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TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming

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The June Canadian Silver, Fox selected full sliver, 4d per cent sol auctions have 1mm! H110 h-EWYY overused $31.10, declined 1s pi!‘ and sufficient time has elapsed cent; regular full silver, 47 per cent since lney were neld to enable us sold. averaged $28.24, declined 10 to form a proper appraisal oi the per cent; inferior types, 68 per cent price situation as it exists in Can- sold. averaged $1a.33_ (recurred g Der ada today. Frankly speaking we cent: low grades 58% sold averages were perturbed about the two auc- 88.01 declined 13 per cent, tlons-the Montreal Fur Bales held Total. 59 per cent sold at an aver- on June 15th and the Canadian Fur age price of $22.17,

Auction Companys sale held last Saturday's Sale: Selected one-half Friday and Saturday. June 26th and to three-quarter silver, 62 per cent 37m, sold. averaged $28.47. Regular one-

-—-— _ half to three-quarter silver. 78 per

The almost complete standstlll of csnt sold, averaged $23.21; selected the fur trade in the United States full silver, 37 per pent 501d, aver-arm sLnce the gglco ceiling was imposed $36.86; regular full silver, 48 per would, we lieved. have avery. very cent sold. averaked $27.41: inferior adverse affect on prices and it types, 65 per cent sold, averaged

0-0-1 ;-- --;ve s1l"lli'iS€(l us if a $1.35: lower grades, 63 per cant decline of 20 per c ‘s was recorded sold, averaged $5.47. Total 59 per ‘pd that not more than C>‘-lhlI‘d cent sold. at the pelts would actually change The auction company gave no hands. Instead we find that the average price for the total sales and

Nicholson's Fox Health

A MONEY EABNINII} OPPORTUNITY

There II an excellent op- portunity at the present iimo or men of your vocation i-o enter our lino oi’ bulinclo 0N A PART TIME H4818. A fleld of selling that commenc- es with your next door neigh- bor and throughout your mn- iirc community. Tho position offers an outstanding oppor- iuniiv to the right man to in- crease his annual Income, and which offers permanency of employment.

One of Canada's oldest and largest business houses will be glad to rive you this oppor- tunity. If interested writ". stating age. marital status nild particulars re educnilon.

The first ment was the rainbow, announcing

important advertise- that the human race would not again be destroyed by flood. And that wa~ an advertisement in col- ors, besides being the largest ad- vertisement ever printcd—reaching from one side of the sky to the other. This advertisement is about Nicholson's Fox Health. It is the Pups that need your attention now every ranch have some backward us"), pups. You can give a pup half ' . teaspoonful once a day for-five Aplfly p“; 0m“, 5o; 3g, cents a month. Nichol .on's Fox Char otiatown, P. E, Inland. _; Health added to the rations of your Pups now means stronger

z I I I I I I : I I I I I I I I I I r I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Selling experience not ncc- i I : I

