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threw men out of work, ‘ ruin lng many small industries which had been can-led on at home. To add to these troubles, the war with Rance, and an increas’ igly hostile spirit which was growing up in the Untied States. threatened that ruin to England which Napoleon had long planned.

The final defeat of Napoleon in i815 did away with the most press- ing danger. but there followed an economic depression that affected all land. Ii we can rely upon the evdence of William Cobbett. the condition of the Northern Counties was not nearly es bad as that of the South. Writing from North Shields, near the mouth oi

THE STEEL TRAP To take the cruelty out of trep-

Those most sensitive to the cruel- ties to animals can easily visual- ize tire ghastly suffering inflict- ed by the damnable jaw of the steel traps. Others are made aware of these tortures only aim- their own dog has been the unfortunate victim oi this barbarous practice.

How shall we minimize the cruel-

leglsiaflon to ban entirely

vatlon? This would at present. The

ping is tho goal of all animal lovers.

ty of trapping? Shall we attempt the use oi the steel jaw trap causing ex- cruciating pain. exposure and star- be impossible

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No single agency has done more than the American Humane Assoc- iation to encourage and s humane traps. This year mar the eleventh annual humane trap oon- test promoted by the Association. The closing data; for entries is April 30. Adjudication will follow as soon as possible. Prizes amounting to five hundred dollars ($500.00) are awarded each year ior the most humane traps.

It is lmpomlble to estimate the

itude and tins effect oi this

con t. Contestants live in all part5 of the U. S. A. and Canada. Those most effected are the trap rs vesasmanyofthebesti ees

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TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming '

Congratulations to Captain John L. Read. on his election to the Pre- sidency of the Canadian National

lver Fox Breeders’ Association. The Captain was one oi the charter members of the organization. and. has been a Director from the first, so that he brings a fund of know- éeotisge and experience to his new

The results of the three days sil- ver fox offering sold by Iampson, Fraser dc Huth. Inc., New York, last week. show that 90 per cent. was 22 per cent. average ad- vance over the December auction prices on a quality for oualitybasis. Buyers interest was keen through- out. Pull silvers rose 22 per cent., the average

the average running between $40 and $50. These Ontario pelts were officially reported 95 per cent. sold. It is interesting to record thatsome oi the new type fox pelts were also offered. a few being described as being platinum or near-platinum types. and some exceptional typesof silvers probably oi the platinum sil- ver type. These sold at a price rankins from $78 to $135. There was also a. collection of full silvers com- prising a few hundred pelts which were listed as for “Special Ac- count." These sold between $36 and $62. with of the skins be- tween $44 and $50. The auction company did not reveal the origin of this collection which they re- ported as B8 per cent. sold.

Pad W. Bray, limited. i-iumilton, Ont.

Dear Mr. Bray:

They turned out to be almost

to taste the bitter to appreciate I was getting some eggs from

I do not hesitate to say that money makers, BRAY CHICKS Yours

Read 7711's Letter!

On March 18th I received my eighth shipment. nf Bray,» (jlurks which consisted of 255 sexed White luegliorn 90 pcr cmit pullers.

3 cockerels in the flock. As usual I found the chit-ks very hardy and I was successful in raising 252 oi them.

I have been raising chicks for 9 years and only out-r» boilgiit from another hatchery and agree with Lire old saying, "You liuvc

4 months old and when they were 6 months they were laying m1 D01‘ Cent, of which 50 per cent were grading “A Large" Willi wry 70W 0885 W918i“!!! under 22 ounces to the dozen. 'Fil(‘.~.C pull - are very large and they are the quietest flock I ever Wu; ml Wilfp

I. l. 1, Georgetown, Ont. Oct. 26 1940.

l00 per cent pullcts as I llad only

the sweet."

these pullets vvlicn tllcy wen»

for big, healthy chicks zurl rtu! are hard to beat. truly.

