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AGRIOOLA

l-‘or "Inter-tested Reade”

A little packe containing some bc-rried twigs, at‘. a note signed u above, has reached me, March 5. 10-10. The note reads: “I found a shrub growing in a swamp last fali. and 100k some small branch- 6.x home. I had never seen one like it before and I would like you to teIl me aha: it is, if you can in its dzied condition."

The berries were indeed dry and reduced to about half sine; but s‘ . f'(*CO__"i‘.l7Ii.bi€. It is the Black A. ‘er or Wirz'.erberry. Ilex vertic- lllu n. Tins is a relative of the Ell-dish Holly tllex Aquifollum] but its leaves are not spiny nor are fhey evergreen. The structure of the fimver and berry (and the color of the latter) shows the re- lationship. The berries are highly Omamentnl.

The "Notes on Island Plants." wlfch appeared on March 8th gay more details about this shrub. which I familiarly term “Canadian Holly."

A Pleasing Letter

By the same mall I received a letter from Emeraid which is par- tirularly pleasing, since it tells of the stwcess of A reader in grow- ing wed that I sen‘. him. rNot all

rs ‘rrrilole to tell of their luckJ

.r Azricola: I have intended in: you for a long while, to tl.. ..k you for the seed which you srr.‘ me Iast. winter. I had won- drrftil succ s with chem. I do not kzvw: how manv soya beans you sent me. I "wotichf around half a ‘ rfer of a pound

Hvwver I reaped 24 ‘hem. I mwedthcm in a

». r‘~i~' m top of the drills.

.. am u .2 to sow ar. as the are said to

. "‘e white beans also vielded was a hundred of them

thr- vrubs cut some have between two and They all ripened

"e to hear more about

0.. v

CI '6 a. '- o -1

in The Guardian. s find so interesting.

.. '. James Cole. P. u‘d you Ii me where I can . hormone referred to above?"

beans. It has . . they cannot be

1 PE 1., but like the old ,. - proof of the pudding

‘he can. Mr. Cole went the ri it way to work and watch- ed the beans develop, for the d-if- fer scmeivhat from garden eans. As they are of high food value 14285 per cent water-free protein and 18.40 pc. fat <03? according tn a Dominion Icc-porz-IQZQ; they frqll good soil. They do better I ‘.51 k 5min on the levt-Lrather than on the drill top. However we had a good crop sown in the same way as my correspondent did.

We s’ wed the lxeans (unthresh- r mow. and gave a forkful the cattle. They relished 1.110171, and would leave the hay for them. The "stow" has some food value too, for horses will eat it while on the grass. 'I_'ho variety I sent Mr. Cole, is called the “Man =' 1n" soybean, and has been se- tarlxness for about ten

.ci 10:‘

years. I'd like to hear how it has

done with other readers.

The ‘Little white b83115" are akind of navy bran, purchased at a store some years ago, perhaps seven. They mane a. gocd “olla podrida" with left-over beef, pork, etc, so I piqmgd a, few when spring came. About one in Lcr. ripened, so I sus- pcct they originated somewhere to the south. By continued rte-selec- tion they have become acclimatized and still retain their good quali- ties.

(313 species cf

Zzints. hithierts considered to be inmpossible to propairaie from cult- ings. can now be "struck" success- fully if treated with Harmorlln.

hlurire i1» —{1 v y difficult plant to root from cuttings. Kenneth Mc- Donald. Sccdsxmen, of Ottawa, put un a 5O ct tr . packet of Hor- morlin A. with chart o’ iIlF‘I‘11I“1"!“°-.

Sorry I am out of grape svds, bu: l‘ . . rfﬂt- wﬁl lit‘

atructions. as as the leaves

i..... Cu.

Spix as gripes bleed severeﬁ. Is Mars inhabited?

When the Italian astronomer Bchiuparelll turned his glass tothe p'anet Mars one night. in 1877, he started a. controversy which has lasted to this day. On the pinkish iurface of the planet>he_saw_ lines

SCOYI

(iv 47D house where I had i

.2 cannot be taken ini

wiiziectng the darker areas which he t-bo t were seas; and as these 11m appeared to be straight he celled thorn "canalP-channel; or canals. Assumuig this inter- 11381311011 to be correct, it becomes Jeasonabie to aamit the existence 10f intelligent Martians. Since lschiaparcllis time much has been tWIILLBII in favor of his views, and much against.

