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Th“ 1115M; April, 24th. 1910. the i , gaythsginlan showed some of -, bad points. Tho Set rose, break- ,. over the deck, and from the , m, u; tho "ceilings" of the cab- “ there came s. monotonous. slow p. I wssenade aware of this by | dl‘0p of water splashing oi! my mock as I lay in my bunk; and u may imagine I Wt up in a urry! Luckily we had two spam bunks in the cabin. ac that ' cldent did not incommocle us any- In a m, days, however, the sea-water from the rivet-l‘. ed. filled the HUITHICHMOHGd ‘If 11D." and with mry r011 of the ship it swished out

[g0 the middle of- the floor and back.

M] luggage, boots, etc., were kept m a vacant b . . The storm increased. and next

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‘ bore Ditches c! s... 1t looked just

110N111! after our recent exper- ience. But worse’ was to follow. '

A SOBOOLHABTER OIFIIO

They have been holding a “School m ‘ ' Conference“ st Swansea. South Wales, and tbs president waxed critical of the .“oa.rd of Edu- cation on several counts. A resolu- tion urfing the authorities to raise the school-leaving age was carried. and s discussion took place on the inadequacy of the teats for entrance iosecondary and central (high?) schools. But tho high lights of the president's speech came when he scored the Board for allowing ,the gentler sex to train the boys. ' “A man is not s fitting person to de- velop the chsractor of s. girl," he said, “for the simple reason that

morning on attempting to go on “s; I found that the halchcs had been baiiened down and we were prisoners. I made my way therefore m the room where the steering ap- paratus was, and observed that‘ new rope cables had been used to re- mfcrce tbs usual chains, and the helm was jammed hard and fast by their means: so we were goingl "straight ahead." n was now reported that there! were two other distinct companies gmongsl, the passengers; s. large_ pally oi Scottish miners. and a: party of Galicians. The Scots, tempted by hish my. were coins gs Cape Breton; the Galicians were bound for Western Canada: bcth‘ groups were lodged in the forepcrt p1 the ship, so that we did not pine into contact with them.

The storm continued all that day. snd it became rather dull tween- decks. The novelty was wearing off! i bad provided against that event by bringing along a text-book of algebra. which the publishe n had presented to me, and devoting the most of my time to it. By the and of our voyage I had worked up through Quadratic Equations. so that the time was not entirely lost. The next morning (the 28th) it was

plain that the storm was abating and blessed relief! we were allowed an deck.

But fate was not done with us. As we wallowcd along in the sub- siding waves. lust when darkness tame down, the old boat gave a shiver and the engines stopped. They had broken downl We were, according to the daily notice put up, 450 miles out in the Atlantic. and "there we lay. all next day,"

ho has never trod the path she is to tread. For the same reason s woman is not s fitting person to develop character in a boy. Yet the Board is content to allow thousands of boys to remain under the control and influence oi women teachers." The teaching profession, he added. consisted of men, women and fern- tnistsl 'I‘he lsttcr did not, and

lnewer would represent womanhood.

To gain their own selfish ends. however. "tbsy would willingly wreck the educational system, and invert society itself/f But in spite of the feminists, nature remained natural. Sex did matter. ,

"It was entirely wrong to suppose that sex differentiation dig not take place until adolescence was reached."

In concluding. he would equip children to face the after-school world by developing sound bodies. sound charac‘ . sound minds, and s simple . ' faith.

A HAWK SANCTUARY

rm the iatc summer of 1034 the world's first sanctuary for birds of D165‘ was established in the Kltta- tlny Ridge in Pennsylvania, says the January Bulletin of the Massa- chusetts Audubonjdcisty. n. was the idea of the mnergency Conser- vation Committee. headed by Mrs. C. N. Edge-don't the ladies get things dcnei-to stop the merciless Billlkhior of the native hawks as they passed along the sides of the mountain on the way to their southern feeding grounds. To carry out the idea. the committee acquired control of’ two square milgg o1 "Hawk Mountain" ss it has come to

