. , l. a *2. .18. 1931! i- .. .4 .,—_' we“ urmnnurncnuwu “GUARDIAN FOR FARMERS; STOCK BREEDERS and - NEWSY By AIRMANS HYNHV pos of The Guardian's m. cent article on poetry as applied w aviation. there comes to mind s fine air hymn written a few years ago. by B M158 May Rowland, of Esstbourne, Kent, England. This hymn won the S100 prize offered by the Hymn Society oi New York and the Society gave a prize of the acme amount for o. tune befitting me words. The winning tune, I membe . was u mpcsed by a. New ork organist, in a. sort of plain. song, hardly likely to be favored by the average aviator. There was a consolation prize of given to mother Enflllshwoman - in domes. tic service-who sent in a good tune in the "Steiner" style. How. Iver. I feel that the right tune is yet tgdlgicomposed . The words are I llod of the shinirg hi Qt range on high, Lord of the seraphs serving day and night, Hear us for these, our squadrons of the aky, And give to them the shelter of Thy might. II Thine are the of the arrows stonn cloud's breath, Thine. too. the tempwt or the ebhyr still: mace that Claimbyubylovethescsoulsin Ie Thou their pildt iiumih i: e 9 m mu mu tn ma... eagles and not falyl. u ODDS AND BNDI Ileld Mouse-ass- Chlckwecd. This h becoming a ‘ ublwome invad- u- of ha-yfields in my own district under the name of "me white weed". It spreads in a mat along E5 h for the truth of the soy- informption regarding weed" will be welcomed. England ‘The village I was reared. was on a a 1000 above sea-level. Ono lira miles downhill to the station Newcastle, and five miles in the direction to the station Dilmflm- “ 51y 111915067 veiled. in the win/tor. to those lilies. becauss one had to walk to 1533.515‘ s §§E§E ass‘ :0 station, and. what was worse. walk up home at night. New, s. Iohtlve informs “buses run sry few minutes for Consctt. swcsstle. Sunderland. and Dur- We can aho get s london me the o .. FE‘?! King's Cmss m 4 hours. My often travels by it. The dil- tahes flhours, and if one}! pre- to pay a little higher rate the "Jubilee Empress’ will make it in 4 hours, as stated. This fast train makes two trips to londolrliufn es 8 are lamm‘ and cholcer) to do their mooning. EATS PLANTS Below is a list of plants and Prices: ANNUAL BEDDING PLANTS-Aster. Stocks. the following colors. iiluc. Rosy om, Flaming Velvet, White ed, Balcony mixed-Snap- lrsggon. Verbena Zinnia. Porulaea. Scabiosa “I108. Cosmos. Kochia. or B Lobella (d Lobeil. l) Sweet Alyslum. Marllold. hrkspur (annual) Celosla. aoliaéislnendula. and salvia. rc- gr if; Illll lfihnlhwamladvsnced vdfy Salvia. and all dollb¢ raaiiamaas arm BIENNIALS. One year old-Pansy. Iln léllihglila; sac: w|i§§|imi-.§"='i:v- . d. r-"Loyvmr . u. AGBICOLA NOTES - ' Price of Cos: M. ...........c use mentioned tho prigg o; ¢°,1_'_"_ m.‘ %’..'l‘.“.fi‘ ~h=w~= 1n w» m» or - My brother (in London) Dlys {2-10-0 for s ton of coal and we (on the coalfield) have to pa {1-5-0. ($6.25) for it-and it isn‘ always the best r that" Tlcklnr Spiders! a OOiTWpOndent, g1 5 199-531 dilly WW1‘. says she a‘ a chili! BDider in the house. which a friend tells her is very u... llllcky- and she asks “cm anyone gve a reason why they are con- iltillégfd gmluckv"? What she heard 11R W115 really a small Ptlnid beetle which bores into old dry wood. fllmiture or the like, making the sound as it does so. This in- soot has been carried all over the W01ld by commerce. and is known in some countries as "the death- wstch beetle. The English are sticklers for quietness in the sick- 1110111. especially if the sickness is likely to be fatal: and in the sil- ence the "ticking was heard with a good deal of superstition in the olden days, when it was regarded as s “forerunner” I have often heard this "tlcki ' in my present 100M101? liillt noth has happen- ao ar Totheshkpersonquitnemua boon thomzh we sometimes forget. . ‘lb visit s convalescent may flood. if the visit is short and cnerful; but to call up and de- blctc the naticntfs when nature uirm every mince