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The New York Auction Company will auction 10,000 silver fox in- cluding mutations. 2.000 blue fox, 500 white fox and 150 cross fox and mo marten, Thursday. March 1st. This is the largest quantity we have. seen catalogued for any sale in the United States for 9. long. long time and it will be very interesting to 5... what prices are realized.
we havereceived a letter from Dr, C. K. Gunn. Superintendent Do- mmjon Experimental Fox Ranch. summerside, requesting that the Guardian publish his article which appears below so that it may be in the hands of the mink breeders during the present breeding season. The facts are set forth very clearly and any of our breeders can easily
GOIIEBTEI WITII I Silver Fox and Mink Farming ?
Royal Kohinur Black Cross (hybrid)
(4) Dominant White of Nd t X Royal Koiainur (iiomosygons)
)This mutant type is frequent- ly called "Snow White" and has but few black guard hairs
(0) loyal llohlrrur (homosygous) X lillefrolt.
Dominant White of 959;. type... 5057. .. 5096
Dominant White of 0095 type. 2593
present, therefore it is the most desirable commercial- pelt type. '
Royal Kohinur (homozygous) .. 257a
Domin e White a2"nn';'e.;.3.. 2591.
timely warning about the onset- lon and adjustment or c type seed cleaning equipment. -7- W. White of the Agricultural hi- gineering Branch of the Federal Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, draws attention to the fact that unless proper scr for the particular type cf seed sep- aration desired, the control of all other adjustments is useless. Providing his proper selection has been made then care should be taken in the adjustment of all oth- or controls provided. These inoulde adjustments for rate of feed. am- ount of suction. pitch of screens. brush Position, speed of shake. and the amount of air blast.
By following the seed flow through the cleaners and notinx the action of the'varlou.s Idill8t- ments more efficient separation will result.
are selected &
In chick Rearing
0fi'I'AWA. March 1.' -an poult- rymen who are anxious to avoid pit- falls in chick rearing should give consideration first and foremost to the source of the chicks. says W. 1". Mountain. Head Poultryrnan, Fed- eral Experimental station. Har- row.
Unless the chicks are from heal- thy parsnt stock and expertly in- cubated." he warns. 800d Vll'0n- ment later on can be only artiy effective in bringing satisfactory results.
other important things to remem' ber, says Mr. Mountain are: a re- liable source of heat; 'stand-in' equipment in case of power fail- ure; withispare bulbs and fuses: separation from pens in which adult stock are housed: careful use of drugs with adherence to manu- facturers direction; careful obser- vance of the space requirements as
First harvest which an amateur gardener can reap from spring
sowing is a mess of green onions, and how good they tastei weeks after onion sets are planted you can pull up green onions and serve them with the dinner salad.
Three
sets. understand. not seed. tit
would take two months to grow even ilny green onion stalk from seed. onion sets are an artificial product which men learned about from nature. The first onion sets appeared at the top at the seed stalk, where instead of a ball filled with seed. nature ted gardener with a. (bundle of tiny ontlgon bulbs, which he came to call so .
the
Only a few varieties of onions
produce these top sets, but when gardeners saw how much faster they developed than the seed. some inventive genius of the cave man era (onions are that ancient) had
When 1'0 small bulbs mature they are dried and stored over winter. to be Planted again in the spring.
From is to so pounds of large onions can be grown from I pound of onion sets which do not average over three-quarters of fan inch in diameter. To grow large onions, use the smallest sets. plaint- ed an inch deep. To grow
onions, select the larger sets and '
Place them two or three inches deep. The smal' sets do not make Bood seed stalks. but devote their energy to maturing a bulb, which will keep well in stcrage. even in a warm basement. The larger sets send up an edible stall: in quick time. and the deeper they are planted, the longer will be the stalk. . . seed for Bermuda and Spanish onion plants is sown in the south- ern states during the winter, and when the plants are so large 1 s.
iouow them . . . . Thanks, Doctor. for your very conscientious efforts to improve the breeding not only or foxes but of mink . . . . 4
BREEDING DOMINANT WHITE MINK
Dominant white of (km. type. 2596 Royal Kohlnur Black Cross (hybrid) ........ 2595
(5) Dominant while of 051: type X Royal ilohinur Black Cross (heterozygous)
the chicks grow, and continuous reference to the many excellent publications offered on this sub- ject. These can be obtained by writing to Information Service, De- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa.
that profession are continually
(he happy thought of using small, half-starved onions instead of top sets to saw. it worked! The small, half-starved union had a second chance to make the grade. and the speed with which it produced a large onion told the experimenter he had stumbled on a good thing.
