By Thorton W. Burgess Peter looked eagerly in all the trees within sight. He looked in vain. Someone very near at hand hand asked. “Are you looking for anybody?" There sat Winsome Blue- _old Mom" Namnmbird on a tencepost just a little This doesn't mean that a house war from the dear Old Brier- necessarily is a home, but it is patch. true that there can be no true] "MY. but it'l 300d 10 Se? .V°l-ll home unless it is in 3 house o{,Welcome back!“ cried.Peter. "Where some kind. A nest is a form of‘lS Mrs. Winsome?" house. Scmrtimcs it has a roof, "Over in the Old Orchard I sometimes it dnr-.m't. * lizuess," replied Winsome Bluebird. Winsome B:ui>bir<i and Mrs. Wln- liiis spring coat Wu lovely. It was some had rntiirncri L“7II'l_\' from the ‘as blue as it it. were cut from Sunny South. They had not beenlthe bluest part of the sky. It u-rv for down in the Sllilll_\’ South. ‘always is one of the loveliest coats Old Man \Vlfllf‘i' harl hardly ls-it of the early sprms. It is a deeper. when lh(‘_\' arrived In fact, lhe_vil‘lr'het' blue than Sammy Jay's come so much carlicr than usual'cont, that Peter Rabbit hadn‘t yet be—l "I hope you are here to stayl" gun to watch for them ‘cried Peter. 'f"qnn earlv one morning Peter "I am if we have any luck in heard a soft whistle that seemed finding a house in which to make to come from I‘i’l\\'l]t"l’E in p.~.rticular, a home," replied Winsome Blue- and cveryxxhcre in general. Peter bird in his soft sweet VOICE. kicked up his long hecis _]0)‘Illll_\'. “I guess you wont Iind any "Winsome ‘Bliiebird!" he cried. and trouble in doing that." said Peter. ran out of thc (lf‘I|l' Old }3ricr- who never had been house-hunting patch in look for Winsomc. Hc in his whole life. in-~kr*d czizm-ly this way and that "I don‘t know,‘ said Winsome \l(l_\'. Hc didn't see Winsome, but Bluebird. “Mrs. Winsome and I he hoard Hm That soft. sweet,=have looked around quite a bit al- plainme. whistle came to him !rom‘read_v, and we haven't found 1 THE HOUSE HUNTERS For Man or Elephant or Mouse. A home demands some kind ofl house. tar awn_\'. Or «lid it? Peter kllEW,l‘i0uSP. to suit us yet." :i\' nxpc: r-nre. that \V'lnS.0I‘n€' Blue-l "You must be hard to suit," l l::rd Sr‘l‘n€"'.lllP: lli‘.'l(lP lllS whistle said Peter. , smind 'ir ww iy whcii he was rcallyi "It isn't that" replied Winsome. i-‘:_\' ncar. "the trouble is it is hard to find‘ wont MARKETING \\‘ool will he received at the Reid warehouse at the foot of Prince Street. Charlottetown, after May 15th. Wool shipped by rail or truck should be care- fully tazqorl and addressed to the Wool Grading Sta- lion, Clizirlottctown. “freight collect". Payment of ll‘(\l‘,’,lli by truck will he on the basis of rail rates only. Truckers must present a proper warehouse receipt be- fore iriicltaze will be paid. An advance payment will be made promptly on receipt. of wool and a final pay- incnt as soon as wool is graded. In sliippiiig, cach fleece should be tied separately with paper string and packed in old, but clean sacking. Lise one largze sack if at all possible, as this aids in chcrkins. A number of old. clean sacks sewed to- ,-’.,‘Clll(‘i‘ will suffice. Large sacks may be secured from tho Shocp.Brceders‘ Association, Charlottetown. for lots of ovcl‘ twclvc fleeces. EACH SACK SHOULD Eli T.'\GGI’.D WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS 01“ THE O\\'.\'ER WRI’I‘TEN IN CLEAR LETTERING WITH INK. O_\'F. TAG TO BE SECURELY A’I'I‘ACH- ED TD THE OITTSIDE OF‘ THE SACK AND ANOTH- ER l‘l.,.-\(“I£D ON THE INSIDE. No responsibility will ho acccptcd for sacks without tags. A deduction of onc cent per pound will be made for wool tied with hinrlcr twinc or other unsatisfactory string. Shipping tags and propcr twine are available at the Provincial Dcpartmcnt of Agriculture free of charge. It is in your interest to see that wool is properly prepared for market. Growers should: 1. Remove all tags and dung locks before tying each flcccc. 2. Any hurry, chaffy. or strawy portions of wool .-hoiilrl also hc rcmovcrl and shipped separately. 