1”". war-w.

_ much

‘ to l . lb 1 on ‘llivadenl axons: » Ppgtl strong-

terpeplne?‘ trike.» wblolpwaa ,in- 110975.111?!» the Norman invaelw liar-roams historian calls

rbeirloonquozrs in ahezlatffer . .0

. hon into Edn- with

Dprmcd ‘Wloofliolllb .00‘ eveuse» his crow‘-

j slob by ‘Rodoriok. son.‘ of "TlIflWBh

dflonriorl‘ andjlermod gave him

ti"?! Wore great dlsplacem . . population; and- inesc- trilieesnhmg. INN! as invaders. to

almoer - certainly .1 ' or:

an ddiiugald; grandsons!‘

blsidvmsdaugbtei-‘aaod apart of his patrirnonyrqa-nd Saxon fore goers lily! since

_ _ - _ then." And y) this brings usto the modern his-

tlle Ozllllliflddflbsd Swfflw

last that M1113 ‘into. My;

oolllllill. and with which’ originated -

zlzeqigfllsryw)! the migration ‘from

spa umed n»; to

_ venturous _ warillts expecting: o

oft Kingndaughter Blatlmat. This legendary warrior was called tunic before he tool: the name oi." Cuchulaind or "Hound of duals": andltds worth recalling that-the tribeof the siestaniii a." sub- tribe ‘of tbe-Brlgontes .whoee loca- tlorrwas on-tbe west coast ‘of Britain. ' '

before the. Roman ‘power, declined there wero settle- menta- in Wales ancloornwall: and the National. Museum at Cardiff, wales. has-several sepulclu-al stones with bilingual insorlptionrwgam and‘ Latin) which attestthls» fact. mesa‘ ogam stones, exmcsssonship by "Mad" which is pu into Latin characters as "Mac," ch," asan Irish wriiei-‘pointg out. ls,the some as the m-ltish "Map." Much more might bessld to argue that the Mileaianrwere r British and not 695N811. W! 899-09 forbids. nor per- haps is ~ thepsubject, of vital ‘inter- est. The map-of min, says that the ‘V’ was also e. mark or the wleslan chiefs: this prefix means “randson _of'j, and‘ seems to have been _ , to most Irirhnamss, though now for the most part dis- oardedi ._Tllls word, appears. again in acovand u "ca" or "ore." a grand- ohild..fforn the qaellc "ogbafl. _ The almoat ‘constant warfare be- tween the Irish "Kingdoms" up to tho yearns reminds one of “mercy-agony: "r "r 1,119.. -., yeevmon- tgfiledulew unwed’ . the rind-

_ . . ) attacked . the Irish ‘sea-coast wns. ‘lheso

when period. we will take ‘our leave of-tbo Ilnlsrplclisls.

_ mm. or norm. Iilfsw a... ago, by '. vote of um

. liuglnt Chamber, the British House

of : Lords. abrogated ' a privilege which hadvbccn theirs since tbs year mo. The occaaloorwas fhis: rrnemberof the House had been

“ dnyolvedrin ajmctor ‘accident, (in

wbieb-a-man was lulled.) and an aotion-at-lt-w. bad lwcugnt

t him. He‘ thereupon applied for a trial before his‘"pcers," in- stead ofgolng before "a police mag- istraiawilfhisoi course was in ac- cofdlnoo with the law.» it then stood, and» the offender was tried by" the House of Lords. An acquit- tlil followed, and then’ the Lords votedaway the privilege of “trial by peers." which it felt lo be out of date. " "

Tbs basisfor, trialpy peers ls to be found in the thirty-ninth. article "of ‘Magoo Charts: "No freeman shall be arrested or imprigoned, or dispossessed of his‘ house. or out- lawed, or" exiled. ‘or in any way prooeoded arc-inst except by... the legal judgment of his equals. or by tllirlaw of the land}! ‘This ‘is one of three yltal articlgs ‘b; Magus Charla. and it will be seen thntjhls clan-rains also others) of the le- brated‘ Charter‘ ls not. altoget

good. because all. men, even all freeman.- were nctnrade equal ‘in the Veyas- of‘ the law, since they oouldjclalnl-to be il-ldxed only =by

barons by barons. and freeman by freeman. instead of being under one common lawlinterpretsd by in-

they took advantage _of clause s9 durlngtha reigns which r remem- ber: and now they. have dons away

with “tilt privilege lllbflothet.

The other two clauses worthy of

werejiorweglans whose object wps pilmderyand captives for slavery:

special notice arcnos. 2o and 40. Thaxforrner ran thus: "No free-

ind. to them is attributed themanymlerchant or villain (laborer)

t .

i

l

dependent ‘any; To m‘ ma", ogioocaslcnally. The Bluebell blooms the mid, ltlwu W,” “gdom that | from April to Juno, and is a prime

’ Cansdfanjlfliletrlbnton cursors! oo-oagurrvs W001. onowsns nnurrso

. l Y

Winn-the atrcngl-‘ocm silver fox tries where ‘ lower time _

1

.' . V. I‘?

