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ads-coal Market iienort ' ROM BOSTON e w in it f 1 ‘ mm 2'7‘; . u... . 211mg ‘m “lfgogxmllfggmtidtlll “Mm l, let r ro n ween oatin t.h timbe I m" lnBBoston. As I am using B1111? clmugeelmerlyieto thge mgr-chant}; atqgbackpa;weea§id “we

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were the heaviest experienced in

in ihor." can undermin th

.. rmmbb“ I “mm “f” e e coll- some Lme ases however by , iatlllg her power of ob- stitution more than th t; f 1 -

"‘ lpprec and predilection for berer's and raftsman. a o a um me wartime Fwd corporation‘

The winter plus exports to the United States. 3112,21, ""1 11'°51- B1111°l1Bh severe. are served to relieve the market, and u‘: “K 1° "1111119111 Wmllflrison to as a result. prices held to fairly e extreme coldness of the snow strong levels. Purchases by

IWBWI‘ oi the freshets: in which the Flood Corporation together with 11111118"! 1s. day after day. wet up actual exports to {as United States. to the middle, and often immersed reached he export quota, at which from head to foot . . . . To stimu- time the Corporation withdrew from 151° the OPBalrs. in order to sustain the matrket. Calves were stronger the cold, these men swallow immod. at Toronto and elsewhere they erate quantities of ardent spll-ll; were little changed, while hogs suf- and habits of drunkenness are the m4 lome slight docliml. Hid usual consequences." lam were seasonally lower.

Their mo lch . ra aracter (he allegssf mum “m. Mun“

w“; wmlthilw excelltions. dishonest

511 W" e552 he bell

1 wed the: h Tbrontg had “an “ireegltionall wlose promises less fait e“ ° 911118 (I . 0 placed, 11...; seems u, behmffflgfdfgg of which went to the Wartime Food on 1,119 New Brumwlck mnberers, Corporation. There was evidence m, he goes on__ um Canada when; of lack of top quality killers. they are longer in bringing’ down Weighty steers sold betlween $9 thal- mggi and have more we and $13.50, and butcher material Mme‘ the“. character, u possibly is mostly ircm $6.50 to $10. At Mon- Qg B, sglll more shun-u“, and my tneal there were no steers better caiiy description. Premature old s, than “my “Md $31111} “d a “W and shame“ o: My‘, form t e- small lots of the st. ofered made inevitable ‘Me o: I lumberer almgfifi l0 $10.50. 11'! Q10 Mllil- S ould he even save a. little money. flu the” w“ d,“ l. l a. n w ch15 very sddom the case and» p oes, altlgd gopd 26c 0% H.861’! be enabled for the last few years we” qu° a w‘ w '

Western Cattle Markets

0! his life, to exist without incess-

Bml 15110111”. he becomes a victim oi The cattle market at Winnipeg was on s. fairly steady basis. with

rheumatisms and all the miseries oi a broken constitution. But not- ‘flihstmdmi! 1111 the toils of such yard traders and order buyers tak- I- P117511". those who once adopt ins suitable shipping steers at $10 the life of a lumberer seem fond to $10 '15 and good cows at $8 25 of it. ‘Ihey are in a great measure to $8.75 'Calgary was active but. R5 llldflpendent, in their own way finished easier in s ts, with as the Indians." 1t was lVLr. Mel butcher steers $8.75 to ma. Ed- Gli-‘gor’! great good-fortune to be in montotn was also active and quoted Sco and (rather than 0n this side best steers at 9 to $9.50: and the oi the Atlantic) when he continued: best of the of erlng at Prince Al- “In New Brunswick, and particular- bert brought $9 25 to $9.50. iv in Canada, the epithet ‘lumberer’ Moose Jaw closed full 50c lower, is considered synonymous with a. with the better end o tihe steers character of spendthrift and of lilting at $9. Saskatoon closed low- villanous and vagabond principles. e1‘. with top ares: steers at $41-25; After selling and dellverirlgu thall- while Vancouver had gcod grass rafts. they pass some weeks lln idle "a?" l‘ 511- indulgence: drinking smoking and 111115111111! 01f. in a long coat, flashy waisgroat, and trowsers, Wellington or essian boots, a handkerchie oi many colors round the neck, é Purchases by u“ warume mo“ WBWI with a long tinsel chain and Corporation during the past. week glllmbel-legg brass seals and __an totalled 15,147 head, illlillldlllfl 8,720 umbrella; Begum wlnter my "_ Toronto. 5.680 at Winnipeg, an turn again to the woods, m4 "_ 731 at This znaloes a. total sumo the pursuits oi the previous o! 48366 m g "m cperatwns or yew; some exceptions. however I the corporation. At Toronto, choice have known w me generally the weighty steers were en atz $13 character o. lumbemi Many young to $13.05, good at. $12. to slugs. men o; steady hub“, who we“ alnd medium $11.50 to $12.1? e; from Prince Edward's Island and hem“ were #11507?) l“: 3'19 l?“ other places to Miramichi for the cows mused mm ‘ ' '

