, #0,...» I on: aviation omnaay” ' ‘ . N" Y of mink

‘libs m. hold their-baseman “ct w“ p‘. ‘ been g, ‘lull k111i

m; glffl 1* H1O ‘up you AOWIQG UNI throuolaout was‘ "F? m o‘ m with the tell-lit thof- ‘fih ‘ d: med“; changed hands. T o t!

- ~ mo». Priw ww- iflsrgotavt of Nhrwry levels and higher than “lied in the open market dining the month of Momb- The better classes of dark ‘pelts i." the offerimgisold freely as did m, m1; bloods. The poor quality gkjnS and choker ‘W9! d"! mt “we; wqth good deanand and it was i" the“ dune; of pelts that most or the buy bucks occurred. The 10W grade skins attrpofod good interest and sold freely.

lioro Io m aulvslld lbs arms mp,d._!‘ilKON.-hhl . c950 h, gum; females. $19. ‘to 51g; Poorhmnles, $16.16 f0 $18.15! females nods w slzao. nae-r?"- ordllfm" males $16. to 8172 le- malse, s12. to sis; Poor. moles. $1!-

m $1435; females $9 to $11.75. l-lALF‘ dimary, melee. s92 to $28-50; females. $15.50 to

51615; Poor, males. $16.75 tOjITID;

females. $10. to $1331 '

h m)“; of me April Oslo, pig-way, fur auotlpn states- that pFtWLIOSIIY the entire diver fox ofiering was withdxwwrrl durlnB tho second day. The pOOVJIIOWIBB w.“ aaiid I0 be due to buyer I'll- iqmge, LheINUWWIfln RISING! DQ-

‘hig forced clown-to world market level; as compensations disappear. ltalian, French sand other MINI‘! formerly lwllihl NWWWIR“ 3"" m, above world prices in barter agreements under Whldl N01’!!! wok pea-fumes. and other ‘aftlclel from these. countries it! ""9"" salion at cowwnondlnslv blah who; The blue fox collection was poor, 33% was sold ‘stun average of $6.40. Omar Badger-Larsen ihoad of sales for the Norwegian Fur Breeders‘ Asociatldn, is at present on a irwo weeks trip 1° pvl-anco, maly, Belgium. Switzerland and reports that northern Italy and France havebeen shcwina R0"! Ill- mw Ln long-mired fun. Ml! their sfmddw never grow lose! ~

The Atneriun Notiowill 60-9991‘- alive For Auction Mill 8-19 n‘ ports 70% of the 4,400 Phudlum silvers sold at a torp prioeof 841'- Most of the platinum: were dis- posed of in the sla. with. ranav and prices Ind’ " a somewhat softer market iiblnikbfllll’. Pflll platinum silvers blwflhta WP "1 e18. and were a/boui. 70% sold. The bulk of thekwda wld Millet" saso to $1450. we who of $80. was paid fhrr two bundles of white 1M0 silver! 51nd N% of filo 1.800 lull-i “as diflpoaodofwilbhmod of them» in me s14 to 81-8- bmllt 91W" platinum silvers brought a top of no, and piaiunurn red fox was sold a: $4.00 a pelt and white-faced rad fox at $4.50. ' ‘

The weakness in peflfl PIN-mill" as show-n at the Canadian .Pflr Auction Sale Company’: recast venduc in Montreal Jwhcrs the)’ were entirely withdrawn 'and tho above sale at Milwaukee‘ where the top prim was slam and most of the pelts were diqsoeed of between $8.50 "and $14.50. is no surprise i... The cause is the introduction to the Amerioon mltkefa of ill‘! largo quantities of Norwoliln 51156 fox pelts that weundcrwund are of closer texture and- moro suit- nble for capes thanoor lmrll- The Nfizlllefiidhl have been years in ci-eveloping them and have In ad- dition usefully feotumcd-thern. by exporting to American iilrkefd and London markets a rfdther {good qunlity article. Those of' us who nrc familial‘ with the Ameriqn marl platinum known ae_ the Ohcrry fox, bomuae the best of these types have ‘ boonwdevioped. ‘lvy Mrs. Oherrycan hardly reuiilo that they woilld be pusihedoujthe market so easily, 1i’- me quantities were large like silver: we -couId undcrstand why they are noglectod- but peas-la have not got into large

production either in Canada or the ‘

United States.

