Rear notes on TOPICS connector: wml Silver Fox Farming v 5311-2201831: a large crowd of ‘,5 present and a atronfl d was 9V tell. l" turnover furs. - ott no Mir- uiftleaxlluiefihiegle wasleraflcoul-Pleil in these two WP“ d Otter sold up W i193 f" extra dark and dark. 350° 0"" 19x were ch10’ . [op price of 8 4 ent sold with zwlrrTchere will 1M1! of demand for red ‘fox with a high 0i $18.15. price offer- mg of blue fox was 43 P61‘ 00119 t f 83']. p112; are’... n. usher and they were 73 Per c top price of Strong bid; a; a high price of 870. l‘ to i8 and 40 W“ mwhed w tgp price of (ui one. r uowine oar the page): cgllecticn of ranch and sliver foxes of the Associa Sliver ma: receuives, Fur Farmers, Inc., met with an excellent and consiatml demand. The 12,062 ranch mink were all 501d at full market levels. 930 WM realized for s lot of extru skins dark Keen competition marked the Skid of the oer platinum foxes at full established market prices. The collection which as always is one of the beat placed on the Am- erican market, was entirely sold m; to price for a reeil 31ml Tile. inn pelt cf $16 beau- The nlforing or 4,012 full silvers was popercentsoldwithatop rice for this fine collection‘; 004. 1%. s goodl, most cf the better dl posed 9:21;? ccrisidered by the auction company i4) b6 firm. A quantity of 84 three-quarter silv- erswasloopsrcentaoldatatop price of “l. Dr. Laos: J. Colo. Profane of Genetics. Univcsity of Wisconsin. has a feature article in the Am- erican Nationai Fur and Market Journal for February on "Breed- ing Glacier Blue and Silver llloxes." As a number cf ‘- in lnce who are interested new types we are quoting the art- icle. . . . "An inquiry has been referred icusastothegeneticsandbread- lng of glacier blue and pear-lamina silver foxes. The genetics of these color phases is relatively simple, involving as it does no new muta- tion but mere reoombinlations of color phases with which the fox breeder is alread familiar. These are Platinum ( ieltinum Sliver). which ls dominant to Silver (Stan- dard), and Pearl (Pearl Platinum Silver. recessive to silver. Know- ing this it ls possible to proceed ‘ cf the yet had ewerieuce comparatively It would appear that the Giac- ier Blue fox is accmbimition of Platinum Silver with Pearl Silver. This can be groduced g3 first breeding the latinum ver to Pearl silver. which should ro- duce on the average one-half at- inum silver and one-half Stand- ard Sliver pups. The Platinum Silvers produced by this crou re- nemble ordinary Plctinlln Silvers ln appearance. ut they differ gen- etlcally in that they are half- blood for Pearl Silver as well cs for Platinum Silver. If these Plat- inum Silvers m now bred back to Pearl Silvers (not necessarily related to the ones previously usedi. the expectation would be on the average one Standard Sil- ver. one Pearl Silver, one Plat- "lllm Silver. and one Platinum glacier Blue Silver. now bred to earl Silver, should continue to ilroducc Glacier Blue Silvers and Pearl silvers in equal numbers. .__. 351/16" DOESTHETRiCK/ nu: man w. has! urn. 120 John 8t. North. llevuilton, Out. N m . O u! ‘lfnnii. "Si?" .‘.'.'.'.°'.‘. ‘"00 in. Chas. w nil. ' l Malno St» a ism‘? Fifi?" Lorne Kllbrllle, Port lllll A. J. McDonald. Traoadle Cross. Chas. ll‘. Maelhy. Northern. Chas. S. yhlloliay. Park Corner. r for the types of and the prices‘ small DOW We bro offering STONE ‘49 Wellington Si. I. Toronto, Ont. RINTHNG. Nursery Stock for Spring Planting | for Spring I945 delivery Fruit trees indlldllllt Apple, Peer, Plum, , Currents, Gooseberries, as wall as a complete lino of Ornamental and Shade troll.‘ FWWIIIIS 511N158’. 0508. Ever-greens and Perennials. ” G WELLINGTON, Box 48. Charlottetown. LBJ. The Poarlatine Silver, in the limo WY. a combination or Pearl Sliver with white-marked silver. process is the same as that outlined above, except that willie-marked silver is used m place of Platinum Sliver. That is to say, white-anarked silver mat. ed to Pearl Silver should produce white-marked and ard Sil- ver Pllill. Thus white-marked sil- ver offlp mated back to the Peas-i Platinum Sliver should give standard Sliver, Pearl silver. White-Marked Sliver and White- Marked Pearl Silver (Pearlatlna Silver). Further breeding of these Pearlotina Silvers to Pearl Sil- vers should roduce equal num- bers of Peer tina Silvers and Pearl Silvers. I In the ‘ ., _, nothing been said about the quality or de- gree of slwerlng (light or dark) of the glacier blue silvers and the prrlatinoa silvers. Thea usi- es woul depend upon e c r- aoterlstics of the or final animals used and such select on as might be made. The pearl silvers pro- duced in these croaes are double that is. recessive for both the characters concerned. They will produce only pearl sil- vers i! bred togeth and behave the same as other pearl silvers in crosses. What causu foxes to urn Samson? Will foxes that have turned Samson ever regain their normal coats of fur? A Montana rancher, who has been breeding foxes the “gust l0 years. recently ‘wrotc to e American Nationars Veterinary Consultant Service about a sunson problem which carne up on his ranch last season. He said that due to labor shortage last spring he put all of his vlx-l ens which missed and also some old males in his run. About the middle of Augum he took them out of thehrun and mput them in penis; | ‘Iihen e ut OWNS WP! ths run. emree or four of the came Samsons - th drill cred wooly fur. He explained that he had heard a lot about Samson foxes but these were the first he has ever had on his ranch. H ainedthat . “when had good coats of year. I-Ie further explained that he had two or three late litters which looked like they were go- to turn Samson, and he said he believed the cause must be in the feed. He pointed out that he did not feed any reen stuffs or tripe last spring. e also stated that he had fed horse meat ground with bone and mixed with water. I-lis ration also consists o! about l-d pant of commercial cube feed. The ranchers problem was re- a ferred to the American Nationals Veterinary Consultant who re- plied as follows: “This is in re- ply to your letter of recent date com: Samson foxes. Various "a" ‘product’ hail?!‘ this oonditltolhe causu - The probability is that the exact cause has not been definitely identified. The theory that is com- monliy cased is that the "Sam- son cofiifion is due to internal disturbances. The factors causing gland disturbance may be nutritional, but they also may be due to inheritance or other con- ditions. The Samsons are no likely to again grow a normal fur. anditisbuttoculdthesn If ble it would be elude green stuff (5 per cent) sui- mal viscera. lnclu some liver. if possible in the ration. During the winter it would be advisable i cl d ll ntain vtioitaarlrrinsnAuarelalgogwiri) thee? ratio?!’ m. "w" lllfléfid“ n: ma fin‘ tmikleyys as a sideline. They find that they can dole? success; fully and with a inn-mum trouble by using wire-bottomed coops and sheds. One large fox farm, the Associated Fur Purim at New Holstein and Elke. W100i)" sin raised no less than 30.000 turkeys during the vear and made a big profit on them. Michigan and Wisconsin arr having trouble nct over anched foxes but from wi foxes that re raiding the farmers‘ hen and . m ooops and creating tro- m per instr complaints and tea mers how to trap "10 Group meetings are held in areas where fox damage is greatest. We were delighted to recoil/Q ll! the mail a few days as» I bew- tlful calendar from Intcmational Pox and Animal Foods Ltd. Sum- merside. the president and man- ager of which is Lowell W. Han- cook. rt is pleasure w Know "let this good company has now full? ‘recovered from the fire of last fall and is better lireillred than m? .322" i". ca: it‘ . w c - md m ined such a splendid Peach, Raspberries, Loeal ‘Representative: A. H. BRYENTON. obta igiffiltien -WIIF.I'OVQI used. . ' - NEWSY DAGIDOIA NOTES - Bird Notes From Buuunsr. Side l!) I now resume the transcription of Mrs. H. T. Oolvln's interesti-s letter: "I saw some red-winked Blaclrbirds in a ewanmy spot near Albertcn, in Septe 1941- I knew them because I had seen so many of them in Florida. I had some kind of a Sflndlilpel‘ 01' shore bird fly down and take a bath one day in late summer. The Flicker enjoys his bath and brings his family later. Purple Finches chic it all summer, so do the Gol ches. "I used to see flocks of Red- poils every spring; they were very tame and would remain till they had gathered all thc weed grads. The: to help out, I sorzlg- es sprea gram near e window, so that I could observe them. Some were paler in color. I have seen none since 1939." (Thac- winter visitors are uncer- tain in their arrival. I saw a large flock on Feb. M, i930; Blld a few on Mar. 7. 