MARCH 9. i940 The Turkish Disaster A belated English newspaper has M; arlvrd. giving the story of the rrllt cnrtliquuke in Turkey, which {transcribe in condensed form my rczldEIS, who will thus be illle it) realze something of the fiLSLSiIUllS iloture of the occurzence. a; iJi'l\'.'L‘f‘ll 2 and 5 o'clock in the m; (Duo. 27th, i939.) the sclsmo- mp1,; in Rome. Zurich, and West iircnllvlch. London, were thrown out cl act on by a terrific trem- or, and other less sensitive instru- mlnn rvcorded at least seven suc- ceeding slzocks. The scene of the salami v was made known when R wlglalillcl‘ at Tokat, in North- giuerrl 'l‘urk'ey wired to Istanbul s-The whole distrct is rocking in | tremendous earthquake. More mall 10.000 dead. The Post Office 15 w!l.».p.=lng"....The message was ultmz-lloiccl _fcr the gallant opera- tor hall ])Cl'l5i'i€fI. ' lnzis cf townsfolk and peas- ~l been asleep when the k struck. Tenor-stricken l .. 1i ollt of the toppling vi!- s and towns, dressed oni . night clothes, into the k lling cf the wintry ficlds. of next day the earth rumb- l 's"lrlc mosques, modern (‘qr inlllarcls, mean . were crashing to ruin. . , es died in hundreds from c and exposure. (lost llit town appeared to be .ll.lllC2\ll wlrere the casualties were nu: at. an initial 30,000 killed ulrl l‘: 000 injured. A man who had draped from that city, and had go: to Sims (where relief trains verr livid rp by l2 feet banks of sllolll, illi'll€(i a stupid store on qw" nllcls. Driven out of his mind l,~,- .: hc had seen he only mum- bfcrl, “All goes ivell." For a w-cek Turkish military pierls hltlrd continuous gales and . to drop packages of food and cilll- on the stricken areas. iilf‘ rcllcf train to Erzlncan cuszh. It was mobbed and ‘i its food supplies in a . hv'a horde of starv- By now that 45,000 were of woe was fa" from ' earthquake. if produces floods; . will overflow. of . aves over- til" tcivn, Swiss. Italian. way Scottish lakes Loch Lamond. Q P‘ C’ z =- n Q I! ‘J. E m c. “n suli d fall every ten minutes . and a half.) In West- ' rainfall followed the arrl the rivers sudden- slvzpt down upon the listed towns and vi!- ' clustered along their In Smyrna. Ad'la their fallow-sufferers clung to their liouse- . away hcicfesslv on hits and in bsals. Tire two Black s ci Sinope and Trebizond r tcri by tremendous waves he ‘quake. ivclo ncl, enough, fires ' n the populous towns ' Hundreds of domes- alld cokc stoves. well- n out. the bitter co'd, flsgratlons in the smit- ovcr all area of about miles. The material iilli? ‘quake, flood. and so the disaster to their Government sent l": c5 Pa. 0. Rournania offered i til of tiliiber to ‘oillld huts Greece dispatched and trained stretch- " 2,000 wn th of me- Alnoriclin Red Cross 'e 932.000: Bulgaria gave ‘l of food supplies. Most. slervants car-mark- 1t month's salary for S‘. livlng memorv had lnrncrd anything like 4 ll: Ru‘. tv t A llo . 1ril€l _'. ...... ‘had taken 40 sllfiikw have taken place 1;". all llosolnpaliied by loss of lll a l'»'~‘~.\‘. sclsmologlsts were not .fcr they have mapped rl thquakc bolts" on the vll yvhercln major lkr mav he extracted. One -l i’. rules tllc Pacific running dc-wli i {vars of North and South ‘berm ll rc-arrocol‘ iii New Zeal- lfl (""0 -l.’i"flil. The other encircles eliorlzrcrrnlxear. oartlculary on ._ll:l:!l l mountainous shores, Oil. blissllll in Sicllv, Greece. flllftw Asia Minor). Perhaps a @001 V"! this belt strikes off to '~~l,l-\\"r.l. India. where the Qilct- (llwstcr ovlirred May 3i, 1935, arson killed ‘e lhc llme of the. TlrkLsh 'quake if cured shock at. Tangier game) kllcd a considerable I’ 0i the nctim. The Pacific 'c,l-‘l>o:ld:d with shocks at Los fills. and at British Honduras tllout serious msults, "Flowers of State" clallflfllllil Natllre"—a magazine nellchcz- should be without-is EKMllP l0 its high reputation. m larch-April number. lust. to m; las nn instructive article on mil-i of State" which should to the sentiments of read- Ve are familiar with thes-réational "gs of England and otland l 030 a, F l . nd the ‘Ihlstlo; not for- leaf. m of Ireland. Canada, as has not yet. chosen its em. some veal-s ago an mad-e but nothing e pc or voice was e not ve scarlet-and- Allllllllllzla (Columbine) which (pends itself to distinctive 8'0. lllvfiver. ln i901. the Nova Seo- b- Klileture passed the Moral h?" Bill. choosing the May- nglfgégaea as the emblem of 11m. m; am lone (A pltens) dfgosen bv vote of the school m" of Manitoba: and the Leg- ‘ 0 moreover decreed lthat of it” lavol- of i113‘ Cw illv st!c T NEWSY NOTES - B! AGBIOOIIA “E " nione Day" in u, After several abor e secure n. decisio Provi n utlvejattemp islature adopteduhee wxhtlglo u" um (T. grandiflorum) in 1937 