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again Mr. lfltfl‘ Johnston, w,“ ‘~ » mo in good health and as soon as rancher of Fortune, m, 1,, mkgwcgg‘; conditions permit will once Ill!!! 0n ka visit the early pm; o; u“, purchase and feature Prince lid- wse and was warml 511"“ by ward Island silver fox pelts. M8111‘ m iflends- Mr. Jyohnstnn and L will cflratefullryo remember bro er Sam have a vs nqn m“ z=.i:l'.:..r.li. sa- nmsmsr his“. ....':.'...s*."..i a .:~=1~*= it"s?“ to gi-cct this gentleman inums. Jim" ' n‘ ..__ One of the feature crud The Province of Alberta show FOUND?!" issue Hamming“; its which were featured in a re- NWB. Denver,‘ Colorado. is a very ocnt. catalogue of the Montreal interesting and instructive article m: gig gags-us’ (Ulrldhdlgd anwyaogirfiitdinsh by or. o. x re is prces an . on pgflm ' fegerish comgetition which resulted Btation, Summe all-ll. mm m‘ in 90% of t e offering being sold. States a Montreal wire to Women's Wear Daily, New York. top New rice for this magnificent offer- sals by the M. _ ng was $200 each aid for a l e of Denver‘ for silvers, matched pair of lig t colored pla - for inums which d secured the re- in the sale serve c nship of the show. A and mutants ‘roup of f large blue platinums. I- hlih of glso reserve champions. the Deoem r sale of tho New $140 each and another light plat- Auction. Company in p, inum champion brought $125. while Black Forest For Ran severald flthers ciossed the hun- ‘topped! “n red o ar mar , one reaching - ace pa loo. Pelts of less scintillating This was “m m‘ ‘t .quo1ity brought $60 to $00 and ed fork whltealrked platina ring-necks Decem sold at I‘ to $79-

._.... ~ j Canada is lanning n, v The white faced silvers in this conservation. gecauss of tilts" collection rousht from m‘ to. amount of American moneyqn-ou; g 337 and a selected full silver cham- to Canada in the past two you, pionship lot sold at the high for from the sales of beaver fur steps silvers of s48. Platinum crosses in are being taken by the Dominion the same Alberta collection sold Gv- nt to fostc n-om s35 to $70 and white-marked serve it and to restoc crosses from 023 to $85. New York its propagation as a nnd Latin American dealers were servation: scheme. active competitors. As this was extinction by the white i-nnn the first Alberta show selection beaver. was canon '5 {oi-smug w“. marketed by the Montreal com- servation. agent, according- to ‘m_ pony no price comparison was turslists. Literally millions of made. beaver dams from coast to coast m stored the rainfall and Silver fox in other collections floods and soil erosion. sold by the companye dropped five to this the beaver is credited wi to ten per cent low January having done more to Open up non. . The compan reported spe- ada than any other creature or clal platlnums. etc. 50% sold at a product by no less an authority decline of 5%. Full silvers 50% than Ernest Thompson Seton. "It sold, decline of 10%; one-half to was the three-quarter silvers 40% sold, do- states Mr cline 10%; platinum specials r -

a 9...”... o...“ Publicitynlbi- neck and

The conduct of the war of 101i

trol. of metals the s regular were frequently kept waiting f . while competitors

of Munitions

B0 millions had been saved 8M. the M" ya control, to

nothing of security and - In the Minister of Munitions. Mr. York then third of M showed that a group of

m‘, when ma! regal: contra “i factories costinl

s fox pelt in e w"; in

fur

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ion £7 tmd (pence) per lb

had the nation. (while the best of its “manhood was peris' by thousands) been dos]- .4 to line the pockets of the profiteers. have had some questionable tran- sactions in Cans a du

too much to sa Ministry of umph r’ enterprise which advanc- ed British industry in a few years. more than had been accomplished by native/ts control in man years.” . Lloyd George adds to the Ministry of Munitions a Ministry of Food and a Ministry of Ship- ping. Each ship was despatch ’ my to fetch an essential Argo. with an; n Admiralty protection properly co- ed from 00, white faces the origin It is ordinated. The whole economy of from $17.50 to $60 with s50 each fitting indeed that this creature, the nation was brought to proper paid for a well matched pair. Pearl the symbol of energy, pescc and survey and usefulness. The Ship- platinums brought $20 to $75. industry should be the emblem or ping Controller office -- Canada for which it did so much." Christunes 1016; the War Cab- The New York Auction Coin- lnet ordered the requisitioning of

