w” l?- ANIMAl g IIUSBANERY TM consideration of another my breeder mifht be worth ‘we, even though his situation . my be somewhat different than m, o; guy farmer in this province m that he has the use of a feed ' t mixer and thereby has the advanl "time of mixing his feed according w his own fo:mula. On account of the labor costs he does not grow mots but favours feeding ensi age III! :- c» mania‘ v - a inst gluten meal and does ' izglcfigeglflfl in his ration at all. In _ his formula he includes. only the 3 “d, he has m purchase having his vwtqro of oats and barley ground Wrately, m mixing it, with the _ mm feed at th time of feeding. I-Ie '"-' pefers this plan, as it enables him ‘(to increase or 480N080 U10 811111 1" a pm mixture for any animal at any rgtme, The mixture which he has I prepared in the mill and its feed- m; analysis is as follows: Amount 400; ingredient oil cake; protein 3s per cent; fat c per cent. Amount 400; ingredient b.an; protein l2 per cent; fat 3 per cent. mount 40o; ingredient cotton good meal; protein 43 per cent; fat o per cent. . Amount 400; ingredient distillers grains; protein 35 P61’ 00m; "'4 5 per cent. Amount 400; ingredient horniny; protein 10 per cent; fat 8 per cent. Amount 125; ingredient molasses; protein 8 p91‘ 0011i; Amount 30; ingredient bone meal; Amount 15; ingredient iodine salt; Amount 15; ingredient charcoal; This mixture would aggregate 2,- 125 pounds o." feed and 60 pounds ct mineral matter. It is considered very satisfactory for mineral con- tent, and the feed part of it would run slightly over 24 per cent in pro- iein. At previling prices this mix- ture would cost about $30 per ton. . The owner crushes oats and barley ‘in about the ratio of 2 to 1 and then feeds three parts oi grain to one of the mill mixture. If the mixed grain will average i2 per cent protein, this would give a mix‘ .. h ture for feeding of 15 per cent pro- tein and about 3.75 per cent of fat. If a mixture oi oats and barley, such as this is worth 820 per ton, then a ton of this mixed iced ready for feeding would cost $22.50. About 15 pounds of this mixture per day is fed to the cows in two feeds. This of course would vary under special circumstances. millage and alfalfa are fed as roughage by the owner, who is par- ticuiarly skiiful in curing aifalfa bay. He keeps it from the hot noon-day sun and has solved the (problem of retaining all the leaves and storing it in the barn. to come out with the most appealing green color one would wish to see. When putting alfalfa in the barn it is sprinkled with salt, which ab- sorbs some of the moisture and gives the hay an appetizlng taste. ~About one gallon of salt is used .on each load and this salt on the hay and that included in the meal dllilitllfé, is the only salt fed to these cattle while in the stable. . The cows are fed a light feed oi ;alfalia' thg first thing in the mom- ing about 6 o'clock, and as they cat it the milking is done. After milking, each cow is given about ‘half a bushel oi ensilage with her Jncal ration on it. At 12 o'clock ‘noon, the cows are fed alfalfa again and after the evening milk- ..lng are given ensllage and meal as ylu the morning. They are given no further feed until the following ‘nnomiug. The owner has another ration which he uscs as a supplement for his cows on test, and which he al- ‘80 foods to his calves. ._'I‘l'iis is a ‘Tlnorc bulky feed, as it, contains but ‘pulp, and it is not so strong in concentrates as the first feed, con- sequently it can be used in addi- iicn to the other ration to stimul- alc mi'k production, without danger lo the cow's digestion. ' This mixture consists oi: i, i0001be. oats and barley at about f. o 1. - . 100 lbs. cf oil cake. 100 lbs. cotton seed meal. _ 500 lbs. bran. 500 lbs. dried beet pulp. z 125 lbs. molasses. 30 lbs. bone meal. l5 lbs. charcoal. tstcsuns1o‘ . - “Ivor: FARMERS ' 1 m} molasses instead. He has a pre-i, Gare‘ and Breeding U1 D1'00li cows (Experimental Ivarms Note) At the Dominion Experimental Sta-ac... ruederlcwn, New Bruns- wick, the brood sows are housed g .n portable caolos all year except ‘ior a Donou from a week or ten days before farrcwlng until the pigs ' are weaned. A three year rotation ' of rape, oats seeded, and clover is , carries on in tne-nog paddocks and [this provides a continuous supply ' of glcen feed throughout the sum- . mer. The object in feeding is to ‘K8613 the sows in a thrifty condi- tion. They shoud not be allowed to become too fat or too thin. my fl-N very thin after the pigs are weaned. they are fed well until a normal woikht is reached. If p.