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3! AGRICOLA

A NOTABLE CAREER (I)

The Nazi government of Ger- mny has closed the University of R,ost0ck and two other colleges on the grounds that “they are not pfoillilble to the community, and merefure unnecessary." R.:>stock was for centuries a_ theological and hilosrvphlcal tralnm centre, and Its advcciwy of the Civstiaii view- point was enough to draw down upjn '0 the Nazi wrath. Thougn 1 was ix-ver in Germany I have a cOll;l(l('l‘flbI8 knowledge of this Unl- \'e::ii\'. gained in a roundabout manner from the history of a clel'g)‘l:‘.aXl With whom I was well gcquairited.

H(‘i‘ed_‘ty is an attractive sub- _iecl.: it sets one so many puzzles. Every now and then an ludivitiuai

01’ the lo wax mm the muetfllled state or political system. An of Wlnlaton assured me that the villagers counted themselves luck 1‘ '4'-F‘ 8°‘ 3 niece of boiled heel “me 3 “eekl and many rtherwise l”’~‘35fJf>ctable families were reduced ‘° 5‘°“““K WFHIDS and tatoes the fields. to maiiitan ll1e_ N 9&6]: had been Xlslngs in the tor , of a minor character it is taller but sufficient to anipliasfm

9 temper of the populace. 'I‘her.-. ‘wfifi the usual crop of “isms" for X dvhb 13115"! Pmves a fertile soil. V151 9' ‘her. said to be a socialist. meted lwinlaton and lectured, and

‘ 011!’ lefifinds which I could Amber represented hlin as advocat. ins. Free Love“ and attacking chllsm-lllty as a means devised fcr

. and British old residem

cmnes alon who :5 “head and shoulders a ove his b1'£i.;‘i:‘en" in, 5:-nic respect and strangely cnough| Nature may choose hlin from the, nun-ties: eople and raise him qulze out of his station. We may iry. \‘."illl cvcrv fnvoiablc ll'l£.‘Il’l5, tnl hip-.i-etc Natui'c's nctioi. but our. 3llc.C€ turns out to be a nicdiccrity_l no nutter how‘mc may labor ‘J3 niokc him a enius. And the qncs. Lion why th is so, remains un- |nS\Vt‘f€(l.

Tticn there is the question of; p;i- ‘ctr localities producing such! mdl‘ iiuls in inarke:l numbers. B. E I .iind. to ‘take a, well-known in-l sianzc, has produced maiiyeiiiliiciit men ii: the past; and doubtless will continue In do so, but in decreas- ing rumbers under modern condi- uons. The place I have in mind, in (‘/I‘lll‘l€Cl.lt7lI with Rosiock, is ll little iillage on Tyiieside called wznloion: a most unprepossessiiig place when compared with our deleouible Isle, but. having the re- utation of producing more than is q‘.l(llfl. of notaole men, (One of these was the late Joseph Cowen. state :an. and right-hand man of GIa,.'i5l.’llC‘I a volume of 11.5 .‘lDL‘CL‘l‘.f’s on uurlti affairs used to be in the Public Library).

wmlaiton is perched on a hilltop, overlcoking the fertile valley of the Tyne. When I first saw it I n0l.lC(’d its rather squnlld appear- ance which was partly from its age, and partly from the ])l'€senCa oi .siiia.l factories for light iron goods. which were found at vant- ige points of the Village bu: did not add to its beauty. About the beginning of the nineteenth cen- tury Wiiilaton mad: and sold im- mense quan-titles of liund—madef nails,wliicl1 were barrcled up and sent all over the world. some or these "cut" nails still come to light when old buildings are torn down. but they went out of fashion when the cheaper, more easily made,

