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‘lllAELY NOTES llll TDPIGS

Silver Fox and _ - Mink -. F arming

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The London Fur Bales Com- miiiee have selected the following dares fol‘ fulw auctions for 1948- “; Winter sale December 31st, gpring Stile May 2nd. There will be a special silver fox and platinum uis December etli, 1948 and also [pecial sales of these two furs lahiiary 10th, 1949. March 'ith, i945; May 30th, lil-ill and October 12th. 1949. There will be a special nink sale December 20th, 1948.

The American Fox Breeders are pressing their government fes-

the rill to grant a loan of $5 million to fox farmers would be (ii little value to snail breeders. Dr. 0'Rielly, President of the American National, urges mink brerdcrs lo kccp as part of their howl grind quality standard minks (oi breeding purposes and he also urge! all breeders and their organizations to get behind sound prmiotional plans to place their product before the public eye so that the product will enjoy stable and continuous popularity. ire urged-all fox breeders to pull to- gether and to two-operate to the utmost in the production of ever higher quality fur and in the brdcrly marketing of their pelts. Thcii, he said, we will find our future not so dark as it appears right now.

The mink breeders in the United States are concerned with their problems, first, how to achieve s more orderly disposal of the product and number t-wo, how to prevent the expansion or the industry and consequent de. preciation of pelt quality. A re- port. slated that the glut of the pelt market last season was very bad and pointed out that in December, 1947 two auction houses in New York offered 261,975 pelts, The total December offering for the country was 369,076 pelts. An even worse glut occurred in Jan- uary 1948. when 422.561 pelts were plunzed into sales for buyers to sbxrh. The report urged all brcedcrs to keep all breeding and pelt price records for comparison purposes to eliminate much of the hocum often found in grading.

A report of a recent trip thrpugh the fox ranches of Wisconsin ap- pears in the American Fur and Mark-ct Journal. At the ranch of Arthur Beyvrcis they found him bun fee-dim: some 1,600 Ioxei. When questioned concerning sum- mer care of foxes he suggested that a plcntifill supply of fresh water be ccinsifintly on hand for them to drink, to see that the Initials are not too crowded and to make sure that the meat fed is in good condition. In this connection it. is a great mistake to hind and mix your feed early in the day and leave it for several licurs before feeding. If you do so iii the not weather chemical Eli.ll‘.£"S are very liable to occur and the rcsult may be Botullsm, I! in other words, food poisining.

L r‘. Jones of Whusnu, stressed the importance of plenty of fresh wairr alivnys available. Proper ventilation in the nest boxes of mink and abode for mink in the be! ivczither He. uses sheet alumi- niwn and finds that the aluminum reflects the sun's rays and gives I Zcuvcr temperature inside the "S". lie keeps his vwntcr supply l" " liiffle tank so that the chill will be lill(t‘ll off before it is given

necessity of keeping fresh water in front of the mink at all times, H0 M. pointed out that shade was essential foa- the well being of the animals.

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The members of the North. eastern Mink Breeder; 5550M". ion held a meeting at Boston,

Mass., recently. Authorization was given for the pure/base again this year of 6.000 0.6’: of Botullnus Afllltflxln. and a volunteer com- mittee was formed to act in em- ersencies injecting the Anti. Toxin into mink if an attack of Botulism occurs. Mink breeding i; making rapid strides in Mae;_ achusetts

The Americans are still quite het up over the Platinum Brager- Larsen case. That is, the gum, that after years or litigation Broger- Larsen won his case and claim thug Platinum foxes were not silver foxes and of course the larger "mm" M duty which he had paid was refunded to him 1p;- the Norwegian shippers.

One of the pelts sold at that solo in New York in i959 brought $11,000. Mr. Larsen and J. R, Lindfilrum who accompanied him, did not consider if. the finest iu

their collection, but George A. Callback who looked over the collection told Mr. Larsen he

thousht it was by far the most outstanding pelt. When the bid- ding started the first few pelts were withdrawn, Then they com. menced to be bought in rapid fashion and finally they arrived It l belt where the bids went up in hundreds c! dollars. It was a case of two giants meeting and each wanting the same pelt _ the late I. J. Ppx ol New York and J- Welnins. Mr. Undstrom, whose 9°" l‘ VII. could scarcely believe his ears as the figure of $10,000 was reached and passed and finally I. J. Fox iwoh oui; l; $11, 000, which of course is the worlds r°°°'d m‘ I Pelt. The American government has taken steps g0 that now and in future Platinum 1°"! W1" nay a duty oi 3'1 1/2". the some as silver 10x, ' '

On the morning of June 20th last. Glen J. Stock= of Fishaven, IdBhO. looked into a den where a female blue fox had a litter and found fourteen pups. writing of his experience he says ‘Any other year before this I would have been thrilled. It seems like the old lady who lived in a shoe — we have so many pups we don't knc/w what to doii

Committees representing the fur ranchers of the United States are rather incensed that so many

Americans should go over to Russia and spend Inlllions of dollars buying ussian furs. It

does really see a rather absurd thing to do as the Russians would certainly not come over .here to buy any ccmmodities such as furs. They would like to get some uranium to make atomic bombs with, or anything else of a nature that would strengthen their ability to make war. With all tho furs that are available in Canada and the United States t seems the governments should step in and prevent the spending of all that money in a hostile country.

