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(1111-1113 the winter _, er een’s exemplify 111 that they

5 :11 smile in face of @5111 .; and a stemer 1111111-1111 of extermi- 1.1m however-.11" m‘ , 111111 tnirlnion. 1111911!- nil only bznv to the in- lrr a grim struggle with nus-the broad leaved

oU-cr ecnlfcrs will be 1111 .plres of the "11 in bold relief

-, as it 1- the i free, and deserving Y 80 known 1.11111 upon drying . litter the floor-rug with . spruce, on the other 1. so thoughtftil when it

harmony of Christmas’ bebroken by the caco- liiecarpct sweeper! House-

.ore lokc good care the). .1. 11 selected for the Yule-

... i11- ls identified by its Jlié-iifiefi leaves. which 1 . and dark green above,

all inch long, fin/c (not ~11 we t11o=c of of .11-moved and blunt or rlightly- nofchcd at. the 1 lravcs are Sharp pointed. branclm near the top of L11:- concs stand erect.

111111 drops of W189i;- - . "1112 spruce cones

cs 1n z the white blisters 1 111v wounriin: branch the balsonx i= made no . 11-11011 1t 1s said to be l6 a r11111111r-rr1z1l enter- - 1c p.111. of Canada. “is 11 v11 in laboratories 11- '11 ws are stuffed 11 _’1‘l1e wood on- facturc of wood

1r ' "if. so 11.11111 as spruce four true flrs found In Tier arc 11w 11:11 am," A1- ‘id c1111 R1111 or Amubilis r 11:11am cvtrnds across while tire other three are n. -‘ ‘as Fir (also called c» is neither a, true 1r r])i'1lCi‘_ This will ' when it is ex-

k. 1- fo11nd in Ai-J - Columbia. It; is n11 (‘nnadian trees._ . lrvi-zlit. of 150 to 111- r-wrt. bracilcss A 111" . those 0f the 11nd have three 1"11:1:s bracts at.- 11: of the scales. r-rvxs n1“ "harp- to the blunt

super- Gnfery. ‘cave of ' v 1101-:- l’) . r-cntrc i11 1.

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KERBY WOOD

us has a different thought. as to the proper interpreta- tion of “What this country needs." It is my opinion that it needs far more bird boxes. The feathered friends should be encouraged to‘ come and settle 1n our towns, but oi late most. towns have been diswiuazin! the birds by (M11118 down much of the old, back-lot shrubbery stands ma; provided nesting sites for the dainty wzu-biers and aristocratic members of the sparrow tribe. The result has been an increase in the insect hordes around towns during the hot part. of summer, and the increasing number of mosquitoes infesiing our streets prove that we need far more or he Swallow family to nest near us and go to work on our behalf. If only f1-om ihc viewpoint of useful- ncrs alone wc should encourage the i1." s to establish their l1o111es a.- round our homes bv every means in our power. and this is apart from the teat. pleasure their cheering melo les and lovely pmmages give

us.

Every’ town home needs at least three ird boxes around it these designed m suit the indillidliili taste of tree swallows. billebirdsand robins. Farm homes should indulge in greater numbers, at least. eight with swallow boxes predominating. And I would so much farther than that. too. and claim that town 5411111198. town parks, station parks, and auto camps should have a gen- erous quota of bird boxes scattered judiciously throughout their areas, and it should be compulsory, from a: educational standpoint alone, to have many varied b d-boxes ground every schoolin the coun-

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It; is I11 very well to say that many towns have planted rees at

119-118. Dorks. station grounds. a 001s. lfld auto camps. and that these should provide enough nat- ural cites for nests without bother- ing about the artificial boxes, but the point must be remembered that many of the most: beneficial spec- ies are incapable of building nests on the open branch and require a. ready-made excavation for their homes. The woodpecker trtbe are the carpenters the bind world. and the numerous holes they make in dead trees and stumps provide many other species with ai that; they depend on. But in parks, on biouvurda, in school erounds and tuto camps. such dead trees are naturally viewed as eye- aorulnd are promptly cut. down and carted away to keep the wounds clean. Thus the hole-nest- ing b an deprived oi’ not sites and so it can be readily un- densfood um artificial boxes must be provided for them if we hope to them to nest. in and a- round our public grounds.

