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r mystery. “Instinct," we exclaim, for

. M"; this date the provisions of the

mu whereby they gave notice to each other and to all sundry con- ogming the change oi the seasons. This is a transition month. . . . .

The elelnqrlts in battle disguise the fact King Winter is being.dls- polled of all his armor. Yet one of the very first signs of springtime is the coming back of the crows. How they know the hourto return ‘is a

want of better explanation. Perhaps instinct is superior in these matters to reasoning. At any rate, this time 3f year an attentive observer may catch signs of some crow solemnly flulngln mid-air. and at intervals dropping down to the lowenwcrld that "calv-caw" salute which is in- variably e. double-barrcliedwocal shot.

"1 Stallion Enrolment;

The atteniionof stallion ownersis dirgglgfl to the necessity of securing an enrolment certlilcate- from the pepartment oi Agriculture. ~

The Act provides "a penalty of not. aver $100.00 and not less than $25.00‘

in cases oi contravention of this Act. The time for enrolment ‘of stallions has been u nded to May 20th, I929.

Act will be rigidly enforced in cases where than has been wilful disregard

leer or laugh if they dared. "Jim Crow“ Ls evidently tone deaf, and keeps to the-same flat pitch in a drawnoutscrautch that_be_iits_ his slow wingbeat admirably, but. by‘sll duloet tests is a rank and raucous megaphonic attack upon solitude- urgent, dictatorial and arresting. It is as though this ambitious blacka- moor hath said ln his heart, ‘Jliow all the earth shall hear." And. strangely enough, the effect.‘ of this speech is not unplessing. It has in.it the toucn of companionship which at once be- speaks and relioves- the sense of lcnesomeness that every man feels 1h the big‘, open space of natures vast domain.

The crows are a talkative race.

I They seem to spend their lives lrl al- Th, signal can be heard for milesfl what a voice! Musical it s not. 1t

ternate fits oi brooding, meditation and clamorous debate. What a Di?" liament is a rookeyl In late autumn the crows by thousands-gather in dillful debate which could noly be imatchcd by a Wllflll’? ,0! tropical r parrots. But see Jim Crow by himself. and he seemsto be evorlsstingly pon- dering some deep question. Must likely it is the question fas to W116" next he can forage to feed himself and family. Truth to tell, Corvus}: an incurable poacher. Hence farmers and gamekeepers class the wlwlfl ‘amily with vermin. Nor does thQ 1'9"

of this law. ‘Ibo enrolment fen of $2.00

flloflld be sent ' immediate‘ along

with the name. number. IR. color

and name and regi ‘ " number of

sire and dam of the horse to

THE PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT 0F AGRICULTURE

. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

3824-5-11-31.

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The? Great Axworthy

NO. 3871

almoauvlauu: no. 1s

. Will make the season of 1929 at

Lawndals Farm. But Royalty, one mile from Charlottetown. His sire is Burt Axworthy 2.08%. dam Baroness Peter. trial 2.11 as a two year old- fiia breedlngnforms the Golden Cross. Peter the Great, and Axworthy. HI: is a real show horse has been shown at the leading shows ior eight years and has never been beaten. He i! square gifted and sound, weight 1125

, ,_ lbs. IlLq breeding in full and his colts

"r2? “'-

" can he seen at the farm.

Service fco $15.00. Five at time of service, balance when mare proves 1n foal.

Mares at owner's risk.

FRANK McKAY. East Royalty. 36B1-5-8-tw1ril0i.

LIVE . ' HOGS

" We are taking live hogs daily, excepting Saturday, paying high. est market prices.

Davis {at Fraser

pute oi Mr. Crow-stand high 6010B!“ 5 his feathered neighbors. By them he lis cursed above all rouges as a nest imbue; and ‘a menace to the com-

will join in-the sport of hunting 40W this. rascal to the death. It- follows that so hazardous an eaistence makes, Jim Crow 0ne~ of. the msrlcst, Q1’?!- tures ever born. Be will perch 0n I

for such a‘ "Sled 5°89?» hm?“ know, g gumftfllld. walking stick as well as any‘ human being.

