0.l\. Lampcon 8r 0o. ‘Limited _ u Queen scoot. mason. l- 0- 4- 5'11"" Public Auction .,Sales ' . of ' R a w Fa rs. . Sales Held ‘ January . April . October Special Silver Fox Sales November 18 March 16s December 10 Jllfle 8 January 6 September 2C‘ For full particulars regarding shipments apply to Alfred Fraser, Inc., ‘833 Seventh Avenue, New York ‘so. FOX BISBUITS Are made clean and packed in red striped, good’ quality bags. Can be fed broken or ground which enables accur- ate rationing. Order some io-day, FOR PRICE LISTS Oi!‘ ALL SILVER TIPJOX FOODS SEE YOUR DEALER OR. WRITE snvrn‘ TIP Blscun 00., LTD. MONCTON,‘ N. B. ESTABLISHED 1925 ' - i -> 4 —vl,,.-..._, . v or! '. v 1 > > u > I ’ nuszr nous on CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Fanning clones The 16th annual meeting of the Canadian National Silver Fox meeders’ Association will be hold on ‘Ihlesdsy the 21st of ' y, 1930, in the Brunswick Hotel, Mone- tou, N. B., commencing at two o'clock, p. m. The beautiful silver trophy do- nated by the Canadian Shredded Wheat Company for the‘ Grand ‘Champion Adult Male at the Al- berton show, is on exhibition in the ‘ window of S. Kennedy's store, Kent Street. It. was won by _Cvcorge D. Warren, Howlan (near Albertcn? .P. E. I. Many silver fox farmers do not exercise sufficient care in the pre- paration of their pelts for market. They do not scrape them sufficient- lac-leaving lafge quantities of fat and if scraped do not give them time to‘ drii- The result is that uri- less the pz-lts are taken care of WTOUBh some shipping organization they are ‘fable to sweat and the fur becomes loo'e. Surely anything that are continuing in SILVER FOX PELTS ’ Unprecedented Demand And are eagerly sought for wherever furs are worn. If pro- perly marketed the annual production can easily be absorbed- _ MARKET THROUGH AN ORGANIZATION which, through its contracts with the LARGEST SALES HOUSES IN THE PRINCIPAL FUR CENTRES 0F THE WORLD ha! proven its ability to secure the highest possible prices con- sistent with quality. Our system of CLOSELY SUPERVISED AND PROTECTIVE MARKETING has always in the past, resulted in our patrons scouring highly profitable returns. This season with improved econ- omic condltlms, we anticipate " ‘ tilfactory results. Each pelt marketed through this Organization is, re- gardless of its value. thoroughly prepared and faults con rected where necessary. Our grading and appraising faculties are unequalled. Two plans are oileredl- Our own exclusive POOL PLAN and the regular COIN- SIGNWIENT PLAN. - Cash advances arranged under either Plan at. any time at only 5% interest. Full particulars, shipping bags, tugs, etc., furnished on request. ' Prince Edward Island Fur Pool Limited P. G. CLARK, nesldent and Managing Director. Sununers" , Prince Edward Island, Canada. Throughout The Season Felts Are Being Received at The Office of J. A. WEBSTER do CO., 158 Richmond Street, Charlottetown And By R. W. Stewart, at Clark Bros., Store, Montague SUPERIOR PELTS Come from foxes fed liberally with IMPERIAL FOX BIS- CUITS. Highest Prices on all fur markets are realised by ganohcrs who make IMPERIAL PRODUCTS their staple cod. INCREASED PELT VALUES follow regular use of mrranurs which are own-ind from formula tested and-approved by world's leading fur experts’. To secure highest-grade, glistening, really worth-while pelts, IMPERIALS llllllt be Ind. . Th; Polling Season is well advanced. Get your foxes In good shape with IIIPIIIIALS. Should you not be feed. lug thorn now, start at once and a great lmprovoment will '61’! shortly b0 lliltlflllblc, fillly Illltllylng our claim}, For sale by distributors lu leading bushless centres and 'l direct from factory.‘ » ' lilrilllltllltclllf“ "ca, LTD. »oborndoms.~r.r.r. "moo. m. r. o. lo: us. is worth doing is worth doing well, and the added dollars that can be expected from a properly prepared Pelt is worth the effort entailed. The narrower and more pointed style of pelting boards are much in vogue this season and they really do make the pelts more attractive by giving them at least two inches added length and more fwlness on the sides. The demonstration by Mrssrs. Tinney and Iravers o’ the P. E. I. Fur Pool. at Charlottetown, caused the re-shaplng of a. great many hundreds of boards in this vicinity. ' ....._,_ From all accounts there has been a lot or sales made to local parties by ranchers having the reputation of raising good foxes. several ranch. ers have told