Before attempting to balance the evidence pro and con, it is neces- sary to direct our attention to the "physical condlizcn" of the planet. New photographic methods, em- ploymg Inna-red and Utla-vlolet rays. have_snown the existence of an atmosphere. thinner than curs it is true, and with less oxygen. but definitely containing water- vapot, wzthout which no life can exist. It has polar ice-caps which melt under sunlight; therefore we may suppose that clouds float in its skies, and rains probably wat- er its lands. “lhen the panet is tested for temperature, by the extremely delicate electric thermo- couple, the conditions are still silt-h as permit 1.52. ihourii we shoufrl not consider them pleasant. Near

tor rises to between 50 and 60 tie- grees F; after the Martian swxset intense cold sI-is in, far below ztro. One astronomer says “130 deg. FE; probablyf‘ which w; W111 take as .ead!

The distance of‘ Mars from the Sun is about one and one-haif time; that of the Earth, and it receives only about four-nlnths as much sunshine per square mile. Then it seasons —it has four, as we havep-nre

ours. since its y Sun takes 687 terzestrial days. The low temperature, the scanty sun- shine, and the long seasons of cool and cold weather, will limit the vegetation w a tundra of mosses and lichens almost certainly.

With regard to animal life, it cannot, of course be asserted titan it is imposil q but t ..er the con- ditions above-mentioked the Mar- tian animals could not resemble ‘anything ivzth which we ac ac- ‘quainted. To ward of] the intense cold they must for the gxeatcr ‘part, of the time live decp under- ground. in caves or otherwise. No mountains have been detected on Mars, and it is inferred thee are no swiftly-ilovazng streams so ne- cessary in the evolntion of the primitive verzebrates. This strikes hard at the notion of intelligent Martians and help Dr. Chapleg: of Harvmd Obervatory to say that those who propose to signal to Mars should first practise com- municating with jelly fish. Dr. E. E. Ree does not believe the Mar- tians have evolved beyond the crustacean stage: creatures like lobsters are his ideas of Maztians. Dr. Schlesinger of Yale, thinks ani- mals are entirely yaossible, even intelligent animals, but believes that "one of the most horribc sights we could possibly see would be a colccticn of animals from Ma s -if there are any "

At the other extreme we have the late Prof. Percival Lowell, of the Flagstaff Observatory, Arizona. who made an intensive study of Mars, and produced some remark- able drawings of its surface. These draw-lugs show an intzicate net- work of "canals" intersecting to form "oases " The look well. and if correct, would s ow that en-

glncers and farmers were doing their bit to wring a living from i hard-hearted Nature under dis-

tcouraging clcumstances. But in the llargest telescope of Lmvells dav ttlze image of Mars was .ess than one-tenth of an inch in dlmncter: it was necessary to use an enlarg- ing lens to get, a photograph of the planet and that means its brightness would be reduced and its time of exposure lengthened. Under these conditions atmospheric tremozs would be likely to distort and even to wash out most of the finer detail; and in some quarters the supposed canals are held to be subjective rather than oajoctivc phenomena. 200-inch telescopi- gets going (this year or next» more light will be ‘sired on this enthralling subjrct. .In the meantime Prof, W. H. Pickering. \vcll-knov.'n_ astronomer now resident in Jamaica. supports Jlnwcllls view that irrigation works ;are in full Swlllﬁ °n the Ill-Wk ‘plrmet.

NOTES

ON ISLAND PLANTS The Aceraceme (2)

The “Kcy" to our Maples ap- ipc-ared last. uw-ek: I have draw- . gs ct‘ the lanvcs of n11 snow... and although they are "simrfe, qyaimatv, lcbrtl." the Grout. Dc- ,signe" has accented these attribut- ir-s into a surprising diversity. That is why I counsel my botani- cal friends to make a mounted collertion of leaves. identified by the Kry.

17w Striyreri Maple (A. Pennsyl- vanieum), known also as Goose- foot Maple or Mcosewood, is some- times planted in England as an omameuiai tree, its green-striped bark in summer, and red twigs in jginter, _vbeing _ tile atti action.___Like

l a»i lR0nr|ns

vvifhYdn eye to the‘ FUTURE

The” “COUNCIL STANDARD" Rooﬁng: will servo your son . . . and your grandson!

