§met lmNNECTBD with Farming l’ lubruary and early March and the gbfiipldle disappearance of snow gm the ground has presented oblems to tho-fox rancher dif- sult to solves Many ram.- egmpllih that lfley have been - ‘sis to obtain as large a percen- lgge tat-matings as in other. years, in fact some matings are so late in some ranches that quite a big percentage will be blanks. The dia- gpeai-ance of snow means -that g rancher must water his foxes a ily or at‘ least every two days. 1 he does not do ao there ls a ossibility of ‘the animals becom- B13 constipated due-to lack of moisture in the system. It is easy to overlook this necessary work, but no matter if the foxes don't drink all the water that is put out for them we think it a good idea to put in fresh water every day. jSome ranchers have complained about foxes biting their fur and we have found on nqulry that they have not been using any salt in the‘ diet. It is a well known fact that salt is a necessity both for men and animals and a percen- tsge of say 1-2 per cent should be fed daily in the ration. We iia.c not heard of many liters being lost, in fact those who we have met say that due to the mild- or weather they seem to have lees trouble with itters than usual. Maybe when this is taken into ac- count the fuil season's breeding operations may tum out quite is well as any average year. What to do about the mcat sit- uation is concerning most of us. Horse meat is obtainable and most of the dealers have stocked up with it so there is no meat worry on that account. Tripe, however, is impossible to buy except locally. The packers are canning the tripe and shipping it to Europe. They get about twice as much for it that way as they would if sold to us so the prospects for tripe seem iery remote indedd as this famine ll liable to continue more or less for ii couple of years. As a substi- tute and to partially tone down the stronger qualities of the horse meat we think that anywhere from 10 to 30 percent of fish can be led. It would of course be neces- iary"to,etl_rt._-wllh a small percen- tage, say 5pc!‘ ,0 t and then grad- ually add up to,- nper cent as the lesson rogresses. Fish bloc put i_ii_ ilk is obtainable in cen- iilte Charlottetown and Suin- merside and many ranchers have used it for years with great suc- 1 '_ " ‘ . ‘ i' Begins?‘ liism n]; 3331-1211: scnlnunlllgflqlnklfi run as C n m‘); 12:01.11?!‘ in the latter part of -——- L‘ Montreal, March i3 —- Canadian lPur Auction Sales Co. -(Quebec), lstd., announcer the following of- .. rings and order of sales for its forthcoming auction: Mood nmrch as; um musk- rll. 17.8 ermine, 000 otter 2, beaver soo lynx, sec lynx cat 1,410 wolf. I00 tininsi- wolf. aooo Alaska seal dressed and dyed by Martin, Inndon, 715 blue fox, 575 white fox, 10, red fox. Tuesday: 8,51!) ranch mink. f,- wild mink, 000 hlllftd-Ytk 565 s unk, 2315 fisher. 5.680 raccoon, 3,820 29.80 Canadian cross fox. Wednesday: oooo silver fox. Thursday: 1.100 s ecial collection Canadian Nations Silver Fox Breeders Assnn 8.000 silver fnx. Friday: 0,500 silver fox, wild fur sale commenc s at i0 a. m. and silver fox at .50 a. m. All skins will be on show from Friday, Mar- 22. until time of sale. squirrel, , MONTREAL SALE LISTS Montreal, March 13 —M.inl.re.'-ii Fur Sales (Canada) Limited an- nounces the following quaiititiw and order of sale for its general sale Friday, March 22, starting at 9280 a. m.: 1,000 special foxes, 2,700 sllxer fox, aoo blue fox, 1,000 red fox, 2,500 ranch mink, 600 wolf, 500 badger, 1,700 dressed Persian lamb, Indian lamb, 30,000 rabbits and a quantity of miscel- laneous furs. These will be on show from Wednesday March ‘l0. until time of sale. Mrs. Charles H. Showers f Madi- son, Wisconsin, is seriousi think- ing about changing her muskrat coat for some other t e of fur. Wearing her coat whie walking near her homc a few days ago she was suddenly attacked by a rela- tive of the animals that gave their lives for her coat. The muskrat, believed by police to have stray-a ed from a nearby marsh, bit Mrs. Showers in the leg