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B! AGIIOOLA

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no my. d” ‘ffidiilj. “all?

have been far below tlnsc premised.

The Ohio State University "has issued s. statement of. . .t.ne ub- selweofbeneficial results from trials made of the use e1 9-1," '11,, gum. oritim of the University find that this canplex vitamh is manufact- ured in the leaves of all plans. and from them it Ls transported to l!" r00" Where 1t promotes growal. Humus the source whence heflll-hy Plants derive the nutrients which aid in the production or the Vltlim-irl; so if the soil is good. no benefit is derived from any addit- ional application of B-i,

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~ i; lid of QUWI} h tlligt eis the "90s.’ rlcsnue plays ""1111 the stage and was one 0f

l Ii ill Imimilri characters 0h 35y: tile stat mellt- "From many Nfmgisfigai“ kissed each other writing gardeners are led to beleve

that s miracle substance lug

found. one that will put an enc to ell plant ills. It is apparent from results that much oi the publicity that vitamin 3-1 has received. ls unwarranted. UIIQOIIDLCZAIY flppilca- twus of the vitamin will prove bene- ficial to some plants subjected to certain a ' ic conditions. but gar-- deners shoud not expect spectacul- ar results from its general use." The 10611111118 of the last sentence ap- pears to be: “If the plant is grow- ing in poor soil. B-i may be applied

with beneficial resultsi but don't expect

us, Frenchmen W919 ‘Pzdcrlfiefi; and when they §W~ "‘ . in the Whig! 5W5 . o; bolrrl together wit!‘ - “as. could have been heard “we m? y if it had been outside

i . 1 n l - vlluldilgfrllfer iagll wags fortified fllédv dropping g orlck back- '. Telling these allil-CEB s‘??? ' stage glamor m e5 not f0 lloiérebéigimi ie - line . l .1 té°‘wf,f},°‘.i.l,. tirlsel glare. the III movement oi the bllrmquh m, , dialogue. save I W’! min; hour-and-a-half. Bur-

‘ has ahlyflys been considered ' est, fo m of "show". Mid the “ "m, ii mflkCS full oi what is

too much if yOur soil is Prof. a. n. Bo o; m”..-

perience: "To date our experiments have not indicated that the a... , (and sonletlmes nobler) than piication of’ ho mOnes or vitamins ,‘ l, unquestionably its moral my place lrl turf stflbILsh-rneut "mum gull well play; were or maintenance." I popular for a time. S0 much for B-lt 119W W0 tum e ma; German drama. of to the growth substance sold under w. was “all known to English- the trade-name oi’ “Hormodin A". “elm day. too. It is. one re- I 81h 0h sill“ Bround here, for l gshtcrv of a scholar. advanced brought a small bottle of this fluid m-gwho sells his soul to Mep- last fall and tried it out at the . eles-a sardonic kind of Bat- beginning of April. r kept the m mum M, m, new“ e1 m- Holmodin over white]- ‘ r h“ 105i; yQut-h. 6,0,, 0M. C001. iflmfwpfOOf CIIPDMIYIr-Whlfih the agreed Mme B up. Map. conditions should be applied clams IIIS dupe and makes Off must. when! all. fluid chemicals. . him “Faust “mm date" was And all. whether fluid or solid, f filled a. highly successful bur- should be kept from exposure to .. Q. which drew port ni its in- f-he tir-