When you urchase rooﬁn ,kee ccruintoo uinDURABl IT .

UALITY in mind andthcn you are morn ere are the three rooﬁng: to investigate:

PIDLAWS f'Nu-Rccf"-“PcdlurllW-Ccrruguted Iron

We sell these rooﬁn Bnad, wit I 2! Your Guaranm. Le: u: lead

in the famous "COUNCIL STANDARD"

I particular: and prices. llll_l_l IIOIlI I._IMIIID

lantern Office nnrl Factory i4 Nazareth it" Montreal. Qua.

noon the temperature at. the equa- .

Aifaybe when the big‘

IWEEKLY LIVESTOOK MARKET REPORT

-_-__. Ottawa. Much 7

Sllltﬂmlty \ Oattlc prices showed 50mg ten- dency toward firmness during Lac »past week but this was mostly by reason of the fact that supplies |were moderate. Cows proved the rbest sellers and a: a number of |markets sold as much as 25c high- ‘er. Calf prices decanted 50c to 75c at. TOTOlhO, were a shade fizmer at llvfcntrea. an elsewhere steady. There was no cnazige in th hog market eigcept at Calgary and Edmonton wneze fractional advances were re- ‘conded. Lambs gained 15c to 25¢ at ‘Toronto and showed little or no change a’. o:he: centres.

Eastern Cattle Markets

Quality considered prices held al- most steady on butcher cattle at. TORONTO but there was a ten- dency toward slightly easier rates at me close. Buicgr cows, how- ,evei_', were 25c higher with the best selling at $5.25 to $5.75. Very few l butt-he: steers and heifers were good |enough in quality to sell higher than $7 to $7.25, aghough odd sales ‘it-ere made ashign as $7.40. Cattle ; Wvcftf a sh:.de firmer at MONTREAL l

.wlt.1_ the bulk of the good steers

unakuzg $7.50 to $7.60, with a top

of $8. Good cows w-c-re $5.50 to ‘$5.75. Quality was much improved. ’in the MARITIMELS and good to‘ tchoice steers sold bettvem $7 andl $735, while $5.25 wag offered for‘ tcp cons. l \\'cstern Cattle Markets | . Further light runs at WINNIPEG l. ‘permitted prices to stage a mild up- I Jturn. Eaniy week southern markets l gave promise of improvement when 4 Iprzcds advanced somcwhat at St. ‘Paul and Ch cago. Scme reaction lsc‘. in later however and the early |gains VFPW‘ i. I‘ \~ ~ "‘:!~'*(|11‘3I1C€ trade to the south recently has

been uncertain “.111 prices rising iand falling accord to the size of daily commitments. This, of

lcourse. has had the effect of re- ltar ng any liberal movement [across the line. A scarcity of cows ‘was responsible for an advance of {up to 25c in this class. Best handy- .welght butcher steers held mostly lat S6 5O tn $6.75. P“ "rs were still onerntititz catitiously" cn weighty steers e""l onlv a few srrv-‘l 1"" made beft" n 56.50 and $6.75. CAL- [G-ARY was mosﬁy steady with good butcher steers at $6.25 to $6.50 ‘and odd choice $6.75 to $7. Cows tvcre active to 25c higher with good ‘ at $4.50 in $4.75 and top lights $5. EDMONTON continued active and had a few choice heavy steers up 1o $6.75. PRINCE ALBERT had ton steers at $6, MOOSE JAW $6 to

the next species it does not grow large enough to have an economic value. The Mountain

Manitoba.

When I began to trace out the larger Maples I found a difficulty in orienting the scientific names. Osa Gray calls the Sugar 0': Rock Maple "A Succharum Marshall," and says it is also the A sacchar- lnum of Linnaeus, but not of Wangenheim; while Brltton re-l verses that statement. This was! further complicated when I found the White sliver Maple named "A Saccharinnm Linnaeus." After some "ezrarch. '1 cleared the matter u , and students will do well to fo- low the nomenclature given in the “Key."

