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n fififgesys of your life; for you a “ ou determine to study "d ‘mm-k y systematically. Y0“ this bran-Ad become an assist. m" “me ofythc educational and l!“ m “n? t"; Canada is tak- wimim“ "a" 5d depend upon it. i m “Mum a r at number of “as "qmri? linieh vouns reo- ‘dentuicahhmr future So you see

‘c’ mum: cifsnce for a career. H! “'1?” l“ opportunity for enter. “mmem” m your ‘ttigh- (if I re-

Tm ma“ you mm t of insects

“umber :mml? inetlhat line are m general‘ a: Bat no book can fliPecmly w.“ man B- few insects mu“ o‘ mow d ds of thousands °“‘ °' m‘ “untrifat du will need d ‘u km“ so t iny“family"' to °° ‘may "me cerliat as it were become a spec“ is 'begin on the “my "um peopinss and Moths) “Wwpw” (Bumrtion of these “d truly a cough: olorful sight‘ “M” “ "°““°"“c’i§s ma. (Beet.- ?ttiaraso:rir,ileectfthvclhic)h gre colorful es . , enough, while very ‘mgr: ‘gtlfuiirlgi: m‘ “m m ham u tn stud in “°“°“ a“ we“ worn i yaih However. ii’ I had m 1°19 "m", 1 should specialize in t e l1 B"; (twmwinged flies), which are 11;? st all colorful. but are respflflrsmi m- n-iany u! the ills that amié mankind. Wllliston, a noted p. erologist. in 19°F He" h“ °P l"; Inn that s reasonable estimate i) the species of flies at present n exysgenm, in the world was more than eighty thousand. and Ald- ;-ich's list of American flies corn. prises eight thousand species dis- trlb ted in one thousand genera. Important as the Diptera are com- paratively few scientists have glv. en much attention to their clas. sliication and as far as I can gath. ,1- the only modern book devoted w 1L i; "The Families and Genera ct North American Diptera, by Q 1[_ cur-ran" (The Ba lou Press, New York)

There is a short list of Island insects given in the Naturalists Calendar" (Public Library), but it could be greatly extended. as a goodly number have been discov- ered" since that pamphlet was Breinted. The Publications Branch,

pt. of Agriculture, Ottawa, have a numbe of bulletins and circulars (gratis) on various insects. and ‘will doubtless bemgilérd to send a

on your a .

fin. M" main“ The Garden Pea you enquire about is called “Rydcws Universal" You complain of the Pea Weevil as very destructive to peas in your local- ity, but I suspect it is the larva of the Pea Moth that is cArsing the trouble. To settle the matter, why not nd specimens of the in. sect to rolessor Gannon. the Provincial Entomologist, Experi. mental Station. Charlottetown. for determination? Early-sown peas appear to escape the attentions oi’ the Pea Moth to a great extent.

The Bid Old Tinsel

on of the commoner , at lillections. in the bad old times. was the purchase of votes for money or liquor, or both. The pol. itical agents for the candidates passed these "sinaws of war" to welLknuwn stalwarts in their con. stituencies who in turn approach- ed the voters, giving the most at. tention (and money) to those whom they suspected of lukewarm- ness in the cause. It was a tricky business all through, but the prac. tics of taking money from both candidates and votlns for one. was a lstcr trick.

In a little volume published at Summers?‘ in 918. and titled "The Sketch‘ Book", there is chronicled an incident which shows that trickery was not always on the part of the voter. “In a place less than a dozen miles from Ken- sington" (says the author) "in P.

. .. there formerly lived a fath. er and son after a sort of Indian existence-I shall call their name Bram." We can infer from his further remarks that the Brams were Just plain indolent rogues.

With an election in the offing the son made his way to town to look up the "dispenser of bocdle" and by reminding him of their former fidelity to coax him for cash or rum. The agent, who had his doubts of their reliability, sat silent a While as if thinking: then burst out-"well. you miserable dev. ils. I suppose you must hnvc some. thing, so here goes. If you and your father vote for us .neXt month and do your best st canvassing, I'll get you a case oi whisky. 1‘ll noti- y you when it arrives."

This was beyond young Bramh expectations: a whole case of! whisky! His father's incredulity ‘was greater than that of the pan, riot Jacob ‘when informed that his son Joe was alive." says our chronicle!" who writes in a racy amusing mariner.

Very shortl the Inns got word that the whi y was awaiting their order. and they resolved to make a night of it. The ncizhbors were notified, afiddler hired. and a store of eatables prepared.

