JANUARY 20. 1945" TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming ' The first of the New Year sales s; silver Fbx and mutation type pelts was held by tlhe Montreal (Canada) Fur Sales Ccmpany last week with the following results. Interesting to all of us was the {JPCSCIICCVOI south American dealers who are usually good buyers, but we regret that none from the Ar- gentine were represented. ‘lhese dealers will no doubt be Present next, week when the Canadian Fur sales Company vendu takes Place. Wo also publish the latest from Seattle, Washington. which fur- nishes s good idea of western prices. Qmrifng of 1,500 silver fox spec- gls particularly platina and w. ‘icfaoes, brought, competition for the New York crowd from an un- oxpectcd quarter. seven South Am- erican dealers, from Peru. Brazil and Urugtuy picking up some of the high priced lots. Plating foxes frcm Ontario ranches ranged from $15 to $140. and from Quebec raiwhel "15. b0 $125 , While West- crn specials d similar type brought mo. to $115. Pearl pie/tins. ranged s30 to $75 , and wh‘te faces $55 to $68. company reported s ciuls 60 cw cent sold, at a de- clllie of 25 lo 30 per cent compared with January 1944 sale. selected full silver was officially reported 60 per cent sold and de- clined 36 per cent from January. only Grade "B" was offered a prices ranged $32. to $50. Ordinary full silvers were of lcieliy 45 per cent sold. with a range of $28. to $40 down 85 per cent compared with January last; selected one-half and tihree- usrtcr silver per con sold, th s Ow 0f $31.. “ " ’ 3o per oem, and inferior- types, ranflillg $15. to $27., were 40 per cent sold, and declined 20 Der cent. Average decline on the total silver fox offering was 28 per cent. Seattle. Jan. l4 — A good de- mand for white faces. platinum and pearl silver fox was noted at the filial session 0f the Sfiattle Fur Exchange sale on Friday. Prices were on a par with those for sim- ilar good; at last month's sale. White faces (1.600) were 60 per cent sold bringing $50. to 8W1. depending on color phase. Platinum (500) were 72 per cent sold bring- iiir: $60 in $157. depending cal color hose. Pearl". (50) were all sold at $60. in $126. One indirect result of the epi- demic aiid a much to be regretted oiio, is the closing of the Govern- mciit Fox Stud Farm on the St. Peter's Road, which was managed hl/ Brenton Howatt. It will be remembered that. last fall selec- tions were made of male pup foxes from many of the best breed- ers in thc province and these wcrc placed w.'\h Mr. I-lowatt for care and management. Quite n number of ranchers sent females there to be matcd and some very satisfactor results were obtained. This fall t was considered on ac- count of the prevalence of dis- tcmpcr and the chances of s read- ing it because of various reed- ers patronizing the farni that it would be better to discontinue op- erations. An auction alas adver- tised and held the early part of this week. Cood prices were ob- tained considering the fact that the market hud dropped almost one-third from the previous year when the foxes were bought. Here are a few of the sales with approximate prices. . . . MciViil. laii 98X, full sliver. good animal. sold fcl" $180.00 to Mrs. Vlilfrcd ltfcCarvillc. Kinkoru. Francis Drake paid $166.00 for another too male and Wilfred Drake $156.00. Both these breeders are from Mlllview. Premier Walter Jones purchased several males and Dr. II. McIntyre of Charlotte- town was obuyer. The above will cate the success of the sale in view of conditions. It is a long time since a carload nf live foxes left Prince Edward Island. I believe one would have to go back to records of 1928 or 1929 to find an occurrence of that kind. so it. is iicilrs to learn that a car of livc foxes did actu- nlly leave Charlottetown station some rlays ago. destination being a ranch iii the U. S A. We und- Pfilfilld that thc foxcs came from M paid for Alaskans. The offe a branch ofa UltdSta . cern which is cloleaineg GOWIlHOIfOlILQ operations here or else severely vurtaillns them. The foxes from this farm were of good quality and last year brought exceptionally 800d liflc” l3 Delis. No doubt they will contribute to the improve. merit of the home ranch. Sales of silv f v are being liblderilllofiV8pnldllfl tinent. At Regina, seek" 1,500 iiiii’ pill. "tfi‘."