The Sugar or Rock Maple, some- times callcd the Sugar Tree, (A snccharum) is a. lofty tree with a. tout trunk. "Accidental forms"

‘s Pcnitie, “with contorted grain yield "bird's-eye maple" w thel cabinet maker." It is superfluous‘ to t.ell readers that Canada's fam- ous Maple Sugar and Syrup is 0b- talned from this tree. so we pass to other uses. Its wood is very strorg and heavy, but lacks the durabiiitjv for which oak or chest- , nut is noted; when exposed to moistuze it soon decays. Itidian tribes made sugar from this tree. The Omahas and Winnsbagoes 'went a step farther and worked out a rather ingenious method of ob- ‘taming a black dye from the (twigs. First obtaining a quantity of clay containing some iron com-

pound, they mixed it with grease and zonsfcd it. Then water in which the maple twigs had been boiled, was mixed with the roasted clay. mind the fanned hides. which were 41o be tlyzd. were scakcd in it for two or three (lays to get the right color. The shorter time gave a brown color, the longer time a

biark. The White silver, or Cutleaf

with a wide distribution as far as I

Maple tA. saccharlnum), is also mgar-beiiiiiri, but not zicarly as much so as the last species; 50

per crn; would ‘oc a fair guess. The wood of this species, like that o! the Sugar Maple, is used for in- terior finish, hardwood floors, and so on, but is not so durable. Some of the older botanists named the White Maple A dasycarpum, which nddcd to the confusion already referred to.

The Red or Swamp Maple (A. rubrum) produces sugar in samll quantity. tTne Norway Maple ranks next to the Sugar Maple as a source of saccharine sap.) The Red Maple is our commonest species, and imparts a glorious color to the How-over, 1 have a tree leaves turn yellow 1n the fall, in- stead of the usual crimson, and the authorities in Ottawa deoare‘ it to be an "off-coloi" All the maples make good fuel

The Manitoba. Mable or Box Elder, (A. Negundc) is lanted for, ornament, but is short ived. It is liable to a disease which makes red pumulcs on the bark and gradually kills the tree. The Dakotas. Omahas, and probaby other tribes, used charcoal from this tree in ceremonial aintlng of the person, and for tat ing.

In Britain there is only one maple which is truly native the A. campeatre, or small-leaved Maple, and it does not grow North of Durham County. The branches are spreading, "clboweti," and the bark is rough and ﬂaky. ‘The Plane or Sycamore (A. Pscudoplatanus)

i’ o. E w '9. Q

‘Ls much used as a shade tree and

there is. (or perhaps was) a magnificent row of these trees 0n the Thames Embarkment in Lon- don. I noticed with interest that their bark was dec uous, flaking off in patches the so of onek

ma, and leaving a yellowish sur-

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

n Turnip

.;1.,

~- m» asb- m? Recommendation

I strongly advise that only two varieties of Turnip Seed be

planted with flue hope of selling them as Tabla Stock Turnip: fcr' _

shipment from this Province this coming Fall.

The R. V. Difmur Registered Turnip Seed grown in Nova Scolia is by for the most popular and 4-5 cf your acreage should be planted Difmor. The Lnurenfiun Registered Turnip Seed, grown in Nova Scofin, this is n purple topped Turnip that we are trying to introduce but unfortunately it does not wax as well us the Ditmur variety and not more than 1-5 of your acreage should be Luurentiun.

I strongly suggest that our Turnip growers plant nof more than T-4 of their acreage for the early market and for the remainder do ‘ not be in any hurry planting but use 2-12-6 with Borax and if pos- sible huve your lond analyzed. i

We have u limited supply of both these varieties of Nova Scotid

Maple (A $3 splcatum) is a shrub or amal tree. .

autumn landscape. l

Registered Turnip Seed for sale,

wholesale and retail. You can

secure these. varieties of Turnip Seed from any of the following;

George C. Kitson, Colville, Lorne Bruckley, John A. McKinnon, U Thompson, Dunsfuffunoge, Frank Mf. Herbert and J. Leo Proughf, Charlottetown office.

FERTILIZER

The Island price has not us

will be the some us other distributors. each month and indirectly through the above mentioned dealers or

at our office we would appreciate ments. Conside. that you ure bound

Produce will be low and naturally when this occurs we will prefer

buying from those who purchased We ollow whole sole prices c fies of Turnip Seed and Fertilizer

FRANK B. OLARKE

CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I.

