.. NEWSY DAG stores - INDIA AND ENDS ODDS Air. Under this *' has a. have seen in d the BBC used to acks, and it ap- ti. The "Musl- the as- ued beer down came to music and _ Now when "London ere ls little or noth- l "v- v2: rim can only 190° °° e 1,, which the BBC man _, up to standard. Not 1008 38° “yd "vie-ctilitymoé°svlsxggérat r 0 ' v m’ “no prqnht he said "The ts. i". . whip ‘It incla l0l . n3," "l [q lllld mu} ‘ U b‘ mallllimd an announce; the As new machln were. tended to reduce the mtg or . while at the same time WM“ ""1 Provisions grew dearer. y was invented it 1 CONSERVATION I l WEI-KL! COLUMN OI PRACTICAL OPINION! 0P Till VITAL ISSUES AIFIOTING ‘I'll USES AND AIUS§ OI NATURAL BISOUBCIS BY HI. LUDIIOW IINKINS. IIARSHFIILD ‘ threw men out of work, ‘ ruin lng many small industries which had been can-led on at home. To add to these troubles, the war with Rance, and an increas’ igly hostile spirit which was growing up in the Untied States. threatened that ruin to England which Napoleon had long planned. The final defeat of Napoleon in i815 did away with the most press- ing danger. but there followed an economic depression that affected all land. Ii we can rely upon the evdence of William Cobbett. the condition of the Northern Counties was not nearly es bad as that of the South. Writing from North Shields, near the mouth oi THE STEEL TRAP To take the cruelty out of trep- Those most sensitive to the cruel- ties to animals can easily visual- ize tire ghastly suffering inflict- ed by the damnable jaw of the steel traps. Others are made aware of these tortures only aim- their own dog has been the unfortunate victim oi this barbarous practice. How shall we minimize the cruel- leglsiaflon to ban entirely vatlon? This would at present. The ping is tho goal of all animal lovers. ty of trapping? Shall we attempt the use oi the steel jaw trap causing ex- cruciating pain. exposure and star- be impossible rs could No single agency has done more than the American Humane Assoc- iation to encourage and s humane traps. This year mar the eleventh annual humane trap oon- test promoted by the Association. The closing data; for entries is April 30. Adjudication will follow as soon as possible. Prizes amounting to five hundred dollars ($500.00) are awarded each year ior the most humane traps. It is lmpomlble to estimate the itude and tins effect oi this con t. Contestants live in all part5 of the U. S. A. and Canada. Those most effected are the trap rs vesasmanyofthebesti ees and traps to date come from trapp- nsor 3i TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming ' Congratulations to Captain John L. Read. on his election to the Pre- sidency of the Canadian National lver Fox Breeders’ Association. The Captain was one oi the charter members of the organization. and. has been a Director from the first, so that he brings a fund of know- éeotisge and experience to his new The results of the three days sil- ver fox offering sold by Iampson, Fraser dc Huth. Inc., New York, last week. show that 90 per cent. was 22 per cent. average ad- vance over the December auction prices on a quality for oualitybasis. Buyers interest was keen through- out. Pull silvers rose 22 per cent., the average the average running between $40 and $50. These Ontario pelts were officially reported 95 per cent. sold. It is interesting to record thatsome oi the new type fox pelts were also offered. a few being described as being platinum or near-platinum types. and some exceptional typesof silvers probably oi the platinum sil- ver type. These sold at a price rankins from $78 to $135. There was also a. collection of full silvers com- prising a few hundred pelts which were listed as for “Special Ac- count." These sold between $36 and $62. with of the skins be- tween $44 and $50. The auction company did not reveal the origin of this collection which they re- ported as B8 per cent. sold. Pad W. Bray, limited. i-iumilton, Ont. Dear Mr. Bray: They turned out to be almost to taste the bitter to appreciate I was getting some eggs from I do not hesitate to say that money makers, BRAY CHICKS Yours Read 7711's Letter! On March 18th I received my eighth shipment. nf Bray,» (jlurks which consisted of 255 sexed White luegliorn 90 pcr cmit pullers. 