TY NEWSY NOTES - I! ACID-NOLA Tug MOON IN AGRICULTURE. ! had been on the Island a there was a sort of l inaugurated at a near- J“ School which 1 made a point of by ' The speakers dealt with l j when a; or ttvo. ‘Lfiilirx-lghiid were thoroughly ao- “siiitcn-i Wllil the sublect. I but towards the close one l; a fals; notfi. d lAt his lecture e ca e or mellbcllirfrand one man responded gghould one plant in the full of mean?" In a flash the lecturer "l. back: "Were not farming the $5.‘... tolllgili!" As you may im- gmc there was a roar oi laulthti?!‘ Bu,“ which the crest-fallen en- ade himself Leg-cg. Isgnny; ' htende n .ligslilgr‘lsxbuil that uncalled-for fault-ole warned me off. 0n enquiry .mund the district I found that a. 0d uuuibri- of people believed psi the moon actually had some uifluence ill agriculture. I; l; s very old belle! that plant- [pg when the moon is "Will-big" w- mmages growth above ground; pianllylg u-llll a wailing moon en- mmw growth below ground. Whe- mei- tiiat is so. is unknown to the mm who was usually too busy at lmting time to notice the ‘moon. m; gardener mid me that no got mm growth and b15891‘ 700i! by gpvlng illicit-r a waxing moon; and put root-vcgutables sown during a waning moon tended to be woody. lleie is all opportunity for readers is sdd to our knowledge oi the ‘ubjm next spring: when plant- in; tuo matter what crop) notice [he phase of the moon, and see how the crop turns out. Pliny, the famous Roman scholar, and author of a “Natural History." “pig about the r1 ht phase of the moon during whic it is desirable to harvest. "Ii you want to sell pups," hi» suys, "then harvest them ll lull moon. because you will have m. nice fruits. full of juice; but ifvou want toQtoic them. it is bet- tei to use the waning moon." Among the coolles of the tea-growing lands it was a belief that the quality oi p‘; leg was improved by delaying (hg plucking of ihe_1eaf till after lull moon _ , The press-lit ivrilcr can neither endorse nor disprove these beliefs, hut their antiquity as well as their universality seems to warrant lur- tiier research. I shall be 81M! $0 put on record any information Blflll! this line which readers may rupplv l\ JESTEIVS PHILOSOPHY ‘ muugiit’. oi them 5m" in Gilbert and Sullivan's finest light opera. “The Yeomen of the Guard," Jack Point, the professional jtster. inxscs his voice in song to give this piece of philosophy: “if givcn to the world in merry guls. Unpleasant truths are swallowed with it will; 0h. he ivlznrl make his fellow, fel- low, fellow-creatures “'19s, Slloultlil always giid tile philosophic pl l" IPills have miller given place w tablets nolv-a-days. so it is perhaps necessary to recall that druggisls iued to coat. their worse-tasting pill \\'llll thin gold leaf). Many a true word is spoken in Jest. said mother philosopher; and Dr. Stephen Leacock. Canada's forc- most humorist, once wrote 1.111s: ‘The only trouble for us Can- adians hos in the words "honestly "iii Dwpcrlv." We no sooner see Sflveriiment luoney in sight, 1.11am we iilli‘ up in sccilons, with local interest cvovyivheve clamorous. Worse than that, if one may say it l"? lie-filly. in dealing with gov- imment mnncy we are individually 110i lint quite exactly what you'd call honest. Iii our private lives we l" as straight as a. string. But ._ . we have somehow grown up with the idea that the Govern- ment is there to be cheated. that of Nurse it _nnlst pay too much and Eli too lliilc." Nit is cvzdrni that public expendi- '-e must. from ‘its very nature, be rastcfill. and ‘hat state work tends vibe done at an uneconomic price, W“ “pm "Om Breed or avarice 11591010511‘ among public ser- mllls. Tlilshrlscs from the fnct H" Dublic work there is no real ii-itol .\(‘i'\‘li‘(‘ If a workman tor “"10" Pills off bad \l‘01‘k ill pri- mal lilltivlxaklngi the private em- mzer villi cccllne t0 accept it. The dmuot competition is absent in mdullls “i111 Dublic bodies. and nits “£51 fl slackncss that is almost. wk“ l__.\ in lhc vices that D1‘. bea- ‘ c-iiilkvfi us with. “"1 WORD "vixlivc." ‘Ell: wold liking is very generally aoiloulicctl: lately I heard a "a C-‘Pvnkcr. somewhere in Cen- nnuyanadrl." nnlioullcc “the vic- andhimlk. Vik or Vick. in the hue beilmu ‘tongues appears to [reeks o?‘ Slllillllfliiy applied to the “term”; ilfllds of the coast and n8 ls to L10 iittlc iowns that M mill on their beaches. ‘Pile 11W. “l: w“ l° flDDly the suffix town dvlloic the inhabitants of i,,,,_.. .1; ‘lilo were thus "Vik- Jwi bv ti“ was "WY extensively n "mil" Anglo-Saxons. and was mm“ l" loose application, as -_\L“h“b"e“is people 01‘ tribe. FUX MEAT Boneless Horse Meat 50's 5c Lb. Gr . °"‘"_?