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. Silver Fox Farming

mm arrival should be

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butotber mlltslti . entirely neglected?!“ we" u

The next auctions take place in Montreal beginning April 29th and in London on June 24th.

‘m! Purina Mflls. St. Louis. Mo., great advertisers for their prod- . particularly Purina Fox Gho d Meat Chow. The back‘

a mafnif icent full silver. one of thg fms have ever seen. With this foundation fox they bred high

m‘! when h cover of American Fur magazines carry their adds which Kerty"wa%ctiyc“:rldmwellillustl~at:u<1.,or watering can apply a

G8 . ere was a g picture of the late ton addressing a of 10x] ran at Weusau. Wisconsin, and telling them of his early trials in the hiv

In the bringin e breeding of silver giants?‘

to rea- inch. his ambition of securing top market prices for .his silvers, and the manager was a former employ- ee of mine who on his visits to ttctowrl it a

i W!“ W 1M m1 1w and W11 ms the lollowlns day was eliminated.

The new colonies should be fed liberally until they are well estsJb- llshed and are able to secure enough I18 flowers. Where all foundation is t’ used. more food will be required as the bees need sugar for the manu-

about what was going on.

It seemed fantastic at theltilne- w breed foxes with

born of man's nature asserted m everyone more or less who the Mnmrsaie inllontrcai... MmWEMhMZ“ Altos over 80.000 silvers (in- lnutotions) were offered. and other pioneers such as the

ions. never for one minute the extentcflr magnitude of

their mall ventures. Rom the production of cits in 000 the i ded so that on the mar- the world over a million laced in 10% Far

aflflwpeltswasficmc N100 $33

e same sales one year am:-

rwl th lamest producer over 320.000. Nelvt came the .S.A. with Canada in third place. Now the world's production is very much lees than 3:10-11!“ t Home, so eorganised countries that it is be ficult to sell the

countries. were popularity of lnutatio ever. mutations do not " e y have doney at salm. The

‘it SPLENDID cuss men m

30% Flt-STEIN.

Amo-lFMs/ll. run or Corn Gluten. Lip-

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over Canada

iFasd Package Boer a llnce nlflrrival

Importers of be sure to have all

the bees

destination. says C. A. Bee

Farm. Ottawa. The cages on th set in shady place and thin

the screening. The bees wil e

‘ until la rnoon

in Special Pamphlet No. 8: a

Experimental Far-tn. Ottawa.

then shake most of on the combs. With

e bee should

e necessary equipment ready to house and feed when they arrive from the Southern States because the

vision Central Elxperilrlental

e1,- annual ban on trucks in sonle

a cool.

honey or

sugar synvp brushed or sprayed on

soon

cm‘ becom quiet and may be trans-

ferred to their hives immediately

if the weather is dull; or, if warm

and brightkfiecstpone the transfer

te or .evening,

thus reducing the danger from driftin

g.

A method for transferring peck- age bees to their hives is described Y of which can be obtained by w t- ing to Dominion Department of Agriculture. Ottawa. Another sat- isfactory method. not described in the pamphlet. which has been test- ed in the Apiary at the CCHCXE] Wherl everything is in readiness

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smut Markets l In Review

orrswn, Canada - April 4. 1m smnsamr

shi supplies only eno h food _HOGRMA cattle receipts coupled for he bees to carry them their with a. good demand brought about Jamiesorl, advances of 15 cents to 50 cents

on meios- markets this week. The 0d the country contributed to the smaller supply. Hog prices advanc- edanywhcrefromilzfimflper cwt. Lambs gained 25 cents at ‘inr- onto and-Calgary, were unchanged elsewhere. an veal calves continu- ed to sell at finrrprices.

Cattle receipts at stock yards and as plants were approxi- ma y 28,000 head for the week. brin in: the total to date this year to .800. compared with. 4511.700 in the same period last Calf arrivals were 19.700 for he week. Since January 1st. receipts are 137,- 000 as against 152.700 in the cor- respqtl ing period a year ago. Sheep and lamb arrivals. at 9,050, tinue above the previous year. Flor the fillet 14 weeks this year. total sales are 176,200 and in the same period last year were 156,718. Hog

gradings in the week ended March

for installing the bees. remove the feeder can and the queen cage. ganaagzmtsmtfie i1" be“ W” and first three

last year in the rnonths cf the year they were 1,906.-

tit f nbeifl?‘ 44' uan _ o. sugar syru over e |3l50Tg81Ylized bees. ‘Fhgn remove Eauwm Cattle Market

e.As

should be

, for at least a. week.

