fill)???‘ 357. ‘ _ _ _ _ __ __l__r11t' Cmxkngri 151x111} uyfuunnn. NEY TIMELY uoras on TOPICS m i A M BY AGHDOI-A INDIAN FOOD PI/ANTS at 4 pm; after a week of weather. John MacSwain, in his “Plants of P. E. Island", give the common or Black Nightshade (Solarium nigrum) as one of our native plants. It must be relatively 111i- common since I have not yet come across it. It is known that the Indians of California ate the ripe berries of this piant, but consid_ ered the green berries poisonous. about 1910 or 1911, I noticed a. plant of the Woody Nightshade (B. Duicamara) growing near the door of a little shop in Charlottetown. It had tempting rod berries but these were very poisonous indeed, and on my informing the old lady who kept the shop she destroyed the "vine". (In Newcastle the newspapers of Aug. 26, i898, told of the death of a little girl, eight years old, who had eaten ten of the berries; she ate them on the Monday night and died early on the Wednesday morning). This plant may have been brought from New Brunswick where it is found in waste places or thickets. And can you believe it? the haves of that troublesome lawn- weed, the common Plantain (P. major), were eaten by the Indians of New Mcxicoi Three members of the Honey- suckle family — the Caprifoliaceae —proved useful. The berries of the "Cranberry-tree" or Pimbina (V, opuius) were eaten fresh or cooked. Not far away from my dwelling is n place where the In- dians of old deposited discarded oyster shells and over it grows a thicket of Pimbinii and thorns. Our Rcd-berricd Elder furnished berries which were eaten raw or boiled, and a tca was made from the roots of the plant. The Com- mon or American Elder strongly resembles the fragrant black-berri- ed, Eider of England: it seems to be scarce. The berries were eaten fresh or cooked; the fragrant blossoms were steeped in » 110111118 water to make a beverage. (The Indians of the U.S.A., and especially those of the Southern sections cultivated many species of pm. Faiconwood Hospital lives lost, but damage, Ju. 28. 1926. set for June, in Latitude p.1ii. min. for Tignish. THE BABES A ', ting throwing further light lOId and famous Nursery Griston Old Hall, at the "framed up“ in the ballad. cause he did not conform prevailing “religion”. The were commonplace enough- l-lall. When 10rd e11 with his two children. and a girl. Four years in On the way back he died- de Grey was now entitled but the boy (who hfld been much of his 1ierty_ t warn. ‘ Severe electric storm about 1 a "I struck and main central tower gutted. No $251100 property Local Time of Sunrise and Sun- 46 dc- grecs: 1st, 4.11 ant. 7.46 p.m. — 5th. 4.09 a-m. 7.49 pm. - 15th, 4.08 a.m., 7.52 p.m. -— 20th. 4.09 a.n1., 7.54 p.m. — 25th, 4.10 am., 7.55 pm. — 30th, 4.12 u.m., 7.55 To reduce above to Standard Time add 11 min. for Georgetown, 12 min. for Charlottetown and 16 IN THE WOOD, GAIN I am indebted to a correspondent who sends me a newspaper cut- on the Story. The wicked uncle of the tale was ‘one Robert de Grey who lived M» little ‘ town of Norfolk. Poor Robert was in the same way as Capt. Blight of the Bounty was treated in the talkies. and the story is that it was be- to the facts Lord ,1. a 1 the de Grey Yfiglszt. mess... Hall, W3‘; ton. and not far from Srflilfismigham died’ Robert dc Grey was entrust. s, boy ter the boy (then aged eleven) Dflid fl "Sill to his mother, who had married again and lived at Bacoristhorpe- Robert to all the land boonging to his nephew, a, ward of Queen Elizabeth) had been mar- ried as an infant to one Eillzflbelh Drury. on the strength 0f this. the Drury family commenced a law- suit which cnded in Robert losing own rightful pro- gourds (Cucurbits), which will when the boy died whispers of form the subject of a separate you; play were put into circula- article). tlon. and bit by bit the story grew. The series clores with notices of- l few mcnibcrs of the Coinpositnc. The Canadian Goldenrod, one of our, “Ycliow-vveeds", furnished seeds which were eaten by some tribes. The young and tender leaves of the Largc-icaved Aster (A. maerophyllus) served others as greens. One of the evcriastings, (Antennaria) furnished a kind of chewing-gum from its stalks. The ash from