SEVI/‘EMBER M. 1938

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AX IMPORTANT CORRECTION

'ii.inks are due to Prof. F. non, in charge of the Dom- iinzoinological Laboratory, r'lO\\‘II, for tiie following . His letter readsz-"Dear iced a few weeks ago in teaown Guardian under _. iiig "Agricola" that you

rti a person wrote to you a- .. ri-cl for the "railway ‘ You stated that ‘the com- liii‘ of this insect was the itlOIil and you gave methods rolling it. I would like to little correction on this iili' common apple maggotls ti tn referred to as the rail-

ill.‘ and to many people ll‘ cottntry it. is known only l‘ name. In several bulletins books the term “railroad is used in this connection. try truly. F. M. Cannon." y. lie Railroad Worm is a dif- ywm inert. altogether. 11.1 ‘vcci: it tunniis the fruit but

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i. "w cilill? manner as the Moth. and it threatens t0 hit"! pest. when it once gets The advice to gather apples at once for feed- lilf‘. still hold good. but . for Railroad Worm is .. atwut tiie middle of July.

ODDS AND ENDS

Yiii-iiiiilujwiient. When We think , torment we are reviewing adoxicai situation. Man tiie beginning of time. w v cape from necessity of ' it was to him the primal " ti: tiie sweat of thy face t‘i cat bread, and cursed is

s o.‘ old were ringed to ob- wlio relieved tiie con- iii toil Gradually ma- . iic to take tiie effort out . and in our day we have iii of labor-saving devices cl But we call the leisure rent. and now cry out for i irenrs out the open- ...ce.

lii-ilticr odd situation arose dur-

iiciircssi-on and is not en- ilfiiilfiflvtflIi I mean the re- of production and the 'ii1‘li\ll of things produced, iiiinns of propie went . and cold for need of them. zi very curious reflection lli intelligence. Unemploy- acciicientai evil. It rccessful achievement of a . i aim; but there is

" hie evidcncc of failure to construct a satis- flFi1iilCl'_\' of distribution. ...~ onc task worthy of the liirycnre of mankind. '

: IINIIFIYIIIISISIZS they it down their p‘nnts when wit". it’) below the cost of - they must keep on i ‘llirrc is never unemploy- ' ltil 1 farm! It is likclv that uiiiid he better if farmers » ‘ i ~ i. "i as other workers are. "i"v are notoriously diffi- iiwto such iiii organiza- ' o‘?! en ' been demonstrat- t -nncrativc enterpris- Tlicrc will always

'i farmers who will h they can gct for "is just tn izcco afloat: i will be others who will riiate individual gain tiircuzli the action , and will stav out

are interested groups - n menace in any ' =. t .»li by thc farmers rind arc

‘i ‘v: cold ivritcr on such ' I note with satisf- . . . our farmers have been ' “ i cf late and are beginn- l it" the cld motto “Each l 'i‘,'i all for each."

7hr lf-ll-ciiilcii of Hyman Kanlan. - ‘l ' rt t returned to tiie Pub- a book with the above ‘ flcl n few instalments of ~ tlziilv Sketch. an English w" four-d it so comic that 'l to read tiie rest of it

c a German or lo night class iniorlcrin naturalization: thc ‘problem child‘ cf

to his long-suffering ."i". Prickhecl" iPrirkhiliJ ii.‘ is a "tough guy.‘ but ‘ iv and other ef-

"ii fl iiull day! Kniiinti. , ti. the name of a Hun. in ' (‘crnian story of Ekkchard. iii‘ oi the 10th Century of _\ von Scheffel. "Ekke- i _‘\'t‘"n" the Everymaws "i. trio P. W College Library.

“lib”, ltivivaii-treea, or Mountain 9;“ i" WW beautiful this year. ‘h!’ “ftp of berries is unusually rr-gqfhe hlch winds lately ex- Cu ‘ k-rvniiflVft broiizlii some of the y,‘ "i the ground and these 2 t anther-ed and slightly

y ' use iii the "feeding sta-

ll winter. The dried berries “hi? be relished by all our as.

t ii lit‘ Riverside or Sweet-Scented » ‘Vitls vuluinnl has ripened

The l.

lng fully colored on Sept. 15th. This i5 B. Wild grape, improved by cultivation. and has y proved its IIQNIIIIGSS by flourlshin on our North Shore. The frui is black? purple.-wit.h a bloom, and mea- sures about l3 or 14 millimetres in diameter. It makes excellent jelly. and would probably make a satis- factory home-made wine. Any reader wishing for seeds of this ETOup may have the same by Eefldilli. a s t amped self-axi- dressed envelope to me, in care or The Guardian Office.

