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cattle market in Monday's sales weie wt lower BIRD NOTES FROM CROSS (Seaweed Only), 318.8" plot 3,

showed a lumber lspward tendency on the heavy run and. ‘mezday’: ROADS (Bggwggd “q pnmmgkp 315p;

and price advances were scored 8t sales were by 15c to 25c —--——- “_ gait 4, (Phosphate and Slag 021%, '

most centres. Hogs continue w a - on short runs. TheSe facts an This week we Welwmv - 1; and plot s, (Complete 1" - 3mm, njngfly md on, hundred the ears, Causing m, pen to sweat - N o w I

mm me “ m m” ' oonmwed ‘Quaint m 00mm d‘ iczcimmbuwr to our mm sympodunh nun’ ' n‘ u mnuhme m“ thousand ranch bred mink were at thase point-s and as a couse- . " ‘

ing in this class of lve stock 1s re- . the Emu 0f Mr. Clive Stewart the 4th and 5th plots had a yield h, d Am_ quehce the hu- was mclmed m 511p ma ywr rou- 0| m».

flected 1n the cattle alleys. Cattle Price mums 9! Sou port. ms letter runs.— very slightly above that of the “W” °° ‘he cm" Y‘ “l m as s dmmd p“ “m: now beforl _ There we,“ to h‘ ‘em press“ Degr 5311mm; During the past firs“ 50m, 0| the p103 oh the erican markets during the months grind {he team Vilma mere w” -a~ n" m," nmur ‘a: weather-dauphin

(m the top 01f s, no At Toronto the trade was loaded I have seen and heard many mainland had much lesser yields of December and January, and dangereofomrgpmg W) closely with m m" “d ugh-xe- In:

up with cattle by Wednxday and

which were new to me. I be- Roads

than those at Belle Rliver. but th

e ranch Ned mink dominated both

very poor leather and a “rfl-WY"

prevents Immediate ze-infeatafion. Uae n "lull"! l0 lwlll Yflur anlmull and

ill rather . weekly move- prl¢$ weie off fully 25c, Ex ters 1°"? 9° the on“ dlstrlvt seaweed iot always bcfited flhfl the N Y k d Montreal mar- s E E menlt on . It is obvious, how- took about 603 head to the gutted gm I "n @1118 9° melllllm the check plo . h,“ 3:4 gnaw; glmwt com- pelt as the result. Dllnl sleek and healthy. . that e strength in the mar- Kingdom and purchases were made “'45 um‘ I 9°" "W" W‘ Seaweed. it il fin-the: mixiark- “flay out o; m, picthm wild i- _ _ _ ket is due in lame measure to on Unlitcd states account. Early “he? 1"”- thls m 0d. may be read on the land in mink Shh continue, w occupy g Mr. Hartroft found that expert {afifmllfl nglgbhVEhM-a‘ Cooper Sold by leading merchants val-v modem» runs w were“ WP“ We" l“ $635 and the practical h3g5, 1° 5”‘ °' h ‘Em, ‘IIQMQ; "e nllvml 8 w. and ploughed o, hm Sh“ h, London pellets m. both headquarters left fun-lute... lfs-ufgfsil-HIJ" £1; Yards. Sivigiilarly. m2! United 3p “$1650.61 There waéegl I over harks uglzwmiy 152937? I Sign: a dolvlvrh some ifiozgxgxebegerleerth; m“? $36951“; superior class of “bu? the skim mm m, tom, days before “my” Mu."- fl m“. . x m Uta-URI’ E QW. MUD. n fim ’ . - . on m, mus 0g very magma, 11mg, legs pmwun m the bgflbgr grade, hfli-bilfaigfid Gliaibifliirdwlllgh g the seaweed with the stable man- dor min-k are memhandised by the fiagénfiufzgg" ma! ‘lam mg?‘ dag canamax OO-OPERATIVI m. beef trade is dull and any acl- of steers thrvllkh the steady demand e fhslfeJux I w Wail", u". and l» sllvw flw 11w w w- Hudmlffl Boy Oomrwv- h, t A ,3 l, "m, m, w, "W" "MW"! "mun E t l vancescomededo uuu.» cattle mar- i01- exvpm w the primed KiXiQdcm Bvfibjfl; d 1m ‘h, r Min some time before spreddins -_-_ an w- one be cu-usoL-rnu lmrlthae 1......” n __.-_—_- and the unprovemeut in the United N orthltngn “Qehozn a tsmwhlgh l‘? 0Y1 m6 lfl-Xlii. PM” rank mink o; 1937 vqnmgg muchbowidtlél is dasiratirlile. Hod Bald ""1"" H. 0v»- ' hrofl . --—- m are sometimes used with good gaff, mg;;*l,.§g lfifmwhffidmfl nested not far from the house. a Lurmosv m mrram were wmldmd “mlmull P“: {Q 2mg 1mm 100A”. “wemfe "ffmfffh, o: —____._ ~ l THE 0533565 Anus > “gt d n, u u: t5 small butchers have been an active pant: u‘ Yelwwhwarbles tfiomeh and b size and ‘gfiiormlln mire 13nd,“: the of a 25 P9!‘ cent dNP On for Specimen full silver skins than _ _ , m _ . . e es uc on crop remnan fmhm wmm ' with lass than nes in a us near e ouse In Ho art Louis Stevansons coloring. e P! W pens of “Q00 value “M lower t m8 bwedem on supply- The an“

