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‘FEBRUARY 1s. 1950

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n. New York Auction Com- y uttered silver fox and its muddy last week with the "uqwmg results. . . . Platinum w 14 pa: cent sold, top price h; Glacier Blues $26.50; Pearl- un“ $24.50; Platinum $23; White

h“ $14; Standard silvers-of which B1 per cent was sold»- mowed a top of $17 for full

five" gnd $14.50 for three-quar-

m ailvers. The latter were of pom- quality. Th; Hudson's Bay Company,

yontreal, will hold a four day '16 February 27th to March 2nd. 9n Tuesday, February‘ 28th, 10,- 500 wild mink, 20,000 ranch mink, 5000 Silvorblu mink. 1.200 Rbyal pastel and 1,000 miscellaneous mutation mink will be on sale. on Wednesday March lst, red 30x, whine fox, raccoon and var- jws other ‘furs will be offered ‘and on Thursday, March 2nd, 10,- 900 silver fox and mutation fox. we trust this salc will be equally as good iif not better, than the preceding one.

The Americans were big buy- an of mink at the recent Oslo, Norway, fur auctions where 15,000 first and second grade mink were p5 per cent sold at an average of B3 Norwegian IKIOIICI‘, Top price jwu 150 kroner; 1,500 grade a mink were 40 per cent sold at m average of 36 kroncr; 3,000 SIIVCIIIZIIII mink were 52 per cent sold at an average of 96 kroner; wp price was 135 kroner. Silver fox (29,000) were 98 percent sold at an average price of 178 kroner and a top of 3B0 kroner; Blue fox (20,000) was 68 pcr cent sold at an average of 98 kroner and a (up of 290 kroncr; Platiiia (2,700) wu 92 pcr cent sold at an aver- ‘age of 224 lcroner and a top of 670 loroncr. American buyers en- joyed a discount on these prices -of between 45 and 50 per cent ‘sold at an average price of 35 {per can-t discount. Evidently frmn the above the Norwegian fox rancher is getting double the .FICG for silver fox that we got in way-lurid. They have been assisted materially through their govern- ment and are now producing great quantities of silver fox, blue fox, platinum fox and mink and its mutations. We are un-

happlly situated in that our money value is so high that we are prevented from entering

markets where sales could be made. if Winston Churchill and party ll elected and he can bring the sterling areas into accord in money valueswve would be back on the map again with silver fox.

Sol Vogel, e noted designer of New York is seeking toreestnib- lish lllver fox as a fashion fur Ind to that end has designed ten places which Robinson Furs hal executed for him. By using for the greater part of the collection just two fox skins the stylist has

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created little vestees, boas and looped boleros which definitely flatter the figure. Even the pop- ular hug-me-tight cape bolero is represented in a model which looks just as flat as mink even though it is made of four silver fox skins. The familiar plot of

wearing single or double foxes in boa fashion is revived only these patterns are tacked and

fluted to form a (nape-back with long streamers of fur flowing over the shoulders. In this case the heads are worked at the back. Another fur silhouette, again of two skins, is merely a double loop, one for each arm joined with a bright taffeta bow which extends across the bolero front. Mr. Vogel, in commenting on the reintroduction of fox in present day merchandising. calls particu- lar aittenrtion to the price gaip that fox fills

We have no idea that the fur industry had amumed such pro- portions in Manitoba until we noticed a report in Women's Wear Daily, New York, where Mani- toba ratail fur trade is a $5,500,000 industry employing close to 700 persons. Mr. Nciman of the Neiman Fur Company, states that the future _of the Winnipeg fur industry is unlimited and that Winnipeg is the most competitive retail fur market in North Am- erica. Ptrovincial government sta- tisitcs show 57 manufacturing firms in Winnipeg and the gross value of fur garments manufac- tured was $5,469,000.