-, . 0;.»- ->-~

1. 62-3-15-16-19-21-23.

$6.50. REG-INA ako $6 to $6.50, and SASKATCON $3.75 Willi a few sul:s at $7 and $7.25. VASCOUVER was steady with good steers up to

The United States Market

Sales of Canadian cattle at Buf- falo _totalled 24-4 head and were mosty made on off car Weights. weighty steers brought $8.50 to $8.85. while butcher steers and heifers. apparently fed and water- ed, sold at $7.85 to $8.50, with one load at $9.15. At St. Paul, most Ca.- nadian slaughter steers were quot- ed between $8 and $8.75 with cows at. $5.25 to $6 and bulls $5.75 to

.50.

Exports to the United States dur- ing the past. week accounted for 1,543 beef cattle. 76 dairy 1.086 calves, making the totals to date this year 12.844 beef. 1.530 dairy. and 7.512 calves. Eagpcrts in the corresponding pc-"iod lost year were 35.586 beef, 1,750 dairy and 8,384 calves.

Calf Prices Continua Unsottled

Calves opened steadv at Toronto but weakened to close 50c to 75c low- er with best veals bringing $10 to $10.50 and a few up to $11. Mon- treal. on the other hand. recorded a gain of 25c to 50c and good veals made from $10.50 up to $11. Win-

lnlpeg was steady with the best of

the offering at $9 to $9.50, while Calgary sold good to choice veals at $8 to $9.50. Edmonton was firm with choice lights topping at S10. Moose Jaw topped at. $8.50 and Saskatoon and Regina at $9.

Hog Market Unchanged

While there was little or no change in hog prices there did ap- pear to be a little firmer feeling throughout. Toronto sold bacons a1; $9 alive off trucks while on the dresed basis sales were from $12

to $12.25, but mostly $12.15. Mon-

treal continued at $9.35 to $9.40 for bacons w., and Winnipeg stayed unchanged at $6.60. Calgary closed silghtlgy higher at $8.50 for bacons off trucks and Edmonton was also a little firmer closing at $8.55. Prince Albert and Saskatoon remintxi at, $8.30 for bacons off tzucks. and Moose Jaw and Re ina at. $8.35. Vancouver was a ittle firmer on slaughter hogs at $9.10.

Lamb Prices a Little Flrmcr

Part of last week's decline was recovered on the Toronto lamb market and good lambs sold 15c to 25c higher at $10 to $1015. Mon- t. ea‘. again had a. fow early spring lambs nt. $10 each, while some of cwt. \Viunipcg was a. liiilc firmer last years cro psold u to $10 per on a short supply an best lambs were offered at 5915- Ttﬁlls Ell-gag- gry were $8.15. Ekimon on . and Prince Albert had one good lot at $7.75.

CATTLE MARKETS TORONTO weighed up 4.840 cat- tle and opened fairi active but became somewhat baggy WW6“! the close. Butcher cows, however,

for the week. The q catte offering left somethinz b0 be desired and quality considered prices looked about steady on steers and butcher cattle. Good

W0C“ ‘weighty steers sold at $7 to $7.25. ,wlt.h a few up to $7.50. and com-

mcn down to $6.50. Very few but- cher steers and heifers were eligible to sell over $7 to $7.25. A few sales hed a hiffh of $7.40. f‘

Coles, Milton, Harold Cudmcrep nion, Melvin Jay, York, Irving McNuliy, Scofchfort, Earle Ings, Cherry Volley us well as of our

yef been established. Our price

Our business is expanding u shore of your Fertilizer require- fo run into u year when prices on their Fertilizer from us.

n both the above mentioned varie- to Shipping Clubs.

