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the latter part of January. 19°9- whioh conveyed the astonisihiiig news that one of their Pelt! h sold ior $1,800. Being very retloflhi individuals and believing that their future fortunes depended noon kgqpln] the good thing to them- selves it was a 1on8 "l!" bdiiflm‘ news leaked out to the mnflio ‘lino srtners did not get excited about ii and declmato their herds. no in- deed. They continued their policy oi careful selectlwgl wfidiirifilwgis-i; wee A s ltfhegp pooxtiie better ones. Of courso tihs s ult eits were often wry beautiful. ese would be non- braeders and they received prec- tically the same dieras the P11 which was thrn mostly bread, mi and meat. i

Cold storage was practically im- knowh to the pioneers and meat we; kept fresh by being immersed in a stream. They were not very fussy about sanitationn and as a consequence lost uite a numlfir oi their young. untl B. I. Rayner. who was zit/inc some worm medi- cine tol his children, decided iit might-be a good idea to slve it lo the pup foxes. He was Probably the first man to thin-k oi it and his discovery meant a great deal to the future o! fur farming in Prince Edward Island. -

Getting back to prices it was in 1904 the; the partners Dalton and Oulton decided to cash tin and take some Profits. That year they sold 12 pelts. the following year 1i. and in 1906 ei-Rht, the top prices re- ceived in these years be respect-l ively $973.00. $754.00 and 1.55000. Parties who have lookrd over Lsmpsorrsl sales sheet-s for these salQc state that no prices even sp- proaohing them were paid ior any

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l; Rayner-s the Gordon: Efiuiifil-ifcooio i» ballad‘ in. W- remember distinctly Sir Charles refusing to sell a pair of lste any pup] to three men from Charlotte town who arrived at hll ranch in November, 1911 and wanted to buy- 1-1, said they would not breed and he did not want to aee them dia- oppointed customers. l-Is himself never had any success with Ma)’ pups, but these must have been particularly well fed for they produced seven pups in the ranch of the Seal River Fox Company for caretaker William Jenkins.

Imagine. reader how Billy Jen- kins must have cit that morning in m, April, 101: when lie went to the ranch and found that the female had s litter of pups. He did not look in but he telephoned the news to Charlottetown and the three men who had romoted the company were Jubi-isn indeed. It was not long before the new! flashed all around the city and then the wcczder was hcrw many pups. Three weeks lster he looked in and there were seven

with a very proud mother to show them off. The Seal River Company made great progress un- der Mr. Jenkins‘ management and in 1918 had the honor of silltng’ the highest priced pelt in London

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for END-approximately $1,200.

Now that we have given you- some figures about early prices ofi faxes. let us turn to mink—or minks if you preiere to call them. However, no less an authority than Dr. Cyrus McMillan, Chair-

,msn of the Department of Eng-

lish at McGill University, gtves, authority for mink as plural, and that goes for marten, fisher, fltch. beaver and marmot. Somebody who dug back into the records oi’ the Hudson's Bay Company found that the prices of mink from 1850 to 1859 averaged $1.62, and of course the Hudson's Bay Company, would be selling the finest in mmki —those from Labrador. In 1890- 1899 $1.27; i'n 1900-1909 $31-57. that is to say in the period when Dal-i

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who came to this Island so ‘ong with trouser legs rolled to one of the garden spots world. Some of the churches being used to carry on the

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‘ing of foam and scarcely a whigp. er of sound '0 disturb the mellow stillness. And only a wmlli oi s wind cams above it yet 1 hund l: full of the isles of picture ship: that once sailed on these waters, raving with white sails spread toward some fair harbour. "Mire or J-zmie my grandson or the small one in the house scross the lane will know nothing of the ceauly and grace of Mew-on an Autumn dsy. Coming suddenly out of l haze on the distant. horizon to be- set one with dreams as one pick- ed row after row oi potatoes wiib- the others in ‘the shore tlelii". This aIterr-ono, a distance away s motor boat rode lisrlessiy ai anchor. "What's that?! Jamie wanted to know pausing in his shell-picking to observe this dork object and then “A 1iShCfmt"‘-—Ei‘ld

