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Eastwood as Holt held a very successful sale of ranch mutation mink at the Gouvernor Clinton Ho- iel, New York, last week. Some 10,000 skins were offered. stan- dard mink reached 533 for males and 319.25 for females. Raw pas- ieis reached 353 and Stewart Plzitlnums hit 355 on two occasions. Best bidding was when the best goods in the offering were up for .ale. Itxwas estimated that H5 oer cent of the mink were sold. one thousand silver fox, which was I rather unattractive offer- lng, drew good competition and has 60 per cent sold. In the stan- dard ranch mink offering best iii- zerest appeared to be for better goodl. males and females, with lesser demand for the inferior quality pelts. '

The New York Company's sale Minneapolis last week saw l8,- lotl standard mink actively bid for with iii per cent sold. Prices were it-ported as 10 per cent advanced over the Companyls sale there on April 28th. Top males brought ill)I'lT 318 to 822, females, s13.25. ti-ood commercial males ranged from 318 to s22, females, .310 in t11.25; 55 per cent of the nearly 5.000 Platinum mink was sold at unchanged prices and a poor col- lection of over 3,000 Pastels was 9': per cent sold with top males bringing 337.50, which was an ad- iance of 15 per cent above April. A, collection of 112,000 inuskrats nos 70 per cent sold at a top of 52.35 for spring Wisconsin extra large and large; Minnesota extra large and large sold freely at 81.00 to 51.68 and selected lots at s2.00.

Two iurmen who have been spe- .iiilizing for a number of years mostly in the manufacture of persian lamb garments, decided last season to take a fling at mink innching and this year they ap- oear to have had surprising suc- :css. These men are Manny Ring and Eric Ritcher, who have been partners in Ring and Rltcher, New York fur house for twenty years. Mr. Ring reports that they pur- chased 50 pregnant female Pastels from Northwood Fur Farm, Cary, lIi., brought them to their newly acquired 15-acre ranch in Don- liury, Conn. and set up business. Net result was the birth of 2'16 mink kits, which. states Mr. Ring, we believe is a. record production ior this season. Asked what had prompted them to go into mink ranching Mr. Ring said that he sees a good future for mink and that the firm has been making some mink garments the past sev- rral seasons. "We can use our mink or sell them and are alm- iiig at a herd of about 500 or 600 rcmalcs," said Mr. Ring . . . Early n July the writer visited the 'anch of George A. Callbeck, Suni- nerside, and saw over 1,000 mink tits. I believe Mr. Callbcck said Iiiat the average production for his females was very close to six, so that would be about on a par or a little better than Mr. Ring's. George in purchasing his female mink, and males also, stipulated that they must be out of litters of six and the results show that prollficness is hereditary.

Some time ago we mentioned in this column that gratifying re- suits had been obtained in the rrowth and fur quality of minks ted Terramycin - B12 as supple- ments to feed. Now we note that the Company that makes the above lireparation. Pfizer of New York, ire advertising it for sale. also

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Mink Farming

Terralac, a. complete synthetic milk that is being widely fed to baby pigs as a sow replacement, and was successfully used last year as an all year ration for mink. The claim is that Terralac fed animals showed a marked accelera- tion in the rate of growth. No dis- ease was recorded and mortality was reduced to one-half of one per cent, and the animals fed Terralac held their color for a longer time. Terralac contains dried skim milk, lard, vitamins, min- erals, fish soluables and a high level of Terramycln.