Wild Rose on Mai-ch 21st, i930, and New Brunswick chose the mad“; Hue Violet in 1937. Thus five Pro- vinces can display their "Flowers 0r Slaw." while four are indifferent. In most cases the moving splfitg yveiethose of the Women's 1m“. utes. the ladies (bess ’em) are always first in making the wand brighter and better. In most cases too, the legislators shelved matter several times: legislators 5;; ractical men and seldom see iii-inks "With the eyes of the upfr- “ ct newest thou of flown-c, except. bcllke, To gamlsh meats wlthil.... What knowest thou of birds, lark, mavis, merl Linnet? What dream ye when they utter forth May-music rowing with the growing lght? These be for the snare, (so runs were"... . ese or e s i iardl and basting-J" p ' n8 South of the border. forty-four out of the fifty-eight states Q1 the Union, have air floral emblems. A "State Flower" cannot be cho- sen haphazard: it must be native. and better it is common; not too_small, and yet easily formed into artistic designs. Our Larger Blue Flag (Iris versicoior) for in- stance, fulfils most of these con- ditions and has some affinity to the‘ old Fleur de iuce, the Royal Lanes" of France. The Marsh or Purple Cinquefoll (Potentilla pglus- tris) would be the writers choice ‘us it fu flls all conditions and is not so "stiff" as the Iris. The pale CO-Ydalls (C. sempcrvlveilu) with artistically lacliilatccl foliage, is as but if one wants a humbler emblem then there are the Wintergreens (Ifrrula) to choose from. Doubt- less. in time. we shall choose. As I Look B:ick_ After five years of living on a rented fa m. villi-rah, lncidientaily was not as litcratlve by any means as I had hoped. I befan to mink of obtaining employment else- where. Almost on the heels of my resolution a man drove into the yard and asked lf I wanted a sit- uatlon as a general factotum. un- der him and we discussed the mat- ter very fully. In a. fortnight I was working _at my new Job, which was so sliitrolc, to myself and to my employer, that I stayed for ten yeacl Now when I commenced this narrative I had intended to call it "My first eFection". since it will deal with that experience. There had been one election soon after my coming to the Island. but I had no part in it. because I had not qualified in point of time. By the time I went into service I was a full-fledged elector. but when el- ection drew on I had moved to another locality: right from the North of the polling distzict. to the South. where nobody was acquaint- ed with me. However my "boss. who tcck a great interest in poli- tics, advised me to get a transfer. and vo unteered to drive me to town for the purpose. We went to town, got the scum-ant, and I was now ready for action. A few days later‘, while I was engaged in the prosaic but neces- sary operation of feeding pigs. the boss and a stranger came ncross the yard. "Mr. X. wants to talk to you". said the bom. and vanished. I found that Mr. X was a candi- date. For abcut half an hour he did his best to explain to me the difference ‘twixt Tweedledum and ‘Pweedledee. then we branched into general conversation. By this time I had him sized up and as he seemed to be a decent sort of fel- low I prom‘sed him my vote, and we parted in mutual esteem. After a w ‘iii-e the boss re-appeared and said "Mr. X left this for you." This was a $5 bill. I didn't approve of this and asked. “Why?” "Oh, well. he saw you were a stranger. and supposed you would be glad of it." "Send it back." I said. "I wou'dn't do that." said the boss, “somcbod else will only get it." "Ver wel, you keep it, till I think wha to do with it." said I. The upshot was that I gave the "tainted money" to some movement in the local chumh so that if it started ill it ended well. Both boss and Mr. X have long since been gathered to their fathers, and I hope the outcome of he transaction stands to their credit, though neither knew of it. On the day of the election I went to thc Polling place. and asked for my balot. Immediately (in the words of Scripture) there arose a great tumult. A grave old gentle- man rose from h place on the platform and said in a voice that overpowered the hubbub. ‘This man has no right to vote here!" Others. like primed-by the boss. were as loudy calling for the ballot to be given out. Finally the old gentleman said “Put the oath to him!" But this (ausedtgiore commotion; gag; ting e 0a was supposed a acct insult. However, I took the oa and voted. Then. as if I had forgotten it in the confusion. I took out the transfer and handed it to the chief obiectnr, who looked rather crestfa en, but managed to ask why I di n't show it before, I him wit‘: aeélmlle that! couldn't a word . I-fc too has long been