‘rake the swallow family for dis- cussion. Years age we had many healthy colonies of that beautiful flyer. the Bum Swallow. nesting in the eaves of barns in and around ww-ns. And than the notion was broadcast that the fat-bodied ver-

bed bugs, despit easily available proof to the contrary. and this false rumor spread and in many

towns and farm settlements the poor Barn Swallow were blacklisted and their homes down where- cver established. Now the Barn Swallow is scarce in manv towns and around many farm homes. Yet this bird feeds exclusively on aerial insects above open spaces such as wardens, farm yards. and grain fields and does only good in return for it: site under the eaves cf mans buildings. ‘they prev on mosqui- . or imiance. i; $11111» iifé“’irl°“l.f“lf°‘f" ‘Efiiiié 53351113 ' o e g a y. gllitl-buiidéngs should be provided for e ". 1'11"; egwaliows have fared better in the oubiicb favor than their forked-tailed cousins of the bums. and this trim-bruit. glossy H6611 swallow fakes vex-v readily to boxes placed on poles. In the wilds they depend almmt. entirely on the weedpeckers for nesting hoes. favor- ing frees near water. ‘But. tree cut- ting around settled parts has dc-

Average Value 0f Occupied Farm Lands

OTTAWA. Feb. 24 —(CP)— For the ilhird successive WM". aveIBBB value; of occupied farm lands in Canada. was $24 an acre. the Dc- minion Burcau of Statistics report- ed today in its 1937 survey.

The gym-age value includes im- proved and unimproved land. to- getiherr- with dlweiiinl boil-WT. b51115- and all other form buildin85~ Aver- age land values in Canada have been declining since i928. when they were can an arr-e. Low P01111- of $33 an acre in 1934 and an in- crmse to $24 an acre wok P1859 1“ m4. Since 1m um- MW Nmflimd

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Increases in average W‘ w“ land valued m 1921 were reported in Prince Edward I-land. QIWJW- “"121. ‘1"‘.‘.,.“.l‘““§.”.°. “l: $55.3

effl 15C 0C1‘ 3 goalie. New Brunswick and 3111-1811 Columbia. Saskatchewan and Al- be-rto. valued remained ruwhan-Bcd- The bureau r ‘d that in the PM?» i0 years. the (meanest decline in landvai-uec anamctook 1111108111 the airie provinces and the small- ect line was in Nova Scotia. and New Brunswick. Average value H11 more for Canada in i937 ww 65 D61‘ cmi of the 1112c cverace velve-

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1113M“ qualify. Molt. finely pulverized Bulk or bags. Write for prices.

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“111-Mlle. Saint John 60., 111.11., 3- G- 8. ADAMS, Manager '

from Brookvliie. You I

11 wnxn cowrm or racer-roar, 0pm“)... vmu. iasuzs unc-rmo rm: uses up 8.5332251,“ rmnmu. usouncrs av m1. LUDLOW "N513:

WINE“ “will Q1 Plflhv natural sites 110W. liilti ill £01118 LiiaiIiiJQ [.1115 beautiful and beneficial bird L a...

low boxes un Len 100i posts around Parks. schools. and auto camps ivuuta inc-an m1- iess mosquito Dru-g i191‘ capital ‘

Puruu Martins, the largest and 1111111111» U111 best of the swallows w ‘fliiiact. f0 our homes. are de_ finitely 011 the wane in inunv parts o1 Canada, due to lack 0i ncsnng silos for one reason. The Martins 11.. colony birds. living tollether more happily 1111111 up 111111111115 1'11 tenements. Martins visit. each 011;. 91- 1191118» two-111) socmbly about life, time, and space. and provide ufriendly, homely glmqspum- a- 10111111 any human residence 311w 14"" ‘ W111 111911‘ prescmc. The 200:1 1119i’ do uvconiroiimg insects is immeasurable. Lverv cchool ground 111 i110 country should have a martin 120x, stoutly erected on a pole ~\-'@11il' feet up in the air out. i.- an °PE11 5110i. Martins like houses of eight. ten. and sixteen rooms, with R Dlcniilui array of new-hes at cn- Lrances and above the main roofs.

