IGLAHT BINDIFJ nsisivaores on romcs is-ONNECTED WITH i‘ Silver fox (Farming '0 " This has been the week we have been looking forward to for several ,months. namely. the January vcndu of the Canadian Fur Auc- ylnn Company, - Ltd.. Montreal. Word from Montreal is that hotels ere packed with visiting fur buyers and that pcctations were there would be an excellent clearance. Each evening after the sale George n, Coilbeclf. Canpd ‘National Silver F Breeders As- sociation Fur M ketlng Depart- ment sends a telelflm BM!!! m! .1191“! and it appears next morn- Ilng in the Guardian. so that no .doubt our readers are 1111M “m- ilisr with flat ls $01118 0n- I The quantities offered consisted of 5.000 new types and 29,000 silv- ers and at the end of the- first "and second day one thing was not- iceable and that was that the per- centage passing into the hands oi buyers was the largest we can re- ‘ bar d for upwards of a year. It was Particularly gratifying to see the way the mutation show pelts were snapped up, but there was a reason for this and it was that they were advertised in New York, fur publications and dia- criminating buyers were there to pick them up. No doubt ii we eolud have seen the collection of Prince Edward Island and Ontario show pelts it would have been well worth looking at. We did see our own but we have no idea how they stacked up against Ontario and will not know until we hear from a George Callbeck. But however much we may like the way furs are moving we cannot get away from the fsc that they are selling at about a 83 per cent decline from last January. For instance on Tuesday the collection of platinume was Stinger cent sold at an average oi $1 . if we remember this averaged overjlw. The Platinum silvers sold for an average of . and we are confident they sold for at least 0135 last year. White Marked silvers were 0d per cent mm mbavflllglhg: n,’ it'd-gm year ey r0 a over 300. The highest price for one lot alww platinums was . and we are wondering if'that was the Island Grand ‘Champion pelt. we note by Georges telegram that‘ the high for a platinum on the first day was $156 so the best show pelt must have been a much bet- ter skin. Owing to these notes being written early in the week it is not possible for us to give s complete picture of the sale. A bill has been introduced win the House of Representatives at Washington to reduce the 20 Per cent fur tax to 10 per cent, to be effective the first day of the month iouowing thc enactment oi the hill, If this posses it means con- sidrrnhlc oi a boott for the fur industry and will no doubt be followed by a reduction by our Dolninion government of the pro- ccssing tax which ls now 25 per cent and is one oi the main causes for (hr decline in price oi iii\'(’l' fox pelts. lt is always n good idea to keep an eye on what is going on in the U. S. A. and we note that the Am- erican National Fox Breeders’ As- sociation silvers were firm at the auction hcld by Lampson. Fraser it llluh. New York, last week. Of the 6,001 silvers 74 per cent were sold. the top price being $78. A loll price of $38 was paid for three- quarter and a. top price oi $25 for half silvers. New color phase ail- vcrs sold well. top price being $115 for plzetlnums. the collection bciug the offerings of the Pro- gressive Color Phase Fox Associ- ation which was termed as only a fair average collection, conspicu- ous by the absence oi tops in plailnums. One thing you will not- lcc particularly is the low prices which the three-quarter and half silvers brought - just imagine a top price of $88 for a three-quart-_ er and a top price of 025 ior a hllf silver. The writer can re- member when W. Chester S. Mc- Lure obtained $1,200 for an eiuhthi sllvcl" consigned to him by Tho-' nus Methcrall of Wcst Capc. and more recently we can remember when a little more than a half silver brought $500 in the 1027 sale of the Hudson! Bay Corn- honv. ' \ Thosc were thc days when tho three-quarter and halfs were feat- ured in Paris but there is no Pal-ls buying silver fox today. but m-lybc in the ncxt six months or twelve months. If so we wonder, whether three-quarter silvers will come back into their own again. If "lily do the Americans will cer- tainly be out of luck because they have gone the’ whole hog into pro- ductlon oi full silvers and we our- lclves will iii-id it a bit difficult to, iict hack into-the nice black necksl which we-produced a .few years We. 1f three-quarters do come h. ck our very good friend Peter G. Clark will have the laugh on us tall because ho has always maintained that it is the most beautiful type oi fur, and perhaps he is right. Ourlcsteemed friend Dr. C. K. Cunn. erintendent of the Do- minion Experimental Fox station. Summerslde. has an excellent art- lcie in the National Fur News en- lltled. Fox nations In The Breed- lns season. This is the formula he recommends. 