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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming

i

Mrs. Gertrude E. Fox. Editor o! {the Black Fox Magazine. has a ‘very interesting article in the May number entitled “Fur Style Show Draws Huge Crowds". Following are extracts fmm it: "Advance .styles of silver fox and mink ‘scarfs, coats and capes were pre- sented recently in a twice-daily chow on the mam floor of the massive Grand Central Palace. New York City, by the American. Nat- ionai Fox and Fur Breeders’ Asso- elntlon. It. was an outstanding suic- cess. Crowds of men and women from the metropolitan area asweii las from the middle west. and New England attended. Altogethenncar- iy 100.000 visitors passed through the doors during lllL‘ week. More than $200000 worth of furs were ex- hibited at each of the Associat- ion's shows through the co-opcra-

tiou of inziiiy of New Ycirk‘s most _prominent retailers and manu- facturcrs.

An interesting aspect o! the ev- ent. was a. style survey conducted by the Association aimed at dis- covering the preferences consumer as to color phase in a one or two skin sliver fox scarf. The survey was bascd on frce op- inioris of the consumers themselv- es. unswnyed by soles talk. advier- tising. ~01‘ other influences on the part of breeders. manufacturers or retailers.

Four pelts equally good in color, texture and size were displayed 1n n glass case. ench liiiflPl‘ a. day- light lamp. Under number one lrimp \\‘.'l$ shown n half silver. un- der number two :1 dork full. under number three a clear three quar- ter and under number four a pale full silver.

The clear tlirec-qixurter proved to be by fur ilie most impuiar of ull. Of the 2.15:1 opinions record- li-d. this fur pulled 1.4211 preferen- ces. The pole lull silver was o.

lpoor second with 38-1 votes. the ldzirk full was fll\'()l‘t“t.l by 230 per- lsluifi. while the half-sliver trailed ‘behind them all with only 111 votes. It is interesting to note what practlcnllyi all who registered

iin favor of the very bright full

sliver were young girls or women under thirty".

Every month the New York Auc- tion Company have a page ad in the Block Fox Magazine headed: “Do You Know That“. It follows with interesting items and iihis- trritions of wild fur life. These are tjrpiczil Hbluskrots build hills composed of fruit. vegetables nnd rents. hence the muskrntfls hut is in renliiy n storehouse which he (levcnrs piecemeal as the Wllltfl‘ ndvnncesL. Dilring the olden tim- es m Russia mlnks were esteemed so highly" that it was forbidden to slnuclucr them on pain of death ...Silner.=titioils peasants of Aus- trzrl place :1 skunkfs tail on the door of their homes to bring the (i1‘.('lI(‘1'S good luck rind keep devils aivn_v...\vlieii n chlpmuiik is ll'll!l1lf‘lif‘(I it utters n shriek ivhis- ile of alarm much llkC a human bung.

Ray D. Hurmnn hos on article lll the .\!."iv lllnck Fox Nliignzine on "\\'h_y Barren Vixens?" Some of the ciuiclinioiis reached are qilll!‘ diflercnt from generally ac- roprd ‘iflPHF prevalent. m this Pro- vince. so I nm going to give it in part. ,

"Oi nil the ;1(l\'t‘I‘.'»lllf‘S that re- duce the fur formers‘ pTOfiiS. per-

lenst understood is the large per- centage of fcmnlcs that fail to raise litters each year. Large or ini-diuivi sized ranches thoi. get by \‘.‘lil‘l ho more than one miss in six vzrzcns are doing well. The great more misses than that. I believe on all ranches the ])."l'(‘(‘ilt.’llZ(‘$ of vixens that. fail to l”ll\(‘ litters each year will average

l-entngc will be higher on ranches doing plural mating tiinn on those

The average percentage of miss-

tr-mpertimentni and nervous, con-

fond that by necessity is not just whnt he would select in the wild. Cons-cs of other troubles like fox deaths or pelts going oft‘ color can he qulln definitely traced and steps token to eliminate the trouble. Causes of barren fcmfllfi 8ft‘ mOPf-‘i numerous and difficult. to analyze. .__._ l "Perfection will never be reach-l ed; that is production each year from all females; but the condi- tion cnn be materially improved. On my ranch with several hun- drcd Vixens. we have given this matter a ioi. of study and have the percentage of misses reasonably low. but there is still room for im- provement. Of the various types 0f blanks. ‘I believe the percent- ages below represent. about the percentages of total blank females ‘from different causes: 1. Failure to mabe-20 per cent. 2. Mote. but do not conceive-IO

per cent.

3. Premature birth or abortion- 10 per cent.

4. Pups dead at birth or din

shortly after-GO per cent".

What to do about the great quantities of silver fox catalogued on the auction sales has many people thinking. When it is ad- vertised that such and such a sale hos 30.000 slivers the effect. on the buyer is not apt lo raise his en- thusiasm. On the other hand the

Limited

Montreal. Que. New Brunswick

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quantities force him to the con- clusion that. the average price will

of the .

