THE GUARDIAN. ciianiliri-rs.-rown

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N... that the insulin: 0! mini! M, auuined considerable propor- no” 15 um province with a great mmy for ranchers breeding min: in connection with thsiivother op- erationl. I um” "Wm m ”c”'

rinriv sores on 1.3.3; -i:lillE0'l'EIi virii

Silver Fox and, 3.. Mink” Farming 1

w-, precautions for the ----o- --v be -m'-- - - -...I.::: first pr!-"il"'"” M C ””

u. m we mink DIIIIIIOII II I suc-

urul whelplng season. Moat ”',,,1,,mg. occur in my and some ,'f,,,,. are born the latter part of Apm. 1;; any case it is very ini-

rtant because females should be ”?...a in their wneipina pens about fwo weary before the first litter ,, mm. Therefore there is much work to be done and s compara- mely mo;-v, period in which to do

it.

All the pens, nest boxes and the -mi should be thoroughly clean- zd gm are generally born outside u.'. nest boxes and taken in after- wards. Nest boxes should be simil- ea with fuel oil at least two weeks 1,. advance of placing them in the

us. Fuel oil acts as an insecticide Esra when uoroughl; dried is od- orless. The nest boxes should be filled with soft nay. iirelrmblll mum hay. It should be free of dust and any foreign matter which may cause irritation of the skin. izemember. the kits after birth are placed near the bottom of the nest so nearing of any kind ,which will break up is not good. If You Will! females have fleas I 8006 fleli POW- der such as Pulvex should be used in their present nest before mov- mg them to their wheiping boxes.

A good procedure is to hay them in their present boxes. DU"-ink the neg powder in the hey so that the mink will get plenty of it on their fur. some ranchers consider it is a good policy to move the males to another part of the yard away from the females. They believe that the females feel more secure when the males are not near them. Fresh. clean water is very important dur- ing the whelping. Many cases of lost litters are due to the fact that

the females had no water when the kits were, born. They go after

water during that time much the some as a male dos when be com- plets.-s a mating. It is evident that they become excited and nervous when they do not have a supply of water and they tend to neglect their young. It is often necessary to fasten their water cups so that they cannot spill their water. be- cause some females shortly before whelplng dump their water cups or scratch out the water as fast as it is put in.

Feeding is important during this season - in fact of the utmost importance. careless feeding even for one or two nights may result in the loss of one or more utters. Emphasis should be on the action of the mink rather than on the appearance particularly during the latter part of gestation. The feed- ins schedule should be the same as the previous months except that the proportion of fresh liuer should be raised two or more per cent and it is a good practise to add two per cent of powdered milk to the ra- tion. This can be obtained quite cheaply. You can remove four per cent from the cereal and red meat ration to make up for these addi- tions.

Many beginners find it difficult to tell when a female has whelp- ed. Experienced ranchers state that at feeding time you will probably hear mice-like noises coming from the next box indicating the kits have arrived. Another sign is the appearance of black tar-like drop- nines in the pen. Sometimes the female will not eat the feed given her the night before but this is not always the case. The appear- ance of nipples that have been nursed. or wet spots on the belly is a sure slszn the kits are nursing nnd doing well. Many rancher-g be. lieve that it is not wise to linger around the pen too long to deter- mine whether or not there is a l5'38l'- A Very good rule to follow during the gestation period is to feed and ivater the mink and then leave them alone.

The fox rancher's breeding prob-

FOR TWO WEEKS

GLIIIDLIIS

Gladiolus are scarce so act now to et these at is: lhsnzc each! Assortment from flaming reds.

wonderful GLADIOLUS BULB yellows. purples. blues. pinks whites.

multicolor. am, now ready or iirst blooms and with many years of flowering ahead. Any bulb not developing first plaritln re- placed free. Tremendous saving in t ese young virile bulbs already I if to 291' In circumference. Truly an unbeatable oflcr.

Order now on approval.

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MICHIGAN BULB C0. OF CANADA LIMITED. Dept. CW 470, 6 Trinity Square, Toronto I, Ont.

name of Jones. acres. of June he'd ll. Illclllllo who was on the bit. 4 why IAIIIALIA made such a hit. Jones figured he'd glvo than a try.

ofter one demonstration, decided to buy.

NIH ll tliouaa d ollas asses, Whore F have Enacted! horses out of the

traces. Ad larnsr lonasii - here's anuan.

