"TNEWsY NOTES - l! AGIJCOIA ~ mu,- m." ISLAND PLANTS l rue LABIATAE manly of aromatic herbs glrrnllsl whose flowers W0 ' ged, whence they "flu-d w be initiate. ur 51in)“, morning lips..The frag- Wl“ ' l“ rrctll a semivolatlle 011 flmclmlil/(‘S which are sometimes hmfie with we oil glands. As Wu]? expected. the oily scent t Fmauid the attention of "m at; {o tile lllcdlcinnl and cul- wfmlifluas of tilts family, and w” g has continued to this day. ttllmqame are very numerous T." 1:01,; 150 genera and 3.000 "m ° or wide distribution. All Wrabiates have been introduced Eilffllwi “We the genera Wang-lg in Licopus. and Pa"? M Ilium‘ _ (Aju a reptaru) m’ Bgglyfgwiyedmv alrtentlon in n! “@130; R R. Hurst. of the 1m b5 n. ' Plant PYILLIOlOZY» “W305 pcffilllllfll with some- ms blue flowers lu 8 Shim» riull-?,Y§°i,0,,.e,. commonly distant t is a . (“whales ish herbals as an disordetrs. lanai 11 .. m \ "consumption. Trl \\‘ 531d ill France hi lcian nor eur- Mdfgllageéglfir Bibi‘. and Sanickie n, (10th not only cure woundes gag inwardly taken but. also all‘ to thelll outwardly." The c; an the plant Consonde Mug. I Judge the Bugle to w“ lit!!- | t wi [ihelhfxilhfl-GOZ M, latel-lflolra). tgot- its nalll wedv for rabies. m ‘trapped for n1 a portentcus nun! Skullcap (Seutel- Possibiy the e as a. Slllllwsed but‘ if soghitthag so on: I 11 nylon occurs in my herbals. it Blrullcaps however, have still a gt reputation against nervous ‘l; livwlflilfi convulsions, etc. ti). aspirin-anoint herb with one §lIHllliS tlilte all other labi- “1... spike axillary racemes of Qurld blue flowers? 011d 0V5“ curate-lance leaves. OOH-mew ser- nte Another specis, the Marsh mlicap (S. galericulaxal is found h," “no It has its bluc flowers lclilirv ill lllt‘ lralaxils. ‘Both Skull- mg are fond of moist l-IFt-lillld- and my be lookorl for on UH! banks of and lll Slulllfii‘ s uft 011s. “$22M Catnip (News miter!" l'30 known as catlllillt, Catnep. and mplr- Nep, It sometimes occurs as l. .1. lrlr...r.i.- - O I llwai urcatly valucti at one timfi ill ncrvlrle for infants. and as a. mans of inducing perspiration in sluts: hence its pNSBIICE in ruetio pxlens it ico< a remarkable pow- ll’ over the nervous system oi cats. lhlb earllllp it its lloplllal‘ name. l'.SllO\\'t‘l'S are nearly wilitte, but. tlfrk-doticd. Closely related in the Ground lay [Ncpela hcrlerncea); but its lovers are all intense blue. and its ltylbit is crccp _rz. b An okld-‘VOIJE , .. . (i u lon s slo l\ val it of opuiar names: in Bfltiln lt is t. ll-ovcr-the-ground " ‘ileiloofi’ "flove." “Tunhoof ‘lledgemaidsj’ and "Robin-run-in- hlltdftfi" In France 'i%isd"'5er: m.‘ “ ierrc ‘Ferrote.’ ‘ on e e. 0"'Miitlt‘llo " Silllle of these. as time ‘lltlftli and Rolldette. refer to ilieslane of the leaves", others liter to 1's cl-ceplng propensities iiledroulid Ivy was formerly used LDIEWEIS to render ale bitteirf, noe "Alchoot." Taken as suu ltras a cllrc for rcndache, and flan extract, rllixod with honey, -. Z , a q 1 ltwaya fluorite rcmcdy for kotlchllli (YllllllliillllS. Gerard has melting t0 snr about it, too! ‘Boiled in mutton broth it helpeth tile weak allri airing backs." Altilth‘ collzrrlon weed in fields 00d mil \\-.t~'t~ plamw is the Seli- Mi tllrullcilzl vulgnrisi. This too htotilcl- ]t.'t‘,tlll.tl' nmlcs Heal-all, ill-heal, and Sicklowort. According toGerarri lli(‘ name Prnnclla comes ltvm lllP Gcrlllnll word "Brunellen- litlillcd to this plant because it tilted tliat illllilrlllllation of the ‘hm! allil lllouttl ca“l='i “die lmtll" in rnvit- Britain it was #0 a_:‘.l.ll.\t rvlaxcrl and "sore ‘villi; A ualriirll plant, P. grandi- -l5 ncrlnlps an elegant variety ti l‘. Villifilrlb, writ liar-y iloi llcariiv finished with ‘flllildil-Ps lllll for the present whose trill llntllinlcnt. uitil the mnmftl ilt-lnilllcitle (Gaieopsls b‘ M-t ‘this is an erect branch- h in. oi n rll. rough and coarsely thc sit-w rollcn under the Ml,‘ "i ilfhrcrs are purplish or ‘mrtndllrlllsml-c-l in the leaf-skill t i hi! lrrllllnrll spikes . invading ~. at . __ ; hp D930 Nrttlo andgwei-zttlg-(ifildl ktlqzilsqlg“l\‘ ‘irritate ones hands ~ “£12”; ‘ha? tltchlc tUrlical do i all?