TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS {IONNECTED WITH '

Silver Fox Farming '

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high of we of

e0, The s we average

I01’ $511?’ iig-nufacturers did most of

me buyinll and Felling Iigggggxgfii representative at Washington, sen.

OCCBS

reached me sale.

fi t da and was not Place M 15th. fill: theyfoliowing days. By a a

hall.’ silvers at a $45.00 and quarter silvers ale was attended by of buyers

e

bring the

lxceedtrqlilglée e.

Th“? “M”

will: weak will tell the tale ll ranchers 1h p ulnr fur

SI wmchlurl in the future they my he even lines of our m)‘ George A. Calbeck, Summerside.

more popular than they are been

return d s t

8' trip eto olllewa ‘lllclglgywlrvellémlle ‘Ivoilx: nessed the sale of silver fox and allied types. and talked with many members of the fur fraternity‘ in order in size up the situation for the Montreal sale which takes George will be present at that sale in the in- terests of the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ Association which will have a large consign: ment of pelts to offer there.

i“ "w- D- 3- Mwlfiy. a well h; g

Michigan fox rancher, writes hi;

ator Vanderberg, about thg new OPA regulations on fox prices. Here is part of his letter . . ."Fox the U-S. have spent

a wiléhlzmlelu: millions of dollars to advertise and

popularize fox furs. Right now

o9 breeders of America have gone to we have the only market in the

e gfcll

of trouble the last

world so if someth‘ i; not done

mun!“ in “d” W PWIIIIYIZE for the fox ranchers of the us.

formerly ver

nchilla

exclusive fur. Etbim‘ recenacflmmmmwsigsueaiggv: ers have spent will be

the millions of dollars th; ranch. wasted.

m, style show and at the Hotel Canada. England and Rurgig “a

Pennsylvania show. elinade byllfl J. Fox for a assoca on as “any mature. l; an eye to the post war period. and versatility of The ‘includha fulé merge e a s c illa. trimmedeclbllh w ha“ m bum‘ h be business if prices roll 0i October, 194i. March, i942. as sug-

nents wer me chinchi piIIIOIIIIOIlBI mew the sty ng ihe new fur.

length coat, a muff, two chi goats and two remembered that at a

subsidizing their fox ranches with

will come in and use our for which we have worked Flax ranchers in the US. will be forced out of back to

flflIiCIIIllB about a. year ago they gested by OPA. We have here m

nad to be withdrawn after mg were sold because of the hi h prices placed upon them

tellers.

two the State oi Michigan several fox

ranches operated with capital from c Vlorecllgmn countries because fox

ran ing has been forced out of those countries because of the war.

The New York Auction Company Their sols purpose oi operating in

i| having e. three day lur sale May 0-10-11. m offered including

eneral raw arious furs white own country after the war. There-

this country is to have breeding stuck available to ship back to their

lace and platinum types and 11.500 fore, GPA interference and regula-

liuction Sales

Mon- h. the Canad n Fur rancher cut c Co. Ltd. will have effect foreign

tiorrs which is putétlnlg the for: us ness no ranches because

e general sale of furs at which they with their f0l'elgn capital they are

Will offer between 15,000 and 20,- willing

to operate at a ids in or-

000 silver fox polls and new types. der to have breeding stock to ship

We basil tb? Ill U155 Y Dougall of the Dominion Fur Sales, Ltd. Summerside. who rapably acted as c1 vlnclal fox shows and prov pelt shows.

very ter from D. H. McCart ifier at Pro- Senator. w, would sa incial 100 per cent untrue, w th reference Mwflougau oon- to subsidizing oi ranches by Can-

back to their countries after the

pleasure of a call war." Mac-

With reference to the above let- to his t at it is

iirms the impression that we have ads, England and Russia, and also

given

smaller average litters that fore In most of the ranches and many in; foxes misses. which means that it season trend. Of course here and there We hear of are particuiarl that Jimmy

is a be shipped back to those

countries are breed-

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- NEWSY

NOTES -

NS? ltlsnowsaidtobeamyth

treasure-trove

are not "keepers" these

particular

under cirmustances

he'd been more reticent. r

long. and thereby hangs a

quarries, first used by

when stone is required for a new house or barn. 187! Va. number of quarrymen were working there, when one of them discovered a bronze vessel with a circular handle, containing sixty- three Roman coins.

ter wrapped in e ece

9m" ll-"Biln countries such leather. book says" and was rather disap- After talking over their find, the pointed to find that none of my foreseen the future and today are_quarrymen commissioned one gardening books gov,- any idea of

dertook the task. little that his lif was to be blighted by it. When If went the round of all the public-

housas or inns, exhibiting the w

to this the discovery, but the

‘ " of the idlers in places soon gave him an exagger- ated opinion of the value oi the coins and he clung to them tenaci-

ously.