Olltiofhrowof theillnessisnot thelctofafriend! Abetter plan would be to call regularly and en- quire after the patients progress, that in duo time he'd ask the tor to see him personally. PERTINANT TOPICS The Junslsue of The Farmer's MI thee Msplinegivesan interesting pic- tureofsdemonstra class in. I-IomaNuming "in oneofths Youth counesinPrinccJ-lfiward Home Managem courses. My! the legend below the picture, include lessons in cooking, n. and handicraft Another writer tails of a Hobby Fair (doesn't give the locality) got by . and claims that the of the Fair is them are no money Prizes. anirry not winning a ribbon is a s. point. so that there is an intangible prize to work for "It la difficult to instil altruistic ideas when at the end of what one feels to be s subtly estive oha the the/t Ehfih Entomology I-‘Lms 81110118 the many lmect extended that attack or arm dome!“ animals and man. variuoyus kinds o? m“ Dla a la . Since many of the here fl attack o, annoy several different kinds of animals and since the measures used ferre- ducing or avoiding their injuries 059911 dimly to several species. we may 0011-11161‘ files as a gmup in- stead 0L under the heading of the Particular animal that they attack. Some of these are not bloodsuoking and hence do not directly attack the animal, They may be merely annoying or they may, on account of their haibits. be capwble of carry- ing the germs of various diseases. Cif these the housefl is the most outstanding example. ere are also various bloodsucklng species such as the stable fly. the horn fly and the horse fly, which are the cause. not. only of annoyance but also of actual nss from the torment that they cause the animals by reason of their persistent attacks. Other Bhccies deposit eggs upon the hairs of the animal that later develop into maggots which invade the tissues. digestive tract or nasal pas- sages of the animal. Exam les of these are warble files. bot f es, etc. The natural and one of the most effective methods of protecting cattle from files is by providing in the gestures darkened shelters. such as shown in many pictures of cal pasture land, and into which thev may retire when attacked. This 811M713 the animals Id pro- tect themselves from the different species referred to. Chimps o: trees furnish a certain amount of shelter 11nd in them it issgossible w con- struct such rude elters at light expense. a. bag being tacked loosely oven- the_ door 9b that the animals can rec push it aside and enter. es of fliles will not follow bhemtimalsintcthedorkorwlll not cctauily attack thorn there. warble flies are also said not to attack animals when s in rs“ curious.“ r use w en or e pcotec n the stock. Till} HOUSI FLY The which most people show towards the presence of this disgusting pest in their houses is a great m tc the health of the pulation, BE- dl from he most loa - some filth to the food u cur table. the insect remains n many homes. a. tolerated and. one would almost think, a. welcome guest. fliiitlie apparent head is paid to the fact that the apparently in- nocent fly that drops in the milk or vmlks over the face of s. sleeping child mayxs moment before. have been f g upon fecal matter per- haps contaminated with the germs of a fatal disease o.- upon an open sore and that scone of such germ- laden material ma. well be adhering to its densely , head or legs. The beak of the fly is adgfited to sucking up liquid or liq ied food. When feedin on dry food it first liquirfios it w h it: saliva and they have s, habit after feeding of regurgitating drops of such ood . But the system of gl money prises un ined the of the exhibitors. and as is well known, led to many question- i the Farm Girls’ Conference. Dr. J. H. Holbmok. of the Moun- tain um. Hamilton. told folk that "the modem a. medical was Y d08- length in these cribed st some nuts CURIOUS IDIOMS An idiom. according to the Kind’! Iingltah" dictionary, , among other Quinta. a local form or variety of lnngtule. lit was a northern idiom to use the “doubt" when we meant suspect. or even believe; thus in a fashion reversing the meaning of the word. ‘I doubt he won't go" has a. touch of the double ngative when analysed. and a bet- tor expression would have been, "I (or am afraid) he won't i. E- you." is a concise ion, y understood. In my native county this a as "He's shouting of you." and “in ,8 oo ' on ye " M61‘ Tunlhliiilml of softlgy aswmg have found some ciifflculty with and her little this last version. A Scottish lady daughter moved south to New- castle on tyne. and after a while Jeannie got acquainted with the little natives with whom she t9 play when school was "out. one evening when all were playing irfietiéosirfd. the “m came to r called . muthoi-‘s shootin on ye chorusscd the natives._ Jean ran 11.11. to receive her mothers lll-Utflldflbfil "guid brcid Scots phadzes th carryin aibilities of the insect. House therefore have the abilit and too act as e carriers or such as and summer or epidemic diarrhoea. Though it is well known that the chief breeding und of flies is in horse manure. e existence of ade- quate and properly enforced by- laws providing for the proper dis Easel of stable refuse is almost un- nown in our towns or villain; though campaigns for a town have met with considerable success elsewhere. Though me house fly is capable of breeding in kitchen waste. it is not an mire quent sight in some sections to see such refuse thrown from the door of the house where it remains ex- posed. a menace to health. not. only to the occupants, but to the oom- mumty 3,1, large. flies also breed in hog manure. human excrement. and to a lesser extent in cow and chick- bgeed and 0 eggs are laid in batch one hundred and twenty. s. fly lay. mg as many a; four batches. Thwe eggs may hatch in as short a time as one day. The larvae require four or more days to develop and the pupae stage is from three to ten days duration. Breeding 1s most rs.- pid in the hot days of mid-summer- 1n this latitude it is believed that the winter is passed entirely m the adult state. The most practical way to con- trol the fly is to attack its breeding places. In towns and cities. stable refuse should be stored in dnrl: fly- proof receptacles and it should be compulsory to rentove such refuse every six da s. Garbage receptacles ghtly covered and no waste material allowed to remain exposed, Other- methods of control are here briefly summarized. Maggot ‘Preps- A slanted plat- form over a cement or metal wa- fcr-filled basin of sufficent size to hold accumulation of twp weeks. The maggots migrate from the stile, fail into the water and drown. aching — A stake compacted by driving over the pile. sides com- pacted and loose material thrown on the pile. destroy many maggots bv the heating of the manure; 15c . ‘inbxumbfnsg '51: “Efiufiff”, ":25! Bplrcadlm- The removmd H"! ‘an Bu“, 50mm,“ ma nslrh- dune“, Norm n; m“ of manure at intervals """“ "’°' 1mm“ i" “i” ‘°‘““‘ °‘ “t” “‘ m‘ miifihmifmezfiiiv.‘ fimfifi "(infill-l PLANTS " m’: I‘! i‘ “m” “m” breeding. Cleaning up- Well drain- cfifu" cummnr ' w l“ m ‘wimuon’ -u m" b. "u? ed cement floors are the moat sani- ga 31,50 per 100- lnmm samples. tsak for talk. u d“! “He” elem Mu,“ garcflnr m‘ cum‘ 1" f“ l"; “m f“ m“; ma urgshould notbe allowed toacirumu- n, niasuer1"-aafor'-\"F'“°“““I' htcistablesorylirdsd tnc “"7 "' m u" d“ n season The open is -- - -="-=’~ M‘ "15,...’ ... - wrench- merge“ be dos. All the Imsrls Holman hr bf not be t0 a com- ma us“: rsady fsr sis-um: U" ""1151 Pmmumfi 3°“'°‘| “m nous-rats f falland \ docraubkiiiinhousas. Use forma- , Jana lin- 1 ul in a pint. of equal rm» ~ mum w || prim“ “monasteries °‘ ‘i g r. e: umW-.:ic.~.."c..m w» are all y: will N“ Communicate with m‘ i.’ ) may in binned. dc "w-cléwwitet- -~ ~ .~ “"i‘*..""-";"e“‘- ~ .1. a s- m Trssk lisll 00., Lt . W ,, m,,~>,,,,,,,,,, ,,,~,,,,, rem m» mo» cam- mfim... Suilllillflilll , midercd mic w tbs Imago!’ for P. I. Island; as the 10: ma.