SFEBRUARY 17, A1940 ., - NEWSY NOTES - B! AGRICOLA Nrvl‘ Baltic Flag li |.‘- one of the svmplonis 0f Ca. “max rriiniiig of age_- a kind of "griiiiiii: pain“ iluil, rrrinn] ,(._._i_ in... piilts iii llir_ V/csicrii tli-rm“. crs propose l0 lllzclrd llic Uuiou Jack lor solncfliliiiz bctlcr: at |@-._.. lliai i:- their vi=w ul it. As tlic thin eiid of the w-edse. a iiew Battle Fla: has been issued. a cllt of which appealed in The Guardian i. irii ivcck“. ago. This cut lics be- [iii-p m" as I ivriil‘. 'l‘lici'c is of coursl‘ uri rcasou whv Canada car.- 110i have a new flag if the peoplq 5o clrsire—which I very much doubt. but if the change mus; in. nude ll. 1s to be hoped that the “New Battle Flag" will be kept niit, of tlic running. It is nlilcle and (iimicd. The most pungent criii. rlrlll of tlic Flag comes from the Editor of a papuiar magazine: he airs "It is a most unsuitable, in- lfllslllC. and uninspiring affair" '|'l1e European Partridge Among the game birds of Britain arc two spccics of partridge; the lied-legged. and the common or European Partridge. The former may be dismissed in u few words for lt is much the rarer and is sci. _ dam brought to table. The Common partridge is found in all ih!‘ level iiiris of Eliglnurl and Scotland. and in Europe it is extensively disiribilted in all suitable locali- ties. F‘i‘cm its general appearance and plumage I take our "Hungari- gfidPartrldge" to be this European 1r . Partridges whcii _\'flll'.l'-! lii flocks callfd “cove. . thus ill- lillVlllfi sportsnrcn the opportunity to rlicat. soveral at once. That is tlic time. too, when they are at tlicii- l-iost, as old hlrrls av!‘ mm- l‘ll"lil\’i\' \\'fll'l|\i0.'~.'2 frir paling. f‘i Brrriiii llic riivn scasiiii is lhcwfnp- li-iii Scpicnibei‘ ht in the curl .\.' January Gouriuots alivays "hung" their birds as long as it. is safe t.) keen them: this improves them lrili in taste and icnderiicssmiher- wit" l"(‘_v arr‘ hard and tasteless. As tlic \\'llllf‘l' approaches. the llartridgcs in Britain retire to llic upland nlcadows where they hide among the grass. 'I‘hcy are ‘timor- ous birds, rising with a loud "whirr" of ivmlzs and startling any intruder into their haunts. For all thi-lr timid nature they will strive to dis- tract attention from ihcir \‘0llll",. Ililllllll‘: along with sl1ivcl‘inlz'\vi11gs‘, iuiil crying out as if wounded and lllldbiflv to fly. The voting in the meantime run for shciter into anv lzathcv nearby cavity. such as a rabbit warrcn or fox "earth" li-iclei. .4 gamckecpei‘ told tlic write‘- iliaz. it ivas no troublc to llfiitnli partridge cgzs imdci‘ a hcu. bait "l! Mung birds had to be fcd ants. eggs boiled and minced. curds, grit and a little green food such as let- tuce‘. and when old enough. grain. Til-v became nultc t-inir‘. though illdv ucvci‘ seemed tn ciitirrli‘ inr- Kt‘ ilicir lvild ('ll‘l'!ll‘l. From this list it will be riotcl that both lnsccis arid rain are consumed by the birds: and as onc ti.‘ the other orenondcratcs on their dict. so ihr‘ birds arc beneficial or tlfcilldiciiil tli aqrlculiurc. Wlictliu‘ ‘-_ll.~ SJIIYUS has bccn fl9if‘l'lllll‘,f‘tl in itll‘ rasz‘ of llic partridge I rim un- lbie to say. A: I Look Back ‘In 1910. when I came to Canada. i. \\il.\ estimated that more l"ali ill}! a million pccpc lcft the Bri- tuii lslcs to take up thcir homes lll the Domlnions: "Colonies" they Y": called in those days. Most of tiicse cxilcs camc to Canada: a few lreti: to Australia. The voyage Rfrilcb i110 Atlantic lva .ioi~lci‘ aiiri nicrclivcr Canada ho. acctits iii Britain who posscssed enough im- lziiiatioii to make the outlook an- itiaurcsicr than it reaily was at W‘ tzmr‘. ‘Wliv did this gzcat exodus take lliacc‘! I put it dawn to a l!‘.'O\\‘ll\'! seirj cl social iusccuritv. The pixi- lfusiciis wcre ovcrcrcivdcd; man- l-ll iwiifiicrs wcrc dctrrtiilucrl that illfll‘ children should be "ivhite mar men‘ and the so-callcd cdu- vitczl classes were beginning to it'll the lmmsl cl iii" n1 “ .tl_v iraiitrd youth of both Tilzl‘ the c s" cf b10113";- _\""(-i1 I \\I‘..‘i .1 l . slim‘- _| .. limit". \'.'ll: a sp lzv, and -.e \\.'lf9l‘ cculd got almost. an‘! “'18P ill‘ arzkcd for-T ll’\'C'f' liczird ‘f W119i‘ shorthand writers lhosc ‘Ill bv 1910 oitc could got n ‘td-tvitis‘. of ciilxcr scv a \\‘,"'.‘i(, aui ‘ it mcaiil t, ‘s’ i1i‘ri thr‘ b: inrss ivoi-lil. find r. and p: lnjis an cppor- ally to oust somr‘ nlrlrr and sow- gf offlcnivilc. British siatesmfil fill! nci vcl C0llL‘f‘i\‘C.’l tlic irlca of l’ ‘"1 l sccilrilv arts llkc lliz‘ h ._.tr‘m of (YllPll1'li(\_\'ll‘l(‘lll Ili- till-Bil?!‘ and the Old Atrc Pensions: g6 former hnivcvcr was not ion: IIFITA M 1 u B - 1 0R PLANT GROWTH QntfhHolirlculrcnial ssusarlon " ' ' ~‘i‘.il.‘i.~~“ “i s ~11’ .- "rl 0n iiiiiiitizniii-iii. l»! givu new vlfor to llic whole plant lliml or frrl llzcr hut lln nrlll new m I‘ ffllll! an ltinl. In!‘ llllillljl tnllul lite mourn: 1mm m. Ill nut-n it Yiirniiii " l nu. “I nt “n”? 1i..