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l7 AGBIOOLA

“A B0! Biiolnl"

About t-wen murmurs ago the ope vincego a podpeealoi anrusem

Basket Socials." One never hears of such ilntertaixrments now. and they are. I infer, as dead as Queen Anne, What caused their demise? gators we consider the queati , it order be

might be in

vsoclal" for the benefit oi a gen- eratlim which has grown up with- out a knowledge of such func-

iiom . when it was decided, (how, it is

hard to say) that a Social was to be held. the ell ible maidens of the settlement ot .'l'he're was a vast deal o baking of fancy cakes mu cookies, which was kept as sec- let as might be from nosey little brothers and sisters. There was as much artisitit; 81311113 dis- mbparation of the

played in til Box" or “Basket" which was to.

hold the eats-bias; colored fairer, ribbons. etc" gave a very esive agpcdralloe to the creation. Then wenaliwesasserniirledtheboxwas put away where none could see, and the family was put under oath not

w civuise iia appearance. The eventful night havin arrived boxes wen taken to set-

tlement"H9.l1” and placed on a table on the platform. ‘Then the folk began to gather, the younger and livelier with taking a strategic posit at the back L’? the hall near the door: this enabled them to ‘WY’ ‘he roceedings, and skip outside i! rep als threatened. A chair-mm was appointed, and the social was opened with a "chorus" of all the singers: tnon followed a “scmtch" concert; i.e.. the singers volunteered their so on the spur of the moment, so speak. (‘Ihfswesanew tureto me: in the homeland the singirs always had several rehearsals ba- lore "going on the air.") However, this did not matter; it was not what the audience had come

Then an auctioneer was chosen; some witty person among the crowd was asked to mount the platform. Taking up a box. he sil- ently read the nanre-tag attached. Then without. mentioning the name he spun a long yarn. raising the contents and assuring t e company Athatthiswasthenropertyoiiho ‘fairest oi the fair." asked for bids in proper auctioneers style. "A droi- lar! A duller! A dollar! Not enough don't be bashful. boys: if you could see into this box. you'd pay twice ls much!" And so on, and so on. till he'd got the sweins excited, and gfliifl/ils that box would be knocked

own for five dollars. Not infre- illifliitly there had been a leak some- where and everybody knew whose bcx it was; and. if by chance it be- longed to some youth's inamorain. he'd be given a run for his money! The competition would be fierce. and when the co had gone to ten or flit-seen do lay-g, 9,11 would dmp Out leaving him with the precious (and coat-it‘) box on hand. that was treat sport for the crowd! Then when all the girls’ boxes had been auctioned off, there were single Wes Put up for the good oi the cause. mostly by the married wom- en. and these were boiflht by boys who were not so flush of money- Aii the takings were for a definite

l. such as ng the hall. i" perhaps to help a family who bad ill-luck in some way.

All the boxes and cakes bel auctioned off, Chg mop}, iynvportgn PM 0! the entertainment was at

irnderwa haser

that the purchaser of the box car- "fil the privilege oi escorting the fair one home-seeing her home.

met these vwkwerd situations! Sometimes a girl friend would be "l, rry and have the responsibility: in several