MRS. JAS. CARLISLE.

price beinR $39.19 ' ased

-- -u - lrcraft tn .1 Oct. 1aa2.n We ——- " °I an e a rm“ n ewmmenu gather enough strength u) defeat three-quarter silvers incre Another interesting fact aboutihg IDI- Ccrlisie has been buy- est returns ii you start them

,. lie 5B 5 Alltlbhflil.’ u howlllst be oyautious in ac- ments oi fact: not. long dvertlslii-Z " PPOSTNUmQ- ker said that "Auckland" m; capital of New Zealand. . this should have been ' . n, Plrom s Central m. city it was announced ryqggllst would sing a Norin W“ smig, John Peel." Peel g; iroutbeck once on a day. - Lake puma. Cumberland. BBC get its an- ey seem to have o. . able to talk vari- wglnges, I said l!) B. friend would know. His answer was my underwent a preparatory , giler they were selected; my, mere did not appear to be c! the kind here. and Demand. From press the impression that idant in Canada that l; no room to store it. If .. r and demand" had anything ,. with it. flour should be get- merper. It isn't. Over a per- gyears we have purchased one of flour in what is called 100 w, and. as a. matter oi curios- lhave jotted down the pnce .. loumnl. i-lcre is a selection. . l9. i939,

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P one gal; , lgsoubur

, 1941, $3. . There is a .. rise in price latterly, due ’."~ to several causes; taxation. Lrlng, bonuses, etc, all of ,. m passed on to the con- . "world price doesn't. seem re anything to do with it. . scriptures are dead. said Dr. ... 15, iu a radio address to the people la t week. It is true the German “higher critics" tried desperately for forty ... years lo discredit the Bible. lint Germans of the present have definitely cast aside its u“ 1- but there is one test of veracity and vitality still t0 and tuost. of my readers will 10sec ll. The Bible states that Antichrist will arise during the ofdlstren oi nations; but that 1nd his coadjuiors are fore-

river: “corniields, wood, pastimes

or thereabouts; cows

and beautiful country . the buildings are oi stone.

tobe well off;

solid and clean, and

0n them. either live in the farm- house. or in buildings appertaining i0 the farm-house; and they are all well fed and have no temptations like in the South . . . . The state of society is altogether so different that a man who has lived here all Lhis life-time can form no judgment at. all with regard to the situation. the wants and treatment of the working people in the Counties of the South." (Frcm Cobbetils “Rural

Rtdesl’)

Notwithstanding Cobbettu rather mry view oi ‘ryneside. we know that the industrial population oi the North suffered severely at that time; especially that portion rm- lpgpd in ship-building and the allied

on the beauty of the sides oi the

villages; a. church every four miles and sheep beautiful; oak trees, though none very large; and in short, a fertliklfi

Here are coal-works and railways every now and then. ‘Iihe working people seem their dwellings their urniiuregood . . Hrhefarmsare

Ill 103130; 8nd U10 900010 W110 W011i . their names on traps, are required

our efforts. hopping to many is a means oi a livelihood and the steel trap will be used until a substitute is universally practcal.

Realizing the futility oi abolishing the steel jaw trap with its indes- cribable cruelty, the Connesticut Humane Society has been success- ful in_ drastically restricting the use of this demon of torture. In fact, we have one oi the best and most practical trapping laws of any state n the union. Trappers must have

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must have in their possession the written pezmlsslon of owners trap, and are compelled to set traps in water or in the bu: row oi u. wild anKmaJ or on a pole eight or more fort above ground. Reasonable ex- ception is made for legal occupants to set steel traps within a radius of one hundred feet oi any perman- ent building.

The mcst effective method of eli- minating the torture of stzel traps is to encourage the manufacture and use of humane traps that take the animal alive and unhuit. This does away with pain and needless suffering. Tim's type makes possible tho release of too young and un- wanted animals.

trades. The writer has vivid re-. collections oi the distressing tales told by the old people who had lived through this era. when Chart- ism in its militant form led to much social disorder and act: of violence. A new Poor Law was enacted in i834 and was responsible for some improvement in the general situa- tion; a more potent cause of better- ment was the organizing of the workers themselves and their in- sistence upon collective bargaining with their employers. They have by this mean; been successful not only in improving their standard of living, but also in bringing about safer and more tolerable conditions of working. (To be continued).

AS I LOOK BACK Among the severe‘. Prcnl-luncu with whom I was brought into cou- tact in Newcastle. there was one Renee de Poliniere who deserves mention. I-ie was a student. of the

l- lo destruction. There you two opposing statements: take 1- oi what comes to pass. v Gardening. I have just rc- -» the seed list. of Messrs. .... and Morgan. londcn. Jpswtch. If you take a map Nilnd you will iind that Ips- ls in Suffolk. a little to the l o1 the Thames estuarygEast l lsnot a good place for gard- l but this old-established firm tout a very mod selection ~class. and in mmy cazes seedr. olrl Norlhumblln word. In _ and Comments" a German said that in the last war Wlllltlfynien gave way to “ .’ that is, hysterical out- " ii. ln German. is pro- ‘ like our Y) "Stop your sald an old-time north- n mother to her noiy com- ; children; and at the time t it was a word coined by .NowI sec ltwasa from Anglo-Saxon times. ml History. We. hgvg done tlvll wars when we reach the “ ‘ml ililltllry. and we see a Y increase of prosperity set in. coal. lead. and iron. mines qlilllfi. and old ones en- " fists began to spring up. Ind lilsanttary no doubt, when “by are ent standards, but dby a more prosperous race

