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Silver Fox Farming

Over fifty were present last frhursday evening at the semi- monthly meeting of the Charlotte- town Fox Club. The demcpst tlons on pelting and stretching with talks on pelting, were given by Rough Tinney and Victor ‘IX-averse of the P. B. I. Fur Pool, assisted in the practical work by Mr. Perry of the same organisation.

Two foxes were pelted so as to make the demonstration practical. The principal points brought out were the importance of proper stretching and shrinking of the pelt. The head was stretched con- siderably, two lath nails being in- serted back of the ears and head. It was then left loose to the shoulders, where it was tacked, thereby thickening the neck. From there to the tail was left" snug, not stretched. Other methods that seemed radical to the foxmen, but certainly an improvement over past methods oi peltinc. added to what proved a most valuable demonstra- tion.

The interest was further increased by the display or about a dozen pelts {which exhibited different methods of pelting. The speakers, Messrs. Tinney and Traverse, ex- plained the difference between these takings-off, their good and bad points, and gave considerable emphasis to the importance of proper scraping of pelts. Too much heat has a tendency to cook the pelts and brown them and over- scraping is undesirable as it loosens the guard hairs.

Their talk and demonstration was probably one of the most val- uable of any meeting so far and the thanks of the foxmen were heart- ily given to the gentlemen for their valuable contribution to the activi- ties of the club.

The publication of the prices re- ceived by Captain J. C. Ellis, of $3.500. for five pelts, has brought in a flood oi reminiscences of those halcyon days when the Silver Fox sat on e. pedestal in the fur world and looked down with utter scorn on all other furs.

Yesterday we were privileged to see the photograph of a. check which Mr. McLure gave-to Captain J. C. Ellis. It was dated December 22nd, i919, and was for $3,500. for live pelts. Another photograph dat- ed November 24th, l9l9, was 0f a check made out to R. L. Mont- gomery, Quebec, whose foxes were ranchcd at The Willow Hill Farm in Summerside, then managed by George A. Callback. Six skins fet- ched 8,075., the highest price, No. 5011, being $800. No doubt George Callback will l member those skins, which the writer had the privilege of viewing.

Another nice check made out on

ESTABLISHED 1925.

January, 6 -' y

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January 8rd, i920, by Mr. Mcuue. was to The Charlottetown silver Black llbx Company for 28 silvers, valued at 812.600. But probably the kinl Pin average oi those glorious years was obtained by Walter B. Grant, Manager of Fur Producers, Ltd, who disposed of 35 pelts for an average o; $800. apiece. while the entire shipment 0i 60 brought an average of over $600, net. They were sold early in 1030. some to Mr. McLure and the balance mar- keted in London.

'I‘he Borden Fox Show was con- cluded on Thursday and pronoun- ced by exhibitors and spectators as a great success." Many wonderful foxes were shown, but everyone seemed unanimous in the Judges‘ award of the Grand Champion fox of the show to J. R. Sevcik, who exhibited a magnificent adult fe- male weighing 26 1-2 pounds, per- fect in fur, perfect in color, won- derfully furred and finished from nose to end of tip. Mr. Sevcik is a native of Czecho-Siovakia who has been in this country for sev- eral years, first engaging in the meat business and keeping s, few foxes as a side-Zine. He has added to his number of pairs and today is devoting all his attention to them. The female mentioned was purch- ased from Victor Traverse as s. pup.

Among the successful exhibitors other than those whose names we frequently see at the Charlotte- town Fox show, we noticed in the prize list Arthur Roper, Charlotte- town, who picked up twelve rib- bons, one for every fox and these included two firsts and a Reserve Championship. J. Wilfred Lecky of Surnmerslde, whose foxes are so well and favorably known but have not been taking part in shows for sev- eral years, was very successful with his pups, winning Champion Male Pup and Reserve Champion re- male Pup and Reserve and Grand Champion Pup and Reserve Cham- pion of the show.

The arrangements for the Ex- hibition were good and everything pertaining to it was carried out in a very satisfactory manner, which reflects great credit on the Presi- dent and Secretary.