Liquid fertilize
OTTAWA. March 1. 1051 -1.1- quid fertilizer applied as a seed treatment on wheat, oats, or bar- ley at Federal EnycIlmGnm stations in Western Canada has
pencil are shipped north to Jan planted in gardens. They should be fresh and green when you plant them. and should not be Iet out for a week or two after y
garden soil has been pr-swig: space them four inches npsrtiiin the row. onion plants can gh
(Ev Dr ax. awn Dominion E” A consignment of British livestock was recently loaded aboard
, their offspring.
Dgiinant White of
failed to produce significant in-
the "Good Hope Castle" at the Victoria and Albert Docks, London, for
producing and searching for new
imental Fur Farm. Bummer- 7 type 1114'." g h; . . To produce these artificial sets. grown easily in an indoor seed box W 3”” 9”” ””""l"” W” ”' u i"”" m "'"d'i17i”i."mx3g i3 1'3 ?uc&"i5i'iit-guii s”'s1.ihtnii.f'.i3;n3'35ns?;3:3n?'ioBEi:i.”3. ilifiigcki ”1'"i"" iiiln 'm.5”l.3?u.” 1:33;. Kellen??? WW" as Mom sets. onlon seed and set out In the garden wasn'- ' 9m M” 5'” i3i''iL”””'&uf3.'''”.:” they Fit:-l'd irual ICY cows.'ten Ayrshire heifers in calf and a number iorwjlbtrdvae; new lzmrdlnesa in both flowers ml is sew" "mm" "4 tn” ”'”""' me "u ” ”'dV' "ml ”” 91"” Tl?” h” b"" 'l keen d""'"d My" K”m""' baiicryv Division Central Experi- Angus cattle were dispatched. The n..." Ayrshires are for exhibition vegetables. brand new types more "'5 M” ””"”d ”"i' 3” my "9 W” '” M" "W50 "l llllnlllt :3 for information on bthedbestnrsiethz R(hom&zy3ous) In mental Farm, ogmwa. at me wmvuusrmd Easter Show and Wm afterwards be sold -by suited to our week, climate. m crowded to develop normally. 5 Oisncblilixrlch m we M "m 3:01” ?he':el'r:)x?'o"::) The test, we” cmducged, 1-mud auction. Also included in the livestock are a Saneen billy-goal, three exploring thl-B Wlde-OPE?! fleld. the :- wi 1 - ' t . I Interest in dominant white mink Blufroat .................. .. 0" lm W93 Whlclehh” been :l.3u ::f'e'm":hgV;ll1:;:g:d gig: nplcg;-u Ttlll5 kpllgglre sgieoiws lthe Ayrshire :?1l;)l;lll!e;'call5 ooaggfazis gld klfaiulrexi Care ts F hlls been further stimulated by high Standard Dark Mink . loner. 8"” ”""'''l;' t 3" dlelyufl h min 9 NC W "5 Wlell llbollrd mm mm” vegmbm and H l'OIn prices paid for pelts of this for This cross ys0dIlCeS 5096 of lllllclllll-9 01 Dan 00 nil: fll ' mms- that maly give wonder”, g
bearer at recent Auction Sales, coupled with the faith the fur mun- uiacturing industry has that such white mink will have a lasting place in'the production of luxurious white evening fur garments.
Two mutations exist in mink, giv- ing rise to white fur. One is the dominant type referred to above, while the other is a recessive mut- ant type mink. Although the latter recessive mutant mink breeds true. the fur is not a pure white and it tends to become cream colored or even an undesirable yellowish col- our. This colour defect. has caused the fur manufacturing industry to prefer the dominant mutant type mink pelt. because it is a clear snow white. free from such yellowish dis- coloration. I
As ranchers know this is a diffic- ult strain of mink to breed in large numbers, such that the pelts are relatively free from black (hairs) markings, which are .. to a variable extent in different blends of this dominant mutant type. Act- uaiiy the most desirable dominant white mink are the resultant blend of two other v t t forms. namely: -the Blufrost and Royal Kohlnur. To produce dominant white mink. a cross of these two mutant types is the first step subsequently the white or partl white progeny can be mated togct er in different ways to produce more white mink among
However. it is a problem to ob- tain profitable numbers of com- mercially desirable dominant white mink mink of uniform pelt type unless certain breeding methods are used. and for the wuvenience of Canadian mink ranchers who have white and near white mink to breed this season, a short resume of the types and percentages of offspring that may be expected from differ- ent crosses, when adequste num- bersoithesemink arecrossed. are given below.
