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Silver Fox Farming _
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QM, hh interesting discussion
wk plane at the last meeting of
.,F..,, Club held in Charlotte-
uw 'with reference to the best
‘°'"‘,,; puung board. rt has been
Und,/ed out by Major A. B. Rob-
wl” 0,, his return from the old
°""°'2,.y his; spring that consign-
 houses wgrg Of tI`I€ ODIXIIUII
mel; B umform gype of pelting
W d would be preferable to the
W nineties now u.I:d. Some
wg, have a tendency to broad-
bwthe pep, ht the neck. others
,T , 1; too much and some stretch
,hfnwk wo long.
ether or no it is feasible to
,ilgardizc a type of pelting board
cannot hny_‘ It would mean the
ve mm Cf thousands oi' boards
mranchers in this province and
2,7", the low prices that prevail
mm. might be indifferent to mak-
,,,g'9, chance. There ‘ls no 111163'
mn hui that a pelt taken off.
,Etched and prepared according
to me best scientific skill will real-
Mmcrc iimn one that is done in B
.linchod manner.
lorry lu'-low as secretary Of
Club has written to the
“Remember your fur bearers suffer
enough from the heat in their wire
enclosures without adding the nec-
essity of scratching t.o their mis-
ery. ‘Spare the iles. p;wder-the
iiuld-and spoil the fox' might eas-
ily be a fur farmers slogan."
Mr. G. H. Mayer, sub-Manager
of Frederick I-Iuth ds Company,
New York City, addressing a meet-
ing of the Ontario Fur Farmers'
Association. said in part: "Mink
breeding is a coming industry and
I marvel at the rapid progress
made by mink breeders-in the last
few years. Color and quality have
improved to the point where the
average ranch raised mink over-
shadows the wild mink.
Manufacturers ci mink coats now
show a decided preference for the
former because they say the pelts
are lighter and the color more uni-
form. While they demand a fair
sized mink pelt they place far
greater emphasis on texture and
color.
The short nap mink is the sort
most in demand. This is an ani-
mal with not too lang guard fur
Ar the writer gazed on him very pany. gave some interestin views
only an approximate figure of a Of
w
orth
pit w ty
M gone iiooey--registered in our
uunscollsncss. However. _Mme Glght The Black Fox M8SBZlne in "D0
ni nina hundred had D*!`€V\:\1SIY You Know Thati’ says: "The weal-
llem dosed with no ill results B0 thy native women of Tibet are al-
re mu to plnlosophlze and GH-U" w
to the conclusion that as long 93 fur
the percentage is kept d0W¥\ I0 535' PN Y eaven
about one-tenth or one-fifteenth of Many historians claim that the fur-
onc per cont we arc doing O. K-
By the why our method is a sort 5
of a tim-e bnrrellecl one. Ono chap ning and weaving by thousands of
lsstntloncd in command of a buck- years-'In Turkey most of the
et whic'h
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each ml and Formalin mixed in ound their head based on an old
mm water .Another has charge
ni the pulp Dalmatian insect pow- the wearer and. prevents sunstroke.
der; the ill
ion t a i n i n g carbon-tetrachloride
mixed in cllw oil in the pr0D0rti0n hlbitors' Associat‘on was held last
ll “lilly DCI' Cent C8i'50l1-t0f»!`8' evening at which matters connect
. . . e
clllclidc
The idea
byllsing the Dalmatian insect pow- cessful one held lest year. Evid-
del and lastly to dlp the fcX's tip ently the Silver Fox Exhibitfon has
inthe Izal and Formalln to get =c
:lin of any possible mites and al- continue to grow with the years.
it to keep
when his stomach gets hot from
lllevwrkingsof the Nema capsules. cleaned oil' by now, of course
t
. is a matte, of fact we have to
lliund earm
nice among the pups, and no lieas.
llrobahlv bccallso we use good g _ 5 -
“mug d‘sini<-ctant every two weeks atlvs diet with milk. V
ill cleaning
isavs inc
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consignment houses to see
possible for them to agree
(hc standard Pemnlf Ward "ld
lo forward a diagram of same
ranchers can Bet boards
up in accordance with the
III
onth and discuss this am-
meetings have been held
once a. month ever since.