‘Mec|' 50's — — 5c lb ,, ,2: - - g l-Ze lb i — — I-lc lb il °Yi ums ALL new PACK. Milli Gold Storage liompany 6°05 M. or desoen“ ‘s of. The 511m? W001i} transplanted 'Vik" to England also, where it Iii-appeared as Wick, or wich. There were occasions when the "W" was not sounded as in Berwick, pronounced Derrick and Elswlck, (Elslck). “Vik" is found from Reykjavik (Iceland) and Ulltrrnavik (Greenland) right 811F055 Northern Canada to Aklavik on MaoKenzie River. Till TYNESID! NATIONAL ANTHEM That expression means tothe pea- Ple 01’ Northumbria, the old and fan-tiller tune of "The Keel Row." The words are of the simplest char- acter, as will be seen:_ "As I went up Sandgate, up Sand- cate. up Sandgaie, As I went up Sandgate I heard e. lassie sing‘- Weel may the eel row. the keel row. the keel row. Weel may the keel that my lsddies in!" There was a second verse. that stripped of its "vain repetitions," read- "He wears a blue bonnet . . . .a dimple in his chin: And weel may the keel row that my inddies inl ‘The beautiful and inspiriting niel- ody was popular on Tyneside over 200 years ago. and few tunes are as positively identified with a district as it is. Sasldgate tSang-get, in the vernacular) s a short steep street in Newcastle leading down to the Quay (wharf). a word derived from the Old French and pro- nounced Key. The river Tyne was formerly too shallow to allow ships t0 “Mud it. so the coal was load- ed into barges I-nd poled-hot row- ed-ia the mouth of the river where it was transferred to col- liers for export. These barges were the "keels" of the song and were peculiar to the e. It will be noticed that the dialect of the Tyneside has a good deal of resemblance to that of the lowlands oi Scotland and this has led to an error on the part of the uninitiated. Thus a dance-album published in the U. s. A. has a. Eriicturo oi two kiitcd lassies dancing s Highland fling. with the words "rho Keel Row" as the title. Our Old Time ilddlers probably play from this book, since they too an- nounce “ at Scottish dance, the keel Row." gill they correct this mistake or do NOTES ON ISLAND PLANTS THE BORAGINACEAE This is the Borage family and though some of the species have been admitted to the garden as ornamentals. I cm inclined to look upon them with suspicion since they take too ldndly to our climate and soil. and might easily turn out to be a nuisance. As an example, a friend sent me some seed to Echium or Bugloos, which flourished and bloomed delightfully: but I saw that it was about to produce seed enough to sow several acres. Fear- ing it would become as great a pest as the daisy, I cut it downlbeiore the seed was ripe. Most species have blue or bluish flowers and many carry the blooms in scorpioid in- florescences; that is the spike is curved like a bishop's crozier. Hist on our list is the Stick- seed. Lappula echinata. This has earned an evil reputation as one of the "Farm Weeds oi Canada." ‘Phat useful publication gives a. col- ored plate oi the Stickseed, arid says it is troublesome to sheep on account oi the fleeces becoming matted by burs it produces. As the plant has a disagreeable odor stock will not eat it. so it takes possession of roadside and rough pastures. On two separate occasions this weed has been sent in for identi- fication; probably it is well estab- lished in certain localities. Professor Groh, in 1928, found the Comfrey, Symphyium oiilcinale, growin on the Island. It is a coarse- king plant, that cives point to the saying that "hand- some is as handsome does," for de- spite its appearance it is still quot- ed in the herbals as useful in lung troubles, and as a poultice for obstinate ulcers. The mucilaginous root is the part used We have two species o! Myosctls: the Smaller Forget-me-not. iii. lam, and the Field Scorpion Grass. M nrvensis. These are low soft-hairy herbs with little bluish flowers, well known for their sentimental value‘ Nothing is'known of their medical or economic properties (if any). Last oi the family is the Small Bugloss, Lycopsls nrvenala. another denlren of dry sandy fields, and reputed to be scarce in Canada. It is an adventurer from Europe. like most of the Boraginaccac. Nothing is known of its properties. GRAPES 1N CANADA It. may int/crest my readers to learn that 16,000 acres are devoted to the cultivation oi grapes in the Niagara peninsula, and further plantings in British Columbia, raise the total acreage of Canadian vine- yards to 20,000 acres nearly. It is a young industry as such enterprises so. for in 1880 there were but 400 acres under cultivation. and it tukes. full five mrs before a vineyard begins to r. The blue Concord. and the white Niagara grapes are the varieties principally favored and this is he- cause oi their high sugar content. The vineyards resemble nothhg so much as a well-spaced collection of carefully pruned hed es running in parallel across the ields The first grapes are ripe in Sepirmbvr and the harvest lasts another month Just as we employ potato-Plow“ the grape-farmer employs labor at 30 cents per hour, to "cut his grapes. for which he will receive anything from I25 t0 I40 P01’ w,"- The price stood It the 11181101‘ "il- ure in 1940. which meant an in- come oi 01000-000 to be divided nmon the producers: this would have on a larger figure had the crop not been below avers!!! 