, metamorphosis." There is. lastly. a

yrnetamorphosis) is the most coin-

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NEWS Y NOTES

II AGIIXIJ

‘HIEORDER or msucrs i2)

Review. The class Insecta belongs to that division of the animal king- dom called the Arthropoda or “joint footed." The other three classes lire the Cnisiacrra. or loix-iers. vie. The Aiachnida or sliders; and the MlT- Ifl- slects have not mow than six leg$ usually two {nits of wings; alivziys and ihc head. llio- distinctly e iii-e possibly one m distinct species

etc.

iopoda. or ceiitipedrs

two unit-misc; rax. and abdomen are separated. Th and a hiiif n11! 0i’ msevts in tllc world. Before wc prl orders of Iilf‘

es the perfici or

’I‘hii kllififllié- lrlicved that

true. O'.'ipu.ous generation l»

‘but fhcrri flff‘ (zci-Fuin from that rule lt n. for

or plant lire

iby a kind 0i’ ititernal buddingl

ivithout ilic iiitcrvrntioii male. during the stlnmivr; rind at the approach of cold weather lay eggs which hatch in the spring and carry on the inc-e. There are other abnormahiics which will no consid- ered in their proper place. for tho insect world is full of surprises; but for tho present we ivill consider the egg as the first stage in tho life history of the insect. Whcn the egg hatches. the larva. which is the second stage. is liberated and begins feeding immediately. This is the growing stage and the larvo changes its akin ("fllOlllt5" some nail it.) several times- beforc iv. changes to the next stage-the pupa. ‘Fhe pupal stage as a rule. is IHECtlVP. th» pupa never eats and is often enclosed in a. cocoon. After a, time the pupa bursts its case and issues fonh as un imugo or perfect insect.

When an insect presents in suc- cession each of thcstyfour stages it 1| said to undergo complete meta- morphosis, and ln order not to dis- may my young friends I may say the long word just metms "changel" But it i! to be noted that some in- lects as the crzckets and true bugs (including the bedbug.) have no pupal state. the zmiinal continuing active. and of course feeding. from the egg stage to that or the per- foct insect. Scientists tell us. that Inch insects display ‘incomplete

small group sometimes called aber- rant insects, which have no metam- orphosis at all; though we must observe that many writers. includ- ing the lute Lord Avebury. dispute their position as true insects. There have been many systems of classiﬁcation proposed for the Insect-a all of which have proved. upon trial, to be more or less defec tive. Perhaps the classiﬁcation known as the "metamorphotlc" (because based primarily upon the

irenient and natural. and accord- ingly will be used in the present notts, in spite of minor defects.

The orders of insects which un- dergo a. complete metamorphosis. are: i1) Hymcuopicra. <2) Coleu- ptera. 13» Diptcra. 14> Siphonaptera (sometimes included under the Dipt- era. as a section. the Aphkniptera. (5) Igpidoptcra. l6) Trichoptera. ('7) Macopterb. (B) Neurovptera.

These orders display incomplete metamorphosis: <9) I-Iemiptera. 110)

i i-o classify the . ..~. it will be net-- elaary to glnncc. iiriivever briefly. ui. the chnngcs which rake place in its life history bcfvi-e fill lllSSCf assum- "rningo" coiidituin. all things (iillle from the egg (“ab oi'o"> and this is nearly but not quite. un- doubtedly the rule among insects: (IPPLlYLUTPS

‘IIISYHIIUE. well known now that the aphides inirriiase viiipnrously

of the

ltlallophagu. (l4) Ootridentia. (15) Isopterl. (16) Pleooptm. (l7) Odo- natu. (l8) Ephemeridae.

The anomalous groups mention- ed a5 having no metamorphsois have

presvnt purpose we may regard them as comprised in the order Thy-Eln- lll“d.

In the last three paragraphs there 1S. us 1L were, a skeleton sketch of the subjectuliicli has been ex- panded into the "Insect Book" of the Pualic Library. Skeletons. though Jory necessary, are not agreeable objects in themselves. and the stud- ent may ivell be forgiven for pass- ing casually over the ch01’? 115R the more. so since each of the ord- ers w-il br treated of separately. and clothed with. it is lwlﬁd. 11101‘? o! gcneiul interest. The student is, iiciciiiitilix-s urged to preserve the list.

