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Jack‘ Miner And The Birds

By Jack Miner llinlelf—A Hlstoryoi This Notable Bird lily-fr‘: " Life '

The . Combine In Britain “Demonstrations

harvcsi-illreslicrs," Blecisloe, Governor Gentral of New

of combined

CHAPTER X ROBINS

Now I have tested you: sxtajrmg ‘qualities, giving y-ou the worst first. and we have colne to the bright side of what the brds iuivo tuuglit me. After all, l have a lot to ihaiik the cannibal birds for, as there ‘s éwut thirty acres in this piece of second-growth woods where I am now sitting and dut'ing the sun.- fnrr months l {Linn e .-.il'oll down here at least. once .1. wicrek. This In most perfrlct- place for rob ns to build that one could find in a day's travel, yet the last four or five years ‘l hairrvt. seen five of their nests down here; hut Just one-half mile away, at my home, there were seventeen nests last summer.- all within one hundred {yards of ih: house, and outside of the thirteen maples that shade our ticor-g-"drcl the shrubbery- L; ‘very young. All thinking llunlanity must. admt that they come r-hcre for protection from their natural chi-nuns. as time is ilsilnlly m cxou/‘s z hinalen away in this or the nmgllo zig words. But remember a crow knows better “than to venture near my house. "And the robins know ‘It.

The chief reason the rolxns ‘wave us Carly in the fall is bQCZiIlSP their choice food, tile wezns have gone info the ground for the vdrxer: ~but as 300p as the entails vart erm- ine to the suvinr» weir. vi-e whirl."- ¢¢il11= back; and r-. uiiv o.’ lt s they come to t r perch on the same ‘Iqfccc, sounding their c... brighten the dark . "is in paths. Between songs iiwv drop down on the lazm and - and listen; all at once they szar peck- fng at a grub in the grass: as soon is they have peeked him out and turned hlm into a raisin they either listen for more, or jump up and gin: us another some. By catching so znany mothers of the season's g-nlbs they render us term of dollars worth of service.

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. Then about Jilly the first the grifbs that are not destroyed are under the hard. dry soil, and the

port; and Shame! Shame! Shame! won the man who claims to be in- ‘iitellfgent who will slip out and shoot ifilm because he took two cents‘ .worth of sour cherries that possibly ‘were not worth picking. Has this nmn got c heart? If so, lot him go "finder ilfe trees where the little ‘Starving young robtns are calling, "Mammal mammal man-lune!" Just’; the exact interpretation of Jhese three clrrps that are getting fainter and fainter. Now, my bro- ther, lat me ask you again: Have Wu got a heart? You love your ‘little baizy brother or your darling baby boy, and the very thought of King Pharaoh makes you wicked within; but remember. as cruel as he was. he never demanded theta 32%? bov should dze n. lingering jzieath as these dear litilc rob n5 have to d.» trrcligu tlie fact n“! you shot their mother. Personally, I hate to siloot a crcrv or a gra/zkle, as ‘bad as they are, during the nesting season, on that account. "PW it would not be fair for mo, "l0 pass the robin b" zvitllout g‘ "inrti a taste of our CILIQYSBR’ EXlTtY-

l": tomes, and " " ‘

rf u‘. note-s I

Zealand, “long associated with

ha; gorged. hinlself the lunit he North American

i“ h“ d Fe“- I h‘ ‘i’ mm“ ducted by the British Ministry of fully one-foilrth of the plants m a Agriculture Md have sue fin. w mm m bi’ distmyed bl‘ °'-""“'°1‘m5:pro\'e that llie “Comhino" used in

l“ 1°55 m1“ 3"“ m)“ 55°‘ iliwsflccnjnnctioil with a rough and ‘iherearesoindlly of tinni, but like ready dryan is f,"- n-cm being a the weasel. each one is so d8SbYllG-1mf-I9 11m, “leather mucmnt; and

