mpRgagL 19, 193s a/ EFNEWSY NOTES BY AGEIOOLA . ' m, ~l-..\\\i.i.‘u or r. u. ISLAND [hill our Canadian sea- led ‘ttlc atten- f; [JFUIESSIOINLI botan- Bmi m p E Island, with the w than half a doz- , - are almost un- 1 you mention seaweed i-ci-‘s mind immediately plant formerly com- ccusts in sheltered 's and (btildTICS. But that plant bcflbtliililicillly‘. a very 1011s way L5,“ bring a seaweed: it is a. m“; flowering plant and its ulnr name is Eel-grass. The seaweeds proper are mem- wr, oi the vegetable kingdom cal- m; Agac: I am not going to ex- 13in that tcrm. which Find in any good text-boo my, The Algae are regarded with being of little use as animals live on guse we generally find them mvtiing on the rocks on the shore; 1m there are unicellular species so mil as to be invisible to the un- cyt". and these swim free 1n OCPllil. We return to the-rock-bome sea- yeeds. I-‘ur convenience botanists prt tlicm out into grleen, brown, 1nd red Algae, the latter being the liighezt in the algal scale. I am in- elined to think tilat the red species [MW at a grcritcr depth than the se- D- others. Oi the green seaweeds the com- ilesi is the sea-lettuce. Ulva kctuca. This is a "social lant" ‘m1 grows in patches, principally iritemiwrziiv ivatels. bu has noted rt,» the Arctic. Since the mouth of our creek began to gilt lip. it ha. bccn invaded by this piiirlt \\l ~l has grown nto a - i . Another of our . is the Porphyra colic-ii in Scotland tistc of soaivccd -like riotllcr trlirrolis Scottish product — list hr acquired! The ilIUWll .~(‘fll\‘00(iS are, Sp ar- iiily, tho rrrost abundant. and) so st n. The sDBCICS of Fucus . . r kcip," arc everywhere, tlotlllil! rocks. breakwaters, 0'll2ll'\”.‘.‘. zilld ililcs with a. shaggy yroii-ih. \\|ll(‘li appears to bequite content. \i.tlr a bath twice a. da. ‘ilir iii"i. llilS formerly the soe ll lire intliilc employed in lioiliuc Ls‘ mostly nladc i, nitrate of soda now), . - usciill to the farmer. .il iu extend the benefit ri-irc hcsp to three or lIlt‘ extent of land. The E re z n. '11 l? v1 g 3 5 and F. nodosus ullcd Ascophyllum with round stalks. Ano- ailvr _ Kelp." Nereocystis iud to grow on the Mnvitimes, but I am tl with it. One often a JPEHVCCII ‘resembl- m; llroivn-black bootlace: . surmounted by a ' blndc. generally as sit-m and in some ir foot wide. A plant urn-c measured 26 feet r- i; was l0 it. the leaf violet-black‘. The n ixioinru o Dfilllltlift, the Dulse of ll Yutr-li. and thc Diilesh of l- a handsome little plant ii-pllrplc hue, often cast ' l ' z This, like many was formerly con- n quantities the s of i. thc Diilsc is ileglect- lllillul yours ago. "muse -lc!' wcrc still cried In Z '1 fl :2 E m - o o E w >1 th 5 land and Ireland, lllillllar names of Carra- ‘ (Botanically "nl-"llk" way from being a Iii its frcsh condition the - and cartilaginous, from] a greenish _ _ v _ urpe or purp- sunfllrilxlllll. but. wlen washed and V ii for preservation it has translucent horn-like consistency." It an- ut 55 per cent of l" Per ccnt albumenoids, ll} l). cdmineral matter an ° lgrlilkllill‘ seaweed must be ac- ‘ : "llll lllly years ago the ccn was collected _, in very i-llliltcs on the ' Here is fl 1d. aim "t to which Batlidglllii oi’ Etaiixylkmrllt [devote themselves, and form named collections. I believe the specimens are well washed to clear them of 51:2” salt, before being put into the THE BIRDS OI‘ P. I. ISLAND 1n 1996 there appeared a. ltttl pamphlet, entitled as above, whicig Eave some account of our Island birds, as noticed by local observers, These observers were indicated by their initials: L. J., meaning Luq. low Jenkins of Marshfield; M. M. J.. Maude M. Jones of Pownal; J. F- 8.. for J. Fran Ste Souris; and T. W.S. for Thor. W. Stewart, of Carling Avenue, Ottawa. "Additional notes from these several ornithologists have been received by thetfiresent writer, who now presents em in short form, as supplementary to the a- foresaid pamph No. 27 --Black Guillemot nesting at Rustioo. near Rowling's Beach, July 11, 1937. —'I'W.S. Gil-Bonaparte Gull. Saw these gulls at Cavendish and in Char- lottetown Harbor, July and Aug, 19 T.W.SB°xO:pa-l§tlé8. Oblglili-g, I ‘s East Point: 2 adults and 3 ' young barely able to fly. Must have been hatched near there-J. F. , 106—I..each Petrol. "Named from StilPeter who walked the waves." rm t. O dead, Nov. ilrxtlgfid. is Proklgm m 133—-Black Duck. Abundant here winter of 1937-8. —B- r1. ' 136 —Europcan Widgeon. (Hrance ytisitor. 