mat NOTES

Gross Silage

ON Hill FARMING Forhegncni

fjw

gy elevating mink markons to

-handlsing and promoting

nink item'

was 34 per cent in all stores I

When it I .isured

a drag the low markon on min

advantage of the nation's swing t

profitability of the fur departmen climb, top managemen

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ag-.:ressive merchandising in al fut" products. In actual practice

the

in iion-miiik items.

department gross margin in line with the stores goal.

While there are probably many reasons for the development of the close markon on mink, the over- riding reason for maintaining the low margin appears to be competi- tion. Few retailers would risk any but a slight increase in mink mark- ons because they fear losing sales to lower price competitive stores.

per rent of the crop. This is indicated ill a forecast of world mink pro- duction prepared by Max Weiss and Son. London. The four Scandina- vian nations-Sweden. Denmark, Norway and Finland-will produce ibout 400,000 mutations this season is compared with 360,000 last sea- um. according to the British firm. standard ranch mink production is expected to totab about 8tKl,000 this reason as compared with 742,000 list. The total crop, according to lie Weiss estimate. will be 1,370,000 is compared with l,i02.000 last sea- ltlil 1 Pastels will be by far the most numerous of the Scandinavian mu- tations. with silverblus second, and utily small quantities of other color l phases. The following is a nation- in-nation estimate of the new sea- son's production. Last season's pro- "Cll0lI fliiures are in parentheses: , Denmark-Standard ranch mink. i . t254.000l: pastels. 75.000 . 02.000); silverblus. 33.000 t25.000) npphires and carriers. 10,000 (2,-' White. 6.000 (2.000); othersl -"00 t-'l.000t: Total 469,000, (320.-. Finland-Standards. ll0,000,i Pastels. 16.000 (9,000); (9.000): others. Total. 150,000 riui.-l Norway-Standards. ltm.000,l 130.000': pastels. 100.000 t75.000l;l lverblus. 40.000 (4f),000I; sapphh-. carriers, 14,000 (5,000):

4250.000).

, 1 ,. i00.000 t6,000t: sll-. : sapphiresi . l6.000 t8,000l: oth!rsl . Total 410.000 (400,-

Thf” outlook is for an increase Mirwegian blue fox production to some 3,000 pelts last season this coming season. Swed- ll hlue fox production is expect- ' in rise from 8.000 to 13.000 and innish output is expected to de- ase from 4.000 to 3.000.

Fnx muffs are becoming a big Ijdfor holiday promotion. With-

l WI-We tool to HIIIIAI. FOR THE nest

sundottcsfoldhaaanarticlein

5,” Way To Prime the Pump.

normal" level. fur retailers could, 5,, effect. prime the pump of busi- ness in all furs. This is the opin- ,,,u n! some trade sources who be- lleve that the present overwhelm- ug popularity of mink can be con- erted into ill a source of healthy irofit for retailers, and (2) lever- lge for increased activity in mer- ('0!!-

The facts are: Mink markons at email are generally the lowest of my fur Item carried in the nation's itores. The average gross margin is said to be little more than 25- in per cent on mink these days while the gross margin on all furs

1954 This compares with a gross, ' -- "ant nf l954.i4,06ll n("liK far my 107 ..,- Q21-my

that 60 per cent of the retail fur business is ' i-iirrcntiy in mink. it is plain what: C0lIl:I'alIIlHlI0ns to L. W Hancock-

average department and Specialty nection with the Amherst Winter store fur department. The theory F510 LOWE” W83 1005 With George

mink by merely extracting a nor- 5100- LOWE” mal iiiarkon.oii this product. the enertly and

nuns, and the way would be paved distemper thatvon at least two oc-I for a revival of m.,e5tm,,m and casinos gave him a bad scare. but

mus, Sum-5 maintain a l,elow.,,a,- than ever. Mink and fox rasing isl markup on mink. and try to bring Only 3 Part of his

departmeurs average gross porbably the most important part. gin up by higher markons on, Because of tlleito being niannger of the fur mar- ilominance of mink in most areas kellilfl dvpartnlcnt of the Canadian lnrlay" fur buyers generally are National Silver Fox Breeders As- Iuzlitiug a losing battle to keep their 5001350"-

iFour Navy League Trophies Awarded

League

is?