Yet when all the sins of t/hecrowi have been counted up,'it cannot be denied that they do render our HM a service, ii only as W=l=°lll° F"°“'“' gen e1. the sprlngtlde. They shout this news from the trce-i/OW- when the crow gives his salute.-We K110" that the reign a! Kins _Wlnter s heur- ing its end. rt is the signal that n"! emotions are stirrinB m ‘m’ “Pm”- “Caw-caw" speaks for all buds Plllh- ln; herd against their sheath. for all the seeds throbbing. inthe waxy. sail. for all the new threadlinfl! theft}? the sodden humus oi dead leaves. feeling their way towards the 118m nad soon destined to appear as mOWf drops, daffodils, hepaticas and among the gay. sweet. blooms whereby springtime works her maria in l!" old earth- , ‘ "To gather the stir of the seed-buds ' ‘in'tu.ne ‘ ' With the Ilamor of May and t1"

glory oi June And perhaps it is fele sense that somehow the high emotions of springtime hope and beauty 0W1‘ mingle ‘with the raucous salute O1 Jim Crow first‘ inclines us W183i?" its unmusicsl timbre, and welcome his message as a‘ "black but come- ly" prophet.‘ of a renewed world Int!

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The Charlottetown Fox Breeders a Protective Association

stealing foxes

l-IIII Talent oi highest repute in accomplish their PIN“!-

ll ‘ “' ‘ forthe... , ofany‘, or, ""1 the ranches of at its ‘ and have ‘ ' ’ a l" Trained Blood-

hcunds are also owned by the Association and are read! to I0 t0 WWI li- "f

minute's notice.

T. B. ROGERS, ‘B

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Tho. following are members of TIE CIIABLOTTETQWN I03 IBEIDIIS‘ PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: ' ' ‘ McLure I Maclttnnen Hr Farms. John A. Msbltllld- W. L. Moloohern. W. It. Rogers Silver Io: Bananas Cu-rlotistown Sliver Illck F0! C0- en. a. o. launder-I.

Complete Stock ‘ of Highest Quality Wire

Always on

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Hand.

munity. Half "a dmn different. Vi"?!

scarecrow Just willow this wllifimll!‘

seed, including wild flowers, grasses, weeds. vines, shrubs and trees are brought together in Bulletin 1B of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa in the form of a guide as to their habitat and botanical classification. This work, by John Adams, M. A., oi the Division of Botany of the Ex- perimentsl Farms. includes ‘all the Bcncra oi such plants that are indig- enous in this Dominion. The Latin and scientific name oi the genus. ls Blven in each case, followed by the English name or names in brackets. The moreimpnrtent families are also indicated with thagen included in each exrept in those uses where the family, includes a single genus or a numbe of ,, which have com- paratively little in common or whose classification, still leaves room ior doubt. Besides being classified bo- tanicsliy the plants are divided in other ways including those that are aromatic, those that bear fruit, edible plants, forage plants food for wild game, medicial plants, timber,‘ sand binding, and those that are useful for such purposes as that of tanning leather. Canadian timber is divided accordingly to hardness, cleaveability and heating power. The hardest oi these are hickory, dogwood, sugar maple, sycamore, and hornbeam, fol- lowed in order _by ash, oak, elm, beech cherry birch, and black gum, while softer woods include chestnut tulip, popular, Douglas fir, iir, yellow pine, larch, = basswood hemlock cottonwood, ‘spruce, white pine, and willow. This publication, issued by the Depart- ment of-‘Agrlculture at. Ottawa, is a most interesting document for stu- dents of botany and agriculture, and persons concerned witlrthe uses OI woods. '

‘ ma‘ LIGHT "ma-r rerun

' “Orur sun is lust an ordinary star.” --Professor Eddington.

