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FUR FARMING and ITS ACTIVITIES

musty TOPICS or‘ run run woman BRIEFLY mscussan

The Silver Fox Show at Char- lottetown, November 5th w 9th; promises to be of exicptlonal ln-~ tel-est. There ls fl K6911 Wiecullve _at work who have laid 300d Plans, fthat should result in the biZBQSl

Show since 1930. l

The banquet last year at the Ca-f nadian National was one of the; nicest functions the writer ever at-. tendecl.~be sure and secure a seat. for the dlinner this year. The culs-; inc is excellent and there is a bar-i rel of fun. f

.ian National Silver

Whfle in Montreal recently Mr

w_ Chester S. McLure, M. P. Cfll-‘IIIOUS.’ _ v ,, led on a number of Silver Fox deal- very dlfilwlfi “"65 °f w“ Pagézlcli ers, and the most prominent off the past two years “m m I there are p.£".‘lL3‘ farmers.

them said "yes.

of Silver Fox furs but. aftcr all

when you want a rzal good skin strain. Prince Edward Island is the place ing on the eyes. much

to get it from." y

in; tripe add some other form of meat, or at least make a change occasionally to some other form.

There was quite a discussion Bl- the recent meeting 01 m‘! dmfct°rs of the Silver Fox Exhibitors As-, sociation regarding what constitut- es a “matched pair" for Exhibition purposes. The conclusion arrived at was that a. matched Pall‘ l5 the best pair of foxes exhibited. ha“ ing regard to size. quality °l n" color, general aplveflmlwe and PM" ticularly similarity of appearance-

The appointment of Georié A Callback. President of the Canad- Fox Breeders

(C. E. MaoKenzie)

The first authentic account of’

Holsieins being brought out

Prince Edward Island has been sup- '

plied by Mr. Ax-‘lur MacEachei-n. Charlottetown, whose father was farmer for the late Benjamin Heartz.

According to Mr. MacEiachernb account it was just flity two years ago that Mr. l-feartz brought from Holland a herd of five cows

rua_cuakr.or'rai‘ug ominously ' ..___

dinary oow was used to

one fourth Holstein.

out

The faculty of St. Dunstanfls Col- lege who own and operate a. large farm purchased a male calf from one of these imported cows for the sum of three hundred dollars and this bull was the determining fac- tor in deciding which breed of

and one male as a foundation for a pure bred herd. I believe that this importation was prior to the establishing of a Canadian Herd Book and I am lead to believe that it was one of the first importations to Canada and possibly to the United States. These five oows. I am told, were deep 10w set, straight cows that were wonderfully good at the pail

the original

dairy cattle should be used at St. Dunstanb. ‘The late Fred Curtis of Marshfleld also bought a heifer from this herd that made good. She was a wonderful deep cow and a. heavy producer. A son of this cow from a pure bred holslefn sire was purchased from Mr. Curtis by the late Thomas Doyle. Rustioo. while on account of never having transferred

and

animals

Association, as 111K189. W“ unanl‘ George has carried out. the

It is a tough assignment creating _ and being particularly tir- thcre bclnf! concentration

It is true that the United States» determine the best foxes.

j; producing 1n the neighborhood of 150,000 skins annually. and that the bigger farms such as Fromms and Ncimans have standardlzcdl their product so wonderfully one can go through hundred?» ° skins and see practically no varla" tion. On the other hand, when you go through 1,000 Prince Ed- ward Island skins you Will find a few that will stand out like rare diamonds among a collection of or- dinary ones. In other words, a real top Prince Edward Island FOX skin has class and distinction not found 1n those from any other clime.

Our old friend George Blacks“.

Fox rancher (if he 1135 no‘ already

{h tldcne s0) should b9 2.01118 0191' hi5

aflpups and giving them their fal ose

they may be o. k. in appearance, a medium dose of a ieiiablc Pmdlml- will be of benefit. tonished with the number 0f worms that will be in evidence after the treatment.

what, we have seen. the 1934 pups are a better lot probably due to the cool season

Now is the time WllGlI the Silver

of worm medicine. Whale

You will be us-

From what we can learn and

than last year

who will be remembered as the or- iginator of the Brackett system °f Scoring for the Amrican Fox In- for some years been connected with the United State:

Fox Breeders’ Associates of Thiensville. Wisconsin. a subsidiary of Fromm Bros. They have acted as sales agents for the celebrated Fromm Bros. Foxes. and

stitute, has

Silver Inc.

met with great success until de- pression altered the activities 01' live stock selling there, as here.