the writer that they are sold out, in fact had difficulty in keeping enough replacements thcmselve‘. While th~ prices were not ‘arge, yet they were fair to bath buyer and seller and as the stock remained in the province it will‘have th- effect of improving thing for us all. As stmatter of fact, none of us‘ live to curselver and each of .us gain when our neighbors improve in comfort and wealth. so that even from a seiish standpoint it is a fine thing to see those around us happy and progzessing in any bus- iness they are’ in. Barking back to the old days the writer remembers when there was considerable rivalry and lil- feefmg among fox ranchers. It is very rare now that one hears any disparaging remark about another breeders foxes. There seems to be a friendly feeling permeating the whole province, which is as ft should be, because after all we are only just one great big family. A good description of a high class‘; mink-Chocks like plush and feelsI like velvet.” In addition to the‘ above description add that they must be "blue black” brown color then you have a word picture of the finest mink fur. Bob Ballard, who is an authority on mink says they cannot be too blue and Frank Gauthier says they must have a short nap fur. Another American mink authority. J. Rathplmz in- sists on fine, silky texture. The reason mink must be as black as possible is because they fade several shades in tanning. They also fade very quickly on ex- posure to light. hence it is very important to mink skins that they be stored in a dark place. The only shipment of silver fox- es ever made to the Ufilted States by the late Sir Charles Dalton was to Hamilton Tobin of Vinton, ‘Iowa. in 1926. HamPtcn, a keen youns American, made a special trip to this province m get acquainted with Sir Charles, and a very strong friendship sprang up between them- When leaving on return to his home in Iowa, Hamilton took back with him two pairs o: pure Dalton foxes from Sir Charles's ranch in Tig- nlsh. ‘file's Mr. ‘robin bred suc- cessfullv and made quite a namP. for himself through his Dalton connection. One of the largest shipments of silver foxes made from this prov- ince goes to the credit of Mllligan and Morrison, who. on November 30th, 1926, shipped B55 carefully selected Prince Edward Is‘and sil- ver foxesjo United States mid- western ranches which they con- trolled. As an indication that their judgment was sound, we find that today the organization is carrying on very succrssfully and last Janu- ary some oflcials held a meeting and dinner in New York City dur- ing the winter silver fox sale. The American National Fox and Ifilr Breeders’ Association is recom- mending a three-quarter inch fox drying board this year on the the- cry that the. thinner type of board makes the pelt look foo flat. Mlcbl- gan m breede are using the thicker type of ard this season. Ladles mink fur caps and hats no popular in New York City this season. The larger stores had them your-cost." first annual fox and mill! 0f the Utah ‘Pill’ Breeder-r Aleci- l-tlen at Sal‘ bake Oitii. Not/mi" ' 1th and 0th.‘ The judge slid all the . euhibiicrs worked thrown the PI;- withouta resin for dinner. thafb; lettewwn. Bord-u and Aiberiml one better. However, th- wants of Inner man war; appealed nelghbvrs’ herfs, which is a good‘ fu Dr. W. A. Young of Bonneville.‘ ‘ ‘N. Y. officiated n iudse of the ’ by going the inhibit/m at ‘CHI-i V the lu trill l!!! fleck American fashion by a lunch wag- on which was brought to the grounds. The show was a great success and at its conclusion ev- erybcdy, even the disappointed ex- hibitors, seemed to go away satis- fled and happy. Dr. Young will be remembered by quite a number of our for farmers here for the nuny visits he paid. this Province in" the years 1021-24. He was then superintendent o! a fox farm at Booneville. _N. Y. Captain Peter Sathler o! Cordova, Alaska, is not worrying about m; high price of feed for his foxes. In fact hadoea not intend to worry until 193a for the simple reason that he recently towed an eighty foot where into his home port and estimates that the meat will last him about two years. While cruis- ing around in his boat he sighted the lluge mammal drifting around and corralied it. According to his estimate the whale had been dead for two years, but the blubber was well preserved in sea water. The great merchandising concern °Y MQYIlKQmBPY-Ward and Company, Chicago, have discontinued solicit- lnk raw furs. Whether