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B! AGIIICOLA

CAPTAIN IIOEPENICK

When I was living in the 01d Country there occurred _ln Germany an inc dent that created much amusement and at the same time sin: d up the unique national dccilify of pre-War Germany, In 1903 there lived at Potsdam, near Berlin. a cobb er of convivial tastes and criminal habits: I forget his real name but that doesn't. matter, One day this man tcok it into his head to g0 to tlie little town of Koeiz-enick for a cruise. and on t‘ie wry he acquired (probably by tlzeft) the uniform of a captain in the Grrman Army. The posses- sion of the military habihments set his "HWY nutter” working at sperti. and he hatched out a plot which, it must be admitted, rival‘- ed the best of the comic operas then in vogue.

CJrL-cd 1'1 tlic Captains uniform. he ('i‘.["'f-‘C1 the iowii. anti seeing some soldiers at. drill. he authorita- tively crmtrardcd them to follow ivin to the Town Hall. The sight of the tuiifoim was sufficient; they followed him fike sheen. On arriv- iri; at ti“ Town Hall. he summon- ed the li/Iayor‘ and City treasurer: tiiid those functionaries that they must produce the "cocks of account , llic lvys cf the safe. because ti had b'en ccmnloiirs of in: racticx which the Berlin gov- f“.’lllll"‘l‘.t hnd determined to clear up. The two officias were astound- cd: and more so when he ordered the soldiers to arrest them and take firm to l3=rlin under guard. Thenf iiic coast being clear. the woiflhy 'ii walked off with the City's

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f". ". Of ceiirs" when thy" Mayor nzxi liis companion arrived at Ber- li". i'ic .c came to light and "Ciyziiiu Koepenick was famous;

ris nicturc appeared in the Tage-

i\i--" t‘"c Times. and all the chief lli'.\ “."l‘.§ of Eurorc, Tlic Kaiser lli‘\‘(I tlic story inirl liuiglicd: and s) l\l"\'ll (lid lhc Caiitiiints ncl np- |I"_'.| Ii) ii 67118111 type of min that

in four (lays tlilrigy-onc ineu falsely c: N's-Pd 1.0 It.

Ylncii Illf‘ rczil “CapP-in KOPD- -k" finally Illl'l1f‘(I up n a police . llf‘ gni. off br-ilcr than lie i'~ r-rvcrl; llf‘ was givcii a bottle of wiii an liiiirrri-al pardon. and a iilssllCfl~ for immediate travel a- brcad. Whether the city got back any of its funds. and what be- f'.llllf‘ of the gallant “ca-ptaln," lii~‘rr,v saith not

But llic story sliowcti a litilc of t t‘ .~pil'il of Grriniiii militarism to thc outside world. and how the ticz-iiiaii pcoplc everywhere were rltzuiiiiated by the office caste. The Zabcvii incident was another story 1i iiiosc cld days: ivlieii a Gcvinan din-vi" l'21l1 his sword ihrougli an /\l~.lll1lll ilCiiFdllt liccausc tlic lilt- tcr flKl iioi get out of his path quickly cnough. This was a litter in!) iiiucli ior the Germans them- solves (Alsace was Elsass those MUS] and tliei-c was a flutter in i‘. nriiuspniicrs, ‘out it was soon .u| c~'.~c(| L

‘iii:- younger generation of Ger-l nhiiis today are just as infintuatetl willi aJiiiy life, as obedient to ord- rrs. and as ruthless when the op- portunity comes, If thc Allies were ti) \\'ill llic war tomorrow, there liiilltl siill r4. fin ihc (terrific. pro- iiirzu oi dealing with i1 people whose iiiriitnliiy morally, and ctiiics, are so immeasurably different from

ours. GOOD PAY

lii f1 finiiily magazine 1 rcad that -‘ii~ Prc - 111 of Lcvcr Brothers (I “y ill Miissuchwcit-s, got as 5.11 lllI bonus iii 1938, the sum of $160,713. The inagitzine does not s.i_v what the L B. Co.. is cirgagel ill, iirr what. llic President does icr his hali-inillion. but it must be fiil important. Tiic head of llif‘ Air. . an Tobacco ls not so wcll off! his income is only $331.- 3-18.

