._ M51163 .3- ‘0

_ . _ "MEL-Y NOTES ON Igpuj; connccreo wrm

‘Silver Fox Farming '

i‘ of FBllWfltililI olhgrioulture

. h‘ Secre- ldllosgggwlafirtguugritted at W- ?" annual meetinl 0! t" answer‘! “who Federation

Afikbfimknnunl Mam“ i“ ‘ 44 " l-usry °t w ' esented to the I prtgggegfaglrgge Edward“!!- l‘ embers of the Execunn: ration and others. ’ o; which fr‘ the resolut ual Meetinfl». o , suiajectg: . c . i 1 1 La ora - rorgrnréxflfifitldan of yeast ‘ " ' ' ‘in butter. and it" “h” ‘Fro w»t"*"°“°.°.~‘i.‘ "i: .15 on dairy Pfwucu- e ie e ~ n d1 facilities [for as: §gégn 1' ns ' "°."‘.§§e°1§n§§§vernent in PM‘ 1y [or primary Prwufl"? Province; The mtg” ° -‘ m‘ l within the Province 0f ' Ednfvard Island; Rural Elec- Iniei n, Pogt-Wfll‘ reconstruct- “iigntinuancc 0! the Sh”? Policy; 0113113?“ ‘he 9°‘ Ad. The appointlfiflll of a ‘ fpl-oducts Fieldanan; Im- w“ t 1n the Newfoundland »veTe-n(;reaier supply 0! 15"" ‘ kc s} - Reform; in the educat- " mesa“ The establishment of “'1 ‘Knit. 61 administration; Sup- "Q. cooperativa; Assistance in drainage; Imcrvvemflit i: l transportation facilities. ral- ol thc recommendations in tie! have already received at-

lion.

' ' the work o! 9P9‘ "ufffflg (gresentation of i-hil ‘f . number of n-leetlnss were

during the year by 919 Exec‘ ‘I on matters pertaining to the a. welfare of Agriculture in , province.

PIIEQUENT ACTION

Action was frequently taken by President and scflmri’ we’ limitation with members of the uilve in immediate reach of .. ollioe and proper repruentot- ... wercmade on matters of im- nce to our farmers. A Brcfli . y contacts were made with our ._ piion Boards and S_cl¢cilve _, he Boards regarding EXEMP- ,,, o1 farm helpers. We are con- ihat ns a result of our inter- on that a great assistance was farmers in the matter of lab-

Ths Btor of Frank F. - Seventy-cl: t years sgo trnqfjfiii; bcrn._ on l. form at New Ann“ near Remington, P. 1:, 1., g chug‘ who was destined to boom, on, of the founders of fur fsrml _ 1s complete brief Frank F. in. o Tun n,

were hard-working form", who because of the low prices for their

products could not mum h. but they did

have been snmsifictwtloeiflvf communities. monk got tho ma: crate amount of schooling gluon to boys st that time and helped with tho work around tho farm until eventually he started on h” own account.

When he was in his thirties he. like many other r41. anders, s oi’ the big money that was being rnnrle h, h MW type of fanning. namely. the raising of silver black foxes. Very little leaked out because those the business, Charles Dalton, Rah. ‘m outwit "W Tulilins (uncles of Frank) the Rayners. the chlllm-

i!

early

‘ . SUPP

must keep this cod thlh themselves because: if msnygpoou.’ pie went into it the prices for pelts would go down. Frank finally pre- vailed on his uncle to let him have a pair on shares and he raised u litter from them. He gradually increased his holdings until 1h I010 he had eno h foxes to per- mit him to sell n pairs o! live ones to s syndicate organised by Harry Hinton of Bums-nersid for .000. What had whetted the appetite of the buyers and per- suaded them to part with what wss an immensesum of money Wll the fsct that the news had got out. that Charles Dalton had sold 83 pelts on the C. M. Lomb- son sale in London in April of that. year for an average of over $1.300. the top pelt bringing £540. equal to over $2.500.

