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Silver Fox Farming v

5311-2201831: a large crowd of

‘,5 present and a atronfl d

was 9V tell. l" turnover furs.

- ott no Mir- uiftleaxlluiefihiegle wasleraflcoul-Pleil

in these two WP“ d Otter sold up W i193 f"

extra dark and dark. 350° 0""

19x were ch10’ . [op price of 8

4 ent sold with zwlrrTchere will 1M1!

of demand for red ‘fox with a high

0i $18.15.

price

offer-

mg of blue fox was 43 P61‘ 00119

t f 83']. p112; are’... n. usher and they were 73 Per c top price of

Strong bid;

a; a high price of 870. l‘ to i8 and 40 W“ mwhed w tgp price of

(ui one.

r uowine oar the page): cgllecticn of ranch and sliver foxes of the Associa

Sliver

ma: receuives,

Fur Farmers, Inc., met with an excellent and consiatml demand. The 12,062 ranch mink were all 501d at full market levels. 930 WM

realized for s lot of extru skins

dark Keen competition marked

the Skid of the oer platinum foxes

at full

established market prices.

The collection which as always is one of the beat placed on the Am- erican market, was entirely sold

m; to price for a reeil 31ml Tile. inn pelt cf $16

beau- The

nlforing or 4,012 full silvers was

popercentsoldwithatop rice for this fine collection‘; 004. 1%. s goodl, most cf the better

dl posed 9:21;? ccrisidered by the auction company i4) b6 firm. A quantity of 84 three-quarter silv- erswasloopsrcentaoldatatop price of “l.

Dr. Laos: J. Colo. Profane of Genetics. Univcsity of Wisconsin. has a feature article in the Am- erican Nationai Fur and Market Journal for February on "Breed- ing Glacier Blue and Silver llloxes." As a number cf ‘- in lnce who are interested new types we are quoting the art- icle. . . .

"An inquiry has been referred icusastothegeneticsandbread- lng of glacier blue and pear-lamina silver foxes. The genetics of these color phases is relatively simple, involving as it does no new muta- tion but mere reoombinlations of color phases with which the fox breeder is alread familiar. These are Platinum ( ieltinum Sliver). which ls dominant to Silver (Stan- dard), and Pearl (Pearl Platinum Silver. recessive to silver. Know- ing this it ls possible to proceed ‘ cf the

yet had ewerieuce comparatively

It would appear that the Giac- ier Blue fox is accmbimition of Platinum Silver with Pearl Silver.

This can be groduced g3 first breeding the latinum ver to Pearl silver. which should ro-

duce on the average one-half at- inum silver and one-half Stand- ard Sliver pups. The Platinum Silvers produced by this crou re- nemble ordinary Plctinlln Silvers ln appearance. ut they differ gen- etlcally in that they are half- blood for Pearl Silver as well cs for Platinum Silver. If these Plat- inum Silvers m now bred back to Pearl Silvers (not necessarily related to the ones previously usedi. the expectation would be on the average one Standard Sil- ver. one Pearl Silver, one Plat- "lllm Silver. and one Platinum glacier Blue Silver. now bred to earl Silver, should continue to ilroducc Glacier Blue Silvers and Pearl silvers in equal numbers.

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r for the types of and the prices‘

small

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We bro offering

STONE

‘49 Wellington Si. I. Toronto, Ont.

RINTHNG.

Nursery Stock for Spring Planting |

for Spring I945 delivery Fruit trees indlldllllt Apple, Peer, Plum, , Currents, Gooseberries, as wall as a complete lino of Ornamental and Shade troll.‘ FWWIIIIS 511N158’.

0508. Ever-greens and Perennials. ” G WELLINGTON,

Box 48. Charlottetown. LBJ.

The Poarlatine Silver, in the limo WY. a combination or Pearl Sliver with white-marked

silver. process is the same as that outlined above, except that willie-marked silver is used m place of Platinum Sliver. That is to say, white-anarked silver mat. ed to Pearl Silver should produce white-marked and ard Sil- ver Pllill. Thus white-marked sil- ver offlp mated back to the Peas-i Platinum Sliver should give standard Sliver, Pearl silver. White-Marked Sliver and White- Marked Pearl Silver (Pearlatlna Silver). Further breeding of these Pearlotina Silvers to Pearl Sil-

vers should roduce equal num- bers of Peer tina Silvers and

Pearl Silvers. I

In the ‘ ., _, nothing been said about the quality or de- gree of slwerlng (light or dark) of the glacier blue silvers and the prrlatinoa silvers. Thea usi-

es woul depend upon e c r- aoterlstics of the or final animals used and such select on as might be made. The pearl silvers pro- duced in these croaes are double that is. recessive for both the characters concerned. They will produce only pearl sil- vers i! bred togeth and behave the same as other pearl silvers in crosses.