119'“ wet. weather. ttle of this crop aw 11110 Very li Weekly Live Stock ‘Market Report UITAWA, Canada, February 20, 1941.. SUMMARY: ed in last 2c ., cattle market were retrieved in the current; trag- ing session, selliig rates advancing Anywhere from 10c to 50c 0r more. The market, however, appears se-nsl- tivc to supply at the moment. Tlic improvements this week was credit- ed solely to the light nature oi re- ceipts and it is Probiematicai if present prices would hold under heavier offerings. Present demand isprlncipaily Vol a local character, prices ruling in the United Ftatcs not proving attractive enough iu take very many cattle across irle line. Calves closed 50c lower at To- ronto after export buyers had sat- isfied their demands but, elsewhere, tile market was stgady to firm. There was little change in the ho: market situation except for a gain of 15c at Toronto. Sheep and lambs remained steady. Eastern Oattle Markets Steers and heifers opened steady at Toronto but gained 10c to 15c on a short run at mid-week. Other classes were strong sellers. Some choice weighty steers sold at $9.85 to $10 and others $9.50 downward, while butchers rated $7 to i’. 75. Stocker trade was inclined to be slow at $6.50 to $7.65, with 100 head unsold at the close. Montreal prov- ed an exception to the general rule, steers being estimated at 25c lower in spots and other kinds steady. Good steers were $9 m $0.50 and good cows mostly $6 to $6.25. There is a decided lack of the het- ter grades of cattle on Maritime markets. where good to choice steers were quoted at $8.25 to 9.25. Western Cattle Markets Most killing cattle at Winnipeg gained around 50c and some medium kinds showed o. larger advance, un- der sharply curtailed reccii s. Bidding was keen to fill orders but it IS doubtful if any appreciable increase in offerings would mcet with similar troatmeiit pending an improvement in United States prices. Top steers were eligible for $9 and steers soiling at $8.50 down- ward were definitely firmer. The few replacement cattle offered were well cleared with suitable feeders at $7 to $7.50. Calgary cattle trade was iairly active at an advance oi 25c or more. good butcher steers making $8 25 to $8 75 and choice up to $9 Receipts 4' Eciinolltoli were bad‘y Sjificlélli’, to fill re- quirements mid on strong trade choice our: were ritcd at iii ‘o $8.25, with extrecr»: tops $0.50. Prince Albert had some good butcher sicers at $7 25 to $7 50 willie Moose Jaw paid $7.50 :0 $7.75 for o few choice butcher steers and Regina had the odd steer at $8. A few real cod steers at Sask- atoon brought to $8.50, a sharp advance over the previous reek. Good fed steel-s at Vancouver brought $8 50 to $8 75. United States Market Export business was light and Buffalo had only a couple of loads of Canadian siecre selling at $11 to $11 25 Tliesc sales would be vouch- ly equal lo about $9.50 to $9.75 n1 Toronto. Si. Paul quoted medium to good Canadian steel-s at 9 to $10. medium to good bulls from s7 to $7.75 and good cows at $7.25. Exports for the week were 1.345 beef cattle, 1'13 dairy, 708 calves nnzl 59 hogs. Exports to dale this jvcal" total 15.712 beef, 1,031 (itilljv. 6:123 calves and 511i hogs. cccnparcd with 8,908 beef. 1.320 dairy and calves in the corresponding period of 1940. Calves Lower at Toronto After export buyers had filled their rcqlliremc-llts at Toronto. choice venls dropped to a top price of $13 on Wednesday. a decline of 50c. Ot-Fcl‘ markets. however. held their previous lcvcls, hfnntrcnl pay- ing up to $12 and as liisrli r..- Q3 for some vimlce veals. while Vliliul- peg was firm lit $10 to 11.50. The best of the veals at Cnlgavl: dildo 10 to an extreme $10.50. Edmonton up to $10, Prince Albert and Moose Jaw 9. Regina $10. Si kn tooli $10 25 and Vancouver $8.50 medium quality. Ontario Ho): Prices Higher tarlo packing plants showed some advance Toronto was up l5: uitli grad:- B-l at $11 15 in $11.40 dressed, whilc dirt-ct deliveries to plants showed similar" increases. Elsewhere prices remnitied about unchanged. Montreal paying $11.50. Winnipeg $10 25 to $10.45. Ctilglrv the fruit Ll-zldc; (11051 of it goes to be turned into piano juice in Nov- ember; or to bc lnndc into wine, the fermentation of which ls hurried so ns to be completed before lilo lvcatlicr gets really cold. ‘Ilium is. as is wcll known. wild yeasts ill abundance on both grapes and all other fruits. and the home .vili~- makcrr relies exclusively on than for fermenis, and usually with sat- isfactory results But the u . - maker iii the "winery" cannot