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     - NEWSY 
     
    
   
   
    
     NOTES - q 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' B! AOIIOOLA 
     
    
   
   
    
     Baunockliurn (3) 
     
    
   
   
    
     It was Suzrday morning. June 
     
     23rd. i314, when the t\vo armies 
     
     otlr While the 
     
    
   
   
    
     sighted CLlCil 
     
     s giZId itpou the immense 1r- 
     
    

    
     ere clad in 
     
     at 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
    
   
   
    
     Y 
     
     uudfr" llrc l 
     
     ert Clifford. detached itself from 
     
     the Elililall riiuiu army and sped 
     
     cl‘ Slit-Ira; Castle. 
     
     ‘Luiiluliilifi’ exclaim- 
     
    
   
   
    
     m. 
     
    
   
   
    
     , stung 
     
     iivc liuu- 
     
     ~.‘.i i‘. )l.\i|l oi the 
     
     fiiziutii riiciu iuio 
     
     l! iiluu r».qi!3i'.‘.'w'. 
     
    
   
   
    
     .: "he Scots. thezi‘ 
     
     "rut fight‘ 
     
     " a mcm- 
     
    

    
     seemed 
     
    
   
   
    
     a; obscrviug this. asked 
     
     Robert for" tierriiission to go 
     
     to his irrciids assistance and this 
     
     unis graziivci. Siiflilfl Douglas ad- 
     
     vance. Ruircioiplrs men made an 
     
     iiup. uous churgc, and cut the 
     
     Er ush squadron in two. It broke 
     
     and f ci from ti; field. 
     
    

    
     iiiile tire action was be- 
     
     ersil, The English ad- 
     
     . .. , ruidcr the Earls of 
     
     lit!" and Gloucester, was or- 
     
     " i-"d i0l’\\'lli'd to attack the Scots. 
     
     e front l'.iilli rode Henry dc 
     
     i, a Vtiliillt knight, nephew 
     
     Earl of Hereford, and coin- 
     
     or of a. force of Welshmen. 
     
     rig King Robert. armed only 
     
     i; bat‘. -axc, well alzciid of his 
     
     army. ii hr- was ruarshalliiig, 
     
     Bohun liroiighi to end the war at 
     
     a blow by killing the King out of 
     
     hand. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
         
     
         
     
       
     
         
     
       
     
         
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     King Robert was mounted on a 
     
     small grey pony. and Bohun, plac- 
     
     rii: his lance in rest. thundered 
     
     down upon the mozrarcii. Brit the 
     
     wily Bruce rode to meet him and 
     
     at the critical moment jerked his 
     
     pony aside: and as Bchun passed 
     
     the Krrg rose in his stirrups and 
     
     dclivervd n mighty blow that clove 
     
     the helmet. arid skull of his foe. 
     
     The handle of the weapon was 
     
     “flirvered in his gauntlets grasp." 
     
    

    
     Then the Scots rushed forward 
     
     and charged the Engish vanguard 
     
     with fury; it was forced back and 
     
     the Earl of Gloucester had his 
     
     horse killed under him, but was 
     
     rescind by his lil€'.l. 1n the mean- 
     
     while the Scottish leaders gather"- 
     
     ed round the King and reproved 
     
     him for risking a life so valuable 
     
     to them; he only smiled, as he 
     
     lmkcd at the fragments of his 
     
     ‘ivcapon: "Wis a pity I have broken 
     
     my cood battlettxc," said he. 
     
    

    
     Randolph retuiuicd, elated at his 
     
     succes. The Scots so far had 
     
     had the best of it and both leaders 
     
     and men felt their superiority: but 
     
     both sides had become weary and‘ 
     
     hastened to take up quarters for 
     
     the night. In this the English 
     
     made an error that lost them the 
     
     battle: they encamped on the 
     
     marshy ground in the angle formed 
     
     by the junction of the River Fiorth 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ mcu---v\"ho were 
     
    
   
   
    
     = sounds of battle. They selected 
     
    
   
   
    
     iui Switisir bownxerr, who in tum 
     
     delivered a volley at llmost paint 
     
    
   
   
    
     English into that. fatal wedge of 
     
     land between the two streams. Th9 
     
     helpless mass was in the utmost 
     
     coiiiusicn; its front heaped and 
     
     hampered by fallen horses, its rear" 
     
     ranks, (thousands of whom never 
     
     had the chance of striking a blow) 
     
     pressing on those in front and cri- 
     
     cumbcrurg them. while the Scots. 
     
     who stood ou the bodies of mcu 
     
     and lrorscs. thrust. with their" lung. 
     
     spears and brought down iriore vic- 
     
     tims. It only rcquued suclr an ll)- 
     
     clderrt as irow occurred. to make 
     
     the ruin of the English complete. 
     
    

    
     Tiic Scottish baggage-wagons, in 
     
     char-go oi a crowd of luckays arid 
     
     servants. was parked ou an cmiu- 
     
     cncc called iii: "Gilirs Hill." a 
     
     little way from the lighting, ‘These 
     
    

    
     probably High- 
     
     stirred by the 
     
     it 
     
     captain and tying sheets to tent- 
     
     poms and spears, to resemble ban- 
     
     ncrs, moved dOWILSlIOUKIIIZZ “Upon 
     
     them! Slay. slaw!" 
     
    

    
     The sight of what appeared to bc 
     
     a. new host of enemies, carried 
     
     panic into the English ranks, and 
     
     they broke up into small parties. 
     
     derxpite all commands to keep to- 
     
     gather. King Robert threw his 
     
     men forward with redoubied en- 
     
     ergy". King Edward himself was lu 
     
     danger, but struck out right and 
     
     left with his mace and felled sev- 
     
     eral of his enemies to the ground; 
     
    
   
   
    
     I&lld8l’5——W€,i‘Q 
     
    
   
   
    
     then Pembroke and Sir Giles de 
     
     Argentine. who were acting as 
     
     bodyguards, seized his reins and 
     
    
   
   
    
     forced him to quit the field. When 
     
     the heroic Argentine saw li‘s mou- 
     
     arch in solely, he wheeled, laid his 
     
     lance in rest and charged the 
     
     Scots, only to be borne down and 
     
     slain. 
     
    
   
   
    
     '1". . was the cud: the break-up 
     
     became a famous r"out and thous- 
     
     ands feil. Many were drowned in 
     
     trying to swim the River Fbrth. 
     
     and the little Bannock Burn was 
     
     heaped high with the dead. Nuru- 
     
    
   
   
    
     bers climbed the rock oii whrcli 
     
     Stirling Castle stands, but the 
     
     Governor refused to open the 
     
    
   
   
    
     gates, so they were forced to sur- 
     
     render. Edwarcl made his escape 
     
     and fled to Dunbar. closely pur- 
     
     sued by his enemies; there ho took 
     
    
   
   
    
     ship and returned to England. 
     
     'I‘1iosc who surrendered \\'<l'3 re- 
     
     ceived by King Robert, wiili the 
     
    
   
   
    
     greatest kindness, and were load- 
     
     ed with presents 371d sent. llCillt‘, 
     
     His subjects were less merciful; 
     
     those who escaped the slaughter" 
     
     and sought to reach England 
     
     through the south of Scotland. were 
     
     slaughtered by the ifeasantry. Many 
     
     hundreds perished thus 
     
    

    
     So ended thc famous Baltic of 
     
     Bannockiburn, which may be rc- 
     
     garded as one of the decisive bat- 
     
    
   
   
    
     to the ciairris of the English Kings 
     
     that Scotland should be aruiexcd 
     
     to the English (‘fO\v'll. "Front tlia‘ 
     
     day Scotland resumed hcr ancient 
     
     freedom" 
     
    
   
   
    
     "No sl male". 
     