It is mooted that the
houses may meet GM'
things.
Fox Club referred to above fo y
out-come of a 5\l8E€SlSi0¥1'Ca'e should be taken in scraping
hy Claude Smith. Charlotw- that none cf the grease gets on the
not it would be a sood idea
rulch
ers in the vicinity of
and others if they
get together once a
ialk over their various
The suggestion bore
---- c
week we spoke about dosing a
Nemo Capsules for worms. e
\ve had our first fatality Labrador mink at $5,000 each. A
season when using the cap- Mg
Through a little inadvert- lg coats from $1.750 to $3,000
or mlsludgement one oupsule each.
have gone the wrong Woy
got into thc larynx. for a nice
sized. well silvered fox PUD the summer school of the Iowa Fox
his earthly Carver. and Fur Breeders' Association. Mr.
at maturi rose uP-
contains a one per cent
irrl presides over the can
of these three processes
him from biting his tip
libs very little in evid-
ls to drnl with earmltes. with fleas if
be
oo
as
out
our sheds
, the same day it is pelted. The pelt
and very soft, silky fur with a blue
foundation. Rancher-s should use
the same care in Deltlng mink as
in pelting foxes. The mink should
be just about prime and the paws.
especially the rear ones, should still
be slightly blue.
'rue mink pen should be scrapes'
cannot be scraped as clean later
n if the grease és allowed to dr .
fur
. In stretching the pelt do not
pull the belly of the skin down
quite as far as the rump so that
a buyer can examine the rump fur
without damaging the pelt."
The New York Herald-Tribune
and other New York newspapers
arried advertisements recently from
Fifth Avenue store featuring costs
mad to order from selected dark
min
ntreal firm last saturday had
At a banquet in connection with
A. H. Ieohard of the Purina Com-
E
fox ranchers from Prince Ed-
ard Island to the Pacific Coast.
ays buried with all their nnest
s so they will make a good im-
ssl0n when the enter H -
rier's trade is the oldest in_ the
world and that the wearing `of
kins out-dates the arts of spin-
workers wear a small fur iece ar-
be
lief that it imparts strength to
A meeting of the Bllver Fox Ex-
d _
with the coming fox show were
disclmed. Indications are that the
Exhibition of 1935 will be as large
not larger. than the very suc-
ome an institution that will
Your adult foxes should have
here may be some old fur clinging
them. but a fox that has his old
at intact requires treatment such
worm capsules followed bv a
ood
dose of castor oil then lax
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Distinctive Name
“Silver Tip” seems to be a. most
appropriate trade name for silver
fox foods, for as everyone knows
the silver tip is a distinctive fea-
ture of every well bred and pro-
perly reared `silver. black fox.
Ear‘y in the history of the fur
farming industry, everyone had a
different way of feeding his
animals; there was no standardiza-
tion, no food charts. As experience
was gained, the way of the fox
farmer became smoother, until to-
day the raising of silver foxes and
other fur bearers is easier than it
has been before. In the work of
helping the flu- farmer very few
have done more than Mr. James
Walton, who came to Moncton
about twentyfour years ago from
South Wales, where he manu-
factur nl hard tack for the British
Army, Navy and Merchant Marine.
At first he conducted Walton’s
Model Bakery in Moncton mak-
ing fox biscuits as a. side line.
Later the side line became the
main line; bread and pastry for
humans were discontinued and
The Silver Tip Biscuit Company.
Limited as' manufacturers of fox
and other animal foods came into
being,
This company was the firs. to
mlsiufacture fox cubes, IN CAN-
ADA which have proven so popular
with fox farmers. -
On October 3, 1984. a. bad fire
caused a loss of $40,000 to the
Silver 'Pip plant but it was not
long before work was resumed and
on a much larger scale. This Com-
Duny is now located on Albert
3t1'0€t. 0CC11Pying a property which
was purchased from the City of
Moncton: conveniently situated be-
tween the C. N. Railway and
Petitcodiac River, and on the
main road to Albert County.