af- ford any uncertainty". alid so has ills own cultures (if yt-zist-slixilzls, whelcby 11c srcurcs a uniform pro- duct. Tho Oninrlo govcrnincnt gives considerable silpporl lo tlic grape industry Its inspectors sci the price pIliiI for the grapes. nlld su- pervise thc operation of tho winer- ies, Not a boillc oi the win/z may be sold llnlcss it. bours the 110V- emrileiit siainp. The Concord urnpo is a highly’ de- veloped varictv of iili‘ Northern For Grape (Vlliv IEIIIIINPIU of New Enz- ]u-i~(l_ and l: still tlic subject if hy- btidisis who sock to furilici- im- prove lt. Another succics llie Rivvr- bank of Frost grape IV. villninal grows well on our North Shore. where the situation may be con- sidered rather bleak, and is nlwztvs about 4 tic-preps lower in tum-irra- lure iheul the Soillli 5111114‘. If one could be surn- of oillcr twenty vents 1o otlcfls crt-tlii. lhiv plant would form a good subject for hybridiza- tion mo. Practically all tile loss/s sustaln- , run cmuztorrarpww GUARQIAN FMR / CONSER l WEEKLY COLUMN OI‘ MABSHFIELD. mac-nor. ornnolvs or ms VITAL issims “norms rm; uses AND NATURAL rmsouncls n! cm. ummw JENKINS. VATION? ABUSE! 0F Tlllt‘. STEEL ‘IRA!’ In thess days when our emrgies are concentrating on com-Lerviiig our lcspurccs and righting some of the wrongs and crueltes rampant in the world today, would it not be well to give some thought to some of those ccmmztted in our own country and try to do something to have them corrected? I refer to the c lit-ices ilnpDscd upon helpness wild-life by the use of the steel "ap. 1n North America alone. ove: one hundred ions of warm-blooded animals are caught in steel traps eveiy year, and at the present moment countless thousands are suffering untcld agonies of pain. cold, hunger, tilfrst and fear. We have splendid societies look- ing after the interests oi our dom- estic animals. What a cry would co up from almost every home in these provinces if onlv a small frac- tion them were being trappcd and tortured in the manner being done to our wild animals. Thcv are just as intelligent in fact tests have shown tlhat they are endowed with senses superior to our domestic ani- mals and so are capable of the same feelings. Who of us who have watch- ed the tender solicitnde of our wilds mothers for their young, have not been touched with the most pro- found feelings of admiration and despect When the steel trap was invent- ed about eighty years ago, some In- titan tribes wculd not use it". said it. caused tco much suffering to the little wood folk. It was left for the white. man to inflict upon wild- life what has been called "history's foulest horror". To even hold a wild animal so used to its izeidom, is to inflict the 111193305? 11261131. to say nothing of the pain. The steel trap does not kill at cnce but cnuscs long drawn- oui. suffering. Th: average animal caught in a steel trap suffers for days, many dlavs sometimes, before it dies miserably of cold or hunger or is killed, depending upon ivhether it 1S caught in a settled district or remote wilds. There ought to be a scvcrc punishment for anyone not visiting traps at least once a day, let alone for periods of weeks, as is being done on lengthy trap lines and sometimes in bad weather even st month no thfltlght being given to the diurnal excepting the hope t-‘nrit it nily freeze o: starve to ditath, and not be mutilated or gnaw its legs off and escape. At present, when so many makes of humane traps are on the market which kill an animal at. once. or fez-hold traps capable- oi’ holding an alrrnnl without breaking the bone Cl‘ hurting it. so it mav be ve- lensed II not wanted, would it not. be well for all to wsrk for the en- acting of laws for the abolition of the steel trap? The raising of fur-bearing ani- ial srflilitiml. We are glad to know that for fifteen years the Anti-Stcel-Trap i i League formed by D. Edward Breck, well known to Canadians, has bcrn dong valuable work, no‘. cnlv in America. but acrcss the Atlantic as well. His experience in tho wilds and th." night-long llcart vending clus of a bear caught t;ap line as seen with his ovm eyes. lln a slecl trap, the horrors of the for [ madc such an impression on him til-it lie resolved to spend the last years of his llteto end forever the diabolical crucify of the steel trap. And not without results as stmc of t-lie Stairs have aboli liliEfl ii: the > State of Kentucky prohlbring its use after January lst, 1940. Someone has said that the dis- covoiy oi the nineteenth century has been that. we are of one blood with the lower animals. The 571m’) wise Clmtor made us zed as we look into the eyws of some animals. we niav well wonder vvlliat is ilic diffurnce between the souls of our four-footed fellow mortals and our own. The question oi blip siccl trap is pav-iclllarly n women's. a» siie ulenrs most. of tho filrs and 11's