TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming

is a reall wide-awake mqaun has 1 dito °' iasueanetltleti "lghsleeln m Much

e. is m, iouowlng: the fact and th

that cloth coats trimmed with afl- rer fox fur comes under the 20 g1’ cent excise tax schedule tn: £11- triinmlng manufacturers hav

peared in f u ‘imost discontinued the use of this the ult o r

. . style and smart;- ticle with the result that the de- ness, in vugu _ .'..‘,..a for trimming type pelts has vcmber 1. 1944c igllisfiig? i?” 1.31404

fallen cff very considerably. As and January i,

1,... as this condition exists it tilted Silverbl Pl ii [spy be expected that the demand Blu Frost Mliil; and {alurilullnlrlilg}; iol’ the lower class type silvers will on Royal Koh-i-Nur Mink. The

51.0w no improvement.

Copy description was brief and al- luring and at the bottom of each advertisement was the line "The breeders invite you to discuss ("is re fur with your furrier."

Other advertise t, . by furriers were sereliiniii vmiislifg Harper's magazine. These mostly featured mink. Absent from the

There appears to be quite a large weumulat on of the commoner 1am oi’ silver fox elts in all mar-

‘ aeritres, part cularly in New fir? It would appear therefore ihrmien lack of demand that these stocki .-iay become burdensome to the trade in which event still log-

" prices may be antici ated. n picture was a c1 the other hand the ellm nation 8d mutation or silaveierfolregexiltifd §l.°....’.l.'..°i..$.'..'ii‘a .2: more. e =1» emf-w»

this neglect of onportunii b . ver fox farmers is one ofythey r21 absorb these surplus stocks rea- sons why their product is taking ionably S0011 Illld ffllllt lll l! bel- a. back seat to short-haired furs to; market. No one can foresee like mink. the future trend of the m rket as too many factors are ivolved. but during the present status of the ftir trimming industry it is not likely that any immediate relief can be experienced.

mats spite of the tax. would

Ari old friend of the writer's and for years a leading fox farm. er in Prince Edward Island. visit- ed Dartmouth. N.S.. recently and iélehgf-Itflfli. of Dartmouth, March Ii few days airo we had a eon- him: versatlon with W. Chester B. Mc- Lure. well-known silver fox fur

Jam S. Tu 1i ' authority. and he stated that- the E1, i? a weallthri‘; °.i.a?_L§'§i§‘ y;

isle in Montreal was really dis- doesn't .1. k .1 appointing. It was crllPl g0 see him incglrifa “Riloiiniliovagffltcitslxiiti medium slivers of good uality Town Hall on ltfonrlriyv and “._..h_

selling at ridieuously low prices iuid iyoes other than the better types of full silvers at prices away below the cost. of production. Even fiiii slivers. marked silvers and piatlnums had a,big decline from first of the ‘year prices. Those breeders here who realized on pelts by December or early January sell- ing were fortunate indeed.

Referring to red foxes he said- “l know you have always liked a good red fox skin and I do too. well. ivha; would you think of see- iiir good strings of them selling for eight. nine and i0 dollars a skin? What ls wrong 1.’ don't know, but it would seem that with the Eur- npeiin war so nearly over there ought to be better prices and a big- ger demand."

out preamble he loin “s 11¢ was worth $2 . . He's ing relatives including a son. Rcu. hen Tuniin. or Hmjnm w)... years ago was a police officer of Dart- “film's

uvi n made his motiev at raiirh Lot 11 raising foxes. In 191p 11¢ sold a single silver fox fur in Lon- don for $2.400. For forty yieitrs he raised foxes and several years ago he retired. He's 75 years nw now. or will be on Auvust l4_ lo/t he wouldn't an into the business now even if he were youncer _he- cause there's no money it in. The very best furs get only $100 while averaae furs bring s30 or 34o ant-n and the prices you pay for the old horses to feed the foxes now .-_ whew! twenty-five dollars each! Tn '7‘unlln's day he briuulit them foi- three o“ 101" dollars apiece Of course he killed them himself to get them at that figure.