In every case where this method used. the queen was found to |start egg laying much earlier and the necessity of opening the colony

‘was for their needs from the

spri

facture of wax.

to be queenless, unite them with out delay to a queenright colony. Apiarist of his province to

to arrive.

USA. and Canada want. the plat-

inunjls and white marked.

first

the

swlck and PILL. strain than. cri

Will Macllhchefrfs

the opinion they would

of pearl cured, a1. realized has

not beenas

and where produced from

good ver strains have been very profit-

able for breeders.

The glaciers. which is a mutation developed from the pearl plaitinums and platinums, had their baptism b° recently itlal offering secured an average Thev are VQEV

o

in Montreal and the

of around $71.

beautiful under tile lights and

not have as long guard ful- as the therefore l to ladies who shy pug-haired furs. It seems has been promote the disparagelnexlt of sliver fox and allied types by friends of the mink chef's 1m flat silver fox far- ir organisatl

lg the ons is by pointing out that longaaired furs flater a woman no ma. she is. and en- "11 while flat furs definitely drab and severe

on is certainly a very un- ads and one we cannot pin any faith to. lust s matter of clever It may be of the line hema direct- ue to n. en caused by w Bros. producing. processing of the United States produ on of

platinums or silvers. should a clear of

to us that the propaganda used very insldinusy to

rs of

what. type hence her beauty. have a effect. mm

stable _

Dliblflotsfin and becki that some ed towards silver fox is d war betwe retailers

Frullm and retailing at least on

ll .

silver fox.

w , P)— The

4 troops u iili nfioto mung? u? ht‘us."$°"“°

the queen from the cage and after wetting her withthsyrup k220i) her

e psc e cage will still contain some bees. place Iit side diown over the hive. Next those days seem give the bees a pail of food. set an wri empty super on the hive and put ye. Sir Charles on the cover. The hive entrance

reduced to about one not examine the colony

A beekeeper entitled to obtain sugar should write to the Provincial~

secure the special pemlit well in advance of the time the packagesare due

It was an Islander. "Ollie" Mc- Neill. and the Colpltts Brothers. who featured the wdliic marked foxes. McNeilTs foxes were the des- cendants of a pair purchased from cLlura and MncKinnon Sil- ver Fox Famls. Ltd, while the Col- uitts foxes were bred from white marked foxes bought in New Brun- the latter from a Kinally came from ranch. Mer- maid. Wie all knew that Fired Coi- pitlts was around picking up the white marked types but we were of not make any headway. Nbw we find that they are very necessary to keep up a ranch average price. The future latinmns seems to be as- ough the average price blah as for platinum: or platinum silvers, but they do have a certain glamouf s

lil-

, England —(O _ Orient liner Orontes. which arrived here recently with owings’ to a casepfmallpox on board.

A moderate supply of cattle sold 16 cents to 25 cents higher on the TORONTO market. Steers and heifers moved up 15 cents and cows and bulls showed the greater ad- vance of 25 celnts. weighty steers were bought up to a. top of $1350. butcher steers mostly $11 to $12.50, with some choice $13. Stock- er marterial scarce. with prices at $10 to $11. and some good feeding steers were taken at $11.50 to $12. MONTREAL continued firm. ‘There were a few more loads of fairly good steers offered. with the best

ringing up to $13.50 and mediums $11.76 to 812.50. Butcher cows of good quality changed hands $9.50. to $10. In the MARITIWIEZS, receipts were mostly a cleanup of the stall-fed calttle and were of an ‘urlproved quality.

To grades were quoted from $11.75 f. o. b. country points.