35 lbs I-Iorsc meat of beef. or horse meat. pork (boar) and rabbits. Trinc. meat offal. canned chick ii fl n lbs, 6.552}. Silk?" Dried UTGWITS‘ ve-ist (rc- duce these ingredients H0 he" ceht if comme ml cer- no ouestiorn Just in the vicinity eel is used), of Charlottetown he must have 4 lbs. Minerals (green bonemeal purchased o er 2.000 pelts and he suit l.) also bought in other parts. and we 2 lbs. Finely * vegetables, must say that Mr. Weissler paid greens and sprouted prices fully equal to those ofsny "MM- other buycrs and in many ‘lin- e- *5“- Inf“ g out advancing any others and that wanted only at $00 to $80. The amount oi feed-foun . isfactory ls from 10-12 ounce? fdéy weight) daily in one meal. These amounts, however, vary with mole and female foxes as well as with the amount of exercise the foxes “Wm” W lflly b9 00351194 take. Some animals which tend from the. n Ilnwmoloilfll to put on weight readily should be Laboratory. Frede oton B. ive/n less than the above . lties. while others will rgixviilie more feed to remain in good con. dition. It is advisable to handle (weigh the foxes whenever con. venient) foxes from time to time 69in: back to dcterminctheir condition, then the quantity oi feed required by the different vixens can be more _y assessed. Considerable titude is given in the oi meat in the elm" ration. and a wide variet or . eals» and vegetables can yalao cage used. A study oi the rat‘ used by a number oi prominent breed. ere shows that the winter rations may vary from 60 to 00 per cent in meat content. 20 to as pel- m“ in cereal mixture and 5 to 20 per cant in supplements. I-Icre the mix- t is gi for convenience in dry weight but can be mixed to the proper consistency with either water or milk. where the latter is cheaply "able, A od tie is which“ arcwlztofing. used" eiretfinsiave y polygamous mating, a small mflmlhl meal (8-4 ounces) of raw ‘z llld fish, inwthe propprt we raw e 1 lo, a u.“ 9R8 of is Dying u Birch Gauss: Bcnccrn (Science Service News) The dying of lurch mrouglumlt thcjreater il-rt of the Maritime of Eastern Canada 1s caus- ing concern about future supplies of birch for lumber. veneer, ties. spoolwood, fuel and other products. This injury, and the causes con- tributing to it, are described in a the periodic damage to foilsge by outbreak of insects such as the birch skeletoniaer and leaf-mining down death the wh e tree to six, or more years. The greatest damage occurs in old growth or in mixed stands which have been severely cm, over- for softwoods A . called the bronze birch borer has been found to be breed- ing in practically all of the many hundred. of trees analysed and it is the chief injurious agent known to be inyolved When numerous. it can k’ll trees by r eatcd attacks but it cannot ultipy unless cor.- ‘ quantities oi weakened trees are available. when egg are laid in healthy trees. the young larvae die. The present outbreak of this insect is therefore a result of a general weakened condition- of birch stands rather than the first cause of the didrack. No evidence has yet been ob- ta‘ned that any particular fungus or other disease is responsible for creating this weakened wndltlon. Defoliating insects have contri- butcd to it but the most obvious cause h the plet- treatment 0f ‘ Insufficient kin uld be d Indus! . so that the foxes dbnilo: go off t eir feed at this season of he year. Mihal l. Ded , Scottie Pu: Brenna‘;- staptfiktliigé from his experience of many years that fur auctions are vital to the success of fur farmers and we 32.2"‘ "t". r. ""2: v" v rcsen o oi soiling should bee afifigizngigvtiiht! is that tho Hudson's Bay Com- rllly 0f London. the largest col- ector of raw furs from trappers. an’ exceptionally progressive con. vi-‘m- h“ always sold its furs through the auction sale method since its organization ln 1870." _..