Amon; the latest additions to the
already modern plant is a 10 pan
reel oven and an up to date
electric cereal cooker. The Bll-
V91” TIP C0111-DS-ny has a large capa-
city. which is taxed. almost to the
limit, in producing fox and animal
foo
f
ds, which have been tried and
_ °uud thoroughly satisfactory. both
in quality and price.
Attention is directed to the ad-
vertisement of The silver Tip
U0mPBny in today-'s newspaper.
The Silver Tip ad. will be 5
weekly feature.
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fur. In that case it is a. good idea
fOr the rancher to comb it off so
as to give the new coat a chance to
d°V€10l1- From now on the care
you take cf your foxes may reflect
in the kind and quality of peltg you
have to offer for sale later on.
Each adult fox should be care-
fully looked over and considered
and a decision .made as to whether
it is to be retained or pelted and
if pelted the apprzxlmate date de-
tennined on. Then a check-up
0V¢1'y now and then will show you
how the pelt is developing. .
It mud’ be Ihilt the fur will cqmg
faster than you expected and that
instead of pelting in December it
will be necessary in order to retain
Color and lustre to take on in mid-
November. It is these things that
have to be attended tg today, for
a little inattention may mean any-
where from five to twenty-five dol-
lars or more loss on a sk’n,
Stake Good Potato ,
(Experimental Farms Note)
Potato tubers do not cross. They
reproduce true to type. The only
way to obtain a potato crow is
through the seed balls, which
sometimes form on the vines, and
that method of propagation is
practically never resorted to unless
by someone interested in originat-
ing a new variety. Tubers are not
really seed, although commonly so-
called. but are a vegetative part of
the plant. If, therefore, the tubers
are not mixed during the opera-
tions of digging, handling, storage
and planting, the variety will not
become impure (unless by the rare
chance of a sport) no matter how
closely to another kind it may be
grown. Thus one may confidently
select seed tubers in the expectancy
that like will produce like.
There is a difference in the vig-
our of strains, stocks and hills.
Whether this difference is wholly
due to the influence of disease, or
is to some extent inherent, may be
left to the plant pathologists and
the geneticlsts to decide The prac-
tical fact is that some potato
plants are more vigorous and pro-
ductive than others, and that in
reproducing from these lie pos-
sibilities of profit. If one will, dur-
ing the summer, stake a number
of the best hills (being careful to
avoid. not only dwarfed or un-
healthy plants. but also those ex-
hibiting the abnormally large top
growth known as giant hill) and
will ses that any neighbouring
plants sumecied of harbouring
virus diseases are promptly pulled
lud dwruyed and lr he wul then
follow up this effort by A further
rlloruul inlpection of the tubers
WMU 4\¥ he may improve his seed
.stocker at all oventrmly arrest
the runnin!-out process which oc-
curs when diseus is allowed to
creep in unchecked. At the Domin-
ion nrperimsntsl Sub-Station.
Beaverlodgo, Alberts, lslection has
been carried further by thc gp.
proved system of propagating in
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ADDITIONS 'I0 OUR FLOBA
| I have often suspected that a
‘ careful examination of our lime-
l stone districts. would add new
; plants to our Island iiora, and the
, following interesting letter from
l Dr. _W. L. Holman, Summerside.
' fully bears out this supposition. Dr.
' Holman writes: “I had been plan-
ning to drive down to have a talk
| with you about the Island flowers,
after Mr. R.. R. Hurst had given
me s copy of your most welcome
compilation. I am not a botanist
ibut enloy trying to identify wild
flowers as a summer hobby. -Your
list has added a great deal to the
. fun of the game and makes it eas-
I ler for us.