Qllery. I-Iow does the dairy farmer manage to exist if he sells his milk at 2 l-2c per quart? (See Open Fflfllm. Sept.‘ l6) British farmers. usually considered a "slow-poke" race. at present receive 6 cts a quart through their Cooperative Marketing Board, irrespective of their distance from a town. (Under the old haphazard system transport often ate up the profits) And at 6 cts a correspondent laments zthere ls not much profit in dairy- ng.

MAN AND TIIE DRAGON

Looking at the picture of a Chin- use festival in Honk-Kong, one be- holds a very long "dragon." silver- scaled. and fanged with terrible in- cisors making it.s way tortuously down the crowded street. Why are the Chinese so fond of dragons? Was it because China's primitive men were coeval with the last of the dragons. —which may have been Pterodactyis —and their me- mory survives in these far-fetched representations? We have traces of the dragon era in the names Ormes

it for tliy sake." Most OIJHPQCI. and Worm‘s Head in Britain.

and Drachenfels on the mainland; and in the many stories of Worms Mid Dragons that furnish the anti- qunry with much ground for con- jecture. But we never take the in- terest in these monsters that the conservative Chinese do; they do not linger in counterfeit present- ment in the national memory of Britain.

As to primitive men excavations carried out in l928-l932, on a hill- side 40 miles south of Peiping. brought to light the liow-browed skull of "Pekin Man," probably a cannibal. who roamed China thous- ands of years before the first cave- men appeared in Europe. Scientists called him sinanthropus, a term which ap ears less portentous when translat as "Chinamanl"

The most. important fcxssel de- posits were found in a cave or fissure in the hillside. Animals had dragged in their prey. and left the bones to be covered by the debris that fell from the roof of the cave. When men appeared on the scene. he occupied this cavern. and left stone tools and charred wood to attest his presence. Among bones of about thirty individuals found were five complete skulls which gave some information about their late -t.hat. isyearly —owners. The male skulls had a capacity between eleven and twelve hundred cubic centimetres; the female skulls had a capacity of 900 C.C. Compare with its 1,450 c. c. capacity. Another significant difference is that the skull of modern man is widest just above the eyes; while the skull of Sinanthropus is widest lower down. viz.. at the level of the ear o n- ing. A phrenologist would nfer that Pekin Man was strong 1n h.‘ animal propensities (selfish ant. domestic) and weakest in his moral sentiments and semi-in- tellectual faculties!

Rellcs of primitive man have been found in other places, but 0s- seous remains are comparatively rare.

(Human bones are, fragile oom- pared with the bones of oxen ancq other animals, and easily perish. There are three other instances of very old skulls having been found. The Taungs skulll was found in South Africa and the "Ape Man skull. supposed to be about 250.000 _\'F&I‘s old. was found in Java But the writer was more particularly interested in the skull found near Piltdown. Sussex. England. between the year 1911 and i915. The ex- cavator found a highly mineraliz- ed part of the left side of a human skull. then part of the right half of the skull, together with t-he right half of the lower jaw with several teeth. From these remains the skull was reconstructed. and proved to be of a distinct izenus of man- kind to which W8‘; given the title of Eoanthropiis. “The Dawn Man.‘ in allusion to his early appearance in time. The geological stratum in which the Plltdown Skull was im- bcdded. was laid down in the Pleistocene period. which makes tiie skull about 100.000 years old. After some controversy amongst the aii- thropologlsts, it was finally decided that the skull was human. thouizli it had some of the features of the chimpanzee.

‘There are some backward races

m be found at. the present day whose average cranial capacity is 1350 c. c.. and the ancient Pitt-

downer certainly equalled this mea- sure. At this point it may be men- tinned that the skull of the 1M8- est gorilla reaches a capacity of a- bout 600 cubi~ centimetres.