Now. dear reader. if you are "not c.:~1_v affected by nausea procure a

crpv of "Tobacco Road" and see 511w ili..- grovccr.» 0i llic piivgcvil. urstl c . l will notice 1 don't ii c t“ livc 1L may be said in.i: .ii.s .~. tciinn: but. it is only too true that the plight of the

producers has been put by writers who depend r. more Illllll on inngln-

Rvad" says a

. st "n3; inciitr" and

_ iitlil "hl_.. us well! But it shows without niincing matters. the depths of degradation to which

IIi/IJ~_I(SS poverty can sink a p80- i‘ i‘

‘llic "S,*.1.ti'y and bonus“ dodge

f: cizinc to my uoticc 0.1 read- ii _, Rgport of the Stevens C41 ~I¢4 ion. iTheie is a copy 1n i119 Pii-lllit Llornrjy), A certain em-

poycr got 60 or 7D thousands dol- l-ufi annually as "salary llld bfiIllFi" thus" who didn't know all the forts could find liltlc fault \\"‘rn tclrl t'.i't his saary was $12.- 030 1151‘ aiimim.

Nature Notes

lluiigarinr Partridge. Thcrc ‘are at least two flocks of these birds

No writinq, No money ozders. No bother. Just phone, o1 drop in.

Arthur ll. Bryenton. Kenalngtiin. J- ll. Campbell. Alllstnn.

.1. llarry Green, Central Bedcqur. George Mulrhcal. st. Eleanor’;

Francis B. ‘lralnor. Vernon lllvrr T- Taylor, gprlngflcld.

r11 {h};

m‘ he district. on n diur

"011 0f a bird brought ion I Ina the shooting m. miéu with “d ‘t °°'“"'°‘°‘Y Imppers I the remain. or grasp- that for n tum My u is “idem the bird pi‘; 9t me "m? “t 1"“

_ ie farmers frienqp Pwbably arm»; this there m3 be balanced the fact that it lsyalso f- kraln eater as ts shown by its ‘fugitive the vicinity of sat stacks consue If“ winter’ and by n“ f“ ml? 0H of grain laid out by

Jlzleasa when other food is scarce. Calegd ry Thaw. The Naturalists Jam“ Br mtells us to expect tm and 201?}! aw between the 10th u“ h 0f the month. This Jan- resye Ls-rbeen exceptional in some V D c out the weatherman did 1y f0 5188c the thaw midway be- lézlcernnthe two dates, not very 5pc- [his lusty however. On the night of will mh after a rather cloudy day m r e wind in the SE. rain set- ms Orba short time, as the g1“, t e a ove freezing point. 1mm it tanned to what we call a “sliver fir". by the golrning of the 16th.

“"1191? n rlaln. As a rule grltain has a milder winter than hm?“ m" Germany. the latter

av ng a winter comparable to our Wn- Every once in a. while. how- "1911 England Bets a real taste oi Fluffy weather that ties up ti-ar.

c for two or three days at a 11mm and Provides work for snow- shovellers for two or three weeks in country districts. I remember that ",1 Newcastle. in 1896 the snow was lliied up in the streets just as it is in Charlottetown after a heavy 5'14"" 5WD"; and gangs of men shovell~d it into carts whence it “'55 dUml-IQU down "manholes" into the drains. Snow-"loughs al.- tached to engine: ran all night to keel! the lines open in the hilly dlstri ts but did not always suc- ceed, rains got stuck in the deep 9117311185 f0!‘ two days on the lines Yllmllllll to Scotland and had to be dug out by hand labor. while the passengers had- hot coffee and food sent in by the country peo- Dle. There were twevc local trains stalled iii ihc snow that. time and the passengers were without. food for several hours. That. storm was on March’ 1st and 2nd. 1886, On New Years night. i875. a new snowstorm blew up and the railway cuttings filled, so that more than a score of trains. local for the most port. were staked till tlic next afternoon. During the block in the Derwent Valley (a fcw miles from Newcastle) a woman was delivered 0f l Child in a third class com- partment. Mother and babe were transferred to a first-class com- partment and made as comfortable as circumstances permitted. He had a mighty rough start!

