"£015.21; 1938

10R FARMERS, STO

Livestock and MeatTrade Review 1

SUMMARY

rrlvals of all classes of lvfffglkaai stock yards were in lnflllfil‘ volume than during the month last year. The defici- ‘umm this respect. however, was mcyiy offset by somewhat heavier w‘ ents direct w packing plants. “Lpfluiariy in the case of cattle Pad lambs, Public lnarketings at ‘n and plants combined for the months uf the year.

“$11.. marketiligs for the first ‘We months at approximately 313000 head were over 21990 head wit“; tiie salne period last year. while calves showed a decrease of 50mg 3,000 heiid. amounting to 01>- oximately 138,000, for tiie three $0.0m in question. Hog arrivals I‘ Wm‘; and plants decreased for g1; three months from l,064.120 to 916.739, and sheep and lamb ar- mals, the only kind of stock to ‘my an increase, were 102.345 a6 com red 1914,0211 in irst quar er of 1 . 08 ' :1?» have shown sharp decllrgua “m of the three months.

CATTLE PRICES

birch was I. month of rising in the cattle market. The

e was much brighter all round ‘M gains were general at all ma.- pr market centres, the advances mounting to as much as 75c to ‘L 1n Ontario, some 0f the factors favourable to the cattle producer win smaller shipments than usual pf both cattle and beef from West- om Canada. a better export mar- ht y; the south, and a freer move- ment on Overseas account. The market at Toronto had a few min- er setbacks when cattle runs proved g little too heavy for rOGKlI-rements. but, all losses were only lemPWBYy 5nd were soon regained and rioes dosed at practically the DER 10'!‘ the month. weighty steers had a or 35. to $6.75, with choice

tfl generally at $6.50, and good - tcher cattle closed at $8. to $6.25. ma; earlier making a. top of At the commencement of the cnth it was reported that a good many cattle in Ontario had been . en off feed and were being ughed through fa‘ the grass. Ap- ... ntly, better markets and rising ~- ices induced a good many feed- . to place cattle on feed again. better enquiry for store cattle eveloped also with the rise in prices, but this class was scarce with few arrivals from the west. Prices ranged from $4 to $6 25 for .. e 900 head sent back to the country. This number com ares i- ih 2.500 head shipped ou for -ed1ng in the same period of 1937. Toronto disposed of some 2.700 tile for export to Great Britain. ostly good to choice weighty teem, while some 650 head of bulls - d common to 1 edium quality

. were shi pe to the south.

H the west t was mostly a sel- msi-ket from the beginning to

e end of the month, with values, -- most instances, moving into .-. ntially higher ground corn- .. with the close of February. w... the upward trend to prices. ..- itmenis failed to show any u = table increase and, presum- bly with liberal numbers of cattle . feed in Manitoba. farmers were oiding back in anticipation of an - - =~ Spring market. Some im- Moment in the tone of south- ‘ . market's made for a better de- - nd for good shipping steers and ' - coupled with orders on Over- ss account. led to a-good deal of dded strength to suitable expert ateriiil. Good weighty steers were ll cleared out at prices ranging tween $5.50 and $6 at Winnipeg. hlie similar offerings at the c ose f February were finding it hard it bring as much as 95.25. Other eotern ints experienced a ris- ; tren , Calgary showing an ad- ance of $1, $.25 over the oipen- g week of the month, with ight isrble sup lies on feed and a fur- her rom e of still higher prices. e k of the good to choice utcher steers at this point ranged -- ween $4.75 and $6. and good ws between $3. and $3.75. Ed- onton opened dull but showed a Did upward swing from the sec- -- d week on and finally wound up ii to $1 above the opening. un- er keen bidding and easier grad- g, 'I‘he general rim of good to oiceuftcers at this point made

$6.

.

