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f 811111118 ‘m: bows-scam 0d with browdish, the lower back 4.

i‘; . ( The x x slwayls being white. latenncdlatcs j ‘ ..~ __ Eastern Dowitcher n orm of a plums-gee occur. Length oi o vows-v - M AM "by" ‘av "' M" ‘W b" M“ ~ E“‘§°";..§.‘1°...-“’L1'a“f.;.?212'.' .52.’? 211523232 ‘$1.23.?’ miss: a i

t... the mm lngnhddu: 1mm coal ‘unleash will suffer m lmllvsn‘ .CI|orIos E. Won-h so thin in an long, slender. and are lnbch soulht byuportsrncn. ' ' .

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inst snld 1H: igrgillfilcbagsiltlxésllad finlzgg: g1nzhuop wrfintg’, J. I. Stewart, Montlfllo have not beemabic to discover: ‘I'M? lw"x*~m'°llfi ‘salt? ti," i”? L

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m made by Ralph Gav a! Gays °"- Th" R°lm°lld “m” "" °“° Fwd W- FRAY, Limited (4. m“ ,,,_";,,,,¥ QT“: ("cluiatenings") down w 1150 o! »

Growl-y last, winter made him do- Fide to part with his valuable properly and Ralph. who had wuykcd perhaps too hard in the

Kmcireyd kloinnflehf‘ $21,213:’- hggfdiy lglhhégvlg: ‘ Mllflnt. IlDli UIIOOmIIiOH. B111 VET)‘ to ch%ch m; ‘fir’ purposg‘ T?“

ntus , _ _, . numb“ u,“ 1 n, ‘Sn; _ gave e mns s muc ex ra - ‘wad’ Anml’ l“ um meantime’ “d b f lqflzag gctizazlgndhfbicénd. t: platinum Dem offered Md w” bosxslrfissser plugigale: 51103: fog: work. and Dean Ramsay was, in, IND

become goqualnted with Arthur "ll l’ , Vie were d\vlded into regular platin- n an unde an“, 1&0, “any reneved m 11nd ma, "J-ik '

\lclson a native Texan stock rais- “m”! m” b11139“ Wilmer‘ and-h‘ ums and inferior platinurns, "About neck’ breath a d b g3 _ bwmsm m church w,“ coming i“.

Li wild In some way became nc- I°X 9W5“! allows Every ranch" smoowerc in the regular vlallnllm‘ strongly redcmhu J°L”i"'... flags: to fashion again ivhat can oc ocus I H. I

qliailitcd with Prince Edward Is- w‘ In”? °°m°L:1".t°"“"“¢t Wcllmlellé category. The chief buying lnler- gfieedofivllterbzs; sump llfgylu; the cause of this change? he asks. ACE ‘uh '

land and bought a property form- “SW1 “F” “ E Md e” d“ 65$ 1°!‘ U"! WP? °1 W" W" "m"? even whim Wm“, plumug: w,“ The answer is. oi’ course, the seu- QLLQW

my owned by Jimmie Shaw. Bru- denell. improved the house and buildings snd hired Mr, Roberts as mgnafoi‘.

When it was announced that Raoul Raymond of Soulhpcrt had pelted off his fox and mink and

of thg most hospitable here and every year visitors from abroad were welcomed and shown over

the properly. Mr. Raymond al-

to go out o! business. mentioning his good sportsmanship, friendly manner and other qualities which were all shared by his charming wife. The Swiss are noted for their ability as hotel keepers and Mr. McLurc and the Writer had a good opportunity, to note this during our long visit to Switzerland in

1Z0 John st. u, Ilamllion, Ont. ‘

itod by American buyers who took a larg; proportion oi these skins; 76% oi regular piatinums sold at an average oi $30.96, willie 78% of the inferior pla-tinums sold at sn average oi $20.84. The platinum pelts that brought the best prices were large, full-furred skins In the medium to pale color phases. All

other birds. Quch a flock was ob- served at Stanliope, July 19, 193s. by Mr. T. W. Stewart oi Ottawa Eastern Dowitcher. AOU 231.

above. ind white below. th! brfllfil being tinged with gray and streak- ed dusky, and the back variegat-

only sure and possible way back to Wm; "teem for tho whole fox business is through the improve- ment. and development oi our standard silvers for types. We have

a little later. Then the custom W30 supplanted by private baptism and no man of any consequence evcr thought of bringing his children

tlment occssiolcd by the sacred- ncss of the edifice — just as the old folk would desire to bc buried in the churchyard rather than lr the cemetery.

