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3 o ial in The Black Fox Mffmfi‘ {or April intrigued us w much that we repeat the Ill‘? I n h", __ "After two yeara M production at a 10s! the hull!- M, o: United States Sliver Fox bleedera still in business ls est- lmted at well under 1.000. A Bree? majority of those leu on the ln- mstry have reduced their herdi. tome as much as half of that of lame‘, yea", The reduced herds mu the fewer ranches alone should eventually (""1 i° "W" the fox market stage a Cwleblfik- However, recovery from thiscause none‘ probably would no: be felt rm- nnother season or tW0. There m still old stocks in market cen- m, and in the hands of breeders Illit this cafly-Ove!‘ has been "wi- many reduced during the past

1 pp] |\I1(I the gwd démllldi IIgFEFEDT-yli-ICLIOHS it is felt that the worst il ever. We look for a gradual improvement in the fox

market but n0 over-night ad- vance SlIlOIlId he CXDQCtEG. tuothcr iavolrhlo indication

ir that in reducing “the size of his ip-rri the fox breeder has culled hi; poorest animals and kept only the host, 'I‘hcre should be a vast improvement in the .quallty in (his year's crop as a result. F‘or- ward looking fox farmers are uekin: n more efficient. and eco- nomical method of ixroductiun. On- one of our best managed ranches the pulp production averaged from 4.57 to 4.92 per year during the past, five years. High production of quality animals is e necessity , for ihe successful breeder of the fnluic. TIIOSK! ranchers which hsvc an average of three per lit- jar or loss cannot opcrate at a

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A number of different experi- menis are being conducted which would tend to materially reduce the cost of food. One of our larg- est irreeders (has ted a large herd of his foxes a ration containing M1. less (horse meat than he pre- viousiy used. This ration appears basically ail the foxes require bu‘; it is irm early to draw any defin- its conclusions. The "number of misses is all important econom- ical factor. On a well managed ranch trusses should be less than 20'). for young females and less than 10% for proven breeders. One of the causes of a large num- her of blanks has been the prac- tice of poiygamous mating by those who lack proper experienced 1nd knowledge. Poiygamous mat- IllIZ although sound in theory i! III/ill somewhat of an art. Witii uric trends commencing again to

‘- favor long-haired fur, with a good demand at auctions, with a small- er total production of poor pelts and with the continued promo-

i| much brighter than months ago."

So much for 'Iihe Black Fox ed- itorial which gives us a pretty true picture of what is happening ‘i’ f" Yermers in the United states but of course it does not take into account the fact that "m"?! and Nicmanb combined total production two years aid, Weider‘! 80.0.00, Delia If they have out down a reasonable extent __ IIY 25% - it will have more of- IN! on hho future of ‘the industry than the disappearance or five or Iix hundred smaller fox farmers.

The search for some method of "W": foxes particularly for feeding foxu that will cut downi his Mmense incident to the use ‘l M"! mm. tripe. uvp and other

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The Solitary Scndpgoer has a vary wide range. It is found in sum- mer from rth Garoiina in New- foundiaud and Alberta; and it win-

. n T t , 1 _ 5 ters from the West Indies to |outh< gegdzorggost ggtldcitess Isl?’ tire) em 5' Ameflct Th‘ “gun mm‘ “Fancy. bu,“ Tum, h, u w, differpslightly from those of the

west. and are accepted as the typi- cal form. '

“For a long time their" eggs were unknown." says Reed, but later the birds were found to take over the deserted nests of other birds. in shrubs and low trees, in which in lay their blotched and bluish-green eggs.

These Sandpiper: seem to have a liking for trees for they frequent the shores of quiet forest pools. v. streams that flow through wood» lands. Like many of the shorebirds they have the habit of pointing their wings skywards when slight- lng. then folding them carefully oL the back.