Beef Cows

0'l'I'AWA- Gnu silage as the only feed has proved to be satis- factory for wintering pregnant beef cows, provided it is of good quality and the ' 2 content is not higher than I!) per cent. But better results will be obtained when hay is added to the grass silage ration.

These are the conclusions drawn from a two-year feeding trial con- ducted at the Central mrlmentai Farm, Ottawa. Three groups of cows were fed: 1. grass silage, 2 ma recelued 34,221,549 r 2 .1 grass silage and hay. corn silage pelt last season. Accorditiig stos and hay" Bath My and 3"” wage Q,"',',',"' "”'S””'”- We chairmwf.”;"f.f.e..S 2.T3”iiE ?fnJSg"i'3Zi.2”.i” o e marketin - 1' 5- ' 30, 1955, New gy3ff,”d,l,,i':,,3,', Sgt" lusted so that each group received New York sold 99”” UMP pen; the same amount of dry matter for 32.353-353 or 9.185 a e" daily. The grass silage contained Hudson-S Em, Fl”. 33'”; lm. gold 3 80.4 per cent mositure and the corn 73315 pong ' for 51768579 Jr f lsiiolze 82.7 per cent moisture. 322.41 3 poll Olhel. '(.0m")i . l The cows that were fed grass

' lames 5” silage alone lost 44 pounds per head 3 from December up toafter calv- ing; those on grass silage and hay lost 32 pounds per head, and thus: on corn silage anrl Hay maintains their weight there were no differences bet i ween the average birth weight and vigour of the calves from the Vthree rations. The daily feed con- ysumption was 82 pounds for the cows on grass silage alone, 42 and I0 pounds respectively on grass silage and hay. and 44 and 10 ypounris on corn silage and hay A8 strong and heavy calves were

llllmiodofflutsfewweeks, I sudden spurt in orders for fox Inn!!! in reported by several for manufacturers. Fur and accessor- ies buyers. they say, are put-ch”. ing them by the dozen as a re- suit of increased consumer demand. This most consistently in natural white fox and also to a high de. gree, black-dyed fox. Retailers do. ing well with them now expect mu. sumer interest to double during the holiday selling season,

United Mink Producers Associa- tion sold 182,093 dark mink pelts

ll

welt

MlNh li0NOUli k and UPOFEP A ('albeck for honorsl taken at the mink show in con-

whiie George

the fox divi- lpossesscs wonderful career with t foxes and mink has had several t setbacks but come. through . with flying colors. Years ago it was

0 was top showman in

attached to the loss in weight oi the cows Furthermore. the re- cords indiczite that. with ample pasttlre during the summer and fail, the cows recovered their loss- es and came back to their winter ;quarters in equally good condition. Cnws on grass silage alone slioultl llc fetl all they will eat ltvvicc fl (lay. When hay is fed in iatiitioii to silage. the proportion of the two roughages may va with the amounts avaiable. When both are in ample supply, three and one-half to four pounds of grass

I With his well known resiliency andl V optimism he came. back stronger.

nctivites but

George A. Callbeck in addition

' is also heavily engaged in mink ranching and in a lesser ,el;tent in fox ranching and as a .si.eline is one of the top breedersl yof harness horses. George has had 8I1.8SlJecialiy good season as a trainer-driver this year and we be. lleve that his race percentage if; made up would be one of the best for the number of starts to be found anywhere. Another Island rancher who did well at Amherst was Ernest Mill. who took top

proportion.

4-H Members Go To Toronto

Mont-ton, N.B. Nov. ill-Members lug ,.,m-led on In "1, "IN, M 50 of 4-H Clubs from the Atlantic Pro- many dl5(.(,,,,.am,n,(,mF "N, pns'l'Vll1('9S- left here Friday via the llew yea”. (laflafllrill National Railways and Saint Joiin, N.B., enroute to Tor- onto where they will enter com- petitions at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. There is a total of 39 in the party, comprising eight from

Chrysler Corp. Newfoundland: nineteen from Nova

I Expansion Plans I Scoilzi, including eight from Anti-

obtained equally well on the three .rations, no major significance was,

silage per pmmd of hay is 8 good l gress of the Baptist Win-id Alliance

NEWSY Nous

I1 J. A. Clark. DJC.