RARAE AVES!

flock of ﬁve geese. flying very low. passed over Souris. I did not see them but they were observed by. several. among them Mr. M. A. Pa- quet and Mr. Herbert Jackson. both of whom are observant. and inter- ested in bird life. Their descriptlon— smaller than the Canada goose. brownish in color. and with white neck and head—leads me to believe that they were "Blue Geese." This seems worthy of note as I have never known of this variety to be seen in this section before.

Although the Blue Goose is not included in the list of Birds once

may well believe it to be an occa-

Bay. and that u few birds- havei been taken on the At- lantic coast. Otherwise they travel down the centre of the continent. and through the Misissippi valley to the Gulf coast of Mexico. Dr. Taverner classes them among the

that the white hen-d and dark body are the best “field marks.“ I thank Mr. Stet-m for a. very interesting record.

fcw brief notes which I am glad to incorporate into this column. They read. partly: “Bird life is almost nil around here. A flock of our neigh- bor's pigeons are our only feathered friends of late. The goldfinches came one day, with golden voices as well an feathers, but as the Cosmos seed had not ripened. they did not stay.

Guardian are of great interest to us. It would be a splendid idea for teacher; to mad those articles from week to week to their pupils-Grade I ll1C|'.!-_"!‘.'8. (I ﬁnd grade oners very ardent bird students. with eyes near- ly as sharp as the birds.)

much. The children wen wild about the pictures. I was very proud of the boys a-nd girls as they answer- ed Mr. ’I‘uft‘s questions and correctly. On Mr. Tufts advice we are ordering a. new bird guide.

net-a on this Island. Mr. Agricola? Jack Miner says in today's article iNov. creatures will come clear across the continent to you. if you will go a step towards them." I-le perhaps re- fers to different birds. I wonder?

Physopoda or Thysanopiaera. (11)

Orthoptera. (l2) Euiplexoptera. ilfmbagged quite a 111111198X‘ of ducks

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sional visitor. Reed says that these geese breecbqto the east of Hudson accidental

blNIB of Eastern Canada, and says

HUNTER. RIVER NOTES

“A Friend of the Birds" sends a.

"Jack Miner's articles in The

“We enjoyed Mr. 'I‘uft‘s visit very

promptly “Do we have the Mourning Dove

4th) that "those beautiful

"This fall come o! the sprotsmeu

Come from foxes fed liberally

' food.

_IIVD’EBIALS must. be fed.

direct from factory. i

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The Polling Season l: fast approaching. Get your foul h good llmpe wmi fmunmts. Should you not be mu- Ing them now. nut at once and n great improvement will ﬁery lhorlly be noticeable, fully justifying our clallnl.

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been variously classified but for our n

seen daily hovering o\'f-l' ihc shore Bmlihic account of the times and

‘E-‘i ﬁelds. Sonic of the lxuriinir snuiil 0111101‘ 1'1 MﬂXiml-IS. M“ J‘ Frmlk stems‘ of iotﬁs‘ birds. like the jiincoes ari- evidently‘ The old historians have made this “meﬁ on salurda)‘ N0" t‘ a in hiding. perhaps in ilie deep fxpﬁfilllflll a fertile source of fable.

barnyard in mild weathci: But the

men here in 1905. The record gives

nothing more has becn heard 0i the sixecies, this vizas evidently uu ac- cidental straggler. The “capturing” effectually prevented the bn-d from becoming a yearly visitor. -

Jack Miner's dictum about the birds pumshed u an Bland bulletin’ we ‘coming clear across the continentimarched into Gaul where he ap- wards them.” The idea is of course Chrysunthus by name, as governor that if we display the least kind- of Britain. Chrysanthus probably ness to these little Wanderers. they will come back to claim our pro- tection. The lvrlner sanctuary itself is standing proof of this. '

class, not a. single species. Nine dil- fercni. kinds of ducks come under this heading, in our region, so that

-POTATOES-

Buying table stock Mountain Pota- toes. and Turnips at our Warehouse until Wednesday, November 22nd.

