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NOTES -

B! AGIICOLA

.\I.LI.I'.' l‘ AGAIN

The "Not trn Millet, which ap- poured in column a fortnight ago, ilils .it tictcti ult-SIILIOII III 50v- erzit quarters and the "writer has

u; two iariiicrs who have "his. grain during the past I hope to be able to lay

iiiili the new crop .i<i:rs iii the nciii tu-

to lI< i’ llllli", L! little (lﬁliilllt- .blc number ill of cereals. be-

i - and oven

t‘.

Paiiieiiin

, .

I’. l.»

“ -ery nutriti- ~ torni of greats ‘nt breiitl \\'ll€l‘l int flour It is fer feedlot: pout- piise Illlllllly ll. is o England).

s, tSctarirt ltallca. iiciuii italicumi. l1 A-la, is one of the .nd tizilattiblc In- iial. grows 4 or 5

fret hi_.;h_ .i. 1iiiirs tlrv light soil. German null Ge: Kolbenhrise. 11/1011111-1 i; p ihljv nierelv a less Vﬂllilllllt‘ and t ‘f variety 0f S.

(‘TUCL COIIIDFICE The grains of

'\

. . iving sl

" spike‘

and both a c verv shrill. Oulv One-half as long ﬂ\ lliﬁrf.‘ cf criiimon millet,

Matty

but are (‘YCPi g prolific.

51,111,»; ,11~1\-.- t‘ ll sliigo root and a total spilte often yiedls 2 01.. 0f grain 1e total vliziti being 5 times that o ‘heit They are imported {m- pn . feeding like the former SpECICS, lIll for race birds. but are rxirn iv used for soups etc. on th

r star-ales belonging

' Pt-iiiicum —-tlie ". of which the , the most int- d in tropi- s for their

to '. larecr-t anion 1 XOllﬁWllM are .

i . from syvamp its CIIZLTIICICYISHC

. , liaviiii; forms. Pointi millet is Patiicum sanguin-

: P. fitiiiiei cum. Shnmalo. a

. < probzibfyi a native

: P. decompositum ii millet, its gra is by the is the tropical nliil, urows 8 t: . abundance of . P. spectabllc is ‘ of Angola. but has at diiiatiyed iii Briﬂil nnrl iY-‘llllfﬂl countries. Other [It'- hlch. form

other prairie spezies 6 or '7 f’. the. field crops on the banks of the Amman.

belonging to allied

uin tiphoidcuin. ' ul<0 called ‘ pearl millet. is

pt. Species of Pas- id Milium are also ' "is.

paluni. F ~ cultivated .

Durra In so. etc. is Arabic for a perm ' hence o

iti tropictil and semi-tropical coun- tries iviicre tiie grain, made into bread. forms an important urt- lcle of dict. In IIOII-AFlIDIC-5]){‘1\l{ill‘.1 countries it is known by other names. such as Indian or Afrlciizi Millet, Pearl Millet, Guiiea Corn. and Kaffir Corn. In India it is called Jow Jaivarcc, Jil\\'itl'l lHilliil, jtiw. It

So tar the Eiicyclopiiedia, and I thunk the rcaticr for copying iiii. lengthy article for our iiiforiiizitioii. The some correspondent kindly SClll me specimen 1ilatits of Setnrln and

. I'i\IIll‘IIl'II crown on the Island,

It will be ."(‘I‘II that the tiopuliir names are zipplied riitliei‘ iiidlscrim. iinitcly‘: Guinea Corn isorghumi and Gitltieii Grass (PFllllCllIIll l)t‘l!i" Pﬂﬁlly confused For cletirness we mav classify the millots thus,

Iii Panleuiii _siJet‘iCs. 111911-11» milicts. with panicled inflorescence. iwfienec the liﬂlllt" Panlcumt

_i'l\ Setarin sure s. the Found millets. with the _ .iiti in a. hris' i: (‘_\'llI'l(II‘l(‘1l head or Spike 11mm srta. a bristle i

(B) The SﬁrYliiitil iiiille‘s also \\*lfl1 i)il!il(‘l(‘(l inflorescence. c,‘ a stnii‘

l. habit and larger growth than Paiiz- ‘, I “

cum.

hope before lonr to Qi\'(\ 1 hole on the cultivation cf niiilet on the Island.

