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‘ Fur buyers Fritz Weissler at Charlottetown and Dick 0' yan at Summe -e. have wed from Mmtreal and are buying |uite a large number of pelts. We tmdemtand the prices are uuitf satbfactory, pretty much _ln lne \vlth last season. However. the supply of pelts ‘ not as large l5 the buyers wool wish. due to the fact‘ that pelting establish- ments have been more or less glutted and it will take a couple of weeks before the major part of the season's production will lye ready to show to buyers

Next week the Canadian Fur Auctlq; Sales Company‘ will hold their vi} of silver fc-x and new types. We have no line 0n zhe quantities that will be offer- ed but believe the market will be quite as strong as last season as there ls very little if any unsold pelts being held over The auct- lon company is now owned or leased by the New York Auction Company of New Ycrk but for. mar manager Fvank Pingrce is still there in an advisory capacity and will probably act as auction- eer It would indcod be unusual to say the least, if one attended s Canadian Fur Auction in Mont- real and Mr, Pingree was not handling the gavel He has been connected with it for some 25 or more years and certainly can manage a sale as well as any body we have ever watched.

Mr w. Chester s.‘ McLure. M. P _ who is a member of the House of Commons and very active‘ in presenting the claims of Prince Edward Island and par. tlcularly Queen's County the members of that august body is expected home Monday even- ing if the House of Commons concludes its present sitting Saturday. Mr. McLure would certainly be out of his element if he did not handle silver fox pelts Almost thirty years ago the Fur Sales Board of Prince Edward Island was organized Among its

mam-hers were F. L. R0 ers, Al- borton J W. Calibec. Sum- rmrside, E R Brow. Charlotte.

town. R L. Stewart. Brudenell and W. Chester S McLure, who was the matings" The pelts were shipped in Charlottetown v/‘nere they were graded by meni- bars of the Board and forwarded to Nw York. St. Louis and other markets where Mr McLure un- dertook their sale. Excellent prices were realized. many of U10. Delta bringing over $1.000 and the averages being very high.

Some years earlier the Black Fox Breeders‘ of Prince Edward Island

formed for the registration fumes. E. R Brow was President With W Chester S. Registrar. We have one of

it and see the Dalton, Rayner. Callbeck and all the oth- er foundation fox ranches in it.

Great changesl have the silver fox industry those days whenPrince

source of high class pelts. Fromm Brcs in Wlsc velopcd native Wisconsin silvers River silvers and Prince Isand silvers large fox because of natural si

heredity. the use of large pens, 50 X 50. and by feeding very heav- WETB who split

llv. Offehcot of the Frcmms the Ncimans, their cousins, went on their own after a some ten of fifteen years

Western Canada farming interest 1827, Manitoba, Alberta realizing their natural ad vantages due to cheap food supply

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Today they produce abcut 40¢}. of Canada's fcx population. Que- bec developed fox farming very shortly after our province did,

the breeder‘ bcing Johan Betz, hut) never HlfldP great headway the 1930's Today Quebec prov lnce produces about 40.000 pelts

Ontario took up the in a whole-hearted tnanner round 191R’: and with the ndvcn of some master breeders has pro

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McLure the old herd books in our possession and it ls interesting to look over Oulton,

come in since Edward Island was really the worlds only The cnsin dc. their great ranches from Peace Edward They grew a very

developed fox since Saskatchwan and

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pelts in Canada are raised there. However. our own little province has never lost its interest in foxes and to those who may have been pessimistic the recent pro- vincial live fox show was a tonic. We can say in all seriousness that ordinary foxes were not shown. that the general average quality was the best we have ever seen at a show here and that the many new mutations and the quality of the same was most heartening

The next event of importance will bp the 8th FOX Pelt Show under he auspices of the Silver FOX Breeders‘ and Exhibitors‘ As- sociatlon which will be held at Summerside Those who ha.

not received a prize list sho d write W R. Shaw, Secretary DE. partmcnt of Agriculture Char- lottetown Entries close on Thursday, December‘ 27th. when all pelts must be in the hands of the show committee at Summer- side On Monday December 31st and Tuesday January 1st. pelts \\'lll be classified ami on Wednes- day January 2nd judging will commence and will be continued until completed On Thursday cvenlnil January 3rd at 7.30 o‘- clock there will be a banquet, In silvers there will be classes for mediums. threenuarters. light silvers and extra light silvers as well as full silvers with sections for adult males and females, pup males and females These sect- ions will be continued in most all other closes In marked silvers

there will be classes ‘for three- quarhers. lights and extra lights and in platinum silvers. extra light and dark to light, also

classes for pearl platinums.