Mr. Tuplin is refreshingly naive about his moncv. We showed n- a letter from a PEI. Nova Scniia Bonk branch that ackiiowledrrcd liis ouincrshin of a larce number of dollars. told us he had 02*» of tlie finest properties in P. E. l.. wants to be able tn leave nt least

The Black Fox Magazine for arch has a page headed, "Intro- ucing Dr. J. A. crest," and ues on to give the highlights of he career of the man who intro- uced the Canadian type of plat- iiuni to the world. In brief this s the stotyymi-lts ranch is located t Notrc-Danie des Laurentidcs. even miles from Quebec City. l-Ie

- _ mono to each of hi. . . n ‘tiigjigtiifi.il".i’.‘i"‘iilis‘“..ilifi <*-».t;;i;=~~,,..,,, .,._ 1.1.“ jjl, e ar ed th l h w . ‘.' . - h... we pufljjhaseg‘ "‘?I'.‘h°e‘ nfiloafif worlallrlltiigolaaisnvori.huhilc.' he point. iii: year he bought a few more Gosh no’ we thought hayndl\y

iiirs and established a ranch where ie has remained ever since. In m the Doctor started to raise ink and during the next two in he introduced some Labrador .5. mink on the ranch. This ‘as the real start of what today s a prosperous_mink farm.

anyone dies leaving less than that to each of hi1 sons and daughters.

Anyway that's Mr. ‘Puplin. He was in our Ration Office to apply for shells with which to shoot crows when he returns home. The skins of crows. even when stuff- ed. bring no fancy prices around here. but there's always the Lon- dori market, we sunnosc.

My, are we envious of that man's money!)

Every word that Jim told them was gospel truth and we think he was putting it verv mildly when he but the sum of his total worth at . . e writer can remem- ber when Jim could pull thousand dollar bills out of his hair like no- bodv’s business. One day after he had a visit from some foxinen the writer and .7. Stanley Werllor-k arrived at his most hospitable home at Black Banks and enjoyed an excellent repast. Then Jim started to entertain us with some stories of his fox doings. fneirl- ently. he felt a sllirht itching in his hair and tlie first lliinc we knew eicht or ten one thousand dollar bills were friskerl out of it and fell on the floor. He was too ouiclr for us when we tried grab one. At the time we thought, oh. for a sleicht of hand man or a gangster who would relieve the worthy Jim of some of this incubus.

A platinum silver male fox pup as discovered amongst a little of tandard silvers on a small ranch Bilr the LaForest farm in i908. r. LaForcst greatly admired this dlillill pup and tried in vain to ‘J1’ it. Finally he arranged with ht owner to get the fox on his anch on shares. From this animal I5 sired what today is the well nown and much admired plat- Hum strain. On the des Lauren- ides ranch now there are over- 100 latinum silver female foxes and 01118 400 female Labrador mink. he ranch raises the following fox .0185. standard silvers, white face Illerl. standard latluum silvers, ‘tail platinums. orwegian lat- .iums. Cody iatinums and as- aux. The octor is a director ilhe Canadian National Silver fax Breeders’ Association and Pre- ;Pnt of the Quebec Co-Operative HrVBreeders’ Association. 1t was r aho {uGSGHbOd on behalf of that ;“°°1Riull. a mink coat made 51m choice Quebec "Crested" mink ?iis. to‘ Eleanor Roosevelt wife

the “esident. of the United ‘i195. a short time ago.

Fur News. which Denver. Colorado, and

Later on we Et-for a drive in 111110.“; his new Buick and on a nice level ublished in

ometer registering 4o miles an hour

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A Champion of Champions is Alcartra Garben, who has lust broken‘ tlie official World Record for yearly buttcrfat production over all breeds and ages and regardless of times milked daily. Holstein is owned by Hays d: 00., Calgary. _ being congratulated by Clarence Goodhue, Vaudreuil. Que. President of i status as the Owflfil Chiller 7:119}: the Holstein-Ericsian Association of Canada, who milked the Canadian mu“ be l" Ru§sm ‘£57 manlseffs Holstein that held this record from i923 to i936, when she was beaten ‘ new“ “m “ere m m; ‘ ' by a US. Holstein owned by Carnation Milk Foams, Seattle. who ls iii

butterfat from 27,745 pounds of milk.

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Sidelights On lluaais.

when. during the Russian Rev- olution. the Tsar Nicholas was but to death by the Bolsheviks. the peo- ple of the EnBllsh-SDt-‘lllllld coun- tries were profoundly shocked. Y6! the Russians had done no more tiiaii the English did in the sev- _elilcentli century, and the French ‘did in the eighteenth: that is. tllfll’ ‘murdered the head of the state. .lest he should become a centre or .focus of resistance attain-st their designs. The shock was caused from realizing that this barbariiy had éLlliCli place in the twentieth cen- ury. . But when one came to consider the matter. Russia was several centuries behind the times. and we were Judging her from our a6- vanced standpoint. England. for instance. had serfs as her lowest class under the Norman K1088. but by the 13th century the serfs were free men. In Russia the common people were serfs till the year 1861i The peasant and his family were tlie absolute property of the great _ land-owners. They could be bought '1 his ptzrc-orrci i and sold. bequeathed and inherit- they had exactly the same