13h Sept. 26. 1936, Mr. e 91-900. of H pefield Lot Gtfiot a banded duck a. es Millpond near a band was inscribed " ., Iceland, wrote that this ban was laced on a. young Eur- opean W1 soon (Mai-ecu penelope L-l on Aux. 4th. 1936.at Sandur in the valley of Adaldalur, North Iceland. There are several records of Widgeoars in the U.S.A. (Note flbfldi; {mm the "Canadian Field Naturalist’ of May. 1937.) l-tii-Pirltail Duck. Female seen gt sBasin Head June d, 1937 .—J. ‘Id-Ruddy Duck. Pair see r Basin Head. May 23, and Judie .6. 1937.— J. F. S. Female. wounded, brought in, Nov. 1o, 1937. The uh. der sure-foe of the wings was o: p, silvery sheen-B. H 228—American Woodcock. Abund- ant. summer oi’ 1937. -J, F. g_ 231-‘-Dcwitcher. Saw about I 2329...? i%‘;“i‘l%°°s?.l‘ 51"“ s“ July 18. i936. -'r. w e “ma” 256—Solif41ry senor ‘r. . "S. R." as this bird ispapgmiglggfrlriffi 233 l5 the an Turnstone Wuud only 1h Inbrador and Alaska. Cur bird is 3831.1, the Ruddy Turnstone Saw a. dozen Ruddy Turnstones in Tracadie Harbor, August 22,1936? T. small flock of six Ruddyw‘ 1%.}; stones observed at Ship Pond Aug. 3rd. 1937 —J. 1v. s. ' Mlill flrfow Hawk. Ong soon y, ver, n A1 4. sharia-r. wims. mm’ ‘M’ .— erred Owl. One shot in fill-jiggle lgOfllfid Owl (No. 3'15) -a—Nortl1 Flick '. “ gunlrpeg in svfurl-‘is dlsti-Igt, logifiit '42? -'0hi s m. July 2, 1937InI-l-eT. it. 5.0m m“ 444—Kingbird. gncreaséng: abund. - - -; Em B. H. 485—-Aca.dian or Green-crested llllwatcher. S. R. Nested. PowngL iglrlffiolfw-lolgé JLPIaIntifuIAhere, sen.- Pownal 193v. '-lvi'. lir. LEM“ at wit-European Starling, dead 5cm, l0 by Alex searwrmBrackl ' April 1931-3. H. 494-—Bobolink reported c; gggn and. heard at Pownal. 1937 -M, M. bub-amazed Crackle. (q- mtum) ‘ma. "M" to "33"" Bum-Savannah Sparrow. one (Killed by cat) examined Ozt, 29. 1936-8. H. Easily mistaken for common Sparrow. but, has a Yellow batch on under-surface of — - ted wi% M “white th gneHobserved hermnét. eFISamIT has-Ln: s . ht 0%?“ glgsmw gull by cat, wam S is S. R. by bolth pfitrihw and’ ‘N12311:? Swain. mk-Red-eyed Vireo. Pound nest at T. B. W en's near Char- lottetown, June 18th. 193d: also saw male bird, North River Road. -T. W. S. 687—Black-throafsd Green War- bler. Several at Pownal, 193a. _ M. M. J. Saw flock 016 or '1 birds at Victoria Park. Charlotte- town. Aug. 21. 193d -T. W. B. mil-Mourning Warbler. One seen gt Ban-shew. July 1'1. 19cc. -'r. w, cal-a —-Northem Yellow-throat. Common at Stanhope in thicke-g behind dunes, June 24. 193s, _T_ W. S. Several obs l-ved here. Julv 4. _I937.—J- ll‘. . aw a pair of yellow-throats at Pownal. July 17, 1937 —M. M. J. 728—Red-breasted Nuthatch. Baw CREAM WANTED We need more Cream In Miler to uunnly our butter trade for he next few eyBeach, ' Carnagheen of on frequently _mixed ler seaweeds with which it months. We lllltl our farmers 5 cent: f?‘ Dogfight {or unury. or s n; n- utrnctiona write to from the manure heap I I dalllféo Kieglgntfiitfiigizgélg,’ us: c‘ "‘~‘l_i"ned xit marked "bu!" fflvus: it was a pretty U61; violet color, but (of LIME l Nmllly all Ground Limestone used on Island farms has been shipped from Brookville. You have seen the results. llllihvst quality. Most finely pulverized Bulk or bags. Write for prices. Brookvilla Manufacturing 0o. Ltd. Brookviile, Saint John Co, N.B. _ H. G. S. ADAMS, Manager THE CHARLOTTE1UWN > “ uaasunnn. A WEEKLY COLUMN OF PRACTICAL OPDUONS 0N VITAL IBBUII LIIICTING THE UBIS AND ABUSIS 0P NATUIAL lllOfial I! C ONSER VA TI ON TIII II. LUDIDW JENKINS. (Continued) QUAIL scaacu m '25-'24 Bounties were paid on a total of 695.653 heads, supposedly those of the three hawks and the one owl mentioned and the crow, at an ex- penditure of $348,325. And what was the result? I haven't heard the hunters, even the editor of Gun and Rod, going into raptures over the wonderful quail-shoot- ing during the period of 1924-29, inclusive, during which the pay- ment of bounties was nearly state- wide. Have you forgotten so soon the dry summer of I925. and how hard quail were to find during the season of 1925-26? excuse of the barbershop biologists then? I have forgotten, but I do remember that they took the stump to crv against the Game Commission than ust as now, and the cry wasn‘t for