JUEEJE- 1933 Tl-IE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN VTIM ELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming ‘ Canadian Silver Fox and Fur Toronto. l5 Pl-lllll-“lllllk a scrim of eight articles entltledyfflazt Flding on Canadian Rariches. which sum marlzes the facis gathered across canada by the Canadian National Association fieidmen. This month's issue deals with production and pup m-nrtaulty. gve silver Fox Breedrs’ Next _month’s number will statistics on ranch sizes and feed formulas. Those who have an op- portunity which give a picture of Canadian silver fox breeding from coast to coast. Here are a few extra'.ts:— 0f the 21l3_C:-inadian ranchers contacted last year by our fleldmen, i567 possessing the re uired in- formatlvn CO-T-ilifaled in uriiishing dressing processes. The Scandinav- . particulars used in the coming ians have proved the a trst pup- tabiuaflons. ils that the Canadians ave had. Average production per vzxen They came into the field about fif- Z.84. teen or twenty years ago and since Average production per adult. then have tackled scientifically the kept 1.80. problems of breeding, feeding and Average percentage mortality l/elieflllllfllll llYE1¢llB~ They have 8.70 per cent. Production per vixen less mortal- ity 2.69 Average number d Ii w ranch 20.8. In 1937 tllerc was a more ex- tended use matlc of polygnmoug mating which is favorable to m. anomkal herd improvement through the use of bcttcr and fewer males. There was also a dscine in the average number of vixens kept per ranch. figures for 1936 being 35.5 and for 1,337 20.6. The average production for Ontario and east was 1w in 1937 than in 193e, while; for Manitcba and the west the opposite condition prevailed. For Hunlteba as a whole the average ptCdYCtlDrl er vixen is 2.84, while per adul is 1.80. In Prince Edward Island are to be fouitd ranchers that keep more than folir \'lXc1‘s to the male. In Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan are found ranchers having one ma.le for three to four Vixens. In none of the other provinces did our field- men learn of ranchers having more than three vixem; per male kept. With reference to pup mortality in some ranches it is as high as 17.2 per cent and as low as 5.2 per cent. leavin- the average percentage ~of mortaity at 6.7 r cent, which cuts the product on from I84 to 269 pups per vixen for 32.424 vixei-is tabulated. Production and mortality tables for Prince Edward Island show 394 ranches visited which had 7739 females and 3998 males. These ranches produce 20.593 ups; 698 of these died at birth, 2 5 from one to six weeks old and 309 six weeks l-lD. The many friends oi’ Mr. Plngree. President Manager of the Canadian For manager of the Canadian Fur of Montreal, will be glad to know that his health has improved in such an extent that he is now back on the jo-b having resumed the reins 0f management on the first of June. He acted as auctioneer at the sale on Monday and subsequ- ent days when between ten and twelve thousand silver fox skim were offered. Mr. Plngree isof the opinion that bright-colored silvers will continue to demand but that the faded or off-color variety will have to seek considerably lower levels. The settlement of the fur strike in New York has created optimism throughout the fur trade in America and will be reflected in forthcoming demand. F. H. and General Soaring meat prices are causing western r a n c h e r s considerable worry. supplies of old favorlties like horse meat, beef hearts and tripe are not nearly as plentiful as former years, and the days of aver- age tub cent feed is past --at least for a considerable time. In this Pro- vince. due to cost of transportation. our feed price averages from 50% to 75% higher than the western foxmetrs. but notwithstanding claims made in the west it is pro- bably a fact that better pelts mn- be produced in this Province. Waiter H. LBFIITKE)’. formcrlguof Prince Edward Island. has n appointed by the Provincial Gov- ernment of Saskatchewan as field- man to assist the fur farmers of that Province _with _tlt_e_i_r_pr_o_bl_ems. raosr swat AND WI Frost Fox Fabric is The Dominion Silver Fox Furs Summerside, to secure copies of this valuable journal should do so n; it l5 interesting to stuoy the figures "m- pi-oiya more certain this y!!!