JANUARY 18. 1941

/ CONSERVATION I

I waaxu COLUMN or rune-non. onmo VITAL ISSUES uncrnm "m: uszs ANDNABBgSIISTIa: unrumf. ruisotmcls n! iim. ummw JINIUNS

](_LLING FOR. FUN uspgfl", "suarismolrifi" and “Sports- n

e mief prev of theLh fiihudcs the squnrel, raibcii. oposa fox. The hunting o cach of these ruiimnls is character. W; by BDLLCS and cruelti-es that would no; be permitted if man were “filly civilized. or as the dIction- m quaintly puts it mm iii-e savage state." it is custcmary in some regions lo sec-k the \vin.e." nests o. squnrci. gin-r the leaves are cu the trees. “m cttsy matter rcqu ring no ex- eillon ci" acumen), and thz-ti t: blast

dgchmge oi a. shctgun. The nest i, a lalgc target that cannot well b: IIIlSSQJ, and its occupants yicinis that have no chance of 85- oape. Sp:..'? Perhaps so. i.i the cat - motion of hcpzicssly defisient 11w!‘- Qns, For appraisal. however. con- this method wilh that of tho old time rifleman. Il-le secu-ed the Sq needed for an occasional 5m- will) the ad of mmuzzlc-load- m; ri.l1'; he never though of shoot- ins-up rt s-quiiacl ncst, and he prid- oo himself upcn a. slcli that avoid- ed niiitila ion of the animal. stunned or killed lt by placing the! giggle bull-st on which success de- p5nd€d in the bark close squirrel n pactlce so widely ini- lowcd as to call for 1h; addition

“birkiig squirrels." i-Iow fallen 110m my Klillitlflfd of skill and sports- manship is tlhe present day hllnlbl‘ who uses a scattergun to massacre unsupfclifig squirrels — vet it is the mcdcrn gunner who has the effrciitcijv to prate of the man- lliicss cf "Short." _

ii "sport" were confined to pract- lm that test the courage. endur- once or any other worthwhile qual- ny, mo common rabbit. Molly Cot- tcntail, would, not be elevated t0 the No. i position among our gun- ners‘ game. This animal. so confid- in; that it will live in the dcoryaixi ll permitted. is under circumstances very prolific. A ei- who confined seven does and two bucks in an acre pen had an increase of seventy-five in a year. ‘That an animal with such pOWers 0f reproduction should have been 5110i: down until eastern States, cater- iiig to large numbers of h

lined

dose that only the very hairy tail.

tions it is the major social activity‘. gt such advantages as it has can

trained to follow tlhe "drag", a. bag of mice seed or other scented ma- terial: and the chase may be as iOflg 0r short. as easv or difficult, as de- sired. Only barbarism on the part of fox ohasers prevents drag-hunt-

by the thoisands many evidences that sport either ls incapable of regulating itself, or that. out of pure selfishness, it re-

Nor is impcitation l. solution of the problem of game maintenance.

of hunting activ ties either has fail- ed. or has no), even been atte on. whore hunting is not regulated. importation can at best be only a slop-gap. The importation of rab- bits is o. serious indication of tlhe depletion that must surelv be over- taking other species that have a._ IilllCh smaller reproductive capacity. Noi" will there always be "sucker" states that will permit their stocks to bo commercialized out of exist- ence. Ymrs ago. certain states al- lowed ih-e wholesale trapping and ta. Try now to find such o state; there is none. tifiough in i905 Mexico foolishly

as to import 23.358 Bobwhl to twelve states. Soon the importation 1mm state to state rabbits as a sop lo mdaw will also halve to be

locally. as above noted. experi- ments in rabbit propagation have been undertaken — a laudable ef- fort. for gime consumption should be based on game production. Pro- Dazauon and the improvemcnt of environment should be employed to the fullest extent. The logical re- medy for local game shortage, how. evfl, is reduction in the amount of shyllllhg- no matter how repugnant ths idea may be to the careless. Sclf-lltiltliyillg hunters and to the liuadless. fee-sesklng departments f“! iccnsletrytlaticn" 1b Vida