"loyal ---rush fanning PAY." "-4 Complete Line of liarmall Tractors available for linniedlstensiivery." , Alurnberolgooduaedrractoruollrecoaditio ia- diIlllli,lhrIIisllOn Fa ,li'arinalilI,0oclr-

up to 8 years If required.

mostly stones. till the soil,

what he'll say:

A big operator in the old shell game, hen belonging to John Bel-I 10. of Niles. Ohio, appears to bel Measuring eight inches in circum-

resting on her laurels after laying I

sin favors

the one-half pound egg that dwarfs the average one beside it.

ference, it is four times larger than average egg.

lems are pretty well over as this is written. Most ranchers we have talked to have practically all their pup arrivals now, although some” expect a number during the early part of this month. The ideal time. we think. to have fox litters. is around the first week in April. They get a good start in growth then and mature nicely in fur by the time the first week in Decem- ber rolls around. While interest in foxes is nothingillke it was some years ago and most ranchers have cut down to small proportions. yet there is the fact that the fur is a desirable one and that it is liable to make its comeback in the not too distant future.

The world production of silver fox has been estimated by good authorities to be not more than 150,000 this year. That is about one-fifth of what it was at its peak some years ago, and the rel- atively small number that would be available for marketing next season could be taken up by the world's population with very lit- tle effort. During a recent visit to the United states while waiting at. an airport, we got into conver- sation with three young people from Norway. The young lady was wearing two silver fox pelts. They were very beautiful and we com- plimented her and her compan- ions. She said they had been sel- ected ior her by a good authority in Norway and we noticed quite n. number of people looking at them and evidently admiring them. Just a couple of seats away was a lad) evidently quite wealthy, who was wearing brown furs and we could not help noticing the contrast which was very much in favor of the silver fox.

At the annual meeting of the United Mink Breeders' Association

advertising budget was set at :50.- 000. which is to be expended to create consumer interest in stan- dard ranch mink. It was reported that about 75 per cent of the ap- proximately 202000 standard ranch mink from the U. M. P. A. 1951 crop had been sold. Remaining to be sold were somewhat less than 40,- 000 pelts at the New York Auction Co. and 10,000 at Lampoon. Fraser as I-luth. Interesting averages cov- ering the past five years and were given by Don Crosby, business manager. The best average was at- tained for 199,720 skins pelted for l950 - 824.53. The average for all 1951 pelts sold up to April lat of this year is 818.00, for 124,401 skins. This didn't include the skins sold at Lainpson's last week which brought an average of something over al'l. Included in the annual report was reference to the work done in the combating of food poisoning in mink. 34.000 worth of botulinus anti-toxin and refrigera- tion equipment was shown as pur-

WANTED

Good young pigs, 30 lbs. and over. Buying daily at highest market prices.

WELLINGTON McNElLL & SON, Buntaln 0 Bell's Wharf

PM Fiiiill ron SALE

Approximately 150 acres at UNION ROAD, PIE. I.

Apply to

LEE ESSEBY AT Consisting of 75 acres on Newton Road, five chains from Newton Siding. This form is in good state of cul- tivation. Practicali new house. wired for eectridtyl, new hen home, barn in f condition. ,

cam. CBEIINAN,

R. R.

held in Milwaukee recently. the

Mortgage Sole

THERE WILL BE SOLD by Public Auction in front of the Court House in Summerside in Prince County on Friday the 6th day of June AD. 1952 at the hour of TWELVE 0'CLOCK NOON ALL THAT TRACT, PIECE OR PAR- CEL OFi land situate, lying and being on Lot or Township No. 2 in Prince County aforesaid, bound- ed and described as follows, that is in say:

COMMENCING on the eastern side of the Palmer Road and in the north boundary of forty acres of land formerly in the possession of Richard Mocklcr, thence run- ning east” by the magnet of the year 1764 along the said north boundary to McElroy Road. thence nor-thwardly along the same (I sufficient distance to give a rec- tangular width of 5 chains and 85 links, thence west parallel to the first mentioned course to the Palmer Road aforesaid. thence aouthwnrdly along the said Road to the place of commencement containing by estimation an area of FORTY acres of land a little more or less.

The above sale is made under und by virtue of a power of sale contained in a certain lndcniure of mortgage bearing date the first day of June AD. 1922 and made between August Doucelte of St. Louis in Prince County in said Province with Mary Doucette. his wife of the one part and Acad- lan Mutual Sick Benefit Associa- tion. a body corporate incorporat- ed under the laws of Prince Ed- ward Island of the other part and because of default having been made in the payment of principal and interest money secured by said Mortgage.

For further particulars apply to the Office of J. A. Gallant. LL.B., Water Street, Summerside. Dated this 29th day of April A.D. 1952. r ACADIAN MUTUAL SICK BENEFIT ASSOCIATION.