Paul A. Murray

g CHARLOTTETOWN l

marched through Panncnia to meet his foe. Maximus had hitherto triumphed by treason and fraud but he now found himself confronted by superior military talent. and his troops iveiie defeated whenever they uiicmiiieti in oppose the enemy. Aq " itself. in spite of its almost i _ _ll(lb19 walls, was. obliged to opcn in. gates. and Maatmus wp: taken and slain. The reader is ad- vised i0 looi: up Kiplings "Pook of Puck's fizll" (Public Library) for a

which they said were "Sea Ducks“ very much like the domesticated variety except that the bill 011d feet were different. I “'Ollfli‘l' what the ieal name of tlizs bird is?

"We read with intcrrsi _i'\lli1‘ coni- merits 0n the weather and the urti- cias on me stars, We rfiriulliiy got a storm on the 24th O91.

It is undoubtedly trui- iii-ii the northern distrlcts of the 1518-1161 are almost depleted of bird life just 110w, Qnly a few gulls .ire t0 be

woods. venturing out to visit the It is pretended that the island was so thoroughly drained of its forces that ii was never again able to with- stand tlie northern barbarians: that

the vast. host of Britons who had

bulk have gone south.

The Mournuig Dove u included among the P.E.I. birds because of the capture (shooting?) of a speci- tled in America. and gave it the name of Brittany; and that the "eleven thousand virgins" who at. icrivilrds ﬁgured as martyrs. were maidens sent over from Britain as wives for these settlers. These stor- ics have no foundation in accurate

no particulars except thii duic. As

This brings up the meaning of

the death of Maximus. Thoodoslus

to you if you will go a step to-ipointed one of his eastern officers, s

100k beck iviih him the most of the British troops and perhaps some remforcements as vii-ell, 513199 ‘he L; siild to have restored the island to a suite of tranquility. After ruling 1 lli-iiuiu for a. short time he ictumed to iiie east. 1

1c emperor ‘Iheodosius died in

The "Sou Ducks" are a group or

putting on an Apple Day on Nov- ember 18th foul-tron barrels tosh Red apples, grown and packed] ,. ‘n Prnce Edward Island.

apples have been approv8d by the Superintendent of the Experimental Station.

up s“ould be made of farm imple- ments to sec-that they are safely stored Farm buidlngs should be inspected and leaks in roofs re- paired. WFGOW srshqs rrifitted and broken gass ieplaced. All wndows should be cleaned so that all P05‘ sible lglit may enter durin8 short da;s of early winter.

webs, dust. etc" should be removed from ventikaiors and eavie troughs shoud be cleaned of leaves.

ed from cleaned and flushed out.

folloivcd the usunper into Gaul, w; touzs of the plowed fields will of- ten prevent land heavy wuter and spring ruins. The formation of deep gullies that will have to be filled before cropping will be avo ded in this vvay- Land drrinage is important and surface driinage w'll take care of mcst of

. .... , . ths in P:ince Edward ls'und, but 1115mm‘ an “e know w that after a little pl nning and a few hours work at this season will do much to improve

some weather conditions fiirmers turnips promptly

in the ground. From this difficulty

THE CHARLOTTETOWN, GUARDIAN

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Jack Miner And The Birds

Experimental ' By .v-k Miner l-limelf-A Hiamryof This Notlbll Bird Imitb Farm Notes m, . l Apple Day

, xuowiuioou AND wars or The Boy Scouts’ Association is ~ T“ "an Duo‘

In the previous chapter I have just given you a faint taste of some of the enjoyable hunts Providence has permitted ma to have. If it were powlale I would, like in throw in a whiﬂ of the home-grown savory dressing, when mother opened the old-fashioned elevated-oven door. But as I grew older, ducks. like n11 n-ilgrumry birds, got amroer until I seldom ever want to hunt them. Yet

and will se‘l about of Funny McIn-

These inspected and.

Autumn Farm Overhaul This is the season when a check-

ducks, both on the ioble and in the air. In April. 1902. I secured some wild.

three, two ducks and.‘ a drabe. But it was several years before I got a. pond suitable, as artificial ponds cost mom than duck eggz. Then in 1005 Mr. Forest H. Oonover of Icamlngmn gave mo three young t

the Cob-

frost. Drains shank-l be sportsmen for decoys, but. in i008 1 concluded that it was worth more to me to see them flynig around, and that fall a bunch of the young went away. I naturally thought they had gotten out to the lake and were deooyed before some pump» gun.

