lhegllme they are 2 1-2 months old "n!" Jlflllflfy lst. The foxes from these groups kept for breeding Purposes and fed e wet mixed ra- tion containing raw meets. with .ov without fish. cereals. vitamin roncentratcs and minerals during the breeding. gestation and lacta. lion periods have as a group re. produced and raised as many pups a4 their litter mates which were fed the wet mixed ration contain- ing fresh meat. throughout the year.

jsmffh Yt-‘Ported digestion trials with adult foxes showed the diges. “Wily 0f protein to be higher in frozen horse meat than in des- sicated meat scrap of the follow. r1151 meals: hl0od_ soybean or ltn. seed. Also that there was no sig- nificant difference in the digesti- bility of the protein of from. hem meat. out meal Ol‘ liver meal.

"Digestive studies with mink showed that the protein in raw

meat. either horse or beef, was more digestible by minke thggl dried orcooked. meet. and that

horse Liver and beefspleen were as fully utilized as horse muscle meat. Beef tripe was found to be of lower value; this was sllggegg. ed as probably due to the higher content of connective tissue. The carbohydrate portions of the diets was found to be lees digestible than the protein or fat." ~

Dr. MoCrorys lecture will be read with interest because the time i: coming and it doesn't look to be too far distant. when horse meat from the western prairies will not be available. This year some 40.000 horses will be slaughtered and the meat canned and sent to Europe. The wild horn herds will soon be deccimated at that rate. What will be the answer to the food question? We believe that it will be the processing of whale meat, goal moat and whale and seal liver and that diets from these concentrates with cereals and dried mink products will take the place of the raw fcedsm-e are using today. ‘

Tho Norwegians Itave accent- plished something along this linc but we have not been able to get their diet sheet. They are a mighty close people. unllkc Canadians or Americans they don't give to the world any secrets they posScss lll the production of fur bearing animals or anything else for that matter.

Fur of Canada. which is edited b_v C. D. Lang. wields a great in- fluence among the fox and mink ranchers of the west. A recent. edi- torial by Mr. Lang entitled. "The Lin: of the Iox llmiet" le being widely quoted and shows one of the principal reasons for silver fox decline in tiopuiarilyu. The concern presently existing about the fox market is based on a grave reality. The reality ls made more serious by the fact that the pro- ducers of foxes have failed to iden- tify the cause of the sickness in the market for their furs. Yet the

cause ls very simple. very elemen- tary. The fact of the matter is that for these past six or sever.

the cessation of the Fro-mm Brat-n- ers‘ adverllsing and promotion pn- grsm ieveral years ago.

Fromm Brothers spent a large amount of money styling the "Fromm Bright with Silver Fox." The result of this campaign was to create a demand for foxes of all types. Fromm Brothers receiv- ed no support from the other producers of foxes. Their invest- ment in advertising created a de-

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t CROP REPORT

WINNIPEU, Man, June 6 —- The general rain and warmeri t weather over the southern prairlesl the taast. twenty-four hours‘ _ti..tve llIl)ll'O\'f‘(i the crop sittin- {tron Damage front last book's: theavy frost has been spotty and,‘ ‘some re-seeding of flax and sugar; beets hes been necessary. A few isolated reports of re-seedlng due. to weak growth have been recelv-- ed and some reports of damage, from cut worms have bccn rc-, ceivcd from east Central Alberta. The crops are backward over the. ivhole prairie area. and much! warmer weather with continued. general rains are needed to speed! up growth, itccordiiig to the ivcck-i ly crop report oi‘ the Dcpartnient. of Agriculture of the Canadian National Railways.

‘studded with rubies and emeralds limless gold crowns studded with rubies and emeralds are fashion- able. Price is a secondary consid- leratlon. Furs are not worn as ‘n- sulation against cold. They are [worn because they are fashionable 0i‘ stylish. At the present time ‘foxes are not fashionable or sty- lish. That ‘rs ivlvv the miasma has descended upon the fox market. The beauty and intrinsic value of good foxes whether they are sil- ver foxes. platinum foxes or any other phase, is undeniable. But they must he fashionable or wom- en will not wear them ht any ' price.

