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I Timely Notes On Fur Farming

Thanfollowinl appears in the

June number of the Black For Mink Breeder: A six-point warning to

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Magazine and

prospective chinchilla farmers has been issued by the Better Busi- ness Bureau of New York City.

lnc.. through that organization's BBB

"Monthly Memo." The points out that many "uninform- ed" persons have discovered that "unfortunately. dollars do not multiply as rapidly as these An- dean rodents." critical of "newspapers as well as radio and television networks" which have been carrying adver- tising promising "quick riches to

Ihe owners of a'pair or two" of

the chinchilla animals.

The six points of warning fol- ow: 1. "There is at present no one accepted standard" for grad- ing chinchilla. 2. "Inferior ani- mals are frequently sold. Poor grade stock . . . . will not yield saleable pelts or saleable tweed- ers". 3. Fur auction results show "that while excellent pelt may 3e marke able at certain .'mes. pelts whic are not up to stand- ard are either non-saleable. or saleable at a price which justi- fies neither the original invest ment nor the cost of raising the 4. To maintain stand- "serious" breeders may their animals. 5. "Certain promoters offer to buy back offspring" but often at a very disappointing price. 6. Raising any livestock requires general breeding know- ledge. Raising of chinchilla re- quires "additional technical skill." the BBB emphasizes. The Black

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Fox Magazine and Modern Mink

. gBreeder is a member of the Bet- ytsr Business Bureau.

'--' Two weeks ago we had part - gpf an article from the Black Fox ---'-Magazine and Modern Mink

Breeder on "The World's Largest .8”.-Fur Farm"-that conducted by I Fromm brothers in Wisconsin. ' , :We did not have sufficient space

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readers to have it in full we are publishing the remaining part.... "In 1936. fur auctions were held at Hamburg. and buyers from , all over the world flocked to .t.hat small town to buy the fam- Aypus. Fromm furs. But then, some ';.'zbf the fur trade was found slyly T"using the Fromm trade name to romote their own for business. he brothers set out to remedy jhis situation by building their -own fur factory in New York City. For a number of years. the Fromm brothers owned one of the largest fur factories in New York and another at Mer- rill, Wisconsin. There they em- ployed the best design 3 and furriers in making garments. The furs were grown on the Wiscon- sin fur farm, and stored in refrigerated ware- houses, until they were needed in the factories.

Ever so often. one of the bro- thers would make a trip to New York to take care of the busi- ness at their factory. There, they watched their furs being created into beautiful coats. stoles. jack- ets and muffs. At the Fromm For Factory. the pelts were judged by the fur grader. in in- direct daylight. he graded the fur value with the hypersensitive touch of his finger tips. After atroking the fur at various an- gles. blowing the fur against the grain. smoothing it out. shaking it and by following other meth- -ods. the fur grader marked the value in terms of dollars and cents. A good fur grader can tell you just what country o fur comes from. the exact part and the time of year the for was

trapped. The designer doesn't need the actual furs around to design the coat. for he knows the hang. texture. vwelght and temperment of all fun. He knows these factors so well, that he can make up a model in cambric or canvas. and rely on the competent cutters and sew- ers to skillfully produce it -in the actual furs. The job of the cut- ter and sewers is a difficult one. for a fur coat has to be carefully matched and sewed together with a mosaic of pelts. No two pelts

are the same size or shape. which makes the job a tough one.

The handwork alone on a mink fur coat is around I750. for there are many little jobs to be done in the making. Each skin that goes into the making a mini: cost has to be shredd into nar- row strips. and then pulled diag- onalLv. until it stretches three times its original length. Then the sewer binds the strips back together without a pucker. bump or rip. Then comes the delicate process of assembling the coat. The pelts are nailed out on a huge board according to the de- signer's pattern. Plus or nails are tapped lightly down-each individual pelt 'sometimes taking .10 pounds of pins to do the job. The dampened leather side. al- lows the strips to stretch and shrink hto uniform widths, as the pelts are not originally the same the when animals are

pelted. Next, the finisher sets for work and puts yards ti binding! rnatarial into a coat. Then. when '

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overcame was distemper. The only vaccine available was an English formula and this wasnfi effective. The boys took their problem to the University of Min- nesota, and interested a groupof young professors in ,roducing Immunization. The boys set up a laboratory on their farm and the professors set to work on the experiment. Their experiments and tests proved highly success- ful and produced new vaccines, which are now shipped from the Fromm Laboratories to fur ran- ches all.over the world. Dog kennels and hospitals are also found sending in regular orders. The vaccines have become so important. that they are one of the more widely used immuniz- ers in existence. The modern laboratory buildings which pro- duce the famlous vaccine are located in Graftor. Wis.