Ir». simposs le to pm all the hunting th-‘L the hunting industry demztnzei. Why not frankly face ilie situation. and make the a- mount o.‘ hunting permuted assume some dcccnt relation to the suDD1y 0i genie available? If this had tween done in the past. ihcre would never have been a shortage in the num- lc a species as the

must end in the horrible reading of the lfvo fox.

example of the cruel w to which all sport

pleased to call an ‘advanced slate of civilization." It has been snld that sprrt “S0me‘im‘_‘s rccom-s the

the classes p essz-d of mrst lei- sure and wealth. It is n. esvere in- dictment of human nature that lei- sure and wealth. It L: a severe in-

practiccs. No pvdmato, chattei~~ mm“ blithely than does the "sportsman" when he crate-s of his pagicnata

his record mnitting cruelty.

Weekly Live Stock Market Report

markets. the export trade revived

head, the heaviest since early, Dec- ember. Most calf markets were 53

unchanged except at Toronto where

_, much. pxbably most. rabrt _l~iiii‘liig i: dun-e without dogs iycoiisideit ble amount is curried on with thr- ird cf sm"ll trailing breed: _ as beagles. Other forms ui.l_iiez lliklkg- the us. of (i025 a prominent feature, and SCH]: liivit- m assert tlirtmthrv would not hunt "Wilt fcFTiie plcaeu-"v- of. FQCHIK

"Whig and working the dogs, If

s nlta is SilICPPl’, 50"“ wav can be found to preserve this f out-of-docra recrealicn ‘Pd (ll the same time eliminate the Mintcnlv (“.1791 deeds that are now 305:’). of almost all hunting with

The use of dogs in fhr- purairt of h? raccoon (rind of the oorssiim) X universal. and the Hrm “coon W .15 (‘Vflwwhsro iincerztoo’) In cl’ <n autumn nights. ‘com hum,- Pllllh and tumble chase. it; shout- " mrn and bny'ng nf hounds, S tlavciters for a. time to 8n-

FOX MEAT

Boneless Horse Meat 50’s 5c Lb.

§'°'"ll| Moor 50's — - 5c lb CM Tun so". _ _ 4 l-Zc lb “ll Tu» so‘. - - 3 l-Zc lb

‘W! MEATS ALL NEW PACK.

Island told Storage

steers made l7-

to $7.96 and a few up tn 87-75- VAN- COUVER was oteadv to firm wl‘|i

and entitled to be ranked the better classes. rt is also thingy-

Mite sum-i of the lowly black squat- ter of the South WhC53 waiicnring

and half-starved cuii" dogs are earl- Oil-sly destuctlve t0 game and other wildlife. and whose law-ngnorlng,

eaten. the need of food but who hunt lust i.| attended by gave abuses. Carrie-d

0n at night. and followed whim-l

ever the chase may lead, the per- mtssinn of landowners is rarely ob- tained: if o. ’coon, or ‘ um is lulled up. a tree will b: cut into; and if tread”. the treo often is felled. This destruction '5 on ag- gravation of trespass, and i; some. thing the poipetrators would bitter- ly resent if done on their ropsrty. Caustic criticism has usly been Passed on th0se who w 1 cut down a. tree (not their own) wortn ten dollars. or more; in ozdc-i- to get a tuio-bit ‘possum, From a humane point of view, practices oi‘ ‘coon hunting are 8- BB-d throw-back to a/barbarous age. The treed victim is either shaken out. or dropped by felling of the tree. into a pack of eager yawning does. whore it 15 literally torn to pieces while yet alive. We gretend to regard with sccrn the “PUB-Tillie! 0f he arena as conduct- ed under the Roman Empire. but "why 01' the things we counten- ance today are Just as bad; and lb! lehdlhg of raccoons by dogs in order to provide amusement for ‘sportsmerf’. is a. deplorable exam- plemof ttiaribiaqrism. e n by fending is charac- teristic also of fox hunting, where the animal i; so mangled by the