(1) Royal Kohinur (hybrid) X Royal Kolalnnr (hybrid)
Royal Kohinur (homosygous) I llredominantly white tYP9 of mink
Royal Kohinur (hy
Standard Dark .............. ..
(2) run: llohinur (hybrid) x . Dlufroet. '
Dominant White of 959;. type- 5'): Kohinur Black
Cross (hybrid) ....... .. Standard Dark mink ,
predominantly white and oth- er coloured types.
(6) Dominant While of 059; type X Dominant White of we Type A
Dominant White of
(homozygous) Royal Kohinur (heterozygous) Biufrost ......... .. .. standard Dark mink This cross produces 687. predominantly white mink and other coloured types.
(1) Dominant White of 951; type X Dominant White of 999g type.
Dominant White of t -
Dominant White of
959(. type Royal Kohinur (homozygous) Royal Kohlnur (heterozygous) This cross .. dominant white mink and 167, Royal Kohinur hybrid Black Cross mink.
(5) Dominant White of one type 1! Dominant White or 095; type.
Dominant white of cm type. .. Royal Kohinur (homozygous) 38 i This is economically the best cross to make for production of the maximum number of white mink, in which 10095 of the progeny are predomin- antly oi the white type. .
(I) Dominant White of X standard Dark
3.29"”
0095: who .. Royal xohinur Cross (hybrid) Blufrost
Standard
(10) Dominant White of "m cm x Biapdsrd Dork milk.
Dominant White of Royal xohinur Black Cross (hybrid) ..
no Dominant white of seal. type X nlrrfrost.
OW: Blufrost Royal Kohinur Black Dress (hybrid) Btsndlrd Dark mink
(mnominantwbiisoillgc ,iypexlluh-set.
Dominant White of
' Morden
ype .......................... .. 33U3'lf.
. es amt I393:
2...... 2396 Dark mink ........... .. 251:
ow. typo- soda 3096
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slissolved in water, and as a seed treatsnent. may result in substantially increased yields. The idea has not been confirmed by these experiments.
The treatment used was to moisten 10 bushels of grain with one gallon of a 5-lo-5 solution of liquid fertilizer. This was comps: ed with a check plot receiving no fertilizer treatment and also with plots receiving 35 to 50 pounds of ii-40-o commercial fertilizer. The tests were conducted at 33 different points. These areas cen- tred around the Dcperimental Stations at Brandon, Mielits. and in Manitoba; ' Indian Head, Swift Cwrent, and Scott in Saskatchewan; Lethbc-ldge. Ls- combe, and Beaverlodge in Alber- ta: and Agassiz in British Colum- bis.
At 24 of the test areas the seed iredtment. either had no effect at all or reduced the yield in com- parison with the unheated check. In 5 cases there was a very slight increase of one to one and a half bushels per acre. and in 4 of the tc..'.; there was an 'ncresse of from about 3 bushels to in one case. 10 bushels per acre. In one test at Beaver-lodge, wheat moistened with water gave a slightly higher yield than when treated with liquid fert- ilizsr.
It was evident that fertiliser in
sufficient amounts was beneficial since in 3 cases where 11-40-0 was applied, substantial increases were obtained. In only three of the test areas was there no increase in yield It appears. therefore, that the minute amounts of plant food add- ed in the seed treatment do not produce a significantly increased yield. The use of liquid fertilisers in this way is of doubtful economy and may even result in decreased yields. l
Buiier Siociis
OTTAWA, March 2 - (CP) - Stocks of oresmery butter in nine. Canadian cities on Feb. 2.3 drop-" ped sharply to 11,093,000 pounds from 5.871.000 on March 1, 1950, the Bureau of Statistic! reported yesterday.
