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Silver Fox And ( Mink Farming

A collection of Illlhﬂv 1110" than 10,000 Btandsrdmink for the iircount of the OlYmPlC F11!‘ Breed‘ 9.-5' Association advanced 10 per- cr-nt over February levels at New York Auction Sale last week. Ap- m.ox1m3t,ely 8.000 Standards from {he Great Lakes Associa- lton showed a similar advance. The entire ccliection was 98 per cent sold. While there was some ﬁg-,;;greement in the sales room .5 to the quality of the merchan- }..5p, general agreement prevailed as to the color of the Olympic of- re..mg_ Buyers were unanimous in rimraci.erizing it as one of the tiaikcst presented this season. For this reason the competition was very‘ keen. A heavy buyer said: “Dark ranch mink is very desir- ,_m..;' Many of the buyers here uere impressed with the collec- inn solely because of color. They lieu:-ii't seen this really dark mer- rliandise for several months and most of them need iill-ins to ‘cov- gr current orders. High for the t-lilll'e offering was a bundle of males at $44 and females at $22.50. It is heartening to know that a my-iitinibrr of Maritime breeders ma developing real good strains ..' (iarlt mink and no believe they air wise in doillil 5"-

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Plans for a Canadian Marketing Board to operate on similar lines to ElM.BA in the United States were discussed among members of Canadian mink breeders who at- ionded last wre‘s's annual fur tas- lunns pie-view and convention in '.“m-nntn. The Canadian board is rxncr.to<i to in. in operation later am: year. Plans will be settled and members named at the Canada Mink Breeders second annual meeting to be held August 23-26 at Charlottetown, P.E.I. Norman Shields. CMB Executive secretary. left April 30 for New York prior to ilytng to Europe May 22 to .uip¢-rrise the presentation of the Canada mink garment collections being shown_ as reported. at the British industrialists Fair. Lon- lion. and afterwards at the Paris lair. Mr. Shields will go also to Gernian.\' and Italy to look into llfisslbllltlcs for increasing Canada ininlr sales in those two markets Ha expects to get back from Eur- op? 1l)<lllt June '2'Ith.

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Locally the top man in the Can- ada Mink Breeders Association is B B. Jones, Bunbury, who is sup- er-inlending arrangements for the annual meeting of the Association ieierred to above. We are glad that Island mink breeders are being recognized by being awarded the honor of having this meeting here and we believe that it will mean a greater‘ interest and at much lariztr production of mink in the future. We have two things that Ire favorzible. one is a climate that seems to keep mink free from any of the diseases which they are subject to in the United States.

we also now have a great advan- tage in that mink breeders cm buy their. food supplies cheaper than anywhere else on the contin- ent. O O The following is an editorial by Doc CoHins in the latest issue of National Fur News. It is headed. “Two Bucks Worth" . . . . .At a re- cent meeting of the Ohio Mink Breeders Association. Melvin Han- sche. Executive Secretary of the Association. stated that the big- gest problem facing mink ranchers is over-production. Then he named another problem which is directly tied in with over-produci.ion—the sale’ by ranchers of summer and fall casualty pelts. The ranchers were shown s mink stole purchased in New York City by a mink breed- era’ member for $135. It was an awful thing to be called mink. No rancher present liked the idea of such a garment being ‘advertised and sold as mink. “These skins". said Mr. Hansch: probably brought the rancher a couple of bucks a- piece. The Mutation Mink Breeders Association cannot tell you to burn your casualty pelts but that is what should be done" . . .

"ft is,estimated that around 100.- 000 casualty pelts are said each year by United States and Cana- dian mink ranchers, enough to make up 8,500 stoles. or perhps 40.000 s-carfs. Most of the pelts sell from $1.00 to $2.50. Usually the price is little more than the cost of dressing. when a rancher suffers a large loss of animals from dis- temper, heat or some other cause. financial reasons may force him to sell the casualty pelts. We can understand this. but on the whole this thing of selling junk pelts in- stead of destroying them is so ap- parently bad for the industry—es- pecially in view of the menace of over production—that it is hard to understand why any minl rancher would want to underminc his own business for the pittance he gets from the sale of junk and casualty pelts. It must be that he simply lia.sn‘t thought the thing through. Think it over. Friend! Destroy casualty pelts or pelts from animals that don't fur out. Better yet. have your auction house de- liver them to the I-follander's school as material for apprentice cutters. Every time you sell a casualty pelt you hurt the good name of mink and you are selling your own stake in a wonderful business for a “couple of bucks".