    
   
   
    
     In "Notes by the Way“, last week. 
     
     a paragraph referred to the popu- 
     
     laxity of the British iii Italy, des- 
     
     pite i‘ e Italian saying that "ingiese 
     
     Italianatoe ill-w‘ incarnate." 
     
    
   
   
    
     and the Bannock Burn. ‘Fhey did 
     
     not know it yet, but they were in 
     
     l death-trap. 
     
    

    
     In this narrow space. about three 
     
     miles in depth, and with a front- 
     
     age of W0 miles. the English pass- 
     
     ed.ari anxious night. standing in 
     
     full armor. by the side of their 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     horses. The}: had not slept much 
     
     for several had marched 
     
     twenty mics i morning. had i 
     
     Jought, anti were cortsuained l 
     
     to fwatch a: a ~~~ht attack. t 
     
     One can ima e ".. .. condition ‘ 
     
     sun rose on Monday, ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
         
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     e found Edwina II 
     
     I-ie refused . 
     
     cap- ; 
     
     tre Earl - 
     
     lalseiaocd and 
     
     amazement he , 
     
     r aoldly out of l 
     
     cv had passed ‘ 
     
     ..‘.o e 
     
    
   
   
    
     the tvcoc‘: 
     
     tilt’: night. ar 
     
    
   
   
    
            
     
    
   
   
    
     icplrrd Sr Ingram ' 
     
     .iiillc._a Nozriiaf. batcu". ". 
     
     the slots tvci. hating 
     
    
   
   
    
     do Uiuulii 
     
     who. kricv," 
     
     estates both in Scotland and Erig- i 
     
     lrnrl." , 
     
     "But they kneel for merry!“ ex- 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ilrtinrcrl Elrlmtrd srwnv Bcot- ‘ 
     
     lr:~"‘.i arm".- ri.,iii."t.'l 1|. p; '" 
     
    

    
     "Piic 2V1‘ iiu:i"iv.'" saul Uniphra- 
     
     villc, u ii is from God and not 
     
     fvouit you. BFHCYE mo, you men 
     
     will uiii or riic" 
     
    

    
     "So lic il." cried l-Tdtvtirtl. angered 
     
    
   
   
    
     at this rculv. “cinilfld the trumpets 
     
     fir" the rlutrgc!" 
     
    

    
     With lance in red All the mount- 
     
     ed iueir ul t " rlruilith nrmv i"u=.li- 
     
     ed forward at. full gallop. Hui the 
     
     Scots liarl lairnrad w lesson from 
     
     the "" rrrviout: tiay/‘s fighting. and their 
     
     again with 
     
     long spears, moved forward too. 
     
     The armies n“ with a furious 
     
     shook, which. an old writer says, 
     
     was hoard miles away. "The ham- 
     
     mering of swords rind axes upou 
     
     the armor of the combatants sound- 
     
     ed like the clangor" from a thousand 
     
     forges." as the battle. swayed back 
     
     and forth. Early iii the charm! 
     
     "the young Earl of Gloucester, who 
     
     had nezlcct/zd to wear his identify- 
     
     iing insignia. was slain. to the great 
     
     regret of the Scots. who had wish- 
     
     ed...» spare hirii. 
     
    

    
     Randolph again threw his men 
     
     into the thickest. part of the Eng» 
     
     Li!!! ‘ll-list and the." seemed lost in 
     
     that 5C0. of steel. They made 
     
     steady headway. however, since 
     
     they were the men of Moray, th¢ 
     
    

    
     ick of the ficottflsli army. And now 
     
     fire English arclzsrs toe; a hand. 
     
     'I‘h~.~_v had breu badly Dllced 0Y1 u" 
     
     flank of Edward's army. but they 
     
     poured such a. vollev oi‘ arrows up- 
     
     on the Boots as‘ took instant and 
     
     serious eff-ct. Kin; Hobart. know 
     
     th:ir deadly skill, and theraupcii 
     
     threw upon their unprolmt/ed 
     
     flank 1 body of five hundred horse- 
     
     mfri under Hit" Robert Keith. Mar- 
     
     shil cf Bcotiard. The archers W01‘! 
     
     r eolatcly cut up and ill-BOON“- 
     
     owin flceln-r tltraw the jtngllah 
     
     souedzrrt-i irio confusion. T111 I8)"- 
     
     thtlr chance to the much less skil- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ..-.v....,,...~~~ - 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     Titer-e ls, I think. something "- 
     
     with the spsi ii... c. iiic words, but 
     
     I am not sufficient of an Italian 
     
     scholar to say what. The meanlzxg 
     
     of it nevertheless is plain: '"Ari 
     
     Italianate Englishman is an incar- 
     
     nate devil!" He is supposed to 
     
     unite the Italian subtility cf mind 
     
     with the Eriglishmaivs capacity for" 
     
     carrying out the evil he has plan- 
     
     ned! Apart from that. the two 
     
     races seem to have a reciprocal 
     
     liking for one another. My profes- 
     
     sicn in Newcastle on Tyne brought 
     
     me into contact with individuals 
     
     from all quarters of the globe. but 
     
     of all foreigners the Italians were 
     
     the mos. likeable, with the Breton 
     
     French a good second. The oorest 
     
     of these people seemed c eerful 
     
     and good-tempered. I recollect ouc. 
     
     a native of sunny Piedmont, whose 
     
     humble calling was to vend ice- 
     
     cream to the rough children of 
     
     ‘r \'o. . He and his gully- 
     
     barrow stood at thc gate 
     
    
   
   
    
     blank range, with terrible effect. 1 
     
     This. and the onsauglrt cf Bruce's ' 
     
     reserve division. served. to pin the I 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     AWIIIL! 
     
    
   
   
    
     IIAISITIIID. 
     
    
   
   
    
     » CONSERVATION 1 
     
    
   
   
    
     COLUMN OI PI-AOTIOAL OPINIONS ~0I ‘III 
     
     VITAL ISSUE! AITIOTING ‘I'll Ulll IND LBUBII OF 
     
     NATUIAL IIBOUIOII BI  LIJDIDW JENKINS. 
     
    
   
   
    
     o 
     
    
   
   
    
     PROFIT IN PRESERVATION 
     
     (By Stephen ‘l-UIEII in Nature 
     
    
   
   
    
     Magazine) 
     
     Napoleon said the Erltfllsh were 
     
     a “nation of shopkeepers." He 
     
    
   
   
    
     did not add, as he might 118W 
     
     done. “very 800d slitilllieflperi" 
     
     The game laws of England are 
     
     notoriously" severe upon poachers, 
     
     and ivliilo sport, or thc slaughter 
     
     of wild animals, is organized and 
     
     widespread. circumstttnfiffi mike 1b 
     
     pfrsfib-le there to forbid anybody to 
     
     kill game that lie docs not also 
     
     preserve and pay for". Bctwecnilie 
     
     purchase of l. gun. and the 118M 
     
     to kill a.ii_vt-hiug exc'pt. vermin 
     
     with it, is quite a stcp. Sport in 
     
     Digland is also restricted to I 
     
     very small proportion of the popu- 
     
     lation, a condition that is impos- 
     
     sible in the United States. But in 
     
     Err-glands colonies -brancli busi- 
     
     ness_—other arrangements are made 
     
     to fit conditions and. like good 
     
     shopkeepers, the English frequently 
     
     take stock, and notice when iiiey 
     
     begin to run out of certain com- 
     
     inoditics. 
     
