TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS {IONNECTED WITH ' Silver Fox Farming ' >__ T AXIIBIICID high of we of e0, The s we average I01’ $511?’ iig-nufacturers did most of me buyinll and Felling Iigggggxgfii representative at Washington, sen. OCCBS reached me sale. fi t da and was not Place M 15th. fill: theyfoliowing days. By a a hall.’ silvers at a $45.00 and quarter silvers ale was attended by of buyers e bring the lxceedtrqlilglée e. Th“? “M” will: weak will tell the tale ll ranchers 1h p ulnr fur SI wmchlurl in the future they my he even lines of our m)‘ George A. Calbeck, Summerside. more popular than they are been return d s t 8' trip eto olllewa ‘lllclglgywlrvellémlle ‘Ivoilx: nessed the sale of silver fox and allied types. and talked with many members of the fur fraternity‘ in order in size up the situation for the Montreal sale which takes George will be present at that sale in the in- terests of the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ Association which will have a large consign: ment of pelts to offer there. i“ "w- D- 3- Mwlfiy. a well h; g Michigan fox rancher, writes hi; ator Vanderberg, about thg new OPA regulations on fox prices. Here is part of his letter . . ."Fox the U-S. have spent a wiléhlzmlelu: millions of dollars to advertise and popularize fox furs. Right now o9 breeders of America have gone to we have the only market in the e gfcll of trouble the last world so if someth‘ i; not done mun!“ in “d” W PWIIIIYIZE for the fox ranchers of the us. formerly ver nchilla exclusive fur. Etbim‘ recenacflmmmmwsigsueaiggv: ers have spent will be the millions of dollars th; ranch. wasted. m, style show and at the Hotel Canada. England and Rurgig “a Pennsylvania show. elinade byllfl J. Fox for a assoca on as “any mature. l; an eye to the post war period. and versatility of The ‘includha fulé merge e a s c illa. trimmedeclbllh w ha“ m bum‘ h be business if prices roll 0i October, 194i. March, i942. as sug- nents wer me chinchi piIIIOIIIIOIlBI mew the sty ng ihe new fur. length coat, a muff, two chi goats and two remembered that at a subsidizing their fox ranches with will come in and use our for which we have worked Flax ranchers in the US. will be forced out of back to flflIiCIIIllB about a. year ago they gested by OPA. We have here m nad to be withdrawn after mg were sold because of the hi h prices placed upon them tellers. two the State oi Michigan several fox ranches operated with capital from c Vlorecllgmn countries because fox ran ing has been forced out of those countries because of the war. The New York Auction Company Their sols purpose oi operating in i| having e. three day lur sale May 0-10-11. m offered including eneral raw arious furs white own country after the war. There- this country is to have breeding stuck available to ship back to their lace and platinum types and 11.500 fore, GPA interference and regula- liuction Sales Mon- h. the Canad n Fur rancher cut c Co. Ltd. will have effect foreign tiorrs which is putétlnlg the for: us ness no ranches because e general sale of furs at which they with their f0l'elgn capital they are Will offer between 15,000 and 20,- willing to operate at a ids in or- 000 silver fox polls and new types. der to have breeding stock to ship We basil tb? Ill U155 Y Dougall of the Dominion Fur Sales, Ltd. Summerside. who rapably acted as c1 vlnclal fox shows and prov pelt shows. very ter from D. H. McCart ifier at Pro- Senator. w, would sa incial 100 per cent untrue, w th reference Mwflougau oon- to subsidizing oi ranches by Can- back to their countries after the pleasure of a call war." Mac- With reference to the above let- to his t at it is iirms the impression that we have ads, England and Russia, and also given smaller average litters that fore In most of the ranches and many in; foxes misses. which means that it season trend. Of course here and there We hear of are particuiarl that Jimmy is a be shipped back to those countries are breed- —~——< - NEWSY NOTES - NS? ltlsnowsaidtobeamyth treasure-trove are not "keepers" these particular under cirmustances he'd been more reticent. r long. and thereby hangs a quarries, first used by when stone is required for a new house or barn. 187! Va. number of quarrymen were working there, when one of them discovered a bronze vessel with a circular handle, containing sixty- three Roman coins. ter wrapped in e ece 9m" ll-"Biln countries such leather. book says" and was rather disap- After talking over their find, the pointed to find that none of my foreseen the future and today are_quarrymen commissioned one gardening