104i. There are years they appear to be abundant and others whcn they use scarce: ’ rending on condi- tions in the north of us, I sup- pcse-Agrlcola) . "The Cedar Waxwlnga come every summer when the cherries are on the trees. later when the Rowan berries are red. .At that time I often think there are Bohemian Waxwings among them. birds that lock lighter in color and act more lively. darting around the top of the tree like Plycatchers. One which was on the ferlce (i944), facing me, had a lighter section down the middle cf its breast. almost like a. vest. Taverner is right when he says there is little seasonal cr sex vari- ation among the waxwings. then I feel sure those I speak of must be the Bohemian." (This particu- lar bird was s. partly albino Cedar. The Bohemians only visit =us in winter and apparently at long in- tervals. They nest within the Arctic circle-see the little 15c "Green Book Birds of Am- ulcll." published by Whlltmhll Co.. of Racine. Wisconsin: there is a good picture on p. l5—Agri- cola). "The Cedars stay Mlle!‘ the ground and are tamer. I have seen them take a. waxberry off the bush and pars it to another along- side on the fence." (I have read of this singular habit. but have never seen instances. Is it altru- istic. gr 283ml‘? of feeding the u ~ a . ygqngsee the Pine Grosbeaks every winter Last winter. and the one before it. several People in and near Svum-mlersid have seen Eve- ning l" beaks, and have called rue up to ascertain what they were. I have never seen any. Horned Larks seem to have been aibund- ant the last three years and my husband saw a Prairie Horned Lark near Carleton, spring of i940. They may be coming near- er to town. since the clearing and draining of land for our air port must have forced many small birds to find new nesting ground. A pretty little brook ran through the land used. with a variety of shrubs and trees on its banks. and I often saw flocks oifsmali birds there. O O I "1 almost forgot to mention my one call from a Water Thrush Oct. 2. i936. It was alone on the edge of the bird balth when I first saw it. and it circled the edge sev- eral times. teetering back an forth and Jerking its tall, before it ventured in. I have never not- lced one since, but then none of the Thrush come as often as they d-id. Every year a mmiber would be here and one could al- weil to in- way! loot them as they ran alone on the fence. I first identified the I-Iennit Thrush on Oct. 15. 1N5! it remained here a week. The lam Hermit Thrush I saw was on Oct. g, 1942, The ground on the other side of my fence is not suited for grotmd birds. being overgrown with creeping vines: a fine place for cats to hide. I supDose the other Thruahes I saw were tile Olive- backcd: and the Veefy I 801" you." (There is one thins W"; strikes me. when reading this in- structive letter: residents of our southern districts see more species ds, and in greater number. than we on the North Shore d0- Perhapa this is due to a more gen- lal climate. I have only seen one Water Thrush, Aug. 27, 193i. It was among the alders on the banks of our "creek." and drew my fli- tention by its actions so well des- cribed BJDOVCr-"Alflwlll "I spotted a. white-crowned par-row with the white-throated nd. 1m fall. I am very poor at emifying time Sparrow family. any different-appearing 5PM‘- rows are here every fall." (The "Birds of North Carolina". men- tioned last week. aiv two plates ZR*W _ of sparrows which are very help- , one ate is devoted to glrliarrows wgth white wing-bars; the other to those with “plain wings. The pictures run in ranks down the plate and attention is called to the ‘stlnguishing feat- ures bv a short inscription F01’ instance. the Vesper Sparrow has an arrow mark directed at the tail and the words “White outer tafl feathers.” ‘The Sims sparrow labelled: "Large central breast 5mg" and so on-Agrlcola). "Shortly before I had your gheek-list I thought I had iden- emed a Connecticut Warbler. The I POIILTRF-POIILTIIY -P0lll.TIiY- ur live or dressed Olsirllgllullf: fowl. Higher prlees “m [you returns. Ex “nus, quantity no cbfoctiou. “g glad quantities of hard- exdfila foIr-Ifool lengths. Eastern Packing 0c. SOUIIB d pears an article in The Contemp- h was persuaded that it was ‘lei bird looked e lilo tho - ture in Reed's do. only I d not noticed the white eye-ring par- ticularly, as I