tlve. Now just think o.‘ the expense ‘may save many a cereal crop which and drawbark to this fanner, hav-lwould otherwise be losi- The first iiig to replunt. lvlorcovvr, the seconclmi such machines in the south of planting zlcver produces the sanicillllglafld i5 110W in 115i 011 my Own 020p as inc original one would have I fill‘!!! B! TQXFOIW 111 W “$11116 Mid done. new a Only one cf the val-iii’- rifwi¢11¢l' and rwilrmv; v1 udbzc pslillt’ 1 muld elqalah: rorillmimg a" bel"! f“! fl? Btudled Robin Red breast. For long before,“ m‘: ‘bMmg “ma” The “m” -.ilie average tanner is out of bed.‘ e h “Sher 317° 15h“ an Open" he ';. in the field limping from one I “m5 from putt "g w bagging the imam w Enoch" m geméh o! these‘ rorn. inc cost. oi’ the fuel is less incl-ms; and when he gew tivc or-llhant at o! under mine

lihrce in his throat he flies acrcssi ito his family, and ‘n less than threa- Wituics ho is billfk '1.

GUARDING CANADA'S BORDER l

_ , some idea o: o1 e phase of the

2%’ 1 know were a“: 315D who worl: of the D Sl-“lll of Pbreign “u “u W“ we twin “w- nm‘ Ba‘: , Pest". Suppz-esszon of ille Dominion fllt'“'(""ns and that his 5on3 is no ilelpmimint of Agriculture may be brtwi‘ than that of a warty tolld.l,,n.;n.d from w‘. , ., j“ t iss,vu_d‘ One of these SLZlCCIHdLlLS is just its Uuylng the p“, __ m. 43542312 W115 5$_l-h9 ‘Juli-Y'- The Yabi-Yl Wmiplanis, nrigilnll lag in ‘.27 dffereilt vat 11160113 8-11 k I155 0f Vvvrlflfi I hi“? countries and valued zit $4,014,071 ever been excepting the dirty tobac- wire inlportid into Canada, and co worm, and we ml15l give him were iiispffltecl lly off the credit for Thai. Last summer I sztw Div ion ill orilrr i0 p: ' 3, yigur; will“ L31, 9w]; 51X yv¢¢¢;.;_-. trcillfliiou of posts or illant dis- old, picking up 331$ a; 1,11,; yggg m; ease into the Dominion. ‘This work sixty per minute. What does tihi mean to your 1.11111?

yinspcctlous and lh" H38 perniis. Insect pests or plant ‘.11!’ Llfscasrrs llfflt.‘ funud .n 1,607 impor- .; a . l, iatozn. blillvu-tail inoih, European llszd iioc-t so I went out. to‘ ear-wig, pne slroat moth, scale in- iilercad andl gated: wen: and sects of various kLids. bub flies, ipickfll up ihr 01.1 robin that was1\‘/7°\'115- sWrnhOu-s? pests. sladlolus if; ¢t,.,.._l,gy a 5C“, rods “v.35. and as‘ and tlliip diseases, basal lot of nar- islic guard her last, two ent-xvormsi 115- hyacinth Yeumvs and Cm‘ aicm fuI-rirlum being’ the most ser-

ions menaces. Fifty-two permits

‘spuofl out of her mouth and third was qulrning on the ground s ‘ were refused in connection with re- quests to import probihited mater-

i . talk about the matter brfore we m and i“ Wcntixnine nstances portaLiors of poiatws were reject-

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lnear where I picked her up. Afieri this boy and I had a heart. to heart. . . o .', i f with separated, but that afternoon I‘. gflxmzdwl ‘time: Fligitsed found would: robin w m H. bullet mi ' ~

m‘ back‘ The next’ day was Sunday’: ed on three ocririoua and one im- and at ten am. I was sitting neariiporta, on of pom o“ was 8e12,... by the window trying $0 "lld- and asgthe inspectors and destroyed. Par- I glanced out I saws young robinfice; pus; unportations examined g; flying, under thefir tree. ‘i blOlllflu- Yup-nu‘ P0115 i°;a1'1',§¢_ 4,5309 lfound a nest above it, and

icold. We brought them in, nest and , and twenty-three a

(lIYYiPIJEd a lttle custard in thc,§ mouth of the larger one. ‘This caus- I ¢°ill5¢§"°11- ed number two to realize that there =__- ---- was some to he had and he, too, awoke from his slumber, and appar- enltiy put all his strength into his neck and Jaw lxlnes, for he opened his mouth so wide that it seemed to split his head completely in two . The little bits they UHOKHI dOWIII them inunecliaicly gave thorn streilzth to want mule, and as soon as they were satisfied, we covered them up with good warm flannel. When we returned from church about an hour and a half 1ai~r and llIlPO\'l‘T-| ed tlienl,_9z1e_ hopped right up on the edge of the nest and just squealed for more custard, and in two days they were out hopping around us for their feed. In fart I have never had robin: ‘(tempt us as their step- parents so qu cklycs these two did. Possibly when they were in their unconscious state they forgot their oripginal parent to a certain extent. In " wrecks they were flying ulli our: tlze 1aremses but always came

stzangers; that is why.