spzl-:0.» came in. The industry em- every male that could a hammer, for in those

,. days there were no factory acts to protect children: besides times were nan! what with the Napoleonic wars. and the rebclllcus temper of the p.-iple, and young and oln must work if they would barely lire. About the year l80i-a.s near as I(‘J‘l'. Illillie 0ul—a boy was born in l‘i’.r.lato1i. who was cc have a notable career. Ills father. (Mr A.‘ we will call him) had a large, and youni: A-—was, at nine years old, already an adet at making the cu:-imls for wh h the village wis lam? 4. There was no time for school and probably no school eith- er. lhave heard A- say that the only (clucation he got was at Sun- day School. where he was ta t Writing at I "sand-desk“—a tale with ll. thin layer of sand whereon the wiivting was made by 5. point- td st.ck. In spite of these and other drawbacks. young A— pre- teveied and an to read the Bible, the onl available book. with much interes. At a later period Joined 1 small group. the fol- lcwers of John Wesley, who kept I-IIEIIISEIVCS apart from the geneml ignorance, drunkeness and loose living that pervaded the village, the resuilt of the economic and so- cial conditions of the tunes. short- ll' before his eighteenth birthday he was attacked by a serious ill- ness. from which he recovered with the i‘('£~OlVe that he would devote his ‘irle to Christian work amomz his fellow-villagers: perhaps hav- lna in mind the example of Wes- ley himself. The young black- smith believed that he would be M”? equipped if he were able to read the scriptures in the original Wnflllflfi. and began to teach him- felf Hebrew and Creek! The lit-l ‘I9 -‘mil-hy or blacks.-nitil\‘s shop (as was the cusicmi was attached to the house. and as there was no out- Slde customers it had a privacy which the fan-ler‘s forge liad not: 50 that the young student chalked fits u(C1Sl‘lSIl)llS and verbs on c flamcstonc" which pro:/Lcted his 106. and committed them to mem- ory while he shaped the nails. Tn mils‘-late the difficulty he had at this rcrlod. I once heard him say ‘*5 ‘-9 urccurc a I-Izlbrcw grammar he‘ wn.ked to Newcastle (sev;-11 ml-(‘Kl and as the pur(:ha.5e took “E” Tawny he had. the ferry- giin allowed him to reci-om the hm’ on hLs promising to forward 1‘ far» when convenlent—n. pro-

hlso faithfully fulfilled.

Time went on and young A-— Few to mom; estate. The country Wis wretrchdly pour, the aftermath

k°5D”7R the 030 le in sub

Our blacksmith {must have jesfiggxk '5°m’~’- ability. for he was urged to meet the stranger in debate This he refused to do: wisely. I thing since little of far-reaching effect is promoted by wordy duels that are in the nature of things, SIIOII for. gotten. Instead he burnt the mid. night oil—llterally, for he mm now To Provide for a family-to write a traciate which he called "Chris- t'-8-ultv No Priesicra-I and min.- bile dictu he was able to get in into rint. (In my zeal for local I.I‘&Cl.lll'.:llS I made many efforts tn locate a copy of lhis work. but in va-lul. The title indicates that the lecturer had contended that the- " iests" had craftlly invented the sory of Christ for furtherance of their own ends. The cecfsion to print a reply was the turning-point of A—-'5 career. though he prob- ably did not realize this at the Limo. By some means a cop of the pain let. not into the lianga of Edward ltiby. Bishop of Durham, who enquired after the writer and was told he was “a common work- ing man." Said the 300:1 Bishop —-"'I‘ha.t may be so but he has an uncommon mind". and he instruct- ed the Rector of Winlr.'.on to call on the blacksmith, and report the interview to him. The result was so satisfaction that the Rector was asked to prepare the blacksmith as a candidate for Holy Orders if he should decide upon it. How Ros- tock came Into this matter will be told in another issue.

NATURE NOTE 5

Diving Beetle. A visitor brought in II. large. dark brown (almost black; and rather shining beetle, which he had found on the shore. Its body was one-and-a-quart/er inches long. and it had a narrow margin of yellow all around the outer edges of its hnmy wing cases. At -1» little distance from the apical end-near the “tail."—was a slant- ing inconspicuous line of a yellow- ish color. on each clyter. Such are the marks of Dutlscus vertlcalis, one of the Giant Water Beetles. These beetles are strong swim- mers, bu-t frequent still ponds, not the sea as any visitor surmised. As they require air, they come to the surface when necessary. raise their wing-cases to imprison a fresh sup- ply, and then dive Main. During the mating season they leave the

are strongly attracted by artificial lights. In their larval form, be- fore they become adult beetles, Llicy are known as “Water Tigers“, and are entirely aquatic. In th

ous. I kept one of these beetles in an aquarium for two years. but

turn, its he even killed smcll fishes by biting pieces from their stom- achsl

Soy Beans» This year we in growln two rows of soy bean-I un- der fie conditions: the “were planter: on two “l/urnlv drl is. not far from the shore. and with a Nortih-east exposure. They were planted late too, so that the ex- periment is being conducted under

anything but ideal condltiioris. Neveii‘-tireless on examiini the rows on August 23nd I found he plants

almost as tall as those in the rar- den, with the pods well devel0Dl’d and the beans quite "siizable". By the time the leaves fall there should be a fair crop. It W(‘l1Id be in- terestlng to learn how rcnoors who had seed from last year, succeeded in their field trials.