- “ tint. lls troublesome weed lnv fllrnt "P Dtovciles. A good Wmwmlf‘ 0f it is "l-‘Hl in "The the t’ or Canada." published k F‘ ill Government. As I Look Back The y, "its bclivcen i870 and i900 hflygwglrifllis rears for "coaches" ‘in. still? lfarhars were termed. .fly,,l,fli Dossihle to find many tmflhllfriflhs ot both sexes. in '. l.,,,.,’},¢0ilnvloa. and these - nu the lW-rpflsifl" need 4th. it's-re willing to v 1° nvvone who they fir‘ . ill" ‘Qenuine article.” "1"" Whilst be exnlatdcd t"'“"['~_ attempt to nr-l- __ If‘! t ‘e masses ._.¢ the , ‘ “h was the in- 0 Vhn .-.,.,.., W‘ schools." which y“, h‘ ""'"10t'~d and gvre. l..,. floral Squire. No ‘ "f were ort-nte-rl for w-“liml. and it mtght . "" hut-hon of some ,‘ “ "“'*-r is interested. , "b" i014 g m“?! (‘p- ,.,“__"‘"tr'~‘s P"'l'30l in ... ,._._.___.. a "PYhI-r neglected an». rem reading m) Seggal other counts. en the Church of En up ma decided to buvaglfnigazglf at system of education whereby on fatal: gland could have something dam an W" 380211?» by the old es. Special buildings. in a semi. ecclesiastical st 1e of architecture and of substantlal build sprang up’ ell over the country. As- the “Na- gghlll 501M301" w“ “ppm-fed by “Nb funds. Bubblementcd by donations from the local gentry (and the coal-owners in our oar: tlcular district). the sole trustee was the Parish "Priest," ls we caged the incumbent. (His per hale W" the Rector. or Veer. u tile cw might be). mu wu not u. very dwmwtic way of doing but it worked all right and with little friction. The first school-masters, under the new system. must have been amateurs. for all the British colleges at that time trained men solely for ecclesiastical careers. Often the National schoolmaster himself saved enough money to on- itetrrycollege "to study for the min- s . Now the Church had no power to compel attendance at the school. and many children of idle disposi- tion or those who lived st e dis- tfl-TIN. manwed to ' lay trusnt.” ‘these were the peope who. years 8330;‘. became pupils of the pro- fesslonal coaches. In 1870 the State passed en Act establishing School Boards with fipularly elected Trustees. The e put on e school tax, built better (and better equippd) schools than the Church could, and often wiled away the Schoolmasters by means of higher salaries: so that inevitably the National Schools fell behind in the com tition. The State also made at ndance com- pulsory. with fines for non-com- pliance. Taking on these adult Britons as students was interesting work. One man whom I taught had ma-se £44,000 and could not write his own name. By cautious enquiry I found that he had been hired by the land- lord of s. public house (or inn) as s. bar-tender and had married the landlord's daughter and £600! With that money as nest-egg. he bought a dilapidated "pub" (inn) in b. neighboring iron-smelting town. and remodelled it, 081318 plenty of minors etc. He hired a drunken genius of a painter to pain-t bord- ers of wheat, poplar, and floral decorations on the glass of the nlirrors. I believe it was Josh Billings who once said that Satan paid poor human nature the com- piiment. of never presenting tempte- tlon on the half-shell: that is. in its native unadomed state. This was true in the case of the re- novated pub; the iron-workers tllronged to it in droves. and it be- came so prosperous mat the enter- prising bar-tender sold it at e high c. He easily-after this initial euc- cess --persuaded others to Join him in similar ventures. and by the time I was called in he had accumulat- ed the amount already stated. But his wile had to sign all cheques! a situation he didn't at. all ep- preciate. However I drove him hard (which amused me bwauee he was hard himself) and soon had him write l. fair "fist." When his first cheque went in, the Bank culled him up for an explanation: they didn't recognize his signature! Another Briton in whom I was interested wee l. Mr. Wilson, who was home on furlough from the Malay States. He had been tllcre a-long time as Surveyor to the Sultan of Selangor and about once in five years he get six months leave to visit England. As I men- tioned in a recent. Note, Mr. Wilson had been so long associated with the Malays, and under the influ- ence of their customs and climate. that his countenance had taken on some of the Malay characteris- "here is a. foreigner." However, Mr. Wilson was a Scot, and had not lost his accent, his capacity for work, nor ills ceslre for learnint’. the last being almost