Th -tromm Fu. -'arm has its own iet kitchen: where bal- BIICL cations are worked out for their nrefully fed ani ' They

make up their own vitamin con- centrates and mix their own feed. When the use of vitamins was still new to human beings about 15 years ago, the Fromms were feeding them to their fox and mink. Theyhad noticed over a period of years. how the qual- ity of the pelts were deteriorat- ing and production was decreas- ing. The br there were desper- ate, and tri .everything they could think of to clear up the trouble. Then vii X A irate was added to the animal's diet. and the improvement was rapid. From then on. the Fromm brothers and their scientists be- gan other experiments. in an en- deavor to produce healthier ani- mals. larger litters and smoother giossier coats. They found the fur quality of the pelts much bet- ter after vitamins were added to the menu. The diet of the fox and mink

' a of horse meat. a cereal such as wheat. corn and oats. a small percentage of carrots and cabbages to supply needed vita- min A.. brewer's yeast for vita-' min B complex, milk powder for vitamin C. The gamble the Fromms took to produce a bal- anced mcnu was based on sound reasoning and careful research. It is still the typical Fromm pol- icy to produce finer and better animals. And now over a period of years. the original Fromm homestead has grown into 12.000 acres. The Fromm brothers have developed new methods and ap- ened new channels In raising the largest fur herds in the world. They have put an end to two of the fur farming hazards and dangers by their careful medical research. Whenever a discussion of furs is carried on. the Fromm furs are bound to be mentioned through an excellent reputation well earned. They have proved. that if you believe long enough and work hard en- ough to promote your ideals. they're bound to pay off hand- sriziely.

St. Pierre Celebrates

ST. PIERRE, St. Pierre et Mi- quelon (CPI France's oldest and smallest colony celebrated Bastille Day Thursday with a hen round of activity stretch- ingvlong into the night with sing- ing In the streets.

The British navy frigate Veryan Bay slipped into port, past a point where cannon once guarded the harbor 150 years ago against rov- ing English ships, to join in the celebrations. A soccer ship's crew ended in a

match between the and a local squad tie. Swimming, foot and bicycle races occupied the day. Bands played at night and a huge fireworks display provided a backdrop as more than a quart- er of the colony's 4,500 people packed the picturesque streets. The CBC covered the celebra- tions by shortwave for its French and English service and a TV team filmed a documentary.

St. Pierre is 12 miles off the south coast of Newfoundland.

Toke New Stop , Towards Ouod dy

Proiecl Survey

tidal power project between Maine and New Brunswick.

The Senate previously had voted the survey. It would be made by the International Joint Commission on U. S.-Canadian waters. Engineers, in a preliminary sur- vey. have determined that dam- ming of the high tides in the 'Quoddy area is possible. The sur- vey now sought to determine

whether the cost of the project

would permit production of hydro- electric power at a price that is economically feasible.

gt! llndand and Canada will ties on future those areas" "V (Rep. He.) said he rules committee

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INCLUDED IN BUDGET

President Eisenhowe 's budget

for this fiscal year includes 81.000,- am to initiate the survey. An au- thorization is necessary before ap-

pro rlntions may be made. e senate foreign relations

committee. in approving the sur- vey authorization, said that it "will Britain make knowledge

a significant contribution to

of the potentialities of power resources ofdnoribern parts ens era and supply informs- which to these plans for economic development in

Repnaontative Clifford Mcintyrp will seek early action so as to get

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. DOES BEER INTIIXICATE

I began drinking with 3.! beer when! was sixteen years of age, and by the time I was eighteen I was a confirmed drunkard.

I was in and out of Jail" and in and out of hospttals during a per- iod of eleven years. during which time I was a hopeless alcoholic. I wanted to stop drinking. but was powerless. I went to doctors for a cure. but they had nothing to effect a cure in me. I drank so much that I would not eat suf- ficient food and lost weight from my normal 178 pounds to 120 pounds. The doctor said I was slowly a Mac myself to death.

