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Wood‘ Ashes

For Light Soil

Prom 5 to wbushels of w ashes per sum will furnish from to 130 pounds of potash, the latt an ample dressing for even very light soils. ‘Ihvy are not needed on ham/y olmy loams, indeed their use on such may destroy good tllth and

on "Bird Life“ are still coming in, was thought to be one of the oldest do mo" ham, than 3W1 F3;- C10.

occasionally. and 1t would appcarwuna, if not the oldest, in America. that the writers are under the 121b, prcssion that Mr. Tufts is still on the Island. ThBt l8 IlOt 50; and l! W55 5 remm-kablp cat, "she {g- my crzrrcspolldelll-luhlll B8B!!! "f?! ceived letters from all over tha to my Iornlcr news. they W111 E81‘- world, took pleasure in automobile ma: his ilext lectures will be given! rides, and performed many tricks, in May i934. Applications will of Her famous owner maintained that course be kept and dealt with then. the line between her and human In making arrangements for theiintelligencs was very thin and previous lcczures applicants were,‘ vague." asked ‘to give the number of the Lot‘, ‘Vim? i119)’ feslded. t0 8W6 lirollblclduratlon of the average cat's lifs

is locating the school when its lo-l as ten years. but I imaging this to

caiily happened to be unknownlbe too low an estimate: twelve 0111i’ one flllllllcflnl» thought it years would be nearer the mark. riiccpsary to do this. And in thclMy' olvn “harmless necessary cat" Birdhouse contest, where the same: would doubtless be proud of his rule applied, the results were the‘ fifteen years, if he were gifted with same; one contestant included the! speech, for he is a well-preserved Lot in her address and the others; animal and shows little of the diduu. Inattcnticn to details ohravages of time, which, as the this kind is a blemish on our na-l Latin poet says, is the "edax rer- ticnfl-l character. um." Butieven he would fall silent Since writing the above, the mail, in the presence of a. neighbor's brought a letter from Mr. TuftsJcatwvho was a. kitten when the wil» evidently enjoyed his visit nsifnnliiy moved hcre eighteen years liliiill as our folk enjoyed ills ice-Argo! Is ihcre any feline in the turcs. llc writes, in part: “I wishiprovlnce whose age exceeds this? to take this opportunity of ex-l Starling Trap for Orchards. In pressing my deep appreciation for the Sept. 14th issue of tho “Fa/rm- your intcrcst in my work as nlaui- firs’ Advocate" is figured a simple fcmcd by ille trouble you went to 15ml) dP-Sillfd and 59$ 11D by W70 in so satisfactorily arranging my mflmYdlst-l in 011L311‘). Wheffib)’ itinerary while on the Island. stiller’ caught some hundreds of. each place I was favored wiihlstarling’ which had bee“ wbbmg packed hams and the audwnceslthcir orchards A similar trap was Efvliltd most appreciative. Theiused by Jack Mm" 33am“ cr°wsi firs, nigh,’ M Brackley. I was de_'but was baited ra-thcr differently. lighted w find ‘our boys m melln usirg traps of this kind, it must audience who were able to nameib? fimphaszed‘ ma" ‘he fxaptiv“ every bird that I showed and onlmnmd ‘fined and remmed only ,_ . after nigs-thall. If this is done in enquuy I found that their genra‘... _. ,, ,, . knoivlcclga of the birds 01' bancedlllgh‘ the fr“ birds Wm s” Edward Island had been largely~the mayacm’ and Wm so?