SEPTEMBER 13. 1949

THE GUARDIAN.

CH ARLOTTETOWN

No matter the aize of away regularly will help make you independent when you retire.

Here's What a Crown Life Income Bond will do for you and you can start today to invest with security in your own future.

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A Cron Llfelncomeﬁond will help you ea.‘ joy securityandhappinesainyourlateryeai-s.

your income, a little put

1. You will receive a regular monthly income for life when your policy - matures.

l. It will help prevent you from be- coming a ﬁnancial burden on members of your family.

l. You get peace-of-mind when you know your future will be free from want.

Enquire about this investment in security today. Get in touch with a Crown Life representative.

will be glad to talk over your personal

requirements with you

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l. PHILLIPS, General Agent, Summeral’

Maritime Branch Office: l4 Church Sh, Moncton It. C. MacDONALD, LL.B., C.l..U., Superintendent

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THE SKY IN SEPTEMBER

On September 2nd. the Moon is in conjunction with Jupiter. (There seems to be a tendency to rain when this takes place). The Moon is in the Full Phase, Sept. Moon in Apogee; distance from

the Earth 252,200 miles; Sept. 10th. In Last Quarter Sept. 15th.

Sept. 18th. 16 his. 56 min. Moon and Mars in conjunction. Sept. 21st, at 3 a. m., the Moon and Saturn in conjunction.

New Moon Sept. 22nd, and lat- er in the day Moon in Perigee, distant 222,400 miles.

On the 23rd. September. the Sun "crosses the line" (Equator), enters the sign Libra, and Autumn (Fall) begins.

Sept. 25th., 5 hrs. i’l mln., con- junction of the Moon and Venus. SEPL 35th. Moon in First Quar- ter. Sept. 30th., 4 hrs. 46 mln., Moon and Jupiter again in conjunction (See Sept. 2nd.) This happens because the Moon does its round trip in the lunar month of 28 days, approx. while September has 30 calendar days.

As i write this (Aug. 22nd.) the planet Venus is visible just after sunset. in the western sky. it is not as bright as it can be, for it is still rather badly placed.

Looking eastward one secs the Great Square of Pegasus hanging just a little above the horizon, with one corner pointing directly downwards. The Square is outlin- cd ‘by a fairly bright star at each corner. and seems to hold the at- tention of the young folk, once it is pointed out. From now on it will move in the direction of the zenith.

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none. I had a bottle of household fly-spray in the house and it was poor stuff: unless one sprayed the fly point-blank it took no notice of the spray. Tbcrc was an evi- dent lack of the volatile pyro- thrum oil which hangs in the air and exhausts or kills the flies by producing convulsions. Chemicals, such as DDT, are inert and settle at once, leaving the air clear again, They are poisonous enough in their own way and should not be allowed to come into contact with the skin. When this occurs the result is a sort of "scalding" that is slow to heal.

Pyrothrum is made by grinding up the dried flowers of a kind of chrysanthemum. Before the War the plant was cultivated in some o.‘ the Mediterranean countries, which may have gone out of the business. The Pyrethrum plant will grow here, for I've grown it: but whether it would repay cul- tivation is another matter.

The Blue Jay "All the Jays." says Canadian Nature, “are clowns, intelligent,

alert, inquisitive, mischievous, and noisy." Blue Jays, the commonest of the island species, have these qualities in a high degree, as will be seen if the reader will make a winker feeding station for them. A simple tray (with a wooden rim to prevent the wind from emptying it) fixed to a post or paling, and baited with a boiled potato or two, will attract the "gang" and provide the bird- watcher with a good deal of en- tcrtainment.

Sad to say, however. neither its good looks nor lis comic acts can balance the birds‘ evil deeds. The-y are "born thieves" where small fruit is concerned. and worse still, they rob and destroy the nests and young of other birds. To this extent they are positively injur- ious to agriculture, the birds which they destroy all being in the inscctivorous and weedsced consuming class.

The Blue Jays. themselves, it must he admitted, also consume great num-bers of insects, and an- other point in their favor is, that ihcy do no harm to the grain. Yet the Jays should be driven away from tho neighborhood of the

homestead or garden, in summer,

since the smaller birds often nest in such localities. Reed. in his Bird Guide. aptly

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discordant scream." Its call, Dr. Taverner, is “a raucous jay, ranging through its door squeak, to many quiet versational chuckles." Northern Blue Jay. AOU. 47']. Common resi ent, i949. Plumage bright blue to blue-gray above. Head crested, throat white. a black crescent crossing the breast and extending up each side of the neck across the back of the head. Wings bright blue, spotted black and white. Underparts white or grayish-white. Tail blue, bar- red black, feathers (except the middle pair) tipped with white; the white on the outer feathers usually an inch or more in length. Length of adults 11.7 inches,

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The Geftrye Museum. lnndon

When visiting London, (Eng) in the old days, 1 always avoided the Shoreditch area, that locality being devoted to "cabinet mak- ing." This, l took to mean the making of wooden furniture, and l had a vision of endless factor- ies surrounded by workmen's dwellings, so I kept away from Shoredlich. And so I failed to in- vestigate the Geffrye Museum.

