APRIL 7149. __1947

TIMELY iiliTES on rortcs eotlllaclsn vnrll

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The meeting of the Executive Committee qt the Canadian Na.- tlonai Sliver Fox Breeders‘ Assoc. latlon was held at head omee summerslde, Thursday eventing April 10th. Applications for unnual memtbership of Dr. George c Bishop, Claude D. Ives, Lloyd 15 Ramsay, Charles E. symtngton and l-Iaye Bros. were accepted, also us- lociate membership of Arthur Smith, Phill-Js De Gulge, John lletbgin, Ivlurrny lvlilis and A13, Reekle- APDllGB-l-lons for registra- tion of the following foxes were approved: Malpeque View 79X and 00X; Robinson 95H; 96U; 65V; 68V. Also Monarch Queen 037K. Secre- tary 'l‘D Carruthers reported that for the months of January and February. 1947, 1.173 registra- tions, 64 memberships, 174 trans. fera, 2 names and i tattoo had been recorded by the Canadian National Live Stock Records for Association. A letter wag re. reived from J.E. Connolly, chair-

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man of Canadian Fur Fanning Advertising committee thanking the Association for the splendid support. co-operatlon and contrib-

ution of $1,000.00 for the advertis- ing fund. A motion was mode and passed unarlimomlyi that the on- tnlal meeting of the Association be held in the Charlottetown Hotel, Charlottetown. P E.I on the dates 53f by the constitution — June l6- 17-18

The next auction sale of silver fox. including platirl-a. of the I-Iud- son's Bay Company, London. Eng- land, will be held on the second of June and fol-lmving that a sale will be held en tile 22nd c! Sept- ember Although it is only i1 rom- paratively short time since the old- est company in the fur world - or possibly in any other branch of endeavor - tits historv dating back to 1670) resumed holding auc- tions. discontinued during the war. yet each succeeding vendue has drelwn greater attendancesltltd dis- posed of more goods London, be- cause ot its knowledge of exchange and the fart that clearings are madl- there tn c-\ct'_\' t-otlntlgv in the world, hnd prior to the uttr the, commanding positiclt- in the sale‘ of furs. It was nothing unusual,‘ to; Iiudsons Bay Company to have 50.000 silver fox pelts catalogued These would find their way utter being sold to such f¢r apart coun- tries as the Argentine. Paraguay, Mexico, South Africa. India and nil parts of Europe as well as the United States. one of our great- est hopes is that the Hudson's Bay Company will continue to feature silver fox of all types. if so our chalice of getting hntk loathe good times of the past will be more cer- tain. ~

We had a nice letter from Wilf- rid L. Todd rt few evenings ago and we regret to learn that he has not. been in the best of health the past few months, but he hopes, and we trust, that he will soon round to and be his real old self Wilfrid sold quite a. number oft pelts on the March 10th sale fnr| self and partners. In fact he sold Ill he had placed on that sale as he could not sec any advantage in holding them because of conditions in the fur trade. The buyers still want mink, Persian lamb, beaver. etc., but are not so interested in the icng-ltaia-ed furs There was a small attendance the first day of the fox sale and the offering was 20.000 pelts. Mutation pelts at- tracted about half the buyers who wanted good quality skins but did not wish to pay over $65.00 for the real good 111-1113111111 pelts. Three 1015. large clear skins, medium to light medium in color broughti $00 00 a pelt.

For white marked silvers limit was about $50.00 and theyi wanted clear pale sliver white marked pelts at $40.00. He person- fllly bought a flew white marked filly good skins with light blue un-y derlur and pale silver, very little white Tharking, for $37 00 In the Us, they prefer skins with noti much white marking s most of them go into jackets and coats lllfre Wits an offering ct 25 reel 200d quality pearl platlnums late in the afternoon and two men who flfvliped into the sale asked ques- ttclts about them then bought them. Inter he lerlrncd the buyers ‘cram from South America. They llaid $45.00 for most of the pearls ‘.\'|ii1 a lop of $72.00, but they "Itilsht the best specimens. Mr Tilda Eflys that he knew 't rantier rt Cotrrtecticut who owned the twirl Debs but had killed ‘hem off

their

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zflllnvlvulztal:r:' emf. inereyes yield SEMEIANBBZI- Mir ulorler OANAIIIAN IIIIIIMTIIII LIMITED llflwllural Chemicals Division Nnlllu - Montreal OrInh-Ghefllun,