books gov,- any idea of dertook the task. little that his lif was to be blighted by it. When If went the round of all the public- housas or inns, exhibiting the w to this the discovery, but the ‘ " of the idlers in places soon gave him an exagger- ated opinion of the value oi the coins and he clung to them tenaci- ously. At that time all treasure-trove was the propert oi the Lord of the Manor; n t ls case the Duke of Northumberland. Because oi’ the publicity which Patterson had drawn upon himself. it was not long before the Duke's agent call- ed upon him to render ' grize. Patterson defied the law: had hidden the vessel and co lt- and refused to say where. Legal proceedings were taken, and as nobody could put a value on the "find"—for those best able to do so had never seen the treasure - Patterson was sentenced to a single year's lurprisonment in Den- bigh goal. He was lucky: a few general n the United States to tries after the war. His refer- ood results and -cnce is probably to Norway ward peased to learn lligan has s large able to look after themselves as Sweden-well, they are quite well turnout at Milli an and Morrison Norway produced some 40.000 fox ets Fill’ Farms, N011 B111. Jimmy improved the, ranch very fox gills but we do not considerably last fall by buying num highclas platinum and white face i943 and Sweden some .000. Russia is also producing now the rs as they are not been re- leased. The letter does show to males which have functioned very what extent some of our southern r-ell indeed. It is the grand old Nort am ranch and it revives pleasant higar Mllllgan and George Morri- son, two very iine ood w hear of neighillajotrs wil go in order to gain a po . We commend to the earnest at- who tention of every fox rancher in the made hosts of friends not only in Province the informative article PILI. but in far away places like which appears below. Our advice the Klondyke and in the western is to cut rt out of the paper and Unit/ed States where their name paste it up in your feed house and fame is carried on through the where it can be seen at all times- Miliigan and Morrison Associated Ranches, Inc. The annual meeting of the PEI. FACTORS IN THE CONTROL OF FOOD POISONING Fox Freeders‘ and Exhibitors‘ As- By Dr. C. K. Gunn. Dominion Ex- sociation will be held in the Agri- perlmentai Fox Ranch, cultural Room of the Prince of side. 9.13.1 Wales College. Charlottetown, 1.00 o'clock on Tuesday, June 13th- Summer- at Food poisoning is probably the oi deaths The date is Just one week prior to most important cause the annual meeting of the Cana- among growing fox pups. This dlan National Silver Fox Breeders’ condition may be oi chemical or Association at iWPtd that as many members as Possible will attend our local as- rqclatlons meeting and air their spected meals to be fed to grow- vlews as to any changes required ing fox pups should in either the live fox or pelt ex- hlbltions. It is ielt that with the great fections. Chunk or freshl numbers oi new t pes that will available for exh bition this lhat some extra provision will have in be made for them and yet we must not’ overlook the silvers be- fall have been thawed and bacterial origin and frequently originates in the meat or cereal portion of fox rations. Unin- selected with care to avoid fee ing meat from animals which have died of botuilsm, anthrax and other in- ground be meats are preferable to t oee that frozen more than once in their prepara- tion. Small doses of poison. which will not visibly affect the well be- Iause they are the backbone of the of adult foxes, can frequently industry and who knows-perhaps k growing pups. For this rea- s. FOXMEN Now that the majority of pups have been whelped throughout the Island our thoughts are now running in ihe direction of how to obtain rapid and early growth of "W59 young puppies. Price per bag does not determine your feed cost per pup in ihe Fall but your feeding schedule throughout the com- "u: months can greatly vary your net profit for the year's "iteration also to a marked extent determine your 1945 WP production. Our most successful Purlnzfs Four-Squ Sanitation and Marla the leaders. ranchers who have followed are Program of Good Feeding. Breeding, gement, have lead the way. ‘ n Follow Unfortunately we were compelled in order to maintain m" Dust quality standards to increase our Fri" P" I"! ‘lightly over last year, but as a rule of thumb on a rand! “uh average production one bag of Purina per Pull iflke care of your entire cereal requirements for both young and old for the year's operation consequently "m! I cosi I" bull does not materially effect cost pol‘ PIIP- Usinll the above table as a guide contact 3'0"!