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WIJ) PLANT! T0 HA1‘

When the long A tar h“ 8011B ‘mi spring opens ‘ ‘human sys-‘ te calls for “green lb f " to bal- en ‘the diet. Our h forefath- urafeltkthe call as urjently as we dq, but ‘not having gardens. nor imported vegetables, warp»; obliged to conbnt themselves with such greens ah grew wild. HEW‘! a list

of what may-Amused. scmaihat lu .

the order in ivhich they appear. Dandelion, (this I believe. may'_sti11 be bcu;ht in open ‘max-ken; Barrel (our "Soursab"), Doekjof which we have several species; ‘Sampbire. a plant cf tbesandydshoms; Cin- namon Fern; which in some places is sold under the name of “Fiddle- headsfi; Nettle, used for soups but not plentiful; Burdock. the young 198V“ 0111?; Wild Mustard was lomctimes used; and erhaps the most important, - quarters" 811d its allies.

‘there are a large number of other-plants growing here which mlht be used; but elng very local crzextremely scarce. these have not been listed. ‘T1191 Docks. ‘plentlfu a ‘over Canada, are sold in some ei s as Italian Spinach.

The value o: these plants is due in the main to ‘their pcssessicn of an antl-scorbutic vitamin.

LONGEVITY or cease

. tile is known. in general. o! the l h of time to which birds live. b from numberoi their enemies. a the many mischancec which b all these usually fragile creatures, it, ay be concluded that their ilves a in most cases brief. Some, how- e ,, h ave been known to be long- Iiygd, when circumstances were f _ rable. When the Grand Duchess . rblno took up her residence in once, Italy. in 1668, she ‘brought her a parrot "the oldest mem- oi‘ her family." It was alive al- a century later. Storks will almost to the century mark. _ domestic fowls do well to live I} l8 yearn. _ not year I told of a goose which been owned by four farmers meceuion. in Dcrsetshire. Ene- , and had attained the respect- age of 86 years. But this bird

_ y and Polly. wild fleece owned bgono Jnmea- s. Morrow. a farmer Warren. Ohio. In y; statement

B said that his great-grandfather

‘ tured the birds on a. mill-pond inflflli, and they have been‘ in the fqhily over since. A local atlas, 5o old. contained a. picture O! mbirdsowned by his ‘grand- er. When Farmer Mcncw in- the zeede. eboutrmt there.

' ‘fvo iutheflock butane died , alt. another‘ dlecln e ,am-' . nnliouceccaiwfl and iolufrho; in: two were ' rue Gena" ' . ., , siitfullnlllm- "~one'year and the next! One would like hto c lll

I80: Polly know whether these ancients survive.

snowmen FLY PorhsIlSiWI

_ ‘A’! the list of Island

no found the Apple or Pereinic- . nfulra Physalodes in) Perspftihas

I ~' is probably very localioe thd wflter huspot come across it. It is

nomlnonost Curlew U916.) Now be-I

Partridge." Pwbwbly extinct here-Mawwain

Reed. The last survivor of this once

R. G916.) A case of mistaken iden- tltY-——R.W.T. fllllslll! YYQrn Mexico to Maine.

to bams~Bain .0016»

pecker.

a ma" smpmw compared with It: large size and brilliant colors

. _ plentiful till the advent n to the press in 1932. Mr. Mot and“ about the ye“ moo. Have

rblrde’ It ia-evident that some spe¢~ on included by John. moswamlw cre-euanoearlnr. from varioue

"v .

using the arid-tr‘ ' would»!

Amlmlta muscariue. . ~ The seed p06.‘ ofythc Apple of

Peru contains about 900 mall seeds. , which fact alway: ansurcb a numq ber of seedlings in any waste plaice; in the ga rden. The seed of this, plant is listed by Morgan andl Thompson, of Ipswich, England.

