‘T NEWSY NOTES - u: Aualoom gurus on ISLAND PLANTS Thu Vacclniodcac Tins I5 L dint-ly- lsldnu o y, lint. ciniilm. that here the genus Vac- ,. .;~_t place, and the hcaths Iytltzlnlllilllltc a are not to be fcuno; Iwrc ln B lln the llcatlls are of- lY, punt-abundant. covering lnltge liltths cf moorland, and the “fl-mgllnrs are comparatively few and nlosmy of the acid types like m czztllilcrry and cowberry. There ifllolilint; to compare with our Low Stl/glt Blueberry. either in quantity or qullilil , Bilberry. or Bleaberry, most sought after in 110%,‘. nbeianrl, but it is cluelly pore. but“ such fertility is ex- ‘ » for ulakitlfl preserves “PIIWBI "'1 r first ill our series is the D“ llucketelujv, GuyI ssacia SEEDS RECEIVED “m, \. 11s ancient name was qmorry," from the Anglc- Soarcely any other hobby.I have ..H,.0,D,__b3a;ge," but 1t lg found. is as productive of what ezisdwhlle the Vacciniums and swamps in all y ,8}. Atncricrl. The berries are pliksfillt to the taste, globular and o! a shillin~ black color. Emerson 113751 says the berries are more \;'_Illl‘d in the market than those of ' "‘.‘,'it"s. IICIYI‘, with a larger, sweeter m. biug in color and with a "blcoltl"; this a xi K BIIBUCBIP - gglgcvilmtns of these I-Iuckleberries I pm indcbiml to Mr. Harold Mes- yoyvy City surveyor of Charlotte- rll _ yml- btlt icur s, (Blueberries and ClilllbPlHlWJS) are much more abund- atlt, lnzl so favorable is our soil and cilmtllt- that they would undoubted- 1v become a great source of revenue ii thrv were brought under cultiva- tml a.» has been done elsewhere. ‘pore wits at one time a movement to effect this, but that bane of our national life, political rivalry, pro- cccdcd to throw ridicule on the pro- ject and it died still-bent. At the sllrlze time it is known that there were cranberry beds (both wlld and ' Iifil) in the Province, that .;r "lcldcd a tidy revenue to cir owners. As to the blueberries tilov are becoming profitable both to piskcrs and canners, and will become more so in the future. Thcrc are now in existence several rllrlrlics of blueberries lar-gcr and than our native forms, the n"; of selection and hybridiza- il0ll, but they are probably scarce as rot, since ‘the Ericaceae gen- erally nrc ..ot readily amenable to lttlliilitricatlcll by cuttings. Tile Low Sweet Blueberry. or Ell-h SZVEIL B.. (Vztccinium pennsyl- vault-um) is, as far as I can judge, our commonest species. and is too wail known to need description. Enlerson, in his "Trees and Shrubs tot -- _ Till‘ Vllcl-llnum last sub-family of the and Ls, popuialy, that of ADOIJPICS, a. word whzse l is not clear. One of the ,5 between the flora of our nd that of the British Isles the Blueberries, occupies a. hc V Myrtlllus. the trun 'I'here is a form, is the variety G. For actual the berries. more delicious tasted ." flit-loan.) Its leaves are oblong vines were cared for at Mass. but not til i840 can b! flown as a marketable com one acre. (Better than potatoes!) the rate of 700 poor, high and low, well, ccmparatively young, in has no suspicion of envy in it of something outstanding in plan or cuttings to those who admire it desires to remain incognito). little packets. gave rne some grown from seed his people scn him from that country. The paren had been bought at Webb's seed the King buys his seeds. Can you tell me how t.o care fo a. hybrid rose bush in the winter Does it need protection after hard frost comes‘! I would be pleas ed if you could tell me. Your truly-J’ The first packet was "Forsythia," and that is a plan I have often wished for. In 11mg land it is called the Chinese (o is there classed as a hardy shrub I know of one plant in P. E. I. cm the property of Professor W May. The other packet F W85 the seeds I found that they wer those of either the African Mari Marigold (T, patullv: the Monty says. "ule lvlolgoll t 1 Lake Superior is flaming lilraivlfi. "WWI"! of the kind I have ‘Si? The last on our list ls the Large or American Cranberry (V, macro. emlm- W18 or Slightly whi‘e-ne:l 3mm)‘ “Id u‘? be"? (l to 2 cmln I etcr) is twloc as large a; that, ° m? 115! lllecies Sturdevant gives us some interesting particulars a. bout this cranberry: "In i820 a few Dennis, cultivation be said to have COIII? menced. and not till i845 was it established that the cranberry could modi-ty. In New J r , l 1879, Mr- Bishop rflisedeésg blIlsheis or? Patches of ground have yielded st to 1.000 bushels per mil? be termed good fellowship, as is glrdencing. It unites rich and old and (I was merely going to say) young - a common bond of friendship which‘ More: if the well-to-do is possessed life, he or she ls quick to give seeds So I reflected, after I had received the following letter (whose IXTILPI‘ “Last summer when we called to see your garden you gave us scme seeds, so I would like to give you some in return if I have any that would interest you. I am now sending two A man who comes from England marfgold plants plants had taken first prize at a flower show there and their seed house, I think; anyway it was where the I certainly was interested in the seeds alld very grateful to the giver marked Japanese) Golden-ball Tree, and it Reddin, but it was not in bloom when I saw it, since it flowers very early: in England frcm I-‘eby. till tnarkcd "English Marigold." On examining gold (Tagetes erecta) or the French seeds (THARLOTFEWI )WN f lI -\ R H‘ AN VITAL ISSUES AFFE IAR/SHFIELD. l" CONSERVATION I l WEEKLY COLUMN OI‘ PBAOTI CTING THE USES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BY MIL LUDLOW IINKINS 0:]. OPINIONS OI TH! ABUSE! OF AT cur. for; ISINLPS BOARD (By John Lindsey Blackford In Nature Magazine When winter, stern Ice Kinil. leaves his Arctic lair and launches a swirling white offensive from out of the North a great host of our bird friends flee to the South, for they know that no places are set at his crystal banquet board for them. In truth if winter takes them lin- awares with a sudden foray. they find their mice bounteous tables bare or buried beneath his snows, and they learn once more that his warn- ings are not hollow threats but curry tite death they promise. Only the children of his own adoption and training know the devious Ways into his storerooms, and for them alone is the table spread. Despite his driving storms, his gripping cold, his interminable nights in his own way makes prov- ision for his avian wards. Although sleet, and wind and drift may turn once verdant shelters into sheltcrless wastes, the vast evergreen forests of the North remain as always fortified havens of safety; although he prepares no repasts, the boun- ties of summer and autumn one preserved by cold storage methods for the benefit of the birds. For some the fare is scanty: for all the prize comes only with effort and lifter dangers have been risked 1nd overcome. For this ill winter's iprcvision-to every feathered fight- er a fighting chance Here in our northern Rocky Mountain region, among the gleam- ing peaks that decorate the great Cordtllersln Highland in its deep t mantled rivers, there is no better place to study the bird citizenry of winter's wide domain. Let us open the door to the Frost Monarchs cupboard and discover how they fare when he takes possession of the land. Some of these rlortllcrners, par- ticularly well adapted to certain feeding habfs find a varied and bountiful tabfc set for them. Fruit pits and seeds that defy the ap- petites of mcst birds yield readily to the crushing and shearing power of the stout, heavy mandibles of tlte grcsbeaks. Seeds of mounain ash berries and conifer nutleis, to- gethrr with the plulnp kernels of chokecherry pits, and the seeds of mountain maple, boxelder nlzflow and snowberry, and of dogwood, elderberry. and juniper. lire no the bill of farc of the we". ern evening grosbcnk, who comes from his sum- mer home in tisc yellow pine for- ests of western mountains lower valleys. Occasionally claimed by Wanderlust flocks of evening gros- beaks. northern relatives of our striking mountain hllwfinch, may migrate to the Atldntic seaboarf (although these cnsitcrn bouim tramps are more likely to hail from the pine woods of Michigan or Manitcbat, adding enrollic seeds of sumac 4 t t r i’ S I l. I‘ 8 of ii ssvcillts-ctts," (1875) after de- _ _ V5110 9f "019" “Chard Innis HS bsmos‘ 1.8mm.“ that, bring very similar. ‘Ihc African to t* i‘ (he _ q _ ‘ H t; - plrllclllitrly suitable for species is the taller and is usual-v __ 19L gplfillgj t t-lll r and drying. Rogcr Wll- Plgilllgdofllizwéfi Tlggllgemolll-“lgrirlln -_ ._ v -- m - gr r . ' l . - _ 11.1",“ ‘A“,,,‘§§_°,,,,_‘§e§’p,l,‘{,§§’s§§§ m fir‘. gold is more "spreading" as its glvcs point to llosrpll K801181154 b?- dzn in 1642i says that the Indians name patula implies. (It doesn't ilef till-Ill. Brltlln ls IICAIQIIIE tviifigl: o! NM, England» gathered spread from the root, only National Socianstn. _ decoy 1 ‘I ,-, tmqL ‘volvueberrles. o; whtch its growth is more bushy told, the nline-owllelst “il0s0l gill: v , an. dive“ saris; Sweet and open). When required for ally spcnt vast ‘stlms in wnlttnlngd 1, ¢u1-1-any_5_ some opgnlng exhibition only four blooms are al- .he csalia. i€hlllg caught ‘on ; romp Qt bunting “awn; saugqagh lowed t0 each plant. In England when this ionlobolllylilbxiigslrvl ltllllll rs “m. Me tinge Currants (meg and these plants are raised in boxes and will be “OIIMKI by in l-lc. le e so prrscrvcd all the year, which thcr bcnt to