The Seaforth News, 1929-04-04, Page 6The Story Of Bilnbo (eentiuued to a point where soon his
fiend would have been the usual one of
•a e
worth then. feed;
co si end
no n
dos t
a l,.e Dog of Note g
Only 'a fortunate mix-up in tato tare
nessinn of the .team saved him, A
driver borrowed the dogs, a masher
unfamiliar with their position in the
team.By chance he placed Bintbo in
the load!.
Tnnnediately Bimbo's right to load-
ership was apparent; and from that
time he retained it. This honor en-
titled him to the freedom of the camps,
The icy Alaskan river, plunging and tbereaf ter he was Beldam:eheined,
through its.anow-clad gorge, was not winter or summer.
frozen entirely over, In the middle A new dog in a team is always a
the channel was free. At this par- problem, we learn, but Bilnbo was al-
ticular place the gap was only three ways equal to such occasions. Contin•
or four feet :;cross—an easy jump for uing:
the malamute dogs pulling the sled, A dog aecustcmed to taking orders
and negotiable by the sledge itself. ony from some shouting driver soon
But Bimbo, the lead -dog, ordered to learned, when, placed in my team, that
cross the ice and make the jump, re- the real orders cane from the lead
fusxl to leave the shore. Three times dog. When the rest of the team were
the driver, Merle Howard Guise, who straining at their collars to get he
tells
Bimbo's story in "Bay's Life," heavily loaded sled up the steep grade,
urged Bimbo across to the opening, and the masher had his hands full at
and three times the canny canine re- the gee -pole, was no time for any dog
u
fused to budge. Then "on the third to shirk. At such a time, a quick,t n
hetemp
t as we reached the channel, backward glance from the pa g
he turned sharply up -stream and drag- Bimbo might be of no special portent
ged
the disorganized team along the to the shirker if he were a newcomer;
glare ice, in spite of the =act that I perhaps the laggard might even re -
dug in the brake. A short distance turn the look insolently, as if to say,
up -stream he again turned, leapt the
gap and, when the entire outfit had
cleared the opening, dropped down
upon the ice and put his head between
his paws to receive his whipping.'
And Mr, Guise admits that he was
sorely tempted to punish his lead -dog,
but he remembered Bimho's intelli-
gence, bravery and devotion. So, in-
stead, he went back to the place where
Bimbo had refused to cross. With a
stick he struck the ice, and to his con-
sternation it broke. It was only a thin
sheet, not several feet thick as he had
supposed. Bimbo had saved them all
from an icy death in the water, and
he had his reward in increased affec-
tion.
Bimbo showed his devotion in many
ways. As lead -dog he was a stela
disciplinarian to his fellows, and
guarded jealously his own privileges.
An instance of this is related by Mr.
Guise:
A low grow .. a snarl ... a yelp
of pain ... a heavy object rolling
dov n the rocky hillside!
The disturbance woke me, and I
raised myself to one elbow. A slight
brushing against the screen'dcs, then
silence, and I dropped back into bed,
Bimbo had gained his objective! The
post of i• ,nor, the gunnysack that
served as welcome doormat in front
of my little log cabin, was his, my
leader's; by right of might, and for the
rest of the night he would guard my
slumbers even if he had to slash the
throat of every contending malamute
ir, the team to do it.
Poor Moost, undoubtedly it was his
one hundred and fifty pounds that had
tumbled down the slope, and he al-
ways took his disporaessing hard. In
harness. at the "wheel," he was a
veritable Red Grange. Dragging sled
and dogs, he fairly waded through
unfriendly teams that we chanced to
meet upon the trail. But to Bimbo size
meant nothing, for he had the knack
of upsetting his opponent at the first
onslaught.
Though a splendid fighter, Bimbo
was not a quarrelsome dog. In fact,
he avoided a fight when he could, and
many a bully would display his teeth
and utter contemptuous, low -throated
insults, without seeming to arouse the
slightest interest. In the matter of
guarding my person against any ani-
mals, predatory or friendly, Bimbo
probably considered that, because of
his position in the team, he was en-
titled to this special privilege, and,
fortunately for him, he possessed the
fighting' prowess to support hint !•i
this contention.