‘ lllllljl Ntiliw‘ llniiii- Si. W- . For five years he was ranch man- ager with Dr. R. H. McDonald of Saskatoon. whose ranch is one of the most successful in the west. There are 000 fox ranches in Saska- toon and the industry is fast be- coming an important one, hence the interest being taken in it by the Government. Doris Hamming in her London letter published in the Canadian Silver Fox and Fur for June. writesr-"In London there is al- ways a great deal of discussion a- boLt the respective merits of Can- adian and Scandinavian skins. On the whole the feeling seems to be that the Scandinavian skliis fresher and clearer but that Canadian quality is more depend- able and stands up better to the made inns-latent progress until to- day they are one of the great fac- tors in world production. but like the Canadian breeders they. too, are worried about the outlook and declare that the present market rate barely covers the cost of pro- duction." On July 1st the United States Government will remove the Fed- eral tax on the wholessale price of fur garments. This will mean a difference in the retail price of three per cent and will be of con- siderable benefit in increasing sales. The Fur Trade Review for June in its Chicago letter says with the Spring season practically finished it is possible to sum up the busi- has transacted in furs. Such re- tailers as John T. Shayne. Mar- shall Field, Mandle Bros. and many other report a quite satisfactory business, scarfs. particularly sliver fo scarfs, selling within a price range of from $50 00 u to about $150.00 per pelt. Red ox in its prettier shades has quite a run with two-skin scarfs with price anywhere from $40.00 up to $90 00. There is also uite a little interest in the lovelv udson‘s Bay sables and Baun marten scarfs containing anywhere from three to six full sk n: Fur ‘Prade Review Paris letter aays:—-"Silver fox have sold well here this season. Full silvery typrs selling up to $25.00 were in active demand among the manufacturers earlier in the season. but the high- cllss furrlers went in strongly for ithe very finest type skins and with ,them price seemed to be no object. It is to be noted, however, that the avera e price skins —i.hat is the good- ooklng skins. something less than the best grade and yet better than low grade _have been harder to sell than either of the others. However, buyers for this type of pelt. generally turn up later in the season. There has been a very ac- tive demand here throughout the first half of the year on blue fox. The fur is a favorite today with the high class style houses and of course with the fashionable women. Prices have advanced and might be considered to have reached a point where there is resistence to the buyers. A good business h reported in the entlne for fox furs, par- extent on blue fox and white fox. The South American women quick- ly a proved the fashion for fox smrs and small silver fox capes. Improved business conditions in the Argentine helped to develop this business iu furs. Most of the furs purchased are obtained from Lon- don or Paris." Exports of silver fox skins from Norway for the grind from Sept- ember 1st, 1937 March 1st. 103B. totalled 309,681 skins valued at 37.- 600000 krone, (equal to about $9.- 000,000.) It was expected. however. that at least another 25,000 or 30.000 skins will be exported from Norway during the remainder of this year. The United States pur- closed fewer silver foxes direct from Norway than last year. Lon- don. Paris and Ielpslg were the largest b10111 Many of our foxinen will remem- ber that November day in 1926 when a ship sailed from Halifax with 1,000 airs of silver foxes for Norway, al the p§o_tii_ict_of_Prii_ice PRIITEIITIUN WWW MORE PROFIT . ‘ Fox ranching fa one business where protection and llfllm ll’ M“ l“ hand. hoot Chain Link Fox Fabric offers the maximum in protection for the lonlcat _with llme- an in ‘glvnnlplnl AFTER W‘ 1N6 "u"; reglpllnoc to rill - com g, n1 built pens. or Chlllu Unkpr-brgr: invwldiha from l8 in. to i; n," in various weights. Make Fabric. samnles lull 0h 1'0" with Frost Fox Illustrated literature free quelt. n: COMPANY LIMITED, ]\/‘l()N'l'l\‘l".1\li Stocked and Sold b)’ are i the tlcularly s ver fox, and to a. lesser | YIIIIR FOXES IIIIW! Rid your foxu of pur- l inlfel NOW before ‘ warmer weather doubles your labor and expenae. PULVEX kllln fleua and earrnltea Instantly- ‘prevent: lnimeri ulo re-lnfntuliou. Una ‘If Prkulnrly to keep your unlmall and Dunn alt-ck and healthy. iii-m on ruLvzx-a Cooper Product, Brllllh blaIIu-—FuIIy (iuiirnnlred. At drug ntoren. (ox supply hduoel. or write CANADIAN (‘O-OPEIIATIVI-J WOOL (IROWEIIN LIMITED Quebec lIIIlI llurlflmo Brunch, Iiunniinrllle, Que. Edward Island fur farms. Good prices were paid for them —the average probably being $600.00 per pair. No doubt all of us thought it made vciy little difference to the future because the theory was that only Prince Edward Island ‘could produce good foxes. From the above it will be seen that the Nor- lwelglan fox industry has increased to a probable six or seven