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G. Enuisl Smith Superintendent Experimental C _ Fox Ranch, Summerside, P.E.I.i

PART _!_ . 1a visiting different YUM“!- nutureliy breeders hive 511°" u“ whet they have considered the best foxes in their ranch. In many asses those foxes have a 800d length of fur, well covered. they QM well furred around the neck cud shoulders without my break in the fur, and as the breeders justly point out. they have good mane; with e. clear-cut bresk be- tween the silver on the body and the black on the neck and should- ers; the silver evenly and well de- veloped on the back and sides; good tails with large v/llitedipfi‘. without any sign of sny. brown glmde in either the black 0r the silver, and the silver hairs Mile a. long blilck iip. sivlnir that so-

.cslled veiled dppeariince,—-"damn--

able picture foxes,"—aiid' yoilfifeel like swearing because you only have to put your two through the fulj__to realize that the breeders are up sgairist. a hopeless proposition to get. eny‘ improve-

.inent with such a type of fox.

’I'here is no quality to the fur. Quality is the all important factor with regard to any wearing sp- cparel. Fox breeders must remem- ber that the ladies who have the

, money to purchase silver fox furs

are women of taste who have been used to quality in their wearing apparel, and demand quality. also rigidly avoid mil-king a. picture of themselves.

A suiting came to me from Eng- land, and the firm from which it was procured said that it was the finest piece of cloth that had ever been on their premises. ‘truthfully, I did not think much of it, nor was I particularly struck with it after it was madeup, but after

- wearing it for several months, ufi- t);

der different circumstances, I be- pn to realise that I had some- thing of exceptional quality. It was suitable for every environment, "$111118 parties, out-door parties, or for working. slid 1 noticed that .1! I satcdjacent to a lady it made die-r dress look better-L and 41w would invariably rgmgrk mush“ WI! l very nice suitytbat I was ""1118. There wassomsthing in

the °D1nlon of the eiiperi that sold,

tint niece of rrmterial that it was the best piece of cloth that hsd been on their premises. Undoubt-

. ""1 it Md quality. but 1 did not

recogniseit at flrtand] m, fmmn that thejrnember axfbfqumy

GUITS. rum.- food.

UVIPERIALS lfllllt

in

direct from factory.

absorbed-

m mania‘, proved a ulstent with quplltv-l,

rooted where nebfitlla»;

IIGNMENT PLAN.

' Ouh covenants-raged #0017596 interest. , ~

Nil request.

fr

fingers.

gather oblivious that the dress had

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SUPERIOR PELTS

Come from foxes fed llbtlllly Highest Prices on all "t" "h" m"! IMPERIAL manners their

INCREASED j Pour vALuss t t follow regular use o! IMPERIALS which Ire yfeplmd ism

formula tested and approved by world's le o secure llllhfilt-Qbfelgzagllglgnfljl’ “m,

The Felting season is well advanced. good shape with IMPERIALS, l!!! them now, start at mice 5nd g very shortly be noilreable, fully jusfifylnl- W, chum

For sale by distributors in leading inning“ mum “a

IMPERIAL BISBIIIT

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SILVER Fox PELTS

A Unprecedented Demand.

And ere eagerly sought for wherever furs ‘are worn. If pro- ._ pcrly Illlfldkd the would production 9m sully. l»

i irur rnitoiiou m» ORGANIZATION ‘which... l thromnits cohtriwtl wiui the mnossr 1%“ CIPAL run ourrrnls or to-secure the llldloot llllslble 9"“! 0U- m." "Pi"? “' ooossur suruavlsso mo rliQTWml llAY-BITING bus ulwuym fn the poll, ill 01:" algal; pnlteblmlstllfl- mm omlc condltluuupive anticipate g ~ " min. 'pelt"i'iii'riéfiid‘lnrcogli“thls"0lil’llflalli"l u prom: of m also. ttuoreoslil. If!!!“

Our grading sud sppnifslug facilities Two plum are offered:-

Our aim cxdliilve’ rooi. m no» Ho! M time

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family who bought that dld not know it had- quellty, but simply took the word of a mlllble person.