__ The Canadian fur catch for 1042-48 season has been valueduzi: $38,505.03. This totals 15 per cent greater than previous high record of 1041-42. Higher prices wore responsible for the new record al- though thc actual numbe oi skins was much less than the catch of the previous season. An occupant of the plane whion left Charlottetown for Newfound- land on Sunday besldcs the mill- tary and civilian members from Newfoundland was n mutation mink from Premier Jones’ farm io Victor Clouston, 8t. John's. Ir. was a polygamous male valued at $800 and ls another cvidcncc that MY- Civil-stun. who purchased a number oi high class silver foxesi here last season is going to have‘ the best mink and the best only in his ranch. Wilfrid L. Todd of Boston, who is largely interested in a ranch in‘ Summerside and whose Norwegian foxes have been successfully raised here by several ranchers, writes us under date of January 17th: "I left for New York last Sunday night. The New York Auction Company was a fair sale but prices were quite low. The bcst platin- ums sold at $170. I saw elgh‘. skins raised bv a friend in Michi- gan bring $160 average but they were very large. heavy furred male pup pelts, medium color. I found that the pale skins did not sell tco well, they seemed to prefer the medium to dark skins with char- acter. 1 think you recall that I have talked on this continually. namely, light platinums with con- trasting color or markings sell very well but the flat white skins are From what I could learn in New York no one seems to have their hand on the pulse of the market at all, everyone is guesain and no one at this date looks or an advance oi the market, but it could happen Just the same. The mink market is very strong, un- usually so. especially for mink and the mutation mink sales thelast oi the month and Febru- ary will no doubt o over big However, if the dea era concen- trate on new type mink they won't go very stron on foxes ecsusc when they ma e a run on short haired furs you always have to sit back with long hai-ed furs for a. season or two. This has been my experience. I was very pleased to have the privilege oi witnessing the Pro- vincial Pelt Show at Summerslde and I followed the placings with the greatest interest. I must say that there was a splendid line of foxes there and the good humor and good fellowship which pre- vailed among the exhibitors was very notlcccbiey i also enjoyed the banouet and came away with the most pleasant recollections oi my short visit." No doubt this will be a busy week for Fritz Weisaler oi Mont- real who will‘ have numerous cus- tomers not only from thc United States but from South American countries as well. fur emporium. Mr. wcissler ha ‘ few years built up a very fir cntele who 1y on him to urnish them with a1 types of sliver fox mink and other furs their trade demands. This year he was a very large buyer of silver fox in this province oi thit there can be Wild a“ ” s . marinate have been fmmd to allow cuiibng of birch as it became ‘m- maoure, large quantities have been left exposed by soft/wood cuttings. and many over mature and decad- ent trees provided ideal breeding material for the borer. Injured stands should be salvasvd as far as pomilbs. They remain fit for salvage longer than lg zen- erally realised and methods oi estimating the proportion of sal- vage are su gested _ thc labor- slwy . More intensive management is required t0 ml!!!- tain vigour of growth and some genera)! principles are suggested. Old growth stand; in which ma- ture and over mature hardwoods. including injured birch, form a large prcportlon oi the stand should generall be completely clean cut. Oi growth stands which have been opened up by past overatory to softwood on old burns. the birch and other hardwoods should be cut as soon as merchant- nble This will release the soft- woods and remcve birch becoming weakened by ccrn-‘petitlon and favourable to the borer. The pro- per treatment of young hardwood stands need further study but thnnings on or other cuttings should not be heavy Biron with any sign; oi dleback should be removed. but care taken to pre- vent lniury or exposur ecf rigors-us young trees Gicdlinz cf birch to remove un- merrlianiablc trees is a dubious nrPbtibc as it creates ‘deal nor- ("H0215 fr" ih~ borer Palsnuirlv is being studied as vu sill-motive and ‘promises to be more suitabe Use ‘of Fertilizers Gives Higher Yields The problem of. maintaining soil fertility is becoming increas- ingly important in Eastcnl Can- ad-a. Increased production re- moves a larger proportion of plant nutrients from the soil. In areas of special crops where little or no live stock is produced thus limiting thc supply of barnyard manure. the matter of maintain- ing organlc matter in the soil bc- comes a problem of considerable magnitude. Following the denud- ing oi forested areas and subse- qucnt decomposition of organic matter. soil erosion removes large quantities of fertile surface soil. Thus a number of factors contri- bute in aggravating the intricate roblem of maintaining soil fer- ty. In this regard. the experiment on soil fertility which has been conducted ior 32 years by