\ SEPTEMBER 1/2. I936 ;,_..__4_.-—-—- _- »_ rrrra =CHARLOTTETOWN _GUA'RlZl‘/_\_ scuttle. agave»: FOR FARMERS’ “We I-Iave Known SILVER ' TIP Foods For Many Years. We actually use them. Bread Meat for the pups as well as Cubes for the fur are highly recom- mended. v To obtain nice fur and good breeders feed SIL- VER TIPP-H. Thibault. Ask for information from ranchers who feed SILVER TIP. SILVER TIPI BlSfllilT 00.. LTD. I\‘IUNC'I‘ON, NEW BRUNSWICK Paul Hector Thibault, Child of ll. Thibault, Manager of La Renardierfl du Nerd "Deshiens and Talbot", Herbertville Sta- tion, Lake St. Jean, P. Q. Lessons On Bird Protection How The Children Can; Assist Birds make cxcePcnt fricndsl h1g1.’ wnh an openmg “use inches The)‘ file “QTY lllwlv-‘llllll- llllll l'll°-l' | across. is suitabie for Flickcrs and yospollil readiLv to kindness aud| Screech Oyvls. For Purple Man-ms Plllieclwn" Mmll’ “l” blllllll lllldl a more elaborate structure with beaullllll lll “illwlllllllcoi ‘llllels lle‘! several compartments should be llFlll lls Wllll l'll“ll' 50"?“ alld llelll‘ i erected. All boxes should be solidly l3‘ llll olll" slllllll bllds we ll5°llll lll l built of rough material, with water- dv-‘lfolllli! llllllllllll lll-“Tlsi °l “Tedi tight. roof. and fcw or no open W945» 01‘ b°lll~ Ally lYJY Ol‘ illll cracks. Boxes built of boards onc- wlll enjoy bird friends alld the ‘ halt mch m. one inch thick Me pre_ STOCK BREEDERS AND GARDENERS i i zvswsv NOTES l, ............ TIMES CHANGES Our "meat-man" Week’ and 11s he drove away the other day I said to myself: “Here two generations, while Village where I spent my early yeflrs there was but one butcher and tTyside. He delivered the mean w ll-‘l °ll a Frldfly. and that was the l0 buy the Sunday's roast The “meat-cart" was a two-wheel- ed vehicle (as were most, 0f the lisht- wagons of that day.) and 1t llalTlf-‘d a kind of arched cupboard with a falling door at; the back. To increase its area it had a single shelf half-wag ‘up, and was no dfleper than one‘s arm could reach. Evflfybody turned out to see what the meat-man had-cats included. Another but more irregular visi- tor was the salt man. He travelled over the greater part of the county, with a kind of flat cart, peddling “ll- Y°ll- who 80 to the store and Durchase a canister of refined salt, all ready for use. would have to acquire a new technique to deal with a bfock of salt: eighteen inches ‘lilll’! 811d eight inches square at the ends. This block was of salt crys- fflls very difficult to separate; and the custom was to scrape sllfflcleni; from the end. to satisfy the immed- iate need. with an old knife keptl for the purpose. When the dull sog- gy weather set in, the block had is one ‘custom that has survived for wiiter-palls. kept from her dress 4 so many by a "girth" or iron hoop, have gone into the discard." In the: some relieved the sprain he supplied ‘he Slllmlflldlns coun- l handles of the buckets. As our well :5" illalhlglengvns from home; serv-Qdo not think there was as much lllcllefs $11011 on the i exaggeration and misrepresentation r ays for those who pretexrerleélyas in paces I have heard of! The thi- question ivhcther yeast i}, n99. TIIELY NOTES ON TOPICS ifluhst to silver fox ranchers or utlc- ers interested. The information rel- ‘ZILIVD to animal feeding has. been ipr-eparcd by W. Crainpioii, As- '.‘.0CliIl-('-.I)TUIP.S5OI‘ of Annual Nutri- ‘K1011, Macdonald College, Qliln, d, ljfccgli-lnizcd authority on this sub- . was a great place for gossip, but; I. and on their y arm; by a rope running across their . shoulders and hooking on to the ylay midway between two villages. it As a great many cf our fox rau- chcr ITIFDCIS have asked ill-Tmselves villagers saved every drop of rain water that they could. for washing 610N195. etc.. but that too is an obsolete custom since the local Councils (after closing the wells) have in modern times conducted water from the public reservoirs to every inhabited house in the vil- lages. U‘ 0r not. perhaps it ivcuid l3!‘- ~ l° Si"! extracts from th Presenting the Rfglllncllis I“ . ‘ WHAT IS YE.‘\sT?—Y(‘§ls§ is a iovm of plant 11ft‘. In the iilaliufaiz. {"5 of bier. yeast is uscl to fl-lilllilf‘ "Will #11211?» to alcohol. i. e. y to cause fcrnloiv. ' on. The prrlfrsll. results iii NATURE NOTES It is a long time since we had so general an invasion of garden: I _ _ stuff by aphids or plant lice. as““°"°“ “l Wet» "Plus 1s seimwcd they are popularly called. They are {will m“ Mlle." pmlucls ‘ll ll" even infesting the shade trees.