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Combating Household Pests

Valuable Canadian f‘ Industry

The commercial feed business in Canada is growing rapidly, 1t has become firmly rooted and is here to ital‘; It has possibilities for won-

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S.nce the opening of spring the Entomological Branch of the Dom- inion DnN-Itment of Agriculture nu been receiving from all parts of the Dc-minion the usual heavy mail

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ally proved that the virus Pilii" ciplp Jan be transmitted from a dilaeed to a_healthy plant. Virus diseases may be termed juice dis- eases. since their natural prcgd in the field generally takes place by the transfer of juice from plant t0 plant. This. transfer is generally

'1'. 2avl$cl~ienho._under‘dit!etion oi ix.- .1. n. iwrinrvmimmt vivid more date befofe ‘definite conclus- ions‘ are drawn but plant studies below sqii- appears to be the ccurle of the“ future. " ‘fllflerentiliiillflfil-i planted unis: identical corlditicml. Wire elim-

the better" as the old rustlcs used to put it. Among the ornamental plants the evolutionary process has been carried on so enthusiastically that new and improved varieties ap- pear almost annually. Even the thistles have not been passed Qvgr by the‘ plant breeders. There is, in

householders in the different prov- inces and overrunning gardens in Saskatchewan, where also specimens of the golden spider beetle were captured inspecting drug stores be- fore ivn damaill had been done. Silver have played havoc with wallpaper around Hamilton, Ont...

cheap if it is from thin, old, rim- down cattle, it ls not a. bargain. As a matter of fact if we could buy horses cheap enough they would probably be the best kind of protein food to use, but in this country anyone who offers a horse for sale cxpccis a price which is

when "Mrs. Jarramy's Genie." The may was preparing to enter- tain s. large party as hostess. and the servants in setting things ready, polished up the brass-ware, etc. An antique brass lamp came in for special polishln8 and, like Aladdin's lamp, it called up a. genie

lljtrue of dogs should be trud ‘of lpges.) "Growth is promoted bygihv opting of raw meat. Rats WhOSL‘ diet contained raw beef os n. source ofiprotein supply galucd consider- ably more weight. than rots fed cooked beef. -'I‘he more the heel the gain m

mixed feeds in Canada are sub ect to the regulations of the Feeding Stuffs Act which is administered by the Seed Branch of the Dominion Dfiutu-tmetn of Agriculture, and each year every feed manufacturer must register with the Department "if! iiiflmdiehts and chemical analy-

was cooked the less _ , n f .1 d, done , . _ , . , . _,- v , l _ by the sucking insect-s, and and m. k m, h ,6 mwmed n,

weight. When lilll horsc moot “AS iwlubiiue usuu v or ee oz see of all mixed feeds. Also, a 1st Britain. i=- thlstie which is fairly. i, red dressed as a modern . . -c en m a a insdazdays-sftsr e plants had

“d the rats ipstnad of b?“ the pups. l of the ingredients and of the guar- common in waste dry places from Qfl,§f,§°“bu,,.,_ Those b; my "I! ¢°mm01i HD1115 15 ii-Bllflul’ m” home in New Brunswick. In the emerged , from mg gmund, 111g

gain in weight was cvcxi more FY0- nounced. '

.Here are a few points from thc n of George Liebforth of Blocks- urg. California, that wc bollevc Mil be of interest to our fox form- efs: Judging Delivered Moat-Rub afsmall portion of it between your fkgers. If it is slipporv and \\',’lli‘l“.' itfi pontolns little nutri! '0 value, If lb.‘ ls more firm fllld u hit “::li|l',h" it contains more proicixi sub- stances. Tho mnrrtnv of good onl- mals will he firm. In u ruii-dnvni animal it will have o jolly-liko consistency. Do not feed poor or thin cows m" moot of 0'.l‘if‘l‘ thin animals regularly os they have low nutritive value.

lmlclhtcd Animals-Beef cattle such as short-horn. Pulled Angus. etc., will dress out more than a milk cow. An emaciated cow is more or less deficient, A cow rnlscd for milk if not given a balanced ration right along draws upon its own system, Furthermore it has not been bred for ment but for milk, No good mlk cow is for solo at a reasonable fox feed price. It is, always the milk cow that is con- siderably run down that is for sale at a cheap price;

Blood-Blood is highly nutritive but must be taken only from healthy animals. Blood absorbs getms of disease very rapidly and great care must. be taken to keep it in a cool place where it will not absorb taint. Blood contains vrir- ious salts and n. quantity of iron, alliof which are in on easily digost- edvfor-m. It is a good‘ appetizer.