million idollar business at least. and their production is fully three times, if not four times. greater than this iPIOVlllCIf. There is food for thou ht labout these facts, they show t at the Ncrwelgian people have more will to win, wi‘l go through greater privatlons and work harder to achieve a gcal than we will. There- fore. to oust them from their ‘position in the fox world it will not do to repine and sit back. Action. work and study must be the order of the day. An epidemic which is characteriz- ed by loss of appetite, intense ghlrst, ematvsiatlon and death, has een opera ing among horses. dogs, cats and foxes for some time. It is ‘important that all fox premises should be kept clean and sanitary ‘and that a good coal tar disinfect- ‘ant be used in the proportion of |betwczn one to fifty parts of water |to be sprayed about and used as a misgnfetptzzntthin dpllh pens gfld shepls. an oa e scs an utensls used about the ranch should be washed in boiing water in which ‘there is a small proportion of dis- llnfcctant. Paris finds prices high for silver fox. A writer in the Fur Trade Re- view says:-—“ Although the prices of furs in foreign countries are easier than they were a year ago, they are still high in price when calcuated in francs. For example, ‘when we purchased silver iox fur IE6 and the rate of exchange was i75 francs to the Pound, the skin lcosi. us 450 francs. Today with the pate of exchange 165 francs to the Pound the same quality of skin costs us 990 francs 1n the Paris lmarket. This we feel explains the nrlce problem which the French fur merchants and manufacturers ‘have to face. Nevertheless, Paris ‘has purchased good quantities of fine furs in the London Spring isalcs and the Paris sales, but prices still make it increasingly difficult to sell furs to the French consumer." Commenting on the above the writer‘ would say that .whlle we have our troubles they seem to be less than those experi- lenced by the French retailers who handle silver fox! The annual report of the Hud- son's Bay Company states that it operated 230 posts in Canada dur- .ing the year 1937 and 12 purchas- ‘ing agencies. Fur collections in Canada showed a slight increase over the previous year. Prices rea- lized at the Company's London auctions showed a marked decline as compared with the previous year. The Cllmpflllyb fur preserves and fur farming activities have con- tinued to make progress. The Hud- sons Bay Company Limited has been registered with a small cap- ital in the territory of South west fAfrlca. This will provide the ne- Icessary organization for the Com- panys growing fur business in that country. The London Fur Sales Limited. of which Mr. J. D. J. Forbes has been managing director since its inception, has an advertisement in the Fur Record, London, of June, announcing that control o‘I the company has been acquired by the well-known firm of brokers, Messrs. Eastwood and Holt. This move will. they feel sure, give benefit to all concerned. and not least to their shippers, who WLll be assured not onlv of the continualwe of the ser- vice that has been placed at their disposal hitherto. but will also gain bv the wide knowled e and experi- ence that Messrs. astwood and Holt have of the brokerage branch of the trade. Mr. Grover and some other members of the staff are to continue to take an active part in the management o_f the business under the aegis o. Messrs. East- wood and Holt, and shippers mill’ be confident that their spefillll TE‘ quirements will be recognized and attended to as before. There is 110 mention made 954D ‘Whfilllfl M‘?- Forbcs will continue with the com- panv or not. His many friends in this country hope that if he does not he will be found connected with some other company that caters to the silver fox trade. a8 Ill-ll Pu‘ laritv is very great in Cana a. d. So th rt. who had suglilrllfilclyvarlth “Emilia loxes I35” _ is making good will‘ m“ season. A ew deYB mo a represen- tative of Colpltts Bros" W110 5P?" calize in unusual types of silvers. visited Mr. Wood and tenderengbli; check that was of very "Si?" I proportion —ln fact reminlscént 0 other days-—for I951!‘ °l m“ 593' son's "freaks." The Pulls W2‘: large. well develoPell Blld care‘ Willi white hairs. Mr. Wood p180’: DIOdLICtlGD of thirty pups eight females which ls rather bet- ter than most of us overlie- The annual meeting of the 511W! ' xhibitora‘ A8- Fox Breedersne%u mdghe igégy , it n a. en v a - Hall c v um’ at W, p_m_ The finan- submitted and the election of Directors to fill “(peg III IRES DIICQ. vaftals lm rtant that eve mem- ber. particularly.‘ thosem 2121?: 0X1 B! i lrljgeisihgeerslllieili. to beDsu mittod by g committee to extend the activit- ies from a strictly Show Dmlxlilllllll to include many other features. _..