NQVEMBER 22, 1941

v '1‘H_E__C__I_i_A1_tLoTTETQwN GUARDIAN

"1 NEWSY NOTES -

I! AGIIOOLA

OTHER BOTANICALS (Concluded)

“N; of the Rosaccae have a wngiderablt- amount of an osivm- cm principle in their tw gs and game in their leaves. it is this as- umehey that makes the lcuvrs of we wild Strawberry worth 32 cta

l” glubra. the Smooth. or smrlef, Stttnaeli. is afso astringent bu. not so valuable. The bark is “r11, ll cents the “b:rt':es' l2 mm, gnd the leaves ll cents per lb. I hm not sure of the Status o1 this Sumnch: I have seen mm (,1 Sumach: I have seen R, typhjtia planted as a gntltlen “Hub, m‘; sometimes as an ‘cs- ..

mgteimmcr Savory (Saturen hott- exists) ts a cultivated plan: well known 1n all our gardeners lt. grows well here and would b: p.0- pthble at 45 cents a pound i0." the leaves. "A condiment."

Still more profitable is the Sun- dew (Dmsero rotundifolia) a little plant that grows in boggy places. its little round leaves are disposed 1,, h low-growing rosette; they are reddish, and beset with clammy mp5, while the scape or flower- stalk bears from one to twenty-five smull (time bhrssoms. The Wilul? herb ‘s used and sells at $250 to 1315 hi1- lb. It is expcctorant.

our sweet Fern (Myrica asplen- iiolia). hvich is not a fern (though it looks like one) ls another astrin- gent rt i: plentiful, and worth zlc.

‘Tamarack bark, rossed" Is worn l2 cents per lb. What "rossedm ls. ldont know; but Tamarack to a tree that you call "Juniper" and I call "Larch." Its title ls Lari: Americano. (The true juniper as vou know. has "berries." find fltlfsn't grow to a tree. The larch has cones and may grow 35 metres high in a favorable place).

Tansy. a commo l herb with much divided strong-smelling leaves and yellow flowers. brings lii cents per lb. whole. 1t is Tunacc- ium vulgare. and is used as em- menngoltue. ‘The leaves alone, bring 23 cents.

Still another diuretic is the Bear- bony, (Arctootaphyloo) a creeping herb of our barrens. The whole plant is listed at 11 cents per lb.

The Wafer Avens has been found in Prince County and may be com-, moner in the west of the Island. ‘rho root is astringent and tonic; and is worth 75 cents per lb. When one comes in consider it roots ought always to be higher in price.

because the practice of taking them soon exterminate: our wild plants and the income ceases. The Water Avens Guam rivals.

Poisonous to live-stock. the Cow- huic (clcutn moculntn) is valuable _in medicine as a nervine depres- unt. No price is quoted. only "Mkt." This I take to mean that tho market price ls variable. There Ia l good colored picture of the Spotted Cowbane in “Farm Weeds oi Canada." (Public library.)

l! brcokside and in moist places one often comes across s. plant with leaves shaped like arrowheads, Ind stcms armed with short-rtook- Qd Dflfilflfi-S; the latter being ves- Mtslble for one oi its names. viz. ‘fear thumb." It is called Smart- md (Polygomim Hydropiper), and the list calls it Walter Pepper. It is irritant, diureic, and stringent at ll cents per 1b,

SUNGLO BREEDING

cells in the male fox. SUNGLO BREEDING

flee meal; rice flour; meat HTAMINERAL.

the leaders by Rolling 110th,

F0008,

uuunnsmn,

i‘ cals"-which were

S UNGLO BREEDING RATION

SHOULD BE STARTED 0N YOUR RANCH NOT LATER THAN

DECEMBER 1st

Made in Cube and Meal Form for Your Convenience WINTER FEEDING OF BREEDING FOXES

feeding all Breeding Foxes including adult, P11119- males and females, from December 1st until Vixens arc mated. SUNGLO BREEDING RATION is especially made for assisting in bringing foxes up in Wflkht during December, as well as to supply Ill M‘ cessary accessory requirements of the fox. Dflo!‘ "ll illlrllli! mating. SUNGLO BREEDING RATION fed with proper supplementary ingredients will insure “"0011. healthy, virile egg cells in the Vixen and sperm

