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evening in the snail we re- ceived‘: de luxs edition of "Back Tmeldnl In The Fur Industry" by gebert G. llodgson. It is beautfully prynged, profusely illustrated and 1; gitogether a volume that should b, in the hands of all fox breeders who wish to preserve the history of l iWmOPOUI industry, The first

er is devoted to Qarly silver fox rnnvhing and the men who Inldfl 1:, with Sir cherles Dalton’: own story. m? ‘w’? Q! Fm“ Tuplln and his meteoric rise to my", the story of B. I. Rayner who became a milllonnaize through breeding "Bright With Silver” foxes ieng before the Pmmms of Win- consln and in an era when his contemporaries Dalton and Oulton were endeavorlng to breed them as black as possible. Jim Tupi-in of Black Banks. mo, and m, story 0g me famous three-legged Oulton who” progeny led O. M. Iismpiionfi pelt sales for years.

‘riien comes the spreading o! the industry to Alaska and the brinK- irlg to Prince Edward, Island bl’ Messrs, Mllilgan 6s MUITISOH 0! a pliqice new strain of Alaska foxes, John A, Lea, Dr. Leo Frank. Gwifle A, CJIIDCCIK. Peter G. Clark and mgiiy others who have made Prince Edward Island famous through its sliver foxes sapw- in the basel- ilistoi-y of the shows, the early mag- {mines and publications, the story of lhe Seal River Fox Company, Dr. J. A. Alicll, W. Chester S. McLure Iilld their Theory and Practice of Silver in»; Ranrhing. as well as the “o... o; the Black Fox Magazine. ‘Flinn lhere is B. Graham R030". y; n, Rayner, W. B. MacArthur. H. ll. Moiiklcy. George E. Brown C. C. Baker and other notables. It ends with a chapter on the fur markets and the decline in prices from the high qf £540-—stIrling to lhe mediocre prices of a cOuPIE °T licciides ngf).

11w history of mink ranching in Canada is given with lifelike P110105 reproduced of silvcrblues nnil <)I.Ii(‘l‘ imitations. ‘Plicre is also me story nf bcuvcr farming and tlic |.nn1 pagcs. have mixed collection o! photographs that are-vfifl’ ill- teresting. The binding anl scncrll appearance of the book is 9116891101)" lily good thereby enhancing the in- iercsting contents. The publishers Iii'(‘ IIlC Fur Trade Journal of Can- auli, Toronto. OHIBTIQ-

iilu very Iiniportailt mink sales $10k nlncc ill New York recently. hi0 first by the New York Auction _ Cfiillpflliy of February 19m- W? IWVB ills", rel-rived an official T811011 lllll lnvin which will no doubt b‘! in interest of our mink ranchers _, . “The collection consisted of 1.2.741 skins and was an unusually iinc one. Despite the fact IMF llici-l- has bccn a slackening off In l)... fli llllillll for ranch mink and a icvcssion In price frtini. Defiemb" levels our sale was well attended and competition was keen through- out; 7i percent of the entire collect- iuli iviis sold. The females in the offering attracted the most in-

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Dltved in the Bill Royal Kohl-Nu: "link. lilo known as Glacier Bill. 25'! Delts were offered and remained unsold. Royal Koh-I-Nur offering was 5.474 pelts and they sold 85% the we price was $18.00 ED!‘ liglil medium males. Blufrost Mink-the 011M102 was 4.386 pelts which was 40% sold top price was $71.50 for extrs dark and dark slightly silvery. The demand ‘was restricted. White mink had a top price of $41.42 for 174. Ilhe remainder which were clas- sed as yellowish, slightly streaky, slightly yellowish, streaky, slightly streaky and spotty sold gt from $35.-

70 to $91.80. The lowest price was ‘

obtained for the slightly streaky, spotted and stained. The offering was small and they averaged $10.27.

Pastel Mlnkdfhis wss more or less breaking ground as no sucli quantity of this article had ever been offered before. therefore there

‘are no price comparisons. We are giving a particularly full account of the prices and types as no doubt many of our breeders will be interested. Dark-dill skins. males and females averaged $37.52; dark and slightly off-color, 318 skins averaged $30.80; dark off-color, 171i skins" averaged $31,134; medium, 1,- Bsa skins averaged $73.40; medium. slightly off-color. 1.20s skins, aver- aged $40.66; light, 580 skins ever- l8¢d $45.10; light, slightly off- color, 229 skins, averaged $39.39; all color phases badly qff color. 406, for 0,135 ones and twos was $38.78. skins averaged $27.26. The average ‘llhe average for 6H twos and damaged was $19.05."