“ ‘nod sspedalaa‘: " ' ~ sccem to of ps- Wvmn ans. caucus sans Aliq- ' steady. the high on butcher- steers was O6 Moose THE GARDEN COLUMN (BY JumCS H. Burdefit) Planting season over? Not at all. F01‘ “fly 61°95 Wu must plant "Ply; Wi- late OIOps are desirable also. and seeds planted now will Rvggtwwslrlil fasteih that thle har- e re a ve was the seeding. - y as ate as Z ’ BRUSSELS SFROUTS. ‘/~. J Brussels Sprouts. 0m of Bu: Fall Vegetables. Annualflowerseedssown Jung loofthequickge Wm‘ ums, mmvigolds, ag cosmos will produ flowers by August. In the vegetable garden there are many seeds which should be sown fog late crops, 398-118 be sown at intervals until July to provide a succession 0f young plants. which will yield much better than the old ones 1n late simuncr and early fall. Car- rOt-s and beets from summer sowings will be better flavored and more tender than the old, fully matured Wmtwbles which may be harvested late from early sown seeds. Cauli- flower und brussels sprouts are fan crops, and seeds should be sown now for plant-s to be trans lanted. , ere are two mla crops time are s/t their best in the fall-endive 5nd Chinese cabbage. The endive 0f‘ 03111001?- sown now and trans- Dlan/ted in midsummer so that each Plant h-B-s s, foot of room in the 117W. will produce ca-is . curly imves. which are bitte, un i1 frost comes and then makes the most delicious salad of the season. Chinese cab- bage is difficult to grow in the sum. menbemuseitrunstoseedb-tin the short days of autumn it makes beautiful. elongated heads of crisp leaves having a suggestion of cab- bage flavm‘ which are delicious cooked or- raiw. Vegetable crops which should not be sown now incliude peas, early radishes. lebtuce and spinach. All Q1689 Nqvlw cool weather. and you may sow very early kinds in August, so they will mature in the autumn. Sweet corn is a, crop for late sow- ing. Barlv kinds ma be put in as late as Jul‘? 1. and he finest corn is produce by late sown seed. Sheri. Season Flowers If June has come with no seeds awn, therrie 1355011! time todehave d: ower ga en. uppose you man ed a combination of flowers which would germinate in five days un warm weather) and fiowersinthirty to forty. Here are some you might get: zinnias. ageratum. aiyssum, can.- dytuft, centaureas. clarkia, cyno- glossum. annual sunflowers. lng glories, annual pinks. leptosyne, linaria, marlgclds. poppies. Such a. list might be very much enlarged by including varieties which will germinate in a week or ten days. But it would be interesting to see what sort of garden could be mode of just a few flower families. seeking interest by using different colors and types. ‘Ihke z‘nnia.s for example-they could hardly be omitted from a gar- den of annuals. There are the flowered singla. the f. doubles. the intermediate or " " type and the giant flower var- ieties. They give an ab of pink. red. orange and yellow var- ieties with a few lavender-s. A WhOIE border might be planted mostly to zinnias, provided one used enough QQGIELUIH, cineraria and cynogilossum to introduce the needed blue tones. . There is no reason to confine your sowing to the quickest germinating .3171 CYNOGLOSSUM AMABiLEfTi-IE NElil CHINESE FOQGET-ME-NOT. IT GROWS ABOUT i6lN$.HlGi-i. Cynoglossom. One of the Bluest Flowers. Buiblects. All ann Ms be sown this time and .311 flowers it; mid-July. They grow much faswi- in warm weather and their flowers are finest in the last, 118,1; o; the ma, wn-vsvsuelly improving imtil frost Livestock Markets SUMMARY OTTAWA-June 17—Thc keen- ncss which featured the cattle trade "willy was lacking this week and. despite fairly moderte runs at most market centres. price reces- sions were fairly general. The ain- er grades of cattle. particularly grassers. were under- preesure and suffered the heaviest losses. Good dry-led cattle continued to sell well but grass cattle ore likely to register‘ further declines if receipts become heavier. Demand for ex- purtwasnotasbigafacurrasm receni; weeks with Toronto only selling 460 head for Overseas ac- 001111t and