fone. We ftcrwards good frends for 79011. to Joke about our first After all he was but doi at: he saw it. and I was meeting. his duty ilosopher cc the fact. I mi ht have mule o great mistake at is point: a display of te r at the su affront would the stranger a reputation for brawllng that would have done him lo In this one "wisdom was ::us led of hei- nnsfote u "the wis of a course a own by its results" The older aeration. th bl ough more insci e n the ent, had their hearts in the t ace, and some time after the clec on episode. to my "moire I was called to the plat- form at l. local concert and pre- J 22nd of each year was to b; HM. ts u» Trilli- Alberta followed suit, with‘ the eady selected their retty as a garden omamental;~$ ‘WEEKLY ilvlasrocll MAIIILILI FEPURT Ottawa, Rbfllll’! Z9, EUMMARY Cittia markets were fairl With throughout the week to higher. Hogs remained unch ed at last week's levels, lambs dropped around 25c at Win- nipeg an held steady. Eastern Cattle Markets The TORONTO cattle market was fairly active with prices firm on all grades. weighty steers sold ug to a practical top of $7.40, I5 most sales of good kinds at $7.25 to $7.35. Good butcher steers heifers brought $7 to $7.25. There was no change at MONTREAL where the cattle offering included a comparatively large percentage of steers. Good steers sold at $7.25 to $7.50 and several fed calves or baby beeves ranged between $6.50 and $9. Blocked roads. as a result of heavy storms caused a. sharp falfing off in cattle recel is in the ARITIMES and prices eld firm, especially for the better gzades. and steers made up to a top of $7 and cows up to $5. Western Cattle Marketa Demand for cattle at WINNIPEG was more or lea indifferent and only moderate su plies were required to take care of uyers needs. Ail interests were bearing ‘down an steer and heifer prices and these classes closed fully 25c lower. ‘There was a distinct scarcity of cows, however, and this class maintained a firm ltlon. Relatively few steers made above $6.50. Bids on mcst weighty kinds of steers wele from $6.25 down under a limited enquiry. Top cows made $4.75 w 5. Other western markets were generally steady to firm and CAL- GARY sold good lightweight steers at $6 to $6.50. with some choice at $6.75. EDMONTON had fair action and was steady on all cattle with the practical top on good light steers at $6.25 and an exteme high of $6.75. MOOSE JAW had some top sales at $6.25 and REGINA paid $6.25 to $3.50 for best steers. SASK- ATOON bad a good demand for the better grades of cattle and prices were inclined to be higher with steers selling as high as $7. VAN- COUVER was also active. except on heavy steers. Good butcher steers sold between $6.75 and $7, with the top price reaching $7.25. The United States Market Sales of Canadian cattle at Buf- falo amounted to around 3B5 head. Irate last week wellzbtv steers sold at. $7.75 to $8.75 off car weights. while on Monday this week weighty l gIQDlQQ with L 00Gb, 0A], and (IIIVIIII 2 steers made $7.50 to $8.25. butchers $8 to $8.75. heifers $7 to $8.25. and bulls $6 to $6.75. Two loads of steers gloves, all of fur. I believe "flail my flowers of oratory failed me when I thanked the good people. As I have said. I spent ten years in that community, and look back to the most enjoyable period I have spent on the Island. NOTES ON ISLAND PLANTS The Aceraceae This Family contains one Genus. comprising six species of Manes (Ace.), one of which A. Negundo, has been introduced. For the bene- fit of nature students I give a de- scriptlve table of the species. 1'9" serving notes on their uses, etc, until next week. A. Leaves simple, pglmate, lobed. Flowers racemed, terminal, unfold- ing after the leaves. (i) Striped Ma le, Moosewood, (Acer pennsylva cum Llnnlwus). Racemes drooping. petals obovate. Leaves finely serrate. lobes "£391" pointed. Fruit large, 2.5 cm. rig with widely divergent wings. A small tree, the smoothlsh 8mm bark strl d with darker lines. <2) Th‘: Mountain Maple. (A. spicatum Lamar-ck). Racemes erect. petals llnear-spatulate. Leaves coarsely serrate, lobes acute or acumlnate. Fruit smaller. 11D W 3 cm. long. wings erect or somewhat divergent. A shrub or small tree. the bark green. not. s riped. auhrl haml lhapllaeellg: “'2.‘.?'..'.1’i’.' e . owei-s n n - lateral andtennlnal, qnfcldinl Wm‘ the leaves. R M‘ I’ m‘ (3) Sugar or 0c Saccharum Mal-shall). owers glithoug‘ pxetals. (fanciful-t lwdlcels ei- pe ce s. u. . and glabrous beneati . lobes mu- inlnate, lrlgégdulaéllzvfilnluate. ti; ll . u - "s" m“ a, Emmy di- cm. longhwiflflebgllfele . ar ~ verge“ gim le, pllrnate. 