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ITTMELY NOTES ON FUR FARMTNG

1,, me November issue of the mack Fox Magazine and Modern Mink Breeder is the following from "mes entitled Twenty-five Years Ago, whid, appeared in that maga- me, . . .stlver fox prices took a tumble of 50 to 60 percent in this year of the depression . . . .McLure and MacKinnon Silver Fox Farms. Ln-l.. Charlottetown, Prince Edward island. received the highest price for a silver fox pelt in the January London market. It was 3435- . . .. That note brings back memories oi the long ago when the late w.. Chester 5. McLure and the writer were buying sliver fox here for the Hudson": Bay Company. Part of our duties were to go over to Lon- don and give our ideas on prices and talk over arrangements for one folloiviiig year. The previous vear. 1929. had been the great de- pl'essl0n year but the full effects nf it had not hit Great Britain and while prices were down some 50 percent on the average it was noth- ing like the drop which was exper- ienced in New York. The follow- mg year the market strengthened a little and then gradually improv- ed. The emphasis then was on the three-quarter silvers and pale sil- vers were not so much wanted in Europe. Eventually the public fancy changed and the dark silvers were cut.

Methods of selling chinchilla pelts were discussed at a meeting of the San Francisco Chinchilla Club last Friday. William Berlin. official grader for the Association spoke on the requirements on stand- srds and gave answers to quest- ions on facilities available to grow- ers throughout the Association.

MINIT IS TOPS

in Nashville. Tenn. mink is still tops but the storekeepers have to use more advertising to play up their fur garments. At one specialty store best selling items were dark mink scarfs and also pastel clutch capes. The latter were selling at 5695. Another departmental store buyer said all his business is in stolu and scarfs of ranch and wild mink and in baurn and stone mar- ten at widely varying prices. An- other leadio fnrrier lists as best sellers stoles, clutch capes and Spencers in pastel. silverblu. ranch and sapphire mlnk- The above is Just one of many items we notice

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Sam Gottesfeld. brilliant writer on fur topics. has an article in the latest Women's Wear Daily entit- led. "Increase in Credit Troubles Alerts Trade to Weakness" . . . . .. The rose-colored glasses the fur in- dustry put on when business picked up late last year have been smud- ged by a black cloud of business troubles now hovering over the mar hot. The outbreak of financial dif- ficulties this month has raawaken- ed industry leaders to the fact that the basic weaknesses of the trade's credit practices and operational methods have yet to be corrected For. while 1954 generally saw a moderate upturn in business in the wholesale and manufacturing mar- ket sufficient to cut gross insolv- ency losses more than 50 percent below 1958. it is now apparent that the credit situation is taking a turn for the worse in 1055.

LIABIIJTIES

unofficially. the firs three and a half weeks of November have seen gross insolvency liabiliiea In the industry approach 31.! million (not including salvage) aa compar- ad with only 3310.700 for the full month of November, 1054, and S379.- 474 for December. 1054. Thus. it appears likely that gross insolven- cias for 1955 will exceed 1954 fig- ures. However. credit men are quick to point out that the volume of credit money circulating in the trade during 1955 has been sub- stantially greater than in 1954. Thus the losses suffered so far this year are not regarded as so large pro- portionately as to constitute clung for undue alarm. The for industry has experienced much more sar- ious financial difficulties and has survived. it is said. - . . The article loss on at great length but we PIIVO published enough to give our fur farmers an idea that possibly the lush days of extended credits are rains to be curtailed.

SILVER ANNIVERSARY

The 25th anniversary of the Prince Edward Island Fur Breed- ers' Association was held this week in the fox and mink show pavilion at the Provincial Exhibition ground and was ,.. 4 by I :- exhlbitors as one of the best held In years. The quality of the foxes 11,39 Stated by the iudse. Par-viii (ass of Summerslde. 'u exceuenc comparing favorably with m. nu; of the year! ago. Mink have im- proved very much with new types adding greater interest iq an: ex. lilbit. The sapphires were partic. ularly beautiful this yeir. All in... points were brought out at a ban- riuet held at the Rendezvous lust,

popularly of mink H contin-

, J. Glen Macbougall. 1495 Glen-

descrlptlon of the first show held in 1920. That year there were over 700 exhibits and was so successful that subsequent shows benefited from it. Upwards of 10,000 foxes were shown during the period of his seci-etaryship. The biggest year in point of exhibits was 1930 when 750 foxes were scrutinized by the judges for placlngs.

