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Vi. . ~ . "ast- . PAGEIEE. - . TIIjZI-IARLQTTELTOWN GUARDIAN i __ a; . ' ‘ _-_‘ Q" _ "" . . . .. .t 3 TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS , 4. ._ aormecrco w... , - NEWSY Noras», ATTENTION .- . / " y n - . ’ » Q AMA Silver Fox Farming g FARMERQ l‘: ‘ MARCH waAnma-poaa keen In Oren mind. Ind try to = , .. - _ , . I ~ . rel o , . . _ "

- ~W "l? avidetficlgJmod Owl (aou nave YotTITrARM WM! z Last vteeks auctions showed rhe sale attracted a very good bfllflcllllelnrdfi: ‘wrélaeurriaiuxallt 37nd‘ “we OWL no“ a mam". o"! Eqmprm Wu," 8T!“ a continued strong demand for attendance throughout the do)‘. \ m, my chmi“, a m,“ bQ-‘aket 1,, m, m, mouth l noctumu wgggpg T551‘ wflJ, 1,551‘ A ; mutation foxes both in the United particularly durink the morning n-I-Mbo“ “main "M80040." at "omhcbud “may”. ‘ "d bird ths owl leel ell enough to LIFETIME. WRIT! 0B APPLY iysfifiihfifllj‘ ,f,’,§“u“‘§‘,{‘,,,,“,"§§',‘,,§,’,“°§‘}1,f’,‘} gfidgglsfimwgdggigg; ~gg Uleneduygfi! 5 cumulu-l cloudl by do’ m1’ u| that. hunt on dull am. veral ,ln my u aura. oz i-z GRAFTON l was in many occasions. keen competition. "No wonder. Ho treat: bin coed 59'1""! l‘ ""7- Beore a thaw 329E115‘? mefii&ttf§_rflllzltzicfitl\élenhtlg l1‘-

,.fox on the other hand "Tighter demand and prices in sortie ..cases were from five to tcn per cent lower. interiors were not ‘much wanted on the Canadian market. They had previously been quite strong 1n both the January and December sales. Catiadian Fur Auction isles Company vendue held last eek attracted considerable atten- gpn but not nearly so much as e January sale. Women's Wear Daily. New York, has the follow- ing from i:s Montreal correspond- >mt, We republish it as it gives the cices paid tor a number of the utatlons and white-marked foxes.

i The

IMONTIREAL, Quebec, Feb. 27 -— he third section of Canadian ,r Auction Silver specials. num-

bering 954, sold on a level with the

‘o previous days and in about

e 5am uropflfllfln here today on

elaltdayofttieCanadianlltur

ctlon Sales Co. (Quebec), Ltd.

t res-day sale. The auction com-

pany combined the three days ot-

iirnig in its estimate which was

ii tier cont sold. averaging $67.30,

\3lll‘l !t3V€ls_LlllCli;\1i9.8d from Janu-

z y. Top prices were $115 for plat-

inum selects; platinum silver $105,

for grade A; pearl ‘platinum _ for grade A: and whitemarked $72!

for grade A.

_.The separate whitemarked offer- , in: of 1.192 skins included a few] platinum silvers. the best of. which brought $82 to $88. and oth- ers $31 to $52. Ringnecks ranged from S90 to $68. and the regular; whitemarked $3} to $62. Bidding. was more sizrlted than during MundBYs offering and a larger proportion changed hands, enabl- ing the auction corrrpairy to report Super cent of the combined offer-l

iiiz sold at an average of $40.68,|

and decline of 2 per cent from January sale. Attendance day's sale dropped to about 30 per-’ sons. but an active group of about! a dozen New York dealers sufficed, to stimulate fair activity. They- bought me higher Priced Dlattnal and whitemarked silvers. Some‘ also went to Latin American buy-

» era. Half-Silvers Sell Well

, made the small Joliennc n! 341 half-and three- "miarter silver foxes one oi’ the yfleatures today. While other group- gigs were reported unchanged or

Biunh buying

" ower. the one-half and three-l

unrter silvers were officially esti- ‘ rated 2 per cent higher than ‘January, with 88 per cent of the, kcatalog sold at an average of, “$30.16. Top Brice was $40 for Br ygrade, which ranged between that} 51180.11 and $30. For grade C, $22 to $31 was Daid.