the Sweet Coitsfoot (Petasites) was used as salt by the Western Indians. Our trouble- some weed the Burdock (Arctiuin) was utilized in scvcral ways; the fresh leaves were eaten as greens, and the roots boiled in soup, also dried and stored for winter. The Dandelion svas made use of in much the some fashion. The fresh leaves of the Lettuce (Lac- tuca sp.) and of the Sowthistle (S. asper) were eaten by some Can- adian Indians. The last item on the list of our native plants is the Hawkwced (Hlcrucium), from the coagnlated milky sap of which a chewing gum was made. Those botanical students who have p1"c:»:c1'\'c(i the previous "notes" on this subject, will now have a most valuable list of our edible wild plants, and may re- gnrd all not mentioned with sus- picion. After the lawsuit was ecclesiastical authorities heaviy fined and Off/CH lmll A wood close to Wation iod thc Wailing Wood, said the legends. it wed the babes: and the beneath which Thomas in 1879. OIL FROM COAL is being done today at one another "factory" will established in South Wales, dusiry there. besides Britain independent of Frieclrlck Berzillfi. a Germai ally practicabc, but Dr. A NATUR-ALYSTS CALENDAR . (Continued) Teutonic perseverance, Late frost damages gardens, Ju. l8, i920. A cold month so far, Ju. 18, 1925. June ‘Z0, 1917, inside tempera- ture (without fircl rises to 76 de- grees. This is about the period of the Summer Solstice when the sun enters thc zodiacnl sign of Cancer, and Summer begins (As- tronomicnlfy). This happens on Julie 21st of this year (i937). In the Old Country, owing to the difference of cllnmip, June 24th is known as Midsummer Day -—- a heathen festival in old times, when Beltane fires iverc lighted in honor of Boai, but changed by thc Church to the feast oi‘ tiie Nativ- ity of St. John tiie Baptist. A most disastrous frost settled on the Isinnd on Ju. 21, 1918. Tomatoes and brzins hung black- ened, and acres of potatoes suf- fered. Readings from several points showed 24 decrees. Ju. ill, 1924. Vegetation backward. Mos- quitos extraordinarily numerous Ju. 21. 1927. White Gastalia Wat- er-liiy in bloom, Wiusloe North, Ju. 21, 1931; temperature 74 deg. In shade at 11 rum. Soft Coal is a compound of H. while oil is l]. hydrocarbon of hydrogen 11nd become oil In a. nature used to ors, and the members of a cal combine furnished him in.b:r:1tory and money to ca his expenmcnis. This was i at Hanover and may b: mentioned that it c combine $6,007,000 before crowned the work. like a wise ma roll master of the material of coal from all ovcr the and studied their produced synthetic ooal of He first attempt was Before Robert dicddn i601. ballad as outlined iii tll(‘.\{‘- Noics. was pubished as a broadshect. Robert got into trouble with and was will revive the dying mining rendering incidentally thc ended the risoned. is cal- because, tobc haunted by the wailing spirits of huge and his sister are said to have died, was struck by lightning and destroyed oak, To ‘make gasoline from coal does notscem a. feasible task, but this of the collieries on the com of Durham. England; and it is reported that soon be _whlch in- foreign oils to some extent. The method of producing the oil, is a modifica- tion of that worked out by Dr . i, some years ago. It is one thing to work out n. method, however, and quite another thing to make it comerel- Bcrgius did both-with thirteen years bc- tween! An admirable instance of Coal, as is well. known. is princip- ally made up of Carbon, Hydrogen. and Oxygen in various proportions. O. and in the proportion of 16 to 1; with thc proportions at 8 to 1. Berqiur task therefore was to find out how to make coal accept a doubic load melting “sulx titties" he did not lack back- chemi- with a riy out n 101i. it ost the success nDr- Bnrgius first mltdelllm- he was to work in; he sent for samples world composition. Afterwards in his laboratory he various kinds. foi- two years: and then he was ready for his real task. t0 heat lu/mps of con.‘ in a steel tnnk and Wind. North. strong, cellar furn- to force hydrogen into the tank loe on, Ju. 22. 