NOVEMBER 1. 1952 TIMELT NWE3 UN TOPI03

Silver Fox and

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Mink Farming I

A-NEWSY

By I. A. Clark, I).Sc.

TE! TENT CITY AT CARP

A despatch from Paris to Wo- men's Wear Daily states that the enforced absence of many French buyers from last month's auctions in London (owing to the import ban of February), and the report- ed increase' in the activities of German fur buyers, is seen as opening the way for three-corner- ed deals with the latter as inter- mediaries in an effort to keep the French market supplied with for- eign skins. According to a Paris trade report there may be at- tempts by German fur buyers to sell to French importers if they can get such shipments in under the termsof the existing Franco- Germsn trade treaty. Our com- ment is that the ban referred to has to a certain extent paralyzed the business of many of the lead- ing furriers of Paris and pressure will no doubt be brought on the French Government to promote the new arrangement.

An end of the season collection of dressed mutation mink was sold by Lampson, Fraser dz Huth's. New York, late last week with the trade reported as taking from 35 to '10 per cent of the goods offer- ed. Lampson's official report states ranch mink. 0,041, 54 per cent sold at a top of 825.50 for males and sis for females; dressed muta- tions, 45 per cent of Royal Pastel, light and medium light males sold at a top of 851.50: Stewart Pastel, light medium, females sold for 530.50: whites were 50 per cent sold at a 360 top for males and 528 for females; Plstinums were 52 per cent sold at a top of 340.50 for Breath of Spring males, light medium, and 006 for females, light medium. The sales room was in substantial agreement that levels were firm considering the late season merchandise offered. Strength of female ranch mink was attributed to the current de- mand for chokers and other small mink accessories.

Action to plug a "loophole" in the United States ban on imports of seven Russian furs is being considered by two fur trade asso- ciation. According to spokesmen for the American Fur Merchants Association and the Associated Fur

Merchants. the United states ban

on the seven furs does not speci- fically prohibit American importa- tion of garments made from these same Russian pelts if they are manufactured in other countries. Though the use of the "loophole" thus far has not imposed a seri- ous threat to American dealers and manufacturers it is within the realm of posslbfzity that it could become more serious. One manu- facturer reported that he was of- fered some marten scarfs made in Great Britain of Russian skins at 820 per skin, when the wholesale cost of comparable American-made Icarfs is 827.50 per akin.

United states Customs authori- ties with headquarters in Montreal stated that it is not possible to export from Canada to the United states legally, any Russian furs on the restricted list in any form. dressed or otherwise. so Canada could not be the country admit- ting these furs. '

Newfoundland has been included among the areas in which govern- ment bounti will be paid for harbor seals, the Fisheries Depart- ment has announced. The bounty in Newfoundland will be the same as those paid in the Maritime Provinces, no for the destruction of each adult and so for each pup. The Dominion Government began paying bounties on harbor seals following investigations by the Fisheries Research Board which

indicated these predators caused extensive damage to fisheries. The bounty is also paid in British Columbia.

According to Women's Wear Daily the black fox mui! fashion continues to expand proinotiohally with more stores getting on the band wagon and prices getting more competitive. Latest stores in New York to advertise the black fox accessories are Macy's and McCready's. Accessories with the muff as a pivot are featured by McCready's, mun with velvet bow is promoted at- 310.05, Barrell muff at V825. or course the black fox muffs are red fox dyed but they may be a help in promoting the wearing of other fox furs. We hope so.

The Alberta government reports the Provincial raw furs produc- tion for 1001-52 was valued at M,- 492.3"l6. They report 2,005,427 wild animals valued at 01,700,040 were trapped in Alberta during the year ending June 30th. In the year ending August Slat there were 152,232 ranch raised fur-bearing animals valued at 02,720,627.

Loman's Fur Farm. Spangler. Pa.. have made a specialty of raising white mink and here are a few tips given to readers of the National Fur News by that farm ....Many times we have been asked what the problems are when raising white mink. For nine months of the year they are han- dled exactly like any other type of mink but from September lst until pelting time they receive special attention. From September 1st until pelted our mink are placed in pens that are free oi rust. The nest boxes must be on the outside of the cage equipped with a bottom that can be drop- ped away from the wire bottom. A regular weekly inspection of nest boxes must be made and marsh hay added when needed. Under no circumstances should straw be used as bedding for peltcrs of any type as it will stain any mink yel- low. This is more noticeable on white mink and on the lighter types of Breath of spring. Bap- phire, Platinum and Pastels. If these simple precautions are taken white mink are no more difficult to raise than any other type of mink.

