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Wald h” ” th way home hgg ::l”f3:'”;,d,,;nbguley- about the E

but went right out and ; chased another male. 1:331! he. i ll beginning he 8" Y sniised ms herd and was ever on lookout for 1ml"0VW W”

quality. . .

' l woos he. bought I"d.2I;e stfirclsy from George E- bmim and it was these foxes that Br:11y put him in the limelight. very soon he began to take F1555 a, me Charlottetown foyminmix and in moo he won the Hal ,- mwrmg cup for champion I93 l' male and the T. Eaton Com- 1:1? Ltd.. oup for hamplon male 5: the show. "W Wes md "M Government of New Brunswick for Grand Chamllmn mi 0! allow. Ever after that Mr. Carr was a regular exhibitor at th; P. E. I. fox shows. taking his a are of the awards and always a very gcntlemsnly and well liked com-

petitor. . .

George E. Brown while not ex- actly a. pioneer breeder. 55 931” niche in the Hall of Fame il 5:- served for Dalton, Oulton, t he Rayhers and a few others. ya 1 0 quite early realised that silvcr Ht: (arming was an attractive lug;-auve proposition. He had been a successful farmer and a man mm a great reputati for honor and problty. In Vol. 1 of the Herd Book we notice that among 31' first foxes owned by mm W35 51' John. born in mi on the r-nch of Charles Daltnn and in 1912 Sir John was mated with. Lady Fem- . female of Dalton breeding that he purchased from F. 1!. Beer HM others of Charlottetown. Thlh lame fall he bought Lord Dllfwin from Fred Clark of Alberton. He was a male of Gordon and Tulllin ancestry on the site's side and Dalton breeding on the femllel side. He mated him vlih I-Id! Jane. a female of R. T. Olliton breeding on the sire's side Ind Dalton-sllas Rayner breeding on ihe dam's aide;

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From these and others he Duf- chased later on he established an excellent herd of foxes and in 1909 when the first silver for exhibit- ion was held in Prince Edward Island at Charlottetown. he won the Grand Championship and the Georges. Brown-foxes were on their read too fune. around that time he hadlWPchas- ed foxes from Oarrutbers and

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from James Tuplin, Black Banks. and the crossing of these with other strains he had produced t very famous Bonnie View breed that have been the progenitors of many of the top trophy winners in the Dominion of anode. Per- haps the most famous of these was Bonnie view as. a name that

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After Mr. Rown discontinued exhibiting, the Brown strain of foxes were shown by his son, W. W. Brown. who had some of the most magnificent dark and mod- ium silvers we have ever laid eyes on. Others who went to the top with Brown strain foxes were the late Hillard Muttart and his sons. Ira and Ray Carr. Roy Woodside and dosens of others we could mention. Mr. &-own was a man of strong principles which he stead- fastly held. Ardent prohibitionist he exercised a great deal of in- fluence for good in this country. In 1009 he was elected president of the P. E. I. Pox Breeders' and Ex- hlbitors' Association and many tributes were paid to him on that occasion by admiring competitors. To the families and relatives of Mr. Carr and Mr. Brown we tend- er, on behalf of olxselves and oth- er fox breeders, our deep sympathy on their greatoloss. .

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Joe Stalin is a pretty wily fel- low and calm t be beaten for ly- lng propaganda and other means of extending his sway. Just re- cently the young shah of Iran married a beautiful young lady and it is reported that the wed- ding gift of Premier Stalin was a Russian sable coarvalucd at 3159.- ooo. Maximilian. a noted fur man of New York, states that this esti- mate given out by the Russian press is entirely erroneous as the sables in such a coat would not run to much more than s3a,ooo, and it certainly would not take ov- er 0100.000 to make up the coat.

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Ed Stanton writing in Women's Wear Daily states: "After a two month period of extremely active trading in many types of furs the New York market has levelled off and business apparently is again much closer to normal for this time of year. Usually the raw for market goes into a between season let down after manufacturers and dealers have taken on enough fresh goods to keep them satisfied. Commenting on European inter- est he states. activity from outside the United states for raw furs continues strong as it has in past months. South America too has been buying skins in New York with his men from Brazil. Argen- tina, Uruguay and other countries visiting the market. Canadians have been more active in the market than they were earlier l the year. Usually they take a considerable muskrat when new goods start coming in but this year they were slow in getting started. After it was clear that high levels were more than temp- orary many Canadians began to go ahead with their purchase.