“I have found a. few plants which
9-fe D05 in y0ur list and am mail-
ing you some specimens. The Sua-
eda is not fully identified. The
Water Pennywort is common about
the Dunk River and in the swamp
near the Sumrnerslde golf com-g¢_
“The Lamium purpureum is, and
1
in the garden here. The Aqulleg-la
(Columbine) is established about
the woods below the golf com-ge,
. The Geum was not in bloom when
I found it. but the leaves and the
dried-out flowers suggest rivale?
The kidney-shaped leaves, from a
wet swampy place gave no bloom,
and are different in appearance
from the Water Pennywort.
"The Plantago decipiens from a
salt mann near Malpeque had
some small plants (enclosed) all
about it. What are they? The
101115 (CYYDfD€l'amma stelleri and
Woodsia alplna? were both on dry
(not m0SSy) rocks overhanging
Dunk River: the other fern, W.
glabella. was growing on very
heavily-mossy rocks.
I have been unable to visit you,
and expect to retum to Toronto in
about a week. Would be glad to
have your comments on the speci-
mens sometime. Sincerely, W. L.
Holman."
First, I must say that I was very
pleased with the manner in which
the Specimens had been prepared;
in' contrast with other consign.
ments of plants that I sometimes
get, Dr. Holman had spread some
or all of the leaves out fiat, be-
tween sheets of newspaper, and had
written on the margin the date and
exact locality of the find. In the
most of cases he had added the
scientific name of the plant. Too
often enquirers send plants that
have been allowed to dry “at their
own sweet will," (if I may express
a crude fact poetically) and con-
sequently the trouble of naming
them is doubled.
The Suaeda or Sea Bllte is one
of the plants my correspondent has
doubts about, specifically. so have
I, for the "Manuals" describe the
species in a. rather uncertain fash-
ion. Britton lists three species in
the North Atlantic regions while
Gray splits them into four. In the
“key” to the species Britton says
S. americana is a dark green plant.
but in the description he gives it
as pale green, or nearly white.
There are also other contradictions
in the text-books, so that at last I
laid aside the S. iinearis of Mac-
Swain's list as requiring confirm-
ation.
The Water Pennywort (Hydro-
cotyle americana L.) is a welcome
addition to the Umbellifers of our
Island, which is rather scantfly
supplied with members of this fa-
mily. The Lamium purpureum L.,
Red Dead Nettle, is new also. but
is probably commoner than we
suppose: it does not however seem
to be so aggressive a weed as the
"Hemp Nettle” (Ga1eopsls) which
ranges over most of the Northam
continent. The Aquilegia canaden-
sis? and the Geum rlvale? appear
to be authentic, and if so, new to
the district; but as no bloom was
to be had. I have forwarded them
to t.he Dominion Botanist for his
"lmprimatul-." The little plant with
renlform leaves from the wet
swampy place was Mitella nuda.
which will be found in MacSwaln's
list. The other little plants from
near Malpeque were in fruit only,
and have gone up "for trial” to the
Botanist at Ottawa. We shall hear
of them again.
The fems Cl-yptogramma and
Woodsia are also new to the Island
and when I have heard the verdict
on Aquilegia and Geum, this col-
umn will be furnished with a list
of all plants_ "discovered" since the
"Flowering Plants and Ferns 01
has been for years, a common weed~
: 1' .W _- ’ _ -7 ‘_ , _W , "“=r- *if  1
lished in 1033. It will run to
about a score of species. Dr. Hol-
, man's finds should encourage the
study of Botany in the capital of
_ Prince County.
*I THE DOLE
4 071 AUS- 2501. Gordon S. Har-
g ylnston announced that organizat-
ion work on Canada's employment
and social insurance scheme was
_'~'0mPleted, so we will eventually
, .lava what the British (with mis-
, Dlwed humor) call the dole, on
l this side of the water. One of our
Canadian humorists. with an utter
misunderstanding of the matter,
once wrote a scathing article de-
mi-YWU-UZ Why the British Govem-
ment. in lieu of anything better,
did not set the unemployed to
WEHUDB r0und in circles, insteadof
Paying out money for nothing! And
now .we're to have “the dole" here!