1°0- _ ense lateral urn- lv-a-"z: l. W bel-llke “mulls clusters. Imfvldlnl I betlzieWriliitoubl-‘Bliiver Male (A. uccharinmn Linnulll). dwell‘! without petals. on short lmllveus» which elongate in fruit. Leaves lam; very white beneath deeply lo lobes rather narrow. coarsel? ' tote. Fruit large. fowl’! cm-a 11101:- wooly when Wlllli. 11 5 - wide, divergent. A tall ec. wllh “E18 or swam M5919 (-4- rllbrllm Linnaeull- m" "ll-ll red or llow petal-Q. “““€l'..,“l§.“i..f W..." “a... ... , gen -i-r:gula.cly dentate. Fruit to 2.5 cm. ong. wings incurv . A medium- sioed tree wlui reddish twigs. m4 smooth to flaky bark. Common. ..m). Leave! W011i"- (6) Box Elder. or Manitoba Maple (A, iqqundo Linnaeus). _ Flowers dloeeiotis cluste . .- - V917 small. appearing before the leaves. with 8 to $33.‘ inted, toothed or entire. A smalmmt handsome tree, rarely cecal-flag here as an escape from vs on. cuTIiO names Linnaeus. Marshall. and I-amarck, are those of the bo- -ta.nists who gave Latin names to the species. The difference of the leaves in shape and color is very distinctive. and nature-students are advlsccl in mzke mounted collec- tions of them for reference. 3' < W y active ices steady to firm except at Winnipeg and these closed fully 25c lower. Calf prices were variable, Eastern markets losing 50c to $1 or more and Western markets selling steady ang- while Calgary and elsewhere and Leaves pale m FHE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN IABSIIFIELD. I CONSERVATION I A WEEKLY COLUMN OI PRACTICAL OPINIONS 0F THE VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE USES AND ABUSE! 0F NATURAL RESOURCES B! MIL LUDLOW JENKINS. where m", was l tend”, w ex- The U. S. Biological Survey it takl its annual inventory of the ert pressure on steers a heifers WM“ owl or North Amerlcm A“ though the results will not be pub- lished until spring speculation ls already lively concerning how the figures may influencenext season's hunting regula ons. cent letter to rs. . . Ex! Chairman of the Emergency Con- servation Committee says: "There have been notable and en- courag increases in the duck pop- ulatlons n the last four years but these increases have certainly not been so great as to merit the con- clusion that there is now no short- age of these birds. A shor e still exists and will, in my op on, con- tinue until such timeas waterfowl are sufficiently abundant to make reasonable use of the area available to them on the nesting grounds. the flyways and the wintering areas. “Shoottng regulations in recent ears have been res nslble for ringing; about a gra ual reduction of t e shortage, and it is our pur- pose for the future to recommend such measures as we believe will continue the upward trend of water- fowl populatlons until we can say, as we have not yet said "the water- l were forwarded from Buffalo to the Jersey City market. St. Paul quoted the bulk of the Canadian steers at; $7.75 to $8.50 with tops up to $9.15, and bop quality bulls u to 0.50. Exports to the Unite States for the week were 2.424 beef cattle, 143 dairy, and 559 calves. Total exports from the first of the year to date . are 11.301 beef, 1,463 dairy and 6.- 426 calves, compared with 35.526 beef. 1,629 dairy, and 6,627 calves in the same peliOd last year. Calf Market Unsettled After a firm opening good veal l calves eased off at Toronto to the extent of about 50c and closed at $10.50 to $11.50. Montreal followed a similar trend and closed around $10 after making an earlier top of $11.50. Winnipeg, on the other hand was about steady with t veals at $9 to $9.50. while Calgary also had a top of $9.50. Edmonton was strong and 50c higher with best veals making up to $10. Tops at. Prince Albert were $7.50. Moose Jaw Saskatoon $9, and Regina l I Hog Prices Steady There was no change in the hog market during the week. Toronto paid $9 for bacons off trucks alive. or $12 to $12.15 on the dressed bas- is. Montreal continued to range between $9.25 and $9.40 for bacons f. dz w.. with the bulk of the sales at $9.35. Wlnnipe maintained its price of $8.60 wh cli has oeen in leffect continuously since the first of the year on bacons f. 8c w. Cal- gary closed with bacons at $8.40 off Lambs Steady to Lower There was no change in Eastern lamb p:ices and Toronto paid $9.85 ‘ for good quality, while Montreal had scrne early spring lambs at $10 to $li each. Winni g, closed 25c lower with good lam at $7.75 to $8. Top lambs at Edmonton made $8.75 and Saskatoon $8.35. CATTLE MARKETS TORONTO cattle market was fairly active and sold 4.955 head with prices firm on all grades. Welghty steers sold up to $7.40. with most. good kinds at $7.25 to $7.35 and common down to $6.50- Gocd butcher steers and heifers brought $7 to $7.25 and common down to $6. Butcher cows closed at to $5.25 and canners