“ fight , ishy of the trap. The starllng is a gamed through the contests whiclllcute bird! you had held in “The Guardian," Hungarian Partridge: a “u” and I might say that Zicir abilltylplaint A “es/mm fanneress vows to nnnlu illcse birds was outstand-{fl Compaq, through the press 1119-" thus: “We have had an extraordin- "Ii was most gratifying to leflmiarily dry summer. . . Although that other districts wished to see it is yet August. trees, fields, and my slides and films and I hopelmany glTdEllT, look like the end of to come buck next spring for fur- {Oz-tobzr. Not only are grasshop- [ll-Jl‘ educational work on sinllLlnpcrs bod, but rabbits and. Hungar- lirlcs? Elan partridge have dons much da- inlage." TflS is the first intimation i ithat I have sen) of this bird. be- That Fisllbnfie Thistlm-A corwmnnng a mama“ w a‘ _-l_cu1ture_ I Y-“PWYliIPYlY “I110 l5 gmvflllg fipefl-ihave, how ver, seen them feeding r mm of 111$ thistle (whose scien- ' in my buckwheat patch. but I sup_ lilo name is Cllamaepeuce CESiL-lpggg they are goo few yet {,0 do burns if you must know!) asks iflmuch ltarm. tilr-ya will stand illB winter. Thcf A fr end who called on ms last n c‘ ‘t L: a blcnniul and will ihere- ‘Sunday, told of finding the nest of wcr, 500d, and (m, next one oz‘ those birds: it contained your. in the natural course offillllli’ 9585 piled ti“? (19919! I! W!‘ things; but being a little tender it l D0111??? “Tlllld 15y like ill/BU must be prOfPCtPfl during the win- A "lbuw- The SFPWYIl-bel‘ 1111111‘ I ha“. had these thlsfles ber of the "Canadian Horticultur- “mm. “N; when covered by two 1st" contains an editorial tribute to mo, o; snow‘ at a “me whenylllfi memory of the late Dr. W. T. s; mans in the open perished. A llwawun’ Dcmnmn Hmlmcmtumt‘ crihg of leaves, held in place l “Taken m during m” cow” of his ark of twigslfl-flflllil. trip through western Ca- inada, he returned home, and fail- ing to recover, passed away on Au- .gu:t 13th. . . . He was a kindly has, 8150 burnt the tips of my l lrlan ever ready to help others with unifies‘ lthEir gardening problems. His pas- I have same seed °f this plant f sing leaves a gap which will be dif- Flll on hand, and would forward mun w 1,1,3. ' a UMP m any mud" ‘m vreqllesl- It wins my privilege to have Dr. It is a. highly ornamental plant Muoun v55“, me on one omission and always attracts attention. and I was struck with h“ memfly W-hen ‘he fmeudll’ °°m°5 I personality and with this wide malv‘ a practice of covering tcndcr range of his knowledge. We often plants, like primroses, etc, with corfcspcijded after that, and his lrrfcn spruce boughs: ihis protects titers always conveyed the infor- thom and at. tile same time keeps maton requested in a kindly hu- ihc weight of snow from squeezing 1 morous way. With us his name had tllvm flat. ‘become a household word, and I‘ Fcline longevityn- Traditionally nlollm hm as a personal friend- s crrt is said to have nine llvcs, and "Dolly New-ion," who belonged to J. S. McGroarty. play-wright, of California. made the most of them,

ODDS AND ENDS

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In concluding our last study of tile Roman occupation of Bcritain we observed that six or seven of the Emperors had visited the Is- land in person, that some had mad: a prolonged stay; and that all had attached the greatest im- poztance to the safety of the sou-

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According to Frank H. Cross, who wrote her obituary, Dolly Newton

A work of reference gives the

l pottery, not only

ver, com, and malzgels, the ashes iwill be found very valuable, espe- nlally are they beneficial for or- chards and for grapes on Sandy loam. For tumips. nlixed with one third to one half their weight of bone meal, they have simiiariy pro- ved advantagcous. There are few crops on light and gravclly sdlli. as also on vegetable loams inclined b0 be sour. for which wood ashes cannot be employed with profit.- Dominion Chemist.

circle of mouldaring earthworks that fozmsrly protected their towns: and tllis in places where one w;u'd now go many miles be- fore seeing a human habitation. Rome was the first great civilized power io be brought into contact with Britain, and hcr rulers im- mfdlately perceived its importance as a source of an almost unfailing supply of warriors who were so valiant as ‘to stand up bravely against their own xvc-ll armed. well-trained nloll.

