DECEMBER. 5. 1953

Prize List At P. E. Island Live Fox And Mink Show

sunk L1... 1 - Standard (Natural Dark)

1 - Adult Male-O Entries

se1o.umErriest Kenrwy, Atwood's , N. s.

Br2(.”kwllliarn Kenney, Atwood's Brook. N 5-

:, William kennel

2, William Kennw 3, Ernest Kenna! 4. shunt Kennel! 5. Ernest Kenna? section 3-Kit. Male:-10 Entries 1. Ernest Kenirwy 2. L. W. Hancock 3. Lavsndier Bros, Georgetown. 4, William Kennel? 6. William Kennv - s. B. B. Jones. Charlottetown, it. 11, No. 5. Section 4-Kit Female-ll Entries Ernest Kennel! William Kmriw William Keniney Ernest Kecnneiy Ernest Kenney B. B. Jones . Lavsndler Bros.

Championships

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Mills

1. Ernest Kenuey

Reserve: L. W. Hancod Females

l. L. W. Hancock

Reserve: Emmi. Kenney Grand Champion

Ernest Kennedy

Reserve: L: W: Eanoook

Clue I - Pastel (Light)

Section 1-Adult Male-7 Entries

1. B. B. Jones

2. B. B. John

3. Ernest T. Mill

c. Emest T. Mill

5. Clayton 5. Mill section 2-Adult Fems.le-7 Entries

1, L. W. Hatnoock

2. Clayton 5. Mill

3. B. B. Jones

4. L. K. Lockerbo

5. Clayton 5. Mill section 3-Kit Maleela Entries . L. W. Hancock

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1. Ernest '1'. mil

R-ucve: B. 3. Jones

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Reserve: 1.. K. Lockerby Females

1. Ernest '1'. Min Reserve: L. K. Lockerby Grand Champion

Class I - Stewart Platinum (HIM) Section l--Male (Adult and Kit) -6 Entries 1. L. W. Hancock 2. Ernst T. Mill 8. L. W. Hancock I. Ohytlm 5. Mill Section 2-Female (Adult and Kit) -5 Entries 1. Lavsndiier Bros. 2. Ernest T. Mill 3. B. B. Jones 4. B. B. Jones

.Class 10 - Stewart Platinum (Medium)

Section l-Male (Adult and Kit) -3 Entries 1. L. W. Hancock 2. Ernest T. Mill 3. B. B. Jones Section. 2-(Female (Adult. and Kit) -6 Entries . l. L. W. Hancock 2. L. W. Hancock 3. B. B. Josie: 4. Lavondler Bros.

Championships

Males

1. L. W. Hanoook

Reserve: L. W. Hancock Females

l. L. W. Hancock

Reserve: Lavandler Bros. Grand Champion

1. L. W. Hancock

Reserve; L. W. Hancock

Class 11 - Breath of Spring Platinum (Light)

, Section 1-Male (Adult and Kill

-4 Entries 1. Ernest T. Mill 2. 1'-miest T. mu 3. Clayton 5. Mill 4. B. B. Jones Section 3-Jilenmle (Adult and Kit) Entries . Clayton Mill . Clayton Mill 8. B. Jones

Class 12 - Breath of Spring Platinum (Medium)

Section lp-Male (Adult mid Kit)

4. 3. B. Jones Section 2-(Female (Adult and Kit) -'1 Entries

1. Ernest '1'. Mill

2. Clayton 8. Mill

8. Clayton 8. Mill

4. Clayton 5. Mill

6. Ernest T. Milli

Championships

Males

1. Ehnelrt T. Mill

Reserve; Ernest T. Mill .!'esnalu

1. Ernst '1'. Mill

Reserve: Clayton 5. Mill Grand Champion

1. Ernest '1'. Mill

Reserve: llmest 'l'fMill

Class 18 - White

Bsctton i-(Male (Adult and im) - 4 Entries

snney lsction 2-(Female (Adult and Kit) -s Entries

1. lknest Konnq

2. Ernest Kenney

Championships

1. Ernest Ksnzwy

Reserve: Ernest '1'. fesnalu

1. Ernest Ksnnsy

Reserve: Ernest Kenusy Grand Champion 1. Ernest Kenrisy Reserve: Ernest T. Mill

OIII A-Iappllllts (Light)