saw it only a few minutes before a prowling cat flushed it from the ground to the top of the fmce. When I found a all for P. E. I.. I knew I be wrong and that probably the bird was a female Moumi since there was no black on the blue-gray breast. In this way I found your check-list a great helm." (Ya, the male Con- necticut, and the female Mourn- lng Warblers might easily be lmnfused with one another, if it were not for the white eye-ring of thcformer. I marked nary Reed's guide by putting an a erlsk be- fore the name of every species of bird found on the Island. ‘this was done by comparison with the check-list, and helped me coal-- alder-ably in m/y bird studies.- Agricola). . ' . "A pair of Red-eyed Vlreos have nested in since I thought were Vlreos, es- pecially oue resembling the Blue- headed. My new find for 1944 was a Yellow Palm Warbler: it was around our place for a week and its markings showed plainly when bathing. Every fall there are. birds resembling the Yellow Warb- ler. only darker-looking; I have never been able to place them, but since you have identified the Wilson Warbler, that is what they may be. (I-Iere is the description of the Wilson Warbler from ‘Birds of N.C.'—“Clear yellow-olive: fore- head, sides of head and wlhoie underpin-m bright yellow: crown black in adult male: the black less extensive or even absent in fe- males and immature birds." To which I appended ‘yellow patch underfellbow’ o! wing seen in dead birdf-Aug. 20, i944). "I am enclosing a snapshot of one of the so-called whales caught in Summerslde harbor in i916. A school of them came in and caused great excitement. Some one may have sent you one. but as you say, people are not always co-opera- tive when asked. Would you please return it as it is the only one we have. (I was glad to have this. and made a tracing of the animal for my book of records. It shows the rounded head, the very short rostrum or beak, the mouth. and the whitish area on the under side of the bodly — the marks of the true Blacltfish. I welcome such "snaps" since they add to our knowledge. and there is al- ways the chance of some new species turning up. Mr. Allen, however. was the only one who took the trouble to reply to my enouiryr-Agricclal. "I read a great deal. and have always liked the interesting things that you tell us about England. Many cf the other notes you have written. have led me into enjoy- able reading for which you have my thanks.-Yolars sincerely, Anne F. Colvin." (Rather. my thanks are clue to Mrs. Coivln for giving renders of these notes the benefit of her valuable observations. It w-iil be a pleasure to me to aid in the identification of any birds Mrs. Colvin may observe in the future-Agricola) . Control: What. Happened Last Time Under the above heading ap- orary Review, of Inndon, by Sir Leo Chiozza Money. "Chlozza Money," as he was called in my pnlmy days. was well-known as an no t with Soclallstic leanings. -Durlng the last war it was he who suggested the ration- ing blockade policy, directed to tainly come dow-ni But in restriction of enemy suppli. For this and other services to his coun- try, he was Knighted in i915. Here is an abstract of Sir Leo's article: In the war of 1914-1918 lt was not until the formation of Mr. Lloyd George's Government (end of 191d) that the powers of Gov- ernrnenlt were used to control food. materials, industries and shipping (This is news to me. b have read in press comments that Canada was the first country in the world to establish such con- trols!) Sir Leo goes on—M valuable time had been wasted in deliberate inaction deliberate because so many men in high cf- fice held the theory that it was wrong to interfere with the trades. which in their opinion were car- ried on in the best possible way by private enterprise in pursuit of private profit. Neglect went so far that merchants re-eslported from the United Kingdom supplies which we sorel/y needed oursel- ves. At this period we allowed the nation to be d ved of war- stoclrs for privae gain. part of them actually going to the cnunyi While in i918 we exported to Europe (excluding Russia) l2,- 005.000 libs. of tea. in i914 we sent them 30,050,000 10s.. and in i915, 20,565,000 lbs. In i917, this ex- portation fell to 2,931,000 lbs. under Sir Leo's control. at the close.of.t.he war the peo- ple who had narrowly esmed dis- aster-by national organisation - ecause I opportunity of releas- ing privae enterprise from con- trol. Some very unfortunate ex- Ild on the Food Min GUARDIAN H607 SMI/T- BUN T - STRIPE 17/3545? {R00 Seed uesduear with CERBSA COIISIGH than 3%: bushel. Prevents cu from \ seed and certain sol! ‘- borne diseases-generally gives better stands of‘ all grain .