_ n

ll the song says. When the for- b,

ward movement stopped, the ship mdually ‘ ’ broadside on to the waves, which pounded her aides nnmcrcliully. 'I'he rolling and the pounding made this the most un- comfortable part of the voyage. Naturally inquisitive. I snooped round till I found out what was the matter. The piston-rod had bilckled and there was not even a manner on board to loosen the nuts on the cylinder head. They had absolutely no tools to work with. My notes say we lay thirty- three hours helpless in the trough oi the sea. At length the Hesper- tsn. which belonged to the same Kimberly. and was on its way to mgland. found us in the early morning by means of signal-flares. She had been apprised of our pre- dicament by wireless, and hastened ioour asslstsncaTskingusintow she set her course for the Clyde when we arrived late on the after- noonofthetotnThiswastbenrst time I had set foot in Scotland. On the coast there were little islands covered with intonaely green grass, and having one little whitewaslud house on each, a lovely contrast! The trees along the shores of the

Clyde were in their first flush of could

hair-re. though the distant nuu mu

Hawk shbdting had grown to be a social affair. Anyihinxup to two

subarea shooters put m ma» Sun- ‘>111

day time. with perhaps half that number on weekdays: and each fall, as a most ccnnervative estimate, from 8.000 to 5,000 hawks fell vic- tims. The huntors themselves say that lea than a quarter of the numbers of hawks fly over the rldae now. than did ten years ago.

Naturally there was a great op- position to the Sanctuary. First from the budness men from a. near-by city. who used to take s truck load of ammunition up the’ mountain andmsdeasmallfortuneby its sale. got-r: menshgilghered and bum” . llled lily“!!! the brass.) Then from the huntn-s, who wanted to know what in the name of conunon sense was the use of g the “vermin.” Lastly from the farmers who de- clsmd that the hawks "carried of! "#1701111: from pigs to poultry." Allthesetookshiesatthecommit- ice through the medium of the newspapers. but that body stuck to its guns, and supplemented the warden of the Sanctuary by the addition of a deputy-sheriff who arrests if necessary.

make They turned away 1Q hunters be-

- in what respects it differs from our

Farmers who are unable to purchase their supply‘ of Timothy and Clover Seed for cash, call and see me. I am in a. position to arrange time payments. B. J. ‘TROWSDALE

fore the opening of the hunting season on November l. and bad no

trouble afterwards.

The Warden found that the per- iod between Oct. ‘l to Nov. 8, was the most interesting period. when_ 6,475 hawk; were counted. or an average of 291.2 birds per day. On Nov. 2. the day o: the biggest flight, 1,018 hawks passqd over. By Nov. 18, the flights began to show signs of petering out. A total,of 10.716 birds. represented by sev- enteen speciss, hsd been recorded up lo the end of the season's ml- gration.

The Bulletin closes with these memorable words: “Tlakon as a whole the Itsptores are distinctly beneficial Ind necessary to the in- ‘terests-of man. Extensive ‘ All surveys have been made of our hawks, and enlightened people no longer question the economic status of th majority oi this class oi birds."

THE EUROPEAN bHSTLETOE

Visitors examine the arnalbcan- adian mistletoe with a. great deal 0f curiosity: most of them have never seen it before, but one tells me he has seen it in other pov- inces, though not here. None ave seen the kind which is grown (or at any rate Kathered) commercially in» Europe. and they do not know

plant. The present "noto" will not, it is honed. be without - *

One of our earliest lessons in R1811!!! history tells of the cere- monies which took place when the Druids found a. mistletoe on the ‘oak. This would not often ‘ ,- . because tho mistletoe pre- fers the poplar. apple, hawthorn, 111119. mil-Pie. ash. 0r even the pine- trce. on account of their softer bark and wood. Its roots can spread very slowly in the tough wood of the oak. In one sense the plant is completcly parasitic. since it is at no time connected with the earth; . but botanists class it as s semi- parasite. as it can make its own starch. stealing only water and salts from its host. Our plant is more delfadcd. since it has no

f . to enable it to manu- facture starch: so it steals all its sustenance.

The berries of the European mis- tletoe are carried to new host-trees by the agency of birds. Aftcr de- position the seed sends s. raclicle into the bark oi the tree and growth begins. A pendulous yellow- green shoot appears which forks repeltodly. each fork terminating in a pair of pale green lsavcs, “tongue- ahalled" and from one to three inches long. When the bush la fully grown it is studded with white sexni- t_ berries about half- an-inch in diameter. At this stage it is highly ornamental and innum- erable crates of the harried twigs are shipped from Ilrance for tho Inslhh Christmas market. A well- flown bush of mistletoe may be four or five feet across.