any's sale of mutation silver foxes - lall ahi in n Februa i2. 1017: ast week attracted a representa- Wml ll "l! 1'6 lulled by n- u‘ oPriority ryOommlttea tive swim e1 buyers and 80% c! ‘m?’ *' ° mi‘- °'» F)" held its no: meeting on Febru- the more than 3.000 skins offered w! “m! B" 9m "715151"! ar- 14.1017. under the chairman- by the Progressive Color Phase As- 81 otriial Silver For Breeders’ As- 9,1,, o; s" Lem Thus, when the sociation and the Associated Milll- i?“ Bu}:- °n the- "Wm" "h I" war was two years and five months F“ and dMQhLBOn F“ Famlem $1,"; ' ' Fm, . "A s old. practical ccntrol. nQt as a no, an matter o working was sold. The demand was good Wmllllny- 1M» held their Fcbru- gceigryatbllgtsertisted. (I-Iow fortun- throughout and high prices were "Y 50° l" 55°71“!!! on n, l; w" gm- Bfuflln inst, wncn

the 12th and concluding on tns ldth. Sundry furs were sold dur- i118 the first W0 days of the sale, followed by the silver fox catalogue. A large attendance of both era and. manufacturers with buyers representing th

srioan,

‘ st the sale. competition was keen. Elundryfurs sold at price levels similar to those prevailing in January.‘ Mink

paid for the better lots. Thaauc- Lion company unofficially report- ed c1017}, to 15% increase. Top price for a platinum was $155. No top price for white-face fox was available.

Women's Wear Daily reporting the Canadian Fur Auction Com- pany Ltd, Montreal, sale states that the prices paid for platinum silvers ranged from $82 to $105:

her next great hour of trial came. these men were still living to put their experience at her service!)

Iit is little known that when the "business as usual" period had reached the summer of 1918. not _a few of those who governed Britain began to despair of win- ning the war. Behind the scenes it was debated whether the nation possessed either the man-power or the wealth to win the contest.

i particular l eivcd spirited bidding“. In the sliver fox section, prices were firm to stronger with 60% of the offering of 33,442 skins being sold at an average price of $30.20.

pistinums from about s80 to 130 and pearl platinums between $52 and $80. White marked silvers brought from $30 to $90 with ring ______?__,_______

Ecohom defeat was foretold ‘privately and threatened to be de- ated publicly. We know now that this ' pcssinlistn was unwarranted. that the war was won by the means available. But nothing is more certain than that if control

The following is a compa csummary of the silver fox section:

"' 95 A" A" "7"" had been delayed much longer. it 5H" 3°“ m" l.“ would have been too late to save gl Special Skins (mixed) , 1470 80 870.82 $05.45 m, notion "In 191g we nag no“. White-Marked Silvers 1007 d6 41.87 41.88 1y “h, I in; gconomic powers i-2 to 3-4 Silvers .. 1022 8d 27.77 28.33 n; m; notion n; for as they could Selected Full Silvers 1095 95 48.39 47.46 b, arm-cued and>dgvgloped by “n. Regular Full Silvers 0393 75 32.06 31.58 organized powers milling many dif- Inmm" TYPE“ -- "W7 54 99-90 30-87 ferent ways" is Sir Leo's way of Low Grades . 740 d5 0.44 10.24 putting it. -—-— —— The winnin of the war then. 23442 00% $29.39 0059 In Sir Leo's v e . was due to na-

tional organization. Yet when the war was ended there arose s strong movement to release food and other commodities from con- trol. and great mischief was work- ed. The public were told that they

were paying “mil1ions" of civil ’ servants to waste their substance. The reference to “millions” wasters was pure fiction: the num- ber of permanent and temporary civil servants (officials to you) on Nov. 11th. 1018. was only 220.105. including messengers and char- women. (The control was taken off. as shown in last week's Notes: and the profiteers became so bold that the people clamored for some measure of ‘control be re- placed. We shall resume consid- eration of Sir Leo's article next week.)

A Good Story

In the Public Library. there is a complete set of works of Charles Reade. My book of ‘reference dismisses that author in a few words: "Reade. Charles (1844-1884); Eng. novelist and playwright; ‘wrote "Bard Cash". “It's Never Too Late to Mend.” etc. It does not mention what is considered his greatest romance. "The Cloister and the Hearth"; perhaps because of its religious im- plications. Let me add somewhat to this brief summing up.

Reade came of a_ well-to-do county family; perhaps he was a younger son. driven to seek fame and fortune in busy London. l-fis stories show he was at home in depicting rustic life. and s great admire-rel’ shrewd rustic wit: the countryman of Reade! day was no chuckle-headed bucolicl Reade held that "Truth is stranger than

Referring to the above. it should inum silver and white-marked sold be explained when considering av- i" Fri“ 19"“ "mil" '0 "We! H- "Bke prices that the classification “ibismd ‘m u" 35'1""? B519- ‘White-Marked Silvers" contained Y?!“ hilehelrugflces “n” ‘alum ‘he 1W llllfllity skins as well as the o w" ‘in’; 1h".