and cut- ters from $3.25 to $3.75. Good weighty bulls moved out at $5 to $5.25. some light butchers up to $5.50 and bolognas from $4.50 to $5. Bled-calves were steady at $8 to $9 for good to choice and down to $7 for mediums. Mlikers and snrliigcrs ranged from $50 to $80 each. MONTREAL weighed up 1.474 cattle at steady prices. Receipts in- eluded a comparatively large per- centage of steers which ranged from $4.50 t0 $7.50. Good quality were $7.25 to $7.50. mediums $6.50 to $7. and the blllk of the 0011101011 around $6. several baby beeves sold within a range of $6.50 to $9. Good cows were selling at $5.50 to $5.75, mediums $4.50 to $5 5 and com- on $4 to $4.25. with canners and 121105915 at $3 to $3.75. Heifers made 4 to $7 and bulls from $4.50 to 56.5, with home common down In 4 MARITIME. Receipts of cattle fell off sharplv on account of heavy storms and hocked roads and pri- ces, as a result, held firm. Demand for the better grades continued good but lower grades were onlv in fall- reqluest. steers made $4.50 to $7. he fers $4.25 to $6.75. cows $3.50 to $5, can-tiers and cutters $2 to $3 and bulls $3 to $4.25. CALF MARKETS . TORONTO calves opened steady but eased off about 50c to close at $10.50 to $11.50 for good to choice veals with common lights down- WII‘II%$I'I‘LGBIAL ed with good 09911 veals at $11 to $11.50 but closed around $10. Most. of the offering consisted of llghtwei t and com- mon to just fair qual ty and these sold from $8.50 to $9.50. Grassers acre $4 to $4.50 and drinkers $5 to M h HOG MARKETS Dominion hog marketinlrs were 95,806. compared with 70.586 in (he same week last year. Totals to date | aw year 452,125, last year 258.- ‘IORONTO bacons made $0 off trucks alive and $12 to $12.15 dres- Closing prices for direct deliver- ies in packing plants at HAMIL- ve and $ t-rrnsoortation, and MONCION‘ $12 delivered. l-f"-N'T‘P.rllt, bwcons continued steady at $9.35 to $9.40 f. 5t w.. with d 7 v ii _ fowl shortage no longer exists." big factors in the comeback of the waterfowl have been the a- bolition of baiting and live decoys, accidental bad weather for hunti in several successive seasons, moderation of drought conditions in The the breeding range. than chaser of a migratory WATERFUWL, iust Off considered opinions of l Avenue, New York. feel plopo duce m uni m , nirsln grown n ' aller which lll: and lo Ilflllll propel crop-pollination, unlit- flu! Itneraiion pleldn. visor. olcduellununa Ind hfbrld used 10f yem blv rev lb $1.25) pcuipnl off truck sales $9.50 and the dres- sed price $12.30 to $12.40, for the basic grade. SHEEP AND LAMB MARKETS TORONTO lamb musty llvrstezns and common down to s7. sheep were $5 to $6. heavles $4 to $5 and culls down to $3. MONTREAL lzad spring lambs at $10 A ed At seaboard for export. week end 5,510,734 ed Flebruary 24, 1940, pounds. ________.__i__\ oors THE rlzlcK/ Y) ' Ask your But the entire estimated duck population of the United States esa sixty ducks tobeiagh I‘ stamp. or less than six days limit in a forty-five day season, If each hunter should shoot the le al limit for three days in a season, e waterfowl would be reduced by pel cent. Mr. Ellsworth D. LurnlBY. in the discusses iii an informal and fowl protection in the United States and the present status of the birds. Mr. Lumlcyls booklet sets lgorthbtehe known waterfowl experts while leav- ing to the reader tho right and en- joyment of forming his own opinion. SHORTAGE OF WATERFOWL will be sent on the receipt of ten by the publishers: Emergency‘ Con- servation Ccmliilttee. 734 Lexington IIEUCUMBERS lxirnum vial cl, vuv I ml Inn . Order direct from (his (Pkg. 10c) (or. 20¢) (ll lb. 40¢) FREE- OUR ‘BIG I940 SEED AND NURSERY BOOlb-Beller Than Ever nomllllou sun IIOIISE, GEORGEIOWNJINI‘. ....__..___i..__ receipts were |steady with good lambs at $9.85 _aiid some to $ll g lambs. mostly bucks, trucks, Edmonton at $8.50, Prince ‘$8.50 to $10 and sheep sold Albert and Saskatoon $8.30. and is‘! to $6. Slaughter hogs sold at $9.05 at Vancouver. |EXPORTS 0F BACON 9r HAMS = T0 UNITED KINGDOM neiohbors what Bray Chicks did for them. Then phone, or drop in. W. I. Bowman, Hunter River. W. K. Crafer. Kensington. Francis Gardiner, Launching Place. MrmcBasil MacDonald, Tracadic POSS. Waldo MacDonald. Bolhweli. Lloyd II. lilcEwcn, Sourls. Mrs. George Myers. lluntrr Rlvcr. 8 i1 ls lng until 8"" lick bag- interest 50 is i DICE‘. . 