NEWSY

Novas

1'13 ' ' I - ,~ 0N THE COBNURAKE Gm- good friend. MT. Hobie W. Tlflfi, writes an acceptable note on thgLVComcrabe in which he com- mmk as follows: "Dear Agricola, l vreeflyed the copy of the Sept. 18$ Ggflil-an, and read with pleasure yojgfllnterestillg article concerning Coqvprakes. your inspiration for the sag being the mention I made in myqgbcok of its single occurrence in N15; Scotia many years ago. i}; this article you say that you, a e these birds have been suc- cegplly introduced into the Unit- Bdqfitflles and that the one which was ound here was a straggler from oulgfneighbors to the south. This is to J ise you that so far as I know, now. tempt has been made to in- triflgce these birds into America; specimen referred to, w occurred here by accident, probably came in by way of Ice- la‘ »possibly aided by favorable g ' since like other "Rails" they argprobably very weak fliers."

aDEllYDllATED RHUBARB

Slime of the Island housewives usefto cut up the rhubarb (when it got plentiful: and bottle it, using. I ;t_l_aink, cold spring water to fill theljbottle and keep out the nir. The-rhubarb thus bottled, went to mabe rhubarb pie in the winter.

‘v a. correspondent in all ex- chtj ge comes along with another ' - nkle," which she guarantees to produce a better flavored pie. Above the~kitchen range she nailed two 2-l-rlbh boards (a little distance apart) to form an open shelf. This shelf should be a to l2‘ inches from the ceiling. Then she washed and dried and peeled the rhubarb in the usual nlcnner, but instead of cutting it into chunks, she split it right down. (Thick stalks were split into four strips.) The "strips" were than placed across the shelf to dry. which usually took 4 or 5 days. It ls important that the strips do not touch one another, or they won't dry-out evenly. When properly dry. the‘ stripes are broken up, and stored in a sack in a very dry place. ' This lucky person, who says she has 100 lbs. of the dried rhubarb put» away for winter, also “cured" son... of the strips by “stringlng" them on a long cord and hanging them behind the range till they dried. You don't need sealers for thlsmethod.

When the rhubarb is to be used. itfssoaked in water overnight, and then treated exactly as fresh rhu- barb is, and it is claimed that no- was can tell the difference. Don't lettthis recipe get mislaid.

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i jma amps AT POWNAL

Miss Maude M. Jones, who, it will bgtfemembered, contributed a ser- faiTf-list of birds of her district, to these columns. again. favors’ us with her observations during the past summcr.- ’

.‘-'Dear sir: In your Newsy Notes ofJBept. twenty-ninth I noticed I-tiilmg the "Excluded Species 0i’

Blfids." the Warbling Vires. We have

hfiki pair here this summer, warb-

from morning till night. We

a large yellow birch with grfiit spreading branches, near our dob}, on which l’. saw them" many tlfis while sitting out. Reed says ltligb" song is after the style of the Plflple Finch, but they remind me r1193? of the warble of the Rubin. two summers at least, we have beg; hearing them and wondering wiiat bird it could be, warbling so mpeh like a Robin.

pipnbther little bird we saw and

eémotlmcs mistook for the Warb-

iifigfCWlres, llntil, with the aid of the glass, I could see that the

‘throat and breast was yellow and

theoback greenish. Do you thinkbit

might have been a yellow-throatad

Vines?

YlQn August eighth I saw another

Punfahliliar bird. It hada deep yel-

Iowt. throat. and was somewhat

striped or patched with a dark and ‘ a lighter color. It looked to me much

s xrsisfs€;srr.iz-horfidr'oi~nzengs,uf~lss1"

did not notice whether or t had a yellow rump.

In a large leafless apple tree near by--on6 that was killed last winter -on Aug. fifteenth 1 saw a pair of Olive-sided Flycatchere. and two smaller Flycetchers. On. looking with the glass I saw that (to me) the latter were new specimens. They appeared as small birds with a good deal of yellow in their plumage. One of them flew to a lilac tree quitenear me. and then I saw the dark necklace across the breast. At once I thoughtof the Canadian. Warbleryfind whlleldid not hear its song, I heard what Reed calls its querulous ‘chip.’ As Reed says, they are very lively, rarely still for more than a. fevnieccnds, then dart- ing after some insect flying by.

we had another little songater this summer that sang all day long. We thought from its song it might~bc< n. Thrush. My nephew said it was e small greylsh bird but did not notice whether its bxeast was spotted.