Winnipeg three ciarloads. The movement to the south was the smallest for any single week this year. Cattle Prices ‘The better grades of cattle held at Toronto but common to medium kinds were down 25c and cows were as much as 50c lower. The top for the week was $8 paid for a small lot of prime steers. while choice Bfllldrfl-llv were at n practical top of $1.50.. At Montreal. several lot-s of choice steers sold. at 37.50 to $7.75. and good kinds mostly up t0 07.50. The trade at Winnipeg ap- very sensitive with blowers laying a bearish attitude toward nmat lines of killing material. Lack of expmt demand caused a gy movement on weighty steers a.) local buyers were not in the market easier with only a ts topping at $735 and a practical top around 9'1. Dry. fed butcher ‘cattle sold steady- at OI-lfllybut grasses were weak to 5c lowsr. the top for the week was 8'1. Similar condltionsegrevail at Edmonton with grain-f selling “Ody and assers 25c to 50c lower. last weeks of s1 was maintained. P711108 was no better than . Jaw paid the high Obofidbitand“ ‘ ‘ -$GM. had some choice handy- h steer! and heifers up to $7. Prices In the United Siltq Buffalo had no Canadian cattle this week and 4101.514011] on us- nsdisus at South 8t. Paul wen also i . native IMII‘! were to 010 at St. Paul. while was smut Bfalo market IifhgOOd Ready‘ to dial steers gag solo and no. m‘: gjcw be glllirfiiifi from the "'9 m °' ‘walnuts-carat 106415 up as high as $10.40. A few lots of calvas were sold at Bunfslo from Ontario up to a top of Exports to the United States can. alsted of 1'77 beef cattle. 2% (18% and 649 calves. maikin the to to date this year a1. '1 ma. 4.021 dairy, and H.460 calves. with 01.197 beef. 5,350 and 48.000 calves duflng the smne period last year. The BrllLlh Mlrket Feed conditions and prospects generally are much improved in England and these conditions were reflected in the cattle market. where trade on both fat and store cattle was better and dairy cows were sell- ing firm. Best lightweights at Bir- kenread were maikmg up to l'1c a 1b.. dressed weight inciudin offal c. Botanical Notes For June (Dwarf-mental Farms Note) The bright colors and delicious scentofrcisecm-luns appeal to man's senses. but this season of the r-eziaissance of the loaves softly in- fluences- consciously or otherwise —the human . e of leaves, specially those the trees, means- far more than the leasurc which we cnioy in their and shelter during the hot summer days. Becum in the knowledge that the birth of their young is assured by pollination and the equent for- mation of the seed. trees were con- tent, last month, to delay the growth of their leaves until this all-import. ant function of blooming was com- plete. Now the leaives have fully ex- panded in all the perfection and vigor of new life; ready and willing to y for the pageant of the year. he blossoms enjoy a. short life and a gay one. but not :0 the leaves upon whom rests the responsibility of the maintenance of their mother —i.he tree. The have to live through five long mont of labor and hard- ship garnering previous things from earth and air in face of the ravages of insects, fungi and the elements. For they owe, also. a debt to Mother Earth which will be repaid in No- vember, and only when they have. like children. returned to her lap at the foot of the naked tree. l0 ae- poslit their golden sweetness in a wintry n Nature's hidden with which to start in life fu- ture generations of leaves. The rose has always been the favorite flower. and as such figures in religion, heraldry. the arts and literature. The roses, which are blamed year by year. are very dear to Catholics; roses often adorn costs-of-arms; architects include them in their designs; the rose so euliogized bylyedpoets is the same as that descr ‘by Chagfi oer. Spencer and loespeam sing the praises of Eiglantinrp- the sweeizbrlar- the rose with fragrant leaves which and now he. Nova Bcotzia escaped from Burrow ily grow wild from Ontario. There are instances, where