Ft-Cooked corn; dextrinlzed wheat. molasses meal; skim milk powder; i0 per cent wheat germ lsllftlllilli "l"; (mi meal: dehydrated alfalfa meal: While “ill “till; 5 per cent Cod liver meal; barley malt flour;

ll’ you are In doubt ask the rancher who has been "fllllk Sunglo Breeding Meal or Cubes.

Without good production and good pelts Y0" l!" lost. With only one you may break even. Stay up Willi using Sunglo Breeding Ration and

l Dozens of Canadian Ranchers will attest they find l sllllzlo out in front for big production. l We have a record of many of our users for past sea- "!!! showing an average of well over 3 pups per VIXQII- Milly users run as high as 5 pups per pen. SUNGLO BREEDING RATION - — -- ‘l5 W!‘ "l" "l Meals (Beef. Horsemeats, Rabbits) Ofinl Meats (Trlpe. Liver, Spleen, ldneys, Brain, Etc.)— - — — — — —36 per cent Qkclablcs or sprouted Grain - — - — 3 per cent

49D wafer orilnilk sufflcent to-make lnin balls of feed.

INTERNATIONAI. FOX ANII LNINIAI.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Bflrk-s- zvneratty. t. , . cause when the tree Ilsmtzuh fill-plug.

pcctorant) 7 cents; wh '.. (anti-periodic. astrlngelrtleinmilg ha: Wfld Che"? bark (Expeiitorattt, bitter tonic, and flavoring) o- 11' cents according to qugllty, Th, Che"? here quoted is the Prunul sl-‘Pflllnl. the Black. 01‘ Rum. Cherry n5 lfllll. llrlfld. is worth 26 cents per lb.

NW Daivav. and also In the Frenchfort district Wild Thymg (Thymus serphllum) grows abun. dantly. It is a low creeping plnnt Wlth purplish flowers and a strong and peculiar fragrance. It is tonic. flnll-Sbastnodlc. and a condiment. 1115s herb is worth 48 cents per 2b.

A well-known plant of the mom land is the Indian Turnip or Jack-in-the Pulpit (Arisaemu), It l-t acrid. an expectcrant and atom. achlc. Its roots is worth 32 cents

The list says Wood Betony Herb is worth 65 cents per lb. That; a 800d price; but the trouble is it doesn't give the botanical name, ‘The European herb oi that name is SIICIIII Bctonfou, Ind glflwu h a stranscr. our climate suits it, we _ (Pd like to have 65 cents for everv lbwuéould kgwt)

Puff erb is good for 60 6B Der lb. but for 50mg rem“ 1 never could get its seed to germm. ate. The plant has a ooumariu per- fume-like vanilla-and Ls quite common in Britain.

Wormwood leaves (Artemlsla abslnthium) are stomachic and tgnigm worth G38 cents. Prof Groh.

. foun the plant growing wild 1n the Island; probably n BB-rden escape. I have it u a. gar- den herb and it grows well under cultivation; but cannot complete with out wild plants.

Yarrow flowers are worth 42 cents. and the yarrow herb is worth only 8 i-il cents. I need not des- cribe the plant. it is well known as a troublesome weed. (Achillcm)

I have talked with people who did not know what was meant by a “dock-plant." Which is strange when one aces how common it is. It is the root which is used and the list says it is laxative. Worth 1i cents per lb. If the root of the Dock is laxative for humans, it i; just the opposite for stock: I rememhet reading 1n a farm paper o. few years ago, that when calves had the scours, waiter in which dock roots had been boiled. was c, sure remedy. 111cm is a colored plate of this plant (Rumex) in the "Farm Weeds of Canada."

