.. NEWSY NOTES — I) AGllOOl-A The New Flore. before the 1 v I w“ mltu-lfgagdeglouvgdbktlger? round the ed g yg will shortly ifilefltllfillalbg w: “he the xe o a potted pla-nt, bearing the l ti! Prince Edward ISIB-lld," cutun“! l-Nfltfid o arks 11110" 151F937“; on are in order. Suchafl Plait-s I to new, m me legion under wmg rem wmplete list °1 Y are rooting nice! have a moist soil. Where did m, 001110 h‘ j . h. l... Mrs. it. atlon and may 01” ma)‘ 11M- aea-captaln’ 11km“ "5 °d°11 take it yripfions of their 51195953 home from the southern seas, and epticr case the Flora is known having n° “h” "lime. 0511 it South- a .1‘ sck-list. and subspecies of m. m print descriptions o would have added very con- Tl Flor in °m WW1?" Sorry to spoil her little l“ conlprlses more“? thana700 nqmame’ but the" 15 n Island ifilit its native home was on th f 5 ONs of the Mediterranean, l.e Sfluihem Europe. As it travelled 1 ,0 the cos; o; the work, YWTUIWBIII. it vras of course m- i; cirsely in accord W ~- ~ M nual of Bot- wiflmNuerill lagt edition. the [ghmlifi have no diffktllllil’ q I .113! standard work. I list lrlnn VJTICII the present 15 bassd was issued as long 159i. by John MacSwam and . gain. and comprised about c595 of ferns and flowering known to occur here. This and issued as a 1.9m, in sprottons “Elements ctural Botany" in 1907. The |,,w, Watson, who was an ding flgilre among the nat- understood re drawn up further lists of “pr plants, but tfnese, as far mgwn to tile present writ/er, W ished, In 1920 there aided to. l. of ills day. ls jibe check-list form was .1“ publication. As the its; pendent SW5. n Eng] often figures in ish stories. Bhe sent specimens of the plant to Australia 8nd New 568111116. Wt it was unknown in both countries. The fact 1s that, the Artemlsi s-lth - Southerdlwood e besifigl to “mob sentlalll plants of the wood was brouant here by the ship-captains and immigrants long ago," and 1n Bideford the shrub is a famili ere a chumlin sto 0r 01a English rustic life bghat rixplains the popularity of this fJlrub. 1t is called "Daddy Dawson's ..Dovecot", by Juliana Horatio Ewing. In it we "i? Elven a Illcture of Jack March, the workhouse (poorhouscr boy atching Phoebe Shaw, the farm- , d g short list of plants not “r5 “We daughwr- P5551118 °ll iltl" .. ly known to occur here. and . to the writer, it the first. step towards lllora". It brought the colla- .. of h vary active and en- lc hand of botanists who, "ilew" lo the writer's notice. Ah- wnsltl-crable advance in our ge of tile Island's vefletatlon . e when Prof. Herbert Groh, ‘he Dcnliuion Botanical De- t, Utawa, conducted a two "Weed Survey” of PE. Island .|.»bl‘0l1,‘ilb scores of . 1926. - .. moves, but slowly, slowly l on from point to poln .. Tennl". n‘s hero. nln th case for ‘as published till 1933. lur the present writ/er pre- rllst of all the plants, "anci- iud modern." and p we Government of the day, n to print it if they lh while. Unknown p1 r it was sent first to thence to the . n; part of the Transactions Royal Canadian Institute "n; a 51211211 honoiyfor only while MES. appear in those ; but the effect was marred iiufc and ” the writer file In , ~ 1155.. but also and in greater "e. ubcll those responsible leeing the publication mrough ms ‘lliil the number of species varieties lluzi reached the res- lststal of 700. Six more added during the summer of 7m‘, and three in 1941. (Of flit s might have been ex- roveries of new plants lng fewer). The “New reiorv is the culmination l t elibors oi more than t-vent l and the l-ihlyv put. their krlowledge at nlicrs s? ice, are especial l l lll 11s pages. iclellt c names employed I . by the Internat- Collgress held at and followed by ‘f! Gilly iwho was no isolat- .1. The common or . . a, Gray's. but with a nomenclature, lto finality in know- llll another twenty years time student will issue another PlClZi! In that day it ls likely Slime of the plants of the L: i711] be excluded. am that the latter udd- alld tlllelr groundi An Interesting Letter "i hi“ lust come in an W“ _ l". Slfzncd only with a llirlilfl nil mime, and avid- “gm .Ol1ll‘\Vh0I‘B in the west- ‘ It on of the Island. It is a H mel- and shows more than rY_0bE0l'\’§lt[i(1‘in and an M15111. .’ a l 1nd address were not given, iomctlmcs send cuttings or un- tfeli plants to those who show h lot in such things, _ m“ Elfdlfid her Southern. _, '4 W’? did mine: and lhe u" "lbs to root in water" “hays do. i0 get new plants?’ $1 I had the some idea; the discovered the damage, Maul: rmcx/ w ‘m!’ nelehbon who! m Chicks did for them. L°h°"l- or dron in. - Worth. u: G a ‘mflofllrflelei. chuietteazwan i Mil-van: h n la . onm e 5k, “Pinter. It. ll. 6. Reusing- nill r lenglhBaflmlldryilI london: n.5, "Irt Mont , M1121?‘ Mac-Leunfifil. l. Kenn"; . fr y. Murray Harbour N. . m" G-“illim. wen Devon ‘n’: starched frock, and Iier airs with : clases.) And though Phoebe did n g moilter, she and her In mates took posies to Sunday School Wily to Sunday School. and bewild- ering himself “with the sight of h her Bible and Prayer-book. and class card. and clean pocket-nond- kerchief.” “Now amongst the rest Sunday paraphernalia, Phoebe lil- ways carried a posy, made up of herbs and strong smelling flowers, Countrywomen take mint and as fine ladies take snicliiilg-bot. is a strong sex in the WOFkl-‘I’ suffer from “Iainty feels" like n and refreshed fl-lelr nerves in the stream of quest-ion and and hair old and corduroyhwlth all the airs of thelreltiers." The corduroy suits worn by boys The hair oil wit-h whim voting and old anointed their cmnlunls, W115 sweet-scented; and these and the Dosiese, must have ' teachers‘ olefactory senses with rare combination of perfumes! .. ‘me writer of the l tie l. g .d enough ,0 compumente m‘; gnftfge Unlicd States Market "Notes on Island Pfanis", pleased that I give the names 1.00., I appreciate the pllments. but still think l|~~ fill"- ent WEI" t° 19"" the scientific for Latin), names, which are in versal use. The popular numcs vary and is with the district. Phoebe, in the story, never said "SOIIHIETIIWOOTI"; to her the plant was "Old Man” , -se1ling from $11.50 up WOUld be and n is likely thm’ “M “ever h‘“m equal to or about 50 cents higher than Toronto prices, while lighter cattle selling would be about 25 cents or more This ancient cm, or Bath beuew lclver than Toronto. Same shippers the former name. The Cltv of Bath ed to be the most beautiful ciiy in England. has been heavily bombed bv the Germans on two successive nights, with great destruction and many casualties. The attack was not provoked by military llecessit I understand. for it is whollv with stately terraces, squares and crescents that sllv-rclzlld tile 0'6" crescents all flat surround the o‘dcr parts of the city. It was, however. full of refugees from other bombed areas. and no doubt this was well to ' o known to the enemy, and infiuenc ed his action. Bath was the resort, in the latter part of the eighteenth century, of the classes boasting wealth, rank, and fashion: who assembled there “to take the waters" oi’ the spa and to bathe in the hot springs. It is still pan excellence the spa, and its ancient glamor of wealth and beautv have not quite disappeared. In lire time of the Roman occupa- tion of Britain. we have the first mention of the healing springs which were well known to the n- vaders as "Aquae Soils". The Romans built public baths there. which in gmat part, lasted to our island. Anglo-Saxon Ceawlin pushed his conquests west- ward in 577, he took Bath, and it known to the Saxons as Batman-coaster, the town (or campl oi’ baths. ‘rho common people nick- namBd it Akemannes-ceaster, and resorted to 1t to drink the waters and bathe in the springs. to cure the rheumatics. And a. road leading to thLs "invalldv city" was known aa Akeman-atnet. ‘Ihe Roman uublic bath still to be 59611. is an oblong pool, bordered with stonework, and surrounded by a eolonnade of stone pillars. Oloee to the Roman remains 1a the Abbey Church, a handsome. building in the "perpendicular 0M9" of Gothic architecture. It is and to hear of such interesting memorials being destroyed. » All Old-time Election When I was seventeen or there- aboutl. there happened to be a. "General Election" in Britain. This would be inte nailed in Canada as I ‘TWO! ection", while our LQIl-alative Assemblies compare in some manure with the British County Councils, which. also. are elected bodies, At the time oi which I am writing the two great parties in Erlgland were the Conservatives and Liberals. the latter having a ‘Radicar’ wing whose policies w-"re P91715118 the forerunner of the {giant trend towards State Social- Tho little village near which I wa-qllving was a kind of "till. vill- In.