D1. L. J. Offlieily,‘ President: of the American National (Jo-op- captive Fur Auction, mode an‘ on- aowncemuis" thaciooodtasro- "M Nll , _ _:als inwhictrzho "Illlvrked that the full aiivor rhu- iwt showed‘ good ilklfllflkiw. With the manudootnrer ‘shut- down in New Yolk would hot‘ know 1W! what to oowocvhoro mo» the sale and woqwsrryoq“ up...‘ wblv dint-iced." said. he, Average :1’: Quality skips“ hold 0 Failing pfl69_ 0v s -as' 95% Myths-Moo full, silver fox

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woo to slam m’ the

‘Ibo. when was Woo.

an, Ilvcr- fox oalo. that took

place islyfiowYorlr was early in Avfl-Lmd tho collection featur- edmlo tblt- A. Nit/cash

. M’! otammwd diva-swan 5% sold, The

“ ioguc described it as asror- dinary towards poor collection con- tainlngmo platinum! m‘ white faces. Prices dbwod only minor fluctationa from recent aaiea and were said to be aboutithe market level. were bought mostly by manufacturers and the major- ity olthe collection i: described to be used in trimming.

AIWPIInoeK, Mntlller New. York Allotlvn C , Denver, Color- ada, gives tho following summing lmoftfie present and~future status ofvthe silver fox industry . . . ‘The fox producers, during the 1946-194’! mew. caper-fenced a period of ememe and distress and ‘it wla, with greet difficulty that the marketing agencies managed ‘to dispose of theorop last sed- sorh- as there were prolonged periods-of inactivity bordering 0n inflation. During this period, many fox ptodueerapdespa’ w of [the More q! their industry and were greatly didurbed by the adverse effect they feared would ‘fMl-ltl 1mm the . increased crop to‘ be marketed this gum",

trend of the fox market this season has proved this p15- simlstic view to be entirely with- outjoundation. Many factors have comtmbwted to, this. favorable change. _And, to me, it flppegfg that the combined advertising and promotional efforts of the Notional Board and the fur grade in general have srmly contributed‘ tawqrfl ‘rinsing about these results. The dome carry-over of mm from last season has been absorbed, ‘"9" “W811 the priced. of necessity llldto be reduced to low levels as an jnducemcnt to the {u- and; to parchm- and popular-la this article with the public. This been a worthy lfIhIQv/Qngnt

and refutes the predictions of the Wodsnlsts who claimed that foxes Zero a dead article, beyond s-edemp.

DII.

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' "Hie facts are that foxes suit- able‘ for both trimming‘ purposes 1M Iociccis are meeting with a‘ widening demand by ‘the " public. New stylmcreation; and spprolpfl- ate advertising have aroused the MOM dflire of Amos-inn women ‘m!’ "1906 flliterlh! furs. as a re- eult, a ‘good portion of this year's "W has met wit-h a madly nleat PR1“! omroximately no per, “hi, hither than thoseprevailing be- tween, AunutandOdnber of last yw‘ “dlmflww point to a definite inclination on the part of the public to purchasrfoxcs, and to pro. llulively broodqling outlets.

"Due to the unprofitable levels PNYIIIIM lost yea-r. as well 1s this season, many fox fsaulersj-lavs

to pelt out. Others are cunaillfll ‘their production. It Wvld swear. hereforc, tihat the available, crop of foxes ‘will be msdlmsmaiier within the next few

y, vim. ooldcldins with this con-

dition. tho ova-my or the onlmaln nroducad will be greatly improved. as these ranchers who redueetheir lhidpwfli naturally retain only the finost- breeding stock, who; 1e ""fl°°ill'flllflg to note that. foxes Ire being absorbed by his; trade tho present channels are. not ouch u to‘ afford |I fitabie re- tumpm’ the producers, As the a/vailablo quantities are reduced, the. quality improved, - and pfovidé ing the» public continues to be im§, pressed favorably by the ‘various promotions, the result-bray‘ well be that-foxeowl-ll again reach a more vllwsimiruaiarsnd affluent clien- tele. This lovel‘ mun be attained if produces are to‘ rniriret their pelt: IA profitable prices, in res moss "to present oflgfs of pro- duidion.‘