Every rancher who has a show pelt or pelts should enter in this exhibition and endeavor to make it an outstanding one. Our Provinces show pelts will be on sale at the Canadian Fur Auctic-n Usmpanys vundr-ies in January and March, side by side with those from Ontario and other provinces and the good or bad reputation of the Garden of the Gulf will be Judged considerably bv the line of exhibits we have there Then again shcw pelts generally average more than they would under other circumstances so there is the price angle to be thought of. Every exhibitor will have an equal chance with his pelts no favoritism is shown in any way and it is not necesary lo be there yourself, your pelts will receive just as good attention as if you were present.

‘This has been a rather tough fall on the fox farmer. continued mild weather made it difficult to adjust the feed schedule so that foxes did not. go a bit over, Many people solved this by pelt- mtl a little earlier than usual Now the really cold spell has set in and everyone will have to rush to get their pclting finished and mating set for i946 Last w-eck we had an article devoted to the selection of breeding stock. We have heard several comments on it that were favorable and we trust that those who read it, and pturselves tco. may benefit from

The coining year may be a bit difficult in that feed supplies will not be any easier to get a1- though the horse meat situation has eased up very considerably but we have met difficulties be. fore. in fact we will always have difficulties and fox farmlnll must have its knocks as well as its boosts The fact that we can look back for thirty years as we mentioned in the first of these notes and find men who were

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then cngapked in it still going. is evidence o its durability The main thing to guard again most is the production cf too much inferior stock and the failure to keep one‘s program of production in line with the trend of the times HOW TO GROW BERRlZS

The fact that the raspberry in its natural uncultivated forms ls found growing wild over the on-

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FOX FURS WANTED

We will be buying daily throughout the season fiver. white marked and platinum fox pelts at top mar-

ket prices.

EXCEPTIONAL HIGH PRICES FOR MINK AND MUSKRAT

D0 not dispose of your furs without getting our offer.

P. E. I. FUR TRADERS

(W. ll. JENKINS) 212 Great George Street, Charlottetown .

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Buying Ioultry

We in now ready to buy poultry, all , kinda and-anycnuntltlu. Highest market

tire hrcudlh of Canada. and as for north as the Mackenzie River tlella, ‘ ‘cafes that the horti-

All dressed up in smart coin clots is the silver-spangled Ham- burg hen, above .owncd by Harlow H Morgan. of Montclair. N» The pick-a-back pair. below. are a lZ-ounce Red Pyle game cock and a iii-pound Light Brahma. Fancy fowl were all entries as annual national ultry Show opened in New Yor.

Cleaning Seed Grain

(Experimental Farms News) I

It is now time lo make seeding plans for 1946. Farmers VWflOdiN.‘ growing u variety of gram wulch in giving them good yields and which produced well flllcd 31'8"! last summer, should hesitate he- forc changing to another variety. They should satisfy themselves that they are grnuung a variety well adapted to their district, says J, M. F‘, Mackenzie, Dominion Ex- perimental Station, Fredericton, N

Results at Fredericton, imlwulc that most years the new varieties of oats, such as Mable luul Erbun, which are partially resistant ‘to leaf rust, o‘: Ajax, which is resis- tant to most races of atom rust. will gjvg higher yields than old vnrities such as Victory, Banner or Alaska.

It is a truism that one of the ways to increase yields of grain ls to sow clean. viable seed of some yielding variety, Nevertheless, the importance of sowing stich seed is not fully appreciated in many sections of New Brunsw~'k.