or brush. which is of no interest to the bloodthirsty hounds, remans 1'01- a. trophy, Flex hunting i5 parti- cipated in by both women and men, and is often an lm taut social mutt. Millions of do] are are spent 1111021 this “sportfi; and in some sec

maintained withcut evc- hurting a fox. Hounds may be, and are

ing from repladng the chase that

m: hunting is o. highly developed tends under what we are

almost distinctive employment of

in such wasteful and inhumane

fondness fo- all livin» cxcaturcs; in a manuestatioi: of un-

SUMMARY

The past week wtiiessed a lcries of rising live stock markets. The better pdoea paid for cattle were the result of moderate offerings and a, stiznuiated demand brought about‘ by buying On export account. With higher prices in effect on American

somewhat and beef cattle expo.ts_ for the week were a little over 1.800

cents to $1.00 above the previous week and lambs. as a rule, sold 25, cents to 50 681105 h'gher. Hogs were the basic pioe was o. shade easier.

EASTER-N CATTLE MARKETS

THE _ CEARLOTTETOVKN _GUARQIAN

B! AGILKOOLA

- NEWSY NOTES - l

l As I Look Back

up the river. Lining the river above the Quayside were the great Aim- strong shipyards and munllion y/lorks, lléhfl? canndon rlay stacked . i e c0 wood. an w.ei"e [or the m“ °r klmng- @000 101011118 ‘ships were built, engined and arm- ed, ready to go on their appointed mission. Besides these two great industries (coal and ship-building). Newcastle had many other indus- tries of lesser moment; engineer- ing, such as iron-bridge building. electric machinery, rotary pumps. etc, and tanning. Great quantifies of white lead and much tinwzire were produced. There was a. “cattle market" with huuridreds of pens, not far from the Central Station. and I have often regictted that I never thought to make fl note of the number of beasts exposed for sale,

every Tuesday.

Readers will now be prepared to learn that. “foreigners" from all over the wofld were to be seen on the streets of Newcastle, and the immediate intention of this Note is to recall some of the strangers I have encouiiered, as a kind of free lance teacher, a "coach" as the pro- fessional is termed. who coaches

candidates for examinations.

Some of these strangers could be spotted gt once by their dress. For instance while going to work. ones eye would be attracted by the tall while turban and swui-thy, finely- cut face of a. I-lindoo. the rest of whose attire was essentially Eng- lish. I-Ie was in Newcastle t0 take a course of Engineering at the Armstrong College; and meeting him every morning, the effect of his oriental headgear soon _ woie off and one took more notice of the face below it. Now here was a strange thing: in a couple <11 years or so, that face began to ac- quire an almost English character. Thinking this over I was tempted to put it down as an _iliusion. prompted by familiarity with ihc sight of my I-Iin oo stranger. But I gave up this opinion later. when I took on, as a pupil for business training, a young lady whose father had been a missionary in Madagas- car. The poor girl had been born in that island and had lived there till she was eighteen; and she had acquired a color and expression re- sembling that of the natives. This similarity of facial attributes, I re- flected, is not unknown alimony, old married people in England. whfih the parties have eatcui tlic siiinc food. lived in the saiiie circum- stances, aiid been subjected to tiie- same climatic influences, for fifty or sixt years. Only we do not notice it so much, because the physicgnomy is British. Some years afterwards a Mi". Wilson, frzun Selangore, Straits Settlements, came for a furlough to Newcastle, and becaina one of my students for Mathematics: and he had. in the course of years, begun to look like the Malays he had lived among (Mr. Wilson will again be one of tlie characters before this Note closes). Altogether. I was pirpared to believe that environment leaves its mark on the spirit and the

stronger this week and a number of loads of Canadian steers were sold between $11 and $11.50 for those in the 1200 and 1300 lb. range and $10 to $10.75 for lighter kinds. These sales would n-et back to Ontario country points around $8.90 to $9.- 50 on the weighty, steers or equival- ent to about $9.4) to $10 at Toronto About 300 cattle iiiciuding bulls, weighty steers and light butchers were take-n off the Toronto mike; by rail and truck for Buffalo, De- troit. New York and Jersey City. St. Paul quoted medium to good Canadian steers at $9.50 to $10.50. good COW5 at $7 to $7.50 and good

bulls $7.75 t0 $8.

