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EFNEWSY NOTES

BY AGEIOOLA . '

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[hill our Canadian sea- led ‘ttlc atten-

f; [JFUIESSIOINLI botan-

Bmi m p E Island, with the w than half a doz-

, - are almost un-

1 you mention seaweed i-ci-‘s mind immediately

plant formerly com- ccusts in sheltered 's and (btildTICS. But that plant

bcflbtliililicillly‘. a very 1011s way L5,“ bring a seaweed: it is a. m“; flowering plant and its

ulnr name is Eel-grass. The seaweeds proper are mem- wr, oi the vegetable kingdom cal- m; Agac: I am not going to ex- 13in that tcrm. which Find in any good text-boo my, The Algae are regarded with being of little use as animals live on

guse we generally find them mvtiing on the rocks on the shore; 1m there are unicellular species so mil as to be invisible to the un- cyt". and these swim free 1n OCPllil.

We return to the-rock-bome sea- yeeds. I-‘ur convenience botanists prt tlicm out into grleen, brown, 1nd red Algae, the latter being the liighezt in the algal scale. I am in- elined to think tilat the red species [MW at a grcritcr depth than the

se- D-

others. Oi the green seaweeds the com-

ilesi is the sea-lettuce. Ulva kctuca. This is a "social lant" ‘m1 grows in patches, principally

iritemiwrziiv ivatels. bu has noted rt,» the Arctic. Since the mouth of our creek began to gilt lip. it ha. bccn invaded by this piiirlt \\l ~l has grown nto a - i . Another of our . is the Porphyra colic-ii in Scotland

tistc of soaivccd -like riotllcr trlirrolis Scottish product — list hr acquired!

The ilIUWll .~(‘fll\‘00(iS are, Sp ar- iiily, tho rrrost abundant. and) so st n. The sDBCICS of Fucus . . r kcip," arc everywhere, tlotlllil! rocks. breakwaters, 0'll2ll'\”.‘.‘. zilld ililcs with a. shaggy yroii-ih. \\|ll(‘li appears to bequite content. \i.tlr a bath twice a. da. ‘ilir iii"i. llilS formerly the soe ll lire intliilc employed in lioiliuc Ls‘ mostly nladc i, nitrate of soda now), . - usciill to the farmer. .il iu extend the benefit ri-irc hcsp to three or lIlt‘ extent of land. The

E re z n. '11 l? v1 g 3 5

and F. nodosus ullcd Ascophyllum with round stalks. Ano- ailvr _ Kelp." Nereocystis iud to grow on the Mnvitimes, but I am tl with it. One often a JPEHVCCII ‘resembl- m; llroivn-black bootlace:

. surmounted by a ' blndc. generally as sit-m and in some ir foot wide. A plant urn-c measured 26 feet r- i; was l0 it. the leaf

violet-black‘. The n ixioinru o Dfilllltlift, the Dulse of ll Yutr-li. and thc Diilesh of

l- a handsome little plant

ii-pllrplc hue, often cast

' l ' z This, like many

was formerly con- n

quantities the s of

i. thc Diilsc is ileglect- lllillul yours ago. "muse -lc!' wcrc still cried In

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fl :2 E m - o o E w >1 th 5

land and Ireland, lllillllar names of Carra- ‘ (Botanically "nl-"llk" way from being a

Iii its frcsh condition the - and cartilaginous, from] a greenish _ _ v _ urpe or purp- sunfllrilxlllll. but. wlen washed and

V ii for preservation it has translucent horn-like consistency." It an- ut 55 per cent of l" Per ccnt albumenoids, ll} l). cdmineral matter an

° lgrlilkllill‘ seaweed must be ac- ‘ : "llll lllly years ago the ccn was collected

_, in very i-llliltcs on the

' Here is fl 1d. aim "t to which Batlidglllii oi’ Etaiixylkmrllt [devote themselves, and form named collections. I believe the specimens are well washed to clear them of 51:2” salt, before being put into the

