SEPTEMBER 12: 1953 ' THE GUARDIAN, CI-IARLOTT'ETOWN
twice the value of the one men-
.'l'IMELY IDTES DI TDPICS CONNECTED WITH
Silver Fox And '
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Mink Farming
.. . - , . , K . H, In W A pmprlluom the Amglam pox irom the French coast, and north long the north, as at Grosnez. d (Wm I , m:E:l'lGl1?VY:uhuD:Ixlyul'e;t:rung Sn :30 3,; pr-amt, Fox” 319 not of the 40th parallel of latitude. Many of the fields were ll.llT0?:1d- 13:3 yconqlllergi l;;ngEl0::u":r:: o ens
the United States retail ila- vol- one durine July and August. He
. t to west, with a total area of and many stun that it has declined on u- :10 fashionable 8833- I11 ”” occupied, they are still indopcn-1 , minced 103 13,6333, c;,m below 3! . igm;,l0;;;,,;n,f;"”,,,,;;” 2?.r”i.i1fi;”..ii”.3.?5e If"&.”.'?fri..I”'.i2 iii?” ..Z'2i””..”'ilff.i'e'” .f::d,;;;;g r......d...g r... re... 5 P. M. EVERY DAY 3 the camper e a. year c me - ' quere owever, at is ahothc l ,m&Ire are now tam” 4,000 N, the south coast, which is 133 miles into small fields. Their system of story. ' ,r .
ago, and he gives various reasons for that decline. Mentioning mink
being eliminated entirely because of signs that fox iur garments
farms in Norway as compared with
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JERSEY
Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands, which lie just west of the 2nd meridian, 14 miles
It is about 5V: miles wide from north to south, and 1). miles irom
from Southampton. The Gulf Stream flows round about
NOTES -
By J. A. Clark, D36.
dents from the Canadian Khaki University at Rippon, England.
The island has rolling mea- dows which gradually rise to the steeper hills and rugged cliffs :-
ed by well-kept hedges, had the remains of stone dykes, there were tracts of
tethering their animals had done away with the general need of
' tioned before it in the list.
They all bear on one side a British sovereign's head, and on the other the number of doubles.
It is the proud boast of these Islanders that. they are original Britons. It was their Duke oi Normandy, Rollo, who founded the colony of Jersey in the early tenth century, and one of hisl successors, William, Duke of Nor-l
hundred years later in 1066. They claim that, while they have been”,
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Canada's total "area of 3,846,144,
he says: "It presents a. definite 21,000 in 1980. Individual famls. , prohlen in the view of several however, are bigger on the average. ggmtflilml Llmgeethffgm” :;"c”5V'H:;:fspl' 5:: lgifcegad 533: square miles compares with 3,- W1 Wm” um” N" ha” held throughout the entire year. The 3087757 1” the U3 .'m H3533
to opening season's prices at the wholesale level certain types, of mink have continued to rise in price. These are apparently the
The United States traps 4'1 species of iur-bearlne lIlllll'l8l5 01 which the largest quantities are muskrat, racooon, opipouum. llllnlf
island of Jersey is essentially agricultural, and has about two- thirds of its area under cultiva- tion; it hasirnsny ancient, granite
their iarmsteads. I O 0
We learned that Jerseys were
the only cattle on the island
when cattle of any other breed
The Mezzo-soprano is the lliglir-st female singing voice, conirallo til: lowest.
NOTICE '
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INCLUDING SATURDAY
favored shades at the retail level. and skunk in that order. This is mrmhouses M, lent the "M , y seemed were landed the h d I b .