What causu foxes to urn Samson? Will foxes that have turned Samson ever regain their normal coats of fur? A Montana rancher, who has been breeding foxes the “gust l0 years. recently ‘wrotc to e American Nationars Veterinary Consultant Service about a sunson problem which carne up on his ranch last season. He said that due to labor shortage last spring he put all of his vlx-l ens which missed and also some old males in his run. About the middle of Augum he took them out of thehrun and mput them in penis; | ‘Iihen e ut OWNS WP! ths run. emree or four of the

came Samsons - th drill cred wooly fur. He explained that he had heard a lot about Samson foxes but these were the first he has ever had on his ranch.

H ainedthat . “when

had good coats of

year. I-Ie further explained that he had two or three late litters which looked like they were go-

to turn Samson, and he said he believed the cause must be in the feed. He pointed out that he did not feed any reen stuffs or tripe last spring. e also stated that he had fed horse meat ground with bone and mixed with water. I-lis ration also consists o! about l-d pant of commercial cube feed.

The ranchers problem was re-

a

ferred to the American Nationals Veterinary Consultant who re- plied as follows: “This is in re- ply to your letter of recent date com: Samson foxes. Various "a" ‘product’ hail?!‘ this oonditltolhe causu - The probability is that the exact cause has not been definitely identified. The theory that is com- monliy cased is that the "Sam- son cofiifion is due to internal

disturbances. The factors causing gland disturbance may be nutritional, but they also may be due to inheritance or other con- ditions. The Samsons are no likely to again grow a normal fur. anditisbuttoculdthesn If

ble it would be

elude green stuff (5 per cent) sui- mal viscera. lnclu some liver. if possible in the ration. During the winter it would be advisable

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m. "w" lllfléfid“ n: ma

fin‘ tmikleyys as a sideline. They find that they can dole? success; fully and with a inn-mum trouble by using wire-bottomed coops and sheds. One large fox farm, the Associated Fur Purim at New Holstein and Elke. W100i)" sin raised no less than 30.000 turkeys during the vear and made a big profit on them.

Michigan and Wisconsin arr having trouble nct over anched foxes but from wi foxes that

re raiding the farmers‘ hen and . m ooops and creating tro- m

per instr

complaints and tea mers how to trap "10 Group meetings are held in areas where fox damage is greatest.

We were delighted to recoil/Q ll! the mail a few days as» I bew- tlful calendar from Intcmational Pox and Animal Foods Ltd. Sum- merside. the president and man- ager of which is Lowell W. Han- cook. rt is pleasure w Know "let this good company has now full? ‘recovered from the fire of last fall and is better lireillred than m? .322" i". ca: it‘

. w c - md m ined such a splendid

Peach, Raspberries,

Loeal ‘Representative: A. H. BRYENTON.

obta igiffiltien -WIIF.I'OVQI used. . '

- NEWSY

DAGIDOIA

NOTES -

Bird Notes From Buuunsr. Side l!)

I now resume the transcription of Mrs. H. T. Oolvln's interesti-s letter: "I saw some red-winked Blaclrbirds in a ewanmy spot near Albertcn, in Septe 1941- I knew them because I had seen so many of them in Florida. I had some kind of a Sflndlilpel‘ 01' shore bird fly down and take a bath one day in late summer. The Flicker enjoys his bath and brings his family later. Purple Finches chic it all summer, so do the Gol ches.

"I used to see flocks of Red- poils every spring; they were very tame and would remain till they had gathered all thc weed grads. The: to help out, I sorzlg-

es sprea gram near e window, so that I could observe them. Some were paler in color. I have seen none since 1939." (Thac- winter visitors are uncer- tain in their arrival. I saw a large flock on Feb. M, i930; Blld a few on Mar. 7. 104i. There are years they appear to be abundant and others whcn they use scarce: ’ rending on condi- tions in the north of us, I sup- pcse-Agrlcola) .