We thought the thing, was rather a ' success-- ' A‘ patient Djinn lo fetch us heat ‘ and light, To stir the barren earth to fruitful- ' _ rless, - » “Andbe our succor against spite’ ' _' Andyet its luminosity is slight: Hundredscf suns more glorious by . . t“. _ . . I Can bo-picked out on any sum- mer night- But "ours is justan ordinary star."

winter's

Suns, oi vast size andrnonstrous dis- tances,‘ ‘ Suns oi mysterious and erratic _' flight; a -

Suns oi a lonely furrow, who posses! No consolation, of asatellite; ‘ Buns dark and double, yellow suns

and white;

suns red__ as any millionaires cigar; Suns that ‘explode ‘and awe v-s all!

fright-" -

nutTfoui-{ls lust an ordinary star?‘

w."..'.; with awe the shining laalalw are» .

Along the pathways oi the infinite.

Marching‘ to orders that we can not

A guess: The circled Jeiados; Arcturus- _bright_ , As when of old it saw the Pro- phet's plight; 1 Qflgn‘; marly-Jewslied seimitar; And great Capella singill! in m‘ heiiilt- But "ours is illit an ordinary star."

Prince, we had dreamed oi Jove en- ' throned u. mum.

o’ L“ 1, Rnlld-HDYCO m9“):

i car, - _

Q1, mums unbe able to mortal slim" Bu‘ "ma..." just, m ordinary star."

HIIII-IARIFEY. in I-nndon Observer.

. FIRST STRAW HAT

SYDNEY, N. 8.. May ill-Author- ities‘ ,,. ' ‘ly considered it the last straw when airouns mo who W! provlouil! Nontlctifll Quail?» 1P‘ peered with the first straw hat oi the season. wol-nwith a heavy overcoat as‘ against the chilly

- brcese from ice floating in the harbor.

its wis taken to the "Nova Beotis Boapitil for mental treatment.

, ______.__..__ manta or or.» s-r. sons FAM- _ saw mas BWOOKLINI. Mum. May l4.- firs. William Whitman, widow c; a widely‘ ram textile ‘rr ' who died at her home here recently at the age of I1. vu {member of an but st solid, u. n, family. She was a descendant of loyalist families which left ftlwYork at the close of the Blv-

ca,

olutidual’! War ‘and settled in New

Usually we are given to ' "or the value oi trees solely by the mone- tary profiis they bring wlthimreach by way oi trade. And even in these respects the plea made that the Can- adian people should employ their ut- most endeavors to prevent destruct- ’ve fires and the waste or mutilation of trees is sound. Commercially. the forests are one oi the greatest, sourc- es oi national wealth. Yet, aside from the timber values, there‘ is much more to be said in favor of tree pres- ervation. Trees attract moisture; they Prevent floods; they are one oi the most important factors in helping the growth of field crops; they tendjo make the landscape healthy and breathe ozone into the air and 11 we

rant that beauty is any real asset to our life. what objects in the whole round oi nature can claim a. larger share oi beauty than the tree? The poet Bryant calls the trees "God's first temples.” Wordsworth could talk oi a. venerable brotherhood of trees. Shenstone opined that of all inani- mate objects the most venerable is a large, branching, aged oak; which

oi the Old Country landscape. And the same writer tells us that, in their Erowih and annual variety, trees prof- fer us a more lasting pleasure than the buildings reared by human hands. As an emblem of hospitality the tree can hardly be- excelled, and who_is not reminded of the service rendered the race when, gazing upon their “multitudinous leaves,’ ‘or lis- tening to the sea music that hymns its way through their iol1age,- or erected by the chorister birds that ling from their branches, or con- scious oi the refreshing nuances of shade and shine that dance and Blinuner within‘ their fretwork n! summer greenery?

