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of northern Canada and today i5 providing efficient service throusil all parts of l-he north," Mr. Wilson said. "operating conditions are strenuous, the work is carried on summer and winter with only short lntermissions during the freeze-up and break-up periods in fall and spring."

In services between the cities. Canada had not progftisfied "m for. By i929, in lilo realization that hlghspecd trans-Canada traffic might be diverted southward by way of the United States, construc- IIOil on the LYBIiS-Citilltds. airway was far enough advanced to permit or a daylight service between Ed- monton. Calgary and Winnipeg. Surveys through the difficult nioun- ta-in section to enable the prairie system to be extended to the Pacific were in hand; while the problem 0f bridging northern Ontario was being crammed.

Then came i... depression and its consequent necessity 101' economy. Operation oi the airway ceased. for the time being. in March of 1982, though construc- tion work was continued as a relief measure.

Most serious effect of this move, Mr. Wilson declared. was “not the delay in cozstruction and opera- tion, but the loss oi experience in modern airway operation." Aviation progrc=s generally had been rapid in the last few years, he pointed out. and a highly skilled and ex- perienced pc-rsonnel was essential to the successful operation and so- ordination of the flying. meteor- ology, radio and communication services.

Canada's aerial liighwlly was more than a notional project, Mr. Wilson said. Actually it was an important part of the airway system of the world. The shortest routes from the North American continent to both .Europc and Asia lay through Canadian territory. The trans-Atlantic and trans- Pnciflc airways were to vital im- porianre to Canada. There routes, together with the trans-Canada air- way, were the time great links still awaiting organization in the world's aLway system.

Under vnrious treaties and agree- ments, a world-nude system 0f air- lines has been gradually developed. In Europe practically every country had its national sir service and the British. French. German. Italian,- Beligon and Netherlands govern- ments had been specially active.

Political, strategic rivalry and economic nationalism had. how- over. retarded prosrcg- I

It was only recently that Im- perial Airway, for instance, had been able to secure the right to

fly across France and Italy on the way to the Far East and South Airieo.

The European airway system only existed by reason of the generous subsidies paid the airway operators by their governments. Mr. Wilson said. The exact amount or the contribution; made by the different- governments was difficult to obtain. Much of it was camouflaged n14 no two governments paid on the some

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KINDS 0F SARSAPABILLA .

I have received i the 1

old friend and eastefameld "$.31 pendent, Mr. Ludlow Jenkins oi liiarshfleld, enc‘osing some seed or the Pals Corydaiis (C. Selflpervlr- ens) a showy native annual, “the; firs. since I have not seen. it grow. mg since I913. I libpe m have it EWWIIIK ill the Garden if all gocs well, and am very grateful to Mr. Jenkins for the opportunity As there is more seed than I require, 1'8!" Passing tome on to renders “Im- 1 KMW. will uppreclai, the plant.

MY- Jenkins says that birds are scarce at his feeding station: i: is the same with me. "Only two or three chlckadez-s" he gays, "and 0g course lots of Blue Jays. Hllngu- is“ Psrtridse have left this district iiretty well‘; only one large (loci; and a. ‘singc individual being “m, Hawks also are very scarce and there are not enough owlg lei; in the country to giyg the you“;

‘children the pleasure oi ever seeing

cne.’ I myself feel rather strong. iy on the owl question; tlipe 15 only one bad owl-the Great Horned Owl, and all the others are the far- mer's friends. Here, it seems to me, Ls a. great chance for the members oi the Jack Miner Iieague to do a. little missionary work. mt me sug- gest that each member prepare to give s. short talk on the desirabil- ity oi saving these beneficial birds: and when driving through the country, ask permission of the rural school teacher to address the child- ren. This need not take more than ten minutes. and I feel sure that the authorities would look kindly upon the effort. It is‘ the young folk who are the coming leaders oi opin- ion snd one may be sum that they Will tslk over and l membe what a stranger tells them! I recollect s cw years ago, seeing an item in The Guardian, in which a. former boosted that lie had snot nine owls that, year. Let us hope that they WCTQ all "Hornicrfl-tliough I doubt it

Enclosing two pressed upecimens Mr. Jenkins tells of a discussion with a. friend on the species of sareaparills "growing hem. They came to the conclusion that there were at least two kinds: one "that grew up early in the Spring, and that grandmother used to make them dig up the roots for medicine; and another that grew high. bad s rough stalk. and the berries were used for making wine." They did me the honor of making ma “um- plre" in the debate.