‘ 11°C“ Purina Dealer at your ea lfllulrements with him or Guy E- Kennedy District Mann!"- H)“. rlleat convenience and book yo"? 1 will gladly arranlle same W" coun-“im l‘ Ila in b lute which will not non-poisonous disinfectants ‘should be used to clean fox pens. . The possibility cf bacterial in- fection is particularly dangerous during not weather, at which time ifeeds tend to spoil rapidly un- ‘less adequate refrigeration facil- ities are available. and also be- cause oi the greater possibility of lcontamlnation by fires at this iseason. It is important to remember that when food poisoning results ifrom bacterial contamination oi’ meats, the original number of ldangerous organisms present may inot have been sufficient to set iup a condition of food poisoning . feven in fox pups, if the meat had ,been carefuly refrigerated until Jed to the foxes. However, if such isllghtly contaminated feed is al- Jowed to remain in a warm place .for any length of time the food poisoning organisms multiply ra- pidly. When such heavily infect- ed substances are then given to fox pups. the massive doses of the dangerous organisms are often too goat for the young animals to lerate. Growing fox pups are ihe first to take sick and die be- cause they have not acquired any immunity to these disease-produc- ingimorganisms. Frequently adult an als have enough itsistance to withstand the infected feed- stuffs and they may not show any visible evidence of the trouble in a ranch until widespread sickness and deaths have occurred among the fox pups. _ Another important ‘cause of deaths and sickness among grow- ing fox pups results from the feed- ing of scales. fins and entrails of ‘certain species of fish, such as smells, carp and suckers, etc. These fish, when mixed in the raw state with other ingredients of the feed, are found to destroy the vitmain B1 of the other feeds, iv- ing rise to a deficiency in euc a diet. The early symptoms of disease are weakness and paralysis of the hind limbs of fox pups. The condition is progressive! and ever;- o a tually causes death the - fected animal treatment with the required vita- _min B1 lthiamine chloride) is ‘carried out. This deficiency can be avoided by cooking the fish before mixing it ith the other feeds. or where cooking is incon- venient, the, fish may be filleted or fed alone once or twice a. week to the foxes. Bloating in foxes is often relat- ed to the ingestion of mouldy or fermented cereals. This condi- tion is particularly associated with the use of concentrated cereal feeds which tend to absorb water and swell greatly when moistened. Bloating can be avoided by ro- er soaking of the cereal beore t is fed and by storing all cereal feeds in a dry place so that they do not become mouldy. Cereal feeds manufactured from "rcp flour or fungus infected mea . ‘are thought to cause sickness and ‘deaths among fox pug: Lngre ents nfeoted with t organism -causin r y flou may be made d close the meshes of this dan- ger. Upon terial examination lof such feeds. s re-forming or- ganisms will be ound which have sumved the cooking of the bie- cu . Therefore, care should be ex- ‘ercleed in the choice of cereals and their storage. The latter should .be such that it keeps out rats and irnlce. as fecal contamination by 'these rodents is a well recognised source of food infection. should be kept under refrigera- tion and when there is any doubt of an uninapected- bei free from infection. the meat should be cooked or tried out on a few animals before lt is used Q AQIDMA ‘I’ TEEAsUng-Tnovn ears befor he would have been anged. ( t is not clear why he Just what is the truth above was sent to North the discovery cf £15 in the cellar ishment when there were so many of an old house near Liverpool. goals at home!) but the first account of it was returned in the north. but very circumstantial. In the cue I» ohlnlld man- H generally. the soured. his habits of discoverer is so overjoyed that he 80M- tclls it to all the world. but when doling life. never afterwards do- he also discovers that "finders" largo day's work. and soon sank , human liam. who had a small farm fur- nature being what it, i; he wishes ther up the Tyne Valley, took him into his‘ house, towards the end. trove belongs to the Crown now, and found out where the although it did not always so be- were hidden. _ years after the discovery of the In the valley of the Tyne. about o0 33 miles west of Newcastle. lies lucklese treasure the pretty rural village of Thorn- Northurnbrian