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we“ urmnnurncnuwu “GUARDIAN

FOR FARMERS; STOCK BREEDERS and

- NEWSY

By

AIRMANS HYNHV

pos of The Guardian's m. cent article on poetry as applied w aviation. there comes to mind s fine air hymn written a few years ago. by B M158 May Rowland, of Esstbourne, Kent, England. This hymn won the S100 prize offered by the Hymn Society oi New York and the Society gave a prize of the acme amount for o. tune befitting me words. The winning tune, I

membe . was u mpcsed by a. New

ork organist, in a. sort of plain. song, hardly likely to be favored by the average aviator. There was a consolation prize of given to mother Enflllshwoman - in domes. tic service-who sent in a good tune in the "Steiner" style. How. Iver. I feel that the right tune is yet tgdlgicomposed . The words are

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llod of the shinirg hi Qt range on high,

Lord of the seraphs serving day and night, Hear us for these, our squadrons

of the aky, And give to them the shelter of Thy might. II Thine are the of the

arrows

stonn cloud's breath, Thine. too. the tempwt or the ebhyr still:

mace that Claimbyubylovethescsoulsin Ie Thou their pildt iiumih i: e 9 m mu mu tn ma... eagles and not falyl. u ODDS AND BNDI

Ileld Mouse-ass- Chlckwecd. This h becoming a ‘ ublwome invad- u- of ha-yfields in my own district

under the

name of "me white weed". It spreads in a mat along

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h for the truth of the soy- informption regarding weed" will be welcomed. England ‘The village I was reared. was on a a 1000 above sea-level. Ono lira

miles downhill to the station Newcastle, and five miles in the direction to the station Dilmflm- “ 51y 111915067 veiled. in the win/tor. to those lilies. becauss one had to walk to

1533.515‘ s §§E§E ass‘

:0 station, and. what was worse. walk up home at night. New, s. Iohtlve informs “buses run

sry few minutes for Consctt. swcsstle. Sunderland. and Dur- We can aho get s london me the o ..

FE‘?!

King's Cmss m 4 hours. My often travels by it. The dil-

tahes flhours, and if one}! pre- to pay a little higher rate the "Jubilee Empress’ will make it in 4 hours, as stated. This fast train makes two trips to londolrliufn

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are lamm‘ and cholcer) to do their mooning.

EATS PLANTS

Below is a list of plants and Prices:

ANNUAL BEDDING PLANTS-Aster. Stocks. the following colors. iiluc. Rosy

om, Flaming Velvet, White

ed, Balcony mixed-Snap- lrsggon. Verbena Zinnia. Porulaea. Scabiosa “I108. Cosmos. Kochia. or B Lobella (d Lobeil. l) Sweet Alyslum. Marllold. hrkspur (annual) Celosla. aoliaéislnendula. and salvia. rc-

gr if; Illll lfihnlhwamladvsnced vdfy Salvia. and all dollb¢

raaiiamaas arm BIENNIALS. One year old-Pansy. Iln léllihglila;

sac: w|i§§|imi-.§"='i:v- . d.

r-"Loyvmr . u.

AGBICOLA

NOTES - '

Price of Cos: M. ...........c use mentioned tho prigg o; ¢°,1_'_"_ m.‘ %’..'l‘.“.fi‘ ~h=w~= 1n w» m» or - My brother (in London) Dlys {2-10-0 for s ton of coal and we (on the coalfield) have to pa {1-5-0. ($6.25) for it-and it isn‘ always the best r that" Tlcklnr Spiders! a OOiTWpOndent, g1 5 199-531 dilly WW1‘. says she a‘ a chili! BDider in the house. which a friend tells her is very u... llllcky- and she asks “cm anyone gve a reason why they are con- iltillégfd gmluckv"? What she heard 11R W115 really a small Ptlnid beetle which bores into old dry wood. fllmiture or the like, making the sound as it does so. This in- soot has been carried all over the W01ld by commerce. and is known in some countries as "the death- wstch beetle. The English are sticklers for quietness in the sick- 1110111. especially if the sickness is likely to be fatal: and in the sil- ence the "ticking was heard with a good deal of superstition in the olden days, when it was regarded