That veteran Trade Union Lead-
or and ex-Minister of Mines, sir
Ben Turner, M. P., has recently
come out with a. rather explosive
ertiulefentltled “D-_chat word
Dole." in which he says “When I
hear men and women saying they
are on the dole I want togive them
a clout on the head. I remember
beink out of work myself away back
in the last century. I drew seven
or nine weeks' unemployment pay
-I forget which-from my Trade
Union, the Old Weavers’ Associa-
tion at Huddersfield. I dldn't look
upon it as a dole, much as I dis-
liked the need to draw it. It was
a benefit I had paid for."
Sir Ben supports our humorlst by
supposing that the word "dole"
means getting something for noth-
U18- Why Emily this damnable epi-
thet, he says, to the three-party
arrangement for raising a fund to
pay out unemployment benefit to
those who pay in? Why grumble
if the people are kept in a state of
Physical and moral decency by the
arrangement? Before the Act came
info force the only help an out-of-
work could get was a soup kitchen
meal, a cast-of! ragged suit or
dress, or B. workhouse outlook. It
has been salvation to tradespeople
for most of the unemployment pay
goes into their tllls; and only han-
dicaps the undertakers for it pre-
vents starvation! “It is a barrier
against wild, wicked, dangerous re-
volution. Nobody wants , revolution
who is at all right in his mind. But
distress breeds revolution or death."
The "dole" means less crime too.
and is a blessing to policemen,jus-
tlces, and judges. .
NATURE NOTES
As I write, (Aug. 31) the planet
Mars is plainly visible through the
westem window; it is one-and-a- ,
half degrees _S.E. of Jupiter. On
the 27th it was two degrees S. of
that planet; a month ago Mars
was well to the W. of Jupiter. Now
it will be understood that the two`
have changed places, and that the
change took place on the 27th
when the two were "in conjunc-
tion." As they drew near each
other the portents increased. In
my diary appears the following
under heading Aug. 25th: “Phen-
omenal rain here: 3.42 inches in
the night, Quake in Montserrat at
9.30 a.m., after light shocks for
three days previous. Howling gale
on Newfdland. coast with loss of
life. Storm at Bermudas." Around
this period the long drought was
broken with heavy rains that en-
abled wide-awake farmers to com-
mence their ploughing. lt was not
however ideal weather for cutting
the grain.
Are we to have a plague of
grasshoppers, as Western Canada
has? These destructive insects are
present in consderable force this
fall, and I have heard some farm-
ers blame them for interfering with
the f‘llling out of the oats. Cer-
tslnly my hulless oats showed a
considerable quantity of empty
“chaff” but whether this was due
to grasshoppers or drought I am
not prepared to say.
The soybeans in the garden are
not going to bs a heavy crop this
year, owing to lack of moisture
They are in a plastic state, biolog-
ically, which I attribute to the fact
that they are "unsophisticaiod,”
and have not yet been tinkered
with by plant-breeders-at least not
to any great extent. They are U18
Mnndgrih variety, and like other
soybeans, have one to three seeds
in the pod, and very, very occas-
Prince Edward Island" was pub-
ionally, four. Last year I saved the
:I
I:`ox feeds which
mais.
Palo! us'rs.or su.
ESTABLISHED 1925
FOX CU BES
Formulas Arranged for All Stages of the
Life of the Sliver Fox
Positively do not cause scouring. 10 I
ears experience in the manufacture of I
First in Canada to manufacture Fox
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(Experimental Farms Note)
The rules and regulations of the
Canadian Seed Growers Association
make it necessary for growers of
,Elite Stock to have their seed stocks
verified for purity every four years,
or more frequently if necessary.