“In convwnfionl with vol-loll fur farmer: during ‘my travels, I rwqatodiy hcard- criticisms of the‘ alleged exorbitant prices received hrfetailjdoreofor Holy, .11: — sprfcso obtained fin, mall canton whore my linlitsdbutim elillfdo not correspond ‘to prlcsijprevailing in largo. oetlgrfof. damnation, such a: Now" York-Gringo. Ban Fran- looolhd MOVMIIOIN. In Ilflfl’ canton, the and 10-. latitudes hgvrconailtentiy_ dir- qomoa loqqat,or‘tho1=- silen- w» wwardloxoln-dllsing. the past you, and, have protracted‘ this

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We on: mating: our‘ N. H. cockmis, and egg fast cliklrs. will bribe molt.

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we ordinates ‘and my m, but van cooopf who r. "I"! chicks, so wall as ‘l.

articio at roafly ottrootivs prices,

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TIZEJUARIZIAIEL

‘no World Tot!!! (C)

Dean logo's third subisot i: the future of religion. He notes that there isamong thinkers, a goeat unanimity ir. the convictio that only a spiritual renewal save

u: in our present distress. ut on the other hand he is sure t the traditional seats of auth ty in

religion no longer inspire confi- dsnoe-and we must sup e thal dictum to apply to the body of which he Ls a member. as well as to any others. "The argument from miracle and prophecy has yery properly been abandoned. The mir- acle. as Goethe said, tithe child of faith; it can never be the par~ ent, nor. if miracles ‘could be proved, could they ever establish anything of value to religion!" A very debatable statement: and if miracles can be disproved, then religion itself will lose much of its validity. Prophecy is treated of in the some incredulous manner: "As for prophecy, it may‘ Well be doubted. whether any human being has ever had the powerJo fore- tell the future." In ‘these few words the subject_ is ‘dismissed; yet both sacred and profane writ- ers have Joined to ‘show that ln¢ divlcluals have at time: foreseen events. Socrates. four‘ hundred years before the death of Christ, said: "The perfect righteous man will be scourged and bound. and at last, aftkr suffering every kind .of torture,‘ he will be- crucified." Plato records this prophecy in his "Republic."

The Roman poet Virgil wrote his Fourth Eciogue about forty years before the birth of Chrlstz-“Be- hold the Virgin, and behold‘ the golden age as from high Heaven descend o progeny we do not know. The age of iron shall cease and golden generations fill the world. Thus heaven's unshaken will is spoken. ‘Come then, 0 Son of God. 00d‘: Mighty ‘Rein. Thy reign begins, thQIhour‘ is nigh." That la the gist of the lengthy Eclogue.

Seneca, tutor .to the Emperor Nero. wrote: "There will be a time when ocean will relafherlbound- arieshnd an enormous continent will be disclosed. Neptune will re- veal new lworlds, and Iceland will no longer be on the world's edge.” These are a few of the pro-

oouras of the years, and to end them let the reader refer to Revel- ations. chapter 18. It opens with a prophecy of a "beast" which threat- ens to subdue the worldfbuti “per- ishes bythe sword": and ends with the advent of another "beast" which forces its people to the same pursuits and aims. It has yet to be dealt with.

The political record 'of the Churches, Dean Inge thinks, is detestable." Well, there is some- thing in that. and‘ his own Church was not entirely blameless: her harshness drove the band of ex- iles "to the wild New Kirkland shore." But that was long ago. and there is less intolerance now ‘The infallible Book has no long- er any adherents except in what the late Bishop Henson called the Protestant‘ underworld, and the

in relation to frost‘: and over- headfi‘. . . .