‘ for more than halt ifs inhabi- (Continued on page 1i, ‘Col S) Weekly Live Stock Market Renort y‘ The in cattle prices during tne past m“ way’ mu“ week but, for the mos: part, orices held smlthemwwd despite the fact that export buying eased off due to the tract that the second quarterly quota on heavy Canadian cattle entering the United States at the reduced rate of duty markets m’ ‘mum slightly, while others reported flnn ° w better rams. chu makets, parti- cularly in the east, under the in- wide cimupmon me flucnce o5 seiafsonallyxdhiglger suppl- hsoumemwood" It reached Ea? es, ease 0 culls era y. 0:5 ‘ were generally unchanged and lambs an,“ Shae , land in 1548i And as my corres- Showed “me k p a very light supply. Eastern Cattle Markets “T higher and most oi‘ ire better class The MARITIME market continued strong with best steers quoted at $9 to $10. Western Cattle Markets had only light support from export buyers but demand for slaughter checked any sharp price 9" declines. Most killing classes held at I observed daily during my three- firm rates and a good cleanup was effected. The best load of steers topped at $11.51) with an odd load of her g; points. The St. Paul about 40 loads of Canadians ap- Ewglflfl $112 proximately 75 per g’ steers. bThel tong on d I 1 owcl- u a eman on emae residential. holiday kind of place. stock 1mmoved_ Medium to good Canadian sstesrs “were drepoyirdi a‘; . . $10.85 to l2. goo gm es o mxe ,, diluent kn“ f)! yearllugs at. $12.25. canner to good -’~° ‘"1 ‘he “f” M“ cows in $1.25 to torus. medium to gcod bulls ca to $10 and good feed- er steers $10.75 to 11. iid_g.2la calves. shipments of beef SUMMARY There was some slight variation I CONSERVATION I l WIIIIJ OOLUIN OI PI-MYIIOAI. OPINIONS 0P Till 4"‘ VITAE- BETTIE LIIIOTNG ‘I'll U!!! AND ABUSE-l 0F IATUBAL I-IIOUBOIE l! Ill LUDLOW JENKDTS. IABIIIIIID. at previous wreck‘; ‘evels. 'I'l‘li5, A FEW NQTEQ 0y THE _ BALI) EAGLE By N. R. CASILLO The nearing fulfillment. Slime once again reported that " oned. good to force prices 25 cents u; we; aver-red that eggeg an item about The cattle market at WINNIPEG bird of prey. Witn apologies to the domestltt “what manner of birds is this?" ered living prey. observation. most —ood to Advice was Government < 700 1b., each, would be Tho Buffalo nlnrkct was definite- Calves Lower In East Within increasing supplies from T h e $11.25 weightly from $11.50 dovm $9 to repflrt-Efi loss-rs owing to the decline $10 to $12.50. Calgary paid an in prices at Buffalo and the higi-l- average of $10.75 for best veals, Ed- er paying pl-lros at Ontario country monton $11-25. Prince AWE" ind market had cent slaughter she-gig was Hogs Mostly Unchanged Exports during the tailed 7.655 beef cattle. 313 dairy, perennial yarns of the pm- datory fleroenesa of the bald eazlB _ have been dusted off Dflces e851"! and are being broadcast through- out the land. Just a few days ago I read in a national magazine o1’ the eagles the fiercest birds of prey. They rabbits and often 0r 110 Ohlmge 11nd" wolves. Eagles. have tremendous appetites and have been known to devour a. calf, a sheep and a. do; in a single week." The author of the article, however, fails to dis- A normal rim of cattle cleared close whether it was a single bird u: at TORONTO at unchanged prices. a group of them m; figgugli; Buying far export W188 véely tiling, . ~ but iveig ty steel-s ceare a “Mn” "e- The swmm‘ to $11.35 Rfld butchers at $9.50 to $10.75 under a good local demand. map; menu the 01d gardens M PM, Hm and glrfgllgylTREAb had a demand suffici- “devoured the formidable repast. But, be does convey t/he impression that eagles had actually brought down the ani- In another influential Periodical have been known to attack children, and f steers ranged from $9.25 to $11.60 one was seen to-flght and carry off b a wildcat. Paradoxically, in another issue of the same paper there was an eagle being ignominiously vanquished by s. six- months-old Plymouth Rock rooster. the latter actually killing the largo Bard. It surely cannot be the same bird that motlilts‘ stay on the Alaskan ach- ipelago; a. period during which I never once saw an eagle attack r two at $11.25 and the majority anything alive, unless the few sal- steers sold downward from $11 mon that they dpiratecl from osnreys which was fully in line with last could be consi week. A good demand for stacker and feeder iatttle held tltaithdlgllsigh .