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AUGUST 5. 1939

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

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FOR FARMERS, STOCK BREEDERS and GARDENERS

,Wee/zly Livestock [Market Report

O5'TAWAy‘ July 27-

sumxna , A mixed trend featured cattle markets this week and Toronto and Montreal prices worked de- cidedly lower under draggy trade. on the other hand. however, we,-.ier-n markets held steady and ice changes recorded were of only 3 minor nature. Dry-fed butchers 35 a rule had all the best of the drmanrl and» commanded firm Indica ‘on: are that all fu- ture dsliv of fed cattle will mP:‘][ ‘ _ od attention. Veal crilics niarkrt. up a gain of 25c to 50." at Toronto and elsewhere sold 5l(ﬂ(‘l\' to firm. Hog rices closed sirarply lower in Ontar o and while drciizes also took place in the i‘\‘e-st they were not nearly so sev- ere Lambs also showed declines of 25c to 50c or more at practically all markets.

Eastern Cattle Prices Lower

draft‘.-’Y trading lcsses cm 15:‘ on butcher steers 7 to 25c or more on ' .. eers, cows and bulls rr Eli'~lall‘lGd at Toronto. There rr 2 still 700 cattle unsold at the c.o.—€- \vr-Lgiity steers closed at 5.6.30 to 56.60 for top quality and gcrzi butcher steers and heifers im 56 25 to $6.50. Fed calves 1 v-d an opposite trend. and g (1 25¢ selling, up to a high of $52.3. Heavier receipts and 3. lim- ited dcinauri due to the hot stick wca;licr were responslible for a sharp break in t e Montreal mar- lift with prices uling fully 50c lower and some sales showing a drop of 75c Dally carryovers were the rule Good steers were quoted it 3625 to $6.75 and good cows from $425 to $4.75.

Western cattle sell steady

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C isidt-ring he position of most ut.-.rie markets the cattle trade in e west staged a, very creditable rformrince. All suitable dry-fed iii:ht=r catt'e commanded steady 0 firm rates, Dry-fed butcher from 650 to $675 while Southern de- 3r.d took care of the better rarlcs of cows cost-ing $4 to $4.25. etter grades of stockers and feed- * rs ratrd $4.50 to $5. The recent oi ircathcr has seriously affected asiurrs and this may have a ten- cnry to force more liberal num- P12; of half-fer-1 cattle on to mar- (‘:5 Calgary sold good to choice ry-frrl butcher steers from $5.50 0 tr. 25 and Edmonton was also butcher t~~r:. grnr-rally at $6.50. High

e~. reported from Prince Al- \\(‘l'f’ $4.75 on medium butcher . r-:'= N/loose Jaw and Vancouver , and Saskatoon and Regina $6.50

I’. S. Prices About Steady

P es paid for Canadian cattle t Buffalo looked about on a par izh the previous week. The gen- rnl top was $8.75 with the bulk I the steers and heifers making 7 30 to $9.50, and balls from $5.75 $6.73 A few Canadian calves Tr!‘ liken up to $10 and $11. At t Paul latest quotations on med- nadian streets were $7 50 .3. common to good cows to $6.25, choice $7 and mod- l'l.= $6.15 to $640. E‘~.‘p0l'tS to the United States r lilf‘ week were 5 738 beef cattle. 1 dairy, and 2.850 calves making I‘ totals to date this year 112591 ref. 6.959 dairy and 59,659 calves. -Doris in the corresponding per- ri last year were 27,372 beef, 5,- 4 (‘.Ell‘_\', and 31,370 calves. Ex- oris from July 1 to July 27 in- luuve under the third quarterly cm were 24 234 beef cattle An fticml rc‘case issued by the Uni- S!-11/9s Treasury Department .7\\'.'\‘ imports of Canadian cattle to the U. S. weiwg 700 pounds i more each totaling 14,790 heed om July 1 to July 15 inclusive. ls r-vpresenis 29.6 per cent of e quarterly quota.

fﬁinadlan stem at Glasgow Til!‘ S. S. Dolilian unloaded 210 anariian steers at Glasgow during 9 week. Those sold on the 27th siani. at. an average of 4 3-8d or 9- Hiuivalent to a little better an 8 1-2 per cent per pound live eizhi. at the current rate of ex- ‘ tinge. ' The 5 s, Sularia was due to leave ontreal on Friday. July 28. with 0 cattle for Glasgow. Calves Steady to Higher Vra‘; calves made a gain of 25c - 50:‘, at Toronto. choice closing t $8 50 to $9. Montreal was about (‘Ody on veals up to $7.50 with an '1 58 top. Grassers, however. osed easier. Western centres rul- Wiy to firm with Winnipeg sell- ; choice vcals up to $7, Calgary, ‘”“"lll0n. Moose Jaw and Re- ““ {ill to $6. Saskatoon $5.75, \.’\!‘..‘Cl‘.'-'(‘l' £6 75 "01 Prices Definitely Lower ‘The British bacon market de- £:L_?~‘. an.a_dl.im_sei1_1n_u..n_t._!5-