Appropriately, our list oi "botani- once called "herbfl-comec to on end as snou- covers the face of nature. The list is useful as giving the herbs in most demand and those inte have done well i1 tbev have pre- served the instalments. For next continent must rely cn its own efforts to secure these herba instead of importing them as was often done. The whole herbs. leaves bnrksmmd foot-s one best taken when the plant is in flower. since It is thought that its active principle is more potentthen. (This is an advantage because it takes place before berry-oickinz). In those cases where the berry L1 ID“- ified. the fruit m";li be quite ripe when gutter-ed. Herbs should be dried in the sun and kevt from rain or they will mildew; but the“

RATION ls employed for

after

RATION IS CQMPOSED

meal; beet pulp_5 per cent

36 per cent.

100 per cent.

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TRIPPER$ ATTENTION

:-: We are buying daily Muskrat. Mink, Red Fox. Coon. cic.. at full market prices. We hav~ lust receiv- g-g ed a large order for Muskrat and Mink. Sliver. Cross, and Red Fox from a New York Fur llottse and will .1, ;.; pay a premium to fill this order. Bring or shin your furs to us immediately. Remittance mailed daily.

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NATURAL BIIOIJIOII IAISIITIIID

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I CONSERVATION 1

l wllku 001.com or PRACTICAL OFINIQNQ o; w; mu. xssucs uncrnvo m: uses AND muss: or

I! MB. LUDLOW IINKINS

FEEDING OUR WINTER GUESTS BENNETT B. SMITH In Dumb Animal:

During the cold months vvhen snow is piled hgh and the merc- u.y drops almost to the bcttcm oi the thermometer. inhab tants of inc woods and field; o.ten suffer from lack oi food. It is then they should be fed. '

It is a pleasure to feed the birds and one is well regaid for his ef- isrts in observing their habits at close range, their plumage, their 8008s. their actions. -

We had three feeding stations, one m old branching tree-trunk and two home constructed. covered shelves. We spent many happy moments watch ng the birds these stations. seeds and cracked nuts were put on the shelves and suet was crammed into holes and crevices of the old stump.

Ono of our visitors was the mite-breasted nuthatch. There are many climbers but this little fellow is master of them all with his ability to run about over the trees. He is recognized by his flat body. broad shoulders, and greenish-blue coat. He also wears a black cap and a white vest.

It is interesting to ncte the curlosit of this bird. He will run down the tree trunk and look upon one with great interest as though anxious to make a new acquaint- utcc 0r perhaps to see if a choice morsel u forthcminz,

Another bird that came to feed was the chickadee who name from the call pleasant voice, This lttle fellow seems really to enjoy a snowstorm. He finds food re ardiess of condi- tions. 1i no one as put food out, he can yet find. somewhere, even if the ground ls covered with snow. an old weed which has a few re- maining seeds and. with a vigorous shake. he s reads the meal over the snowy whle tab‘ecloth, o. fit re past for my bird.

The chlckadec usually travels with six or eight others nf his kind and Ls often in the company oi nuthatchels, downy woodpeckers, and brown creepers.

111's bird is very useful for hunt.- lng out small insects and eggs 1n

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ittikes a lot to weigh one pound. EARLY MAN IN ENGLAND

While excavating near Piltdown Sussex, between 1911 and 1915. Mr. Chas. Dawson found the greater Kart 0f the left half of an ancient

uman skull, deeply mineralized; also part oi the right half, along with the right half of the lower jaw with several teeth in it.