- of the mar c steady w . es y southemvimd m a “m5 h” 5”“ '~‘- feedcrs at $9 50 and above. CAI? hundred indivldfils. At part off’ lrlny . - ~‘ GARY was active and strong up o duties as a sa on rap wa z el- gggeitwfibea pfilmémtthdelusmn_w'i" mirl-lveek but closed a little easier was to dispatch as many eagles r5 a e we“ ith good to choice butcher steers as possible, so that I had plenty of h selling at $10 to $11.25. EDMON- opportunity for °'- TON was a‘=o brisk under ligiht . B!‘ receipts and fully steady with a top “m” 131W" load of steal-s of llcvvy weights at $10 75 and My observations of the birds were not casual, but were systematically conduct/ed studies of more than one range. al- thoueh I must confess to a woeful neglect of the prescribed duties m .. Choice cattle tinder the second quarterly u,“ $9.50 in $10 50. PRINCE ALBERT quota from April 1st ‘mr- 'l~ lmld $10 m $10.25 for some choice were 47,269 hag-d, steers while MOOSE JAW paid $9.75 for best killlltgtstcerg andTRlgGINA ‘ . . l ‘ 10.50. ‘ {f} gm“ ‘ifyglfmgit m°sldrfmllllliv 33332371031? ISlgSgIITOON cigeetga: 05.9861: dairy 5,012 (5.022); calves whicgcag clgtlh‘ hug if)’ a piflke m RFSEIIECI (Iemalid for export to the 23,731 (13 320), e a 9°" “i?” United States but a keen local de- mand in the late part of the week United States served to boost prices 25 cents and _ , choice steers bold at $9.25 to $10. lb F‘““*‘”Id "W VANCOUVER use scmc good butch- “ er steers at $10 to $10.50. to May 7th Exports from January 1st to May 7th, inclusive, with corresponding figures for 1941 in brackets were: beef cattle 94.859 received from file that the full rate of duty, i.e.. 3 cents per .. on Canadian cattle entering the United states and weighing over collected commencing on Friday, May 8th. This. of course, is subject to rebate on any cattle which enter the , United States before the quota of “DWI” ly iolvcl" not only on Canadians but 51,720 head has been filled. Th e "m" oil domestic stock as well. The high- reduced rate of duty L; 1 1-2 cents ert. price paid for o. load of Cana- per lb. . dian steers was $12 75. while an- “"'" other lead sold at $12.25 and the balance of the weighty kinds from of m“ “i” "W" m“ °°"““'Y» hi" elm" s12 dCWli i0 $11.50. Lighter weights calves arriving on eastern markets, down to prices were definitely lower. Tor- steers onto lost $1 and closed with choice visals at $13 to $14. while Montreal pounds had a net loss o1’ 75 cent to $1 for ire. week with prices ranging from $13. Western markets, how- ever, held fairly steady and Winni- peg sold good and choice veals at Moose Jaw 210, Saskatoon $11 and ‘Frlere was little disturbance of hog prices and Toronto continued to pay $15.25 for grade B-I dressed. with Montreal on a basis of $15.37 to $15.40. Winnipeg $14 to $14.10, Calgary $13.75. Edmonton $13 75 $14 25, Prince Albert $13.70 to S13. Moose Jaw $13.75, Regina $13.75. past week ‘Saskatoon $13 60 to $13.75 to 95 and TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming ' v The following interesting facts on fur auctions and the new tyne of spite of the federal bounty of one fur tannins-Chinchilla raisins- o ar. It was contended and still is) by the salmon interests that the eagle was responsible for ously reduced numbers of salmon. After I had had a little time to size up the situation. I began to wonder how a group of apparently intelli- gan men could formulate the opin- are seldom gentle and are amOngatIOns they lad about a creature that seemed wholly inoffensive so fr: as live fish. were conccriled. Indeed, I thought them decidedly beneficial, for they consumed quantities of de- complaed fish carcasses that drift- ed ashore. In fact, they showed a decided preference that; showed the most decay. People have accused of destroying ptanniizan and waterfowl. but also young caribou mountain sheen and the tremend- for carcasses the eagle only grouse, goats. But why the eagles shoul-"l mer there. E‘- tes its failure. An average portunities for happened to be spending the sum- a dead-pound pfckerel to a pound rock in fifteen feet of water. the fish, of course, floating on the surface at the end of a stout line. Jast as I had expected. one of the eagles (the female) swooped. grasp- ed the fish and tried to make off with it. During the short interval of violent wingbcatinr; it succeeded in dragging the rock about. iwen feet. Then it dropped the obs-fl. a fili and winged off in disgust a‘. YOUTH! bald eagle leave an abundant supply of tlnclr favorite food, available along prac- tically any watercourse. has alxvnys een a source of wonder particularly when considering the comparative difficulty involving the capture of the prey that they are accused of taking. To this I micrl. add that On eleven separate stances I observed in company of their mothers tentedly feeding within easv sir"- ing distances of several eagles. Did the eagles so much as turn a cove- tous eye in their direction? I should say not. They preferred to waddle clumsily from one festering pile -.