_ while Aupusr 24. 191i g¢_-—_._- rHE uuAki.u'i"i‘i.~;'ijt)wN MARSHFIELD. I CONSERVATION 1 a WEEKLY COLUMN or raucous-r. OPINIONS or rue vzrsr. ISSUES AFFECTING was uses am: ABUSES or NATURAL mssoimcas a! 1m LUDLOW saunas i\f.-'.S'l LIMA‘ INACTIVIZTY A bccalmcd sailing vessel flying l m: of distress was noticed by a ;,»._=.=.r.g steamer. Upo-n drawing near .0 offer assstance. it was found 2a.; the sailors were suffering " lqy from thirst although their o was floating in the frestri wat- ihe Amazon River which i.s d far out to sea. "Canada may be said to resemble the bscalmed sailing ship. The flag i.‘ unemplycment seems to be nail- r] to the masthead while self- ~tiug civic. federal and pro- work projects of outstand- g importance are ignored. 111p policy of the dole seem to h"'Q pefmflulfd our entire system. No longer is the unemployed indi- v; ml alone an applicant for re- Thc varicus governing bodies, ¢_ munlcirial and prownnial are l __ rum for assistance from each rzin r from the Federal Govem- "phi without. of coilrsc. assuming ally compensating obligations. whie vii‘ oi them are patiently waiting m prosperity to ccme around that iiiuszve corner instead of exerting lSC]\'(‘S in co-operatlon to build _ cnt progress for all. when forest fires occur of strong- IV _.'.i$pt"(‘t‘.‘d incendiary origin stim- ui ‘ed bvthe hove : a [In hour paid to fire fighters. there i» a siiuatirn that obviously mer- it; ‘ho s"rious and immedrate at- tention of our governments. All other important countries of u.- world have mitigated their p2‘ bicm of unemployment with w; Jor-ivages programs oi which modem arterial highway construc- ion. forestry and irrigation are the n14 t usual. hada has had much unemploy- mmi fora number 0f years bul a worthwhile remedy has been just around the corner. The demoraliz- iiig and vicious dole has been made aziilnbe not only to the aged and iin- invalid but to the strong and ablu- bodied as a t-smpoary malls‘ uro until something perchance should happen to make everyone prTSpCIOUS and happy. But the re- suii has resembled national stagna- fir." 2 m a a 2 a fl ore are many homes where . and children lack proper food a clo" iiig because the husband IOfl irrs cash to spend his time in drunken idleness. Other homes have 12st ambition and even hope of ac- wznpizslimcnt and foster Commun- is‘ c doctrines. L"i."l‘.llllfl_\'l’l‘.-‘llli in the United g, c5 ivas recognized as princi- rx a national problem to be met tr national and not Stale or l0- ril rcspcnsibillli" 3551111118 that w-nwe earners. through the spend- Ill’ of their wages. provide emphy- t for many othrrs. ‘York-M'- s projects were developed there fHEl‘ possible .-..or ton years of serious depres- B‘!l‘.l ilic United States have thou- sands oi m’lss oi splendid high- ways and a magnificent system of hxrlily developed national parks. liinhons of young trccs ivorc Plllll’ r i many large irrigation and powcr projects were con- utcd. Theivsult of this states- hip is n01; only national pro- but a contented population who know that much of the ex- prndziure has barn on self-liqui- num: projccts likcly to develop iivo profitable national invest- owls T.l(‘ healthy sum of $l42213l74 w... addcd to the normal income of the State of Wyoming by tour- iszs in i937. according to the re- p"i'l of thc United States Depart- nirnt oi thc Interior. Wyomlnl- hiv ng considerably less than three hundred thousand inhabitants. is a comparatively small State with many physical features similar in time of Western Canada. Through the Federal policy of n'.'rl"i'ii highway construction and p. K playground development. this s uclld tcurst income has 89H developed there. Visitors to Wycm- ing have spent tihollsfllldfi 0f dol- lars on fishing and hunting licen- scs dione and it is estimated that orcr nnc million dollars were spent i.r goscline during the thrce sum- mor hclidny months. 711s amount of $14,221,774 spent in Wyoming benefits the other St il('S as wcll and much of it finds way back to the Federal Gov- ..l out though various channels ' xition. Ii is not obvious that w k ior wages on highway con- iiz-u-iion. fonrary, irrigation and link dcvrlolzincnt projects in West- v.11 Canada would be most. desir- a‘: i ? \.'<- have been told again and a- that higluvoys are Provincial n". ilzdsral projects. The same ‘ c 1n thc United Slates. and ilic various Slatrs rcqulr- . cal-operation t0 con- llli‘ r aricrial highways and vrly dew-lop their parks. so s. Pzt hicis of Wcslxrn Canada rm not alone undrrtake- these pro- . » ill an' nianiicr likcly to pro- .0 wortitsvhilo results within a r..i~.onubc time; but just. as the rsultof thc Federal acticn in the Stat: of Wyoming is returning a u s n l! (‘F flinl RllWIQC-Allll! annual inccms to lie I-“dcral Government. so will sin lur prcjcchs in thc Western niccs become Federal invest- "11 ‘ llll‘0\l'1ll the assured success v l tourist businrss which they W ll crcitc. Tourists desire most oi all a change of environment, Iliuuiiildi _v if t*is change is in som’ country otnrr than their own. \\ We thrlr Jul‘ language is spok- cn and ivlirro thry find much that iricrrsts tlivm. including the pos- 5 ?ll_-.