- ml-lii i “Ills-Ti i", o’ UIIIWT hi" r ‘PIY-Slllc-Econnnilc n lllxrll t.\‘1 ~ 'mvili|l.l,._,u\n|'ztm‘n Nttlmi ANli ulvilirlunfl, 9 i " t‘! ll rook. Pn .000 “' "l :.‘t.".‘i:‘.“..<.‘i.‘°i ..-.... ......"'.".'§'s‘.‘l.: t - U . t-n-cini mu pun“. 05o. neutrino). ""1"" Ill: mo Rood and ivumry lhml. ll ls butter lhlll ever. . iu making its a , llilcaiiiiice l iiiai,» Say sometlill , ' So the distlagntaftzigljtis 52:51:01; m o“ (‘Pi and the almost extinct J5me“; . , ., Sit‘fi.'.llrii..'"l“".fl~ Frolic ‘will lad and _|(llllt“i llil. :‘."k. Rcmcmbcr R L. 5i ~ , -. 331'." °‘ ‘hi. iv» e-iiigituiTlilillai m; $2153 gust. and the other gq. - 599k their fortunes, and cheering cacti other as tn- Rassed. in the centre of the U D531} iylli0llflacnviyys a‘ll had our noses Land. to Cénaglé‘. o hie Pionuset. 4"‘! 910N111’ of us lauded uu oilgiogilvord Island in the midst we had bilemlli April 30th, 1910, 0W1“ m en three weeks at sea, m“ f! l a breakdown in the mach. L _ y.‘ lad been battened down for bMléflys in a furious storm, all on 0:211‘ h had suffered f1‘om influenza ..e voyage, and it cerianly “'35 a miserable crowd that lined un wdGQtQ"? 901d lights of the wharf. c a5" I 818d when e Mr. Stewart olgne up. shook hands. and cal-rim Ed myself and family to the King ward Hotel where the Govern- ment had arranged for our _ rcsi- deuce for a‘ time. Mr, stew”; W“ l Provision merchant. with Premises ill Queen street; that night began our friendship which lasted for many rears. Ho “'35 B- 800d man in the highest scusc of the word. Next. morning I vita; up brig.“ and Billy and vent across to s e the Minister of Agriculture. He h cl "- m" 91 l1b0llt 200 farms for sac and this rather surprised me. Wit,‘ should all thcrc men be so cziglir to sell. I thought, \\'ll(‘li as wc ivcr-i‘ told. fai‘i‘_rllllg was an pfQ§pef0ub m iue Province? when r asked pie Minister to advise me about. gnv or these farms he evade my qiias- i-icms. I11 the simplicity nf my heart I put this. down lo his inex- Dsllciil-c iii lianrlllng Iiiiiiilcriiiitsq but afterwards. when l llll(l€‘l'.’~l0t'lf| matters better. I saw that recom- "19119118 0H8 farm more than anoth- cr might have resulted in his losing votes, The only thing to do, l; seemed. was to go and sec for my- sef; an expensive task at a clllr‘ time of the year. The upshot war. that each man of the party was left to work out his own salvation, even as the early pioneers had done. Within two years most of the younger men had gone to the States. some of the older ones had gone baok. and possibly a scant dczsn remained. Wlicn I left the "Colonial" Building I bethought rue I needed new socks. so f purchased a pair “How much?" I said. as I locked them over. “Fifty cents a pair" said the clerk. I turned ovcr the cash and went home to ti‘: holsi. Arriving there I showed my pur- chase to one of the roomcrs. who immediately asked what I had paid. “Fifty cents." said I. "I got a pair just like that. from them. yicstc-r- day." he said. "and paid ihlri‘ five cents." "l silppcisc I wn .1 stranger and they took mc in.‘ l replied. “No. you should have bantercd them dzwn." he said. "Never give them what they ask: they don't expect you to!" “That's quite a scinlilc way of doing busi ncss.“ I returned, “but I'll kccp Ll- ln mind.’ ' That was my first. cxpcriencc of in iniquitous system designed to fleece the unwary, end it, didn't; enhance my opinion of the storekcepers in general. In England I had been accustomed to seeing goods pluinlv marked at t-hc lowest figure. nor all 0119's pleas. noi‘ all ones wit could lure the shopman to cancel hall a cent of it. However. our haggling system went out of fash- ion some years ago-not before time! speaking of Semitcs, in those days there was n decent liti'e Ger- man Jew called Hoffman. who kept- a. small clranerv shop on Qllfif-ll Si. I generally called in when I was in town and purchased some- thing: and I may say. was always trcatcd fairly. It was said that this man was tlic ouilr Jew iii~,_ town. Well. one day I went to toivri and found his shop closednso I made my way to the barbcrs. "Whats got Mr. Hoffman these days?" I asked that functionary. "You mean that little Jew that kept tlic d ari- cry down street? He's gone to Hali- ‘fiix. He‘ belonged tlicrc." mid ht‘. “Why did lic leave?’ I asked. "I guess he couldn't make a living," said the barber. Whercat I smiled, but didn't. tell him what I was smil- int! al.- To gpf. bM-k to [fly text, All lllost‘ llllllllflfillll-Q had monl‘,v_: tlic accut for P. E. I. had cnquircd closeiv liito their resources, also their characte s. - previous occupations. and so forth. before he accepted i-liem u "settlers." All ivho joint-d up. wrre I believe farmers of sorta. but. two—an<l I was one of them? But as Kipling ears, "Tlial auothcr story." and it will kcco Of course those immigrants who went back would $111080 U10 ildllltifi and dlssiladc others from 00mm‘! to P. E. I.; that. was only natural‘ Anyway immigration fell off all». that. mid an LUISBVOYY incident. iii- ,volvi‘ng sonic offlccrs disbanded aftrv llic war. put. a sloll l0 l!" further OIIIRIIIZNI immigration. This was unfortunate because Cr- nacla needs immigrants} 0 INF!