i sgpflfpMBEk _,21. _ 1941 m W‘: "Timely limes iiiittoiiiiis 00l|l|EOTEli Willi Silver Fox and Mink Farming ,.+»++~-=“““ ‘ ““ v Y‘ H - mm for the fox show in con- with the Amherst Winter‘ Jah- are 10th to 141th of November ‘ma; for the ram. Provincial Fox 530w will be the 1'lth to 21st of "bunny", Intending exhibitors mwld mark down these dates. The {@115 for Amherst requires ogulatlon of all foxes to be ex- mbited at least thirty days prior t: N shown. Innoculation is not com- “ism-y for our Provincial Show L111, will be necessary for each mhlbitor to mall wlt-h his entities a Md staiementthat there has my, m; infectious disease in the “my, tiuring the year. while interest in shovws may not. y, y, keen as if the market were in \ normal condition. yet slwws have u, educational value and also coin- iibuic to keeping up the morale n ranohor; and- for that reason mould ha supported by ail con- fined, The provincial show enjoys “vantage; not given to others mewhere in that the buLlding is particularly suitcd for the pur- pose and the judging room is mast modern and comfortable. The pres- ident of the Asmchtion is LJ. “Cm-by, summerside, and the ‘sugary is Walter R. Shaw, Char- yymimvn. Classes and conditions will be the mme as in 1946 for boih lve and pelt shows. We have just received the foi- bwing letter: "At this time I wsh in thank you for sutznittlng an art- 1¢ appearing in the Charlottetown lluardian. I assure you that the sslng of Dr. Green was a direct lc/w to all of us. as he was cert- ijnly an individual that cofuld- be tailed upon for very much needed idvicc. Please extend my best re- yards to members of the fur in- lustry and I trust that all is gong well with Yflll- "FTOIYAm Laborator- bs, Incn By T.T. Ghoddock, D.V.M.. The Pin- Trade Journal inf can- sda. Toronto. Oat,. has "just re- leased a very useful and attractive blication “Who's Wlio In Furs." t is nicely illustrated, contains ldvertisemenfs from leading fox ind mink ranchers throughout Duuda as well as equipment houses. and gives hundreds of bots on Canada's fur ixidustryv and i 1st of the chinchilla, marten, raccoon, lynx, fitch, mink of var. lmu types, silver foxes of various types including Amtic Blu. Biu, Dress Fox, Glacier Blu, Reds, in [act all types. These breeders are lectured under the different prov- lnrcs and alphabetically. so it is an assy matter to hunt up a rancher in any part of the Dominion for any type of fur one is interested in. li would be only natural to expect such s publication to be well print- ld and well illustrated as the Fur Prado Journal is an example of Illuli technical cetall. We con-grat- liate the publishers on this new Mllcation which will be of great lnistance to so man-y. We have received from Charles P. Bassett, United States Fur An- ExPcrimental Station. Sara- lflw Springs, New York, a pampin let on the effect of increased or fwswo lenstn of daylight on 091i nrlmeness in adult silver foxes Which we regret we cannot give in full as there are numerous graphs and illustrations that would be re- Illired if such were done, but we lint! briefly the wnclusens .. . l. Increasing tihe hours oi daylight b which an adult sliver fox is ex- lused before June 21st will hasten l1!’ Bwwih and pglmeness 20 to 25 his. 2. Decreasing the hours of llflylsht will reduce the time re- imd I" Priming by about eight reeks. Foxes so treated will be ‘m!’ to out in early October. 3- Fbxes exposed to increased "ii-hi followed by decreased: llgiht 2m b? Prime in late September. uFPNXlmntely nine weeks earicr an foxes exposed to normal length °l daylight. From a practical stand- point the c-ne week gained by this FWD over the animals subjected atlwrefldfid hours of daylight docs llmear to warrant the increas- Pd expense and effort that are ro- qulfffl» 4. Since nd-uft foxes sub- mgfd to the cc-nditicns of this ex- Feriment can be ready for prltin; n late sepwmber or early October U10 practical nprflmilon of thlle "Wits would help in placing a “'39 Port of the adult pelts 0n the "Emit early in the fall. . . N5- Examlnaticn of the p iis in ‘uiw York City by experts from a I suction cCmpany disclosed a ew skins from lots 2 and 4 with “mlevsiviied fur. In eight instances we fur was described as unpt-ime ordullflllllliilifid, even though in five m ‘W? belts ‘the skins had been thafcd of its pigment and was n u‘ “my prime. Unless a fairly ‘smmll blllfice is maintained be- unem m9 l-lfifeased and decreased "an"! 