The fox industry, which owed its inception in Japan largely to Dr. Leo Frank, is still carrying on but on a much smaller scale. One of the largest ranches is owned by Mr. Shiota in Fukagawa Hok- kaido. Aside from lack of re- frigeration equipment it com- pares favorably with many North American fox farms. A hundred breeding foxes are kept, both standard and white marked silvers. Some of the latter are ai- most light enough to be consid- ered platinums. The mutation stock is of Norwegian origin. The silver foxes of Canadian origin. Most silvers produced in Japan are too dark by present day standards. Generally Japanese ranch foxes will require im- provemcot before they can com- pete seriously with those pro- duced in North America or in Scandinavian countries.

The major part of the fox feed is dried herring from which the heavy flesh of -the back has been removed for human food. The herring is supplemented with ground whole oats, waste rice and wheat. Vegetables and fruits including potatoes, tomatoes, pumpkin and apples are fed when stxasonably availa-ble. Horse and cattle intestines and salrted whale meat are used to a li-mited ex- tent. Fiah provide the only cur- rent rupply of liver because horse and cattle livers are now eaten eioclusively by humans.

Polygamous mating is prac- tised. An average of 2.5 pups per female were produced on the ranch last season. Para tyiphoid is the most prevalent disease. Very little trouble is experienced with distemper. The fox pups are wormed when two weeks old and ten weeks old. Both ground and wire floor pens are used. Feed is given to the animals in indivi- dual enamelled pans. Their pelt- ing method is different from ours. the grease being removed from the fur by hand rubbing by seaw- dust as a final step to drying. About 1,200 fox pelts were mar-

, keted in 1947, largely silvers. 30,-

000 or more were produced an- nually in I937 to 193B but the feed scarcity crea-ted by the war forced a reduction of this enter- prise.

IF STRIKE LASTS . ..

AND FIRM GRnxriTS AN INCREASI OI‘

tweQvO . - NEWSY I>0r$ I THE LAPLAND mnosrun.

As one of its names Indicates this ls a clrcumpolar bird, but breeding. 0n this continent from Labrador northward. In winter the Iiongspurs migrate as far south as North Carolina, and our 1916 Bulletin gives them as winter visit- ors to this Province. The late Mr. Ludlow Jenkins observed [mig- spurs at Marshfield 1n Feb. 1934. while Mr. J. Frank Sterns saw l. flock at: Big Pond on June 7, 1033. The question arose, were the lat- ter neStlng in that vicinity? but no satisfactory reply was given by lists or books consulted: all pointed to a more northerly breeding place.

The name Longspur refers to a peculiarity of the bird's hind toe; its claw (or “nail") is at least as long as the toe Itself and is some- times longer.

Longspurs travel in flocks, which, on occasion, mingle with those of the Snow Buntings, or the Horned Larks. The diet of the three groups 1s practically the same.

. Lapland Longspur, AOU, wings;

Visitor. Male, Summer plumage: crown, throat, and sides, black: nape chestnut; su-perciliary line

white, and continued down the side of the head. Wings with two dull-colored wing-bars; tail notch- ed, dusky, outer feathers blotched white, Undcrparts llizht brownish. streaked duslqv. "Nail" of hind toe long. Winter plumage with feathers of the head and neck tipped gray- ish, concealing the brighter mark- Ings. Female, summer, similar to mole but duller, Both sexes have black throats—"hibs"—in spring. Length of adults 5.5, to 6.9 inches.

Preserving Fence Posts.

Going down our lane, just before winter set in, I noticed that. a. stout fence-post had fallen, having rotted off close to the ground. This was a sign that the entire fence was getting old and must bc replaced in spring. I sold to myself: "Fen- ces don't last like they used to!"—- a. rather ungrammatlcal conclusion, though poi-hop; truthful enough.

On examining s-uch posts it is found that thcrv begin to. decoy just above, or just below the ground line. This is due to the fact that the bacteria and fungi-plant or_ ganlsms that cause decay-have at this point the proper conditions for growth. To live, they must have food, nlr, and irnoisture. The wood is their food. and luckily it can be poisoned! (The two best poisons, so far, are creosote, and bluestone.) Charrlng the wood or painting It, are two alleged remedies for this rotting. but their effect ls only temporary, and not. sufficiently ef- fective to be worth trying.

Creosotc is a preparation of coal tar. and posts to be treated with it should be rut in winter so as to have a lorger period of seasoning, thus preventing checking of the wood. The bark is stripped off. and ll: is better to bevel the top of the post. for drainage.

