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If one may iudse by wmvlllm with the other islands of- this deso- hu region, the southern P. I. ‘Is- nnd la likely ttr be uninhabited. Kerguclin Islandvllss almost in the some latitude. but is further east- ward, and although it hes n0 186k of animal-and plant 11k. it h" M" ver attracted settlers of an)’ Bl" tionnillty 0r race. "K1 l5 ‘mil’ m‘ ggglpnglly visited by whalers or survey ships. By BN0! Q! m“! Y9‘ moieties: these islands in the will“ g1 3,335 have evolved insects and mime); with some remarkable ll- gullarities of structure. Most oi’ uiese ‘islands are of volcanic origin.

‘GIVE ME ME HA1"

This 1...... of the meta aingiillft- possessive pronoun. is m f I?" use of by the "impossibles who fi- gure in our so-called comic ch49!- However, it is 00i- l-B lumen“ u

i ' ht it 1999511- l1"! I‘ e Igrilirlacf Isigecch it may be defengeld on broad hirzyorical grounds. u m

l th " "was sounded m” ° w-the iamr pm ' ery late innovation Bent: lvnuaifthe old" dialects ~ mgland we find "my pronounced like the final syllable in enemy. “d "my" a; that in worthY- Th“ usage is not so much vulBI-l‘ l5 l" 15 Irchaic.

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A character in s Work of fiction ("TThe Good samurai-largo." W J- F- Priestlewrs. capital 3 3" d “u” dern England: tells of a. piIIY-mb

. ‘B? . "pom-tub Pirmndlsiieme-bh 1m“ in every household at that time. W! now fortunately in the dlscard- It ‘p; l, till; or- @391 0f hlPdWOOd, about wslsQ-¥Ili.-JD4 only MM its appearance on wash-chi n‘ adjunct, which will bear "Qlﬂilt inc. wasiellltd e"“lII‘-*“°*~ Th‘ puss sticlv $51113“ of softer wood. shaped dill-I hi: mind with with n very elongated neck, which W“ drilled near iihe W9 W 79°91" ‘ stout emu-hurdle, about as thick as a broomctick. The bottom of the

stick was seven or eidhl- 1mm‘ 1n diameter, with two deep slots

" about two inches wide. crwsiﬂi

aaoh other at right Millw-

When ‘washing day came the llorthurnbrian housewife "hill" more primitive, implements into the pcullery. and set to work The ‘not gocipy water was put into the poss- hrb, the dirty duds went in after. and then the posssticlt came into play. It was placed in the tub, lift- ed by thqcroas-hapdle and allowed a. nu oh the eiotlie-s. and there ll no question that it beat out the dirt! A big washing might take s couple of hours of this labor; naps more, and it says s great deal Du- the stssains. of tbe women of those days that they were able, ﬂ- tc an exhausting morninfs WOPR.

lawn-wry

lagaarashondl develop“!- "Ill Ushllnitlnilvsectstoinllslltro- lsllllmlthlssbilltyhsa thuntbsold named lopa." The antennae an shorted,

passes its life, and

reason the eyes are rudimentary or le and unfaceted. The adults upon nearly ail warm-blood ed animals and pass readily from one species to another. In order to

kennels of foxhounds in the Old Oountry sprinkled their nether rosemary, a repugnant w

these little pests.

It is a singular circumstance that the human flea (Pulex irritans) has never obtained a foothold on this continent. Examinations of many fleas supposed to be of tbs human variety, have proved the in- sects to be the cosmopolitan dog or cat flea (Pscrratioeps). A single specimen of P. irritans was found on the Pacific coast some years and this was the only authentic’ Canadian specimen. Experiments with the larvse of this species would seem to indicate that great heat is fatal to them, so that the Canadian summer, and the dry heat of our houses in winter, doubt- less account for our freedom from these insects.

‘there ls a widespread ignorance as to the transformation of these insects, and European scientists have made many investigations to

have received pamldilets,

dispel this. Eggs or cat and dog fleas were collected and in fifty hours all were hatched. The Isl" vae were smsll worm-like creatures,’ not found 0n the animals therrr, selves. but in their "beds" or other resting places, and especially in. cracks in the floor, feeding on dust. scurf, etc. After a week of this they] spun cocoons in wfkiich they re- mained for e t days, when the

ults ’ern ' thus completing their transformations seventeen dsya after the deposition of the eggs. _ It is said that monkeys in the Wﬂdihfi. have no ﬂeas. but ae- quire the human variety after cap- t

ure.

The c-hlgoe, a tropical American flea, is notorious for burrowing into the human foot and producing troublesome ulcers; hence the say- ing “well, I'll be ilggered!"

Next week's notes will review the Iepidoptera or Butterflies and moths a. subject of especial interest to teachers this year.

NATUII NOTES, JANY 193d

‘Ibtbonwhosoliobby itisto stu- dy the workings of mture. even the ltormlest and most unpromising imnths of the year afford ntattera of interest. During mild spells the two-winged ﬂies revive and wander unoenainly on the window panes. Nor are they all the common house ﬂies or the cluster-flies‘, others with strange wingrenations —ra- rer species-will often find their way up from the cellar, where they had planned to take their winter sleep, and whence they hsd been tkawn by the untimely warmth. Many of the scsroer specimens in my collection have found their way there from this cause. To some ex- tent tihh may be anticipated, for, one way or another, the Dipters are very fond of man and all works.