0f dfllllht. skin prlmsness ""7 be rdsched before fur devel- ~ A600 rsrns For CATTLE, HOGS and POULTRY HIGH QUALITY PROMPT DELIVERY lllflll Insoles l-tl. ‘l5! Great George St. PHONE i012 Charlottetown opment is completed. Factors other than the comparative length of daylight and uarkness may exert an important influence upon shed- ding and fur growth. ‘ For ‘the purpose of the above ex- periment forty adult foxes were div- irked by chance into four groups and exposed to a schedule of normal length days and nights for lot 1, artiiicaliy lengthened days for lot 2, artlflcally lengthened and short- ened days for lot 3 and shortened days for lot 4. The animals o! lots l. 2. 3. and 4 YBqlllICQ a total b1 211, 188. 140 and 157 days respect- ively from May 1st on to complete the shedding of their old hair and produce a prime ooat of new fur. Of this totaii time, 138. 131, 96 and 93 days. respectively. were required to complete shedding and ‘f3, 57, 53 and 64 days. repectlvely, were needed after Shedding W33 over to complete flu‘ krowth and attain pelt primencss. Three out of seven animals in lot 2 and five of seven in lot four, lacked complete fur de- velopment by the time the second portion oi the pelt was prime. The above experiments of Dr. Bassett and his associates are very in recent years we have changed the manner oi housing our adult fcxcs, that is to say they are no lon-gcfkept in open pens in the summer but in nearly all cases are put under cover in wire bottom compartments -for the summer months and ln fact until put baok 8s breeders in the late fall or pelt- ec. Tihey thus do not get the am- ount of light that they did when they ran around in freedom in the open pens and no doubt that has something to do with slowness of shedding and in the production of the nc-w ccat of fur. -- Each rancher can see as he goes through his herd instances where one fox will ha/ve a very fine coat of fur right now, in fact perhaps look at its very best, vitfle others have just barely cleaned off al- though all the adults have received practically the same ration. No doubt some foxes worry when placed in small compartments af- ter being more or less enjoying freedom during the winter and spring montihs and this fretting has somethng to do with the re- tardation of the adult fur and its being brought to perfection — or near perfection. The production of good» adult pelts is something that has had us intrigued for many years. In the early days-the 1920's - we did not seem to experience the same difficulty as we fed» some more or less skim milk and biscuits in the momlng and some tripe in the evening and our adult pelts were usually as good if not better -— in fact in many cases were the best we pelted. It may be if we got back to a simpler ration such as the above. rather than the heavy meat content which we use, we coiild- get the same results now, but of course the foxes were usually kept then in the larger pens and got more exercise, although we d'd have some good pelts that came from coops. Anyihow the experi- ments of Dr. Bassett and his col- leagues will be watched with con- siderabie interest by all and- part- icularly because they are expected to lead to a shortening of the time necessary for the development of fu-r and therefore of pelting which would effect a savng in feed. ‘llhe New York Auction Comp- any, 228 West 26th St., New York announces that it will offer at pub- lic auction at its sales room Wed-- nesday, October 1st., at ten o'clock the following mutation mink: 1,164 Sllverblu, 1.000 Pastel. 7,500 Blue Frost, 2,000 Royal Koh-I-Nur, 460 White and 400 miscellaneous. They will also offer 8.000 ranch mink and 4,000 wild mnk as wcll as n small number of otter, marten, cross fox and white fox and 8.014 blue fox On Friday, October 3rd they will offer 4.055 mutation fox and 7.500 silver fox. Thursday's sale wii be devoted to muskrats, raccoon. spotted skunk, ermine, skunk and opposum. The above sale will be iiseiui as giving an inrlcation of the strength of the various furs now that the time for the arrlvfl of the 1947 mnk and other furs en the markets is within a meas- urable distance. Tliie Norwegian government is planting a big publicity drive on behalf of blue fox of a type which that country is the only serious producer. This campaign will con- centrate on the United States, South America and