AGE ELEVEN 1 CONSERVATION » WEEKLY COLUMN OF PRACTICAL OPIN 0N5 A VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE USES‘ 0F THE RESOURCES BY MB. NATURAL MARSIIFIELD. I) ABIJSES OF LUDLOW JENKINS. FACTS ABOUT HAWKS --—— L y Jug Miner, Iillbablllllfi, Ontario. "' living 1n the open 365 _ in me year and-please let me still IUi‘LKLI'_BS a chitc u m ohio. hangmg on w mo- ' s hand, stioinng through a ', . jungle near our ituurbie buck- honw, visitmg as n-gh a; nine ,1. ghmshers’ ocmpied hes-s in Many that, may minutes, aflfl n mm, sprang and mil bl in BYQXLLICS, watching the passen- ‘lggoug, nOL by we lihullfifllldfi. ,' by we clouds; tnen in the first ‘ o; my teens we moved here w ' sunny ‘ e of Canada where ' weds, we the few cleared fields N Sunply sgimv with birds. I am ‘M1,. sure 1 have seen as high 15 scarlet tuxwger. . I called them _ “m3, m snghi. ac once and when red \)ll‘(I storm cams. as we call- gt, along about the 20th of May. W151. every naturalist of today , d have followed me a few hours me woods and he would have ,_ wit» Warblers in an hour than inn in a week right now. Hid e Ion; plVPffy lwurs oi no 500's . gqtili CG 1112101“ shorter and rich '31.... all these Lied-given cres- . aid mine in fact. 1 forgot all _, L m sppturance-Aong red and freckle I-—B.IId every Sun- ym the stunmer would find me ii-tic hiding places aliowml; creatures to come closer to could get to them, but. scien- F“! “gum. 1 called the gaihswk .. Cooper's hawk "bullet hawks," - gharp-s-klnncd lwwk m and I called the "quail hawk." lled the per thrudr called the brown hnerit." Yes. l ..~ them and their habits but . their college-given names, and m ed that today there - many with their imivcrsity de- ... who know their names but . their habits. i‘ piegiveymlthsnaturalrno- .. of our wlckedsst hawks’ hunt.- syxmn in their natural home. eiy the virtrlrl rarest, He darts - h the ivoods at a height ol -» 51x or eight feet from the nd, then noiseiessiv he $010015 . w. shout. 9, one o'clock angle uehewillporchonallxrmas -- ossasastaweaibcutso feet ... the ground. then ln about or 10 minutes he will come rung down at a. five o'clock an- creuting tgxaod and making no p: noise than a dart. and if any i moves 1J1 front oi him he is on me lightning. when m the open d he tmvds high and I have ~gg0shGWk0Umed0WIl0ULOI air like a miniature aeroplane. - the boboiinks and ‘ow larkfi . and hide ln me tail grass, swift is this hawk coming from » elevated ponitlon I have seen . pick an adult forked-tail born = low right out of the air and g0 .A-. for game birds here in Oa- a at that time, very true, there e no humming doves worthy of lltlGll- but. I have seen over 150 Wfhlifi quail fly in the surround- : woods off one settlers partly ared 1.1m. and miffed grouse. - were 1n by the hun- < s; in fact, I am abolmely cer- n that taking 8J1 classes of song, =1. iivorcus and game birds into adoration. there were 95 per t more than there are today. (X rse this includes the passerizer zns that were here in the esc- sevt-ntics. but. as far as the hawks -' oivls are concerned, according my (rbsertutlnn. they are as plen- ul now a; they ever were. and me any of you contradict. this iement let me ask you what has teased them? Have the hunter-s - e out to kill them? No, but we Vi? some out by the millions. and mblnod our form with them and ~' the game bud; tight and left. do not know when the passenger ton alerted dying, but in 1878 do know tihev were pirsct-icahiv dy- ‘lw 1h» huénidglds glad m 1886. ' WPTP pm y, e n‘; _ Th" 116M. compliant about kill- ' the hawk is. you are “interfer- ~ _wii-h nature.“ or umeotlnv m.