id I’. in hi h “ .$,';§,'f,’.',',‘,.“‘},,”'.§,.f§§ (who A pet Geranium (I.e., a Pele-r- ‘became Edward v11) was the gonlum) havrns crown rlihel’ i; child o; the Royal Family. "leggy" last year. I decided to take ‘mm Victoria p, was said, cuttings from it. and sfrike them ' Q“, ‘Wm a Wlggn, about the by means of‘ the Hormodln. Jlgaywlie-kcpf. On one occasion ‘The attempt was risky bWW-W H m, a weekend visit w s. was too early: and the cuttings m houm when h, 3.01; ’ were "o'd wood" and not easily . in g gumlytng scandal. The struck. Nevertheless I made a fairly ... lay Wlls called "Baccarat." 53°11! mhmlfi’ 01' Hmmwm “d ich It. on cal-d game played be. water. and left the cuttings in it. - [Htiblers and a banker." The after the mangfirsegf ghbouipiell- 1%): ‘cellar! no cilrlllce to take cover, 34 how's 95 B - en Piaf“ rlcgrll tria’ followed the soancl- 9d them I" “My IQam 911T c and u“, affair became public with s. dash of Clays Fertilizer,- Elly. Wcnse‘ still. it was used “hm” I beuwi’ u’ I” the heal o‘ l topic thinly dl=¢“'5°d_ 1n its kind. After s week I exam nteld in lip to date.” Mephistopheles. the dull-mils? I fillmd m“ the °I ' , a live“. w... enumerating all er leaves had an orange rim around , sinners he “as keeping tab on them. and were decidedv purple -ilcual-ll~ mentioned the parties beneath: the yWlltZer fill/ES We" lplayrd at "Baccaratt" l d"? 3N9" duke’ than mnnal I; took oghe cutting uphlwlgshed it. lug “lllcv may slut-isle. they may 47ml! 9 ¢ "w? m“ .' - wr arlowingatfheiirtjdintso rnylgivlkzbut Ive got them in the; I potted than!‘ ofrslnttgnwaé Pcrlho not my optics on them RN kmwn "5 Ihunb pghr t5": and n1 have them by_and_ there they remain for e e llimuslc s! "Faust "v i" 4"" however‘ n.3,. true ago will come ‘ °‘°°plI°m‘uY g°°d "I'd m‘ when I try this preparation on the ' tie Quatlel‘. a dance for four hamwoods_ The producers o‘. the a W suwyed PQWIRYW- Hormcdln claln that ulcy can be m" “l” "l? ‘>5 me cube“ “lid rooted Just as readily as any other

liven Iliglt 0pc effectualy com the Ilurlesqlllg. These were type or plant“ l and satyric of Bristol ins-titu- odd, u; 3nd,

- but refined wlthai; and this lulled the Einglisn uf that do . l- always grrmbled at auc ~z~ sr the House of Lords, the ry. and so on. but held its sac- ‘; to interfere with firm. Tia Prince. mentioned above, for lie imitated Shakspearfls "Prince '. was generally master- of any that arose. One night be end his cronies were playing ‘= S. one oi the company who imbibed too freely. presumed ‘the affabillty of the Prince Iildlii his title. "That was a good ' Wales!" he said. The Prince filmed to the others and said "l even tone: "Take that gent- ~ home!" A perfect answer! iliressed no blame. nor admitt- llly argrment. but very promptly- thgibulous offender under e

“And his number Is six hundred ‘Ilroescore and six" (Rev. 13-18)- At the time of Napoleon's conquests attempts were made to correlate his name to "6666" by assigning nim- erioal values to the letters. it took some manipuulation and was war-ce- ly s. success. When Kaiser W'lhelm appeared on the scene. an attempt was made—i:l the same way-to prove that he was No. 668. This fell fiat for some reason. I have a y seen e. statement. by "a student of Biblical prophecies". which gives the number an entire- Iv different slant." Six hundred threescores and six years ere not the age oi s. man, but six hundred fihreescore and six months are" and are “equal to fifty-five and a half- years." That is irlferestiri! but the Biblical student lea/yes file Iubiect "in M10 air" since he does not say who is to be 55.5 years old. nor when, nor why.

Another writer “regards the num- ber 666 as that of the reincarnated Nero. who is said to ream!!!’ 0h earth st intervals." (Now we see rile}? II Duce gets his ilndersiuns

aw . “Summer ll l-comen I". Partly quoted in this column s fortnight nim- here ls tht- complete text of the eagles? Englisvnflrgélem get . oomumtwas enau le

» ldyi mu month‘ -'

.. Mncultmer, but “i, year- 1300, and was discovered in one

SEEDS! SEEDS!

TIMOTHY — CLOVER — WHEAT — OATS — BARLEY — BUCKWHEAT — FIELD PEAS- FODDER CORN, ETC.

Tlllnibl B-I and Ilormodln A.

