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By AGRICOLA

NATURE NOTES hlsvenfourage. projects his "heat- XBY’. generated. as the novelist tells us. "in a. chamber of absolute non-conductivity": and the crowd _ frlzzles up! Now lt is evidsr Tm; is what- Olll‘ 111-11105 a strange enemy is ln London. and .; “lizard“. but lllmllll" l" °“'-' ,tliat city hums like an a...,.,_ ,1 form it raz-jiel‘ rcsolflbllifi lllfll hive. A gunlboat lying in l". ,i nnimal, it ha? hublli lllhl Thames. is order up the river to "ha, iunci would oeswlgl w- shell the invader. but one flash of gmsiwahipy woods. smai. ponds. the terrible heat-ray and the am- ulfltll‘ inolsi ‘Jlfliee- flhd DW- munitlon magazine blows up. and

Salamander W88 October 29in; it was bottom cf the root-

tted

the

the semi-darkness cf cellars. the gunboat ls gone! Then the ,1 ii C31‘. find i601}: u. them~ Martllan floods the district with a w, c; tlic speCl-mfiho I ‘have Si?" black. pcisonous gas. that clings to M} l.\ii“ll iicni D05lll°~€= Wlhcll the ground and kills scores, while ‘ loft (IDEIl overhlizllt. The he sits secure on top of his walking

ii . . mfef... iiie contrary, L5 satisllcrl

. m. the warmth engendered on“ turn oeainig down on saiiuy my; places: be is prettier and 0r flflllt‘ than the Salamander". I re whither we have any lflle =. l 1 Province. méla: Slllllllllllgllilel‘ in qlB-‘lllifl his W, named Amblysioma punctatum m. scientists. but In split u! .11 that i; is a very illflmCtélll- little

machine. In the meantime as- sironomers in other countries oo- serve a dozen puffs of flame on the red planet and these turn out to b'e the precursors of their invaders. They all aim for Britain. and with heat-ray and pclscn gas drive the inhabitants unrL-aiground. even intu the sewers. But they do not ex- terminate the people because they need them for food. One of the characters describes. in real eye-

-. v no harm to any- “lalum dkrixficrs. millipecles. and it takes for food.

spying "spottie" comes the burrow under t-h»: 5m has passed the seeks the nearest pond “other quiet water. Here she de- w,‘ ha» eggs. like a lct of white u, taste-hint! them w the

witness style. how he saw a Mar- tian thrust his tentacle into the ruins of a house. pull out a shiver- in: wrech and inserting his beak- likc mouth. suck his blocd! Wells says tha-t by drinking the fresh gore cl the victims. the Martians could work all the twenty-four hours of the day. without resting to recuper- ate; but I am not certain thatthis idea is physiologically sound! An- other result of the invasion was the spread of the "red weed."

appears that the reddish hue of Mars ls due to its vegetation. and

“mpfgttllélllrgrrf life that inhabits the 1 The few that survive leave

mm... lifter three or four years some seeds having come in the ,4 this, losing their gills. and be- Martians rackets. a red weed sexually mature; and so chokes the rivers and ruins the

mg the rest of their lives on fields. (Perhaps the idea comes

from the Canadian water-weed (Elodea oanaideriois) which has choked the slow-moving rivers of East Anglia.)

The other azriv-ak establish a camp where it is said alt least one Martian was born. But liclp comes from an unexpected quarter. The

is a very brief sketch of activities. and no doubt a

hei- llfc- is our young natural- There are two lIl’P.E.I..

lhat

Mp 90X in 139g, Tlhey are the Martians. thousands of years in Rat-back Salamander, (Pletho- advance of the eartlifolk. have long m glnereils Green). and the Com B80 got rid of microbes. lust as we

are slowly doing; and they have recis

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and they all . falls to the pliant flights. and dis-

Livestock Markets

WEEKLY LIV! STOCK MARKET REPORT Ottawa, "ovembcr 3 Bvmwhat heavier rum of oat- tle offered at stock yards during the week led to a mixed market trend-with steers and heifers be- ing 15c to 25c higher at Toronto, in good demand at Montreal, and

barely steady at Winnipeg. A heavier movement to United States offered some relief. Over