THE mans on r. c. rsnann

Emailed Boeelea

bulletin. have now been for the reasons, given below. ' lee-wood puck. an. radian] here: no records for many yeara—, R.W.T. -- i lntlf-Hlltfilllll’ ern blr . cas Missouri. 205—Little Brown Crane. Young bird sh-Ot at Earrlsollff 1005 (i016) A mistake in ldentity.-—R.W.'I‘. This crane is a bird of Central Canada, migrating East of the Rockies to Mexico-Reed.

, Llflk-Willat. ,5.R,. Not common- Balm. (l916n A southern bird. rung- lhg from the Gulf or Mexico to New Jersey; later strays to Maine --Reed. Qtlii-Gskimo

A Won- y coming East of

Curlew. Reported‘ lloved-to be utterly extlnct,-R,_W_T.

Quit-Canada Grouse. “Spruce: R. Ccmmon-Baln. (19160 Now never heard of.,-B.H.

3l5_-Passengcr Pigeon. Last seen in l857—~MaoS\vain (1916) Up to 1880 they were extremely abymcp ant in Eastern North America-

innumerable species died in the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens in lillt-Onlflrlo Bulletin.

sell-Red-Shouldered Hawk, 5, A southern Hawk

flit-Screech Owl. H. Comes in-

few times in Central Canada, Min-American three-teed Wood.

Decker. SB. 0916.) Doubtful; prc- the average hen, when in condition, is very resistant to cold. m fact there u no cold experienced Formerly known here. in the Maritlmes great enough to cause anxiety provided the flock i: kept dry. This does not mean not splashing about in a pud- die, but dry as to litter on the floor; as well as the air above it. 0n In average 100 hens will drink about 4 l-2 gallons of water a day. and if they are laying 5o per cent pro- duction about half a gallon is used in the manufacture of the Thus we have four gallons of water a day pcr hundred birds to take ln- to account. This water is given off in the'form of vapour breath and as droppings. This water is free inside the building suspended in the air. and a drop in the temperature of the air will entice cundensothn, 0! , this water, Wgethcr with the: sultant soaking of litter and inel-

bably No: 400 was seen. 405a~Northern Pileated Wood-

(1916) N0 record for many yam-g,

ed to its undoing.

coo-Rusty Blackbird. Not rare new.) Probably extinct here. Quite of the

often found their swamps-Li i550—-<Saaside Sparrow. s. R. Rare, —Mtw8wain (1916) Mistaken iden- tity..All varieties of this sparrow are confined to the coasts of the Bimtheru U.S.A.-Rleed. flW-Fleld sparrow. sn. new.) Very‘ doubtful-Rtwfl‘. "ill-Warbllna Vireo. an. (1016,) Doubtful: no renrd of its having ‘heonileen in N.B.—R.W.T. . Gilt-Yellow-throated vii-cg. 3,3,, 0916-) flllllllltflllwas" above.—-R.W.T. . wle-Whlle-evea. Vireo. SR. my uncommom-Macswaln (19163 En- “W1! out of our. range according to Reed. i . . . " 4W .-- Golden-winged Vyfarhlcr, Oneeioeen lcflv-dloncswam - (ma) Tm! bl!!!» Jfillflfill from central America to Connectlcut-(Reed) T1118 concludes ‘the list of Island

nests in alder

fill-Wee. and it. devolves llpcn all, e... ceelally our young folk, to, protect

y!’ o‘ handsome ~.pllnt. being, a lggly-looklng Illlllllfll. fi-"m ‘P i“ 8 Elect high. with blossoms of a‘, fnfied indigo color. But if htinzlsciizi isfihat handsome docs. then it has

For generations rustic hrusc- w es in the United Stztcs have

ea laraa mlvnbe. those "beneficial Species whichayet rennin.

