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NATURE NOTE5

m ms mominx 0f April 2lst.— beautiful Basins moraine-J wok “n; round the farmstead, and . g spot where the axe had . at work during the winter. .. p5 littered the ground. and 1-1 looked there floated down a red- :.. butterfly aind settled on one . I wen over very cau- . efnand as the insect had read ymg to catch the warmth. saw n; a "Compton Tortoise ’ (Var- . y-album). lt was in rather be- aggled condition and its colors . faded. which showed that. it _ g Last, year's specimen "come . we" after its ions hibernation. .. butterflies I believe pass the , w» 1n the pupal state; but this d the common Mourning 0108-1!) e yefy hardy and many of them bemaate in any sheltered spot. .- will afford protection-under m, and loose bark. 0r in hollow . , etc.

This fellow was rash in viving so soon. a111, must. have ne to bed supperless. for there re no willow catkins to provide meal oi nectar. the earliest . mg food of the butterflies. 1g” night of April 24th W85 lig- .. . a magnificent display nil-colored aurora, which rose . . every point of the wmpfifl. .. lsated across the zenith. s gigplay lasted a considerable .. ,On the afternoon of the 25th. . examining the sun. with a view see if there was an thing them account for the pf: omenon, s. irly large blade spot was seen ost central on the solar disc. is a connection between the 0 “Tim's. sporting magazi e A wr r a n . an easy method of ridding the - cl undesirable weeds like dan- lim and plantain, so simple that suspects it will not be used, .. people are usually suspicious an easy solution to a universal 1cm" It is a. slow, fiddling job the weeds out with a spud. .. is nothing in the way ah fliat will kill th injuring the turf. to some . t when applied as a spray. .- rflielesa he made a. good Job it. with gasoline-As very difficult d to cvntrol. His method is _- --- thuaprocurealarge glass ...: “Such ea doctors use for ..' blood pecimens." This cyt- ». al slenderneedleand container wh ch will hold enough line to put the necessary three four drops on 30 or 40 plants; minute's work. The needle is held r the plant, never "injected" ithllthcltisneoessaryisfor gasolinetoreeoh thecentrenf . dmdelicn. Three or four drops - the crown of the plant will ldll without fall. if fr. is not wet at e time. The same amount on each vel ng flower will prevent seed »- , 0n. “Usually bythesecond y the plant is brown or black in centre, then enough; I must try on the Fall Dandelion which is s great trouble in my little lawn. ‘There ls a small willow, never w» m feet in height, and 11y much lowez, which is some- -- cultivated in Canada. It is - Bay-leaved Willow, Bali: pon- 1 and the reason it is culti- -~ is because the ovate leaves . extremely glossy, and glitter in , sunlight like those of the laurel -~- med in making ohapleis. A 11mm tree is a striking light.

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In the Editorial Notes of A9111 d there is a short account 0d’ - - Gcrt, the new chief of the -t- rial General Staff. It take! writer back manv years to the - church at Ebcheater in the ls 0f Derwem when one fins nday morning he saw the Hon. hn y m-endergast Vereloer between his two fair-haired ys. are of these is now the

- t Cort of the Editorial. The Mr. Verekern father was the

i‘ of Wight, where he frequenttlivl tertained Queen Victoria. wi cm he was a. persona grate. Old Squires Surtees, son of that ~ ~ who wrote "Jorrocksb Jaun- and Jbllities" and many other - : novels of a humorous tum. the owfler oi Hamsterley Hall the Vale of Derwent, and rather

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- u. Illrc deal and llllt m! lneu th way. second to 110M

1 "111 flfnvlnoe our Seed is inspect-

~ in Ontario and here after arrival It. Macmillan. W the

on. ew low can. "is; ‘it’? l‘.'.’.'i"°"‘ °"‘§.'.‘Z - Other Beeéh a Fmubntro- tu-e in stock. Witch fm- ado on I of car. Cash only.

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ton delivered in

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Agrlcuitura policy of assisting island formers to ob- . Paved to ship lime in curlers of thirty (30) tans or more to all Island points ct time dollars (QM) per

bulirand time dollars and seventy- five cents ($3.75) per ton delivered In begs.

Then prices are In effectunfll June l5, l939.

lirookvllle Ilssufpotsflsgl 09.,

lrooltvllle, CI. John, NLI.

a character in his w . use

Princess Elizabeth, heflybelieved ‘it horses should have a holiday on 81111113: and so he. his daughters 511d "$111116 0! servants, trudg- ed along the clnderpath m m. cluster church two miles away. The Squire's sabbatical nOtlOns did Mt Prevent him carrying a pair of

11111111118 shears in out. off over- that obstructed the w». In his d4 the parish

y church (Anglican) was served by the Rev. Mr. Ellison, who was one of the old school of fox-hunting psi-sons. and of whom man re- markable stories till form the 1091c of the parishioners. One day. *l-.‘i..i*-"3.a..’2€ era's... i“ d.“

om‘ er

service. ‘That was a short sermon

you gave us this morning, Mr. El-

lison,’ saig gieogsguire.‘ "Yes, but

was a — g one.” returned his Reverenoe.