- ,‘.Il'i 2 (‘ER 6'40 s-l-n dlalnfl-vvqnl in. HHEAI oars BARiEY s . (ram }c. 1. (AHADIAN INDUSTRIES UMITED rravllllra ILVHION rllix l2" l iiilnlnste sow and the boar carry the same taint we get an unusual rliimbe Hennaphrodite pigs are less com- mon than rldglings ones. This is a pig outward appearances of a female. but carnies inwardly the of both the standpoint o1 an objection- iiidgling Pigs (Pederal Wt of uro Abncrmahlitias which‘ result h " . rmsphiodi c. or rup- tured hogs are inherited. Appar- ently the genn factor responsible for these weaknesses is recessive in that it can remain hidden in the body of a normal animal and show in eny. No a sow for purposes. y we con- tinue to get an increasing num- ber of such abnormal pigs from outwardly normal stock. a boar or sow is from a lit- ter containing ridgiing or ruptured pigs. we may expect abnormal in- divlduais in the next generation. Although only one in a litter may be abnormal, the rest of the litter may carry the same w ess as a latent factor and r, ‘ in their offspring. When both the ly large r of abnormal progeny. or ruptured th all the o ans male and female. gum ble carcass, lio ‘Ferdinand The following reference to Sgt. Denver Campbell, son of Mrs. George Cflmilbell nnd the late Mr. Campbell. Charlottetown, will interesting Ififldlflfi for hi; friends; If you think i: at all a soldier has to do to avoid becomin a CB-Sllflli-y L! to keep away fg-om flying metal you've got the wrong slant on the Italian fighting. Take the case of Sergeant Den- Vel‘ Camllbell, Charlottetown. P. E. I Island, Who does his fighting with the Cape Breton Highlanders. He was returning from a contact pe_ irci under "hellfire when one Jf those big white Italian bulls which are practically part and parcel of the Italian landscape charged him without warning. knocked him down and kept him pinned to the c "l until friends t n comet to his rescue. "I've been pinned down by shell. mortar and machine-gun fire." Sgt. Campbell explains. "but this was the first time I was ever pinned down by a bull.” He got his rcvcnge the next day, however. a piece of flying shrapnel—the re- 1 port says. wool, the War Office had avork- ed well for the nation, for it gave the British and Allied nrlnies rei- ativeiy cheap woollen clothes dur- lng the war. When wool was de- controlled the public was left with no protection whatever. and Alls- traiian wool of tile finest quality which in July 1914 fetched 30d (pence) per ib.. soared in Decem- ber to 150d. (Control. however. does not quite settle the problem of public protection. I rend a couple of months ago, of a meeting of wo- men in Ontario which passed a resolution protested again the quality and the price of the tex- tiles soid in that province. Such a protest is futile when compared with the courageous action of a Charlottetown lady as reported a few days ago in The Guardiafn. The control is there, but few take advantage of it, owing either ridgllngs and the to apathy or fear of giving offence. may become unfit for human com sumption with a total loss to the producer. Personally I find texltlie materials nwre flimsy and higher in price of late-Agricola). i a e To resume: "The public got the idea that decontroi could give ihe nation the beneficlent action of conunercialism: "prices would cer- practice ln al- C prices rose all round and most every case where decontrol occurred the public had to pay heavily. Thus, palm kernels rose under decontrol from £26 to £43 er ton. cotton seed from £19 to S, and copra from £43 10s, to £50. (Soap would go up). In January 1920. the secretary of the Food Ministry stated: "Aft- cr a great deal of agitation it was decided to take off the bacon control. Immediately all sort-s of people began to trade violently in soon. Prices went up and the proflteers began to reap a ha y harvest. we began to rece ve bacon of qualities quite unsuitable for this country. . . . e were compelled to put on the control again in order to secure the country's supply (l.e., of suitable bacon). And