1941 gigusr 16. ’__ 0,\' MANY SUBJECTS mm the extwme East 0i’ the mun“ comes a letter whose mm prefers to remain incognito, m5 who wishes for information 9n greral subjects. Here is the letter: .5...- Agricoia-I am enclosing grewlth leaves and flower from a. gm plunt the owner of which ".414 like to know its botan'cal [me and its popular name. The n. in question was raised from ‘pflpbiililwli from an Ontario firm h. mixed packet of houseplant nfltfifi- It has grown to a. height [two feet: a thick buslzy plant in’ ‘kn-inch pot; and it blooms pro- wl; practically all the time. sum- ‘guild winter. The blossom re- ap" that, of the perennial ‘a; more than anything elle, “ml. it may be a shade larger. mestznls of the plant are quite gm, almost woody in the older "m, and when they are broken m. qdoiii‘ rcscfnblcs that of cherry W31», has not bcCn found possible pulp this plant 1n the ordinary n; Perhaps you would re able to tip as to mak'ng such 11p; crow. 111.1 you over hear of potatoes in; to sets, but actual sprouts tifout any skin or flesh of the be; attached. some potato men ylt is impossible yet I heard of well ffuihrfrtcaied instance oi’ it i5 Sprlrg win-fr sand from a m0 shed iris flsed in a hot bed itlfcre was a good growth of 11:0 plants, to the detriment of Lines vrlrch found it hard to __u up with their sturdier com- iliors. This would be on a some- ilatsifrfllaf" lino to taking cutngs ,5 flahka tubers, would it not? l; that a pic-re cf the skin of the iiih tuber is generally taken ‘fir the sprout: dyoulci pniafocs with ilseir sprouts marl-d taro or three times and us- ncuttrgs, sf ll make acceptable dilfere mlzht be the answer Your sell your seed potatoes and still re them to plant. “f have a hardy rose which we lla Scotch bfar. It has grown to; very ihicl: muss and both flnls rand last it has foiled to have fr: than u dozen of its small shell ‘all semi-double flowers on it, fereas some years ago it used to surothcred w‘th bloom. Would ' any sifsrzcstions as to car's: this? I am sure 1 c € 5' w >1 Q4 .4 ct two winmrs I have rlrub ‘a in the collar with s. I have found how- re flint the FCOIs rren put out - NEWSY NOTES ; l? AGIJCOLA ' NQXI Spring may; away. and unn- down the cost. tubers “catch up» “I056 0i’ normal size tubers ape shipped small 51:4 g Ind produce in the fall. llmpug profes- fianal gardeners that ilzey ugugjlyy °W "my my plant that m, gone through the prooess. It is likely ‘aha-t one could save rhubarb that "5 ma‘ T070911 lll the cellar if one £00k extraordinary mm bu; u ‘the sayingifi. "the games not worth 9 clfldle." It would take a couple pf years to bring m, mg mm bearing again. Why not dehydrate B Pound or two of rhubarb for win_ W‘ Ilse instead? Ddlydrafion, 1 unslerstand. is done with machinery ‘W f-‘h Produces s vacuum extract- 11g the moisture but leaving all the other qaulities (especially gavor) unaltered. But rhubarb may deh-Ydmled by suspending the stalks over the range; well up, so that the proces is slow. The stalks Sihoum b9 'sldnned" and cleaned f rst, and then hung across s. wire. when about as dry as hay they can be cllpped into 1ll0ft lengths and sltored in paper bags 1n a dry place’ "WIY- llfldlns Sugar quantum surf. the medcal men say. This l.“ m; qu te the flavor of the {K9511 stalks, but is near enough to be pleasing, especially as a winter dish. My correspondent has made (m; a capital list or scented plants; all my favourites in fact, but "with mlgrionette omitted. The essential oils which bear the perfume; of mlfllonette. night-scented stock and the white tobacco (nicotiona 9mm!) are extremely volatile, so that they scent the air at some distance "Om the Dlflllt So much the better; still there are many plants improve on closer acquain- Wnce- 811011 8S the new Golden Gleam Nasturtium, and the var-re- ties of Arab‘s ‘There is only one Sprcies of Sweetbriar (Rose rubl- glllosfll, but it is divided into many subspecies on rather trifling Bflluuds For instance one subspedes has 11s fruit. globvse instead of obling; and another has its leaflets less hairy beneath, and its prickles more slen- der, and so on; but