- Association the President.

i

' ity

TibilELY not» out

. ‘ $38 1.25.155 forothe’ March auction returns‘ '° “h ffidés, -in fact ' low the cost of production if one takes into ac- count upkeep and repairs to pro- perty.

wh there should be such a start- [ng rsevduction in prices from a year go is not easily asoertainable. 0f source the tax rate of 2.15% which lion. Mr. Ilsley has made no move

is the worst ifllfilssfgiii the ogiluation. 1t has brought near the rancher

end has not benefited the Domin- [on Govern ‘ ther because sales have been fewer end at low- si- Prices. If‘ Mr. Haley's advisors dec dsd that they wished to ut us out of b ees .th have taken g better eullarly they have encourage importation of coinpetin ' many Montreal impcr ere -have made a lot of inone through these sources. Perhaps he most glar- ing example of-all is the bringing in of large quantities oi the very expensive Russian sable.

. t b223-

‘Ied a collection .. re and. Tllljlll the New

In

all ld. We mserId ‘h? top purges was $84.00 for a full silver and the top price for uarter sil wae l .

The Saskatchewan r r ‘ m‘ of Natural Resources has issued

its annuaxlaieport for 1943-44 which i

there were 57S fur

5km“ ation ta

farms in o

1% mink pe ts and 1015s fox P0!"- e

total amount received exportation of all types of pe

from their fur farms in this period was Sfidifil- The". "Ii-ll" "V" the high price era of recent years. W. H. LeFur 5up‘erviaor o Fur

Barr, reported that the eroid vaccine oi Dr, Green of ETODIIII‘! laboratories, had now been inede available to Albert ranchers cost of about 01M per anima.

laturday there a paared tics from three Indira in the vicinil! Bouthport warning people in kccp their dogs off the prem sea or they would be shot, so there must be considerable a prehension re dole 2il"&‘",1.a“‘° unfit 5X‘? ""355 o atilow no dogs around in the vicin- Y

that they-flan climb over the guard

fence e y makes them a still more cu: hi" around. en he hi! c idemio 0f distcrn r hit here in 1 it

was about ‘ season of the year that it reached its climax.

At the Alberta meeting Dr. J. Jones, Provincial Pathoi lst, ad- dressed the gathering on he sub- wmé“ ““ lkoilfilii re n's

ii that it had no

dig: weeks old by a qualified veter - "y. 1

Dr It. O. Omen. inventor of the‘

distemper _ accine, was a recent visitor to . and announced that his . T. . Chad- dock of e laboratories. (lrafton. Wis. woul visit Winnie peg t March 36th. He has had a wide e ence principal dis- ease

it is to give ranchers in ioba t nil-y of receivins advice‘: tlllaplijegiing of their

mt ttiae ‘distemper vaccine. e

v Rs na and other {estem points efore returnin oiiie. ‘

The Master Rancher, Vol. ‘I, No. l. 1w Dr. S. Rendle Bcwness, Vfi. 8.V.8c., giving llie analysis oi e January for: pel salc in Montreal, has arrived and is really My analysis with a _lot formation. ese . om it that should cerciuily...“

“NEW TYPES"

Th N Type ii ah wed the sgarnegzeneral geclldg‘ in oual-

M was seen in all, other oxes a

in-

"M. as declined

m. . M Ply oi us havveerdetvelgefliuso many.

our good sii to th "Eduction of New Type foxes the: We have not been able to keep u’ quality of our Standard Siulg rs anduthua. m succeeding i! prod instead a h“ m‘

‘roeice CONNECTED ‘WITH I A Silver" lffox Farming l

‘m... f (“who this

tock. d4‘- gamma}...