‘ giijlinihallll ‘mild m bemme Dlleil mostly on the tender tips of the‘ MR1» li‘i'i<l_ branches from which the)’ lbstract Y FEED "FlAsT?—'l'll°lll~’ll the sap. This weakens the branch which dies during the succeeding winter These troublesome insects have a most singular life-history. The egg. lying dormant over win- ter, hatches out in spring, and in every case a, female aphid is pro- duced. but. it is what is called an used in sufficient quantitv. yeast is mole often used ill relatively small amounts for its properties nine;- thflll 95"?!’ and protein. being a plant, is able to synthesize. Ol" llllllll 11h. certain substances which are nutritionally essential to the life and well-being of all ani- _ f.'l'i7\'.'ll.' and milltiplitxi-l lion of the yeast originally added, lliice. (‘fllllfxitlll il with the lIl1lll-' llIllClLITl‘ of beer ilicfe is n pi~o-‘ quite .i llil .d Shin-Ur of protein why.“ y Yeast, - many pleasant hours. birds will help the children pass‘ How can we attract our friends, the birds. to live about our homes: [0 that they will destroy as many‘ as possible of the insects that trou- ble us? ‘ Both boy; and girls can help. in‘ many ways in this work by Dro-.. acting our birds. ‘In the first placel you can befriend them during the: mowy winter months by putting: out hrs of suet. linysecd or crumbs. l A good idea is to build a small shelf . in a sheltered spot in your yard. or garden. Black-capped Chicks-l dees will probably.‘ be your mostl frequent, nlid desirable uuests. l Not. iininy native birds can be! attracted to live in summer in the; qloselv built-up sections of the cit-g tes. A few Nighthawks may layl their eggs on pebble-covered roofs,l and numbers of ehiiuiicyi swiits may l nest in illiilflCfi cllinlucys. but most other native birds will refuse toi live where there are no green leav-l es. but hordes of House Sparrows.‘ rows and rows of brick and stone, buildings, and the continual distur-' ferable to flimsy constructions of shingles. They should be placed where rain \\'llI. not drive into the entrance-hole. Old varnish tins, kerosene cans, apple cans, 0l.' fun- nels may be also placed as homes for birds, and will often be accept». ed. They should not be placed where they will receive the direct rays of the sun in the warm part of the day, and tllcy should have no sharp edges on which birds may injure themselves, More elaborate and artistic boxes may be' con- structed cr purchased i! desired. Robins, bluebirds, orioles, fly- catchers and other birds may often be encouraged and assisted in nest w be removed to warmer quarters '11s it got mushy and difficult to scrape; besides which it would lose its savor. The village stores. or which there Were lhYf-‘(H all dealt in an astonish- ing variety of commodities. very few indeed of which were packet- ed as they now are. Take tea, for instance. The merchant carried sev- cral grades. in canisters resembling oui- cream cans, standing on shelves ill» head height. When asked for a pound of tea, he lugged down the canister, and with a scoop, put the required quantity into a paper bag on the scales. some of the poorer “lmpei-fect" female. Such females produce, "parthenogenetlcally" and “viviparously? other imperfect fe- males all summer long. Not, until the cool weather of late autumn do both sexes appear—usually winged- and after fertilization the perfect females lay eggs to begin the cycle anew. Parthenogenesis-that is. repro- duction without the intervention of the maie~ls relatively common amongst insects. and l5 a normal state-of things amongst the aphids in summer. As a rule irrects are pro- duced from eggs. but‘ certain flies, as Well as the aphids. deviate from the normal type by expelling the peolfe bought a few penceworth at a time and this was delivered to them in a cone-shaped "paper," building by a ready supply of build- ing material, Try putting out such materials as mud. string, cotton, bits of cloth. bits of paper, feathers. and straw. on lawn or bushes, for the birds and watch closely to see which kind of bird prefers one mat- crial and which another for hcuse- buildmg‘ l mflslbd berries; and every well-tc-do It is of no use