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PAGE EIGHTEEN

-NEWSY NOTES .

By J. A. Clark. D.5c.

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Earthworns And General reruns g ' IWNNEOTEI WITII I

p Dr. 0. 8. Oliver tells how his ' r grandfather Mr. George Sheffield 4 ' D003 maintained his farm of no Acres i r l N h i I Densstluted larthworsns of am or more rings. The popular ,':.,,o.r,:c:::1s1,(,).:”;,,:,r1ig?'y-i.-?,r: :3: A), nmwomu wmch hue bunp!'::3;'5bo::;'9.;l '0 ttlh0ml:1D9C1G5" '1?” standing feature of this farm was g developed by selective breedinr Wm”... .,'rf:hw!:)I;:;; niviainagheteengylzgtpf . Wv .,W...,.,:'.,N&aQt ::,':'ml!1:idl1:vu.?:::1e(;:s atfenderdphf. Md "”mw”m”'" The W” 59"" and excai'ated to A depth of 2 ft The annual meeting of the Can- -tion of one per cent from thessle awed H ndomemnudn Thuclla ""1 hlV9 500" llsed. i13Tl- Mr. Sheffield followed stock rais. adian National Silver Fox Breed- of their furs, said dedtuci-ion to be ". mm handled: or” ; des 13' bem,”59 N um” "mu W" and in; and mixed farming; he over- an Association was held in the used by the committee in the 1! unhwlgmu mu Pd bv D5001. burrowing habits are the rainworm wmnd about 300 head up mock. Laurentian -Hotel 'on Monday, gdveptigjnl of gnu,-,, gfg, gum in mi 0,93" -Pmum ”-umbmuf ttmwlll Ind the The heart of his farming technique June 1Bth.w1th President Gordon Since the last meeting of the mm”. The mun word mnlenm m'"”" "''m ”lm0d”1'-'5 Weudlm was the compost pit. He Attributed MN-'M”'5" Of C9"'W3”v 7- 5- 1 Association two former directors, is, rin )1 rs hicall describes the known '3 the b””d”"3' The” ""9 his unvarylng success as I farmer P”'"”"K- The financial T990” namely, Capt. John L. Read of "mu Khlmg” bodvm are Iormgd have little in common except size, to me mmmuon of e,m,wo,.,M in showed the Association to be in Borden. p.EJ,' and 5,0,3, 5. b .Y.o"lu of mmcula-I rm 5 xoui iaveraging from about four to six mainuming and bundmg mo 1.... A strong position with lnvear- Brown of Chu.1o"gwwn' hut hywoven m cm" t Io 3 cmbe mh”' "id h"d'"'55? ll”-V 95" tility,of his'lAnd. The building of m""' 1" ."'"l".' b""dE '9'”! ""1 passed away. Regret was also ex- g o rm a Iwithatand cold and can take t-areilhe mmposg, heap Wu . daify 95"” Lwbuma W9" "'”' The pressed at the passing at a com.

ATTENTION MR. FARMER

FREE SERVICE

If you are an owner of a Massey-Harris Separator or Rite-Way Milker call or write Andrew 8: MacE:-ichern (lLil'- . ing the month of June for free service or advice.

Mr. MacEachern has installed and serviced :1 large number of Milkers and Separators in the past fifteen years ancfyou can be assured of expert service with expert equip- ment, and to all our purchasers of Rite-Way Milkcrs and Massey-Harris Separators wc i:uaraniec to maintain SERV- mlmlnm mm am" I "mam

AmiiNDREW & MacEAcHERN

MASSEY-HARRIS FARM IMPLEMENTS Charlottetown, P.E.l.

130 Kent Street

routine. The manure. front the horses.

cattle. sheep. pigs and poultry was

spread evenly over the pit. as tak- en from the stables and pens. There was an ice pond with a fine text- .ured red clay bottom at A higher ilevel than the. pit so that water ;from it could he used to moisten lthe compost as needed. It was em- plied from time to time and sev- cm tons of clay scraped from the ,bottom and piled where it was av- ailable for use to add a clay layer.. composed of this clay and the scrapings from the entire barn- yard. that was spread over the manure when the compost was ab-I out one foot in depth.

Earthworms were Propngited

! The compost pit was never com pletely stripped and this "mother ,subsIance" containing thousands of earthworms and egg cnpBi11C5 "3 i-epopulate the pit was spread ev- enly over the entire surface as it new compost was started. The earthworms multiplied by the mil- lions. They worked the soil and the manure over and converted the! whole mass into a dark fertile .crumbly soil siihstarit-c. that had I0 he removed and hsndlecl with shovels, when spring nlaillmil W35 .underivay. By that time all odor of imanure had disappeared. so that ii smelled liice fresh turned earth. The material from the compost. as it was spread on the fields was quickly plowed under so that as .man.v as possible of the earthworms inicliv. survive. The garden and orchard received their share from the compost. Mr. Sheffield said: tNt-rcr disturb the soil under a ,tire. The eai'thwoi'm is the best jwimv for a tree and I do not. want them disturbed."

