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Wheel the most valuable of the canals has been cultivated from pro-historic times. Cultivated llrikom has been developed from A wild species of wheat gramfound in puth-eastern Europe and Asia Minor. The great antiquity of the cultivation of wheat is proven by the finding of this grain in the dwellings of the earliest Lake Dwellers of Western Switzerland who lived during the Stone Age.

The Chinese considered wheat A direct gift from heaven. They grew

wheat in 2700 B. C, as one of the five kinda of seed used in their annual seeding ceremony. Their

scholars believed that wheat was native on China.

Monuments much older than the Hebrew Scriptures show that wheat was being cultivated At the time of the inscriptions. its origin was at- tributpd in l'Ill'i-i"llC.'ll nersoiiagos by rfhe early Grer-ks and Ezvptlans. The most ancient languages nad different names for wheat. which lrddtaies its great antiquity. DA Oandolla considered that thi Euphrates Valley was the principal location of wheat-izrowing in pre- historic times.

No trace or indications has yet been Found that wheat existed in sither North or south America rfhern Columbus first landed in 1492 The Stinniarrls brouglit uh-writ tn Mexico about 1:'i.'l0 A D wheat. though used as human food from earliest rmcs. and doniiiiatlng '15 it does. the 'nod of We.-rtri'n Ci: lzation is not .-i zinivr-r-znl food for the racr; its chief riwil in th" East in rice

Phnraekriaties

Wheat is I true grass beinngirg tin tfhe family IGraminriael It has hollow sis-rns that have CinSP.'l joints and i0Rl'rw that are alteriialc. with sheaths that are silt 0'.7P:1 where they clasp the stem opposite the leaf blade. It belongs to who aame tribe as rye and barley 1'H'ordeae1. in which tlir spikrlr-ts are manv-flmvered without stalks. reatnd aitoriiatrly on a rrichis. this forming a spike or head.

Wheat belongs to the genus 4Tr1ticiim Ll. and all thr plants f this gnniis are annuals. The cut- tivated kinds of wheat have been so ohanized from the wild tvpns by human endeavour tliat Sir .lol"i uiwcs saidf ”If man should disap- pear from the earth, whom would follow him in three years."

'T'l'iorr are eight or more ti-pr: of wheat that have been cultivat- ed: but authorities recognize onl" threr true vns-r'ir.S' Eliikorn. iioilsli wheat and aativiim. Sativiirni is divided into siib-species of spelt. emimer and tr-nax. This lattnr is again dlvidrrl into four Sllb-lTlCPSl Common bread ivlieat. club or .-qiiarc head irlir-at. poiilarri wlicit. and durum vi-lir-at.

Description Of Kinda

Elnkorn is similar to the only wild types of wheat now known it has only nnr grain in ii spikv'r'.

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All Attempts to cross it with other types of wheat have failed. It is grown in Europe in places not suitable for other kinds of vmaat. It has I compact spike with A stiff Awn on every spkelet. It in

used Largely for stock food. Polish wheat has very large

grains that l'PlE'lTllhlF rye. It is

sometimes called Giant or

Jerusalem rye. It is cultivated in southern Europe. but produces only small yinldig. The aplkeletg are long and have a loose appearance with a blue green chaff It is A omi- brend wheat, but is adapted for making macaroni. It has rarely produced A fertile man with com- mon wheat.

melt wan A grain icrgely nil- tlvnu-d by ancient people. It wan at one time the chief grain of Egypt and Greece, The Romans distributed it PI'P'l”l'Wl'lP'l'P ifhrouzh- out their empire. It is an import- ant crop in nortmem Smain. but is izmwn in America largely as A stock food. It in not A heavy yieldei: but has rrsistance to cer- tain diseases of W'ilPHE and is not si.b,iect to daniagn from birds. it tines not sliziltnr easily. as it re- tains the chaff enclosing the grain 71! inc head is broken up when thrashed It has no nwns It has winter hardiness and there are liotli spring and winter varieties EN'a'llSr of these dosirable qual- ities it has been used as A parent in crossing as 1! basis for improve- ment of wheat varieties