RED BARTSIA

From a reader iii the iiciriilior- hucd oi iiiiiross, comes a irccti iur identification. ‘itiis is tlic lctn Bibi-Sid or BIOHIHYQCLI, OHUIIlIICn ruorii Gilib. ville i-ist 1.5 All db- brevintion fur Jean E Giiiberi, inc botanist who iiriiicd the above J Beiure l’. comes IlIlt/ UltiCIIi it riitlici" remiiitts one of lI pot- tierb, like Stimuli-i" Siiiory, but the spike oi rosy flowers dlsptls the likeness. Here is ii short d€5Cl'Il)llO'i.

Odontitcs rubrii gllil) —~ itczi Bartsia or Brciviiiiced. An annual mLich-brtiiichtzd sciibrous-pubisceii: herb, from 1.5 to 5.0 d. iii. high. Leaves opposite, sessile, UDlUlltt IADCQOIIIIC, remotely serrate. 1-4 ctr

long. Fl. two-hipped, small, rose- red, loosely disposed in elongated spikes,

Not. mticli is known about the Bartsia, and even thiit is little to it.» credit. It belongs to a Kiiiii" h group of plants which get their living by robbing their llclullbtit‘; as root-parasites. Cattle are $2Iltl to avoid eating the Bartsin and to refuse grass grctviiig round it

NOTES FROM TIIF. Gaunt-IN The tomatoes which w e rc- mrirkzibly free frciii "B . rim-cut

iot" till about sept. 7th, i > < medintcly and scrlousii- rifts. - with it after the rain on sent. itth. This is in line with the hcliri that this malady is caused bv a sur- chnrizc of ivntcr in the its:

the fruit. rupturing them nntl eu-

zibling mould spores to get in tile-r ‘

dirtv work.

The small ivhito “navy beans" cast. their leaves too early because of the tirought, consequently the pods ivere not well filkid. Oi: threshing them I had i0 1-2 lbs at beans whereas I should have had 15 n loss of zibout 30 per cent.

The soybeans. f‘ti,l0,\'l"(l the heal and the pods fill"d mi: well. The"; are just casting their leaves (Sept. 121 and can be cut and made iiita sheaves at anv time now. The strain ls quite zicclinizitlzrtl but the trouble ls to fit the ("top into the iotritioii.

The rock-garden which has been tinder eclipse for good 1Jart. of iiie summer, has revived since the rriitis came and several plairs are ni -: in: a second show. The Chcdtlir Pink. the Iiarebell, the Perennial riantlytuit the laetiutiful scarlet Clove Carnation. and a spray . Phlox stibulata, all lend a touch of color

When I first came to this dis- trlct I was sadlv bothcrctl wllii niithrricnose on the butter-bean. Nciv. when I come to think. it‘:

iim vulgare, extensively cultivated seven or eight years since I've seen

gain (f rariii :1 cereal qrass. Sort:- =

I lilillllMlN-

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see-how pigs

thrive and fill otjt.‘ '

ERE’S an excellent food to condition sows for

plant as ‘

"fnrrowing, nml t0 promote Ilacullh and vigor in pigs and cow both, until weaning . time. Provides rich sources ‘of minerals and proteins,

along with the famous I"ul-.

O-Pcp Vitamin-Boost for health and lIiriftincsr-i.