The next spring several black mal- lards dropped in the pond and acted and looked for all the world like the oncs that. had gone away the prev ous fail, but the question was. these ducks came several g ddys- apart. and if they were the same ones they would come back to- gether; so I just gave in. and said they were tame because they were with my domesticated wild ducks. that was all. Another polntI argued with myself against their being the same ducks: These young tune ones that had left the previous fail. would be shot by the ﬁrst man that ran across them, because they wouldn't know an enemy.

Prevent Land Washing A few furrows fofowirg the con-

washing from

conditions fcr early

eeding next spring. Freezing and 'l'hu\ving of Tur- . n,“

Due to the unusually trouble‘ lave been unabe to harvsst the'r and at present urge qwntities of them are frozen

cuewbou theyntuguwith young (bhttofwlltllﬂllﬂ brnigthemuoundhothb

they bring their W111i: mm; when did they hatch than, and no forth‘); m answer to this. win; ouch. it I have always liked, in see wild three days old, cm run u fut as ' adult Bob White quail.

one old duck that hatched her‘ duck eggs and succeeded m rkisng. young over four inﬂow my w! ‘was home with them inside of a |week. m another cane n. lady me- phoned that the school children were trying in catch some wild ducks in the ditch. and that

The black mallards that were hatched this was after four o'clock, water" system should be iiispevted. from eggs direct from the marsh. these ducks were over a mile awn)’ overllrifled and necessary repkice- In 1907 I built my first real sprng- ‘from here. but at aix o'clock she and merits niiide- 5 v 1118i 1t 1'5 910mb Water pond. I always kept the wings her faanly were in our north pond. of my old birds clipped 0r pinloned. iscuddng over the water, catching and the young we usually sold to flies.

but he couldxft quite catch her.

he thought

continued their journey homewml.

[lb

Since ms huppencd, w: mow of.

little

he old duck had l. tog 0a her log; and

But perhaps the moot interesting.

case I had was when a. farmer phoned mo to oauw over l-nd help him catch a. crippled wild duck that went flapping out of the clovorlinﬁ "W ‘ill-lie 1199-11! B11 11°11!‘ W ﬁeld in front of him. He ma tuairmelm his more. when the don she could just m. over u... fencqilrrlvod he took up the trail u 1 once, but when he came to a plough- ﬁrmly believed hm, because he was 9d 11614 11B IPPﬂ-Nﬂﬂy 105i? W still out of breath when he called went One week from the Iollvwlnu me up Th], "my @undgd good m Sunday Mr. Drake was at the purl me. s}, in a. few hours 1 ‘took a. stroll am. trying to xiii 1i1- Hm he 11M around. and this wise old pet that been about nine days coming om m-ippied w“ 5mg mile and a. half, dragging his brokmi with her family. What had. mqww- whet handicapped miiifwvm done; why, outwitted this intelligent W88 I IhOt that 116-6 911W“! it 0110 iman by leading um to believe ahqhlp 101m I wiichi- him and exam- was crippled; than, u pom u; mined his wounds. As I lei. him’ dowl dlsappaemd, she flew buck into the clover field, dropped down and Iﬂ-VU a few quacks that blmlght all ber

family out of the grass, and they

But the fact is that i1 there hadn't been danger of this mm

FOR FARMERS, STOCK BREEDERS AND GARDENERSI

Charlottetown r

Flour and Feed

llow Arriving

Bran

Shorts

Middlings Cornmeal Cracked Corn

Oil Cake Meal Sugar Beet Pulp Schumacher Feed Feed Wheat Rolled Oats Oatmeal

Blend Flour‘ Hard Wheat Flour

In all the well-known brands.