3 cockerels in the flock. As usual I found the chit-ks very hardy and I was successful in raising 252 oi them. I have been raising chicks for 9 years and only out-r» boilgiit from another hatchery and agree with Lire old saying, "You liuvc 4 months old and when they were 6 months they were laying m1 D01‘ Cent, of which 50 per cent were grading “A Large" Willi wry 70W 0885 W918i“!!! under 22 ounces to the dozen. 'Fil(‘.~.C pull - are very large and they are the quietest flock I ever Wu; ml Wilfp I. l. 1, Georgetown, Ont. Oct. 26 1940. l00 per cent pullcts as I llad only the sweet." these pullets vvlicn tllcy wen» for big, healthy chicks zurl rtu! are hard to beat. truly. MRS. JAS. CARLISLE. price beinR $39.19 ' ased -- -u - lrcraft tn .1 Oct. 1aa2.n We ——- " °I an e a rm“ n ewmmenu gather enough strength u) defeat three-quarter silvers incre Another interesting fact aboutihg IDI- Ccrlisie has been buy- est returns ii you start them ,. lie 5B 5 Alltlbhflil.’ u howlllst be oyautious in ac- ments oi fact: not. long dvertlslii-Z " PPOSTNUmQ- ker said that "Auckland" m; capital of New Zealand. . this should have been ' . n, Plrom s Central m. city it was announced ryqggllst would sing a Norin W“ smig, John Peel." Peel g; iroutbeck once on a day. - Lake puma. Cumberland. BBC get its an- ey seem to have o. . able to talk vari- wglnges, I said l!) B. friend would know. His answer was my underwent a preparatory , giler they were selected; my, mere did not appear to be c! the kind here. and Demand. From press the impression that idant in Canada that l; no room to store it. If .. r and demand" had anything ,. with it. flour should be get- merper. It isn't. Over a per- gyears we have purchased one of flour in what is called 100 w, and. as a. matter oi curios- lhave jotted down the pnce .. loumnl. i-lcre is a selection. . l9. i939, l! P one gal; , lgsoubur , 1941, $3. . There is a .. rise in price latterly, due ’."~ to several causes; taxation. Lrlng, bonuses, etc, all of ,. m passed on to the con- . "world price doesn't. seem re anything to do with it. . scriptures are dead. said Dr. ... 15, iu a radio address to the people la t week. It is true the German “higher critics" tried desperately for forty ... years lo discredit the Bible. lint Germans of the present have definitely cast aside its u“ 1- but there is one test of veracity and vitality still t0 and tuost. of my readers will 10sec ll. The Bible states that Antichrist will arise during the ofdlstren oi nations; but that 1nd his coadjuiors are fore- river: “corniields, wood, pastimes or thereabouts; cows and beautiful country . the buildings are oi stone. tobe well off; solid and clean, and 0n them. either live in the farm- house. or in buildings appertaining i0 the farm-house; and they are all well fed and have no temptations like in the South . . . . The state of society is altogether so different that a man who has lived here all Lhis life-time can form no judgment at. all with regard to the situation. the wants and treatment of the working people in the Counties of the South." (Frcm Cobbetils “Rural Rtdesl’) Notwithstanding Cobbettu rather mry view oi ‘ryneside. we know that the industrial population oi the North suffered severely at that time; especially that portion rm- lpgpd in ship-building and the allied on the beauty of the sides oi the villages; a. church every four miles and sheep beautiful; oak trees, though none very large; and in short, a fertliklfi Here are coal-works and railways every now and then. ‘Iihe working people seem their dwellings their urniiuregood . . Hrhefarmsare Ill 103130; 8nd U10 900010 W110 W011i . their names on traps, are required our efforts. hopping to many is a means oi a livelihood and the steel trap will be used until a substitute is universally practcal. Realizing the futility oi abolishing the steel jaw trap with its indes- cribable cruelty, the Connesticut Humane Society has been success- ful in_ drastically restricting the use of this demon of torture. In fact, we have one oi the best and most practical trapping laws of any state n the union. Trappers must have a must have in their possession the written pezmlsslon of owners trap, and are compelled to set traps in water or in the bu: row oi u. wild anKmaJ or on a pole eight or more fort above ground. Reasonable ex- ception is made for legal occupants to set steel traps within a radius of one hundred feet oi any perman- ent building. The mcst effective method of eli- minating the torture of stzel traps is to encourage the manufacture and use of humane traps that take the animal alive and unhuit. This does away with pain and needless