There are some curious recol- lections oi marriage customs. Af- ter the Revolution till about 1740, any ms.n who proposed marriage

FACTS ARE YOUR sssr MARKERS

IIAVE YIIII ORDERED YOIIII GIIIBKS?

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TO FUTURE PROSPERITY

Are stronger, healthier, more uniform.’ Hove better livability. lring greatest returns.

would be-Wme mamli" “f 5"" ms Perhaps it ma b é

. . _ - y e mntlaned the pelts hawd t I-bi . , - . Iiopg] Basel; fiiwérxg. ttjogeétspog‘ here that many oi the finest ho- shag?“ o! m; tereor .1.“ ssefemtei: m, much ground from; qllaltlyt ogiisgsgntoa dgagsgltn will.“ ti; Are the surest revenue producers. ‘ mm" m “w” 9°!“ mums e “as ~ Morch Chicks meon September eggs. ‘

ibiiity o1 puitchnsing the Reymond property. I-le started negotiations some days ago and is now owner nl the ‘r2 acres oi land, the beau- l;ful and commodiolls 110mg and iiuiltllngs and the large fox ranch with the numcrdlls sheds fitted “m; wire bottoms. We asked Mr.- Roberts "what is your ideafsro \0ll going Into fox ranching again’! hnd its said "No. only on a very limlti-d scale. I intend to keep half_ a dozen or a dozen real good fe- males and some real good nfhles and pick the progeny year after mn- with the idea oi building up n nuw herd. My principal occupa- non will be the raising of turkeys and mink, 1 believe it will be an cxl-(‘IICHL spot-for turkeys and as on know Mr. RvQYIHOIId had a very nit-c mink ranch. 0f course every- thing Mr. Reymond did was well thought out and well planned and, 1 rim indeed lucky to be able to- muve into his lino property." WI HQFPPCI with Mr. Roberts that it aar. the opportunity o; a lifetime and fecl confident that with his kccn Judgment. energy and other qualities he will be very happy and

b . wmu[m_ It L, Mn Ruben‘. m D3135?‘ W" In" ills 1W" PM"! we had the .1" c“ l‘. 1 l‘ i hero last surrmcr. The)’ mentioned ed to making merry. and the re- icntion to remain in charge of the ._.___ o; pearl plaunugn! eéngufdé’ ‘fifty: vllsiie here that they thought there suits were disgraceful. (This cus- Members oi Brudcncll farm until m, crop is There were spproximsmy 75m buwng u,“ Umolmnately m". should be an‘ International fur tom was prevalent in the livrtn P. E. I. Hoicherymorfs Association , w“ only u" odd flood ‘mam m“ conference which would take in of RHRII-nd loo. In ormcr tmes, supporhdlby

tels In the world, costing millions

'0! dollars, are located In switzer- land.

We have to thank our good friend Dr. E. Roadie Bowness, Dir- ector oi the Department of Fur Bearing Animals — Master Feeds —lI'oronto, OnL. for s copy of the Master Rancher devoted to the January silver. fox and mutation pelt sale in Montreal. It took great deal o! dblllty and a tre- mendous ‘lot oi time to gather the information this bulletin gives. Those who are interested in sliver fox farming should ondeavon- to PTWVPQ l WP)’. Bpaqe permits us 10 Ilve only a slight sketchof its contcntgfor instance inferior sil- vers comprised sbout 60% o1 n‘; offering of atlndlrd silvers-They IVQPIIId '12-”. with 09% gold, Rltlliar full silvers were less than 80% qi the standard silver offer- lns and they aver-sea mas and with. N96 sold. Thus regular (ull silvers only brought approximately 30% more-than inferiors when on ordinary sales the difference is more like 00%. (This goes to prove

sity. In some cases this steel-blue color was more or less limiled to the dark hairs In the guard fur while the undarfur was quite light. In other cases this steely color was both in the guard filr and the un- deriur, giving the pelts a rich. bright appearance.

