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The meeting of the Silver Fox Breeders’ and Exhibitors‘ Assoc- iation last Tuesday afternoon was well attended and matters in con- iieetion with the industry were thoroughly discussed. The report of Don Stewart on the measures taken'to combat the mild out- break ol distemper in Summer- slde showed what effect co-operli- tion among ranchers could do. A questionnaires was made up and 50 ranches were visited by Dr. Wi-ll Wood and his brother Joe Wood, at all of which they were cordially received. 'l‘wenty-slx with a total of 2,987 foxes grid fox pups agreed to have their foxes lnnoculated and owners represent- ing 1,660 foxes offered to sub- scribe $B30.00. being fifty cents per fox as iit January 1st,

t-ion of foxes suffering from dis- temper and their replacement next fall or the following year witii other foxes or cash payment.

The expense bill in connection with the questionnaire amounted to the small sum of $68.00 and secretary Walter Shaw was in- structed to pay this from a grant of $500.00 sci aside at an execu- iive meeting recently for

information of ranchers in Sum- merside and vicinity a comnii-t- tee to handle these matters con- sists of Chairman, L. W. Hancock, Lloyd Lockerirv. Robert Humphrey. Aniirciv Jordirie and Ernest T. Zylill.

Secretary Shaw reported that s price oi 60 cents per dose of Fromms tlisti-li-iperoid vaccine had hccu iliiiitcri by Fromm Bros. pro-

viding 8.0011 doses was contracted.

for. should this be done Mr. Shaw said it. would mean that the rancher would pay a total 0f about 90 cents per fox for each lnnoculatiori.

A committee consisting of Col. D. A. MiicKltiiion, Walter R. Shaw. Ernest Cudniore and B. Ci. Rogers was appc-lritcd ‘to make arrange- ments for the entertainment of visiting foxmen coming from all over Canada to the annual meet-

ing of the Canadian National Sil- l

\‘f‘l‘ Fox Breeders‘ Association which will be held at the Char- lottetown Hotel June 16th and 17th.

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Geo!!! A. Olllbeck called on to comment on the state of the fox industry, said that there wag n0 quawion but that fox pelt; were being moied urith considerable difficulty and at low prices, but there was some hope of improve. ment as French designers were

‘featuring sliver fox and if their style trends caught on and were ‘adopted in the United state; 3nd Canada as well as other countries. i111! P611! MW on hand could be disposed of. In this connection it "m" be menuoneii that the astute ,1‘1°FW€Qians made g deal with the French government to barter $700,- J000 worth of silver-fox pelts be- i-ng practically their entire 1946 ‘fproductlon, for French goods. We ~were asked by a prominent ranch- er after the meeting why the "Canadian government who had i 1119 °PDoriunity of making s trade ;agreement with the French gov- ernment, did not do something "along the same line. We were at .a loss for an answer but we really thi-nk the Norwegians were a step ahead of us anyhow and had ‘made the deal before the French ;ambassador sidled up to our Fed- eral ministers.

si-tila- ', lions such its the zibc-ve. For the

Talking with ranchers Robert ll-{umplirey and Ernie Mill after 1119 111961-1118 We learned that they lhsd put in quite large quantities of herring which were secured from the first “schools,” that made ltheir appearance in ilic vicinity of Mill's Point. Ernie explained to nic lthat late season herring were too ‘fat and \vould not be suitable for feeding foxes, but the early spring herring were just the thing if 1010139115’ frozen and looked after. He raid it iviis a very cheap fn-rm cf feed and thi-s opinion was also concurred in by Bob Humphrey. ‘Of course one who decided to put <in herring must he near the lsource of supply in order to liuy at the right, price and must also be able to have tiicm frozen and stored. For this purpose recept- ‘acles to hold the herring have to lbs made but they are ‘of wood constructton and can he used from year to year.

