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STONEHENGE ‘

_ “m, Rendel Harris. the famous a n-éhacolog‘ ‘ and Biblical scholar. . i,” propounded a. startling new pxplalliltlmi of Stonehenge, the we-long mystery 01- BaYsbui-y Plain. It was built, he says, by the Egyptians 1.500 to 2,000 years be. me Christ. for the joint Worthip cf the Sun and of the Deadfl-‘rhe Guardian. Jany 17th, .1933. The rest of the article is an fnBeniou-s but not convincing attempt by Dr. Harris to connect various place names lll the south of Itngland with ihc dlvinlties of Egyptian my- moicgy~and his inference is that ilie (iislrlet lll question was coloniz- ui by Egyptians. one instance of this etymologi- cal evidence must suffice: two libel-rows" — grave-mounds- hear swnehenge, are thought to be named from Robin Hood, the hero of Sherwood Forest. Dr. Harris ex- pigln5 that these are the sanctuary of Ra-Bennu, the Sun-god and the élthccnlx. There is undoubtedly a _.|lmilarlty in. sound, but that argu- ment fs not conclusive. A; this point one may compare small ihings with great, to show how unreliable such an‘ argument can be.

There is a little village in the North Country which is called winlaton and promunccd win-lay- ion: with the accent on the se- 00nd syllable. On asking a native of the village how it got its name, he replied that in the Parliamen- tary Wars. CromwelPs army pass- rd that way and met with such a.

determined resistance that, the place was not carried until night- fall. The general in command re- ported that the village was "Won- late-on" and “won-iate-on" it re- lriaircd till it was corrupted to Winlaion. ‘Ilrcrc was this much lruih in the story, that the road through the village had seen the passage of part of thc army on its Way to Scotland. but history held I10 liceollllt oferly resistance at this spot. Not being satisfied with this explanation the writer was at some trouble to consult all the old

fiocuments referring to the village. and at last found that it was call- ed Winlacilom in medlaeval times. This meant "the town on tho edge of the lake." (The lake in question ‘"5 "l expansion of the river Time. as evidenced by raised beaches on each side of the river.) It is not uncommon to find places with bastard or mixed names, as that is: but it is unsafe to guess llltlr meanirlc by any similarity of sound.

many

Wlltlllil 0f the leaves which pear as if frosted: and if the plant ls badly attacked the heed s1 com does not develop.

Tilly centuries had goon the dates pi" the structures‘

ere is nothing new in the ppm 3 1t l5 llllltc ‘n k . ing‘ with the rest of the rulde stifle monuments of 35mm There a" neither the decorations nor in- acriptlons. that we look i0.- an Egyptian “lllnuments. Nor can the writer look with favor on the then. W that’ u 1's "- WSVF-Onmn work The balance of evidence seems to show that it ls a late work, lrlilt Mlle tllne before the Roman ir- vaskm‘ “d "med out under druid“ Supervision. 50mg gyms}; archaeologists fix its date ai; 500 B. C. Probably 160 B. C. is nearer the mark,

A 1°" Wm are the British go- vernment took over Stonehenge as a national monument, and re. ewoted the fallen trillihons’ in the“ oflfilflfl-l position, They 59w form a circle about i3 i-z feet lllkh. In excavating for the 1mm- dations which are of concrete, 5w“ implements were Yllllnd. t0gether with pom...“ coins, e- bronze tool or two, and mimy human bones, some of which were calcined.

flamed bc-

A NEW CORN DISEASE - There is a new plant disease in- Vlldlll! Canada-the so-named "Stewarts disease" of corn. 1t hss

been under observation for rnanv years in the United States (where it has become a serious Desi. but had not been found until about two years as‘; 11115 i5 l V61‘? serious disease, because it t‘ bmterlal l" 0118111. and oidinary fung‘cldes are these microscopic organisms, living l8 they do in the sap of the plant. and (as it were) WV"- R l5 n01 YPl- known whether the bacteria. are present in s that this is one way by which ghc disease is dispersed.

in Canada

powerless against entirely under the

eecl com but the presumption is

To be on the safe side one should

STOW seed from an unaffected dis- trict. If this .is done, should be a "disease free area." for a. considerable time. several good varieties of table corn, mostly hy- brids between the old French set- lers’ corn and some dard kinds, have Cally. These hybrids partake of thc hBMllhQOd OI thé Jqlllw corn, and easily ripen here.

the Island

of the stan- been raised lo-

The disease is recognized by the ap-

TIIE REGIINA GRAIN FAIR The final announcement and

Farm A Notes

Whether willing or not, the ma- jority of farmers are now obliged to supply more of their own needs.

l-Miik a few Rood cows; feed recommended rations.

2*'Fau'fin one p18 for every. two adult members of the family: cure the meat properly. '

(i-Keep at least 100 good hens, correctly housed and fed.