Pa-ris, the three most logical markets for blue fox. The Norwegians havealso arrang- ed to have every skin produced graded by government graders and the poor skins are to be kept off the markets and only t-ha best sk ns offered to the international fur trade. They hope by tihLI method to gradually eliminate the poorer pIOflUCQT-l and to rake the stand- ard quality of all foxes- Wfiile the above objects of the Norwegian breeders are worthwhile and deserve commendation, yet we must not forgot that the present dolc-rous condtlon of the fox in- dustry is due in a large menu-d to the Norwegians who mid line 100,000 pelts of poor quality and ancient vntage that had been kept in cold storan or in cavu in cold-' er puts of the country W! "ll-l wards of two WIN - l0 l lPlW-i icste for an average of I10. 'mla was the direct cause of breaking the market in the simmer of 1M0 and," nu never yet recovered fro doubt N flDblIiIl-Ildmv it-Iilh - NEWSY By Agricola The American Eider This duck is given in the list of Island birds published in i916. but whether this was really our species is open to some doubt. There are three kinds of elders which may possibly occur here, but unless one is well up in their distinctions, it is easy to make a mistake. That being the case. the description herewith is de- signed to show wherein the Am- erican Elder differs from the oth- ers. American Eider. AOU. 160. (Winter resident from fall till early spring-WIS) Male: head black, no V-mark on the throat; base of the bill rounded and broad, extending on either side of the forehead. a very distinctive mark. Breast white with a faint pinkish tinge; back and most of the wings white; underparts black. Female a ‘andsome bird; bill like that of the male; plumage light brown, barred darker; wings Withl two whitish bars. Liens-tn of adults 23 inches. The Northern Eider and the King Eider have been taken in New Brunswick. while all three are recorded for Nova Scotia. Dr. Taverner was doubtful that the King, and the American Eiders were‘ specifically distinct. Tile Eiders are probably circum- polar in their distribution. As far back as 1 can remember, NOYWBY. Sweden. and Iceland. were noted for their “eider-down", the soft breast-feathers taken from the nests. This was eXDOYlPd a5 "stuffing" for quilts, and was far above cotton batting for the D111‘- There was at one time lin- gljesreise flocks of elder ducks on the Labrador and 5t. Lawrence coasts, but no trade in the down was developed. What happened was that the ducks were reckless- ly killed for food. uni-ll "Only l small fraction of the orillnfll 1mm" ber remains." Doubtiess food is scarce in those bleak regions. but an intelligent conservation policy would give the inhabitants all the ducks and eggs they need, and a quantity of the down for 1150 Ind export. 0 Alder Bark as Medicine frl-iere has been s sliiht =91- domic of "boils" in this neiflllwf‘ hood. These little abscesses IP- pear to give great pain. B114 "P- idiy depress the vital powers of the sufferer. One of the victims was advised by a friend to shave some alder bark into thin slices and boil them in a saucepan of water- Whcn the liquid cooled he was to drink it regularly. There did m" seem to be any definite doses or directions, but as the bolls im- mediately began to "80 back." the grew was pronounced satisfactory. Another friend said that the inn- er bark of the white birch, used in the same fashion. was an equally good remedy. That may be so. for both birch and alder belong to the family Bctuiaceae, and are closely related. There is no doubt that such simples were greatly used once on a time. and are not en- tirely forgotten even now. The tendency, however, is to rely upon minerals, and against this P91‘- ticular trouble I have found tab- lets of Calcium sulphide very ef- fectlve. "Canadian Nature" The SeptOct. No. of this ex- cellent little magazine has 1115i come to hand. ‘In compliment to the season there is a strikiniir double-page picture of a group of red maples in autumn glory. flanked by dark green conifers. Why the tree turns" red is ex- plained in terms of chemistry, in s side nbte. An exquisitely colored plate of three Cedar Waxwings, (by the late Allan Brooks) occupies a whole page. and in addition bird- lovers are gratified by smaller pictures of the Hawk owl and the Slate-colored Jiinco: all three be- ing found here. There is also a small picture