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BY AGBICOLA

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A correspondent, writing from the Old Country. says that bacon is high in price alid the public, in tlie North, at aliy rate, is turning io “IIICACOII." sa.a' to "o: a favorite disli limcrg tlie farmers of Cum- berland and Wcstmoreland. She explazned that it is made from leg-of-mutton.

Now that was one on me: I'd never lieard of "lnacon." Dr. John- son is credited with saying that there are two kinds of information: the first being that which person knows, and tlie second being that which he knows wihere to get. (Probably he expressed it better. but you see what I mean.) Where could I get information about ma- con? Ill my qurlndly I turned to an old book that I brought over

IJIIOIIB my ‘ ettlel-‘s effects." It is called "Ca ‘s Cookery." and its 1,176 pages. arranged dictionary-

fashioii, preselit a marvellous col- lcctlmi of recipes for everything that a white man could eat-or drink. There was i5 pages or reci- pes for preparing mutton-from the tail to the tonguel At last I c me upon what I was looking for. under the title "Mutton Ham. (Macon is eviden-tly modern slang). "Choose a short, thick. fresh leg of mutton. weighing twelve or fourteen pcunds. and trim it into the form of a ham. Pound 1n a mortar hail a pound of bay salt. one ounce of saltpetre, and half a pound of coarse brown sugar. Make the mixture hot in a stewpan. then rub it thoroughly into the meat. Tiirn the ham every morning for four days and rub tlic pickle well into it. On the flftii day add two ounces more of common salt. Rub and turn it in the ‘orine for twelve days more, then drain: and wipe ("IITI rub it with dry salt. and hang it up in wood smoke. No sort. _0! meat is more improved by Sflwklll; with aromatic woods than mutton. When onoe dried it will keep for six months. Mutton hams may be roasted or boiled: but in either case they shoird be soaked. unless quite freshly donc. when they will only rr-nuirc washing. As a breakfast dish. with eggs. mutton ham is commonly used in the North of England and in Scotland: it is cut- in slices as required. and broiled lightly. Time to smoke. one week.’ There is a cross-reference to -"I~Iam. Mutton. Smoked," which throws further llclit on the sub- ject. The proportion of sa.t is in- creased to on: pound. and together with the sugar and saltpetre. must br- uiell warmed before the fire. "Be careful to cover the hole of the shank with tlic mixture". Put ihc haln in a dccp dish" for ease in manipulation and to conserve the mixture ivhich tends to become brine. In this recipe the rubbing is to be continued for a fortnight. after which the ham is to be smoked. "Mutton hams may now he bought at. the provision shops ready cured for 7d (l4 ctsl i191‘ pn But that was years 8K0! T... cost of ham (bacon) is given as one shilling (say 25 cts.) per pound in those happy days.

interplanetary gravitation

Prom n paragraph in The Guar- dian I gather that Mr. Edgar C. Tlirupp, relircd_ Vancouver civil engineer. "claims the new law of gravity he has cicveloped allows him to make accurate predictions of thc ivcatlicr. earthquakes. silli- snois and occurcnccs of tlic North-

ern Idgilts.. for 50 years ahead if necesanv." For sonic years. in this column.

1 have made it clcar that tl saw some connection between tlie plati- cts-and thr- nioon~ivilli tlie plie- nolncna mcntioncd. It is only fair to stale that many persons. some of whom I consider unusually well-informed. liaye throwti doubts uoon this connection: alleging that the coestlal bodies are too distant in have any influence “P011 lPrTc-‘i’ {rial events. Let us sec.

Oat." of the most. remarkable dis- coveries in asl-ronolnv lock place in 1846. when two y. 1111f! scientists. J.C. Adams in Eiigand. and Le- verrier in Franco. simultaneously nnnnilnccd that tlzcrc was a new lnrmbcr of the ilir systrln hi til’:

cffilia. li\"ll’!l1 ncbcdv had fiS yet. scan i‘. Whr-i nstrcncmcrs turned (‘ncir telescopes to the suflf ifllil-

' .tcrl bv Adonis and Lcverrirl" rcs- pcr-“ilclit. they found the planet.

hit-h they named Nwlllltvt fllid (‘icv justly shaved tlic honor cf the

rliwnwvrry between t-‘rc two YOU“? m“. _ \l.ili"t l“(Il‘.(‘i‘(I tlic scitwltisis. mm of ivhprn was still an iindrr- El‘fl'I1l'1l/.‘ at Cimbridlzc. to make thr- asscrilczi that. anoihcl‘ planet

pwgflnd rfscoverv? Tlicv lifltl l???" iitndrin? the orbit of Urlinirs. rind found that that panct W“ “cull!