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I CONSERVATION ,

l WEEKLY COLUMN OI PRACTICAL OPINIONS OI THE VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE USE! AND ABUSES 0F

NATURAL RESOURCI! I! MB. LUDLOW JINKINS IARSHFIELD. WILDLIFE gulls. ‘Ihe former breeds common. it ly along the whole coast and wan-

GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIM- MllRS

and terns breed chiefly on ' iics and bezitfncs, but they are ~ iiyliig icwi and from time W inc several kinds may be seen in

marshes. Some are rare to dlslingulsh and are trtm an account lake All those here men- prci-cctecl by Federal

ll YE

niest ecninioii gull 0n ‘he All. tie cciist from fall Lo spring 15 uhti ll\‘l“.'lllg, or haibsur, gull, the i gull iLm-us artlenlﬂ" cOIIIFWllal larger than R back and most of the 1e marl 911i“. Lire bwd- im‘ and titii, white‘, and ill“ .‘ 1... wing, barred black and m gptclfS breeds fwm

5 north and west Mid as: the whole coast. in fact. it is entitcly wccks in sum-

but» some. S». _ t-he rins- delaivarensisi, P79‘

1,6111 the some season- ldsrizfisd in the fe-d crrss bai- near tlu!

' l .3111 (L, aitriclllai _. @111 (L. nuts-an- . rHlIIFIi representatives .- u1~mip~iiic blackfieadﬁd

L

_ M, - _ -_~t ~l tit made it Ill-S- n t. Ilr ‘Iftlaliillit ilialce out. “N955

WU‘ .1 ‘I - N ,- .1 ,ecd selection. P"! Iuihifrle-iﬁishbefn: cleared of r altjpnflYf this is the. earliest w... WI“ tiarrcst I've had Slﬂtie cum, 1,, 1pc Pravtticc.

nuns AND HYDE r171“; 1ny~;tcri0us G66. The Anglo- _ . _ . r lrrllClliCb lllllllulwl}; ‘tudlisglcngizii from it very fill?“ l ‘lumber of l7’ ‘hm’: SM h He This number spiritual i1ei'ic<-tioi\.“49 70 and so 1l!l(l its niultilllilc- g-‘Dl-ace ‘m [he on, occupy Pl _ . -_ hihlift-iil llliigilzCClfcnsb€gllf Iriggllgilcgr‘: t‘ .i:si'i‘._ p‘, . i§§lumttiy~ syinbtiht‘. of imlﬁlrccllon: l. i. m. human number -thc nuni liver-cl‘ ninn (lestiltitc 0T Gild- Them” ,. . m1 ﬁr» it. is the svmbvl of ‘I iigziinst God, presumably t; soul, and sillglii Télus égnls - . , .3111 o o a - 51» r1uli1'tl()i\'(l‘)ltl Qnkitlcology- and n“ of‘ our individual. _ Whiit is ll short? reader 50nd: ie n tilipping WlIC‘ in the crm llpcokn m“ "shock' are defined. 11;. ii~ri§ei~ (Ci the ciivoiuci asked hclp ii-hiit WIIS the differ- bcti 2n the two. Bud an“ quiv l looks had been eit- .. , . u...- rcullfl- ~~riii~ m iii. sonic!" Btlli. thclv ﬂlzjélllaik in‘); contains twc ve siea . . ' while a shock may b0 Rnylgllg-i: from twelve to sixteen. A" y u‘: l.ll‘l'll(‘l' tells m9 that st0ok_ ls u_ variably used ill this district. bu» he thinks that “Slwfllv i5 a‘ term u.“ 111 Western Canada.

Ilymirttincs and woﬂls-mAs P; rule iiiutlcrn hymnwlliels bulge“

i ' 'ds' their times to suit U18 _W°\ r \ll.i.1‘.\l7l)ll,\' \i_ie_ ccigblleii vi 59m“ ll)‘llIll£\1'l‘?S‘ IIUSLQiiIH; goo and it ‘a ii ie - _ _ x as “Wly 1L w “Iomsplibllciligicgvelr “a 1131/91‘ liltChflQfll d I mund Dr‘ hyml‘\‘)ook‘nul (ivttgllliw atXEtcrnal Fu- I?,7,'.PS;KI.S¥,I.PX1O gave") transferred “Li: t}, Khlltiigﬂs Rccessionai bymf} ‘IE-loci of our fathers. known of oldl: I ivtrrct this. fol‘ Mema has a