All mum ggdupf mmklreI:l'u- dlwlcllg btmougellrecuntllve :l:e1gtsi)L: l-0 predominate when we visited slaughtered 'on tile pillar ato Ste. Cmadals N,a”0ml A” Giille-"3"
"" "” l” W" N "3 W"? Y in ' Jersey early or the spring of 1919. Heliers. We were told that mm W" minded "1 1850 W W0 Mair l"A"l'lllll: l:Il:c'l'IHc comraxr Lnvllruo
purchases on the grounds that makers are taking advantage of a shortage. Another buyer feels the explanation can be found at the auction level. The mink that is moving up in price is generally confined to three types-platinum, pastel and standard ranch in the
commercial or medium bracket was 3125.000. The total catch of "5 1 I , I . We ; at
be blamed for raising prices, the fact of the matter is that he can- not get his needed pelts at.the old prices. As long as dealers hold on to thesegoods the maker must charge more than his opening prices to meet orders."
of the American Fur Merchants Association. Available figures for a seven-year period show a total of almost M.000.000 mllSlU'Blv trapped. The catch has declined from over 11,000,000 in 1947 to 6.- 500,000 in 1951. The total catch of mink for the seven-year period
the peak year when 127,000 were trapped. -
The Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company (Quebec) Ltd., will of- fer a general collection of fura
with a. group of agricultural stu- shipped in the first half of 1953 to abut 320,000. Our comment on the above is that we had no idea that Japan had progressed so far in mink farming and it seems to that that country will be a
not too distant fuiure..
A despatch from Montreal states that the National Chinchilla Breeders of Canada will make Llhelr first appearance on the
in a two-day sale in Montreal
Canadian chinchilla market in in
also applied to Je::ey cattle that had been exported; if brought back, they were not allowed ashore alive.
Because of the absence of frost and the very uniiioim climaltic conditions, many farmers gardeners practised a yearly rota-
tlie London market in Febvuary. The same land is then used for lettuce, radishes and other crops that have 3. short growth period. These are followed by peas, beans, tomatoes and other farm and garden crops. in succession, to szart
and '
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. . . you can enjoy the cxclllllg cxp!'.t'lcll('(- of walivIlill:.' all (lIiI('l' Immo il':llls- fornictl into 11 lnodcrn drcaln Ilmlic. imulc ililn a more Iiullllc. nioro .-pill.-iolls
Oll 6072
do zviilz
- commencing Sept. lath. On Thurs- 1 m f H i . , , combined auction with the Un- 333” 3 '0 0W "E 5P”"8 Wllll . . . . . .. . . Sept.dgsnldagiltegolliallolsolfvlaydawlg 335' sweipltti. lrllIIk,Bt'l,0g0o0 :t:lll:la41"'d "95 Slates early next ylelar in :7i'3l;5l43ii.ey5X;:l'eangl'eOth&A.:on.fl)ftIf:n- place 101'-C0lllIIUrlzll)I0 living--with Sylvuply. Ami, ll you r(- plzllilillig a new produce about 200,000 mink pelts ranch mink, 1,500 mutations in- ?:lng:”l:u13';;lkel'3lj”zcslxaig "ix; movers and gmsses thrive we'lL Ilonlr, rvlllomlwr Sylvaply is (lalllltlillri Illlmlcsl illlms Ilulul-" luzllcrlill.
this year, the bulk of which will be exported. Fox product-ion is still being Continued on a small Ioale. Because of low prices rea- lised there has been a loss up to E4l(about :11) on each pelt pro- duced. The number of foxes on Norwegian farms has declined from 500,000 in 1939 to about 100,- Blue fox. In contract to these
clud-ing platinums and pastels. Will be offered. There will also be large quantities oi other furs.
A despaich from Tokyo, Japan, to Women's Wear Daily dated Sept. 3rd states that Japan ex- ported 37,388 mink skins to the United States last June. This brought the total of mink skins
equipped with
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Montreal in the spring. The Can- adian indmlry began in Alberta in 1937 and spread rapidly from coast to coast until today more than 1500 ranchers are engaged in chinchilla breeding and raising, according to the secretary Jr the association, Basil Hall.
