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Evidently there has many auction sales of mink sinc-i Decembe and new the Unit“. States auction companies have got- ten together and decided to space them out a bit. The March sale of Lsimpson, Fraser 5a Huth is postponed until April lat. and 2nd. Similarly other sales will be dated ahead.

The writer just returned from a 50°"- IFID b0 New York and while there was a guest at theYI-lotei New Yorker. One thing I noticed was the great. number of capes that W"! worn by the ladies. Some mink but mast of them imitations- ‘of mink or_ other furs not in ‘one same expensive category as min; The really nice capes I notice-i were silver fox. white faced silvers and mutations such as plattnums. Many of these were really attrac- tive and it seems to me that t‘. v-lll not be too long before they will be back very strong tri popu tar favor.

Just now business is not so brisk in the largest city of the world. The disturbed internation- al situation and political repercus sions as well as the high cost o.‘ living have put a crimp in luxury goods, or it may be only seasonal Anyhow, furs like many other lux- iirles are not moving as fast as the dealers wish so prices are cut in many cases to stimulate sates. Presidential election year is not as a rule a good business year oe- cause there is the uncertainty a: to what may happen with a change of gOVErnment or presidents. some parties I talked to thought the‘ when Spring rolled around tho outlook would be improved, that the present season is mostly tne dullest. We hope that will be thr case.

Company, Ltd" was not nearly as good as expected. Demand W80 lacking for the better class good.- in silvers and average prices and quantities sold did not measure up m January results. At this writing no official report has been issued.

At the general sale of fui-s whlci- preccded the sale of sliver fox and mutations beaver, which is usual- ly a staple article, declined 2i) p c. and only 55 p. c. of the catalogue was sold, although it ‘was a good collection. Otter ivas 60 p. c. soiu at a l5 p. c. decline. Mr. Prentiss General Manager. said that the decline was less than expected and that lf it had to come lt was bet- ter now than later. The offering of 11,000 red fox brought a~ low range of prices with ones and two. selling brnween $4.25 and $5.50, a decline of l0 p. c.

Wild mink was 40 per cent solri and declined 20 per cent. from January. while ranch mink was 42 per cent. sold and declined it) per cent. One entire day was de- voted to nilnk and the wild mink catalogde of 6,014 skins comprised fifteen sections from coast to coast. The highest price was $53. for a string of ones and twos, extra large and large. that came fron" the United States. The ranch catis logue of 28,162 skins lied a top of $22.50 for ones and twos, extra large and large, extra dark anri dark. $24.50 was paid for British Columbia half-bloods ones and twos. The auction company stai- ed the collection of wild and ranch mink offered was not as good a.- tbot in the January sale. -

Women's Wear Daily has a half page devoted to sliver, platlna and Norwegian blue fox with news 0' the interest created in different sections of the U. S. A. In Wasn- lngton fox is returning to the fash~ ion picture. principally because o; the beauty of the plotina fox and the blue fox, while silver fox hold: second place iii sales. Red fox is completely out of the picture. In Chicago the silver fox Jacket rate: as number one seller in the fox family. Following in second place in some stores is plntlna with Nor- wegian blue in tlie same position in still otlirr ilipr-rtnicnts. In some American cities sliver fox has sot made a comeback. These include Detroit and St. Inuls. - _

While a great fuss is being mad: about the Communists and Rus- sia's actions in Europe, with prac~

STEELEJRIOOS SEED 60. tmuaa -

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The recent auction put an cyi the Canadian Fur Aui-tlon Sums»

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'Mink Farming

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tically every rtewspaper .111 on; United States carrying columns of criticism of Stalin and his people, Wt we find that a largo contract totalling several million dollars has been signed by New York furrlcrs for a portion of the Russian crop of wild furs. These include west.- ern Mongolia blue marmot, baum marten, kollnsky and Persian lamb. No wonder the fur breeders of the United States are up tn arms r. the dumping of all types of furs into their country. The some gum on of course. but to: lesser extant in Canada where our ranch brad furs have to compete with those from Japan, China, Russia and other countries. Recently the Rus- sian governmcnt bought the Fin- nish silver fox pelts. probably ‘vy a form of barter and now we nine where they are offering them on the Biglish market.

A few weeks ago we mentioned in these notes that George l-fume of Musisegon, Michigan, formerly of this Province, was going out. of the fox business and we told of selling George a fox st the Royal Winter Fair in 1922. last evening in the mall we had the following letter from George . . . “Received the Guardian you sent and it seemed like an old friend come to see us again. I read every word of it, including the nice things you said about Nancy's furs. illicit, you remember the prize winning dark silver female I bought from you at the show tn Toronto. Her name svas Vlmy Duchess. The first year l had lier she raised four females. I put them in s row and the following Spring I plliet. twenty-five pups - good enough don't. you think? Nancyb scarf is a descendant from old Vlmy Duch- iess.

