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Delivered at our Warehouse.

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FOR SALE Cockshutt Hay Mowers, Rakes and a No. 2 Hay-Load-

er. Also rubber tired tractor i

vaggons; new wood wheel wagon and a second-hand wa- gon in good condition. Write or phone ~ PERCY ROBBINS (Cockshutt Agent) Morell

FOR SALE

1-

Deslrable property with double lot, house six rooms and bath.

LES JENKINS

siIlflIIlBPSlfIu Phone 309-1

FOR SALE

AT STANLEY BRIDGE HOUSE and LOT House consisting of 8 rooms with or without furniture. Would make ideal slimmer home. Apply to:— MRS. K. McALLISTER Fountain Road, Emerald RR. 1

FOR SALE

B-ROOM BUNGALOW

Hardwood Floors Large Back Lot

Appla- 13 BIRCHWOOD sr.

FOR SALE

One Viking Boiler, capacity B50. Number of hot water radiators, 32 in. high, at Car- digan. Used Brick. Will be there for delivery Monday

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morning, July 25.

ALLAN CAMERON 91 Fitzroy-Phone 879

i FOR SALE

AT ST. PETER/S BAY

House, Barn and 10 acres of land; 6 acres under crop. Hot and cold water. Electric

S. L. MacNEILL

TENDERS

Tenders are hereby called for painting the exterior of Victoria United Church. For information appl to Wright Bros. or Bank of ova Scotia, Victoria.

Tenders close ‘July 28th- Lowest or any tender not nec- essarily accepted.

‘considcrable pain but lay the ani-

,_ _.-.__.___ _____ Jriis GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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J. J. Worth known to all fox farmers as “Johnny" passed away at his home in Wisc d3y._ June i1. He was one of the leading breeders of the 1301m- phase foxes and some of his types came to this island. A man of good principles and reliability, he died possessing many friends.

The Great Lakes area in Min- nesota and Wisconsin produces more mink than any other sec- tion of the United States. and the Great Lakes Mink Associa- tion has for years obtained top average prices for their mink. Disaster hit them this June and the loss is conservatively stated to be 35 per cent of the total mink kits born. Not only that section was visited with trouble but also most of the United States mink farms and farms in Ontario. As we stated last week there was not only a loss through deaths but a great many of the surviv- ors among the kits are stunted. Two weeks ago we mentioned in this column the necessity of tak- ing precautions against a similar heat wave hitting our fox and mink farmers here. It may come the latter part of July or the early weeks of August and everyone must be on their tocs to meet and beat the heat wave, Not only must the foxes and mink be wat- ered frequently but precautions must be takcn not to unduly dis- turb them. It may be necessary. also, in the case of mink to spray them with water should they show signs of heat exhaustion.

Feeding turkey heads to mink is one of the methods of nutrition practiced by some of the mink ranchers where turkeys are rais- ed commercially or they have been able to obtain turkey heads as s substitute for part of the meat portion of the rations. When these heads are ground the wind- pipe is cut into many small sec- lions or wings by the grinder plates it is not uncommon for one of these rings to encircle and lodge around a mink's tongue. The symptoms shown by the af- fected mink are usually these: they appear hungry. yet they re- fuse to eat; later saliva collects at the corner of the mouth and the mink scratch at their mouths with their paws; when the mouth is opened the tongue is swollen and red to reddish black in color. the color depending on the length of time the ring has encircled the tongue. The only satisfactory treatment is to take a pair of blunt pointed scissors and snip off the section. If the piece of windpipe is not removed the animal will soon die.

Many ranchers in the United States and a few in Western Ca- nada and Ontario have reported losses among their mink from a new type of fly, or grub, known as the Screw Fly. The adult stage of this parasite is a fly looking somewhat like but larger than the common stable fly, It flies much faster. is greenish grey in color. has several grey and black stripes on its back'and the head is of a reddish cast. This parasite is not only found among young and old mink but also among dogs. foxes, cats, mice. etc.. and yes. even in children. Cool weath- er prevents the larvae of tho parasite from hatching but warm weather and moist springs will cause the parasites to propagate early and emerge as fully mature flies. The first warning the ranch- er will receive is that the young kits will be squealing in pain in spite of the mother's efforts to quiet them. What appears to_be a perfectly healthy young mink will be found dead within the. nest box from no apparent cause. However, on close examination it will be found that where there are a few moist hairs there will he a hole one-sixteenth to an eighth of an inch in diameter. Pressure on the swollen area will cause a maggot of from one-fourth to three-fourth of an inch in length to expose himself. These grub-like parasites can be remov- ed with forccns or o small PHI!‘ of tweezers, They not only Callie