Near the Pllidown skull W85

found a tool formed out 0f ti" thigh bone of a species of elephant that once roamed the Sussex

downs: this indicated some "inven-

"ib year: tiie first. cluster be-

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18in Ground Limestone at

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LIME

In accordance with the P. I. Department of Agriculture policy of assisting Island farmers to ob-

lmFHi to ship lime in carlots 6f

“MR Q2110) per ton delivered find fifty-five cents ($3.55) per

These prices are in effect until Dec. 31st» 1933-

Brookville Manufacturing 00-. Ltd-A Brookville, St. John County, N. B-

Ii. (i. S. ADAMS, MANAGER.

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low price, we are now pre- thirty (30) tons or at two dollars and eighty in bulk and three dollars ton delivered in bags.

DAIRY

Prepared b P vi 111) With tlIe 531535: ofe

rtmenbot Agriculture in (Jo-operation fllfymens Association.

TOPICS

FEEDING TEST COWS.

Where high records are desired extra care in handling and feed- ing the cow is necemary. Cows go- ms on official record work should ha"? a 1on2 dry Period before calving. and during this time should be liberally fecl on con. centirates that they may be in litgii condition at calving time. It is a iveil-estabiished fact that when _a cow freshens while in high condition she will have a higher butterfat test over a longer period of time than if she commences her lactation period in a thin condition. Suitable fattening or fitting mix- tures are as follows‘

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100 lbs. ground or rolled oats. 100 lbs. ground barley or corn. 100 lbs. wheat bran.

I00 lbs. oilcake meal

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100 lbs. ground or roiled oats.

I00 lbs. ground corn.

100 lbs. oilcake meal.

100 lbs. wheat bran.

50 lbs. cottonseed meal. '

50 lbs. gluten feed

Feed these concentrate mixtures liberally -—about one pound of

grain per hundred pounds live weight. Corn silage. roots and al- falfa or clover hay can be used as roughage feeds. About tcn days or two weeks be- fore calving dlscontinue the feed- ing of the fattening ration and ive a cooling ration. A mixture of wo parts of oats, two parts of bran and one part of oiicake would be satisfactory. Continue feeding this until all inflammation and congestion have disappeared from the udder after freshening. Do not feed barley, cottonseed meal or corn near calving time. Rfiduce the amount of silage. and teed lib- eraily on mangels. Above all things guard against any feeding practice which will cause constipation at calving time. Do not milk the cow dry for a few days after froshening to discourage the development of milk fever. Rations fed cows on test work have four things in common. They supply a liberal amount of feed. they are made up of a variety of feeds. the concentrate mixtures are higii in protein. and they supply mineral materials in some form. In other points there is a wide varia- tion in the rations used by man feeding for high records. indicat- ing that the personal factor ls an important item in this work. Con- centrate mixtures should ‘oe bulky. as heavy feeding on pasty meals tends to cause digestive troubles. 1f the cow does not respond in milk flow with an increased amount of meal mixture. a reduc- tion in the ration is riecess uri- til a slight drop in product on is detected. The grain may then a- gain be slowly and gradually in- creased. Alfalfa and clover hay of good quality. corn silage, mangels

_and soaked beet pulp are nil used

as roughage feeds-

During the summer it is wise to kc-ep the cows that are on of- ficial tests near the barn so that they can be given extra feed and attention. On hot days and when flies are bad test cows are better indoors. The windows are often darkened with sacks to add to the comfort of the cattle. Green feed can be cut and fed in the stable.

Cows giving over sixty pounds of milk r day are probably better milk three timm a day. Au- thorlties figures about a fifteen percent increase in production in three-tlmes-n-day milking over twice-a-day milkl .

The Record of rformance is the official test for all breeds of pure bred dairy cattle in Canada. Information on the R. 0. P. can be obtained from the Supervisor, Mr. C. S ood. Department of Agricuture. Ottawa. Canada. In- formation nii the Short-time Re- cord of Merit test for Holstein cattle only can be procured from Mr, G. M. Clemons, Holstein- Friesan Asociation, Brantford, Ont. Information on cow testing as- sociations can be obtained from {lite local Agricultural Representa-

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TERMS USED IN DISCUSSING PRODUCTION RECORDS

R. O. P.: Record of Perfor- mance -a semi-official long Nme test for pure bred cattle of the foi-

lo-ini: breeds in Canada; Ayr- sirc. Brown Siviss. French Can- l-tolstei n.