Mil

1. L. W. Hsncod 2. Hancock at Lackey

Loose!

lsstion I-.1"smale (Adult and Kit) -6 Entries '

l. Hsncod at Lackey

2. Hancock & Lsckey

I. L. W. Henson

4. Hancock a Lsckey

Oh: I - Iapphirs (usdix) section l-Male (Adult and Kit) -7 Entries

1. Hancock as Lscksy

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Rats mics,mIgratliig to buildings at this season atop get them before they be- come established by using, dsth rst-mouse exterminator stop a dry ready-mixed meal warfarln bait tasty attrac- tive stop easy to use as di- rested gets rats-mics 10095, wherever they are stop put out until fsehig ceases then kssp"odd bait station baited to guard against . ' ' t - lion stop no bait shyness safe minimum odors stop used past year hundreds fa.rms warehouses packing plants orchards, mills res- taurants dumps homes stop purchase from your stars or insist on "doth" brand stop different stop msrltlme made. HANCOCK LABORATORIES

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We have a letter from A. K.

"Ollie" McNeill, Lakewood. Colo- rado. where Ollie is visiting and he and his son have a mink ranch. Ollie encloses a clipping from a Port Qu'Appelle newspape

and a photo of a McNeil! plaque bearing the ribbons and rosetiu, also showing trophies won at the recent Saskatchewan live m-ink show. A Molfelll Stewart pastel mink won the grand champion sweetstakes as best mink among the 500 entries from 200 mink ranches in Saskatchewanu McNeili mink also won champion Aleu- tian male, champion Aleutian fe- male, champion Breath of spring and many other prizes. The show was the biggest event of the year for fur ranchers in saskatchewari and tlhe mink ranged in color from pure white to dark brown and black. The judge of the show was Frank G. Gothier of Anthon, In- diana, probably the greatest auth- ority on mink in the world. Our congratulations to the McNellls on their success.

A new type of fur-bearing ani- mal has been developed by a German breeder and he: been named Mum. He says it is the result of some 25 years of experi- mentation and' 50 generations of cross-breeding. Available in five colors the fur is said to cutwear ermine and is priced about one- flfth of the price of an ermine garment. A beautiful model is .shown in a recent fur magazine l wearing the coat which is of light lzolden color known as Isabel-Mun. some 360 to 300 pelts were used in the gaiirnent. The coat seems quite attractive in the reproduced photograph and the fur may m.ake quite a hit.

The Mura resembles both guinei pig and a rat and was developed by crossing a number of fur-been Lng animals. The new type is said to be so prolific that a breeding farm could be sstablished with 200 males and 800 females which would give a. big production. Birth takes place two months after breeding and the animals may be pelted four months later. Mr. Krln-gs, the proprietor of the farm. keeps about l0.o0O animals which makes ponible the t edisite production of thirty or morecosts. For production of skins to make 100 costs a month he states that

4. L. W. Hancock I. L. W. Hancock

Section 3-Female (Adult and Kit)

4 Entries 1. L. W. Hancock 2. Hancock as Leckey V 8. Hancock & Lackey .4. L. W. Hancock section 3-diernals (Adult and Kit) -6 Entries 1. L. W. Hancock 2. Hancock as Lecksy