We find. tilen. three powerful reasons for the interest displayed in the distant province: a. com- paratbvely mild climate, a fertile (if as yet uncultivated) soil, and a brave and warlike people to draft into the army. To tile two latter

lus for organization raised her to tile proud position; of mistress of the klYWIl world.‘ Kingsley, in the introduction to‘ "Hypatla.” says that this genius‘ and the uniform system of exter-

nal law and order "was generally, ,a boon to the conquered nations.’ lbecause it caltstitilted a fixed and regular spollation for the fortui- tous and arbitrary miseries of sav-i age warfare," and so it was in this

case, since history, trad tion and‘ ethnology point to the prc-Romam era. as that of numerous bitter and

lnbernictne wars.

Under this relatively enlightened‘- policy, Britain quickly became! lmown throughout the Roman ern-l pire for its agricultural and other pmductforls. At the period now un-, der notce (about tub year 360).} the moemr Julinnus n. in one of‘ his orations, states that when ml commanded in Gaul agriculturc‘ had been s0 entirely interrupted in‘ the countries lyLng along the‘ Rhine, by the ravages of war, that the whole of tht population was,‘ about to perish b1 famine. Jullanus‘ promptly ordered 600 corn-ships to be bu.lt on the Rum. with timber from the forest of the Ardennes; and these made several voyages to the coast of Britain, and returned up the Rhine laden with British oorn-whch was probably oats and barley. The grain was distributed among tne fortresses and towns on

the river. and was in sufficient quantity to avert the threatened calamity. Tir historian Gibbon

has supposed that each of Julian's corn-ships carried at least seventy tons. but as we are not told 0f the number of voyages each made. we cannot compute the total quanti- ty: it would sccm, howtver, that the country was very extensively, and. Perhaps, for the age, very well cultivated.

With a. large population, great riches (as evinced by the numer- ous splendid villas whosi: founda- tions and ornaments are still com- ing to l'ght) and an advanced stage of agriculture, manufactures. and trad/a must have been carriodv cm in Britain to a vcry consider-l able extent. One of the most im- portant was the manufacture of: 0f the directly useful sort, but also of such oblects as statuemes, ornamental beads, and other objects of vcriu. A little distance of the Mcdrvny (a tribu- tary of the Thames) there is a stratum of broken pottery often a foot think, which is found at a depth of three fest bclow the sur-

We have just received our

. l, ti:e:n part of the Roman province. H fall stock 0i’ BIJLBS direct And we asked, what was the rm- l; ' "(mnrd-‘Dl "l; f?" Qlmn of all this oversight and ef-

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, nlbbm. All first m» Bulgs. g Vi‘ m“? u

. V _ ‘ ,, m the first bu»... ma British

M‘ nldcmil“ ~, ,Islcs had a much milder climats than the near-by continental re-

gions. This, of course, we now

zknow to be caused by the warm

waters of the Gulf Stream, which

o, circulate round the islands. In tlml

i'1|second place there was, even in

pro-Roman tmcs. a fringe of cul-

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TFLIPS (Double and Single) (‘HOICE FALL DARIOM TVLIIKR‘, NARCISSUS, DAF- M FODILF, (ROGUE, SNOW- “ DROPS. FREESIAS all at \ Iowcst prices. Now open in l; our BOOKQTORE.

p Send M, our pd“ m,’ tivated lands round the coast, Q Postage paid on a“ Ma" h: which gave tckcn of a. fertile soil. Ordcrs. a lThese two factors drew wave after " wave of invaders to the desirable CARTER 8‘ c0 .....~.. of Britain.

ij ' Ill travelling over the north of l: lEngla-zld, even in the most “out of i, ' l the way” places. one cannot fail to

notice the evidence of an immense population in those early times. F1_"'=.""c'v t‘ l1"‘f'n huf (Ymlrv: th"

face of the soil. 'I‘h's inllmensc lay- er of broken pottery, mbrcd with plenty of vessels in a perfect or

