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KERGUELEN ISLAND (3) w; left Joe Culver on his berg- m. 11kg crusoe. his right there was ‘on, to dispute-drifting towards ‘m, he suspected to be an island on we horizon. For a. couple of Mu“ he stood watching; at the m4 o! that time he was sure that it was a big island lylul rlaht "m his course. but lllll I- 0011814- gable way off. He must have been | very intelligent young fellow, for iii knew that icebergs were “two or iiim times as deep below the sur- M, ,5 they were aboveit,” and pre- pared his plans accordingly. As the w; was between 200 and soo feet my,’ with thrice that depth under "w, he believed that it would M gground some time during the night, and while it was a 100d WHY iii the island. Before it got too any, its relates, “I went over to iii, other aide of the berg (away mm the island), 10i- I had sense enough to know that wnen shc uncied, all the pinnacles would Io toppling dOWfl tGWI-Id; $110 il- hngy H; was desperately liunsl‘! but saved his half-biscuit for next d”, to give him strength to swim. iii the night he dozed off for a. b‘t but was awakened by a iilup SIB-l- iiig noise followed by a sound llM thunder, as part of the berg crash- cil forward into the sea. He iclt the m; swing over, lifting him high iii the air; then it tilted back. but jiept the tilting motion up all night. pfl-hgpg inc rocking helped to put hlin to sleep; for he avers that he- dosed oii and slept till ell-Yb"!!-

Daylight showed him that the w; had grounded at the entrance p, a big bay, and that the shore- mostly sheer cliffs-was fully half a inile away. a longish swim in cold “m, ii, thought. I-Is now ate his mt half biscuit and made his way down as near as he could get to the sea. ‘Then he took off his clothes. folded them. put them 1K1 m mlddlg or his ollskin, and wrap- ped it round them, tying one of his stockings round all. to keep every- taiiig together. (r may be permitted p, iiigmg here in explaining the word ollskin. Even when I was a schoolboy there were no rubberired rirricoats; such articles ssll0rs WW9 against the weather. were firmed oi cloih treated with boiled linseed oll (paint oil) which, on contact with oxygen, forms a film 0r "sklh that resists water. The modern ap- plication of this process producw “Lincleum"—whlch is another way 0i saying "linseed oil". Notice too. that one stocking acted us a strap! nobody wore socks then, and the long, heavy woollen stockings that all men wore, were re-footed sever- a1 times ere their earthly careers ended.)

Throwing the bimflb 1N0 ll" water he jumped in after it. “The water was too cold to be idle in" s0 lie never stopped swimming tlll 11¢ got ashore, at a point where the cl‘iis were broken by a little ravine. As he was swimming he thOuBht he heard a noise of barging, and W" enough there were lots of seals 1!- ing about on the rocks. Here was plenty of meat but no weapon bl.’ which to take it. He quickly open- ed up the ollskin. found the con- tents perfectly dry, and at once dressed himself"

who can estimate the influeuw of Memory in the evolution and preservation of mankind} _Most enimah make e. fresh start. as i?» "N. every day; and those with luy kind oi memory exercise it on few and simple things. But man is able to recall the experiences of his fellows as a basis for his guidance. and (as in the present case) to instinctively grasp the policy of nla Prehistoric ancestors. Culver had

1 leen a. young seal lying not ten

feet away; and he remembered‘ his former shlpmatea saying that "the way to kill a seal is t0 hit him on the nose". Belzing a pointed stone he crawled cautiously towarih the llelst and smote it between the tyes", and there it lay dead."

Raw soul's flesh does not seem iupvrzlng food to you or ma. leader; but our hero was too hun- F? l0 think of cooking it, and re- "Bl! l-llut he made as big a meal Is ever he made in his life. Up in lllen he did not think he had any chances of surviving all..the perils that crowded upon him-ship- wreck. exposure and hunger: now h» lock heart again, and knelt down and thanked God for bring- lllt him safely ashore. Then he llluibed the ravine, to the top of lhe cliffs. It was hand work. but at lhe summit he found that lPe berg

‘d llwlilly grounded at the only Ml where he could have got up on

ll side of the island, for in moat "use: the cliffs rose nearly straight “P- four to five hundred feet above its level,

Now he could see something of _ island he had reached: it was

" 1""! country, rocky and desol- "c. with thin tufts of grass grow-

l lu lire crevices of the rocks.

sround sloped in great terr- tf". to where snow-capped moun- lur bounded the view; the rock lies hard and black. and evidently iulcsnic. Wherever a little earth =4 slithered tiis vegetation was

"fife abundant and he noticed e glint ' for all the world luis a och- h.“ Wlllch he resolved to try with ‘hlnnlclfl-meat. when he got the

“Our liero. belng an intelligent pull! fellow as I have said. always ‘III-Id matches: and what is more h"?! carried them as they should I carried. ‘n a metal box. His wu ,,,'°"""=Ip brass box. end ta.- Qecffndvstv; quit.» dry despite o er _ “m. m hepl The fete!