““i. é‘.."°“.‘.. °°° . 8 0 61‘ t ough the Saskatchewan Fur Marketing Service recently set up by the C_ C. l". government. was disposed of. Pl I high-oi m, while white- mllkfid Ymlcht a top price of $60. Our opinion of the sale is that the new government agency has not crowned itself with any glory u the prices look low for the quality of foxes we would ex- pect to come from Se “atchewan ranches. In New Y rk La , Fr d: Ruth's offeling ofnlalilgnfox, 10X. red fox and cross fox drew a light attendance. Approximately 466 blue fox were 61 per cent sold at a 10 per cent advance over the. October auction figures. Top price of 8144 was paid for s. nice lot of platinum typu. Approxim- ately 6.000 red fox was 11 per cent sold and top price of $13.25 ‘was n of crou fox was withdrawn. g In Toronto the New York Auc- tion Company held its second sale of the season Due to difficult - blEWSY NOTES - A Chapter 0n Berries It may seem odd to be writing on "Berries" while on all sides the country is sleeping under its white blanket; but winter is the time for the naturalist to write of things. as summer is to collect them. If he puts off his writing till the coming of the latter sea- son. it may not be done at all. In this note the writer defers to the popular acceptance of the term "berry" as that of a small. juicy fruit, sometimes stoneleas sometimes not. As berries have dis- tinctive colors when ripe. this feat- ure may be employed as a means of identification. when the student is not acquainted with the plant on which the berry ls borne. A list of such color-divisions will greatly shorten the time required for looking up the plant in any of the accepted “I-Iandbooks" of botany and the student is urged to cut out and preserve the present at- tempt at such s classification. is another point in pub- a list of our berries. Chil- dren should be taught to dis- tinguish between the edible and the poisonous species. and cautioned against the latter. I have recent- ly found Sclsnum Dulcamsrs grow- ing wil: its bright red berries look tempting enough but are ex- tremely poisonous. Whiie Berries: ' White Baneberry (Actoas slba). herb. Poisonous? Red-Osier Corncl (Cornus sto- ionifera). shrub. Creeping Snowberry (Chicgenes hispidula), creeping shrub. Snowberry isymphcrlcarpoa race- mosus), shrub, ornamental. Yellow or Orange Berries: Cloudberry or Bake-Apple bus Chamsemorus). edible. s (Ru- low travel conditions the sale was one 1m, , I d 6 .. . i’ .. l! of New York buyers considerably lessened. Ranch mink was 70 per cent sold and brought a toll iii-ice of $26.50. Platinum foxw were 40 per cent sold and had a top of $145. About the same proportion of white-marked foxu was dis- posed of and the peak reached was $76. Standard silver foxes sold as high as $68 with 55 per cent of the offering disposed of. The collection of foxes was a fair one with some fairly good plat- inums. In New York the M. i M. As- sociation and other shippers full silvers were auctioned by the New York Auction Company and 60 per cent sold. top pricrwas $80. with to price for M. d: M. full silvers High price for throu- quartsr silvers was s36. while a half-silver brought a tcp of $34. In Women's Wear Daily for Thursday. January llth. appears a quarter page ad as follows: “1,000 Canadian Platinum. Pearl Platinum and White Marked Fox Pelts. on display, January. 18, i945. at the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company, Ltd, Montreal, Canada. To be sold at public auction January 23, 1945. This offering- contains a very fine collection of Canadian Ranch Raised new type fox its, a large percentage be- ing ight. and Ebrtra Light, large. flashy skins (many ring necks). These high quality new type fox pelts come to us from a number of the best breeders across Can- ada and include the skins from the Ontario Prince Edward Island Pelt Show Collections. 