before being driven off. Later it was tracked down and shot by a policeman. Washington, March 11—The com- mittee for reciprocity information is conside lllg conflicting testimony on the uestion of whether caust- ing su ernental trade agreements with anada regarding the 1113101‘- tation into this country of . iver fox furs should be changed, ‘er- minated or allowed to remain in force as thgay stand. Represent tlve fur merchants ar- gued against retention of the ex- cess. It is of, course probably more txpensiveihan feeding fish" ivhfcly‘ is obtainable, from vlcinities town whi are within‘. ‘easy ‘ ac- cess of fishlng grounds. The pelt situation seems to he fairly quiet at present. The next suction will be held in Montreal commencing Monday. Bilvenfnx will be on Wednesday, Thursd and Friday and in connection wl the sale there will be about 1,000 new type pellzsoffered by the Ca- nadian National Silver Fox Breed- tion, Bumme " . _ comprise platinums, platinum silvers, pearl platinum: and white faces with a small num- bft of glaciers, litany of us will be wstdiing anxloubly to see how these fare off in the auction room. The silver fox pelts from the allow coilectlonaof Prince Edward Island and Ontario will not be of- fered at this sale but will probably to on the May vendue. , The writer took a trifi‘ to New York attending the meet g of the United States 'I‘rotting Association last week and stopped at the Wal- rlorf Astoria. Thousands of people tlitcr its portals from two streets ddliy andiquite a number of them life d! ‘the moneyed class, so I found l very interesting when the op- Wfiilhily offered to see the types df furs the ladies wore. Platinum i" Jackets were very mucii in "idfihde and some were very beau- llful. White marked Jackets were u" ‘lull-e common but slivers pre- Lominawd. They looked very nice deed and the writer felt very much encouraged by the numbers “Him and the attractiveness oi the ' V" 10X Jackets. We formed the °iiinion that it would be ‘ong, 011x time before silver fog went of the picture and tiie proba- wully is t at in a few years I be th greater uiar- iy than t has now. For t t rea- ldii I do not think it would be wise “l; curtail too much the production whims". I behave it would be to k a good ' ltreed in ad , p ‘hum allvel! And will h" this on pear have not distinguished "fmeifmglna much higher pldeg been follow itlie various use l" Souris, Summerside and Charlotte-q at auction. We _ave._ lsting quotas in a hearin ncre ji t week, while representat ves of . ganized fur farmers in the Mid- KWest and‘ West» insisted the qu tas must be at least kept-and p y ‘uced-and that tariffs should be raised. The tariff argu- ment appeared to be irrelevant un- der the terms of the public notice calling interested parties to the committee's hearing. Isidore Ber ner of E. S. Uilman- Allied Co., nc., New York, ar- gued there should be no quota un- der present conditions-that ‘im- portation of furs should oe free of restraint. Answering previous arguments of the fox fur farm- ers that the resent world market would not a1 ow this, he said he had sold furs to France within the last i0 days. He said the fur merchants should be enabled to buy and sell freely. Alexander T. Macleod, represent- ing the American Fur Merchants Association, Inc., New York, took a somewhat similar positioni on the desirability of a free entrance into this countr for Belts from abroad. Omar rager- raon of the Petoskey Fur Farms, Inc., r- bor Springs, Mich., said that if the quota cou d not be eliminated com- letely, Norway, at least, should e entitled to a bigger slice of the United States import market than it has at present. Eight representatives of the fox fur farmers had eeented their case for the retent on—or diminu- tlol--of the uota and for reten- tion of a tarl f at least as high as the present 85 per cent. (Editor's Note: If the quota Ls eliminated, he tariff automatically will re- vert to the 37 1-2 per cent which prevailed before a quota was first established in 1089.) Lam son, Fraser dz Huth, Inc., New