suffering. Tim's type makes possible tho release of too young and un- wanted animals. trades. The writer has vivid re-. collections oi the distressing tales told by the old people who had lived through this era. when Chart- ism in its militant form led to much social disorder and act: of violence. A new Poor Law was enacted in i834 and was responsible for some improvement in the general situa- tion; a more potent cause of better- ment was the organizing of the workers themselves and their in- sistence upon collective bargaining with their employers. They have by this mean; been successful not only in improving their standard of living, but also in bringing about safer and more tolerable conditions of working. (To be continued). AS I LOOK BACK Among the severe‘. Prcnl-luncu with whom I was brought into cou- tact in Newcastle. there was one Renee de Poliniere who deserves mention. I-ie was a student. of the l- lo destruction. There you two opposing statements: take 1- oi what comes to pass. v Gardening. I have just rc- -» the seed list. of Messrs. .... and Morgan. londcn. Jpswtch. If you take a map Nilnd you will iind that Ips- ls in Suffolk. a little to the l o1 the Thames estuarygEast l lsnot a good place for gard- l but this old-established firm tout a very mod selection ~class. and in mmy cazes seedr. olrl Norlhumblln word. In _ and Comments" a German said that in the last war Wlllltlfynien gave way to “ .’ that is, hysterical out- " ii. ln German. is pro- ‘ like our Y) "Stop your sald an old-time north- n mother to her noiy com- ; children; and at the time t it was a word coined by .NowI sec ltwasa from Anglo-Saxon times. ml History. We. hgvg done tlvll wars when we reach the “ ‘ml ililltllry. and we see a Y increase of prosperity set in. coal. lead. and iron. mines qlilllfi. and old ones en- " fists began to spring up. Ind lilsanttary no doubt, when “by are ent standards, but dby a more prosperous race Des, for when I asked h English language, and proved bright 'l.nd vivacious as well as pcr ever- ing-a combination bound to pleas-c any teacher. He soon had an ncl- mlring circle of English lads of iris own age — bout seventeen -round him and these promptly christen- ed him “Pollyfl” (It is to be noted here that a. nickname in Britain does not necessarily imply dislike: a statesman, it is said, never gets l. nickname till he stands out from the c- on herd, and becomes a favorite.) "Polly" was good lookmg too. dark. and of the olive skinned type," just like Marine Pont-merci in “Les Miserables," I used to think. He was quite a romanticlt. I found, im what was the beat poem in the French language. he replied “Mon Secret," by Felix Arvers." He copied this poem for me and I have it now; whether it is really the beit French poem, I do not pretend to judge, but the Am- erican poet Longfellow included it in his ‘Translations from the Hendl." (There is a curious error in his translation: he uses the words "For her." when the pronoun in undoubtedly the subject of the sentence). I never came across any Spaniards in Newcastle, though there may have been some: the likehood is that they kept to the South of- England where the climate was warmer. At one time I had a Greek. p. (or miners) than ma ‘ lv existed. A new spirit Zine over the North and even ,, Win: flkrlculture our. the - xlaste lands were enclosed Willie and the @091; lm. .. P their cattle tlii the Durham made an error years lance than in lpoundsl" he would » li filifivfilbiiiiaffi. ill. . i“ °l med arable land were .. l’: ‘E2131... maifihfl at the H35- ‘H 0nd ct the eighteenth .,‘ mule Whole character oi the Mumlgleksxalaud ohsflifld and . 3n" , h- Durham County for ex- l, "i a Population of 01,000 vlfld this had 1186i i0 100 "1 "l! gzzliusootgldillléyfie i: . = re e - M‘ “l mfllly industrial con- ., . pottery. and ‘Jglmks end other industries, umyflnd a record o! a cool- m l" "N. where the m ":1 utilised in trying to m‘ imnt oolliery. Linen. .. “nafmdlllfiy textile: were y y small local factories. n "l! the common every- m‘: °l the ‘worklfzq classes," . c", was an 11mm. in- iflm sbrlc: it was steeped kind of s tan- . ‘i “i called corduroy. but it hménioirtfilelfiu‘! qualities Mk“ (“i hm ammo - that l . before ncreue in the num- ‘was about to take it. over. He was 1mm named Theophilatus, as a student for business accounting: his father owned a line of frehbters and he and capoable; and but when he his Balance ts, he would attempt to