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STORING EGfib AT HOME

The present lolv price o1 t-gg> is llot necessarily aauruncc lhu. Llu- [m-plus o1 this conunodlty w-ll keel?

. I - prices "cheap" throughout. the ruu\

and winter nlomhs. AS a mal.el~uf fact, there a-c SCYtTQil luctors which combine w suggest as‘ mvlv than a PQSSAb-llty a rise ill e88 prices during the winter" moizlhr- sales of chicks lllllu been allay bv‘ bw expcuslzor.» caily tllls W111?" mm-g chick-S ilule bull W111 115E broilers and as czhtkcn than u. gal; and them nus men u llmn" liquidation on the lllulllci cl (new, red foul. .

‘The thinly llvllat\\lltt Will P111‘; babiy lliui l1 1A.‘. as tiCUilollliLRl to;

put down a CIIUL‘ oi "llvsll 9X“ has" in lltilr: “rlttl ul u-ilci‘ glass for \\llll£"l' u»: Llllé SW1 ~14’ 111 any Otilcl" year.

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NEWSY NOTES:

I! AGIIOOIA

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‘rabbits have pink eyes. and it l’ nobable that all ablnos have.

The opposite condition, melanlsnl

loccurs when the darllll’ Dlluwlli

cultivation. Plmvinfl piacllcvs vluyl ~ - greatly in different parts of the] Th‘ mckeul weed

ccuntrv- In order l0 Bet will‘ _°°""l The range of the Plokerel weed. infill"? llllolmauml ‘"1 111° mm" iPoniedesia cordate. L., is from Nova cut Plfwnwm cxperlmmts -‘h1“'“lScotia to Ontario, Minnesota and been carriczl out at the Exnerzlnerr ‘pl-exam but in a sonny Instant,’ to tel Station at Lennoxvllle, Que, for ‘which my attention w“ “mu hub u Illlllllllu‘ 01 Ymlrs- °11_ (“M19111 Ely, it has been introduced and be- (llllills Hllfl 1111"“ “l l11°“'111l~'- 5111"“ ‘come naturalized here. This Plant

| . w, s, Ril*l\.1l1‘d"()ll, Dnmlnzcn EX‘ is quite an acquisition to our list

per meutzll Station, LUZ ::' vvillc,

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of hardy aquatics, since it produces numerous spikes of violet-blue ___ ‘ flowers (of a singular structure)

‘"111’ which, blossoming at the same time (in ll“ average, over n period ofias 111059 °1 W1‘ wh1l4'w"9l"l1lY mchcs lillld Water Arrowhead, help to lend

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early rising of the full moon that time of the year to the good. nsss of God. not doubting that He had ordered ti; so on purpose to give them an immediate supply of

greater conveniency in reaping the fruits of the earth." .

Beetles on Alder. Nobody cares. I suppose, what happens to the al- ders. but all the same they have their troubles. They are subject to more than a dozen of fungoid dis- eases and parasites, but tlds year

farmers gratefully to ascribe thc n recollect only

moonlight after sunset" for their;

lably occurs as often as albinism but is not so noticeable. I can one instance that came under my observation in P. E. I., when I found a m=lanic variety of the common wasp (Vespa ‘lcommunls Seuss). The ‘ellow stripes ‘around it were very narrow, and the black bands very wide, so that 'it had a dull appearance when compared with Vcspa fluvial“. which ltlie late ll‘. W. L. Slndrn wnsiclcrcd [the normal type.

1 Machines and Unemployment

There is an old stol'y—l-.1tcly re-

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i be recollected that white or albino '

luellgare unduly developed. It prob-

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undo! lhrubbery. They brighten up mummy gum" “m”; T‘, ll

7 _ , ‘llwh 00'1"" in "ill shrine and, wonu) Gardening the foll of the bushes will hidef '

. hem after the flowering season is‘ Everyone knows that gm.

, ‘ "v"- l bard wheat sets H;

Bulbs m- Winter Bloom l Fall ts the time to put the garden “mil”: “l” "m" F" all ' Ln shape for winter sndn; is also the er w ea a" 11mg“

Proper season to plant tulips and 52:13:‘? 213m“: Zggmfrg: <t>llr 51in; lmong the nations of the work ztates the Market Intelligence ‘Se, vice of the Dominion Fruit Branch

Proof of the superior quality Q Canadian grown celery is found 1; every grocery or fruit and vege table storcqt, the present 11m, Fresh younglstalks, straight rm, the celery-growing areas o; m, Dominion are now reaching m, market in quantity and althougl the quality is exceptional, ma“, are very reasonable. .