6.700 went South during the week. compared with 4,200 the week "pre- vious. The calf market continued Yallly stronl; with a good enquiry and a fairly brisk trade reported. with the exception of Calgary where vealers were reported mov- lh’; Slowly. Hogs showed sharp increases up to 50c r_\:r c\vt., at cronfo and Mont eal due to light rims, while Winnipeg was unsettled and Calgary slightly higher. Lamb pricels remained steady on Eastern markets but displayed reasonably good action generally throughout the West,

Little Change in Cattle Prices

In a mixed tiend on the Toron- to cattle market butcher cows dropped 25c to 50c per cwt. while steers and heifers gained 15c to 25c. Three loads of choice weighty steers sold at $6.25 per cwt.. with other steers from $5 to $6. Good butcher steers and heifers brought $5.25 to $5.50, and a load of Western heifers made $5.75. Common butchers sold downward to $4 per cwt. Cows closed at $2.80 to $3.75 for butch- ers wlth some good cows unsold. Cariners and cutters were little changed at $2 to to $2.50 oer owt. At Montreal, the bulk of the good steers brousht $5.75 to $6. medium steers $4.75 to $5.25. and common from $3.50 to $450. ‘rhe best cows were sold between $4 and $4.50. with good cows Mandunder. Well regulated deliveries at Win- nipcg materially assisted in mak- ing for a complete clearance ln all sections of the cattle market. Barely steady rates prevailed for butcher cattle on Monday but a much better feeling crept into the trade at, mid-wool: with any early losses-being fully regained and, in some cases. finished stronger. In the steer trade the best offerings

appears like our eel-grass. The in- vasion ls over-but the scars re- main, ‘Ilhe books is realistic in u. way. as the reader will notice from this very brief review.

Th there came a number

gmmqwei- r Contoured. Jubilee on; Bluebeolls of Scotland and its latent relative one Peach-MM

gummy; Pol anthn. Rose Rod- imitations, one a slap-stick comedy m“; N18 stock; ed "The War of the nuses’, Livia bonniirrllm "Blueboard", a the invading heroines being "ABC u mm gammy}; gm.- "z ls. waitresses at “mm, mmw c; A.B.C. restaurants, a. chain O-l tui- iin awebt Lupin. Lupin-fig uteus. rooms then newly establishes in h m, n m, 1 noflggd slgndon. itirttle of this nwggkm ryexceng eauorsname. §g§s$§,,,,,,d.,°°““‘°mm, Pozzuoli. which r tlhiirrk is Italian “m; ymqw; h,“ mm.- for "little wells". (Really it's the ;mdgwulgphmogmyg.naimocfatownnearNaples). t (Ewhnm) o‘ |, bye]! l“. ‘Ilhezn there ms the "War of the mar-pink tint. This is c. iemank- 59X“ Wfllil-Bn by a military man.

if I remmrfbei- correctly. There were happenings that prompted this romance: one was the grow- ing clamor for "votes for women". and the other Was a story going the rounlh of the press. that re- search chemists had produced from lngrgcndc maticrials a proto- iri the shape of a fish. The novelist took us into the far future wlhen humanity is re-

iblelletfor thctlmoofyeanuld itributc to the fine October lust

has.“ l" his. ‘anew v _ em syn . a women ‘ml. “u”. "l, m’ Haeg- having become Zttrfiprfmeel, ‘glib the

t, newcomers are an e 0 m‘: “gagging, the dominant sex. The number of “that was baron ML wen, had males in Elngland had fallen tofour “velopm the phuosaphles which hundred. and these were hustled

into a kind of ghetto in London, as if they were leperls. Lf one of the poor w-retches boards a train all the other passengers draw their skirts away from oontam, with hinil Al: last a. war breaks out. and the four hundred are drafted co the front line: in the first battle all are killed excerpt one, and he comes back to wish he'd been killed too. As he is the last man it is decided to keep him as a kind of "museum piece" and ‘the different institutes quarrel amongst themselves as to who shall have custody of him. I forlget how the story winds up but recollect that it was very amusini; and "had more to it" than the War of the Wenuses.