-f fish to unolthcr. morsels to eat there on the spot. or to carry of to their young. During the summer of 1924 a. pair of eagles included Lake Morey, near Falrlee, Vermont. as part of their Again I Imd unusual op- studv because C 1n- seiectinlg choice >_ At the west end of the lake lived several farmers who expressed the belief that their poultry would be unsafe with the eagles about. But during the course of not a single head was reported mis- sing, although the eagles were fre- quently seen nearby feeding on the thousands of dead flli that ‘were ki‘led that slimmer by fungal pars- tfrle season rd determine, if possible, the lift- ing power of an eagle, I anchored ten- weighs between right and twelve pounds. and can probably lift the equivalent of its own weight. Yet the species has been reported to have carried off children weighing up to fifty A newspaper item before me states that an eigllt-yenr-old boy was seized by one and lifted a good twenty feet before he was dropped to the ground. Why is 1t that those who have had the greatest opportunities to observe the regal birds never have seen them performing the sensation- al feiits of strength and ferocity which tlhey are too frequently cre- dited’) I long ago relegated eagle stories to the same limbo to which I consign most of the snake stories that are extant. Why not give the bird that was chosen as our national emblem a chance? Even if he were as de- structive as he has been pictured by some. there would still be excell- ent reasons for the preservation of ifhe living symbol of our and freedom because it is a fitting (Continued on page 14,__C_U_1_5)__ symbvl- to me, in- falvvls :5- v m liberty were given us in an interview with Mr. J. Robert Mutch. Mr. Mulch. who represents the Canadian Shred- ded Wneot C0,, and the Ross-Mailer Biscuit Co. in Prince Edward Isl- and, has just returned from a busi- ness trip oi almost three weeks to Quebec, Ontario and the U. S. A. Both the Canadian and American markets have improved slightly, but he does not bc ieve that either market will be much stronger, at least for a long time. A ceiling on rices 1n the United States came nto effect in May, shortly after the close of the auction, and furs were not exempted from the regulations. The owners of ‘the furs are required to fix the maximum price, which is based on the prices received In March for similar pelts. per- chlmce the owner of the furs did not have or deal in such furs in March. 1942, it becomes his duty to fix as his ceiling price the price charged during such month by his most closely conlpetitive seller of the same type of furs. A great deal of uncertainty exists over these rules and how they will affect the fur trade. No doubt. at a later dale furs will be exempted from price control as they are in Canada. Were it not for the fact that there are fewer fox pelts than last season, prices would be lower than at present. Both Lampsorl, Fraser 8r Huth and. the New York Auction Company will hold sales during the latter part of May. In the April sale there were about 3B,- 000 silver fox offered by the New York Auction Co. Mr. Mutch has just received a letter from Mr. Mc- Namara, Manager of that Company. statmg that 12,000 slivers will be offered May 25th and 26th. A1- though at this time last year the storagcs in the United States were full of pelts being held for later sales, there are practically none in storage today, In Montreal he heard buyers ex- press the opinion that fox pelts would be at least $5.00 apiece high- er. but this was before the Unltcd States ceiling went on. Many of the fur buyers of Mexico and South Airierlca. now attend the Canadian Auctions, and there is considerable demand in those countries for pale silver, marked silver and freak fox pelts. Thev can purchase their re- quirements