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talked u fzygizigrislsaingilytnelglllnr.

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being taken. er e“ °I °“° Black Bear is another "has. m . Bain. in i890. refers to this

bear as our only dangerous wuo

115cc Plants"

plant to bloom fill-B y," my golden was tihe “Slot:

1d Crocus‘, C. sus an . 0 9°. h Not long after that doth purl. ailniemswd w 5gp that this "as tirzlclczi siffly bees- 3pm" urn!» i‘, its pollen; and I resolved will’ b5 the names of 915MB

earliest

to " ‘Tn; lrcquented. Later the animal." At that time it was found W‘ mecofiuls-ed Ci-ocuses of the 1n the large wooded tracts of the

m!“ ora tvpe were especially eastern and western couutrloo “He ffijf, out the dark-blue variety scmetilnes takes a sheep or lamb

' n lcctcd. 'I'il‘3l'€ were two rom the newsettiers’ flock, but

‘es u; ~G1Qry cf the Show m? ers to subsist on berries and uoulldoxal that were favorites wid fruit. He is fond of oats. On i me honeyed flqigranco of the 210mm: into an oat field, the Boar w Moots proved irresistible. mid on hi; haunches, and llflher.

o was later a marvellous difi- i; a bundle of the grain in hisarms ' o; Narcissi which the bees eats the heads of. When this is "gnu; iiii- iiaphiflailne odor evid- devoured. he scuttles along to oo- .l "palm mo,“ They searched tam a flesh supply, and in ml; " dlelloii blossoms very al- manner does great damage to the duwgy but utterly neglected the crop. The Bear rarely attacks hu- P lox suliulata in the rock- man beings unless enraged. In

u, Both "tame" and wild bees winter he retires into a. den and ' ed {he dark-blue bloxomsof the‘ rasses the season in a forpld state." "Po l-lvuciliihs (Muscari), so it Such a circumstantial account ' not hi» illc color that makes leads one to believe that bears uere gm puss- ilp the blue Crocuses. fairly common in Bain's time; aiic’

mull“; to iile seed lists, bees I recollect a middle-aged visitor m (0nd on Alyssum, Perennial ytvulxilo came to my home in Harring-

w; AnHJq-hmUJTiS, Candytu t. and said. when I was a, little gunfire,‘ mrlgspur, Mlgnonette, boy. mdy father brought me to see

W3 and suuct.paas_ khree slid bears lying in this very various bullcilliS mention the itchen. I visualized then as tliree Hlowmnboo |7l1\iliLF._M£\ily of them adult. black beam. but it ls more 42,10,110“. lu sufficient quantity likely that they were a female and w; to make much difference to two cubs. Bears hibernate in wint- u honey Crop; but. Aliske, White er, and if by reason of scarcity of mm Alfons, and Buckwheat are ood or other cause. a. bear is not nluuble farm crops and excellent fat enough to go into winter quar- w. houcv tiroililction as well. Sweet ters, the animal seems to imolv it, clover u not. rccommCnded if the and becomes very vicious. It will r Glolurs lire grown, for ash attack any animal. and mwi him- M, not sesrete much nectar, tie self, with a. view to a "feed". An w waste tllne over it when tlncy American magazine gives tic sur.

m; irorking at the other some. gluing information that the female 5mm- Swect Clover is not so ars her cubs while hibernating, much grown. in this Province at and wekens to find them a. couple w, as u “us u few years ago. of months old!

m; Golden Rods (or Yellow- Since the Bear raidedboch crops “us, 3m gleat honey producers and stock“ it was inevitaoe that m I mo; many species of wild every mans hand was against it u, no seen to fre uent rtne and it was practically wiped out Moo-s; lu fact one m ght .orm before the year 1910. Since that date ‘quuo mgpectable collection of there has been one killed on the um bisects from this source alone. Island. but it was said to have been iiiefirelvecd (Epiloblumi rearsjzali a stragglei- that had crossed on ‘Mm of Inn-push flowers uvgutt lur- the ice. To my regret I forgot to en-

car mild honey. 11 e Flt‘, Crier so abundant here as it 110W b0011-

tlucolden Rod. There are several In an account of Mr. Solomon m; wild plants that will Mutdi. an Islander and centenarian mbunhol, Qompfljaflvg scarcity who died in 3.0., there is a. sad M’, mom unimportant, story of a little girl. Maria Brown. Qilrees the best are the Willows only a few years old, who strayed (with Maples, Basswood or Lin- into the forest one evening and militia, Plum and Cherry. was killed by a bear and eaten. "It. gltgbgnlos and Raspberries are was in the fail of the year and a mulmducers, and the Fall greet search for her took p ullul closes the year in this shortly after she had strayed; the