The young fellow went to town for the liquor. and on his return found the table spread. the com. pany - men "and women — as. sembled. and only the whisky

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wanting. He placed three bottles on the table. Old Bram filled the glasses. went to the head of the table and proposed the toastt| "Hero's to the grand old partyl"l Enthusiastic-ally the company crank but a bewildered expression overspread all faces. Old Bram was the first to recover speech and what he said was: "I'm --_ if it isn't ivaterl" And so it was. The agent had filled the bottles with colored water. replaced their| straw coverings. and drenched them with whisky to make them‘ “smell good.’ The story ends at, this point. and I may say that in‘

the interest of brevity I have omitted most of the author's witty remarks.

However, ii was seldom that vat-i ers were treated as ungratefullv as this. You must know that. n? that time tirere was some kind of Prohibition Act in force: not the Present Act. I think. but its ore- decessor. The police enforced lt- as Well as they were able. so ihati the tails were always crowded for,‘ as the saying goes. "You cannot: make men gcod by Act of, Psr- llament." (It takes education and reiision to do that). The jailees never stayed in for their full term. clrecisliy if they had relatives who

had voted loi the party in power; "a word tu the wise" was suffici. ent. and the captive was freei Of- ten and often I was amazed to see men who made the laws, thus con- cloning the breaking of them. But as l have said.) see much change for the better bince the bad old times. A New Salamander

By the courtesy of Professor Warren‘ J. Duchernin, of Prince of Wales College. I have been en. abled to examine a salamander which has not previously been re. corded in the Province. Mr. Duche- min had determined it as Amby. stoma Jafferaonianum Green (Jef. ferson's Salamander) and this finding was afterwards confirmed by Professor Lcgler. arr authority a the Royal Museum of Zoology. Toronto. Salarnanders are frequ. ently, but erroneously, termed “lizards" on the Island.

The little creature was slend- crly built. dark colored (almost black) above. but gradually shad. lng to a dull leaden color low. One of its distinguishing features is the presence of l2 costal grooves. It is said that some individuals have white spots on the sides, but they were absent from this speci. mne. It measured about 112 mm. of which the tail took up half the length. Specimens 200 mm. in length have been taken elsewhere in Canada.

I now nave fnur distinct species of salamander on my records for this Province.

National Characteristics

Sir John Froissart. in his live. ly “Chronicles of England, France

and Spain" often makes his wor- thies hit our at the character- istics of "every nation but their own." Sometimes the criticisms are his own

When England made war on

France in Froissarts day, the French inciicc‘ the Scots to in. vade England so that the latter had to fight on two fronts. A French expeditionary force landed in Scotland but found the Scots "a difficult people to get acquaint. ed with." The want of courtesy was not the worst thing which the French leaders experienced: "Thev were hardly dealt with in their purchases and had to pay an ex- travagant price for whatever they wanted; and whenever their serv. ants went out to forage they were permitted to load their horses with as much as they could pack up and carry. but they were sure to be waylaid on their return, vll. lainously beaten and robbed, and sometimes cven slain." In one month the French lost 100 varlets (men) in this way.

Frolssarts own opinion was that "Scotland is a very poor country. and the people generally envious of the good fortunes of others. and suspicious of losing anything themselves."

A great meeting was held at Jedworth idedbureh?) to discuss the proposed invasion and the Eng. lish heard nf it. An English Knight disguised himself and attended the mer-ilnz. to ‘near the plan. All went well till the meet was over, when he found his horse had been stolem-"they are all thieves." says Prcissart. He didn't dare to in- quire about it. and set off to walk. though bnutcd and snurrcd, and this led to his detection.

On another page we are told that the English were obliged to

looking Ahead

with Hal Bohaker

Everyone knows that the clif- ferenca between future security and insecurity depends not O11 what is earned but on Willi- 15 saved. o

'I‘hink what you will do when old age deprives you of the’ means of eaming your own live- lihood. Think what your family will do it by your untimely death they are left to cart’? °n alone, without your income to feed, clothe, shelter and educate them.

Ordinarily it is difficult to save money but now, in keeping with the times, a. new and easy way of saving has been ar- ranged. Just as the Government has made it easier t0 puy Bu!‘ income to) at regular intervals from the salary cheque, so in- dependence for olci age and pro- tection for wife and children can now be conveniently provided by small salary deductions. .-.»-“'°

What could be more sound than, with the sci-operation 0f your employer, saving a. small part of your salary to assure an income for yourself or your family when your paydays are over. The programme is per- manent and unintemiW-ed be‘ cause the deposits are auto- matic. The savings dollar pro- perly becomes thc first item in the budget rather than the last. The plan to which I refer, the Sun Life Salary Savings Plan. is so flexible that a programme of saving can be adapted to fit the needs of each ivagc-earnei‘. single or married, _ mun or woman; according to individual

robiems and ability to save. Such policies are the property of the assured and in the event of enterin the service of rm- other emp oycr it is a. simple matter to continue the lavinEB arrangement intact.

