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inte tin and s08- “Tflffiiff; on {a uge of col- ‘lime 1n the current number of vllilgggence Dmest, 1t is well known me undue circles that this drus “Si,” profound alterations in m. 01.115 oi growing plants, forci them to build bigger leavkeis an, ' “m, besides making ot er im- l 9S. gfiékclxnilgis a yellow powder, 1?,- froln the ilndcrzmulld Pa" nllallflllflllfll autumnale, popularly 3 "1 1r_c Autumn Crocus: It is ac- I“ poisonous and ml)’ 0W8! 5km ' itallon if handled without 810W!- T111111“ it "definitely dangerous to ‘ any of it into the eyes." and 15,311 51,1111“ to getting it into the 1,10,11,11 55 wel . There are three distinct ways. all usy for the amateur experimenter, 1', indlce thcs-e genetic changes in lanls. The simplest ls to soak t-he Feed in a solution of the 0W8 l“ distilled Witter. Ask your drussst -- 111111 a gram of oolchicine 111 g pint of water. "This should .1111 about 50 cents," says the art- 1}1,_ This stock solution may be 1x11 1h full strength or further di- with water: and seed can be naked from llulf all i100!‘ l0 50V- ,.111 (lays, iThat is rather indefin- 1.’. and silggests that the optimum hugth of treatment for various 11,11; is yet to be discovered). After inking, ilae seed is rinsed off and 1111mm. When the seeds germinate 111 parts of the mam-stem, leaves, 11111 flowers-should show the ef- mtg of the drug; and whatever these effects are. the seeds will 1,1,“ 101th carry them to future

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(that soaking carries me back in Mmhry to my youthful days. when iwas about eleven or twelve years 1111, 1l‘fld seen a gardener steep 11g sweet-peas overnight to quick- en their germination. and applied mmeihcd to some seed of my m1; gilliflower seed, if I remem- bar correctly. Next morning. to my rlugrin. the water had extracted m; kind of mucllage from the pods and there they were, mixed in l. blubbery fluid that looked in linseed (or flaxseed) teal It ns impossible to sow them.)

The second way is to employ s colloidal mixture of‘ water. glycer- in, vegetable or fish oil. and cul- ,1,1¢111e, ‘This is sprayed on to the plant with an atomizer, and pro- duces irregular areas of stimulated rrowth. from which buds and flowers take rise, producing seeds

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A better control is obtained with that perpetuate the new character- tlie third method. One gram of plchiclne powder is mixed with 100 grams of lanolin. sometimes called wool-int. This forms a salve which ‘snlbbrd on the growing lips of branches. producing here nnd there strange flowers that bear the seeds vi stranger varieties.

Ii is always important to leave W310 plants untreated as ‘checks’ tr "coiltrols." so that the worker llll compare- lhcm with the treated plant. and sce whether his experi- nent. is working cr not.

Bigger and brighter flowers are tommonly produced by colchicinc an garden ornamentals, but not all tlpsrlmehls have concluded that ny. For instance a nurse in Tulsa, Okla. has produced a soybean trite as big and heavy as its par- mt and with four times the oil- tonteut. Another experimenter with cottonseed produced giant bolls five inches across. The moral lsdont throw away your plant lut because it didn't bear huge lowers: it, may have evolved some- llnnz lnorc important. such as heater height. earlier bearing. or drought resistance. Examine it urefullit in the light of these rc- nlalks. before discarding it.

One hears little or nothing of Bl. the vitamin that was to regenerate llie art of horticulture. It. appeared it b0 very uncertain in its effects. lnd seems to be laid on il"e shelf for the time being. I think. how- iler, that it prevents "shock" in transplanted vegetables

The Island of Malta i6).

A zood lllill) of Malta appeared lll The Guardian last cck; and it Wis noticeable that the place- Yllmrs \\‘Cl'0 of Arabic origin. That k a legacy from the long domina- tion of lllc island by that race-AGO this: and those four centuries live left their trace on the Maltese

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Well. when Napoleon departed to l°lll h‘: army in Egypt. he left a French governor on the island to lnle ll in the name of the French Rfllllbllc. Boon afterwards the British fleet returned and won the Battle of tho Nile over the FTGHClT.

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The Maltese rose against inch- gov. ernor, and tho British fleet block- sded the French garrison, who made s. gallant stare‘ for two years till forced by famx to surrender. When peace came the British pro- posed to Rive Malta back to the Order of Si. John which. as I have slid. still exists in a modified form in England. But the plteous ap- peals of the islanders st length pro. vailed and Malta became part of the British Empire. There was a little disturbance. fostered by the Italians n. few years ago; the peo- ple were inclined “to cut loose" "from the Empire, but thought better of it.