TIE CALI‘ MARKET

‘The usual seasonal trend toward wor pricas developed in the calf ,- siiret as supplies became heavier rom week to week but all in all l i market staged a fairly rformance. Prince fluctuated thin a range of 50c at Toronto ccording to export demand. The nerai range for good calves was -‘ to $10. Prices at Montreal, after penlng u to a top of $10. declin- I gradiialy to close at a high of .50. Winnipeg, likewise, uncover-

COLONEL

A U B R E Y. 2.10 2-5 Registration N0. 3940

Oclond Aubrey will make the su- m of ma n: follows: Leovlnl the IIIQI"! nobles Capo n: WHO» ‘hoully. May 17th by Aura-tine c"! in Vlcflorh at noon. lhmofi h! ""00"! to Myron Show’: BOEING :1!!!‘ flight. Wednesday 18th t0 I. A. algal sllsbngrgéfiekntw Ne‘ lhveu over night. Thursday 19th to John 0'Brlen’ii. Bonsliaw, n00"- lhenoe tn J. D. Flooifs, South Mel- ville. over night. Friday 20th h! Kfllly‘: (iron to Crapaud at noun. lhfllce by Trycn to the owner’: ‘"11". where he will ramlln "l! “"9"!!! week. Thl: route will N milflhed every two week: health lid weather permitting. ~

I. P. KEOUGI-I. Owner In Cluflfl

‘IN! if owner’: risk.

ed a definitely lower position wtth $351?‘ °1 1226 800d to choice calves at in: ‘Z1 m a spmad °f $6‘ u’ w" w 88.5005. {ll-‘secaipfired with $7. month. I ring of the

HOG PRICES

The British bacon market made some advances during the month "$3., Wit-h hos supplies in the Do- Tvon running light, the hog mar-

e showed a substantial gain over the previous month and was also ShB-YPIY higher than March 1937. sllllpllcs. at times ,were not equal to the demand and a good strong enquiry was m evidence at .111 time-i T°D Drices on bacon hogs were: Toronto $10.40. compared With $9.40 111 February; Montreal $10.75, compared with $9 75 for U" Drevious month; Winnipeg $10.15. compared with $9.25, and Cflliary and Edmonton $9.75. coin- Dared with $8.75 and $8.60 re- spectively.

LAMB PRICES

New crop lambs appeared in small numbers during March and sold from $7 to $10.50 each at To- ronto, and from $7.25 to $8 each at Montreal. The lamb market opened 50c higher at Toronto at $9, climbed to a top 0f $9.50 for 800d Westerns. and closed with final sales at $9.25. Ontario feed. lot lambs were generally of poor quslm and were hard to dispose of. esta h a market. A few suitable killing lambs sold at Winnipeg from $8. to $8.50.

EXPORTS DECREASED

Practically all commodities show- ed declines in volume exported as com red with March i937. While oatte shipments to Great Britain were almost 4,000 heavier, the vol- u..ie consigned t0 the south drop- ped over ‘I,000. The total exports of cattle at 14.400 were some 3.- 500 head below March last year. Calves were slightly lower and there was no movement of ho to American markets, whereas hi; March last year 5.300 head were exr "sted. Beef exports were only a- bout half those of March a year afio at 857,700 lbs., while bacon de- fbsned from 20,000,000 to 16,000,000

STORAGE HOLDINGS LIGHTER.

All classes of meats held in store on the last of April 193B were con- siderably below the same period last year, but compared well with the five gear average at April 1st. Beef hei in storage amounted to 14,800,000 lbs., veal slightly over 1,- 000,000 lbs., park approximately 42.- 0()0,000 lbs., and mutton and lambs 22,672,000 lbs.

THE BRITISH MARKET

Prices for fat cattle were some- \'at irregular durin March and did not show a grea deal of im- provement. Some Canadian cattle were sold dur the month at Glasgow at 9 1- c for steers alive, and the general range on good cattle at Birkenhead was from a- bout 16c t0 17c dressed weight iii- cluding offal. Prices for store cattle held quite firm, es cially on good kinds. Trade f0: est dairy wws was also active. with a few being offered but other sorts were selling at lower prices.

THE UNITED STAT@ MARKET

Steer values contined to advance until mid-March and at Chicago reached a level of l1 to $1.50 a- bove the low price of February with practically all ades shar- ing the gain. Active eeder buying competition did much to boost steer prices. All kinds of replace- ment cattle were in demand. Chic- ago had numerous sales at $8 to $8.65 for feeders, while the average price for March was $7.55, and gie average price on fat steers

‘z’ t n}: mil‘: aubkl pelt and a o g qua ty s a lmore valuabIe skin than a small one of equal quality. See that your young foxes an: wol grown. G ve them a good start by feeding Vlta-Crumbla Refd lflfiflflhfifl the feeding sched o the s-Miller people "I717?!- BAN’ SUNDAY CONCERTS

BELFAST — The city council has decided ho ban Sunday celeb- rity ooncerts because. as one alder- man out it. they would be "the thin edge of the wedge of the con- tinental Sunday."