the finer feelings. which should be out aged as she thinks of the cruelty inflict- ed on the helpless animal whose skin she is “raring. but which had to give up its life oficri m agony. m that she mllzlit have a little pleasure. To a sensitive conscience. I tlic mp1s nlartyrdoni cvcl" one him- l Prices paid for hogs at tire Tor- . onto stock yards. as well as “i1 On- i l l drcd uiilllcn animals is too great a price to pay for vanity. We have often watched with pity if not tvltlii other feelings, the lanlzucroils look of some wcmeli as they wear their firs in hot slimmer weal-liar. and each mlrt. face their own‘ coils cugg and decide whether $9.90 w $10.10, Edmonton $9.90 to $10 05. Prince Aibcrt $9.75 b0 $10.10. Moose Jaw $0 90. Rcizinn $9.00 to $10.05, Saskatoon $9 85 to $10.05 and Vancouver $10 90 to $1 .10. Lamb Market Continues Unchanged Lamb prices were not disturbed during the past week and Toronto paid 11.25 for westerns and some good locals. while Montreal had a few tops at $10. Winnipeg. al=o, paid up to $10, Calgary $9 25 to 9 50 and Edmonton was quoted steady with not a sufficient supply on hand to actually establish a market O-Q-OO-OOOOQ #0 §-§O-§§Q-§'O§~§§O I t lluies 8i Skins l 55 lbs. and down 8 l-2c i per 1h. t 56 lhs. andhovei- 7c per each. Freight Charges paid 0n 200 lbs. or Over MAURICE BLOCK, (Thnritlileiown Phone 1-1 18 O | liuvse Hides $2 in $11 O QOQOO-OQOVWm-QOFQOO QOfQQQQQ t z i O §§f§§§4§f§§§f§§f§4fQ trials on fztims mav help as a part- _ ‘or not they can shake the respon- .sibllity of taking an active part in |securing Just treatment for tortured animals capable cf the same frei- ‘lugs as ourselevcs; and let us in- sist that in future we will W011i‘ furs only from animals known to halve taken in s. humane manner. also that those entzustcd to frame our laws do so with a thought 0f mercy and fair play, for their fel- ow mortals for ill the words of the Great Teacher. "Blessed are tlic merciful, for they shall obtain mercy“. Rules For Milkcrs Prof. T. M. Cison, cutli Dakoh State College dairy department head, realizes that. daiy cows are scri- sitive animals, and unless certain rules are conslstenly followed milk uction will drop noticeably. Consequently students who m‘1k the college dairv animals are required t0 study a list of instruction; pcst- ed in a prominent place in the dairy IJBJIIIS and to follow the rules im- he . Under the heading, “instructions to Milkers’ the announcement be- gins by saying. “The importance 0f regularity, punctuality. and atten- tion to details is so important in obtained, that whole-hearted co- ivill be insisted upon from those who m‘lk.” The nines rulcs to be followed by milkers arc: , I. Milking in evening at 4.15; In morning at 5.00. 2. No washing of udder-s or rat- tling oi milking utensils in the barn hedore this time. Cows are ciea ures of hobbit and soon learn to time and "get ready. 3. The cows must he irrlked in the same order each milking period. 4. The udder should be washed and wiped dzy just before the cow i is milked m" the milking machine is i attached. 5. ‘The milking machine must nOt be left on any cow longer than live mnutcs. 6. Every cow must be stripped t0 make certain that she is dry. 7. Keep hands clean and dry. This well as in k991i) the record sheets in presentable condition. 4 8. Report and abnormal ccuditzon of your assignment. 9. Those who cannot complv with the above rules must not expect t0 be retihed as milkers. By insisting on increased. YESTERDATS LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS y, CORRECTED FOR EVERY WED- Neiv carrots bunch 11c Ncu‘ Cauliflower 33c -Nc\v Broccoli ...ic sweet potatoes, 2 lbs. 23c T0 HOLIfiNNUAL C. s. r. s. n o. a c. Plans prccccdiuz for ilio Annual Mmting nf the Canadian Socctv oi Technical Al: icultllrist-s. at under the chiirlnansliip of D13 G Agriculture College are co-opsrat- much information a< posslbw: con- war-timc economy. scluctlmum: cnucxvrzos- According to the latest nlvallablc statisics on ‘trailer education in Canadw. tilt-re we c 1.259 ngrculiur. al students, of whom 25 were girls in 1039. At. i-llf‘. Canadian Universi- Vcu in Home Economics there were 1.038 wonirn sivdcnis. of whom 101i attended MacDonald Cnlleg". 91B Cnia" ‘o A2ricultur~l College. Givlph end 310 pi Manitoba Agricultural College Winnipeg. musi- GREENLAND GCPVNHAGEN ~fC Pl 11w D iivh lvivlltur o’ (;~..-I-.