the Field Husbandry Division. Dominion Ex- erimentsl Farms Service. is of mportance. This experiment has demonstrated that yields in a suitable crop rotation can he well maintained either by the use of manure or commercial fertillzerm In a rotation of mangels. clover. timothy. illilefl-llllfll "ml- gels produced a 32-year average yield of .92 tons per acre as com- pared wi h 22.72 tons where man- ure was applied; 20.51 where com- mercial fertiliser was used only. and 22.13 where manure and fer- tiliser were combincd to main- tain the fertility. ' Similarly. unfertilized oats yield- ed 42.3 bushels per acre: manured oats; 00.0 bushels; fertilised oats. 57.7 bushels. and where the com- bination was used. the yield was b! bushels per acre. Clover. un- fertilized. yielded 1.00 tons: man- 3.77 tons; fertilised. so: w“; and manured and fertilised 351 m“; per acrc. Although the yield of timothy was somewhat lmvel- in all cases, the relative pro- duction from thc different treat- mcnis was similar to that of clov GI‘. --: — --—i siion about it that the "re'§3o§§‘°..r buyers here such as r. Weisslcr. Mr. k 05'1"“ up, Rose and others. all hel stabilize thc market and ive t a breeders more confidence rl their qd e _ 1i would have enJ migulityyblesk nggggfvivlle tag a}: the buyers! cuttin or clieback should be P-lr- like the Spaniard. “manana‘ -- tlally clltto remove the mature and and tells us that spring will do defeciive trees. with a minimum just as well. disturbance of the youser growth Expert. wood-cutters say we "ire Where even aged stands of nli ulvrong‘ in this. Wood. whe- white birch. aspen, and other me;- lol- rnel or fol- industrial use. hardwoods have grown up as an should be cut when the sap-con- 0115 ‘forty years ln Midian, married. and - NEWSY NOTESA - A CHAPTiIt 0N DEBBIE (l) Continuing from last wcck. "here is a list of- " ' Blue Berries Altcrnate-leaved Ddkwood (COP- nus aiternlioli). Shrllbl R5187 Yellow Clintonia (C- hotel's)- Low herb. , Blue Huckleberry (Gayluseacla baccata. van). u Juniper (Juniperus sp.). Mostly trailing shrubs. Everygreen. - Blueberry (Vaeclnium app.)- Small shrubs. Wlthe-rod (Viburnum cassinoi- dos). Shrub. Berry pink, then blue-black. Black Berries Wild Saracparilla (Aralia app). Shrubs or herbaceous. Black Crowberry llhnpetrluu ni- grum). Low shrubby evergreen. Black Huckleberry (Gaylusaacia app). Shrubs. Wild Black Cherry (Prunus sero- tina). Large tree. Black-berrlcd Chokeberry (Pyrus melanoccrpa). Shrub. Astringent. Buckhorn (Rhamnus app). shrubs. violently purgatlve. Black Currants (Rlbes spp.). ' Stone Age. knives ‘of stone appear again ln Coverdale‘: Bible (Joshua 5. 2), and~in the Septuagint (Josh. 24, 9i) where "thc stone, knives. with which he (Joshua) had circum- cised the children of Israel in Oll- gal," were buried with him. From the frequent. mention o! it in the Scriptures. we are disposed to think of the rite as peculiar to the children oi Israel. In this we are wrong. It was practised. says Bancroft, among the ancient Na- huas (including the Aztecs) of Central America. and is still kept up among the Teamas and Mandos on the Amazon. It is practised by races in the South Seas. among the Australian tribes. and in Papua, New Caledonia, and the New He- brides. It is common among the Kafiirs and Bechuanas of Africa. So wide-spread a practice forces one lo believe in its high antiquity. and the stone knives point to the A! in ll-l 0148111. we may conclude that its began as a representative sacrifice connected with Phalllc Worship. "On this principle." says an old writer, “clrcumcisirn was an economical recognition of the divine ownership of human life. a part of the body being sacri- ficed to preserve the remainder." What the Hebrews did was to M B‘ rubs. Blackberry (Rubus sppJ. Shrubs. generally spinose. nigruml. Annual herb. A garden escape? Black Blueberry la var. oi ‘Jac- cinlum pennsylvanlcum). Shrub. ow. . By an oversight the High Bush Cranberry (Viburnum Opulus) was omitted from the list of Red Berries. Perhaps others may be "found wanting" too, and the writer will be glad to ilcar of such omissions. The False Solomon's Seals tSmll- acena slip). have berries which do not come under the above head- ings. being green with darker stripes, or yellowish-white speckled with brown. The contraction "spp. is lue plural of species. Till} TIME T0 CUT WOOD We. like many others. cut our firewood in late spring. hauling it home just before the winter roads give out in March. The reason is twofold. In the first place we uze too much occupied in banking the house, storing the lmpicmencs, grading iue produce. and