Punk's Isle of live foxes really started something and others such as Dalton. Oulton, the Raynor-g, Sam and Jim Iuplin. the Champ- ions. also departed from their previous custom and sold foxes olive. Everyone in the Province caught the fever and those who could not buy s pair or an inter- est in a pair bought stock in com- ponies that were formed. Frank's success with foxes was very mark- ed and it was noted that those from his ranch had 11 peculiar but very beautiful bluish cast to the black of the fur and that the sil- ver was unusually bright.

News of the fox industry 1n Prince Edward Islsnd spread abroad and great sums of moncv were sent hcrc for investment: and foxes were purchased out- right to be placed in ranches in other provinces snd in the United States. A number of Halifax fin- anciers got in touch with Messrs W, Chester S. McLure, Walter

Representatives of the Feder- .. attended meetings not only ‘pin the Province, but without w Province and at Ottawa and ... changes in regulations in 0r- ‘. to give the farmer much need- . urlstance during the cropplnl

‘A .1}... scrutiny was kept on all tiers influencing the primary

in Tlsnish was the seller.

s: ‘Pierce-Arrow car weighing

remove s ‘box or two or that. the‘

foxes uh! h g, I rend of Mr. Lloyd George's ec- uo 1.0m, m°f§né :24 ‘:33, x“ molten to the ranks of the nobil- to

ssfcly delivered the rsllwsl station where our responsibility“

That fall of 1018 was the most 01¢ 1118 1n a financial way

this to aise hlm mm“ m’ ma’ Th’ lhmmlhe ifofused the honor. l-Ie had all fe been inimicnl to t e

ranch hsd moved to Charlotte-

town and had sold some 40 fox

g _ -Peer's. hence my surprise. A11 who DUN or upwards cf 850,000 Live know M ma, 8m" "W1C" to h“ country. hope that he will ily recover ness snd live long fiver privileges sppcrtnin

sr

ltigesulwgre’ made sli gerhtéiemcoitg- ox pups ug e 51mm; for 812. were turned over for as his ls 816.000. Live rchcsed in N

do to satisfy the cause those who could not afford the Island types had to be con- tent with thc cheaper western divers or t The lagt pear

P1111! l0 1'98!‘ rcugt 817.500. and Charles Dalton of The high- est price paid for n pair of breeders was 05.000 by B. I. Roy-i

I ris mm and other!’ “mum m" m" gfr o Bummcrside who was short

his company of exclusively Rayner foxes. so many fox companies had been formed that their capital- isation st the end of 1913 was estimated to be over $15,000,000 and that did not take into account private holdings of from one to wenty pairs.

To show that the Prince lid- wlrd Islander is a real plunger we can instance the fact that in the Spring of i012 four farmers and a business man of Crepaud and vicinity paid Frank Tuplin 025.000 for a pair of breeders with s. guarantee of at least five pups. The pair had six pups and four of these realised enough to wipe out the original ‘nvestmenit. All was not sunshine of course, and many met with what was usually called ‘hard luck." d now we arrive st the point where we will turn the remainder of this story over to Frank F. Tuplis. who s few days ago wrote us the follow- 1118 l’ Rock. B. C.. when

I

mm White he now resides.

“After thirty years 31cm hlzixitce Ecllwulrd 0118 urn ac on this m 78th birthday to my old home and’ to my old friends. some of Whom may still be there. They may pg- member me as one of the very oldest fcxmcn of pioneer days. The Dal ons. Rayners and ‘rupllns were the big men in 1900. sliver

foxes were then scarce and 1n

M8 "WMY N Pelt-s. My fox farm was situated at New Arman. five miles from Summerside. Some forty years ago. or about 1911. 1 traded s pair of my foxes with Roy Holman for his beautiful and icus $15,000 home in- Summer- sdc. In 1912 the money mode through the sale of foxes, enabled me to purchase an $8,000 o on 5.600

d

of absence Island my

l L

lsst Great War. and saved. the "Sh b '

_, o trs ion w en other public hsd begun to deops m“ wsr was over the country wished

demand bc- of

n (Book 8. Chapter 2).. gives Oill. tory of the House of comprises. in order. Barons. Vis- counts. Eoysl Dukes. sud Wales. (See the preliminary chap- ter of the story).