Flmmnr was also a grain that .1 as ruitlvated from most ancient tims-s. but not to the same extent as melt It is bearded and has very hard red grains that are retained wit-hin the chaff when thrashed It is more resistant to drought and disease thar. siieilt. and has proven to be more valuable for crossing v.'itl1 snriiig wheat. The e1ii1nv1' snikeicts form A compact head that is almost always bearde1. Each spikelet has two grains that are snialler than spelt. Many be- lieved that r-mmer could not be crossed with bread wheat vni-iriirs; hilt E S. McF.'1ddnn in l930 SlIT- lcecided in crossing Yaraslov Emiiier iwitth Maroiiis wheat And obtnincd iris... and H44 varieties, wiiicii rm. pmven highly resistant to black- ! stem rust.

I Common wheat has many ivaricties of both siiriiig and winter lwhcat. Varieties of common when: are used largely for breadmaklng. .and lead all other kinds in NVl'l".'l'3 arens throuizhoiit the world. Bil- lions of bushels arr grown evety year. and wheat forms one of lho largest itnms of commerce br- twecn nations. T! can be grorxn from sea level to 10000 ft rlevation in Tibet and other moiiiiiainniis countries.

Club oi- soiiare head wlinat is similar to common wheat. but has a short compact hand and a sfiff straw. It is claimed that it (low not lodge or sliattvr easily. There are both spring and winter Varie- lties. It has been grown cihieflv in

Chile. Abyssiiiia and Turkcstan.

, Poularrl wlimii is grown largely .ill the hot dry regions around t n lBl:irk and Meditrrraiiean Seas. It is closely allied and similar to

durum wheat. but it has A broader spike. stiffer straw and ahnrter braids tlinn durum.

Durum wheat is known gen- ri-zilly as macaroni ivlieat. and lint. been used in Europe for makinz f'i!.lClIl'Onii. It is quite superior in other wheat for that purpose, be- rziusc of its greater density and liiirh gluten content It has veiy lwwilv boarded heads. ivitih in-rue. wry hard kernels. that contain less start-ii than common wheat. It in d-rriiight-rnsisinnt and A spring wheat. hut in wry mild Clln1ll't.'i can be sown in the fall. Tn Soalii it is grown on larger .'ICl't"S than

"Cfiiiidrianis"iSN0ivTSii1lTS Ciiiildrei1's7(I7OAT'SF7TSVlo 26 so now 10.09 to 16.95 3' &

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SKI Childrc-n's, Special 2.95 &' 3.95.

all Sizes”2.95 and 3.95. M. 71;. M New HOUSE DRESSES 2.95 and 3.95; ingpat 2.0i);VW - iist three more day

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To 79.50-Now To 49.50-Now .

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to 19.95. nmv 9.95 xi 12.95i

all other House Dresses to 4.95 clear-

WINTER come

FUR COATS to 275.00-Now .

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Special .I.adieS' PYJAMAS to . ,ll0lV 'fa'diBE' wooi. SWEAT- ERS to 3'10. Special 2.49 ii4.71iB's'TSi?i:rS to 50. -Special price now 19.50 to i24.50. W

just arrived in all si7.es-

etath7atTspccialA-biiy on your 33.00 - 39.50 - 49.50

15.00 and 20.00 79.50 to l29.50

lain.-:a Sole-Prlces:A ld any garment.

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Synopsis

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TIMELY IOTES OI TUPISS CONNECTED VIITII

Silver Fox And Mink Farming

At. the recent Danish Auction in

ranch standard mink was 100 per cent sold. Competition was keen

Covpenhagen An offering of 110.000

nlo. Mona Mason, wife of I cutie r-Axu.-her, often to give him A lift. Gary is injured when her out cnaheo into A dikh. And the Mason: nurse him back to health. GII1 falls in love with Mrl. Mason'- twenty-one-yeu-old daughter. Adelaide. but, embarrassed by lack of funda, he feel: that he must be on his way to Mexico. He auapectl there In oll on the Mason land. and Harvey Manon will not let him go un- til A test is made. Gary And Adelnlde drive to Dllllll to get A. map, And Adelaide does some Abopplng.

C'HAP'I'EXiV'1I

Adelaide was feeling sober when she went back to the car and found Gary sitting there, study- ing the map that was spread l- croas his knees.