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.... no ivc.l-..o....ili..cu planet slnulu. when Lllf: telescope was Lia-nevi on me spot where lb ougllt to have been, Uranus was A, w_ Q, 1-- UmlllfllCcfl tnat anovner planet “'35 cal-lam; this deviation 1mm LAId expecmd path—:y a gray/m- tlulial pun-one young scientists, alter laooric-us calcutations, 10mm] tlie exact pace in the sky where t-lie unknown planet was expected to b.: ano tlie observations con- lllnicd it. The mean distance of ulanus lrom the am is estimated at l.l.i4,ui1.l,000 mo... allu uiat 01' ‘Neptune at 2,746,000,000 miles, iiiereby we see that a distance 0t" one billion miles la not, gunmen; to annui the effect of gravitation: a tact that my sceptical frienlos will do well w ponder. The loser in fills celtstial tug-of-war (Uran- us) ls estimated to have 74 times the volume of tlie earth, 12 times the liiass, and about one-fifth the density.

The Bun is the master-puller of i111! by the force of gravitation he is able to keep ail the planets, from Mercury to Pluto, in their orbits: a gigantic task.

We azlee that the Moon is able across 240,000 miles of space. to pull the waters of the sea, and un- rier certain clrcumst-ancu, to cause high tides: and -take notice-"the greatest rise and fall of the tide happens when Nev. or Full Moon occurs at the time when the Moon is at its nearest to the Earth," (le,, at its Perigee). says the Astrono- mer Royal. In other words, its pull is greatest when it is nearest to tho Earth and has the Bun as an $113K NOW. that was exactly the position when Ulie great earthquake in Turkey took place: on Dec. 26 the day of the disaster. the Moon was full, and two days latel- it was in perigee. The Sun, too, was near- ing Perihelion. and being about a mlllion-arid-a-half miles nearer to us than it was in midsummer, its pull was the greater. All this ten- sion dislocated the old "fault" which iaiwell known to exist in Asia Minor.

About the middle of the nine- te-clitli century Prof. Alexis Per- rcy. of Dijon. France, after rc- vlcwlng the date of nearly 7,000 quakes. considered that he estab- lished these facts: (1) That earth- quakes occur more frequently at New and Full Moon than at the quadratures: (2) That their fre- quelicy increases at the perigee and diminishes at the apogee of the Moon; and (3) that shocks are more frequent when the Moon is on the meridian than when 90 de- grees from it. ‘These conclusions are interesting, but he does not seem to have connected t.liem with gravitation. The third point-that of the Moon on t-lie meridian-as not at all clear to me.

After writing the above I turned to my record of the winter of 1038- 9. and found that earthquakes were few in that season. There was how- cver. a great disturbance oi’ the old "fault." at. Quetta. Northern India, an January 6, 1939, but as the city had been rebuilt shock- proof no damage was done. The Moon was full on the 5th, and in perigee on the day of the quake. The great disaster st Quetta, when it was estimated that 50.000 people perished. took place on May 31st, 1935. ‘This was fi days after peri- gee, and about the time of New Moon. This quake was noteworthy in that it had been foretold by Hin- dos astrologers who based their predictions on coniunction of cer- tain planets. This winter-since Nov. 14th there have been9 earth quakes of major importance enter- ed into my records, and two vol- canic eruptions. The minor quakes seem to be connected with planetary and lunar conjunctions.

But propliesying about these phenomena is a ticklish matter and I should hesitate to say more than that there is a probability of their taking place under the influence cf the three points mentioned by Professor Perrey plus the planeting (influences. So it came about that 1 wrote in the “Notes" oi‘ Nov. 18th. i939. that it was probable that there would be noteworthy earth- quakes this winter.