Montreal Fur Sales has sent out an n0 percentage of decline on Satur- , optimistic report of which the fo1- day's sale. 10w,“ 1s 1n Darth," Following is the company's report ___._ covering the two days. Friday and "Report of sale June 15.1o42..... Saturday: selected one-half to The salesroom was crowded during thme-"qllafl-or silver. 52 per cent the sale of silver foxes. and biddinl! sold. lveruwd $28.42. declined 7 per on lots under $25.00 was keen. Am- Cont; ED901818. a: in report on Fr erlcan interests centred on the mod- days sales. Re ular one-half to eygtgly priced pelts and buyers three-quarter si ver, 74 per cent bought’, freely in this range since sold. averaged $23.66. declined 6 per $1 tllc Canadian government had re- cent; regular full silver, 48 _per cent moved restrictions on the export to sold, averaged $27.83, dfifllined 11 me united States of foxes other per cent; inferior types. 67 per cent than rejects. Selected full silvers 601d. live-rifled $18.11 cleccllned 11 were 45 per cent sold at prices from Del‘ cent? 10w grades. 59 per cent ‘[4100 to $50.00; regular fulls 45 per sold, averaged $6.89, declined 35 per cent sold, from $29.00 to $36.00; reg- cent. Total 59 per cent, 501d at; an ular three-quarters to seven-eighth; average price of $21.55. Selected full 5o per cent sold, $22.00 to $32.00: sliver, 42 er crnt sold, average ordinary. 75 per cent sold. from $36.99, d_ec ined 16 per cent 511,00 to $21.00; inferior. 50 per cent 'I'he silver fox catalog was divided sold $8.50 to $17.00; rejects sold up into two sections. the first of which to $6.50. It ls estimated that select- consisting ed full slivers declined 10 Dor cent lifeteg 3883761 while regular fulls and regular n . three-quarters to seven-eighths 85 e 00 well as ordinary and inferior skins 350 selected one-half to three-quart- showed unchanged 011C053’ 9!‘ 511V‘??- -__-- n ffiquiarltaxilg-laallf ttg ltllllreeiquartcr e above sale had of course m- s ver. . seec e u si ver. 3.- ltegh uantltles compared the 725 regular full silver, 8.798 infer- l Canadian Fur Auction Sales Comp- 101‘ types. Ind 1.093 low grades, H. my, Ltd, whose catalogue contain- threes and fours. - ed 17,500 brought under the ham- Under a new order-in-council pro- mer as mentioned before, last Fri- mulgated hv the Dominion Govem- dav and Saturday. Women's Wear ment and made public a few days Daily. New York, a publication that ago by the Dominion Department has a wide clientele, not only in of Agriculture, restrictions on the the fur world but in the cloak and export of inferior types to the Un- slllt trade. has the following euio- ited States were removed. permitt- gistic heading for our commodity ing exlport of all grades except re- on its "Furs" page-"Silver Ffcx Jects. This led to considerable buy- Mainstay of Canadian Auction ing of inferior types by United 3mg- States dealers who find a growing market for moderately-priced furs. The re ulations published only proved itself the mainstay and about 2,0 of the 17.297 skins of- stablllrer, of the five day auction fered from entering the United of the Canadian Fur Auction Sales States so that American buyers had ca, Ltd, two days of which, Friday their choice of over 15,000 pelts. and Saturday, were devoted to this The recent ruling by Washington article. 1t wlas the first full-day that import permits are not rcoulr- sale held on a Saturday. but lhis ed on raw furs shipped overland did not materially diminish the at- or by air to the United States from

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ay and the second. totall- Eelts on Saturday. e

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$2 $2

Montreal, June 22. - Silver fox

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$2

tendance. an average of from 70 to Canada or Mexico was felt by vlslt- mm $45; select-med, full $52, XL

100 persons being present in. the it“: dealers to lessen the troubles

salesroom throughout. the two days. of export.

A total of 53 prr cent of the 17.297

pelts catalogued was officially rc- Saturday Attendance Off Saturday's sales found the at-

ported sold. the proportion being the same each day,

Largest seller over the two days tendance only slightly smaller than was the re ular halt to three-quart- on the previous day, but the fact ers list, w th 74 per cent sold. In- that a number of New York dealers ferlors came second with 87 per had returned home had the effect cent sold. All classifications (except of shading prices and of reducing specials, which were unchanged) slightly the percentage of selected showed declines ranging from 6 pzr fllll sliver and inferior types sold on cent in the regular one-half to the second day. although some of three-quarter, to 25 per cent in the the other classes increased their low grades. sales because of the buying of a

New Yorkers, of whom there were number of local traders who had not about 30 in attendance Friday and participated so actively Friday. half that number Saturday. bought Selected one-half to three-quart- lnoderately of all except the low er silver did better both in the gllfllilflffi. and acquired more than numbesr tsolttil anddin the kaayierzage

eir usual percentage of interiors. price a ur ay an were n r - A u rxiglandlvtygth active bidding on the uc on Company's Report. ner o .

Prices ranged from $26.50 to $35.

The Auction Co. reported as fol- Regular one-half to three-quarter

ws: silvers were also active but the orlce

Prldayh Sale: Selected one-half eased slightly from Fridays average- tc three quarter sliver, 40 per cent The range was $17.50 to $29. Select- aold. averaged $28-$38, declined 7 ed full silvers suffered from the re- per cent; s cials, 42 per cent sold. duccd American bidding. bothbreaierr;

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aver d 39.30, lso t and average price need be life in the struggle against madglzefiegular onex-‘lgalfcttxgptllrlreel: 21111141351? ',§;‘,’§f,§§§§'i'n {figfinigififihfifi Qffg‘. fascism."

quarter silver. 1o r cent sold, av- Considerably less than half i119 mm esrrmmd seyected ‘Wuhan to __-__-__ ‘___ eraged $24.12, decined 4 per cent: offering changed hands in the v.0 m“ quartets about 40 p" cam Mina"?! kms pahL . a . _~_~__-_.—;-_:;_~; ~ ---::: ~-_'--l-* “' " ' -" ~- "

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6-27-21.

days, Prices ranged from $25 to $32. Regular than half sold and were easier Bat- 1- urday than Friday. the salesroom estimating the decline between l2 and 15 per 9.50 to about 10 per cent Saturday and were over 65 per cent sold. images attracted little interest eith- er ay.