19in. imder great pressure. The ma] Fire-flies flying Ju. 23, 1927: a turned to coke under the has; warm day, 78 degrees at 8 pm. evolved, and didn‘t drink up the This was followed by an electric hvdiogen. Would grinding the coal storm in the night. Ju. 23, 1918, first. improve the process’? The Lesser Bitter-crass (C. ninsuta) in result was ready for his reg] bloom. Humid. with touvpvrnture 78 de- 8189s at 3 p.m. "Vegetation-jump- ing!" Creek dry early this year, Ju. 24. 1930. June 26, 19%, temperature 84 deg. 5111689. Th's was heated next sieo was to mix the ground coal with all to a kind of in the airtight steel tank for some hour-a "id "w" hvdwaeii was forced in LI ME ‘IT BRINGS THE CLOVER” ' Orders are now being booked for immediate and Spring delivery. ' ‘Ni-lie for prices delivered your station Brociiviile Manufacturing 00., Ltd. Bruolivillr. Si. John Co, N. B- H. G. S. ADAMS, ‘Manager sold by leading merclldnb as before. When the tap was open- ed n. syrup-like fluid ran out. Part of the coal had tumcd to oil in the presence of a catalyst-m this case the added oil. At last the scientist began to see his Way- Finally, Dr. Bergius mixed the ground coal with tar. “Mechanical stlrrcs agitated the sooty pflfilfi in hot tanks." says the account 0! this experiment; and as before. the hydrogen was numbed 111- When the valves were opened gas and oil flowed out. Success at last! But three more years were t0 P055 before the patient scientist rid of all his difficulties aftc 1 d i rected another. and , Ifadyag daffn was by a‘ 5°“ °f the rfllvlir fsaclfirllvs now produce one Nvpume‘ (lmwrted tlwflmgh‘ million barrels of gasoline and l bred’) knoll“ as the “Hayes The com- in a. lubricant oli annually. bine got back their money few months. The factory in County Durham uses crude oil to mix with the coal as a catalyst and has two pjpc-iilcs running to the coast; the one to receive tiie crude oil 1mm thc tanker, and the other to deliver the gasoline for transport. One can scarcely estimate the value of such factories to Britain, and it is hoped to extend both their number and capacity. JUST A FEW WORDS. Ighnve sometimes voiced an ob- jcction to the phrase “off of," parliy because of its unplcasfng iOlllld. and partly fiom its re- dundancy, It is now p, sort o! dialectic usage in the country to thc f-‘oiith, Iaut sociiis to have PfiliilnlPfl. in litcraryi curios in Eng- land to (he inizlclic of the Eigh- Viccnlh Ccntuiy, I have alluded to its occurrence in the works of l Dcfcc, and just lately I have come ‘across it in the Second Pnrt ofi iSiinkspoarcis" Henry, VI" lisccnc 1, where Simpcox says was crippled by “a fail off of a. tree" An English writer of the piescnt day would certainly omit "of," and most likely would change the phrase t‘; "a fall from a. tree." On the other hand thc practice of leaving out “oi" from certain phrases seems to be growing: we read of “a. couple years’ time," "a couple more eggs" and so on. Couple. pair. and words of that kind, are substantlvcs and neces- Act 2, the noun they refer to, it is a SllpSllCd way of “Tlting. Nilziny, times this past winter, over the air came those short vocal cfforis generally termed ‘Sailors’ Shantcys." Many music catalogues adopt that spelling. which obvkiivaly ivrong; the sound cf thc music and quite naturally carries miuisconcc of the chanting church choir, so the term is pro- Dfiily ‘Sailors’ Chantey." Such Chantcys were sung by the crews of the old soiling ships, to keep the men in slop zit the capstan, o1- in hauling on ropes, We call a she fox a vixen but that 1's jurt a. dial-rot form of the old word fixen or fyxoi-i, which by flin wriy rnveys no idea of sex, but does c? plurality, I am icid that the old North- llllll7-lflfl dialect, familiar m my boyhood days. 1s fast dying o“; Oulv a few of the older folk’ use it now, and the school children iii-e raid to speak "qiijtc menyy- words a. m- SCANDIA No. 6 for large fox farms. SCANDIA No. 5 lighter than above without hand lever for small fox farms. Prccurahle from-ailDcaIcrs. F. W. Lamplough 1S. Co» Limited Montreal, Que. A 11am: Pill’ snow Insure a large crop of healthy.- vigorouc pups this year by feeding ROYAL FOX FEED ' Results during former seasons shows that the use of Royal with c good meat ration is the most posi- tive way known for the rancher lo secure best breeding results. Insist on Royal- Auir your dealer today or write The St. John ling Company Ltd. New Brunswick .