Such occurrences only take place when there is an internal tension of some terrcstial fault. which the gravitational pull releases: and I doubt if one could visualize the tension fifty vardsln advanceThere are thousands of slight earth tre- lnors everv year-too small to be dignified bv the name of earth- nuak*s—and it is their cumulative cFPct which works up the tension. “flit-n the 'oulli‘"v"irm is

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Odds and Ends

Titln. One of the strange doc- trines preached in this Canada of ours is that the King must not honor his loyal subjects with titles. The reason usually given for this refusal is that it would tend in produce a "class" system. This over'ocks the fact that we have al- ready set up a class system based upon a more sordid foundation. the possession of money. Wc look up to the man who has “made his pile“--never mind how. Perhaps we shall get the right pelx-aneciive some day, and honor the man who serves his country without thought of serving himself first.

Mable. Looking over an official list the other day I noticed that the feminine name “Mable” appear- ed iii lt. The list calnc. I think. from Ontario, but the name ls \‘f‘l'_\' nftcn spelt the same way here. Iii Elig- land it is always spelt Mabel. and with very good reason since it. is thought to be contraction of “lm belle." Another feminine name is often nits-spelled as "Wllinlfrctl." This is from the Anglo-Saxon and should have but one That na- tion or tribe seidom doubled its consonants.

The Beach Plum. Ali gardening paper says that Mrs. Ina

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‘Truro. Mass.. has 50 acres of iii: wild Beach Plum (Pi-unus mariti- Zma), which she takes evory care lof. "The best flavored jelly (she 'ls reported tn have said) is made ;from the dead ripe purple plums. with a few purply-red OTIES thrown in to provide pectin." This para- graph set inc on the track cf P. maritime. I find it is a mucii branched shrub. never exceeding 6 feet high, often less. growing on seabeaches. duties. and sandy soil near the coast from Virginia to New Brunswick. The fruit is rinc ,in September or October. and is ‘globose. purple with a bloom. sweet. and frcni 1.5 cm to 2.5clii ili diam- eter. This sizc nf fruit makes it. a iworth-wliile addition to the shrub- vbery round our seaside homes and summer cottages. Apparently it~ existence was unknown. or it would lia.ve long ago bccn introdut-rd. We have three species of Prunus grow- ing hcre~all wild cherries-but ti}; fruit is too small to be valu- a e.

NOTES ON ISLAND PLAN ‘S

The IRKIIIXIIIIOSEII‘. (i).

' 'l"hc last of our l("l1llllf'\' arc lilt- Vetches and Peas--bctanically' the genera Viola and Lailiyrus... he essential difference bciwccii the two is seen on dissecting tlic flow- er: in Vicia the “sti-le" at. tlic clvl of t/Iie little pod is llliforni: in Lathyrus the style is flattclitd. The latter genus is important as iii- cludinlz the Sweet Pea of tlie gar- -dens. P. odnratus.

The Spring or Common Vclcli (V. saliva) is well ' owl as a us"- fiil forage plant. "I Small Ccln- moii VCLCII (V. angusiifoiial is call-

Slender Vetcli (V. ielraspennal and |tlie Fairy-pod Vctcli (V. hirsiltil

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are other introduced species. The i ‘Tufted or Bluc Vctch (V. tlrnccli) ‘is called “Tart” ill Britain. illlfi

“Vesceron" and "Vesce en cpl" iii |Pranee. This plant is found in Eur- 0

09. Asia aiid N. America. It ls nc- ,

caslonallv cultivated as liffordinz" good fodder. Johnmlvs “Us-fill Britrliii "Ililfifii

be used as food.

("ole till the tension is again renew- The Hairy-pod vepm (above) W115 ed lonce cultivated as "Lentils".

The interplanetary null (it ‘reasonable to suvflose) is felt by the

call sunspots-“elevated spinning"

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FOX OIIBES

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5""? Til! Standard Fox Cubes contain meat, fish. tobacco, lall. molasses, hone. wheat. oilciike. Alfalfa and corn.

Silver Slur fox i-ulvcll (rontaiii dried meat. corn. Aifllh. onl- Il1l.‘il| uhcat germ. fish. barley malt. beet pu'p. molasses. milk liwllfr. iali. curl oil, cnrli gluten and soy been meal. ideal winter fax food. can be used in conjunction with ground meat. fish (rip or horsemeut.

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the genus Larihyrus tlic Pea (L. marfilmus) is per- and cer-

tainly the most striking. In 1555

(the people on tlic coast of Suffolk.