Des, for when I asked h

English language, and proved bright 'l.nd vivacious as well as pcr ever- ing-a combination bound to pleas-c any teacher. He soon had an ncl- mlring circle of English lads of iris own age — bout seventeen -round him and these promptly christen- ed him “Pollyfl” (It is to be noted here that a. nickname in Britain does not necessarily imply dislike: a statesman, it is said, never gets l. nickname till he stands out from the c- on herd, and becomes a favorite.) "Polly" was good lookmg too. dark. and of the olive skinned type," just like Marine Pont-merci in “Les Miserables," I used to think. He was quite a romanticlt. I found, im what was the beat poem in the French language. he replied “Mon Secret," by Felix Arvers." He copied this poem for me and I have it now; whether it is really the beit French poem, I do not pretend to judge, but the Am- erican poet Longfellow included it in his ‘Translations from the Hendl." (There is a curious error in his translation: he uses the words "For her." when the pronoun in undoubtedly the subject of the sentence).

I never came across any Spaniards in Newcastle, though there may have been some: the likehood is that they kept to the South of- England where the climate was warmer. At one time I had a Greek.

p. (or miners) than ma ‘ lv existed. A new spirit Zine over the North and even ,, Win: flkrlculture our. the - xlaste lands were enclosed Willie and the @091; lm.

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their cattle tlii the Durham made an error years lance than in lpoundsl" he would

» li filifivfilbiiiiaffi. ill. . i“ °l med arable land were .. l’: ‘E2131... maifihfl at the H35- ‘H 0nd ct the eighteenth .,‘ mule Whole character oi the Mumlgleksxalaud ohsflifld and . 3n" , h- Durham County for ex- l, "i a Population of 01,000 vlfld this had 1186i i0 100 "1 "l! gzzliusootgldillléyfie i: . = re e - M‘ “l mfllly industrial con-

., . pottery. and ‘Jglmks end other industries, umyflnd a record o! a cool- m l" "N. where the m ":1 utilised in trying to m‘ imnt oolliery. Linen. .. “nafmdlllfiy textile: were y y small local factories. n "l! the common every- m‘: °l the ‘worklfzq classes,"

. c", was an 11mm. in- iflm sbrlc: it was steeped kind of s tan-

. ‘i “i called corduroy. but it hménioirtfilelfiu‘! qualities Mk“ (“i hm ammo - that

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named Theophilatus, as a student for business accounting: his father owned a line of frehbters and he

and capoable; and but when he his Balance ts, he would attempt to swear lmglsnd. "Devil's twenty mutter over and over. (SW in English seemed to be one oi e first accomplish- ments foreigners aimed at, and the recults were change l sometimes) . Mi’. T. was of the opinion that the cold skies of the North made the people turn to whisky and beer: in Greece, he said, llghlt wine was the only beverage used. He did not forget his teacher when he got back to Selonica. for he sent me hsif-a-dozen large photographs oi the Parthenon and other historic spots in Greece. And by the way, he pronounced his homo town "Sal- mn-Ili-ka," with the accent on the “EST (Not Sal-ON-lca). NOTES 0N ISLAND PLANTS

short, sturdy,

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to visit traps at stated intervals, t0

en.

‘This year if all the prize money is not. awarded the judges may use ttheubal in rrigchanisallywpler-

ec . an good ea sen

wit... i m Association is

progressive step oi the

to send Mr. Vernon

Bailey, the inventor oi several humane traps, to study trapping under varying conditions in the United States. He is utting prize

winning der wid life conditions. Manvoftheprize trasarcnow manufactured and It iicencouraglng to learn that the Amer an ‘Rappers Association has the following humane planks in its

program.