A few years ago, the staff of the Experimental Station at Fred- ericton in cooperation with dealers in farm implements and (the Plant Products Laboratory, Sackvillc, carried on a survey of ‘grain ob- tained from formers’ seed drills in New Brunswick, Over fifty per cent of the samples collected would not qualify for certification because of their high weed content. Many of the samples also contained light grain which could easily have been removed by cleaning.

If a commercial seed ‘cleaning plant is located in the district. it should be patronized and all grain intended for seeding cleaned and graded. If there is no commercial grain cleaning available. grain can be cleaned fairly satisfactorily with an ordinary fanning mill, Undo." no circumstance should a farmer plan to sow grain as it comes from the threshcr, not‘ should he follow the too common practice of sowing grain of some unknown variety which he has purchased as feed grain.

cultural varities may hr cultivated with success iinmany parts ol'*tl1e Dominion, says D S Blnlr, Divis- 10h‘ of Horticulture, Control EX- pcrimcnlnl Farm, Ottawa, in inc introduction tn a pamphlet on “Bush Fruits.“ In this publication, full instructions are given on the culture ni‘ rnsiherrios, currents, goosehcrrics ant blackberries, Wllll a note on t_he culture of hoysen- berries. Copies of the publication rnay_be obtained by writing to D°"""“‘" Delllrtment of Agricul- ture, Ottawa,

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Man Versus Woman (l)

I closed the first article on this subject with some remarks on the effect, of modern conditions on feminine character. To be im- partial. here are some observa- tions on mankind. Map. today. ls in a state of spiritual couflfiflu. as compared with, the ample and direct faith of sixty or seventy y are ago. He has no lmowledg: o the Book of rules which alone aims ‘at bringing about "peace on aatth.‘ exit-ally. knowledge l6 lmmeas rably area, er than that of his orefathers. but he invari- ably turns it to ill purpose. The wealth which he created. and which would have served genera- tions he has thro 'n away. indeed eaten of t e tree of k edge but there is an attendant that he is beglnnina to

r lize. egurning to the fourth arhddlast Ill

section of the notes we a difference in the mentality of the sexes. Man has a natural desire (p;- (a) justice. and has even evolved a desire to accord lt to others: this is in line with the idea of (b) falrplay; man's ideal government is (c) democracy. which ls his name, as he supposes. for liberty; while he acts ln obedi- ence to (d) principles. Man _ls taken up with (e) the material qualities of things and their (f) prac icabliity: he ls influenced by their (g) order. their (h) exact- tmd their (l) classification. In his relations with the other sex he acts with (j) chivalry, (k) rev- erence. and for one in particular. (l) adoration or something near it. (Remember. these notes were made over half_a century s20). He determines his actions by (m) experience and (n) foresight: and is capable of (o) prolonged mental abstraction. He is (p) ambitious. but associates with it the _(q>- dis- crimination necessary to lls suc- cessful issue Woman. in general. is govemed more by (a) affect» ability than by abstract JUSilCGZ appearances (looks). speech. or associations play their part in har verdict. Fninplay in man. is re- placed by (b) fidelity l0 hr)‘ PX- pressed opinion. in yvoman. She opposes (c) exclusiveness to the idea of democracy and prefers her own circle to a wider freedom: she acts in accordance with

propriety, whcre man acts from principle, though the two great wars have unsettled t-hls rule of conduct. Woman has (c) a stronger feeling for spiritual

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poorer for it. a a waslntag‘ a in hi‘ with the o t of sglllp t Colonel in the filmy. Eu h ha jact could mo only b Ni _ w: the punll-hmlnt n rm u: _ s death! Smith was taken pd lodged in jail to wait trial. ‘ufi he was not to be caged: he _

. and gradually got worn, "raisins blood"; es the narrative

the throes of the jailer lncautioualy left the door of his cell open. and Smith Wllkgd out. a free maul A month la r lie was taken again and brroug t back to jail. where he played crazy, prayed. sang. and hallocfd night and day till he had them all nearly as bad as himself. It was then they chained him but couldn't keep him chained. 0n trial he was found guilty but was afterwards pardoned, and betook himself to Upper Canada where the author rather abruptly leaves lm, after some moral reflections. hat is the gist of the story and one is left to believe it or notl The book is interesting as being one of the earliest printed in Charlottetown; is there anything bf the kind earlier. and is an- other copy extant?