The stratum in whfch these re- mains were found, is known to scientists as the Pleistocene. and was laid down (so they say) about’ 100.000 years ago. A few centuries don't matter one way or the other; the skull is of respectable ayt how- ever youtake lt. A controversy at once broke out as to whether it was human or "ammals," but it was intimately classed as human though with some of the character- ls of the chimpanzee. Sir Arthur Woodward was ab'e to re- construct the skull from inc tra- ments discovered. and found that its cubic capacity placed it far above even the largest slmlans. The brain capacity of the gorilla, for instance. is only about 600 cubic centimetres, while that of the Pilt- down skull is over 1350 c.c.. which is about the capacity of the small brained savages of to-day. (Highly civilized nu n has an averdle cranial capacity of I450 c.c.

On these findings Sir Arthur constructed an extinct genus of mankind Which he called Eoan- thropus or "Dawn Man." though the general public seem to prefer tho title “Plltdown Man." The Man in question had made some pro- gross, for further excavation yield- ed g bone implement made from the thigh-bone oi an extinct species oi elephant. This showed inventive skill and manual ability on the part of this very Ancient Briton.

. . . AND IN CHINA

Between the (gears 1929-32. the late Dr. Davi on Block, of the Peeping Medical Collegcmnri Dr. ‘Dell- hard de Chardin. a Jesuit Scholar. excavated a. hillside about 40 miles south of Peiping. The first year of cxcaviating yielded a human tnuth, the bones of sabre-toothed tigers. great elephants, and rhinoceros and deer. now extinct. The one tooth. however, was that o! a man Mm had lived 70.00) yea-o earlier than the Neanderthal Man of Europe. The second year, deeper in the hillside, they iound a human jaw: and at the 6nd of the third y!!!‘ the first low-browed skull oi a man who was probably a cannibal and roamed in Chinn thousands of years before the first caveman all- peared in Europe. From his stanza- in; _ ’ scientists gave him the name sinnnthropus. but “Pekin Man" seems to be the choice of lite

lo. Black died in 1934. and his |

trccs that estztpe the notice of lat-g. er birds. In Wlllbel‘ he is of great- est use f:r then there are no Aging bisects and he looks for those 1d- den away l1) the trunks qf [fg¢5_' An Orchdrd with several clrcka- dccs in it; during the winter W111 almost surely produce good, blem- isli-iree iruit.

Among those present was the cardinal - a bird that remains with us during the winter. Oc- caslonally he came 1o one of the feeding-boxes and picked around among the nut-hulls to find a few kerne .

The Sl-Il-lflflg plumage and varied son§s>0i this bird make him out- standing. Although he prefers sec- lusion and the lower shrubbery, he does come to gardens near the house.

One of our interesting visitors W35 the dI-wny Woodpecker. He was a constant boarder with us and fre- quented the old tee stump with its bits of suet.

The Woodpecker is very fond 0f the codllng moth‘; grub, the great enemy of the apple tree. He heads the list of best workers, summer and winter, It is interesting to see a. woodpecker- come to a tree and tap a. few times here and there and then listen, turning his head frcm side to side. apparently to hear the better. It l5 mystefous, too, how he knows where to bore. Then he f-Plls to work and it is not long un- til he has drilled a hole into the pcst or tree and the lcnv, fish- hook tongue goes In to bring out the nice, fat grub.

A few others came. too. to our feed‘ng station. including the blue Jay. that saucy fel'~w who has so many moods and" tmnpsraments

And what pleasure we had watching all of these birds. You. too. will find much interest in these feathered friends, if only you take the time to feed and watch them.

A single female house-fly usually lays 600 to 1,000 eggs in her life- time.