powder and mingle with their parched meal, and make o. which they call sweet to licllcllio dish Sfllllfillllllg which is as than: as plum or spice cake is to the English." (The nlodern makers of “ghost cereals" might do well to imitate this sautllllthigl The ls of the N. W. coasts are anti clsswilcre, known as the Low Black Blueberry. It has blue-green lcllrcs and the berries are black, "uslltllh- without bloom." Qhttcr in the season comes the t-Qlll-ioit or Velvet-leaf Blueberry t\. llnlldcnsci. This has the leaves transplanted where they bloom. The Australian gardeners the Tagettep. likely that We seed there. ‘The Marigold is sold in C the name “Calendulafi different in appearance. Roses of the tenderer anada uncie ceased an sets class. and I just make soil about it, to about half th height of the stems. In Spring the hard frost _ the stems. leaving one bird to m the new gro are to have made wonderful progress with and it is every way bb's got the original English or Scottish and is much types should be attended to after STOW!“ "a5 d before hard weather in. I have but one of this a mound of draw the earth away as soon as is past. and cut ‘Si! e wth. This has always has long been a cry for llfhOIlltlJZll- tlon of the land, though many of the laltge esnltc-s irate been broken up allu dispersed by inmcazlng taxation. wllztte: government own- ership oi the land would lnllke it easier or nlorc profitable to those wno work the land, is problematic. ‘transport, more particularly ahe great railway systems, are also on the schedule, though L38 experience of nailonlll railways in other coun- llics cannot, by nlly stretch of imagination, be described as en- couraging. ‘there are other mattzm of lesser import also that are to be changed, but if Labor is wise it will prove it. best by remembering the old Roman motto, F:siina ltntc— “l-lasten slowly." Two outstanding questions l‘ 8 I 1'9- tlcy y b it ,1 _ iven good results. As winter ap- _ _ _ . P lllllareolyl zgeésloaraldttthemlflélfi gem-g to have set in early, before morning are tr-4>?1 Sliléll-EIOII-[LIIG Es-f ‘ m." The “Mm nsnur-topll my correspondent has prepared ‘the tablishedClulc an! 16b 01.358 0d t not fltfgf to the berries whtch rose for it, would suggest tiat Lords. Tile Church ias roa ene nrc art-rt but probably m [he 511g places spruce boughs round it its views and gilen valuable lead- to hold the snow. This will blanket ership often, in recent years; and -‘ "H! lewcs: l .v ‘Ihis plant is found from "at rllrl MzlilleIJO Wisconsin i111" lvt‘ Rcckl-rs. ‘__ _ t‘ Cnlvberry of Foxberry, (V. llls-Illul-ni is rel-e represented by u“ ‘FY01 minus. says Gray. It 1| Pfponcd from Trlacadle 01%;! lmtl creating, the leaves are ‘(IIWIIII brief trvfl railrr bitter. 'I”.lete s have K'VOI1 it the name Cranberry. This is the Al-mma of the Cree In- jgrvncl the "cranberry" most tllll arcl nlcst used in Ru- j {gold Thoreau. in his "Maine poll‘ or. lit made his desserts of these l‘ ltitvjed f‘ - '10 .- comervative are ever now mori- ~ (l n] o; ‘antggvhwleqIgglefémfi-ti); bung and the parties of the fu-.ure ‘ ‘Illere used to be suggestions in lh llrv are “balél-y e-dlble m Am. will be Labor versus National Con- -he press as to the disposal of o.d czim." The fruit i= not much cam; servative, Llbor, it must be ad- safety-razor blades, but nobody as in a 1,11,, epher-"but l, va]ued tn mltted has worked and suffered as far (as my Wilding shows) has ever 5-, 1m Th.“ m; be,.r|es are “SQ, much as, if not more than, all told us hcw to nlake_ them last If‘. .n.i but little acid when gath- the other classes of socley, and longer! First, remember that keen- (rtti itch: afm- sxtcsumxo mm will look for reconpense; at the edged tools are better for a rest, Ltcv rccune very sour and in m: next election it will get it. Twice it hls something to do with the FJJT!‘ ihov Wm. 0pm sh-pped g0 in the history of Britain trlere has fibre of the metal recovering its hm y M1510“ mnflvt “'5' ,,craxib_me5» girggdy been a Labor mlnis.ry, but original position, I vc been told. For 1~ ham‘ ‘My "o Mm "java," inexperienced in the alt of govern- that relish swanky sets of the old (no W34" ‘vhnm the‘, u, mmt as they were, it was no won- knif.” rczcts, had a separate razor ‘it e tho tircner ‘g-tflty ma no der that their regime was short for crnhfmy of the week, the mine f‘ "n in Stirirg. I ' Now they have acquired confidence of the cay being carved on lhc .0 t m crznbcn,“ w", ‘lend. and some measure of political eau- hanic. Second, tire razor blade Pf- trni 519mg ,5; Indy W1 cation: they rave the numbers too. Fhovld be thoroughly drlcd, for rust h?’