- ~ s balance. as they killcd the k or delicate ones. which I firm- bclicvo they did. and the EN“ Provider put them there for that Pilllpose. And now with 95 par oem of their 100a brds gone, which m. fife; the passenger pigeon, the mWk-s are left here hungry. and e 0H3? Way to restore nature. or b14118 nature back to her own, is to reduce them m the same extent. that other bird life has been re. duced; for r2 iember. whiit s, hawk “i! take a weak. delicate ma first, he can and does caitch any “M: w. all except larger va- riety o! hawks. which include the red tail. red smoulder and broad- WmQvd hawks. . Personally, 1 do _ big. clumsy varie- "e - for while the will take rabbits few d fowl and so on. bhflfi does nDt bother me 50 much "WI- fi° 11nd the feather; of our cheerful cardinals and dozens of Places where mourning doves have DB9!) killed and eaten b5 such v3,- rieties as Cooper's, sharp-skmied and marsh hawks, just says m me, J80! Miner. you are not humane do not love and know the value of our song and lnsectivorous birds if W" Will 5T8 .4’! for it. Readers, one cardinal singing good cheer near my home me more enjoy- wines tncnt than to see 100 havfkg and hear the terrorized cries or gens;- valuable bird; getting away from them. A8 fat as interfering with nature (i; (gwlicemed. she same may be said 8119911 08. Are you olng to allow h-im to continue ugchecked in your community or are you go- lad. 20 years and will continue o do so until they are controlled by man. could 1y to our or rabbit: our young 1K nun goes and kills rding to some men's , would be interfering - . I smy this is norvense, goandklllthemandsave uror- bear ruit for the rising QEGIOIHLODB. The mme argument. 1e inter-fer with nature, applies when you k the typhoid fly. God created it. but he created man to control it. 8o I say, as far as this argument isconcenred. litis mfpmen w control the hawks. Why. bless your life. He has even given us power to Niagara Falls It is true the sparrow hawks clriefllvlngintitlefallotftheyearla crickets and grasshoppers and I might say he is s gpcd lit/tic mouse catcher. but. years ago. WllFn I raised pheasants and qua-ll ln ca twit. . the first, two or thre wee- of ese bw game bird's liife. the spairmwhe. wasoneofmywprsm enemies. In fadt. one hawk carried away 10 little baby pheasants ln three hours Yes. a m deal is said about the mouse-destroying ability of the hawks and owls and. in reply to this, the little wewel is the biggest mouse destroyer we have 1.1 Ameri- ca, yet I know one weasel to kil] and our aiwaiy 33 baby pheasants in one 1173mm and pile them" up un- mulleln leaves. etc. Next to the weasel there is nothing to equal the house cat. fur both the weasel and the home cat are natural mouse killers. but the quicker lhey are buried side by side the bet-tar for the song. insectivormis and game birds; but remember. the hawks are rm- tural bird killers. I can't understand intelligent. ed- umted men advocating the des- truction of the house cat because ‘lit kills birds and the protect-ion 0f hawks and owls becaure they kill mine. ‘Iihis proves to my entire sat- isfaction that these men have watched the house cat sneaking and rvpringdng unto birds on the lawns in the city where there are no field mice, but if they take the same cat into the country where hawks and owls live they will find he is the greatest mouse killer cf any of our buds’ gnamieg and how can man stand on the platform and advo- csife the deflniction of the hOIBA‘ cm, 311d protevmioin of great horned nvwl. goshawk. Cooper s. sharp- slvinned and marsh hawks. crows and g-mckles for the positive fncti up that the house cat is by for ti"! greatest mouse killer according to the amount, of birds he kills of my Livestock Markets (Continued from page 9, (‘ATTLE MARKETS TORONTO cattle prices were W11 25c nt the opening but the Pill loss was fullv regained and -i Oiit-ring," disposed of by the W. Good butcher steers and tiers sold at the close st $5.75 t0 ‘Z5. with few sales of common 11W $4.75. Butcher cows closed 153-25 to 9.4.50, and eanners and utters $2.25 to 3. Fed cnlvcs anizr-tl from .50 to $7.50. tiahiv steers sold curly at 85 t0 50. but iaten-with a scarcitv 0f 1a class. o few reached 38.75. ‘W! lots of stacker: brought 14-00 - $4 75. and some fleshlv feedinK P?