Though a common pest of cab-

such as old stumps, should be fol-

two uhousand cattle offered. made

every year In the spring of '87. I came across

“Black ' r0 ." a tal o! 01d Eng- land. 01$: of ‘the charigctcrs assumes

pointment to those who figllmd ‘m getting previous year prices. Dis-

last year's prices. Only 5 per cant

trade on the other hand deznands

1W. and Lumgih meflflinseigtti 115 lowed u a regular not ‘* "rm °1°"-“““°°' Wm‘ “m” 5”" u. r yo White br asted m d d hood r 1 r t of all pens received were selects n 11 s11 d 1 Qllll 0H man-v er w a. cu - w, highah 1 ha, rec 0r 0w" H118 - Q 6 1'68 w 0 I 9D" "Y “pa; of a5 per cent m 4.6 par cen . a vers an pr ce is their main Tn: TUB-NIP APHIS m walghtypmedy °“ “ "° “m” Nuthatches barely able u» fly, and the purpose of disguise. The per- fawn” Hgwever. even though so that about 95 per cent of Can- c°m1¢¢nmn_ 1,, howevgr, 5......

tivutcd plants of the mustard fam- ily. The life bidet? cf the specici is similar to that of other aphids already studied, the insects hatch- ing from the eggs in early s_l.nz and giving rise to a. succession of generations of ferrules that give birth to their young alive, finally producing a generation of true females and inotha in the fall. 'I‘he former in turn uce the

ack shiny, oval eggs cund on the underside of the leaves and etioies and old cobbage stumps dur g the winter months. The first two gan- eratieus consist of Wingless in- dividuals but subsequent gen- erations may contain a tage of winged forms, which f to other gains. The Wingless fem e is grey-

hgreen in color but covered with g, white mealy coat corn.- ceala more 0r lore its dark mark-

which

‘This is probably the most serious insect enemy of the turnip in the Maritimes. While it is rare for two severe attacks to follow one ano- ther in two successive years this has happened in certain places with the result that. even when the cmp was of considerable importance in connection with dairy farming. farmers became a trifle afraid; and yet the insect is not especially dif- icult to control if proper measures are taken.

As in other species both winged and Wingless fomis occur. The wing- leas form. which is about 1-16 of a inch long, has a slight amount o? white, mealy substance on its body. but not nearly so much as the cabbage axphis. It is pale green- ish in color, ellers pale hue dark-

steeis had improved streniglh. owing to export demand, and a. top of $6 was realized. At Calgary supplies were almost as numerous as at Winnipeg and the market advanced 25c f0 50c, with top entitle alt $6_ Edmonton showed a keen trade again, with prices 25c up on steers and heifers, and tops at $5.50. Prince Albert paid $4.26 for medium steers. Moose Jaw was firmer. with odd steers at $5.00 Regina was about steady, with a $5 top. Saskatoon, 25c to 50c higher, also $5 top

United States Mflrlret Ccndifions

Reports from the Buffalo mar- kct shew about 503 Canadians on sale on Monday. Steam opened a little better but the general market

left

in July I saw a pair of throated Green Warblers.

some years ago a Humming Bird nested near the house and a storm broke down the branch on which was the nest: we tied it up but it wn again and the birds these interwting

brokeA do little birds were around again last

pair of

Kinglets.

lish bird that I

year.