--- l-vlil worker's have ("\V”I‘P' 11'1""! »~~"i=_ five iii" a lb" CI"(‘l|lI"'.T""(“ I-i 1hr- workl. i" """=lug a. Keodeiic survey of Gzeenland. picliély in their wozk with the dairy milking if good results are ts bet operation ls not only expected. ‘out be 15pm) consigned by the Ame“- can National Fox Breeders’ As ocia- - associate thrse iiohses with milking» is necessary for sanitary reason; as in any of the cows to the dairy herdsman. This is an important part the observance of these lilies. Mr. Olson brlievei- that sanitation is maintained satisfie- torilv and the milk proflxction i5 NESDAY AND SATURDAYS ISSUE RETAIL MARKET Eggs dsz. 25-30c cabbage 3 head 25c Beets, 3 lbs 10c Roast ‘Bret 15-24:: Bolling Meat 12-l4c cream qt. i0c Fowl each 90-$l.15 Pork lb. 16-20-220 Spinach. lb 17c Beef qr. 10-llc steak lb 16-250 Butter dull-y 36c Chicken each $100-$150 stew meats 12-l4c Corned bcci 12c Potatoes pk. 18c Head lettuce, 2 for 27c Carrots, 3 lbs. 10c Apples catfiig, pk. 6o-70c Onions. 4 lbs 25c Pnrsnlps. 3 lbs 10c Turnips. ‘,1 for 10o Celery Hearts, bunch 15c Island Honev l8-35-55c Eating apples, hamper $2.50 Island Celery 10-15c Tomatoes, lb. 23c New Mushrooms. box 24c New Rhubarb, lb. 22c- New radish. 3 bunches 25o Rnssett Apples pk. 70c New Beets bunch 12c tho Ontario Agriculture Cclltpc. Gilelpli, Ontario June 23 to 26, 1941. inclli- sivc. Three locni branches of the C. S. T. A.. namely Guelph. Niag- ara Peninsula and Central Ontario, I. Christie, Preskietit of ill!‘ Ontario lng on tlic arrangr-mcnis to cmulo that the sessions will contribute as ccrninz technical agriculture in I attending tho nine rrviciilturnl col- ; ._ . n lrzcs of Canada included in i110 list~§1:fq):q.€:,.“€n,, cm“. n“ n“, has or mfesslollal SCHCOI" "ml 9011mm“ rind it shoivs up. as ii has in i113: tics and Collrzcs providing instnic- . TIMELY NOTES ON T OPICS CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming l As these notes are being written George A. Calibeck, Manager of tne Fur Marketing Department of the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders‘ A sociatiou, will be busv in New York making preparntitins- for tile stile of P. E. I show pelts consigned to Lampsoll- Fraser Huth dz Company, Inc. Mr. Callbacks headquarters are at the l-Iotel Am- bas ador where he will be in a posi- tion to meet many of the big men connected with the fur industry’ oi tize United States. The stage 1s ‘oc- ing well set for the sale with ad np- pearing this week in Women's Wear, Fur Trade Review and other publications catering to the fur trade in New York city. Just what day the vale will take place we are not cognizant of blit it will certainly be not. later than Friday oi‘ ilext week. (Latest information is day of sale is Wednesday, March 511i). Interest will be intense here. particularly among consignors, not only because of their personal ill- tcrc t in the furs but also bvcculsc it will furnish an opportunity of ascertaining the relative prices ob- tainable for specimen pelts of ‘Prince Edward Island origin as _complired with those of similar llquality from United States ranch- cs. l , On the sale in addition to some 400 show pelts there will probably lion, so there will be plenty of com- lpctition. Recent auctions in Ncav IYoi-k have shown an upward trend ‘for silvers, every one of them registering at least 10 per cent over lDecember, with emphasis placed on the better grade", or as the trade publications put it, those selling at $50 or over. The Soviet governmcnl lizis rc- cently forwarded a shipment of furs frcm Vladivoklok to San Fron~ sisco which included Russian sable. .ilver fox, cross fox. white fox. blue fox and ermine, We understanl that the Russians have not nxacle vel'_v great progress ill the produc- tion of silver foxes of quality. We hope to hear how this shipment pans out becaue it would be much better for all of us lf Russia does not learn to grow good silvers. A short. time ago we wrote Ro- land Tuplin. Comstock Park. hitchi- gan, son of Frank Tuplili, formerly of New Annan, to get an idea how and is tomeuliut lacking in tin-lo: fur. 1f he gets too much cereal the guard fur is always badly stunteu of ulldorflll‘ and never really iuls out douli the lrlitirlle of the luck tile iur is harsh and brittle. Now, if you u.e tlipe for meat entirely beginning about July 1st and iced it about 70 pct- cent of the entire ration, using a cereal \\'ill{._‘i1 does not conialli meat, ‘you _\.\‘1il come pretty close to gelling 111cm just right. The reason I say about 70 per cent meat is because no two cereal feeds have the same ingredi- ents or digesiability. What a con- ceru puts in the iced doc-s not coilllt. i. is uiiat llic fox can get out that, mailers. So. to be Jbie to get the correct proporions you have to feed a certain ivay two or three years and vary it around until it is right. I use Purina Blue Meal, for cereal and have had marvellous rc- suits. Mo t railchcrs do not believe that you can keep foxes alive by fccdizig no other meat besides tripe, but such is not the case. Tripe znulces a wondrful feed for furrmg foxes on, but should not be used on broad- t-rs too late in tlic lull a; ‘lit-tier production can be obtained if llie breeder foxes are fucd on horse meat or beef hearts after Decem- ber 1st. Of course I iavov sheds to pro- tect. a, foxis