‘The Phoebes were with us this year, also the Redstarts but only one pair of Purple Finches. and not so many Goldfinches as we usually have. We did not have the Waxwings, nor did we hear the Least Flycatcher this summer. “In March my sister and nephew saw what we believe to be-frcm their appearanoe-J\merica.n Pipits, four of them. We are all interested in your writings, and when the paper comes. we like to turn to them first. Yours sincerely, Maude M. Jones."

In answer to this very interest- irlg letter, I may say that the ex- cluded species were only rejected alter most careful consideration of the evidence. Had there been a single stuffed specimen of the Warbling Vireo preserved in the Museums (or privately owned) in the Maritimes. the case would have been different; but neither spcci- men nor looord exists, except in the Bulletin of 1916, which gives no date, place, nor authority. Better to exclude it temporarily till a real specimen is taken.

‘The Vlreos. too, like the Warb- lers, in some cases are difficult to differentiate: several species semble each other, and this makes it harder for the naturalist who

Vireo in question looks like

of its song that it is continuous and not composed of disconnected phrases. There is no doubt about the Canadian Warbler. I have seen it two years running here. I am submitting the rest of my corres- pondents notes to Mr. Tufts, to ascertain the unknown ‘birds.

ACTIVITY m Qunnnc

The {Tiower Grower" is a live gardening paper published at Al- bany, N.Y.. but it is perhaps the last place to look for news of Temiska- mlng, Quebec. Nevertheless. because of some municipal activities, that town gets a, page of publicity and two illustrations, a brief account of which may now be given-as promised last week.

The Temaskamlng Athletic As- sociation supervises. controls, and finances all “Sport" in the town. It consists of two appointees from each branch of sport, who then elect-outside of their own number -a President, Vice-President, and secretary-Treasurer, and then operate as a Board of Directors for the conduct of sports. Each club submits its Budget and has it ap-'

an independent unlhbeing respon- sible for its own programme and the keeping down of "deficits." Any surplus funds are allocated by the Association, to whore in their opinion they will do‘ most good. (It ls not often one hears of such co-operation!)

that a Wading Pool for tho children was needed, and. as a ‘means of helping the unemployed,

mum depth of 29 inches a‘. the

[centre and 14 inches round

"¥. li*v*

Those who have cold frames- d every gardener should have emsolvea with

anemone ooro, A in available is of Irish origin. known u the Ct. Bngldane- .2; comosln unable. lerni- l! Q31‘ uni“ "U54

grow man pe jooking-Jtfmbers be-.o1eI"-¢.d.~,i?' w“ i. m. not. completely em; ‘eaeilyfn a frame only in April. d6‘ lu-

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' rm; finest

lg»

Winter Gqrdening

._ Frame

alwml arise to a height of about a foot, bearing flowers two to three inches in diameter in - varyln! shades of scarlet, blue and rose with central contrasting coloring. They last well when cut. They are of v easy culture. _

e Maripcsa. tulips. the butterfly and globe tulips of California, may be crown in a frame very easily and ‘bloom in lute May. Their mark- an unululLon white. yellow or

Levend groundl, rumbling the eyes on butterfly wings, Plant them two inches deep. They sometimes winter outside with a mulch of leaves, but are short lived under these conditions, whllef-hey thrive in a cold frame. l , - - _ ranunoirur may “whom; a frame glving ouble buttercups in orange, a

ant d scarlet and yellovw. There are cluster olpointed tubers to be prem- ed into the soil with the claws down

- inebel imp. They are not as

on a bed of sand and about two liable u the.

W‘ phate and eleven parts ammonium

h“ m‘? a Ta-"Ze 0f Specimens? The is a, useful fungicide for use when the damping off or wilt first appears in Philadelphia ViTBO, but the under- g ngw (31-91; A gqlutjqn mgdg by parts are almflst lwre white. while dissolving 1 ounce of this Chestnut $11058 0f the Philadelphia Mlle B powder in a little hot water is made yellow suifusion. Dr. Taverner says up to two gallons with cold water

proved. but otherwise operates as]

Treatment 0f Greehouse Soils.- With Chemicals

(Experimental Farm! Note)

The loss sustained by the green- houle industry of Canada throlllh wilt. blackieg. root-knot and other diseases is very heavy. Tbegaaraaitic fungi and nematodes that. comm these diseases are apt to develop in greenhouse soils, than out-of-dcora owing to the practical impossibility of establishi satisfactory crop rotations and 0 the more) or lees practical conditions of Ereenhouse crop protection.

Many growers eliminate these troubles by systematic steam steri- Illaatlon of the soil, but steam is not |always available, especially to small ‘growers. These small growers usual- i rely upon replacing their “siok" {soils with fresh soil from outside. These growers are cautioned topm- vent re-contamination, by sterilis- lng with chemicals all seed-bed and potting soils not removed, and tn sterilize at once any area upon which a diseased plant appears.

The Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology, at Saanichton, has tested many chemicals for this pur- pose and studies to date suggest that formalin is the best general disinfectant. Soil for seed-beds m- pottlng should be moistened with the formalin solution and placed in heaps. start with a layer about six inches deep and built up in layers. soaking each with a solution con- taining 1 gallon commercial for- malin to each 100 gallons water. Finallly cover the heaps with can- vas or burlap dipped in the 1 per cent solution. Ten days should elapse before using this soil, and plants with clean healthy roots should result. A cubic yard of soil requires 15 to 20 galllons of solu- on.

Infected areas in beds or benches should be dug aM soaked with 1 gallon of 1 ‘per cent solution per square foot; go well beyond the area of infection and cover with formalin disinfected burlap or canvas. Before placing fnesh soil in a bed or bench, the bottom and walks should be soaked with the formalin solution. Formalin vapour is toxic to plants and the green- house should be empty for several days after using.

Chestnut compound. prepared by grinding two parts of copper sul-

carbonate, mixing and storing in m air-tight vessel for at least 24 hours,

and it will check these diseases if the soil is well watered, without sig- nificant injury even to small seed- lings. A pint or so of Chestnut compound should be poured into the hole before l ‘ ' diseased plants.

The importance or regular sterli- llzation of seed-bed and potting soils cannot be too strongly empha- sized, since so many root troubles originate in the early stages of plant growth

edge. Many of the unemployed felt that they were working for a good cause, and asked only such wages as would provide them meals and lodging. The pond was completed at a cost of $700. The natural bould- ers were left in situ round the mar- gin to increase its picturesquenese. To judge from the illustration the wading Pool is a popular place.

The town meanwhile undertook the formation of a Rack Garden. as a municipal enterpriseflrhla was carried out in a public park as a. ro- lief measure, and so far has been SBflBfBCf-OTY. but as the town is so far North, it will be a. year or‘ two before the really hardy plants are known.

ODDS AND ENDS

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(FARMER s, STOCK JBREEDERS

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Yesterday wereceived with compliments of the Hudson's Bay ‘Cowbell! tendon, their catalogue for‘ furs (other than Silver Fox) to be sold at their house Garrick Hill, on Wednesday the 2rd of October, 1934, and following dates.

It tains 310 pages and on Piles 1 to 22. 28.915 beaver skins are listed. 0n page 28, 013,195 mus- quanh or muskrat as we call them. skins appear. Then follow otter, fisher, blue fox, cross fox, red fox, three kinds of marten, Russian sable, ermine, mink, lynx. leopard, wolf, wolvetine. skunk. raccoon, badger. portion lamb. squirrel, fitch, seals, etc, etc.

21,089 white fox, 12.470 marten, 200,000 ermine, 55.100 mink are items that intrigue ua. These and practically all the other furs list- ed in their catalogue come from the mmpany’: posts, hundreds of them, reaching right up to the Arc- tio circle.

One fur that docs not come from the Company's posts and the moat valuable in the world. is Russian sable. Only 92 of these were listed and only e. few lots were sold the highest price realisei being £0 ($45.)

We remember being at a. Hud- son's Bay Auction some years ago and seeing Russian sable sell at £50 apiece ($250.) We understood that they were being purchased to complete a coat for the wife of one of the richest implement manufac- turers ln the world. The skins had to be perfectly matched and up to n year ago sufficient skins had not been obtained to complete the gar- ment which is ‘in the hands of a. New York furrler.

The Russian sable has fallen into almost disuse because of the very limited quantities which are finding their way to tho world's fur markets. There are plenty of sable in Russia but the government is retaining every good animal they can capture or raise for breeding purposes. They are going to-unlike Pflnce Edward Island with Silver Foxes-establish a monopoly for that type of fur and when they have progressed aumclently will Place them on sale.

' The day that dark Kamchatka sable appears will be an exciting one for whatever auction house se- cures the privilege of selling them; They will be picked up like hoti cakes. Their beauty and richness is marvelous and their scarcity malees them much sought after.

Another very rare and very val- uable fur is Peruvian chinchilla. Do not confuse this with chinchilla rabbit which is a very weak imi- tation. True chinchilla has been of! the market, at least we have not noticed any on sale for many years. It remained for a Prince Edward Islander to be the first man to ofler stock in a. company raising chinchillaa. J. P. Duffus of New York, well known to many for his Silver Fox ventures and featuring of Prince Edward Island Silver Fox furs years ago. If Mr. Duffus can makem. success of raising the elus- ive chinchilla he will not lack for money. We understand he will es- tablish a price for breeding pairs of ummd $2,000.