Spinning and Weaving

Send ms In your wodl to be spun into Yarn and wove into Blankets. The charges are: single yarn 23 cents doubled 26 cents pcr pound. Blankets $2130. and if unlaundered I115.‘ it takes flve lbs. of wool per Blanket. Wool mlut bs well washei and sll dirt and burrs picked out The size of single yarn is medium, and doubled yarn fine, medium, war-so and hooking yarn. Put ship- per’: name on all parcels and own- er's name, address and instructions inside. Send by mall or freight Freight will be paid on 100 lb. lots

WM. LANDRIGAN,

Rome applied that unequalled gem milking. The former world's record which had ,

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The Jersey cow Brampton Basllua imported from Jersey Island, and owned and tasted by B. H. Bull 8: Son, Brampton, Ontario, has rec-

ently completed a phenomenal butterfat record on Seplemllel‘ 25111.

‘rials wonder cow went on test at 5 years of 88° "Id hi! Pfllduced 1190123 lbs. of milk, 1312.8 lbs. o!

l fat. 11,15 1g the highest record ever

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The V Sensational Dairy Cow

duosd 11,751 1M. of milk, 668 lbs. of fat, winning a silver medal cer- glflcsie. '

By the and of 1883 there will have been oompletsd b? 5""! cows on the farm of B. H. Bull a: Son over 500 records and probably no other privately owned herd in the world has accomplished so much along this line. The Bramp- ton herd is the largest Jersey 118m in the British Empire, where there are kept over 800 head of N815- tered Jerseys.

To date in Canada there have

made by a Jersey ¢°W- It 15 “l”

been five Jersey cows that have

l __ l a worlds record over all breeds of cattle for three times a day milk- lng. One or two records have been made that exceed the production of this great Jersey cow but they have been made on four times a day

Jersey cow Wagga Gladys still holds the world's record over all breeds for twice a day milking.

Basllua has given the richest mill: of any world's record cow to date. She is also the smallest cow to ever make over 1.250 lbs. of fat and her fat production oxcccds her own weight by more than that of any other high producing cow of any breed.

The first record by Basilua. was at 2 years of age when she pro-

nearly perfect state, has been trac- ed at intorvals, to a. distance of six or seven miles in length and two or three in width! The pre- vaii‘rlg co'or of this "Upchurch pater-y" is a blue-black, which was produced by baking it in the smoke of vegetable substances. At Castor (note the word) in North Hints, the site of the old Roman town of Durobrivae, was another pottery, equally extensive, where work of a much superior character was turned out. The Castor pottery was generally of a bluish color, but the ornaments and figures are in relief and are sometimes white. The kilns have followed the clay beds for twenty miles!

The Romans made more use of the mineral productions of Britain than we arc inclined to supPose. Ooal was mintd when it lay near the surface and the mineral was probably burnt chiefly in the dis- trict in which it was found. When the Ncrthumlvrian station of Bur- covicus, on the Roman wall ‘was excavated, nearly a. cartload of coals was found in the ‘guard house at the principal gate, $011- nus, who wrote a “PoIyhisml-y," says that the perpetual fire on the altar in the temple of Minerva at Bath. did not fall into white ashes but as the fire wasted away, "ver- tit in glcbos saxcosfl- turned in- to stony globules; a. rleater name than clinkers!

'I'hc gleater proportion of Brit-

cupation consisted of the metals iron, lead, tin. and copper. A mass of ancient iron scorlac, at Oak. lands in Surrey, when cut into for materials for roadmaking. was found to be twenty feet deep! Its date was settlrd by the discovery of Roman pottery and coins interr- mixed with the cinder-s. The writ/er saw a similar heap at Lanchesier in north-west Durham. Very many traces of Roman iron-work are met with all over the country. Tin was found long before this era and procured the islands tits name of Casslterides or Tin Islands. Pliny. in the 35th Book of his Natural History, states that tin was so plentiful “in Britannia". and so near the surface of the growld, that a law was made restricting the quantity produced each year. Pigs of lead stampod with the names of the earlier emperors have bezn found near si/Jckbridge in Hampshire, and at Matlock in Derbyshire, and silver has been

completed records in excess of 1,000 lbs. of fat, including Basllua. Two of these were bred at Brampton, and one was brought in from ‘the States by them.