Th8 Owning of the Suez Canal brought great pmsperity to Malta and the construction of dockyards and workshops for the Navy. has provided continuous employment for the skillful and indutrlous Maltese.

At the time I write cf-about 20 Wlrs ago- the "goat-boys" were an odd feature of the street scene in Malta. The goat-boy drove one or more goats along the thorough- fare. and milked it as required by his ustomer. The milking was al- ways done from behind. just. as one sees it in ancient Mesopotamian sculptures of cattle. sheep and goats. when the prevalent "Malta Iilever" was traced to an organism, related to or identical with Bangs bacillus. carried in goat's milk. the goat-boy was looked on with grow- ing dlsfavor, and may possibly have disappeared. The Malta Fever is not unknown in Canada and the U.S.A. under the name of "Undu- lant Fever."

At that time, too. the Maltese women wore the sol: relic of their old national costume-the faldetta. This was a combined hood and shawl. which covered the head and upper part of the body. It was of s. deep black color. and gave the impression of s. mourning cloak. A group of women wearing faldettas had a remarkably weird look

Tho Electron Microscope

In 1590 l. Dutch lens-maker named made the first prac- tical compound microscope. His success in observing objects too small to be seen by the, unaided eye. turned the attention of optic- ians to that field, and great im- provements followed. Towards the end of the seventeenth century the compound microscope had so far improved that Anthony Leeuwenhoek was enabled to see the lied corpuscles of human blood. When the English opticlans began to build microscopes they favored the long-barrelel “tube," but for the last century the so-called contin- ental short-bodied microscope has superseded the older (and more awkward) instrument.

Such an instrument will easily make objects appear from 300 to 750 times their actual size. Under special conditions and with certain gadgets. it may see things 2.000 times larger than life. There is a disad- vantage in that the larger the im- age the greater the loss of light- a microscopic blackout.

There are. however. objects so small that the compound micro- scope will not pick them up at all. The services of tho ultrarnicrmcope are then enlisted to enlarge the ob- ject to at least 3.000 diameters.

The Radio Corporation of Ameri- ca lass developed an entirely new “Electron microscope: altogether independent of light from the vls- iblo spectrum. It dwarfs even the long-barleled vsrietv for it stands six feet high and it bears no re- semblance to any microscope that you or I have seen. But it can en- large a tiny object 60.000 diameters and with photographic enlarge- ments, taken by the lens-micro- scope" 200.000 times its natural sin can be achieved. _

The scientists. who made flllS modern “wonder of tire world." state that the super-microscope makes a blccd-corpusclc seem the she of a two-foot pillow. and a human hair look like a California giant redwood!

The important thing about this instrument. as I see it. is that it makes the elusive viruses visible to the eye at last. A slide of tobacco mosaic shows the rod-shaped virus to be onlv onc-hundrcd-thqusand |l of an inch long!

The electron microscope was forecast theoretically about 20 years ago: and at the same time a "proton microscopc"-the last word in this mods of examination-was foreseen. When that is Pfllflffid ll’- will bo 500 times more powerful than the electron instrument. table. published at the time. ex- plains that the proton microscope will be able to "nick-up" anvil-us with a diameter of one-bililonth of s. milli-.. ‘ on: Ind as a mllli-mi- crorl is a millionth part of a milli- metre, the object will be fairly

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Botanical: In request. The S. B. Penick Co. of New York. are the largest dealers in botanical drugs (which tho British know as ‘her- bal remediesl on this continent and nrobablv in the world. in a recent letter they informed the writer that. il"ey are wanting certain medicin- g1 pllntg in quantity the mminq summer. Among them nrc Burvlcw. Gold-thread. Iris. Hawthorn. l-fhrh Bush Cranberry. and one or two others.

Potatoes high. runners cannot grumbk: at potato nricec at ores- ent: for a day or two they stood st ll s bushel; for the first. time in m-nv years Then tl-vev drown-e to 85 cents, wh'ch is still n "good" mice. 771 cron lsst year. however. was not s. bumper one: there v15 foo much rain. and worse still. even ln July and August there was to“ much w'nd from porlherlv Minis of tho compass. all thes- ccrdiilev" muklnv for a onnr crow. T» v've point to these observaflons it w" noticeable that. crows in slick/ever‘ position were hotter than those in "new lM-"H-r.