4—-R.al4e a. good garden; water from windmill if possible.

5--Plant only cash crops, which show littld or no surplus.

(l-Grow your own stock feed.

'.’ Butcher fat cow, and steers; trade meat with neighbors.

8-—Raise your own living; keep your roof tight.

o-Get down to earth the best you can today.

l0--Drive a horse until you can afford to buy gasoline.

and do

full moon, and at the period of conjunctions, we may with giler- able certainty, look for a fall in the barometer accompanied by some form of’ weather disturbance.

lffllatlon schrmes affect climate. A writer in the N. Y. Evening Sun blames the irrigation of 30,000,000 acres of dry desert land in Califor- nia, Arizona and New Mexico, for much of the irregularity of rthe weather on this continent in 1932 and warns that the great extension of the water scheme now planned. will complete the struction of the climate as we know it. All that is needed to build a storm is heat and moisture, and there ls plenty of each in thc districts mentioned. "The moisture evaporated in thc irrigated laids is wndensed in cloudbursts causing floods-and tornadoes occur principally in the Statcsbetween the Rocky and Allegheny mountains." A menacing feature is the area. of high pres- sure whfch follow these storms. carrying cooler weather or cold waves (according i0 season) dov/lr the eniire Pacific coast. Last year it was estimated that 75 per cent of the Californian grapefruit crop was damaged by an abnormal cold wave which struck the hottest sec- tion of the country.

Farmers live long? Nine fann- harsds (eight men and one women) have each been presented with a bronze medal and a. framed certl- ficate by the Royal Agricultural Society of England. These souven- irs are given by the society to farmhunds who have served at least 30 years on one farm, or un- der one empioyff» The "l!" “are

all servants of ll farmer Whose family have been tenants of Chai- croft Farm at Wesi, mid. Hell‘

Southamptorufor 300 years. Four of thcsc farmhands are members

Experimental _ Farm Leads

REPORT OI’ TIE PBINOI ED- WAB ISLAND EGG LAYING CONTEST FOE THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 28. 1983.

Btand- Pen Owner ‘Total in; No. Points 1 '1 Exip. Farm, Clftown B. R... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 516-5 2 8 Em. Farm, Chtorwn B. 8.. . . . . 461.4 3 18 William Samoan. B. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 444.9 4. 2 Roland Easter. w.r.. 410.3 5 9 map. Faun, Ohtown B. It. . . . . . . . . .. 393-5 6 l3 Harold Laird. B. ‘R... 371.1 7 l2 T. D. Morrison. B.R., 355 8 l4 W. J. Reid. B. R... .. 346.5 9 6 John A. Lea, B. 3.. 337.2 10 l5 Wm. R. Brown, BEL, 329.7 l1 i6 Walter-Gregor, BR. 328.8 12 11M". J. u. biloPhail ' 18.1%., . . . . . . . . . .. 298.3 13 5 J. 1"‘. Eleatpn, W.L., $8.1 14 4 John B. Poole, W1... 280.2 l5 l9 B. R. Pendleton, BR. 241.4 16 17 Warren Daiwson, B3B. 235.5 17 20 SR. Pendieton, HR... 221.2 18 iMrs. A. E. Holland, W. L.. . . . . - - . . . . . . .. 203.6 i0 l0 Int. Fox dz Animals Floods, B. 8.. ., .... .. lao.4 20 3 Everett Howatt, WL. 112.8 6380.3

‘Production 256 hens, 699 eggs Percent Production 38.9

Leading Pens For Week Pen Eggs Points 2 48 .. . 54.9

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7 us.“ 3 a 67 a“... 86.7 a u a o n. 55 "n" 60.1 1 a 5a.“... a0. no YOUR HENS LAY?

A reliable old formula for finding out whether or not a. flock of hens is paying for the feed they eat is supplied by RC. Elford, Dominion Poultry Huabandman. It is as sim- ple as it is practical. ‘Fake the cost

Building For Better Agriculture

C. E. MMKODZIC

Are we not always prone to look boo earnestly and long on the dark side of most everything even de- PIN-lion: many of us thinking that our outlook ls dark indeed and that most everything is going “to the 11°38." Forgetting the real hard- Elllllls encountered and overcome by our forefathers who came across a stormy ocean leaving everything they held dear to come out to a new home under new skies in a new counrty. Imagine if you can the con- dition of an eaa-ly settler even in this mv°l°d irrovince and how he over- came difficulties uudor conditions that it would be almost lmpoxrlble for us to imagine and their for a short tune compare these same conditions with Conditions as we have today where with all the help 0f modem invention we are aflle to do so much more work under so much better conditions, I am sure that a retrospect should be a benefit to us when we are prone to find fault with world conditions as we have them today. when we ivcrc passing through thehectic days dur- ing war time scene inspired writer composed that grand old song “Till the boys come home!" and I firmly believe that we today should make use of the chorus of that song and "Turn the dark clouds inside out until we have got back to better times." ‘Ihc man or wourian either who always looks on the dark side of life looses a great deal cf God's sunshine with its warmth and lllislitncss which if we let it into our lives so vial-ms the soil that the seeds of joy and happiness very quickly germinate and with the show ers that ccme from the occasional dark cloud a full harvest results.