of the House for Englishl Sparrow. but one can- not feel gratified by its presence! quite a time before it gets back to a pmfitable basis. There are sketches of birds, which, of course. do not train the eye to the same David Dunlap Observatory, tributes s number of charts of the constellations at present visible, tached to each group. Miss North- _THE_CHARLO'I‘I'ETDWN_GUARDIAN__. .. _ NOTES - w. C. T. 11.7 NOTES also some uncoiored extent, but serve to illustrate the reading matter. Miss Ruth J. Northcott, of the con- and briefly relates the legend) at- cott often writes for the magazine, and her notes are justly appreci- ated by our stargazers. The leading article - and the 1ongest—is entitled "Wildlife Man- agement," and deals with the problems of conservatism and that 70 per cent of Canada which is unproductive forest land, lnuskeg, rock, and so on. As in previous numbers there are many items designed to help the teacher of Nature Study. 0n Time‘ ‘There are two places in the world," says the Melbourne Ar- gus, "where a bad timepiece is as useful as a. good one." and it goes on to explain that these places are the North and South Poles. Time is measured by the distance in degrees that the sun is east or west of the meridian. Rough- ly we may say that time depends on the meridian, and seeing that all meridians meet at the North and South Poles it follows that it is always every or any time at these placesi No matter wlut your watch says, its bound to be rikhti The “Observer's I-landhoo ," pub- lished by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Toronto, (yearly 25 ots.) gives a map of the Canadian time zones, and defines Apparent, Mean, Sidereal, Stand- ard, and Daylight Saving, ‘Times. Britain has now quit ths "Dou- ble Summer Time" and has re- verted to the ordinary "Summer Time" with the clock only one hour ahead. Canada, I imagine, is back to Standard Time again. The fact that P. EL I. never left it, does not seem to have entailed any hardship to anybody after all. One hopes that the rest of Canada will follow the Island's sensible example next year—but ah has ina dootsl Nature Notes A neighbor who has an observ- ant eye for nature's quirks, rec- ently brought me an insect which I identified as Pelecinus polylur- It“. a four-winzed parasitic fly. It was a. female as evinced by its Iensth. 00 mm. (The male is 22 mm.) The last‘ specimen of Pele- cinus that I examined, was ex- hibited at the Winsloe School Fair, September 17, 1936, by Miss Dorothy MacKenzie. This fly is black in color. its most striking feature is its abdo- men, which (in the female; is about five times the length of the head and thorax together, and is composed of six slender cylindri- cal segments. It is parasitic on the "white grubs" of the "June bugs" or rather beetles, of the genus Laehnoaterna. A most use- ful insect! Mrs. W. D. Ross, who is spend- ing the summer in British Colum- bia, sends a curiosity: a maple leaf 11 inches from base to point, and 12 inches across. The sinuses are rounded and very shallow, so that the leaf has a very large ex. panse of green surface. Enclosed also were pods of the Laburnum. s. species of Cytisus which is extremely ornamental when in bloom. The yellow papi- iionaccous flowers hang in long strings completely covering the tree, which (in England) grows from 15 to 20 feet high. It is often referred to as “Golden Chain" from its method of flow- ering. The bowling greens in one of the Newcastle parks were sur- rounded by a shelter-belt of La- burnums, ,aad they were a won- derful sight in spring. Tennyson, in his great threnody » “in Me- moriam", LXXXIIL-dells of “Le.- burnums, dropping-wells of fire." (The reference is to the "drop- ping well" at Harrogate, where the water issuing from a t: ff, divides into small trickles to wh ch the poet secs a. fanciful resemb- lance). I have a Laburnum in the garden here; it lives but will never bloom. The flowers are pro- duced on the young wood of the previous year, but this being very saPPy and tender, always freezes in the winter and dies before blooming. The hard trunk sur- vives and grows slowly. From the prairies westward many-new genera and species of plants come into the picture and the botanical manuals of eastern Canada have only a limited value For example, our books do not list that big-leaved Maple. Oui largest maple leaf is found on the Striped Maple. but it is never