But. as the Lieutenant of the Tower says to Jack Poln-t. in the Ycoineii of the Gua.rd—“A truce to such fooling! Follow me"-

A NOTE FROM FREETOWN

“Dear Agricola-Just a line to let-you know of my silccess with the soybeans which you so kindly gave nic laslt spring. I am late in writiii-g. as I did not get the beans shelled until recently; but. nc-w I find I have 5 lbs. 2 oz. of seed as my first year's harvest.

I-t was very interesting Which- lng the growth of the beans dur- ing the season, and I think the seed is of good quullty- I DlBIl-lfd ma.“ 1n a pow in the garden, but clan to have a large Planting next yefrbiituinea the~Bulletin on sov- beiins from Ottawa; and find it helpful. _ ‘ Your interesting and czlucnthfl c:lumn in the Guardian is much enloyed bv all our househoicil. Thanking you for your hellD an

wishing you every guccess in Yolll’ The CTOWd ommenced to (allow. work. f remain W“?! mllY- "S" lt re.- the and of this strange liif- '

.. llgLwhen the Martian. irritated-by °'i=‘i’.‘f.i“i mint thank 111x. ‘T~- . ._r———————____.__.__.___ _._s--_———~ ———-—-—

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In accordance with the P. E. I. Department of Agriculture policy of assisting Island farmers to ob- tain Ground Limestone at low I'll", We a" M" m” llllred to ship lime ln carlota of thirty (30) l0"! °Y more to all Island points at two dollars and eighty "l"! ($2.80) per ton delivered in bulk and thrlfl doll"! and “[1841” “m; ($3.55) per ton delivered in bags-

Tliecc prices are in effect until Dec. 31st. 1938.

Brookvillo Manufacturing 00., Ltd.

Brookville, St. John County, N- B-

reihan once have landed him

e Worlds". notable for its fore- ltlt of poison-gas as a wewfl" °l' nrfare. lrveodtlhestorywhenlt Ill-st appeared and still ratollleot of it to give my readers a

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biiiy itself. The police t-hrcw a cordon round the mysterious objkec: _ u before the higher-ups got to the mtucnlethin" inside begins lb llncrew llic t-nTi cf the "int-teal” Nitliriillv this arrows a ciowd wllv lie illlillZPll ta see lvhliit looks like idevll-fieli. or c-cttuus. painfully "llmr. It. is a Martian! The in- habitants of lvlars are so far ahead bl its that they have oome to he “Ml? brain (mistaken for the mgsofdilis devil-fish) segvetd ‘by re l in en ac es through (“£1839- ‘FTheyelTaveift cars: invent-rd walking ma-

séls up his walking climbs slowly t0 “Willi of lt. and gets a-goliifl- ‘W. lllclts RfiVC me the impression ill}! ‘he walking-machine 100k ll-lier like a small derrick).

I. G. S. ADAMS, MANAGER.

were $5 to $5.50 with more support given to steers selling from $4.50 downward. Calgary's market open- od slow with increased activity during the week. Steer prices held steady with the stocker trade moderately active at steady prices. At Edmonton. under a fair de- mand. the week's offerings were readily cleared at steady prices. Prince Albert reported- tradlng ac- tive with prices strong to a shade higher at the close. Fairly good killing steers were quoted at $4 to $4.25. Moose Jaw’: cattle mark- et was generally steady. 800d kill- ing steers making $4 to $425. with an odd one up to $4.50. Scala- toon's trade was steady to a shade firmer. Vancouver mports th market very slow. closing 25c low- er on butcher cattle.

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for the kindly feeling flamed in his letter: as the old fo acres the sea used to saw. "Ilt warms firleséielail-st." I am glad.“ signal silicgrss e “will: such a harvest. Mr. Burns muck.

soil.

I believe ffhe bulleltlim say the yield is 28 bushels to the more. but have never made any attelmpt to verify this. only endeavors have been, by a variety than. will rather uncertain ollmu. . v suiting strain seams to be satisfactory. When the right tech- nique of dealing wllih the soybean is worked out. they will come into the fainm intuition as soil-builders. for they are abundantly fur-nllshod with nitrogen roo-nodulm as as peas.

