MARCH 8. 1952

fl-IE GUARDIAN. CHAR1DT'l'E'l'OWI!

PAGE ELEVEN

TIMELY IIIITES or miss

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; Silver Fox and i Mink Farming i

New York and Canadian bidders uiircliased 00 per cent of a fresh '.”crlng of H.293 wildmink ll. the Hudson's Bay Company's general sale in Montreal last week. Prices ,n the sales room opirilon aver- Ked 10 per cent below January. imp price was 340 for No. 1 and go, 2 extra dark' and dark, extra -me and large. Muskrat. mainly 'i-csli winter and falls average .uali'.y, was purchased mostly by Iniiatllnlis at prices showing lit- ,:c change from January. Nova -j,:'u'.l1l.S sold up to 52.30. North- ,..-gt, 51.60. York .Factory 51.45, l-'s'.:iino Buy. Sl-55- Fl-Sher W35 ,..-guccted but some attention was paid to marten which sold up to 55:1. 6,953 pastel mink brought prices for males of over 315.50 to qo; mixed males and females -,9 7.0 to 530, and fcmales 58 to

About 50 per cent of the silver- i.l.i offering consisting of 14,751 Si-ill1S was sold. Prices for males ' tr-ed from 313 to 326.50; mixed 5 and females, 316.50 to 521; lcs. s9.5u to 514; Breath of brought from 321 to 834; I-'rosi., 33.15 to 510.50; Blonde. -,i5::.; Kohinur, 34.50 to 59.75; in-ulinn, sll.50 io 39.50; Arctic, .11 to 524.50.

flic Company's reporis stated llill muskrat. was 51 per cent sold iiili large sires unchanged, small HIPS easier; fisher and marten 63 )Cl' cent sold, cheaper sorts in .-iillll demand. Silverblu mink, ;lrc:iili of Spring and clear colors ii good demand, slightly easier, llmiig price resistance. Miscel- nnvous mutations good interest it slightly easier prices.

.it the New York auction sale .lSl week a rather ordinary col- .-.-ilnn of standard rancii mink uiiriictcd mild interest ivitli best lcniimd shown for females. The fiililllllllly reported 60 per cent of the iipproxlmate 23,000 skins sold. You was :24 for males. although mist of the male bundles were in hr 515 to 520 catergory. Females .101!) more eagerly competed for, nostly for use as scarfs. Raccoon ircw interest with buyers particu- ririy showing demand for shear- n-; types. Top price was s9.25 for llllillCSOLlIB. 'l'hls is the first good nicrcst we have seen in raccoon ll ii long time and we trust it .iili continue. as raccoon is one If the long-haired furs that is due for ii comeback.

For the first time in the past

we yours we notice Where Her--any of-the take-off of ii fcwycars which

bcii. A. Nleman on Co. have had an offering of silver fox on the New York Auction Company's sale. Last Thursday the Niemau collection of standard silvers num- boring 5,020 was reported 61 per refit sold with a top of :17. In addition there were 10,000 average Slll'Cl'S offered from varlousbreed'- Pits. Top was s19 for standards, 511 for three-quarters, 819.50 for plntlnums, 819 for pearl piatinas, sill for glaciers, :24 for pearl pla- mums and 816.50 for white face.

I The Herbert A. Nleman Com-

unity is an offshoot of Fromm Bros. Fromm Bros. started pro- .1ucing foxes back in 1911. They were extensive growers of ginseng and hearing of the fox boom on Prince Edward Island they secur- '(l some native Wisconsin foxes and also bought some northern wild-ciiuglit ones. Their progress was slow until finally they bought a bunch of P. E. I. standards and crossed them with the Alaska, Peace River and Wlsconsinbreeds, :1:-veioping a typo of their own. with wonderful persistency and hard work they kept on enlarg- ing their fox properties with tho znoney made from ginseng, which .5 a luxury with Chinese people and brought as high as 335 I mund. o

In 1023 when Mr. Mcliure and

NORTH AMIIICAN UPI

L. 5. . STEVENSON lunch Manger

it. no RICHMOND ST.

' All Profits

for Polieyholdon

the writer sold foxes to Walter Nieman. a cousin of the Fromm's, we saw a new ranch going up with over 500 pens. This was but a starter for the Fromm's and ev- entually they were producing 40,- 000 silver foxes a year.

A split occurred and the Nie- maii's branched out on their own with ranches built in northern Michigan and they became quite as large breeders as the Fromm'I, but with a slightly darker type of fox. The Fromm's specialized in bright slivers. Their foxes were raised in pens 50 x 60 and only the most prolific were kept. for Ibreedlng purposes. so that their average per litter was four or :over.

