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The Seed Situation R00" 610W- _A;ie—and Timothy‘ -

Ohm-dim imports of red clover ar ending June 80 lbs. and only 5.674 lbs. for the previous year; alsike imports 952.577 lbs. against 3oz lbs, in 1934. while timothy seed imports be were only 149.584 lbs. against 3,50,. 879 lbs. for the year ending June 30. 1934. The 1934 Canadian crops Ofred clover and alsike seed were almost s. failure and had to be su - pleincnted by imports from t e United States, Great Britain, Pol- and and New Z-ealand. -'The United States fortncrly supplied most of the timothy seed for use 1n Canada, but under the protection of a Can- adian tsriil! of 2 cents per 1b. and an excise tax of 3 per cent, timothy seed production in shown s. remarkable increase, par- ticularly in Quebec, Eastern Ontar- lo and. the Maritime Some Canadian timothy seed was

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doubt the ballads helped to mould

Tomato Troubles

over my tomato plant-B. asked me if I eyer had any trouble with “spot,- Wi “ml-til”. bywhlch was meant Jmnatoes with blossom-end rot. This l‘ 2 so much of the appearance of a fumous disease that the visitor wanted to know how it. is controll- ed. Perhaps I exaggerated when I "Id that one vesi- 1 lost about half the crop. but the loss is in certain seasons, very serious and 115mm. ening to the grower.

Blossom-end rot is. however. not the immediate result of s. fungoid infection, but is caused b

Hobbies-Weir name is legion! own. when I was a very love cf plant life. One

- 5rd ‘Roger-t. museum: "the - Io: Exhibitors’ Association in Charlottetown on Wednes- . ‘attiriding-"the annual meeting Mlffianldlan Legion and also uarrangeuicntl for the fox day which will beheld on the dfof Robert Baker, North Bc- Wednesday afternoon. Au;-

the mm that‘ imPOTW hs

nd sold for around ts a pound there a ready market. Austral- packed under Gov- ernment inspection nevei- heard oi any troubl

older, developed a liking for fouils" from the mines and had a (visc- tion of ferns. and trec-leavsl all Another went in for cricket and became s. respect- alfe, though not a first-class play- 1 have known boys who built working models oi IOWIIWUVBLIIV- ing their weekly pockct-monsyto buy parts which make themselves. a Croesus t; enjoy a hobby: the gets us much pleasure out does the million- aire with all his golden opportun-

li; s, prejudice locally st feeding Westem rabbits be- have epidemics of snuf- very for away from the Canadian border been authentic cases of The Western fox farmer goes on his placid way feeding them and of results. For him nxiety complex and perhaps he is right.

will consist oi an speakers by the alters being limit- n minutes. It ls planned ~ha “men iacquaihted -witii var- . “ptdilems o! the'fox industry

some of ‘their own experiences =1 thiere will also be demonstra- of'- a practical nature. Print- flli‘ will be distributed to fifcxmcn and the Holman" Sound Qflem will be in operation.

"Iveryone is expected to bring Ifllich with them and cups. Tea, Br ‘and cream will be provided.

Wright will be in charge c! (It! children's spouts. which will. i place on the beach. Suitable ' _ wines will be’ given to the winners. Iltcrspersed with the Talks will be ‘ vaudeville, catering to the less ser- part of the foxmeirs natures. lfifwlll be an afternoon of pleasure ._ siio profit for all who attend.

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581,194 cwt., the Argentine beinl first with 1.880.997 and Rouinanis second with 789,580. Barley im- ports by the United z=_gdcm have also been declining but purchases iwm Canada have increased.

One need not be Prof. 6.1-1. Berkeley. of St. Cath- erlnes. Ontario. who has published an instructive Bulletin on Tomato Diseases. When a long spell of dry weather is followed by amply, moisture. s sap-pressure is set up "0101! ruptures the soft tissues at the tip of the fruit. The injury t; the tissue allows the entrance of fungi or bacteria or both. and sets up a definite blank my. dry and leathery. The fruit instead of being more or less spherical, is flattened b01077. and the eye at once picks 91111 the iniured tomato.

If the conclusion of this scientist is correct, nothing can be done u, control the “disease? for we have not yet learnt to control the pea- All we can do is to recall Josh Billllngrs advice

of its pursuit as

458.938 ewt. out oi a total of 1.854.- 377. Imports of oats by Great Britain have declined from 2.790.478 in the same period two years ago but the requirements from Canada] have increased from 895,201 cwt.