swear lmglsnd. "Devil's twenty mutter over and over. (SW in English seemed to be one oi e first accomplish- ments foreigners aimed at, and the recults were change l sometimes) . Mi’. T. was of the opinion that the cold skies of the North made the people turn to whisky and beer: in Greece, he said, llghlt wine was the only beverage used. He did not forget his teacher when he got back to Selonica. for he sent me hsif-a-dozen large photographs oi the Parthenon and other historic spots in Greece. And by the way, he pronounced his homo town "Sal- mn-Ili-ka," with the accent on the “EST (Not Sal-ON-lca). NOTES 0N ISLAND PLANTS short, sturdy, e cod progresi. I in to visit traps at stated intervals, t0 en. ‘This year if all the prize money is not. awarded the judges may use ttheubal in rrigchanisallywpler- ec . an good ea sen wit... i m Association is progressive step oi the to send Mr. Vernon Bailey, the inventor oi several humane traps, to study trapping under varying conditions in the United States. He is utting prize winning der wid life conditions. Manvoftheprize trasarcnow manufactured and It iicencouraglng to learn that the Amer an ‘Rappers Association has the following humane planks in its program. 1. Protect and propagate benefi- cial wfld life. 2. Eliminate all unnecesary cruel. ty in trapping. 3. Protect fuzbearers irom the use of poison in any form. 4. Protect wild life from unfair methods s m o ki n s. den-digging, troy cutting. etc. The millennium is not here but we have every assurance that the Amefcan Humane Association will continue to hold trapping contests until the steel tzan with it= indes- cribable horrors will be a. thing of the past traps to practcal tests un- per cent. with an average oi $32.42: half silvers were up 22 per cent with a $27.36 average; quarter silvers were 34 per cent. higher, the aver- age being $22.77: eighths and dark- er skins including blacks showed a 4B per cent. jump in price, averag- ing $17.00. The general average of the entire collection was $35.20. Goods at the $50 and higher levels brought relatively better prices than did the lower priced merchandise. The skins on sale were composed of offerings made by e American National Fox and Fur Brecdersms- Swilitilm-Whlch corresponds to our Canadian National Association in Canada-—and individual shippers to Lampson. Fraser 8a Huth. At the March 3rd sale of Lamp- son, Fraser 8r Huth in New York. the American National Fox and Fur Breeders’ Association will offer 10,000 si~ver fox pelts, and it is ex-. pected that the Prince Edward, Island show pelts will be on the- same sale as well as other shlp-' ments by American and Canadian‘ ranchers. Last Saturday witnessed the com- pletion of the first six day auction held by the Canadian Fur Auction sale was that the quarter to three- quarier slivers were almost entirely sold at an average advance of 7 per cent. and an average price of $25.13, and, curious to relate, New York was a. heavy buyer. During the afternoon selected full silvers brought a. price range oi from s29 to $102. the company announcing that the average was $41.19. and it. was said that New York took most oi the best pelts. Among the who attended the above sale were Messrs. P. G. Clark, oi the P. E. I. F"? P001. Ltd. and George A. Call- beck. of the Canadian National Summerside. Both these gentlemen ed and interested to see the irpward spiral of prices commodity. Of course, looking back.‘ to a few year's ago. the average price of $24 would not have excited 1's very much, but having been down. to the depths even a modest figure‘ like that brings a surge of hope to; our breasts. As pointed out in these l columns before, it is doubtful if al $24 average will make any money for a rancher over a term o! years when depreciation and a charge fcr hls own services are taken into ac- Sales Company. Ltd. of Montreal l Weekly Livestock Market Review OTTAWA, Canada. January 23, 41 SUMMARY: A further addition was made during the past week to the sub- stantiai gain-z which have taken place in cattle prices since the first of the year. supplies were not bur- den some and with southern de- mand contiwuiirg to give a good measure oi support to the market, prices were firm to 25c lilghci‘ in some instances. Cali’ trade was firm wit-ll rxporl buying tltc fea- ture particularly in lhc cast. i-log prices ill-ctr! little cli turbcd cxrzrpl. at Toronto whcrc tho bar-lo price was 10c to 15c higher. Lambs. on the other