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Silver Fox Fa

The Plant-Hull"! W! Expedition. Such expeditions,‘ hazardous as they are today, arel

when compared with,

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS €ONNECTED WITH

rming.

Methods for Moving

Gare At Iiarvestingl f itoionies of Bees

. Fruits,‘ Vegetables iSaves Heavy tosses

The preparing oi colonies of bees to be moved and the moving of bees

u; who have not seen- the Regal my tLiiium resale), but I vent- ure to say that not one in ten knows where it came from, nor who introduced it. Its discoverer was an Englishman. Dr. Ernest H. Wilson. who spent his life in wan- dering through tne remote regions 0g Western and Northern China 1.». search of new and beautiful

(tfglldl inlay,

use 0 t .

£119 naraliiicif“ my m Bum“ “"1 Hooker unswervingly set the task oi minutely each day's investigations,

himself recording 3%

(l) ‘ There are but few real garden- and mak-

efjg3_ Fom- ye n m _ "it lmd storing of the hay. turn from soutlaixeinalaililtudei, rile glam’ a m‘ ranch" ll "m9 l“ and a friend, Dr. Campbell, set. , out to explore the flora or the plants. “Chinese Wilson ,, H! he Himalaya Mountains. Eastern Ben- “; affectionately lEFlflBd, was 881. and the Khasia Mountains. On l probably the greatest oi modern this trip the two eXplorers were plant-hunters. captured by the Rajah oi Sikkim l Pmnhhunters “ke Hooken Ham-on the borders of Tibet, thrown

vious weeks rhoea showed up all over the bro

and aenemla.

the platinu . Th ‘gielnltlyltllsonllvaerildlfilrfltig’ hiaolliarildsgill may lilmiitiifdiiiaillblthi?“v1.13 £332“ alitiiiillllls lattes: wgllmli 112:1- ieleased-nnd t b f ' e” ° hfgidnlmn $321,352’ Y,l,l,§l'm,§f lives had been "tlgreateneedrltllmethallf small“ wamnll “my

,ter time. i , ,, I’ Clllel 81110118 Sir Joseph's pub- l “eight or (med l‘ ‘lished works is the "Student‘s' Flora oi the British Isles", a we erudite book of which the present‘ writer is happy to have a copy. .Up to perhaps forty years ago, theddlesciéptlons in this book were use n an daf th id tif‘ - . tion of all vflecds orfnd fllilnet? ffflaflil pelmanganalel lw° ‘Hams had been introduced from "Eur- Ounces “l ‘llsmled Wale“

h; land of not. the, bleak stret- ches of East Russia. With cam- 4.15’ mule packs, and skin tents. they have faced untold prlvations and hardships, all for the sake of a few pocketfuis of rare seeds or s few sacks of bulbs; but they have enriched gardens all over the

recommended to

Brain

' Id

“The Regal Lily is good. but per- , hops not the best of Wilsons dis- . wlllws‘ H” hlmse“ thought-lb“ British Isles The scientific nam s I to be the finding, in 1.901, o. ths Woo we“ taken 1mm “Hook en,‘ "chlmse Beau” Bush lxolkwn‘ But with the advent er‘ ll‘ “lll-abum‘ who“ mum‘ m“ text-books as the Manuals of Gr mallllsicilnlv~5gi§$'bi@§°w§§§,e°“s,a‘-aiia Britton the names were fall: mo . -~. - ' -

a a armoryilazr..rrz"i.rt.."zr;izs

came through and we have commended our friends to continue

China. $0 "l" ll “'55- llllll °lllY the treatment until th iddl f this once. in eleven yearsdrifi trgr- Egan?‘ngléfuglllllgfieflaflflgegl "fig September. e m e o

oiling in that country, Wilson see this bush. However. he managed ‘to get a, considerable quantity of its seed. which he sent to England. It all erminated, and one healthy seed- Ping was taken to the U. 8., and planted in the Arnold Arboretum sf Harvard University. All the Kolkwitzils on this side of the At- lantic are descended from that one seedling. This, out of all the dozens of rare and beautiful plants he discovered, is the only one that

some further plant-hunters to dis- cuss, but these must wait for an-' other week.

Odds and Ends

The Hills of Normandy. The American troops have cleared that Cherbourg peninsula, won st. Lo and Coutances. and bid fair to have the enemy on the run. while

,the Canadians and British are practically held up before Caen.

