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Evgyy time we pose the Island piirriors, Ltd, whose premises “you the Bank of Commerce. ohnlottctown. we gaze admiring- 1y at. the fox furs displayed so attractively in the windows, The other day we happened to run into Mr. Hogan. the manager, and rolnplimented him on his 800d taste in the selection of 1urs that were made up and the work- mnnslllp, and we asked-how are they selling with you? He re- plied. "we have had a splendid season. silvers. platlnums and white faces have all sold well- 0! course we were careful to buy 30M pelts and these made up as you have seen appeal to visitors. we ore confident that before the season is over we will have made more soles than last year." We ‘ifllIllTPd the remark that. some ranchers are of the opinion that aim faces are on the way put but Mr. Hogan disagreed and said that ho believed they were tor-y beautiful and would always crliililue to be pcipular.

All a meeting of the directors of the Prince Edward Island Fur Breeders‘ Association it was de- vioed to hold the annual live 10x .\I‘.ll\\’ the week o1 November 15th. xtnenls for the annual pelt , . were not decided upon. There was some discussion regarding ihe holding oif a mink show or l‘. ii: field day but nothing defin- zo \'.‘.l§ sctiled. The live fox show \\.,I . similar to that held last year with the exception that a iew ciasscs wiii be cut out and it ii expected that the judging can Ilf‘ rf-mplc-tcd by Wednesday after- itnd n banquet held the eve- . oi November 17th.

ire Lampson, Fraser Ar Ruth cflr""ng of the Associated Fur r- "ms collection oif ranch mink tiimsidered a good sale, some s". being disposed of at prices mini; to or better than market. (mi-oi for other shipipera was anon: 4o to 45% sold. Last year 11.1 skins (meted by the Associat- wl lrii- Farms and owned by Lan- Brcs. were sold. Their is known. to the trade d! “tor Moon. Last year they were

oilrsvd a Week earlier and the tPp bundle then brought $32, and the average for the 10,500 skins

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$22.50. Mr. A. L. Langen- roportcd that last week's averaged $20.50. He said females and males did equally “~21 and that the sale on the "Eicle hi-oughit results anticipated. 'i t» Yrade considered the selling and the average good .11‘- cmlccfion of 12.582 skins 1rd ‘

all types and grades. etc. Mr. Langertfield \\ e are offering all the

' as In ihc‘ranch. not only the (s. In the silver Moon ..i.. the toip bundle brought indies ranged frcm $19 t0 Females sold from

e0 t.Ii:( Lgure. $11.50 to 910.50.

The silver and color phase fox ' i tiny previous and the auction found prices some- easier than the previous Some of the types were 7'1"» sold. otltirs were in lesser demand. Co ludlng the report “f Ii-llllllsolfs sale which appear- ri in Women's Wear Daily was ‘:10 lullmvlilg. - - - A dflflbfld I01‘ int. ill priced to cheaper goods sIltJWn during the afternoon's which was devoted to mink for other shippers. ivrts about 35.000 skins in i-illrrtlon. Manufacturers said

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they wanted to obtain fairly good quality ranch mink at an $18 to $20 average for males and fe- males. This they explained ta the price necessary to allow them to produce a. coat to wholesale around $3.000. and that is what the retailers are asking for. At the retail level ranch mink is TBDOFI/Ed doing not too badly con- sidering the time and the prices. ‘Ithua there is a. fair denund from retailers. On the other hand wild mink at present prices is said to be practically a dead item.

Llmliwrfs report of the color phase and silver for: sale stated In" IWPOXIimateIy 86 persons at- tended the sale with dealers in the maiflity. although there ere a few manufacturers present. e offering oif 2,781 clear fair quai- ity platinum fox was 30% sold. TOP Price wias $30. An offering 0f 925 pale white marked fox Wu 57% 101d with s30 top price; 3,. 246 large. good colored full silver 10X were 70% sold with m the I09 NICE; 218 three-quarter and Ill-WM. small and inferior ailver fox were 70% sold with e12 top price and 1.066 mixed misbeil- aneous fox skins were 64% sold With $11 the high price,

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Th‘ NOPWBCIBR! lnnounce that the next aaictio u; b. held in (x10 will be on September 13th to 16th. Approximate quantities t0 be offered include 8,000 to 9,- 000 silver 10x, 5.000 blue 10x, 1.- 000 platinum fox and 8.000 to 4.000 mink.

The Hudson's Bay Cqmpgny will hold an auction sale of furs in London commencing Sep~ tember 20th. Practically every- thin! in the fur line is included. “M61118 t0 Women's Wear Daily the 29-inch two-skin Plastron e1- fect ex atoleia the leading fall offer a of criisuin a Fieldman. New York fn riers. It retails "Wind $160. s stole is avail- IBIQ Ill lilvfl‘. platinum and blue tones.