hartd. dropped 50c at Toronto and elsewhere licld s‘eady to firm. Plustcrn Cillllr Markets Cattle prices at Toronto opened 15c to 25c higher and the gain was held throughout except on bulls. W-clghty steers were bracketed mo tly between $8 and $9.50, with a few small choice lots up to $10.25. while butcher steers sold up to $9 and a top of $9.25. Montreal had an active market and. while open- ing rates were higher. prices became a. little easier by the close. Good steers were mostly $8.75 up to a top cf $9.25 and good cows were at. generallv $6 to _§6 25. family in the Island the Spreading Doglbane (Apocynum androsaemi- foiium). It bears cymes oi small pink fragrant bell-shaped flowers on short pedicels, and might have been a favorite had it. not a perni- cious habit of spreading by means of its roots. The Dogbone is found in cvcry part of Canada. getter-ally in old fields, along fences, or even in thickets, Both its popular and scientific names indicate that it is poisonous to dogs, but. no book that I have consulted. gives any hint. as to how it. operates. THE CONVOLVULACEAE This family of pints is most diversified although its members usually agree in having showy flow- ers. The Morning Glories and Cypress Vines are ornamental climbers; the Sweet Potato has edible roots, and the roots oi other species yield jaiap. a violent cathar- tic when taken incautlously. Our two species are the Hedge Blndiweed (Convolvulus sepiumt. and the Field Bindweezi (C. arverrsis). Both are perennials, with ‘ovate-oblong or arrow-s h a p e d leaves, and white (or rosy) funnel- shaped flowers. The Hedge Bind- weed is the more showy. Both species are disliked. for they spiced rapidly by means of extensive cord- like fleshy rootstocks: and tend to smother out other vegetation by their tangle of vines. Only preslst- eint cultivation will make any lm- pression on these plants when they once get a footho d; 11y destrdyilik new growth till the roots are ex- hausted. It cannot be too widely known that pigs are very lend c! the rcolstocks and will 80 i0 l lot of trouble tc secure the last The Apocynaeele There is but one member of this half-inch . I Thimble Theatre-Starring POPEYE "ljlfihnisedesflml I Western Cattle Marketa The recent sharp advance; in the west didnot have the expected ri- fect of bringing out a heavier cat- tle supply and buyers found no op- portunity to reduce costs. With de- mand for shipment to the United States continuing good, prices held to reasonably firm levels. Winnipeg had a liberal number of steers mov- ing south at $8.50 to $8.75 with tops at $9, while slau hter material moved at $7.50 to $8. 0. There was good action in the stockcr division and the brltcr grades made $6.00 to $7.00. while {fleshy 800 1o 900 lb, steers were taken for the United States at $7.50 to $8.25. Calgary was up 25c on butcher steers and steady to strong on oth- cr grarles with the best. of the steer division making $8 to $9. Edmonton. likewise, was active and 25c higher on best steers. gcod to choice making $7.75 to $8.25 and extreme tops $8.50. Supplies were very short at other centres in the west and good butcher steers sold at $7 to $7.50 at Prince Albert, odd choice steers up to $8 at. Moose Jaw, while the better end of the steers made up to $7.50 at Regina and Saskatoon had a few top qual- ity butcher‘. at $7.75 to $7 85. A few good butcher steers at Van- couver made $8.25 to $8.65. United States Market The Buffalo market was lower and net retums looked to be on about a. level with the Toronto market on best sales. One load °i Canad- ian stcers was sold late last week at $12.40 but this week's tran- saction: were mostly around $11.50 to $11.05 and downward. Six loads of Monday's Canadian receipts at Buffalo were forwarded to an east- ern market. Medium to good Can- adian steers at St, Paul made $0.50 to $10.50 and common to good cows and bulls $6.25 to $7.50. Cattle shipments to the United States during the week consisted of 3.971 beef and 242 dairy. Calves totalled 528 bead and 306 hogs moved from Edmonton to Seattle, Total export". to date this year are 9.324 bee! cattle, 840 dairy, 2,219 calves and 306 hogs. compared with 5,349 beef. 755 dairy and 2531 calves in the same period last year. Strong Calf Market 130011 buying resulted-in a strong calf market at Toronto where choice veals made $12.50 to $13 and a few $13.50. Good calves at Montreal were mostly $12 tn $12.50 and Wlnni continued firm with best