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famine. supported themselves to a. great extent by the seeds of this plant, though the" are very bitter in flavor. The writer. during the summer of i939, on examining the Marsh Vcieliling pillustrisi. rrivcn in previous . it was not the typ.- variety callcd by Sieringe L. p. Illic- arifoliusl. The last of the genus known to occur have is ihc Meadow Pea (L. prtiiensisl which bear.- short. racemes of yellow In Britain it is valued i-n pastures.

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visit to the United States where he journeyed to get a slant on the sil- ver fox situation and to interview

officials 0f the National Biscuit Company of New York. ln the course of his travels Mr. Mutch

saw many fur brokers and dealzrs in silver fox and found that after tlie news of the quota was “cut“ there ivus a liiucli kccncr interest displayed, all of them expressing the belief that there would be a. rise in price. Mr. Mutch was pre- sent at the New York auction which commenced on Monday the 82h at irviiich some 25.000 silver fox pelts were catalogued. Bidding was keen, a large attendance present and prices up anywhe‘; from ten to tvverty percent.

Neatly all the pelts wrere of Am- crlcan origin and quite a number were fiiil silvers of good quality. Noteworthy was the collection of extra pale silvers from the Milli- gan and Morrison Associated Ranches. The American pelts seem- ed to be larger than the average pelt hers- but the tops were not of as good quality as our own and fur dealers who had handled our product said so. An interesting fact elicited in conversation with deal- ers by Mr. Mutch was that they said that for too quality Prince Ed- ward Island pelts or Canadian pelts thev would pay four to six dollars more per skin than thev ivould for Norwegian pelts of similar coloring. to the Norwegian pelt is that it is thinner furred and does not seem to possess the body that the Canadian pelt does.

On ail sides there was expressed iii: opinion that. a big rcrlilction in pPilS will take place neat yl-eai" due in a cut ciovrn this year Breed-ens in the United states. the same as in this country. find that they cannot continue at. present p ccs and make a profit on in- vsstmr-lit. and allow for depreciation

as well as tlie cxwcnscs of produc- lcreilccs tirade to lvlig ,1, However. the quota by Messrs. George A. Calibeck and

ing a pelt provisions and the turn in prosper- it.y which seems to be assured over there this season. mav make many

The nrriflnzll (‘inland for silver

fox is for its makc-un in capes. Everywhere one goes. hote s. restaurants, theatres, night clubs,

capes are ili evidence. Silver fox is used extensively for trimming, rvDli fcr trinliniiig ladies’ hats Tlicre is no question that. this will he n silver fox year in the United States.

Cross foxes have had a bit. of a sliimn and demand is practically neiliuibki. The l'(‘850I1.\\'Ily these rather beautiful ncltrlcs are ncglcci-cd is tlic I0\V price of sil- vers and tlic fact that red foxes are very cheapund can be dyed in imitation of ihc reddish 'I‘iiei'c is a demand for frcrik foxes and Mr. Mutch vieivcd the collec- by tlic Nolwvciian Platina A-~:~c alien to L" rilspcsrd cf ili New York. He ndlnlrcd them very much and br- lieved they would bring excellent prices.

In conversation with a fox bresd- .

m‘ at tlic Canadian National Hotel tlic oflirr Cay he niadc rcferriticc to a strain of foxes produced by a certain breeds. The fur is so lliili on thcln. said lic. that they have to be provided wit‘. overcoats for ivllltcr wear. Isn't that the hcight of Satire?

Rliy Clark. Sununcrsidc. spent Wctilicsrfay in Charlottetown alid visilrci his son Ira. \\".*o is a guil- ner in tlie Second Battery. Canad-

ian Heavy Artillery. Ray ‘is stl.-l ilitcrcstrcl in fnxes and lll pro- duces eood cits. ."C\\P\El'. one

has only to mention his IIVP-XCBY- old iirlintlscn and thrcc-ilear-olti granddaughter to see his face light up with lntrrlse pleasure. I-ie is very happy in his new surround- H115 iii Sunilnerside and looks the picture of hca-‘tll.