At Soudackb, Winnipeg. sale lest- week 80% of the 15.000 musk- rata sold bringing an average price of $2.00 to $3.25 for large pelts and $1.90 to $2.20 for small skins. Generally the Canadians bought the large pelts with New York and other American inter- ests taking tho small skins.

A despatch from Topeka, Kan- sas. to Women's Wear D-aily state: - - - Muskrat. a predom- inantly popular fur in other years has declined 25% in popular favor here. due to the increase in price which has removed it from the budget. fur category. This statement was made by Joeeiph Silver of the Silver Fur Com- pany, exclusive fur retailers who had just concluded a. three day's style shotw in their ealon. The show was presented every day with local debut-antes u models.

Due w the unpopiularity of the excise tax which the United States government collects on furs there has been a decline in sales in many sections of the U. B. A. ‘Ilhil is well reflected in the collections of excise tax for July which was almost $600,000 léss than the same month last year.

The Federal ‘Brads Commission cl the U. 8. A. has cormailéd a liat of sinity names used in the trade for the lowly rabbit, and since that a sixty-first name for rabbit showed up the other day in a fur advertisement of a. New York store. The sixty-first name was Leopard stencllled Lupin. A few of the other names used for actual rabbit is-Arotic Seal, Aus- tralian Seal. Chapchlllas. Coney. Coney Leopard. Electric Beaver, Electric Mole, Electric Seal. French Beaver, n-ench Chinchilla, French Coney. French Leopard. Near-Seal, Northern Seal, Red River Seal. etc» etc.

‘me m1- production of Canada. has averaged about 816,000,000 annually for the last twenty years, and the National Fore-I!!!

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the Federation; Mr. Don Anderson, president, St. Peters; Mr. Lloyd Martin, vice-president, Cherry Valley, chairman for the evening, and Mr. S.C. Wright, agricultural representative for Queens County.

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‘IV-ode Council is urging that’. e1. forts be made to stimulate great. er trade in this commodity. About two-thirds of the fur gxiportg u; Canada are directed to the United States and Great Britain,

More than 70.000 sealskins val- ued et approximately $4 million arrived at. scuttle, Whfli1ngt4m_ last week on the navy transport

Thurban. They came from the P1191101! Islands in the Behring Sea. "

‘rhe New York firm of B. Woll. man dz Bros, well known to W. Chester S. McLure. M.P.. have an. nouhced the purchase of the en- tire collections of Kamchatka and 31178112111 Russian sables. We note that in Leningrad recently- where no doubt Messrs. Wollman a» Bros. bought these nobles -- thdt prices reached up to $450 Per skin. s0 a lot of money must have been invested for the whole collection.

Great efforts are being made in thO United SIAM! by rgmllerg, wholesalers and fur manufactur- ers to have the fur excise tax re- moved. Retailers find it a distinct handicap in making sales. What is true in the United States is 9011611? true of Canada. In our

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THE LICENSING SYSTEM (2)

The taking-over of the “pubs" by the brewers and distillera Ln~ tensified the action of those who fought against the sale of liquor as a matter of principle. The lists and distribution ‘or the taverns were searched and scrutinized and if more pubs than suficed for the public need, were iound in any area, they were closed. If I rc memlber correctly this was done 0y order of the magistrate‘: coun; and the remaining license holders were ordered to inaugurate a fund to compensate the licensee whose license was extinguished.

The “landlord“ of the olden lays had a happy life. and, if he was a good man, was generally rc- spected. The manager. under the brewery company had, on ine contrary. a tough time. He had to keep his customers friendly and so quell or eject the noisy ones. 11s had to boss his "waiters" and keep track of their takings (cash rc- ceipts). And he had to put up

case an effort should be made to have the tax removed from ranch raised 1urs so that there will be some protection agiainst the vest quantities of Japanme. Chinese. Russian end other fun being brought into Canada. ~

Book in the 1800's and perhaps litter, oatricih feathers were quite eweneive arid very fashionable and a great deal of money was node mining oetrichee on knee in South Africa. ‘men for emne reason or other they went out of style and a great many of the breeders went broke. A few years agio they came back in again and the ostrich ferma commenced to have their innings, Now we note in a despatch from Oape ‘Ibwn. 8A.. that the first sale of ostrlchea held in three years was thoroughly unsatisfactory due to the recent decline in the price of feathera._ 0t the hundred affer- ed only nine changed hands. Prime male birds were wlthdrwwn by sellers following offers oif $80 a bird. The reserve price had been set at $900. Female oetriohea were withdrawn when the high- eet price offered was $00 and the auctioneer ‘ , ’ the sale. A Jew months ago birds ccmmanded prices as high as I320. The men- ager of the Agricultural Co-oiper- utlve Society told farmers not to be panicked by the failure of this sale and started an investigation d declines in prices of feathers and birds would be made.