[of other fur farmers.

The following suggestion by W. Chester S. McLure would have the efIeot of placing the poorer skins in the category of "sundry furs”. and as these poorer skins consti- tute proportions ranging from 10 to 20 per cent of moat. oflerings. they would lesson the number of silvers catalogued very appreciably and that would have a good psy- chological eflecf. on the buyer. Here are Mr. MoLureb views.

"In looking over the numerous auction sales’ catalogues of silver fox. one sees a considerable quan- tity of silvers graded as Inws and Interiors. These are mostly made up of badly damaged skins, pieces, summer skins of adults and pups, and as the grade designates ‘In- teriors’. Practically all of these ‘Inferiors are used as trimmings and repairs. However, they are catalogued as slivers and create the impression that the offering of silvers are larger than they really are. Breeders and shippers might. urge on the auction houses to catalogue these Inferior grades under ‘Sundry Furs’ and sell on the regular sale".

Fur farming in Germany has reached a saturation point as re- gards further sales for breeding purposes and the home raised pro- geny of fur bearers are now find- ing their way to the German auc- tion sales. Due to the scarcity of foreign furs because of exchange difficulties. German furs find a ready sale. At. the last Ravage auction held the middle of Decem- 'ber. 1936. 4.500 silver fox and 1,500 .mlnks were offered and sold. These lall originated from German fur farmers and were of good quality.

Germanfur farming is confined mostly to the raising of silver fox- es and mink and the quality of the animals is understood to com- pure very well with those on fur farms in other countries. Compg. tiiion is mostly with Scandinavian and Russian fur farmers, who by means of trading cartels have a certain amount. of access to the German market and their lower feed costs permit. them certain price advantages.

American fox breeders are com- plaining of late litters this season, but most of them do not find fault with that. because they clnim that there is not so much danger of losses. Mink farmers as well as fox farmers are of the opinion that the crop in the United States will be definitely smaller this year.

What is the earliest you have ever heard of silver fox pups be- lilg dosed for ivorms? Up until o, week ago I thought about fifteen days was the eariieshbut last Sat. urday Frank McKay. Royalty, in- formed me that he had dosed "We pups eight days old um. were badly infested with worms‘ two in the litter having died from that cause. The liquid fox rem- edy proved quite successful and the youngsters are. at last reports. doing well.

I believe fox breeders would bt‘. well advised another year to ex- amine all pups at not later than ""1119?" ilflYF- and if neceasarv dose them then or at latest 2A1 days. Where worms are present and allowed to develop until the pup is 28 days it is not only very difTicull. to thoroughly rid the {Ox of them but there is also the fact that a great deal of damage has been done to the gall bladder. liv- or. stomach and other organs of lllP YOX by the presence of ‘the worms. The other dny I was told about n fox pup that -died when five weeks old whose intestines. gall bladder. nnd liver were in ter- rible condition diie to worms.

The recent fox thefts point out the necessity of incrcnsed vigilance on our part to prevent repetitions. The fact. that burglaries can he successfully carried out is liable to engender a feeling of confldenceln gentry of that nature and make il.

Review 0f Collegiate iilub Activities

Another term is about to close 1n the annals o! 0011980 life. I-nd it is interesting to cast a glance over the program which the Catholic Collegiate Club has carried out. according to the plan terminated at the beginning of the term. At. the organization meeting in 80P- tomber the following were eiecwd to office: President. Stephan Mo- Mllian; vice Pres, Blanche Grif- mh; sedy, Grace Campbell! ‘Pres- surer, Florence Dalton; Moderator. Rev. Wilfrid MbCu-die.

Following the plan of the previ- you; year, Thursday afternoons have been devoted to eetings. si- temately featuring an address. with musical program and n. class 1n Christian Doctrine conducted by the Chaplain. Having 1n mind the fact that there can be no ideal- ly perfect education. which is not Christian education, Rev. Father McCardle has been untiring in his zeal to impart to the students. through a series of instructions in morals and dogma, a solid founda- tion m ethics, thus premrlns them to take their places in the com- munity. as worthy citizens in the l coming‘ year.

l The literary meetings were of a. ihigh educational value, and Rev. Dr. McMahon was the first speak- er. The aims and objects of the C. C. Club were explained to the students by the Reverend speaker, who in his ‘inspiring and helpful manner urged the young people to obtain this objective, by their earnest co-operatlcn. Addresses along patriotic lines were given by Prof. W. J. McDonald of P. W.

slan. who kindly consented to speak on two occasions. During the visit to Charlottetown of Rev. Fr. .Morrl.son, Missionary. the students i were honored wiht his presence at one of their meetings. Of great interest. was his telling of the pro- {igress made to Christianize pagan i China. during the short. time in which he had labored there; and in hearing the “Our Father" re- cited in tlie Chinese language by the learned missionary.

Mr. George Gillespie, M.A., Prof. of English at St. Dunstan‘s Uni- versity was the speaker at the final literary meeting of the term. and his address on “How reporters get news for their papers" was re- plete with interest to his audience. Through the medium o! this pro- gram our students have had the opportunity of receiving the great benefits of the treasure house, which lies in the realm of litera- ture and are duly appreciative.

