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o o o prices are carefully watched by Some interesting facts and pos- Tm 1 um n d m ,_. ,_ _ _ Mo“? “ Pf‘ I 7 buyers all over the United States Slbiliiiles 90339171138 ‘hi! D7011"? Yea" ‘go piracy o“ the high EIiCBIIS (liolgliirich ieli (illiieebcok: 2.1.11’ wings aniwng the .dncd cai-tans F ‘l0?- Mnfind? mm i ‘ I j and Canada. Last Thursday they “on of anemone and ranunculus‘ Se“ was more commo" “m” 1t 15 the "Wild Canary" bv the counirl- and reeds m a smile near our u meow“ of {hm-r mm?‘ §g~%uwAub~b~.c~mmwwwcww‘+nkg&ggwN&gkg-g s, _ 3,13,, held their January sale. Most, of flowers have been released by J. H. ‘mm-V- imd W115 Pimishflble by Mp “The ggldenqgiumed Ameir. zgclzhepasture‘ wimlmer “lily 1.10“- A lwunm“ 5'“’“‘l“"

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Albert J. Feldman of AJHDilEnd- der and Son, New York, predicts that 1050 will see a terrific swing in color in flur wearing apparel, all part of an evolutionary process which has clicked in other fields and progressed slowly but steadily in recent years in furs. Mr. Feld- man says. We saw definite signs of this in trend in 1949 more than in the entire previous decade. Now vlo know that colored furs are no long- er a novelty and they are definitely part of a new trend. Last week this firm stated showing a new line of r0101‘ on muskrat fur garments. These new hues have b n named: Brandy, Royal Mist. Ch tnut. Ale. Pearl Grey, Malacca. Sand. Emerald Green, Midnite Blue. Mint 5nd Blue Fox. The trend to colored furs ls. in Mr. Feldmans opinion. an evidence oi woman's desire to express herself as an individual.

In connection with the abovl colored furs, a lady stylist in New York has been dying sheared fox so she has anticipated to some ex- tent Mr. Feldman with colored furs.

Women's Wear Dally, New York. has tho following . POX ShOWB signs of filtering into spring fur markets. with some manufacturers showing {reativc interest in bring- ing back this attractively priced fur. Fox could bc revived if pro- moted by the better fur specialty stores. Even more interesting

long-haired fox with suede or fab- ric. Specific instance was recoil- niygd when one nsanufacturer in- troduced a fow numbers that util- izs only two full silver fox s lnl. but developed them in such a w y-- and combined them with black suede“ that the chesty. bulky look was softened and what remained was a high-fashion. in-fashion gar- ment that is completely salable and tricky enough to be accepted and promoted by fashion storcs. The progress made by dressers. dyers and limited members of the manufacturing fur trade should be a challenge to the remainder of the market. In a market where there are too few budget furs. it lnlght prove a challenge- to some who will attempt to revive o. fur that onco headed the popularity poll.

Ranch mink declined slightly from December levels at Hudson's Bay Company's sale, London Jan- uary 9th, but prices were still l5

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to N per cent too lligil for the American buyers. The entire cui- lection went to European buyers. Hudson's Bay Company's silver fox offering attracted good bidding for three-quarters with interest al- so noted in halves and darker shad- es of full silver fox. Other types in- cluding platlnas were mostly with- drawn. The top price for silver fox was 13 pounds. Top price for qual- ity silvers. selected and good colors, $29.50; three-quarter slivers selec- ted arld good colors, $35.80; ordi- nary colors $9.00; full silvers sei- ected and good colors $24.80.

Anning Chadwick and Kiever, Ltd., silver fox offering followed! the Hudson's, Bay Company. They l report 30 per cent sold at prices, roughly 20 per cent above the pre- ‘; devaluation levels of last year. The; collectionconsisted of old sc-lscn, goods and went to European lary- ers where sold. Norwegian sections were best received. The auction house in its official report states Grade B's and better three-qual- tars, halves and dark full silvers sold weil.vvith good competition. Grade C's and all light fllll silvers were generally neglected. Plntiras sold only in best colors. Pearl plnt- | inas were neglected. Top prices were, full silvers $38.80; three quar- ter silvers $31: half silvers $27; piatinas $25. In converting the above sales reports from English pounds to Canadian money we used $2.11). which is the devaluation t0 bring the pounds to United States currency. Figures would be 10 per cent better in Canadian currency.