you cannot say they are not Sweeibriars! No. 1 know of no Rose so fragrant as the Old Cabbaze Roses and fuell- deriv- atives: most of our modem roses have been bred for form and color. and the scent has about passed out, like all’ other "talents" that are not used! But there seems to be g reaction, for fragrance is now be- 1118 bred into the Pennies. and there is even a scented gladiolus, My favorite Diantbus is the old the i» have simply rotted .. I wonder why this q "What plants would you recom- and for a garden corner devoted scent? Arc (here different kinds slice‘. brirr? I enjoy the fra- illrc o! souilierivood 1 lngwofked among, almost as much honeysuckle at night, or stocks or coiima. . . Is there any rose to illlai the frazrafice of the old Pro- vence or cabbage Rose? of the per- lllllai dlaflihus to what one would forgive first place for color. hard- heft, and perfumef, . . ‘Thanking you in ldVDIIC6‘IDI‘ lly information you may fur- iilf in answer to the numerous ikstions of this letter-Yours very lllli‘. etc." M’. the first answer is that I Wt know the house plant at all; ills it rvas well prepared and mil bclsvccn cardboard, I sent "ll to the Dominion Botanist. I lil refer to this question again. ll I receive his answer. As to if vlllllugs or slips, when a "'1 lllfwlirs to be difficult to like" I should strongly advise the '°l “llvrmofllnfl a fluid extract >lltlf exerts a stimulating or irri- l": effect on the cut surface, "it"! it to "callus' and form [it I bought l. small so cent "9 l" 1940 and used some that "l "Wu I put the remainder Ill in a cool dark place (beyond ucach of frost) till this spring "l I used it again with equal ‘*6: Ii chart and full directions "f with (he bottle. A handsome fill described by my corres- "ll. deserves to be propagated. Flllpslwfflu be out off fun be- ‘ 1W Joint for best results. I m“ 2. A potato is really e n 0i iHckened underground "ll. ln which a stock of food is llp for nourishlng the “will the buds (eyes). A M‘ puts some of this food "l! disposal of the growing l"! enabling it. to root quickly. elllollt alone is in effect a dgvflvpcd from the bud or ""1 if broken off with as little M the base as may be. it ‘_ “ill Just as any other zwi-z m.’ but would not make the n that a. "sot" would. since if "process 1o live stored food. Of w f the soft base of the sprout l?" or "Uured rot will set in. ill’! risc to the belief that it is “We to "slip" potatoes. I-fo-v- nciltllwllls them from sets is c: practical my oi’ getting a e d“ in our short season. _ ‘lhlla tuber works somewhat 63"" We": the sprout with s l of the tuber is planted. and . ‘ 91°‘! plant and a fine m‘ "ll- The Dutch. en ingen- gmlllr as frras plants (re cm.- ~- have found out another _,_‘ ‘f? make cuttings from ‘I e ‘h: {ll the dahlias Instead of , re "beta: 'he.~e cfftilnrs vsiil we ,’,‘,’§°l"_bl0 Dilnts but anfv m 1e tubers about)», glgg "ill- oa- no the first your. , l scarlet Clove Pink. common in cot- ‘age gardens when 1 was a boy. I believe I have succceded in getting the right seed of this plant at last. but cannot vouch for its hardness whe" planted such Weekly Live Stock Market Report .___..__ SUMMARY coming more general, particularly in western Canada. cattle receipts have been moderate and orderly and Prices held steady throughout the "unify. Calves. also, held their previous price levels but hogs eased from l5 cents to 35 cents and lambs were again seasonally lower. EASTERN CATTLE MARKETS The only change in the cattle market at TORONTO was e reduc- tion of 05 cents in ths price of bulls. All other grades held steady. weighty steers sold at $8 to $9.25, threeioads at a top of $9.50 and butcher material nmde $7.50 t0 $8.05 and an occasional $9. Cattle °flerlnifs were ample for ifze de- mand at MONTREAL and steers sold steady to 25 cents lower in some cases. The top of the steers was $9.25 and butcher cows ranged between $4.75 and s7. with an odd $7.25. Prices also held steady in the MARITIME-S. with good to choice steers quoted at $8.50 to $9.50 under extremely light receipts. WESTERN CATTLE MARKETS All killing classes moved in the