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NAMES’: oterbalances all the good ones. It ‘is in bloom now. a low cushion of The use of Latin names for ob-,'shllllnz white flowers. so thickly jects in natural history may appear: set that one cannot see the leaves. pedantic to the cursory reader, but The "cushion" is Just three feet in there is good reason for the custom,‘ diameter. and W0llld hive bet" as the following extracts from afhwrt but that I Used the 5116315 little book (“The Preparation oriralher freely 1h srriria- When the Scientific and Technical Papers," flowers have gone, one can still by Trelease and Yule) will Sh0W.:3dl’l'llX'C the foliage, covered as it is ""I‘he scientific name, in addition to, with it sray-areep wmehtum- e! e the common name. should be given l “fefl-YQP-m" W151 The {TB-Falli- wht-n a plant is first mentioned in; lIOIlEY-llke Odll‘ Ofitlle YlOWeTS 1-5 an article. Aim ccnstanty to 115g very pronounced. ButH-and it is a ham-a that will be understood by large buti'—tl"-is lehliiFl-itso lull of foreign readers, many of_ wliplll"lf='°1‘ 1113i l?’ lviluld ‘Pefllildl 5W?“ must translate an article before by hP-devflfilllnd. ' 711N135 i111 0"" they can understand it. For exam-‘the 83mm! 1tj.i.5 B5 55d a5 m" pie, Manhot. utilsslma is univer- PlYlkJlmYETG-d Climb"- the bind‘ ' sally understood: but. the C0mmOlLW99d Ol‘ ofinvolvllllls 85 lit l5 95"“- ilame eamoteng cahoy would begl 3m illertfm"? "feluitanitlY- mm‘ unintelligible to readers in manydfiiltd" t0 banish U16 slww-m- parts of the world" The truth ofisllmnlel‘ 1mm the “"197 5°74" this paragraph was clear to myinto some corner where it cannot when i immediately connected idea compete with its vlsoreus but bel- of either sage, or tapioca. with the 191' Orllamflllak term Manhot. and on looking it up I fclmd that this plant was the origin of the tapioca of commerce. I confess that "camoteng cahoy" would have floored me!

At the Dominion mperlmental [and m will: Contest for thoi calves must be kept 1n l thrifty d M been found that exercise in the week ending July a. 1933- {growing condition tr they are to tossizgakffl: nix?‘ muk lsunshino for brood sows both in Standing Owners name Pls- develop into well grown animals the 8mm“ and “fly mmmxQsun-lmer and winter is a great safe- Llxp Farm. Clflown .,1'l00.1 capable of returning a ‘profit to when Futures “com, d”, through guard azainst lameness and similar Harold Laird 1037B their owners. Probably at n0 time lack o! mm and by the ripening o’ trouble, and @1115 1g mQrQ jmpogt- Roland Easter 1679.8 are calves more likely to be nes- puma planw They an am very ant with young sows even than it- is William Sansom 1631.0‘ lected than during their first necessary w prevent a m. back by with mature sows. eater-else during w“ R- 3"“ ‘m’ ‘““““"" 8”“ ‘”°"‘ “ ""“°°“ wlahnllereeuses in the youns arowiarllheeumm"m°"““ “mm” “M” P. E. Island. We guarantee results Efp Farm, Ch'town 1525.9 a minimum during the biusy sum-whee‘ n l‘ very much easier Ind ‘lam to solve on any farm. At this‘ d l w k t John A. Lea 15227. mer season and too often the calves, cheaper’ by producing a sucoemon station the brood sows are turned: an 6 on_y O W6 3S a C113 omer M“ J" F‘ “m” ' 15135 are 31w“ two feeds o: muk a d” of soiling crops for cattle to main- w" i” pasture lmmedhwy 5"" t0 pay fOr 1S one PFOdHCGS WatGIf. EXP Farm, Ch‘town 1511.3 and very little other attention. m“ the flow of muk or keep younuthe spring litters have been wean- ’ _ _ . l0 Mrs. A. E. Holland 1488.6: At the Fredericton fintpéflltfntisl came gaming’ than n,’ m to bpmgled. Th: bpafzul’: mg be US$221 There s a dlfference between Just _ Ii §1§;,"‘,;,“.;,’Z§§P“““ ssttlillgndutzraihfistltltehig: aid the do; ‘hm ‘m “l” m" M" ha“ "eilififjfig, 1,1,; 5°... '.,,",f,l'§,,,,..,_ hole 1n the ground and an Artesllan i. l1; s. n. P-endleton atatafana they are allowed w ow 1n elbfifvjgikegzngeaeii; scum cropslmm W5 m addmon mm on, Well properly constructed. '1 . 14 w. .l. Reid 142as crass paddock durlhs warm hlahts f your water supply is not just What . you would like. to have, why not give us a call and we would send our ex- pert out to your place-a man quali- fied to give you advice from experi- ence acquired ovel- a period of twenty- SIX years. This service is FREE of charge to you. There's no obligation on your part whatever.