In choosing her celery, the house.

A steady supply of fresh flowers‘ all through the winter is possible ' other flowering bulbs which will in any part of Canada. Moreover . furnish bloom lndools all winter as to do this does not entail any , well es outside frcmthe time the crest expense or mean much labor. I snow goes away until the annual All that is necessary is a supply 01' flowers commence. Right now, “of good sized Dutch bulblwhysclutllfi. nzcst of me herbaceous perennials narcissus, tulips, daffodils and sim- ' may be moved and new Ones added liar things-e. little fibre or pol-WW and in most places it is quite gm soll, some pots and a oool, dark to setwut all sorts of Ornflmentgl cellar. This kind of Sfllflelllll! l! vines, trees, shrubs and roses, probably the most satisfactory 0f Started in the fall, these will come | any because results are sure and along much more qu‘ck1y than the 1 quick and flowers arc l1T°<111°°4 it spring planted ones next year, a flmg when they are lllOSt 89-;

‘c-iuv your.» plowing 1°11? Ll(‘(‘]) for n rotuiloll of POIII. eleven and izmotlrv tans elven higher

I put on record that they were tn- vivedWo; a mm “.110 m-camd a fested by numerous dflrlbblue beet‘ monster which instead of working 195 5110111 3461115 °1 a" 111°“ 1mg- for him, b-rcalne his nlnstcv, nnd

‘a touch of color to e qulgf, p90], The leaves are heart-shaped, fleshy

preclated.

Almost invariably any tumble l"

. BULB PLANTING By far the most important guy- den work at this time will be, the

wife would do well to keep the fol. lowing facts in mind. Always 1°01,

\" m. tll'.'.ll has p1 .\_lll;! gt-vcn tn- 11ml blunt. and from four to eight

mist of lhc'L>vD1l»llll\lll "1 11$” m“; (mp, In ca‘. o; my.‘ inches long, and wide in pfqpoy- Prof. W. J. Brown, ofthe Entomo- Culruyc, lxconlnltutis llll‘ of M‘ mm‘ bu," l,,..,,..i,,,,1h. n". lion. The petioles are long, and in logical Branch, Ottawa, to whom a ' ,.,,,,,,.‘ .,~,,,. ,1, w ,.:~..“-;~.y; ;= uf K-Jncral mm the plant resembles 1 W15 sveclmells- 1mm“ m‘? "l"

freshly t pound w 5 Whom.- uzu-r bwwu u; _\.I;..i'c 0i 1 SOllli-lUll nnulv ul-l Q1 5 l" vr 5 potuuls to 1U B13101“ brakes - a so‘ An (‘fll'lllt‘ll\\ll'b‘ CPOCll or sxiuill barrel llzlviilg a uzltlacug: of 4 t.) Imperial gull Ill!‘- lll‘ _ receptacle f0: ‘ 1- -. . SlOFlllg c: eggs as it will " dozen. ’l‘llc c slluuld be Pllllll. 1n me ma; and then covered‘ Wm; t)“; p:c.=<-':\'lilg solution fulfil iwyed in a cellar or sinlflrlr cool mace vmm-Q thc- tumpcrhttlrc l5 [glrly constant {it around ill to 45‘ degrees F, Egys should not bC r0‘ moved from the solution or illlC>\\'-, Id to become c-‘iilwfil to thc air‘ until they are \\'ilil'.f‘(l for usr‘. l The homo prose.

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practical, expedient mid cconoml- slmuld be cal, and there is very little llkcll- piowod four inches deep, while for prices flu!“ grain, it should be plowed us sacrum lhl'i‘C-_\'(.‘f1l’ attack. cull l)" b5 the hay is off and top workcrimlions are. in anatural way, brought

hood that o rise in November to February‘ avoided. The eroded “will m“ l will be fountl most satisfuclbly 1'01 home storing and the thrifty‘ housewife will be well advised‘ not‘, g0 dglay putting clown a xvllncl‘ yupply of cooking Eilee-

TOMATO was ONCE ONLY AN‘ ulm-xallsxr i

Tomatoes are so widely used to’, lily and enjoy such univ l P9P“ . hrny‘ thm itw" pcpplu _. 7.0 lililll their use-for food is o1‘ coiulldliik‘ lively rcccn; orLgul, observes tnc,‘ market spccil of thc Dvllfllll" ment of A ..ll:tu-e, ilL Ulifl\\'ll.l Although t/Jn loos are in North "in records as car- ly us 178i ‘ no: ulltl \.l.‘ll on in the 19th Cc tlin: this, one of the most. nut .< of zlli iruiw came into pzpulrtr favour on llli.’ continent.