the name of rose. has been wrong ap- plied. such as the rose of oron with its hollyhccklike flowers, and the rose of J . an mmestmg memiber of the mustard family, a native of the desert, regions of Pal- estine; also called by the arppropri. ate name of Resurrection Flower. because the dry lent expands and appears to come life again when put into water, Other instances of the mlsappll- cation ofthcnamoofroeelnfsaiah and the Bong of Songs are cited by Bible students. who aver that the word used is derived from an origin ‘bulb’, and is no doubt a bulbous plant of which them are many kinds in Palestine; as the lily, crocus and the riarclssus. any of which may be the plant referred to ‘That the Romans were familiar with the roses — and doubtless the true one -—- is indicated bv the ex- pression ‘sub rose‘. common to this dayltwastheprnctloetoplaoea rose over the door- ;f a public hgmr w passed beneath lg myt-hlngaa or one - in The Romans probably borrowed this custom from Egypt where the rose was the emblem of ‘Harpocriv tee‘ the god of silence. The Latin ‘sub msa’ would then be translated lar as ‘Mum's word‘ wild roses. of various kinds, grow from coast coast, many of which appear so 1y to of only those botanist-e, who have made them a. special tell them and pinstaking study, to spa-rt. Wild roses are the most beauti- ful and. welcome of all flowering stir-nos as they brighten the cmmtry- side with their delicate fragrant blossoms. wi yellow sta- mens. mrhuimteiy we are reminded ofthemaguininthefaiiwhentheir scarlet ‘hips’ are welcome items in the general wealth of colour of fruit so clmranteristlc of that sea- son. It is difficult. in most cases. to refer the cultivvatdd roses to their wild prototypes as they have been grown, crowed and recr for so many centuries. The magnificent double forms of todav are s. ndble and lasting tribute to the skill of those gardeners who have developed a multitude of petals from stamens But June must pass- ever redolent of roses and the birth of verdue- into another phase of high summer when the roses seem not so red. and the trees not quite so green. when the song of wild birds is hushed; and when nature seams to pauJe Ln anticipation 0' the crown of the Year.—E.W.1-lart. Division of Horticulture. Ottawa. and mediums from l8 l-Bc While there were no P‘ Glasgow good were estimated cattle offered at Canadian feeders to be worth around 0c per lb.. alive and bulls about 6 l-Zc. The SB. Manchester City sailed June 9th. from Mmtreal with 666 cattle for Birkenhesd. The total Overseas shipments to date this year are 18.444 cattle, compared with 2.951 in the corresponding period s, year 0gb. CM! Market llsicr Veal calves a; Toronto sold about steady at the previous week's with good veals making $1.50 to $5 and a few 10p; at $6.50. Other mar- ktes. however. showed an easier up to , . ry abo easier with the top price at $650. Edmon- ton was a full $1 down at the high price of $6. Saskatchewan markets were about steady. Prince at c5. Moose Jaw st. 06-50 ma» s1. and an odd 875°. and Saskatoon $0.75. andw. d pcotlofliioff ousyntihéi. were n1 m u lower. Winnipogcloscd lddllllt fortbsccnsf Baoons $13 f0,- good quality at Toronto. and some feed-mt lambs at $9, Montreal weighing ring lambs. from $10 to $1 pvd at 910.25, Edmonton . and Albert. Moose Jaw and Saskatoon 810. Regina had best spring iamb- at $10.50. ("Ml-In Mark Toronto cattle rececpts totalled and the quality Wis 110$ P1’ AWlI-KL NATURAL BIBOUIOIB MAIBBFIILD. uproar or INTERNATIONAL mun ruorncrron . T. G. N Presi- deifiyblgiteritus. Nflliwml Aumm" tion of Audubon Societies. bud Our efforts to enwllarllf protection in other countrus are canted on through the Internation- al Ccmmittee for Bird Presertva- tion, oragnized in 1922. "Id fos er- ed by the Audubon Association. Na- tional sections of this world move- ment have been formed by ~l'°' presentaives ieadinB 5818mm" and conservation Ordflflllimm 1n twenty-six countries. and 111811? ‘i! these have engaged in active trip- erations. The National Section 0i!