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The MBA mutation mink sale at New York Auction Company late last week wound up very strong. Silverblu platinums ad- vanced 5 per cent above February levels and raw mutation prices also increased in line with dressed goods. Of the 13000 Silverblue catalogued 98 per cent sold reach- ing s top of $3350 for males and sl8.'l5 for females. An offering of

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to Mr. Jack Edgett.

cent sold reaching $81 for males and $46 for females. . . .

Hudson's Bay Coinpany, Mont- l'l.‘.tl. held a special auction of wild iur skins last week. Beaver was 60 per cent sold at unchanged prices. Prices for otter reported 80 per cent sold. were slightly easier com. pared with March Best interest was in muskrat: 43 per cent was’ said. A fresh collection of white fox sold 92 per cent at firm prices. There was very keen bidding among American buyers. who in some cases snapped up entire strings. Prices for muskrat were as follows: York Factory XL PT L. Spring $1.12 to $1.22; Winter $1.16; XL and L, Spring $1.04. Winter $1.12: Spring PT Winter }ﬂrP'I‘ L 1.10 to $1.23, XL and L 31.14 to sin. Ctiiiada XL PT L, Spring $1.34 to $184 XL and S. Spring $1.26 to $1.58 and Winter $1.36.

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The company reported season- able colections of wild mink up to 65 per cent sold through private treaties. Ranges were: YF 1 and No. 2 XDK and DK. XL and L $34.50, Pale XL and L $33.50; IPT 11. DK. PT Pale_ DL and L $25 to $29: L and S $14.50 to $19. MKE 1 lb No. 2, 103K and DK. XL and L $38. IPT 11 DK PT Med. XL and L. $31: LS 1 and No. 2 DK FT Pale XL and L $29.50.

HISTORIC CASTLE RAIDED

CULROSS. Scotland (Reuters)-« Jewel thieves have raided forbid- ding and lonely Dunimarle castle near here. the reputed scene of the murder of Lady MacDuff and her children by agents of MacBeth. Scottish king in the Shakespeare tragedy. Valuables and art treas- tires worth several thotisand dol- lars were stolen.

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given of the muskeg that had to be stripped from most of the 858 miles of right of way for the nil- way that is to bring “Iron Ore in '54" from Labrador. In the Geological Survey of Canada re- port of 1886.1 '3. Tyrrell describes the muskegs he found as follows: “Between these ridg- es are wide. marshy tracts. either covered with mass and forming impassable muskega, or bearing a thick growth of spruce and. larch. Another description states that a muskeg is: “A rock! basin filled wii.h successive de- posit: of unstable materials as leaves. muck and moss. incap- able of sustaining much weight, hence a large mudhola "

In letters. the late Dr. Jeremiah

: S. Clark, when a missionary It

Falrford, in northern Manitoba, used to write concerninz his four methods of travel in that coun- try: When walking. he would at times sink in muskeg to his knees; when riding his Indian pony and it got stuck in a mus- keg, he would get off. get the pony turned round. and work it back to solid ground; when fol- lowing an Indian trail with his team of ponies in a buck-board. and the ponies became mired in a muskeg. he would unhitch them. and ride one of them to let as- sistance from the Indians to set his carriage out. Travelling was a very slow process, except In winter. when with his dog-team

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The great mukeg belt of this country stretches throughout the limitless North from the Peace River Area, famous for its wheat, to Aklnvik at the mouth of Mac- kenzie River and from the Rocky

Mountains to Hudson Bay, and It

on to the shore of Labrador. is said that Jacques Cartier. in his explorations north of the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. called that country of rock and muskeg: “The land God gave to Cain."

Men searching for oil in the

Peace River exploration district

have said that the country con- sists of: “Muskeg and mountains. and muskeg and rivers. and muskeg and forests. and — mus- keg." This great area covers hundreds of thousands of square mile. It really has only a south- ern boundary. and extends from the Lesser Slave Lake in Cen- tral Albert, west and north through vast uncharted expanses; including parts of British Col- umbia. Alberta. the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.