______—--- ul-‘OXES and other fur ranching Ltd. i P. E. I. i I bavimr worm trouble can I: ‘"53... helped by fwfllnx Rm- Mler Charcoal Blculio once or twice a week. They lwezyn the stomach and aid alzwtefl I "~ .$l1 Livestock SUMMARY: OITAWA, June 16,—The cattle market was featured by a good atron trade this week. principally due moderate commitments. There was a much better tone to the trade and most transactions were definitely in favour of the sel- ler. Price recessions of the previous week were completely wiped out with most classes of cattle moving to higher price levels. The better grades of grain-fed cattle made the sharpest advances and several loads of cattle of outstanding qual- lty, particularly at Toronto. sold at a premium. With two steamers lit/ing Montreal with some B90 cattle for Overseas the export movement exerted a strong infu- ence in moving prices to higher ground. Present deliveries in the stcckcr and feeder division, par- ticularly in the west. appear to be on the short side with hardly suf- ficient good slackers coming for- ward to fill cxlstinp orders. With improved feed cond tions and pro- spects for favourable prices on fat cati-Le the outlet for replacement cattle is more than likely to broad- en out. Cattle Prices Best quality in all divisions of the Toronto market advanced 25c. good weighty steers bringing $7.25 to $7.50. some exceptionally well finished cattle $7.75 to $8, and a small lot making an extreme top of $8.50, Good cows shared in the advance to the extent of 25c, sell- ing up to $5 25. with cattle of- fering about 35% les than in the previous week at Montreal prices were steady on the more common grades and up to 25c higher on good cattle. Good steers at this point ranged from $7 to $7.65 and odd steers made a high of $8. Re- stricted country loadings were prin- cipally responsible for the improv- ed position of the Winnipeg mar- ket. Best kinds of weighty steers were eligible to make $7 to $7.50. and the better end of the handy- weight killing steers were read ly disposed of between $6 75 $7.50. The extreme top on was $7.75. Other western markets. while not sharing in the advance in prices to any extent, all had a. steady trade and disposed of offer- ings readily. Calgarys high prioe was $7.25, Edmonton $7, Moose Jaw $6 60, Regina $7, and Saska- toon $6.75. and The United States Market The tone of the United States cattle market appeared to be a lit- tie better this week. Buffalo had no Canadians but sold native steers strong to 25c higher, with good steers making around $10 to $10.50 and medium to good $9 to $9.50. Recent quotation on choice i400 1b.. Canadians at st. Paul were $9.50 and plainer steers down to $8. The top price on veal calves at Buffalo was $10 Exports to the United states for the week consisted of 658 beef cat- tle, 310 dairy, and 1,670 calvd. making the total to date this year 22.358 beef, 4.337 dairy, 24,130 calves and 44 hogs, as compared with 83,191 beef. 5.605 dairy, 51,201 calves, and 37,057 h0g5, in the same period last year. The British Market The market fo. good fat cattle and dairy cows was firmer in the United Kingdom this week. Store cattle were a little weaker at Birk- enhead but firm at Scotttish cen- trzs. The subsidy on fat cattle for export from Eire was suspended on June 15th. Birkenhead sold best small catt‘e from 17c to 1759c per 1b., dressed weight including offal and Glasgow estimated good Can- adian feeders at around 8'.~'.-c per lb. alive. The S. S. Manchester Cit- izen took 648 cattle on the 16th from Montreal for Birkenhead mak- ing total exports to date 19.092, compared with 3,273 during corresponding period last year. There were also 340 cattle in the Montreal yards due to leave on Friday the 17 on the S. S. Sulairla for Glasgow, Calf Market Variable Calves opened stron at ‘Ibrontto but eased off toward t e close with no sales above $8 at that time. The top for the week was made at the opening when sales were as high as $8.50. Montreal was steady to firm up to a top of $8, while Win- nipeg held barely steady with a high of $7. Calgary was sharply lower topping at $6 75. and Edmon- ton was also down with choice veals topping at $5.75. Moose Jaw topsoed at $6 and Saskatoon at. 2 Hog Market Reacts Upward Hog prices staged a spectacular upturn, the advance in some cases beings as much at $1.25 from the low price of the previous week. Toronto opened 40c higher and made a further 35c gain on Wed- nesday. closing at the top for the week of $11. Montreal had a keen enquiry also and sold bacons from $11 to $11.15 f. dz w. Winnipeg was shar ly higher and finished off at or baccns f c’. w. All other centres reported sharp advances. baoons closing at Calgary at $10.25 off trucks, Edmonton at $10 25. Prince Albert $10.75. Moose Jaw and Regine at $10.85, and Saska- toon $10.75. Lamb Prices Weaken The lamb market opened 50c lower at Toronto and showed fur- ther weaknes later, selling most of the good lambs at $11 at the East of Hunter River III. J. ROI)!!! lluirl Clirtefll Wnreiiolllln .ChlIl0lMl0IlI, l‘. I. 1.. NAPANFF. .L .