“Qusllty" Always Counts

Well-dressed ladies, from ex- perience, know that qu llty is an attraction in itself. I wms asked to invite a girl to the annual big dram function of the institution with which I was connected. I spent most of the evening swear- ing. As she was my guest, I neces- sarily "passed a large pm of iiic evening with lier. Wherever we set invariably ii crowd of ‘worried would gcther adjacent to us and‘ wnendédthatomizlisce - tiig crow w suggest mo some-quieter , place; immediately mother crowd would outlier around us. Even sswe yrsllged down the corridor-forum j would Palm Within slew fee ‘Ashort time crtei- the function fl . met’ die

Per-tun who bad requested me‘ to ; invlte the slrl and I was asked if ~

she wore her lace dress fliimedi. ately that ekplairled the 6915424439 of that night. 'I‘h.is particular lace had been in the family foi- many years, and it cost a. smailfortune to have it made up as a. dress. Evidently some or the ladies re- cvgnizpd it had quality and prob- wbly remarked about it, which made other women curious, par-

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The Western Canada Fur Exhibi- tion hcld at Wiulnpeg November 1Q? tc 18th wus s illosi successful sh w in all respects Over forty ex- hibitors with about 400 Illinois rs- pi-eseuting Quebec, Ontario, Manl- toba. Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, were present. The judgin was closely watched, par- ticular in the for and mink class- es and the exhibitors were satisfied with the decision of the Judges. The prises were well distributed among the different exhibitors, proving that there was immense improvement in average exhibits.

The presentation of all animals at the tebiesjvus well handled by the commltteem ‘ s, which was under the supervision of Mr. A. M. Doyle, (chimera of Prince Edward Isiiind. Mr. bert W. Fraser of New York: was the Judge of the sil- ver fox classes and Mr. H. P. Warns slid Mr. Joseph Gassner, both of Winnipeg, Judged the mink classes The veterinary inspector was Dr. J.-A. Allen, B. V. B0-

m. connection with the Exhibition, e ‘series of lectures and discussions were arranged by Dr. J. A. Allen, in which many speakers of hl h repute took part. Mr. Robert W. user of New York, gave an address on the types of fox and mink skins desired by markets. In the course of his address he stated that in his opinion silver fox had not reached the sat- uration point yet, but was due for

ticulsrly if they could not discern that there was outstanding quglity in that dress. I, myself, was alto-

liusllty. except that 1 noticed that my dices suit looked better against it than I had ever noticed before. Undoubtedly this lace dress was ggalilttsfregvtlion refills‘?! i: hud anti ~ a ml D u" recur ng furs is that they have a quality ct cannot be obtained in my mnlliacrliallllrgnéabrlic, s; first furs . 5 W!‘ OI furs in‘ iculsr/wluie they may not in a picture in themselves, will 1m-' Prove both the locks and the

clothing of the _ ' Emmi/N‘ important quality my be ‘in silver fox furs as a wojuring. time: more im-

appdrel, it is ten

llvrtcnt to the fox breoders'from_

=- bwedinr stlmdpoiht. Without

$11811‘! the breeder is against g r ' ti

mulled ifiiififitwcfibiii‘? c???

91' 5nd. i1’ there i unlit , with

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with riuriiuuii. Fox sis- fui- hicrkets an realised by staple

ndlii for up; u, worth-while psi“,

Clot your foxes 511M111! you not be feed- Ifest improvement will

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houses. worm: bus

time lecilrllll‘ improved econ-

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The Robert Fraser referred to above is a brother of the late Alfred Fraser cf New York, who for so many years represented C. M. Lampoon 6r 0o. there and made an- nual visits to this provlnom- Robert Fraser is now the representative of Iampsonh in New York and Alfred Fraser's son Tom, pays the annual visit here.

space does not permit us to give the wholevstcry of Mr. Fraser's ad- dress, but the following are extracts from it. "I have been in the fur business for s. long time and I very well remember when many. years ago in London at LGIIIDBOXYB Spring sale, which at that ‘time was the lei-nest of the year, because the Rus- sians all mode annual trl to Lou- don to buy fox furs an we were then getting fsirly good sized quan- tities of ranch raised sliver fox — about 100 skins-

The particular sole that I had re- ference to in the long ago we had

.. something over 500 skins, 100 ranch

raised and the balance wild caught. Instead of advertising 500 we ad- vertised 492, to keep it below the 500 mark so the buyers would not be afraid. A year or so later we had a thousand fox and. we adver- tised it 090. Each solc the skins all sold and we were sdrcd “When cm we get more?" Each year we have been having more and now we get thirty or more thousand skins for a sole ‘and we get them sold and do not have enough.