    

    
     The improvement of firearms 
     
     during the past hundred years has 
     
     inspired wholesale slaughter" of 
     
     both men and animals. Whole 
     
     species have been extermiriated but 
     
     South Africa defided nrariy wars 
     
     ago that it was poor business to 
     
     lot that continue. South Africa 
     
     leads the world in gauie preserva- 
     
     ticri. In 1898 tli: Transvaal 
     
     Voksraad, riiizici" President Kruger, 
     
     set aside a liizgc tract along the 
     
     Sable River with the idsa of pre- 
     
     serving wildlife aird steriuirin-g the 
     
     tide cf unthinking destruction. 
     
     Eight thousand square miles of the 
     
     Park new protect nearly every 
     
     species of animal in Scuth Africrrw 
     
     iuid todav. within twenty IIIlllLIlPS 
     
     of comfortable rest cnnrps. anybody" 
     
     may be obliged to slow down his 
     
     car to avoid ruritultig ovir a sllght- 
     
     ly stipcrciiious lion or lropard that 
     
     has rio fear of uraai. and little 
     
     respcc. for" people who g0 about 
     
     on wheels to: u_ their" own 
     
     tirriuu s Iii i934 about six thous- 
     
     aud (‘kiln (‘lliPYfll the Park and 
     
     i"\\'(‘fli_\' thousand visitor's spout days 
     
     and weeks watching the wild, and 
     
     were content with ualciung. 
     
    

    
     It is possible to enjoy" Nature 
     
     without. courinitting tuicrovokcd 
     
    
   
   
    
     <v 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     ties of the world, for" it. put an cnd 1 
     
     i 
     
    
   
   
    
     c.’ tn:- bz-rtzes Park, through Whlfiil 
     
     I passed daily on uiy way to work 
     
     He was i-hoi-t Triu well-made. like 
     
     most Ituiaris. and possessed a pau" 
     
     of upturned nioustachcs oi’ rnvcn 
     
     hue, that would have breri a credit. 
     
     to a brigaiid cf melodrama. "Well, 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Jnlin—(tlie trlriliiirii called “John 
     
     e- earn" iiriw races it toda_v'!" I 
     
     8.5K. JOHN} (‘YES \\'0lli(l 
     
    
   
   
    
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     term would fairv flash, as lie rc- 
     
     ttirucd “No sr mule." to ruy greet- 
     
     iug. ‘Iii-at meant, "not so barlly," 
     
     and must be souucicil "no lee mali- 
     
     lee." John's ambition was to make 
     
     enough uionev" "to i‘6lll‘f‘ lo a litll" 
     
     farm iu Piedmont. but. l (loni sup- 
     
     putc lie ever" realized u. 
     
    

    
     Even Mussolini. mile of lib. 
     
     grandiose utterances. has his irke- 
     
     u-be moods. A correspondent smut 
     
     m2 this story in the autumn. 
     
     “Flying-someiiiizcs 10.00.) feet higii 
     
     —uur swallows migrated some days 
     
     ago: Over France. a storm cargictl 
     
     them eastward across the Alps and 
     
     into the Tyrol, where hundreds of 
     
     Llousaiids of them collapsed with 
     
     c".l and exhaustion. 
     
    

    
     “The news was s read and a 
     
     wonderful organizat on sprang up 
     
     ir. a. night. Idea-Earns. police, and. 
     
     airmen were mobilized. The birds 
     
     were gatli-srcd. taken in tmlice cars 
     
     to specially heated buildings, fed 
     
     from buckets of insects and cu rc- 
     
     co"."ery were taken by airplane to 
     
     Venice or Naples. according to 
     
     their condition, and there released 
     
     on their wanted course for South 
     
    
   
   
    
     ca. 
     
     "Notoriously fond of swallow 
     
     Pie, Italians-in such a time of 
     
     plenty-ore forbidden by Signor 
     
     Mussolini, (under pain of swallow- 
     
     ing cantor oil, I imagine) to kill a 
     
     single swallow. A truly noble ges- 
     
     ture!" my correspondent adds. ‘out 
     
     whether ironically oi" iict, I can't 
     
     make out. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NOTES ON ISLAND PLANTS 
     
     The Leguminoane (1). 
     
    
   
   
    
     There are, nay the botanists. but 
     
     m, or M. molt three, o! the fami- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Jile irrto a smilc. Rllll his wlirtc ‘v 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘well that Nature 
     
    
   
   
    
     t-iiaii sport that tloziu". of ctliu" 
     
    

    
     l . , 
     
     1" s are coming 111.0 cx- 
     
     i" Park is" tit. ‘ ‘i. 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     inuvrlci", and it is D2221‘; rcalizcd so 
     
     live pays" bfi-LLC!‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
              
     
    
   
   
    
     but alahariy Park, in the Go 
     
     diztrict of tho Capo. coru:s a 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     rc- 
     
     szizoctahlc .'..=coii:l, with its two mil-i‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     lion flClY-E. in uliicli the Govtru- 
     
     merit supplements the nature water" 
     
     supply wi‘h wells and windmills 
     
     There Wélz. of course the usual 
     
     ycip that the protection of animals 
     
     was silly sentimentality‘, that arti- 
     
     ruals enjoyed bzirg hunted and iri- 
     
    

    
     " far more than were 
     
     cr ivlicii thousands of them 
     
    
   
   
    
     lics of plan-ts that can compare 
     
     with the Uzguiiiiirosalc. iii size. in 
     
     dKi/stributroriti or ui economic value. 
     
     e are in ebtcd to it for nutri- 
     
     ticus foods likc peas and beans; 
     
     exceieiit fodder as clover and al- 
     
     falfa; and’ hundreds of drugs, dyes, 
     
     poisons. oils, not to ruention valu- 
     
     able ivpods. And not llcast. the 
     
     roots 0 irrariy. if not al, its meni- 
     
     bcrs ar'e colonized bv nitrogen-fix- 
     
     ing bacteria which enrich the soil 
     
     and benrfit the sticceecing crops. 
     
     Many agaru are highly ornamental, 
     
     adding cltarm to our gardens. 
     
     With few exceptions the blooms 
     
     of this cxce1)tio'.1a'iv useful family 
     
     exhibit the familiar" “butterfly" 
     
     fo:nr exemplified in tho Sweet Pea. 
     
     There is a broad upright "stand- 
     
     ard" twhich is perhaps produced 
     
     by it‘ ftlisicr; of IWOhSSDBIEIGdPGIIQGISF 
     
     a “ ee " o boat s ape pro ucc n 
     
     the same manner": and lastly. con- 
     
     cpaliup" the kecl, are two separrito. 
     