west under a reasonably good de- mand prices were well main iained considering the quality and condition of arrivals. A few dry- fed steers were eligible for $9 to $9.50 at WINNIPEG. while good support was given the cow division on export account w‘th the better grades going at $8 to $8.50. Fleshy feeders were also taken to fill southern orders at $7.50 and above. CALGARY was active andusleady with best dry-fed steers at $8.50 to $9. while EDMONTON was also steady wit. last week up to a top of $9.25. The high at PRINCE AL- BERT was $7.85 on steers, MOOSE JAW and SASKATOON $8.50. REGINA $8.75 and VANCOUVER $9. UNITED STATES MARKET Sales of Canadian cattle at Buff- alo were very light in the past week, szeers averagedaround $10.- 20 to 110.50 with some still unsold at the close. st. Paul quoted med- ium quality Canadian steers at $9.50 to $9.75, good cows $9.25. good bulls $8.75, and good to choice veal calves $10.50 to $12.50. L've stock shipments to the United SFates during the week totaled 4.675 beef cattle, 489 dairy, With harvesting operations be- rulqglgafgaorrfrrown guaanligly Ollie McNeil], (brother of Well) mfmfllv p! Sputhport. P. 2:. 1.. but now one of the leading ranchers of the Dominion and the first breeder to really public ze white-face. ring- neck or platinum foxes, in visiting this Province and being warmly welcomed by friends. oilie has a fine connection in the United States. Omar Brager-Larsen, Mao publl. “Wl 1M Nilfwflllln platinum fox in the United States and really started the boom for that type, and was as well a potent salesman and fllllllvrlty on Norwegian silver foxrs, gave a talk at the Fur Consultant; Course in N. Y., that proved very in- “Milli: to those present, and ss there ‘s so much interest taken here in the new types we quote:- "Few industries can show sucn astonishing development as the breeding of fur animals. It started in Canada in i853 when Mr. Charles Dalton (late Sir Charles _Dalton.) whose name will always be remembered by fur breeders. 00118111. two captured wild foxes from a. poor fisherman named 'I‘hompson for presumably 5 silver’ 171111". l 00W. and a calf. Many years passed, and it was not before i908 that the breeding of foxes fr; Canada became an industry. mom there it spread all over the world. first to the United States in 1909. then to Japan in i912. and to Nor- way in 1913. The first World War Stopped lts development. But be. tween the years I920 and I930 many other countries went in for 1mg business, inciud‘ng Sweden, Fin- land, England, Germany, Switzer- land and Soviet Russia. . .qn_ even countries on the southern par. of the globe-Argentine and Chile. obtained breeding animals. "In 1939 there were approximately 2.000.000 Silver, Pletina. and Blue ITOXes on about 55.000 farms scat- a lflg of Domestic wool is well ad- Vllnced- QuotaVons for graded wool are as follows: Medium staple 25 cents to 98 cents; Low Memum staple 25 1-2 cents to 29 cents; 110W staple 28 cents; Grey and Black 20 cents to 22 cents; seedy 8s Buffy 17 cents to l9 cents; Cotts 20 cents to 22 cents. Price for large range clips grad- ing "Average" are reported as 8 1,513 calves. Exports to date this year, with corresponding figures for 1940 in brackets. were: beef cattle, 74.220 (65.7%); dairy 10,856 (7.950); l calves 48.045 (54,105); hogs 34,032 (142). Exports of beef cattle from July 1st to August 7th. undef- the 115 yet. I_3ut Dianthus “Mrs Slnkins" with large pure white clove-scented flowers in great abundance, is extremely hardy and will even stand a certain amount of neglect: it is exceFent for cutting. If my correspondent will write again in September (to re. mind mo) I may have some cuttings of Dianthus to spare. I had almost forgotten that “Scotch Rose." There is such u plant. known to botanists as Rosa spinoslssima which means it is very gzickly. My surmise is that this ush is rather old. and has never been pruned, both circumstances reducing the number of blooms. I'll-st try prunning out lot of the old wood to let air and light in. Roses bloom on the young wood produced in Spring Then a. new bush might be grown from cuttings. using Hormodin to make rooting more certain. If there is any point that I have. missed I shall be glad to hear from my Eastern friend again. Kerguelon Island (5) Ono night Culver heard a sound of "snuffing" outside his cave, and knew at once that the bears had found him out. But he was ready for them and had all his strategy thought over. The hole through the bank of stones and sand was just big enough for a man to crawl through. and he knew that s. bear could not enter till he had scraped it a. good deal bigger. 