i in and roasted

cold storage room, or parlor, some call it. When Jasper

ihc pan a. few tom with his spoon

it and ended all confusion.

std lord '

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

NEWSY

IIABIIGIJ

NOTES

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Forage Crop

The study of forage problems has been engaging the attention of tho

FDR FARMERS, STOCK BREEDERS; AND GARDENERS

_ , iBeefbrdeders Start I‘“'°st"g“t‘°“s Operations-for Winter

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Dominion Dcpazimont of Agriculism-t operation: curly in alder ho

husbandry and

a Gannnlv m MOUNT amnion up, which utm- it pulfllng w m» botanist: the cap nu no warts. but

, .110 Jill ted to the ll fi ld will Just d g himself in lltldir the Pond wetteimacfsnatxo! m moon, Th, mm h“ m m... 5°“ n“: '3“ Stump c’! m? l“: ma“ Britain, have recently been eon» A correspondent sends an account lus. ‘This P181" 38 W!“ 110mm”

of a garden which makes me long thrvuxbwt 081W“- Ewwme 111 t!" to visit it next simmer, if all goel same habitat as does the mushroom. well. He says: and undoubtedly is reaponsble for

exceptional drought, lust at a. crit- curred from polloflifl! b! $111181-

a. ’§l'€8t plea-sure to visit the flower tcadstools, but out of the hundred! garden of Mrs. Lloyd Ballum of of species lmown to science, ii. would Mount Albion, in that particular be hard to find a. dozen really pois- part of it known as Birch H111. This onoils. It would. lwWl-We . be 6853’ is the old Ballum homestead, beau- to make out a list of fifty (Of Wm tlful for situation, with its stream more) Whclh W°l11d b9 N551‘? w‘ of water running the full length ofjcepted as delicious (cod-plantar the the farm. but now more beautiful majority beinfl “llflwlfifl-‘il! “WWW than ever; and plans are under because of their woody WXi-UIV-filt‘ iway for still more improvements! rous sznell. or repugnant airwav- iSuch a wealth of beauty and bloom ance, and not because of any harm" as were to be seen when the writer ful propertlfls- Nflveflhelfi- "'1 1' had the pleasure of u. visit there, better for children, and wWiallv would be hard to duplicate. 10!‘ those of tender vew- to be Special mention must be made tauitht t0 100K Fm 511 Wm W517i‘ cf the oarnations, stocks, snapdrng- clan and so help to prevent such ons. and gladloli. but aluilost all tragic occurrences as we soflwwms the old favorites as well l8 many read 0!- inow ones were there; in fact it In Guiww’ in h,‘ book (a eopy “W” be ha“ t” “m” " “W” OI which is in the Public Library) that was not. ‘Iulips, daffodills gives the elm-cal hum“, o; W0 Japanese lilies, Iceland and other cases o! poisoning. one m Canada, pcppieg’ Balsam‘ pawnm’ Regal and the other in Germany. The and other lilies, polyanthus, dian- clinical detail of DL weBmmn-s thus, blanket-flowers, foxgloves.

ical time in flower growth, it was ‘Ibm are a. few other 111111111111‘

_,_ bwmpaekages, comprisng 468,044 plants l “nun h“ it! Bea-mil fllmlll’ w SIXP-ilzirger ones were still alive, buffer 3,699 consignecs. One hundred f the=e importa- all, and when they got warm Iiticns were refused entry from 104 pars on account oi’ ‘irregular

I strangers have been coming here by ‘the thousands, and .111 want to feed our iobiils; we, of cow/so. let them. and sometimes I will not feed them iuiysA-if for days. But I often see Llicni collie flying when a bunch o! gtrangr) people arrives. Why? Just because they ale fed so much by

