THE CHABI-WEIQWF ._ GUARDIAN

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(MAY 24,1941 _ ~

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Th, annual meeting of the Sil- ver Fox Breeders and Exhibitors Association will be held in the Clan-

ndmn Legion Hall next to the prince Edward ‘Fllentrc on Tues- day

All interes

itreatment prescribed. I might 53y ,that it. was this type qf ranch that ‘was very difficult to handle. This ‘hem foxes was knucked o“ and

i3 Hill/his so whenever a disease

afternoon. May 27th at ‘iaoxlike Diatehlvet- sets soiha- The oa- ted fox ranchers should ""1"" really h“ little opportun-

l m; u, be prpseng nudity to check the infection espec- make I a no Jelly in young pups that are only :2} day or two old.

on time.

Thmnglt inc courtesy n.f Dr. gaprge Bishop, we are enabled to resent an authoritative account. of last seasons distemper epidemic “my the lessons learned from it... rancher should road it Car!-

‘more to stick to at all times. If To year m5; Wm. m,

Diagnosis

The first thing that one ha; to under certain circumstances is to adopt immediately a diagnostic

and the“ me n may golqprocedufe to follow. and further- IWI” rofmrenre __ vinot, one become; confused. The This nrncic n written wholly for dlhsheet-lc fiirweduro accepted by

m. fox rancher and mink rancher 1p Canada and it ll to be

that lIlv

we had with Distemper !n

ithe Provincial Laboratory at Char- hOped-iottetown was the Green method, would gunhe; My that 1t would

actual experience gig sglfignrhafimrgiegndmig: at: Fractic

Province that it t-rn i.» helpful to Wlmmimly Knew“ 1w the rapid m0-

|l1 concerned

p0,- ma past few “cells have received requests and

thod of diaqflolk. or the confini- ed tissue diagnosis, -which would

now y-mmquire a longer period of time hyjuy§es'D-l‘ld is advisable especially

after

“m, mp... n, the use of disnmllfllstempe: is suspected and n {he

pfl-nitl which uc uscd in this

pmv. rapid diagnosis

procedure proves

W? durmg 1945 and 1946A M, melnegative. It is on that basis that

request. of the fox ranchers

g] We

accepted this diagnostic pro-

Prince Edward 151mm Divitcmpeytlffidlll? and stuck to it.

aid was brought hero prior to the mm spending a period of time |t nomrn Laboratories, Grafton, Wisconsin, in order f0 fifit hand information in Wm; the handling of clean and in-

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Classification of Rancher. I would like to deal briefly with

cowncyion the classification of ranches, which

I propose to classify as follows: 1.

h“ and also r[\;\gng5fl¢INQ§BI.IV€' 2. Infected‘ 3. Balance frag-Infra‘? I‘ ‘hunches.’ I believe that this class- ____ ification is the inost satisfactory

Dlsmmpel. 35 mos. 1m much. way to classify Distemper, espec-

ers are aware, Ls a

Wm,- di5ga5@_'IflIIy under field conditions. To deal

nnnh, according to our experience briefly with the noamnl negative h‘ m.“ Provlme may pa" tmoughiranch, I would say that we used

highly resistant foxes mm creating what I will later

“my of as a Bai

I Distcmperoid, an“ gox ranch live virus. in all adult foxes includ-

unobggrvpdfthe recommended 7.6 mmg. dose of

namely the Ferret

Tm, usual “m; made 1n the diqg-‘ing the pups that were nnproxlml nasis of distemper is that the in- Riel)’ 5W to Bight Weeks 0f Bile- We

itial symptoms llllis

unobserved observed that in this typo of ranch

“d only when the fox is light in a temperature rise was experienced

weight or rlischarzlhfl "Om

tncjon or about. the tenth or twelfth

Q." and “me is it thought by the day. and very often the fox went

m; rancher to b. the initial symp- slishilv vii 1w! Ht this “m. n; Digtpnypefv This is not the That is approximately all the stmp- w... In H1559 particular cases, nnefloms that. were observed. ‘This I can be relatively sure that. Dis-jmigbt say is the most. desirable

period.