‘I'll ill ule reed lists which have "I me still advertise Vitam':1 ls a plant food, mostly in I. mmg-reglle éilscovezv of “‘ rm on s ew years I" hailed by the garden ire.- g l! likely to cause a. revolution ‘_ ltlcultule. Prompted bv the laments of tllc distributors. l’ Lrlls were made of its effects .. f0 lowering plants and veg-

Now ls THE TIME T0 BUY YOUR FARM AND GARDEN snaps

SEEDS from CARTEWS are always well lulled to P. E. I. growing conditions. We know I'm our long experience exactly what our flrmers and gardeners need.

Those who plant CARTEIVS SEEDS year

liter year know that these good seeds are never

ziillmnslvc. Seed can sometimes be bought at "my lower prices than ours-but you can't "Y Hie same quality for less anywhere.

w our Seed Store will remain open Saturday filings during theseedlng seuaon- ‘

IIARTER 8r DD. LIMITED

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yoe the mental Farm. Ottawa. gives his ex-.

CfiARLlTTETOnwN GUARDIAN

I CONSERVATION I

I WEEKLY COLUMN OI‘ PRACTICAL OPINIONS OI ‘I'll! VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE USES AND ABUSIS 0F NATURAL RESOURCES B! MB. LUDLOW JENKINS ' '

THE HOME OF SKY-KING BY BEN EAST

"God Almightie first Planted Garden: and indeed it is the Pur- est of Humane lieu-sures: it is the Greatest Refreshment to the Spirits of Mari, without which Build n85 and Pallaces are but Grossc Haildy- works." -Francis Bacon.

Deep in the northern wilderness. in a. milled forest of 91M end 9B1!- wilere here and there the bleached spar of a. dead spruce thrusts its barren tip up info the summer sky- there stands an ancient oak tree that is taller by many yards than its neighbors. In a high crotch there is a great platform of sticks. srme of them as long u an Indians bow snd as thick as e. man's Wrist wo- ven tcgethei- as careful y and frmly as the twigs in the nest of a cat- bl . The top of the platform is a saucer-like hollow, and in its center

of the Hsrleisn manuscri“ new in charge of the British Museeum:

Sumner is i-comen in.

Lhude sing cuccu:

Groweth fed and blowct-ll med.

And springeth the wde nee.

Sing. cuccu

Awe bletieth after ioenb;

Irhouth after calvs cu;

Bulluc steieth, buck verteth,

Murie sing, cuccu;

We] singes the. cuccu;

Ne swlck thow flower nu.

Sing. cuccu. nu, B1118. cuocu.

This is l. literal prose translation: “Bummer is coming in loudly sing cuckoo: groweth feed and bloweth (bloometh) head and springeih the wood now. Ewe blca-teth after lamb. loweth cow after ca‘f: bullock start- eth, busk vertet-ll (hides among the greenery). merrily sing cuckoo! Well singest thou. cuckoo: n01- cease thou never now. Sing cuckoo, now. sing cuckoo!"

The “u" in Old Englfish was al- ways pronounced “oo": now is "n00" in both Scottish and Northumbrlan,

Over the radio. A program speak- er came sex-on; the pace-name Uigg in s. letter from P. E. I.. and he knew he didn't know how to pron- ounce it. It is a mls-spelled form of Ulg. c. place in the Is‘e of Skye. off the west coast of Scotland, Pro- nounced You-Ig. it means a nook or cave. The same speaker had a trouble with the name "Waugh" on another occasion. lEnglish family names are notoriously difficult, but in the North we made it like "Waffl" (Haugll. the low-lying land by a river. is pronounced huff.) A youth who lived in my IIZIZIVB irlllage was baptized James Mau- Ilhfl; we schoolboys made this into Jimmy (“MaffiuV which was good Nort-humbrlazl in those days. When Jimmy grew up. however, he called himself "Mawm" taking Vaughan (Dion. Vawn) as a pattern. But all sounds made with the letters G. H. are irregular. Another well-known speaker over the radio. surprised me by saying “im-plalf-cable": r had always called it ‘m-phlc-able. I took the trouble to lcok it up in the dictionary and found he was WW8. So one cannot believe all one hears!