Dear stripper: A restricted de- gree of activity has continued 2'1 the fur trade during the past sev- eral weeks. fraction houses report

enerally smaller percentage clearances o.‘ their offerings with prices for some articles showing some slight advance over January levels, wliilc others indicate a de- .cl.ine in average levels. Landon auctions report good demand for silver fox, with prices 10% to 20% higher than Januiry levels. Auc- tion sales in U. S. A. have me". with considerable price resistance. resulting in smaller percentage turnover of their offerings. The strong demand during early sca- son for wild mink and half-bloods at comparatively high prices, has cased materially.

The Canadian Fur Auction Sales Co. (Quebec) Ltd. held their March salrof general furs on the 2nd. 3rd and 4th inclusive, with the majority of articles showing ialr clearances at some decline tr. prices. Muskrat and Ermine tie- cllned 10$}. Beaver 20%. 6014 Wild Mink offered were 40% sold, at. an average price decline of 20% from January. 2816'.) ranch mink cata- logued were 42% sold, at a 10% decline. Quality of the offering was reported considerably Iawe: than that offered by the company in January. Ceiling of the

fox catalogue. which contained approximately N500 skins began on Monday. tvfarcls 8th, and concluded on the llth. Activity was centred ori ma: Standard Silver sections. These were '10". sold at an average price of $14.91. purchases being mainly for London Accounts. Plritlnums, Pearl Platinums and White Marked Silvers were most- ly neglected with a largo percent- age being withdrawn.

The following summarizes the selling of the fox catalogue. cam-

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A PEACE OI‘ OOCIALIBM

We have seen the rise and 1a..‘ 0! National Socialists — Nazism- whlch decreed that man existed only to servo the State, but which did not interfere unduly with the great industrialists as long as they played into the hands of the Government. We have seen the rise of the British Socialism which is at present moving in n. strange

be, leaving the common man his

have seen the rise - and the le- cline -of a phase which may oe termed Revolutionary Socialism. though it was commonly called Anarchism.

Anarchism was the brain-child of a visionary called Proudtion who died in 1885. "The central demand of this philosophy was complete liberty for airmen; and its dis- ciples conceived that the destruc- tion of all rulers. Emperors. KITIIJ, or Presidents, was to precede the liberation. Herc then is the reason for the name Anarchist, which was as notorious in Victorlak time. l! Communist is now: Anar- chy means "without rule."

There had been notable breaks of the revolutionaries in Chicago (1886); in Spain and France (lm); Barcelona (1804); and Paris and Greenwich, Lion- don. (i894. These disturbances hav- lng been put down by the au- thorities. the plotters turned to assassination. President Carnot, of France was the first victim (1894).

out-

Then the Empress of Austria r1898); King Humbert 0f Italy (1900); and finally W. McKinley,

President of the U. S. A. (1901), were assassinated. The cruel murder of the Empress

pletinums and two standards last Spring.

I am about out of the business now. Kept a. few pair of the bes». to play with. Feed and hclp is so high and pelts so low tn price there is nothing in it. ft looks as though it will take a couple of years to come back. We are all wcii and Mrs. Hume Joins me in send- ing best wishes." . . . Thank». friend George for your lovely lei.- ter which we are sure will be read with interest by many of your friends who remembrr you when

Norwegians exported 100.720 silver foxes, 3,587 mink, 35,279 blue foxes and 4.267 platinum silver foxes. .l great many of these ivent to the United States, Mexico and tn»- Argentlne and in that way be- came serious competitors for Ca- nadian foxes. It is one of the rea sons why foxes are so much lower in price in Canada.

The Saskatchewan l-‘ur Breeders Co-operative Ltd. plan to build a $50,000. plant at Prince Rupert, B. C. to convert fish waste Into loud tor Saskatchewan fur breeders. mink and fox farms. This was an- nounced during the short cuursc in fur farming held in Regina

tors were appointed to lnvestignv- the ruauufacture and shipping oi the fish waste which is expected to take the place of horse meat in

Ials believe they can use up to tw: million pounds. ii year from plants on both the western and eastern seaports. Prince Rupert's IISIIG‘?

ly Agricola

diagonal by nationalizing industry In easy stages, and, as far as may

ancient liberty. And some of my contemporaries are old enough to

you were in the fox business here ; From January to May i947. the‘

February 22nd. to 24th. six Direc j

the fur animals ‘dict. These ofliu‘

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of Austria excited great indigna- tion, and contributed most of ail to discredit the Anarchist move ment. I recall that the assassin had sharpened an old file with which the Empress was stabbed on death.

The movement gradually peter- ed out. with agltctlons in Italy, i903, and in Russia 1904-5. Unlike the Communists, the had no supreme controller atid their next step. In each country they formed small groups of as- sassins, without cohesion, and without plans for the future. That philosophy was bound to fail.