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British force stationed at Charlotte- town searched Lot 48 for days. The bones were found beneath a. free and were buried in one of tho cleared fields in David Mutchva". th m: mugtf have beoccugled hbflgl? m answorwas at ;a.n ave en dtat e tigelwafio ifecord of it having girl's mother found the bones the bvqllene in historic times. Its nb- following spring and brought them meals not caused by the rigolu of home "in her apron, vlllter. for it exists as far north In the old days Wolves were uilorton Bay on the coast of the sometimes killed on the Island: 59o; who“; l; l; trapped for they were believed to cross tile Mgy the Eskimos. (On the other Northumberiand Strait on the foo. hind it originally occupied the con- One does not read of any BT85! qomyasm- down o5 west vh-glnla, damage done. lAs tihe population uu umgoo “om sonnet-g up to (and dogs) increased, it was mull: at flmberlinql, Nor l5 its absence fiflififll‘ for such marauders to get a caused by wllnt of some particular V I18- " out omoe u; L, omnivorous as Bain tells us that the Wi‘d Cat or as vegetable matter is Cmlflgfll- waxsolcéinllz; innlgis time,’ ii will c eve viiirl ~oin H‘ wu- - aid.» tuniipsyto arywihtgr diet The description states that it was uuuw bark, A; the pomuplna is ‘more than three feet in length , lit found on Cape Breton Island and of a hoary my color n-itlina cu other Loiunds of; the Nova dark brown area on the pack. It ljan coast, one lo gooood to con- iived on small quadrupeds and birds duds qlmor that; 1w mlgl-utiqns pursuing the latter to the tops of mu- touched these. “us; or else the trees." I believe this animal m it was trapped and exterminat- to be the Bob-cat. whim is still by the Indians long before the be found on the mainland? _ lhlle men arrived; an easy matter The Fox occupias a. speculiu: iucil circumscribed localities. vosition- Orlalnally Wild» Bud quite oil- interest in this little mammal common here. 1t W“ trapped and iihereioru puml agadggnig, and shot till the wild stock as exter- mdnoi, be our ed further, miriatecl Some of title wild ones ‘ills Mouse t; not, found 119193101- were taken, and ‘domestics ed . there any uowunt o; it by our and a great industry- fox farming iy writers; but antlers of these —came into being. In course of Bis were somiimea picked up time some of the caPflW “X95 e5‘ the pent bnrrens almost within Cflped. Ind 819W“ establish"! " Iiailory, so it "probably once rang- wild stock again. Should the price idlieie as it now does on the adJac- 0f Pelt-H fill W l 1°"? "Wl- m“'1‘° alt wutlnontu’ u “an” 35m would than be little effort to roc tp- lye, tum the escaped foxes, which would then increase and soon be n abundant as at fir-st-

l“ i Extinct Animals

‘iliioothr day I vru asked if hlloreulgine had ever inhabited

WW yfihfs ago the same writer "fetish 19d m; Otter as if it existed illdsllfilrécl“ mntlirablfsrsfregxlllenakrgg onos AND nuns w: lakes uud Shoo“. to fool; on Rubber Rings for sealers will last

“fish. when fish got scarce they at least two and Erhans th"! d ‘

lltick d tli ' . Willi; Thies. Biifittlierffhe lax‘??? .13.. ’ (Continued on pate 18- w! 7)

“its mmi champion Jersey cow, party's amour FERN. mm! M Eh" at the last Canadian National Exhibition for James Boll 5 J-Iflhdlflvy. Ontario. was sold to B. H. Bull h Son, Brampton. Ontario, mum's’ sold her and shipped her int week to the Cal-Acre Company. " "n06 California for $5,000.00. Sh: lil the highest priced female of an!