A laughable thing halppened last summer. I heard the lady of the house seuldlig and shcoing with the ilrcum; I found that little Jasper had left the screen door open and three of his pet rdlins had flown on his mother's chuce picture that hangs in the as found what the noise was about he just took the feed tin and went in. gave

and the birds at once flew dmvn in- io the pan, the boy walked out with

fence, as while I know that by time: 4,, the back dom- and Chwpcd “tun Idans will annoy fruit grczvvrs by ma; got hungry, anu would‘ stay 5WHBTEEBUIIZ m"? 1" IlUIldTPd-‘i. W“! until some one fed them. Flnily '00 be fair we must consider the

they would follow us men over to‘

rcblns, and I have often seen lttle

In i917 wa had twenty-one pet

Jasper start for school and have to

lioncysuckes, larkspuxs, coclcscovnbs, Canterbury mils, and roses with dahlfas in endless variety, as well as peanuts and ground almonds. More whose names cannot now be recall- ed, were there in profusion, and were well worth going a long dis- tance w see: and lvllrs. Ballum ‘s never "too busy" to find time to welcome a visitor and to show him (or ha‘) round, whether friend or stranger, or to give some seeds. or to dig up a plant or two that one desires to have, or to pick a bfillquet for a sick friend, a church service, or a. weddna, or in fact t0 ido anything else to spread the gos- pel of beauty and help to make this life a. little more worth while."

To which I may add that a com- munity is fortunate indeed, which has so unselfish a member.

POISONIING BY FUNGI

My Sympathes 8o out to the sor- Yvwlnk parents of the children who met so hapless s fate from fungus WWnin-a and the more so that when I first came to PE. Island. my two youngest children narrowly es. caped the same fate. They had been t0 the back fields and had picked and eaten some fungi which thfly took to be mushrooms, and had developed symptoms of fungus P0350111!!! staggered in ther walk, etc. I was working away from home that day, and my eldest daughter at once harnessed up and drcvg across to inform me. I found that she had induced vomiting by means of tickling the throat. which was the best thing as first a d; so 1 hm»- ried her ofl for the doom; and Went home as soon as I could get. The children were than out of can- Ker, but were stupeflcd, and did not recover “normalcy” 1c: m9 days after. ‘The little girl in trying to describe her Qyzrlptomg, 514 m, felt as though she were flyim, 5nd ‘ this "lght-hesdedness" seem; go be characteristic of mild Amanitn. poisoning. and would account for the erratic walking.

Dr. Guxoiw, in his book on "Mushrooms and Toadstools" cs- Wflfllll’ minis h's readers against

case, is well worthy of study-

THE “HONEY AGARIC"

Of all the fleshy wood-destroyi-“B fungi it seems to me that Armlll- aria mellea (vahl) Fr. is the most abundant. This fall wherever one looks. the old nunllps (generally of spruce) are covered with the clus- ters of the “Honey Agarlc" as it is called. It seems a. misnomer so to enttle it. as it neither smells nci- tastes like honey, and the colors generally ore only distantly alike.

This plant is easily recognized. It

‘ture for some considerable time. Range investigations, In which ns-r tive vegtation is being studied, with special reference to changes‘ which take place under different,

ducted at the Dominion Range Elf-i

Though the suimne was one of most. of the deaths which have oc- p-flment Station, Mznybei-i-ies, Ale,son' um queen w wmmenoe my-

berta. The principal forage plants

of the range areas of southern Al- "

berta and Saskatchewan have been identified, their palatabllity,‘ nutritive value. and response different methods o! gazing have been determin d- Many different species of forage crops also are being studied at Saskatoon sud Ottawa, the m'st important work being done with referefce to alfal- fa, red clover, timothy, wsttrn rye‘ grass, com, soy beans. mangels and swedes. With the grasses, ef- fort is being directed towards deve- lop ng strains which are adapted speciclly for pasture purprses. Al- falfa- is b'ing bred for increased- seed production by making use o!‘ certain mother plants which havci been found to be def-fertilizing and independent of insect pol‘ina-' tion.

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powder. In small doses of ilwo to five grains lt has a marked effect in coughs, asthma, and dropsy. In very large doses, it excites violent notion of the stomach intestines and kid.- neys in man; it would seem, how-

iceable in the majority of animals.