Mr. Brackettis Company are now putting on the market a fox ration consisting of beef. bone. dehydrat- ed. which is sold: in the U. S. A. at f five cents a lb. Forty lbs. of the

careful in feeding sulphur; it ls a verv potent drug. more than a small teaspoonful to five foxes. Feed every second night

for at least ten days. more than three treatments a sca-

A5 a, matter of fact it has been a. most favorable year for Silver Fox farming and losses in most ranch- es are down to a minimum. Nearly all the pups have shed their first coat of fur and they are rapidly taking on the fall and: winter gar- ment Those that have not. shed off we think should have a few more greens added to the feed and a little touch of sulphur will help.

By the way, you must be very

Do not give

or three feeds; do not feed again Then no

as to the fat content

of

lnilk. this was before the clays

official testing and we have no rec- ;ords of how high a fat content _ d-l d tawtheir milk contained. these gem‘ b0 1y an mm ‘cows so far outdistanced all others Svowned on the Heartz farm that required m most all the others were sent to the

. . . b ti . Pmkmg °“” “m” °f exmlencc w urcngtr this strain of blood was

good is evidenced by the fact that

Bilt

their

of

enclish and did much toward mak-

havin; a daughter of the above sire that under ordinary conditions mil: ed over ten thousand pounds of milk a year. and whose average butter fat llst. averaged over 3.6 per cent.

Mr. George E. Brown. Margatc, on amount or no other import,” “m9 has been 5° successful as a tions Mr. Heartz did not continue breeder and exhibitor of Silver

Foxes, and whose strain is Domin- ion wide known, as mentioned be- fore in the Guardian, has acquired property in the suburbs of Char- lottetown and has constructed a forty pen ranch thereon. Mr. Brown

9

November.

lation.

xpects to move in some time

great.

8

31H,"

In the September issue of The Fur Trade Journal of Canada ap- pears an article on the breeding of “Supreme 99K," Reserve Champion at the Winnipeg Sliver Fox Show- t1 held last December. liams has made a very interesting story of "Supremes" breeding. and “Superb at the Charlottetown Show in 1933, and

lso of the breeding of Reserve Chamiplon

He will be ‘i very wel- come addition to the city's popu- Men of the stamp of Mr.

Brown are what makes countries

Mr. P. J. Wil-

bieeding I-l-olstelns, although ' Mr. Edgar Heartz bought some of this stock which were the foundation of his permanent herd. which I am told are almost all pure bred. The next breeder to make the pure bred venture was Mr. John Tweedy. Earnscllffe, who about the year 1900 imported a. oow from Lo- gan Bros, Amherst. While Mfr. Tweedy never did any official list- ing I am told that he still breeds black and whites.

Our next venture with Holltcins was made about 1902 or 3 by Mess-rs W. M. Lea. W. J. Gibson nni the late Mr. Morrow. North Lake. each importing animals from Nova Sco-

H.

in

My readers are all familiar with the activities and success attained by these breeders. although Mr. Morrow on account of having no others interested in pure bred I-Iol- stelns did not progress as rapidly as

from the Dutch herd book he was not registered. This bull was after- WHTd owned by the writer's broth-' cr, lvltr. Robert A. MacKenzie, Cav-

ing that section have such s.rong Holstein leanings. I well remember

also Grand Champion Male Fox

did Mr. Lea or Mr. Gibson.

of the 1932 and i933 Charlottetown Shows. Mr. Williams is that in the breed- ing of both FOxes Bonnievlew 65A figures prominently,

The point brought out

Mr. Williams‘ articles

are V9111‘ interesting and we hope that he

With the advent of cheese and ‘butter factories the breeding of Holsteins and Holstein grades be- came fairly general and a perusal of our exhibitions from 1902 to 1015 shows that there was quite a growth in holstein breeding.

Mr. Lea. Mr. Gibson. Mr. Nelson

by

ration ls milled with 51X‘? ms- °l will follow with more of them. Q , N g1,“ M water. xive lbs. of vegetzblest and son. _____ Tgeedy‘ extr- sarggyi Ken‘: bus-hill! lb- (Y! 00d "V" ° - “'5 The recent Fur Auction at Mon- ngdy’ Southporg, Hg“ Father M“.

been tested out very thoroughly in the U. S. A. and found to be a real

good ration. -

‘In the literature advertising it t we note the following, which we quite agree with: "It must always be borne in mind that all foxes will tire of the sameness of the taste or flavor of any ration nr

consist of, if it is fed continually without a 01181191. Also if a fox does not relish its rations it will result in the fox acquiring indiges- tion. To obtain maximum results from feeding an occasional change of taste or flavor is absolutely nec- essary with all rations."