rafton. Near by are some old Clayton. _ the Ro- The coins were a mixed lot. none mans, to obtain frecstone blocks however being later than the reign for building thg Roman wall, and of Hadrian (A.D- 1i7-l38I; which occasionally quarried even yet help! w iulilmft the belief — 1011B dis uted-that Hadrian was the 1n the-summer of bu der of the Roman Wall. sixty silver the other day. tagged “194 . ones and three gold ones, the iat- I was doubtful of their vitality I pi of green thought I would “see what the their number called Thomas Pat- the length of time seed is viable. terson. to go to the nearest big Then I remembered that a very townyl-lexhanna dozen miles away. old book. written by a Professor and sell the coins. Patterson un- of Agriculture at Cornell Univers- thinking ity, included a lot of useful tables. e got to l-Iexham, he Time Seeds Maintain Their Vital- bronze vessel and its contents. Up her of years mentioned are sup- time he had made light of posed to be on the average. ‘ these wheat 2. unless aoequaterat their utmost Wales for pun- On his discharge from prison he he was is mind was industry He adopted a restless wan- the grave. His brother Wil- coins And so. twenty-one ins. William Patterson sold this a. wealthy antl-quary, John for £50 or about szso. VITALITY 0F SEEDS I dug up a bag of garden seeds 1" As in it i found “Table 4, Length of ity." This I transcribe for my read- ers. merely stating that the num- Bsrley. 3; Beans 3; Beet 6; Buck- Cabbage 5; Carrot 4; celery 8; clover 3: corn 2: cucumber 6. Eggplant 6; flax 2; hop 2; let- C9 . Millet 2; muskmelon 5; mus- 1-» w >1 D- Oats 3: onion 2; orchard grass 2.- Parsnlp 2; peas 3: pumpkin 5. Radish 5: rape 5: rye 2. Salslfy 2: soybean 2: squash 6. Timothy 2; turnip 5, watermelon 6i wheat Z. These averages are effective, l suppose, under ordinary conditions of storage, but by taking special precautions the life of seeds can , considerably extended. Such precautions may be the storing of the larger garden seeds in a ccol dark place in canisters, and the enclosure of the smaller seeds in waterproof packets to prevent drying-out. All seeds. however. must be thoroughly matured: and thoroughly dry on the outside to prevent mildew. With these sim- ple precautions 1 once grcv/ n crop of beet seed that provided me with beet for seven years. till all the seed was gone. among them. preparing lo shoot the rapids on "a short but broad and rapid stream, with six or seven rapids which must be shot nr portaged around." a scale to locate this river, which I sup-pose to he not far fronvthc Lake of the Woods; anyway. it is lain that the traveller only names t as an excuse for writing about the delights of canoeing. "To shoot rapids in a canoe is a pleasure that comparatively few Englishmen have evcr enjoyed. and no picture can give an idcacf what it is." He does give a pic- ture. nevertheless. of _the old- fashioned wood engraving type... at an angle of about 30 degrees, with plenty of rocks and snags to endanger the canoe. He goes on: "The excitement is greater than when on board a steamer because you are s0 much nearer the boiling wawrhand the canoe seems such a , fragile thing to contend with thei mad forces, into the very thick of which it has to be steered. “When the stream begins to descend-speaking of the Malina River — the water is an inclin- ed plane, smooth and shining as glare loe. Beyond that it breaks into curling. gleaming rolls, which ‘end off in white seething caul- drons. where the watcr has broken on the rocks underneath. On the brink of the inclined plane the mo- tion is so quiet that you think the canoe pauses for an instant. The captain is at the bow. a broader. stronger usual in his hand. eye kindling with enthusiasm, hand sure. and every nerve and fibre of his body tension. The steersman is at his post. and every man is ready. knowing that a false stroke. or too weak a turn of their captain's wrist at the critical moment, means death. "A push with the paddles. and, straight and swift as an arrow. the canoe shoots down right into the med vortex. now into a cross current that will twist her broad- side round; but every man fights against it, and she steers right on to a rock. up to which she is being resistlessly sucked, and against which she will be dashed to pieces, but a. rapid turn of the captain's paddle at the fit moment. and she rushes past. riding gallantly as a showing the water coming down‘ Inoe, ihe P. I-I. clal Department of Asrifllllufe. has Calves under alx months. $10.00: to eighteen months, $20.00. eighteen twenty-four months. $35.00. action (Joanne ee. For further particulars. apply to. generally throughout the ranch. 