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wsr NOTES —

‘By: someone ’ I

l=ORFe RM ERS, STOCK,|3R.EEDE

RS and GARDENERS

Free Swimming Stages Of

Ml’

PP-°T rs tah

ber of mm out 5 lTtl;§e:fmm1uwu that - ore. 'rh.ey vu- ..‘§.°.é‘ being larsevr th-n ; but they more evidently They were of the said Mr. Btewartu

ggr clams":

.1 P3 s$‘pl8'fl'tlful. . us Pisldlum. l5 .1] good we ca 1221 oshxfe Department of Geo- ,. . fol’ 1399. With 75 PIMIES 0I

wa. Wh

. house

muons NOTES’ __

,Mr.'r.w.siewut 0.1 mendo is on holiday here. and we

iii] 9 bed of the stream

paper on the fresh- ln Roper

,', other shellfish. which

have helped in to determine

I ,peck.,s._lg 1 had llhought to get dawn itom in

llbraryl. There

. 2-. one shell of Phys: syrin- nelshgioed univalve in the dipper’.

mats .. unt

V6

trucl

.' Plsldiirms

Ba.Ln has a most interesting of our sea and freshwater

. , lll; myself, he seems to b'_‘1:xllt unalvare of theexlstence in cur streams. Well.

have a lot to learn Ye“

lve insects have been f

autos at various points Inc!!!-

938. A colored illtlfimtuon

id in the bookstores.

ml build the beetle reminds one the so-called "Potato B118" (Col- o Potato Beetle): but the -

.), vegetables uiezrubreoddoumerootsol numberofpllmix. - -

"threw cold

somebody recently

leg" on the legend of St. Bwith- -_. Day (July 15th). arsuins that ~ downpour might be all right for . land but ‘it 't he

~ 9

its mentality no if

ver . - toexps.nd.I.ntheOldOcun- we" ...... .......<‘ . e . _ one of the stock featmés. A

much sang-froid and it was

saying that "A ‘dog looks up

cat looks downupan you, thinks its your equal!" If

-. would know how artful an old

’'or u nt

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- suthv ‘h-.

Araab wei-in

Fl!

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on

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teeth began - put into the "fsttln «- . and "she - bacon. juicy and tender: the

v arkable constitution. Accc'd'in_z

": Ema. in 193

l n in _ subs: u-em. history. inches hi

‘*-er in the

‘H _’@m”dw‘li:m:‘nd

MIEE * ll’,-.ll_P.

‘I-Inn mp’-,or anus:

. when fat. sword, was remarkably

Kweek or two ago, I gave some

of the longevity of horses:

-N then I have come across a ierence. w-all authenticated. to a

men must have had a very secretary of the National

- E-9 Association. the oldest horse whim there are rvelviable !Old Billy. who d'ed in Oh 91' 100 years ago. This horse was

antic 67 wars when he died! ca‘!rs-d Mick. was PllV0« in

ls alpina is a pretty Apring- 1 perennial grow'~.i~ afarrui. gh. A. may ’ flovwr-harder or the ”l~€h. Tt-r f'~.I~rrs are white

in n her-‘°'l fragrance. T saved: ’ "’~"'l P1" .vl::='r end-shell be

to semi a small qua’-t.'.iy tn 5 s

out. so‘\v_nc'wl"u ‘on. ‘F A SHORT HOMILY

‘ delta of a river is -. kindror " formed by dot-iim,

~ Btmnis. wide on °.‘.”.;'}'£.‘

their way to the see. Why 119 oneof ifieoe. you

com mm "3 all the

All Icquglnuuoe who ha W

..