100 per cent Fresh Colic . CANADIAN NAT- IONAL SILVER FOX BREED- ER-S‘ ASSOCIATION. SUMMER- SIDE, PRINCE EDWARD ISL- A The above ad will appear also in Fur Trade Review and other publications which catch the eye of the best fur buyers of the Uni- ted Statea. Now you will realize why we were so interested and insistent in securing so many ent- ries for the Provincial Pelt Show. knowing as we did that the pelts would appear if o!’ satisfactory quality in the collection which is being advertised. That a collec- tion such as it. is will draw s. large number of buyers is an assured fact. Next year let us make it big- ger and better than ever. We predict that Platinum. Plat- inum Silvers and White Marked Foxes will take the lead in the rise iii prices which we anticipate in the fox pelt market in the next few months. We have been scan- ning the sales reports very close- lv and find that at the New York a fox ranch near Charlottetown“ Auction Company's sale ten days —- i and meat qualify. Poultry Services. ern hatchery this year. i ery season. i- D Swift's p l. Baby Chicks Now is the time to order your baby chicks. Our chicks are bred for high egg production Breeder flocks are blood- iested iwich and approved by the Government We have elected a new mod- most up to date in Eastern Canada, being sn- tirely frec of any contact with poultry or poul- J try products, thus safeguarding our chicks from any source of disease infection. Now is the time to decide how many chicks Y0" "llllln- 0rd" now for delivery at any time during the hatch- swirrs _ CHICK HATCHERY ciiaiiiorrerown. which will be one of tho Ited or Purple-Red Berries: Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra)‘. herb. Poisonous? "Indian Pear" or June-Berry (Amelanchier sppJ, small trees. Red Bearberry (Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi), shrub, trailing. Barberry (Berberis vulgaris), shrub, rare. "Indian Turnip" (Arisaema tri- phyllum). acrid herb. Bunch-Berry iCornus caniideri- sis), Herbaceous. low. om, Haivthom (Crataegus Ipp). small trees. Water Arum (Calla palustria). acrld bog herb. ~Spurge-Laurei (Daphne Mezere vm.), shrub. acrld. Crowberry (Empctrum rigrum andinum). low evergreen shrub. Strawberry (Fragaria Virginians) er "Teaberry" (Gaultiicria prccum- hens). creeping evergreen. Winterberry ' (Ilcx verticillata) swamp shrub. Fly Honeysuckle (Louiccra Can- adcnsis). shrub. moist woods. Mountain Holly iNelnfiiiflfll-lll" mucrcnata). ihrub. swamps. Wild Red cherry iPrunus Penn- ylvanica). small tree. vi Rowanberry tPyrus spp), trees. 2 kinds. ' Red Chokeberry iPyrus arbuii- folial. swamp. low shrub. Rose lRosa sop), prickly shrubs- ago 1,600 mutations were B3 per cent sold with $170 paid for some top piatinums. The Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company, Ltd. sale of gen- eral furs started on Tuesday. January 16th with an offering of lynx, beaver, otter, skunk. badger". white fox and cross fox. On Janu- ary 17th muskrat, fisher. ermine. red fox, wolf and squirrel were listed. On Thursday 5,500 wild mink and 25,000 ranch mink. Next Monday. Januar 22nd, 1,- 300 Silver Fox, Plat um and Platinum Silvers C.F.A.S. specials and 5,600 Silver Fox first section of catalogue will be offered. On ‘Tuesday. January 23rd, 1,500 Sil- ver Fox. Special Canadian Nat- ional Silver Fox Breeders‘ As- sociation, Platinum. White Mark- ed. etc.. and 5,300 Silver Fox sec- ond section will be offered. On Wednesday. January 24th, 635 Sil- ver Fox Western Canada ncw types and 420 Silver Fox, new type show pelts of New Bruns- wick Fur Farmers‘ Association. and 5.800 Silver Fox third section. will be auctioned. On Thursday 1.20;) C. F. A. S. specials. Platinum. Pearl Platinum. etc.. and 5,600 Sil- ver Fox will be sold and on Fri- day. January 26th, 6,700 Silver Fox of the fifth section will complete the catalogue. The above