FOR FARMERS,

;_Butter s Cheese

Consumption

04am ' consumed 310,851.11;

FUR FARMING and 111s ACTIVITIES

immds of tutu: in a . which, no butter, had been chipped in or f, out of Quads. would have not only 9-“ P81’ Milt over and above dom- dtic nocb. The consumption per The Second instalment of Fox Facts mom wu so: pounds. The con- -Rcad These Interesting and Ilmvtionoreneese in ada was Little Known Facts About Fill‘ "l1! 35,55,000 pound-s. representing Bearers in the Wilds—Noie How u oer capita- After the Nature m: Provided Them With "R9110 3091B 8N met, 68.2 per Implements of Defence-Each mag“ “l! moduction. based on the Species Lives Its Own Happy and "U"! for 1983. would be available Contented Life- —-Question and

33%? 55 Eli a ii a’ a i?

1. pounds per caplta.

grgggr r? i E

a balance of trade in favor of 1.799.156 pounds. The KJ-Ikdom took 84.5 t of more: p" m“

ii 2

momma u» raccoon pounds for the’ B!!! year ondinc March a1. 19:14. The were only 951,473 liolmds. leaving a. bola-nee of 74,009,- 43! comics u. favor of Clfildd. m». 37mm! Klnsdom recievcd $15.3 per cent of the total cheese exported "N! 061mb. The quantities of 1m- and ...°§"...°‘° sfihsfffwsfii"

V $ Mt produced in this oolmtry.

Wheat Protein Content

R i! d’ m6 Qmabelt ifnpafliuyco to Uanada. as one of the chief grain inducing countrlca of the world lid all pcmible information from £17K!!! inquiry should be obtained Icflmding the influence of heredity. b! ao‘l and seasonal conditions on In courpositiora and quality of the Nmaaz berry. Already this inquiry h" 59R! Pwosecuted over a number

. of Marquis. et and Reward wheats

In nine lbcperfrnemal Farms d

Intima in Manitoba.‘ Alberta and

tcbewab. Howard ‘ ’ high-

ht as Ito protein content. Marquis

Iccond. and Garnet laet. The average

difference between Reward and

in ma per cent; between

and Unmet 2.62 per cent.

M» coortsnt for

avaraa ltvomears at thenmestcflona was $812113. 16.40 per cent; Garnet. “.0: and Reward. 18.11 per cent. the averagm food tgioteln u‘ pmvincelcssaka ewan given comm (17.10; A1- cccond (16.71) and Manitoba- lbind (15.91 m- cent).

Ooraflawec or Batcbelmb Bil-two

honscftheeuiesthardv “will flown where it

‘lullcnlzns.

l Penny Saved ls a Penny Earned We Can Sell Right

BECAUSE —

Thirty Years of 1289mm" H"

" . u. Kellogg company's SIIXITI” M'1"°“"'“1;.',',fl'm; put in your feed if you

on dehydrated beef- fox 100

‘.2’... 20% worWa boll-MW" prise $8.15 per mqmwfiw w» l» IIIAD-Dricd and awwl‘

chm half oar

Dread-dam naislaInad-QLW . Stillluad knowdbat

gsqoperlfllba

" INIIOTANT= The vorsoa" nmmhL

u"; Oaraaecullflil‘ whflflflybhr- mutt“

PUIIIII N0- ‘Yfi!’

XIIOILIIIIOU“‘T

or 5.5 pounds per n} o! tbs output is

exprsmcd as milk beaches

trade in butter for ear ending March 31.

ranchers lbs.- : loot on tbs market-

. G h" lud great satisfaction from

F“ ‘wwhmmmm ‘Nam “:0! 100 u».

extensively by many ranchers. reoalu the! 11w! w

ANT: Black

p; gallon or 1: Strong Dhinfectant Powder-ideal for scat-

ll “usfiwuifitflrgw

mun N0. .2 fi‘ I,

gIIWIOIAI

Answer 1 And 2.

SOME INTERESTING FOX FACTS

lives of the silver fcx and other ‘furbearlng animals

The third and concluding article,

.will appear in these columns in ,next Saturday's Guardian.

A fox when closely pursued by a hound will, if the Opportunity of- fers, cross a stream at a place! where the opposite shore is more or less “sfony“; lvc assume that it does this to break the illTP of scent,‘ but reynard doubtless merely socks} a path upoljl which n0 fell-tale marks can be imprinted. Does a| fox know so much? If l! apprehends I one-half. and it seemingly does, it‘ surely knows 1hr other half.

