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who competed in Class 66. at the provincial Fair. (or as we used to can i; "the Exhibition"). I had. m1; year, llhb PIC “P0 OI QXNIIIXI- lng all the "Nit study" colleo. no,“ in this class, and perhaps my observations will spur the young folk on to do better another year. I 5m going to find fault! It t! an old saying that "we like to know how, but we don't like to be told!" gut then, how are weqoing to im- prove if nobody tells us that we're wraps?

1 spent the whole morning on c1555 so, and the first things I guided were the P0*tfolios_pei-. hgps I should call them herba- fililil5-—iflbBii€li “foliage plants."

Great care had been taken in their-

pygpntiliiml, and the plants them- selves were neatly pressed and ar. ranged, but alasi they were not what they professed to be. Foliage plants are those distinguished by colorful leaves. There were many living foliage plants in their own classes in the building, and, my young readers. please make notes by them for next Fair. The Coleu- m, with green, while and crimson leaves: the Begonias, with marbled or spotted leaves; the zonal or tri- color izeraniums. with horseshoe marks on whlte-margined leaves; m, "inch-plant" with its yellow- and green. and its purpled variet- 1e; lKew Gardens informs methat mu plant is called Zebrina pend. pl; now); the so-called Strawberry Geranium (Saxlfraga saramentoss) will: the hanging nmnersf’ and. in short. anything that is cultiva ’ for its pretty leaves, even to the humble “Ribbon-gras-s", is a foliage plant. These folios. it should be understood, ought to be the “ge " 0r class 66. What I noticed am- angst the "foliagc plants" examin- ed were strawberry plants, garden corn. and many others that had very little claim to the title. Now if I am spared till next Fair, I'll pay particular heed tn the "Fol- iage Plants" and hope to see more competitors. By the way, don't forget to include the white-heaved, or silvery-leaved, plants.

Now for the Portfolios of “Wild Flowers." There were more of these and many of them had cov- ers of a high artistic type. I do not think this decided the placing

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million to each othc Th6 portfolios Weeds" indicate students. been well takes in Daratively tion of and of course should be class another year, Turning "Native Insects." the exhibits were disappointingly few. The insects we" divided 131° three sections: those which were injurious, those which were beneficial, and a gen- eral collection of all kinds, The same competitor (a lad > t k fl prize in each of these {CCLIZIIS all; ‘he? collections were extremely §°°d~ Help‘: again there is room or a cons erablc in . hm“. crease of ex Insects are troublesome things o» find names for, but perseverance does wonders. The Dominion En- WmDIOCiBt, Ottawa, is ever ready to help the student in this respect; but the insect must be packed so. wwlv s0 that it is not injured on the Journey. No postage is requir- ed on letters or parcels addressed to the Entomologist. There was only one show case containing native birds and mam- "1515. though one feels sure that many more are in existence in PE. Island. One more suggestion: ii quid amplify we some task somgvhat if the collections of insects were shown in standard-siulrcases, in. stead of odd-sized ones.

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A My residing in Hayfield st, Charlottetown, sends two plants to. Bother with a. short note stating "W? 011B Brows on the front lawn as a weed, and the other was brought here from the White Mountains, U.s.A,, a; g, garden 5°“?! Blld askin! to have them identified, -

The weed growing on the front lawn is an annual called bybot-an-

of the prizes, in itself; but it plainly foretold that the mounting of the plants would be neatly car- ried out. so it was; and the names. popular and scientific. were

competitors were not careful n; to the flames, and some even had no names to their wild flowers-al- lhollgh the Prize List expressly asks for the nam.‘ There is lit- tie excuse for this, since specimens

ists Amaranthus retroflexus. and Mlllllli-Pili known as "Plgweed? It has several other English names in different localities. as "Green Am- a. r a n t h", "Redroot Pigweed". "Rillllgh Pigweed," and "China- rnans Greens." Its taproot is of a rosy-pink color. its leaves are long- stakled, and its inconspicuous flow- ers are crowded into thick. glom- elite DBnicles. My correspondent

rent on to The Guardian accom- panied by a stamped, addressed envelope for reply, would bring the name by return of post,

A few of the errors may be not- iced just at this point. One com- Peiilor had two separate plants la- belled con-cctly with their popular lifllllrs "Common Tansy" and “Pillvllpllie Weed". ‘Phat was all lilzhl. but underneath each woslhe same scientific name "Tandem-um Vlllslire!" ‘The Pineapple Weed is ‘Malrlraria Suaveolens." In an- other portfolio the scientific name lplwllred simply as “Vulgare” - which only means "common!"