ounties. Bounties of one kind or another have been paid in practically every state in the Union. An account of" this sickening carnage. the mcneyi squandered and the results. so farl as small game in concerned, willi be found in Circular No. 22. “Evils. that Lurk in the Bounty System)’, A cop can be had free by writ- ing e National Association of Audubon Societies, i775 Broadway. New York. N. Y. An all-time pe kin theabund- ance- of quail in irglnia. traced from the disastrous winter of 1917-18. when. I am told, quail reached an unusual low, came in 1935-38. ‘This peak in the abund- ance of quail cannot be traced in any way to bounties having been paid. W. L. McAtec (1936) in re- viewing a paper by I. N. Kennedy entitled "Fluctuations in Bob- white Quail Populations in the South makes the following oom- ment: "The fluctuations are not known to be periodic but are due largely to meteorological extremes. Long time diminution in numbers "The following quotation from Handley bears interestingly upon a burning uestion; "The expendi- ture in V ginia of $349,325 for the taking of 695,653 hawks. owls and crows. over the six-year period. 1924-1929, may have saved some quail, btlt I am of thc opinion that had the samr- amount of money been s ent on lcspedeza‘ seed for distri ution. more would have been accomplished. Further- more. since thi paying of boun- ties has been stopped. quail have continued to increase and are now more abundant than at any time when bounties were paid." Game Always fluctuating The literature on upland game lllislihoqtl11¢t3<il1_lu_é@£!l<=e._e2<l a pair of these birds at T. B. Woodmans near Charlottetown, Aug. 27, 1936. —T. W. S. A pair of these Nuthatches seen many times, summer of 1037 -M. M, J. The above bird notes have ac- cumulated during the past two years and several of them are very villuhle because they record species of which nothing has been heard since the year 1916. I be- Iieve copies of the 1936 check-list of Island birds mav still be had in Europe. shows that fluctuations occur from year to year in the a.- mount of ame. They have been known in t a past and they will continue in the future in spite of anythln that men can do. Each species to temperature and precipitation, which are more critical during the time of nesting. The largest crop of game is produced during the normal season; either an extremely wet or an extremely dry season is detrimental. The hard winter of 1935-36 killed some quail, but in most sections the supply left for brood stock at the end of the winter was above the average. An extremely dry nesting season fol- lowed the extreme winter. In only those sections where the season approached the normal do we find the number of quail that one might expect. Just why the covert; all over he state were not full of at the "School Supply." and teach- ers and others will do well to scr cure a copy before thc supply civ- e: otit. Tllc cost is Uiflinfl- TYIPSB supplcmcrltary notes could be Dast~ ccl into the check-list. ODDS AND ENDS Use for old razor blades. There is always an odd corner in a gar- den into which the lawn mower cannot. go, and where the grass must be cut with scissors or shears. I have Just rim across an ad. a Brtish gardening paper. ivhich tells of a kind of sickle or reaillmz lwfil! that deserves mfPlllflll lll this coll- ncction. The “blatlw ct the sickle i: in two layers. and inserted bc- tween them is n row of discarded razor blades. They are not set par- allel llo the edm‘ of the sickle. but obliquely, so that they bear a re- semblance to saw teeth on a. largo scale. ‘There is the usual sickle handle tn complete the lrlllllelllelll- 10mins: a nut allows rcillllllfilllelllfi of blade; A verv ingenious way l0 utilize the old blades! Ailvl aldehyde. Reccntlv ihcsc notes told of in.» onolicotluu of onion juice to stimulate thc heal- mq of u wnilnfl. From the Univer- sity of Southern California comes the news that both the onion and the garlic are found to huvekilrfir- micidal properties. The tgcrm- er in the onion is its allvl aldehydP- that from the garlic. is the lei? powerful crotonic aldehyde. Gar c grows readllv in P. E. I. They studied m» miriridcee Title Game Rewearch Estate at Kue - worth Park. Hertfordshirs. End. has published a series of thirteen advisory booklets. or which Nos. l1 and l2 deal with diseases of Mrt-r ridges and phpflaunte, method o treatment. and the mcriallll’ amour! narii-idne stocks. GAD’!