One does not, however, often en- counter any of the other Orders of

- insects at such times, and it was

with considerable surprise that I found in the cellar, during the cold spell at the first of the month, a. moth which, from its actions, had

anaemic xxv. ova aaonu. CANADA doors

Whllslarn writing asplsinlyss Idarmyetlwant youto keepsn eye batweenthe

For two springs two psirsotrnygessa

' hillkol-t&llnrthpoﬂd,lllﬁilsd

under way whereby State and Oom- monwealth legislation is proposed to authorize the setting up of a new butter marketing plan hich will supplant the Paterson sc cine which has not provcn to be ade- quate under present conditions. Moreover, the dairy produce con- trol Act his been declared to be ultra vireo. or exceeding legal pow- er. and the new legislation is de- signed to overcome objections to the former method of control.

only one left \by the foxes for a

number of years." A tough old bird, if you ask me, and no wonder the foxes left itl

Matters botanical are very much

in sbeyanoe just now, but it may

interest readers to know that I a series of five reprints from the ‘Iransactions of The Royal Cana- dian Institute, entitled "A Biblio- graphy of Canadian Plant Geogra- phy." This splendid work is from the pen of Prof. John Adams, of

the Botanical Division, Ottawa, and

ls-ipga together all the publications

l (titles only) relating w the science

which have been issued in Cana- da, from and including the period of the French seilernent down to the year I060. The arrangement adopted is alphabetical, the

, with the ti e of place of its pu lies- tion. and its date following. As each citation is preceded by a number it iseasytorefertoany particular work or any section of the science. (he of the earliest publications is given thus: J2 Boucher P.- His- inire ‘Naturelle do La Nouvelle France vulgslrement dite-le Cana- da. Par-la, 1066." An even earlier ac- count of Canadian plants (in La- tin) was published in Paris in I685. There are over 8,100 citations gi- ven in the pamphlets. together with a number of addends. This work should be in the library of-all who are interested in our native plants.

AN APPIICIATIVI LETTER. r .

I intended to so! something about a letter from Hunter River before this, but something went astray with the rnsil, and the notes did not appear. My little 001118‘. poruhnt was Irma Bagnsil of that Pllﬂ. who sends ine her good wishes for the year and then pro- ceeds to thank Mr. Tufts for pre- 99317-138. and "Agricola" for award- 1118. her a 00W of “The Birds of Eastern Canada," in last simmers Bird-house Contest. Irma think; "the book is wonderful," and so it iuaridlalsoarngratefialtom. ‘hrfts who was at some trouble to procure a copy for me. Birds are very scarce at Hunter River, Irma. “Y8. but when any do appear she is careful to feed them.

There were, I recollect. several prises awarded for that contest, but this is the first acknowledgement received: I hope the recipients were not disappointed?

TIIB BACON TRADE The bacon tract

controversy '

hundred and twenty. feet I-lllﬂ. each gander always guarding and never going thirty feet sway. An oldgooselhadinmyflock ap- parently coprldrft control nature and she went and built a nest at the bank right between these two pair-a of geese, or about sixty feet from each nest. These gander: did mot interfere with her in any way. shape, manner 0r form: but if an enemy approached her, both these ganders would leave home and would attack him with fury. while if you went near either of their nests, only the one would fight you; the other "ould stay at home. Both years every egg in their nests hatched, and the young were hear- ty and strong. This odd, or single goose set for five weeks on four eggs the first year, and I let her sot seven weeks on five eggs thesecond. year. I broke every egg and not one showed any sign of fertility. Re- member, this ls not almanac his- tory; these are the facts, as I know them.

Do these geese inbreed? This is a question that apparently bothers a great percentage of us smart hu~ mnn beings, and often in the spring of the year when the geese are ait- ting around- by the hundreds I hear this question asked by all sorts of visitors; I think this is chieﬂy be- cause of the extreme uniformity of these birds both in sine as well as in color.

1 have tested this out sufficiently to satisfy all my‘ cirrloslty. I wont so fsr as to keep four full brothers and cuter-s in an inclorure by themselves for nearly three yesrl and they lived together as brothers and sisters only. But March the third year I heard the two geese giving love sick cries and they kept fighting the wire towards where some wing-clipped genders were. so I opened the gate and let them to- gether, and inside of two weeks they paired off with thae strange “riders.