platinum ah pleuly dlvered

f nwincluds them the

l-Ilild- I

we have gnu mtg’: he,

ttio ililn

ting ebo ibis" $322. m"? l? i on o v the ranches. ‘When the}; ‘itsock on we can. sin o forward and caref seccting amo new type foxes the ones th produce. best. using a nnalier pro. Portion of our silver females and mathll the remainder to good sir. ver males, to keep up a contigu. in! supply of sound breeding stock, On many ranches the introduc. tion of new type foxes has Droven thg benefit ‘that vtzlas ex. ecause _o gene c rea- mnilli‘ 5&2‘ ‘"5 m" total value of the pelt retullds drill not compare favorably with whet the returns would have been had they stuck to straight suvei- Sites. ing. We believe int? future o: new foxes, but s also be. 1|!" hat a at deal of coni- mon sense

mull be used in puma

our build up a done, slowly

the a will

limit. of the new type bredd. n caution

“ancrrc nape"

The offs oLArctic Blue foxes in 11 e eagut

bl . blue fox hagnieredllufutiuzlee, you obtain the correct 0i’ On ranch- full flir- . blue averaged f t; Arctic ililblhfiifiglflit EH33;

o .

m-‘obmlye fliltdelri-Ouglliithdlmb fer-f will! DTOFO on standard silver new ype- fox: can boast a be average than

Wban realise that - tio blue l3“. averages lnfififi.

iitie ‘ll-still hi?" ’ "‘ °‘“ derstssad how

tyne. vou can un-

much more profit- able Arctic blues, are than silvers. e I cue to o. auction is notes great as in s n- rard silver foxes. To gild the lily urthcr. this rancher sent the top eight pelts, which were all that were left of this year's to a New York Auction ouse and ‘agraged pinto in Canadian

‘TIAIL PLATINUM”

Th n r ' l tin

. y... ‘n3 i%'.‘§‘.‘n°..!§‘f.n’%l‘n. ‘iii; up‘ to data. The ‘nail is what 'i°.‘éill'°$i§n'§’ii‘ ' ‘iii nllfi bre stock to b: use in the product on gaglaaa" bluels“ ‘lmre were. a ne and n‘? that cIiulii iglconyeidered an a

The buyers seemed be in ested in those

til‘ to show that they were pearl»- p-atlnums. Too heavy comp ete a slivering causes of fox to lose its identity.

s, a full silver pearl t is well and com- up the neck is not very much different from the stan- dard silver fox and will bring

prices on the basis oi standard eli- vers. e seven-eighth silvery pearl tinum fox seems to be the

one a the momen . "WHITE MAIIID"

3M0 ‘white .marted foxes

The offered irl that special section were

not all the whiteinarkcd foxes on the sale. The s ecial collections ered v the fercnt market-

ing agen ies and rancher groups also contained a proportion of top quality wriite marked skins. An undetermined but quite large num- ber of siigbtlvinarked white face appeared thro dard silver offering

hout the n the sale. These foxes had only a small white on the nose and lower jaw ii line of white tween the ears.

int, but the great maiorit em were not and found wa into inferior groups. c tofnixuaiity white faces arc ve at cive new elts

In the case of these lower quality white faces, when ou consider that the other half of unmarked and te very low grade r

the implzrtance of only breed-

types the best ap arent. We have o to start b all the new oxes on a ity basis and ‘n the herd just

ey are technically new types. - -

“STANDARD PLATINUM"

There were a few extremely nine bundles of standard piatinums. The two to bundles were steely white

0V6!‘ C rum W _ ually blended into “Ill steel bue over the shoulders. ere

These skinsw od

s ii"- "time .. s. icleai- color. Those w eithsse f vults and produce pelts ar to e;.top fivemcent, will be amply repaid for time and effort. 'l‘op quality standard Eltlllliiliflli‘ to. command a "L c price quite-some time

hlrlli- lo . and not very o can over-

ooaalidrnqlrs plflNols correaidor." iiardian of theiaoutil

"of rsanila y. is‘ eu Ill by |three~leeser fortified ands. the Bushes, Drum Ind

sites o! lorts Rank. .-..r~.‘ia.¢s -

lilover liay or Glover Silage for ililk Production

silage made from clover and tiln- othy has. on a dry matter basis, the same feeding value for milk production as well clover and timothy hay It has also been shown that palatable silage can be made from alfalfa and immature grasses. Apparently most of the nutrients in the green crop ore praerved by ensiling.

