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Silver Fox Farming '

Felting of foxes is general all

.over the Province. Most everyone

tartcd early last week and have en hard at it ever since. The

1.‘ pelts are possibly not as far along

us last year because 0f there be-

“ngnlng less cold weather this season.

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pend prime or very nearly so. These who have looked over the Jsiund ranches are of the opinion vthat the total number" of pelts taken otf will not exceed 16.000. uauite a cut from 1937 when up- Wards of 00.000 pelts were taken

the lookout ‘for new litales and fenialm and but for the rcccnt storm a BT33"? ‘number of sales would have tak- 5n place. A; we mentioned last week, silvers have the Call. Nu! lll years have we noticed so many in- quiries for good silver males and| cod silvcr female-u and these who ave such kind cf stock on hand] are not \\‘.'1l1ll1’l.'! for customers.-

._White faced mules and platinum

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males are also being sold freely, some of them going to parties in

.:Nova Scotia where the fox business

"is expanding clusl

.r:ibly in some ' localities, notably ivliere there ls n supply of horse meat or fish.

Fox Pelt buyers have made their appearance which is a good sign, shoiving that the market is in a ' Messrs. Kauf- man and Maurice are doing bus- and Wcissler at Charlottetown. The of ranches and purchased many foxes alive for pelting. W. R. Jen- kins and J. D. Jenkins, {teal buy- ers, are also in the market for fox .nd other pelts.

Thomas D. Carruthers. Secret- ver Flex Breeders‘ Association,‘ Summcrside, has just returned, irc-u an inspection trip through " where he reports everybody op lmlstic over the prowccts for a good silver fox season. He attended the Manitoba

r Breeders‘ Association show at Daimhin. November l0-ll~l2 and

s they had a very fine exhibit

..il types of silvers and platin-

had a. talk with W. O. Dory:- i.~. President of ti» Manitoba fur Breeders’ Association. and lylnnritrsi" of the Hudson's Bay Company rniich at Bird's Hill. nnd Mr. Douglas wished to be remem- bcrwi to the many friends he made here. Mr. Carruthers states that Bird's Hill ranch is carrying ri large number of standard sil- iers. platinum silvers, white mar- ked silvers. fisher, marten and aluxcst two thousand very fine mink. so it can be gen that Mr. Douglas has profited very much by the two years he spent in fur farming at the McLurc 8c Mac- Klnnon Silver Pot Companyb "ranch ncor Charlottetown.

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G Su-rzcr, sales manager) Bziilnrds Animal Foods. Ltd, Toronto, was here early this week and sold several cars of horsr merit to local ranchers and

“wholesalers. Althoiith not widely]

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Our Charlottetown Receiving Station for this

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lmoutir here. Dr. Bnllorcis ‘Food is considered ‘a bc the host llroriuct in tir-

Dog‘ very: Dominion and] _, ‘dog fanciers.‘ glyoidvubi» the fox meat processed

s flrm__yv_ill_13e of coed qual-

ity or they would not be handling it. Mr. Swilzer ls a young man of very pleasing personality and he made a fine impression on all who met him.

Gordon MacMillun, Cornwall. has had some very WHIP“!!! 0f!- ers for his Grand Champion sll- ver male fox oi’ the Prince Ed- ward Island show. Some of these offers have been from local part-

les but the real heavy time: have n, “m,

come from the beat breeders in Ontario, where they are anxious to acquire MacMillan stock. Oth- er ranchers who had good exhibits at the local show have also re- ceived offers not only for silvers but, also for platinums. so it can be seen that our silver foxes still command the attention of these who know quality.

Last week we mentioned the fact that the Department of Agri- "rlturc of this Province was .se‘f- in? up one or more stations where the services of stud silver fox males could be secured by breed- ers who wanted to improve the nuality of the animals on their ranches. Since that H119 “Ye have heard many expressions of appro- val of this more. which is a real forward one. and we ho?» will be followed up next year by the ac- nllivlr"! pf nllw- H"‘B". n: fcwp: fiflfi will be extends-i to good si!"‘s hnl-Jyiq can.‘ qhcnp “d svv-inm Premier J. Walter Jone: realize-z throuvh his own successful ex- perience in msrketinz high clnss zinirrirls. the value of the best sir- es in p herd and the policv vrhich is now heinr! tried out is 3'1 effort '0 rli=‘rilrut= tlri~ "snort-Hit" sire imprmlcment to others not so for- tunately situated as our leading ranchers are.