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Top price reached $165. It was on pelts over $1115 that price resist- ance was witnused. Manufactur- era and dealers shared buying honors.

White-marked silvers want on sale late in the afternoon. and only seven pages, approximately 20 pct‘ cent of the offering of 1.909 skins. were offered before the sale was postponed until 10 am. today. Price levels on those skins offer- ed were “very firm." according w the auction house, with two lots reaching $100. The sale continues with lot number ‘I95 today.

And now we give our readers an authoritative report issued by Can- adian National Silver Fox Breed- ers’ Association Fur Marketiris DE- partrnent whose manager. George A. Callbeck. attended the Can- adian Fur Auction sales last “reel: in the interests of his organiza- tion. - - -

During the month of February. Auction Sales o!’ raw furs have been held in Canada and U. S. A. Price levels on the whole have re- tnnincd firm to slightly easier. The London market is consuming fairly large Quantities of darker color

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In many ranches it ls difficult to carry out this program as the employees leave around five o'clock in the evening and do not ve at work until eight but in most cases arrangements can be made to carry out. the eurlv momlns nlid late evening matings.

phase silvers. but the demand for inferior types is not extensive. The lack of interest in interiors may be due in part. to large quantities of old and inferior skins bent! placed on this market from other countries.

Canadian Fur Auction Sales Co. (Quebec) Ltd. conclud- ed their February Auction on the . This sale opened on Feb. 20th, with the selling of mink and sundry furs. Selling of the fox catalogue began on the 250i. Ranch mink sold at price levels prevailing in January, wthlie Wild. mink declined 15%. Sundry furs! 501d at prices generally uncha-nlk. ed from January levels. The foil catalogue of 19.161 skins was 4E t» sold at an average price of $31-13. Buyers representing U. S. A.. Mexico. South America. Iondou. and Canada were present. Willi m? latter taking a small percentage of the lots offered. The attendance 01 buyers was not large.

On Tuesday mornlnfl. 1J1? 511i’ opened with a special offering of 710 skins under the heading“ “Western Canada New Tyne!- Th]; was an attractive collection of skins. and was announced by m, sale 00., this offering includ- ed the new tYDP. 5K1!“ I197“ the Manitoba Pelt Show. 76 s.- of U19 collection was sold at an averatle of $83.92.

The following summarises the sale of the Pox Catalogue:

l F‘ t"__ n "m Sig’? . or sortie ime we ave been F3 A_ s_ g w L 1'1 wondering how the new type blue! (‘jvh-ltkfimarke: 2337 ‘Vljfox which the N and‘ wwtem can new tn,“ ,, 11o ‘Swedes have developed would a-p-[ b2 to 34 511W“ _ 341 “pea! to the buyers. Well, here is, Selemd Fum- 1214 ilan account of the reception they “gum. yum 3529 flTCCCII/ifd at; the Hudson's Bayi mfgflor “we; 3166 jCtilntminy Blue Fbx Sale held in Low‘ Gmdtls 1129 lihilgmupol l? Fitfkn‘ _ In» t 1000 ‘IR " - ~ n i‘ - l Totals .. 19

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Unftedustatu? 9x26101111?!‘ goof! From the above i0 Will b0 1100911 =_pale. silvery Skills at finm prices that M1668 for "Specials" and

.\ . ' S ' '21s“ points bclmy the New York|on the January Slilt‘. Wllilt? =1 lmizirkct. Some Swiss buying waslshght decline in silvers is indi- 109111;! clone but. cheap goods Vleftélcattld, excepting 1-2 to 0-4 types. "ncglected. _ ‘prices on a quality bB-‘M Wind-m‘ .' Heavy withdrawals inclu cn- ed firm at Jan. levels. 45% of the rtire pages or the catalog high ight- total offering was sold as against