Use Minn-us Liniment for bites.

LIME

W0 have on hand n freidi

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supply (billed) which we are selling at lowest prices-

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Charlottetown

A LARGE PIIP 0R0?

lnlurc a large crop of healthy. yqgro- pupa thll year by feeding

' ROYAL FOX FEED

BASIN! during former senolu aim um the m of Royll with I good meat ration t: the moot 90:1- fl" quy known for the rancher l locum m: breellllll my!“

Insist on R0111-

Aoi your denier today or wrlio

direct to

The si. Jllhll Milling Company l-td-

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THE CHARLUITETOWN GUARDIAN

— NEWSY

l! AGIICOLA

NOTES -

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In his admirable tent-book of popular astronomy. “Worlds with- cut End." Sir H. Spencer Jones gives half a down pictures of planets photographed first by ultra-violet. and then by infra-red lliiht- Them 8T8 BPGM. differences between the two photographs of the same planet. and this is inter- preted as an indication of certain physical conditions. The ultra- violet picture of Mars, for example, has a greater diameter than the picture taken by infra-red light. but the latter gives much the bet- ter image of the actual surface features. The learned writer tells us that the ultra-violet light had mode visible the outer shell of the Martian atmosphere, but was not able to penetrate it to any marked extent. The infra-red light, on the other hand. ignores the Mar- tian tmosphere and focuses on the surface features. In photograph- ing the Martian cloud-effects the ultra-violet light catches only those lying high in the at- mosphere, which are shown of a whitish arsbeaarnce. Infra-red light readies in to the lower-lying clouds \v.~ “ii appear yellowish. The two - caps "show an un- expected A. JlICB in photographs taken u nght of long and short ways .eii;ith.” The ca/ps are shown most clearly on the ultra- violet photographs. and become less prominent the longer the wave- lenfzlth of the light used to Dhoto- graph them: that is. the infra-red light is interfered vrlth by some illmfXipheftiC phenomenon. "It is D0ssible that over the polar re- iaions (of Mars) there are clouds of particles-of snow or ice, of no very great thicknessmund tilere is in addition a surfalce deposit 0f snow or ice." These conditions would explain the differences Just noted.

Such extra-spectrum "lights" were unknown at the time when I dabbled in photography. so to un- derstand the Astronomer Royal's illustrations I felt take g kind course. The film is acted upon by light from the blue end of the spectrum-to put it in another way by the rays we see am the blue edge of the rain- bow. Flor that reason we handle the films in a "dark room" i1- lumina/ted by rays from the middle or at the other end of the spec- trum een, yellow. orange or red. Such films have one great disad- vantage; they do not give the true color value since they nuke out every object to be black or nearly black, as may be seen in any snap-

0t

But photographers have never been content with this: they have asked for (and got) plates and films rendered sensitive to green. yellow, and red rays by treatme with certain wonderful dyes. an orthochromatic" or "correct color” plate or film, and n. yellow light filter over the lens 1'0 cut out the blue rays we can show a daffodil (narcisisus) as the beaul- fully bright flower it is. With I panchromatic plate. i.e., one son- sitlve to all colors. and a zed filter we can make black lettering stand out on a red ground." Neither o! these things is posilble with the ordinary film.

But there are other rays. which lie at the extreme enw o! the pectrum, beyond the ordinary raol. and these are invisible to tho hu- man eye. “Flor our vision and for either the ordinary, the chromatic or the panchromatic plate, th-ey have no illuminating property at all." Among these are the infra-red mys- whlch fbr many years have engaged the M.- tention of photographic chemists both in England and America. Their object was to find a dye- stiiff which when applied to P11050- graphic emulsions, woulld render the latter sensitive to the infra.- red rays and perhaps lead to other discoveries. The British Ilfolld Comlpany h said to have introduc- ed a dye which is well ahead cf anything formulated.