- coccldicsts. pneumonia. cramn. sort: mouth and stronilvlflfl‘ "Y" heal‘? of; biit we are reminded that “l d partridgcs cannot be treated medl- ggliy, as can fowls and pheasants- In this r-unvwctlflll it is reported that Dr. W. R. Kerr. of Belfast. reclaim. hns devised n. road Tamed" for coccidlosis. 7t l8 "00!’ W“ iodine crystals (Iodine resublimaic) and two part: potassium iodide in so pflflx water. given in doses in the drinking water." The Research Station has ex- amined a total of 127345 cartridw nests. and found that the aver-ave clutch was 14.6 etll!‘l~ Em" "l wlld pariridtres had an average fertility of 93 per cent: bill» l" 190"“ more was an average its: oi’ 20 per cent. due to faxes, cat: stools. human and domest'c animal dis- turbances. rats and hay-mowing. The stout is the ermine, a large weasel "r raiders t... *7 Hauling Bream to the Central Creameriea. I.td-. dllfunl 1938, will be rec- cived u ruary 1 . 193 llavcn, _ Iliver. Cornwl-l. cw. r0010 Tcmlrrs to ivtltc price er hundred pounds of cream e- llvered to our Creamery. Low- est or any tender not neces- “my "up particular! ed. further quail‘ last November 15, I frankly say ‘I dont know." Close observa- tions as a series of nest; at the Camp Dee State Girmc Refuge during June, 1936. showed a favor- able hatch. Predators of all kinds. lllcllldlllt; Efuy foxes. were no more abudant than 1935, when a peak in abundance of uail was y hawks, reached. Were predation ows and foxes a major cause for the scarcity of quail at the begin- ning of the 1936-37 hunting sea- 5011. why was not an increased activlt of these creatures noticed? Dr. aul Errington has written e. paper entitled “Predators and the Northern Bob-white." which I wish it were possible to place in the hands of eve hunter and farmer in Virginia. e editor of Ameri- cim Forests comments on the article as follows, “Here 1,5 o. char. lenge based upon scientific find- ings to those who would make war on predatory birds and ani- mals in he name of game conser- vation. "It is predicted covery announced in this article will after it is more thoroughly de- veloped. throw a flood oi’ new light on the three vexed questions of wildlife conservation: (l) Does ordinary predator 00n- trol do the game any good? (2) Does the shooting of surplus do the game any harm? (3) Does it do any goo‘ to re- and cover conditions? Mr. Erringtons findings as pracnted in this artcle indicate‘ hat the final answer to all these questions is “No.” Copies of this article can be had for the askin from either the Game Comm ion. Rich- mond. or the Department of Biology. Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Blackburg. Concerning tile question, “Is ordinary predatory control of any value?" Stoddard (1932), in his work on the quail in the southeastern United States, Elvis his answer as "No"; Yeat- ters (1934) answer after stud- ing the I-Iungarianpartridge in the Great Lakes region was "No"; Nortes (1934) answer at the conclusion of his studies of the Hungarian partridge in (rel-many Wits "NCV; and Leg- poldts (1933) answer concern- illi! Wildlife in general ivas"No." It hardly seems probable that all of these scientists, seeking for the truth, in some in- stances without the knowledge of one mother's findings, should have all arrived at the same answers w-lthoutitsbeing pretty nearlv correct. Their an- swer is so final and convincing that even cartridge companies. who have ammunition for sale, have pillled down their signs advocating general hawk and owl campaigns. A new clay has dawned for wildlife conservation. Game mauugcnlcilt does not include indiscriminate slaughter of the innocent with the guilty. only the die-bards still advocate bounties on hawks and owls. Get behind your Game Com- mission. It is doing a good piece of work and deserve _vollr slip- port. itll the wholchcitrtcd ielp of every huntcr who wants more game, it. can do still better. Silver Fox Sale Brings $256,000 HAMBURG. Wis., Feb, ver fox cits val were sol semi-annual auction sales of pelts at Fromm Brothcrs Ranch Highest bid for one silver fox pelt exceeded $210. Edward Fromm. resident. declared this season to e thc most successful of any held at Hamburg. Ei hty buyers have attended the sa c which will con- tinue for five days. STARS - 18 -Si1- ued at 5256.000 Those preachers cf beauty, which light the universe with their ud- monishing smile.