universal a- mong his countrymen. l-Ie hunted me up because he thought he hao a good opportunity to renew his acquaintance with the mathematics of land-surveying, bllt I did better than that for him: I borrowed some of the instruments from the Sur- veyor at the Town Hall. and every Friday aftenloon Mr. W. and I went. over the environs of New- castle, plotting and making entries in a Field Book. It was much pleasanter than surveying in Malaya, of tropical Jungle made him feel like an ant exploring under a green tablecloth. While walking back to town af- ter the lesson, I learned many things about the Federated Malay States. They are now earmarked as part. of the British Empire, but at. the tkne I mention the connection was very tenuous: it mainly con- sisted in a. promise. to the native Sultans. that Britain would not oer- mit any other power to annex their States. At. the same time, to deserve this protection the Sultan was ob; llged to instal n British "Adviser. To have conquered the States by force of arms would have been easy; but. it would certainly have been inexpedient. for the seeds of rc- bellfon were everywhere. Slavery was a deeply-rooted institution in Malaya and many cruel practices went with it. I-Iad Britain annexed the countries this must have been forbidden, and the Malays. who nev- er worked themselves. but depmd- ed entirely on slave-labor, WOJIG have taken up arms at once in their own interests, There were many other local customs entirely 09.381‘) to British practices, so the Sultans adviser was counted uPOIi W 1'!" him in the right direction. till the offensive custom was abmdlfid- This plan worked very well. M“ W. thought. ‘Inc Malays were very brave. but very blood-tbirfy: Mr. W. had 1W" present when two runaway slaves. a man and n woman. 11nd been F.6- captured: the Malay 000ml" tlheir owner) ordered them to he drowned. as a warning to others. o0 they were taken in a boat iv thf‘ middle of the river. a sues)‘ WW entwined in the woman's hat aril sl-c was held under the iviiel willie in» man awaited his. turn .11: was such customs u this that tics. and one‘: first. impression was" he said, when: tile exuberant growtn V 'l'l_-_l_I£__C_t_iARI.()TTl-ZTOWN GUARDIAN PAGE NINE IABSHFIILD. 1 CONSERVATION I a wean! COLUMN or l-aacrrcar. OPINIONS or nu vnu. ISSUES arncnno mm uses AND ABUSIS or xarunar. RESOURCES n m. urnbow ramxms. TIMELY NOTES ON CONNECTED W Silver Fox Farming ' TOPICS ITH THE SLAUGHTER 0F THE WHALES Eight thousand men in 270 ships are unting whales in the Antarc. t-ic- They hunt them there because no other seas are there enough mflke 115mm! on e. large scale Pay- Yet whales were once lentlful in all other seas-but they? have be- come reduced by over-fishing to mere fractions of their former n . '1he Antuctlc is the last stronghold of a big whale popula- tion. How big it. is no one knows; ‘but "5 11115 yielded to the whaling fleet in each of the last nine years over 27000 vmales There is evid- ence that it carlnot o on yielding l0 Ill-Ne I. number: ere are sgns that it is being over-fished. The method of fishing is deadly. The whales are chased by steam “catchersfl vessels about 120 feet in length; they ere killed and cweht by 1151900113 fired from a in the bows. The huntin unit fgéprtsel lfive to seven cachers I M80 Parent ship. l. floating factory of 2000) tons or more. Such units remain at, sea“ completely self-contained for long ere were no restrictions to "118 industry no one. knowing the hl-WOYV of all olde whale fisher-es could doubt that. tlle last great pop- ulation of whales left in the world would be in danger. not. indeed of extinction, but of something op. Pwflching it; not of extinction be- cause it would not pay to send shiplhrl those m- sees to kill the es. Much slower methods sufficed to dectmatc the whales of other seas. One of the most important of other fisheries was that of the Green. land Right whale in the Arctic. It went on from 181i to 1911-for 300 are. The industry declined: it had important by the middle of the nineteenth century: it, died for lack of whales by the beginning of the twentieth. The Greenland Right whale is now one of the rar- est of whales in the sea. ‘The Antarctic is e far vaster sea than the Arctic and there can be no doubt that its original population of whales was much