     "wiug-I‘ Ullf‘ on cut-h side. Tlicsei 
     
     Ufrilpiilfllillf/llflllt- ilovzrrsl riiuy  
     
     iorne wing y. m‘ iii oils era as l‘. 
     
     the broad bean. oi" again in dense, 
     
     heads {like [i110 clltavers; blltlfllll edit- 
     
     iiniiua ion tie p air of ciicr n i-. 
     
     viduiii flower is a» zibovc. i 
     
     Irtsidc the kPPl, and protect-l 
     
     ml by ll, is. a tiny ovary autl tcul 
     
     lritlr stamens ‘Ilic ovary will ul-i 
     
     tritialcl_t' (ievolcip iulu n pod. filled 
     
     \vit.ii seeds. p-ras. or" hearts. as tlic 
     
     case may bc. 'f‘lici"i- ii. rirctnr" tlicvc 
     
     loo, but it is difficult. to come gt; 
     
     in tiic cuso of tho broad ireau. I 
     
     uotlcc lluit llio wild bees bilc it I101!‘ 
     
     111 illc incl 21:» the easiest method. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ’i"lic Sriiuticr» Plant. tmifliosa 
     
     tuidicii) oi tropical America br- 
     
     lorrgs to this fiimil, and airpears 
     
     to Lave ivliul. may bf‘, spokem of as 
     
     ii "nervous system". Th slightest 
     
     shock or" disturbance causes its leaf- 
     
     lori. lo foltl " l.:r and the leaf- 
     
    
   
   
    
     staik "to hiu; dircctlv downwards. 
     
     Ar. oI<l gcnri-oiuau of my acquaint- 
     
     ance had out- of tircse plants in 
     
     his hotliousc. and dciglitcd lo show 
     
     it to the school children. He would 
     
     call out "Shut upi". slowing upon 
     
     it slyly, and the plant, to their 
     
     astonishment. instantly obey-ed. 
     
     The various "locoweeds" or" 
     
     fcrazywecds" of this continent are 
     
     in this group too. They do not seem 
     
     to be palatabc, but once an ani- 
     
     mal begins to nlkble at them. 
     
     prompted perhaps by scarcity of 
     
     better food. it bccctncs a victim of 
     
     an euslaviri; habit more disastrous 
     
     than thtrmorphiue habit is to man. 
     
     The addicts to tlrcse weeds "slag- 
     
     r-rei" about, urraiblc to control their 
     
     muscular" or ircrvous rmctioaas.“ 
     
     Th gradually become thinner and 
     
     - zer and at last die of starva- 
     
     ti0n. Th: “Whit?! Intro," n spe- 
     
     cies of Oxytropiii does the greatest 
     
     (lnmiflfl since it remain: green iill 
     
     \;iriier and is not so unpaiatmyje 
     
     as the other locoweeds. It, f; 51rd 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     were shot and wounded than when 
     
     left llone-qnereiy 81181118 
     
    

    
     growing, eating their Mada off in 
     
     idleness. But 1118-018 old ltulf in 
     
     South Africa although it still hu 
     
     a. familiar ring in our United, but 
     
     in some ways benighted. States. 
     
     It is not sentimentality, but the 
     
     unbounded success of Kruger Park 
     
     that ha: caused Natal to create half 
     
     a dozen parks ranging from isixt-y 
     
     thousand to ten thousand acres. 
     
     Orange Free State has compara- 
     
     tively little suitable territory. but 
     
     eveu here iii-are and two small 
     
     areas where animals are rigorously 
     
    
   
   
    
     protected. Everywhere the game 
     
     laws are not only existent, but 
     
     strictly enforced-Ahoy find it 
     
    
   
   
    
     good business. Strange as it. may 
     
     sound to some Am-Irlcan cars the 
     
     animals have not suffered at all 
     
     by the extermination of their 
     
     persecutors any more than cities 
     
     perish when l. bunch of gangsters 
     
     i: rounded up and added to the 
     
     national collection. 
     
    

    
     In 1934 the Wild Birds Protection 
     
     Bill was passed making it illegal to 
     
     trap or otherwise capture wild birds- 
     
     for sale throughout the Union. The 
     
     export of birds- except und-zr 
     
     spzcified rules and for scientific 
     
     purposes-was e50 prohibited al- 
     
     though it had become a lucrative 
     
     business of considerable proportions. 
     
     Sportsmen will ‘oe astounded to 
     
     learn that this has not done any- 
     
     thing to extemiinate birds; on the 
     
     contrary, bird watchers report that 
     
     the larger birda are coming back 
     
     into districts whzrc they have not 
     
     been seen for years. Pelicans may 
     
     be seen feeding in the swamps of 
     
     the Black River within four miles 
     
     of the heart of Cape Town. Flam- 
     
     lngozs come every YCCI!‘ to th:- larg- 
     
     ci" lakes and herons and cgrets 
     
     ucst in the cent-re of om of the 
     
     oldest residential sections or the 
     
     city. It is as though mouriieris 
     
     should suddcraly appiar in upper" 
     
     Fifth Avenut . New York. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     From general protection of all 
     
     animals to spacial protection cf 
     
     particular uaimals required no 
     
     (treat effort of imagination. Iii 
     
     the’ CH2.‘ ciavs of the Cap: ilic 
     
    
   
   
    
     bontcbzik roamed in immense herds 
     
     over" the “sand veldt" districts of 
     
     the Colony. Ir is a bcautiful ani- 
     
     rn".il. strcngly" marked in brown and 
     
     vrliitc ard with well-shaped l-orns. 
     
     its uurric signifirs “pied? The 
     
     ijrcat numbers of tlicm. the cit: 
     
     with which they could b’: shot 
     
     wholesale, and thcrc suitability for 
     
     nraking dried rncat were their uu- 
     
     tioiiig". Tlr: poop}: sltot them for 
     
     rt rt and for" triitil the 
     
     h. as w.:-c rrduccd arid hogan to 
     
     daviudle to tltc point Wllffl‘: ‘n 
     
     were not hard to count By 1900' 
     
     there were only’ two small herds 
     
     left. Ttvczity-flvc years later there 
     
     was one herd—if you can call 
     
     thirteen derelcts a lz-ord. These ap- 
     
     peared on the farm of a family 
     
     riamczl A'"bsr"tyu, who kept stock. 
     
     The Albcrtyris perceived that the 
     
     bciitobok could not "compete in 
     
     grazing with th:ir domestic ani- 
     
     mals, tui. th:y did not instantly 
     
     rcncli for" a rifle to slaughter" them. 
     
    
   
   
    
     mark. 
     
    
   
   
    
     w» 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     What they did was to buy a small ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     farm arljoiningdhcir land arid give 
     
     it to the ant/slopes so that they 
     
     could live in pcacc ’I'his farm, 
     
     with its last thirteen bontcbok. 
     
     was JTBSSIHJ)’ taken over by the 
     
     Goveriuiicrit. Plenty cf water. and 
     
     freedom from the close-cropped 
     
     lunches with the sheep and cows, 
     
     enabled the little herd to survive. 
     