U!" i118 squire! death, the es- tate and Hall became the property of his two daughters, by falling or male heirs. The elder left the Angli- can church and joined the Catholic congregation at Byermoor, where she was a devout member. The

other, Miss Eleanor, married the Hon. Mr. Vereker, who ultimately

tpoeseasor of the Hall. He was a man of kindl disposition. and although of nob e family and extremelypich, he never put on 1111? ‘side’ when talking to his less fortunate neighobrs: a trait that.

made him very or in the Val- ley. He had a. nob , micro-photog- raphy. He showed the writer his

apparatus: a microscope magnified the image of the abject (say a dis- tmn). a. second microscope picked up the image and magnified it still further. when it passed into the camera to make the photograph. Hehadwrittenabookonthesub- 100i: and presented a copy to the writer, who unfortunately was oom- pelled to leave it behind—one had only so much space. allowed on sirmoaxul and all luggage had t0 be carefully selected.

At Hamsterley Hall was preser- ved the old family coach, a g, cumbrous affair, just like the fa- miliar stage-coach of the Christ- mas cards. It had "C springs" huge half-circular concerns, to which the wheels were attached. The “C" was on its back, and its ends were join- ed by eat leather straps. upon which body of the coach rode —it must have swayed like a ship at sea. There was a seavfor the guard outside, at the back, and a long holster for his blunder-buss, taking one back to the era of the hiflvwa . A secret drawer un- der the seat was supposed to pre- serve the family Jewels. but I~ think the ‘knights of the road" would know all about such hiding places. Hamsterley Hall had another in- bares feature-a. "ha-ha fence" round e spacious lawn. The own- er went in for sheep-raising, but the sheep never got. on to the lawn. though there seemed nothing to stop them. This had been effected by digging a deep trench. straight down on the one side (next the lawn) and gently sloping on the other. ‘lithe straight side had a stone n which the sheep could not scale. When one looked out of the Hall windows there was no sign of the sunken fen .

cs The Hon. Mr. Vereker became t Govt 0n the death of his father. in the closing years of the century. and he. too, must

have raced on, m e Ddito l Note. It is stated that the fasnlly name was originally Pren- dergast: s. name very frequently misspelt Pesidergast 0r Pender- gram. It must have been a nick- name-es many family names were —eincs the translation seems to be ‘iCeteh-the-ghostl"

80mm New Plants

I was glad to hear again from Mir. Bier-ling Oumlflaell of Camp- bell's Mills, New Glasgow, RBI. Mir. Campbell writes: "Dear c- ola," In the March 22nd issue 0f the Family Herald there was a list of twenty plants identified. which I ad sent in, but they somehow got the Province wnng in their re- ply. m the list were the names of three lants that do not ePDear in "The owering Plants and Bards of P. E. Island". unless under a dif- ferent name. ‘they are:-

(1) Purple or Water Avevna.

vale. (i) Tall White Lettuce, Pronun-

th sltlnlma. i?) Virgin's Bower. Clematis vir-

On April 13th a pair of Rinl- necked Pheasants were feeding on the birds of a aaIuwka wvcfp sh the buds of a White Birch tree. about 20 feet from the house. Th1!

was about dusk in the evening. When looking over some old pap- ers I came across a note I had nude of seeing what I took to be a Red-winged Blackbird last June. As my bird references are very limited I am not sure it was this . ir) had their

black, with the red showing under

the wings when flyinz- The "m!"

was a color.‘ " Sincerely

rs, r g Campbel.

yqflhis m letter. for it shows that one of our ' ‘ " aki 300d use of his chec

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the I. E. l. Department of

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Charlottetown, up with the series of inexpensive lltt

Red, Blue and Green bird- on sale at the Woolwoftl-l Ten." bird. Summer .

round East lake (souris way) years ago—never seen now. i933 J hank

swamp near at South ort

Spring o i934 in the same locality. -—1»larold A. Ueszervy. (Blue lscz-k. page 42.)"

as the following Oeuvre" sh0ws. Readln paper one morning a p

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Drice to the farmer or the flea have the fertilizer on baud

un the day they are trucked. 4 I can see no reason of

ing a Price List. Our price than the other Dealers but th Fertiliser. {There will be no Fertilizer Plant but we will make prompt delivery.