The May 15th sale of the Scotti» ‘Fur Exchange gave g fair indica- tion of mlrket levels. Ranch Mink —<15.000) was 40 per cent sold. Fine skins brought $20 to $25: uhilhiiry til to $15. White Fbx— 12.500) was 35 per cent. sold, ones

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_An amendment to the constitu- tion which will require to be pass- .3115 11W! 11111181113 $17 i0 $20; ed at the next meeting of the Leg- 11°w91 B1511" $19 1° $15- 511Y91‘ lslature was introduced by Lowell ‘FQX-“l-Wi was 45 per cent sold: W, Hancock that the name of the l S°1°C1Q11 111111! 1110118111 $43; 11111 Associzifiion should he changedlsnve" ‘m? 1111'99‘°111511'9\'5 "a! from The Silver Fox Breeders and 111111“ 311- 91111111111115-(1-0901 W8! Exhibitors Association bi P. m. 1.410 P" w"! 501d: mediums brim:- to the ‘P. n. I. Fur Producers As- Ans from $15 to $65: dark: $28 to soclati-on. This, he And others $36; pales m to $80. White Faces thought, was necessary because 1-115099) 3° P91" @6111 11°14. P8194 great number of fox farmers had ;111'11181'11B $451 111911111111! $30 I011 added mink to their ranches and l 1111111! 5117- 11019-71111! W!!! 111! ‘inward! of L000 would he m,” ,most heartening sale in the Un- due“; m1; yeah Th, mgeflng lied states this season and pos- agreed lo m‘ sibly it presages a better trend of

things. We understand, however, that the assortment was carefully

The directors appointed in niece l leiectgrl m‘; of ‘ much 11181191‘ oi’ those whose terms had expir- 11115111? 1111111 11151 111191911 117 111° ed were--Queen's, J. H. McPhai-l 51119111111 11181101181- aiid Ernest Cudmore; for Prince.

D. O. Stewart and Roy Woodslde; T11! New 11°11‘ 5119111111 511111‘

for King's. E. Burieigh and S. Johnston. The election of officers

pony silver fox sale which start- ed Thursday, May 22nd and fin-

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THE GADWALL

suit-water bays. It is not particu- l lar in its choice of food‘ for grass, 'graln, nuts, seeds, insects, crayfish and small molluscs. are all in- cluded ln r menu.

When the first list of our birds was published 41916) the Gedwall was looked upon as a rare visitor. Since then several specimens have been seen, and 1t is believed to be increasing in numbers to some ex- tent. Its breeding grounds however. are considerably to the westward of us‘ while it winters "on the South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts," accord- ‘rng to Reed.

Gadwilll. A.O.U. 135. Rare Visi- ter.,Male: head brownish, neck lighter brown with black‘ vermicu- lations; lowcr neck and breast" blackish, their feathers edged white; belly ivlii-te, rump and un- der tail cc-vcrts black. Wing cov- erts chestnut-brown, then a black band before the white speculum: lining of the ivings ivliltc. Eyes brown, feet yellow. Female: p!un'l-' age similar but duller. \V..:gs and back brownish gray, speculum gray and white; under tail covcris white. Lcilgth of adult illlTi 20 inches.

“A noisy bird‘ say the books, (l.'\_\'."

lng and sleeps llll

NOTES ON PALESTINE (2)

The inhabitants of Palestine. .tlie:i, izcrc Jews and "Arabs" pre- vious to the C’ Viiur of 19H- lS. The so- Auhs were l ‘iiibiiurc of il.s is iruni the old Cfllliiailiifii‘ P stiiies, and the Jewish Christians of various de- nominations. Tiicy spoke an Arab dialect as h common boiid. During the Turkish regime 11517-1918), ‘Jews and Arab‘: livel in ilit- great- est harmoiiiz Neither expressed any desire for a political homeland or iitny wish tn govern its vis-a-vis, it ugh if such a question had a- will. it would seem that the (les- lceiilmits of Ctziizitlii had a, better lbez-ausc csirlizr hl-storisal claim. The Jews, in 1918, iiuinbereil only 50.000 people and ivere not Zion- ists. Biit today (lie greater part of tlicse 000,000 Jews who have en- ‘tered Palestine since then, are l Zionists and there is no peace. I How did the Bi-i-tlsh get into ‘this always difficult and now a- ‘larming position? The Balfour ‘Declaration of 1916 "looked with favor upon the establishment in Palestine of s national home for

the Jews." It said nothing of a Jewish state or nation,‘ nor of Jewish political movements; it

l postulated nothing hut a haven of ,rest for those Jews who found allfo in Europeflnoituto be endured. lThcre was reason in this reticcnce,

‘the conclusion that the fur trade ti! now witnessing the return of the fur trimmed coat to the fash- ion scene and with it the return of the long-haired group of wanted furs after many years of relegation to almost com- plete inactivity and reeppreclation of former values.