At that time all treasure-trove was the propert oi the Lord of the Manor; n t ls case the Duke of Northumberland. Because oi’ the publicity which Patterson had drawn upon himself. it was not long before the Duke's agent call- ed upon him to render ' grize. Patterson defied the law:

had hidden the vessel and co lt- and refused to say where. Legal proceedings were taken, and as nobody could put a value on the "find"—for those best able to do so had never seen the treasure - Patterson was sentenced to a single year's lurprisonment in Den- bigh goal. He was lucky: a few

general

n the United States to tries after the war. His refer-

ood results and -cnce is probably to Norway ward peased to learn lligan has s large able to look after themselves as

Sweden-well, they are quite well

turnout at Milli an and Morrison Norway produced some 40.000 fox ets

Fill’ Farms, N011 B111.

Jimmy improved the, ranch very fox gills but we do not considerably last fall by buying num

highclas platinum and white face

i943 and Sweden some

.000. Russia is also producing now the

rs as they are not been re-

leased. The letter does show to

males which have functioned very what extent some of our southern

r-ell indeed. It is the grand old Nort am ranch and it revives pleasant higar Mllllgan and George Morri- son, two very iine

ood w hear of neighillajotrs wil go in order to gain

a po . We commend to the earnest at-

who tention of every fox rancher in the

made hosts of friends not only in Province the informative article PILI. but in far away places like which appears below. Our advice the Klondyke and in the western is to cut rt out of the paper and

Unit/ed States where their name paste it up

in your feed house

and fame is carried on through the where it can be seen at all times-

Miliigan and Morrison Associated Ranches, Inc.

The annual meeting of the PEI.

FACTORS IN THE CONTROL OF FOOD POISONING

Fox Freeders‘ and Exhibitors‘ As- By Dr. C. K. Gunn. Dominion Ex-

sociation will be held in the Agri- perlmentai Fox Ranch, cultural Room of the Prince of side. 9.13.1 Wales College. Charlottetown, 1.00 o'clock on Tuesday, June 13th-

Summer-

at Food poisoning is probably the oi deaths

The date is Just one week prior to most important cause

the annual meeting

of the Cana-

among growing fox pups. This

dlan National Silver Fox Breeders’ condition may be oi chemical or

Association at iWPtd that as many members as Possible will attend our local as- rqclatlons meeting and air their spected meals to be fed to grow- vlews as to any changes required ing fox pups should in either the live fox or pelt ex-

hlbltions.

It is ielt that with the great fections. Chunk or freshl numbers oi new t pes that will available for exh bition this lhat some extra provision will have in be made for them and yet we must not’ overlook the silvers be-

fall have been thawed and

bacterial origin and frequently originates in the meat or cereal portion of fox rations. Unin-

selected with care to avoid fee ing meat from animals which have died of botuilsm, anthrax and other in- ground be meats are preferable to t oee that frozen more than once in their prepara- tion. Small doses of poison. which will not visibly affect the well be-

Iause they are the backbone of the of adult foxes, can frequently

industry and who knows-perhaps

k

growing pups. For this rea-

s.

FOXMEN

Now that the majority of pups have been whelped throughout the Island our thoughts are now running in ihe direction of how to obtain rapid and early growth of

"W59 young puppies.

Price per bag does not determine your feed cost per pup in ihe Fall but your feeding schedule throughout the com- "u: months can greatly vary your net profit for the year's "iteration also to a marked extent determine your 1945

WP production.

Our most successful Purlnzfs Four-Squ Sanitation and Marla the leaders.

ranchers who have followed

are Program of Good Feeding. Breeding, gement, have lead the way. ‘ n

Follow

Unfortunately we were compelled in order to maintain m" Dust quality standards to increase our Fri" P" I"!

‘lightly over last year, but as a rule of thumb on a rand! “uh average production one bag of Purina per Pull iflke care of your entire cereal requirements for both young and old for the year's operation consequently "m!

I cosi

I" bull does not materially effect cost pol‘ PIIP- Usinll the above table as a guide contact 3'0"!‘ 11°C“

Purina Dealer at your ea lfllulrements with him or

Guy E- Kennedy

District Mann!"-

H)“.

rlleat convenience and book yo"?