to better advantage in Canada, and they like Canadian pelts. If they purchased Canadian pclts in New York they must pay more for them, because of the duty on our pelts imposed by the USA. He had dinner with one of the larg- est fur buyers fronl Mexico, who expressed tile opinion that Cana- dian pelts were not of the quality they were l5 years ago. But that opinion is not held by most good authorities. While in New York he attended Lampson. Fraser 8a I-Iuth’s sale oi’ 16,348 fox pelts belonging to the American National Fur Breeders’ Association. Of this number 11,062 were full silvers and white faces and only 2,046 were half-silvers or less. These pelts were large, but did not seem to have quite as good a quality as Prince Edward Island pelts. The pearl platinunis, also called pearl blues and silver blues. are in great demand. The pale sil- vcr form of these bring especially high praces and are impossible to imitate bv dyeing. The darker form, especially those having no silver can be imitated. and naturally bring less money than the pale form, In the streets of New York he saw more Bearl blue capes than silver capes. ut these were of the darker type. White face silver pelts brought good prices and both the American and South American buyers favor markings. This means betrter prices than silvers of equal quality. Somn buyers expressed the opinion that the white face silvers held a better For.- CHICK Q THIS IS YOUR BIG YEAR. More chicks, more eggs, more meat are wanted, l0 it payl an never before to use Ful-O-Pep Starter and bring your chicks through to profitable maturity. So follow the Ful-O-Pep Rearing Plan, the way that may save you 30% to 50% on feed cont. At the some time this plan helps raise big, hunky, profitable pullers-the kind that fill out and any strong and productive for several years. You lee, Ful-O-Pep Chick Starter provides your chick: with a balanced diet of oatmeal, Nature’! prize food for growth, along with Nature's richest vitamin combination, dehydrated cereal grace, which brings clutch many of the healthful benefits of frelh spring pasture. Thus it promotes big frames, lturdy growth, even feathering and sound health- FORSALIAND town RECOMMENDED IY CENTRAL CREAMERIES LTD. AUTHORIZED QUAKER FEED DEALERS Summersid 8 The Easy Way t0 tfucceed with Chicks RAISE THEM ON THE NEW “VITAMINIZED” 41E? l lat ficl-O-Pep Chick Starter and the Ful-O-Pep Rearing Plan help you raise big, healthy chicks. Yet you may nave as much as 30% to 50% on feed coat. Sourls C tt PERFECTION DAIRY, ETIIIIIIIeGISIIIB, P. E. I. SOURIS CREAMERY, Souris, P. E. I, Z1? {Ti colour on the pelt than unmarked silvers. Of course. marked slivers that are less than three-quarters bring poor prices and do not appeal‘ to be wanted. Mr. Mutch examined a. number of various types o1 freak pelts. One of the new types was called "Ciililalllflfl," and he was told that several of these brought $80.00 each on the last sale, but the ones on this sale did not go so high. This ty were full silvers, heavily furrcd wl hout markings and had an off- colour cast. There was only one lot of them. The other typeoi freak was similar to those exhibited by Dr. Leo Frank and Wellington Mc- Nelll at the Provincial Fox Show last. fall. Several pelts of this type were sold recently at an average of $72.00 each, Parker Wood was the first Islander who produced this type, but there are now a few Isl- alld ranchers who have tile type and. should reap lllce profits from them within the next year or so. No doubt Robert was well pleased over the prlccs brought by freak pelts. as he has quite a few lleurl plat- itlums. marked silvers and the new freaks ill this season's crop. On ar- rival home he found ihlIliZS not g0- ing so badly, his rancher had looked at 51 females of which 48 had 200 pups and three had none. While in Ontario he visited a Chinchilla ranch and has given us the following description: “Before returning home I spent a_ day at a. newly established Chinchilla ranch in Ontario, having been interested in these animals ever since Chap- man started the original ranchin California. in 1926- The Chinchilla must not be confused with the chinchilla, rabbit, which is an en- tirely different anlmal ullth almost valuless fur. The true Chinchilla. produces one of the most valuable furs. if not the most valuable fur. in the worlci. I was met at the sta- tion, Sulitlfs Falls, by Capt. Stanley Daly, Sales Manager of the Chap- man Chinchilla Co. of Canada. and taken to the ranch at Pakenham, some thirty miles distant. Most of the animals in the ranch are owned by prominent foxmen, viz., A. L. Mansfield, Rutherford McIlquham, 5. J. Dalv and ‘Thomas MaclCvlll. The ranch is superintellded by Mr. Mac- Gill, being on his property, anti al- though the animals were placed there lrl March litany young nave already been born. One can be cer- tain of the success that Mr. Mac- Gill will have as- he has already made a wonderful success of the fox business. He is the originator of the type of fox called ‘Sky Blues.