Her miiker. Jzet: Hays, is l ed:

and there must be millions whose fathers and mothers were S8115- Iii 1941 a brilliant woman-student at.Leriingrad University told 0f

“Gerben" produced ‘L409 pounds of

Livestock

Mixed trends featured live stock markets in the past week. An un- seasonaily heavy run. combined with yvarm weather and Easter lweek, resulted in a slump in cattle iprices at Toronto. steers and heif- ‘ers declining 25c and cows and ‘bulls 25c to 50c. A light run sold firm at Montreal. while in the ‘west, road conditions kept sup- iplies to moderate proportions and ‘forced prices up 50c or more on lbutcher cattle at Winnipeg. with -stockers and feeders sharing the extent of 25c. Tlie higher prices were considered out of line with dressed heed and were solely due to

tlie limited arrivals. Other for west markets experienced brisk trading at. for the most part.

stead-y to strong prices. Calves lost ground‘ at Toronto and Montreal but gained 50c at major western centres. Except for a drop of lbc to 40c at Toronto, hogs were un- changed. and sheep and lambs also sold steady.

Cattle receipts at stock yards and on direct shipment to pack- iuir plants. lacking one day of a full week due to tlie early pllbliga. lion of this report, show a total of 27.300 as compared with 26.000 1n the same week inst your and 33,. 400 last week. Total inarketinus to date this vear are 424.300 as against 2021.000 in the same period lust yroar. Arrivals of calves for tlie year to date are approxim-

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Jim turned to converse with Stan- ley and me sitting in the back seat. We both felt apprehensive but decided not to show it and then even worse occurred-Jim r!"- libcrately honor-d over and sat be. tween us! Well, he was quite a rnan and for those of the younger geiieratlonln the fnx tuslncss we can slate that be did raise nianv of the finest pelts that ever left our shores.

A noted fox kept in his ranch was the three-legged Oulton fe. male. so called because she escap- ed and was caught ln a trap losing part of one leg. This female ord- duccd pelts that topped Lrimpso s sales on many occosions. some oi them marketed by the late George Tweedy of Alberton. afterwards oi‘ Charlottetown. When one vval'|"l around the ranch with Jim he wov. id say: "That is east 400 stuff. that is west 400 or that is south 425. This veniactllar referred to the fact that a pelt brinzinz that number of nnunds stcrlilii! had been sold from that section of the ranch. One of Jim's net theories was that nelters should h» fbd lnrcelpi on tripe. Pa. said that red meat was iron and iron caused rust- and perhaps he was right.

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[her great-grandfather. I 5H1 will! lwas flogged to death for tome trivial neglect. It was matters like this that bred the terrible spirit of the Russian revolution.

Fifqy-threc years later‘. Wllfil‘! the war with Germany broke out. the peasant was free but his con- dition was deplorable. In that year A1914! when the peasants were iconscripted to fight Germany. m0" [of them didn't know ixhath C1856

~. - ~ ! v2.1 said tat A cattle run 50 per cent heavier géailienlzagf $1.... hsad never 1.95m ma“ l“ ‘he same week 155‘ -"°""’of Germany before. and could not m" a slack dmmmd M T°r°m° spell out the.implestplacard.'1‘hese and several hundred head vrere poor ignorant bu. brave ‘snow,’ unsold. after steers and heifers had “Hfad hamfem and 51mg“ 11n- dmpped n“ and “W5 and blms armed ‘were sent to face a nation 255 w 50°" weighty Steel's ems“ vvhoseitradc had been vvai- for gen- “ a m” °r $1257" butch” Slew“ cratioiis yet their bravery and the up to $11.50. and cows from 83 genius l); may. one gram, wager. down. Demand was kccn for stcreyme Grand Duke Nicholas. en. cattle. with early grass expected. Bbled mam M firs; go gain great

ately 133.000 as against 106.600 last year; sheep and lambs 149,500 this year and 1413.700 last year. Hog gradlngs for the Dominion from January ist to March 24th lil- r-lusive this year total 1.850.000. and in the same period last year were 2.820.000.

Eastern Cattle Markets

$12.25 to $12.50 and good mostly $9 to $9.50.

Western Cattle Marketa

“W5 heavy guns. and these under Gen- ieral-von Mackcriscli. drove the Russians back and their cause was doomed. The story is a i008 0m‘ land need riot be related here. but the Ehnpcror Nicholas was forced to abdicate, and Vladimir Ilietch

ljanov. bcttcr known‘ by his pen- naine oi Lcniii took his place. Per- haps lie was i ccssory to tlie mur- der of tlie Emperor. though the Russian press. of eveiy shade. con- dernned it as a cruel and unneces- sary act.