A clean-skimming, Burrow is available to von now. There's no waiting for delivery! As the authorised Itcnfrew Item-e- aelltntlvc for this district I Illl siadlv demonstrate a llenlrew in you own dairy. There's no obli- ntlnn to untrue. t more emu and hatter. with a Inu- how, Give are a call and I'll move It to velr satisfaction. any 4am!” J. M. Ladner m um surest flilayiocrgolcNEW CRIAM SIPARATOI more than a inches long, and mostly less. There are iI have read) manuals listing and des- cribing all the plants of the Plains, the Rockies, and the Pacific Coast. The Sept of Bontoln 'I‘ii.is Sept owed its allegiance to the clan Graham. It is" some- times speit Bontinc, or Bunion. in Scottish records, and on the Island we find it changed to Buntain. The Grahams held part of the region between the town of Stir- ling and Loch Lamond, and the Bonteins would occupy land close by. While not a large clan, ‘udl- tng by their small territory, the Grahams bu! at least half-a- doeen septa who rendered mili- tsry service and so increased e numbsr of men they could pat Into the field. . James Graham, of Olavarhmue, NOT MINE. OI. THINE. BUT OUI. But when we pray. say our — not. mine ‘or thine; Our debts, our debtors, and oil daily bres-dl Before the thmnged cathedral’: gracious shrine, Or in the closets solitude instead, Whoeer thou art, where'er thou llftest prayer, However humble or how great thou be. Say our, thy brother man inciucing tihere, And. more and more it may be thou shalt see Upon life's loom haw thread to thread is bound: None for himself, but mam and fellowman, Os- near or far. meet on one com- mon ground, Sons of one Father since the vrorid began. so shall God's Iclngdom come in might and power ‘Milan all can pray, not mine, or thine, but our. —I"nnces Crosby Iallet. ATTENTION W. C. T. U. Your Youth Leaders are asking a special favour of you. We would like about l5 minutes of the pro- gramme time in your September meeting for definite thought about youth work. At a Y. T. C. Confer- ence at the World's Convention, it was pointed out that one thing our Unions could do was PRAY for our Y. '1‘. C. work. Will you have a season of prayer for tilrib branch of our work. You'll think of us at every meeting but in October we want every Union remembering this work. One Union ln U. B. A. have asked the W. c. T U. members who are shut-inn or unable to attend to be prayer partners with the Y. T. C. Isn't that a fine thought? Lftér you have definitely taken Y. T. C. to your heart, you'll be glad to follow the suggestions Miss Fulton has to make so that your oo-operation will be one himdred percent. -—Edna F. Grant. LITTIJ WHITE RRBBONES “And all thy children lull be taught of the Lord. and great shall be the peace of thy children." — Imiah 54:13. Dear Liittle White Ribbons:- Work- ers: . Children are an heritage at the Lord. Too much attention cannot be given to them. It. is the duty of each generation to see that its suc- cessor it trained so as to be fully equipped: for the tasks awaiting them. Character moulding is of the utmost iznportance. for continuous progress upward. Furthermore, each generation should do all it can to remove obstacles that might hinder advancement. As the best method to obtain this result. Gcd establish- ed the Hccne as the centre o! iifel for the citizens of the future. The community anc‘: the nation follow the pattern set in the home; it is therefore essential that this pattern set in the hcme; it is therefore es- sential that this pattern be of the highest order. The greatest hindrance to the highest development of the hcmie is the use of intoxicating liquors by its inmates, a; this leads to a dcclirne 1n mental, moral and phy- sicel asplrations; it fol-lows, there- fore, in the interests of the home and chlldhrood this traffic should be destroyed. Social service and welfare work- ers aver that the Liquor traffic has done more to reduce the standarr; oif home life than any other cause. Statistics show that the largest percentage of poverty, cr-‘me and vice, with all accompanying evils, is due to this source. While both parents are equally responsible for the training of the children, the greatest share of it falls to tihe mother, around whose knees iahlidihood is nurtured. ‘train- i.rig must begin early in life, as the child milnd is wax to receive and granite to hold the impressions cf the fireside. Fortunately, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union arranged for this in the de- partment of Uttle White Ribboners 611C.