In Fur of Canada we note that George MacNeill of Fort Qlz'Ap- pelie was married recenuy to Miss Joan Kochen oi Jasper, Alberta. George is a very well known young man in the mink industry and the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. "Ollie" MacNeill of Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask.
At the meeting oi the American Fox Breeders" Association, Sec- retary Paul Reinhardt spoke on the drive to put fox back in cir-
side a. fund oi 875,000 for adver- tising and promoting silver fox garments. Efforts will be centered on the Pearl, which the Canad- ians call Sapphire fox. and Nor- wegians are spending 335,000 in the United States to promote their Breeders' Association has only 32,000 in its advertising budget. Tireleas and inspired efforts have been dedicated the past year by them, however, to bring
received tremendous publicity. The spread in Life and Business Week,
suggestive oi a flood of more than 2000 clippings which have
A vital part oi the picture is the choice oi Mamie Eisenhower, wife of President Eisenhower, for fox, the perierence for fox shown by Queen Elizabeth and the pro- minence of fox during the coron- ation social functions, the corona- tion cape of Canadian Sapphire fox. created by Morgans of Mon- treai, the wearing of fox by Q en Mother Wilhelmina of Holland and the present Queen of I-Iolrmd. No advertising however powerful, could so effectively denote iur as a high fashion fur, said Mary Mar- glaret Mcalride, noted w.'ri:er of fiction Ind radio personality, who was in London for the Corona- tion. Her statement is, "American women will soon be breaking out in I. rash of fox furs."
As part of the publicity pro- gram the American Fox Associa- tion recently bough-t 46 pelts which are being given to high fashion writers who will have them made
back fox and their efforts have"
and many semi-permanent pas- tures were seen, with lilies of Jer- 'sey cows on tether. These lines were moved forward a few yards each day. until the 'cows com- pleted the grazing of the field, when they were taken back to start over again on the new fresh grass. This system seemed to work out excellently, as there did not seem to be any labour shortage. The caitle did not require much in the way of housing throughout the year. 0 0 0
We went to the annual Jersey Agricultural Show; and were for- tunate in meeting a prominent Canadian importer of Jersey cattle, who had assembled, near St. Heliers, a large shipment of Jer- sey cattle for Canada. We saw them tested for bovine tuberculo- sis, and noted that those that
culetion and stated that the W- 1). CR0KENr Canadian National silver Fox fofsifblllrfmltuitlfeif X939 3fl'”:d New London Phone 8'22 Breeders. Association had let P licial Jperseyllaland chain glazed
around their horns and fastened there with a padlock. One key to this padlock was retained by the Jersey Island Association, and the other key was forwarded to the Jersey Association in Canada.
We were greatly interested in the Jersey Island potatoes and vegetables that were being ship- ped to England. The variety of potatoes most in demand were ver. long and slender, with shal- l eyes; they were not mealy, lke some early varieties grown on Prince Edward Island. The
Jets 1 calves among these cab- bage, where the cabbage stalks were away above the backs oi the
This coupon is worth 050.00 of the regular price :'f,l;”;"f:,,l1?1 ":::P:'g:'5t”;”l '"”' calves. Large, heart-shaped leaves of the ew DeLava1 Refrigerator if used between Sept. 5 ' ” y' crew at intervals around the stalks, that were more than an
inch in diameter at the ground, and about one-half inch three feet up the stalk. The individual leaves were used for cooking. By some means they were able to have many of these stalks form A nice half-circle near the ground. The cabbage stalks Iere cut, trimmed and bundled in lengths suitable for walking sticks, and were ship- ped and sold in large quantities at Covent Gardens and other English markets. They were at that time a. very fashionable and sturdy walking stick. 0 U I
There was a great profusion of roses and blue hydrangea.-i, and many beds of perennial and anrlual flowers about the homes in St. Heifers, the villages and the farm homes on the island. Many of these flowers were shipped to England.
Quite. a number of boats were to be seen in the coves and beach- es on tlrei south and east of the
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