The great majority of thg plat- inum skins while showing very good color, lacked in volume o! fur and were quite feathery, espec- ially in the flanks. Buyers were very careful oi this lack of volume and it was noticeable that despite excellent color or size such pelts did not attract much competition. Qll the other hand fullciurred lllatlnums that dld not exhibit in scirne instances the clear attractlvg colors of the top-notch pelts. brought surprisingly good prices because the buyers know that the! would work well in garments, on. of the good factors that we have lost in recent years in our foxes is volume and that seems to b; tho one that is causing the most grief now,

Pear? Platinum: —- 0n this sale

collection and none that could be considered top-notch pearls. on; thing that was noticeable is that they had s much better volume of fur than other types of foxes. Of

ten years and it will be ground omit-mt to resaln beware "w" arc not too many select breeding animals of this type left In U18 country, There is no easy and golden route to recovery, we will have to work our way back up and beyond where we once were ln the quality scale with standard silvers. In the analysis of the sale we note that 23.3 Piatlnums sold at s34; 368 at $83; 38d at 632i 236 B5 at $31 and 354 at $30. 1:1 Pearl Platinum: only D sold at $31; 106 sold at $1. In White Marked sil- vers only 5 sold for Wit-While 155 sold for $21. 1n select fulis 32 sold for 82d; in regular fuils 105 sold for Q20; in halves and throequar- ters only i1‘ sold for $22; Wfioid for $10.

Last evening we hsd s letior from D.0. Stewart who is a mem- ber oi the special committee oi the Canadian Notional Sliver Piox

money before the marriage took pious. This was called the “con- slgnation money" in Carmunnock: and "the pawn," in Logic. Ii the antecedents oi the marriage had ‘ been innocent, the husband could go to the Kirk-sessions and re- claim the money. Ii otherwise, the "pawn" was forfeited for the benefit of the poor. Another cur- ious custom. lust going into the discard when Ramsay wrote. was the holding of "Penny Weddings" which under the color of kindness to youngmarried persons, was‘ ii:- tle also than an apology for scenes of riot and debauchery. These ceremonies (if that is the right name) are not doscribed in the book, but the particulars may be had from other sources. Al- tzr the couple returned from the Kirk. their‘ friends snd neighbors gathered at the house where a collection was taken up and the money delivered to the principals as a gift towards their housekeep- ing. Naturally the couple sent out

Breeders’ Association, It rcfarred to the islt oi Mr. Owen. President of the Norwegian Fur Seeders‘ As- sociation, and Omar Huger-Larsen

Norway. Sweden, Denmark." the United dtates, Canada and other fox and mink breeding countries. Now if. appears in Mr. Stewart's letter that they are pressing the matter and that correspondence

for the “teireshmentr so prised at that day. In time. however, tha whole oi the collection was devot-

snd is described in an old book called "The Pltrnsns Pay," lished in 1826.) .

The usage. old in Ramsay's day, was to watch the body of a dc- cessed person until the‘ funeral

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SEPTEMBER AND EARLY WWTER EGG PRICES ARE AT LEAST SEVEN OENTS PER DOZEN HIGHER.

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Secure those EARLY CHICKS and get storied right!

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AII l-Ioicherks Government Approved.

