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FUR FARMING and

ITS ACTIVITIES‘

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AND HOW Tlll INDUS-

TIY STARTED

, mihrhmiinghssaromanceall ‘i ifi-own, not slonc because of its in-

D0&lbi1itl€s but to s. large for its great attractiveness

as a profit-making enterprise, and

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rogard fur farming stands

flit pe-unincntly. The history oi

lmdinz Ls point it was an. the

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ea of the Indian trapper and the white man's trap lines in ilic early colonisation o!’ the North American Continent» days the true value of furs as a commercial fur trade and barter cnlhmodity, was fully realized and

spreading into and including entire northern territory known as the Aleutian group of Islands. At

Q0 fllflIBd fie beautiful

git-none ; th. Some ~ t and

thud! wiflifurfsrmingdoomtheir

*- traces beck into the

Even in thnsd early

on a wry large male was

QBRIOQQG aiicl progresscd rapidly w

where new methods of imp-

ping and diqaosal of valuable furs of all kinds had to be devised. Thus

that these extended efforts part. of trappers brought

about the almost complete depletion

fur life. and traders and

those engaged in the trapping of ill" bearers were compelled to turn their attention to other means of maintaining production.

‘ And just at this point was born the idea of producing fur from ani- mals in captivity. alribed to the enterprise of Dal- fion, ‘Iuplin, Oulton, and others, the ~qe1lt of being the pioneers in this

It is commonly

but if we are to believe his-

tory the extensive farmnig of the Blue Pox was carried on in the

Islands, Alaska. It is rea- cles-r. therefore, that the

busina oi raising fur bearing ani- ml-B 1n captivity rcully had its in-

in that far flung northern

tlritory. In the course of time

ustry became very extensive, the

was found more convenient

to allow the foxes the freedom oi . tbs Islands. a method which the

found worked very advan~

tqsously and resulted in large lit- "iao of sturdy and vigorous pups. Nil-them Alaska was also the na-

, habitat. of the much sought _ and valuable Silver Fox which ~ _ for years roamed these wild

of the north. enriching in the trapping oi animals.

‘libulng. breeding, fhc services oi qualified vetcrinsries and govern- must nmervision has done much tc plaoathcindustryonsstabie basis

now fur growing in than

All varieties of fur baring

are now raised in captivity to the rancher. The

people are engaged in the aiming and each

they can [It out in it for their are adapted by inclination to nieces and these are Others again are in quare holes. snd and problems con-

to failure. The sooner the

uililooanful are eliminated the bet- JQ. for oollfizuo

the fox industry-if they

ticipaticn in any lino of endeavor o; m.“ sdaptnblb to it will gener- ally uusuresuocemandmnooihfl business is this more evident than in that of fur farming. and for this one reason alone this is the class of people who will make for substan- ugl progress in the lndustry- l1 this isaothenltnlnkwecsarea- sonubly hope for a great future and a profitable one tc nll than engag- ed in the breeding and raising of silver foxes slid all other fur bear- ing anirnab.

Tlll FUTUII OI‘ SILVER FOX PBLTB

Recently a letter appeared in this paper from a gentleman who, hav- ;iig doubts as to the future demand for .~ll\'i r [Us polls wrote a wcll known iur dealer in London. The reply to tlii~i inquiry was No-ssur- ing. There was a time when we did hear a lot about, an over supply oi Silver l-‘ux and a possible glui- tuig of Llic markets by this particu- lur fur. But that time is far behind us and instead of a likelihood of the fur markets of the world being over stocked, we find the demand in- creasing. There are two main reasons for this-First. the wide publicityy through newspaper and magazine advertising given the in- dustry, and Second-The scientific research work carried out in recent years, which has greatly aided in the proper breeding, raising, and the feeding of these valuable ani- msls.

The publicity popularized the fur and today we find that Silver FOX is regarded by the women of the world is the ultra fashionable fur, and that it will so continue is the general belief.