‘This year (1935) we have bandied over seventy thousand skins and we have not got a. dozen skins left from our lust season's collection. The trade is still asking “When is the new crop coming on?" Last year there must have been four hundred thousand silver fox marketed, some say four hundred and twenty-five thousand. They are all gone.

when I left New York o. week or

‘ so ago, buyers of silver fox were iri-

qulring about the new crop. They said they needed them. It certainly "does not look as though we had reached the saturation point yet and- personally I cannot imagine their being so plentiful that there will no longer be any use for them. O

A few years ago silver fox aver- aged $100 and when an article is selling for that amount it is very easy to anticipate s. drop of 50% in the price. Today foxes are within the means of fairly wall-to-do peo- ple and I do not think any decline 1s to be expected. The fur business has been going on for many centur- ies and silver foxes are being pro- duced on an ever increasing scale.

Kind of foxes to raise. From the viewpoint of the fur trade, why do you raise scrubby, long foxes and not more of the fine silver fox — beautiful tails, tips, etc? People in the fur trade do not have to con- tend with the problem you have. They just buy them, work them up and sell them at u profit. The type of fox thet the fur trade wants is the fairly silveryslfln, good body oi fur, dark underfur type of skin that lends itself best in the scarf, trini- ming, etc. _

Where a few good foues are pro- duced, there have to be n. lot ol poor

roi- posi- foxes They are Ill out uil one way or another there): u use for them and the price-you get Bu‘ - tlisin at tilull Infill 1W... It ll fortunate that there is an outlet for foxes of any kind, but everybody should strive to improve theirs "all"

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Silvor Fox Fanning

Fox RANCHERS}

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Good breeders tell me that the but way to improve your foxes is to mate the best individuals ln- the ranch. Do not mete good grade and poor and expect to huvd goodfoxes, as it ls generally u dovmwur step. Pair your best foxes and I think you should raise your stun,’ ’ and

said difference st

mink from iliccnstoirnj-sectlcns off wlntcu-‘faflm ‘Canada. northern shit nottlhwest‘ , 4) erri sections aretdurk, fins-tekturcd ' ‘ m... lightpelts, not Wgryllsrge lfi size but beautifill iuid my can be mode up into the finest ‘garments; where the ordinary run of the wild caught are only third or fourth gins; as compared to ranch raised but n . »

certainly the fur tflde ai- ways p3 a lemlum for light pel- tedmi. ttakes10or80skins tomuke a cost. If you get light pelted mink, when 00 or '10 skins. are made up lntc a coat, there is quite o. difference in ' the weight. Such 500st will bring anywhere

more than u hellvy cont. You will get s good premium foi- light weight medium pelts providing you have the color and fur. ' "

m selecting your brewing ani- mals. you will find that‘ those from Quebec, Labrador and. Northern \ Onborio will be lightfpellied mink. The prairie country will » ~hiws larger mink with helvy leather, Farther south heavy leather ‘and poorer and coarser fur. My advice is to concent n?‘ on. mink ‘front the best sections and stick to the best type. Select mink that have" the blue cast and discount stuff with reddish-or yellowish tints. n» you stick to the blue background you have the best type of mink produced. Another thing 1| the length of the ground filr. The fur trade prefers short nap minkiln- - stead of mink with long vu it makes up into much betcr fin- ished garments." _-

commenting on the day's judg- ing of silver foxes Mr. Fraser re- marked that there had not been a. poor fox placed on tlwjlbll, The. . average improvement over previous, .» exhibitions at Winnipeg‘ wsij ‘re- , , , , msrkable.‘ . '. _.

After his address lVllyIn-aser was _ ~ p deluged with‘ uestions and the

liver.‘ C“ ‘

or mediocre. Liars srs also uses

following are a. few oi’ the answers _ given to them. About 0% of all foxes marketed are clear of rust . and the balance more or less rusty. About 40% cm fslirly elect and the balance decidedly rusty. The ever- age run is improving frcmyesr to year. Several large Americom fox ranches heve developed their own type of fox and have found u mar- ket which depends upon them for thiit type of fox. (We presume Mr. Fraser has reference to Fromm Bros. and Nieman’ Bros. whose ranches produce annually some thwy thcusandpelts in sign:- 86 - .