‘ country rich in mitierals. flolnls. forests. and flslicrtcs. and with a l)CpLl'f\f.l0ll of_o1ily eleven mlllous, is a standing temptation to inc land-hungry nations of tlic OH World. Instead of the "British 111a“- kct." we might have had a llrvfll domestic market. for all we - call produce, It. dncsnt look Roll‘! t" m‘: lo scc our mlncrals sent. ivwar in b1‘ stitched and worked 1m llll" goods we might have nroduccd ou -~ solves: afterwards bllylllff H101" back at. prices over which we have no control. and paying duly as wt‘ I. Giiod for international i-radc no doubt. bui- vvhat of Cunadas fu- titre’) Eurthquuh Prngnosllcnflnnll Mr. Edgar C. iii-unit -0!_ Vi“- couver. must wish he hadnt talk- ed earthquakes bv this. ln I DY?" vlous note I mentioned that he said he was able. to forecast quak - "lllioll sun noun, Georgetown, on. fifty years ahead if necessary. lThc cunpositor mode it read. "WW W. S. \\'.ili.\viig‘l Vuncouvcl‘. B. i‘. ivlili. Liv tlic a I lilllv- W05 clcvicd Plcsuvnt oi tlic (‘anzllilun Jersey (‘attic Cluli at tl‘c nllllllll meeting recently hclzt in ‘Toronto. Gas Storage Keeps Fruit Marketalile All the important factors connect- cd with the gas storage 0f fruit, with THE CHIARLOTTETQWN GUARDIAN tleekly Livestock Market Review! i i SUMMARY Willi tlic cumuicncrllicut. of UV‘ Lciiicit season and a consequent r trictcd demand for beef. as well as tlic. fact, that the margin be- llvi" (Jauadian and Unltcd Slates is such that very fcw cattle alc icing att-raclcci across tlic lint‘. tlic markcl silflcred a furl-lici‘ sci- bick iluiug the past week. Despite moderate supplies prices were down anywhere from 25c to 50c on most. grades of cattle. Eastern calf mar- kets dropped $1.50 as a result of sharply lower prices on American itizvkcis. ivhllc iii llic West. tlic situation was about unchanged. ’I'here was no change in the hog market. all ‘centres ruling steady, while lambs 105K254: 'at Toronto. .350 at Calgary and elsewhere held steady. Eastern (‘attic Markets 111c- TORONTO cattle market was very dull on a light run and all grades lost 25c. A few hundred head remained unsold at the close. Wcighty steers closed at $6.50 to $7.25 and butchers between $6 and $7, with a fcw at $7.25. Cattle at MONTREAL were barely steady 1.0 25c lower‘ with good steers making up to $7.60, mediums up to $7 and the better grades oi’ cows from $5 particular‘ information on what 1s beau! tlliiie 1n (miiaiiii. is told -by W. Phillips, Div .011 of Iiorticllllurc. CCllifill l‘.X])i,‘i'll11(‘ilidi Fllllil, UURHVRI, iii a 1:. _i.tgl‘ clriiikli, iu t issued by tlic Duiiiiiiioii DIJIIHIZIIICIIL til Agil- culture. Gus storage, hc writes, has. become prommciii. in r6001"; YMIS as a method of kflffplllg produce Ill marketable ifCllllillOll. As rippled to lflllis‘ -~ slur-it'll‘ has lilk0il n11 luipoziaiit. iil» tiliii Ct1llll]lt'l'i'illil_\' iii (jrvui Hrilulii rind iiiviiiiiscs l0 tlli likcwisc 1n lillicr i-Oliiitrics lii (ircal Britain, git. slot" '1‘ canto to tlic fore as a necessary measure in over- (Omilli! low tclnporaiure problems‘ 1n friiit- storage. lii that l-ouiilry lhore nvr- ioicriii l'-'ll'l\lll rvzzlllv-iiiiyitirintll- \'1ll'l"ll(“- \\'lllt'il lllllll‘ |\'!‘lIl fcrui‘. iil it!“-lf'llll.f‘lilllll'l‘ ; down ivlicii sllircrl ill if‘i\l|lf‘l'.]llll15 around 32-24 doors-ix, I-‘alircnhcit, Likewise, ll’l (Liuarlii. it. is hcmg re- alizcd that. low-tciuiicrfltllll‘. lllflh- lcms must ho corrcclcrl 1f satisfactory marketing of ialircd aiiplo, is to he carricd out. Cliiof onion: tli so low- tcmpcrzitilrc. tlic mcriigc lite i: injury known as corc flush, tlic dis- ordcr uppcarin first as a, pink- brown Lush, la r turning brown. Still later, the sues may d1‘ ' whole internal tis- The y l0\\.'-lL‘lllll(‘l‘1l1llI'O problems l5 to stare at a higher telli- perature. Unfortunately, the fiormal 0d of correcting storage life under such conditions 1'5 not so long as at the lower icin- Dvllfiiilftt". But. it' oils storage prin- triples arc app nt i110 liithzr teitipciwiiitrc disc rs iii on lntcritill lcngtliciicd and llic lcilv-lcnipciwiture disorders cliiniuatetl. The circular ivhich is entitled “Gas Storage" may tic obtained fret- ou application to Puiihcitv and Ex- tciisioii l)ivi>iou_ lTllllllllflll 13c- pziriuiciil of ."\}.lIi‘illI|l“I‘, (7l'tl\\i'\. yards alicad" iilicrcat. I lure my scanty locks-mull I i-"iiiiitil. afford i-o do that» Tlicii- I think ~--.\I1'. 'l'hrlip;i July 2.’).h Aii':. .'i:li lilll Nov. 10th. its d.1ii;_‘.‘i p givo him a fitir sillrii. iuarkcd their‘ tl.ilrs liii tlic ratio‘.- liar. I Mlllltllllltls ll'_v a luilc forc- to ling mysclf but haven't g0! it down to sucli a [inc point as that. For instance lii ttic ' c of Nov. 18th, 1939, I vciitu cil 1.0 iissrrt tlrit. therc would probably‘ bl‘ lll _ able ciuakes during tlic \‘.'ill'i(‘l'Z aiiii from Nsv. 14, i939 to l-‘cb. l1, 1940 there have born just scvcniccti, as well as tuo vclanic ruptions There arc of course. souls‘ hunt‘.