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' . Silver Fox and

§ Mink Farming

Al a recent meeting of the Sil- ver Fox Breeders’ and Estiibitors’ Association a resolution was pas- 50d to be forwarded lo Hon. I). C. Abiolt, Minister of Finance, ask- ln; for the removal 0f the 10 per r1 nl. processing tax and the 8 pel" (rut sales tax on sliver fox furs. A committee was appointed to formulate an application for a floor on prices of silver fox furs, the idea being to help out the ulvrr fox farmer this season with possibly enough, trhicii if added to lizs coling price would cover the lost of production. Floors have been set up for farming products and as the fox farmer comes under farmers‘ category it is ihe belle: of the directois of the Ass cation lLiat he is entitlcdQto consideration.

Just before Christmas we had a-letler from ullie lvfcNeiil, Fort Qu Appciic, Sash. WiILLX we quote: ‘i may say that I had an enjoy- nole interview wllli the Hon. Mr. uurdlfiel‘ at Ottawa on my way back from Charlottetown and he quite sympathetic and is ing to co-operate in any way lne marketing of Canadian z s. He did not thliik that. our ii-isnds lo the south of us would change the quota or add to the lllrlff although some of our fur lnrixllant! would lead us to be- hnre that there is danger of their dong so. In regard to getting in lull l with ,)ur parliulnentary rep-y

wild mink coats formerly priced lit 811.000 and $11,500 at $5,500 each. The Eaton Company, Ltd. announces usual savings and invites inspection of reduc. ll0nS marked on price 11¢- kets. Holt Renfrew Co. Ltd, puts the accent on quality and 5W5 every coat has been repriced to give customers decidedly sub- stantial savings. We note where all over the United States most fur Doohity stores and depart-

mental more: are marking down furs. Saks Fifth Avenue store in

New York had a sale recently of $4.090.000 worth of furs. Among the articles sold were twenty mink coats, large quantities of Persian lamb broadtail, sable, HUlriI-i. ermine. lynx. silver fox, platina foil. blue foil and other furs were disposed of. Marked downs ran as high as 50 per cent. While the above marked downs

and special sales may seem a de-'

pressing factor yet we believe it is the quickest way to right the public indifference to furs which was manifest prlor to the break in prices. Great interest will be stirred up by these sales and people who had no expectation of buying furs will become custom- ers and their wearing furs will create s. demand from others, for envy is one of the oldest attri- butes of character. We are con- fident that if the interest con-

l“.il‘lllZiiiOIl$ I think it 1s a splcn-‘tinues for a few weeks more the

llrll idea. Chester

oOur good friend W. S. McLurc, M. P.,‘ has been doing his best during the inst season and I am sure he uni be glad of all the support he (an receive.

l attended the Winnipeg show on my way back. They collected a substantial amount aL their banquet which will be used for tltl- advertising of foxes and mink. lillil. is lt will form part of tlio fund being collected for that purpose. I also visited the Van- couver show. The fox exhibit there was small but they did - a lot of splendid mink. The

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cwl nl production ls lower than f1ll\ other province of Canada in n11: estimation, and the reason is

nlitudc of fish and they are ., food. In proof of this I _:'nrti lo be sealed at tile Irlnqllrl. taliic next lu a rzinc-licr nlz-i won three championships and ‘u liiy surprise he told me that lil- had used 75 per cent of fish in the diet." - - - Thanks, Ollie your information vlhicli I am will be appreciated by our n..nk ranchers and others. ‘There l3 no question that mink thrive on flsli iind a large part of the dirt can be of that form of pro- ll- n. led Slates and possibly ln lhl ‘znlcrior of Canada too, the feed- lug of fish must be accompanied ii)’ a certain amount of Vitamin l! otherwise what is known as Cliastek Paralysis will result. That ls n sort of paralysis or dragging o1 the liind parts. If at any time ion see your foxes or mink mani- lsszing symptoms of this, feed brewer's yeast and change your diet adding some horse meat and liver or fresh beef and liver and .1011 will find that they will get over it.

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Fritz Weissler of l-he Weissler F111" Company. Montreal. spent a few days here last week buying lox furs. Mr. Welssler was. like llle rest of us, not too certain :ilnnit what the market would do. lluwrvei‘, lie did purtliase quite a number of skins. platinuins, ‘Nlilte marked and silvers. He fluted that 11¢. Will-lid like to have Spent more time here but busi- "958 interests in. Montreal de- manded liis attention.