Ocmmesitlng on the mink situat- ion Mr. Pemmk ha: this ‘to say . . . “A: revocable u the outlook for mink appears at present, a continuation of the present rate of increase in production will bring about a point of saturation This situation compels serious thought.‘ The hood-trons. and many mink ranchers, are perform- ing s. useful service in acqualnting mink producers with the imminent prdqpeot of, these problems be- coming real within : relatively short time urnlees production is regulated in relation to the abnor- ptive capacity of the mas-km. If t-he curl-en incrmse in production con-

wiil be rwuiiaibio in atlch quantities aawili necessitate reaching a‘ much lower income group of consume

prices receding go levels less pro- fitable to the producers. This sit- uation can occur, in spite of a pvrrr-IHIMMOI‘! of favorable economic condiiona"

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(STEELE-BRIGGS) . NDVI IN STDDN

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‘Thomas Aquinas,

phecies gathered by the writer in.

tinues, it is obvious that mink»

which will, In burn. rd-lllt in.

"ERIAN". SEED‘ OATS — Also: .

American: call fundamentalism.‘ It almost looks, he says. Is if Christianity will have to rest on the ioltimonyrof the I-loly Spirit —on mysticism as defined by St. reoognitio Del etierimentall: (knowledge of uod I-hrweh experience-etc know‘ God is to seek Him) and onthe law of ioveaa expounded in the New Testament. "This was in fact the Wllilon of St.lPaul—not Luther's St. Paul. but the apostle himself as we know him in his letters." (To be continued.)

. Food for Caged Starling

"Your description of the Star- llflk as a pet is quite. attractive“ said a. young friend, "but you don't 51y snythlng about feeding it." That was a challenge, and after considerable rummaging through all my bird literature I made out what I considered to be a satia- factory blli-obfare.

In the wild state the Starling feeds chiefly on insects. worms,

‘grub: and grasshoppers, and for

dessert tackles almost any of our cultivated fruits. In confinemenz, says the old bird-book, it will eat raw or cooked beef, bread, cheese. and anything that is not salt or sour. Rancid food is quiteunda- airable. in the @3501’) when in- sects are not obtainable the bird may have scolded and soaked anifs eggs along with other food. (the. eggs may be had, pocketed, at pet shops). in winter soaked "groc- er’s ClllTRXlLS" will be a tidbit. In their season huckleberries and other small fruit/may be tried till the owner observes the preferences of his sterling. Birds need water and probably pots need it the murc because they are kept in heated rooms. Most birds like to bathe too, so try the Starling with clean water in a large bath dish.

Plant for Naming

A letter from Mr. Geo. l". Fer- guson, of New London. P. E. 1, reads in part as follows: “About i0 years ago a sprig such as I now send you, came into the possession of my mother (now deceased). From this she grew a bush which is today 3 l-2 or 4 feet high. bushy, and about 3 or more feet wide. She always called it Boxwood, but it was never positively identified. Dr William Holman, of Toronto, was here some years ago, and was much interested in it. He thought the bush was not a native of Can- ada, but had become aociimatized. Please name it if possible."

illnclosed .were two sprigs of an evergreen plant which bore a great resemblance to Box (Buxua semp- ervirens) in one of itavarleties. I checked them over. point by point, with the help of Sir J. D. Hook- er"s "Flora of the British Islands" and but for one thing, I might have assured myself,“ that they were really "Boxwood." The absence of the flowers mode me very cautious in naming the plant.

It was well that I refrained, for I found in another British‘ book. that there are no less than eleven other plants whose leaves re- semble those of the Box. There are Box-leaved Barberry, Box- leavod Buckthom. Box-leaved Myr- tie. and so on. 1 hope to receive flowering twigs of the New London plant, when the mystery may be solved! '

The true Box (Buxus) is native to S. Europe, N. Africa, and W. Asia. It is found on the chalk hills of the south of England too, but we must remember that the warm Gulf Stream makes its in- fluence felt in that region. Box grows to i2 feet high there, as a small tree, and its wood was for-

"nlerly in great request for engrav-

ing upon. The wood is very close- grained in texture, and almost vltelline in color. I have metric and other "rulers" made of this now scarce wood.