- Taic trcni ‘ : lil‘cl_v dangerous proixxllo Tlic scvcu- tccn above noicc’. were all suffici- ently vlolsnt to merit press noiiccs. and one or two tuck heavy toll of human llfc. Last. \\‘llliCl‘ quakcs of major dimciisicits ivcrc fcw, but onc in Chile lcfl 30.00» dead. Whcii .\.fr. 'llii‘uiiii .~.i;.,» are caused by gizivitzll cnccis. I ajircc. It is niticr tedious i/o have to rcpcut that it, pulls ihl- members of tlic solar system int-o their proper ccirses. and ns 031"‘. passes the rcs: r‘; airs loo. It is gra\‘it;ili.‘ii tirtt. pal ‘ tlic \\'t’ll.'l'\ of our globe iitlri tidal lCtllh. an-i lic would bc n bold uiaii who dc- nlcd that the “pull" was caused ‘ov the moon. Thcrc must be an effect. upon the cart s solid part too. and lvlicii tli.“ slnss iiilcs up. it is cra- \'I'.lli"l that iwiill< tlic i i",§{‘l' r1‘ tlic dbiiiitiitinii v.11‘ '..~ k to a (l.l\' \\'llf‘ll I was foul of "kidding" niv pals along. and not. serious as I am now. I ha’! just knockrd of! work and prnccod- hi: llClIIf‘,\\'?ll'(l. ovcricok onc TS.- ll ratlicr or." ‘ky youfli. "crabby" in ihc ‘coal d! fcl M wo wnlkc/i along. I picked up a stniic and ihrciv ii liilo llic ill". "Sci" lint 'I‘cm?" I said. "Soc wlirll?" said ‘Tom. looklu‘: around. “Why. that sionc camc down". Tom got sus- picious mid uuvc iiil- a iinslv look: "ivh_v woutlirt- lt'."' llf‘ s-iiiiiipcil. "Wliv should it? That's what I'm ll‘_\'lllL{ to got ill; ivlmt. iliukcs it. come llnivn?" I l'!‘llll‘ll(‘fl. llc ives now flllll0_\'(‘(l ni my foll_v. mid ails- wcrcd icstllv: "Ii. conics down bei- caiuc it's lictivy‘; lls wciqht fclvhcs itdolvii: lluy raol knows ilvitl" “Thanks for lIl.\kl‘l". il so (‘l(‘:lf. Toni." I mid lo mrillily him. iil llic sumo limo PhllPkllli! iiiivlirtll_v ‘ii soiuciliiiig iii inv ytiisivct. i lrtcd my best. pal. J.R.. hi a diffcrcnt. way: lir‘ kiiciv tou.niucli. “Jnc “ 1 said "if l l'lrli\v n slliiir‘ lulli i l‘ .11‘, w kcs ii i dn\vii"" "llli‘ cl’ “\\ " 'l1'| .. ii. .I:l ‘. " rm . it's ivrrzlil." swirl l. "Wcll. there's sniuctliiii‘: lii that, iiccausc llir‘ liruci‘ hrrtv y attracts til!‘ .'~.lI)'1l|l"l‘, hill ll\‘ll'S uni v all. You llll'~."‘l'l Tl i-oiilt: you i slioltld hiivc :l~|‘.l"(| liiui wiiv lh‘ slim!’ didn't ill'l uii ivlicii l-"P r;lr'.‘i lilililcrl nvcv.“ Novt tiiiic I \'1\\‘ ’l‘otil. l rcci lccl our lwlk: "flu _v":i r'm"tll- be‘: about. that strliic. 'f‘oiu" .14?!’ It. says it's ihr- Al‘l‘.'lt'liflll o.’ Ur vliaiou maria it minc down" Salrl Tcm. "He would; Ito's alivays think- ing sortie damn lOOIlFlIIIFFK of tli-ti sort!" Poor Tom. ht‘ dicd |.\\"1 yieavs ago. prlckiv to tlic tail. But. there are still plcniy of doubting .l ‘rhomassee left. to $5.50. MARITIME markets prov- cd an exception and did not follow the easier trend noted elsewhere on the ‘Jetttoi- classes of beef. R»:- ocinis at the moment are much below trade requirements and strong prices are prevailing with steers making up to $7.50 and cows up to $5.50. Western Cattle Markets All killing classes of cattle WPIT. rlcflnltcly itnclcr pressure in the Wesl- ‘Vfost interests were operatin‘: vent lndifferently at WINNIPEG under limited huylniz orders a-nd iirlct‘ losses were general with the rlcvliiic ranging ftciln 25¢‘ in 50: aiirl llic Iiitirkci. failing i0 slimv il\l\’ llic cv-n at tlic reduced levels. Fuvlhrir lizlit. to moderate receipts will be necessary to check the downward trend in evidence during the past wcck. A few good strong-weight. steers were ncddlcd at Winnipeg r-l. $6.25 lo $6.50 whilc the best 0f the handy-iveighi; butchers were ham to move around $6.50. Medium to good useful weight steers cashed at $5.75 to $6.25. CALGARY was slow and lost as much as 50c iu spots ivltli the better kinds of liaht- weight steers making $5.75 to $6.25 and tcn heavies up to $6. EDMON- TON. likewise, was draggy and fully 25c lower with the bulk of the good light steers around $6. PRINCE ALBERT had a too of $6.35. MOOSE JAW and REGINA $6.50. SASKATOON $6.25 and VAN?- CCIJVER was gctierally 25c ‘lower. with a few feedlot steers at $7 and others from $6.75 doivn. The United States Market Top sales of Canadian steers n-crc 10c lower (it. Buffalo at $8 40. With Toronlo prices down fullv 25o wc-llld appear that. cxporiiii; liiiszlit. llflVf‘ a llttie better chalice. lloivevcr. with the margin so nor- rclv and the feeling on United Statcs markets weak. exporters wcrc cautious about. attempting large sliipmeiiis. An odd small sale n.’ Canadian culvcs was mad!‘ at Buf- falo at $11.50. St. Paul nuotcd Ci- iiiidian siccrs at $7.25 lo SB. cows from $5.25 to $5.75 and bulls $5 75 t0 $6.25. Exports to the south during the. wcck wore 9G1 beef cattle. 