Considerable loss due to shatter- ing may be experienced In making clover ey, even in dry weather. Tlheordpmaybeatotal loss if weather conditions become unfav- ourable. Cases frequently occur where even timothy is ruined dur- ing long, wet spells. In contrast to this. silage may be-rnade in weather unsuitable for hay making. permits cutting the crop at the nlost desirable stage of maturity, and there is no loss oi nutrients due to weather conditions.

‘mere is much herd worie in harvesting a heavy crop oi forage. eiitier in the form of hay or sil- age. cry such as the field hay baler, is doing much to reduce the lalbour of hayrnskirig, but this machine can be used only during very favourable weather. lrlcchine, the forage harvester. promises to remove practically nil ‘the heavy labour connected with silo filling. ‘llhis ntachine outs and

at Dominion Station. Fredericton, after some exper- ience in operating it. If this ma- chine proves culpable of handling a large quantity of forage efficiently. grassawarfi clover ‘stilase may rap y. 1t requires approximately iliriee times as much space to etors a ton oi’ dry matter in the form of hay as in the form of silage. This fact should be

method of storing feed where only a few cows are kept. larger oper- aiors may favour storlrill grass and clover in the form of silage.

Tobacco Seedbeds for Steaming

(Experlmcnal Farm News)

A good supply of uniform, healthy seedlings helps in saving labour at transplanting time end permits a good start wward a paying crop of flue-cured tobacco. Patchy or un- oven seedbeds are ll ntly the

steaming, says FA Stimson. 0i- ficer-in-Chlsrge, Dominion Ebzper- lniental Sub-Station, Delhi, Ont. To destroy disease organisms and weed seeds by steaming, the soil should be loose and just moist enough to crumble when moved. Ordinary sieaming has little effect on frozen, wet,,packed or very dry soil. Steam moves more freely through sand than muck. The greenhouse that has been m all winter should be closed t the third week of February to give it time to thaw out. If there is proper drainage the soil will be in condition to work up a. few days after the frost is all out. In greenhouses that, have been closed all winter it is well to water the beds thoroughly a few days be- fore starting to prepare them. One of the benefits from improved soil- molsture conditions lies in start- ing germination of disease spores and weed seeds. thus mflklns m?!" more readily destroyed bv heat. An accumulation _o_l_mu:~l_< inter-

(CIIII-"IIIICII

Here I Am The Dillon & Spillett

CHEK-B-CHIX

any us m MAIiCli and we will

be producing EGGS EARLY NEXT FALL. at which tllne GREAT BRITAIN has again rc- qiieeied large quantities.

IF YOU WANT U8 IN MABCII ORDER NOW

you will have to keep us for five months before we can keep you— so bay es EARLY and give us a chance to make you a REAL PRO- l-‘IT when prices lire iifGllEltun EARLY FALL. also ‘PROSPECTS for early POULTRY MEAT are very promising, and in all prob- abiity the best yet.

Your: for a GREATER PROFIT

The Dillon & Spillett CI-iEK-R-CHICK

cured mixed 8

“in master found his

considered when new .

buildings or remodelling arc con- ‘ templated. While hey making will probably reimiain the favorite

result of improper preparation and 1

irimj ciiannoilweifowivfih cphizoim

status or Asrleirltm

_..._ When the Romans took over

"“‘°"‘“°. ""3 Eififinif. .38.?

(flqmimcntal Ilhrrn News) gginnoétfio 12;!‘ ‘egrlar; ‘o! “:-

yisgdin; m, . Samar ns. ey o pew

minion ' lfaln gleotggl, fill ricultural PWPII- Mill-till“!!! ysedcricwn, ma. indicate that their little falmsimylhich we may

to be i Doss no. and decided to interfere with them as little as possible. The an ives i/wo reasons for.this decis- ion. First, these Samaritan farm- ers were an amet to the (Roman) State: they produced the food without which none of the serv- ices could exist. Secondly, the cultivation of the soil resupposed an ignorance of higher things" and therefore the farmers would not be likely to be rebellious subjects! Not a very good recommendation —ignorancs-but it saved the Ba- maritans from the fete of the re- bellious Jews. - Among the atiorls of antiquity the active work of the farms was