‘qvgﬁbtwll associated with those l“ “Q1 m, 11w sea; the association is 32w broken and l0 that “mm ‘he tum is ~I think I tuuy 55V -' chctipnietl, Granted that. tlaﬁngillilgi goiter-ally sun‘: t0 ihe Recess m1dcqu;1t<~, it would have been 95°‘ [gyﬂblg to put up with it tilma Composer shrill arise Va 8W9 "5 e time for which we look-ﬁnd U559"

AmI the IVDHIs mo. I alsorwtlw a eonsidcrzibe interference with the \\'Ol'fl< as between tiifferent. hymnulr- m, Thcrc l.s_a tine old time 0 Qlhintu Qiiriliu," the first line of whlr-lit (ill one booki is:

"Oh ivhtit the jfu’ 8nd U19 §l°YY must be." while the other begins "O ivhat their iov and their E1011’ must. tic" ~But that is not. the worst. example That stirring morti- inu Hymn “Awake mv soul and wit-h the suii"- was suns: every mom- Ing in the rural school I attended, consequently I could have said the ivortls hzickivard, as the saying goes. We siinz:

"Redeem thy nits-spent. moments

DIIU. And live this day as if thy last; A modern fiymnnl makes it:

“Thv 1iiv~clous time misspent rcdceiti. Eirh present, day thv last esteemf’

And "Int all thy converse be sin- cere; Thy conscience a the noon- dav c'e "z has been eakoned to --—"Ill ("‘llV(‘l'S3lOll'I be sincere; keep conscience as the noontide clear."

Sximciiodi". somewhere, has been irikius: liberties with good Bishop Ken's ircrtls. to the confusion of those who sing them.

A plint from Uigg. A reader sends in a plant for naming, from l~"r trﬂfflﬁil at Ulizg. This is the Sun Future or Wartweed, Eunhorbll "Pliﬂsennln. As soace is limited, '7“ "u" ‘lfsffliliion are deferred till next week.

FOR tiuivtc:

Registered YORKSHIRE BOAR.

Grand Champion at

(‘IIARLOTTETOWN EXHIBITION IIENRY JENKINS Mount Herbert

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ters from the Carolina; scuih; the latter breeds in the northern in- terior of the continent. and winters along the coast from Massachu- selts south. Adults ln breeding plumage, which is not attained in full until the second spring after the year in which the birds are hatched, are easily recognized; but in winter the black on the head mostly disappears. '1Lie laughing gull is a little the lager of the i-wo species and has a stouter bill. Its

back and wings are lcadzn gray; tacse cf Bonapartes gull, pearl gray.

Gulls feed on almost. anytluiig available and hence figure idIQhy as scavengers. ‘Ihey eat insects, however as troll as crustaceans, and fishes, but as LUCY tarciy dive are not. wen adapt-cu to CILIOIIIIIQ live fishes. On iiie Mane ccas». viliciiic Iterring gulls have lncrtascd sq much as to become objccbicnib. ly destructive to eggs of other birds and to fishes, clams, and blueberr- ies, stops have been taken to con- troi t-heir numbers.

Expeit as gulls are in flight, they

are surpassed in this respect. by terns, which because of this skill

are commonly called sea swallcsvs. Tierns are mostly pearl gray ln co- lor. In adult plumage they have the top of the fiend back and even in immature plumage have a bzca-d dark line from the eye around the nape. The crc-wn feathers are e- lcngatcd so as to form a slljlit crest postcriorly, and the tail Ls more or less deeply forked. The bills of terns are more slender and pointzd than are the wiitn dc-wn-curved tips of ilie com. mcn gulls and are pointed more directly downward when the buds are on the wing.

‘Ihe least tern (Sterna an-tillar- um), less than i0 inches long, the only torn that, 1n summer has a bar of white on the forehead in from of the black cap, breeds on islands beaches frcm Masszchus. etls souin and winters from bhe Gulf coast. southward.

The common tern (S. hlrundoi, from i4 to i6 inches in length, co- curs zhc-ng lhe CCERL in IIIlgfaLCn. ‘lue iormer breeds in New England and both species winter frcm the South Atlantic coast S-oukhtviird.