PHONE 212

lbwvers sold down to $6.25. Best

hi. 2r cozv. b'.‘:u,-ht $5.25 to $5.75 '

1c: . £11 dawn to $4 and canners

[and cutters $3.25 to $3.75. B were firm with good butchers $5.25 to $5.50. and bolognas down to $4.50. Fled calves held steady with 800d 6t- _$8 b0 $8.50. tops up to $9. and mediums down to $7. The few

|store call-e offered sold at $6 to

.3650. Milkers and spzlngers took

1a drop and top qualitv tested cow's

|so1d between $70 and $75.

i MONTREAL received 1.4M cattle on the two markets nwl was a shade higher. The nr '

‘steers made $7.50 tops up to $8, and c. -r to around $5. Heifers s old between $4 and $7. Good cows were $5.50 to $5.75, mediums $4.75 to $5.26, common $4 to $4.50 canners and cutters s3 m $3.1 . Bulls were l from $4 to $5.75. Medium to good i

mllch cows were quoted at $60 to

$60 each and common milkers were — e noitrwrberglrns Th suppl of steers was heavier ﬂhis week and quality considerably improved.

Good to choice steers made $7 to

$7.35. medium to good from $5.75 to $6.50 and others down to $4.

Heifers were generally 25c to below steers. Top cows were quoted at $5.25, medium kimh around $4 too $4.75 and banners and cutters $2

CALI MARKET!

TORONTO calves opened steady but closed 50c lower on good veals and 75c down on common to me- dium. Best calves closed at $10 to $10.50, a. few at $11 and mmon as low as $5.50, with mediums mak- ing up to $8.50. ‘

MONTREAL calves opened 25c to I 50c higher and held the gain, good veals making $10.50 to $11, medium around $10 and common $8 to $9.50. Drinkers $5 to $7.50.

HOG MARKET!

The Dominion hog run totalled 93.940, compared with 62,148 in the same week last year. Totals to date this year 659,156, last year 606100.

TORONTO baconc were 89 cff trucks alive, $12 to $12.3 dressed, mostly $12.16.

Closing prices for direct deliver- ies to packing plants for the basic grade dressed were: HAMILTON $12 delivered or $11.75 plus trans-

CONNECTED WITH

A TIMELY NOTES ON TOPIC$ Seed‘ $ilver Fox Farming

Our 10x rancher Mend, B. Gra- R-ogers, is worknig very hard at the Travel Bureau getting out literature to be distributed in hundreds of towns and cities throughout the United States and anada. The new booklet which will advertise Prince lildward Is- land will be the finest that has ever been reduced for that pur- pose and w play up the desirable eatures of the Garden of the Gulf in such a manner as to draw many thousands more to our shores. Gra- ham has some great and very practical ideas for the expansion cf tourist travel that even with our mited knowledge of the subject makes u: predict they will click.

Believe it or not h_e gave some facts that are truly arresting. For instance. during the months of Jul and August last season over 6, motor cars, not including 1s- la.n registration, came to this Pro-

vince. They used on an avegxe of $15.00 worth of gasoline, - tributlng therefore some $30,000 to- wards our tax bill for the upkeep of roads, etc. ‘They brough up- wards of 24,000 visitors and pre- suming these would spend an average of $10.00 each whi'e here, it would mean a further $240,000 that would go directly to our mer- chants, hotels and restaurateurs up: by them redistributed to many o era.

Ac we had not. heard from our good old friend Peter G. Clark of the Prince Edward Island Fur Pool, Limited, for sometime, we took the liberty of calling him on the phone Thursday and in ter- clay's mail received the f0 lowing very mtemsting notes pertaining to our industry:-

"Ilndoubtedly there has been a consideable stiffening in prices of silver fox pelts since the January sales. Up c that time the trade had no realization of the shortage of silver fox pelts which would be experienced this season Shortly after the January sales it became very evident that ranchers had last year restrlciri their ranching

uils ‘operations to the point when the

annual (Belt crop would fall manv thousan short of earlier ax- pectatiom. It is now painfully evid- ent that the extremely low prices realized in the earlier part of the season were due to the conviction on the part. of the rancher that the businea was at last definitely th and that each one might as wel accept whatever was offer- ed and clean up the mess in the

supply was moderate in February and also that supplies were well regulated. Markets were very sus- ceptible to volume and any ten- dency to increase supplies resulted in a slow trade and weaker prices. Bales at stock yards and direct de- liveries to packing plants for the month totalled 60,979 cattle, which placed the total marketinga to date this year at. 144,613 head, compared with 152,571 in the same period last

