SEPTEMBER 1 1946

m this week's Montreal Stand- gd is a very splendid write-u of n-nie Mill and family, exce ent PM!“ and interesting facts re- guy-ding the ran , the home and m} jmiily activities. Islanders will ,1] be pleased in lee lilrnio and family receive ouch nice recognit-

ion.

Michael E. Dederer, President. mg Genera-l Manager Seattle Fur Eng-muse, recently addressed a ggflhfiflng of western fox ranchers m, map e1. types of foxes and min '

k.

N0 man tn the fur business is better- qilis-liliod thin Mike D040!’- er to tell you what types of fox and mink skins are most preferred

mlallgve been asked to speak

t0 you on "Market Types".. The meaning of this subject, as ax-

plained to me, indicates that. my talk should cover the type cf fox and mink we should produce today in order to obtain the best prices g5 well as assure ,us of a steady market in future years.

In other words, it ls not desirable in produce a fox or mink for only

one year and then hav it lose timr; we should prom); and mink that will bring g ~aver-

ggc price year in and year out.

when speaking to groups before 1 have endeavored to point out the mistake in producing animal; that will be in demand for ll limited time, showing how tho 8111115 N- suiting from prices obtained for that short period could ess.ly,bc lost because of the severe declines that sometimes take lace on so- called Irealdsh tZ/De 5 -

What a Good Fox Should llava

The Associated M and M Fur Farmers’ first interest having been im foxes. let. us ciiscuss these ml- mals ‘firs. of ilycr foxi gen

I 8 5 .5 " eral‘ we should not lose sikht of the standard fox when we dismiss types, as Lho tune will come when standard foxes will be 01013116841 only in about thosame numbers as the different mutations. and this could result in having about the same price structure.

1t is very apparent that in o- ducing certain types o1 mum 01w. stand-ltd foxes are of necessity produced at the same time. which in my opinion, xrtakes for a very healthy situation With the excep- tion of the early days when foxes were raised in iisnitcd quantities, there has always been just one type OI skin to raise; that is. ore‘ well fin-red. of good size. good colt/r and of reasonably good quill"? l5 I" as texture is concerned. ‘The utt- derfur should blend in with ihe

gym though the market is not any bettes- than has been the- last .l . . "QB. 31%.. may mills H! m9 description I have iven you but I can come back witgh the answer that there are many fur fenders in the United States who prodpse ililif“°“..’i’."°éh.ii‘.fi.“ “FE? “hi? ers

animal today there is no reason why sll of you cannot do s‘.

Qtudy of Breeding Noelle-ll‘!

To produce such a 10X. lwwfivfl‘. requires more than lust buyinz 100G breeding stock. giving them good housing, and foedinfl "W" good feed. It requires astudy of good breedlnl. which so many i111‘ farmers lose slghtt of. It also rc- quires the atudv of fur .1 113W‘- made the statement many tllrfl before, and no doubt will make it many times again, that if youwlll show me s fur funner who under- stands fur I am willing to rhake a wager I will see good foxes if- I were to go on his ranch-even though I had never been there before. A man who understands fur cannot help but wish to pm- duce as good ddns as he mlrlll have seen on amther farm. In- varlably the poorest fur farmer is one who does not know anything about a skin. Attempts have been hinde to teach fur farmers to un~ oer-stand fur. and I believe mo": and more effort should be dirwe! along this line so they will have ihe desire toproduce the type skin they know ls good. More and more shows shmld be hold more the h: fmnm not only hove an op- portunity to observe someone

become involved in the contest.

After having the genera‘ des- cription I lust- gnvo you. we can

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I'm Mink For Sale

Pure Eastern Mink Natural Dark

Mutations: Blue Frost These mink are from lllrfllis that won prises for the putflpvo years. Every- mink" sold is sustained lo give sat- isfaction. ‘ Fried are right. Apply to: Fred C. Hornlbrook Blthurli, N. B. .