The sarsaparillas. really Araiias. growing on the Island, are three: (ll The brlsily sarsopsrilla (aralis hlsplda.) Stem erect, up to three feet high, more or less covered. with slender bristle. moves. bipin- nalc. leaflets ovate or oval. irreg- ularly serrate. Fruit dark purple. strongly o-lobed when dry. m sandy Uearlngs. ‘This is the kind usually gathered for wine, though I fancy the others would do equally well.

Root (a. racemosa). Stem herbac- eous (not persistent nor woody) up to six feet long; roots large. thick. aromatic. Leaves compound in 3 or 5 divisions; leaflets broadly ovate or obicular, thin. sharply serrate. Fruit nearly globular, dark purple. or rzdrlish brown, rather smaller than that of No. 1. Rich woods. i3) Wild 0r Virginian silfsiipariilfl, (s. nudlciiulls.) Stem

divisions cf the lean‘ three: leaflets

globcse, purpish-black. as a kind of undergrowth.

The sprcimens sent are Nos. 1 and 2. With me, in the north of the Is-

have not met with No. 2 here. NEW DOM iséuoor. C... we“:

On the can. .1; o. December 23 1935', n most. elljfl-iible concert was held in New Dominion school. with n large and interested audience present. Mr. Hector T. Currie capably acted as chairman for the evening while Mrs. Currie accom- panied the various musical numbers on the program. The school was beautifully decorated for the occa- sion. a large and artistically trim- med Christmas tree being the centre of attraction for the child- ren. ‘

A splendid program was rendered by the pupils who. with their teacher. Miss Doris Currie, are to be highly mmcn“ -‘ for the ex- cellence of their performance, the singing in particular. deserving

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special mention. At the close of the concert. great excitement prevailed among the children when the sound oi bells was heard in the distance. heralding the near approach oi Santa, who, in hm jovial manner, assisted in distributing the gifts from the well-laden tree. The pupils. the teacher. and the organist. were all kindly remembered. and even the younger children of per- schooi ego were not f0 tten. After

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Deficiency of Vitamin m will check the growth cf fox pllp5-;nd children-and gradually injure the health o! an animal at any Page. When it is ubsenirgop my “and. ersble length of time tillers are d18- efitive disturbances. general weakness 811511111. an unhealthy condition of the s

when it is present the putrition imilrovcs and better than average health and Vtallty should result. However. there is no reason to sup- lXIW that an excess of the vitamin would bring about any extraordin- ary results. The system can only absorb just so much of a. vitamin- that is to say what is can ‘conven- iently use. Anything in excess of that is not of benefit.

Vitamin B2 as a rule is not de- stroyed by heat a-rid- may be found in canned goods as well as in fresh ones. When yourself or your-ani- msls are healthy and are eating the essentials oi a necessary diet, you do not have to worry about vitamin B2.

It has been found that this vits- min. 0r vitamin G. is very essential in the treatment of pefegra. a dis- ease in which the Italians are par- ticularly gusceptlble. ‘It manifests itself by eruptions of the skin, ner- vousness. weakness. lack of muscu- lar control of the limbs ind other distressing symptoms. The neces- sary dlet for this condition is one rich in milk, yeast and egg yolks. This will prevent pellegra. symp- toms. or if they are not to well es- tablished will effect s cure. '

Ons of the most recent discov- eries as a. source of vitamin B2 is green beet and tumip tops and. you will be surprised to know that weight for weight they are twice as rich as eggs in the valuable vitamin ‘B2 01‘ G.

