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‘ land, boosts of a wfffigg’. fjfifon," w which the m, m the nus undint WW"? ilrfllmvlwd w send their milk. Now, K; “union " anosml’ be ‘will!’ m, individualistic enterprise parad- m “mm the lac-operative banner, md m; intent on the farmer's pro- ht ,1,“ on its own. ‘Ilo use a home- rly bu‘ appropflato 51111116, Q18 Mum," so; the cream. while the 1am“ ‘qg the skim-milk. John ; Bu“ h Mturally slow to move, being a pehcegul fellow in the main: but when he makes up his mind he m,“ witates to use drastic meas-

zweeh we price paid to the farmer, and m; price paid by the consumer became too steep, the farmers drove m town with their milk cans and gave away their milk to the towns- mh .1 m preference to giving it to the union," It would be interesting 1 know the end of the episode, but - e account falls us at this point. 11h, method however stands out in gimp contrast to that adopted by Ithose southern farmers who picket- fad the roads and pro - supplies 4mm reaching the towns in their jlidistrlcw. The “susvlter in modo" ipolioy is universally acknowledged ~- be more effective than the "fof- Ztlter in re " variety.

BOTANICAL NOTES f; 114,41‘ WALNUT. Since I penned yiiast week's Notes, I have received

tgrown at the Wlghtman Hotel,

‘Epartltlom thin and papery, and the fluttemut 1s longer and pointed m; Etna ends, and the partitions are Iivery hard and bony. The black wal- ‘inut is shaped more like the English Zwalnut than like the butternut, and Qths Partitions are moderately thick 11nd bony. There are several, valu- Iable qualities possessed by the

tdrltd leaves are a remedy for bots 1_.ln horses. Has the black walnut ;_t.his quality?

, THEHELXINE. There has lately 5PM! ""0 Prominence u house- ahni popularly called "Baby's Fem!‘ and having the scientific

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which you will, the plant is att act- ive being a perfect mat of tiny green leaves, round, and about one- eighth of an inch across. It has a great resemblance to a moss (thoulh it belongs in the Urticacase or net- tle family) and like a moss it pre- fers a shady place, and plenty of moisture. Helxiue is a plant you can

must not let it freeze. It is doing well as "undercover" in the Brean- house devoted to plant pathology at our Experimental Station.

rim LEONIDS

The Leonids of 1932 seem to have been a fizzle, like those of 1899. The writer kept a sort of desultory look- out for the meteors, but only on one occasion were any observed. This was at or near 1 am. on the morning of November 16th, when a dozen were counted in the space of about twenty minutes. The moon was three days past the full, and the sky was so bright that the met- eors were seen only at the lowest

an ‘auroral display. By two o'clock ‘(s friend tells me) the sky had

‘ ‘ ’ in ssaln: lndEed the sky was mostly clouded at the time the "shooting stars" were expected, It

would add to our interest to know if others had seen anything of the shower.

It is fortunate for us that our at- mosphere forms a protective shield against the constant bombardment

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- 8, I913, found its way into my scrup- hh, o, Helxmé sdelrolha um book, for it told of the destruction which astonished ma’ accustomed of the village of Alcocer, near VaL h“; m, w such language l om It encla, Spain, by an immense aero.

of meteors to which the‘ earth is subjected. These particles of matter I strike the atmosphere at very high

rates of speed, and the consequent gfrlction generates a terrific heut.

ffLower Montague. The English wan, The meteor is generally dissipated mu,’ "oh mo}, he“. m,’ h” the in the form of fine ashes or dust, ‘but if of large size, may reach the

earth only partially consumed. Many of such meteors find places in museums, and two, at least, are at- tracting the attention of scientific men by reason of their enormous size and the strange effects produc- ed by their fall: one of these fell in Arizona and the other in Siberia.

‘ . gush walnut, apart from the “m, The Leonids ire not the only_ ‘my o; 1,5 mnh For Wham,“ the iperiodic meteors. There are‘ the

Orlonides about the 19th October, the Andromedes on the 24th No- vember, and the Geminids about the 7th of December: but history does not credit these with a spec- tacular display. ,

A press despatch dated August

lilo (meteor) which fell from a cloudless sky shortly after noon. As the lurid ball of fire fell, a deafen- ing detonation was heard, and the meteor burst, scattering tongues of nre ln~every direction and setting on fire farmhouses. hayloits, and Bflfihered crops of hay, wheat and olives. The whole population had gone to attend a. requiem mass in the church, two miles distant. and but for that the loss of life would have been great. A! it sons were seriously burned and one af these died the same evening.

