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of the fox industry by publishing bulletins, pamphlets, etc., detailing the results of nutritional experi- ments, and by solving through fur
THE. Qfl-‘iil-oTTll-‘QEYIEL ouosvwi i
if Established _ On A Ranching “sis In ,8 PrOUInCe periodicals enquiries originating
I e Industry Now Flourishes In ""“°“°“' , any Parts Of The World.
Dy GEORGE A. CALLBECK "umnt Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders Association.
Ilasque Fishermen
the difficulties of
Fox Shows
Canadian fox _
A further, and also a very im- portant, benefit to the industry re- sults from the establishment o! fox shows in important centres. These shows when operated in accordance with regulations, are an incentive to the breeding of high class ani- mals. A spectator on his first visit tiring tlic {vast four liuiidrcd ycars, furs from tilt: Czinutliziii i0 0M 0f W080 800W would be have been transported to European countries to grace court ad“, m furnish emblems for judicial rank and to supply . embellishments for Dame Fashion's apparel.
surprised to see tables of upwards of forty foxes in many classes—a.nd all, 0r nearly all, foxes of quality- and he would likewise pLTCeiVC that the work of the judge in assigning just relative positions to the best
PAGE FIITEEW
ADA jgMfMlLLlON-A CRE FARM”
in
Where VirginForests Grew in Cartier’s Time
DOMINION EXPER
rorinrc of NovawScotio. and relieved them of their pcltrics.
Cartier Gets Furs
that on the occasion of his i; here, in 1534, the Indians ‘so delighted with gaudy-and ,. novcL-artlcles of small miit they gladly accepted g from Cartier in exchange 5 which were of considerable . ,0 that, even disregarding toiles of the Basque fisher- rcntlczvous with Indians, we assert that Canada's export 1n furs originated at least hundred years ltgo.
portant step had been made in satisfying the world's biondcning
been proven profitably feasible, the Canadian Breeders‘ A5S’C‘lilll0I1 was estab- lished, in 19f.‘ establish pedzgrres as a guide to future breeding, to wged nut; rmde. sirables with a view to stock im- provcment, mid to adv "t safeguard thc industry in r
9y to the primitive Indian no intrinsic value, and hence . posal of his furs continued y years to be a transaction » barter in which the trap- miiicouelnted with values, was
_by fur traders who took ad- e of the savage, ignorant of relive values, and thus profit- ‘ continued. though on a dim-
fven before Cartier’s arrival on our shores, Basque fisher- had yenrlPZVOllS with the Indians on the coasts of what is now
a
lng ages.
Silver Fox King
The "Silver Fox" has long been
"King" among American furs, and when its breding in captivity be- came an achievement, largely through the astute determination of the late Sir Charles Dalton, an 1m- demand for Silver Fox Furs. National Association Established Fox breeding in captivity having Notional Silver Fox
to identify foxes,
Experimental Farm
The Dominion Experimental Fox
five or six of those is a matter of acquaintance with fox values in various details.
Iniciirfng Purchasers
Opportunity is afforded intending purchasers of getting an insight Lnto the points of fox value, and as there are alivays exhibitors at those shows who have foxes for-sale, such intending purchasers have the of- ficial decisions of the judge to guide them in their choice of such pedi- greed animals. Compare this with a. haphazard choice of foxes where an owner may unload upon an un- discerning IJlIYClIllSOI‘ mediocre, or evcii pour, stuff ivitli or without i1 guiding: DOGIQTPQ. The good fox with n rclitible pedigree is worth. for herd use, considerably more than its pelt value, while the purchase of an inferior animal is a step in the wrong direction. '
Marketing Furs
The successful marketing of the furs is the grand finality, and the Association has given this phase of the buslncss its best consideration. The producers were for centuries the victims of kccn and sometimes unscrupulous dealers. The Assoc-
iation realizlng that ranchers were
Association.
is strictly
~fltloliopeiiating "t
until resignation or expulsion as; Lin“ WM‘ i‘ 1mg“ Volume "f eggs t" provided for 1n the By Laws of the glad" ‘md
‘ ll - flfi
No Cszlltzlllshggezpleiravevhecn is- tlfnate‘ mdaied’ m securing lhefer‘ sued nor at any time have stock "00s 0f ML George W- Lelgmlur» shares been sold; the organization a-mm‘ WM‘ 5"<'“"5 9f Practical 9X‘ co-opcratlve broadest sense. ., _ When the Central Grading Plant mud throughou" Canada a5 a" 11"‘ was established in 1915, the Pro-f F d _
vlnclal Government gave a guaran-I e "91 Government instituted egg tee of credit in the amount of Fif-l . _ V teen Thoiiszintl Dollars r$l;’i.000.0-')i[ 1L o"? mmdmd PE" ccm- believing to the Brink of Montreal. Aftci- that H _ _ time the financing has been done futile?” Chlsslficatlm‘ of prwucw by surety in the form of Collateral n ° {ecognlzed gradfas’ °r stalldards’ Notes, ‘umjshed the Head 0mm by Classification establishes confidence Circles, on the basis of a stated between buyer and "n"- 195M171“- sum per member.
