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. No wild Bees. That is the log- lcal result of the extermination of the smaller varieties of owls. with the excepti of Horned Owl, and the snowy Owl, (a winter visitor), thesebirda are is

beneficial, ‘particularly to the insulated atthe farmer. Unlike the two above- mentloned. the majority of owl begin to fly at dusk or evgnmwhen

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eiluipmenb. ‘The coil. however. darkness has set in. Th the 8h

o1ild_ have , an “1|I'J.8_l'i'upt,er" 3;.

time when the rats and mice be- mixed. this is inexpensive to tr i to . th is pendulum‘-ilk. if 11'. hich ‘m "° ° "4 ° °'' an-interlnitfe:1t|sh:>ckwon tbe'°r°e‘§::

ractlcally lived on these rodents. glow the owls are scarce. almost extinct,» and the mice have multi- lled. Field mice dig into the wild ees‘ nests and eat the contents.

endthus reduces the current used. Gliltie. once "stung". give the wire a wide.berth even after the battery 14 di-5¢°fln°°lv°d:‘but I daresay the

thus interfering with the "balance 111011101’! Would well’ off in a little of naiure;" and so the clover toes "I - -

not get polienieed as it woulr if‘ Cattle dislike. them. Oows seen there were lenty of bees. This 30 l-W once but one taste condition is for the or-chart. as 01 1938 V6 isveaoushl I have a well, but we can blame ourselves. 001011)’ of this Plant at’ the

some. years ago, in a short article

in The Guardian. s. farmer in the 1”" ’ 11' .«WV°l'61y alone Two Pownel 'dLstrict boasted (that he 3 MSW the bi Gladwyn had shot nine owls thatxyear.-an mi. Ind the Yellow . are not achievement that prgved his aim 11'‘ . nor is our native Iris was better than judgment! "Nico r- The t is credited Here is an opportunity for rural th very bltterdullifriee. and is teachers to instruct their scholars m¢dl°inIl.ly- The Flowering Rush (Butolnus),

as to the value of owls in keeping mother str - rlown rodent pests. 91'. needs rotection since it Mtg, ".20 gum,‘ A “in. eaten off cose to the ground. Ii‘ fr end i me spring at ' . ' mice working under the snow had Mm 35°“ PI-|’“|0n0|'¢neIls Eh-dled some of ma young ‘pm, MMIHOB Maetsrlinck. the Belgian trees. Their one chance of survival d"‘-“‘5“.“- ‘V110 W“ 50111 It Ghent [ explgjned, was to bx-lags.“-m, in 1862. had the eye of a scientist them. which he ’PTi)mi.sed to do. Ind the soul 3: nsopoet. gm of is

rhis must be done in early spring “‘°"" 5'11“

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before growth Prevention mm‘ 5"’ °’ “*9 390" Ind the L, b we ,3, _ h _ ,1 reader who is not acquainted with ' e t In cu" °w"%'”°":,, its contents has missed a literary

in my own case I lap the lpples and ornamental maples in. sections of old rubber boots in the Fall. Old "inner tubes" would probably answer just as well. Tlr pager injures the bark.

pare he rod and spoil the ehild. Not all the ladies are inclined to lllow the child to be spoiled. Here

treat. Here is a somewhat abridg. ed account of part relating to the llfe of thevqueen bee." “To become Bl was the mother before her. it is essential that she should meet the male withinthe first 20 days of get l116.bshOggf1l.;!.I3 event fair mafia “an. . 1'1 I Is a tid-bit from srsrliunentary 3°,“°‘, - hfixnléhflgtltywgecgmes irre- (British). said the M.P. th ' y “'9 599“

From Mrs. Mavis Constance ”' *1“ ' 5-‘ mt 3Wfl°- Virkln

' though she be Th

Tate, a flying woman. "For a new the 9'.’ .n:"°u“°n’1'°m'B “-5 great many chi drcn. a short sharp mm “'1; Y‘ 1'&'--0!‘ Pre- whip lng—" George Griffiths. I, p°”'w°‘o °::,“,‘;°' "h" 1' "WW" eocls ist M.P. for Bemsworth: to ‘“cm“‘“n3 » "id 1! common “God save You!" Mrs. Tate: “em““mb°” .b’l'°°1-m5°°‘° The

