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STAELION AENIIOLMENT

According to the provisions of the Stallion Enrolment

Act all stallions two years old and over, standing for service in this Province, must berenrolled in the records of the De- E:.rtnieut of Agriculture. Horses offering for service must

133900995 Ella Ended Illa carry an inspection certificate. Applications for enrolment and inspection should be made immediately.

Applications for enrolment should be new i d with the reqlfilsiled fee of Two Dollars ($2.00) and 53% einclude a:='°m‘:m |l,I::r:ga ;x:é;:'l£$'ddescflpfiou and registra-

Stalliou owners who use horses for service t ii d 0|’ inspected. or in grades not authorized by thenzxcteldd-itl)l be

subject to the nalty tphrovlsious of the Act. Only horses 0ll|'0“°d» and an orised by the Department of Agri- culture be permitted to travel for public service. All

horses that have graded "out" stand or travel for service.

DEl’Alt1'MEN'l.‘ OF AGRICULTURE Charlottetown. P. E. I.

L Norrcr: Highways closed To Motor Vehicles

oommncmo Thursday March 23 1950 at 12:01 A.M., and until further 'uot1oe, all highway’; in this Province are closed to Motor Vehicle traffic, (in- cluding tractors and trailers), except in such cases gig; weight of vehicle and load does not

Anyone drivln P lnillfh to this order will Eeogulyflgtxosgduwdig ways contrary

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nsrsggue 22nd day of March, is. n. 1950.

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Silver F ox and - Mink Farming i

Dr. E. R. Bowuess has an article in Canadian-silver Fox and Fur March issue entitled An Analysis of the January Fox Pelt sale. which shows prices paid for the various types and the quantities that at- tained these prices. It is quite in- teresting to study it and figure out how many top foxes were actually placed on sale in January. l-lo makes a recommendation that the Canadian National Silver For. B ‘ ' Association should again carry on an inspection progran: and to make such program sell- sustaining there should be a rear- r gement of registration fees. we quote...

“The securing of properly quali- fied men to carry out the work or inspection should not be difficult at this time. Together with the ‘pre- sent experienced staff at the can- adian National we have the several men working in the marketing department at Ottawa who have been grading fox pelts each fall for the ppst several years. The amount of work done is not great at the present time as we have only in the neighborhood of 200 registered ranchers throughout Canada. some plan will have to be devised to en- courage more people to enter regis- tration.

An adaption of the plan where- by hog producers get premiums for top grades on the hog carcass, could be used in the fur industry. Under our present system of Dell grading which are graded selects, A's and B's. could be awarded a premium of a dollar or more per pelt, these premiums being avail- able only to members or the Can- adian National silver Fox Breeders‘ Association. The aim and purpose of the relnstitutlon of inspection and the offering of premiums for better grade for pelts, would be to improve our Canadian pelt pro- ductlon by the elimination of the low end of the quality scale. You cannot obtain top-quality foxes by legislation; that is a matter entire- ly in the hands of the experienced breeder but by the process of eliminating less than desirable fox types through rigid inspection. you can gradually reduce the low end of the production until it assumes its rightful proportion in the gene-

tie sense. we pointed out earlier,‘

that on many sales three years ago 65 per cent of the pelts were in- ierior types. Even on the sales to- day, one-third or better of-the‘ pelts that were offered were inieriors. surely we can so handle this gene- tic proposition that we can reduce the inieriors to 20 per cent. If the fox business is to survive on the quality standpoint, we must do that or better."

The above proposition of Dr. Bowness to bring about reinspecticn of fox ranches of members of the 0anadian“"National Silver Fox Breeders’ Association does not make practical sense to us. Every mem- ber of that Association who has continued in the fox business has

. been rigidly culling his foxes for

three or more years. He has been faced with losses in the production of fox pelts for three or more years and as a member of the As- sociation he is as well able to de- termine the quality of a fox pelt as most any Inspector who would be sent to his ranch. and he cer- tainly is not keeping foxes of poor quality for breeding purposes. But no matter how high the quality of the foxes you keep there are other things that enter into the product- ion of a good pelt. It may be ril- mate, it may be the feed or parisites. in fact there are 1! dozen things that aiiect a fox psi‘. and no matter what care you take you will have a certain number oi pelts that do not turn out as well as you expect. They may go back

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not possess good pelts and that may be the reason. for their inferior

qualities. The.idea of making the oanadian National Fox Breeders’

for Strength osd Safety

Association .esponslble for the in- spection of ranches throughout Canada in the present state of ni- iairs would mean an expenditure of many thousands oi dollars as the two hundred or more ranchers are scattered all across this broad Dominion and transportation costs. salaries and other expenses would be aitogethe out oi proportion to "Al M011-‘UV 'P°l!lF'il'i° Willi“-l ill} not among the members oi the Can- adian Fox Breeders Association that you are likely to find the large proportion oi inferior pelts as they have year after year gone to the trouble and expense of registering addition to new herds and these have been the choicest oi the sea- son's pups.