One of the arguments uscd by the American committee is that Russian furs are largely produced

llontrol 0f The Babbage Maggot

(BMIlmQfll-ll Ilflfll NQIVI)

Now ts the time for vezetlble growers to protect cabbage and cauliflower against the cabbage maggot if the plants already have been set out in the field. The adult insect which are two-winged flies. lay their eggs against the stems of the plants at the soil level, the first eggs usually being found about the time plum trees come into bloom. Egg-laying now has started and will continue i! the weather is favourable, through- out May ahd early Jupe. Says W ( Matthewman, Division of Entom- ology, Dominion Department of Agriculture. Ottawa-

The maggot cah be controlled very effectively with corrosive sublimate a white powder bro- curable from most seed houses, applied in a. solution at the strength cc 1 ounce to 10 gallons or water. First dissolve the powder in a little hot water and then add cold water to bring the solution to the required concentration. As corrosive sublimate loses much of it; strength when it touches metals, it should be mixed in and applied from wooden. aim or earthenware vessels, This point is very important. Corrosive Subli- mate is deadly poison, so great care must be employed in its use.

Applying the insecticide at the rate of 1/3 to 1/2 cupful per plant which, with cabbage and Cflullflwel‘ set 1o by 30 inches apart, will re- quire about 200 gallons per acre at each application. one, and some- times two additional treatments should be made at intervals of l week uihoe a single application will not give satisfactory control it the infestation is at all heavy. Four the solution on the soil at the base or the plants taking care tr. wet the stems thoroughly. Plants not yet set o-ut should be treated 3 to 4 days after transplanting. not later, for the success or the control depends largely on making the first application early.

booty or w“ from Germany and the Scandanavian countries. They want a complete embargo on all Russian furs.

Fc-ur breeders, Ernie. Reg. Cecil and Charlie Pal-doe, are ex- perimenting with beaver breeding at Blenheim, Ontario. They will ihave to wait quite a while to find out what the result will be as beavers do not usually breed until twelve months in captivity. The Pardoe brothers have been in fur farming since 1930 and have 3000 mink. It has been stated that they are the first fur farmers who have tried to breed beaver in captivity, but this is not correct. An endeavor was made to breed beaver in captivity by J. D. Jenkins and it was to some extent successful. Another beaver fami was started near Hlghfield but it did not look to be a pay- ing proposition and was disco-n- tinued and the beavers pelted. The original beavers came from the J. D. Jenkins beaver ranch.

SHOWER 01" MEIEORS

NEW YORK. Aug. 12 -—(AP)— The annual shower of Perseid meteors is expected to be visbile. beginning tonight, and for the next few nights. Robert R. Coles of the Hayden Planetarium says that as many as 50 "shooting stars" may be counted during a single hour. if cloud conditions are favorable.

CEUEL PASTIME

Cock-penny was paid at one time by scholars at certain Eng-

shore birds. Its plumage striking mixture of reddish chest. nut, black, and white.

es, such as Calico Plover. Cheq

reaps the reward of its exertions Macswain, in 1919. found Turnstono "not

looked upon as rare. The

Stems. of Souris:

Ruddy Turnstone. Migrant. Summer Plumage:

black bars running up to the eyes; a black bar across the up- per chest, and the rest of the un- denparts white. largely rich chestnut. stout; “the upper

straight. which gives the bill an upturned appearance" Legs reddish. In Winter the col-

is white. Immature birds the chest mottled dusky, and the legs orange colored. Length adults 9.5 iniches.

—And a Myrtle Warbler l

A box containing the cadaver

of a bird has just reached me. The accompanying note says: "I am emioslng a. bird which was found drowned in the horse- trough. It is not familiar to me. and I have no bird guide at hand —will you kindly tell ins what it is? Yours truly. M. B. Ross, Kiri- ross, P. E. I." This trim-looking little bird is Lhe Myrtle Warbler. and the deep coloring shows it. to be a. male. These birds are fond of the seeds of the "Bay Myrtle." WIM- times called the Waxberry, (My- rica carollncnsia). a shrub not un- common here. Myrtle Warblers nest throughout much of Canada. and winter south as far as Pan- ama. A writer iri the "Birds of North Carolina" says: "T have no- ticed a peculiar trouble from which this species suffers. On five occasions I have picked up fresh- ly dead Myrtle Warblers, and found attached to the neck of each one s. large. fully-bloated wood tick." (Probably Txodeai. Perhaips this explains the tragedy in the horse-trough!