Oihcrs did not give the popular nnmcs correctly. somebod had lira-pad a specimen or the “Jewel- Weed" which grows along the brook-sides, and labelled it "L0- rusl". It hasn't the least resemb- lanco to the Locust-tree. Another Dillllt was labelled "Matrimony" and this name was looked for in 111B text-books in vain: perhaps it is a loclil name. A scientific name l" Axlllaris." attached toapiant interested me, because it has come "W" "lmilsh the years: I've seen it at the "Exhibition" before. No 1"- however. grows on P. 2:. Is-

llli- There were other mistakes vi a similar character, but these b" enliven to show the need of improvement. Oh. I nearly forgot

B worst one: a sprig ‘of Asphsr-

will readily note these distinguish- ing features.

‘This Pigweed, for all it is such a coarse-looking plant, has close rel- atives that are among the aristoc- racy of the garden and hot-house. Included in these are the "Love- lies-bleedlng" (Ameranthus cauda- tus). the "Rainbow Amaranth" (a tricolor). the different Cockscombs (39105188). the Iresine formerly used in “carpet-bedding” and the Immortelles (Gomphrena) used in funeral wreaths. These exotics are all gorgeously colored. Our Pig- weed is also an exotic. adventitive from ‘rropical America, but its only claim to notice is its relationship to the garden spinach, whence comes one of its popular names. A single medium-sized plant of Pigweed "will produce fully twelve thousand seeds" says an authority. and _I quite believe it. Fbrtunately it is an annual and persistent hoe- ing will ultimately suppress it. It should never be allowed to produce a fresh supply of seeds.

With regard to the second plant I may hazard the guess that it is the "Apple of Peru" (Nlcandra). although the specimen was so much wilted when it reached me that close identification was out of the question.

Besides. ii. was past the flower- ing stage, and in tracing an unfa- miliar plant the flower is of the first importance. However I have

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Canadian Canned Apples Are Popular

Canada. increased her share or the canned apple trade of the United- Kingdom by 26.6 per cent for the first six months o1 1935 as compared with the same period last yea-r, 51,829" eases being 1m. ported. during the 1935 per-ind, m- a: per cent or the total imports, according to the Industrial Depart- 0! UH Canadian National

‘ ,. ovemem recorded with regard to named pears. Peaches and cherries wei-g loganberries nearly one-third; the United States showing an increase of 209.4 per The decline in Canadian shipments of loganbso-nes is prob. ably due to short crop in British Columbia. The use of canned apples 1n Britain is rapidly replacing the evaporated variety in the bakery

can verify it. I'll return to this sub- ject in a future note.

THE FAIR.

I note with pleasure that we are beginning to refer to the “Exhibi- tion" as the Provincial Fair. Fair is a good old English word, of Norman extraction, from the old French "Fairs" which again comes from the Latin "ferlae” meaning It is a short word- which is an advantage-urithalong

descent .

Fairs were places where agricult- ural and industrial products could be bought or exchanged, in olden times; but our merry-making an- cestors, soon introduced all kinds. The poets found the Fairs alluring subjects. Prom Sou- thern England comes the fine old “Widdioombe Fair." from the Land o‘ Heather we have "Jockey to the Fair." It would puzzle Mr. Kenneth Les- lie to find inspiration in the word. and that is saying somethingl

“O Tam, oh Tam, thou'lt get thy fairln"’ sang the immortal Bobble of his venturesome harm-meaning a gift from the fair. the Fair" meant “too late," a re- proach to a dllatory person. for a last thought imagine the ef- fect if the poet had written “Johnny stays long at the Exhi-