« » to lay’: but 5” °°.‘} ‘.',‘;’,?, ’{’,‘:a the em that she will ae-

"I h"° M‘ or srnldll thtlaiel‘-::“$illwlstslhl:‘" 331%: very ». ‘

. But :18 r;3\iievsb°:t short :.‘,",’5‘,°'n3;“‘_,f-‘ ,‘}}:‘°°x“°"°l'° Wig‘!-fig: Ilble type of puniehmgnt for .333 ‘,§.'§:p1§'y.;‘n§’;i'§’ :°"°" 3° 1'°1"¢1n¢ children." Now there is a pheh- "1 many me "nm:°°9r“n°- ma omenon that I have noticed before: 1,,‘ Y - W“ ° P"°"‘d‘

I have heard manymhof the older n_mu°';u’l‘1h°é‘; °';nthWb3‘3t°“°°- “W 3,, week‘ tn“ .5‘ .. 1:‘ grade of. some

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0 n a on ' Bi3nl§§ilrlmnur(llsh§dwl thpgogdghl ° “SW1 and the agreed that it did, them’ .',':’,‘°‘{,n‘}',‘“ NI", I};-nfaflgl, the colony

~ It is not.clear whit else is .l9tV0d by Dummosmem this cl‘se nor w y Maeterllnck things it ___~plecaut 03.“!-lad the rogeny J1 'W°1‘K¢l'8. that is.-uh e'velop- ed females. the adult workers co d have easily trarisformed a few filo ueens by feeding them upon

Wm“ but Mt feqil tly 1' some” no very r en ,, , sins of omission rather thanjg commission: such as skating on‘ E-lhe pit-pond and arriving at school‘ all an hour ate. There again there was non to blame but my-

se . mm The New Way and 3 Fable. «,0... Jan,» ma the WWW“ ‘ 2: tn~,eo:eny'.»ouxa ml -2-

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Aphids ‘always ' produce females during the‘ summer without the intervention of the male. and only duringhthe cold weather of autumn do 9 winged males appear 11110118 the partheno netic brood. TM 5PDeIfl.nce—of t e malesthen is truly a precaution, since they fertilize ‘the’ £585 to carry the racevover the c fiiarthenogeiietio rabb ts mentioned

recent “lib: Notes" wars, 1.. males»too,'but the experiment is too recent for its trends to be- come app -

arent. And Paiingenesis too. While I am among the sesqui.

{Juvenile delin uency grows. I ink it was od Aesop who tells this story. In the days when theft was puished by death. a young fellow was caught sheep-stealing. lie was sentenced. and on the platform of the gallows was asked i he had any last wishes to be carried out. He requested to be allowed to speak to rid when she bent down to hear is words he hit off her ear. The txecution. as was then the om. was a public one and the spec- tators were loud in their execara- tion of the brutal act. Then the youth spoke to the crowd: “If she ad punished me when I first de- served it. I should not have been Itmdins here today." A crude story in some respects but with a lesson which parents will do well to ponder.

An Electric Fence This kind of barrier is beginning‘ to find its way into the Island I notice, in an experimental kind of way: those who desire the latest information

the fore- era, of our research’ workers. but lieved (among otl-to

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VITAL ISSUES Al'l'l_O'.l‘XN'G THE USES AND ABUSE!‘ NATURAL RESOURCES BY ME. LUDLOW JENKINS."

It is well known to most of my audi . without doubt. that a Ivaliant effort requiring the help of | all of us. is being mace. by nature - lovers, to salvage at least a remnant ' of the wildlife that to us on 1 this continent‘ as a rich heritage. ,

The great god, Y. wi insatiable mew. together with the lesser gods. IrU'N'Ilm't- -- TR.APPER. who pay constant tribute. form a well-nigh impregna- ble front against the effort to con- eerveevenasmallpartoiit.

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I I Indifference n The lack oi sympathy with l animals and birds, well illustrated by the taxiderrnists’ ever snarling! specimens. and the savage old- - fashioned nature stories. have been i the means of helping man to rationalize his'own undying instinct ' tokill.I>feisa.sce.llouse.5thepoor' white girl oi the southern mount- ains. standing barefoot on the hearth. to whom her mother said: “Bill, that's a. live coal under ' foot!” The girl turned lazily toward her mother and drawled. “Which foot, Maw?"

The English, a nation of sports- men have a. story of their own. The hunter looks at the blue-gold sky and tersely says: "Its a beautiful day—le_t’s go out and kill some-

_ In the early days oi our own -country the hunter was content to fill the fa.m:lly.pot to tissues the family appetite. It was not until hunting as a necessity was left for I behind and huntin for sport took I its place that the olocaust began.