Lenin organized Russia as __a Soviet Uiiioii liiiflfl‘ tlie BfllShEViiU. who were followers 0i the German Karl ltfarx. As to tlie theoretical part of the regime. I leave it to abler writers than myself. 1118191)’ laying that if those who profess and call themselves Christians would act up to the principles of Him whom they call leader. there is nothing: more required to brine!

Heavy rains affected roads suf- c’ ntly in the west ries were impeded and de- liveries by rail lvcic also reduced. As a result. all killing classes ud- vanced 50c at Winnipeg. and some even more. and the Lradc finished at the highest point for the cur- rciii season. Sonic clioire weighty steers topped at $13. other slaugh- ter kiiids $12.50 l0 $12.75. and the better eiid of tlie cows from $9 to $9.50. Replacement cattle also moved up 25c or more. with suit- sble kinds making 88.75 to $9.75. Calgary had another active mar- ket. on a light run, althougih quai- ity was not all that could be de- sired. The best of the steer divis- ion movcd at $11.25 to $12. Under

brisk trading‘ prices ‘VH9 “my int bciiig the "brave new world" steady at Edmonton, with best “.6050 glibly m1]; or; irrespective steam mam"? $12 The m3“ of theories from any other source.

point of the butcher cattle mar-i ket at Prince Albert was $11.50 for steers; Moose Jaw $11. : Saska- toon around $11.50: Regina $12.25; and Vancouver $12.25.

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Lenin in his first rears of office. if W

Dairy cattle exports south totalled 601 head. same week last year shipments were 597 head. This year's ex- ports to date are 5.829. compared with 5.589 in the 521-1110 period last year. Sheep and lamb exports continue in fair volume. the bulk from southern Alberta to the United States west coast. This week. 6,049 head were exported. making the total since January lst 49.288.

Variation In Calf Prices

Calf prices were again easier in the east. with Toronto closing dull at $15.00 to $15.50 for top quality. a few $16. and Montreal up to $14.50. On the other hand. some western markets made gains 11]) to 50c. Winnipeg topping at $14.50. Calgary at $12.50, Edmonton $12.50 ayrl $13. Prince Albert $12. Moose Jaw also $12. Saskatoon $14 to $15. a-nd Regina $14.

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Fresh-milk is scarce on the combat front. so these two Seventh Anny soldiers. spying a foot-loose cow wandering amid the ruins of

and the few on offer sold 50c H 1 ‘ Bu. me Gennans sec. u higher up to $11. Montreal sold a $1? $611.3...” an anny Q1 two light run. firm, with good steers mnfmn mm with We nwusanq

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lieved. made a clean sweep of all opposition. He is said to executed I bishops. 1.210 priests, 0.000 professors and teachers. 9.000 doctors. 12.950 landowners. SL000 officers, 70,000 policemen. M1390 workmen, 260.000 soldiers. 335.250 intellectuals and professional men, and 815.000 peasants.

“Uncle Joe” must have watch- ed his steps pretty closely while all this was going on. for one false move would have put him among the fallen. After Lenin's death he astutely seized power and since their has drilled away from many of Lenin's ideas. being a realist rather than a theorist. This brought him inrto conflict with Trotaki who w-as one of the old out-and-out Bolsheviks. We know what happened to him. Stalin gob rid of his opponents by the surgi- cal methods. just as every dictator must do. and can justify himself

by pointing to France whose dis-‘

unity was fatal when war came. Stalin's seizure of western Pol- and was Hitlers first rebuff in his thrust to tlie cast. It hung him up for a time from attempting to

reach the Russian capital and gave the Russians time to pre- pare for what Mein Kamrpf had

foretold — the invasion of Russia

itsel Prophetic Notes .

l 1 read lately in “Notes By The

Way", that a stratford newspaper has printed a prophecy from a 500-yoar-old tombstone in the graveyard of Church Comrie, E3- sex. England. The purport of the rhyming epitaph 1s that when men learn to fly. when they have movies and submarines, then the whole world will be at war. The first time I saw this spurious effusion it was stated to be at "Church Can- iesi." but neither that, nor Com- rie, appears in the English Gaz- etcer. Further, five centuries ago, epltaphs were written not English. rhyme is quite modern, and the rhythm too slick to be so old. Best of all. a Montreal paper gave its proper source-an edition of Moth- er Slilpetonls Prophecies brought. right up to date! I wonder what that venerable lady really did say in the first instance. since her work has been amended again and