Yllf.‘ .—

Like thc tobacco plant. thc tom- ato 15 a 1191-31,- rf the western hemisphere. Po“: is tlioltflllt have been its r ' ll habitat. and the nnflljpl‘, of M! arc kilmvn iv

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have gl'O\\'ll tolrlntocs since \‘P:'.\’ early times, They culled illcln Xitomnics m" Zitotlztntcs; from which my pFvW-lli wax-cl, innlfllfl-

hm; probably been dr-uvcd. l

It was mt until hourly 100 years, after the discovery‘ of America that Europeans l)"t'tlllll' zlcqilzlilllvri with

the tomato air-d l-vrn the)? had knoxvn illt" plant ‘x-l- mull)‘ years it wu- l‘. l-rl nutiniv fir.‘ M'- nalnenial put-iv» ' llv- fowl

of mo. fruit bil {rile -u:

Eventually fflillilUfifi ucrr- culllv stud by thc Italian. for food pur-

poses and o. numlrv of plniiilrlnlls were developed 0n the shores of the Mcclitcrvzlncnn. Riv oven tllvll‘ many people were loath to out the.

fruit bccntlsc of the 1711111". rullt-. lonship to lllfiflffflflll‘ ni lmllvle. . Today, the tomato has lwcn

shown by scicncr- to be a qoczl source of mineral; and illtzsc n; ‘ Iterious health-giving food fflctolxxl

vitamins. I

Bpinning and Vlleaving .‘ ‘

Send me your wool to he spun I to yarn and wove into Blllllkff-h. - he charges are: Single yarn 23; dents, doubled 26 cents per pound. .' lankcts $2.00 and If unlaundcrcill £1.85. It takes five lbs. oi‘ wool per l

lsnket. Wool must be well wnsh- l ‘ ' 1

ed and all dirt and burrs picked . Wt. The size of single yarn Is med- llm and doubled yarn flnc, medium And coarse. Put shippers name on all parcels and owners nnmc, ad- s and instruction»: inside. Send y mall or freight. Freight will he bold on I00 lb. lots. Wm. LANDRIGAN, ' 65 Queen Street. Charlottetown

I llfvllci‘ ill-ills of outs. but lifts also ‘111 1119 lllfllliflll 0f the P001. which

' 1" bblllp 0:‘ rcplotvlnf:

they are "Flea beetles," Haltlca bl- marglnata Say. The members of the genus" Hnltica, on being dis- turbed, lump after the manner of fleas. hence the popular name.

comb Calla, at least until the blooms ‘,,,__,‘p_ édcvelop. Botnnisls will note that in thc lllTllilffllltlll nf rod land '11P 1l°“'l’l'5 FIFO trlmorphus. Th; that Plvkcrcl Weed blooms from June as the ‘ to October, and the earlier blooms flaring lllflduvc good seed to judge from gm... thc many young plants springing up

purl cular lKlVZllllllfl‘ to the

‘or grain. it has been found l7l')\\‘llll_' in July, as mo llzrv is off and top \\'i'll' tile shnunui‘ has not only

Bird Notes

‘ _ A gentleman who ‘is a keeluob- "m Hqqmnd If” h c how“, server of bird-life, has sent me

.». Ac cxpclxincn; n. s ‘ some notes which I gladly tmrh n} m i“'1d'v“1°“"1 ‘i111’: “mm rciifglsssgbfectis d scribe as being of interest to our in’ m “Z11” ' b m? if‘ m]! I ‘l llvskv litfl e t. - on m i The 'bi'd'l°v°“' H’: Wm“ “we have a“ n the ml‘ on hm“ H“ so“ , .' e a mp1 m‘ has done albino junco around here this sum- IM? m thermmc damage than I thought’ as mer He is us white as snow and full gives the frost a chllncc loft" cmmluullvu v1’ some near-by ,,,,,,','S veryisnange‘ being so 5mg“,

from couch is situuierl at Scuthport.

urticn of CF45 l5 for corn 0n sandy luzim, the lillld"S])l‘i1,\'S.

