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Stewart in the some 43 Dupe from 9 female K"‘€P5n3 45 D1195 from

- .< Ild Thursday, Aug- A; Montague George who promo-s the King's Fox Show each year and 15

fur farming, has 3o

he Canadian ual Fox lreedfrs riveting to b“ held lit-re u the near future. The Lord helps

‘ Pur Dyeing Cor- \\ York. It is called . and is distinguished

1 cf co‘crs. The P1161?!’-

y: should make a move to Canada fox pelt conscious and not ‘tit idly by twiddling our thumbs

‘riméiiwflhdfiéiii For Bedding Plants

In the tcrrld davs of early Aug:- gular attention 1s ueedctl if, bedding plants are to give a con- tinuous display of ‘en gay for the balance cf the summer. Twice a beds shou'd be gone over sornt flowers removed. Geranlums bcar their flowers in trusses. and tlicsc will last longer if the faded outer “plus" arc removed. the fullyv-cpenccl flowcrsl and the buds being plants which form spikcs of blooms. such as Snopdragous and Gadioli.

fields whcrc they are itiolcstation in much greater meas- |ure than are our ground-nesting birds, which in the opcn, are sub- 162i, to destruction from clogs, cats. annuals and 110W. ‘even from the trampling of cattle. i Whcn the grain is ready to cut the 12st broods have left the nest and old and young congregate in flocks preparatory to their long trek sout‘. - ward. Thcir numbers are thus esti- | mated to quadruple in a single scu- ison, but as they

market, bot-h in Britain. and ch the Continent as they migrate, nature's unduly disturbed. (My old Cookbook dcvolcs iwo pagcs to Lark Pic, Roast and Stewed Lark. ctc.. a sad wind-up for the little sougstcr. When that l! C1011 book was published larks sold for 36 cts. a dozen). The lark uscd to h." kept 11s a cage-bird. but this is

develop info nice

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1" in the pelts A; Mal-gate Iiarold woodsxde ‘lllllillififl the cffvct o.’ pups from 19 females‘

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nice etc-o this year-IN 3i females and the P0

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‘ y. (lrcenland blue. y are beau“ mo.

8111101‘ Lalyton Rog- _ m3 pups "om 4g’ pr ze w nner, has

Louisiana in No- flftcen and twen-I appcrs will g0 in- .l~= and will be permit- . . as many as 250 traps '11.» scason closes Febru- ti-v section that three -. proritiifcd 350,000 pelts is

ou are kind of eels to the rest, of guage of the turf- iful mare Lois Guy 11y did to a field of Ptember 24th. 1919. fshed 5-1-8-1-2-1. Thai y for Layton and 91141-5. in fact for all ofus e it was a real upset and the writer remembers it because Commodore Cresceus which 1 drove. was 2-3-1-3-3 and

then ruled out. Harvest Boy. d en by B111 Sharen (after whom the great trotter Bill Sharen 12.04 1-4 was named) was second with

Bcfcre 1830 thc slcviark had been (SllCL.'£FSlllll_\' it ls said) into Long Island in the State of New York; if so. it has not spread , as have scmc of the more obiccilon- ablc introductions. It. has also been introduced into New Zcaland, where (Iberis it is said to be becoming a nuisance; but I have not been able to ascer-

frcm the bottom. The should be rcmovcd as soon as they begin to fade. When the top flow- ers have faded. the whole should be cut off. With shale-headed flovcrrs 11101-0 is no difficulty, the blossoms being cut off svhcn they fade. however. arc vcry deceptive. 'I'hc petals drop off as soon flowers begin to fade. and leave a _ green knqb whim imke ‘tan, nefllplt 1 ful days, on a breezy hi lside. follow- 1_ ' lng with cagcr cycs, thc skylark as 1t soared and sang. Docs onc look so“; . oftcnci‘ upward iu youth. before ad- lullplS us to fix our and earthly

1 half. Altogether more ma; a pelts will be taken

‘s of the state. They ‘.0 source of income

. jsrlicczaii ncwspaper publish-

~ no predicts the crea- 1c monopoly for sliver o.’ the prevailing low 11» thc war. Silver fox only about one-half of

Oftrn have l stood. in my youth-

lllc‘! r1. bud unless ll. closely. The buds. ho , a pointed tip, whereas the nods are more opcn.