In this column a few weeks alzo we had an article by Dr. C. K. Gunn on the selection of foxes. which is perhaps one of the incst important things we can think of a-t this season of the year. For the benefit of ourselves as well as others we would like to refer to the matter again and to point out how really important it is to pick the very best pups and retain than as breeding stock- Do not keep short - furred foxes; do not keep dull foxes and do not keep foxes out of small litters unless there is good reason for it. as the experience of most successful breeders is that the tendency to produce small lit-tars runs in fe- males and that those from large litters, providing they are well developed, are much more liable to give good sized litters than otherwise.

‘lery soon now foxes should be put out in the open, or at least, where they can get more sunlight than is afforded by the sheds. It is a fact which science has proven that sunlight is a factor in the breeding plan. Last season for one reason or another we were late in getting our foxes out into the open pens and we found our ‘matings were later than usual. This season we are stepping things up so as to get males and females out where they can get the revs of Old Sol and scurry around with luflre freedcm so as to be ready T01‘ m-"lilllil and producing litters in March and April. .

Feed your foxes well. That is a necessary accompaniment to good

The strong and upward trend of the Fur Market

is your assurance of a good

Market for 1943 and 1944.

The demand for furs of every description far exceeds

the supply.

Fur Traders and Ranchers who have sold out early last year have lost as much as 100 per cent.

Eight years of successful selling and marketing

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aw furs by our organization speaks for itself.

We solicit all or a portion of your coming years production. Our terms remain the same.

Liberal cash advances up to 60 per cent if required

‘on consignments. We hav

e cold storage facilities,

. cleaning and storing free of charge. We pay express charges. Shipping bags and tags supplied upon re-

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PRIVATE SALES MADE DAILY

MARITIME FUR PO0L LTD.

ll Archibald Street

MONCTON, N. B.

F. ll. McLAlllE, Local Representative

season will be under the Bowness & Sutherland,

130 Kent Street. This Station is now open and

the management will be

pelts and issue official receipts for same.

Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ Association

Summerside

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management of Messrs. Massey-Harris Bldg”

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all lass of vxw brmeriinifna llrfltlw: w some s’ the Amphibia, The word indicate! a group between the ilshes Bug the reptiles, and 1011mm“ m" 1 members are ca able of ilvink but-h on land and in 11B water Scientists have further divided this class 0f animal; int/o four Orders. as fol-l

ws.

_ T; ch stoma: lngnthgrdSai-rensl, gel-like creatures no found in Canada.

i i2). Order Protclda, with extern- persisting thi-ou h life. There is a member of l-h Old"- the Mud-puppy (Nwlllflll 111ml“ sill). found in central Canada. (3). Order Urodela. tnc ordinary Salamanders (which we erroneous- ly call Wizards“) common throuflh- out Canada.

I 14) Order snlientiii. the Pros: land Toads: also common t0 B11 Canada.

Our Amphi-bia are confined t0 the last two Orders.

Not much has been written locally about our Ifi-cgs. Toads. and .Salarnnndcrs: in tact a search ‘made some years ago. brought w light onlv a short chapter in Han- cis Bath's ‘excellent little work "The Natural History cf P111109 Edward Island" 11890»; and a 1181 by Dr. Philip Cox of the University of New Brunswick, who made a systematic study of our Salient: while holidaying on the Island 1n 1899. with these at nand the writer. in*the_l/€8l‘_1920.

breeding resulis. Stintinfl feed and poor iced \vill not give sails- facrory results and is the 000K651? kind cf economy. Prmpects are now bri P. for better future mar- kets, made so probably by the divizsification of types which will give n new impetus to buying. l.e- cause ladies have not only 511V" fox w look to but white marked silvers. platinum sill/BIS. find Pllt‘ inums. Yes, the dark 0101108 d" wear a silver lung which we sin- cerely hope wl.. be shared b!’ 115 . i.

i A few tips on pelting Pei-ts should be scraped free of all sur- plus grease. The right sized boards should be used and pelts must no; b6 forced on boards and over- stretched as this gives the fur a ilveak appearance and depreciates its value. See that the centre back of pelts runs straight down the centre cf the board. Paws should be opened and strrtched out. Tails must be ooencd "ll the way and all Eheasc removed.

DRY PELTS THOROUGHLY —- When pelts are about three qua!‘- ters dry they may be taken off boards, turned fur out and left hanging until fully dried. Do not ship skins unless thoroughly dry- lf pelts are kept too cold or froz- en they will sweat upon warming and are apt to decompose. Pelts should be maintained at an aver- age temperature of 80 degrees af- ter they are put on the drying boards. If any holes are made in the leather they should be sewed up at once. If the leather is stiff soften it with a. damp cloth before sewing.