     In 1034 the boiitcbok club mem- 
     
     bership had increased from thir- 
     
     teen to twenty-four. In 1935 they 
     
     were lu the llrirtics and hatl al- 
     
     ready divided themselves into three 
     
     troops that keep strictly to them- 
     
     selves. The reason of the subdivis- 
     
     ion is probably a matter of morals 
     
     for one party is as wild as they 
     
     cciuc while the ollici" is. rrprc- 
     
     licusibly. Laurel ‘P114- ltirgcst of the 
     
     troops is tlic tourist: o. horseman 
     
     can approach its bucks within 
     
     twenty or thirty yards. but the 
     
     second largest troop is inordinate- 
     
     ly timed and cannot b: approach- 
     
    
   
   
    
     rd at all without nu immediate 
     
     stampede. 'l‘lu~. third grout! is pro- 
     
     bably socially inferior" in some 
     
    
   
   
    
     t at‘ not. uoiiccrilfc to man. 
     
    

    
     ‘llial, briefly" is the story of one 
     
     liiiiuial savr-d, just as, through the 
     
     tmcruv and foresight of a few. the 
     
     Arucricau bisou yverc saved. Tlicst 
     
     stories glvc us liopc tlirii. Americ- 
     
     cau autclopcs, sheep. eagles and 
     
     cveu ducks will be saved for 
     
     posterity" 
     
    

    
     “But. what good are 
     
     posterity oi" anybody elsr, 
     
     don't shoot ‘cm?’ we hear. 
     
    

    
     John Bull knows, and the van‘. 
     
     niiiionrrl game reserves of his eru- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tlrcy, f0 
     
     if you 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     rmetv uores ou rovicsi 
     
     couuecreo WITH " 
     
    
   
   
    
     Silver FoxFarming 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The 20th annual general meet- mention for their exhibit; wen 
     
     ing o! the Custodian National Bil- [My Carr. 6 p0 My Wood- 
     
     ver n»: Breeders’ Association will nidn. Marines», Clarion I‘. Wlllil. 
     
     be held in the Hotel Charlottetown. Oovohud. . O. Stewart. Sum- 
     
     Chaxlotietowu. P. l’. 1., cornmenc- menldc. Norman Johnston, Bum- 
     
     ing at eleven n. BL. ‘Tuesday. Jln- meraidw. vidson. Mont- 
     
    

    
     idth, 1N0. There are severe-l lli-lfl- 2- l. ffin. Chariot 
     
     amendments that have been pro- J. Wilfnd. about . Oovohold 
     
     nosed to‘ tthe Constitution of the Ind Rodd. Milton. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Canadian National Silver Fox Breed- 
     
     ers’ Association that will come up 
     
     for discussion. 
     
    
   
   
    
     'I‘1ie silver fox pelt show put 011 
     
     by the ‘Silver Fox Breeders‘ and 
     
     Exhibitors‘ Association of P. B. I. 
     
     in the Hotel Charlottetown, Wod- 
     
     nesday and ‘Phursday of this week 
     
     attracted considerable attention. 
     
     Over 800 pelts were on displly and 
     
     they were without question o very 
     
     attractive lot with some high class 
     
     specimenstiii each section. Color 
     
     was good and almost all the skins 
     
     were prime and full fur-red. The ~_ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘me New York Auction Com- 
     
     pany's ale of silver fox with its 
     
     analogue of 17.912 skins n- 
     
     bout 05 pa: ant sold at prices gen- 
     
     erally estimated by the salsa room 
     
     to be 10 per cent stronger than 
     
     the Company's previous ule. 
     
     Inmpson. Fraser and Ruth's sale 
     
     began this week with prices gener- 
     
     ally accepted as a‘. the earlier 
     
     sole; levels in New The 
     
     filo sliver fox auctions closed 
     
     Monday with about 70 per cent of 
     
     the catalogue sold. Silver Fox con- 
     
     tinued u a very strong article in 
     
    
   
   
    
     York . 
     
    
   
   
    
     fact that W. Fred Burke affixed New York in the face of repeated 
     
     the seal of the Departmental sale offerings, ti: docs lpFarent- 
     
     Agriculture to the majority of pelts 1y being establish and nterest 
     
    
   
   
    
     is evidence that they were of a 
     
     good standard. 
     
    
   
   
    
     pelts will be marketed 
     
    
   
   
    
     The 
     
     the Canadian National 
     
    
   
   
    
     through 
     
    
   
   
    
     mmlpso 
     
     Silver Fox Brecders‘ Association. Jluthls full silvers were sold and 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ettunmersldo. who received them 
     
     on Monday "with Messrs. Fred 
     
     Burke and George Callback of- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ficiatlng, had them graded, Judged 
     
     and tagged ready for deliverv at 
     
     the Hotel Charlottetown on Tues- 
     
     day. It was certainly Rood work 
     
     and the awards met with the BID- 
     
     proval of practically everyone who 
     
     went over the pelts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In connection with the Exhibition 
     
     we wish to congratulate the Ex- 
     
     hibitors‘ Association for staging 
     
     the s-liow and the show committee 
     
     who worked so hard to make it. a 
     
     success. and more particularly 
     
     Walter R. Show. Deputy Minister 
     
     of Agriculture, who took a major 
     
     part of the burden on his broad 
     
     shoulders of seeing the proposition 
     
     through to a successful conclusion. 
     
     I this ccnrectlou ll. may be well 
     
     lo point out that for versat-iity and 
     
     endurance Walter certainly is 
     
     worrtliv cf a izrarid clumoion rib- 
     
     bon. W-eek after week something 
     
     new seems tn be popping up where 
     
     he is master of ceremonies or 
     
     dynamo director" of operations. But 
     
     for his energy and enthusiasm. 
     
     cnrplcd with close collaboration of 
     
     W. Fred Burke, it is doubtful 
     
     whether the live fox show or the 
     
     rieit show would have been held. 
     
     Both carried on dairing the most 
     
     difificult times this industry has 
     
     cvrr seen. or in a prophetic mood 
     
     l’ will say the most difficult UJIIQ 
     
     it ever" will see. and by carrying 
     
     on cucoirrrrwirtcnt and better‘ moi"- 
     
    
   
   
    
     l 
     
    
   
   
    
     active . 
     
    
   
   
    
     Women's Wear Daily states that 
     
     it is estimated that from 70 to 76 
     
     prrcent of n. Fraser 8a 
     
    
   
   
    
     80 to 85 percent of the three-_ 
     
     aigrters. The Company reports 
     
    

    
     batter types twenty per- 
     
     cent off bei", 1088. prices. 
     
     the medium grades off 10 percent 
     
     and the poorer ones unchanged. 
     