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to 895 while Denim was unchang. 94 It 935 to 985. Canadian dog: g at goons. ham‘ e oron hog market wa soc to 75c below the previous tier.-5 close, bacons closing at $5.75 to $8.85 off trucks. The basic price on rail graded hogs was $11.75 to 312. ‘Prices for direct deliveries to packing plants closed sharply low- er with the drop in many cases amounting to 50c or more Mom. real bacons were generally 9.75 f. and w., but the closing undertone was weaker. western centres clos- ed a little lower. Winnipeg at $8.75 for bacons f. and w.. Calgary at $8.60 off trucks, Edmonton at $8.50, Prince Albert and Saskatoon $8.50, and Moose Jaw and Re- gina $8.60. Slaughter hogs at Vancouver changed hands at $9.25.

Lamb Prices Lower

Lambs sold 50c lower a Toronto with good ewes and wethers gen- erally at $9.50 and a few $9.75. Montreal was also easier and clos- ed at $9 for good lambs. Winnipeg eased off to a closing top of $8. Tops at Calgary, Prince Albert and Saskatoon were $7, Edmonton and Regina $7.25. Moose Jaw $7 50 and Vancouver $8.

CATTLE MARKETS

Toronto offered 5,434 cattle to a draggy trade and losses ranged from 15c to 25¢. weighty ;0eers opened at $6.75 for tops and clas- ed ai:‘$6.50 to $6.60 for common down to $5.50. Good butcher steers and heifers had a closing range of $625 to $6.50 and common sold as low as $5. Butcher cows made .25 to .60 and canners cutters $2.25 to $3. Bulls sold between $3.- 50 and $5 and fed calves the only class to show I gain made $7 to $8 25. Good milkers and springers continued steady with tops around $75. but common grades were un- salable, A few good Western stock- ers moved out at $5 to $5 50, and common down to $3.75.

Montreal had the heaviest re- ceipts so far this year totalling 2.- 407 cattle. with extremely warm weather causing a limited demand. trade was very draggv and prices from 50c to 75c lower. Good steers made $6.25 to $6.75, Cth8l's down to $3, heifers from $3 to $5.50, good cows $4.25 to $4.75 and others

down to $2.75. Canners and cutters $1.75 to $3.50. Bulls ranged from $2.50 to $4.75.

CAL!‘ MARKETS Toronto veals opened 25c to 50¢ higher and held at $8.50 to I-9 for choice with common down to $5. Crramrs sold steady at $4 to $4.50. Montreal veals about steady from $5 to $7.50 and odd tops up to $8. Grassers closed easier from $3.50 to $4.50 but mostly around $4.

HUG MARi\l:.“l'S

The Dominion hog run was 54,- 036 compared with 46,786 in the same week last year. Totals to date this year 1,791,319, last year 1,- 838 424

Toronto bacons closed lower at $8.75 to $8.85 off trucks. Rail grades were $11.75 to $12 sows off trucks sold at $5 to $5.25 Packing plant prices for direct deliveries closed sharply lower, Hamilton at. $11.75 to $12.35 for bacons dressed, and Moncton $8.95 and $12. Montreal bacons were $9.75 1. and w. and $10 off trucks, closing with a weaker undertone. Rail grades dropped $13.25 to $13.35 cold weight.

SHELF AND l.aAlv1|5 MAl€.i\lt'l'§ Toronto lambs opened 50c lower at $9.50 for good and a few $9.75. The close was $9.50, with culls at $7 to $9 and bucks $9.50. sheep steady‘ $2 to $4. Montreal lambs easier, good closing at $9. Several mixed lots sold at $8.50 to $8.75. Sheep $2 to $1.

uvaicsmas uuniis mu-uius To date this year beef cattle—669. Last year beef catt‘e—235l1. To date this year dairy cattle-1579. Last year dairy cattle—507.