Silver Fox and Mink Farming

_ e~ roe-coco» because someone told mm they we" not profitable to raise. They we"

ggsfwmradi? ‘YIN and were really

‘hNilw if: Bet to the other side of m: veil“ Picture. he states the" e 0° pearl platinum pelts

bought back at $14.00 to $2200 E51?’ had been carried over from ye" and many of them were bad color due to their having been “md- o" u“? $060M day.when the silvers were one-ed ‘he \_ fictive buyers had decreased but Present among them we“ "Deb seetwves of the trimming and cloth coat trade. These men bought 5°" l0 flve thousand cheap silvers ‘"81"! 1n price up lo $18.00, and two other buyers bought several gfdfed silvers from $15.00 to 620.00.

He were also qultet a number bundles of standard silver; sold from $34.00 to $38.00.

Ravine decided to get a 800d: glimpse of what was offered m! foxes he took a day 0f! while the auctioneer was busy selling other furs. to roam among the standard silvers and found 165 stale pelts, that must have been three to five

years old but were still in good otition and good color. After Co-“vldereblo difficulty he totmd

that they came from Norway and most of them had been hidden in raves front the Gcrlntalts during the dill‘ 011d others pelted the year the W“ ended- They were practically all a bunch sent out from Norway by “l9 Nvfwezian association and had been offered for sale several lllnes and bid back on account of hlBh limits on them. They were again withdrawn when offered at this tale. The highest price paid for a standard silver was $46.00 yo; the "lilo and several o! the bundles o! “"59 Ncrwealen Dells were mark- td at $45.00 to $50.00.

Mr. Todd was grcaliy struck by ill° qualify’ of these Norwegian Dells. They were so different he could hardly believe they came 1mm NOPWQY They had more fur volume than any silvers he had $9011" l0.“ years, very ltcavy necks and shoulders, in tact too lnuch fur for garments that. ladies want tod-zl‘. but wonderful for neck scarfs. They were typically the top Prince Edward Island veiled, full

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Order Bray Chicks new. and be "lucky" when egg prices eilmh nut: Fall. See me, or phone me. right away. Per- sonal attention. prompt de- livery.

CHARLES E. WORTH CIIARLOTTETOWN PHONE MOS-L o/o Riggs d: Berrigan Elmer Waugh. Wllmot Valley

G. B. Hume, Brooklyn. Wlnlton W. Currie. Albert/on

ten-tlal buyers exist for silver fox and mutation pelts in the worldp grown in Canada, the ideal eoun-i try for producing furs because of its climate and other natural ad- vantages.

ANALYSIS OF APRIL, 1911 MINK d; SILVER FOX SALIS (Lampoon, Fraser a Ruth, New York)

RANCH MINK. 53% cf our first section was sold. unchanged in av- erage from our February, 1947 Auc- tion. Tllei-ewas a good demand throughout the Sale for the large strings of better quality goods. ‘Only 30% ot the second section was sold and this section contain- ed mostly poor quality goods. with a considerable quantity of low grades which did not sell too well.

Selected d; Good Qualities

Males. Extra. Dark $24.00 to 38.00 Extra Dark dz Dark l".00 to 29.00 Dal-k 8c Park Brown 16.00 to 22-90 Females. EX!!! Dark $16.00 t0 27.00 Extra Dark & Dark 14.00 to 18.50 Dark d: Dark Brown 12.50 to 14.00

Ordinary Qulllitirl

Males. e EXira Dark d: Dark $15.00 to 18.00 Dark d: Dark Brovm l3 00 to 16.00 Females. Extra Dark t? Dark 511.0010 l3 00 Dark R: Dark Brown 8.50 to 11.00

SILVER FOX. Platinum Fox. 40% sold. Skins of good nuaiity and color soldsvell. Inferior types were neglected. White Marked. only

and pale silvers and must havei , .1 ll_ been the Progeny of some oi that‘ Qifgjfligldfifge“fiflilgflgflfi dim‘. good Island stock shipped from H. types and ‘Merle, we.“ were

this country to Norway in 1926..nez1ec,ed

Full Silvers, ‘We Sold

They reminded him too. of the sil-, unrhaneed m average Bee; de. vers he judged five or six years ago Maud to. mod qugllgy and pale in Toronto for the Ontario Assoc-

iation.