"Put. that away." aha Laid Ab- ruptly. "Somehow I don't. enthuse about oil. this minute.”

"What happened? Did an extortion note?"

"Gary, there will be things like that if we atrike oil. won't there? Life won't. be simple any more."

”One oil well won't make you rich. Are All these things yours?" he asked as R boy ltumbled up with an Armlui of bundles. "What are you planning to do - start a. store?”

"Have liim put them in the rum- ble. I didn't buy so very much. Just A few things I need - three hats and A couple of dresses. Give the boy A quarter, will you? I spent the last cent I had for some i-Anishing cream. Dad will grum- ble when he sees the bill - but he always grumbles. Maybe he'll be feeling wealthy by, the time it comes in and wont even notice what things cost. I Always have to have quite A lot of things in the spring ”

She saw Gm-ya face close up in A queer, withdrawn way. Men, she thought wearily. were no touchy. Just because she had bought three hats was no reason why Gary should be remote and silent for fifty miles. She grew I little snappish about ll.

"You're not terribly entertaining. are you? I could have brought A wooden Indcan along - After All. it's spring And all the little flow- ers are blooming."

"I know it's spring." said Gary, not looking at her. "And in Mex- ico its summei."

”You'rc still thrinkliig About Mexico? You must Adore goats - And fleas!"

"Goatis," he mused. "are pretty nice people sometimes. Thty live on pmciically nothing and they give milk and eat up the bniars..."

l'And tin cans - and the wash off the line. Junior had A goal once. He kept it till it ate all the stuffing out of A brand-new buggy - but when it gllRl'(l9d Dad's best saddle. he had to give it away. But flcns go on forever."

She snatched the car insitably around A crawlmg wagon, ignor-

you get

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any otlirr vi-lieat, and it is quite geiicrally growii about the Med- iteiranoaii and Black Se-as. It is grown to some oxtmit from Texas to Caiirtda in North America. We grow ll variety. Wild Goo-r. for Si-i'e1':il years :11 C'ii:irl0tLetou'n. It does not tiller and slioiild bc siivn 1liu;krr than oi-her wlimit.

The Uiiitr-:l States Departniuiit of Agririiltiiro in 1895 socureil aiiout 1.000 riitilier distinct varieties of wheat fiom the wheat coun- tries of the wnriil Thc.V ,groivn iiizd 1(le.1itiii1-d ispecies and sizb-species. and dot;-riniiiod as the loading varir'..:es '. :.l that illlll". in the world. Dr. Wm. I Snundors, the first Director of the i Dominion F.xpei'1nirntol Fnrliis. '.li.id in limo obtained for trial 1'1

canadii.vaiiei1ea oi iilieat from rail parts of the world. He hopcil

', to obtain one with the yield in.l quality of Old Red .F1i'o. that would ripen in less tmir in the

Prairie Provinces. Hr did sor.i1'r- one that l'll)9llP(l to days varlmn i..irinizii, but it iai-in-iii miiiiniz aiml- itins: llOlKP'VP1', from A cross be- iworii Red Fife and Hard Red Calcutta. obtained than from India, he pl'0(luCNi Marquis; but that is another story.

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Check Them Fast for 35c SOLD EVERYWHERE

BUCKlEY'S E;'ti3""” "

SULES

as reuected in 3. distinct upward turn in prices. Top price was 192 kmner (328.88) for males as com- pared to A top in December of 524.36. There was A great deal of interest from foreign sources. particularly the United States. France, Geimany And Great Brit- ain ....The above should be very encouraging to mink ranchers be- cause it shows the exiatenice of I very strong msrket for mink not only in Europe but in the United

Karl , ambas- '

FROM AUSTRIA - Dr Gniber is Austria's new aador to the us. For eight years! he was Au.strla'a foreign minister and is well known in the us. be- cause of his frequent visits to New

York And Washington. He auc- ceeds Baron Lowenthal-Chumlecky.