so, on. to our. it earlier; and secondly, that trait in human nature which says, tents are at their lowest point: that is. in late fall or cariy win- ter. In the into winter and spring thc sap is rising long before the leaves appear on the tress. and it i5 thc sap which brings up lllc resins and other materials that form "tar' in the stovcpipet. when thc wood is burned. Then. cn some windy day, the chlmnry "catches fire’ and we get a scare. ii nothing worse. Wood cut illwihié fail or early winter. is better for industrial pur- poses too, because it seasons more slowly. and with little or no “check- ing.” It is freer from wood-Izorin; insects because they are inactive during the winter. Moreover. the sap-content is low. and the wood is not so attractive to them. Sluice there is little checking. the spores of the wood-rotting fungi find lcss opportunity for lodgement. Wood cut in the spring. seasons M01‘ quickly in the warmer weather, splits. u attacked by the insects (who must have the sap) and the wood-rots enter the holes of, the ecls. Still. we are not cutting yet. Mariana! HISTORY 0F THE JEWS (2) It was in 1040 (if I mistake nflil that The Guardian had a short garagraph stating that a Rabbi had visited the Island w perform the rite of circumcision on an infant- the first and only time I had seen such a notice. This rite was en- jolncd on Abraham ind his des- cendants (Genesis l7. 11), but rc- searcll has shown that it was very generally practised arno many nations in early times. Mi man, in his "History of the‘ Jews.” devotes‘ merely a few lines t0 it-“The tribel were to be distinguished by tnc‘ rite of circumcision, 1t can hardly wards. common to many people oi the East; a rite of. reat utility. as conducing‘ in sout ern climates. both to ealth and cleanliness." A curious little anecdote, inter- jected as it were. inio the narra- live, of Exodus 4. throws some fur- ther light on the subject. Moses after flee from Egypt spent so far forgot his ancestors that he neglected to perform the Brelt n0- tional rite of circumicision on his children. Prom thc tone of bf. 4. 25. we may suppose tilat his wife Zipporah had often rep. hirn with this, and foretold some misfortune as the result of his dis- obedience to the divine command. when therefore he fell iii at the inn. perhaps from some harmful condition of the food. she at once attributed the illness to the anger of the Lord. and began the opera- tion perself. in propitiation. ‘mo mention of the sharp stone is per- haps significant. The ncolithie ca "z-icmple at Malia give evidence that people oi the late ‘Stone Age igioua rites l1ave.a tendency to become traditional. the stone knhc "my wen have been used iron! time lmmemorisl. Moses recover- ed, and silfll n striking demonstra- tion oi the danger of neglecting the rite would not fail to impress the minds of the observers, nor fail to be written down as a warn- n‘ in posterity. It must 0i:- cerved that though Zippo a Midianitess. she In l. atioh. ans (his points, if.’ tthee i? elxihood of its beinl a lvotion to a high religious ideal. Black Elderberry (Sambucus; NATURE Noqlgs canadensis). Shrub. , Common - Nightstands (Solanum The cold 3115p o; Friday, gm- be doubted. before. certainly HRH-big may racticed circumcision: and as re- ' anew convinced of the lmperat ve n ~ spirltuaiize it into n symbol of de- uary l2 was recorded by the Meter- ological Office. Toronto. as l3 (minimum) for Charlottetown. Mr. Burns, in a short note. said the minimum was 7 below. This latter figure was correct: my recording Permometer went down to '1 be- low zero, for we always have it .1 few degrees (or on the average) colder than Charlottetown: very pleas-am in Julv and August. not so pleasant in January. We have had two January thaws 1 l I - "svztr.drilI3HWM7£?:'sT~iflh. 4 Sets Time Limit For (Settling Grain Debt REGINA. Jan. 26 - (OP) _. Federal Finance Minister llcley today advised the Provincial 0,0,1, Government it must meet his s - gestions for ‘tlement of ‘ihe 313-463-357 500d srain advances debt by Jan. 31. or the Dominion will take "whatever steps are deemed advisable to collect." Mr. Ilsley said the law required him to make a formal demand for Payment from the province. He asked the province for llflyment of ‘800000 almost im- mediate!!! and provide Treasury bills coming due serially for the remainder of the debt. the last of tllagge bills maturing on Jan. Moisture A Factor in kinking Lnsilagd The extensive ‘ii tions by the Flél: age 151011. itxperimental Farms Service, show that almost any crop c,“ be enslied satisfactorily. provided the crop contains the proper