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romiampérii No Precious Felts By NEVILLE BARNETT Examiner News Editor Something like 2000 Canadians and 9000 Americans pin their hopes of fortuneor at least good livingon small friendly silvergrey animal which has the suggestion but no family rela tionship of miniature rabbit The chinchilla has been brought fromiihe Andes to comfortable captivity in basementrccreation rooms or large ranch estab lishments to provide the prec ious fur for the precious few it it startcddn rebiaary 1923 whenithe first known inchlllas in North America rgach Ingle wood California from the Andes TheyQWere the property of Chapman onetime copp miner iiithe Andes He made ranch at lnglewood show place with the chinchilla pens alternating with flower gardens fountains THE $15000 per Bervale chinchilla nh an important part of the care oft thechtnc file and the anion als enjoy takingrit Hei one looks onynile and jacaranda trees From the it animals breeding ln captivity at lnglewood has grown the industry which can afford promotion program com parable to that of the mink in dustry on this continent First lnECaptlvity But Chapman was not the first person to breed chinchillas in captivity for around 1911 Mrs Unhnstone of Tonbridge Kent cived dozen pairs At that time she was one of the best known breed ers and private collectors of tropical pirds in Europe These animals were housed in the aries andbrcd fairlyfrce ly Their diet consisted of car rots monkey nuts lucern and green vegetables The small herd increased to about 50 head The coining of the war in 1914 put an end to this privatcenter prise Together with her tropical 111$ WINClllLIIAS cost was breedingrstock At Waterloo where Cages of this size cost about $12 piece the animal ported to arvutlnc gt At about our illtho the chinchilla would come oinzto gossip in the annibaloaatp over they would disappear only to reappear moment later for the till face He captured some of these vai uahle anim without frighten ing them ih wittmeah and lywood ca ex 015 the trip back to England he records that their diet consisted of raisinhlyand gmin daily The animals flour ished and hadnoung ones birds this Johnston sent her an mnoun chinchilla to various largo noon 33 yeny we med American Mnn can chinchilla industry awoke to The sale of stock logic uplm wood was in the early years con by div Pmmam MN fined to America in fact it was huev the Pm Mr Chapmmvs rerun Ship motors sold poor stocky gullible five pairs of his best chlnchi to mlmbm Public in Engilndue price qumd ulous price on smoke drearna 3L5 per pairmtvdmve Startled into facing reality the Englishman to jourlley to the 03mm mid new Andes after World War 11 to coi i°°k in mun pmpmu lect his chinchilla In bmdifll 19 mm 1t clea th if chinchilla Robe took banana ho was tzsbmolze stahllalled like to the port of Antofagasta whore mink more must be at mm the Andes meet the sea There he Manon on pg Fmgucuon recruited mountainborn chln mu11 flock 195 um chi hilan Who hahpenedm must be marked improvement show him In outstandingly beau inpelts produced the breeders tiful chinchilla which he owned must get go thinking bumpers Andes larger than him of 25 females There are many smallbreeden Vihcn they came to where the parent colony lived high up in canaga Emma 023 the Andestoo high forRoberls cs meat of house with just few Personal WWWM foul breeding stock There is no doubt that these small breeders are an important part of the industry but it would be mistake for any one who is starting chinchilla to imagine that he can make living out of few pairs in the base ment Ranch of High Standard Bcrvale Chinchilla Ranch at Waterloo is by no means one of the biggest ranches but it sets standard in animals and pens which is hard to equal There fore it provides good example of wellrun ranch one that can be model for anyone thinking of taking up chinchilla breeding The Bcrvnle ranch at the pres ent time carries 150 animals and the aim is to build up to 300 top grade breeding females The quality of the stock is kept up and improved by severe culling To buy breeding pair from th ranch eosts$150tl and with this Ipricegoes guarantee for the 7animals and load of practical help Chinchilla are fed on good hay lchinchilla pellets and when availv table green feed The ranch rcckuns that it costs about $4 per animal to feed through the year Housing for the newcomcr can be heavy capital outlay and on this point the ranch does not claim that their typccages are the most practical for the ordin ary breeders The round cases are favored on Bcrvale ranch on the grounds that they are easier to keep clean and offer the ani mals rnorc exercise No Cuddling fallacy to think that animals are delicate and require cuddling There are number of ranehcs in Canada which house their chinchilla in almost open air conditions throughout the year However room with four soiid walls in which to house the cages does of fer more comfort for the operator during the winter months re ens or Final Returns What sort of returns does the pelt givcthe breeder Last year chinchilla pelt prices averaged amund $26 The female animal may produce two to three young possibly twice year Having regard to the above inI formation there are some who consider that the price asked for breeding stock is high The good ranehes who sell breeding pairs at $1500 reply that good stock is at premium and the buyer is buying more than two animalsinstilled its mate sends the sand flying Note the in verted bottle which serves as wager foun tain for the animals gymnastic course up and down Makes Plea For Rublic Rest Room Ciémfort Shoppers Barrie RR April 1957 Textile Editor The Barrie Examiner Sir MayJ make suggestion lidtho merchanls professional and business men of Barrie in the form of plea for public rest room and toilet facilities for their clien Th suggestion is that those contributing to holiday trips and giveaway