The Caspian tern (Hydroprcgne caspila) and the royal tern tIhal- 855cm maximus) are ans-her pair similar _ in appcaraim. Tney arc 111F845: birds, about. the size of crows ivit-n reddisluorange bills, the fcr- mer having the tail about, twice as deeply forked as tli: latwr. Bouh may be seen on the South Atlantic coast in winter, and both breed nc-rt-ia to Virginia. ‘Itic Caspian torn occurs farther north also in mikrution to and frzm bleeding grounds in the nortiein interior.

‘me black tern tchlldcnias ni- KY8), easily recognizable by its gen- erally sooty bolor, brccus chiefly inland and is rather rare in sprang on the Atlantic coast. It may be more numcmus in lute summer but is then in very different dress.

Terns seldom exhibit the cam‘- on- eating propensities of gulls but Cﬂvlure their prey alive, either on the Wing OI‘, if in iivater, by p.ung_ lng. A variety tnseois gm snatched in air, and small fllhcs, shrimps, and aquatic insects are taken by partial diving. The back tcrri is more pronoimccdly insect-- ivorous than the other species.

The black skimmer (Rynohops

ouT*0uR WAY

market prices were shown by m- cent sales in Montreal. Yesterday week minus signs ranging from 5 per cent. to 20 per cent ran through the entire list concluding clay of the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company general sale of furs. 64 percent of the catalogue was sold. American buyers more in evidence than in the prev- ious two days of the sale. Great.- cst interest was shown in the musk.- rat and 250 persons were present when that offerin for bids. buyers predominated but New York took :1 share of the muskrat, ermine, blufe fox, white fox, cross fox and. u cw

cf the saic:

MUSKRAT -- (107,224) 73 percent sold, declined 5 percent compared with the June sale. Alberta springs from $2.12 to $2.28; Lake of the Woods $1.90 to $2.00; Manitoba st 86 to $1.90; Ontario $2.04 to $2.48

ERMINE _ (26,314) 30 percent sold. declined 20 percent. Prices from .72 cents to $1.26.

LYNX — (639) 46 percent sold, de- eliiicd 15 percent, prices from $31. to CROSS FOX — Silvery large $35. to $36 ; medium $24; Dark medium $9 50 to $14 50.

FREAK CROSSES — $19. t0 $35. Wild crosses $19.00.

RANCH MINK - declined i5 per- cent and cent lower than at the June auction. Hzghest red fox priocs were paid for ranch ring-necked freaks $24 t0 $35. brought the top price of $16 75 in tun class. Labrador $14., Quebec 17.00.

stout beaks s

eel a mink sale last week. Their offering approximated 31,000 ranch mink. About. 70 percent. of 22,000 mink for the account of the Great. Lakes Mink Association was 501d at a high price of $l9 25 for extra dark selected large males and an average price of $8 5'1 for the offer- ing. About. 6,000 Federal mink and 3,000 Canadian mink had a com- hined turnover of about a0 percent. The top price was $13.25 for Fed- eral. extra dark selected large males. The average pzlce was $7.33. Only About thirty dealers and manufact-

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TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS

CONNECTED WITH

r

Silver Fox Farming '

Attention Sheep Breeders

Indications of the trend of fur of

on the third and

W61"?

was presented

Montrea and Toronto

lynx.

The following is u-brief account.

Eastern $1.92;

$69

map r-ox was i0 ner-

at

Northwestern reds

In New York Fromm Bros. stal-

urcrs were in attendance. p’ nigra). a peculiar and striking bird, related to terns and as liaise as any American species, may scmetimes be seen about. salt. mar- shes. It: breeds on beaches and bare islands as far north as Now Jersey and winters from Florida (occasionally Eouth Carolina) southward. It is dusky brown a- bove, wllh the forehead, lower parts, and the hind border of the wing feathers as seen in flight, irhite. The bill, its most. peculiar feature, is much longer than the head, flattened from side V0 side

like a. knife, with the lower part projecting considerably beyond the upper, The bird ofben flies

close to the surface, with the nutr- rowed bill plowing lfarough the wu- tcr, a habit, that has suggested I-he names "cutwater" and "shearwu-t. er." The food is small fishes, so far as is known o-f kinds not used by man. Skimmers are wonderful- 1y good filers, and flocks carry on elaborate maneuvers in swift. unl- sch. Ono is tempted to call the flccks "packs," as a common call cf the birds sounds like the yel-ping