TrlprBe sure that it is washed well. Even when washing it there is a chance of overlooking some ct the folds. Clean it thoroughly eihd then hang it up. Do not put the tripe to soak as it is likely to SO18‘.

. disease. In other words why go to

Ari old Alaskan pioneer fox rancher passed away recently in the person of Joseph Carlson. He was born and educated in Sweden. irrivollcd over Europe and in the. curly days oi’. gold mining in Al- aska trekked there with thousands of others. It was he who built the HlidSi>ll'S Bay Company post at Ilvrsi-licl Island, and he also spent n wiutrr 0n the Priblloff Islands with Sivffonson. He spoke several lnzinuogcs including Indion and Eskimo and was on authority on fur fIllTlllllFZ. Biology, Botany, Hor- ll('llllll"l‘ rind Animal Husbandry.

Bioifvxst, Laboratories in Chicago arr- putting out n food concentrate cullcd Viio-Zyme, which contains Vitamin A. primary and secondary. Vitamin B, Vitamin D, Vitamin G find Vitamin E. It is sold to insure proper groveth. build sturdy bones. inert-use pep marl vitality, prevent sterility and muko coats glossy and luxurious, and do many other things. It sounds good to the writ- er nnd the thought struck me, why rlncsn't ho mokc some for hu- monr? I don't fool a hit peppy as I ivrltc these notes. and I don't know whether my cont is glossy or not and I feel ns though I could take distemper. colds or any other

m much trouble over foxes when ihcrc are many humans that need all these Vitamins?

J. S. Chostck of the Hercules Fur Farms, Glcncoc. Minna., is one of ‘the real brainy foxmen of the ivcstcrn United Stntcs. He is not far from thc Fromm Bros. and it is interesting therefore to note the different way that he is hand- ling his fox housing problem from his neighbors.

Chustck is a great believer in the small covered pen well up off the ground with wire bottom and on exercise vrhccl. We described the type of pen hc uses a week or two ago. Now we find more about

[Ave-wiped only the good livers. Dramine thcm hyfrilicinflhtllri iiftfin for any disease or liver-flakes. Idver flukes can easily be detected as you will find them squirmv little creatures siirvilzu" to a small portion of a tapeworm. Liver is highly nutritive, appeiizlng and o lucrative.

Tips on Preserving Meat-l. The Warmer the weather the more cure must be given mcot for preserva- tion. 2. Meat from healthy onimols keep longer. 3, Hung the moat Miere there is sizfficir-nt ventil- ation and whore it cannot reached by flies.

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lib!‘ this pilrpose it is wcll to construct it small mcut-houst- with ventilation afforded on all sides hy the use of small mosh copper wire. The reason copper wire is recom- mended in prcfetencc to ordinary screen wire is firm-am: practically lmlperishable. Its first cost is much more but it will last for yxnors. Ivfieat kept in such n shud-wvhioh should be disinfected regularly iv‘ scrubbing-cannot taint. since rs are not, allowed into thc shod. Wt‘ have known it to be k817i Tm‘ 1W9 weeks in the hot summer tvifhout spoiling. The site for thc merit-

the cxcrci=o wheels. ‘Pliey aremado by tho Crown Iron Works of Minneapolis, Minna. and cost $10 50 ouch in lots of 25 or more. He sovs flll'l.llE'1‘——-"FC(‘d puns are used large enough so that two food puns will feed all young and adults. We use pans that ore shopped on the gates and when l

the gate opens, out comes your pans. "Siatrmcnts made by some

people that. foxes will not breed and roar ihoh" young on wire floors is all bosh. n5 I have had on", m- bottm- matings for thc past four yours, Not oll odult foxes will run thc whorls, hut all pups ever rz-isrrl in lifted pens will run them. I luivz- fnxcs that have not. touched ground for fivc ycors and they up- prnr 1o he better and far healthier than cvm- bcforrr. Foxes raised on lifted pens on our ranch have not mm piilrd, neither pups nor adults, for four years as they do no‘. got infected in lifted pens."