\‘ of busincsa opportunities. Umilllllull business with pleasure ls a’ popular laolicy. ‘““1_TY'I\ Canada. ‘n addition to ‘pling innumerable opportuni- Or profitable investment - "d modern higlnvny trans- i pro-i available -has most living conditions in its in- u: _ cl male. its crystal- M (rink n1: ivater. its cool. rest- IH ulfzns. and its entire freedom -.m vnomous reptiles and insecfs. a” its deishtfuly diversified 531x10? and environment presents reg? ld "Pllfrrtuntirs fcr outdoor mlafllvn. Unfortunately. and Y thrwzh lfllling mama the tones iii lnnvQxrn iLgllwdj’ develop. merit. Western Canaca IC|najn5 a One-Hui) country dependent. to a very large extent upon world-ividc conditions for the marketing of its crop should it escape the droutli. hjll. grasshoppers or a season of wet weather or frost after the grain has been out. Modern arterial high- Wflys bring in the market in the cars of the tourisfs for much of the Drcduct of mixed farming for which ffliere now exists only a triv- ialqflllocsélv market. e es mer Ls a confirmed op- timist. He has to be or the uncer- tainties of h:s crops would soon discourage him. He has had a long series of dry seasons when his crops were lost hut. always hoping for better luck next year. he has strained his resources to plant still another crop. In many instances, Western farmers through no fault of their own. unless striving to succeed un- der these uncertain conditions could be called a fault. have found them- selves in most deplorable financial situations. Cases under the runners‘ Credi- tors’ Arrangement Act indicate mcst amazing situations. A mort- r...ge of $2.700 on which $2.026 has ben paid has a balance st‘ll due of $3.266. A $12,000 mortgage now a- mounts to 820.892 although $7,906 has been paid. and there are hun- dreds of similar cases where loans were contracted to carry on farm- ing operations which. with good or even normal crops and contin- nation of markets. would have been paid either from the sale of the crop or from the wages formerly available in the lumber camps and mines dluring the winter. The milk, butter. eggs and hogs. usually pro- fitable sidelines, and through u very uncertain market almost as uncer- tain as the grains crops. Contrast this condition witih that 0f Wyoming where 1.206.800 tour- ist visitors provided a profitable market for all the farm produca that could beraised there and mud“ brought in from neighborin States Is it not obvious that Fe eral as- sistance in work-for-wages pro- Jects in Western Canada ls much more profitable than the present policy of the deplorabLe dole? It would probably be less expensive as those working for wages would obviously provide work for many ot-hers. Prosperity is not. Just around the corner. It is lined up on the south- ern border of Western Canada eag- erly awaiting modern highway in- vitations to come in and benefit all Canadians. MlllMQ-‘Fhis bulletin carries a most important message to mem- bers of the Canadian National Parks Association and through them to all Canadians. Public op- inion must be aroused to the point where it becomes effective in pro- ducing active publlc policies in the hands of the governing bodies in furtherance of the indicated ob- jectives. There are no less than one hundred and thirty million poten- tial customers ior Canadian farm produce. and Canadian goods of mamy kinds. resident south of the forty- ninth parallel. Thcv own and operate over twenty-eight million motor vehiciea —-more than enough to carry them all into the Canad- ian retall markets. No other coun- try in the world than Canada has such a volume of business within reach and awaiting development. For the purposes of this business all Canada is to be regarded as one general store. Informed public opinion must see to it that the doors are opened wide tollct in these customers by the million and that is synonymous with causing the Dominion and Provincial Gov- ernments to build al the modern arterial highways in Canada which the traffic can use. Canadians can cash in on this magnificent volume of export busi- ness on retail market prices. True prosperity in large dimensions cer- tainly lies that way. But Canad- ians must first issue orders to their public managers to bulld the re- quired modern arterial highways. When they do. and mean what they say. their managers will a~t accordingly -A. B. MACKAY. President. Canadian National Parks Ass. Fall Rye For Pasture (Experimental Fzms News) F‘all rye has proved to bc one of the best crops for early IPHHS P85- ture. Seeded as early as August l fall rye wi.l usually provide some fall pasture that year. but if seed- ed later than Sepismber l5 it should not. be grazed uutil the fol- lowing spring, states F. S. Nowosad. Division of Forage Plants. Domin ion Experimental Farms Service. Fall rye seeded alone in the spring is not a vcry good supplcmcntnrv pasture to a permanent summer pasture but if seeded in a mixture with oats. it will produce good yields of nutritious and palatable foragc. At first. the bulk of thc forage will be oats. although oven at that time the fall rye will give a good “botfom" to the pasture. I. not grazed too close, fal. rye will continue to supply considerable pnstun: until freeze-up. The use of fall rye for early spring pasture is brroming increas- ngly popular. In erperimrnts con- ducted at most Branch Expcrlnczi- tal Stations and at Ottawa. fall rye has provided from two t: four weeks of early spring pasturf‘. _i‘ judiciously hand ed. and was rezioy at least two weeks before other pastures could be grazrd. Following early sprink llftllll" the land may be crowed. cultivat- ed and secdel to other crops such as corn. mlllot. sudan grass or rap? In this way it. is possible to grow fall rye for oa=ture without serfovs- lv changing the usual crop rota- n. Fell rye should be seeded at i 1-2 to 2 busbeln 5f wad-rd a‘o'ie 0r at l. bushel if seeded in a mkrture with 2 bushcls of en's pvr acre. Tho varieties