' scant feed of a grain mixture daily [15 T‘ D, Mdmwn 1327,; and cool days. This provides the gtaggen zglcgletztseutltzg/rlelfslrfxrtlllllilirtt: 3nd or course haveaocess to wateizi m wamr- Gregor 1f fall litters are expected, it will 17 were” Hwath be necessary to provide a more sub-l 18 mt. Fox ac Animal mods I Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont. mmim‘ “m” "m" a‘ m‘ “MW” 19 s. R. Pendleton .. 1204.4 9 i” 12 lmmd‘ °x Wm“ muk p” 0f all the grains and mixtures TRASK WE LL Co. successfully as late as the last of , Church St‘ Amherst! N‘ S‘ 12 to 24 hours before feeding andi Jam If there 15 plenty of moisture ance of straw supplied which seldom _______i is red at‘ the raw m‘ 1'4 to l pmmd at that time‘. When peas or vetches has to be rephnished’ The balmcel ma] Repfesentafive‘ daily. The dry meal whale“ °f 2 werelincluded two bushels of oats,“ m“ P” Pwvldes "m" m‘ °"°"l ' parts crushed oats, 2 parts bran. i ' cise and feeding. V" g H . 0M Summerside, P. E. I.

ing date approaches. 20 Warl-edDawson . 117781553’ tllhllulificgm’, w”k5d°t‘:13°1'e tested, at both nlaoes a mixture of Wm“ hum“ and pmvuhm m‘ Total ................. .. 29169.0 a" f“ ° PW“ s w ° or combinations of oats with barley Pm "n. meal and 1 p“ “at an‘ or wheat usually prevented lodg- on the farm Where-Only one, two and is fed at the rate of 1-4 to 2 or three sows, are winlered, a warm!‘ At Morley M. BelPs Law Offic 2 Phone 297. '

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lzmiriymlng calves Wm‘ extreme and the much more extensive work car- lz5°-3frtenfllieed1fi 3;” pro???‘ alxmi ried on for years (at the Ontario H475 rom es. Cl V65 8.l'_ m

At the Fredericton Experimental 632 percent weeks of age, the whole milk is dis-l‘ ggrgrgn sigggowgj: afizeéoggciigzflfltation, where a considerable num. continued and the calves are fed Mons o’ these with gram gave ber of sows are wlntered. various 14 pwnds skimqnuk p" day unmigreater tonnages of green crop, but wmter housing schemes have been . five months of age. when the slcim- did not produce,” amount m, d“, tested. For the sow in good con- ‘

a r ~ leading pens for week I have two species of thistle here, pm m“ pom; which attract some notice. One is‘ 75,5 the Fishbone Thistle Chamaepeuce no cnsabonae, and the other the.Milk 70,9 > Thistle, sllybum Marlanum Gaertn. 7M Ollr authors g1 on to define the The Flshbwle Thistle l8 rather in 57;; use of the COIYUHOI] name. "In pap- elegant Plant YOTVIYUHB. the first 542 ers dealing with agriculture, the Year‘. a neat Star-like rosette armed 630 scientific name of a well known with slwfl! Pfltklflb on 6110 043- 5&5 plant ‘DGCflVIIOi be repeated; afterfillsloll only hive X been able to 5-H the scientific name has tween glventfiil" it m‘? “men and “hi8 I 5641 once, the plant may be razor-rad so biennial lt flowered and died. I in the rest of the article by its saved some Seed tllirt time. 811d common has-no," have had- considerable demand for Unfortunately very many plants‘ it. The other, the Milk Thistle, was have each received several common’ till?" t" m“ f0!‘ i118 5¢0ttl5h and scientllc names. Where scien- T7151“. Wlllfill MWBVG!’ hi5 WOQUY tiflc names differ in standard or: leives- ‘It isisllfffcient to distin- crmmorliy used works, it is cllstom- lzulsh the Milk Thistle to say that ary for writers to select one of lit has PQ-syflvllfple flowers, and these, and to account the others 13TH? Wide lEBVH. with the IMF/Uri’! synonyme. of the two manna]; marked by broad bands of white. which present, the botany o; gm; as lf milk had been spilled over region, the. one prefers the sciellti- lllem- It is native of the-Medi- flc nomenclature agreed upon at‘ terranean rigions, and the stems, the International Botanical Con-l according to Sir J. D. Hooker. were. gross at Vlrnna "Tn 1905, while the‘f0lmel'ly used as “greens? other flilews the nomenclature There is a plant which is oom- adopted by the American Associa-l mohly known as the Orahso Lily tion for the Advancement of growing in many “t the gardens‘ Eater-leg: the fomjey being uguallyl round about. It. has a. flower of a followed in Canada. This dllplica-i dark orange or brownish color, and tion of plant names is a little dis- i large. coarse. grass-like leaves. It wncartlng specially‘ in Tffereflcel‘ ls the Hemerocallis fulra. the Taw- books.