‘a cheerful old waster with out

WRITE FOR PRICE LISTS Dillon 8i SpiIIeii, Charlottetown Mrs. J. F. Eoston, New WiItsI-iiro Swift Colledion Co. Ltd, Chorlottciow Island Chick Hatchery, Charlottetown S. R. Pendioton, Kensfngion Botkqua Chick Hatchery, Bedequc O'Llory Farmers’ Co-op, O'Leory Mrs. E. S. Rose, Souris, RJi. 2

Alvin MocDonoId,

A engrossing work was Wil- aon’: “Tales of tho Border," with

Wm. J. Reid 8: Son, Middleton.

P. E. I. Approved Flock Association

i bird that has figured . historically for a very long time.‘ It was s

Covsheod

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one thought in his head -beer and how to get. it. Well, shortly site. my advent, the local lnnkeepcrw son died. and a great concourse of people gathered at the inn on the clay oi the funeral, “to pay their last respects." as they but ‘t. It seems that the Innkeeper sup- plied a great quantity of liquid refreshment for the mourners, and Mr. Smith thus had the happy ex- perlence of getting well corned at anothefs expense. When at‘. last a move was made to the waiting coaches. Mr. Smith made an at- tempt to enter each in turn, but was edged out owiing to his cou- dition. This made him sore. and to pacify him he was allowed u) perch on the front. of the hearse beside the driver. As the cortegc, neared. I went. into the garden- where I could see without being

seen. At a little distance I saw

Smith's grandchildren waiting at his garden gate. When the old

fellow saw them he was carried

,a\vay by the spirit of the omission.

stood up, waved his battered old

hat. and yelled "Hoorayl"

With this story my review oi an

interesting old book must come to

an end. I can recall reading Dear

“l0 1.400 not mot; than one-tenth oOuld be considered fiat pelts. The chief requirement in pearl plltln- um foxes as exhibited in this salo and in other sales is that they be "I!" in color. ‘this lightness csn be achieved in two ways, 91th" by developlpg a pale blue shade o1 to; wlmse pale blue over-ail color gives It a light appearance or by devel- Ql-‘lllls a more or less heavily silv- ered type in which the quantities of bright silver gives the pelt a very light attractive appearance. The dull, dark blue pelts are not so attractive snd go for very 9'41“. ary prices.

This was called the lyke-wake. meaning the “cou-se-watch." and it must have had a superstitions origin. in course oi time the "wake". was accompanied witn muchmrofilgaoy and iicentiousness Wakes were often and ~ severely condemned by the Church of scot- land and hsd almost entirely dis- appeared by i830. except lt was said, in remote parts oi _F.‘ifc. . 1n Hamilton (near Glasgow) in the early days. the town~crier an noun-zed all funerals. by ringing his bell and uttering the follow- ing words: "Brethren and sisters. 1 let you to wit that so-and-so i whose corpse lies at such-and-such g place, deported this life by the will of the Almighty on such a day and hour. You are desired to attend his (or her) burial at ma‘! warning." The ringing and an nounclng was repeated in differ- efit localities over all the town. A1- ter a -reasonabie time the _crie: went over his route again, direct- Ing the would-be attendants as to time for-tho cortege to start The attendance was, thus made to depend on the respect in which the individual was held when alive

has continued between Norway, ‘the Nltlonal Board oi the U.S.A., tho ,Dosninlon For Council and Mr. Stewart of the special committee.‘

its grisly tale of Ohristy o’ the Oleek. and the warlock s ‘ns of the Black Douglas. The ‘that: were several volumes of the "Queens of scotland," but as these belonged to my aunt I was only allowed to have them wihe-n l was pgrticularly "good!" However all this gave me a taste for, and an a/ppreciltlon Oil Scottish lilnratun- that never left me. Sassenach tho‘ I am! .

golden eagle, which like the Raven. has its counter-part in Europe. A- mong the warlike peoples of his- tory the eagle has been a favorite emblem; supposed to ropresenl strength and power, it had ‘a iia grasp the lightnings wherewlth to protect its votsries. Probably this ides. had its origin in Persia. where Mithras the Sun-god was believed in reveal himself in the form of an eagle, and this image, g-raven in gold. King Cyrus placed as s crest on his standards.