1. Protect and propagate benefi- cial wfld life.

2. Eliminate all unnecesary cruel. ty in trapping.

3. Protect fuzbearers irom the use of poison in any form.

4. Protect wild life from unfair methods s m o ki n s. den-digging, troy cutting. etc.

The millennium is not here but we have every assurance that the Amefcan Humane Association will continue to hold trapping contests until the steel tzan with it= indes- cribable horrors will be a. thing of the past

traps to practcal tests un-

per cent. with an average oi $32.42: half silvers were up 22 per cent with a $27.36 average; quarter silvers were 34 per cent. higher, the aver- age being $22.77: eighths and dark- er skins including blacks showed a 4B per cent. jump in price, averag- ing $17.00. The general average of the entire collection was $35.20. Goods at the $50 and higher levels brought relatively better prices than did the lower priced merchandise. The skins on sale were composed of offerings made by e American National Fox and Fur Brecdersms- Swilitilm-Whlch corresponds to our Canadian National Association in Canada-—and individual shippers to Lampson. Fraser 8a Huth.

At the March 3rd sale of Lamp- son, Fraser 8r Huth in New York. the American National Fox and Fur Breeders’ Association will offer 10,000 si~ver fox pelts, and it is ex-. pected that the Prince Edward, Island show pelts will be on the- same sale as well as other shlp-' ments by American and Canadian‘ ranchers.

Last Saturday witnessed the com- pletion of the first six day auction held by the Canadian Fur Auction

sale was that the quarter to three- quarier slivers were almost entirely sold at an average advance of 7 per cent. and an average price of $25.13, and, curious to relate, New York was a. heavy buyer. During the afternoon selected full silvers brought a. price range oi from s29 to $102. the company announcing that the average was $41.19. and it. was said that New York took most oi the best pelts.

Among the who attended the above sale were Messrs. P. G. Clark, oi the P. E. I. F"? P001. Ltd. and George A. Call- beck. of the Canadian National Summerside. Both these gentlemen ed and interested to see the irpward spiral of prices

commodity. Of course, looking back.‘ to a few year's ago. the average price of $24 would not have excited 1's very much, but having been down. to the depths even a modest figure‘ like that brings a surge of hope to; our breasts. As pointed out in these l columns before, it is doubtful if al $24 average will make any money for a rancher over a term o! years when depreciation and a charge fcr hls own services are taken into ac-

Sales Company. Ltd. of Montreal

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Weekly Livestock Market Review

OTTAWA, Canada. January 23, 41

SUMMARY:

A further addition was made during the past week to the sub- stantiai gain-z which have taken place in cattle prices since the first of the year. supplies were not bur- den some and with southern de- mand contiwuiirg to give a good measure oi support to the market, prices were firm to 25c lilghci‘ in some instances. Cali’ trade was firm wit-ll rxporl buying tltc fea- ture particularly in lhc cast. i-log prices ill-ctr! little cli turbcd cxrzrpl. at Toronto whcrc tho bar-lo price was 10c to 15c higher. Lambs. on the other hartd. dropped 50c at Toronto and elsewhere licld s‘eady to firm.

Plustcrn Cillllr Markets

Cattle prices at Toronto opened 15c to 25c higher and the gain was held throughout except on bulls. W-clghty steers were bracketed mo tly between $8 and $9.50, with a few small choice lots up to $10.25. while butcher steers sold up to $9 and a top of $9.25. Montreal had an active market and. while open- ing rates were higher. prices became a. little easier by the close. Good steers were mostly $8.75 up to a top cf $9.25 and good cows were at. generallv $6 to _§6 25.

family in the Island the Spreading Doglbane (Apocynum androsaemi- foiium). It bears cymes oi small pink fragrant bell-shaped flowers on short pedicels, and might have been a favorite had it. not a perni- cious habit of spreading by means of its roots. The Dogbone is found in cvcry part of Canada. getter-ally in old fields, along fences, or even in thickets, Both its popular and scientific names indicate that it is poisonous to dogs, but. no book that I have consulted. gives any hint. as to how it. operates.

THE CONVOLVULACEAE

This family of pints is most diversified although its members usually agree in having showy flow- ers. The Morning Glories and Cypress Vines are ornamental climbers; the Sweet Potato has edible roots, and the roots oi other species yield jaiap. a violent cathar- tic when taken incautlously.

Our two species are the Hedge Blndiweed (Convolvulus sepiumt. and the Field Bindweezi (C. arverrsis). Both are perennials, with ‘ovate-oblong or arrow-s h a p e d leaves, and white (or rosy) funnel- shaped flowers. The Hedge Bind- weed is the more showy. Both species are disliked. for they spiced rapidly by means of extensive cord- like fleshy rootstocks: and tend to smother out other vegetation by their tangle of vines. Only preslst- eint cultivation will make any lm- pression on these plants when they once get a footho d; 11y destrdyilik new growth till the roots are ex- hausted. It cannot be too widely known that pigs are very lend c! the rcolstocks and will 80 i0 l lot of trouble tc secure the last