-nty of green feed is available, about four pounds of mixed grain D91’ sow pol‘ clay is usually sufficient no _eep herlln good ufllldlflfl.“ when nursing a litocl, the sow is fee all sno will clean up. This amount will vary from 6 to l2 pounds daily for different sows. The grain mixture for the sows‘ varies at times, owing to the na- ture of the feed on hand- A satis- factory mixture consists‘ of equal parts oi ground oats, ground barley and middllngs. The barley may be omitted for sows in good condition and unless suitable mineral and protein supplements are provided, it shoul’ be omitted during the last month before farrowing. The nursing sow should receive at least two pounds oi skim-milk per pound cf grain or fish meal or tankagc at the rain of 8 per cent of the ration. Mlfllels are always provided for winter feeding and are fed at the rate of about 2 pounds per 100 pounds live weight per day. Clover hay is supplied in racks. If potatoes are fed to brood sows, they should be fed oubr an ly during nrcrnancy. Al. this time it is advis- able to feed fish meal at the rate of_sbout 8 per cent of the ration, if no skim-milk is available. Bone char and salt are each rec at the rate of one per cent of the ration at all times. ~ ' Canadian Dressed Poultry Maori: AND INCREASING surr- MENTS TO BRITISH ISLES. There has been an exceptionally scod market for Canadian dressed Poultryinthc British Islw this- year. From January 1. to Sepionrber 30, 1935, I- total d! 2,381,166 pounds of chickens, turkeys, fowl. ducks, and sense have been shipped from the Dominion. compared with a total of 832.000 pounds for the correspond- ind nine months of 1994. and 4,375 for the similar nine months 0f this year's shipments. 1.680.750 pounds were chickens, 570.025 Pound! were turkeys, 30,240 fowl; 47,800 pounds ducks and 2500 pounds loose. The British Isles im- Dort about 45,000,000 lbs. of poultry and. according to officials of the Poultry Service, Live Stock Branch, Dominion Department of Agricul- ture. Canada has never had a Ereater opportunity than at pre- sent to get a share of that market. As a result of the increased volume of poultry exported from Canada pricu have advanced to Canadian p. duoers. If, however, Canada desires to " to hold the British market, more attention must be paid to |ll duclng Mllkfed A and B grades. The majority of poultry that has been exported has been Selected B and O grades. the two lowest commercial grades. Re- ports received by the Dominion De- partment oi Agriculture from Great Britain would indicate very clearly that better than Selected B and b grades must be shipped if the market is to be held. Thepro- ductlon of Milkfed birds is corn- oaratively easy. All that is required is to crate fatten them from two to three weeks before klllins. 0n a ration of equal parts of ground oats, wheat. barley or buckwheat, mixed with boiled potatoes at the rate. of about one-third of the volume oi meal mixture and then mix with sour milk. The greatest demand for chick- ens in the British Isles is for birds of four pounds and under when dressed. have his cows well bedded so they can be comfortable. Calves are fed whole milk for three weeks only, and thin gradual- 15 lbs. lodiaed salt. This mixture would h"! a pro- ‘Iflin content o.‘ 13.5 per cent. ‘The ' “Ty beet pulp would add a suc- {culence to ltthat is very important ._vhen cows are on heavy-grain feed. . is farmer's plan is to feed the glint mentioned mlxturg after milk- :ing_ln the morning and also about 14061001! in the afternoon, and feed “tiles latter one at noon and again g p.m., f dons of it to a feed, which would ymske a daily ration of about 15 5:213;- Tnllyiese two rations should l‘ o to hea milking cows ‘on Est/IMF. are ooh’; milked three ' I lily. when both rations are . lcrs ensllage is used, as the h" we in tot? latter ration will some ~ he Billlllll. ‘flufeeciingratageonly good Willy alfalfa la used, as the own- ‘! opposed’ to using any ro 1W fed. and__ ‘EOULTRY . mi‘ _..: . o about two gel- i "Ibiza" ll HIIICIIIII I-Olilllfi w INIIDQIL. ly changed to skim ml‘k, feediul 8171.210 one quart of skim milk at a fee . As a supplement the calves are fed a small quantity of the mix- turs containing the beetpulp. flud are given choice alfalfa ' as well. Th, heifers in the hetd are grown "n a small grain ration, with some of the beet pulp mixture, and are also fed eirilege and good alfalfa. The amount of grain fed to youns -.att‘e depends upon their condition. The object is to keep them in thrifty growing condition without too much tendency to fatten. AOBIUUIJIIIR IIAV‘! YIILDB BOOT!