ill

fourth

30. 1967

of merit certificate ever awarded a Jersey bull in Canada, and the imported medal of merit sire of the breed. Favorite Girl is a. half sister ofBrampton Golden Volunteer, the class

edal

A

ANNOUNCEMENT! '

lix prominent Island breeders have rented the _ FOX SHOW ROOM at the Exhibition Building at Charlottetown On Saturday, November 6th.

where an Auction of Registered Silver Foxes will be held beginning at 1.80 p.m.

The animals will be on exhibition in the show crates

This will be an opportunity for the mailer breeder to sefllre well bred animals st reasonable prices, as animals offered for sale have been approved as suitable breeding stock b,v the Department of Agriculture Fieldrnan. '

La“ Forest” Minks

If you need foundation stock or new blood, wby not let our PURE INTERIOR LABRADOR. minks, known now as the best ranched minks, with highest prices pelts on the markets. '

Foundnhm flock “m” ma‘ from u“ ‘ma. ‘m! h“. “cad. the “Law Gomflhrod» 15 manual laborers, who always re- it is not a prison but some kind of 1n1»,¢1-e511ng 1,1111 T0111 51111591» 1,11 1938. Other farm bred furs in been uLIHQ-Bredn m,“ 61'1" "In 5111015115) o; Macswamva 1M’ 15 sent any interference with their holiday. Anyhow, they all man- (y, 1v1_ 1311-1115011 song 511111 11-1111 1111. Scandinavia will approximate “spongy. mm“ h", ma“ ‘M1,. w” everywhere, m, 511111 to have been 111mm! 1n 91., customs; but the temperance party age to eat their evening meal and 101-11101, 111111111115 were 11111111105111, about 50,000 blue foxesdn ‘ l mm, n“ gum» 1.01;, and 115 p11,“ 1s “km by s_ was now strong enough to carry very few foxes go through s. show 11111, 1,1 5111,111- 11111 911115 1,1111 11111 and about 20.000 mink. Finland

All minks shipped are selected on our ranch by our QIIQ‘ bee Government Fur Expert. who then issues an Official Certificate of Geuuineness and quality. IBIS IS YOUR BAFEGUABD-

Only Extra Dark stock is shipped with that

- blue underfur and short nap

THEY ARE PEDIGREED.

THE (JHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

NEWS Y

I! AGRIOOLA

NOTES

mono sue columns

“mums has lust out out "The Edible Roots and Berries oi Northern Canada" by A, E, p91. slid. There are about a score of Diants illustrated and described in such a fashion as to be readily re- wsulzed by the merest tyre in bm-lmy- They are to be found 1n their greatest abundance in Arctic and sub-Arctic Canada and the bulletin is evidently in-

Two or three of the plants, how. ever, are not confined to the North. nor even to Canada. I can

be mt‘- QBFIY leaves of Po

Bistorta, boiled for springlyggrlhxevrlr: Perhfl-PB the name was Easter- mflllsesnt, Easter eating. It is m0 Tmtsmck. which the traveller

both sides of the Atlantic, but reaches its greatest perfection to the north “where in some years the vines are red with the frui ." in the Canadian Field Naturalist for October, 1937, the sand dunes at T‘racadie are listed as s, station for this plant, which is new to our flora. The Bake-apple, a1- 3111- mon-berry. is another northern plant which just gets a footing in the province, being found - us far as I am aware-only at Black Banks. Lot l1. This particular bul- letin is to be had from the afore- said Department. for

Ottawa. is free for the asking. It is “Keys to the Goldenrods in Canada and Newfoundland," by Prof. E. W. Hart. Junior Botanist. I have always “shied" when uny- body said Solidago (Goldenrod) or Aster to me, for they are rather difficult genera. to deal with: in fact the average fanner lumps the goldenrods together as "ye1iow- weeds" and lets it go at that. Mr. Hart's "Key" is an excellent in- troductlon to these plants and contains s tabular list especially adapted to the Island. There is an exception which must be no-

nemorslis. which we may call the "Wood Goldenrod." A capital bulletin for the student botanist. I have also received s copy of ‘"1119 Natural Vegetation of Ari- zona" published by the University of Arizona. The general conditions of that State differ greatly from

Brownish Bedge.