A wily fox in making a long leap from soft ground to a hard surface, or a fallen free trunk. has often been able to sccurc a hiding place within roach of ihq, pursuing dogs; more than one rabbit by re- maining quiet in its "form" In. the» meadow has escaped the notice of a hound passing Within a yard of its retreat-surely the scent of the] whole animal is greater than that} o1’ the lightest touch of i:s feet alone. Footprints remain fairly v s- lble to eyes capable of seeing them long after the scent has disap- peared-the same is true bf finger prints. If success 1n 1hr chase de- pended wholly upon scent. compar- atively few animals would be caught; the fact that speeding feetl patter at least pm of the time} where no impression can be made largely accounts for the perpetua- tion of many species of furry ani- mals.

A giant may have. as asserted. smelled the “blood of an English- man“ and. thus have discerned his presence; but according to the truer-to-nature record, footprints in the sand led Crusoe 1o discover Friday-and the odor of a fleeing fox is said to be exceedingly deli- cate compared with that of a Fri- day in his native atmosphere. The tips of the noses of fur and hair- bearihg animals are bare. entirely devoid of fur or hair. a provlsion of nature whereby their sense of smell is increased in eflicrucy; 1f fur-red to the tip the fur would re- t-ain the odors of the many sub- stances into which the nose is fre- quently plunged. making it impos- sible for the animal to distinguish any particular scent, or escape the‘ misery of smc-Tl 11g many smells continuously.

EAR S

Tho external ears of quadrupeds‘ show marked dlfiererlcrs 1n set or position; in some specirs the ears point backward. in others forward, and in a number extend directly outward at approximately right angles with the sides of the head:

ATTENTION !

-__

Taught Us How tn Buy RIGHT.

great fox-food. A" mixed it your- Mr, R. Hudson Gordon, one o! "I0 _ gays, "Best Fox Food I 6W1‘ ($5.50 in 500 lb. orders.)

Juli. the same as the ration-

pure table bread. Our what we have alread! l." m, w" “ken right ofl’ the car. ‘l! hi; United States ranchers.

($3.75 in 500 lb. ordcra) pot 10o u». 154-25 In 50° lb- ""1""

The older Price cnl!

teed 100%

get from it.

“Nu”; QYQI offered for sale heft-

gog is a well-known allfllcfll 515mm!"

for use in the 091""!!! "I'm! "t quantities from the manu- " "' m” n. $2.00 Per r-llon

Disinfectant Fluid. Kills All

qmnfeotant. Solution, one of "Kil- 5115 in 5 gal. orders.

ahcdl. Put an in "M"! P"! prlcc 85-00 I!!!‘ DI"- in 113 lb. drums. Prim $1050 P"

direct from Norway. Fine quality.

Following 1s the second instalment den and of these liffka known facts of the sow“ W11 the Outward “"5 a" uialurally in the chase by U19 6X91‘- in the w;1d5_ ‘ cise of cunning, and their ears na-

me“ are the lines m wfhzch the cut- ward ears naturally set. but each of these positions may be assumed by all fur-bearers at will, as set, but each of these positions may be such ,l.hat their ears are mobile wllhifl ‘the range of half a circle. These characteristics are essential to the [perpetuation of the several species of animals. for while all DYBY End are preyed upon none have sent info the world without being given a fair rhsnce to escape sud- complele destruction. The

turally pointed forward so that they may more readily catch the sound of the pattcring feet of the creature they are pursuing. which not only runs ;n the open but fre- quently turns to the right or the left, and dodges behind bushes, stumps or olher objccfs offering conccalmcnt. The unimal pursued. partlcularjv lhcse which are hunt- cd as food by other animals but which clo not hunt for a. livelihood. have their outward ears pointed backward, as evident provision of nature designed to enable them to readily hear every sound made by the eager feet of lheir invisible pur» suer, from whom they are strenu-i ously seeking to escape.

We may note that the rabbit in‘ its wildest dash for llfc has its cars pointed backward, while the; cars of the pursuing lynx are turn- ed straight forward; it is not to be. the positions noted, for the VnYlOUS voracious clcatures frequertly ap- proach fheir prey from in front ev- idently by chance, rather than from choice; all animals which have their ears distinctly turned back- ward have the abillfyfo tum their ears forward. and thus detect sounds of an approaching foe. and they do so frequently though main- ly dependmg for protecrflon agalnst frontal attacks upon f? ir wonder- fully keen eyesight.