milk is gradually discontinued. A fat] matter p" acre that did either oatslditlon in the fall, it is dimcuit to substitute is added to the skim-I‘ and peas m, 0am, peas and vetchea improve on the outdoor cabin lo- mllk and a small allowance of dry] seeding at ten day mtervals from cated in a, protected situation and ""31 ‘s f“ a‘ 5”‘ “d” °i "'- the middle of June to the middle of Wm‘ Y“ "m" m‘ °"°‘°"°‘ 5°“ The f” “ubsmute ‘s °°mp°5°d °f liJuly will usually provide soiling down m flesh are whiter“ m ‘use Pa“ zmund flax seed and 4 puns crops during the period that they pens m the piggery’ one and o! finely grounded outs. This mixture’ Wm be requlmi may‘ may be sown which is partitioned of! for a sleep- is scalded and allowed to stand for. lng den, so called, and an abund-

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Points

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205.8

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189.4

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oats and peas gave the largest yield exercise ‘s a mo“ dlmcu“ pmbiem’ Production 238 hens, 1053 eggs, and 7 Pill-mas 5kim'mnk' M ‘m; ing. One of the best mixtures at , mums dafly’ m” amount depend‘ Charlottetown was: Two bushels portabie cabin hung the ‘Sun and| m3 0n th? we and wndmon of u“ oats and fifty pounds peas. Another located in a‘ sheneied spot ,1“ the oalf. As soon as the calves will eat‘ sansrwwry mixture was two bush; bamvard ls undoubtedly the beat hay, they are given all they will d‘ 0,4,3“. thmy pounds o’ peas Provision that the farmer can make clean 11p, and chmy pounds or ‘latches p" for his brood sows.’ In suitable um A mixture that gave a very weather the sows Will. spend more satisfactory yield contained cereals airless "We longing m the ham" m,‘ time that m, WW receives a only. One bushel oats, one bushel yard’ neefmm from drawn“ mwmnuve dm. n1 proportion o, barley and three quarters of a dampness is the chief requisite in a bu“ m the‘ ma“, it m“ “me bushel of wheat. The barley should hog 0am“ Banking ‘he cmbm with and p1,"; o; root; “and mam, be a Me ripening so“ that would strawylhorse manure or straw lrfluu requiid condition‘ P drop its awns, such as Cllarlotte- $tafiltgtlzlilloggisution that should town No. 80, or a smooth awned ' " variety. The wheat should be a bald Bmd WW5 ‘n thrifty oc-‘ndmon Imam SUMMER Bart. so that the awm might not undoubtedly farrow stronger and p “may we stock. healthier litters than is the case ‘ _ with over-weight fat clumsy sows. A t?“ °f 5°" ‘m h°"" that 15 .» -—-————-i~ Heme‘ m, feeder must 81mm persistent is caused by flies oon- GROUND-NESTING sass As against this condition and not use, tel-ill"? "Fe "m" ' °f M“ "

new POLLINATORS except boa limited extent, or where; "m" “"11” 9" time" will!“ °Y the sows are m poo, condition abrasions on the skin. 111a larvae