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THE LONG PACK

The B.B.C. (British Broadcast- ing Corporation) that the Homeland is full of “owd ancient" legends of surpassing in- terest, and has therefore divided the country into sections. each un- der the scrutiny of a. writer whose business it is to gather such folk- tales and edit them for broadcast- ing. The Northern Disixict led off the series, with the traditional ex- ploits of the British King Arthur at Sewingshields in Northumber- land. These northern traditions oi’ Arthur are, in my opinion. entire- ly fictitious: if the Celtic hero liv- ed and fought it was south of the Thames or else

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Nevertheless the North has many true folk-tales, and here is one which excited my youthful inter- est: it appears in old "Chap-books" in the cheap broadshcets fox~morlv sold at Northern Frlr". or" forms the subject of one of the "Ettrick Shepherd's" best stories. Not far from the Scottish border. by the side of the North Tyne. stands the ancient mansion of Leo In the year 1723 Lee Hall was in the possession of one Col- onel Ridley, a member oi‘ a prom- inent and widely among whose ancestors was that Bishop Ridley who suffered at the stake for his opinions. before-mentioned Col. Ridley and his family journeyed to London and spent the winter there. leaving his country seat in charge of a maid- servant called Alice. a stable-boy. Edward, and an old retainer called Richard. One afternoon. when the days were at their shortest.ahand- acme-looking pedlar called at the Hall. and saying that he had lost his way. asked for a night's lodg- Alice very properly refused

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master's absence, and recommend- ed hlm to a neighboringcottage. To this the pedlar agreed but request- ed permission to leave his heavy pack till the next morning. Alice could see no harm in granting this request and directed that the pack should be placed "dresscrK-a species of sideboard with shelves and china-racks be- ‘ hind it. The pedlar hoisted the pack on to the dresser with some bade Alice good-night and departed. Left to herself, the girl began to feel very uneasy ‘about the peck and at length took up a candle to examine it more carefully. To her horror she de- tected a movement within itl She hastily celled in old Richard, who tried to calm her fears by assuring her that the pack was Whilst they were talking the stable lad came in and at. once bethoush him of his old military gun: “I'd like to hey a crack at un wl' Copenhageni" The the candle in to look at the pack and he also was persuaded that it

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doing m; 3° 11"" every to: from tail to be-

"é present use one of the Powders on Dalmatian powder and the quantity of disinfectant in 5PM? you use

sheds or dens;

can conveniently little

Earixiiics are in matter haw well "l" best way is to treat It 0111? takes a few

tation u noticed a mark should be llllt 0n the pen and the foxes treat- ed again in eight days time. Ear- mites have a, very dglgheyiq “we; °n the Pelt and breeding, so mug; be dealt with vigcrously.

offlvllgfi bebteweftn the lst and 15th P m r isagoodtlringtc dose all adults with i6 minim Nema capsules. If carefully administered there should be no ill results. Pups should also be treated, the smaller Pulls and late litters should be giv- en 8 Ininims instead of l8. You Wm b9 surprised at the number of worms you will notice after giving capsules and the improvement that will be shown in all the foxes after setting rid of intestinal parasites.

Dr. J. A. Allan of Winnipeg, (w.

interesting article in the last issue of the Black FOX Magazine, on the

parasites such as hookworm, lung- worm and round won-n. He advigeg Every rancher t» invest in a micro- MOPI! and gives a series of illustra- tions depicting very graphically an easy method for the rancher to fa- miliarize himself with the way of making tests.

The Doctor is strong on eanit methods and avers that the ranch- er who does not attend to sanita- tion lives literally with the "sword cf Damocles" over his head; in other words with the threat of be- ifiit wiped out by a visitation of dis- ease.

The veterinary department of Cornell University, Ithaca, N’. Y., has announced that it will make poSb IYIOTLGIII thaw’ BLIOIL! (‘if Ill!‘ animal carcasses for fur breeders. Cornell University has secured ten live mink far experimental purpo- ses and competent scientiata will place these mink on different diets and conduct experiments with food in relation t1 fur. health and re- production. ThL; is a most help- firl sign in the writer's opinion, when great universities like Cor- nell are taking a scientific interest in the fur farmer's problems.

