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LIMUILL GOBVEATI‘, CUMBER- lisnn. r. r. r-"r received zoo

chicks from you March 8. l still (April 20, 1846) rsve mo, doing loe. This is t! years l have been getting lhloks from you. l Wtllldlfi get them any piece else."

BIBS. BERT MOSSMAN, BLOCK-

OUTLOOK IAVOIABLI

n" "will Price on eggs bu been runoved by the Wlrtlmo Prices a Trade Board. The British Egg Contract will continue to not as n "floor." With the ceiling lift/ed and the floor remaining. all indic- ations point to this bells an unusually profitable poultry year.

PROMPT SHIPMENT

For most bleeds. we'll hl- able to make prompt silitml-nt. 13-" bccaus¢ of the favorable o ok, ordcrg arc vcry heavy. S0 we fldViSP you to place your nrvler as soon n8 possible, well In atlvllncc oi’

the date you vrant your HQUQEI N_ g__wnw m”; noun,‘ chicks; and lf you can give us a “second choice" on both

illl chicks I ever had."

STANLEY DRYEZ, BOTHWELL, N. B.—“l had my chicks from you, and was pleased with them. They

sure are great layers." y plentiful supply than ~,' 1' m,» Uuunirics are bearing me. "mcrs- l~ mt n1‘ on lnnuntlzllicn of ‘n; ‘ __ nil-loll" furs from all over the Ask Any oi our P. E. Island Agents: CHARLES WORTH, Charlottetown, Phone 328-L. T" Hm“, how 0th" counmns Rakrt I. Show, Bloomfield O. C. Johnson, North 'l‘l',von. 11311113‘ illllll/Flid 51175 W9 Ill-fly

ularenoe F. Hnslam, Emeral,

J. J. Stcwnrt, Montague.

Elmer Waugh, Wilrnot Valley.

li. B. lluztie, Brooklyn.

Winston W’. Currie, Albcrton.

“is; Gertrude Doucett, Hunter R.

.. .. w.» rosnAv

12b tourist. glllalvlllfror:

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bxcczl and dot“. li‘ you must hlzvp your chicks on a certain dwfc, wo suggcst tho-t yo-u o tlcl- New llrmpsltjre, Light Sussex X Now llalnp. or [Flack Austrnlorp-thcy nrl- l'\ lzl vrc

M11. Arthur J. Enman. New A“

Ii. A. Jelley, O‘L€ury. ' (‘lharlcs S. Mztcliuy, Park Conn-r.

Mrs. G90. Iiluirhead. Si. Eleonora Garth McLean. Lot I8, south Wl-st

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worm r0 Livia

Pointing to the almost unani- lncus confession of those who lmve "retired" as proof that 3 life with- out anything to do Is not s happy one, health authorities urge Can- adians to keep busy, to keep ulivc.

It's all tied up with the need for

an am In life-even l.‘ that aim is sizrlply the payment of a fcw bills,

or achievement of a cherished tlnl-'

bilion. ’l‘he doctors urur- the young- er pcople lo think of that nspccl. uf the working day avhcn they drcrlm about the time when lhcy will be able to "give up the grind" and set- ,t1e b-lck In ldlenrss. lt Istrt fun,

they say, to have DOHTP; l0 d»

t; Another Maritime

root

9 Thompson Brothers score another triumph with lhc in»

troduction of thi§ Air Compressor designed and built’ to ~ the most odvonc-ad engineering standards.

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It wonlt be long now until Hon. ,D. C. Abbott. Mlnslter of Finance, Intakes his bullgct, speech In the House of Commons. It is to be nop- ed -and we believe there is some good reason to have hope —that the processing tax and sales tax on ranch bred furs will be re- moved. These taxes add up to some 25 ca‘ more percent and the way they are appllcd make an article t-olnposed of fur when placed on the llliifkCl.’ retail for ll price ntnny ti-mcs greater than ll"- rnncller receives. It would be wis- dom to continue such a lli.\ tn "lmporleli" furs as this anti tho United Slates being "dol-

mcntzun that Great Britain places 100 pc: toll‘. tux p.11 furs from 7.11.‘.- .slC‘ ccunlzics which urc relalled thcrr. Al tllc Silull.’ l.me Great