4-29-41. nus Ticusnwrra-rowu A_GUARDiAN g _ I t t ' We left the travellers, our man Eglaybgr 31113;?) o, a wave gets rapid is near." My map 15 i)“ i°° 5mg“ suppose there is nobody on "Dawson Road" who can shoot the‘. rapids like that now. We taken to the air. and pas from Toronto to Winnipeg ge I towns of our AYRSIIIRE PURCHASE ASSISTANCE PULICY To encourage the establishment of new Ayrshire herds in this prov- l. Ayrshire Club with financial nuiatance from the Provin- lowlng amounts will be paid to purchasers of registered Ayrshire females: Before purchase each animal must pus Inspection bv the Club Sei- Thle assistance la open to anv island farmer who at time nf purchase has leee than four registered Ayrshire females over two years old. The funds available to cover thie policy are lirnlied. Applications will considered In the order received The Club has a number of animals listed Ior sale. H. W. CLAY, Secretary. I‘. E. I. Ayrshire Club. | “. Best fur I ever had being in ihe fox business!” Hexite~fcd pups sired by this male held by George Breckenridge won firste at the 19-13 Quebec Show for lhc "Get of Sirc" and “ Progeny of Dam," as well as many nihcr prizes. i’ ' ~~ Y“ ers Why the name “Kellogg's” means QUALITY IN FOX FEED Kellogg is the world's largest maker of ready-lo-cat cereals. Long ex- perience and vast nutritional knowledge are combined in making HEXITE FEED. It contains l9 qualify ingredients, expertly balanced. thoroughly cooked. easy to digest. HEXITE provides highly essential vitamins, proteins and minerals. won IIEXITE ‘IIIIS OUTSIRNDINGFIATINUM MAI! "Furred Up”on HEXITE in the Eastern Townships Silver Fox Breeders’ Association, has had ex- I ceptional results with Kellogg's HEXITE. The Platinum male pic- since -—saya GEORGE BRECKENRIDGE AND All IIIS PRIZE PUPS WERE EORGE BRECKENRIDGE d , Sherbrooke, Quebec, a director tured at left. the female and all the pups were fed exclusively on I-IEXITE during the growing pelt ‘ j season. George writes: "I can truth- 5 fully say it was the best fur l over had since being in the fox business. not having one cull pelt in my plalinums and silver skins." Many highly succcssfu] fox ranch- have similar praise. Feeding HEXITE, they report, helps develop big, heavily furred skins with un- usually fine color and sheen. For ._ healthy, vigorous growth and grcntcr » pelt profits, you can depend on '- HEXITE. Made by Kellogg's in . London, Canada. ‘ FOX AND MINK FEED , SOLD BY DOMINION SILVER FOX FURS, LTD, Summcrsidc PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - CLIFFORD MAcDONALD, Charlottetown , llI AN ENGLISHMANE TRAVELS Knoll??? The waves boil up at I" the sides threatening to engullitold woo" “warm»a'ater" ports. ficently has he proved it except a little » 13m‘- But Russia has experienced un- ond her leader. who is ‘lili sonic iikczihle qual-. iustly irrcscni. ities too» ll On she speeds into the calm-account for settlement when peace; lacy rulc the m9 Mam“? Rive." reach beyond, and all draw lonvticolnvr. breaths and hope that anotheriD.D.—thc "Gloomy Dean“ c; other days.—thinks “it will ml hp we v All that is an old story and Ilbut the Russians who will dictate ' plies? the; the tcrlns uf pract- bc supreme in tw a lraveiun iudcfluiic pcriod." Can av,» put: What aboul ihe Baltic. v v 5€1li1Cl‘S;0lil'S‘3I\/8S ‘in hinrslral Stalms illace|safety of Pctrograd _whlc_h is per- bcrcri that. Brllnm has prgmlggd tthclr‘ and inrnzluc u-nnt ho may ronslclor l ilously unprotected. it will be ne-ilhe Poles the rcslortation of their , thrills above the Dawson Road. and in an unfamiliar element. IVIIAT OF THE PEACE? been well said that Englishmen learn geography by means of war: Iurthermore the poorest miner's child was instructed in that sci- ence in a. way that compels my admiration when I look hack to my; schooldsys. The position of the- chief Russian towns were as fam- iliar to us as those of the chief English counties. There were graphic stories of the Russian peasantry in our Fifth Reader, a copy of which I have by me: and we were taught that the Rusian soldier wash good hand-to-hand fighter with the bayonet; not as good as the Bri- tish soldier of course! But better than the other Europeans. Magni- The Appraisal Season for valuing farms for loans from the Canadian Farm Loan Board commences this" year on April 24th. Applications for loans should be made to the un- dersignelh- J. A. LAWSON. Provincial Supervisor, Canadian Farm Loan Board, Charlotiaiown, P.E.I. 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