Gluu. Co. - ILR. No. l

JIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS

CQNNECTED WITH Silver Eox Farming

. white face foxes,

guard hair, it should not be a* distinct dififerent color. If Y0“ produce a fox of this description Wham“ tati B younmggxn

l. mill 0h ' 3E. help but do well with them.

shading out furs. but when they.

diff-twin ‘that

grocced to the diluent Iyps lug-l

Types}! loses

The Standard Silves- dwuld be

very flashy in. silver. not a white but rather a metallic color. and. should have a bar of good h. rather than just one of bright half or three-quarter inch on top. Ec-

adless of how heavy the fox may appear. if the bar is short. even though it i; bright, it will soon lgggalnoff and be s poor locking

Next we will consider the whitt- hce silver. This type skin shguld be even more flashy than the standard silver, und whetbci- it is a r1118 neck or not is immaterial. In order to produce a fox more flashy than a standard tne under. fur should be cf a light-er blue C0101‘. and the bellv fur should be

very much the same color as the that is ‘

back. A wliiteface silver half silver and half black is a very undesirable type. and will find s. poorer market than Just u fairly good standard sliver.

Then let Us consider the Plat- ln-Uzn fox. These should be neither too dark norioowhitelftheskins are too dark ihcy ecome less de- Blrwble. and if the are too wh.te "Ivy are too conspicuous and will not make up into attractive gur- menfs. The undorfur in your fine platinums should be even ‘ighier than that in the whibefiwe m; A fine platinum should have pro- DBI markings as a large nulniber N’ these dsins. as well as the are mode into scarfs. Uniform characteristics are more necessary in whitefaces and Platinums than in standards as it is verv difficult to match them out if the are all different

strains and dif erent 0010' varn-

I tions.

The Pearl Platinum fox has been

exceptionally well received by a number of persons in the trade. but during the past year they have not done as well as previously sini- ply because the number of pearl platinums that nave been raised have been produced without fol- lowing good breeding practlccs. which has resulted in o. number of the Skins havuig a rustv cast, making them very undesirable. Clear colored pearl platinums are well liked by the trade. and this type should prove a leader when larger quantities of uniform skins are placed on the markci. So for the number o! good pnarls and good Pearlatenas have been so limited it has not yet been pos- sible w get enough of tnem to- gether to pull the manufacturing trade inrto the article. U-p until now they have continued to be a specialty article.

Other foxes such as the Glac- ier blue have onl a/ppoarcd in lim- ited numbers, an it is too curly to say Just how the trade will accept some of thus new color variatioi s. I firmly believe i: the Glacier Blues are produced in fairly good quantities, and of good fur. the trade will bake to them very well.

I strongly urge furr formers i0 maintain a herd of uniform type and quality fox so they will have a reasonable fillsnber of each type skin uhen they are oflfered for sale, rather than a limited num- ber of many types. Uniformity is one of the very important factors in the selling of fox skins.

Mink Mutations

The various mink mutations that have come into the picture in re- cent years have resulted In the mink industry being advertised to persons in every walk of lfc throughout the United States. as well as foreign countries. It is sur- prising how well tne terms "Nat- ural" Mlrk, "suverblir mink, “ Pastel" mlntz, "Blu- frost’ mink, "Royal Kioh-i-

or" mink, etc... areknown to the ill/Emma man. and woman on the street, and their reactions tothese mutations have become a very lnleresllns study to some of us m the fur trade, especially the react.- lon of the women when they go to look at coats manufactured from

mir-‘k, natural or otherwise. l.l'l the retail stores. important factors

o very should be considered when obtain- ing the reactions of a prospective customer. The first is "the type and character of the mink: sec- ond. “How tho skin is made Q.’

Solid Colors Preferred

The m-ajorlfy of women cxamin- ing f-ur garments today react most favorably to ‘those mink that have one solid color. whether ii; oe the natural or n. mutation. 0f tho mutation mink that have so in: been produced in quantities we find the Silverblu have me: with

the best use from the retail customers. owever. from close observation it would seem there

will be mom wmnen who v1.11 pre- fer mink of the type of the Royal Patel. y because they are so beautiful in character. and still not too conspicuous to be desirable when large qmatitiss are avail- able and made into garments The few Ho I Pastel garments Inade lo for we nod enthusiastic re- ception from the retail customers.