The first result of the new plates. the production of graphs taken in the dark. freakish and valuelem. plates required an exposur hours or so, to obtain results which might have been had more speedily by the ignition of a little flash powder. The Ilford research do- partment reduced the time requir- ed. from hours to seconds. but not many pictures are taken in the dark now.

In fact, the practical use of the infra-red plate takes DLBKIG in the daytime usually. and resembles the ordinary photographic routine. The object. is ‘ocusscd. and the filter is caDDed over the lens. the infra-trod plate or film is inserted and the picture taken in the ordinary way. The filter is so dense that to all

appearance it is black. and to all intents and purposes the plate is in

ordinary plate could be e 1'01‘ hours and not gather the faintest semblance of an image.

We have just seen the utility of the infra-red ray in solving some of the astronomers problems. It has also helped in medical science in certain industries and in the do- tection of crime. Prom the mil- itary DOint of View Defhbllfl the most practical we of the infra- red plates is the cutting out of hue and the penetration . A dis- tant scene. which taken by an or- dinary plate Rives little or no dc- tail because of in mint. when focussed (by comma) and taken on an infra-red plate through a telephoto lens, lives a picture convincingly free from blur, thumb foliage appears whitish and detail in the shadows may be d‘ weak, "m military maroon! these drawbacks are of small signi- finance."

THE MILK TRADE IN BRITAIN

Professor A. L. Ghoul. . Eastern Dairy School. Rem-Pl- . Ont... has been in Britain dud!- ip: gate dairylng industry, and

group of dairymen in Ontario. He considers that the establishment of the Milk Market-int Board about five years ago. saved the in from

all

uld

not sywtun wo be suitable for this country. the conditions being a0 duh-rent. has a Chairman. a other mom-

at

iimi the method of H1611’ election is clearly and asrmiuiv nus n

the dark. With this filter in plaice an '

the Milk Marketing Act. so that they are truly a representative

All milk producers must regis- ter under the scheme; except those with not more than four milch cows and not selling milk by re- tail, or who do not sell milk other- wise than their servants for consumption in their household. Last year (1037) there were 84,610 registered producers selling milk whclmale on 91,588 contracts, registered with the Milk Board; and there were 64.846 licensed re- tailers of milk under this Board.

The total volume of milk sold through the Board during the year amounted to 1,011,822,112 gallons: of this 669,372,377 gallons were for the liquid market, and 34.2509.- 735 were for manufacturing pur- Doses. The value of the milk sold under the wholesale contracts amount/ad to 320.912.1955; which says Prof. Gibson. equals the value of all the milk prodruceddn Can- ada! The whole of thLs immense sum, with the exception of a levy

of one-half cent per gallon ‘for publicity. reserves, expenses and liabilities), was returned to the

producers.

The country being organized into eleven different regions, by ii sys- tem of pooling the registered pro- ducers in each region receive a uniform price for, their milk. "The

average price for all regions last year amounfad to 11.01 pence per on." The

(say 23.82 cents)

“Accredited era’. who have tested herds. wtth milk of special quality, receive an additional penny (2 cent-s) per gallon.

In 1x16 it was noted that there were 1,070 famihouse cheesemak- ers registered. an increase of 170 over the previous year. Many of these produced as much cheese as ismadein one of the smaller Canadian factories. "In addition the Board created the large manu- falcturing plants owned and con- trolled by the producers them- selves!"

With regard to the publicity cam- Wim. the liquid milk sales have been boosted 13,597,060 gallons over

castle. children under 5 yea-rs of age, are being supplied with milk at 4 cents pernintperhendbwdaywiihe government and the local author- ities assist in sibigplyina the milk pr .

Then is a. good deal more Prof. Gibson's report, which I must reluctantly omit: but suf- ficient hes been written to show that the British Marketing Board ianlertaridhosaneyetothe menial welfare of the farmers un- do: 1h beneflcent rule.

MUfllCAli NOTES

When a bran band is yet in the dintonm, but l: ountngwncuthvoér, me tenor is the beating of the bass drum. On a nearer approach the i with range be- gin to be heard. and last soprano insiirimienfs give us the marching tune. It would seem that the noise with fewer vibrations per second. have the greater curry- irt Dower.