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the part. of Enanthropus.

I read some time ago. 0t a pall- eavt put on near Piitdov.'n, in which one of the characters tool: the part of the ancient aborigine. and a rare sight he must have been! Tho British are very fond of these historical paiients, and have a lot. of fun preparing them. I Wonder liow such a dholav would go down at our local Exhibitions? tNot necessarily of Piltdown Man!)

In concluding this stibiect. I re- member to have sccn books at our Public Library. which deal witl‘ these very ancient relics of human- ity.

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LAROE POP OBOP

Insure a large crop ol nanny vigorous pups this year by feeding

ltOYll. FOX FEEO

Result: during former oeuom chow: that the use of R0711 with I good meal. ration ll the most pod- live way known for the rancher I secure Mai breeding renlu

Insht on Royal. Alli your dodollec today or with

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The St. John Milling Company Ltd.

saint John Now Ilrlnflml

Jersey, Red Poiied and Shot-thorn.

365-day Record: record made in 365 days after fresliening. It may or may not run for the full 365 day period. There is no calving limit rule to this type of record. (loo-day Record: A record that rims for 305 days after calving or a portion thereof. To quality in this clans a cow must freshen within 400 clay of her previous calving date. In the Ayrshire breed a 305- day re:ord is called as "Honour Roll" record.

Sub. B : A term used in describ- ing records made by Holstein- Friesan cows only. and means that the record has been made on a twice-a-dayv milking, It applies to both 365 and HOS-day records.

R. 0. P.‘ Record of Merit —a short time official record. 'I‘his test. lbs coinflned to the I-loistein-Frlesan

rec .

Qualified Bull: A bull having four progeny qualified in the Re- cord of Performance. each from a different dam.

A: The letter A when used af- ter the registration number of an animal signifies that the anirml is registered in the United States and that the number is American. The letter A when after a Record of Performance number indicates that it is a SOS-day record.

Note: Holstein-Friesan records frequently stated in pounds of butter rather than in pounds of butter-fat. This rule used in mak- ing this calculation is that B0 pounds of butterfat: will make I00 pounds of butter. If you know the fat record and want to change it to a better record. multiply by 10 and divide by 8. If you know the butter record and want to change it to a fat record, multiply by 8 and diiitlde by l0.

SUMMER MANAGEMENT ‘OF TI-IE MILKING HERD.‘

Dairying naturally divides itself into two distinct periods-the posturing of the cattle in summer and stable feeding in the winter. As a general rule the milking herd can live outside for five months, but requires shelter and indoor feeding during the remaining seven. Every farther knows that in the late spring and early summer the herd usually reaches its production for the year. This is due to the abundance of suit- able feed. the moderate tempera- tive, comfortable surroundings and reasonable exercise. Obviously. pro- gessive dalrymen should attempt

imitate these conditions throughout the year.

Cows are usually pastured dur-'

ing the summer months. Feeding the herd indoors during the sum- mer is much more expensive than posturing, requires more labour and the feed cost is greater. An experi- ment conducted at the Ontario Agricultural College showed a feed cost about. 100 per cent higher for indoor feedi than outdoor feed- ing. In addlt on. cows on pasture ge the muoh needed health giv- ing properties of sunlight and fresh ar. Pasture management is a serious problem. Little difficulty in experi- enced in getting abundant; pasture during the month of June and in part of July. but unfortunately. pastures often dry up and become parched and bare during the latter part 0f July and in the month of August. Some provision must be made for this lean‘ period. Extra feed can be supplied by the follow- ing means.

1. 'Pastiire management.