Our reaction to the above is that knowing the prices charged for Terramycin in drug form, it seems to us that it would be imprac- ticable to buy it in feed form for mink. unless it would be to feed sapphires of rare value. No doubt the preparation is good and the thought has also struck us, sup- posing hey start feeding Terralac to babies and they have similar results in regard to growth that mink have had, perhaps a na- tion of giants will be developed and -that would mean a great change in the building of homes. furniture, etc. However, we can- not see where it could be fed to pigs under present price conditions as every farmer we ask about the pig business complains that there is very little money in it at pre- sent:

This is one of the most critical times on the mink ranch. The care you give your kits now may result in either a profit or loss for your entire year's work. The heat wave is on and fresh water should be available at all times.

hot spell from lack of water. Your watering cups should be where the young can reach them at all times of day or night. tempting fresh where the kits can reach it. Some. ranchers feed three times a day during the growing period but all should feed at least twice a day. A prominent breeder has the fol- lowing slogan: - "Stretch pelts starting with initial growth and keep it up during the entire season, not just at peltiiig time."

What is true of mink is also true of foxes. Foxes should be watered twice a day during July and August. That is to say, the water utensils should be renew- ed from time to time. It is im- portant too, that sheds be clean- ed out frequently and that food utensils should be kept clean by

The next month or six weeks will tell the mortality tale. A good rancher will have the losses, carelessness can be expen- sivc.

Ranch sanitation should

A clean ranch

otherwise get a foothold. It is ini-

straw now which should be burn-

Many kits died last year during a d

Plenty of , feed should be:

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being rinsed out in boiling water.

he stressed now as well as at all times. which has been sprinkled with a solution of cresoi or other disinfectant of a strength of I in 100 will prevent fleas frpni breeding and will keep down types of infectious diseases which might

portant that the fox dens should be cleaned out of all litter and

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The various weaves seen in mod- ern textiles were all known to the North American Indians who de- signed them for their finestg bas- kets. The white man copied these in his matmiaking on a loom and then to cloth when finer fibres were discovered.

The dog was the first animal to be domesticated, and wheat and barley the first cereals on which civilization was founded in Sum- eria and Egypt.

It is interesting to note agri- culture began independently in several areas lying near Asia anti Central America. Different cereals came from each of the several regions. Hard wheat came from Abyssinia, although its cultivatioli was largely carried on in Egypt. Soft wheat came from the district lying between Asia Minor and the North-west frontier of India. Bar- ley has its home in Southeast Asia and Abyssinia. To the new world we owe the gift of maize and Indian corn. Indeed we might truthfully say civilization began with agriculture.

Hit-run drivers are not new, but did you ever hear of a hit and walk pedestrian? Edward Belliotti of Toronto, is keeping his eyes peeled for a fellow who smashed i:i the side of his car and then left the scene of the accident.

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Death separated 92-year-old twin sisters when Mrs. Theodore Grouf died in Indiana. Her sister, Mrs. Alexander Toms, is in fair health.

Thl! Indians of New Mexico. ac- coridig to Stevenson, have a strange tradition that the seeds of certain plants were the prin- cipal foodstuffs in the infancy of the race before the gods sent them the corn plant.

Furthermore they believed that the original seeds came from the underworld at the time of the races emergence into the light of

ay.

The Chile Tarweed has a special interest to mcderns in that yields under compression a high- grade oil, suitable for table use, soap-making and for lubricating machinery, as it does not solidify short of 10 degrees I"ahr.

A little more than half a cen- tury ago, the plant was introduced into cultivation in Europe where it thrived, and an oil-cake used to be made from its seeds for cattle.

The richest country in the

world, the U.S.A., has a national debt that simply staggers one, even to think of it. How much? Just three-quarters of a trillion dollars. The United States always has been in the red. At the end of 1790 she owed 375,500,000. By 1835 the debt had been cut to 337,500,- 000 the lowcst point in that coun- try's history.

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it stands at s'.!'l5,000,000,000. Can will tell. But many say its too big to pay.

Frozen milk in the shape of bricks will be seen in the kitchens of tomorrow if its new shape proves popular. It will not lose any of its flavor and the compact brick will not occupy too much space in the refrigerator - in fact just a third of the space taken by the milk

ed. Then they should be washed in 1, in 100 cresol and the covers left open so that the air can hit them

bottle. Staple food in Western

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and dry them gradually.