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3! AGI-ICOLA

SOMETHING TO DRAW

There seems to be I screw loose in the mental machinery of‘: Rx-eat many of our exponents of the Arts. We are told that music hath charms, but they are diffi- cult to see sometimes. I recently heard a, singer give a revised ver- sion of “John Peel" that must have astonished that worthy if he was in a position to hear it. The ballad proper is a. simple one, with just a touch of pathos towards the end. while the music is lively and stirring. I suppose the version I complain of would be called "swing": the singer kept near the melody, but not quite, at first: while the orchestration came in underneath with no end of fire- works, sklrls and twiddles, quite foreign to the spirit of the words. Then when John was "far, far away," the singer broke into a kind of recitatlve, which maunder- ed on till it seemed off key at the end. The orchestra let up on the twiddlry bits, and nearly played th emelcdy. 3 course which help- ed the singer not a little to it triumphant conclusion. But the coming generation. brought up on this kind of musical pabulurn, will have a hard time to get: its bear- ings_ if ever we return to sanity in music, This queer musical tendency has even invaded hymnody: last wintcr I heard a Sunday evening service rrom the Pacific coast. and the hymns had a vocal counter- point high above. and drowning out the treble. Maybe I'm low- brow. but I thought it quite out of place

The Arts, I take it, were meant to help us realim our ideas of the beautiful. and to sooth us in a world full of unrest. But that func- tion is as extinct as the dodo- bird, in the works of the surrealist painters. The mental reaction these geniuses strive for, is astonishment. not pleasure, nor the calmness in- duced by the truth of nature. such matters as a watch slipping over the edge of a table and bending like rubber as it does so. are the sub- ject of paintings I have heard of: and I cannot say I was at all edi- fied. ~

In England there is a strange genius, a sculptor called Epstein. His works have provoked a storm‘ of controversy half of the critics —-amateur and professional—pro-_ claiming him greater than Philias, and the other half calling his work “a. biologLst‘s nightmare". He is fond of Biblical figures. and his latest exhlbit—in the Leicester Gal- leries, London—is a huge figure of "Adam". a monolith for which he has used three tons of alabaster. Spoiled. instead of used, would be the better word: and as I mnnot employ an rlustration in this col- umn, my readers may get an idea of "Adam", if they will take a sheet of paper, and draw to these measurements. (It will be good practice for the youngsters, too, this week end). The dimensions here given are to scale, taken from an English print. "Adam" is in the nude_ evidently before the Fall, and we regard him from the right side, while he faces westward. Run an upright line 4 and 1-2 inches long: this reaches to his right "hip-bone". At right angles to this point draw a line 3 and 5-8 inches. with one inch to the right of, and the rest to the left of the hip. That line gives the width of the part which projects most! Con- tinue the original line for 4 inches more: this brings you to where the neck ought to begin. Adam is very “pigeon-chested”. as we used to say. and the last line comes to the top of this feature.

Now we commence to sketch in the legs. They are about the same thickness all the way: 1 and 7-8 inches, and the original line is the axis of the right leg. which is slightly in advance of the left leg. The “fork" of the legs is about. 3 _ inches from the gruond line, Both legs can be completed from these data, but they will look as U our ancestor was smitten with ele- phantiasis, a disease not unknown among his descendants in the East. The feet are 2 and 1-2 inchcs long, and an inch thick, above the instep. There is only the faintest indication of the knee-joints. so that the legs are almost columnar. ' The “fatty protuberance" falls away rapidly to his waistline, which is 2 and 1-2 inches wide. Continue upwards from the waist, up the back, keeping the some dis- tance from the chest-line. and neglecting the arms for the pres- ent.

If we were walking westward. wen look where we were going to: but not Adam! He's looking dir- ectly at the zenith. and as he has no neck, it must be very awkward for him. Carry on the original axis another inch and I. half, draw another line at riaht males through the end of it. and the lat- ter will run along his nose and brow. His face is almost horizontal and from his chin (pointed like the horn ofananvil) towhion should be the "top"of his head. is Just 396 inchu. In fact the whole head. squared and lying as it in. at once rails up the imalo of that famili-1' furniture of the smithy.

The Arms are drawn back till the elbows meet, the fore-nmu are horilontal, and the thumbs, mint upwards, with the hands oven. (I'd love to see the drawinal)

Epstein is now at work at new statue of Christ. It to I, oh-

whcloicngth,andt.h wide as the shoulders. his rout of thofigin-qwbichlsdranoodina one nnmewidlll. name

people believe them to be Art. . NATURE NOTES

This is the first year for my “Paul's Scarlet Climber" (Rose) to bloom freely, as it was put in rather late the year before last. NOW. every visitor is full of admir- ation for it. since its flowers are three inches across. by actual measurement, and are produced in clusters of three or four, the whole length of the steam. At present it has attained a height of about seven feet, and this despite a. very cold position. There may be better roses, but this is good enough for me.

