‘ enemies.

JANUARY 4. 19,36 -l

chunk meat system

introduced here.

a Proper Winter Feeding a

vml-cnuuali

Better results will be obtained by grinding meat and mixing with Vita-Crumble than by the

Easier to Feedwlligller Averages Meat 70%; Yegetablesdgg} Vita-Crumble 25%

Add warm water just enough to make the

mixture stick together in meat bells and feed in the same manner as chunk meat.

High averages have always been obtained b)’ Ontario ranchers using this ration, and high averages were obtained in 1935 ll)’ Island ranch- ers lasing this "feed which has only recently been

Several ranchers who formerly had low averages have high averages this season. ranchers in the Charlottetown area the lowest average was three, A number of ranchers using this ration had litters of seven and over. One rancher who had one litter of seven in ten years fed this feed in the winter of 1035 and had four litters of seven. Two of them from females that were kept three consecutive years without lit- ters. This same rancher had fifty-two females all of which mated and his average was three and a half pups to each female. Vita-Crumbla

nlay be obtained for

$6.00 per cwt. or $28.75 for 500 iii. lots

from the stock of J. ROBERT MUTCH at Cartons warehouse, Grafton Street, or from Samuel Kennedy, Charlottetown.

Further information on Vlta-Crumbla may be obtained from either SAMUEL KENNEDY, or J. ROBERT MUTCH, Mount Herbert.

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‘llnemy oi tirass 0n Maritime Marshes

The bmnsc cutworm is a periodic insect enemy‘ of gross on the marsh lands about the Chignecto isthmus

'at the head o: the Bay of Fundy in the Maritime Provinces. At inter- vals of five 0r six gears, outbreaks develop which destroy the grass on some hunderds 0f acres of meadow during the tfirst three weeks of Juno. Thwe outbrealsls commonly last three years, appearing as scat- tered local outbreaks the first year, becoming more extensive in the second year and dylllK W‘ ln the third year from the effects of natural control agencies, parasitic

predators, and diseases. Usually, they an: confined to the area. between the Tantramar and Auluc rivers where there is a body of marsh land ‘some twenty-four square miles in area. At 1011891‘ ill- tervals, twenty to thirty-live years, more extensive outbreaks occur. ex- tending over all of the marsh lands along the several rivers which flow into the head of the Bay of Fundy.

An outbreak developed in 1035 and appeared in scattered infesta- tions on not only the central body of marsh land between the Tantra- mar and Aulac rivers but on the marsh lands alone the Maccan, Nappan, La Planche, Mlsslquash. Memramcook and Petlticodlac river in Cumberland county, N. B. and Wetmorland county. N.B-. and also on marsh lands near Riverside in Albert county} roughly, an area thirty miles by twenty miles in ex- tent. A survey in June showed the grass on about 2.000 acres dos- troyed and in addition an equal amount was dammed by feedins-

Neturul control fenutres were not operative to any marked extent and a ‘larva mlmbcr of moths developed on nll the local infested area. to do- pcsit eggs. Tile records for the months of Septemberqand October

"giving the nu ,“ of eggs deposited showed that for 83 samples of sod taken from the meadows between Nappatl. u. s. and flutes Mouteln, N.B., the general avcraBe ‘We 32

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sass oer square met- on the ventral body cf marsh land between the Tantramar and pulse rivers, 31 samples showed an average of d1 ease per square Mt, with some samples showing more than a0 eggs per square foot. Sixty per cent of these 632s hatched nt the beginning of October, 1935, so that the pros- pects for a severe outbreak in i936 would appear to be certain. Control experiments were carried out by the Dominion En- toxuologfcal Branch. and when the ‘ousnoss of the situation was ascertained, a tenative advlsony committee, representing the De- partments of Agriculture. of the Dominion, of Nova Scotia, and of New Brunswick. was formed. Cir- culars giving the life history of the insect and suggested control measures were Sent to 1,800 march- land owners.

In September, exhibits showiuil the life history of the insect and the nature of the injury caused were prominently displayed for two weeks in both Sadkville, N.B., and 4111mm. N-B- The advisory com- mittee on control was definitely or- ganized in October and has ap- proved cultural control features suggested in the circulars already 8811i out. The conunittlee has also tldvised that further efforts be blade through meetings, ‘f ts, and the era-operation of the local ilewsmpers to warn all marsh land owners in the area likely to be infested of the probable danger of loss in i936, in order that they will be able to take steps to protect their hay land.

