FEBRUARY 4, 1950

THE - GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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Once in a while we meet Dr. Loo Frank and he inquires about the itate of the fox business. Sonic- tlmes we reminisce about the old days when he and Roscbank Fur Farms were considerable factors m the industry. The Doctor stud- led law as a young man but prior

it was the 18th of December. as the records show, and l had the privilege of looking over the col- lection. The other day I asked him if he had kept the sales slip. He said yes and a few days afterwards handed it to us. so we are ‘now able to give you the particulars of

u; coming here had represented a that sale . 1 pelt sold for large medical supplies house, cull- $7115; 1 for $700; 7 at $650.; 2 at m; on physicians in Quebec and $000; 5 at $550; 1 at $500; 1 at tho Maritime Provinces. He beard $475; 2 at $450; 2 at $4.25; 1 at

some talk about fox farming and made a trip to Prince Edward 1s- land to see for himself what tlu-rc was to It. It wasn't long before he caught the fever, purchased a property and converted it into u first class fox farm, bestmving the name Rosebank on it. The foxes he bought were the best obtain- able, mostly Dalton breed, and in

$850; a. total of $111,500 for them pelts, or an average of $587. each. . . .

Ros. bunk Fur Farms was enlarged lIﬁ the early 1920's ulld the Doctor was one of tho first to build a “playground" in which the foxes ‘were allowed to run around loose. This idea was later adopted by Fromm Bros. and also by Nlem-

a couple 0f years he was produc- oil's. who have immense "play- mg good palm grounds" in northern Michigan and Wisconsin. Several other

ln 1919 th.e writer‘ vms present when he arrived at W. Chester s. Mcllures office with 23 beauties.

breeders here tried it but gave it up in favor of small compartments with wooden floors and late!" wirc

BABYIIIIIIIKS

Now is the time to ordcr your Baby Chicks. Egg prices are now assured for this year.

Because of reduced supplies both egg and poultry

prices should increase as

tho season advances. Our

chicks are hatched from some of the finest breeding stock in this Province. All flocks have been double tested and found free from Pulloruni and are eligible

for accreditation.

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FARMERS

SPROCKETS and REDUCTION DRIVES for GRAIN-HIS and PISCALATIIRS.

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bottoms. During his career as a fur farmer Dr. Frank was a liberal user of printer's ink and Rosebank Fur Farms were featured in Un- ited States and Capad-lan magaz- ines anrl in newspapers and gave o. lot of publicityoto our Province. - . . -

Thc Doctor was full 0f ideas and made :1 trip to Russia with the 0b- ject of trading silver fox for Rus- sian Sable. The deal almost went through. I believe iL-was the Bol- shi {evolution when Lenin and Trotsky upset the Koren-Sky gov- ernment that caused of his plans. Had it gone through and Russian sable been success- fully domesticated here it would have been a gold mine as scarcity of these beautiful furs is so great that prices as high as $500. ore paid for good specimens. 0 s o

Almost every time we meet the Doctor he says, "Why don't you give up breeding full silvers and go back to the three-quarter and half silvers? They are the pelts that will bring the money," and so he was quite jubilant when the returns of tho recent Hudson's Bay Company sale in Montreal show- ing halves and three-quarters sell- ing much aibove full silvers. The trouble, I told the Doctor, is that we haven't got the blue black necks or the half blue black sil- vers you had in 1019. 'I11cy were perfection pelts developed by Dal- ton and Oulton and the color of the underfur cannot bc duplicated today.

o c ~ Now a more prosaic line of en- deavor holds the Doctor's atten- tion, namely the selling of coffee and spices. How he got the pos- ition is worth telling. Some years ago ho spied an ad “Traveller Wanted", and it was the firm o1’ W. H. Schwartz 8r C0., Halifax, one of the oldest and most reliable firms in Canada. that wanted a salesman. After some talk with Mr. Schwartz he asked for the pos- lflori. Mr. Schwartz Said, “I don't know, I don't believe you have had enough experience as a. salesman." “Didn't I sell you a silver fox pelt?" said the Doctor. “Yes". "Didn't 1 sell your secretary a sil- ver fox pelt?" "Isn't that sales- manship?" "I guess you are rlght," said Mr. Schwartz, "you get the job." And now you know the rea- son ‘why Schwartz coffee and splcaé are so extensively used in the arden of the Gulf. 0 Io n