Eastern solitary Sandpiper. A00 25o. Migrant, not uncommon i‘) Fail. Summer plumage; above. gen- erally dark olive gray, with no buffy or other tints; crown of head dark gray, head and throat streak- ed with white; back and wings sharply spotted white; rump black: tail barred block and white..Un- derparts white, streaked on the breast and barred on the sides with

author-of. 4v» have heard of cube plans for many years but the Pel- let plan is founded on anozher principal. namely achieving s, for- mula after determining the dif- ferent foods which the fox would eat if left. to hilrnself to enable him to select for his nutritional requirements various foods which: are used for experimental purp- oses noted. After several years Dr. Bowness has arrived at a for- mula for his Pellets which he be- lieves, and his belief is also shared to a considerable extend by Jack McCague, Dr. W.E. Rus- sell and other keen discriminat- lng breeders of Ontario. The me- _thod of feeding Pellets is to sc- cure galvanized pails 10% wide at the top and 8% inches high. These .have cross handles which divide thorn into four compartments for four foxes - and are fasten- ed with wire from the cei'ing tn about eight inches from T-hejloor.

{i number of Pellets are put ini —not too many so as to cause any digestive disturbances at the starii -—and the pups which ‘have wean- ed, allowed to eat what their sp- petite dictates. Plenty of water is also available, This in some rancher is hung in a contanen from the ceiling and in order to obviate the necessity of its being filled daily n small amount of sol- ution of chlorinated lime is adder! so as "to prevent the formalilon of‘. any vegetable algae, As the foxes become gccustcmed tn the Pellets (they consume larger quantities and no chanile is made or any additions until pelting time ar- rives. Experments have. shown that the addition cf other food! such as horse meat, tripe, ctc.. during the latter stages have not; produced as good results as lhel straight Pellet feeding.

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The conclusion 0d Dean Ingc's account of the world today is mos: interesting, albeit there is in it‘. a trifle of the prophecy that he decries. "Meanwhile (he writes) l. \viii be the duty of our children to "gather up the rragmen‘ that remain, that nothing be lost." There will be, he believes, e. wide- spread revival of communlt life. Derelict country houses wii be-

returned and prosperity was Just

pened before can happen again.

We would not be so interested in tho above experiment were it not for the fact that Dr Bowness is conducting it. We know he is of an inquiring ty-pe of crrlnd. has studied the subject of nutrition very thoroughly. has had a ranch to conduct experiments in and has been given a free hand by his company. While we do not in- tend to shlftwhoie-hog, or would ‘not advise others to do so who arc ‘making a success of their own methods of feed-lng, yet it might be well to give more thought to nutrition and weigh the odds of (another form of feeding very I carefully.

'I‘hcre was great ado last week about a scarcity of fox meat in Charlottetown and" its environs. The fact of the matter was that horse meat had pretty well petered out and various substitutes had to be used by many. The situation was relieved by the arrival of a car of horse meat for Canada Packers and another car for George Key of Srtnmerside, who had in stock a considerable quan- tity and of course his customers were not wanting for supplies. George is really entitled to con- siderable praise because of his anticipation of conditions and pro- vision to meet scarclties of horse meat. tripe. fish bloc. etc. He has . saved hundreds of ranchers from

' worry and he has also held prices Almost every day we meet some as the lowest “we posslbm

Lampoon, Fraser dc Ruth, Inch issue Livestock Buuranceprotoc- tlcn at reasonable cast if you mar- ket your pelts through them. ‘Ibis service is available to breeders of Standard. Royal Pastel. Bilverblu. White, Blulfront Royal Koh-l-t nur and other Mutation Mink and. on Standard, White Mark and Platinum silver Foxes. ‘they agree that all your Mink and Silverroxes will be protected un- der an open policy, maintained for the purpose of the Rancher’! convenience against loss of the animals directly caused by theft, robbery, hold-up and escape and against death of the animals solely

usually when will good times come around again. We say and we be- ; lieve. that the-crop of i050 will be - disposable of at remunerative lprices providing we have a good , article to place on“ the market and we have no war or major economic disaster. There seems to be. a new feeling in Europe engendered by I-Iope and it will not. be sur- prising to see a tremendous econ- omic resurgence there within the , next few yeam. We remember ' the aftermath of the First World War which culminated in the issu- , once of countless trillions of marks (by the Germans. the devaluation of the franc to the unprecedented figure of 163 to the pound. but in 1925 Oermarw went on the Gold Standard. currencies of other coun- .tries became stabilized and by I926 when we visited lmrope. hope had