8 cents this has through "’ 5'3‘: vcr fox puutclv. II Ill-l. dust-ry. VETY Hamburg 33.000 Fr e I) sold about» levels‘ Good light ha§°fe°t§r ,York wlie early 98kg. l ma e . . better f “om !Decem technique ed below I | ‘W. Fred Burke, Fiéldflliifl and official fur grader for the Dominion Government, leav- es on Monday morning for Mont- real wiiele he will examine the of- fering of silver fox pelts which will be auctioned by the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company mencmg Wednesday and continu- sliow pelts that understand Betts Fur Salon, situated in Stanley, Shaw 8r Peardon building, lias also had a good trade in fsll- o0. have received many ents on their ability to turn out really attractive searfs, collars and capes. The Norwegian government noses the creation of an off clai iur committee to - While some ranchers that their foxes are late in ing we know of others that have. had the opposite experience. The‘: TIMELY sores ON romcs CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming Friday. The collection consists of 30,000 pelts from almost every province lll Canada and it is of particular contains the exhibited under the auspices of the Canadian Silver Fox Breeders Asociation at h Provincial Silver Fox Pelt Show, illustrated booklet SHORTAGE or‘ glluzrlvtgatvam. December 20th and . s . a verylwestern silver fox breeders. It will readable way the history of water- t be interesting to see how these average in comparison with the New Brunswick show pelts sold in January. They brought a little un- Slider $3000 average excluding the tfreak foxes. There has been quite c. local de- mand for silver fox neckpieces anal because it the show pelts of been catered to by Islail Furriers, Ltd, who maintain a staff l the technique of makeup thoroughly. Over 250 sil- ver fox pelts have found their way into Island wearers’ ' this organization. neckpieces and the compilin reg commitments. four years ago. omm and Federal per cent. Mulch. Mount lied from a visit to New re he disposed of quite a liiumber of silver fox pelts at the recent auction. I-Ie states that the market was stronger and a much .8011 fefldlng 0f 111056 that» 5P6 beeellng prevailed than I‘. in , The earliest litter of foxes we lhave heard of was born on March ist. March _ day and part of the litter succumb- led. They were the progeny of young pair of foxes and mother- fox did not 2nd was a very cold have the proper to take care of the baby foxes when the temperatlmes dropp- the zero mark. complain mat- is rlo particular advantage gained, according to the experts,’ '4' by having early litters. Charles B. l practically were sold ‘c red. m ollcy. most 0f n: esen ted. iciiascti bv l5“ Keilo88- who conducted investiga- tions in the UnitedStates, came to the conclusion that litters born [the first two weeks in April made the best pelters. ‘The Norwegians are holding sales ‘The | every few weeks. atcst offering was on March 4th when some 8.000 silver fox pelts at Oslo out of 11.000 oi- Tlie average selling pzic-c was $10 37 per skin in American German buyers took up the furs: American and English interests were also well rc- On the last day of tho fiiiCi-IOII 550 blue fox skins were of- fered of which 70 per cent sold at an average price of $14.77. bluc foxes with silver hairs brolizllt ‘all average of $22.75 and were pllr- The Americans. About 1.000 ink.s were off-cred and 70 pcr cont sold at an average price of $6 2. ASSISTANCE TO FARM ERS In order to encourage farmers to use cleaner and bcttcr seed for till! year's cro chase of i’. h t t f A ri ltur i. plcpared to bonus the pur- hdfiglizdgirigmneiiiiciflnesgcgaingengt over sixty dollars ($60-00) to the extent of twenty-five per cent of the cost D1101‘. 0101111111! "w! a group of farmers of not less than five (5) lndivldualg, Bonn fide s atements covering cost of purchase must be submitted along with the. names of the farmers. composing the group. such purchase is made b The De rtment wlll ward ef eetivc lve every assistance in render-in urchas ng of machines, seed grain supp es and other dc- taiis of proflta Ie grain growing. The Department is also prepared to assist in the extension of barley growing by supplying for cash only No, l Island twoJowed seed barley at a cost infon-nafion to- rlce delivered at any local station on Prince Edward Island of one do ar per bushel. Order; for this valuable seed should be placed promptly. Arrangements have also been made with companies supplying ground limestone through which the Department r ton and the latter delivered to any station on Prince Edward Is- grouml material lit a price of lhree flulhrg cents land t iii pays the companies eighty er ton in hulk and three dollars and seventy-five cents in bags. Orders s ould be sent direct to the companies 0nd not through the Department of Agriculture. Assistance wlll be given to poultry producers by |cost of broader stoves in cam where breeders hui brooder houses that. will pass the inspection during the present season of an official recognized l’. E. I. Department of Agriculture: l. y the Department. mug: Charlottetown. P. E. I. Provincial Fox com- the the possession Tile I the I0- ulate the in- Under the plan all fur sales and exports will be under the -.upervision of this committee. Fromm Bros. sale of silver fox cells at Hamburg, Wisconsin, was completed last. week. clglitv firms were listed as hav- ing bought at the sale. some ivitl heavy Company" considers it the best sale since the event was instituted at In the four, days last week they sold over skins including several thousand mink. cross fox, blue fox and red fox at a btal of approximately $1.200,- 000. 