lot of fish but the pelts showed'

that the nutrition formula was a good one as they had fur colume. lustre, size and color. '

Just for curiosity and a desire to find out how they would make up, he placed an otter on the best silvers but as the price they were held for was $70.00 to $80 0O. he did not expect ihCy would take the lower marked down. The American Mute-lion Fox Breeders Association had one of their representatives attend both the New York and Huth sale to protect their pelts, of which they had 13.000 to sell. Most of these pelts were 19w but some were of 1945 vintage not sold be- cause too high lhntts had been placed on them. Mr. Todd is afraid that this ls a fault with too many ranchers and has a tendennl’ l0 clutter up the market. His reiso-n- lng is probably correct. There is no question that had we been satis- fied last year to take lower Drive! at most of the sales. our Canadian pelts would h-ave been cleaned u? and the market started 0n a fresh basis. '

As Mr. Todd saws. the auction companies cannot make the mar- leeh There was a time not so long dgo when the fox ranche: could make the market but he tailed to do so. Last year the mink r1190 were making their own mflke- and mink are sellini i115! 95 We“ w“? u they were selling last Still"!- althouzh at lower flmlm H14 ll"

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Among the bundles he looked, over were some stale Norwegian platinum pelts. They were all withdrawn but they had been of excellent quality, that was evident cs the texture. color and covering was good even though, they were very old skins. 'I‘he Norwegians ap- parently knolv how to feed foxes‘ They feed them cheap and feed a

reason is that women are buylflfl mink stulis. Retailers here do not- tatte the trouble to rush 10X"- me reason being that he finds mink easier to sell and gets a quick tum- over at a good profit. Personally. Mr. Todd sold two sets 01 10X scarfs last week because lie 100k the trouble to show them to _t.wo ladies and exvlflln me Billie “'- til and beauty Both customers wele delighted and stated that the W" were fa: more fluttering that mink-which it. true . . . . .. luau Wilfrid, for aw very 1"" "If m? of what is 111911911"! ma“; ' markets. If we had it'll-n y“ men like you M31118 l" m?‘ m silver fox and showingh {Qelvllldum customers e met "l! l ° n w m be created in the 1WD "la ° storage or at auction he“! B-

it .ppgus 1° L119 Wflifil‘ ihet w‘ will really have to bestir ourselyfle; lmd- e. practical‘ ausifilim _‘”° m be '0 have the iederal Devetlgtfm of Agriculture willchnls newt; pens antcelng a Pr!" °ll “ V" °‘ w‘ to put several 68110116 “id ‘m’ fenced fur men cill "m"! ‘h’ wlhobaalers and retailers in Car; eds with a line of sdvertlslm 0" st‘ ulale interest in the vtlrvlteie

t H. f flu-s Not onlv that gzctsailtrrrg: reel"! ‘" 3mm‘ Am‘ erioa, husnalis. New zealand. South Afrlot, in fact wherever po-t

skins "There also appeared re- ltewe" interest in the fair colored. poor quality. cheaper sorts, pos- sibly fol- trimming purposes. Off- ooloted and inferior skins We" very difficult to sell Three Quer- ters and Darks, 76"» sold. mflofli’ for: exncrt purposes. All the alcove is comptired with our March 17th. 1947 Auction.

Platinum Type --Un to 570.00 White-Marked —-——'Ul> l0 499° run Silver -—vl> 1c 40-00

HEATHERDALE SCHOOL v

Report fol- March.

Grade X: 1. Cassie MacLeanZ 2 Ella Tattrlc; 3, Norman Bruce.

Grade VIII: i. Wondall Bears: 2. Houghton MacLcocl: 3, Jim Tat- f!‘

,lt=. Grade VII: l. Gordon Mathe- sml: 2. Joan MucPhcrson.

Grade VI: I. Ronnie MllcPheet ‘Z. Catherine Matheson", 3, Flora MacPhee.