Poussin-n w-‘r-c, ‘Fko "u? art-u»- yg pa‘) wont 1-,“- ln r-mh- o. Fju-Jqn‘ whh-h 1 bgVnn l» hurl ‘P0 nf-gi 0f production; (Pickers advanced their

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Eggs. doz 35-382 Cabbage. lb. 4c Roast Beef, l8-28c Cream, qt. 40c Boiling Meat 15-17:: Ducks $l.4D-$i.60 Pork. lb. 18-320 Steak, lb 25-320 Beef, qr. 13-140 Fowl each $l.00-$l.35 Butter dairy - 35-38:: Corned Beef 15-l6c Potatoes, pk 35c Carrots. 6 lbs. 25c Apples. eating pk. 40-55:‘ Parsnips, 4 lbs. 25c Turnips, 3 for 10c Celery 18-200 Onions, 2 lbs l5c Tomatoes, lb 25c Head lettuce 18c Sweet potatoes, 2 lbs. 2

Chicken each $l.l5-$l.50 Cauliflower 35o Herring. each 5c Lamb 22-25c Beets. 6 lbs. 25c Mushrooms 29c Brussels sprouts 25v: Cranberries, lb. 25c Radish, bunch 10c New carrots, 2 bunches 27c New rhubarb. lb. 25c Cooking apples, pk. 30c

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WORTHING, England -- (CPi --An inevitable change in relations between the white an-l yellow races

ll be one result cf the war in the Far East, Sir John f-lote Simpson, director-general of tho NntlLnaI Flood Relief Commission in Clnnn said. It was time T71‘ the u‘ e o.’ the word "Chink" to go, sir John added. _

charges in line with other indus- tries. to as high us $1.50 a day). It is bad economics for the farmer to buy his fertilizer on credit and pay for it by the sale 0f part of his crop. He ls liable to sell when the price ls low instead of holding for a higher price. That system re- duccd the cotton and tobacco growers of the Southern States to the status of peons.

A temlnisc ..... While iitlklng potatoes. the wl’ or recalls that. during the depression, 1iotolocs sold at prices preposterously low. When a buyer drove into the yard. I pointed tllLs out in vigorous terms. and got this answer: “My orders are. if anybody grumlfcs. don't buy!" Which goes to show how farmers were held up nl. that date.

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HOW ABOUT YOUR HORSES’ TEETH?

The Reducinc Co.. Otscgo. Mich- igan, have ‘Jils to sav in their Re- duclne Booklet about attending to horses teeth. have Ills teeth ex- amined ofteu-and always by a competent Veterinary Dentist. Never let R nlall llx your horse's tceth unless you are Dérfwlll’ All" that he is competent and well quhpmd, veterinary dentistry ix now on a par with human den-

tistry, vet ihcrc arc still some ignorant tooth butchers doing business, We have seen 00W?!

whose front teeth had been short- ened by a botch dentist until they did not come together-the horse could not eat EFRSS- We m“ 5"" other horses which had their back teeth floated until they could not grind either gvnin or huy—ll1@ from teeth too long, buck teeth too short. and the owners wonder- e11 why ihry grew s0 thin and got cut of conditcu. A i101‘!!! ""170! do wen irnless his teeth are in per- fect condition. Onc bod tooth may make n horse grow thin in flesh- make him irritable and nervous as 11 would u man-make him drile badly. race badly etc. Have treated some of the greatest horses of this and past. days. All orders Dlilmlltly attended to and satisfaction guar- anteed, Will visit any noiut- Write me ‘lglltflzlllsltf. Nicholson 2oz keel svci Ciltrlzttctozvn P

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS ‘ CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming

C. Maxwell Lingley. sales Mina- ger of the St. John Milling Com-

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Royal Feeds for poultry, live stock and foxes, was a. visitor here this week. He states that his com any has been doing a real good bus ness wit-h our local ranchers. dairy men and livc stock breeders, and is planning to increase the sales of Royal feeds. Willard Kelly is local representative.

A Russell Colpitts, Salisbury, N. 13.. writes us that he has just re- turned from Montreal where he at- tended the Canadian Fur Auction Company's sale and that the sale was a very successful one. We quote: “The new type foxes, espec- ially platinums, certainly took the Spotlight. We had 20-odd Platinums

this sale which averaged $225. each. Two of these sold for $410 each. It was rally not a. good of- M1118 as we only pelted our infer- lor foxes. Mr. George Callback of Summer “ made the statement that we had two of the best plat- inum pclts that have ever been of- fered for sale. Mr. Callbeck pur- uznsed n platinum male from us which has been ShijfCCl February 2nd. It is very encouraging indeed to us at least, at thesa new types are taking so well with the trade in general. Our foxes are mating very well, about 50 platin- ums mated to date."