Established beekeepers will have 1 sgare combs containing pollen and t ese should be used in the package‘ colonles. 1f any colonies are found

Western Cattle Markets

Lively trading was experienced on most western markets under light to moderate receipts and WINNTLP was anywhere from 25 cents to 50 cents higher. with the better grades of slaughter steers in demand at $12.75 to $13.25 and good cows mt $9 50 to $10. The best of the light stockers moved out at $10 to $10 50 Trading was active and prices steady to 25 cents stronger at CALGARY, with good to choice butcher steers going at $12 to $12.75. EDMONTON also ilad good action and was strong. with grading lenient. and had a prac- ical top on steers at $12.50. al- though one choice load of weighty steers brought $12.75. a new high for this season. The best of the EIRT ranged

JAW $12 to $12.25. $12.50 to $13 and an odd $13.25. REGINA up to $13. .

Exports w United Stake Shipments of dairy cattle to the United States totalled 1,867 for the week as against 806 in the same week last year. Exports since Jim- uary lst are 11.130 and in the same period last year totalled 6,-

635. Firm Calf Market

Firmlness was evident all throuffh the trading session on veal calves. Toronto $16 to $1.7. on best veals, Montreal up to 814.50, Win- nipeg $18.50 to $15, Calgary $12 to $13. Edmonton $12.50 to $13-50 with

Moose Jaw.$12.50, Saskatoon $13 to $14.50. and Rosina up to $14-

liigher Hog Market

Hog ‘rlces advanced all the wav from 31,15 to f)

irla $17.95 to $18.05.

Albert. Moose Sasha $18.70. and

$18.06. won Vancouver $18.00 to» Monctml $19-10

.. °°1€l?“‘°“" e on e A fir! gld lips-n Grade Bl.

Further Gain In lamb Prices

Another advance of 25 cents was recorded on lambs at ‘ml-onto and Calgary. Toronto paid $16-50 t0 $15.75 for western imllts and a load was held at the close at $10. mmpgg hm a few good ambs up to l1 , while Calsary paid $12.50 fc $12.76. n/ton up to 81.2.76. undMoose awhada few 181i‘ quality lambs at $10-50-

the Dominion

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Farmer’: {Attention We i...“ largo nunntitisl

pqlll, andwill bu! 1i" I! .. . . ken jlallyuPronpf returns-

rut: ‘floral. lixclnnc c’... J.‘ IEWNS. Prop.

at Friesians by photograph and chart.

Favours Tattooing to Identify Live Stuck

‘lntiooing as a permanent Ileana oi.’ identifying purebred live stock was described at the recent annual meeting of the Canadian Nation Live Stock Records Board by 0.11. Allen, associate chemist. Science Service, Dominion Department of Agriculture. Ottawa. Reporting the results of tattooing experiments begun by the Deparmlent six year! ago. Mr. Allen outlz. in suited to different k and said that of l2 horses tattooed in 1940, the identification of eight was still legible. For uniform Der- marlence of tattooing. he recom- mended tattooing the inside of the horse's lower lip, using dies closely spaced with short. sharp needles apply the black pigment paste de- veloped by the Dcpartmerli/s Science ce.

All sheep tattooed on the ear five years ago with green or blue pix- ments are still easily identifiable. he said. If lambs are to be marked lvhile young, the size cf the dies should be carefully chosen so that the growth of ear in the mature animal will not distort the tattooed

symbol.

Best results in tattooing cattle with black pigment are obtained bv applying it in concentrated form with dies whose needles resemble long. tapering chisels. Ear tattoo- ing of several breeds of cattle is on a secure basis. but lf consideration is to be given to this method of identification for Holstein Fkiesian cattle. the newly developed green tttoo mixture is likely to be more suitable than‘ the black dgment.

The new tattoo mixtures prepar- ed by Departmental chemists are nonpolsonous, easy to apply. and give a good contrast with the colour of the animal. At present. Canadian pure-bred live-stock breeders are required to provide the following identification of each individual animal before it can be registered.

Cattle: tattoo. except Ayrshires which may be identified by either tattoo or photograph. and Holstein

Horses: description of colour and white markings. Sheep: choice of tattoo or ear

tags.

Swine: tattoo obligatory for York- shires and Chester Whites: choice of tag or tattoo for other breeds.

Foxes:

Dogs: description of colour and white markings.

Permanent identification of pure- bred live stock benefits their buyer and seller and assists in tracing stolen animals.