or not their big competitors in the windy city- Sears-Rvoebuck and Company-will do likewise we cannot say. Both these concerns had widely adver- tised and gave special prims and premiums for high class peltries and pelting. The collections of Montgomery-Ward and Company were marketed through the New York concern of Silberman-Becker Corporation. The comparison of sliver fox pelts produced on farms in the United States in 1028 and 1984 is certainly illuminating, as is also the comparison of prices. In the year i923 the number of pelts sold from United Stairs fox farms was 8.000 and the ave"age price $95.60. In the same period Canadian fox farms sold 7,894 pelts at an average of $104. The grand total ob‘ained for the United States pelts we 3579.000 and for the Canadian p~lts $819,420. The fteures for 1934 show 170.000 pelts sold from American fox farms bringing a total price of 87.114 000. or an average of $41.85 per skin. We have not the figures re 1934 Canadian fox ‘arms, but in 1938 Canada's [ox farm" sold 90.320 pelts which brouzht an average of $86. and a total figure of $840020. The figures given above indicate that the United States is produc- ing more silver foxes than we dc and we believe they are correct. Over the radio the other evening statistics were given re fox farm- ing in Canada and the statement was made that the three largest producers of silver foxes of the" nine provinces were Quebec, Alberta and Sakotchewan. Fur farming has had a phen- omenal development in Norway, in fact it almost takes onc's brea?“ away to note the way the canny Norwegians have progressed in what was one time considered our birthright. Private figures received by. indicate that this year's to- tal peltrles placed on sale will OX-I need 180.000. In addition many herds have been increased and there have been some sales made to other European countries. The_ Norwegian fox farmer was favored with exceptionally good weather this season, that is to say it will cold with s. minimum amount of mist or ram. and as a result the pelts which mature one month earl- ier than ours, were I005- ‘Ilhmugh their gcvemment bur- eaus and experts dtheylhaige ‘Vi’: glessld ve consl crab!’ 3° ‘ m; and ogre of foxes. and today they are a real threat to 08118511" supremacy in fur farming. We know that this news will not be appreci- ated by a great many, but will be scoffed at, but there is 1w use 1*,- ing ostrich-like and b11171"! W95 head in the ground. It ls far bei-té!‘ to face facts and endeavor if W6 can to improve the quality °f u" animals on our rumba!- Gare of Laying Pallets Charlottetown experiment“ 5mm‘ After niacin: null"! 1" mid‘ quarters, and before 11181118 00m" mences, they should basil’!!! PWBW of green feed and houses should be kept open ~ and well ventilated. These, and any 055" Pmilmm that came to mind should be fol- lowed to ease as far as 0065M! u" drastic ‘ that necessarily Ib- curs between range and ll-Yllli quarter conditions. ' The ration at first should be I flesfing rather than a fcrcinl 011$» so as to build the bullets lnw l vigorous condition before heavy production. skrts. hfrrch of the success of 688 N0’. ductior. depends on the relative amounts of mesh and scratch Irain ted to keep the birds in good flesh. ‘If birds show an inclination“: become too fat, reduce _ and increase the mash. ‘Hill lliMM advertised around 875910’ "match . w w ‘might have been King, m: lusrso or ms u; About 1B miles above Newcastle a small but picturesque stream. the Devil's Water. joins thp ‘tyne, and hard by. on an eminehce, stands what remains of Dllston Castle. lbw places in the Northcan com- pare with it in beautyof environ- ment and interest of ‘association: for this ruined stronghold was once the home and inheritance of the unfortunate James. Radcliffe. Earl of Derwentwater, whose ro- mantic history and sad fats have inspired alike poets, novelists and historians. ‘ Dilston is a shortened». form of Dyvelston, from the name of I family, the DTllvllles. who‘ held the estates 111 the time of rIem-y I. After shaming owners several times, by failure of the male lines, the Diiston estates came into the pcsesslcn o! the Radcliffes, one of whom was cutlawed,_and ‘his lands sequestratcd by Oliver Cromwell on account ‘of his. adherence‘ to the cause. of Charles I. The lands were restored by Charles II, and the heir was created Baron Dibston. and Earl o! Derwentwaier by James IL, The first Earl‘ was succeed- ed by his son‘ Edward, who married Lady Mary Tudor, young- est natural daughter of Chflrles 11; and so established a blood-relation- ship with the Stuart family, which was afterwards to prove so fatal to his race. Four children were the offspring of this marriage-James. the unfortunate third and last Earl; Francis who died in 1715; Lady Mary Tudor Radcliffe; and Charles, who survived his brother for thirty years and then followed him to the scaffold on an old sent- ence passed in 1716. It ls, however around the last Earl that most of the interest connected with this family centres. when the “Whigs" in 1714, invit- ed the Elector George of Hanover to become King o.’ England, they wok a thoroughly unpopular step. Still the Elector was received, as Meiklejohn tellswls, without any open opposition from the Jaccbites (aa those who favored the restora- tion of the Stuart dynasty were Jermed) "for Anne's sudden death found thcm with their plans to bring over the Przt/ender still un- prepared: but had the Queen lived a month longer, or had the “EB!- llsh "Tories" been as bold and resolute as they were clever and crafty, the young Stuart Prince and the people would _have shouted for James III instead of for George I." These few words form the key to the tragic story of James Rad- cliffe's short but eventful life. _ Born in Landon in 1689, the young heir to the Dllsion estates was taken to Paris. where he lived at the Court of the eXilEd monarch, James l1. I-lere he was educated. with his klnsman, James Francis Edward Stuart. (afterwards the “Old Pre- tenderf’) a youth of about his own age, as p. companion. All the loyal adherents of the-Stuarts at times found their way to the Court of St. Germalns, and so, amid these pow- .___---_ ~ ~ »_-_—-~-- —~-;-_~ , . BRACPS CUBES. BISCUITS. KIBBLO MEAT MEAL. VITA-CRUMBLA “B” The new R-M balanced ration . for breeding * foxes. ‘ - FRESH , FROZEN BONELESS HORSE MEAT. BEEF TRIPE. BONELESS BEEF. BEEF HEARTS. BEEF LIVER. HERRING. SMELTS. RABBITS. i Genuine cri-o-arlss guaranteed 5 years by the makers when prop- erly installed. llllilll, nan , . RIIIDERS. Price to $2.95 each.‘ Combination hand and power smut‘ grinders with crank and pulley. errul Jacobite influences, the young furl (his father having , died‘ in 1106) passed his early years. That attachment to tho sailed family would, no doubt, be rendered warm- er still when. on the deaths! James not long before he was actively, though secretly, engaged in plot- ting for the Pretender‘: restoration to the thmne of England. It is known that in 1711, he was elected Mayor of a whimsical wr, tlon in Irancashire, called “The Mayor and Corporation of the ancient Borough of Walton-le-Dale," which concealed a political purpose under the cloak of a convivial association. The Earl's politics, treaconable as they werelb the‘ ruling powers, gained him the support of the common people, his-tenants, and moreover he was extremely popular amc - all classes of society, from his frank, chivalrous and hospitable manners. Reserve 13 First Prizes 7 Second Prizes LEGENDS 0F TIIE SKY (6) The Capella quarter. when the "Dipper" and Cassiopeia are known, we have two valuable guidw, one on each side of the Pole star. But there is a large space on each side. which is dlstlnguirhed only by two very bright stars, Capella and Veza, nearly midway between the “Dip- per" and Cassiopeia, one to the left, the other to the right. Capella is in the vacancy towards which the bowl of the Dipper is pointing, and is further distinguished by having another bright star near it. Vega is on the opposite side, to- wards which the handle of the dip- per points. It is a solitary star cf remarkable brllliancy. Capella be- longswo the constellation Auriga, and Vega to the constellation Lyra. The four groups-the Dlpper, Cas- siopeia, Auriga and Lyra, pccupy, as it were, the tops orthe four quarters of the heavens, and by means of them we may- find the places of all the other constella- tions. ~ ~ v Th: name “Capella" means the "little she-goat" and it burg this hirclne name, strangely enough, in Widely 8805111116 parts of the earth: the Greeks and Romans knew it of old by that appellaticn,,and the ancient Peruvians, thousands of miles away, called it "the Little Goat." As- we might expect, the domestic animals, the chief wealth of ancient peoples, are well repre- sented in the starry sphere. Capella may easily be found about 9 o'clock on a January even- ing: it is a brilliant white star of the