Holdings by cities with figures for March 1 in brackets, follows: Quebec 276.01!) (432,000) pounds; Montreal 1.773.000 (5,005,000); To- ronto 1.216.000 (0.'I63.00o): Wirarliwd l.ili2.000 (1.005J000): B44!-no
000 (070,000): Saskatoon 111,000 (249,000); Edmonton l,823.0M (I.- (ki5,000): Calgary 441.000 (770,000); Vancouver 005.000 0.30.000.)
AID! sunvu, Federal engineers have designed a shadow-height calculator to de- termine tree heights in serial vphotogravphs. v
Plowing on the farm and spad- ing in the garden are ancient prac- tices which have been much un- der sttsck in recent years but are still regarded by most tillers of the soil as the best way to prepare for planting.
Most amateur gardeners have had plenty experience in sowing with- out spading, in the flower borders for example. Where perennial plants are established, seeds for annual flowers must be sown with the aid of e. trowel rather than a spade. to avoid disturbing neighboring roots, But the practice is one of neces- sity rather than choice.
There is rare pleasure in turning over garden soil, if you take it easy. and wait until the ground is in the right condition to be turned. Never work soil which is too wet; and.if the soil is heavy, don't wait until it has become too dry. There lies a point between extremes when even heavy clay can easily be lifted, and will crumble under a blow from the a .
To tell this point, mould a ball of earth in your hand, and pat it to make a mud pie. If the pie holds together. the soil is too wet to spade. If it crumbles go ahead.
set a definite task for your first
Spading Best Way To Prepare Garden Soil
day's work. say a strip six feet wide, running the shortest dimen- sion of the garden. At one end dig a ditch. say one foot wide and the depth of the spade, removing all soil from it. Pile this soil near the opposte end of the strip.
Now begin to spade with the blade not parallel to the trench. but at right angles to it. This en- ables you to lift the soil more eas- ily. and deposit it in the trench. Drive the spade down, not on a slant, but perpendicularly to its full depth. Take a small slice of the
soil so your back is not strained. Lift it up, turn the spade over, so that the top sol falls underneath and bottom soil on top. In filling the first trench, you have opened a
second. '
To spade under manure, spread it evenly over the area, except for
the top of your initial trench. When
this first trench has been dug,
clean the manure from the top of -the next trench and throw it into the bottom of the first; then pro- ceed with your spading, piling the soil on top of the manure.
When you have fin shed your day's quote, you will he an emp- ty trench, which should be filled with the soil you removed from the initial trench.
ROBE DAY PALMS?
Though residents in some of the more frigid parts of Canada may . ' ” i who do not mind sticking their necks out. claim that our winters are getting warmer. They hold out the hope that some day we may be growing oranges in the Annapolis Valley and perhaps palm trees where now we are confined to poplar and spruce. That may be true. but such a change is not promised in the immediate future. Meantime the average Canadian citisen had bet- ta stid to the old-established flowers. shrubs and vegetables which experience proves will thrive in our pruent climate.
MANNING its help him make his plan for
i Canadian Garden Service 1951 by Gordon Lindsay Smith
his 1051 garden there is a wealth
of information available. He will
find this in any Canadian seed catalogue. in government bulletins
and in some of the many good available. Now while the ground is still frozen or
gardening books
cold -is the time to plan.
Exact blue prints are not neces- sary but even a rough sketch is al- ways helpful. and there will be fun
and satisfaction in this, as well. It
is astonishing what new informat- ion can be picked up each year,
even by those who no longer con-
.vu . NEW VAEIETIBS
For one thing there are many new varieties and types. Plant breeding is a work that is never
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finished. The people who follow
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Make your "appointment ear-3 when you buy your ' a chi he ltaoeavtavolide (;l.s:Pi(l:0rl;l:t; Ilyreends 5 to 6 weeks; for Bar-
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Tenders will be accepted until March 15th for hauling-cream to Perfection Dairy from Malpeque ,thr'ough Hamilton to Summerside. Details obtainable bycontacting A. H. Hubley, Perfection Dairy, Sum-
vocmonm. scnoor. 0 nuersimmue
There still remains a few vacancies in the Black- Course-those wishi course, shoul School. Classes 5th
to take advantage of apply immediately to for men will be- at 8' AM. Anal-
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results in the Southern States or in England may be far too ten- der for any part of Canada. some things that thrive on Vancouver island are not rugged enough for the Red River Valley.