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Cautious bidding was a feature of the offering of wild mink last week by the Dominion Auction Fur sales in Winnipeg. About so per cent of the 2,000 offered was sold with ordinary quality going from M7. to 848.50 and better quality ranch mink registered an advance from 10 to ie percent over January sales. standard males went from :20. to 032.00, ordinary males, as. to :28: femliel. I19. to :21; ordinary females sis. to sin. A small col- lection of Bilverblus averaged ml.

336: coo silver for was 90 per cent sold. advancing 20 to all per cent over January. In the stand- ards seven-slghths to full silvers brought from 833- to 020; ordinary quality seven-elghths to fulls from 017. to no 20.000 inuskrata was so be cent sold with a top of also All white for was sold with an ad- vance of 10 to 1s per cent.

Poultry Breeding

UITAWA. Feb. 21-A number

selection for such hsredihry traits as on size and body else no effective in t.ind'9ll- eggslaeIndi:lodysiuofsuc- m::1I;.eratl9m.boms exper-

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Selecting vour Vegetable Stall" A

The vegetable grower al- esssntial to sliccess; and no mat- ter if he gives the closest attention to all other factors cannot ach- ieve this success wi ut it. Since the cost of seed is a small portion of thetotal expense of , oductlon the best seed obtainable should be used, says E. chilanan of the Do. minion liixperkilentai Station, Kentvllle, N. B.

in the selection of good seed the requirements are as follows:.

1. It should be viable. The vital- ity of a given lot of seed depends upon the initial germinating pow- er which is.influenced by proper maturity and outing to low moist- ure content plus storage in a dry, well ventilated place. Never the less it is a well-known fact that the different vegetable seeds re- tain their viability for different lengths of time. The following table gives the length of time seeds may be expected to live when properly handled. Asparagus Bean

Beet Cabbage Carrot Celery Cucumber Lettuce Melon Onion Pizcsnip Pea

Pepper Pumpkin Radish Spinach Sweet Corn Tomato Turnip Many seed houses now stamp on their containers the ycrcentage germination and date of last test. Where this is not supplied the grower would be well advised to carry out his own germinating test prior to seeding. The simplest test of this nature is to place ll counted number of seeds between moist blotting paper, invert a dish over same to prevent drying out nnd place in a warm place. From the actual counts the percentage of viable seeds is calculated. 2. It should not contain seed or foreign matter,

3. It should be free from disease. Much of the present dry seed is llroduccd in reatructed areas by Specialists and is government in- spected against disease. However, another precautionary thud is the use of standard seed disin- fectnnts which may be applied by the seed firm or the grower.

4. It should be true to name and of a good strain. This point is of prime importance and is one which gives the vegetable grower the greatest concern. The grower is wise to do i nnly with long estab- lished. well known, reliable houses.

Even though he may have the utmost confidence in the source of his seed the grower can, in some instances. pre-test his samples. With seed which has a viability of two years or more small test rows can be grown the year previous to the main crop.

Prom reliable firms, where fair sized orders are given. it is often possible to obtain the stock number and order seed of the same par- entage the following year.

Another method in verifying the stock is for the grown to save his own seed. This. however, is a . xciaiined business and is not generally recommended. Perhaps the best assurance that the groworihas selected the beat seed possible is in the , L , when obtainable. of registered or certified -red. Here every precaut- lcr is t-"---- to insure good seed.

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man in charge of the flock. exam- ined camefullyi hundreds of birds looking for characteristics ' cbuldbeused asa basisforcui.l- lng poor layout and those birds with poor l-iveabuity. He noticed that good layers had very bright eyes while the eyes of,unheait.by birds were dull and be A if this characteristic could be used as a basis for classifying the good, healthy layers on the one hand. and the poorer ones with a big: mortality rate on the other. Applying this newly recognized characteristic he oiaulfied the Exlperimelital Station flock into two grades according to eye con-

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dltlon. Gr e i incliaied birds wlhicll had bright, clear, distinct and perfectly pupils

while the iris we: a solid reddish or l-Mil. bay coloulr. 'IIie Grade 2 birds had pupils with blurred

our. often siladcsandinsorneblrdswaaah indistinct (My.

From 1012 to 1948 Grade I

frornutoihapercantwitlian averagaofM.'llleGude2lilrds varied annually haul 11.0 to 2211.7

orrrslwa. rbbruary ao.'1oei- , should ways remember that good seed is .

