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Prom conversations urhfch we have had with ranchers from vor- lous parts of the Province we have come to the conclusion that the cut in foxes kept for breeding pur- poses will be more than one-third.
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ISome smaller breeders are going - out of business and the larger ones are cutting at least one-third. What | is happen ng here will probably be ~thc same thropgholet the Domin- i ion. The lesser number o! foxes . w.ll require less help. less feed and that will mean more horse meat -will be available and prices will l likely be lower than the past year. i We cannot figure any reduction in cereals, in fact. they will probably be a bit higher. not at all a bright one for those who were rhcplng that a change would take place this fall. but It is not alto- ‘ gather discourag ng either, as there appears to be a growing demand I for.‘ fox furs for trimming purpo=es. Ill the Unitrd States this is accel- erated by the fact that the gc-vcrn- _ment (lacs not collect the 20 per cent. tux on furs used for tr mmlng ‘purpose; and as silver fox ls in Dlentiful. supply‘ at very reasonablc ‘ prices coat manufacturers are buy- ling thousands of skins. If our gov- jernment could see the lght and rknock off the taxes. a boom could probably be started in Canada. This is something we have to look , forward to and hope for.
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There wi-ll be another auction sale of silver foxes held in Mon- treal commencing the 27th of this month by the Canadian Fur Auc- tion Sales Company. Ltd. which George A. Callbeck. manngcr of Canad an National Silver Fox Breeders’ AssositIo-n ,and Peter Cl. Clark, Manager P. E. I. Fur Pool. will attend. We trust that the sale w.ll be a bigger success than the September one at which only 46 percent was sold at an av- erage of a little more than $12. A good sale in October would change the picture materially for the bet- ter.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Andrew left on Monday for their home in Es- canaba, Mich. after a brief visit to relatives here. Mr. Andrew has been a resdent of Michigan for over twenty years conducting a highly successful fox farm to which in re- cent years he added mink. Scme o! Mr. Andrew's foxes have topped New York sales and the general average is always good. We would expect th‘: as Frank had alway! B flair for taking care of foxes and in addition possessed plenty c! en- ergy and intellgence.
From l conversation we h.ad with him we thin-k the Armerlcan fox rancher is not in a very muoh bet- i6!" position than ourselves. prob- ably only to the extent of the duty of 3'7 1-2 per cent, which is charg- ed on sliver fox pelts entering Uncle Sam's country. For instance in New York silvers sell around $20-$23 and platinum: of good quality $90-$40. Most ranchers cannot get enough for their Deli! ta pay for the cost of rais ng than and like us Canadians large num- bers are either cutting down or go- ing out of bus ness entirely. Mr Andrew will cut his fine herd to less than 10o pairs or breeders this fall. bvut on the other hand he should secure a good- proft from his mink.
That Is something we easterners lost slglht qt years ago. namely. div- ersflcatlcm; but raising m‘nk as Frank told us. and as we know. is not an easy matter and they P059 a good many more problems than foxes do. A rancher not too far away from him lost 200 mink one afternoon due to the feed bang mixed s bit early and the heat~of tile day causing fermentat on. Mink are also very sensitive tocold drafts and the nest box should al- wsys contain some dry bedding as wet mink are prone to quid! 906"‘ monla. The diet. of mink I-OO- h“ to be watched more carelfully than foxes. While one can feed consid-
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erably more fish yet l.ke foxes, this must. be balanced with Vitamin B. ‘ to prevent trouble.
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A Wisconsin rancher has given the follow.ng as his costs for rais- ing mnk. It is based on the pro- duction of 400 pelts, the females averaging four kits each, Cost for year meat $1,244; fish-SHS; cereals-$39121; m lk—-$00.15; other foods—$93.l0; nesting-MM; power
and 1-Zht%l05; wages~$l.800; rent—'$480; insurance-Moo; de- preciation-MZMSO; total—$5,’l'77.96,
which dlv.ded by 400 pelts eqhals $14.44 cost of production per pelt. In this Province cost of producing a. mink pelt must be at least on a par wth that of Wisconsin, while the cost of producing a silver fox pelt w.ll run anywhere fl-cm $25 ta $35. and in some cases as higr. as $40. depending 0n the way the faxes are fed, the average prcduc- tian of the ranch and wbelsc or not all expenses are token into ac- COUIIL.