bigger. But it has not. proved big enough to stand up to the mecllanised industry based upon it. Whalers. having cleared the other seas of whales, at the beginning of this century tamed to the Antarctic. ‘They found there Ln the sumime, months enormous of two large and simual- species of whales-blue whales and fin whales The blue ls the larger of the two: it is the biggest c cat- uro the world has ever known. It msv reach a length of 100 feet and a weight of perhaps 150 tons. This is more than the weight of twenty elephants. The fin whale is some- what smaller. At the begnnlng of the century mechanized whaling was in its ill- fancy. The steam-chasers were smell and there were no mobile factory ships. Consequently the. industry was based on land staticns and was therefore amenable to con- trol. The voniy suitable land for whaling operations in the vast Antarctic sea ate the isends oi the klan Island Dependencies, which are British possessions It was hero that whaling brlseu were first established 1n the Antarctic. and from the beginning these basrs were controlled. The nilmbots ct com- Dfilllég and catchers were limited the whalers were forbidden to take whale calves or- mothers accompan- ied by calves, and they were requir. ed to avoid wasteful the use of the carcasses. The European countries of the Atlanfc. reaboa-td kern ships‘ and scientists constant-iv at. work _s.udy— ing tho fish whzcll make their seas of commercial imporlanc? to them; and not. only the fish but the or- gnnjsnrg they fezd u on, and varying waters ill whch thi" During the wfhlggoflthcvu _ the adviser was up agl-lills’. nllti even the Sultan could not alter them overnight About three-quarters of all the tin used in the world came from the mines of Malaya and these belonged to Malay owners, bili were worked by Chinese lllillcrs. The climate. everywhere oppr li- sive, moist, and hot was very rv- ing to Europeans, but Mr. W. had become lnured to it. Leather goods soon perished in that climate: even his bicycle-saddle was made of call- vas, and so xvere his suitcases. MORE ABOUT MANURE I reccmmend readers to send up to the Publicity Division oi the Dept. of Agriculture. Ottawa for Special Pamphlets, (ll on " arm- yard Manure." and (21 on "Fcrlii z- ers for Various Crops " The letter of application need not be stamped. The first (Farmyard Manure) gives timely hints on the care of this valuable material, and shows its place ill the rotation. Wltll tllc general increase ill the price of chemical fertilizers, farmyard manure is going to play a more important role than ever. TIIIIIIII? A R. O. P. Sired Barred Rocks and New Hampshire Reds new available of our hatchery. We curry in stock end ere agents for the complete line "Jemeswey" Poultry Equipment. Place your orders today. DILLON 8t SPILLETT Charlotteiorvn. l’.li}.l. Tht 8.11110- on ‘Thursday that this show p --‘ in a 1B0 Government decided to do the some for the Antarctic whales. The nec- essary money wag raised by taxing able the indus . In 1925 the whaling exchange this “ca; take their nemefromtliafirst ptobceru- ployed in them the Discovery, flld are called me "Discovery" Inrvestlge- tions. I have space only to dee- cribe those of their results which illustrate what effect the slaugh- r is having upon the stock of w es. Blue and fin whale; begin in breed at the age of two ears. Fins cease to grow bet/ween the ecu of six and eight. blues between eight and ten. The females normally bear om», young every two years. Neither species of whale lives to the greet age that was formerly cu posed; it seems likely that a e thirty years old would be a. very old whale. They one summer ’ tn the Antarctic and feed end grow fat there. They spend the winter in the warmer waters. when the 35 per cent. of cus value However. the net to the shlppe and 55.00. George Callbecki. tel altothe Three-quarters and somewhat neglected and did n bring the prices tagged on them. soid well. but the darker types we not wanted. Pearl silvers also no very well. must endeavor to foxes still more if we expect to c much figure tn During these years of research t ma’ °n mem‘ inciustrv was not standing still. I had grown steadily since the begin- Dgl of the ccntur . 