' furrieiis and dopartrrweitial ‘who had considered foxes passee ‘were encouraged by some manu.

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Oongrwulatiorls to publisher 10w. ell filanook for tile new dress in which the Maritime Pa: Breeder appoafl. The (Jsiober lsue i; roughly 10 by 1a, with l stiff cover inoolcrssbowing partufthojildg. ing room of the fox show pavilion p! the Provincial Exhibition gzomm, Lt is also well illustrated through- out and curtains a number of art. icles 0f intexst to fox and mink breeders, as well as attractive dd. vartisameints, particularly ma; 0i the Reserve Grand Ghamplon mite imrkcd pull: and Gmni Champion Plailmmi silver pelt exhibltcd by Mr Hancock Ir the pelt show of 1946. ,

There is still time to enter in the fox and mink clams-s for iihe Maritime Winwci- Flair. Amherst, October 30th to November 5th In conversation wit-h Walter R. Slmw yesterday morning he ioid us that secretary-Manager R. F McOunn Amherst, will accept entries until wins rhys before iihe show. lit is hoped to make this Maritime Ex- hibition one of the best cf all time

The American fox farmers are working very strenuously i0 perfect n method of advertising their silver and mutation foxes 1f there iaanydoillatsstowhysiloh lpm. gram is needed conclusive proof is shown by the neglect exhibited by Arriierican designers, manufacturers and retailing inwards silver fox. In the four last issues of the leading style mogazinesof limtriica—H.airp- m Weekly, Vogun and Town and Country, out of '12 ads only two of them featured 511W!‘ fox and one of these ads was only a quarter page. What is reflected in these magazines is m doubt aha shown in the advertising carried by do- partnwntal stores and retail fur. riors. It just means iihot no one is featuring silver fox either in Canada or the United states and a fur not feauured soon becomes unwanted. in Uansda an effort is being nude ‘to atir up interest in an advertising oaJr-ipaign for silver fox with every pzodiuocr con- tributing and we feel that this is a move bhot is long over-due and should be silppnried to the fullest by all.

In n. lettnr from Wilfrid l... Todd, fox rancher mid furrler, Boston he states that. a law days ago in the city of Washington. D.C the stores

fiwtilreirs oif silver fox furs to put for fox scars and jaciwis. Almcsi immed- iately their sales jumped i8 pec- oont for foxes and they were sur. prised at so many women asking for fox ga-nnents for evening wear. Mr Todd considers bhis a proof that one of the ills from which our indmtry is suffering Ls our own

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Mutations: Blue Frost These mink are from parents that won prizes for the past two years. Every mink sold is guaranteed to give sai- isfsction.

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neglect In not keeping Oilvpfgiillct to the forefront

Bummer-tire on the market he saym- “Everything is moving along slowly. The imc market ia very dull at the Present time. in fact has been for the past four or five months. Alotuizhisisduetomt advertising tile fox pelt. Every Diaper you pick up, every fashion 11188811110. shows mink o! one kind or another. ‘Nomom purchase what "W! think Is flshioaaible and Mint they see advertised. Stop advertis- ing the moat popula- prodtlct folr six months and sales will fall off and arlothcr urmmt than; is Id- vriiaed will slide in and dsui the business. This is a well known foot. Iihicrefore foxes must be curttimr. Ill-Y advertised In order to keep the pilblio fox cnnaclous I note 011M- ihc association of icinncn here are asking iihe f-ax breeders to allot 1 percent oi their gross receipts to be used in advertising This la a grand move. It should have been done two yes-rs ago or iii fut time your! ago when mink started to wedge into the market and lower the demand far foxes",

Mr, Todd states that he expects 1o come down here around 14th of November and to remain until aiftor the Provincial Fiox Show is over the following week. Mr. '1‘0d-d mentions Lhai. he has had a. very good turnout in the various ranches he ls connected with in tbc_U.B.A. and finds his Norwegian forces as popular u over because of the excellent -pnces paid for their pelts in the various markets not only in Camila. but the U.S A It is a well known fnct that Mr Todd ins helped many ranchers to get started with Norwegians by loaning them forms on shores.

The Michigan-Ohio show which is had in Grand Rapids. Michigan annually Is expected to be bigger than ever this your. The show starts on November 20th An innovation will be the interns- tiori-ai breakfast io be held at a 03 am. 'I‘uesdoy It will bc infomiai and will give visitors an opport. unity for 900d fellowship and con- tacts. Upper Canadian ranchers have been exhibiting at the above show for several you: and as a rule are among the top winners in marry class-as

The Mountain States Fox and Miruk Show which will be held at Denver, Colorado, movtmber 16th m 20th will this year feature am auction sale of iii? types oi prize winning forces and mink. Fur farm- ers will thus have the opportunity to compare animals to be offered at competitive prices and to select exactly the type-s they mm Any exhibitors’ animals may be entered in the ailctian sale providing they have won n pi-iae or honorable mention. Arthur C. Prentiss, Man. agen- Mountain Fur Atictiom Sales Ooiquny Ltd. will be the suction- eer.