Importance of Munthoflro

‘lhelaoond IMNIKJTIOI the flu u; mAn ndtlrod.’ is ox- truneb important. particularly when considering mint. as the Boyd] Knh-i-nor ls mutation l; 1y beautiful when urcd for tri a or. ml info null

monk; f the "hill"???

u; to work with. but when Koh-l-nor m“ ”‘.“.i;'i,“i..‘"‘°né~“i..i"élé‘il m vo . the response b other

. ‘mo luefrozt have not been as ready scllcrsgsbit ma

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Iii-HIM

The Con: Marigold

following letter from Wood Islands, P. E. 1.. came to hand recently:-“Dear Sir: You may be interested to know that mere is a weed in Wood Islands which is not listed in any 0d the books on Botany that I have seen. It is supposed to have been introduced from Scotland as a garden flower and that it escaped from culti- vation and now isqulte a nuis- ance. fortunately, however, con- fined to a few farms. It has es- tablished itself ini the vicinity for many years but its name was never discovered until s few days o. I was curious about rts i ntity and found. by enquiry at Ottawa, that it is the Dom Mari- gold. known to Botanists as Chrysanthemum segetum. This weed is quite widely distributed in the British Isles and is nimb- ably wel-l knotvn to you. Its foli- age is quite unlike the garden flower called Marigold. but its disk and rays are not very dis- similar. Perhaps you might give your readers a full description of the plant. - - - You-rs sincerely.

C. S. MacDonald." interesting be-

This ls very this Chrysanthe-

. 1m

cause I have Irwm Brewing in the garden here. I got the seed from Devonshire

before the war. and have had some trouble to preserve the strain since the plant flowers

well. but does not ripen its seeds. I am lucky if I can raise t/wo plants in Lhe season. Perhaps this ‘locality is its northern limit.

l Plant breeders sa/w pcaibilities in this British wild flower and took it in hand. Now one may gbuy seed of C. segetum “Evening >Star" with bright golden flowers

3 to 4 inches across: C. s. "Yellow- stone". rich yellow flowers. fully

double; and other forms.

I Its name indicates tilat. it is found in grabs-fields. The plant is annual glaabrous (devoid of ihairs). ‘low/cred with whitish ibloom. erect. sparmgly branched.

12 to 18 inches high. Leaves obovate, toothed and lobed. low- er pinnatifid. Flower heads daisy- iike. but. golden yellow. about 2 inches across. stalk stout. thick- ened upwards

This “daisy is found in Eur- ope, N. Africa, and W. Asia; and now N. America! As my corre- spondent says it is not listed in any of our American manuals.

I arm recording this as a "new plant" for 194d. and have great pleasure in crediting Mr. Mac- Donald wiih its discovery. If it ls really a menace as a weed. U19 new 2.4.D. weed killer would c011- tml ii, I imagine.

The Marsh Hawk

Next to the s-iruwk. this seems lo be our commonest bird of prrey. One sees it flying low along the fences. "beating" the undergrowth in search of the small fry that lurk in such places. It cannot be mistaken for any other hawk. for its white rump (or base of tail) attracts the eye and. to use slang, gives it sway. Its duet includes rats. mice. snakes, frogs, and various large insects, varied with sparrows and similar birds. Occasionally an individual develops a taste for poultry and becomes an "out- law." Ono cannot. however. hold all Marsh Hawks responsible for this, any more than we can blame the human race because some are killers. In i-he last 20 years we have lost two chickens by Marsh Hawks. and many times that number by Goshawks.

Mush or Rabbit Hawk. Marsh Harrier, AOU. 3&1. Summer resi-

1- NEWSY NOTES -

I7 Agricola.

suertousiqwssvesvleri .

P111008; upper tail-coverts (ruzup) white. lrrlddle tail-feathers bar- rfld with ash and black. other: barred with buff and black; uu- flr-Dflrls reddish buff, streaked dark brown. miniature birds are- Slmll" l0 the female but rather darker all over.

Mlle. length 19; wing 133;. tail 9.0. Female L. 2B. W. l5; T» 10 inches.

Dr. Tavc-rner gives this hawk

B11 exlwmcly good ohflrlwteir—“ille natural enwny of field mice and Dfvbwbly does more to keep their numbers Wiillln bounds than any other _ single natural influence." ‘ Here 1s an opportunity for teach- ers £0 make know-n to their schol- ars the reflson for protecting this useful bird.

