' inns 2s. 1941

m o“) FRIEND PAYS A VISIT

w“ delighted once

“,,',f‘.,;'°°¢§e:t an old friend who u , me a visit every spring. I have own him from almost the first n. o; my sojourn in the Island, l", m; L; thirty-one years ago. imn-ty years were accepted (in the qld country) as equivalent to a gen- uon. mg in fact a. new genera- “ us’; arisen here, much differ- m in some ways from the Old" m 5° we have notcs to comm". M’ wmy of considerable interest. "tfgfl... you had the census-taker W’. he figsus-"Not yet". I said Uh. has only got to I-i- T-s so far 1nd it may he ‘a fortnight before he

"my," my They lay it takes an Ho“, and g half to answer all ti:

-'_"s I've heard." wonder what the popula- [lg of the Island is this time? -

mpm it is increasing. but the gflllll-IIIBDY. will perhaps be against “wet 1 am fond oi statistics gbughl don't always believe them; Ind y general

1y copy down any re- i . Th Pula- lill“? w ‘fifljnphliilil: foret e last

km on article In

pfiifiisi; and in I931, amass. NW‘; have a cutting from a P0P"- magazine which gives the "iilldl i“ {e5 oi the 1931 census just an- ‘figs-i as 88.038 for Prince Ed- am; Island. so there you are! lg rrect?" wl‘:§};1l_-- cgaid ire, "I've allwag: imderstood the populist-ion ti; bgtween eighty and ninety ous- that 13.000 of them are

d that somewhere, I mean p1 d- “and that illiiffa‘. llfoilgotheilabolne. In that article of May 31st, it is alw 1mg.‘ ma; mo revenue from the Is :11 ms Field crops. Simii- 981R’, 3’? “,5 Poultry. and Saw Ml . c In‘; , ‘141111000 in 1936. Mr. Hemm 85 gig-pres given in the 012.911 F07? some time B80. Si" “l9 Pmduc g puwef" oi the Island farms inuliliii a. $15.788.000. El er of f: mounts averaged and dlvl t’- mo mm fan-fig“. gltould havg m. each man ove one thousan

have rea

m for e year. It was Jllllfily l°m° ye." =1 wmvmii with those fore and since. but

n should not be taken as Nor-fit of the farmers’ pros- perityfi-"No, such a year as that only happens every five or 5 ms, as farmers would find ff they lope proper records ' said m! friend, "Well now. I have kePl- N‘ mos or my cash crops for some time. and 1086 gave me more re- tumg than I anticipated: the first gptry (in Nov.) is: "§0ltd 10° bushels potatoes at 55 cis. and the list. in Dec. records that I sold thfl fest of We table stock at 70 cts P" bilshel. ‘rilrnips sold at l1 cts. P91‘ bushel. That was fairly satisfac- tory-butf didn't nlpke a thuuuiud

m. be farrnersP-"YES. l-

heard. numerical

folk

in every direction. tion at first, but a

sumcr bo

towns: in what way the remaining o0, ‘Ilrat is a matter th oration. One much wi

the amateur

regards with a. heal has only ID recal

number of species. eties, and forms p genus Rosa; and th species of Salix 0i

known to occur them.

to W., the G

branches.

side our "creek,"

amenta "loose";

(cetkins)

other willows.

from Dr. Harold A.

nhlimd io arnalgamate, 1

"ane census will show u mm um reiaticnshi coun ua . in this particulalry pll-‘bxlinctgingtlz has no other industry-depends en. tirely on the farmer's toll: townsman indirectly, and farmer. of course. directly. when the towng.

Oriilniled. by agreements, dl-lldVllll-lie of producer and con- th- Mr ins the total population to ,ooo, "u! ui these 80.000 to live in the

can 1 thout hurtino: ‘bacilli?’