The dry weather has stopped the flow of the brook, but the pond near the road still has water in it. The other day there were five “Green Flrogs" -in it, and 1 was able to examine them pretty close- ly. They were fairly large, with bodies 3 to 5 inches long. and legs rather short. From the name one would expect to find green the prmoinent color; but these were the darker type: only the head and, throat were is bright green, while the flanks were brown, and Wervvhere marked with blackish Spots. There was A conspicuous zlandular fold or ridge running down each side of the body. The males had a. conscipuous round, flat_ differentviatcd ares. round the 68-|'- Every now and then these frogs would call '‘brrmf''—rather 1“ the Style of Major I-Ioopiei—e. noise which caused the zoologist Merrem to name the frog Rana. cl»-mitans; Leconte calls it R, (rm. “"8118. the “Spring Frog," and to‘ add to its misfortunes Holbein names it. E. boriconensis. This is a bit of a nuisance, since the student must know all three names for identification. There has not, as far as I am aware, been any at- tention given to the frogs of the Island since 1899. when Dr. Philip

Cox of N. B listed five species while on a visit here. The planet Mars is the great

attraction in astronomical circles

Just now and several interesting

articles from The Guardian have

found their way to my scrap book.

On July 26 or thereabouts the sun.

the earth, and Mars were in a

direct line, but nothing particular

happened, By the 29th the Moon

and Mars were in conjunction,

and seemingly this provokexi thun-

derstorms with heavy rain in some regions. The barometer has been very steady for the past two‘ months.

i This vea.r a plant of Scabiosa

Columbaria, a pretty wild flower I‘:-esembling a single aster, is in , bloom in my garden. It is a plant

found in Britain and right down i to the Mediterranean region and gets its second name from its col- or which is a light blue—"dove color.” Its first name, scablosa. in- tlmates that it was used as a, rem- edy for skin diseases, There are several good garden scabicsas, one of the most outstanding being the variety “Blue Moon."

I have a young plant of what is called "Cranberr; Tree’ in the books and in certain localitiu the “High-bush Cranbcrry". It has no relation to the cranberry of the moist places, but the berry may be used as a substitute at a pinch. The point I wish to make how- ever. is that our climate has pro- duced a slight change in this plant_ as in many iothers. The “Cran- berry-tree" is well known (but not by that name) in that part of Britain whence I came: and I gave it a good "going over" in the old days. One peculiarity was a couple of glandular-looking stipules on the petiole close up to the blade of the leaf. They were longer than wide. and reminded one of min- iature human ears, only very small and very green. Just what their purpose was, did not appear. our plant hns lost these stipules; ap- parently they are not needed here. There is a law behind that: any- thing not used, tends to disappear.

BARTEE WITH GERMANY

one of the Provinces of Canada is preparing to send food-stuffs to Germany in return for electri- cal appliances, which are said to be 25 per cent chearpzr than those -produced in Canada. The trans- action is worth examining. All accounts agree that the German people do not "live" as well as do Canadians. for great stores of food are being created for the use of the army. If the food-stuffs above- mentioned were put to their proper use. 1. e. to feed the civilian pop- ulation. nobody could comDl31I1- The 25 per cent lower prices for appliances is going to make life harder for Canadian workmen: to compete they must approximate their standard of living to that of their German rivals.

Something of the same kind happened on Tyneside. where ship- building is one of the great in- dustries. Before the War the in- dustry was flourishing, and about 14,000 men and apprentices were employed in 1914. Then were great loueo of nhippingiin the war. and -when it was over a boom period set in; with its -peak in 1922. when 20,000 men were employed. Yet by 193! die Tyne was so full or idle shippim that not I single empty berth could be found to lay up Lh- otner A-iipl And the umber of men in mg mipbuildlng yard: had fallen.» 2.010. 1119 position today eeruinly shown . great improve- ment from that low point. but it ia doibtfill vnietlier the old FY08- pority can be recovered.

or course there wen several realms for the debacle. There was tbe."doprasion", and there was a growth of Nationalism in almost

every ountry, which demanded llﬂthcetnofillliouldboonnted

TIMELY NOTES ON Topics CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Far

ming

W. Fred Burke attended a meet- ing of fox fieldmen for the Marl- tirne Provinces at Moncton recent- ly. John C. Jack, M.A., supervisor of Fox Illustration Stations was present and addresed the gather- ing. Their meeting covered a per- iod of three days, the object being to go over the work that has been done and formulate new plans for future. one afternoon they visit ed the Colpltts Ranch at Salis- bury. and also the Illustration Sta- tion there. They were shown some very fine freaks and white face foxes. Mr. Burke said that even at this early date the pups showed the markings very clearly. He said the freaks were many of them decidedly platinum or chino. blue color and very handsome.