Th.“ ltlinucsotii fox and fur favours hold their annual school rcccnlly m. which talks were given by tho PlTHilPllfi, Chas. Chasbek, and l-luny J lnDuc. Editor of the

call on these voyages is the mountainous island of Puerto Rico-The “rich port." This island is not included in the British West Indies, for after re- maining a Spanish possession for over 430 years. Puerto Rico was ceded to the Unitel States after the Spanish American war. At the Escambroll Beach Club. which is

tourists It is here that “Vagabond Cruise" passengers stay for eight hours on their Southbound trip.

leaves from here on such a voyage

other departures to the some terri- WTY- . Chomedy will take part before St. Lawrence navigations closes fol‘ tho season. These voyages, embracing over three days on the St. Lawrence River each way and an ocean cruise to romantic Southern isnnds and mainland, attract many i each season from all parts of the continent.

the present sailings are several from Toronto, Windsor and several other Canadian centres.

anteed chemical cinalysls of each feed as to protein. fat. and fibre must be plainly printed on the bags or containers used, or ' p, suitable tag securely attached thereto. In conjunction with the official regis- tration is the regular systematic in- spection of all mixed feeds by the Seed Branch in order to make sure that the manufactured products conform to the registered guarantee as to composition and chemical an- alysis. This inspection constitutes on n/lded protection to the users of commercial feeds. The present reg- lstratlcns include 71 ingredients which mary be classed as grain pro- ducts mid 74 which are non-grain products, but the actual number in general use does not exceed 35 or 40.

Vagabond Cruises Are Fully Booked

MONTREAL, Quebec. July 25- The “Vagabond Cruise" passenger- carrying freight boats of Canadian National Stezimships have Jun abaut all the business they can hzvidle these days, their passenger carrying capacity for 200 persons being fully occupied barring the height of the summer vacation sea-

son, mostly by teachers and stu-

dents who take advantage of their

long holiday away from school and college for a 38 day cruise from Montreal via. Halifax Gulna and back. with calls at Ber- muda and several Caribbean Islands enroute.‘

to British

One of the intercstelng ports of "Vagabond Cruise"

built right on the lovely palm-

fringed bench at Sim Juan. the bath- ing and diving facilities are except- tional nind the huge open air cafe

with its music and dancing pro- vides unusual entertainment for

This evening the S. S. Colborne his smiling t0 be followed by six which her sister ship the

ngers

Included among the passengers on

GRAINS RIPEN EARLY IN NORTH

WANLESS. Man-Major R. W. Allen, Wanless‘ first farmer, had reward wheat headed out on July 2nd and "Olll" barley headed out by June 28th this year. Major Al- len has made a close study of soil problems in the north.

' Its woolly covering catches the fly-

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Fife southwards: it is the Ono- pordon Acanthium L., which is sometimes spoken of as the "scot. tish Thistle". though erroneously. Sir J- D. Hooker labels it the "Cotton Thistle" from its general wooliness. The writer has one plant of Onopordon Salter-i. a horticul- tural variety in which the woolly covering has been developed to its 1118119645 CRDB-bility and the result is a very curious plant, which attracts considerable attention. - Like its progenitor it is a biennial, and seems to require protection from our winter conditions, _ Round Dunstaflnage, and also in the Bonshaw district, I have noted tihe common Mullein, a somewhat woolly, large-leaved plant, which seems inclined to invade the fields.

1H8 dust Mid gives it a generally untidy appearance. The garden variety (or perhaps species 7) V. Libanl. ls a plant with velvety, white leaves. throwing up a flower- spike five feet high. ‘The lost three feet was covered with yellow, per- fumed flowers, about two centi- meters across. This plant h stood in its present position for ten yours, and has never perfected a single seed! A cutting, taken this spring seems to be taking hold, which is all to the good, as the writer would not like to lose the plant,

The white Cabbage Butterfly (Picris rapae L.) does not seem to be so- plentiful this _ycar. This pest was first noticed at Quebec about 1860. and around New York about 1808. It is an ‘imported insect, very possibly a stownwoy, since nobody would wish to bring in a butterfly! However that may be, within thirty years u. had established itself all over Canada and the U. S. A.: and what is more. says Dr, W. J. Showalter. “its coming has led to the mactlcal extinction of two native species, tho Grey- velncd White. and the Chcckrred White. both of which formerly fed on cabbage."

Some butterflies-make wonder- _ During last winter a lecture was given by Dr. F. C.

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Painted Lady. were described as the king and queen of migrants.

land in 1876.