60 he tied a bunch of his flax (so he calls the grass wick) to the end of one of his spears, poured some melted grease from his lamp over it, then drew aside the sealskin curtain over the entrance and looked out. It was e beautiful moonlight night. and he coufd see a big bear trying to shove in at the other and q: the psssage: s moment later it had begun to scrape away at the sides. Culver lit the bundle of flax which flared fiercely. Then he thrust the burning mass full into the beam face. it save a roar and fled. "But." he says. "they tried it a dozen times if they did it once; but the torch was too much 101' them, and the seal bone in its middle must have given them some nasty wounds. f0!‘ I ilelleffllly “W, blood on the snow in the morning.’ when he went to get a fresh store of meat or blubber he could sec how the had trampled the snow at the foo of the cliff and scratched the rock 1n frying to scramble up t0 the storage cave. “but it was n0 manner of good." ‘they 0h!!!“ mm sometimes when he went to Gilli" cabbage. but he always manlfled W roach the cave. and the had 188m- ed to give that s wide rtl1. "It seemed to me as that winter was never going to be over. he 881d in talking of this part of his venture: "but I was you and a good spirits and was and of a gong, end 1 used to iio there and sing by the hour." (We d0 not y" recognize the manifold physical and mental effects of vvql mllllfi- as did the philosophic 0'1"") "F also recounted all the yarns ‘hog over heard. and described 1°11 all his past voyages- All W! "l: sound psychology. and miade i_ easier for him to resume soc n r; lotions when at length l" W" l‘ soued. Home fnsrooned or ship- Wlancouver was $9, Saskatoon $10 third quarterly quota, were 24,021 (8.446). VEALS STRONGER AT TORONTO About the only change in lite calf market situation was an advance of 50 cents on veals at Toronto and a corresponding decline on grassers. Veals were strong at $11.50 to $12-50 for choice. Montreal veals ranged up to $11, w‘th some of the best $11.50 and Winnipflg was steady with good to choice at $9 to $10. The high at Calgary, Regina and and Edmonton. Prince Albert and Moose Jaw $8.50. HOG PRICES EASIER Hogs closed o. little lower at practically all centres. The close at. Toronto on grade B-i dressed was $14.60. Montreal mostly $15. Winn‘peg $13.00. Calgary was $13.10 to $13.35 for the week and Edmon- ton was steady at $13 t0 $13.15. with some coast shipment-s up to $13.40. Prince Aimrt finished at $13.35 to $13.60, Moose Jaw $13.30. Regina $13.45 and Saskatoon $15.25 to $13.40. Vancouver paid $14.25 to $14.35. LAMB PRICES AGAIN LOWER The usual seasonal decline in lamb prices continued and all mar- _ kets were sharply lower. Toronto I closed down 50 oents at $13. While _ Montreal ended the trading session at $11 and Winnipeg was also down with good lambs at _ $9.50 to $9.75. Calgary also dropped 50 cents clos- ing at $10 and Edmonton was de- cidedly lower with good handy- weight lambs at ssso to $11-50 but most of the top sales $9. Prince Al- bert closed at $9 to $0.75, Moose Jaw at $8 to $9 and Regina with few sales over $8.50. Saskatoon was down $1.50, closing at $0 and Van- couver was on " basis oi $10 t0 $11- TI-IE WOOL MARKET There has been little activity in the buying and selling of Ontario wool during the past week. Prices for graded wool at warehouses were nominally the same as in the pro- vious week, vim, Medium Staple 39 oenis to 30 cents. Low Medium Staple 30 cents to 3i cents; bow Staple 30 cents fo 3i cents: Black 2o cents to 21 cents: Seedy l0 65"" to 19 cents; Cotts 20 