(In bags and barrels)

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in the park he didn't flaip away, a! 0m would expect. but simiply stood and looked for food. Fortunately fol him only one of tho bones war splintered and _i.n lees than six weeks he was flying again. But it " tookoverbwoyearsformthopor- tlculara regarding the shooting of

more particulars are necesary to ensure identification. have a broad flap on the hind w.- 1 says Reed's Guide. have no web or flatp on the hind toe. and do not dive for ilicu- iotiii. See also Dr. Taverners "Birds of‘

395. and left the western dominions to the feeble Honorius. For a time 1h." military genius of Stillcho. his riurf counsellor, nrrrs-tcd the fate of the Roman Empire. and gave 511mm “"119 Wars of unusual ilrliiv. During this rﬂgn was 00m-

Sva ducks

RXPI‘ ducks‘

arises the question rs to the effect of fzeezlng and thaiiing upon tur- nips. It is generally believed they are belief tfd if frozen once. Sucoesiive freezing however. breaks

changes the starch to sugar

However. about April the 20th all the wild ducks left. One Sunday even ng in Julie I was tapping the food tin and calling a few young wild ducks in the park when my wiles vcizc rang out from the house snyng. "Here are your ducks out-

that

and thawing. the plant cells. and

Eastern Canada" for the iii-o t.. - scs.

some minds. a, misapprehension lLS to whiit the British “ilolc" really is.

Paid by the State to the individual

THE DOLE

‘There would still sec-m to or. l

l

Owing perhaps to its ill-chosen name. it is supposed to be money

without any equivalent ins work)

pmcd the "Notitia Impcrii," a. cloou. nirnt which gives an account o! the military force then employed the protection of the island. and the "il.~DOFRl of the Cillf-f dlgnltgrjgg of 111v Eiiipiiv. both civil and military. throughout the world, 1; shows that the twentieth legion. so long stag. ioned lib Deva. (Chrster) had been entirely withdrawn. but two legions still remained. with numerous bands;

predisposes such turnips to des- tructive storage rots. Turnips which have been pulled during the recent cold spells shouid be up first. Frozen root-s

required.

used may be cooked for hog feed. but for stock feed they would be better left in the frcuen state and thawed cut as

side." As I looked up, here was an old black mallard duck and eight young ones. about one-half grown. working away to got in at the gate. For a few minutes I stood perfectly bewildered. in thought. My ducks were all around my feet: what duck was ths, with eight young. trying and trying to get in at the gate? How did she know there was a. gate there? At length I went and opened the gate i\ l she withdrew

fbor of that workman. was constrain-

tho workman was laid of! work. the fund was drawn upon and the

ly to the unemployed mun. This he called “the dole." a. name which has only its brevity to recommend it. It would be an injustice to re- ] quire him to work for this money. Iiaeelng thnt he had already earned

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public prose are any criterion, it is j at u liable to doterlorlte c unmrof tiwmcitpimtuil the ‘ “dole?

"Havel, than when l fovoirsble op- Pvrtuniw vi emully Jailed the fortresses gunrd- _ 111R the Alpine Plﬁsel. and making n‘ ‘mm’ ""1 “Willi! ylru. Put shin- mm and forced rmrch. pulsed III-hey‘, m,“ “mwmnmn. to miy and entered Aquileia u em-ifiuuu... peror of the undivided west.

mugs by this bold animation. In

0f auxiliaries. The sixth legion still i-vmuiiicd in its old quarters at Ebur- ucum, which it linri Qg-cupeid for 51. mow. three centuries. but the sec. oiid legion hurl bccn movéd from 1W1 ‘Ciierlcoii- to Rutupiae in ‘Kant, presumably as 5, defence against the Saxon marauderg,

being returned: a. con of imiisurini- inate charity. which has broken down the morale of the ICPllIlGIItS. This is an unfair statement. a friend tells me. When times were good in the Old Country. the Qlov- eTn-mem Dﬂ-‘Md a law, requiring every workman to put a certain percentage of his weekly wagcs into a fund which they (the Govern. merit) took charge of. The employ- er who mode his profit from the la-

Cauadian Condensed Milk

The administration of the regula- tions under the Meat and canned Foods Act pertaining to themanu- iiiciurc, importation and sale of condensed, evaporated and dried ""1115 1-5 "Sélsned to the Dominion Dulry and Cold Storage Brunch. The exports of these Canadian dairy products showed a decided increase for the year ended last March. Ev- aporated milk exporfs jumped from 7,824,000 pounds in l93i-32 to l8,- 1232800 pounds in 1932-33, while the increase of condensed milk was from 7.407.400 pounds to 7.824.000 Pounds during the some period. The export of skim-milk powder am- ounted to 3.737.300 pounds. The in- civase in exports is due to the high

edjto place a similar amount in the fund. and the Government made a contribution of a like sum. I recol- lect that tho ﬁrst two parties (La- bor and Capital) made a great fuss when the Act was passed.