177 dairy and 519 crllvcs. The totals from Jaziuarv 1st lo February 3th amounted to 7.275 beef, 1.096 dairy. and 3.889 calves, compared with 34.876 beef. 1.190 dairy. and 4.762 calves in the some period lestyear. A release issued by the United Slates Treasury Department cov- crlii‘: llic period from January is. lo January 27th shows imports of heavy Canadian cattle totalling 5.334 head. This represents 10.3"‘. of the first quarterly quota. Cull’ Prices Lower in East C‘iIf prices dvopucd $1.50 at. To- ronto. i.hc result of a sharply low American markci and choir-c veu. closed at $10.50 to $11. Montreal was also close to $1.50 lower on the week's trading with good veals mak- ing $10.50 to $11.50. Winnipeg was ‘css active but about steady on b(‘~'l vcals at $10 to $11. Tops at, Caltary‘ wcrc $9. Edmonton $9.50. P incl‘ Albcri and Moose Jaw $3. and Saskatoon and Regina $10. Ilog Prices Continue Unchanged flog priccs wcrc imdistilrbcd for tlic most part and Toronto paid 59 lo!‘ lxicous off trucks allvc and $12.15 on tho dressed basis. Moi‘.- trcal was $9.25 lo $9.40 for bacons l. 1S7 w., Winnipeg $8.60 f. 6: iv.. Calzarv $8.45 off trucks, Edmonton $8.50. Prince Albert and Saskatoon $3.30 and Moose Jaw and Regina $8.35. Slaughter‘ hogs were sold o; Viiucoilvci‘ at $9.25. Lamb Market Weaker Lamb prices were down 25c at To- ronto with westerns selling at $10.25. There ivcrc bill. few lambs offcrcd at Montreal and most 5810:; for lots of BIG Eggs ivcrc made in mixcrl 'liil.< at. $050 to $9. Wiiuiiilcg var. lliirliiiiigwl , (ill a scout. supply \\llll ulilid laiiilis. ‘, ut $9 t0 $9.25. Cizlgzliy closed Ztiil‘ lower at a top of $8.50. The high at. Edmonton was $8.75, which W15 about. steady and Saskatoon paid $8 l0 $8115 for only fair qlialiti‘ lambs. (.'/\'l"l'l.E MARKETS 'l'0fl0N'1‘0 had a light i'l|l’l of 4,033 cattle but. a few hundred re- mained unsold at the close after all at prices had declined 25c on grades. weighty siccrs closed $6.50 t0 $7.25 and butcher‘ sic and heifers marlc $6 lo $7. u . a few tops up to $7.25. The close on butcher cows was $3.75 to $5 and canneis and cutters $3 to $3.50. Bulls ranged from $4.65 to $5.50. ‘fed calves bad a closing range of $7.50 to $5150. The few stockcrs of- fered sold at $5.50 to 0.50. Good milkcrs and springers remained steady at $80 to $90 each. . MONTREAL sold 1.340 cattle at unevenly lower prices. Some soles were barely steady while others were 25c lower. The outside range on steers was $4.25 to $7.60. with mediums scling 11p 1o $7 and con‘- lflfm 11D to $6. Heifers made from $3.50 to'$6.75. good cows from $5 tow-so, mediums, $4 to s5, com- mon $3.50 to $4 and carmers and cutters $2.50 to $3.25. Bulls ranged from $4 to $5.50. .MARI'I'IMES-'I'lic Monctou mar- ket. had a shortage of silpplics of the better grades of cattle and s‘rong prices prevailed for these. Steers sold from $4.40 to $7,50. heifers from $4 to $6.75, cows from $3.50 t0 $5.50. conncrs and cutters from $2 to $3 and bulls from $3 to $4.25. Beef sllpplics at Si. John ivcie. liberal but quality was lmv. willi much cow beef in evidence. (‘ALF MARKETS i 'l'()R.ON'l'() i‘i'l]\'|"*. llrliiiiirll $1 ‘iil, closing at. $1050 lo $11 in I‘l\|',>ll"‘ veals with common flil\\ll\\Fll'l'l to $5.50, MONTREAL veal". closrd weak wltih good making $10.50 to $11.50 mediums $0 to $10.50. and com- ITlCII down to $7.50. Grassers were $4 to $5.50 but mostly around 54,25. HOG MARKETS TORONT bacon: were generally unchanged with most. live sales 2t $9 off trilcks for bacoiis and $12.15 dressed. Feeding pigs moved at $4 t0 $5 each. Closing prices for direct deliver- ies to packing plants at HAMIL- TON were $12 to $12.25 for bacon: dressed delivered and $11.75 nlus transportation. and MONCTON 12 MONTREAL bnooits made $9.25 to $9.40 f. A: w. and mostly $9 40 of.‘ trucks. and $12.30 to $12.40 dressed hot weight. SIIEEI‘ 4Q LAMB DIARKI-YTS TIMELY NOTES ON TOPiCS CQNNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming " Ii i- .. c .,....|i...i,i, i.i-ll.. l n l‘ ltlliliircal. :1 l‘ displaying ivliai. they (‘lilllll nrc llic first. six Canadian iialuiill Platiiui fnxcs l0 :.cr‘ ill’! l-glii 0| llay ui the Dominion. ‘Pliny “"211! brcd on the ranch of Fred Colpitis, Salisbury. N. B Iii their advertisement. Holt Renfrew de- scribed the color of the Canadian Platina fox as a mutation. a blend- ing of ivhitt: with xialk blue grey. ‘Pills statement of Holt Retifrou‘ 8.: Company is corrccted by an item in Women's Wear Dally. New York. as follows: “Mr. Colpltts last year offered three Piatlna. foxes through LfilmpSOfl, Fraser 6a Huth, Inc., New Yo:k, andwthcy were sold at $425 average, so these foxes are not his first " Platina is the Nviwofllll lvord for Platinum. The nearest approach w u world wide sale of silver f!" pelts ever held in Canada was fr» auction completed last week by the Canal‘,- ian F‘ur Auction Sales Company when their four-day general fur sale ended. Dealers were preseii‘. from the United Kingdom. United Slates. South Africa, New Zealanrl, Ailstralia and South America as well as leading Canadian houses. Price ranges showed advances from 8 1o 18 pcr cent with eighty-seized per cent of the catalogue sold. The total number of skins offered was 12,196 selected one- half to three-quarters were 85 per cent sold at an advance of 10 per ccut. avcragc $31.12. regular uuartci‘ to three-quarter silvers 73 per cent. sold. advance 10 per cent, average $16.58. Selected full silvers 85 per cent sold, edvanco l5 per cent, average $30.42, Regq- r fuli silvers 94 per cent. sold, atlvaucc l2 pcr cent. average $21.02. iiilcriorr. 