Expats from January 1st to 9th

Newcastle-on-Tyne, when I lived there, was a city of about 264,000 'people. It did im immense trade in

other wo.ld. 1t has a. stong appeal coal» exporting close 1°!‘ wine men, otherwLse viclized,

to 20,000,000 tons of coal and coke annually. At the Quayside (or as we would call it. the wharf) there was a forest of masts, with ships from all over ‘the world, often lying three and four deep, waiting their turn at the loading cranes. The loading of coal took place under the "spouts" "evaffisafllll! Dot-hunting works‘of special erections a little further cffectivelo toward the elmlnaticn‘ of every creature p‘; enough t, be: Among those who cannot pleadl battle-

viliage caFcd Treguler: there lie giiew early potatoes and onions for the British market. Long before Newcastle had cast off its snowy mantle. the Breton fanner had stood his potatoes on end in shal- low boxes Whats") and sprouted them inside on everv window sill. At the earliest Oimcrtunity they were planted and what with this in- tensive cultivation and the south- erly climate he was able to sell his n1 cariv potatoes to the Newcastle housewives at 4 pence per lb. The onions were a later crop. and when harvested were made into "ropes"of a uniform weight by plaitlng the stalks. Then in company with a score of his fellows (all with their year's crops in the hold). he would take - for ilhigland. I gather- ed that these Breton farmers had a sort of headquarters in Newcastle: an old warehouse which they rent- ed-and slept in! Then all day fcniz they travelled the streets with ropes of onions dangling from a

pole over the shoulder; and knock-I ing at every door. asked "Olknon.

Madame? Ver‘ sheep (cheap)? The

uflce asked was "plenty." for these

Bretons ivere smart and allowed fcr

a certain amount of bargaining. Bi t

they got all that was in it: a real

grower-consumer transaction.

spirit reflects it on to the count- enanoe.

In recalling the forelgnerslhave

met I put the Frenchmen - cur

nearest neighbors-Just. Mr. Sibli- leau was a Parisian who had come to England to get an acquaintance with business methods: and I judg- ed he had been well off. but had lost his money. He was a. nice fel- low. good-locking. dark. and like all Frenchmen of that day. had a magnificent beard. well trimmed into a circular “bush."

_He dressed neaty and permitted himself but one ornament- a fine diamond riiiz. I used to think that if he'd lived in the days of the French Revolution he'd have been in danger as an "aristocrat." He had a good command of the English language. and was, like all Parisi- ans. verv witty: after we had got well acquainted I asked him if h beard was any trouble to his inam- orata when he saluted her. “Not if she gives her whole mind to the subject." said Mr. Sibilleau. I had hard work to keep him to a serious view of his lessons, for he always out iii some comic remark where it wasn't wanted. In the end I was able to do him a good turn: 1 heard that a. manufacturer of fancy French china-ware had come to townand intended to establish a traveling agency. but was not get- ting__along. because he didn't know English very well. I sought him

out. and told him that I knew a good interpreter who had a fair know- ledm of accounts besides. We ar-

ranlred for an interview. but to my

surprise and after all my trouble. _Mr. S. didnt want to go. France. it appeared, was divided into pro- vinces with dia‘ects difficult for each other to understand. and he tlhought England was like that too.

hat was rather the case with the

ordinary folk, I told him. but he'd have no difficulty with the business men. The upshot was that lie got the job with good prospects of be- coming a permanent representative. and I think he would succeed, for he was a likeable fellow.

Another Frenchman. Pierre Tre-

Rcat. came from near St. Brieuc. in Brittany. I-le was quite different from Mons. S.. being a "small farm- er." Instead of being witty, he had. an engagingiv quiet humor. and we became great friends. while he was studying the English lan tinge and teaming to write! I new French fairly well. to read. but not, to speak: but even s0. it was an added bond between us. That is where Englishmen make a great mistake; they will not learn anoth- er Iahzuaue even when they are do- ing business with the nation which speaks it. It is a. kind of flattery, to know the other fellow! language. and that. is why the Germans got such a hold of the South American trade. Their commercial agents all speak Spanish, while the Eng'ish agents had to carry on by means of interpreters. The latter are doing better now, I hear: they have rele- gated the classics to special stu- dents and now teach modern lan- guages in option of Latin.