Bickneli, - —

mon sedge.

C. canescens L. Silvery sedge. C. oephalantha (L. I-i. Bailey)

C. communis L. I-i. Bailey. Cum-

C. crinita Lam. Fringed Bedge.

(Continued in next week's

Notes.) . '

BEMINISCENCES OF LONDON (4)

was seven s.m.. so the employees had a. very long day in what I

umberland. The hour of opening '

CONNECTED WITH

TIMELY NOTES 0N TOPICS

Silver Fox Farming A

A few days ago in company with W. Chester S. McLure, the writer had the pleasure of visiting the Iohnstonc Bros, fox ranch st Long River, and looking over many beautiful pups which they have raised thisseason. They have built l. new shed and in it ensconced in immaculately clean straw were lit- ters from some oi their best sires and dams. The color snd fur st-

miies from Kensington. and every- thing was humming there. Large flocks of ducks and poultry and a wonderful lot of pigs and cattle

toxicanis, and on my occasional visits to a sea-port town I some- times saw well-dressed men - chimney-pot hats oni - reeling along the streets without anyone

out with a. cartoon showing such a. reveiier in a very "rocky" con- dition, with s. “British Working- man," tool-bag on his shoulder, looking on and saying hopefully, "I'll be like that on Saturday night!"

Such a ‘state of things was io- taily out of tune with the trend of the age. (Is that a mixed metaphor? Well, you'll have to put up with itl). ‘As I grew to manhood, I noticed that among the "weil-to-do" clam there were apparently no downright drunk- ards such as I had seen in my

Always curious about our ns- tional customs I enquired the rea- son of this and got several theories in reply. Some supposed English- men were “becoming immune"; others that the liquor was purer and not so poisonous as formerly; that men were taking to "dram- drinking" instead of throwing a wild debauch as formerly; but I think the best answer was that society was frowning down the practice. That was, of course. the result of temperance education. There was at the same time a good deal of hard-drinking amongst the

through a law whereby a. "land- iord", operating a tavern, was liq.- bls to have his license taken sway if he sold drink to a. man who was in any of the stages of in- wxication. So it fell out that a drouthy individual, on going to the bar for a solatium, was always

the ranch and found Roy busy with a couple of customers. Their stay was just over. however. and then we had our look-in. We. looked over the pups very "10?-

took us out and showed us the Grand Champion and a. number oi two-yesr-olds sud yearlings, some of» them that will be at the Show ncxt week. Needless to ssy they were as slick ss a kittens ear. Not the least pleasurable part oi our visit there was the warm greeting we got. from Mr. Wood- side's father, who is very proud oi Roy and the praise we had for his foxes.

The first fox show of the sea- son—the Provincial at Charlotte- town-stsrts Monday, November

The judge will be W. Fred Burke I of the Department of Agriculture. Classifiers are, Jack Wright and W. Ray Tinney, Hummcrslde. The executive committee is George Mc- Intyre. Chairman, Allan Masher. H. W. Johnston, A. F. Campbell and J. J. Stewart. Superintendent of Show. M. c. Reynolds.

The officials of the Kings Coun- ,

Brudenell. President. George Mc- Intyre. Montague, Vice-President, H. H. Cox. Morel]. Secretary- Treasurer, W. A. McLaggan, Mon-

Waliace McKenzie, Dundas. Laurie Maclcod. Murray Harbour North, William Hume, Murray River.- Peter Murphy, Cardigan, A. F. Campbell, Montague.

out at Charlottetown, Saturday. November 6th, the day follow-flag the completion of the silver fox show. Six prominent silver fox breeders have rented the fox show room at the Exhibition Building, Charlottetown, for that date andl will hold an auction of registercdi silver foxes beginning at 1.30 p.m.' The animals will be on exhibition in the show crates from ten o'clock in the morning.

It seems to the writer that this offers an excellent opportunity for breeders, particularly the smal-

Cass and Bell officiating. Super- intendent Gordon MacMillan will allot the fox crate positions, while Secretary Walter Show will be here, there and everywhere. By seven or eight o'clock p.m. st the latest. everything will be clear- ed awsy and order once more re- stored and the foxes settled down for a quiet evening in their new surroundings. As s matter of fact, it is wonderful how quickly they accustom themselves to such s. rsdlesl change. Probably the ren- son is that they see other foxes all around them and decide that

any the worse for the experience.