‘ United States is composed v appointed by organizations I ational Associatl g societies. the Camp PM Club °f America. the International Associa- tion of State Game, Rah and Con- servation Commimioners. and the New York Zoological Society. _ The work of the Committee m continental Europe is 1H8"? handled by Leon mavens. secretary. and his assistant. Dr Tord Gram, of the International Of- fice for the Protection of Nature. in Brussels. They have the constant. motive maoperation of Jean Decour of France. and Dr. . G. V811 Tlenhoven of The Netherlands. The past year that. office has been very active in sounding. Eur- opean countriea on the advisability o; gflopfing a, new European in- ternational treaty for bird 111°" wcuon, to include North- Africa. as proposed in i935 by the dele- gates of the Scandinavian nations. The Committee's efforts in the countrigd of the conduc 10m , Zoological Gardens m Regents Park by M558 P11311115 Bard“? Smith, sub-secretary, with the active backingho: Dr. erctyl Inylvtc. eminent orni olbgist of e Br - 1m Museum. The past year they have been much occuPled Wm‘ ‘he extensive task of makin a survey to determine the extent o the P195’ ent wild-fowl supply in Western Europe, and have been 11181118 ‘he delegates of the M88119 01 Nfltllmf to adopt met“ -‘ to prevent oi pollution on the high seas. in New York, the Chairman of the International Committee com- ducts correspondence and DION" information, literature. Phow" phs. and Bird-Lore t0 01"‘ 19°F‘ fir: coo rators in many D1118 01 the wor d. The past year his atten- tion has been largely devoted b0 countries of the Western Hemis phere. Our plan is tosecure information bird protection. 01' the lack of l in the West Indies, Cen- tral America and South Am ca: and to get in touch with societies. institutions and individuals in those countries who may be inter- ested, or whom we hope to inte in the cause of bird preservation. Extremely little information of this nature was found to be avail- able in the United States. and con- siderable difficulty has been expert- enced in acquiring satisfactory data from. the authorities of the coun- tries where inquirles were directed. However, we have en ed the cordial cooperation of t e State Department in Washimlflfl 511d °1' our fore consular service. The ob ect of undertaking this fast-finding campaign, obviously l! to learn the sta us of bird pro- tection in the countries to the south of us. and to do what we can to encouarge their peoples to develop a larger a preciation of the economic. spirltua, and inspira- tional values of the living bird. Quite aside from the pleasurc that comes from disinterested ef- forts in seeking to be a good neigh- bor, North American conservation- ists have a very vital interest p‘aninlv at stake. To illustrate: Many of the in- dividuals of twenty-one species of our wild ducks in autumn migrate south of our bcundries. some go- insz even as far away as Chile; cows from $5 to $6.50, mediums generally $4 to $4.50. common but- chers from $3 to $3.75 and canners and cutters mostly $2 t0 $2375- Calf Marketa Toronto calves sold stcady at last week's close. good veals from 57-50 to $8, tops $8.50 and common down to $5. Plain grasses and light drink- ers. $3.50 w $4.50- Montreal had good veals at 37.25 to $8 and othersdown to $5. Drink- ers made $4.25 to $4.75. llog Mlrkets The Dominion hog run for the week Wig 48-278 head. rcmfircd with RF “'1 ‘n the saw -. ..\st v" . .,l' out .e:..._..=... 1.50 tvy Wednesday when bacon; sold at $1035 off trucks. with a. few long haul: up to $10.50. A light run on Thursday closed at $10.35 Hamilton packers prices opened at $10.15 to 810.5 for bacons alive of: trucks. and closed at $10.15 to 810.40. Rail grade prices opened 8.5 $13.50 to $14 and closed alive and $18.50 to $14 and closed at $13.75 to 14. Barrie closed at $9.9) alive, 13.35 dressed. Kitchener $9 ‘15 alive and s13 dressed. London $9.00 alive. Stfutford $9.75 alive. S18 dressed. Brantfoni $10 alive. Peterbcro 89. 