"Canadian Nature"

the title of a well-illustrated ar- ticle‘ dealing with the conserva- tion of Canada's dwindling for- ests. There is a page devoted to pictures of Government nursery beds of spruce and pine. Four full page color plates. comprise (l) tho Bob-white, a bird not found here; <2) a group of 16 wild flowers found 1n both eastern and western Canada; (3) A number of differ- ent species of owls, and (4) a Wal- rus. There is, in conclusion, an article on "The Wandering Wind," which gives a sample of a “Public Weather Office" mop, from which the "weather-man" makes the dc- ductlons which you hear broadens‘. every day. The accompanying ar- tlcle tells how he interprets the map he has drawn up and pre- dicts the behavior of the iveath-

er.

Among the books advertised in this magazine, ls one entitled “Marine Algae." by W R. Taylor. (University of Michigan Press, Ann Aribor. Michigan, U. S. A.) The subject is, of course, the Sea-weeds about which, relatively, little u! known. Interest in these forms of plant-life is rising. however, and Lhls book of §50 pages ought to be very enlightening. As it hap- pens I procured a similar work treating on the Atlantic Algae, just last fall, from the British Museum, Landon, England.

The Pcctoral Sandpiper

tWe are now in the midst of a group of birds — the sandplpers and their kin -about which little has been heard the last 30 or 40 yiears. Years ago. the game-hunt- iers used to bag the shore birds ‘and talk of Yellow-legs, snipe.

Plover, and so forth. Today they |tell me that the shore-birds are ,protected, and gunners pay nJ -nttention to them: thus my only

source of present-day information ‘about such birds ls cut off. Luck-

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PRIIIOE EOWRIIO

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Anarchists

to that extent were not sure of

What Others Soy

Mrs. John c. Maolfnnoa. Soaria lost. P. I. L-"I have proved that your chfeka will live and thrive if given s quarter of a chance."

Basil Palmer, Woodstock, I. B.—“Lived 100 per cent. Very - satisfactory."

Mrs. Andrew Doaeott, Hunt- er's River. P. I. I. - “You may be sure it will always be Bray Chicks for me."

CHARLIE l. WORTH.

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You have more time to cars Id early chicks; and. lroy Clilckd will respond n that extra can, Writs today for catalogue ad prices. i‘,

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The Pectorol Sandpiper is given, tentatively, among the birds of Y. E. l. That is in say, it is found in N. S., N. 3., and Newfoundland. and consequently it is likely w be present here during its migra- tions, at least. 1t breeds on the Arctic coasts, and follows tne coastal regions to winter in south America. Gunners have another name for it: the not inappropriate, for damp mead- ows or the edge of marshes are favorite feeding grounds. Another popular name is the "Jack snipe." This bird has sometimes been confused with the Wilson Snipc. but its bill is obviously shorter. The male Pectoral is the larger bird, o. very unusual phenomenon. in this group.

Pcctoral Sandpiper, or Grass snipe. AOU 239. Migrant? 8am- mcr plumage: Neck suffused with light brownish buff and closely) streaked with dork brown. crown. breast, and upper part6. I'll-Ill brown, each feather strongly edg- ed with a shade of light ochre. Throat and underparts white. Rump plain brownish black. Win- ter plumage similar but not so dlstlnctliy marked. Length of adult 8 to 9 inches.

lame Pelargonlnm Notes

Last season I gave away sever- al rooted cuttings of a "geran- ium" variety known as "Happy Thought." This variety has the centre of the leaf yellow, and the edge green; it has a red bloom. some of the recipients have writ- ten to express their satisfaction.

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"Grass Snipe", ~

with this houseplaat, and one ob servant lachr compares the shapd (but not the color) of the flow. to that of s violet. In this stato- rnent my correspondent bad kl upon the essential difference bu: tween the pelargonfum and til geranium: the former has i800"

lar flowers, with petals not all other three, thus giving a vialak greatly by plant-breed n that ti! ties it is utterly lost. Another m green leaves with white odlfl.

and so I have not been able "cut" or divided leaves, are aniums. I have P. graveolcns varloc an odor as the green-lowed van. round leavcd groups. I have iaifflll

like. Two o! “Ha/Pity T300859‘: petals are smaller than any 0f thl like effect. Most pelargenl however, have been altered characteristic can wmcliv . recognized: in the double varlop argohium with a. peril-colored

is named "Household Pct"; it very double pink flowers. This _ not in hardy as "isms ‘Ilwuuhtd distribute man! outtlhil-

The scented pelargonlums. wt gnveolena, and are fairly can! mon here, often celled Ross‘ Cars gala, which has white-Ml“ leaves, and not quite as planar‘ rlety. The flowers of this Q6016! are smaller than those of till acquired a plant. of l’. “lIQflOGla which has o. atronl W909?!"

odor. This plant is remarkable lfl the length of the leaf-stalk an‘ the shortness of the blade. It seeml to be hardy and there should cuttings to distribute 1f all well.

I necessary to operate the propose plant. They last year handled or.’ lit

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