delving away from silver to ry considerably but we hope permissible under the circum-

gnnn-gh-ch-ggazc lllOlQ 011 carih ‘hey are noticed. When going 0\'cr11~1111f35< 111W the plants. rcmovc any faclcd

‘See wiaefivféihi For Canadian W001

pxprcssed ‘hat the 5 in Bunyaifs allegory? Claude Smith, Charlottetown. has Inodem a good turnout this year as usual. From 130 females he ha

‘ l“ York and Rip" .5 bottcr 121.111 I c of thc sights w." may miss:

"From your fcxt. o lurk will rise

‘ trill be lnterestin 1:‘ 1.11‘ icrs as showing

‘.5 have definitely cur- lvcr fox breeding pro-

as usual have a nice line of pelts to dispose of.

Earnest Mills of Clarcville, who was a big prize shows for several years, has DUDS from 40 females

Woodslde, Hamilton. ha 160 from some 60 females.

Increased use of Canadian

ln the manufacture of doth military purposes will 1‘ changes in the cloth spcciflcotiaiis of the Dominion Government. Da- vid C. Dick, Wool

~.~\ havt‘ switched heavily ‘ding. The question . iiiry going to get their thc United States?

as hc T1595 the sou! quietcns until nl last he is but a tiny speck iu thc bluc, and of his song only the sliri l.‘r uutcs are left and ilicy can only b0 11911111 with strzrinctl 11:11". Aud finally both song and singer fade frnin sight. A sec- ond 0r two, and tlicu rig-din the wild beautiful trill infinitely faint, and ;thc litllc dark spwk 1n thc The trill comes and gccs. thc speck is there and gone, but surciy‘ the speck grows larger‘ and the music for identification. strengthens. The lark does no: des- cend es 11c ascended-in wide long spirals-but in a 10111: sheer slant- ing drop. Thcu sudclctily the bird halts in mid-air and. hanging pols- hls vcry hardest. Then thc music ccoscs and he

ivhich is a neu- _ and whose commerce no interfered with by

Arthur Roberts of Klnkora has 60 pups from l9 females and John R. McCabe of Newton has 1B puns from four females . Kenslngton, has 49 pups from l4 females....W. P. lottetown has 78 pups from 21 fe- males. an unusually large increase.

Trade Board, prcdicted at the an- nual field day of the Ottawa Val- ley Shecp Brcedcrs‘ Association at Old Chelsea. Quebec.

The specifications which are now being amended. hail down largely by guess and largefy by copying English standards built around New Zealand wool." policy in the past had been "if it's different from the .. it's wrong.” The change d bring about a substantial inst-care in the potential market for Can-

1‘. B111 c; and E. M. Taylor, 1s a rrandson of Robert Oui-

\‘ industry, are advertising ‘(>1 “PP-Wald PlBf-lflllmi- As far as we can learn this has been an exceptionally good season for the development of fox pups and we hear of no untoward hap- penings either frcm disease or oth- er causes. It is expected that a heat wave may reach here in the near future as there has been very ,hiizh tmperatures in Chicago and other American cities. waves usualfy take a week or more to travel here. If we do get intense heat it would be well for ranchers to pay particular attention to wat- the foxes. They should be watered twice a day and no stale water left in the pans. Water that

‘lor and are the result "it _\'111rs of careful breeding

' ‘mu and that they pos- c characteristics of the

Mr. Dick emphasized the that the purposes of were administrative and not control the wool industry. Hc hop- ecl the wool industry during the} war would continue to be rcguni- ed by a measurcof administration rather than by drastic control. The Wool Administrator's designed to be cf scrvicc to producer and to the manufarl11rri~ and to hclp in overcoming mutual

11.1 1i.11'k lo light stcel blue ik-rccntages of silver. stirnctimes called - 11.1: must not be confus- 1 1:1" ‘ffllllfll0fl blue fox.

“The song‘ of the lark, most. per- fect in Juno. is ouc of thc wonders of naturc. Almzc of birds 11c soars he alnnr‘ nccds thc wide vault of licavcu in which to empty lng gifts. his soul. Ycl fcw people nay atten- thls most amhitiotis-and surely‘ most 5;)ll'ltliftl—~0f our song- sicrs. Sc fcw of 11s look upivard at any time in our 1111111rir111n only because we do not

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_ v.s of snaps taken .1.1uccck at his ranch

dumped out and fresh water out in. Curious though it may wafer absorlm odors and becomes unfit for use in short order

Mr. Dick said there was no shori- aire of wool in Canada now, a1 though there had been when was declared. Last full it. had bw-n necessary for the Wnr Time Price and ‘Trade Board to prevent prices of wool rising higher did. Wool producers had been c111- ed upon to make a contribution in the national intercst. "Scarcity of supvfv should fix the price durin", should scarcity be brought by enemy action" sold Mr. Dick. The Board wanted to kecp a fair and cpcn market g and to see that. they were adc-"' quaicly protected.