FRANCIS Tllf-‘iwflolivs Poems y

At last I have had~tha pleasure of T91R11"! anew the “Selected Poems

be "taking the rzreen stems, leaves and seed nods, and uitnrg crushing them well, have stirred o. small quantity of savccl. milk into‘ the muss. Then the liquid is put in-V,

_sh'-illcw vessels and set. within; t reach of boost-flies, who drink it grcedlly. and tumble ovcr with‘ 0n acute attack of‘ heart trouble! My informant had seen the floor literally blaclcrrwl with the dead bodies of houssfllca. '

Thin liquid is said t0 be drunk

‘with impunity by‘ chickens, and no dnzzllmz wealth of imagery. case of poisoninc of humans has} r i-‘v-ler been recorded by those uein’:

the nlnni. which l". not the case in!

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.4?‘ FALL-FURRING~ l

‘rox narrow no. 1 , At your mount dealer,

nu,

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of Francis Thompson." now in- cluded iu the new books available in the Public Library. Thompson died in the autumn of 1907, and it must have been about that dale that I first made acquaintance with hi5 Zfeflt Ode. “The Hound of Hea- ven" which hasbsen called the most wonderful lyric in our luna- uage. A critic has said that Thomp- son "is possibly the first of Victor- inn poets and nt ‘east is he of none the inferior." Felicity of diction. a and deep relivicus feeling. dominate this little work, which I earnestly com- mend to the attention of mv road. ers who love the best in poetry.

MIGHT AND MAY

A little correspondent, in her early teens. now and then finds lime to write me a letter. from across the sea. Children's letters-d! they are the right kind of children-are kenerally lute-realms ‘from; their difectnvssxthelr attention to details which nn adult would overlook, and’ from their insafialfle curiosity on| all kinda of subjects. The latter

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lPlilliTRY » nusiinnnv

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As already pointed out when dil- cussing the layl mash, it is ‘e:- sential-that pro l and when - rate be wrravtly proportioned. and it may happen that after th: flock has been up‘ to and over w oer cent production for some time that a nutritive ratio which have good

results at ifirst, will begin to Iive

trouble. ‘I111; trouble may take the

|form of paralysis. If such be the These birds, included in the 191a 1m" ‘he 11mm“ °Pllt°llt 0' "w 4'1’ excyudwfmash should be redlwed, Qil cake meal may be eliminated. followed.

if need be, by the gluten, and if the trouble continues a reduction

may be made in the weight of meat

meal used. The full mash, should,

of course, be fed as long as possible, and. only those which aremeeded to prevent bre- Ilansu-s- Always increase sreen feed at any sign oi’ prolapsus.

reflections made

When the spring weather brains

to make itself felt hens begin lay- [ing profusely with the Nlult-that prices fall. This l5 the time to ease up on your faithful fflendl who have been doing their duty at a time chance over from the Ne. 1 mash to the following mesh:

of peak prices. Gradually

Bren 50 pounds; cod‘ liver oil l0

pounds; corn meal 200 pounds: mlddlings 100 pounds; shorts pounds: crushed oats 100 pounds; meat meal 55 pounds; fish meal 35 pounds; sulphur a pounds; salts 3 pounds.

100

when the 601d weather has defin-

itely passed, reduce the mixture of the grain feed by one part of cracked corn. 101st is, feed two parts of corn to two pails of wheat and one part7?! high grade oats.

The birds will mntinue to p10-

duce well on this mash, and as the mash ls a, cheap one to mix, profits will still cpme in even at market prices.

IOWG!‘

So much for feeding. bet us now

Mistaken turn. our attention to an equally identity; has been recorded a. very important factor of success in the laying house. This is the aubject of ventilation. Everybody knows that

good silver foxes.

simply

9888.

ln the moisture in the

lhg or chilling of birds. The only way of preventing this occurrence is to ensure a constant circulation of air in the building so that the moisture laiden air will be re- moved before it can do any harm. This aim will be lcrgelge attained by the use of the pro r laying house with the intelligent use of the cotton blinds covering the up- per part‘ of~ the front. These blinds should be open as much ac possible. all the year round. but should be shut-

l-When rain or snow ls blowiul into the house.

2-When-a» fairly mild period is followed by a sudden drop in tern- erature- threatening a herd frost.