Insects. As I neturiied from tho turnip-field the griisshoppers rose and flew ahead in a. small cloruc, but, as yet they have done no aff- preclable damage here: perhaps he infestation has come too late. Only one or two Whlite Butterflies were observed over the turnips, in place of thr; hundreds D. couple of years ago. but it will be policy if‘. keep 3 shat:-_.~ look-out for aphias. Th“ warm dry weaither has c:|Lsed these pests to increase enormously in the

nrdeii: taogmher with the dmuzm 518)’ have ruined the broad beans. The nalillas and tomatoes too. are .-,uf’-fcivlni: from the ahtacks of 1-11030 “black flies" as they ‘"0 50'7"‘ times called. The alders .In the creek are covered with the webs of what 1 take to be the Fall Wob- worm. they are so plentiful ‘hm- it is pmibalble a disease W111 001110 along and clear them cut. Thai is nature's remedy when I pest becomes too numerous!

Bees. By a set of curious chances (as the Mlkado_says) I have be- come owner of a hive of bees. Clood-‘ na/ture-.i little fellow: lbell 8"-

litlen-banded immigra from S3.-urgln. one may stand close by the hive watch them some

YOUR FOXICBI ‘ You do not know what Mr- Iect rennlta are possible In enn- trnlllng ll 1- 1: I I 1| 1| cnrmltan Iunll you have null l'llI.VIIX. It omit: less per animal. dnu more. MI!‘ I! lunrr fenl In the In! nfnctlnn 0f "IOU!!! ff’ fnrulnl.

SOPEX

o. , '"::::l‘l:_J_t:nrm In «ally, elalnl)‘. l_'l7l.\'EX lull IOFIX In (onnrr I'nd|u-In-DI-Illiuln Ilndo ‘ ll (Innnnteod. Order from :°"' Dru . Hardware. Food {'4 Seed core. or write §,'.“‘Mn|.aN - co - onmauwc 0% unowna 'l.lIll'l‘lD “'05-o Ind Iultlun much. I

, in amino. Ono. ‘

and quietly about their business — a '‘.‘.‘.‘‘l’‘‘ "° w.°;.'.°* rue ::.:*°" earn. a I gcmxchie "act:/loarw-;s;;:‘ei.t rises into 1'. song e . | f ands: *{‘§f"“"‘:c“ “Ill thgta ]ri"i'gI'irak"u lib ‘ . 1‘ DR . 0 '2.-“*°°’~"°I:..:r..r.v°..:.é ..... e |abIynx‘:1Ti1m to the place which if. has memo . and will fly ai-cum in a d1at:i-acted manner. If the hive : is not too far awy, the white color is of value at this uncture and helps the bee to re. n its home There is a lot to learn about the maiingeinsnt of these insects and ‘I 33'“ "“°’i’»‘.?..‘i':.‘3.i”"i°li.’i‘;.t‘.i"wi.:'i’.‘i.“ u ns v a - , s 5 ri-ed no trcublo in wetting mo sorted in the right path wooi. ‘I'll! MILK! WAY N'lfW fivkotnx —-roP)- Wool mad‘- from in resembles nolrurll more oloael than vnthe rayon resembles ehenghtc 1&1 III!‘

staiges they are savagely carnlvor- 31

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TIMELY NOTES ON CONNECTED WI

TOPICS TH

Silver Fox Farming

The Dominion Fur Auction Sales LI/l-. Winnipeg, whose trade name so grezvlly resembles the popular consignment firm at Summerslde, has assumed a position of consid- e:able importance in the fur world. Their August selling showed the t . cl of prices was comparatively steady as compared with their previous report. The only a;tlcle declining in prize was beaver. red fcx pelts showed 2 improvement in price of 5 per cent; while fox 5 per cent. to 10 mr cent; silver fox, the collection of which was practically of an inferior qua'i!y, advanced 5 per cent. to 10 per cert. The I'l'iilLSI’.‘2aL col!.: on was keenly competed for with pri:~es unch-ang-

