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[EOR FARMERS. STOCK BREEDERS AND GARDEN ERS

FUR FARMING and 11s ACTIVITIES

m, 01F!!!‘ r-"smins De-

has at diflerent times received a bad

mnada for m4.

vice NDOrt of the Dominion Seed Branch. the United States supplied

Canadian Field Seed Imports

0! the field seed imported Into the year ending June 3o, in the market ser-

.- one anatomy 1

THE MARKETING ACT

.To Improve Methods anJPrac tices In Marketing

Late Blight And not‘ Disease of Potatoes

(Eilperlmcntal Farms Note)

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NEWS Y NOTES

Bill

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Ithasbeentdemorlstrated byex- c—-~-~-~~_

perimental work conducted by the Division of Botany. Dominion t

Branch

MORE HITAPHB

the Roman naturalist, who put B salamander into a fire, t0 try this

' 3.511.000 poun . _ imc m1 Fa . 11w n‘ “new Upon Those En- chock. Bometim the men engag- 450,319 m‘ offlsmglyhsfldl 533185 ii gggmxhwly rxgileqlhlrd of the An American general-I forget out, says with great sunrise‘ that pull h lbrmdwm‘ son,“ 6d m m “mum? are ‘o do“ w u sum“; 3oz lbs. “sum £50913 lbs‘ M the “mm wwmum o! the “(he product or ma‘ an o’ it. Tm pogitble potato crop may be lost who-once said at a banquet in his 1t burnt away to a Powder. instead

F!“ m my: Bring Success ffilfimcbynavlcs and Judrmvnt

a, Th,“ For Men of Experience

that they can't see straight. when a crash comes they are so over- whelmed with the financial catas-

blue anus: am lbs. field beans: 122 lbs. flax; 445.111 lbs. millet: 168,268 wmhums; 100 lbs. soya beans; 313

Canadian society of Technical Airfi- culturisls, which was also attended. by the Canadian Seed Growers‘

lmal lnard may direct shipments in any quantity, through any agency. to any market at any time, or it may

yearly because of late blight and rot in th field. It has been further dem- onstnated that fifty to almost one

honor that he liked "taffy" better than ebitnnhy. so it seems did one Northumbrian, when he lcil ins!ruc tions for the stone-cutter l0 Qafyg

of strolling round enjoying the heat! Benvenuto Cellini, in his fes- cintaing autobiography-which you must read some tells

b; c Good Fox twphe thatthey laumsee any lirht buckwheat: 10,300 1- - Aseoojg , onald colic e, wl o , ' dir ion hundred rccnt of ths loss can be dew-Bled

“wufiggu Anlmab a Nat- 1n the black skies. 1 know some 02211 lbs. oats: p40 1f>s.l:>c1l:ml?ld Qllebecfug-lr. gong? Deputy Mlnls- hatlglehrelifdcigllfi 8.“ 3111:2501‘. pfinw preventedpe by dwwunh snrnldns 9; h“ mmbswi“ m“ “m” ' “W” Pmmg a 5318mm” m” rcnacncy-cutlon mum nevnh who are not runners that act winner; 2.440 lbs wheat: 1:102 lbs. ter 0d Agrlmltlue, Ottawa, gave a. or grades of the product. 'I‘he local and um keeping quality of the Heiemslfmd “map” a" "u" “M? ‘he T?“ “d n“ “W” m“ °'“" m‘ ncuon or Disease. Qllestlon "the blues" and sometimes they bent ercsscs; s12 lbs. clover" 4001 lucid eamlsnatfon or the new mar- board may also reeulorc distribution sprayed pctazocs is much lmpmved- ° “s 5mm” 3am“- "hais “'5 "M the w“ ‘"2"’ But ‘nmd , have very serious attacks of them lbs. fescue showings; 699'} lbs. kebing act which is in its formative and silippklg p, mops, such as This destppctlve disease appears “efwulh-I the salamander never enjoyed it as

‘ u‘ “neg indeed. The mm! a am” “sales; M" M’. orchard mgamd udncmuy known u me methods M we. mnsmmmtl ew- m “mo” any pom“) field during s terse inscription is to be much as they thoulht it would.

m pawns or run ramimo

. n L! “way; dangerous to assume

that “blues" are seldom fatal and recovery very often comes swiftly. It is not to be wondered at that many of those encased in fur-farm-

833551 5.593 lbs. red clover; 122,508 R76. red 110D; 6.000 lbs.