to Mtrect blrds g family had a. little “coffee mill." a about our schools or our homes ii’ kind of grinder with a lime draw. was rather less than half the Brit- ish price, but it has equalized the pound-but: in the form of young from tho parents body alive —Liat is to say, viviparously. The ant-traps have yielded two dwhen I came here in i910 I was l distinct species oi’ wasps this week. surprised to find tea so cheap: it The smaller wasp was a melanic specimen of the “common 'wasp" Vespa communis of Saussure; and since then.) Coffee also was sold by . for the benefit of my younger read- iyers I will quote from an excellent i paper by the late F. W. L. Sladen. "Eyes touching or nearly touching mandibles; scope entirely black in inals——Vitamiils. sifflnggly enough animals are uualfe to manufac- ture these substances vital to thcm "1111 must depend on plants for , them. i WHAT ARE VITAMINSil-Jt llfls been known for s-evcral VPBYS that animals restricted m ‘dirk; 6011310595 entirely of pilrified food substances such as sugars. starchcs. fel-s- Proteins and salt. mu m thrive. Many conditions oi din ease and uutllriftincss develop soon after animals are confined in such rations. These are relieved only by the inclusion in the diets of cor- tain silbstances found in natural foods, which we now call Vllflffllllfi. lThe quantity of these _~n<-(-,¢_<5n,-y lfoorl substances" required to pre- ivent the onset of these diseases. or to cure tli-cnl once present. are al- most unbelievably small. being mea- sured in fractions of n gmm_ Hen”, it is evident that they add nothins to the energy value of th food. we Wally don't know much about these substances other than bv the non- ‘(IIIIOIIS which inevitably follow their absence from the dict. ‘y, How Ylley accomplish their eascntlfil dut- - ' bed of huh.“ OI a Guy they are in be killed ‘or rob liiaiiy birds may be attracted. ‘mew eggs more‘ ‘lug?’ l5 ‘Isms; ‘t’: however, to the vicinity of parksglllllke “place “lilac l9 to .0 r ‘and then not protect the bird vis- gnrdelis, tree-lined srects. suburbs. . _ _ villages and farms. Try to attract. if "fill: nflllidgnecrimggdlgglgénlacixllist it? possible. the birds about your school I ‘Eno-tst the useful native birds if lud your home. Trees. shrubbery.} grasslands, and small water areas; will provide vegetable food fior birds and will also attract the insects on: which many birds prefer to feed. Adiliiional food, such as gram and‘, weed seed. may be scattered inl sheltered places in early spring,‘ purl may cause some birds to re- miiiu in the vicinity for the suin- DWI‘. A good supply of water will help greatly in attracting tllc birds. Ifl shallow running water ' ' we are to have birds for our friends. kill birds, and they must be kept away from any sanctuary we wish to create, if it is to be indeed i1 sanctuary. A cat-proof fence is flllll" er costly and difficult to maintain. It is best to dispose humanely of vaflftbOlid cats, and to keep pet cats from roaming at large, particularly during the nesting season. Crows, jays and red squirrels destroy many lyoung birds andbe DUES‘ eggs? lull y. . _ ._ no such they must not a ow 0 - 3:11‘: i:1r:.:"..‘ilfl come 11 gym be provided, and any boy or Blfl hale "lfmy 0f m“ slgaghuse félymgesci can make one and enjoy the fun C°°P°l$~ HRWk“ ‘m d ltuglzrds and 0f watching the birds bathe X1111‘! Hawks “awn the an“ ed m ' nest drink, It may be made of a sllnl- l-lley Calm?‘ b" it‘ ow 101-1‘ pail or dish. a5 large us is con- l 11081‘ fllW blld 5311c “at? . “ch vciiiciit. The water in it should bel By the general f1<l0l1 10:11 0; Lie h about two inches dccp on one sidel "Walls Till‘ ‘llllwlmg anhofié‘) 51d and not more than hull an inch 111s birds illxllll °lll' 50h d . bye deep on the other. This can bc M- llomes’ a‘ He“ and 1:605 efilraour TP-Illlvfl by blocking up ouo side oil lllclicase l“ we m? “d one. rs the panfor by placing a lavcr oflwY111Y1011 bird {zrienbg {inn is a?“ Dvbblcs in the bottom. sloliiiliz Uflycall be bmugh . a ulyfl ‘y d“; toward one side, if running water. "M955 ‘me cf,“ iwe $10 s? {W “llliili i.vixen“%.."i.:;*°.:la‘.;‘ isle-owls- will be constantly chansliig, i5‘ not“ ti; yigreasc the Work "0111 the water should be chaullc n ‘ v ‘ ‘ t- li-iist once a day. Tile blilh sllolllcif wzfghiltihifgsflglotétqif lzfiltyolflrgfl-l be on an opcii lawn. or on top o 1 _ '~ n. post five or six feet high.