IMPRESSIONS OF BILLY GRA-HAM'S CURSADES.

song leader. Cliff Barrows, met and worked tngeth in "Youth for few days early to a Board meet- Christ" rallies. They decided to launch out on their own evangei-i lstic work in 1948: Their Angeles campaign in 1949 placed in Toronto Saturday morning Octo-l them in the National limelight, and they have met with success froml me to the Coliseum of the Canad-I year to year. They have had op-; ian National Exhibition that even- position; one of the most recent ing, so that we arrived an hour occurred incapetown; the General before the last evening session Assembly of the Presbyterian started. it had rained most of the Church of South Africa rejected a day and rain was falling when we proposal to have the evangelist, arrived. A guard said t.he Coliseum Dr. Billy Graham, invited to cam- ;paign in that country. Rev. Emlyn closed for half an hour. He said' Jones, who said of Graham in re- we might get y ply to his South African colleagues: section. , .. . .iii.?.E”.i2.”...'.'.'.2".i'i'E.E”;'i.i?.”..?ii'f3?- ovum-our s-we We had read Of the final Sunday This section had curtains across.

No Federal G

ov'f Aid For

Deepsea Shipping Fleet

0'l'1'AWA (CP) - The federal

government has decided against 1 financial aid at this time to bolster

, Canada's deepsea shipping fleet, it In 1945 Billy Graham and his Salllifihkmtlalzieeli ltih: a1l'1lgde.llt:l:';t'J-llll ':or;,ntt.) W” learned Wednesday

ing in order to be at the closing beset for more than a year by meetings of his Greater Toronto: appeals to strengthen the shrunkenl Los Evangelistic Crusade. We arrivedl mEl'f-than! navy. has reached 8 de-

Clianged oi. stances would be

shipyards. was filled and the doors had been UN-U31-E T0 331-Li

The cabinet decision - reached

in the elevision last week but disclosed only Wed- - nesday-means that Canadian ship- y iowners will continue with 8 deep- SUBHDY REJECTED lsea fleet of about 20 vessels under!

the Canadian flag and with 00-odd ships under United Kingdom reg- istry for economy purposes.

The vessels placed under the

U. K. flag were transferred dur- Intormnhu um um cabinet, ing the last six years to enable operators to take advantage of

l cheaper Ownership

British shipping costs. remains

dian owners.

new ships.

The cabinet, it was understood,

night of the Billy Graham London near the middle Wm, three 1”-3,: Crusade in 1954; when people overflowed Wembley Start at intervals on either side, ium to hear his final sermon of that great crusade. in following his song leader, Cliff Barrows. who ihad the throng singing the great favorite hymns of the church and finally directed a 5000 voice choir ,as they sang ”The Lord's Pray- er", Dr. Graham iii the hush be- gan: ”The Bible says" and simple earnest words told

3000 extra people besides those in. the Coliseum to hear all that took, place on the rostrum, and to seal

size. on the screens. From time

"i of the choir ill? also the

God's unfailing love: 3000 decisions.

We had heard and read of the Evangelistic Crusade i-arrieii on by Billy Graham and his nssistiiiits earlier this year in Scotland preparation, great numbers had amt. ”f the chotrl l met for months in small 'and large; AS it was the last evening meet, 5:.".".:::..i:." .::"rf...::? :::.r.:r' :1; or were an a deepening of the spiritual life of many within the cliurch.

JUBILEE CONGRESS

We had heard Dr. I. J. Levy and, others describe the wonderful even- ing meeting of the Jubilee Con-

ilm. Evcryhotly.