Getting back to the Hudson's Bay Company and their catalogue, it is o. far cry to that afternoon and evening in 1070 when Prince Rupert, the greatest cavalry lead- er of his time and brother of Char- lce I who was beheaded. sat down with a number of other bloods in a.

Some typical allpl: In l. “Nbte" on the central school Fair, appear- ed the sentence: ‘The true Juniper

lgcncrally recognized. By a. slip somewhere a "not" had crept in,

like a Magnolia Warbler. Seeing it they completed the Pool, which is that had no business therei And in ljust once, and then only for a min- fifty feet in diameter. with a maxi- ‘the article about the American

Bpikenard. the Saraaparllla wine

an "alternative." This should ave been “alierative"-that is, ‘having the property y! changing an un- healthy into a healthy condition of the blood or system.

Propagate is the oonectyg spell this word, s. point that needs emphasizing. since some Gardening Services persistently spell it pro- pogate.

What in Soon-In‘ a gardening paper a subscriber asks this quea- tion, and wonders i! it is a product of peat smoke since he has heard [it called Scottish root. Now, true 'soot is produced by the imperfect combustion of loft coal-not peat- and is a "furry" settlement of ear- bonhdlflfllited in the " v _ after sue burning. There is very, very lit- tlo soot deposited by a wood fire, the residue being wood ashes and creosote. As soot is pure carbon it is a great menace when it catchee fire. and the chimneys should be well cleared of it and often.

In the Old Ooun 1n formll‘ time: thil soot, from ‘countless chlmneyl. wuaoldtnthe farmer: by the ton u a fertiliser. It was said to be valuable on the wheat fields. Applied to garden crops it produced a nob, deep mm in the foliage. and wee aloe believ- ed to act walnut certain harmful 7°17" 0f life in the loll.

v been: "lei, whit“ Bfllhlflfll called

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new“ 1 Mil

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_ does not grow here." Now the truel°"‘, In 1922 the Association decided Juniper does grow in the Province‘ and is fairly common, though not‘

coffee house in London and band-

led themselves together azithe “Gov-

ernor and Company of Adventur- of England trading into l-lud.

sons Bay."

It speaks well for the traditions M’ the ofmpflny and the principles which. have governed them that after 204 years their prestige is un. diminished. For the benefit of our

the ‘was said to be used meclicinell as read“ wh° "e n“ ‘Wm’ °1 "18

fact wemay say that in addition hundreds of ports operated by the Hudaorfs Bey Company in Canada. they have the largest store lin Wlfmipeg. the largest store in Vlflwllvfl and stores at many oth- '°l’ principal centres in the West, own tobacog factories, 011 mug, 1151,1192 floetd. mines and many other ventures apart from their Principal business which 1| m",

Their introduction to the hand- llhc of ranch bled Silver Foxes came in 1920 when Messrs McLui-g and MaoKil-lnon visited London, Thin wu. followed by a. vlgjt 1mm the Governor and staff to Pflnog

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the Edward Island where

BR O OK VILLE Gmllfld Limestone _ has given excellent resultb where med Write forprieea delivered nearest

lraoltvllla llanufactiritgifilo. Ltli.

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they hilsed a large interest in the Vimy and entitled "Dairy Produce sup-

0 Ranch and still maintain it. Th1! was followed by the establishment

other points and a month ego a large new ranch We! 1111181191! ll

‘ 'Winnipeg, Mgpitoba, and ‘stocked

lwith foxes from Mini!!! Blam-

This ranch will .~i in charge cf w_ Q, Douglas. who spent over a year gt the vlmy Ranch and during his residence here made mil-HY. friends, who will be pleased to know that, he has had n. singularly active life the past few years viril- ing the various fur centres in which the company 1e mwrelwd- establishing u. large ret farm, build- ing the new ranch and generally looking after- the expanding and increasing conservation of furs de- partment of the HBO.

We have before us the Prize List for the Fifth Annual 11px Show under the auspices of the Silver no: mhibiwrs Association of Prince Edward Island, which will be held at Charlottetown, November 5th to 9th. rt is a nicely printed end "f! interesting booklet giving clear and intelligible information concerning this fox classic. Copies can be ob- tained on application to Walter Shaw, Secretary. Dvlllftmfllli 0! Agriculture. Charlottetown. _

A week from next Monday will be a. busy time around the Exhi- bition building. The hundreds of foxes will be moving in and all will be pandemonium. Pity the Classifying commitee, Gavin Hard- ing, Fred Burke and Dr. A. A. Iiockhart. They have a titanic task on their hands, and certainly three better men for the job could not be selected. They must have every 10x classified so that judging can start Tuesday morning at nine o'clock.