The personnel of the Advisory committee is as follows: R. P. Gofllml. Assistant Blntluuologlet. Fredericton, N. 15.. Cllillrman; w. W. paircl. Sllllllfillbendcnt, New Experimental FannfA. D. Pi t

Annapolis Royal, N. 5.; G. MIM- heu, District 506d ITISWfiOT. 580k- ville, u. 1a.: n. Merhee. District Representative, _ H erst, N‘.S.; deem Mecmod. Agrtc. is- trict Reprcsentst ve. Moncton; . J. Gaudet, Agricultural District lisp-

‘ ‘Are handled by handy-eds of merchants throughout the, Mltltlluw- i“ your

localdealer. Ho will give you lull inf"- matloa and brim (in

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The Jan . use at ins @1153 nu‘ w“? Y 991F930! 1000108 0t! With over 350m- TMB we many manned “P. “l6 Iilllifllll bifillg wry hggyy purchasers of the silvery was,

T110 Wren sales with smaller quantities. reelected. a decline ffum Jfllll-llfyll D1100! of over 5 percent, bill May sales cams back sm-mg gréltlwswere fully flflusl to January

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Bimini the summer time was s. 8"" dflmlllld. for vllver fox through- out the world. in Greet Britain particularly, becaug Qf m; Km“ Jubilee celebration, which bmugh. at people time u visit-

The t‘!!! Ill-lea reiistored declines due to the critical situation caused by lilfl War in Ethiopia and the at- titude of Great Britain and France

_ towards Italy. The November and

December sales had immense quan- tities oi skins offered-ls percent mill“! film" my previous year. They were nearly all Norwegian pmdug- tion. were better than usual qual- ity and met with a warm reoeptlo from the trade with prices ad- vsnced over November by about 5 percent.

In this connection it i; well to note the increasing nuznbem which Norway is developing. Because of the fostering care of thg gopgm- ment and the intelligence and hard work of the fox ranchers, they are mil-kills a financial success of fox fanning and this year will place on sale upwards of 180,000 skins, 1n. eluding those marketed in Novem- bel- and December. Bwedenhas also very considerably increased her production.

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Tho total number of pelts offered on sale in 1935 is estimated at over 400,000. During the coming year (i956) it l-s not thought probable "lat this number will be very much increased, as some countries, not- ably the United States. will have a slightly smaller production and therefore fewer skins to market. It

larger production than the previous year.

Market Wllorts from New York for December and from all parts of the United States, are to the effect that silver fox prices are firm and that the article is in good demand. The recent December sale in Mon- treal ivas successful as ts,- gg pygces were concerned, although only ab- out 6) percent 0i‘ the pfl ring was dlslltlSod of. There the clear. full silvers WOT»: most wanted, probably {or the American trade or for cape rad-a in Canada.

In this province there has been a steady increase in number of pairs ranched the past few years and those having good foxes for sale all report sold out. but mostly l0 llelfillbors- Very few soles have been made to parties abroad, proh- sbly 100 foxes.

The silver fox show at Charlotte- town early in November was a swat success, attracting over 500 entries and large crowds of spectators. Ira Carr, Covehesd. won the Adult and Grand Championship of the show with the Pup Chem ionshlp going to W. B. McArthur, arising-toil.

The Alberton show was as usual a fine exhibition of high quality an- imals and there the Grand Cham- pionship was won by George War- ren. Howlsn.‘ The Pup Champion- ship also was won by George War- ren, Howlan.

Borden show followed Alberton and the Grand Championship was won by J. R-fievtck, who has been domiciled here for the past few years, and the Pup Champlonshi was won by J. W. Ixckle, B s e.

November, most of the buyer; locat- lug in silmmerside and for a time

Provincial Entomologist for Nova that glty was the scene of a great scotln: A- Kelsoll. Entomologist. amount of bustle and activity, as

hundreds of foxmen could be seen

front one place to another. my a a ... were s ppe ug - crating there. High ptlcflwlom o - tamed through the auctions by Hil- lard Mutteri- ma. ma» Mills. $105, and others. Willie Drake Bros, Pownal, sold a pelt it $100 and unsure W- Jly. Pocket. 901d one at $00 lwully

9w to the unfavorable weath- er this all, mild and rainy. lull belle did not mature as well as they d d in the colder]- aeaxsind as a DUNN! VIN 8 l'- . it has been pi-spticsily completed and the vsrlolg fox farmers have tumcd their products over to the different oonslgment houses or have sold them in buyers lit-em now on will be wellllllll t. victim i-h mm n: 1m imp! lien-

A glimmer of hope is vouchssfed ti} ufimuzh the cm“ 01st Helga their iisinratcs on” nto

fom the Par Int through the Med-

filaments ibil n‘: d:

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is doubtful it’ Canada will have any i

Pelt buying started about mid- ‘S’

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lesson starts in late Iiebruaxy. then we cm look forward to s good mar- ket for silver 16x in fill-ope. Every tn points to a bong up one lathe no.1.» all in l-llwethinie the signs are favorable for nearly as good n reception M that of i085.