"’.' "",“'¥.°‘.',°7.".'!‘§."

cle.ftold me'that be t to the Olty the other day. le t his "wheel" standing at the_ door of a. store. and umed tour) in. As he entered he tion and looked back: uet preparing to ride off

He shouted and the

Tao men, I foes/:l,twere k whi in possess n o a sac which was. believed to be stolen the roof of a. church The other day a young to me: "Its funny; works for egflrnier he getsbilse M 8 yrs .6 Mme ' lss sev work; but when he gets a job on t e t‘ and weeks’ dm'"3,..wm°h road he gets twice as much pay and * does half‘a.s much wozrkl” "Ii that-s o," Isaid. “I don't see anytlilng

gifnyou me.. diroc

arrested, 1 of the debris which lit- 01 19°-d

. He uh- fellow said man dollar:

ay comes out or indirect-

‘ are pprosor the main stream now. A letter to the Forum a littlewhile ago,‘ (I foget the writ- er's name). told of malpz-antics elections, and said (in effect. if not in as many words) that even people onest hi their inches of the water. In ess

vats dealings condoned dishones-

y at unit time. saying that these practices had always been the cus- tom. If we valueour poltlcs more ‘Den Ccim.ma.nd- ments,. and if the stream is thus at its source-what is its ef-

communi mm to and Pllbllc dishonesty lt the invasion but a few of these in this-

at-use

than we do the

rivete lab blue and quite gin .1116 E'llJ'€l and IOU-I'll! stages age

KING ARTHUR

Arth was a stood-ly Kins" ml ereonnlity Bzlltlsh history as nrle- “*9

does nirriih cen- Patchy. After a, steady breeze in on the Continent. There can be

doubt on t such °rsonase 9' bablym the shore and a change in wind di-

m wind and tide. the

_ Boot .—nor was 5 is e

behind hand in doing him honor ""3 "°“°"‘ °‘ ' hiznss its own.'l'here

"’ mlngstaze.

frcmtbe Dee _e,st'andwellln land

."'§_

north of the Wall. is the location of the rumed all-‘Walter»Boott in . no towers are seen id’ hfll. but those

y 41 And. saves fcsse that tracks the wl green, t remains to tell of what bean."

ports”. Atlantic Biological station)

Lobster eggs, after having been curled outsiue the body of the fe- male for almost eleven months, usually hatch in July. The young, PECEHLIY hatched lobsters are abo one-third of an inch long. "hey have relatively Very large eyes and lack the lame claws of the adults. “I559 young stages or larvae are free swimming and do not live at adults. The free swimming life ilme the larval lmter ds 11,5 shell four times. The last or fourth swlmmlns stage is about two thirds oi an inch long and is in all gfineml Physical characteristics a m iature of the larger lobsters taken by the commercial um .

Dlfllnll the daylight hours, E1-his flee Swlmming larval lobsters rise to the surface of the water. By the of specially constructed fine mesh nets, it has been found that most of them are is the u per few

however. the larvae are found dis’-' tributed to greater depths and not concentrated at the surface. In dfivllsht. the first and second stage lobster larvae are salmon red or 0111180 in colour, but when captur- ed in darkness they are pale green.

more .Dls'mented and the fourth 319388 has the dark olive green col- ouration cf the adults. In the Straits of Nort.humber- land. where most of the observa- tions on larval lobsters have been mflde. the horizontal distribution of larvae is discontlnruorus or

one direction for several days, the larvae are found close to the lee

rectlon blows the larvae off shore more or less in a body. Thus on some occasions patches 04 lam. are encountered well oat shofe_ The first and last larval stages are often found in quite distinct globes. This is probably owing .....“‘°...°§l.‘.§i.i’”‘l.’:..°..."‘ W n around under th§)ui;_idluence of thg l

lobsters may bemc“arr‘l§F.l'°l...{.l.f.'} miles from the locality in which they were hatched. At the end of larval life the young lobster goes to th , mm

at the place wheereselt hmrfipembg be at the close of the fourth swim.

The habits of on fit bottom steses of lolxsters age arll'nosi'. com- letely unknown. The belief that

wmmny stéilrlueunloy thelerends and llwbsters frequent certain bays for . VG '

breeding and hatching has resulted lnrsely from the mis1ndentlflca- tion of shrimps found in these clues. as lobsters of small size.

he so far as is known, lobsters do not

congregate in l llzed Peas r breeding. spawnlgcga or hatching the eggs.

of the b it to truth ofotxline 8‘t..0pf9yxl Unbel‘.:flvlr.‘igt 33:3

5981: entists tell us that the striations are J due to glacial action.