1' the bringing in lw fl s and gives lhem free . S mirkelillg accncic; as

S: Cobb ‘H101’ nllClills flllfl agcncics thnsc furs lo customers 1n par-ls of the globe.

through sell all

Chi;

‘File hiunirczll Fur Sales (Cm-

lllilll 1.2 ;l_ announce lhc lollow- ' ital; quulllltlt-s for 11S sale yes- lordaiy 3.500 runlh mink, 2.800

mutation and 5.000 Slllmlflfd Y0K- Lltlle Bros. Vtmccuvti‘, B. C., on

thc SIllllt‘ tiny llfmrcu. Jill) on l» fnlc. 1.050 siiwr fox and various ullln" tyg: Tllc Etllnulllon Fur

Aut ‘Oil Salt-s Culnpom‘. 11,111» will offer on Mlly 1st. 7.500 mmk. 400 cross fo.\ and o Y“ i‘ Ur “m9? ‘;,_,,.5_ q-h, _~- o; \'.'.\Il., sale of

l "m7 I. 1‘.

'= l nclc featured. . |\ 5.: lKl-ir. -i.- 0r ‘Clit tll:}i<t5t;\".l of

, . l l. ~ r i041; pr: ts. . '_ . Bll ll of Spling l _ v _ ,ll'_l, lvlrc , ~, ‘rill. llllfl-la “"5 m. ,. l., . .l, “till Si: per cont (,1 Ho» IUU UllQlCtl ulll uglug lit-Hills. Royal lioh-l-Nur l3. 00 was 50 prr tclll sold at $l1_ Lo $40. ~09 i1 ghcsl prices Iieing pnlrl for i138!‘- I_\ wlLlu skins. Bill Frost. (1,000) nus 1G 12:1" rcnl told :11 $19 l0 $33- lDifiillilllltllilllC-Ill was registered awn-Q- whcn the much touted sale ‘(D-i - pcull llllll pcarlatina fox was on.

inc collection was an excclenl hill‘ ion ling a great many tops but filly I ._vcl-s dill not. or would‘ not. make offers sufficiently hlgll to

bring about soles except in a few 1.15m.» so the offering; were with- drawn.

A new high for the year oi $39. ft. 1r iol o; ranch mink was piliti ut lllc Ncn York Aucllon linu- pilllfv": szlie liiol. week, Where ap- proximately 011.000 ranch mink for

. tho account of the Great Lake

' It is constructed of the finest materials and workmun- arm. Association brought wild; ' ' ' ' _ l‘, umlylilioll as prices were quo e

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" Check the following advantages: " ium and fair lllCl‘('ll€i1ldlSt. ll was ff, noticed by observers that skins

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5—Pressure gouge and safety valve. 6—Avoiloble in 2 sizes (cl-l H.P. capacity 7.5 cfm (b) ll/z H.P. cogocity l2 cfm

Both sizes ore available from stock. details.

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uscd for chokcrs stimulated little inlcrcst, only 25 per C9"! 0i m"? lots bong sold. Altogether 60 11!!‘ cont of the rilllull mink offering \‘.‘.'l~ bollglll. A good (lemnnd was fell for Semi-Blues with a top of $27. paltl for one lot. The of- wérin: of 12,992 wild mink met re- sistrlnce as only 20 per 08h! “'55 snltl. A top c-I $31. was paid- ——— I Economic conditions of the d0- mestlc fur Indus-try were examrn- ed by the House of Rcpresena- tlvcs agricultural sub-committee on lLlFF last week at Washington, D C. The still-committee will chal- lellge govtwlilllcllt officials on Why inlporis of 238 million dollars worth of furs Ilavc been allowed come irllo the United States liurrng the past year at a time when domestic silver lox and ranch fur growers iarc faced with a reduced market for lht-ir prollult. Our comment on the lllbCVl? ls that some such .-~.nl~- mltlce should be working in the J-lousc of Commons at Ottawa 1'1 flntl out why Chinese furs, Indian

fur= Russian furs. i-n fact furs mm. cvc l-nuntry in the world. nYP Iaclrz: brought into Canada

lo the dctrintcnt of the Canadian wllll and rzcirgh i}??? firs. Tlllgyc

doubt n ou . 9 lPP° ' 2;; of the fur controller durilil! the war who let ln these crest .qu;yn.litles of‘ foreign goods. was not m the best interests of our

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V‘ TINELY lions‘ 0N TOPIBS l collllrcrrll wlrll _ Silver Fox and Mink Farming

ooo-oo-ovomoowooo-owroo-oooooooo-ooou roroa+ow 19d i0 “Tile to YOU. by I llidl’ in

Canadian fur farmers.