ternal and accdental means dir- ectly and immediately caused by fire by lightning earthquake, tor-t nado, cyclone wind storm dull atom-n, hail, sleet, snow, flood, ex- ,‘ ‘ falling air%, being run-I down or struck by any conveyanced or object while on the premised declared or caused by any aceldenfl to any conveyance in which the ‘animals are being transported, bu": excluding infidelity and war risk-l After pcltng all mink and fox _pelta shall beprotected against ailriskl of physical ion or damage fromi any external cause/ unless otherwise excluded from time of slaughter, while in transit, and in_ the cul- tody of unlpson, Iraser a Hulh. In-c., until sold and delivered to purchaser. Thompson, Presea- d: Huh. Inc.. u a convenience to the Breeder and subject to reilnburse- ment from the sale proceeds, agree to atlvancs pl miums for accounts of the Ranchers pending saleof pelts. ~ '

Well done, Lampoon. truer t Huth, that policy has certainly hot been perfected without the oner-

work of quite a nurrlaer of aotuaries to arrive at a price which the fox rancher can pay and which would not bankrupt the cunpany.

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come flwnasteriem- nunnariee. col- leges of; preachers or lecturers, "of scholars. scientists. practitioners ~ot arts and crafts. with somehomcs for- old people. These institutions will keep ‘the torch of intellectual and spiritual life burning. as. the monasterieedid in the last dark age. Many of them will be self-sup- porting for the parks will be work- ed productively. and in some of the houses trades may be carried on. "We tare already accustomed to very simple habits. and moderate austerity will do us no harm."

If such uses can be found for "the stately homes of England," "(BY may be expected in survive; but not otherwise. There were in the days of my youth, three man- sions in the lower reaches of the lovely DerwenbValiey, not far from Newcastle on Tyne. ‘The first, Axweil Hail. then the residence of the last of the Oiaverlng family, has been taken over by the au thorlties for a sort of industrial school; The second about ‘l miles up the Valley, is Gibstde Hail, a fine building with Perpendicular style windows, and walls crowned with a parapet. It was built in the reign of James I. andafter CIIHG§1

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ing owners several times. Wis transferred to the Earl of Strain more by his marriage to the heiress. The present Earl of strath- more, our Queen's brother. is now {the owner of Gibside, but does not reside there: the I-Inli is vacant.

l The estate is beautifully laid out. ‘There are fine vistas. an oetangu- lar fish pond. a stone monument 140 feet high, with a l2 feet statue of Liberty adding to its height. and s. single-story Banquettlng l-Iali.

" Many rare wild plants were ' to

be found in the woods surrounding the Hall, and the Earl readily gave me permission “to trespass." Th». place was then in good condition and well looked after. This seems w have been the case up to i936 when the Queen. then Duchess of York," visited Gibaide.

The war years brought a change. The grounds were over-run by visi tors, campers, and hooligans, who throw-stones through the windows, chipped the stonework, broke open the doors and carried off the pan- eliing for firewood. The msice walls were scribbled over \VII.|i names and idiotic slogans. Worst of all, omeone stripped one and a half tons of lead from the roof and managed to get away with iti ‘This let the rain in and the ceil- ings feii. “If the Queen could se- the‘ Hall today" says my corres- pondent. "I gm sure she wouldfoe shocked." The men on the estate seem powerless to stay the destruc- tion. It would be weii indeed if the I-Iail was taken over as a com- munity concern.

Hamsterley Hail. the third of the mansions, is about five miles further up the Valley. 1t. is stil- s. posseuion of the Vereker‘ family the ‘present occupant being the brother of the late i/imount Gorb- The estate. I am informed. is being well cared for. t “‘ Deanlnge, like myself, looks back wiatfuiiy to the time of Victoria. the great and good Queen. “A very old man (he says) whose family have been in ‘the learned profes- sions may look back on perhaps the happiest‘ and most. favorable. iol that human beings have ever en- joyed. "Neither poverty nor richesz“ interesting work with very little anxiety: plain living and high thinking: the upper middle class in the Victorian Age were indeed for- tuilato. Th are so no, longer."