Thanks. Russell, for your newsy letter and here's congratulations to you and Uncle Fred and all the Colpltts on their wonderful showing at ire recent sale. Many of us laughed years ago when Fred Col- pitts bought up everything with a ring-neck or white markings that, he could find. All kinds of freaks. blue, white, red or any category, and also a lot of high-class silvers. The results speak for themselves. The Colpitts have the largest Zine

3c of platinums in the world-mot even

excepting Norway-and ns one writ- er remarked. "Talk about platin- ums! Why at Salisbury, N. B.- one can see more platinums in an af- ternoon than in the whole U. s. A."

The presence‘ of fur buying rep- resentatives from the Argentina and other South American countries, was the signal of buying directed towards the new types. The people down there are immensely rich, al- though they have some very poor. The rich are great spenders and ale delighted to adorn their ladies with the very finest fashions procurable. Prior to the war thousands of them travelled to Paris and bought up the best designs of Molyneaux and others. and their fur buyers bouqht the cream of the silver fox and plailnums at Oslo and London. That ill- 1‘ activities are now directed t0- wtuds our country is a very happy augizry of better times ahead and a market for our new types of white faces from which the platin- ums were derived.

Reports 0f dog distemper are pre- valent lll Charlottetown and it ba- hooves us to exercise the greatest vigilance lest this terrible disease spreads to our fox ranches. ‘Dogs and cats can convey ilze germ of distemper to foxes just as sure as anything on earth. so watch that the dogs or cats around your ranch have no contact with other dogs who may be carriers. It. is just elev- en years since the fox distemper epidemic hit the western part cf the province in 193i and decimat- ed the fox population there so ter- ribly llzat it took years to come back to its old basis. According to scientists the epidemic usually rc- turns after eleven years, so this is the season we must keep our guard up.

Distemper was very prevalent all lust summer and fall in the United Stat-es and some quite large ranches lost as high as 30 per cent. of their pups and adults. Of course distem- per is nothing new over there. it is raging in some 1mrt of the great U. S.A. always. Serums have bwn pre- pared to inncculaie foxes against it. and these have been successful in many cases. The best. we under- stand. are manufactured in Fromnfs laboratory in Wisconsin by Dr. R. G. Green. u-ho is at pies- ent experimenting win a cancer vaccine. The Fromms innoculate their foxes two or three times A year and they claim that gives izn- munity.

Ranch mink took a bit of a spurt at the New York Auction Com- pany's sale a week ago when buyers estimated that 60 per cent or 70 per cent of all types were sold at prices 10 per cent high-er than the early January auctions. The top price was $18.25 for Yukons.

Some years ago it looked as though crcss fox would be a good type to breed and tPey had a bit oi a run. but they faded out pretty well in demand. At the recent Win- nipcg sale 1.581 were catalogued and they were sold at an advance of 10 per cent over the inst sale. Top prices appeared at around $23.50. The collection was a poor one and a 10L oi low prices were registered.

Women's Wear Dally has a very interesting account of the recent Canadian fur auction sale from which we mm‘: "Platinum. rm;- neck cross fcx and silver fox show spedals brought high prices. The regular grades of silver fox scored advances of from 7 to l7 per cent compared with th: December 18h sale. and a high nereeulre of ev- ery cfass was sold. The first days catalogue listed 6.813 platinum and 47 ring-neck cross fox. The high m-oncrfnn of dcep-furred December killed foxes drew favorable com- ment and appealed to tho Ameri- cnn buyers.

The sale opened with an offer-ink of 27,2 silver fox show pelts snlfl n.1- v.~-;-1...1, n’ the N~w "rurswlcvf Fvr Fu-mrry AsSCWWCll- 711's: lu- cfuded a number oi freak rk'ns and attractive full silvers. Brice: rang-

ed from $35, to $200. and included lots sold at $82. $86. $88. $90, $96. $100. $105, and $106. which gives an idea. of the unusual nature of the collection.

The platinum offering came mainly from the ranches of liked Colpitts. Salisbury, N. B. and Dr. J. E. LaForest, Quebec. A skin from the Colpitts‘ ranch sold for tho top price 0f $410, and was bought by Barney Wollmsn of B. Wollrnan and pony. New York. who bought most of the platlnums. It was a large pelt with white under- parts and creamy top and a. slight dark fingerllne or grvtpen. A pelt from Dr. LaForests ranch sold for $375, and other platinums sold from

. upwards. with several between 150. and $300. An unusual skin in the lower price range had a black neck and shoulders and creamy hips. It brought $60.

Inclusion of ring-neck cross tox in the sale caused momentary doubt among the Americans as to wheth- er thus skins would be admitted to the United states duty free. F. H. Pingree. the auctioneer, announced that they had been passed by the United States customs officer in Montreal. but that they might have to be shipped in in bond, and if there was a. payment of duty they could be shipped back to Montreal and the auction company would re- fund the price paid. They were purchased on this asurancc.