Goldie Dennis. Mount. Road. was good enough to brim. a- long one of his silver bliic foxes for our inspectitm last v/clik. It is

("riaitily a difficrcnt species from led quite a bit because 0f insurance

tlic fur is of a

LMSCnuII was tlie bstimaies regard-

Thursday‘ ing the number of pelts taken off

in i939 and the but down foi- i940. A fairlv accurate picture was given bv directors representing everv Province of the Dominion. and J. C. Jack. M. A.. Supervisor of Ex- perimental stations, which shows that the number c-f pelts for this] year are materially less. at leastl 25 oer cent fewer than the Dre-l ceding veur and with tlic cut down Y in_ breeding stock the llllllll)?!‘ that ‘ will be taken off this fall Will) probably not be lnucli more than, one-half those olf 1038. l

D1‘. J- J_. Gillis of Merit, B. C., Who by LAC way is an Islander and a graduate of St, Dunstalrs ulilii-rslty and forincl‘ Quarterback nli their football team. whom tlic writer met in battle array many times. stated that ln conversation with a. Norwegian who had been on a visit t0 his home country this fall. was informed that fox ranch- firs over there were cutting down from 25 to 50 per cent. Like our- selves tliey are losing monev and CBHHUY- fiRure where it is fIDud 11115111958 t0 Carry too manv foxes. They_ have arrived at the conclus- ion like we_liave that the wav to meet the situation is to produce

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oil tlie sublect. I mav say that we ale continually being informed ma‘ 1f “'9, “loll-id Droduce 200d pelts tlic olctule would be r0sv. I cannot agree, because there has been until rfcentlv a lessened d9- liialid for coed l-itlls ill. anything like attractive figures, ivhllc there is a tremendous demand for cheat) belts. Just the past few Clays wires have come here from buyers who had been on the Island from a few, day-filo a few ivccks, to ranchers

Wfllltlliu l-O Dick up some cf tlie 00931191‘ lflts. The relation bet-ivcen

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article except occasionally. ‘Flute were some vcrv illCC ici- D. Phrbtts ‘

P. G. Clark. who bore testinionyl 1P i115 Hblllty aiid also to their be lief that he Could widen the inar- kfrtsgfor Canadian silver visiting South

g foxes bv America and otlierl countries. The Norwegians have had a super-salesman out iii the person of Mr, Brager Larsen. wlic. has sold the United Stalle5 m. platina foxes and has carried iiis DfClDfllrunda. on Norwegian and platlnas to South American countries, Australia and even to South Africa. while not tieglectinz Great Britain and France. ' booster statements and clever pazanda he has conveyed the b¢_ lief to the minds of a great many

Ilfilféfl’ market for the Scandinavian

Provincial Fox Fieldlnan W. J.‘

ed us an interesting collection oi‘ Dllfltvfflilllilis of the New Brillzs- l W104 l>clt SIIQW held lll Molicton’; last December. and \£‘\(?l'1li pli¢to-' graphs of freak foxes froln the 5 Q0l?1lls_ ranches lit Salisbury. Phere ls no doubt about it. tlic Colfllll-s have some wonderful freaks. including those of tlie platinum variety, ring neck white

‘WEEKLY ilviisiocltl

lvancc of 35c to 50c look place early PROTESTATTON

]lost 15c to 25c of this by the clcse,

lofl in receipts served to check the

'25: bring regained. stfllng up to $7.25.

ti-rspitc little those o; ‘outside sources, Wltli a good belts is altogether lnadeuilaic, [Outlet lo the south, welzht-v steers but buyers say that. they cannot | were inclined to be slow sellers and lee! high prices even for a izoodlthe principal

round useful butcher cattle for lo- cal killing in the intermediate price brackets. it would appear that the trade will require further runs for the immediate future, as demand generally is not sufficient-

iferings. Winnipeg had medium to good steers of .$6 to $7 and a top price of $7.25. lTrotic in tinucs quiet with shipping demand very limited and suitable stockers were moving out silvers Calgary ruled steady until Wednes- day, when under a limited demand dropped 25c Good to choice butch- ers at this market had a range of u? $6.25 to $6 75. Willi grading more lil'°"'icnient. trade was generally active and prices a shade stronger Edmonton up to a high of $6.75 on

Moose Jaw reporting lop prices 0 _ [$0.50. Regina $6 75. and Saskatoon l $7.25 for a. few choice steers‘ and heifers. with good kinds IIIOSII-y $6 and $6.65

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MARKET REPORT

SUMMARY:

OTTAWA. January ll. 1940-! There was litlife in the way of price changes recorded in the cat»

NATURAL RESOURCES MARBHFIELD.