am. ount of moisture and that air can ge excluded as much as poulblg or exclusion of air. _ cutting as finely as possible u necessary but not in all cases where certain ‘fine. textured material may be packed sufficiently to exclude air without cutting. Crops which contain relatively large amounts of carbohydrates may be more easily converted into good silage than those containing a small proportion. These crops include corn. sunflowers. arti. Choke- Sllfilllums. millet and some other native grasses. Many oi the grasses, of course, have hollow stems and this sometimes makes it difficult to exclude the air, and poor silage sometimes results. Leg- umes and high protein crops, such as alfalfa. red clover, alsike, young grass. und sweet clover are much more difficult to ensile because breaking down of the proteins in- investiga- Ausoanoi-v Liv- already. on the 5th and 15th. both accompanied by heavy rain. Last year we did not get such a thnwv till February 6th: there was a high thermometer I36 duysl uh January 20 and the day was (iull; and mild; and llznt was the near- est approach to a thaw till the 27th , when a little rain fell after mid-l day. There was not much snow that winter. | Are the Snow Buntings ("Snow- birds‘) decreasing? I have notl 50211 any as yet. though I_nm toldl of a few small flocks haying bcc seen. Of course conditions may be more favorable in the north. and they m~y be slaying home. ‘There is n bird. believed i0 b1‘ R1 crackle. hantfng about our cvcckl just, now. About 51:41" "cars ago Y. rend of a celebrated biologist. Rpmaucs. who carried out some experiments on mice. Heredity was not “€ll understood than, and umanes thought to produce a bread of tall- K lcss mice. by cuttin: off that mcm- . bcr for a number of QQIIIEIHUOHSN inbreeding all thc willie. lie ctll'-, vied on thc process for tlvcnty-ouui generations. and gave u}! Wllill h!‘ found that the twenty-second 191l- cratlon all had tails! lfihut a_ lot’ of time nnci trouble he might v have saved ilinrscli. if he had rc~ lluclrd that inc 1_-1.-.brews_ had praziised a ceremonial nlutllailol. ior hundreds of generations. and still found it necessary. But solen- lliic men, in lnosc day's, seldom looked beyond the boundaries of their own particular sublect. I re- call having breakfast at the b01119 of n distinguished Professor" of 73f)- leny. who had lived some Your; u‘; India. studying tho flora or 1mi- country. in talking of genera} matters I found him asunnocrnt as a babe. but when l snltvhfld i! botany. his cye brightened and ""1 became eager’ to tell ‘of his work. He was an "lntrovert. INTRGVERT v. EXTROVERT There ls a avvd “We l" T“ Farmer's Advocate lJun. 11th! ell: clued “No Royal Road to Lealn ing." The writer begins- “Prom my observation there arv. two more or lcss distinct lupus, people in the world-the 110109;. and the cxtrovert. The lIItYOVI-Ti- is a person who is primarily inter- ested in ideas. while the extrovert prefers action to hard thinking. The former expresses his 111N165‘- in idcas by readlull. studylllg. day" dreaming and llvlnil B "W" °r less secluded life, not being vefiy anxious to mix with people; vc-"mf latter is unhappy 11111955 he l5 l I eoplc. l-Ie gets a BT61" def‘ y“, delight in orifllllllllfl activities iilmi participating in them. As a l\i i be much easier to kel- Rlmlg ' with because he likes to talk and cell what he is doing and planning- On the other hand. the lntfilvéli- Person is much mule sefrfltwigog: shy. and doesnt wantnto B <1 himself or his D1811!» That is the necessary beilhnllll to the article on education. an Hlfhl; cle 1 can rccommeng atxet all l‘ have ille $110190 F e ' Now when I first came acres: me word “introvert. it had nd y", got into the ‘glctionary. an seeming that it rn nt “one tum- A 326i! DOES THE imcx/ "i l , a . if: Win13.‘ "lu".‘i"'ii’o'.’.'..'ii r . ‘o . 32°21. Vt in. m cmi Gain- s Street. Charlottetown (chic on display.) Barth MacLoan. Int ll. r Will 353l- v . . c - no‘? hymen-ft.“ i. lien- n. - I. Jfgkwart. Montllle Ibis’ Willi, Wilma! Valley common in Mglln‘; llflflflt l descendants - a l stances higher, so all this is scrvinl commendation. There 1 tl e s Fvithnhgats (in to make a very shining figure. we cannot controvert the fact that the dreamer of dreams is respon- sible for most of the world's pro- lgrcss. in art and science. to putrefactive substances will nnetimes take place if conditions iivour this development before sufficient. lactic acid can be bro- duccd to preserve the ensilcd crop ' The moisture content is the most important factor governing the ensllage Process because it directly affects the compacting of the material and the resulting ex- clusion of air from the silage mass Most crops. if cnsiled at a moisture n content oi 05 to '70 per cent. will provide very satisfactory feed. Due the relatively short growing season in Eastern Canada. much of the corn which is ensiled is immature and contains too much moisture for idcol feed. As a rule. however. the silage from corn con. trlins relatively little spoiled m1- icrlnl because it cnsiles readily. Alfalfa. red clover. and other leg- umes are much more difficult to cnsilc. 