We have received from Lamp- son. Fraser and l-luth, Inc.. New York, report of their mink auction sale of the 10-11-12. O-ffcrcd. 35.844 standard and starlight (half- blood) mink, sold M) per cent: top price $38.50 for Starlight males. $5.50 for Standard dark males; Royal Pastel“ offered 12.012 pelts. sold 84 per cent; top price $45. for medium part light males; Breath of l Spring Sllverblw-offered, 5.636‘ pelts; sold '70 per cent; top price $41. for light medium males Stow- art silverblu-- offered 983 pelts, for light medium males. Silverblw- offered 845.904 pelts. sold 63 P91‘. cent. tcp price $32 for light medium 1,855 pelts, sold '18 per cent, 10D price $18. pale males. Blue Frost. "raw, offered 2.174 pelts. 501d 90 pef cent; top price $9.25 for extra; dark and dark males. Lampson.

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the goods went to orders from Nww york and Canadian interests. Thc market for mink declined about $3.00 a skin since the opening 0d the season. Prices of skunk and op- posum advanced slightly but are 25 per cent below a year ago. Other pclts are about the same in price. Raccon brought up to $1.70; Mink. St. Louis and Minnesota, $18.60 to $118.75; Carolina. $16.75 to $16.00: Controls. $11. Skllnks. Minnesota blacks and others, $1.25 with low 0i‘ .63 cents. Eastern blacks and others .83 rents; Muskrat. larce. and extra large $1.67 to $1.85 med- iums .92 cents to .93 cents; small .00 cents.

The American National Fur and Market Journal has the following... In the past two years there has been a rapid increase in the ranch raised fur industry in British Col- imbia with the number of ranches increasing iron 1'50 to 556. The largest percentage of these are mink ranches but some combine sil- ver fox with mink On the other hand the percentage of mink ran- chers in western Canada has declin- ed because of lower prices fcr mink.

In Editorial Comment in the same magazine we note a copy of photograph appearing in English newspapers and reproduced in Canadian papers, a photo of Prin- cess Elizabeth of England wearing a two-skin Platina fox on the oc- casion of her attendance at the wedding of the Earl of HBIGWOOd . . . . . Newsreels and photos taken at the wedding of Vice President Alban W. Barclay show his bride wearing a jacket cf lovely fox. . . . . A recent article in a New York fur magazine states that the glamor- ous fox furs were much in evidence at a nu-mber of top society events in New York . . . . .A letter re- ceived from Sol Vogel this spring gives this statement from that well known Parisian designer: Sore of the smartest women of the Elurorp- ean continent have fox garments in cape, jacket and stole fashion . . . . . Marshal Field and Co.. Chicago, largest retail store in the fllrs especially ranch raised foxes in their advertising this season. One such ad states. with the return of

‘ long haired fur yolrsee the stir-

ring, intoxicating spirit of the 1920s bubbling up into the French fashion collections again with new drama. new excitement . . . . . In the last November issue of The Scandinavian Fur. an article tells of a brilliant display of Paris fashion held in Stockholm October 23rd. The six pictures used to il- lustrate the article show models wearing fox. Summing up the above the editor of the National Fur and and Market Journal writes . . . we wonder if fox was ever really out of style. We believe the tide has definitely turned-- if it was ever out - - and that beautiful fox furs will be worn in ever in- creasing numbers by North Ameri- can women. ‘

FARMERS

SPBOCKETS and REDUCTION DRIVES for GRADEBS and ESCALATERS. SAW MANDBELB PUMP JACIIS V-BELTS and V-PULLEYB LELAND ELECTRIC MOTOR! STRAW BLOWER! SHAFTING and BEARINGS Alwayo in Stock at

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mental Statloh, Saanichton, B. 0., after several years tgsting on the Vancouver Island Station, He says that the anemone. of which’ the St. Brigid is the most common type with its mostly semi-double, pop- py-like flowers, has demonstrated satisfactory winter hardiness and‘ commercial value in the Victoria area, While the ranunculus is considered as yet only semi-hardy and may need periodic renewal or replacement if fall planting is relied upon, both kinds sugzest a means of augmenting British ('1- lumbla's revenue.

In this country no other flower of similar season offers such a wide variety of colour, brightness of tone and superb shipping and lasting quality as the ranunculus From ‘tuber or seed, flowering stage is quickly reached. Normally the Canadian supply of plants is met with improved seed and more iespccially with the dormant tubers which reproduce the true variety. Limited plantings and snail scale tests indicate. however, that out- side sources need not be entirely relied ujpon if the favourable re- sults from the milder areas of the coast of British Columbia are sig- nlflcant.

spring flowers from British Columbia's bulb fiUids bring to the province as estimated annual quarter-of-a-milllon dollars. This is mainly derived from the sale of field grown daffodils, tulips and bulbous iris. Less extensively culti- vated spring flowering kinds are hyacinths, snowdrops and so on Both anemone and ranunculus are two other kinds which stand out

‘In the early days many cases were

with considerable promise. These are not true bulbs in the botanical sense, both being members of thej buttercup family. While relatively’ unknown to Canadians. they are; highly regarded by our more. flower conscious European cousins» On this continent ranunculus are not anunusunl sight to Californi-f ans as in that State they thrive‘ readily.