     The three-quarters were quoted 98 
     
     percent sold at unchanged prices 
     
    
   
   
    
     from i938. The New York Auc- 
     
     tion! sales of 17.912 skins was 
     
     considered as about 10 percent 
     
    
   
   
    
     stronger than the previous Nieman 
     
     sale quality foi- quality. The en- 
     
     tire catrlogue of full silvers was 06 
     
     percent sold at an approximate 
     
     average of $27 25, three-quarters 
     
     56 percent sold averaging $20.90, 
     
     halves, 60 percent sold averaging 
     
     816.50, quarters. 70 percent aver"- 
     
     aging 812.10. The entire offering 
     
     was about 80 percent sold. averag- 
     
     ing 523 00. The best demand dur- 
     
     lng the sale was for" skins up to 
     
     $40.00 and full silvers did better 
     
     than other sorts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A cable from Oslo, Norway, stat- 
     
     es that, the silver fox auction which 
     
     ended on Tussrlav’ saw 28.000 skins 
     
     sold of the 40,000 offer-ed. Ameri- 
     
     cans bought a large number at an 
     
     average price of between $24.00 to 
     
     $81.00 Prices of brighter skins 
     
     were firmer than during the No- 
     
     vember auctions. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wellington McNeill was liost to 
     
     an outstanding grotto of silver fox 
     
     ranchers last Thursday afternoon 
     
     and he and son Alfred succeeded 
     
     in doing corsid-zrablc business with 
     
    
   
   
    
     ale resulted. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It takes a silvo" fox wit. show 
     
     to bring into the limelight some 
     
    
   
   
    
     "mick-Pr ivbo has tuck-tabla’ never "Andrew Jaranie, I-‘i-retc-wn. Hillard 
     
    
   
   
    
     before kitowir that he was errtitfed 
     
     to a place in the hall of fame Sc 
     
     it is with pleasure that we trot out 
     
     as exhibit number on: Fred 
     
     Hughes. Bracklcy Beach. whose 
     
     magnificent pelt won the cup dom- 
     
     ated bv the. St. John Mlllirfl Com- 
     
     "iariy for" the lrstsilv-eradtiltoetof 
     
     the show. We utirl-erstand that Mr. 
     
     Huriizs iarvhcs on a comparatively 
     
     modest scale but has tire faculty 
     
     for producing fur and color and 
     
     turning out pelts of exceptional 
     
    
   
   
    
     quality 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pl‘0ll'il.ll‘3l‘li2 winners of last year 
     
     who recanted this show and in fact 
     
     improved their position were And- 
     
     rew Jardme. Freetown. who had a 
     
     really splendid colie~tion of nelis 
     
     and ivon a lot of prizes. and Ster- 
     
     ling V/llis. Kingston. who carried 
     
     off scv~ral 01")‘; 811d‘ placed in 
     
     manv CUFSEF. I-Ils p-vts ware also 
     
     Yrfliilv admired. Our old friend 
     
     Bob I-Iumuhrev, Kensinztcu, who 
     
     ‘nrl the Grand Champion at Char- 
     
     lottetown and Borden live fox 
     
     diows. followed up by winning the 
     
     Crawl Championship and possession 
     
     of the tr-mhv ionat-d by Hon. 
     
     Thar/- A. Campbell. M A.. LLB. 
     
     Premier of this Province. Bob also 
     
     scored heavily in other sections. 
     
    

    
     The win made bv the Interna- 
     
     ‘lfillfll Fox and Animal Fonds. Ltd. 
     
     "t highest aggregate score cup was 
     
     ‘l. impulai" our. as L"r"":'ll Ifancock, 
     
     the proprietor. was the man who 
     
     tirade possible the stain: of n pelt 
     
     show ast year and cave u. good 
     
     deal of help this season as well." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Walter Gregor. Brackley. whose 
     
     (iuicl. unassuming manrici" and 
     
     icnuiue desire to help anyone a- 
     
     long in fox lmfedirig is well knmm, 
     
     won two firsts mud several other 
     
     plncirigs, Arthur" Roam". Royalty. 
     
     had a, really wondered extra pale 
     
     silver pelt that mirst have chased 
     
     tho Grand Charupioii pretty hard. 
     
     Others who deserve particular 
     
    

    
     .-__.,.-_-.L'T B 
     
    
   
   
    
     Conservation is an ideal, a tribute 
     
     to Beiitrty, the outward and visible 
     
     nigh of n prayer to God, but -if 
     
     Wat cuts no ice with you. Brother 
     
     Grin. lemme tell you-Al's good foe- 
     
     cause it pays. It pays better than 
     
     "Sport." It's proved-now laugh 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     pire e a gcod part of the answer. 
     
    
   
   
    
     advantage by using 
     
    
   
   
    
     900-09494 9-004-7-006000-0 0004 v0 
     
    
   
   
    
     that over a million dollar-s have al- 
     
     ready been lcst to the stocking“ 
     
     through these pernicious plants. 
     
     Next week's Notes will cam- 
     
     mencc a rcviaw cf the Leluirrinqijg 
     
    
   
   
    
     plants found growing wild here, 
     
    
   
   
    
     110 Kent Street 
     
    
   
   
    
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     We remind you, that you can sell io has! 
     
    
   
   
    
     w. CHESTER s. uttunii“ 
     
    
   
   
    
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     that one offl 
     
    
   
   
    
     4 
     
    
   
   
    
     our marketing system. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Charlottetown 
     
    
   
   
    
     them. After an inspection and 
     
     earnest pow-wow the following 
     
     par-res each purchased a. white 
     
     face, rirrz necked ‘latirrum silver, 
     
    
   
   
    
     lvluttart, Lowell Hancock and Don 
     
     Stewart, summersice. Roy Wood- 
     
     side. Malpeque, and Bob Humphrey. 
     
     Kensingtcn. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Abe Levin of the Ievin Fur Com- 
     
     pany, Toronto, was judge at the 
     
     mink pelt showof the Ontario Fur 
     
     Iiiaxmers Association held at the 
     
     King Edward Hotel. Toronto, Mon- 
     
     day to Thursday this week. Frank- 
     
     Pingree of the Canadian Fur Auc-i 
     
     tic.i sires Company, Ltd, Mont- 
     
    
   
   
    
     same show. Fox ranchers in this 
     
     Province will remember Mr. Levin 
     
     as a large purchaser of pelts for 
     
     several years here. operating in the 
     
     office of B. Roy Holman. 
     
    

    
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     Mayor George McIntyre of Moni- 
     
     ague. who is a. live wire iii all ac-j 
     
     tlvities in connection with his. 
     
     bailiwiok. was a vsitor here on 
     
     Wednesday and informed us that 
     
     he has dispoced of all his silver fox 
     
     pclts and has no intention of quitt- 
     
     lng the business. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Pas." Trade Review of New 
     
     York states that Canada and the 
     
     United states may arrange a quota 
     
     on silver fox; that American breed- 
     
     ers will be willing to accept a pm- 
     
     positicn which would limit silver 
     
     fox skin imports to 100.000 skins 
     
     during u. twelve month period. 
     
     They are of the opinion that if 
     
     l-liis gem Into effect. silver fox 
     
     itrices will not depreciate any more 
     
     but are looking forward to en- 
     
     ltanced prices. 
     
    
   
   
    
     If the above goes into effect we 
     
     wonder when the quota will be de- 
     
     termined from. Will it be from the 
     
     first of Dcocmber or the first of 
     
     Jnruruy? If from the first of Dec- 
     
     ember Canada's 40.000 tinder the 
     
     aucln of 100.000 must. be largely 
     
     taken up now as buyer: have boon 
     
     active for American interests since 
     
    
   
   
    
     W! 
     