Barbs Beckwith was crowned Queen of Furs at the I. J. Fox fashion sizow held at the World's Fair recently. She wore a white Russian ermine evening coat with B. crown of ermine tipped with balls made of ermine fur and she did look stunning.

one of the oustanding of the show was a very beazutiifui

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|t'aE of ohe_n;y red silver fox and It —: _ ‘in home-built ships;

and the in- evitable consequence was a loss of trade for the British yards. Again, some of the continental govern- ments only allow ordcrs to be placed with countries willing to accept payment by bartcr: Italy, for instance, recently placed ord- ers for ships to be built in Norway, because the Norwegians were will- ing to accept oranges in payment. Such arrangements can only be made when govcrnment assistance is forthcoming, and Br:tain is per- haps the only country where no such action has been taken. Thous- ands of tons of shipping have been lost to British yards by rcason of the financial assistance given by foreign governments to their own shipbuilding industries.

A serious factor in the situation is the very large sums of money owing to British firm; which has been locked up in Germany. with no other means of collecting these debts. many of the firms have placed orders for ships in German yards, which, as bait, have made offers of a very attractive nature. There is a crrtain resemblance here, to the statement made in the opening paragraph of this note, and we may look for the same re- sults.

NOTES ON ISLAND PLANTS

The Cruciferae (3)

In the account of the Jointed Charlock in last week's notes. I omitted to give enothcr popular name for this weed in England, viz.. “Runch." It is common in grainfields there, and the pungent seeds are separated and sold as “Durham mustard". In the Outer Hebrides its leaves are eaten as salad.

Retuming ‘o the genus Brassica our second species is the Indian Musi-ard, B, Juncer. This isa native of Asia. and is distinguished among other things by its frecdom from hairs on the foliage, and its nar- rower leaves and shorter pods. Al- though found in all the Provinces, the Black Mustard 1B. nigra) gives none of the trouble that the Charlock (B. arvcnsls) does. The, Black Mustard is the real Durhaml Mustard, and round that ancient, city it is cultivated as a cash crop; , there is a very old saying that} “Durham is noted for old maids, and mustard". (Being a quiet cathedral town it is supposed to be a haven for retired spinsters with 3, little money.) The last of the genus known to P. E. 1.. is the} Wild Navew, or Wild Turnip (B campesti-is.) The root-leaves alonei are hairy. while the stem-leavesi are smooth. Spraying has there- fore much less effect on this weed‘ because the spray runs off. It will, be noticed that the popular names of these Braaaicas are used in 1 very indiscriminate fashion. and students are advised to follow the nomenclature used in the little‘ pamphlet "The Fiowcring Plants and l"'erns of P. E. I."

we have three members of the Hedge Must-1rd genus (Sisyrn- hrium) and none of them are na—j tive to the Province: having beeni introduced as impurities in otheri seeds. The Common Hedge Mustard‘ (S. officinale) is known also as Bank Cress. and Crambling Rocket, 0. Don, a British botanist. writing in 1831. says this plant smc‘.l.q strongly of garlic, and was formerly used by country people in Europe. in sauces and salads. The Tumbling Mustard of the Prairies (S. altissimum), was found grow- ing here in 1926, by Professor Her- bert Groh: but does not seem to have become troublesome. The I"1ixweed_ (8. Sophia) was also re- corded by the some botanist.

Hint: our error

lnanro I largo crop of healthy vigorous pupa this you by main:

ROYAL FOX FEED

‘ slightly over 25%.

fitted garment of while broadtail. Silver fox capes and jackets were very much in evidence in the eve- nln collection, also several very love mink wraps.

Fromm Brothers have a three- quarter page an in Women's Wear. July 28th, for their auction sale of silver fox pelts at Hamburg, Wisconsin August 7th and 8th.

satisfy the demand built up by the most powerful national adver- using campaign in the entire fur ndus . Get .'/our share". Among the pisoltcatio carrying 1=':omrm's advertising is Vogue, Ha er’s Bazaar and Photoplay. In add tion to the Fromm foxes there will be 12,000 Federal Foxes shipped by other ranchers to I"rormm’s for sale. ‘Both Fram.m's and Federal Foxes trade marks or modal- lilms show rig their origin.