WORLD MILK PRODUCTION

Milk production in 1948 in the major producing areas of the world lwas at about 90 per cent of pre- l war output, the Food and Agricul- lture Organization of the United lNations reports.

There was l. smail increase in milk production in Europe in 1948 --primarlly a result of higher yields per cow brought about by a much

improved feed situation. While total European feed supplies in 1948-40 were still below the pre- war level. they nevertheless were far higher than in the preceding year, when very badweather was the' rule.

The 1948 increases in milk pro- duction in Europe were general. Every country except Czecho-

slovakia, Dcnmark. and Sweden showed an increase as a result of the material gain in availble feed- stuffs,

Tho increase in Europe, plus an increase of about 4 per cent. in Oceania was enough to offset a small decline in total milk produc- tion in North America. In the United States, the world's largest milk producing country, produc- tion wns maintained at 97 per cent of the 1947 level, despite tho fact that cow numbers were at the lowest point since 1930. This was accomplished through higher yields per cow. In Canada. as a result of a decline in the output per cow, production fell off three per cent. oven thumb cow- numbers increased.

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vrbero milkproductionis important there is a scarcity of information. fn South American countries there ppears to have been a oubstanlal increase in milk output between 1934-88 and 1947 or 1948. This is probably what happened in some of tho African countries also. Before the war. tho USSR was one of the largest milk producing countries. During the war it acquired additional important nairylnfareas. and it appears that total milk production in i048 may have n in the neighbourhood cf is to million tons-aboutflo per

cent. of the prc-war product-inn in, present boundaries.

in the form of insects which pillage the food in ships’ holds to the tune of millions of dollars. And they too, are punishable by death. just as were the pirates of old. Their death sentence comes under the provisions of the Destructive Insect and pest Aclulbegulations, admin- istered by the Plant Protection Division of the Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture.

For a number of years the Div]. slon of Entomology has carried out extensive research work on the protection of such foods as grain in storage. on the farms. at railway elevators. at elevators at the Lake heads and ocean ports, and also during railway transportation. A most satisfactory organization for the protection of Canadian produc has resulted. " -

Early in the war. the British- Ministry of Food requested the‘ Canadian Government to extend these protective measures to in- clude the inspection of ocean vessels carrying such produce to the United Kingdon from Canada. This was the beginning of a ship inspection program that is admin- lnistered by the Division of Plant Protection in Canada at the ports of Halifax. Saint John. Quebec,i Three Rivers. Sorel, Montreal and‘ Vancouver.

The importance of this vessel inspection was so evident that it was not only continued after the war. but was expanded. to apply to all exports of grain or cereal products through any Canadian port and consigned to any country.‘

found of large accumulations cf old grain and other plant material in various sections of ships’ holds: good breeding places for insects. Many of the ships examined dis- closed large numbers of stored product pests. Emtomologists were emphatic that if these insect-

infested ships were left unchecked. the pests would do damage ofi considerable proportions during thei ocean voyage, and cause a highl quality Canadian product to be, delivered to the purchasing countryi in an unsatisfactory condition.‘ Qfimlllete cleaning followed by fumigation of the ship's hold is found to be the only efficient method in severe cases of infesta- tion, but spot spraying is used 1g the lnroad of tho inccts is no; so severe.

Compared with the early years of this work, tho records show a decided improvement in the condi- tion of the holds of ships entering Canadian pom- Shippinl: officials and crews are co-cperating with Departmental officials in their fight to rid the grain-carrying ships of these insect pests. During the quarterly period July l-September 30. 1949. cargoes consisting of 51,819,988 bushels of when, and 09h" BT81". @417 tons of llour and 4.002 tons cf cereal products, valued at over $180 million, were given this inspection service. in. volving hold inspections of 360 ocean-going vessels in berths from Vancouver to Halifax.

m 1049, 2.33.0!) gallons of maple syrup and 1.781.000 pound; 0i mimic sugar were produced in Canada.

Oaragnna is n valuable hedge and shoitcrhelt plant.