as s “forerunner” I have often

heard this "tlcki ' in my present

100M101? liillt noth has happen- ao ar

Totheshkpersonquitnemua boon thomzh we sometimes forget. . ‘lb visit s convalescent may flood. if the visit is short and cnerful; but to call up and de- blctc the naticntfs when nature uirm every mince Olltiofhrowof theillnessisnot thelctofafriend! Abetter plan would be to call regularly and en- quire after the patients progress,

that in duo time he'd ask the tor to see him personally.

PERTINANT TOPICS The Junslsue of The Farmer's

MI thee

Msplinegivesan interesting pic- tureofsdemonstra class in. I-IomaNuming "in oneofths Youth

counesinPrinccJ-lfiward

Home Managem courses. My! the legend below the picture, include lessons in cooking,

n. and handicraft

Another writer tails of a Hobby Fair (doesn't give the locality) got by . and claims that the of the Fair is them are no money Prizes. anirry not winning a ribbon is a s. point. so that there is an intangible prize to work for "It la difficult to instil altruistic ideas when at the end of what one feels to be s subtly estive oha the

the/t Ehfih

Entomology

I-‘Lms 81110118 the many lmect extended

that attack or arm dome!“ animals and man. variuoyus kinds o? m“ Dla a la . Since many of the here fl attack o, annoy

several different kinds of animals and since the measures used ferre- ducing or avoiding their injuries 059911 dimly to several species. we may 0011-11161‘ files as a gmup in- stead 0L under the heading of the Particular animal that they attack. Some of these are not bloodsuoking and hence do not directly attack the animal, They may be merely annoying or they may, on account of their haibits. be capwble of carry- ing the germs of various diseases. Cif these the housefl is the most outstanding example. ere are also various bloodsucklng species such as the stable fly. the horn fly and the horse fly, which are the cause. not. only of annoyance but also of actual nss from the torment that they cause the animals by reason of their persistent attacks. Other Bhccies deposit eggs upon the hairs of the animal that later develop into maggots which invade the tissues. digestive tract or nasal pas- sages of the animal. Exam les of these are warble files. bot f es, etc. The natural and one of the most effective methods of protecting cattle from files is by providing in the gestures darkened shelters. such as shown in many pictures of cal pasture land, and into which thev may retire when attacked. This 811M713 the animals Id pro- tect themselves from the different species referred to. Chimps o: trees furnish a certain amount of shelter 11nd in them it issgossible w con- struct such rude elters at light expense. a. bag being tacked loosely oven- the_ door 9b that the animals can rec push it aside and enter. es of fliles will not follow bhemtimalsintcthedorkorwlll not cctauily attack thorn there. warble flies are also said not to attack animals when s in rs“ curious.“ r use w en or e pcotec n the stock.

Till} HOUSI FLY

The which most people show towards the presence of this disgusting pest in their houses is a great m tc the health of the pulation, BE-

dl from he most loa - some filth to the food u cur table. the insect remains n many homes. a. tolerated and. one would almost think, a. welcome guest. fliiitlie apparent head is paid to the fact that the apparently in- nocent fly that drops in the milk or vmlks over the face of s. sleeping child mayxs moment before. have been f g upon fecal matter per- haps contaminated with the germs of a fatal disease o.- upon an open sore and that scone of such germ- laden material ma. well be adhering to its densely , head or legs. The beak of the fly is adgfited to sucking up liquid or liq ied food. When feedin on dry food it first liquirfios it w h it: saliva and they have s, habit after feeding of regurgitating drops of such ood

. But the system of

gl money prises un ined the of the exhibitors. and as is

well known, led to many question- i the Farm Girls’ Conference.