I hope greater success iielct year. and wi.l again give us the bmeifft of his ex- perience. -

THE CON-ST ELLATION HERCULES

On the left of the Nor-them Crown (Ocrona Borealls). lies the extensive constellation Hercules. To the fanciful imagination it has the form of a great lily with stalk bending under Corona and including two stars in Serpens. Hercules is not conspicuous in the brightness of its stalls. for none are greater tlliun third magnitude: nevertheless it has always been a star-group of the greatest interest from very early times and has b:rne many names among many nations. lit was once known as En-gonasln, "the Kneeler". and was supposed to represent Adam knee- ling on the Serpents head.

But modern interest is taken up with the discovery that in Her- cules is "the apex of the sun's pa-t “; in other words. the whole solar system is flying through space towards a. star in Hercules at a speed of about twelve miles per second. This mmloii says an as- stroncmer. is in a straight line. no proof of curvature havim yet been discovered. Now, in my humble opinion. this statement will be found incorrect evclzmlclly; for all known celestial motions rim to clos-

for The ‘sun's pat-h" (it may be suggested) is probably an no of so great a circle than. it to us. at prcoem. like a at!‘ ght line. And we need not won-y ut htt- tfng anything. for it will take about

125.000 years before the solar syc- tem arrives in the hborhood of the nearest star in Hercules. There is a fclnvt speck of light in this constellation. easily noticeable

in a field gin-l. and MM clone to is the

Mr. Burns will have still

United States Market

Buffalo received some 400 Can- adian cattle with the market re- ported extremely slow. of the sales of Canadians ranged between $7.25 and $8.60. with a few sales below the $7.25 mark. Ca- nadian ccrws at st,

c. Elfportstothe

beef cattle. 242 calves. this year

dairy,

are 56.580 btof, 9.955 with 174.427 beef. 11.447 dairy, and 99823 calves. in the same last year,

The British Market

Store cattle offerings creasing in United

are in- Kimdim

in many sections of

whereas Scotland shows merit in this reward. Gla<gaw esti- mates useful qualitv with bulls about 5 1-4 C811". feeders at 7 1-2 cont: pal; lb all '0. demand for dairy coax i~ ‘it“.’.'.'l~Pl as barely ll"lfll‘.l" Bitkcvlr" lviii a. betlrr trade and inst wrekfls priv- es were firmlv hold with an rd!- cafimi that ri-“mamrl for the hwt firkhetl cattle ivould imnrn-rc- from now on. ‘The lzriicral ma

Tlic

Montreal during the week.

this year amount to 26.928 as a- gainst 9.442 in the same period last year,

Calf Market. Steady to Stronger At Toronto calves were steady at $9.50 tn $10 for choice vealers. with occasional

grassers mostly $4.50 to $4.75. Willi some as low as Sgt. At there was a good onqullyv for veal calves, vealers ranging from $7 to $10 with a top of $10.50. and med- ium vealers selling up ‘o '9

Winnipeg had a market with good to choice veal-

vealers topped at $5

' Eastern Hog Prices Higher

Prices for Canadian bacon re market with quotations from 83s to 85s hams selling at 100s.

off trucks for bacoris. At Montre

offered. Baoons sold at $8.25

the some. Jaw and Regina at $8.35. Lamb Market Steady

‘Toronto quoted $7.75 for

and $7.50 off trucks.

played reasonably good

with good killing lambs lit. to $6.75. Prince Albert lambs top- Déd at $5.50. steady at $5.50 to $6 for good kil- lers, Regina $5.50 to $5.75. Saska- toon had a few tops at $5 85. while Vancouver sold good lambs steady

$5.75. CATTLE MARKETS

P ev-

gggqrlgtletiig 7.014 ‘eniili- in

about. to enter the Coliseum 0H0. where she was greeted by King."

lbs. of milk and 0.387 lbs. nf fat. butter fat. in the same lflllflll

Jersey cow. She is shown with Wright.