The Mountain Holly _ From the neighborhood ofl

Southwest. Lot l6. comes a branclii with bvrries. and a short note:

the ashy-grziv bark and branclv. ing ha-bit. Leaves alternate, de- ciduous. elliptic-oblong. thin. ralh-i er paler below. borne on slendlfi‘ stalks. peduncles. followed by hanging berries. I have never heard of anybody being harmed bv the bervlesl which I find sweet but witn al peculiar “after-tusie" resemblingl that of the Eingllzh holly. It isi wcll to remember. however, that there is a relative with the spec- ific name “vomitorlafi the Caro-l lina Tea. whose action is emetic. Another relative. of better rC'pll-‘ tation. grow-s in South America; it is the Yerba Mate. or Para- guay Tea. whose leaves are used as we use tea from India or‘ China. ‘ As a general rule. stick to the berries which other folk are cai- ing. If a berrv is neglected or refused by the people generally. depend upon it there is a good reason for this, though one may leave to so a long way back to find i. '

small red '

Prices Amd Produce

Cuiuiirymun

Wl-i ting in the Ra ymond

(English magazine), Bush says-"Holv much more blessed to sell than to produce! A ton of bananas landed at £48 retails for £131. lt scvms to m9 that the culv way lo iix a rea- sonable profit is to limit the ultimate selling price lo double the sum paid to me producer. We should thou soon have more pro-

7d. for a 26 lb. basket, and the retail price here of ls. 4d. a l-b. turns that into 32s. 6d.

A friend back form Ecuador showed me some superb Panama. hats. These are woven by the native women and sold to the merchants at about ls. 4d. apiece. After trimming and cleaning they are resold to the Ney York re- tailers at 50s. apiece. to be rc- tailed at anything up i0 £20 tiuusl"

This sort of transaction should excite no surprise; it is common in all countries. We in P. E.‘ I. suffered dreadfully from it for 1B long pre-rwar years. and now after s brief interlude of ill-based prosperity, there are signs of re- cession.

dent. fairly common. Adult Male: upper-parts gray or ashy.. upper tall-coverts (rump) whit-e. tall gray. irregularly marked or barred with blackish: upper. breast pearl-gray, lower breast and ( belly white spotted and barred, with rufous. Adult Female: uu-l per-parts dark broumish, head and neck streaked. and the win! coverts spotted or mslrgined. with

some new method of manufacture were used. Usually the designers in the fur trade find styles In suit‘ o. particular skin, and perhaps be- fore anothcr season's skins are available the designers wi‘l bring out something new that will obtain the desired results for Vllufrost.

One of the most gorgeous gar- ments I have had an mportunity io see this yeir was made of white mink. but nere we must consider the fact that the quantities of fine white mink are small. and while they mmein mall only a ‘lmitod number of garments can be mann- focbured and they should find a fairly ready market. However. if large quantities of white were produced they. no doubt. would be one of the most difficult furs to sell because of the limited possible retail outlet.

WANTED

L_lvs and Dressed Poul- try. _Get our prices before selling. Fox Feed made from Chicken by-producis for sale.

THE ROYAL PACKING

J. D. JENKINS (Prdp)

-All live poultry goes to Plant No. 2 on Longwortli Avenue.

Perhaps Mr. Bush's idea of lim- iting the selling price might do Rood to the consumer but I doubt whether it. would help the ‘ITO- ducer. All the charges of distri- bution. in any case, are pushed back into his account. It is not without reason that one hears of farmers’ strikes in Canada. but the best and most. efficacious WAY of improving the ‘farmer's posi- tion ls for him to support his Fod- eration to the fullest. extent. and m evolve some ctr-operative mvfh- 0d of selling his owrn produce.

Village Games. Concluded

Marbles and llp~cal were games that required skill. but there w e ._-_-i~_-~_i~_-_

A elem-skimming. only-turning Renfrevv Is available to vou now. There's no waiting for delivvfll As the authorised Renfrew Repro- sentotivo for this district l will gladly demonstrate n Run-ow in

your ovm dairy. There's no obli-

gation to orolnse. Get more anon and utter, with n lun- frow, Give me o call and I'll

prove it to vonr satisfaction.