TURNING 111E FELT — After the fat is well scraped off clean all the grease remaining by rub- bing the leather side of the pelt in clean hardwood sawdust. Clean

around the rump especially. After the leather side is cleaned free of fat. and tisue and dried as des- cribed above, turn the skin fur side out by shoving the nose down into the mouth and put in on the stretcher fur side out. for a day or more. depending-upon the weather. Never dry pelts near a. heater, radiator or stove, they will make the leather brittle and the akin will be easily turned and damaged in handling.

HOW TO CLEAN - When the ,skin is dried remove it from the stretcher and rub clean hardwood "sawdust lightly into the fur to remove grease and dirt. Do not at- tempt to thoroughly clean the fur by the use of sawdust as drum- ming properly done is a much better method. when the grease has been cleaned off Shake and brush out the sawdust and hang the skin up by the nose, each skin separately. Never permit raw green fur skins to lie in piles as they will heat and soon taint and spoil.

An amendment has been made to the fur grading regulations which now provides that all standard silver (including Alaskan? while marked silver. platinum. platinum silver and pearl platin- rm fox pelts be graded before be- ing offered for sale at any auc- tion house in accordance with the rzcvernment regulations. So as to eliminate any undue delay in gett- ling pelts graded in Montreal we 'would suwzest all large producers

who usually ship direct to the auc-

tion sales. to have their graded by the government grader Ilpcatcd in the province. By doing ,this they will offset any hold-up of pelts from going on the inten- ded sales date. Dcuplas Bell. Car- leton. is the official grader for Prince Edward Island.

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NOTES -

belln to toads. an encountered;

now tabulated in

names of the species.

pula: names vary from

1y to mother and hence

are quite unreliable. ft is unfor

unate. however, that yqsteuiatiiltnl

"twlllh love of chanzi. or perhaps

because of an egotistic streak. have

re-christened several species: so

that the student is obliged to learn the synonym also.

Francis sun's works have long been out of print, the writer feels that his description of our Amphibia will illustrate the kindly way in which he wrote cf these humble creatures. "The common Toad" he writes "and several spec- ‘ies of Frogs are abundant on the. Island. The poor toad is a useful. thcugh a repulsive animal. devour- lug large numbers of insects, which 1t CflPtll-Ws with its extensible ton- gue. Gzcen and bronze-colored Frflgs are found in damp grass fields. The Tree Toads make the flooded swam s ring with their shrill piping n the still air of balmy sprluz nlchis. ‘The wflflfl FWK: that associate with them in the ponds, make a hoarse. grunt- ing noise. One species of Tree Toad climbs into the branches of trees. in late summer, and ncundgl its call from thence like a bird. l

"Two or three species of Sela-i murders inhabit damp places the‘ most stmmcn being the iittle.l lizard-like animal which Ls foundl under stones and stumps,"

(To Be Continued).

lIlIh Standard of Living

In an article in the "American Mercury" a writer states that be fore the war Irish Moss was im- ported from Europe at a cost of z or 3 cents per 1b.; and that now bought (in America) cents Der lb. Another periodical says that in Etlyt (where much cotton is grown) he ordinary pa; of the laborer ls 30 cents per diam, My theory is that the nation with gezhixh standard at living" has ii

ause some other nation, some- where ln the world, has a low standard. We have improved upon the Feudal System to this extent: nowadays. in theory u: least, we do not permit an overlcrd to live well bv ellblflifllli; the masses under his rule; but we spread the bene- fit out over the whole nation by exploiting the natives of some other country in g legal. com- me al way.

Odds and Ends

Thomas A. Edison was s great man and wonderful inventor, but' did not invent the electric light as most people believe. A writer in a merit issue of the American Journal of Pharmacy corrects the Prevailing impression when he

ates that an Einglishman named Sir Joseph Swan produced an in- caindescent lamp in i860, "nln teen years before Edison", A foot-

the Swan Mazda is still produced and sold in Britain. These facts were well known in Newcastle on Tyne. where Sir Joseph had his W! f°r mflkim; the lamps. The inventor was a. partner in the great firm of Mawson. Swan and Morgan, which specialized in scientific instruments and chemie. als. Their shop (store) in Mosley Street was lighted by eleetricit .- tl-ie first so lighted in Newcast e- befom Edison wok out the patent for his lamp. A local poetaster

S8118! "So here's tie Swan, wor canny 8h’

m . His ‘lectric leet is fine, cor, ‘Phat burns away an‘ rivals day In honor cv wor Tyne. cor."-

Whlt happened in this case (I think! was that Edison substituted n wire filament for the carbon filament in Swan's lamp. thus pro. longing liflht of the bulb. Swan also pion- cered extensively in pllcitogra hy, an art then in its infancy; nntfhls “sensitized plate-i." produced in his Newcastle factory were well and favorably known in England, and Perhaps in all Einglish-spcgklng countries.