ERIDOBQ

is carried on by the most hopeless of

all classes. the slaves. The Baby- lonisns. Rylrtiasls. Greeks. and Romans. waged were to procure sieves as well as loot. The story of "Saiemrn ". by Gustave Fieubert. gives a wretched and realistic pic- ture of the laborers on HBIIIIICBI"S Carthaginian estate. At Barton. in

Oambridgeshlre. England. was found a slave-chain. i2 feet long arid with sis: collars, thought to be

pro-historic. though I am ed to believe it of Saxon origin. Saxon slaves were traded to Italy and this we know induced P099 Greg- ory to send lIllSiOniifiw to Eng- land. ' The turn of the lanons came when the Normans subiugsted them. “Subiugaiefl in its root- rneaning, implies passing "under the yoke"-of slavery. The Saxon serf tilled the fields and tended the live stock, while his Norman pleasure in war or hunting. Like the cattle he attended. the serf was sold or con- veyed to a new master, along with the estate he tilled. His lot was little better than that of the ani- laals themselves. and the iron; ou .

ivars. civil and foreign, as well as a great pestilence, to make the lowly seri a free man; but it has taken longer still to uproot the idea of his inferiority to of_ the community.

long ago that the cultivator of the soil was “rube" and “hayseed" to the town-dweller.

But we can let that pass. What is wrong is the inferior econo ' l position of the farmer, as com-- pared with the rest of the nation. Here are the statistics for a quarter of a century. Between the years 1915-1919. the farm population was 4-9ths of that of Canada. and received 1-3rd of the national income. Between i919 and i926 it was difficult to get statis- ics; there was s. boom followed by a great depression. From 1926 to B80. the farm population had fai- ien to 1-3rd of the nation. and the farmirlcomc was l-Gtli that of the notional income. From 1960 to 1940. the farm porpula/tion was still one-third of the whole, but re- ceived only i-wth of the national income! A little more arid we might have claimed kinship with the Saxon serfi

Since 1940 there has been a great improvement in farm incomes. but this must, the nature of things. be only of a temporary character unless the great body of farmers displays more cohesion than hith- erto. The Federation of Agricul- ture is the focus to which the at- tention of every farmer should he directed. since it provides the only way of improving his ilnenviable

lot The Pea Vine

e-

Some time ago I read all en- tiiusiestic letter from a western famier. in which he extolled the virtues of the “Pea Vine" as s pasture plant. I wasn't much wiser, since l didn't know what the Pea Vine was; but this last week I read (in the Family Herald) that its botanical name was Lrlthyriis syl- vcsirls. I had grown it in the gar- den for the last five years! Its name translated means the Wood Pea or Veich. and it is a rampant- groiving perennial. I got the seed from Devonshlre baforc the war. sowed it. and the plant has grown and flowered profusely ever since. It is ll British wild plant. with sprays oi‘ pea-shaped flowers, eCiCIi individual being close on to 3-4ths of an inch across. with a rosy standard and purplish “rings: quite omamenial. But its grouih nt- tracted me; the stems were over three feet long. and the leaves

- r1001’ satur- sum - SIR/Pf roar

"It.

seed and certain soil _ ‘r borne disenses—generally glveshlltef . stands of all grains

nl)

... i... i AMIKI HAYS ii 7 i ‘NHWAN Hiilllflliil‘ .

m.» ~ .

Hi

"what ' make. if it were good However, since I did not

h“... w uid

West. well. the inches long.

t that they use it in the shall try it here. It seeds pod being abou 3 with 9 or teal semi.