Dcclding that the best method of producing a clear pelt on a large fox was in a wooded region they bought large tracts of forest with great trees and wired big acreages with specially wired par- titions for feeding purposes. The foxes were taken from the home ranch in mid-August and turned loose. At feeding time they came into the compounds and after they had their fill returned to their playing grounds under the trees.

The pelting season was usually in late November and large gangs of men went up and returned with thousands of carcasses of foxes. These were sold at auction in New York for many years and. then Fromm's got the idea that they would hold their own auc- tions in Wausau, Wis. Their furs were well advertised and buyers came there and bought. Then they decided to not only grow the foxes but also to make them up

DOROTHY BROWN. is one of the many Saskatchewan children who are losing their favorite calves in the drive to wipe out all trace of the hoof-mouth disease.

New Pension Plan for (INR Employees

MONTREAL, March 7 -A new pension plan for Canadian Na- tional Railways was announced today by Donald Gordon, chair- man and president. It will take effect as from January 1st, 1952,

into garments and brought from New York designers and experts. in dressing, cutting and various processes needed to make up the fox furs into capes. stoles. etc. '

This move not only antagonized the auction companies but also the New York fur trade and was' one of the principal reasons why! that fur trade and the rest. of the' fur trade in the United States' turned against silver fox. Nic- man's were too shrewd to make it move like that but they suffered with their cousliis and the rest. of us. Just what has happened tol the immense number of foxes killed off by Fromm's and Nle-' man's we cannot say. By this time

:they must be very stale skins if

;ago is still around.

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The story of the Fromm's, Bright With silver, written by' Katherine Pinkerton, is one of , the most interesting that we have ever read. In some ways it par- allels the experiences of our plan- eer breeders llke Charles Dalton, Oulton, the Rayners and others, except that the Fromm's made more mistakes and had more dis- appointments.

i Our breeders had right here in. this Province, the finest type of- lsllver fox in the world. It wasl just a case of securing the anim- ale and breeding them, but Fromm's had a. very poor quality of silver fox in the native Wis- consin and had by trial and error to bring in various types in orderi to get a satisfactory breeding standard. As is matter of foot. the skim they produced were never in a class with the Prince Edward Island pelts but they made them popular with the slo- gan "Bright With Silver", and because of that slogan and the immense advertising they gave it, all of us were influenced in get- ting away from the medium and light silver types into the full sil- vers.

Now the world'is asking for a darker type of silver fox, some- thing along the lines that Dalton and Oulfon marketed in 1910 when they received an average of over 81,300 for 43 pelts sold at auction in London. It is impos- sible for us to produce that type of skin today, we haven't got the dark types in sufficient numbers or good enough quality to bring back again our ranches to the production of. medium silvers.

ii. 1. HOLMAil LTD.

siiisilsrslilo.

if you want fast growth and conornlcal gains . . . more pounds of pork per bag of

lood...uouiobout

P.E.l.

Icmployces

and consists of two parts, the first part continuing the existing plan libcrnllzcd to make better provision for present and future who may become dis- nbled and also for early retire- ment: the second part designed for employees who iire willing to commit themselves to compulsory contributions in return for a higher pension.

The first part provides a basic or service pension lit the ox- ponsc of the company and is sup- plrmcniiil pension based on joint contributions. The employee can- tributes from 1'70 to 1093 of his wages and after 10 yenrs' service

line company matches his contri-

butions up to 575. The amount of the supplemental pension is that the joint contributions with compound interest will buy. Under this part disabled orn- ployees who have attained the one of 50 and who have at least 20 years allowable service will be permitted to retire on pension.

If the portion of the pension payable at the company's expense is less than 540 in month the com- pany by special allowance will in- crease its portion to 340 until the employee is 65. If an em- ployee with these age and ser- vice requirements should die in service, his surviving spouse or dependents may be granted rialf the applicable pension exclusive of the special allowance. in lieu of a refund of his contributions.

Alteniatlve Plan

Those who elect to follow part two of the railways pension plan must contribute 595 of their com- pensation from January 1, 1935. or from the date on which they en- tered service to the date of re- tirement. On reaching age 65. they will receive a pension bas- ed on their average compensation during the last five or ten years of service, whichever is more fav- ourable to the employee. The per- centage wlll be one per cent for each year's service up to 20 years: one and a quarter per cent for each year during the next 10 years; and one a half 'per cent for each year over 80 years' ser- vice.

On the death of the pensioner, one-half the pension will be pay- able during the lifetime of a surviving spouse or for ten years from the date of the employee's retirement, whichever period is the longer. Under this part also disabled employees who have at- talned the age of 50 and who have at least 2) years allowable service will be permitted to re- tire on pension. If an employee with these age and service re- qulremcnis should die in service his surviving spouse or depen- dent: may be granted half the applicable pension in lieu of a re- fund of his contributions. Present and future employees miiy elect which part of the plan they wish to choose but their de- clslon is irrevocable. Ample time will be given them to make their selection. Any contributions above five per cent of . made by present employees who

ed. Those whose total

will be permitted to make good

butloiis or lump Pensions will be

IIIEQ.