Silver Fox had a hundred per- cent sellout at the opening of the Oslo Norway fur auction. February ‘MI-h. and prices were 10% above January levels. The average price was 103 kmner, equal to $3.80. France and Italy were the chief

,buyers.'l31ue fox was 87% sold at an average price of 10‘1 kmncr, cquui to $21.40. France was the prin- cipal buyer. Tile silver fox offering of the Swedish Fox Breeders of 11,600 skins was M71, sold a1 an average of 101 Swedish kroner, with a top price of 210 Swedish kroner. The Blue Fox offering of 3B0 skins was 87% sold at an average of 62 kroner; the Platinum offering was 53% sold at an average of 171 kron- er with a top price of 2'25 kroner.

At the American National Co- ' operative Fur Auction in Milwaukee the sliver fux 8UULlDll~C0llClildCfl with the following results —- Stand- ard, ‘white-faced Silver 79% sold, u top price of $30. was paid for full silvers alld most of file skins sold in the $13.50 t0 $23.00 range with many lots going at prices above $20. Prices of better grades were considered firm with January sale levels, but lower qualities were somewhat easier. Buyers thought the prices were uppmximately 10% above recent sales elsewhere. The offering consisted of 14,500 Silver Fox including 2,000 platinum: and 1.500 white-face and White marked Silvers; 73% of the ‘Platinum sli- vers were sold. A top of $55. was

west. All types and Masses Mrs paid for Platinum Silvers and $33. in iicniand and sold freely. The for While-face silvers, Most of the iialfbluod skins sire continuing in White-faced silvers sold in the 830. strong demand. This is particularly to $81. range while most of the true lii the better qualities and pop- Platinum silvers sold in the $2‘?- ulln varieties. The male skinsin to 548- N3189- Iilc offering also sold well but prices uni nut quite measure up to D'cei.n- From Wei-men's Wear Dally dated iii-r levels. we are anticipating that February 27th we have obtained ‘when the trade has had the 0p- the particulars of the New York iwtunitv in absorb its present Pill“ Auction company's sale of niutsueii chases it will return to the market foxes held the preViWl dsy- 0! for additional supplies. the 25,000 Bilverblu Mink offered ---—- for the account of mcmbers oi the llcre is our analysis of the prices Mutation Mink Breeders’ Associat- rcalized-Yukon choice males $31. ion, the strongest body of breeders to $38; females $223M» $96: good of mutations in the U. S. A.. the quality males $26. to $30: 10ml“?! trade estimated that 60 to 66% $18.50 lb $21.50; ordinary quality were sold. The sale was weaker in mules $20.50 t0 $34; 1911141165 $15.25 the morning when the better qual- 10517.75; poor quality males $15.75 ltles were offered and just as on iv $19-75; females $10.35 to $14.15: the previous day there was strong- half-bloods choice pale clear males ei- reflpbnsevln the afternoon to the $31). to s40; females $24. to $27.50; better grades. In the afternoon the good males $80. to $37; females $19- sales tempo quickened to with the 60. to$22; ordinary nlalcs $23. to $29: offering of the lesser sorts. The females $17. to $19.25; poor males sllverblu collection contained Pr!‘ N6- to $17; fntrlaies $10.75 to $13.» mier types such as that cmrksted 50-" under the name of Breath d! Springs, which raised the average From George Mayer! of Inmp- price. Ml. Fraser d; Ruth's we have re- ceived the following report of t'le Trad; observers believed that the °°Yi1l>8ny's February 35th auction. It average was in the neighborhood of Will be particularly interesting to $40. which compares with the lame our breeders of mutation mink slid company's sale in December when we thank Mr. Mayors tol-eoproinpt. the average was see-so for this 1v sending it. “Silverblu mink of-‘fype, They ebiillderea there w Ymd when pelts. 40% sold, de- a quality drop of about 1w. a clined approximately 1w, from- our that the decline figured with pencil Dsclm-bcr auction. The collection and paper was about 18%. In 80m! l5 a wllole was about 10 to i5 per- trade quarters the rr-al drop was ‘FM Dborer than that offered in" reckoned to be even more 8X10!!- DMWYIIJBI‘. not so much in quality’ sive. The bulls 6f ‘the male I005‘ as in color. Dark silverblu sver- sold between $36. and 844- but "Pd 83‘! 34;, dark sli litly off-color nvcnerofls lotfsold above and below

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‘vmlfll $37.00; bar off - color that/range.‘ Top price was UI- for ""18" tbmlefniedluniaverligsd the was: Bilvsrblu and. O0 93-59; medium Jllghtly off-color, for ‘pr IQ" I. In the Intel

averaged $88.87: medium off-color collection b! e “Midi-IQ the Ill!