1n the season 1 10-11 6.500 wh e5 were killed. Fourteen years later the figuzc hed ralsen to 1,500. More than half the whales were caught in the les- trlcted region where Ant/arctic whal- ing had begun, in the southwest Atlantic the industry being still partly dependent on land bases. The remainder were an ominous portent. of the future, for they were taken eisewheie and by a new method. They were caught by catchers based on a factory ship capable of accompanying them to sea, and of remaining at sea with them carry- ing out at the same time all the functions of a more station. _ In ‘a few year; this new, so-cellcd “pelagic" method of whaling had truce-quarters or halves. The day prior to the auction of 6.051 full silver Lampson. Fraser dz Ruth's. fox pelts a top price of $76.00 was realized. dlan National Fox Breeders’ A elation. Sununerside. has made foxes and their mutations that loumflls- Many of our readers w on on these new types so we a reprinting it in full. In the season 1928-9 over- 20000 whales were killed in the Antarctic. The number reached e. peak in i930. 1, when more than 40000 whales were killed. So great was the pro- duction of oil that the market was flooded and the price tell. In the following season a part of the fleet. abstulned from shfng the average oi the number killed 1n each of the fzve subseque lb seasons has been over- 29 000 whales. Though this new whaling began in an uncontrolled way, it is not now altogether unrestricted. An International Convention made in Geneva in i931 which became law p me yeelg later, prohibits the kil- ling of claves, of mothers accom- panied by calves and of immature whales: and imposes some other general restrictions. The greater part. 0i the industry is shared be- tween roughly equal numbers of British and Norwegian comm-Ill”- They have realized that they were over-fishing and they halve. in eon- sulation with one another and more recently with representatives of their Governments, agreed to some Fmitatlon of the catch by different methods in different years. But, it is not nearly enough; it will not. save the stock of whales. Nothing bllt severe restriction of the killing can save a population m which there are already Such 11110115- takeable signs of over-fshing. b‘. //////////////// \\l SPECUILLY STIFFENED METAL ROOFING ° PROTICTS .. exam rins- UOHTNINU—WIIT|"I ° costs LESS BECAUSE l‘l' WEARS LONGER sou) WITH 0 sasv to sneer 603K505: Wrln for Inc iulnram $0. - Montreal c M52 P D9 el have been sold in New York for an average of $64.88 created consider- discussion. As pointed out. with would mean 71.36. but the pelts would be outiablfi at on. with deductions for sellnlgcharges. etc. will likely mean between $50.00 gram the evening of the sale shcvls that the Yankees are still very par- tl extra. light types. al- lilvea sold. well. collection of white-race full silvers ‘There is something to be learned from the above. and it is that we lighten up our the American mar- ket. We can also figure it out that female; bear their . Th . rm m. new .. u! 12.2.2. esareti-e;z ~ - foxes with quantities of dark mark. They would not be nearly as remuneretive as a good which the show pelts were offered the American National Fox and Fur Breeders’ Association disposed at Prices were 5 per cent. above January and George A. Callbeck. cf the Cana- zso- I report on platinum and white face appearing in most. of the fur trade no doubt like to get more informa- raised on the ranch of the McLure GEO. W. REED 8v. CO" LTD. 8t MacKlnnon Sliver Fox Farms, Ltd. in P. E. Island. ‘This white- taced three- uarter silver male fox is an exceptionally fine specimen. '1he olmen original mutation whelped in Moose Jaw, Husk, in i938. was produced from registered standard foxes. white-face male is also an of good quality canylng considerably more white than the A K. McNelll fox- 95D€0iallv in the neck and belly mar ‘ 8s. r ts I'D \- The original mutation of the I4 Forest strain whelped in 1038 was produced from re l. tandard silver foxes. Th male is a. specimen animal. bears some general resemblance to the foxes described above though he has characteristics that are differ- ent from either of them, such as. lighter underfur and platinum col- ored belly. 