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ATTENTOII HOG GRIOWERS

HAROLD CLAY has cautioned prospective purchasers of On- tario bred ENGLISH YORKSHIRES. in an article which ap- peared in this paper, to be cautious about the source of the pigs

He has stressed the point that -the incident of RI-IINITIS in Ontario is high and that other contagious diseases are not es well controlled as might be wished.

For those who contemplate the purchase of English YORK- SHIRES we would like to make the following points amrply clear.

We do not do any outside breeding nor have we ever done sc.

We will not bring back onto our farm any animal which has left it, no matter for what reason.

We have our herd regularly inspected by a competent Veterinar- lan.

Since we started breeding Y four years ago we have never had any contagious disease or any symptoms of one in our herd.

When we started breeding, our basic herd was P. E. I. stock and our herd sire was picked for us by Mr. GLAY personally.

with the greatest success as witnessed by the following.

We had the champion bacon carcass hog at the UITAWA EXHIBITION and the top scoring bacon hog at talie 0'I'rAWA WINTER FAIR in 1952. ,

we averaged seventy one percent (7170 grade A carcasas in 1952 and these were the bottom half of what we raised as the best were sold as breeding stock. -

One thing more, a B'I'R.AIGi-IT ENGLISH sow scored eighty nine (897m) in Advanced Registry proving that the individual has the ability if given the opportunity.

in conclusion we would like to endorse Mr. Olaym advice to you ISLANDERS to be cautious in your buying but at the same time we

We have .crossed our Island sows with our ENGLISH boars,

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Silver Fox And" Mink Farming

TI-IE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN.

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The following letter has been received from George H. Mayors. well known to all fox and mink ra.nchers in this province ...."I take great pleasure in informing you of the following announce- ment: 'Fur Exchange-Eastwood at l-iclt Inc. takes pleasure in an- nouncing that Mr. George Mayers is joining the company in the capacity of General Manager. and will become a stockholder. In the near future the name of the auc- tion company will be changed to Inc. Mr. Geo.3e Mayors will gradually liq- uidate his interests in the broker- age business he has been con- ducting under the name of George lvlayers Inc., remaining in a super- visory capacity until the liquida- tion has been completed. The Beat- tle Fur Exchange is simultaneous- ly relinquishing itslnterest in the Fur Exchange-Eastwood as Holt Inc.. and Mr. Michael Dederer is resigning as President. The direc- tion of the corporation will hence- forward be centered in New York. with Mr. L. F. W. Pollard as President and Mr. George Meyers, General Manager. Other officers are Mr. Edward Fromm. vice-President and Mr. "Ienry Ry- land, Treasurer! We are here to offer the ranching industry the very best possible in marketing, including many services prior to pelting. Therefore, please do not hesitate to communicate with us at all times."

Our congratulations to friend George and we feel confident that the American Fur Auctions under his capable management will prove a. great success, The name selected is a splendid one with the connec- tions they already have and the personnel it is bound to be a big factor in the fur business.

Chances for repeal or reduction of the federal fur excise tax in the United States are nil in the near future, according to federal government fur experts. One of these experts told Fur News Ser- vice in New York that with or without a tax committee such as the newly formed fur industries tax committee, the fur trade should realize the new administra- tion's tax attitude. So far, the ex- pert explained, this attitude shapes up as follows: First, the budget must be balanced or must show prospects of being balanced. Then. the Administration will be willing to try individual income and cor- poration tax cuts. After that, there will be a hard look at the num- erous excise taxes. The spokes- man noted that the fur excise tax is only we of 20 such taxes, and no one knows what priority, if any, the fur tax would have in any efforts to kill or cut excise taxes. No move, that we have heard of, has been made to have the excise tax removed in Canada but there should be. It has been a burden- some affalr and has been one of the factors which has slowed down the sale of silver fox. Why Mr. Abbott with the large surplus that he has, should keep it on is a

mystery as furs are a necessary adjunct to anyone'a wardrobe in Canada. a cold country.

Kurt Mug of Neilsville. WIl.. who operates a. horse slaughtering plant, advertises in U. 5. Rancher of March, 1953 the fol- lowing products: horse meat. ac lb. delivered with bone in 40 to 60- lb. blocks; chunk, Be per lb. de- livered (animal cut in 11 pieces); chunk, 8y,c lb. delivered (cut to fit hogger); horse livers, 12c lb. delivered frozen in 40 lb. blocks; limit 40 lbs. to one ton of meat; horse tripe 5'60 lb. delivered, ground and frozen in 40-lb. blocks; beef liver 14c lb. delivered, :ozen; beef tripe 5'5 lb. delivered frozen; pork liver 10c lb. delivered frozen; fish the lb. delivered, ground flounder and haddock frozen in 35-lb. blocks. These prlc-s are de- livered anywhere in Wisconsin within 300 miles of Neilsville.