87 per cent sold. fldVflflOf‘ l7 pct‘ cent. average $13.17. lxriv grades 94 per cent. sold. advance 0 Der rent. average $5.94. There were some special skins ' offered that. sold up to $125. South Am- crica andMcxlco are expected to in the ultimate destiny of quite a large number of the pelts. Three hundred more plating pelts have been forwarded by the Nor- wegian Retina Fox Breeders As- sociation to New York consigned to Lfllllhson. Fraser 6.: Huth. Inc. They arc expected to arrive early ticxi. week. Molly Eltixigon, whose name was oi.c or the mightiest in the m;- world is one of three parties form- ing a new corporation to operate tli doincstic and foreign raw furs. 'I'hc old firm of Eitinzon-Schlld Com. pany. Inc. were probably the larg- est handlers of silver fox some twenty years ago. Ai- Port. Clinton. Ohio. last. week 0.113 luuskrat ilelts warp 591d M, a“ TORONTO lambs ivr-rr doivii 25-, with ivcstetns at. $1025. locals of common to medium quality at $8 ‘i0 $10. Light western sheep $6.50. locals s3 to $6. MONTREAL paid $8.50 in $9 flit‘ mixed lots of lambs. inosllv bucks. Sheep sold front $3.50 lo 3d, with most sales around $5.50, EXPORTS 0F BAFON k IIAMS T0 UNITED KINGDOM At scaboard for export. wcck cud- iiverago of $1.35, The rifle “m”; l-‘JKPH bv iraptpcrs {mm 1.11.; mafgh- ‘"5 310115.’ llic shore of Lake Eric near Port Clinton T. Gordon‘ Ives, who has mad;- blllll R great success with thi- Studebaker‘ 81.10110)’. keeps a 1111111115!- oi silvci‘ [ores as a sideline and in- citlcntallv p"0duces some very good pelts. Mr. Ives believes in breed improvement and last Saturday sent a female fox to Lowell Han- cock to bemaied to his prize winn_ lug flili silver male advertised in ed February 3,1940, 5.390139 pounds. the Guardian. Another female will c‘ sent this woe" for mating Mr No writing. No money orders. No bother. Just phone. or drop m. W. I. Bowman. Ilunicr River. W. K. (‘rafcn Kemvington. Francis (larcllner. Launching Place. Mrs. Burl] blavllonnld, Trucudie Cross. Waldo MacDonald. Bothwcll. Lloyd H. lllcEwen, Souria. Mrs. George Myers, Hunter River. .4 MARSHFIELD. I CONSERVATION I A WEEKLY COLUMN OF PRACTICAL OPINIONS 0P THE VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE USES AND ABUSES 0F NATURAL RESOURCES BY MR. LUDLOW JENKINS. CHARACTER IN FLOWERS By Florence K. lbmlinson Nature Magazine Ill Some flowers attract 11s b_\' ihcir fragrance; others by their glorious color; others by their delicacy of hue and softness of petals; others by their character alone. When I was a. child. I used to play a gainc. T sat in tlic grass and imagined l was onl two inches tall, Immedi- ately w tat were weeds became giant trees. I looked up. cllniacd the stalks, sat on the loaves, gazei down the culyxes of IIJWCIS and chose some for gorgeous hats. In this way I became acquainted with many marvels of plant lifc; not. just as a botanist but more as a dc- signer. Nature reveals to us. in each tiny plant, wonderful lessons in order. contrast. balance and harmony if we but. take tlinc _to_ search or look around us. By training °‘"' "yrs l9 sce. vvc can appreciate Naiurc and beauty on every sidc. W0 caii cnjoy and understand art principles as exemplified in tlic tihings that grmv whether they are in our garden, the empty lot.. along by the beach, by the roadside. in an old marsh. or in woods bcsldc tlic mountain tmll.‘ Many pcoplc. uninitiated. pass“ these ‘places daily, going through life without seeing half the beauty around them. How much bctti-r w. r conscious of lhc lzraccfill lines and lovely simplc forms: to so" bcailly in t-hc common L!l'l'\\\'ll"‘. things. 0m‘ may find lnicrl-sl, cvrii in those plants usually called wccds. Wlicn scorching for character‘ lii floivcrs. new worlds of beauty will n!‘."l to mics cycs. It i‘: this siiiiivc couiac‘. with Nature that can dc- velop a dcepai‘ appreciation of tlic laws of beauty. Artists have alivays paliiil-d flow- ers. yet. the pigments of their palettes can never qlilie roach the colors of Nature. Ii is more difficult peztliarxs, to suggest texture or soft- ness of petal. but the design is ever there to tempt, us. What. are the laws of beauty that mm up um character? _ _ j If we look at plants, we will find leaves growing opposite each other at regular intervals. rhythm by re- petition; agaln leaves are altern- ately placed. rhythm in alternation Both arc with a growing movement. or gradation toward a. perfect se- quence; this sequence or systemat- ic groivth generaky terminating to- ward a bud. flower or cluster of floivczs. iv-hlch provide a proper climax. 