5°" b9 mllllicd to et roun difficulty be relates further elm“

The essential thing at this jung- tion wls to find a place to shelter lu- Nflt day he began a systematic "Kpioratlon of his domain. He walk- ed for four tn five hours disturbing Mela or peuculm. which merely hissed and made an angry poise gt the intruder. He kept sway from ll" "Ill; it was poor policy, he thought, to frighten them. For two "YB ha wusht to find a cave, without Ill-COGII. Finally he gglggtgd l- IPOI on the lower terrace in the face of the rock. The lower stratum W" lfllliul’ than ihe upper, which was black and hard like glass; and the action of the elements had fretted away the softer put-t to a depth of nearly six feet. 'I‘hi.s re- cess was only four feet high, and rather irregular in length, so its chose a spot where the opening was eight feet long and proceeded to °l°86 ll 1h. Just leaving a hole to crawl in and out by,

In doing this he showed consider- able ingenuity and foresight. First, he collected some big stones and bulit a wall before the recess; then he filled up the crevices of the wail with tufts of grass. Next he carr- ied up smaller stones and piled‘ them against the wall, and as he piled he threw among them land from the beach, until he had con- structcd a solid bank, four feet thick, all along the front of his shelter, The floor was now levelled, covered with sand, and spread thickly with dried grass. Bo passed his first week on his island, and here we shall leave him for a little space.

ODDSANDENDS Priceofligp

Two intemating letters on "The Egg Situation" have lately appear- ed in the Open Forum; the one from the Department of Agricul- ture, and the other signed simply "Mary." Mary complains of eggs selling at 14 cents a dozen; now I keep a smell flock of hens a! l necessary evil, and believe it or not. when they began to lay early this spring. the eggs brought ten (l0) cents per dozen! The British de- mand for eggs raised the price to 1'! cents, just when I thought they must have come down to zero or lowerl On July 3rd, (later still) there was a slight improvement: I had rent in a small batch which graded e2 per cent A, at 26 cents; 5o per cent B. at 18 cents; 4 per cent 0. at l! cents: and 4 p81’ will c (anoWier c?) at 24 cenis- Buli adding the money and div‘dlug by the number of esas. the result ls 20 cents per dozen-which, after all, is nothing to write home about. as the saying goes. There were no cracked nor rotten e88! ln “l9 batch-so the slip says.

Now it is very questionable whether 20 cents per dozen will pay for the feed and the labor and care required to raise the mick to the laying stage. and at the same time gllow uny profit for the farm- er. Gradlng is necessary l0 puli B good article on the market and in keep the producer on his toes; bur- ths weakness of the present sys- tem is that the grading is done by. pi- fl-imugh, the dealer, a state of affairs which leaves the deal open to suspioio . This was tenor o! boili letters.

Denmark’. rehabilitation. After the war of‘ i864 when Germany wok the provinces of Scheeswis- Holstein from Denmark. my Din" were left with the fog-end of their peninsula-between sixteen and seventeen thousand square miles or the worst land in Europe. if we except the Russian Marsu- lands, On this half-barren strip there llved (in 1876) 111902.000 Def" mm my, mQiEnoyOIOpIICI-‘lla Bri- tennics; which is rousllll’ 119 peoplq m ilze square mile. Tneir situation might look tragic and hopeless. but the Danes rose w the Qgcggldfl, They had two valuable assets: first, a stability 0! ulllllll“ tgr which carried them along till their object was attained, not over- flowing with enthusiasm in tryins iipw pigiig Qnly to flop before they could mature. The cond national ‘use: was good le rship. more particularly towards w-llpfiflll"! farming. Luckily. too. lhe BPlllBll

ially dairy produce was explhlllus rapidly, and the Danes suppll“ ‘l so well that they became the most prosperous people of Europa 5° well did they organize that (uainz our money as a standard of com- parison) out of ever! doll" lllll the Britons sent to Denmark, at least rb cenie found its way to the Dmlgii farmer‘; pocket. BY 1921. (the lest figures at hand the popu- latlon had risen in 3.289.195 Null? or about 190 per square mile. he- fore the German invasion last Yell‘ the percentage of automobiles to population was greater than that of any other Europfllu lllllmli purely e. highlight on Denmarks prceperi