- --- of $12 50. Montreal was 5'50 slower up to a top of $13. Winnipeg ahow- 4 of $10. I "Markets eu casiness also up to a to Calgary paid up o $9.50 lambs, Edmonton $9. and $10 CATTLE MARKETS active and strong market with quality advancing 25c weighty steers brought $7.50, some well f steers sold downward to butcher steers and heifers made $7 to $7.35, and several loads sold u to $7.50. One load reached a ea of $7.75, common to medium vsere 25c higher on the grades, with the best making lishing a new high of $8.75, plain selling down to $6.50. C and MONTREAL cat le receipts, quality and steady on common sales up to $8, medium $6 to $6.75 and common $4.25 to cattle | to $4.50. Canners brought $2 to $2 75. CALF MARKETS and TORONTO calves opened strong with and mon down to $5. Grassers i0 $4.50 ' MONTREAL calves cleared readily at steady to firm prices. veals rang- ing from $5 75 to a top of $8 Giass czfves made $4 to $4.75, HOG MARKETS date this year 1,571,769, last 1.929.856. TORONTO h at $11 off trucks. at $10 25 t0 $10.75 alive live, $14.10 dresed. MONTREAL had $11 to $11.15 f. at w. and ed hogs made $51, dressed. 50c lower at $12 and most MONTREAL lambs were and $13, the bulk at $ very draggy at $2 to $4.50 P Date this year —-19.09 ast Year- _- - $3.27 ing in summer elections haven't been lntrested enough press the campaign. don't care to break ing privilege. The Osages, the richest tribe in the world be cause of oil found on their lands every four years. grcsslves, was only lukewarm. ‘ ‘ ' .) When in Amherst Stop at the “ChurchhlII Rest Cabins” G. D. PARSONS, cloaekafter making an earlle§£p_ _, "Suc-cessful FOX Men Say- FEED the Ross-Milier Way P. I. Illuml A'OI|I FOX FOODS West of Hunter River: Ill! III’! 00M Minion Co. Lht. Ium-orallo, P. I. L Ir. I Dare. Mela! Ill lummenldo, l’. l. l. UNIARHI or gcod Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, and Saskatoon TORONTO had 5,925 cattle on bar: . Good $7 25 t0 ed ca 1e $7.75 to $8. and eight head at an extreme high of $8.50 Plain weighty $6 Good ut- chers sold downward to $5.50. Cows better $5 to $5 25. common down to $3. 5, and in areas from which young fla- canners and cutters $2.25 to $8. mn have long been taken in Heavy export bulls were weighed grea number for food and other from $4.50 to $4.75. and a few light butchers made $5. Fed calves were firm, good to choice making $7 50 to $8.50, a few head estab- and om- mon light stockers were taken at erica to southern Soul-h America- stso to $5.50. Good tested mllkers ‘Index besin to arrive about the sprlngers top d at ps5, ml le of Jul . and many do not l- mounting to 1,172 head, were sharp- ly reduced from the previous week and prices were 25c higher on good Good steers made $7 to $7.65. odd "swa $550, Heifer; is often sup lied by wells. There are ranged from $3 50 to $6.50, good cows were $5 to $5.75, and com- mon and ln-between kinds from $3 cutters gpod vealers at $7.50 to $8. ' c Dice $8.50. but later sales were no higher than $8, with com- and common light drinkers made $3.50 The hog run for the week totall- ed 43 352, compared with 66,831 in the same week last year. Totals t0 year market advanced sharply with clos ng sales 0n baoons HAMILTON packers prices closed higher, bacorg o trucks, and $13.65 to $14.50 dress- ed. All other Ontario centres ad “m” GUELPH “w” l" "i125 wildlife should be inaugurated Ap- allve‘ $1350 (‘misfit KITCH parental these efforts roduced no and smarronn $10.25 alive. penfiflc =1 resting ,5 he ma- and smarronp $10.25 alive. mm“, “M8,, on,“ some $13 1o dressed. BRANTFORD $10.05 months a o Bdvged. tum, m no 31"“ BARBIE $1040 “llve- .514 laws in t e Republic treating this drrllsed“ £151) Gill soslli 25 “with mam". P EBB $ - ll "l- $ll~ ° SAN-SALVADOR —By Executive dressed. HULL $10 5O alive $14.20 order of February. 