--Emerr.on. apply. CENTRAL ChEAMEBII-IS. i LTD. as certain requirements as- that the dis-l plant Gil-me without also improv- ung food » today, opening the fifth . Ilfift! , ‘FIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH i Silver Fox Farming Qé‘ Fur Trade Review, which is pub- lished 1n New York, is read by practically every fur merchant of note in America and a great many Europe. so when it speaks it. is as one with the voice of authority. A leading article in its February number is headed "Big Volume This Year in Silver Fbx." We re- print it in full. “Retail distributors of fur appa- rcl have in silver fox fur one of the best articles available this year for promotion. The supply is great- er than ever. Prices are to be con- sidered more than reasonable. Fa- shion continues to keep silver fox in the style spotlight. Designers and. manufacturers have done wonders with this fur. 1t is avail- able ln a. variety of new styles, both for day wear and evening wear. At the new price levels the consumer market for silver fox has been widened and we might say. become deeper. In other words, silver fox fur this year will be within the reach of a greater number of consumers than cver before. This fact is not only true of the Unltcd States. but also of Europe, South America. Australia, South Africa and nearby Canada. "Evidence of the big‘ business which will be transacted in silver fox during the remainder of this year can, perhaps. be best realized when we point out that 70.000511- ver fox skins have been sold in the New York market since the beginning of December. with more to come and the demand still act- ive and prices a. little stronger. "In London the auction com an- ies catalogued and. sold a arge part of the 150,000 silver fox pelts offered at. the special series of sales held in January. Nothing like this as ever happened before in the silver fox market. Fears were expressed last Fall that the market would be gluttcd with sil- vers and that prices would be slashed down to ruinous levels. It was estimated that nearly 900.000 pelts would be offered for sale in the worlds markets; yet in Nor- way and Sweden, where about 300,- (300 skins were produced, sale after sale in December and January inct with a steady demand andamove- merit of the skins into consump- tion. with prices holding to lcvcls better than expected. "We. in the past. have described silver fox as “the amazing fur"be- cause of tlrc apparently limitless demand for this beautiful pcltry. Breeders are recciving less for their skins than they have since but are selling more of them. Re- tailers will receive less for their silver fox apparel. but will sell more of it this year. Tho vogue for the silver fox scarf has return- ed aiid most women will be satis- fied with nothing less than a two- skin matched scarf, especiallysince they will be mble to buy them for even less than they paid only a feiv years ago for one skin. Re- tailers, in planning spring busi- ness, can count on silver fox to give them a good turnover and the sooner they buy their spring requirements the better for them." During the week of March 20th the General Wild Life Federation of the United States will launch its first annual wild life restora- tion week. Plans have been made to brinlz forcibly to the attention of the people the work of the Fed- eration and its purpose. President Roosevelt will proclaim the week and endorse it as it constructive efforts to protect, preserve and re- store all for-ms of wild life with which the United States was so abundantly supplied when it was first settled by the early colonists. Today one finds the supply of beaver in thc United States a1- most destroyed rind the American marten practically eliminated. The same is true of fisher. The humble milskmt has in the past ten years been trapped so extensively that it. too, has silfiered dimunltion of supply. Lynx and badger .havc been almost destroyed and the only furs that have stood up a- gainst the somewhat meagre sys- tem of states control are skunk. the wilds will hc considerably less this year because of the low prices prevailing ill December and Janu- ary- Many troopers dccided to hank up their equipment for the winter and go on rPIicf or take