    
   
   
    
     the first of Nctrembor riot 0H1! 
     
     throu i the Maritime Provinces 
     
     but ll over" Gnu l. We note 
     
     whore they are cs0 buying ex- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tensively in Norway end n Coli- 
     
     fot-nlo. per publishes an ad for 
     
     uorweg an silver fox. stating that 
     
     t la "only time vreelu since they 
     
     "sit Norm . beautiful prime all- 
     
     very beau u." 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     T110 prevalent impression i: that 
     
     llw-a is from 25 per cent. to 38- 
     
     r-tzagor cont. lea polio bulnl mar- 
     
     ke this nuom from this Prov- 
     
     ince than lat. anon notwith- 
     
     standll the foot that rancher-a 
     
     are cut nl down and lomo gain 
     
     out t"! bu: s alto thor. Al 
     
    
   
   
    
     Particularly inter-cited 
     
    
   
   
    
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     i 
     
    
   
   
    
     I 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     rial," judged the silver forratrthe " 
     
    
   
   
    
     .off trucks or $11.75 dressed. Mon- 
     
    
   
   
    
     WEEKLY LIVESTOGK 
     
     utiniuir neronr 
     
    
   
   
    
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     OTTAWA. December 16. 
     
     SUMMARY 
     
    
   
   
    
     ught receipt-l cilia cerviil toe 
     
     market wall m4 resulted in prices 
     
     lly Mendy through- 
     
     . except at Tiara to 
     
     at. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     out the wee 
     
     when an only gain of 30c was 
     
     More the close on a dull ma, at, 
     
     Celine held unoluuised and irm 
     
     tiuwflroirt. Hogs were shaded 
     
     aim-my in 9110c. while iamha-i-‘were 
     
    
   
   
    
     msdy to especially n. To- 
     
     ronto when a grin of 50c we: 
     
     lurked up. ‘ ~" 
     
    
   
   
    
     cum-ii dams married’ 
     
    

    
     Steam. heiifem. mid cow's were up 
     
     15c to 20c 0n Monday at {Toronto 
     
     but the gain wu. lost on" closing 
     
     dull markets. weighty utlors had 
     
     n 0013 of 07.75 with oi-Ilbre from 
     
     07.50 down, and bu-whe-rsfaold be- 
     
     tween 8525 and $7.50. ’Pr"ioes on 
     
     steam were study 5t Momma! but 
     
     cows were inclined walker in pnoe 
     
     after Monday. Steers ranged up to 
     
     $7.75, with most of the good ones 
     
     from $7.25 up. and go‘ cows solo 
     
     between $5 and $5.50. €00d butch- 
     
     er cattle were scarce in the Mari-_ 
     
     time: and all pTlC8S._ held steady. 
     
     width steer: making up, to a top 
     
     of $7.50. " . 
     
    

    
     Wutern Cattle‘ Market: 
     
    

    
     Sellers at Winnipeg were aided 
     
     by well regulated recipts and, while 
     
     selected handweiglit,’ butcher ma- 
     
     terial possibly looked a. little 
     
     stronger. the general trade. held 
     
     about steady. Light fleshed cattle 
     
     are likely to be in poor demand and 
     
     shippers are being advised to liqui- 
     
     date cautiously. Medium to 800d 
     
     handy-weight killing steers not a. 
     
     fair trade at $6 to $7 this week 
     
     but smokers and. feeders were l 
     
     clufl spot in the trade with dc- 
     
     mand tapering off abruptly. Use- 
     
     ful kinds of stookzrs and feeders 
     
     cleared at $5-'J5_ to $5.75. Light 
     
     rewlpta and a steady trade featur- 
     
     ed other Western markers and 
     
     Calgary had good butcher steers 
     
     at $8 t0 $6.50. while Edmonton 
     
     also topped at $6.50. ‘The high at 
     
     Prince Albartgwas $6, Msose Jaw 
     
     $5 25. Regina $6.50. Saskatoon $7. 
     
     and Vancouver- $7. 
     
    

    
     The U. S. ftlrirket 
     
    

    
     Only one load of Canadian steers 
     
     and heifers were 501d at Buffalo 
     
     at $8.25, Willie S-t. Paul quoted 
     
     medium quality Candian atccrs 
     
     at $7 50 to $8. good cows $3 to 
     
     $6.25 and bulls from $6 to $7. 
     
    

    
     Ebaports to the United States- 
     
     durlng the week declined to 779 
     
     beef cattle. 257 dairy. and IE2 
     
     calves, making tire total: to date 
     
     this year" 177. 390 beet, 12,730 dairy 
     
     and 79.540 calves, compared with 
     
     78,185 beef. 11.678 dairy, and 40.- 
     
     147 calves in the correspondirg 
     
     period last year. Exports from Oct- 
     
     ober lst to December 14th of beef 
     
     cattle amounted to 33,508 head. 
     
     under the fourth quarterly quota.- 
     
    

    
     A T919558 by the United State." 
     
     ‘Preasuty Department shows im- 
     
     DOYIs of heavy Canadian cattle 
     
     from October 1st to December 9th, 
     
     inclusive, totalling 34, 319 head of 
     
     85.00 per cent of the fourth quar- 
     
     terly quota. for this class. 
     
    

    
     Calf Prices Unchanged 
     
    

    
     Calf prices remained on an even 
     
     keel throughout and Toronto zold 
     
     choice veals at $10 to $11. with a 
     
     few at $11.50. Montreal also had 
     
     iypractical top of $11 with two 
     
     calves going at $1150. The west 
     
     carried good strength and Winni- 
     
     DQK $957393 Bf- $10. Calgurv $7.50. 
     
     Edmonton at $9. Prince Albert s7, 
     
     Mbose Jaw $7.25. Saskatoon $9, 
     
     and Regina and Vancouver $8. 
     
    

    
     Hog Market Closes Easier 
     
    

    
     Hogs were down 10c on live s-iics 
     
    

    
     at Toronto. bacon; selling a: $3.90 
     
    
   
   
    
     trenl held steady at $9.25 f. A4 w. 
     
     while the range at Winnipeg m". 
     
     the f. 8: w. basis was $8 25 to 
     
     $8.50 Calgary closed with bBCJilS 
     
     at $8 off trucks. Edmonton from 
     
     l8 to 88.10. Prince Albert $8, Moose 
     
     Jaw and Regina 3B to |\ shade 
     
     higher. and Saskatoon at $8.05. 
     
     Lambs Steady to Higher 
     
    

    
     115mm 89-10841 50c at Toronto to 
     
     dose at $10.50 to s10 1r. mi- good 
     
     cwes and wotlicvs. A few 11f; 0i 
     
     choice Souihdotwns sold up to 
     
     $1225. Montreal nus tly on a 
     
     silver fox is not being produced at 
     
     8 Drofit so ranchers are cutting 
     
     down or going out. of birslriess. If 
     
     this process (lfillilllllfh for another 
     
     your the indirstigv should by; m. i; 
     
     liealtliv bdsls and not, Lot) heavy 
     
     as it has been with nlnmst it mil- 
     
     lion pelt production. It is all very 
     
     Well to say that the world is largo 
     
     and can absorb that number, but 
     
     facts are facts and it has been 
     
     pi-oveu that they cannot be absorb. 
     
     ed at satisfactory price; ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     We am indebted to W. J Moc- 
     
     bBOd. Sussex. N. 3-. for copies of 
     
     the Maritime For-mar. Most of our 
     
     Flldml know this excellent farm 
     
     loumol so it is not uecouary to 
     
     puff that end of it. on page three 
     
     of the December 5th number ls on 
     
     art-Me entitled. "oh-riottstawivii 
     
     Show Still Fox World Classic." A 
     
     Write-up lzivoscomplete data rep 
     
     ‘lamina’ the pacing; of ouch ex- 
     
     lrlbil-or, winners o! trophies and a 
     
     lot of other pertlmmt mcttar. In 
     
     the December 10th iuun they-n in 
     
     a continuation of the article which 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
      
     
    
   
   
    
     ave; the war it g e umo g1.  D9pernbei- atri luue an. 
     