Each spring, the secretary of the
Association gathers in the seed
stocks of the various growers who
‘have Elite seed and half of each
lsample ts given a number ond sub-
lmitted to the Cereal Division, Cen-
'tral Experimental Farm , Ottawa,
for a growing test
. At the Central Farm, thm
,samples are sown in five rod-row
plots which provide on the average
»l20o to 1500 plants for testing As
‘soon as the plants are 6 to 8 inches
high. the assistant in charge of the
particular crop lnvclved, wheat,
oats or barley, as the case may be,
inspects the plots and notes any
characters in the plot which may
. be abnormal for the variety con-
cerned. Then, at one week intervals
until harvest time, and particularly
just after heading, close watch is
kept on the plots and oi’ any "off-
type” or suspicizus .heads are
tagged with small labels. These so-
called "off-types" may not really
be off type but. from experience, it
has been found that suspicious
heads are often 'the start of a
hneak-up in “the s*traln.Then, at
‘harvest time, any heads marked
caller in the season are pulled and
put away for close. critical exam-
lnnti-n in the laboratory. The
centre row of each plot is pulled
and the heads kept for reference,
should any question with regard to
the plot arise.
The marked heads are then
critically exarnined and a detailed
report submitted on each test to
the executive of the association. As
a further test, not only of the
grower's seed stock, but also of the
one responsible for verifying the
seed. the seed from the suspicious.
marked heads is sown and a check
made on the resulting progeny. This
test is very interesting in that
suspicions are frequently justified
and one finds a diversity of types
result from this test.
`1I1ZI'll"0I
earliest for seed. and hand-picked
those pods containing three seeds.
These were sown this spring 'and
the plants are producing more than
50 per cent of three-seeded pods.
The almost instant response is in-
teresting. '
The heavy rains have produceda
great crop of mushrooms round
here, and from now on the mycol-
ogist will find much to study in
the way of fungi. A very handy
book to have is Dr. Gus.sow’s
“Mushrooms and Toadstools." which
is sold by the Division of Botany,
Ottawa, at the extremely low price
of one dollar. It is copicusly il-
lustrated, and contains exact des-
criptions of some hundreds of com-
mon fungi. We negiect the fungi,
all except the common mushroom,
but there are scores of edible
“toadstools"-all with different fia-
vors-which with a little know-
ledge, might safely be used.
Scientists, as a. rule. are not po-
etically minded: in the detail of
classification, description, andprac-
tical utilization of their dailywork,
there is little room for the imag-
inative flight of words. The late
Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, of Aber-
deen, was a notable and brilliant
exception: hear him on the subject
of toadstools, and perceive the
beauty of these humble vegetab-
les." When wc walk through a
damp wood we see that one factor
in the fascination of fungi isthelr
beauty of form- Not only does one
see "fair umbrellas, furl'd or spread
a Grecian shield and a prelate's
crown, a Freedoms cap and a
friar's cowl," one finds goblets and
chalices, corals and sponges, a
flmsy cage for leap-o’-my thumb.
and. a bird's nest filled with
eggs. Wore the big dryads
saddle projecting from the doom-
cd tree has its beauty. espe-
cially when one gets a glimpse of
the dryad mounted, but it is
among the small fungi that one
finds the most exquisite architect-
ures. Add to that the wonderful
coloring-from crimson and scar-
let to golden yellow and ivory
white. There is a. charm, too. in
the rapid transient growth--how
soon they strike their tents and
are gone! What delicacy of build
in many cases; they are like little
The rainy period has started the
trees growing again-at the wrong
time. The sap should be descend-
ing now, not ascending. This, it
would seem, is not good for the
fruiting spurs next spring, but I
hesitate to prophesy!
NEW PART-SUNG
In the "Musical Times" for the
month oi' August Messrs. Novelio
and Co., of London, Eng., are of-
fering a new part-song, or it
might be more correct to say, 0.
newly harmonized version of mold
patriotic ballad. ‘The Arcthusa".