I CONSERVATION 1

VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE US

RACTICAL OPINIONS OI" ‘Ilil S ANI) AIHFII s ()1 BY MR. LUDLOIV JENhIFIx

tle market during the past week, except. at Toronto where an ad- lS NOT CON- in the week. part of which was lost SERVATION

on a slow closing market Else- where, well regulated deliveries served to he'd prices at steady to firm levels. Exports of cattle to the United States were on a very moderate scale prices here being considered out of line for any iib- or this clique asserts that hunters cral movement to tlie South. Calves, are tlie only people ivlio have over were steady throughout and a done anything for wildlife. The fairly brisk trade, while there was claim is baseless, but disregarding practicafy no change in hog prlc- ltliat fact, do hunters heip their es. Toronto reported a gain of 25c cause by claiming responsibility for on lambs and other centres held what has happened to wildlife in firni at last week's rates. this country?

The record-their record accord- ing to oft-repeated claim-ls any- thing but a laudable one. It con- sists mainly of a rapid and practic- ally uninterrupted course of extir- pation of wildlife since white men when trading became slow as a. re- ‘first came. Nothing that hunters. suit of very heavy truck deliveries. lpratiile of conservation. can do. weighty steers soid at a top of ‘will offset the extermination of one $7.75. with most sales between $7 species after another. and the ex- and 7-60 The general range o1 tlrpa-tion of numerous others from butcher steers and heifers was $6 most of their natural range. Heed- tfl $7.60. Vlfith a few at $7.75. Trad- less of the lessons of past destruct- ing W35 active throughout the week iveness. hunters are at this day ex- a8 Montreal with firm prices pre- tending their record of extermina- v iling and best steers offered l) tions. The jacksliipc and the selling at seven twenty five to | ovoodcock, birds with limited breed- $7.50. with no top quality on hand. ing areas and laying only four eggs. Iii the Marltimes a drastic falling cannot bear up under shooting, yet they have been subjected to it for eighteen years after nearly all of their relatives and associates in the shorebird group were elven abso- lute legal protection. We are cvcn now exterminatlng many species of wild fowl. and every effort to give these birds the protection they must have to exist is met with clamor for additional privileges t0

(Nature Magazine) It. is the fashion for hunters of a certain type to call themselves conservationists. With unwitting

Eastern Cattle Prices Stronger

Cattle prices advanced 35c to 50c i early in the week at Toronto but

weaker tone of last week and with continued short deliveries indica- lions pointed to the earlier loss of Steers were

Western Cattle Fairly Firm

Cattle markets in the west. stag- ed a reasonably good performance encc-uragment from restricted

enquiry centred a- to $6, but closed mostly down. Canners aiid cutters made $3.25 to 4. and bulls from $5 to $6. Fed calves hdd at $8 to $9. and a few lots of stockers and feeders sold at $6 to $6.85. Good milkers and springers were steady at $80 to $90 each.

MONTREAL had 1.548 cattle on an active market. with the best steers offered selling from $7.25 to $7 50. medium from $6.25 to $7. and common at $5 to $6 25. Heif- ers ranged from $4 to $6 50, and

orderly

y broad to absorb any liberal of- mlxed weights at

replacement cattle con- at $5 to $5 50.

were $5.25 to $5.50. some tops $5.75, others dovm to $3.50. and canners and cutters $3 to $3 50. Bulls made $4 to $6.25. '

MARITIMES-Tliere was a sharp and the

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flllhd an outside range of $4.25 to $7.25. heifers $4 to $6.50, butcher cows $3.75 to $5.25, and canners and cutters $2 to $3 Bullis were quoted at $3 to $4.25

CALF MARKETS TORONTO. calves held_ sieadly at $12 to $13 for choice with coni- lnoii lights down to $7. A few

grassers brought $5.50 to $6 MONTREAL veals were in good demand with the best paying $11.50 to $12.50 and common to medium

Vancouver was slow and eft some cattle unsold. although wiccs held steady with steers of at I

7 to $7.50. The U. S. Market

Prices on United States markets

lace lid f" .k s. Th .' : . . ~ l {czlllva bffillilleflll. {(1)3050 iylls- capstanoutcilia‘lbgncgrbwofil‘(thaoupéegiégién {$3 gglsiiskifclgflvgllflflfilforiamlglliég utclv uliltc. flolii tlic ill) of its l u“ i“ = - S8,.“ OI Ontario to 551m’ with the bulk of the 53195

