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SEPTEMBER 16, 1950 g

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..-new ” -m - - i old dialect fl dilnli if not already . dead. A FARMER5 l . will WES 0'. Tom - NEWSY NOTES - ...... ........ .............. . muses Arrrimou, PLEASE 1 i . anrnou ' SA lG(al:N(:E0UB ' . - I, A" can About the middle of last cmtury SHLL AVAILABLE -' A FEW we can supply you with an Silver F03 and use rswow-rnaoarsn doieis. on the dry. Iaiuil: E l,h.i.gull-sh" agzyientiat ugotg ;onN pump; povpggpo nmamgs e VINIO . . I-115911 found uulun " English -. . arnung 2- - tbewtgtal precipitation (rain nieal nofiineneiature had becomltmes puced " . aansoim niuom -ewes ” Wwtm m”'.'..Y.l'?u-'i?. z'ii:"io?3 tuii'3e'f.'.', 3i'I3.'? 5.? .?"i'.7m7..n""?3Z'r13:e or 3'3-?"'v7exl vi-3”-"?n-3'o73 in-set 5350-00 UP "

The New York auction sale of

(These Diggers are fully mutation mink held last week was

dine Iavorins top quality but also taking average lots. Pearl plum.

proven in P. E. I. They are lower in price and very few repairs are required from year to Year-

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the tmnlelt of the season with prices firm or higher on all goods offered. silverblu varieties appear- ed to be the most wanted with a large proportion of the regular and Breath of spring types being sold at prices 20 to 35 percent higher than June. All colors were eagerly competed for -with some fine goods bringing extremely high prices. A top of 880 was reached for a lot of Breath of spring dressed silver-

blu. Top regular silver-blu brought 840. Here is a brief report - dress- ed goods. Aleutian, 7096 sold, to-p price 050. for males and females. average quality; white, 737.. "sold top price 347; sllverblu (18,003) 939; said, top price 346. up 25 per ccnt.: Breath of spring sllverblu 9196: sold top price 580. prices up 2096: miscellaneous (6.100) 88 per cent sold. top price 332.60. 0 O 0

FEEDER CATTLE

Have on hand 30 head of Feeder Cattle.

Write or Phone

RALPH K. ADAMS, 0'Leary, P. E. I. PHONE 14

We notice that in the quantities of furs offered by the Hudson's Bay Company for the auctions in London commencing September 18th.. 600 pearl platinums. 1,750 platinum: and 15.000 silver fox,

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At the Canadian Fur Auction sales Company. Ltd. September sale we notice that red fox was in much demand with prices 2095 above June. These ranged up to 54.50 for Nova Bcotian reds and up to 34.00 for western Canada reds, and up to 34.75 for eastern Canada and up to 37.00 for Labrador. These prices are far in advance of any- thing paid in the last two years. and the fact that red fox is in demand will be very encouraging to all silver fox breeders because it means a trend towards the long- haired furs. other long-haired furs that maintained the recent revival and interested New York dealers were lynx. which brought from s21.oo to 325.00. White fox was 9007. sold, shcwing very strong demand.

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At the above auction many cshrewd traders extended their in- iterest in long-haired furs to in- ;clude silver fox with platinums. ,reg-u-lars and interiors buoyant and heavily bought by New York and 'Canadian dealers, also some Eur- opeans. The auction company re- ported platinum: 9696 sold with an advance of 3596 compared with June and inferior platinum 80'7o sold at an advance of 2295;. The surge of buying mutations contin- ued when pearl platinum and white marked fox,were offered. Canadian and European dealers led the bid-

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PIILLETS

urns sold as high as 321, with most, skins rnnsins from 810. to as. White marked averaged tlo. to 314. with a. top of 31'! and 9996 was sold. The auction company reported plat- inum well divided between Euro. pean, Canadian and New York dealers. Pearl platinum was bought for Canada and Europe, White marked, mostly Eiuopean and Canadian with some New York buying, possibly for export. O O O