"m" grades. On the other hand. Messrs 14m up Fraser s?“ tlasstfllecaagfl'htilg Iggverthfeaeéélglflrggr £10.. have Iisecld’ auctlonmsalqsutlli not included’. Belts in “this axon? .J3Z..§i°"" 33!. "Wrttnliuh w“ Ylcaltlion were of better average s with min o: H 0"“- "fl iy than those offere '

‘silvery sale. d °n n“ p w‘ m mDemand for the better grades of

Vera was strong. Platinum,

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ofthe newspapers all. the strang- est episodes he could find: these cuttings wore placed in indexed yenvelopel. and afterwards incorp-

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Ship as your live or dressed chickens and fowl. Iligher prlcea pail. Prompt roinraa. Express collect. ‘qaaniliy no objection. Whales also. dlaniitiaa of hard- wood In fear-foot lengths.

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x My person who would like io oi-asr cum ma: lo » would lllie io have their order as early as possibls, ‘ca. 1'1"“: muss Chicks. From a few of the readies lhiob- fl?" in the Mariilmea I was only able in I“ Bl percent “ "l! orders filled last year. doe to so many late orders. 30 please give aie a chance this year by erderln early. Write for pfl" m“:

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Leo bert. Reade believed it his duty to the tilt ainst ial London: hm presented as an object las- man son). ' if

i’: relation to State control

from the declaration the "business as

ricd when most import- ant ma erlals of food and work were left without guidance or con- In the all-important matter lee were ir- and m-untion workers

or in the when market ran up prices. Then

millions to b! Ill’ mp5,. lty in supply. August 16th. 101d.

Montague. esumatcd the savings to betil millions. Dr. Addison.

'“ ‘ unitions. or capital expenditure) 51.500000. had produced at a cost of £3.500.000. munitions which. at the contract prices prevailing before the control was put on. would have cost the

. nst 21d per lb. contract price! Thus

We this Tennyson. I fo

It down the formula: “Dry the young

of the animal for 2i hours. Repeat in

fiction." indeed. and snipped out i0

occasion arose. Like the librcttist W. S.

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successful. is soon forgotten the public which it bensfi . tude is mankind. trounces the doctors in "It Is Never Too Late To Mend" be exposes the crucltios of the Prison sy . other novel (whose name .1 havo- forgotten) deals with the labor movement then just beglnni and is a fright- ful indictment of t as it then was. Reade is termed a playwright and itceriainly was his ambition. but 1 can only recall cns of his stories being dramatized. They were long and crowded with incidents, but now that we have the films and the skill in "cutting. these old stories might re y examination for their drama ic possibilities. The "good story" I have in mind is "It's Never Too Late '!'o Mend." I read it many years ago. and as a good friend sent it to me at Christmas. I read it again. I sup- pose the hero of the story to be the. young Berkshire fanner who driven by the hard times. goes to Australia and finds a nugget: he gets the girl in the last chapter anyhow! But if we go by the title of the sto then Thomas Sinclair. reformed t ief. has a claim to be hero too; and so has the benevol- ent old Jew, Isaac Levi, who foils the villain at e tum. In short there are half-a osen heroes. at- tc the simple Berkshire farmer by one great quality - his estyl The description of the Australian. woodlands. and the gold-digglnga is a piece of fine writing; and though Reade indir- sctly taunts another of my heroes. him 8

rgive becaus he has written "a good story.’

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.' j; I _ PAGE NINE .-.»1 n --_ I _ ‘y i ‘ This War-Four . s. , --~=---— - cuinio ' “B3B. l—ht a ~ ~ ' _ pine for the Iollowlns nmnth. am: . ‘rflfzbnll>_,ohuw-sf“tf,,f,f”t g“, "egg? u“; cm» or: s‘ ft m buying daily Certified Seed and Table aaaulion. 0st. 1?‘! nos. m» n 1 . u?‘ fiifiwfiid 1:0 lzrfglilll market prices. They . _ . n. a. l". deatrvyed o au || _ . gasggg. "°;2.“."';l..';.',‘,°'.,*, ‘mix-am igdii-idiéncsmniriamfi potatoes are to be baggtd card's-halal?!" shad A" Chas. Worth. no Keith's as»... “m” -- D" i" "it 1°88 of our turnip waxing plant. we yrs-in at. sioaotoa. N. a. Milw- ‘as. lgdl Petain are unable to accept turnip; in (gm-human while Wm. christian. launching. mini” "*1" 1h 13%;‘? c“: there is sucl. a critical shortage of refrigerator cars. W- IL Crater. l-l- d. Kenlins- tuned . m1 and c s Do not plan to lianl us any tarni until w; dv toss. seagizrt of Imlian Bomal . use for “me p. a u” wiaston w. Currie. Alberion. B" h m; lwovm é»;- - 5'“ m""‘""" Whfl” Frithh occupineiwlfasteloi-ize in the Our trucks will be available to meet you at the