Over a million and a quarter

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imports )5'l6,000) came from Can-

urcs were compiled by Joseph H Francis. Secretary, National Board of Fur Farm Organizations.

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mink pelts were imported into the United States from foreign coun- tries during the year 1951, accord- ing to statistics compiled by the Commerce. The exact estimate was 1,264,000 pelts which had a foreign value of 318,631,000. Nearly half of these

ads. and about 250,000 came from Scandinavian countries. Tiicse fig-

stan consists of wheat and barley yin summer, and maize and wheat in winter.

China's great philosopher, Con- fucius, wouldn't eat food that was not ”choppcd up properly." He also insisted that there should be the same proportion of flesh food as there was vegetables in the mixture.

"The stars at night look big and bright deep in the heart of Texas" did not hold true recently when towering clouds of i'ed top-soil blew out of the Lone Star State giving the country the worst dust- ing sincc the dust bowl days of the Ii?(i0's.

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"There's nothing to it." Reggie Gallant of Cornwall. He is speaking about fishing, and judging by his astonishing success, which is the envy of fishermen in these parts. he should know. He can sit on the bank of any stream and pull in fish after fish with- out worrying about special baits.

Master Sidney Gruber of San Francisco was a puzzled youngster ”when he looked over his latest rabbit population. One of a litter of 8 sisters born nine weeks ago had but one ear. On the eariess side there was just in small hole. The surprised youngster aptly named the new arrival Minus.

Unless we are called upon to fight a Third World War Canada may soon become a woman's coun- try. Quebec has more females than males. so has little Prince Edward Island. The bureau of statistics, in an analysis of the 1951 census says the number of females in Canada vhas climbed by almost one and a half million in t.hc past 10 years, while male increased only by 1,153,873.

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LONDON - (OP) -- A 40-min- ute recording has been made of landmarks in the life of the Queen. Entitled the ”Second Eliz- abeth”, the record covers historical events and speeches om the time of the Queen's birth n 1920.

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y In 1863, during the Civil Waizlcmld (ewe-gin m5e I0 II MW h”3I.I' i?"d wfutilow in calcium and phosphorus: I m P 5L”gge”"g ngme dmmg Iand that poor soils lower the value me.FIr5I' Wmld wart Up It wemioi the protein in meat obtained mm” In Wm” War 11 Imd has fi'oni cattle that graze on poor. been "sing CV” smcc um” wan” soils. Scientific experiments have

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Soils and Food

A great deal has been said and written about the depletion of soils, the need of conservation, and the fact that the population of the world is rapidly increasing, so that there are many countries today that do not produce enough food for their people. There are frequent famines in countries with large populations including both China. and India.

The Food and Agriculture Or- ganization of the United Nations has already accomplished much, by contributing the best personnel obtainable, for its Agrieultuml Missions to the countries that have requested assistance towards in- creasing the productivity of their soils and the development of the:r agricultural resources. There is an increased demand for more workers in this great field of re- taining and improving soil fertility

and increasing the world's food supply.

In addition to countries where famines occur, there are many

peoples who do not have food in sufficient quantity for their needs or have to use foods that lack es- sential nutritional qualities re- sulting in malnutrition, and its; accompaning serious scourgcs as' the disease known as "Bcriberi",I so common among people who uscl polished rice as their chief food.

Soil Deficiency and Human ills

Scientific investigations have not traced any human ill to ii specific soil deficiency. We know that iodine deficiency is caused

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the Euphrates and the Tigris in North Babylonla. This canal ”was probably excavated by Khami- muragas in the 22nd, century BC."

Babylon was a great walled city 60 miles in circumference, that stood on both sides of the Eu- phrates, connected by a covered stone bridge a great marvel in its time. This area is now famous for its ruins and supported a popula- tion of about 30,000 in l910 in- stead of the many millions re- quired to build so great a city.