1f tco wsl‘. considerable rcitcn silage will likely result. If losumrs arc ft u too dry. mould will .en d . , __. 9d I concluded that t referred to a person who habitually thought always of himself and might even apply to a hypocllan- ..rlac. I know better now of course. but even in thc extract giv- Cu ebuvt‘. the introvcrt docs no: Ye The oc- allea-d cxtrovcrt usually gets the credit for the progress. and even exploits the man of ideas more of- ten than not; but the latter, for all his unpretentious ways. ro- lPasiure Yields Can Be Increased hl-"Illvaodlilsturc experiments over a of i310 the llgivision oimfl’ “mdumd minlon yields may be greatly increased hr ugh the use of suitable grass an legume species. some of which are now being used extensively. For example. a hay-pasture mix. ture composed of timothy, alfalfa. red clover, alsike. Kentucky blue arus. red top. s-nd wild white clov- er has consistently outylelded by as much as 57 per cent the mix- ture of timothy, red clover. and aisike commonly used for this pur- pgse by farmers in Eastern Can- a c. The importance of using the higher yielding mixture is eaiaiiy seen when it is noted that in Ont- ario and Quebec alone there are ' six million acres oi inn-proved, and around six and a half million acres of natural pasture. If the first mentioned mixtures were to be generally used in the improved pasture, it would mean that in -thsse two provinces the equivalent of 3,400,000 acres oi additional pasture could be Provided. Con- Iversely, ii such high yields were possible. only 2,000,000 acres of improved pasture would be nec- essary to provide adequate pastur- agc. and the remainder of the land could be utilized for other purposes. From more recent observationsj it seems apparent that the mix-l lures of tall-growing, leafy lPg-l umes. such as alfalfa. red clover,- and Ladlno seeded with leafy grasses. such as brome grass. orch- ard grass. reed canary grass. tin.- othy. and meadow fescue. produce more pasture than the short- growing so-called pasture species. such as Kentucky blue grass. Can- ada blue grass, red top, and white Dutch clover, in either short or long term pastures. In areas sult- ed to alfalfa growing. brome grass grows particularly well in mixtures with alfalfa for hay for a year or two, to be followed by a ycar or more of pasture. Reed canary grass has given excellent results in low-lying areas which are sub- ject to flooding for a short period in the spring. BLACK R01.‘ OF CARIIOTS (Science Service News) A disease of carrots which ap- pears as dark, sunken areas on the‘ roots has been found in several lots; c-f stored carrots s'r.ce the 1944i harvest This l5 a fungus disease known as black rot Black rot i5 carried from one_ year to the next in the seed Ex-< perimenf-al work at the Laboratory of Plant Pathology. Kentville. NS.‘ has shown that ireatment of the seed with one of the chemical dust} disinfectants prior to planting. will" Bive good commercial control of l this disease such treatment has! resulted ivariably in a greater per-i ccnfago germination of the seed. and Prevented most 0i the seedling; blight caused by the fungus which, produces the black rot sympmm 1n. swragf- l All leis of carrot seed nlav not} carry this fungus but unless salzlles! are tested at a Plant Pathological Laboratory it is impossible to deg term ne prior to planting. whether. the‘ seed lot is harbouring the fun ' u: Seed treatment is a oar.‘ 0r. and the dust disinfectants} known as Arasan. Spergon and Semester. Jr have each given good‘ commercial control of black rot Tlléy should be used with the pre- cautions given by the, manufac-' turers and at the strengths rec-g c-mmended While a strength oi. one per cent by weight was used in‘, the tests at Kentivllle, Hood llre-_ mains thc "salt of file earls." FERTILIZER F ACTS In the following table, we of various Mixed Fertilizers and ials from which they are made. c .