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impure air were not conducive to health, and about five years was the average time that a manager could stand up against his job.

From the very earliest times beer, nine, and spirits (princlpah ly whisky) were sold by the glass. Few of the general public bought liquor by the bottle except at Christmas and on special occas ions. Drunkenness was quite com~ mon in the first half of the 19th century. but public opinion was strongly against it, and the cen- tury ended in comparative so- briety. A law was passed making ll. a misdemeanor to sell intoxi- csnts to any person even if out‘! slightly "overtaken". In sucn case it was to the manager's in- terest to say: “You've had enough: go home!" And i1 the customer was wise, he did.

The laiv has been altered, too. as regards the hours of opening In 1923, a "Permitted Hours Sis- tem" came into force instead of the old all-day system. In Scot land the Act of 1903 provided for

shorter hours and the closing of licensed houses on certain days. It will be seen that in the mam. the Licensing System is slowly] mastering a very troublmome quea-

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lion. If. u is likely, the locielist Parliament nationalize the licen- sed houses, will they be run iur revenue? An interesting specula- tion.

Taking everything into consider- ation. one must admit that Dilu- ain has made considerable pio- greae in inculcatlng temperance against long odds. The only du-~ tux-hing sign that one seen, is i.ne pivsence of women u frequent- ers oi the pubs. They have. they say, as much right to drink, as the men have! Perhaps so: but I have observed fine families real- ed when the father was actually a drunkard, while the mother was an abstainer. On the other hand I never saw an lntemperate mo- ther whose children were not tie- linquent.

A Choice Columbine

The Columbine. or Aquilegia, ls a hardy perennial from Europe. that stands up well against all the vagaries of our climate. l have a strain of the Aqililegle vulgaria that is greatly admired by visi- tors. lt is not the long-spurled type, but a stocky double, dark blue shading to white. borne in clusters on tall stems, and a.- hardy as they coimei I did not save all the seed 1 intended, since I was ill when the follicles to» opened, but I saved enough to dis- tribute to readers who apply early!

A Common Shell

This summer there was brought to me the largest "moon-shcll” that l have yet seen. it had a diameter of about 3.5 inches and the aperture was about 1.3 by 2.3 inches. It is a large and spherical shore shell with a very short spire- a very large oval opening, and a umbilicus (or navel) that leads right up into the spire. This shell was found on the shore oi R-is- tico Bay. In favorable situations moon-shells are said to grow to a. diameter of 5 inches. Covering the live shell is a yellowish epidermis but the shells washed ashore have usually lost this and appear of an asihy-gray color.

Thomas Say, the "father o! all shell collectors." named this species ‘Natica heroe. A later cor.- chologist (Adams) called it Lun- atia heros. somebody else called it a Neverita; and now. in the latest work. it is Polynicea heron.

The Natica is s carnivorous an’ often a predatory mollusc. lt will feed on dead fish. but is equally fond of mussels, clams. etc; \" drills neat holes, about one-siXtn inch in diameter. into their shells and sucks the juices of the in- mates. At low tide the moon- shell burrows into the moist sapd. Several other shellfish hide in the same manner.

Nature Notes

Ragweed. etc. ln the area in which chicken feed is scattered one is sure of a crop of "foreign weeds the following year. (A vie.» tor told me that the growers are supposed to clean the feed grant. that is, to take out the weed seeds. but he added. "they never do!” Last year I had a fine assortment oi cruciferous weeds on the pace where the chicks had been penned. This year there came up an un- known (Heiianthua. (Sunflower). a, great quantity o! Field Forget- me-not. two plants of Ambrosia triilda (Ragweed) and one 01 Aal- brosla t. integrlfolla, a variety of Ragweed with undivided leave... This is interesting as showing tne difficulty of keeping this pest at bay. In the garden there came up a plant of Nlcandra (Apple u? Peru), and one of Amannthue alhus (Tumbleweed).

Frogs scarce. Bummer: of late. in this district at least. have been characterized ea hot, with the brook and its pools soon drying JD-

The tadpoles retreated to the centre of the poais by the 111m dre/is and died when the wire:

disappeared. This year the brook is still running though‘ ieebly now, and I saw five young frogs in n pond at the roadside. One was o heotpard Frog (Rana piplenel. W311 chocolate spots bordered with cream or green. There were three spring Frogs (R. fontinalls). wltn the upper body light green. MG the flanks inclined to brownish. The fifth looked like a young load but it dived into the water and hid. In my earlier days on the is-

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GROUND LIMESTONE I

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We ore in [Io position to accept orders for delivery any time from now until the end of December, either in bogs

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