‘ 0111i. Int-A field of maize on an ed farm south- -t r here, yiidod as bushels w u e21», and an adjoining, field ‘WANTED AND ' RESSED POULTRY D PAYING DAILY. CF18.‘ [Dressed Poultry For The Christmas Trade (Experimental Farms Note) , Thousands of birds are " " ‘i for the Christmas market as dress- od poultry, but, to obtain the high- est prices, most of them should be well finished by the pen or crate method, since the quieter the birds are kept the better the quality of finish. The length of the finishing Period, may vary from two to three weeks, depending on the condition i age and feeding of the birds. '. ' For the finishing work, the sel- ection and grading of the birds ac- , cording to vigour, condition, size.‘ ‘age and sex are extremely impcrt- I ant. It is usuely advisable to dis card the non-vigorous birds and invest extra capital and labour only in those that will return profit. ‘ Before the birdsare placed in the crate for feeding, they should be treated for lice and starved for at least twenty-four hours. It is advisable to administer a dose of laxative to clean them out, in the form of Epsom salts dissolved in water at the rate of one pound to 100 birds. The solution is used for rrfxins the first feed. I The mash should be mixed I2 hours ahead and fed very lightly at the beginning. then gradually increased until the birds get all they can consume in fifteen or twenty minutes at each feeding. A good many mixtures are‘ recom- mended and the two following have given good results at the Domln.on Experimental Station, 01p Rouse. Quebec; (a) equal parts of cornmeal. ground oats and mlddllngs; (b) equal parts of groundwheat, ground oats and groundbarley. To this is added sufficient sour milk to make a bat- ter. Milk is an essential part of the fattening ration, and it may be either sweet or sour so long gg it is constant, but the sour milk 1g recommended. The importance of proper dress- ing cannot be over-emphasized. in killing and preparing poultry for market the birds should be starved for at least 24 hours before being killed, have access to clean drink- ink water, be properly bled so that no blood remains lnthe extmmlt. ies, be llndrawn with the not“! and feet left on, be dry plucked although a. few feathers may be left around the head, be dry c001. ed, with feet and vent clean, all blood removed from the mouth, and the crop empty. It is prefer- able that the heads should be wrapped. Al! the body heat should be out of the bird before packing, and every‘ care should be taken to keep poultry from freezing be- for-e it is delivered. l.....~;».-...j P5515 Golonizine Birds A novel experiment in adding to the bird population of a sanctu- srv is being made at Wilson's pro- mortar-y. Australia. ' In a large open-air aviary built on a ilrassy site,_m.any-colored par- rots will lre kept for some weeks: then liberated. It is hoped that they w'll remain l». the vtcinjgv of the chalet, ard next season rear broods in gum tree hollows. If the experiment is suc-essfu‘, other kinds of parrots will be domiciled in the same way in the great National Park-Ate area is 101,- 000 acres. Lvre-birds and bower-birds have been introduced there, and the Promontory has more than 100 resident or vi=iting species of native birds. Emus have increased. The mammals include Wallabies. wombats. opossums. bandicnots, and other marsupials.-Australian Press Bureau. Rusted ‘lfheat Ftir Seeding Purposes 0n account of the wheat rust epidemic in the prairie provinces manv farmers will be obliged to use wheat as seed which has been more or less injure" bv this disease. Many badly rusted samnlea have already been tested 1n the labora- tories of the Seed Branch, Domin- ion Dznartment of Agriculture st Winnipeg. Saskatoon and Calgary. Germination tests show that even very poor, shrurkcn kernels are capable of nroduchg seedlings, but those Beodiiws are weak and SwfldIY. It rrruld be remembered that germinaflcn »ondi"ons in the laboratory are practically ideal, and that very many of the weak . seedllvus will not survive in the fields partlculary is soil moisture i and temperature ccndiflons are not, favourable at the time of seeding. Owing to the size of the rusted kernels there are very many more - per bushel than in normal plumb wheat. 