nlelfolv the sail and have it 1n a‘°l'(‘ll1ll'ds shows. There are large bsttrl- s‘. re of filth, trees to be seen with practically every leaf skcletonizcd by these ac_ tive little‘ “wol-ms." and worst of all, the buds at the base of these In thc prcilyailorl of sod land for‘; lcavcs nrc of poor development, corn, lnlmurlng on thc sod ‘and and will not amount 5Q much next r plow-lug has given lliglicr‘,\t-nr. As insect attacks are, as a _\'li‘l(l.S 121ml manuriilg and fall plow~ rule. cumulative we may expect, m- ills’- nihcr attack next year, and should It would, therefore, appear that be prepared to meet it by poison‘ The invasion of the birch dllfl slflllkllcPfi by rt similar caterpillar is ‘Still fresh in our minds: this was These visit-

Co"n (‘tops

nlrlilurvd

‘to an end in one or other of these

buys, (l) by the increase of pre- cluccous insects as a consequence of a plentiful food supply; <2) by .SOlll/.l fungous nr bacterial disease,

Atltunln givcs a scconcl Cpl)O'-t\l"[hc result of “over crbwdmg," and 1111i‘ l0 Plfllli trees, shrubs and‘ i3) ‘from failure of food supply due

SPRING ssnssr

|l‘~'llll- filofili-i. llwlllill Pally Slfilllélhtc thc insects own voraciousness.

tzmc is cortllinlv the szlfcst plani- [his 1am“- mt one“ occurring in ing period. according to W. R. L(‘5"C:1nn<ln. The culprit is said to‘ be

He associates with the other Jun- cos. I built a new well house this spring and a robin built her nest in it and raised a brood of three. They were out of the nest only two or three days, when shc laid two more eggs in the same nest and raised the second brood. They had gone only two days, when she laid three more eggs, and they were about ready to hatch when. one night somcthingtore down the nest and took the eggs. I was very sorry, because she was so quiet: we put a convent; floor in thc house when she was raising her young and she never minded our com- any. No race suicide with this lady!"

"I suppose you have no idea what has happened to the eel-grass? We haven't gotten a forkful‘ of "sca- weed“ this year. I believe it is thc same all over the Atlantic coast. There is considerable anxiety as to

lie, stipcrintcildcnt of the Mordclflfllm Apple Md Thom Skeletomz", how om, game birds‘ Such a5 bran;

. .Lntu Auuus-

to

the pHlllTfS. Discu in: fall pinni- ing in an cxpv-inlcntttl filrm note.’ Mr. Leslie says:

x the crutclusion

wlf top cl :..t»‘ pr. . ‘plants. A tOlKll-lill P" valls ill the . l‘ Saptwlnluu‘

. \'l"’Jl‘i‘llS (i g olvtll of

‘finc fibrous roots in raspberries ulitl lnmij: other nlclicrinls. Thc i .:~ll of g“ will cecurs in Marv

and June. l" avers nnd fruit ruu flu-u‘ cmuso in June nnd July tlllfl the wood l‘l{)"ll.§‘ up Ill Atlgusi, with

. lfzlnt. food: St‘{‘.l"llll)(‘i‘ w.'.h wurm soil nlois fined by m . pvrlnil a xr-coild pcrlwl of mo: l “ v. Transplant-

ing early in Snliflllllxw- lllltlid‘ ftl-‘

v able lllOlS'll"i“ curlclitions‘ has

. lfrf‘

iuillulllllvllllll flint-on at “Vllllllpvgllllll. the thorns up our way are un- and. Canada goose, are going to “'11°-‘1° "my" ‘1°11"111°-*' 111° d°"°1°‘1“11°l"*l°<l< livc during thc coming winter. as 1-0 Sulyluil ll<1‘-"~~l“~1l'~1ll"11 l>1"@111“1115 01 only: This little word gives even tllc roots of the col-grass is their

main food suply. I myself expect to see a great loss in the bird pop- ulatlon. The ems may lake w the stubble fields as they did this spring, but I don't know how thc brunt will fnrc. Some years the “seawced" is SCflTC/Jl’ than in others but I, at least, have nevcr sccn it such a complete failure.

“I must icll you that the little girl who got “Jack ltfincrfis" book in the "Feed thc Birds" contrast. has also gotten a nice lot ufllis lznticn in between two parts of the later writings and material fl-nn: verb instead of before the "four." him personally. She la a lulrlll‘ This word was always going wrong proud girl and thinks shc p0: ill: ‘hut I llnvc space for only one more 'bcst prize of all."