It‘! an lll wind etc. On Jan. 17th as a Tynemouth man was walking along the cliffs. he saw the beach covered with hundreds oi’ live fish. The news spread. and people from the seaside villages and the town of Tynemcuth, were soon on hand collecting this harvest of the sea into boxes and baskets. They were at work for hours. and some, who took their "catch" to the North Shields fish market (where it was shipped inland). had to use trucks. There the cod, "W1. hurl-lock. con- ger eels. and other fish brought. flood brices 1t wts believed that t.‘ ~ fish had been spurned by ex- plosions at sea. forced to the sur- face. and driven ashore by the craves before they could recover A spectator told my informant that most of them were alive when picked up

WATERPROOF LIMEWASII

When I lived in Newcastle on hie. I took over an allotment gar- den from an od gardner who had. by reason of age, to retire from business. In it was a good gieen- house. l4 to 20 feet, from which I derived both pleasure and pro-’ fit. Now the heat and moisture. so necessary to plant life. would have been most destructive to the woodwork of the greenhouse tor glamhcuse. as some called it) had it. no? been protected bv a coat- ing of a special whitewash. in which fallow was one of the lu- credieiits It was Just as sound on the day I sold it. to come to Can- ada, as on the day I bought it — several years having elapsed be- tween. Outside pallngs, said to have been painted with the mixture fif- teen years before. were still white a1"! bright.

examin-

Recently I took the notion to write to a relative in Eialand. asking her to get the recipe for

this whitewash from some news- raoer. as I thouoht it would inter- est my readers. Instead. she wrote to the Institute of Park Administr- ation, Northern Branch. and had a

reply from the Secretary. which I subjoinr- "Dear Madam: The quantities

reouircd for whltewashing posts or ralli-igs (that. is. pallngs and etc) outdoors, which wll! stand the weather for a considerable time. are: from 7 to i0 lbs, fallow. ac- cording to quality. melted and mixed with 112 lbs fl cwtl 0f staked lime. not whitening. 1 have fovrri that mixture to stand about as well as paint and oiilv a fraction of the cost. Yours faithfully."

As a postscript he adds: "For shading greenhouses in the Suin- mertime from the strong rays of the sun. a handful of iommon salt to three lbs sliiked lline. mixed in a nail and put on with a wliitc- wash brush wifl stand a whole sea- son.“

The whitening or whiting ment- loiv-d Above. is finely around chalk. and must not be used. It will be no'lced that he does not give thc amount of water to be used: which must therefore be determined by experiment. I hope to get this and other points cleared up before en- rricg the recipe into my scarp- book.

NOTES 0N ISLAND PLANTS THE OXALIDACEAE

The pretty little Wood Sorrel] (Oxalla Aoetolellll is. I f-bluk- rare on the Island: I remember t have seen it but once. and that was many years ago. It prefers

the deep hardwood groves, where

iwizaiuv tiviasrocxi MARKET neroin i

Ottawa. February 1. SUMMARY

The catle trade was character- ized by its dullness during the past week. Prices failed to respond to moderate receipts and, with dc- mand mostly of a local character at all major centres, certain cusses dropped 15c to 25c. notably at To- ronto and on Alberta markets. With a very limited outlet to the United States. heavy steers at present are among the poorest sellers. lost. $1 at Toronto. gained 25c to 50c at Montreal and elsewhere l~el.1 . about steady. The hog market was '

ciine at Toronto. Lambs also lost. 25c at Toronto but other markets held last week's levels.

Eastern Cattle Markets l

A dull cattle market left. abgui. 200 cattle unsold at TORONTO after prices had dropped 15c to 25c on steers and heifers. weighty steers dosed up to $7.50. and but- cher steers and heifers mostly up to $7.35 with a few tops $7.50. Other L 0185565 of cattle held about steady. All prices remained unchanged at MONTREAL, where steers sold no to $7.75 with one top load at $8. and cows made as high as" $5.50, A scarcity of choice and good cattle l in the MARITIMES served to ad- vance prlces on ton quality hut. ,others held just steady. Steers ranged up to a top of $7.50. l

Western Cattle Markets

With a sharp curtailment of out- side orders enquiry at WTNNIPEG was pr"'n.cipally' of a local charac- ter and, while prices were not greatly disturbed. they failed to show any improvement. All heavy steers were sefing under pressure and practically iicnc ivere taken above $6.75. with iiicst sale; at $6 5.’) and below. Mcdiuin to eocti honclywcizbt sixmrs ratcd $6 in $0,751 and a few tops uncle s7. CALGARY was slow with biitci:ci' steers. liravv cows and hulls 25c lower. Medium to good steers brought $5.75 to $6 35 and some tops $6.50. At. EDMON- TON good lo clioicc slccrs vcrc about. siczidv but lioifcrs wcrc 15c to 25c lower and cows iverc down 25c. The ton of tlic stccr division was $8.75. Other Western markets were mostly draggy. afthough un- changed in price with the high at. PRINCE ALBERT at $6.25. MOOSE JAW and REGINA $6.50. and SASKATOON, where some classes dropped 25c Cl‘ more, the lop ivzis $7. VANCOUVER was active and steady up to $7.25.