among

a pleasures [p us no dliililJ“-t”alvi”°é.“°t’lt"°tia°l"‘d‘ I16 ol chivalry dead

o, . gt" leave these qtrea ons to ‘awmafiltfifilyyfllvyilfi

Th” “M” Wm Battier from this 6 lies

interestinl note th questio at m hfidsorne P be prop ted by

entirely suitable the plants mm . pear after a. few-—t.hree or iourp- yeo-rs. L. ca-ndidum. the famous Mum“ U111. which, however, is a native of Greece, n“ the “m; Mo! of producing infertile seed when under garden cultivation. some vws ago the late Dr. Ma- wlin sen/t me cuttings of the Gold- en Nlobe Willow. a. weeping willow with long thin branches, or‘ a, ye}. low 00.0w in winter. when the u“; were about six feet high I planted one on each side of the lane lead- ing to the house. Now they are about sixteen feet high, and m resemble a. cascade of KIWI“!!!- They will need pruning a bit this spring though, and thg 118s will make good cuttings °Y 511N- Bhould any reader want 81198. they will be sent on receipt of a couple of stamps for postage. The birds are beginning to come about the vicinity of the house . On Iibbruariy 26 two rather ragged-looking star n s were for- lliling about the . Another My I flisht or gulls, which from their size and plumage I suppoged to be the Glaucous species, passed north/ward up the "creek." Redpoll-S are haunting e. stack bottoms and the voice oi e crow Ls heard in the land. When we get s cold snap all these disappear again: they retreat, I think. to the south- ern ahores oi the Island. Here is a wrinkle for those who find it difficult to keep house plants over winter. As I have some- times mentioned, my house is in a rather bleak district, where the wstcr-ibucket inside the house often freezes overnight. I made a sort oi “wlndow-ibox" which just fits the sill inside, and into which I placed 31cm of geraniums, etc. Before retl at night I put the whole concern into the cupboard under the stairs. and cover with a news- pa r. I have a couple of little everias. which arc oi a thick succulent build, and they nave taken no harm so far. aliha‘ the outside tmtperatre has been as low as 4 below hero. To-day the scarlet gerarrium~ roperly Palargonium-— is ttfnrg crth flower-buds. ery large sunspots were observed on Dec. 27, Jan. 3, and Feb. l9 . The moon was in conjunction with Jupiter on Dec. 26, and the barom- eter fell an inch on the 27th. There was an earthquake on the latter date but I could not "catch" the locality. The moon was in conjunc- tion with saturn on Jan. 23rd, with great perturbation oi the barom- eter, this was followed by the diis- estrous Chillan earthquake on the Beth. The 38rd of January was sig- naiized also by a BO-mile gale in the llmglish Channel where 14 ves- sels were lost. This winter New Zeallmd has suffered from a great drought: it is. of ooursp, their sum- mer. It would seem that sunspot years in some way conduce to the spread of epidemic influenza, and this r is no exception. Fortunately he present epidemic is not of a virulent character.

NOTES 0N ISLAND PLANTS The Salicace»

This ls the family of the Willows. Poplaie. and Aspens. At one time it was posrlble to find many fine old willows round the famrstcado of the pioneers. liven thirty years I80 some still survived. towering above the lmiidings; but since then very many oi them were killed by a fungoid pest. which seems to have devastated all the northern herni- here; These trees I found were e Crack Willow ifiallx traslils), so culled because the B8 Wm easily broioen off; and the White Willow (B. Ilblhjfibh long, narrow leaves rather silky on both surfaces except when old. These are not native, being originally European: and it. may be said hem that S. alba. is the parent of our ornament- al Golden Willow and also oi the Golden Nlobe Willow mentioned alseéwhere. Anothfir Elrivuglislh vailiiow , urea. e rpe se. with $0: purple bark. Its bark is very bitter, since it contains a princinlje not unlike nuinine._often used rustic medicine: and kills twigs were used in basket-ma nil Ia the term “color” indicates. ‘This never attains the size oi the tw" willows above mentioned. The two native willows are the Glauoous willow. a. discolor. and the Prairie Willow. S. humllis; both shrubs rather than trees. These

an easy one and is further compli- cated by the many natural hybreda

occurring.

Here are a few notes on the uses of th willows. The leaves of S. alba former in adult- oratg tea; and the inner bark fltf,

rrsrruwu GUARDIAN

» CONSERVATION >

l WiIlL! OOLUII OI IIIDIIDLI OPDIIO VITAL IBIUIS AIIIOTING ‘III Ulll AND Allllll 0F NATUIAL -IIIOUIOIS B! II. LUDIDW JENKINS.

NIOITIIE

NATURE "ROLLS l!!! OWN” By Charles Fitnhuzb ‘Palmer: In, is a dull winter when the some part. oi the coun- oi muses of mow looking more like the work and ual in great. numbers on fields and lawns over a restricted area. Be- thoyarerarcinanyonskr-

few people have ever sow them more than once. so

formations are rolled first noticed in the early but. in a good marvy they have been seen in process of pro- duction. The rollers are indrioal and more or lees hollowed out at the ends, so tha the general shape of a They may range from a

the snow. marking isioundattheenduia along which the rolling ‘The though tapers in di- ameter. being bcoadeet next. to th roller and narrowest at the poin where the rolling beta

feces or barely holds together when lifted. In m the hollow at the ends exte

rn-in. 101‘ October. um. uch

about Nature from personal obser- vatlon but little from books. had probably never heard

lng in the fields. They formed by the wind on the previous day.