Dr. J. H. Holbmok. of the Moun- tain um. Hamilton. told folk that "the modem

a. medical was Y d08- length in these

cribed st some nuts

CURIOUS IDIOMS

An idiom. according to the Kind’! Iingltah" dictionary, , among other Quinta. a local form or variety of lnngtule. lit was a northern idiom to use the “doubt" when we meant suspect. or even believe; thus in a fashion reversing the meaning of the word. ‘I doubt he won't go" has a. touch of the double ngative when analysed. and a bet- tor expression would have been, "I

(or am afraid) he won't

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you." is a concise ion, y understood. In my native county this a as "He's shouting of you." and “in ,8 oo ' on ye " M61‘

Tunlhliiilml of softlgy aswmg have found some ciifflculty with

and her little

this last version. A Scottish lady daughter moved south to New-

castle on tyne. and after a while

Jeannie got acquainted with the little natives with whom she t9 play when school was "out. one evening when all were playing irfietiéosirfd. the “m came to

r called . muthoi-‘s shootin on ye chorusscd the natives._ Jean ran 11.11. to receive her mothers lll-Utflldflbfil

"guid brcid Scots

phadzes th carryin aibilities of the insect. House therefore have the abilit and too

act as e carriers or such as and summer or epidemic diarrhoea.

Though it is well known that the chief breeding und of flies is in horse manure. e existence of ade- quate and properly enforced by- laws providing for the proper dis Easel of stable refuse is almost un-

nown in our towns or villain; though campaigns for a town have met with considerable success elsewhere. Though me house fly is capable of breeding in kitchen waste. it is not an mire quent sight in some sections to see such refuse thrown from the door of the house where it remains ex- posed. a menace to health. not. only to the occupants, but to the oom- mumty 3,1, large. flies also breed in hog manure. human excrement. and to a lesser extent in cow and chick- bgeed and

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eggs are laid in batch one hundred and twenty. s. fly lay. mg as many a; four batches. Thwe eggs may hatch in as short a time as one day. The larvae require four or more days to develop and the pupae stage is from three to ten days duration. Breeding 1s most rs.- pid in the hot days of mid-summer- 1n this latitude it is believed that the winter is passed entirely m the adult state.

The most practical way to con- trol the fly is to attack its breeding places. In towns and cities. stable refuse should be stored in dnrl: fly- proof receptacles and it should be compulsory to rentove such refuse every six da s. Garbage receptacles ghtly covered and no waste material allowed to remain exposed, Other- methods of control are here briefly summarized.

Maggot ‘Preps- A slanted plat- form over a cement or metal wa- fcr-filled basin of sufficent size to hold accumulation of twp weeks. The maggots migrate from the stile, fail into the water and drown. aching — A stake compacted by driving

over the pile. sides com- pacted and loose material thrown on the pile. destroy many maggots bv the heating of the manure;

15c .

‘inbxumbfnsg '51: “Efiufiff”, ":25! Bplrcadlm- The removmd H"! ‘an Bu“, 50mm,“ ma nslrh- dune“, Norm n; m“ of manure at intervals """“ "’°' 1mm“ i" “i” ‘°‘““‘ °‘ “t” “‘ m‘ miifihmifmezfiiiv.‘ fimfifi "(infill-l PLANTS " m’: I‘! i‘ “m” “m” breeding. Cleaning up- Well drain- cfifu" cummnr ' w l“ m ‘wimuon’ -u m" b. "u? ed cement floors are the moat sani-

ga 31,50 per 100- lnmm samples. tsak for talk. u d“! “He” elem Mu,“ garcflnr m‘ cum‘ 1" f“ l"; “m f“ m“; ma urgshould notbe allowed toacirumu-

n, niasuer1"-aafor'-\"F'“°“““I' htcistablesorylirdsd tnc “"7 "' m u" d“ n season The open is

-- - -="-=’~ M‘ "15,...’ ... - wrench- merge“ be dos. All the Imsrls Holman hr bf not be t0 a com- ma us“: rsady fsr sis-um: U" ""1151 Pmmumfi 3°“'°‘| “m nous-rats f falland \ docraubkiiiinhousas. Use forma-

, Jana lin- 1 ul in a pint. of equal

rm» ~ mum w || prim“ “monasteries

°‘ ‘i g r. e: umW-.:ic.~.."c..m

w» are all y: will N“ Communicate with m‘ i.’ ) may in binned.