Italian rye 50B grass; 5.380 vmite clover; 124 lbs Ufa-w mixtures: 9.006 lbs. other

Natural Prducts Marketing Act.l934. The preamble of the Act reads "An Act to improve the methods and practices of marketing of natural.

Powers of extelnption may be del- egated to the local boards, also powers of conducting a pool for the equilization of returns recieved

late August or early September and. is recognized by the appearance of dark water-soaked spots on the leaves. In wet weather a fine

8T3?’ mildew covers these areas on the

seen in the churchyard at Bedling- ton. At South Gosforth, about two ‘and a half miles from Newcastie. in the churchyard is the quaint epi- taph on one John Ramsay, in two

When I was a little boy. my grandfather had a. “salamander” in the house, but it was for lighting a. fire. It was a stout kitchen polgv er, with a large head, shaped like

thin!!! lug are at present feeling the inch whens“ 6.420 lbs. ls~ 26167 TXIUMS f Canada d in export fro the l of th re lated r - - v . tht 1°” M ' prophet for p ' ' _ , ma“? - ' 9- ° l" , m we ° 8'“ P~° _ H Verfics- an old-fashioned flat-iron. Wh l-uciy work out as one thinks they 1t is reassuring. however, to realize lfbgidrapueaélgsg; f.e1d peas. 1.003 lbs. trade and to make flu-the: provsion duct; and also Powers m eompen- m: sumac; of“ letlltri)’. for} rxetitainy nYe Pentium,’ mp and pam_ me was w be made, say, in Gltlhg.

the result that the man

‘:10 33p...“ m dip into the future “dam enhances his repuation. guwever. a man vn-iting on the fox industry has in take chances even pm. his reputation so a few guest- plore or less. may not do any

1 arm.

‘pflljtldlcr to foretell the future one mp5; be familiar with the past and ‘h; present. If one wishes to make i m; prophecy he must take un- du- review the past with its series a! peemlngly unrelated events. with up hope 01 discovering the trend of

thlt 511W!‘ foxes were not the only furs to be affected. As a matter of fact the staple furs seemed to suf- fer more from the shock than did silver foxes. I pends upon thong who are engaged in it. '

Whether you who have a pair or a. few pairs of foxes near your barn make a success o! this part of your business. depends upon you. Even 1f fox furs sell for a. much lower figure than today's prices there will btill be money in fox farming for

3.993 lbs sugar beets: 6'7. 868 lbs sunflower; 3.420 lbs. field turnips: 72.996 lbs Sudan 81155; and 6.130 lbs. vetches. Dllrln! the same period Great

"Th, futurg o; fur-lam de_|Britain supplied Canada with 2,000

lbc- of barley: 4.440 lbs. oats; 111.110 lbs. spelta and emmer; 60 lbs. wheat. 200 lbs. timoblw: 1,140 lbs. bent grasses; 111 lbs. brome grass: 100 lbs. clover; 224 lbs. fescue Chewings 6.132 lbs. other fescues: 12.4000 lbs. orchard grass: 80 lbs. red clover: 112 lbs. red WP: 18.360 sudan grass (BlEU-th perennial); 25 lbs. Italian rye grass; 2.200 lbs. sudan grass:

in connection therewith." The as- sumption clearly is that the methods followed in marketing are not satis- factory and that undesirable prac- Jceg obtain. The Act is. therefore. intended" said Dr. Barton. to pro- vide legislation b; means of which these methods and practices can be

changed.

The legislation pnovides what may be called permissive powers which may, or may not be, exercised. Until they have exercised. the provisions of the Act do not become effective as law. These powers are centred in the

sate arlyperson for loss by with- holding. by ordér of the board, any regulated product from the market, or through forwarding any regu- lated product to a specified market, pursuant to any order of the board. Comlperlsatdon may also be granted for loss due to depreciation of the currency of the country to which shipments were sent by order of the board. The local board may also be delegated to assist by grant of loan the construction or operation of facilities for preserving, processing, staring. or conditioning the reg-

branches bearing countless numbers of spores, which are, in fact. seeds or fiuitlng bodies of ll para- sitic mould which feeds the leaf and in so doing kills the leaf in affected parts. This parasite is the late blight fungus and the affected area. on the blight. The spores. of course. spread the disease. appears as purplish to dark bmwn sunken aréag liable to cause a des- tructive rot in 5101889- Latc bl ght may be controlled by spraying‘ with Bordeaux mixture.