0t A 1e 1d The platinum and white-face fox- es examined on the ranches of Dr.l McDonal A. K. McNelll, L. B.. Burroughs and others texceptln tho-w of the Dr. rest ranchl are chiefly descended from the or- iginal McNelll male. The platinum pups of the McNelll strain run from ut the color is fairly uniform. Anum- ber of platinum foxes examined in‘ the ranches of Dr. McDonald and‘ L. B. Burroughs are from the Hol- man freak or from , have color markings different any others that we examined. foxes run in color from meditun to bale and the color effect in a num- | ber of them is well described in comparing it to that of a dappled grey horse. at; The platinum foxes of the I4- Fore t strain carry the same general fur characteristics excepting the color which runs from medium to: extra pale, 12., they exlhlbit con- siderable uniformity, Further. there is n white-face strain which originated in the Kllntberg ranch! ‘G m ill I6 The A. K. McNelll original freak near Winnipeg. In this strain there. Spread the ihdhstiv from a sector .whelped in 1932 in the McNelll are some very fine animals. Thele 0f the Afltflfctlfl t0 thYH-qulrlfl‘! ranch. was begotten of standard are also other strains of new-tytel of the way around the continent. silver foxes that were bred and |foxes, such as the various Colpittst strain; Among these are foxes of l various characteristics a number of which evidence considerable quality. The herds of silver blues or pearl" Dlatinums had their commencement ill the Marit-imes use centre. Among the ranches producing silver‘ blues are the York Fur Farm. the Gordon‘ Murray, the Grand and Stright. ranches in New Brunswick and the ansfield ranch in West- boro, Ontario. Silver blue foxes re- lembie standard silvers in general appearance but their black is of at smokv color. Their color phasing runs from dark to extra pale. From a marked silver male of tile- McNelll or Holman strains mated with standard slivers we get, inthe first cross. 50 per cent. marked. pups while a platinum mated with a. white-face female produces on an average lnore than 50 per cent. plat- inum puus. A platinum male of the Ia Forest strain mated with stand- ard iilver females produces on an average, 50 per cent. platinum pups. A silver blue fox mated with a standard silver produces silvers ard the flail-blonds thus produced on being mated with silver blues, pro- duce 70 per cent. silver blues. A half-blood silver blue mated with a half-blood silver blue gets 50 per cent. silver blues. A silver blue mated with a silver blue gets all silver blues. Breeding. record sheets to the Canadian Garden Service-HM tBy Gordon Lindsay Smith) ture. No Shortages The war has interfered with a lot of things in Canada, and while gardening is no exception, this in- tcrfercnce \vill be hardly noticed by the average person who orders flowers and vegetable seeds this Spring. Before the blitzkrieg of a year ago a considerable amount of the garden seed used in Canada was imported from Denmark I-Iol- land and Hungary. Now thii is completely cut off. oi’ course, and evcll shipments from Great Briiain have been restricted. To meet the usual demand, however. greater sup- Ininrrnal Layout Best In almost every case planting about the average house an air of spaciousne s even to a 20 foot. lot. port. no noticeable ‘hortages in either vegetable or flower lines. the walls 0r fence boundaries. Helps War Nerves Even the most decorative form of lrardening can play a vital role in war time. t. permits one to get away from the endless strain on the emotions, to build up energy to meet the tasks of tomorrow. It is a re tfui, nerve-restorin re- creation and it is inexpens ve, e most important point when the whole emphasis of the country ls For Better Pelts in greater quantity at LESS COST I188 table . O ALL-CEREAL llarloll A scientifically-balanced feed. farti- flcd with "REX" Wheat Germ Oil. Fromotee more and bigger litter: of strong. healthy young. The OGILVIE FLOUR MILLS Co. Ltd. Heed Offlee-Montrcll. BARVELL BROS. Ltd. Charlottetown directed against needless expendi- And gardening is a universal hobby too. open to youzng and old, men and women. in the city or out on the broad acres in the country. landscape gardeners strictly advise informal This is especially delrable where space is limited as it tends to soften the narrow, rigid fence lines and to In all informal garden. the central portion of the ground is Where the garden is larger. ex-‘ perts advocate screening off a por- tion by bringing forward the sur- rounding shrubbcry at one point, or using n hedge. wall or trees :0 that the whole garden will not. be entirely visible from any one point of observation. This will add fur- ther to that air of spaciousness and also provide a secluded comel- or m, two for a child's swing or sandbox fem or. possibly, a seat. or trellis-covered “m, and lactauon periods number of 2.184 have been prepared by the inspection department for these new types in accordance with the information available up to, December 31, 1940. The number of foxeh by provinces is as follcws:— Alberta. 