Mortgagee.

chased and this supply has been

it can be distributed as needed. Additional statistics regarding the marketing of mutation pelts by the Mutation Mink Breeders Associa- tion pelts had all been marketed. The grand average for all z.M.- B. A. mutations to date is 021.55.

GAPONIZING

Make ,.your appointment early when you buy your chicks to avoid disappoint- ment. Best age for Cross Breds 5 to 6 weeks; for Bar- red Rocks 6 to 7 weeks. For appointment phone 1591-23 or write

KEITH MIJTCH, Southporf:

j

provided at variourpolnts so that

E -u..:..

Barley fl-Iordeum) ranks third today. and may soon replace cats in second place among the cereals in Canada. it the present trend continues. It is a member of the grass family (Gramlneae) and has been cultivated from time em- orial. There is uncertainty as to the number of IPI0198 W WW9" many of the varieties batons. 30!- anists have divided cultivated bar- ley into three species: H. vulgare. with four rows of grains in I head: H- hixastichum, common six-rowed barley; and B. distichum with its two rows of developed grains Di-'1' head.

The four-rowed (Scotch bere) never was popular in America. The awnless or hooded varieties have never proved satisfactory in either yield or ease of thrashin8- TM em-1y ' ll, named I SDb'3Pec' reg, H. u nudum, a. barley iwlth naked seeds. ihlit IFCOUGMIY shelled badly at harvest-

Barley does best. in moderately dry and warm temperate cilmli-ct some varieties, however, are grown farther north within the Arctic Circle, than oats, the next hard- iest of the cereals or food grains. The north and east counties of Scotland have ions DEC” ”"'''9"5 for the fine quality of barley grown on their more level sections. The two-rowed varieties have been most popular in Europe and in the Mar- itime Provinces.

llaalern Canadian Darla;

Barley was brought to Canada by Samuel Champlain with other cereals and sown in Qu bee in 1609. -The first census ta en in that province in 1851 records 42.344 acres of barley. In the century since, this acreage has risen W 142.000 and 200.000 acres of mixed grain are grown. probably about one half barley. The earliest rec- ords indicate that Royaie and Duckbill. a two-rowed variety. were generally grown. Mensury. I six- rowed variety introduced by the Experfciantci Farms Branch wag also ,---.-r-"-- crown by 1910. These we” .----nrcr 1 largely by O.A C. 21 and Pontiac. nnd more recently by Montcalm which originated at Mac- donald College.

Barley was probably introduced to the Maritime Provinces by ti"! first French settlers. The two-row- ed varieties. Chevalier and Duck- bill were largely grown. Ind dllflllil the era of building saillnif 311105. many of these when new were load- ed largely pith barley. taken to Great Britain and sold. 'rwo-row- ed barley continues to be common iy grown in these provinces. The moist cool climate and a ions growing season are conditions fav- orable for this type, while sia-row- ed sorts develop tenacious owns that the lighter type. of thrashlnif

NEWSYC

By J. A. Clark. D30.

equipment in general use. fail I0 remove. Charlottetown No. so which readily drops its awns. has cut- ylelded all other varieties over a long period of years. The acre- age of barley has increased in the Marltimes forty percent and mixed grain has nearly doubled in the period 1940-49 over that of 1930-39. Ontario producsd more than half of the barley grown in Canada in 1390 but last year it produced less than one-thirtieth of the Canad- ian barley crop. In the last ten years Ontario has received freight assistance on more than twelve million bushels of feed barley from Western Canada. Two-rowed bar- ley was largely crown in Um-"10 in the early days for the "NW1 States market. This trade was cut off by an American protective tar- iff. An importation of six-rowed barley from Manchuria in um was the beginning that chance! 0"! the barley of the province to the earlier ripeninfl 5””"'-"'34 SW35 3! 19l'l O.A.C. 21 was the leadifiil variety and held that place until it was superceded by Montcalm. Western Canadian Barley The Prairie Provinces secured the foundation for their great bar- ley industry indirectly from the American protecti tariff because with the loss of their barley mar-

Yss. throughout "

Installed systems whose

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alignment assures smooth danger of olistruedons.

gineers to write for our

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or contacts iuorin Till past 7 Vans

Canada and Quebec towns and municipalities, in sewers and under airports, are

you-after-year efficiency depends upon SHAW "NOW Process” Concrete sewer Pipe.

This obvious confidence in SHAW Concrete sewer Plpe is well-founded. for the ”Packsr Head" process

greater hydraulic capacity. ripe needs less maintenance. because we Invite municipal snllnesrs and eonsuitinl OI- siaaw concrete lower Pipe is your best buy.