Deserted as the region is mm, ‘"1161’: is 8-mple evidence that it was densely populated in Oeltlc times. El/911’ ‘hill-101) ls crowned with , earthwonks. imially clrcularr in

_lI>lI-n; ywithrln the ram arts or the camp‘ Just east of .w'l.ngshlelds,

01'! 01’ are in f d tl ' f ficuntless" could say circula; .r3.‘éi‘ii.‘?g.‘,’“§iifi vnihllilg. {I353

miles to the north is a h. mud-

Ins stone or menhlr. whlgfis like-

wise figured in an Arthurian legend.

NOTES ON ISLAND PLANTS The Oruclferae (2)

been brought in a plant from the

3*“ W4”. “°"v ‘,‘°""""- hwy-fields. which 1 added to our list

as the small-fr-uited False

Fla , Camelina rnlcrocarpo. It ‘

v ‘ » comes as ,‘;"j':“§;‘w“°g §§m~,°1v‘,° t§,’;°“‘c§;‘,‘,f,‘;‘ an impurity in the alsiloe and timo- v- and would there comiri tilll some bold -wight blow a bugle-from that lay table in the hall. and then with the

am of the stone" out a garter lying beside it. About a hundred and twenty yfllxtdss ago. .t.l1£unfarrner not sewlngehe was s g on e mm‘ 0, the “sue. kmmng as he flax. contain mucilage and all. his sheep. suddenly his ma net I“ M£'g'°d°:v1:“‘“'$a°ém::“i": era-shore of Canada and the United ‘to be a subterranean pas- dent, that he had found King Arthur's hell. he cleared sway d f law in- to I gloomy vaulted passage. ten- by toads, b1l5.,9.l'ld other ill- ned uzilfnals. At length his sink- revlv:e'l by a dim. oi-em ill h as llgrédivmwl “'-‘ N“ “"'3'th l.htftheMtd ‘ma’ V3” “*1 1”}! E“ m°m:J"t'° IE seal‘ podaischompassdulifagsveghllicfief me. n bl‘! edmlgug M f M, reede.-i cells. like strung beans: these . °“'—flan“'e"' mvegfln; uh: 5" _ separate in thuweslilng and contam- ch rid ' queen and court repos- "°‘md‘“ 0“ t"“'°“‘” md °°‘ul'1y some to harvest; the bulky riutme ° revenis the elevation '

thy seed. but does not long give

Emma -{mt serious trouble under our system of on a

rotation. Still it is sound poll in hand-pull it whenever it is no ced. A near relative, the Gold of Pleas- ure (C. satlva). has b_;en cultivated in Go.ln1a'.1y and Fra:ic_e for the sak-2 of its seeds. wlucli like those of

The Sea-Rocket. a purple-flower ed cruoifer, is found growing on the

States. Its scientific name is Cakile cdentula, but it is prmably identic- al with the C. marltlma of Britain. Its properties have a;:ai-ently not been explored.

The-ugh se€.mlng‘y not as trouble- some as the Wild Mustard. the weed known as Jointed Ohzirlozk cv Wild Radish (Rnphanus Raphanistrum) needs watching. In flower is larger

lnate the grain. "Grain crops 1- luted with this weed are tr ‘.e-

of the plants of the grain ‘:1 the binder and greatly increases the binder twine required." 'I'hrere is a cod account of this pest in “F'a.rrn eeds of Orni- ada". published by the Dominion Dept. of A ioulture. other names for this re. -ieh any "wild 'I‘ur'nip". and in Nova Scotla "Wild Music "

w) "oadluck" and a

The tnle Wild Mustard is Eru- sica Irvensis, the oommcnul: and most injurious of the group. TMS ls the"‘O':urlook" of Britain: other names are I-I-entlck, dad-luck, Field Rule. and Ontario Mustard. The reader will notice how misleading in the popular names. several be- ing common to is said the preced- ing plant: it is not pedanti-y that calls for the Latin name! This would f.hey~te‘l me. is d-eplorpbly plentiful in the Rustioo district.

TRPFITA STAGES UIMEIIE , OOMEBACII

the fashion for crisp and “In nine fabrics Rflllfifl in ii: reviving interest in the taffeta ill“. . .. -=*..*.::~..e:.*.