All kinds of freak furs are be- ing brought out by fashion design. elrs. The latest is known as cop- per t:r~.t—-silver fox pelts treated with a sort of dye by a British firm. Then there is another shade put out by the some concern known as the Golden Blend, for ladies whose coloring reoludes then from wearing the brghter tones of the copper tint. Still another s.l‘ade is the sable silver fox. dyed to a sable shade by London dyers. skms are marilpulatecl so that the black underfur is changed to sable color. leaving the silvery top hairs as bright and clear as ever. The above extracts are taken from the Fur Record of London, England.

Robert Fraser delivered a splen- did addrc-ss at the meeting of the Ontario Mink Breeders recently. In the. course of his remarks he placed on View a ruby red silver fox. He explained it was not an actual skin but a silver fox pelt which had the black bleached out of it and they dyed in such a man- ner that the silver hairs remain- ed unchanged. He said he did not advocate the breeding of such a pelt. because he did not believe such a. thing possible and anyhow it would not. be worth while when done. He merely brought it along to show that the fur trade, ap- preciating silver fox as a staple article, is developing new uses and new colors for the belts.

In addition to the may red sil- ver fox there was the sable dyed silver and other varieties to meet the demands of mi-lady of fashion. He believes that still more colored foxes will be developed. The types

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A WEEKLY COLUMN OF PRACTICAL OPINIONS 0!‘ TEE: ' VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE USES AND ABUSE OF i,

BY IIE.«LUDlDW JENKINS.-

TME ROG OF AGES

(In Nature Magazine)

The story of the giant Roe. or. more precisely, Rukh, is most widely known from the Arabian Nights, where slndbad, the Sailor. tell us:

‘The close of the day, and the settling of the sun, had now drawn near; and behold, the sun was veiled from me. I therefore imag- ined that a cloud had come over it :but this was in the season of summer, so 1- wandered and raised my head. and, contemplating that object attentively, I saw that it was a bird, of enormous size. bulk)’ body, and wide wings. flying in the air; and this was that concealed the body of the sim, and veiled it from view upon the island. At this my wonder increased. and I re- membered a story which travellers and voyagers had told me long be- fore. that there is, in certain 61' the islands, a bird of enormous size. called the Roe. that feedeth its young ones with elephants. I was convinced. therefore, that the large white dome which, I had seen was one of the eggs of the Roe. I won- dered at the works of God (whose name be exaltedll: and while I was in this state, that bird alighted upon that dome, and brooded over it with its wings stretching out its legs behind upon the ground; and it slept over it. .

This fabulous bird is not only to be found in the Arabian Nights: the:: are other old books that tell about the R02, and, though it seems extraordinary, they all a- gree in the chief features. They a- gree that it was a bird of enor- mous size, that it fed its young with elephants. that it looked like an eagle and that it had its home "on certain southern islands". The islands are never named: obviously they had no names. We find the Persian hero-tales

urg We find the Roc in Arabic manuscripts and even in the books of the Venetian. Marco Polo, the first white man since the days of the ancients who had travelled all over Asia.

Marco Polo was considered by his contemporaries to be the great- est liar in the world, because he told about cities in the Far East with a, million inhabitants and more. "Messer Millone", he was called—Master Million. Later it was found that these cities existed.

The question is now. incredible as it may seem. whether Marco Polo was right about his Roc. too. He claimed Madagascar to be the

'iinct. The last record of it isda.

traveller, Gaston . written around 1650 and stating that these birds lived then in the densest parts of the jungle of Mad- agascar and that it was very ,dlf- ficult and dangerous to hunt them. It is likely that the gigantic eggs of the Aepyornis were considered in earlier times, to be the eggs of the Rec; but the story of the Roc itself must have had another origin for the Aepyarnis could not fly. The gigantic ‘size of the Roe and the story that he caught and carried elephants seemingly was nonsense. Sometimes "Roc Feathers" were brought home from Mada- gascar by travellers- a swindle, for they proved to M fa:-ids of the Raphia palm, looking, when dried, somewhat likefeathers of a gigan- tic bizd. The largest flying animal that ever lived was the flying Ptar- anodon, foimri in the Cretaceous layers of North America. but -its wings from tip tc tip measured only twenty four -feet—large enough, perhaps, to carry a calf (there were ,no cows in the days of the Pier. anodon) but not an elephant. More. over the Ptreanodcri become extinct about fifty million years ago. Men surley did not know anything about it before the fossils were found and reconstructed by the paleonko- logists. , But two British SCl€'flllS‘tS, Dr. Lydekker and Dr. Lambrocht, both geologists and paleontologists, made a few discoveries enabling them to

"find a theory that probably solves

the riddle.