Séltalrdays prices, unofficially re- e z Selected One-half to ‘Three-quart-

of 8,910 pelts, was mar- 5gb

$126.50; smalFseven-elghth, $27; lge. ctlon was divided into firgfggzlligtelr’ $28 to $33}; l“. one- r e 8e. seven-elg th, $23 to 9s mlxed 5119915-15- 2-117 $34; lge. three-ouartcr. S25; white- mnzldljked Géade A 8

Grade A 1 e. seven-eighth. $35 to $27.50; smal seven-elgthth. lge. three-quarter. $23; med. one- half, 18 to seven-oi

quarter, $18

sggfim med, lge: one-half. $16 half. $18 to

Grade A lge. Grade B med. seven-eighth. $

three-quarters. $23.50 to $29.50; one- half dark. $19 to $19

eillhths. $39 to full, $40; lge. full, $35 to $47; med. full, $30 to $43; med. seven-cighths,

mark

ular smal full, 27.50 to $21.50 seven-eighths, $

lge. full, $23 to $33; med. full, $22. to $31; small full, $

med. seven-elghths, $24 to small setyen-esighths, $24.50. Grade

C, lge. u

$25; small full freak. $15; lg erl-cighths, $2 g3; whlte-markedl e. full Grad

to $31; med. seven-eighths, $25.50 to $32

day's sale attracted. an attendance of from 60 to 100. about one-third of whom were New York dealers. Contrary to expectations buying was

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FOR SAIE MID RECOMMENDED BY

and better pups. This powder sup- plies vltamins as well ‘as the min- eral elements so lecessary to the well-being of you: pups, Nichol- son“. Fox Health is yeast mineral food balanced within itself to give the maximum amount of good with the small amount required to sec- ure tho desired results. It is not only bone-forming but it also has a marked effect on the nervous system and the blood stream. Try it this year and see how fast your pu/ps will develop strong sturdy frames, good hard bone: and splen- Prlcc Ranger did pelts. You get 750 feeds from each box for your Pups. Price 3 1-3 lb. Box $1.75 delivered, Put up fresh as ordered, No tickee.—-no cllickee, as Confucius would say maybe. DR. J. M. NICHOLSON, 202 Kent Street Charlottetown, P. E. I. 8-27-7-11-25.

full silvers were also less

cent. Prices ranged ‘L-om $35. Inferlors declined

LOW

Silver: Selects small three-quart- 828: Grade A 1 e. seven-eighth. to ' me . seven-eighth,

sold, lnferiors 60 par cent sold. and the other categories about 50 per tight sold, with prices statlonar, to aucgiim company gave out no report following ‘Friday's auction, reserv- ing its official statement until he end of the two-day silver fox sale.

Fridays catalog consisted of 8.010 silver fox, including specials, oom- pared with 8,387 sliver fox and no specials Saturday. Inclusion of the specials was the only feature dif- ferentiating Friday's sale from Sat- urday's. Outstanding was a perfect- ly matched pair of large platinum silvers with full ring neck from the ranch of a New Brunswick breeder. which changed hands at $235, Canadian firm being the purchaser. Four ring neck white marked skins in one group brought $88 each. At the last sale they were sold in couples at a much lower price, but the grouping in foul" gave the idea. to a manufacturer that an unusu- ally flne cape could profitably be prepared from them.

A pair of large partial ring neck full silver grade A brought $64, and a medium platinum silver grade B held at: $62. The best pearl platinum. A, B, grade, brought $40.

The highest price for selected full - slivers on Friday was $57. paid for a large single "selectm. A pair sim- ilarly graded brought $54, and me- dium groups $44 to $50. A thlc

Silver: Selects. 12G. 826.50 to $27: $26.50:

$21.50 to $27; med. three- $20.50 to $25.50; small ree-quarter, $17.50: e. one-half. to $22; med. one- alf. $18 to 3.50; Grade C lge., seven-eighth 7, lge. three-quarters, $20 to three-quarters $20 to three-quarters $19.50; to $18.50; ed. one- 821; white-marked. $24: 20 to 9.50; lgc, three-quarters. $24: med.

small

three-quarters,

.50.