Closely associated with ventilation is sanitation, a factor which re- ceives all to little attention from the average poultryman.

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root this

Pack dahlias in peat mou. side up. They keep well in method of storage.

Timely Note;

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‘mere Ill a straw. wltctleu ummg New Ybrk flirting-o .la:t lpring to have! the duty re- moved, from silver (o: furs or if tlllfi Wll not Dflflllble to have it cut in two. These tlgmen wen anxious to handle adian silver l0! furs from Prln Idwarcl 1:- land, because altho flt is not ac large as the Ameriop; Wisconsin for: the Prin,‘ Edward Island fox i: fllkler an mQe-nfinetive for neckblacea and very fine trim- mings.

As a. prominent New York flu.

l THE .C4-lARLiYrl'ls'ruwu cumuunra .‘.,. ~

rARMEus . srooKfifiaeoliRs . NEH/sunny:

, lfWt/l Siluerfi Fanning‘

i8! c Dnctieal N: lurubbr) ‘ -

Topics lCorinected

in the evening and be wu v-l ' ruynlieilwlth e quantity of creel:- lines which he deled out in mall

the h lib ' in“ won‘ bl y l ey were ricbt It the ‘wire wai for him. l!!! I will never f t the :igl\t of that for nneb inc aeptember 1m. wewded an 1t vac with beautiful specimens, descend- ant: moltly of’ the Gflllflll" two pairs which Mr. lower had “Rh

rler whose name was almost a household one on Prince Edward Island a few years ago said “For trimming purposes the wlsconsln 1.0x i; the 118M. It is more unllormfl 1mm and has heavier lantbenl therefore will give more trimming at lens colt than the Prince Edward Inland fox. 0n the other hand for a reel nlcc neckplece or beautiful tur collar there ls nothing that calheenmare with the hllh trade Brlncc Edward Island silver fox."

We visited a ranch the other day where the foxes seemed to be quiet and contented. “What 1: the cec- ret?" we said to the caretaker. "1 alwayupeek to them." he said. "In fact if you were around here at "m9! you would think I om buss the way I talk to these Olllpe. They like it too and seem to look or listen for the sound cf my foot- steps and my voice."

That remind: me in the late full of 1913 in company with a friend, I visited Jim Tupllrfs ranch at Black Banks. We had a tough time getting to that out of the way part of the world. but finally arrived there and received a genuine wel- come from "Jim." After a good feed we went out to look at the foxes. My, but they were in won- derful shapei They seemed to be a: big as bears, with heavy coats of, fur, Just glistening. I had never seen such a marvelous array of

In a chm-t time Jim sot wanned up and commenced to give the breeding-“East 400, etcP-fo illus- trate how the silver wee obtained by the paint brush story, which those who knew Jim in the old days will vary, easily recall. "Ain't they shake bags of fur?" said Jim, and we concurred. Truly they were- After some dlckerlng we bought a female our for $8.000, handful it over in real coin of the realm. Jim seemed to be on familiar terms with his foxes, had names fol’ nearly every one of them, whether nufactured for the oc- casion or not we cannot any, but there seemed to be an innate sym- pathy bctweenmman and fox which ..~. -,~, . , son they were . Physical and I, Yillfililltlflh. Int’ our own exper- lflflfi norm and. also with fellas .we_ have noticed that some ‘men have, a. peculiar faculty with animals. a magic touch es it were, which seems to be able to effect a marked difference in an ani- mal’! conditlonin a short time. Others feeding exactly the came way and the some quantities of food do net get anything like the came results. '

ed the venture with in lllll. Nlilllli at the figure o! mono. O! ell the :llv:r'feu men it llll Men my privilege to meet I do not know of a mor: thcroulh o! luccellful one than Mr. Franklyn fiovyer.