No doubt this‘ form of aenemta which the platinum foxes are prone ‘to is something the some as that [exhibited by little pigs, which our lfarmer friends know so much

about and which they treat with several doses of iron by hydrogen. or What may be called iron. This technique has been so mastered and the treatment has been so effective that it is a pro- cedure used by every good pig

farmer. m,‘ wnson ‘vlshed u, have named f you have preserved the map of gtelrleaiwglé, 31:28 (are nzilitthgritire: gllfuglxglllzil; gaff: gaff‘ ya‘, all‘? In our ovm case we anticipated

trouble with platinums a year ago and started feeding iron in our "Specific". which we use all the year around. It is a combination of tonic drugs and minerals has provcn its worth over a long period of years. So far we nave ad no trouble develop with our

see why. Before the British and Canadian lines lie the Hills oi Normandy from which the Ger- mans look down on every move-

plant before realizing this desire. Though this horticultural en- ius had escaped ‘death malny tings .. t . 8X‘ , ljufljaflhii’ {£3,331 ‘Eh; fineoct. ment of our troops. The loss oi oher l5. 1930. when his automobile m9“ and mlllelllll l" lllls 593ml‘ lunged down a fortwmot w... , mgst ti; grelaxter éganiwe sills get. bankment near Worcester, Massa- | says. mi." smemonenn gelgafled um plaflnums and they are a“ growling ehusettis. t u t d iwpv desk .who ,5 m“ Saint Lo like fun and certainly are a dflligzlt- Allfll-lfl‘ 81ml l" ll" 3 B" aftér ‘vhdm the town of S, L0 fulsight to sac. They are so much glanwnlnter Rcgmam Fara?’ was was named?” The desk was‘ not “m” coblllll- l° “Se ll“ ‘vows °l "l" l" England’ and (‘A 9%‘ 'stumped Right off the news edi- the stage, than their silver rela- UDPE!‘ Burma» l“ Oclllblll- l - m. replied. uoh “.5 me Indian tivcs, which have not arrived at while plant-hunting 111811 1n 1-119 8mm. 1D, ‘the p60,. Indian whose anything like their bloom time. gllillllflifllllglgd0l that almost unex- UntutbreUJmIHdJ, ' This lalinkfacfit, about the pootrest DE - . tmeto oo a asver, utno so Farrar was s specialist in "Al-‘ Hmlll- Why 111K111! he 111115111119

_ , a platinum. pine" plants and the pioneer ofl couple}. H8 8H "rel/Brent “H8 0MB . 11 k_ d _ m did- Clothes him in front and _ ‘lrltlgllterlle? C21 allure ingifiegllaste an? 155V” lllm bile bellllldl" For instance‘ take me N"

svcgian platinum of good typc. It

a dream fox right now with its almost beautiful timid-like fen- tuircs. peculiar ears, nice white markings and it,- coat whlcll has a bluish irldcsccnce, large brush and; quite largo ivhite tip.

.> 1 ¢_-| Poetry in this wnr. In one of f§§‘°.‘.§'ii§°..‘i‘§‘.lili§§. °l.‘.‘i'fi““‘..‘$3..:my many lama-books I have a m" 110mg Hcds u; plants he had ollection of poems written in the m, seen m btocm; mus m, ugiy m- , war of 1914-1918. Most of those vortliless plants were amongst hlslrwvlnx Versles we{e writtendbl‘ 12g introductions. At least one pianp-Oldlels 116m“ V95’ "l" °

, some soy.‘ bears lll‘ name, the beautiful srleves that so many of the arlt- m d t l-k H _ N wag, a V. ll-"lllll/ llclcnlllal 55"‘ F“l'““'l' l “rs were ailiervéartlts hslalgi mt thelthgltl thgyngre tlncere llilllbleolto mgrts- trhoa.» deep violet ra s surround Ere“ 1°55 ° “g 5 m‘ we‘ alltles from birth to grOWth time,

lAfter the war there set in a gen- ieral degradation of poetry; the mncoming poets were undisciplin- ‘ed. and re cllious against l‘€5tX‘lC-, ‘lion, metrical, grammatical, or

s disk oi rich vermilon orange: but I believe U. S. botanists have decided to call the species by some ozhrr name. I tried to grow this plant without success; the clim-

and even that they are not so pro- ductlveu We have not found this o be true. although perhaps the present year has been an unusual one and b_v tho law of averages rh:

f h The rain the past week and the ° l e lull" ymmg 000 .. which it engendered has been an unmixed blessing. It resented by our farmer ‘friends ins exact drawings of his discov- lfecause ll llllelleled Wm‘ me ma‘)

reat relief because the extreme at which characterized the ure- had a deleterious ef- fect on many foxes. white diar-'

vines-in ioct all over Canada -_ the developed, mggfly m mums, whi

the eye; and at poi-tunlty should

and the iox! Mr. Gilroy because he has a lot oi

PUD When dead was very light in p3.

n several i friends the use of iron in the form 0f iron ammonium citrate in solu. 11011. dosage being one-tenth of a l’ DllP twice daily, and also , the us m: of a solution oi potassium]

reduced t

of pearl Dlltlnumg there, possibilities of this They went out and

-] by George

Igood practical information‘ to ‘Dart, and is always willing to

la photo of our esteemed

confident that Lowell's here warrants us in quoting from our Toronto contemporary...