-...-....-_ pa? is: Saint John mesa‘; Province, and at the time d : Milton” was bred he was owned by fggfigfsm: lag ‘i the late Moses Byme, North River. he‘ By Mr. C. E. Maclienlio GREAT BROOD MAKES Dex the dam or “Royal deserved a place in our great brood-mare list. ‘This mare, al- though not Island breed, produc- ed that noted prize winner and sire of carriage and roadster horses Royal Harry, Dex was a daughter of Hambilionian l0, having been imported to this province by the late Dr. John T. Jenkins and the result of her mated to “Prince Marry" was "Royal Harry." Dex also produced “Young Ham." a Ion of Young Hamblltonian in twin, a' son of Hambiltonian 10. "Young Ham" being in bred was a beauti- ~ fui horse. Dex, as her name indicates was a. sister of the noted Dexter 2.17, fastest horse of his time in America. No doubt the dam of Jeff, would be cntjtied to a place too but the writer is unable to give her breed- chem adult merit The Honorary Judges at the Brit- ish Silver Fox Show held in Inn- aon the latter part of December, nave released a. report (which we are abbrevlating) standard of the animals shown to l. The standard of the champion- ship Prize winners was very high, partlcuariy in the full silvers and three-quarter silver classes. The champions and- reserves in these sections could hardly be improved i upon for color and quality, and the tion were a. considerable improve- shown during the past few years. 2. The standard in the quarter silver, black and slightly silver sec- tions and in the half silver section, CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming on the quality known for judging. Dr. dogs in the half silver sec- on anything that has been. so large they cover sixty to one hundred acres. Major T. B. Rogers. the contingent province at the Coronation of His Majesty King George 12th. The Major has made great progress with his three years and has developed some very beautiful animals, success with his breeding operations zit Rosebank Fur Farms. He hopcs to have over 200 cross fox pups from his matings of standard breds. breeding has proved quite profit- able to the Doctor on account of his attractive cross sold in New York at good averages, d when every normal person begins to yearn for spring and summer. Winter sports, even for the you g. pill as snow gives place to Ill 1:. and slush to mud. But beneath the we“ I theft slush and mud or it may yet fox rancher, will be one of , i‘: bggfifghfgotzzsilgture once more rcplesenlmg ‘m5 l Birds are returning from the . south; sap is rising in the maples and on the southern slops of thc hill the earth is commencing ('1 , steam at high noon. Soon it will be time to sharpen spade and for]: and get out in the garden, either iii the bran dnew one that is going to be developed this season, or to make constant improvements in our VI on May foxes thc past Leo Frank reports excellent for generations. Active Operations; Al. k d '15 a an ’ may not be possible yet for weeks l Tl ‘itch 1n Us S“ in some part". of Canada, but in the meantime plans can be laid, seeds and other stocks ordered, and early which plants started in sunny window or pelts ing. “Lady Milton, the dam of m; wot as mentioned above. was not and the demand for his Alaskan 110% bed- 1;:g::eo%e: azidamnaiinté?‘ 181mm“ 011 quit/B 511011 B- 1118?! level- I11 $11656 males as breeders. By the way. honor "Lad gfllton s e m’ h sections density °f Bilver and over- some i011 P116“ “We realized f" Guden ma“ w . n y n wa a dsug - 11311 could have been improved freak crosses at the Mlantreal sine} 1- of, Sambo thoroughbred said “pom this spring‘ over $200 being paid For the permanent gory, o; to have been the most choicely bred horse that ever came to this “Lady there Horse, the mother of Lady's dam as well as the mother of the Hayes Horse were both daughters of imported Rancavalles, thus we see that we had four crosses oi’ thoroughbred. Lady Milton» had nine colts. all but three of which were sired by Clyde or cross-bred horses and every colt she raised wit; l1 real horse. Jennie bee. by Red Clyde trotted miles in 2.42- 1~2 ivhcn this was considered l‘(‘(‘O!