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32 1st Prize Awards awarded to SUNGLO feeders feeding from 20$ to 100% SUNGLI) 1-3110“ 135 ClosmAwards awarded to SUNGLO feeders feeding on average of 41% SUNGLO rations: 15 Cllflmlllllllflhios anti Reserve Champlonlilpsawarded to’ SUNGLO feeders feeding an aver-

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no (2) Should animals have one W." Bid canal one day and e different one b! influenced from feed." \ the next or should the cereals be milled? Dr. Lew said it was better

not lower it." . ‘ to mix them up, cornmeal, rice. 1nd m! bell treatment for cu- _ ccnimeiiiingfcnltiie‘ m‘ "'7,','"..°.£g,",, ,,' lghgmolt pfdctlcll fir?‘ %flofmmw?i.‘ngigiiux Dbcembey June 8 nun? to s11; iwiydi-iiarged A‘ to admin" mo!‘ llldfiabdflfld. Dr. Allen's form- . .

eox e . .u-Bmfl!1. j.. .A11en" was oorm, ‘,,th t - , i: blink. Th0 wild educations: m" 3,, ,,,..,,,,;’, m; g “Wit-fix ten pin-u, liquid ficlifi; seuli January 6 SOPtGMbBT 28 setting some m the wehtem dls- m. 14w, "1 think best method farti- , , _ trlci-Iwll the from“; uuiemtiicswiiiciiupiiiin~ —-- -*_ "" - filkthzgxrlgglrlt 2am glgetfidmflttfltm where the do: can p: iii ma‘??? to wluii u» ‘go about For full particulars repdrdiiip shipments

Dr. Law did notvthlnk anemia would result if fish liver were fed 900d breeders claim that beef liver is superior to both fish liver and pork liver for foxes. Borne breeders do not believe in feeding Dork liver ot all. Many on all swlll and chlmoe to store in their liver such "vitaiiuns as ‘are present. in" beef livery“! have known of oases," $1: Dr. L!flg,t;¥oh€f9 pork liver from five to six hundred dollars pm boetenpmanmcy whit?” suits. some 0f the best ranchers in ‘Ontario use nothing but pork

are fed get a

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dilutes mom Tlli 1935 LIVE rnx snows t“ Prince Edward Island Exhibitors Association Show-s

500 FOXES EXHIBITED — 50 EXHIBITORS - 265 CLASS AWARDS -

31 1st Prizes awarded to _SUNGLO feeders feeding from

175 Clo A d 7 Chmfiisionwliiias s ‘aAai-IQZEGItiViQSUNGLO feeders feeding an average of 40% SUNGLO rations.

4186M 1/3 SUNGLO rations. J

194 FOXES EXHIBITED - 15 EXHIBITORS -.- 162 CLASS "swarms - iz 1st Piilziis ..

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m. insulin-T of Wilmil . ." wanted to know wlllt csinbin ion , neurons inc Iwwth of whi underfur. "This vrth u purely o iierediiyicc- Dr. umuimd ii umct

Joriudry . April . October Special ‘Silver For Sales November 18 Morph I0‘

Gavin A discussion took piece regard-

onsll to

Alfred Fraser, lnc.,

338 Seventh Avenue, New "York _

mink bioilhlii s re from Dr. new that mink did not live hookworms and very few round worms. ’

J. Whiter Jones, MA, MLA, ‘was the speaker at th _ weekly meeting of the Charlotte own Fox Club on Tliui-sdsy eveniii, . Jomskmremarkti we confined pr i to e breeding pro isms of t fox rancher. Insiinple words he defined inbreeding, line breeding and other phlsee of fox bleed improvement, Several very interesting points W819 brought out in the address which win listened to with rapt Ilttdntloli by the largest attendance so fur in the history of the Club-MI. . .

Mr. Jones‘ record us e cattle breeder is so well known that it is not necessary to refer to it and of courseheisulsrpe lllfiflfl:

breeder. Comparing the two occu- pations he said that the fox breed- ei- can lee the result of his breed- ing improvement in a much shorter m, time than can the cattle breeder something very inteerstlng n. who has to wait sveral years bcf- long, but we hove been pledged i0 loll! he ll definitely sure whether secrecy by the President, so mum‘; he has improved or retrograded in the word

his matings—bscause with the dairy cattle breeder mill! is his objective; with the fox I her the pelt evbliiis ill good 0f" bid qual- ities the first season. .

?_'l‘he lecture wasqonveéf the best __ v fqonflnued on g 13)::