This has been the best have had for some time. I amount of credit to those I > with and to take on some , satisfied that they are good will be put out.

few days otherwise this unn peared earlier. Thanking you one and all

FRANK B.

Attention Farmers Near thTovm

Again this Spring we ofler you fertilizer at the suns

utors throughout the Province. As soon u the roads are opened for trucks we will

Blessed to take from you whatever potatoes, Seed or Tam f Stock. you have in exchange at as high a price as is going

K0111! to the expense of print-

will be able to give u liberal have previously done bluinau new customers prvvlding I am risks but no all time Fertiliser

We have a special mixture of G. 1 Qsliwlfllly Prepared for Turnlps. 80in: to look to us this Fell to market their turnips would be well advised to use this Fertiliser. Please contact with the Office without further delay. l have been away for a

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TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming '

W. Fred Burke. fox fieidrman o! the Department cu’ Agriculture. was the speaker at the rnonthl meet- ing or the Charlottetown x Club Monday evenifl8. He gave a very in- teresting and instructive talk on his visit to the New York auction sales. which he attended together with George A. Callback of the Pu: Mar- keting Department Canadian Nat- ional Silver Fox weeders’ Associat- ion. Mr. Burke said they were ac- corded a splendid opportunity to see the pelts which were consigned by the American National Fox Breeders’ Association. similar in its nuns and organizations to the Can- adian National.

The pelts were well graded and he was struck with the uniformity of size in the various bundles. On the average the pelts apfialfd lame. but. on investigation be- lieves this was due to the method of fishing adr/pted by t-he American

atlonal and Fromm Bros. As soon as the fox is pelted it. is scraped and the pelt is placed fur side out on a proper sized wire frame which widens it, fulls the neck and gives n. a symmetrical appearance. As the frame is double it allows a. free circulation of air through the inter- ior of the pelt and if kept at a proper temperature they dry out in about the ‘same time as ourucielts do. The wire frame avoids t lng

and st the suns time be I

is no higher and no lower is year we are importing all deliveries frvm The Island have a supply on hand to

Ind most profitable year I

ulatcd Fertiliser The {rowers that are

ounoemcnt would have ap-

heariily, I am, Yours very truly

CLARKE

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erlcan pelts were equal in $18111)‘ or veiling tn our best ward island Delia. but. he u-id Bil’ £111‘ fanners mere are very much in earnest in endeavormg to improve their animals and spend quite a lot' of money on plant and equipment. i

The very pale pelts re tend Ln gllvance in price

bom the Amer can National Assoc- iation's merit tags. these being sel- ects trom all the consignments that had been brought together for show i’... u

same-some tem as our cure carried with the Charlottetown fox lt show. Buyers looked up and too a

lively interest vmen "merit" pelts- so-catalqg-tied-were offered. Prices

d to th des ing of

"thing om en

Department of Agricul- ou

awarded and merit. e same aye-l in co-operationl

Farmers Attention Save Money With

PRIME ELECTRIC FENCE

The lain advantages of an Electric Fen“ are:- 2 geeguces cost of erecting temporary fences,

'1'?“ “P6115118 f0! W1". posts and gates. 3- R9511"! lllury lo live stock. L Protects growing crop,

Call at Palmer Electric or Demonstration and Information.

ELECTRIC FENCE C0.

117 Kent Street C. E. McNUTT Sat-Tuei-Thur

P. E. PALMER

éumped quickly. particularly for the ulllwslllvers and 300d averasfié 1!- su .

Many of the pelts were what we would describe as pepper and salt kind. These sold at. around 3.00 average. Many seemed ion an op- en furl-ed, a complaint wh ch lsnow made regard the Norwegian pelts, Mr. Burke believed that the only pelts we could sell proiltnbl in New York are extra pales. and

at v al peliti.

a bleached silver fox.

m. u a i, m“ 111111111“ mating m. t t. the 0 ll$0Oou8e wenkth s? gwkglflounawiot}: Lséveral ICIDEIGSPEE V! a. wwmud m“ u a ggggygggt, um ever 13g since be went m the mum: $5‘. wsldetlvfwlymnmm“, m1" 100' um nmopémus rufiefv" l‘ I mu hvuse understognds to btfnxttliicr? “mfid m" 5°"