Dr. Georges Bouchard. Assistant} Deputy Minister of Agriculture, nl-_ so spoke to the sheep breeders. He olnted out the possibility of amine in Europe. Although he tru not know what effect this would have on Canada. he Jolt that i“.- tradltlonal policy of maintaining as much as he of everything, was

1"l\‘ll‘S of Frcnchfort. has ' woody progress with _--- The meat supply should be well taken care of and guarded against flies which get about from place to place carrying disease on their feet. Meat which they run over may develop a. diseased condition few hours and if fed may cause bloating. fits and possible death. The greater part of ' season is over although th- I ifh of August is a rather tryin After the first week or September it is usually plain sail-

1 \‘.11's and this season has Good Plaitts for thc Rockcry

40 females. Among n number of mark- .r."aks. 11nd Mr. Jen-

During llic sccontl wcck 1n Jilly I think my little rock cardcn was nt- iis hcsi and it ls 110w my inbui- lion in describe snmc of thc standing plants, as n guide to o‘h- qrs who may wish to iakc up this ‘delightful form of cnrd‘.‘ning. Wc Cotmtry have had dry wcat“ci" 1n this dis- '11"kv_t_l_iat I decid-

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bountiful foxes finished

_ 1‘ <1" g.’ Mr Jenkins. J. B ' _ 10 171105 from 25 fe- y blrivart has always pro- -‘ '11" Vcflv nice silver '11 ‘s practically al of '.' 15'.

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There is very little on the Canadian market but news is good news probably. There is certainly "nothing to be oesrminiic about than last season because we do know that there will be fewer pelts by for than was P1"- ed on last year's marts. With the ‘arge amount of money that ls be- ing circulated there should be no trouble in stimulating the demand for sliver fov nelis 1r proper ed- vertlsina is done. 1'11‘! need out my great amount of money. Th, wrlter has been impressing it on our friend George A- Clmbflclf- who t: svmmlhatic‘.

something will be done at

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stirli nice returns for suisnn. ha: another 119 mun from 4a fe- ‘ zvo rccelvluil consid- Ctllou from Mr. Coffin ‘ -‘~"1\‘_cr fox farming is a (vino industry.

it Lffim of 12,1110 n putts from i4 fe

lntervsited in sfver and as it's section is

How to get rid of that spoil tbtnlawn is tlic gran‘ gardewng problem at this timi- year. Locking for a less arduous way of destroying these bio lng We-f-‘(ls than by the back ‘c lng method of digging them a man we know, says a wrllcr la the C-I-L Owl. . ment with considerable success 11st summer. He knew i. weed-killer if applied ln sufficient concentration. and that. get p‘e'ntv cf it. but the probl~m was to kill the weed and soarc the grass. l-fc decided to try ‘nsarttuc a an" tablet into the heart of thc dandelion. by atabbinff with a knife, then pressing thc tab- let into th- stub b ments settled the question as rlz-ht sire of tablet to use. and turned out. that D0 or 100

shrlvel uo and die under this treat- ment. and a bare spot about the aim oi’ a quarter is produced. We

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A carefully prepared series of notes of Meteorological and Botanical observations made in thc period 1910-1937; and includ- lng a short list of common insects.

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A WEEKLY COLUMN OF PRACTICAL OPINIONS OF THE _VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE USES AND ABUSIS 0F

uarumr. RESOURCES B! MB. LUUIDW JENKINS

filling the "pockets" to soil as I could proci bird-songs, and particularly to that lam- the 1211111! Q1 “"11 1115011)“! i114’- of the skylark. That bird and the water- $911108 =15 3 1‘@591‘V°11‘. 50 $11M icuckco are prime favorites with the tBritish poms, though for different lrcasons: the lurk, as it is familiarly itcrmcd, is accepted as the symbol q Iof aspiration and praise, while the _ cuckoo is looked upon as the nap which should commend this branch blnger of spring. Here are a few “t gardenmg t0 U105!‘ 161111111110 descriptive notes on the skylarlc. To Enlishcncn the name lark in- "$193 m? home Brflunds 5991115 1111i- variably means the skylark, Alauda “My 15° r311- arvcnsis, though there is also the Titlark, the Woodlark, the Crested 311d $1105 Lark. and others. As far as 1 could in srcivthr thus‘: termed molars" observe (for I have never seen it H"? 11 except in fight) it is a small spar-

