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Silver Fox Farming IMELY NOTES ON TOPIC$

Phase

The Progressive Color the

Silver Fox Association of

United States has taken a step which should make the aworld mutation fox conscious. They

have decided on a liberal consum- er program which will benefit every breeder whether a member of their association or not. Plat- inums. white faces and pearls ‘vrlll be advertl-sed in leading TBSJI’)?! magazines without any mention being made of an association or brand name. Every muiation breeder in the United States will be asked to contribute I per cont of his color phase fox sales to this ‘advertising fund. The rancher can sell his pelts through any broker or auction house that he may de- sire.

This plan is appealing strongly to United States fur farmers and we for one would Ike to see the same plan adopted in Canada. Of course a large part of our advertising would be di- rected to the United States mar- kets where the general demand for our mutation furs exist. It h not fair at all that we should have our Amerl-can breeder friends My the piper ivhile we secure advan- tages from their advertising. We hop= some concerted move can be made in this direction and wcare confident i-f the matter ls brougii: to the attention of mutation breed- ers throughout Canada they v-ill

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all or almost all. be willing to cm‘

operate to the fullest.

Burglaries of fur farms in the‘

United States are increasing in number. Both animals and pelts are stolen and no section in the great republic to the south is en- tirely free from trouble, so fur farmers there are justly concern- ed over thc growing losses from this source. The Great Lakes Mink Association which has 'l*.c largest membership of any mink association in the United States and the wealthiest. has taken a step to prevent these thefts which will have many repercussions. They have arranged for ll two million dollar insurance policy covering losses of pelts. Both the Great Lakes and the United Mini: Breeders Association, another very powerful organization. will offer substantial rewards for appre- hension of fur farm thieves. In- dividual ranchers will protect their pelts with metal seals. tattoo ‘he cars and stamp pelts with indelible ink. By this means it is hoped to trace to its source losses from burglaries which have become so common because of the wonderful prices obtained for furs. especially mink, as to cause grave concern

‘of his ears with

-succen from tho 1W0 10M! bought from him and that

that others were well satisfied wl-tli his selections.

There will be a Pacific West Fur Exhibition held Seattle's auditorium tst to 6th. It will be the largest show in the west and will have

even chinchlllas. Being an inter- national show it will be open to the whole of America and it is ex- pected that a tremendous number of visitors will be attracted to the state oi Washington.

The persistent hot weather ‘he past three weeks has not done any damage to foxes that we can learn of. Most of our rancher friends have been ' ‘ in keeping th¢ water pans filled, sometimes as of- ten as two or three times a day, thus preventing any chance of Il dlsturlianse through metabolic change: caused by loss of ws.er through evaporation from the fox- es system.

This is the kind of weather which causes rapid development. of carmites, fleas and other pcsis that take u a lot of the time and attention o a fox rancher. Ear- mites are insidious foes. their presence cannot alivays be detect- ed‘ by such signs as brown sgaley patches in the ears or the shaking of the fox‘s head or the brilslilrg h"; paws. ‘liioy may be in so decp that they ordin- arily pass undetected by the ranch- cr when feeding or observing his foxes. The other day a fox pup from one of the best cared for ranches in the Province was brought to the Provincial Labora- tory for examinatios to see what had caused its (loath. No signs were observed until the brain was opened and then it was found that earmites had penetrated into thc brain. There was a very thl-ck ("luster of them in the very inner ear. The appearance of the outer ear was clean and normal.

It is therefore quite obvious that Dr. CK. Gunn was jushfied when some time ago he warned ranchers of the seriousness of neglecting regular treatments for earmi-tes. These should consist of a first treatment when the pups are dosed for worms. a second treatment at the next dosing and a third treatment when the 8 minim Nema capsules are given in July and another treatment in the fall. Further to prevent re- infestation when tho foxes are put back in dens all dens if possible

with ranchers. .

We learn with pleasure that‘ some Islanders hsvs taken steps‘ to add very considerably to the mink populatZ-on of the Garden of the Gulf. A well known western breeder has concluded contracts for over $10,000.00 worth of mutat-l ion mink and by the time this is written may have considerably, enlarged that flgure._We are glad to see our Island friends going in- to mink. It is a branch of fur farm- ing that we have neglected to iur very great loss while the other provinces of Canada and the Unil- ed States have made fabulous sums‘ by growing this wanted fur. Of course mutation minks coming here for breeding purposes or‘: purchased for amounts far above their pelt value. A stunt remind- ing us of the halcyon days of fox farming though nothing like on the scale that prevailed through the 1910-1914 years. It i-s more_ reminiscent of t-hc 1020's when anywhere from $510. to $1.000 a pair had to be laid down fur a good pair of silver foxes.