It need not be doubted that the power to note the approach of enemy by the sense of hearing only! essentially aids the pursued in ef 4 feeling ifs escape; and equally that} the forward trend of the ears of the‘ pursuer, whereby it is enabled to detect sounds made by the fleeing quarry augment; its prosputs success in the ct use: this lemark- able power cf he: ing should be re- garded as s dove oped rather than an Innate faculty, ¢he mobility of the ears being natures contribution. The rabbit that ‘will not use its backward-pointed ears as well a: its. forward-glancing eyes. may TlEVPl‘ deliberately or carelessly run into danger, nor will it long escape the grcafcr peril lurking in its rear.

Incidentally it may be observed that the human mind, which “grows by what it. feeds upon," surely dwarfs by feeding upon husks when propitious pabulum is available

Domestic animals which have long enjoycd immunity from the fury of ancient enemies, have their vls ble ears set forward. backward or nearly at a. rlgitf. angle fwm t1.» head; but in all the faculty of mo- bility l5 retained.

EYES

The eyes of animals chiefly ac- tive in the clear Jlght of day are generally dark, as noted in the horse, seal, deer and others. in- cluding many birds: the exception seem. to be those which in seeking their food or prey depend largely upon tbs sense of sight. including some of the felines. the eagle, hawk and other carnlvrrnus birds. all of which have rather bright eyes. some being brightened with yellow, white or red rings.

Nocturnal animals usually have bright eyes, in some specimens the eyes being intensely bright. flash- ing yellow or red when observed in the dark; this brightness is mark- edly noticeable in members of the cat family, the owls, herons, and others.

Animals which cannot be strictly classed as either diurnal or nor- turnal, the burrowers, hibernatlng and amphibious anlmals. generally have dark eyes. In the lives of all fur-bearers the first active sense is

hearing; but when the furry and feathered folk sot out to hunt that they may live, the sense of sight becomes of vital importance, 1s de- veloped to s. degree surpassing hu- man comprehension. The eagle, hawk and vulture soaring at vast heights in cloudland note the loca- tion of their prey and provmcler in lake. or ocean or on land, and un- erringly descend to it.

In radiant day and rayless night sight is the suprcme protective sense enjoyed by natural fur-bear- ers and feather-wearers. but 1n- siead o.’ being solely depended up- on, is made to work together in harmony of action with all the

life. QUESTION AND ANSWER. (l)

keep track of each family. Answer-In tattooing foxes, it

been‘

smell: and in birds in [he nest. is

Question-We would like to know; the proper way to tattoo fox t0y€fl0ll8h food vAlue to replace other

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN’

STOCK BREEDERS»

Boys’ and Girls’

Essay Bnmpetition

Essay By Norris Kitson of the North Wiltshire Club

77w Valve of Club Work’

worlk a wonderful source of edu- cation, ta those who are terminate enough to belong. and take part in its activities. To myself it has been a. pleasure. as well as an education. 1 have learmed to take greater in- forest 1n all farm work and llve stock. 1n keeping Tfff-‘Pdfi 04 feed and noting development. I have gained knowledge that I am sure will be of grcat advantage to me in future life. The keeping of those records alone has made me more efficient in my school work and ilife. themfore I bclleve that work of mus kind will eventually’ be of great

advantage t0 our province. The ‘advantages accruemg from club work to

[I would (mum iretlwn to l-h." lmcllcyr inveslrd 1n farming. ‘advantages would be breeding wsults 1n still greater returns and almost always with batten breeding P011135 bet-tor fefédlng and cart: they» make the farm mCYIB fertile which 11193115 ll. gwrlter re-

l turn on investment.

Club work is an advantage to my home and family in so much. that it not only cre-atcs an interest in the boy nr girl mcmbcr but the whole family are interested in vahat. Johnny o‘: Mnly arr» doing and in the groatcr number of cases more familics become more enthused in the great business of farming all of which means a better home. All these factors in turn help lo mould the character of the ivllole com- munity as one often notices that in-

” 1.5.311 IQEEJJE Factors

The question of how long séttlorS remain on the land has an unl- versal application, In the United States. the statistics of the Jewish Agricultural Sock-thy show that of lho Jewish families settled on the land by that association during the five yrears, 1929-1933. the average percentage that remained on the land was 82. In 1933. one hundred per cent remained on the land; in 1932, 96 pcr cent; 1931, 89 per cent? 1930. 82 per cent, and in 1929, 63 prr cent. The causes of defection as T3,‘) as osccrta nablc. says the society: annual report, were (llS- satisfaction on the part of the wife, sickness and death, insufficient capital. partnership riissrwlullnn.

and failunc due to maladjustment, m,

lnnpitude, or eccmomic deprcssion.