THE BIRDS OI‘ P. I. ISLAND

1n 1996 there appeared a. ltttl pamphlet, entitled as above, whicig Eave some account of our Island birds, as noticed by local observers, These observers were indicated by their initials: L. J., meaning Luq. low Jenkins of Marshfield; M. M. J.. Maude M. Jones of Pownal; J. F- 8.. for J. Fran Ste Souris; and T. W.S. for Thor. W. Stewart, of Carling Avenue, Ottawa. "Additional notes from these several ornithologists have been received by thetfiresent writer, who now presents em in short form, as supplementary to the a- foresaid pamph No. 27 --Black Guillemot nesting at Rustioo. near Rowling's Beach, July 11, 1937. —'I'W.S. Gil-Bonaparte Gull. Saw these gulls at Cavendish and in Char- lottetown Harbor, July and Aug, 19 T.W.SB°xO:pa-l§tlé8. Oblglili-g, I ‘s East Point: 2 adults and 3 ' young barely able to fly. Must have been hatched near there-J. F. , 106—I..each Petrol. "Named from StilPeter who walked the waves." rm t. O dead, Nov. ilrxtlgfid. is Proklgm m 133—-Black Duck. Abundant here winter of 1937-8. —B- r1. ' 136 —Europcan Widgeon. (Hrance ytisitor. 13h Sept. 26. 1936, Mr. e 91-900. of H pefield Lot Gtfiot a banded duck a. es Millpond near a band was inscribed "

., Iceland, wrote that this ban was laced on a. young Eur- opean W1 soon (Mai-ecu penelope L-l on Aux. 4th. 1936.at Sandur in the valley of Adaldalur, North Iceland. There are several records of Widgeoars in the U.S.A. (Note flbfldi; {mm the "Canadian Field Naturalist’ of May. 1937.) l-tii-Pirltail Duck. Female seen gt sBasin Head June d, 1937 .—J.

‘Id-Ruddy Duck. Pair see r Basin Head. May 23, and Judie .6. 1937.— J. F. S. Female. wounded, brought in, Nov. 1o, 1937. The uh. der sure-foe of the wings was o: p, silvery sheen-B. H

228—American Woodcock. Abund- ant. summer oi’ 1937. -J, F. g_ 231-‘-Dcwitcher. Saw about I 2329...? i%‘;“i‘l%°°s?.l‘ 51"“ s“ July 18. i936. -'r. w e “ma”

256—Solif41ry senor ‘r. . "S. R." as this bird ispapgmiglggfrlriffi

233 l5 the an Turnstone Wuud only 1h Inbrador and Alaska. Cur bird is 3831.1, the Ruddy Turnstone Saw a. dozen Ruddy Turnstones in Tracadie Harbor,

August 22,1936? T. small flock of six Ruddyw‘ 1%.}; stones observed at Ship Pond Aug. 3rd. 1937 —J. 1v. s. ' Mlill flrfow Hawk. Ong soon y, ver, n A1 4. sharia-r. wims. mm’ ‘M’ .— erred Owl. One shot in fill-jiggle lgOfllfid Owl (No. 3'15) -a—Nortl1 Flick '. “ gunlrpeg in svfurl-‘is dlsti-Igt, logifiit '42? -'0hi s m. July 2, 1937InI-l-eT. it. 5.0m m“ 444—Kingbird. gncreaséng: abund. - - -; Em B. H. 485—-Aca.dian or Green-crested llllwatcher. S. R. Nested. PowngL iglrlffiolfw-lolgé JLPIaIntifuIAhere, sen.- Pownal 193v. '-lvi'. lir. LEM“ at wit-European Starling, dead 5cm, l0 by Alex searwrmBrackl ' April 1931-3. H. 494-—Bobolink reported c; gggn and. heard at Pownal. 1937 -M, M.

bub-amazed Crackle. (q- mtum) ‘ma. "M" to "33"" Bum-Savannah Sparrow. one (Killed by cat) examined Ozt, 29. 1936-8. H. Easily mistaken for common Sparrow. but, has a Yellow batch on under-surface of — - ted wi% M “white th gneHobserved hermnét. eFISamIT has-Ln: s . ht 0%?“ glgsmw gull by cat, wam S is S. R. by bolth pfitrihw and’ ‘N12311:? Swain. mk-Red-eyed Vireo. Pound nest at T. B. W en's near Char- lottetown, June 18th. 193d: also saw male bird, North River Road. -T. W. S. 687—Black-throafsd Green War- bler. Several at Pownal, 193a. _ M. M. J. Saw flock 016 or '1 birds at Victoria Park. Charlotte- town. Aug. 21. 193d -T. W. B. mil-Mourning Warbler. One seen gt Ban-shew. July 1'1. 19cc. -'r. w,

cal-a —-Northem Yellow-throat. Common at Stanhope in thicke-g behind dunes, June 24. 193s, _T_ W. S. Several obs l-ved here. Julv 4. _I937.—J- ll‘. . aw a pair of yellow-throats at Pownal. July 17, 1937 —M. M. J.