merchandise would use that money to start thcpmlect which would provide nvital service to the entire trade Consideration for the comfort and convenience of those coming tovdo business would enhance Beautiful Barrie lot Yours truly MRS EVELYN LAWRANCE Protesstelivery Off Sunday Paper By Youngsters MooseFaotury March 31 1957 To The Editor Tile Barrie Examiner SirYesterday was surprised somewhat shocked and more than little saddenedto read an edi torlai in our foremost county news paper purporting to set forth the case of Sunday delivery ofnews papers in fair way The article suggested that those who oppose the plan are discrim inating against the children who want employment and the news papers must use very unlady li buL aptly descriptive term for this sort of argument say lingwésh There is no reference to the fact that children and the parents responsible for them might be pushed by this Sunday delivery rcnicnt into doing something feel to be not right You ey do not need to take if they do not like the ghditions employméi hat is ulsf asa certain factory ownef said to Nellie McClung when she protested the sweatshop conditions in his factory where consumptive girl was being worked to death to earn herl ng What of the family who want to fix he dbuying also thepri legcof havtn at his disposal the exper ience of the iman who bred the animals in the first place Future of Chinchilla There is no one in the fur in dustry whoean predt with any certaintythe future of chinchilla Today the animal is being bred not only on the American contin ent but in many parts of Europe yet the best that can be said is that contraryia the stareyed ad vertisements of some stock sales men chinchilla breeding is notva getrichquick industry And however we inayarguc the fact remains at large number of Canadians and even more Americans believe there is place forchinchilla in the fash ion world As more andvbetter chinchilla pelts are used each year by the trade sotlieir hopes and conviction become more the shorlc mucfl WEDNESDAY APRIL Magistrate KFoster presid ed with Assistant Crown Attor ney Kennedy andvchlef Tschirbart The docket was small Adjournment Etc As usual number of adjourn ments were asked for various reasons andgranted for the time requested charge of making false statement against Ray mond Walton was withdrawn fol lowing retraction He was de fended by Gordon MeTurk Intoxication Pleading guilty to intoxication in public place brought fines of $10 with costs$3 or five days in two cases Vag oncy On charges lald by PC Currla Powell two men were convicted for begging in public On April Albert Landrigan was stopped on Collier SL where he was bog gingt The fine was $10 with costs $5 or 10 days On March 31 Btrnnrd Rogers waspicked up ion similarof fence He had been drinking hud no job nofixcd aboda or destination but gave Toronto address He was remanded in custody until Ap for sea tenee SawedofflGun An Allandale youth Douglas Foster 19 not knowing that it was illegal to own sawedoff weapon was seen by PC Mchod ofBarric police on Mar 28 when hunting rabbits in small bush near his home at the east end of Gowan Street He was carrying aregular 22 rifle at the same time and ihnd the other riile the sariic calibrc carried in his belt potential by Gordon incruin his cvidcnccavas that carrlcd weapon for closeup quick shot VHc also explained tha it had belonged hisf KhtrifinpngQnlh pleas go to spend ithcweekend with Grandmawhen Junior must cover his paper route or Sunday Sure ly even child may expect to en joy the wprkinans nght to one day wee free from the stress of responsibility of his job So much is written and spoken to dayiaboutthc tensions in purple built by our way of living How many of our present day ailments could be avoided byright livtng The General Confession says We have erred and strayed kom Thy ways andthcre is no health in us How truel The Fourth Commandment says Remember the Sabbath day to kecp it holy freeifroin all the cares oith hcr sixdays week No one couldclatnr that there is such dearth of reading matter in Barri or anywhereelse In Canada thatSunday delivery is lal to the happiness or wellbe ing of anyone if the lack of paper can make you unhaPiJY then Laddle you better sit down and take stock of your mental and spiritual resources if they have become so impoverished that you depend heavily on such prop Christians in the last raw de critics have striven so hard to give neoftenceto live at peace with all men that they are falling over backward StPaul who gave the excellent advice would be the last one am sure to sacrifice principle for peaceand quietness claim that because milk is delivered on Sunday other servi ces should be expected too is silly The whole program boils down to th Arewergoingioexpectour felloweitircns to give up their rights to day of rest to supply us with nonessential luxuries Has our wayof life reduced usito sueh acondition oi selfishness and selfAindulgence Yourssineerely mantra minimum The Wabimairoij mineon Tiny Bell Island on the eastern ap proaches toNewfoundland isthe worlds largest subtcrr mine bporrcr WHAT UOU OWN WSURE 51 PHONE 95501 GENERAL INSvllRANCE WWW av wr set naesiuii INJCIM mum gIMPER FERGUSQNVALE Weekend Visit Wallace Eamnof Barrie visr ed with his mother over the Weekend gt itirsuEva Fleming Donnie and Donald of Toronto spent the won int It ranENnUM imam Qu pal oou cil of thi suburh reJccted referendum ending icipaiit weekend with Mr and Mrs Les Switzcr nd famil From Tomato Mr Moffatand Miss Ruth Mot fat and Steiyart Mercer Toronto visited on Tuesday at lifts Nellie Gibsons home Weekend visitors at Mr and Mrs Edward Lloyds were Mr and Mrs Howard Lloyd and daughter Brenda Miss Becky Lloyda11 of New Toronto Mr and Mrs William McLeansaitd habyraf Downsview Mr and Mrs Jerry Viliennuc and children of Wasaga Beach moved to thel new Joseph Halls artm roan unnatural PRINHN uoiva PA szlm cryMimic Quebec City equests for 1mvvy