The Black Duck

It may seem surpluoul to doc- cribe a game bird so numerous and so well known to our gunners. There are, however, some points to which attention may be

(Continued on page u) SOYIIEANS F061 PROTEIN AND (Experimental Farm News)

The soybean continues to occupy a place of increasing prflfniwnce in Canadian agriculture. hilo toe chief interest centres in thme districts where soybeans are grown successfully, the large number of

things than has man. and in gen- eral prclfers (f) “omztmentative ness" to “practicability? this is shown evcn in ritual. She is in- fluenced b7.- (g) daintiness more than by order, (h) delicatenezs rather than exactness and ti) common arstltctic interest. ‘than classification. Towards man she displays (i) tenderness in return for chivalry. (k) respect itistcad of neverence. and (l) admiration for his physical. rather than spir- itual or mcntal qualities. (llere again changes have taken place. which time alone can evaluate.) Man acts on experience of events in the past; woman from (m) as- sociation with events of the pres- ent. and so employs (n) tactwhP-re man uses foresight. She carries on with (o) prolonged intensity. One of her strongest motives is (p) aspiration: she is the one who must ke p up with the Jcneses. and out- ones them when possible: she prefers to use (q) subtlety to forward her plans.

Reviewing these diversities. one notes a certain harmony, those of one sex being complementary to those of the other.

Another Old Book

My good friend, Mr. Colin Hig- gins, of Oysterbed Bridge. has entrusted me with another old book. scarcer, l think. and cer- tainly oldcr than Rev. Suther- land's history. 1t's title page runs: "The Mysterious Stranger, or the Adventures of Henry More Smith. containing a descriptive account of his life and adventures from the time of his appearance in Windsor. N3. i? 1812 until his confinement in oronto, Upper Canada. Being a copy of the original. and republished by George W. Miller, Southampton, York County, New Brunswick. Charlottetown. Steam Press of Hazard and Owen, 1855."

Frankly I am puzzled by this book. It gives a lively ltnd true account of the difficulty of keep- ing law and order in a newly sot- tled country. but the hero is such an accomplished rogue as can

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Attention Fox Ranchers

W ON recllylnl furs for ship- ment to the leading mar eta.

Ten years of successful selling and marketing for Rlncllcrl in the Maritime ll your assurance o! I004

We believe the Fur Mgrket is throughout the INN!) It) "If! shoul

MARITIME run root, m. I’. a. manual.

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MINK and MUSKRAT skin: are high. firing their In at once.

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uses for which they are adapted llus created a generally widespread interest in this crop. says C W Oweln HDOllflfi-lfgl z Experimental Stat on. arrow, n . One reason for the current at- titude towards soybeans the fact that it is a centurlesmld Ori- ental crop successfully transplanted to North America Another is that soybeans are proving to be a v - uable factor in both the a iculture and industry of the No h Amer- ican continent Where soybeans can be Brown the soybean fits very wall into the agriculture 0i the district? having a gelrliserallg fayogig- I able elect upon so an pro - ing a crop which may either be uitiaed on the farm or marketed as a cash crop. As a crop for farm consumption the main value of the soybean is found in ti‘? high protein content cf about par cent. Since the malc-rltv of cereal grain crops are high in carbohy te content. the addition of pro is usually nac-

essary to balance the rel-ion? lad to livestozflr 1n his realm») the soybean serves a useful purpose.

In addition the soybean may a be harvested as aufsdder crop producing a leg I) goardh feed vablgiae. en soy m) they are iuunlly propelled by ex- tracting the valuable Wm the seed. ‘rhls oil either ln shortening! salad oils, paints or in many During wartime sources able oils were an item of importance and tn»- soybean

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verifiable high proten content- Th soybean oil meal is particu- larly important in lvastoc fmlb and to a lesser ex in human oods ."l‘he meal enters lndullfy and is found valuable in such art- icles as veuetnbe i

casein. p ms paper sizing. ad eslves. synt etla

plastics and tactile-s

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