Area of l‘. l- l-

The Canadian Natural Resources rutsiueenoe Service, in a bulletin published in mo. rm tlllt ll" area of P. I. Island is 2J8! square miles. Our worst land is better ill!“ whet the Danes had to bell" Wllllll which seems to favor the view that it could support a mush INT" population than at pfflflll "lll-l» It! em le about one-elllll-ll lhil °l gum-mph b“; n. mutilation is only n-- m" flip 90,000, The same bulletin IIYI 785% our p0°ill6 ll"

was no fiseiliiu usoseuntry while 31s per cent

market for agricultural and espec- -

THE CHARLOTT

ETOWN __G_UARDIAN h

are town dwellers; which ia not so gel; iiifferent from my estimate of

"Not attelned by sudden flight." I speak from experience when I say ‘last farm rehabilitation can Only be effected after years o! hard work. The little farm taken over by 1°11!‘ scribe many years ago. was not at all in good shape. The first 76a! the hay was almost a none- tlty. yet it was necessary to keep two horses for working the fields so only one cow could be kept. That limited the manure produced, and without manure there could be little improvement. Here you see ll a kind of vicious circle: no manure, no crop; no crop, no manure. Some- times the ltay would run short, and more would have to be purchased; and the soil had to be fed with fertilizer-another expense. When there was anything to sell the prices received were generally dia- couraging. I have known years when potatoes sold for 6 cents. and other years. "when you couldn't give them away." I have known years when little pigs came back from market for nobody was buying; and the big pigs sold for 6 cents r. pound and old sows 2 to 4 cents “Plain living" marked those days, but I am not sure that “high think- ing" followed. The most irksome thing that I found was the inability to make sufficient money to inalie repairs on the buildings, etc. Now this place gives fair crops. and wliii the greater demand and oefller prices for produce there is a little more satisfaction in farming-but there is still room for improvement in marketing conditions. But all the same it has been an interesting experiment,

Control Of Weeds Onl Lawn

(Experimental Fgnns News)

There are times when most lzome owners wish that some easy way could be found of killing weeds in lawns. The almost miraculous re- suits which have been obtained in the control of certain weeds in grain crops has possibly led many people to expect equally good re- sults in the eradication of weeds in lawns, says George Knowles, Di- vision of Field Husbandry. Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa.

In a lawn, however, there is us- ually a mixture of weeds, some of which are annuals. some perennials. It is difficult therefore t0 llfld 0H8 herbicide which is equally effective against all weed species. Neverthe- 1e55, progress has been made to- ward llte objective of eradicating weeds from lawns without killing the grass.

The results of experiments con- ducted at the Central Expfillmfiulifll Farm, Ottawa, show that l-lle growth of many species of weeds can be definitely checked by apply- ing calcium cyanamid dust at the rate of approximately 5 or ii pounds per 1,000 square feet of lawn. It ls essential that this dust be applied uniformly, otherwise permanent in- jury to the grass is likely to occur where the dust is applied at an ex- cessive rate. For this reason it is advisable to use some type of dus- ter which blows this chemical on the foliage. It may ill-SO be llDDl-ed by shaking the dust through a cheesecloth. One may also punch a number of fine holes in the lld Ol a convenient sized can and shake it on. It is well, however. to experi- ment with the application of this herbicide on a small area and ob- serve the results before, risking this treatment on the ent‘rs lawn. Cy- anamid should be applied when m? foliage is wet wiiii dew or by sprinkling.

This herbicide is quite caustic and may cause injury to the skin in ap- plying, but the burning can be Pre- vented by coverlng the hands with a thin film of oil before llandllns the dust.

Cyanamld is a fertilizer as well as a herbicide. It checks growth by burning the tvps. b1" 11ml‘ ll Sllm‘ ulates the growth of grass and en- ables it to compete more effective- ly with weeds. _ It is well, therefore, to repeat this treatment a number of t‘mes. Ear- 1y spring and rarly fall are sult- able times for the appllcflllmb El‘ thouiii good results may be obtain- ed ii applied any time during the growing scflsml- Dandelions and plalntain are m0" effectively contrplled by gpraylng with longtime burnlng oil st the rate of 5 zulluru P" l°°° gquare feet of lawn. Best results are secured from thls lfelllmem when the oil is applied in C001 weather.