Garrett, at the Hancock Museum, Newcastle on Tyne, Eng, (m “Wandering Butlorflies," and two 0f these insects. known respectively as the Milkweed Butterfly and the

The Milkweed Butterfly flew the North Atlantic, from the United States to the Azores, in i864. This species succeeded in reaching Eng- “Ovor 30 Milkweed Butterflies were token in England in 1933.” said the lecturer," and there can be no doubt those insects that visited us in i033 had flown the Atlantic." Other routes taken by this species were by way of the South Sea. Islands to Australia, Singapore and oven India. All the evidence went to show that the in- sects crossed the Pacific in “hops" of about 1.000 miles. The Pointed Lady. a British species. is now found all over the world and is nlways wandering.

Reverting nsmn to plant life. identifications from Prof. Groh. of the Division of Botany, Ottawa, show that we have three provimisly unnoticed Carcxes in m1,- flprm They are Carox vulpinoldna Michx.

readers who have read‘ The Arab- ian Nights will Djinns (or Genli) have marvellous powers and proceeds to use them most impish- ly. For example he materializes a caravan of camels to bring the confectionery from the bakers. and the commotion doings create in the street, nearly drive Mrs, Jerrnmy frantic. Nobody suspects the sedate assistant but- lcr, who however ccntrives to give the guests a good time, and is re- svarded by his freedom-as most gcnii are in the long run-

recall that‘ the

the assistant butler

these and other

The second time the curtain rose

we were introduced to the luxurious [home of a millionaire who was a ‘hard-boiled personage indeed. had as who gave the title to the play. I don't recollect how the visitor man- oged to get to London; but there he was. Englishman in all except his garb. He wore baggy trousers a lu. Turk, and a kind of toga after the Ro- man style: all oi’ a, very dark green color, and a deep green spotlight followed him round and added to his mysterious appearance. I-Ie was. moreover, very brainy. with an in- herited wisdom many ages older than ours, and he had‘ besides some wonderful occult powers.

He guest a man from Mars.

resembling an average

There is a young inventor whom

the millionaire is about to exploit by furnishing capital at high inter- est. and by other methods: and the Martian keeps an eye on every- thing since he favors the inventor as being like his own race. papa. millionaire without his daughter, who hos a crush on the inventor, and when he finds this out he is down upon both parties. He sends his daught- er away to distant relatives, and turns the inventor down flat.

But had reckoned

The man from Mars now takes hand: by a little null-directed

intrigue he causes the millionaire to lose every penny, ‘Thrown upon his own resources he is perishirig when the inventor happens along and sustains him. He experiences

"change of hem-t" and‘ the Mur-

tian, who is watching unseen, rc- stores his fortune to the satisfac- tion of all three.

Such. ns for as I am aware, was

the first advent of the Man from Mars. and in those days he was, be it notcd. full of benevolence. Mr. H. G. Wells. Worlds" draws rfdnrkcr picture oi’ lilm—-nn octopus-like creature, with tentacles, instcud of legs and arms. and highly mechanized in his trav- elling appnrntus—a ghastly night- mare, sucking the blood of its hu- man victims spider. former interpretation of this fam- ous character.

on this mundane sphere.

in his “War of the

like a monstrous

Modem writers favor the

MOSQUITOES ET AL

We hnvc reason do‘ be pleased

that we live in N. Lnt 46 degrees, or t-hereabouts, since we are not troubled with the insects. reptiles ' or beasts death to the inhabitants oi’ more tropical lands. comparatively harmless. injecting a little polson-mrobobly bacterial- nnd raising an itching "blister." In some summers we must watch our

that carry disease or

Our mosquito is

culprit. _ - These diseases can be recognized in the field by the different symp- toms on the foliage. In some. the leaves are mottled or chlomtic. as in raspberries. potatoes or hops. In others. such as leaf mil. and witches broom of potatoes. the leaves may be rolled or the plant may develop abnormal stem and foliage growth. A virus disease can be detected with certainty only during growth 0f‘tl1e plant.-'A potato tuber. for instance. may appear quite normal externally and yet may be the pro- duct of a diseased plant.

One of the functions of the Dom- inlon Laboratory of Plant Pathol- OKY. at Saanichton, 13.0., is to study the virus diseases of plants. It has been found at the laboratory that the mosaic and witches broom viruses tend to decrease the dry matter content of potato tubers. thus reducing their quality. The ash content of potato tubers was also reduced by the spindle tuber virus. Field trials with the ivitches broom potato plants showed that tubers grown from them were of no value for seed purposes. In the case of giant hill disease of potato plants it was shown that the yield was not reduced but that the num- ber of unmarketable tubers was in- creased as compared with those from normal plants.