This robust tune was originally
composed, as to the music, as a
solo, by William Shield, whose well
known songs, "Old 'Ilowler,” “The
Wolf.“ "The 'I‘horn,' are included
in most collections of English folk-
songs. shield was a Tyneside msn
who migrated in search of fortune.
to London, and ended up by being
a persona gr-ata with Royalty. I-le
bequeathed his valuable violin to
the then Prince of Wales “The Ar-
cthusa" was the name of an Eng-
lish man-of-war in the Napoleonic
era, and the ballad commemorates
one of her exploits. Shields’ music
is always tuneful, Sometimes dra-
matic, and generally requires voices
of a good range. The present part-
song is for three voices,`of a mixed
choir, and may bs classed as mod-
erately easy. It can be procured
through your local music-dealer.
A BORDER CELEBRITY
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FOR FARMERS, “STOCK BREEDERS A ND GARDENERS 
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Tiussr lvorss golv rorrcs “Silver 'I‘1p”_ls a i g Proving of Ente
I NEWSY NUTES I stock seed stocks
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BELOW IN MAKING A NIW
LAWN, AND YOU WILL HAVE
‘ A BEAUTIFUL CARPET OF
GREEN NEXT SUMMER.
I1 you‘re planning on making 8.
'ew lawn, make it this fall. You
will agree, I'm sure. that this is
the ideal lawn-making time ,OMG
you know ‘.I.e facts. During this
season moisture ls more uniform;
weeds less troublesome; grass
grows best. All these help the
fall-made la-rm become well est-
ablished and strong enough to go
through extremely hot weather
which so often kills tender, spring-
sown lawns, _
The following simplified method
of lawn making is the result of
years of study in the lawn-making
problems of the home gardener.
six steps. each carefully exercised.
lead to a beautiful, successful
lawn.
l. Lawn making starts with the
cr ~eful reparation of the soil.
Spade to a. depth cf six inches
and pulverizle thoroughly. If the
soil available is inclined to be stiff
and clayey, incorporate some
sand in the two few inches. If
naturally sandy, use clay and
peat moss to give it better re-
tentive power. _
2. Apply a complete balanced
plant food over the pulverized soil
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square feet. Get it on evenly and
then lightly work into the soil. A
plant food spreader is handy f°f
both .f-'eding and _seeding the
lawn- _
3. Wait one day after applying
plant. food and then seed with
good grass seed. It's always the
most economical. Use four to lil/0
pounds per 1.000 square feet. If
you sow by hand put half on
crosswlse and the other half on
lengthwise.
4. Roll to_imbed and to insure
perfect contact between seed and
soil. A tamper or wide board can
be used on small areas if a roller
is not available. This step is es-
sential and should not be over-
looked.
5. Water thoroughly, using a
very fine spray. Continue daily (or
twice daily, if necessary to keen
soil moist) until seed germination
is -cmplete--thzee to four weeks.
Thereafter soak lnvm to a depth
of five or six il.ches, once or twice
a week.
6. Mow the lawn when the srBSS
has reached a height of three to
three and one-half inches. Be
sure to have the mower newly
sllarpened \ that it will not pull
up the young grass. Set the mower
as high as it will cut. Continue
regular cutting until frost stops
growth.
tury, must have been an exciting
place to live in, according to the
old stories. Last week we read of
the County Keeper-(something
like a. Sheriff but with more ex-
tenslve powers) being taken pris-
oner and chained to his enemy's
fireplace, until rescued by Frank
stokoe, a Borderer of great stat-
ure, and bold character. Many
stories are told of this -worthy, but
one. illustrative of those stirring
times, must suffice. Btokoe lived
in a fortified house, locally called
a pele-tower, at Chesterwood, a
small village near Haydon Bridge,
on the South Tyne. 'I1-less P618-
towers had stables on the ground
level in which the cattle and hors-
es were housed at night for safety
against Scottish "reivers." The fa-
mily llved in .the story above. to
which access was gained by means
of stairs on the outer side of the
walls. The bedrooms of these peles
opened one into the other all along
the line, without any corridor.