Adults ore too busy to bother a- bout. makzng bird boxes, so this chore is generally left: to boys. Well. suppodng a dozen boys of Grade Eight age got together with hum- mcrs. sun's. nails, and energy, and

11 generous supply of boards from boxes donated by stores. With each 1101111; one particular part. of the 10b. those twelve boys could as- semble more than fifteen bird box- cs were tightly made according to the proper dimensions at laid down in . Taverners booklet, “Bird 3011595 11nd Their Occupants" (free co les are provided by The Com- m ioner. National Parks of Can- ada. Ottawa. Wild Life Division.) 'I‘hat. would mean that thirty more birds would nest around those boys’ homes, thirty throats would sing to thcm, thirty tummies would require 91150111 111M!’ unds oi’ insects per day for the irst month's time, and then there would be one hundred and fifty hungry tummles. allowing four Win18 birds per femil , want;- ing food all the rest of t e sum- mer. Think of the flies. mosquitoes, and bad bugletr. of all kinds that would disappear down the little red lanes! And about half of the hundred and twenty young birds would reach maturity and go bag];

that; town next spring, and they would stay there. too. if that some dozen boys had put. in a few more hours of box-building and had en- ouch bird homes ready for the 1031011513’ singing throng!

Cleaning Andi Treating Seed Grain

(Experimental Farms Note) Every farmer who makes a suc- cess of live stock breeding is care-

and breed only from the past ani- mals, but many farmers fail to take similar care with their grain seed. It; should be quite evident that poorly developed seeds will not produce ‘healthy. vigorous plants, and that the uracticc of grading seed to produce a reason- abw uniform sample is well worth the effort. Besides maintaining the uniformity and vigor of the grain, careful grading gives an added benefit in the removal of weed seeds. Weed uroblcms

difficult cnoulig for the solve without. adding to them by

with the grain.

The successful farmer is careful to control any parasites or diseases that may attack his live stock. and also. with reference to his seed. realizes that smut diseases. which take n heavy tol.‘ of the grain crop throughout the country. can be readilyconirolied by seed treat- ment. Most of these smut-s. namely. loose and covered smut of outs. covered smut. of barley. and bunt or stinking smut. of wheat. are car- ried on the out-"idc of tho secd coat and may br- very effectively ccn- trolled by ihc use of olthcr for- malin or mercury compounds.

Loose smut. of barley and loose smut. of wheat are more difficult. to handle. ‘Flicsc two u‘ are carried within the kernel 11nd arc not affected by surface treatments such as those mentioned above. The only satisfactory method known for the cor-itrnl cf these two diseases is the not water treatment. For the average farmer. ihis is not, .1. prac- tical method. owing to the fact that fairly exact urnier temperature must. be reached and maintained. Such beinrr thr- casc. the farmer who finds i155 sto~k of barlcv and wheat badiv infecied with loose smut would be well advised to =4:- cure smut free seed. If thi: is done and i111‘ new stock carefully l1a11d- led little trnulric should 11'- c11-

gmmfrrcr! from this source for several roars. Detatlrd il1s1i'\il‘1i0i‘l.”~ for tho

treatment of seed for smut mav be obtained by writlnv to the nerve-J. Eqngflmnrfni W-"ion or Labor- ntorv of Plant Pflhoincv. A con" of the circulars "Th" Pw\"-1'1ti0" of Smut-free cord" and "Tho (‘O11- n-ol of loo-c smut-in wheat" 111M’ he "ham-mg "c0 n11 TPPPYPSf. to the Bublirlhv 1.1111 Fr"~-1s1rm Brunch. Domiruc“ O-‘pnrtmeni: of Agricul- ture, Ottawa.

1 LARGE PliP CROP

incur-o a Inge crop or healthy. “gown; pups this yell- b! Yum"!