Halon in Claude Cain's "Grist for the still" over (ilk)! Tuesday, Thursday and rridn. as his r. H.

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NOTES -

ket many farmers from Ontario moved to Manitoba and the North West Territories. taking seed bar- ley with. them about the close of the 10th. century. While much or their barley was high quality two-

-rvwed. they also had Mcnsury and

other of the Manchurian aix-row- ed types that 'required a shorter season and gave higher yields un- der western conditions. There was scarcely any market for barley, so

that most of it was grown for feed.

and because barley matured early. it was usually used as a weed coli- tsol CIOD.

This added to the contamination of the seed, so that barley export- ed to Great Britain at that time was described by the importer in the following words: "Canada pro- duces the best wheat and the worst barley in the world." The advent of wheat stem-mat in Canada led to an increase in the acreage and an overproduction of poor quality barley. The prairie provinces have. in recent years. produced 9097; of all barley grown in Canada.

Improved Varieties

Dr. Wiuiain Saunders, Ottawa. Dr. O.A. Zavitz, Guelph. and Dr. L. S. Kllnck at Macdcnald Uauege. were the pioneer systematic barley breede B in Canada. Dr. Saunders imported the six-rowed barley from ltianchuria; selections from this were the foundation from which the others worked. In 1003, Dr. Zavitz set out nursery plots of this barley: Plant No. 2. which he chose was the foundation seed for his 0.A.C. 21. that was registered in 1000. This variety replaced most other varieties in Ontario in i017. and it was the leading registered variety in Canada. from then until 1948. It is estimated that this var- iety, at one time, produced 90 per cent. of all Canadian barley.

Ottawa. No. 60, another Man- churian selection, became popular for s. time in Quebec. Ontario and Manitoba. The first smooth-awnett barley, Regal, was produced and licensed by the University of Sask- atchewan in l932. Many smooth awned varieties have since been licensed by the Agricultural Col- leges and the Experimental Farms Branch. The outstanding one. how- ever, to date, 'wss developed by Dr. E. A. Lods of Macdonald Uouege. P.Q.. which beside being smooth- awned, with high melting quality. is a heavier yieldcr than 0. A. C. 21. which it -has leplaced. as the most largely grown registered sort in Canada. Barley research has also given us the smut-resistant variety Trebi, and the stem-rust resistant variety Peatland. Many other prom- ising sorts are now under tests. and it is hoped that an insect rc-

sistant variety may be found soon.

FOR SALE

One slightly used General Electric Hot Water Heating, Oil Burning Unit. Capacity 1800 ft. radiation.

A. W. PALMER, Phone 2855 ,7 Surrimerslde

Kennedy & Mustard

. REAL ESTATE BROKER! Charlottetown. I. l. L

Properties Bought and Sold Also a Full Rental and Anctioneering ervice.

123 Kent Street-l'Iions llill

miles per hour.

wiieei. welve picker arms-in mean faster pllnllifl . revolutions are required to Pi

IJUGAL MacNU'l'T Ienslsigtsn

Joiiu Di-:1-:iii: Potato Planter

. a, G a '3 a direct result,

1.q”bod7 hm" knot: :v:a:i'l.;o:n:gyz:t 2'r0.ri.e.s.i:we::;::.;c;:i1i.3:vheel, which as- nushbm Yho Ira re Potato Planter for 98 sures positive pickup of seed . . . uniform gn;::oo;eI,.":;,,:: :ccul-egcy gr any speed up to S spacing in the row . . . and planting It even

a pee I ' acy at fgs1(;i: ilgeyeg: Ji:h!1lG CX':ilIPll::v:g-:rcl:";)iCkEf

because

A. PICKARD slum rnacrons up.

National larlsy Coalition

The organintion of the Nstionu i ll Barley Committee was spousa- ed by Dr. JJI. Oriadalo in me. it took steps to improve the quality, I

the production and locate wider markets for barley. one uil the-discoveries. made pouible by the work of this committee. was made by Dr. l.W. Cralnpton. that barley was I cheaper feed for firi- ishing hogs than oats or corn; and that it , uoed a better quality of bacon. This committee promoted the establishment of commercial grades of barley. It helped arrange that the beat commercial on were supplied with certified and registered seed, so that by 1039. over 65 per cent of the Weatem iziarley marketed was of good qual-

y.

To assist in barley research and

tension work. the Barley Im- provement Institute was chartered in 1948, and already has to its cre- dit some outstanding research con- trlbutions.