.In Sept. i937 I saw a pair of Black and While Warblers, and in Oct. a Brown Creeper. Fall month: I observed flocks of Red-eyed Vireca. Fbx Sparrows, and an cc- casionni Tree Sparrow, and Brown Creeper. Also ir. the Fall I v Purple Finches, Goldfinrhes, P1118 Grosbeaks and another dark-purp- took to be the Purple Grosbeak. In early winter

link

Nu thatches,

Black-

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icd was that of Henry VI,

supposed leper.

of

greatest disease finds that.

Christendom, one general, it is diem briefest notice. We

the later anti uarias. Pliny flays. was rought into Eur- ope by Pompeyb army on its re- turn from Syria; and the disease soon appeared in the Roman coi- onies of Spain, Gaul, and Britain. 0n the Continent special “lazar houses“ for the segregation of lep- ers, were founded as early as the

w leprosy was beginning to decline but was still feared; and the novel- ist give: a vivid picture of the m- ror inspired by the presence of the

On turning to the British his- torians for information of this, the inediaevai

with the learn much more from the ancient writers and ‘ Ileprmy,

the fur trade was in a lllkllbflf-lufi state they could not resist What seemed to be barkflllls. and ‘he mink were picked up in quantities and many of them have ere this been sold to ladies of fushlflll lIl the shape of coats.

By the way, Mrs. Gertrude E. Fox. Editor of the Black For Mag- azine, New York. was inffirvlflved by station WGY. Schenectady. "l5 other evening while en route to the Grand Central Palace fur show. queried as to whether she WM B silver fox breeder she said n0. but that she did have a mink ranch with some 3.000 mink. She said that a very ordinary mink coat would sell for $1.000, a, fairly 800d

adian pelts would show a depreci- ation this year. On a 875.00 to $80.00 skin it was possible t0 lose from $15.00 to $20.00 through being off-color on the belly, caused 1n most cases by damp straw.

"Prince Edward Island,” said Mr. Hartroft, “is making a determined effort to improve the standard of foxw raised. About twenty-five clubs have been organized by their Provincial Fieldman, and these were doing much to educate the ranchers.“ At the close of his talk Mr. Hartroft voiced the opinion that unless westerners raised bet- ter foxea and learned more about peliing and taking care of them, they cannot hope to be able to stay

foxes become rare and the prim went up the retail trade would simply give up handling them. The fu.i silver skin goes to a. different customer and price is a secondary consideration, quality being para. mount."

Now from Brussels; Belgium “The demand for full silver foxes 18 “Illlllfifilloflflbly on the increase durllll the last few years. It is the kind which is must suitable for the making of capes, cloaks, collars and trimmings, o1 which the vogue does not seem to end. In our 0pm- ion 1t must not be concluded, how. Bveruma/t the half silver will be wmP-Btely negieciod an have been the dark and in a large measure

ings consisting of 119st black dots ened ‘at t , 1 ai=o pale with was unwflflln- One load of 116mb. an Arctic Three-toad Woodpecker u. i ; <1 1 B u; .- tn down either side o1 the black, in- darkened tps. ‘fife winged form is glmlglllan mflde 8W5‘). “ms came and stayed near the buildings Zhhffigheb 01:2 hfihehhoflgfl ‘L: one for $2,099 and a r911 specimen l“ busmess- the qugrtg-r suygn 1h f“; we e . o saes $7 ms. Good f Just now both the would run up to as high as $5.000. Dr‘ Leo Frank is realms mmmy vogue for foxes, it appears to m,

creasing in sine backward. The feel- ers which are shorter than the body are tipped with black. The eyes lags and tips of the body are

slightly shorter, the thorax and head are black and the abdomen green. Legs and antennae are con- siderably darker than in the wing- leas form.