00 had been raised. this surplusy wniiid be used is further evangel- t istic work. The chairman of the

In London, when it me, In the ganimiioii and of the hundreds of-

- . - ' v had worked before the Coronation address given by "F r"”"iw wh" . Dr. Billy Graham. This enormous 3'": d”:;"Et:ihekm(;'"ttl;! ofcilzeirgiiun place held' it was es!"-nmed' Over 's:lioi'ici:h0rsantit'e cnmfnlliees the 50,000 people. The President of the ' t '

use the great grandstands and the central the people taking part in full llfe4Grounds for the final meeting of lthe Crusade on Sunday afternoon .to time we were shown sections:0ctober 16th., at 2:30 P-10 GUld95 uf 1200 voices andland ushers were provided to seat puuple in the. coll5eum,v-10,000 people. We had attended the people of sin. the judgment and The song leader Mr. Cliff Barrows Baptist church at Castlefieid in the there were was able to lead the thousands inl morning and as soon as we finished the television sections in the sing-ldinner we again drove '0 the C01- ing of the great church hymns'iseum. It was raining steadily and just its well as those in the Colise- the nearest parking space we could everywhere, did find was on the Lake front. There In sing with and without the assist-;was mud and ponds of water must of the way to the Coliseum. When we arrived we were told that it lwas filled and that the doors had half hour or more of reports and bee" 9105” ff", abm" ,a"V hi”?- btlsiiit-ss. We learned that the esti- that the T:I('Vl5l1'1)" 5e(:ll””5 'llff'l:y :'""'"' 0' "19 0'0"” "ad i.i'.'.fllp2';i.J.;"l ?.i.f'.3f.i.i'.”"Z..T3.I... lbw" g;”()'m'm and that s195'000' modate 8000 standing were filling up fast. We were fortunate in get-

(.'rus'iilc ti)ld us briefly of the or- Visio" Klee"-

, , , ever body, ever wh-are sang under Arsenal Football Stadium. to boar ll”-”'r lzmul” ”"""gho"" the my the Iyuspira(ionaIy guidance or cllrt Barrows who has said: 'not think of directing a congre- gation and choir without seeking

120-000 elevision screens 0 feet by 10 feet Vl-5'0" 59Cu0"5- and hid 599" ads (hey mitted through a side door to the Dupuut people of New York audi Coliseum we left the meeting feel- others had made it possible for; me well repaid for going.

Preparation had been made to

oval of the Exhibition

ing good seats in front of a tele-

It was a wonderful meeting,

”I would

God's power. Whatever has been accomplished is God's doings, not iDr. Graham's or mine. We are just the human instruments that He uses to help the people to know Him better". The television and screens again gave clear pictures of what was taking place on the rostrum of the Coliseum and oc- casionally showed the choir and sections of the great audience. The Crusade chairman told of Dr. Billy Graham's proposed evangelistic tour to India and the Far East, including Japan, early next year, and made an appeal to help fin- ance this great undertaking. which could not be expected to finance itself Envelopes were distributed, and over 530,000 were contributed for this campaign.

Dr Billy Graham's message was simple, forceful, cnthuiastic and lIlSl'lll'tilif)f1Ell. At the close, 861 went forward indicating ttheir wish to accept Christ as their personal Sav- inur. At least 28,000 people heard Dr. Graham that Sunday afternoon, making a grand total of about 250.000 people who had heard him at the Toronto Coliseum. The re- cords showed that about 10,000 de- cisions had been recorded. We

came away "Praising the Lord" for what we had seen and heard.

- fess. the radio and television for: Congress Dr. F. Townley Lord, in-. P ,. . troduced Dr. Graham. who is tre- tmlmlu I;w?,,':iri',t;oi'o 3:3 mendously popula; in liflflflrllllll and ggrflliitw 5? had" mm? 6f the Indy those who heard is force u. con- . " ' i . crs in the work come to the rost- zmdlzg message Wm long wmem. rilm where all could see them. An er L offering was received.