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l ial I if la the best night of ed these pillars oi the chureli whleéi cou pioneers rover see those of the Old-tn days expose wading loung-

ring about the real

. Wl-th their real coure

g2 imd lengths of oi-awuy limos d work,

they have made this about in’ the water with the of theaters as ours did this Bite-TUDOR! are and enjoying it quite as ‘P1101! as still the young was. Making friends Work of the flock flritl knowing every l-ist one down io the smallest by name. Exemolifylng the Ways of

r 100 years old. and are

other silvers at London auctions. To the rancher today who has not been through the early period cf the industry these lisnres will cer- tainly seem fantastic but it must be remembered that there was! a great deal of wealth in Europe al- though the average person did not have very much. llhe nobility of. Russia and Austria were the prin- cipal bidders for the beautiful black fox skins which Dalton, Oui-

iei us determine. as those old Another who "calk-th ihzrii by pioneers did to make things Mme" mtefiffa nanny pm ‘he will“. M! i" elldfllvvr l0 1911 l! s irit of the games and a! the some many as we can about our work. I 1m, 5am“! a pyflctlca] exqmpm om "n01"! 99°?" d!’ "l" kmiw l of clean and reverent s ewh and 81'"! 5"] 85°11‘ w-c-TJJ- honesty and fairness aniietolcrancc work or about our Y.T.C. and it is 1n “playing rm. “may a jo-y to mc to be able to tell about a - o our grogram and the work we ‘do. i W i-le at school at, Evanston. I was spcndin Sunday with one of , the girls an We were in herroom

DON Elven by the Dominion Bur-, than in the previous year. The rc-_ esu ol Statistics said the conziump- _ .tion of spirituous liquors during the twelve months ending March. 1945. was approximately 3.720.000 proc-f gallons compared with fi- 444000 gallc-Tis oi the previous Year and that did not include figures on beer, wines, etc, I

Mayor Saunders of Toronto re- Portéd that 5.10’! persons had been

how does he get out to it?" But ilis light blue rev of sky dippe-l down to touch ‘glue 11m o! darker blus that was the Strait. And the red oi the sandbsrs where the child- ren left happy footprints we: cov- ered rese ly. Arid the suii which had een thinly veiled broke through in all its glory throwing a bewiwhirs; natliway of ilsms toward the sunset and light-ins me far countryside which stret-

toin foxes were bringing an aver-i age of over $1.000 a pelt. mink were averaging less than 1/300 of that. In 1910-1911 the prica I1'\d gone up to $624 and in 1928-29, which was a boom year, not only. for mink but fox, to $20.91 aver-, age, Fc-x probably averaged $110 00 that year. In 1932-33 the average had dropped to $8.53 and in 1937- 38 had jumped to $13.00. whl-le sil- ver fox probably averaged around

$3.98

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It was decided to hold meetings in the homes; three new commit- gees werg appointed: School com- mittee. Mrs. charlie Proude and Mrs. Harry Yownker; sick. Mrs. Golden Dollar and Mrs. Hans Peterson; program. Mrs. Austin Scntncr and Mrs. liarold Proude.

It was moved and seconded i0 get two new locks and catches for School. the secretory to 86'- Slime» It W35 also decided to take up collection at each meeting.

Mrs. Lester Johnston invited members to her home _io'r next meeting. Lunch committee. Mrs» Rov Taylor. Mrs. Robt. Moore. and Mrs. Golden Dollar. Roll cab to be answered with verse Scripture with word “Love.

Collection amounted i0 85 C8015- Aiter dainiiy sandwiches were served, the meeting adjourned by singing the National Anthem.

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The Spirlngvale Women's Insti- hlts held their second monthly meeting Tuesday. Aug. 13th. Ln the school room, with the et- tendancs of it members and four visitors. The president presiding. the meeting opened with the Ode followed by the Creed. The rrsn- utes were read and approved. fol- lowed by roll call.

A letter from the secretary of the district convention was road inviting members to attend the convention wihich is to be held at Parkdals sent. 9th. Mrs. Lester Johnston and secretary ivere av- miiirted to attend. along with president. ‘Thirteen members sub- scribed for "Institute Neuis." Four new members were welcomed. gzhich makes a total oi 22 mem-

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ton and other pioneers produced.

Black skins were not unknovm in the wilds. in fact certain sections of ih-r. Peace River district prc- duced one-eighth silvers and other sections eighth to quarter silvers, but as these were caught by trap- pers they, were usually off-color. some even displaying a rusiv‘ ap- piarazize. All black skins wiihoui any suspicion of oficolor and dis- playing the brllliancy and beauty of Prince Eifrvard Islands best were without peers in those days.

From 1907 until 1012 Prince Edward Island fox pelts continued to dominate the London sales and in 1910 Charlrs‘ l)al.:n sold.’ 25 skins in Lonzlcn for an average of £285. that is over $1.300 net. Thrre of his pelts out of this lot brought £500 each or over $2.400 and one sold for £545 or $2,624.40,

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The quest for brseding stock in those years as Lhc fabulous prices reached the ou.er world went on most assiduously. Ranches had ixcn established by Jcihan Beets at Paisier Bay. Quebec. He had been a superintendent oi a trading P051 of Revillon Freres and had an excellent opportunity to judge the quality of furs and fur bearing animals. Mr. Beetz was quits suc- cessful in his venture but_ his foxes were not squall in quality with those from Prince Edward Island