other small Jobs l‘dil1cr.tl1an go out into the wilds with the un- fifileliglrégoroi making anything from ‘The ~above shows how great, a Dart fur conservation will play in the next decade. Furs such as mink. silver fox, rrmrten. fisher and lllllelfi that 03h be silccessfully clo- mesticated. will have a sure nlar- ket 1f not a very profitable one. The chances are that. fur farm- ing will not expand greatly in the silver fox direction. but will double. treble O_l' quadruple in mink farin- lnii. Mlllk farmers claim that illi- der the best. conditions and where l1 lQOd SUDDlY Call be purchased at B. reasonable rate. pelts can be produced for from six to eight dollars apiece. With good breed- ing stock and good management there is a illcc nlargiil of ilrofit, as ivcll-bred, well sclccictl stocksllould show an average pclt IJIICC.‘ of not less than $15.00 In this connection we have heard statements made of ranches having received $30.03 and even $35.00 average for mirlk. but it‘ seems a bit too good unless they take into account their sales of live mink. which of txlnrse would enhance their income very motor- ially. Matings on fox ranches have probably passed the G0 per cent mark. Many ranchers report a great many early matings. which means March litters. There is no doubt but that this has been a particularly favorable wintcr and the production should therefore be ful_l_v up to the average of other years, if not greater. Thcre is. however, tllc prospect of a long. cold Spring. Such is rc-portcrl from scientific sources gzitllcrcrl from observations made within (nltlnriles. of the North Pole. It i.» stated that icebergs ivill be flcntiilg: in greater numbci‘ illlh Spiirl: and they. of COUYSI" corlirihuic urcatiy to the long .!‘ll\\fll mil Springs which we cxpcrivllcc qiiiic (ritrin. It is this feature ivhivlr nlakcs it difficult to rzrisc our flail: production to tllosc of our crii competitors. From Ont. " outward. particularly in ilic West. when the Chinook winds. uct in tilt-ii‘ work Spring brooks quickly and winter vanishes as if by nia- gic. These favorable factnre. (cud to the quicker dcvclopmcni. of the young life and Dllpn come along more rapidly with less casualties than they do iii a dump cold at- mosphere having a minimum of sunshine. The angora goat population of Texas is three million animals and from these almost 34.000000 worth of mohair was clipped lastialLthe total amount in pounds being scv- cn mliliml. _ PAGE ELEVEN FARMERS’ WEEK PRUGRAE 7:30 p.m. i’. E. I. Egg THURSDAY, F (Entrance from these meetings. Special speakers have number ofvtrtrejneetingst New York Auction Company re- plying to this stress color and character and give it as their op- inion that a condition other than the mere color of mink peltssboilld be considered in determining the best types to produce. From their observation they say that the ranchers seem to be very anxious to produce extra dark col- or and have lost sight of thc im- gortant character phase designat- ed by the stripe which should be distinct on each pelt, and that the extra dark pelts produced today in themaiority of instances are lack- ing this important characteristic. Filrther they state that the most desirable length of top hair should be from one-half to three-quarters of an inch and should cover the underfur fully at all points with the underfur being perhapsaqusr- ter of an inch shorter than the guard hair. and the under-fur should not show brown but have a distinct bluish cast. They believe inc fur market of the future will demand that the breeders have more character and the stripe in their pelts. Reading various sides of ttic above controversy it seems tn the writci" that my enthusiasm for go- ing into mink rnliching is wailing. It. looks easy from a distance to raise mink-all you have to do 1S buy good breeding stock and take car" of them-maybe. But then just. as soon as you have got to thc stage that you are patting your- self oil thc back and becoming sat- isfied with your efforts, the stylists start to go haywire or the ladies who purchase your product object because it is too dark or has not. sot a stripe or something else and you are out in the cold again. Per- haps we had better stick to silver fox! Many Birds Winter In Canada 111w- {am-ting is gupplniltiiig trap- , ping in Colorado. particularly in| the mountain rcgiorls. Ruins of cabins and trading posts of theI early day trappcrs l'f‘l‘i"iflill_lll sec- tions of the mountains \\'lllli"ll(‘.’ll‘— by are small and .l‘"0 farms dc- voied to thc raising ii ,‘~lI\'\‘l' I(l.