Early letlresnont Provision

both parts for early

year below the age of 85.

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Blllllllllll GROWN FIRM SEEDS

lty and gennlnadon. CLOVCIS. (IRAS!!!- DIIXID suns. Write Today for rrucss. stating quantity.

EILECT SEED! BRAMPTON. ONT.

transfer to part 2 will be return- contribu- tions before the date of transfer are less than the required amount

the arrears by additional contri- rum payments.

reduced pro- portionately lf the arrears are not

Although the normal retirement age is 65, provision is made under retirement with reduced pensions. For each one additional year of service will be

for choice quality. Highest pur-

,(By The Canadian Press) Federal purse-strings

foot-and-mouth disease.

disruptions.

Canada meat-packing-plant

ount payable under the Un ' .v

merit Insurance Act.

was not likely that the

quests for financial aid.

W.ASH1lNG'IlO-'N. March 7- (CP)

Foot-and-mouth disease.

invaded the United states nine

millions of dollars disease beyond its borders.

Canada,. now fighting the fectlon in Siiskalchewan. was avenue by wlilcli the disease first

break in

Department was traced to cattle Canada from Scotland. it

officials said t

U.S. from that country have been

spent sl22.oco.oco helping the disease. The Agriculture eight times in this country 1870-in 1880. 1884, 1902. 1908. 1914. twice in 1921 and in 1929. Most of the outbreaks had their origin near Atlantic, Pacific coast ports. About 1880, two animals affected were brought to the U S. but there was no exten- sion from the animals originally affected.

In 1884 there was ll small

imported cattle.

In 1002. the disease was discover- ed l.n Massachusetts and Rhode Island and spread to New Hamp-

stamped out.

The next appearance was 1908, when it was discovered cattle near Danville, Pa.

Most Serious Outbreak

in

near Niles. Mlch.. in 1914. The out- break turned out to be the most serious and extensive ever known in this country, the last infection not being disposed of until 1916. It spread into 22 Nl'.d-western and Eastern States and

the three-year period. In 1924 the disease was discover- ed in California and in Texas.

required. For example, an em- ployee may retire voluntarily at

64 if he has had twenty-one years' service. 60 if he has had twenty-five years', or 55 if he

has had flilrty yoars' service.

Effective July 1 next, some re- visions to existing pensions will be made so lhnf there shall be substantial equality in the treat- ment of pensioners then living with employees who will retire in the future. Pensioners who con- tributed to the pension fund dur- lng their period of service will be given the option of exchanging their present pension contract for a pension 'eomputcd accord- ing to part 2 of the plan and of the type it provides. Pensioners who did not contribute during their service will continue to re-

most Scared of livestock ailments. has

times in recorded U.S. agricultural history. The government has spent combatting the

in- the invaded the U S. in 1870. The out- that year, Agriculture Qday. imported into spread into the New England states and

out off since then but the U S. has Mexican Government wipe out the Department

said foot-and-mouth has appeared since

and Gulf

or three lots of

break at Portland Me, caused by

shire and Vermont before it was

in.

about 1'75,0ll) head of livestock were destroyed in

celve the basic or service pen- sion to which they are entitled under lhe existing rules. as will be the case with respect to non- contrlbuilng employees who rc- tlro hereafter.

some 105.000 animals were

outbreak. The latest outbreak

again in California in 1929.

velopmem of the disease. The department

tablished

losses that it causes abroad.

mlses.

When the Canadian was announced nine days ago. Dr B.T. Slmms ,chief of the U.S Bureau of Animal

slve scientific or other help. But

with Canada as much as possible.

Nfld. Shows Way in Publichy

WINNIPEG, March 7 - (CF)- Canada's newest province is show- lng the other provinces a thing or two about publicity at the Can- iadlon curling championships here. I Thousands of copies of a "Cur- -ling Supplement" published by the Corner Brook Western Star, the hometown newspaper of the

Oil!-

Anolher outbreak was discoveredihm T”m9”" ”"k- "9 l" w"""'

peg to tell what is fine town lhe boys came from.

Every hotel room housing a cur- ler has this issue of the Western Star, published under the span- sorship of the Corner Brook Chamber of Commerce. '

The easterncrs also have H. 0. (Hal) House along as public re- lations officer for the chamber. lilo has copies of this and other fat issues of the Western Star felling of a pulp and paper mill at Corner Brook. all the town's industry and a slick illustrated booklet on the same subject.