1: ese, p on res gt

to a material which Is not aims for rune Par-

The Lobster

(G. F‘. M. Smith in "Progress R.e- .

ansperent. he

On several occasions there has in

NATURAL . IIJOUBCIS MARBIIFIILD.

- CONSERVATION »

A WIIKL! OF PRACTICAL OPINIONS OF THE VITAL ISSUES AIIICTING THE USES AND ABUSIB 0]’

BY MR. LUDLOW JENKINS.

Building Eanefiintellfgent, lym- lpatlhetic view of wildlife.

‘By Charles H. Gable in Native

the bottom of the sea. as do the Ma

Thirty-five dhildren ‘come pour- into the room‘

ing . j‘Mr. Gable. may I have one of the lizards?" "Please Mr. Cnvale. latlme have Blue-Boy " “'rh_en rm souls to have ' the» ccachwlhipl" “Mr. G-s.ble.magwolettheturtlesi-ace today?" “ be an the baby has- lsumi" "Mr. Gable, see my devil- ‘harse here. Dad told me to kill it ,because it would spit in my eye ;uhi%'bllnd me; but I laughed

Abuaoeo-soundsintbeholl.and Piu-

‘theerelsascurryingtochaiirs. What nbeoomes of all the ainixrleis end’ ilhnings? Why, the children still keep them, of course. Why not ? Old Blue-Boy, s. seven-f indigo

.1 ' ’3..“’°‘f."'°$.no pftwnm 0 our ys w o y as lazily crow-is down the line across their laps. Mary has the ooachwhirp wrapped around her neck under her our-ls—Ih-er neck is nice and warm, and he likes it. The baby ’possum is perched on Billy's head clinging with all four feet and a mouthful of hair. -

Whatintheworldistl-iis? you wonder. A class in school? A show? or a nightmare?

Wlhetever it is, there is nothing like it in the Btale of Terms. and probably not in the United storm. 'I‘rue,it1shek1ins.ciassroomofa piiJ1icschool.mdi-tis lietedintbe

ul " '»"—UlIt. that

c um as Scion is like naming the baby "Jack". and than havirigx it turn out a. girl

organized knowledge. and what ten-yleeir-old or girl is interested org ng any

knowledge? ~ some have tried to call it "Na

we study", but if anyone ever

"studied" in the class. 1. failed to

The scene dacribed above has been re'peated,.wlth infinite varia- Lions more than seven hundred timesinthelsstfoiiryedrsinhhe Elementary ‘School of Alamo Heights. a suburb of Ban Antonio. Texas. night classes. with. a total of about three hundred children, be- tween the ages of eight and twelve years. pass through this room each day. of the school year. More than five thousand, six hundred discus- sions of NI.t:lar:uu1‘*V0 been condu . almost e conceivarbfe subject’ and some of emhot conceivable’. It is an openvforum; the lid is off; child may ask any question 5 Nature at any time: _Wlhe:t are .ticks?<Is it true that deer have ears jin their feet? What makes it thund- er? How do snakes have their bab- is? How long do spiders live? Where ddes mercury come from? How do skunks make their smell? should we kill owls? is their any difference between a wild turkey and aumeone? l-fowfarisltto the stars? Do baby scorpions eat their rnother? How can you tell a momma liuamd from a pa lizard? What are"‘rooster 93:" And so ad infinitum. '

uns.In

are ture show bi pmogrm. We may use lantern slides. or, more likely. the reflecting lantern known as a this we can ow otczratl . NW from or books without injuring em, or specimens. if they are not alive. Pictures are shown in -whatever colors they are printed and specimens in their natural colors. . Usually we have movies once a week. Fllnis are obtained Item our own State University and generous. lgood-natured irlflnds in various . emifiic instituticuis th-rouzhul-It nth. country. There is a "method tn lcur marlinsss" in spite of the fact that the informaltties give our dear lmethodlcal cc-teachers a bad case “jitbers"; and it is quite oerta.in |ii:.a.t pdvetely they hold there_ is more "madness" than "method' in ‘our processes. But they are learning the truilh. I vlrhon we started four. years ago. we envisaged this objective: "Build time the lives of our young P801313 a sane, intelligent, sympathetic ad- ljuaiment toward the uvins world about them". -

We did not know at first how to materialize this objective.-“out we devotfrdi ommenglm tirghe ‘and dill ggr knows «go a pay 0 - lmols. both human amdogther-wise. to the underiaki .t

We made I ll headway and many mistakes ‘in our first efforts. nggl progress, however, dated from the moment we ful.‘y comprehended the thing we were trying to establish was an-emotional ttltude and not

. tor ’Je held back.