Following is a brief

summary of the principal articl sold:—

tlun of large and extra large pelts '71 on sold well. Top price $22, CROSS I-‘0X—42l skim; good demand for better qua'.itv skins and prices rarisyed up to $25. RED FOX 1582 skins: good Lem-and at Hr es 11') to 5 i:cr cent -er. Zest iiiices I(.. North West

'I‘e"Tl‘rv' pelts $9.00 to SS) 50, SILVER FOX—3’75 skins; col- lection of Inferior ciiulity pelts:

good demand at 5 per cent in 10 per cent hlelirr. Full silvers $40; full sliver off color $17. to $23; half to tihree-qu.:i.rtcr silver $10. to $22: half to three-quarters silver off c""n- $13.50 to $18.50. quarter sil- wr $1150 to $15.00. WHITE ’FOX—'.lFl4 skins advanc- ed 5 per cent to 10 per cent; ones and fwcs $13, to $17 MARTEN—4lS) .=kl‘~.s: excellent demand at enlarged nriccs Ton prices for light. brown and brmtm large. $45. to $48. MINK—ll39 skins: Wild mink I'ortih West Territories ones and two $8.50 to $9.50: ranch ones and tv'os poor qualtv $4.00 to $7.00.

ERMINE—8.50ll 5: good de- mand pc-or qll8IlL\" top prices 80‘ lo 92 cents,

I-‘ISHER—-26 skin.--.' llC(‘If' collec-

C. M. Iapmson an ,Cou1n.ny. London, who absorbed Fr erlck I-Iuth 2; Oompan and other firms. have bud a re er unique record as a Mnslginment house. They were '~‘ablishecl in 1830 with the avow- ed oblect of selling fur skim on *-mmlss n Thus for more man a century _La.mpson‘s have con- tinued Li business in the world's 8T€atest city and have always maintained a reputation for hon- ora-bie dealfm. Their present Man- user is B. H. Ivnrley wall and favorura/liy known in this Pro- vince to which he has paid sev- eral visits. '

Peter G. Clark, Manager of the Prince Edward Island Fur Pool, Lt-do and George A. Oalbeck, Man- ager of the Canadian National Shiver Fox Breeders‘ atlon I~ur Department, were visitors to Charlottetown on Thursday.

In a front page leader entitled “War and the Fur Business" Fur of Canada for August published in Winnipeg. says: "Comparatively few of the existing members of the fur farming industry were engaged in that business when the last Eur- 0D6aii war was fought. Most fur farms had no connection with the mdv-Stiy at the outbreak or during the war. They may therefore be iurslvcxi if the present threat of war in Europe causes them some ic2.rs about the fate of that ac- tivity in me event of actual hos- Lilities.

As a matter of fact. the fur busi- ness and all other blmnw has been in a state of war for some years. It is a lonsz time since the threat of armed conflict was absent. from the minds of those whose invest. ment in commodities create mar- ket: . . The actual declaration of war could be little, if any, worse than the effect of the apprehen- sion which has hung like a cloud over buslnes so long. In a meas-

'I‘he estimated production of fur

bearers by the Scandinavian coun- ! tries for the season of 1938-39 is‘ quoted ughly as fr>l'.ows:—-Nor-I way, silver fox 400.000 pelts: ’3‘ue} fox 10.000; mink 6,000 swedcn,. silver fox 110.00; blue fox 2,500‘ min-k 40.000. Finland, Sll\’!"f‘ fox 2 00; blue fox 2,500; mink 10,0 muslcrait 390,000.

Adding up the silver fox pelt population of the three countries we find that it amounts to 535.- 000 which must be pretty nearly 50 per .ent of the world's nroduc- tlon. \’."hen one considers that in 1920 the fox population of these northern count:les was not more than 1,500 and that they re-allv did rim. get interested in the industry until I926 it is to say IIIL’ least astonishing the progress they have made. There is this to be said a- bc..‘ the Norwegians. Swedes and Fins, whatever they undertake they carry thmugh in a systematic

Walk!‘ and “Y Bbolli 33 NBM1 WEN manner and they don't enter upon

an undertaking without pretty thmougiily exploring its pagi- biltles. Many of us tlioiiglit when we were selling the Norwegian sil- ver foxes that he would never be vctive competitor, but now we find that in the early part of the season his pelts are preferred to

179110951 him 0“ I-'01“ “her W99‘ ours because they reach the mar-

kets more quickly and are usu- ally of a brighter color. There they were tr-‘rt enough to sense 9. change in fashion to the lighter types and discard the dark ones. No doubt our average prices would be equally as good rs theirs if we were producing the lighter colorings.

