POTATO PR OTECTION

The fumlgailng chamber for dis- infecting potato bags is nearing completion on Railway Wharf. Summerside where it ta locatetll

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lust east of the storage shedstheip preteiit potato diseases be- 'lhe building. l7Vby lll6 feet,ling brought to P l-ll

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insulation and is expected to.

llMELY NOTES ON FUR TOPICS

The New York Auction ('oiii- pany has addrcsscti a nit-sstiue to all fur farmers. of uliich lllls is part: '”l'he prospci-ts for thi- mink rancher for the t-oiiiiiti: year are much better than itit-y were a year ago at this tune. and we look forward to 8 highly auccessful year. You itill rt-iiit-iii- her that in the late fall of 19:16. it became apparent. due in a combination of poor rciail rc- apnnse and an anticipated laruvr production, that prices uoiild allow a decline. The fur trade. in an effort to dispose of the prior aeason'a skin purchases. were re- luctantly forced to accept 3(Wt'l'!

' losaea in order to liquidiite ilii-ir holdings. Consequently, while in- taroued in fresh collections. they naturally had to revise lllf-'ll' es- tirnatea of what they could af- ford to pay for pelts. alvtziu keeping in mind the fact that they would in all probability. be larger quantities to absorb. "Following the old axiom of atipply and demand. this adiusi- ment H price was a natural re- acf.i'on but. unfortunately. an- other turn of events developed A number of fur farincrs. br-iiiiz fnarful of conditions. took it upon .

themselves to sell at home at t tha first ailable opportunity . The opening prices. which in

other yaara aometimes SCI'i('tl as a barometer. were in this iii- atanca iintruc. and with tlirsc f-Iv rancher: being in a st-lliiisz

frame of mind. pelta were being :

thrown at travelling huyers to web an extent that prices drop- ped drastically daily. As a nh'IllCl' of fact. this an frightened so many buyer: that they withdrew from the market t-ompletely. ;

"All these happenings occurred. before any auction sale: wr-ref held. Thia established a proolt-nij for prospective buyers and nuiilc them somewhat cautious in lA'IlK'4 in: firm stands in the early szilvs i Under competitive hiddinii tin- first sale: established prit-c ici- elii on a mode-st basis. and lllt' purchasers wore able to finite their goods into ex-talilislii-d trailt-. channels.

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"in the early part of lll.'i7 for their fall productions. the utir-3 merit industry decidr-d to use,

mink In fur trimming ftir roiiisi and siiii- This industry, as you limits. is cvtrt-mely large anti is capable of taking on vast unan- titics of pelts. and. as a con-i scqucnre it slow but gradual rise ht-izan to evidence itself in tho sale prices. The manaccrs of split-skin zarmcnts also lnult it more active part. and this acrxcs as another mt-an: of dis- posinz of large quantities of skins

”lioth of these outlets ct-nit-rcd their intrrcsts on the mi-diiinil and lowcr cnd of tlic iiiinlt i-ol-I lcctinns bcing offt-rod. nnd uiili thesr polls heintz con-iiiiii-d throiiizh n('ll channels. the fiirp trndc found itst-if in a position virercbv l1l2l1Pl” pf'lt'f'R could bc paid for qirility pelts. BLACK DYE

"Later in thc ycnr. a non til.ilk dye was dcvt-loped uliit-ii could he lls't”'l on interior pelts. incliid-, lng "hippcrs." and this gatc fur- thcr impetus to thc demand for mink Because of the abovc and othcr factors. If is therofore our opinion that the fur farmer has a much briizhier outlook for next. aeiuinn. provided he usi-s good judgment - not only in the care he takes in raising mink poll: for market. but in hia method of lelling."

MINI STANCE

The above letter by Prc:idrnl1 Mauicc Canto explains the mink attuatloa of 1957 very intelligent- ly. and allows how the industry Ill Mongbt out of the doldrums and flushed the year full of en- oraalaaa. There la another fac- that had considerable

seiiduff in newspaper advertising. . Eli-ii tliiise dt-parliiieiit and spt.-c.f. iait) xiorcs, uliicti had alrcadyi started suiiiiiiiir fur sales. werelv liiick Ill zttlii-rtisiiiu in a big nay Ill iiioriiiiig niiil attiwiioiin papers. lltlzhltulit of lllt' adterllsing push

N1-s an etiiit-page editorializedi llll-t)llI set-lioii iii the Montreal Star 'l'lit- L'tH9l' page gate thew piiiilit llll'l't' rt-asuiis "why ttla first in put tllll'Illl.' the siiiiimer sale Si-It-rtitin is at its peak.