While there are many authen- tic geological records of great world climatic changes in pre- historii: times and definite clima- tic cycles that have occurred chang- ing fertile areas, to deserts or semi-desert conditions in historic times, yet man has been the re- sponsible agent for the distruc- tion of many former fertile areas in comparatively recent times.

Denuded And Waste Area:

We have not checked the de- pletion of the former fertile soils of Babylonia, but one could well expect that the beginning occurred with the removal of the natural soil protective agencies that de- veloped with the formation of the soil through the ages. These in- clude the lower forms of life fol- lowed by plants and trees.

This is well illustrated by the. disasterous changes brought about! by man when he, has interferred: with natural conditions on oceanic islands that are far removed from the continents. The Portugese introduced goats about 1513 to the island of St. Helena, that at the

primarily by the water and not the food supply. It has long been known that cattle grazing on soils deficient in certain iiiinernls de- velop nutritional troubles. There

man's food and that of a grazing animal. Vegetables, fruits and cereals form the largest part of is honie-pro- duced, by a minority of our people

today. Even these play a minor role in the diet of the average home. Cattle on pasture are con-

fined to a limited number of for- age plants, water and salt. Some do hot have even the benefit of common salt contains other minerals as impuri-

es.

There is no question that fer- tile soils produce greater quanti-' ties of crops, including lcgumcsi that are rich in protein, calciuml and curotene. These will increase the supply of milk, meat, eggs, &c.i Fertile soils will also produce su-i perior fruits and vegetables that are so important in human diet. Many erroneous statements haiey been made that milk from cows that are pastured on poor soils will not build strong bones in ren because the milk will be

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as these particular minerals are

Inot known to be deficient iii the

human diet. Climatic (Ihaliges The gradual and progi-'cssivc

tlryhig up of great areas in Baby- lonia, Asia Minor. North West In-

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is, however, no comparison between I

time was covered by a magnificent forest. In fifty years the goats had so multiplied that they were seen wandering over the island in flocks a mile long: they ate and destroyed the seedlings and.young Itrces. colonists followed who cut .and burned the forests so that at the beginning of the 19th century the naturalist, Alfred Wallace des-

' lbed what was once a beautiful

lCI' lland as a "rocky desert" where he iiound traces of the original flora ionly on the most inaccessible moun- tain peaks.

The island of Laysan, in Pacific was reduced to a sandy

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which ”9q”e””y desert by the introduction of rab-

bits, that in about 25 years killed

ioff vegetation so as to nearly ex- iterminate themselves. During the

Second Great War in the Pacific, rats went ashore from landing craft and on many islands ex- termirizited many species of rare birds, including the Laysan rail.

Remedial Measures

Many governments are now re- foresting denuded areas, believing that forest cover will retain and probably increase the precipitation so essential for soil fertility. This

BRAE Y.P.U.

The Bras United Church Young Peoples Union met on Monday night, July 7th at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. MacLeod. There was a large attendance of about twenty members despite the inten- se heat wave. A fine worship ser-

ident. Mrs. Roy Ouiton.

The minutes were read by the secretary. Mrs. Lorne MacNevin . and plans were made for the Sun- ; day School picnic to be held on” wgdnesday afternoon July 9th at the home of Mr. and Mrs Fred W. MacLeod. A presentation of a sum of money was made to Rev. W.G. and Mrs. Dickson with the good wishes of the members of the Y.'P.U. for a. plesant holiday at their old home in Sydney, NS. next week. An address was read by Mrs. Lorne MacNevin and Mrs. Roy Oiilton made the presentation. I

The Minister thanked the mem-I bers for their generosity and kind- ness. The meeting closed with the Benediction after which the mem- bers attendcd the shower in the Coleman Hall for Mrs. Marven Wesley Green, nee Miss .leaii Mac- Arthur of Coleman, a recent bride.

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preventing inuzi of present dayl soil erosion than by securing per- manent stands of grasses and other plants natural to the sev-

vice was conducted by the Pres- ;

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