l nnipeg, good weight steers were express Purpose oi making money {l have joined the lumbering parties l’°“‘f§fgg1',t,l‘§df,§’,§1’°lza éflfflufiligi? for two or three years, and after ,3; ' ’ g

0d saving the“, ea I ‘ t d 10.50 to $12.25 medium to i urchased lmdsmoggjvhzihumgy 331g bul at $950 to til. and mega um

comfortably." On which 00d w.“ l, gm l; $9 u; satisiac ory note we finish for the £0559, Qalggl-ymggld lmtnhg. steers 11"“ “11111- to the Co ration at .10 to

“l” to $10.40,

Thu Yellow Town“. $11.15, he fers $9.15

c0012? at) $5,924; to $8.90. Bulls were This weed, which is making some $1 $9 headway in the Province. is per- United sum Market haps better known to my readers i“ Butter and Eggs" -a reference Again offerings of Canadian cat. to the two shades oi yellow in the tie at Buffalo were extremely light. flowers. Its botanical name Lirlaria One top load sold at $13-75. R11- vulxaris. gives two hints about the other at $12.65, and other old plant: first that its leaves are lin- sales ranged down to $151110- 511 ear or narrow; and that it is very Paul took some common and med- common. Its abundance is brought ium Canadian steers at $11 to about by its persistent, deeply- $12.75, good Canadian cows up to growing personnial rootstocks, and $11, common and medium from $9 by its numerous seeds which are to $10, the bulk of the medium to produced in pods arranged in a 200d b11115 ircm $19 1'11 $11» “111119 ind of spike, The goal-max l5 a stockers and feeders were steady near kelative of the garden Snap- 10 25¢ 111811161‘. W111i 111B malmm’ "1 drasog (Antlrhlntlm). £3 slgtggvglzw 8W1 “W” 11°“ It a widespread pest as its ~ ' man uia na 1: 155113035 111111118 i119 P551 W991‘ y pop r m“ “m” “m” wtaued asos beef cattle, 09a dairy.

gfifflin research. For the rest

in to find that our Pmqglelihulagrl has preserved so landmarks oi the- British salon through a period when lld not exactly see “eye to eye"

QEQlZLln. letter in part: -—Dear c0131 alrl making the most of we looking over the various m of interest. Today we wor- 1, PM in Old North Church -t.he l, gpisccpal Church in Mass. , Parish House holds many in- an; lhings -among them a 1.01 the “Vinegar Bible; the ‘mgl Book oi Common Prayer; '5 signature —he gave B lo [his church. The tablets . iull of interest 115 l5 U10 Old ,, dllgllcp- the box p_ews -— the ,, ll Governors and Honduras t5 paws -Merchants who gave 1110115 support to the church. mgllgll there was considerable truction during Revolutionary y, (by the Brltislb yet there are uy old reminders of the early g days. 1 was interested to see .. Gierubim Heads ornamenting ., main orEMl nines. They were ptuled from a French vessel . d for Canada, and were taken Boston for this church. Paul m“ pew is here. and a oop model of the lantern he hung ,,, the steeple, announcing the . ‘val oi the British. "Another interesting church is 5'5 chapel, established in 1686 . luv. Robert Ratcliffe, the vste Chaplain of King James II. g present clupei was built 1h .1 of stone. separated from the urcll of England in 1776, they re- snized under Rev. James Free- . and revised the Book oi Com- l. prayer. ‘Ike church in Unitar- . now but still retains its Revised er Book! The pews are boxed, ... all crimson-lined —a beautiful lgchurch. e Governor's pew. . one side, is where Princess . ans and iler husband worship- . llst summer, with Governor s."

lumbering in Olden Times (2)