cents to 2i cents. At Western warehouses We grad- i- ~—— wrecked men had almost forgotten ‘heir native tongue after their so - iinry sojnom. but our hero was not one of them! "You sec." he tell! his shipmaies. "I was s young fel- low, and young fellows take things cheerful and make light of what would break them down when they get older." with which s-rlent oh- servetlon we take leave of Joe Cui- ver for another week. l follows: Fine Staple 24 cents to 25 cents; Fine Medium Staple 35 cents to 26c; Medium Staple 25c to 23 cents; Low Medium S‘aple 26 cents to 27 cents; Low Staple 27 cents lo 28 cents; Fine Grey d; Black 00 cents to 21 cents; Fine Seedy dz Burry l6 oents to i7 cents. “Choic-e" clips brought somewhat better re- turns, viz... Fine Staple 25 cents; Fine Medium Staple 26 cents to 26 1-2 cents; Medium Staple 27 cents to 27 1-2 cents, Low Medium Staple 27 cents to 28 cents. St CATTLE MARKETS H TORONTO had a lighter supply w of 5,414 cattle and all grades held steady except bulls which were down 25 cents. weighty steers sold at $8 to $9.25, three loads at $9.50 and butcher steers and heifers ranged from $7.50 to $8.95, with some sales at $9. Butcher cows were $5 to $5.75. a few $7 and can- ners and cutters $3.50 to $4.75. Bulls closed lower at $5.50 to $035 for bolognas and up to $7 for but- chers. Fed calves were $9 to $11 and stookers were slow. best at $7.50 to $8.40 and others down tn 35-50- Good mflkers and springer-s sold steady at $66 to $95 each. MONTREAL had 2,430 cattle with steers steady to 25 cents lower, ‘me top on steers was $9.25. with the m $3 $7 $4 $5 some smaller quantities. cattle. $8.85, heifers $825, good light cows up to $8.50, while stockers were in lair demand with best steers $6.75. I TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH Silver Fox Farming tered around in 26 different coun- at during breeders all tries. Do you realize th the mason 1939-40 the over the world offered for 1.300.000 to 1.400.000 Sliver sa which countries supplied other countries "You have all, no doubt, come lwross a customer who was anxious to buy furs of wild animals because he or she was of the opinion that such furs are better than those of bfcd animals. Such a. customer is. 0f COURW. mistaken. He or she must be informed that years of experlence~have ‘created’ an animal not only with e more beautiful pelt, but. also with a heav- ier and stronger fur, in fact 11' the climatic conditions are right, _ _ if the animals are raised by breed- ers who know their work. animals will not only get right kind of-food but they will also be taken care of when sick, and will be pru- iected from the rain, and glare of the burning sun, which have a ten- dency to eat up the pigments of the hall's and give the fur a dull and yellowish cast which no one wants, And what is more. the bred anim- als will be taken (killed) when the fur Ls prime-when the animal is in top form. .th We shall now consider more closely the Silver Fox. The question was brought up this morning: ‘Is there any difference between the Cana- d‘an, the American, and the Nor- wegian Silver Fox‘ In my opinion there is. I consider the American Silver Fox today in some respect to be Superior to both the Norwegian The mi Canadian Silver Fox. 'ing conditions. The trade was re- oeptive to any good killing cattle and a few dry-fed rated $9 to $9.50 and other slaughter steers made $7 to $8.50. Desirable fed yearlings brought $9.50 to $10,019 better lower grades $4.50 to $550, fleshy feed- ers $7.50 and up, best stockers $6.75 to $7.25 and plzfln to medium a dominant. light stockers were craggy. rades of cows $6 to $6.50. motive and steady market. Best of the dry-fed steers were weghed up per cent-in accordance with-the at$9.50 to $9, medium to good Mendelian Law. grassers $7.50 to $8.25 and common down to $6.25. Good $5.75 to $8.25. some common down to $4.50. Godd stock- er steers sold at $7 to $7.50. cows were tops E‘ D M O N T O N was enerally eady on an offering of 1,525 Best fed calves brought eifers were $5 and cows $4.50. PRINCE ALBERT was steady iih a few good steers $7.65 to $7.95, fat