veals a $10 to $11. The best of the veals at Calgary made up to $10. Edmonton $9.50 and a few $10. Moose Jaw $9. Saska- toon $10.50 and Vancouver $10. Hog Market Strong Hog mics on the dressed basis averaged 15c higher at Toronto with grade B-1 selling from $11 to $11.40 at stock yards and packing pints. Montreal was on a bests of $11.35 to $11.50 but mostly $11.50. while Winnipeg was unchanged at $10.10 to $10.45. Calgary pain $9 55 $9 90 to since the hectic bcom days of the’ Spring of 1929 when everything was} going high. wide and handsome. The statisticians got into a huddle as soon as the final tap of the gong | was sounded and announced that 87 per cent. of the entire cntaluguel of silver fox was sold at an aver price of $24.64, Advances were re- corded 1n all cl er part. of Thursday. _ _ ed from 5 per cent. for interiors 17 per cent. for selected half three-quarter silvers. _ The prlccs were in comparison with the provi- ous sale in December. The warerooms had been crowded through the view clays and when the auction was on amost every seat W35 occupied. Buyers ujcre there representing tllc 4 Umtcd States, Mexico, Brazil. Chile nml the Ar- gentine. as well as I-jzypt, while the larile throughout, Canada had buyers look- ing alter thclv interests. All colors and qualities with the exception of the low grades. were purchased icr foreign accounts. Canadian auction officials madc the statement that selected halves to three-quarter silvers were 87 per cent. sold at an advance of i7 per cent. and at an average price 01 $33.73. Regular quarter to three- quarter silvers were 86 per cent- sold at an average price $25.06. Seectcd ilill silvers were 92 per cent. sold at an advance cf 8 per cent. and an average of $40-27- Regular full silvers were 84 D0118!“- sold at an advance of 12 per cent. and an average of $30.98. InIeIiOI‘ types were 91 per cent. sold at an advance of 5 per cent. and average oi $20.22. and low grades were 68 per cent. sold at an advance of per cent. and average 59-03- Durlng the salc'a pelt donated by Mr. Murray. oi Fredericton to the Canadian Re auction and went through dllito 0 lilimbcr 0i buyers‘ hands. the last purchaser being Holt. Remit-cw 8c Company, Montreal for $55.00. '1hey contributed that amount as well. making the total for the Red Cross $950. Later on two other parties contributed $25 each. which made it an even 5L0“)- Fridal/‘s catalogue opened with 692 show pelts which were con- signed by the Ontario Fur Breeders Association Inc. These were the pelts that were displayed at their December pelt show in Toronto sing fine average lot w M0099 Jaw was. Realm $9.16 w $0.90, Saskatoon $9.75 and Van- couver $l0.25 to 310-75- undsi- the provisions oi the Live Stock and Live stock Products Act hog prices in future will be quoted on the basis oi "off trucks delivered" both at public stock yards and on direct shipments to packing plants. Lamb Steady to Lower Lam-b prices dropped 50c at Tor- onto, good quality selling for $11 for both westerns and locals. Nearly all the lambs offered at Montreal were bucks and sold between $8.50 and $9. Prices in the west held steady to firm, Winnipeg selling good lambs at $9.75, Calgary st $9.25 to $0.50. Edmonton $8.50 to $9.25, with an extreme $9.50, bert $8. Saskatoon $8.85 and Van- to $9.95. Edmonton . $10.10. Prince Albert $9.60 t0 9.95_,_ t couver $9 .85 tp_$_ip ._50. 820 Incarly all mv stuff early and I fig- Bssiflwucns on Fri lure I am out about $6 to $10 a ul ' day and Saturday as wel as the great- These Tang‘ .of the nice W ‘. will t0 what he said--the language was not l 0f'ci thought and l l count. A few days ago we mentioned to, a fox farmer the good prices obtaln- . ed in Montreal. and he came backl with-"They don't interest me a bit. they onlv make me mad. I sclcll pelt." “But " we said. “You have tc lock at it another way. Justthlnlzl be We dont print getting." parliamentary. I when such a good judge _oi furs as Arthur H. Roper puts his okay’ lon a rancherfs production. it is in- dcetl a compliment. In convcrsaticn with Art the other afternoon he spoke about several ranchers he had ,visitc(l and the progvcss thcv wore gmaklng. and was particularly im- Solfill Alli"). lpressed with the puns he saw at; SW15 l Willard Kelly's. Sowillard isa marl, fof manv parts-Jox rancher, pur- gvcyor of fox feeds. horse and cattle feeds, flour. etc. from his very convenient warehouse near Hillsbnro [Bridge farmer. leading point