'I‘his means that in spite cf injury rustrd seed will give a good - stand. However, the seedlings will be weak and subject to the attacks of root lots and similar diseases. Badly shrivelled seed should not be treated with formaiin for the control of smuts; instead copper car natc or one of the dusting materials recommended should be used. muted cereals should be well cleaned so that the heavier kernels are uszd for seeding. ‘Canadian Factory . The number of dairy factories in operation in 1034 was 2.062. Oom- llriaed in that number were 1.281 decrease from I033 of . factories, an increase i6: and 21 . concentrated \ "rm: cuanrorrrtrowu GUARDIAN . STOCK BREEDERS AND GRNRST é NEWSY . AN nvoamous nasrasca Prometheus, whom the ancient Greeks honored as the demlgod who first stole fire from heaven, we did a cood thine! m llamas who have bcnefitted by this tr-ud. ltional audacity, have not pqfhgpg used his invention to the best pur- poses in their heating mange. mouh. as tlm ensuing notos will endeavor to show. In Britain the °P9u fireplace allows great part of the heat tc escape by way of the vhlmuoy. and only a fraction re- mains to warm the room. m that comparatively mild climate this is notsuchan objectionable ieatumof the heating IsFl-Ilflfllflfini‘ “it mum be in this country. The" closed range utilises a far greater percentage of the heat generated; in fact the ordirfary home is much too warm for health, and six months or so of our over-heated chambers must have a distressing e.fect on the nervous system. As a rule. the cellar is cool, for the storage of vegetables, and hence the coldest part of the room is the floor. Unless the doors are close- flttlng the ln-draught will accent- uate this coldness, while at the samg time -the air above may be '10 degrees F. or more. "Keep the feet wann and the head cool" is an old saying dlllllcult to apply under these circumstances. Our histories lay stress on the military prowess of the ancient Bo- mans, who were, however. as Ereat in the arts of peace as tdiey were. u. those of war. Britain, at the' time of the Roman conquest, had a cold. raw, climate, bred of the vast swamps and forests that cov- ered the land. To the, legions, ec- customed to the sunny skies of Spain, Italy, and Africa, the fog, rain and snow 6f Northern Brit- ain must have set-med like "a night- mare." Oine of the Roman ‘poets, Florus. made a skit on the Enrper- or Hadrian, thus: . "Eglo nolo Caesar ease, Ambulare per Britanncs, Scythicas pati pruinas." meaning: "I would like to be. Caes- ar (Hadrian) rambling among the Britons, content with Scythian frosts.’ The Roman architects econ, in- vented a method of heating, at once simple, effective and ingen- lous, in which the heat came up through the floor. When the walls of a room reached a certain height, a number oi short pillars were erected at intervals in the eh- closed space: the pillars being either solid stones, or built up _._of thin tiles, according as either win at hand. Then flat flagstones were laid on the top of the pillars, and. the whole space sealed in with a_ smoke-tight, air-tight, covering of concrete. If t v owner was a wealthy man. he ad a further stratum of mouaic, in beautiful designs of colored stones. In one corner of the outer walls an opening was left, communicating with the space un- der the floor and in thLs o nlng a fire was maintained, the eat of which circulated under the floor and warmed the rooms. Thus the feet, "which are farthest from the heart, and likely to be coldest," got the benefit o." the heat first. Per- haps engineers may yet strike out a plan‘ in which concrete floors, with enclosed iron pipes to carry the heat, will give some oi the com- fort of those old days. LEGENDS OI‘ THE SKY (5) L t f 6 0 e Next m P1503; (stIII In the Cass- iopeia quarter of tho sky) are the two Zodiacal groups known as Aries (The Ram) and Aquarius (tho water-carrier): one on either side of Pisces. The stars in these two constellations are not 0118M. b9- ing mostly of the fourth magnitudo: two only (both in Arias) being 0f second magnitude. There is little. lherefor-e, to hold our ttention as stargazen, but before , ins 0R- lt may be well to note that, in the almanac for 1986. will be found under date of March 21st, a mate- ment that the "sun enters Aries and Spring M81553’ TW° tmmmd years ago such a statement would have been abzolutely true, but ow- ing to a slow chance the 5911M I! now ushered in by the sun actual- lys entering Pisces on the 21st of March. Astronomers. uQyori-hf-‘lw- have agreed to let the~‘0id 1.095‘ mark" stand, and that is why. l" the almanac, the sun is slid i0 enter thatbsigu mummy ‘m m‘ 10th of Fe ruary- ‘ Finally, bfow the ecliptic. W! under Pisces. we have the noun known as Cetus (Th6 W001” Th‘ whale consists of film 95nd?