_ (To Be Continued)

A compilation of combined sales of indies fur coats during the month D ll h stall“: llliomenls 50

ay,sowsta erewasa ' ‘_ percent average loss of sales crm- earnest opportunlty pared with the same month of i941. Some dealers think that. the loss was Breater, others think it was less, but no doubt. that pretty well strikes an average for the whole of the United States.

Some dealers are of the opinion with l1 that if silver fox pelts were pushed best B5 t and advertised the next few months _ that time wuuld be a 890d de. their wings to pieces if the con- mand for thBm. They find that the miner is tendency to buy fur coats and other Will 111519056 expensive furs ls "off" but that no ﬂmiuﬂllou. such feehng exists regarding the medium priced furs in which cate- gory sLvcr fox including silver fox these pests jackets. woud be laced. again we believe tho opportune time to get, after business. ynany u glght or ten bushels of

August,

\

A large scale concentration of fur trade interests ous consideration in London, ac- be changed every week. Meat baits cording to the British Fur Trade, are often used and can be an English publication. It. reports: moist by the addition 0! WHEY. In "The fur trade may see the bigge combination of manufacturing fur- iiers who have pooled their quota, oled their resources ablished their business on an econ- rmic structure in order to serve the trade profitably. What is im- dead economic can never survive. Com- binattons must, be formed to cut crankcase oil and turpentine have down overhead."

Dealers from Dayton, Ohio, claim that there has been a. tremendous we have hegrd or them in certain uiand for 32 inch coats, especially part5 of Qntarjo, Q1 course they true Hruuhd the $200- fllugﬂ- Wllh may get here in time and as t South American spotted cat a fav- affect foxes in the same way as oritc fur and silver fox and wolf ﬂhey do mmk, 5° we W111 have go furs following in that order of pre- be prepared, ference. Fitted coats were by buyers as of ililLle importance. One fur store proprietor asked 1r The following is a description o fitted coats are sell not. at all."

_ Commenting in general upon the @0191‘- uv situation so far one buyer had stripes may be noted on its neck. this to say: "I had an idea that this was going m be a good yep; the to“ side of the abdomen is for fur scarfs and neckpieee; be- somewhat of a black and white cause of the nnphasis on 51mg I checkerboard appearance.

wanted to go heavily on surfs but; i-

i1 manufacturer recommended that, The Progressive Color Phase 511v. I watch out because me in for a good year and I might ed last season. held their annual be stuck by over-stocking on fur meeting in Milwaukee recently. Very

lirt.

806s."

"It's anniil wind that. blows rio- will be an endeavor to have most bud? 300d, ls an old and very trite of the American breeders of the saying. We understand that; certain new types ship to auctions where m: ufacturers of 10x feeds such as graders from the Asqooiatton will the Purina. and Sun-Glo people, are place the various coiorings in their working day and night. to fill orders proper categories.

for cereals combined with concent- -_--

rated meats either ground or in Among those attending the an- the form of cubes. Ranchers who nual meeting of the cannot get meat~and there many of them-and those who can ers, Inc., at, Milwaukee. Wisconsin, only Rot a. limited supply of it, are August 20th and 21st, we note the Purulux to these feeds and others name of Frank Andrew, Gladstone, ike them in their hour of need, Michigan. Mr. Andrew is a 5011 oi.’ Mid onariy 9f them say that their John B. Andrew. “X95 8T8 86m": along as well if Royalty. He formerly ranched foxes not better. than other seasons. so with his father but left about i923 the change may be permanent.