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‘nose to lIS brush it Wils a’ wlii elly l)? P95511110- 5 l lcattle at Buffalo had a very liar- row margin of profit. Steers made ilp to $8.85 for a. small lost last Saturday, this week's sales were from $8.75 l

as a while fox, but there was a difference in the gullrd fur of| course in that it would he trelli-

cliclous_lv attractive. Mr. lviacLccd Sllld 1t glistcned almost like cilanionds when tlic lieht hit ii. ( The Coltpitts have been cxpcri- S lnentulu with freaks for fifteen!‘

years and ihev have certainlv Dllllc

a lot of brains into the busincsslsshfi to $535

0r thflv could not have gotten the position thcv are IIOW in,

Oanadian sfiecrs at

HOG MARKETS The Dominion hog run was 04.- 361. compared with 72.857 in the same week last year. Totals to date. 104.-

whilc the majority of i0\\'li\\'fll‘(I with two ‘lots of ilslit l ""5 W" 131396- last "i"

. -. l. to 792» M“ “t $910‘ St 585% quoe l TORONTO bacons opened at sa

. to $9.15 off trucks but for the bal-

0“ at $625 to “Tff; figebfliwfi: ance of the week most sales were

at $9.10. Local packers quoted $12

dressed but. the maioritv went to outside packers at $12.25

1'1 “ct was weak. ‘ to the United States dur-

_ lS c week consisted of 1.767 beef

The markets-Ti .il' i f ,' ~ _ itlil , _ ~ . ,. _ llllllc active. Th? floli§l>..°Q.§.-°l§l. r tlic, 2 2 (tall-y. and 4a» calves. Closing prices for direct thllver was represented pretty well by The totals to date this Se“ B" _.

the Hudson's Bay company's sale 0f 32.000 foxes the past iveeic. 65 per cent were disposed of at rt de- cline of 5 per cent from December ivhcn the average was Iiruimd $15.00. On that basis the urescntl

Edward ztverflflc ivould be $14.25 from (which

must be deducted 6 per cent for selling and the cost of landing a belt in London. which has increas- risk. Would (@131

sav tlitit the

3.145 beef, 325 dairy, and 651 calves, compared with 9.144 beef. 350 dairy. lrlnd 903 calves in the same period last year.

prices for calves at. $12 and $13 I01‘ .choice. while Montreal had a good ‘(Iemllnd and paid $11.50 t0 $12-59 y

“lT PAYS to BiIY

Cnivcs Steady to Firm

Toronto held last week's level of

silvers in that. _ , . . d9-

,,.. l . -... . ~-- .. = I , _ n“ r 1 q I - fol good trials, Winnipeg was a. ‘

£65211’; ‘kfhng°F,,J,1“1,1~l§lll"i>llSEQ?“ l (LtfilldOoli i2 aiiilnaieflliefiliggrlgslgl Cldedly blil-‘li market’ Inm imp

M‘; o, m, ,,,..k_ I, Should “m? $2.00. at (he same time incl-c is vents “inking $10-50. High illJes-i ! H ~ the heartening fact that the Lon- v paid at. Calgary and Moose av. e

ish a very attractive noit and that is no doubt the reason why the Colpitis of Salisbury bought from Mr. Dennis last year and were anxious to secure more specimens this season. He is keeping icn fe- mwlrs of the strain and with polygalnnus males (‘XDOPIS to oro- ducc a number cf tlic new variety this season.

The annual IPCHIN! (i? U14‘ can" odiiii Nritirnnl Silver Fox Breed- rrx‘ Association was f‘\‘f‘l‘_\'fllf‘ n mcsi surrcssful one. In fact ‘Trim Hitchmali of ilhc Ric- cords Blanch, who has attended c-rry lllfiGllilll since i921. savs it. was the most. silccessflil. Tim-c

ll\\‘0 over

considered hi’ Smws all“ a W‘ [ fact

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don market is only carrying 50 per‘. cent of the number of lICIIS it rad , tlic same month lass vear and the Canadian markets exhibit the same tendency. some expert; believe that. those who can carry pelts until YIlid-Slltlillllfll‘ eon ex-' pect enhanced prices because a. izneat number of United Stairs, pelts will be disposed of bv thenl and there will be a good market.‘ there. Anyhow ilherc lilis been a stiffening of pr‘ in the Unitcdl rcadv sax‘. in an enthusiasm ha. been l shown fol' silver fc.\' nclls that ls the iii- ihc end of in