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Imago!’ for P. I. Island; as the 10: ma.“ ‘nod sspedalaa‘:

" ' ~ sccem to of ps-

Wvmn ans. caucus sans

Aliq- ' steady. the high on butcher- steers was O6 Moose

THE GARDEN COLUMN

(BY JumCS H. Burdefit)

Planting season over? Not at all. F01‘ “fly 61°95 Wu must plant "Ply; Wi- late OIOps are desirable also. and seeds planted now will Rvggtwwslrlil fasteih that thle har-

e re a ve was the seeding. - y as ate as

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’ BRUSSELS SFROUTS.

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Brussels Sprouts. 0m of Bu: Fall Vegetables.

Annualflowerseedssown Jung loofthequickge Wm‘

ums, mmvigolds, ag cosmos will produ flowers by August. In the vegetable garden there are many seeds which should be sown fog late crops,

398-118 be sown at intervals until July to provide a succession 0f young plants. which will yield much better than the old ones 1n late simuncr and early fall. Car- rOt-s and beets from summer sowings will be better flavored and more tender than the old, fully matured Wmtwbles which may be harvested late from early sown seeds. Cauli- flower und brussels sprouts are fan crops, and seeds should be sown now for plant-s to be trans lanted. ,

ere are two mla crops time are s/t their best in the fall-endive 5nd Chinese cabbage. The endive 0f‘ 03111001?- sown now and trans- Dlan/ted in midsummer so that each Plant h-B-s s, foot of room in the 117W. will produce ca-is . curly imves. which are bitte, un i1 frost comes and then makes the most delicious salad of the season. Chinese cab- bage is difficult to grow in the sum. menbemuseitrunstoseedb-tin the short days of autumn it makes beautiful. elongated heads of crisp leaves having a suggestion of cab- bage flavm‘ which are delicious cooked or- raiw.

Vegetable crops which should not be sown now incliude peas, early radishes. lebtuce and spinach. All Q1689 Nqvlw cool weather. and you may sow very early kinds in August, so they will mature in the autumn. Sweet corn is a, crop for late sow-

ing. Barlv kinds ma be put in as late as Jul‘? 1. and he finest corn is produce by late sown seed.

Sheri. Season Flowers

If June has come with no seeds awn, therrie 1355011! time todehave d: ower ga en. uppose you man ed a combination of flowers which would germinate in five days un warm weather) and fiowersinthirty to forty. Here are some you might

get:

zinnias. ageratum. aiyssum, can.- dytuft, centaureas. clarkia, cyno- glossum. annual sunflowers. lng glories, annual pinks. leptosyne, linaria, marlgclds. poppies.

Such a. list might be very much enlarged by including varieties which will germinate in a week or ten days. But it would be interesting to see what sort of garden could be mode of just a few flower families. seeking interest by using different colors and types.

‘Ihke z‘nnia.s for example-they could hardly be omitted from a gar- den of annuals. There are the flowered singla. the f. doubles. the intermediate or " " type and the giant flower var- ieties. They give an ab of pink. red. orange and yellow var- ieties with a few lavender-s. A WhOIE border might be planted mostly to zinnias, provided one used enough QQGIELUIH, cineraria and cynogilossum to introduce the needed blue tones. .

There is no reason to confine your sowing to the quickest germinating

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CYNOGLOSSUM AMABiLEfTi-IE NElil CHINESE FOQGET-ME-NOT. IT GROWS ABOUT i6lN$.HlGi-i.

Cynoglossom. One of the Bluest Flowers.