That is a good tip from Nu". Braekett. and while thought of it ourselves, have not perhaps utilized it as much as we should have. At present the writ- er is changing the flavor of the feed every few days by adding dif- ferent stock foods and condiments in sma-ll quantities. twice a week adding a little fine wood charcoal.

By the way. there is nothing bet- ter onoe in a while than a little wood charcoal, willow preferred. It acts as an absorbent to gasses, and various forms of indigestion are relieved by it.

We recently bad quite a talk to Dr. Etrmis Smith and discussed with him the use 01’ tripe as a large part. of the diet. The Doctor agreed that tripe is a splendid food but said that some ranchers were going too m- in its use. Trips ls a mus‘ oils membrane and is the source from which pepsin the most POW- erful digestant is obtained. Onc- grain of pure pepsin will digest three thousand grains of e21! fil- bumen. so potent is _it. By frffldillk tripe exclusively and no other (om of meat there is a danger of clam- aging the digestive apparatus of the fox by causing irritation of the mucous membrane. Bo when us-

POTATO

preparation; fed by mouth it very soon makes its appearance through the

dens. itlng a ranch of which Paus Pet- ers was in charge. and noted in the dens a liberal sprinkling o‘ . sulphur. matter what the ingredients may that he ahvays used it every yea, and was never bothered villi fleas We handled quit/e a number foxes on that trip and never notic- cd the slightest trace of a i198.

question we think you would be well advised to look over each and every one of your foxes for these W ha“? little animals. Don't imagine be- cause themselves that they are frcc from fleas. gin at the tail and go over it care- fully, tlaen follow along the back- bone right up to the ears. discover them get busy. with one of the good brands of flea powdcr that is on the market, and don't forget to give them a second and third dose a week apart.

Sulphur is an excellent anti-flea

skin, It is also a splendid hing to dust a little sulphur in the Years ago we remember vis-

On enquiry Paus told u:

OI

Now that we are on the flea

they are not scratching

Take a thorough look; be-

If you

Ear mites. There is nothing in the world that will interfere with the condition of your foxes like ear mites. If you scraped a little bit cf the brown stufi’ out of the car of your fox and placed it under a microscope you would readily dis- cover the reason why. Each tin: particle consists of numbers of l crab-like little insects; the effect ofi them tickling the delicate sensory. apparatus of the car must be aw-} ful. Every fox rancher, whether; he believes his foxes have ear mites‘ or not. should treat them regularly. 'I"hc1*.* are several good par-para- tions on the market that will do the trick. Treatments should bc followed by another treatment 9 week later to make a good Job of it-

Whcrc thcrc is pus the ear should be gently shringed out with‘ peroxide and warm water. one part of peroxide to four of warm water; then a nice piece of cotton batting should be wound around a piece of stick and tho ea" gentry brushed

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Strong and well made

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inside. then apply the oar mite lo- tion, Rent-at tins twzatnar-rt. every two or three days till the ear is healed up,

Neglected cases ofcar mites re-

‘ault in the paralyzing of tho lhnlnn-E

cing nerves cf the m: and the fox inclines his head sideways. In se- vere cases he will run around in circles. Foxes affiliated with car mites make poor breeders.

.

FALL - FURRING FOX RATION NO. 1

At your nearest dealer.

treal can be classed as successful because a great many furs were However, the prices were somewhat lower than previous In the case of poorer grades of Silver Fox there was ab- out a 15 % decline; grades held pretty firm, the decline The opinion was there would not have been dedine had it not been for theybig textile strike in the Un- ited States, which frightened many prospective fur buyers cancelled their trips to Montreal.

disposed of.

Auctions.

b

expressed that

eing smaller.

The Fall Auctions of London will have about 20% more skins offer- ing than last season, due in a large measure

to the Hitler policy

the better

and they

Aulay, then at. Hope River. all were pioneers in Holstein breeding in this Province. and during this per- iod quite a number of pure bred sires were placed with Farmers- Clubs and Dairy Associations. These resulted in improved grade dairy stock but on account of a poor sys- tem of management many districts made little or no progress on ac- count of changing breeds. For in- stance a pure bred Holstein or Ayr- shire sire would be followed by a Jersey or Shorthorn or vice versa. This was a "get nowhere policy" and I am pleased to know that our farmers are getting away from it. To the Hon. Mr. Lea. Mr. Mr. Clark and a few others belongs the honour of introducing and fos-

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Germany. which does not, to say,tering the breeding of black and the least, encourage the bringing! whites on Prince Edward Island. in of outside goods. The Hun is which lead has been so well ccn- endeavouring as much as possible. tinned by Messrs J. W. Jones. C. J.

to retain his gold at home.