"The Cedar Waxwlnga come every summer when the cherries are on the trees. later when the Rowan berries are red. .At that time I often think there are Bohemian Waxwings among them. birds that lock lighter in color and act more lively. darting around the top of the tree like Plycatchers. One which was on the ferlce (i944), facing me, had a lighter section down the middle cf its breast. almost like a. vest. Taverner is right when he says there is little seasonal cr sex vari- ation among the waxwings. then I feel sure those I speak of must be the Bohemian." (This particu- lar bird was s. partly albino Cedar. The Bohemians only visit =us in winter and apparently at long in-

tervals. They nest within the Arctic circle-see the little 15c "Green Book Birds of Am-

ulcll." published by Whlltmhll Co.. of Racine. Wisconsin: there is a good picture on p. l5—Agri- cola). "The Cedars stay Mlle!‘ the ground and are tamer. I have seen them take a. waxberry off the bush and pars it to another along- side on the fence." (I have read of this singular habit. but have never seen instances. Is it altru- istic. gr 283ml‘? of feeding the

u ~ a . ygqngsee the Pine Grosbeaks every winter Last winter. and the one before it. several People in and near Svum-mlersid have seen Eve- ning l" beaks, and have called rue up to ascertain what they were. I have never seen any. Horned Larks seem to have been aibund- ant the last three years and my husband saw a Prairie Horned Lark near Carleton, spring of i940. They may be coming near- er to town. since the clearing and draining of land for our air port must have forced many small birds to find new nesting ground. A pretty little brook ran through the land used. with a variety of shrubs and trees on its banks. and I often saw flocks oifsmali birds there.

O O I

"1 almost forgot to mention my one call from a Water Thrush Oct. 2. i936. It was alone on the edge of the bird balth when I first saw it. and it circled the edge sev- eral times. teetering back an forth and Jerking its tall, before it ventured in. I have never not- lced one since, but then none of the Thrush come as often as they d-id. Every year a mmiber

would be here and one could al- weil to in- way! loot them as they ran alone

on the fence. I first identified the I-Iennit Thrush on Oct. 15. 1N5! it remained here a week. The lam Hermit Thrush I saw was on Oct. g, 1942, The ground on the other side of my fence is not suited for grotmd birds. being overgrown with creeping vines: a fine place for cats to hide. I supDose the other Thruahes I saw were tile Olive- backcd: and the Veefy I 801" you." (There is one thins W"; strikes me. when reading this in- structive letter: residents of our southern districts see more species ds, and in greater number. than we on the North Shore d0- Perhapa this is due to a more gen- lal climate. I have only seen one Water Thrush, Aug. 27, 193i. It was among the alders on the banks of our "creek." and drew my fli- tention by its actions so well des- cribed BJDOVCr-"Alflwlll "I spotted a. white-crowned par-row with the white-throated nd. 1m fall. I am very poor at emifying time Sparrow family. any different-appearing 5PM‘- rows are here every fall." (The "Birds of North Carolina". men- tioned last week. aiv two plates

ZR*W

_ of sparrows which are very help-

, one ate is devoted to glrliarrows wgth white wing-bars; the other to those with “plain wings. The pictures run in ranks down the plate and attention is called to the ‘stlnguishing feat- ures bv a short inscription F01’ instance. the Vesper Sparrow has an arrow mark directed at the tail and the words “White outer tafl feathers.” ‘The Sims sparrow labelled: "Large central breast 5mg" and so on-Agrlcola).

"Shortly before I had your gheek-list I thought I had iden- emed a Connecticut Warbler. The I

POIILTRF-POIILTIIY -P0lll.TIiY-

ur live or dressed Olsirllgllullf: fowl. Higher prlees “m [you returns. Ex “nus, quantity no cbfoctiou. “g glad quantities of hard- exdfila foIr-Ifool lengths.

Eastern Packing 0c.

SOUIIB

d pears an article in The Contemp-

h was persuaded that it was ‘lei

bird looked e lilo tho - ture in Reed's do. only I d not noticed the white eye-ring par- ticularly, as I saw it only a few minutes before a prowling cat flushed it from the ground to the top of the fmce. When I found

a all for P. E. I.. I knew I be wrong and that probably the bird was a female Moumi since there was no black on the blue-gray breast. In this way I found your check-list a great helm." (Ya, the male Con- necticut, and the female Mourn- lng Warblers might easily be lmnfused with one another, if it were not for the white eye-ring of thcformer. I marked nary Reed's guide by putting an a erlsk be- fore the name of every species of bird found on the Island. ‘this was done by comparison with the check-list, and helped me coal-- alder-ably in m/y bird studies.- Agricola). . ' .

