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. _._._ , serious shortage gi-glpdaltreigeyffil‘ iood has dovolni?‘ d m m, Maritime Provinces, part. ‘ because stocks iromhlast W: m used up earlier t an usu n“, pu-fly because iresh supplies v been analler than usual. In are matter oi horse meatmnoghini c" .:::.::."::...*:".... .122: sell their worn out

meat iox v

ediaetly 0nd it is fitw. sltaration in that r10! “fl b. materially iugproved by the end oi the month.

m oold weather has arrived, and will very- likely continue irom. new on throudh the iii into win- m, oi course there will be occas- ional days oi Indian summer-like temperatures but the general trend particularly lt 1118M W111 b? unis lower temperatures. We‘ consider it wise to put u mm! iorm oi rotcction irom raits or gold win; around each shed. in isct we have them up now. It is a well known iact that where this is not done there is a tnndency to tiiin iur, biting oi iur and general unthriitiness oi the iox. The rea. son is not hard to iind, any ani- mal does better when comfortable arid a iox is no exception.

Fox sheds should be darkened irom now on, that is the direct rays oi the sun or penetrate suiiicionty

tlie iur ior ii cause burning. It may he slight.

iniact you may not detect it un- P‘

1 you place your ioxu along- sl e ioxes that have been ke t under darkened conditions.

had been kept in open ens where they met the iuli iorc oi light and a certain amount oi sun. When placed beside Robert Humphrey's that were kept in darkened sheds there was no question but ours were not nearly as good ooior. The on Bobs slear blue black and the silver very clear and sparklin . and he vent right to the top wth his ex. hiblts and justly so. Thereiore the ioxes you are getting ready to pelt or show should be kept under conditions where they are not ox.

m to draits or tosun or much g .

The influence oi light on breed- ing ioxes is very great indeed and ioxes that are to k ior breeding purposes s4 deprived oi light, a. should be put out in breeding Wis. open or where there is light and sun exposure, not later than the ilrat oi Docainber. Boxes that have been cooped up in small quarters all summer need exercise tojgut them in breeding condition anu- many oi us oiten iorget this and wonder why we arenot getting better production results.

Feeding ioxes ior iur is quits a lilpblem and we do not lay

Ill

ve claun to having mamred it, al-

though we produce a isirly good average iox oi diiiermt types each van with some tops. The moat dii- lifiilli- Problem we have is to iin- lsh a good adult pelt and that we iind is the experience oi’ nearly all breeders. The question was bfflllkht up at the meeting oi the Qanagdian National Silver Fox ' Association in s‘ ederic.

tion last June and almost every lileaker - and they were the top breeders oi Canada — expressed themselves as pretty well buiialoed by the problem. Our iriend Dr. Gunn oi the Iixporianental Fox Station, is now pre ring a diet ior iall iurring w ch he very ‘iidll’ save us the privilege oi I over. According to tho Dimor — and we don't want to ‘lil-iflliate his bulletin — the horse meat should be gradusli cut down mltidsculrattefl sen aéid l iact all Q q

portion oi cerealmusod‘. u" p" to be sound prac-

Tbis a pears

lilo with quite a, number in not Iranian w‘ Nllvst icx breeders in ‘MM Statel. cut their insat own during the months oi Nov- rbiber and December. The ‘n? belt the latior part o; fiber. naen iox ranches oi course "W" N! ioaiea better than an flutsidar and the method that he bu iound to bring in other well adher WWW". be lo .now tore e i'.'.’P..‘.’.‘."."“ "l" ‘” ' ' . l" ‘. e "illi- that sogat“ to ‘:3.- w amuse will aocruepreqm, °° bmlldht irom almost every ‘m ion and the igli g letter a written M"Kr.i Dterraher 0th. We haw oi the ran

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-showod ifs and - the nail

any cir- lli‘. Ill. h.

m ‘ . tits; ma. i M‘ Nil, ‘WM '11! will give our

"m" i° "u doi away oi tau as: ‘the istanoetufiaideration and chm‘ content abide by his de-

"Dear Mr "P any oi ""1 make t, Pilflhle. on

- Ilelev=~r hat to tabs our valuable time so

Enclosed please iind re- tho recent sale oi Silver

iheitlianddthoi

eed of do g accurate accounts which are aud-

to. i

‘u; Janeiro. Brasil, who Canada. in. tho in

that | in I

at and Ina, anywhere in the world. It is dii-

Years sh ilaiieimbeth. befitt‘: ed to. _° a w ’

m. has|od

ha throuwlfl iind the ln-|

“fimtnnsneieioasoaam Sept.