cows $5.50 to $5.75. feed- er steers 80 to $7.25 and stockers $4 to $5.75. MOOSE JAW had a steady mar- ket wiin odd fed calves up to $0. top cows 80 to $6.14. good stockers $43-50 and plain around $4.75 to $5.25. REGINA had top steers around $8.50 and good cows and bulls t6 to $6.25. SASKATOON cattle market was firm on the better grades of butch- ers and stockers but. slow on com- 0.11. A few dry-fed cattle sold at to $8.50, best grass steers from .50 to $7.75 and common down to .50. Cow demand was good at .25 to $0 for g-ood quality. Stock- FOX skins, and that the fur trade con- sumed this quantity quite Qggfly? Perhaps you would like to know th‘ article. They are: Norway 400,063 U. s. A.. 325.000. Canada 275,000. Sweden 110,000 Germany 50,000 Soviet Rush 25.000. u well u offering breeders-miter l the We th nor is there lemal Dected from in these oro ‘full silver’ lieve that 6 l Fox. throughout the desire to tics. l "I remembe WINNIPEG, Generally them improvement cording to the op mp0 of the Department of Agriculture of the Canadian National Railways. ‘s a mutation? hereditary variation. largm or medium. The Platina Fox. as a mutation, has its own characteris- And the Platina Mutation is in evide D8 Ant. l5. - has been a. slight crop prospects in Northen Manitoba and. Northern Saskatchewan but in other parts of st there is little change in e situation from previous reports. the year, c: ious damage than is already gener- allv known, Harvesting and thresh- lnfz operations are taking their "of-- , course. It is evident that sun- plles of coarse grains and feed be shorter than might have been ex- tlkeuxlincreased acreage n ac- weeifiy rt American Silver Fox is stronger hesvier and from 70 per cent to 75 per ocnt can be pieced in the class. Tho Canadian so much in demand. own one.‘ that its “The Plating Fox is a mutation. Mons was born in a Silver Fox litter. Its father and mother were both Silvers. You have already learned that the Silver Fox is a mutation of a Red Fox. And it can be possible that you ask yourseJ this question: What then actually A mutation is a small which means that whenever the Platina Fox is mated CALGARY sold 1.964 cattle on an to a standard Silver Fox. it gives some Platina Fbxes-gfllemlly 5° r so well when I 811W $6.50. ithe first Platina Fox. rt luv half ‘asleep on the judge's table. . .had imade a very long trip in an Old fislrermans boat from his home- ,stead, Dry by. a small island in the 7 pups. father. . “Two years trous, tapered tips. fr wot-VT woax! VOU MUST HAVE TO HAVE. RUBBER. AND A rr-mzo SECOND wmv! l I700 Millard‘: for sprains. LIPS, LEATHER LUNG5 R156 IN VOUE CHEE , Jfiwrxuht"; g ll 1-4 , passed. ‘There is 8-16 l5 Lofoten group. Little Mons did not get any prize. The judge decided. that ft could not even be entered in the Silver Fox show as it didn't possess the characteristics of the Silver Fox. The spring. of 1934 ar- rived. Mons was mated to the most beautiful Silver Fox on the ranch. Fifty-flfree long days passed. . the litter finally arrived. 1110M W"? . and four were like the ,the same markings, the 511mg blue and grey pearly 001°!" A new fox dynasty was established. .On my table in Oslo the the first pair of Platina Fox sklns. And just what does a Piatina Fox look like? The fur l5 full. luminous and dense. with white or very lJale-gffiy under fur. The guard hairs are long. lus- and with dark blue-grey a white collar, or band, around its neck. A while biazee runs down the fore- head m the nose. The white stripe lNiMMlNg lN ONE EASY LESSON I: specimens are beautiful and I be- very few from other countries can compete with them. But the number of specune few and it must be admitted that there are in Canada a. higher per- centage of lower-grade skins than in the United States and Norway. BIB “The Norwegian fox ls smaller. has often weakpopen shoulders and a reddish belly. But the Norwegian fox is more uniform than the Can- adian and the American fox. And it is above all of a better color. . . ' with its lovely bluish cast which ls "What is s. platina Fox’! Home may say that it is an albino. others that it is a