temp" 1‘ any-where from 14 to gotvpe to work with.

day: advanced. thus breaking dawn; m.» system tn such an extant that; invades-s; animal body are at, ‘headache ranch as fa:- as we were htoncerned here. This type of ranch in most instances had foxes with-

the secondary bacterial withxn the _ ivork causing many comiilififliiohfi which are thought by most ranchers to be the intiial symllwms of Dis- temper. 1t is this type of ranch that the individual handler or veterin-

iatlng.

Infected Ranches

The Infectrd. was really

NORTH AMERICAN LIFE L. S. STEVENSON

BRANCH MANAGER

‘I40 RICHMOND ST. AMUTUAL COMPANY

o did not: notice any particular symp- toms until careless practice: with T651!“ to feeding occurred and as a. result the normal balance of

1- . ‘ , . Ike Ssmptoms “Inch I have JUSIILhe rest of the rules, (which

described above "were experienced

In these particular cases no Dis-i temperoid or any other product‘

hm been used. but careless feed- iihll Dzacticc; alone were respon- sible for the upset ln the balance

{of the foxes in the adults and‘

‘Pups. This was a confirmed diag- ncsis by the above described me- thod.

Results

negative flhfih. I would like to say that this is the most desirable type of ranch for the use of Distemperoid.

before ziny difficulty is experienced‘ or any foxes are exposed to Div, temper cr brought into the ranch.‘

the product in his ranch‘

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‘THE GOOD OLD DAYS"

That was the title of g short editorial in The Guardian, rc- prlnting the rules of a Chicago department store in the year 1880. "The Itore mutt he open fmm" 6 a. m. to 9 p. m. the year." II the first commandment.

It is not necessary to go on with ‘.1 some cases bordered at: tho ludi- croul), because I propose to carry the reader a little further back l:

‘time and space to n departmen:

store in Newcastle on Tyne, It opened at 8 a. m. and closed at 7 p. m. week-days; 9 p. m. Satur- day;

But. that is not all the story. A

fair proportion of the help, men land boys "lived in", their rooms"weru the more persistent, and ‘berm; at the top of the building. Each room contained 7 beds, ,accommodating 2 men and 5 boys; ‘Double Summer Time W115 “M... j

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the men were supposed to keep

the last resort. Here is the story of g boy's day.

We found that after a. reasonable . length of time had elapsed tnnrflfeflfnfi, fiehghffifiiggg: h; zgtisftivtotrrhlmmuriityrhna follow-i armed wi-th brush or duster. The‘ “Mair”: 1261911511 J-llfletllivé h‘??? counters, shelves and‘ show-‘casesmcmrcludes a harassed mothcr. A! thelaboréglrcyf ‘xhéllawflilcollxje, chairs, etc, were carefully dllSlGh,

_ g '4! ' and any sweeping that had been ,mec"°.°d I” ‘Tm? ‘his "I'm? We dId_ overlooked the night before, was I ‘m PT°P°5° I0 make I! iechfllcll , attended to. This was finished by

in In! WHY. but more or less to con-

'I.30. when the word was pauod

- NEWSY NOTES - ,

Agricola

but Parliament had rejected it. The years between had been full of argument. those in favcr slain.- inl to be progressive and full of public-spirited benevolence. To thus the opponents of the bill. answered that from a political point of view tho bill provided for 1m;

few. and was the thin end of the Socialist Wedge. however innocerl’ the measure appeared to be. 0th. an took exception to it as a pie_c '°I~' ielbdwiPi-Ififl. an evil becom- ing common all over the war}; Why did they want to kid then.- Selves along with a false tiznc? Where was their resolution, when they had to trick themselves t1 Bo to work an hour earlier? lhe Summer Time people,

th Bill became an Act. e Durihx the Wflrld War n. .-.

duced with the clocks two hour.