Mink ranchers are feeling mighty good these days, particularly those located in Quebec and Vermont. There is a. real demand for ranch bred mink from large ranches, the reason being that the manufact- urer can get a more uniform run from such ranches than he would from those taken in the wilds,

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i Alfred Fraser,

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which are far from uniform. Fred- erick Huth and Company are hold- ing a special mink sale in New York on‘the 23rd oi December at which they expect to receive averages. .

Ontario fur farmers are having

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Public Auction Sales of - Raw F u rs.

Sales Held a _ . January . April . October‘ Special Silver fro; Sales November I8

December ~10 v A_ A September 28

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their when pelt shOW in the A1“- _ andra Room. K1118 34'7"“ 3mg‘-

Toronto, December 17th, 18th and 19th, A bigger and better show iihfm last year is assured. The show man-

certain arnanner at Winnipefl.

that have demonstrated their cap- acity as prize winners in no un-

Tficre is an interesting article

attention for several reasons.

First of all, all the starry heav- ens appear to revolve around it, while it seems immovable.

"But I am constant as the north-

gave a flick and cut the neck cleanly off the bottle. Then his daughtcr came to tho front, and iwith apparently thg same exertion 0n the part of the Captain, the

pelteru should be sta RATION. The exact date

After Growth is Practically Completed.

August 15th to Se bcr 80th are the date limits that on SUNGLO FALL

agement has been fortunate in se- curing the services of Robert W. Fraser, of C. M. Lampoon Corn- pmy, umitsd, o1 London, England. and New York as 111480-

Colonel Dawson's suzaestieu o! u pelt show at Charlottetown in luit weeks issue has not yet borne ifllit» but that it will eventually un- dertaken is altosether Pffibflbie- The advantages or a pelt Show he" are so obvious that it is not nec- essary to enumerate them.

The Canadian mu- Auction Sales Company, Montreal, will hold a special fox sale December lath. The last receiving date will be Decem- ber 4th. This sale will be for silver. cross, white and blue fox only.

Quits a number oi silver foxes changed hands during the Char- lottetown fox show, some Ontario breeders buying as mfllly 85 Seven and several buying one. Captain H. M. Ireland of the Highland Silver n»; Ranch. Aberdeenshire, scot- lsnd, purchased from W. B. Mc- Arthur the f“ mpion Male Pup oi the show and later purchased from J. J. McCague, Aiiiston, Ontario, two male pups for his Scottish herd.

The Canadian Silver Fox and Fur, November issue 9W8; ‘The Championship winners at the Winnipeg fox show were Champion Male Pup, Reserve Champion Male Pup, Champion Female Pup, Re- serve Champion Femalo Pup, Champion Pup of the Bhow and Reserve Champion Pup oi the ‘Show, all won by L. B. Pollock, who won five firsts, five seconds, two thirds and one fourth with fifteen foxes shown.

Champion Adult Male, Rneerve Champion Adult Male and Grand Champion o1 the Show, were won by Dr. R. H. McDonald. Champion Adult lemale and Reserve Grand

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by IPra-nk Krusaelnicki. Dr. Mc- Donald is a i\‘.lve of Bedeque and his foxes are mostly of the Ca1- iaghan strain. L. B. Pollock's foxes‘ were of Prince Edward Island an- cestry. .

The writer well remembers when Mr. Pollock first started exhibiting foxes at the Royal Winter Fair about i924. He had started on a small scale but by careful attention

in the Canadian Silver Fox and Fur e by l-L M. Hartley entitled, “To any Young Man Considering Fur Fiarming as a Life Work." We quote a P6868861 “FllY farming is not over-crowded and cannot be overdone under any nor- mal conditions during the lifetime or this generation. It is smiling and riding high aitor five years o! depression. To date it has only succeeded in supplying the fur needs of one woman per thousand possible users in the world and there is room for plenty of devel- opment. As high powered destruc- tion of wild fur bearers continues, fur farming steps into the gap."