cross between a Silver Fox and a White or Blue But that is not so. I quote from my booklet, the story of the Norwegian Platina Fox: ‘TI-IQ Plat- ina Prince was born on a. small 1s- iami way out in the sea 1n the year of our Lord. 1933. They called it Mons. And little did its owner rea- llze the; it would become known the world, descendents would cause the hearts of the world's most elegant and famous women to beat. fast. with NATURAL RESOURCES Ill-SHIELD. I CONSERVATION I A WEKLY OOLUMN OF PRACTICAL OPINIONS 01' THE VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE USES AND ABUSE-S 0F BY MIL LUITLOW JENKRYS. BIRD MIGRATION STILL There must be an almost spirit- ual quality about the migratory in- stinct of birds. The most minute dissection has failed to discover any organ that could possibly be the scat of this faculty. A popular theory of the origin of migration is that invasions of ice from the north durng the ice ages drove the birds south, and as the ioe reheated the birds returned, and this coming and going became a habit. Another suggestion is that the lengthening of the days in spring and the shortening in fal puts the instinct into operation. If the first suggestion be true, there were a number of tropical visitors who decided never to re- turn home, gradually adapted themselves to unaccustomed snow and cold, arid became pennanent residents. The pileated Woodpecker —old ‘cock of the woods"- and his cousins, the hairy. the downy, the Arctic and the three-teed wood- peckers, all tap their meals from trees; the Hudsonian chlckadee can stay up here in winter because he knows how to find sleeping insects and their eggs in the bark of trees. Canada Jays and ravens survive be- cause they will eat just about uny- thing. They often get caught in fur traps when they go after the bait. Another year-rounder is the nutbatch, the little fellow who runs busily down-seldom up~the trunks of trees searching for insects and grub! within the bark. Birds have a body temperature which would be high fever in man-JO!) to 100 de- grees. That. along with the insula- tion of feathers. enables them to withstand considerable cold. But it also means that. with a rapid metabolism, they have to eat quite large quantities of food to keep alive. So in winter when food is scarce the life of a. bird is one round of sleeping and hunting meals. A minor mystery is why these birds’ feet don't freeze. Domestic hem often lose toes by frostbite. They are really tropical birds. Bird men wonder if there may be an "anti-freeze" elements in the tissue of the feet of the northern birds. You can't study bird life, ornith- ologlsts will tell you, without 00m- ing to inevitable conclusions about human behavior. It has even been suggestedthat statesmen would be better for knowng something about bird life, with its simple psychology thorn of all the complexities with which civiiizaton is cluttered. As s. matter of fact, there have been many good naturalists among statesmen and rulers, past and present. Solomon, the wise. K110“ something about migration u~hvh be wrow, in his beautiful Old Testa- ment "Song of Solomom" “Fm- lo, the winter ‘,1 pool. The rain is over and 50M- The flowers appear on the earth‘. The time or the singing of birds 15 come And fne voice of the turtle isheard in our land." the Silver Fox is raised in pens. This L-. also the case for the Blue Foxes of Norway. Finland and Sweden and southeastern Alaska. However, in Japan. the Aleutian Islands‘ and other sections of Alaska. the Blue Foxofl roam flee on islands. The Blue Fox is poly- gamous. I15 litters are bigger than thrsc of the Silver Fox. with an average of about fire, and sometimes as many as l6 in a litter." Fox breeders who were prominent in connection with the racing this of-useeasrfan ! Tue 80m l5 some ovssz! - "r can‘? GWIM fa»- MY urzfao! awe Me! s 012m" rt-refze, _ wuaof *1 RIDDLE TO SCIENCE MOVE woufz ARMG AND Leos vfeorzousuv/ - To this day the tender call o! t gray and fawn turtle, which more often call the mourning don is heard in our land, Neville Chamberlain is n. keel; amateur “bird watcher," and