Till BALSAM WILLOW

There are a few genera immense kingdom oi Dlant life that botanist

l the oi which more than have been distinguished. 205 of which are found in Canada; 250 species of Rubus; the large

have

the be ween

the

population,

there will arise-duplicated services

These will tend

to express themselves by compgtl-

fterwerds, when to the

tsnce. be 00 ' does this affect 000 producers?

at needs consid- so

in the

is rather

scared oi. and that the specialist

thy reslmt- One nus Carex .000 species

subspecies, vari- ropflsed for the e more than 200

Willow. to say

nothing of the hybrids which are

freely between

Whether it is because of the re- puled difficulty of distingulsnin species of willows I know not; bu

the fact remains that up to the present but five species of Willows have appeared in

tha Island lists and three of these have been introduced from Europe which probably means from England The five are the Crack Willow, the

lauccils W., the

Prairie W., and the Purple W., the last alluding to the color of the.

Last spring, while rambling be-

I noticed a

willow which appeared just a little rulfamiliar. I took some twigs homo for examination and finally made them out to he from ilze Balsam Willow (Salix balsamifera). _mature leaves were thin, dull green above, giaucous below, cordate (hearted-shaped) at the base: teeth or serrations rather minute. The

The

were rather

that is, the fruit was not closely packed. like that oi some

This spring. in order to check up on my discovery, I specimens of the willow to the Do- minion Botanist, and had this reply

forwarded

Senn. Associate

Botanistz-"Tlie specimen submitt- ed is, as far as I am able to deter-

dollars! But then. the !0l'l0Willll"nline Salix pyrifolia Anderss, which

year, in November. 905M975 were selling for 25 cents. fllld Mountains or 30 cents a bushel. vlllle turnips had advanced to I6 “has, As you say. the farmer sel- dom has two good years in succes- llon, and I have a shrewd idea that tile law of supply and demand is not, altogether to blame." Said he: '1 was talking to young Bo-and-ao m; our" day and he sa s he is not going to grow potatoes or 25 cents any more; he is going to crow enough to feed his pigs all}; 83M for the house and thats all. — N00 a bad idea, as times go: when Y0“ buy fertilizer, contribute seed and labor, land and machine y. and are then obliged to sell for half what is coats you. ifs a wonder anYhMY trouble; to grow them. It's too much like Paddy's experience with the pig; did I ever tell yo}: the |tury7"—"I don't think 50-"--'w°“ pigs were (Help that year. and Paddy bought a little one for 5 shillings. It cost him other ii shil- lings to erect a wooden sty. Ind still another 5a.. for feed. The D18 grew all right. but pigs being cheap when he came to sell it he could only get 15 shillings. Said a friend to whom he related his ven- ture, "what on earth did you get out of tire transaction?" "Oh." said Pat. ‘I had the use of the pig!" My friend, who is a practical man. pointed out that Pat would at east. have the manure for nothinz -whlch was better than s. bill for fertilizer! "But seriously," I said." nobody can truthfully say thit- Agriculture ln P.E.I. in fact in all Canada, is in a satisfactory con- ditiori: it is our only industry and when from any cause it Ls not re- ilumerative it is not long beforc~ rlrfybody suffers. Our teachers are forced to work for scanty walrus- lknow, because I taught once-not use farmers are stingy. but be- ause the iann income is too emu-l to be taxed for education. The iiillsmi suffer because they must lily from school to help get in the flab-which sells for half nrlcei llncel can remember. it is becam- ilig increasingly more difficult to "ti! the churches going. and hi’- (iile time some congregations were

wool ivliililali

Ship your wool to

CONDONS WOOLLEN MILL$ Charlottetown

"ii receive highest market price l vilslied and unwashed wool. my paid on receipt of wool. All

Ml llos to be graded by govern-

Ittni inspection. We do our own

“all You do not have to wait

. I government inspection to

l" vour money.

A" wool must be cleor of dirt

"id bum. fiililii paid on I00 pounds on

id Wool, also on 200 pounds unwashed wool. i-It ws. till July a.

specimens of it.‘ Both as a Gray

the name

examination from view

The June meetih Wiltahire W. home of Mrs. Meeting was opene

paid.