For years we have been using these tops in our ranch, not be- cause we were aware of the fact that they contained these valuable vitamins. but because the scarcity of other greens made their use neo- ssary. Now that scientists hove shown how rich they are in neces- sary diet health adjuncts, we will ieel more confidence in using them and would recommend tluit our fox friends who read this column will stow the above facts away in their brain cells, and malts use of them."

The season ofgthe year is ap- proaching when it is necessary to consider certain adjuncts to a foids diet and we take as our guide the report of the Experimental Fox Ranch, Summerside, issued by Dr. G. Ennis Sxxiith. with resold to vitamin B he says: “Numerous re- ports hsve been received in regard to convulsions and his in forces during mating time. Still more numeious reports have been receiv- ed regarding milk fever at wlielp- ing. Experimental work indicates that it is necessary that there should be s good hide condition and healthy hide circulation dur- ing the gestation period, particul- arly at whelpirr; time in order to counteract the possibility of milk fever.

When the rations during the breeding season have been supple- mented with yeast, liver and other substances rich in vitamin B there 118.3 been no occurrences of fits or convulsions or of milk fever.

Vitamin C. The general deficiency

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of this vitamin in the rations fed to foxes throughout the'\whole in- dustry led to a condition before the Experimental Fox Ranch was land. Nos. l and 3 are common; I Bstlbiifihed. in which i1 WW 19135 percentage of pups lost the i195 01‘ entire tail before they were three weeks old. The some condition that led to the loss of the tip or the tall undoubiedl was the direct cause. ' _ of o numbgr of deaths among new- bred together m pairs as pumhas

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the audience had been iven s gen- erous treat of home-made candy, the sillliflfl 0f the Notional Anthem brcusht this delightful entertain- ment to s close.

The following is the program: Recitation Ines Show; Chorus- "Old sonic Olsus"; Welcome

‘ Exercise: Duet-Willard Mid C!!!‘

this Betts; Dislcguo-“Perzonsting Olden"; Recitation-Mao Bette; Duet-Ines and Genevieve Shaw. Christmas Spirit: Dislogue-"Ihc Ministers Mistake"; Show; Recitation-Genevieve Show; Solo-Isabel Show; Recitation- Blanche Mason; Duet-Alex Show snd line 3cm; Dislogus-‘Ths DI! After Otuistmss"; Beoitstlon- Iilssnor Mason; Bong-tour- pupils; Dialogue-Genevieve and Ines Show; Recitation-Cynthia Belts: Bohr-By school; Recitation-Isabel dbl-w.

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bom pups. ‘The Experimental Fox Ranch his demonstrated that this condition, due to infantile scurvy can be counteracted by feeding food substances rich in vitamin C."

Summing up the recommendations regarding the use of vitamins B and ‘C. Dr. Smith in his rerport ‘Milk fever is liableto occur partic- i uisrly where high meat have been fed, or where the foxes have s. pronounced brown color. mends that either fresh or dried brewer's yeast should be fed throughout the entire gestation period‘ the some summer months. As for as possible

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beef liver or some other meat Silbfil-lmlfl. rich in vitamin B should form. a portion of the meat rations throughout the gestation period.

Fifteen days before the pulps whelp and throughout the‘ time the .ema!es are nursing their pups. ~ either lemon juice or tomato juice should be added to the rations to counteract the possibility of tall trouble, using approximately one- quarter of an ounce of lemon juice or one ounce of tomato juice for each female.

With reference to cod liver oil Dr. Smith does not recommend its use until after the females have mated. “Examination of records at the Experimental Fox Ranch shows." he says. “that females whose rations were supplemented with 00d liver -oil during the gestation per- iod have been most prolific breed- ers. On the other hand when the foxes were fed rations deficient in this food, in th first year the pups made s. fairly fsvorabie growth but they were smaller than usual and ' invariably the whole group in the second year produced pups that were undersized and developed o. severe form of rickets. On the other hand, where cod liver oil has been

pregnant, the pups produced made a. most favorable growth with a well-formed bone structure.”