Ono of the outstanding articles in me October number of the Na- tional Fur News published in Den. WI‘. Colorado, is entitled Canadian Piu- libs-aunt. W Dr. 0.1K. Gunn. Sinaeriniieridetit Dvmlniuin Emeri- mentai libx Ranch, Silmmersidc, RE I. The Dwtor has gone to a great deal oi trouble ‘.0 assemble facts in connection with Canada's fur production. ils fur farmlm. the diats-lbution of furs. the exports and imports, new markets and a review of the essential require- ments involved in fur fuming

The Quebec Provincial Mink Show will be held mt Sher-brooks Novunbcr 4-5-0 This show W111 type mink-and only mach. mink will be devoted enwlilslveiy to Quebec be entered. The Quebec Provincial Fox Show will‘ beheld In Quebec City November‘ 18th in 22nd The judge will be George 1i Mayors. manager Lampsun. Fraser a Huth. Inc. New York. More than 000 foxeg we expected to bo exhibited

For the first dine in our moms; Qry an International pelt show will

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J. D. JENKINS (Prop)

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be held in the show moms of the Ann-loan National Pu: Breeders Association, Milwaukee. Wis. It will be sponsored by the Wisconsin m: Breedsrs Association and the dates are January ‘Ihh ic 10th. 1941. The mink pelts will be exhibited fur aids out not dressed. 1n the fox division them will be classes for light, full and pale silvers. lllhl Mid pale white marked, light and pale platinum type wnitc marked. fish! nnd pale ploiimlm silver-z. We pre- sume the international side of the piotursuflrnsOanadslacon- corned wLii be exhibits of pelts from 5min ooimnhis. Alberti- 4nd Saskatchewan.

Junior. one of the biggest hogs yards. sleeps peacefully while Arthur Blckford. a salesman for the 04161118811 Liveswck EXQ-hfluee. scratches his head in amazement at the animals’ 1.070 pounds.

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is a successful bwzeder of Arctic blue foxes and in a recariit magaz. ine he tells how to got an average pup production of seven per female with less than 10 percent of misses. This is a brief resume ."I have Just returned from visiting blue fox ranchers In Canada The ranch- ers I have raiked with seem in have too marry misses especially among pup females. We do not

"l" seem to have this trouble and per-

haps some of the methods we use iruary help others Our blue females are usually in heat at least a week Due to this fast we breed them at least twice during the time We have had females that were bred only once come uhirough with a litter oi l2 or 14 pups but we halve also had females that were proven breeders ccrne through with no signs of ever being pregnant with only one breeding. w.- usually breed a fern-ale as soon as she accepts the mule but We believe moat of these breedings aire too early in the heat period to get the maximum number of blues.

A bue mole is very aggressive and vary polygamous ano we believe this first making ls in rriiany cases nliiriost a forced mating. at least as far as results axe concerned After obtaining the first mating we wait four days and breed the female again. The cases in which we are unable to get Iihc second breeding on the foilrtti day are less than 10 percent of our females.

Talking with and corresponding with blue fox ranchers we find that the mnyxriuy breed the female again on the second day and thien a-mime that the job is done ‘This does not lock right to us or in line with good judgment. This method may have started with the fact that some silver fox ranchers breed hheir females on the first day and again on the second. but don't forget that silvers are usually only in l-ieai. three clan": Blue fox pups come 52 days from a mating. Flor the srcond KIKQIIIZB We iE-e a dif- feirerit male and halve no trouble which male sired the litter from (R10 date U10 D1418 8X0 b01111.

The condition oi the female at the time of hinting also effects the number of pups The best condition for bliue females to give miuximum production is different from silvers. Blue should i-ume inito breeding on the fart side, in fact they should be what would be con-idomd ‘hog fiat" for silvers They should be kept on the fiat side nil through pregnancy. We never had a fat blue feiriale that had any trouble flat wheliping time as We have had with silvers The fat females all seem to have litters of 10. 12 or 14 pups while a niwing of the thin ones come through with 5 or 6 pups oir tum out to be a miss ‘They do not lose their pups. they Just seem not to be pregnant.