One-half to three-quarter silvers which reached a top of 320.50 but were mostly sold between 314. and 317.. were bought mainly for mp- ope and Canada but there was some other buying as well. Select- ed full silvers were very active and strong. Canadians and mropsm; We” the principal buyers with a near sell out being achieved. Bel. ected fulls brought a top of gun with average lots at 315.. to 319, Regular full silvers went mostly to Europe and Canada with prices substantially up. Inferior types were 857:; sold to Canadian and Euro- peans. top price. 312.50. Concluding the report on the sale Women's Wear Daily. New York. has: .. "The silver fox sale as a whole was the best in years and appear- ed to mark the turning point in the attitude of the trade towards an article too long neglected, Many dealers commented that the prices and demand had taken them by surprise." 0 O I While the above prices are mm- Inc for us to crow about when the cost of proriuctionlis borne in mind. yet the fact that the trend towards silvcr fox anditsmutatlonsis being established makes the future very much brighter. We trust that when the first cf January rolls around all the silver and mutation fox held in storage in Canada will have been sold. If so the number of pelts available for i950 will not likely ax- ceed more than 40,000 and than would be a mere drop in the buck. ct if a substantial demand in mir- ope and America materialises. The Only dark spct in the picture is the possibility that Fromm Bros. and the Nie-mans are holding large quantities in cold storage. These. if released in large amount. could keel! the market down for another year or mere. 0 0 O A despatch to women's Wear Daily from Montreal states - Fur industry executives. here point out that impact of the increase in ex- cise tax on fur garments. in effect from last Friday throughout can. ada. is less severe than at first reading. and is not expected to cause any material upset in fur -business, The facts are that the lo Der cent tax imposed at the dress- lniz and dyeing stage is now in- creased to is per cent. under Fin. ance Minister Abbott's supplement- 81"! "defence budget." The existent 8 per cont tax levied at manufact- uring level, however, remains u,-1- changed. 0 O C e

The overall effect is to increase retail fur prices between 2 and 3 per cent. which means 310 to 315 on a 3500 coat. according to an official of the Canadian council of Fur Associations. Put another WIY. the effect of the increase is about equal. he says. to a ll per cent general rise in rawfur prices.

but was afterwards excluded as a case, of mistaken identity. However. the bird was observed at Pownal in the summer of 1940. by Miss Maude M. Jonee, well-known to readers of this column ea an ex- perienced ornithologist. The Vireos without doubt are a different group. but this species, as its name implies, has the throat and breast of a bright yellow color, whereas the other species have these parts while. This feature is very con- spicuaua.

There are at least half-a-doun different kinds of Vireo listed for New Brunswick; the Red-eyed, Phil- adelphia, Warbling, Yellow-the-oab ed, Blue-headed. and White-eyed species. The immense forests of that Province give food and shelter to all. The more adventurous spirits in this list will at times cross the straits. and remain to breed on P. E. 1.. but the nest. hanging from a twig. is too tempting a mark for robber crow and the maureding grackle. The Via-eo is not likely to repeat the experiment. It is, these uncertain incursions that confuse our local birdwatchers. Yellow-throated Vireo. 828. Occasional summer resident. (Pownall, I919). Superciliary line, and ring around eye. bright yellow; upper parts bright olive-green. shading to fray on the rump and upper tell verts; wings with two wing-bars. and with the outer web of inner secondaries white. Throat and breast bright yellow; belly and undertall coveris white. Tail dusky. nearly all the feathers with white edging. and (as in all Vireos) short and slightly notched. Length of adults 0.0 inches.

STORY OF A YELLOVV ALFALFA

In my garden - now much neg- lectcd. I am sorry to day - there is growing a vigorous plant of Med- icago falcats, upon which hangs in story.

In March. 1913. the south Dako- ta State Legislature authorized Dr. N. E. Hansen to explore Siberia in search of -wild Alfalfa and Clovers which could stand up against the extreme conditions of drought. heat and cold found on this continent. This was to be his fourth journey into the realms of the Czar and he records with gratitude. the help- fulness and courtesy of the Russian officials with whom he had to deal. ,

Late summer found Dr. Hanson at Semipalatinsk. where he . had noticed, on a previous journey. a yellow-flowered Alfalfa (M. fal- cata) growing abundantly and well. Unlike the blue-flowered European Alfalfa (Medlcago satlva) which produces a very long tap-root. this Siberian ' pi ”uced a multi- tude of side shoots or "runners". instead. It is said that the subsoil of the region is always frozen at a depth of six or seven inches, and the plant is therefore "the victim of circumstances" and must rim as