coat allot" you have put it on. I have 11nd the best result; though from wire bottom ‘pens with just a cheap little roof over them The sides are open an! the foxes you would think would get wet and in the sun, but I get just as good color from these and the foxe‘ are always clean and away from parasites and I do not get s much fur damaging as in the regular sheds where the foxes are entirely enclosed. When it, come- to. production. nei- tlter wood or wire bottoms get as many pups as ground pens. 1f the ground is such that a raised pen is necessary, better production can be obtained 0n wood than on wire. You can improve a wooden bottom pen a great dcai by building it lcnc and narrow, about. twenty feet long and not over four icet wide. Put .1 roof on it to keep the floor from getting so wet. This can be ac- he feed; his foxes for the produc- tion of pelts and show foxes As our readers are probably aware. Mr. Tuplin has been cleaning un at United Stilics shows l‘cgillnl'l_i' for years. In i937 hi. fox was National Grand CIlfiUlpiOll, and in 1936 Fill- other 0i his foxes was International Grand Champion. In 1940 he won the Notional Grand Championship again, ivliile of coursi- wflllilnd a great many lesser awards, such continuous record nf wilminz pr-r- formnilce shows there is nrfihinsz chancy about either the nunlitvl of his foxes or way of handling them. M11 TllPiill vvns courteous enough lo reply nl lr-nglli as followst- complished by making the pen not over three feet high and have a good wide cavti Thou for about four or five iret brick from the [Cflfil at which iiic-y focal, hl:vo__tlie bottom wire mesh. Tiicy dirty wllere they cat, and if properly con- structed you ivill find you can go for months without cleaning these wooden bottoms All odd fox will lncss all 0\'(‘l‘, but the rule is, you have sclirl footing for them. and yet the ptrrs remain clean rind dry, which would not be the case if you did not have roofs. I would say the roof is the most important feature on nil ivirc and wooden bottom polls. S“ -.. l l fox. Rolrnd and Mrs. Tupllr. holding 1940 National grand champion slvcr ‘ “It is a pleasure indeed i0 hear ‘ from friends on the Island. I do not, know wliat there is about it. but all you have to do is to my you , arc i111 Islander rind scuiciinclv snows our lind then 111010 is l1 l'-“'.‘.ll- lur rc-illilon. And liow they like to get together. Tlicrc are quiic a lelv in hiiciilgnn and for years they lllavc bccn holding "Island Picnlrs" cvcry summer You a k inc what I considcr arr- ill? principal factors for sticocss on a fox farm. The quality necessary in a mun to bc silccessflll on a fnx farm is the unil ual ability of do- ing everything 100 per cent right There is no business that I know lion to detail. It is difficult to get 1101p who will or can do tliinsxs as one tlilnk- they should be dovio. l usually weighed the ingredients oi the fer-d. handled all l-Etc foxes and did all tiic (ceding. Tlicn it was done to sllil me wlictlicr rich! or wrong. However. it could not liuvo broil very far wrnnc as I have average-d within a very few pups of having foul" production on 121'.‘ ranch for the past five or six vet's, mid have had fine ‘norms at. tho But in dnilirr lhhlus ‘ 0115i‘. by inking 1m much out of m’. Rcauvdin: fcccilivi. I hclicvc vru worn referring in ill!‘ crow-inc n1 pelts vai“ci- than iili‘ llllnliv“) n‘ gpllp. llfOfillC-Pd. The iPlTWlllPiiOil of lcnnd iwlts from what I liavo born able in figure out. is dvpcnden‘ nr- - ilrely on one thing and that is m‘ , correct. pvonoriioti bctvvccn pr-ltt-lii nlill 4".'\l‘1'llOll_\(ii"Y\U". Tlierv is no ‘If!!!’ ll\""4.il"l|' lllzli I know ui that t-lm lIl‘i'l' .l fix Dltlfllit"? u Lmni vrl. it iv ‘.\t'\ itio lnilcll \\l":\‘l iii" . "l1. vs n illl!‘ (‘Dill of gllarii fill‘. which quickly loses its good color, nf that requires such exact nttcn- ‘ i iislitzlc 1 urn glad to contribute write-up with my ideas on 10x’ farm- llig ullu ilcllc ilicy tnny be 0i unlic- iiii to some Oiil(‘l' rnncilcrs. I look iC1‘\\'ill'[1 to 1Y0 time when l mly ‘uphill I)AI_V :1 vi i‘. lo lilo lsinii-ri. We linicllt bu nblc tr. do so inc coin- illg 51111111161’. Ml‘. Tuplill has iienlti isomc great stories about the Island land is also anxious to liiakc the ltrlp. I liln just a. inicrcslorl in lhc 10x blisllzus as 1 ever was and .\vouid like to sit down to a good old “(il-NCUSSIOKI with you sometime “ l ‘ lore and the 10.x has too lieavy a cont , ‘file color is not o0 gUOd either and ' ilifolrlla_til'e_ article WQO-OQOOOGQW NEWS Y NA TURE N O TES coca-nu- l i t z By Stuart I. ‘Ihompson V. fQfifi-ffifi-QffOfiff 004-0- SR5 sonlctlme ago ill "Nevlsy Nature Nous" w.