‘Z.. One of those near" Urnvcr has liadl a particularly good record hnvirigl made motley for qilitn a number of ycnrs through its pclis. Moss Fur Farms. who li.i_\.~ broil. sugcggsflil n- lll‘l"(‘(l(“l‘$ of in": l1. firrd that wood (ll€‘\\'lll£', toil biting and general iintlliiftincss 1:; a frcqilcnt indication of lnck of roughage inl the feecl. Tilt-y my tllzit alfalfa‘ hay largely silpplics this ircifii riilti l third or fourth) cut. iiliililzl. l5 plc- t fcruhlc. and 1t, should bc Rood! lcaly riifalfn of Iffril grccir color‘. fri-c from cllist and luoliicl. trcslily cut ivhen possible. A burliim (ll alfalfa hay is ilscci lIli'\ill.‘,I10llL thc l‘ year- 5nd is illncctl (iii _:llir 0i illf‘\ fine upland hay trait’. rlr tlic llcsi: boxes in winter. In silrnnlcrv a lit- tlc alfalfa is placed cithcr in tllc runs or nest boxes from time to optimum and raccoon. Otter are‘ practically eliminated and only for thc wise restrictions placed by the‘ American Government on the seal fishcrics of Alaska. the Alaskan fur| seal too, would hllvegolic into the| discard. Plans which the Wild Life Conservation will discuss are tile restoration of breeding pre- cincts, protected of course where these now rare specimens can be given a measure of safety so that they can propagate themselves and fol-m a. future silpply for the fur demands of the future. l Americans are taking a. new in- tcrcst in fur conservation because of thc restriction of supply of raw furs from China due t0 the Chino- Japanesc vicar. It. is stated that between 60 and 70 per cent reduc- tion will take place in shipments from China this year. 'I‘here is l also a sure prospect that furs from civiz nu: rues A ciiiiu CE! time. We do lint know whether our lo- cal agricitltllrisis PiOdllN! alfalfa but it is proclll-iilrln lir ground lilril powdered form iIlIOllQIl ivllolcsillc dealers lir-re. Ill our own railch we have been using some of it mixed ill thc fcvzl nil tliroiillil Ill’: I year. It is of~good qlraltt '. pro-i curable from thc Inicrilntioiln Food Products Company, Summer- side. There is quite u. (lisciissioii going on as to the klilii cf mink the fur u farmer should produce. For Ill- stance the head of tile fur tlcpitrtq nicnt oi Mill-shall l-‘lcltls lJlf_!‘l.l("_‘ partnicntol store ill Cliluictfl. >0 -"\ that last scilsoil they “"00 11D several coats oi ranch lrilrrl. a r . women would not buy tlrcm be- cause they were too dark and lacked the necessary contrast. Tho You want to make money out_at your_riinch. don't you? You want to see a good increase in your stock this spring and a healthy lot before they are born. tha the mothers are clean, plenty of pure water and fresh air. And feed wit the Ross-Miller way. Start with the mothers. of pups. Vileli. start now Sce warm and comfortable. Ross-Miller prepares Viia-Crumbia “B" (Rcg'd)_ for this particular purpose. Samples on request. “rite “S. Agents—J. Robert Match, Charlottetown NAPANII Brace, MacKay 8r Co, Lid, Summer-side enroll O TARIO FDX FOODS Contrary to the b09018? belltll that a izciloral exodus of Canadian bird iii:- takes place in the fall. mnirv birds remain in this ('(ll1l'i- try oven ill mid-winter, asis slioxvn by the annual surveys held l_n Christmas week by observers in various parts of the Dominronand rcnorted for" publication in "The Canadian field-Naturalist.” The greatest variety for any area ilsjus found about Toronto. Oittnrlo, ivllere the survey parties discovered no less than 9,234 birds oi all clif- isrillit kinds. on December 20th last. These included seven kinds of wild dilcks, six kinds oi hawks. a snipe. four kinds of gulls. five kinds of owls. four kinds of wood- neckcrs, two rtbirls. two meadow- larks. cigllt cardinals and twenty- iivc song sparrows. Hamilton. On- tario. with 9.511 birds of 57 differ- ont kinds. was in second place for varictv. Especially‘ interesting birds iiotcd irc.ll- this ciiv were a winter wrcn nnrl brown tllrasllcr. B0111 Tor- onto and Hamilton have the ad- vnrltagc of n. comparatively scuttl- orn position and oi.’ having large zircils of open water near them so that their WIIIIOI‘ bird population includes lirrgc irumbers