‘ where lfilllll wlllelllllll: Qlellglvmeacgeega: cats and ‘other enemies 0f birds l lgrfllghgilygrgt sbhni- appeal‘ cannot surprise the bothers. . . - Trees and tangles of shrubbcryfillc" “lldpmle 310m lsggvgo 35;‘; Sllilhlv places for the nests of many how regu arly t $10k ‘or mom on "ml-s Shelves nailed up 11nd" °-“" l ‘mi mo“ kiegm nil should set B lot .5‘ poi-mu‘ m‘ sheds ‘my be ‘wed cvrialn da 05b “sceln them return. by Robin and Phoebcs iis founda~°l llknsilre y ll gr arents and tions for their home. Brackets fast-l. W111 Sllmlld l“ 5&9 £20 Birds cued to barn rafters will cftenl lllfllds about’ meT lllgrthcmy about lllense the barn swallows. and long. Ctlllllflllm“ Act" (‘bout the illegal lllllhs nai‘cd under wide barn eavcsl lllP “Md scllsinls‘ “of Shooung Ab will assist the Cliff Swallows tol mclllml“ “ml ‘m; me namés o; piece their mud nests securely. Asl 5° ll?’ l0 remem r . . ~11 'hich are specially pre- slums aPDroochcs put out nesiiiuz. thofe b11 s ‘l they are gem“! .0 cr for the ground coffee to fall in- ‘to. Soap fcr laundry use in. the lfcrm of bars. a foot or more long 01nd three inches square at the lends; a popular kind was “mottled ysoap." which had intense blue . marblings running through it. ‘Tilt-rd were also one or two milder Cuts. even tho best of C1115. lllie W l varieties of “cake soap" for use on, l the hands and face. but these were dear, and not generally used by the vlfagers. A chunk from the bar did just as well. Potatoes were the only vegetables sold by our village grocers. for al- most everybody had a garden which kept him (or her) well supplied with other truck. At Christmas, ap- ples, oranges. and nut; ‘made their appearance, and lent a gay look to the shop windows, such as never appeared at any other time. This was the only attempt. at window dressing, and its rarity made it doubly attractive to us youngsters. On the counter inside one was sure to find two inclispcnsible artic- a gallon at least, was "hair oil," a bland oil o.’ some kind. mixed with a perfume that "smelled to high heaven." The use of hair oil, I think was confined to the mac part of the population; at any rate I never cies went in for it. oil in: on arriving at home about table-spoonful of the hair-oil was run into the palm of the hand and applied to the hair which was thus "plastered down" to the scalp. The other artlcfo sure to be on smaller thllllill 25 lb. bag 0| flour. .T]le yeast had been compressed in- to i-he bog and was almost ,putt_v; and you bought a perinorth or two-penilorth. as the case might ‘ commonly applied be. Tile grocer dug out a chunk a knife. lapped it in paper “there you are!“ No round tins of "shoe-polish" those days: you call- ed it, “blocking” and bought it. as a bar, lapped in waxed palm‘. Al- ways an old saucer W115 kept as re- ceptacle for the blackillZ. les. In a large glass bottle. holding; at Lyle Brook Road. The nearestl l l l ncufer iworkeri and fema'e;“ first abdominal segment (next. body)‘ ' - . - with a yellow posterior margin. srtiiiinlingygflrlmlpp‘ ndjmtmcnt is notched centrally with a minute! i Ql____ black Tlollcll- Th" 0th" YCllQWi. ‘The chemical nature of some of stripes are narrow with black em- them has been discovered’. ho\v_ bliyed. The body is more extensive wcr. so that we now are able ii iy black in this melanic variety. The lzive one or two of them specific other species was Vespa diabolicn names. More commonlv. though, Sauss, in which the eyes do not‘ the vitamins are still ‘known hv reach down to the mandibles. and . ll‘l(‘ll‘ letter designations, or bv thc the markings are ycl‘ow. In thief-specific function Wlih which‘ ilicv case the yellow band on the first "we concerned in the body. Tod. segment is interrupted or broken -\" vlrdmlus are recognized as inl- ics in keeping tlic lcdv machinery in the middle. and the antciinzicllmf-‘f are shell-pink (testaccous )beneath.i Wmmlfl A or anti-infective vita- The wasps (of which we have eight l. mlll~ known spgcjgg) 01m- a confide)“; VitamiilB or antineilritle vita- abie field for research to t-hoseimlll- brave enough to tackle them! 1 Vitamin C oi- antlscorbuilc vita- I am glad ‘to sec a revived inter- rum. est m our birdJn-el A tfldy 1.85m“ Vitamin D or aniirachitic lug at Sumlnerside. writes: "One ymlllj . _ _ v