Ranch mink prices showed a 5 per cent decline compared with January 10th., at the two days sale of Lampson, Fraser at Huth, Inc., New York, last week. Only about one-third of the collection was taken up by the trade al- though a much larger percentage

'of seconds and thirds was sold.

The Company's report is . .. Sec- tlon 1 - 71.876 Olympic and Utah collection, top price $27; for Star- light $22.50 for Standard 31 per cent sold. Section 3-6960, top price $15.26 for average lot, 4i per cent sold. Section 4-4381, top $14.50 for skins large size, good quality,'8’1 per cent sold.

I O O The Danish Fur Sale at Carpen- hagen last week report prices firm with all the 43,000 standard mihk skins sold. They were exception- ally good quality and "were sold for export. Prices showed n decline of 7'15 per cent compared with De-

ceptlonally high.

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Women's Wear Dally, New York, commenting on the lack of inter- est at Lampsonﬁs sale states

There have been several cancella- tions of sales In the United States and Canada recently, mostly of mink sales. There aro quite a few students of mink marketing who feel that there have been too many sales within a short space of‘ time and that to continue the pace will result in cancellation of a month's mink auction activity as happened during last March and the same months in 194.8. At Lampoon's sales it was different to get the price trends because of the large amount of buy backs. On some pages males were bring- ing $15 75 to $17.75; on others from $16.40!)’ s10. or $20. and um others from $13.50 to $17.26. Females sold at $10.75 to $11.50, some bringing up to $13. or slightly better.

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THE SNOW BUNTING

A group of finches are known as buntlngs, and the word has given use to much conjecture. There was l formerly in England, a stocky breed of short-tailed fowl known as “buntllns“ an the name, Willll, its contractions, as ultimately us-| ed for other objects. The Buntings; are short, stout, and “pllltlkl”. when l compared with other sparrows. "The Snow Bunting (Plectro-l ‘e nivalls) is the winged sprite l of our winter wilds. Its plumes! mimic the purity of the crystal‘ flakes, ymd it corrfes in flocks way- ward as the whirling drifts. The Buntlngs are here in October, and then frequent lonely shores and; sand-reefs, running over the sands ' in pursuit of marine insects in com- pany with Sanderllngs and Plov- ers. We see little of them till snow covers up their food in the wilds, then they come about the farm» steeds looking for grain and stray, seeds. They are very fond of oats] "which they shell with address, eat-‘ lng only the mealy kernel. Among the roving winter flocks we only hear the softly uttered flocking call; but, as the breeding season approaches, in AIPTII, the males will sometimes sing a sweet Llnnet-llke song, when enjoying the sunshine in some sheltersd nook. In this month also they leave us for their nesting 1n the tar North. In the Arctic regions, Dr. Cowes tells us, their nests are bulky structures. composed of grass and moss and placed on the ground, in the shelter of a tussock of grass or a stone. Eggs are white (Baln's Birds 0f P. E. I., 1801.) Snowbirds (their local name) are‘ interesting to watch as they settleI on a patch of weeds projecting above the snow. The first to reach it settles, while the others go on over their heads to settle as “front

rankers." By this time the first- comers have finished with their weeds, and fly ahead, over thr-

maln body, to settle again. In this Way a swirling aerial “leapfrog" is kept up till the patch is cleared of weed seeds, and the flock seeks fresh pastures. If a spectator be Bsked. "What is the color of those birds?" the answer ls sure to be "white," though actually this 15 far from being the case. The white wing-patch and .the white tall. feathers are expanded in flight, and serve to draw attention from the other colors.