averaged $8.83: "lights averaged was estlsna use In ‘I0 Bfll- "1111: 11am- slightly off-cold- in- of die offering ermui ssoo min. “"5 540-00: light off-color lVOIy dhftep price 0f this HOW W" 1W1 $80.00; All color plilses badly see. but the bull: d1 u-ie beeeei- eff-color. averllQd $31.94. ‘Hie aver- goods sold In the $88. to $46 bracket ;se price for 32.100 ones and twos the medium grade‘ around the 830

y“ $35-90; the average for $387 mark. '

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We have on hand a limited quantity ofvNJLR. x I.R. Cress lrsd ID-day-eld Stlirtpll Chicks, which we will sell cl d'Y'°“ PPIM. Delivery must be fallen FrIiIey or Slliuldcy. Mmll 5 or 6. If Interest“ pine us collect. '

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Revelling in the company of a flock of fuzzy newly-hatched chicks in amEaster preview at Hollywood is Sliaryn Moffctt. charming juvenile

I Breeders’ Association held at the Head Office on Tuesday evening the dates for the annual meeting of the Association was set as Juno 15th and 18th in the city of Ottawa. Should sufficient hotel accomodat ion not be available the meeting place will likely be changed to Toronto where a very fine meeting was held a couple of years ago. The matter of the International Fur Conference which ls proposed to be held in Charlottetown early in July was brought up by D. 0. Stewart and enthusiastically re- ceived. The Association will lend its best endeavors to make it a success and no doubt ‘the Silver Fox Breeders’ and Exhibitors’ As- sociation will do like wise. Premier Jones alld his Government have given it their blessing. The reason for Prince Edward Island being selected Is that it is the birthplace of the Silver Fox industry and for that reason Norwegians. S-wezles. Danes and other Eu opean breed- ers of Silver Fox as well as timer- ican and Canadians will take kind- 1y to its being held here.

.Gcorge A. Caiilleck, illanager of the Pul- Marketing Department of the Silver lhox Breeders‘ Association left Wednesday for New York where he will meet with representatives of British and American

attend the sale of Silver Fox and mutations by the Canadian Fur Auction Company. ptd, Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday March 80-10. The offering is expected to be qultg large, possibly 39,000.

At the second day of the Seattle Fur Exchange sale. Seattle, Wash- ington, Silver Fax was 88 per cent sold. Selected skins brought $20. to $25; ordinary full silvers $15. to $18; platinum silver fox was '70 per cent sold at prices up to $45. White face sliver fox was 86 per cent sold. pales brought $25. to $80; mediums $18. to $22 ahd darks $15. to $17. Ranch mink was 24 per cent sold, fine males brought $22. to $29, females $13, to 81D; ordinary males $16. t0 $19. and ordinary females $11. to $94.

The total number of mink raised 1n Canada and the United States in 1947 was a proximately 1.800.000. and Womens Wear Dally. Feb- ruary 1st, announced that 900,000 of these had been sold, divided up as follows: 200.000 skins at west- ern Canada and United jtates auctions. 100.000 at Montreal. 400.000 in New York auctions and 250.000 sold prior to the start of i, the auction sales by ranchers‘ direct to buyers.

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About halfway through thc winter the feeding of pregnant

vlves approaches its most critical stage. The unborn lambs are then developing in size and making larg'er demands on the ewe. While it is true that the pregnant ewe will largely supply these demands at the expense of her own body. even though undernourished, it 1s false economy to force her to do this, says s. B. Williams, Division of Animal Husbandry, Central Experimental Farm, ottawa.

Ewes that come to the lambing in a nutritionally depleted con- dition have difficulty in feeding their lambs. This shortage of cniik and the weakened condition of the ewes materially increases the rate of mortality both in Ianibs and ewes. In experiments conduct- ed at the Central Experrlrrlelital Farm it was found that where a non-legume roughage, timothy, was the sole feed that pregnant elves received. about oneflhird of 'Il0 lambs did not survive. whcicas when alfalfa hay was fed the death rate wns reduced to seven per cent and the lambs from the latter ewes made much better gains.

If tiles-o is not sufficient high quality hay set aside for the Sheep then the poorer portion should be fed during the early part. of the winter and the better grade left until this time of the year. Suffi- cient grain should be added to lhe P950". from about four weeks be-

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able season for foxes and ranch- ers we talked to say they have more than the average number of matings and are confidently expecting a good crop. Most everyone has cleaned out the poorer types and concentrated on keeping the better qualities so that the production of 1948 will no doubt be one of the bcat in quality for many years. Now that prices of feed are coming down - which you can notice by quotations frcm your dealers — is will be possible to feed well at less cost than last year. There l; nothing to be gained by using paci- quality feed because a good pelt cannot be produced from poor materiaisuli while ago 1t looked as though horse meat would be scarce but the cut down in foxes leaves plenty available st present and tripe is also easy to obtain, Qf course the cereals will be higher than last year. at least higher than at the beginning of I-he season and this will perhaps somewhat offset the improved prices for horse meat and tripe.