recommended are - NEWSY NOTES - B! AGRICOLA Tum. can-m ivucijliEUUR. i2) The history of the MacGregurs at Gicnfruin had been won at a Lflillllg loss of life to the victors. and only one man of note. the UTOUICI‘ o1 MacGrcgci‘ of Glen- strac, perislicu on that gory field. ‘Ilie ultimate consequence of the tight, however, was tragic to the clan. Eleven score women. widows or those slain on the side of the Colquhouns. dressed themselves in deep mourning. and mounted on white horses. came before King James VI at Stirling. to demand venegeance on the MacGregors. To make a deeper impression, each bore a spear on which her hus- band's bloody shirt was suspended. The King. it was wcll known. was always painfully affected by sights of fear and sorrow; and the result was that measures’ of extreme severity were determined against the victorious clansmen. The Privy Council, therefore. in 1603 -the year after the bottle — issued a decree abolishing the very name of MaoGrcgor; all who borc the name were ordered. llllflfil‘ pain of death. to adopt other surnames. a proceeding without parallel in the annals of the country. All who had taken part in the battle of Glen- fruin and other mnrauding expedi- tions vvcrc condemned. under thc some penalty. to carry no wcapon but a pointless knifc. to cut their victuals. The same penalty was ordained against any of the race who gathered in greater numbers than four at a time. Laws of this kind were c-nactcd from time to time. to kccp up the ban on tlie unfortunate sons of Alpin. The carrying out of those statutes was assigned to the Earls of Argyle and Athol. whose territories almost hemmed in those of the doomed clan. The Marquis of Huntlqv also assisted in thc fulfilmont of thcsr drastic mcasurcs Stubborn and brave. the clan rcsistzd [or a limo; but at last the chief. Allistcr Mac- Gregor of Glenstrae. was convinced of the necessity of bending before the storm. He and his principal fol- lowers surrcndercd tn Argyle. after stipulating that they should be sent out of the cou try. Tlioy were shamefully bctraycd. Argyle sent them "out of thc country." over the English Border, under guard; but they were immediately brought back to Edinburgh and thrown into prison. On the 20th of January. i604. tlioy wore tricd and con- demned to death. and the scnts-nco was carried out at the Cross of Edinburgh. MacGrrgor bring hand- ed on a higher galloivs than those of his dependents. to mark his rank Bcfore his dcath the chief- taln made a confcssion iwhicli is still nrcscrvodi ilint. ltroscnts fl iorriblo picture of thc slriio among the clans at that pcriod. Though the cltinsmcn yicidcd to the neccssllv of taking nthor sur- names. at. least in public. fllfll’ obsllnnfeli’ held tn ll‘i"ll' mountain strongholds. from which nw c):- crtkuis could cxpcl fliom. Known bv the names of Campbell. Drum- mond. Graham or Stewart. as might be convcnlcnt. they still rc- tained their indlvldiinlliy as a clan without a nnmc. Tll"\‘ niadc foravs iii unison as formcrlv and still moitaccd ilicii" oucmlcs. Charles I had no clioicc thoroforo bvt to r0- vivc all the sictutos made against them by his fnllicr. “Ye-t." says sir Walter Scott. "notwithstanding the extreme scvcritics of Jfimos VI and Charles I. airulnat. this unfortunate pcoplu. who wcro roudcrcd furious bv pro- scriniion. and tlicn punislicrl for vlcldiniz to the passions which hail been wilfully irritated. the Mac- Gregors to a man atncliod them- selves during thc civil war to the cnuso of the lnttcr monarch." This kcpt tho sorc-vcxod clan in furilirr trouble- for a long time. but \l\'ll(‘ll Charlcs li. at the Rcstoration. ns- cendcd the ihrwnc. they got tlioir reward. In his first scotllsh parlia- ment. Charlcs annullod ull the nrcvlous sfntutcs against thc Niac- Grcrzors. ravo tlicm back ilioiv" vamc. owl roinsi-ilcd flu-m in all the privilcgcs of his liuoo siiblorts on account of tln- lovalti- with which tlicv hurl followed the for- tunes of his house Strange to snv. ivitliniit any known cwuso William III ro-cn- .'\(‘l"(l all thc Cll'l".l'lfll statucs against the clan. and ill"V wcrc once morc “immoloss" in tho aye cf tho laiv. But thc iimcs wore mending mad the country was gYOW- i211 pr-accful. so that tho Muc- firr-szors iwrc liitlc disiurbrd bv ‘Iioso P?1ll'l"§ on ti“ stuiuir- huolzs. The only ovonls which rinrrorl thc poor: oi ilic rclrrn wcrc tho oxiiloiis -f the notorious frccbnotcr Rod Rov MacGrcgor. too humorous to hc noted here. At last thc British parllamont abollshrd thcsc anclcnt and barbarous larva. and tho Mur- Grcgors lmmcdiciclr" slmivod tlioir strong for-lint: of clanvhin hv ork- noxvloduln": a lioad and rliirf. Wicl-t hundred and twcrw persons of that name subsrdbcd n drcd. nd- mlttim John Murray of Ionrick rnftoinvards sir Jnlm MncGrwzor. Rnroncfl as lmvfullv fl“'(‘f‘l’lfl\‘tl from iltc house of Glcnsiac. and lhn fro» and proper clilcfialn of Clan Alhlnc. Slnrr that time thc raro of Mar- Grccnr hnvc proved llWll‘ valor on land and at son; \vl‘li n lnvaltiv hr- r-nnd nil nrzrlso tlicv linvo scrvcrl lhciv country. dornltc tho memory of r-ld ivnhnppy days and bnlllos long ago. NATURE NOTFS It is sad to lhluk ilmt manv rc- mwrkahla forms of nnlmnl lifo mo bcln~ axtormlivaiod with alarming rwnu-litr: sumo hnvc alrondv dis- wrmonrorl. Thc Eurrnrnn Elvin was rho lnrrrrvl and vinblrsi aulmnl in that ronlivicnt. It wn< klllcd off in the lost war. In 1910 the lad of the Bvvclv-lfs wohmms. that mice livud in British B-“chunnnlnnd in Afiuca. V'l'll‘il‘f‘ll. Tlirn the Ovmegn. '1 kind of wild ass. also African, \v"nl in ‘i158 Th» fYT-‘fll hlnubok an antelope that once IOVOII in very earliest. pastures. Dakold. a vcrv hardy variety. is late and pros- trate in hab=t of growth. at first. but it m-w be uscd tn lll”‘l‘ll pas- luro a little fater than the other varietiss mentioned. ll-Jgf.