- l- _ 1m, h humbe} '11,‘, and will use them. When this cznles Is a fatal enemy to a fine cdge. is tt-e 1055,"; Cranberéy w to pa,“ what is likely to be the Then it should be given a honing In m “gm pa", 0m to m"; pond of politics? on one of the concave hone: new l .u_,,,,,,,,w1,,§,..o . m. one Labor leader has sworn to o_n_ the mwrkct. and out away in n3“ m“ " He dces 8.11428. till its tum for use comes whitened be-ncrh. " tr. - .. - t define the wcrd: it may b: dif- is mm.rgfs‘bggggv,gldnmqlfi'g Iiigult (and perhaps not diplomatic» t l: 55-111m- m “if b; (he to do so. But it l: an evident Fllvlcs. but smaller and to Bociety as at present confiftlbfi]; l "r flavor. 't is prabaVy F" but" °r for "Ff" f "Na, n P. c. Island than in otll- mflmmlml '3' m I“ :31 m t I" Pills of this continent: an au-nmmlmmm‘ n u m“ 1d a I have not tried f“ and also 1'11 Rvsiico Island. The stems are ly blzlckisil mini. nlld thc berries are can? (ninth edition 1877 tells for a long time and oth-er 1W0 (like straw or leaves) ma The dange it tection be added in sprlflfl- to many of the ten the sunshine Iaorldentwmust guard against if th snow goes too soon. THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME and this my wrres l ways bring war. sa s a sage al y I never ‘who changes. but they‘are the warrior GXPKW- not being a warrior. rorelalftlsoInetglrl thlflac e c gvlifenl fItIally peace is declared. Th old party divsions do away with "privilege. derer plants is the Nevertheless, I venture to changes which in England of Liberal and - Labor is definitely favorable to re- liklous influence, but under a so- slalized party thcrc may arise a. cry for diseslablishmcnt. The House of Lords, too. ras enlarged it bord- ers till anybody who has proved worthy, peer or pleasant, may be- ccmc a member of the gilded _L chamber: perhaps thc hereditary principle may be in danger under ‘a Labor government, but surely no one will question the rlghlt of even the humbfest to prefer a title of holler to tllc exacntlon of a more mercenary reward, so we may ex- pect the House of Lords to remain a part of the government for some time yet. y r S I. E rcund again. The mcnfion of series proclaVns that the same blade is not to be used on two consecutive days. If these simple rules are car- ried out faithfully the useful life of the blade will be pzolcngzd to n surprising extent. r valleys, and by its swift blue. lce-. RAZOR BLADES LAST. LONGER. that the Rocky Mountain pine grosbeak descends into the valleys when winzer captures the heights. From the Hudsontan Zone that nigh region beginning w v.- the trees first assume a. stun.“ and storm- wracked appearance and continuing on up to timberline, of which faunal area he ls the characteristic bird, this grosbeak migrates in flocks. And since he is almost en- tirely a vegetarian, he partakcs like- wise of all the foods favored by his black, yellow and white relative. A cosmopolitan taste acce t: the seeds of honeysuckle, buckle rrlu. service berries, o! black and red. haws, and relishes the stzminate buds of pines and the buds of maple, ash, spruce, and willow, and the fruit pulp of mountain ash ber- ries. Weed seeds too, are not over- looked. The indiscriminate and whole- sale clearing of valley lands, with perhaps at the best only the vague idea that timbered uplands will pro- vide adequate cover for bird life. has been a practice destructive to many species. Since it overlooks the attitudinal migrations of our per- manent feathered resldents, and also deprives many summer birds of their natural habitats, such clear- ing at lower levels has inevitably reduced the number of the farmer's. the horticulturisvs, and the lumber- man's avian allies, and thinned the ranks of others treasured as much by Nature lovers. A wood lot left hem and there, a thicket on some rocky ridge, dense boscage along the water courses a bit of wild country preserved on submarginal land bordering the agricultural area will not only yield economic return but will pay dividens in this busi- ness of living. Some afternoon let us hike across the fields to the river. Along the way where wild mustard smart- we-ed, pigweed and dock stand in defiant crowded ranks borderlngihe fences, small bird banqueters are reveling under plumbeous skies Here are wintering a number of MerrilPs song sparrows, happily secure .in their dependence on plant storehouses. Groundsel, foxtafl, timothy, meadow fescue wild oats, native grasses and seeds of sedges are other attractions to ground foragers. By the river the vermillon fruit of t'."e red haws give gay color to the drab undergrowth on the bank. Back along a small steam we were hung up momentarily on other thorn trees still carrying their black fruit. Strong as are the forces of ice and snow in our northern states they do not succeed in