sale is certainly re- plete with quantities and qualities of fine Canadian furs. probably thc best that the great Dominion can place on show. They have been garnered from tho wastes of the Arctic and from all thc Prov- inces cf Canada, from fur farms stretching from Nova Scctia to British Columbia and from trap lines laid by enterprising youths in creeks and woods as well as by experienced trappers who make their livelihood by that occupa- tion. If you were to drop into the lobby of thc Windsor Hotel at Mount Royal this week or next wcek you would hear a jargon of language you could hardly under- stand, practically everyone would be conversing about fur prices and they would be mostly men of the Jewish race whose temperament naturally gravitates thcm to a more or less speculative business such as fur buylflll 011°"!!- ' We just roughly totalled up the r ortions of new types as com- gal-go with thc old reliable Sliver Fox and find that of the 34,000 skins in the catalogue about 5.000 are Platinums. Platinum Silvers White Faces. Pearl Platinuma and other new types, while 29.000 are Silvers. Very probably this pro- portion would extend itself to the entire continent and if you were to secure the figures of the pelts taken off iii the United States and Canada they would roughly be United Stairs 25.000 new types. 175,000 Silvers; Canada 20.000 new types. 120,000 Silvers. If that pro- portion keeps up the prices the new types will have considerable aqvmgage over Silvers but when the trend starts the other, way rhea down i108! "l" PT“??- I Red Currants and Gooseberry 5 ,,.~;.i;.;\‘~'t.ii Zia-l: finch.» (Ribes spp.), shrubs. often Spinose. Red Raspberry (lubus idaeus van), shrub. Red Elderberry (Bsmbueus (race- mosa). a b. ' Woody Nightshade (Solarium Dulcamara), straggling shrub. Poisonous! Yew UPaxus cansdenals), ever- green shrub. Isa Berries: Altemate-Leaved wood (Cor- nus Aliemlfolis). ahru. (To Be Continued Retrospect and Advice In the good old times, 35 years ago, when I had p or potatoes for sale, I loaded t em onto n truck wagon and started for town ten miles away. (There were no trucks in those days). As I neared town. on the last stretches of the St. Peter's Road, I was accosted by the "scout-s” of the various competing dealers. who looked ovel my wares and made ma an offer If it agreed with my judgment l accepted and drove to his head- quarters, delivered the goods and got the money. Sometimes when the scouts price was deemed too low, it paid me to drive ori to town and go the round of the dealers themselves who often paid a cent or two more par lb. or bushel, rather than see my cargo go to some competitor: but in all case: it was a cash sale. The world does not stand still however, and with the coming of the telephone into greater use. the picture began to change. When l sought the dealer he how began to phone to some other dealer to find out what he was paying. and the answer set the price. This method was so satisfactory to the dealers that the old system oi competition soon gave way to an organized cooperation. and the price of all farm produce was fix- ed without the farmer having any say in the matter. Then the “cash on the nail‘ system was abandoned. The buy- ers of pork paid by bank cheque and as the cheque reached its goal usually in a few days it was good business practice; _ than that of most business firms. who among themselves, favored monthly settlements. On the other hand the buyers root crops. potatoes. turni s. ed to a more primlt ve method, with less consideration for the hard-working farmer. Af- ter the goods were delivered tn the warehouse or shipping point talways be it remembered. at the farmer's expense or trouble) the money was sent out in the form oi currency to the buying agent and the farmer had to collect ii from him. ‘This was not an oner- ous lob if the two were near neigh- bors, but in mos; cases it meant '2; journey. longer or shorter. at the most inclement season of the year: and if the agent happened to be from home. the Journey hill to bc repeated. I do not know whether this procedure is still worried out nil over the Island but l gatlicr it still survives at vari- ous points. It is a system that might well be abandoned in favor of better and morev considerate business methods. Time i5 W‘! valuable to the farmer these days for unprofitable jaunts. Ilisiory Of The Jews ti) 1 3m just finishing the “first volume of Milmans tragic His- tory of the Jews". HER?!’ Ha" Miiman was an ecclesiastic who became Dean ‘of Si. Paul's London in 1849, and died in 1866. I-lis tor-y" was first published in . and was issued sill" in a" ex‘ tended form in 1856. Its issue raised a storm of controversy which must have surprised thc clerical writer. i "h tli History aptteaisgil tlhrgebillkeilif the British people believed that the Bible. as they had it. could he: err: and at the back of their minds WM 6 vague picture of an anksllfl Del!!! dictating. verbatim. the W°Yd °l God" to a line of- scribes com- lnencing with Moses and endinS with St. John at Patmos. Milman. however, proposed to sift and study the Bible like any other book. and desired that while the events and characters of sacred histofi’ Bhfillld be treated revcrently. it should bc done none the less critically. Iii pursuance of this course he ventured to point out (amen; many other examples) that Psalm 136 Pharoah was said to have perished in the Red $082 while in the historic narrative IEXOLiU-S r4. 2a». no specific meo- lion is made of the monarch him- cisms drew upon Miiman the rc- sentmant not only of the public but of the theologians. and cost him some of his dearest friends. Those readers who wish. mill’ “ml more details of those controversial times in the Bverymans edition of thefllistory": which may be consulted in one of the City libraries. But this must be said: no mat- ter liow these unimportant de- tails are criticized, the Bible alone. of all writings. offers the surest guidance to a happier life for all mankind. A Little Nonsense Ahdrc _Maurois believes that the Eilgiiah like lishness. and maybe this accounts for my col- lecting tin my callow days) those absurd productions called parodies and "bowlers." The former were comic versions of famous poems. generally innocent and always hu- morous; but they were deemed reprehensible as blunting apprecia- tion of the original‘ poetry; ‘Par example. a . Y greatly favored bv concert elocu- tlonists in those days, began "A soldier of the Legion lsy dying in A iers. There was lack of woman's gentle hands. there was dearth of ivoman‘: tears"- Tlie parridlst, who had no pathos lri his soul, gave it the KO with this- "A Hamilton militiamen as hicht gat rosrin‘ u‘. TliE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN self having perished. Such critl-l l Brass and Glover Silage for Milk Production y (lapcrimsntsi Finns News) the e content of the forage' Among the forage crops usually grown for bay, it nas been round that clover, slalfa and s mint of clover or alfalfa along with tim- othy or oflser grams; are probably the most suitable. It, has been the practice generally to begin erisillng M1011 the clover is in the early bloom stage. This product is some- times called 511830 and should not be with the gran silage produced in Great. kitain from short miniature greases. Feeding experiments at the Dominion Experimental Station, Fredericton, N.B., in u: that silage mado from clover and grass without oil/red mixed clover and timothy hay cut at about the same stage of mat- urity. However, clover and grasses can be endled in weather wholly unsuited for hay , ac there is more auurlanoe that the crop Will he out at the most desirable stage of msimrity if it is enailed thin if it is made into hay More- over. if the haiv should become badly weathered before it is stored. silage would no doubt be superior in f value to hay. Gram and clover silage car. be produced without the use of mol- assee or other preservatives, but FCeediTgforHafchAabiIiiy l (Experimental Farms News) The of early