Breakfast, Mr. McGregor informs consisted of bread. or occasion- y potatoes, with boiled beef, pork, (i511, and tea sweetened with asses; dinner was usually the with pease-soup in p ace oi ; and supper resembled break- t. "these 1hen are enormous eat- .. and they also drink great 111111195 0f rum, which they mly ever dilute. Immediately tel breakfast they divide into ~, .. gangs: one oi which cuts =1 the trees, another hews l... them. and the thirdis loyed with the oxen in hauling 1 timber, either to one general , leading to the banks of the - t stream, or at once to the - tm itself; fallen trees and other t- » - ents in the way of the oxen cut away with the axe." and so, the whole winter is spent. this unremitting labor; the snow ll the ground, from two to t1 feet deep. from the setting in winter until April; and in the u of "fir" forests, often till the tile of Ma . “When the snow to disso ve in April. the riv- t swell. or according to the iumb- l phrase, the freshets comc " All the lumber cut during winter was thrown into the tor- llnd floated down to where the was sufficiently wide to per- ltlie construction of rafts. At ‘ fdtilod the water is exceeding- t»

were few people in tile worfd

Wartime Food Corporation Purchases

Cal 0d seller and ad- en-S. the latter being generally vanceydesdelret. glqoronto, .31.... best ifirgrerfect. I have ioltirrlld "Pelbgria" veals closed at 15 to $15.50, léxrile wers, as suct w s are rm- M t-rel _e u tosli n an ed, on the Dalmalzillon Toadflax. and do? $1: .$ln§Nlnnll:eg was “gener- tlre little creeping Kenilworth Ivy ally firm, with best veais $10.50 to (Linaria Cymbalaria). $12, and Calgary pa’d $10.50 to Not much is known about the $11 for top qualit . Edmonton re- uses of the Tolidflax. A yellow dye mairied unchange , with tops at. can be obtained from the plant: $10 to $11: and Prmce A‘bert paid and its juice will attract flies, they $10 to $1050: Willie Moose Jaw say. Mixed with milk, the juice paid a similar level: and Saska- was at! one time supposed to be a 0011 W55 6i $13-50 lo $10-75- cosme c. "Farm Weeds of Canada" (1909) Hm sllrhily Wwlwr wins fine cgloréeli drawisnhg of the M one or two ma” e“ a :an v - ml?! . tion oi crops lrndsecleeup, filfaifusn 110B ‘P110?! Wflkfllfd 51181111?» T0- cgllllllmlloawlm sgpgl-ess lg Elf“? ronto sold the basic grade at D 0W ng o owe y summer- a - t t0 $16.35, but mostly $16 to $16.25. lrgzslrtlgvgsolrhliageisxtllreedllalilgis 111W“ wnflnued “ndhmmui 1“ its seeding at all costs either b $14-15 1° $14-15: Camry $14 w: hand-pulling. or by crltting with Edmmwn ‘H 1° ‘u’ 1513 P7111” the sickle. That implement can be “be” 313'” a great help against the weeds but requires study to become sc- quainted with its possibilities.

"WHAT A WORD!” There was a seasonal

‘ divs on Mr. A. P. Herbert, Bitish M. P., has written an cnbertailling book wemers‘ Wm‘ Montrefl M150’

Schumachor Food!

GROW into profitable pro- ducers later on, dairy calves "til a sound feed like famous

Zlrerl Schumacher to fill out 1111f" 17111111 grow large. stron , f! - oiled and vigorous. Ma e f r o m c h o i c e s o u n d g 1‘ a i n' products, care-

ully blended, with added min-

and $15.25; and Morrcton $15.75. Lunb Market Lower

eral and protein under the above title: and you may wlnnmg w) 1° mus‘ o“ m7 feeds, ou can read it by courtesy of the Public fillfledmgfidfifilffy“ ‘£910

buy i‘ m em," Library, It is written "for the great Jam u,” to $9 5Q sgslmoon g9 w

Improvement and Delight of the >25 f -d “all” m‘; vm F111"? 91' 111"] People, and the lasting Benefit oi an“, ,0; aural?” ' orm. the King's English, with many

Ingenious Exercises and Horrible Examples" savs the title-page, and 11 11°11“ 111111111 115 Purpm- bronchitis. which he calls bron-

Mr. Herbert pokes a lot of fun keel“; bu; l; you luv, lumps”, 51 111°" P°°P1fi W111’ “l?” 111° 115° does he call it lcom-bah-go? Never! of the word England "and" ad And why arm-l vllgmlm "wee-tub- vocate the word's Britain or Un- mans, And ("d you "a, h”, g, m‘! Kmidmnr A" 1'1"’ ’°11°w1113 lawver plead an ah-lee-bec? (Alibi. “mm” mrmflv qucmd- he “u: if you must know). He ought to be-