75 alive. $13 dressed. Guel 09-80 alive, $12.80 drmed. Hull 0 0 alive- 313310 dressed. Moncton $10.15 alive 013.50 dressed. Montreal sold bacon; at $10.75 f. and w. and truck hogs up to 813.90. Rail m brought 814.75. Feeder hogs 11.25 to $12 with ilghi, kinds 11D to 81b. Sheep and blmb Markets Toronto was steady on sprint lambs at $13 for good and down w $9 for common. A few feedlot lambs sold from 3'1 to $9. Shesp were steady at $1.50 to 4.25 and s few $4.50. Spring clown ll “its” v u“...i'".’:‘i.Z‘m no: W ds $12.50 to $13 mediums were ti! and common as ion as 010. asepmsdelltoltsndsfewlo. v oounm or rascrioal. anxious or an ‘ vrrar. ISSUES Arno-mtg! I'll U!!! AND ABUIII OI H}. I-UDIDW JIIIIIII 1 a longer period than 1- ~ '- $3., with a daily bag-limit o!» birds; and furthermore, the -- - ing of five s es of ducks ls pm- hlbited at times. But what b! Z pens to these birds when in win they} leave our country? O in Canada. and the Statesieave us for months each year. These birds have so suffered from overkilling that in the United States and Canada f0- day everyone of them, with the ex- " ceptlon of the Wilson's snipe,~~4s protected by law at all times. B t what is hep eni t0 the port on o i firs... game wardens nor public g sentiment protects them? I shall attern t her to answer in part hese uestion. by relating a few of the acts we have recently acquired. First the West India: Islands. West Indies PUERTO RICO -The not operating in Puerto Rico. By Puertc Rican statutes, thirtg-fivs of birds are protectc , so useful to agriculture. Specified aa injurious to agriculture are: Vul- tures, hawks, ani owls. The open through four months, and galllnulle . rebes, gulls, doves, night erons, and partri be shot from seven to rai to e d all" an pro ed to ms fications. DOMILNION — gams laws of Bantu Dominion bavq not yet men ted ma» . iiah, but send them, the Minn Fbrleign has writicll ister of t hfairs l. ' e sport o uniting r ad throu h the Ext-italic" a)": do not ‘new of of an societies, scientific _. stitu on or persona dedicated I j_ the conservation of wildlife." HAITI-From Haiti official in- formation has come that theirs no laws whatever covering the tection of birds and game. any and may kill t t ensure bird on °u'..°‘.£1.1§.'a,‘..i.’ia... s? under a government permit the close season for hun . collected from mines must for acd ls ‘for e chase. may be secured for catching "son or ornate birds" for th o ma ccns. gulls, and flrgate ey bumard, any falcon or There is no game warden-force. v33’ Members of the arm . urban police, and em loyees of pantations who have ta en necessary the right to demand that hunters show their hunting license, and they may confiscate firearms of’ illegal hunters. Upon Cuba in i924, efforts were in- augurated to save the American flamingos. widely killed for food and extensively exported for parks and zoological gardens. For the next four years we met on with discouragements, but on Juy 28, i938. President Machado. issued a decree, prohibiting the killing or capture of these birds in the region on which I had reported. Senor Juan F. Cantellss, General In- fillectnr of Hunting and Fauna, has written: "It was this visit which served as an argument when I em- phasized the urgent necessity of the government prescribing a way to restrain this abusive and cruel commeroo Fe-mllrvz with one of the mm ~—*~— - --- Fhli o Mind's ‘Llniment relleva pain. Bargain Excursions JUNE 24th: To Halifax To Sydney To Quebec To Three Rivers To Montreal To Ottawa To Toronto To North Bay Return Limit: June 27th, 28th or 29th according fir“ destination. . . T. B. R0, City "new ‘af;gm" g i810!!! at. . about sis . season for duck shooting extends»? u. ‘E i\ posed t muniti- for stiggczgicrzuandmcdb‘ 1m i incl‘ be sold in restaurants ._ ,' during 1 - M01187 . spent - airing‘ new species of ani- 2 " Permission ' oath, have ' If the occasion-of my trip to F‘ i 9 I .- _| p l them dur- the year when . > t .' i;