_ (Indeed. speaking generally. thou were the Good Old Ilmesi. Even in our mining -village life was en-. joyed after the work was done. We made our own entertainments. l0! there were no cars, no cinemas, no radios. no commercialized sporzs. We got up choirs in our homes and. practised good music. There was s. local brass band. In the sea- son we played. cricket andfootbail ourselves. (Now the villagers oar to see ‘somebody else-play!) And all this, wae Blliced with fun and good humor. Money, it must be admitted. was scarce. as compared with today. but then, there were no daily, "wars and rumors of warm") ‘

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e We are told to-pray. To shoulder ‘the burdens we must bear each day Like the Camel, we kneei—to be shown the way: ' And, For I-Iis Grace- to pray. To rest at noon-tide we kneel as before, To thank I-Lim for food and drink 0110C NOTES And so agaln-—we pray. We kneel again as niglht draws nigh ' To lift up our hearts to the Father —on high: ' And then once more-me pray, Morning and noon and at night we must pray If we would walk in the footsteps of Christ- the Way; . So-pray! pray! pray!

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The Church lives because Jesus lives. If the Resurrection had been a lie the Church would have per- ished ages ago. I look at the Church which has done so much and suffered so much; which has gone through fire and through water but against which the gates of" hell have never prevailed: which down ihe centuries has proceeded frcm strength to strength; and I want to know the secret of her life. The Resurrection of Jesus in sufficient explanation, and nothing else is.

It is the cold fact of the Resur- gction that accounts for the converting and saving power of the Christian message. “Can faith ln a dead rnan save you?" was the question plscarded on London. walls some years ago. No! Faith in a dead man can save no one. But week by week men are being saved in our midm; week by week men are being-regenerated and redeemed. Whose work is it? It is the work of the living Ohrlst.

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Does that headline sound famil- iar? Just today your Page Editor had s caller. and in the course of our conversation she remarked that ehe did not agree with a recent speaker who had decried the pre- vailing attitude rmong the nations looking to preparing for war. she said if we had been "prepared" the last two. wars would not have 115196 50 1011i! nor would so many have been; killed. I could not help replying that it seams very strange that all the _ nations ‘feel so strongly the need of preparing" for

remember the story about Buistrodc Whiteiocke, Cromwell! envoy at the Hague. I-Ie-was tossi_ sled;- less on his bed, when his servant. who was sleeping in the some Mm. said. "Sir. may I ask you a question?" "Yes." "Do you be- lieve that God governed the wofiti well before you_ca.me into is?" “Yes? "Arid that He will govern it well after you have left it? Then, sir. cannot you trust Him to gov- ern it well while you are in it?" The tired ambassador went t‘: sleep. PIONIES AND PITUNIAS

A lady. residing in Int sl, writes (in part) as follows: "I would be grateful if you could give me some advice on the Pennies that I plant ed in the Spring of 1946. which grew about one foot high during the season. Last spring they were very slow in startingqnd only grew about six inches that season. wirlcn would appear to indicate that something is wrong. Have you any opinion what it might be or any suggestion how I might correct it‘!

I also notice that you make a

reference to "Hormodin," a root- inducing hormone, in your Notes of April 24th. Where can I obtain this substance? and how is it orc- pared? I have some double Petun in but always find it very dif~ . ficult to get cuttings to root. Yours etc. In planting Peonles I follow two rules: (1) Divide and plant the roots in the Fall (September) (2.) Plant ahallow. the "eyes" not more than 1.5 inehoa below the surface. Bfnce the Peony belongs to the ltnunealaeaee (or Butterclm fam- ily) it thrives beat in a moist loam. It! your plants are in a dry place they may have a thin mulch o! well-decayed cow-manure. and s good watering in the hot weather. (Perhaps it was the dry summer oi_ 1W! that retarded your plants.) Of course your .Peoniea may have somedisease which stunts them and which has not been observed? When the stuns die in the Fall l. is good- policy-lo shear them off and burn them: then they cannot harbor fny pests. . _ ~