WILD DUCK FOODS

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‘Send me your wool to be spun into yam and wove into Blankets. The charges srepilngle yum is cents, doubled t0 cents per pound. Blinks-ll $2.00 sud if $1.85. It takes live lbs. of Icol per ‘Blanket. Wool must be well wash- ed and all dirt and burrs picked , out. The size of single yum ls med- ium and doubled yarn flue. iuediun and course. Put shippers name on all parcels and owners name. ud- dress and instructions inside. Send by mall or freight. Freight wlll be paid on 100 lb. lots.

Wm. LANDBIGAN. 65 Queen Street,

Charlottetown. quaintance says: "you cannot g0

into a house here, without seeing a gun!" 1 have not, however, heard of any great "bags," in fact the evi- dence seems to point the other way. With every man's hand against them the birds have got very ‘cute; and those that are shot are reported j as thin, from the failure of the eel- l grass. Tile latter statement leads to a consideration of the duck and geese feeds native to the Province.

Setting aside the eel-grass, which lhas been the subject of much at- tention by biologists and others, per- haps the pondweeds (Potamcge- tons) may be ranked first in order of importance. We have three spec- ies here, Potomogeton natans, P. praelongus, and P. pectlnatus. As I have observed elsewhere, one spec- ies grows at Cavendish, in the “Lake of Shining Waters." The last named species produces numerous tubers upon the rootstocks and these as well as the thickened wint- er buds, seeds, and leaves, are eag- I erly eaten by many kinds of ducks. The species so far found to feed on this aquatic plant ‘comprise the American. red-breasted, and hood- ed ,mergans2rs (locally “Shell- ducks"): the mallard and the black duck: the green-winged, and blue- wlngcd teals; the shoveller, pintail, and wood ducks; the greater and lesser scaups; thegolden-eye and

bums-head ducks; the whlte-wing- ,

ed, and the surf scoters, and the ruddy duck: all of which visit or frequent here. Some of these are indebted to the pondweecls for fully five-sleuth: o: their rood. There is no record of the utilization of the

pondweeds by geese, Next in importance is the water arrow-head (Sagittaria latiiolia), are eaten by

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e 08 y h 1mm Egg Laying Contest for the week L. . . 5.8 l "mm" by “m” l ° Lfimsm“ d ending November 2i, 1932. 111a Harold Laird, B. n. 4.a run BTANDAIB Bu" mars. nrodlwlfls 8w“ "l" we" "Y °l ‘emlmmy “a” e mmmfe’ Stand- . 1a s Mrs. .1. r. Easton, w. 1.. 2.4 -—' wlmmls whmve‘ ‘h°‘"" fnepmn? We“ ‘he daughters °r a 5mm s; ing of No of Owner's Tomi 1s 2o s. n. Pendleton, B. n... 3.2

(C. E. MucKensie) Lee” was bred by the writers prove to be good csildlllv We? i, pm pen name Breed pom“ 2o 3 Everett Howath win __

In former articles the writer father, the late Angus MacKenzie, trgp-neit r53: CXIIICX-Zslgecti 1 7 Exp Farm’ chwwn, B h, A Dhscolh manager o, mm gave f . a. meme descriptlorucavendlsn. “Nep," as he was fa- sa e pr p0 - . _ I _ _ 132,3 mt Dh _,_ A Clark’ shpeflhtemh of our leading harness horses of mlllarly called. was a son of Lady V’ we character for Pgg moduc | 2 9 Exp. Farm. Chtown. B. ent. Production 260 birds 23.9 per pflrller days and we now come t0 Milton, a daughter og- hnportcd tioIn. d t m “sum the pmduc- R_ you oehh 5m,“ eggs not Counted 23_ the advent o! the Standard Bred. Bnmbo, and whose darn had two: n 0r e1‘ ° ° ‘ 1 3 12 T711 Morrison’ B_ R“ __ 105,9 To the best of this writer's know- crosses of Roncesyvalles and one I tlvlty ofua firms‘? 01' fkilelflfilihfllrllznal 4 a Exp. Farm’ Chwwh. B mmhhg Pens m. week

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Ledge the initial importation of of Neptune, both thoroushbrsda- 1 g n. . . i. Pen Eggs on Standard bred horses to Prince Ed- well remember Lady Milton. She : hefllfllwe must be Rel"! in mllld- 5 4 John B_ Pooh,’ w_ L _v 654 7 57 5L2 ward Island was “All Risht," the was a dark iron grey mare that Bus?“ °2m°l“m°‘f“:é dejjzgmtf, s ll Mrs. J. n. McPhall, n. . 12 44 41.3