I order amongst the boys. A houae- | ahead of Greenwich mean llmty

e o, the ‘Fdlvldmr keeper looked ‘after matter: gencr- ‘Thin was again introduced also 1'. * -- - ally and was court of appeal" in a month ago. and the Britons from

“k9 IL F" One tiling the children '

Bhandlefls Woodworking To Order

Royal Packing Plant Premises

imufi be at school by ‘l o'clock

I-Iis slumbers were broken by a C-.M.T.—aft.er an austerity break- morning bell at 6.30, and there was

fast-the parents of course rising ‘at 5 or earlier. “What a gr“: liesture it would he if the Cov- ernment would rescind this order!"

I Grubs Infect Rhubarb

I_ note, in a farm paper, an m. git-Hr? from P. E. I. anent gTUIJZ

"Y ‘"11’ 5m“) °XP°TIEH¢P I4 *3"! ‘ —"Breakfast!" Then the boys went tin rhubarb stalks. I had the sain:

fox rancher of Canada

Now to dcal with the infected I'll-Mil. as already stated in some instances prior to our entering

these ranches. we found that Dish

temper was apparently prevalent in all its stages. and it was useless to try to single out. infected and non infected foxes. In that part- icular type of ranch it Is advisable to classify them all as infected. and

‘treat or handle them accordingly.‘

It is very difficult to handle this particular type 0f ranch. and it was only from the experience which we had here that we are now able to say that, in our opinion the most satisfactory method of handling this type of ranch is to use serum. either canine or fox specific. In

foxes where complications are ob-,

or where intestinal disor- encountered, and these

served. ders are

will be observed. in many instances,‘

the use of penicillin and the inter- ‘nal administration of Sulphaguan- idine was found to be quite bene-

tlle ficlal. The use of Distcmperoid we

found i.n such large doses. as are "recommended for the was far too costly for the average

CIIBIIIE.

treatment‘

down to the “dining-room" in the

was allowed for the meal. then

The store was now open for business. In those days there ivere no little “overhead railways," car-

rying cash and sales slips to the

cashier and bringing back the No; when the salesman (clerk, we incorrectly call aim) made a sale, he called "Cash!" and the boy came forward to take the cash and sales slip to the cashier's desk. This was his duty till 7 par... broken only by intervals for din- ner and tea, neither of which ex- ceeded half an hour in duration. The store dealt In textiles. gai- ments, and furniture. The quality of these products was extraordin- arily good in the good old days. But they all bad a, singular and characteristic odor. Corduroy suits, the common wear of schoolboys, lasted like iron and smelt as i.‘ they had been pickled in rancid herring brine. Cotton prints were not quite so nolsome, but did no

in the mnCh showing the discharg- fox rancher 1n Vi", of the present‘ good to the lads who breathed that

ing eye; and nose and in- some in- gyian ylwould be vex-v careful in stances diarrhoea, which I have

handling: and especially in innocu- already described. I that Distemper could be assumed "d of ranch that we lnnoculated foxes’ "m9 °u5l°mer Wmlld °°m°

also

to be at least 14 days old,

stated

price of fox pelts.

The ‘results in the balance ranch at the present time are still much in the air. We found in this type

contaminated air from morn till night.

At. 7 p. m. the store was sup- posed to close but nearly always in.

I would like to give the AYQFBSB 41011111 be 90 dalli 01d- 11W“ 1h U116 with the preventive dose as long "Y" 1° mlnui" I° 7- 511d "l!"

fox rancher in Canada. an idea of type of the. geographic distribution nf fox only de: Unlike temper. but also with

ranches In this Province. tithe: provinces of Canada. lunches are distributed at val: of miles apart. we

ranches in. this Province that arerhoea and i u, close together that. the guard quite readily understand that. the,

fences lmck up against nne an-

other. thus facilitating the spread in this type of ranch as Ir. n

nervousness. One can

same results could not be expected

of Dluniitycl- from ranch to ranch. tiva one.