"ed the close of the blue fox sale ',-_‘t\hicl1 was marked by absence of Nrniiipctitioii. A smzili collection of J1 ca reached £15, 10s. for pale silvery‘. Scandinavian goods w-hero isold ranged as follows: Dark sliv- "jery, 1Z3, 15s. to £14, 15s.; medium psilvery, £5 to £19, 10s; pale silvery -i_£4 to r10.

we licar from New A Sllfllilfilflglv strong demand "for mutation silver fox yesterday ,,nt Lampoon, Fraser 8a Huth. Inc., xrssulted in a turnover nf 78 per , . of 2.064 nlzltlnutn " crs for Hthe account of mcmbrzrs of "Progressive Cnlnl‘ Phase Silver Fox ‘Association and independent ship- =ners at lcvcls reporter! by the auc- '_,t!ti:i company to be uiicliiltigcd in average compared to the January. “i946. sale.

beecuee they

feed out. and the "

Y" i ' ; "Hlmele" Feeds 50h] In blggq-

40% of the January offering. It. is the intention of this As-

‘sociaiioti to offcr our second 1946

"Special Collection" on the Can. Fur Auction Sales Co. (Quebec) Ltd, March Sales.

The mild weather of the early xiart. of this Spring has disturbed the sequence of matings in many lumvhes particularly where poly- caimous males are used. Some get over the difficulty by leaving fe- males in with males at night tek- ing a chance on there being a lmatlng. One rancher we spoke to has had very good results that way. claiming that he got six or eight more litters last season by doing it. It appears that foxes are more mono to mate in the dark hours such as the early morn- ings or late evenings and would rather keep quiet during the day.

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From now on the litters will be coming along in a very lively way and 1t is well to be on the alert and see that the females are suf- ficiently laxative so that. they don't have difficulty in Wh8ll>111il~ Liver. if it can be obtained. i! 0m? of the best additions you can make to the diet. If not you will have to use bran or some other substitute. The present mild weather is ideal for litters but of course at this season of the Year there is always a probability of very heavy frost coming in. We remember that on the 17-th of March some twenty-odd years H80 the thermometer registered 10 be- low zero and litters were lost. Now the time to look over dens and

females that: are ncnr whelninz as it might cause abortion. Females often abort lust from iumtiinit 011 the roof of the fox housu. in fact 1t does not take very much in sfirtne cases to cause the 1086 0f l 1 er.

From what we can learn there should be a great crop of foxes this season. All over the province mat- ings have been good and the weather has been favorable for the development of the pups. There has been a tremendous number _ of mutation matings and we believe that this fall will show that least 25% or possibly more of the foxes born here are mutations.

We have had several inquiries ' Ay. Price 7e Sold Av. Price Jan. 1M6 60 8 .30 .27 50 40.60 41.40 76 83.92 -- 88 30.16 28.50 20 40.55 43.94 40 28.98 $1.3’! 25 18.83 22.36 67 '7 16 .05 45% $31.13 $14.7’!

from readers of this column ask- Iiig what happened to the glaciers on the January sale. Our infor- mation is that there were no glac- iers offered on the sale by the Canadian National Fox Breeders‘ Association or any other organiza- tion and therefore no prices could be established. It is expected that a small collection of glaciers will go on sale at the March or early April auction of the Canadian Fur Auction Snlcs Company, Ltd. in the consignment. o!’ specials made bv Canadian National Fox Breed- ers’ Association. Stimmeraide. We sirwerely hone that sonic definite idea of the reception this type will meet with can be learned before the next mating season rolls around.

BRISTOL SCHOOL

Report of Bristol School for the month of February,

_Grade X.- i, Francis Sinnott; 2. clement Slnnntt; .1, Agatha McDon-

Grade 1‘( ~1 Joan Arnold, Grade V! Olga Arnold. GTMB V Matheson; 2,

II. l, Roy

Phyllis Slnnott; :1, stlrllng Keefe, Grade VI.—1, Doris Fer usan and

Lorraine Stnnott; 2, stfrlng Fer-

w. V. 1 Aeneas Kinnltlc; 2.

Grade IV.—1, Catherine Gauthier; nlflc and Slieilp, Gauthier,

Grade III-l, Raymond McDon. aid: 2. Florence McDonald; 3, John Keefe.