The Massachusetts Experiment Station found the following treat- ment effectivo and economical._ The butts of the posts were placed In a. tank of hot creosote for one hour. and were then transferred to a tank containing cold creosote for two hours. The cold bath caused a deeper penetration of the pres- ervative. Before the war this treat- ment cost, on an average, five cents per post, but one cannot guess the present price.

The Alberta Manyberries Expor- lmental Station used bluestona (Sulphate of Copper) in Its expert- ments with fence-posts. The posts were of willow, poplar. spruce, and pine; and some of the poplar posts are still In service after more than twenty years. (Untreated poplar posts rotted oft’ after two to four years service.)

The posts were stood on end in a concrete tank set In the ground. Then a mixture of two and one- half-pounds of commercial blue- stone to one gallon of water was poured into the tank to a depth of three feet. The posts were treated on a bright day and left tlll the "pickle" rose to the top of the posts, having thoroughly permeated them.

There is a reason for the concrete

tank. Bluestone ls very corrosive

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and barrels would quickly full to pieces as tho "pickle" acts upon the iron hoops. Galvanized containers are also rplned "by the corrosive fluid.

Nature Notes

There la a "worthless little In- truder from Europe." the weed known as Shepherd's Purse, often found 1n Canadian gardens. In wet seasons It sometimes becomes coat- ed with a thick white crust, o f-ungold disease first described as Cyslopus candldus. I observed this Oystopus when quite 1n my teens, and committed the name to mem- ory. Time went on and then some trouble-maker changed its name to Alhugo candida, forty or fifty years ago. I was much more creaulous then, and supposing there was some good reason for the change, I got that name by memory too. Then in 1915 I noticed that the scientists were beginning to call the disease Cystopus agatnl 5o we were back to where we started and the only rsult ls that I had been compelled to learn (and to discard) another synonym!

The ferns have also got their faces lifted lately. Our Marsh Shield Fern, asvldlum Thelimtefls. is now Dryopierls Thelypterls (Linn.) Gray, variety pllhwcens (Lawson) Nakai, forma Sauveolens (Clute) A. R. Prince.

Early In my residence here I

found a plant or weed, which I identified as the Spreading Dog- hane (Apocynum). This plant may yet. prove beneficial In arthritis, say the medical men. Arthritis, as you probably know, is inflammation of the joints. and gout ls a very un- pleasant manifestation of it. Cor- tlsoue, a hormone derived from ox- iiile, has proved very successful in relieving the pain of arthritis, though 1t. 1s not a cure; but since its preparation involves 3'7 costly and complicated steps, the supply of this hormone Is very limited. It is reported that there has been some success In extracting cort- isone frcm an African plant called Sti-ophdnthus sa- entosva: and see- ing that this plant is related to the Canadian Apocynumsfthere is the possibility that these native plants may yet yield enough cortisone to supply our needs. I have always said that we know too little about our native plants. On Feb. 10th at '7 p.111. I took a stroll outside, to renew my acquaint- ance with the constellation Orion. This splendid group has attracted the attention of mankind for cent- uries. "Canst though hind the sweet Influences of the Plelades or loose the hands of Orion?" says the Almighty. in the Book of Job. (Not so well known ls Am0S's com- mand to "Seek hlm that maketh the seven stars and Orlon."—ch. 5, v. 8).

Later Aratus. a native of Clllcia (circa B. C. 2'10), wrote a celebrat- ed astronomical poem in which the brilliance of Orion ts lauded» "What eye can pass him over, Spreading aloft in the clear night? Him first Whoever scans the heavens 1s sure

to trace."

And elsewhere he thinks Orion ll "In nothing mean, glittering 1n belt and shoulders,

And trusting in the might of his

good sword."

Virgil. more than two centuries later, describes Orion as "annatmn auro," a phrase not We hard for my student friends. Coming to modern times, Long- fellow, in his "Occultation of Orion" draws a-vlvid picture:

“Bglrt with many a blazing star, Stood the great giant Algebar, Orion, hunter of the beast!