Greed ' sport exterminated the Heath Hon. the Iabrador Duck and the Passenger Pigeon. In thou lavish days, now gone, wild turkey shoots were camlvals oi killing. on one occasion more than 12.000 turkeys Dotted to the ground] to their heads alone protruding. to become living targets for clever guns. oday sportsman is still exigent. He will have his sport at any cost. Recently a plea was made on this program for the legal return of the pole-trap New York state, for the ostensible protection of game birds against predator hawks and owls.

Cruelty The pole-trap has been outlawed

of any organism held all its orig- inal attributes. and that the time would come when the alchemist would be able to reproduce the organism from its own ashes! ' Longfellow, the best-beloved of American poets, lived for some time in Europe, and became familiar with its old stories. sometimes using them theme of his poems. From his "Palingenesis" I quote a single verse:

There was an old belief that in the

embers of all things their primordial form exists, And cunning alchemist! Coulis‘ recreate the rose with all

members From its own ashes. but without the bloom.

Without the sweet perfume." This is one of "Lon ellow‘s later poems, written when e had form- ed the habit oi shifting (somewhat suddenly) from the objective to the subjective view of his theme: so that in the succeeding verses the ashes oi the rose are trails- muted to the ashes of the poet's last youth, which he vainly tries to re-animate.

A Balanced Budget

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It is with pleasure that I read that the Protestant Orphanage had a revenue, for the last year, oi $9,522.88. as against an expendi- ture oi s9.354.66. This means care- ful and efficent management by the Superintendent and Trustees, nor must the staff be forgotten. The Dr hannge has had a long and dificult stnlggle “to make both ends meet," especially in its earlier days. but better is in store! Am I correct in supposing this to be the first time in its history that it has presented a "balanced budget?" I have seen many reports from all kinds oi institutions. but can- not recall one that gave more pleasure, both as to matter and manner, than that drawn up by Miss Beers, upon whom falls the onerous inside work oi directing the sheltering. feeding and cloth- ing of the little one.s—not to men- tion their trainlng. education, and amusement.

There is one paragraph in the rt which draws

.: "We are still roper care to icient children. oblem g poo le." fir ahidrenduongf 5:; c . . rnldmaflgother. and have noticed that even one mentally deficient child in a. class. has a bad influ- ence and can undo much of the teachers care. children are very imitative and readily} take up the speech, and worse stl . the manner of thought of the moronic child: and the impressions of childhood are never at. Older children will u the iieficirentiij one. stead dt n o a crue. ., lv‘vhictl}'i“ pgodligssaoro Joad behaves to in "original sin." It would be bet- all if deficient! could be

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tor for do it with apart from other ehhdren. and how to be

done is the grave problem that dc-

t ands‘ lutlo .

‘fin. §3po.t.."or theflhairmon of was tees and his. great-hearted iellow-workers. reflect an optimism ’ on is warranted by the results * -W M ’:i'i'~%‘.‘:‘ .:.'.':.'.°" '*“

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in this state. in New Jergy and others on two grounds. Pi ,,.be- cause it defeats the purpose for which it is used by capturing those hawks and owls which only’ occasionally prey upon and which. for the most part. subsist on rodents and noxious insects. The farmer's friends. and second, because of its cruelty, A bird caught in the vise-like grip of the steel-jaws flutien from the perch at the traps’ sudden impact and hangs head down. its leg broken, held ollly by the tough. mutilated tendons. until it dies. Beneficial birds, like the Broad- winged. Sparrow. arsh and Red tailed Hawks. the Barn and Screech Owls. are the greatest sufferers lni Horned

pole-traps. while the Great Owl, the Cooper’: and Sham- shlnnecl Hawks. which may more

roperl be called predators, seldom ght my these perches.

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Silver’ Fox Farming

.:__rlr~ilé'Lv NOTES on TOPICS

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den .uses, are to

ins . . high-class breedkrg ii;-elny methods of care and feed-

"I started 1925 with two pairs.- aninlals kicked the bucket on the

were the farmer to listen to the siren voice of large profits from the rearing of game birds, and were he to give them the doubtful pro- tection of the pole-tra , he would soon find himself dep ved of his ; crops as he killed off his true alliu. I

Persecution

The nature waster who coddles his grea , destro wildlife which may now or ever. threaten his sport. has already waged such unending warfare on what he is pleased to call “VER- thet the true conservation- ist, whose interest lies in a balance of wildlife. now seeks on for these persecuted species.

And then there is a. very vital point to be remembered: Game. as such. is an arbitrary classification of certain species protected or rear- ed for the pleasurable ds’n'u.ction by a small minority.