r0- rpnily reported the first sppearanog of a certain bird in the London park where he takes his walks amid the cares of war. Lord Grey of Fallodons hobby was a great. bird sanctuary. The-adore Roosevelt wu better known to thousands of no,- tlves of far countries as s. nature. list than a5 president of the United States. Franklin Roosevelt has been e member in good standing-mod not an honorary member either-q o! the American Ornithologiah Union since 1906. Another and perhaps more inst. iug lame awaits the man who can solve the riddle of migration. BM so for it's still a secret of iii-re bird’ »a.nd the birds won’t tell. namfoafcsroa cans m . SUMMEB, Absolute cleanliness in handli and storing foods becomes mo 1m ortant as the weather becomes ho ter. Refrigerators should be kegv s less. Wipe up spilled foo s infniedlateiy. Kfep an eye on left. over foods; don’t allow them to m- main in the ice box too long. Be- sides ordinary daily care, give the box a complete cleaning at 19g” once s week with lukewann sud; and‘ a clear rinse. t Spinning and Weaving yifl§frngniriloviyfgg?nw?tlu%igiiligg 319i: I‘ . : 3.31.55. “u? “.5553 ‘Sififiiliflféu’: cts cost S2 00 laundered. It iatkcs five pounds of wool peg ankc Wool must be well washed fl ma. and an? pickled out. m’ c sze n snge yam me ‘g, and doubled yarn is fine. medium and coarse. also hooking yarn. Put shippers namc, address. own. ers name and instructions inside all pagoda. en by mail or fr ight. Pr hf 00 pnsmd lot. u‘ will be paid on 1 e for well washed dry Highest pric picked out wool. Auto robes, blankets and hm; Bed Throivs for 531g, WM. CONDON s: SONS P. 0. B 395. 35 I flcb-nqumwgum " "' ~———~-——-—-—i 4-O44—O§444§4§§—§-O'§+§-§§§§Q4 Auction Sale Q AT NINE MILE CREEK 0N MONDAY. AUG 1am. AT 2 O'CLOCK STANDARD TIME I am instructed to sell by public auction by Mr. Wesley MacQuar-rie the following stock. crop and implements: STOCK-l work more, 1 M". 1 1-2 year old, 1 cow with calf, 1 calf. 4 spring Diffs. 50 chickens. 24 hens. CECE-Quantity of hay in barn. six acres standing oats, half acre potatoes, hail acre turnips. IMPLEMENTS -l binder, (Frost 8c Wood), 1 mowing machine fnccringl. 1 sec. iional seeder (Massey Hal’- risi. 1 single plnuch. 1 spring tooth horruw. 1 spike har- row, 1 disc barrow, 1 roller. 1 driving sleigh (almost new), I driving wagon, 1 wood sleigh. 1 box sleigh, 1 sot of scales (Dayton), 1 grind stone, 1 separator, (liiagnet), 1 Daisy Churn, hay fork. rope and blocks. light harness, work harness, forks. shovels and hose and nihcr articles too numerous to mention. 3 i 1 z 1 x i i z 2 0 most common kinds as low as 84-50- p" and feeders We“? 54-25 i° 5559- r t r the week were George McIntyre, owner Reason for selling Mr. Butcher cows sold from 04.75 to $7. VANCOUVER was active at oollllflllesd Iliflwfl 1:1’- dfitiagntfdown o! George Mm W011 Mme,“ who Macquarrh, ha, join,“ ‘he an odd $7.25 and canners and cut- steady prices with 800d Brass steers gllilesl- ‘In: c; lzhe ‘ab, The legs set up a new threc-year-old Mari- Foéccs. I l n m‘ bflwam '3'” “M u‘ Bum n “'50 h '9' mediums $725 m 32°. tal um of the tail are um° m“ ""°°‘T° Fm‘ Raymmd to girrindo” .72.? aovgrl-lmihgjt, were also Iowan m?“ M’ s‘: m and good “gm cows $650 to Ivrhite SLike pthe Sllver Fox the Bmlw“! M13‘ féfffrg" “a c”? amt-Knit. 1 ..'..'...'.... credit on $5.50, with good qual ty from up . - , ' ' bec , whose ac y e race fvc . d j i t n 4 s, to $7. Milch cows were taken at MARITIMES prices held steady Piagna Floxtrgais! diffggeflixizaegfll‘: m the threeqeapokl “w: and m, flpprmv f)‘; "l! KhEATON, $60 to $100 and common kinds were with 800d t0 olwlce 5W“ $3.50 *0 grad ‘S’; x g ' g ' Carr. whose Ethel Bcllhr was a Auctioneer. hard to sell. $9.50. others down to $5. uutcher an r . .. - good competitor in the 2.21‘- floss. ‘ ““N“ “w” e WINNIPEG disposed of 4.998 cow; 05.30 to $7 and canners and “You were Md m‘ momma how +¢+*" L_3,3_8_"",2_3,_ cattle under reasonably good trsd- cutters $4.50 down. u ' ~ . . With - Major liuupnu OUT OUR WAY . By J. R. Williams OUR BOARDING HOUSE \ n", wouuafl~~-~ I votive cor-re fr. - ou coma uP, A1ADAM,