1911 the use of dressed. and MONCTON $10.55 a- a keen en- quiry for hogs. bacons selling at odd sales off trucks up to $11.35. Rail grad- SHEEP AND LAMB MARKETS TORONTO lamb market operal 8 lambs were at $11 at the close. A few small lots of yearlings brought. $8.50. Sheep ranged from $1 50 to $4. Light thin lambs are not want- ed and some had to be returned. slower with a few top sales up to $12.50 12 and un- der, common down to $10. Sheep OVERSEAS CATTLE EXPORTS cattle cattle ONE SPOT WOMEN NOT AFTER VOTE PAWI-IUSKA, Okla, June 21 — (OP) —Womcn‘s suffrage has rear- ed its head in the rich Osage In- dian tribiie but the squaws aren't excited over the possibility of vot- Ed. Tinker, venerable Osage lead- er and women's champion, who was the tribe's prosecuting attorney in 1886, circulated petitions to give the bal.ot to women. The wometri o Full-blooded women of the tribe the tradition of the males right. to vote, it is re- ported. Less than half of the "mix- ed bloods" seem to want the vot- called vote for a chief and other officers The Liberals, headed by John Abbott. long a tribal leader favored , woman suffrage. Fred Lookout. re- , sent chief and head of the - Heated and furnished. R. -I Proprietor I CONSERVATION z A WEEKLY COLUMN OI‘ PRACTICAL OPINIONS OF THE VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE USE! AND ABUSE! OF NATURAL RESOURCES BY MR. LUDLOW JENKINS.- IIIIILD INTERNATIONAL BIRD PRO- TECTION tgConf-intvaed) u on During e pas year, v .. April 3, 1936, n, decree by President Bartlet. rendered it illegal to ex- port from Cuba "flamingos. cranes. wild ducks and pigeons of any kind for a period of twenty years?’ and two months later viz., on the first of last June, he extended the fla- min sanctuary established b)’ Pres dent Machado, w include both ‘the north and south coast of the Provinces of Santa Clara and Camaguey. This includes the breed- commerclai purposes. BARBODOS -'I‘his island is 0H9 of the favorite stopping places o! plovers. Ybllow-lesa. sni e and other shore birds while on eir autumn , migration from eastern North Am-- depart until e end of October. The laws permit. shooting as ion as these birds are on the lslan . " e hunting is done with decoys and callers in specially prepared. shallow water areas locally known mp5." the water for which two natura shooting-swamps end pitpre ghan geweniiyilprtifipial one. ese ave en u at ar e ex- pense. one of them at least aving oost more than $100 000. Recentl 1 received a letter from an Eng sportsman visiting in lBarbados. He said in part: “So far we have had an excellent ear. and _' yesterday, and the day be ore 1 got at my swamp. 195 and 138 birds. respectivelu’ This- shootlng was on Septem r 10 and 11, i936 —la.st month. He also sent me ti photo- graph showing his kill one day the week before, which consisted of 268 birds. The most of these were lyellow-legs, which. during their ' stay 1n Canada and the United {States enjo‘ com lete legal pro- tection. What Nor American bird protectg? can view this situation unmcv ‘turning to Central America, we find little encouragement. Central America. REPUBLIC OF PANAMA — Some years ago, at the request of t Panamanian Government, I engaged in some field studies in Panama and made recommenda- tions to its President that certain provisions for the protection of slings for throwiri any type of projectiles was pro ibited; and Jy a decree seven months later, hunt- however, that. for an indefinite time protection is extended to certain species. including hummingbirds. wood peokers, spoonbills, and at least one owl. Among animals named as injurious, we find listed cormorants, sparrows, eagles, rats. and mice. ' COLUMBIA ~Mr. William Daw- son, of the American Consulate in Bogota, writes: “The Ilegatlon is informed that there are no exist- ing laws in Columbia dealing with w d-blrd preservation." A Colum- blan s rtsman writes that the most mportant hunting is for pigeons and ducks. and that no hunter is satisfied if he does not take 50 or 100 birds in a day. BOLIVIA —A “circular" was is- sued b the government in 1922 prohib ting the hunting of aquatic or terrestrial birds. as well as the gathering of eggs. over a period of six months each year. Of this, Mr. Muccio, United states representa- tive racticaliy unknown, and there in no enforcin authority. birds are ing killed discrimin- ately through Bolivia during the entire year. In ARGENTINA. BRAZIL and URUGUAY conditions in some rc- spects are the best in South Am- erica. However. in that zone the bulk of several of North Ameri- ca's most important migratory shore birds spend several months, and the native hunters levv a very heavy toll upon their numbers. Mexican Bird Treaty We are much rejoiced by the suc- oessful termination of the long- continued effort of our State and Agricultural Departments in secur- ing a bird-protective treaty with Mexico. It now only awaits final action by the Mexican Congress. In North America we have ex- rienced vast losses in our bird- lie due to wastful methods in ex- ploiting this great national asset. A150. of late years we have learned. and