The asgla-aymiboi was adopted by the Romans at an early per- iod ln their lustory-At first they crowned the sceptre of their kings with it: then when the Kings were expelled, it b ame the only ensign oi the Roman legions. Un- der the Republic, the Roman eagle was carved in wood. hter in sli- ver, with a golden thunderbolt in its claws. Julius Caesar was the

'It has been suggested. states Mr. Slower-t, that Prince Fdward Is- land being the birthplace oi the fur ranching lildllltfy, might be the logical place to hold such s meeting. The idea met with the approval o1 the Nationpl Board o,i the U. S. A. and It is believed that the Norwegians and others would bs satisfied to hold such s meet- ing bore. Mr. Btewsrt has sp-. broached Premier Jones and he has agreed to have our govern- ment sponsor such a conference. It is pyoposed. to issue invitations to those countries above‘ who are en-‘ guild in fur farming and to have’ a ranting in Charlottetown beginq ning July 12th. Mr. Stewart ex-i plains in the letter that before In- vitations are issued the whole mat- ter will have to be given consider- ation by the Department of Inter- nal Affairs in Ottawa.

We thank Mr. Stewart forming us and giving an opport-

llislorlo Birds (l)

Din January 16th. of this year 1 observed. two groups of birds ily- ing in the wintry sunshine. There were half a dozen crows; also two ravens, known by their larger size yalbout one-third larger.) .

The Raven was very common lJi Europa in the olden days. and u Britain its name appears in many place-names: '- ield. Raven- scar. Rsventhorpe, Ravenstone. and Ravensworth are examples.

The Raven was adopted by ab: Danes (who were the southern branch of the Scandinavian kingsi as their emblem. and its form was embroidered on their battle flags. The Raven Standard was fesreu

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White Marked Foxes - Under marketing conditions today _ihe breeding 0,: white marked foxes to produce part of the pelt crop is of questionable value, while the full. b21811! white marked thgt w; ggg in our llva shows are sn attractive pelt, the overwhelming majority oi white marked arc quite an ord- inary lot_ of foxes that fall into price ranges as shown in thlssale. It boils dawn to this, if you are breeding and raising top-notch pale white face types then stick to

first to have it casts in gold, but Continued cm page 10

Mills and other-plants are turning more IMI More in "CATER- PILLAR" Diesels as the operators loom of the many advant-

nosru AMERICAN un . L. S. STEVENSON

for In-

oges ovoiloblo in this-modern form of power. i, but u you m, breeding an or, “my “mum ms mum 4 w I m h _‘_ _

. . . "CATERHLLAF Dinah m‘ ‘up dlnary variety oi white faces you quaint the fox‘ fame" °Hq1egmv_ wPlearzhglazioslatyyc osesnevgr cmaypsei Ramsay's work, in my grundiath: by the Anglo-Saxons, whose coast. "M", "up." A5 "ldmmd "W" um“ . would be wise to aive it scme i, ' _ ' . ers library. when I was eleven w. al settlement! will’! wit’ prev ‘s! "c.

, . - - lco with this much desired meet Mmuud my “c”; n, fungus, , , , . I40 RICHMOND $1’. plying the power for mill machinery and Ill so doing are mnught m Fox brads... thfgughpub m, h! , n m h I m “V. twelve years old. Who would have the pagan Danes. Much of the _

- but t t s a a c -- guessed that l WDllld next read it Anglo-Saxon chronicle is taken up A” PRO"

‘avorld must necessarily be friends and work together, planning pro- duction so that no over-production

Tmt- I supmm luv” n “p” th~cc quarters of a ccnttiry late. with tales ol these sea-rovers ‘or Polio holders E to others to toll their storios- ll _ ‘ ,1] ' 0 l i, L ' _ y ‘my’ I t Hero" Snap mm the s“ nag-Email to 3, 00 mi es away ' ast yesr I saw another, noble. 4