Breeding And Selection

Dr. Thomas J. Barrett in his book "Harnessing the Earthworms" tells how Dr! George S. Oliver suc- ceeded in crossing the rainworm and the manure worm. He made

.hvi:irit's and found that when these there mated. they produced fertile eggs After continuing this work for five years he found that his domesticated hybrid had the fol- lowing desirable characteristics: it is a prolific breeder; B. high ipercentage of the capsules are fer-

statement covering the operations of the rnaiikeivinz department for the previous! year was not pre- sented at this time as a final statement of government contract had not been completed. The membe ship 'by provinces showed Prince Edward island considerab- ly in the lead with Ontario sec- ond. Quebec third. Nova Scot-.ia fourth and New Brunswick fifth. Registrations were some 200 less than the previous year. Up to June lst 115 ranich statements had been filed and accepted listing L500 males and 3,0l6 females. Live fox shows were held November. law. by the Maritime Winter Fair, the Prince Edward island Fur Breeders Association and the Ontario Fur Breeders Association and grants paid to each accord- ing to the number of registered foxes exhibited. The Directors co- operated with the fur farm ad- vertising committee on behalf of i h'ppers in making a. deduc-

tile and they hatch from four to twenty young worms each: it read- ily adapta itself to lny food or soil: it is not migratory; it is very active, of ii good color and makes excell-

,ent fish bait: it is a, medium sized

worm about three to four inches in length when mature.

These very valuable cliai'actei'- istics would warrant a beginner in earthworm culture to start with the domesticated variety. as they are sure to be prolific and will adapt themselves to all sorts of food and soil. one man reported that he start- ed with 250 earthworm egg-capsulcs and in two years had 500,000 breed- era in his culture bed.

Not Expensive

Dr. Barrett. suggesu: that; "those who desire to make a. start in earth- worm culture" should "secure an adequate supply of domesticated earthworm egg capsules, or a cul- ture of domesticated earthworms, and go to work." "After all is said, the main expense in soil building is the time and labor spent. Once earthworm culture is eatahlishcti. the small initial im'P.Stmeni ni money in making It right start is soon absorbed in increased land values, increased production. and increased living satisfaction". Al- ways remember that the earthworm is 3 "Master builder" of topsoil. and the fameris most dependable ally.

paratlvely early age of Mrs. La Forest. wife of Dr. J. E. Lsforesi. who had served on the board of directors for a number of years. Sympathy was tendered to the families. relatives and fcient of the deceased. '

A very complete report was tendered by the marketing com- mittee which showed a total pelt receipts -for the season of 19,113. On the whole the quality of fox pelts received it as relatively good. the large prcporiion of inferior pelt-s consigned in years past ap- pears to have been to a large extent eliminated as the result of economic pressure which forced out the -production of lower grade pelisr

The quantity of mink pelts re- ceived by the marketing depart- ment was relatively small and this was regrettable as the facili- ties existed to give the mink rancher a superior service in the imaifketing of his pelts. In this rcspectit may be stated that the manager of the fur marketing de- partment. George A. Callbeck, is A regular attendant at all the suc- tions and devotes a great. deal of time with experts to the careful grading of both fox and minik pelts and givesthem the closest observation at the auctions.

D. 0. Stewart, chairman of the special committee, tendered the report. of the committee which the past year consisted of GA. Cali- ibeck, J. J. lWcCngue. with J. A. Couture and J. L. Simond added in an ad-visory capacity. The am- oun-t received by the committee from ded-uctions by the marketing committee was much smaller than previous years. Mr. Stewart gave a splendid account. of the activi- ties of the committee in advertis- ing and paaeed around a brochure with reproductions of youngladies wearing silver fox. platinum and pearl platinum fox, natural mink and mutation mink in capes. etc. This is considercri the finest. ilmnklet. of the kind ever put out and many of the phntograpliswili The re-produced in high class fash- ion ni-agazlnes. He also showed photographs of the Canadian Fur Farm Advertising Committee's dis- play at international fairs where they made a great impression.