On the

the

inside of

leaf is law tubers it

A Patriot lleth here, Who lov’d his country and its laws And liberty hold dear,

To Mathematics he inclufd;

Hi5 mind was always gay,

A husband good and parent kind Was honest John Ramsay."

John died in 1782, before the term politician had attained its present questionable significance. While ad- mitting that, at times. 50mg veiy crude stuff found its way onto the “churchyard stone," there is no

parlor. the salamander was thrust into the kitchen fire till red-hot, n; was then thrust between the bars 0f the grate, into the wood and coal in the parlor fire-place, which at once broke into a blaze. All old,- time houses had these implements,

Just before the electric storm of July 25th many species of insects found their way into the ilouse, among them three wasps. Tu.) of them turned out to be the som- mon Vespe. dlabolica, but the tilird. was new to me. I found it to be Vespa norvegicoldes, a new species,

1 _ - t l-e- , question that modem taste which be < . _ . mm“ Everyone knows that fur you provided you are able to pro- _ _ ‘ Gvenor-in Council. the Minister ulated product. and to assls km the phcauons at least’ _ _ _ _ y v . separa d some ‘M32115 ago by the ...-n v o new wu- = p u- mc» g; u» ‘f; 11112522; 2x210112**... .11:.‘”;..i:.::% frkllzairsstly *0 g":1i..:::.i.:ll.:;"1.1::;;vmags: 1;,” W- a so» MM mwry‘ n only seems k9 mawmble mun rs’ n you can 281.633 lbs. ’ mangels; 13.147 lbs. which maybecreated under the Act. Where local boards do not exist. and Six m eight Limes m‘ Gwen taph hunter. mmwn Aplarwt IL B dmlng’

the other day when a. fox farm was | curiosity; now there are fur “m; _ hundreds of them - in Qygfy Province of Canada. in many Itate of the American Republic, as “ll b; in many other parts of the W14, There are tens of thousands gulch-raised silver foxes in the world today.

M Farms were started to meet | human need. Silver Pox furs were m great demand: the supply was decreasing. The problem was to 1n- u-em the supply. but how? The 1m pair of silver foxes, produced .. . was the answer.

m tim immemori-l furs have been worn -.- humans. originally for

My would live Just as long if she

and happy. but nevertheless ladies

furs should have stood up so well during the years. Remember dur- ing the war what good prices were realized for silver foxes. Remember when the big coal miners strike look place in the British Isles, how the auction sale of silver foxes had to be postponed? I can recollect the bmer disappointment of fur farm- rrs when word was received of the innouncemcnt of the postponement oi the auction sale. However. they worried unnecessarily. for a month

produce anything but scrubs and culls then there is no future in fur- farzning for you; better quit while the quitting is good or get down and under your job in real earnest. Don't fool yourself into believing that your foxes are first class and that those belonging to your neigh- bours are poor. Find out the facts. If you don't know foxes yourself consult someone upon whose Judg- ment you can impliclty 4611616- Only a comparatively small number of tho foxes in the world are real- ly worth ranching. especially in view of the inskient demand for animals of high quality. Be wise and build up your herd. Improve

tips-foxes good at both ends. Don't

silver fox farming will for many years to come stand pre-eminent. In conclusion I wish to sound a note of encouragement and of warn- ing.

Fur farming is undoubtedly here to stay. It will have its ups and downs, all industries have. It is not a get-rich-quick scheme but a leg- itimate undertaking, which requires a man's best thought. energy and attention: n job to be proud of. 11mg l5 required to learn the bus-

prices one season and possibly the

fore him one would at Once con--

but has in it wonderful possibilit-

if you are made of the right stuff: if you fry to learn from others: if

supplied 700 lbs grHSSPS‘.

land egg laying contest for

rape: 300 lbs field peas; 111,768 lbs. rutabagas: 2.470 lbs. sugar beet; and 38.871 libs. field turnips.