‘lhy breeds to leave Canada for many yearn, and in polllbly the e Priced Ji-lal-y cow ever hm! in Canada. “NW1 bllil calf won the senior calf class at the last Carnelian National _ hi!" and later went to a Tens Jersey breeder at 81,500.00. Thin “mo”: 7w illlf| brood cow has a silver medal record and she is by the eiiamllinlun‘ nrmnhton Jester Standard, whose son was reserve gram! lumpm" M 1hr ill-it National Dairy Show, and whose full brother. it,“ M“ Jrsicr Standard 2nd, was grand champion at the 194i (lana-

nm mini |'..‘(|\"l|l|0fl. u," liiinn Jester Standard 2nd. ls the hull that is under option by u». L ' ','|,""arv club I01’ $1,500.00. m will anon have 1o cecal-s lie-m.- Ml elm o; tilifelpbriggctd "e omunm"! in every way. lle ll one of the

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ier the date and particulars in mylgbgtrm‘? danmd “i? W 59-59 “m5 ve.

if Markt Si. Deliveries of sheep and lambs Price 2,111 BOX 70 061118. A150 that ii iias been well worth While . .. _ 0 n J Mug GREEN c. e rung." have been extremely light and Nichiilsiiflfi HOPE‘? Health 2 lb- through the years. figgif, fgfr isvlflllég; ‘LIKCL, FRLNCH BLUE cum were emu all» oi we» w" chem =aglviritg ftfil.”sii“slilé“°“°liul°’élié°“lli ,., ,-—— .,, g u... . his u; _~ _' k. sum f .‘ ' - -- e r en season one n. , “ "_ ‘> ‘ "l . 1o ‘Poi-onto reported an advmle cl 50 Previous We e e O Hm reeds mm each b“ A“ w, up that wilflegemand a zrgat d“, o, placud on siller fox wit; in ihe S“ T,“

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Cattle prices on Canadian stock 3.Ciu,\l)ilb‘i‘lShEfl1ab;R%Li132;b G. H0212.- lIIQIIOIiZBH ffiliuitOmgtfirtmriifisnlL - lllllllricmu" “M m“ MN‘ 8mm n’

HAWKS OVER CANADA

I vi looking for birds, although age, such a nature would pieciude whgtilgsat-ticular kind I had no idea. any such mingling of cut-throats, For it was the end of September; and it is quite evident that the the Warblers seemed to have gone nature of a Hawk is about as cruel though. hum u, the wake of inii- as a Red-eyed Vireo. which blood- llonalres with a. Florida objective. thirstiiy devours a leaf-insect. Ili- and only the advance guard of deed. crucllylll the process of kill- Sparrowsdwas present. l 1 m ing for; folold ifnmore evident in your stron to force rices to the hi ii- Then- "T1" B "is" I "we neue‘ 5 "5 e1" °"~"’~ .

u;- mgto; pgld lg the wool; ‘ma, the tree-tops or an itinerant War- Such flocking or gathering of ruvlew, gum, w”, ma“; bier. my eyes lcked up tho form Hawks, however. is not uncommon, sellers and recorded advances of as °F l Hawk» a 11 “e shu'p"hmihfi' ‘a’ “uyd m ‘hi’ ml- F°11°“1~“=’ much o; 5o ooms notably at To,“ ting through the air some my r xekssari shore-lines on migration. onto Hogs and snoop “a 1am,“ feet above me. in typical Accipltr c Haw ‘seem to concentrate in cer- woro “we changed ‘mm me mo flight. My eyes pursued it, with in- tain favorable localities. Capo May. vtou. week terest, but my interest in the par- NJ., and Hawk Mountain. in Penn_

yards advanced to new high levels in the past week in fact to the highest point reached in a. numoer of years. Price upturns ranged sll tho way from 25 cents to 1 dollar or even more in spots. Fixporis of cattle to the United States dropped sharply with the near fulfillment oi the second quarterly quota but domestic demand was sufficiently

son, Toronto. appears to have an excellent coverage of fur farmers in Canada as we note by a recent report. In Ontario the circulation is 2.312, in Nova Scotia. 821. in New Brunswick 707, in Manitoba. 730, Alberta 1.318, British Columbia 647, Saskatchewan 1.074. Quebec 201 and Prince Edward Island 175. It is a well edited and informative maga- zine which accounts for its success.

Ono of the problems in mink breeding is bladder stones. These contribute to a considerable percen- tage of the fatalities in young mink. Dr. E. R. Bowness in a recent ar- ticle on the subject says it would

$1101.50) and Vancouver had a few at. lng considerable CilflllfCCUlliL \. .5 .