On looking up my records I note that these Warblers were in my garden May 29, 1938. and May 9. 1946. The present record 1| Aug. 3. 1048.

Myrtle Whrblcr. AOU. 665. Sum- mer resident, common and in- creasing. Adult male: bluish-ash above, streaked wit-h black dots. Under parts white heavily streak- ed black. Four yellow patches. viz.. crown patch. riimo. and, a patch on each side of the breast. (Rump patch very noticeable). Outer tail-feathers with white inner vanes: there are two white bars on each wing. and the throat is white. Adult‘ female: similar but duller, the blue with s brown- ish tinge, and less black below. Length 5.5 inches.

Though they est berries, these

to the mink, Armand Hilgemann by semi-slave labor and some lish schools where cockJighting

when hum hi, his straflofd, wis- of the furs are procured from was an institution to defray ex- Warbler! l-re in the main insecti- WTF‘, ranch also stressed the breeding stock confiscated as 11611885 0f U18 5110"- VOYOUS-

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the uncommon," but by 1038 it was beginning to be only record comes from Mr. J. Frank "Flock of six seen at Ship Pond, Aug. 3. 1987."

AOU. 283-1’. Head and neck white. with wide curved

Beck and wings Bill short. m s. n d i b l e

(Reed). ors are more subdued; the uipper parts are blackish bordered with brownish gray and the lower back have

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ADDITION T0 OUR. FLORA

Mr. Dean Robinson, of the Lab- oratory of Plant Pathology, calls my attention to a “new" plant, for our Island Flora. “Enclosed.” he

“Bred snipe, ma w on‘ and u ab writes, "are specimens of a leaf so enaibles one to recognize the bird at a glance. The name Turn- stone reifers to a haibit by which the bird secures the small animal life left behind by the retiring ‘tide. Thge, as is well known. take refuge under stories, and the bird aimipiy inserts its beak under the edge, gives a heave. and away goes the stone rolling or skidding to some distance, while the bird

and a cluster of seed capsules of a. plant growing wild around a fox ranch near Qiarlottetown. The flowers are about half an inch broad. have four petals, and twenty w thirty stamens. The sap is yellow, the main root rath- er fleshy and cf a deep orange color.

The description given by Brit- ton and Brown for Chelldonlum msjuii (Celandine) seemsfi to fit this plant. It was originally in- troduced to this particular locat- ion near Charlottetown some years ago by o. rancher who used the sap flcrn the cut stems as a cure for eye infeotion in his foxes. Since then it has grown wild.

"I am curious to know if you have ever encountered this plant anywhere else in Prince Edward Island. Yours very truly."

I was glad to have this Celan- dlne since our list of Island plants is at a. standstill: the last addition was in 1947. The present addition is duly entered into my record book.

"Chelidonln hoi-ba,” says the Uatln dictionary. “is the herb oelandine. very 800d for the eyes. The swallows cure their young ones of their blindness with this herb, called also swallow-‘wort,’ says Pliny. ("However this may be, Chelldone is the Greek name for s. swallow, and there is sup- posed tx) be some connection be- tween the flowering time of the plant and the date of departure of that bird).

"The yellow ocrid juice is pois- onous snd is used as caustic to destroy warts and in diseases of the eye. In England the plant is also called Tetterivort, tetter be- ing any skin disease, like ring- worm. etc. for iiiihich the juice was said to be specific." My N099

Book also records that the plant is subject to a. disease called Septorio Chelidonii (Desm.“)

ANTARES IN SCORPIO

A week or two ago the planet Jupiter was the subject of a. note in this column. It is seen to the south about 9 p.m., and is a con- spicuous pale yellow "star," which does not. twinkle. Not far away, a little to the southwest, is a first magnitude reddish star named Antares by the ancients. Ares was the Greek name for the god Mars. and Ant-ares meant the "rival of Mars," the red planet.

Astronomers tell us that Ant- ares is the largest star known to them: that if our Sun be rerpre- sented by a dot. like a. period- Antares must be shown as a circle rather more than two inches in diameter. (It is singular that, in- credulous thoush we may be in other directions, we accept the statements oif science without be- ing able personally to prove them!)