ork, are holding a large sale of general lure, commeiicin April 1st, almost immediately a- .ter the conclusion of the Montreal sale. In the collection we notice 1.000 blue fox, Ml cross fox, 1.800 red. fox, 5,000 silver and color phase 500 marten, 37.010 ranch mink, H.000 wild mink. 250 dressed Rus- sian sable: in matched bundles as o Blrefull and otaoo seems t in "My o the . It may be tliagzzlnly w ll a large number of , r emselvel ti» ‘an, Vfludaonu Bay Company, London, " a few d ago that ‘it expects to- offer . alive fox and I500 platinum ones in scheduled to - begin , h. Analog, Chadwick and Kiever an- nounea they will offer about 12.000 skins including 500 piatlila. LittlaOllllCeilIog-Prleel E88 prices have declined slight- ly this week,_it was learned yes- terday from figures issued by the Dominion Department of Agricult- ure in Charlottetown. The decline was due to the fact that prices have been adluated to export lev- els previously existing forwarded to Saint John this week for export to Britain n . Prince Edward Island gradln "stations are quoting for ungrad eggs, delivered, as follows: larle 29-30; A-medium 21-28; 23' C 18 32-3: A- medium 30-1; B 28; C 23. Specialized producers receiving for carioned pack: A-large 38; A-medium 36; A-puilets 33 at ceiling levels, with practically non-existent. Livestock a Moderate receipts of live siocit were well cleared in the past week on a generally steady to firm mar-l ket. Principal interest centered on the top grades of beef-making mi:- terial and whii some western markets made sight advances on i cattle. the over-all picture was little‘ changed from the previous wee . Cattle deliveries to stock yards, and packing plants at 30,400 were about 3,000 below the correspond- ing week last year. Marketings for the first 11 weeks this year total 346,700 as against 363,600 in the corresponding period last yeor. Calf marketlngs were also a little‘ lower and the total to date this, gear is 82950 as compared with' 7.400 in the same period a year ago. Sheep and lamb sales con- tinue in good volume and 13,300 were brought in to yards and plants in the past week; in the same‘ week last year deliveries were 10,- 500. The sales since January 1st this year amount to 142,000 as Hog gradings for the week cndcd March 0th totalled 106,871. muk-y inn the total to date this year l.- 0165124 as against 1,555,722 in the same period of last year. Eastern Cattle Markets Cattle marketings on eastern stock yards were moderate and ices generally unchan ed. Early ids at Toronto were a lttle lower but receipts were such that It was impossible to lower prices. Weight» steers sold at Toronto at $11.50 to $13.5 butcher steers 210.50 to $12.50, butcher cows $8 to 010 and some stockers and feedeil sold stronger at $10 to $11.35. Buyers at Montrea, where there was a slight increase in receipts, paid up to $13.50 for the best steers on of- fer, but with no choice on hand, and $11.50 to $12.50 for just med- ium quality, Good cows were $9.25 to $10 or a shade higher. Receipts continue extremely light in the Maritimes and the best of the steer offering was quoted at $11 to $11.50 fob’. country points and good cows own. Wellern Cattle Marketa Cattle deliveries in the west were in moderate volume and de- spite some effort on the, part of buyers to reduce prices, al quo- tations remained steady and in some cases firmed up Winnipeg had some selected steers at a top of $13, with most of the iiest slaughter steers 012.3 to $12.75 and stacker and feeder cattle, which were not sufficient t0 meet the needs of the trade, sold from $9 to $10 on reasonably good quality. Calgary was a little firmer on good butcher cattle and had good to choice steers at $11.75 to $12.40. Edmonton also advanced 25a on steers and heifers and aid a top of $12.60 on one load, wi h another a’. .50, and good kind-s selling down to $10.50. Medium steers were $10 to 011M. Prince Albert topped on steers at $12, Moose Jaw $12 to $12.5. Saskatoon $12.75. Re- around $12, and ._Vancouvei- Exports to United States Dairy cattle shipments