"A pair of Red-eyed Vlreos have nested in since

I thought were Vlreos, es- pecially oue resembling the Blue- headed. My new find for 1944 was a Yellow Palm Warbler: it was around our place for a week and its markings showed plainly when bathing. Every fall there are. birds resembling the Yellow Warb- ler. only darker-looking; I have never been able to place them, but since you have identified the Wilson Warbler, that is what they may be. (I-Iere is the description of the Wilson Warbler from ‘Birds of N.C.'—“Clear yellow-olive: fore- head, sides of head and wlhoie underpin-m bright yellow: crown black in adult male: the black less extensive or even absent in fe- males and immature birds." To which I appended ‘yellow patch underfellbow’ o! wing seen in dead birdf-Aug. 20, i944).

"I am enclosing a snapshot of one of the so-called whales caught in Summerslde harbor in i916. A school of them came in and caused great excitement. Some one may have sent you one. but as you say, people are not always co-opera- tive when asked. Would you please return it as it is the only one we have. (I was glad to have this. and made a tracing of the animal for my book of records. It shows the rounded head, the very short rostrum or beak, the mouth. and the whitish area on the under side of the bodly — the marks of the true Blacltfish. I welcome such "snaps" since they add to our knowledge. and there is al- ways the chance of some new species turning up. Mr. Allen, however. was the only one who took the trouble to reply to my enouiryr-Agricclal.

"I read a great deal. and have always liked the interesting things that you tell us about England. Many cf the other notes you have written. have led me into enjoy- able reading for which you have my thanks.-Yolars sincerely, Anne F. Colvin." (Rather. my thanks are clue to Mrs. Coivln for giving renders of these notes the benefit of her valuable observations. It w-iil be a pleasure to me to aid in the identification of any birds Mrs. Colvin may observe in the future-Agricola) .

Control: What. Happened Last Time

Under the above heading ap- orary Review, of Inndon, by Sir Leo Chiozza Money. "Chlozza Money," as he was called in my pnlmy days. was well-known as an no t with Soclallstic leanings. -Durlng the last war it was he who suggested the ration- ing blockade policy, directed

to tainly come dow-ni But in

restriction of enemy suppli. For this and other services to his coun- try, he was Knighted in i915. Here is an abstract of Sir Leo's article: In the war of 1914-1918 lt was not until the formation of Mr. Lloyd George's Government (end of 191d) that the powers of Gov- ernrnenlt were used to control food. materials, industries and shipping (This is news to me. b have read in press comments that Canada was the first country in the world to establish such con- trols!) Sir Leo goes on—M valuable time had been wasted in deliberate inaction deliberate because so many men in high cf- fice held the theory that it was wrong to interfere with the trades. which in their opinion were car- ried on in the best possible way by private enterprise in pursuit of private profit. Neglect went so far that merchants re-eslported from the United Kingdom supplies which we sorel/y needed oursel- ves. At this period we allowed the nation to be d ved of war- stoclrs for privae gain. part of them actually going to the cnunyi While in i918 we exported to Europe (excluding Russia) l2,- 005.000 libs. of tea. in i914 we sent them 30,050,000 10s.. and in i915, 20,565,000 lbs. In i917, this ex- portation fell to 2,931,000 lbs. under Sir Leo's control.

at the close.of.t.he war the peo- ple who had narrowly esmed dis- aster-by national organisation -

ecause I

opportunity of releas- ing privae enterprise from con- trol. Some very unfortunate ex-

Ild on the Food Min

GUARDIAN

H607 SMI/T- BUN T - STRIPE 17/3545? {R00

Seed uesduear with CERBSA COIISIGH than 3%: bushel. Prevents cu from \ seed and certain sol! ‘-

borne diseases-generally gives better stands of‘ all grain

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sow and the boar carry the same taint we get an unusual

rliimbe

Hennaphrodite pigs are less com- mon than rldglings ones. This is a pig outward appearances of a female. but carnies inwardly the

of both the standpoint o1 an objection-

iiidgling Pigs

(Pederal Wt of uro Abncrmahlitias which‘ result h

" . rmsphiodi c. or rup-

tured hogs are inherited. Appar- ently the genn factor responsible for these weaknesses is recessive in that it can remain hidden in the body of a normal animal and show in eny. No a sow for purposes. y we con- tinue to get an increasing num- ber of such abnormal pigs from outwardly normal stock.

a boar or sow is from a lit- ter containing ridgiing or ruptured pigs. we may expect abnormal in- divlduais in the next generation. Although only one in a litter may be abnormal, the rest of the litter may carry the same w ess as a latent factor and r, ‘ in their offspring. When both the

ly large

r of abnormal progeny.

or ruptured th all the

o ans male and female. gum

ble carcass,