day recently we saw a wonderful; yltllml“ C‘ or anhllflllagr“ “u” .'ht.btI tiilu rtl f ' . tige ideliiltity girl zllarggcengultlrati-lmxfitnmln F’ or miismrmtl’ Wm‘ colored bird standing tall in the; forget-me-nois encircling a stream‘ still other viiamins but they need l not concern us licrc. Also ii. should ' be noted that. while the vitamins‘ are fivquculy designated according approach to identification, it sceni- ed to me. was the Clapper Rail: but I can‘: be positive if that bird comes hcreJIt was rattler uncon- heard that the female of the spe- ‘small crossing very near. He tiirn- One had food his back on Us but as he turn- take o. bottle to the shop to get the ‘ed and finally darted into the sha- a1 dows I saw white over his eye and counter. was a bag of yeast. a little . that." l l to some .necii"u' rofc wll ll the": cerned though we stopped on a before entitling the noise it twists and jerks us neck in a ludicrous siniilitudu of retelling! a. bit 0n his breast. The beak wasi Tlle birds are astii- at daybreak‘ keep some of the insects for iden- tificatioii. The Pale Coijvtirilis, whose seed was kindly sent inc last year. by Mr. Lud'ow tlPlllilllg of Marslilicld. is one of our native plants. and is College, the ilaine "Marsh Hen" is also applied to the American Coot (The Bulletin gives the Coot as a visitor at that iime—l9l6-but a recent survey has not brought to bores about your homo and schooll tflclfil ll“"“l5° Grounds. These you can make your- - 597K A rough box about eight inches 111ml. six inches wide. and Six inches‘ lllllh. with an opening about 0110 and one-lull.‘ inches in diameter in- onc end» wi‘l please the Tree Swal-l low. Bluebird. Chickadee or Nut-i hatch, It should be pieced on Lllfii side of a building or on o. pole ten: to twenty feet high, so that catsl cannot get at it. sometimes cats will i climb a bare pole. but if it is sheath- Pd for about three feet, at a height nf three to six feet from the ground. With tin (ivhicli may be cut from hid tin cans» cats cannot c'lmb it. House sparrow must not be allow- eti to lake l sion of the boxes, they wi‘l f ivc away the other than they. If they are troublcso um, birds, more useful and beautiful it is best to get rid of them by iudlcictis shooting. or by 0111611118 thrm in boxes at dusk. A box five inches long. our inches wide. and three or four inches high, with an Opening as large as a twenty-five cent piece. will. do very well for the YHOUse Wren. A box eleven or twelve You will have noticed that every- thing possible was sofd in bars. This. I think, came o.‘ t-he ease‘ and economy in packing that form‘. of goods for transport: it is easyl to pack bars very closely. This, and l the absence of a can or wraPWY-l, made it possible for our Rrflfldlmf- ents to purchase many household‘, necessities at prices that would be: startling today. Modern business, practice has evolved the fancy: container containing half the; quantity at three times the price.; And the recipes for many of the‘ patented articles may be found in ancient "household management" books of grandmothers day. where they lay donnant till some Mill"! busines firm took hold of them- Whcn I was a lad. the water- supply for most households had to be brought from the village well. Our well lay about. half a mile away; ii. was a spring which came ‘to the surface and flowed away as la small brook. some authority (per- ihaps the ehurrlnvardens) in former ' times had bull. a stone dome, about four feet high. over the basin into - , lainiilg these matters scarce. “.110 may be lggor- l. i, you may save t em [fii-iitnffgbiiitiingminio trouble with the “m9 wardens. who have been 8H1- "‘ .‘ » i i. the birds. “kllgi-li? iiitiiiillici‘; mav Oblfllll l- - ' ‘ I 4| l» a “llllafii- Houses and Their 00°19 15km“ y," J B. lizirkiu. COW" i bf Canadian Nflllfllllll Plllks‘ Dc" llfirtlncnt of the Interior. Otawa, upon wqilesi. to your 0xMciv.i: llllGl. I-‘ALL-FURRING narrow is. available thnl W11" “ilmgl” m" v " A SPECIAL RATIOS roll 11!; BELOPING ooou P1110"- eal/rs. MADE “i111 “ll wrruoor near MEM- inches square and fifteen inches light any later records of it) The clapper Rail has not been recorded by any of our naturalists as hav- lng been taken or seen here: it is said tio frequent the salt-marshes o‘ the Atlantic coast as far north as Massachwrtts. Add to