of both wntcr birds and land birds. An unusually larizc Wlfllllflllfl population of northern finches. in addition to the usual chickzidccs. irilthatches and woodpeckers was rcportod in Eastern Canada. All liniisital invasion of cultivated a- reas in central Alberta by Canada .lfl.VS and a large number of water- fowl and shore birds in the rnild region of southwestern British Columbia were the outstanding itcms in the reports from Western Canada. These SUFVQVS were taken at a time ivhcn thc birds were station- ary-the southward movement was over and the northward flight W05 not yet iiiidcr vi'il_v. Some iltoir. such as the snipe. meadowlarks. Wren and thrasllcr. normally winter farther soilth. and those seen in Canada dilrinc Christmas week nrav be re- cardcd as strziizvlers left behind. A winter population of ducks. hawks. gulls. owls. woodpeckers. cardinals and song SIDRITOWS. on the cont- rary may be regarded as normal of the birds noted in Toronto rind Ham- robins. brown TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22ml 10:00 zi.m. P.E.l. Central Farmers’ Institute 1:30 p.m. P. E. I. Central Farmers’ institute 7130 p.m. P. E. I. Horse Breeders‘ Association WEDNESDAY‘, FEBRUARY 23rd 0.30 a.m. i’.E.l. Sheep Breeders’ Association l:.i0 p.m. l’. E. I. Egg & Poultry Association 8: Poultry Associutitm EBRUARY 21th 9:30 :i.m. i’. E. I. Swine Growers‘ itssociution 1:30 p.m. l’. E. I. Dairymen's Association 7:30 p.m. P. E. I. Dairymen’s Association The meetings will be held in the AGRICULTURAL ROOM, PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGE BASEMEIVI‘ Grafton Street) A full representation from all groups is invited to been Z1l‘l‘Z\lig‘0(I to address a l‘ Salt For Livestock; All foods l» “ides tile nutritive (‘ittlllt-lln n 55111110 materials, 'IlICIl ll in themsel- ves no p0 ' but yet are ADSOILLL or hi hly beneficial, hcl g metabo ism the b0(l\ Ccrtoln salts are strikingly clhtribilicd in the body. c.t,'.. til‘: iir-viriirltlczrllictl of sodium chloride (common suit) in the blood scruirl, and of ilotassium and phosphates in tlrc red blood corp- iiscles. so in cases of bleeding one can inject a normal solution oi salt (75 per cent.) to take the place of thc blood serum, whereas one could riot use the correspond- ing ilotnsir salt Horses-All herbivorous animals crave for salt. whereas the carni- vora do not. anti horses whose diet consists of hay and corn which contain a cornpziwiirvcly small a- mount of soda. crave for salt which is usually supplied in the form of rock stilt in tile manger, so the horse can get what he re- quires, the cxcc-ss of salt being ox- creted by the kidneys. But. a horse turned to grass scciris to marriage with a. milllinilln of salt. as mead- ow hay contours more potash than MKIIUIII ill its CUIIIPOQILIOTI, and it l5 calculated that about 1 oz. may bc zlddcil to cvcry pound of mead- ow hay. but often with the excep- tion Qt‘ rock salt. and an occas ioilal ridiiriitm of salt to a mash, there is on ticfinitc suiildard as w his 1‘0\1UII‘(‘lil0ill.,S of salt. Cattlc-—Ollc kiroivs t-liat the zlslics oi‘ illarlis contain a larg( pgrcciltilge 01' potash but that Lhi iniik contains 2 l-Z parts of pot’ asli to orlc part of soda, so tneoow call easily get hcr potash salt: from this fodder; but. there ismon difficulty in gcttiilg thc soda com- pounds which are usually silpplict‘ as salt. or irl tllc nrirrcntl rnlxturt ivhich contains about l0 per cent. Pigs—Pii:s which have a bigger variety of dict. do not. requirl much salt, but tlrc mineral mix- tilre advised for pigs may contain ., which, however rrlczlls does n mean much a (in ONE TREATMENT livr-p your 10x1»! m (uni glossy in icillliiz llll iii-rm rrvui enr- niitc- wit h l’l l.\ ir\'-=i foup- i- Prliiinvi, Brit- I~h nmiifl niul new] by Il‘ll n)"; f0! min-tin. IIIv nnrhl lnrf. Snfc . . . ullirrlvw- .‘ . . ~|llI]||t\ t0 flllfl. .\t your n“ simply "until. Ilrntr, ||ilI'(I\\'l\r‘t', i.-~~<| imrl FPFII Hturv, or uriir- ('.\ \‘I\I)I.\ \' \\'UU|| U HII\\L|'1 5 Qllflhfll‘ Iillll filzirilimr- Lcnrululllc. (inc. fli-UPIIH \TI\'E ‘ Isl .\I IT l") U llriluvll, Fox Farr lhoppers c SCANDIA No. (i tor lzriizrl tux furni- SCANDIA No. 5 lighter than abovo without humi li-vt-r fur sfll-‘lll l0! farms, Proruiuhic lrum nil Ucalcrs. F. \V. I FHUPIUIIQII t‘. C0. 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