It will avail nothing to subsidize the production of foxes unless a. strong effort is made to restore them tn their rightful place in the. world of fashion; if this is tione the demand for foxes will be re- sumed and prices will be in ac- cordance with the quality of the article produced. Until fox ranch- ers in Canada, the United States and the Scandrnaviari countries realize these simple facts the fox market will remain the headache it. is today.

The National Board of Fur Farm Organization and the Dominic-ii Council have joined in an effort to style and promote foxes. The response to this effort on the part of those most vitally concerned has been weak-kneed and indiffer- ent. Now we have a reversion to relief measures in Canada and in the Untied Slates n. rry for the exclusion of all foreign foxes. Boll! these palllatlves are futile. You cannot give foxes to women i-f they are not fashionable. The question of quantity available on the mar- ket means nothing.

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WINNIPEG — (CP)-—The Unl- verslly of Manitoba's department of plant science hasrcoeivedafi- 000 grant for research on the scl- ective vrccd-desirtiyieig chemical 2. 4-D. The grant was tntidc by the

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A clean-skimming. easy-turning Renfrew ls available to vou new. There's no waiting; for delivery! As the authorised Renfrew Retire- sentatlve for this district I will gladly demonstrate n Renfrew In voar mm dairy. There's no obll.

cation to nureliue. Get more cream and butter. with a Ron- fret. one me a eell and I'll

tirove It to vour satisfaction.

J. u." Ladnen! 111 KEllT STREET

mend for foxes not. only in America but also In Europe. High grade foxes were sought by manufac- turers on both contlnentq Who were willing -to pay good prices for quality because foxes were in style. | Tt ls a well known fact that women will not wear gold crowns

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" band was placed

ly Agricola The Wldgeoa able."h Stralnlng fol- high not“ ' can ave a very l1 1111111 I Among my records ls the fol- on you,‘ voice‘. u “m” lowing note, condensed from m Th, l“; o; my expuiencu w"

article ln the "Canadian Field Naturalist" for May, 1937. "On Sept. 26. 1936. Mr. Hy. MacLeod of I-lopefleld. Lot 64, shot a band- ed duck at McLurds Millpond. near Hopefield. The band was inscribed "Mys. Nat. Reykjavik, 684. Iceland." Magnus Bfornsson, of the Museum of Natural Hist- ory. Ieeland, wrote that this on a young lmropean Wldgeon tMareca pene- lope Linn.) on Aug. 4. 1036, at Sandur, ln the valley of Adalda- lur, North Iceland." There are several records of Wigeons in the U. l. A.. but. this is the only one for this Province, and doubtless it would not have been heard of, but for that banding. However. ornithologists and gunners will do well to preserve this description just in case:-

Widgeon. illluropean W). A. O. U. 136. Rare visitor. Male: head and neck reddish brown, crown rich creamy white; upper breast dark red. lower breast and belly

wvhite; wing-coverts white. specu-

lum metallic green. preceded by a velvety black bar. Female: head. neck. breast and sides. pale rusty streaked or barred blackish; low- e1 wing covert; ashy grey instead of white, speculum blackish. Length of adult, 19 inches.

On Pulling ‘Prillluml

Summer-side correspondent. asks me e. question that must be answered at some length. as a protection to our wild flowers:- ‘There seems to be an impres- sion abroad that if you pick Tril- liums, even snapping them off. and not pulling them out-the plant dies. Would you mind let- ting me know the fact, and also if there is not a. little bulb?"

The Trillium is a poor relation of the lilies, inasmuch as it. hes a green calyx whereas all parts of the lily-flower are colored alike. The Lily. however. springs from a short tuberous rootstock that: looks as if it had been bitten off below. The plant is a perennial and it is the function of the rootstock to store up starch and other materials for the next year's stem. leaves. and flower. The present. year's leaves manu- facture the starch. etc., under the influence of sunlight. and send these materials down in be stur- ed. when the plant is snapped cff, the whole process stops; the ‘rootstock weakened by having produced the flower, is not in condition to survive the winter's cold. so usually dies. In addition. when the flower is pulled. there is no chance of t/he ‘Trillium re- seeding the ground. 'I'hat is why my readers are asked "to 80 easy" on our rarer wild flowers.