They are slashing furs and fur "If-IS in Montreal, and yes, in Qllarlottetown too we have just “"000. but Bummerside was "me weeks in advanc! of most Canadian firms in that matter. 111! Robert Simpson 0a., Mont- "il. shows price comparisons an- "°“"'-‘l0B at I170 coats formerly

'°. 8450: at 83% coats form- "lv ms to cans; and at ms Coats formerly to 31,3941

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“To Foil Ranchers Who Want

Now u never before ovary fox rancher must c '5' Point oflnoding quality foxu. Word of tho day. Improve your herd 5'04 from generations of prize-Winn

largest part of the made up stocks Will have been moved, leaving room for purchase of fresh furs and their manufacture.

The Hudson's Boy Company of London, England. estimates based c-n their December sale prices with the silver fox market open- ed there at a decline of 30 per cent compared ,will‘.i December. 19-16. Official quotations on the small proportion of fresh Scan- dinavian goods included 1n the sale was an advance of 7 1-2 per cent on October. It is custom- ary, the firm explains, in its after sale report to quote comparisons with the previous season's open- ing prices. As the first post-war silver fox sale held in January last vras mostly carry-over merchan- dise and the collection that time. due to late polling. contained so few fresh skins the company quot-

ed. advances and (ieclincs against.’ m Rrswve Grand Chnmpio. __ Ohm"- while Marked Silver at one 194. "'*“' lt sl w. Anning, Chadwick and Kiever, De m

Ltd., quotes firm prices on fresh goods included in the December sale. The company bases this quotation, it explains, on a con- siderable voluinelof privaic treaty sales shortly before the auction. Anning states in its post sale re- port it has also sold by private reaty sales about 1,000 Russian sliver fox for export account. (This is the first intimation we have had o! Russian silver fox

being sent to the London mar- kets). The next London silver fox sales are scheduled to open

January 0th by the Hudson's Bay Company when a catalogue of fresh mink will also be offered. Mining's set its silver fox sale to open January 13th.

Petoskey, Mich, Dec. 22-01mm Brager Larsen, a former fur fanm operator in Norway, is planning to fly a cargo of breeding stock con- sisting of 84.2 mink and 44 white- faced foxes, to Oslo, starting some time 'this week. The ani- nirils_ have started their 4.360- mile journey in a chartered plane. Mr. Larsen. who launched a fur- farming project in this country in 1939 after he was forced to remain here when war broke over Europe while he was visiting the United States, said the animals he is transporting by air will be

distributed among 7t Norwegian’

breeders. The mink stock. in- sllrrd by American Airlines fo $175,000, includes platinum. glac- ier blue. plstel and Kohl-nul- types. Two friends of Mr. Inrlen are making the flig-ht with the animals and 1,000 pounds of bee! liver ls being taken for food. A brief stop ls planned at LaGuardla Field before the ship hops of! for Norway.

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Tuesday. December 31st.

ull hi: stock to Quality and not quantity in the by introducinggfuturiutlc foxes lug stock with the reputation

pups of top quality at tho lowest

h. All foxes Inoculated with Fromm‘:

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8.15 0n 8.30 NATIONAL PROGRAMME l 9:30 to 10:00

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MONDAY EVENINGS JAN. 6th Special Speaker HON. W. F. A. STEWART

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fox pelts and mutations at Gpn- adian National Silver Fox Breed- ers‘ Association, Summerside. We called u-p secretary Tom Carruth- ers and he informs us that there are well over 1,000 entries. This

remember for any pelt mow any- where. Douglas Bell, Carleton. provincial fur grader. will have a tough assignment ahead of him but Liehas proven his worth in the shows of 1945 and 1946. Judg- ing will commence on Monday and continue on Tuesday and Wed- nesday at the Summerside High School where it was held in 104.5 and 1944. Arrangements for the display of pelts are in the cap- able hands of Lowell W. Han- cock and the grading committee is also an excellent one so we can be sure of a good show, well conducted. We neglected to men- tion that a banquet will be held on Wednesday evening and the judging is expected to be complet- ed lillil day.

indefatigable and untiring are adjectives that could be very well applied to our friend Lowell W. Hancock, Sumimerside. We thank him for a catalogue of Ohio National Mink, Silverblu. Sno- whlte. Bin-cross, Royal Koh-i-nur which he 1s offering and their breeding, also the splendid feed schedule which accompanies it. There is also a catalogue of his Oliio National foxes giving breed- ing of sires and dams with com- plete descriptions. The. circular that goes with lhemibears a re- production of the wonderful sire AOJ-51S and the pelts which won Grand Clinm-pion platinum p.211

Herbert A. Nieman Company “hose ranches are in Hermans- ville, Wls._ and Northern Michi- gan, have just recently com- pleted polling 4-l,800 sliver foxes which were corralled on the sev- en Nleman farms. The peltlng is carried on gt Hermansville at the rate of 1.500 to 2.000 foxes daily. According to Ronald Stevenson. secretary of the 60111110115’. the value of the 1946 harvest is in ex- cess of $1,500,000. Note: Ronald must have been thinking of 1945 or early 1946 prices. However, we hope they will achieve his esti- mate.