ROMZAN BRITAIN, AD. ‘$55-36!

with p,“ their sagaclty in ruling the conquered races. the Romans never succeeded in crest ng a stable central government and the later history of the Roman State is a. long list of civil contests for the “purple? and assassinations of

grows in clusters on decayed wood or stumps, and frequently at the base o! dead or dying trees. The cap is var able in color, running from light lrufl to dark-tawny, and this year it ranges up to six inches in diametei-Jrhe gills are lighter in col- or than the cam. and the stem (which is tough) is reddish brown, and has a sort of ruff or ring round it, a noteworthy feature.

The "Honey Agarlc" is considered an edible fungus. but the smell is enough for moi Masses. however. in his ‘Text-book of Plant Diseases,” says the flavor is very pleasant. He ‘ncludea the fungus in his book because when‘ the spores (seeds) are inoculated into u. wound in a tree. the mycelium (or roots) will develop and destroy the surrounding wood, and ultimately kill the tree.

TEE BIRD’! WINTER TABLE

Now is the time to attract the birds round your home, by provid- ‘ng a supply of food at a given point. If this is done. and the sup- ply regularly replenished. they will ,“catch on" and will be certain to visit you during the dark days of winter. Some of my readers will rc- meanbcr the pamphlet on "Brd Houses," which was distributed by The Guardian last spring; and will be glad to hear that there is an- other, equally interestirlg, on “At- tracting Birds with Food and Wat- er" which ‘a to be had by writing to the Commissioner Canadian Na- tional Parka Branch, Department of the Interior, Ottawa. It is distribu- ted without charge.

those who had attained it. These civil wars and revolts wasted the man-Ipcwer of th: Enmre on a great scale, and the barbarian nations on its borders, sensing this, har- rassed the dominions of the Ceas- ars on all sides. It required all the courage of Julian (355-363) to keep the ‘ruewns a: bay on- the northern frontier, while the Sax- ons were becoming more formidable. day by day, on the western seas. TM Empire was fast approanhing dissolution.

The governor of Britain on the accession of Julian. was an officer named Alypius, who was recalled by the emperor and entrusted with the rebuilding cf the walls of Jerusalem wh ch Julian had determined to re- stare in a spirit 0f hostility to the Christians. Not-hing is said of the state of Britain ‘n this reign, but soon after the accession of Jovian- us there was a joint attacle of the Plots, Scots and Attacots from the north, and of the Saxons from the sea. They seem to have met with feeble resistance till the reign of the next emperor vclentinianus 304-275). Giving up the mipire of the cast to his brother Vaiens, he concentrated his energynin restor- ing security and order to the West. In the year 368 as Valentinlanul was on his way from Amelns to Troyes. ho had new: of a new and terrible ‘rruption of the barbarians into Britain: they had defeated and slain the "count of the Saxon shore" an officer in charge of the

ever, that the effects are not nob‘

protect bis been during the whim. The been that are to live through the winter will be reared princi- pally in August and

ing about August 1..

reared during Juno orearly July. during the honey-flow from clo- ver, and. says the Dominion Apia:- fst, no better; conditions for the

rearing of queens exist thrln 111059

found in Oanmds at this time. B! having a 300d prolific queen in the hive by the amps time is given for her to pro- duce a strong force of bees before, normal [wood , action ceases ln| the fall. Not only will the colony‘ containing s younl queen w!” more bees for the winter than one containing an old queen. but the young queen will be more prolific

and profitable for the following spring.

Bees d0 not hibernate in the true sense of the word. When it

becomes cold, they form a compact‘ cluster, and the been in the hen-rt of the cluster generate heat by muscular activity. This activity of course. necemitatm the consump- tion of stores in proportion to the amount of energy expended. The bees 4m the outside cf the cluster act as insulator-etc prevent the cs- cape of the heat generated. As soon as the temperature falls in 5'! degrees or lower s cluster is 10mm and heat generated. The colder the hive becomes. the greater will be the amount of heat require-d to keep up the tempera.- ture of the hive. Should the cluster be u. small one. there wfll be fewer bees for heat production and these few will have to work harder. Excessive heat production is apt to start the bees producing brood. which is us- ually fatal to s cqcny during win- ter whcn the bees are unable to fly. The greater the number of bees within the colony, the smaller the amount of work reqirred from each individual bee, provided that stores and protection are oqlwl- 1i is. therefore, impossible to set» I- colony too strong for the winter. By strong colonies is meant p0!!-

my cf booty fell into his hands. much of which was restored W those from whom it had been taken.