small weight heifers made $8. Re- cent advices from St. Paul rcpcii top Canadian steers at $8.75, heavy heifers $7. and burp 001m $0.40. Chi-

ail winter. Hairy and the Downy Woodpeck- ers are about. We have feeding stations for the birds and the Downy woodpeckers.

being established at Canterbury in the eleventh century. Popular sentiment had norw become strong enough m enforce the isolation cf the iepers and to clothe them in a

It takes from 80 to 100 mink to make a coat. dellendllll! "DOB ‘he size of the lady who ia to wear the garment.

good because of a fox he recently purchased from Harry Kirsch who had bought the animal from a rancher near Hazelbrcck. It is all

lmlds "P 9011111? for neckpieoes, the diientieic forsaking mm-e and more the other Spring articles such M marten. skunk. u well as Other

g mlisamfi Mo“ T: “£18m 1%“ Whil mu i be 11ml d M d 1. ded

ye owls poem or. e e nsect must re- Ccflbwvt a egrflllrl 0n 00 fly Black-capped .and Brown- ea m1 05;, e_ The 1aqgr con.

ayes, feelers and eomielos (snail garded, asaturnip pestohleflyitalso but made a partial iwoverl’ on chlckadees visit them often, every .._.,°...,..","‘.,. a 10m 2w, ..,,wh_ ._.___ silver from head w heel and evw articles utilized for scar-fa. However. tubes propecting from the back) are attacks cabbage-s. caullflowers, wild Tuesdflly- Top native fed steer! day, Yours sincerely, Clive Stew- Wm, a hood covering the 5mg. and A muvement is now on foot hav- me mu is Suva The Doctor ma“ among the foxes silver foxes are black. The “neck" is of the same reddish and other cultivated and made $10. some an outside $10.50. art." the leper carried a wooden clapper ing the backing 0f Amerlwn mill-k n is one of m ‘most be mm w, particularly favored and it 5am. gdlor. The 131433‘: andnztdil" are gar}: wilidfplafits ieegonglinlg to the must- vlghhtthgc Milk for the week down This is a good gist. Cfilgipfilsllgltg __1n the story a be11__m give warn- ranchers, to place a duty on mink mals he has as,” seen 351d belle“; go uh that the denhmd m‘, u TOVill and Y- 9 WEEK 5V9 81' 8m Y. mpa nts of its work a on . three species of irds, a ea- . ing of his approach. Iepers were pelts comm; _1'0m other countliflll. h, he can develop we ‘tram that l-nd mkik will be maintgimd “d

no mealy coat and are bright yel- low in color. The newly haw-had young are

are usually, though not always, re- ceived in August, so that it would appear that it is in this month

Exports to Uniwd States

that have not bee cent years. I am ing it among my records, provision- There appears to be some

reported of re- Xtheerfore includ-

‘forbidden to enter inns, chiuches, mills or bakehousesz" they were nct to touch healthy persons or t0 eat with them; they were not a1-

similar to the duty on silver fox pelts. It is not unlikely, however, that it will succeed. certainly 110i

he has a mDIIEY-Hmkel’. A repre- sentatives of’ fled Colpitts heard about the freak fax and paid a

Pflhlps will increase in the next. few yam. Among our clienlie) the demand for full silvers in ppm.

911m 101mg 1h m, 5pm,; misusing that the greatest damage is done. l6 101' the Week were 2.102 ally on the genus; shoots m1; out by The aphids cluster in great num- h???’ cfittie, 179 dairy cattle and doubt about the "Purple Grosbeak" lowej m bayhe m the rivers o, to the exteim; 0c!‘ 501 epfiiémeteihfxswlgl; hymg vim to Chmlonewwn. but cipally towards the foxes of very bers cm the undersides of the leaves » 0 0 V68. This brduighi the total of Mr. Sfewarfs letter. I do not streams, m; w walk m nan-Ow the presen ra e g although his on" was a large om good c0101- and quality, the info“

cabbage and turnips. Seedling cab- bage are sometimes attacked inthe seedt biend. 'I'he have am‘ habit of cius er g on e form cabbage head so that it fails to develop

and have a preference for the tender leaves at the centre or, in the case of cabbages, in the form- ing head. As a result the plants are

to date this year to 12,984 beef. 1. 3'74 dalry and 11.785 calves as com- Pflred with 47,856 bee-f, 2.064 dairy.

and 16.066 calves for the corres-

find any bird indexed under name and therefore suppose it to be some other bird. I shall be glad to hear from Mr. Stewart again.

that

foothpaths when. it might be diffi- cult to avoid contact with them. At a little village called Lonchester. about five miles from where the

progress.