‘(l time. . Neptune Lee, sired Hamlet 2.16, Tiveilght 2.22. Longfellow 2.26 1-2 and Dauntlcss only sired seven colts among which was Snatcher 2.29. . 'G£1ma. dam of Parkland. Park- asin performance of both Parkland and Parkdale as cdt trotters brought fflme lo this province, while many “Liil,” ii daughter of Dean swift, produced Dot 2.18, Administntofs fastest, colt. She also was thg dam 0f ‘Nfltlnlls.’ the mother of "Kivkapmw 2.1a. Both these horses were sons of Preceptor, Among other urorthy, min-es surly lake “of" to connect them to strung" To m", sired by French Lion, and 15 Was. I am repetitive Macmms P0113’ Ned. being a. son o; a Edward Iziand from Vermont and might bomentioned the dams of 2.25. said to have been Sir. Lure, John Dean 2 25 1-2. No doubt seine of my readers will be able to furnish their ex- tended breeding, Theldam'of Ned HanJan 3,35 tofu. a. daughter o! of “Kimble Morgan," a handsome black horse imported to m...» a typical Morgan, The dams of Minnie Warren, p 2.25. and Wili-o-‘the-Wisp, p, 2-29 1-2 both sired by Dean Swift, should also be worthy of honor- able mention in this list, but as the writer has no knowledge of their biccding I 11m unable to give this information. Should any reader know the particulars I would be pleased to publish same in e IUlUTEYITl-lClG. Among other dams distinction I would like io make mention of the dams of Beau Prince 2.27, Banker 2.29, Vfontrose and Rnse- mont. Money Maker 2.18, Hamlet, 216. a. daughter of French Spotter and whose dam of was Maclnnis Pony and salodaii breecilng- The dam 0f Twilight 2.22 W85 a daughter of Harry Morgan out of g, mare sired by a Son of "The Gull" which “'11s one of the r9111 gmgwm of earlier days. e dam of Orwell Belle, was sired by Administrator Right. This horse sired "Bye and Bye" 2.25, Bob Mack's 2.11 dam was g, on his Saladan ra inv which tween writer 11181135 daughter of Pnrkside and side was mother's b1 erling. of bred turned GABTEWS SE EDS April is here and Spring is just around the corner. It will soon be lime to start the llot Bed. We are all ready with a good supply of SEEDS at our SEED STORE. QUEEN STREET. , while ' Weliave a few copies oi our Sued Catalogue for diu- tributlon. Please send or call for a copy. Barter 81 0o. Limited SEEDSMEN WCTE 3. In most of the large classes tween the foxes occupying the prize Winninz places, and 1t was usiiiiiiy quality which was the deciding fac- tor. In general, foxes which did not take prizes lacked density of underfur or density of guard mum Floxes with good quality necks and shoulders with strong guard hairs were scarce, and we think breeders should pay particular attention to this point. Color in the classes from half silver to black was not as ‘good 4. There was much room for im- provement in the tails of a large percentage of the foxes exhibited. Many tails were either thin, greyish in co.or or with twisted over hairs. Although from a trade point of view tails are not of such high im- portance should be given to this point. Bel- lies, too, wcre often sparsely or too Quite a number ranchers visited Fromm’s by building large wooden parts, believing that will improve the color of their foxes (which are kept in open pens) and increase their Discussing the influence of light on color with sonable to assume that dark sur- Yollndlnes tend to produce clearer and better colored pelts. He in_ stanced the sabies come from the dark, heavily wooded parts of Kamchatka, Russia. and the bat mink come from the Similarly Wooded portions of Lab- rador. McLure, “that foxes that are kept for belting purposes should be per- mitted as little my! kept free from the effects of ra n." Large wooded runs in this coun- try would not be’ nearly as efficac- ious as they are in Wisconsin, for the reason that cold- Wisoonsin, Minnesota and Michigan quite early-usually the latter part of September or first week in Oc- tober and they do not have the to. Fromm Bros.