‘ which is a new and thickly furred type of platinum, and his pearl platin- ums have already won fame‘ as he obtained the Grand Championship of Ontario. The Chinchilla is a. very docile animal in captivity and when furly grolvn weighs onlv 22 ounces. Tile fur is exceptionally silky and from each root of hair there are 80 branches, while in other animals there ls but one. The hairs are about iii inches long, colour being dark slate blue at the root to a lovcly pearl grey at the tip. Guard hairs are a quarter of an inch IOIIH- 01‘ and are black tipped. The habi- tat of the Chinchilla is the Andes Mountains of South America, and in these high altitudes the little animals lived until they were prac- tlcally extermlnated, about 191B. So popular hud the fur been that they were trapped at the rate of almost 1,000,000 per vear up to 1900. In 1919 the late M. P, Chapman, an Ameri- can mining engineer in Chile, ob- tained permission from the govern- ment to trap and export a few liv- ing Chinchilla. He engaged a group of natives to capture them and if: took 3 years to obtain eleven. He took them down gradually from the mountains so that they might be- come acclimaf-lmd, and finally by air-conditioning on a boat to Call- fornia, where a ranch had been built previous to their arrival. Then followed veers of experimenting. un- til today there are approximately .500 breeding pairs in 60 ranches in the United States and Canada. Due to the fact that Chinchillas come from a very high altitude and must not have excessive cold, heat or dampness, it is necessary to house them under even temperature. The building at Pakenham is 95’ x 22' with blocks soaked in creosote on the outside cnd and laid. in mor- tar. The floor is of concrete mixed with water proofing. There was in the building a furnace and a cooler having thermostat attached. so that heat or cold could be regu- lated. The temperature maintained the year around ls between 45 and 60 de rees Fahrenheit, and 70 de- grees s top and over that is danger The Chinchilla cages are kept on racks two feet from the floor. The cages are 3' x 3' and 2’ high, being completely of 3 and 1 wire. All is of wire with no wood except the frame which is turned. outward, so that the Chinchilla will not cat it. The den is outside of the pen and is of wood l0" x 14" and 14" deep. The bottom of the den is made of wire upon which no covering is placed. and here the babies are born. Un- derneath the wire a. galvanized pan drawer is placed and the urine cleaned every day. The iced hop- ers are of galvanized iron. As the hinchillas are caters of wood. con- struction of everything in connect- ion with the pen, den, etc, must be so that they cannot chew. Sticks of wood are placed in their pens for them to chew. Pans of dry sand are placed in their pens for them in the morning and a time in the afternoon for them to dust in. Al- though they are not known to have vermin, dusting is one of their habits. l:- Actually kill; all fleas -- instead of merely stupe- fying them I'm Pnlvex on you: foxes n: pet: . . . with nub nppllr-ntlon [lualihvly klllil all fir-nu ullII prevents lillfllfllullll! n~-lilfusfiifivill_ lluilflrciln 0f’ fox bra-mien: hula found Pulwx the mmrt r-ffiviovlt wily in stop the ravage: of lieu» nnil lire. l-Jnsy In llllr . . . safe lllll| oriorlr-l.» . , lirltlsh made find Fully (iulnrlillla-onl. Order from llnnllvurv, Drum Feud ullil Sea-ll stun-u or writs GANAmAN 1 U-UPIJLYI iu. \\'00L OIKUHTZIKS LLTIITLI) Quebec uml .IIII‘T\AIIH9 iirunuh Lullnoxniie, Quebec _- given birth. Should sllc not become pregnant n will mute 1'. L litters p21‘ ycni". as evci‘ can Ll 80th of tile you turlty. Tilcy years‘ old, and have been known lo live m captivity until 20 years of age, Chinchilla females are very jeal- ous of their mates. 