In line with his own urvey he holds the fur industry should be made aware of the new veiopsnents in the colt and suit-l industry. He says that in the face ,

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The Gadwall, known to some sl 1 the Grey Duck; prefer: freshwater sloughs, ponds, and lake-shore . marshes to the open reaches of

"and one that feeds ‘m early morn- ‘

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for the British had an understand- ing with the Arabs of Mesopo- amia who had helped to defeat the Turks la the war of 1016-18. Pli- estlne was one of the five indepen- dent Arab kingdoms propesed by ‘Tn B. Iawrence, ("of Arabia") as _a reward for Arab help. l Only three kingdoms were set tup: Iraq, Trans-Jordan‘ and lArabla. Instead, in i018, Palestine .was declared a mandated territory lby the League of Nations, which loffercil it to the United stem. ‘ The U. s. A. declined; Great Brit- l airi then agreed to accept the man- ldate and therefore the responsi- l bllity of administering the country. By 1936 the growth of Jewish im- -.mlgration had alarmed the Arabs i so much that “the Troubles" broke ‘i out and they were in arms against ‘the British Just as the Jews are ‘now. This dragged on till 19W, when the Arabs faced about to help us in the struggle against Germany.

' The British Government then ls- sued a, White Paper which the JF-WS never tired of denouncing as contrary to the Balfour Declara- tion. This was because, instead of permitting unrestricted immigra- tion, it fixed a quota oi 75,000 Jews to be admitted between April i039 and April i944, when it was lto expire and the whole problem to come under review. The Arabs scem to have been con- ltciit uiiilei‘ this arrangement, but the Jews evidently felt cheated and hictiiiiig less than unlimited immi- ‘grution would appease them. It is undeniable that the Jewish com- munity helped us ln th war, for Hitler was their greatest enemy; yet casual acts of overt anarchy were proved against them. They became more and more bold from E1 Alamein onwards. Arms were smuggled from Egypt and cached policemen were shot‘ strikes be- gan, and the press alternately friwlicd upon, and threatened the Government. The Palestinian Jews who had joined the army, well- trrilned men all of them, suddenly fnuiid reasons why it was impos- sible for them to be sent abroad. In a word, the Jews had adopted "llilPZli blackmail!

All this time the Arabs had kept quiet. The influential families of the Husseini and the Mashashebl

“ had revived their ancient feud and ‘thus prevented any unity of pur- ‘pose. But plenty of individual IAfnbs found it very profitable to sell to the Jews arms they had ‘stolen here and there. And thus ‘matters went on till that terribly vicious terrorist outbreak occurred and the King David Hotel was _ blown up with the loss of between eighty and ninety lives. The Arabs lilien decided to come out as the champions of law and order; but ‘ the essence of law and order any-

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A oonqieuous future of post- In cold-winter sections. the rill- we!‘ garden planning-ls the fashion year floral displays found on the for flovyere in front yards. which is Pacific coast will not be possible; spreading over the country from but beds and borders in which both the Pacific coast where every duor- annual and perennial flowers are mo is Qty with blossoms the year grown are practical. By Includine around. ‘fall bulbs. flowers may be had from

This ls s. striking dcpartwe from‘ the earliest spring until fuelling in the traditional planting of trees and the fiiii. the bulbs coming first, per-

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shrub; framing the house. and a ennials next, and aninuais complet- m-mm lawn a; foreground, all. ing the display 110m Early 5131111191‘ planned to center attention on the‘ 1-0 181E 1311- _ hm," may; , Effective front yard floiver dis-

