THE GUARDIAN.

.I'AUE ELEVEN

FEBRUARY

11'. 1950

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TIMELY IIOTES Oll TOPIOS OOIIIIEOTEO WITII

Silver Fox and ~ Mink Farming

Summ osue, P, E. _I., Whlilh hi5 59°" Flilelsed by tne Department oi Agriculture, Ottawa, is in onl- opinion the finest publication we have ever seen on mink ranching. It is most attractively gotten up with half page photo fGprodllct. ion oi a mink on the cover and is 5m, buyers also participated, profusely illustrated with pictures ion-ing prices upwari: .rom 5 to 8 oi mink sheds and types of mink, pel‘ cent over recen sales. The,so that the veriest beginner by milllogue while oi excellent aver-|st'udying it and the articles on ,,;.-_ dlcl not-contalngso manylbreedinlz, pelting, etc., cannot iall lame liigh quality strllfis as usual.|to become convergent, with the h: most demand were mink up to necessary information to be a ;l;,_ fllld $16, for males and $10. successful mink rancher, T.

1,, $13 for females. Cross fox, of ‘ which there were 1194, was 55! The Doctor has been lndefat. "ier cent sold at a top price o! $6; 1 igable in his efforts to improve qlnx was 50 per cent sold at pric--the quality of silver fox and ltg 3,. ranging from s10. to $14. Anlmutations raised here, and now iflrlllll! or M66 silverblu mink he is doing the same for mink m. briskly taken with a turn-lranchers. We salute him and he is )\'Ql' of 80 per cent which was an certainly most deserving of the lldi-iince oi l0 iler cent com- admiration and gratitude oi all pared with December 29th sale. ranchers throughout the Domin. Prices of s25. to w- were paid ion. If applying for it to the Min- h-r better iroods; 606 Pastel minkdster of Agriculture. Ottawa, ask ._,..,-h yr, pcr rent sold with a top for Publication No. 827, Technical

ll ranch mink catalogue oi 23.- llg skins attracted a. full sales room to Canadian Fur Auction gales Company (Quebec) Limited, Montreal, last_ week. The main Willing was by United States dealt-rs but Canadian and Europ-

.l $41; White mink were out- Bulletin No. 74, standing at $22.50 to $29.50 for iiviiw qualities; Blue Frost - ,

l-anscd up to $14.23 and the gen- nrai range was from $7, to $11.‘

Meat Production In Europe

'l‘he Seattle, Washington, Fur l‘\l‘llllll'lf‘ conducted a stile of Sil- .u- Fox and mutations last week. rho offering of silver fox was 96 oi-z- cent sold. Selected skins \'['.t from $14. to s16; full silvers Kl‘, tn $13; three-quarter silvers to $12. Platinum silver fox to 05> per cent sold; mediirn‘

brought $20, while

European countries are trying expand production of livestock products in order to restore the ' r prewar level of consumption as . ,. . .

l; \\'hltc Face Silver Fox was 80 axillmljgwfgl aasiébléaéegtiévfewggebgs irr cciit sold with tops of $15. am, no“, m, ngncunure Organf’ "l" “mil”? °‘ m‘ m" w“ 9° lration which noting that some of ll" “m” “m5 W" “d “"5 the estllmiitemscem optimistic con- ”"'“‘*hl $3‘ to ‘ eludes that their accomplishment would still leave Europe's output

\\'..nicu‘s wear Dally reporting n, men, n, 32 noment nnd of mnk about last week's Canadian Fur n,’ 90 p6,. Cent or n)“, prewar

Azirtion Sales Company vendue in . _

lliiillllEill, stated that European glgaaffinnwgdtigotgne hflggggn; inning was a conspicuous forceqnfln, nnd during 194,349 about in raising prices and pcrcentagesinnn n! the worn,“ imports o, mid of the various furs. This wiisflcoarse grains can", from Canada pnrllclllillly remarked in the foxlnnd me Unned Staten A lack (n. sci-lion where Europe was theldnnm- exchnnge may mun“ nn_

iiiilirlpill buycr of most of thclnnrts of these feeds and hamper

"(‘\ll lots in the silver fox catnl- , me nlnnned incrense ii‘ The results of the sale are} In we European cénnmes in_

" '-‘ W“ summed up l“ the M" dlcntions for 1950-51 are that ex- lliivlllt! report released by George ports o! livestock nmdncts n" .'i. Cailheck, Manager Fur Mar- _

kmng Department. Canadian Sm likely to increae conalderablty’.