Mink breeders state: are having a izrent deal of trouble with a parasite fly which Breeders. Cooperative, which began deposits its larvae on the young with 12 members in July, 1038, now mink. 'I"hls in turn burrows through has a membership of over 700. It the skin into the tissues. Here it maintains a central warehouse in develops from a microscopic maggot. Palmer Lake, Colorado, which will into a considerable size In from handle close to $100,000. four to ten days. If the animal dies angoru wool th‘s year. ituleuves the carcass and burrows Texas they raise angora goats and in.o the ground where it later nup- the largest goat farmer in the world ates in about two weeks into a. res‘des there. It. is said mature fly. These flies can easily than 4.000.000 angers. goats are be raised for observation by placing sheared annuallv in the Lone Star

By J. R. WILLIAMS

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SAY, z PACKED "rum LUNCH AND PUT PLENTY IN IT.’ WHEQE ARE you ooiuo TO PUT THE THERMOS BOTTLE NOW?

‘IOU KEEP TH‘

NOON TEAG " US

WIN Tl-llS WAFZ.’

LIQUID FER AFTER-

CvUVS l5 TRWN‘ TO

Owners of early and well developed ewe lambs, win wish to dispose of such for breeding purposes, 51101114 notify either the Provincial Department of Agriculture m

Wear the Dominion Live Stock Branch, Charlottetown, at 11“

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aid of machine shearers which a manipulated by experts ivlio ma“ anywhere from $10. to $30. a day The goats are sheared twice a re“ and the wool brings a good ma, A champion male angers. goat M“ fetch up to $1.500.

a few of these maggots in ordinary sand. A clear jar bottle covered ieoe of cheesecloth is the ese fies when they emerge are very fast flies and will beat.

not. padded. A cyanide jar of them for future ex- ——- One of the great. troubles mliik iﬂimers me up against is ilrliiary calculi, or in every dtiy ianguage bladder stones. Why mink should‘ be particularly susceptible to these is not. known, bu‘. it would seem reasonable that. the disease mm, be more general in sections ivherc there is u lot of lime in the Water Castro-enteritis 0r inflammation of the stomach and intestines is m. other trouble that mink brcederq are up against and that no doubt is a. dietary one, probably due 1° too much roughaﬂe being 1159i w. ourselves remember when we werg in the habit of using too mucr roughage and svriliar disease; as. veloped among our foxes. Now t1 is practically non-existant, Mainut. rition due to rickets and Vitamin B deficiency, screw worm infesta- tions, fur chewing and outbicniq of infectious diseases and pnrilslllc in- festatlons are added conditions m; mink breeder must. deal with.

Various ways of dealing with have been tried and OMB fly traps and baits have proved now is the valuable. In a few instances as

tiles have been trapped yvlthin a very short time. Traps must. be bait.- 15 under 5e11- ed and cared for and baits should

kept.

5t order to prevent the larvae of the flies from developing in these baits mi ounce of borax added to a gal- lon of water suffices. Some control of the parasite can be carried out by raking the premises and burning carcasses o! the flies and lit- ter. In some cases Equal puffs 0i.’

and est.-

been spread on the raked ground in order to kill the larvae. so far we have no evidence of these fly pests in the Marltimes, although

In the Toronto papers recently there was a very striking advertise. m9!" by B Toronto furrici- silqgest. ing that; the ladies of Toronto in their purchases leave the ixooi for service uniforms and wear furs, stressing the fact. that furs are got ‘ only warmer but. more beautiful u _ well. The above is taken from Fur Trade Journal of Canada. Sept- ember number, which incidentally t; a very attractive publication con. tainlng a wealth of interesting material.

Now that the scent of skunks can be noticed from the precincts of the most luxurious hrmes of our city it may be interesting to note that the scent. of a skunk is a very g00d coyote bait. and two or three drops of this potent element is sufficient. The party who recommends it. says it. is sometimes hard to carry this stuff in liquid form without getting badly odorized, but itcan be mix- ed with lard and carried in an old vaseline bottle or small jtir with u screw top. This mnv b:- ziil right for oovote trappers, but the writer —and we don't, believe any of our readers-mould care to carry round any of the above bait! One would certainly not be very popular in anything like exclusive circles.

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