s pair to make up 20 pairs for 2nd

while the French peers occupied vthemselves chiefly with questions of ceremony. sought peers shadow. but in England the peers clutched the substance. “Asjgrly

strung riot and I get I. great kick

hand on the fiddle and the har- monics. myself in the good days.

after around harvest time in New Anncn.

down to the Island again. At 78 my health is not of the best but I wish to be remembered to my old friends there. the I-lolmans (Harry and Roy) ticulorly John was e. true and faithful secretary in the balmy days of the fox

tracts and deliveries were around September 1st and always in the small shack in the wows, where our fox ranches were. Pay‘. men-ts were made cheques were quite uncommflil "1 those days. Manys the time we took home suitcases jammed full of bills in payment for foxes. Peo- ple were honest too. B8 W6 REV“ nnd s hold-up and will’ 018m we had stacks of bills runnin! in“! many thousands of dollars in the house.

to all my old friends in QYLEIIWP‘

NEWSY NOTES -

‘lssonsoou

11s i000 the Barons made them- selvu felt by the King-and by what l Kingi By William the Con- queror.” Out of all the historical incidents in the story two only ‘need be mentioned. "The Barons

sprung the House of ds." That is so, but the point is that Manna Charts ubo established that lib- erty of the common people which we enloy at thc present day. "From this combination of the Lords with the people arose the "Bill of Rights" 111-1889. This Bill put the crown fairly under the direc- tion of the people. and as Green says. “An lish monarch 1:. now es much the creature of an Act of Parliament as the ettiest tax- gatherer in his res ." Hugo could not den the good services of the Lords resisting the en- croschmenis of the Sovere 11s. and was aware that their res "t- ance generally was useful to the people at large, but as a French- man and Republican ho had no liking for Lords nor King. believed that "The vulture of aris- PMTEBQ £00k 1i! tocracy has hatched the eagle's I In FIBER. 50W H1180. 981118-08 egg of liberty," and prophesied. al- l"! m? P01509118 01' chflflfllflflne. most a century ago. that the House P888911 0V9! i0 EH81"!!!- Bll! nf Lords was moribund. He was wrong. as wethall see.

Nearer our own Times. W, s. Gilbert had a slap- at the House of Lords in his own characteristic fashion. In his “Iolnnthe" (1884) he makes the suggestion that ent- ____ rance to the House oflsirdsilzquld

ers to mo but the tunes are mom, 3_ R0 nah-nun. chum. M”

0"" Lure. Waler and c. Iconard them l: I was r fair Gran-t and Colonel Danny Mac- Kinnon. who has done me many favors in the past. I sincerely wish them all the best. and would be very glad indeed to hear from any of them at any time. I 11m retired this last few years and am living on the coast in the beauti- ful little town of White Rock. B. t‘... about thirty miles south of Vancouver."

The above letter from our old friend Frank Tuplin will be read with great interest by thousands m of Islanders who recall the boom

days of our one and only industry‘. Frank was a great figure of n man and we could ill afford to part with him and his splendid family. Ttvo of the boys have made good in the fox industry in the great U. S. A. Roland was the lendinc breeder of silver foxes in the United States for manv Years “W3 his ranch in Grand Rapids was the most talked of. He is now in California. Another son. Preston 5.. has built a ranch in Wash- ington, Pennsylvania. Where hi? has a fine herd and we note a photo of him and his wife holding up two platinum pups which ali- pears in the September issue of the American Fur Brfldir-r.

lsrl Lloyd Gems It waswith some surprise shat

Ho was the “Churchil? of the

m} ir. When the

to the Peerage but

speed- from his present ill- to enjoy what- to his

Victor Hugo, in his trs story "Tho Ms Who ficughed" s. curi- thcugh not impartial, his- Lords. It

Earls. Marquises.