Th» izrrvitest distance that an)’ ysnches are apart in this Province

would only he a few miles. Thus.‘ one can quite readily tinderstaxid sci-lb; as being just what I have

that we would have very much said. balanced. in that tristampfl. more difficulty in controlling riis- had passed through this ranch un-,

that one observed because of the blah rc-{Zmfiibzflizigatiilxiand pmsorving thhiel t s

temvhr in this Province

would in nthe: provinces where sistance of

ranches are much farther him?’-

Symptnms I

l would like tn deal briefly with gpcct to common colds in that which one usually people with high resistance se

the sympt oms

(resistance ct these foxes at a hlBBIP-"Ivmce"

l

Balance Ranches

_ . ‘product is concerned, we arg Th“ ‘inch I “cum like to d’. interested in rendering a service,

the foxes duo to an

ideal feed program. which held th¢

level. I would ilkedo refer here t0

the existence in humans with re- M u“ “me

SOME

observer. in infected or In the early silfffl‘ from a contmon cold condi- WIBP hi’ Distemper. It was our ex- tlon. This was our experience with

periencg IlPrP that the usual story respect. to Distemper.

in that. a

Ms that |\ few foxes In one Pa" number of ranches had their foxes of the ranch were off feed for a in excellent condition and in good few days and than gradually came health at the time that infection back nn feed, but in some cases reached them. This was the WP!

STEM loss of weight was

cxncr- of ranch in which we had our most

tented and thOn complications fol- difficulty. We would (file-Willi ‘he loved such a; were described above individual rancher. and the story after the secondary infection had would be that; no difficulty was PM" given an oppoctunltv to gut being experienced cr had been ex- “WKIHB. namely. the discharging pet-infused. We would then proceed tits and diarrhoea. Unfortunately. with our administration of Dis-

innoculations the worst

were conducted

time of year, namely. or

ilt tempcroid and on about. the tenth

twelfth day more pronounced

the tvhelplng period. At that time reactions would be observed, than We observed that a large number In n negative ranch and probably

cf females rarziving live litters t0 in some instances secondary

in-

lhe 0nd cf the gtcstatlon rerlodfecllon would be efl00\"\'-°T¢d~ TIIIS

would usually be dried up and they“

dOne with the preventive close

mntmcnnry clund would be lnitrtive. or 7.5 mmgs. of Distemperoid. We 5'") i" a result the pups WOUId die also had the same experience Will‘ (f-‘T it i- ivazxt of iaiilll. In some in- respect to fccd. Ranchers that 118d

llhws these adults diad. in- otiwr been feeding pups and

dull: alle

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A limited number of the following machines available

ONE ROW POTATO PLANTER (I only) TWO ROW POTATO PLANTER

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2I2 GREAT GEORGE ST. p

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‘stances occur that either the mi-

‘ Conclusion

ln conclusion I would like

land brooms. Returning fa

t0 "e35. yvoint. nut that the Provincial Gov-‘ down the dust,

ranch that we were nofas seven mmqm Eng,- me DmemQstay his or her welcome, so that ling with the virus or dis-Irm- had passed through this part-libs closrng time might be 7.16, or secondary mm;- gypp of yangh, and w, smpeven later. Not for the boy! thougn. where infection which is responsible f0!” upset the balance of these partlc- The" duty W" l° 8° WWMIPIT-i inter- the discharging eyes and nose and up“ fax“, have other complication; such as diar-l

tn a storeroom where they were given buckets of damp sawdust their department. they sprinkled the sawdust over the floor to keep and swept the

lernment of this Province was 110i’. floors clean again. The sweeping; linterested in any coirmercial pm-Iwere taken to the cellar to be d1.-

Iduct. As fur as the Disiemperaid

to the fox ranchers o! Prince Ed- ible in controlling

‘industry, which Was born in ‘ I believe that we can say that we of knowledge in

a vast amount.