“ an to $5.25. A few zoo Md springer cowz sold at $65 t0 70 each. imdcr s dull trade. Momnmr. was 23¢ higher on ‘l fiiffirs and heifers and abo“ "fly on other grades. Good steers We Mi to sens. with a larile rccniale goln-v. for export Prat hviwn. Medium steers sold i’ '0 $5.90, and common 0m 5.25 down. “UfPhPf cows ranged om as to 34.75. with s few fa ' #5101‘ the Kosher trade at $0 to C AI-I‘ MARKET l TORONTO. calves were unchang- "i at so u» no m choice vsnls “d $5 to O8 for common to med- " calves. Montreal calf market ,~ steady m RYJOVHY. an closed “ hikher. Vania ranged from l5 Q an extreme lop of B0. Vim ‘ "mile mica close to 85.90- inninm ca‘! market had l weak- Good to choice 5'7 i0 down. minclslox bert had no calves on sae. ht calves J“ 3°“ tgdgvftzgfalctiethlt-‘i $5.50 in 3g 50, Regina had best venls nt $6.50 to Saskatoon calves rans- ed from 47-50- IIOG MARKETS ‘HDRONTO hogs opened steady “$10 to $10.10 for M00115 trucks, and colsed at S $10.40. Hamilton pecker-s o ned at $10 and closed at 010-! 1%: d n live, off trucks; and 09615950 to 13.50 and closed at $1 - “$.05, rali graded. Kitchener aplen- ed 5i’, $9.50. 0105661 59-7 5- v calves firm. $3. others 96-50 n41 $13.40 D dressed. 8935 gm! $10 aiive. Hull, 31118153111‘? 18113.70‘ ‘grassed. dMoncton. . ve, N559 Montreal H055 ldvimwdtg“ r bscons f. and w. W1 or o“ “ugh; gt $11. “All [T8015 saiss bmuiht $14.10 w $14-75- nnrrrsrr csrru: Minuurr . 31' y msguinr. 00d fittflfis“ are hflldlnflw "Im- good quslity dairy 0° l mm,‘ Canadians on d 1 " h‘ m that good 0w- would make around to “diam use to use. mmonwn 0 CATTLI IXPOITI TO OIIAT BRITAIN ""01 2m. ' ss. Noflnlim Hsiifu to Cardiff "wen am as. nun. rm st John to Birkenhesd Well Ens! Total i101: eat n m an ‘Q21 um 1m roam-oil“: Maw-W- Pi _9- __(Continued "from month the early complaint of Over- ‘Pll-ihine hogs was ;eldom heard. The British bacon market advanced progressively dunng the month lrom a range of 7il..=._to 84.5. 0n Cs- mman at the owning, to 9, c195- "13 Yanks of 83s w 93s. All these factors contributed to a good serong "market. with advancing prices i-hrvuchoun the nuinth. After a W991i Welling at 'l‘oronw, with ba- cons off trucks making $8.35 to 38-50. Dflflvs guinea steadily to a high or $9.50 at the close. This was $1 higher tium a year ago. Mon- treat recorded gains also thmugout L118 month and prices were from 65C to $1.15 hgher than those paid in February 1937, with bacons clos- ing at $9.50 to $9.75 f. and w. I11 U16 WPSL Emile was some-what unsettled. Bttcons opened at Win- mm: at $8.71». late; slowed down to a low price oi s8. but with contin- ued moderate receipts couipled with the improved trade in the East, the market staged a sharp upturn and finally worked up to a high o1 $9, 25 fOr billions m. the c1039, which established a new hi h DOlnt sznce last September. At Ca gury the m“- k0!» Was $1 inove February a year 8gp. Willi barons closing sit $8.60 of! trucks. Edmonton wag inclined to be unsettled with n lower tendency during, the first half of the month, but firmer fueling set 1n the third week and on the closing day ba- cons were mukini: $8.75 of! trucks, Aysimiiar trend was in cvidrnce on other lvcotmrn IIUIFRPU. all record- ing the best. pTlCGS at the cicse. Prlrw? Albert at $9 and Nlocse Jaw and Saskatoon $3.10 for bztccns ott trucks. _ Increase In Lamb Receipts Lamb receipts at yams and plants comibixred were about 5.000 head above February last, year. the total run amounting to 36, 600. The in- crease was mcsilv in Ontario feed- lot lambs, Indications were that the crop of Western lamibs was not as heav as anticipated. Ontario f 0t lambs came forward in good numbers but quality was generally only medium. A consignment. of frozen New Zeaisnd lambs was received in To- mnito around the end of February but they, apparently, had little or no effem on local lamb prices. the New Zetilund product being con- r-ldcred over-fa‘; and priced too high to attract. many buyers. Lamb prices opened at; $1 to $8.25 for best quali- ty 1n Toronto and advanced to $9 by the close. this compares with a top price of $10 in Fpbrtmry last Your and $8.75 in January this year. Montreal lacked in both numbers and quality. A few good lambs sold at $8, but the majority were only common and made no better than $6.50 t0 $7.50. Abbreviated reccipts also fezttured the Wumipeg trade and supplies proved totally‘ inadenuaif‘ to test out reliabw quotations and. also. to satisfy the needs of the trade The fe-w stilt-able killing lamibs of- fered brought between $7.50 and $7. 