Dilkes. tho Prince oi

the English peers 1n France the

sought to grasp at the

old Marty's the old hoe down

Jiggedout until daylight or

I don't suppose -I will ever get

, Bill McNeill. and par- E. Campbell who my office in Summerside I n.

ustry. I sold many foxes on con- made

J5

cash

l would like to be ‘remembered

\

THE. cnnnlnwizjqjihi 911131101491 i CHICK CHICKS‘

Any person who would like to order Chicks from rno l would like to have their order- ll surly as possible, u. Chicks. From l. few of the loading Ilstoh- ories In the Maritime: l was only nblo to get 58 per cent of my orders filled last year, due 1c so many lste orders. So please give mo s chance this year by ordering only.

cHWK

poolslly

Write for price lists.

be by "competitiv examination." as is the case of the British Civil Service! One of his Lord Mountararat, is made to ob- lect to this in effect. sayln . ."I have a great respect for bra ns- I often wish I had some myself- but. what would become of tho Commons. if all the brains are centred in the lords?" Gilbert was

Lords still sur- vives. despite Hugo's dismal pro- phecy, nor is it recruited by "com- petitive examination." It survives. as most of our institutions do. by changing with the changing times. It no longer seeks temlp- oral power nor to thwart Kings; it is, as it were. a Pantheon to which any who serves his country —not his party -- has thr- priv- ilege of entry. no matter what his origin. Viscount Snowden begin as a poor lame boy, working. I be- lieve. in e factory. Earl Lloyd George was at one- time a country lawyer. Two Lords. Strabolgl and Vanalttart (the latter known as the "Hammer of the l-Iuns"), are always worth listening to. when they come before the public. Vis- count Bennett was raised to the Peerage as a famous Canadian.

There is the function of the House of Lords: to reward the man of ability with honor in- stead of money. Long may it carly on the good work

Odds Arid Ends

The Observer‘! Handbook. a pamphlet which no star-gazer should be without. says of April. 1944: "There was a minimum of solar activity as indicated by an entire absence of sun-sPOIS- A fresh cycle. with a chaslgfi l" polarity of the spots. is now well begun." The cycle or period of the sun-spots, from maximum to maximum is approximately 1i _venrs; this period is not. however. absolutely constant.

Sun-Spot tYcilriil DUXEHB c"

' .t cen ur e as w . glllfirslgllolls in 19305-6, 131:7. 1921-8. and 1039. The next maximum may be expected in 1950. In my "Tit contribution to the Guardian. February 2a. 1928. I save H 118i u‘ sun-Sipct, years from 1706 to 1927-8. and showed that. each maXimllm had been connected with cpl- dgmics of cholera or influenza.

the

The influenza epidemic of 1918- comlng you L155“ Qifllfillfitid

A. n. nnynnron, Charlottetown. s»: 42s.

cbsractcrs. b"

Gusrcls

before sowing method. Costs less than 5115c

Phone No. sous-s.

b 1°11!’ W"! 01' W". was verv virulent. as readers will remem- Mlnimum Years. In ths years month,’ 1991. 1913. 1933. and i933 the spots were infrequent.

as the Handbook says. in 1944, The minimum years have n cer- tain incorwtancy; that is. they do not. as one might expect. lie ex- actly midway between the maxi-y mums. Moreover. unlike the

maximum years. their effects upon

nature in general, have not been

so sedulously examined. Was the

long dry spell we had last sum-

mer one of the effects? l; talus _ many ars to decide such ques- tions, ut amateurs, as well u; scientists. can help.

Bryoplsyllum cruentum. M’ plant thus named is in flower Just now. It. belongs ic the family called Crassuiaceac. and like most of the family has thick, succulent leaves and stems. The leaves are ianceolste. sharp-pointed, and toothed like a saw. In summer each notch bears a tiny plant, so that the leaf appears edged with small buttons. These finally drop off and "start for themselves." This ls a singular accomplishment. not often seen in nature. The name "cruentum" refers to the blood-colored streaks seen on the yellow tubular flowers.