year. weighty kinds of steers were perhaps more subject than any other clam to pressure, due to the restricted outlet to the United States. Top weighty steers at the close of the month were bringing $7.25 to $7.40 at Toronto, while only small iota were entitled to earn up to $6.75 at Winnipeg. most. bids being tendered at $6.25 and below. Butcher steers and heifers of good quality sold around $7 to $7.25 at Toronto, which was about we above a year ago. At. Winnlpetl. it a good class of hendyweight butcher steer to make from $6.25 to $6.50 throughout the month and only those bordering on the yearl- ing order weze in request up to an extreme top of $7. While some recovery was noted toward the end of the month, buyers were con- stantly resisting any attempt on the part. of sellers to elevate prices and trading, for the most part, was forced and any upturn to the mar- ket, was credited solely to the mod- erate nature of recepits. The stock- er and feeder trade was‘ an abbre- viated affair, with on.y meagre supplies on hand. Fairly good kinds of steers made $5.50 to $5- It Winnlpﬁil. While $6.50 took the best of the offering at. Torontcllhis latta price was about 50c over February last year.

portutlon, IDNDON, GUELPH smawoap. . and BORO $11.50 plus transom- tation. BARRTE $11115 delivered, HULL SW60 plus transportation, and IVIOYCYTON $12 delivered. MONTREAL barons were

1m-

changed m. seas to $0.40 t. a w.,‘ and $12.30 to $12.40 on rail grade] hot weight.

BREE? AND LAM]! MARKIHI

TORONTO lambs recovered part of the previous week's decline, I soiling at $10 to $10.15 and o ers - s1 to s9. Good native sheen ssso| to $6. top westerns 96.60 and coau- mon down to $3. R-taceipts includ- l rd 1.41!) western lambs.

MONTREAL had a few spring lambs at $10 each and old lambs $6.50 to $10 per cwt.

EXPORTS OF BACON l: RAMS 1O UNITED KINGDOM

At. seaboard for export. wnek end- ed March 2. 1940. 3.671.395 gonnds. THE FEBRUARY LIVE TOOK MARKET |

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it \ i’

BETTER

best way possible. As soon u this first flush of dumped pelts has been marketed, everyone realized that there would be a tremendous curtailment in com rison with the previous year an_ as tho un- sold pelts than were largely mm! or 1m: controgal, prices began to

pick up with result that today returns are definitely 25 cent higher than those mceiv cn the

January sales.

"Our sales by Private Treaty are very satisfactory in view of world conditions. We are at the present

pe per by Private ‘lbcaty, m addition to reasonable percent- ages at the auctions and some of the prices received an sufficient to revive faith in the production of quality pelts in even the moat discouraged rancher.

"Glancing over our list of recent sales we note some high prices, a- mong which are the fqilowingz-Her- bert Profittmradalbanc. $48.00; Lay- ton Rogers, Kensington. $48.00; OE. Profitt, Kensington. $57.00; th his neighbor Mr. J. A. McKenzie selling one for $50 00 whila Wil- fred Lecky sold n. fine specimen for $60.00. Harold Moaso of New Annan received $86.00 for an es- pecially fine silver skin and Har- old WOOdSide of Margate received $50.00 for another. Prominent a- mong the tcp-notchers 1s Mr. Raoul Reymond of Bouthport and on his list we note one at $67.00 and two at $55 00 each, while he topped s recent aucticm- with two cross fox polls at $76.00 each. Pricw like these are of course. out

of the ordinary and a great many llow pelts an selling at a. loss to the rancher, but rlceo like these can still be ob ined for specimen its and the buckets wil never suffer from an over-production. Any rancher who -can work his way up lfield is not going to have excep- , tloamliy keen competition from his ‘neighbors and can aways sell all the skins he can produce. It is interesting to note that the in- crease in price noted in London Ia not limited to that market but is also reported by Fromm Brothers and from New York a! well as Odo. Stockholm and Copenhagen. Pric- es are now approximately us! to prevailing average sales p cea at this tune last r.