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     I 
     
    
   
   
    
     3000 FOX PELTS WANTED 
     
    
   
   
    
     We have just received an order for 3.000 fox pelts. 
     
     in three quarters 
     
     lllvors. Ranchers would ho well advised to offer their 
     
     oklnl to uo before diapering of some as we are pre- 
     
     v pared to pay top market prices for this order. 
     
    
   
   
    
     P. E. r. FUR TRADERS 
     
    
   
   
    
     182 QUEEN STREET 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     and full 
     
    
   
   
    
     -cioeed no better 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ be interested in l 
     
    
   
   
    
      
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     am 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     1 urine rur can 
     
    
   
   
    
     umu-o o large crop or neiutny. 
     
     vigoroa pup: this year u; leading 
     
    
   
   
    
     iiovu FOX FEED 
     
    
   
   
    
     Knolls eurwl 
     
     $9.7: flat the '4: c! Bo . 
     
     good mul- rltlnn in the mon pou- 
     
     llvn way known for the rancher lu 
     
     Iconic but brooding results. 
     
    

    
     lnllll on Royal. 
     
     All yell: dealer today or Ink 
     
     direct to ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     fh St. John fiiiiling 
     
     0om|uiny_ Ltd‘. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Slllh aw...- 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     u; n ui mas-u ml 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     basis oi $10. with a few sale. as 
     
     iiigu as 10.50. winnipsg iulzii 
     
     rum up to $9.85 and to,» .i. Unl- 
     
     guy and Edmonton war": adult), 
     
     Prince Albert $7.75, Moose Jay, $8, 
     
     SBSKBLOOI) $6.25. Regina $8.20, .i:iu 
     
     Vancouver" $9.50. 
     
     CATTLE MARKETs‘ 
     
    

    
     TORONTO moved out 5.564 cul- 
     
     tle and closed dull with sOmc un- 
     
     soid. An early Kiln p! 15c w 25c on 
     
     steers, heifers, and butcher cows 
     
     was lost by the close. Welgiity 
     
     steers topped at $7.75 for a srnwil 
     
     lot. and others moved from $7 b0 
     
     down to $6. Butoirer steers and 
     
     heiferssold at $5.25 to $7.50, and 
     
     butcher cows closed at $8.85 to 
     
     $4.75'after reaching $5.25 on early 
     
     Wps. Bulls held steady at $5 to 
     
     $5.50 for butchers and $4.25 tc 
     
     $4.75 for bolognas". Fed carves 
     
     opened at $9 for top quality but 
     
     than $8.75. A 
     
     small supply of stockeri sold steamy 
     
     with good ones at $0.75 to g7, 
     
     stock calvese upto $7.25 and com. 
     
     mon stock-ers downward to 55. 
     
     Tested milkers and springers were 
     
     steady up to $80 and $90 for tap 
     
     quality, 
     
    

    
     MONTREAL sold 1.804 cattle 
     
     with a. good percentage of steers 
     
     included but with‘ nothing n, 
     
     merit special attention. Prices on 
     
     steer; were steady between $1.50 
     
     and $7.75 with good kinds at $7,125 
     
     and atbove and mediums up to $7 
     
     Most of the heifers were tak.u 
     
     between $4.25 and $5.50, with it 
     
     fe-w at $6 t0 $6.75, Cows colt. 
     
     weaker after" Monday. Good qual- 
     
     ity were $5 to $5 50, rucciium st 
     
     to $4.75,_ common dcwu to $3.2‘. 
     
     and cenners and cutters $2.50 to 
     
     $3 25 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘MARITIMES. Good bulclicr cat- 
     
     tle were ssarce in the lilarltinrc: 
     
     and there was also a general cas- 
     
     "18 UP lll Yfccipts of cannel‘ mi.) 
     
     critter varicLcs. All clames hcli 
     
     smady. steer". ranging from M 
     
     to 87 50, heifers from $3.50 to $7 
     
     butcher COWS from $3.50 to $5. can- 
     
     iiers arid cutters front $2 to $3, miu 
     
     hllliS from s3 in $450. 
     
    

    
     CALF MARKETS 
     
    

    
     TORONTO veals werz- steady nl 
     
     $10 to $1! for choice wtltir a [cw 
     
     at $11.50. Common veals anid 
     
     downward to 86 and gramers mam 
     
     between $5 and $5 50, 
     
    

    
     MONTREAL had a good dentin: 
     
     for vcals with prices ranging fiqm 
     
     $3 i0 $11 and two calves mflkdll] 
     
     $11.50. Gmss calves were frtni 
     
     $4.50 to $5.50. 
     
    

    
     HOG MARKETS 
     
    

    
     Tho Dominion hog run was 100v. 
     
     571. compared with 79.241 in ill! 
     
     tome week last ycar. Totals to dirt: 
     
     gigs year 3482.578, inst year‘ 3,107,. 
     
    
   
   
    
     TORONTO bsicons Qpzrred lowe, 
     
     at $8.90 off trucks and $11.75 
     
     dressed and held unchanged for 
     
     the balan e of the weck, 
     
     K710111118 rlces for" direct (le- 
     
     "Wies to tracking plants at r-rtiiii- 
     
     iltori were $1175 to $12 1m- u“ 
     
     basic grade. 
     
    

    
     MONTREAL bacoris were steady 
     
     at $0.25 r. & w. and $9.35 off 
     
     trucks. Rail grades were $12.30, 
     
     A few f. dz w. sales were up to 
     
     $9.35. Ijecders made $9 25 m 311, 
     
    
   
   
    
     titled. "Impressions Gathered on 
     
     Maritime Tour" Manv of our 
     
     stock breeders mid ranchers would 
     
     111s as \‘il‘f‘I‘l'lll1(‘fli. 
     
     Pam" FWPPR!‘ quite frequently 
     
     Fitcrv is also i1 writs-rm of the 
     
     Borden Fox Show in this issue 
     
     Willi all the ircohv wimzz-rs. Maiiv 
     
     tiwmks. fi-iowi I/IricLr-od. for your" 
     
     kind Vfllllglttfuhiess. We fimli a 
     
     great deal cf pleasure in perusing 
     
     your" uiiiclcr. . 
     
     Ffiill“ 0H1‘ "PM. notes appear iu 
     
     W111i (llrrisiivias \\"ili have been 
     
     cclebratrd. This Joyous event puts 
     
     u: all in a hkpplpr mood 1 hopm 
     
     5° T W11‘ Pleasure in COYIVlPYIIII in 
     
     tho readers of this page my Qlr". 
     
     gtswisli for a very pleasant Christ- 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Diamond Drilling 
     
    
   
   
    
     We wluh to ulvlu we now 
     
     o at: Diamond u; 
     
     equipment ll well u Chum 
     
     Drl s fer water wall work. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Our Diamond Drills 1n 
     
     modern Lenlyur machines. 
     
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     the North Goungiv. ‘I ' o 
     
    

    
     Get our figure ll: t lent 
     
     hole or prolpeot but]: yo: not 
     
     out down. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     AIIAIIAM PETERS, ' 
     
     North American Hotel. 
     
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