win- ‘ner at the Provincial Exhibition. ‘ 1939. and top rcinsman on other oc- _ casions. Albert H. Leonard. of Purina Mills, has a. leading article in the Janu- ary Canadian Silver Fox and Fur. which is the result of a good deal is very interesting and informative. Following are a few points taken from it. Speaking of the selection of foxes for breed- ing purposes he says: "When a polygamous male "nicks" with a certain female to produce a litter in which all pups are good quality. the female pups are saved for bree . and the best male pups become the most polygemous males of the future. Bk Lltters- The ability to throw big litters ls. of course. inherited. d Cross, was put up for mlthough there are manv exceptions. "The general rulc is that pups from biz litters will produce big litters when properly fed. Any rancher should consider litter sine in selec- tion of breeders. Silverlng -- good color . . . The market. still pays high- est for full silver. But the situa- tion is changed from two or three years ago. Then almost any kind f skin with silver clear up t.o the . Today pelts with 60 or '10 per cent. silver and other qualities good. usually outsell full silvers of poorer fur quality. so the market dictates that w be wise to ease off in the drive for silver if it is running down FOX MEAT Boneless Horse Meat 50's 5c Lb. Ground Meet 50's — — Sc ib. Beet Trips 50's — - 4 l-2c lb. Colt Trips 50's — — 3 l-Zc lb. ABOVE MEATS ALL NEW PACK. Island Bold Storage Gompany interested Islanders : Silver Fox Breeders‘ Association; must have been very greatly pleas- . in our particular, lhardlv noticeable when the live an- proflt the other fellow] ing Bray Chicks for a straight years. Her letter tells you why: Vigor and high livability ($2 raised out of 255 re- ceived) .blg, strong birds . . . early, heavy, steady pro- duction of big eggs, the kind ‘ that command the big prem- l. lum in th Fall. Bray C cks are just the kind you want beneath your brooder. 'I‘hey'll pay you high- J. H. Campbell, Allistou. .\. Stafford, Buys-lilo. Waldo iinubonuld, iiutlnvt-ll. G. Frurliillil Brown, New London. J. Ilurr Green, Cc rul iicticquc. Vliurlt-s Worth ‘ ltit. (ic-rrgc Sh. n. ‘Fuppt-r luylur. llrirluiul‘: linnll. |lil_\'llli|l|ll lluut-t-i. llunit-r ltivL-r. lira. til-u, hiya-rs, if. Ii. 1, lluntl-r lllu-r. Arthur ll. liryvrituri. Iwnslugluu. \\'. I\'. Prufcr, ‘ll. If.‘ KPllil Ilrucl: Pnyntvr, ll. ll. ~ ' inn. early . . . early enough to gr‘. them full grown and laying big eggs by ifall. Alro, you have more time to look after U101“ DTODEYW if you star‘. them early . rail: r= wugl-i to get them past. .1: "tin: stage before s-prlng work bo- gins in the field and gardcn. See us for prices and priv- ticulars, or write, or" plume SOON. I‘ ra n ci I Gnrdiucr. Fluct- . . Stun-art. llurlizigtie. 0. L‘. Johnson. _\'..rili ‘l’ \ Winston \\'. Currie, (rill-pry. (‘lrzirlvs S. .\l'liliy, 'l.\\'- I, ll luiunclllin: Purl: lUvrmr. ' 4 Snrrs . "l|t.<|,. ~ .\l<'I.|-rl<l, \\'\'>i. .1. r\ll‘l)lllllllll, 'l'r:u-1||llu l‘r.is-, Vruill-ls B. ’l‘ri\l|i--r, \*.-....... l, lflililfr ‘Wulllzli, Wilmu. \-.,;[,._._ Lnrl lllfllllllllll, \\'l|l\l...., fur volume or coverage or color iXi lhc herd. In color the buyers as always. are l00klilil for that rich. metallic glossy black gilarcl llll‘ and state black uuderfur. Even a faint brownish tinge through the rufi. irnals are graded at the i-anclnoftcn knocks $10 to $15 from the value of a, pelt. The following report oi import- ant parts of a. talk given by Dr. C. K. Gunn, superintendent Dominion .Experimental Fox Ranch at Sum- l. merslde. comes to us from the Can- l udlan National Silver Fox Breeders‘ Association: _ _ _ The subject of matlnz ls a timely y one, and if compliance with the ad- vice means larger litters. it is a valuable one. Dr. Gunn Addresses Foxbreedcrr. Dr. C. K. Gunn. in his address to Silver Fox Breeders on Thursday evening of Pelt Show Week. Janu- ary 9th, gave a very fine rather informal talk on Genetics. as it rc- fcrs to fox production. We shall not without some - er guidance attempt to g0 e reporting of the more intricate parts of Dr. Gunn’s lecture, as we with a very limited knowledge of thisin- tensely interesting subject might un- intentionally mis-ouote him. In the course of his talk he in- formed his listeners of the average production results from experiments made at Dominion Eixperimental Fox Ranch in the mating of female foxes. at various stages in their oestrum or heat periods. The Dro- ducticn results obtained for two furth to th 515297.000 rcdusticn in fir!) value cf the oats crop WlllCll is llllltCfl at $99.546,0)0 fcr 1940. \\‘ll'lf‘ lllfl brtrliv ("F011 lvils rzduccd 54.711100» n1 value to $30,693,000. The ‘value of 1111c ryo (‘...'