Field seeds from New Zealand were 3.041 lbs. bent asses: 101,572 lbs. fescue Che-wings: 32.936 lbs. rye grass (‘Ernglish ol- perennial); 1.120 lbs. Italian rye grass: 500 lbs. grass mixtuers; 7.108 lbs. other grasses: Holland supplied 400 lbs. creeping bent grass; 1.200 lbs. fes-

cues; 20o lbs orchard grass; 400 lbs. rye grass (Etnglish o1- perenniah; 200 lbs other grasses; 14.475 lbs mangclsl 350 lbs rape: 10.705 lbs. field ruta- bagas: 2.475 lbs. sugar beets; 11.064 lbs, gunflqwer; 8.175 lbs. field till"- nips; and 2.240 lbs. speltz and em-

white" clover; 5.608 lbs. other BT85-

gnd Hungary 3.300 IDS. OI Whit? clover. All the foreqolll! amounts d0 not include the SKY?" 59955 m‘

ported into Canada.

Egg Laying Contest

Report of the Prince Fkiwarcl Is- the

week ending Aulllldt 7. i934-

Sid. Owner's Name Pl-S

l2 S. R. Pendleton . . . . . .. 1249.8

Leading pens for week:

All powers that may be granted by Order-in-Oouncil under the Act for the administration 01f marketing schemes will be vesbed in the Do- minion Boarfl. ‘These powers in tum may be delegated to a local board. and the local boamd will become the administrative body wider the gan- eral supervision 01f the Dominion Board.

‘Thus. the local hoards, under the supervision of the Dominion Board. will enable those who produce and. market natural products to consti- tute control machinery of their own through which they may regulate the movement. direct the sale. with- out power of buying and selling or

the movement of the product. It

or in cases of emergency, provision is made in the Act for regulating the marketing in inten-provincial or export trade by the Dominion Marketing Board. Another important paint is the provision under Order- ln-Council, in prevailing unsettled conditions in trade. to regulate or restrict importation into Canada of any product which enters into com- petition with a, regulated Canadian product. Power is also given in the Act to prosecute persons exploiting or injuring the trade or commerce of the regulated Pflxiucfl. This pm- vis‘on is made in the interest of pro- ducers, marketers. and consumers alike. For the purpose of adminin-

obtain a licence from the board.

regulations under the Fruit and Honey Act, 1934. All buildings or rooms in which honey is extracted, packed, or stored must be main- tained in a clean and sanitary con- dltion, All appliances, including ex- tractors, pumps, uncapping ma- chines. o; other equipment used in the handling of honey from the aplary to the final containers must also be kept clean and sanitary. All operations in connection with the preparation and packing of

housed must be so situated or

room or building in which honey is

pean larch Sawfly in Southern Brit- ish Columbia wns likely to become serious, the Entomological Branch of the Dominion Department had acted with promptitude in stem- ming the invasion, and have now followed up their attack by ship- ping thousands of parasites which will feed on and kill the larch saw- fly. The parasites sent to the west were obtained from the Quebec Provincial Park Reserve at Rivicrc

time. the entomologists working on

Mountains. plants am about six or eight inches applications are very important. The spray mixture generally recommended is composed of 4 pounds of blue stone (copper sulphate). 4 pounds m‘ limo and 40 gallons of water. mme mau- the hydrated form and should be of the best grade prncurable. Stone lime should be illoroui-‘hly filfl-kffl- The most economical method is to PT" pare a stock solution of the Siflng and the lime in suitable con- tainers. Casks of 40 Billion 00PM“? are a convenient s ze. cask place about 30 gallons of water.

high. The

other causes.

beginning when la-ter

is most satisfactory

In ille

suffieent water to mill!!! UP t0 40

slake it by adding water gradually.

spray mixture. To prepare the mix- ture for sprayinsr. the calmcuv of

Assuming this in ho 80 ilallnns. pour into the tank 72 gallons of water and add 4 gallons of tho t-horouqhlly‘ 5l.il"I'(‘(l blue stone solution r8 pmlnds of blue srtnnm and also 4 gallons of the Well stirred milk pounds of lmcl. Tho limo should be strained thrmuzlw oils-case- clnth or other suitable mntlwinl the

the spray

of lime

strainer provided xvii-h

ing to the regulations, also, con-

the

beof

and

blue

first

first deter-mine tank.