The Northwood Fur Farm of Gary Illnois, has been successzui in ” ceding a fox called the Blue Mist Fox. Otto cross. owner oi the farm, says that more than eight years of research have been de- voted to developing this entirely new kind of fur-bearing fox. As the color implies there is no white and no black hairs on this blue fox. The hairs of this fox are both thick and short as well as blue. This fall for the first time the Blue Mist Fox will be available on the market.

Re the above, some time ago we read where Fromm Bros. were de- veloping a. Magenta Fox and that when they breed 3 sufficient num- ber of them they would put them on the market. Personally, we do not think the silver fax or mutation fox breeder has very much to fear from these two breeds as the dyers can easily dye any type of lox Magenta or Blue.

Prices ranged 10 per cent higher at the New York Auction Companys‘ recent sale in Minneapolis. Seventy per cent of the 10.000 dark ranch mink were reported sold with males ranging from $17. to $22 and fe- males from $10. to $12.50. Of the 5.000 Siiverblus prices ranged from 818. to $24 on males and $11 to $18 on females.

The first annual meeting of the National Retail Furriers of Can- ada, formed in Toronto last year, is to be held in Montreal the sec- ond day of the annual for trade con and fashion show April 17-19 at the Mount Royal Hotel. Plans for the conventionhave been completed and a large number of manufacturers are participating The Canadian farm furs advertis- ing committee is exhibiting three types of standard, silver and Plati- nrum Foxes in the show. In ad- dition there are a number oi rc- tail and manufacturing firms.

Hudson's Bay Company's Mon- treal general sale of furs will be held Monda . April 17, Tuesday, April 18 and Wednesday. April 19. Mink will be sold on the first day and Silver and Mutation foxes on the third day. It is expected that there will be a large attend loss of buyers at this sale. On Tuesday. April lath, Iampson, Fraser 85 I-iuth will hold a sale of silver Fox and Mutation Fox in New York with the largest ofiering—10,00o silver Fox and color phase fox-— they have placed on sale for the past two years.

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D003 The Chipping Sparrow

The Chipping sparrow is nor. a‘ timid bird and its trust in man's good intentions has everywhere in- wind a liking for the conflding little creature. It usually nests in, low bushes and seems to prefer those growing near houses. It will even build in s vinbcovered porch, if protection from the domestic ca ll llllll'ed- The nest is construct- ed with grass and rootlets, mixed with long hairs. The amount of horse-hair used in the nest is the origin of one'of the bird's popular names—'l‘he Hair Bird—sccording to Dr. Taverncr. The adult Chip- ping Sparrow is a small slim bird, whose chestnut cap gives the first Clue to its identity.

The food of these Sparrows con- sists of weed seeds. worms, and in- sects. the younii being supplied with insects only. Very rarely have a few cultivated grains been found in stomachs examined. in this part of the Province these use- ful birds seem to be in less num- bers than they were forty years ago. The presence of predators galore, and poisoned insects, may be blamed for this.

Chipping Sparrow. AOU. 560. Summer Resident. Adult: Bill and forehead black, crown chestnut, supcrcillary line whitish, and a black line through the eye. Back of neck grayish. Back streaked with black. chestnut. and bully; rump siaty-gray. Wing-bars not conspic us. Underparis grayish white. lighter on the throat. im- mature blrds streaked. on the breast; bill brownish: no chestnut on crown. Length 5.37 inches.

What They Went Forth To See:

The British Tourist Association has issued a summary of its ob- servations concerning Canadian and American visitors during 1949. They did not go in for the glamor- ous night-life of the cities. as might have been expectcd—prob- ably because they had better ‘at home! They made for theatres. museums. historic buildings. rustic villages, concerts, and athletic events. I see no mention of the "pictures." The Old Country has much fine scenery. but that ap- parently does not rank high: the tourists need not leave their own country to see that!

Next follows a list oi their preferences in buying. First fa- vorite was perfume, mostly French; more than half of the- visitor! bought at least a sample. A third of them bought watches (product of Switzerland) while SIOVGI. leath- er goods. and silks, were in popu- lar demand.

Sad to say nobody had a good word for British cooking. The Bri- ton demands solidity in his viands and think: others should do the same!

The numerical returns were not quite complete. but it was known that more than 35.000 Canadians. and at least 135.000 Americans had arrived in Britain as sight-39¢?!

last year. The American liking for mu- seums reminds one of a story-

Newcastie had two museums: the Hancock Museum of Natural HIS- tory (which has been described in these Notes). and the Museum of the Society of Arltiquarles. situated in the “Black Gate" of the old castle. near the Cathedral. The lower storeys of this Museum were filled with a wonderful col- lection of Roman Statues of gods and goddesses. altars. tombstone!- lnscrlbed tablets and other re- mains. The upper storey was de- voted to coins, gems and other valuable historic material. A par- ticularly fine specimen of a Brit- ish stone axe which had been found by a quarrymsn and pre- sented to the Museum ii)’ I Welmw brewer. was on exhibl ion in this section. (I had tried to buy it. but the brewer had more money). On a visit to the Museum. I en- quired for it. and the curator. a dour old Northurnbrian, told me that a visiting American had tried to bribe him for it. but had re- treated under a barrage of local ironies. "So. it is not enouah 10 have a museum." I reflected: "there must be a trustworthy man at the head of It."