93 per cent of d sold. The Federal foxes sold 97 er ceilt and F‘ronl.m's 90 Buyers estimated that the Fromm sale grossed bet-ween $250,000 and $300.00 more than if those same pelts had been sold at December More than l 9 all pelts offer- Herbert. George A. Cailbcck. Manager of the Fur Marketi Department of the Carlsdian Nat onai Silver Fox Breeders’ Association, leaves Moli- day morning for Montreal where he will attend the auwtlon sale of the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company, trnderstanld that , Dennis has sold one of his freak silver blue males to a party in western Canada for a very hand- some figure. Sometime age in these notes we save a brief writeup of Wesley's new strain. which attract. ed considerable attention. Con- Kmtulations, Wee. we hope you will have a big turnout this Sprlig. l In the list of breeders produc- ing freak foxes, white faces, ring necks or platinums. or whatever they should be designated. we omitted the name of Dr. Leo Frank who has been experimenting with these foxes for two years and has ;developed a strain of his own. We ,are sure all friends of the Doctor |wlll bc pleased if he has real suc- ccss this year. Clifford MacDonald (everybodyb frlcnrll rend a very intelligent and thoughtful paper on silver fox fal-iiiing from its earliest history to the present day to a group of young business men last. week. [Clifford is one 0f the up to date land wide awake band of young men lwho will be carrying on this Pro- [vinlces silver fox farming ventures to new and greater glory ln the days ahead. l During the past week we under- stand that. parties in Montreal have been angling for any silver fox pelts that are loose or unsold in Slimmerside, Charlottetown and oth- er ceiltres. Thequota totheUnited States from Canada has been illi- cd but the number of‘ pelts avail- able for Canadain consumption and export to South American countries ls not as great as was expecbed so there has been an upturn hi ln- terest and also ln price. We have arranged to secure a first hand ac- count of the Montreal auction from our genial friend W. Fred Burke. We are indebted to P. J. Wil- liams of the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ Asociatlon, Sumnierside. for the following very interesting and infonnative article on late Winter and spring feeding of vlxens. The ranch using the schedule is not a large one but. its foxes are among the best in this Province. A q Sure Death to 's\ I a -l WARBLES/xl‘ 4 . COOPER’S HIGHLY CONCINIRAIID i WARBLE FLY POWDER H’ aoreuous ’- l t Official tun have shown 1007,; kill. A 25: envelope cl‘ Cooper's Wlrble Fly Powder makes quart of wlslnsufflelent to treat thirty head of nttll nnze. 600 luuiiiii, WAIIBIF ' Order Cooper’: WdAIQBILIE FLY POWDEIl-l-Brilish Hide an “F1 Guaranteed-Ivar" Herdvvure, rug. eed andjecd ‘Stores, or, wm. CANADIAN CO-OPERATIIIE WOOL GROWER LIMITED, Quebec and N' t me Branch , Que‘. i? '.> tlllDt! (for tripe and a slllall pffjapor- ‘£311 o shunts: are about equal. 11c’ ground built" cod liver oi and tomatoes. a ' nan 1,, about the sallic pro n as m i119 preceding period. After wholpiiig, the vixen is fed a very light feed. and no clltuige l‘(‘illl‘liS. _ "llially in- Crfiflsed. having regard to rho num- b" of blips lll the litter. A. m, end of the first wcr V "ti": h“ Dffiilflil‘ l mrncd to lier | e6 - a 0191111141; iced ls added in addition to tizc cvclliliu fr-od, T}... proportions of the mullllg feed are the same. except til... milk and 33885 arc added so“... m“, increase lri the vixenls feed a l this ranch in tllv ~ ell some lroilble l, fast. Viill illC!(=:‘i.‘.L' " This rancher .. . . throughout tn.