‘ licrds in Cape Colony. be- came extinct in 1800. Man with his improved weapons, has swe t away animals of many species n every continent, and in the oceans as well. He has extcrminated the huge herds of “buffalo" -— really blSTll—-tl'lfll. roamed the rairies. but by a stroke of good luc . their descendants have been preserved in our National Parks, instead of our museums. The Manchurian deer has disappeared from Asia. and the white rhinoceros is on the verge of extinction ln Africa. In New Zea_ land the kiwi and other flightless birds are all but wiped out. The Antarctic wolf has been swept away from the Falkland Islands: the great ariks which once flocked round the Atlantic shores are so completely lost that in all ‘ the museums of the world there are only about seventy mounted birds preserved. The next to go, will. in all probability, be the duck-billed platypus of Australia. Did Mr. Edgar C. uni-app. the earthquake prognosticator. of Van- couvcr. score a bulls-eye or did he not? Thc professional scientists say he didn't. Readers may remember that in January Mr. Thrupp p". dicted "the most destructive earth- quake of the century" in the per- iod from July 20 to A118. 5 pro- bably in those regions where quakes had occurred before I marked these dates on the calendar and waited patiently. There certainly were ouakcs during that period. the first to be recorded in the press since June 12th. (They appear to be fewer in the summer and aut- umn.) On July 30 there was an earthquake in Anatolia. Turkey. with 300 dead and several hundred wounded. 0n Aug, 2nd. a quake shook the coast oi’ Hokkaido. Japan. and caused a four-foot tidal wave washed 1.300 fishing boats away. It is not slated that the-re was any loss of lifc. However. Mr, Tlirupp Hot no credit amom! the astronom- ers. He overstated his case perhaps. but the quakes are a matter of rec- ord. Now let's wait. for the next vis- ltation. Oct. 20—Nov. 10 This Spring I procured from Enirlnnrl. some seed of the Mexican Czilceolaria. (‘. mcxlcana. an an- nunl member of the genus. We cultivated the perennials. C. hvhrida for the glasshouse. and C. rugoaa for the garden in Britain. but it would be troublesome to win- ter thom hcrc so I tried the an- nual kind. The seed germinated wcli outside. and I potted a plant for the house window. Those left outside didn't do very well: per- haps our spring was not like that of Mexico. The house-plant is now in flower and enjoys the scorching heat of a sunny window. Cal- ccolziriti flowers arc built on the lmtn-rn of our Ladyk-Slipper orchids‘. only on a much smaller scale: there is o small pouch above and a larger one below it. The larg- er pouch is one centimeter across, and the lesser about 4 mm. Both un- clcoi‘ lumen-yellow‘. and as they Jifllilt‘ in sprays the plant is rather ‘ pretty. W's: up licrc. seem to be in a kind of "dry bolt " Quite frequently l have looked in the direction of Cll'.ll‘lOll.cl0\\'ll and seen the sky nboic it black with the gloom of a thunderstorm. And away to the North. over the Gulf the lightning wa. flashing and the rain falling: but we. in the a region between the two. might have just enough rziin to wot the roofs! The electric storms appear to split into two parts above a mile to the west- ward. and to go north and south. (I now "touch \vood!"l From this cause. our rainfall records are not as reliable as they might be. NOTES ON ISLAND PLANTS. The llmbcllifcrae (2) In mv last Notcs on this subject _a fortnight. ago -— I wrote that though the Coivbanes (Clcuta) were very poisonous in stock. I had ncvcr. to the best of my re- collection. hoard of any loss from caillo ruling them. Since then I iznio i‘cil(l in an agricultural paper. of zi shccp dying somewhere on the Island. after (it was suspected! eating “Water Hemlock " That is another popular name for the Cow- imnc. and I must repeat that there is n good colored plate of this plant in "Farm \Vocds of Canada." a (‘fllw of which is in the Public Library. City Rcsuming the list o! our Um- bcllifcrs. tlic next is the Scotch Loyd?! Llqusticum scntlcum. some- timrs known as Sca Parsley. It is wcll disiributcd in all the salt mnrshcs of North America. North- r-rn Europe and Asia. Though thc stcm is tailor. running to _9 ilccimrtrcs in height. the plant re- sembles parsley sufficiently to war- rant its alternative popular title. Thu fruit. is oblong 6 to l0 mm. lonrr. Sir J I) Honkcr. in his “Studirnts British Flora." says the lcnvcs arc catr-n ns a potlierb. and tho root is aromatic and pungent. Tlic plant is abundant in the outer Hrbridos Islands of Scotland. wlicrc it is callcd “Shunls" and is somctimcs cutrn raw as salad or lmilod as grccnr: and the root is chowl-d when tobacco is scarce. “In America." s1 ‘s another writer. “ihu glTCll stcm ls peeled and eaten by ibi- Indians." It is pcvliaus unnecessary to do morr- tlimi mcntion the common pJlTllll’). Pzisiinacn sntlvn. which l"‘7l(lll_\' 'Ofl.iRl‘S itself to a wild stoic. Ii. is kcni within bounds by tho Pnrsnlp Wobworm fDPPffli-‘mrlll ilol-llpiiarln Drfi. and tho aphid or rgrrcnfl". which are ofton ex- irrmr-lv abundant and prevent its sccdln". The Cow-p a r s n l p. lleracleum lzmnium. is also altackcd by the sumo irwcrls. but I think not t0 the sum:- (ll'l!l'f‘f‘. This is a wild plant. lgrmvln- in