Mode-m homes which are 501, low,’ plays will require study of color often without basements. require no harmony and contrast. A simple continuous foundation planting.‘ door-yard planting of yellowi flouéers Large windows and other glass; i; shown on the accompany rig ia- areas lose their meaning when the.‘ gram. This would be especially ef- view from them ts obstructed by fective where the house faces north. skirubbcry; but fulfill their func ion o’: is dark in color. Yellow flowers

when chm within 100k but upon u‘ would stuho but brilliantly during sunlit lawn bordered with lovely the hours when the front of tliel flu-were. One-story houses are house was in shadow. They would‘ dam-ted when tall trees, evt-r- receive sufficient sun iii the morn-l greens and slirubbery grow up lng and afternoon. providrd Hwy‘ spout them, and the modern iiisist- werg not shaded from east to West.’ once upon life-giving sunshine from Nasturtium Golden Glecn, yel- small home grounds. exveptgft} low calendulas a-nd tall golden planned areas for outdoor livlr. . marizoids are 51188951911 but @111" where shade will add to midsum- yellow annuals could be used. if mer enloyment. preferred. with 500d effect.

and two full-page color plates of was a flock of them in our orchard the Fly Agni-lo or Anianlta. it pois- during December and January a enous toadstooi, also found here. lyear or two ago. Unfortunately l There are chapters on freshwatcr ‘made no records of the dates they shells, s branch of Nature Study lwere observed and so I cannot be that seems to have no disciples more specific.” here; and two pages are devoted There ls a remarkable account to illustrating the life-history of of the quaint little dovekie 111 the the Promethea Moth, One of the "National Geographic" for June "giant" silkworm moths. We have i025. It breeds in Orecnlimd b)‘ the Cecropia and the Polyphemus. the million, and israught by the but I have not come across the women in a his "butterfly-Ml Promethea‘ though it may some- contraption. The birds are put in- times visit us. to sealskln bags and cached for By the some mall arrived a copy —i~———'— '-———'~‘"' of "Birds of Prince Edward Is- land," the second edition, revised to 1947. and reprinted by the Dc- psrtment of Education of this Province. This booklet is a very i complete checklist of our birds. with explanatory matter intcr- l spersed, that should make it. iti- 1 terestlngfio Islanders and visitors ; both. In past years quite a num- l bor of tourists have called on me ; and remarkable to my. for Onci

‘where is a-respeCt-EOK the forces

‘of government. Hence, for any

‘political group of private citizens

to assert that if the Government

‘cannot keep the peace, they will.

‘is a gesture of anarchy, which in

;ltsclf qauses that group to for- 1 felt any title of authority.

And now the whole question is {back to where it started, having ‘been turned over to the United ,Ne.tlons -the successor to the lLeague of Nations. Britain has ‘attempted to carry out her task fin her tradltilinsl spirit of jus- ttlce and fairness; snti this in the flice of antagonism from some sel-t flshly interested parties on either has and from some supposed friends who ought to have known

resulted as follows: President, iihed on Friday. "$111911 111 5 M mnsumer “K151511119 1° P111195‘,

Lloyd Lackefhy. summersldu; vi... total bt lo per cent of the uses and lfi the face also of a likely lhettsr- 511111111111 11W 11111101111".

Fragment‘ ‘L Hebe‘. Macphm‘ ‘pen, 5mm; new owna-g Th, drgp h, Qonfljmpflon or appgrgl, land the future is so uncertain that

Cornwall; secretary-Treasurer, W. 10p price was $3’! f0!‘ full savers. 1111‘ 111111111911 B10111 901115 111- 1°W ‘.11 ‘VE11B1111 11115 911°" 1° 91"‘

R. Shaw, Charlottetown; Execu- 111° 1111111 01 1119 80°11! 5°14 1°? P1199! W111 P91111511! 1119 111111111111 1° 11h‘ WM“ “"11" 1“ m “"7" M.‘

tlve Committee. COl. D. A. Mac- -‘si4 to m. Tradewise comment odd them to their wsrdrvbe- when 4°11°11 Ptrliml-lvs-

Kinnon. CharlOtietcnvn; Gordon ‘ was that Friday's selilne met with 111! W1" 11X on 1111' trtmmtd l T"! W111" 11'1"" l1” 11111111 "'11

MacMlllan’ Qu-nwgh; p, n ‘ii somewhat better reception on garments hn been relmlevlonz- AM 111°01'19"" s! 11181110 !9 AM

Humplmm Kfinslnggon‘ n 0, the pert of the trade due to the haired furs suitable for trimmings .39. and Revelation 13 and l4, hid

Stewart‘ gummurslde fact that trimming goods, the will be obtained at almost all time some pert in inducing him to pre- more marketable of the silver 10W P1'1°Q!- . P111‘! 1119" N111" °11 P01191111?- types were being offered. This l

coincides with other reports from the trade that the coat and suit trade ts showl-ng increasing mis- posltion to take on silver fox for trimming purposes since coat lines include silver fox trim- med coats.