salvbv son. MANAGEMENT

trom flies s; such as ol

should be protected

the use of repellents

of tar. Spasmodlc

For dl-iftulg sands a plant known as sea-sand reed or beach grass has been used with oonslreable suc- cess» It is valuable because of its root-stock growth which enables it to grow up through rapidly accu- mulating sand. When the sand has been fairly viellcontrolled, there are two other grasses, namely. rat- that others. as in the case of the tal and wild rye, which have been grackmonce scarce. are now in- tcund useful. Unfortunately the l creasing unduly. The trouble seems supply 0! the Seed 0! these Plflhls But common names are fal- more, dlcatlng the" ephemeral character b0 be that little attention ls, at the is scarce. _ confusing, $11166 each district may/of the flowers. Not so common, is present day, devoted to the study There are many areas of blow-I It is usually clflifngd that the mm such feeds as com and barley. The “ca?” 1mm "i" mmm‘ M the fly have a. different name for the same the Yellow Day-Lily, H. flava, of omithology and no attempt at. n . sand which will never be fit for l bee is the maiin agent in apple pol- major part o: the ration should be 541d H" 1“ u" Wlmd- “min? m" plant, and moreover, drfererlt which is in blcom just now. The census-such as is now being taken ‘ anything but the production of lination. In the four years survey composed of bulkier feeds such as‘ tat!” “d ltehlne- u” 199°” 9"‘ plants may have the same popular flower is a clear butteroup yellow. in the British Isles-la possible, trees. It may he necessary. even. ln (1928-32) of apple pollination in ground cats. bran and shorts: this‘ "m? u l Wm" m" ‘""-“ t?" name, from some real or fancied . and unlike the preceding species, is But we may I think look forward- the establishing of desirable types the Annapallh Valley, the results of to be supplemented by root-s pre- “u” M n” w“ "amen The m" resemblance. For example, we have: delicollsly fragrant. The name, Or- hopefully to the day when our of trees, first to plant qulck-gww- t which have Just been issued in a ierably sugar beets or mangels. Us- 1m“? tmlnwm‘ u‘ ‘ewmmend’ a pernicious weed which we call‘ 8H3? Lily i5 rightly applied to a younger readers will make up for his kinda. estltbllih beach gill-SS. 01' | voluminous publication by the Do- ually the farmer in the 9d by m9 mmmw" DePartml-‘nt °f Canada Thistle: though why we true lily. the Llllum croceum I the deficiencies of the past. use other methods to control the‘ ' AKrloultul-c: One percent. picric should advertise Canada lrl such Chabr. One of the difficulties which an sand until the young permanent acid in gilycerlne, chloroform, eth- opprobrious fashion when the‘ amateur (like the writer) exper- trees can secure a. proper foothold. er or iodoform applied to the plant halls from Europe. it is hard 1911"! 111 Seeking to become ac- As to crop yields 0n sandy soils, as a. result of widespread polson- ized to no better advantage. In Wundiw“? “l” Astringent 9”" to say! In Britain this plant is qua-tilted with the birds is the cir- there appears to belittle differenceimg from the use of poisoned severe weather it is good practlcg d"! Wmalnl-Yll qulm" k"? the known as Field Thistle, and int Perchirig brds (continued). 697, as a result of the l sprays and dusts, the hive bee has to limit the amount of cold slop‘ 5mm“ mm hm“? u” ma‘ G°°d some dstrlcts as Creeping ThistlefiArnerican Pipft or ‘Pitlark; No da- i {ed to the wws and increase the results are reported from the use 0f We knew. however. that it is the] ta. 704, _ gram ration, The wndmon and blister of Perle, 100 DIM; alum 30 same plant because of its scientific (Macoun). 722, Winter Wren, "un- syn-m o; the sows l, the hue“ gum, Dim; hlplllfllene» 1° PB"!- Ind heme Cirsium arvehso for the feeder to follow. at the ‘l"'““‘° 1° 9"“- -"'°"“l°"“ “ll”

(L) scop. i common" (Macswain); in my note- _ Our pretty Cone Flower, shovtiest, ‘book I have “This bird (the Winter Ffgderigwn Experimental station. by M11666 Ind 0th" llilll lfllllflli clover radrs have been installed in

to my mind. or all our Island weeds, Wrenl observed in the we

passes tinder all these aliases: Ycl-‘Alls- 5. 1931-" '735-_BP°"1 611917". 1W3? owl-l pen and clove,- hay 3 kept

low Daisy, Orange Daisy, Nigger "rare" (MaoSwain). 727, White- in from of the 5W5 thmughout

Head. Black-eyed. Susan, and 601-, breasted Nuthatch. "omnmon" in the wlmen This is m added soul,“

den Jerusalem, and has even beenl‘ 1916. 728, Ried-lneasted Nuthatch, o; nuzflment having same proper;

mistakenly called Ox-eye Daisy. the oorrimoner Nuthatch in i916,‘ Mes 51mm, to green “ML beam”

But there is no doubt as to what is when this list was first published. i adding bulk to the ration and

meant when we know that the , 735. Black-capped Chickadee. "wm- supplymg a Germ" amount of New

plant. is the Rudbeckia nil-ta ofimon." 740, Hudsonian “Chickadee. ed mineral may,“