J. M. Ladner 111 mt STREET -

TldsyoorgetaNEW

cunts sristuvron

Ahlanlmvstaunumnivsuonnsooc

"Dear Agricola. this twig was tu- la very ancient game, based on the

ken from a bush 2-3 feet mg)‘, lplirfillll and cs-pture of an enemy.

growing on ligh-t soil. It is in a, [and may indeed go back i0 pre- -

field uhe-re blueberries are very historic times, 1n our game two WINNIPEG. Man. Scpi. 13 -—

plentiful. Kindly tell me the semicular "bays" were provided General rains over tho pu-airics held

name. Are the berries polsonousilllafter the fashion of "cities of up harvesting vac-rations during

—Anonymous." grefuge") one at each end of the the past lVeélbllLli. _it is now in The name is Mountain Holly. Dial/ground. wherein were ‘nous- full SWiIH-l 823m Wllh lhB QXCPD-

Nemopanthus mucronata. .Notice.ed all the players but one who lion of southcm and central Al-

Flowers on long slendcrlis cf Celtic origin). The players

had to bctcomc the Kiiili

Guernsey Breeders Meeting

DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

Saturday Sept. 14th. at 8.30 P.M. n.s.T.

Dr. A. R. Campbell, Secretary Canadian Guern- sey Breeders Association, Guelph, Oni., will address the Guernsey Breeders of P. E. I. Dr. Campbell has an important message for all Breeders.

A full attendance is urgently requested.

GUY RODD, Sec’y. P. E. I. Guernsey Club.

other games of the school yard. where brawn rather than brain was requisite. Midway between the two groups was Tig (or Tag). which we called “Piggy”. This is

Rains ‘Help Harvest In Prairie Provinces

heria where- it should start again

was stationed midway (He had 4 _ by this wook and very little lllrfiflll",

been belected by the old COllllllflZ- out rhyme "eenie. meenfle lllllllf‘,

may etc" which I've been mm, ern Manitoba. In Northern Muni-

iobu and in souihcrn Saskatche- wan another week of good weather will finish this year's crops. Cem- tral and northern Saskatchewan will not be finished for two to thrcc weeks and Alberta will pro- bably be a week later than this. Yields in all areas are qui-te good considering the peculiar sea-Eon and the total yield for Canadian ni-zifr- ies will be well above avcrag: for the lust ten years.

Scarcity of labor i-s reported in a few localities and machinery re- pairs are scarce in most places but are not serious. according to the final crop report of the llpart- merit of Agriculture of the Carr

tried i0 run to the opposite bay without being “tiggecP (slapped) b_v the fellow in the middle. ililgfid he must either stay and help his ca-ptor i0 Wig" -0Il'lEl'5. m" he must take his capicr's place. alone. Ifiisre were a num- ber of variations; of which I reed onlv mention “Tiggy tcticii- wood." I-f a player could reach some spot where he could touch a paling. a tree-trunk. or any other wooden article. his pursuer could not legally fig him! In the meantime the other players ran wild to draw the pursuers atten- mm‘ adian National Railways. “Mouniy-Kitiy" which The .-——=————- countryman calls "Mounty-cuddy" _ —Was a much rougher game. Sides Klliy. Th5 gfl-me was hard their clothes too.

were chosen. an equal number of boys (usually s) on each ggdg The schoolgirls did not seem to go in for any ganves at all. They

Lots were drawn and the losinq side had to be the Kliiy or Cugldy used to stand in groups._w'aiching ' the boys‘ antics. but sayin! noth-

—tl1nt is. tlic ass. Their captain _

stood with his back azainsi the m2. school xvall; a bav ivould bend so that the top of his head touch- ed the captain's middle. next boy would place his head against the preceditlu lnd‘s rear-end and so on. Whcn the chain was com- pleie. the opposinc "intain made a run and ‘n vault. as if nlavinc rd asiririe 1hr: followed and Wfifi ‘Til hard