289: Saskatchewan, 591: Manitoba. 386; Ontario, 179; Que- bec Nova Scotla. i7; New 162; Prince Edwar Brunswlck. Island. 420. Clarence S. Grubbs. caretaker of Gcnesee Mountain Fox and ink Farms, Colorado. has a good article entitled “Mink Study" in the Na-' tiollal Fur News for February. We quote becau e what is applicable to mink is applicable to silver foxes: "No one in anv business stands still. Yo? either go up to greater heights or all back. Even when the top is reached constant studv and im- nrovement to keep abreast of the times must be made to stay there. "One mav get the idea here that we think we know all the cures. We wish that were true. but thele are still many problems for which is these unsolved cases that keep us constantly trying to improve. An able caretaker can learn a great dcal about his mink while feeding, them, but not nearly all there i to, m, He should watch each mink ale carefully during the gearbo- e same individual care is necessary in watering mink. Last summer dur- ing a hot spell we lost a male thrt. i . platinum-type He t Dale to almost white in color. and’ substance phenothlazine we have not. found the remedy. It.‘ I sheen. Dortant tape worm Becoming interested in th COCKERELS! If you have the broodcr space to handle them. don't forget the profit ponibilitles in Bray eockcrels and ee- pone. eyue bred for lllQ and fast growth — and very reasonably priced. Ask for our ‘Dtally Special" price B breeder this yser. or Phone soon. J. H. Campbell, Alllston. A. Stafford. Bayaide. Waldo MacDonald, Bothwell. and‘ 0. Franklin Brown. New London. from. ‘These. l’. Harry Green. Central Beneqlle. Charles E. Worth. 2'10 Gt. Georg! St., Charlottetown. Rnynmntl DOIIPPL. Hunter River. iiirs. Goo. ltiyers. It. It. I. Illlntor River. Arthur H, Bryr-nton. Kensington. W. K. Crater, '8. R.’ Kcnsington. Bruce Peynter. R. R. l, Reusing- Il- l‘ r a n e i s Gardiner, Launching Place BRAY CHICKS “are Everything You Said” Bray chicks are lust the kind of chicks you need under your See us for prices and particulars, or write, LAST YEAR. Martin .A. .Collneil, Little Berti , N.B., raised a flock o! Dray Chi s. In October. Mr. Council wrote Bray‘: l. letter. Ho said: “Your chicks are everything you slid about them." A letter like that shows how Bray Chicks really are "ddivcring the goods" and standing up to the prac- tical form teat. And it h only one out ol hundreds of similar letters. from all parts of the country. Just take a look at these: Mrs. George Boon. Fredericton Jet. N. IL-"My pullers have prpven very let- ilfutory . . . ltl-md to lay at 4 1-2 months. and have laid ever niece." Thoma 07mm, Iyduey, I.I.— "Afr Bray hens sure mlde a record bore for constant laying Ind large eggs." Mn. Douglas (lrnlnm. Simeon, Ont- “Lont only two out of I00." Bold pul- lete in first week o! July. They started to lay during July (larch latch) and in August the eggs were poet the pullet stage. September Ind October proved almost too much for the owner of these wonderful layers! They are still laying well, and such large eggs." J. J. Stewart, Montague. 0. C. Johnson. North Tryon. Winston W. Currie, It. I. l, O‘Lcary. Charles l. McKay. Park Corner. Lloyd H. McEweu. R. R. d, lourls Geo. lfllirht-atl, St. Eleanor’; Garth McLeod, Lot. 16, South West. A. J. McDonald, Treeedie Cross. Francis B. Trainer. Vernon River. Elmer Waugh, Wilmot Valley. Earl Diamond. Wlnsloe. Clarence F. Hnsilm. Springfield. OlIYPI‘ (‘amt-ron, Remington. Champion Lifetime OnT milk and butterfat records ever made in Canada (n twice-a-day milking have Just been credited to the great Holstleln-Fb-leslan cow, DEW- DROP JOHANNA CHANGELING. owned by Douglas Hart. Woodstock. Ont. 1:1 fact, a searching of the records fails to reveal any cow of any bfefll Bnywhere in the W-rld The highest total lifetime that has betterod he!