'l‘hcrc is also a larger rhythm. tlic rhythm of line. form. tone and color repeated in the various stalks as each gracefully strives upward for its share of sunshine. Balance may be thought of u of two kinds. symmetrical and oc- cillt. Wc may‘ call it the repose of a plant. or its equilibrium. A trce or flower growing alone in a field may stand erect and have n‘.- most a rfcct like-sldedness or symmclr cal balance. Others. in crowded areas and still trying to reach toward the sun, will main- tain their balance in an informal way, that of occult balance. Radiation is another term with which we should become familiar. A little flower illustrates this. its petals radiating from a center. or the plant as a whole may radiate from a central base. Some lcav/‘s radiiilc from a point on their brauclics. Study these points on your iicxt walk. Harmony and Ulllly may be at- tributcd to the garden or field l-s a wholc. or to the plants individil- ally ll is t.lic adaption of tli" it ‘is to cacti other and the orga- nization to. form a complete ivholc. H-ivc you cvci‘ seen a garden wreck- cd by a hall or wind storm ivhcil ihc harmony and lmlly has been dcstipird? Oiic can always‘ go farther. iiot- ‘ icing tho number of petals, the grouping of patterns and on into the study of dynamic symmetry as found by the early-Greeks. 'l‘lili.~=. if we study plant. llic. we also become familiar ivvith the ari- iiis‘ and designers’ points of view. Tho farther we carry the acquaint- ance thc more we can enjoy fully and endlessly the interest. beauty and value of the life around us. We have only to observe to find wealth. options from Gordon and his ta- Lher at $10.00?) per pair. The Norwegian Platina Po‘: Breeders‘ Association arc llllillii‘; up a big fight lU enter U101!‘ plat- inuui fox pelts ireu oi (llll_\', chimi- lug that they are a distinct. type of pelt from silver foxes. Romrn Bros. are contesting the claim, also repre- from silver foxes. Fromm Bros. are contesting the claim. also rope- sentalivics of Milligiin aiirl Ivlorri- son Fox Brccdciv.‘ Association. In Washington tlic-so mcii found that. "1'. O. Ringer-Larsen, represent- ing the Norwegian interests, main- tained that the Norwegian plat- inums are a. new species and that 3T2 fox farms are now produc" ‘r them in his cciliitry and illfll. -. season tll(‘_v would produce 20.00 f‘ iina foxes. Digest that x1110- merit Beaver will be vigilantly protect- ed by the Quebec Government. dur- ing the next five ycrrs during which no white man will obtain a permit to kill the animal and ln- dian trappers only for their own sustenance. Beaver skins wil be sold exclusively through the De- partment of Fish and Game. l"l';l'.‘.C". A dcspatch from Paris, _I wll. status that tlic Goveriiiiiciit likely ermlt the importaiinri of silver ox skins about the first. of rial-ch, The fur trade is very short of merchandise because of the embargo on all shipments nf friroigti fur skin.‘ into Prriiire nrrl- cred hv the _o\‘ci‘liii1t‘iit at, villi‘ start of the war, Pcrniiis to ini- port silver fox would prove a great boon to the Parisian merchants. Canada nears the end of its sil- ver fox export quota. The total number of pelts that can be cx- ported to the United States for twelve months beginning December 1st. 1939, and ending Novembe: 30th, 1940, is 58.300. About 37,000 pelts have been exported leav 21.000 that may be sent to the Ur.- ibed Stat-cs during January and succeeding months of 1940 As 25 per cent of tlic allotted totalor a- bout 14.500 can be exported in one month it is likely that the entire quota. will be taken up by the end of this month. Silver foxes are still exported Irqlzfl Alaska. During the season 0f 1933- 014 of them with an average value of $26.50 were forwarded to the United States. lnthe same year 9.426 blue foxes with an average of $23. 2,278 cross foxes ivith anaver- age of $14, 4.187 ivliitc foxes with an average of $114 and 213th; rcrl toxcs‘ at. an livciriisc Yfllllf‘ 0i $75" “'01P all . stripped from Alaska io the Ullltcrl Statics. F. George MacLeod. Fox Fieldman for New Brunswick, sends us an 1n- icresiing account. oi the second an- iiuol Now fJl'llll.:\\'l('lL 10X D011 rllllil/ held at Maiilzhesttir, Robertson. Al- lison. Ltd, Saint John, ivhcijc was displayed an iuiequai slipuviug of new type fox furs. lu Bdfillitlll to the cream of New iflinswilkfil 1919.4 c7171‘! of silvers, the mow included six distinct types orihe 11l‘\\'1y develvll" ed foxcs tor WlllCil New Brunswick is famous, The exhibit oflcred the public an opportunity of inspecting full platinums, one o1 which was declared winner of’ this section. Rim; necked platinum a. slightly darker W156 with a white ruff, pearl lati- nums. showing a soft bluish s ‘fade, rin necked crosses, white faced pla lnums, crosses, ring necked sil- vers and intermediate representa- tives 0f these types. ‘Through the courtesy of Man- chester, Robertson. Allison. Ltd, the furs were display-ed on living models at various timc,» throughout tlic show and an explanation of the typos was given by George MacLeod, Pro- vincial Fox Ficldman. and E. 1y Taylor, secretary of the New Brun- swick Fur Farmers Association. ‘These new type foxes combined the novelty of their appearance with a rare beauty of their own and MIIODQ the ladies who were DTIYUCRCCI to lii- spect tlic collection |)l'(‘1(‘l‘l‘i1CL‘5 wcrc expressed for cacti of the lypc» shown. The Judges were T. K. Copp, Rothsay, N. B., and R. A. Itlurray, Fredericton, 287 silvers were accepted as bciug s» Hts 0'3!