"We have been working with white mink for the past eight years and it has Just been the last two years that we have been able to produce a quantity. of them without producing a lot of trashy pelts that have no market value. Our present white mink have ell- minated this bad feature.-Now we produce an entire litter ofv white mink. We know definitely that

e most profitable way to pro-

uce our white types is to use good recessive white females as carriers and breed them to our blue-white males. This type fe- male is a good producer, easy to breed and they raise good, rugged kits. The kits produced from these matings are half blue-whitc and half recessive white. We did not have sufficient blue-white fe- males this past season to reach

their reproduction abilities. Our best litter from the eight females wintering was four kits. All indi- cations would lead us to believe that they are not going to pro- duco as well as recessive white females. The blue-white, pink- eyed males are excellent breeders. We sperm checked them almost daily during the breeding season and they all showed strong, vig- orous sperm. Ten males produced 00 litters this past season."

Calls Grain

Production

Bell-Wether Of Economy

roaorrro. Oct. at Trade Minister Howe Tuesday des-

cribed Canadian grain production

and sales as a "bell-wether" of the entire economy-land forecast that the value of grain crops this year may total morethan 31.300.000.000.

while the sales outlook is bright, he said in a speech prepared for delivery before the Junior Invest- ment Dealers' Association of Can- ada, problems are developing in the renewal of the four-year In- ternational wheat Agreement which ends July at next.

Canada, he said. will participate in negotiations to renew the pact "but we shall not be easily satis- fled.”

while renewal would be "good" for Canada and for the world gen- erally. Canada could get along without it and its renewal ”can by no means be taken for granted."

(Negotiations open in Washing- ton Jan. 12 next. Canada and other exporting countries of the (4- country pact are demanding higher prices. Currently, the agreement calls for a ceiling of 31.80 (U.S.) a bushel. basis, No. 1 Northern. and a floor of also a bushel this year and 31.20 next).

Mr. I-limb said he decided to Speak about grain to the invest- ment dealers because, whether they realised it or not, grain was one of the mainstays of the econ- vmy. ' . tstrong grain prices ,ars ssaociate rd with a high level of demand leiieraliy: rapidly declining prices have often been a forerunner of trouble. Certainly the rapid fall in grain bricas gave the 'tip-oIf' to ltgen great depression of the thirt-

He advised those with particular lnterut in the Canadian dollar to study Canada's exports of rain and flour " or the high level o de- mand fer aae products has un- doubtedly had much to do with the increased yalue that outsiders place on our currency.”

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but "it will be a long time," said Mr. l-lows. "before oil begins to rank with grain as a source of weal -if it ever does."

Va us of the 105). grain crop to Prairie farmers was about 01,500.- 000,000 and this year there likely would be a 20 or 22 per cent in- crease, bringing the value to 1,800.- 0o0,000 or more. Value of last year's prairie oil production was about 0l20.000,000 less than 1-12 the value of grain.

With Western wheat production this year reaching a peak of 651.- 000,000 bushels and with big crops of barley and oats assured, total output of the three gains would reach, about 1,300,000,000 bushels.

"It has been said that this year's crop comes close to being two crops in one. That is not far from the truth."

Even more spectacular was the actual removal of grain from the fields. with large quantities of last year's grain still on prairie fields in the spring of 1052. "it may be said without exaggeration" that prairie farmers took off the equivalent of nearly three crops .this year-the remainder of the 1051 crop, estim- ated at 200,000,000 bushels of grain. and a crop of nearly twice normal also grown in 1002.?

c.r.n. Earning?"

MONTREAL. Oct. 81- (CP) - Net earnings of 83,100,700 for Sep- tember were repor;ed Tuesday by Canadian Pacific. Railway Com- pany, compared with 31,018,001 for the corresponding month in 1001.

Gron earnings were 030,018,003 and.woi-king expenses 030,000,208. In September. 1001. gross earnings totalled 830,010,000 and working expenses 384,027,027.