The European mistletoe (viscum album) is ‘found from central Eng- land down through Rance; it seems to prefer the warmer climate, since all the supplies come from them. It was said that the French peasants used to cut a slit in the underside of an apple-tree limb and insert a berry which soon germinated and

It is extremely im

pcrtant to give puppy

foxes a right start by early illPPilifll

nourishing food.

This start can be given

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standard nutritional content.

IMPERIAL PUPPY- FOOD filfmliifi i9 prepared with a view to the develoPm°m of pupa into active, sturdy foxes with P9"! of highest sheen and faultless color-

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out the whole season.

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Our forefathers esteemed the mistletoe ss a remedy for epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, but modern sclonce discredits this. Apart from its use as s. Christmas decoration, the only other import- ance it has. is as a. source of “bird- lime;" this is obtained from the bark and berries o1 this plant, as well ss from the bark of the Euro- pean holly. by decoctlon in water. And lately, I believe, the use of birdlime has been banned by law in Inland. (This is to protect the migratory birds.)

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, The famous Bud Axworthy will make the season of 1935 at the stable of Fred

calls from a distance I

Mares at owners risk.

MR. JAS. T. WAITE ‘ Owner.‘ _ - FRED SHEA, _' "In Charge. -

Fee $10.00.

Insure $15.00. $3.00 at time of service.

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IIIILY NOTES 0N TOPIC] CONNECTED WITH

Silver For: Fainting

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m: ranchers will soon be put- ting away their fox dens. Before 401118 so they should be th- ughly cleaned out and the refuse burned, than disinfect them with Izal onc 511 forty to fifty pmferrcd or some “m? 4119801 Preparation. _,Anoth‘er highly recommended disinfectant is crude oil, the same as used in oil burners. A fine spray should be used otherwise too much may be Put on and may not be absorbed into the wood. It is said to be sure death to fleas, hookworm and lunsworm esas. and all parasites.

Some ranchers have}. concrete trough built extending into the ground several feet, with a drain outlet. It is built just a. little wid- er than the~dan and deep enough ao that thme dens can be sub- mersed at the. one time. Sufficient disinfectant is placed in it 50 that when tho third den is put in the disinfectant has been displaced suif-clently to cover the top den. When the liquid becomes too soiled .10 use. the outlet is opened and the liquid drained off and a. fresh supply put in.

In our own case we have a forty gallon cask on wheels fitted with a _pll1IlD. rubber tubing and spray nozzle. On a. warm day we thorough- ly spray the dens inside and out with disinfectant solution and al- low them to dry out in the sun. No doubt most ranchers have their own pet way of handling this mat- ter. but the impcrtam thing is to make a thorough job cf it no matter what method is used, as otherwise the eggs of the parasites or the fleas will hatch out and develop in the warm summer months and be ready to invade their hosts-the foxes-in the fall when the dgns are occupied.

A 1 W85 , hi5 Ploblems with us the other day and they are common to so many of us that we are printing them hem. He said: “I had very little trouble with my first litters of pups. ‘ but trouble developed along about. the latter put of April and first week inJVfay. The pups would live to be two or three weeks old. S0me_ times one or more ol.’ a litter would dio at two weeks or earlier, some- timu a whole litter. Again the pups would look weak and when I dosed them for worms they would seem to g0 back instead of improve and finally die,

We o mveral and in most cases! 'blooclintheintdincs. I consulted a com-potent authbrity and his dlagmais was than; the females‘ milk_ was not rich enough to properly nourish tin: pups and advised rnc to feed cod liver oil, bone meal and brewers yeast to the females thbt are nursing their pups.

He was also oi the opinion that the worm capsules I used were too strong for such weak pups and ad- vised rne to use Burroughs and Wel- come capsules instead, saying that the others wen: Just splendid for good. strong pups, but the B. a W. were the thing for the weaker ones."

That advice is in line with our own expericnm. B. a W. capsules are made with one-quarter minim oll of chcnopodium. similar to the note which appeared in last week's

e.

News has reached us that Milli- gan a Morrison, Northam, have a big turnout of pups ths season- mo biggest average they have ever. bad, our congratulations are offer- ed to Jimmie Milliga-n, who is cer- tainly turning out to be a high class foxman.