Snow Bunting’. Snowflake or Snow-bird. AOU. 534. Common winter visitor-MIG. “Flocks small- er than formerly7"_-194'1_ winin- plumage upper parts rusty brown. centre 0f crown darker. back irregularly streaked black; wings white. but end half of primaries and inner secondaries black, outer tail feathers white, inner ones black, all more or less edged with rusty, underparts white, breast and sides washed rusty; tall notch- ed. Summer plumage whltg, wllh the exception of the back and in-

Length of adults 6 to 7 inches. Ancient Tale for Modern Times.

A visitor to the Deep south was met at the station by an old dark- ey in charge of a horse and buggy. As they drove along the country road the old fellow made great play With the whip. Presently one of those big yellow butterflies came wavering by when flick! and the insect fell to the ground nearly bisected. A little farther on, the travellers came upon a hornetis nest hanging from a bough. with several of the inmates hovering about the "door." Going to have a slap at them?" asked the visitor with a grin. “No suh, no sub," said the darkoy, "No suh—dey's or- ganizedl"

The Sky In rennin-y i950. Feby. 2. Moon is "full." Feb. B,

conjunction of the Moon and Sat- urn, close, at 4h. 47 min.

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distant from the Earth, Feb. 6; later (21h. l0 min.), Moon in con- junction with Mars.

Feb. 9, Moon in last quarter, Feb. i5, Moon in conjunction with Jupiter, (Look for ralnf).

New Moon, Feb. 16-, Moon in Apogee, 251.500 miles distant from the earth, Feb. 22.

Feb. 24, Moon in first quarter;

Conjunction of the Moon and Uranus. Feb. 26. (Uranus is just discernible by a person of very

good eyesight, without a telescow.)

Mars (see Feb. (l, supra.) ls close to Spica Vlrginis and is brighter than that star, or Saturn.

Meteorites, old and new.

lvfetcorilcs (or aerolltes) are ill- len meteors, scmetimes called ston- es. Usually a bright fire-ball ap- pears as a "shooting star," then there is a loud explosion while a shower of “stones strike the earth. The stones in som'“e cases are actually rock, but are generally of “meteoric iron"; the latter un- der analysis, sometbmes being 96 percent pure, the balance being silica, magnesia, lime, etc. It is noteworthy that meteorites con- tain no clements save such as are found on the earth. Iron ore how- ever, is plentiful in nature. while metallic iron is scarce.

Meteorites have been observed from very early times. A Chinese catalogue cf astronomical events, records that on Jany. l4, 616 B. (I., an aerolite fell, killing ten men and breaking several chariots. Better known is the classic account Adrawn up by the order of the em- 200 lb. meteorite which fell at Ensishclm. It commences: "In the year of the Lord I942, on Wednesday, which was Martlnmas eve, November 7, a singular miracle occurred; for between ll o'clock and noon there was a loud clap of thunder, and a

prolonged confused noise which was heard at a great distance; and a stone fell from the air which weighed 280 lbs. And the King, Maximilian ordered the 5b0fll2--—l0 lbe hung up in the church (of En- .sishclm) and nobody to take any- ithing from it." The last injunct-

ion was to prevent his subjects from chipping souvenirs from the Imysterious object. Greek and Rom- an historians tell of stones "which feel from heaven" being preserved lin their temples. l Coming to our time, the village of Alcocer, near Valencia, Spain. was practically wiped out by an aerolite, August 6, 1019. Shortly

after noon there dropped from a

cloudless sky a great lurid ball of Iflre, A deafening series of detona-

tions scattered fire in all directions ,as the heavy mass buried itself in jthe earth. The whole countryside lwas set on fire and within an {hour nothing remained but the ,hlackerled rctnains of farmhouses, hay barns, trees, and crops. The whole population of the village was attending a requiem service at. the ,church some two miles distant and but for this circumstance the loss of life would have been great. As it was five persons were seriously injured, one dying the same night.