Grade I, 11.-I, Rita Gauthier and Geor e McDonald; 2, Noreen Keefe and eresa Kennific.

Grade I. B.—1, Rachel Sinnott and Angus Matheson: 2. Jackie Johnston; 3. Merlin McDonald,

Grade I, C.—~1. Bernadette Ken- riiflc; Z. Carl Keefe; 3, Lucy Gauth-

er. Highest average for month of February-Shirley Arnold 90%. Teacher-Catherine E, Dougiu, (Patriot. plane copy)

HENDON. Elngland (C?) -—- Mayor A W Curton has sent 15.500 "be courteous" letters to of this Mlddlesex town wth says have been "a lng the tough- guy training of so fem."

filial-II! W. BIA! IIIII Jebn Si. Netti. llllllllfll 08l- '

Uliu. Worth.

nuns-n. q..::".:,‘ fi Wm. (Jln-btha, Launching. Wing: I. cum. Albee-

"lo: Diamond, Wlnlee. George.‘ Mainland. It.

stratus clouds streak the horizon. especially to the l. or BW. The sun 1s ‘getting power" end as it “crosses the line" in ulherg !I\ the Vernal Equinox, uaunlly on March 21st, Spring be lnl. New comes the vanguard o our sum- mer birds, often when food is scarce: Keep feeding stations Wcll supplied." The older generation of Island- crs had a saying: "Nothing in the house Jreezes after 5t. Patrick's Day," (March 17th). This was sup- posed to apply to houseplants, but sometimel exc tional weather broke the rule. y house-plants froze March 28. 1927. "After March 20th, hauling is more difficult," is mother old lay- ing. The road: get soft and un- suitable for wheell or ale! hs. Here are two good sayings wait rig to be put into rhyme! March has always been a favor- lte month with the poets, from Chaucer down to Tennyson, “That highte (was called) March, when G 1 makede first man," says Chau- cer. "1 Martins am! Once first and now the th!rd."-—I..ongfe11ow. “Be- ware the ides of March." -Shgk9- spcare. “On sallows (pussy WllIUWS) in the windy gleam; of March."— Tennyson. It; would be no trouble to fill thin column with ouch quo- tations. Ln England the farmer desires nothing as much as a dry, cold March: "A dry and cold March never begs lte bread."

"A wet March maku a and har- vest."

“March rain spoils more than clothes." “A peck of March dust. !| worth a King's ransom." “A pcek of March dust and a shower in May, Makes the corn green and the fields gay!" The 8th of the month ls "old" Bt. Matthew's Day, when the Saint was supposed to influence ‘the weather. “Si. Matthew breaks the ice: if he finds none, he'll make il." Sir Walter Scott ln a note to his "Heart of Mldlothian," says: “The last days of March (Old Style) are called the "borrowed days," for, as they are remarked to be unusual- ly gloomy, it ls feigned that March had borrowed them from April, to extend the sphere of his rougher sway." The reason for the borrow- ing is said (in Northern Ireland) to have been that March had a spite at. an old woman and was anxious to kill her cow; failing to do so in his own month, he bor- rowed three days from April to complete the task. In Scotland, it is lhrco "hog-lambs," 1. e., year- ling sheep, that March has a spite at-

"March borrowed from April Three days, and they were ill. The first day was wind and wrt. The second day was hail and sleet, The third day was wind ant! rain. But the three silly hogs came hir- plin hame."

Actually, from the changg in the Calendar to New Style, the “borrow- ed tlays" now fall on April 10th. 11th, and 12th; but as the point of thc old rhyme lios in their behfl at the end of March, they form a fitting conclusion to this Note.

Ilow Many Kinda of Owls?

A request reached me, from a lady ln King's County. for a list of Owls known to reside on, or vi-!t, the Island. The matter seeme-i ur- gent-though no reason was given for the enquiry-so I mailed the llst by next post. Possibly, I thought, an owl has been shot in that. neighborhood, ant! the writer desires to identify it. However that may be, the subject is of such interest to agriculturlsts generally, that a note on these birds 1e well in order.