No two dog mushers agree upon the
extent of the qualities that might rea-
sonably constitute the perfect lead-
dog, says the writer, adding, "but all
agree that, as with men, pedigree is
not necessarily the measure of capac-
ity for real leadership. Many poten-
tial
otential leaders are bred from selected,
pink -eyed Siberian wolf -hounds, or
from pedigreed setters trained to ser-
vice in the North, and a chosen few
might set up speed and endurance
records in the great Nome Sweep-
stakes," Reading on:,
Yet a Mackenzie River husky, born
in the humble environments of a
squalid Indian camp, and maintaining
an existence in spite of starvation ra-
tions and native abuse, might possess
;With Dag Derbys Over the
Tale of J3imba Will be En.
joyed By All Who Love
a Dog
SAGACIOUS CANINE
"Well, what ya goin' to do about it?"
A little more of this lagging and he
would get Bimbo's answer—at the
next stop for rest, 01 even at the end
of the day. For a moment he would
imagine, probably, that the whole team
had jumped him, as Bimbo set upon
him and gave him the neatest trim-
ming he had ever experienced in so
short a time.
Usually one such lesson was suffi-
cient to make a "good soldier" of the
newest acquisition to the team. But
once Kobuck and Notack, dogs new
to the team, decided to "gang up" on
Bimbo to revenge initiatory trounc-
ings each had previously received. We
had just completed a six -hundred -mile
trail journey, and were enjoying the
last few miles on a train of the partly -
completed government railroad. Half
a dozen other teams were crowded into
the box -car, and the cramped quar-
ters gave these two newcomers the op-
portunity, they thought, for retalia-
tion.
The two Siwash dugs were chained
to the sled next to Bimbo. Soon they
began to edge into him, forcing him
to move ever. Not satisfied, they
crowded him still farther until he was
at the end of his chain. Again they
pressed him. It was too much! Bimbo
stock i
In a moment half a hundreddogs
were at it, although in quarters too
confined for a good free-for-all. Bimbo
handled himself in a most masterly
style, and the pair must have thought
they had been set upon by half -a -dozen
Bimbos, so quickly did he turn from
throat to leg or tail, es -whatever part
of their furry hides presented itself.
By the time I got a grip on Bimbo's
hind legs, the two bullies had been
soundly thrashed. Needle: s to say,
Bimbo secured plenty of room, which
he made use of by stretching out full
length and going to sleep.
A small lead -dog, however intelli-
gent, is sure to cut a sorry figure in a
team of powerful brutes if he has not
the weight and strength to hold them
in check. It is practically impossible
for one man to harness and put in line
a large team of high-spirited dogs
without first lashing the towline and
sled to trees or stumps. A good leader,
first to be harnessed, will help con-
siderably in keeping the team in place
by lying .down in the snow and digging
in his toes as the harnessing proceeds.
Even then he may be dragged about
by the other ogs. into
When his harness was snapped
place, Bimbo would drop immediately
into the snow, face to the front. A tug
or two on the tow -line he would ignore,
refusing to look back. A. dog might
give a pull that would move him a
foot or so,' which would be met with a
turn of the head. But a violent tug
that jerked him to his feet brought
swift retaliation from Bimbo, and for
the next few days the offender would
be too much occupied licking his
wounds to disturb his leader on a
harnessing or any other occasion.
The feet of the Northern malamute
and the husky are exceptionally tough,
and better adapted to hard going than
the feet of the "outside" dog of fine
breeding, yet they require the same
attention that the driver gives his own.
When the trail is gritty, and marks
on the snow indicate bleeding feet, the
British Boys Welcomed to Canada
Fifty British boys,. arriving at,Montreal over Canadian National Rail•
ways to commence farm work !n Canada, were given a hearty reception and
were entertained at a luncheon by Dr. W. J. Black, Director of Agriculture
and Colonization ,for the Canadian National System. The boys are going to
Lindsay, Ont., where they will be placed on farms under the jurisdiction of
the Rotary Club of that city, which already has: succeeded in its efforts to
Place Brinell boys with Canadian farmers and give them a chance to establish
themselves in the new country.-
Indian hospitality
Curiously enough, the North Amerl.
can Indians have always been highly
advanced
t>► the art of hospitality.