I have noticed something of the same sort on the radio. In a charm

of mixed voices the alto, and basis come “over the ether" beftisr than the better than the

tenor. and much

soprano. This

given a very odd quality to the music. lit I were a choir conductor I'd be inclined to drum extra sopmriios to produce a proper- bal- ance over the mic hone. The E strlm of the violin, e high-pitch- odwanbloofabirddonotcarry

well either.

‘Phat ‘ musical genius Adults-Claude Ddbumy, once de- cided that “The English have s merely official taste for music, the exigencies of which have, so far,

quite sufficiently met by

mid and Sullivan." Well, I mult confess that I am fond of Sullivan's music and read with great interest the account of it given a week or two ago. by the ladies’ musical society in Charlotte- town. Is it toomuch to hope that soniemywemwhearthevarious items over the radio?

Gilbert, Sullivan. and D’oyley Carter used to take most extra- ordinary care that the Savoy Operas should be absolutely uri- known to the public till the open- ing ni ht of the new “play". All the re earsals were performed be- hind closed doors and it was very seldom that the names of the characters leaked out. This mystery made the public curious, and swel- led the box office receipts from the very first performance. Seldom was the audience diswbointed. though perhaps "Ruddigore" was he least successful of the series: the "Mikado," the "Yeomen of the Guard" and "Clondoliers". made ample amends with their lively music and sprightly words. The Gondoliers did not find favor in the USA. as the others did: Cousin Jonathan suslpected — good reason-that G bert was pok- ing fun at him when he made the Repiblican Kings sing that their subjects (including "the aristocrat that blscks the boots") "all shall

bel" There is a rattlinl good gavotte in this some opera.

I must congratulate the Cham- imdo Choir. WIKIIl I heard over the air a while a30- We set too little 0i’ this cilia of music. sung

such accomplished singers.

Not often do I stray from home. but last summer I got over to the Orphanage at Mount Herbert. The children. I noted. "looked the pic- ture of health" and evidence the cars upon them by the Superintendent Miss Beer and the

the children sing. which they with considerable ability con- sidering their tender years. They had no hesitation in singing before they kept smaller‘: 1y folk some. and at their conclusion two little fel- iowo-brother and hlflned us with n simple folk . modif- ismduo to all Cbflfwlwéd i; b80113 and training them so that

wii '0. t ma» the wide. wld? Iflgoiinhn worthily take

cfallthe D

wor- tlisir plaice in the community. ill! lint IIIIVU Ill-

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming '

The May number of the Fur Record, published in Iiondon, 11mg- land. has a. color photo reproduc- tion on the cover of two unita- tlon cross fox skins that look very much like the “real article.” It. has this to say with reference to it: “Many of our readers will be interested to see the handsome im- itation of cross fox appearing on our front cover this month. A well know-n fimi of dyers introduced this article some time ago when there was relatively little demand for _oross fox. and a number of retailers informed us they could do nothing with it unless the price became easier. With its advent. however, there quickly arose a brisk down-and. and curiously enough at the same time the business in natural crosses showed a marked revival. We are informed on good authority that the cross and imi. tation cross are among the best sellers in various districts just now and one of the big Scottish fur houses states that it has difficulty in supplying its retailers asquick- ly as the orders come in.

Ira Carr and R-ay Carr of Cove- head have had a successful breed. inn? season with their foxes. Ira reports 112 pups living—-ten of these from the champion. Ray 01$ has about 100. All are doing w .

McLuro and MacKinnon Silver Fox Fbmis. Limited. have a large turnout this season. and a few days I180 the count was 1.596 liv- 1118 Dubs. with the possibility of a few more to arrive. Their pups seem to be batter than any prev- ious spring in the history of the farms. and by the way. are also consuming more food than ever before during the month of May. These results are probably due to greater freedom from worms, dos- ing earlier for worms. made pos- sible by using a new liquid vermi- fugle. and a better milk supply furnished by the mothers to the young.

George Brwkett. who years ago introduced a scoring system that had a wide vogue in the United States and also in this Province. is now in the fox food business. His silver fox food company, Mil- wl-uukee. Wisconsin. is advertising a balanced meat protein corribination which. fed to adult forces every day for a year at 29in a. pound, equals a cost of $0.13: and fed wag: foxes for 300 days at 255e, a p0 . equals a cost of $750 per pup. Just

m for curiosity the writer has figured

this combination for our own ranch and finds that the year's cost for the number of foxes we feed would be over $20,000 as compared to a cost of $18,800 last season. The lower cost for us is due to the fact that we do not feed nearly as heavily as the Wisconsin fox fami- ers do.