Hugh J. Montgomery o] EdlllOfl- ton, Alberta. has an excellent 870-; icle in t-lle Nat c-nal Fur News for, October. »Mr. ltlontgomrry is a na-, tive Qf this Province, hav ng been:
west years ago and conducts Lne. of the most successful fur fac-nsi in Canada. In his list of prices he states "Horses are now cost ng up to 3 cents pet lb. alive weight and
cents at supply points to l0 cents at distant points; fstl from 3 cents i to 7 cents a 1b.; cereals 4 cents to 6 cents, ln fact all types cf fox feeds have increased in price.‘ He reports that
ranches in Canada llus n-cticcablyl declined. In 19s: there were salon‘ and in 194-5 they had declined to‘; 6.576, a reduct on in fcur years afl 22 per cent. In 1946 and 1947 theref have been further declines and it is expected there will be a heavy, decline in 1948 as compared to i947. ‘
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During 1946 we exported 27.182 pelts to the-United States, although l our quota was 67,012. so 1t is evid-j ent we did not fill ha}: of our 1943" quota. For 1947 we estimate the, lranch prcducton of foxes will be about 125,000 standards and 15.000 new types. This contrasts with 191,- 000 standards and 3.400 new types in 1043. Very few i any nmv fox ranches have been startrd in Can- ada for the last two or three years willie every year a nrcnbrr cf ranches have been closed out.
We are doing our best in Can- ada to fnd new markets for fs-x and mink pelts in other csuntrel so as to relieve the pressure cn the North American markets. We con- gratulate you Americans on your
ollticn of tile excse tax on fur tr mmed garments. We have nint- been able to do this in Canada all‘ though we brought. all the presture possible on our government to fol- lcw your example. We are not giv- in! up the fight and now with your success to gude us and assist us we expect to secure its can-t collation at lIle next session ofi parliament. We are pleased to learn ' that your government will enact a’, fur products labelling act. We have ' had sucih an act in Canada, for some years with every sat sfacfi-an to tile manufacturing trade and to the customers. The name of the or- lglnal fur from which the gunm- ent is made mrust be attached to the garment and the same infor- mation must be gven in all ad- vertising. The customer, then knows exactly what she ls getting."
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word ought to have been "Arm- enia". No ancient prophet dream- ed of America till Seneca. in the reign of Nero, foretold: “There will be a time in which Ocean shall relax her bounds and an enormous continent twill appear. Neptune will unveil new worlds and Iceland will no longer be on t-he edge of the earth." It was. however, 1400 years later when Neptune slid the unveiling!
Young Eels
In winter. says Francis Bain, in his "Natural Hlstor of P.E.I.". eels retreat to dee sea. water. from whence also the young ones come in great numbers in thel spring.
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For a long time all sorts of queer yarns were current about| young eels. We, as schoalboys, be- lieved that if a horsehair were placed in a brook overnight, it v.ould change to an clver, (young eel)!
Since then, science has shat- tered our belief by producing a "Leptocephelus" from an eel‘s egg. It was a little transparent ribbon-like larva, about 5 inches lung, and sharp at both ends. One end had an eye-spot and a little mouth. By the time three weeks had passed, it. had shrunk to 4 inches. and become cylindrical. ln a month it. was recognizable as sn elver.
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(By Howard W. Blakeslce)
NEW YORK. Oct 16-(AP)—One hundred pounds of penguin meat that Admiral Byrd brought back from Antarctica is under test at the University of Chicago to learn whether these birds are as radio- active as the people of Baltimore.
If so, science will have a new calendar for dating the works of mnn quite accurately for the last 40,000 years. This calendar will he radioactive carbon, and it will he o calendar hccause the carbon‘; says decrease with clock-like reg- ularlty.
The calendar will date anything that was made of living tissue. such ss wood. papyrus and a great many other objects left by an- cient man. The fact that these objects became petrified into stone does not interfere with the carbon clock‘s accuracy.
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Baltimore is entirely harmless, and is presumed beyond a douht to be equally true oi everyone in the country.
Probably it. is true also of every- living thing In the world. But. taking no chances. the Chicago physicists are checking the pen- gulns, because they are the forms of life farthcst away. l! there is any difference in tllcse rays any- where in the world‘ the penguins should show it.
This study is based on a start- ling discovery announced in June that the earth's air is filled with radioactive carbon, thinly spread, possibly enough to make 20.000 tons if put in one pile. .
RadloactlvQ carbon is the most valuable radioactive atom product made so tar by the atomic ovens at Oak Ridge, Tenn.
This kind of carbon had never bccn found in nature. There was one possible source for it. haw- e-ver. in the action of cosmic rays in transmuting. nitrogen in the air, an amount so unbelievably small that it never had been checked.
Because carbon is one of the commonest. substances in man. plants and animals. and because iradloactlve carbon produced today ‘in the air will last 40.000 years
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Baltimore sewage was used for the test because Baltimore offl- clals were willing to co-operate Any other salvage, anywhere, would have done just as well.
The results were somewhat amazing. Each 150-paund person emits 150.000 radioactive rays a minute on the average, from the radioactive carbon that he has absorbed. starting with the moment of conception. from food and water. The 100 pounds of pen- guin should show about l00.000 rays a minute.
The carbon decays to non- radioactive carbon at. a rate so uniform that in 5.000 years one- half of the radioactive carbon will bc gone-that is, a mummy of 5.- 000 years ago should emit 15.000 rays a minute today.
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