He called upon Baptists to bc. V()R(il-IFUL MESSAGE

faithful to the best of our tradition

and "wet the Ch3”0"l1C "l m9 Following another rousing hymn future; to be orthodox in theology, 10,1 by the Crusade sougleader, 811d 110W 30 the Hlllhurily Of the the chairman called on Billy Gra- Scripture. conscious of the atoning ham who has paid that he 15 WOW 05 Christ 00 the CFUSS and I neither an orator nor a theologian. to adhere to simplicity in church; he however, in forceful gimple me and Dfeddllnill he Oxlmfledllziugilage presented the Gospel in them to practice evangelism and; such a way that the people heard

CALGARY. (CPI-Most of Can- ada's highways still are being built for "Model T" use, sayg H. R. Chauncey of Calgary. presi- dent of the Canadian Automobile Association.

"When 200-plus horsepower cars are hurtling toward each other at a combined speed of 120 to 150 miles an hour, even juvenile re- asoning would admit tfiere should be more than a four-inch painted strip to keep them apart." he said.

Mr. Chauncey said that in the whole of Canada there were only about 60 miles of boulevnrd-divid- ed highways in Quebec and "a few hundred" in Ontario. rm

WASHINGTON IAP)---The (,'hrys- lzonish and seven from Truro; two er Corp.. gearing for tremend-llrom Sackville, N.B. and ten from Thursday a si.0liU,00(l,t)00. five-yearl The party is in charge of wll. expansion program and plans tolliam Jenkins of the Nova Scotia We Engines. lurc, Halifax. L. L. Colbert. Chrysler's presi- forward plan" in a speech prepared l ad for a National Press Club luncheon. l S said much of the new machinery to be installed will be automatic, certain "tremendous advantages to the economy in the rapid develop- Sailor-Banker I Dies At Toronto Holmes. 63. manager of a Toronto branch of the Canadian Bank of

our" future markets. announced;Prince Edward Island. broaden research on new automo- Provincial Department of Agricul- deut. outlined what he termed "our

The automobile manufacturerl T In this connection. he said he saw ment of automation.”

TORONTO, CF) h Ev ely n Commerce. died Thursday after a short. illness.

Mir. Holmes. who twice circled hhe world in sailing ships before entering the banking business. started his career at Windsor, N. S-. in 1911. He was appointed manager in Toronto in 1044.

TORONTO,

lCPl - The Navy

E AT - MOUSE has awarded four troph-

EI'Ei:”lfVA'YfVR

,urged that we be willing

"30 Day him gladly. Every word and gest- the price of our faith." He stated u.-9 could be heard and geen by his conviction: "never in the his- hhnut 13,000 people in the cause. i0l”y 0! the Chllrch had the h98Tl5 um and in the television sections. and minds of men been so me- After the hundreds who had gone Pafed by W0rld events for the F0-ifoi-ward in response to Dr. Gra- ception of the Gospel as at thisih:im's invitation, to those who momentous hour. wished to accept Christ as their

We had heard Billy Graham personal Saviour, from the tele-

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in Canada. cision to leave it under its own and any profits come to the Cana- ber 15th, and my daughter drove steam indeflnietly. The owners have not been free nieded to alter the cabinet's at- to sell these ships, since titude in the future, it was stated. One of these could be a deteriora-' after the war under a "covenan" tion in the position of Canadianideciaring they may not be dis- -posed of without government per- mission. Several have been sold 'with this pcxlnllsllln, but proceeds must go into an escrow fund for

they were bought from the government

Saturday, Nov. 12, 1955 The Guardian Page gave some consideration to lubrt to preserve . Cgnadjgn mg llw aidlzlng about 35 vessels in addition It has consistently declined to to those on Canadian registry at so since. , enable them to operate with Cana- The operators - represented H dian crews. the Canadian Shlpowners' Assoclt Such a subsidy would hate lwcn imn - hale been urging either such on the basis of the individual ship's financial aid or freedom to sell differential in operating costs at vessels to take advantage of a g between Canadian and British rcg- current market in ocean hottolnl iistry, estimated at between 375,- Under the latest cabinet decision. 000 and 8100.000 a year. This might they have lost out on both scores. have amounted to between sl,500,- ----- ---1 000 and 33.500000 a year. WINNIPEG (FF) .0 The Bracken The government granted a one- liquor inquiry (-nmmlnmgn has air year subsidy of &'i,000.00t in 1948i-cady more than paid for itself. ....mj.::.. -. . m...B...mm.1.......