this that the bird is only about half the size ilcngth) of the bittern; and I think we may rule it out. The bittem has white on the throat and neck, bord- cred by a “lone. broad, black stripe on either side." but there is a. yel- low (not wliitel stripe Over 11s ere- I have several times come across blttcrns who indulged in a sort of camouflage when I approached them unawares. Th, bird would stretch its liCCk and beat smnshl Howard and remain immovable: and among thg tresh. scdges and rushes which are found on the edBB 0f l/lle mllfsll. it looked-with its ilcutral colora- tion-exactly like the point of some water-wom tree root. Its shyness makes it love solitude, and so to our forefathers this interesting bird . ‘became a Fimblll °l ls it curious sight to see the bit- ltern making its “atnlre-drlvcr" call; desolation. It one of the few wovllrv of a piacc in filo garden, I have it in bioom now. but unwitiiiialy- I illauicd the seed in a rather dry place. and so f the plants are 51111111. A Yltllol’ 1°C- l ognized it and says this pliiut grows gto a diameter of tun feet nvliis ‘swamp. It must be it filic sight .with its pink flowers tipped with l yolloiv. llowevcr I shall have suffi- lclent seed to try again next. year, and perhaps a little to shill‘! l Thci-c is p class of plauls K611- wmlly (nlllld 1n tropical or sub- ‘tropical retlifllis, ca‘lcd succulents l because uiiici- forms tlic sleet bulk 10f their substance The aloycs of ‘various .\;‘f‘\'lf\§. and tlic cacii. are l, among uu- succulents used as house p1fl]ll5_ niiil there appears to be some i-oiiiusliwu as to which is which. For instant-c, the partridge-breast aloe (Aloe vlricgoial is sometimes [natural fllllllilv is ivith the Lilia- cene and iau. vii‘. (‘actocclicx 'l‘llcre were some i'ciii:iikalily' flue plants 0t’ this aloe a‘ the Provincial Ex- hibition this war we shall sec pi-c BREWERS‘ AST .48 A l SOURCE OF VI'I'.-‘i.\‘lINS.-\V ‘lie all vitamins thi i.ir ri:.-. cred are manufavl‘ _ plan's“. not all plants are equally rich sources of all vitamins. Dried Yeast, for example. prrbatilv does ,-_. n u‘ .- tiiicz. of Vitamins A. C, l) ni- the other hand. Yeast is ono t On the and G, WhiCll gives it its cine ivsiue as a food. Brewers’ Yeast not contain any appreciable qiian-‘ especially rich sources oi V...imi s‘ RANGl-IERS i NOTICE In addition tn Silltlihlllril) \\'ll|-‘..\'l‘ you ran now sccuri‘, from m! 1 stock at l Carter’s Warehouse . (irurrox srulzrxr Ross-Miller Products .\t the following \‘.\('('pll0fl1lil_\' low prices: CONNECTED WITH I I Silver Fox Farmmg j . __ which the water ran: the structure » . . , _- _ _ ' “.36 open on one 5km Every Help Nlilltillil iii-curries LlllllLULl of play in nutrition the funelfnil comes once flying the mflid-seryanhs went to the 113mg, lprcllnrectl it bizokleil. gill: wyiich iii“. l.» .u~.ii:._.. ,1 ;|-'i~‘ we“ for udrmkmg-walern m d _ _ _ l we s yeast in milma _v no means . A ' .ii-.d l‘ ‘Ill i- lestlc u5e_ Each Servant can?“ (lgollifdlng, which will be sent on re- ed as this llflllllll‘ ild nnp, . n, y fygftgrlmllyg 1g‘: aygcrglemlgotflgic W . wll0i.i-:\v_ill:.vr‘ hi BBLU. p01‘ a“ i. - - _ _ _ __ $41.5 .€;$::.‘:::;“:..$:":l:;l “.:..;.*:r...%¢ l >"1-~l>~~'"> will" l“ We ic i‘ — — -~ — — ~=~=<~ Al'i‘i-l‘§".§.§i°..§’i" i°$l°...'§“3£”§l§.i’.. ‘ill’? i lr-‘l llllll‘ ll1-*'<‘1'1'1‘$, P" ~~~ i. - -— - - - - - .550 ‘;;‘;${31,,.2‘°{1if§,“fimffig. _.{§'3,1?,2“{‘,‘ l R-u critics. per on. ------- _ - _ - _ $5.50 ‘Kilnifn(il'fiiiiifliilllfgix:riliglfiyuamln B i ‘i ‘TA (‘Hlilullll-‘t llvl“ cwl~ ”‘ -" "“ "‘ _-' "-' '- — "- S7173 FUNCTIONS OF VITANIIN B IN NUTRITION.—In common parlance Vitamin B is often called the anti- rietiritic vitamin. but its functions are more \‘fll'l(‘fl and for reiicllinl! llian the pi-vvclliiiii: of certain ner- ‘vuus Fpis-ns sllonvil by plzeoiis l\\'ll1"Ii (In"])l‘l\'f‘fl of tlrs substance. ivlllllillll 3 isnm-iimcs also desig- | ilaicd Bl» is now known to be of special . iuncliriiiiii: iem. impni'1:ill:-i~ ill lllf‘ prppcr of the digestive sys- Abseiiec from. or inadequate ' thus vitamin in the dict . lll a surprisingly ‘short time by a fafiirc of the ap- .p=.