There is food for thought in, ,p'enty in the Experimental Fox; Ranch report for the years_1931-32-| 33-34 which is compiled in one booklet and is issued through the. Department of Agriculture, Domin- ion Experimental Farms, Ottawa. Our fox farmers would do well to send for a. copy and study.out Dr. Smith's conclusions with reference to their problems.

Leaving tho dietary factors and iiuning our thoughts to the prob- lems of breeding, we find some per- tinent facts that have been forced on our own consciousness by obser- vations of breeding extending over some fifteen years. we quote: “Dal- ton and Ouiton. the original pion- eers of the silver fox industry, pro- duced some remarkably fine foxes. Starting with a small number there must have been some very close inbreeding. other fox breeders with s small numlzr of foxes produced some outstanding animals that formed the foundation stock of a. number of ranches.

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These foxes had excellent fur qualities and bred succusiully for When these foxes were raised close eight and ten years in succession. inbreeding had been practised. As the number of foxes increased in the ranch. some of these fox breeders made a practise of mat- ing foxcs as distantly related as possible. In s. few years when the size of the ranch grew to the neigh- borhood of 100 pairs. an inferior type of animal was being produc- ed with both poor fur and breed- ing qualities. Today, those ranches, together with their strains of foxes. have passed out of existence.

The fox breeders started with high class foxes. As long as they were forced to iribmed on account o1 the limited stock available. they produced a high class type of fox and earned a. world wide repute.- tion, but by a. system of breeding foxes as distantly related as pos- sible many strains of foxes have been reduced to an irferior type of animal lacking in constitutional vigor.

Ranches established by a collec-

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ured by Hudson's Bay Company, is news cf the greatest importance lo all silver iox ranchers because it

means that the price of our pro-

duct will advance in sympathy.

There is no question but that the

low prices of raw furs last fall was the cause in a large port, for the decline in the price oi silver fox. and now that, the market is stiffen- ing again and the trade is taking on new courage and making larger commitments, it is the wri 's firm conviction that the March ‘x: iili-‘Wedills’ Bucllons will see better prices for silver fox.

Lampsons report of the January sale which has just been received, states: "In spite of the great qugn. titles of silver fox available there was spiritd bidding from the large attendance of buyers and we were “b1? I0 11519051! 0f 72 1-2 per cent of our total ojferlng of 21,355 skins at an advance in price on our pre. vious sale. The unsold skins we“ withdrawn from the sale, princlp. ally owing to high limits.

The belt‘: armies. costing from i0 pounds upwards, sold extremely well and the cheaper grades from 7 Pounds downwards also met with a stmng demand, while the high prices realized in December for the inferior sorts was fully maintained. On the other hand skins from 7 Pounds to 10 pounds were not in such keen demand. Oi the skins ~°'-d l1 illrse proportion was bought by England and France, Germany and other continental countries, as well as Australia, South America— and the United States of America were also important buyers, thug again demonstrating the Ouflgiand. lng importance of London in the international fur trade.

The following are the’ approxi- mate total number of skin; offered by the various auction houses at the January sales in London, Eng- land. Hudson's Bay Company 26,-

1300; C. M. Iiampsons duCompariy,

Limited. 23,230; Frederic -Huth 8r. Company. Limited. 25,446; Aiming 85 CObb Limited. 11.762; London Fur Sales Limited, first sa‘e, 5,2r9; sec- ond sale 7,745.

Th, highest price realized for a pelt was 30 pounds at Arming a Cobb's sale; Hudson's Bay highest was 28 pounds. C. M. Lampson a Company 2'1 pounds, London Fur Stiles 22 pounds, Frederick Huth 8a Company, 20 pounds. The fact that Frederick I-Iuth 8n Company with an offering of 25.446 skins only realized a top of 20 pounds- which would be a net of about $93 -:~hows that no fancy prices are being paid for the best skim. be- cause there is no question but that I-lutlfs collection would contain a large number of specimens, as their clientele is made up of the best in the industry. The fact as explained by Laanpsons that skins between $35 and $45 were not wanted to any great extent, has been knoivr for some time to oonsignors here.