728—Red-breasted Nuthatch. Baw

CREAM WANTED

We need more Cream In Miler to uunnly our butter trade for he next few

eyBeach, '

Carnagheen of on frequently _mixed ler seaweeds with which it

months. We lllltl our farmers 5 cent: f?‘ Dogfight {or unury. or s n; n- utrnctiona write to

from the manure heap

I I dalllféo Kieglgntfiitfiigizgélg,’ us: c‘ "‘~‘l_i"ned xit marked "bu!" fflvus: it was a pretty U61; violet color, but (of

LIME l

Nmllly all Ground Limestone used on Island farms has been shipped from Brookville. You have seen the results.

llllihvst quality. Most finely pulverized Bulk or bags. Write for prices.

Brookvilla Manufacturing 0o. Ltd.

Brookviile, Saint John Co, N.B. _ H. G. S. ADAMS, Manager

THE CHARLOTTE1UWN >

“ uaasunnn.

A WEEKLY COLUMN OF PRACTICAL OPDUONS 0N VITAL IBBUII LIIICTING THE UBIS AND ABUSIS 0P NATUIAL lllOfial I!

C ONSER VA TI ON

TIII

II. LUDIDW JENKINS.

(Continued)

QUAIL scaacu m '25-'24

Bounties were paid on a total of 695.653 heads, supposedly those of the three hawks and the one owl mentioned and the crow, at an ex- penditure of $348,325. And what was the result? I haven't heard the hunters, even the editor of Gun and Rod, going into raptures over the wonderful quail-shoot- ing during the period of 1924-29, inclusive, during which the pay- ment of bounties was nearly state- wide. Have you forgotten so soon the dry summer of I925. and how hard quail were to find during the season of 1925-26? excuse of the barbershop biologists then? I have forgotten, but I do remember that they took the stump to crv against the Game Commission than ust as now, and the cry wasn‘t for ounties. Bounties of one kind or another have been paid in practically every state in the Union. An account of" this sickening carnage. the mcneyi squandered and the results. so farl as small game in concerned, willi be found in Circular No. 22. “Evils. that Lurk in the Bounty System)’, A cop can be had free by writ- ing e National Association of Audubon Societies, i775 Broadway. New York. N. Y. An all-time pe kin theabund- ance- of quail in irglnia. traced from the disastrous winter of 1917-18. when. I am told, quail reached an unusual low, came in 1935-38. ‘This peak in the abund- ance of quail cannot be traced in any way to bounties having been paid. W. L. McAtec (1936) in re- viewing a paper by I. N. Kennedy entitled "Fluctuations in Bob- white Quail Populations in the South makes the following oom- ment: "The fluctuations are not known to be periodic but are due largely to meteorological extremes. Long time diminution in numbers "The following quotation from Handley bears interestingly upon a burning uestion; "The expendi- ture in V ginia of $349,325 for the taking of 695,653 hawks. owls and crows. over the six-year period. 1924-1929, may have saved some quail, btlt I am of thc opinion that had the samr- amount of money been s ent on lcspedeza‘ seed for distri ution. more would have been accomplished. Further- more. since thi paying of boun- ties has been stopped. quail have continued to increase and are now more abundant than at any time when bounties were paid."