looking ccmpietly tile swifter reaches of the rivers. Leaving its broad and marshy stretches, the Kootenuf gradually increases its gradient 0'1 entering northvvesern Montana from Canada. Once again among great mountains it changes to a. powerful fast-flowing stream, bends like a tightly drawn bow, and re- turns to the Dominion Idallo. The waters of the river, shifting from side to side in ‘heir rocky channel, rushing with con- tinuous roar upon huge boulders bulging from the bed, and running rapid after rapid with tumultuous energy, are ever a challenge to the Ice King's authority. Far nlilcs the Kootenai may be lockfd from bank to bank, yet winter's lncst bludgeoning cold never quite conquers the rapids, nor bridges entirely the racing cur- rents. During many weeks of the colder months the river is merely ice-bordered, or there are long open channels of dark, sullen water that persist wher-e the bed is deep and narrow until the strongest attacks are made upon them. And it is be- cause these forbidding reaches of open water are to be found along our larger water courses in the notherll Rockyt Mountains that the American golden-eye finds a winter home her-e. Half an hour's tramp up-stream is followed by an attempt to squirm nolselessly through tangled cover on the bank, and train our prismatics upsn a rift at the head of a. long channel wllere swift boiling cur- rents meet below a gravel bar as the larger flow surges over to Join the nearer and sm lcr one. At the upper end of the a: great blocks and cakes of thick ice have been driven and piled upon the ambiti- ous islet. Hcaps of frozen slush and pressure rldgts are evidence of the river's struggle with the tenacious i a i old. Quickly we catch the movement of a duck dropping from the ice into the water and bobbing up to join three others. The distinctive plum- age of the males proclaim their killd. The small party is a mid- winter outpost of the golden-eyes that occur only in limited numbers near the boundary at this time of the yerlr. That they are here at all. when mm ducks are thousands of miles to the south, is the miracle. Warlly the quartet widen the dis- tancc between us. and presently, fully alarmed. the whistler: get up swiftly and with the wind singing strangely in their wings are off up river. Great travelers are these aerial speedsters, and through tic- kcts they must have. to be sure, if they are to reach the infrequent stretches of open water and garner their aquatic food. A dietary picture of the golden- eycd ducks that winter in the open portions of the Missouri River be- low the First Avenue bridge in Great Falls Montana, is given us by Louis Wessel naturalist: "They seek such spcts in the stream where trc turrent. is swift enough to keep tllc icc from crusting over and where the water is deep enough. and yct the bottom is not too far awn", to yield a supply of insects, crusraceans mollusks and tender vegetation " (To Be Continued) Native influence! ottom for 'csort. wear are rl Hawaiian prints. Indan and Jave- ,t nese handweaves are also good inc ctl thro‘. l1 i imfci to TIMELY notes on TOPICS CONNECTED wmt , Silver Fox Farming ' silver fox pelts changed hands more freely the past week as buy- era realized that world prices were on the up-and-uo. and quantities are scarce. Prom what we can learn the average advance is from 25 to 40 per cent. since the an- nouncement in this paper that Lon- don will bo functioning u a fur market dark silvers. dark mediums and mediums have had an advance locally. One thing. however, is very noticeable-the diminished number of pelts being presented to the buy- ers. sure evidence of a much smaller number of pelts to market this leuon. Ramsey Auid. Covehead. is noted for the heavy. full furred silver fox pelts that he markets annually. A is “IIIIIIISILIDI selection of breeding shoes. coupled with good care and gooc feed does the trick. On Wed- neadlw he sold a nice collection of mediums and. dark mediums through Vi‘); Chester S. McLure at splendid p oes. Four weeks from Monday. the Provincial F‘ox Pelt Show will open at sUflUIlUSId9-—JBHLIBIY 6th, 194i. That is n week that there will be the tops in the various types were outstanding individuals. They had to be in order to win at this show. In the near ulatinums some ex- ceLent. foxes were shown of a type that would be classed as oiatinurrs at almost any show. and. some the spectators thought a mistake had been made in calling these ani- mas anything else but platinum foxes. However. when the platinum class was placed on the table. the difference was easily seen and the reason for separate divisions in this type was readilv apparent. The Col- pltta ranches of Salisbury. domin- these sections as