‘ runs are located among very large been removedand the ground be- tor who saw one of them told the pitch and that some of them are As my readers will notice 13mg number of dams mentioned only produced one fast oolt. This fact I feel does not give these had if there had been a, 121x591‘ number of better sires available in those earlier times. Another reason why our earlier breeders did not breed more trot- ting stock. was the fact that their mares being largely draft sira amd as the market in the earlier history of horse breed- ing demanded just such horses as this cross produced they catered to the delivery trade. No doubt the indulgent readers of Horse Memoirs will find errors and ommlsions in these nevertheless I trust this imperfect history of activities may be of interest and] l authentic data. the writer be pleased‘ to reoelve all available help in this work. ' I have Just recently the summaries races nin off on one of our rural race courses, which I trust to be able to put in shape in the near future and I would be pleased lo receive any additional any or all of our race tracks. that days of horses racing from earlier ninetys, on. Your readers will notice that in the brood-mare list I have confin- ed myself to Island bred with the exception of Dex, and in a future artlcka I plan on making mention to dams that have duced trotters. hom in this 1W0- vinoe which will no doubt be in- (‘erecting especially to those Wed- ers who were proves-Hive l0 import well bred mm w this was very little to Judge be- others ly diff which might the more silvery sections. breed as formerly, attention of Winnipeg fox Fromm Bros. sale runs in size. pects W. Chester S. Mc- he stated that it is only rea- Myr ports father expect fact that the best look f "I am convinced," said Mr. light its possible The mand, ship a weather strikes I which falls which we are subject timber from the lower branches have the trees c'eared up. A visi- that they are as dark as llckled a iveeks the credit they should have in Spa of thorough- breeding, produced well horses when crossed with planes (iic op soldier horse car-and general articles, if we our earlier breeding it is difficult to procure would procured oi’ a number of r in for some fancy specimens. It seems to be the vogue to pay a high price for "freak" doubt there are movie actresses and will startle othrrs by lacing slrikiug- 1 price paid for a white ringed silver fox pelt and the £37 in London at the January sale. It I tablish the strain. Talking to many breeders within the past week I have arrived at thc conrltisinn that lie raised a. litter that “as born in mid-May last year and sold them at highly profitable prices. and two Ira Carr, whose magnificent male wns Grand Champion of thc Char- lottetown Fox Show smiling these days because he ex- animal that he refused an offer of $500. for from a party in Scotland. Charlottetown yesterday with the great record he has made in the show ring he m5 Yea-gm‘ w fall. The McArthui-s I horsemen and divide their love of animals between ihcsc two dissim- iiar types. President Arthur Roper in com- fraternity to the fold. An evening spent listening to discussions there, well known authorities, ls an eve- ning we'l spent. Meetings are licld every second Thursday. Reports from Summersizlr that George Calibeck will have a great (urn out from his females. Litters looked at are said to average six. that this figure will carry on to the finals. George will certainly bc the Old Country to find such a pleasant surprise BWilltlilg him. a. better pursuit Germans. ‘This was Germans studying the war there with a vzcw to gauging the effect of the new‘ weapons. A conclusion was reached by some that the Russian pursuit, (he Germans. Others ascribed it to (he superiority oi‘ the ltusslrn av;- ntors. The committee is f1\rllir~i' o" of it. little could be expected of the Italians in that capacity because you will find that as a people they have not been called upon to take part in any bitterly fought wars. Napoleon made his name through Europe by his cxifoits in Itnly when he took a French force (Continued on page i5\ gardening, that is the kind using perennial flowerr, shru-bs, grass and other things that grow for years. some preliminary plann- ing is absolutely esential. True. ‘ most Canadian garden authorities advocate informal planting for thc creiit. This rziplziiihs the high j average home Surroundings, but no“, ‘mm, i even 1n simple informality some , previous notion of the filial