Game Always fluctuating

The literature on upland game lllislihoqtl11¢t3<il1_lu_é@£!l<=e._e2<l

a pair of these birds at T. B. Woodmans near Charlottetown, Aug. 27, 1936. —T. W. S. A pair of these Nuthatches seen many times, summer of 1037 -M. M, J. The above bird notes have ac- cumulated during the past two years and several of them are very villuhle because they record species of which nothing has been heard since the year 1916. I be- Iieve copies of the 1936 check-list of Island birds mav still be had

in Europe. shows that fluctuations occur from year to year in the a.- mount of ame. They have been known in t a past and they will continue in the future in spite of anythln that men can do. Each species to temperature and precipitation, which are more critical during the time of nesting. The largest crop of game is produced during the normal season; either an extremely wet or an extremely dry season is detrimental. The hard winter of 1935-36 killed some quail, but in most sections the supply left for brood stock at the end of the winter was above the average. An extremely dry nesting season fol- lowed the extreme winter. In only those sections where the season approached the normal do we find the number of quail that one might expect. Just why the covert; all over he state were not full of

at the "School Supply." and teach- ers and others will do well to scr cure a copy before thc supply civ- e: otit. Tllc cost is Uiflinfl- TYIPSB supplcmcrltary notes could be Dast~ ccl into the check-list.

ODDS AND ENDS

Use for old razor blades. There is always an odd corner in a gar- den into which the lawn mower cannot. go, and where the grass must be cut with scissors or shears. I have Just rim across an ad. a Brtish gardening paper. ivhich tells of a kind of sickle or reaillmz lwfil! that deserves mfPlllflll lll this coll- ncction. The “blatlw ct the sickle i: in two layers. and inserted bc- tween them is n row of discarded razor blades. They are not set par- allel llo the edm‘ of the sickle. but obliquely, so that they bear a re- semblance to saw teeth on a. largo scale. ‘There is the usual sickle handle tn complete the lrlllllelllelll- 10mins: a nut allows rcillllllfilllelllfi of blade; A verv ingenious way l0 utilize the old blades!

Ailvl aldehyde. Reccntlv ihcsc notes told of in.» onolicotluu of onion juice to stimulate thc heal- mq of u wnilnfl. From the Univer- sity of Southern California comes the news that both the onion and the garlic are found to huvekilrfir- micidal properties. The tgcrm- er in the onion is its allvl aldehydP- that from the garlic. is the lei? powerful crotonic aldehyde. Gar c grows readllv in P. E. I.

They studied m» miriridcee Title Game Rewearch Estate at Kue - worth Park. Hertfordshirs. End. has published a series of thirteen advisory booklets. or which Nos. l1 and l2 deal with diseases of Mrt-r ridges and phpflaunte, method o treatment. and the mcriallll’ amour! narii-idne stocks. GAD’!- coccldicsts. pneumonia. cramn. sort: mouth and stronilvlflfl‘ "Y" heal‘? of; biit we are reminded that “l d partridgcs cannot be treated medl- ggliy, as can fowls and pheasants-

In this r-unvwctlflll it is reported that Dr. W. R. Kerr. of Belfast. reclaim. hns devised n. road Tamed" for coccidlosis. 7t l8 "00!’ W“ iodine crystals (Iodine resublimaic) and two part: potassium iodide in so pflflx water. given in doses in the drinking water."

The Research Station has ex- amined a total of 127345 cartridw nests. and found that the aver-ave clutch was 14.6 etll!‘l~ Em" "l wlld pariridtres had an average fertility of 93 per cent: bill» l" 190"“ more was an average its: oi’ 20 per cent. due to faxes, cat: stools. human and domest'c animal dis- turbances. rats and hay-mowing. The stout is the ermine, a large weasel

"r raiders t... *7 Hauling Bream

to the Central Creameriea. I.td-. dllfunl 1938, will be rec- cived u ruary 1 . 193 llavcn, _ Iliver. Cornwl-l. cw. r0010

Tcmlrrs to ivtltc price er hundred pounds of cream e- llvered to our Creamery. Low- est or any tender not neces-

“my "up particular!

ed. further

quail‘ last November 15, I frankly say ‘I dont know." Close observa- tions as a series of nest; at the Camp Dee State Girmc Refuge during June, 1936. showed a favor- able hatch. Predators of all kinds. lllcllldlllt; Efuy foxes. were no more

abudant than 1935, when a peak in abundance of uail was y hawks,

reached. Were predation ows and foxes a major cause for the scarcity of quail at the begin- ning of the 1936-37 hunting sea- 5011. why was not an increased activlt of these creatures noticed? Dr. aul Errington has written e. paper entitled “Predators and the Northern Bob-white." which I wish it were possible to place in the hands of eve hunter and farmer in Virginia. e editor of Ameri- cim Forests comments on the article as follows, “Here 1,5 o. char. lenge based upon scientific find- ings to those who would make war on predatory birds and ani- mals in he name of game conser- vation.