Three world's records have been! made by Jersey cows in the last- tlvclve months and the sire of one of these was bred at Brampton.

Apple Tree Blights

The Department of Agriculture Entomological Branch at Annapolis Royal, N.S., replying to Mr. J. A. Ready, Kerlsington, regarding an enqu‘ry in reference to the leaves dying on certain of his trees writes: Mr. J. A. Ready,

Dear Sin-Your sample of dam- aged leaves which were forwarded originally to the Experimental Farm, Ottawa, was submitted here.

The insect responsible for this damage is the apple and thorn leaf skeletonfzer. This insect is a com- paratively new arrival in the Maritime Provinces. being first ob- served in Nova Scotia about eight years ago. Since that time we have heard many records of it from practically all parts of the Marl- time Provinces, and in many cases it has been responsible for extreme defoliation of trees. both apple and occasionally thorn.

The adult of this insect is a. small dark colored moth. On warm days at this time of the year, and in fact on warm days any time be- tween now and Christmas. these moths may be observed, flying or walking about in warm sheltered places. They may frequently be dbserved in large numbers at the present time in clusters of hydran- gea blossoms. The adult winters under trash such as dead leaves. remaining as the adult, all winter.

In late spring the insect deposits eggs on apple foliage, which hatch and the caterpillars may be observ- ed through the early part of the summer. some times this first gen- eration of caterpillars are readily noticeable, but more frequently they are not very numerous. These cat- erpillars pupate in a folded leaf and adult moths emerge about midsummer. These in their turn lay eggs, from whch there is pro- duced a second generation of cat- erpillars. The work of this second generation is generally more con- spicuous than with the first, and the damaged leaves which you sub- mitted are undoubtedly the work

'Fox Farming

Now an Estab- lished Industry

(Canadian Trade Abroad)

Furs are one of ‘the oldest, if not the oldest, of Canadian producti- From the days of Jacques Cart!“ and John Cabot, the fins pelts o! Canadian animals have been eslfill! sought by other nations and the ur- ly fur trade laid the foundation for the Canada of today.

The name of Prince Edward Is- land is indelibly linked with the pioneer efforts and with the experi- ments which havs led to the pro- duction of s type of animal that has given Canada dominance in the field. This province still maintains its leadership in the Dominion. Canadian fox , furs are sold throughout Europe and in increas- ing quantities in the United States. Equipment of a fox farm may range from a. few improvised pens to many of the latest type, covering hundreds pf acres. The pens on the svsr- age farm are specially WIiltfl-wfid to give the best cars and protection for the animals. The foxes are fed on the same type of food as the fine breeds of dogs, and special biscuits have now made their appearance on the market.

Canadian fur exporters were af- fccted w B. considerable acme 1n past years by the establishment of any fox and other animal farms in Europe. In Germany, B03 18ml! for silver foxes zobels and nutria. have been established durlni! m9 past eight years and tho Pm‘? brought by the fur was the same as that paid for Canadian and A1883!!! furs.

This situation is now charisma. however, » Apparently the foxes in the second generation, and even more in the third. 1°” m9 den” long hair, as the climate of Europe is not favorable to the growing of a strong fur. Therefore, prices of im- pgfted fur, particularly Canadian, are better than those for the home German product. In 1933 t!" P?!" difference was approximately 10 w" cent, but the auctions at Iielpilz ti!!! year have seen tha difference 810W to 25 per cent, and it is corsfidered probable that this will be still greater in the immediate lulu"?- The Dominion Department of A8- riculture maintains at summerslda. P.E.I., a fully equipped and m°d°m expcrimcntal fox station. From it the breeders obtain impdflii-lll m‘ formation of the latest results of research and experiments. It is hop- ed eventually to exisnd it to include mink and other furbearing mimalfl.