2. Supplying succulent feeds in the form of silage. or green feed.

3. Feeding concentrates. '

PASTURI MANAGEMENT

Under this heading the poblem of su plementai pastures would be incl ed. The using of annual pas- ture when other pastures are not available is followed by many suc- cassful dairymen. The oat is pro- bably the best grain for this pur- pose. Three bushels of oats per acre seeded with eighteen pounds

acre of sweet clover. or seven

pounds of red clover and four pounds alfalfa er acre are com- binations that ave given good

resirits as annual pasture mixtures on the College Farm. This should be sown about the middle of Mny and the cows turned on it before the grain is out in head. ivliile this system requires considerable lab- our in favorable season it supplies a large a m o u n t of satisfactory feed at a time ivhen other pastures are often bare and scanty.

The aftermath of the hay cron gives a large amount of grass at a season when other green teed is not at hand. In districts where -aifalfa can be successfully grown the second crop is often vscd for summer pasture.

Rotational posturing has been given much consideration in recent years. This term implies the rotat- ing or moving of the stock from one field or paddock to another. allowing a rest period for the grass to grow. This system insures. when properly handled. young MP5 throughout the season. which is a distinct advantage as young grass is higher in protein and lower in fibre then older more mature grass.

A WEEKLY COLUMIN OI‘

MARSBFIELD.

» CONSERVATION »

PRACTICAL OPINIONS OF TH]: VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE USES AND ABUSES OF NATURAL RESOURCES BY MB. LUDDOW JENKINS.

Get. this fact plainly in mind. The present. policy of slow restora- tion of tiie hardiest species of waterfowl lS a policy of quick ex- tcrniitiation of the less hardv species; and that is true even if the less hardy species are given complete protection by law.

To siiow what is happening. and what is likely to happen, let me quote Mr. John J. ’I‘essari of Min- nesota, a recognized authority on waterfowl, and project supervisor of conservation in the National Youth Administration. He writes in the Minnesota Conservationist:

“Scientists have long recogniz- ed that a species of game. reduc- ed beyond a certain point in num- bcrs, will not survive. This is true because the natural forces which operate against the species are given an unequal advantage. Con- sequently, they soon overcome the remaining few. There is ample evidence to support this conten- tion. The Passenger Pigeon was not completely cxterminated by man. Man reduced its number be- low the safety level; natural forc- es accomplished the rest_ The same is true of the Heath Hen, once so common along the Atlan- tic Coast. Therefore. it is question- able whether the remaining small flocks representing the five species of ducks which have been given

protection. and some of those ‘which have not, will ever coma ac ."

Mr. Tessari made a study last fail, based largely on the dlmuni- tion of hunter's bugs in Minnesota, from which he concluded that all species of ducks except Mallards. Biuebiils, Grecnwinged Teal and Bluewingecl Teal are so reduced in numbers that they ought not to be hunted. (The Black Duck of the East- was not included in his survey). And. like all competent observers, he came to the conclus- ion that it was useless to forbid the shooting of some species while permitting others to be shot. On this point. in the article previous- ly quoted from. Mr. Tessari wrote:

“Even a trained ornithologist will hesitate to name a duck in flight uless he i1"< had ample time to observe it through a glass ....To ask the average hunter to do what a trained ornithologlst cannot do is expecting too much ....the impulse is to shoot. And shoot he wlll....Had the hunter hesitated long enough to identify the bird at which he was about to take aim, the chance for a shot would have been lost. Yet this is exactly what the law expected him to do. It follows, then, that if all sportsmen had lived up to the letter of the law last year, they would scarcely have fired a shell."

Yet it is with such an absurd. unworkable and destructive law that the federal government hopes to save the most depleted species of waterfowl. Last year the sea- son was closed entirely on Canvas- baclos. Rediheads, Ruddy Ducks. Buffleheads and Shoveliers. If you want to know how the regula- tions worked. read the report from Modoc, California. on shooting at Tiile Lake. published in the Nov- ember, 1936, issue of the California Conservationlst:

“A large number of ducks, especially in Redheads and Can- vasbacks. were left floating on the lake or hidden in the tules. Ina- bility of ordinary sportsmen to distinguish the different. species is resulting in a great waste of birds on Tule Lake."

Such a regulation puts a prem- ium on destruction; the testimony is universal that illegally killed birds are thrown away. The hunt- er goes on shooting until, if he can. he reaches a legal possession limit.