Tuesday morning" at nine o'clock judging will commence, with the extra dark classes first. They won't take up s great deal of time ss the ranchers do not breed many dsrks now, concentrating mainly on the

class of stock. It will obviate the difficulty of moving around from ranch to ranch. the expense and loss of time, and will give a really better opportunity to view the animals than would probably be afforded in a ranch. It is under- stood that all the stock will be approved as suitable for breeding by the Department of Agriculture J-"leiclman.

The Sun-Glo fox meeting held last Monday evening in the recep- tion room of the Club, Spring Street, Summerside. was a, most

all types were in good demand with price prospects about the» same as last year. Mr. Fraser also l stated that half silvers improvedi on the recent New York sales. He ' believed that the Norwegian skinsl were of a better color than Can- adian skins. but the fur quality of

vuciininolrs rox

This is the season of pay ranchers io dose

Roi, new Olney, new; Blunt » hookworrns and round worms. r m go. The Department of Mines and c. brunnesoens (Pei-s) Poir, My capsules have been thoroughly tested

having been used in 1h Canada last season. they expel both hookwo

tlve which they contain gotten rid of within 48 sale at

'" " ' " ' ' ‘ ' " ' i‘ “ ‘plied by the fwt l/hflt every once In last Notes I touched u n 11111111“ seemed n en: nn - - v

Brampton Favorite Girl, bred and owned by B: H’. Bull a Son, in a while. some aviator, pros- the subject of the London tavxhs understood m“ A Sig‘ A until“: g Elglxofilchillitiglgslofiicigtlhlréwpi’: JENKINS PHARMACX H, J, MABON 515111111911, Ontario, has recently completed a worlds mdk record for a Doctor, or other wsyfarer, is or public-houses, as they are gen- W111 111, 11111111111911 n11 1111, 11-011 5111,11 w_ R Denms Minister of ‘gm; C BTIOtl-Etilwil Montague 111nr years old Jersey cow. BR3511013081113“ divs 19.175 lbs. 0f milk and l-PYOWH “Don his own resources eraiiy called in England. In Lon- ai; Chnrlottetown next week. culture Msychl. H Coffin Mon- 1.020 lbs. of fat, with a test of 5 32A», and has been awarded s Medal of till he is rescued from the wilds. don, I remarked, they remained i. 1113119 1.4111101- J_ géndon (160135- or from the undersigned Mun,Sig:ssgdeiitlgielggiglxfgfléfizé‘ m pmduu w" 1000 n, i lhteflscalr‘: “live oif the country" open-st that time-an hour lat- Prom the Johnsione ranch we mW1-1_'M11y111- p_ g1 1111111111111 51111115 ' '

she . s. o aPPens, so much thebet- er n in Newcastle, and two ' ', ' fat. and is a daughter of Favorite Volunteer, recently awarded the first. ier. hougmmer than m “mu Numb | “m” m My wwmid" “m” “x H°“°'"Y Presidem- R‘ w' smwa" Lt. n. A.

Price $1.50 for

tival where the ice cream was made by local residents. Thu- both developed para-typhoid short- ly after and an investigation show- ed that a well on one of the

the quality of the drinking water samples should be taken and sub- mitted to the proper authorities who will have them analyzed and n report furnished. .

A survey of silver fox ranches in Norway and Sweden with the ex- pected number oi pelts that will approximate from each country, gives the figures as 240,000 silver fox skins from Norway and about 75.000 from Sweden. The increase which is about 20 per cent. greater than last season, is due to good breeding results and absence of

ber of foxes farmed. Quality is said to be good this season and it is expected that a larger per- centage of full silver skins will go on the market due to the increas- ing demand for this color and the good prices which have been paid for bright foxes.