A few of our orchids are able to come up smiling. even though their stems be snapped off. That is because they have evolved a cluster of radical (root) leaves.

lying on the ground and func- tioning apart from the stem- leaves. That does not. Rive us

leave to pluck all orchid blooms, for a time comes when new seed- lings are wanted.

There were rare plants ln the Old Country too. and ln the in- terests of conservation I always tnarred a few flowers by plucking off a petal or two, or by cutting down a spike to half its length. and so on. Nobody — neither botanist nor vacationist-wanted defective flowers. so they were left. to produce seed, and keep the race going.

The Musical Festival

Friends of the writer, who et- tended the Festival, are loud in their praises. and consider the per- formances greatly in advance of last year's.

Some Musical Experlencee For fourteen years I taught school in this Province; part of the time in a rural school. Al- ivays I taught. vocal music to the scholars, at. first by the age-old imitative method. then as they learned to use their voices. by the Tonic Solfa system. that. be- ing easier for school children.

In the course of the lessons f discovered that some children have ears which do not. interpret sounds correctly. Such a child on being told to imitate a. sound. will invariably respond with a note Just a. minor third below it. If one sings the child sings "A". but supposes it to be "C". In a unison song this gives a curi- ous groaning effect, and about the only thing that can be done is to forbid the culprit t?) to sing. For an experiment I res- cued a youth from this habit. but it took a daily lesson for months and I felt sure he would

be a buckslider after leaving school. ' Another fault to be luarded

against ie the child's habit of running out of breath at the end of the lines. If the last note should be a "whole note", it is rather distressing to have it sung as an "eighth note". One feels that the little singer is “run down" so u: speak. Conserve the breath! There is often a comma in the line where one fin "get a second wind.”

‘The "pitch" of the tune had tn be studied. I ofteli found it good policy to lower the key by a semi- tone rat-her than have the echoi-

ars "reaching for the unattain-

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the selection of suitable songs for school use. I tried to got, good tropical folk-songs like "The Farmer's Boy" and "we ldvg the heroes of our land." (By the way I heard an odd kind of version of the “hrmerk Boy" lately. on a record). Other school songs were inspirational, as "Angry words too oft are spoken in a r5511 and thoughtless hour." and "Now pray we for our country." one had h; ule ‘discretion in this matter; for instance a folk-song like "John Anderson, my Jo", is not, to be treated as a boys’ song, but, i; a 800d song for s girls’ choir.

Besides its cultural value vocal music has other effects that we don't realize, or value enough. It relieves tension and fatigue; we can work and walk better when singing. It may even have a curative value under certain cir- cumstarices.

Browsing in the Dictionary

It is interesting to find that the

indefinite article "an" has ted to mistakes in spelling. A nick. name, for instance. should be "an eke-name," from the archaic word "eke." meaning "also". A person has e proper name always and an eke or also-name some- times. Somewhere in the bygone centuries the "n" was taken from the an and transferred to the eke-name. and thewords became "a nekename" of which nickname is the modern version. The word Umpire came about by another mistaken division. "Nom- per" ll Old French for an odd man-one not belonging to either side. It came into our language as "a numplre", and got twisted intro an umpire.

There is an expression some- times used. "for the nouce". mean- ing "for this time only." It has its origin in the Middle English (1150-1500) words, than anes. (the once), with the "n" transferred to the second word.

Then there is the Biblical mtord “ouch" (Ex. 28, ll). The Old High German word is “nuscha." meaning the clasp or setting of a gem. It first appeared in English as a nouch, and by transferring the "n", it: became an ouch.

A small venomous snake or viper is called an adder, in the Brit- ish Isles. In Old English it was "a naedre”. in Middle English it was "a neddro." but in the course of time it became "an adder."

The poet. Edmund Spenser. was fond of such alterations. "Note." he wrote for ne wot. and no mote. that le. know not, and could not. "Nould" was no would. "would not." These usages sound rather barbarous today.

(Wot, wettest. ween, wis. wist. end wit, are parts of an old verb meaning to know).