"rhis United Kingdom never did came h“ ntudled m, New Mun

nor never shall d oblbly pa,“ g new“. Us at the proud foot of a con- svrgakg’; examlnmonl

QIIAKER SUGARED KHIIMACHER FEED

oslm now rlron '_ itntral ilreameries

queror. €_____________ gifmgh the roast beef‘ of Great. M“; TM“; 01,5 ppm ' chulomhmn “mo, olalldfgbaléebld British roast Jnlglsl fihfaqgc

Bunche; And those good people who would who“ Opfgdflg zuerlem Oour- MQQM“ D-l" summemh have us learn the "New" prcnuncl- “m mmmhgd gg guy-pm In the ‘"111 Creamery‘. souris. ‘ ation cf Latin. should at least be Nahum-Kl, whlqh lngti ldentftv Mound Q“ k consistent. A doctor. for instance. l“ m, m.m....°m¢a'3’___>' §__ sel- Feed Denim may advise you that. you have ma” mug,

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u. good heifers s10 to s12. Medium 1o

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN J-é ta...»

PAGE ELEVEN

» CONSERVATION I

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Ill. LUDIDW JENKINS.

(WILD LIFE CONTINUED) BPARROWS

Birds of another 81°11? 1'11“ l" Just. as characteristic o1 the Illi- marshes as the rail-s. and 11kt l5 elusive but mulch mallfl". l"? m“ Sklfliip-liblllid sparrow (Abbosplza cauoacuta) and seaside spin“?- (A. malritlnla). They are in the mar-she; at all seasons, but there is some shifting to the south. M’ 1"“ by the northern colonies. Like mam other sparrows these tend to be streaky both above and below. and they have touches 01 Yelli-YW "I1 the sides. They are about. as d.f- ficult to observe as mice and a11- pear not unlike those small mam- mats during the brief glimpses that usually are all that can be obtained of them. when forced to “he wing, they flutter only a short distance and drop basin 11M their haven - tile marsh. ‘Their songs are unimpressive. Their nests era Milli in crannies 91110118 zkgti

n ..

an other fifth 0f the seeds of BIB-fies and other lants.

Rather cose relatives of the true saltmarsh sparrows are 1W3 Savannah sparrow (PBSSEITMHIS sandwichensis) and gra-‘KIIOIYPBY sparrow (Alnmodramus savannar- um), which have extensive inland breeding range but scmet mes nest in par-ts of the salt marshrs ihbt are not too wet. They are not easily observe

DUCKS

Black ducks and blue-wintled foals breed in the salt marshes, the black duck from North Caro- the teal from Virgin north, The former may seen along the entire coast in winter. and the latter ircm Maryland south. Both species make their nests of a variety of 11ml fragments and line them with their own dowryh part of wtwhicrtltuésailtrtiixal; over e e B! in leaves of ts own 4100016. Th6 white or bufiy eggs number from 5 t0 15.

1i bl k du k (Anm rubripes) 1e llecavy -c bodied bird oi prevailing dark color, with the lin. in ctf the wings white, a character we shown in flight. ‘Ihe female, though smaller ‘than the male, does the talking for the family, having a loud, harsh quack, or which the snake's softer note seems a faint echo. Black dutcks are usually seen

airs, and in flight the emale 1 the way, the male foliowérég her every turn and twist. The f is about three-fourths v table and one-fourth animal. Pon weeds. including bcth the eeigrass and wigeongras of salt and brackish water, are the most 1111130713111 V989- table foods. followed by seeds o! grasses, sedges, and smartweeds. About half the animal focd con- sists of small snails and mussels, the common blue mussel be ng_il-e- quently taken. Sand fleas. 5111"ml)5 crabs, insects, small fishes, and fish eggs also are eaten.

The bluenwinged teal dula dlsccrs) is u little more than a third the bulk of the black duck. The male has a conspicuous white crescent in front. of the eye, and both sex€s have a. large blue patch on the wing that shows well in flight but often ap- pears white unless the light is fav- orable. ‘Iihe female utters a low quack; the male, a wlfstling peep.

5 at

(Qiitfqlw ' b f.