When times became bad. and

Government paid a fixed sum week-

by the United Kingdom Import Dug- ies Act, and as l. result of the ﬂffrvcments negotiated at the Im- Driiul Economic Conference at 0t- town.

neﬁt of his enforced thrift. The ision bf employment by the is another nutter entirely t if the rcvelntiorm of a Montreal ermm, lately made throuch the

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Spinning and Weaving

the

send me in your won to be lpuu lnlo Yarn lllll wove lulo Blankets. The charge: no: llnylc yum 23 cents doubled 26 cents par pound. Blankets $2.00, and lf uulaundeml sin. it taken ﬁve lbs. of wool per Blanket. Wool mlut bl well Illhel and all am 1nd burn picked out lhe slze of sluglo yarn ll medium, and doubled yarn ﬁne, medium,

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ROMAN BRITAIN A-D. 395

Msximiu stayed for n time at

ted itself ha treach-

Mr’: name on all uud own-

Send by mull or frllght il-‘rvlxhr will be ma on m n». m;

‘Iheodooius wu now roused to re 1 w“ “mam”, 65 Queen Street, cuummon.

I

Principle Of Grading

live stock. live stock products, and other Canadian commodities in such

ity products and that the producer

to the north along the fence; the gate opened to the north but the young were to the south a. few feet, and u I stepped around them they tnddled. in single ﬁle. Aimig the fence and worked their way in through the opening. As soon l5 the mother saw they were all through thc wire netting, aha just stepped back from tho_fence and flew over, like a. crow; dropping down she spoke to hei- famly and all walked into the water together. I then went, and got my feed tin and tapped it as I usually do to call all the ducks, and sure enough, this strange duck came right up. but her family stood back; in fact. they did not come out of the water. Again I tapped the tin ﬁnd she turned her head aidewise. looking at me with ﬁrst one eye and than the other. as much u to lay. “How long will it take you to tumble? Don't you know I um one of the ducks you mined last year, and tltot I returned hero to my homo lust March. and went away to my nest about the 20th of Aipril: and now I have brought my family hero to Safety Inn."

The flct wulurdforimtobe- lieve. but I was mrlpclled to, for the very next week another black mal- lard. which was evidently her mm. rumehamouidwhonIgotupouao morning she was standing ul. the gate with o broken family of four duckling; as numb u to my, "Will you please let my babies in?" Use- les to say her mquelt Wu granted.

In lea tnnu two wbekl than old ducks and their young would all

4 Grading is based on the primriple that it is sound business to classify

a. way that the consumer will be able to recognize and purchase qual-

will be enabled to obtain l. higher price. Experience has proved the value of this theory. The identiﬁca- tion of top quality beef iuider red and blue ribbon bands. the grading of poultry, the segregation of eggs and fruitinto quality grades which are known to practically every Can- adian consumer, nnd other grading activities have been a tremendous incentive to quality production with resultant beneﬁt to producers. Grading has not only served to create better prices for quality pro- ducts, but has also brought about a substantial increase in consumption. At the same time. through grading Canadian products maintain their. high level of excellence in the mark- ets of the world. In this way, the new regulations which are soon to be put in force with reference to the grading of bacon for export to the British market will solidify Qan- adab premier position as an Empire source of food products.

Fffﬂ YOU/P CANARY

BROCKS emu seen

put feed in my pocket: ‘mu n» old one: would climb up on my 18D andput thetrhecdsinmy We" D0036!» l-nd scatter feed i0 thﬂh’ young. ’ mbduokatorylknowilbbliﬂ- niug to bound strange to you. but

telling you how they hove cornered mo up, and made ma frankly confell , it didn't know mything um» them. ,Wl\y do these old mm, in o"?!

eatoutofthepuminfoohfwoulnhlwuuinbcintbebigdltchs.

‘ 0n 000d Friday muffin]. 1911, h!

muonibar, I have only jiut mmdibkn he killed the duck dud, but

stepping on some cf her babies. he

would never have known aha wuvhm md u” 4"“ 01 h“ 01m f‘

there.