Reserve Capital Built l‘p So successful is the Association "Y- It i8 a regrettable foot that that no member has ever been ask- molly producers and dealers look ed to pay a dollar to cover notes with indifference-sometimes with given. Through the years, a Reserve Contempt-upon the egg grading Capital has been built up, this now regulations. amounting to approximately Thirty Thousand Dollars 630000.00», and Grading regulation and the high is invested in the
, Cliarlottetownh
most interesting exhibition of NEW COATS NEW SUITS
Welcome to the visitors to
tlie Jacques Cartier anniver- Billiv-lfiii-L-liltlrl.
g scale, throughout succeed- Farm also works for the betterment not’ gemng adequate returns for
ithclr furs established a Marketing pendable pedigree. The drop
Department to prepare and dispose |of shippers’ furs by consignment Auction Sales
through reliable
scrvc prices am offered on subse- the Dominion. qucnt sales, so thrit a good percent-
agc is disposed of at each sale at prices not beneath a reasonable re- serve. In addition to the sales at the regular auctions, many hundred of skins, that have passed through at least one auction, are each year sold by private sale in which the reserve price is also strictly ob-
served. Sales Centres
treal, Paris and Bus-nos Ayres.
Trade Demands
a
otherwise valuable short-barred silver, which is rt‘- fcrrcd to by the trade as a “pcp- pery skin". is not in popular de- mand either as a scarf or for trim- ming purposes.
Resultant Improvement
Just as we might expect. as a re- sult of world-wide financial string- ency, there was a decided drop in the sales of live foxes, but this branch of the business is again looming tip. It is believed that
their ivill nlivtiys be sale for live
London is the World's gffliiif .1 fur centre. and its Sales Houses dis- pose of the bulk of Canada's furs, but quantities are also sold tn Mon-
Thc market's dciiiaiid is for largo, heavily-tuned skills of pronounced blueblack and shimmering clear silver colours. Dullness of colour detracts strongly from the value of peltry. The
, such important guides to rnnchcrs,
Sliver Fox Leading
The Canadian Silver Fox Indus- try is a very healthy and promising youngster. Growing from its cradle in Prince Edward Island it has spread to, and so flourished in, other provinces of the Dominion, attained and that 1t ls plain to be seen that no obtained“ one province has a monopoly of raising good foxes. The industry has bomc the brunt of the years of depression now vanishing better than almost any other material liiic I of human endeavor. Pelt prices held kemd 12,793,544 dozens o! eggs re_ 0g those, once enemms, have met g9 tolerably well, while other products ’ of the farm went begging for buy- crs, and were little better than
drugs on the market.
Prince Edward Island Prominent
vliiccs and countries whore they and their progeny have done crcdit to their Island ancestors by topping the prize lists at the blg shows. It contains the Dominion Experimen- tal Fox Farm whose breeding and nutritional experiments have been
and likewise the Headquarters of the Cnnadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ Association whose good services in improving Canadian fox herds and marketing ranchers’ and trappcrs‘ furs are so gciicrallv known as to require no commen- (lotions,
44 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND “BLACK BEAUTY"
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i 1-‘ .\'| ~' h _ 1h g . ir qualities for ivlilch Prince Edwin-d Island foxes are “'~'-"-»-T““r"i2“.3i.;'fi"..‘$..ilf; i:::.....:.i-'fr.".. m»... m w. m Em.» - m» obhlncl hen. n» mum Province sun leuh in qulltr Mid P" "P"- whet"!-
stock of suitable quality and de-
livc snlcs, though undesired, was far from being ii calamity, as it had the subsection; effect of improving Houses with whom it has specific herd quality. Poor and medium Articles of Agreement whereby the Department's lottlng and reserve retained with a resultant general pricing are honoured in full. Skim improvemeiiv-cspccially in reels- that do not reach the assigned rc-
foxes have been pelted and the best
tcrcd ranches-iii every province of
Prince Edward Island, it may be remarked, blazed the way into suc- cessful fox ranching, and exported thousands of foxes to other pro-
operate the business. ;;~ The establishing of o c°ntral sta-
mtirket, demanded ii Manager with experience and abil- ity. The Association was very for-
ms pcriciicc in hzindllng eggs and poul- try. He has for years been recog-
thority on eggs. When in 1919 the grading standards, he was back of
iut true mcrcliziiidislng requires a
lates the production of first quality Products mid increases value to all legitimately engaged in the lndiis-
A strict. adherence to the Egg
standard of business ethics prac- ticed by the Manager during his nineteen years of service, has been a deciding factor in the progress in and sitccess of the Association.