Franil. 1". Tuiplln of Cloverdale. . 0., one of the early founders of the silver fox iniduslry in this Province whose ranch at New An- mm was the Mecca for prospective breeders in ihe v ’il' 1910 to 1914. Is offering for . 'f‘uplin‘s choice white faces. and asks no fancy prices. He predicts that there will be some platlnumx from these lat- er on. Pl.ll"‘LI‘l‘3I’I'f‘lC1'(‘. he makes the claim that. his pelt ave:age for I939 W’) $4.2 mid that included every pelt on his ranch

In the same magazine. I-‘iir of Canada for August, we note ads for white faces in four different places. There are also it livgz num- ber of ads f:rr mink and one for blue foxes.

Mr. Robert W: "tor. Cnveli id a visit. to the City 'I'lllII‘.\‘.(-l.V and the writer had the nirnsurc of a conversation with him Mr. Webster has been breeding silver foxrs for severn‘ years and fills veer hrs a good turnout. vtry near neighbors are Ira Carr nnd R9" Carr. \"t:-raw s‘i:wmen. Prank Auld. Ramsay Aiild and Wilfred lllfarvl)-amid. who received to‘)

111-‘ C“ l‘l'."t‘tC’lOWI’I fox mber. The foxes helor:izI';:g to the nntrles are all <io'nz wall accci-:llnrz to Mr. Web- ster and they are rngc lv looking forward to the ‘ntrr fall months when they will nrrrfur in full fur rrntiirltv.

AND] A Fox Farm Choppers

No. 8 for lane Farm No. 5 fur small I-‘arms

HI. Lamplougli & co.

Limlted MONTREAL

ure fur is war maltcrlal. Certain articles are required for the equip- ment of armies. other kinds come into unusual demand when the wai- material supply industries get Into full swing

Shortly after the beginning of the last war there was a boom in furs of all kinds which only reach- ed its peak (and coils. e) arbour. one year after the cases ion of hos-

t-illtles. Ibllow that collapse, liur as a comimodi y quickly recov- ered. Few articles reverted to the price levels of pre-war days."

Mr. Lang. who wrote the article, then goes on to state that fur is a sensitive article of commerce. one of the first to show the reflected pessimism of mankind. He furth- cr states that the past few years proves beyond doubt the perman- ence of fur values and that in the

alignments might well ca/use a great shortage of furs with the re- sultant hlgher prices for furs of Canadian origin.

A meeting of the Dominion Coun- cil of Fur Breeders will be held at Ottawa a/boult the end of this

month. Inifonmation is being oom- plled imdcglans made which ‘viii be discuss by the Council and

their recominueriidiatlons will be sub- mitted to the fur ranchers of the Dominion. J. Walter Jones, Bun- bury. and Don Stewart. of sum- merside. are members of the Coun- cil. J. D. J. Forbes, who is Dom- inion fur market specialist in Lon- don and whose studies of prob- lems over there will no doubt have considerable weight in the delibera- tions, will be in attendance.

J.D.J.Foxfoeslnhismportof fur fanning in Scandinavia and Finland has some interesting ob- servations regarding the silver fox auctions at Oslo Norway Writes Mr. Florbes: "The inspection floors are situated at the top of their warehouses and are well fitted and provided with ample windows to admit dayligiht. Goods are avail- able for inspection throughout the morning hours and the auction usually begin at two pm. or some- times three pm. in the afternoon. The attendaints are usually uni- \'e1‘£fl.t'y stud-2-."nts anxious to improve their knowledge of foreign lan- guages. The aucolons are held at a convenient hotel and are con- lductcd in German at a. speed un- {known elsewhere. As against the

TI'IE_CfI R WN (iUARpIAN

present situation the international ($675.

Weekly Livestock" [Market Report

OITAWA. AUGUST 3-1, 1939.

SUMIMARY

The past week staged a fairly good per- fovmxance with only minor price changes. Calves showed 3 mixed trend, while lambs, as a rule, were lower to the extent of 25: to 50c at major market centres. The unsettled condition of the British bacon mar- ket, due to the internat.c'n:1l situ- ation, together with the sharp drop in exdnnnge on Sterling, resulted in a fairly sharp overhauling of hog prices and declines were between 35c and 85c.