In the your 1916, the Prince of Wales College issued a bulletin containing a 11st of all the birds found in P. E. I. This list. was as- tonishingly accurate, and though some of the bird: do not now visit. us, and other! (such a: the Star- ling and the Rlngmecked Duck) have made their debut, it is, and will he, indispensable to all our local ornithologilts.

First on the list is the American Long-cared Owl, No. .06 in inc list. of the American Omllhologlsts’ Union. superficially resembling the Orcnt Horned Owl, but a much smaller bird and of more slender build, it is a night-flying bird, hunting mice and other small ani- mals that roam after nightfall. Though not quite Innocent, it is generally agreed lmongst scien- tists that this bird ought to he pro- tected by law, Length 14 inches.

American Short-enroll Owl, (A O. V. 367). locally, add as It can see fairly well ln the daytime, it "beats" a- bout the marehea and fall: under the guns of Iportlmen. Examina- tion of 9'1 stomachs revealed that 1-1 contained small birth; 7'1, mice; end the rest other small animals end insects. It is agreed that this species in beneficial. Length, 1B inches.

The Barred Owl, (A. O. U., 368).

underpartl striped. Of 1Q stomachs examined 5 contained poultry or game; 13, small birds: the rest mice, frogs, etc. "The stetul of this bind 1| satisfactory." llys Dr. Tav- erner, and ho lamente that It l| killed lndiecrimlnnteigb Length 20 inebu. Thll l| the " ot Owl.”

The Greet Grey t . . ., 8'10). Inrgelt of our owll, but an infrequent winter visitor. Some- what reeemblu Ne. 3Q, but eyes ere yellow, end coloration dlffun- ed instead of well-ddftned stripes. A good mount but lo rere an to do little good or harm. Length 2'!

inches.

llolunleon Owl. (A. O. U.’ 8'11) “A small hornleu, grey owl‘ Jreyerner. rest of Canadian owls, a specimen we: taken in III. but n particular-e ere eyeli- eble. Thll I en Arctic epeeles of the flew-What Owl of e11 lltl Inger sin, with e length o l0 inchn. A beneflol epeelee, but tioot rare to have any economic cf- ec .

The Audion. er law-Who Owl, A.O.U. 1H2 . lint ‘Antoni owl, fullwelcrl in e recent 1|-

lue o e liter Ian. Beneficial- 10:: "mice. ape mum. ungm t!

kneel on. 01.0. u m. a occur n?" at)» 00'. n2! '°

to "t data on t e owl:

This is the "Marsh C\vl" y

been 1e! ed "nileteken lllentl m 1| 11;. 91:; .

of tbs vvoodlfl-Taverneix- evidence is decidedly against this owl It is probably an all-tbe-year res ant.

Snowy Owl. (A. O. U" 376) 1| a winter visitor from the Arctic. It is a "nearly white bird, Wlth- out ear-tufts," and ls about 25 inches 1n length. They appear her, in force at intervals determined by the scarcity of food in their home grounds. There was a great incur- sicm during the severe winter of 1926-7. i-zce, A harmful visitor: can see well in daytime.

The American Illlwlt Owl, (A.O. 1.1., 377a). The 1916 Bulletin re- ports this as a rare summer rosi- dent. Tnverner however states that itlvlslts the settled regions only in winter. "A medium sized owl of somewhat hawk-like build and habits." Length l6 inches. No data as to its food, but its smaller size stamps it as a “mouser.".'I‘hc most strictly diurnal of Canadian owls, .

There is a bounty on the de- structive species, and in order to preserve the beneficial owls l gunners should make ‘themselves acquainted with their characteris- tics. Owls are now scarce in my own district and I believe this to be due to indiscriminate shooting by gunners who have no knowledge of the species and do not. know the harm they are doing In de- stroying these beneficial birds.

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The Second I Mrs. Draper

By Noel Pierce

CHAPTER. XXIV

Jim sztw his father and Kitty sit down to bridge. He walked out on the veranda to them. "I'm n. special waiter. madame’ . What will you have? to aee that smile in her eyes again. She liftkd her head from the bidding and he saw ‘it. “Double four spades: champagne for me. Jim. Scotch and water for your father." "Madame est servle."