A poflllblosubstituiol" for products .ls wbalo meat, abiif meat. and at present. under oonsidoration.':.,'l‘beir. -' ability was brought. to the through-allotm- of;

a. nldvetWdltip-loyglaa-Imnllogvllle

shall be excessively nned for a small offence: tbefrosman shall not be deprlvedioi. bis Inca of livel- hood. the merchant o. his mer- chandise. or lilo working 1mm of his tools.“ AndNo. 40 went on: To none will we sell, to-nono will we refuse, to none will we delay right ‘and Justice." These pronounc manta were sound and right, and have since been expressed clearly in our laws, but. at theltlmc. they did not do— fin how jlntice was to be secured; nor didthsy establish popular gov- eminent, as many suppose. That was the work of lamr centuries: and the Home of lords has just added another link to the long chain of improvements.

THE SCILLAS

The second plot to herald the Spring this year is the ‘patch. of Ball's Sibilica that began to bloom on March 26th. It is a lowly little flower, as a rule hot. above three inches tall. and of a light “sky- blue" color. It increases rapidly both by offsets and seedlings ~if left undisturbed. The Bcillas are in the main botanical species; that is, they have not yet been taken in hand by plant breeders and aub- jected to an evolutionary process which would turn them into horti- cultural forrm; or varieties. They are still "as Nature made them." ‘In floral structure the Bciilas resemble the lilies, but the leaves are all radical and the bulb’ is coated. ‘The genug is an extensive one, with representatives‘ in Brit- ain. West and south Europe, the Levant, North and South Africa, Siberia and Peru, and all these countries contribute species to be. garden or the ~‘ gmenhousc. The commonest spacing in Britain is B. nutans, locally known as the Eng- lish Eiuebdl or Wild Hyacinth. The flower soaps in this species is

umrpeerlp, mung Th“, p,-m¢¢gj,tall and stout, with six to twelve ' cam 0mm” hrtfledrw princes’; drooping campanulate, fragrant

flowers. The usual color is blue, as the name indicates: but there are purple, pink and white forms found

favourite in iuvenile bouquets. Thetsrare alsdtwo squfls with spreading flowers (not bell-likelin Britain: s. verbs. resembling S. sibirica. and found on the W0“ coast of ltnglarid and wales: 11nd S. autumnalis. with reddish purple flowers, found from Kent to Com- wall. Thesis are not nearly as at- tractive as B. nutans.

0n the sea coast: of Spain. Sic- ily and Syria, grows the s. mari- ima, the root or bulb of which has ‘for long been employed as B‘ medicine. This is the "Mum!" °l the drug-store. one of its later uses is as a. rat-poison, when ro- duced to powder and it has the advantage of being comparatively harmless to other animals. ‘This powder is sold under various trade narrr. in Canada.

THE STONE 0F DESTINY In Westminster Abbey is a queer old chair or throne, with a shelf under the seat: and on that shelf a bl; boulder-like stone, roughly squared. 111st is the Lia Fail 91' Btone of Destiny, about which a. perfect network of legends has gathered. Before relating the we must notice that the authent pis- tory of the stone commences when Edward I in 139B visited the Abbey of Scone, where he" was told of an 01c ‘Irish prophecy that w“ "Unless the fixed decrees of Fate

give way. - and tbs

The sects shall. govern sceptre swag Whersfer this s one they find and tho dread solm’ pbey." , Ildward at once shipped the stone to London, where it was at first used as a. seat for the priest oslee

. Wlldifllflll b!‘ _, llatsr dayail folmd I j_

brant in the’ Confersofs Chapel.‘ afterwards’ it‘ was enofoseddn the oaken chair-,in ‘which it slill re- mains; and it has never left ths Abbey but c1100., and that was when Oliver cromwell had it. oar- risd to Weatrninstlrr Hall. for his installation as lard Protector.