The Ontario fur farmers confer- ence will be held on June 15th/and 16th at the Ontario Vererinaryk Oolleflle at Guelph. Addresses will be delivered by outstanding lini- versity authoritesi including Harry

Batt of Cornell University, on essential minerals for the fur bearer: J‘. E. Shilliriger. Bureau

of Biological Survey, Washington. D. C., on infections on fur farms; and Al Apupelbaium of Fromm Bros. New York, on Felts-Types and Markets. Looking over the line-up I would say that it is the finest I have ever noted at any Iur fann- ers conference, and the writer would like to be present to hear the talented sneakers.

In the course of a conversation with Billy Jenkins of Seal River. yesterday, he said that his fox Duns were consuming more food this year than any previous sprlniz he could remember of. We re- marked that the same thing was happening in our Company ranch and that m believed our feed bill would be from 25 to 40 per cent higher than the same month last year with approximately the same number of foxes tc feed. We tried to figure it out and at lenf-rth came to the conclusion that it must be the cool weather which made the pubs play around more, therefore giving them more vitality and inci- dentally bigger appetites,

Naturally we are pleased w flnd the mothers and pups dolnf; s0 well and the little ehaDS growth! so nicely. as it is very important to have growth in the first few months with no setbacks. Full growth as far as frame is concern- ed is usually attained before Sep- tember. therefore Rood growth now means large pelts in December.

This is not exactly in the line cf fur farming but not too distantly related therefrom. A few miles from Charlottetown on the high- way. iiwc or three neighbors band- ed together some weeks ago and purchased from a. Mr. Jones in Hazelibrook. 800 baby chicks which are now weii on their way to be- coming broilers or mo! Dfodlwefs- Eggs are expected in September 01‘ a little later. then in November off

th come the heads and the plant is

closed up for the winter. to start functioning again in the Sprinte- if the use of Jack Kennedy's hm feed shows the Producers a profit.

Mr. Jones. who raises baby chicks. had five or six thousand this Boring and is to be commend- ed for thinking up this new way for small holders of property to make money on the side. By the way. the chicken famiers say that every evening numerous friends drop in to watch the little chicks. and find them most interesting.

Discussing the status of fur farming and agriculture generally in this province with a friend the other evening. he trailed of‘! into a very pessimistic vein, so I took him to task and reminded him that this little province had been through a great many lean periods. I can remember some of them very distinctly indeed. "And." said I. “there is something about our people-you may call it brains, en- erKy. initiative or whatever you like—but give them time and they rise superior to all sdversities." I cited the fact that around 1910-11 a great many people sold their properties and trekked for the west where they went 1n for real estate speculation or the purchase of large tracts of land. Those of us who remained behind sighed for the opportunities which we could riot share in. However, a few years later the silver fox boom struck the province and wealth was cre- ated in tremendous quantities and the industry been a great wealth producing factor ever since. until this season when has slowed down to practically it cost- of-vproduction basis.

That we have only experienced one or two setbacks in fox ranch- ing is really a remarkable tribute to its soundness. and while the present experience is a. bit painful to us all. yet it will have the effect of causing us to imiprove our meta- ods of ranchinfl and produce better foxes. Courage is the attribute we need. coupled with the will to work and. ripe superior to all diffi- culties.

Peter G. Clark. of tho Prince Edward Island Fur Sales, Limited. is at present in London where he no doubt attended the auction 0f the London Fur Bales Company Thursday and yesterday. Word has mme through from Mr. Clark that private treaty sales have increased very considerably.

Authur C. Prentiss. oif the New York Auction Company. describes the silver fox pelt that sold f0! $510 at the January sale of hts company in the following words: “First. it was of the standard type and possessed amazingly fine tex- ture. Second. the underfur was entirely white from t-lil t0 tall. covered with a uniform distribu- tion of wide band silver. about three-quarters t0 one inch 1on8. over which there was a contrast- ing layer of blue black guard hair approximately B. 01181191’ ma‘ 1°51}; Third. a distinct narrow bl stri e through the middle of the bang clirnaxed the beautiful con- trast between bliwk. White 511d silver. Fourth. there was alimo- lutely no weaknesses or blemishes and it was a perfect examrple of the desirable compactness of fur. .