Buiblects. All ann Ms be sown

this time and .311 flowers it; mid-July. They grow much faswi- in warm weather and their flowers are finest in the last, 118,1; o; the ma, wn-vsvsuelly improving imtil frost

Livestock Markets

SUMMARY

OTTAWA-June 17—Thc keen- ncss which featured the cattle trade "willy was lacking this week and. despite fairly moderte runs at most market centres. price reces- sions were fairly general. The ain- er grades of cattle. particularly grassers. were under- preesure and suffered the heaviest losses. Good dry-led cattle continued to sell well but grass cattle ore likely to register‘ further declines if receipts become heavier. Demand for ex- purtwasnotasbigafacurrasm receni; weeks with Toronto only selling 460 head for Overseas ac- 001111t and Winnipeg three ciarloads. The movement to the south was the smallest for any single week this year.

Cattle Prices

‘The better grades of cattle held at Toronto but common to medium kinds were down 25c and cows were as much as 50c lower. The top for the week was $8 paid for a small lot of prime steers. while choice Bfllldrfl-llv were at n practical top of $1.50.. At Montreal. several lot-s of choice steers sold. at 37.50 to $7.75. and good kinds mostly up t0 07.50. The trade at Winnipeg ap- very sensitive with blowers

laying a bearish attitude toward nmat lines of killing material. Lack of expmt demand caused a gy movement on weighty steers a.) local buyers were not in the market

easier with only a ts topping at $735 and a practical top around 9'1. Dry. fed butcher ‘cattle sold steady- at OI-lfllybut grasses were weak to 5c lowsr. the top for the week was 8'1. Similar condltionsegrevail at Edmonton with grain-f selling “Ody and assers 25c to 50c lower. last weeks of s1 was maintained. P711108 was no better than

. Jaw paid the high Obofidbitand“ ‘ ‘ -$GM. had some choice handy-

h steer! and heifers up to $7.

Prices In the United Siltq

Buffalo had no Canadian cattle this week and 4101.514011] on us- nsdisus at South 8t. Paul wen also i . native IMII‘! were

to 010 at St. Paul. while was smut

Bfalo market

IifhgOOd

Ready‘ to dial steers gag solo and no. m‘: gjcw

be glllirfiiifi from the "'9 m °' ‘walnuts-carat

106415 up as high as $10.40. A few lots of calvas were sold at Bunfslo from Ontario up to a top of Exports to the United States can. alsted of 1'77 beef cattle. 2% (18% and 649 calves. maikin the to to date this year a1. '1 ma. 4.021 dairy, and H.460 calves.

with 01.197 beef. 5,350 and 48.000 calves duflng the smne period last year.

The BrllLlh Mlrket

Feed conditions and prospects generally are much improved in England and these conditions were reflected in the cattle market. where trade on both fat and store cattle was better and dairy cows were sell- ing firm. Best lightweights at Bir- kenread were maikmg up to l'1c a 1b.. dressed weight inciudin offal

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Botanical Notes For June

(Dwarf-mental Farms Note)

The bright colors and delicious scentofrcisecm-luns appeal to man's senses. but this season of the r-eziaissance of the loaves softly in- fluences- consciously or otherwise

—the human .

e of leaves, specially those the trees, means- far more than the leasurc which we cnioy in their and shelter during the hot summer days.

Becum in the knowledge that the birth of their young is assured by pollination and the equent for- mation of the seed. trees were con- tent, last month, to delay the growth of their leaves until this all-import. ant function of blooming was com- plete. Now the leaives have fully ex- panded in all the perfection and vigor of new life; ready and willing to y for the pageant of the year.

he blossoms enjoy a. short life and a gay one. but not :0 the leaves upon whom rests the responsibility of the maintenance of their mother —i.he tree. The have to live through five long mont of labor and hard- ship garnering previous things from earth and air in face of the ravages of insects, fungi and the elements. For they owe, also. a debt to Mother Earth which will be repaid in No- vember, and only when they have. like children. returned to her lap at the foot of the naked tree. l0 ae- poslit their golden sweetness in a wintry n Nature's hidden