1 will gladly arranlle same W"

coun-“im

l‘ Ila in b lute which will not

non-poisonous disinfectants ‘should be used to clean fox pens. . The possibility cf bacterial in- fection is particularly dangerous during not weather, at which time ifeeds tend to spoil rapidly un- ‘less adequate refrigeration facil- ities are available. and also be- cause oi the greater possibility of lcontamlnation by fires at this iseason.

It is important to remember that when food poisoning results ifrom bacterial contamination oi’ meats, the original number of ldangerous organisms present may inot have been sufficient to set iup a condition of food poisoning . feven in fox pups, if the meat had ,been carefuly refrigerated until Jed to the foxes. However, if such isllghtly contaminated feed is al- Jowed to remain in a warm place .for any length of time the food poisoning organisms multiply ra- pidly. When such heavily infect- ed substances are then given to fox pups. the massive doses of the dangerous organisms are often too goat for the young animals to

lerate. Growing fox pups are ihe first to take sick and die be- cause they have not acquired any immunity to these disease-produc- ingimorganisms. Frequently adult an als have enough itsistance to withstand the infected feed- stuffs and they may not show any visible evidence of the trouble in a ranch until widespread sickness and deaths have occurred among the fox pups. _

Another important ‘cause of deaths and sickness among grow- ing fox pups results from the feed- ing of scales. fins and entrails of ‘certain species of fish, such as smells, carp and suckers, etc. These fish, when mixed in the raw state with other ingredients of the feed, are found to destroy the vitmain B1 of the other feeds, iv- ing rise to a deficiency in euc a diet. The early symptoms of disease are weakness and paralysis of the hind limbs of fox pups. The condition is progressive! and ever;-

o a

tually causes death the - fected animal

treatment with the required vita- _min B1 lthiamine chloride) is ‘carried out. This deficiency can be avoided by cooking the fish

before mixing it ith the other feeds. or where cooking is incon- venient, the, fish may be filleted or fed alone once or twice a. week to the foxes.

Bloating in foxes is often relat- ed to the ingestion of mouldy or fermented cereals. This condi- tion is particularly associated with the use of concentrated cereal feeds which tend to absorb water and swell greatly when moistened. Bloating can be avoided by ro- er soaking of the cereal beore t is fed and by storing all cereal feeds in a dry place so that they do not become mouldy. Cereal feeds manufactured from "rcp flour or fungus infected mea . ‘are thought to cause sickness and ‘deaths among fox pug: Lngre ents nfeoted with t organism -causin r y flou may be made

d close the meshes of this dan- ger. Upon terial examination lof such feeds. s re-forming or- ganisms will be ound which have sumved the cooking of the bie- cu . Therefore, care should be ex- ‘ercleed in the choice of cereals and their storage. The latter should .be such that it keeps out rats and irnlce. as fecal contamination by 'these rodents is a well recognised source of food infection. should be kept under refrigera- tion and when there is any doubt of an uninapected- bei free from infection. the meat should be cooked or tried out on a few animals before lt is used

Q AQIDMA ‘I’ TEEAsUng-Tnovn ears befor he would have been anged. ( t is not clear why he

Just what is the truth above was sent to North the discovery cf £15 in the cellar ishment when there were so many of an old house near Liverpool. goals at home!)

but the first account of it was returned in the north. but very circumstantial. In the cue I» ohlnlld man- H generally. the soured. his habits of discoverer is so overjoyed that he 80M- tclls it to all the world. but when doling life. never afterwards do- he also discovers that "finders" largo day's work. and soon sank

, human liam. who had a small farm fur- nature being what it, i; he wishes ther up the Tyne Valley, took him into his‘ house, towards the end. trove belongs to the Crown now, and found out where the although it did not always so be- were hidden. _ years after the discovery of the In the valley of the Tyne. about o0 33 miles west of Newcastle. lies lucklese treasure the pretty rural village of Thorn- Northurnbrian rafton. Near by are some old Clayton. _ the Ro- The coins were a mixed lot. none mans, to obtain frecstone blocks however being later than the reign for building thg Roman wall, and of Hadrian (A.D- 1i7-l38I; which occasionally quarried even yet help! w iulilmft the belief — 1011B dis uted-that Hadrian was the 1n the-summer of bu der of the Roman Wall.

sixty silver the other day. tagged “194 . ones and three gold ones, the iat- I was doubtful of their vitality I pi of green thought I would “see what the

their number called Thomas Pat- the length of time seed is viable. terson. to go to the nearest big Then I remembered that a very townyl-lexhanna dozen miles away. old book. written by a Professor and sell the coins. Patterson un- of Agriculture at Cornell Univers- thinking ity, included a lot of useful tables.

e got to l-Iexham, he Time Seeds Maintain Their Vital- bronze vessel and its contents. Up her of years mentioned are sup- time he had made light of posed to be on the average. ‘ these wheat 2.

unless aoequaterat their utmost

Wales for pun-

On his discharge from prison he he was is mind was industry He adopted a restless wan-

the grave. His brother Wil-

coins And so. twenty-one ins. William Patterson sold this

a. wealthy antl-quary, John for £50 or about szso.