Fabulous tales of the new type of Blue fox which the Noryvesiall fur breeders were producing have been circulated for some years. Apparently, however, they are not so breath-taking or glamorous as

we were led to believe, as at the New York Auction Company's sale lost week 4.836 Norlvegznn

Blue fox were only 25 per cent sold and the lop price of the very best lspeclmens was $55. for one lot. so

we presume the average would not lbe more than $30. It would seem I as though our Canadian and

American pearl plotinums with a truly Iilui-Ph wait nntl lvcll silveled

\Vlll bring for ntcrc than the Nor- flvegiarl Blue fox.

CanntI-an (Qut-nccl salc ‘will with the ord-Er c-f

l ltfcntreal. Avril l6 - ‘Fur Auction Sales Co, lLtd“ five-dfLv general start Monday. April 28. following offerings ant sale: ' Monday. April 28: 2.055 Alaska scnbkins lFollkc-tlve-snfnral 6,- 629 braver; I190 litter; 521 blur fox;

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INQUIRY FROM MALPEQUE

A note from Malpeque reads: "Dear Agricola. I was recommend-

lSummcrside, to ask it you could lname a strange bird than used to ‘come to our farm cvery Fall, un- til s few years ago.

"The description a" l remember it, is n5 follows: In shape its body was slightly like a Iv-rani. as" was its bill. Its head wa. like that. of a goose. and its ncrk longer lhflfi a duclfs. Color: back, mouse gray.

breast slightly lighter; willgs, a ‘very dark blue can be seen at _c1ose range at the tips of ilbf‘ wings. White under the vent. Bill gray, feet. more of an orange color. , “This was evidently a water- fowl. and was about the same size .1 l-l-nnl, only ll had not the double breast. The coll it m-ltlc was similar to that of a goose, only sharper. Yours sincerely’.

Harold Bryentcn."

That Is a very good description

of thc Blue Goose, except for one all for the story. he spcrlte Nor- _ m)" Notes on Iona and continues-

corrcspcnrlcnt made no menllm of the color of its head and neck. “The white heed and neck and blue wings“. are the field marks of the Blue Goose. oc- corlding to Dr. Tavencr. The bill 0i this bird. however. i= said to bc reddish; nct gm} c» in my cor- respondent‘; description. There is

feature: my

By Agricola

NOTES - .

due time that of the Blue Goose will appear among them.

Worsted

In The Guardian of April 16th, ther eppelrs e paragraph from the Wall Street Journal that ol- fers an explanation oi’ the l--l'nl "worried" and tells how ll got the name. William the Couqul-ror says the Journal. having wolsfcd the Britons. willmsically called a ‘herd-finished cloth which they produced. "Worsted." A remark- able piece of history! William conquered the Anglo- Saxons, not the Britons, who (llvtilt in almost inaccessible part5 of tilt? Island. WI Ilium was s "stark" lcholeric man. and would not be ‘whimsical with such turbulent subjects. (l-le found the North- umbrians so rebellious that. he vas forced to lead an army ngat-ztsl them. He turned their 'L‘Olll’llI‘_\' ulo a desert in which 70.000 peoplv are said to have perished. Worst of

mm French only. and hall uevcr even heard the modern English word "worsted," (beaten) Anyway i-t was not till William had been dead 250 years,

England. Previously the raw wool had been sent to Flanders to be made into cloth. Just when worsted

day Company. Jllln- 493 Mule foil! 7135 1W1“; 205 3311K} full-page colored picture of thegwas first made I cannot soy, but

‘there i5 ‘lo doubt as to wilcrc: it ywas at Worstead. s village near fNol-th Walsharn, County Norfolk

‘ Kew Gardenia '

trot; 689 mar. 056 fi-sher; 1.209 Bluc Goose in “Canadian Nature“

w ‘f; 56 tlmlhcr wolf: 853 cross for Sept. 1M0 ' "

70X; 5-216 Nd lOX; 6S7 balzcr: i The Blue Goose is a rare visitor

3-351 T416000": 3.824 skunk. to this Province. but one was. Tllf-‘dfkv! 3.500 wild mink; °8.-lfaken alive at Summerslde grout

I090 11111011 mlllki 303.000 nuts-lull i 1910. according to the late Mini

|171594 Pfmilli‘: l0‘\032 Cnnarlinn Ludlow Jenkins. Mr. J. Frank

squirrel; miscellaneous furs. Wild furs will be on show April 25 un- ‘til sold.