The United Slates Market

c dccliiic ion stccvs at

it send up a Eiiile cluster of trifoliate leaves. and short stems with a single white-Detailed ffower

Calves I

undisturbed except, for a small de- f

| partridges.

on each. 'I'liis plant. is abundant in Great. Britain nntl Efurop“ as ‘is several ziaincs intiicuic: in Eng- land it is called Wood Sorrcll, anti Alfeluie- llic old inonkisii chi-on- iclers and herbalists rcfcr to ii. as I-Ialleluyah; and in Wales it is “Fairy Bells." In Fraipc it is the Surcl c, Ossillc. or Poi d" coucru.

(' choc-bread.) 1t c "izfifics the title of "Sbamroclfl with cuc of the clovcrs in Island.

The leaves of the Wood Sorrel

are sensitive to cold. darkness. or blows: under these conditions the leaflets hang down, back to back, for protection. Thc clovcrs are sensitive too. but act diffcrentfy: when night falls i\v0 of ilic 12:11- lefs rise face lo facc. and iiic third rises and encloses them The ob- ject 1n each case is to present less surface to ilic cold air, Lastly the Wood Sorrcl produces peculiar small cleistogainiir nwcrs "pre-

MABSIIFIILD.

I CONSERVATION I

A WEEKLY COLUMN OI? PRACTICAL OPINIONS 0F THI; VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE USES AND ABUSES OI‘ NATURAL RESOURCES BY MB. LUDLOW JENKINS.

L More than 250.000 up and game ‘birds were distributed in Wiscon-

sin in 1939 by the slate experiment- al game and fur farms here as Wisconsin for the second successive year, established an all-time record in game-bird production. The 1938 record, which previously stood as the largest achievement in the world. was 192,668 birds. The 1939 increase of 57.633. making a total of 250,301, included preasants Chukar, Hungarian. and Valley and wlid turkeys. the Conservation department announ-

ce . In the 250,301 flgureare included]

ton for 1940 will be siglitly iii- creased over the past year. He est- irnuaa a minimum 01' 125.000 day- old pheasant chicks and 15.000 day- old Chukar chicks will be distribu- ted The estimate of total distri- bution of birds in all species and ages for 1940 is 275.000.

Of particular interest in experi- mmta. plantings, said MacKsiizie. will be the sticking this spring of 2.000 mature Chukar partridgt-s in early June. 800 mature Reeves , pheasants in mid May. and 100i Nepal Kaleegs pheasants in early

ay. ‘rue experimental farinfls fur

these; .section in 1939 produced for liier-

PHEASANTS, 38,963 estimatedlatlon 1.020 gray, black and cross ch.cks from 45,954 has, cinajor- raccoon and 33 back, cross, and‘ ity of these eggs distributed red foxes. January 1 inventory;

throughout the state in early May to cooperating sportsmens groups; 108,504 day-oud ringneck, mongol- ian, Formosan, and mutant chicks. distributed ln the same manner; 50,812 four-to-five-weeks-old cnicks (ringnecks, blacknecks, Mongolians Formosans. mutants) groups and clubs and

held in

delivered to l

showed 990 fur-bearing and game animals on hand. In the farm's pathological laboratory. 16.276 spe- cimens were treated and examined and a determination was made on 1,019 samples and specimens ln the chemistry laboratory.

11B. Kellogg Jr., manager of the I farm. reported that 70.000 persons‘

broader units until of stocking age: from 45 states and eleven foreign,

‘$1.359 birds liberated; 17,003 mature birds liberated; 110 mature Reeves pheas- ants liberated. PARTRIDGES. 1,827

Chukars liberated; 1.762

mature

Valley partridge.