(Note: The axe in question. was greatly superior to the Indian

egg.-shaped. pierced and counter- sunk for a wooden handle. and had a cutting face or edge at its smal- ler end. It was about the size and weight of a brick. and was polish- ed fill smooth as glass. The Anci- ent Briton must have spent months over it. As a weapon it would be most effective).

What’; In A Name?

About ten miles out of Shef- field. Eng., is a little village. cal- led by the folk. "Lightning-in-the morning." Its name (and you will need a good map to find it) is really Laughton - en -ie - morthen. which I suppose to mean "the low town on the moors." The country folk often gave a queer twist to their place names. but that beats all.

There are numbers of towns and villages whose names end in ches- ier. cester. or caster. showing that they were founded in Roman times. "Castro" was Latin for a fortified camp or town. but in the course of the centuries its spelling and pronunciation h a v e undergone great chsnges—changes which have inspired a scribe to contri-

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On the train for Bicester.

When she failed to show up at

Gloucester, .

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when there was no news of her

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But I'm glad to say I blelcesier

When she wired from Leicester.

Finally there is a little town to the north-east of London. with the queer name of “Leighton Buz- zard.” After some search I found it was named after two feudal fa- milies: the Leighton: were living there in 1066. but they were su- perseded by the Norman family of Beaudesert or Bosard. which was powerful there up to the four- teenth century. You may recall the note telling how the first Prendergast came from Ireland to England. and add- ed the name Vereker to his sur- name. I was misled by the ‘er" at the end and for a long time he- lleved that “Vereker" was some kind of worker. It turns out to be Vericour, Norman for "'I‘rue-heart."

That Hard Pan

“What's that?" I asked pointing to a rusty old machine, somewhat resembling a plow. lying near the fence. "The old folks called it a zub-ziler (sub-soiler). but it is not used now." was the answer. That was forty years ago and some of the old people still had the De- vonshlrc twang.

The function of the "zub-ziler" was to cut through the "hard-pan" which underlies all cultivated ground. I gathered that the ma- chine had a long coulter which was drawn along the furrow after the land had been plowed.

Now in "rolling" country there is always a great run-off of water every spring when the snow melts. The hard pan prevents it from sinking in. so it floods the brooks and finds its way to the sea. It the sub-soiler was used on every sixth furrow. much of that water would enter the ground to the ultimate benefit of the vegetation.

Another thing: the hard-pan is going to be harder, thicker. and more extenllve. as the tractor takes the place of the team.

Finally. we seem to be entering an era of hotter summers, when anything which helps the water supply will benefit the whole farm. the subsoiler.

By the way. isn't there a book called “Malabar Farm," that re- fers to breaking up the herd pan? Some reader may be able to enlighten us.

ALBANY RURAL SCHOOL

February and March. Grade X.—1. Eddie Maddturrer. Grade Ix—-i, Jean Cameron; 2, ‘Phyllis Large; 3, Charles Dawson. Grade VIII.—1. Shirley Cameron and Lorraine sherry, equal; 2. Al- etha, Large; 3. I-itedley Muttsrt. Grade VII.—1. Harvey Worth: 2, 2. Boyd Stewart; 3. Uoyd Mac- Donald. Grade VI.—d, Wendell Stewart. Grade V.—l, Frances sherry; 2, Lois Mluttari; 3. Hillard Muttart. Grade IV.—-1, Wanda MacDon- ald; fl. Arthur Large; 3. Betty Large. Grade l‘.IU.—i, Barbara Worth; 2, Pearl Stewart; 3. l-iary Lerge. Grade II.—1, Leonard

er. Grade 1-4. Winston Cameron; 2, Helena. sherry and liileeri Mac- Murrer. equal; 3. Donnie Palmer and Lloyd Stewart. equal. Teacher-—i‘tose Maclntyre.

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Grade V.—1. Howard Morrison; 2. Margaret Cannon; 3, Mhrjorie Iibrguson.

Grade IV.-1. Ruthie Cannon; 2. Reid Vlllett; 3. Nonna Ferguson. Grade DI.—1. Gloria Myers and Ralph Oallbeok; 2. Dale Sherren; 3, Henry Ferguson.

Grade II.—1. Moyse Calbeck: 2, Robert Cameron; 3, Stanley Fer- son.

Grade I. sr.—l. Joe

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