to the United States for the week totall- ed 1,000 as against 400 in the name week last year. Shipments to date this year are 7,552 comfiared with Egg Surplus Must Find Outlet in Great Britain; Prices Decline Slightly January. One cariot of eggs was egg supplies, the only outlet ~ a fraction compared with 135,000 last yearJ A“ -v Egg Market Statement In connection with the egg mar- ket aituation, Mr. F. G. _Wal' . issued poultry products inspector, he following statement: "We have reached tiie lng that of export to ccnLs per dozen for A-large shipper about .37 cents at Char- A- lottetown. There la a considerable B abount of work in connection with , . matting up eggs for export. The Graded shipments delivered t: s have to be sized do that the Charlottetown (Packed for ex- ex re large eggs are excluded port) A-large 34-5; A-medium from the shipment to Britain 1n 32-3; B 28; C 23. order that breakage; is minim- Graded shipments delivered 172d- Egils 118W t0 lhdlvidlillllj Charlottetown (Packed for com- Stamped with the W011i “Cllhfldh" mercial use) A-larg —this stamping of-sggs is not a Canadian Regulation but an order ,of the British Ministry of Food. All cases have to be wired both ends anti stencilied. Nothing but Poultry quotations are nuininai 800d C8585 PM he "Sid in d 5MP‘ deliveries| High: to Britain." is the privilege of guiding stations throughout PE I. to put up cuss in their own station viz- ed, stamped and aeked for ex- port, or they can e put up for export by those firms that assem- ble such shipments in cariots. This work costs money and the price for export has been set at the a- hove mentioned quotation. "Poor grading by country grad- ing stations results in additional works and costs at the assembling plants. It should be the endeavour of all grading stations to bu ex- ceedingly careful in the manner in whi h they pack these eggs. pac ing large ends up in every in- stance, exc uding all dlrts from the Grade AAs, using good clean fillers and flats. Such care on the part of grading station operators would do much to maintain the price to producers on a basis of 0 cents for A-large. "If grading stations do not t-x- ercise the care above mentioned their shipments will not bring them in as high returns." "In future, market quotations issued by the Poultry Marketing Services at Charlottetown will show prices paid for export pack and for commercial pack. Qudat- ions for export ack should be in the neigiiborhoo of .340, possibly higher, wliiisi com- mercial pack eggs will probably be around 32-3 cents on a basis of - rge." One Cnriut Shipped "One cariot already has iieen forwarded to seaboard for cxpoit to Britain this. week with another to follow on Saturday. It is ex- ecte dtiiat the "xuort nf @825 to ritain from P.E.1, will now be continuous until the and of tiie export season, The recent advance in the price of eggs which has lasted for tiie past six weeks was attributihie to l|1(‘ facrthat ilie Marltlmcs were exceedingly short of eggs. This period has passed and we may expect prices to be at the original level nf early January, namely netting the pro- ducer .Ii0c_ er dozen for A-iargc. to last unti perhaps the end of May or at least until the cnd of ADPII. These prices are compar- ative to those prices in existence in tiie corresponding period last ear.’ “Great Britain is the one mar- ket that we have at the present time that will take our complete 8ilfi>lus of eggs. It is up to regis- tered 988 Bfadlng stations on P. E.I. to do their best to create.- by tiie 200d quality of their eggs and pack an exceedingly favour- able position there." Police Sek Pair In Torso Slaying HADMLTON, Mort-h 2l—iCP)-— Police tonight sought two men in connection with the torso slaying of John Dick. 40-year-old Hamil- ton street railway operator undit was learned that a third man may be linked with the case. Arrested by police investigating the case, Mrs. Evelyn Dick, at- tractive flli-year-old widow of the slain man, and William Bokozyk. 