About the most touching duck scene I have ever ‘ti-leased was in i913. A wild house-cat robbed an old gray duck of her leveuyoung- I now and then heard her squwk- ing. but I was looking for a. hawk or weasel: some men that, were making hay near by um old Mira. Oat u she sprang upon the last duckling; 'I‘ho way the old duck curled on was pitiful. She ﬂew and squuwked around for two or there days. Then one naming I missed her cl‘ ‘” and concluded

she had gone away to the lake, But

on my way from the factory to ilnner I happened to think of the brood of ducks the old Wyandotte hen was aibout to bring 01ft, so I jumped the fence into the park. As I neared the old hen lhe started scolding. I rained her up. and all had hatched. an gone. but two.

reach my can. ,

Another fact worthy of notice i:

that the park gﬂto is only thirty ma. from our dining mom window and in every case these ducks come hen to look for an entrance whmi

It isn't at all likely they ever passed through this gate themselves. Only they soc us enter them. Really. the way some of these birds expose their intelligence compels mo to believe what I heard a farther any at one of our Corn Growers’ 00n- vontione. This mm rose up. stroking his bed-Ni; iilwn. raising his right hand, he remarked, "I toll you gentlemen, there are a. lot of thingi in this world we haven‘t come t1

yet].

Another interesting fact aboiui

wild mallard ducks is the extrema difference between the mother and. the lany drone of a father; for as soon as the duck

faithful

when wm they? My ﬁrst thought time to wt. the drake deserts her w“ "wugglu" bu; 3m u 1 w“ entimly and he lives the life of a bucking away 1mm the coop I aw 318mm 37011118 1°!‘ V116 M0 01 t!" the ,7, 0g 91¢ M", my; memﬁeuon. In fact he hasn't got n. biit

she out. in the weeds. about

(mu-imam princple than some of m

gee; m from; o; m, coop, u gm] u meni Hence the faithful mother has

awrpsqandlwuconnpeiled toi tumble. for hem was tho hold of a sweet. tiny duckling projecting out‘

to be father and mother both to her family. hatching and guarding ‘than from their enemies. and lead-

»: m feathdrl near her wings. This "is them w prover 1M M well M dear old, broken-hearted moomjwvnlvinz the necessary shelter and was alttng hen, stealing this my; warmth. Yes. she is Just as faithful duck,’ u (u; u Sh, 11mm“ chm-Lind true as a kind washer-woman and surely she knew they wen uotvwhﬂ i! “WW1”! '20 b11118 h" 11111!- hers, for m duckling; were m. or Tim baby with hei- whiie she Ocﬂlibl

twelve day: old. s. 1 looked at uerﬁhe momma iiwiiv and ems twv I thought of the times I had crow- 4011918- but Will-limb’

takes ILM

sq m, ‘mgr, to mm w,“ guﬂy- ‘cents, and on hei- way back to the

haired little child that looked iiksivll“ celled Mme Brenda it s11 M

my n”; hm, ‘in 41¢ Wm, whmlnlievc tho hunger of the three o! 1 wem back lgain, tho old hm was fmu- more darling tots that are aim-lg in u» coop. The other two wimislv awaiting momma mum. km ‘hatched. and Mrs. Duck wu while the luv. zood-for-nottiina gone with the eight, and she raised MW Ii loathe around the mwkv them n11. for that w. never came M o! nowhere. awn/ppm: mom

back.

#01106. Ind remarking about lama

Another thing war-my u ma“ gsllndy who is passing the dirty window that this is a. well-settled forming 1M i! wmded with mut-

countrmlam thmonulnuorthof Luke Erie and about ﬁvo miles

Limo nuke next in importnncl

iwui-eut of omi- (meek. vmiui feminism vhmhoric acid m a

is the nearest uuturnl duck uunlnioonsidarotion of the

mineral con-

aud some of than cute old “mi-timi- Vf 711M N06-

rniae their families until they arc 1181717 full-Irwin, before they W118 them home. and m seldom 0M1 by my vemn. umeu my

A W‘! 81111-11 IDOYi-mmu who ﬂood lixfeetinhcllhtllffinklodﬁﬂmin a living stream in ordnr to get u shot 1t some of thus ducks. and

succeeded in getting g crack ‘t q PllP-Althtv flewupilbfrontof

the drake fell with a broken pinion and run into some rulhel. After himllril him for fully ans-half hour he went for his bud dog, thug [ly-

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