LUSH DAYS

Mr. E. H. Burleigh who was con- nected iwth the industry longer than anyone present. said that in 1911 the Pioneer Silver Fox Co- of which he was a director and stock- holder. decided to increase the num- ber of breeding foxes for the fol- lowing year and two men were authorized to buy three females. The price they paid was 511,000 each which was certainly astonish- ing figure to those present who had not known about the lush days of fox farming here. Parvin Cass. Judge of the faxes. and Len Cooper of the Canadian Fur Sales Co. (Quebec) Ltd, gave brief address- es praising the high quality of the exhibits. The show with placlngs has been given excellent publicity which is appreciated very much by the exhibitors.

BIRTHS

BOYLAN-At the Charlottetown Hospital Nov. 25. to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boylan, Souris. a daugh- ter, 7 lbs.. 5 oz.

ACORN-At the P. E. 1. Hospital on Sunday, Nov. 27, 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. Percy G. Acorn, a daughter. Barbara Anne. HILL-On November 26. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hill, Mayfield (nee Catherine MacKinnon) a daughter. 7 lbs.. 9 oz. MacDONALI)-At the Prince County Hospital on Sunday. Nov. 20th, 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. Nor- man MacDonald. Crapaud. a daughter, Elizabeth Graca. SMITH- At the P. E. Island Hos- pital on November 29th to Mr. and Mrs. J. Lester Smith. Cumberland, P. E. I. a son, James Sidney. Weight 7 lb. 15 ozs. MURNAGHAN-At the Charlotte- town Hospital Nov. 8, 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Murnaghan, a daughter, Martha Michele. McCONNELL-At St. Mary's Hos- pital, Montreal, on November 25. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs J. S. Mc- Connell (nee Pearls Stewart). 3 son. Grant James. weight 8 lbs..

ozs.

MACDOWELL- At the P. E. 1. Hospital on November 29. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. A. M. MacDowe1l, (nee Evelyn Macvanel ii daughter. Evelyn Ann.

CHAISSON-At Calgary. Alberta. Nov. 30, 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Giaiason (nee Phyllis Bur- hoe) a son.

HOUSTON-At P. E. 1. Hospital Nov. 30. to Mr. and Mrs. Byron Houston. Mayfield a daughter. CLAY-At the King's County Homital. Montagie. on Novem- bar 3). to Mr. and Mrs. Brian Clay. Dundas. a son. Derek Brian. Weight 7 lbs. 10 ozs.

. MACDOUGALL-To Mr- and Mrs.

cairn Avenue. Peterborough. Ont- ario, on November 19th. 1955. a son, Donald Bruce. LANDRY-At Mlramichl Hospital. Newcastle. new Brunswick, on November 29th to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Landry (nee Geraldine Bry- ;nton. a son. Stephen Joseph, 7lbs. ozs. DeCOSTE-At Halifax Infirmary. Halifax. N. S.. on Nov. 27th, 1055, to Mr. and Mrs. J. X. DeCoste (nee Yvonne Jenkins. Summer- side). a daughter. Deborah Marlo. Weight 7 lbs. GBEENAWAY-At the Prince County Hospital on Nov. 3, 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Grem- awly (nee Claudia Barwise), a son. Weight 0 lbs., 5 ozs. PAQUE'l'l'E-At the Souris Hos- pital on Nov. I). to Mr. and Mrs. George Paquetta of Clear springs a son. Melvin Gerard. Weight 7 lbs.. 18 ozs. McLELLAN-At the P. E. I. Hos. pital on Nov. 30. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. Loran J. McI.ellan. a son.

Pictured above are members of the Eastern Command School's Jr. NCO Course now under way at Windsor Park. Halifax. Checking

their progress with Chief Instruct- or Lt. D. W. Sigsworth of Char-

lottetown, P. E. 1.. are from left to right: Trooper S. W. Bernard

NEVISY

NOTES

By J. A. Clark. D.Sc.

RAISIN S

Raisins received their name from the Latin ”racemus" - a cluster of grapes. While Persia is believed to have been the home of the grapevine Naisins first appear in the recorded history of Egypt. The Egyptians were said to be very fond of dried grapes.