At the annual meeting of the Minnesota State Medical Associa- tion. Dr. R. G. Green of the Unl- versity of Minnesota, was award- ed honorable mention for his ex- hibit showing the occurrence of tularemia in man and animals. It is the disease which humans some- times contract from rabbits, is rather deadly and so far has been difficult to treat. Ranchers in handling rabbits from districts where the disease occurrs should wear gloves. Foxes fed rabbits which ‘have tularemia may or may not develop the disease.

A. K. (Ollie) McNeill, successful fox rancher of Kelleher, scale, and formerly of Bouthport, has pur- chased another ranch property near his home site and will build a 100 pen ranch. stocking it this fall with pups from the parent ranch. Ollie is the biggest breeder in Saskat- chewan and also the most success- ful one from all accounts.

Horace G. Franz of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was flooded out and h‘s fox pens badly submerged in one of the great rain storms that swept the mid-west a couple of months ngo., Nrtwlthstanding the utmost efforts of the help, 60

foxes were drowned and the mana- ger and his helper vsrv nearly lost their own lives.

The Provincial Exhibition of i935 has passed into history, but it won't be long before we will see the news- papers carrying ads for the Silver Fox Exhibition to be ‘held in No- vember. Thus one event ‘ another and there are always found men ready to carry the burdens and responsibilities which go with

the courtyard.

Unable to restrain himself any longer Edward gave them the con- tents of Copenhagen point blank This was the signal for a volley from the other retainers and when the smoke cleared away it was seen that four men had fallen. During the night the bodies were removed by the robber-gang, and although Colonel Ridlcy offered n. large reward no trace of the cui- prits was ever discovered.

About the middle of ‘the previous century Lee Hall was occupied by a fiery and turbulent character cell- ed William Carlton. This borderer was at feud with the County- Keeper, one will Inwes, who noted as a kind of Sheriff. After several personal conflicts Lowe: was made prisoner by his foe. who took him to Ice Hall and chained him mthe kitchen iii ,‘ allowing only sufficient length of chain to enable him to hsve his meals at the per- vanta‘ table. Prom this humiliating position he was rescued by mother noted character. of when more

TIIELY NOTES QNJUPICS CONNECTED WITI

‘ins is a good time to look your over foi-‘enrmlies and may be present and exhibit signs of some, scratching when umb- ierved. The bpatwpyebgogw

tween his ears. The minute or two silent is well worth while. If fleas he” ‘and t

the market m" pure increase the to clean out your and lastly if you do so, sprinkle a bit of sulphur on the floors.

e ranch no ramps, and every fox. seconds to do In cases when: infes-

merly of Charlottetown. has a very

invisible (we of the fox, namely,

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enterprises of this kind 11b;- a. but- den and responsibill it is, a; my- one who has shoul cred the jobs connected with them can say. 11m. tunatc it is that Prince Edward Is- le“ is mi lacking 1n enthusiasts who ape ready to bear the burden for the joy of seeing a bit'of act- ivity instead of the lethargy which

would otherwise be.

lln flack-mucking along Mom,- 917’! T7841" in the July American F"? . we note that Dr Leo Frank of Prince Edward Island was the first breeder to experiment with B Ill-PEG fur pen-—that G. minis Smith, the Canadian expert, bu; bu" fitlldyliiflc fur eniiml nutri- tional problems for over l5 years ~——that Hank F. Tuplln bormwed $1.000 to buy a pair of, foxes and seven years later sold part or mg herd for $250.000--—that Mrs. Eva Gordon, pioneer Michigan fox breeder. and husband H. E. Gor- dlm. Operated a fur trading post in Alaska for i5 years before love/ting in Michigan in 1915.

Mention of we. Gordon's name recalls to the writer's mind the years 1920-21-22, when that lady paid frequent visits to this prov- ince and was a considerable buyer of choice silver foxes. She knew her foxes too and could pick them with the best experts in the busizi- eds. One of the ranches that she delighted most to visit was Frank- Iyn Bovyei-‘s. Bunbury. and from it she secured a number of high class specimens. We have not heard tell of Mrs. Gordon for some years and wonder if she is still fox farm- ing at or near the vicinity of Mus- kegon.

BY the way. MLLSICQOII became a. great centre for fox farming, not because it was an ideal location. but largely through the efforts of Mrs. Gordon and a. few other; who set up fox farming there. The last visit I made there was in i923 and I visited between 3i! and 40 farms