It must] Stewart. John Profit; and Son. H.

be tough on the ladies of Germany] D. Linkletter, H. J. Kennedy, wilf-

because they were excellent custo-

mers for Silver Fox.

The delegates from France to the Jacques Cartier celebration good customers for Silver Montreal. It is said they will car- ry home with them over five hund-

FOX

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W876

red Bovyer. Colby Lewis and many others.

That gOOd Progress has been made is clearly shown by the remarks of Mr. Holtby who judged at. Char- lottetown this year. namely "that toppers here could hold their own at C.N.E. and the Royal" which infers that our showing was above the average.

in

by

CONTENTED HERD‘ OF AYRSHIRES!

Having been well fed we

loying a sun bath as they lie down to chew their cud.

see this contented herd of Ayrshire: an- This hen! ll

the property of B. J. MacDonald, Orwell Cove, the “annp" was mule

have the best snap published

Miss Estelle MacDonald and mailed to The Moneton, for developirgr and printing. Mall your rolls to Reid: and

Bold Studio.

In The Guardian.

Gibsoni

Ground

Write for prices

BROOK VILLE

has given excellent results whenever used

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Limestone

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NEWS Y NOTES

IIIBKIOOLA

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We have left the newcomers awaiting attention for an “uncon- scionable time." When the master came in, at the tail of the proces- sion. he dispersed them to temper-i ary seats till such time as the roll was called. Going to his desk he called "All Stand!" Then striking the key note with a. tuning fcrk, he led off the morning Hymn. A fav-, orite in this connection was Kcblehs ‘ lovely hymn beginning with the- words: "New every morning is the‘ love. Our wakening and upraising, prove." and to hear it sung by} those fresh young English voices, to the grand old tune "Melcombe" was something to be remembered. I do not know whether the case was ex- ceptional but the three schoolmast- ers who taught our Naiicnal School in suooessi ‘ll, were a.ll good singers. well versed in Tonic solfa, and they trained us well.

SCHOOL OPENS

l

Then came the commad "Eyes,

closed." and in that manner we repeated the “Lord's Prayer" in unison: the master then read a

short prayer-the third morning "collect" of the Anglican Church»- to which the scholars responded with Amen. and our little opening ceremony was over for that day. Occasionally a newcomer, anx- ious to curry favor, would report: “Please. sir, I saw so-and-so with his eyes open!" "Oh. ho\v did you. do that." the "maist0:"’ would re- ply in such a deliciously confiden- tial tone that an appreciative grin

0f all. Then the offender would b2, called out for a slap of the cane, and the informer would be asked if i he knew of any reason why heI shouldn't have a slap ioo? This ln a tone of commendable gravty. Thcl Door fellow would be only too glad; to have the slap. rather than have- the master poke fun at him.

I Then the roll was called, and the attendance entered into registers much like those used now, with the addition that there were extra col- umns into which the weekly school fees were entered. It was a point. ofi honor with the scholars. ta ref prompt with the "school-money" and only the very poorest got into arrears. Every Monday morning, as the name was called. each schdar came up to the desk. with his or her school money, saw it duly en- tered, and retired to make way for the next. When this ceremony was finished. the master. sitting behind his little stacks of pennies and halfpennies, resembled a crOupler after a game of Rouge et Noir at Monte Carlo! The new comers were now given a brief examination to test their knowledge or mental- ity and were assigned to their var- ious classes.

And what had the scholars been doing While all this went on? well, not to waste time. a command had gone forth that each was to write out his reading lcsscn on his SlSLP in his "best handwriting," and a boy, usually selected rrom "Stand-l ard Six" the highest class-was put ' as “monitor" to see tffat, they kr-n‘. to work. The monitor stood in the middle of the schoo‘, in front o! the desks. with his arms folded over his slate. His glance roved up and down, and if he saw an idler. he gave an admonlshlng wave cf his hand. If the idler took no notice. down went his name on the slate to be handed to the master when nt. last roll-call was finished. The slates with the reading lesson were Passed expertly and quickly (from long practice) to the ends of the desks and adjudicated upon by the master. The idlers "got the cane"