Expensive Market Habit

Live sixvok markets Whlild FTTOW a much more even condition 1f the habit of loading up every Monday with the great hulk of the weeks sllpfplv we» d smntinued. I1. is this practice says the Live Stock and Meat Trade Review. which is largely nusponsible for the expensive busi- ness of carrying over cattle from nne market ho another, and it ‘s detrim- ental in ‘both the produwr and to the trade. In the province of Ontario. motor truck drllvervies have reached a very heavy volumc. At Toronto almost half the supply of cattle during the month of May was rrcewerl off truck-s. and a. Dirge per- centage Arrived at the market with- out pro-notice.

"Natural Products”

I consider Calf and Heifer Club

divludal examples for improvement are the centre fzlom which shall conditons ‘and a higher standard of citizen-

radiate improved farm

ship.

Under present conditions any- thing we can do to reduce overhead expensrs results in greater return on investments therefore the better grade of sibflk featured in club Work means that each member 1s dolnfi something to make our province a ‘bother place in which to live. To the live stock industry club work is a boost. indeed. | Just for a moment pause and ‘think 1f all the live stock in the community were as good as the ov- eragle club stock what o belief-t 1f- would be to the dairy. beef. hog and

the farm: The first benefltlsheep industry as fo-day in the crate is the grcatorjwarldlsmazwkefs qualifycountsuhcre- farm from time and fore if all the live stnnk 0thor|farm graded 511001311)’ look at the that botterwtanding the community and prov-

sold of f the

ince would have ln t-ho world mar- kets. From a ca-operat ve standpoint any observant boy and girl must ad- rntt that the prcscnt world condition teaches us that. as individuals we cannot make the progress that we could by united effort. for instance. if a. customm- muld purchase a car load of cows. hogs or shccp of special quality from one school dis- trict. the better price he muld 21"‘ would be an almost sufficicnt ‘n- ducement to go on with co-opcr- ative work. Tho old idea of indepen- dence must give away to the better idea of inter-dependence: by this I mean that CO-Cpflrbiive effort can and must be the kcyrlote of full“? success.

ell Waters

Among the many utllltics carried out by the Dominion Departm-Pnt o! Agriculture there ls s voluntfl-Fi’ service which deeply concerns the health and xvelfare of the form home. This is the examination of farm well wax-P's which is cxccuicd free of charge by the Dominion Chemistry Division, provided the directions for collection and 5111p- ment are carefully adhered to and the express charges on the sample prepaicLDlrty water.—\vr1ter offen- sive to sight, taste, and smell- carries its own condemnation, but there are other farm waters which scar, bright. and odouriess and far from being safe and wholesome. The presence of soakagc from sources nf contamination cioes not always rrvcal itsclf without the aid chcmistny and bacteriology". Therein libs the danger of c0ncl1ld- ing that a water without a, bad taste or offensive smell is rlecessarlly a good water. 1f threre is the slightest reason to suspect the purity of the vaaler supply. thorn should b1- m; delay in having it tested. Dlrcctions for examination may be obtained on application from the Division of Chemistry. Experimental Farm, Ottawa.

Farm

Hog Value Fluctuation-s

One of the main 05.115155 of’ fluct- uation in hog valuz-s in Canada. has been the excessive marks-tings at, certain seasons of the year. says the Handbook on the l-Iog. pub- lished by the Dominion Department of Agriculture. The production of Spiling and fall litters only has be- come almost a. settled policy with many breeders. resulting n excessive spring and fall marketmgs, 110w. ever, the usual dlscropancy bggween sununer and Winter prices for hogs.

‘Iihe term "natural product" in the Natural Producw Marketing Act, 1934. includes animals. meats, ‘rags. um]. dairy products grains, seeds. fnrt cndfruit. products, vcgc- trlblcs and vegetable pmduct. maple pmducis. honeyn mbarco. llunbor, and such other natural products of agrlcultnre. and of the forest. sea. Zak»- anti rivca, and any nrllclo of food or drink wholly or partiy man- ufactured or derived from any such product that may be dcsignatfd by ‘the Governor in Council. in accor- danre with the provisions of the Act, The Natural Pmducis Market- ing Acnin the wo-ris of the pre- amble, is "an mt to impmvc the methods and practices cf market- ing of natural products in Canada and in export trade, and to make further provision in connection therewith."

lthose pups would be numbered. males, E5 and l-TI. and the female D4. A ranch record should b» kept in which the individual pedigrees of the pups are noted 11111111: the lnamcs and wrlnl numbcrs of the parents .nd pups. In this 1v:1_\' 1t "would not be difficult w be able to

senses and faculties in sustaining! know. at any time. Just where any

* pup came from .