Wednesday’: 9.500 silver fox. mu-

tations. cm. flrst scclion. Thursday". May 1t 9.500 silver fox, mlltnlioni eta, second soc-

l tIr-tl. y Friday, May 2: nw-l!

9.500 silver fox.

“tlnns, ctl‘_. third section. '

Sierns reported a small fldck of

five Blue Geese at Sourla In Nov. i 193a. ‘ From his careful description _I 'assume that Mr. Bryenton ls ln-

tcrcsied in our bI-rds, resident. and ,ml_grant. Thnt being so, I suggest [that he preserve all the descrip- -tlons appearing In these Notes. In

what the "evpcl-Inlcnl" was slice-s- lul.

F <1 and <*."l’f‘.'.'if'l s-tv-tlon: of. \‘ll\'.. fov \\lll l" or, \l‘fl\\ Vr-(Fvv. Alvil ‘l3. 21ml ll ll‘ swlil, lnlyllll» ‘Eng Sllllflil}. Apfil 2'7. 'l‘l‘.l- - ll'('l, station will ‘or nn ‘lllfHV Wl-lltier’

div. April llO. and until sold. . Sale starts at 9.30 a. m. daltv. J

lmnp-nn.

3*’ will‘ "*9 "m ac"ep"teln ct-atur (all tho ‘cn- round! [llil‘ll‘. - ~ lrnl-tiw- plum» ll for sum-P tlnlc. Other ll‘.l n". of 8% drmeR and v {Hun _' ‘cllulal. ~ il'l‘.l‘ .\l_l/‘l..| mink wit‘ hllllh-"ll l“ 311‘ ‘Vfiwllm? "fir ~ n3‘ 1nd stick; i; w,“ \, 1 ;he_.un m- \V¢~.jln("rl.'l_\', Mat 7m. Conslq. llll- result" of tho )‘)l'OIll0lltlil$ ntxrllv ; ‘shone ~ ' , ‘ ‘ Ing of fr€<h collections of new being livld- Th9? "Y ‘genera Fl“ Thy N o \, m» min o» lawn-i on ll they w comm m“ was llllidTlll.“l°ll“lil.liififhliil 6.100 Sliver Blur 1.600 While: that If the prices of other furs ca, plums from hflmhps to b“; 14,900 Royq-l] KQh-I-Nllr; 5,500 1311,- continue to cli-mb too high. they ’ '

Frost. Thc~e polls will hc offcred for Sale (ll‘(\<,<Ctl and matched- blltldlcd. lt ‘.1 our intention through these columns to acquaint our readers with the results of the various auctir-ns, giving quncitltics and prices of rcrrullrr type mlnlts us well as new ljpcs.

Quite e number of people lave gone Into mink ranching here and we feel It has p, future if properly conducted and with good quality breeding stock. Intending rnntners will hrlvc tn Izttcp n \'.':l»_v eve tut fwl- cc: won't-ti l~.';\r= types that are lrssrnlng in public inlcrcst so that they will no»: be paying high- cr prices than conditions warnlnt.

From various part5 of the Unit- l

cd Slates we notice rctrlilcrs ‘rom time to Limo featuring silver fox and in many C3503 they have had considerable success. Nclw that the United Slates government is exempting coats trimmcd with fox or mink from lhe 20 psr l'(‘Dl ex- cise tax it is cxticl-tctl that for fail and winter tl ltrcal many fox anrl mink trlmmcd garments will make

The fur buy.r ill another Fl-ilh Avenue department store. however debunks predictions that the fox

l is on the way hack. Ho says slylc- _ t

conscious women will

may also stress silver and muta- tion fox furs.