States lost season to supply the

shortage there caused by the great I‘ L‘ we ‘*1 the um‘ °I u” m7

Scouts to encourage the love 'of s. worth-while hobby; last spring they had an exhibition of the articles made by their comrades. I was not able to travel to town to sec it. to my great regret. It is to be hoped that the Scouts will hold such an exhibition annually; and later in the year. so that visitors also may have a. chance to see our hobbies!

dosed your pups for hockworms, perhaps lt well ior you to look them over u see any that are not thriv- hey shofll. test them o‘: tested, or if you do to that trouble. pill them with eight minim Nems. cal?-

Statea are much better this season and the price for American timothy seed is now 5 1-2 cents per lb. at Chicago. Canadian prospects for timothy seed am generally excel- lent, except in Southern Alberta. but with a. large hay carryover in Que- bec and Northern Ontario and a fiiir liay crop in all Eastern Canada this season. good timothy fields. re-

wlth 1.946.346 cwt.. Australia being second with 773,287, France third with 577,205 and Italy fourth with 224.741.

grain and flour“ with a value of 7.- 787.902 pounds. Argentina beinz first with 8.843.163 pounds. All-Ill‘!!- lla thlrd with 3.072.733 and mute fourth with 1.340.932 pounds

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as a talk the 168$)’ Britain and nthlflpil (l) l; with one o 6 the vicinity of t s. large breeder, has consistently d foxes. He said sub-

stantially a5 101107781

for hookworn. I had or several years but harm there might took samples and der the "scope"

There are many people in PE. Island who were quits sizable young folk at the time when Britain and Ethiopia. or Abyssinia as it was then called, went to war over some ZBi-it- lsh subjects who were held captive in the Neguss dorninions. was in 1867, and the war was ended in 1888 by the storming of the then capital. Magdala, and the death oi the Negus (or King) by hand. some account of the strug- gle may wsli be recalled at this cri- tical time in the affairs cf the Airl-

best breeders in Charlottetown, no

is] sow thistle, Canada thistle, rib grass, sheep sonel, cin- quefoil, chickweed, yarrow and common plantain, may give better returns if allowed to ripen and har- vested for seed. Red clover seed re only fair in bath the United States and Can

8,124 head, the Irish Ree State be- ing ilrst with 281,558. Importations from the Irish Free State have in- creased considerably over two years ago but from Canada they have declined, in i933 being 20.202 and last year 23,138.

Another disease, the Late Blight, which is so serious a pest, to the Putflthes. was mentioned. I have a1. s0 seen this on my tomatoes. gen- erally on the leaves. but never very bad. Spraying with Bordeaux mix- ture is said to be effective, but I imagine it would stain the fruit? 1n my hothouse in the Old Country I controlled leaf diseases of tomatoes with a compound called “Liver of Bull-thus." 411350117611 1n water 5nd used as a spray. This did not dis. color the tomatoes, and was highly efficient saainst leaf diseases. The chemical I found alIci-wards was also known as Iersulphuiet of Pot. ssslum: it does not seem to be usgd

j This province had a notable visi- ~ hi" last week in l... B. Phillips of * .Ba.rtlesville, Oaklahoma. Mr. _Phil- lips is the founder of Petroleum Company, one of the est- grad trig, and distributing wcmpanloscin Am- erica. Ho has visited almost every part of this continent. even to the Igmotest parts of the North.

Prices will probably be good for The first growth 0i’ early or common red is cut early foi- hay. and the second growth or aftermath gives the seed crop. Late red or mammoth is pasturecl back slightly in spring and then allowed to develop a seed crop.

some necessity. I had them put uh and found they e which I had taken o. plenty of hoolcwom 0988- 1 8411 110W convinced that they treatment and am 801118

535,918 cwt., Denmark being first with- 1,887,972. In the same period in 1933 Canada was sixth with 199.- 491 cwt. and Denmark was first with 2.988.295. The other countries which had larger quantities of bac- on in the British market in that period were the Netherlands, Pol- and. Lithuania and Sweden.

man of very inquiring mind he llhss to get at the bottom oi things,- and in a visit paid to a well-known 10;. ranch he asked questions that Ihught out s. lot of information, To show our breeders homohser- wsnt hols. when. VLSlt1ng.the feed hpusehs mentioned the.

The country itself is very moun- tainous especially in the centre and west, rising at tlfnes to 15,000 feet above sea level. and hsrving s. gen- eral aversge oi 9,000 feet. The veg- etation. although the tropical, is so far modified by the altitude as to have o. temperate. and even an English character. accord- ing to reliable authorities. ' lower land bordering the Red Bea is arid. but the central and south- ern parts are extremely fertile, and it is this, amongst other things. that‘ inclines Ii Dune to neighbor's landmark. In some spots DWI) of this favored region three crops may be raised annually, and wheat, maize. barley, peas and beans are the chief ob cts of agriculture,

The climo e of Ethi fled by other causes t an altitude. The seasons vary from the cold of October-February, through the hot months oi March-June. m the mon- soon or wet period which lasts from the middle oi June till the end of September. All accounts agree that the climate is in general solub- i-ious; but in the lower valleys dan- gerous fevers are prevalent.