. l. ‘lava-n! aria‘ ‘N’. E2’ N

_ l get growth by August the fl‘ are ihai you will lizivc slllnil

to give the foxes '.' but you will be w. . better pelts and be ‘ore

foxes among those kepz. All succas ful ranchers in Canada are good

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l|l|I‘|I"I‘ .l=l.| \|,1I'.i|!l\l' ivrlllu-il |.i||1|fI\\i||i'. Quvhvv

feeders and they are mcn ivlio have Pfbib‘ of ‘ill'l'l\'i'li it ill!‘ All]. to

carefully figured out illi- such feeding and

conclusion that there is nr

tlcullu mwg waned as quickly as it syivalua, see tremendous Hawk seem that these litters either did be saved by sklmpllig on ic"<i. gum-n com, Morn“ grew. up in the azure of a lastly fights each year. and the latter not get enough protective material l__ “go; ,_. dc,- .e demand Claudius; soptem shy, ar be- locality receives further distinction (Presumably Vitamin A) °Y 915° Clean water....Fresh clean vrllicl- ' hue. We qgpON-po marked up a gal“ o; yond the questing form of the little in being“ the only sanctuary for they were notphyslcaiiy equipped to should be o... mp. ofiou i ices of S11. g5 cents to 50 cents on a ‘nufizraw Sharp-shin, were the drifting. Hawks the world. hundreds pas- utilize the Vitamin A available to me pups and {ldulbn no,“ lot-Sol.’ at- cattle run with Montreal lmyeis wheeling form5 of dozens of Hawks. sing over there in pence where b11501 clilicl‘ flom the mothers milk ale “mgr m m" W, h. 1 or grouo; tutu“; about 70o hem of; the m“, Forgotten were Warblers, Sparrows. formerly few escaped shooters. 0r 119m the impaled food given by day‘ In mo boo “o m] liflrll ulollll: lilio get, Tfgdg w“ uutlvo with new Mid my 0th“ 101m 0f lei-mend ‘he 133C119"- I“ the ca“ °f m“ partlcuariy necessary 11in; lfxrll - ' hi" "l" 5'l"l'°l’i\' "f lush, ogtouluhoo on on “mo, and creature as 1 focuseed my powerful Hawks at Point Pelee mink kit-s that develoiwfi biaddrr woes, oo giverl o, logo, oooo a u,“ i lo qulllitzes will weighty steers selling from $11 to “m” °“ "ha! 5mm“ m°b1°m°55 , 5mm“ “s “Fly” W” “eeks- “W” At ranches such as thcs-a whore Wt m 111E111 01"- 1151"" cmadm w‘) 15 n0?’ “mm” 9' was some evidence that imectmn of they feed cubes. fresh wzitcl‘ slloulri basis HITOl-lgllolll m‘! balance 91 m9

oitns. The loosely pflcgtetio flock 3f Hitviiits also advanced 25 cents or o t “rm ° _°°‘~*.'5e' u s} a“ 9' 5 u, y MONTREAL wfnere choicem srtleeeifs 0f the“ “m5 “d pgaarstglcnidlreg so‘d for $12 and good kinds mostly Waxed _R""d'mu5' ' ‘IE 1e ' $11 to $11.75. Good cows were gen- B'°"d‘“mgs- “d owe“ ma; '§gSI‘ orally w to “.50 Wm.‘ an odd ‘lo as they slowly dri tedi sou nwarrnére paid. The situation in the MARI- wmh-dtll" 11 I °°‘"‘ ~"§°_°n, w TIMES remained unchanged with and m“ nued on my w y y

fig. a few 812.25 and butcher steers

5o m ‘n75 and Sm Prices Hawk station. Point Pelee, on Lake

Eric. in Ontario, offers the bit-d time of birth might have carried student hundreds of Hawks cach up to the bladder creating a skill- fall. at the time when thc small lal‘ condition as the ones found in birds are paying l; lust visit to the adult females shortly after mal- Canadlan undergrowth. Here Sliarp- 1118- HOWGVH. this information 15 shinned, Cooper's. Pigeon, and offered only for comment as the Duck Hawks gather for the pufpgsg evidence was not at all conclusive.

the naval cord shortly after the _.ca5on_

be given twice dill as ‘lilo cuties containing dried llldii create rim- siderliblc thirst. Tillb \'e.ll~ CIliJOS will be used more illoll ‘luworz- and therefore this Wllllllllg lo lilo. . necessary than usual.