thatthe

.2 will t l“! U“ IIDI men

average price was 000.52 whanrt per cenris uduc ior selling us 01.00 paid to, con-

houses brings ths average to around 1021.00. Ws keep

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ited monthly ior; our large ranch and capnot , polio 01'0"!‘ ably under $32.00, so you can see the state the Silver Fox industry is in now. It is now or never, ldr.l.l.ale,sndiiws donot get some we are going toslnk. Ii you do not know it 1 may say that Norway will have 81.000 pelts to export as per iniormation in enclosed clipping. Sweden will have a like number or more, and although London is opening up to allow iurs in, the auctions are not going to iunction, at least not ior some considerable time and lpndon will only be used to lac- ilitate shipments to South Am. erica and other countries because i exchange position. The lnaarket in South America has meant considerable to. Canadian ranchirs and this new iorm oi competition looks serious to us. Ii you will with one bold stroke wipe out that 25 per cent tax we will have a chance to sell a large number oi our pelts ior trimming purposes, in Canada. By the way, the largest buyers oi Pemlan lamb at the auctions in New York two weeks ago were Canadians and upwards oi $2,000,000.00 worth oi Russian sable was brought into this country this year. While it is nice to help our Russian iriends by buying their goods yet it will be bad medicine ior Canada ii in doing so we ruin our Silver Fox industry. As I mentioned beiore, mink is not in the same category as Silver Fox as there is no duty charged on mink going into the United States and the in that country is snail t0 Canada. .. . .. Once again con. gratuluting yrs on the wonderiui way in which you have handled the iinances oi our country and you that we know and

We had the very‘ great pleasure oi a visit irom W. H. Morton Cam- eron, Special Correspondent O Jamal Do Comsnercio. Rio de

oi

is tourifi per. 1dr. Cameron visited this province in i010 when the iox in- dustry was in its boom days and with his vivid recollection could recall many oi those who were most active then. Some years ago he decided that there was a tn- msndous iuturs in Braail and be. came connected with 0 Jamal Do Cornmerclo which has expand. ed into the leading commercial ‘paper oi Rio de Janeiro. He has been all through Canada inter- viewing the big iirms who would like to make a w. e ion Brazil and securing irom them advertisements ior a special Can- adian issue oi the Jamal. As our readers are well aware, Canada is mighty well thought oi in his coun- try, Brazil Traction. the leading light and transportation company there being largely owned by Can. adians, and it has expanded en- orrnoualy. Many, rnsny billions oi American capital has been invest- ed in Brazil the last iew years and as it is a country oi great wealth-the possibility oi our iurs b m introduced there are most on .

In woirvpany with Lowell W. Hancock, Surnsneraide, and Stew- art Wright oi the Department oi Agriculture, we paid a visit to the new Fox Show Building at the Exhibition grounds Thursday sit-

. contractors. M. I" Schurman and Company will have it completed within a week and that it is a credit to them can‘ be

4d width. The iloor is oi d" concrete beautiiully iinished, and the wood. work is oi the very best obtainable. Special ventilation windows with rooi ventilation keeps the air clear and pure and the windows do not throw oii any draits owing to thdr construction.

In the outside portion there is room ior 500 ioxea. The top shelves will he covered with galvanised iron and the ioxes will be sspar. ated with galvanised iron parti- tions. For this purpose some 450 sheets oi 30 x '12 inch galvanized

be used. The layout is to aiiord easy access to the ioxes 1nd plenty oi roosn ior spectators o move about without interisring with show animals in any way.

It is the judging room, howev , that is the pride oi the contrac - ors . It is new, novel, u to data nothing iiks it has en built

siouit to describe but well worth goi to see. The lighting iorvjudg. ing thrown irom sheets oi glass

usu..six ieet by iiity icot and these are Nov.|placed st such an angle that there

are no ws. The ceiling is lo iset high and is . rock as are also ers is very comiortable seating ac- commodation ior 100 people. It will be heated with hot water and __‘“__ system is the most modern. Nine su er fluorescent .Day-lo lights oi e latest design ins lied. Th will

| an ta eao permit judging on dark aitornoons such new types as piatinums, ,whito iaces, pearl platinums, etc. This work is by James Brown.

by us‘ Tinted curtains will be used on the,

windows to shut oii any lain which ma strike them aiternoons. e morning

ra on late light

‘we would will not aiiect or the noon light|

as ‘the exposure is almost true

nor h.

\ The outside oi the building is being pain-ted in pale, yellow with white trimm so as to eiiect contrast with he other bull

which are mostly white wih

green trimmings. This work is 1o

being dons by Saunders and Ma- dore The rooi is iiniahed" with grooven tongue covered with

beautdiul type oi asphalt shingles. The 500 wire cages to house the

s letter as short as ioxes have arrived and as soon to

.as the tables have been completed ,these will be set ughThe Silver Ireedars’ and ibitora‘ As.

w hsvo in.

ass appreciate ‘the load you are carry- o,

m about quarter the

a irom Quebec. Ontario.