Monday morning at ten o’clock the London Silver Fox auctions will start with Hudson's gay Company iudin ofl followed by O; M. Lem __ o; 00.. Roderick Hut-h k Company and Anning & Cobb, but in what order lwscaunot state.

dud-son's Be always l, 01f. but the others digaw for -

The lure ‘an malt-Eh wmlleuy’: v w! 0f , m c actual suction takes place in Hud- son’: Bow Company's auction room. The euel are always the l.l.lll1°—E-A-,,d&.50lll-Wh0 have been auctioneers foo" several mentions o; London time is ima- new» earlier than cure it u probable that some report e1 the sale will be received help around

flVQCrBlXp-nl.

‘Ibo report or o. u. umpscn a Company's sale which took place on the 13th of December in Lon- don has just conic to hand. Their offerings were quite largo. 10.662 skins, of which about all 1-0 percent were sold with very keen contpetig tion. French b11781?» the home trade and Belgium, were the im- portant purchasers. ‘file better grades of all colors sold at full, flrnl 83cm compared with the Novem-

wle- and . the inlet”: slum were in strong demand and realized high prices. stale skins as was expected» were mostly withdrawn and when sold realized lower prices. Lamp-

son's anticipate thgt the quantities to be offered in the London market January sales will not be as large B8 n Yew‘ B80 and for that reason expect the prices established at the December sale co be maintained.

The following are top. prices for various colorings. Black and slight- ly silvery, $30. One-quarter silvery, $40. One-half silvery, 100. Three- quarters silvery. $l25. Slvcry $110.

Congratulations to litmest M1115, Kenslngton, well-known fox breed- el‘. Who received $125 for abelt from a. year-old fog which he marketed through the Dominion Fur Sales ilecently- lltmle has done consid- erable business‘ in live sales and at the present time is all mated up for e breeding season.

Milligan & Morrison, Limited, fox ranch. Northam. undel- the management of Mr. James Milligan, has enjoyed a very successful sea- son and have. now finished prepar- lng their pelts for market and have mated up 233 pairs which they are keeping over for 1936. Miiligan and Morrison strain of foxes have been for years leaders in producing Al- askan typo and have to their honor the highest price received at alw- tion in recent years, £255 (about $1,200) at Hudson's Bay Auction, and an average of £67 for fifty sinus.

We have had a request from one of our valued readers for the name of a book on the care of foxes with instructions also on feeding, and would say that there has recent- ly been published by the Ontario Government Experimental Fur Farm. Klrkfleld.’ Ontario, a. very good book writ-ten by Dr. Ronald G. haw, B. V. Sc., D.V.Sc., whoisin charge of the station. It is obtainable through the Department of Game and Fisheries, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, and the price is $1.00 (cash or stamps).

There one chapters on ranch con- struction, feeds and feeding, prac- tloal breeding and selection of breeding stock. reproduction, me- paring of pelts, parasitic diseases, diseases of the digestive tract, kid- ney dtsewes, u‘ r, and mis- cellaneous conditions.

Another writer has written in for a good feed formula. for January. The following is given as the one 11nd by a lario tench with 1,00) breed foxes, near Charlottetown. lash f flee from bone 100 lbs.

.., .. 2001M. Horsemeat ... ".280 lbs. , d green bone 25 lbs. Bin‘: its iced liver oil) till lbs. c, fl 8 lbs. it lbs.

Bibs.

one.

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101M.

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Thefoxoqmtcdmce aday be- tween four H10 live o'clock. To ar- rlvg at o. formula for 100 toms div- idc the above by ton.

m; zeusplsliiwcluls is and by a western I08 rancher 1mm De- cember to Much and he has bad

v 800d W000i! with it. agent . ... ..~ ... ... ... ‘I096 BNfl-d ... ... ... .., ... 10% Bran ... ..- ... ... ... 1%

N! 0-- .a. ... ... ... 1% Vegetables ... ..v ... Ht womb 4% Milk ... 10%

‘the mincrttll in we insx and bone meal. 11> of Bslinsx and 3% of bone meal.

one query put to the writer was to give a formula of the belt fol: feed If: winter feeding, one that I d viii-ice largest ov- erage. \a is o stum l ‘than are many fgln and ox- celleat nsu no nod by the S11v0!‘ TIP

um "or mioffim , '

arm CHARLOTTETOWN cclianrm

out unmanned t ilotlimo we of furs in omen tone, and they lead pleasant lives minutes. What no aflt notable on thp farm, supporting their hus- about the n10 1m tut that bend; in idleness." ’