Mutation minks are coming out. ln all types and shades and color-. lngs and it would take a smart, man indeed to keep up with the wave of popularity which whirllq gigs from one to another type. but for a young and progressi/e fox farmer there is a field that has a future. No doubt the trend .or short haired furs will go to other. countries such as South America, and Europe and it will be many years before there will be a rcal' slum in mink farming. The beau- ty o mink farming is that the‘ cost of equipment i-s ridiculnuslyl small as compared with fox ranch-i icig. A few thousand dollars wllli equip a comparatively large mink! ranch—it is the cost of the mink. which are usually brought in. tr-‘ros that makes the venture ex-I

enslve. but if one has a bit of- uck or good Judgment in select-I ions and a fair production there should be an excellent retum on‘ the investment.

Claude Holman. who visited here: several years ago and brought the west mutation foxes which he‘ sold to several ranchers, paid ii; short visit to his mother and‘ brother, ex-Mayor B. Roy Holman this week. Claude is in splendid} health and a valued employee ofl the great firm of P. Burns and] OOYHf-Ofiy‘. Calgary. We were pleu- ed to tcil Claude of the grandl

should be fumigated with sulphur, which is perhaps a rather labori- ous but very effective method of getting rid of fleas and esrniifes. or strong creolin or coal tar dis- infectant in the proportion of one to fortv to wash out houses and dens. Some ranchers in the ‘Jnlt- ed States use a fircgrci but there is always danger with it of .ci- ting the place on fire. It has been suggested that D.D.T. migh‘, be effective but it would have to be in very strong, solution and no experiments along that line as fur as we know have been madc yet.

every type of fox and mink and‘

Tue. ciniiiiiiii sorts

l Miss Helen Agnew of Charlotte- Itown is enjoying a week's stay at ithe home of Mr. and Mrs. Agnew.

Misa- Helen Ryan is home from

Boston on a short visit with hcr arents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick yan.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aeneas Foley

Welof Sydney, N.S., are visiting with also] Mr. Foley's sister, Mrs. pleased "him. and also to report Conohan,

Bridget

C.P.O. Regls Ryan, o is stationed at

R..C.N. V.R.. Halifax, rs

wh Norlhl: glpending his annual furlough with l December. m:

arents, Mr. yan.

and Mrs. Jornel-

Mr. and Mrs. Roy MacGl-llivrey of Imperial Life Assurance Co.. Charlottetown, spent a few days .n Cardigan last week on business avtid visiting with Mr. and rs. Angus MacGillivray.

Mrs. Jean Bowman and young daughters of Boston are passing a few Weeks with Mr. and Viis. James Crawford. Mrs. Bowman was formerly Miss Jean Buchanan and is renewing many acquaint- ances of her school days at Car digsn.

Rev. Dr. Patrick MacMahon of Charlottetown. until recently par- ish priest at Cardigan. was a wel come visitor this week. Many friends of this community war.- pleased to see Father Pat arc-uni again and wish hrni every success in carrying out his new office.

is progressing favorably: on Acorns Garagc whcrc cxtc s ive alterations are bel-ng mudc to widen the corner in front of .‘ic building. A new fire-proof roof has been put on and the builrlinr: 1f‘-

ai-Titcd. Much credit is dut- Mr.

an Acorn, the proprietor, on zllc finc piece of work done at ihfl corner.

Mrs. J.A. Macdcciuld and son David motored to Antigonish over the wceloend to visit Mrs. MIC- donalil‘; daughtcr, Sister st. Anna who is residing at Mount 5t Bernards Convent willie taking courses at St. Francis Xavier Uni versity.

Citizens of the area are lzlad to s" ‘hi’ Sub-Bradimz being started from Poole's Corner to George- town, This will provide o lY‘llt‘l'l needed improvcment to c-iii‘ link with the pavement to Charlotte. town and Montague and to the port of Georgetown to which 3on- slderable hllllllnl! is rlonc during thc spring and fall seasons. I

Mrs. Mary DfTflFlllOG, HA, .eft for Charlottetown last week where She has taken iio a position wlrh the P. E. Island Libraries. Miss Doriahoe received her Arts degree this year from thc University of Pennsylvania and was formcrly n teacher hi the Model Schog] c; Prince of Wales College.

The Tea Part in a Saints Church lillas heldldon ollticl-lll ncsday afternoon wI-th a larze number of local people and vFsiic-is atlcndvlc. Threatening» iv-aolhpp held off till lain at nicht and thc “flwmmn 011ml: Provided enter- tainment at bingo. miniature horse‘ races, crown and anchor, etc, R,._ frcshmcclts and lottcrI-es were v ell patronized with excellent dinners being provided through ‘he es-i T"‘ClZ\lly commendable cffufl; of thc wnmcn of inc parish. An auct.