they have been specializing in this type for several years. All animais exhibit- ed in these groups were spectacular in their appearance and a distinct departure from silver fox. n The final class of the show. the market class. brought out a large display of blue crosses, white face crosses. pfatinum crosses. freak platlnums, white face. pearl platin- ums, Greenland blues and other variations. Prizes in this section went to some velv heavily furred. white headed crosses with a freak very little doing. Ranchers will w» wlw =11 their row m1 WRRDQL‘? “$1.251 ‘tifllllfi Si}? everything about the ranch will sharing in me money_ have been settled for the season's breeding operations, so everyone will have an oonortunlty of seeing what is sure to be the finest display cf pelts‘ ever brought together in province. The show is open topets from registered and non-registered foxes and there are special sections for the new types and freaks. By cl‘. means, if you have a good pelt or a. number of good pelts. save them for this show. The Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ As- sociation. Prince Edward Island Fur Pool, Ltd, and Dominion Fur Sales. Ltd._ are all co-operating and will accept your pelts and have them entered for vcu if vou will lust men- tion the matter to them. A strong committee is working on the pro- srram with the energetic Lowell Hancock as President and Walter R. Shaw, Secretary. A banquet was held at the Bruins wick Hotel during the second night ot the snow whlcn was aLLUlldCU oy the officials. prominent loxmen and the exlllblwrs. Womens‘ Wear Daily, New York, had tins to sav last week regarding the proposed cilllnges between the United states and Utillklulilll gov- ernments re the importation or. sli- ver 1px pelts and uve foxes into the United DEZILCS. "vigorous opp..- sltlon to any change in the recipro- Lai lraue with btllltltlfl having t0 do with the importation o1 sliver fox furs and skins was voiced ycslet- day at. Washington by domestic breeders flllfl others at. hearings caLed by the committee to discuss modification of the supplementary agreement on which hearings were held December 10th. i939. We are indebted to E, M. Taylor, secretary of the New Brunslvlckfu: Farmers‘ Association, Fredericton, for a. verv complete report of the fourth New Brunswick annual live fgxlgilow. held at Moncton. Nov. 14 The agreement which was reach- ed limited the total sliver fox rm- ports into the United States for a twelve months period beg-inning De- cember lst of each year to 100.000 , 1t, was the firs; Show of its of which 58,300 units were allocated kind ever held whcre such a variety l0 Calllidll- Chairman Rlfdef- 0i the United States ‘Tariff Commis- sion, indicated tile desirability in making certain changes in the pro- visions of that agreement." ‘Ihen follows the SlllTiIIlllik! up of what is expected to take place by Women’s Wear Daily. of foxes were displayed. The classes were for standard slivers. light and dark. white laces. near platlnunls. pearl platinums, platinulns and a marked class which included crosses of various kinds. off types and new types were displayed. Interest was keen throughout the show and the quarters of the Maritime Fur Pool where the show was held were over- taxed for room for botn foxes and spectators. I “Despite the opposition of wit- nesses to any change in the Cutla- dian quota tilcre seems to besonle reason to believe that tnis quota will be raised to approximately '10,- 000 skins and that a quota will be provided. 101' tails. paws, treads and other separate pieces. Piece plates About 300 foxes were on display about equally divided between sil- vers and other types. There were manv new exhibitors in both the st;- vers and other types. In both the standard silvers, registered and un- registered. tilere were larger classes than formerly. and the foxes were “brought. in in excellent condition. showing a distinct improvement in oualltv over previous shows. The nlade wholly or ill chief value of tox fur. 1t. is also likc.v that pro- visions will be made for the for breeding pill-poses to be valued at not less than $300 for tariff pur- poses, and peltcrs to be included in silvers were iudged bv Douglas Bell, the quota." Summerside. and Russell Anderson. ———- Little Svhemogue. This is the second Women's Wear Daily fashion successive year that they have pages November 28th says: "Gift buying at McCr-eerys shows silver fox leads in eanv Christmas de- mand here, Silver fox twin scarfs are out-selling jackets two to one, it is said. Stockholm. Sweden cabled to Women's Wear Daily. New York:- "A heavy attendance of German and Italian fur buyers is expected for the opening of the Swedish fur auc- tions. Axis