DANGEROUS HELIOS

WINNIPEG —- (OP) _ Two 4,“. zer calls in one day wcro lMwer- cd by the bomb disposal unit at Fort Osborne barricks. A radio shop reported o. set containing n 11mm detonator had been loll-might in for repairs and a city foundry found a 25-pound artillery shell 1h n. heap of scrap metal. Both war Niles were disposed of.

biobboolll fixative mo 10* ocur - Wm" '

is a gay rover in the fields oi sl:m- mer. Hls coat of brilliant yellow, varied with black orl the lorg win: ; and tail feathers, and his clear lively "twit" make him an attrac- tive bird as he bounds about the summer pastures rifilng: seeds from qe downy groups of syncenecious pants. He is here from May iill October. The nest is built on a small tree. and is the most ilcatlv constructed of any of ollr birds‘ nests. containing five nerlzly pure? white eggsP-Bain. i591. , Syngeneclcusisaterm applied to‘ plants cf which the flowers grow,

united in "heads" as in the dan- delion. thistle. sunflower and other composite flowers. The

Goldfinches are not insect destrny- i ers to any extent, but they are

useful as feeding on the seeds of

noxious weeds like the dandelion

and others bearing plumed seeds.

Later. the birds revel in the seeds

of the Canada and other thlsiies: This class off plants. once establish-

ed, is very difficult to eradicate.

and without our bird friends to

assist us we would find the work‘ alnost impossible.

Eastern or American Goldfinch. locally “Canary? AOIY. 529. Fairly common summer visitor in 1984, but few observed lately (b14919 Male. summer plumage bright can- ary yellow. except the crown, wings, and tall, which arc blac ; winz- hars and inner webs of he tail feathers white: tail notched. 1117110!‘ tall coverts gray. lower wing coverts yellow, Frmale much duller; yellowish brown above. dull yellow below; wings and tail blackish; wing covcrts olive-green or grayish. Winter males and immature birds resemble the females in gel:- eral. Length of adult 5.5 inches.

Mouse for naming.

I received a small parcel con- taining a mouse and a short note: "Dear Agricola. I killed this little mouse in the woods this morning. Is it the kind that gnaws the pine tree roots? An interested reader of Agricola's Notes." (No name.)

No, it is not. the lately introduced Pine Mouse, It is the Red backed Mouse, Evewmys gapperi; the most brightly colored of the small- er northern rodents. They are akin to the common field mice, and resemble them in some particulars. However they are never as abund- ant as the field mice nor do they seriously injure the coops.

They are said to be prolific, though during my forty years re- sidence in P. E. I., this is but the second "red back" that I've seen. The previous specimen was taken from the cat. Dec 18. 1938. 1t was 125 millimetres long from snout to tail tip, and the tail length was 31 mm. The present specimen (Jan. hi. 1950) is about the same length.

The snout is white in front, and from thencoabroad hand of rnfous color extends down the back. The sides are grayish. merging into‘ white below. The pelage is fine and i silky. and a shade longer than that. of the field mice. ‘There is a black "lllldtf-fil!" hidden beneath tho pelago. Tho oars are noticeably larger than those of tho meadow mice.

The U. S. Biological Survey found that these mice fed on a great var- iety of seeds, fruits, roots. al-d suc- culent veuetables. and laid up winter stores in hollow logs, etc. In winter when stores foil, they will gnu/w the bark and roots of deciduous trees.

The Pine Mouse, Pityrny’: pine- iornm, has been reported u a newcomer to P. I. I., and I hope

some reader will send one in for description. I have a picture that shows it as n stout. chunky little

animal with a iarce head. Pine rnico gnaw the bark of both coni- ferous snd deciduous trees.

The Pennsylvania Meadow Mouse is very destructive to dur orchard trees by gnawing the bark and

Marlin" no pests.

‘Lotto! from Professor l’). C. Bchurman. or the Experimental Station, City, reads in part: "Dear Agricola. I was interested in your recent article on Red-winged Black- birds. Every spring for the past. twenty years I have seen a pair- sometimes two pairs__nf

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lute September and early Octoncl, 1946, a mixed flock of starlings and red-wings visited our field of fodder corn rezularly. feeding on the ears which had matured ln the firm dough staze. There were sev- eral hundred in the flolk. Tlwy alighted on the ears and picked the husk till it was shredded and the kernels exposed. Usually not more than the upper half of the ear was destroyed, but. in some cases. almost all the kernels were taken. When harvesting the last of the ccru. October 15. lilil, I made a note that the damage to the crop was considerable. In the fall of 1947 and 1.948 redwings were not common in this vicinity. Last fall I did not see any."