“ tars in two curved lines. one ima- ‘nd flfle Qhoft, IITB-UIQd the mm, o; .. chair with the back mi- ing backward. They m I11 °1 third magnitude or perbllis I 11m‘ brighter. The second star from m‘ top of the "chair is Mira.- wondgrful-SO-Cl-Ildd because it ‘wll m, first variable m: to be discov- cred. When it i. orishwt it- " W" second magnitude; then it fog: till it is quite cut of llsht 1M u" on]; be seen by teieloolii- m _ seventeenth century Mira once l‘! mained "invisible for 1W1‘ 790m so that astronomers think that b variation is not due to oolilli- Y . wmpmton gt“, but ID IONS ‘T. oullarity in the constitution cf atar itself." Next week, if alkuml well, we shall lnvlliilli,‘ “l! '19‘ on; quarter" cf the s8!- buto my quota of prais. to those thoughtful people, the Board Directors, who are making i; pos- sible for the young folk to spend for the next three months, at least. A bobby. taken up in the morning of life, will, in nine cases out of .en. remain with its lucky possessor, to cheer him or her when the even-. ing shadows begin to fall. I know whereof I ppeak, since I. can well remember coaxing grandfather to let me have a plot| of land for my very own; and not. only did he do that but gave me a Attic south room above the hall- way, so that I could cultivate plants years old I was dl-Ltcting every variety of plant I came across, and making drawings of am not going to toil you how old I am now, but I am still making drawings! ‘That's how a real hobby works! music, too. By the kindness of a. "friend I have been allowed to look over the Musical Program o. the slxhibition and most interesting _I found it; There were competitions for every age up to twenty years, and for several different kinds of instruments. I was delighted to see a distinct preponderance of classi- cal music in the "pieces" competition. I" myself favor ever melodious "old vocal muzio is equally well selected: folk-songs as well as those of the romantic school. The Inhibition is really the kind of Etsteddford, and tion had been held when the car- roads are open, I believe a good many brought their youngsters to see and hear the competitors, and to get new ideas of the value of hobbies. of the Dominion Glass Co., Montreal, a neat booklet dealing with home “Preserving and Can- ning." It has several unique feat- urea not found in the ordinary manuals cf the art. One or these is a "Canning Budget Shee" where- by the housewife may calculate the number of pints or (jars) of greens, fruits or veget- ables required to carry the family over the’ 36 weeks of the year when from the garde is a section deal of three different micro-organisms, viz: yeasts, moulds, and bacteria. Further on is a headed paragraph on the "Detection of Srpoilage," a matter most important to the con- sumer cf canned goods. when the sealers their vegetable contents winter, they can be immediately during the warm summer months; but it warns that the canning of fruits and vegetables wcll understood before venturing on this more dlfllcult However, with the explicit direct- ions for meats, poultry, soups, even a novice ought to make this particular branch a culinary success. There is a considerable section devoted to Pickles and me: and a good list o." wild fruit jams, OOIJLOIVOS and juices. This lit- tle book may be had for the ask- the eritertaln themseWee-or without entertainment. In our lit-, tie village there were no radios, gramaphones or things so common today that peo- ple can scarcely imagine when they did not exist. Hence our villagers had games to amuse them on the win-. bar's nights, and with the inborn humor o1 3g Angilo-Saxron m“ z gener ma e sue gan " tchrqrninatg on a note of high com- edy. "Trenoher" was such a Elma. and I often saw it played in "l? juvenile dBYB- A 81°"? OI twenty" five or thirty