24, of Hamilton, are being lield in custody without bail. Mrs. Dick is charged with vagrancy and Bokozyk with being in pomession of an unregistere revolver and with vagrancy. LONDON --(C El- When the owner of two unfurnished flats in the London area advertised them 084 in the correspon ng pgflqfl to let he received rm letters and a year ago. repaid telegrams from would-be enants. cum - -- r - - --_-..~i.___a___. Calf prices remained steady at Toronto with choice veals at 815 to $17. ontreal sold the bulk 1f the veal.) at 013.50 to 14.50, while Winnipeg was lower w th good-I to choice veals at 018.50 to 114.50. Calgary paid $12 012M to 18.50, bert $12 o $18,, ae J w 1% to 311.50, Saskatoon $14 to 011 , an Re- gina up to $14.50. There were only minor changes riots. Toronto was a ady ig er, cloaiii‘ at 017M to ‘lraltrg. " p0 lemme‘; , . to 10.40, Id- ce Al- wntylrouil! sollhulslf "No sine. 1 treated all my seed with Eadie wanllnfn‘ cop. ‘amthhg, Caressa for heating seed-llama " sass/i’ -..~».<:~ period early in when a surplus exists in Marltiéne Q0 Brltam. , with an- Eggs exported to Britain recent- othier cariot to follow this week- ly are paid for on a basis of 33.8 e e- livered at seaboard. This nets tiie o _ ornamented, - NEWSY AS111 NOTES - "(uiiittillin Nature" "Ilhis magazine, devoted in Nat- ural Science, is maintaining the high reputation it has built up during the nast five years. There is in the Match-April issue a full-page colored picture of the American Woodcock. a bird common here as a summer resi- dent. A smaller colored picture shows tiie Wilson Snipe, liar bird whose heard in late Spring. quavering sound with rising inflection. produced high in the air," says "The Birds of P111." Barrie Rennie, well-known Can- adian artist. contributes a fine painting of a Trillium (T. undul- atum) which used to be common here but tends to disappear. A short article on the “Giant Silkworm Moths". displays figures (in black and white) of the Poly- phemus. the Cecrovpla. and the Promethea mutiis: the first two are common here, being the big- gest moiilis we have. I iisvc never found the Pi-omethea moth. but that's lint to say it isn't here! The scientific name of Ssmia cecronia has been altered to Platysamia. without any real justification. This article also describes their large green or blue-green caterpillars. which si- ways attract our attention. The National Museum of Can- ada contributes photos and matter under lie title “Dinosaurs in Can- ada." These egg-laying reptiles, greatly diverse in s.ze, form. and habits. once flourished in the bad- lands north-east of Calgary. Some 0i them-the herb-eaters—waiked on four- legs, while the flesh- eaters (who Drobabiy fed on them) hopped like Kangaroos. One big species of Gorgosaurus was forty feet long "and walked about on his powerful hind limbs with his head some 12 or 14 feet above the ground." 'I\"ie bones (or some of them) of such a creature. were found at New London once on a time. but I simpect the animal was a “rare summer visitor” rath- er than a "resident." These re- mains are said to have izone to some Museum in the U. S. A. There is a good paper. hot too technical, 0n “The Sun and Eclipses." bv Marian Lockwood. It is well illustrated. one of the most striking photos being the "midnight sun" at Coppsrmlne on the Coronation Gulf — nmiti of Great Bear Lakc, on Julie 22. 1945. “The m Bcfore taking up the second act of this well-known opera. let iis find out something about the Yeoman themselves.‘ The Yeo- meri Warders. as they are some- times called. were first assembled iii 1485. the first veal" cf King Henry VI1. to act as a personal bodylluard to that monarch. This cows is i-lie oidcst of its kind 110w existing. tiiougli. its duties iiow a-re purely ceremonial. For instance. cvcr since tiie days of Guy Fawkes. it has been tiie duty of tiie Yeomen to search the vaults under the Houses of Par- liament. on the eve of the state opening: as a rule. however the Rieater Dart of their time is silent in and about the Towcr of Lmi- Yeomcn of the Guard” don. where they not as wardens and guides. Vacancies in the corps, I am