Fromm ranches announced they had pelted 35000 foxes while Niemans as above mow nearly 4.2.000, making a total of 77,000 for these two big concerns. The total production 0f the United States this season is not exlpect- ed to be over 190.000. 50 0119 ca" see what a ‘Jig factor Fromms and Niemans are in the fox world.

In a conversation with secre- tary Tom arrlithers last eveninS he informed us that they hav- received over twice as many pelts on consignment as they had re- ceived on December 31st, 1846. Tom snys-“Wewe been so busy here we can hardly eat or sleeil" No doubt it is a hectic job when rqvcwbcdy comes piling in their u "irs almost at the same time. bu Hz;- staff at are coureous and very efficient and everything fill" "k9 work.

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ll. If. Offers Market for Eggs

Canada's latest egg contract with u"? Umled Kilfldvai offers an as- sured market ot a higher prim to every surplus Canadian egg laid from rebruary i. 194'! to January 31, i941). says the Dcuniiwim Df_\p_]1"1_ iii/em of Agiiculturc The Dispari- ntcnt estimates the value of me llziitract at ltpDifixinmfkly $50,090.- 000

The con/tract calls for the Spec. lal Prodluots Board to deliver to the UK Ministry o: Flotid a mini- mum of 7.500 Juig tons of sugar dried 9G8 powder and 1.750.000 cases M dhell ears cf which only soopoo 0888s are stem-age eggs, in each of the twelve month periods, Fem-irony 1, 1947 tio January 3i, 1948 and , ‘.948 lo January 31,

The quantity 0i eggs required w fill each of the twelve-month per. lods of this two-year contract is the 88411118 as required by the ma; rent 1946 comi- ~i but the price obtained for 11102.1 contract permits an incl e of one con-t per dozen over the i946 price lo the producer in llie spring buying periods, February 1 to August 31. ' of two cents per 11-‘; buying periods. Scpleanbtu 1 to January 31.

‘the Products Board will buy erg-gs of the Canadian govern» mom. Grades A Large, A Medium and A Pallet for its 1947 shipments. Whleithiex Glade A Pullet eggs will be minded in U48 Shifimfifllfi is to be decided by llif, U.l-.'.. Ministry of Flood before the end of 1947.

‘lire floated will limlr. its Pur- chase of storage eggs to Grades A Large and A Medium. but Grades A. B and 0 will be accepted for the manufacture of the sugar dried egg oweer to be used by British bakers.

BALANCING A BREEDING RATION (Experiment-oi Farm News)

‘Fhc most exacting demands of poultry in a nutritional way are made by breeding stock. The breed-

ductive stage of the bird's life and must provide thelessential nluti-l- enls for the development ot the embryo and to some extent for the livability of the chick since its in- itial nourishment is supplied through the egg. says Morris Nov- lkoff. Poultry Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. If the hen does not obtain the nutrients at an adequate level she will draw upon her body stores to a degree which can have a disastrous effect an the hen and ultimately cm the Rsulibig chick

The problem reduces itself to the obtaining of feeds which are suf- ficiently high in all the essential nutrients to supply the highest levels for maintenance. production. and reproduction.

Feeds such as fish meal, meat meal, soybean oil meal- and dried milk products will supply the pro- teins; bonemcal. limestone, oyster shell, salt, manganese sulphate, the minerals; dehydrated green feeds, yeast, vitamin oils. synthetic vitamins. the vitamins. The bulk of the rston will consists cf grains and by-producls of grains. 70-80 "Pf cant. These grains are a source

vlde proteins. mlneinls and vitam- ins and must be taken into account when balancing the ration. The protein supplements are than add- ed in sufficient amounts to meet the protein requirements m op- proximately l5 per cent in an all

, tloOuue. Allistoni. Ont. mid for vBIOGRQ Gil: for mm ulo in

Mrs. Fred Doucette f Old 'I‘i . M . - m mum mm“: Jergey cow figdediila-isi-iu s. A.. having mid that