It is not, however. its size, nor its resemblance to Mars. that at- tracts me, but the fact that it be- longs to a group of stars that may be likened to a lily. with s long stalk reaching down to the hor-

Gare 0f The New Born Foal

(Experimental Farms News)

The strong, healthy foal is generally up on its feet and ready to nurse within thirty minutes to two hours after birth. Some foals, however are weak at this stage, and may need some assistance in setting up and some help while nursing. The old adage of leading a hqse to water is likewise appli- cable to helping a foal to nurse. They should be coaxed —- not forced. SHYS J. G. Stothart, Divis- icn of Animal Husbandry, Central Experiirnaital Farm, Ottawa.

It is extremely important that tihe foal gets the mares first milk or the colostrum. 1t contains antl- bodies which protect the foal against infection, as “Yell u; acting as a natural pllrgativg

Constipation may cause trouble. If the foal is sluggish and does not nurse it may be because of constipation, and un enema may be necessary.

Iii the case of scours, on the other hand. it may be that the name's feed should be cut down 11nd Dart of the milk taken sway by milking her out at intervals. O_ther causes of scours include un- clean surroundings, fretfulness or high temperature in the mare, or cold and dampness. The bee; remedy is to eliminate these con- ditions.

An orphan foal should, i: at all

possible. be shifted to another mare. If this is not feasiable, cows milk can he fed but it

should be made up to as.near the CCt-“flbosition of mares’ milk as possible. This can be done by taking a pint oi’ milk, 10w in butter- fat, and adding a table-spoonful of granulated sugar and three l-"blefllconfuis of lime water. This should be warmed to body temper- ature and fed in small quantities Bvfiry hour. As the foal grows the amount can be increased, and {he number of feedings reduced. After about three weeks to a month the sugar can be left out and the mixture gradually changed until the foal is getting skim milk uloua,

Pasture is the ideal place for a mare and foal, and as soon gs the

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standard equipment for the modem small home. The name is based upon the assumption ‘ window looks out upon a land-‘ scape view.

Ol-lsvufed by shrubs, grc-wn too tall

one of s. bare front lawn, and, street.

But the picture window in the‘ illustration achieves its thanks to the attractive flower bed planted in front of it. 0n the low. one-story houses which now domi-i nate new buildings, flowers in the’ front yard provide an attractive Irrame and decoration usually severe design,

but have e longer flowering season, ‘especially when rihaded. They are excellent for planting in front of

@0101‘ scheme. and flower varieties suggested in the sketch, can be varied.

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A picture window is almost ed in masses of a single color rather than in mixture, or is patterns. A ribbon planting d a dwarf flower of contrasting color is often grown around the edge of the bed.

Dwarf growing varieties are most in favor, to keep tihe plant.-

that the

Many such windows are seen:

for the 10w house they are intend-i m8 l°""i 5° m” "law from u" ed go decor-am others are heavpyf window is unobscured, and the curlgjned’ sine; m, only View is‘ low-set house is not made to

seem lower.

Low growing annuals which are suited for use in ri-ont yard flower beds and borders include:

Blue-Chinese delphiniuim. Violas, petunias, ageratiun. anchusa, pom- pon asters, alyssum violet queen, cynoglossum, lobelia, dwarf morn- i ing glory, nierecnbergia, phlox, ver- bena, and for-get-me-not.

Red and pink-pompon asters, begonias, camations, pinks, candy- tuft, ceiosia, clarkia, pinks, nast- urtiums, petunias, lox, portulaa salvia, verbena, lil put and cupid zinnias, impatients.

Yellow and orange-Calendulan dvrarf callicpsis, orange cosmos. dimorphotheca, caiifomia poppy, lantana, marigold, nasturtiunls. portulaca, sanvitalia, cupid and lilliput zinnias.

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Violas are cousins of the pansy,

home which faces north. The

A modern eflect in decoration obtained when flowers are plant.

weather errnits they should be 0m Every day and eventually all the time.

-______. used to say when they meant. Mea Culpa-my fault. On Aug. 9th 1 wrote-“Aug. 19. Conjunction of Saturn and the Sun, also the Moon is Pull. Thus Jupiter, the Sun, the Earth (Terra) and the Moon will be in a row; a situation likely to bring trouble!" "Jupi- fer" was a stu-pid slip: I meant Saturn.

TRICKY WVORD. “LIKE".

In “Notes By The Way", Aug. 7th. appeared an interesting ac- count of catchy grammatical us- ages that brought disaster to ex- aminees at the City Oollege of New York. One of the sentences was "Do you really think that Jules speaks just like-—” and the student was required to com- plete the sentence by writing "I", or “me". as a. test of his know- ledge. This floored B21 out of 856 examinees. Now, I am doubtful. "Like" is a versatile word. It may be classified as any of the “parts of speech" excerpt the Pronoun and the Interjectlon. If it is consider- cd to be an adverbial conjunction the sentence will finish-"like I (speakfl If we consider "like" as