given to understand. are filled bv veterans retired from the army, who are past tllie age for active work. The uniform of tiie Ycomen is very picturesque and is in every respect a replica of that of i485. The main feature is the knee- iength scarlet coat. lavishly can- eiled with black. and white. pip- ing. A wide scarlet belt around the Yeomanls waist is similarly and so is another crossing over his left shoulder. On the back of t-he coal: is work- ed "ll.lt.." and on iihe front the floral emiblems—the rose, sham- rock, and thistle. Scarlet knee- brceches. lung white stockings. and low siiocs ompiete the uni- foriii. For coil the Yeoman wears a white". crimped, Tudor ruff. and his hat is low-crowned. with a wide flat brim. Bows of ribbons adorn his that. his breaches and his shoes. His only weapon is an ancient haibert. with a tussle attached. All the Yeome that I have seen wore short. pointed beards, and being oidish men. these were w-hite, giving their wearers a rather distinguished look- HOW- evcr. about two years ago these veterans began to kick against the regulations which condemned them to this hirsute appendage. Asked why. their reply was "Our wives say the beards make us look like Jews!" l did noi- he!" how the revolt ended. but no doubt permission to remove the beards would be granted. .At the end of Act I. the situa- tlnn was as follows: tiie con- demned prisoner. Colonel Fair- fax. had been set. at liberty w Plhoebe Meryil, who thus bec amenable to the law if and hen her work is discovered. Sergeant» Meryll, her father, has ioined in theipiot by passing off the dis- guised Colonel as his son. Leon- ard Meryli, just returned from foreign wars. Jack Points matri- monial prospects have a severe set-back. since the Colonel la at liberty and Elsie Maynard is now ills wlfel The curtain goes up and we see the Tower. from tiie wharf Yeoman are assembled and sing a chorus. while the over- bearing housekeeper. - ruthers, twits them in so -- "Pretty warders are ye. do ye ward?" In the meantime Jack Point an Wilfred Shatbolt Dela. learn known bride! We would prefer the on lower greeni" ‘liiis is not quite fair Elsie ind the two seal their partnership with a duet: “Here- upon we're both agreed. and all that we two do agree to. we'll secure by aolenm deed".-Tiiia duet. with its lively music. was a great favorite in the Old Coun- r y. As Point and Sliadboit move away Fairfax comes to the front of the stage. He is (as already stated) disguised as Leonard Meryll, but that doesn't stop him from telling the audience that, althoumli tree from his letters. lie is the willing captive of his un- Colonel in a more _ oic mood. but Gilbert praises hun a rather "moony" fellow, always complain- I. Now we heargvhat I consider the gem of the opera, an unac- companied part-song by Kata, Dame Cilffllwléfs. ruiriax. and sergeant Meryll. “Strange ad- venzure- lylsuoen weudeo to a groom she's never seen; grooni about to be beheaded in an iiour. a maurigai since it lacks the fugal effect, but. it is almost as goon as "Brightly dawns our wedding day" in the Mikado. The Lieutenant iGovernoi-l of the Tower and others join the singers and a shot is heard Jack Point and Shad- bolt come in and the latter ax- piains that he has shot the pris- oner-Jllike a ghost I saw him creeping, or a spectre all-appall- ing." and finally, "with an ounce or t-wo of lead I dgspatc-‘zied him through the head, and it's" very, verv certain that he's very, very deed!" This ls not true but is in- tended to revive Ellsielr. interest in the Jester. There are three or four good choruses after this but the plot resolves itself something in this way. Fairfax is cleared of the charge of sorcery by his cousin's confession. and he romantically claims his bride. Phoebe is claim- ed by Slisclbolt, and Sergeant Meryli by Dame Carruthers; and With Peel» "Gerda" "w" ~ m peas beNg gfflwifefi, ‘iii-Sgt: soon as thgy are 915K911» b“? '3“ w“ “M”, m i“ wires"; has. two their qualify a5 iiliv iowere on‘?! the the pcu gy em ti. _ errless aim flavor, anui lie mil-N dhgmfi ga dener can eti- of their 1.8T: neither dare obldci lest their 010i be disclosed to the Lieutenant. There is a doleful note as the curtain falls: Jack Point dies of o broken heart, a queer ending for a comedy. That is as mllct"! as I recall of his opera. and if Mount Allison broadcasts it. you now know the plot or “programme" as the Briton calls The Chlckadees Today. March l5, 1046, was a fine bright day with a northerly wind. and in the little valley that bounds our brook. birds were singing. their simple melody giv- ing promise of Spring. 