results is desirable. Othewlse there are going to be tiny shrubs hidden by large Ones, grass is going to be too pelts. No who want something that a steel blue silver realized be, however, that the pro- state, have l roughl (liffercnt yeti to plot the whole patch y to scale, and then lay out llNllllllM ; HIISBANBRY from it and endeavor to cs- representative short f d. A. h , . ll . .11‘ r. it's-us are a dale Paykridr- Pr. and Ada. Mack, is the foxllgtgxiiibilrrll. lmrgllzogclfvzztlggljl lllllErlaIRrgRIRRs lfflllfwlllllllwfilll 1.11.1, in another mare that has a right to sharp color and t-lio prize winnerg our own l'illl(.'ll ulirn- \\'l 11.111 1M _...._._. a 511116 was a Zvoegee of the much desired bluish iittersfloin the first ofd Anvil Till; aiaigfggmnvn or 5011, a. o. er dam . , .. s ‘ea we or» n" o .. Tmrry will? “bill? by Al Right. grandam. ' bllllrwe holler: that the pr iurtiou A ClilliQlilPl: of P3111100 Edward from 1'5; “he color and good _ql1a,lity ivlll be‘ equally aslirlrntole.“ "iii mot sections of our‘ farin- vr-ulvhlfu of Coachuians Oiory wild-ll‘ a unis been of great iinport- year uiicii (no Link. 11x1 _- H-l -» { 111;; (li.‘»ll'll'i-'3 the first deficiency ‘Lil-ll lli‘ 1111;‘! a further backing of an: tnotvlttshat the annual pm- on oi- about, the _lilii of .411) ii] plant food, to be found in thy; ififilllllflilifl‘? “Stag and Revenge orméfifl Igeonllstlfiewmlll! 50 011- Tm r n? I w“ n king to f land, will be a. lack of phosphate. i cm. Tm; Gama added much color and uality those of it'll: best W ills P/ilgnllhfia Covchcad and in We. freqpently grow legumes’ by 3 o tllc glcry of Parkside, no horse bring real‘? ‘Hie a are 1 91y to Hi1 cal-r fdiqicugginn hoisnid he} which nitrogen is restored, mid fan can deny, as the wonderful brewers]. m“ m‘ v9 Pr *5 m not 5513c“ ‘to ‘lam ‘mpg; that potash is not so quickly exhaust- depletion phate. will be that of phos- nothing but the best seed can be had, knowing, as he does, in 1935. is to have six litters from this inferior seed’ lty of his soil, excepting, of course, exceptional weather con- ditions. If the soil is rich in available plant food, the crops will be an abundant one: if the on McArthur was a visitor i0 and re- all well in his own and his ‘s ranch at Kensington. W.l3. s to have a big turn out and that DTQmOW BMW/ill. 19°01‘ rf35ullfi may follow. very pertinent one of why a far- i l dw this onmm to nappy “s mer will expend all the labor are ardent if his soil is not rich enough lo give him a good yield. If the soil is rich, the same labor will produce a crop worth a good deal more money. The answer, then, is that we must see to it that the Charlottetown ‘Fox Club with is seeking to boost member- nd will welcome any 0f 1119 crop. We must first find out what the soil lacks, that we can supply that need. Increased yields mcun increased profits. We cannot af- ford to be tilling impovcrislird soil where the retums will no. sufficiently compensate for the. labor expended. People frequently speak of r1 farm as being "run down". Tiic- same expression is often ll.\‘("'l with reference to a person in pcoi health. The expression is a significant one. meaning, as it don. exhausted vitality. are in this physical follow papers or talks by 8Y6 hundred The writer hopes when he arrives back from condition, their vitality, so they will be ahic to perform their regular duties ago that the Russians have y No one can do a full vii-goruus pfane ihan the‘ demonstrated in, where n commission of,‘ have been thoroughiym condition. Soil in a run-dorm cannot meet the demands oi a full crop. 1t lacks the vitality in sustain the growth necessary to n heavy yield of grain. Crop were definitely Sulml“ “l shine and plant food in the land. the moisture and sunshine my helpless. Growing crows greatly aided by careful DYLLULZ- tlon of the seed bed, and 1. or inion that the llziiiiin 11* ii- in a modern war is not thc be“ of martial material! cultivation when necessary. but. - no full yield can be secured iii:- Aner an when you 0mm w mmk loss the soil contains sufficient quantities of available plant food to promote rapid growth. maturity and full hcadspf grain It is, therefore, essential (hm we keep our soil up to a hiszli state of production. In every agri- cultural country in the world whcrc uniformly heavy _vlelds at grain are harvested, we find com- mercial fertilizers are freely used. The British farmer has been con- .:;v 1i-i '- trace the course of history ring T... . .