- yo." the lvcaning c! 11m froln fl 59909111001‘ 1st. He keeps ctlrcflllultlzib rxccrlt pups on his feeding and thus [hpv-(xqort of his assured feeding of gym} i; to 9 _0Z- d'_\_' vrclght pcr fox per clay brings with it an intercsllllr: st, ~v, and to many or n5, W.» think. m", .llat may mean a saving of filmy-v "l 7°90 Dnrchascs. as wcll as healthier and better (‘Xpfrigpd vixells. It ls onlv to he nxpogtpd that» YOXO-s that. are stllffrrl. would naturally bc fatter and lazlcr --a,71d fills is iviiai. we may term a vicious circle-which. though costing mo", leads us into more trouble at willelping time, o cone u c. "Rather than com-t trouble by the more costly over. feeding. which some of lls prac- tise, let us prefer -not tn starve pm" fogs-gut to feed IMPIII slight- y on 1e . ingy side-es. ' l‘; . bout wheipin-g time." m” v ' Ranchers sch mgjgbgrgg the Canadian tbfalilrgnai Fbx LATE WINTER AND SPRING FEEDING OF VIXENS While there are l. few female foxes that this year have not. yet mated, ranchers are giving atten- tion, and properly so, to the care Pro- ;sp2ctive mothers of litters. attention means seeing that they an free from external parasites such as fleas and earmffes, that their food contains what is requir- ed for the growing foetus, as well as for the health of the vixen at whellping time. We may not do better here than yto quote from our 1939 "The Sil- ver Fox Industry" to show how a ;good rancher feeds. To make it plain we will first quote his early [winter feeding i. e. from "peltlng- lto-mating" period. Commercial Cereal (with added bran) 25 per cent. Wheat Germ 5 per cez t Or Wheat Germ Oil -.‘ lfoxes. Meats ‘I0 per cent. Made up as fellows: Fresh Horsemeat. Fresh Beef Storage Tripe Few Smells (about l-I oz. per I lfox). _ Ground Green Bone (3 per cent ;to 4 per cent. of total ration). l t oz. to 90 Canned Tomatoes (about i pound among 50 foxes.) Yeast (about 1 oz. to each 12 lfoxes). Cod Liver Oil (about 1 oz. of l. good grade of oil to l3 foxes.) FDR SECOND PERIOD The quant-ltyr per vixen is gradu- ally decreased from nine ollnccs in scvcll ounces, in such a. irlalmcr lllat. the vlxcll, during the latter half of her pregnancy, docs not“ get. on an average more than sev- - on ounces of f . drv weight. Some exception is made in the case of pups, which are fed slightly more. I The percentage of cereal Ls in- creased gradually from twenty to twelliyv-five percent at mating tlmr- to about thirty-five percent at whelpllig. Fresh beet‘ gradually rc- places frozen horse meat, and the proportion of red meat silh- stantlally reduced: the amount of tripe in proportion to the rod meat. is increased materially. so that at. whelpiilggtlmc l-hc red lgatmand Notice of Private Bill vesting Land one-half the re-construct. ' Nlltlvr ls hcreb, liven of the in- lcntiun of The K ngston I-lall Com- any, a body co crate under the ; aws of Prince E ward Island, to (present to the Legislative Assembly oi‘ the said Province at the next ses- sion thereof. a Bill having for its oh- . ject the vesting in the said corpor- ation of all that tract. piece or par- 5 cei of land situate lving and being at Kingston. Lot or ownship Nurn- I lber Thirty-one In Queens County hounded and described as follows? 0n the East bv the Bnnnockburn Road. on the North by the South Wlltshirc Road, on the West and South by land owned by the Trustees of the Methodist Church. Kingston. said pleee or parcel of land to exienn fifty feet along the Bannocirbnrn Road and thirty-five feet along the South Wlitshlre Road. l mun this (m. ally of Mitch, mo. Saturday nouilced today . 550 blue fox skins of cent sold at an average ilrlce 0i 65 crowns ($14.77) 100 crown; cent 0f 1.000 lliinks sold at all awr- price of 21 crrrviis next afitionfuzllhllcfllrhi lll lvllla. ords at Ottarva should make i; i, point to forward their ranch rer- ord sheets so as to arrive in (y. Laws March l5. Oslo Furs 90 p.c. Sold GERMANY pulls HEAVILY as 11.000 SKINS AVERAGE 816.37 OSLO. March 9 (UP)—Niiiety per 0811i. 0f the ll,O0O skins offered in the fur auctions which closed here ivcre sold, l‘. was an- ‘Plic arr-rage sell- lrls price was 72 crowns ($10.37) per skin. German buyers took up mot of the furs America-n and English interests also wcre ivcll rcprcsonl- ed On tho last day o.’ l-lie aur- tion. the skin auctr: v-(r which 70 p~r for plnzll grades. Americans took mos: of ‘hr otter- ings of blue foxes with SLiYP." ll.'t.i‘. They brought an avei cc price of ($22.73). Srvclltj." pir age Dricc oi 30 crouils ($681M, while top price was 5G Crowns ($12.93) per skin. Oi 200 fled fox skins offered. 72 per cent were srlcl a‘. rlll axe: >- ($4.77). ii LARGE PUP 080i‘ Insure a large crop oi healthy, vigorous pups this year ny fer-ding ROYAL FOX FEED Results during former seasons shows that the use of Royal with a good meal. ration is the most posi- tive way knovm for the rancher ll 100m’: best breeding resultl. Insist on RnyaL All your denier today or writd direct lo (he St. John Milling Company Ltd. Snlnl John New Bnmawlcl W. E. BENTLEY. i ' Ir313-3-7-3i ' Solicitor for Petitioner. Irfifi-Zi-I-ll