75. Calgary closed hlgihcr at $6.85 for good handywelghts and with prospects for a. still better market. Edmonton had such a. small supply on hand that the numbers were not sufficient to actually establish a mar-liter. but the tone was firm throughout. y. Exports Show Further Decline As compared with February a yea-r ago. exports of practically all classes of live stock and meats dropped to lower levels. While there was a. pick up in shipments of cattle on Over- sens account, this was aibmit the only ly commoditv to show any 1M1!!!)Ve- ment. The increase in e b0 Great, Byifflln, however. was more than offset by e. decline in dhiflllflenw m the United States, and the com- bined movement out. of the counitfv of 6.384 cattle fell fur short of Feb- rumy last. year when the WW1 amounted to 15.955. Ehnports 0d cat- tle for_th_e__fl_r_sit two months of the ______.__?- one .04 the above-mentioned b11118 of they. Ln other words the house cat is the natural mouse hunter but WW5 birds if he cnn get them but them hawks and owls are natural bird hunters but will take mite HAITI?!’ cannot, got birds. All men the» M6 ncnuuinim with the above men- tioned nwtttnt-s know that. this i5 truc. Now don't. amivonc be 19d lynllcvc that I am in favor 0f the house cart. I halve not REM one 0“ mv prt-tnises for oveihiiiz Yell“ mo?‘ ~ ne a comes I desuoy 11:58 rim great horned owl seen his claw mark; around an cm?- ty tiest that high in a tree b11141 them 1.. no bird that can maid hiah or low cnouflh i0 b’? m“ “I roach of tho great horned 0W1- Morcuvvr, thP 1110*"- hfimed “W1 will kill ndult wild geese. turkeys. ducks. full grown chickens and so forth. that the cat ls hardly. if ever- known to kl - J.T°._‘f~§_ BRUISES There's nothlrrl to 011ml Miami's. I! "tales bold". Antiseptic. soothing, healing. Glvos quick rollof I NARUS LINIMENI, __» ‘fl-IE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN Livestock and MeatTrade Review year amounted to 4,554 Great Britaui. 7.508 to the United States and a total, including small quimu. flies ho other countries. of 12.453. éaiscgcpipares r gwtgfflllasgiuruig rresponding z: r of 42. 472 head. p yea Calf cxiporis, likewise. were low- " M 3.709 for February compared Wilt-h 5.551 s year ago. Exports of beef declined from 1.330.800 1111s., in Fébfl-lfl-Kigiiii‘! t0 887.100 libel" n Feb- 1118!‘? year. and the total for the two months at. 3.340.000 13s., W98 ‘mill’ very slightly over half the shipments during the saute period last year. While the British bacon market averaged almost 5s higher in price during February than 1n January on Canadian supplies, and 91m“?- 115 hisiher than in Fflbruary a Yea-l‘ 880. bacon exports showed 9- dflilmfi- H08 marke s were much reduced as com with s Yea-T Mo. and shipments out of the w totalled 15.063310) lbs, as compared with 16,889,900 libs, in February last year. The total for the two months. however. was great- er than in the same mrlod Last yes,- bv almost 1.000.000 .. amounting to 343793310 libs. Exports of pork We"! WWII t0 882.500 libs, for Fe‘)- Tua-W- Wnpiired with 2.197.400 lbs.. last year. Canned meats and lamb were aka considerably lower. ex- port of the latter amounting to 1, 837.600 libs. while in the same month fit Year we disposed of 2,966,600 Li!!! MGM. In sung Total swpplies of all varieties of lifests in storage on the list of March showed a. decline of about 7.003.000 bs... as compared with a mflniih earlier and about. 17.000000 lbs. as compared with the first of March 1937. Stocks on hand, how- Wfl‘. wert a little above the five d lit 1 w... ......... .. ... m... ... _ 32: .3213: P.:.:;i".";."ii-..i'z Ii it: 511:.“ beef store on Mam-h 1st, 193a there is not sufficient of that kind 2,1215. m“ gem ifflalailledrgsgightiy Over 1'7. 0,000 lbs. in the Republic to satisfy the d5 V9 . 1- 0 .000 libs, pork 41,498,000 mand is shown by the fact that its and mutton and lamb 3,715,030 last year duty was paid on ngsrly n8 p - 25.000 .iiver f0 its b ht t . an avesrage vglgtlon mg}! mo?