growth, egg production and breeding are th mos: exacting in the lfe of poultry insofar as nutrition i; concerned. Of these. Perhaps the most exact- ing is the breeding period. It is commonly considered that, if the poultry feed is of sufficient quality to Drool/me a satisfactory number 0‘ B888. it should also be suitable for the prcdluctton of a large pro- portion of chick; from these eggs This. however is not the case, says I-LS Gutteridge. Poultry Division, Central Exlperimental Fiann, 0t- tawa. Many good laying rations have proved unsatisfactory for the produition of a large percentage of sound chicks The whole reason f0!‘ this is not known, but may be dlswvfired bv further research Manganese must, be present ih all sattdactory feeds. 1t, is re- quired for growth, egg produc- tion and hatchabilit/y. A deficiency of it reduces liatchability through the Production of abnormal em- bflios wh ch usually either die in the egg or more rarely, live for only a short period after hatching Some investigators have indicated that pwbH-bly two to three times as much manganese is required for l1 ilh hatchebillty as for satisfactorv 88f! production As many practical rations are known to be deficient or borderline in manganese, 1-4 lb. of manganese sulphate per tch of mash is usually added. Care in mixing is necessary The chemical shcuTd be mixed thuroughly 1e, a D811 or similar container with a “P7111 0f "will; tlrs with a larger There wasllack o‘ woman's tends. Liana to haud his burnin’ roo"— v Alas fill’ tile Soldier of the Leg- ion! Whenever I_ heard of him, that besotted milltiaman got be- tween me and the light. "Howlers" was the name given to the ludicrous answers to ex- amination tests. which were per- petrated by schoolboys and less lTGqU€fllly—-\Yl1éli.0VEl‘ was the rea- son — by girls. The boy who wrote “The Gorgons were like wo- men. but more horrible.” did not mean to be ungallant. I-le had been reading Ovid. where the three Gorgons, daughters of Phorcys. were said to have snakes for hair, tusks for teeth. and claws for . When on top of this he learned that they had but one eye among them (presumably in- terchangeable) one need not won- der at his grammatical confusion. Would Euclid have turned down the boy who defined a straight line as “the shortest distance be- tween two dots?” History furnishes a wide fielo for bowlers. We learn that "the Pilgrim Fathers thought it bet- ter to be out of this wicked world and so colonized in Massachu- setts." The Flve Mile Act (1665) is defiried—"Every parson mus: m preach more than five miles off his church." In answer to a ques- tion about the Salic Law, a youth replied—"The Sallc Law forbade any man descended from a wo- man inheriting throne." “Where was Magna Charts sign- ed?" The answer was “At The Bottom!“ I hope that boy got through. "The Act of Uniform- ity" wrote another youngster. "was to make everybody go to bed at the same time." Worse than the Curfew! Oliver Cromwell is al- ways a favorite with examiners, who have at times elicited infor- mation not to be found in his- tories: such as "Cromwell is said to have exclaimed. when he cut off King Charles‘ head and got on the throne, "If I had served my God as I have served my King He would not have left me to mine Also that the word would be found on his heart." Another candidate, writ- ing of Henry VIII, related that “Catherine Parr. who survived thc King, was going to be beheaded. but he died the day before he signed the warrant." Mathematics do not give much scope for the bowler. but Gram- mar is more propitious. I do not think the writer of this was an incipient cynic: "An abstract noun is the name of something that has’ no n!