, “Born November ilth. 1900, at yBethel, Ohio. Mr. Hancock spent his boyhood days on a farm. H2 graduated from Stivers High School, Dayton, Ohio, in 1917, and entered Ohio State University from which he graduated in 1923, after major- . ing in animal husbandry. He earn- |cd a Bachelor of Science degree, ,besldes half credits towards his ‘Master's degree. During his years

of University education, Lowell wok

an active part in student organ- l izations, including dramatics, music (he was soloist in the nicifs glee

| tluh for three years) and track and:

country teams. I-Ie was captain of the latter during his senior year.

At the tender age of fourteen, Lowell read a story about silver foxes. and in 1915. through an ad- vertisement in ‘The Ohio Farmer’. learned that foxes were being rais- ed in captivity. This started him ,thinkirig about ranching, and dur- ing his years at university, studied all available information on the subiect. Incidentally, it was -his interest in rnllChlllg foxes that Idccided what course at the uni- lversity he would take. for lls- nop- ed to be able to apply the kmwl- edge gained on scientific feeding and breeding to foxes.

In i923, he purchased his first foxes from John A. Lee, Summer- side. P.E.I.. and ThUmas Corwin. Michigan, U.S.A. He worked on the Michigan ranch. and later was instrumental ‘n the organization of the Ohio Fox Breeders’ Associa- tion, acting as secretary ior the. first year. In 1924. he purchased; more foxes. this time from Petcrl G. Clark and then spent the first.‘ six months of i925 on Mr. Clarks, ranch at Summerside.

Mr. Hancock started his own ranch at Delaware, Ohio, in Octo-l ber, 1W6, with twenty pairs foxes. Immediately’, distemper hill

o >1

brother are the largest producers Three years ago, after studying the fur new type, they decided they were the coming iox.

purchased ‘he loss of valuable food may be C2|Us-,C0l0lll0$ a finest that could be bought and from this start have built up the iargest herd of pearls iii Ontario,

Th8? are Just now specializing in production of glacier blue plat- ch were first developed A. Callback of Summer- slde. Fox ranchers who have an 0p- have s talk with

im- do so. |

We are Pleased to see in the Can- adian Silver Fox and Fur magazine. friend | material for rots to develop. These‘ [owcll W. Hancock. newly electedlmb, after 86W!!! 8 51'8". President of the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ Association. and

in four» o write up giving highlights of his l T‘vvo tea-' 1118. most of Wh .090," which meant in general. the‘ jgggnlpfi-f, ‘a glllhlfldlg“ baafleliflediqggl treatment gave results and in every| o’ such case we have checked up on where

the foxes were not in an advanced! 518st: of debllity they rallied and'

ich we had not ore- viously been familiar with. We are inspira- tional contributlon to fox breeding

, twice by distemper, Lowell W. HEPI- l

lto and from an out-apairy is IOQGIOf gshe irbzézslt difflculll: Jobs tlxt C nmn a c eeiper. any me - UITAWA. Aug. 1. -Fruit growl-Alvis have been tried at the Domin- ers alnddiirlilariktit lgardeners are doing for: Experimental Station, Kent- B B9911 o n connection with vi e, N. S., says E. D. Craig, Head Wartime food conservation. Much Beckreper, where practically all the are moved out of . the iorchnrd area during the bloom per- lod to avoid poisoning from the arsenical sprays.