“ guard hair had not Branded Beef Sale! The volume of beef branded sales showed a small decline for the two months, combined txrtallrlng 6,073 918 lbs. as compared with 6.290.211 libs. for ths same period last year. Branded beef sales. however. ln Feb- ruary alone were just a little higher than in the same month last year amounting to 3.269.604 lbs. Stole Cattle PIIPCIIB-Hmg Store cattle purchases were less than hair those of February last year and the same holds more or less true for the two months of January and February. Shipments l0 the counmn; this year for the two months totalled 4.785 head. and in the same period last year, 9,334. Bacon Prices In Great Britain The bacon market showed steady invpmvement throughout February the range in Canadian 1n the first week was78sto 48s and by the end of February the prices had advanced from 83s to 93s ‘Ilhis compared with a. 111189 of 70s to 77s in February 1937. The British Market ’Iil've fresh beef trade 1n Britain is passing through a, rather trculble- some time. Demand for fat cattle rfces uip to the point where reta rsof fresh beef are finding it d/iilflcult to keep their vo- lume of turnover and maks a pro- fiit Seasonal Mwer . demands for stores has offered extra. competition to the butchers with those annuals that could go for either purpose. This sittiaitlon has worked w. the advan- tage of Canadian cattle, as so many ofthese are sultablef saletpI-he a - _ meat trade or as feedzrrs. Both m; 9g,“ ‘he W“ a" ’°‘“°"°d “ “I” December. Eindswmthmtigfiewemmnnmmmatgae‘ '-"—' G via-men bee lie f, , O - EOIKE 8.11 11.5 l’ B5 I1 same s. dairy cows mlffiggimggicugggsltiggfch‘ntrgg; pointed representative for which at theend .were Def“ were? roduoed “e of inter Pacific Coast Borax company. reported or at many centres. g1 Hemagflne has an ekvaflon largest dealers of borax in the definite the fact that an easier so! or ‘s87 feet and snw is on. the goridwoand] wiilfintroducle the 1pm- ua is expected at this time mound there practically an the Big?“ insists: pciépglaggnerg‘ ere. year. Ofl’ Irish cattle for m!’ TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming E The London fur auctions peter-ed out rather badly this week. 1n trend was ver week when fact discernible last and Cobb ‘s auction sale registered a smaller percentage of sates than usual with declines in price. Lam this week added furt er to 11985111115 gloom as 0n Tues H's sale the day most lots were withdrawn because customers were conspicuous by their absence and those who did buy wanted the goods at below tagged prices . Colonel U. G. Dawson o! Charlottetown Fur Sales, called the on for an explanation, said it was a of too y furs auctio 03-56 0 mil-ll with little interval between. ned In January some 140,000 were auction- ed_1n London and 111,000 were 5 With another 100.000 offered old. last week and this week customers were Sh)’ on buying as they had not had time to Previous buys. Pretty much ifipose of most of their the same condition but not as sharp a decline occurred last Spring, said he, but righted itself in May and latter months. so that although the picture is dark just now, yet with less amount. of war talk and better chance of peace in Europe, may be a qluick recovery, bu course we wi last year's prices. there t of i not get anything like The vyriter does not for one mo- mc-‘t wsh to depreciate the quality of Jre furs grown by many fflnch_ ers in the U. .5. A. Fromm Bros. Niemans, and ranches lame and small. prod $44.00 each. many individual I108 The March number of the Black Fox Magazine carries a very inter- esting article entitled "More for Your Furs.” How time of peltlng, sex and age effect the prices your silver fox Charles E. Iieilogg. Biologist of Dells bring. It is by the Bureau of Biological Survey, Only part onc 1s published but. no doubt the completed article will appear 1n a subsequent number. Here some facts from 1t that should are 1n- terest our Island sliver fox ranch- ers as the material for the Iérrtlcle was obtained by Mr. through rcannlng the records more than 14.000 elts marketed the Herbert A, ellogg of by ieman Company of Thiensvllle, Wis. a short dist- ance north of Milwaukee. The Nie- mans are cousins of the Fromms and highly competitive to them. They produce a somewhat different