Result as 336 l 5am above l! owned bywn Roblcigéiulgs to the gallon. This Jersey cow

er ration must nourish the repro’ me nmnber

mash ration or 18 per cent of the_

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Rapid Decline In Fruit Trees

What has haDDEned to fruit tries in Canada m the 1351 4g yea-rs. 1.5 the subject of m arllcle lil the Economic Annallst by 11A,

. Origin 0f Santa Claus

Net long ago I read an article which tried to show that Santa Claus first made his appearance in pre-historic times. People liv- ed in caverns. it read, and sought the daylight by cliizibing through a. hole in the roof; which. ac- counts for the original Santa's predilection for climbing up and down chimneys, a habit never attributed to the good Bishop Nicholas of later times.

The early cave-dwellers of Europe, unfortunately for this theory, always lived in open caves or under crags, whose floor was usually at ground level, so that none need come down the chim- ney, (if there was one). There are however, ancient Stone Age flint mines at various points both in England and on the continent. still 1n good preservation, even to the deer-horn picks, that the old miners used. The dune-shaft at Grimes Graves, Norfolk, is nearly 40 feet deep and the min-

Canipbcll and 1);; w_ C, HODDQL Zfiiry ooinl uul that the 19;)‘, census reported 21 million irn. lices in Canada and by 1941i inf number had decreased to 13.8 mil- lion. This decrease in the nuin-‘ ber of fruit trees can be account- ed for in several ways. t-hev say. Frees were planted 1n all secglons vf Cflnada as the country became settled and settlers had lime Knowledge as lo adaptability of fruit trees to the climate or soil of a particular region. In many cases it was found that climate was too ‘severe and winter killing resulted often gngugh 1° make the growing of certain fruits 1m. practicable.

Later. as commercial agflculture 06119109611. certain limited areas of Canada. particularly parts of On- tario. Nova Scotla. Brltlsir Colum- bia and Quebec, ivere found suit- Pd to lrroivlnl: lire lruils Wllhlile result that production expanded lli 111050 areas. In limited areas of Ontario, such as the Niagara Peninsula. plantings or tcndc-r frlllts increased and replaced an-

nle trees Vwlblch could be grow ‘ over a wider area of Canada.- Also as commercial agriculture

“Lvclopcd. diseases and nests be- ‘ xine more nrevalent. and special- iution in other tvpes of agricult- ure develotisd. Consequently, the farmer with a few trees found it imDractical to care for his fruit pro-oerlv so that the small farm orchards have practically disap- peared in many sections of Can-

ada.

A similar storv is told of the changes in numbers of apple trees in Canada during the 40-year per- iod. In 193i there were more than 15 million apple trees reported in Canada and bv 1941 this 101:1 had, declined to 8.5 million trees. a decline of 43.6 per cent in the per- iod. In 1940. total production of apples was about l4 million bush- els which was 25 oer cent less than was reported in the census of 1900. The most significant change in the number of frees Tias taken place in Ontario wihere

declined from 9.5 million in i901 to 2.9 million in i040. The number of trees in

Nova Scotla Ln 194.1 was about the same as that reported in_ 1901. whilethe actual production of ao- ples fro-m commercial apple orch- ards in i940 was almost double that reported from apple trees in 1900. In British Columbia. the number of trees increased from 0.4 million lo 1.5 million during the 40-year period with lhe result that British Columbia produced more RDDiQS than any other pro- vince in Canada.

mash if 50:50 mash to groin ls used- The next sien is to balance the cal- cium and phosphcrus levels using oyster shell. limestone, tone meal etc. to include such minerals as manganese sulphate and lodlred salt to meet other more important mineral requirements sluch as man- ganese sulphate and iudiwi 5819 to meet other more imPOTW" min-oral requirements such as man- ganese. sodium. chlorine and lod- ine. The last stcP l‘ i” ‘leiemflm? the various vitamin levels present in the final mixture and if thfl’ B" loo lcw to correct them by i116 in". clusion of vitamin supplrments. _

Availability may be the mam limiting factor especially the following year when scarclls‘ might well be at a maximum Quill-- ity. however, should be mall!!!)i11- ed, the coat, within reasonable lim- 11g; bglng of secondary importance. The old adage. "it rays l0 Wv the mt" t; particularly a-Pvrflwifllv l" this instance.

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ers must have descended and ascended by means of notched wee-trunks for ladders.

When bronze came into use.

..nit-inlning was discontinued. Gradually the darksolme holes in llie ground became the abode of

goblins - gnomes such as you see in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." The were well-