Throu part of this eleven yearsI of drunkenness I longed for help,' but found none.' Then my mother-' put me in contact with Alcoholics Anonymous. Some of the mem- bers mentioned the help they had received from God. and this thought lingered in my mind. This

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false sense of well-being." - C wssnmoron (AP)-The liouse A D”''' MD" ""'"'""I "ll of Representatives foreign affairs wunaemi 3-3'6'J5”o'8o?' T"””if.y ?l2””"” 3 . . aurv to cot an 0 feasibility of Pauamaqsuoddy RCIICS FfOm

made it easier for me to accept the invitation of an acquaintance to meet her minister.-Through the services in this church I was con- verted. became a new man, andI was saved from the slavery of alcoholic bevera s - a slavery begun from drink ng only 3.2 beer!

"An Alcoholic Crutch"

For his whole lifetime, W. C. Fields. "an emotional cripple who required an alcoholic crutch." fear-ed ' ..y, ' 1 and famine. During his final days a friend inquired: "If you had your life to live again. what would you like to change". His AESDOIISE was wistful and tragic: "I'd like to see how I would have made out without liquor."

Success and Failure

"I don't care if you make 3 109 Of money - even .a million dollars. You're not a success un- less you have a happy homc,I where your kids respect you and your wife thinks',you are the tops." -I-Ieard from a heavy drinker and a sage philosopher in a tav- ern as he raised the question as to whether he was a success or a failure!

No Liquor Ads for Fifty Years

Reaffirming its 50-year-old pol- icy of not accepting advertise- ments of alcoholic beverages, The LadIes' Home Journal recently said editorially: -

"The Journal considers liquor- and similar items unfit advertise-I mcnts for a woman's ' . The Journal annually I-efuses 'tn print. in its readers” best inter- est. nearly a million dollars' worth of ads other magazines find acceptable. Because of this atti- tude. the Journal leads all other woman's magazines in total ad- vertising revenue, and total cir- culation."

Twelve to Your Life

Twenty Years from ,

"You. have the most important things in the world in your grasp right now - your youth and your health. Many millionaires would trade their fortunes for them. All you have to do is hold on to them. The best way to do that is by refraining from drinking, smok- Ins. and carousing. Don't put a mortage on your future. These things can subtract from 12 to 2) years from your life. Don't let them. Don't give in to the temp- tation. Fight it." - Glen Cunning- ham, world's indoor track record holder.

Angina Pain'”Masked By Alcohol

"It is widely -- and mistaken- ly - believed that alcohol dil- ate: the blood vessels of the heart, allowing more blood to get through. It has long been known that whis- ky would prevent or stop an at- tack of angina.

"Recent tests show that this effect is due not to action on the heart but to action on the brain. Alcohol simply acts as a sedative, masking the pain wltnout having any effect on the root of the trouble. i

"The pain of angina is a warn- ing slgnal for the patient to stop and rest. Alcohol's action prevents him from recognizing this pain.

"The old remedy of nitro-glycer- fne tablets placed under the tongue is far superior in preventing and stopping an attack of angina than is a drink of whisky. which pro- duces its effect by creating a

Spanish Galleon

TOBERMORY. Scotland (AP) - The 52-year-old Duke of Argyll reported today that divers have brought up some odds and ends from the "treasure ship" Duque dc Florencia of the Spanish Arm- ada which was sunk in the harbor here about 400 years ago.

The wreck was given to an an- cestor of the duke by the British government. and dukes of the Argyll line have tried through the years to discover what is in the old galleon. which lies deep in mud 62 feet below the surface of the bay.

One story is that it carried a fortune in gold ducnts which the Spanish force intended to use to finance an occupation army in

The present duke. who has made a hobby of fishing for his trea- sure. hasn't struck gold yet. but his salvage crew came up Thurs- day with six acabbards of Spanish design-minus swords. some pot- tery bowls which probably are water vessels. and bits of timber.

There is a prospect of many

Thirty Battalion sailed from Halifax England..and in their third reunion. of interest to read the exerpts from lottcrnwritten at an by Major T. Edgar MacNutt. 5.

The Battalion esfained at Val- cartler Camp at 7 a.ns...l3t.h Jul!- ms and arrived at Halifax at 7.3. p.m. Saturday, lsth July. and then embarked mo strong on K. Transport "Empress of Britain.