Some time ago we had a conver- satfon with Jack Kennedy as to whether light- had an influence on fertility in foxes. weeks ago we published an item from a poultry Journal which stated that fertility was greatly influenced by lisht and that the absence of ight was a serious handicap to the breeder.

This season we tried out 19, pairs of foxes in double coops, total length 24 feet, width 5 feet, height 3 feet, board floors with the t!- oopton of a mall amount of wireiat each end, and mostly covered in sdes and covered roof of course. Each had a. house attached, Just the same kind of house as the other mated pairs out in the open ranch.

_r____ . The 19 pairs were strong, healthy Will. about the best average of the whole ranch. They were taken out of sheds the latter part of Decem- berandplacedlnthecocpewhere they seemed very contented and wvs looked forward to a good in- “crease. Our check-up yesterday showed 1S pups from the 10 pairs!

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_ promoting effect greater t the same. snout of pra- tsla obtained from say other scares. ‘Ila reason fen ca?

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lrasqa of stimulating minerals Ilal ll manganese, oop- pers flaring and others which l" llwlwl nuns is nab

FASTEDFAT LIHIYCD Hfillrnw r4 t

To give you a true picture o! the whole ranch, here are the figures Oi the 091 foxes kept over-deb males, 602 females — (of these 430 were pups born in 100i). Thursday morning tlty had a total of 1.480 111/1118 rupe- 2

Now getting back to our conver- sation with Jack. It was his very amphaii ' l that to make s success of fox ranching, pairs must ha mated up in open pensor in covered pans with a. certain amount of space where the foxes can run out and get the direct sunlight. I-Ie cited instance after instance that he had met with in his travels over

'1' rrwrowu GUARDIAN

STOCK BREEDERS

AND ANEWBRBBBH

Guam sraolrrmc. ITALIAN TYPE raovns rorunan.

The new broccoli known as the liiliasl Wile has been accepted by irlffleners generally as much superior to the old cauliflower-like Ylllfliy- It is green sprouting, has I new flavor all its 0wn,a.nd is really an entirely new vegetable. The fact that such a new creation should become popular in but a few years is remarkable.

‘Ilhis fact can be explained, no, doubt, by its unusual flavor and tenderness. and the public awaken- 1118 t0 the importance of all fresh vqetsbles in the daily diet. What- ever the reason may be, however, the Italian broccoli deserves a. place 111 yllur garden this season entirely on its own merits.

the Island when: fox ’ had

It is as easy to grow as cabbage,

a very small increase from pairs mated _up in covered pens.

It may be that In our case the covered pen was too low and that

if a five or six foobhlgh pen was ~used, better results would be ob- tained. It is an uyresting subject to speculate on and we would b: - glad indeed if fox ranchers through- out thc Province would give it the think over and if they would care to drop us a line giving their ex- periences, names o! course will be kept confidential. What we want to do is get at the facts.

In writing these articles weekly we have to be guidod a. great deal by our own experinnces. These are not put forward with the idea that the_'rcsu1ts attained by us are the best. On the contrary we do not think we are nearly as success ul as we should be atnd we are humble and open to receive advice from anyimv: who cares to give it to us. Once in a. while we look our ranch over, throw our cheats out and think we have solved this Silver Fox game, only to run into a snag later that brings us back to earth and leaves us with the feeling that we still know very little about it.

Our object in writing ls to en- courage more and more of our Silver 110x ranchers to discuss their problems on: with the other and in that way improve the status oi ; the Island fox farmer. Whether you ' believe it or not you will find it as true as the gospel that if your neighbor's position 1n life is aco- nomically battered you will receive some advantage in some way from it. Therefore, i1 the position of each and every Silver Fox farmer in Prince Edward Island can. be im- proved,‘ all the other people in Prlnua Edward Island will receive a_ reflected benefit.

The May number of the maga- zine Canadian Slver Iibx and Fur, official organ o: the Canadian Na- tional Silver Fox’ Breeders’ Asso- ciation, alrlifii last evening and is the best yet. It contains excellent articles as follows:

Valuing Silver Fm: Pelt-s. by Geo. A. Callback, SummersIdepP. E. l’. The Ontario Government Experi- mental Fur Farm.

Silver so; Bales for March, 1985. by Major A- S. Robertson.

The Cost of Producing Silver Ibx Pelts, by Capt. G. H. Jones. Winni- P98. Man. » v