It. is impossible to save any single species of waterfowl if its habitat is open to waterfowl shooting of any kind. Complete closing of the season is a protec- tion of the entire habitat of water- fowl. It makes the whole United States. for the time being. a sanctuary As long as the habitat is not entirely closed to hunting. tiie right to hunt one species will nullify the protection glvcn an- other spccles. Onc at a time the varieties least ubic to defend tlieni-

selves will go the way of tiie Pzissciigr Pigeon and the Heath Hen. with the hardiei" species

following but n fcw yards inter.

The Privileged Killers

_Wlio recognize ‘Iilflwtfllth about Ii docs however nrcr-ssitate con- sidrrable expense in fencing. and

in some cases. in the providing Pi water Fertilizer in liberal quanti- ties is recommended for the best. results. In drry seasons this system does not solve the msture problem. as moisture is necessary to insure the growth of the crass and to utilize fiiily the applied fertilizing material. Hovcver. much experi- mental work ls being done on tti‘ phase of pasture work. and it. is hoped that some of the problems will be solved in the near future.

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FOX

Successful FOX Men Say-

V . FEED _ the Ross-Miller Way

P. l. Island Anni!

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FOODS

ONTARIO

Vviping Out All But I-‘our Species I

waterfowl on the North American continent? Scientists every here. Conservationists Sportsmen by tiie thousand—but there are other thousands of sportsmen who wil- fully refuse to recognize tiie facts

Instead of joining in uliorls to save and restore tiie w'ild Ducks, many wealthy sportsmen are banding together. determined to preserve their shooting privileges so long as a bird remains alive to shoot. Not. only do they insist on an open season, but they clamor for a longer season, and for the restoration of baiting and live tie- coys.

These men are moved by a combination of factors— game hunger, the craze to kill, physical inability or unwillingness to pur- sue game rather than have it en-

ticed to the gun, and the desire to maintain the money value ofl private shooting grounds on which I ducks can be concentrated and . held only through artificial feedfi’ ing. Because of their money in- vestments, aiid their previous posi- 1 tion of monopolistic privilege. they claim a vested right in wa- terfowl, and expect all other cit- izens to recognize this false cinim and give up their oym rights.

One of the wildest, weirdest schemes in years has been cori- cocted by a group of men who have formed an organization call- ecl Ducks Unlimited. The plan is to raise several million dollars to rest/ore good breeding conditions in Canadian lakes and marshes. Naturally, any such proposal gets a friendly welcome from Canadian officials. Why not? The money, to the extent that it is spent in Can- ada, will help solve tiie Canadian unemployment problem, even though its effect on waterfowl is microscopic.

But what do these gentlemen of Ducks Unlimited say about their relationship to the water- fowl which they expect to save and restore by their operations (which presumably include rainmakirigt in Canada? Some of them boast; openly that after they have put their money into Canadian breed- ing grounds they will own the ducks; and they will then go to Washington (no military invasion of Canada seems to be planned). and tell President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace and Chief Gabrielsoi-i just what to do about hunting regulations. "You won't be telling us," one of them said to a federal game warden in New England last fall, “Well be telling you." Incredible as it. seems, this grandiose scheme for making over the Canadian breeding grounds seems to have as its underlying motive the hope that ii: will give a clique of wealthy sportsmen the final say-so on shooting policies.

Far more serious is tiie report that powerful sportsmen are invit- ing.members of Congress to join them in an association whose pur- pose will be to exert direct pres- sure on the regulatory staff ofthe government, with the principal aim of restoring baiting and live de- coys. Nobody who remembers the days when Senator Phipps of Colorado and the Bear Lake Gun Club ruled the Biological Survey will fail to realize the menace of such a. development. To-day its chief weapon would be the threat of withholding funds for law en- forcement and administration.

(To Be Continued) .

To Clean Stock

Place a piece of cotton saturated with kerrsenc inside the door of a large clock and allow it to re-

main for a few days. This will have a tendency to clean the works.

{IBREEDING AND FEEDING arc both important in fox Itzmching. Good stock, fed Ross-Whiter Fnx F0065. will ensure first clas; results. WTIIP for free feeding chart.

YOUR FOXES NOW!