\tite. This symptom is but a re- fleczlon of trouble more deep seat- ed, l l Experiments show that when this vitamin is not adequately: siuppiicd there is a decrease in the secre- tion of (‘IllZPSliVF fluids. Also there is a loss of muscle tone of the inl icstinal w ls rind a tendency to- ‘WfilTi irrceiilar I70\\"."I action and. lPflllsllflflllnll. Carbohydrate meta- ;ho .1 appcrzrs 'o be interfered with frequently a nerve degenera- l on ltion occurs which. in the human, Jesuits lu I7“!‘l‘l—‘.)7!'l‘l iin birds. lpfilVlltfllfllixl. and w|ich in certain ilhfllnlfll-‘i as the doc and cat is lslloivil b1‘ rt ptiitlzil paralysis of the . i f hind lees case of young anlmais. subiioi-mal or absent. fol- loivcd by rapid decline, unless the ldFllUlPIlPY of thi. vitamin is made mood. Luck of Vitamin B is 111:1) lreporicd in ('f\lll‘.'llllllf‘ to early in- festation with worms i In the l growth is The nursing fcni. other than the coir. must be lib-rally supplied] with this vitumill, not. only fer its direct. relation in her needs but al- so to enrich her uiilk in this sub- ;~'..£‘illl"(‘ for ill‘ qrnwih of the young while they are dependent. on her for fmd, The case of the cow is, ;peculiar in that hcr E requirement 1 lis lil(l<‘p."l'iflf‘lll' of her vitamin ln-i l lake. a fact which is explained bvi ;the fiiflllllllfin of Vitamin B in the ‘ ‘llllllPll. or piiuneli, flllflllt! bacier- "iai fermentation which is active at ltllis point. Animals which do not lcliew cuds iiiiVf‘ not not this source‘: lof Vitamin B FUNCTIONS OF VITAMIN G 10R B21 TN NUTRITION-J! was not until comparatively recently. iihnt it -. h: discovered that the or- llziilzii Writer Soluble B vitamin was‘ viia- ‘in rcality a complex of m. least. two i shoufzl no‘ c z distinct vitamins now called Bl and I B2. Vitamin B2 is also dcslgliatcrli iA‘\§ Vitamin G and is commnilly’! lcallcri the riiiirpciloara \‘l'i2\l‘fl‘.l’l,l ltheurrh. as wzlh Bl. its functloiislznaki- illl —-——- land the results of its absence lni 'l"herc is evidence that there are ;ihc (ll(‘lfll‘_\' Ill" numerous and coin- parfn Pslwi‘ picx. Pelliltgra means "roiluli skill" Iflllfi this dcfiilztlou gives a clue to incl: lllr- nature of cue of tlic cltl-‘ll ‘iVlll of a rirfiviency of ‘illl.\ " Tlic svinpicms of ‘riefic 1c). llll'i\‘4‘\'(‘l'. are not .i‘.\\.i ~ the same for :ill ailiinals, Ill ti for Pliiillllllf‘. ill" (iiszlase known ,~.s BF. FED?» The amounts of _\'e.|sf in be fed daily will depend on ill-vi class of s'n."k in qiic lion. It iiinvl ‘be mcnii d rit this point that i\-. ‘fiffllliPlli. indicate no harmful il-i fccls of ovcrfeedln: wast. as m" l11Pl‘l1il‘> cucoiiuicird with rviifr" lamin c "rs. in fact. yr: :\ . very u» f" ourcc of prntrin for i farm siorl: ‘ll wliioh ease ii fell up in l '1 l‘.‘~‘lli i‘l' more of ‘lP r fiizlv allowances ll vii k and cats. “Ecr- lfill .l , for fovcs. d11- ill its vitamin true is the reason for {is fly-flying »~~. the diets, are ludi- lcaicd Ill ‘iv fecdmx! schedules 1 foilnd lnflcr in ‘in. lanokiet. in wince‘ crliilc< cannot con- ed. Yeast may he ywh-cre these yVCllifllillv b" - fed by in \l info the requliil‘ dlpis n‘. tlic M pa nr l"ii-l.".s per im- l ima‘: (v fiwr- ‘ wispooufui per dnv l T,‘ rim, .1 w» 4 icuspwoiifuls pcr my nrwii-rl~ii~ w sire of dui: ‘ mink »l-_‘ icaspnoiiful w" av. T» cuts 1. llylslilfillllll per riuy. ‘ FOX PEPI YING Tile fecdint: of exhibited 11s n cactus. whereas its MK.“ m ,.\‘.!,._\..;.. has y,r,,.ony,..sm__ y "c siul l;il"'il" " a result of the (le- Wlopmcui u: will‘ lrnowlctlce of the stycrill‘, fir" i- nuircmenis of this , Pins 6r slot’. when successful fox ,rations are examined, one finds u.- Bcclluse (if the increase in the ro~i of r.i\\ lil-ilvflflii. these prices nzlly be iffiitivc for it slmrt lime only. It is lliI'ii-tiiri~ advisable to place orders Il'lIIlll‘lii.lil'I_\. I J. ROBERT MUTCH I)I.<'I‘IEIIEI."I‘OIK. (‘HARLQTIETIOWN, R. B. 5. Ii-iil lli-il-l IZ-Zi "inst \'.ll‘1<*l_\' of (‘Ollliblllllllullo \\.': IlUUl‘ and spray the lespecl, to flu‘ vltgilllllts llilr‘ ill "ll O\'*l' it n5 evenly‘ 35 erals zilclurii- It may trii" b‘ » . 1f M4205- that- given neccssa sorv" nr 5' .rillcntar_v" p. --——~—---———— the dict. "i. choice of the iii PR.~\C'TICE.—A<i\ll€ foods in viiijv cnil>uie:"iil)l\' '11 l" 5i ‘lily- no ill cliff-L's to ill” ftlllllllli. 1n: vixens and The. fov-frwlzilg mlierlui» lit-re- - . Illr-‘4‘i'.1l‘(‘, not the .. ma. be ilsed It - iiiil ' ‘ ruin may be ii-Jr‘: c-orniug and. ' ‘meal at .1 ;:i~;i .\ hie to give the feed r- us .1 would take .'