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Dy burying the eagle-emblem. the Roman standard bearer con- trived thet the enemy, though n0 might be victorious, was yet un- able to show the most honoralme trophy of his victory. Varus, how- ever ln A. D. 9. had the disgrace of seeing his legions cut to piezes and their "eagles" captured by t.ie Germans under Arminlus (or I-Icr- mann). No disaster ever more keenly vv unded the haughty spirit of Rome. The tradition goes, a- mongst the hardy peoples of the north, that Anninius captured two eagles and gave the black (or bronze) one to the Germans, and the white or silver eagle to their Samiatiui allies. That is Willy (says the legend) the black eagle figures 1n the German imperial arms. and the white eagle in those of unhap- py Poland. The tradition is with- out foundation. The German Em- perors for s. long time had but the single eagle but this was i!‘ remembrance of the Roman Cae- sars. The Emperor Sigismund. la the fifteenth century, adopted the double-headed eagle as the her- a1d's emblem of his Empire, but in this he was not original, since Otho IV had used it on his im perial seal as a symbol of his pos- session of Rome and Constantin- ople, together known as the Greek Empire.

The Russians, as their power in creased. looked on this blazon WILfi envy, and Czar Ivan III. when he married the daughter of Michael Paieologus, Emperor of the Bast. considered he was entitled to a “double-eagle" too. He Ordered this emblem to be engraved u" his coins and 1t was; only. the eu- gravers made the wings folded, In- stead of expanded, as they shoulc have been. No sooner did Ivan notice the difference between the German and the Muscovite B88185» than he ordered his designers and engravers to be hanGBd- Th9 R115 sian eagle remained with Its wings folded, yet for all that 1t has distanced the German bird.

The French Kings did not ia- vor the eagle at first. Following the custom of many nations m” adopted the religious banner of their natiollal saint. This was s1. Martin, foremost apostle 01 if"? game, and reputed patron of tne infant monarch)" H15 blue "my" was assumed as the French banner and remained so till a new GYM! ty, the Carlovinkiflflin Superseded it by the banner of St. Penis. their own patron Saint. This ‘red flag, without design of any lillhlq was known as the orlflalnnic, nilci was on the French mat-of-arins to the end of the 14th. century. i)-.l Guesclln, when, in 1380. he fought the English in Poiton, bore a reil cross on his flag. while the Eng» lish fought under a WIIILB cross. After Agincourt the flags were rc~ versed: the French chose LII‘! white which their enemies had a- bandoned. and the English 1°“ over the red cross and finally Ili- cluded it in the Union Jack. Aft.r the French Revolution the nation-

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al flag canted the three colors. red, white. and blue. Napoleon n- 1i troduced the eagle as the national , emblem on coinage and officiail seals-author late in the day! The English cartoonists of last century pictured a rooster as tile, French emblem. and adorned it} with a red liberty cap! This wasi most likely a caricature of Na-l pcleon's eagle. I Last in the list or historic birds! is the eagle beloved by our frienus south of the border. There have been at_ times certain objections raised against it in the land of its adoption, and particularly s-I gainst, its feeding habits. However there can be no doubt that ital size and the magnificence of ital flight far offset these trifling ob- jections. and entitle it to rank with the beat of the Europca" eagles as a national emblem.

T!!! KNOT

‘This is s shore bird that P855“ under several popular names. vIZ-i Robin snipe (as is the Dowitcher, AOU 231). Red-breasted Snip"- RAd~DIOBSfbd Plover, or Gray Snipe. In color the Knot some- what resembles the Dowitcher, but it is s more robuslrlooking bird and its bill ls much shorter. being about half the length of the Dow- itchers. The Knot nests in the Arctic and migrates to South America. In the middle of last cen- tury the migrating flocks number- ed up to imlloeindividuals. A Knot wss taken here in 1905. and none has been recorded since.

Knot, Rbbln SIIIDO. AOU. M4. Mi- grant. Bill moderately long (1.5

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inches). and quite stout. Summer. plunge: above, light grayish. var- ied and mottled with black and singed with pale rusty; upper tall- coverts while. spotted and barred dusky; underparts. and a line over the eye, uniform reddish brown to

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above. pure while below: neck and breast streaked with dusky. Young birds similar, as: the feathers on the back are edg- ed with white. length of adult, lo to 11 inches.