Fleas are showing up in some, ranches and we have been askrdi the best method of getting rid of them. In our own ranch we have handled the problem satisfactorily by using the strong coal tar dis- infectant we mentioned. Not oi._v do we thoroughly wash out drns and houses with it but we also spray under our sheds every time we clean them. However, if you have fleas the only thing to do is| to get a good flea powder and these are being made now with some D.D.'I‘. in tnem. Powdericig should be done two days apart and a third one would be still better at the expiration of another ten days. The old method was .o pre- pare s solution of creolin or Izal 1 in 100 of warm water and thc-n catch the fox by the neck. holding his mouth shut and putting the finger over the nose at the last fart of the operation and dipping ts head under. Then the ears were swabbed out, with the solution sl- so.. After holding the fox for two or three minutes and wlvpanc off the superfluous solution he WM again dipped under warm ivator. That process has gone but of zisc almost entirely and the flea pow- der treatment substituted.

Mutation mink breeders have been very successful in develop- ing new types. Today there are Black Cross, Blue Frost. Silver and Blu, Osborne Whites, Royal Ko-l-Nurs as well as naturalmink both dark and light. Prices for breeding stock run as high as Si.- 000 a trio-one male and two Ze- males—for the scarcel- types. Con- trary to general belief Michigan and Wisconsin, particularly the former, are the largest breeders of mink in the world and it is in Wisconsin that they havs probably reached their highest. degree of perfection.

The climate igcwiscorisln is

The Honourable J.

Holstelns. Class 27 — Progeny

Special Holstein Prizes

of Prince Edward Island has donated the fol- lowing prises in three sections of Class 9 for ;

previously. shown, either sax, not necessarily bred and owned by exhibitor.

sine,‘ as. - sum, u. - run‘, s; i Class 8 — Two females, b0

1N8, brad sad owned by oxlilbi r, previously olovra io either section.

lint, as. s. Second, as. - Third, $2.

I 6- Io:r fonalgdqaalifl: la so nor, olsy um i.

Walter Jones, Premier

of Dsin — Two animals, .

since July I,

n of cakcs clyimaxerl thc day on thc grounds with Mr. Cornelius 5911B?“ Bcl-"UZ as auctioneer. .Thc winning ticket on the iruir. cnko w“ held by Mr- H. J. MacDonald of Vcrnon and thc Ton 0.111.- Prizc was won by Mr, Jerome Math]

inncci. In the cvcninc a dalm- was held in Cardigan Hall to music Pmvidild by Webster's Orchestra. I

On Tuesday Evening nlavcd their last_ came of the soft‘ thrall schedule‘ with Cardigan on

e lattcrs frcld. The (‘Qlllegl

Peaki-s

_ wiis wcll played with Pcakcs gaining an early lead only to sec it .:rad-,

ually whittled down by thc lDi_‘.'ll| boys who went into a slight .954 in the late innings to win by a

59°"! 0f 9-7. One of lilo bcs: catches seen here this seas-m ivrls Trade by Pcakes u... outiir-lphq; boilijnnie Bradley. wlicn he caurzllt

r an Sullivans long fly \Vhl(‘]‘| was labelled for a homer Marlin Devlnc, MacLeod. aim}. 1.15.1

Handrshan played a smart for the vlsi

to \hll P name ,rs v . Aullw- HuiZhl-c Maclillhccplalhrllvllllgt Ellllfkvl’ wcrc outstanding i3,‘- {Ml omc team, Francis’ Slicphard. umoired in his usual efficient style- whlle Jimml-e Mooney and Borg‘ gslrd arbltrated capably on the "@8- The Lcasue standing _ , mains the same as last week with Georgetown leading and Cardigan’ l" "(will r-lace. The Peokcs l'ii=-- ur was {l5 follow=: ‘ ' M, Devirie. ; .1, M - -

Handahan. lstc; J. Gllllcktflllfolgflilpj. Smith 3rd: I... Evans, ss.; J. Brad. l9)’. B. Loard and P, Dtlnphy, -_____

somewhat similar t _—__‘—_I Wilt that the cold owfllllltlllftiwfllfitgzg in earlier in the fall with con. fleqlient earlier pelting and the, scrim: opens up about a ......... aaeriiiar than here. They i..." w“;

a er. sometimes very cold, and "Wally B heavy snowfall. It wasl {Iflftmvrly Drnctlcaily all ivoodcdi d Drogres-s of civilization has enuded the forests to a great ex. legit chlnlllls the climate some- w a .