mal open to infections. As many as twenty-seven of these madfibli have been removed from a single kit. The best prevention is thor- uugh cleanliness of the p misea on which the foxes or min are kept. Haul away and burn sll lit- ter or refuse and Sprfl! the l"! every time it ls cleaned with a disinfectant consisting of one part of crude kresol or other coal tar disinfectant to 40 parts of water. The most effective treatment. if the larvae is present is a five P" cent solution of DDT. sprayed on after a rainstorm. While there has been no report of the Pl‘?!- ence of the Screw Fly he" the" is no proof that we ma)’ 110i h!"

743 acres in one block.

cess to water- grounds. Large barn and

FOR SALE DY TENDER

vacuum rants AND rmBE-R PWOPE’ TY Six Miles East of Cardigan

tlvation; the rest has hardwood and softwvofl- 14"‘ l"

h 1 h ‘~. and sc- I ‘m’ “m! umhriiiiiTvisaliisf-Ytiginedvnligi: :1. beautiful other buildings.

Tenders will be receivfli Inspection at any "m9-

llighest or any Tender not necessarily P“ “PM- ‘TELEPHONE caniggiAN R148

to deal with it sooner or later.

About 200 acres i‘ ider cul-

untll August l, 1949.

WARD 60"?» Car. gan.

Silver Fox and Mink Farming

TIMELY NOTES OI TOPIDS

DOHIIEOTED YllTll

Fur farming associations in the United States have been endeav- ouring to prevent or limit the im- portation of vast quantities of furs from Russia, China, Japan and other countries. We under- stand that the Senate will shelve the plan and that it will come to naught. There is also before the House o! Representatives in Washington a fur labelling meas- ure which would make it compul- sory for the manufacturer and seller of a fur garment to state exactly the true type and name of the article he was selling. This would take a lot of the glamor away from cheap furs sold un- der exotic names. it might not bu‘ a case of "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" as there is no doubt that the gla- morous names fastened on trashy furs has helped largely to sell them. _

The state of Wisconsin has en- acted a fur labelling law for their particular state and all furs with n -retail value of $50 and more, sold by Wisconsin retailers, must

label bearing in plain print in English the species of fur or pelt “used herein." The state of Wis- consin is the largest producer of

the great farms of Fromm Bros. and others are located. Great quantities of mink are also rais- ed there.

pany's sale of silverblu and other mutation mink last week. the sales room was well filled, with prices on the silverblus continu- ing about the same as previously. The Stewart mink offered for thc first time, met with an excellent Yflfielltion. with the major top fashion houses competing quite vigorously. Only a small amount was included in the sale — just a few hundred. Ritter Bros. took the bulk of the collection. pay- ing up to $73 and $81 for the best specimens. The large collection of silverblu mink, which totalled over 50.000 was 80 per cent taken by the trade during the three- day sale, this percentage being considered indicative of the strong demand for this type of mutation and continued interest by the con- sumer in the finished product. The high for the sale was named at $35.50 for regular silverblu Raw silverbiu brought a $25 top. Koh-i-nur sold up to $9.00 and raw blufrost up to the same fig- iire.

At the Edmonton Fur Sales auction. held last week, 42 per cent of the ranch mink changed hands. large and extra large

"conspicuously" display a tag or‘

fox furs in the world. 1t is there,

At the New York Auction Com- I

Who's Who In P. E. Island Agriculture g

i David C. Schurman, M350. (Ayn) Experimental Farm, ' Assistant to the Superintendent

in Field Husbandry and Forage

Crops Next Monday, at the meeting of the Maritime of the Agricultural Canada at Fredericton. Mr. Schur-

man will deliver a paper on “Pas-

ture Management."

camber 17, 1885, David Calms

Schurman"s family has been as-

sociated with farming in Prince IEdward island for five genera- tions.

His great-great-grandfather, Wil- liam Schurman, a United Empire Loyalist. settled 1n Bedeque in i784 and later bought a tract of 9.000 acres in Lot 25. One hundred and fifty acres of this land. which was his father's property. is still in possession of the Schurman family. and farmed by his broth- er, W. E. Schurman.

the period 1902-1904. lie return- ed to the home farm the follow- ing year and entered Truro Agri- cultural College in 1914, from which he received the Associate Diploma in 1915.