Let me tell you more about this savings plan and show you how anally it can be adapted to meet your liwn requirements- Jusr call or wrilo

ll. C. BOIIAKER Silli LIFE P“ Piliiiii?» Charlottetown, P. E. I.

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Egrftyon devils mthc {turns-II TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS ,0“, mmflpwunh, mdum,

QONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming ~,

One of the men had been connect- .ed with cables and had spent a. more in the Kamchatka

M L, SUNGLO Fox FEE

With the possibility of an early

will prevail for our industry when such termination takes place Does history repeat itself and will we enloy a bocm with higher prices such as occurred in 1019 and the spring of i020 after the ending of gogld War 1 on November ilth,

Immediately before u; is |, sales invoice dated Decerrber 18th, i919. made out to Rosebsnkllair

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ver fox pelts. In the course of con- versation with Dr. Frank he told Us that in i916 he had made a. shipment of foxes to Japan valued at 25.000 and that these were ranched on Sakhalin Islands, north of Japan. of which the fishing pri- viieges of the surrounding waters are Jointiv operated by Japan and Russia. The Doctor says that due to climatic conditions or possibly the feeding of too much fish and the lack of sanitary control. pelts raised on the ranches there by the Japanese have not been ‘of good quality. They were snail. probably

more or less wcoly. He is absolute- lv of the conviction that Japan a!

What about, Russia? we asked Doyou know that on Wtober 16th. there will be offered. for sr.‘e by Lampscn,_Fraser and Hush in New York, 15,000 siver fox pelts con-T signed by the Amtcrg Trading- Corporation for the Russian gov-i ernment. a collection consisting of| ranched good; from Central Russia and Siberia The Delis are de-‘ scribed as about the same in size as the American type of ranched goods but with a. higher percent-i age of three-quarters and hali- silvers in these Russian silvers‘

"Yes, I do know about it." said the Doctor. "hecause I read meni- ion of the fact in your notes last Saturday. Perhaps you will be in-

You remember. colonel, that ‘Ii called cn you in the spring of l928| and outlined a proposition that I‘

with the Eovemment and secure the right to bring back ro Canada a dozen or more Russian sables from the Kamchatka district, with the object of farming them here. I obtained the ecessary credent- ials after considerable difficulty and set out on rny long journey. I contacted the authorities but was turned down absolutely cold on the bringing out cf sables. ‘File-y were to be a state monopoly and farmed exclusively for the Soviet.

I was asked the question, what

about selling us silver foxes. you

seem to maks a. success of those

very attractive anirnais- I replied 1

keep troops on the Scottish bard! er. "for tire Scots are a wicked race and pay no regard to ti-uces or respites." Yet he considered them bold and hardy and much lnured to war. When they invad. ed England they went on horse- back; "under the flap of his sad- dle each man had a broad plate of metal (i.e., a griddle): and behind his saddle a little bag of oatmeal. so that when occasion needed. rakes were made of the oatmeal. and baked upon the plates: for the most cart, however. they ate the haiflsoddened flesh of the cattle they captured and drank water.“

The English are rather selLel. facing today while others do the brflitsmll: but it seems it was not fllivflys w. A dispute arose be- tween n French Lord and Sir John Chanclos 1s to who should wear a certain coaLnLarms. Sir John elm], longed the Frenchman to combat. but he repliPdI “That's like the bnastinizs of you English, who can invent nothing new. but take, for your own whatever you see hand- some belonging to others." Frols. sari; himself says: "I was at 3m; deaux . and myself witnessed the great iraughtiness of the Eng. lish whn are affable to no other nation but their own." , "Trip Portuguese are passionate and river-bearing and the English spite. ful and proud ”

H Of the Irish he records that they sic a prior and wicked people. with an nnpcverished country." Many and crest Changes have gm km nlscc lTl the" islands. in the last six hundred veers. but on the

can still recccnize "The . .11» d semble th rt§ii§n§ ggrho ‘h?! S)

wars on th. .id. f th Sh: fhout gu: "(The tsfiqfifigifié

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or the ‘Germans are a rude . unmsvinvflt. race. except in what. regards ihiir personal advnntagef and in that they are active and. erpcri enough." ,

Thc Spaniards “are a nastv p99. n10 and ezivlnixs nf the goo}; for

iums of others." Nastv is 5* rIiih-‘r curlr-us word in ‘this con. necilcn. v

BUYING Cranberries

Paying highest market

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prices, hand picked. Ship to Albert (l. Kays, 88 Pownal

Si. and Oscar McNeil! at Conway. I‘. E I.. and receive cheque hv return mail.