During the latter part of the term, debates were initiated and these have proved to be an inter- esting nnd splendid method of teaching expression and self-as- surance so esentiai in public speaking.

And in regard to the social life of the Club the necessary recrea-

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play dealing with Irish town life. It

tion has been provided in the very [enjoyable soclals which are held in the K. of C. Hail on Saturday evenings for the members. At.- tendance 1s regulated by member- l ship and invitation cards. and the I socials are under the supervlsloni and chuperoriage of the C.W.L..l Committee on Education. A do- lightful program of choice music ls supplied by the Misses M. Pa. quet and W. Gaudet and orchestra during the tivo hour recreational . period’ of the students.

It 15 Bcneraily conceded that the past term has been a most {n- lEW-itln: and profitable one for. the members of the CC. club

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Canadian Scene Brought Romance

(By Tew Farah) (Canadian Press Staff Writer) TORONTO May iii-a tall, blue-

eyed Irishman who came to Can- ada 1Y1 Dursuit of a romance not only wedded the girl but. fell in love with her oountry also.

That's the essence oi the story of John Coulter, whose one-act play "The House in the Quiet Glen" won first pr ze in the fifth annual Do- minion Drama. Festival. just con- cluded at Ottawa. The play was

almost a certainty that more thefts will be attempted. Fox ranchers would do iveli to take every pre- caution withln their power fopre- vent. thefts and also to use every endeavor to trace those that have occurred. Where anyone has any information that can be of use in the authorities they should 1m- part it. quickly. In a. little hamlet in the Uniide States recently. a sliver fox farm was raided and 23 pups stolen. By the (‘o-operation neighbors and the police. the culprit was i0- cated within 24 hours. pups re- turned and the burglar sent to the hoosegow.

Don't forget now is the time to clean up pens and surroundings and disinfect dens. houses. etc. before the warm weather arrivics. By using a good coal tar disinfec- tant you will be spared the nec- essity of treating for fleas. In our ranch we have not seen any fleas for the past two years because we are constant users of disinfectants.

Sterling Macbean, well known fox rancher. North River Road. had his fox pups tattooed yester- day. so that in event of theft they could be traced. Borne of the pups were very little more than three weeks old. It is the earliest date that tattooing has ever been done

In Prince Edward Island recent thefts of silver fox pups is caus- ing great indignation among ran- chers. At Nose Creek. Alberta. horse ranchers are up in arms and out. to get thieves. who under cov- er of night. enter’ eorrois and cut on horses’ tails and manna. The

Performed by the Toronto Mas- quers.

Coulter met a Canadian girl in London a few years ago, and who" she returned to her homeland ha followed. He arrived inToronto inst June. married Olive Carie Prim- rose 1n July. passed part. of the summer with her on Lake Joseph in Muskolta. and came to the con- clusion that Canada is almost na inififlvlns as its women.

Mrs. Couiter is attractive. dark- halred. tall. and writes poems and short stories for Canadian and Eng- lish publications under her maiden nome. Her father is Dr. Alexander‘ Pilmrose. former dean of the fao- ulty of medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Primrose is related taotheEariof Roseberyandiss cousin of Lt-Col. Primrose. Lieutenant-overnor of Alberta. Born in Belfast. moving to Duh-l lln and then to London, a devotes of the theatre and fiction during much of his life. Ooulter is inter- ested in capturing a typically Can- adian quality in his future writings. At present he is assembling ms- tcriai for a play covering life in the Dominion.

‘Couiter knows as well as anyone that. getting what is characteristic of any nation down on paper. ut- presalng it in dynamic drama, ts no‘. just as easy as talking about it. In Canada. where very little distinc- tively national spirit has yet crys- tallired, this la doubly difficult. Bu! he intends to try. I-Ie believes n great deal can be done to advance the Dom1nion‘s cuitural life thrmzgh plays andatories.

Bo if the near future gives Coul- ter some indication that. he can suc- ceed in his purpose. he wii stay and cast his literary lot with Csnsdn. Otherwise. he returns to London with his Canadian wife.

not be very liigii.

hair ls valuable commercially.

Couiier has written n. three-sci.

is called. “The Family Portrait" and this, with his prze-ncnining one- acter, has just been published in _i book form by MacMillziiis. In ad-i

dition the Cunndiun Broadcasting i "=

Corporation is negotiating to pro- i duce "The House in the Q1119?-

oieii" and is discussing iviui Colil- l .3.

tei‘ further plays and feature scripts I from hs pen. -

In London. Coulter did ll. great deal of uork for the BBC and for some years was aesoeiutctl witli| Mlddieton Murry in editing the New v

l Auelphi. He thinks the radio has

its limitations as a. medium for. drama; but is interested in experi- menting with ths new medium. lVtuuiy of his radio plriys and feat- ure programs have been broadcast by BBC