type of pelt. Fromms having gone in almost exclusively for the bright silvers, while the Niemans have held somewhat to the medium type as well as three-quarters and slivers. Most of the Nieman foxes whelped and developed on farms near Thlensville. Pair mating large (50 x 50) is followed full 8Y6 ln ground-floor breeding pens exclusively; The young stay with the paren until about the first week in Sep- tember when the best of the e whelped pups are selected arly for breeders, then all the animals to be pelted are trucked by night about 200 miles north to l-fermansvllle in Michigan, where they are put into densely wooded furrlng runs — 500 to each twenty acre tract. This transfer takes about two weeks. Peltiniz operations start shortly after the middle of November. Any dead annuals are picked up d ally winter after December lst. Tem- peratures were estimated by strik- pelted . SOD- holdln amoun ally. There average price per cent of th en 1n season, November pup value equivalent to ab cent of the average pr seasonal skins. The value pelts taken in November increased slightly to a peak of 104 per at the end of the month which a slight decrease took until the middle of Decembe WON! The mature pelts taken ember were from breedi that had died at the bree 200 miles south and had never been on ranch. Such skins are rubbed and off-color. stituted. however. only about cent of the mature animal, killed or pelted in two months 0t January and rebru- spray gzeffflfhffildzg§sélzfiflng°fhfl gm i2: EJIiuR-hergigtsif ttigtithrggdiiirtigefii ¢°““d°'°d "Fable °‘ ‘ ' . . . t I M tai d period last year‘ The shm-pxt d9‘ Igsacgsigba? as rrrflelrmnnrslil/Ille ‘Is aibloxllt to cllne was noted in store caittb which were about 7,000 head below last year. First. quality fats were worth around 45s. to 46s.. as with an aver-age of around 38s. m- 39s. in February last year. hnlf way between the two towns. The extreme high temperature W95 about 70o Fahrenheit. In only two week: November and December ever above 50c. high temperature for November W85 in September and during The weekly average and December was 40o or lower eiqept during the first week in Novem- ber. The weekly average low tem- perature was below 500 at all times except for the third week 1n Sep- tember and was below freezing during November and December except for the first week 1n No- vember. Below freezing weather occurred at scmetitne during every iveek nfter September 28th, except during the week of October when the lowest temperature recorded was 40". Th, 1151M Stltfis 1mm: All meat axiimcls. slwwed lower average Feibruar-y than in Jauary. steers at Chicago averaged $7.80. the lowest since December 1934. and this com- pares with $8.30 in January and $10. 40 a year ago. ‘The average for cows and heifers at $6.80 compared with $6.95 in January and $7.80 a year ago. The hog average. however, at $8.30 was the highest since ast N0- vember and compared with $7.95 in January. Fat cattle _m'lct. mp- peared to have unccvereti the sea- son's low at mld-Febrtiary and a 80c to 75c advance was rworded at that time. but the market later was pcstrliarlv sensitive to sirpplics. vrholessle beef prices were dcwn to levels that stimulate consumption and following the IEITI€II season further inrprovement is expected. ADOPT NATIONAL COSTUME TDNDON-(CN-A flared skirt out from faceclofh woven in York- shire and a white satin blouse woven of artificial silk and Egypt- ian coitton 1n Warwlckshire was adopted as a “national costume for Britain" by the English Folk Song and Dance Society. Of the more than 14.000 fox pelts taken by the Nieman Com- pany frcm the middle of Septem- ber to the m1dd‘e of December. 1935. the 10.089 sold by the New York Auction Company in the auctions of December. 