Johann Betz, director of the Fur Bearing Animal Breeding Branch of Came and Fisheries, Province of Quebec, in a pamphlet issued to fox farmers, sounds an alarm and

issues a stirring appeal. It is head- ed, “BTeeders, Beware! Do not be Deluded or Deceived," and its prin- cipal theme is that there is very grave danger of North American fur supremacy being transferred to the Old World through the expor- tation or live Silver Foxes and mink to countries there that have made progress in recent years. l-lls idea is to have an embargo by the Dominion, pmhibilflllg the export of our live fur bearing animals.

William Astor Chandler. great- great-grandson of the Jewish pack pedler, who more than 100 years sgo came to the United States and started in trading in a modest way

spinning and Weaving

Send me your wool to be lpim into Yarn and wove into Blankets. The charges are: sinlle yin 23 561115, doubled £6 cents per pound. Blank- ofa 82.00 and ll unlauudcred $1.86; it takes flve lbs. "of wool Blanket. Wool must be wall and nll dirt and burrs picked out. The size 0! Iillile yarn is medium, and loun- led yarn fine, medium. coarse and houkiu: yarn, Put flupper‘: name on all parcels and owner's name, address and instructions Inside. Send by mall or freight. Special price for washed wool with dirt and burrs picked out. Freight will be paid on 100 lb. lots.

WILLIAM CONDON, 05 Queen Street, Cbarlofitown.

Of whose true-fiivd and resting There is no fellow in the firmn-

lent starting point ing" the starry vault. We have taken thc more of the cmpiss points way about among

tions, but it is safer to have the suicr guide, and to.draw lines at right angles Star. Star Atlases their maps in this manner.

ern star,

lash oi the whip encircled her neck without leaving a mark. Then

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ment." ~ l (Shakespeare: “Julius Caesar")

This “resting quality" has for

centuries made Polaris the faith- ful guide of all who travel by land or sea. It has been called the sail- or's lode-star and will continue as such for centuries more, not forever.

though

Secondly, Polaris forms a conven- for “quarter- might neral terms find our

thc constella-

Pole b68411

At the present time a line run-

through the always

ning through the poles of the earth and continued ward would very nearly touch the star in question: whence its titles Polo Star and Norlh owing to a slow tilting movement of the earth. the tip of sllCh a line. describes a gigantic circle in space which would take 26,000 years ccmpleet. Any star on that huge‘ circumference Star for the time being, and at length Polaris would come into its own again, when the 26,000 years

indcniicly North-

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would be the Pole

were gone by! Nearly 5,000 years ago, a star called Thuban was the Pole Star, as we leazn from the ancient Egyptians: and this will be the Pole Star again in 21,000 years.

Polaris has two companions, whom we know of: one is invisible and goes round him once every four days; and the other is a tiny blue star. visible in a three-inch tele- scope. Next weck we shall pass to the opposite quarter o.‘ the heav- ens and study the constellation Cas- siopeia, a group almost as familiar as the Dipper.

OUR. DISAPPEARING FLORA

When this Island was first peop- led we can imagine that it was in great part covered with "bush" wherein grew a multitude of shade- loving plants; though none of them were sufficiently showy to vie with the sheets of wood-hyacinths, wind flowers, or narcissus. found in Simillll‘ situations in Brit-

that he'd not finished his smoke,

tain was disclosed sitting by a

on him and truased him up in a 'most efficient manner.

the Prince Edward. The Captain's

fin . ‘ with this dangecom attack. How-

Which IN mood. A great many biological feat-

ho called for a member oi the audience, and a young fellow climb. ed upon the‘ stage. Herwas blind- folded, given a lighted cigarette. and -told to “enjoy himself." The Captain stepped forward, gauged the dictum. the long snuky lash leaped out, and the and of the cig- arette flew of: in a shower of gol- den apsrks. The chap complained

so he was given another, which was put out in the scum way.

Then tbs scene was changed t0 the Australian "bush." The Cap-

camp-fiie, waiting for his "billy" to boil, the while he sang "The Miners Dream of Homefl-a sure- fire way oi awakening sentiment in an Old Country audience. A bush- ranger appeared and aced the Captain with a revolver, with the object o! ooharing his “swag," but the faithful lash swung out and tore the weapon from his grasp: after which the Captain bOIg down

The Empire is not a large theat- re, being only a little larger than‘

daughter now appeared on a stag- ing erected behind the occupants of attendant

eon or shield studded with little electric lamps. Using a little rifle and some kind of soft pellet, she Justified hsr title of "famous marlmwoman" by shattering them. one after mother, while the glass

the size of your pups. Adult foxes should be starfcdpn this Ration August 15th for best Pelulfil.