Grade v; l. Ruby MacPhee. '

Grade IV: 1. Stanley Bruce: 2. Earle lilatheson; 3, Adele Mat"- Pherson.

Grade III: 1. George Matheson and George MacLean (equal); 2 "arbarzt MtloPherson.

Grade II: 1. Mary Mathesont z. Norma MacPherson: 3. Sin- clair MacPihee.

Grade I: l. Audry MacPhee; 2. Irene MacLean.

Perfect Attendance tor lifarch: tack Peardon, Jim Tattric. Gor- Vfatheson Flora lifacPf-lee. '~‘~ MacPhec, Audry Mac-

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Phee.

?"~f'*ct Attendance for Febru- ary: Jack. Norman. Jim. Flora Ronnie. Donnie. Jimmy, Stanley. Earl, George MacT-enn. Thelma.

Sinclair, Irene, Audry.

A clean-skimming. easy-turning Rents-cw ls available to you now. There's no waiting for delivery! A: the authorised Renfrew Rem-c tentative for this district I will tladlv demonstrate a Renlrew In W!‘ Mm dllry. There's no obli- ratilm to tnlrehue. Get more cream and butter. with a Mn- (IQI. GIN me I cull n51] I'll

Move it to your satisfaction.

I. M. Ladner 111 KENT mm

The’: year get a NEW s

CREAM SIPAIATOR

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NEWSV NOTES.-

ly Agricola

voice flooded the room. It was what 1 all l "P156" voice. with nothing The Terns are sea. birds resemb- nasal about the upper register, and ling the gulls in some particulars, nothing throaty in the lowgq- notes, and ere classified with them under There was Just a touch o! colora- thc family Larldae. The Caspian tum, and though I was not, ee. Tern is the lercest o! the tour quatnted with the melody. I m 99”!“ which hi" °°°i5T0d ll‘! quite llliltfled with the rendering.

' o THE CASPIAN TEEN

Th; cuaatorrarowu GUARDIAN ‘ M, Weekly Market Report 9

IUMMARY

Light runs of cattle were re- ceived on western markets and prices as a consequence were forced to higher levels. Advances 0f 75¢ $0 50c were marked up at principal western centres. Eastern markets were generally unchang- ed on a fairly liberal supply. Aside from a decrease of $1.00 on calves at Montreal and a like amount on hogs at Calgary, there was no other material changn t" the llve

Prince Edward Island. Tems are often oalled “Sea Swallows". Caspian Tom A.O.U. 04. Migrant, nests on the north shore of the St Lawrence. Summer plumage. adult: top of the head, glossy black in the breeding season. somewhat Crested. n-eck and mantle pale pearl-gray; tmderparts white; tail white, short. fork shallow, (about 1.5 inches). Bill stout, tapering, bright red. Winter plumage sim- ilar. but head streaked black and white. Immature birds resemble the winter adults but the wings and tail are blotched with blackish. Itength of adult bird 21 inches.

The sole record of this bird in the 1016 Teachers’ Bulletin. states that a Caspian Tern was taken at ‘rracadle in 1905 As with many other birds on our list gunners see no advantage in shooting them, so records are few.

Like all the Laridae, terns are light and graceful fliers, and it is noticeable that they fly with the bill pointing downwards. The Cas- ‘Dian Tern feeds on small fishes. ibut as it is believed to be a disap- lpearing species. it is unlikely to do much harm.

THE POTATO (S)

About the middle of the l-ast century, the potato crop in Ireland failed and a dreadful famine en- sued. The Irish people had learn- ed to depend on the tuber almost entirely It, was elsily cultivated and yielded in such a ratio that one man's labor could teed 40 peo- ple The climate was so mild that the Cottars who grew the potatoes. began to leave them in the ground

‘winter. At last a freak winter (17931 partially froze the crop, and

ine of 1845 in which 250,000 people perished, England sent across the Irish Cilannel 3.000.000 cooked

so uttdevcioptd that litany com- ‘lnutiitics t-utlid not. be reached. As

lion of Irishmen to America. and one gathers from the 0888s of his- tory that they blamed Britain for driving them out.