His sword hung gleaming by his side.

And, on his arm, the lion's hide Scattered across the midnight air The golden radiance of its hair." Tennyson, keen observer that he was, has several references to Orion; but enough of poetry for the present. The legends attached to the name-they are many-must be held over, too.

What did I see when I strolled outside? Why, the body of the giant, an oblong figure marked by four bright stars, at the corners. was high ln the southern sky: and his legs, two long lines of paler stars, stretched down to the horizon, (It is not always that one can see the whole figure). Across his body. in a slanting direction. were three bright stars representing his sword- bolt, and from the belt. depends a very, very short sword.

‘that Is a very bald description

of a glorious star-group. Nearly every star has Ito legend, or else its scientific interest; therefore, dear reader, make yourself acquainted with the constellation. and I'll tell you the rest next week,

School Reports

IINBINGTON IOIIOOL

Grade X: 1. Marlene Davlson, 2. Juno Sample, 3. Arthur Henderson. Grade IX: 1, Barbara ‘vlfoodllde. 2. Kenneth Blakeney, B. Alan Scales. I. Weeks Murphy, Principal Grad. IX: 1, Lyman Moose, 2 Earl Dunning, 8. Erie Caldwell. Grad. VIII: 1, Joan Bownela, 2. Ellsworth Cameron, 3. Earl Davi- son, Catherine Campbell, Teacher. Gradg VII: 1, Reggie Pender- gait, Helen MacMlllan (equal), 2. Rebecca. Jnrdlne, Myrna Cousins (equal), 3. Marion MacArthur. Grade VI: 1, Elizabeth Bowness, 2. Dannie Champion, 3. Marion Humphrey. ‘ Marnie M. Mill. Teacher. Grade V: I, James MacLean, 2. Helen Mullally, Elinor McArthur (equal), s. Patricia Watson. Pearl Bowness (equal), Hazel Hughes, Teacher. Grade 1V: 1, Isabel Cotton, Jean Murray (equal), 2. Msflorle MM- Arthur, a. Myi-us Perry. Irlfl Champion (equal). Catherine M. LOCIKIIBYI.

Teacher. Grade Ill: 1. Norma Profltt, Ralph Lamoureux (equal), 2.

Frankie Bowness, 3. Winifred Mac- Gowan, Patty Holman, Marl“?! Murray (equal).

Grade II: 1. Anna Wadmnn, 2. Gerald Bernard, 3. Elaine Watson. Peter MacDonald (equal).

Geraldine MacLcan, Teacher.

Grade II (b): 1. Enid Burl. 2- li-ene Dunphy, 3, Edward Perry.

Grade I (a): 1, Roger MacMil- Ian, 2, Ivor Cotton, 3. Carl Mac- Leod.

Grnde I (b): 1. Charles Condon, 2. Curl Champion, 3. Freddy Th1- beau.

Olive Thompson, Teacher.

ST. AUGUSTINES CONV/ENT

Grade X: 1, Elsie Gallant; 3. Eunice Gallant; 3, Alice Dulong.

Grade IX: ‘l, Merino Gallant.

Grade VIII: 1, Marion Malone; 2, Georgina Dolron; 3, Bernadette ‘Plneau.

Grade VII: 1, Ollve Gallant; 2. Lorraine Blanchard.

Grade VI: I, Frances Doucette; 2, Mary Malone; 3, Alyre GHIIBM and Allaln Gallant (equal).

Grade V: 1, Rose Marie Dolron; 2, Paula Gallant,

Grade IV: 1, Eileen Gallant: 2.

Thomas Doucette; 3. Elizabeth Dolron. Grade III: 1, Cecile Buote; 2.

Lorraine Gallant; 3, Jennifer Gra- ham.

Grade II: 1, Freddu Callaghan; 2, AIyi-e Dolron; 3, Yvonne Buote.