"Ranchers w o are getting dis- couraged with standard bred s11- vers and who think that the only pomibillty of auccea in the fox field is in the raising of some new mp0 should take some cheer from

o fact that from the inception of the fox industry up to the pre- sent silver foxes have never been su ully copied or duplicated, while already t e trade papers m:

ingthofactthatdylarlanddrm- ers are dying white foxu to imit- ate platinaa at. 810.00 par 9km. Since white foxes may be bought for $20.00 or loss and dyed for $10.00 it appears evident from the nwny advertisements in tho trade pap- ers that fair isnltatioru of plat- inu are on the -* at a coat of approximately $90.00 8: skin. ‘Phis is not written to

little the efforts of those growing platlnas but rather to cheer those who are still sticking to the stand- ard fox ‘but arepossibly becoming a. little disco

“raged.

‘From all available information if. appears to us that for the coun- ing season the crop of pelts will ‘again be tremendously reduced in Canada. On y. check-u with the feed agencies we find t at sales 0f fox feed have been reduced b0 a point undxeamed of a year ago and unless a great number of e are producing their own ox feed, salesmen are firm] convinced that.

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mﬁrws riiFFFgllfTcertlrﬁﬁ anvil?‘ they ‘cs1 o were l the bar and the color pTiqarQPQMQT a as compared with her little sum- 10R, which fox had a minim’ earlier been subjected to a Similar wrutlnv. Mac's daughter hustled along announcing vocifamusiy u lha IéIPIOMEhGd ‘One of our for” is cu.’ Thdsorywould mm“, times have had a ulckening an,” on Mac and nis he per -t.he help- er who does all the work -but on this particular occasion the cry o" so‘ Mas ~ Ms r E h! H19 previmu qIﬂr-hmz seen that Qverv to; was within its proper m," and hence they were entirely un- disturbed by the cry. ‘One of our forces is opt.‘ m I ‘Discuss n: e Patlnum n . tian and its wonderful a351,“; nee-a and debating to what extent it. may peraede the inimitable Silver Zlbx, these aspiring fem", returning homeward in time to hear Dr. H. L. S ‘s 2 o'clock ‘News of the Week’ saw, at a 311011 . a rather tame ale all- ver fox that had already gun u, get some attention from nearby neighbors. On entering the house Mac and Han-y found that some friends had come to spend with them a part of that beautiful S1111- dav afternoon, and Mac in no mis- takable terms remarked on the very apparent dullness of color this wandering fox posessed, ca. peclaily in comparison with the color of foxes in his ranch, and further that this slimy animal féinced considerable lack of qu -

"anon, thinking that u h ma a fox riumfng a large he ewfillfd ts

phone and called up one after an- other of his neighbor ranchers. i-Ie informed them that 1f any one missed a it might be possible that the stray fox near his would be the wanted ani-

“Ono of the ‘nudism. who hasn't wt lot much grass grow under his feet. manned his Plymouth and within a very f minutes had a hunter with his ox bound in the

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there is but a frac 1cm of the foxes living now com d with those carried over twe ve months ago. Barrin world conditions which may o foot, sales of all such luxur- do! or semi-luxuries as furs, it lwould appear that the future is ,fa.irly bright for the producers of pelts next season and we cannot ‘sound’ an note buthan hcgtimifltéis one or e man w o ca his herd and is today ‘sittingpretty’ ‘with a reaovnabl sized cm of lgood-quality bree mg foxes.

"The rcoentl 1m in fox skins enter tggselllniggd’ Staotg es and the su uent ”

Bray Chicks did for them. Then phone, or drop in.

W. I. Bowman, Hunter River. ' W. K. Crafor Remington. l-‘ranch Gardiner, munching

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osl. Waldo MacDonald. Bothwell. Lloyd H. McEwen, Sourls.

Mn. George Myers. Hunter River. Earl Diamond, Wlnaloe: or

0. C. Johnson. North Trim-

against silver fox pelts enter this country have both imdoifbted- ly reacted quite unintentionally) to vantage o! Canadian ranchers, since while American brokers are no longer allowed to import Oan- ndinn silver fox pelts they have become active in the export. of Canadian fox pelts to other foireign lcountries since the mood val- ues oftAgilgican silver fox furs preven r export on a oom- petitiva basis."

The following hunwrmn true! atorywasforwanledfn usbya. friend in Burmnerside where the hagpenlng has created consider- ab interest and rfferrirnentz_ WATCH YOUR SLIDE!

"On a meant Bmiday afternoon Mac and his rancher took a stroll thr the ranch see what they could ace. As a the a1

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