In Numbers 6:3, about 1490 B.C., there is mention of dried grapes. In 1 Samuel 25:18. there is mention of "an hundred clusters of raisins and in 1 Samuel 30:12, "two clusters of raisins" were given to an Egyptian when he was brought before David in the year 1056 BC... Later King David when descend from Mount Olivet 1023

Hospital Nov. 27th. 1955. Alfred Mayhew of Margaie in his 04th year.

LANDRIGAN-At the Charlotte- town Hospital on Sunday. Nov. 27, 1955, James Landrigan in his 91st year.

MacKlNNON-Suddenly on Satur- day,lNov. 26. 1955, Malcolm Mac- Kiruion in his 65th year. ARMITAGE-At Lansing, Michi- gan. Nov. 30, Mrs. Wendell H. Armitage. nee Olga J .Crosby for- merly sf Cape Traverse. P.E.1. IirlacEACIIEIlN-At Halifax. Dec. 1st, 1955, Arthur MacEachern in his 75th year.

CAIRNS-At Canton. Mass. No- vember 30, 1955. Lulu K. Cairns, age 75. daughter of the late Wm. and Jane Cairns. Cape Traverse. FRASER--At the Victoria Gen- eral Hospital. Halifax. on Wed-

Fraser in his 71st year. GORDON--At Montreal on Thurs- day. Dec. 1. 1955. Mrs. John P. Gordon of 22 Longworth Avenue. DeCOSTE-Suddenly in the Char- lottetown Hospital on Nov. 30. 1955, William Vincent (Billy) De- Coste. aged 4 years. MITCIIELL--At the P. E l. Hos- pital on Sunday. Nov. 27. 1955. Isaac Mitchell in his 55th year. MacDONALD - At Thistle and

Douglas Alfred. CHAMPf0N- At the Charlottotownl Hospital on November 25th. to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Champion, summer- side, a daughter. 7 lbs. 4 ozs. ROGERSON-At Mt. Hamilton Hospital. Hamilton. Ont. oni NOV.-38. 1965. to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil F. Rogerson (nee Aileen MacDonald) a daughter. Weight 6 lbs. 10 ozs. A MMDONALI)-At Lady Northrllffe Hospital, Grand Falls. Newfound- land. on Saturday November 26th. to Mr. and Mrs. J. Barron Mac- Donald (Lois Oiflrieni ason. ll lbs. 7 on. Shane "' L ' Brien.

Maniuaoiss

LANTZ-WOIITIIY-Al Emmanuel (hurofi. Dartmouth. on Nov. 19. the gev. S. A. Harte

ary orthy to Rober Tiioodoro Lasts. LOGGIE-IlUESTIS-- At St. Mich- ael's, church. Chatham. N.B. on Nov. 10. 1955 by Rev. W. J. Wallace. Mlfkrie Lillian Huestia of Wilmot Valley. P. 1:. 1- and William David Talkie OTCIIIIIIIII.

Shamrock. Nov. 29th, 1955. Mrs. Bell MacDonald in her 90th year. PALMER- At Charlottetown on Monday Nov. 28. 1955. Caroline Amelia Palmer daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs Henry Palmer. Mm-DONAl.D - The death occur- red at one home of Mrs James Cook, Belle River. on Tuesday, Nov I955. nf Neil MacDonald in his 79th year

REYNOLDS-Al his residence in Mllfl'R)"RlVPr on November 29. Chester F Reynolds in his 88rd year.

MUNN-Al 70 Upper Hillsboro Street on Monday, November 20. 1955. Mrs. John R. Munn. form- erly of Marshficld. in her 86th

year. EGAN-Suddenly at the City Hos- pital on Nov. 29th, 1955, Martin Edward Egan. aged 53 years. MABEY-At Borden on Nov. ill. 1955. Edison L. Mabey in his 06th year.

MacKINNON-In Halifax Nov. 25. 1955. Rev James C. Maclfinnon of Grand River. Lot 14. FERGUSON-At Beiihel on Mon- aay, Nov. 29, 1955. H. Leigh

nesday, Nov. 30th. 1955. John A. in

BC. received "An hundred bunches of raisins from Ziba." (11 Samuel

16:1.)

There is evidence that 400 years before the birth of Christ. the raisin industry flourished in Arm- enia and that for 1500 years. Asia

Minor continued as the centre of raisin production. This industry spread from Asia Minor to Greece and from there to Spain where for many hundreds of years it has been an important Spanish indus- try.