Class I - Alsutians Section 1-Male (Adult and Kit) -1 Entry

1. B. .3. Jones

section 3-(Female (Adult and Kit) -8 Entries

1. L. W. Hancock

2. B. B. Jones

Championship

Males i. II. I. Jeans

(Adult and Kit) Females

1. L. W. Hancock Reserve: 3. B. Jones Grand Champion

l. B. 1!. Jones

rneservo: L. W. Hancock

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Silver Fox And

Continued on page ll

38 breeding sheds each about 39 by 82 feet are required ,

A demaloh from Paris to Wo- Women's Wear Daily hes the fol- lowing:-Oenldsts plan to pro- mote internationally its silver foxes through the initerrnediary of the French haute ooutoure and Henry Morgan sa Co. of Mom- trul, will be detailed to Paris dressmakerrs and fashion press at a luncheon at Illouqueis tomorrow under the auspices of the Cans.- dlan Minister to France. One hun- dred selected Canadian sklnsnow in French customs are to be pro- used by chapel rreres and made available next month to those French oouturlers who agree to make them into garments for 1'-'sbrus.ry showings. Afterwards models selected. by Morgans will be reproduced in Canada and ex- hibited in stores there, tho Unit- ed states and elsewhere. Frank E. Dodsnsn, fur supervisor at Mor- gans, arrived in Paris from Lon- don November 20. Mr. Dodimaii described the Canadian govern- ment promotion as 'a prestige but non-commsrici.al" priojeca He mentioned the output of Cana- dian silver fox pelts had fallen in recent years from over a. mil- lion skins annually to under 60,- 000 . . . Note: The above number of skins is of course incorrect, as tho total production of cans- dian ranches last year would not be 10,000. Mr. Dodman has no doubt been misquoted.

seaiiswhodbiick & 00., rounds- tiou, Chicago.6)ias given a. time award for superior pelt production by an amateur fur trapper to Arthur L. Hendricks of Lincoln, Neb. The price was for s. mink pelt and includes a 31000 national winner award and a presentation of 3200 as territorial winner.

The Canadian Fur Auction sales Company, Que, Ltd., sale opened in Montreal yesterday. Quantities are approximately 35,000 standard and mutation mink and a few thousand other furs. The auction company states that the standards are fresh pelts of good quality, in- cluding Labrador and western types and that portions of the mutation and standard collections were from the Canadian mink breeders.

The Philadelphia store of Ber- nard A. Klrschner have announ- csd that they will introduce the new Mura fur developed in Ger- rnsny. The fur will come in five colors and pelts run from ill inches in length and over two to three inches in width. About R0 to 300 are required for s. full length coat. , . , A despstoh from Paris gives the nuns of eight French cou- turiers who will bring out new designs from silver for furs which will be turned over to them by Frank E. Dodman of Henry Morgan as Co.. Monrlri-es.l. Later Mr. Dodman will launch a North American promotion of these mi- models in New 'York, possibly at the Waldorf-Astoria, following the V French sprlrig collections. From Paris Mr. Dodman flies to Rome to enlist the help of top Italian eouturs houses and he will also send a representative to work with Spanish eouturlsra on this promotion. Promotion of ifhese tur models has been aided by the

Canadian National Floor Breeders 1 Auociatlon in lallocstlng raw skins T

fres. Mr. Dodman distrlbutod 100 skins in London and no in Paris and about ioo will be available in Rome.

Quantities for sale of mink and other mm as ldmonton Fur Auc- tion Balm. Ltd. last Tuesday were 20,000 tench mink, described as fresh including mutations; 76,000 musk:-ats. 3300 marten, 2000 beav- erand10001ynx...Amerioan

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KINDS OF

spiders have been divided into two distinct groups: (a) Bed t y and (b) wandering. A French zoo- logist has clsulfied 41 families oi spiders. These are again divid- ed into as,ooo classified species. some mldera are so expert at hiding and live in locations. that are so insoceuibls to man. that there may be many more species that have yet to be classified and named.

Among the sedentary there an orbweavei-s, llnew'eo.v- em, tubeweavers, turmelweevers and trap-door weavers. The orb- wesvsrs crmstruct marvelous webs that are circular in form. The Garden spider could be used as a. representative. She selects some open space. and having anchored a silken framswoirk to nearby ob- jects, constructs the familiar sym- etrical web by first running silken spokes like a wheel, out from the centre or hub. She then weaves a web on these spokes by winding finer lines oi silk spirally around and around, at equidlstance from one another. Each species makes a definite type of web by instinct, but it has been found that if the outer section of s. fore leg is re- moved. the spider is then unable to construct a perfect web.