"It is predicted covery announced in this article will after it is more thoroughly de- veloped. throw a flood oi’ new light on the three vexed questions of wildlife conservation:

(l) Does ordinary predator 00n- trol do the game any good?

(2) Does the shooting of surplus do the game any harm?

(3) Does it do any goo‘ to re-

and cover conditions? Mr. Erringtons findings as pracnted in this artcle indicate‘ hat the final answer to all these questions is “No.”

Copies of this article can be had for the askin from either the Game Comm ion. Rich- mond. or the Department of Biology. Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Blackburg.

Concerning tile question, “Is ordinary predatory control of any value?" Stoddard (1932), in his work on the quail in the southeastern United States, Elvis his answer as "No"; Yeat- ters (1934) answer after stud- ing the I-Iungarianpartridge in the Great Lakes region was "No"; Nortes (1934) answer at the conclusion of his studies of the Hungarian partridge in (rel-many Wits "NCV; and Leg- poldts (1933) answer concern- illi! Wildlife in general ivas"No."

It hardly seems probable that all of these scientists, seeking for the truth, in some in- stances without the knowledge of one mother's findings, should have all arrived at the same answers w-lthoutitsbeing pretty nearlv correct. Their an- swer is so final and convincing that even cartridge companies. who have ammunition for sale, have pillled down their signs advocating general hawk and owl campaigns.

A new clay has dawned for wildlife conservation. Game mauugcnlcilt does not include indiscriminate slaughter of the innocent with the guilty. only the die-bards still advocate bounties on hawks and owls. Get behind your Game Com- mission. It is doing a good piece of work and deserve _vollr slip- port. itll the wholchcitrtcd ielp of every huntcr who wants more game, it. can do still better.

Silver Fox Sale Brings $256,000

HAMBURG. Wis., Feb, ver fox cits val were sol semi-annual auction sales of pelts at Fromm Brothcrs Ranch Highest bid for one silver fox pelt exceeded $210. Edward Fromm. resident. declared this season to e thc most successful of any held at Hamburg. Ei hty buyers have attended the sa c which will con- tinue for five days.

STARS -

18 -Si1- ued at 5256.000

Those preachers cf beauty, which light the universe with their ud- monishing smile.--Emerr.on.

apply. CENTRAL ChEAMEBII-IS. i LTD.

as certain requirements as-

that the dis-l

plant Gil-me without also improv- ung food »

today, opening the fifth .

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‘FIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

i Silver Fox Farming

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Fur Trade Review, which is pub- lished 1n New York, is read by practically every fur merchant of note in America and a great many

Europe. so when it speaks it. is as one with the voice of authority. A leading article in its February number is headed "Big Volume This Year in Silver Fbx." We re- print it in full.

“Retail distributors of fur appa- rcl have in silver fox fur one of the best articles available this year for promotion. The supply is great- er than ever. Prices are to be con- sidered more than reasonable. Fa- shion continues to keep silver fox in the style spotlight. Designers and. manufacturers have done wonders with this fur. 1t is avail- able ln a. variety of new styles, both for day wear and evening wear. At the new price levels the consumer market for silver fox has been widened and we might say. become deeper. In other words, silver fox fur this year will be within the reach of a greater number of consumers than cver before. This fact is not only true of the Unltcd States. but also of Europe, South America. Australia, South Africa and nearby Canada.

"Evidence of the big‘ business which will be transacted in silver fox during the remainder of this year can, perhaps. be best realized when we point out that 70.000511- ver fox skins have been sold in the New York market since the beginning of December. with more to come and the demand still act- ive and prices a. little stronger.

"In London the auction com an- ies catalogued and. sold a arge part of the 150,000 silver fox pelts offered at. the special series of sales held in January. Nothing like this as ever happened before in the silver fox market. Fears were expressed last Fall that the market would be gluttcd with sil- vers and that prices would be slashed down to ruinous levels. It was estimated that nearly 900.000 pelts would be offered for sale in the worlds markets; yet in Nor- way and Sweden, where about 300,- (300 skins were produced, sale after sale in December and January inct with a steady demand andamove- merit of the skins into consump- tion. with prices holding to lcvcls better than expected.