RUYAI. FOX FEED

“an”; Quin‘ former lemon; chow: that. the uo oi Royal will: I good meat ration In tho molt Mll- u" y], mom for the ranch I noun belt breedilll ""1"- num on 111ml 1m your cum will! M "i" direct l0

Tho Si. John Milling Company Lid-

lalai John New llruncwicl -

, prices occurred.

fui to weed out weak individuals

today arcg farmer m

sowing a fresh crop oi’ weeds along-

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Sound Progress In

Sheep Industry

Reviewing ihc pf-Eent 51,31,115 0g ‘h? 511E611 lllfilwlry 111 Canada at hi1‘: 1111111181 meclnrg nl ihc Orttario b11991) Pffldliflvro‘ Asociatlorf, held recently 111 'i'<11-o111o, A, A, M“. Millzm, Asmeiaticzi Chief. Field Services. Dominion Dcparmncnt oi Agriculture, pointed or 11131 me

Year 1937 was a particularly good ‘season is reported in the ranch of

m"? m!‘ 5116911 raiscrs thrc ghout. Canada. From the beginning of‘. 1937 1min October i. lamb prices T111“ 111111’ o. cent a pound higher '.

1no.1. scarce. A new array of spun ‘than in the prmious your. Wool 1

P11¢0= I01‘ the first seven montl1s1 of 1937 were also a1111reciubiv. high- 1 9r than in the corresponding per-t lod of 19x0. Durin‘; 1hr- 1111». tnrcc 1 months of 1931:. lain‘: prices reacted 111 keeping with other classes of live stock and were on a parity with 1935 values. Wool price. suf- fered a setback, but. forlunatcly a. considerable portion o." the 1937 @1111 W115 said before the .11-op 1n

Lamb consumpiion 1111s continued to expand Sheep raisuzs, in in- crea-ing rmmlzcrs. said .Mr. Mac- lviillan, were advancing the breed- ing _of them ewes, with 11 view of raising earlier lambs and Io taking advantage of the excellent summer market 111111112‘ tho gnurist; irudc was

811} its height. film-ks of storage lamb. as at Junuar‘. 11138, were down approximately 30111009

Polilld as comparrfl 1v £11 January, 1937. There was. tl-tcreforc, no im- mediaie pro 1cm . far 115 the market outlet for 0111121111311 11m‘: was concerned

The sound economic condition of the commercial side cf the SiiILD

111du~.tr_v was, 1c some cmcrr. at lea t, rcspoiisibie for one oi i110 best. yra ' 1.119 ]1l.ii‘f‘-i)l0(i brcc-lcrs

1c resume of the world fur

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIA_N

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS

CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming

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The inst litter of the 1938 fox

Lemuel Frizzle, Royalty, A young female had six pups born February 23rd. We wonderi anybody has an earlier: one to report?

We are indebted to Dr. Leo Monk for a copy of the Raw Fur Bulletin ublished in Chicago and dutcd Fe ruary 18th. 111111011 gives situa- tion. Glancing iiirou l1 it we find that skunk is report soid in Jan- unry at a decline of 35 per cent, opossum 35 per cent and other miscellaneous raw furs about. 25 percent.

Fromm ‘Bros. auction sale oi‘ silver foxe. held at Hamburg. Wisconsin last week snowed a sec- ond day offering of 7,480 pelts. These were sold at prices about 5

r cent above the open market:

u’. c011sirlercd about l5 per cent lower than prices paid last Sep- tember. The offering was of full silvers and was pirrchascd almost c11*i1'clv by New York buyers. The sale was conrudcrrrd a satisfar-tory one. "Fcrlcrnl" full silvers were 85 per cent auctioned off. These were pelts (onshnezl 11y otlivr hnrdcrs to Frommls sale and marketed by Fromm‘; traclc name of “Fccicl-als." They are advertiscrl in fashion magazine... through a fund crcatr-d from vcommissiortr; obtained in sell- 1112 the furs ni Frommfis auc'i0n. The top price for a "Fccicral" pelt. wa". S100 111111 111e- ioiiwvt fizurc $28.