Now let us look over the "legen- dary hlrroryr-allnlre lesendr esree that the stone is that mentioned in Genasig ls, island that it was taken charge of by the patriarahm descendants in, their migrations. iilong with the Arirofghpgoven- ant it wuvoarriadjlllleooglntbe

. m Vwwlnouglaspftbef _.,nt of Natural Jtisaouroes, saint‘ _, ha, Newfoundland. "containingsjilhqjol- IOWIXIQ QUOSHODI. » ; ‘if 1. 1s whale. meat a auitpble food for rsnclrfoxes? l‘ * y; 2. Is seal meat a suitable food for ranch limos? ' " ' _ ' l --v—_ _ Mr. Douglas wont on hjflh-jhM. the seal fisheries of is one of the maim- industriea of that country. and only that daythe ships at the ice had taken ‘inpthe neighborhood of 100.000 sealsmvery few of the carcasses of which ‘are brought in . Further ‘Mr. Douglas writes: “The whaling in- dustry is carried on by a company operating at different points, and could if required. supply a large amount of meat. The "Norwegians. today largo contributors sq ‘the world's silver fox pelt markets, are very big users of whale meat. Bales catalogues prove that they are marketing average pelts and I have heard from some Offlthi! leading London fur auction man- asers that the uniformity in‘ good colored pelts la vary high 81110118 the Norwegian offerings. ,,

I take it that you, in common with other leading ranchers offb- day have before you always the problem of securing a reasonably priced meat supply. The ribbones of a seal will pass through a. meat grinder or are readily rnasticalsd. The llver is exceptionally high in vitamin content. On Mlngan Fur Farms they are‘ feeding cold storage seal meat that was put up last sum.- mer andso far thereporta are most encouraging.

With no advance in the pride of pelts and the cost of meat soaring all tho time. it would appear that unless acheaper meat supply can be found. fox ranchers are facing a very difficult future. 1t is possible that whale met and seal moot may be the solution."

Immsdiately on receipt of Mr. Douglas's communication, the writer called up Peter G. Clark of the P. E. I. Par Pool. Bummerslde, to find out his opinion of the suit- ability of whale meat and seal meat. Mr. Clark said that he un- ‘ “ that dehydrated (dried and concentrates-r whale meat is an important feature of a. well known fox and dog biscuit. Further that he believes Norwegians are using whale meat with good results.

B. Graham Rogers said that some years ago he purchased from the Hall Manufacturing Company, Summerside, a quantity of seal

her Iris). husband and so to King David.-

Another story takes the Stone to Egypt: thither came Gathelus, son cf Cecrops, King of Athens. and married Boots, daughter of Phar- aoh. To escape the, disasters brought upon Egypt by Moses. the palrfled, taking the stone to Sic- l‘.y, thence to Spain. From Brig- anila in Spain it was taken by Bimon Brech, the son of Milesius the acct, to Ireland. and there on the sacred hill of Tara, it became‘ the Lia Fail, the Stone of Fate. In a footnote in The Guardian's mapof ram, another legend is mention ‘H. In this case the "Tua- tlia De Danadn" bring the Stone from fdreeoe" to Tara. There are iron r lot into the battered surface of the stone, which doubt- less assisted the carriers-whoever they were. It is conjectured how- ever that this Tuatha do Danaan (lb-lbs of the God Dan) is one of the tribes of Israel ‘which fought its way from Babylon, across Eur- ope, to the British Isles. The tribe of Dan, according to Judges 19. 29. tacked the name of their "father? on to the city of Lbilh and if, L! suggested that the various place- names such as Don. Danube. “Dan- mszkl’ and many others, mark the track of their mlgrdtlm.

Several years ago some excava- tions were made into‘ the sacred hill oi’ Tara. with the obieet of dis- covering the wmlro.’ the Jewish prlnsszs. but as the work was done in very careless manner, there was such a public protest that me search was droppoli- .

14* Iva-

pill-Ill. -» 18'“ Meats

a I

can... . our s. dndiWliliLPlNfi

S

x

, wlay of feedings light 8 oas.

with Jo. Whfih

meat. - It

hos!

Norway.

Station,

difference ‘

horn. Two oftbe

tho fur seemed matted ‘and he yofy the ‘do nearly quit, then decided to go on poltlng time came evcryvonaof the fonds .was well furred and of abeauiiful. color and m were cool blacks and they were mo»: the hand- aomestr blacks jblr. Rogers ever had.

Last

summer the writer received a sample of dehydrated whale , was in small brown garunloa. a little larger than coarse white sugar crystals. odorless y. It

r ".-

. k

I should have ordered a. small quantity for experimentation, but neglected to do so and threw away tbs sample. However, I intend tak- ing the matter up with the Cana- dian ‘Trade Commissioner at Oslo, Perhaps this either obtained from For-way or Newfoundland, may prove c. help in cutting down our feed prices.

By the way, tha United States Government nutritional experts at the U. S. Fur Animal librperimental Baratoga Springs, N. Y., have carried out experiments with - as a. ration for following is

dehydrated mca their foxes. an

from a report by Charles F. Basselvt, a. director of the Experimental Station.

“The recent high prices have increased the feeding costs of the average fur dously the past two years, since meat generally constitutes a high percentage of the ration, many- ranchers are searching for ways to lower their feeding costs. As a. natural consequence tile fol- lowing trends have developed:

1. More of the cheaper meat pro- ducts such as udder, tripe, hearts, plucks, etc., have been bought and fed almost to the exclusion of.red muscle meat. ‘ il.'1'he mount of all kinds of meat and meat lay-products fed has been greatly increased. 3. More thought is being given to the use of suitable high protein feeds made from animal and fish by-products for use as a partial or complete subsitute for meat in the ration.