put into practice. some of the most effective methods employed anywhere else in the world for Wlldlife reservation. t is c early our duty to trnngmi. to the peoples of other American countries the results of our experi- ences. with the hope that these may serve as object lessons of what to avoid, and also to encour. age them to try certain methods of preservation which are now find- ing profitable In concluding. I may remark that expenses of our office work for in- iernational bird preservation the past year. as well as in former years. have been home by a special ‘K105i, W. C. T. U. NOTES "THE COHMONPLACI" Dy HELEN l "1 have deep love for kindly simple thin 8&- i The hot. sweet smell-of Jam 0o summer stoves; . The humming song an old tel.- kettle sings; The fragrant towels which wrap brown-crusted loaves. For white clothes, clean, wind- swept upon a line Where sun beans down; a play- house children keep; A window dim with honeysuckle vine, And smooth, crisp sheets when it is time for sleep. "For yellow bowls where I stir bat ter cakes; beds outside a kitche The flower door; 'I‘ory boats in puddles small boys us for lake And sunlight in a rug across mi floor. I pray each (lily that I may wli the grace Which God gives those who lovi the common vluuw." EVERYDAY RELIGION THE SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE (By DR. JOHN PITTS, M. A Emmanuel Church. Montreal.) "And be not drunk with wine wherin is excess: but be filled wit! the Spirit." (Ephesians 6, 18.) Mr. Aldous Huxley 1n one of hh charming essays, called “Wanted, A New Pleasure," ex- presses the desire for the invention of an new drug. “So far as I can see," “the only possible new pleasure would be one cerlved from the in- ventlon of a new drug -of a. more efficient and less harmful sub- stitute for alcohol and cocaine. I! 1 were a millionarie. 1 should en- down a band of research workers to look for the ideal intoxicant. If we could sniff or swal- low something that would abollsi our solitude as individuals, attunt us with our fellows in a glowing exaltatlon of affection, and makl life in all its aspect seem not only worth living, but divinely beautiful arr! significent, and if this heaven- ly, world-transforming drug were oi such a kind that we could wake u next morning with a clear hea and an undamaged consitutlon —~ then, it seems to me, all our pro- blems would be wholly solved anl earth would becomes a paradise." What the brilliant English writq t asks for has been offered to thb fund contributed by people who are interested in the living bird wherever found, and who realize that our obligations to the birds of our United States do not end when. in their natural migrations. they bass for a time bevond our bound- aries. Fellow members, if there be those who think that such conditions as ing of game during periods of re- production was prohibited. There is a one-sentence law makin it illegal to kill "birds which des roy in- sects." Traps, snares, nets, and bird lime can lepallv be employed to take “birds wh ch damage fruit. There are no game wardens. and the Minister of Agriculture states there are no societies. institutions. or important individuals concernin fhemselvs with the preservation o wild birds NICARAGUA-The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic ad- vlses: "There have been no laws promulgated for the preservation of wild birds." A correspondent states: “Most of the hunting in Nicaragua is for business reasons. Deer are shot. chiefly for their hides. which bring thirty cents a pound. Ha adds: "Deer are bound to be ex- terminated; also the alligators and crocodiles have almost disappeared because of the dealers in hides." HONDURAS -Here we find no laws for wildlife protection, except an order making it illegal to hunt- wlth rifles of the same calibre as used by the Honduran Army. A correspondent writes of the shoot- ing of migratoriv‘ ducks from North America. such unting seems to be carried on ohiefly by muzzle load- ing guns as shot-mm cartridges cost five times as much as they do in the United States. and few na- tive can afford to buy they. We will pass on to South Am- erloa. South America ECUADOR -— There are ln that country some laws and decrees pertaining to birds and mammals. ut their inadequacy is indicated in a letter received from the Sec- retary of Agriculture. He wrote: ' "Punting as a means of livelihood » and as a lucrative sport for the sale of animals with beautiful and rare plummage, is carried out prin- ,clpaliy in the Oriental region of Ecuador by the natives who sell them in the mountain villages for ornaments or take them to the ships arriving with tourists." However, it. is a. pl asure to