damp nlacos It has riivldcd loaves but thc augments are larch and viwy woolly beneath. ‘Though wi- do not use the plant. it scams to linvc been employed in various wnvs hv "l" AmPflcflll zilinrlrgllios. Tho incdlv-lnc man of iviunrhoon Indians said that the tops or those plants wore used in tho "smirk" treatment" for fainting and convulsions. Az-cordinw to the Pawnors. the root. scraped or nwvlodorl fin» onrl boiled was an- olir-d as a noultlc" to boils. Ar- old Omaha woman rrlafod "rat a decoction of the rot was taken for GUARDIAN For the first seven months l . silvers. TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming ber of skins of this year the num l brought into the United States was 11387. greater than for the sa-uic lperlOd of the previous year. while - l‘ the value oi the skins wu 70 per i cent. higher. ., I _______ v i Canada sent in 56.357 skins. bav- 1 l inu a value 0f $810040. 01" Bfl 0W1‘- I 1 age of $14.37. Norway sent All aipzal stuns, having a value of 6397.973. 01' Peter u. mark, president Ul me Prince Edward Island Fur P001. Ltd. gave us some agreeable news yesterday to the effect that he had a cable from London stating that they had sold 350 of the companys pelts the past week with prices on th mo basis as the April and Mayesa-ehwhich, by the way. were ui s ‘mare was an active emand. grades, particu- larly for three-quarters and darker phases. The fact that the height of “Hit- ler's Blitzkrieg" commenced with th above dau s of active sales shows that the Britcsh people are not by any means ornayed or that their ladies are losing their interest in rsonal adornment. Another fac- r that will bola‘ silver fox sales over there. is e re-establishin of the larger race meets on an after September l5. These had been temporarily suspended. prob- abl because the authorities did not wls enormous crowds congregated in the racing areas. The exhibition of "such confidence bv the people of Great Britain un- der severely trying, circumstances, should be a lesson us fox ranch- ers to keep our spirits up and not lose enthusiasm for our unique, fascinating and hitherto profitab‘e enterprise. It seems to us that the darkest dflys have passed on and B the sunshine is showing through the clouds and while w may not receive the full diffusion of that brl ht orbit for some time, yct there s definite enhancement of values over a year ago and con- selouent betterment in sight for us a . E- Tlie directors of the Silver Fox Breeders’ and Exhibitors‘ Associa- tion of Prince Edward Island met on Tuesday evening. and decided to hold another Held Day, at the Fox Experimental Station, Morita ue. on September i6. This station sup- erintended bv Capt. Allen Mosher, and has been one of the best con- ducted. and has qualit animals. A "FY0118 committee cons ting of W. Fred Burke. Charlottetown. Fox Fieldmfln. John Jack. Summerside, president o! the Association, Geo. intestinal pains and also as a "Physic." in other words, a purga- tive; an early instance of homeo- pathy? The medicine men of the some tribe (Omahas) had a cere- monial use for the plant; the root was pounded fine, mixed with beaver dung and placed in the hole in which their sacred pole" was planted. The roots and stems of the young plants were eaten by some of t e tribes along the Pacific coast. Another writer says that all the Heraclcums are edible and sometimes used as food. If so. the taste must be acquired; the rank smell being enough for mei There is a British cow-parsnip, too, close- ly related to ours. but not at all woolly: and my grandfather had a species from Siberia in his shrub- bout seven feet high with umbels nearly a yard across. We called it the "cartwheel flower " The British cow-parsnip was used by the school- boys of my day. as a “pluffcr" or blow-gun. the hollow joints of the stem being admirably adapted for blowing dry peas through. As the pluffer was small and easily con- cealed it was sometimes taken to school and used surreptitiously! The little imps had the makings of in- ventors even then! The Angelica, distinguished some- time by the prefix “Great" or “Purple-stemm i" is Angelica atro- purpurea. This is a large plant of the swamps and moist ground. with umbels often l0 inches across. and 9 to 25-rayed. I cannot find that any use is made of this plant in Canada. but Stllle. in his "Materla Medics." published in Philadelphia. 174. says “The stems of Archangelica are sometimes candied and the root is used in domestic medicine as an aromatic and stimulant." The Bri- tish species. Angellca sylvestrls. is very similar: the root is candicd in syrup. and the leaves arc macerated in brandy to make a cordial. There is said to be a sweet wine called Angelica, made in California. but I do not know if it has any connection with the plant. ‘The Wild carrot (Daucus carotai. the last of nur list. ls a troublesome weed wherever it gets a foothold. though it does not seem plentiful here. The oil of wild carrot has a medicinal use. but against this the plant ls a host of’ the carrot rust fly (Pslia rosael. The plant also supports the Black swallowtail Butterfly. Paplllo polyxenes. ON PROPHECY hatch. in the Old Testament. and John, in the New. are the bwo outstanding prophets of the Bibic. John's temperament inclines his mental vision to single out the catastrophic; but Isaiah is optimis- tic of (i) the coming of a Wonder- ful Counsellor. and (2) of God's protection of the sons of Israel. though they wander far and ac- quire a new name. (Isa 62. 2; 63. 16: Hosea 2. 