1n Sella notation the sound would be ren- resented by m:—Id:d; the latter notes being two tones below the first. Dr. Taverner says the melody "has been translated as “Springs here!" This is the early song of tiie Black-capped Chicka- dee. and later it will be uhill ed to tiie regular “chick-a-dee- ee- dce" that we know so well. The Chickadee is a t/rustiiit. friendly bird. and witlial of a merry. cheerful disposition that makes it deservedly popular. Our creek is somewhat sheltered and little flocks of chlckadees resort to it all winter long. 1n tcle Spring come other birds which seem to loin the flocks without 0P" position. Amongst them may sometimes be seen a l-ludsonlan Chickadee. the oiilv other species known to occur on the Island. The Black-capped Chickadee is No. 735 in the A. O. U. list. Crown, nape, and throat, black; sides of head and neck. breast and belly. white: the last. together with the sides. washed with pale buff. Back ashy. Wing and tali- felillhers iishy. marizined whitish. Length about 5.25 inches. lludsonlan or Brown headed Chickadee. (A.0.U. 740). Similar to No. 735, but duller and dark- er in general tone. Cap grayish brown, licariv the same color as the back. hroat atch picsciit. blackish. Planks l. ted rilfoua. “A very dark chlckadee with coi- oralion diffused and pattern lack- ing distinctiiessF-Taveriiei‘. Its notes are iioanie but otherwise similar to those of the Black- wpped Chickadee. Length about 5 riches. hese are mast useful birds "consuming clusters of insect eggs at a gulp." They search the trees for such eggs all winter long. In spring they build nests in cavities of stumfvfl. trees. post-i» or telephone poles. Farming in Scotland, AD. 1705 In Dr. G. M. Treveiyans “E2!!!- iish Social History". some space is given to a consideration of scot- tish farming at the bediiniiilii! 0! the eighteenth century. It was reckoned that in 1705 Scotland sold 30.000 cattle into Eriilland: the usual price was sometihing be- tween £1 and £2 sterling per head. (-1111; was as m tio_ nominally but money was more ‘valuable then -Ag.) The cattle and sheep Wtrfl small. even as compared with the small English beasts of that Der- iod. Their pasture was for the niost part unimproved moorland. and the cattle were shut up at night for want of fences. Of the remnant that had not been south to the finish-sh 0881-11755 _ slaughtered at Martinmae on the approach of winter, for there was little hay and no iootcron on which to feed iihein. (in Northumberland. about this time, the field-slowing of turnips was lust commencing and huge tracts of rough land first felt the plough). During the next six montha- salted meat supplied t e tables of the Scottish how be bit of a luster too. “m” Point m» . - ‘Oh. I PPM" $3.1m... ‘m’: Kid's M? “m” i‘ ' mh"'h“"'d I'm?‘ lob: imprisonment in the dark on id will" "m" h" ratiuls of m“ 01‘ boiled chaff. “@8111 lfld "Chin Hid flflh ‘u,’ l" Mk m‘ by" (oug- . “:3 “$8,: Mmféggl? “a noble) to “the mints. a all»: II ° i‘: "g '31";- ailt can-nu is‘; the farmers. riiis‘ a 43::- w honed the 3'0 mmfl 0-" "M h" tau: Iftllfn a nnnoieomis (a lemon that bogiuniisea to aid Wflmf’ "a ‘mum at in Ills schemes.» Nlain the ' take care lo serve them "Billie" :22: "efflcienV crops. dime h s M, Seed '15 eaten’ and ‘or-ht eleig is requires to grow ‘hem ‘ eciyop but ca: The are a luxury i ll; how delight hi! d Peas thrive iii cool weather, 31K n- u» we“ rs siesta ‘lib so they muss, race 0 '. 1 do best where the ground does nod freeze deeiilxljlnifid s?