,. taliit-s are at lllt'lr it-r) best. and d tht-re is pit-nit of Hill? to carry i . out individual orders.” I ,1

The great t-atzilugue firm of M” Moiitizoiiit-rt. lliartl and (blllpanyl t'liit'.'i::u. has H(l(lCfl a section of. furs in its llt'll fall and wtnterl gt-iieral t'illZIl(ll.',ll? Antoni: the arlltltls featured is a ranch mink. cowl stole. at 5299. tthile a simi-i lar stile ill iiortht-rn niuskrat la prlt'l'tl at Sltllllll. Also in niink,l lllI'0P and four skiii -'t'ai'tes are, prl('l'(l at Mt anti Silt). ltanchi mink ill lliii-e styles of shoulder pieces ll a fealtircd attraction ml (ire-cii's Aiitzust l-'ur Sale at Sac-. ranicntn. (X-ii Large ad dis-l plays t'll'ilWallt'l1llt)n to them.

livrti arc llll' qttttlttics that Vllll hr tiflt'rP(l at the Western ('anatli;in flats l-'iir Auction Sales. Ltd. Vancouver. August l5h. H” ham M "H, "iwnng 1;.

i." y i e wors in t a sale 0 cw ottcr. .i0.t)tl0 muskrat. 4.000 dark. Jersey In this cenlun” nrmer

niiitaiinn and wild mink. and . Hm d".”.m "Wk. Jlaurey Kcllerman sadly studies lhll stunted corn crop at Highli-

DROUGHT

, peratures sometimes hit 130. thei

1 few years a steady but unspec-i

MISSING IET A rzihtiit baa no canine teeth ready blamed for the destruc-

ptown. With normal rainfall. the corn would be towering over his

head by now. The dry spell. al-pfena to wipe out the field eornl crop. t

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Boron Is Key In Of Some New

- Iy JACK QUIGG , T LOS ANGELES tarps little: known element from the shim inering dry lake beds of Califor- nia'a deserts is emerginl as Ihei glamor stuff of the let age. it ia boron, which you already nu in more ways than you think. and which will play an ever larger role in your life in the future. l lt'a the key ingredient of new superfuelr which aome day mayl take man to the moon and be-' yond. it already haa added new speed to fighters and bombers and missiles. 1 Scientists say they are on the threshold of research programs that should open numberleas uses for boron compounds in -such diverse fields aa medicine. atomic energy development. ag- riculture, food processing. But the big push today. a push ' backed by undisclosed millions of 'government dollara, is for per- .tectlon of high energy fuela.

illllf I dolen bl! Cllemlnl m'"”-' craft to 90.000 feet from a cur- i used clothing for the Social Wel- Saint Dunstan: University.

lscorea of smaller onea and many uiiiversitiea are working on pectn of fuel pi ” WHAT IS BORONT l

Pure boron la a grey. extrem- ely hard non - metallic element first isolated in France in 1808. it is found in the pure state onlyi as a laboratory curiosity. in na-i ture. it la usually found as boraxi -aodiiim tetraborate-a crystal- line whita nit with an alkaline- taste.

The salt is mined from lakel bed: where it had been carried; by rainwater: draining over mil-i

lion: of years from ranges rim- ming Death Valley and the Mo-4 lave Desert. l

Under these glistening whitel expanses. w h e r e aummlf tem-'

stuff has in beds hundreds of feet thick. . .beda that contain 95 per cent of the world'a known aupply.

Since the daya when it was hauled out by the famed 20-mule teams, boron had until the last

tacular career in industry.

To housewives. it waa most. familiar as a disinfectant. borici acid, and aa a cleanser. But itl also became a vital ingredient in. glass. fertilizers. Pesticides. aoill aterilants.