‘ ~ g5 = etc. "A syllable." wrote a schoolgirl. "is a word expressed by one onen- ing of the mouth." Another con- sidered the adjective formed from the word sister to be "Cistertian. while a boy declared that. Chaucer wrote in middle-class English. Tn end the note. here l! l bowler whose senuineriess is sus- pect. Asked to define Faith. I-Io and Charity. l n°l wit out genius. belief in what can't happen: H008 is belief in what wont b09960; and Charity ia_bslief in what ham! happened. I must be, reduced w 7i) per cent or lowcr at. the tune of ensuing. This can be accomplished by filling the silo only on afmmoons and 1B2 ti" 010V“ to wilt in the swath for about two hours. However, thil, method of ensiling slows up upgr- ations and requires more Expgg. fence to obtain good results than where freshly out clover is ensile-l and molasses used at forty to 818W . WHIQO- The cost of molasses i.- at least Partly compensated for t, a somewhat higher- feeding valu. of treated over urgtreated 5115,89 t tap b: properly if excessive los ll to be avoided. A satisfactory method of d this is by leveling and tram the Silage cn the second or ihi day after filling is completed an" once each week for three weeks OI‘ “m? n“! lwelllh! and trampiiig, "W" be lWoeiAd until all aettlinoi 118a ceased otherwise spoilage will be excessive especially arcimd the 908cc where there is a tendency for air pockets to devel when this method of sealing of the top was followed at model-mm,‘ the "l8?" 0! 8.0011941 Bl-lflde removed "m"! l!“ i017 represented only 3.11 n" “m 0T WM total weight cf ouantity. and s}. on until s. my. ficient, quantity of premix is avail. able to make thorough mixing virith the Whole quantity of mash p35- slble- While T-bkhorns seem to re- qilife 16B "lflflzanese than heavy breeds for hatchabillty and other Duélvploses. ‘c most important respect. 1.. which m? b19941"! Deriod is more "llcmli? ma" 311i’ other however. is requirement of vitamins. Ap- - v One third more of v'lt_ “mine l? and D 8nd 50 Der cent lmOYe vitamins. B2 (riboflavin) is FBquired in the- ration than for egg Production It is essential that the fish oils which are the mos; com- 100K115’ used source oi vitamins A aim b? Heed flit a level one third llgnel for the hatching mash than 0i the laying mash, 11,501“ as TIDOflILVHI is concerned Jlpploxlm. aiclyntwlce the quantity of uhe ffY-“é ‘>1 101s vitamin such as Fed milk products, dehydrated “ee-"feedi- Yeast. Pure riboflavin 9w" my“ b,“ "590 Elven when all tllcsc Vllldmlfl5 are presem in Ad. equine amounts. the fact mat pmr hataibhtiy may follow may be BNe-Rlllfld by interfering iaomr; oilici- than nutrition. Ir, L; m, Possible to state definitely how nliuich of any supplement should be a ed to the ration to make 1t, suitable for hatchabilitv. A pub- llcallml- "Pculirv Fcedsand Feed- gltg ._ l."- cvailable free from the \mllllCll Dent of Agriculture, O"l"“':l'- Willi-i} Blvcs lnfomiatimi 0n ‘the vitamins and other nut- ricirs which a feed contains. vile-Elected Head 50f Dairy Farmers lily The Canadian Press) REGINA. Jan. 18—R.1-I.M. Bali-v °f Edlflvflwn today Was re-elestéll presldenl M the Dairy Farmers of Canada “l a 1119611118 of directors. The annual meeting of the Assocl. atlon ended here yesterday. J. J. McVagllc of Ailiston, 0nt,, was iiamcd first vice-president. Gilbert Mclvilllari, Huntiiigdun. Que. second vice-president. i» with COOKED FOODS O In 6 - 6 - 10 Bushel Sizes, Prices on application. Manufactured and sold by BRUCE STEWART ten. ill]. . _ GHARLOTTETOWN, P. E .I, QUALITY POTATOES FROM MUCK SOIL A general opinion, shared by the surface. D dealers and consumers, is that potatoes grown on muck soil are of inferior cooking quality In the main, this opinion is correct 56 ma"! muck land potatoes offered on Canadian markets. although of excellent appearance, are of cooking quality and sell largely on mineral soil, isfactory at Ste their attractzve appearance. ‘This is only bv due largely to the character and with Bordeaux. composition of muck soil which is about ten dzi,\".~. Vellv lllkih 1n nitrogen and low in season essential minerals, particularly i: POlBSh. ' Dominion Ehcperimeiitial Sub Station foi- muck lands. at Ste Clolliilde, Quebec. enpeiimenls d H 1 . , _ ' Fresh Frozen ‘ffaplin ai 2 cent; ‘fin t?! 01W plétaltlégs 0:35:55" 0590x555‘ ilxrefilgllliilad. ilellvcred any Station soil have been conducted for seven ' ' pREEMA-q POPE years. From these it has been de- Scarf: it Ii l, lbrfnir-Qd that approximately 240 1.30.11, ' ' ' ' Wllflds of potash. 