23L This is the prophet to whom the Anglo-Israelites look: and they warn us that we must not confuse the Israelites with the Jews. In the 49th chapter 20th verse. there oc- curs the hrase, "after thou hast lost the o her." which is considered to refer to tho loss of the U. S A. in 1776. the other "children" being the Dominlons and Colonies. Here is a quotation from the 54th chapter:- "In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression: for thou shalt not fear: and from terror: for it shall not come near thee. Behold, they shall surely gather together. but not by me: whosoever shall gather together. against thee shall fall for thy sake. Behold. I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire. and that bringeth forth an instru- ment for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every ton- gue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord: and their righteousness is of me. saith the Lord." e dium silver for fcixcs that show 40% be” the “eraclwm 5|5“nl'°“m' a" deiilfled by a committee who would lulllluyhf and n_ W._l)avison. of Montague. was appointed to make the necessary arrangements. Fox ranchers generally should mark September 16th on their calendar, and decide to come to Montague because it is an ideal and they are sure of a 300d time. Those who attended the Field Day at Summerslde were delighted. Live Fox Show. - The Directors also decided to have a live fox show at Charlottetown, commencing on Monday. November i8, and continu- ing until the 22nd. Plans are to make it one of the biggest since fox shows were first esta llslicd. A de- parture from regular custom will be the inclusion 0f l'i(1ll-l'CE,lS.f'l'(‘d fox- es and freaks. In order to admit thesc and not have the prc Tffllll of iudging so long that it could not completed by Fricav. it was dcciclco an average of $30-83. Sweden for-I warded 1.065 pelt-s. value 815320.11“, erage $14.95. Russia sent in 380; skins. having g value of $5.235. any average of $13.78. icciano sent in. 222 skms__ having an average oil $11.21. Finland sent 42 Delis. lllW-l mg an averailc of $19.79. Norway‘ and Canada accounted for more than 95 per cent. of the _ 1m- ported, with Canada having the numerical edge on Norway. How- ever, the value of the Norwegians imports was about 7% greater, There is available to the fox far- meis publication N0. 589 and Far- mers Bulletin 43. issued by Y-hfl 13¢- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa. and copies of which are obtainable from our local lxpartment of Ag- riculture. entitled. "Feeds and the lMaritinie Plovincies/éh Okfl par- z to eliminate yearling classes and llc“ l" mlelfefil ° "5 5. e c 3p er yearn“ herds, mus (lung all-a}. on fox feeding with rations forghhe z with 1 classes and leaving 24 for’ dlllelem Perm“ °l lheodvear‘ e I rfiglstered foxes, namely. registered‘ lllrmulas appear W‘? 3° ' indeed‘ s ver fox pulls. or tho c bori of: ‘i; registered poems for wlisich reuilzivr-l "Fhvre is brink place rm ill? t tlon has been applied [or or Will be. "liuliel l" U“? 0511"“? ‘our Mm“ z uppiied ml- lm Show pa“. male a (l Company. Limited, one of the larg- § n f 1 » l ~ ' f t kind, if not the tfilliti 3?"€1.8§.‘§3?.'. ‘l.‘i"iia2°"i§é8 lilviélff-Péalitttf. a an... of feeds prior thereto. males and females. Bgnlé/Ilfiagéfrs Reds for cattle, N‘ titlndey haying- Colol- Dl-la _ .lll be f. l _l&-ll_('f(l. a bookleuen e : ‘I. vie bar. naniclinsilsarvlc mf‘(illl‘lllefillll\’(fl‘ulgr dhulcle New“ Dlgesl- 194° which a I» - - ~ .. - _ vxce zoi more than 40 pei cent. silvtr. me fir?“ deal of “vmmg “latter ma‘ ls to 310C moire than e02. silver; light blight “d mlmmme- me llmslve for-f ihgj - -—-—————i——- 60a". to 759:. rsilvenaggle silvers’ 1%}; THE WEAWR 0F “"5715 foxes that show 75".. u. 00w. silvcrl DOWN and extra pale silver for foxes that "-'—— show 909;; to 1001;. silver, Olle day late an summer I selw a pretty; little scene that I gave Freak F9 o5,__R,e¢ lll l ll, always remembered. It was a new trend i: brcedlngwgitldsowhitg "eglwlled 00mm‘ 0X a farmer‘: field, faces, platinums and other freaks where Nature had been left to have was accorded by the establishmentl he!‘ Way. and 50 had STOW“ 11D U110 of four classes for these types. one. a tangle of weeds. Among the tall- for adult males one for adult fe-lcit was, males. one for male pups and one huge thistle. for female pups. Th9 purple bloom had gone to seed, so that the big prickly heads were bulging virlth white down. As I was looking at them one of these tousled, untidy t heads suddenly sprang into bloom 9X ‘a 991% again. Not the well known purple, NIJII-Yvkistered Foxes-These will also have their innings. there being eight classes for them. namely, ex- tra 1on1? adult males. ‘ adut emales. extra pale male l but, a beaullllu golden yellow wlllcl-l Dups. et l f 1 l . . sllvel- 7,61?‘ ‘Z1315 o??? 551E185; l steamed ever so brightly in the Dale S11v8,- 70»; d d l _ summer sunshine. It was as though maleg. page slfvei-n 78);’ ling toggr, a miracle had taken place before ma e Duns. pale silver 70% and over mg, We‘ female pups, ‘ ow, had I been a complete no- _ -___ vice in Nature lore I might have a Those 12 Classcs.—Four for freaks doubted my eyes-a: dead thistle andcight for non-registered silvers head coming into bloom again in —will make up the 12 classes which i a twinkling. and an unusual color were eliminated from the rugistcred but any Nature-lover reading these classes by combining yearlings with lines will quickly guess the truth. adult foxes. There is no questioirSimply that a little Goldfinch had 2;‘? dnggallg, ltso ail-loll}! Onefl come tripping along and aligntecl . w rcc '- ln the province. 