NEWSY

NOTES

From Beaufront Castle the little Pill-y rode Northwhrd on the Dore 5060i. an old Roman mad, which l8 locally but erroneously known I8 Walling Street. At Greenrig, a hill which oommwda a view on the Street for mtmy miles, they found Mr. Forster oi Bamborough, together with twenty other gentle- 311811. awaiting them. The party, which how consisted of sixty horse- men. then turned Eastward and soda "across colmtry’ to Plain- fisld, near thdRlver Ooquet, where they were joined by the DeHepples, of the bsmny of Hepple, whose massive castle, majestic even in min. ls still the delight of the dntlquary. After proclaiming Jamw III at Rothbury, Alnwlck, and Warlcworth, they reached the East oout and turned southward. By this time the Earl's following had increased to three hundred men, all horsemen, for they would per- mit no foot to join them. At the important town of Mozpeth, they held a. conference at which Mr. Forster was appointed general, not for any military ability he possess- ed. but because. being a Protest- ant, it was supposed that his in- fluence would h-ave weight with the High Church flirty who were known to be disaffected. He unflfd them to march on Newcastle, and they did so, only to find the gates of that town cVJsed against them. This was the first check they had

II, anaemic - - _ . ,, , u“ "in"; 0F l7" (l) 1e ‘ were conducted to London

for trial. The Earl was committed to the Tower when he lay tillg the 9th of February i716, when ha was carried to Westminster Hall

IEGENDB 0F THE SKY (1)

“K1118 the belt of Orion as a guida and following its line to the south-east. we see the brightest of all the stars, Sirius, the Dog-star. Them are two masons for this designation: first, it is the leading star in the constellation cam; ms,- jor, (the Greater Dog); second.

Just before the sun at the hottest Dflrt 0f the year. when it was sup- poeed that dogs were most. liable to rabies, for which the influence of thg star was held responsible. In this constellation are also three stars of the second magnitude and one of the third." all grouped near Sirius in the northern part of the constellation. Canis major extends southwards for about 30 degrees, but the remaining stars are small in apparent magnitude. . Sirius gives its name to a. class of stars which aic characterized by‘ a brilliant. white ' color and whose spectrum shows the presence of immense quantities cf hydro- grn. The “Slrian stars" axe believ- ed to be in an early stage of de- velopment; in fact they are "youth- ful suns." This star has a further claim to notice, being a famous

experienced, and, by way o.’ a ruse, they retreated up the valley of the Tyne to Hexham, where they pro- claimed James Il‘! in the Market Place and then proceeded to en- camp on Cox-bridge Common, near Dilston. Flor some days they lay at Col-bridge, hoping for an O'D- portunity of surprising Newcastle, but the garrison of the town were not to be taken off their guard. Disappointed in their expectation of securing that important centre, the rebels again proceeded to Roth- bury to effect a junction with the forces of Lord Kenmuir. They had thus made a circuit of nearly 150 miles of the wildest part of North- umberlland, and without success in any of their undertakings. The little army slightly; augmcnlerl ill numbers, now marched northward across the border, to Kelso in Scotland, where, on the 22nd 0i’ October, they were joined by about 140 Ofoot under Brigadier Mackin- tosh. At Hawick dissenslons arose in the camp and five or six hund- red Highlanders refused to cross the frontier, and returned again to their native hills. At a council 0f war, an invasion of Lancashire having been decided upon, the united forces entered, Enlfand. At Penxlth in Cumberland they found opposing them a. “pDsSe comitatus" of 12,000 men, hastily gathered from the Northem counties. These were put to flight and on Novem- ber loth the victorious army’. now‘ numbering i600 men entered Pres—‘ 1gp, The populace however gavel them a cold and (lb-heartening re-l ceptlon; so that the leaders had‘ just. decided to march on Man- chester, when news reached them that the King's forces were ail- preaching.

The rebels at rinyt took up a Desk tlon in a deep and narrow lone commanding the bridge over the Ribble. This was the very P011"? where Oliver Cromwell had in for- mer times met with a stout resist- ance from King Charles’ umly llnd himself narrowly 9500990 bill‘? killed by the huge stones TOllB-d down on him from above. Then. by a strange fatality, they aband- oned this advantageous post 0nd retreated to the town where they threw up barricades acf0$ the foul‘ principal streets and brePB-fed i° make a vigorous defence. General Willis, the leader of the King's ilorces, attacked with four resi- ments of dmgwus and one °f foot, but was everywhere repulsed. ‘rt-edition says that Lord Derwent- water and his brother displayed great bravery-the former having stripped to his waistcofi. that he might be less encumbered in the fight. But the. arrival of General cgppenter with reinforcements quite disheartened the rebels; and General Forster, hopins to Ni better terms by a timely submis- sion, sent Colonel Oxburgh to 9Y0- pose a capltulatlon. As this was done without the knowledge 0! his oolleagues, Firrster has. in the old b51154 o: "Dcrweutwater," been branded as q, traitor: there is never- thciess no evidence to prove him anything more than an utterly in- competent gsneraL