A ohin blue pup female will not beed until late in the season. usually not after '15 pt-TCCTII or tnore of the ranch is bred anc. it Is these ic- males that either Wlli not breed art all the first season or if they are bred turn out to be a blank. A good many pups go oil feed badly for as much as iwo or iiriwee works during the muiizu; season and unless this is realized and everything pos. aible clone to see th-a-t ilwi’ km on the fat side these pu-p fmiales will account for u in: of milu that will pull your blue pup average away down.

By following these rules we have new grbld to get practically 100 per- cent of our females brew.‘ each you‘ Our misses ammmi to less than 10 percent and we have consistently been able to get over seven pups per formic kept as a breeder Our methods may no’. work for all ranclters due to different conditions, but they prodiue pups for us "

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Livestock SUMMARY

Volume and quality determined price trend: in this week's cattle market. Where supplies were mod- erate, such as at Winnipeg, prices were forced up 50c to 75c. Farther west in Alberto and Saskatchewan markets. receipts were liberal. quality just ordinary, and prices no better than steady to 25: and 50c lower. In the cast, Toronto was down 15c to 25c on plain quality. with other grades steady, and Mon- treal firm to 3c higher in spots. There was little or no change In prices paid for calves, hogs, sheep or lambs.

Eastern Catflq Msrkefl

Cattle supplies were pretty well cleared at Toronto except for some stockers carried over. Good and choice steers and heI-fers main- tained their previous price level but plain kinds were down 15c to 25c. weighty steers moved up to $13.50. with a top lot at $18.75- butchcr steers between $10 and $12.50. and cows up to $10, Mon- treal made a good cleanup at prices firm to 25c higher in spots. One load of steers topped the market at $13, another load made an ex- treme $13.10, and good qualiiv steers were generally $12 to $12.50. with rows $950 i0 $10 for good quality. Receipts in the Maritimes were mostly common In quality but prices were strong on the better grades. Medium steers and heifers were quoted at $11.25 f0 $11.75 ric- llvered, with common at $7 in $9. and cows $7 to $8 delivered.

Western Cattle Markets

Bad road conditions, a result of heavy rain and snow, affected de- liveries to the Winnipeg market anrl all slaughter cattle were tak- en at an advance of 50c to 75c over the previous week's load. Buy- ers were reluctant to refuse pur- chase of any cattle offered and the few suitable kinds of steers offer- ed made $12.50 to $12.75 and the better grades of cows $9.25 to $9.75 In many cases, packers were taking light-fleshed steers out of the feeder division for slaughter, with the result that better grades of stockers and feeders firmr-rl up to a range of $10 to $11. While trading was active at Calgary. butcher steers and heifers were 25c lower but cows were just about steady. Steers were mostly $12 down. with the range on the best of the offering $11.75 to $12 50. Trading was also active at Edmon- ton under liberal receipts. but qual- ity was ordinary and prices were unevenly 25c to 50c lower, with the practical top on steers at $12 and a few at $12.25. Prince Albert was stronger up to $12 on steers, -vhile Moose Jaw pild $10.50 to $11 for good commercial kinds. Saskatoon up to a general $11.50. Regina $12, and Vancouver- $1225 to $12.50.

Exports h) Unitcd States

Exports of dairy cattle to the United states during the past week totalled 1.557 head as compared with 82'! in the same week last year, since January lat, exports total 54,770 against 37.568 in the corresponding period last year.

Calf Prices Steady

There was no change in the calf market throughout the week. To- ronto paid $15 to $16 for choice veals. Montreal up to $15 and $13.50. Winnipeg $13 to $14.50, Calgary $11.50 to $1250. Edmonton S12 to $13, Prince Albert up to $13- Moose Jaw $11.50 to $12, Saskatoon up to $13.50. Regina $13. and Van- couver $12 to $12.25. Miritkma calves were scarce and steady up to $12 delivered.

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The foundation stock in this ranch is Irom one of the host vonclm in Quebec. Hundreds to select from. 29 your: u- porionco in brooding mink.

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The Loon

‘This ls sometimes called one Great Northern Diver, but one Common Loon is A-he more popular name. This bird Ls growing scarcel- in the settled districts and in 5W1"? Paris is .1111; seen during its southward migrations. My lent re. cord Ls ill-fed Sept. 2, 1932, wlheri n specimen was brought in for id. entificatioin.

Common Loon A.O.ii 'i. sum. met! resident iBaln says winter

its: head. neck, upper part; and wings black o: brownish black; back and wings witih faint white SDOI-s; throat wiih a. pawn of white streaks and arntther small patch (m ¢wl\ bide of the neck U ‘eXWDt the neck! white In winter the plumage is bisokisli above and the feathers marginal-l with gmy but not spotted white; mtderpairts white, including the front of the neck. Length 28 to 36 inches; Wing 13 to 15 inch-es

A lflrile heavy bud. with webbed feet on shout w: m so far buck that aha bird walks awkwardly and when it takes to the waiter, slides in Ike a seal Its beak _Is heavy and sharp, and its tail short and Stiff. Its call resembles a "long. loud laugh". Loans have long bowl shot for food. i0 n limited extent; their fish diet does not improve their flavor.