Then if in God's great plan for

y mankind we have both sunshine and

clouds that join in making a success should we complain when in that other world circle we (have times of ec onomic stress. Allltheseconreinm. ill-ion and help make up our lives and bllllfl Success and happiness. When the writer started this ar- ticle he had in mind not dark cloudy days but rather what we each should do to endeavor to do to “build for better agriculture."

As stated ‘before we are passing through trying tiimes and let us hope and trust that the result wiilbe a better class of citizens more cour- ageous. more forebearlng‘ and better able to see things from the other fellows view/point. or as Burns says “sec ourselves as others see us." As Prince Edward Island is pri- marily an agricultural country we

o! reed p" humredwelght’ divide should endeavor no matter what it by the c“, o‘ eggs p" dozen and our cccupalon cu- profession may

be, to further the cause of agricul-

Warble Fly Control g Now Easily Possible

STRIKING RESULTS FROM FIRST YEARS EXPERIMENT ON BARBIE ISLAND

MONTREAL, Jan. 27.—Railvvay entirely. oi the WarblcI-‘ly is now in $183“ Tllls Wit which causes mil- lions of dollars loss annually to the hides of cattle, bcides scrlouslyre- duclng the flow of milk or gaihs in flesh, was attacked scientifically on Barrie Isand last season. Although 1N8 M01601 l5 to rull two more years, results to date are so encouraging that the Success of the experiment is assured.

Following the lead of Great Brit- ain and Denmark in Warble Fly control work, Ontario authorities decided that something should be done and when the farnrers on Bar- rie Island, which lies off the Nort Shore or Manitoulin, asked for as- sistance, it was gladly given. Being isolated by water, the demons-tra- tion would have every chance of success because there was little dan- ger of reinfestation from the out- side. The local Agricultural Repre- sciltative, R. E. Cumming, directed the work iulder D1". Lionel Steven- son. Provincial Zoologist. warble Fly powder was suppled by the Canad- an (Jo-operative Wool Growers. which organizaton for several years past has been actively interesicci in the control of all live stock paras-it- es. I Cfhcrc are about 700 head of catllc on Barrie Island, and ‘all were given three treatments a month part last spuung. Notwithstanding thc fact that ‘many of these animals are handled under pfBCtlCally‘ range conditions, little trouble or expense was experienced in treating them- A wash was made by dissolving one pound of the powder in a. gallon of water and with a. stiff brush this was rubbed thoroughlyover the beck. Approicmately fifty animals were given one treatment with one pound of the material, or at an average cost of 5 cent-s per head for the threc treatments. Just as soon as the wash was hrs-i; applied there was a sharP fallng off in the lnfetation of warble grubs. On thc first round an actual count of 10,036 grubs was re- ported, A month, later this had dropped to less than 5.000 and thc

count made during the third treat- ment showed but 1,1386 Wellllles-

Barrie Island farmers are enthus- iastic over the progress so for. "It takes loss than a. mlnuic to apply treatment to each animal." state-i ll‘. W. Langdon. “No farmer can af- ford to let his cattle go untreated the few cents-it ccsis will rcpfly him in dollars.‘ Mr. Langdon, who is one of the cattle owners on the Island. reports that there was prac- tically no sta/lueding of the animals,

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Horse Memoirs

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Ill the earlier days cl Olll‘ pio- vincc we had what was known as The Royal Agricultural Society

. farmers of those good old days. The ‘ aims and objects of this society were the advancement of agriculture in the colony including thc improve- ment of live stock and to this soci- ety belongs the honor (it is said) of making the first importation of n pure bred Clydesdale to America.

This horse “Coluuibus“ named for the sailing ship in which he was brought out from Great Britain to New Brunswick from lvliencc he was shipped to Prince Edward Island by schooner.

Columbus was selected in Scot- land by one Dr. Dick then the prin- clpul of Glasgow Veterinary Col- lcgc and came to Canada in charge cf a man named Shaw.

Columbus, if’ we were to compare him with present day Clydes would bc only a small horse, his weight be- ing only about sixteen hundred pounds, but he was an extremely ac- tive horse and could show a three minute gait; and hlS progeny from our half thoroughbred and old ls- land bred mares besides making wonderful farm and road horses, sired many of our old time trottcrs notably FairyQueeli, the dam of Dean Swift was sired by a horse called Farmers’ Glory, who was per- pahs the most noted sou of this grand old horse, another real good

lson of Columbus was "Noble", thc

writer remembers a son of this horse who was good at thirty years, and while he weighed about eleven lllln- dred and fifty pounds, he could pllll a wagon at a merry clip.