have cx11eri911cer1forron1c 111-no. Ap- plicuuons undr the Ram Grading and Rum Premium policies oi‘ the Dominion Department of Ant-ul- turo indicated that. not only has the quality of pure-bred stack D9011 11p to standard but in addition sale; of pure-bred graded rams 10 grade flock owners were on the in- crease. The ability of Canadian shee exhibitors to Qompete suc-

ully against outside competi- tion at Canadian shows and at. the Index-national Exposition at Chicago had done a. great deal to elevate the prestige of Canadian 511F913. This. combined with the reputation of the sheep for health and lnrd- iness. had made it possible for Canada to expand the export bus- ines". in pure-bred sheep.

The importance of the export tmde in pure-bred .-l1ce-1 could not, be too stron Cmllhcsivcd. The growing dema for Cunarhan sheep for export indicated timt in the eyes of many countries Canada. ‘ reaching a. position of meilgc "nilar to that. held by breeders 111 thc British 1510-1. where seed stock of sufficient. erwellcnce in brced type could be purchased. No one knows better than the breeder himrelf the competition their. had to be faced in the export oracle: the skill and care necessary to produce outstanding individuals. Many of the most skillful breeders were men with small flocks and modest means, continued Mr_ Mac- Millan and he suggested that mt least. three outstanding rams of each of the recognized Canadian breeds rihouid be pirrchascd. and be mode available for mating wii-h the best ewes of these breeders. The original cost and maintenance of the rams could be undertaken by joint arrangement. as between the provincial sheep breeder“ ris- scclatlons and the Provincial and Dominion Governments.

COOK DINNERS THOUGH BLIND

NEW YORK. FY31). 23—(CP)—- The Brooklyn Red Cross donated a Braille cook-book of the labrst (ii-hes to the Blind Players Club, 1nc., and to show their apprecia- tion two blind women menilbcrs of the club prepared a luncheon for the 12 members of the irrvsfuto- Lion group.

Miss

Katherine Donnciiv and Miss Sarah Oliver Drellilwd 111° meal from ihc new cook-book-

Dru-lng the cooking Miss Donneliy con-ultcd. her- wai-cll. n 51160111111“ constructed model with n hinged cover and raised 11111111 and hour marks. The dlSii€S were voted cx- cellent, 1n taste and :1}1:1.".11'-\110i‘- The women said 111o_v_ could rook 1111311111111 simq-lv, 1111u11p111111r- r-r-n

owners and slmrpvn k111vr‘. 11-1111- ouf. trouble. and identify 111r~ rur- ious conlniucrs of 11121-1-1110111». with

the use of raised Brail

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Mary

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lug’ No little girl was ever so ailacircd to her ‘Ilecldy as is Mary. the Whipsnado 1311c.) 7.0:)‘ brown bear. You see Mary has a renl live Teddy of im- very nwn. her thrce-d<1_v-n1<l c1111. F11» yppi

its birth such a secret. that oven

And everywhere that Mary ems-even if ii-‘B d-cwn to thr- pcoi to get. .1 <11- too. It. travels with iio 11M‘! in M9115 mill?“ i“ ycu rec here. ('10s. it's n11 right. slid 11cm. i1 vrry

genVy.) If you think shc might- 11161 M “

The average for the collection be- ing $46.61 for the second day of the sale and $47.84 for the first rlayflx sale. The top price for n Ffxnnm Bron full silver was $210 and the low prlcc s36. T111- uvo day salc rcsulted in over three-quar- ters of a million dollars worth of pelts changing hands.

The Bulletin has the following tc sav with reference to the re- moval of duty on silver fox furs entering the United Stutes-“Siiver fox is one of the furs listed to be discussed tinder proposed recipro- cal trade with Canada. Wholesale manufacturers. dealers and retail- ers attending the Fromm sale were asked 1o sign petitions prepared by ihc (nnipany. roqucsting the tariff rccini-ur-iiy committee of ihc Gov- ernment to maintain ihc present 50 per cent duty on silver fox. Ranchers and breeders of this ‘pelt