- re make an endeavour to show the plant food content to indicate the relation in quantities oi the mater- ' FOX nluiciirns a pound. Delivered any station. FREEMAN POPE. Sonrla R. IL I. latlng to farm buildins are dealt with by the Architects Office. Cen- tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa. During the year ended March 31 944. about 2.000 blueprints and nearly 2,000 offset printed shears of building plans and details were mailed direct to over 800 appli- cants. Letters from farmers con- cerning ‘their building problems also received attention. In con- nccticn with this service to for-m. ers. many drawings have been pre- pared oi standard types, and the" plans and information sheets are available for general distribution. The information shectshove been »_ designed particularly for the small farm. During the year under review. architectural working drawings and specifications were prepared for buildings, such as a seed stor- age bsrn at Ste. Clnthllde Sub- Stotion, P. Q; two colleges for the Experimental Station at Kent- ville; an addition to the Horti- cultural Building. Centrel Experi- mental Farm. as well as specifi- cations and detailed plans for lab- oratory equipment; and several plans for storage buildings in New Brunswick and Prince Ed- ward Island. axronr sacs was; . csnasur. PACKING In view of the increased deliv- ery of eggs to Britain and lho losses in breakage during transit in 1044. thc follovzizlg suggestions for the proper packing of export eggs by the Dominion Department of Agriculture are of special in- rest. (l) Traylng-shake gently each tray placed in a case to make sure all trays and eggs below are in proper place. A tighipack--No loose space between top of packing ma- terial and lid. Avoid large-sized eggs. When no eggs (2 (l) using trays, include which prevent thc posts from coming together. When using flat cups, include no eggs which prevent the flat from firmly setting on and touch- ing the filler beneath it Nailing shocks For sides and bottom. use at lcnst two nails per board ends and cen- tre. and at least six nails per ilailing edge including céxlire. Do not put too many nails in the lid. Use two nails per end of each board. The lid should never be uailcd to the LJEIKFEPVPFW l- (4) used However. the essential thing in seed treatment l5 lo get a good coverage of the chemical on the seed This can only be don: by thorclugh inking The cos‘. cf trcninlcvt small but the (livid-z- (is may bo large Losses fvcm c '. black rot have been as high as 75 per cent of the harvested crop, when un- treated seed was used. compared to approximately 2 per cent in a crop from treated seed Carrot pro-avers are ZldViF-Fd lo obtain treated seed, f available. or treat their own seed lih a recommended dust disin- fectant before planting lhrir 1945 crop i". very r-‘LAXEEED BTSIlN-PECTANT (By The (Junndiuil Press) BELFAST. Northern IFCillIlCF-A flaxseed disinfectant discovered at Qlleelfs University here four years ago has sdvcd 75.003 acres of Ul- __ N-S it ls ster flax and thousands of acres in urssibl. ‘hf! less chernictal/fouldvbe other parts of the British Isles. _l i; "n", ‘m, runs- mun-u nu wlu sun 0m 'l\n Ha tIoQI ~ .,,- “" “w “so ----- ..:.."'.':.. M. __'- 3*“- "sr ""'“».. " ma: -—- 2-12-6 20 $29.00 I 20o 1200 20o 40o coco 3-15-6 n 33.50 I 300 1500 200 None soon 4-8-10 as 32.40 400 so!) su 4M 2000 8-10-10 is 36.00 s00 1000 s34 10s 2000 4-12-6 ill 32.75 I 40o 1200 200 m 2000 I ! ood coat of $1.00 per ton. STILL ACUTE AND WE Tln ..=.-.::-:. devil-c "v °i°l" - “u. . r co na more an o an eas '0 e s", re- sulting in a lower cost per unit for the pliant food. er ma a 4-8-10 and 5-10-10 arc largely used for Potatoes. The latter contains more plant food and less “other materials", resulting in a lower coat per unit for the plant Charlottetown, P. l. I. 4-12-6 is occasionally used for Potatoes. lt is s good Grain, Hay and Pasture fertiliser on soils where grass and straw do not thrive. We manufacture 2-12-6 only for specially placed orders. We make 3-15-6 with 8% Borax at an extra cost of $8.00 par ton. We make 4-8-10 and 5-10-10 with 1% soluble liieuneeium Oxide at an extra "Other materials" is usually Limestone. Sand, or a mixture oi both. There is a. limit to the quantity of Limestone that can be safely added to Mixed Fertilisers. We can make prompt shipment of well cured. Mixed Fertilizers. and would suggest your taking delivery as early ae possible. THE LABOUR SITUATION 1S _ MAY NOT BE ABLE T0 GIVE YOU SATISFACTORY SERVICE IN THE SPRIN . ~ The car shortage is also a matter for consideration aad may prevent ua from making shipments when needed. . “ISLAND 000D! I03 ISLAND GIOWIII‘ mesa remix..- ‘Cm, us. Fresh Frauen Caplin at 2&1 call All inquiries from farmers ro- ' S-l-‘OR ' sans! aulapnvos