Proceeding to the Ontario Agri- cultural College at Guelph in 1916, lie specialized in Horticulture and graduated in 1917 with the de- gree of B.S.A.

In 191B Mr. Schurman became Assistant Poultryman at the Ex- perimental Farm, Charlottetown and held the position 0t Poultry- nian for the period 1919-1923. The following year he took charge of the horticultural and cultural plot records.

Receiving the MacDonald schol- arship for P. E. Island. Mr. Schur- man entered MacDonald Collele

skins selling from $10 to $14. med- ium and small from $6.50 to $7.75. Silverblu mink was 30 per cent

for post-graduate work in Agro- nomy and Plant Pathology. and qualified for his master's degree

sold. fair colors bringing from $11 to $12.50. and partly off colors $9. to $10.50.

What to some judges of the fur situation is a bit of silver lining. is contained in a report recently submitted by a great authority in New York to a number of fur brokers. Here are some brief ex- tracts from it: l-ie first discounts the fact that we are heading for a major depression and considers that when this is realized by busi- ness people. manufacturers. and the general public there will be the usual buying activity seen in normal times, For that reason he believes that the fur industry will be one of the first to revive. that the priccs of furs have declined more than those of any other article used by the apparel indus- try. _

He then goes on to state that fur coats will be in greater de- mand and there is an additional clement of hope for the fur in- dustry. It is likely that more cloth coats will be fur trimmed this year than for many years past. There are about l0 to l2 million cloth coats produced in the sec- ond hnif of a year. ln 1947 about 1.500.000 of these were fiir-trim- med .ln 194B about 2.000.000 cloth coats were fur-trimmed. Judging from current buying the trend towards fur-trimmed cloth coats is Continuing. lt is predicted that from 30 to 40 per cent of all cloth

coats produced in the second half’ of the year may be fur-trimmed. 1n other words it "would not be surprising if from 3,000,000 to 4.000.000 cloth coats will be fur- trimmed as against 7.000.000 last year. Such a rising demand for furs from the cloth coat trade would be a very helpful stimulus. Those who remember the pre-war years when most fall cloth coats were fur-trimmed will realize the importance of thisjtyie trend to the fur lndustrv as a whole. Our comment on the above is that - there are already signs pointlnl to the trimming of costs and the bringing back of long-haired furs. GeorRe A. Callback is Oi" authority for stating that 75,000 Russian red fox were bought re- cently by one dealer in New York and that is evldqrice that the trend to long-haired furs is on its’

in 1925. Mr. Schurman has been Assist- ant to the Superintendent at the Experimental Farm in Field Hus- bandry and Forage Crops from i926 until the present time. During his service as Poultry- man at the Farm he married Miss Sally MacLeod of Vaileyfield, on March 31, 1920. When asked about hobbies. Mr. Schurman says his is simply the “study of nature." and adds that he does not mean "Nature Study." A true philosopher himself. he states his philosophy of living as follows: “In everyday work, con- sider problems from different angles. cultivate the habit of ob- servation, try to ascertain thc facts, aim to use common-sense rind reason, and avoid jumping to conclusions.

"In dealing with others. aim to be considerate, tactful and pa- tient, and endeavour to see and understand the other fellow's point of view."

Mr. Schurman believes he has achieved success when he is able to live up to his philosophy of living.

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t - NOTES Q9

Plant for’ Naming

Mrs, M. B. 11., of Charlottetown. sends a twig from a flowering shrub for naming, and asks: "ls this Japanese Snowball, or Cran- berry High Bush? It is called both hcre."