At the time of the British invas- ion thc different regions of Ethio- pia. were semi-independent. and in some ways resembled the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon ‘\heplarchy." "If at times n. chief has found him- self strong enough to march upon the capital. he has dons so. placed upon the throne another puppet Emperor. and been by him appoint- ed ras or vizier. till a rival stranger than himself could and take his place." says a historian of those times. This rivalry helped the British to shorten tho struggle, since the Ethiopian monarch never had the wholt-heaited support of his subjects. The Italians will find a very different condition of affairs when the bugle sounds.

The different races which go to make up the nation are Caucasians, who resemble most the Bedouin Arabs. from across the Red Sea; a ark handsome race; the Callas who erran the country from the south, d seem to be of ncgrcid stock; d the Falashas. a Jewish race who nfirm that their forefathers cams The little red ants will be found from Palestine in the days of Ite- hbboam. but who are suspected to be descendants from fugitives after the fall of Jersuaiem. The Gallas have iven traits of cruelty and turbul- to the population in general: and all the races arc brave to execs. The great minority 0r the peoplaas l as the Negus and his princes. fess and call themselves Chris- m tians, but the Christianity is very rupt, and full of errors of various monially it 1s a mixture of Judaism, the rites of the Greek Church and the usages of pagan Bu. perstitlon. "All children are cir-

Csnadian seed »ls grown in Northern Ontario. The alsikq crop is allowed to ripen for seeigsif relatively free from noxious wee .

'5 issue we mentioned that Chastek, one oi 104,891 cwt., the United States be- ing first with 213,808 and Poland third with 9.708. Imports from the United states have been decreasing but those from Canada. have been increasing.

d floors do not 81" immunity from wo right. T1197 11919.

simply put foxes on board floors and then come conclusion that you have

your parasitic trouble

. The Bulletin on Tomato Diseases may be had, free, from the Publ1_

“n m“ should ‘ha ma“ M‘ trip)” cations Branch Ottawa

look cutior with liver, etc. _ ter was. astounded and, ask- ed him where he got thefinfcrma- tion and found that he had read very carefully last week's notes in‘

Power seed cleaners are now gen- to fanners at a reasonable cost for cle es No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3. Thereaie 5 seed cleaning centres in P.E.I., 8 in 17.6. and 2 in 17.13.. and many ' fsmicrs have equipped hing mills with timothy and clover

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Ants in the Garden

with 8 value of 2,723,908 Ddlflds.

Ants are 11 g genera y wmmem‘ m Argentina being first with 9.915.120

be s. kind of harmless nuisance, sometimes invading tho ‘pantry’ and sometimes making ant-hills on the Most pamphlets t.ell us to "Bus" the ant-hills by means of bi- 5111Dhide of carbon and other chem- icals. but the average gardener has not the equipment necessary to do this successfully. He need not ve

045,715 pounds, New zealand third withi7,789,480 pounds, and Australia fourth with 3.055.055 pounds. In the some period of i933 Canada was. in ninth place with 993.430 pounds, while the Argentine was first with 101131.769 pounds. The other countries which Canada has superseded are Poland, Netherlands. United states and Uruguay.

Feed prices continue to cl Eripe is now 5 1-2c or more. de- pending on the locality ln which it

iii-chased. Discussing this mat- ‘tcr with some others yuterday. 1n-

Icrmation was broug

raite on f eats

Branch, Sackville, NIB, tests 3 charge each year ior any person or flrm. Two representative oi the lot are requir- _ and timothy seed. Markqthe unsealed package SEED ‘SAMPLE "with name and address underneath, and prepay postage, 1 cent for each 2 ounces. d sample is required for trial clean- r wishes advice as

The high price of trips lng breeders to using moreged meats suc hearts, cheek moat

eat. We cannot see ‘eats should not at least until well on the theory that

practised by the writer acts just as well. Prccure a packet of poison fiy-csds" (there is a well-known brand advertised in most magazln. N). and out them up into quarters. Put one of the quarters into a sau- 091‘. put on it s. level teaspoonful of 511891‘. sud enough water to dis- Examine after a. whue and 11' 911° bad has absorbed all the water add a little more. The loose fluid" in the saucer ghauld be about s. tablespoonful. Put, the saucer near the place where the "3194 013ml!‘ to frequent, and place "-11 invert/ed strawberry box over it. t0 protect the poison from rain or or sun. Place a stone or two on the box. so that it does not blow oil. Thc Huts will quickly come to the probably attracted by the smell; and after Wlsoned by the fatal beverage! There is much yet to be learned about the activities of these little 9195311795. which are nct as harm-