Today raisins are produced in such widely separated areas as California. Australia. the Union of South Africa, and among others the following countries adjoining the Mediterranean Sea: Iran, Turk- ey. Greece and Spain. The 1953 raisin crop in 96 countries amount- ed to 544,700 tons. and of these 30.000 tons were exported.

VINES IN CALIFORNIA

The Franciscan Fathers first in- troduced grape growing in con- nection with their Spanlsh Missions in California. These were juice var- ietles of grapes for table and sac- ramental wine purposes. The Gov- ernor of California about 1860 in order to improve agriculture in his state. sent a commission to Europe to study the grape industry. 200.000 grape cuttings and among these were cuttln s of Muscat. a raisin variety of lexandria.

The story is told. that the first raisins produced in California oc- cured ” "y. In the of 1873 the San Joaquin Valley had an extremely hot September. and before the time' for the usual pick- ! 0T "16 KFBPGI. the Muscat var- iety dried up on the vines and the growers discovered that they had a crop of raisins. They had never produced them before and had no market for them. An enterprising lrowar. however, sent clusters of his 'raisins" to a grocer friend in San Francisco. This grocer. learn. in! that a ship had just arrived in port from Peru. placed the raisins"with a sign "Peruvian del- icacies in his window and obtain- ed a ready sale.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

The reason that sun-dried raisins Ire grown commercially in com- paratively few countrles is because they require a combination of spec- ial cpnditions. including a long, hot, dry summer. adequate irrigation and a fertile soil. The San Joaquin Valley in California had the clim- ate and the soil but it nicked Water. when General Fremont rode up this great valley in 1846. H9 T”""d " I dry. hot barren Dllln. with poverty stricken Ind- ians and a few wild horses and Intelopu. he wrote that the valley WI! 3: barren and worthless waste . The Sierra Nevada foothills were gsarchgd for sold by the California

49911 . and when. by lose, the (old was exhausted. many of the EXJHHHCT prospectors started farming in the valley. Water was the one thins needful. and there was an abundance of it in the Sierras. The hardy pioneers band- ed together and dug miles of

, canals to bring water down to the

aurant on Wednasd night. nu!” &e.1;g6;8(&x1Alilr;):T8n791TgIo vyeaafs-' 1955' valley from the mountains. I It was presided over by the prg. & Prinpa County Catherine MacDonald. aged 83 Th" "" m” bwhmni 1" f”d”Y '

sident of the A ' " , , 3, I . .

Jones of Bunbury. Short speac -

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m-:,:;" 0, xgicmtgg Dr. C. K, Inn llamas out-actor. llanld F.

Gunn. Experimental Fox and Mink Station. Summerslde: W. 0- God- dard. Petitecodlac: C. C. Baker, former Deputy Minister of Agricul- ture: Lt.-Col. D. A. Macxinuan. and Walter R. Shaw. The latter was secretary of the organisation "'7 24 years and he gave a vivid .

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A RESIN-IONDID, CHIP wooo Mane IN 1-i-is miniriuss

JUNIOR NCO'S COURSE

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S. Gauthier of North Rustico, P. E. I. The three week course cov-

giant irrigation system which has transformed the "barren waste into one of the most beautiful agricultural sights we have ever seen. as we travelled up this valley in the spring of 1053 when the cherries and plums. In W” '!1"0m. lined either side of the railway. right back to the foothills. for miles and miles. We learned that the valley. annually, produced hort- icultural products valued at over one billion dollars. The development of the raisin industry in California has been plie- nomenal. There was no market for the Muscat grapes in the San Joaquin Valley that a very hot. dry September in 1873 turned to raisins. The following year 9000 boxes. a total of 180,000 pounds were sold; the production had in- creased to 103,000,000 pounds in 1894. This yield, however. broke the market and raisins sold for 2 cents per pound that year. .

The Raisin Growers' Association was formed and by 1898 it con- trolled 90 per cent of the raisins grown in California. It still handles the bulk of the crop which in 1927 amounted to 435,292,000 pounds worth 325324.000.

SPANISH VARIETIES

The principal varieties of raisin- grapes grown in Spain are the Malaga, Valencia and the Sultana, a small yellow seedless grape from

grapes that are most highly suit- able for the production of raisins in California are the Thompson Seedless. Sultana and Muscat. The white varieties have tender skins and are very rich in sugar.