Ih the midst of the Mediterranean in a. position of highly strategic im. portance and therefore the military goal of several different European nations, lies the small rocky island of Malta. Paleontologisrs have mere found large deposits of fosil bones Comparatively young deposits, goo- logically speaking. The animals Sin which these bones once belonged were mostly marnmals of known types, but were small “island vain- leiies" as they were called, all now extinct. - Among these animals was a new elephant. the so-called pygmy alg- Phant, lookina exactly like its large cousins, trunk and all, but only three 166$ high when full grown. Tbgeihpr with the bones of the pygmy 919. Dhant were discovered those of a giant bird, named Gyps melitends 'I‘hi.s bird may have played 5 D3” in tgemmn story. It won ve been able to carry use of the gyesmy elephants. at least a

necessary for bleaching and dye- ing are off-colored skins only so far as the black is concerned. The silver must be bright. Discoloired sllvcr hairs make the skins worth- less for bleaching and dyeing.

Mr. Fraser considered that these new developments ’\V0'lLld mean It wider outlet for many pelts which now bring lower prices because they are considered undesirable Concluding his remarks he said no believed the rancher who can produce at a minimum cost the proper type of mink and silver

fox pelts can successfully carry on v-

for years to come. The writer quite agrees with Robert Fraser in the last remark. If you can grow really good silver faxes and reallv

ml , something that your neighbor cannot do, there is al- ways a place for them

J. D. .1. Forbes, our Canadian re- presentative in London, has com- piled figures showing the offer- ings of silver foxes at the May aur- tions of 1938 and 1939. the quanti- ties sold and the average prices. In 1938. 94,690 skins were offered, 45.732 sold and the average price was $20.21. In 1939. 93,993 pelts were offered for sale, 4ii,020 were sold and the average price was $15.15. or an average drop of $5.06 per pelt. or in percentage figures. On the March sales for 1939. 128.518 skins were offered for sale and 41.955 found purchasers The average price was $18.16. $1.01 more than the aver- age price realized on the May sales.

"At this season of the yesr."said Mr. Fiorbes concluding his very in- terestlng report. "and owing tcthe fact that very few fresh skins were catalogued. it is difficult to make exact isons between the diﬁercnt varieties of skins in the collections. Probably because they predorninated, Canadian sil- ver fox pelts realized slightly more in average than Scandinavian pelts of a similar grade except in the case of full silvery skins, where the Norwegians reniiu-d from three to ﬁve dollars in average more than the Canadians.

“In this contraction it is of intu- ost to note thatovwing to the diver- sion towards the p‘.’0’l'llCll0I\ platinum foxes in Norway it seems probable that in the next year or two there may be a material re- ‘duction in the numbers of choice full and three-quarter silver pelts from that country. a. fact of some importance to Canadian breeders."

We note an article published re- ccnliy in which change of cereals was rm " ‘ as of benefit in the growing.of silver foxes. This may be quite true. but care should be taken if a. change is made that it is done gradually. We know of a case recently '.\'h€l‘€ a char. c of cereals was made with one-e hth the quantity of ti new cereal ed in place of other cereals. That evening seven puns passed out from bloating. They were large and

Results during former snow: that the Inn of Royal with 1- good men ration In the moat posi Give way known for the rancher I

cocoro brooding remit: lnsloton lloyu. At your dealer today or win I

Tito St. John Milling

Ieuone 1

m, M Tﬁe some cereal ‘flog

to o if no damnce v-.:u~ in titles have elicited thefnct rut ot or breeders have been us- .z it ht along with excellent alts, e trouble was in making no great a change at one time: should have been

i -3 percentage iruora in ‘the no hborhood of 10*» than 25% and on than would

have _been no trouble. Ollie Mcﬂeill, whose ranch is at

rbrt QWMPGIIO, autniu-iownn.has a. striking ull page ad iwe

Canadian ﬁlver N:

he "M‘cNeil1's white need mom. born in the Purple." It is well and con w-ri

island of the Fine. And there is something that possibly gives evi- dence of irruth to his talk, although the full-sized Roe of the Arabian Nights must, of course, have been I Phantasy.