‘ that of Mothers‘ Meeting. Bath these departments are vital to the continuance. of the organization. asthe one instructs the mother and from her the child receives the knowledge of what alcohol h and what it does to the human system and tnsins it in the principles of total abstierice. Some of the great- est men proclaim their uplift came from their mothers’ teaching in early life. To inculcate the evil of lntemperance and its injurious ef- fects on the human system a re- gular and conttnous stream of en- lightcnn-ig literature of which there is plenty. should- flow into the hcme; prose and poetry. verse and song, all treating m the same theme. "Where there's drink there's danger." And so through the children being taught of the Lord. "Home and Every Land" Will be ctiwered from the tyranny of beveage alcohol." ‘ Mrs. Reece, Atbcistan, Quebec, has lent this as a message to L. W. B. wperfntendentl. We are glad ahe is recovering from the handicap of’ a broken arm. FINANCIAL ITEMS 0F lNTlI-IST Th6 U. S. A. Union was hostess to the oversea; delegates, entertain- ing ther guests who were at such great travel expense. in the various hotels. For this gracious act a Hospitality Hind over $19,000 was raised by Hospitality Teas all over chiefs. as". the "nomad mn- dsa" of thesona‘. but the "Bloody Clavers" of. the Oovsnantars whom wuulllthebest-howuolihetr h! manual! mast bitkvl]. \ THE Fill/ES A new star ls-laorn In Ilia galaxy el glorious Community patterns . . . Morning Start, designed with the dramatically distinctive beauty of deep; rich carving and brood sweeping llnll. Pierced, tea, on spoon and fork handles for grsohr rich- ness, and made with liannonixing design backs of oil pieces. Spoons and fcrlu reinforced with extra solid silver. Sea Community's lllfillflvlg, lngly diflorant Morning Star pattern newt ROGERS HARDWARE G0. LTD. l Oll 42 Piece Service for Eight In Nobility Chest Contents t B Salad Forks 8 Knives $7 so l Butler Knife a I Sugar Spoon l 8 Teaspoon: 8 Dessert Spoons 8 Forks THE the States, to afford- tkie remctost White Ribborier a share in wel- coming the delegates from other lanch. The Officers qf the World W. O.- T. U. serve without salon’- The superintendents of departments have appropriations of only $5 0!‘ 319 goa- poatage. From Mrs. Milan's Report we note these interesting facts: A snriali reserve fund for emer- gencies is invested from legacies received. . It is interesting to nc-te that two books. “Here's Health to You" and “Alcohoy Talig; to Youth," have been trsnsltet‘: into Spanish fol‘ use in schools at a cost of $520. Ultimately the sales will pay for publication. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT 1. Does our community need any changes or improvements in its social structure? 2. What are the actual conditions in regard to (for example), juvenile lint! the work done are cmny.‘ delinquency? Newcomers to the —-N0t9s from Missionary ommnrunltv? Yvune iweoifleb n- Education ccnm-ence. creations? ___i__ 3. What is the Church dicing about it? DOESN'T mvsr CLIMATI WINNIIPEG —- (OP) — A Win. nipegger dressed in a light sum- mer suit reported hearing the following comment this week from an American attending a ma- vention here; “I didn't bring a top coat up here to this cold °°uMfY~but I bought two suits of underwear and 1 havg than; both on." 4. Wihat are the need-s? 5. What challenge L; there to our organization? 6. What projects shall we adopt? (s) Short-range to meet immed- iate need? (b) Long range to study basic couses of poor conditions and to retrieve them? _ "The work of the Chilnoh is one ways of interesting people and get- PAINFUI. TRUSSES ABOLISHED saNn son mas BOOKLET AND DETAILS 0s mas TRIAL ores: W New ’ by the M " ' Profession. A British up lfaace for relief from Rupture. Not an old-fashioned Trussg" but a wash: ie a plisnce with an inflated air-cushion pad that holds the Hernia firmly wr‘ a gentle upward pressure so that in many cases tissues reunite and the rupture is conquered forever. So light and comfortable you will not know you have it on. Many doctors are wearing a Beasley; ma. luau‘: CANADA, m. . mp. io-n, so FRONT sr. tum, rosomo a4. . 4-, -_’//.4"’ fa A //'y/~. ...\"‘“ ym-ty NOW’ ._, l/ ‘P 5/6/44) PE RSUADE YOUR ‘FRIENDS TO BE TAK E HAPRYi SNAP! A1‘ QOUTHPORT?