\' the iiiiul parts, 13,1,“ some“? llii llt- l'il.i»'.\'e(l 1- h ch‘, amour“ ,‘\_ other liuud. coil- y my. 100 foxes ‘slderablc may lr“ lake“ with the l \"“l\“~'-\l1- 25 l lrs, and h \_\1‘1'1.\ _> iiovvr-vrr". i -. r. .1 . ‘I m1- aiilst l‘lli‘.(tll deft‘ W“ 11111“- tonous a rlici, ollu iliali for tile suppltiueiits. is iiiid SELECTION’. OF‘ FPIHDF FUR “HE FOX RATIUN --\\"li:.i llll‘ sclicrliilc slioivui aw < l‘l7ll.~l('ii‘l'l\l~l:" on l‘l (ileum i‘ in.i_v . ilvpr Hill cerium l l('.l should £lll.li(‘ 1n lli‘ 1 why-l; Qilfll iipliiill is oi- p;\'l‘l‘. for file year . iiiiitious re “ll er would ‘llll ‘Slléllllyllltr _ .5 who are llllw- “ll. ‘m’ l‘. -. l filo .4 _ u lo ivrite ll~l l°_“‘l “Lllf l‘ '~i- HIP.‘ of tho >0 cl. - nu. is a \‘.'l.l h ______>_ y in!’ n“ KNEW Touorvrn. sciv. lfi- Jlifk Mc- I’;'l;'_‘r( l“ T .i of Qiithcc Ci‘ '. ill, student ‘_ 4.11:1‘ ‘My, ' New Brunswick. .s cliiinlglioilshilw i0- ovel‘ lfl per- _ ' _ M“. n; ,1... y .1’, x114“: WW3,“ o; i mile l'i‘.l"‘ for 22x cubic inch power- Hw ,=.,-v i l1 the (‘ lion National . in _!‘l’;i"l'.!l. mil liielll Fluullfl ti‘) licrvell‘. I11 O5 pi vi-eill. of . - lll“.ll lid. in huf by .' ' the iiril .. n irlrlv udv. lil llllltK‘ lll\‘.ll oilc.» or ‘iii I<‘i.\ll whvii used, sliciilli. w fi~li i- ll p111 r. w io avlilili v.1 zidlirnr-ll ~ . . . . -' ‘, i- l g". ‘s l:'u l\' sr~:iii“i~l' ‘long and U“. neck not M an short‘ l w“ nuw faint 7) and the“ m“, l i: (till: flit‘ cfilltifllfflnfxfl, (‘ll“l l first". - . yand the mm seemed as large as a , few ill0l'lllll_‘.l.\ i\\'liCil i ivns dccld- ‘_ M" “.0 _) ‘ _ ‘ _ blttk-rn, what is a Marsh Hen? lllb’ m5“ ‘W!’ I “m” m? _stpild_yiflllil'llfil.s' an “cczuiia-likc" rush will izcc. me i some on“ Suggested ll’ might be mm’ m hm" flocks Snulhlmm lmhtibc found Iilllflwllllf \\lli('lt ilic sk ill - ‘ . _ . l my c-asicrii \vii.do\v. 'l"lie_ trcc swiil- i mmmvs ‘dnn N and dark m ‘ N m Pr‘ i‘ h y _ >2 . ‘_ _ y (A I-i‘t\ll._\ _.»_\.\|> .\i.li FUR- y In mph-A I firm‘ mink this was nllows zlisalipearcd early dist inoiithlvomu l)ig(v-‘gti\'(\ . ._‘|“l4bi‘l1c'l'.\ iviy ngi .1 . l-l \l.l\t- \.\I.\i\l.s lbitterli. The popular name “Marsh lllld “hm I [Mk the bn-dy-hqilscill.f‘L'i‘|'I\l)l\I'i\' the ivhcr syiiip c l ‘il.~i‘fi. ‘l l’l lll f- l~ll~ "\~1-i-'1v;-11 111-3“. lire like i Hen" ms Wm as other mks re- (flow-n 1 saw the iweiisoil On i,-.c;iilili; ‘hmmh fllrgf‘ nrc iio‘ nlrvlif‘ iiirliinii- i i»1.~n.>n, . aiylayiv‘ ya.‘ ,.i..i pH~\|-IH~ HHYIIIHIIHIB u. lPfTlnZ l" llll‘ llolse l‘ makes‘ l5 m.“ the ma“ 0i flvilthm“ “ml Mb" ive of n shortaec o.‘ vitamins. in iiurly- fllRi-llil M, , \ H" u m, “l, fr", lo the bittern; blsh‘ n’ grill“ “unlbcr “l l-“ls l?) some way Vitamin G appears to be cooked miv hi» ‘ i,“ \| ()||_ ‘ ‘ ' S with and ln the Bulletin on "The Birds °illll° m llqllli "ml by‘; nlovnm m nc-c-"ss r71 for the ETIllIIIPIIfiIlFf- of y Pflnli.ll'_*‘"lr"*l' 110E .,n.,,_... . "Hm. spin", W‘. mm“, and of P. E. Island." published some 931W” ‘luarwrs m" ‘wan-As him goi- :1 hmi hr skin and liur coal. of Coil ii-ir- n; n: ~ w ii... ... IIIIIL-Jlsl. wears ago by the Prince of Wok-s "<1 °l lllPlll- l ‘"8 slllll’ l ‘lld l‘°‘ now xlucil x-ttixsr suovim cvilfilhlf .. u - u . <.-....i..... Illslrllllllllrn: Nopglcw n,‘ t (‘xuunkq lmw ‘v0 PRFTIXUII". THE FOX ‘(HIPERATIVE R.~\'I‘IO.\I (‘vliltii ".l lulllzi: fec<l~ ti.‘ \\ll()l. UIHHVERS cereals ' LIMITED ilry lll‘ r1 i ,i'.l<i\‘-'. “him! ill 1. - ‘.' ' ‘ iii‘ with in \- ' ll\“.\'- i‘ vi" lt Tillie! Yligli Quality i; u» h" m ' . ‘{T:“(L,‘;Ill‘ m .1‘ .~“.‘\l‘i cl_v 1H4’. _ INF y _, 15w,‘ ,_ Y.‘ m, _ TO BRING TOP IVIARKF/I ...§J..‘..l"§‘...‘3 Y“ ‘!.~;~.".;..’t.ii‘.il-. y Pincus room: i".-c~ the iirv (‘Fl lls in xlhl'f‘f“fl \ [XE], RANCHERS KNQ“ fi -- iiiixr»; tliiui wr gilt ‘ll lva (L. THAT THEY (‘AN GET l...“ .11 33H 'l-IZ-il~..‘.l:“‘.l<.i?l§'m’;\ Tins ovum“ in’ :\\o lirv. “lliiciincool. ndglotile FEEDING may“: nu o icr inure l n s. liq-ell as .i still mash. The poles-l y sum iwdule solution needed is made i of dissolving one-fifth oz. of poias- ‘ isium lfiflifif‘ in an imperial gallon inf water. The “nritimes Most Pollllll" lllllll" The Si. JOIIII Milling ‘inclined salt may be prepared re- foiloivs: Dry R0 pounds of flue salt Company Ltd. ‘. in an oven. Dissolve half nu ounce y Saint John. 32B. of potassium iodide in hall a c1171‘ ‘ of water. Spread the salt in n. t-lllll i t