120 pounds of phosphoric acid and 30 pounds of nitrogen ls about tn.- minimm. fertil 1er required to produce a 400 bushel cwu of potatoes. Also with such a crop the potatoes will have similar, or superior, cookuig qual- ll-y to those 0f the same variety EYOWI]. under favourable conditions, hr mineral soil Such an applica- tior. is the equivalent of 1500 DCUIIds of a 2-8-06 mixed fertilizer per acre Lower applicaiioirof potash "m1 lmmflsed Dhosphorzo acid re- sulted ln a lower yield and a drop in quality. Bicreased ti N» Wrlllnr- No of potash up to 360 g: :0 bother. acre Produced yields up to soo m" "'~ bushel. per acre, with cooking illlflllly Similar to that obtained where 240 pounds had been applied I" 3 TWP Year trial it has been found that row placement of part field, Emerald pr all of the fertilizer appl-ciitlon Geo. B. lfunic, Box 2s, Lot 6i, s not a satisfactory practice on Brooklyn Kings co. muck soil Concentrations of feri- D. J. Hughes. R. R. II, Mi. ma‘ m“ m6 _Dlfll1t are lict liec- Stewart. NSPTI. and, with even moderate I1. A. li-liigv. (YLeuigv. Eidillflitlvlls. may prove harmful. 0- (‘. .Iohiison. Churchill Tile best results have been obtained Fail. . North Tyrone. by thoroughly harrowing lypbg-oad- FARMERS! lllliNllllNl FATTEN YOUR STOCK Th! NOW Welded Steel FOOd Cookers now available Cloth ild Iii‘. ITIOIIC Charles r_~:. ivimh, 142 (ma; George btljcet. Charlottetown (chicks 0n ilisplay.) Clarence F. ilaslam, 5pm.“. orders. Just p one. or cast applications or by applying the fertilizer wtii a grain drill 3gb in place i: three ci- four inches below As a rule the control of potato blight is more difficult with a nor- mal crop on muck soil than on _ due probably to the SHORE. rapid growth of thc tops. So far, dusting ha, not proved sab- e, and adequate control can be obtained very thoroughly spraying liltcrvais throughout the Fox” liliuclirlis i’ FERTILIZER FACTS In the following table, we make an endeavour to show the laiit food co u". of various Mixed Fertill d t i di p‘ n n m! from which they anzerix-‘sadaéi o u cafe the relation in qulfllllllPS of the mater- Un“. hi“ Pounds Materials Thai Villllflllfokc One Ton Ha IP00‘ . 2:: ,,_=--- 1m. "d", Ammonia “'1'”. Potash Sometimes "-4. i ___ ___ __ M 35% 600,’. railed filler l 2-12-6 :0 $29.00 20o 1200 200' ' 400 l 2000 3-15-6 24 33.50. son 150a zoo l None i 2000 4-8-10 all 32.40 40o son s34 l ice zoos s-1o-1o 2s 36.00 s00 1000 m v m 2000 4-12-6 I n I ans 400 1200 l 20o l 20o 2on0 I l | food. fertilizer on soils where cost of $1.00 per ton. making shipments when “IBLA grass and straw do not thrive. We manufacture 2-12-6 only for specially placed orders. We make 3-15-6 with 3% Borax at an extra cost of $3.00 per ton. We make 4-8-10 and 5-10-10 with I'll soluble Magnesium Oxide at an extra needed. N]! 600198 F0! ISLAND GIOWEIIS’ Charlottetown, P. I. I. 2-12-6 and 3-15-6 are largely used for sinlllar crops -— Grain, Hay, Turaipa and Pastures. The latter contains more plant food and less "other materials", re- sulting in a lower cost per unit for the plant food. 4-8-10 and 5-10-10 are largely used for Potatoes. plant food and lees "other materials", resulting in slower coat per unit for the. plant The latter contains more 4-12-6 is occasionally used for Potatoes. It is s good Grail, Hay and Pagture “Other materials" is usually Limestone. Sand, or a mixture of both. There is a limit to the quantity of Limestone that can be safely added to Mixed Fertilizers. We can make prompt shipment of well cured Mixed Fertilizers, and would suggest your taking delivery lia early as po-xsibie. STILL ACUTE AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE T0 GIVE YOU SATISFACTORY SERVICE IN THE SPRING. The car shortage is also a matter for consideration and may prevent us from THE LABOVR SITUATION IS The Island Fertilizer Cm, Lid. of