that is how the bacon- -r rottlng-at-the-dock businem came about. It was not our bacon. It belonged to the private traders who had assured us that decon- trol would lower prices." (I hap- pen remember this incident. though the Secreta might have stated it better. W n the trad- ers got a free hand they made up for their "lean years" under con- trol. by importing quantities of "fat" bacon which they bought low and sold h The people kicked. the contro went on again. and the right typo of bacon was brought in. The cargoes of "fat" bacon lay unsold. while the pro- fiteers wrote to the papers calling down the vengeance of the gods istry for allow- ing "bacon to rot at the docks." Sir Leo's article is rather long. but as it embodies many needed lessons, I hope to take it up again in the near future. perfumes followed. In controlling. Wrlie for price lists. ‘ i. CHICK CHICK CHICKS Any person who would like to order Chicks from me I would like to have their order as early as possible. es- lmllll, started Chicks. From a few of the leading Ilatch- erlee in the Mariiimea I was only able to get as per cent of my orders filled last year. due to so Illly late orders. Se please give me a chance this A. I. IIYI-NTON, Chariaioiown. Box d”. year by ordering early. one Ne. sees-I.. s is often more offensive than ‘the rldgllng. In many cases the er ships such a hog unaware of its abnormal fnake- . The elimination of rlchlings, hermaphrodite: and ruptured pigs isla problem for the breeder 0 sove. be with the producer breeding stock. such pigs in a litter. and subse- quently selh litter mates for breed- a P11170695. lgruesai dis-service tc the swine in- of abnormal pigs wc d indicate clsing sufficient care in this gard. different sows. placed and kept as The bu“ was kmed by inany of the sows now producing this weakness. Some are sisters or abnormal pigs. are selected when their ancestry ls altogether unknown. We must recognize the point producers conceal the ithlellt‘ breeding stock carries this an lstry Policy. a sow cannot qualify if her litter. offered for testing, has any abnormal pigs. For this rea- son every swine producer should patronize only boars from quali- fied sows. If many sows of unknown breedln replaced by sows from A vanced Registry breeding, we would be going a long way in eliminating the abnormal pigs. of these irregular pigs. the own- er should eltl-ler dispatch them at birth or slaughter they reach 100 lbs. dressed weight. and before the sexual odor among Cannds millions seek to V91 the hermaphrodite farm- A great responsibility rests of registered Anyone who finds is ccmmittirlg ry. The increa number 9am; hat some breeders are not exer- re- Uuder Suspicion When such an abnormal pig ls found in a litter. both the sow and ‘these the boar should be placed under 1m suspicion. nbnormal pigs in previous litters from other boars. then she should be shipped to market and none ‘of her progeny kept for n If the sow produced breed- g purposes. If a boar sires such lgs from he shoud be re- none of his stock breeders. Unfortunately, itters have been selected care- essly from stock known to carry Many other mws that manv fact that "m, Under the Advanced Reg of our brood wer-r If a litter contains one or more them when de- ops. If kept to full market we ht, the hermap odites At the best. such car- asses suffer a heavy discount Q r i FER a ted. Hairs lugs, also general their variving Inth phrodite often is able than the rldgling The po to be held at ilharlottetown, Feb. 27th to March 1st In OIIEEII SOIIABE SOIIOOL IIALI. Entrance Sydney Street SHEEP BREEDEES’ and production. ISLAND FARMERS’ degree of sexual s rupect. the h more objection- lnts to remember by that these abnormalities are in- herited and that reater care in the selection o reedihgb stock of known ancestry. normal pigs may be elim- rdrsro BUEI-‘or: tiny. Ail Island hog with one hog co be delivered lo 23rd. preferably Februa to solicit entries from will be slaughtered promptly and the nearest the ideal export weight of I5 total entries. T!" you-rig of the Colorado po- ——— __________________ EXPORT BACON SHOW All Elbert Bacon Show. Association and supported meuts of Agriculture will town. on Tuesday alicrnoo P. l. I. Swine Breeders‘ ’ who have ' this Show may be Swine " l - to support this event. Application entry blanks as well as additional details pertaining in obtained by writing to S. D. Irvine. Secretary, P.E.l. EH11!