re- oordthi-it. leldlng to ressure from foreign nauralists. an Executive Decree first published in 1934 and augmented in 1935. created a sanctuary for wildlife in the Oalanugos Islands PERIL- Some idea of the situ- ation in Peru regarding most birds may be gathered from the state- ‘ments of two observers. One, a letter transmitted from the Ameri- cat. Embassy in Lima. says: "There exists in Peru no protection what- ever for birds or any other ani- mals, except the Vlcuna. There is a very definite destruction of both rtridges and ducks." He tells ow the breeding grounds of native ducks are burned over to make it easier to secure the eggs for food {but he makes no mention of the ,fact that guano producing birds re- uortlng to the sea islands enjoy a igreatcr immunity from disturb- ‘nnoea than was formerly the case. Dr. . C. Murphy in Oceanic Birds of South America. "Contributing causes to the diminution of the Peruvian pen- guine are found in the activities of the native costal fisherman. W110 eat the eggs whenever they can get them. and also carry of the young to their villages, or to peddle in Peruvian cities." CHILE -'I'hroughout the 2.600 mile-length of this Republic. hunt- ln is permitted for on-e ha f of the ear. In hav- ing the some aws e of on ii that. birds are not listed according in their Latin or Spanish names. Only Indian names are used, and these the Chi'ean Consul in New ‘(crk has br" unable fuly to in- zsrpret for i" “'- ‘We l‘ r‘ I have described as existing to the south of us could not have occurred in our country. it might be recalled that in the majority of our states birds were receiving no better pro- tection when thirty-five years ago a little group of us began the pio- neer efforts to save the birds of North America. Every one Ls worry in the con- fession- we should be as lwflrlftil in the action. -—Moritalg-na A” LARGE PUP CROP Insure a large crop 0| healthy vigorous pups this year by feeding ROYAL FOX FEED Results during former seasons shows that the use of Royal with a good meat ration in the most poll- tive way known for the rancher ft secure beat breeding result; Insist on Royal. Ask your dealer today or vvriu direct to The St. John Milling Company ‘Ltd. world for nineteen hundred years- not in the form of a ' how- ever potent yet harmlei-l J, thf form of a Divine impc. ...th iIIIG human soul. St. Paul speaks o lit as being "fi1led with the S irit, and in the pages of the New esta- ment many enheartening glimpse‘ Spirit-f le are given us of the Life. Novailis called the Jevdsb philosopher Spinoza “the God-in- toxicated Jew" and he meant it a4 a great compliment. St. Paul alsl refers to "God-intoxicated" meil and women though he does not use exactly that language. But he comes near it in urging his read- ers to “be filled with the Spirit." That is clearly seen from the re- markable contrast he makes. Ho tells his readers not to be “drunk with wine, wherein is excess." The true exhilaration of heart and mind may be found in the baptism of the Spirit of God. Alcoholic in- toxication produces intensity of feeling; so also does the Spirit- filled Life. But the two are not identical, either in cause or effects. The one comes from without; the other from within --or shall we say from above? The one is due to over-indulging a bodily appetite; the other comes from the opening of the heart to Divine influences. The one damages the body and. mind of the man who gives him- self wholl up to its wer and. craving; t e other upli ts the soul and makes a miin “more than con- queror.“ The habitual drunkard knows what it is to experience the aftermath of an impaired con- stitution and a distorted mind. The man who is "filled with the S lrlt" knows the true intoxication o mind and soul. It is the ideal lntoxtcant; the one sure way to mental and spiritual exhilaration. It has been said. by a wise stu- dent of human life, that the one thin young eople crave for is a. thril . Some f nd it in sport; others lnadventure; others in less worthy ways. But we are all young in this sense. The life of monotony ls never desirable. whatever our age blankets. Charge-s arc: angle per pound, blanket $2.00. It takes five pounds of W out. The alze of single yarn name on all parcels, address by mail or freight. Iota. pound. Special and colored blankets, yarn in Phone 145-]. _7 Reliance Procurable fro MONT l. SPINNING and WEAIIING Send us your wool to be apun into yarn and woven into Wool must be well washed and all dirt and burrs picked medium. coarse and hooking. Freight will be Price of well washed and plcke price for unwashed. F.W. Lamplough 8. Co. tut 55in; John N", Bfungwic] may be. 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