S. M. Hartroft of Alberta. SPOKE at the meeting of the Alberta Silver

he could not separate owner from fox.

The New York Auction Company

is; Ifuil silvers are entirely neglect.-

Tho United States Ouatoms auth-

11. alsocauso badWunted-Freq t1 tch fdead mmlnapmmdiast . 00d, th £85m b: thawleaves, forming. deep mt: are '13“ an” gifested year SEAWEED AS FERTILIZER (w 231i, rfriifigéhpomou ‘gifts: ff*YB,'§°§,‘j;1,A;§f§;§*.‘,‘°§M1°‘§,,§2 announce the postiwnenwnt o! their Q34“ “m” ‘m b? “l” “W101! deprezsipns m _the led: which are ield and sometimes a whole field EIlWfl-S And Prices in United from about 1190; and has a e ° H 1 mm him m5 m 85mm. m, me which w“ h, have vev of the U. s. nopartuiem. of filled with aphids. Infated Plants will be destroyed Kingdom During the years of the Great "squint" 0r leper vumdow _9_n ob. Weeks BEO- 9 _ l1 d and ha been held on Am.“ 4th’ w some Agriculture, have been getting u.

through which a to Prlllw Edwflld 151B“ ° Jlbufe date which has not vet been ‘f’ mlwlzlers of silver fox and suc-

are stunted and may even be killed outright when the

insects are abundant.

Spray as soon as the aphids hr gin to cluster on the young plants and before the leaves are too badly curled. Ule nicotine sulphate Blackleaf 40) 3 pints to 100 gals. of viraier. adding four to five lbs of soap first shaved fine and dissolved in hot water. As high a pressure as posribie should be used and the spray directed downwards into the

force as can be obtained. Soap, 1 lb. in I of water may be used and young cabbage lanls that have be- come infested n the seed bed should be dipped in this material. Fixed nozzlees such as used for {ignite spraying are not effective in

is work. Better results are secur- od by using a bamboo rod and do-

Angle nozzles unturned to wet the underside of the leaves, a good measure to drive the material into curved leaves. and early treat- ment before the leaves are too bad- ly curled for effective work are essentral for success. Instead of using fixed nozzles. it is better to employ one or two leads of hose fitted with short bamboo rods. Use nicotine sulphate (Blackleaf 40) 3-4 pint to 100 gals, of water, adding 4-—6 lbs. 0f soap first shaved fine and dissolved in hot water. If this is not available, use whale 011 soap or ordinary laundry soap, 1 pound to 7 gals. of water. When large acrcages are to be treated and where the appartus is available, a contact dust containing 4-5 per cent of nicotine sulphate has been used with better effect. The work I should be done early before the

The SS. Manchester Commerce, St. John to Birkenhead. March 24. Wllh 508 cattle, was the only sall-

howavcr. wa: expected cm Satur- day from Halifax lter SS. Norwe- gLan for Cardiff. Exports to date are 8.572 cattle as csmpared with m for the corresponding period

year. Giazgow sold the SS. Sulairla camtie on the 24th. Steers at 9 1-2, and bulls 6 1-2c per lb. live weight. There was a good attendance. Birk- enlieari 118d no Canadians but 11e- ggnlfd sales of choice small cattle 16 1-20 to 17c in sinrk. and other; from l5 1-2c to 16c. Cows. 10c w 12c. Bulls, 10c to l2 l-Zc. Tihe market was a little weaker. The country 1s in need of lain.

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i118 for the week. A further sailing, l ficiency. Amongst

tried, seaweed (rockweed not eel- grass) was promising source of potash. in ad- ‘ value a; organic mat- ter. It had long proved beneficial to crops when lands in the British Isles, and on the shoras of EiITOpPBn countries: its application was more or less rule of thumb" and it was 11..til the later years of the nine- teenth century that any amilysis of is composition was undertaken. It its on record that Charles applied seaweed ash to his toes as manure; and he relates that