- QXGICBIII - ’MEETINGS PIJNOI EDWARD ISLAND BACON SHOW-Tuesday afternoon, lob- ruary 21th, Market Building. This is a new and valuable Educational feature and will provfdle information on the production of hogs for ihs export trade. Every hog producer should see this exhibit. Tifldsy night-RIO o'clock-General meeting Hog producers. it discussion. demonstrations. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND o'clock Wednesday foreuoon. February 29th. Reports of year's wool and lamb market’ PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND DAIRYMENS ASSOCIATION-After- noon meeilngat 1:30 o'clock and night meeting at 7:30. Full discus- sion on vital problem in the Dairy industry. Large attendance of patmus requested. PBIN OE EDWARD 09w ASSOCIATION-I - work. INSTITUTES-Thursday. March Ist. 9 o'clock foreuoon and extending until 3 o'clock afternoon. Discussion on Institute problems. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FEDERATION 0F AGBICULTURE—S c’ ' ‘- Thursday afternoon, March 1st, also 7:30 o'clock in evening. Full opportunity to discuss resolutions arising from this and other meet- and ,. licles affecting Agriculture. Rural citlsens sud all others interested in Rural Li a_eordial invitation to attend these meetings. — fe are given two beetle are frequently attacked by a natural enemy known rs the fr endly perillus The pcriliu; is a. flat. medium-sized. sucking insect which inserts its beak through the tender skin of the red and black grub, and quickl Death o juices. follows The in extracts the body the “pirate friendly perlllus beneficial fl potato Rrowers and in some sissun; as slats me numbers terially of in reducing parlcular field or dstrlct. mited on February ry 20th. Truckers and loading their patrons. Box 489. l“ TILIZER FACTS In the following table, we make an endeavour to show the plant feed content of various Mixed Fertilizers and to indicate the relation in quantities of the mater- ials from which they are made. Pia lIool t lflphale _ Murillo th pal-l. h‘: m f: n‘: u at» r a‘ racial, 1.»: Alhlllblh I l. 0 0&6 OS ton‘ ‘Ihctory w n,‘ u“ and m“, [chi 2-12-6 00 $20.00 200 1200 200 400 2000 ~ 3-154 24 $8.50 800 1500 200 Iona 2000 4-2-10 ll 82.40 400 800 334 400 2000 5-10-10 ll 36.00 500 1000 334 100 2000 4-12-0 II 82.75 400 1200 200 900 2000 cost of $1.00 per ton. ST SIRVICE IN THE SPRING. our.‘ . "l 2-12-0 and 8-164 are largely used for similar crops - Grain, Hay. Turaips 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. The latter contains more polar food and less "other materials", resulting in a. lower soot per unit for the plant 4-12-6 is occasionally used for Potatoes. It is a good Groin. Ho; and Pasture fertiliser on soils where grass and straw do not thrive. We manufacture 2-12-6 only for specially placed orders. We make 3-15-6 with I95 Borax at an extra cost of 83.00 per ton- We make 4-8-10 and 5-10-10 with 1% soluble Magnesium Oxide at ll Ollfl “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 s eet your taking delivery as early as possible. L ACUTE AND WE MAY NOT BI.‘ ABLE T0 GIVE YOU SATISFACTORY THE LABOUR SITUATION IS The car shortage is also a matter for consideration sad may payout as from making shipments when needed. “ISLAND QOODI IIOI IILAII GIOWIII" The Island Fertiliser Cm, Lid. Charlottetown, P. l. I. m; the potato beetle in a sponsored by the P. E. I. Swine Breeders’ by the Provincial and D be held in the Market Bu n. February 21th. The annual meeting cf the Association will be held on the evening of ihe omission Depart- ilding, fliarlotte- producers are invited to make entries in this Show nstitutlug an entry by each producer. E h t Davis S Fraser Li M c“ ry mun 20th or February agents are invited All hogs entered in this Show selection of twenty-five carcasses 0 pounds will be made from the these to compete for prize money. Producers Intending to enter hogs at this Show sh pllcatlon forms which should be completed and retu possible and preferably not later than February 10th This Show is sponlo of Island hogs for the E educational event, ould secure np- rned as soon as red to prueut a clear picture of the suitability Xlklrt Market, it promises to be an interesting and the first of its kind to be held ln the Marltirues. and hogs of ’ " ‘ are invited