Whi[e they were
0
e
w Yet in a stat .f
savagery they had ouatoms of hoapi-
tality which were en inspiration to
the White people Whc fret came
among them; .. Few people were
eo open-hearted and generousas•they.
Their unaltected kindness and their
willingness to share a last mensal
astonished the early white settlers
who came •le contact with them.
Some of the tales of English and
Indian intercourse, as recorded by
these early white people, are toueho
ing.
In the summer of '1584 an expedi-
tion under the auspices of Sir 'Walter
Raleigh landed on the Island of
Wococken, off Albemarle•Sound. They
invaded the land of the Algonquin
tribes and: made themselves comfort -
1
bo or the other dogs—scarcely could I
make out the handle -bars of the sled
which I gni ped. Then, about three
o'clock, as we passed out of ti e storm
zone just before night settled down,
there stood the government tripod—
three sticks marking the summit of the
dangerous pass! As I made my way
forward and rewarded Bimbo by rub-
bing the ice from his face, it was with
a feeling of wonder at an instinct that
to me seemed inspired.
The World War separated Mr. Guise
and Bimbo'in this way:
It was at Seward that Bimbo had
been purchased, as a common work
dog, for that first long trip to the Yu-
kon. After many years f trailing
throughout the vast interior of the
North with him, the war finally
brought me out. I was now on my Peddling alongamong the rushes and,
way to the Outside, and from Seward padd g
I sent the team back to the Yukon—;I weeds, and ' cattle browsing- in the
all save Bimbo. Bimbo, now in his deep green;' and farther on, some high -
twelfth year, had served me. faithfully. lying stretches of rye-grass struck into
The thought of separating from him long and silvery waves by the morning
was unbearable, so I took him out, wind.
with me, to live tat rest of his life on All the stir and motion of the new
a well-earned pension. day have come upon us; - and Henley,
At Settle, I installed Bimbo on the clean, white, and red, with its town -
spacious back porch of a friend's home hall shining brightly down its chief
on Capital Hill, I was
certain that street and all its high clusters of old
Henley in the Middle
Hundreds
Eighteen
able. Yet "there came down nom . f al
parts great' stores of people" bringing
ducks, hares, fish, fruits, note,' and
many good things for tate new -comers. caetin' over the same spot and these
The Wifeof the 01101t r Grangaaimeo, here Invisible flies. See how they's
'
tail
came personally ;ad invited the two made? Good stiff hackles, stiff
the
leaders of the expedition (Philip to snake em ride high, wi thoutot ile
Amides and Arthur Barlow) into the hook point p nso's he ow Where,
house. She washed them, and gave white on. the lop ye get. re
them every comfort, "'and served 'tis yerself. An' say; don't
'
roasted fish .and venison on a board peevish an' disgruntled 'cause ye aint
that • stood' along the side of the gettin' fish, Chances is, We yeno
Captain Clark, of the famous.Lewis
wn
fault, an'ye'il. never len
hoCa.. Try an' think like a trout does, an'
and Clark expedition, wrote with en Yell get better flshin'. $'long"
thusiasm of the hospitality which he'. Soon Now
encountered. He told how the Indians "Skunk cabbages poking their noses
of the Columbia Valley boiled salmon upthrough the earth, restless anglers
and served it on a platter 01 rushes, fumbling among flies hooks and lines
neatly made. "It le the custom of all are all signs of approaching spring.
the nations on the Missouri to offer In the same paper Seth Briggs starts
every white man food' and refresh-, .the season with a few suggestions to
menta when • he first enters their fishermen.