The first name is easily disposed of. The shrub is not Japanese. It is native to middle and northern Europe generally, western and N.W Asia, and has been introduced into Canada and the Northern U. S. A. It is not. mentioned as east Asian. On this continent it is known as the High Bush Cranberry, or Pem- bina, and sometimes the Plmbina, the last two being western names. They are the white man's corrup- tion ofthe Chippewa words -"Nepin- nilnan", meaning “summer-berry." The Cree Indians called them "Nipi-minan." The leaves have some resem- blance to those of our Mountain Maple, being three-lobed, and rath- er serrated. The white or yellow- ish flowers are borne in a broad fiat-topped cyma, the inner ones small, and a ring cf large, sterile flowers on its margin. The inner flowers develop into bright red drapes (the berries), acid in taste. Linnaeus, the famous botanist. called this plant Viburnum Opu- lus; over here it became known as V.0., variety Americanuns, since it had developed some trifling differ- ences. Now the mime is needless- ly altered to V. trllobum. “Many men, many minds," when the fruit is tested. “The fruit is a poor substitute for cranberries." says Ass Gray in his "Manual of Botany," 1868. "The fruit when ripe, is of a pleasant acid taste and is sometimes substituted for cran- berries." vide Emerson in "Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts." 1875, Thoreau, ("Maine Woods". 1877), stewed the berries with su- gar, and says that "the lumbermen cook them with molasses." In Nor- way and Sweden, says the “Trea- sury of Botany." the berries are eaten with honey and flour, and a spirit is distilled from them also. "it miserable food for savage na- tlons!" sneers Lindley in his “Vege-

is orange-colored, fleshy and agree- able to the taste. Under all this variety of opinions lies the simple fact there are in nature widely dif- ferent flavors found in the same species of plant. For example a neighbor has an apple that tastes like a luscious pear, whereas mine are just tart apples! The shrub has many names, s certain sign of a wide distribution. In Britain it is the Gueler Rose, (named after a Dutch Province), the Whitten Tree, also the Gaten. Gotten, Gutter, or Gatteridge Tree. In France it is the “Obier", the “Sureau d’eau," the "Caillebotte." The Snowball Tree, a double-flow- ered sterile variety, is the "Boule de neige," "Pelettes de neige" or the "Pain blanc.” The old herbalists claimed that the bark of the shrub was "very effectual" in cases of cramp (of the stomach?) and was a good tonic. 1n pioneer Canada the “Cram Bark" was used as a uterine sedative. whence, perhaps, the name of Squaw Bush. A modern work, Nickelfs "Ready Reference". says that the bark is anti-spasm- odic, expectorsnt, aiterative, and tonic.

A Lesson From Mexico

Mexico, during the latter part of the nineteenth century, was in n deplorable state. The country had been misgoverned for years and the people had probably the lowest standard of living on this contin- ent. Finally they rose in rebellion and chose a man of high principle, one Porphlrio Dlaz, for President. This happened, if my memory serves, about the year 1884. Diaz was not only honorable and kindly hlmselL-but he carefully chose, as subordinates, men renown- ed for like qualities. Then for ten or twelve years the country madc extraordlnary progress. and Diaz's rule was so firmly established in the affection of the people, that one could have wagered that he would be President for the term of his natural life. It was the "Golden Age" for Mexico.

Now, as time went on, some of Diaz's chief men died, and some re- tired. Perhaps success, or perhaps

Huge Strawberry Traffic Over 0.ll.ll.

MONCTON, July 9i — With the close of the strawberry season in New Brunswick, Nova. Bcotis. and Prince Edward Island this week. R.A. Gordon, superintendent of the Atlantic division, Canadian National Express, reported here today that this year's strawberry traffic to the United States and Central Canada equalled the 1948 record.

The strawberries, grown in the Memramcook Valley and Truro and other nearby sections of New Brunswick and Novs. Bcotie and on Prince Edward Island, went by Canadian National Express to Bos- ton and other New England states and to Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto.

The shipments by C nadian Na- tional Express, the largest single carrier of strawberries from the Marltlmes, totalled more than 25 express carlosds containing hun- dreds of thousands of quarts. In addition the company handled s large number of less than cariosd consignments to various points in the Maritimes and other Osnedisn points and to the United States. "Considerable study hsa been given to the shipment of straw- beries by express", said Mr. Gor- don "to insure their‘ arrival at their destination without loss of flavour cr freshness. The company has received many favours-bis comments from the conslgnees in connection with this season's shipments. Good handling by us means a ready market for our

Maritime ‘ strawberry crop next

III, hsd made Din less watchful: st any rate the new men, who filled the vacant posts, were not of the same ‘high morakstandard as their predecessors, They were crafty and self-seeking, and believing that no- thing could shake the Dlaz regime. they slowly, gradually, but effect- ively “put the screw" on the people. By the year 1910, matters had again become so bad that the people re- belled and dethroned President Dlaz in 1911, and Senor Madero succeeded him in office.

The evil that men do, lives after them. and the resulting misery of the country was responsible for thc murder of Msdero and of some of the Presidents who succeeded him.