l - “'4' e ' s! 1 404 combined Product or ‘Tsnsatt-soould pull a wdseon all day at s "l" 8 °“‘ n. . . 5a. h a 4 . lAbdallah" and "Rysdyks Hamble- twelve miles per hour gait. Of hcr em- “: m” 9‘ deufitlfttzzzhlxf n‘: 7 i4 W. J. Reid, B. R, .. 55c a 41 37.1 ~ rted n colts o l Io r were from ll ht Pmdu” ‘m and “n 8 16 Walter Gre or B. R, .. 37-4 4 43 36-9 mum‘ Th” mm w“ ‘mp0 ta ny u g l nducive to normal development B ' by the lain Newton Lee of Bum- horses but every one could show a w“ 1 l “fleet result; 9 2 Mrs. R. Easter, W. L. 31.6 merside in 1m after the death of three minute salt. in not one colt , w‘ "’°““' "L t , l0 1a William Sansom. a. a. . 29-6 Leading Hens t- Date Kmgmrd at 9, 1305f, of $3000.00. by a son of Old Clyde got a mark‘ hT° get ta‘ “m5; accuzite hi; ‘cell! l0 Int. Fox. 8s An. Foods. Pen l-len Eggs Point: ' . ~, o no o a m e 1 »

l All Right may be rightly called of 2.42 1n New Brunswick. rshiufgege emied to a number 0MB. R. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 22.4 12 6 l8 u“ km‘ pm “our ‘moms stock That these horses were speed females The number of femaleslm 19 s‘ R‘ Pendmon’ B‘ R“ 2 '6 7 8 16 ' Am;- ghree years in service in producers is evident from the fact ' b th 13 17 Warren Dawson, B. R... 22-7 '1 3 l8 14-9 PM“, Edwud 1,15,“, he w“ mkenlthu ..D,,,,,,,,es5_~ mu brother of "qulriid ihwld m‘ ° 1°“ ffflm s John a. Lea, B. n. 21.4 1 e 11 14s to mud, n. s. by Mt. Lee but u. Neptune Lee. not being used in m" °' ‘M’ “d u w“ °' ‘WW’ ‘15 15 Wm. n. Brown, B. n... a1 11 a l6 14.5

was not long until his colts devel- oped and in 1888 Mr. Lee brought , "All Right," 2.42, back to this prov- ince, "All Right," his sons daughters have possibly produced more speed than the progeny 0! any other horse ever brought to P. E. Island. He has if I mistake not about one dozen in the rharln- ed circle while his sons "Black Pi- lot," “Neptune Lee," "Dauntless," "Billy MacKle," "Robbie Lee" and others have pv-luced wonderful performers in their time, for in- stance we have “Pilot J12,” 2.19, “Lady Pilot," 2.20, “Brilliantfl 2.24m. "Jewell," 2.2a, by Black Pl- lot," 2.80%; “Hamlet,” 2.16, "Twi- light," 2.22, "Bob," 2.26, “Georgefl 2.28, by “Nepzune Lee" (trial 2.32), and "Snatcher," 2.29, by "Daunt- less." This gives proof of this statement when one considers the class of mares bred to these horses while the daughters and grand- daughters of "All Right" produced such horses as "Ada MacK," 2.15%, “Parkwood,” “Parkland" and many others. , Of All Right’: sons Black Pilot and Neptune Lee would possibly rank first.‘ The former, bred by the Ducklndorfi’ Brothers, York Point, made a winning race record of 2.30% at Halifax, beating out the best available horses in the lMsritimes. HLs mother, Jenny, by Macfnnis Pony out of Phyllis by Saladan, was a wonderful brood

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females are included in the mating. the stud only left five colts andl ‘ .. ,. tso much the better. Mating a male fl, , t . y l di th b th 0d ~ 1 c“ so m Sam w“ c333‘. ‘3?....“Z..".°.?.Zii w; .32. 21?. progeny of “A” Right" have mo‘ ‘sire was a prepotent mule, would lduced greater speed, li we con-l

'b t th t th har tel- ‘elder the tlmc than the progeny‘ e o assume a e c ac I

of any other horse imported into the Maritimes. About the same time Mr. Lee brought "All Right’ lto this province another standard ‘bred horse "Abdallah Messenger," came from the United States. He was owned by a Mr. John O. Ranaghan of Kinkora. He was a large horse and produced good stock. His sons, Barney B, Confid- ence, Golden King and Parnell were good horses in their day and there were many speed prospects from sons of "Old Abdallah." l

In the year 1888 Mr. W. Mac- Leod and Judge MacLeod of Sum- merside purchased Hernando, a son of Aimont,

Hernando was a beautiful bay horse of good size that when cross- ed, especially with the progeny of All Right,” produced a wonderful class of brood mares. Among his sons that were producers of speed were Almont Wilkes, sire of Mont- n is much easier and more pm“ rose‘ and Rosemmlt Herbert R" tical to measure the transmitting m“ “"1 °‘"‘°d by M“ J°hn WW5» l ability of the sire than that of the‘ mw °! Newstew’ but mrmerly °f r-dam. The male bird can be mated.