Qontinulrg, Mr. Prentiss says? "There are other strains of the freakish type such asuthe vletlnll-"i blues" and the white faces which have been definitely estab- lished on a few ranches. It is my opinion that a great future ls l1‘- store for them DYQVAdlhZ the bleed‘ ers will pay strict attention to producing only the finer types and eliminate mediocre foxes as soon as possible from the herd. Aver- age quality freak foxes do not cgmmgnd any higher prices than the average quality silver fox. It has been frequently propcunded by many eminent fur men. including reprwentatives of some of the leading retailers, that the future possibility of sustaining interest of the well to do classes in silver foxes would depend upon the suc- ces of fur farmers in producinz an entirely new type of silver fox. It is something worth thinking over."

Mr. Prentiss words have a strange ring. when we. think back to the regimentation of colorintls which was requlfed B5 8 TPCWT °f admission to registration in vari- ous fox associations. Freaks were looked on with an angry eye. and death sentences were pronounced by inspectors when whit-e markings

were displayed. No doubt they were right according to their lights, but fashion is a. curious

whimsical jade that just as we have decided on what will BIDDER-fie her fancy. she changes to some- thing else. The chaps Whfl B"! 0"" step ahead in the guesslntz ilB-m9— like Ollie McNeill of Kelliher. SaslL, and the Oolpitts Bros-will reap the harvat.

Well McNeill, Southport. receiv- ed a pair of white-ringed white- faced silvers from brother Ollie last fall, and these have a litter. When they Rel. old enouflh v0 Shflw the markings there will no doubt be man callers at Well's D1800 9° have a Look at them.

MinnrrPs Linlrnent relieves pain.

Tattooing

Fox Pups

“As it has been usual in past seasons, be- ginning about this time of the year and later on, for a" number of fox pups to be stolen from different ranches throughout the Province, this Department would strongly urge ranchers

throughout the

pups at

for identification.

Province the earliest This Department has

to tattoo their possible moment,

decided to pay a substantial award for informa- tion that will lead to the conviction of any per- son who has stolen pups or made an atfompt to

steal them.”

(Sgt)

THE DEPARTMENT 0F AGRICULTURE

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PAGE ELEVEN

CK BREEDERS ANIS GARDENERS

IY GORDON

Canadian Garden Service 1938

LINDSAI SMITH

BABE SPOTS IN LAWNS Dis! uriniz bare spots in an otherw "e good looking lawn can be removed. though the iob will re- quire a little patience Like a dis- ease the cause must be analysed before treatment can be 3,[[5mpted_ 'I‘liere may be various reasons, such as short cuts bv chidren. inilkmcn or dogs. sour or Door soil under- hlfaég. weeds. or starvation. or S 8

I. the, grass is simply worn thin by traffic then the owner must de- cide whether nhe oath is going to be continued. If so experts advise giving up the attempt w grow grass and paving with lie: stones. cinders. brick. sand or similar quick drying material. If a path is ngi, wanted then it may be necessary to ‘protect by wire or a hedge and mare sure the racti . Cutting is discontinued? or Short soil is poor or sour under- neath. it will be necessary to dig uD._ removeJ-ny gravel or stones filling up with cod earth and sow- ing thickly wi a good quality of Canadian grass seed. Ivor this m". Dose and for new lawns it is always best_to get a good mixture of high QUE-my Dflckflfled grass seed blend- ed by expert seedmen. Sour soil can be corrected by an application of garden lime once or twice every few years. Moss is U5. iiaiv the sign of sou.- soil o.- too much shade, For partially shade p05. itions it is advisable to use a spec- ial shsde seed mixture. Every big seed house puts up such. Of course close to the north side of a house or under trees or shrubbery it is difficult to grow good grass in any d sometimes rather than make the attempt it is advisable to fill in with shrubbery or ave the areas with flag stones or piaant wild flowers. Where weeds are the cause of the wrass dying the remedy will be digging out the offenders. adding rich soil and treating once or twice with a liberal application of com- mercial fertilizer or manure. Grass is a crop .iust like vegetables or flowers and must have good soil. T HASTEN GROWTH Where the gardener is anxious

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week:- 7 c1088 treated for minor ailments, Slight operation on one dog-ab-

Ovie dog kicked byhorodhiunano- ly destroyed.