It is not volume alone that has bccii the objective of the Manage- inciit, but the marketing of a bet- ter egg. In this feature the Assoc- iation has been the medium of ad- vancing Prince Edward Island eggs
warehouses at Charlottetown, equip- ment» and supplies necessary to
organization would not be complete without due credit and hearty rec- ognition being given to the hun- dreds of members who have stood by it from the beginning. Many of them have retained membership since the time of the formation of the early egg Circles. Their loyalty to the principles of Co-operetion has made it possible for the Man- agement to carry on thus far.
CabotandCartier
1498- 1534
Who dared the Atlantic's dark, un- chartered zone.
To claim possession oi u Western world
rival throne.
Leaving familiar shores and trav- ersed seas,
Your questing prows turned toward the setting sun:
Adown the slope of ocean's purple haze
You steered your course, where never men had gone.
No chart to guide; no heartening
beam of light,
Cleaving the darkness from a threatening coast;
No pilot's hand to guide past treacherous reef.
And, on the wooded shore, no friendly host.
What did you find? No royal treasure house, "
from being one of the poorest mar- keted previous to i912, until now they are iii such demand that the “Cooperative” is rarely in a position to accept all the business offered 1t,
The Progress of Cooperative Mar- keting of poultry products has not been spectacular in uiiy sense of the
pursued, steady growth has becn
A Busy Ycar
included, the Association has map turning to members an average tion to eggs, the Association mark-
tind dressed poultry during this some period. When one considers
also the fact that less than fifty
No store of glittering gems. no Golden Fleece.
But a new land wherein men learn- ed at length
To bury ancient feuds and live at
PQBKJG.
Could you, bold mariners, forsee a da
_ _ Y. “Wd- A dvfillltfl‘ 5M0 Dolley has been when men would recognize each
others worth?
satisfactory results when Elnglandhs rose and France's
fleur de lls
Would flourish in the Garden of
the North '.»‘
During thc year's 19234933 bum Four centuries have passed and 1o.
the sons
Pa)’
pflcg 0g 231333 a dozen. In “up Honour to youLGreat Captains. for
your worth;
eicrl over a million pounds of live we ha“ You- Camh and Ymi- Car‘
tier. ~11. S. Giinii
the area. of Prince Edward Island, Moncwm N3‘
August 24th, 1934.
Farm
ian Agricultura
(By ,1, w_ Boulter, Manager of the Prince Edward Island Potato Grow- ers‘ Association)
The development of the greatest co-operatlve industry, possibly, in the Maritlmes, dates from the sum- mer of 19%, when a small number of men gathered at the Board of Trade Rooms. Charlottetown, to consider some means of lmlirovin!
Intrepid sailors from an older world,
For Britain's King and France's
sociation became realized. The As- sociation began its work immediate-
[Ari Adventure
i In Cooperative Industry,
Developement Of Prince Edward Is-h land Potato Growers Association An Interesting Chapter In Canad-
l History.
and more and more farmers became interested in the Bwwlng of potat- oes that would certify for and. With the success which attended the growth of the Amciation, was the very close oo-operation of the Federal Division of Botany, through their Branch in Charlottetown. Th0 principal factor in this connection was the service performed by 1B. S. G. Pepptn, who has continued
the Potato indlfiify i“ Prim“? m‘ since before the organization of the
irard Island. This group of interest- P_E_I_ Potato Growers’ Association,
ed farmers did not. have anything
as Chief inspector for Seed Certi-
very definite in mlnd- They felt fication. Mir. Peppin and the Seo- that if some orsonizetlon W“ It rotary of the Association n“. mid Work. the iii-I'm"! 601116 be eduwwd hunderdg of meetings throughout to grow other varieties than the the pm\m°9' and flu-Qugh m." Dakota. Red, and chenagos or meetings the fapyngfg lgamgdmgny Biues. which were the common vef- things helpful w them in matter:
ieties grown at that time. of
disease, marketing, grading,
Consequently, the Prince Edward spraying, rel-tuning, seed Lreggmgnfl Island Potato Growers’ Association and other phases 0g the work
was organized with the objects to
A: the acreage increased. it Wll
improve the potato industry, stand- necessary to 100k for large,- mark- ardize the grades, assist in market- 9,5’ and from the small seed mark- lflg- eltldiciie and Cmimfl fungus etlng centre of Long Island in 1920 and insect diseases, encourage pro- and 1921, the Assocmion h,” grad-
per cultural practices, give special “any expanded.