holy important Allierlcan trade a ‘ililtlTlSt throufl -

The Prince Edward Island 935ml» n“! 11"‘? N1‘

stop dead again as a more densely 0i.’ dining well on small birds ill- _ , _ poo], mo, p to; G cl polls a-

ggooéio fro) 3181c: steers quoted at packed flock appeared m another capable of escaping their clutches. sflfllig 15 11011! definitely-the ‘,- fml foo,‘ 1‘ , lni it has ' ‘ sector. Here “again. the satiric isfwiftt igfiyéfeigtiiilfldufitigfllglill‘ ftillfi nlol-c ln- P=i1'li<l*l5~t-§]va$0rt‘iuigi' Iréflny £23111’ lybeflil; M, u, 3.1M n _ l _ at mg Sea- DYOETBES. Wi 0i! B Daren '3 °1'- Y1 “'1 11?»? 0 carry 0n —~‘" a~ "a ' ‘V 3Y5 .5599 ° tto m t ,t ,l lvl >1 ...l Wl . ficiuatc no ciifflcuity in

wukm cnm Mun" individuals weaving and out, each Y-htil‘ YEW; Wasmz incessant ‘war 5W9" 11105?- bficomiflflly- Sliver $0?‘ ifictlonsasornething Olil-"llftlcu dimming: the balance of our 19- A 5,4,0“ demand ‘m modem" taking advantage of every little 0n W18 mite and snakes iTl fic..ls ‘Michel's shim” be" m mmd ma’ were offered wilh priCCs reported as “i143 OUPFiIlZS H! PYiCES at 1981B

certain things must be done before the hot weather arrives, namely, clean up all litter around sheds and PGHSfllld burn it if possible. other- wise gel. it away to a considerable ciistance from the ranch as it may contain the larvae for breeding fleas and other pests. Dose all adult foxes with capsules for worms witn-

__ in the next two weeks. and at the While most o, t‘)? ‘imhoa, D,_

and marshes will be found the Buteos, the Red-tails. Red-should- 9T5. Broad-wings, and Rough-legs as well as the beneficial little Fai- con, the Sparrow HflWk. Eagles mid Ospreys will be found following the shoreline for fish. Each has its place in. nature. and each should be allowed to keep that place.

- l it onetmu served to boost prlcfl air current that would prope “imp” “Eh” l“ “w we“ “mim- §“°~'§L"‘i'dtn1§°’°c§ch5.? 5T5 $311322? PEG was up 50 cents to $1 on top Tfi,“ w n bug“ unheard of 5,‘) gin thahmcent trgdvagcessunngepmntied far sas Iaswas oongerned, in my Tor- shorzllied evegerrxnozeagf an advaiflce? °m° ramblings’

Good steers and those aldin above that were in demnndgfrmn 8311 m “mm” “m” F°'°° $12 Wiih ordinary kinds $10.50 dOWIi.

equal to those which have prevailed on rcrezzt. 0s.Th0 dcmmldisstrong and the o "igs are small.

Arias 5mm

generally unchanged, although sel- ect full silvers advanced 9 per rem. and low grades l!) 1W1‘ emit. T‘ 1‘ general avcragv for liil ‘

$23.09 as CfllhpfllTri iviiil 4.08 at the Montreal March auctions. ulici about two-thirds of the total offer- ings were sold.

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If you are buying furniture with carved trim. be sure to examine with h n t 1h is lilo ivcrkiiidnsflip carefully. Carv- eac ee o eavy cru ers. ' ~ ‘

a . lliliY ilfliflled Any reasonably good light cattle of which so active, _ ,3,“ Um “on; fo- to» a o _ h~ “m” - ' y wage War . e e i earm ..c _ 11 f U‘ . - H; t ,. .._. zmr! hrlw- perfect do- me 5mm" “d ‘wde’ "m"? we" against man's insect and mammal powder iii-am for fleas. By mil-ii: £111“, ‘LF,§§,§Q,-f,[.,,C° m‘ CL“ a v tau- carving

portion exportable types was c, :l

port to the Ulilicd SIMCS, and Soul-h American com". s

them this attention you can pretty well forget about them until Sep- tember when they should have an- other treatment for worms and ear- mltes and if necessary for fleas.

Watch your fox pups carefully and sec that tile premises they are occupying are kept clean. This is important because if not the hot Weather‘ may start some form 0f bowel trouble, causing casualties difficult to arrest. It will soon be time. if you have not already done so, to treat for earmites. and if they have been separated from their mother foxes powdering for fleas will begood insurance against these pests.