The Museum. says an educa- tional paper, is located in a charming early 18th. century man- sion. It comprises a seri-ls of per- iod rooms, arranged in sequence from A.D. i600 to the present day. The idea, no doubt, originated in a desire to help the cabinet-mak- er, by allowing him to see, han- die, and imitate, the old furniture of the various periods. The stu- dent of architecture, interior de- coration or design, can draw or browse in the Museum as long as he chooses, and advice or help is willingly given if required. Add to this, that varied and changing interest is provided for the adult visitor by exhibitions, periodic series of evening lectures, music, talks, and so on.

So much for the adults: but the Gefirye Museum — like most mu- seums nowadays -— is out to cater to the children too. The visitor who comes hoping io see period furniture set out in dignified sil- cncc, is surprised to find the mu- scum filled with boys and girls. Many are working on "projects" which require some knowledge of the ancient furniture, and all arc obviously happy. They are mod- elling, painting, or drawing; and in the basement they are making pottery. The little fellows are amusing themselves with jigsaw puzzles of the period rooms, and so on. Some of the projects seem to be for school classes, held ill school hours. Most. of the groups hear an explanation from the mu- seum teachers before beginning their activities.

NATURE sores

I have again read through "Man's Place in Nature," by Thomas H. Huxley, an essay with which I do not entirely agree. The universe, according to Hux- ley and his following, "just grow- ed" —- like the immortal Topsy. it is rather singular that a scien- tist who believed this, should write of "orderly and fixed laws" that govern the said universe. How did they originate?

Huxley, however, hits the mark when he advocates the study of “natural history knowledge." He writes: "To a person uninstruci- ed in natural history. his country or sea-side stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with won- derful works of art, nine-tenths of which have their faces turned to the wall. Teach him something of natural history. and you place in his hands a catalogue of those which arc worth turning round. Surely our innocent pleasures are not so abundant in this life, that we can afford to despise this or any other source of them."

On opening a calendar the other day I found between ihc leaves a queer little creature which I take to be a “false scorpion." Its body was round. fiat, and .disc-like. about one-eighth inch or a little better. in diameter. Its legs were not visible. but it had two "claws" resembling lobsters though very small. it could go forward. back- ward. and rotate, with equal ease. When I touched it, it shammed

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creatures belong to the spider family and are not classed as in- sects. I suppose them to feed on those mites frequently found in books, but should be glad of any notes on this "scorpion," from readers.

On Friday, Aug. 2d, there was a great nuptial flight of the Black Ants. At a distance the numbers had a cloud-like appearance. No rain followed. Rain is said to foi- iow the flight of the brown gar- den ants. The theory is that some electrical condition of the air is responsible for both ﬂight and rain.

Aluminum Foil Wrap For Butter

Elfficienl. and attractive paiclia - iiig is an important factor in e merchandising o! foods. and. is apeciiiiiy so in the case of a p915};- abel product like butter. In he distribution of print butter from creamery to consume variable con- ditions of temperature, hixnidity, exposure to sunlight or artificial light. and storage adjacent to highly fla/voured foods may b0 encountered. Any of these condit- IOns may effect. adversely the flavour quality of butter. A good wrapping material for consumer- sized units of butter should therefore protect the product as adequately as possible to prevent the loss of fresh ﬂavour, absorption of foreign odours and flavours from other foods or materials, loss of weight due to moisture evapora- tion from butter surfaces, and the penetration of light which causes oxidation defects. It should also he grease-proof, tasteless and odorless, and have an attractiveness that will have consumer appeal.