Till-J STEEL TRAP No single agency has done more than the American Humane Associa- tion to encourage and sponsor hu- mane traps. This year marks the eleventh annual humane trap con- test promoted by the Association. The closing dates for entries is Ap- stcel r11 30. Adjudication will follow as oon as possible. Prizes amounting o five hundred dollars are awarded each year for the most

the plants old not suffer so much irom the drought as While the main uired a lot of weeding. the rockcry has been easily kept clean, a fact

To take ilic cruelly out of trap- ping is the goal of all xvnlmal lovers. Those most sensitive to the cruel- tics to animals can easily visuaize the ghastly suffering inflicted by the damnable paw traps. Others are made aw these tortures only after their 011m t dog has been the unfortunate vic- tim of this barbarous practice.

eners to whom the task of be

Not all plants suit the

It l l ' . e chosen should be dwarf s mpossible to estimate the

magnitude and the effect of y contest. Contestants live in all parts s- of the USA. and Canada. Those exposure and most effected themselves as many of the best ideas and traps to date come from trap-.

cruelty of trapping Shall we at- tempt legislation to ban entire‘ the use cf the siccl jaw trap cau lng cxcrucialing pain. starvation? This would be impos- sible at present. The trappcrs could gathri‘ cnougli strength our efforts. Trapping to many is a means of livelihood and the trap will be used until a. substitute the ba

early always ideal for the pur- pose. If they are very hardy, and clasQfiCQtfjry lDC1lfi€d lo spread from the root, s.) one of its dzstlnctions is the 11111011 ixsstssion of a verv lon about twice tie length o _ cst front toe. Larks are abundant in 119mm!" by means Britain bccaure thcy nest in grain 51111111111111 5'11?! 01' 1111/15 sate [mm by enhancing good-fellowship so common among First of these plants

year if all the prize money awarded the Judges may use lance in mechanically per- fectlng any good idea presented. Another progressive step of the Association is to send Mr. Vernon the inventor of several hu- mane traps. to study trapping under rying conditions in the United uttlnv prize winning al tests under wild

thc futility of abolish- el jaw trap with its indes- Connccticut Baiicy, Humane Society has been success- ful in drastically restricting the use of this demon of torture. In fact, Sf we have one of the best and most practical trapping laws of any state in the irnion. Trappcrs must have their names on traps,arercq11ircdto visit traps at stated intervals, must have in 1.1011‘ possession the written permission of owners to trap, and ore compelled to sct traps in wat- er or in the burrow of a wild onl- mal or a pole eight or more fret above ground. Reasonable excep- tion is cnadc for legal occupants to set steel traps vviihin a radius of one hundicd fect of any perman-

gardeners.) may be Stonccrops, and first of them is S.

Mess. or by some. Wall Pepper. from the acrid taste indicated by its Lat- in ‘name. It grows over thc stones at a prodigious rate. and must be severely kept wilhin bounds: when it blcoms it forms an exauisite cushion of god. about three inches high. S. stolonifcrum S. reflexum (yellow), are taller and of different habit. but good and easily grown: the former nearly gives the better increase. I did not fully appreciate the name Stone- croo, till I saw how they produced

Many of the prize traps are now manufactured and used.

It is encouraging he American Trappers Association has the following humane planks in

1. Protect and propagate benficial 2. Eliminate all unnecessary cruel-

lProllect furbearers from the use oi’ poison in any f stony-s! The genus is a vcrr ‘arse 4. Protect wild life from 1mm:- and diverse one, and there are many

bgautiftil kinds I've not yct acouir- e .

The most effective method of el- initiating thc torture of steel traps the manufacture and tise of humane traps that take the animal alive and unhurt. This docs away‘ with pain and needless suffering. This type makes possible the recasc of too young and un-

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The millennium is not here but we have every assurance that the American Humane Association will continue to hold trapping contests until the steel tra cribable horrors w ll be a thing of