New committees Lunch, Mrs. Lane, and Mrs. Younker. Ing

and the resolution league" was signed

es to convention,

MacLean, Mrs. Mi tives, Mrs. MacDo lane.

Mrs. MacDonald lean took charge

en. Meeting closed

served by the comm the hostess.

LAWRE Beg. No. 6858.

of 55 in 2.10. Dam: linllyrood Pol I1 Including Lawrel {lglyrofi Susan 2 nar . . Alice Hanover 2.03%

ranks-rims. Lawrel Hanover was Ion pacing Stallion

BUD

CALUM ET lug. No. 6000.

Peter the Great.

. which is oldl. Maritime bred Ihrnoncl Budlong in 81 over fee. Calumet Budlon have the same

i.

part of the Iahud Terms: 825.00 for

158l-

Hons a-L-OO-d

41-21

by eleven members. v _ committees were received and biLs

Slim-The hwrel IIIII 2.06%. SI

.02 Va.

I 183B. Now held by Billy

is now the accepted name for S. balsamilera Barrett. We would aP- pieclatg having the exact locality for this, and, if convenient, more

and N. L. Brit-

ton, the great American botanists. list this willow as S. balssmifera, so was well Now it must be added to our list. I imagine our willows will repay

established.

this point of

NORTH WILTSIIIRE W. I.

g of the North

I. was held at the Gordon Mactcan.

d in the usual

manner and roll call was answered

Reports of

are as follows- Mrs. Mitchell The nexit meet-

is at the home 0f Mrs John- ,ston. roll call to be answered by "Jokes." Correspondence was read

on the "Health and sent to the

Prime Minister of Canada. Delegat-

Mrs. Gordon tchell; alterna- nald and Mrs.

It was decided, on motion that $5.00 be sent to the Queen's Fund for Air Raid victims.

and Mrs. Mac- of the program

and readings and contests were giv-

by singing the

National Anthem and lunch was

lttee, assisted by

Lavvlliiale Farm Stallions

L HANOVER 1.59%‘

Class A. r_e '1 Iv 2.10%. Dam o Hanover l 59%. llollyrood . Ilollrood Ports world's Champ- rom 1935 to Direct 1.05.

LONG 2.02% Class A.

Slru-Peier the Brewer 202%. Sire of 150 In 2.10. leading Slring son of

aritime reeoru for 2 tear

pdccd $4 of a nine seconds u a three year old

and Mlle Budlonl alf mile record of

3 flat. I will trailer either horses to any

lfflllflfllltll a Q IGIIOII-

‘ll.

FRANK McKAY.

l||l BAIVIICV. . __ P-

me _ Maritime

ELL

(EIARILQTTETOWN QUARDIAN

I

Below will be found a brief synop- sls of telegraphic reports received at the Head Office of the Bank of Montreal from its Branches. Our Managers have knowledge of each local situation and are in touch with crop conditions in all sections 0f the districts mentioned.

causing.

In the Prairie Provinces seeding is virtually complete’ Ger-mum. tion has been even and cool weath- er has promoted sturdy growth. Higher temperatures, prevalent for the past few days, will stimulate l-hB prowess of all crops. Moisture conditions are generally satisfac- tory. but more rain would be wel- come in northern Manitoba, central Alberta. Tilers has been little dam- age from frost or insects, but weeds are prevalent in many districts. Pastures are in good condition. ex- cept in northern Alberta. 1n Que- bec rovince seeding and planting cond ticns generally nave been ia-

,vourable, but. although crops were

in the ground earlier than usual, growth has been retarded by cool. dry weather. In Ontario crops generally have suffered from lack u! moisture. and this has largely Offset the advantage of an early seeding. In scattered areas recent showers have relieved the situation, but widespread rains are needed to maintain normal growth. In the Provinces cold, wet weather has caused delay in many areas in the planting of root crops, but the sowing of rain lass been completed. In Britis Columbia hay. grain and vegetable crops are well advanced, but prospects are for light yields of cherries and apples,