- NEWSY

Tbs Olollhiil (l)

is maximal. so named b! ... ...*-..-=u:=.-::.:~.".-- " . e s 23.011 a: the Mammoth and H dredwe Pum

. un. termed Field . Other strains oi vor- Green Hubbard Squash. the Turban Squash or "Potlron Couronne" (well known to botanists as C. M. twrhaniiorlllxll) and the new "Green Gold" winch is remarkable ior its productive- ness. The iruits are used in the same manner as those oi C. Papa.

umaxisarmi: oi trolbica’: or sub. troll al o . VII 9554"‘ ed by De Soto in i642, in Florida, and is known to have been culti. vatcd bythe Indian tribes as iar north as the St. Lawrence. It was called by the New lmgland trikes_ "Askutasmlash", whence its common name.

The American magazine "Horti- culture" gives these distinctions Pumpkins (tit says) have relative- ly smaller stems which are ridged and iur-rowed. Nil-uh" hi" ill‘!!- gmoqth, gpo y stems. This is a mattnr ior e readers observa. tion and I shall he glad to have mg notes on .

aacaarblta aaaosohata (Duchesne) is the Musk Pumpkin, or "Courge musquee". To this species belong the late or winter squashes oi the Crmkncck t/y and the so-called Cheese Pump

, all ior their quality oi keeping through. out the winter.

As they are oi tropical origin, they require a long growing season, and in tho north they must be started in the hothouse towards the end o! April. As Cucurbits resent transplanting. the seeds may be grown in paper pots which are put into the ground bodily when the weather gets warm. The new variety "Turkish Honey" is a crookneck, a sweet taste and with the seeds wupreased into a small cavity near the tip oi the iruit. C meson- ata will not hybridlne with the varieties oi C. Pope.

Caaoaarbita Iioilolia (Bouche) is one oi the Indian lost species, which is however cultivated in European gardens under the nsmo

_ meisno (R. Irown) The lobes oi the leaves are oiten short and the sinuses acute in- stead oi rounded. The iruit keeps ior several months without decay, and the inner fibrous part is made

into a preserve.

l‘ " lagensria (Linnaeus) is the Dipper Gourd. This gourd was grown by the Indians to make "rattles" ior accompanying their ritualistic music. The con. tents oi the gourd were removed. and s handle was attached to it. The seeds oi A.‘ ma (Indian Turizir), or Ill-ll gravel were blag“ in the shell to s the “ra e."

Caaoaarbits ioetidisslnaa (H.B.K.) still grows wild in Missouri. 1t was believed by the Indians to have magical proparties. Only the properly constituted author-

i“ ities might dig it, aiter using the

proper prwyers and making the prescribed oiiering oi tobacco to the spirit oi the plant, and taking

core not to wound the root removing it irom the earth. An Omaha Indian, on digging a

root, happened to cut one side oi it. Not long aiter one oi his children iell, injuring her side so that she died; which was ascrib. ed to her lather having hurt the lant. The root was used med. cinally, according with the "doc- trine oi signatures"; ior headache a piece oi the top. ior abdominal pains a piece o! the middle. and so on. As the root simulates the human shape. this was very ma. sonahlel

The Weasel er Shaw A neighbor brought in two large

- weasels that had been caught and

killed by his dog. They were Stoats. as shown by their large sine, and the black tips oi their tails. There is species. the Least ,Waasel, widely distri- butnd on this continent, which is

silo oi th

e Stoat, and lacks the black tail. tip. I have yet to see s specimen oi the Least Weasel: is it iound here?

The Weasel Famll includes not only the Weasels, ut the Sable (or Marten), mink, ierret, skunk, and land and sea otters, all rank- ing as valuable iur-hearers. Our Stout (Mantels arcticvas) is a near oi tho Old World Ermine

as) whose iur was once worn only by royalty.

All northern weasels change their brown coats to snowy white at the beginning oi winter. South. ward the change is less complete and south oi the limits oi snow, they don't change at all. The black tail-tip is alw s retained.

The "personality" the weasel is expressed by an extraordinary cclerity oi movement, by courage, and by an insatiable desire to kill. Other animals kill ior iood, but the weasll keeps on killing irom a delight in slaughter. All the small large rat, man captor viciously, made no at. tempt at deience when put into a cage containing a weasel. Rabbits, though much larger in also, become 0% victims. x

easols prey on every kind c rodent and mnsli bird in their territory, and have been known to kill S0 or 40 domestic iowls in a single night. The attack is sl- ways aimed at a vital spot, the brain, the back oi the nec or the iusular vein.