Successful F

FOX

NAPJNII

The bulk

Paul were quoted at $6.35 downward. heifers n3 to $7.75 and steers $7 to $8 per

United States during the week consisted of 6.703 and 128 Total shipments to date dairy. and 41.952 calves, compares‘

time

markets and are difficult to Cl"l1l' England. improve- l

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situation showed firm. FEDPClH in Scotland. 1 There were no exports from i

Total exports to Great Britain to date

wit! at $10.50. Western calves brought $5 to $6.25.

Montreal.

..' .50. ‘fairly brisk calf

ers $6.50 t/i $7.50. while at Calgary choice vealers brcilght $4.50 to $5- 50. The Edmonton market was steady. while at. Prince Albert good and good heavy calves $4 to $4.25. Vancouver reports good veal calves at $5.50 to

maimed unchanged on the British ranging and Canadian

Hogs gained 50c on a light run at. Toronto. closing at $8.15 to $8.25 from $7 to $10 with a

a1 hogs gained 50c or more due to a. sharp decrease in the numbers

$8.50 f. and w.. clo=ing at $8.50. and at $8.50 to $8.75 off trucks. Winnipeg's market was mostly un- settled with a firmer trend. bac- one opening at $7.90 and finishing the week at $8 f. and w. Calgary had a top of $8.10 with Edmonton Prince Albert and Sas- katoon topped at $8.25. and Moose

ewes and wcthers delivered by rail At; Montre- al lamb prlcs remained at. $7.75. while at Winnipeg the market. dis- action $6.50

Moose J aw was

Th world's record Jersey cow. B _ e at the National nail-y Show. Colllmlfllfl-

N0 other Dairy cow in the world

[JR FARMERS. STOCK BREEDERS

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH-

Silver Fox Farming

The second King's County Edu- cational Fox Show opens st Mon- tague on Tuesday next, November 15th. and continues until Wednes- day evening. That. it will be a good show. is a foregone conclusion. Best of luck, Montaguwor rather King's County.

Borden Fox Show. which has been so suocesful for years and has always been one orf the best in the Province, opens on Tuesday. November 22nd and continues until the 25th. A strong committee as usual has the work in hand and it is confidently beli the show this year will excel Last year's - and that is going some.

Fox Educational Week at Sum- merslde the last week in Novem- ber will end fox showing activities in this Province for this season.

George A. Callback. who judged I the fcXcs at the Maritime Winter jFair, Amherst. t-his week. leaves ‘next WEClI f:i' the Royal Wintcr Fair. Toronto. where he will cxiiibit a number of lris foxes in competi- ‘- llOll with the Ontario. Quebec and Wexmjzreeders- We _lloi>e_h@

a mixed market in which butcher ‘s dropped 25c to 50c per cwt.. wiiile steers and heifers gained 15: to 25c. Three loads of choice weighty steers sold at $6.25 with other steers from $5 to $ good butcher steers and heifers brought $5.25 to $5.50. and a load of West- ern heifers made $5.75. Common butchers sold downward to $4 per owt. Cows closed at $2.60 to $3.75 for butchers with some good cows on sale. Cariners and cutters were little changed at $2 to $2.50. Good butcher bulls were steady at $3.75 to $4.25. and bolognas were mostly at $3.50.

MONTREAL cleared 1.960 cattle prices. The bulk of the good with steers in good demand at firm steers sold at $5.75 to $6. medium steers $4.75 to $5.25 and common $3.50 to $4.50. Heifers ranged from S3 to $5. A few of the best all were sold for $4 and under. 25 covlrs brought $4.50 but practically per cent of the cattle offered were canners and cutters which were firm at $2 to $2.50.

CAIJF MARKETS

TORONTO calves were steady ~ at $9.50 to $10 for choice vealers. with occasonal tops at $10.50. Heavy western calves brought $5 to $6.25.

MONTREAL had a good. enquiry for veal calves. Veals ranged lop of $10.50. - Grass calves lost ground during the week and heavy calves were slow sellers.

HOG MARKETS

The hog run for the Dominion was 65.575 compared with 73.865 for the same week last. year. Totals to date this year are 2.653.884, last year 3.178.679.