The cause of the falnirle. was the “late blight" a fungord parasite which reached Ireland from the continent, probably from Germ- any, even then a great potato- growing country.

istry was at its peak and brilliant chemLsts were everywhere

Of these men, Baccn von ‘Liebig distinguished himself by his re- searches lnto the chemistry foodstuffs It was he who gave to the world "Lirbigs Extract of Beef". which I leltlember as the forerunner of the Oxo. Eovril. etc. of the present age Lleblg (pron. Lee-big) manifested great interest in the potato and tes‘ed its effect. on men and animals. A remark of his well illusrates the value he placed on the tuber as an article of nourishment. “A horse fed on potatoes end compelled to work. loses wcigilt: when he does no work. his weight relllllins unchang- ed,“ He mls saying that active muscular exertion producc-e a bod- ily loss by "motor change" which the tuber is ltnxlble to replace. What of its effect. on the Irish who at that time depended almost entirely on the potato in their diet? Lie-big pronounced "Raleigh's dan- gerous gift" st; little endowed with the body-building plastic matter that a. man living solely upon p0- tatoes, must con-sumo a very large quantity to keep himself in health and strength tevcn if he can do the latter; witch ittrsicrgolng any- thipg like exertion" From seven to eight pounds per day is by no for a

means air unusual unlount llboring Irishman to consume." but analysis showed that ten

pounds of potatoes contained no more nulriment than a pound and a half of good wheaten bread; and tests showed that for long-contin- ued exertion, the Irish laborer was a long way behind the English- man with hi; wheat and moat o: the Sect with ills oatmeal. More- over li-tig remarked that the. Irish- mnrfis constitution gave Wily ear- lier in life, and he was more prone to epidemic diseases.

He sums up--"A5 an addition t0 other and more nutritive food. the potato is most tuluable; as the sole article of diet, although cap- able of sunpv-‘tlns life» 1i ll I wretched material. and any com- bination of circumstances which induces or compels a POWlB-llflfl 1° depend upon it in loo great a d4!- gree, must. be regrrded es m0!"- unfortunate."

Analytical and synthetics!

More 0r less unconsciously. the analytical chemists of the latter half of the nineteenth century were preparing the around for the work of the synthetlcal chemists of the twentieth century.

The analysts. it may be repeat- ed. reduced and separated organic or inorganic substances into their ultimate elements. Beginning with the present century there has (zen an immense Juggling. shuffling. and te-btlllding of the separated ele- ments into ntw substances. or else into re-creatcd old ocean-the work ot til-e synthetics. These modern magi 1ltke inexpensive materials uml rebuild than into forms which ale rnrc in~ lluillre thereby bringing titrm within reach of all.

MUSIC/i I. NOTES

The other night I turned on the

and dig them as needed in the

n. fatntlte resulted. This however was not as disastrous as the 13.111‘

meals but transport in Ireland wtas

a. sequel there was a great migra-

About this time. analytical chem-

resolv- ing substances into their elements.

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But the instrumental accompan- iment didn't call up any eon-es. parading enthusiasm. It started out 535mm Cum‘. Mark,“

‘with 1WD D105" Q1 B. wind lnstrum- Cattle marketings at Toronto ant. that sounded like the walls of a at around 53400, werP about 1,000 hungry calf, then flowed on l“ a more than for the same week succession, of overtones end dlb last year. Rail deliveries were cords, varied ‘with what I believe are normal and trucks wtere beginning mum gussando cum“. The“ were to operate again as lngllilravs be-

stoek ma rket situation.

a few ltotes of llandbells, for good $3,” $1,111.51‘ “.511” ,j‘,§"p,l;ve,elfifj measure. but the whole underscor- steer; M $1535 to $1550’ ‘and i118 loft me coldl bu er steers between $13 and

Yet when I thought matters ove:. $15. Small lots of stockcr cattle I realized that I had been listen. sold at $12 to $13.50. Trading at in; yo the “new muelet- me! found Montreal was fairlv active. with

' S (1.12 $141 $17.25 d . d irtértlrst exponent in Richard Wag- cg?“ i119?) M? 13m Z" 03g

It owes a great deal of its -

strangeness to its "ton-silty". ie. 115 iimllg”ltgitirllsfitpsétodlciigiia Cgrrtld

kevmreletitgitlvr Ti?" Mu?‘ b"!!! heifers were quoted at a top of