r8 solution

or the

Haltwhistle. on the South Tyne. was the burial place of the Ridley family, one of whom Nichoias, Bishopof London, was burnt at the stake for hi5 opinions in i555. His brother John survived him by sev- oral years and was buried at Halt- whistle where his tombstone may still be seen propped against the south wall of the ancient church. Th.» stone is six fee; high and bears. Irene-nth two esnutcheons. a. curious rhymed inscription in the uncouth spelllnz’ of the age:

John Redle that sum tim did be The lard of the Walton gon is he Out of the val of mesre

In the yeer of our Lord A. 1562.

in the country, and the hardest to

vice:

"My friends, go home. And cease from tears. I must lie here

Till Christ appears."

SOME NATURE NOTES

Has any of my young friends seen a. lizard lately’? Of course I am joking, because none of them ever saw a lizard in his ror herl life. What we call a lizard is in

on dry sandy banks. and "the hot-

uished by the very narrow ycllm‘; bands (without any pmjectlons-b not "embayed"; round the abdomog This is the sixth species of wasp I have found on the Island. Sidciefi gave a list. of i4 species for a!1 Canada.

bats. which retired to hole in the barge-board of the ho last fail, have not put in an 11p- pearance this year. was the long cold winter too much for their vib- ality? Have readers noticed Vfllrrilp er they are scarce as compared W1" ‘ other years? Too bad, if they Bone, for they helped to keep thg mosquitoes down.

1mm. with the moon nearly f

those of the setting sun, arose iron;

mud-thousands are obliged w— advice that I have elven. you w! man els: 2s lbs. rl-ld rutabezas: ' l decipher. The second line means a Fm" i" the wul-h-"dst- They 11W worry along without having a silver look forward u» the future with 2.200811». sugar beets and l3 lbs. High CI3SS_ 1§§}}7§,,§j;";;;,°‘,,*~“mhmfgpfi‘;.35‘. that he was laird of Walltcum ed Perm!“ fifteen minutes». u Jo: fur of any kind or description. complete confidence and assurance field wmips. Germany sent 200 Canad|an Honey "Lumpy 'm,,sé gasps 'wnmip 2 where he had a castellated tower faded- "T"? 39°" wmelhlh! ‘rhisismerely emphasizing the fact that fur firming will more profit- 1m (mules: 202m lbs. white field ______ gOundg-M bile 8mm and “me n“ new are a good many um? that before,‘ I said and than _ that silver foxes are not staples like able ti! y01l- clover: 800 lbs. other gramcsr 609w In order that the hlgh standard l i__._ spcctivpl‘; pm- gallon. The cask: “'°l‘th." PPlYlHph-s in Northumber- lowed ‘ 1f“! hum- "PF my “Wffl-ihv cattle, sheep or pigs but occupy a I have been writing altogether 572 lbs sugar beets: and 150 lbs. of Canadian honey may mt be 1m_ mvADmG T“ ‘NVADERS émum cnwvd m plum,‘ Pvap- land but time (and snnno» fol-bus er book. It was on Mnrch 2115;, unique position, about. fox farming, but undoubtedly field turnips. Poland contributed 16 pemed’ the follow-mg sanitary mm - hfltmn and exchma m“ and other thfln‘ mepnlon’ I Wm themfore com i932. that streamers. whlrh I had

To the “Titer 1g, h“ be”, nothing money cgn be made in other lines. lbg, vewhes and 1 pound of red clo- mtkms are to be Observed and B” T ha? been eneran me- suhmncps “vhich “my mtmfpml elude with one from Chlllinglmm llxlféfléd to search-liqhis arose llwrt of remarkable that silver fox I have the feeling. however, that veggwlfle Japan 50h?» “lbs-M m!” maintained in accordance with themgméeogetrllét the outbfeflk of {Enrol with proper flpppmtion of ‘h, Church. lvhlcli Elves practical ad- t e 5°mh"°““ about 9 P1"-