There are three methods of cur- ing and producing raisins from grapes. First: by allowing the grapes to dry on their stalks until they '- cured raisins. This process of nature converts the starch into fruit sugar and pro- duces thc top grade of raisins. Second: the grapes are allowed to dry on partly severed stalks on the vines until they become raisins. Third: the grapes are removed from the stalks and are dried in the sun on paper trays between the rows of vines where the hot rays of the sun will soon change them to raisins Riiiu during this drying period is (ill-ti:-ii'0uS to the quality of the raisins. Some grapes ripen in August hut the season of

The production of raisins has ex- tended to other parts of California that are suitable. this applies part- lcularly to the Sacramento Valley, so that there are now over 300.000 acres nf ramii cranes in the State or TIIl'N'F than half of the raisins produced in the world are now grown in California

KENSINOTON

A large ...”. of is. friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earle McKay. Sea View to tender a miscellaneous shower in honor of their only daughter. Joyce. whose marriage takes place in the near future. She was the recipient of many lovely gifts.

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Mr. James Smith has returned to his home in Clinton after spend- ing the past several weeks in Labrador

I Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Crozier. ac companled by their daughter, Shor- on. returned from a pleasant motor trip to Mnncton. N. B.

Mr. and Mrs. Eric McMurdo. Kelvin Grove, were weekend vis- itors to Moncton. N. B.

Mrs. John Crozier. Hamilton, is visiting relatives in Charlottetown.

Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Beairsto, ae-

panied by their little daughter. Joy. and Mrs. Elmer Bernard. Kensington, were visitors to Sea View on Nov. 27th.

Mrs. Charles Champion, Mal- peque. is spending sometime in Charlottetown visiting relatives.

The Malpeque Farm Forum met for their weekly meeting on Mon-

day Nov. 28th. with Mr. and Mrs. Dugald MacNutt. of the Baltic Farm Forum group

Tre members

of Hunter River and Trooper J.R. ers all phases 01 the Army's F88-

Smyrna. The three varieties of Llbr

drying often lasts until November.-

ular training program. National Defence Photo.

R.C.A.F.. C.W.L. Hos Third Anniversary

The third anniversary meeting the.R.C.A.F. sub-division of the

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y, November 21, with thirty members present. Mrs. Quintin Gleeson, president, presided. The pastor Rev. J. A. Warren opened the meeting with the League pray- er. Very Reverend J.P.E.0tHanley. PHD of Cardigan. first Spiritual Director of the subdivision was welcomed by Rev. J. A, Wan-en, Business proceeded with the min- utes of the last meeting read by the secretary Mrs. R. A. Mclnnis followed by an executive report. Correspondence included a letter from Mlssvl. Arsenault. secretary of the Provincial Executive, expres- sing their pleasure regarding the successful Regional Conference held at the Air Marshall. G. 0. Johnson School. Nov. 13, Miss Gertrude Cody, Diocesan Magazine Convener. and Mrs. Kathleen Mur- NY. Convener of Education.

Several thank-you notes were .1. so received.

REPORTS-

The fi ' ' statement a by Mr. T. Wilkinson. Th: mg conveners were present and save brief reports. Mr. John Ray, BIT. Mrs. Bert Smith. Mam. gm-P911113. Mrs. Roy McKenzie, Soc. al and Welfare, Mrs. Ray Lavers. Publicity. Mrs. Gordon Kines, En- tertainment. A brief study of the Constitution and By.Lawg followed. M11 Quintin Gleeson. President, gave a complete report of the Nat. zonal Convention ed in Moncton in October, Plans were m

'0' the Orphanage and the Catholic

ember meeting. Hltgilrillighting in. mee g was a 1 t-alk'by the firstnhoiiec subdivision and guest the evening, Very Rev 0'Hanley. Ph. D.. who topic. "Parental Guidance of Child- rens Idealism through Christian Education. "9 d5a,'d- "T08 Qefnl. education - an education is a high wom- r I5 being predicted with such thoughtless abandon of so many Phases of education, and of so many things that are not educat. icon at all. that the word has be- ”"'9,h3ckYIeyed and more and 23'” '3, 105mg its true significance. ucation is something far more important and compreheng-1.... ihan 3a!"':”f8ngled system of perlagogl. C evices and techniques; it is lwmeullnll much more than mere "mlucl-100: it is even anmething more than so-called formal edu- i""'0"- According to one nf the greatest minds the world has ever