lll3!‘i-((‘l€dl\l different from difference displayed at December‘. Of course anvthilirr the nature of a boom will not inn-

u-lq .s‘r'i(“. attention lo business nllfl teriallze: H1011‘ are too lnmlv pelts fifll9l‘fllllf‘l‘llS of tlic Constitution in H". “mm m oxwc‘ n bu, a ivrrc (‘fur-ed of fillmlll’ leflllllll moderatc upturn and a clearing Fflfllll for discussion of the "wet up of lliis VCHFS goods would

outstanding’ problems iis. namely. the nuota on silver fox- cs and wits siitrrin" the Ilriied States and (he possibilities of large sliinlncnis of silver fox furs from Norway rind other countries to Canada which would be used as a iuniviini! off olacc for exportation t-i fVliPl‘ countries and also in coin- nrtillon Wlill our own in this mar- kri. Rcsrfuilciws were l_')i'f‘l)L1l'(‘fI and

.1 stroll: t‘f‘llll\lilf"f‘ aptioiiilrd in ("\ll\'f‘\' tllcini to tlic Droncr au- ilirviiilcs r-l O‘tawl-i so that rc-

ntcdla-l action may be fakcn CUIVZHIIIIIIIIIOIIS are in order to the Directors who were rc-clectcd

confront-inn mean a healthier market for next

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mill in iii!‘ Presiriclil. J. J. M"- ('ii'l“ (if Ailisinii, (')||i.lili), III“ V' -l’r('~"iiivlll. Mfliiir . Roll- e-iscn Rfrvhi-IKII. and iiie Execu-

tive Committee.

Perhaps thegnioot interesting fact brought all din-in: the dis

season and perhaps a bit of an advance iii price which we must have in order to keen in the busi- ness,

‘Silver Fox Peltsl Wanted '

Will continue (o pur- l chase all grades of silver fox skins during iniiilncc 0f season.

(l. Ii. M .i\(‘()ill\ R RIE SUMMERSIDE

'werc $8. Edmonton $9. P1111419 Al" I bcrt $7.50. Saskatoon $9.59. R931“ l $10. and Vancouver $8 50-

of a minor nature. Toronto opened

have only lost one chi bought chicks at ii lower ones I received from you

[lug Market Steady Ally changes in hot! prices were

with bacons off trucks at $9 i0 wcck paid mosh“; . packers quoted $12 dressed but oiit- sitlc packers bouehi the buft of tlic dlcsscd siinply at $12.25 Montreal “as on a basis of $9.50 for bacons ‘ f 5' w.. and Winnipeg held a rate o.‘ $8.60 f. lk w. The close at Cal- bacons off l

for 1940, tml—“l3uy ilic Desi.‘ old. but what your pullcts cns

right weight and finish-AND

2111')‘ “as $8.25 for _ ‘ trucks. Edmonton $8.40. Prince) Albert. and Saskatoon $8 30 and ‘ and remm,‘ u“ Pays t" Buy

Moose Jaw and Rcgiiia $8.35. Van- i cnuvcr paid $8.70 for slaughter

hogs’ and blood-testing, your after

real claim» to that title_ Ask Lambs Gnln at Toronto , raised Bray chicks! l

though sufficiently sardonic huln-'

a. few tops made $6 75. Good cows i $5 50

“They sure live up b0 tlie ‘extra profit’. S0 fllr l

age of them. I can see that. it pays (o hu_v tlic lumi." —'l‘hs.i’s what Henry Pope. Weston. Oni., \\'I‘I)l(‘ its flllnili lll. 1939 flock of Bray “Xira-Profit“ you buy chicks is not what tlie chit-ks ('0\l you

laying house, what your cockcrcls

in give you. The livability, growth. curly nhiiitrit} power of your chicks have a mighty big inililcnlw- mi Ii.‘ .11 m- l.

application of’ high standards in iircctiing, svlrriu n. ni-

sllnilj; in til" l toward t1 icies. How p ltace of liLlntt-rs u. and their political into the highest c’ ernment, to prci cncc with that" last rrmillllus of s beautiful and into ,\\'ilf.llli0 with Wllltil t has been blessed. If l are no‘. ashamed to kil‘. they might at least b’ ‘feel some remorse Ill