QUESTION AND ANSWER (2)

Question-Have chicken bends

meats in fox feeding with n com-

. 1,; i plete fox ration?

as compared with the spring and fall prices. hns had the cffect of in- duvlnl; many farmers u» rlverslfy thclr breeding operations. 50 they, SOWS farrow at periods olher than mm"! the Spring anrl slimmer months. This is tending to distribute hog market. ngs very materially, but, a great many more hog raiscrs could still breed their sows so that fan. 0w ng dates would permit. of fmlsh-

April 16, 1933.

Relwrt 0f the Prince Edward I5 land egg laying contest for th week ending July 24, i934:

Std. Owner's Name PL; William Banscm . . . . . . .. 1M4. 2 Exp. Si-‘n Chvown 1M2

3 Mrs. J. D. McFarln-ne . 1819. 4 Mrs J .7‘. Eastnn . , . . .. i814. 5 Mrs- Roland Essa-r Inns. 6 Exp Station Chunwn 1682. 7 Mrs. J. H. McPhnll 1.5811. B Dip Btfin Chfown 1548. 9 Dr. J. E. Cunningham .. 1414. i0 S. R- Pendlcton . . . . . .. 1347. 11S. R. Pondieton .. 1083. 12 Wm. Robert Brown . 1496.

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . ..:..1n+2s.

Weekly production 59.6 per cent.

Leading pom for the week:

in: lhe litters with a better chance of obtaining a higher average price.

N0 foreign wheat has b; allow-

9d be import-Pd into Franco for mung for domestic purposes ginge

Egg Laying Contest

NEWSY NOTES

III?‘

i‘

v ECHOBS 0F OTEBBUBN you. and your splendid work, and Mr. Tufts paid tribute lp you at the The battle of Otferburn, lately evening gathering. Yours sincere-

described in these Notes, was recal- ly. Ruth B- Banal!’ led four hundred years later, when,‘ I am glad that my humble ef- in 1810. repairs were made to the forts bring such appreciative ancient church at Elsdon. Elsdon is friends. With regard to the "gray- u small straggling village of great bird." I01‘ E 10118 $11M I Sllplflsed "I antiquity. lying about five miles to be the female Junco. which is east of the scene of the historic much lighter in hue than the male. fight. The old church is an lnfer- the "bluebird" o! local redwoo- esling structure built about the year However. the other eveninB. 8 i400, on the site of a still earlier young man who is rather taken up building, a. little of which is incor- with bird-life, told me that there porated, and would appear to have was a “graybin? sitting on the Z8!‘- been originally erected in the early den fence. I turned the glass on to Norman style, perhaps in 1100. the bird and it was a dChipplng In the course of the repairs it was spanw’! my “m5?” em says’ decided to remove a great acoumu- the name '3'” bmi Shmnd be lafion o; earth which had for cen- dIOPPed as misleading. It will be “mes 1am pned up against the a fine thing for the children 1f 1111s mom, “.311 of the 1mm To the m‘, lady can organize Audubon Societ- prise o; the exwvam, the bone‘ lea in the schools in her neighbor- of over one hundred men were lis- h°°d- covered, in double rows. with the skulls of one row within the thigh bones of lhe other. all packed znto the smallest’ possible space. This was evidently part of a much great- er interment which had formerly taken place, for in 1877, when fur- ther repairs were undertaken, a. large number of skeletons, packed in the, same fashion, were found oxtencb ing under the north wall, and un- der the floor of the church. They were, to all appearance, the bones of young and middle-aged men. From the manner in which they were packed, they must have all been buried at one time, and that shortly before th¢ erection of the north wall; for its foundations had not been laid as deeply as those of the rest of the church. the builders evidently not wishing to disturb the mouldering bodies. As the church was built in 1400, and the only bat- tle of any importance that took place 1n the district was that of Ottcrburn in 1388, it may safely be assumed that many of the disting- uished warriors that fell, were con- veyed, as the ballad says, "On beeras of byrch and hayscll graye." {m Elsdon and interred in conse- crazed ground. Our North country earth is indeed made up of the ash- -es of our ancestors, every inch of it. D0 you wonder we love it? I have here a picture of the so- called "Percy Cross" at Oi-terbum: in reality it marks the place whore Earl Douglas fell. Neither is it a. cross. and perhaps never was one. It zs a spindle-shaped pillar about 200 feet high, raised on a. pedestal of circular stones four or five feet in height. This picturesque old re- llque stands in a fir plantation, about three miles from Otterburn village.