1935, and Januury-Febrtiary, 1936. are sldered in thi: special 3.500 unsold at the time study are not included. The in- divldual cards in which the Com- {wany had kept. detailed informa- ion of each pelt were sorted 1n th" grnttps according to the week the pelts were taken. the sex of the animals. whether the foxes were nature or pups. the degree of sll- | vcr ln the pelts and the month of i . the suction. All pelts take-n after . November 16th were corridered ‘ PULVE and onrmlta HEALTHY X ldIlI a few days ago stating that resigned his position wit) son. Ira-er 8a Huth. Inc.. therefore no longer soil/tit alignments for this firm nor for C. M. Lampson dz Company, London. ll ronrlu-n . flnmerlllfa rnlnlestnflnn. PIILVEX In a (‘nnpcr Product —llrltlnh itlnds nml guarantee-d. Hold nt druggistn nud fnx nup- ply honsn. or wrlfo CANADIAN (‘O-OFFER ATIVE ' “IDOL HRO\VYZRN LIWIIIWD Quebec nnrl ltlnrltlmn Lennnxvllls, Que. the apt to be ‘ They con- 5 per IPOIII ; sea- : pelts with thereby Belted in season. Pelts etaken prior to November 16th were from ani- mas that died as s. result of sick- ness. in most. cases of only a. few days duration. Average auction silver fox pelts are s own graphic- 5398 sold, or slightly more than 50 per cent of the. entire number classified. The IOIIOWlYIZ facts \.ere evident . ‘That mature pelts as a rule sold for more than those of pups, skins of males showing a. greater differ- ence in this respect than those of females. Inasmuch as the best fox- es were selected as breeders these mature pelt; represented the best quality of preceding progressive and select program should pro what better pup pelt ing year. Again about 34 per cent of the best fox pups of both sexes were retained for as replacements or as an increase of stock annually. this would give a lower average value for taken than 11' all cups had bee" rices 0f full ears. yet s ve breeding dues a some- each succeed- breeders either the pup in Dec- anlmais 1 d ng ranch , consequently i fur-ring ‘ that. pup pelts from died about the third mber had about 30 r cent of the value of the pup ai pelt- length and density so that the furs were flat. For the six weeks increased about l0 e price of pelts tak- and by the first of pelts attained a out 93 be!‘ ice of the of thr‘ The conclusion which the writer would draw from vestlgations i: that considerably improves or deterior- ates a silver fox pelt. The Nlemans are fortunate in having in vicinity c climate such as Her- mansviile affords, cold weather continuously from late September on, them to pelt their foxes beginning the 17th of November and thus avoiding the difficulties which we encounter because of our rainy fall. It will be seen. too, that there is s. marked difference in color be- tween the mature pelts that were pelted from the ranch open pens at ‘Phlensville and those from the heavily wooded section where they were matured at. Hermansville. It is convincing proof again that the ices light that is allowed to play on the silver fox during the time the‘. he is being made ready for market the better chance the sni- mal has of having good colcr. seems to me that our best energies will have to be directed towards our foxes until a of zero and below zero weather has brought the fur to its proper density and fullness. 'I‘his did not occur in 1937 until the per- iod between the 10th and 25th of the above climate very their its early allowing mild certain lbs. to 20 gallons of water used as a on board floors or pens. is dastro hockwurm or lungwcrn infesia Had a letter from Tom Fraser he has Lamp- and will con- FOXES BRING HEALTHY PROFITS PFLVICX ynrlr unl- mall regularly "- prclnlly IPIIIOII, II‘\PII\IIIF II e III I II _v Drnflln. Safe. uduI-IrRnT-Elmwnrlr 1:32:22: Instantly ovrry fig . prov-ants at for Ilrlneh- cont after rflacc r this rom- "CAP" STUBBS AND IIPPIE THEY ALL. ARE. -—- THEY REALLY QUGHT TO ‘GO I NEVER SAW SO MANY PEOPLE IN ONE HOUSE.