INDIAN TROVI

FORT FRANOII, 0nt.-(0P)- A bulldcasr excavating for a base- ment unearthed several sllvcr or- naments and other Indian relics ban. The trinkets are believed to date from the 10th. century. A

any definite conclusions regarding photographs

Three years of planning and a few A of construction pro- duced a most remarkable Tent City. that new almost like a mush- room over night on the airfield at Carp. It would have been normauy within thirty minutes of the city of Ottawa; but due to traffic jams, on the second day of the Interna- tional Plowing Mafch, it took most visitors from an hour and a. half to two hours to drive from the Capital City. The higihways were filled from every direction, bum- per to bumper mwt of the way. as 37.000 people converged where two great highways intersect about two miles from the town or Carp. This trsffic Jam was caused largely by a challenge issued by Mayor Char- lotte Wihittori of Ottawa to all mayors and reeves of Ontario to compete in a ,' i ,;ig contest of their own. - Area and Equipment The tent city extended - over twenty-five acres. It had three main streets fifty feet wide and four traffic roads fifteen feet wide all 1,400 feet long, and also three cross streets, 780 feet long. one of these was a paved airstrip, 200 feet wide, and the other two were fifty feet wide. For this tent city there were waterworks, with miles of wa- ter pipe line and plumbing. It had hydro poles along the streets car- rying electric current at a cost of 25c per 100 watts of connected load. This lighted the city at night and operated unnumbered farm machines, equipment for cooking the food for thousands and print- ing bulletins giving the names and home addresses of contestants in each class to be plowed each day, with the number and location of the plot they were to plow. Each evening a complete prize list was printed of the winners for that day, and issued free. mud speakers were continually announcing events; these included: The official opening by Hon. Iss- lis Frost, Premier of Ontario, de- moristrations in rural fire fight- ing. the use of tree planting equip- ment. seed cleaning, spraying to ' disease and insects, and also to kill weeds, oxen plowing, old time thrashers, etc., in each case giving the location of the de- monstration and the time. There were on adjoining farms. pasture and forage plots. showing 24 plots of improved grasses and oiovers, also pasture and hay mixtures that had been sown' months earlier. The making of open ditches and a con- tinuous demonstration of machines ditching and laying tile iirains, bulldozers clearing and levelling land and digging a farm pond were also shown. The area used for these demon- strations and available for the plowing matches adjoined the ten- ted city and the Carp Airport. Most of the visitors' cars were park- ed on the airport, and their value was estimated at over fifteen mill- ion doliars. The large hanger west of the tent city was filled with ex- hibits f-rom Carleton County. There were five breeds of cattle, an ex- hibit of tunreys and many agric- ultural products. It also featured , maps and scale mod- els of Ottawa, "our National Cap- ital past, present and future", pre- pared dnd presented by the Na- tional Oapital Planning Committee. Many of these were quite large and complete in every detail. 'Attractlona There was erected near the Headquarters Building of the Tent City a very large marquee, furn- ishcd. as a "House of Friendship, where visitors could meet their friends and rest a while". All were assured of a warm elcome. Tea was served free of charge, every afternoon from one to four p. m. The Admission charge to all these and more was He and the parking charge for an autombiie right near the Tent City was also 25c. There was no form of gambling, raffle, or game of chance in the Tent City, parking areas, roads or anywhere under the control of the Ontario Plowmen's Association, which extended for miles along every road for the four days, of the International Plowing Match.

Farm Machinery

It is irnposaible to describe in the space available the gigantic display of new farm machines and the rrrrprovements that have been added to the older farm equipment. Mr. J, A. M. Cook, reporting for the Free Press Prairie Farmer wrote: "There must have been, about all). 000,000 worth of farm machinery, a yoke of oxen and a captive balloon performing last week around Carp Airport.

'Maybe 020 millions. hard to tell because this is the world's great- est plowing match isn't it Cer- tainly its our biggest mass spect- acle of farm machinery."