All herbicidal treatments to con- trol weed, in igwns scorch the grass to some extent. This scorch- ed appearance remains usually fol‘ about ten days. After that period the grass assumes its normal col- pui- except where excessive amoulnts of the herbicide have been nppled-

WATCH arrears MATCli-I-‘ROCKS

, Chinese lellfll" dlvymgfirtfsheiassmfiimmer dresses are the new wrist watch straps. They come in a variety of colors grid can be worn with solid color as well as print drefscs-

Am,- yguf igsiidiiriiiuns have lin- ished blooming stalks may bemuul back which will encourage rm u; bloom again later in the grow-t ing season. Ii you do this you mus be sure that there is plenty of plflnl fzod in the soil io encourage such growth. If you dont want y ul‘ del- phlniums ln bloom again by full- dlg them up. divide i-hem and trans- plant to new locations.

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TIMELY NOTES ON

CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming '

TOPICS

July 24th. states: “In the millinery fashion show this week when simple little black dresses were worn to

show off the hats. furs starred as an accessory lh muffs. The fur of the muff matched the fur of the

hat. Huge airs was the feature of the fur muffs in furs of silver fox as well as black fox. Furs of course are considered of major importance in fall milllnery. In the show mink is by far and above the most wide- ly featured fur in high priced hats Silver fox rates second to mink." Thus a new field of wtivitv is op- ened up for silver fox furs.

We beg to acknowledge receipt of an address given by Dr. C. K. Gunn at the recent Summerside Field Day. It is so important that we are publishing it in full in two parts part 1 which appears today an part 2 next Saturday. We would ad- vise our fox farmer friends to read it very carefully. clip for future reference from time to time. Dr. Gunn has had a very splendid scientific education and has spent years in research work. therefore

any observations by him must be grfigxted with the greatest consider-

SIZE IN FOX PELTS Bv size in fox pclts is meant the length and zlrth of the pelt. that is we measure the length from the snout to the root of the tail and the body girth bv measuring the animal arouncl the chest regions. The size of fox pelts is determined chiefly by three factors,-—heredity. environment and handling. By tile last we mean the manner in which the belt is s at the time of peltinlz. Upon look- ing at the subject of heredity it is quite evident that we cannot expect to obtain large size progeny from

to be able to produce a Clydesdalci horse from the shet pony breed. In short. heredity is the most important and fundamental factor determining the size of foxes.

It might be asked just what is inherited From our knowledge of genetics and embryology it would seem that rate of growth and dur- ation of the Irrowth riocl are the two factors that ult ately deter-

is directly controlled by the en- docrine glands. such as pituitary, hvroid and testis. These produce in- ernal secretions which control the auildintz up of the various tissues in animals. The pituitary gland con- trols chiefly the growth of bones or the skeleton, while the thyroid island determines the differentiation oi tissues. If happens to become diseased it may produce more of its secretion than he normal animal requires. with he result that giant forms occur.

diseased conditions. As an example

you probably remember the experi- ments carried out at school in which tadpoles were made to as- sume the adult frog form or un- dcrgo a. premature metamorphosis by treatment with iodine or thyrox- in. Again we are all familiar with the effect upon growth of the in- ternal secretion of the testis. castrated animals size is usually af- fected. with the result that such animals may be larger in size than the normal male adults. The lin- portant thing to remember about growth, however. is that takes place only throughout a definite period of the life of the animal That is. there is a time limit and beyond that time the animal does not grow, Therefore. it is very rs- sentlal with pup foxes to feed them all they will eat of a well balanced‘ ration during the eriod of growth because izrowth is mired by ossiii- cation of the bones. That is, many bones are made up of three parts. the eplpithyses or knob-like ends of the bone. the shaft or diaphvsls and the cartilaginous plate between the former two members. This last the growing point of the bone. The cartilaaixioiw plate becomes bone at a definite 8-26 in the ani- mals’ life and once this process of ossification takes place lzrowih ceas- es in that bone. This is an import- ant factor in determining the ull-l- miite size of a fox

w is size inherited? Sim is in- herited by a non-Mendelian blend- ing type of inheritance. If we mate

a-e i!

mine the size of an animal. Growth hydro,

the pituitary gland chief

of the action of the thyroid gland, tigi

. Women's Wear Daily. New York. mam"! “leased Bl" l5 Obtained

i by What is known as "hybrid vigor".

This is a physiological COIlCllLlOll I wmch gives rise to a lamcr and a more vlrile strain of asaunals than either of the two Original paw-m, stocks. It is a well known system in cattle breeoins however. such hybrid (monster) animals do not make good breeding stock because lney give rise to progeny which nave me original parent character-- isrlcs with respect to size and vigor.

isnvlronmental factors plav a. part in determining the size or fox pens. il-ime may be sub-divided under