STANLEY BRIDGE SCHOOL Report for January

Grade IX — 1. Pauline Reid. 2. Richard Fleming. 3. George Reid. Grade VIII — 1. Eleanor Reid. 2. Robert MacKay, 3. Mark Reid. Grade VII - 1. Lillian Coles. 2. Lloyd Malone. s. Ralph Malone. Grade V — 1. George Hlscot/t. 2. James Fletcher. 3. Imwson B15881‘- Grade IV — 1.EIleen Reid. 2. Ear- lfnd Malone. 3. Bruce Murplw. Grade HI — 1. Harvey Malone. Teacher -—- Robert Reid.

ARMADALE SCHOOL

Report for month of January:

Grade X: 1, Bernice MacKinnon.

Grade VII: 1, Mike MacKlnnon; 2, Lloyd MacKinnon.

Grade VI: 1, Mary MncKInnori.

Grade V: 1, Louis Larkln; 2, Warren MacKInnon; 3, Toney Mac- Innis.

Grade IV: 1, Buddy Maclnnls; 2, Junior MacKlrinon; S, Louie MaeKlnnon.

Grade III: 1, Winston MacPhea; 2, Freddie Gallant; 8, Lester Burke.

Grade I: 1, Louise MacInnIs; 2, Mae Gallant; 3, Francis MMPIICQ-

Highest averages:

1st, Louise Maclnnls, 96%; 2nd. Winston MacPhee, 91.8%; 3rd. Mary MacKInnon, 86.2%.

Bernice McGaugh, Teacher.

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PAGE ELEVEN

92 KENT ST.

IEEFAIIIJINE BROS.

Opposite Charlottetown Hotel

CLEARANCE SALE

of PERLMAN FURS

TODAY IS YOUR LAST CHAN CE AS THIS GREAT SALE ENDS TONIGHT

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FURNITURE

OHTOWN, Ell.

In and look them over.

quick sell-out.

FUR (ioiirs .88

REGULAR $19k). NOW

New styled Coats priced below cost. Drop You are not obliged I0 buy-but better ha early—wa expect. a

Good quality! Black Coats,

FUR U0ATS$147

REGULAR $298. IIUW

Sea] Dyed Rabbit. Mouton Processed and Brown Jap Rabbits-Bo Early.

Plenty of nlzca! Select from Sporty Raccoon Lnmh or Grey

FUR REGULAR $375. now

You can't go wrong at this prIce—BetIer Fur Costs-Price slashed for thin sale. Per-

lIln lamb Paws, Muskrats, Trimmed French Sea] Dyed Itahhlc Coats, Dropped Silver Raccoon and many others.

$199

TERMS

Select your Fur Coat nnd iirriuiga monthly

TRADE-IN

Your IIIII Fur (‘nut and rcvvlvi- .1 ui-ritirniiu III-

Gnade VI.—<1. Kay Greennn; 2, Louise Mclilririiomf 3, John Koough. Grade V.—1, Chris MoKiinncn; 2. Joain McKlnnon; 3. Margaret Mc- Nally.

Grade IV.--1, Edwin Greenan; 2, Freddie Wailsh; 3, Mildred MoNailly. Grade HL-I, Victor Mililigvam; 2, George Greenan.

Grade II. A.—I, Mamie Young: 2, Maureen Miliigan.

Grade II. B.—1, Bettie Mllllgan; 2, Harold Greenian.

Grade I. A.—1, Emmett Costello; 2, Mary Costello.

Grade I. B.—No einalns Teadher-Nonna Slnmotf).

GRAND TRACADIE SCHOOL

(Honor Roll January.

Grade DQ-l, Imus Wants.

Grade VII.—1, Marie Watts; 2. Josephine Roberts; 3. Ralph Watts.

Grade vI-l, Shirley Gibbs; 2. Michael Wa/tts.

Grade V.-1, Joyce Gibbs and Earl WatLs, equal; 2. Theresa Mac- Donald and Neville Watts, equail; 3, Arthur Keizer.

Grade IV.—1, Mary Joyce Mac- Donald; 2, Geraldine Watts.

Grade III-—1. Joseph Murphy and Charlie Gibbs, equal; 2, Roger Kerlner; B, Eddie Watts.

G-mdg II.-—1, Beulah Watts; 2, Bernice Ketzer and Patsy Wartts. equal; 3. Victor Claw and Rennie Watts. equal.