The American National Fur 10th and succeeding days report 8'1 per cent of the 1,500 platinum slivers offered were sold at s top prl-cs of $56, some lots selling from 5 per cent to 10 per cent higher

adherred closely to April levels

Afternoon selling centred sround ll4,000 full silvers including 2,500 Thu-y. m, "mm; h" duke"; .platlnum, pearl and other new As the authorised Rlenfrew Eepre- 19°19!‘ P113!"- senhtive for this district l IIII~ gladly demonstrate a Renfrew ini roar or‘: dairy. rbmg ‘no obli- Il on urohue. e more ' cream and planter. with a llels- mlmguv" ‘Ell? bu! 5115?; frew, Give mescall snl "oh ‘nigh 9A" ."33 M breve it to your satisfaction. ‘ in!“ “m m “n” w’ 1

850; standard derks ranged be- . tween $12 and $19. Small lots of

l h- -h~ l ti» 1- "- hill" its. ma: =.:.~¥.;~... 111 KEIT STREET

A clean-skimmlnl. only-turning llenfrew is available to vou now.

On the final day of the above auction 18.000 mink were offered.

white to s12.

Frederick Elcheibaum writes on the prospects for s revival of long- helred furs particularly the blonds vmibhs b: fox that have appeared en so-csiied travel coats. Besides that many cost manufac- turers have incorported in their lines numbers of fur tilmmed coats in practically all price brac- kets. Reuben Pllpart. an inter- national fur brc-ker who has mado e study of the subject, has some so

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many

Auction sale at Milwaukee May

than at the April auctions. Others ‘

for comparable merchandise. Furs t‘ offered were of medium quality. .

cloth coats as against the com-

coats. Should the new trend take hold as he believes, the might easily rise to 2.500.000 or as high as 0,000,000

Mr. Papal-t, we hope and

a run on silver fox.

An added advantage is the low l laborr cost in fur trimming andl

paratively high labor cost on fur ;lsts vade- volume units. . . Well, trust "birds, two of which occur here;

that you are a prophet and that ra in the near future there wt-il be ,dian Turnipoi-"Jack-ki-the-Pulplt"

Two Booklets Received

"Canadian Nature," the natural-

ui, and sapscisll adapted to cultivate s love of nai- iire amongst school-children, is well

zllluetrated this month. There are the usual four colored pictures of

full-page color plats of the In-

ta plant related to the Arum "my";

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George wackler. farmer of

setups fro fY/el‘ the disappearance of his eilht-year-old dsiigh m, deems Jllli, weeks elo. going in. Herc good neighbbrfhlve assembled a tractor armada t0 d0 UH I00. GUI‘?! Wecliler‘: sheep. Weckler stands at fllht ll the I150" 91ml"-

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that talked plants. five talked of" birds! ‘ " ' 1

I assume that this booklet will be put on sale eventually.

Somalis-dilutes

From Prof. Ralph MacLeen, Prince of Wales College, Oity. comes a very interesting letter. "The thought struck me," he writes‘ ‘that there are one or two obser- vations which might be worth add- ing to your records. In the fall of i918 s Dovskle we: brought to the Ooiiege for identification. It had been found on the road at North Wlltshire and was deed when found. I had it stuffed and added to the Ooliege collection. I also noted with interest your ref- erence to the scarcity of the Wood Duck. m the spring of 1945 a pair of these beautiful ducks nested at the heed of our pond in Tyne Valley, which, incidentally, is my home locality. Since that time I hsve seen one or two at intervals in the same place. At the same pond, toot the Red-winged Black- blrds sre very common and have . been for the lest six or seven years. In fact they are new so numerous in this locality that they may almost be said to be the dom- Jgant form of bird life. I have derived s great deal of pleasure from observing these birds and