150m connection with Distemper and 16'

{complications under field condi- tions. I make no hesitation in say- iing that. any fox rancher

‘ado that Lv. exhibiting foxes at

shows, or exposing foxes outside of!

his ranch or allowing foxes into his mnch should take every life-

wholiy l

did exactly that. yet? _ “m, we hgyg obtained.’ ire or music-hall and "felt fine’

in Can-l

posed of in some unknown way. and the youngster was free for the night, somewhere about 8.16 to 8.30! His fourth meal-supper —was

ward Island, and to assist them inl simple, milk and crackers, or gruei.

By that time he was ready {or bed and fell asleep on the instant. About ll p. m. the two men would come in joking, singing, or whist- ling; they had been to the thea-

no doubt.

These boys were apprentices and got no pay during their proba- tlonery first month. After a fort- night uf this miserable drudgery. I left that store for goodt

Afters time the public cun- science was arc-used and an Earcy Closing movement sprang up. A11

mum)" m avoid introducing 315. Association bearing the same title

E589 into his ranch. He can use}

the przrduct with a definite as- surance he will 3E! results as far as immunity against Distemper is concerned. l would like lo mcrrtion titre that a num- ber of ranchers have been wonder- ing t,f they had obtains-d their; money's worth, in that after a! number of their foxes had been lm-I munized they were immediately ex-l posed to infected ranches and losses were experienced. I would like to-submlt for your Whither” “m, that wlm the existent-p 0f ar-Y. infcstlou. finesse against WIIICII: humans receive immunity they do! not lmnlcdktlely cntfl‘ an lhfcctifllli‘ ward nl‘ n hospital in ocxicr to de- tefmiuc whether they get their, moneys ivorth or not. This is ex- actly the same situation that has: hnppaned here. Unfortuately. I do not believe that when such inr-

mibistrator or the V7031!" I5 r9‘ ceivlng a fair chance.

We. in thb Province. have kept an absolutely open mind in con- nection with any conclusions which we would reach, or did reach. but I believe it is the concensu: of op- inion that we are satisfied wtlh the desired immunization so ob- tained and the fox industry h" to thLs extent been preserved.

when one is anticipating im-, muntring a fox ranch. it i! MM!‘ able to obtain a wmvlete history 9f tn.- ranch with respect to the‘ general health. diet. PEN-imm- etc. before proceeoilnl with thl immunization. .

I sincerely hope that this will b8 the required information whi¢h~ no; been requested on a number of ogcnsions and will assist materially in some of the mlsfakfl Which M" bggn nude in the past with re- spect to Distemper.

BRISTOL. liittglnnd-tOPi-Iwo butchers who used nn electric fire to that out meat were each fined II .06) for waning llectrioiq,

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satisfactory j

was inaugurated among tne otorekeepers and 6 p. m. became the closing time. While offices clos- ed at 5 p. m. This voluntary prac- tice remained in force till “Sun-~ mer Time" came in.

Summer Ti-me (Daylight 5.4V- ing) became law in i916. lt had been introduced as a bill in 190.!

A clean-skimming, easy‘ ‘n; Renfrew ta available to Iflll new. There's no waiting for delivery! A: the authorized ltcnfraw Depre- sentatlva for this district. l will gladly Jlemonstrlte a Renfrew in ma: own dairy. There‘: no obi!- utlon to purchase. non cream and butter. with a len- frew, Give Ina n call and I'll nrove It to your satisfaction.

J. M. Ladnor 111 m1 sum

This your gof a NEW

CREAM SIPAIATOI

AM IINIII - IIIICI KM" - IIOIHI NRIXI

j trouble several years ago and lfflg-

basement, where the men had ai- led it to the “Potato-stalk liorei,‘ ready breakfasted. I-[alf an hour

lGortyna micacea. The Gortyna moth lays it: eggs in the fall, qnd

ech boy made his way upstairs to ‘ they hatch the following spring his station._