One winter night Stokoe was
awakened by a noise 'which roused
his suspicions. He slipped cautious-
ly along to the "front door." and
found that somebody was trying to
draw back the bolt by means of a
lmife thrust between the door and
the jamb. Gliding back, he walk-
ened his daughter, whom he in-
structed to stand behind the door.
and in the event of the bolt being
drawn, to push it back again with-
out alarming the party. He then
took his musket, and loading it with
slugs, descended through a. trap in
his-bedroom to the cow~house be-
low. Peering through the door, he
saw at the top of the heavy stone
stairs leading to the dwelli.ng ap-
artments, five or six men with a
dark lantem. Our hero, after sur-
veying them carefully for a few
minutes in order to satisfy himself
as to why they wore, suddenly
broke the silence in a thundering
voice--“You d~d rascals, I'll make
the starlight shine through some
of you!" and discharged his weap-
on at the same moment.. The bear-
er of the lantern staggered across
the stair-head and plunged head-
long down the steps, shot through
the heart; while his terrified com-
panions Jumped the guard-wall and
i‘led`in all directions. Btokoe hast-
ily entered the housn, closcdsnd
bolted the door, and retired to bod
as if nothing unusual had happen-
ed. The Good Old Times!
Another story is told of this man
and the rebellion of 1715. He "went
out" with the Earl of Derwentwa-
ter, and was besieged in Preston,
but escaped the Govemment forces
by clearing a high wall on horse-
back. The Earl was taken and ex-
ecuted, and Btokoe had the MYV9
to go una claim his body for trous-
port to its northern burial-place,
and got away with it, literally as
well as figuratively.
Spinning and Weaving
Send me your wool to be spun llitd
Yarn and wove into Blankets. Tha
charges are: sin§le yarn 23 c0nlS»
doubled 26 cents per pound. Blank-
cfs $2.00 and if unlaundered $1-353
it takes live lbs. of wool per Blanket.
Wool must be well washed and all
dirt and burrs picked out. The size
of single yarn is medium, and .inun-
led yum fine. medium. coarse and
hooking yam. Put shrppers name
on all parcels and owner’s name,
address and instructions 'Inside-
Send by mail or' freight. Special
price for washed wool with dirt and
burrs picked out. Freight will bs
paid on 100 lb. lots.
WILLIAM CONDON,
65 Queen Street, Charloittowm
I..-8122-6-S-W-tl-Nov. 22.
Mannill Fox Cubes did.
rctums from your pelfs.
Marmlll Fox Cubes.
lulting lin food poisoning.
IIUW IIIII ‘THEY
GKUW in August
D0 YOU BEALIZE that you are now one month near-cr
_ polling time than you were when we placed our August
advertisement before you?
One month more of that valuable growing and develop-
l ill! Period has passed and cannot be recalled. Did you uct
a good 30 days' development on your pups? Feeders of
Do noi, rlslr the possibilities of "lower than necessary”
MAIIMILI. FOX CUBES
WILL GIVE YOU SIZE AND THAT LONG LUSTROUS
FUR. WHICH COMES FROM A FULLY HEALTHY FOX
STEADY. natural growth of thc pup's body rcsulfs in a
good healthy coat. Good growth depends on good feed.
MARMILL FOX FOODS provide the complete diet. and are
supplied in special ratlom for each season. They como in
two convenient forms, Cubes for dry feeding and Meal for
mixing. Meat may also be _fed if desired.
MARMILL CUBE! Irs economical. Total daily average
food requirements per pup up to polling time, 424 to Gy; ur.
MAR-MILL CUBES will cut your labor coals in half -
easy to feed - no mixing required - no spoiled meat re-
llmls only ay |
REESORS MARMILL LIMITED
DIBTIIBUTOIG
P. E. I. Fllli TRADERS, Ch'f<»w»
llollll, Mcliaye & Todd, Sau-
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Mu-mill Fox Foods are
now approved for Iodine
Content by the Iodine
Educational Bureau, I
New York. i
 
A TRIAL ORDER
WILL CONVINCE YOU
Send for free in-
formation and prices
on Mnrmill Fox Foods.
Freight prepaid to your
lhtion on 300 lb. lots
or more.
Northumberland,in the 19th Olin
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