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ing the alacrity with which Gary grabbed the door handle. "I think, she said. grimly. "that you are being very obstinate to keep talk- ing about Mexico. Gary Tallman. You know what A big innocent Dad is. If he acts his heat! about this oil business he's going to need - somebody. Somebody who knows how to go ahead with it - who can keep him from being aklniiied alive. He's so honest himself that he can't believe other people are not honest - not fill he's hook- ed - and then he gets mad and does A lot of things in A rage that make things worse"

"He can hire oil men. The bushes are full of them."

"Do you have to be nasty?” dc- manded Adelaide, red spots riding up into her cheeks. ”You could have talked all day and not said A thing like that."

"I'm sorry. I'll) not being nasty. I'm simply facing things as they are, Adelaide. If I have any influence with your father At all. I'll use it in try to pemuade him not to wildcat A well down. if it turns out that there is oil under his land. He can lease and keep his royalties - and let somebody else take all the grief."

'lHe won't do it. He'll be excited and want to go after the oil him- self - and then Just anything can happen. Dont you like us. Gary? Dont you waiii. to slay?"

"Great Scott. Adelaide - don't you know I like you - too much? And do you know how much money I've got at this momr.-nt?"

"I can't see what difference that makes; I can't see that it makes any difference at all"

”It makes a difference to me I have exactly fortv-one dollars. If I paid even a tenth of what. I owe your family now -"

"Oh. my heavens. are you still

thinking about that?" Adelaide demanded. "Ccrtaiiiily. I'm Lililllkillg about

it. I'd be A heel if I didn't think about it. And as for thinking about - aiiythnng else -”

”What for iiismiicr'!"

"A lot of thlnzs." He looked straight ahead. with his face so: and a. little pale. ”Tliings I can't talk about - and can't evrn dream about!"

After that she was Silent. too. They were both moody and llll-' happy uiirn they (I :i'r at lust into the y:1'.'(l. and NIP-1'3 L99 grcet- ed them with a pal.rnt face that was unhappy. too.

"Your father ha- been like 3 wild bcar all day.” she told Ade. ialdc as she folloivrd licr ' :- "He's trumped R.rOll!l(i Ll:-'

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States.

At Hudson's Bay Compunyia four- day general sale held last week an offering of 150,000 miialuat brought easier prices (where aoldi. Bidding was fair on the lower pcnlced goods but slackened off on the better quality. Montreal and other Canadian dealers show- ed moat interest. The largest pro- portion of the goods was from the Hudson's Bay Company post Yocrk factory and no high prices were recorded. Spring XL went at sl.38; N.B. XL was 31.38 to 31.74; Can- lida. 31-28 W 31-50: Lake Superior, sl.30 to 81.50; red fox acid at

3.2.75; orroaa fox at 33; Blue fox. s10. The 1'-lanners Chinchilla Co-

operative of America, Inc., has A full page Ad in A recent Women: Wear Daily entitled "Why Chin- chilla 18 so Important to the Fur Industry," and the author is Alex A. Bernstein, who was formerly an important man in the fur indus- try ln New York but is now re- tired. I-lc predicts that chinchilla will have A good future for the reason that the iur business needs a new and glamorous item and that women are continually ask- ing for something new. A clim- chilla auction will be held in the near future at which an offering of some 25,000 pelts will be on sale. From the plans which we see in formation every effort will be made to have that auction A success so as to start chinchilla off on the right foot.

Standard mink for the account of the United Mink Producers As. sociatlon sold at prices 10 per ceiii, over December levels at Neiv.York Auction Company last week. The action was described as hot and heavy i-horoughout the sale which

the late Archibald Mm-Dougall (Whose father came from Mmgnry Castle, Ardnainurchan, Scotland) and Catherine Douglas Mellisli of Union Road. She was born at Victoria West. P. E. Island. on August 24, 1876. Her eldest bmllicr, Alexander. lives in Philadelphia, Pa-: one sister, Mrs. James Currier, gland A brother, Robert, in Augusta.

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Mrs. Ramsay was a woman of winsomc personality with a faculty for making and keeping lricmls. She was kindly and jelly, a good and helpful neighbor. She had fl strong Christian cliaractcr, was A wise mother and real homeintikrr. Her husband, who died in 1948. was an elder, a member of the choir, school secretary and mlivo rvrry good work. They had a pzirticuliirly lizippy home and were exemplary citizens, a strciiglli and a blessing iii the cliurcli mid A wide circle of frirnds.