Pierres little farm was near a

Pierre. flood fellow. was extreme-

ly superstitious; the spirits that walked the earth on the eve of A‘l Saints. were as real to him as I was. Witches and fairies were as com- mon as blackberries in Brittany. iind manv of their dark deeds did

inclusive, totalled 1.803 bsef cattle, I Pierre ielnte. as we sat in the green-

341 dairy and 644 calves compo. ed

A liberal cattle i"un cleared at

demand that sciit bull prices up 2.‘: cents to 50 cents, butcher bulls sel.) l'ng at $6. w $6.50. A fair dmand‘ prevailed for all cattle at MONT-l REAL at steady priccs and medum steers sold between $7. and $6., with fairly good kinds up to $8.50. There) were no tops on hand. Most. of the gcod cows sold arcund $5.50 and up

to to. MARITIME Lade was steady

under light receipts and good choice 50 to $8. l

WESTERN CATTLE MARKETS

Liberal buying for the soutii was the principal factor in bi-lngngl about enhanced values in the West The general market advanccd 25

cents to 5) cents at WINNIPEG Mid

some fox/ed sale; showed ev:ii a largcr uptun. Odd dralrabe srers tcuclicd $9. wh'le all suitable sh p-‘ ping kinds were taksu at £8. to $8.- 50. Very ordinary killing steer; sold from $7.50 down. Stcckrr demand improved this week also to the ox- tent of 25 cents o" mare and a tow good feeder steep rntzd $6.50 to, $6.75. CALGARY was 25 cents;

stronger with 200d to choice stccra

Pl. $7.50 to $3.25. wlfle ED"'ONTON

was also up 25 cools with chocw, 529ml; up t1) $3. PRINCE ALBERT

find n load of med'i'm hmvv steers at $0.10, ivhlln MCOSE JAW was

slflifll’ to 25 cents hluhci" at $65?)

to $6.75. REGINA was Q7081? to strong with rears and he fem f om‘ $6.50 down and SASKATOON was‘ hfghy- wmh grod gwers ‘rcm 6.50

a ~1 a E w D 4 u! =- J Q m

gcorl birch .

and some lmni cM-moo no to _

UNITED STATES MARKET Th lib Qtth

strange" up l‘)

Willh l, 3'78 beef, 113 diary and 166 TORONTO at. strong pricss fori calves in the same pcncd last scar. steers and heifers and at 25 cents

The quota. on hca-vy Canadian cr moze higher for cows and bulls.

_ cattle entering the Uiiitzd States Killing cattle were in keen ueiuflnd. has been flxcd on the same basis and top steep and heifers made up for 194i (is lust year, i. e., 193.95) to $8.25 with some choice lights up, hcad for the yciu" with ii:t more to $9.25, while weighty steers made mm 51,720 11mg yo be ‘mpgrfgd 9,3, a hlKh Oi’ $9.60. It Wis the 9X09"! the reduced rate of duty in anv no"

calendar quarter of the you. CALVES 50c to Si HIGHER

Prices foi" calves n1ov:d u 50 c to $1 at principal markets. pronto

opened 50 cent; higher and held the gain with choice ve-als makin $11.50 to $12.50. Several loads o

choice cnlvzs were stripped to inc United States. Montreal sold up t0 $12 but most vcals w;re $9.50 ta $11. Winnipeg was ti mrr with 30rd h ,cho'ce veals at $0.50 to. $11, while

Calgary piid $8 to $8 50 and Edir on.

ton $8.50 lo $9 and an cdd $9.50.

Mozse Jaw had cad tops acund

$8 or shade balm" and Regina calves l topped at. $9 and saskitoon had of Welsh. The Bretcns had theirovrn few to $1). Varicciivzi- paid $9 w