Also. remember that wildlife has been decreed by the courts of the land to belong to all the people. Fur-bearers are not allocated in- alienably to the trapper and game to the gunner. Wildlife belongs to you and to me equally with the man‘ who kills it!

Game is no more interesting nor worthy of preservation than other species of wildlife enjoyed by the great majority. Yet we are con- fronted by a belligerent determina- tion in certain groups to sacrifice wildlife as a whole to the mainten- ance of GAME

Nowhere is this selfish deteimlinn- tion more clearly expressed than in

repens. is the species bommonly met with in this district: the leaf- divisions are broad and iretiuently mottled in lighter green, wh lo the stems form runners which root at the nodes. In France this butter- cup is known as "Pred do coq." The last but one of the genus is the Tall Buttercup, B. acrie. the "Grenouillette" of the

peasants. Horticulturlsts have ro- dnced a. double form of this pant known as '-‘Yellow Bachelor's But- tons." The leaves are.very acrid, and it is said that the gypsy beg- gars in some countries produced sores on their limbs. to excite com- passion, by rubbing with these

stems and leaves divided into very narow lobes. Lastly. Mawwain lists the Bulbous Buttercup, R. bulbosus. the base of the stem be- ing as large as a walnut, whence another popular_ name. "at. An-

The Meadow Rue. Thaliotfum polygamun delights in wet mead- ows and the banks of riyulets: the older botanists knew it as T. pub- escens. on account of its leaves belnl

Virgin's Bower, a pe rather woody vine, with paniculate- clustered white flowers, ows near Campbell's Mil‘.-3, New Glasgow, its only station so far reported. The Marsh Marigo d. Caitlin palustris, abundant but local here.- is wellknown in the Old country. where it is known as Mareblobs. water Arum, and Goals, accord- ing to the "Treasury of Botany." In Devonshire it is called Drunk-' ard, because (1.) as it lives by the waterside it is always drinking; and (2) the person gathering it is fated to get drunk soon! other

bright. of the economic value: Porcher

states that the flower-buds

(1869)

says this well-known as a pot-herb in comin into flower. 9 mossy woods and swamps

firing‘ when

trifolia. what attracts one tenticn are the will , sepals. simulating tals: the true petals are small c ub-shaped bodies clue- tered in the centre of the flower. The po ular name refers to_ the ion br ght yellow fibru of the too talk gave them a reputation vln, medicine.

with. generally in the hood of dwellings. ” is a "garden escape. a plant, it easily wi severest winters. It has of distinction: the I petals are hooked, an are blue. purple. ‘@133. 0|‘ 94!. whereas in the oenadian Columbine the flowers are scarlet. ‘M yellow inside. and the spurs are nearly

ht. , d :.hR.%'i?lg)°geIrf‘iwebefl! A new m ° the shed of rich

s on the the

!¥alita.l'. ta’ ari.pler‘i’:l.i:ition ‘berries are fwisonoua. ,

way home. ,possibly the box. That was a rather gloomy introduction to the industry but I looked around and bought’ another ‘.}‘..‘‘‘° W

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a few years then decided that I had to get_ao¢r"l5e1dnew strains as my

ranches convinced me that I had not got off on the right went to George E.

eet stock I could buy regardless

suits came very quickly, cleaned out the old concentrated on the new. book to good foxes and buyins m0f‘¢- MW’ a while I self take a whirl at the show suits prove that I had good

as the prize lists for 1935. 1936 and 1937 sh the statement of such a group when it

CV01) be required to tion by natural enemies simply

deadly triumviraoe.

now worn is not needed for pro- iection against the elements. Yet, Henry Fairfleld Osborn has said that the "Fur bring to a close Me.rnl'nals which

leaves. The species has- smooth W

trapper. Eighty par centof trappers are boys under eighteen years ‘of age who require no license to trap.

The tropuof oominerce is the steel trap. to ly indiscrim mating, cruelly painful, and efficient. It does not but holds its victim between strong

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Fur-bearers frequently "wring-off" and escape or they are eaten by other animals. . . .

who can doubt the when he reads in of America" by Agnes Laut. that "the trade sacrificed t skins in one e tints just right, and skins in mother experiment.“

Ttue. muskrats, and pmlifi names were Cowslip and Meadow- year. This is the only member made, the catch of mu_.,kn¢_, 1,, me Rnnunculaceae with any ‘richest fur state in the Union, |I.ouisiana. has fallen from nearly glefe lfive million in 1930 to . in half th