Selected Full Silvers: Special-lge. ven-eighths, 4.8; lge. seven- 852; Grade A XL

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d. full. $31 .$25 to

ven-cighths. $29 to ed med.

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$24.50: lgc seven-elghths, $29: med. seven-eighths, to $29.50; pale, $26.50; small 27 to $28; Grade

ul 90F“

19.50 @- Sevendilflhihs- $24 5° ed were as follows:

Selected 1-2 to 3-4 silver:

23 to $27: med. full. e. sev- 6; med. seven-eighth; 527 to 53L

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to $35;

Montreal. Quebec. June 22 — Fri-

of the Jewish peop‘e

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Q With the Government calling for increases in baby chick production, size oi‘ farm flocks and egg produc- tion, the problem of the poultry 1111101"! l! 1° “*5 those requirements and at the name time maintain tho basic vigour, reproductlvlty Ind longevity of its flocki-

With m. Iddillqll n. Ful-O-Pop Fecd- of Dehydrated Cereal Gran, Nature‘! richest ' ' comblnn “m, and other vitamin-rich sources, we believe a definite ' contribution has been made to this end. At the sumo time by following the Ful-O- Pep Save 0n Feed Plan. I poultrylnln may lave no much a , u 30% to 50% on colt of fecd- ing the now crop of 81'0"“! ‘ >

CENTRAL CREAMERIES LTD.

(YHARLOTTETOWN.

Branches: PERFECTION DAIRY, Summerslde,

SOURIS CREAMERY, Souris,

AUTHORIZED QUAKER FEED DEALERS

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r cent lower than April. e ,

9' hold on almost every farm in this

furred medium seven-elghths sllvtr sold for $52. Prices for selected full silvers ranged from $25 upward and for, regular full silvers from $18 to

Friday's prices unofficially record-

15mg and so on, Another point is that 3-4 selects sso to s31; medium 3-4 by destroying all the ancient m0"- select, $25 to $35: medium 1-2. $28: umenis of large 7-8 A, $30 to $36; medium A mans hope to have all tourists visi

MOSCOW - (CP)_'I‘he Jewish ltowskys manuscripts, held drunk- Antl-Fasclst Committee here will en orgies in Tolstoes t, _ d _ name adatc for a "world-wide oatll dynamited dow-n the trees so loved 1e 111° 11°°1‘°ar 15 °bV1°11$1y at n. P19081113 by that writer. The great pictures strength, knowledge, energy and it in the art galleries of Paris have

- NEWSY NOTES -

l! ACIIIOOLA

whsn I tell you that it is our bright red "Raspberry." As you W111 118W gathered from previous notes, thisls not really a berry; it is a cluster of small drupes. some other mem- bcrs of the genus Rubus. included among the Blackberries, have bar:-

A Weed for Namibi-

A reader living in Lot 5'1 has sent in a weed for naming. It is one of the Barbareas, cruoiferous plants known as Winter Crosses. Scarcely a. year passes over without my see-

- t C< - ics '::llich_remain l-ed. mg, gpilmengeenotyag? 3.0m r1125:- 011i‘ wlld Scarlet Strawberry w c and n 1s evident that (Frngarla Virglniana) is a. fme

nayflelds. scarlet in hue. but for reasons al-

l“? hi“ we“ mlroduced among- read tatod is not a berry m” n""°°d' The winter or? 1%: W: 5...- include our native Wila

feclggfimggkrffiesgfféefi,erfifm flp- Red Cherry (Prunus pennsylvaniea).

e t under though, strictly speaking, it is not gffiaglceagaz 155821523,‘ llmfched the a berry; and our Red Chokebsrry “w! ‘or a “one” weed, 1r, Brt. (Pyrus arbutlfollo) a tow shrub of :51“ this plant was formerly culti- Zgglmplands, whose pome is astring-