Ons feature of the industry must not be lost sight of, namely, that it is the fins pelt that controls the markets-the poor pelts do not af~ fect the markets for good skins, and it is in this particular, broadly speaking, that Prince Edward ls- landi has excelled all he: 001110021- iois. With the fur farmers of this, the centre of the industry. good ail- ver fox pelts have mine to assume almost the same relative stability of value as diamonds or the pre- cious metals.

A leading fur magazine in the United States him the fo1lowing.— "Ihere are some fifty million wo- mm in the United States and while not allofthemoanbocountcdas proqaective icmers of the fur farmer, many of them can. The retail demand has yet been merely scratched. The Silver Fox breeds but once a year and it is estimated that it would take thirty year: at. the present production rate to catch 1m with demand from New York City alone."

The above I also typical of the BTW-t European fur markets when the dmslnd fur the right quality of skins is usually in excess of avail- lble stockl.

You: guess isssgood as mine and if you are engaged in fox rais- ing for profit and will sumly the required standard of skins demand- ed by those who can afford to buy them. we need have no worries over the future demand for Silver Pox pelts.

Many ranchers have asked me the question:—"What are the char- acteristla 0i l. first. class fox?" My reply to them wns-"A Background of Bcientific Breeding. Beautiful m, Proiifiaiess, Sound Health, Abounding Vigor and Freedom from Defects and Parasites.

If you are s rancher and interest- ed in securing foxes of this type. the future demand for silver fox pelts is absolutely assured, and at profitable prices.

BUSINESS CONDITIONS 0N THE PGRADI; Over on the other side of the At-

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TIIUIDQATIOUNTALIIOU

Hereissnieolittlclettor frun Mount Albion: "Dear Agricola. I am sorry to say I did mt write thanking you for my copy of The Birds of lhstern Canada. it was not that 1 did not appreciate the book, for I ctrtainly did. and have shown it to a great nia-ny people in om" district.

"We have s great many birds around here, both Chickadees and Woodpedera. and we have fat out on the clothes line, also on both kitchen windows, and we have s. dish of oats nailed up on the VII‘- andah for them. They come to get the fst and the oats and are quite tame.

"I also received a book, ‘Jack Miner and the Birds‘ last ycsr and I am very much pleased with both books, and I wish to thank you and ‘Mr. Tufts for the last book. 81n- ceicly. Ruth Jenkins.“

I am pleased to hear that Ruth likes her prize. and nmre than messed with the way she is look- ing after the little feathered folk.

—And at Hunter River.

By the same mail (Ibb. l4) I re- ceived s letter from an esteemed correspondent, who it will be seen is not afraid of a little work to further the cause of the birds. I have great pleasure in putting it before my readers; "Dear Agricola: Just a line re the Hungarian Part- ridge. I read your Notes about them and the hard tiime they are experiencing getting food. I call- ed upon several teachers in this vicinity and asked them to encour- age their pupils 1X1 putrid; out feed for these poor unfortunate exiles. I was pleasantly" surprisfii to find that some of the boys were already feed- ing flocks about their barnyards. One boy said that his flock oven flew up on the shed toof_tc get some grain that had blown there. Prom everywhere around us I have been getting reports of flocks fed: some oven go right into the barns and pick like hens. I know you will be pleased to hssr of the efforts made by the young people!

We have a regular family oi Blue Jays visiting us. I heard a Chicka- dee last. Saturday, perched in an old apple tree, singing merrily de- spite zero weather. My children saw a Downy Woodpecker on Saturday also. Alpert from those mentioned, bird-life is practically nil around here.

We are looking forward to m‘. Tuit’: Visit in May. as he promised hewouldcometousagalninliun- tcr River. When the date is fixed I will undertake to notify all the teachers in the surrounding dis- tricts. Trusting you are having a good winter, Sinccrcly, Mrs. l". Bsgnall."