WIL-D TURKEYE, 912.-

During the past year breeding stock on the farm produced 450.628 game-bird eggs. The January; 1. 1940 inventory showed 24.521 irds held for breeding and spring stock- ill , announcing that the farm's in- cubator capacity has been increas- pd to total 163.000 eggs. single ruu. Wisconsin's Conservation Director" 11W. MacKenzie said tlreAprQcIuc;

‘Foroiiio, Buffalo prices looked a llltli-i iwtlev this week, Some sales of Canadian steers were imide at $8.50 and a few others down to $7.75, Quotations at St. Paul on medium to good Canadian steers were $7.25 to $8. ton cows $6.50. and bulls $5.50 to $6.50.

Exports to the United States dur- ing tlic week totaled 965 beef cat- tlc. 164 dairy and 839 calves. Sinn- iucnts to date this year total 6,314 beef. 919 dairy, and 3.370 calves. In the same period last year ex- ports w re 32,746 beef, 978 dairy, and 3.63 calves.

. Calf Market Uneven

Calves dropped $1 all told at. Toronto. choice veals closing at $12 to $12.50. while. on the other hand. Montreal calnrd 50c cm vcals. good kinds making $12 to $12.50. In fllf‘ west. there was no change and winning-g topped at. $11. Calgnrv and Regina $9. Edmonton $9.50. Privce Albert. $8.50, Moose Jaw $8. sqskatoon $10.50. and Vancouver

I).

$7.2

II/g Prices Mostly Unchanged

With the exception of TOFOIIIO- wliere live sacs were down 10c and dressed sales 25c, hog markets maintained last week's rates. Bacon-s r-lcsed at $8.90 to $9 off trucks at Toronto and $12 dressed. Montreal

paid $9.40 for bacons f. & w.. while .

Calzary was $8.45 off trucks, Ed- monton $8.50. Prince Albert and sggkgfcQn $830. and Moose Jaw and Rezri-ia $8.35. Vancouver was a little higher. slaughter hogs c‘os- iug n0 to $9.15,

cociously fertilized in t'.*e bud and particularly fruitful" ("Asa Giziv t I Our other species is the Ycllow Wood Sorrel (0. cornlculata strica.) Unlike the other, this Sorrel is everywhere. a very com-' mcn need in both flcld and gar-l deli. As its naiuc implies the flow ers arc _ye.‘low, In ‘xidia llic leaves are used as a trot-herb, The Piw- ness say that the buffaloes used to be very fond of the plant. |

THE GERANIACI-IAE

On visiting l-luiitci‘ Rivcr a fow years ago the vrriter was zigiemby ’ srrprised to find the Meadow Cranesblll (Geranium p r a t c ll s c) growing by the waterside. The Crancsbllls or Geraniuins require. a rich soil. not a sandy one, and i as most soils of that quality are itaken up by cultivated CFOfJS, the Cranesbills- have litte change of making themselyzs at home in the Island. It is probable. too, that the i severe cold of our winters is too‘ much for these plants, for I have tried on several occasions to grow other Brtlsli species but. without success. At. present 1 ltavc under trial in the rockery. thc Shining Cranesbill (G. lucldum) which grows on old walls as for North as the Shetland Islands, and om awaiting with interest to sec whe- ther it will HIPVlVL‘ our ivintcr. The Cranesbllls take their iiainn from a long bcak-‘ikc structure to which she seeds are attached. When the fruit is ripe. the beak splits, curls. and disuers-rs the seed, The house "Geranlums“—\vliich arc scientifi- cally Pelaroonluins hnvc the siimc gpngrhils for dispersion,

The Meadow Crniirsbill has ra- ther showy flowczs. about an inch ‘across. and of n biuc-puriile cifor. boriic in loos:- clustcrs. The lcavcs_ are coarse, and deeply divided. in thc sty of tlic "sccnicd acr- nviiums" grown as linisr-pmfiiis. There is a rarer wlilie-flo\vcr"d ‘qrlptv, The Geranium grandi- florum. advertised by iiurscrymcn. is cavcelv ti) be distinguished from this sncclcs,

I like to hollcvc that "the mean- cst flown that blows" has virtucs that. will some dull 91111081‘ l? l0 medical science. 1n this connection it is worthy of note that ruatics of Northern England used to aooly' the Juice of the house Geranium (Pelarflonivm) to their barked knuc'r'es. It soeedilv coaaulatcd and ‘hardened the serum, formlnr. a ski-y over the wound, P:rhap= the wlri Grraiilums (or some of

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