The new aluminum foil Wfilp for print butter. which has been devel- oped recently in Canada and the United States, consists of a D0015 aluminum foil, treated with a. pro- tectlve coating to prevent pitting

SERVICE ‘

ARE YOU READY FOR WINTER

Now ls the time to fill the Cool Bin. Winter is right ahead. We ore apply-

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In studies by the Division of Bac- teriology and Dairy Research, Science Service, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture, the aluminum foil wra-p has shown definite advan- tages over parchment in prevent- ing deterioration of quality print butter. When stored at 40 003F665 F. and 60 degrees F. for 28 days. print butler ln aluminum foil maintained better flovour qual- ity at the surface, showed con- siderably less loss in weight, and retained the original colour much better than prints n the usual loll also inhibited he absorption of odours and flavours from such fruits and vegetables as apples and potatoes, and gave complete protection from light penetration even when butter was exiposed to direct sunlight for seven hours.

in parchment showed a definite tal-

was noted on the roots but over-all infestation was almost neg- table parchment. llgible when compared with peach seedlings. That discovery was encourage the hortlculturtsts. They went ahead and budded seedlings to the Valiant and Elberla peach varieties and next year expect in that the trees will be ready for test- ing in old peach tree soil. Peach growers in the Niagara district, as well as in Southwestern Ontario. will be keenly interested in the final result of this experiment.

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CAPE TRAVERSE W. M. S.

The September meeting of Cape Traverse W. M. S. Auxiliary of the United church was held Thursday afternoon, September 8th in the church. The President Mrs. Ralph MacCaull led the worship service Under the same conditions, butler which was opened with quiet music.

iopening hymn "Thy Kingdclill Come, O 10rd, widecircling as the sun. Responsive reading was 1014 lowed by prayers of thanksgiving (1) for the place of the United Church in our Own lives; (2) for the evangelistic and. missionary outbreak of the United Church; and (3) for the service of the Uni- ted Church to human need. These were given by Mrs. Blanche Harper, Mrs. Nathan Bell and Mrs. David Murphy. After Scripture reading Isaiah 4023-5; 9-11 The Theme hymn of the Dominion Board "Heralds of Christ. who bear the King's Commands” was sung.

The president then introduced the new study book Growing With the Years. ‘Those taking the differ- ent parts were Mrs. Allison Harper. Mrs. John Haslam. Mrs. Earl 'I'h(lmpS0n and Mrs. Hcdley Mut- tart.

Business period followed and meeting closed with Benediction.

BROKE DETENTION

At Toronto Onl,.

Department of Agriculture.

A new central fruit station ha; been opened

chamber "Gas Storage”

ate 1,200 tons of nipples.

in the Netherlands, in 1608.

August Rocco Cappucitti was fined $10 and costs for breaking detention placed on potatoes without first obtaining the necessary authority from the

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This action was taken under the provisions of the Fan-n. Products Grades and Sales Act of the Ontario Department of Agriculture.

lowy flavour after three hours’ ex- pasure.

In recent studies in the storage of do-score print butter wrapped in aluminum foil and parchment at l0 degrees F. and 28-30 degrees F. for l5 to 8'7 weeks. results show that the aluminum foil Wrap prevented loss of grade whereas parchment- wrapped prints deteriorated to second grade due to surface flavour defects. The foil-wrapped prints also showed less loss of weight and maintained better colour than parchment-wrapped butter under usual humidity conditions at 10 degrees F. The use of aluminum foil opens up the possibility of storing high quality print butter for extensive periods at usual cold storage temperature; of 10 degrees I‘. or lower without loss of Erode. The new aluminum foil wrap can be embossed and printed in various colours, makes an attractive pack- iige when neatly wrapped. and has been handled satisfactorily by auto- matic packaging equipment.

Apricot Peaches Under Test

Next year something new will be planted on old peach land st the Domini-on Experimental Station. f-Imrovx Ont. The something new will be apricot seedlings, which were hudded to Valiant and Elberta peach varieties in i948. and the idea is to see if an apricot-peach. union can be made permanent and produc- tive.

The black peach aphid. or peach root aphid. got the horticulturisis started on tho moject in the first place. This aphid lives on the roots of established peach trees without apparently affecting the growth or productivity of the trees, But when old infected trees are replaced by young, clean trees. aphids left he- hlnd in the soil swarm to the young replants with disastrous results.

Two methods were tried to dis- courage lhe aphids. One was to let the peach acreage in the orchard lie fallow for three years hoping the aphid; would get tired of waiting and go away. But. the aphids would not take the hint at Harrow. The! stayed on beyond the three your And that meant the cost of letting the land lie idle became prohibi- ilve.

'I‘hc other method was to bed the new tree down with a clay pack si plinllng time. since it was known that the insect does not like heavy soil, but this proved too cumber-

some.

But in the spring of I048, a col- lecllon of seedling, rootstock; for peach trees was planted at Harrow. Included were apricot seedlings of an unknown variety. and seedlings of the Lemon Free, Elherta. Gold Drop. Banner and Kalama peach varieties.

Some of the weaker frees were pulled up in June of that year and the roots were found to be infeciid with the peach root aphid. A few trees of each peach seedling root- stock were then examined and in- fection was found in each case.

An examination of the spa-loot

seedlings was more promising. An loosdaosl c0199!!! ma:

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