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Wiudi public criticism of parliamentary

A ;- NEWSY

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This bird. often referred to as Wilson's Black-capped Warbler. is a somber resident. breeding 1I'0m the top tier of the U.8. A. north- ward. It winters in Central Am- erica (Reed) It is said to be toi- erably common, in the N. 3. lists, and I conjecture it is the same in P.l'. 1., though Bain does not men- tion it. One. a female was brought in by the cat on Aug. M. 1944. And I observed another. a male. on Aug. 21'. me. It is one of those Warblers that imitate the l"!ycitch- ers, taking insects on the wing. They often join other species of Warblers in migrat.ions..

Wilson Warbler. AOU. 685. sum- mer Resident. Male: -Forehead yel- low, crown black. a vague yellow superciliary stripe. nest of upper parts. rwings, and tail, bright olive- green; no wlngbars Ior tall patch- es, but a yellow patch under elbow of wings: Underparts bright yel- low. Female similar; but black cap smaller or wanting. Immature birds resemble females. Length of adults 5 inches.

PLENTY. A NOUN

There is coming into vogue a rather slovenly way of using the word, "plenty". such sentences as "'I'hi.slpract.ice brings in plenty cash". is an example. It sounds aboriginal, and one WOIidEl'a why the writer did not make it "heap plenty cash". Good English would have it "plenty of cash," because "plenty" is a noun. not an adject- ive. Plentiful and its poetic com-

' plenteous, are the adjectives derived from it.

POLITICS. A ll.E'l'BOSI'EC'I.'

"You never write about politics," said a visitor. in a rather accusing tone. "You mean Island politics?" I asked. "Yes," he said. "Well," I said. "I lost interest in local poll- tics soon after I landed, and though I always voted. I nave: did so with any satisfaction to myself. The main reason was that the only difference between the parties was in their names! (I am speaking of 40 years ago.) I had Just come from a land where the parliament- ary psrties were different indeed. The Liberals devoted their whole attention to home affairs, and the betterment of the middle and low- er classes. Tile F rvatives took their stand on traditional grounds as guardians of the nation. under the leadership of the sovereign and his Nobles. They were the Tories -the King's Party-and they had experience and education as lead- ers. It was extremely interesting to observe how the rest of the world re-acted to these parties. When the Liberals were in power that party invariably attacked some established practice or institution; and at once the whole country was at loggerheads. Then the contin- ental nations, France, Germany. or

. saw their opportunity and encroached here a little, there s little, in Africa or Asia, but always with a threat to Britain's colonies. That was enough; an election put the Tories into power without de- lay and the foreign adventurers withdrew their forces. There was no tlmidity. no appeasement. those days! Quite naturally, I was "a little Oonservat.ive.f'

In mo 1 came to Canada, along with half a million other folk from the British Isles. It was soon ap- parent that, in P. E. I.. the only difference between the political

was that one was "in" and the other "out." At that time pub- licdit A , '--,-can- didatcs were a feature of every el- ection; and I recall the dislilusion of one elecbo who told me that he had seen the two candidates shak- ing hands outside. after a discus- sion during which they abused each other "like pickpockets." This was the first time I had heard

affairs, in person; but the news- papers of that day kept up a bick- ering that set a very bad example. one Islander remarked: "it is

t go that.one never see: (news) papers like that away"-meaning in other ports of Canada.

Candidates for election, in most cases, did not scruple to buy votes for liquor or cash. In John Mac- Kinnon's "Sketch Book” (l9l5) there is a story of a caiididaws agent w:: pls;:d :thIIIEIlI1lm:0kO lzy purchss vo w w y bo - ties filled with water. Maclfinnon was an Islander and could talk of such sublects with impunity; but I realised that a "green Englishman" would best serve his own interests by keeping away from politics al- together. my accusing visitor had to admit I was right.

As in present-day local politics. I observe so many improvements over the past. that I "leave well enollh alone." In an over-all sur-

. socislixation. nlnswvws conon sclllllll

blsrs.fca-instance are seldtobo "olive-green" in color; but paint- inu of the same bird by different

Iy Agricola

Ior both.