3. Shccp should bc shorn when dry. and .:li<wild ho storcrl in a place free from dampness. it. If thcrc are any black fleeces mark it on ship- pin: tags. All wool shonlrl bc shipped between May 15th and .Iul_\ lfith. Do not sacrifice your wool and market it cnt‘cl(‘:=.<l_\' through unreliable sources. Market it through (‘anarla‘.= finest Co-operative Producer Assoc- iniion. tho (‘nnnrlinn (‘o-operative Wool Growers, Lim- itnrl, whosc rcprcscnlativc is the P. E. 1. Sheep Breed- crs‘ A-xsociation. Do not forget. that patrons selling wool throuzli ilto-‘c Associations have always received tho top of tho markct. Furthermore these Associations arc w nrkin: in _\'our interests in supplying sheep pro- dnr-mxs with nqiiipmcnt, parasite remedies. and ser- \‘i(‘o< ill imliiccrl prices. Some of these materials such as l‘licwotliin7.inc for intcrnal parasites. and Cooper's .\‘lim~p Dip for cxtcrnal treatment, are now being dis- trilwitcrl at rcdiiccd ratcs at our Sheep Field Days, wool The Tiny Folk (A real story or real children 0 ‘ Wednesday. April 14, 1954 a Lrying pan. the bright yeljow '0' "'3' ’‘°‘"'‘ chudreul Strlrrclie andneniizggirxedsghsinlstirrgs The cold east wind blew 8ust5:a.gain' ,GinK°.r sf“ 0" 3 Chan’ b9‘ 0! rain against the window pane. fflde mm‘ m.‘ hm blue 93'“ l°°.k' Laurie looked Sadly out at “ling very‘ wise indeed. ‘Ono kit. then sighed. "I guess I'll have t(i1?ne:m§|l_‘a:)rn w”t.hLa.‘t”‘°5 ‘abh- 5l3}’ "1 10033’. for we can't play‘ . °‘ W‘ 15 §au°°p““5 nut in this» H I . d and fl‘.VlnK Dan. was his stove. e mm‘ aWaylBy all the fuss and rush this from the kitchen window and wandered around from room tolglunuscd ‘D be a most wonderful inner. room. He didn‘t kn ' ‘ t 'h t ... . to d(,_ 0“ N5 “ 3 ‘ In!-‘muklllg hot muffins for Baby Linda was busy playing dinner, ‘L_aui-ic told his motheit with her doll as she sat on a ::dhIfO$:é“.'.‘g 5,lI’.?°" 5I““t"h°.dk"°“I“l‘§ - ‘ . ion in ‘ blanket on the fl '. Sh lk (ii and Kurgled and 0;::”ed' imla 1:": make some chocolate cookies for mm did not both” her Um “me supper. (ginger told me he would bl-L .like some. I Just put the potatoes Laurie came intc th k't-h ‘and (“nits "" "°‘."‘” H’: ‘Wm again‘ This “mo u'1ereP“_aS'a‘ néiter to his stove, lifted the cover He smile on his face as he 0 the ied_and white saucepan. bustled around with Ginger tuck-1:?(fi‘£‘;0k[Ud1;".'l "Nt";,‘i:°Y "“dV9"" ed under one . “ a‘ . " 0.‘ ye‘ ° 51” - "I "May [use riots and pans ‘ugh mcyd huuly fur G1-"Ker Mommy?" he asked. ‘ills? l_::-igglht;-" dlaiih rattled "l SUDWVSL‘ Sn." answered hi.‘ ' ' '- ‘Ne e pans mother. "Put them back \\'lie:ilm?.“nd 0" W5 Sm‘/9' you-re done” l Momniy. he called. "you Laurie took out liur U‘ - - , . and >,_.0_\.(.l.S‘ The" im‘ Hi.)-ll L(()‘k}1)[dll;‘ll‘l€ Ltl\'(\1~ nil this. cookie sheet, three muffins tins,‘ an empty house. Empty houses are, few and far between." you have to have n housei with walls? Welcome Robin doesn't: have such a house. Neither doi most of the other feathered folk. Cant you make a nest outside instead of inside?" asked Peter. I "I suppose we could, but we: wouldn't be happy. And what isl it home without happiness?" re-l plicd Winsome. I 9880 1 The Guardian i watch that Ginger doesn't take will _vou'.‘ He Coniin‘ued on page 14 Zest for All. palates! Ba/Jioww PREPARED Mustang Brain A is K F Flfl](BS ~ \ BEST CATCH and rlircct from the Dcpartment of Agriculture. In ad- rlition tho .~\.<so(‘iaiinn is doing: everything possible in llit‘ piii'cli;i.<c and distriliulion of rams to assist the inrlu—:li'_\‘. ("o-op.~i';itc with your Association and support it \.a?.' l»_\~ l’]l7ll'l\'t"llll’Z your wool co-opcratively this year. Re— _,.-' mcnilwr wc pay the frcigzht and you get the most. out FRESHERI '_.--" CRISPIER, TASTIER oi _\ttllI‘ procliict. ‘.v" Till‘) i’ll|.l\'(‘l‘l EDWARD ISLAND SHEEP As . , iii<i«:i;ni:ns' ASSOCIATION °N'-V -. Charlottetown '~.-_ W. R. Shaw, Secretary. (/ CAN MA|(§ vim ZJ5§§'%”oE€lé .1701 cE'ilz‘sf4cE's... l rfilwegie-r:6T¥§ log T 9° ‘ T”'”°'--“E 7 FOR ME? 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