The custom of leaving calling cards when one goes visiting has been traced back to the Stone Age, when men lived in caves. When a caveman called on his neighbour, he threw a rock at the mouth of the cave, to make known his coming. Quite likely it was a matter of personal safety, for otherwise the visitor might have been greeted with a club. Should the neighbour not be at home, the visitor would leave a stone upon which he had scratched his mark. The custom remains today in neatly engraved and printed cards.
Fish are becoming increasingly important in the fur-farming industry of Canada. Strongly recommended for human consumption by nutricians, the fur farmers point out that the minerals and other substances which are present in the flesh and oils of fish aid the sound growth of foxes, mink and other domesticated animals. Waste fish or fish of some non-commercial species are used, all in the hope of adding to the beauty of the animals’ coats.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 April 1938, Page 2
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