‘ total 0d’ 176, 590 lb. milk and 6.176 lb. fat in eight lactations on strictly twice-a day milking. P reducer wice A-Day Milking had completed only six of her t2] lactations at that time. Meadowibrae Echo Rosebud. own; ed by and bred by Q. D. Whal Aime, Ont, was the former holde 0f the Canadian H-lsteln lifetime milk production record on tyricrw a-day milking with 170x582 lb. mil‘ containing 5.331 1b. fat in ten lactatlons. She is going strong agai on her eleventh record and ma , possibly regain her honors before the end of the year. Former champ- ion lifetime buttcfat producer or] CHAIVIPION DEYVDROP JOHANNA CHANGELING l-letr 0 year old record. Just odfic- d ially reportui of 26,231 lib. milk and 860 1b. fat gives her the necessary margin to claim tho lifetime hon- pruduction is also higher than that of ally Canadian cow at her age, regardless of times Worlds pro- ducer the famous Canadian Holstein had in- eluding her 9 year old record but the. 000 lb. milk and 971 lb. fat. st alo stands first ors. l-ler total milked per day. ‘Pile champion lifetime butterfat Sprlngbank Snow Countess. made 6.123 lb. fat up to and suits of years of research with ' which two time milking was Jean Abbot. kerk Pontiac, owned W. R, Bovyer, Charlottetown. P. 12.1‘ that made a t-‘Itiil of 0.140 lb. fa. from 163.395 1b. milk in eight lactatlons. ' In addition to ll0r liictlnlt- champ- ionship, “Dewdrcirf hold: the North American record for twice-a-da milking production in 306 da s wit 24.229 lb. milk and 868 lb. at. In that same lactation, as a 7 year rid, she made a 365 day record of 27,- She in Canada for prepared from a coal tar derivative‘ both milk and fat for five, six. sev- That drug has revolutionized the 1gfL3,[,iQ]]5_ treatment of pneumonia in the hu-' man. and it is expected that pile-no- thiazine will revolutionize the treat- ,1 15 ment of intemai parasite. in sheeul.‘ d“ vril . kill isle nodular worm which is onel of the most destructive parasites in,‘ . treatment also proved to be effective against all the im- parasites except [champion at Wester Pair Ltgflfl t is the onlv chelnical that internal tcsviilnvflighuvesalli oils have been forthcoming from entirely in ass. Around the edges 1 t. _ be d g and sulphur and l5 chemically l'f‘- en and cigrlt consecutive twice-e- within Canada itself, and also from of this willrbe grouped beds of ufl§§°§§$§§‘,,,h0d’§§§d new $3856; 0Y- lated to sulfanllamlde now used s0. day milking records and is second the United States. Beedsmen re- perennial and annual flowers, lead- by nerfemm those bv which youextensively, only p, Pontiac Dutchlgnd Dovrieg lng up to shrubs and vine". alone learned the business. fir three and four consecutive y Bred by J. C. Kaufman. Bright, t Ont. Dewdrop Johanna Changeling. one of seven outstanding RC1’. ughters of Prince Dewdrop Sylvlus. She is not only a great Droduccr but is also a cow <f ex- cellent type. she scored "Gold Medal." the highest classification in I-Iolsieirl-Frlesian Selective magi... tratlon. and was reserve in 1936. That same yeas- ahe In e G imcmber of the first prise Province cf Dam at the Royal Wixlw his: was watered fit 5.00 pm. énda ‘liexaky wa er can. e was oun ea e nex mo ng. o er was t mi An th mink gust‘ becalilsetojfilfailrutre t?! wletgrblier‘ urngac yaerse a .en watered early in the morning. Afcw wll rs ago t ere were ree ml. l te h th l I Ithat were not watered for three ‘day . It was below freezing. and incur “ti!!! or} us; ground outsider. luncunnlepens. ec ltllrse mink was lost and the otllrr ‘two seemed to be paralyzed in their 1.11 ens. Fres water was ven l d l h Ii lihcse two mink and in about two day's tllev were perfectly normal. A mink needs fresh water. Because cf this knowledge we add extra mois- Iture to the feed during the winter months, although the mink have accc s to snow and are watered every day. The water freezes rac- llrilv in tllc iin runs. and though lhcv lick the ice we think the added ‘moisture in ‘the ration has become verv esscnt-la . Dr. J. A. Frcudcnbcrg has all ar- tlclg on the treatment of internal parasites of Kal-akuls in the Ne- ttonal Fur News that is verv guull. 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