The American Fox Breedera' As- sociation announces that they will conduct their first Silver and Pla- tinum Fox Auction sale on Fri- day. April 17th. Goods will go on display April 13th at the show rooms' of Fur Exchange-Eastwood at I-ioit, 2'15 Seventh St.. New York 1. The last receiving date for this sale was March 20th. It has been arranged by the Association to have George-I-I. Mayem to super- vise the lotting, grading and sell- ing. The above sale will be watch- ed wlth great interest by ranchers in the United States and Canada. Li George Meyers, who has always taken great interest in silver fox, can make it go and re-create in- terest in it he will be blessed by fox ranchers all over America.

The United Mink .'Breeders' As- sociation has voted to establish 9. Harry LaDue Memorial Ward to honor the memory of the late founder and editor of the Ameri- can Fur Breeder and to recognize persons making outstanding con- tributions to the welfare of the mink industry. The award honor- ing one of the truly great men in American fur farming will be given each year to a person who has made an important contribution to the progress of the mink industry. Mr. LaDue died November 25th, 1952. and the National Fur News in his obituary wrote: "Every fur farmer on both sides of the border lost a great and good friend and powerful champion of their cause."

One of America's largest and most modern mink ranches was founded by and unrtll her marriage. was operated solely by a woman. When Josie M. Greenberg in June. 1945, was widowed through her husband's injury in the armed ser- vices. she decided to become a mink rancher, so in December that year she bought 13 males and 38 fem- ales and started her Royal Mink Ranch at Bridgetown, Michigan. Now just seven years later Royal Mink Ranch is retaining 2500 fem- ales for breeders. The pelt crop for 1952 was approximately 7000, about 5500 of them pastels. On

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14. X961. this enterprising lady became the wife of Dr. '1'. T. Ohaddook. top flight veterinarian of fur animals who is well known in this province. Doc anal Josie have made I. wonderful team. He is veterimry in charge and partic- ipates in the management of the ranch. She is the owner and man- agar.

Royal Mink Ram offers an ex- cellent example of t e use of labor saving devices. Nothing is over- looked that w... speed production and reduce labor costs but with no aacrirlce in high quality. Pelting with the modern equipment deve- loped on the ranch, skinners aver-

?” age a. mink a minute. Fleshers

average 22 females an hour or 18 mallu. "It is no task at all," said dork beauleous Josie." for our flelhers to average 20 mink per hour for a nine hour work day. We have had as high as 24. females fleshed per hour or 22 males. Last December with three skinners and five fleshers we completed and had in New York approximately 7000 pelts in only 16 days." As the mink are killed, they are brought in and slid into the slots in a battery of drawers. The sloinner thus has everything at hand, without too much moving around. The peltlng clamps are I great time-saver. Some of the speed in fleshing is due to the knife devised by Doc Ghaddock. This fleshing knife, made in plastic or steel, takes a iii.-inch strip of fat instead of the usual U8-inch taken with older knives. Pelt: are dried on racks in from 21 to 30 hours.

Breeder Sheds Breeders are all under sheds, which are autom- atically watered and tracked for easier fzeding. Each shed holds 250 animals. Josie explained that pro- duction has been considerably greater under sheds than outdoors. Royal Mink Ranch now has 13 breeding sheds. Furring Sheds are 350 feet long and house from 650 to 670 mink. They are automatically watered. Each mink pen has a 3" x 5" metal tag holder, thus ellr"a1tlng the loss of my mink,

and each mink has his own record. It is very easily taken if a mink is moved, and there is no need for records to be written out of doors. The feed-preparing room is equipped with a system of convey- ors which makes possible the pre- paration of a 3,000-lb. catch of feed in 26 or 30 vninutes, ready for feeding There, mink farmers of the Marltlmea, is a pic- ture of a highly successful mink ranch, a challenge to the world, we would say, to duplicate. The speed with which they can prepare pelts leaves us ('"'.Spll'lg for breath.

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Mr. Poultryman:

The future prospects for eggs and meat nevor looked better than at the present time.

Why not invest now and reap the profits in the coming months?

Our stock was graded for meat type recently by the Department of Agriculture.

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It is from this quality stock we produce Chickens at current prices.

The quality of your poultry is a very important factor. Good breeding stock often determines the difference between profit and loss to the egg and meat producer.

We can book orders for April, May and June.

Why not place your order with us now?

It is not too late yet to take advantage of our breeding stock and be in a position to make a good profit this fall.

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