Shown above are the twin calves male and female dropped recently by Abegweit Milady, world champ-

A pleasing part of the afternoon program was the unexpected ar- rivsi of Mayor Camilien Houde. who said that his secretary had informed him that the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders were meeting in the hotel and he Widhed to vrelcoine them on be- half of Canada's largest city and one of the earliest-if not the earliest-to trade in furs on this continent. He spoke of the great men who had lived in Montreal and engaged in the fur traffic. These included James MoGill.the founder of McGill University. He said even -today Montreal is I great fur trading centre as will be noted -by the fact. that the Hudson's Bay Company and the Canadian Fur Auction Company and others, handle many millions of dollars worth of peltries an- nually. A vole of thanks was tendered the Mayor by Colonel D. A. MacKinnon. seconded -by D. 0. Stewart and passed unanimously. and His Worship went away as pleased with his visit as were the fox-men who were present to greet him.

A proposed pian for the ('laB4l'l- ication of foxes was inlmduccd lw D.O. Stewart. it. would give ran-

lchers an opportunity to apply for

this classification and an insprctor would -be sent. out -by the Associa- tion to examine the foxes sub- rmttaed and to close them either as excellent, good. fair or unde-

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FOR YOUR POTATOES

siratblc. The minimum fee for.

10" cm, Owned by Premier 1. Wu. calves were the ninth and tenq ter Jones. The photo was taken at :r3;'1u”';i,j'fQf.":..:3lV 'olTi.mch mm

1):. Jonea' Bunbury farm. The

each applicant. would be H51!) uPDB””9il.h- A Pkuini mncivion fol- to Ind mcmdmg gmeen goumamg lowed in which A presentation of from the 10 to the 50 fox, 50 cents a beautiful. watch was made in, additional fee and over fifty. 25 ME Matdmllan and 3- C0mPlim- cents. The inspection would be cniary address given by Dr. Ron. made M ,. um, nmyugory to sell in WhiCh.Mt. MaoMillan was the Association's inspection branch. thanked for his very great sen-..-3.; -Mr. Stewart said there were I 10 U19 A-590513133” 5XW71dinil' Over numiber of ranchers who were not 8 nufdber 01 Yelts-

satirfied with their own appraisal of s. fox's quality and desire the opinion of an expert. it was

would be built up and less un- duinable foms kept. There was no compulsion about the matter. -it was purely voluntat)'- Al"-GP 8 lot of discussion the plan was ad- opted.

had been recormmendld -by their

Point; H. Anderson. Cochrane. Al-

FARMERS

Under The Last Conservative

Government You Received

LESS THAN 16 CENTS A BUSHEL

aatuunvioe-s-isoi-iiimaaie-an

follows: R. S. l-iumphi-ey. F. G, felt that in this way better herds Mac!-eod. COL 13- A- MIcKmnon: Rcigistration committee. C. B,

Sherwood. H. A. Doherty, L, W, Hancock and the president and vice-preeidenii. A delegate to tha Live Stock Association, J. J. Mo. Cague. Representatives to tha Royail Winter Fair, H. Ztmmer. -rhe Plecuon at diwcwr, who man. W. H. R-uihven. Fair Com. mittee: 'This will consist of the .pi-ovinvciai associations resulted as PXECUNVG With Ernest Mill. Ch.-sf follows: Dr. w. E. Russell. Kitch- Inspector. and Manager. George me... on” HA. Done.-1,-. Quebec; A. Calltoeck. Grants to live fox F, George Mu.Leod' New 3.-uns- shows were passed. similarly to wick; Gordon Macmman. char. other yeans. A committee cnn. lottetown, and Ernest. Mill. Mill's slstinz of D. 0. Stewart and George A. Callback with Lowell iberta. The remaining director-5 Hancock an an alternate. was ac- which had been elected previcus- Doinied to albend the Internat- iy are A. M. Do,-it Manitoba; ionval Fur Conicrcncc if held this RUSM1 Hood and HM”, zimmpr. fall in the Unitctl States. it was man. Ont; Allen Hooker. Quetbcr: 315” 'lf'('ldNl '0 I'""'!IIllr ihe cri- (-H By 5h,,....O,,,i' N 3.; wan" p. vertismr. grants which had item Liiisfny. N.5.; and Lt.-Col. D. A. "ll"? 3 Pnupli? Of Nears prev!- Macikinnon. R. S. Humphrey. L,, ously but had not been usecl.ThLa W. Hancock. D. 0. Stewart and ' sum is 515.000 for the purpose of E. s. Burleigh. P. 3.1. The elec- encourasln-s fox fur promotions mm of . pmidmg pegungd in 1);. The Fur Farm Journal. Toronto, W.'E. Russel succeeding Gordon was appointed as the oiltlci.-il oa- Mat-Milliin; Vice President. E. S. can of the Association. 1

-Photo by Garnh tin;

The executive committee is ii;