Madagascar was the home of the largest bird that ever lived in the present or the past. the Ae. DY0mLs. This was a gjlanvt, ostrich- like creature, its ugly head tower- 1nE twelve to thlrteegn feet above the mound. It produced ‘the larg- est eggs ever laid a blrd—s,a 13J‘8‘e as half a dozen ostrich eggs together. These eggs are still found 1’-1 We Jungles of Madagascar, al- though the Aepybmls itself is ex.

y N’ ' bl ha OW. y, we ve the ﬁjaw. 111! pic ure: the early inhabﬂnms of the countries near the Mada. ier-mnieen knew the Malta him md I-he DYB‘ﬂ'|y elepihant. They also knew the large elephant. of course, and distlngusliied between them, But 1“*?1'- when the pygmy elephant probably was extinct, the Arabs heardtheotoryand ortrnixedup between the pygmy eeprhant and the large one. Apparently tfhey did not know the Gyps melltensis. but knowing only the large elephant they had to invent a birvl aux. flclently gigantic to carry it, and soethc story of the not: came into

of Ollie holding one of the new lllatimim variety of white faces and his son holding another.

With the advent of August the fox ranchers‘ troubles oontinuedue to the hot weather and humidity. This is 9. time of year when spec- ial care must be taken to keep your feed grinders clean. also your Dans and other utensils. Food SD0lls very quickly and bits of it left around may cause the less of one of your most valuable pups. Disinfectinc of sheds should be 1'I80mus1y carried out. Don't think because the pups have not 33. quired any of their new coat or fur it is not necessary to keep them clean. Dirt and litter gener- atésfleas and all kinds of para.

A Provincial Fox Field Day will be held under the auspices of the Silver Fox Breeders‘ and Exhibit- ors‘ Association at, the Experimen- tal llurm, Charlottetown. on Sat. urday, August 12th. This will be in the form of a picnic as well as a Field Day. Basket lunches will be brought by the breeders‘ wives and tea will be W995-red by the mﬁ-nﬂcvmeni. of the Experimental Fﬂrm. lea dishes and milk being supplied. The breeders are asked W Eather at eleven o'clock when inspection of the Farm and gap. dens will take place. Dr. Clark and staff conducting the tour. At twelve o’cloc.k luncheon will be on

after which the official program will start. Mr. George E. Brown, President

of the silver Fox Breeders‘ and Exil1lblt0rs'Ass0ciation will preside, Arrangements are being made to have an attractive list of speakers on subjects of vital interests to ggt to; breeders. e m wi pleted about 4.30 in the afternoon. Several speakers will be from ad- m:cxgrie‘°r:r‘dRicﬁssm‘r'a1 01333;‘! i . to, e- sident of the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ Association. F. Geo Mar-Lead, Fox Fleldman for New Brunswick. Dr. J. D. Iclﬂorest of ?)i1ebec Cityik will and D055 y a spe er mm a De- srtment of Agriculture at Ottawa, Eogethotir with prominent fox breed- 0|‘! Dominion This will be the biggest affair of its kind ever attempted in the Maritime Provinces and silver fox breeders from near and far should goiter to receive the benentdog trig: ucatioml program prov e d hm hhavd ‘lean vmgerienca in‘ an ave ex problems connect? with the in- data. A soiﬁﬂ sstem will be 1 Q}-1.,‘ , era’ remuts clearly to every part of the audience. During '- mlsslovns :1-‘ﬁt to m:xk;‘ no dnys program s more c ve mu- dengill be provided by . firstcloss ba .

other provinces in the

one. The writer is glad to see is executive of the silver Fox Breed- ers and Exhl.bitors’ Association deviate from their hitherto strictly one.function__iob of holding an ari- nual Provincial Fox Show. It - us well for future activities whio we understand from the resolution at the annual meeting ,m June, includes 8. Provincial silv r fox Pelt show. Of course the s plug of ‘the Silver Fox Breeders‘ and Exmbitors‘ Association is Wal- ter Shaw. its Secretary, who isalso Deputy Minister of Agriculture. Waiter seems possessed of inimit- able energy and the faculty of Carrying out undertakings in -a successful manner. I

The regrettable illness of the Honorable Charles Dunning, mace‘. sitating a long holiday in Europe and his resignation as a represent- ative of Queen's County. means the loss of a good friend of the silver ICX farmers here. It wlés Mr. Dunning who was responsible for securing the reduction of tho silver fox pelt duty into the United States from 50.". to 37'."/9. and his continuance in office would probably mean that we could sit.- cessfully circumvent the effors now being made by American breeders to have it restored. That

reduction was of real benefit to anyone who had full silvers or those approaching that marking.

Many of the pelts shipped from this country to Great Britain were Dumhased there and shipped back to the United States and minus- ands of pelts from Cli.lm<ia loiiird their way into the . S. A. The writer cannot too strongly lil‘i}7l"(“§S on the breeders here that it is in their best. interests to use every endeavor to have the duty retain- ed. A laissez fairc, do nothing. not- concerned, indtﬁorent attitude will mean a considerable out in our

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