Naturally the citizens of London. joyfully opened their gates to their deliver-er, and the generalb first case was to rest his troop! n 31° city and to consider the difficulties still ahead." He questioned both deserters and captives and soon learned the character of the enemy with which he had to deal. To his astute mind it seemed that they might be conquered as much by policy as by force of arms, and to that end he issued a prcnlamation promising pardon to all who would desert from their ranks, and "on this promise s great number return- ed to their duty." Evidently there had been an insurrection of the sub-

Beptember. . nndilhnbestwaywgetth in... isystems of grazing. an being con- mge numbers is to have mo A" hive a queen reamed the same ses- i»

ThHmM-Dl thztahemustbe

first of August,

OCTOBER Z1. 1933

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We have just received our falintook of BULBS illrccl " from HOLLAND for fill

" planting and only lpflng Bloom. All first also ‘Bulbs.

(Double sud -

IIYAOINTS Single.)

TULIP! (Double and single) CHOICE’ TALL DARWIN TULIPS, NARCISSUS. DA!‘- FODILS, CROCUS, SNOW- ~:-,- DROPS. I-‘BEESIAS all n. ‘- lowest prices. Now open in ' our BOOKSTORE.

Send for our price list.

Postage paid on all Mall Orders.

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ulous colonies of younl bow. Young bees are those that Mvc done little or no field work. but they should have had at least one good flight before winter soil in. Bees emerge from their cell: with a given amount of energy which. if used before entering on their winter's rest, they are not likely to survive the winter, much 1cm in live long enough ho be replaced with young bees in the spring.

Harvest In Tibit

An interesting picture of harvelt- lng in Tibet on the south western border of China beyond the Biiml- layan mmntdlnl is given by I‘. Kingdon Ward in his Eleventh Expedition of Asia. “The corn (wheat) is now being built into stocks," lie writs, "but the wea- ther was so bad there seems no pro pect of drying it for some time. The him/est ng operations were in- tmesling. Bmcre anything else ll done, the weeds are pulled up, tied into bundles. and carried away fol- fodder. Needless to state, tbsy form a large proportion of the cornfield.

Next, the wheat is reaped with gickles, and the stems pulled through a large wooden comb,

which tales off the can. these bo- 111g thrown into baskets. flnllly. the ears are flailed, and the grain w nncwed, every process being done by hand. Ploughixig is done by yak (the Tibetan ox), and sowing h, of cmrse. by hand. Agricultural ml- cbinery has not yet found its Ill into Tibet, and u the country could not support a large popula- tion, is not likely to for the pres- ent"

CATTLE IN WINTER NEED IX- TRA CARE

with the coming of winter, fu- mers should make cure that the barns in which their stock In to pass 'he cold months are clean 1M free from possible infectious dil- eases or parasites.

Such (ll-cases u ringworm. loll or mum. lice or vmbles, we don- contract it tiumwh hmdlin; c. dangerous because humlnl Ill! “ from curry-combs and brushes.

‘Iincture of iodine applied daily

joct population combined with the in ' . Theodoaiu; than sent in a report on the state of Britain to the emperor. and advised that an officer named Oivlls. an honest brave, and energetic man. should

bosom over as governor of Brit- sin, and that a distingirshcd mil- ital-y commander Duke Dulcitius

maritime dish-lets of the south- east. An official named mllofaudes, whore ttle was "Duke of Britain."

rcrawls out like a snail. cut/s down

InOst good for the most people. S) let us take the average farm, cc- Wlilfld by the cleanest of farmers. 71th his corn, potatoes, tomatoes. "Qmbba-ges and other crops too num- erous to mention. all coming up "through the clean, fertile. soil. and, slow. l‘ke a sneaking thief in the might, the annoying cut-worn;

the promising plant and then para. ‘its on to another and repeal; hi; jlfilmifilve doings. ‘Then when he

as?