Tattooing has much to recom-

- NEWSY NOTE -

the ruse of burying a dead man along with pimtss’ treasure. Had the treasure been b broken ground might have the cache away. The corpse, how- ever, vvas inferred over the chest containing the gold, and anybody investigating would naturally con- clude that he had come across some poor fellow? grave. and would leave it alone. It was not hard to get the e: usually one of the bearers

The notorious Captain Kidd, pir- ate, did quite a business on Atlantic coast. according to tradi tion. and he is said to have buried his ill-gotten gains at several points in the Maritimes. I lee by the pap- ers that a search was undertaken mg s t where Kidd's treasure

ute ly buried, but ion/gt of rusty chain rewarded the

When I first came to the Island I was told as a matter of interest, that Kidd was supposed to have buried treasure in the "Round B111" far up the Brackley Point Road. A» far as I could learn, there had never been a search for the treas- w ure so presumably it's there stilll

irlier generations appear have been much more creduous and several tales of treasure-hunts on the Island were still in circula- tion. The writer regrets now that he treated such tales with levity, did not. put them on record. The late John C. MacKinnon took the right view of the subject and left us in his “Island Sketches," a lively ‘tale of a treasure hunt of

id.

As introduction Mr. MacKinnon tells a little about Captain William Kidd himself. Hired by a company as captain of a prlvnleer to put down the numerous pirates infest- ing the trade routes, found it more profitable to turn pirate himself, so he hoisted black flag “and for several years he was the vllest sinner abroad." He became so bold by long Immun- ity that he appeared In Boston, was romptly arrested and sent to Eng- nd. There he was tri ed and executed in 170 .

you 911115113)’ trouble with III!

“No sil-oe. 1 frcaiul ull my seed with Cercsun. Had a wonderful crop. There's nothing like Cereals

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killed for the purpose. The propos- al to kill a man when flle treasure was recovered ought to have ex-

Next morning Huaket [Bi/g of his friends an account of his interview with Kidd and endeav- ored to interest them in a syndi- cate to recover the gold, At first they laughed and called him

but he continued firm that one after another gave way, and believed his story.» The syndicate was formed: Husker, as promoter was to get half of spoil, the other moiety to be divi- ded amon the company.

No time was lost in getting under way. A boat was loaded with shovels and crowbars, and, most important. a sounding- rod-—a long iron bar with n steel point. Then ‘the company embark- p. m. on a pleasant July night with the moon in its first quarter. The course was set for two miles across the bay, to the spot indicated by Kidd as a

On the way acrom one of the party asked Husker if he would accept $1M!) in hand for his share of the venture? Husket flared up and replied savagely: ‘Tom Han- berry, you were always a fool and your lmpudent question may dear this very night!" -mesn- that Tom would be sacrificed when the gold was found! The im- aginary box containlng bushels of coins, "was as real our "author. "as the pipe in

gob.

In the hast; of important item ha ed -eome means of conveying the treasure to the boat. as, owing to its enormous weight the box could never be carried. The promoter was greatly annoyed at this omis- sion; but was quickly relieved when one of the comps man.) held up two large sacks. with the defiant remark: "Do I come on foo errand with two hand on my pocket?" At this dis- play of preparedness Husket was

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when a blood-curdling noise, as 11' some creature were parting with, life, came from the thicket that sheltered the beach. 1t must. be the‘ ghost of the unfortunate guardian cf the treasure, strangled when the money was hidden! It was mo with the wildest dismay they rushed to the boat, hauled lff down and launched it on the tide., Not all of the party rasn; there.‘ was one man with sufficient cour-.- age to learn what stampede. He climbed a fence into the thicket, and commenced exam- ining it: in the darlmess he could do nothing but feel, the noise all.‘ the while becoming fainter. last he felt. wool and discovered. an old ram choking and nearly dead: he had been running with‘ a cord and block. which had he- come tangled in the brush. cord was at once severed and the

Then legends began to round his name: current that during his piracy he had buried boxes and pots of gold in many localities. Peopl large share of credulity think that, with a "mineral rod" one might become rich overnight. instead of toiling for years. Dreams of finding gold became common; if the dream was repeated the "stuff" was sure! There was a singular condition attached: the search must take place at nigillltt and in silence.