Ofl

The Black Carpet Beetle

A reader recently sent some larvae for naming but as they were new to me I sent them on i0 Dr. Cannon. ihc Prnviziclal Entomologist. He iflls me ‘hni they are larvae of i-hc Black Czirmi Bettie. which is found in houses in the Province. As ii is dcstructive to carpets, rugs. and clnlh generally. it is an unravel-

we _ one or two box-v. it was a

matter for them io avoid “break-

ing remains i0 be dcnc lll scuiiv“

Insulate your home on the OUTSIDE

NOWhthedmetomakcsut-eol somfortable winter living. B.P. lnsul< Bric Siding gives SAVINGS , f" ‘flmed by M Pm INSULATION - WEATHERPROOFING l lflbriw/rd Pwdwl m" LASTING cotounrut FINISH '

repay if: mm. For

'*"’"Pl" to old or new wood-sided walls. All

Effective insulation cuts fuel bills drastically

Fine, colourful appear- ance requires no paint

three supplied in one product at one

application cost.

With it you stop wind, weather and Easy lpplicntlon by nailing reduces labour expense

cold; get year-round comfort (keep- ing winter heat IN and summer heat OUT); add a lasting finish of modern '

maintenan t: ., mm, ‘ beauty to your home.

Long lasting qualities cl' '

‘IBUBILDINC PRODU

MONYlLiAi l uni.)

P4.‘ ‘i/iNu

wsursm

5 or 6 TONS OF LOOSE ~ OR PRESSED HAY l

2 TONS OF STRAW Hauling will be done b]

WANTED '

Quantity good Island- grown Oats-free Barley.

Also Barred Rock, New

ducers and fovrer middlemen. . ‘ , , , _ ~ >1 .5 D_ Cannrgn ha; The u. tomato“ m our 1mm“ s“ BL 9S‘ rhyme was raid. ihc nvhcr siric rival wiih it. T1115 may‘ b? h"

on appliczilirn ‘n tho Enifimfi-y

If illrfi’ logical Laboratory. City.

be

broke th-cv must again ,

down

Vets Turn Rangelan

Hampshire and Leghorn the buyer. .. P"“°“" PHONE 2161 WILLARD PROWSE or write ‘,Y Brackley 116 Spring Park Road

d Into 6050p Farm

‘Proctor treads are rolling ovoi- the old Matador Ranch Brazing lands, 46 miles north of Swift Ourrent, Saskatchewan. as 15 rx-service- men begin io ran-p rewards of large-scale farming through co-operative enterprise.

Matador is part of s broad plan io rehabilitate veterans on a purely voluntary basis on Crown lands in the province. Three trac- tors, s jeep and other fsrm equipment for Matador were purchased through a loan- on the members‘ re-esiabllthment grants and are owned collectively. Inter. the men hope to establish s communal school. medical centre, children's playground.

inhabited during the war only by wandering herds of cattle, Matador presented a problem in pioneer farming. When the ad- vance psrly arrived in April. breaking frail in n Jeep over five miles of prairie from the nearest road. they sow only a vast sirelch of un- broken pdsiureland. The nearest farmhouse was six milcs away. Ploughing would have to begin knmedlstely if a summer harvest was

to be lowered

attacked the iwlfl limb-

mfln t zki former RCAF build- 15$; s; .2322": .“.:r:"..£:...?.'i. on" working in olufts lborméllVQfllél equiprlnexgi and get ploughing under way

h i5 ii er range an . on lxvgrk lfiecplgllzsted ahead through nn cnzanlled cvwldl- W119"- tion of expanded housing plans will soon allow ihe fcur married mem- hers to move in their families. Rental of the land. novnheld on .8550. will be thalged on a scale of 1-8 1o i-l cf ihe crop, dxuendlng on crop returns. If purchased at the end of i0 years. as ihe tiff-Will‘ 111M allows, the price will be determined by the productive Dfflfllmlll" of the land over the 10-year period.

Six monihs of hard work have been convpleisd- Approximately 2,500 sores have been ploughed, and harvest on 365 acres sown with flax uill bring a return of $10.01!). according in estimates of the Co- operative secretary. The community now has l-ir burr-bred Jersey cows to supply it with milk. and Awust rains boosted hopes for a better-tiun-svuuge groin yield.

splitting l1’? into crows. "10 Villela"