The Water l! acinth. When I lived in Newc le, somebody gave me a plant which he called a, Water Hyacinth and which I affewvards dkcovered. answered Io Fchornia dwiillles major. It grew fleeting in the water tub under the green- house bench. and had heart-shap- Ed {eaves om short Inflated leafstlfks

ch were swollen to the sire oi small walnuts. These ac‘ed as floats to keep the plant nbove water. and from the centre of the rosette or leaves SDranIZ a spike of while to pale-blue fragrant flowers At the ime I did not know that this phnt w"! I0 Drove a Des‘ in another part of the world. Native to Brazil, a few plants were bpollrrht to the New Orleans Exposition in 1384: and so pretty were they that a woman from San Mateo on the St. Johns River. Worlds. took them home and planted them in the river at ilhe bottqn of hcr garden If the temperature is favorable r24 degrees F‘. k’lis the plant». it will double Itself every 2'1 days. Since its introduction it has spread through mrost of the southern Slates impeding navigation and polsonhlg Idle fI-Bhi and the expenditure of millions or dollars has been in- effective in controlling the pest A paralled instance was th" in- troduction of the Canadian Water- we-ed or Water-thyme (Elodeg cancdensis) into England about 184 It has taken possession or

East Anglia. and become a geai hindrance to navigation.

NOTES ON ISLAND PLANTS The Lentlbularlaceee

For all Its lengthy name, this family._hcs up to the present, onlv two representatives on the Island. and their prroyérties arc unimport- anlt. Their clrm to consideration lie in the way iu which they supply themselves with the nitrogenous matter so necessary I's growl-h. Our Species are: The l-lwned Bladder- wort (Utricularia cornutat andifie Smaller Bladdcrwort (U. mlllol‘). Both appear in English lists a'so.

The Bladdrrwcrts are aquatic herbs. floating or roofing in the mud. vrilh dksocted thread-like leaves crolvded nn the immersed stems. Ncstlillg among. and attach- ed to the leaves arc little bladders

which tic-at the nlant a-t the time of flowering: indeed at one ime this was believed to be their onlv function. But lllrahel- l-tsearch has l: wont. to lord firm lrev r»; "i- sect traps. Encli is provided “LII! a valvular lid t0 It: mouth, and a circle of bristles loundthe opcnhrz makes egress more dfiicult once the a-n’malcule has entered. 'I'lie dissolution cf the animal matter. provides the plant with nitrogen. Our II. comuta has a relatively large fower, of the pal-senate type ye‘low. about 1 40 mm. broad and th a spur (whence "Horned".) a ut f2 , long. Tlfs plant was growing in the N. W. comer of Mermaid Lake. some three ego. In John Macotfs collection of Plants ' P I. now st Ottawa. is

‘Ihd-Blllslish rivers and canals or‘

'spur reduced to a mere protuber- ance or “almost none."

is a th‘ck, soft heap of dead grass. So wide and solid Ls this structure a. deer might llo u it in comfort It is the eerie of S y-King, the bald eagle. and his ma .

I almost said “my friend Sky- King." because that is how I have come to regard him since that May day when I fILst saw him. a refilli- white-headed sentinel. perched on his lockout tree. e. dead s ruce e nun yards from the —v0ic- ing in wild. shrill screams his sn- ger at the intruder who had dared invade the solitude of his wilderness dwllain.

l-ifs mate brocded that day mo- ilonless on the great nest, her head white as the perpetual show 0! mountain raised above thle edge of the pla form: hei- keen yel- lew eyes scorching constantly the aisles of the forest. That splendid crovln of white betrayed her. As far as I could see the nest through the leafless branches oi the oak. I could also see the white head of the brood- ing mother.

Buckling on climbers any safety ropes, I started up. When my head came level with the edge of the platform two broad shadows cross- ed and recrossed before me. and the scre‘ ms of the eagles were con- stant. That nest was s. marvel of construction. woven painstakingly, and of material worthy of a king's home. Great dead branches of oak. spruce and pine. were laced and in- terlaced till the wllole structure lay ballanoed among the branches as firm es s. part of the tree itself. Under the nest the ground was carpeted with a thick tangle of the dead sticks dropped by the eagles while at work.