Sliver fox pelt auctions will be held in Oslo. Norway, November 11th and 12th. December 8th and 10th and 15th of January, 1938. Auctions will also be held in Stockholm. ‘Sweden, December. 1937, and January and February,

out in many of the leading ranches, some 30,000 They are unique in that

and because of the harmless yet efficient laxa-

PAGE ELEVEN

WJRM CAPSULES

the year when it will their adult foxes for

1i

t.

e various provinces of rms and round worms

all foreign matter is hours. They are on

fifty capsules

_1_ 11, 111m at the negro oipizlhaheéds ofJas. w. Maxwell and o. E. ivic- recollect the story of the villagers should wmlder meet “nhefllthy showed the varied farming activl- tague, Directors (one from each

Kenzie azsons. D1" “m- ¢ l1 °-- N. 5- in Garriglli, Cumberland. Eng, surroundings. ties that Roy and his father prao- 11,11 c1111, 111 1,1111 County), c. B. IT-—— -—-i- .__A__-~.:-».-—.-= I _.-_. ~ . . , , Ball": the myysterious “Easter- I W” 9- very 8mm 50y W119i! I tise; but it was the foxes we were p111", at. Peters, Lloyd Cox,‘ Ottawa holidaying in this Pro- with"the'advent“of'"v1~n1l‘11n11T111 mil-Slants." which turned out to first ObSfIYl/ed tho effect-E 0! lnminierested in, so we walked over to M01111 1111-11111, R9111‘ 110111, 3111,11 vince, attended an ice cream fes- 10x 111-11 prices were very lbw £1"

Yvnlllre was discontinued. Psi-ms in Summcrsldc have recently im- Ported blur- foxes from Grronlalzri ‘These are slightly siziuilcr iypc than the Alaskan blues and n11,

. in the tundra is advised to cook, taking especial notice of their 111181111; 11nd guy 351111111111. we" 5 ____ farms which supplied the crew very fine quality 1: m.» The Vaccinium Vitis-Ida/es, or cimdmiln- 1T- mll-it- hi" b11911 nice bunch, good color. 800d mark- what may possibly develop into was contaminated with the germs. 11111111311011 10 Breed by can b‘? Mwntal“ Crallbefry. is found on 8190M this time that Punch 011K118 ings and well furred. Then Roy 11 111g 1111mm] 111fa11~ W111 111; 111111 Where there is any reason to doubt should be 1110111511119 b(...(1rue,,, L113

their ‘extreme- prolificness, litters 0! 10. i2 and l4 being n01 1111.’ COmmOII. and there should be n1) (laliller of off-color troubles de- VP1°P1I181 Which tormenis the s11. vex" fox farmer. .

The Banquet Committee in con. ilection with lllc Sliver Fox Emu. bition report everything in ream. ness for next Tuesday evening g1 7.30 at the Canadian National Ho- lel.Ti1c menu s the finest 111,11 CCJEDPHtCG iloslclry has ever offered the foxmerl, and the Entertainment Committee will spring some sur-

_ the small . l. . , hm 1° "m charge of ten cents. - boyhood-not in public at any 1st. Classifying will take up the ler ones, whl) 11115111 one 111- 11111111 serious epidemics which prevailed fir“? “m arm‘ pwgraml which ll Clrculg; 121, 131111511111 111 3111,1111, rate. - entire dsy with Messrs. Burke, good nnimnlg, to 19.311111 5111111 11 last season and to the larger num- feaglzgrggf i‘: “Ijflwen Hamwck- l

be a. sing-song conducted by the inimitable Lowell Reservations have been coming in from all over the province and s, large attendance is assured. Tcketl are available from Secretary Waltel Shaw at tile Fox Show, and also s\ the Canadian National Hotel.

DRAW FOR AUTO ILLEGAL

CALGARY-Giliity of conducting a lottery, Joseph Fairley, who act- ed ss advertising manager for u hockey carnival, was; fined $50 and costs in court here. An automo- bile tvas drawn for at the cami- val.

will have about 2,000 blue foxes.

By the way, blue foxes will be farmed in Prince Edward Island this fail for the first time since i913. Then, our readers will re- member, the late Crisp Moore, Westmoriand, was

successful in

FOR SALE

Alaskan hrcd Silver Foxes. I80 or more to choose from before peitlng.

.1. M. R00!

Ranch on Kensington Road.