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TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH >

Silver Fox Farming "

Detailed figures of the silver fox Qtfvfllit,’ at the Canadian Fur Auc- tion Company sales last, week are as follows;

Selected half to three-quarter sil- ver, 2i) per Con: sold. $28.67 aver- age, ticc-itned 5 per ccnt. Quarter to thrt-e-ttUArIeI‘ silver, 45 per cent 501d. $18.15 average. declined 9 per

ccni.

Selected full sliver 58 per ccnt 502111‘. $33.31 average, declined l4 per CC _

Pull s1lver_54 per cent sold. $23.15 average. declined 6 per cent. Inferior IFIFS. 30 tier cent sold, $15.78 aver- age. declined ~i per cent. Low grades n2 per cent sold, $5.57 average, de- cizned l8 per cent.

TOMII sole: ‘50 er cont sold. $17.66 average, dec-lin 10 per cent,

Congratiiiatgons to Mr. and Mrs. James E Miiligan, North-um, on tiie arrival of il daughter. Further con- urntuiations t0 {Vinjor A. S. and Mrs. RODQHSOII on their tnarringe which took tiiacc illlS week. We be- speak for them a long and very happy \\‘(’(ifit?(‘i life.

lluciscinisa Bay Company as usual led off lIl the fall silver fox auctions ill LOllfiflfl, At. lilPll‘ sale last Mon- dav they offered 6.758 skins. of winch o0 per cent were sold at an average decline of 5 per cent. Cori- siclerinu _lhc troubious times due to International comphcations that S_\‘l‘iL‘hl‘Of‘iiZ(‘(‘i with the sale. the above ‘result must be considered as VCIT CIIPPYIIIQ.

After all. one has to hand it to tiie 01d reliable Iiudsonls Bay Com- pany whose flag tias braved ilie brittle and ilic DfPPI/Q trike the UH- ion Jack) for hundreds oi ylfilill». WllilUilt, tiucstion their have been tiie most succemtui in the great metropolis of London, and in fact one can go further and say 1n the whole wide world. during the season _of 1938. The pokey oi the Hudsons Bay Company l5 one that makes for permanence and no dotibt if one had the longevity of the lamas of Tibet and could live ior 200 or more years. as verified by Dr. MacDonaid-Bayne recently, it would be to find the Hudson's Bav Company still as the top notch auction mart of the tworld.

The Flcderai Silver F0); Assoc]- ation was organized at Hamburg, Wisconsin, early .this month by about _l00 breeders of foxes while attending the Fromm Bros. sale. Ed Fromm. head of Fromm Bros,- was elected President, and Dr. . A. YDtlllg who handles Federal sales for Fromms, was chosen Secretary 0f the new organization.

_ The purpose of tiie organization 1s m create funds out of the sale Of foxes to be used for fighting tariff regulations and for the pro- motion 0t Federal ftiltcs. One of thl first moves oi the body was to in- crcase tiie commission Oil sales from 3 l-2 per cent to 4 per cent. The additional half» erccni will be used to eniploy a tied veterinarian 1n an attempt to control diseases on the nicmbcr fox farms. The re- maining 3 1-2 is employed in adver- tising Federal pelts, carryuig on other izeccssanv work for tiie bene- fit 0f member farms.

From all over tiie Province comes gratifying reports regarding the i938 crop of silves. Almost every ranchci- we have spoken to claims that i115 foxes are better than tor several previous years. They are al- so iui-rmg up earlier and the belief is general that the weather Will be colder this fail than previous sea- sons which iv.ll mean earlier pelt- ing, therefore less expense to the rancher.

A notice oi the sliver fox show at Ciiiil‘i0tit‘itr\\'l‘i appears in the September Canadian Fox_and rm. published 1n Ibrollto, which circu- ates all over iilf‘ Dominion; also in other fur p'lt)il("1‘.i0I‘iS. It is riuite likely tlmt illltfftrtéd‘ breeders 1n Onuirio and Quebec unit be ilfl‘? to make piirthiiscs of live stock Feel- ing is gcncriil that there are only two pflaslblfi courses open for mxiy fox ranche‘ . l0 iiriprcve their herds bv very sti culling and to secure selections 0t good breeding stock from hlgii-wlass" tireeding strains, or to 1:0 out n1‘ business.