1n fact if a mule pays too lllucllattciltion toafeiriale 11’_i the next pen, llls own female will give him a pounding. Once in a while a female becomes so jealous that she will kill her mute. It is necessary to h've wllat is called ‘Protection boxes" for the male to go into until hci- anger callus. This box is 3" high and 1-1" x 10" in size. Each Vend of the box has an opening and in the middle is a partition board about six inches long. The Chinchilla must raise its head to bite,_and with a. box of fills kind this is impossible. when Cliinchillas row it is usually at what is called "sanding time," that. is at the time the pan of sand ls placed in the pen. Fullgrown Chlnchillas have their fur prime in February, Very few can be placed on the’ market, because all are being retained for breeding purposes with the exception of the few that destroy their young or are too old to breed. As the fur ls very durable, light in weight and beauti- ful, there l5 a considerable demand for it for use in the trimming of fine gowns and evening dresses. Coatsunade from Chinchilla. are very light in weight and only a. few have been mode in recent years. Due to the rarity these coats are selling from $30,000.00 upw takes 65 skins for an average - chilla coat. One lady in Toronto ha; had one for almost 30 y t 1s in beautiful condition at r e been Grit time, Quite a few of the fol of _Outa.rlo are interested in C chills. It was one of the staple before it became almost cxtei‘ uted, and will once again one of the staple furs after pro uots ion pernlits polling to be done. It always sold at high prices, and was much sought after. Tile ovmers of the ranch at Pakenhum are not a group of promoters looking for quick profits, but are conservative fox ranchers who invested money in the business three years ligo- At that time they purchased five pairs and. kept thcm in the ranch they pur- chased them from. In March of this year they removed these together with the increase, now totalling 30 pairs. It will be quite a few years before Chinchilla pelts will be of- fered and in the meantime, many ranchers will make money selling breeding stock. The aililnals are so docile that they can be handled at any time, even by strangers, and the cost of feeding so slnoll that there would be practically no over- head in a ranch oi‘ l5 to 20 pulls. A fully equipped bilildillg fur 100 pairs would cost about. $3,000.00, after which there would be practically no upkeep or repairs such as we ex- perience with fox ranching, and only one or two dollars lycr animal for feed." S, T. Gallant, Upper Queen Szreet, has been uniformly successful in raising good litters of high-class foxes in his back yard for several years. Tile past scasoll he kcptscv- en females and has now 41 living gaps. Mr. Gallant sold llls pelts to . Chester S. McLurc in the carly part of the winter at a very high average. PENETRATING SEALS IN FLOOR FINISHING The present trcl lei-ling is toward fir. t-ratlng floor scal< e signed to go only a s into the pores cf lllc W ‘ harden at the silrficc, at lg the floor against moiszure. .'. and stains. Floors finished in tlis Way can be rcnevrcd at the worn areas without refinish m; the entire floor. Shortcake season w-ll gnarl be com- ing-no sugar is required lf you use a biscuit, dollrh blsc Learn to up- prcciatc- the naiural flavor of fruits. . itiollsoc-Tobcbpononniisrm. I " The Chinchlllas are inexpensive to raise as they eat only cereal and vegetable. A few straws of hay. a ' desserts oonful of pellets fed once a daytw tllda little val-licrty ofsprolancs, earl-o s an appc . om . o , tzioodweéihh oéhfleedsiia all thalt‘ is re- We will be buying fowl qu re . e nch lla. ept in - ' pairs. They can be bred gt“?! mcnilis and chicken’ “"1” (fr dresscdri cg illgfiiflbllt ‘ting: is not ecnisiaareg all summer. Prllccs are good a vsa e an ey are usuu y rc no“, A" pm, “y receive t5 . ~ . . .' a months of age Prognancl takcs remitted for daily‘ 111 days. The usual number of THE ROYAL PACKING C0 _ s PO UL TR Y yolung is two. although they are own to have as high as seven. The male takes care of each of orn. s a one o t e many DP- , the yoluglg until the‘ “$111018 litter la D ‘JKINQ cullarifles of the Chinchilla. and J‘ ' JE‘ ‘ another u that he mates the female Prov aaeln wlthln $8 hows flier she ha! onaoremm- .44’ ‘§..-D<>‘dr'n.w>4~