10.45 p.m. Sunday liith. Jilly: ltilti. We cast off our lines, from the pier at Halifax at 6 a.m. to- day. when we swung into the stream we found the Transvilrl "Lapland" just ahead of in with two to three thousand men on board. Just behind us followed 1!. M.S. Drake. which. when we got

.outside the harbour passed both

Transports and took the load. so we now put our trust in God Illt-I the British Navy for a safe voyage to the Motherland.

This is quite an "adventure" as .ieutenant Tannahill says as we do not know when a submarine,-or what Cifptaln Lou Moore calls a "Banana" host. may be having a look at us. This is a lovely night with moon and stars aglow and so very bright. The Drake is abou a mile ahead of us and the La!)- land between. Am feeling fine am so made out a nominal roll of in) Company to-day in a small booi for pocket use.

The men all sleep in hammock: down below swung over then meal tables. The hammocks art put up at 7 p.m. and taken dowr at 6 a.m. When swung they are st close together that they touch one another. Major Jack Stewart and I have a stateroom between us so we are very comfortable.

10 p.m. 17th. The ocean is al- most as smooth as the Ilillsbor- ough River and I was able to eat a good goose dinner to-night. We have only the Drake with us as Escort yet,” but understand we are to be met shortly by destroyers. We are not yet in what is called the danger zone, but all must either have life belts on or carry them about with us. and the life boats are swung out on the 'davits ready to lower. We have had at station drill so that in case or! mishap all will know where theyl are to parade. There are a few of' our men sick. but not many. and I hope the weather will continue fine for the men's sake, as they are fearfully crowded. Must go be- low and see how they are getting along. The Drake had some gun practice to-day. There is one large gun on stem of this ship. . .

10 p.m. lilth. Still feeling fine able to eat a good dinner to-night. No sign of any "Banana" boats as yet. We have now got all our Reg- imental Machine Guns mounted deck. Also fifty men armed with, rifles as a Guard on fore deck. It) is dark to-nightrso can only see, lights of the Drake and Lapland. It. rained a little to-day. We passed

the Olympic yesterday--she was going like the devil. - 8 p.m. 19th. Had another good

dinner to-night at 7.30. We also

have a cup of tea and biscuits at. We were being Wlltcd for by the Wm. The name of the

v 4.30. so we are not faring badly I for soldiers. No sign of Banana boats to-day. We passed a four mast ship and steamer to-day. but both were a 'good many miles away. The ship had a slight roll on to-day at times. Although there is undoubtedly danger no one is won'ying and all are tryng to have g good time. The m n are unfortunately crowded, but other- wise fine. My men are away down on "F" deck. just on the water line. Most of the officers are on "A" deck. My stateroom is No. 12.

9.30 p.m. 20th. Feeling fine. Had turkey for dinner to-night. I-lad machine gun practice to-day. The Lapland pulled to one side to let us pass her so that we could fire at a target the Drake had in tow. We had a tug-of-war to-day be- tween "A" and "B" Companies. -We pulled them over the line in the three pulls. Each had a team of eight men. To-morrow "C" and "'D" Companies will pull. There has been quite a roll on at times to-day. , .

VIEW ESCORT

11.30 p.m. 21st. Sttil good weath- at. Nothing unusual to-day. Have just seen a light on our starboard side. They say it. is li.M.S.K Ber- wlck. It is comforting to have such good company. Another light was seen a short time ago off our Port side, which I understand is from another Naval ship. We are about 1810 miles from Halifax. We have been steaming at only about an average of 12 knots. The ship can steam 17 or 10 knot.s.'There is of "worse some reason for this slow pace. Probably we are to pick up destroyers at a certain point at a given time.

t 9 p.m. 22nd. Had another good dinner to-night. While the officers are feasting on turkey etc. the men below are being served with on the whole very good plain rat- ions and as decently as possible when the crowded quarters and number of personnel is considered on several occasions rabbit stew had been served to the men for dinner. This dish was not. how- ever. very appetising and a con- siderable amount of grossing took place. as the man -got it into their heads that it was rat stew they were being served with. They would point out to the 0rd ly Of- ficer what thcy claimed w e rats which. if at all. were no doubt those of rabbits.