In describing the plumage of W” t birds, it is not always. certain that

the words carry the correct idea "5 x, -of the color. Many of the wor-

NOTES .

and the third red. These three known as Primary colors. Then I-lsnslaw drew a second cir- cle from the same centre but with the radius two inches longer. The Klilce intervening was divided into Six equal areas by parts of radii. These were painted (1) yellow. (2) Yellow plus blue. (3) blue. (4) blue plus red. (5) red and (ii) red plus yellow. The "plus" colors are made gifedequsl parts of the colors speci-

In my copy I third (and final) circle is made with a radius two inches longer than the last. This time the intervening space wu broken into twelve equal parts, Painted (1) yellow. (2) 3 yellow blue blue. (3) yellow plus blue, (4) 2 blue plus yellow. (5) blue. and so on in sequehce around the cir- cle. '1? yellow plus blue" means W” 99"” mm of yellow paint mixed with one part of blue. such I mixture makes a "greenish yel- low" color. The "2 blue pl", ye). low" is bluish green.

llenslow's color scheme is very ingenious and could be carried 10,. rhfgumdeimiwly. to Produce other

A COLD TIME

February 8th, lstll, was long re. fcrred to as "Cold Friday." a name quite unknown to the younger gm- eration, I find. From my garag- 1300k I Rather that on Friday mom-

canaliiall llarn Briefs

NEW 11!! P0! POPCORN .

Adult movie-goers may be relin- ed but lnall boys. fearhg a threat to their popcorn supplies. may view with alarm a recent, rqlort from the Canada Department of Agri- culture's Division of Plant Protoc- tlon office at Vancouver. B.C., that popcorn was used as MEI ma terial for a shipment of delicate house plants from California. The fluffy white popcorn. oftic-, ials said. served as excellent ck-I

ing material as the plants arrived at their destination in good con-

dition. INsEc'I'ICInE8

Red clover seed yields can be increased by spraying with DDT andttoxsphsns to control such in- sects as the clover head caterpil- lar. clover leafhopper and grass- hoppers in P A ' i nu.mbers.Iic- cording to recent experiments cm- ducied b the Department of Ag- riculture Forage Plants Division, at Ottawa.

Tests allowed that when DDT spray was applied at the pre-bloom stage followed by an application of toxaphene when the plants were in full blocm. seed yields were in- creased 26 per cent over the check plots. Even single sprays of either of mean insecticides applied at the pre-bloom stage resulted in signif- icantly higher yields.

Bees are an essential factor in the production of red clover and the Bee Division at Ottawa point- ed out that neither DDT or taxa- phene proved harmful to the hon- eybees. Officials stress the fact

mg "'9 me1'Cl1TlI We-5 28 degrees below zero. a bitter cold that was dubbed in by s seventy-mile gale. (In New Brunswick the cold was more intense.)

A corres ndent wrote that 13118 wind ObriEV:h:!'OlI;htrl'x1: north-west in B. gale so strong that it broke off big trees as if they were straws.

The streets in N. B. towns were deserted; nobody dare venture out At Sussex. N.B.. lumbermon gaming out of the woods. reported

scores of woodpeckers frozen to

won the Saturday the wind began moderate, and b an cl the like was over.y n W "ism

Weed control llollls In Fight Against Plant Diseases

OTTAWA. Feb. 21-Battles are um?”-V W9" by strategists. and agricultural scientists sometime, find they have to change their shale” M-WW are to win out in their fight against disease. roi- Years plant sole-n-lists have been busy bwedintl disease-resistant varieties wlidclh have helped ma.- ierialllr in keeping the bread bu. kets of the world filled. But re. searuhers are now beginning go ma 0” "hat Mme Plant disesses,. Pamcillarly those caused by Virug diseases my be checked by con. i-mums or ellsninsting cel-mu weeds which harbour the virus or the insects that spread the disease

Believing that ,1, the week-link in iligeedlailxlnalz id: llsht against the curly-top an- 9339 ,3"-Mk-I118 Sugar beet crops, scientists in the United States De. Pempellt of Agriculture are bg. sinmnc to chalice to what they tc-rm an offensive strategy aimed at destroying or eliminating eel-. taln weeds. They have found that this virus disease is spread by an beet Ieaihopoer insect in-l feeds on Russian thistle and other worthless annual weeds on mg ranges uddacefft to the sun; bee; fields. These insects carry the (curly-ilop virus from the weed. of senu-desert lands to sugar been and other cultivated crops of mg irrigated valleys. By crowding out and replacing we Mable weeds with lseful grasses um do not harbour the vl.rl.ls-carrying ienthomers. the United States Scientists not only plan to check the spread of the disease. but hope also to increase beef and "HMO" Production an idle ranges.