m erailly slx or eight

gen though they must have settled oonisidtegllably

itles miles apart, in nd. There was plainly the

or.

had thus been rolled Rrhisoccurred

vei ground and also

where the ground the southeast. The ground was

llid bar . That imi mu“ e w must have

mnseeuntilthoywena

wou moist snow and roll it over and over, forming a snowball of in-

himse in snow of proper consis- tency. The muff-like shape is evi-

dently due to the fact that the mace

gathers snow at its ends as it rolls so that the outer layers are longer than the inner. Occasionally the rolling occurs .in several directions, producing a more or lees bail- shcped mess instead of a cylinder. All this isrclear: but. where do the initial masses come from. and how does it happen that so many are ready for rolling about the some time?

In one case, reported a few years a .ti-ierollerowerrc_scentoainrt w ere small masses of moist snow were hurled by a sudden gust from the limbs of trees and from wire fences. llv, however. it ap- pears that eddlw in the wind acoop up iihe inltieél‘ snowballs, or

insomecasesthe ndbreaksof!

slight projections previously exist- ing on the surface of the snow. From the descriptions thus far pub-

lished we find that the ccndit-ionélf

favorable icr the occurrence

this intermtzing wlnirer freak are shallow

face of older and drier snow. ‘rinse

conditions exist when. with snow

a on the ground. more or less crusted at. the surface arid with a temperature well below freezing. a light snowfall occurs. followed immediately by a rise of

perrature to a libtlc above the

lungnncpoint.

A stronger tone featured the trade on cattle markets thro - out the Dominion this

$0 number of maior centres. runs continued in 118M volume m!

in a. receptive mood, all were well cleared prices were definitely out with the decline extend- tl by the close at ‘Toronto. also, lost oonsidermb oes dropping 25o to 50c est decline at Toronto. Meagre supplla of lambs loft. most ets unchanged, except whore prices were down 50c.

Allocation of U- B. Cattle Quoti- The trade received liament on Tuesday

or over admitted tween April 1st and December i939. This aliocati the calendar year and 1937. ‘rhis gives C the reduced rate of

rate during any calen- dar guartcr of the year.

Eastern Cattle Mas-hie

mruzviugtnmcottllz” pcrécee We tnmg e c s

WWcekIy Livestock lilarket Report

Ottawa, Mnrch I.

r and the oi the kl g sold stead-y to firm e vodthe news of the

t7. EDMONTON was active on all butchers with choice light steers up to $6.50. other western centres

t0 firm with the high BER.

The United Slates Market‘

‘mere were no sales of Canadian cattle on United States markets

during the week. Buffalo was slow and offering lower bids on weighty steers with the bulk of the natives at $9 tn $10.50. and the beet bid ttl. 5t. Paul quoted good fed steers mt $.50 to $10.50. most heifers from $.70 down and V" 60W! $7.25.

Expo to the lTn-ited States diur- the week consisted of 453 beef Qtle, mostly in bond, lbil dn-irli and 84d calves. Ttotal exports in this year are 35.538 beef cat-

ieewere III

l . with sued vars also: at so. . worked lower. also. anr‘ can flnishad at u. n

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KFQR FARMERS, STD K BREEDERS land GARDENERS

I

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming

e 547mb sumac casual: 5:2.“ Giwnnw“... °"’... n. was

memoria- rsrE-"agsk unfit _ ..

'" ' "“""“ that irpwsros of mcooo silver fox that the poorer pelts will be offered the Hud- or. rt i‘ s

and Saskatoon at $535- sllilflh- Monday half silvers. quarter silvers whmtpes

Lambs Lower at. Toronto half silvers 80% sold. 50c on lambs at Americans were heavy buyers of

terns at $8.75 and a few 88D tfl taking aibout 90% g1 the offering. $5.90, lyilge-where receipts were so Kamchatka vmioh is the most Emmi“, lfitifiy determine the