I certainly am pleased. and I know that other mturalists and Iportlmen both. will appreciate what has been done for the part- ridges at Hunter River. There has been s heavy mortality amongst these binis-tl\\t is the story on every hand.

I, too. heard the Chickadoos Iprlng song on Sstuiday, Feb. 12th: “The Chickadee has another song com- posed of only two notes of rather high register. clear and whittle-

like. The first is piplongcd. and n“

lsntio in Great Britain we read d s. big revival in cominorcisl tram. Over half a million unemployed havegonebacktowoxkonfuiltime and many thousands of other; on DIN time. As nil foxinen are aware London, England, is great centre of the hu- Auction Bales associations so that any im- provement in economic conditions in Ghent Britain will naturally be ruficcicd in more distant parts of our empire. Our ploduct—tbs wodua oithslilnrFox, being a luxury article. has suffered as well as other commodities of laser vsl- ue.

A revival of buaineu will be tho

the second shorter. about two bass lower and has been translated ‘Spring’: hen." (Tanner)

Tbs little fallow, I baud was giving thus notcs which I put. into notation. thus: l. half-note, icllowod by O, O, quag- tcr-notss each. in the upper spaces of the treble staff.

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On ffllflvln‘ this mange Surrey immediately ‘vanced to his son's aid butwasatlsokcdhy tbafloot- tilh centre. zallsntly led on by James himself. The battle war now raging in every direction. and when tho Earl of Bothwell canze up with the reserve to the support of the King, the victory was for a while inclined to the Scottish aide. But the scale was turned in an unu- pectcd fashion. Tbs Ihglish left wing. assailed by the Highlanders under the Fsrls of Lennon and Ar- gyle, moi the half-naked clandsmen wiN such a terrible discharge of arrows, that they lost all discipline. flinging sway their shields and tar- gets they rushed on the ascending ranks, plying their broadswords fisriously. The pikemen and archers. from Cheshire and Lsncashii-e, were staggered by the fierce onslaught, but quickly closing their ranks drove back their assailants with great slaughter, and forced their way to the top 0f the ridge. The Scottish cause was losti Elsted with his victory Stanley gave or- ders to charge the Scottish centre in the rear, and a terrible carnage took place at the southern base of Piper's Hill. ‘Rammed in onwvery side, the King and his nobles-the very flower of his army-struggled with desperate courage againsi the combined forces of Surrey, Stanley. Howard and Dscre. 1n the fading light every inch of ground was fur- iously contested, gill at length, with his hands hacked tc pieces. his head gushed with a bill, and his body pierced with arrows. the gsllant King fell dead, amid the bcdies 0f thirty of his devoted nobles.

The historians" of both nations find it difficult to explain the con- duct of 1cm Home, at this crisis of the battle. According to Pitcoottie, the Earl of Huntley, with whom he was associated in the command of the left wing of the Scottish army. urged him to go tc the assistance of the King. He is said to have re- plied: "He does well thlt docs for himself. We have foughten our vanguards. and have won the same, therefore let the lave (ic., the rest) dotheirput sswell aswé." ‘Phi-e is also an English tradition that the fir] 0i Huntley, yvith his men, left the field while the battle was still in ass.

Night fell and separated the wmbll-lnhl. but under cover of the darkness Hams‘; wild Bordaiara, along with msruidm from ‘lync- dale and Tavlotdale. stripped the corpses of friends and foes slits, and plundered the baggage of both armies. At dawn the rsmnsnt o1 thcboottishcentrawufoundmps °°¢llwing a hill in fruit of Surrey’: forces ss ii wen-rod to renew the

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ma: You Should Know About Houses

h By M1’. n. Evan Parry. F-RALQ

With the Georgian style. <5" Sketch No. ll, 0i which our Oolon- ial style il an ioifwflnr- brick. utcns and frame were, and are be- ing tly used. The roofs were pitched generally at an angle o! Abdegreesicfll-Idegreessnd fixiished with classic cornicas. Dor- mersaruootmnoninthlsstylctnd the chimneys built in straight sill-its with molded cane. The win- dowa are with psdlmented caps. The door-

umnsallofclassicaldetsll.