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The Garden Bpildeir hes sticky threads of silk woven into her web, which act like tanglefoot to catch and hold insects until she can use her sw-athlng silk to wrap them up for a. future food supply. It has been found that this spider has her legs coated with an oily film that enables her to move about her web without being caught on the sticky silk. some other species are careful to move about their webs only on the dry silk lines; while still others have smooth claws on their feet, on which they move about without being held by the sticky silk.

The House Spider, another (I this group is a lineweaver; she spins the cobwebs so familiar to everyone, which keep the house- wife forever on the alert to sweep them down, before they are seen, and so reflect on her good house- keeping. The work of the tube- wssvers and tunnclweavers is quite familiar to most people, and can be seen about barns and lawns. The spiders -that construct these can usually be found at the base of the tube or funnel.

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The Black Widow spider is a repruenitative of this group, al- though she lives onw in the southern states. she constructs an irregular, triangular, funnelshap- ed web of tough silk, from which she forsgs to catch, paralyze and devour such prey as blunders into it. The Black Widow ls coal- blsck, has a slender waist, her body is about half an inch long, with slim, glossy black legs, that reach about one and a half Inches

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SPIDERS

from front to rear. A sure identi- fication mark for this spider. which is dangerous to hinnans. is an hour-glam-shaped bright red spot on the underside of her ab- domen. After mating, the female usually kills and eats the male, hence her nuns. also lays many eggs. placing them in groups of from 300 to 900 in silken egg ba.1ls that she atltachu to her web. She may t from five to fifteen such egg cases in a sea- son. The camllhallstlc young de- vour one another ss they' hutch, so that only from one to twelve survive in esch egg case.

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The Tarantula spider. the only other one said to be dangemus to man, is quite hairy. and a true trap-doorweavsr; that consmsets a tunnel web with a trap-door, so that when a victim casters, it closes the trap-door. These are among the laigut HPIdiEE', with a body about two inches long, and a leg spread about four inches wide, by five inches long, from the trout leg tip to. the tip of the hind leg. It Is found in the South- ern States, Mexico and Southern Europe, and is sometimes brought north in bunches of bananas.

The Water Spider, (Argyronets aquatics), builds for its house a silk diving bell under water. to avoid its deadly enemy. the mason wasp, which feeds its young on spiders. This spider crawls down the stems of water plants and constructs an sir-tig-ht bell which it fills with air carried down from the surface as bubbles held be- tween lls back legs and abdo- men. It also carries in the same way the air it requires as it hunts '1-tn aquatic insect prey.

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There is a large gmim of wan- dering spiders that do not seem to have any pemnanent abode. The Wolf spider is a representative; it stalks its insect prey and springs on them unawares. some other species in this group simply hide and wait until they an catoh i.ii- sects whlch come within their reach. Their method of travel and way of securing a livelihood and food, is very interesting. Long before man learned to fly. small, young spiders located themselves at some point from which they could drop. There they produced a long, single thread of silk. and let it float. out on the wind until it had sufficient buoyancy to bear them up, when they were carried away on the wind, often to great heights and to distant points, and it was in this way that spiders have reached islands far at sea. This was called ”baloonlng" and it was thought to be the American grass spider that travelled in this way. Later it was learned that the young of many species used this method in travelling to new places.

In order to avoid their enemies,

spiders mimic in shape and colour;

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ands, snails and ladyblrds. some carry their young on their backs to protect them. Others carry oc- ooons filled with their eggs. There are spiders that "play possum" (gig-nlrig death by remaining ab- solutely motlonless, and showing no sign of life, while their enemies roll them over and knock them about. .

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We recall the largest spider we ever new. It came over the top of a window into our room at Con- A stunt Springs, Jamaica. We thought it was a Tarantula, and

proceeded accordingly. It was however, too clever for us, for af- ter the first attempt on its life with the first thing we could lay hands on, it disappeared back oval- the top of the window, onto the veranda and into the woods. We remember its body as being about the size and .-shape of the bowl of st dessert spoon. an inch thick, with four legs on each side and about the size of a Tarantula. We learned next morning that it tins quite liarrnless, and was knoixn locally as a ”Nancy."

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