.l) nus also reduct-d by $2222.00) tu $4,211- 000. Although tho D116? of Lilxmtd rs substantially lower for tin,- 1110 Oiop than in 1989, increused prcduu tion this year raised the valuv of the crop by $487,000 to $354611 0. All the estimates are subject. to yo, vision and do not reprisen; cash income received from salcs but are gross values of farm producmn. Several oi the crops, such as 1111x- cd stains turnips and lcdcier corn are almost wholly utilized 0n the farms 0n which they are grown A decline in the average 1.11111 price of potzitocs irom $1 l3 p11’ on, in 1939 to 84 cnnlr. ill 1.0m l-r-surwyl in a lower valuation of the 1:149 0Y0? it $36,169.00" t‘"Y\1l\'/ll“(| with $41.0%.OO0 in 1334i. {tllxml (yams valued at cicaasom u. 191i) shryverl a reduction of $2,582,000 {mm imp, Hay and clover at $107,713.0'ln also showed a reduction ($4,592,000: firm 1939. Beans, buckwheat, mm in: husking turnips, and icrld r corn also showed reductions. (zu the other hand. peas. alfalfa, grain hay Ind 5118M beets showed improved values compared with 1939. Frsnconia Yotatoes Peal potatoes and parboil for 1o minutes. Place potatoes in pan in which meat ls roasting. Bake until 90". busting occasionally. consecutive years. and with 65 vix- ens one year and 44 vixens the other when the mating season is coming year, tell a story that at. this time. on. should be of use to ranchers in their breeding practices. namel that those vixens that were mated early in their heat periods. (say) on the first or second days of oestrum gave consistently higher production ' on the average that -vl'ere mated later in their heat pc- riods lsav) on the third or fourth dav of ocstrum. The speaker also gave an intuest- ing outline of the different methods of breeding such as line breeding. outcrcssing, etc, which we hope to remark on in a subsequent issue. Ho strongly emphasized the im- pmiance of line breeding whore the breeding is in line from well-bred stock of desirable type and quality. Gross Farm Value of Individual Crops - Considering the principal crops mentioned in the prcluninzlrv esti- mate of the form value of ficld crop production in Canada in 1.040, the Wheat crop is valued at $283,582.- (DJ as compared with $265,656,000 in 1939. The increased production in 1940 more than offset n. decline in the average farm price from 54 cents per bushel on the 1939 crop to 51 cmts on the i940 crop. While oats and barley production was slightly increased in 1940 com- pared with i930. the average farm price of oats was reducrd from 30 cents per bushel in the past crop year to 26 cents in the presnt season. The average barley price Keep Minard’: in the home. FOXES FOR SALE . . l We still have a few lion's for Sale —nll rensnnnhly- prlccrl, nuim: t» the lateness of 1hr season. ‘.0nc male and sever-u] fumulc lpups from R5 t0 lillt |)(‘|' cl-ni. silver. They are dcsccirricd nnr and tiri- generations from ihr hrnthcr nf .the fox whosc pcii was thc highest out oi‘ eighty thousand polls rm one of Lampsonils Salcs. IOnc male pup 90 p01‘ cont lsilvel‘, very sharp with Inn: ihar. son oi‘ Tk-aklcs‘. fzlnluui. lwhitc faced malt‘. son of a and Foufl lOnc Patch nuilc. lwhiic face male Plalinn fcnrulv. The. Pearl Plntlnas arc bringing over 5100.00 pcr poll for ilu- ordin- ary iypr. Onc Greenland hlut- and four females. l This type of fox usually has litters of 8 to 12 and realize guml prit-cx ‘,on the Auctions. Thcrc is no quota Lor duty on patches or blurs in (ht- ‘iAmerican Market. l J. ROBERT .\ll?'!‘('H lllit. Ilcrbcri. Ulinrinltrtr n, n. u, l5—l’honc llillsbr-ru R l» . Illll lo was similarly rrducrd from 34 cents to 29 cents. This resulted in a sooooooooooo~glq_ <~:~:-o.:»o.-:g b Under the provisions between the ages of 16 a Applications for this cou lately. Applicants must Minister of Agriculture, Charlottetown, opening on Monday. February Poultry And Egg Grading Course of the Federal Provincial Youth Training Agreement. a four weeks Course on Poultry and Egg Grading for young men and women d 30 years will he held nt 10th. rsc will be rcccivcd immod- be in unemployed circum- l1 stances. Address applications to W. R. Shaw. llcpuiy Charlottetown. L-ooi-isi-si