whereas imports are expected advance only slightly. This fore- cast oi a not eicportable surp us, however, is based on the assump- tion that countries propose holding consumption below prewar levels by rationing or other restrictive measures. Otherwise ‘ concludes the review, "the effective dmand for livestock products would pro- lbably be near or above the pre- war level, since real income per person is already above the pi-q war average in some European countries and is expected to be above prewar level in nearly all oi them by 1950-51."

rri- Fox Breeders’ Association. snninierside. . . . . _

‘inc fox collection mot l with avid demand, particularly stand- art! silvers oi the darker or well- iciird types, and Pearl Platlnums. This demand was due largely to 1hr- numbcr of European buyers vllllEl‘ present or represented at lllC sale. Price levels showed irp advances over the Ccm- nnin-‘s December sale, but coup- lvti with this was a larger per- coinage oi fresh skins in the col- im-iimi ns compared to the Dec- i‘llll\(‘l' offering.

The following summarises the telling of the fox catalogue: ' January 1950 December 1M9 No Av. No 9t Av. Skins Sold Price Skins Sold Price Pluinums ‘ (ma ind Ordinary 2am so". $12.51 2201 cot". $11149 il'ilillfll‘_\' & inf. 2110 40 7.92 i091 70 7.63 Prnrl Platlnums 625 98 16.20 486 90 10.91 \\'. Mkri. Silvers 3056 65 10.12 2655 50 8.05 l;- - “i Silvers B81 05 16.00 730 90 10.12 Hclcricd Fulls 887 60 16.10 302 80 12.81 iil-iziilnr Mills 1660 '70 12.62 1670 65 11.53 l|llt‘l'l()l‘ Types 2222 75 8.88 701 80 7.96 Lou‘ Grades 298 ‘l0 0.83 i-‘oh offering 07% sold average $11.86 ilcircnt sales by auction and T

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shown ll. similar increased. for fox, particularly the "fly more popular types.

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THE HOUSE SPARROW I

A ‘Pharisees Sparrow (Passer - il often called the Ellklish sparrow because it. was introduced into the United States from Great Britain, about the year 1850. It multiplied, spread, and finally reached Canada. It was first observed in this pro- vince. Novcmber 26, i880, at Charlottetown. Since then 1t has multiplied rapidly, no longer con- fining itself to the City, but in- vading farmyards, etc., all over the Province. Some years‘ eso. Just south o1 Charlottetown, I saw oat fields which had been stripped- ior several yards inside the fence by these birds. This shilrrow is common over all Europe, but in the first Great

War, the German , ornithologists struck a blow at England by naming the _so-called English

Sparrow as Passer hostills. the "Enemy’s Sparrow!" Those spar- rows, who were found in Germany, and had presumably espoused the German cause, remained the true domcsticus species! - Besides the damage these pests do to the growing crops, they drive away some of the insect- eating small birds. by occupying their nests; swallows in particu- lar, being the greatest sufferers. About the only good word that can be said for these marauders is that they are fond of the beet- les or weevils that attack the pea- vines; but then, so are the Chip- ping. Vesper and Song Sparrows, which are pleasing and friendly birds. with sood reputations. House (or English» Sparrow. (No Number). Adult Male: Crown gray, bordered from the eye back- ward, and on the nape of the neck, with chestnut, cheeks white; lesser wing covcrts chestnut. middle covcrts tipped white, thus forming two dull wing-bars; back streaked blackHmd chestnut; up- per tail coverts ashy; middle of throat. and breast, black, below whltlsli. Adult Female: dull stripe over eye. upper parts grayish brown, the back streaked with olnck and dull buify; underparts grayish white, Tail (both sexes)

with shallow notch. Length of adults, 5 to 6.3 inches. Rough Remedies

a press item is going the rounds of a new treatment for whoop- ing cough. The patient was taken up in an airplane, to an elevation of 10.000 feet for about 30 min- utes. It was supposed that the difference in air-pressure would relieve the complaint, and accord- ing to the item, it did. One would like to knoq if the relief was per- miinent.

When the present writer first went to school. there was an epi- demic of whooping-cough in the nearby village, and the newcomer speedily contracted the disease. To combat it, a rustic remedy W85 used. A live coal from the fire was dropped into a cup oi cold water and when the conse- quent fizzle died down, the patient was made to drink the water. There was always iron pyri-tes among the coal and it was this that gave the water a curious and repulsive taste. Pyrites are compounds of iron and sulphur. and it was the latter element that “tasted bad", but helped to‘ cure. Other of the country folk, I re- call, took their ailing children to the coke-ovens to inhale the sul- phur-laden fumes of the burning coal. This remedy was perhaps more logical; it was certainly less unpleasant.