" l a1 d" com- - lgéefnt‘: ‘mznvggfeelsfig. l“ “the year; Now we come to the Gooseberry Traditionally this was said to be family. Ours is the Northern Goose- the “Herb o’ 3L Barbara;- bur m, berry, sometimes called the Haw- lanatxon has been given as to thorn Gooseberry (Rlbcs oxyacanih e1‘? m Saint chose n’ oldes): when the fruit is rlpe it is wtllheree are three species round reddish-purple. Closey related are he" at tunes and an are brmcrh the Currants. lhe Skunk Currant ed herbs wlthplnnatlfid leaves and (R- Pmsfliriillm) 0F Wild 0-. has Ileana” yellow flowers» “The strong-smelling foliage and bristly wrmmal divmon or the leave: L, red berries, and Rsirisieds the round and usually large-g Says Swamp Red Currant, with smal hard Gray The seed pods which are fruit. These three are really berries. “new; (and about 25 cm 10m), In Prof. Herbert Groh’s "Weed a" divergent m, spreading m B". Survey _ he mentions the Barnerry bu“ “Hum; may a" appmssed (Berberu vulgaris) as growing wild and “and m a strum; and on the Island. I imagine it is scarce. m B "ma, he “an” supper-mug This is a shrub with spiny branches the . are very thick qhough (the spines in threes) yeLow the plant sent in was not mature, £1211?“ and Wimd- and scam" there L; no doubt that n was y; berries of ellipsoid shape. 4 verna variously known 8.5 Anlerl- The commoner of our Elderberrles can Cress Belle Isle C., Early win. is the Red-berried Elder (Sambucus c w» c- --- are she'd-fuzz ; " ' t renunciation - ommon er game-Lg?’ " comm p glfirxllttgonegr lfildlesr tlhetblacltj-beirrieid 1 his of B. vulgnris l . s or an oo s ng“1_‘igléeli‘iwrolilgh pasture by the stunted; and the red berries are slde o1 n brook, and they ca“ 1mm" ammged m a kind l” 1-1511’ ra/ieme- ly malnmm thanselves against the The leaves are plnnate, with .. rank mo" vigorous native wee,“ The smell when bruised; the pith of the cattle. too. in the early 51111118- 1": ilzfiléniwhich l‘ “my exlram“) i‘ keen after the leaves and wou‘ Th - _ if didn't ro- e CHmberry-tree or Pilnbina. ggtlrltll-lteinthe plants I p (V1bllrrum_ Opulus amerlcanllm) - grows pentlfully in certain falored Mouse-ear Chickweed

localities, and bears broad clusters 0f 861d. red "berries" containing a menace 18 the flat, orbioular stone. Francis Batu

A much greater ,, 1 hbom mentions V. nvca olium the Arrow. ,'gf1‘-l'°m1:’°°§,o,f’:_e$y cfijigiw... l-vood. a. shrub bearing similar

_ L h the. “berrlesf to the above. but turning illseeiaasllll-‘llliilfelrfliglvllseils gboutaslgalnln. frclm crlmsml to PWDlP-blflok-

broa which cluster in patches that In me hudwwd KFWfl-s 0m! oc- gmw finger every yam, A5 each caslollaily finds the American Fly flower produces a P°d 111165 Wm‘ Honeysuckle’ (I “nadlimb-h seven, seeds m early summery the It is a straggling shrub, with two soil soon becomes "polluted." Worse Yléfmbzgiis at the summit of each

ial nd ' -

f)ir%1pa?f,e§1§§g.,“by“mpjgfigno, pfw The list of red berries will no time running swmi AS it forms concluded next week. close mats it smothers out the pro-

per hay plants. It is gaining a foot- Producer flu

51111119 511911118: of imported liquid fuel have to a great extent pyg- vented Britain from giving lrtent. ion to the possibilities of home pro. duwd Inc's; but the situaIiOn is

district and promises to be a great- er pest than the daisy ever was.

The Baedeker Raids

The Germans, with their own 9111381113 and scientists are now at peculiar brand of humor. have 355ml]; 338352323X: 0f "ilk-nil i119

named the bombardment of church-

es and other English historical f buildings. "Baedeker" raids; Bae- deker being the author or P0111150- er of a touristfs guide. It is rumour- ed that hundreds of churches have been destroyed but not much is al- lowed to leak out to give satisfact- lon in the enemy. The German policy is prompted by several con- sideration: it is an axiom 0! W111 to do what annoys the enemy- 111m to that extent throws him off bal- ance. Thus some Britons have clflm- ored for retaliation in kind but the Government refused to be led aside and continued to bomb factories