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With these trends in mind ex- periments were conducted at our station during 1934 and 1935. to de- tennine the advisability of using dehydrated beef-magi and liver-meal (1 part) as a com- piete substitute for raw meat in the fox ration.

the

cher tremen-

Forty weaned fox pups wholped in the spring of 1934 were equally divided into two groups according to sex, age. weight at weaning, and at "the beginning of the experiment all were confined in ground floor pens, 48 feet long, 12 feet wide and B feet high. We started our experi- ment at feeding June continued until polling time.

In order that the results obtained might be comparable they were fed approximately the same amounts of their respective rations. They were handled alike. weighed at the same time. Their pelt and kennels were the same size and design ,in fact both groups were kept and handled under as nearly the same conditions as was humanly possible.

When the experiment ended and the results were compiled, we found that them was very little difference between either group except in food cost. ‘their growth cs indicated by their average live weight was about. the some. Them was no apparent n the groups in general health. and there was no significant difference between them in regard to the cleamass of their pelts.

When a comparison of feed costs was made, however. a significant difference was noted. We found that a fox pup could be fed from weaning to peltlng on the bref meal-liver meal ration for approxi- mately two-Lbirds of what it would cost to feed 50 per ‘cent raw meat. In other words. three pups could be fed on the beef

meal-liver meal ration from weaning to petling for the some cost as two pups receiv- lng fifty pa- oent raw meat.

What ‘is ‘Silver Tip FOX Bread-Wheat?

a mixture of ingredients specially r- pared

r W can“ Nrfu ma. 1"":.22'<:..."~“°~ ~ sc-rww...

and almost was prepared non: whale meat from which the water been. driven _off by evapora- tion the remaining product ground fins and then again dried. one pound of it was supposed to equal in protein and about five pounds of whale meat. The price was quite reasonable.

food value

product,

‘of meat

and

(5 parks)

26th and

They were

Prom the above mum it was but

til reasonablethat as far as animals

intended for peltlng were concern- ed ‘it wllsuore economical to feed

v . bee! meal-liver meal than the raw meat. but we arc not in a position to state whether such a ration would be desirable for the feeding of prospscflvg used- era." _

Concluding his interesting article Dr. Bassott says: "In-plain every My laosunre. these experiments tell lls that dehydrated beef meal- livsr meal in all probability have a. Plow in the averago ranchers scheme of feeding. You can reduce your costs of feed approximately one-third by substituting beef meal and liver meal for raw meat in the ration of weaned pups intended for Wltllls- You can likewise reduce Your ‘ " _ costs considerably by feeding this dehydrated beef meal- liver meal to your males from the and of the breeding season until approximately December 1st, r; month or six weeks before the star‘. of the next breeding seagon,

A discovery that might have ap- pealed very strongly to silver gr P111013" B01110 years ago when \. were selling live foxes. and fem: foxes were quoted at from $100. i $800. higher than males, has ha: announced by Dr. Ben]. Willie". professor .0! zoology. It. is no les: than the extraction of the active , princlpuls of female sex hormones I from cattle and it capable of mak- llgsmall potential chicks hatch as

Sex hormones are derived from the ova-rim organs of cattle and sheep obtained from slaughter M11508. and the concentrated solu- tion made from the active princi- pals is injected into the egg white after the 88g has been in the in- cubator about twenty-four hours. T115“ lllloctions have no effect upon the sex organs of female embryo chicks, but in the case of male elnbroys the organs ansumg tho definite characteristics of those of the female chick.

Five scientists who co-operated in a series of experimenw reportsd their results to the American Physiological Society at Washing- ton last saturday. The experiments which have not yet been applied w human beings, involved the feeding of thymus extract to several gen- erations of rat parents. Investigators said they had been able to speed up development so that treated rats, at birch were at the normal fourteen day 886- 1h human babies such de- velopment would correspond w eighteen months after birth. Ex- Pefimflnis Such 8s those already performed on rats, showed that if they could be r, ' “fly to human beings, babies would be born at what is now considered the eighteen month or two-year stage.

The baby rats that had been treated with the thymus extract weighed one-fifth more than nor- m-al rats. similarly they showed a white coat of hair and opened their eyes withing the first two days after birth, while normal rats do not have hair or open their eyes until at. least fourteen days have elapsed. l

' The thymus extract is made from the thymus, a small ductless gland in the neck, which plays an lmpo}- tent, but until now mysterious, part in infant development, and which disappears in adult life. For these experiments it was obtained from hundreds of young calves.