"Xillurllc: Book 6, Chap. IV: \‘I Now tlmts thc kind of lcttcl‘ I shnll only sec him in the presence like to got. It is not only instruc- If "only" had live in itself, but it sols one i0

Willi"? 0f Rood reputation a lot nf iroublc. As an adverb it may nlovcd around to almost any pzlft of thc sentence but it requires 1'11"“ l0 Hut it. into the best place. 'l"ll<~.<u vxzunnlcs of‘ careless placing are, in be found in "The Mill on ‘ill-c Floss" by George Eliot: "She hurl only been to school a year." "Onlv a your" would be a better "firm. End of Chapter 12. lino‘. I: "She should get only four rm" ccnfl" there again the word has

.01“ OlllPt‘ lmoplc,"

enslaved him. Machinery has grolvn to be such u “Frankenstein's mon- ster" as one may often sec, and the luicst instance of this comes from England. A farmer in Nor- folk cmployed forty farm laborers, and, as might have been expected, could not make his farm pay. Ho installed power machinery wher- ever he could, and now employs only four men. ‘There is not quite as much produced, but the farm is now making a profit. Enquiry shows that ten of the discharged men have found other work. two nre "on for themselves" following the humble (though ncccsary) occup- atlon of mole and rut-catchers, and twenty-two, unable to find work, are on the dole. Two are not ac- counted for. That islhc machin- ery problem in a nutshell, und it will tnke some solving. How would you do it?

Roman Britain - til

What a wonderful soil has Brit- ain! Scarccly can thc spade or plough be employed without up- turning some mclnorial of cicad- and-goile nations or tribes. inec I left the Old Country the science of Archaeology has attracted hun~ dreds of studr-“W, and the latest society is that of Pro-history which ante-dates our present subject and which I hope to refer to in a fut- ure paper.

Rcsuming our historical sketch. At that time (A. D. 69) the exten- sive tribe of thc Brigantcs (which occupied the northern part of the country from the Plumber and thc Mersey to thc present. laordcr of Scotland) was ruled by n quc" flflllwd;C£ll'tlSfl1~tlllflll.t. whose auth- ority was supported by thc Romans This imperious llulv had driven nway he: husband Vvlulsitls, and in contempt of him had married‘ his armor-bearer. A grwi nlanv of hcl" subjects. says Til‘ were shock- cd by this scalutlzzlnus proceeding. Ialthough we may vcilulrc to doubt whether these suvacc tribes crlrci very much about tllc moral aspect of the matter. However tllat nlny be, Vcnunius soon found himself at

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aitackcd thecuccn with so much < ' that she was l‘(‘,S."ll-f‘fl only with great difflvuilv by a bidy of

The revolt ll".‘l‘.ll‘." sq cmernl the‘ Venustus was nblc for the mom-

n, llflVllIlZ nt length stic-

sluwlus bulbs l1"1°°">' “'“°"‘ 1° ‘1 l planting of Dutch bulbs. Judicfous-

poor start. It is csscrlfiul that the 1y chosen and used’ these Wm Bu» pots be placed in a cool dark place v1 de plenty o bloom an ~ through 1111111 m” 711°“ devewl" Um?“ the‘ thrwlntel‘ (fiiloors and from thel temperature of this is down around “me o! theclast snow ‘mm June 50 degrees, and lower is still better, umde‘ For use in the house mu" ‘ ‘he 111111” Bend "111 ‘he “pp” “m” rfissus, Chinese Llllies early single‘ er beau"! “"11” W? $°°“- ‘"1111 *1“ tulips, hyaclnths anchdaffodils are result that the bloom is stunted or generally recommended though @159 the W11°1e 911ml 3°95 1° leaves‘ there are several more which are pnder natural conditions bulbs harldkd successmny by persons “’°111d be Planted mnslde ‘m the ‘with a little experience. The simp- fall. Here the temperature runs 1m way is to plant m special bu")! down to at least freezing, and a flbrefwhlch fequms m dramagel layer of soll and snow keeps the and can be secured from any store bulb in perpetual darkness. Even/ handling seeds‘ though ordinary when the stem comes through the garden so" and pebbles are a,” soil in the spring the nights and ‘ “Hi Plant singly m, m clumps m often tllc days, too, are quite cold. l mam m. omammtal pots and start