I raised my head above the rim of the platform and the secrets of Sky-King's home were revealed. Three white eggs. nearly round. and s. little lame’; than a duck‘s egg. were bedded in the heap of soft dry grass in tile center of the nest. But three weeks

again. There were weeks of wann spring days. during whichI thought often of the mother eagle. motion- less and alert at hel- tedious but happy task. and of Sky-King, perch- ed on the spruce spar. keeping watchful guard, About them was the unbroken silence of the forest. with few creatures on the ground or in the a'r that they need fear. I did not blame them that they had resented my intrusion. Royalty has a right to pursue its domestic af- fairs in solitude if it chooses.

The screams 0f Sky-King warned me again as I came to pay my second call even before I recogniz- ed the landmarks about the Place. This time his trlate was not. brood- ing. She stood beside the nest. as though she had dropped some task at my approach. I studied » Sky- King this time through my glasses _ before he decided to leave the dead spruce. At each angry scream, the golden scimitar of his beak parted. He half spread ifs wings, and threatening rage showed in his every gesture. While I climbed up both eagles hung close above the tree. wheeyng and screaming. I came abreast of the nest and raised myself eagerly on my climbets, to look in. The weeks of pet-lent brood- ing had borne fru‘t. The three white eggs were transformed into three fllzzy. gray caglcts. that lay sprawled out on the soft lining of the nest. sound asleep.

‘Three babies they were. but of course. not triplets. Like all birds of pev Sky-King's mate had begun to brood the day her first e28 W15 la‘d. That egg had been first to hatch. and the eazlet that came

difference was plainly apparent in size and strength as they staggered up at the sound oi my movements in the nearby fozk of the tree. In one detail, they were alike, the eyes of all three holdfng the proud EEBTIIf-‘SS stare of the Sky-King's race

There came. unexpectedly a soft breath of wind from behind and above me. I looked up to see Sky- King wheeling by. no more than a foot from mv face. He did not check his flight. did not scream. nor thrust out his 011181 yelliw I01- ons in my direction. He only float- ed by on broad. set wings. as iilqullh he would watch close y mv dealngs with his young. Did I not sly he was my friend? Time Rfier time while I stayed there beside his nest. he swooped down through the bronchus. coming so close each time ‘hat I could have reached up and

"ltchcd him. and yet he made no tlll-ultenlng gesture. When I climb- ed higher, away from the ‘mmediate vicinity oi the nest, he and his mate likewise mounted. fas- above the tree tops and. before I had finish- ed and cllmed down from the tree they had perched together in the top of a dead pine two or three hundred yards away. where they watched me with only an occasion- al warn‘ng scream.

Of the truce that was between Sky-King and me I am sure his e‘dest son knew nothing. The baby eagle raised himself efect at first sound of me and faced me fear- lessly. He was too young to scream. but he opened his heavy curved beak. and half speed his clumsy. riown-clnd wings. exactly as Sky- Kllliz had done from his perch 0n

(Continued on page 13. Col 6)

passed before I visited this home’

Weekly Live Stock Market Report

OTTA WA, April 24 — The condition of the bee! trade and its sensltiveity to supply have

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

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been amply demonstrated in recent weeks and the past week offered further proof that it takes only s. few to many cattle to affect prices. Under moderate offerings, eastern cattle markets were firm to 25 cents or more higher this week, but in western Canada. s little heavier run brought about a break of 25 cents to 50 cents or more on most killing classes. Calves were 50 cents lower in the east arld about steady in the west. Hogs showed a little more firmness, not- ably in western Canada, and lambs held uncluged.

Cattle Strong in last

A moderate cattle supply cleared at Toronto at an advance of i5 cents above the previous week's low level. weighty steers sold st $8 t0 $9.35 and butchers st. $7.50 to $8.75. Cows and heifers were 25 cents or more higher at Montreal, and steers steady under a brisk trade. Good steers 501d at $9 to $9.50 and good cows from $0.50 to $7. Maritime prices contin- ued steady, with good tn choice steers at $8.50 to $9.50.