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Margute. _ _ with a number of females at one‘ 1 Sh“ another ma, good horse time whereas this is impossible sired by Hcl-nfindo was “MacKennwlth the Iemales- T° Eel? a We‘ 210.5 Hernando]. Tiler, we have potent tést on a female would ne-

for high egg production was transy mltted bytno male only. This, however, ls not always the case. Where a given male is mated with a number of females and the pro- duction of the daughters is uni- form and high, it is fairly safe t0 . assume that the character for high -egg production 1s transmitted by the male in question. It does not prove, however, that this same character is not present in and transmitted by the females, moth- crs 0f the pullets.

A chick inherits apploxlnnttcly half of its, traits from the sire, and half from the dam. When ‘one of the parents possesses greater pre- potency than the other the off- spring takes after that parent more than after the other. 'I‘hereiore,' -wlth progeny from only a few' matings it is impossible to tell whether the sire or the dam has, been the larger contributing factor.‘

the trap-nesting of the daughters of Registered birds on the owners‘ plants. This policy, in conjunction with the Egg Laying Contests, fur- nishes the basis for the FY08"! testing of Registered male birds. Registered male birds which have the transmitting ability for high

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egg production as demonstrated by u, (7, L, lthcKAy, the e88 Production of their daugh- Charlottetown, tors under the Registration Progeny P. E. Island

Test will then be granted what is 6762-1l—26-sLt-5l. known as "Advanced Registry."

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GRAFTON STREETS Over Purdie é? Ferguson Shoe Store

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REMEMBER the Ranchers that disposed of

sesame that an: he mated was their Skins last year in the early part of the

the tubers of which

ducks, geese, and swans. The arrow- l , heads are found all over N. America, the Roman troops in Britain, find- and wherever the plant is abundant lng no employment there, passed large numbers of water-birds con- ' Over to Ireland and reduced it to at gregate to feed on it. The tubers, least nominal subjection. Juvcnal, a. (from 6 to 9 on a plant) are formed‘ Roman poet who wrote a satire in on runners in the mud: the Iargest_ A. D. 96, Just twelve years after being two inches long and one‘ Agrlcolofs last campaign, speaks of inch thick. This peculiarity has led Ireland (Juvernae Iltora) as one of

IlHarry 0., who was bred from a‘

Salndan mother owned and_raced by the late Harry Connolly, Char- lloticiown. ' "'" ‘

In the year i887, the late Al- lred Gourlie of Sulnmerside pur- ‘chascd the standard bred stallion Administrator, 2.29‘/.-, a son of Rys- f dyks ‘Hambletcnion 10. ‘This horsel when he came to this province was

season were broken up into short periods, which is inadvisable,

a. number of different males, and unless the matings for a particularl »,the time required to complete the test would not be comparable with the life of the hen.

It is important that all pullets l

sired by the male bird to be tested

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to the plant receiving the names of

“duck potato," "swamp potato." ,nnd “muskrat potato." It is easily ltransplanied into ponds where the f water is not more than a foot deep: ‘ Just press the tuber slightly mo» the

muddy bottom. This plant is found 1' at several points in the Island, not- ably at Cavendish and at South- port,

There is a pestllent grads known

the most recent acquisitions of ihc Roman arms. Irish traditions em- body several hazy accounts of for- eign invasions, and the incursions of the Famorions I am inclined to attribute to the Vlrl Romani, after allowing for phonic corruption. But there was no organized settlement such as we have seen in the larger llsland, and perhaps Juvenal was to some extent using "poet's license."

twenty years 01d and had been should be included in the progeny used in the Stud h, Unhed states f test. It is equally important that for eighteen years yet he produced . Dune“ slwwmg physical defccls be his fastest ‘hotter’ Dot, his, from eliminated, but all healthy normal- a Dean Swm mother an" coming iy developed pullets should be trap- to Prince Edward Island. In all‘. nested’ “m1 U19 larger the number Administrator shed rouneen 2.36:0! Dullcts from each individual performers and no less than twenty mating the more accurate will be o; his 5on5 and forty_three of his the rating of the sire for the desir-

ns cockspm- grass m- bamym-d 31-355 | ‘Ihirty years or a little more, after (Echino-chloa crus-galli). It prefcrsflhe “W! 0f Akflwll. Claudius a damp aituaflon m4 1, 5 nuisance Ptolomaeus, (otherwise “Ptolemy") once n gets a foothold m m, nah the celebrated geographer, publish- mu o; the garden L”; summer a led a very exact survey oi’ both sod of this grass was brought 1n (01- . islands with an enumeration of the

Av-flinistrator Right, sire of Bye and Bye, 2.25.

If I mistake not it was in the ycar 1888 that Messrs. Hearts andl Gardiner imported what was at

, daughters produced colts that have l °d chamcm“ , ltrotted m 2.30 or better. Admlnis- “e P°“1"Y Dwlsm" °1 the Ex": trators mo“ outstanding so“ was- pcrimenial Farms Branch of the‘