Jnd ye; m- weeks the loll- those mentioned above it is the f b l ghoul sevgn-Lerfh or the food is -. Gallwort. Haxweed, ‘Eagssnd-Bac- filegatltfggeslhelzlglg marleily vegetable matter, mcstly sedges, ‘ii-“ki 011. 11nd Wild Snapdragon, of other ' l t 20.}, wlflled 19_ pondweedg grasses, and smztrt- 1°¢B11U9S2 811d 8Y1 01d publication quota‘ g Angus 4' llh 3913546 1'11 weeds arld thrcexenih animal, known his! title ‘Egrcasury of Bot- a: $126‘ €,,°,‘.‘1,1,§“,§,, zeal- jglp-m largely snails, insects, and crust- flrly." ca ‘ a be d" ' " oceans. ‘In bi d re ause € Arilttarlfézan name, ms a u m lggdlgfi; l¥,ea§‘r,‘¢vllt21l5c°?;spf;4d1' damage to mill. llfltglg%lstkl'hftllllgll sometime th ,fn - . “ _ -' thlr fed hblts an e are - _ tum. that plants‘ with galfllcrlllllllg- 21:1". lieslloca§lleésll9"%§1v§§'“4§1: imllicrtrfntmgepris-enlatives cl the u" ant vitality produce abnormal flow- 7991151 11]) ' ' ' ' wild-fowl 111D 1111111» 1111mm 115 11' 0 ggdgr even mlpfrlstrosities. The ' ' gérolel has GEtn so Iiialgfififi lat

w cramp es tis rule by cal: Market Firm a. Stronger rs 11 men ca" , f

M", Qua“, sown‘, plcgixirgnlzllyhtlgrtosvéilrlg; outed gefiggl... the most care ul promotion.

BITTERN

The common, or American. bit- terrl (Bctaurus lent-igirrosus) breeds from South Carolina ncrth and winters ircm Massachusetts south. though uncommonly at the ex- tremes cf these seasonal ranges. It seems to be tile only one of the heron tribe that brads in the At. lantic coast salt marshos, an Cb- vious reason being that it regularly nests on the ground, a rude pat- folm of matted vegetation suffic-

OUT our: war

GOTLOT

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distinguished by the lay b r.

OHNOfTHERES NOT A CHANCE IN TH‘ WORLD FER ‘IOU TO EVER ENJOY A PIECE O‘ BERRY PIE .' VOUP- MA XNT LlKE BAKIKPAM‘ SHE HATES WASl-iibl’ AN‘ THAT'LL HOLD ‘IOU DOWN ALL YOUR LIVES.’ I'M A EXPERT. CUZ. GIZAIJMA MADE LOTS OF PIES AU I S O‘ PRACTI SEE. HERE? GIMME =

SLMPtM 1o JUGGLE. c WITH ‘rl-ns 1F:

i-ng for a nest, whereas the other herons usually build in trees. ‘Illa pale-brownish eggs generally num- ber from four to six. The bmern is light brown above and streaked with that color and white below. It. has s. habit of “frcezing" in an erect, stickllke position when sur. prised. Its strange notes irl the mating season have earned it some interesting names, as “dunk-a- doo," “ihunder-pump," and “stake- driver." When beard distinctly, the call sounds like plurlk-aJunk but when coming from s, distance or when indistinct/y perceved, seems more like lunk, lunk, sug- gesting the “stake-driver" name. ‘Hie bitter-n does not depend on fishes for food to so great an ex- tent as commonly supposed but takes considerable numbers oi crawiishes and other crustaceans and elven a good many mice.

WILLET

Of the group of shorehirds that includes the snipas sandpipers, plovers, and their allies, relat vely ew nest. in the salt marshes; and ese. only one, the wiliet (Cato- ptrcphorus semipalmatus) is conspicuous enough to attract much attention. It breeds from New Jersey and winters from South Carolina southward. It is above average sine for a shorebird, being 14 to 16 inches long and having a wingspread oi 24 to 29 inches. Though of plain colcrs, gray above and whit/e below, this . rd is recognizable, both on the wing and

gill oi each wing. The nest is a slight. hollow lined with grass; the eggs number four (as is usual with shcrebirds) and vary in color frcm white to of v2, spotted with brown to purplish.

la me willet. is sometimes noisy, and

a. common call, an oft-repeated pil-willet, shows that it is ow of he birds that have named them- selves, The food is reported to consist of insects mollusks, crus- taceans, and small fishes, with a algal: admixture of vegetable ma- l- .