Plants from Sourll

The mail has just brotuht in a packet of three plants for ldonlti. ficaition The first is tihc Black Ohioke-berry Arunia niprra Britten. Grays Manual of Botany calls it Pyrus . elanocarpa its berries, produced in cl-ilsters are “very dark purple or essentially black" and aire furthermore distinguished by their puckery astringent quality. This, though related to the apple is a low shrub. It is frequently found in rough or moist ground The gsec- ond is the Yellow QIIIIIOIIIQ, Clint. cnia boreslis, .1 plant related to the lilies. The ilowm- is yellow, but it is iihe metallic blue berries that draw attention. The flower stalk rises from a rosette of rather large leaves mat usually lie close to the ground. One could Imagine a berry with such a striking coloration. would be possessed of great potency, but nobody seems ro have enquired into hhis The third I5 evidently the "Five Finuci“ Potrntilla cana- densls, th-ougii neither flower nor fruit are cnclnped However the leaves are fairly distinctive, and have given rise ho axwiher popul-

ar nB-‘me, viz "Cinqucioil". This plant is tonic and astringent in its action.

Nature Notes

An item in the Family Herald (Farm Briefs: zeils of the Kins. men's Club alt Lcndon, (mi carpi- uring 50.000 walking sticks for tihe Banting Labiirwories at, Ottawa “What on earih"-I began but stopped when I read llhb! iihe Kins- men caught the insects by surprise.

The “waillklng sticks" aire first cousins of the Praying Mantis, an

resident also?) Adults, summer plum- off, TIM lflmilw of the Oruciferaa halve .

m (ind the yearly galr invariable. The temn equirwciiall gall; lg m“ Fused to have originated in tim- Mediterranean are:

The rook-garil-‘n has r. clump 0f Sanvitalia pmcimbens. in inll bloom just now. This Is a low- Smwlng annual, thickly studded with yellow flowers, with dark

SW11" of 01d Pastures but smaller and neaiter. 1 get a. packet oi this every year. for 1t "691116-5 on" when the bulk of the flowexs have gone

flowers with four pet-ails pal’, in the 1mm oif a cross and in color gen- erally either yellow on‘ ivhlic. They a/ro annuals 0r winter annuals. 1 tihis makes Lhmn a menace when they become weeds in cultivated ground. ‘The Wild Thu-nip and its relaitives come readily to mind, and new arucifers are being con- stantly introduced in seed and feed. Having just couirpletod a survey cf all found on the Island up to 1946, I hope shortly to give full descript. Iona imd other information. Gunners in this districi are oom- Dlulnln-g 0f the scarcity 0d’ ducks There is an impression that this may be due to the abundance of skunks in the area. ‘Phase animals are on the prowl night and day and will destroy pooh eggs and moldings as opportunity occurs.

Oh, you Pig!

‘Phdre is a pictorial advertise- ment going t-lto rounds just now. that evokes reminiscences of tihe old melodrama. 1L shows a husky young fellow cclling- "Beware, Jack Some-thingmr-otherl" to the villain of the pint», 8.110 demanding that he "mihand" a damsell who has just returned from buying a packet of ocreai for herself. Long ago there was a theatre in New- casole that used to specialize in Just such meiodrzwna. This was the Haymarket Theatre and it was looked upon as a rough sort of place frequented by the "lower orders" but well ivomilh a visit just to saly you'd been thiere ‘The bill 0f faire was sufficiently varied, witih plays like The Silver King. The Lights o Lorvlimi ("O cruel lights of London, 1f tears your g-laire could drown, Your victims‘ eyes would weep them, 0 ‘nights of London Tcwni"), The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning, and other liter-airy gems. On one occasion-I forget the title of the play-the viii-sin had

leen in recent

aed air servcmotors. the

insect with which most readers are familiar, 1,! not m the flesh, cert. ainly in pictures The Phasrnidac, called “Spcctres” or "walking- stidrs" resemble the Mani-idle com- siderably, but the from legs are not fitted for grasping so that the insects are not carnivorous biuit phyiophsgous (DIHDLBZIIIIQ), The wings (when prexnti are much shooter than the abdomen. limos‘: of the species mimic leaves or twigs, often to such n dBK-Pec, that it is hamd b0 imagine one is looking a»: an insect. It IS the long-bodied. Wingless and ‘-.\\"'B~lll{1=. kinds that one the "Walking sticks". What 110% the lllaibrarory do with than?