Warm-blooded creatures cease growing when they reach a more or less definite size, whereas cold- blocded animals continue to grow as long as they I've, their rate of growth varying with the abundance of fozd and age.

place was taken Wlltranz Weldon: relch. The iossli deposits are locat- ed in a. cave or fissure, about i100 feet long. 6O ft. w‘de. and 150 ft deep. Animals-now extinct ‘naci dragged in their prey and left their bones to be covered by the rleorls ‘Pat fell from the walls and slowly covered the floor of the great tissue. Later the "Pekin Men" made their home here by holiowine ‘he walls into a kind of cnvc. whence stone tools and charred wood have been recovered. More important, 5 skulls, old teeth. a neck vertebra. and a coder-bone. are among the relics of 30 individuals uncovered. In modern man the skull is widest lust above the eyes. but in thr- Pe- kln Man it was widest lcwer clown, at ‘re level of the ear-opcnfm. lust as in the ones. The male skulls however. have a capacity between 1100 and 1200 'cubi:~. r-enfimetres. and those of the females have a capacity of 00f) c.c. As wreadv stat- ed. no ape (ms a. greater capacity than 60) c.c.

- You may remember an anecdote of that dour old Scot. Thomas Carlyle. When Thomas was old and feeble, he went for a. walk along one of London's streets. Charles Darwin, of “Evolutionary ‘Iveorv fame. happened to get his av"- on the old philosopher, and noted his deject appearance. With the object oi cheering Carlyle up. he crossed

the~ street and lntrodttcsd himself

thus; "How do you do. Mr. Carlyle?

I'm Charles Darwin__"()h. aye.

said Carlyle," "Yofre ‘Ie man that

says we're tlescended from mon-

keys". and walked away, leaving

Darwin standing petrified. Darwin

in telling the story, was insistent

that he never made this sweeplnlt

asertion. and that he had supposed

men and monkeys had sprung from

some common ancestor-a vflliv

different thing.’

If this theory be true. if man has really come from some ape-like stock. he probably orginated alonz the tropical line, perhaps in Africa; for every living ape wcknow of. always found in sttbtrvflwll landi-

There can be small doubt that Man first rcaTed America front Asia, crossing the frozen Behring Straight in successive waves before the end of the Glacial P91400- These immigrants had to dfvelop their own culture, which is tnete- fore of American orlsln-

A SUGGESTION

Hem is a most lntercsting letter. which closes with a stlflflllofl which 1 rccomm no to my friends who are students of Nature. It rcadsz-“Dear Agricola. I am tak- ing ire liberty -and pleasure mot. writing to you to say hOW Ilfdl g was to oee in your "Now-i? N01 . lh lll' '1

(Continued on a e i3 Col l) I

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WE PAY SHIPPING CHA i688 zl.

I Write for

P. 1:. t. Fun

New Price List.

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TIM ELY NOTES ON

CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming I

TOPICS

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Thesubjcct of polling ls upper- most 1n most ranchers‘ minds at this season of the year. Very few have taken off any pelts yet and those ullo have say they are still blue, or in other words unprime. This is not surprising, as we politi- ed out in these notes, because al- though the season has been cool it has been a continuation of coolness through the summer months. which meant that the foxes did not shed out as early ms other years and therefore their new coats are a. tit- tie later in attaining fullness of fur.

There is only one argument that can be used in favor of early pelt- ing and that is the retention of col- or; but color can be held providing one keeps fox apartments clean and does not feed very, very heavily. Buyers one becoming shy of blue pelted foxes and the reason is that passed on to customers there ls very frequently a great deal of grief from this source. In the tanning process the guard hairs beoOme so ooscned that they fall out with very little provocation and back to the merchant goes the lady with her fur-and in a tantrum. Scenes like these are not conducive to a favor- able state of mind for future buy- lng, and therefore it is up to all of us to see that defective pelts do not get into wearers’ hands if we can possibly help lt.

Petltaps it would be wise to go over a few points in regard to neit- lng that may be emphasized. Dc not market your skins with the fat remaining on the inside. See that it L5 thoroughly scraped off and thatt the pelts are dry. If fat ls left on and the temperature of the plate in which they are kept is not cold. it will run and have a tendency to burn the fur. Tron there is the tendency of many pelters to scrape their skins until they are as thin as paper, and in doing so they cut the root hairs and leave vcrw little thickness for the tanning process. In pelting be careful to see that all fat is removed from the legs and that they are thoroughly ciry. Damp l