The silent witnesses of all the Chfllllles which take place around them, and, as it. were, historical moi-l‘.

sounds very English and reminiscent,

ulnellts from‘ the forest’ primeval; as also in ‘their seasdrlil habit "the ind?! of» our own lives; ‘we Inaturhlly fall» to musing upon themystery of their precipitation from the lnvisibiren- orgies" of the atmosphere. Oliver Wendell ‘Holmes inhii little story, "nu," has‘ a fine passage on tau aspect oi tree growth. 1As' by some species oi ' s’ ‘ slcheiliy. "root. blade, trunk, branchespieaves, blos- soms and fruits. are all distilled from the texture of the clouds‘ and the light of the minimal-shove; and they gradually grow» ilitpt those .55- ng e structures whereofl Kcli-fl has in his -poet'ry given us such. apt descriptlon-- ' ' ' "Those green-robed mighty wObdd, ,. .. .. . .‘ Tau oaks, branch charmed _-by the earnest stsrs._ _ , Dream, and so stream, all out a stir." . . . Indeed. trees are themselves the poetry of the landscape, and in Gan- ada we have Is rich and-ample va- riety of noble trees as, may be found in any land upon the' face of the globe. They adorn 'o‘u'r park's and our thoroughfares.‘ o: the attraction they iend to our avenues slid streets, ‘and

senators oi the

night‘. ‘with-

ihe grace they the general .

ensemble of the city, there" is no need lo speak.‘ Who shallusafwhat ‘quiet enter‘ ‘nment, what‘ ‘simple and" re- fined joys, what wholesome, influen- ence and pureiemotiops‘. they bestir within our lninds by their stat/sly poise and ‘gloldolls“.ai-c_ljlitec'turef' fat anyone saunter the main iv- enues of Montreal. and gathering irom,the treeeu-le haljvestof a quiet eye, note how _ their styles ‘and what an artlsiiel, spectacle‘ oi beauty

hey ppesblit,“ picturesque,‘ refruihing, channfui to thsntihd, and singing to the eye. Such may essiiv uh‘- derstsnd that Jmpiauting .tr_ees .we are ‘making our homestead‘ heal- thier plsce for murseiveil‘ and for

GLENWOOD ‘- ‘ AND VICINITY

We are glad to welcomoRev. W. H. and Mrs. Harding of Bummerside back to Hebron where he intends to spend the summer months.

Congratulations are being ‘extend- ed to Rev. Mr. Lorlng ‘and Mrs, Loring on the arrival of a. new baby girl.

lvllss Lucy Clements, supervisor in this ilrovince for the California Per- fume Company. recently paid g visit to_her home in Glenwood. Her friends in this vicinity are glad to learn that she is meeting with good success in her work.

Our local merchant, Mr. E. L.‘Mc- Dougall, recently purchased from Mr. George H. Mcfsaac a dressed hbg, eight months cld, which tipped . the scales at 313 pounds. This hog and another which dresed 290 pounds at less than seven months, was pur- chased last. fall from Mr. Humphrey Oultcn, Glenwood, One oi these was kept for home consumption and the 0th er (313 lbs.) sold at. 14c. per 1b., mak- ing a total of $43.82 for one hog. This looks as though there is plenty of money to be made in this line of endeavour if proper methods oi feed- ing and handling are used.

Master Garfield Gorrili, son of Mr. John B. Gorrill, Glenwood, recently returned home after having spent several weeks 1n Prince County Hos- pital after having undergone an 0P- eration. His friends will be glad to learn that he is making a slow but sure recovery.

A meeting was held recently in Glenwood Hail to devise ways and means for raising money for renova- tions and repairs. It, was ‘ " “t0 hold a concert and pie social. Com- mittees were duly appointed and plans made for a suitable program. » As Gienwood is well known for the ;excellent concerts which have been .stsged here, a full house is assured.

l Plans have been made for the renovation and enlargement of the Union Church at Gienwood. This church was formerly the Methodist Church at Mllburn and was hauled ,to its present site alter church un- i ion was established. Last summer it 'provsd quite inadequate to hold th! i congregations which assembled. Corl-

_“vitwhs “w; " it anrbtenders have been called for the performance of the work.

Mr. Neil Mcfsaac, local lgmt 01' the Confederation Life insurance Company recently purchased a new n,

those who come _a_fter_us.