As box l5 evergreen. slow-grow-

ing. and very patient lulder the shears, it is unexcell l for topiary work, and is trimmed into 88o» metric figures, birds. and llcrnldlv animals, as ornaments in Old Ens- liah formal gardens." when I was s‘ lad a little box hedge, less than a foot high. often parted ‘the flower-beds from the walks in cot- tage gardens. . ‘ After I had examined the sprigs. I prepared some “Hormodinfl s root-inducin hormone, and stood them in it. Tomorrow they will be potted up in the hope that they will root. though the season ls hardly propitious-

Hooker says the plant i: bitter and poisonous: the leaves are bit- tor, but I didn't try whether they are poisonous!

To conclude, I thank Mr. Fer- guson for ‘his kind references to than "Newsy Notes."

‘ “Canadian Nature"

This delightful little magazine

I Charla: E. Weill) g1; qqaq It, - Phone sass-r. Alisa Gertrude Doucotf.

Innis: liver Mrs. Arthur J. lumen. I ‘New Annan 0- Q- qlohasu. Nana T?!"

ma w. star, Limited

érloanoxrcxomir-

J. F- MMIEOD- I

lives up lo its reputation as the best guide for Canadian natuni- lsts, young or old. Among the an- nouncements in the March-AprU number I note that the Federation of Ontario Naturalists will itoid its 10th annual summer Nature School from July 8rd to July 17th. ,The camp Leaders will be specialists in their field. Informa- tion as to place and fees may be had from the Royal Ontario Mus- eum, Toronto. Another announce- ment tells of a new "field guide" to the Shells of the Atlantic Cont. published by Thomas Alien, Tor- onto. ‘This is a book long over- due. ‘

There are two full-page colored plates, the first being the pretty white Canadian Anemone; the other. a fine picture of the Indigo Bunting, a. bird which seems to regard the Northum-berland Straits as its northern limit in a general way. but paid a visit to Marsh- field in June, i938. '

I am glad to find that "C. N." has resumed the publication of the four small colored plates oi birds in the National Museum of Canada! These birds al-et led into my Reedss “Bird Guides." in this manner: “on the top margin of Reed's page depicting the Wiiiet AOV 258, I have printed "C. N.- Mus-ch, ma". All our 9.12.1. birds which have appeared in "Canad- ian ‘Nature’ for the past ten years have been cross-indexed thus. Missl-"tuth J. Northcott. of the David Dunlap Observatory, Tor- onto, contributes a series c-f eight sketches of constellations, togeth- er with an account of the ancient legends that gave rise to these star-groups. These are well cai- cllioted to ‘rouse the curiosity of our young pecple and to turn them into star-gazers.

(l. II. ll. Timetable Changes Announced

MQNCTON. N. B.. April 22e-A number of timetable changes af- fecting Canadian National Rail- ways train operations on the iAt- lantic Region are, announced by Frank L. Dougan. regional general passenger agent. who advises trav- ellers to consult their local agents for changes affecting their areas. ‘The changes, which become ef- fective Sunday, April 25 next, are being made to conform with the annual change to Daylight Saving Time and-to provide better and more convenient service for the company's patrons. All times given are Atlantic Standard.

A further reduction in the run- ning time of the Ocean Limited westbound from Halifax will be made. It will leave Halifax at 8.00 AM. and arrive Montreal at 7.00 A.M.. lapping twenty minutes of! its present timetable.

Car Ferry Service

Scheduled trips of the Prince. Edward Island car ferry for motor vehicles between Borden, P. El. I. and Cape Tormentine, N. 13., will leave Borden pier at 9.10 a.m., 1.00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m.: leave Cape Tormeniine pier at 10.35 a.m., 2.40 p.m., 7.30 p.m., daily except Sun- day. l ,

A Sunday service will be operq ated commencing May 2, leaving Borden pier at 6.45 p.m. and Capo Tormentine pier at 8.00 p.m., and commencing May 30 an additional service will be operated leaving Borden pier et 1.00 p.m. and Cape Tormentine pier at 3.00 p.m. YEOVIL. Erlgland _ (OP) - British European Airways, using a helicopter to deliver dummy mail to vilhges over a 120 mile route, re- ported a 96 per cent regularity in the service. ‘