young peels. in the“ late toens, wouTl author place, and were allowed the run oi the second kitchen. which hid 9' stone floor and heavy furniture '-° match. The benches _ would be disposed round the walls. and the company proceeded to °°- oupy them. Then all folk were numbered con ecutivcly from "one" onwards. In the moan- time somebody mu hunted up the "trenoher," out of the This was e. disc of hard wood. B11011" the else of a dinner PIWP- TM leader of the some. Piflvlus the trebcher in the middle of the floor. gave it a dcxtorous twirllthat set it "revolving on its axis? at "W same time calling out a numb"- Tpg player whore number was call- NOTFS of heir off time in "fruitful leisure" my indulgent | n winter. 8y the time I was twelve the parts. I I would have liked to hear the set for the tors." The hat is great praisel Ii the Elxhibl- counlryfolk would have _ A HANDY BOOKLET I have just received, by courtesy of quarts resh materials are not available "Why foods spoil" with the action The pamphlet points out that are emptied of in the rnployed to ensure a meat supply should be technique. fish and hows, some c1 which are new to "TRENCIIER" In "good Victoria's golden days," country folk were obliged to to go talkies, llb.'aries; a. time invented certain I308, at our and seats the you!!! cupboard. l ‘} Quality In Silver Foxes G. Ennis Smith Superintendent Experimental Fox Ranch, Summer-side, P.E.I. (Continued from nose l!) ods, he has the oPWfiW-“Y to produce outstandinB 10x05 "mm will demand lush prices bum as breeding stock and pelts. X Rm speaking of quality in Bu"? 3°‘ fur; colour, density and lustre may be‘ qualities, but I am not 89903" ing of those. I am sreakiuz of quality, independent of colour. density or lustre. ‘There may b0 satisfactory colour; there may be a. satisfactory density and lustre to .he fur, without the foxes havinB pnuine inherent quality. On the ither hand, the foxes may be brown, coarse and oPfil- 511d m9" may be an excellent inherent qual- ity. I do not wish to be misun- derstood 0n this point. If you have quality of the fur. you can devel- op, by proper breeding and feed- ing methods, a better colour. 0 better life, a. better lustre, and a greater density of fur, than can be obtained with the average foxes. But on the other hand, I wish to state that there" may be quality- and the fur may be brown, coarse. open and lacking life and lustre. Too Much sentiment The question ~a.ri.ses have fox breeders been able to recognize quality in the fur, independent of colour, lustre and density. Un- fortunately there has been alto- gether too much sentiment amongst silver fox breeders. In making reference to any of the noted and justly-famous fox breed- ers, it has been done with bated breath, as if their work was be- yond criticism. The greatness of a man's work can be gauged by the extent to which it can be pulled to pieces and criticized and I think the time has arrived when we should learn as much as pos- sible from what has been done and what is being done by leading breeders, and profit, not only by their achievements but by their mistakes, but I wish it to be un- derstood that what I may say is no token of disrespect, or in any way to discount what has been achieved by the men who have done so much for the fox industry. Every day of my life I am criticiz- ing the work of the Creator and I do not feel that I should speak with bated breath or spend all day on my knees in the office. Sir Charles Dalton and Robert Oulton, using colour as a guide, undoubtedly developed high-class foxes that had real quality; u has already been stated, if there is quality in the foxesa. better colour can be developed. But is it not a fact that the great majority of the champion foxes have been des- oendnnts of the Rayner, Jim Tup- lln and Henry Lewis foxes. ob- aome cases the foxes, that have won the highest awards that were ever obtained by those particular ranches, have been produced from the breeding stock that the ranch- es had allowed to pass out of their hands because the foxes were not labelled with colour, density and lustre, the standards that the ranches had associated with qual- ity. Those cases are not in any way rare and are not confined to one or two groups of ranches, but you meet with such cases on every hand when you come to examine the records of the foxes that have won the prizes at the leading shows. It was only after one or