0i‘ elsewhere ill... fixl-alllni Lhmlt-lctl- hfimi .122‘. ‘lml-l,‘ considers he nas the top grade i; ldgnahr); x gt? "fidl e quality alilnmis to take prizes in 0 ' new“, a e was on‘ llifilmm” m" m ‘mes w <=<- E“b°.‘;€“?.~£.?t“°" ‘lift? “amt? °’ t them. 4 5r ¢ '- ______ purple flower he has little time for Pa" s}... __1; it. but as soon as those heads have hold u... D21. sholla’o,fecllflid.,.co"lfl gone to seed. the Goldfinch is at commgncjng January 5 l94l_ mm once interested. Few birds nest so handling o; ljw Show Dells to l”, lffiil-Ehlfl Pthelscasokn as gill‘! Gold- inc . eriaps e was. or the thistle to ripen. ‘There is nothing so convenient and workable as its‘ l). down for nest-building. and where can he find it so abundantly? Bette-r =till. deep down in thc/t wad of cotton he can find hundreds of seeds. As he is a finch. and has thed SlOllD littltle bill of the typical L“ _ ._ I sec -ea er, rose are just "nuts" for andfiflgfifleglsfgljf, 5g‘??? him. And what about h:s mate? be zlven equal accord as entries and iglelldwasfinslérl; liggogfigyllgul = - . o ought evcn overlook her. Her Pumage i; mostly dull olive-brown work with diffcront consignmcnt houses with the idcawqgarriving at an arrangement for co-opc-ration for no best interest of all concerned. 1e committee in charge will be Lowell Hancock. Col. D, A. MocKin- R011. W. FTed Burkc. AIlCl_l'(‘\\' Jor- dine. J. H. MacPiiail. Major A. H, RObQFlSOII. Ernest Cudmorc and B there will be scimrate classcs for freak pelts of the white lace. plai- inum variety. —-—~ 871d FY85‘. 108K111; her look like a silver (ox Dells up l0 $45 ln page bttle quaker beside her brightly- rnet with tlie best demand at the plumage‘! male- mmlgh 1118i B5 active. the thistle-heads do not spring into bloom when she settles upon them. Together they were pulling thc plants to pieces, 3955;- ms upon the seeds and bearing the down away to the nest. Follow the New York Auction Company's Sale held Thursday. August 14th. Most interest was concentrated in the lllT9¢‘-_fl_iiartors and lialf silver class- 9$-_ 60W 0f tho cniirc collection was $33. The COllflCllglle rilgcfiiiil$saii 311"‘: lpflvhmld“ we He“? lllnary mm more helm: few quamv m-e g? en streak, as the male foxes among them. Tho full silvers l e5 o “l” the down‘ Y0“ Wm averaged about $24.15; the thrce- "‘ h,’ “m m“ l‘ if’ time 1°“ “um-ll... Slrl-m-S “we 85., sold M an bush whore the little architects are overuse of $26.20, and thc mu su- °°“""“°“"F a .“"l1'f°""@d 611v- vcrs were 80'. sold at an average of i shaped 7195'" which. l“ d“? lcme will $20.90, lhciltcr four or five little Gold. mcics. The American Goldfinch is often called the "wild canary" by lrolile who do not really know our birds. True. he and the pet canary are both yellow" Bud belong to the some family. but what a tame, un- mlflTbt-lllf! life the canary has. com- pared with the Goldfinch! A5 we 50¢‘ him go swi ging along through "If alt lfi long care-free sweeps twl-t-crlng" his flight-note "Per- clnc-o-roc at every bound, or see 111m sW- ‘l!!! in tho summer breeze bi on the tlllfllf‘ hcaid. or as We listen The Seattle. Washington. general sale of furs on Wednesday, August 14th. showcd good demand. Mink was 25 .r so d. 0l‘(lllll\l‘v ranch skins broufrlil $8 to S10: Bu»! solrcicd Al- askans and intorioi" British Culllm- blans wild. s12 to s14. Yukon oncsl mlfl IWQS $10 l0 $13. \Vllll€‘ fox was. 65 r‘ sold. nncs and twos brought $15 to $18 low tivos $11 to S12. Silver Fox._ Only .775 polls were "llelwl Rudfiofl of thus-c wore sold. Belle!‘ quality full silvcrs brought 0%, to $10. Crcas fox pelts wcro~ 00'» sold. Interior Alflgkfllllc‘ lwul v color. brought s16 lo s13. Qlm. amlso full and rich m its variety of twos mixed colors. s12 to $14, Mllgk- mic“. 50 sally uttcrvd. We mlsht léals wxére withdrawn because of no vwcll bonds-r if the Goldfinch had eman . ‘ovcr anything bui jov and ‘times in h:s lifc. But when gm br glit siimmcr season is past and {Ii-mi WllllCl‘ sols in. the gay little ‘The Dominion Fur Sulcs Ltd. of Vilimiiircg. MillL. hell n public nuc- lion which on iucncrl lust Vi/cd- bird l. '- _ - 1795611.“ h00csil1vci' ink \\'I‘lf‘ cala-Qvcliowf‘ bqrlllzebialdl: rin-l-nrcgrsgiilrd§§fi lORued. No particulars have yet and lingers Wit-ll us: ‘braving m9 been rcccivod. but we liopc to have thc-m bv iicxt work. It will in» l..- fore-sling to see what prices thcy realize. Ftszurcs rclcnscd from Ottawa glrlzl-cieullgiat tier vrlluedof IflWhllliSl cc in min a uring t e l2. months (‘ndinu Jnnuoi" i089. lo-l. w°°il bum"? fireplaces are lomlled $l4‘20ll_7_-,0_ Tl lmludp i lllClllflfll in almost all homes today, Belts takon bv ti-appr-is and poiis "Yul luore and more delights of o. sold from fur farms. lllf‘ value of ‘Wild firo are appreciated. with the latter rcprcsciitlng 40'; of iliv such fireplaces one preoautinn whole. Silvcr fox claimed firstisliould be takcn. however price. totalling $5,660.39!) in 1939 asl A wood fire builds up‘ g gtr l-l comnarod with 80.181522 m l93fl,'rll-;lfl_ and goodilzéd sparks gng inclement wicntlcr. and rha th scarcity of fare as chccrifiiy 2:111: b951- tlmcs 1n summer. FIREPLACE REQUIRES A SCREENS!) FLUE Mink followed ni 52.092607 ascom- places of bu. r . d 'ltl $i.400..’87. M. -= .