But there are aven rs: wsasels are killed and eaten y ioxea and birds oi p , and in other Prov. incas. by woves and coyotos. Since weaseis are ve proliiic (up to i2 in a litter), t is a matter ior ‘wonder why so iew are soan. The ilast I examined, was killed Dee. 9rd. i084. Its measurements were: ‘mtal length. 200 rnm. ‘nail length, '10’ mm. Foot length, 20 rnm. On Dw- Nth. ION. a larger speci- men which measured (TL) 820 rnm.. was brought in.

it.

speoted the new structure iustiiiably proud oi it and are oking orward to the Exhibition oi i045 which is its ioth and will he the best in its history. Visitors and New Brunswick are expected here not only to see the ioxes and polih‘ purchase, but also to g line on the building with a to duplica

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1n spent a iew minutes in a well-

Uanimalssansethira that iind iought its iiu- tro

NOTES’

The only local raiarenoe to our weasel. is b! "m"! ‘m: “n” Waaseiis s beautiiui and all!‘ little imuantlv uw lbw" iarmsteads where it comes in search oi mice. (Q0911!) I" °°1°' is brown in summer, and will" in wintor."

Another Catarpilnri ‘Ilse hi)"

In the garden the other do! 1 iound a caterpillar travelling nu.’ riedly along like the Ndml black cat-"he gwlne whlr hf fwine, and he gwine cas ha 0106i-

took hhn to the house and wrote

a description: _

(hugging: 1.5 1n. 10D‘. head and ioet brick red. A black stripe down the back irom hood to tail, bordered by a yellow stripe on each aide. Besides this. the whole body is 0001011511’ "W" lined with thrcadlike streaks 0i white. Completely smooth -— I10 hairs. A neat insect.

Th I shipped the caterpillar ior identification to Dr. Cannon. Provincial Entomoiogistmwho kind- ly sent rne this reply: The insect received is what we call the Zebra Caterpillar ( I 01°11 3"-

‘. It has been quite common this summer in potato. cabbage and turnip iields. There are usu- ally large numbers iound on in. dividual plants but their activities are usually confined to VH1’ lmlll

aross in the iield “Summer Time" In a plantation called Pett's

Wood, in County Kent, Ehigliand. is a memorial stone (resembling an ancient tombstone) bearinz this inscription: "This wood was purchased by public subscription as a tribute to the memory oi William Willett. the until-ing ad- Time"

"Summer Time" _ we call Daylight Saving ‘Timer- doubtlen a great boon to a highly industrialised country like Britain, but oi problematic value to Canada, and more especially to the Maritimcs, where iarming is still the main business. In Prince Edward Island where the iarm population outnumhers the rest by 3 to l, one may say that the will oi the minority prevails in this

matter.

Willctt iirst pdvocated "Summer Time" in 1007, and a Bill with that title was introduced into iii"; British Parliament the iollowing year bait was rejected. Not until 101d was his pertlnacity rewarded, and the S. T. Act passed. That year S. T. lasted irom May 21st till Oct. 1st, but the dates varied irom year to year until 1W6. 1n that year the S. T. Act was made permanent, and since than S. T. ran irom the Sunday aiter the third Saturday in April, to the Sunday aiter the iirst Saturday in October. In the first year oi the war (i080) S. T. was extended to November 18th, and my inior- matlon ends at that point.

‘flclenemlbictlon’ On my last visit to the City l known emporium which sells a

little oi everything, including books. Among the latter were those handy little volumes called Pocket Books; t oi them "Whodunits" — yo know the kind, where you are led to suspect everybody in turn, only

to iind that the culprit is some. body you never thought ui. In preierence I bought "The Pocket Book Science-Fiction", a col- lection oi "iantastic tales oi wiper science" that remind one oi H. G. Wells at his besL-(that avos a long time ago!) The book ends with the amusing adventures oi a.n architect who built a house in iour dimensions instead o! the usual three. .A really good book ior an idle hour.

'l'ha Cake Urchin

n. a "Report on the Gei-“ogicai Structure and Mineral Re urces oi P. Ii. 1., 1m", (a copy oi which may be seen in the Public Library), Mr. W. B. Dawson men. tions that he iound the Sea Urch- and the Cake Urchin in our coastal waters. Urchin, be it known, is a colloquial name ior

the hedgehog a spilw llttl Eng. lish animal, uepresented o; this

continent by the porcupine.

The Sea. Urchin inhabits a dome-shaped shell. covered with the short spines or spikes, which are responsible ior its common name. Though the empty shell is not uncommon on our shores, it is very seldom indeed that any oi the spines are in place, though radiating lines oi small turercles ahow where they had been at- tschad. When the animal dies. the emgty shell is buiietod and rolled y the waves, and the spines are detached.