__ ‘ history of in operation in those balmy the dams. pro- enough SILVER ill‘ (RIEK STARTER THE CHICKS THAT LIVE ARE HIE OIIIY 0IIES THAT ‘le PAY. '1 SILVER ‘m’ BISCUIT com). moncron ma. that that good crops do not grow from ‘ His ultimate yield , will then depend upon the feriil- l When persons ‘ Canadian Garden (Service 193 _i ___. __"T__ Once more the season approaches me o... . that may have been in the family . trees. _, duction of these freaks on a large shaded in 0H6 qllflrif-‘r and delicate i scale would not be aitendcd with l flowers burnt-up in another. such desirable results and that in the long run it would be better to stick to accepted standards. How- ever, if any of our rradcrs something that is beautiful, our advice would be lo _ Even 1 1n the vegetable patch, it is a ,1 ' splendid idea, so the horlicuiturist" l i I 1 l l ed, so the rule is that our first ‘ of us still remember "Ada. Mack's m F An efficient far ill - .- ebru a - 1 u. l 1.. a h nelgh- m" ‘l’ P" iptllcpdid laCTICTHIRflCGS at Charlot- cited frogs’ a? scuirgéiskacgogllé “S, gors fulficndeiuglgg Etfcpolyganrlous- pare a. good seed bed be re he vn an esewhere. them are planning 1,0 1mm“, _._i_ ' plants his seed. He will a o sow ' land is deficient in the elements l The question then becomes the T necessary to produce a good crop 1 land is enriched to yield a heavy ‘ It looks definitely as though thc l they must make H11 effort w baud . threat of war roi- this year iit least, i up their health asaln. to restore is over. You will remember that l ' mentioned in ihcse columns a few 3 days work when in a run-down condition v rc- , turns depend upon n1oist\1rc_ Sllll- , Without the plant food, however. ‘ early . i 7 BOTH, staker. ' things have 1.1m ‘may; but bean; . (in not get more .:.1'i n. between the l‘ .i‘»:r,.i l‘..i..i. to Consider DHYCIl at plant- course, pogiblg mistakes. Roses, 3:111" sized trees : 1 or three years 11w overcrowded, he quite a, job ?li for at lea-St lstoallow SDirea Van a shrub of ght at maturity ‘1ttiiin55 from . to a few inches and. ' ' izes to planting . Very often Hi much (too closg ‘ fence with f "l beautiful not attain- spacing does . trees, how- placed much imp or back- -t not be per. ‘(llllltl entirely :-:"c to be grown 'l‘rade Assoc- bOll for gen. " piovinces in 11 gradually real- m stimulating ...,')li._'yiilg it with. .1, iil-llfiillg more . lble. pfilr ~>_ liicse provinces li7l€ crops over g on of years, but przilrles are 110W (more land has ' "eon or twen- ~ are prov- , 'll.i0i‘l will im- o: grain and in- . oi the farmer. Luise in Western, ' our own from tests have been. t (hzs plant ex- ulent of thq apparent that; twirisii on land w l1 is easily de- ‘ I ie is a nour- life of alf- iiave been, that has for some of lime 00n- t acidity. :1 vure of fertilizing 1 (lbfiewfid close- coiisidered the . w! iii farming 1 wrileiit feed for i , and it en- iixsmi-ing nitm- ‘ill-fl ~ been greatly iiiaiia. If 1t .. 1.111 be restor- ~ lilil neither be ._ of their time to per- immediately ‘1"i' your land .1 ill to farm- lillq cow in ‘t "if (he good she is a. livery acre fl 1s luiabie mum yield 0i.’ . your farm. 111 iininiai or exist without of the es- ..11:ti produces lll feed your > then, it our soil does 1 , l, 1..., lli " _ llliiilil .‘ .' 1. I 1H. 1 l , in" relatively l) stimulate 1.1 us they id out their h-twccn fer- . plots have following 1 .tii alter tlie ..ll.\ resulting in grain on of ‘fill loaves over 3.1-. vented the i‘. '-1' moisture. AlSO ‘i a" beginning of anchors the toil and re- tiing out oi’ with good. increasing from ten us‘ 25 bushels. had no od- JRHOII and .. nrrderate cost 1r . (is (lfii! l 1 C111,)», 1 1,. I"1il lffl plump yicicis 1.. = z bushel: u» ti .1- Thcsc iiizri: flillt-(lll :1. i. M111: liv from five i0 , \\.l.l'll often moans I- illllll slurms. that gm- ~ ill" rrnclc of yieldl. '1", diliicuities which flu‘ rdft 0f "l! mpirl growth and iuluvis illA d30- Hill)‘ 1v '1 ‘ji gers oi rust.