Satisfaction and live delivery guaranteed. Your choice those o; our Provmce; smce the ‘sized up by the barman, who had lighter coiorlngs. By Wednesday 11150811111111,“ 5111,15 was b81181. ma“ breeding blue foxes. raising a iit- _,___,

o“ o! w" 8M H“ surface ranges up to 13.6w It m the wwer to say "You've had thetfiiudge drill hays ‘nlriovecihsiogg 1111, 11011113311111 tirlof thirteen. I believe, but as the i '- “n a N I ma‘; nook o“. hm the Sm wands“ Mounmuu, and enoug ; we cant serve you!" to e me urns an en e g i w oe fox market went to pieces L-IZBZ-lweek

fiedistei; tosamudisaprsintmcnt. yo“ m includes forest regions, grassland, In u“ mevmmt’ l5 0m bid c1455" Wm 8° l?" u" W319 "' 35- John S. Wright oi the Dominion |

References: The Royal Bank, St. Roch Branch, Quebec. Some of our mlnks can be seen now st:

Swissvale Ranch, Charlottetown. R0! Dun", sew’ ' ew,

La“Forest” Fur Farms

7° it- Jwnh st, Quebec. Ranch atz-N. D. des Laurentides, ‘i miles from Quebec 111s Largest Individual Bench of the Province of Quebec,

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and desert. As a consequence the vegetation is much different from ours, though species of pines, Am- eianchlers, and Junipers are found.

Some interesting references are made to the "Century Plant", an expressive term for s. plant which grows many years before it pro- duces a flower stalk. Its native designation is the Maguey. (Agave Americans), and the bulletin tells us that the Indians obtain food. drink, medicine, soap, wood, fibre

and even needles. from this one plant. Puiquc is a beer-like drink, rich in vitamens, the natural fer- mented product of the agoves. Mescal 15 a distilled liquor made

custom was being scotched, an- other was arising. 11mg was when every public-house “main- tained its man"; that is, the own- ershlp was individual. and many a servant man or even butler sav- ed his money for years so that he might end his days as the land- lord of a. country “pub", 5111111 an owner could buy his stock where he pleased. and this, in general, was to the advantage oi those who patronized him. The brewers and distillers, corporations for the most part, at length saw a way to greater profits: they bought. out the individual owners and put in managers at a. salary, and the in. creased profits went to swell the

30, 40, possibly 50 or more foxes when they get to light mediums will not be ifl-common. With such an array oi sparkling silver and glistering black before him._it is s wonder that the Judge does not get bewildered. It is s. csse for s cool head snd a keen appraising eye, aided by intense concentra- tion. In my opinion it is one of the most trying tasks that can be set before anyone, but George Callback is an old hsnd st it and if he is s bit nervous manages to keep the fact to himself.

The first live fox show of 1937 and also the first ever to be held in Sussex, NB, opened in the

Fur Sales, spoke of pelt marketing and the preference full silvers have had on the markets when made into garments and of the price ob- tained for three-quarters when ‘made into scaris. I-ie regarded the firm prices obtaining for half sil- vers as an omen of price improve- ment in better quality of furs with good necks. l-ie agreed with Mr. Fraser that poor color was-one of the most serious dlsquailfications held against our pelts.

Asked if he had any knowledge of foxes having gone oil’ color and later becoming clear again, he said I he did not know oi any such case. 1

FISH

MEAL

1/ r FOXESO/idMiNK

NATURAL F000 FDR-

All I111 rtant MQSSa e t0 from the leaf-bases after they , c. n. Rogers of Llnkletter. said1 p0 g have been roasted and allowed to ‘égmpflnlis dwidends- cmlllletltlun Agflcmlurfl “h”! a“? P“ that he was not in favor of starv- i R I" ferment. Redistiiiation of mescai "s “llmlnmd- the tavern 801d “M”? “d °°“‘m“°4 Y- 1n: foxes at any time 1n Order t0 ' ' I F111‘ gives tequila, one of the best known ‘my the, Pmdlmts °1 the °Wrl1fl8 new“ bmlkm? cmwd-I we“ ‘W9’ save color. E. M. Young. who be- brandies of Mexico. mrmrflllflil. often 1° the 5155M!» 58111 1,1, 19111-1155 50111, geventy» oxes S111“ ranchlnfl MK“ Al” has Fresh ocean fish has lung ber-n recognized as a natural