But Just because one couldn't grow, say. melons or corn in one's locality ten years ago doesn't mean that one cannot grow these things today. On the market now are far hardier varieties. Perhaps hardier is not quite the word as no melon vine will stand any serious frost and corn does not appreciate it either. What the plant breeders have done. however. is to give us com, melons and a host of other types that mature days and some- times weeks ahead of the old kinds. They also give us faster- growing types. These two factors mean that these new kinds can be grown farther north where the season is short.
SHORT CUTS
And there are other ways of beating nature cr our short Can- adian growing seasons. one can start seed in a hotbed or window box and have plants well-grown and ready for outside just about the time it would be safe to sow seed. This means transplanting. of course, but for a few early things almost any vegetable and flower can be transplanted. Then there are some other tricks like , ”' , little paper caps or miniature greenhouses over hills or tender
melons, squash, cucumbers and tomato plants and keeping them thus .... t t d until danger of
frost is over. In Great Britain they luse panes of glass and in some -places 1ust.a flower pot which pro- ,tects at night and is removed dur- .ing the day.
- Canadian seed Trade Associat- ion '
MONTREAL. March 2-(CP)- Five East-End youngsters. ii and 15 years old, broke into St. Fran- cois D'Assises School here last night. and caused damage estimat- ed at 31.500. None of the five. now being detained by police, attended the school. .
GREAT CHORUS
The famous Don Cossack Chorus was founded in a refugee camp near Constantinople after the First Great War.
wmue: FLY CMIPMGII
Cattle are valuable-kill the Warble Fly. Federation of Agriculture districti secretar- ies have information and order forms. Contact your secretary, form a commit- tee and organize the district. Orders should be mailed to Federation of Agriculture, Box 99.
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The way to insure this is to regard transplanting as an operation,
with the plant as patient arid to make sure that it is performed with a minimum of shock.
It shocks a plant to move it, and
gives it a set-back. but there are lldV8ntH8e5 in giving it an early start, weeks before seed can sown in the garden. The plants that stand the operation best are stocky rather than tall, with strong stems and abundant roots. If grown in pots. plant bands or small flats, so you get them with roots undis- turbed. so much the better. But even bare planted with prop: care.
be
root plants can be trans-
If you grow your own plants.
feed them a week before the oper- ation with liquid plant food, and water them well the day before. Prepare hanging a cloth bag containing comme uiul plant food in a bucket of water 'and letting it soak over- night. Use.,4 ouncu of a 4-ll-4 mixture or similar to each gallon of water. or use a special soluble
a starter solution by
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Leghorn in two grades:
Charlottetown, RR. 5
Shock Of Transplanting
run cross-snrn cmcxs
You can counteract high feed costs with higher pro- duction and better liveablllty. chicks when you can reap the (Record of Performance) Policy. Remember, like pro- duces like. We know the ancestry-our customers know the rest. They report 7576 to 857a
We offer you our Large Type Single Comb White
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When the amateur gardener sets
out in his garden plants which were started early in a greenhouse hotbed or a window of his home. he wants every one to live.
plant food. according to the manu- facturer's directions.
Die s hole large enough to hold.
the 4'00?-I Slread out, cover the son about them. Taking care not to in. lure ill! roots. hold the plant in 136 Pl!-Ce. then pour into the hols over the plant roots. 1-: pint of starter solution. while the solution is in the hole, draw in the
soil and firm it around the plane. The solution not only
nutrients but puddles -the sou about the roots. making it easy for the plant to take up water. '
Roots of plants should not jg.
pruned. Replacement of lost roots must take place before the pub: can grow very much.
'1V:aps of plants should .not be mined. as shown by eesssroh re- sults. Pruning removes part of the "ltwtorv" which his to make use new plant material (carbohydrate) upon which growth depends. Parn- ins is likely to take or: more fol- iage than necessary. Dead (2 partly dead tissues no ban: though wholly dam; item may - Iii picked off. v. ' I .
shading l5 sood practice when plants are succulent, when sol and air are dry and when sun is hot. But good plants can usually in set successfully without shade.
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