To the field geologists who have worked in that area for about 20 years. the muskeg is just another of "Nature‘s booby-traps." they travel mostly on foot. and get a- round and over muakegs as they do the mountains. rivers. lakes, streams and other obstacles.

Their work has been a prelimin-

ary search of the area for what- mg suppue.

ever it may contain. and has been largely along the river valleys and in the foothills.

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The uophyllclats find the mus- keg a constant obstacle. because their search requires the use of such equipment as Ieiamographa. gravitymeters and magnetomet- ers which they must take with them throughout the vast terri- tory they must explore to obtain secrets from the earth. They have to search all kinds of country nnd work continuously through most of the year.

It is. however. the oil drilling crews. who make sure that oil is or is not present. because "oil is where you find it." that find the muskegs their greatest obstacle. They know that the muskeg will completely stop their work for long periods. They use very heavy equipment and require immense quantities of supplies. which can be moved over the muskegap only in January and February each year. when the ground and the muskegs are frozen solid with temperatures that sometimes reach 55 degrees below zero F.

These oil men have cleared with bulldozers from the Peace River exploration district 40.000 miles of northern winter roads. that extend even beyond the hunters‘ and ’trappers' horizons. In this work. some time ago, a big tractor simply disappeared into a muskeg. These oil seekers are hardy, inventive men; they observed that the lack rabbit. with his light weight and large feet. can stand or travel on top of the muskeg. A man‘: weight. in comparison with the size of his feet. lets him down in _the muskeg unless he keeps movinK- They modified the army “wea- sels" that were designed for mov-

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The airplane and the llelicople are the most important means used to lessen the handicap caused by the muskeg in con. nection with the hunt for oil and minerals ni Canada’: Northland. Today the mail and supplies come to many camps. vertically fgom “'9 Sky. by helicopter. regularly on schedule. The airplanes by- pass the muskeg and great stretches of unknown areas that have not shown indications of be- ing of value, and take supplies and mail to air strips near bush clearings. Others. equipped with pontoons. land supplies on lakes and rivers in summer, or ski Cf-lUiPDed. land passengers and supplies on ice in winter.

The two-way radio. with con- trol towers at Peace River and at other points on the Gimshaw Highway. maintains communica- tion with working crews on I 24. hour basis. Every field group has a special, compact. 10-pound two- way radio set. The value of these

different services was demon- strated lalt summer, when a worker in an isolated area was

injured. His crew reported the accident to the Peace River con-

trol whn contacted the nearest helicopter. which pi up the injured man and t him to

Steen River. where they had I Beaver airplane waiting. so that in two hours from the time he was hurt, he was receiving treatment in a hospital in Peace River.

OTTAWA. (CP)—Chequa cash- ing in Canada, an indication of buslnem activity, rose up to $13.- 107,000.000 in March. a high for

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Ships anti nan? Join In Search

HALIFAX. (OP) continues today for I missing Royal Canadian Navy Aveiuer aircraft with four aboard that die- nppeared in the waters of south- ern Nova Scotla. Thursday.

Naval officials said that 18 ship: llong with navll and air toroc planes wen in the search area thii morning. Reports from the sure! lender, the destroyer Algonquin said visibility is good and the ocean calm.

The search will continue Sunday. if necessary. but waathpr 1-Qoru forecast rain and lowering visibility Sunday afternoon.

The Algonquin. along with the frigstes Lauzon. Toronto and Pres- tonian. was scheduled to arrive here Sunday completing a three- month cruise in West Indian wat- ers. Their arrival hu now been postponed “indetinltely."

Naval technicians are still exam- ining the contaminated fuel of the other five planes that were with the missing Avenger on the flight from Bermuda. to Summeraide. The planes were grounded Fridsy when sandy particles were found in one of the planes gas filters.

The four men aboard the Aven- ger WCTCZ

Sub-Lt. James D. Holden. 2'7, of Minncdosa, Mari; Sub-Lt. H. Jones, 24. of Regina; Sub-Lt John A. MacLeod. 32. of Ripley. 0nt._ and Petty Officer John Ill. white of summerside.

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