ALB URT G. KAYS.

88 Pownal SL, Cirarloitetown, P.E.l.

Telephone No. 1298 10-6-31.

weeks after they left Charlottetown All along the line he had been treated

er around as Jack would take them_

made a brief foxes and passed them along on

they entrained from thence to Zuruga, ‘ situa/ted cn a tip o: the snghaun. due to parasitism, and the fur wasi Islands I swamer , Russian

manner. The journey to the ranchi _ p in occupied about a day and he was 8°C" wilflmim- “e11 equipped Wilh’ Surprised h ‘ there that it ivas splendidly equip-i bed Thc wire, buildings and plant had cost over valent to $30,000.

Imc-erial Fox did not get to the ranch pears that

bags. than were ranched domestically. m" "be an __’ a

cold and bracing but not vcrv much,

These were nearly all raised to maiuritv and u'hen Mr. left in the fall were well on their.

would go to Russia. nuke contact io

thatlwouiddoso and after some

that there could be developed in: _ Siberia s. super-breed of silvers." ; . 1t is a far cry to 1m when that! shipment of 65 pairs of silver foxols ,

31rd olfs our $1; with Gerrnaxny nfilgotiatizong! larr for“ tlge

_ere spec ton among ur s ruien 30 slivers cons t g .

sealers. brokers and zin- roduoers m cs pairs. 1 selected seal good §§§,,,‘_",-,,,,,§;,°§o,.{";f"‘g, ffiflbflfie as to the kind of condi ns that animals and had them inspected by intervening mm great mafia“

th, late Robert Stewart of Monta- gue and the late George McCal- lilm. ThQy were registered in the Canadian National Records and ihlPped in care of Jack Casford that winter.

Jack proved a wonderful care- taker and the foxes arrived in Yokohama. Japan. less than three

have taken place. yet with the persistence, which characterizes the Russians they have gone on and developed their foxes until they have een able to send 15.000 sil-, ver fox pelts in New York tn be sold in order to create funds to

We are pleased to announce that we are again manufacturing SUN- GLO fall-furring meal feeds for foxes, within three weeks of our discs‘.- i'0us fire, thanks i0 our suppliers, our friends and our stuff.

p necessary war materials for carrying on tne conflict with our enemies and theirs.

We have moved Into new quarters, re-fiited our salvaged machine, built new equipment and have assembled an entirely new stock of in- gredients. The first mix of SUN-GLO feeds was made just three weeks

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Itw is Doctor Frank's opinion,

Farms. Dr. boo Fr nk P with ere t id nti a‘ tn . _ . - - . . = - . soumpom p‘ a a l‘ or: . mm ens“??? igmemefmoung govterpitchi: ssmcgnsf and ante} day iii-iii’) our flilre. line IOdCVOQISIdEXHbIIkWOIR‘rncllldilli! Steam cheque to mm o; ‘HMO m. a ‘n, o; mm,“ mummy on the Suva" m our mans’ m the reason connec on our t... er wi not e rea y or operation for some time. Our

Dimmer P134118 to Japan. visitors

would ask an about mam and gm” Hammer Mill for grist grinding is not yet operating due i0 slinrizigc of

that while at present she is loch- ' parts.

ing for exchange, in the years t: com, with her policy of imprcvir; conditions of all clBSses cf llli people and with the incentive whici. is developing among them for mote luxurious homes. dress and appur- tenances there will be such a de- mand in their own country for furs. which the Russians have al- the; ways desired. that there will be no PM" TMKW! iiiavggntiigtehfigria Willi“ ti-Jiitnllrlclriifig m? Karim" Mid‘ silver foxes b-efcre many "ears which is‘ _ ‘

mom them the‘, went by We had a, lettsr from iviifrcd L.‘ to Vladivostok, RussiapTildP- lie-w blwi ' officials mace a great piatinums 3nd Gtilzi‘

out to brush them off, clean out their quarters or give them a lit- tl¢ bit of excercise. holding their hind legs and running them along the dec .

At Yokohama Jéanese officials| inspection of

We wish t0 thank all the firms and persons who assisted us in wi- Iing up our machinery and supplying us our various raw materials so quickly. SUN-GLO DEALERS WILL BE SUPPLIED JITST AS FAST AS IT IS POSSIBLE. We estimate at least a weckin which i0 czrich up on hack orders.

international Fox and Animal Foods

their way to Tokyo.

a producer of silver foxes cuts not £155 over gack and his charges and £2?‘ £331“ 953mb 1 ' » r I l Sure» W35 P" 11D tth besth t] d. en over a 0:: farm L d Q v d taken care of iin a 2110542 flllgfiltflagléiigln isbo ta nice ranch, can- , i. e s a u