cfthotmde. Montrealsoldafew

stgoflime 23:3’ m ever assembled in on» shop in “Wmuedomlgyu-locwomnmmioaurdvahwdatapproxins- was ed "om “I” Mk1! IINMI). Th0! NO described wemrihig swmiewmmnoioe hes-vies “*‘ mm“ ‘um ‘m1 "m" ttthtu c‘ t. at. li-Xld- good “,,,,,:“,',g.,;,";*-,“" s W"; .31” butcher steers and heifers sane to Sm m“ i4’ “‘ g7, anti‘) with plain gtchers 0W" a - 0°" m“ 1mm Silver fox invpcriu to the United W $559- am wmrifkxig€iné States jumped mos-g than three W1s$2375 wiibo- 6000.1 E “fly times numbers and more than “We $5 t” 5550' ‘ed alive.‘ “"3515 twice in dollar values during Jan- $7 t0 $9. with 9hr" °1°° - uary i999 as compared with Janu- and_ a few stockers offered Lax "y 1938' Th, new “m; o; M1505, $01k. Mllker and springer l‘ 75 1s 81v“ .6 m9 “use, it being 8- was dull with ions from $65 w t reduction of may. from n» revv-

MowmEALhadaiooddonrana-‘l m‘ "m. _ for cattle. pcrtiouio-riy those Irw- rose. s total sore silver fox ins up to m¢<1ium~ The" Kim‘ pelts were imported inrtc mas. sold 25c irigher Wt WP 5m“ we" In January. i999. the figures Jumrp-

W715

$6.16 nd odd tops 87.1mm wasa 0,06 keen ‘enquiry for cows with good m ____ x gas to $5.50 and others down_ m“, q was, Bu“

The bulk

CAI-I‘ MARKET! the imports, in January of this mum o, TORONTO call’ nrioel Owned

steadv alt til for but lost ll

by the close and ohoce veals were

95!

ped seasonally with good veals my m“ ciosins at t9 and othm down "J poi-tea averaged was. Th

date this year .953.

at w to $9.10 off trucks. sows inwfokste, Palclcersfpricea closed generally 901mm 11 q m;w50n 19pm, on

the light.

MONUIDN $9 and $12 20

supp

fairly steady. there was a weak- 109,93, er tendency. Bacons made $9.75 to $10 f. dc w., and rail grades $8.50. mmrgh mo

were mostly $0. but ranging from workmanship is oi the irighest

OVERSEAS CATTLE EXPORTS parry, Lid" MOntrQal.

Grade V-i.

Hyrest “£11813. Linie McQihid 80.6 .

George A. Callback, Bummeraide, tho cape with n

JUMBO CABB '-“'"""*'"°W" was prevented from sailing lnat and arm-ensue, ' Saturday icr Iondon by an attack you can figure

skins 30th. "Inmpson a , ity of scar-fa hing b Cobb. Henry Kiewer a and eve-B b mkandulrcndim Fur Arum mag! it will” o! se a ar-ger quan or ‘agcugedikrfmwfic xawximww‘: than we expected and may prevent with ‘them. mp“ dogma M w ‘m, mo“ L the anticipated rise in prioee. quite a. difference on s; w., Cage: and Edmonton at -—~— tans off tru ,Moose Jaw and at Inmpltm Fraser s. man-s J1,f°'m.q.hfl“m“mvef£f

Regina at sacs and Prince Albert silver fox ssrsln New York 1m m, Hudwns B“

ter hogs made $9.50 to $9.75 at and darks sold readily. over 80% attractive’ m um Wm,‘ lfowount Vancouver. being disposed of. Manufacturer a“ p

did most of the buying. Oi th ‘gylgfkilrxatigygmand “n” o’ m’ m Among the articles in it are “Con-

quering tho Northern Air", by Guy B the

PM“ "i?" 4°“ 1r lnnohard Toronto with the bulk 0i the '66- 10d for int Moulds. at. Ileningred. mm M? “nape,” trade

at it im ible to beautiful Ann not. r ed red ‘ w” “Quarter. fox obtainable, soldvikti’ flbuxiverage. magltbinchm Yekutaky at IIUSO and other vari-

ng the isla-n altar-scion" stirs“... c: v" r ~ v" - "r vr- w» on. , ,,,, w _ . alflpgliaflh-n 7fl. Lulnfnbwmpanydlacafigmhwmflmgh‘ “Tn-l MARK!" the most" ‘will’. col: {ggsmtgggfgyrgggfl lection of Rambo-n Barbi ____'

CHICKS-

From

Purina-Fed Flock:

iii-iii?!‘ iii Egg 5E5" tor

1%

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weaknas disease . . . tlmttheywillbolntch- ed. and delivered to you under tho most favorable conditions.