- (ille iil llic HHIIIWFL, iri the silver iris lll(tll.‘.ll'\. lii llltl Sp iiig oi l9l'l llic \\li|4 i‘ lTllWlil- bcrs liuviiig, iil |J.tl‘lll"l.'illl)l uiftl 8110' r Ciiii.l'iUil€li'1\\1i innit, iil", inum frixcs, ilioiicc tn Fviri. wcrdi‘. and mc-lcdyi of rm song" oi‘ a pvt-colic nature fci‘ ILSC in the war. suitable for show pclts in addition 1o fifteen new typo foxes. A markfd improvement in color and quality was shown as compared to last year. Classes were held for single (pelts in extra pale. pale and light, mc tum color phases. matched pairs. l groups of fivc matched full IIlIl-lill coovrirs FARM iilsccrmownen - rliii Aiiyijiilesrlicil; , _, m , I l. . POULTRY~ Y ova" Cooper's Dilllkltlt-leilish ma- avttffsz:‘.‘:;";::‘:4;:a.’f1r:;;a~ ciiiliiiiuil co-oerliiirivis. " W00l ciiownis LIMITED Quebec 1nd rump-vi. unpa- ‘ LIflflhI-villt, Q59.‘ ‘ ~~——< 1291b» and tor 01.1.0.1 type‘ pulls. Th; silver pelts were ghipped :0 111g can, Bdlfill Fur Auction Sales Company Montreal, and the new rvocs alto! being on , y, v PfQ ill liar‘ to h. Y . .- r .~.ile 1'4 mould r vat-re.- oAcrcd ln l, The average sale iaricc for tli; offering of 302 Siding. was $40.95, which indil tes the general high qiizililv of -- r1 vick oars. For‘ 1hr‘ ' l,\"l)(' 1 iilu wmrii iii . some . llic ;l\'l‘l‘ ‘ t Two 11th‘ . and bra-ct in NOW brunsi for $750 czicli and the a‘. age for skins of the platinum type was $408.- 33 “White iaccd and inarlkeri szlvcrl avorogorl $125 cot-ii. l~'iii‘ tlic row lypr.‘ cross f<l.\'c:. li1‘1u'.i:.1ilcri and bind ill Now Bi'll1l.’>\\‘l4'l‘\'. llic arc-since. pi ire was S201. A match-rd pair o1 \"’Z'Y beautiful crosses with white head. and neck and showing some of tho niaiinuzn character solri for $374 cacli. The prire winncrs in the vor- iliiis I lush‘. wrrr‘ lniitkvicrl filDllY-fl villivclv lii llic (v.1. iil. taint‘. Wellington 1 p tlirlicd Saturday n A weeks visit. to New York v.1 attended the auction stile of plai- - Qill- to Appcllr‘. Slislzit-‘lioilriii, llllti on 111C PllCiilC coast. N0 289. the pelt that Marshall Field and Comtiany" pur- chased from Fromm Bros. silver fox auction two years ago for $2100. and diplayed in a class case. hi8 finally bccii $895 much.‘ up as a snarl. .- srild for the sllfTl of A Director of the United States Experimental Stations .. his that» the rabbit is the mos: effective thing yet discovered for converting hay and grain into meat atici as a. result. it is gutting ' =elf f"‘l"".i to tho time of millions r-t \l“l‘l‘f.dS_a. year, He pointcd t0 a " ‘ i. eight. months had orodi. m the weight of 110 n: other animal can produce fPll times her own weight of meat in a your. arr- . rniilmnrldlnfl llii'i'.'l‘- " ' Sivorrl fish l1 v lr 1.11.15 smisoirsonio Ii'i,0ll(l lbs. prvl‘ rolllrcf- ed and sold The-v are. s. source for Vitamin D. lrc-I 1 f. ‘Ihillerarnia, a. disease which had hitherto been confined largo l0 rabbits. has lll.'l"{“t‘fl bonvr" sov- crul scciioii; of \.lti'i"i i ‘Hort’ 113$ bur-n qilltc. mo" n1 it. zso ron A sows Lomaorptcglz. Imndoti newe- paper (the News Chronollci ts 0f- fcriiig £50 1.92 1'10) contract. for and a plllilsh- "the otiipleta 0Y1 dflhl l LARGE PUP tenor? Insure ll large crop of healthy. vigorous pups this your by feeding IIOYAI. FOX FEED Results during runner season: allows that the use of Royal with u good meat ration is the most posi- tive way known for the rancher KI secure best breeding result; Insist on Royal. Ask your dealer today or writs direct to The StrsJohn Milling Company Ltd. saint John New Brunsniol ideal uiuicr flv.\ fliml. can be v “FOR WINTI) ‘ ‘ ‘ r ‘ R l‘ lahDINb ” Silver Tip Sltltillard l-‘uv ("lllws contain nlcili, fish, ‘Ifllflfpfl’ 55m- mM-‘l-"bf-i llllllf‘. ilhcnl. uilcflu‘. .\lf.ilt'.'l aml rum. Silver Slur fox culics contain drlcli moat. l-i-rn, Alfalfa, mu. meal. uhcul. germ, fish. barley mall. licct-puligi, mnlaséos, milk pnwdco salt. coll nil, corn gluicn and my lie-in mcal. ground meal. fish trip or lmrscnlrat. SILVER TIP aiscuu 00., Lin. MUNCTON. N. B. The Ihfll ill clilijlllirtloll lllili .3 2k- Jnt "icy lde 10f flmer ‘S l0 tovfn n‘ on tun)- zl v Pr, Kc n - Mrs . unlev igfon mer- L0 . the pro- mixer. zazing - this . but. lions Ami . ‘m- .4521. lurch PVT- the i in rn on hurts sum Ken- , left llit-lc m- Tie "s