VITALITY 0F SEEDS I dug up a bag of garden seeds 1" As

in it i found “Table 4, Length of

ity." This I transcribe for my read- ers. merely stating that the num- Bsrley. 3; Beans 3; Beet 6; Buck- Cabbage 5; Carrot 4; celery 8; clover 3: corn 2: cucumber 6. Eggplant 6; flax 2; hop 2; let- C9 .

Millet 2; muskmelon 5; mus-

1-» w >1 D-

Oats 3: onion 2; orchard grass 2.- Parsnlp 2; peas 3: pumpkin 5.

Radish 5: rape 5: rye 2.

Salslfy 2: soybean 2: squash 6.

Timothy 2; turnip 5, watermelon 6i wheat Z.

These averages are effective, l suppose, under ordinary conditions of storage, but by taking special precautions the life of seeds can , considerably extended. Such precautions may be the storing of the larger garden seeds in a ccol dark place in canisters, and the enclosure of the smaller seeds in waterproof packets to prevent drying-out. All seeds. however. must be thoroughly matured: and thoroughly dry on the outside to prevent mildew. With these sim- ple precautions 1 once grcv/ n crop of beet seed that provided me with beet for seven years. till all the seed was gone.

among them. preparing lo shoot the rapids on "a short but broad and rapid stream, with six or seven rapids which must be shot nr portaged around." a scale to locate this river, which I sup-pose to he not far fronvthc Lake of the Woods; anyway. it is lain that the traveller only names t as an excuse for writing about the delights of canoeing.

"To shoot rapids in a canoe is a pleasure that comparatively few Englishmen have evcr enjoyed. and no picture can give an idcacf

what it is." He does give a pic- ture. nevertheless. of _the old- fashioned wood engraving type...

at an angle of about 30 degrees, with plenty of rocks and snags to endanger the canoe. He goes on: "The excitement is greater than when on board a steamer because you are s0 much nearer the boiling wawrhand the canoe seems such a , fragile thing to contend with thei mad forces, into the very thick of which it has to be steered. “When the stream begins to descend-speaking of the Malina River — the water is an inclin- ed plane, smooth and shining as glare loe. Beyond that it breaks into curling. gleaming rolls, which ‘end off in white seething caul- drons. where the watcr has broken on the rocks underneath. On the brink of the inclined plane the mo- tion is so quiet that you think the canoe pauses for an instant. The captain is at the bow. a broader. stronger usual in his hand. eye kindling with enthusiasm, hand sure. and every nerve and fibre of his body tension. The steersman is at his post. and every man is ready. knowing that a false stroke. or too weak a turn of their captain's wrist at the critical moment, means death. "A push with the paddles. and, straight and swift as an arrow. the canoe shoots down right into the med vortex. now into a cross current that will twist her broad- side round; but every man fights against it, and she steers right on to a rock. up to which she is being resistlessly sucked, and against which she will be dashed to pieces, but a. rapid turn of the captain's paddle at the fit moment. and she rushes past. riding gallantly as a

showing the water coming down‘

Inoe, ihe P. I-I. clal Department of Asrifllllufe. has

Calves under alx months. $10.00: to eighteen months, $20.00. eighteen twenty-four months. $35.00.

action (Joanne ee.

For further particulars. apply to.

generally throughout the ranch.

4-29-41.

nus Ticusnwrra-rowu A_GUARDiAN g _

I t t ' We left the travellers, our man Eglaybgr 31113;?) o, a wave gets

rapid is near." My map 15 i)“ i°° 5mg“ suppose there is nobody on "Dawson Road" who can shoot the‘. rapids like that now. We taken to the air. and pas from Toronto to Winnipeg ge

I towns of our

AYRSIIIRE PURCHASE ASSISTANCE PULICY

To encourage the establishment of new Ayrshire herds in this prov- l. Ayrshire Club with financial nuiatance from the Provin-

lowlng amounts will be paid to purchasers of registered Ayrshire females:

Before purchase each animal must pus Inspection bv the Club Sei- Thle assistance la open to anv island farmer who at time nf purchase has leee than four registered Ayrshire females over two years old.