All Dregaration for the moving of

er Previous to storage or shipment by careless handling at harvest time. says WR. Phillips Division cit Horticulture, Centra Experi- e’ oem encnorcicqonic.n.t with tile ‘marketing and storage of, by flrstefristviiiii; ill: bgLtohi potatoes it is alarming to see thqto the brood chamber using six 1 tubers intended for table stock which , and a half-inch crating staples, have to be discarded during the.’ two on each side and two in back. season. Close examination of these If the colony has either a full depth discards show the most are bruised or shallow super on it, six staples cut or rotted. These injuries could, will be till that is neccssnrv to inst. be avoided by careful handling. Iiien it 5cctircly' to the hroogl rlinmb- a potato is dropped unnecessarllywr. Two are put in cncli mic mid the skin is often broken and the two in back, about two inches from tissue bruised. making excellent, the corners. The cover is tlicn removed from affect~the hiv and doubl - re ed b - other potatoes, causing much loss] escape guard is put grisciuedlnd fag:- Of Valuable 100d. l cried with four, 1 3-4 inch itaiis. The slmllilly. other root Brim-s, alsolbce-escatics are removed and in lcabbage, cauliflower, celery undltlicir place a small picco 0i wire other stored vegetables, should be, sci-con i5 tacked over the two npcn- handled with care. All are actually, lugs. The cover is turn [since/J on living material composed of manywh hi- _ Th ,1 _- ~ b minute cells. Rough handling may be” accloeeapilsehsgdoliinllignlnlflgtc e3: result, in breaking many of these the day when the bees are flying cells, causing an area c-f dead tissue fiecly- l and bflllfilllfl about food 10s In the evening ivlicn aihbre 51C- The need for careful hamllitit: of tivitv is ceased. tho (‘IIIHIIICQS are fruits ls even more necessary aiid‘closed by nailing ovcr tiicin a strip . for that reason greater care is us- .of wood two inches u-iiie, 1 1-2 inches l llfllly exercised. In shite of this, con-[thick and the exact lengths of the slderable loss takes place €V9TY!8Il'l5raI1ce.W\.'O13-4 inch Ilflll» one vsar as a result of careless handling l1 h <1 m i i; ii l 1 .. l c e v: .1 . r -, lat harvest. Bruises lrfiictcd at lllltimhfitt rllrlvcn '10‘ 6'“ Soc“ c) . e. on e gun or an n ,- -1 u - ‘in. P80111111; all lead to food losses. goxiljuthgiil‘ licélv gllfllilzllllnlfo allow for | N9 591 Yule C1111 b? lald flflwll "Tvcntilation the f .t oi the cover correct these Pfflblems‘ ll l5 lust allg raised up by placing a two inch lmflllfir 0f H5111! 0611101011 59Yl59~ block under the front edge. The Paddlnil‘ 111 fllckllll! baskets 1'01‘ lelld- l colonies are thrn r-esciv in be moved, er fruits. on gffldin! 1.10105 and to their new lElPJ-lllll the following‘ orchard boxes helps. Using the morning, Bcfore the ccinnics are FY0991‘ type 01 dlsslmrcquloment:lifted on to the truck the covers prevents loss in root, crops. P701191‘; are rcnnovcd, making a solid block distribution of the farm help has iii hives wiieii llli‘, loading is com- beell lmW/n l0 Dlevellt 19559!» pleted. and lhcie will he little il/Zxlgglt ancmanf fggllgfltti‘ ‘realiific tllmclinilce of the moving On the road. -a en u inn rig 1B "i" t), i"_ d t - should be mit on another 10b where gfellllfi-mliqi-cf tlllécsllfllifnltllloOlcclrllC llLWll1_C10 less_damfl_8'i_._____ H itruckfthe covers of the hives are used "* '“'_€"" " ' ' fl to fill up thr- rtsnniniiig stance. trial;- ingit impossible for the load to sil t. When the bccs arrive at their new location and are removed from the truck to their new stands a cock has made his mark in ciii-;?§}§‘,.§1l§§f§fl,§f3 650E nda. Ynnd ‘Ohio ‘National’ is n naviirriThi= gm] b?“ be ,.c,,,,,,,gd by nrp} lmoun on 111311) show tables today, Wm: it up gm“), Wm, a m“, VOL

~-—— I . - , Just a word of warning, Hot wezi- and llllllifsdnlemllntc.B“ rmoke

ther is not over yet and August. 11013115113’ 141101171 R5 ll"? "mmllll "l; to those who are iii the business lllc 11°? day-S" (‘ll-ll l"? i‘ $5"-"‘l'@'ii'i\v, tit-t we nave-s in lliose dnvs