‘and they were more silvered. Olli-

ers among the older brseilers may

mentioned Mr. Borrowman and Rev. George Clarke oii Ontario, while lesser breeders started oper- ations with a pair or two. In Prince Edward Island the Ravnirs, Silas, the iaiiier. James st Kildare, B. I. at Al-bertan, Gordon and Tup- lin, l-lenry Lewis, John Champion and Frank F. Tuplin all became successful fox farmers in the in- gxlgening years between 1904 to

.__ Frank l". 'l‘uplin we have wr-lnsn about in this column frequently and his contribution was really worth while in as we mentioned that he produced a true black in his breeding operiiiioris and his blood has been most valuable and appears frequently among prize winners- Silas Rayner was noted for the very large foxes he bred which produced magnificent brush- es and tips. It was Rayner foxes that were the principal progenitor-g of the cekbrsted Bovyer ranclh at Bunbury. B, I. Rayner sppcllllggd In the more silvery types and was the promoter of ranches in Nova

‘Scotis an}! fumishzd brcedlngstock

some of the most successful he Island notably Gen-

Fsrms at Charlottetown

and the B. I. Rayner Company at Summerside. This was started in 1913 with 20 pairs of proveri Ray-l nerhizeseders-s magnificent array

One oi the first of the large companies started here wsa the Dalton in the fall oi i012 with 20 sin of pure Dalton breeders cap- isiissd at $06,000 with a guar- anteed dividend of 40%. Dalton, was under contract to reduce B0 mos and he did! The owest ilk-l ure for an option on these in 1913i was $12000. 1w in‘

shape of

chance and somehow raised H.- f .000. and receiv-

p from the secretary-i Lats that fail they sold the two pairs of foxes for atom makingi a clean-up of $8,000.00. inch in- cidents were frequent and anyone who had the nerve to Qatulste in the 59th‘ of 1913 when fox] pups were- aold around CIZMOM made mtmey if delivery could be secured. lometlrnsg, howevenwhm the buyer decided to take u liia| foam or perhaps before he seld- ed. he would be notified that than were not sufficient fox: available‘ in the ranch to ilil M's option.

for, h t rt the ' chm were airiwahotra l do ‘$.31’? hmtwtttiataa“ the great or money” 1h: a?!‘ such as {Blissful

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$4 .00. Mink took a big flop in l9 ~43 to $7.98. We have not (he Hudson's Bay figures for the yours since thrill but no douhi. they would be startling if we could print them. l Figures given by William Rit- cliio of the Department of Agri- culture at Ottawa for 1932-33 show that 168.592 mink were marketed by Canadians at an average price 0i $8.53. 1n 1936-37 139.673 were marketed at 8'1 average price oi $16 24. As prices of feed were low In those years quantities of mil rapidly increased so that in 1942-‘ 43 we find the quanil-ty markctéd as quoted by Mr. Ritchie, 527,633 and the average price $11.00 No doubt many of these were adults pelted by ranchers to cut down their herds as costs were increas-i ing and help and meat products scarcer. in the years since 1942-43. a tremendous boom has taken |-!nce”'r1 mink and it is todnv the favorite fur of fashion. made more so by the ingenuity with which breeders have produced new types which the furrier has joinnd to gather to form some of the mosti attractive fur garments that a woman wears.

Another reason for the popular-i liy of mink breeders is that the cost of that type oi fur farming equipment is small compared with iox ranching. The initial expendit- ure of $1,000 to $1.500 will equip a ranch that will take care of quites large numrber of breedin stock. There is not a great deal o differ- ence in the iced used by mink farmers and fox farmers. but per- haps more emphasis Ls put on meat. We note utters a successful rancher _in the vicinity of Toronto gives this as his diet for minim- Meat 80%. cerrsl 15%, vegetables 2%. boncmeai 2% mineral 1%. Part of the meat ration was made‘ up oi liver, about 10%, ood liver, ol and wheat gem-i oil were used in season. In preparing this mix- ture tllw dry lnqredicnts were mix- ed first. then half skim milk and alf water to moisten and mix a- gain. Then the ground meat and other ingredients were added to the cereals and [hen mind thor- oughly so that each mink would obtain an equal portion of all in. gradients.

About six ounces of this mixture was considered a normal meal but of course that would liavsvto be adjusted to

ntent was increased to 5%. ln feeding mink It is well to use lean meat or if that cannot be ob- tained to cut off the fat. on a high fat coriten develop habit; o! bl or chewing their tails.

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Pure Eastern Mink Natural Dark Mutations: Blue Frost These mink are from parents that won prises for the past two years. Every mink loll is guafsnteed to glva sat-

iafacfion.

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their fur

apprehended for Toronto from January September 30th.

were women. There doubt. many more who

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baggy ride. and there is a thrill to

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cs in the distance. and the ever- greens along the shores.- Anoihcr day we went for a row in up a river a berries.