REMEMBER THIS: Bungle Fall Inning Ration is manufactured to be fed Adults and Pups, Breeders and Felting Foxes after the above dates. The Original Furring Ration. Don't Be Fooled Into Believing You Can Produce Better Pelic Than on the "BUNGDO" System.

SUNGDO Fall-Forcing lotion Baa Produced: More Prize Winning Foxes three years than any other

Auction Sale Tops Ranch Pup Pelt averages oi over $00 on many ranches th

past three seasons. '

ibhéifirhiriifitlfiiiwtirl.m.riiribiinfikiiiirilriirtir: Ti-jTLiTBlTél .5’ _ _ f t ii L 1 ‘ it!‘ . ' a ‘It NEWSY NOTES » PQULTRY iIJI - ii - . g1 ' H“ II ml Fox Rangers t. a - a we a» buying-rah . ‘ |~~ ' ~ Ll 1 . ti!‘ LEGENDS 9F T!!! 5K1’ (I) locks and ounals. mat the needs of _ " i" ‘ ‘ill iuditfereutueasofthe 3h , - o»- mhnti» .1 u... ma. h, 1...... continent. 1.. t... con- Our Warehouse. Queen. Street i5 _ Its time now to start your winter feeding g5 and consequently the "Dipper or nection h. mm us that m expert Paying Highest Market prices u} schedule of Purina Chow which you can procure ,|'- PM?‘ L“ “W” “i” WI 1W" bullouil-dflver could. with his ions _ ' It! hm“ yo" dealem if; izon, and thereby hangs a tale. as whip, flick a riy of! any of hig y. . c“ f“ H‘; the poet says. The‘ ancient Greeks. team. Boeing is behaving is an old . LIE‘ ~ _ E5 who were the successors of the Arab wintry proverb: and the writer ‘ ‘ . L1H Purina Chows have proven incomparable for ,I u»- nomers, and who were much once ‘saw something very like this , L, '- production and theresults of feeding Purina by H5 “m” “l” m “MY Immlmiflis- W! at the moire variety thcatm at L.31Q9.11-g1-g1_ ill breeders at the Charlottetown Fox Show h E5 a legend m“ ‘mm’ the“ m’! N°w°'m°'“p°“'m" A “m” —~— ~- ll _ a" 1' EOddCS-i. W88 16810118 0f Chili-Bib. Australian "atookman' was billed h; s m d t); ""_“ *'_":~':~-- =% f, if’ most in I 58m i! ll 9. N whoreo I must leave t ‘It established a. new all high record for the I. the beautiful daughter of Lyacson. for the week, and his daughter, a m, chums, 4nd,“, “b”, ‘m, Mmem mpmud in ms o tn in achievement of any feed. At this Show, out of H5 the Km“ °f 5mm“- Knwm! lummiu merhuwomuu. WM to uo- African deserts and on this eontin- work cm "Anthotopois -- elm“ i! - . 1 that Juno meditatecl some injury company him - 3y’ 3M5 ui it] 20 championships and reserves, 16 were Purina H5 m we princess‘ Jupiter mw°m_ mm m, '..camt.,.._ior my, ‘m; i?!‘ “"21” “if? mwmi“? "hfiwflml-s mmrmltiu that steam, 1 feeders. §E| ed Callisto into a bear. Juno w“ hi, flue-came ob the stage, I 5T1: albssreigmsegorsy Australia said fiiydiaidiifalscolblfmttbi amongst mm” g5 ' . _ . t5; found this out and asked Diana saw a. nu, rather heavily built m, tweak...’ m the mom {Wm m . “Wm it W25 Plimiiive w», .37 we cannot emphasize mo much the imporb gt‘ (the aoddess of hunting) to kill man, who answered well tomy con- m” o; human be]n:5_ 1 have mg u; mankind. ‘o°“°° “lilflltst In . . ~ ,1 the bear in the chase; but Jupiter cepflon of the Australian type, He somewhere that th “black ‘eh at t t“ r stemopy. 