A young goose will lay four eggs the first year, and usually five the second. Miler that. I have had them lay as high as seven. but in their wild state I know they must lay as high as eight for I quite often see an unbroken family here with ten in it, ekht young and the parents; but six is the average brood pf young. _ - ' ' f Dilring my life I have often crept upon h deer or peeped over the top of 'a hill at": moose. and with the frosty siriri my favor I have wai- ‘ched ‘them Ifullj three-quarters of an lieu. or until not near out. lust drinking ‘in nire nature. Time 1m! l-lsln Ichnve taken a little twig in my fingers and cracked it, and I am sure the deer‘: hearing is at least three times as sharp as burs. or whet I Inlaht hear at twsnty feet the deer would» hear at sixty feet; but the hearing of the moose ls riot as sharp as that of the deer, nor their eyes as quick to locate one. 0f all the creatures- that carry the latest electric equipment with them I know od none to compare with the Canada One bright, frosty day in J usry, when the snow was about six inches deep, my wing- UDDed geese were out of the wind with their feet pulled up. There they set on the crusty snow like

them to dinner

place, and from a

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ed to be standing perfectly still, but lgation showed there

this dear old I the:

in the one spot and in over six time. In less than three

position for

was evident that knit together, for alight on the grout! throw himself I lit

quick stroke fourth week he ce

oelégll Eels Eeﬁl

all ﬂoated away 0n the air, hsad-

ed for the North. .

The above is only one out of do- sens of casm that have come to rny observation. Out of the thousands

thBn the other. In that ease other lag is Always a little the lon-

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dig

ion dlscasu. such as

aa-ic, leaf roll. spindle titer. Yolloﬂi

dwarf, streak, etc. we m!“

such tu

healthy plants. m

of bin selection -s t

footed with uesen -‘-i°"

may, appear entirely nﬂrmll- 3W‘ ful selection woduerfill

amt from yield cannot be obtained

While tuners from health! vil- mve onen been found to grow h"-

anoppﬂrtunlty-and one day inAprill llellhb" V“ gnearbysawaaipzyls

i melanin from:

Itegularly fed throughout the ‘winter

Assured in Reproduction

The largest litters born lsst season and

also the highest average of maturity were in fox q IMPERIAL COD LIVER y. CUITS compriecdamoetlm . ' tpartuf the foxes’ daily winter diet. Line up with the world's successful ranchers and insist on having “IMPERIAIS”, the best fox food obtainable.

Imperial Biscuit ‘Company

raised to

wrrialin to ~

. Seed treated II

stimuli-it solution sus ~- ,

ury to gvrmlll -- -.

treatment I

Dust, used l

the rots o! two ounces per . a Vi’; effective control

m. i hulless cal. cheats not be awreuih limes!

irate

w hang out, take in, and launder apparently lust emerged from the m‘ “m”? °" l" “w "W" P" tendency wheat

the clothes-and carry out the rou- pupal stage. Its body and hind tine house-work during the rest of Win85 — Which W?"

ofasordid

the day. The noise of the "D0851!!!" was so dlsosmfwtable that a local poet oould write-

Mplsgues a poor man mszts - Along life'a,wea.ry way. There's nyen among them a‘ that bea

t: A rainy weshin‘ day; Ind let that day come may, ‘ft {ways ls rnsw ol-re. Before aw break may fast to way 1t may be fine and fair. -

when it

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souse! ' _ > lorublsmalxil Ilice‘: govt but ﬂltlnpm’ i‘ tbs

home

Upon a weehln‘ day.

buff color-- were densely clothed with long fine hairs; and the front wings. of a brown colw, prominent- ly splashed with red, were further ornamented with four tiny white spots, two on each wing. I take this to be the "Herald Moth." hilt as I have no description of thst species, this is just a guess‘, and awaits confirmation. In the mean- time the unlucky vlctlrn d’ inlQll-c- ed confidence is reposlng on the mounting board.

The blade duck is in general a

migrant to our shores, but, notes m‘

Baih, in some winters a few n- insin here. it seems that this win- ter, severe though it is, does not compel the hardy few ‘o seek other qusrtsmOntbsioth, a“¢ly.bu$ cold dq with a hrs} N. . wind, a flock of eighteen ducks ware ob- served flying eastward The ther- mometer was about l0 below at the

smllve firm papers, and some of the correspondents seem to casi- the blame for the low price of the product on the farmer himself. He is not poduclng the right kind, or the ﬂlhi- illllllly. or else its the

quantity that's in fault. The other aids of the argument is that even when the farmer pro- superlative quality that they secured a prem- ium, hs has not been getting a price these two years past to repay him for his feed and toil, to aay noth- hirthermore. he

all would honk, but when I went through the same motion, empty- hsnded. they would ndt answer. I Flipped the distanc and it was over three hunch-ed feet. I am sum these birds sow the three grains of wheat that distance.

more bubbling- over, sympathetic interest thpn to "0 "It" D00? mllmed birds oorne to me for protection when they "l"? need it. I have seen as high ll 51X 11ml In front of my-dinlrig- room window at once; in feet, 1

w”: have picked up as high as seven in

the part pond and usually alt on

» the aide nearest our . Poﬂlbl,

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be gpread thinly ll dry and durinl ‘i sign of heatllll moulding iis noticed. the ' ﬂotlld be harried with n NOW- Iullﬂ Qts is valuable in - y ' makes an w! to the poultry ration. I l excellent 0a m “ﬁrdlng hllllPS ' may be addressed to the klﬂt o! th irxwlmtntll ‘ tiers: Ohsricrttetown. P. 1-: l.‘ a: ~ ~--~ ' *

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