The greatest meteorite fall of the century so far, took place on June 30th, 19011, about ‘I00 miles north of Lake Baikal, Siberia. When the meteorite (weighing 190 tons) struck the ground a blast of heated air levelled all trees over a dis- tance of 20 miles. About one thous- and reindeer were killed, but not many people since the region ls sparsley populated. ,

These unwelcome intruders, and indeed all meteorites, are looked upon as the debris of disintegrat- ed comels, travelling en masse in their old orbit round the sun, with a train of stragglers bringing up the rear, At times they come within pm range of the earth's attract- ion, and if this debris is in any quantity, we are treated to a spectacular display of “shooting stars." Such spectacles have a tendency to recur periodically: the

Moon in perigee, 228,900 miles

This ls the highest grade, and in the Province to receive th

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great display of Nov. 12, 1833, was

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repeated on Nov, l4, 1866. One of my earliest recollections is a pic- lture of the latter meteor shower with tracks radiating across the sky. It was a vivid picture and I was not content till my grand- father had explained whnt it was all about. Poor artistic taste

I have been listening to recorded hymns lately and am not impress- ed. An old favorite commenced well with the four parts nicely bal- anced. The second verse ivas a soprano solo in an “tmrelrlted kcy" two or three tones above tho first key-note. The “shork" of this change broke the mood of words, but worse was to follow. The third verse was bark to, full choir again with the addition of a descant which soared high above the treble and drowned out the air. By now I'd lost interest in the words, so I closed down on the record. I made a note of other hymns, however, and if all goes well, will return to the subject next week. ‘

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Lovely lettuce says expression on deer’: face eat with 12 lo l5 feet of snow covering their usual in lowlands. Alberta resident, George Dclany, feeds

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'0. E. F. Originate New Raspberries

Seven promising jvarieties: Gatlneau, Madawaska. ,' Aluskcka, Ottawa, Riideau, Trent ,lllI[I Tweed, have been originated "by the Divisions of Horticulture,

Control Experimental Form, Ot- ,i.a.\va_ during the past seven year‘, roport D. S. Blair and L. P. Sarg- clo. In a test plot set out in 1040 these varieties have been compared with standard varieties and evalu- ated on the bases of earllness and lproduotiou. The average yield in ; pounds per acre in the average first week. 1n brackets, for varieties lover the five-year cropping period

raspberry

l 1943-47 was:-

l Trent, 3.943 pounds (1,420); , 'I‘wccd. 3.082 pounds (l 995); , Muskoka, 1W pounds i479); ' Madawask. 2.368 pounds (338);

llatham, 2.310 pounds (62); Non‘- hurg, "'1 (199); Ottawa, 2.205

as it nibbles daintily. Unable to find feeding grounds, Rocky Mountain deer are bogging this one from the door of his store.

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pounds (I69); Rldeau, 2,098 pounds (331); Viking, 1.802 pounds I108); Chief, 1,757 pounds (258); Gatin- eau, 1.3116 pounds (74-2).

Tweed, outstanding because of its earliness, production and ilazdi- ness, and ltluskoka, particularly noteworthy because or hardiness. are the newcomers to the variety list. Tweed has outyil-lded all other varieties in the test LIllfllli-I the first week of the picking scalson and rated second in total plTldtludOll. ﬁluskokg is promising in total pro- duction and has oujrieldcrl the standard varieties Lalhztm and Vik- ing. I-t is the hurdles: rasybcrry fruiting at Ottawa and Is standing up very well to the winter's in the prairies. Trent, besides being early. ls the highest yielding variety at

Ottawa, producing almost 4,000 pounds per acre annually. Both Trent and ‘Tweed are extremely

promising as early high yielding varieties, ltlodaivaska has oiltyield-

ed the standard varieties I/atham '

and Viking vrhllo Gafinrau rated third In ldodui-Ilon clurlnz first week of the picking season.

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