—~I W/ON E Jusr Qua FAMILY --— WELL, I WHO ‘T or. I AND THEN YOU'LL. KNOW! CALL ON ._a I'M NOT GOING JUST OJT OF CURIOS- ITY MARY BAILEY STUISBS! ITHINK n , , '. .3‘ v . _“l\oC1n;InrhnAl_|lcvlqhn. ‘A Blue and Pink Color Scheme Blue and pink ls a favoritg color combination and a narrow border 3 or 4 feet in width which is us- ually available in even the small- est- Places. may be filled with m- nuaJs in these shades to th¢ great delight of the owner and the beautification of the premises There is ample material in any seed catalog for such a harmonious combination. For the back of the border where tall subjects are wanted there are pink cosmos, tall pink snaipdragons and a. neglected but deserving an- nual, a. relative of the hoiiyhock, the lavatera. a handsome rare pink. With these the blue corn- riawer and the double biue annual larkspurs makes beautiful com- panion groups. All will grow from 2 b0 3 feet high with reasonably good soil and cultivation, the cosmos in some of its forms reach- ing 8 feet. A clump of pink sweet peas might. be placed here and there for cutting until their blooming seas- on is cut short by hot weather. when gladiolus in pink shade or some of the new blue tones. or a pink dahlia can be dropped in for fail dis-Way. APRIL 9r 1938 M_""!!i!;..I__'FE i l I LAVAT rzA . cosmos i <»...§i (PINK) ANNUAL titzxsvuiz (true) i .<1: 2?. 9Q "9 z é; *"‘ '° . §§ i a. s; -_= ‘ _.i Qu i 5E g3, é i W “g d Q". i 2 g 5 . g w O . 9:1 g E i I; 4"- B‘, :5 "25 3 a” g“ f». n3 q o“ AIV..\I.f ‘uestcm FOR A NARROW BORDER. or stun AND PiNK ANNUALS. Ln the lower growing a-nml-BJS in pink there are the godetias. ciark- ias, lsnkspurs. petunlas _ balsams. mourning brides 0r scabiosas. the annual pinks, the handsome Pink shades or the _ others. In blue. the mzella or 1°"- in-a-mist is always handsome. The Chinese forget-me-not or cy-nog- lossum mnaiblle. is another hand- some blue plant that deserves wide use. The ageratcms, both the tall The ageratums. both the tall and dwarf, add to the list The light and. England. He desired me throuqh this column to thank his friends for the many courtesies they ex- tended f0 him in the past and t0 wish them continued success 1n the future. Tom M. Fraser has been coming here for the past twelve or more years. He is a son of the late A. Valentine Fraser and grandson of the late Alfred Fraser of New York. Regret will be general that he has severed his connection with the two well known firms above mentioned. particular ly if it. means no more trips here becausv- everyone loved to see Tom. . shake hands with him and have a chat. He was always happy and optimistic and we sincerely hope that some other arrangement will be made by him so that his trips here can be continued. Stirling McLean. Ea=t Royalty. has a great turnout this season. Every female but two gives nrcvnise n! s. llftPr and the litters that have arrived and are counted are of good size and are splendid purvs. W. Fred Burke. Provincial Ficid- mnn. is preparing a talk for the next meeting of the Charlottetown Fox Clnh entitled. "Competition from American Breeders and the Quality of Their Fkixes." ‘This should be vcviv interesting in view of the discussion that hns reconf- lv taken cinch rewarding reduction of the tariff on sliver fox nclts go- ing into th= Ulited Statc5_.____m_ A LARGE CROP vigorous pups fhla vcar 0v feeding ROYAL FOX FEED Results during tonne: $085011! shows that the use of Royal with s good meat ration ls the most posi- flvo way known for the rancher t secure best breeding results. lnhist on Royal. All your drain todny or wrm dlrrct l0 Company Ltd. Saint John New nrunswrcl r ~~> ~ IT'S oucr 1w movm THING TO no! _ HOV/D YOU LIKE TU MOVE INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND uoeouw come TO see YOU 3 pa shlrley poppies and I deep blue-toned 4 ‘fleet. 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Eirebiiihed x369 "Owned by the Policyholdern" Head Oflice - Wnerloo, Out. H. W. PLI-ITCH. Branch Manager 2nd Floor, Bank of Nova. Scoth Bldg, Charlottetown. P. E. I. asters are tine subjects for fall dis- play. In dwarf plants for the front of the border a very handsome little plant is “Baby Blue Ewes,‘ nemuiphlla. insignia. a beautiful. hardy little flower that 1s rarely wen but is always attractive. The lobellas and pansies offer abun- dant blue also. The Virginia shirts give a. fine sheet of pink with tho annual gypsophila to make l. handsome edging. .___.-_____ ‘ ' 1111's lhrlment removes ski A THOROUGH EXAMINATION with latest scbntillc instru- ments will glvs the preach;- tlon which sllmn you to use your eyes without ah’!!!- Avoid the hcadndrnl and irritations of even slight syc- strain. Know your eyes. consult G. F. 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