Writs or olll for prices and full particular. Oar Chicks Are Eligible

For The PURINA Chick Growing Contest.

ililliln 8r Spillett

OU-Nfiweenlbeet

a shade easier. The total supply ed to 14mg am _ m Jbnugfy‘ ' c .. 1.65s new. steers raneco from ices. the value l‘: these imports mg,l1$t,,§*,,—*“,.,',,, so to $1.75 with sood mostly $715 was smosoa. while in Jhmlary, ,1.” 1m h, 185., m, ma, , i0 U350- Heliei‘! muilh" $5 i" 19M, the valuo of the irrrportswns m m macaw, in

that has some inter-

Tho oversee Gunners and cumcrs $3.75 in January. taco was $33.06, but. M ‘mo’! Edward Islanders is

to $3.26 tho average value‘ inAJanuarv, roan 1 m $26.00. , cot to Bit-roe

if!

wear was from Canada. and Nor- we” Mum.“ Ponmmd m, r OmQdQ-I 3I‘ i", “a. son's Bay Compmy. to malcetreeo- mdisn gclis imported was four smmmwiw $1M Inmmmsake 1%“: mid“! $9 ‘i’ w” ‘m4 “mm” "id "iii-ha" "m" "h" i“ w" u. i877 egebflsegiezihe martin‘? and m“ w M50‘ 1”." W“ whfiw‘ Nwwwlm m’ the Crow-n. Numiber 4 was signed MONTREAL m“ “m” amp‘ Wm “'5 lbw" mm‘ “d m” ‘at Fort QuLAppellm-near where - "Mimi" W“ 1m‘ our» MdNeill now n “a mm‘ urmmiss

$0.50. Early tons were no. Gresn- Great mum, 04a in number. w ,2,“ ers $3 t0 $595- emged $30.20, while those from Ho“ Alemndm. Momm Canada averaged $23.44. ammo, o, "06 “"577” --—— . Nortih West ‘Ilen-itcries, the Hon. "i" Ammwi “W!” David Laird, Minister of ‘Ilhe hog run will be cking like steers about term. h, mo was 70,506 head com ed with .- us: Canadian m,“ and ex 411M

410 in the some wepelrr last ear “hits It is always tfnst we. with ' . _ y _ m a 1 m“ Chrisrtle This was

. t last year 649,564. ship to other countries without any h maomo hog prices were down duty-and m, so-but have! the idea §_°,',‘§p§,'§',cf,",‘,‘ ° 50c for the week, bacons cloeiflk that their own territory should be Commwtone,‘ showed kmnm m. tianca and finally the hidians eaw

Indians were mly with The

lower. Hamill-TON closed at iii-ii" Mhndn for Montreal more hewiil to $3.75 for baoons alive of! i111“!!! attend ythe suction sale of silver Qflhflgfiflf." 1P“ d and 91190 i" m difiswlr ""5 for pelts conducted by the Gena time the authorlt oi tine crown ~ - dian Fur Auction Company. which was firmly cmb,f_’q...d_ than“ w had a more libWI-l commences on ‘hiesday afternoon. m, Nam, west MW“ iv of boos. while prices held They have about. 10.500 pelts oata- Th, M, Qgmmjsslgnm-s oneii Macbeid, head and the Hon. Davi of Colonel new“. appoint est Territorini. Col- and Hon. David

courtesy Darwsml 0f the Charlottetown Fill" the North w SILEEP a LAMB MARKETS sales. Ltd. the writer had the Mel Maoheod privilege of seeing a silver foxcapc Lam; ha‘; a great influence m." d it was a good

TORONTO lanrb prices dropped which 1185 recently been mode up u“, Indians m, were men of such

50c to $8.75 for the bulk of the for a patron. It ls without. ques- thing that they westerns with a few $8.86 to 89-91 tion a. beauty- Five skins compose Qutstflndmg perm“ Sheep were also lower at $2 to $5- it. ‘they are three-quart“ silvers tribe they had h, deal w1th__1,y,e