buyers recently have been dominating the bidding at Norwegian auctions. buying a large proportion of the furs offered and paying prices considerably higher than last year. Travellers return- IllLZ here front the Oslo sales reveal that thousands of German soldiers ill Norwzlv. taking advantage of ~tllc favorable exchange rate be- tween tlle Reicllmark and Norwe- gian crown snapped up valuable skins for their womenfok at home. The manager of the auction says that some 7.000 furs will go on the province than in all the rest of the block and that traders are looking Dominion combined. The showinrflfor an increase of about 100 pm- was therefore excellent. Heavily cent. in prices because of the fact furred ani_mals were exll_ib_ltc_ti_g_nd,tllat production _ls_abc_ut_40_pe§_ cent Liv Foxes For Sale-Reasonable Prices One hundred per cent full silver fox pups sired by 84S and his sons who are full silver males. 84S is from a father and daughter mating and a grandson of the famous Byng 30H. The brother of the father of 84S was a pale silver whose pelt as a pup brought the highest price out of 80,000 pelts on one of‘ Lampson’s London sales. Several adult males bred on the Stewart and Lewis ranch. One of these, 112R is a son of CallbcclCs champion fox. judged the New Brunswick show. and they made an excellent job of a. very difficult task. lVIr. Robert Fraser, of Lantpson. Fraser 8a, Ilutll, New York. judged the new types, and found well flied classes of high quality animals. The variation of type of animals in the white face classes was considerable, some of them being exceptionally well marked with perfect rings around their necks and with almost their entire heads white. From Mr, Fraser's experience in handllnfl Nor- wegian platinas he gave a prefer- ence to the well marked white face. although markings were not suffi- cient for a. fox to win if he did not have the fur oua’itv and covering. Fbllowinz the white faces the pearl platinums were judged and as New Brunswick is the original source of these in Canada. there are pro- bably more of this type in that A number of Alaska patch females, platinums, and silvers from marked foxes. ROBERT MUTCH Mount Herbert. Charlottetown. R.R. 5 i WA R N I N G . TO FDX RAIIOIIERS We have just received an order for 2500 three- quarter. and full silver fox skins for the New York mar- ket. Ranchers would be well advised f0 get our prices he- fore disposing of their furs. This order must be filled by Dec. 10. We will pay a premium over market prices on furs for this order. Also buying daily all grades Silvers, Crosses, Red Fox, Mink and Muskrat at market prices. P- E. I. FIIR TRADERS . 1S2 QUEEN ST o i lWeeklyLivestock I Market Review i 28, 1940. SUMMARY: were sharp ailed during prim-k) 100V er: and feeders continuing to se slowly 1nd, at Limes. at reduce firm trade throughout showed no change to stronger prices. Eastern Cattle Marketa offering of good and choice killin were weak . lower than last year. States as the only possibl route for fur shipments would Francisco, a costly _ trip requirln about fifty days. flies-that ls, those that have their descendants. If you up, and do not wish to polygalnous mating, whv not out tries-one male and two macs. 19 each female alternately. satisfactory. tiolyllllmous mating on a about 70 females. mating to be considerabie experlence and follow his advice, our herd this _ season. ‘$40.00 average. good quaiitv silver fox and a like improve in price; ill fact, may p05 best buyer for low grades, ltre usedbv the cloak trade. How ever. it is possible London nlav b able to take these in additionto th the market. here so vcrv capably, such Canadian National Silver Breeders‘ Association, the BS by W. Chester S. McLure. ation the last three years it was. In our opinion all ‘E‘.‘T?l£PEE_PP§£-“1°“FlhE‘l (Continued on page ll, Col 8) OTTAWA, Canada —- November Arrivals of cattle at stock ylrkds l e past week a d in a number or" cases in an upward direc- tioll. The advances, however, were considered more or less forced due to the rather keen competition on the part of buyers for the smaller supply of cattle available. The ‘ V _ m“ Rug“, m“ m! 9MB inflows were noted vrln- ........., L........‘.' clpaly on the better qualities of up... Pr... ...l s.” 5...... w...‘ killing cattle with the lower grades no better than steady and stock- quotstlons. Calves were s steady to and hogs except in Al- berta. where a little more flrmnes: was noted. Lambs sold at steady Prices were firm on the unall cattle at Toronto but other grades A few of the best weighty steers sold a; $8.26 to 33,75 and good butchers brought $7.50 to‘ $7.75 and a few its high as $8 Stocker prices were clown 25c or more at $4 to $6.50 and several hl1.