Then. with the program to de-f velop long-range miaailea, camei the need for a fuel to powerl them. The military aingled it out. as the element most likely to succeed.

it is light. the fifth lightest ele-l mcnl. And it will combine withl hydrogen, the llghteat thing ofl all. Scientists put it this way: Hy- drogen would be tha perfect fuel,

tfoii of more than i! million dol-l lara' worth of product. threa-

WE WANT

TlllltiH BEARIJS

We want to npouafo the min from the boys.

Hole looking: for nu-ri tsitli the limit of

23' price

roiiuli lmigh jrisl piniiiiig lu-artl: Iltat utint slime i-ll without it liaiilc in fall taprp "l"L”'l-' 'llln nIN-- ial J31 ulli-i no that tlw-0 MNI Mn ill-I--it-i the Zlllttlnil iiniwlio-ieahlc

roriiloil nl fllP4llt iiiml twat shat.

KK'i- . laiiri to zitc lit fur the host -tliaip- But (turn 1.

bill llI't'I. wtlmhxewi) otlio-rslitti mg pmtliwt yourself and sit

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vent eelliag of Mm fast. 1 Expensive now. the fuel la IOC, yet in quantity production. The! time is not far off. however. tarp lexample. by 1950 Olin Mathleaoai Iwill be operating a mass production plant near Ni-- ' agara Falls. owned outright liylt 'the U.S. Air Force. A 532.000.0ll)l plant to produce the fuel devel- M -oped by the midwest research in- stitute is under construction at

Mon.. August 12, 1957

gradient Superfuels

as it produces the maximum en- ergy per pound. But pure hydro-

" l 'l -al. dangcruua , N:-d elipenxslllll-2.” n . Muskogee, Okla. with a smaller -rod”. . f I C ,. m,.,ns,” no i facility at Lawrence, Kan. search. the military is experi- STAR OF THE SEA

menting with a variety of liquid Ind Wlld l"”P9”3"l5 l"V”"l”' Ten members and two visitors various boron - hvdrozen '"d.attended the "Star of the sea". boron- carbon - hrdrosen r0m- C.W.L. meeting which was heldl D0I"Id5- at the home of Mrs. Bernard and; The 595i Ir? 513519. 9353' 10 Mrs. Edwin Doyle on August I. handle and non-tuxic - all iital Meeung opened by P,-aye, by factors. i the president Mrs. J.A. Murphy. The best develop an energy of.Tlie minute; of the last monthly close to ID.000 British thermalimecting were signed as read. Imlls I P0UIld- "imputed to pure Financial statement. was giv- hydrogen's 5'l.tl00 By Ctllllparlv en showing a balance on hand son. kerosene iyclds 18.500 of 368.75. Of this 850.00 was to Already one firm. Olin Matiue-l, be paid MacDonald and Rowe on Ion Chemical Corporation, has. bill for lumber for church fence. announced a boron fuel it says Ml'S- James MIl!'Pl!y and MH- wili send a jet bomber 40 per cent Benin" M”l533'-'- W979 l'9-3PD0llI- huh" wmwu; rknfueling .led on. church committee for an-

And the midwest rescari-li in-lmh" "?0mh- Magallnu WW9 Hume in Kansas C”), says nlturned in to Social action com- fare. Mrs. Alphonsus Morrlsseyi It was decided to make Iur-l - . lmittee to be sent to Sacred and Mrs. Edwin Doyle were ap-'plice and soutanea for smaller meeting by repeating the Act of pointed delegates to attend the boys to begin serving man. Consecration. Lunch was served

baa developed a boron fuel that, can extend the altitude of air- "ea" Home" - . An appeal was sent out for annual convention to be held at Mra. Joseph Doyle kindly k:- and a aoclal hour enlayed by vited members for September all.

HOLD DISARMAMENT TALKS

U.5. secretary of State John wyn Lloyd; French Foreign Mln- Johnson. right Mill! point of Foster Dulles. in London for talks. later Jules Mocli (rear unidenthl dlnlreement is the delmc of in- on the disarmament problem. isl fled); Soviet Deputy Foreign. apection to be allowed represen. shown. second from right. on the Minister Valerian .Zoi'in; Diaar-- tatlveu of Russia. Europe and steps of Winfield House after onel ament Administrator Harold Stu-i the U.S. in their reapectii.

.0! the sessions. Left to right: sen (rear): Dulles and Canadian eountriea .. . iBritish Foreign Secretary Sel-tAmbaaaador in Moscow Davldl

meeting. President closed in.

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