two years, and in some cases after one or two generations, when the foxes which had been allowed to pm out of the. ranch began to be labelled with colour, density and other desirable characteristics, that those fox breeders realized that they had allowed quality to go out of their ranches, and then began to, take strenuous stops to get those foxes back into the ranch and were eventually able to make a world-wide reputation with the foxes that they had regained. Whilst there are some cases that are more widely known than others and. even looked upon _as excep- tional cases, that is not actually the fact, because it. actually oc- curred with most of the ranches and particularly with the big ranches. Right and left fox breed- ers have allowed quality to go out of their ranches and here we are not making reference to cases where champion foxes have been sold at high prices, which has been too great a temptation for the fox breeders to resist, but ih the majority of cases they have been sold at a lower price than the average the ranch has been ob- taining for its breeding stock. The development of the George E. Brown strain of foxes isuunique in the annals of live stock breed- ing. George E. Brown has devel- oped a strain of prize-winning foxes with a string of champion- ship awards that is far beyond_thc dreams that any fox breed- er could hope to have achieved. Yet it ls a fact that George E. Brown, himself, has never yet won a world‘s championship, whilst oth- er breeders have been winning world's championships and other championships right and left with his strain of foxes, very often with foxes raised in his ranch. It has been a very common occurrence in recent years at the. leading fox shows to see George E. Brown's own foxes holding positions well __~_. Qi-‘C ‘°°““““" -‘3°-9 llamas. m. offerlnl w» WW‘ tiona-liy lure-Fowl) Mul- "m" TIMELY thousand above what was all”? ed. The fact that about 00%“ is evidence or mularitv- NW1 be some time below a." "W," are received or that a definite l)?‘ prBIsfl-l of m». m coma-um with last season can be medl- . m. m: Ashfcrd. moment“! Arming s. Oobb, London. Eusuuul- who came here direct from - way after previously Sweden and Russia. He quality this season than any vlous year. "Ihelr color said Mr. Ashford, "and they h!" learned a great deal abouirlfldh)? and caring for foxes the Past seasons." ‘ Another visitor of international fame is Miss Emmy Iiansbfll. Copenhagen, Denmark, who hill the honor of having been nearer to the North Pole than any other white woman. She is gathering in- formation on fur farming (f0! and mink) for the Danish government and will visit Canada and the United States for several weeks before returning to her native country. ‘ g "Fox ranchers are well advise when examining their foxes at this season to observe the condi- tion of the animal's ears. Mr. W. F. Burke, fieldman for the Can- adian National Silver Fox Breed- ers‘ Association, informs us that he has found in different ranches a number of cases in which the ears are affected with “canker? If not dealt with in time it usually develops into a serious trouble. We have it on Mr. Burke's authority that Canker clears up with a gen- erous application of Iodex. ‘I111!!! an oily substance and hence there is n0 danger of its freezing in the ears. A second application may be necessary in tbs course of a week or ten days. If the canker is bad when at first noticed the ears should be well rubbed with a soft rag so as to leave the surface in a clfilan dry condition to receive the I ex In 5. hurried inspection of a fox _ having canker- in its cars one mightthinkltaceseofeermites, but on more particular examin- ation the real trouble would "be- come evident." .~ viansrry-ovvfin mass srznvlgn (n; The Canadian Press) _-; ‘ MONTON, Dec. 11-A volun- teer press service, includingpictures, was established this year by the four universities o1 western Cana- da. Exchanges are made regularly between directors of the various down the table, while wery other position above his foxes was being held by other exhibitors with the George E. Brown strain oi foxes So that with George E. Brown, tained from Dalfoh and Oulton, to a greater extent than those re- tained by Dalton and Oulton themselves? In the final analysis, foxes, like all other animals, must be judged by what they produce, and not altogether by what they appear to be. The evidence would indicate