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...Am..:..mA.Aj. It is pointed out that this way the Bovemment will. in fact, collect more dollars on taxation of fur garments than even during the war when the tax stood at 23 per cent at the dressing and dyeing stage, but there was no additional tax on the manufactured garment. Re- tailers are not expectedto mark up present stocks. but higher re- tail prices will necessarily be mark-

ed on new deliveries which carry the increased tax rate.

h'om loo degrees F. in summer to 50 degrees below acre in winter! (and somtimes without snowl)

Dr. Hansen brought back 8.30 lbs. of Bemipalatinsk Alfalfa seed. This was distributed to Experimen- tal stations in the first instance. and sold to the U. S. farmers af- terwards - to defray the expenses of Dr. H.anaen's Journey. At last, on Feb. 1521914. the seed was offer- ed to the world at 85.00 per pound. I talked the matter over with a good friend. a Boot. and we decided to risk 60 cents a piece and bar- gain for a dollar's worth of seed. we got it too; and ever since. that. Alfalfa has kept its place in the garden. ( A dollar was a dollar those days).

There is one striking feature of this Alfalfa - it can be pastuired without injury. Another thing: in the Spring thaws. both clovers and ordinary Alfalfes are killed by the heaving action of the sou which maps the root. It seems to have no effect on the runners of M. fal- cata.

Three years later. I". M. scien- ders, of Saskatoon, sask.. wrote: "My own experience with l-lansen's alfalfa leads me to look upon it as the most important agricultural innovation for very many years". with all its good points the si- berian Alfalfa should have achiev- ed success. but. instead. it gradually dropped out of sight. At that time most of the stations and Agricul- ural Colleges in Canada were try- ing to produce hardy hybrids of the European Blue Alfalfas. and dis- couraged the growing of any others. It was pointed out that the leaves of I-lansen's Alfalfa were smaller than those of the European spec- ies. True, but there were more of them. so that. in general, each plant yielded 8 to 10 lbs. of green forage. But the word "hybrid" had a marvellous effect. and my plant is likely to be one of the last sur- vivors of the once famous Han- sen's Alfalfa.

GIBDLE OB GB-IDDLE There is an interesting (and at times, amusing), discussion going on in the columns of a popular weekly. as to whether it is allow- able to use the word girdle. when griddle is meant: Can we say "gird- le-cake". when the cake is baked on a. griddle? The most erudite dic- tionaries have been consulted, but so far none of the disputants seem satisfied. merymanzs Dictionary disposes of the question in five words: -"Girdle. Scots form of Griddle." It is not only the Low- land Scots who enjoy girdle-cake. but their erstwhile foes. the North- umbriims. have evolved several luscious varieties of that comes- tible.

The weakness of the dlspuiants is that they have not heard of met- aihesis. which concerns itself with the transposition of letters. Here are a few examples: The old ling- lish word "bridd" is now printed "bird". The Scots (and their foes) say "he girned at us" when they mean "he grinned malevoleritly." "The cake was brunt" when it was merely burnt. There was a lit- tle river that ran past the old F0- man Camp at Lanchestsr. County Durham. and was called "the Browney". I questioned a wise old naturalist who told me that it was the word "boa-n' with the dim- inutive - "ie" attached. Then the letter "1" was moved up to make it "Brunie".. As the language beclme more elegant, the vowel was alter- ed to its present farm. Burn. in this instance. means a. etreang or brook

is. we are by no means certain that the name we give it is that under which it will appear in the next

It will pay you to see the new featuresof the

3 JOHN DEERE DIGGER.

book we open. Too many dien botanical treatises come un- der this censure. The new Gray's Manual of Botany, 8th edition. hap- pily refrains to a great extent, from removing the "ancient landmarks." There is one t . that is no improvement: our Beach Pea. Iathyrus Maritimus, is now called I... Japonieus. found in England as well as in Arc- tic and Northern Europe.

and America. It the Japanese plant has any difference, then it should be L. meiritimus. japonieue.

The Manual (apart from this), is an excellent work and well worth the attention of botanists over all the continent. Every form and var- iety of plant has been noticed un- der the specific name. illustrations have been added to those of the seventh edition. There are other features of this monu- mental work that deserve men- tion. but these must wait.

Cana-

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HOLSTEIN BREEDERS

A meeting of the Shareholders of the P. E. l. Superior Holstein Bull Club, will be held in the De-

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