All llieir chiidrcn survlvri tiit-in: Elizabeth Hnzri lM1's. Wliltficlil C. Ell.-l Sheffirld Mills. N. S: I-lrlrii

till I thought Id go mad. brags and spot.-iiliilrs about mu:-h nioney lio's L'tllllL' i() innkc i and than he gets irritatrd at the dcl.".l'iE. Now htfs (i0l'.ll lilCl'F m:1k-i if-R Gary go all over that map again, and you'd thtnk it was ai mall to some buried treasure or sometiiiiix.” "Well. perliaps it Ls. Motlicr.” rCo1it1iii1rdi

IN MEMORIAM Mas. lI()lllATlD RAMSAY

The Priiicrlown United CIllll'('il, Malpcque. P. E. Island. and the whole comm.uniiy. suffered a severe loss in the death. on JllllUal'y 11,1 of Mrs. Howard Ramsay, Hamil- ton. P. E. Island.

She iias an honored and trusted worker in every activity that aim- ed to promote the common wol- iare. The last surviving charter member of the Hamilton Auxiliary or the W. M. 8. and its presi- dent for a number of years. She was also the first wonianitrustre of the publir school of her dis- trict. she had A natural gift for writing and was usually called on to prepare Any presentation Ad- dreasea or memorial: for various organizations.

Mrs. Rarnsiiy was A daughter of

ATTENTION I HOG PRODUCERS I

iiircsirient

Penelope 1Mrs. A. .1. Win. ltiyei-:1 mid Doug.as A. both of 'l'iiriiii:o, Ont: and James A. on llir home- slcnd, Hiiiniltou. P. E. island.

A d:i:iiliircl and lic-lplul service was cunililcird by the Rev. Airy- llil(iN' M.-.cK:1y iil licr il'lllC. 'il1c liraiilllul flourrs llllfi tic l;ii'i;c ntleiitlniiir at the 1u1ici:il. desplc

:1 i'o1idI)iorIt111n sliiriii. ucrc a lPSil- rnniiy to the cslrclii ill Willf'iI Mrs. R' iisay ivzis held. P.illl)(-iirci-s iicrc . Lloyd Lnckrrby. Wiiliaiii 3 Wcnrlrll Cli(l1l.l('l', Earle Grorgc Wallace and Deli- lon I-Inga.

ROOSI-".V-Ii-2-l.T I (lANDTl)ATE

LUS ANGISLES, (AP! --.l-tints Rouscyrlt, clrlrst son of former Frniikliii D. Roosevrlt. llllll(1llll('i'd Sunday he will be A cniididatr for Congress. Roosevelt will run in tlir 26th California cori- grcssioiial district. Representative Samuel W. Yorty. now represent- ing the 26th district, announced that he will run for the U.S. sen-

ate. Both Roosevelt and Yorty Are!

Democrats

Auv 98 per cent of the Aundarda and 90 per cent of the Btsrlighta move. The ule was marked thoroughout by good Attendance and lplrited bidding. An offering of approximately 24,000 atamlard UMlPA mink was 08 per cent cold. High for males was moo. rem- Ales were offered with 90 per cent aold. Top males went for s30.ii0, females for 313.50.

Discussing the sale one group of dealers held to the view that the sale was in effect controlled by the "giants". This was A re- ferance to the Ax or Aoven top mink purchasers in. the market. who According to thin theory was all oompetirg for the aims bund- lea for the first time this see.- aon. Another opinion held by some of the larger buyers was that the standard offering contained some of the best strings of the sea- son in terms of color and size. In addition this group in now firmly convinced that dark ranch mink has an optimistic future on the basis of reports from retail centers throughout the nation.

The small dealer: were not very well satisfied. One of them went so far As to predict that A trend had been established which if continued would lead to the deci- mation of the small dealers field. His main Argument was that small dealers could not Afford to take chances on high-priced goods for fear of tying up their funds. Lug- er dealers could hold goods for several months if they found that the nianuiacturing segment of the trade resisted the new price levels. But. all groups agreed that deal- ers in general were definitely in need of standard merchandise of better quality.