that Dalton and Oulton, using colour as the main guide. allowed e. superior quality of foxes to go out of their hands, because they were not labelled with colour and with those characteristics that they had associated with quality. Losing Sight 0! Quality Some ranches have gained an outstanding reputation at. the leading fox shows with foxes that have been developed from the ranch's own strain of foxes. but in if; 1:: ed Jumped up and rushed forward to catch up the trencher before it stopped spinning and .eil. If he (or she) was not successful, and the trencher fell, then a forfeigt was claimed: the unsucces ful tcher deposit/ed some small article in a‘ cap, basket or other receptacle. Then the catcher, whe.her success- ful or not, carried on the game by spinning the trencher and caling out another number. Now that looks pretty simple, but in reality it was not. A smart "spinnef would glance round and call up some "numbe;" who was inattentive or talking; or would go the furthest away from the number he intended to call; or wvould impart such a feeble im- pulse to the trencher that it would fall before the catcher cou'd got near it. All this made the trench- cr hazd to pick up without incur- ring a forfeit; and some iplnners seemed to revel in making traps for their slower or clumsier com- rades. When the company tired of this. the articles "forfeited" were restor- ed to their owners on certain con- ditions, the performance of which. as a rule, rendered the owner rid- iculous. It was here that the fun came in. Handling all kinds Ship Your Poultry To The Candling Station Profit by your own Profits. P.E.I. co-orunsrrvn EGG POULTRY ASSOCIATION for members only. despite the fact that he is such an. outstanding breeder and judge of foxes, and no one will doubt that, lt would appear that he al- lowed foxes of quality to go out of his hands that appeared to have a greater quality than those re- tained by himself. Loos to Industry The incidents that have been mentioned above present evidence that demands the grave thoughts of all conscientious fox breeders. who have at heart the welfare cf the silver fox industry. While it appear-s to be an obvious fact that many breeders have allowed quai- ity to pass from their hands into the hands cf the other breeders, which has greatly benefited the breeders that have been fortunate enough to obtain them, still the breeders themselves have fortun- ately been a/ble to recover and bring the quality beck into their ranch, which as a whole has not been a loss to the industry. The iserlous aspect of the question is ithat there is evidence to indicate , that foxes of quality have been ruthlessly pelted, practically thrown out of the ranch as so much dirt and have been lost for- ever to the silver fox industry, something that the fox industry cannot afford. In my contact with fox breeders on every hand, prob- , ably without exception, I find that in their minds there is an omni- present fear that there will be a collapse in the demand for silver fox furs and in a short time the furs will be sold at so much per pound. Whilst I have always scorn- ed and ridiculed such a fear ' mid , Buying daily I have a complete grown upe- Underwear Wccl Sweaters Lumberman’ college newspapers. g _' Larry Alexander, University of Alberta, has named the organlga- tion the Inter-Varsity News Ser- vice. The director of the Manitoban, University of Manitoba's off _ 1 sheet, termed it the Intcr-colleg _te Press Union. A craft name will-be decided upon later. every opportunity, yet the progress and even .the very existence of the silver fox industry depends upon the production of fur of quality, not only maintaining that quality, but producing quality of a greater degree and a quality of a still fur- ther greatcr degree. In other worlds, fhe existence of the fox industry depends upon a continued im- provement in the furofsiiver foies, and if quality is ruthlessly pelted and the fox breeders are not mak- ing a wise selection with regard to the breeding stock that is his‘? retained, not only the deve - ment, but the very existence of the industry will be jeopardized. S. ('I‘o be continued) line Elinor-d‘: for Dandruff '-———-— :-_: POULTRY BUYING DAILY t HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID '1 l. for » TURKEY'S, CHICKEN; GEESE, DUCKS - i Phone 1273 1214 1, Canada Packers Ltd. 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