‘rho Bcvyc ranch i: ltfllblllll

can-vied on very auaccutully thlwxh

the operation: of m. lower’: cen-

in-law, J. Welter Jonel, who, we

understand, had a very fine line . of pelts last season. Yesterday we took a look ever see how they were comlnl along and giving the odd one a fox cap- sule, treating each and every one of them for oer-mite; and also [iv- lng their tips a touch n! well and not forgetting a thorough 100k for fleas. We came acroai one fellow that somehow hcd been neglected for eermltoa a bit lut winter. with

he would run around in circles, the balancing nerves of that ear being lrriurod. Mcralz-Althouh you do not see evidences of cal-mites, treat the foxes just the ma: three or four times a year. It won't do a. bit of harm and will surely do good.

But what w: aterled out to talk about was that it we: a bricht cunny day and we could not nelh to get the foxes info a shady or neutral lllht and they all looked a bit brownish. which we: contrary to what we expected ll every cvenin: In had looked It them they mrned 0.5. Yesterday was l dull sort of thy,» Just the kind of day foetal up your foxes properly and we were chann- ed and delighted to find the m» a good color, blue black and alive! mostly clur and glistening. Of course there" were lome when lil- ver was not of that ‘variety, being of the pepper and nit and yellow- ish klnd:, which are not nearly so duh-able on the Irurkots. However, as the animal: would bring o. f:ir prion their progeny have been mn- tinued. . r We found quit: a number adult: with bit tips, although they are out in large pens, 25 x 26, in the opqn and could dig right into the clay. The reason we believe t: that we have been fbedini consid- erable bone, about five per cent and have also been throwing in some large pieces of bone from which the meat had been out off. These particular animal: could not stand that much calcium phoe- phate and it probably tied their ‘bowels up or heated up their cya- tems and they took : bite at their tlpp to relieve the feeling in their stomachs. Moral:—-Do not feed too

six year's inter g1 the fall of 1019, we made another trip to Jim's ranch and Jim entertained u: with

legerdemairptrickc-thoilaand dol- lar bills pulled out of his hair. That same fall he cold out the Black Banks ranch for in the vi-

_ cinity of 8100.000 to W. K. Rogers i and J. Stanley wedlock. The Tup- .11n foxes were a marvelous strain of animals, having particularly clear silver and no doubt their dc- scendants are making history in

the sight of many bank-books and m

much bone and be careful to keep your foxes bowels open. Vegetable: andkgrcans or lmn will do the

0 . ‘

We found it neceuery to my a word of caution to one or two of the boy! who were I. little bit mush with the foxes. They did not mean any harm, but after all a fox is a delicate animal. If you let him fall Mn feet off the wire or throw him in the pen after you

. elmlllil be eovered with two

our adult tom sizing them up to b

the malt that every few minutes .

of Stand, which in convenient and

Esperimental l.“ F51‘.

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_ lfctec

ulbs ,will very eouufllm tlw clue and tyne qt -

t time the undfroeae

winter the , oulo

receive a. 113M muleh o! BMW? manure. ‘This should remain on the Imund over whiter and until ‘the tint growth appears above the :ur- fuse in the lwlng.

fodill. Jonqulh, mowdrop: modules are well adapted for plant- ing in grass atom driveway: or walks. ‘no plant bulb: in thb in- formal mlnnca‘ e hcin almuld be dug with a trowel and inane: of rich coll pllold M. the bottom and the bulb placed at the proper depth, Bulbs plunfbd in this way will be benefited by

minlnn.

0!! l! l-bl DUI-IOU. “PM” W119i!

mun: ef nrovontin: lniuriue in future.

Mr. Georle Callback whmwlll be the Judge at the Prince Edwardia- icnd Silver For: show itvcmber 5th to 0th, 11:: listed that there will be no dinner hour web, ::,.hu been known in the put. ‘rlure will be a lhort adjournment for lunch ‘ between twelve and one o'clock, probably about twenty minutu. A: Mr. Callback my: the but light o! the div i: around noon and why lose iii ‘ gemcntu will likely be

in the restaurant under the Grand equipped for the purpose.