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twenty years he has actively been engaged in ranching foxes, and despite being practically wiped outl

month on foxes, so We ‘Wllld all thought for one innmcnt that sil- i V135‘ W!‘ 13X farm“ "lend-i l0 $95‘ vcr fox pelts would ever sell at ,| that there is plenty oi frcsli drink- ing water kept in front of their foxes daily. pens, feed racks and utensils cleaned out at stated in- tervals, and that every prccuutio

possible be taken against flies so r

ing admission to the place w‘ re

ail avcrngo nf $16 ns they did in l‘ 1940, or even at $45, which tlicv y

did at their peak in Jnnu. It is perhaps one of the ii

t‘ illus-V l

and clcinniid. of desirable

trntioiis of the efforts of the lflW t" it proving’ , articles i

v punoin Snuiiu mung ‘qclug .i'q pasn s; su

tl s

feed ls prepared. There arc rc- mums high prices. ports of disease, even distemper, in ranches throughout Canada and an, '—T"*"““" ounce of prevention is worth n, Pound of cure. so let's do all we possibly can to keep away froml disease. y

ate. or perhaps the soil, did not agree with it.

Both Dr. Wilson and Mr. Farrar have left numerous records of their piigrimnges. Dr. llson’s best books are "Plant-Hunting" EH11 "China lifntlicr of Gardens. The fnrnior describes his

'l“ios through Africa, the Tropics.

Australia. New zEfllfifld, china.‘ Koren, Japan. and India. The lat- ter is the fascinating story of his

. h v achieved a place in llli Pearl Plll-l-"llms lllll “'9 ha" when the shooting Was over. Lowell nt $500, one at $475, two at "450 and lrfllflfl’ ‘,2, W}‘§§§Q,.S ‘lily; @351 xvengisilleciltftl. 1t is a highly iiiecii- hi?“ "0 Wlsglfalhillépfllell“, Vwltlllj Was left witii thirteen dtsease- (“'0 ill. $4.25. Tllflt was just .1 nt-~ 500T‘; m. $0,, the Ewes of the anized army, and machines and Enetlglyaajd tfigenlllslbutfl w? m? hgéllm wracked animals. ti? ovler a. and a mailith alto;

' " ' " id ." poetry do not mix well. The mos. ‘ i ——- t e cose o V e Great or on ‘U ld-lorblrlgh Tllloeolrfltzlnllvlli‘: ‘ralledgein impressive work this time has been léllliwyl-fi lllllge llltemfimlgl “ltetwsllglglfjg Hal/lug 11P- 1115 11118915 bllrflPd the fox business was certainly ilanuwrv 1312. nt the age of 94. done by outsiders like “Lucio' and ¢ V0 9 twlfll. Lilli/ell deck-led l-lml "T101119? bovmlllg- '

ivas for many years Director of the Rnvai Gnrdcna, Kcw. in succes- sion tn his distinguished father. sir William Hooker. In his carlicr days ho had an adventurous car- rrr. In i833 Sir Joseph lcft Elli;- iand on board I-i. M. Ship Ereous as surgeon and naturalist. accom- panying Sir James Ross's Antarc-

r —- - -- ____ - 5153" “mulled a wad Prince Ed- Llmlw l“ Sllmmclslfle- This firm mcnt of foxes to Japan valued ntl _ . .. ‘ 0 wrhrtt? Islnnlrlytaliliv. has continued hto gtrrow felnce that] $23,003. '1I‘il.at of ‘course licipod

o ie rB- e l‘ i ' year-an so as e ox ran: i. coilsi craby in pnyng the expviisoi‘

88m‘3_1ll_0l‘llllT10 lllld llefilldllls for he now has n breeding herd of the ranch that ycar and loft _"—"""“‘" ‘ TW’ "_' 0f lsevcniy females and thirty some profit. Tllc Doctor says that!

ma es

scveri _ ll

even rational. A poetess attained the height of absurdity by telling us: “A rose is a rose is a rose”. n supposition one can scarcely grasp

and cannot parse. This phase (or lslilllaligllmahe

brought very satisfactory prices and wiwe have had n0 difficulty in rais-

ing this typo of platinum and very good averutlc production.

craze) was very much to the fore about the year 1930, but lnus Dee. has disappeared. Turning these war years the soldiers them- selves liave, in the writer's opin- ion, written little that is worthy of preservation. in fact only two

"Saggetarius" of the English P1855- Algernon Charles Swinburne. A

war-poem. in the style of Swln- t

burne, appeared in The Guardian

liaFort-st may win out. no fault to find with the LaForest type either a; our pelts marketed

National Association

We

Canadian Breeders‘

have

Just now a iotof people are talk-

he Europcan markets

lntely. This for a holiday;

burne Castle in the county. b11111-

oi his _5_a poetwwlth _an _eXqlll$

by one ancestors.

To Keep Garden Fertile

So long as gardens are grown in soil, the more humus one can add,