first magnitude, not far from ture that renders the ‘The Feed of Ghampions SHREDDED WHEAT FOX F030 Mr. George-D. Warren feeding Shredded Wheat as 100% of his cereal ration won at th. n. ab; mug‘. aPar-lsxsgértaslvllgia Alberton FOX Sll0W-‘tlle-- v so noes . . ‘ » , t lyygnzdhgrtmryymknglfiwgb r313 Grand Champion Fox of Show. ulnbrian home in rm, ‘and it was Champion Adult FOX Reserve Champion Champion Female Fox ampion Reserve Champion Male Pup _ Mr. Warren also won the silver cup for the Grand Champion donated by the Domin. ion Silver Fox Furs and the Silver Cup for the Champion adult Male donated by the Canad. ian Shredded Wheat Co. _ During a period of three years he won 10 Championships, all tlie Reserve Adult Chaim. pionkhips. 37 first prizes, 21 second prizes. Mr. Warren feeds his Shredded Wheat with whole milk, eggs and meat. Shredded Wheat Fox Food is an economic food, 1 lb. of it will absorb fully 4 lbs. of warm milk and be ready to feed within half an hour. It is prepared from the highest quality wheat and goes through a process in the manufac- able. The Shredded Wheat Fox Food is pre- pared specially for foxes and is exactly the same as the Shredded Wheat put up in pack- ages for human consumption. should beware of the Shredded Wheat Waste which is not‘ fox food at all, and may easily be recognized by its very brown colour. All bags of Fox Feed are stamped in blue “SHREDDED WHEAT FOX FEED made by CANADIAN WHEAT CO., Niagara Falls, Ont.” J. ll. MIITBII Charlottetown, R. R. 5 Prince Edward Island Representative ti» starch content digest- Ranchers the zenith. This beautiful object proves to be a "spectroccoplc bin- ary," which means two stars so close together that the best tele- scope failstc separate them; but astronomers know there are two, from the shifting cf their spectrums as they revolve round each other. This they do in 104 days. Not far from Capella are two smaller stars. a little way apart. which the Rom- And next the Crab and Lion shines, close of the year, you will almost The Virgin and the Scales; The scorpion, Archer, and the Goat The Man that pours the water out, And Fish with glittering tails." The sun obsc these constel- lations successively in the course of the year. as has already been not- ed: and if you will trouble to ex- amine one of the "medical" alman- a__cs___s3 lavishly distributed at the ans called the kids. Auriga, the constellation in which Capella is situated is known as the "Chariot- eer," and its other stars are mostly c! the fourth magnltu ‘ . No special story is attached to the Charioteer. Below Auriga, southward (that is. away from Polaris.) we come to two of the most. brilliant of all the star-groups in "the flrmament- Taurus (The Bull) and the well- defined constevation of the giant Orion. Taurus ls one of the “Zod- iacal signs’ on the ecliptic: as schoolboys we were ought the twelve "signs" thus: "The Ram. the Bull, the Heavenly Twins a 6% l..__ i You Can. Do Worse (mu rrzn van roxrs sarcoma RATIOII! A Feed 1-3 Ration; qground meals. Meats should consist of at least _. cheaper as well as better for the for. ' Qnsure this. A second feed a day of ffggh '1 Tim"!!! rlanllll’? reduce feed slightly, ‘H1818! are reduced in flesh if previously fatwuh One tlon sgalafbf second feed of ilsh in weight Eitilme of mating. Not losing weight, vlilljillllilllflllll. l‘ if I - imnzn Sflllllrslde, P. E. I. . A TTEN TI ON FOX RANCHERS ! We specialize in dressing, and mounting Fox Dells into the form of neck-pieces. ISLAND FURRIERS, _ Kasr s1- X. G. HOGAN, Ml-lllger, Charlottetown. P. E. I. The time has arrived for feeding Sunglo Breeding Ration, on brood. 2-3 Meats. Ration soaked in hot water or skim milk should be miiced with £05818. a! tribe. "V". hearts, etc. Mix together and make into balls of feed." Feed from wood b k ts, d th -- Easily fed in this mafrlllerulfisechuirl: media‘: mo" or boards. Get breeding females in good condition by Dec. 31st, fish may be fed if necessary. February lst, increase fetal daily feed slightly, with addi- lf available. Try having female; gaiulug rnx- a lnnubronns; certainly find a column showing that the moon follows the same path in the course of the lunar month. Now let us return in Taurus. This group has two most interesiixig naked-eye objects; the Pleiades, and the splendid, first-magnitude star Aldebarsn. (Continued on page 16) Sllilfilfl " ! ! 00$ red meats, biscuits, etc., and Hapdle to idea of seeing all feed a day is suffic-