‘. mm“. "M" “"1 °° F:;°“Md“$1'§a3fi88_ ’ mklll‘ suckod up and discharged by tho rliimiiry. Tlicrcforo a scrum should b9 Dlacod ovcr the opening at the top these From tlio point of vivw of avcrnac valuc iislior ivas of first import- l anco. thc average poll bolnu $4904. O ‘hi’ Chlmml’ l" llmvflll Lynx was m second plarc at $1! sllarks "m" "Si"! Dill. blur fox noxt. in orrlor at. s2... , \‘°"Y roof of your neighbor's roof marten w is fourili at $25.10. Ollirr‘ may catch firc. Such screens leadcrs were as follows: Slivci‘ IOX,l.’~llOll1(l _ be clcnncd occasionally or Sig‘? crgfllcl Q°“§l.,533g-°5" .l"'"f“l'~ lfcy will bccomc cloggcd and cu: .i.. . ‘as of. .1. . no 0X ~ - F $1202 on" $15.10. mmk ‘E954. . down the ncrvssaiy draft. Canada hold first ifncc in thc , __,____ :i:'.'"i.i:"..2i ‘zii..il."‘i..i"i..ii Watchman-MAR- nu- scvcn months of‘ i940 but NOl‘\‘iil.\'l;‘lhor flat?" Grwnmnd of this Eng- took thc. load in value of thc skinsllsl‘ W" 7mm!“ “mu-V l“ cm‘ scht to Unclc Sam. This is dur» inl “F Md 5mm“ haw" mmrmy m part to the importation of the so-iMllll-blll‘ "l “mil FPKllIMlDhS 1"" ralicd platinum inxcs which aic bc sored much r0011 fwd and ti"? ‘classified for import purposes as case was dismissed. _ g omit"; Tm- mxifaur. Feeding for Farm Live Stuck in —-~ Q§-§-Q¢§4%-O4-Q mantii for becomes of the great majority of our birds month is a question not answered. The weather fine and balmy as an June, and yet we neit or we nor hear nearly as many birds a: as you might expect, a m with us. They have left for the south, but we them. As a matter of fact, there are just as many birds as ever, but they are silent and moultlng. cess whereby Nature garment of birds possess. These feathers are wonderful nothing Sl-NHBUL llkhtness and beauty. A1 enough in things. feathers wear out. become dirty and broken, and w mus; b, renewed. of clothes, we must style. color and weight of cloth, be measured and fitted, and finally my our tailor. W0rry the birds. on with their daily tasks, and kind. 1y Nature sees that, in due they find. themselves reclothed in new feathers, and I doubt if tho birds notice the change. SO simple as all LhlS. mou ting takes plac ve <1 1.. _. It would nevere dorymgilivga; bird lose all its feathers at onco "d be?" 1° STOW a new set. Not only would this leave gljsstllre looking a vcry sorry ob- expose it to the heat of summer's . Sun and the ghill of one y one. ere d th oertain definite an ere' m bird's body the old feathers drop out and are replaced ones. crs of the wings and tail are shed glélfffleflt symmetry. one at a time, the opposite side of tail so that the bird lop-sidedly. how wisely this plumage to come at portuiic time. othcrwisc w dvlaycd a fow days on account rains. Souihcm Saskatchewan re ports threshing continuing without let-up. Yields arc gcncrally’ well u] 1o (‘XDPCl-BIIOIIS. mencwl in nortlivrn sections of thl wcst and hot diy bcrta has llfl$l'."'llf‘rl ripening so that whcut culling will be gr-ncral b] thc cud of August. according to thl wcckly crop report of thc depart- ment of agriculture, Canadian Nan tional Railw Keep Millard‘! {AGE _NINE IHI PUIFICI IAIN DISINHCTANI Ideal for disinfecting Stables. for pens, poultry houses. etc. C Wuieiy used m 1.8. Area and accredited herd work. I ECUNOMICAl I NONCURROSIVE I FROST RESISIANI Order Coon-r". KEROL-Bvmsh MIL]! and Fully CUIVJHKFQIQ~TVKHII Havdvnirr. 0...; n-m and Sued stun», a. m.“ CANADIAN CO-OPERATIVE WOOL GROWERS LIMITED Quebec and Pllrifllnt anom- Lennon/lite. Que NA TURE N O TES By Stuart L. Thompson t DOG DAYS 1N BIRD-LAND August is a most bird discouraging students. what during this summer easily may b0 time in en. Of course. our birds are still not as yet miss Moulting is the interesting pro- renews the feathers which all structures. surpasses There in them for wverins they are never too hot summer and always warm winter, but like all Now. when we need a new m“ choose the No such items They simply keep time, And yet the process is not quite Firs t. tho bli- p001‘ but such a condition would evening. Bo, patches on tho Even the long gzrocrlizaxfedltglv: fllyvflys the some feather on the wing or does not fly The second rcmarkable fact is, that vcry oftcn the feathers which grow in are of quite a different color from those ever see a Scarlet Tanager which was bright red No! Because the plumage of (m; most brilliant oi our summer birds grows in dull oiivc brown without. a. Slnklc rcd feather aiicr his August moult. V-“ldy birds. the fall finds them in clean new plumage. sombre colors of their mates. ferent in males be from spring. in fall distinguishable. shed. Did you in the autumn? And so. with many of our the Dif- though the fcmales in sexes are in- but in plumage the the 1t is luicrtistinz to Nature 1iccoasary~ note also has planned change of the most op- ln late summer the have largcly finished nest- vcry rds . ' dill .. (l "ll . ' - l0 lHs long swcct canary-like song. stillbirth}; 23in ‘llhciirmjougrtgizzlvtlb 12c d6 far south. ' weeks and months in surehj 1t is a wise precaution that the birdsl plumage be in the best of condition to commence such a long late summcr old worn and broken feathers are discarded. and strong firm new orics grown in. the lasting some cases. For a flight hazardous jouriicy, so, in So. when thc "dog days" comp down upon us ivlth their depress- T118 heat and luck of bird iifc. lust by Way 0f a change put aside bird study for uwliilc. and lct us turn our attention to glories of slimmer floivers which are never so much at their bcsi as in the bird less days of August. the cuulgrou WINNIPEG. Man. Aug‘ 23—Idc! harvcstlng conditions liavc prevail- cd ovcr Western Cmiadn past sovon days. with ccpiiohs. in thi minor ex- Throsliiug is wcll uncla ay in southern Manitoba. altlioug Cutting has com- weather in Al- 131i}: i...