LAYING‘ cons-can a ’

‘FOB TWO‘ YEARS

In connection’ with the world's Poultry canal-haste be‘ held fou- donglrrlgz, ‘in i030, "a two-year egg- laying contest has been promoted by the London Daily Mail and‘ the 1h- tional vlltillty poultry‘ Society, to be‘ held u; Millard-surrey. the contest commencing on_Ocfobct“ 1. leis.

'I‘he_ competition includes an inter- national section, open‘ to ‘poultry keepers throughout the Y world,‘ one- half the _ , ‘modation tbberesery. ed for breeders inGljeat Britain and the other half for entrants . ident ln foreign countries and the ,Br_itish Donlinions. _

Pens are to consist of seven pure- bred pullers of the sarnebroed and varisty..'1‘ile promoters reserve the

rlaht tormate up all. or any. .0; the _

Den-alluring ihssocond, year, of the test and to sail settings of eggs, gm. half of- the not proceeds oi the sale of settings willsbe divided- among competitors in Iproportlcn ‘to the number of» first-grade egsg laid by iheir birds during the periodwf the test. ' '

The following prizes are oneged;

For the three highest scoring pens, gold, silver and bronze medals: £50 801d 0UP by the Daily Ilail for the highest scoring pen.

The Daily Mail also offers £200 cash prises to be awarded in respect of the first year's records as follows:

To the hishest scoring pens ‘ow-n- ed by competitors in Great Britain, £50, £20. lib, £10, and M. To the five hlshest Bwfillk pens owned by com- Detitors resident in foreign countries or British Domfnions, simlls prim,

Entries class on‘ June l. ma, and iull dflliil Alid OIII-IT 107m} can be obtained from the manager, yell”. sl EIB-liilflrhlt. mum; Surrey, England. ’ ‘ ~ .

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seams raowslrs ‘ l

.Sprlng is late and cold this yearn} and the only garden flowers thus-far. are the crocusee and Siberian sclllasi or "squills? ss-uur forbears calledi them. The daffodils and. tulips will‘, be seenm. little later, although here‘ and there a stronger or earlier bulb

Ll opening iisflower to a mostly grey

world. ‘there. are two genera of bulbs

which our flower lovers should

plant nextfall; the “Glory of the Snow" (Chionodoxs lucillael andl the- ‘iwinter aconite." Eranthis bye-I malls. The Ghionodoxa has a variety called “Heavenly Blue". which is‘, much sought after; the plant is very‘ handyfinfuct 1. have seen the blue} star-shaped flowers protruding from a spring snowbank. The winter aco- nite is hardy also; it bears a large buttercup flower. on a short stalk.

but is-rare) I have found it in bloom in the first week of February dur- ing a mild winter. I recommend these plants also on accountof their being prolific; for they will increase and multiply more rapidly.than does the croous, if left undisturbed.

aonlcutnmll IN 4 v

arms DOMINION

2

l have before me the Report oi the Minister-oi. Agriculture for the Do- minion oi- Canada, to March 1928. It is replete with interesting informa- tion slongiall the varied lines which the science _takes.‘and is- important as ,a.n‘index' to the many activities carriedxon by the various "branches". Numerous. Bulletins. are listed each under its propel-industry. The Ex- perimental Station. Charlottetown. isrnoticed on page ls._.arl_d Ulollgh necess -ily brief, notes are given on eonleoi, the work which has berl suc- cessfully carried on there. frhe Ex-

. perimenisl Fox Ranch at Summer-

side has also contributed notes on feeding problems which will help the rancher, to get better results.

The dairy grading , reports show um. in pasteurized Butter the Island look very high. marks; the percent- ages being 13,5 ‘in special, and sec for first grades.‘ Cheese also graded high, the special, and first combined beirlg'9l._9 per cent.

Egg pfoductio, in Canada has ris- from 80,132,802 in 1901 to 218,277,227 in 1921 and while the Population has Just about doubled in that period, the per capita consumption has ln- creased from 15.1 dozen to 20.67 doz-