Every day thousands of farmers looked critically over these mach- ines and talked with the salesmen along the miles of this giant display of farm machinery. There was much that was new to .many of us and drew among others. we agric- ultural engineers interested in re- claimatlon projects in the Mari- times, to see heavy open ditching machines. Two new completely hydraulically equipped combines drew conside able attention, they were said to be capable of harvest- from 100 to 120 acres of grain each per day. They had been complet- ed -during. August 1052 .and were shown for the first time in Can- ada as havind the greatest capac- ity of any machine on the rket. The giant Class combine, made in rmany was also shown. .

0 and equipment shown in- cluded a tractor mower with a cap- acity of cutting five acres per hour; crop dryers, tractor driven,'icap- able of drying baled MY. hay on wagons. sacked grain. eie., were shown: It was claimed for one dryer that it would dry a load of loose hay in thirty minutes, or 100

bimicls of pain per hour. An hy-

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draulic baled hay loader that was attached to the side of a wagon trailer with power supplied by the tractor hauling it, automlcaily pick- ed up bales of hay from the field and placed them on a platform, second tier height, as fast as n operator could stow them on e wagon. Side Show

The only side show seen was an exhibit by the Rotary Club of Kemptville of giant hailstoncs that fell in their community on June 20. 1052, that shattered 369 panes of glass in motor cars and did great damage to property and crops. They had kept many or these large chumks of ice in a deep freeze, and some of them still were larger than baseballs. A sheet of metal roofing was shown with a triangu- lar hole in it made by the hall- stones, nine inches long on one side, and five inches along tthe other side. one of the attendants said he had seen hailsatones as large as his two fists together, but they had melted before they could be placed in the freezer. The writer saw an autombiie that had been out in the storm that had 126 dints in its body. These exhibits were shown in connection with sec- uring donatlons for the Kepmtvilie Rotary Crippled Children's Fund.

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Manitoba To Buy common Sliarec.0f Winnipeg Electric

WIINNIPHE, Oct..8ll-(OP)-The Manitoba Government will offer to buy common- shares of the Winnipeg Electric Company at about 536.50 each, financial circles

With 564.989 common shares to be purchased, the cash outlay for the company's hydro-electric as- sets would be about 520,200,000.

In addition, the government hopes to take over the bonded in- debtedness of the company--about 327,400,000-and some 55,000,000 worth of preferred stock, it was reported.

This would hrihif ihe total cost of the power assets to just over 553,000,000.

A3 Present. Common shares are being bid at 539.50. The difference between this amount and the 53650 which the province is re- ported offering apparently can be applied against the transit and gas utilities of the company. to- gcther with the value of its head office building.

Some financial circles said the additional 33 a share would be the extra value of the non-power as- sets of the company. The transit system, gas uiilily and head of- fice buiidlng likely will become

the main assets around which three new corporations will he established.

Purchase offers will be mailed to the 5,000-odd shareholders soon.

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THERE: WILL BE SOLD by Pub- lic Auction in front of the Court House in summerside in Prince County, on Friday the 21st day of November A. D. 1952 at the hour of TWELVE O'Ol.0OK NOON ALL THAT TRACI, PIECE OR. PARCEL OF LAND situate lying and being on l.ot or Township Number Two in Prince County aroresald. bound- ed and described as follows, that is to say:

Commencing on the south edge of the settlement road at the north- west angle of Farm Number 04. thence according to the Magnetic Meredian of the year 1704 south for the distance of sixty chains, thence east five chains and eighty-eight links, thence nornh sixty chains to the road IIOTBSILJ, and thence foi- iowing the course of the said road east five chains and elgty-eighty links in the place of commence- ment, oontaining THIR- TY-SIX acres and TWO mode of land a little more or less, being the east moiety of Farm Lot Number 80. ALSO all that other parcel of land situate, lying and being on Lot or Township Number Two a- foresaid, bounded and described as follows, that is to say: Commencing on the south side of the Dealois Road at the west boundary of twenty five acres or land occupied by Joseph L. Gallant, thence running south along Joseph L. Gallant's land for the distance of sixty chains or until it strikes the rear line of the Union Road farms, thence west. along said rear iine for the distance of eight chains and thirty four links or until it strikes the eastern boundary of land occupied by John Boudrat, thence north along said John Borudrat's cast line for the dis- tance of sixty chains to the De- Blois Road, thence along the said DeBlois Road to the place of com- mencement, containing FIFTY and ONE-THIRD acres of land a little more or less.