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Odd Verses

“The Limerick" says Evcrymaws Dictionary COflCl-ieiy, "is a nonsen- sical or witty five-lined stanza of t-llig-Jorm":

,'I‘.iere was a voufig woman named t.- ..

lamina-veiled much faster than

She started one day

In the relative way,

A-r-l returned on the KFCCEClllZQ night.

iMiss Bright, daughter of a College professor. had bored a soczal gathering by a dissertation on Ep- steln‘s "Theory of Razhltivlty": upon which one of the ctxnpmy avenged hlmself o_v composing tu- above.)

There have bern many young men of Calcutta whose conduct leaves much to be desired. but this one is perfectly innocuous‘

There was a young man of Cal- cutta

Who talked with a terrible stilt- t r~

e . "For breakfast‘ hs said “Give ma b-b-o-bresxl, And b-b-b-b-butter."

One does not oome a-wross the "Clerlhew" as often as 5J8 Lime- rick. This ‘s a satirical or nou-

sensical vcrae, of four iii-cs. As the lines are varying lsn , out of the same metre, the lsrihoiv

demands more skill in its oom- position. The following was favorite of E. Clerihew Bentley, who invented the stanza:

"Sir Christopher Wren _

Said, "I'm going to dine with some men.

If anyone calls,

Say I'm designing St. Paul's."

Maosronic Verse is a burlesque from more than one language, or it may be of modern words with Latin endings: v.-

s. peter ufllla erat Qui costum scarlet hobebat."

The old native Roman was called S-itumian vane scanned like

"'I‘he Queen was in the Eating broad and honey-

The Galll, or priests of Oybele used what was called siliambic verse in their worship. his verse was built of lines o! tour feet thus: short-short-long-long; classical Latin poetry redod sn- tirely on "quantity" or "h thm and never used rhyIM- Mild "l Latin used both. The poet Lon "- fellow, in his "Golden Leger. ave some imitations of the alter. Leon a Verse ll lllldlllvll

fir”. Allin“ an llllfiglla?‘ rhyme: o ., ' no vins . Psrsdiso ‘fgortlus wit". With whlch

metre It.

parlor,

- comfortable reflection I close this . note.

Who were the lluns? m tho first world War it was

NOTICE

Due to unavoidable circum-

stances the picture shows at Crapaud Hall will be dio- contlnusd until further no- tics.

the custom to refer to the Germans as “l-Iuns" a custom- sancxioncd by Rudyard Kipling who wrot-c “the Hun lsat the gale" meaning that Germany had the intent of invad- ing England. HChV-JVEX‘, the ancient HllilS were not of Germanic Ofllfil. The earliest TCCufd of ".18 Huus oills them a lfsngolla". people who crossed the Volga about 350 A D The Alanl ur Alaun. resisted them but were defeated and com. polled to lISSiSt t-‘ie Huns against the Goths. Bv the year 3'75 thc pressure on ilic Goths forced them to invade the Rrmvn Elnpirc. it. the beginning oz’ the 4th century the chief powers in “uermai\y" of those clays were the Franks and the Alamannl. By the middle cf that century the Goths had become dominant in u-istern Germ". i. but 0n the death if their Kl. . Her- "IIJIITIC. early in the 5th century Attila and his tluns iri/adsd their territory. The Goths iverc defeat- ed and Attila ard his brother as- oended the slur/n... o; m», Gomm kingdom in 433 A D. I Attila was now knowli as the ‘Scourge of God" from the de- struction which he and his l-luns wrou ht. Ills brother died in 44.5. and e became sole ruler and ex- tended his sway over the Mamanni. He was master of the region we now call Germany. but like many another corqucmr, he did mt know when to stop. After a fcw yea s prepamtion he uliaded Gaul at. the head of his Huns and lllill‘ subject races, in 451. Gaul. now France was at tnat time subject to Rome and it was the Roman general Aetius who faced Attila at Chalons-sur-Marnc A terrible battle was fought. the Hun was beaten and Europe saved. 3o great was the slaughter that thenoeforth the name Hun disappears from history. The survivors and their kin doubtles‘ became merged wit-h the Gauls and suilsequert. invaders. Some geographers believe that l-lung-sry takes lis name from the early Hons, but ‘t is certain that the pr t S-liu-igsrians are desc- endants l’ tn; Magyars who cams as ‘successful invaders from tho as

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Such is the history of'tbo Buns as I have been ab)». tots-soc it nun the scanty rerowds- of the time. If the reader desires his histcuy enlivened with imagination and enthusiasm, let him read " - - hard" by Joseph Victor Scheffel. We must pardon Schcffel for carrying his lluns ir.'.o the 10th century, for the anachronism does not spoil s good romance. This book is in Evcrymaws Library (Prince of Wales College).