Spinniuglwaiid Weaving

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‘Z-“Mlflfllnyourwocn tobespun Yarn and wave lnlollankgtg, chnrlel are: single yarn 23

is doubled 26 cents per puma, Blankets 82-00. and if unlsundered "M; It lakes flvc lbs. of wool per Blanket. “'00! must be well In)“; Ind all dlrt and burrs picked not The size of lingle yum h medium, m4 doubled yarn flne. medium, Qnrse and hooking yarn. Put chip. D’: name on all parcels and own- lllme. address and instructions 58M h! mall or freight

- htwfllbotlldunlfliilimloh

come. back and feed his pets to keep

two species of Amanita. The cm 15

had been ambushed and was either

follovfnq washing with new 1M water will cure ring-worm. bu! scsbbica or mange need 0o b0 419' ped in or sprayed with special co- lutions such as crude petrolemn or equal parts of kercsenc and. 00f»- ton seed oil, which mixture in cu recomm-nded for lice. No mural can give its beet milk DNQHVWII ci- put on flesh when feeding’ llfl

should cccom y 1m.

the luotory and often have I seen them sitting on the mill, watching the 5.70am of clay run out. now laud then turning their heads side- wisi- as if they doubted their best eye. Once or twzce I sew them a1 ght on a not gas pipe; this always made me laugh, because they got off long bofore one had to tell them. The next one might see of them they ivuuld be out at the clay bank. xix-veiling the man dig clay. now and then pirlfng ‘out an earth worfn. But they never went near any stronger that happened around. and this point alone brought us a lot of satisfaction, Just to know that these two innocent robins that had scarcely been acquainted with us a month, know every person that ivorlned around the premLscs.

them from following him away. The wily we get them 1a when smne neighbor get-s afraid his cats ore going to kill the young robins around his place, we get them. If yo: want w try it, keep them warm. in a small dry-goods box When

open ther mouths and slip a little custard in them. The second day they will open their ovm mouths and in about three days they will accept you as their stepmother and you can let them out. Be sure and keep them goodandwarm, and feed often.

Wepintaguoneomcofour rdbins, and odd ones returned the amt spring, and they are always more wld: in fact, when the? return

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‘These two stayed with ur, until they will not let your near October and disappeared. But they This fa :1. I do not 1indervtand. in taught me one good lesson: What last ezcperinzent was imtake iaw s great mistake l’ had made, roblns out of s nest of four where through life, by keeping my pets the pal-cut bird's were the tamwl oi shut up, as one bird having its lb- any I knew; then I went and got arty to go and coma at will is worth me out of a nest of two, with ex- a hundred in a cage; ceptionally wild parents. The birds Well. that is some years ago, but were all taken the some hour. But we have had pet zobins ever since. the two were tamer in two day's

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Aunsnlta muscaria L., the Fly ‘Iloadstool, which gets its popular name from its use by the early "g. tiers in poisoning flea. This fungus 1-1 Ill-raw. the cap being sometimes as big ls a dinner plate, of s pale 1o. m°11 JQIIW lhldlns to reddish in the cent-TB. wth whitish wax-ta scat- tered imaularly over it. The stem has a kind of ruff round it, called the annulus or ring. The poisonous principle. an alkaloid kmwn u muscuin, is an extremely toxic aub- atance, which has also been found l" Dutrid fish, so that its action rc- sembles "ptomuine poisoning" u it used w be called. Noilwiihstnmfirll this evil fcputaton I rum J0me- times observed cattle eating these 5111181 and without any l1! affect, u ‘for as I could judge. Bqulflils also ‘l’. a. great variety cf toodstools Mth impunity. . ‘The. other Amanh il A. phal- loidrs n, which is branded by its vfmmon name of "Death-cup" or "I-"alh Ailsei." the lath: because "I its whiteness, pox-hip. M19005. it l5 usually white, thmifla it his horn found with a yellowish, dull 81km, olive-grey, or pastiche-hon

Revul-mtv in svnplvins the food is essential: ff the birds come to a feeding station for s day oi- two during which there is no feed, they will.‘ scatter all over the locality, and may takes long time to coax back-if ever.

A SAFE RAT POISON ‘Ihersassanumberofgoodccmmgr cial rat poisons sold. but their snot drawback is that they don't disting- uish between friend and foe! ‘Iheie has lately been put on the market in Canada a. preparation of I plbnt known as the Bquill (scfllu maritime.) which is fatal to nu and mics, yet harmless to "man and domestic animals, chicks, cots and dogs." The squill was first cul-

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