Llksllld

Irom March the ist to the 10th we had a remarkable stretch of fine weather. with very good ‘ peratures for a winter month. A friend emarked that we had a March very like this Just nine years ago. I found time to look up my Weather Book and sure

to the plenty sunshine. Then the weather sed and was very mixed: plenty of rain, generally cloudy. a day or two with sun. till April

had ail

Later I unearthed an old New- castle neiwqlaper of Oct. Hth, 1986. in which a scientific writer said that the weather of i936 had greatly resembled that of 1001; and he professed to trace a greet cycle of as years. with lesser in- terlnediate cycles of 2c and ii years respectively. This needs look- ing into. Unfortunately my records go back only to 1913.

rel-u oi us. (s)

(S) Phcgoptcrla Dryopteris he. Oak iiern. Stipes (Stalks) slender, i-3 din. long. Fronds ternaie, the divisions stalked (not sessile) and usuali borne at light angles to thes pc: each division triangular in outline, 1-2 inn.

winged: segments of pirlnae ob- 1on8. entire or crenate. Sori as in P. polypcdioldes. indusium absent.

Moist rich woods or swamps. . (i) Pterls

aqiaillna Linnaeus. l" c. " ‘ (Pter- idlum of some authorities). Stipc stout, 3-9 din. high. Frond dull green. tel-note. widely spreading at the summit of the stipe. its divis- ions biplnnate; pirince oblong- lanceolate. the lower more cl- less pinnotifid. sporsngia in a eon- tluiious ‘ - tine oin the margin of the frond. whose reflcxed ege forms the equally continuous in- dilsium. (A variety P. a. laniiginoss, having long, scattered. ivool-iike hairs on the under-surface of tile frond has been found at Rustico —MaoSwain>. A common pest in pastures. siladirig and stunting other vegetation.

(5) Cryptogramma Steilerl (Gme- lin) Prantl. Stellerts Rock Brake. Light green ferns with tufted fronds of two markedly dissim- ilar kinds. Stipes scattered. fili- form. straw-colored. 5-8 cm. long. Franck ovate in outline. thin, 5-13 cm long. bipinneite or tripinnate. the fertile fronds longer than the sterile. Sterile fronds with ovate t0 ObQVRtc-flabelllform, crcnulatc sesfnents. Fertile fronds narrow- er. with linear-oblong to lance- llnear segments. margins reflected and meeting at the midrib (pod- likei. then opening flat to ex- pose the confluent sari: margin scarcely modified to form an in- dusium. Rocks. Prince Co.! (Found by Dr. W. L. Holman. 1835.)

In Camera

All Ellillish magazine includes 2mg ssayings of the indestructible

'“'I‘he “trouble with painters is that they out m too much of themselves in-to the painting. That is the reason all portraits of me look as though I took spirits." . "The best caricature I ever saw of myself I discovered to be a mirror." H. G. Wells must have read this. f!" he Bhflflly remarked to Yousuf Karsll. the color photographer:

“You know. when future gener- ations diiz through the ruins oi‘ Lmidim- they will llrlearlh Shaw. more Show and still more Show photographs and the unfortunate part of it is that they will think him "to be the iyipical English- man!

G- B. Rcis paid in his 0\\‘li coin occasionally.

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Grass Seed Production

f ‘I Farm News)

TIIO>QIOCIIOUAD of seed of forage granea may be a profitable and interesting farm operation provid- ing the grower acquainls himself with the informs ion that is avail- able on grass seed production. Choice of land as determined by soil type. tilth, drainage, fertility and freedom f weeds, will have an influence on grass

of seed fits in well with the rest of ltie farm program, say; RM. Macviicar, Division of Pbrsige Plants. Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa

Generally speaking, good deep loam soils, in a good state of fer- tility, particularly as regards or- garlic matter, are beat for need pro- duction. The soil must be in ex- cellent tiltil because poor stands are the natural result of a poor seedbedflrilschanoesfortheea- tablishment of pure stands of grasses such as orchard and mea- dow fescue on cloddy, hard seed beds are slim. Good drainage is essential for Xfiillbbfeli’ the grasses. reed canary grass an Mon. Lagid heavy wi%weeds that cannot be readily removed from the harvested seed should be avoided. For example, land in WTQIMQUGCK Brlass is pneserlt should no used or speoes such as Nome. orchard ere-u. red rescue and meadow fesciie, because the quack Brut seeds cannot be re- lmved from the seed of itiese species. .