Homes found for irwo dogs.

_ Home sought for "In.dd.\e"—(0ol- he and Police dog very intelligent, kind and young)

Oats and kittens destroyed. Iri- specfor says he can't keep count of young kittens brought to him to be destroyed-a there have been rmnfberless old and sick cats pick- cd up this week. Some of these cats are really pitiful sights-so thin andweakastobealmostunablem stand. Several cases of horses _not properly cared for, and too light. for iihe work they are doing. have been noted.

One case of a horse in the count- rz; so sick and suffering so tor- r ly for need of veterinary utfont- totithatithadtobeshottoend its suffering. The pie who own- ed it. unfortunatey did not know they could appeal to Inspector Mc- Lean as they might have saved their horse, not only a. valuable mare. but a. foal was lost as well. Contributions this week A Friend. $1.00.

TIIE BIRTH OF DYEING

Everyone with an eye for color should be gn-ateful for the birth, a hundred years ago. of William Henry Perkin. the famous chemist and founder of the aniline dye in- dustry. Perikin must have been a precocious youth. because he was only eightem when he discovered his first mineral dye—a mauve.- form-ed by the oxidation of aniline. A little later he elabcraiied two processes of manufacturing arti- ficial aiizarin thither-lo extracted from madden from coal-tar, thus setfing the mineral-dye business on a commercial footing

Although. of course, Perkin soon began to make other colors, be=ides mauve, it was thai first shade which caught the public fancy — that. and the wonder of such n color coming from coal. For a time. it seems. the now mauve dye was the subject of conversation al- most everywhere, and a contem- porary writer reports that even the Drury Lime pani‘om‘me to:k notice of the craze .A character. com- plaining that people talked tn h‘m of nothing else but motive. ex- claimedfWhy. even the copper at the corner of the street rays. ‘Mauve on'-a pun which show: that pantclmimcs haven't changed much, There is no actual evidence. however. the.‘ it yvas Perk'n's mauve dye that inspired Alfred Austin's remarkable coiiplet: Winter i5 gone, and spring is over: The cuckoo flower grows mauver

and mauver.

Not all Perkinfls material djvea were a success at once and from all point: of view. Ladies of the day who “bought stockings of the most remarkable and tempting hues. not for the legitimate pur- pOSQ of covering their ankles but of dispiayi them in such glory, began to su er from great blisters; and, though the haberdashers is-

for very early vegetables there an various short cuts at his ti- ha: coiriiuiand. confessional market gar- deners wno must have things early in order to secure ton urices, slut most. vegetables and 100613 in pots or snaiiow boxes in areeniiousls. ine amateur gets tne same results either by Durenasing tnese started plants or he grows uiem himself iii a hot bed or sunnv window.

For earliest results these plum are grown indoor in indwiuual pots. in tile case of tomatoes uey may have their irst fruits well advan- ced or be at least. in blossom when ready for outdoors. rluwers like Detuiiias. cosmos or marigolus will have buds. Such well advanced minus must be transplanted care- fully with Alttlfl disturbance to the roots. Sometimes the poi. or box zs broken oft gently and the inside. roots and 1.0.1 is planted \vit'rio..t any disturbance at all. Ifrimediatew after Dantuuz the gardener water.- liberally acids an ap licarion of ouiek acting commerc al fertilizer, rich in nitrogen. To prevent burn- in: roots or foliage this fertilizer is usually dissolved in water before

evolving. MIJLCII PAPER.

Another short cut or vegetables is the use of special ulch paper. This is heavy black material simi- lar to taroaper only tougher. It is spread over the whole of the gard- en where the early stuff is to be grown hoes are bunched in it for the plants or seed. ,

The paper saves all cultivation and of course keeps the soil under. neath much warer than usual. Growth is amazingly rabid aspec- ially if soil is rich and well fertil- ized. The paper is held down with ionlz wire staples, either home made or Durchased. Onl'v the very earli- est crop is treated in this manner. Use of mulch Dener ofton permits the RTOWIDR of such tender thing: as com and toes in those nor- theriy districts of Canada where there are only a three months or ess of summer without frost.