The announcement of the Ameri- can National Cut-operative Fur Auction sale Irl'MIlwaukec nuzlrs out the above as out of a collection of 12,000 fox 93 per cent wcrc sold and of the 12.000 mink 98 per cent sold. The company stated that sil- ver fox used for trimming cloth coats sold with sensational speed and prices advanced about 20 oer rcrlt_ Platinum: sold from $35. to $74.: while faces from $28. to $35.: full silvers brought a top of $46

‘Ranch mink sold for a top price

10f $26.50 and most of them sold,

{In the $14.75 to $22.50 range. Musk- lrais sold from $1.10 to $2.34.

While the above ls only a small indication yet it is certainly hone- ful and If. greater quantities of cloth can be manufactured and released wllhln the next ilve or. six months there Is a possibility‘ of quite a run on Silvcl" Fox. It. is not extracted, however. that prices will advance this your in levels that will be satisfactory to

l A par. ill "Notes By The Wary“ ‘Apl. 17. reminds me that the Blue- ‘bell Wood In Kew Gardens will ‘soon be in bloom. I never saw ‘this remarkable sight. because it .was always later in the yczn- nl/‘iPll ‘,1 visited London, but I Ilnve scrn White Wood Anomalies, Blllcnclls, land Daffodils, (‘Arpoilrlg the woods lot the lovely Derweclt Valley, nam- INewcastle on Tync.

The note on Kcw Gardens made ‘me \l'ondcl‘ how the gnu‘. gl.l.s- (llO-IISQ fared in the ix-ccnt cold (spell. It‘ was 362 feet long by 100 ybroad. with a domed central nor-

|tion that rose to a height of ti0l

lfeet. The heat inside this struc- ure was mulntrliilcd nt rln evcn

lnanns. l-t was used in studvklc: ‘the diseases of plants from the Torrid Zone. It was the birth- lplace of the rubber industry. for in 1875 70.000 seeds of the Brazil- ian wild rubber tree were sown

t 44-00000-0-

tltat . woollen cloth was first nlade in‘

(pioneers. and posted

,doy they are as good as new and ‘much more valuable.

Ll may my that I have The Guer- ldi-an’; map of Ireland. showing all

‘both, In those troubled times. The

sums

‘up eight inches of this columnl!

l

We announce the appointment of Prince Itlwerd l‘. loud Potato Growers’ Association, lnc., Charlottetown, I_ p

l., Ind Simmons 8t MocForlene, Sllvnmerside, P. E. l., q; 45b ‘tributors of Theme’: 700 DDT Potato Spray.‘ u

This material has been tested at the Dominion Gov. Charlottetown, "d any information on its use con be obtained from them. I

' W. H. Thoma ‘d: Co... Ltd,

SAINT JOHN, N.B.

ernmz-nt Entomological Laboratory,

ever, it contains n, reference to B. C. letter which I ‘hops u, E] with shortly. ("Yes our branch oi’ the MUlsufllll 1681110 from the Westem Islands. 'llLlL I have not been able to learn ‘which ones."

On Dec. l. 1937. The Guardian published "A Key to the Clans and Septs of Scotland." The some issue curried a full page map of Scot-land, _thlckly covered with ;Scotllsh surnames instead o-l place gnomes. l saw the value of these lguirlc-s to the homeland: of our the wages onto stout wrapping paper and to-

THI COMMON TEEN

Title Is smaller than the Car. plsn Tern and I; much more con... mon on this continent It breeds In west central and eastern can. eda, the northern States, and also. ulnlll the Atlantic coast from Nr-lv. foundland to N ‘th Carolina, "The, winter from Florida to Patagonia} say the ornithological aulhorznp, though it Is hard to roe what the birds gain by migrating to m; latter country. 4

Common (or Wilson's) Tern. A_ O. U. 1D. Summer Resident. Sum.) mer Piumage. Brown and ilflpfl‘ black. Bill red shading to black lot the tip. Neck and mantle pearl- v gory. (darker than the Caspian- Tern but less pronounced ‘llitn In the Arctic Tern.) Tail with 21,; outer webs o! the outer l?l\Iili'I'§ blackish; fork of toil about 3 inches deep. Brent and uncor- parts pale pearl-grey or whitish Feet bright rerl. Winter pltllnugc, l-lead whitish. black confined to the posterior part of. the Cl'1-\‘.ll Bill and feet blackish. Immature birds have the feather! of the bark edged brownish; the rest of the’ plumage rerernbles the winter adult, but the taills much SlIOIJPI‘. Length of adult bird 15 inches.