PRAIRIE PROVINCES

ALBERTA-Crops are developing satisfactorily over most of the pro- vince, under favourable weather conditions. Wheat is stoollng well and showing satisfactory growth. In some northern sections where grains were suffsrin from lack of moist- ure. recent ra s have proved bene- ficial. but even under favourable conditions for the remainder of the season crops will be short. Pastures range from poor in the north to excellent in the south. SASKAT- CHEWAN-All seeding is practical- ly completed. Viteat is five to seven inches high and is stoolling well. Moisture conditions are gen- erally good. but south, central and east-central areas will soon require additional rain to ensure normal development. There has been slight damage from frost in the north-east area and from wireworms in the south-east area, MANI'I‘OBA__ Seedirg is completed. Wheat is six to eight inches high and is stoollng well; some early-sown grain is en- ierin the shot blade. More rain woul be welcrxne in the north; elseulzere moisture conditions are good. Damage from all causes is negligible. Sugar beets are progres- sing satisfactorily and thlnnlrg has commenced.

PROVINCE OF QUEBEC

EASTERN TOWNSHIPS AND OTTAWA VALLEY-Lack of moist- ure ahd cool weather have retard- ed growtll dilrlng the past fort- night. Sowing of grains is com- pleted and crops are well above ground in most areas, but rain is needed. Growth of root crops has been slow. Hay lands and pastures. have suffered and are generally in only fair condition. Damage is re- ported to tobacco crops, owing to dryness nnd high wind. Orchards blossomed well and prospects are favourable. The strawberry crop will be small. LOWER. ST. LAW- RENCE AND LAKE ST. JOHN DISTRICT —Sowlng of grains and planting of root crops are com- Plellfid. but Prolonged dry Weather has retarded progress. Hay lands and pastures are now in only fair condition. More rain is required.

PROVINCE or ONTARIO

Fall wheat is heading out short in straw. Development of spring grains has been retarded and more moisture is necessary to emnvc average yields. Tire hay crop is light; cutting has commenced in some sections. Planting of corn and roots is nearing completion and early sown crops are progressing fairly well. Apples and most other tree fruits are promising, but be- low average yields are indicated for strawberries, cherries and rasp- berries. Pastures are badly in need of rain. The growth of tobacco plants has been satisfactory; pest damage is necessitating consider- able replanting. but an abundance

_ of good plants is available.

MARITIME PROVINQES

Growth of grain crops has been slow. Planting of potatoes is prac- tically finished in New Brunswick: acreage is reported reduced from inst year. In Prince Edward Is- land there has been little plani- ing of root crops so far and this applies also to most parts of Nova Scotia. Hay lands and pastures throughout the Maritime: are in good condition. Apple and other fruit trees show a heavy bloom. Cold, wet weather Pas caused delay in most areas.

PROVINCE 0F BRITISH COLUMBIA

Cutting of the first crop of hiw has menced. with average yield: in proswct. Grain crops are wcli advanced. Vegetable crops show good growth. Potatoes. are promis- ing, but tomatoes would benefit from warmer weather. 82m- dam- age from nests will reduce thr- ml- icn crop yield. Strawberries of f-lr qualitv are mcvinw in volume. 05h- =r berrv crops indicate slightly he- low avorn~e yields. Cherries are splitting from excessive rnin. and the vleld will be light in most dis- tricts. Other stone fruit crops ere nromlsinir. The sonic nrrm w'll be oonfd-rahlv below normal and i"\" June coon is heavy. Orchard How's are causing some concern. Cool. wet weather continues. Pasturage is plentiful.