Linnaeus. The subjert of names not uncommon. 748. Go en-crlown-

will be treated of in another ar-’.'ed Klnglet. no data. '140,Ruby-| thfg“? taliofidtitenaggmaghoerle’

tlcle. I crowned Klnglet. "Quite rare" I flesh to prepare her for feeding her . litter and it is very important at

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colic frequently af locts horses as the result of tht failure of the horseman to observf the proper details of feeding and management. The direct cause ma} be change of fccd. oold water U. quantities, or exposure to drauggz‘ when the animal is heated. a’ symptoms are sudden attack, pawi lng, stamping, stretching, kickim at stotlnaoh, looking round toward: flank. throwing, rolling and per spiration. 'I'he painful period dist, appears but re-appears Just as tht horse seems to be normal. The fol- lowing drendh is useful: Sulphur-la ether, l to 2 ounces; laudanum. l to 2 ounces: raw. l'nseed oil, 1-2 t- 1 pint. according to age or size; 0i 1 to 1 1-2 ounces gnger, or 2 to‘ l Ell" bfikllll soda 1n 1 pint of watel

are probably only chance visitors. while others, once common, may now be scarce. It. is also certain

OUR NATIVE BIRDS (FINAL)

Cod liver oil has ltsctl shown n Prevent rickets and promoo growth in poultry, ns well as im Drovflcg egg production, quality oi egg shells and hatchlbilityn-Donl- infon Poultry Division. ,

has all the fine

feathers that go to make him a fine bird. The female to whose falls, has a

Anrlapous Valley of ‘ Nova. Scotia. The damage of pois- oning hive bees, they say, may be reduced, though ndt entirely elim- fnafed, by refraining from spraying, and dusting during the blossoming‘ period, and by moving the bees‘ into the orchard only when that early apple trees have come int/a bloom. removing the bees before the after-blossom sprays are ap- plied. Dusting is usually more fatal than spraying, but severe losses may follow either practice when poisons are applied to apple bloom. or to the blossoms of other plants growing in or near the orchard. Careful investigations have show-n that pollination at present is '

mainly effected by various small,

solitary bees that nest ill the ground in the neighborhood of or- Send me in your wool to be spun into Yarn and wove into Blankets.

chards, especially along madsides, pastures. dykes and similar situa- Th h

e c urges are: single yarn 23 l:".:.:::"...:=:::.'::r;: a l- a-i- P Blankets $2.00. and lf unlannderod during the years 1928 to 1931 in- I155; it takes five lbs. of wool pol-

the management of sandy soil, the‘ Dominica-l Depatment 0f Agricul- ture, Ottawa, has issued a bulletin,‘ No. 163, ointaining much valuable while brooding on the nest. information.

The young birds are different from - .

both; and continue so for the first! Shel-In India, when a man dies. year at least. The young of thel they bury his WldOW WW1 him! cal-cat Blue Heron (No. 194), our‘ That is cruel-

so-called "Oi-axle." continue in their He-Yefl. D00!‘ mill!

Juvenile plumage for several years, __._._________________ before they get the crest and which w“

plumes of the adults. And to make‘ pamum t°m’°h1°"d° identification a little harder, some‘ famefly used as ink ‘or wrmng an

zinc labels. Thousands of labels are bu“ have two color phases‘ mdb written yearly at the Gardens. and pendent o’ age‘ sex‘ or 58850:“. as the platinum tetrachloride oost th Screec a us?“ h ow‘ may b enher‘ about $30 pel- ounce, the amount ‘my m brown‘ Lastly’ there are s nt for lalbellih was no small birds which undergo seasonal chan-. De g

ee- 1*" he Slew-bee» which 1e $3.2‘. iii“.f.i"lfi.. §.‘Z‘CI.‘.’.“Z....‘}'ZZf blwk and whm m iummer‘ and. m,‘ tory till about six years ago, when "m" wash“! “"9" bmwnmlthc following ink was devised 1t These variations while they render has proved as permanent as the

Identification more difficult, un-l . . platinum "and the price is within noubtedly add greatly to the ln- the mach o! an},

tMamswain): on May 6th of this f year a dead Ruby-crowned K. was brought in to ma for identification: - 'I'he Sea-pinks or Thrift men-I the red patch on the crown was Ioned last week. are still in full unmistakable. The feathers of the bloom after a frrtnight of very‘ wings and tail had a fine margin varied weather. This plant is in-I of greenish yellow. 750, Veery or deed an acquisition] Most visitorswiisonla Thrush. Spring visitor] seem to think that t would be: tMacSvvain). 758a, Olive-backer? suitable as a cemetery plant, beq Thrush, abundant (Dwight). 759b, cause of its neat and conlpactl Hermit Thrush, more abundant! terest of bird-lore.