Parsley for arthritis. The Bos- t-On ltlaiallne "Horticulture Illus- trated has an article on this topic. Arthritis. as the reader may know, 1r l crippling. painful inflamma- tion of the joints. its commonest manifestation being gout. A lady in Connecticut. severely nondi- Cllllled by its crippling effect. was gloved. and so enabled to resume

SI-ud nun-leper»: to: OATS, HARLEY and ILAX as, 1...... yo‘... luppty hug!“ (ANADIAN 111005112125 11101110

rrnnuzrn DIVySION

WHEAY

all ller former activities. by t formula and directions:

l0 Steep I51 minutes. Strain throu a course slevc. 17311.0 11,

quickly. and kccp undo: nlion. Drink one wine-glass rial

matter. A dash of salt makes more palatable."

Parsley and Vitamins. Pot-cl is richest in vitamin: A and and fairly strung in Bl and G.

cnrblc Acid; 111.11 ive against certain forms of art

or two tn cold wncr before sowin Ingenious Yuungsi. The chi dren of Newcastle e

(Continuedmn Page 16)

or . bunqsmut, mi [ and certain 0111:‘ seed borne dis- eases. Trest seed by this easy dusf

bushel of seed. Treatment ro- . quently increases yield 6% to’ 15%- Approved y agricultural su- _

CERESAN

hQ

use of the lluinble herb. lief-e is lie-r»

' ns-nnd nlinw

8h

let. wok rrlriccr-

iy.

in one dose or several, undlilltg-d or with water. it does not seam to

it.

BY C. It.

is the vitamin C‘ (kilmm as As- mikrs it effort-

l1-

ritis, painful Joints and swollen limbs. Parsley grows "like a weed" here. 1i’ the seed 1S steeped an hour

l}. l-

used

llarlly nursery Stock 1.;"Fs...1..g ruin;

We are‘ offering for Spring 1945 delivery Fruit trees including Apple, Pear, Plum, Peach, Raspberries. Currants, Gooseberries, as well 11s a complete line of Ornamental and Shade trees. Flowering Shrubs, Roses, Evergrecns and Perennials.

STONE 8r WELLINGTON. 49 Wellington S1. E. Toronto, Ont.

Local Representative: A. l-l. BRYENTON, Box 425, Charlottetown, P.E.I.

l. l l l

G t d Q L d G t in !lbs. It was license number g, the titre! “e512. of 1118i? “ind trim rd- W1" "rm I presume were own- sulted in the sale of Frank ‘Iup- ‘d m chirlf-MQWWII»

m, and in a number of in- s our Federation, joining up 111 the Canadian Federation and

zoocvmsrassabs/aw

lin's foxes to the ‘ruplin Fox Corp- oration for s sum stated to be in the vicinity of 0250.000-

' vinrial Federations across Can- 1, were able to direct activities nsuch s wal as to protect Agri- iiural interests.

Conferences were held ‘by the w. tsry while in Ottawa with nadiin Federation officials and ihers, 11nd at all times a close 1- oil was kept between the Nat- us! body and the Provincial Fed- aiion on matters of importance our primary producers. Your ident and Secretary attended tings of the Regional Advisory ltctive Committee of the Selec- -- Service Board at Moncion and lcharloltetown. A long session held in the Educational meet-

I. at Charlottetown. which was resided ovcr by Dr. Fletcher Pea- rl. who headed e committee re- lativc of industries and Ideals in the Maritime Provinces, ‘at this meeting the case for culture in this Province and - hculdrly in connection with trifling‘: unfortunate happen- 1: in the potato industry, were resented for consideration. As a. ult the meeting approved of its iilwrt to bur case, and later sirucled its Secretary to write t0 "W0. urging some redress for “ losses sccurcd by the Potato wers last spring. Unfortunately,

_ were not able to secure the re- ‘ s Sought for. Representatives of "' Executive also met with Mr. F. risdalc of the Wartime Prices and a Tide Board, Ottawa, and support- -~ there and also at Charlotte- W". R plea for compensation for ' W sustained on the potato crop.

DREFRIGERATOR SPACE ‘tiring the fall months, the Pres- ‘nt interviewed‘ the Superintend- l if the Canadian National Rail- ii at Moncion regarding the f lily of refrigerator ears and