In fact this cross of Clydesdale on the past thoroughbred stock pro- duced what I would consider the greatest asset of the brood mares then found in the colony, namely. that splendid upstanding finish that could only be found in Prince Ed- ward Islalld stock. _

Then to this Columbus-thorough- bred cross we must give the credit of our superior horses of half a cen- tury ago.

Columbus and his sons dominated the draft and general purpose class of horses for a great many years. The Royal Agricultural Society also brought out two English coach horses, namely, King of The Valley and. Waxworth, the latter a light

Both these horses were useful stock horses and did a great deal to ini- provc the horse industry.

About eighteen sixty two more Clydcs were brought out. Old Clyde and Stockman, so called from the owner's name, but I am told that his rcai name alas Goldfindcr. Both these horses were good stock horses

ICIyJc-uluic and Shire. His slic was Elnpcror, a nolcd horse that Whi sold at one time for six hundred glllncas over three thousand dol-

composed of many of thc leading lars in Canadian money. Barristers

‘(dam was a mare named Bounce, re- ‘grirdcd in hcr tlmc as oiic of thi- fgrcaiesi. brood mares in Great Br;- tain. She was sired by a shire horsr lnamed Honest Tom, thus, whili -Barl'lstei' lavas a cross between Clydesdale and Shire hc being cl pure bred stock on bolli sides, hi was allowed to be registered in oul Canadian Clydesdale stud book.

Mr. Gardiner also selected an- other real horse in "Lucky Lad." a Clyde whom Mr. Gardiner often said that he made a. good day's pa) for the Province, when he bought him before winning premium honors at Glasgow Horse Show.

About the samc time Hon. John of Ardgolvali, a son of the noted Richard Blddeford inlporlcd Knight Top Gallant Knight, who was a vcry low set, massive fellow that proved a valuable asset to Clydesdale breed- ing in thc Province.

Flizfurgus was still another of the good old time Clydes that could road like a blood. He was a large dark bay horse, whose stock wei- much sought for in the Maritime: The writer, while culling theu early importaiioils drnfters ha! tried in this article lo confine till! sketch to Clydesdale-s and intends taking our earlier importatlona up luldcr thc different breeds repre- senicd and by doing so thc importa- tions will not come as they would if I were not to group them thus. 1 plan in following thisariicle with‘ one on Silffok Punch and Percher- ons, and later by one on Shires.

As one cam readily ace. it would be impossible under earlier condi- tions to avoid cross breeding with our smaller foundation horses. but as the years go on, we had reailgood horses of all of the above breeds

grey, a peculiar color for the breed. ‘

imported llcre which I hove-ll? Clllll" merit upon in future articles.

'I‘hc ivriter, as stated in articles on the harness horse, would be pleased to receive any information that would {Gilli to nlalle melllfllls more interesting 1° n"? lflfilllllll public.

FORDIER KAISER IS VICTIM. 0F SIVINDLE

i, \. Sicily. Jan. 27—When mm“ 531- Wilhelm paid 1.000.‘ coo mflliis for a stain? ll the Ml” iiwiogical Queen of ill" Under world, says a noted Italian profes- 531' of ancient art, he became the victim of a collossal swindle.

The statue, which debit“ Per“: phone. a mojvl‘ 39m“ (Edd??- and consort cf nlllto. will Wllw

of cne family. Reuben Smith, who has seen 61 years service. is 84 years old and still in harness! hi! wife. who is 80, has put in 55 years attending .0 the dairy elld poultry; their two sons, JosePh and Harry have served 48 and 38 years respectively. AmoIlB llhem all, they have worked 412 veers! "Too old at 40" doesn't apply to

multiply this quotent by three. my‘ gives you mo number of ems (lure so that our country will be able p“ d“ which a flock o‘ 100g hens when the sun of prosperity shines, as mun my to p“, 1m, the out o! they, it surely will. to be in the vcry best “my Fm, example, Feed L‘ costing position to take evcry advantage of ‘mo p" cm" and eggs selling a; thlose benmsof sunshine and that we 3o cent‘ p“. don“. Applying the will build even greater than we formula the quotont is 4: this “W km” m" the future-

multiplied by a gives the result 12- Mlllll"! that "ll be dime l0 lm‘ m. the number o! em which a prove the facilities for our sous and

last Sununer as has been the case in recent years before the Warblc Fly was attacked. Confirmation of this lack of stamipcdind. which ls responsible for much loss of flesh and general cattle misery, is sup- piied, by J05, Mcrylecs, another Bar- rie Islander, while Percy Rllmlals states that the treated cattle were in better felsh and save a greater