until today ill
attention to seed improvement, and scope 1nciude5 the “m” gggfgfn
other worthy objects. What this
coast of the United states, ports in "m? Pmvlnce i’! the Gulf of Mexico, as well as Cuba,
Prince Edward Island owes to the and other Centre,‘ And a; gm- we” foresight of these men can never m northern U_5_ as the Dakota,
be estimated. It ls a far cry from the potato industry of 1920 to that of today.
_ Early Activities
Gradually, the objects of the As-
The Yeam Between Fmm u, small beginning the vol-
ume of business increased. From the crop of 1921 the Association did l. total business of $78,034.00. From the crop of 1922, or for the yea:
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would produce the greatest yield per
these prizes was generously donat-
vlsit the Province, attracted here onstratlons carried on in their own
Murphy, Plant Pathologist, lottetown. so satisfied were the vis- itors with the appearance of our c few acres of which were grown at that time, that it was not dlflicult to make a sale at very fancy prices of all the seed available; and at the first annual a meeting, held on January 2'7, 1921. the statement submrted by the Sec- g retary showed a small balance of the $6265- So enwlltased W"? ti"? fertilizers, it has distributed 150.000 tons at s. value of $4,000,000. The saving effected W55 enjoyed not only by its members. but by all users o! fertilizer. as competitors had to ro- duce their prices in keeping with those of tho Association.
members, that it was resolved to incorporate the Association. This was done by Act during the follow- ing session of the Legislature.
ending in the spring of 1993. the
ly. Members were first secured by tom} volume o; bum,” “mount”; offering cash prizes to those who to 522119330. 11,18 w” not a very
acre of marketable potatoes of the
profitable year for growers of po- . tatoes, as the highest price receiv-
‘Vhm? VaYiCW- The mimey i0 pay ed for seed was 70c a bushel, while
the Province. Simultaneously, growers from Long Island, New York, began to
tablestook sold very low. The tote‘: ed by the merchants throughout bushq], bandied h, the y,“ w“ 203,613.
In the spring of 1922 the Associa-
tion derided to handle for its mem-
by the very fine results from dem- bers fertilizer. spray materials and
Green Mountains,
Increasing Development
insecticides. This was a very prof- , State, through the efforts of Paul itable move, which resulted in re- Cher- ducing the price to the farmers, and encouraged the use of chemi-
al fertilizers. That spring 1600
tons of fertilizer, l2 tons arsenate of lime and 48 tons copper sulphate were handled.
The reduction in price effected n estimated saving of $50,000 on
the previous year's costs to the
rowers. In the twelve years since Association began handling
The high prices received for seed gave an impetus to the industry.
per cent. of the producers are mem- bers of the Association, it is quite evident that the Co-opcrzitive Egg and Poultry Association in this Province is rendering rcal service to the Community as a whole.
An outline of the h tory of this
A155...
(By J. Franklin Baker)
Whcn hardy mariners came o'er In cnrly days, from France's shore; Thcy found a bay both long and wide,
With virgin lends on every side.
And in the centre of the sea,
A floating garden seemed to be. Hail! folr Abcgivcit of the West. Siiicc nature's dawn, yet still at rest.
In sylvan plumage grand arrayed. The "White mans" absence it be- trdvcd;
Its bcnrlitis low. its high sand dllliCr; Spoke waves and winds of many "moons?
The wild fruits on its glades were 800d; . Its writers teemcd with living food; While those, ln quest of food or foe, The dark haired Micmtic drcw his bow.
No nymphs or nniarls there were seen,
As on Cnlypsos mystic green; But suited morn to modern need, A goodly land it seemed indeed.
"Adieu fair land"! the sailors cried, " ‘Tls not for us to here abide;
For many nations o'er the see,
Must learn of thy fertllitil”
Hcnct‘. came the peaceful white man thcrc,
Not efen to chaise the deer or bear; But. toll and sweat from day to day, To fish. to plant, to cure the hey,
The "reel" man's peace. with trink-
ets, beads, He. gained, his love, by kindly deeds;
Aiid to his early teaching, true.
(Continued on Page 16)
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Tflllkht him the Christian "Manl- tau."
PR o WSE BR 0s. . . WEL COMES
The Visitors From France On The Occasion Of The
Four Hundreth Anniversary‘ Of The Voyage Of
JA co UES CARTIER‘
To The
GARDEN OF THE GULF
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