Gov.-General Massey Named Chief Scour

OTTAWA. March 7-((2) - Canada's Governor-General. Vin- cent Massey, has accepted the sp- pointment of chief scout for Can- ada, the Boy Scouts Association announced today. The association announced at the same time that Canadian scout

total.

BRISTOL. Iklsland

ing accident.

bone grafted on his skull. Doctors, decided no early attempt could be made to remove the bullet.

WOITII ms WEIGHT IN snoop - Brownie. 15-year-old horn, views his latest contribution to the welfare of mankind - two galleria of his blood. During seven years the horse has given 2000 pounds of blood, coo NIB every Iol of llh at Pound: more than his own weight. for use in manufacture of tetanus iintitoxln. He is one of several equine blood donors kept by the biological laboratory of a Philadelphia pharmaceutical firm

will be opened for farmers whose herds must be slaughtered because of but Ot- town officials said -Iednesday they likely will not be opened for the hundreds of packing-plant employ- ees threatened with unemployment because of widespread marketing

Norman Riches. a union official. said at Calgary that by the middle of next week about 1.200 Westerirri;

, . ployees will be out of a job. Work- ers have asked that the Federal Government provide the difference between actual wages lost and am-

But at Ottawa officials said It Federal Government would meet such de- mands. If it did. it would set a pre- cedent for hundreds of other re-

Meanwhlle. the Commons gave final approval to an emergency

Foot-Mouth Disease Has Invaded U.S. Nine Times

de- stroyed because of the California

occurred

animals prevented widespread de-

sald that if foot-and-mouth should become es- ln this country. its pre- sence probably would cost 8200.- 000,000 a year. judging from the

In helping the Mexican Govern-

to be healthy, slaughter and burial of infected and explosed non-vac- clnatcd animals. and cleaning and disinfection of contaminated pre-

outbreak Husbandry, said it would require an act of con-

gress to give Canada any exten-

he said, the U.S. would co-operate

membership has hit a peak level at 128,700. This is an increase of 11,080 over the 1950

-(CP)- Nicholas Mortimer. 4. whose brain was pierced by a pellet in a shoot- will have a piece of

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Federal Aid For Farmers But Not For Unemployed. Packing Plant Employees

bill providing Federal payments to farmers whose livestock. buildings. crops and equipment are destroyed in the drive to stamp out the south Saskatchewan disease. The bill now

goes to the senate.

will look Market

outbreak. Adding to the general disruption

posing restrictions on interpnovin- cial movement of llvulock

from Moncton packers.

at a. standstill.

M TOPOMO. the Ontario Agricul-

The department said that in 350 I head less than farmers had teaching of the different subjects each case, rigid quarantine and expected. "Bargain prices" prevail- that formed the curriculum. slaughter of diseased and exposed ed in Glengarry and Elgln County These, however, gradually devel-

3100 to 8125 a bead.

lble cattle smuggling and

y p, ment, the U.S. Government has NeBvi'ggc:tr known outbreak so far l3l'0V1dCd DEPWMC1 -301' m3lYlWn' expected ml" "5" by """m'""V on me Norm American continent ance of quarantine restrictionsi w"Wm 11195595 13903 to On?-IP10 has been in Mexico where it ap- Pe”0dlc Inspections of animals :"dt,f,h;" '"Pl”"' ” W” Q"9b9c pea,-ed in 1945, vh-many nu jm- within quarantine zones. vaecin- VP 9- - port, of came and meat into the ation of susceptible animals found "uni! Pllhf employment

some

peeking houses.

of America (C. I. O.-C. C. L.l.

by next week.

Stop-Gap schools Meagre Equipment Problem In Korea

SUWON. Korea. March 'I - (CF) - A group of Korean school boys trudged along a road outside su- won, carrying rush brooms. shovels and rice-straw male.

"We're getting our own school back today." said one. "The Amer-

snd then classes will begin."

Tile mats were to be seats. be- cause there was no furniture since last August the 400 stud- ents of Sam II middle school had gone to class in the undamaged Methodist church. Pi-lncloal Kim Dons: Wha said Sam I! school would have no heat. though the temperature was around zero but there were "good paper windows" and a. sound. corrugated-metal roof. As for students cleaning their own school, that was nothing, he said. .

"This is sanitation day when all middle school students. boys and girls. come to claw with brooms and spades.

"Once a month they must spend two hours cleaning the city streets. It's partly to help the city, because in wartime there aren't enough men

it is practical training in citizen- sh ."

Wherever possible in Seoul Prov- ince schools have been reopened. Classroom repair is under way. using free lumber. nails. glass and cement provided by the United Nations Civilian Assistance Com- mand. -