Ml! fill deaf-hf: cc?-

° in the prices paid for calves, hols

7 pricfls .

‘$11.50. and to 08.75

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_ week ended November note in the mflizazine "Time" says 71

the life and improving the $9 50

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fit’: &“m"fliJif' ""“' . v,,,,,,,,""""' "W" ""‘ NITRATE or SODM-l; not available. In _place about half the quantity of Ammonium Nitrate.

SULPHATE or AMMONIA: -Our supply is limited. Substi. tute Ammonium Nitrate and/or Cyanamid, when nos. aible. Deliveries of Sulphate or Ammonia for home mix. lng cannot be made until Spring. ' ‘

AMMONIUM NITRATE: - A8 received by uswthis is a white free flowing material containing from 32% to 34% Nitro. gen, half of which is in a form similar to that found in Nitrate of Soda, the other half to Sulphate of Ammonia. It i; packed in paper bags and absorbs moisture when exposed to the air. To maintain its free flowing quality the bags should not be left open. for any length of time. We recommend this for direct application and, to a limited extent, for use in home mixing, we can supply freely only orders placed with us early.

CYANAMlD:—This is a black material containing from 20% to 22% Nitrogen. it can be used for direct application, and in limited quantities for home mixing. We can supply freely only orders placed with us early.

SUPERPHOSPHATE: — We are sellimv a verv free flowing grade containing a minimum of 20% Available Phns. phcric Acid- We believe our supply to be ample, never. theless, order early.

MURIATE OF POTASH: —Supplies are definitely SHORT. Until we can. purchase further, we cannot sell, anyone more than 70% of th Potash content of his 1942/3 pur- chases. . The Fertilizer Administrator has instructed that deliveries of Potash are to be made only on orders eluding quantities o.f Nitrogen carriers and Superohos- phate suitable for mixing any of the mixtures recom- mended for use during the 1943/44 Season. Deliveries of Potash for home mixing cannot be made until Spring.

MIXED 4-12-6:—This is ‘the only 1943 mixed fertilizer that we are permitted to make this year. Sometimes used on Potatoes. The quantity of complete fertilizer; that we can sell being controlled by the Potash content, we can supply 4-12-6 or 5-10-10 in the proportion of 3,300 ~bs. of the former to 2,000 lbs. of the latter.

MIXED 5-10-10:- This contains 25% more Nitrogen and Phosphoric Acid and the same amount of Potash as the popular 4-8-10, (now disallowed). It contains 25% more of all plant foods than 4-8-8, and saves the farmer at current prices $2.62l/ per ton plus the saving in freight and handling. In ot2her words 400 lbs. of 5-10-10 con- tainthe same amount 0f plant food as 500 lbs‘. 4-8-8. We recommend that 400 lbs. of 5-10-10 be used where 500 lbs- of 4-8-10 would b9 used if it were available.

OTHER MIXED FERTILIZER-Early In the New You we will add 0o all! Ill! mixture!

for grain. ‘ ha! In! ‘ ', -

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l b and sheep. These es wggelgood sellers at steady to firn‘

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A carryover of I400 cattle fro: lint week. plu| the current week‘: suply. was fairly well cleared at

.witn prices firm on good ldllln material but rather, weak 0n ot i- grades. About 1.000‘ head were unsold. some good weishty steers cold at ill tn 012.50. good butchers at ill to 011.50, but. the more common which predominated were a bit hard to dispose of. Plain quality killin . cattle were in the majority a MONTREAL. but rlces held steady with medium quaity steers at $10 to $11. a few fairly up to

good butcher cows $8

While receitgts in the were limi d to plain cattle and canners. there was no change in price and choice steers and heifers were again amt“! at $10 26 f.o.b. country pain . -

Western Cattle Marketa

Good action was seen on the MNNIPDG cattle market under well-regulated deliveries and al- though adverse reports from the east were reflected in weaker prices for stocker cattle. anything good quality was readily taken on a steady to firm basis. some of the heavier steers went at $11 75

1.50 while EDM N was active with gocd steers up in $11 chioce $11.50. PR. E