5E} ance of feeding half Purina and half meat for r . S w‘, 1 an 1 m f h “e 3°“ ‘W’ 5 m" Wu d . - I . . . | “a i‘ Y °r emi °" ° "med 5 WhIP- "m! l 511m mm“ lows" have no calves to their legs. up 1mm seven; Neomh; “i all", winter time. The Increase m pup production. 5; placed his favorite safely out of (perhaps two feet long.) and r. gene,“ ah absence M mum" “d Mm at m n K? temples, \ 0" ll you do this. will amaze you. r 1mm‘ w“ “m”! i“ ‘tim- Amub ions "M11" or thong. which I and iatt dove‘ which must y . g m m m‘ 3 f. i‘ island of Malta. Anoth | ~ the son of Callisto, was turned in- t, ht to b; (om-Mn 19st ' .. e1‘ Phylical ~ i =- hollfl I greatly handicap them in the sur- conformation which h - _ '3“- to the Little Bear (Ursa Minor.) length, 11¢ n" 1t, 5 flow-uh, and “m. o, me “twat” The lowest doe! not deséflbe h owever he LEE All other Purina feeds for Horses, Cattle, at the same time. Juno, as may be the my, 5pm,‘ out mm a no,“ human race is that o‘ the Mm“ "er" o! me Hotienzoctfsirlis the "tat. L? Pigs and especially Poultry are equally as good _ zuufiiszdluiglr oltieizfrggchaggumd gitlltetgaigiitgl k313i frziliteamhznezilm Hqgtentom’ who“ disability mes . I ' ' . - e ere c _ . ~- gE as their fox feeds. . gugded the rest of the gods to for- drum“; m,‘ o, Hummus, the otgerflformgx Iiifiillaitgs u; his! d: {Do you know what it is to .0 ' ' bid the bears from descendin as t 5 c“ on e um n m y 5H“ m ‘udmcfl EH , _ . 3- Willi). and hat you 0011141 IJIWIYS (see Hilxleyfls “Man's Place in. Na- "No. I spoke before an a - in Charlottetown Fur Sales and Mulligan and did the other 8W5. 111W tho w“ tell where the n came from, tum-- u, o“, mum Lmm.) d9. om, u, , “dill” H5 Morrison are distributors, and Jack Kennedy is “film” I‘ “my ‘he 3”" "e "I" by his anner of doing‘ this. He wit... the Hottentots as "lidonor- r diZPP-"rhlgobpvlor-tlr: gsfiitlnbflom g5 r field m ways above the horizon. B”, exampm o; ‘he Sydney cums’. a Wm the mmrpmtaylon - g: Yo" Im- hLastl weetl; tilled Isglar-gagfit :55 “crack? the Melbourne “craclr and __. -_-- 1W I_ 5 W“ ‘°‘” “ i“ ° w ou- iill the whole theatre w“ Elm All are keen io assist you in the solution of m‘) b? “em °1 ‘hi’ i” ‘mt rinsins Wit-h the wund- B61118 l - g5 your feed problems V stars of the Dipper. lt is, then, the nonhuman“, gng cg g when". _ Ir ' end star in the tail of the Little in; m“, 1 1W1 "m; doom" about, {I5 - Bear, or to put it another, way, the this gxlflgngflgn, but», the“ w“ no 1% ~ d L _ EH15 ‘k311i; tpgfhthotl-iitiaeiizlitppors hundlgc- question of his expel-mess. He put a - ,_ _ _ ~ ; ;v_. .. _ .. .. .. .._..___ _-_-. -L-e_.._-._-._ Z no as rg aswemg b," home q flgblgIand 5mm. F i R t ‘l gli- rl-fi-Lld-‘olll- '- arpleect front! the Pfoliliiglencel 81"“ ed his audiarxilcelwhat to do when -- a W“ “P ‘m °‘°°"°“" m” °t m“ t by as ronomers’ m“ ts our my h“ no wmmfln Th” whip is Especially Manufactured for Flnishinl Your Foxes