(See Sketch No. 2), perhaps in Ontario curioiu tc reins,

nation for the wall. The hlkh git-

French ruensissance work may noted in the interior panelling

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Ricbmiond. moimting lepidoptera literature on the subject

lhtouioicgicsl Division,

Insects This

It quite Rid-ll].

geomotrically balanced wgyg nrg glso pedimen‘ ’ with col-

The French Renaissance style, more popular than Quebec,

was built with

stcne or stone and brick in combi-

cbed roof, generously picrccd with dbl-marl, is one of the most pleas- ing characteristics oi this style. As s contrast to the Spanish style the chimney stacks are lofty. The Cic- thic influence ic be found ‘i; of the moms, m also by the decorated

tbs King was also discovered by 10rd Docre, and identified by his Chancellor, Sir William Scott. his sergeant-porter, Sir John Yiormln. and other Scottish prisoners. It was conveyed to Berwick where it was embalmed. lapped in lead, and sent secretly (amonflt the bl-Bille of the army) to Newcastle. I-Iere Sur- rey took ohaffl and removed the coma to Iaondon, where he placed it in the Monastery of Sheen, near

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r had intended in this articl'e m give directions for preparing and for the show-case, but in looking oIver my

came across s pamphlet. which 8°65 11'1- iio this matter very thoroughly, and as it is issued by the Dominion Ottawa,

" and other: interested are advised to writc for it. It is listed as “Circular No. I2, I“ actions for and Preserving Insects" from the pen of Dr. McDunnough. who was at the time of writing in charge of the National Collection 0f

psuwhlot is particularly val- uable since it gins an illustration oi a mreading board with an insect in situ. Spreading boards may be bought from dealers in entomologi- csl supplies. but with the illustra- tion as guide the collects: can ess- ily inch the ‘hoa-rd" himself. The dimensions an given; and the wood recommended is soft pine. I made my boards with the thin wood from an orange crafc for the top layer, as the tomulogical pins stick intc

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Tbs ‘Ptldtll’, o! which the Ooh- woiii still is an mammal dim- lopment, (Se: sums No. 8). II Qhgfgctgflufl by siaty stone walls or cobble. In the tixiiniqilc 0! h!‘ ingt-heatcnctheieiss fzeedomnot icboioundinother Mill-Tl" thstcbed roof was the fuiunntr oi the slate roof of today 1nd i-lw lines of the r00! were unbroken- Tm projecting diimney on the out- side wall is a very "l" ture of this style and is carried u? well above the 1148!.

This brief review oi’ stylu would fall abort of its purpose wan not the Modcrnlstic style referred to. Sketch No. 4 gives a very good ides bcw design has progressed upon utilitarian lines. may, owhg tc the materials now being med in construction. the whole foreground oi our forebears is wiped out. W112i the use of steel, concrete, shoot mo-

haps 200 species. Our great moths. the Oecropi , the rulyphemlli. and the Luna, are among

Interest in these "fragile creat- uresofiliesii-"isgrowingsndwo may, I think. look forward to the day when some enlightened publi- sher will do for Canada what has already been done for Britain in this regardlhava inm lbrlrya British work called " Bounty’! mttcrflies and lloths," with e01- ared plates oi ens thousand moc- imsndsshortdascriptionofoaoh —snd in, ‘you won coat quy sir shillinfll (about UM). Ohaap literature of this kind has Infill host! of oolioctcn fa all branches oi natural history.

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the juices of the insect. ltnimnolo-

gical pins cannot be procund in _ Canada, I sin informed. but may be had from Ward's Natural Balance

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all of which we are selling at vary close prim, WANTED - Good quality of Oats and Pressed

Hay. for which we an paying highest

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