“ m, plgegygféah in §§",‘§1,§§e glimmer is relatively Sig] In sections where hot Weflé ther comes soon after i-hecfrflm. mhaws out, only mac e212: o‘ m‘ ally he grown. an - Home Garden Peas, Served Quickly of Top Quality 10w p11 geas to mature, a third bt tiled by. - w? $0511? xzypzowtlich bears the la!!- "‘“¥,‘,“§‘,,,‘.f§,‘ ‘$123510 obtain two oroild is to sow an early and t later dwarf ¢————-—'<i."‘ Europe Making Start Rebuilding Fur industry WINNIPEG. Mam, March 20 - Inrlicating that Eurnrc ls iriiikir-il a start in rebuilding hr.‘ fur busi- ness out of the ruins of war the first shipment of live mink to made “Holland 'in six years was today from Winnipeg. Thirty of the animals, worth more than $5,000 were shipped over Canad- ian National lines bound for Roi- tcrdam via New York. Hundreds more mink and a largo number cf fox are expected to be shipped shortly to Europe where manv own- ers of farms turned their fur hcnr- ing animals loose after invasion by German forces rather than see them starve or fail into the hands of the enemy. The mink am all females and were bred prio: i0 shipment because tiie high viuslity mink of Europe have either been destroyed or ilic animals suffer so from malnutrition that the l)l't"f‘fl- inz stock is PXUPDUOHBHY low. The 24 standard dark, 3 silvci" sablcs, 2 iilnrk cross and one pure white. SCUbPT-IEESS GETS STRANGE REQUESTS NEW YORK. March 21-401’) -_ Blond Alice Littig Slams who lias modelled from life hundreds of portrait, heads, savs her biggest problem as a sculptress has been the wives of distinguished sitters. They want flattering portraits at their husbands, and some have asked that she put liair on bald- heads. Mrs. Siems. who graduated in art from the University of Iqwa, deserted painting to be hoi- own master in a more abstract and less photographic field. But she finds some customers still put in the last word. , Scorning the usual head arma- ture upon which sculptors model in almost every reaped notWmere. ly to equal England in material things, but had attained an in- teliectual rivalrv by means n! he: native genius. port_ lfll"k consist! of ilic following types, \ . . .-.._.....l.a._-¢-q-énuspmn-.n~¢iaos-anvatcn~ Means Not Over Two Hours from Plckinl time. Where the variety at the 881118 enough to a} spring season is 1on8 esz size pods and K111911419 “"149” "Z-‘gi. well supplied with nitrogen is needed for peas; they 850"“ b’ lanted soon after the ground had n Prepared; and in MW Eli-Timed; i; wli pay to inoculate the 58¢ with a culture which seedemow ply for the purpose. contaminl ic rogen-flxlng bacteria. _ - Edible pod peas, varieties which are grown for their pork like snap bear-r, and are harvested before the seeds form, are well 1-179-08- Sow peas two inches deli? "id m?‘ closei‘ than one inm arm in *3 single row: double rows. 81X 11111119» apart, with brush or low fencinil "i between the rows for the vines tn climb, are sometimes, used. This arrangement requires weed 1711111118 by hand between the rows. Even dwarf varieties appreciate some- thing to climb. and the semi-tall amid tall growl-ill om require silo- ooss THE Taick/ “i " THE FRED W. EBAY LTD 120 John St. North. Hamilton. Ont. Chas. Worth. care of Rfggl Berrlgan. Queen St., Char lnttetoivn. Garth MacLean, Lot ll. South West. Bruce Paynter. it. B. l, Keri- sington. J. J. Stewart Montague. Elmer Waugh, Wlln-iot Val- Iey. ““"§“6“i“i"€i§:" Anyone requiring clover 3 or other seeds please hook '5 order with undersigned at once. WESLEY G. BRUCE. Sec‘y. East Point Farmers“ Institute , havwvvtn-t-t-svu-nv-veévv 3-21-31. their plaster. Mil-s. Stems Qrely begins with a paper beg on a Illl bottle and ‘lliickly blocks in the basic head shape. She works fast but so conscientiously that she needs six sitti s. Because she oes not require her mc-zlels to remain absolutely static. $319 hi8 800d luck with children. 1n fut she finds that they usually start experimenting with the clay o themselves and don't want, to be taken away from the studio. ___l WiBPiClE " FffDS mam /.4.‘.'.'il'~.‘ “PRO”?- HQPPF.’