- tallmd about Lila hosts oi sparrows and finches busy at work harvesting the crop cf weed seeds rips ., on the fields during autumn cilli 'I“nere is an- ciiicl‘ group ()1 \\ . (‘rs also busy 111 tile woods at liic some task. But; instead of scctli; much of the hal- vest or the woods is the various nuts which grow wild. Many of these we know and gal-her ourseivfls, such rs hazcl nuts, beech nuts, and sweet acorns. But Li1"l‘0 tire some we scorn as biilll‘ 01- ‘.00 szlinii. which f\'-Z‘1“.i1(‘]C§_, m; tiollvlsililll; food to llllli? toiicrs of the woodland. There are many little four footu eargcrly harvesting this nut crop. Sonic, like the sq ‘ "c1 tribe go aloft into tllc liiglicl" blullicllel. of tho tic-cs. The more timid chipmunk 1011308 ll. 111i‘ bushes. wiiilc tile ground- hauntinlg I11iC4= seek their fare as ill drops to the r vest flolu‘. Of all these were is none beta: known than tho red squirrel. I sup- pose this is because he is a day lifziit creature and a Iflfilllliiy sign! in tha Canadian woods. ucllcreua most of the others are shy and venture forth to feed only at night. But there is nothing shy abcut thd red squirrel. Not. only does he dash about in plain view among £130 trccs, but cftcn pauses m watch us from a Slie perch. snickcldnj; his chil- lengc to catch him. and scolding ii. the saucicst manner. As One uflkht expect. such a bold active IIIQU-LSIHVP little animal i; bound to 2e! ‘into mischief. I am afraid soul.- of his (193415 wcrrt bcz-r lockiliz 1l1t0. E.‘ izctinie wile you are rlilnbling in the woods you may" hcar a sudden outcry among the rcbins. or the alarm note of the red. e_v-e-d vireo. or the shriek oi lhn blue Jays. Oh such occasions. m- vestigatz and seq if you do not find a maraurLLnl: rod squirrel nearby {lei-flaps even tl"_vii:~ . ge. away wuth his ill g Ami booty oi some struggling young bird from the nest 1P0;- when opportunity arises h: does not hesitate to shed blood. But with the red squirrel, as in mtmv another case. c-ven in human annals. his cvil dceus are noincd abroad for all to know, and tlig {good done is unseen and unheard ' of. There are no birds’ nest to rob in fall. so this littl: brigand ‘cums his attention to better work. Ha becomes one or Nature's harvesters. ‘He soon learns iviiclx- lli l'll)i‘llll'lg l nuts are to be found. and toils alvay i by the hour. authoring tilelll. 111.311." a time I have Watched till] busy little creatlrc. as he rail up a lrce scramblsd out on o limb, s» cured tn acorn. a beech nut or two, a hazel mlt. 0v sometimes a. cone laden with solids from the Dim“ 01' balsam trec. O1‘ as though 11c act- ually "fiaurod it out" to slvve stepfl, cut a number 0i these free with hil sharp teeth so thev fell to earth, Then. waslill’: no timt". hi‘ 1105181186 down. gathered tihcln one b)’ ‘m! 811d buried each srparalcil As I “'-.'\'l('.ll(‘£l tli nuts nr cones d 31-11090‘: into the ground rapidly 01:0 after anoilicr beneath his nimblc little mus. I could not hCip thinking that. he SUIeiV coilld n01 remember where they all lav hiddvn, and thosg ho docs not find cvohv likely germi- nated and cvcniilallv DQ031110 tires. Tllcli I saw in this active little iorager .. wiiosp reputation l5 none too saVOTV in other “'83s. heaven knows . . “rm-kin: as lic does in sue-h i l ‘WOODLAND IIARVll I‘ i l J h. v out, of the way places, the best co- thc ivorzliy operator we have in schcmc of icforc ation. I uni confident. our 1 adol- dccply appreciate reading your ex- periences wnicli have been so fraught with success. and I am also confident that you and Mrs. Tup- lili will receivi- d warm urlcolne when you visit your nld homo -the Garden of llic Gulf. National Fur News colitalnl l very informative arkcle by W H. .Armstrong o! Putuxollt Research ‘Laboratories, Bowie. hltlrvland. on piirlisilts ill foxes and OlilCl‘ illr bearing niillllllls W4‘ quote: "Foxc. form a surprisingly small part of ilic total liltliibcl" of alli- mals examined. Scvcrnl cast-s of fatal ascnrld irounrl lvorlnl in- icsiatlol ili ranch-mu d foxes were disulnscd. 110st of ~c o‘ curred 1'11 pups los than cisrlli vwt 5s 101d. Oul" cnlc ol-lclnntcrl ori a. “ranch wlicrc lllc liultilills were ‘ten’; ‘on wlrc (‘xccpt aboil: 60 days prior to the breeding season. Willie ln. ggrolniri runs dilrinu that period pre- slnntiblv sonic bicczililg VIXCIIS lie- .c:inlc ililc ltti, nut’. as a i(‘.\lli1. ;f$(‘i‘.l'l(i larvae \\i"l'1‘ lmlisliilkvrl ‘.0 lie unborn l)ii]l.\. \‘t-l'_v low cziscsgf‘ ‘ 'I‘hrink~ Roland. or your verv in- i ' ri l [Continued on page 11. Cnl 8i _T_~_-_____,, _ ,, _, _. .3 i . thnt tu res ilowe subjc tions make bers Subs ccivi I wholesome needed in every homo. year. refunded if not sails icd after re- O This is the beautiful magazine is making nature so popular. its fascinating articles rind pic- ubout birds, mammals, rs, trees, rind other nature cts, and four-color reproduc- nf eminent nniurc paintings nn ideal gift and a clean and magazine which is Five num- yearly. 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