others deny this." bearing on this case? Would it account for this man's violent out- bursts?" interrupted the clerk. "I

gants. the witnesses, and all the villagers who could squeeze in. as- sembled in the little courtroom. The evidence was taken and then came the doctor's turn. "1 have ex-

edge of the ice or tlie edge of the town when you liaul

your potatoes, . FRANK B. CLARKE.

amined the accused and the corn-

. in compliance with the Court's instructions." he said. "The complainant was suffering from an extravasation of- blood under the left optic. and a few minor injuries. from all of which. I am hs/npy to say. he has now recover- cd. The accused was in rather better condition. but I am sorry to inform the court that this man is a sufferer from alcpeoia, ap- parently of long standing." Here the clerk. who had never heard of alcpeclo before. broke in-"Will the witness please define that word for the benefit of the j ?" "With pleasure." said the doc r, “alopecia is an abnormal candi- tion of the head. Medical science can tell us little of its cause and as yet has found no cure. Some believe it runs ll_l_ffllflilie§._ while

can hardly risk an opinion on that." said our inedlco. "I have known victims o! alopecla to get violent on slight provocation; but on the other hand there have been more cases when many years have passed before such an eut- brcak has occurred."

As this concluded the evidence the jury retired to consider their verdict. "Well. mates." said the foreman. "I votes we let poor Old Bill of-f; doctor says he has sum- mut the matter wl‘ his heed." The rest agreed. and the Squire had the pleasant duty of declaring Bill "Not Guilty!" The clerk had his doubts. so when he got home he took out his dictionary and found -“Alopacia. noun. Baldness, scurf: from the Greek alopekia, fox- mange."

‘ A Pest or Horses

The connnon Bot Fly la found in England. but not so abunda “y

as here. It peared to be more common in t North, of Scot- land; and 1t was observed to be

severely infesting horses import- ed from Norway and the Danub- ian countries.

One reason for its compar ’ o. scarcity in England was the cheap and easy remedy employed by the‘ farmers there. I was always in- terestod in insect life. and took

leaves of the English Walnut (Jnglans ragia) in the oven, but do not scorch them. Pulveriaa and keep in air-tight jars. full tes-apoonfin in the morning's grainfeed (once a day only). In s, few days the bots pass out in clumips and the horse gets the good of its feed."

Well. there were no English Walnuts here. but we have the Black Walnut and the Butternut. both members of the enus Jug- lans. and so to speak, lood rela- tions of J. regla. So I sent the formu to the chemists at Ottawa. asking them to look into the mat- ter. and find out if our trees would answer the same purpose. How- ever. the authorities dld not trou- ble to investigate but ' me to get the well-known capsules:

which I was obliged to buy and also to pay a “vet" to administer. Farming low ebb in the

was at

Island then. and every cent count- ed. so it was no wonder that Bot Flies increased.

Next year (I am writing of more‘ than a quarter-centuy ago) 1 was present at a demonstration of parasites (worms) in pigs.

true Briton I said nothing but took it all in; and the result of my re- flections was that I had been listening to the one outstanding man in his profession at that time. In his talk he ecommend-

ed a two per cent solution of car- bolic acid for bots in horses. When‘ I got home I thought this over and decided to write him for fur- ther information. In reply . Stevenson said: "The two best treatments for this condition (i.e.. bots) are as follows: (1) Creolin one ounce in a quart of water, given as s drench afler starving

a week. (2) Carbon dl-sulphidc‘ given in capsule in doses of 4 to 8 drains in accordance with the size of the horse. after starving for 2i hours is the other treatment. Car-' bon di-sulphide can be purchased, as sureshot capsules from drug, stores and supply houses. The bot eggs can be removed (from the ‘horse's legs) with a fine steel

with gasoline." The egg is a very vulnerable stage of this insects life. and if these injunctions werc carefully and uninterruptedly car- ried out. the insects would soon become scarce. On conaultin Nlckell'.s “Botani- cal Ready Re erence" to materia medics. I note that Butternut bark has anthelinlntic prgplertios: that is. it cxpels worms. is seems to inipport the formula given in the first psrt of this Note.

A Case Of Alopeela

In a North-country villadt. about sixty years ago. there lived a worthy known as’ "Old~ Bill" Smith. Old Bill was very short- tempered. a trait which would have been better concealed. for the villagers delighted to get him into an argument