If we could by representations have the freight rate reduced to 1 1-4c we would be on the right track. It be- hooves us foxmen to get together and endeavor to have more favor- able treatment given us in ihc mat- ter 0f freight rates.

ls the difficulty! in sepwmber_ I.

tish market in the first half oi the last three years. This year Aus- tralia with 1,479,678 cwt. and New Zealand with 1.435.053 haveboth superseded Denmark with 111M394.

content are more l

o“ 001cm d pelts ing, if the sende

change should be to the best screens to use made to tripe, or at lcast thll." of the feed should be tr Foxes that are be breeding purposes.

not be deprived of red meat hey are necessary the best breedinz

inion Seed Branch alsO er and timothy seed cton service if applica- ivcd immediately. as follows: Gordon MacMillan. Char- lottetown. for PE. Island; Domin- ion seed Branch. Sackvllle, N.B., for Nova Bcotia and wick. The inspection this service is worked-out on the basis of cost. to include the In-

salary and travelling ex- This charge policy is avail- able tc groups cf not less than i0 n a seed production cen- a radius oi about g the same kind Other scattered farmers

cents per acre but $2.00 per inspection pi. for field root and vege- hich are free. Of-

22.l27 cwt... New Zcitland being first with 1.106.297, Netherlands second with 112,791. Australia third with 89.217 and Italy fourth with 47,291. Two years ago Canada was fourth with 48,287 cwt. and New Zealand was first then also with 1,320,797. At one time Canada. was first in the British market with cheese.

The Western ioxman has an ad- vantage of six dollars a pelt be-

msgs o; keg along horse meat as t

Their Excellencies the Earl and Countess Bcssborough, His Lieut. - Governor party, were visitors

his are and dam is $13.50. The Westerner can feed for six or seven dollars because he is in the zone from which the cattle are distri- butedgand the bulk of the fox feed

tel oi dairy produce with a value of 179,224 pounds. New Zealand being first with 8.598.737 pounds, Austra- lia second with 6.135.674 ‘pounds, Denmark third with 5.326.262, Netherlands fourth with 2,192,246 pounds. Irish Free State fifth with 1.077.818 pounds, China sixth with 717,827 pounds. Soviet Russia sev- enth with 482.705 pounds. Finland eighth with 411.790 pounds, Sweden ninth with 449.038 pounds. Poland tenth with 234.079 pounds, British South Africa. eleventh with 202.135 pounds. Italy twelfth with 189.489 pounds.

cleaned up in fl... farmers l class shone 101' 111° °°°551°n 97”‘ tre, located within

1 miles, and growin

suggestion has been made that Canadian National Fox Breed- P13118195 We 11711-1119“ 01' do not realize a5 much should the importance

our properties up‘ 19° 5" writer has formed the

that in future o

we are charged 10 of keeplnii not less

atch. ‘The visit. exce ion table seed crops w ficial inspection oi these seed crops ulsory. but Seed Inspec-

in» ‘touch with the

Australian Government golden wmow or the penduh van

10W. and the black carpenter ants -—the fellows that bore tunnels 1n 01d spruce trees-have it all Qovgmd with wounds where through the bark to get at the sap, ov The wounds afterward heal into big an black patches which m“ the 100k 0i the branches.

~d 70w ‘price ‘can he obtained. Shipments of Australian rabbits came here a few years ago and sold for twelve cents a pound. That. price was 0K. then beca we were selling live foxes. but would be too high today. No doubt

Spinning and Weaving

Send me your wool to be sllil

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The new President of the Fox farmers as tothe suite lfford crops for seed. and 155118 Rogersis taking hold in style. He has yout plenty of vitality, that he spent sci

if the growers or dealers d seed to be cfilc-

mw cemfled and 5e with 900.887 owl’... Australia. being

first with 1,275,722, United States third with 780,790 and New Zealand fourth with 277,480.

wherever there are aphids, They Protect these aphids and curry them to new pastures. as I have observ. 9d; thus spreading the infestation. 8 They also stable them underground °n ‘he routs or blunts. i111 (or the sake oi the honey-dew seci-etiqn, The ants take toll of same crops by wel

of the first to Secretary Shaw he great things for the fox pincic the ers and stock-breeders hav their picnics. but t

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fur is well on its way. nion a non-laxative died defici- the above additions almost always causes the retention of fur until well on in Octcwr, which ls too late.

single yarn 23 cents. is per ‘pound. Blank- ets 82.00 and if uniaunde It takes five lbs. of wool pa! Wool must be well washed dirt and burrs picked out. The size I ahglo yarn is medium, and doub- led yarn flue, medium, coarse and hooking yarn. Put shippers name and owner's name. instructions inside.

although they are a regular event in

Plants; this appears to be done search oi moisture and is specially cor noticeable in dry seasons. ki