Mighty Poor Stuff r have been listening to cords of vocal music lately. and was not impressed. In general. the accompaniments were too loud or too elaborate, In the well- knowii song, “The Lost Chord", (Sullivan). the record is spoiled by the unnecessary introduction of chimes, which detract from the solemnity of the song. As a lulla- by. "Sweet and 10w", is a lovely part-song, when accompanied in a. simple fashion. The latest re- cord oi it is a lamentable affair, with the accompaniment almost drowning the voices with a grind- ing kind of noise. The vocalists spoil the original harmony by throwing in a lot of semitones, where they are not needed. The

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infarit, who heard this version, would have a’ nightmare. The children. who are begin-

ning to take an interest in music, will get quite a wrong education from such maltreated lyrics.

Few hymn-tunes have escaped the record-maker's “improve- merits". Nicaea, the tune to “Holy. l-Ioly. i-Ioly", is one of them, but it is played too fast. Dominus re- git me, another of Dr. Dukes’ hymns, whose words, "The King of Love. My Shepherd is," are e paraphrase of the 23rd Psalm, has fared best: the harmony and time are exact, but there is no point in playing an interlude between the verses.

I read somewhe a that Chris- tianity is the only religion that encourages the singing of hymns. Possibly that is an over-statement, but the singing oi hymns has al- ways formed part of Christian worship, taking its mood from the season of the ecclesiastical year. We use hymns of joyful mood for Christmas and Enter.

FARMERS

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Dent. mournfui hymns for Good Friday. The late Victorian period. in England, was noted for several distinguished composers, who made hymn-tunes admirably suited_t_.o the words of the differ- ent moods. We came to associate the season with the words and tunes, and usod them at no other time. This endowed the tunes with a kind of traditional value. and furthermore, prevented us from cheapenlng them by linking them with other words,’ as many of our

hymnals do.

I have here Hymn Book (Anglican), and the l-Iymnary, (United). and both use Dr. Dykes‘ hymn, St. Oswald. which was composed for the words, "Through the night of Doubt and Sorrow, Onward goes the Pilgrim Band” The melody is used twice in each book. and in every case. the words differ. In the Hymn Book. No. 1B3 has the harmony as Dr. Dykes wrote it, but: in No. 556, the har- mony has been “improved” by some over-zealous musician. In the Hymnary. Nos. ass and 44s are credited to Dr, Dykes, but only the melody is his; the har- mony ls of the "improved" kind.

In my early days 1 lived about 20 miles from Dr. Dykes‘ church, and knew something oi his his- tory. Perhaps I can recall some of it for my readers. ,

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Anothrr Old Bible

...Printlng, invented by Gutenberg, a German, in 1460, was introduc- ed into England in. 1471, by Wil- liam Caxton. Bibles were not al- lowed to be printed in England then, but in the year 1535, the first English Bible was produced at Zurich, whence no doubt, it WE! Blllqlflilled into Emgland. This

1535 Bible is known as “Cover- dale's Bible", oi which I have a facslmile- reprint-and which I

have read through twice cover to cover,

But it is my old Black-Letter Bible that is "the real thing." It is a large volume, (11 by 15 ins), bound in chamois leather, and its title page gives its date as 1013. It is consequently 337 years old. A record of its first century of existence ls stirring. In 1600. the Pilgrim Fathers emigrated to America. Five years later, Charles I b98511 hi5 $61811. which ended so tragically in 1649. The death of Cromwell, the re-establisliment of the Monarchy, the Great Plague, the Great Fire oi London and several long and costly wars,

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all took place before my Bible was 100 years old. ' Another still more ancient

volume here present, is Diodorus Sicuius’ History, printed in Paris. 153d. Diodorus was a Sicilian, and he probably wrote i_n Latin. I-Ie was a contemporary of Julius Caesar.

I have. besides. two small. undated volumes, of the Old New Testament, plainly very clent. They are in Latin, mention Amsterdam; they probably 16th centuyy.