Ioonssnvsnolv imp ‘run no! contact wll-h as many as pomlble.

amusing habits, stories and personal ex arlenoes. self-expression, inform- ali y, sympathetic attitude of tea.ch- or, etirnulatirig discussions in which

seem, in fact, nny-thing, everything that would contribute pleasure to S it 3934 58. BC on mic plmgnglm. t tisf ti to us till/it this program is really effective. "°“:°"“.‘i’.‘.."“"°..u...."“ 3”‘ ‘°i‘.’.“‘.l‘”“.§‘.“ us or y ange e - titude of their botygtolvard wild-life. They leugfiinfly ll us they have have Nature d ussions in the home for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This continuous enthusiasm of the boys has in a wonderful way stim- ulated the interest of the parents. erits respond to their children as they respond to no outsider. A dis- cussion of conservation read in a magazine is interest-lnrg, but imper- sonal. The child's yea DO protect the lives of his little friends becomes a vital, personal matter about which

ions of conservation. were it not for

their efforts. we wou‘d have little

wildlife now left for which to fight.

But their flglht has not been a com- vi it has

p — been as. post- ponement of defeat, and that defeat seems almost certain unless some ’addllt/lanai, praotlml, definite. 00“- structive pvrogram is carried out. You can not make penoie moral by law; you can not make people friendly by low; you can not make conservationists by law—yovu can only make people stop doing certain things by law.

Conservation. in date, has been concerned almost exclusively with the legal protection of wlldlli'e—the mechanics of conservation. What has been done to curltlva/te love for wild] soul of conservation? Oan victory be expected flnom a purely mechanical pmceu without

UI'I‘AWA. JULY 30 SUMMARY

The current trading session un- covered. a series of price declznes on practically all classes of live stock ‘veal calves. A combination of fairly liberal offerings and bear- reports emanating from the South adversely affected shippl-UK classes and caused prices on out- ch-er cows and bulls to sag from 35 cents to 50 cents wilrlle steers and heifers shared in the decline to I lesser extent. Calves were unchang- ed except at ll4_ou'itree.l where veal moved up 50 cents and other grades about 25 cents. A light ruin of hogs allowed of a gain of 10 cents to 15 cents at Toronto while prices at most Ontario plants closed 25 cents up for direct diellveiries. West- ern prices. however, followed an opposite treind and declined 15 cents to 20 cents. Montreal again led the way in lamb prices. these moving up 50 cents under a good demand while at the same time other mar- kets mam all the y between steady prices and disc es of as m/u-ch as 31.

Eastern Cattle Prices

All grades of cattle except fed calves shared in the decline at Tor- anfo. steers and heifers were down 15 cents and cows and bulls 25 cents. The practical top of the weighty steer division was $7 while butcher steers and heifers sold between $5 and $8.50 with a few tops at $6.80 Montreal had an active trade throughout and was the only market to look better than last week, cattle sellir-ug.stes.dy to 25 cents higher. A couple of loads of 1300 pound steers to-pped at $7.50 with good steers generally makinr; $6.75 to $7 and good butcher cows from $5 to $5.25 and $5.50.

Western Cattle Prices Easier

Most transactions at Wlnnlneg this week favr-uned the buving end of the trade. Heavier receipts. warm weather and an easier trend in American markets combined to lower prices with cows and bulls the target for the most severe overhaul- lngé A few well finished steers sult- nb for the local trade sold at 86. 50 to 87 and some rough welizlhty steers met, a fair coll between $6.50 and $8. Buyers got the pick of the good cows at a practical top of 94. Btochers andfeeders shared in the easier tendency. pe.rtlcl.rlsrl3' the plairier kinds. Good feeder steers were taken to fill outside orders at around 85. and suitable light awk- ers at $4150. The season is not suffi- §l::)t-ly‘fl('lVlII‘I.00d to produce any