Doris llr-nniiuig. writing in the September (‘iitizioiaii szlvw Fox and Fur, stairs iniii tiie demand ll\ the London unit-km has swung over from the inil s.i\'cr_v skins l0 halves and quarters iIllLi ilini the buyers tire still ill. nu; on touching noth- itii: nuicii in r H and this tins rc- siiiicrl in :i deadlock {is the skins \\'ill(‘il should bc .0l<i zit that lrliifl‘ mi iiic i"l<i< of quality are pretty out. and they ivant nic- - handed over for

Slllllt‘ llitll nairi up to ~It< but usually they arc Stfillfiillt: oft feeling that b5‘ “WI- inu tlicv \\'iii get ilicir own way, especially as the skins are _sta.le Incl thPlT color is not. impflmfltl-

OIIiClAi reports from Norway and Sweden this vcar sccni to siiow that. quatitivics will not he above those of last season. The birth rate of silver ioxcs in Norwnv was under normal and tlici-o has been n lot eLdsatlu cw" cn_t.ii.c.1><:-=.l Josie-s

Procurable from all dealers.

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auctions - lust

In some cases ii1i‘_\'»J

through diseases and i-p fiViiIjC5, an

ilic- talk is gcncr-l ttiai many the larger farm i rinse down Willii‘ the sm; i1li'f:(i¢':l‘6 1vii

carry on as they liavi- 110'. got. tin means of arriving hi. a pr.» ‘r mate as to ihc- cos: ' and lire stillsfictl ‘o bur and other in Qitii for practically nil.

The large farmer nos-s 0n a. purely bllhilirfss litmus, ha: to take everytiiitig int» Lwfthlfitff- ation; cost of l1~.'e blllifiilllt: iflbul’, fc light at. [JLAVUY- a Lin. ens iii ruin-r lil('illt'lii deprcetzilion, that cntt. Adciuig use iAJgClilCl‘ 1s no‘. i . able to pay the (‘fill tai alter tiie s .1. have i)(Cil sold. due iii 20w prices on Iilc lt \ as tiiftcrciii ;n

tiie average of !Ill',' put is in'tiie llelglliml. pct in 0r even $30; zivt-i-agti has 4X14; do and l/IICII $2, there i. 101' s cwfui iox fur:

the lit lilili tiicsc out oi iiusuirs, in add to iiic total 0i ‘anal. make up for the iiiri .1 rate. The official No mate of skins for flit- son is 300,000. and for O00, but there are fu may out cioivn tiii-sr- nu as epidemics which st taken a iOOtilitiii. Put be so early in Norway t they had poor returns i . auctions from tho blue-tin.

A prominent London '“' lint titscitssitit: tiie iiiitiri... fox says that i '1. will. i .

liow iiit‘ at iltin; " S1281‘. but silier utility; fur that can o .4) any garment, tics, capes. c trimmings. They become ax. plexion. can be wot-frat ' of the day or iizatit ‘~\'lil costume or PVEII n}; we.» . uritt any ooior. Tlicrc is no lace IL for the lilllr- tn s a fact that liundri sands of women cirvzitn article which has in: l».»' prestige from the dais n a very valuable fui i‘. atilsgclaim thcv l'.ll.l'ii' fit 0n it. at present i must be remember ' not caused any scr. trade s0 it is very lik i_ will keep on featuring n. past.

_"H0w' Canada's Polls are ning." is the rule of tin iii’ r- article compiled by P. J V‘ 0f the Canadian Nata-la‘ 15px Breeders‘ Associrituii, .11); ing in Canadian SiivcrI-‘oxiinl for September. 1t shows iii." i pelts have two-n (icCiillii -. past. two _\'L‘itl'.~; aiiil nozv 11-‘. only l l-2 per lilll‘ c: ‘ >~ riiarkcted bv the org _- l3 also a in‘: (ifilii zzi 'iit' i age of qua ers ziini a c drop in halves. ’Iiicri~ is a crease in three-quarters, i big eye-opener l> tiie very crease in this _\'(‘ill".\ I't‘('l‘i]) ~ silvers. expanding for can about 7 per cent. IH thori- POI‘ CEITO OVPI‘ ITIIC DFEVIOIIL» ‘\"‘ll'.'.