{‘$“l*LJ}?ld_w°_T°_1PiP_P-“5°Id - - _ Very little buying ls expected from the United e sage bv ‘yav of Russia, Kobe and Sax? Now is the time to check over the foxes you are keeping for breed- ing purposes. Make your selections Hid. culling out the poorer grades and keeping the better ones. Ifyou intend. to practise DOLW-lalllolls mat- , m2 to some extent vou should scieg fllll-‘ilfllldillk foxes as sires and they . should also be from pre-ootentfzlm- » U10 i abutv to pass 0n desirable traits to do not care to keep a large number paired practise try If youdo so the mule will have to be trained to run in with In our owmranch we have found trlos very This year we _ are going to try larger scale with tell males selected for We are calling on our brother foxmen for advice as to the technique. as poiygamous successful requires _ _ care. If you decide ‘to go in for it, look up somebody in your neighborhood who has made a success of it, anu We would not advise our ranch- ers-nor do we intend to-add to sPe where it l in I iwte catnpm! and articles other than piece plated puayc-ne L40 exénd bilferlllfjfs ‘firs’: tdllCtlOlI, in fact, we would be betpgr re_ ‘ilf we coulid cut it down another 25 classification of llvc animals. those 1:55 8,811,?ti)ritgéscggnggbgélfirglgesgggig .130 somewhere betyvecn $35.00 and v There is every ex- pectation that in tlleconlirlg months there wl.l be a rise in price for all lihood that the low lzrnoes will not slblv decline. the reason being that the grading system introduced by tho Canadian government will not allow low grades to be exported. In the past. New York has been the which better grades, and if so, then low Erodes will lzo up with the rest of Do not forget your fur consign- ment. houses which are represented Prince Edward. Island Fur Pool. Ltd. and the Dominion Fur Sales. Limited, with headquarters at Summerside, and receiving stations throughout the province; also the Maritime Fur P001. Lixi. of Moncton, represented These organizations have been of’ incal- culable benefit to the fox farmers have been dumped on the market in such a way that price demoraliz- would have been much more severe than these organizations have been most cap- ablv managed by men who have PAGE NINE Sure DEATH EXTERNAL PARASITES mill lIRl-Illl coornts FARM INSECT POWDER FOR ALL LIVESTOCK and POULTRY CANADIAN CO-OPERATIVE I WOOL GROWERS LIMITED (jlnhvv AHII PIJIiII/Iil Bldllfh l.-..........|t.-, Q...- ll d The bulk of the offering at Mont- real also consisted. of plain quality cattle, mostly cows. With no top steers offered, the best on hand. made $1.75 to $8.25 and cows from $5.25 to 85-50- In tho Maritimes receipts of the better grades were below requirements and good cattle advanced 26c. The top en of steers were quoted Ll $7. to $7.75. Western Cattle Markets Increased activity and improved rioes were noted at Winnipeg but foe advance was due entirely to the shorter supply. The treads proved spotty with most. killing c‘ sscs selling 25c to 50C BbOW last lveek. Steers and light to llandlveight butcher cattle showed the most strength. Some weighty steers were taken for export at $7 to $7.50 and killers obtained a very E P the pr g Continued on page 12 on. 5 Assistance T0 Sheep Breeders In connection with assistance given to sheep breeders, the Dom- ihion Department of Agriculture has again made available the ram grad- ing policy whereby ram lambsvand shearlings were graded accordingly to quality and development. A. mini- mum weight of one hundred pounds was adhered to in the grading of ram lambs. Rams of XXX quality must possess outstanding breed. character and desirable type and conformation. The fleece must be typical of the breed, being dense, uniform and of good quality. Rams of XX quality must be individual: pcssesslng sufficient breed char- acter and reasonably good con- formation and fleeces to make sult- able individuals 1o head grade flocks. Forty-eight Oxford and Snopshire rants were graded in P. E I. pure bred flocks during Oct- ober of this your. A second factor of assistance to this particular industry, is the Rama Club Policy undel- which sheep own- ers are able to purchase graded and registered XXX ram lambs and shearlings on a cost has-ls of $12.00 and $18.00 respectively‘, also graded and registered XX ram lambs and. shearlings on a cost basis of $9.00- and $15 00 respectively. Greater interest i: being man!» tested by farmers in the sheep industry of this province, and l. considerable number of sheep own- ers have taken advantage of the Ram Club Policy, by purchasing graded and remstered rams with l. view to the improvement of their flocks. 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