from the new type mgglfllgéfle foxes

ln here and there and gives a _ 5h “Id - ht d - a - chance to stretch the pelt in length. ‘juashgw was ° be wpyflg f” —‘ 33d . n,“ 181M h, M‘. Burke c 1 dvised me club an t ere shfluld be some way _ Many ‘xperienoed fur men in 1’ 9m our friend Canadian Garden Service 1939 p h... ggggnaigvygg- risks: “attachment as:a.a..-~..=.~aaa.a-~.s° gs.- °n° “x “rm- y ' - W the Honorable Da b. m m. f m w.“ March sales were Prince Edward Is Canadian link, vid BY GORDON LINDSAY SMITH still}. ‘i231 (givem if Balk Oil this l 111111 Show tag pelts. onThel whole miblect at esent u mm at m '- dtfw Mount- m°m°d °‘ Pellm‘ He gave some ilflures rfiifflrdin Iss3. lvewunvorfir" 1% {Zfhcn §>l°sum'm°t3 W1" We at that e muQuglfilli ' t. Government fox grading las iOns 0f red liver foxm anifestl e em 9191111151 to the govern- “M” °“" $011155 1" 111 11w "W" a1 11m lfiéufiwfcdfihimwlilitfil°tfismfi f - agggmgyg “ggggnhggggggp, 111"“ *1" 5pm" t» =$flm=m~y 3”“ “t? outs . mfidii ‘m "°‘ "3 - i i cod with vc nice '

Togetstartedin hurry ("YB 0m 1°" TY r .Frumthesetti nche - xoxvnowm-nmm; . cumenfctd- mmed u, pumg, ‘ cfifag pufcmhgggd"; 15mg; W133 tganalr’; gtrilcipgtrlygrlsoyubrtietlggegnfivrngildfgflfgl: 53513.1 3.49s for lnfivgctllun. o? ‘it bleached and dyed eicntlvgnrgl-fi clf“°'"°ml°°¢ ' 1:14“? 111:1» quantity of started plants of both Gasman, mama Dem-um mark‘ dark side and these hr very number 1,579 passed. a; than 20 shades of red and re ing silver Wflaam‘ Om” 555111141 "17 flowers and vegetables. 1t is im- golds sal lossis nlcotlnc’ and small rice-sin New York " e de- P“ w" °f ‘he mmb“ l“ ‘he ‘Rmdnflm “me-lbw f"! 118111011 s“°°°“m “s” ‘f’ d“! portant to get the varieties want- n t ' f pt}? ’ pb ' l at mand p definitel for th ‘bri y“ 51b ranches. so there is lots of room for circles ere. Colors ra from the “d h“ R 1m“ m m“ and WW"

°5 ° ° ers- ca“ 3395» 9° e155. 15 Y u“ 3 improvement in our breeding stock. xcllowy tone to deep 051161‘ 1R litters. He thi that

ed afiid tonldthis account it is an tomgtogs hem tewucq 98g and ver.. said MIZLBIIFRE, in fact they gm wlwyp 15 about w, days we exce en ea to consult a good peppy pram. m we Wgemfle “He; want them wi h bright faces, not Th 1938 m‘: 6h d m, 5mg,“ u c the m, ' Canadian seed catalogue before are all sold as started plants. , grin sugfr- 3321;113:131- mgulgefielglfii: mo“? 9o Dem, y]??? rang; that may a‘ m ouwomwug: culling h, “y, m. herd fir: flower »-- ~~ ~---»-_ _ harbored some sort of parasites and red silver ox fashion first reported h” t" s who ex-

placlng the order. The gardener can look over the various varieties in the catalogue and should make sure that the particular ones list». although. it must be said, that list, la not as complete as it ought be. Since it was published (i903) there have been added to the manu- Wlpt no less than 113 species pre- viously unknown to local botanists. One of these. the Purple 0r Water Avcns (Geum rlvale) was (gum-j in the Summerslple district by Dr. W. L. Holman. and forwarded to the writer in i986. The other two. Pen- mthes altissims. and Clematis vir- llnllms. are new; and bring Mr. Oampbeffls contribution to our local flflrv- up to eight new species. The clematis is particularly interesting.

Everything tn Mr. Campbells letter points in the Red-winged Blackbird. but the red is on the

upper surface of the wings. at the “shoulder? I do not think that any red is under the wings. but would not like to be dogmatic about (mac. over in the trict, I saw these birds flying among the reeds on the margin of a pool,

Southpont dis-

thcir favorite resort. That beautiful

countryside where my correspond- ent lives, must be the haunt many birds which will repay atten- tion. and I recommend him to get

of

the check-list of "The Birds of Prince Edward Island" uhliahed by the Department of ucatinn.

may be had at a nominal price from

the "School Supply" booksfiorc in and connects '

le books

1 quote from t:- No. mil-The Red-winged Black- " t Commit;

Mr. T. Rogers" home in 1033. seer. also in

The last sentence refers us in

the aforesaid Blue Book, where a very good account of the bird will be found on page 4n, and a colored picture of it on page 43.

Philosopbe or Cynic?

The Parlslans have ‘a retty wit’ jape rom "L'-