By-Product Feeds For llairy Bows

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In the winter feeding oi milk- ing cows it is important to bal- ance the quality of the roughage fed with protein feeds. The irnairi

protein supplement feeds used are by-producfs of industry a milling. Other by-Iproduct

fe s are used to supply bulk. succulerice and even replace roughage,

The most common high protein supplements in the dairy ration are linseed oil meal, cotton seed oil meal. soy bean meal and corn gluten meal. The oil meals are by-products of the paint and edi- le oils industries, while corn guten’ meal is a. by-product in the manufacture of corn starch. ‘These feeds range in content from 30 to 4.5 per cent protein crude analyses, and are interchangeable in the ration for dairy cows. Dried brewers grains, rye and corn Distillers grain and gluten are lay-products which might be considered intermediate in pro- teln feed content, ranging from is to 30 per cent crude analyses. These feeds may replace each other and are quite suitable for dairy cows in providing up to one- third of the grain ration.

Wheat bran, a by-lproduct of flour milling, is one oi the most common dairy cattle feeds. This feed provides bulk and its laxa- tive effect is desirable for high producing cows. Wheat bran fed as a hot mash is a favourite for newly ireslsened cows.

Other by-prodiuct-s ouch es sugar beet pulp and apple pom- mace are fed to dairy cattle when available. Sugar beet pulp. a by- product oi sugar-refining, is a. succulent feed when mixed with water and is prised by showman. althoush its value relative to its cost is questionable. Aipple pom- mace, the residue from juice can- ning, provides eticculence but its use ls limited 0o the vicinity oi fruit areas as yet. Similarly wet brewers grains are a suitable dairy cattle feed where available.

While numerous other by-lpro- duct feeds have been tested as cattle‘ feed, the groups discussed here are in common use and the individual feeds used in making up the dairy ration depend large- ly on their price and availability.

In preparing rations for milk- ing cows at the Central Experi- mental Farm. Ottawa. says V. s. Logan oi the Animal Husbandry Division. the practice followed is to use oats and barley as the basic carbohydrate feeds and mix these with the protein supplement feeds. lbusl part4 of oats and barley constitute half the ration and t o or three oi the protein auppl - merits are added to make e ration of! iftoflper cent crude proton depending on the type of

legume roughage led.

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Weed liontrol In Grain And Pastures

The control of weeds in grain seeded down to grass and clover is a many side-d problem, says George Knowles, Central Expert-- mental Farm, Ottawa. First the chemical used should control weedi- Next is should not harm the clflvi-‘f or grass, then it must not reduce the yield or grain. Finally it should be possible to apply this chemical cheaply and with eqlllll- ment readily available.

At the present time there are three chemicals which offer some hope of controlling annual weeds in grain which is seeded down- These chemicals are calcium GYM‘ amide dust, dinitro compounds. better known by the trade names Sinox and Dows Selective, and ZA-D. ,

Oi the three ZA-D is the easiest to apply for it can be put on in a low volume of water by’ the me” pensive type of Spray" "m" m general use for other types of weed control. Slnox or Dows Select-l"! comes next in case of application. but since it must be applied in at least, 30 gallons of water per acre a large volume sprayer. the Wile used for orchard spraylnz Ill-ted with a broadcast boom. mllslfibe used to apply this herbicide. Calcium cyanamide, which is a block powder, is the most difficult to apply. First of all it must be put on when the ioiiase ls wet with dew or immediately preceding dew. ‘It is not active as a herbicide when applied on dry Idliase- The“ cyanomide dust should be alipllm uniformly arid suitable dusting equipment is not readily available in the areas where seeding down to grass and clover is the most common practice.

Calcium cyanamide dust and Dows Selective or Slnox if alllllled according to directions do not reduce grain yields. The llllllly they cause to grass and clover is so slight it can be ignored. Both these herbicides control rnlISY-nld and some other species of annual weeds.

Unfortunately 2.4-0 the chemical which is cheapest, easiest to apply and controls the most weeds. l5 rather severe on plover, but the results of experiments show that all species of clovera are not equal- ly sensitive to 24-13 llreflkmenlls~ They seem to work in this order oi resistance, red clover. 111611"?- alsike. alfalfa and SWBBi» 619V"- The latter two are very sensitive even to very small amounts_ 0f z,4-D. Another encouraging find- ing ls that clovers. as they advlfllw in growth. become more resistant to 2,44). Of course the weeds also become more resistant as they BTW older. But there was less clover injury when Slmlylnk ‘with 2-443 was delayed until the grain was up about l4 inches than when the chemical was applied on grain at a height of 6 inches-