WINNIPIYO. Mans .7ll“e ‘i’! -Hoi weaiher and drving WWVN have ac- centuated moisture shortage in flir- few areas where this lack has previ-

- CONSERVATION -

A wan! COLUMN OI PI-AUHOAL OPINIONS 0P ‘I'll! VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING ‘I'll U!!! AND ABUSIS 0P NATURAL RESOURCES II

II. LUDIJOW JENKINS.

"I feel that I have an extra-mor- al privilege to 513981! illilklun ‘his subject. for in the Dust 1- - hive fired long-range caztridle-‘I l" l lo -rahge gun at a MII-ll-ll“ a who had nouns: to 1w 11g’ his life or his Slllendid gift of iii?‘ 1. He hurl, perhaps. burst his s H well beyond the Arctic Circle on a night when the Northern Lights w“, gweeping long fingers of 001d mysterious fire across the iilmillll‘ ant. I-Ie raw that. and later he IIW

length of a great cuntimflt flowing past and beneaiih his wing. m Great Slave Lake e - sent Marsh where the slow stream or that name empties into .le; Currituck Sound; bgynug, and piney woods ue South, and a winter on I sh ow coastal lake in WW8 B-llfl- ‘Iihen northward agsL-i to the Clfille with a mete. and southward eln until one moi-ulna on Mattamus eet a. far flung pellet of number four snot smashed the delicate articul- ation on his right wins I-nd brought him dovim in skull; helplessly amid ilhe cattaila until a mink fillmd him finally. we're not cruel. but» we are most dlamnably thoughtless. The people who write the Wl/eltl-‘ie’ vnents do the Wildfowl and the sport oi wildfowling a great ill service by suggesting that anyone can kill cuucks at 60 or 70 wilds if he hi! l pocket full of long range cartridg- es. It can be done wth a 800d gun and a Rodd man t0 P°lllt it. but the skill required doesn't come in the box with the cstrridiges. It can only be attained with much practice. I don't believe anyone should be allowed o:- encouraged i-o practice on live wild creatures when it means that for each one krled ard bagged and counted in the legal limit others will be left w die in misery and terro-

"To my mind the expert wild- fbwler and ex-wnplsry spoisanarl IS he who waits until his birds are well in range, so that if one is crip- pled a quick second barrel will wi out the worst consequences of blunder. . . .

"It happens occasionally in up- land shooting that a binl is hit too hard and messed up and mangled so as to be lbrflt for the table. It ls a rare occurvence in wildfowling however, and the circumstances surely indicates that whatever the "nlnrovemenfs a-e arms and arlnirnunition for goose and d-uok shooting they may be more sen- sibl and humanely used to kill bl that are well in range than m ways that only serve to extend the crippling d'l'tance. .

"It is argued that the regulations fcrfidldling the use of bait and live decoys makes ft necessary for the gunner to shcot at long-range birds because without there attractions to draw them the ducks will not. come into the blind. Undoubtedly

‘ hat tho birds do not decry “s ulell l0 a baitleas stand and woo-‘en blocks rs they do to a heap of corn and live decoys. but the issue should not be conf . One concerns a. shooting regulation intended to le- d-uce tihe total inrmrer of birds killed so that the azinual produc- ticn will be in excess cf the nlmber taken The other concerns a ques- tion of individual conduct ani the responsibility each one of us has m decide whether. in the pursuit of sport. he is justified in shoot- ing down many birds that w'll be lcst and wasted for the sake of zet- tlhg a few. After all. there is no law compelling a man to shoot d-uck~=.

Only a few days ago I heard I professional guide u: rig his payin guest to try the hgh birds tha were 00mm: 70 vards over the blind The blind itself was built into the edde of an impenetrable tangle of rushes, water brush, and oattails which made the recoverv of a clip- plcd bird practically impossible.

" ‘Might as well shoot at 'rvn' sold the guide. ‘The season will be over in a couple of days. so it won't make no difference any wav and you've lrct plenty of lcng-range cartridges.‘

WORLD WAR (SECOND ROUND) —-AND WATERFOWL

A:a‘n war menaces waterfowl. Durin the World War (First recur i, duck marshes were drained to grow more wheat. Result: less- dlwks-und no more wheat! Why? Because. in the Canadian West. the soil underlying most lakes and marshes iscntirelv unfit for grain growing. Ducks Unlimited has re- stored many of these pro-war water.