Early morning in Henley! From
over the wooded hills in the east there
comes a great flood of sunshine that,
lies warmly on the ruddy side of the
old inn, -on its evergreens ,and on the
slopes of sweet -scented mignonette,
and sweetbrier anti various blossoms
that adorn the bank of the river. The
river itself, lying apparently motion-
less between' level and green mea-
dows, has, its blue surface marred
here and there by a white ripply of
wind; the poplars that stand on its
Menke are rustling in the breeze;
there are swallows dipping and skim-
ming about the old bridge, and ducks
Trout Fisnin'
�:�-r-.•'Farm
Fa m Notes
How a wintered old man who migbt
k
t
e
have been the very shade ofIzaa
'dalton explained the peuliaritles of
"procreetluating" trout Is told by Ray
Bergman In the April issue of "Field
and Stream". This old fellow ambled
haulg Olefishermen
''beet of luck, and casually
said, a twinkle in his faded blue eyes:
%Guess ye ain't had much 'sperlenee
wi' these here 'crastinatin' trout, have
ye? Taint nothin' unus'al. They
often Sit thdt-a-way, an! ye must have
had some 'sperienoe wi' 'em,- far ye
oort'nly 'nay do a lot o' trout flshi0'.
Yer shoes is all worn nom the rooks,
them wadin' pants o' yourn Is all
patches, yen rod is handmade—Oh,
everythin' ye got shows 'sPerlence an'.
Use. But say d' ye ever study the
game like ye orta? I mean the way
trout feel 'bout it. They's• a lot like
ourselves,;
"They's three things does !t," con,
tinues this sage old angler. "Trout
as are slightly villin',, continual
FERT1LIBIUG TEE STRAW-
HERR. BED,
While fertilizing the strawberry bed
in the spring may increase the size
of the fruit it does not iucreuse the
number of fruit buds in, the plants,.
Investigations parried on by 1M. B.
Davis and Ii, Hill on the Ilrrtieultural
Division of the Experimental Fal -ms
leads to the conclusion thattoincrease.
the fruit buds fertilizing of the patch
respires to be,•,5lone in the fall of the
year. An yecount of the work pub-
lished in Bulletin No. 110 of the De -
Pertinent of Agriculture at Ottawa, va
shows that the highest yields of fruit
were secured when the fertilizer was
applied on September 15th of the first
year and of August 15th of the first
fruiting year, ' These dates, it was
learned, are quite close to tho be-
ginning of fruit bud differentiation as
determined by microscopical studies
carried on with the young plants.
FERTILISING TOBACCO.
his view of the down -town section of
the city would be more appreciated
than the sight of Elliot Bay beyond,
for Bintbo had suffered much from
seasickness. the stillness of the morning, dwell 4s
Frequently I took Bimbo on long
walks about the residential sections, away up the reach of the river. Stand -
and observed his keen interest in city ing on the bridge, you see the dark
• blue stream, reflecting -a thousand
bright colors underneath the town,
gradually becoming greyer in hue until
it gets out amid the meadows and the
woods; and then, with a bold white
curve that is glimmering like silver in
the north, it sweeps under the line of
low, soft green hills that have grown
pearly and grey in the tender morning
mist. Bell is standing on the bridge,
too. The Lieutenant has brought out.
his sketch -book, and has plied it on a
stone parapet before her. But some-
how, she seems disinclined to begin
work thus early on our journey; and,
instead, her eyes are looking blankly
and wistfully at the rich green mead-
ows, and the red cows, and the long
white reach ofthe river shining palely
beneath the faint green heights in the
north.
"Is Henley the'prettiest town in the
world, I' wonder?" she said.
"Yes, if you think so, Mademoiselle,"
replied von Rosen, gently.—From "The
Strange Adventures of a Phaeton," by
William Black.
fashioned houses backed by a fringe
of dark -wooded hills, shows as much
life and briskness as are usually seen
in a quaint, small, old-fashioned Eng-
lish town. But where the silence and
life. Moreover, he thrived on his new
diet of beef scraps and other delicacies,
and did not seen to pine for his sal-
mon, tallow, and rice.
In the North, Bimbo had never play-
ed with other malamutes, for he al-
ways had held himself apart from
them, as he had been rejected by dogs
of breeding. Here, though, he seensed.
to enjoy meeting the city -bred dogs
who dashed out at him from ack yards,
but refrained, fortunately for them,
from anything more bellicose than
bristling back and threatening growls.
Particularly was he amused at a lithe
puff -ball lap aristocrat that come sput-
tering out from a parlor and, sniffling
and snarling feebly, strutted aro
him and under his belly, as tho
daring him to knock the blue -rib
bow off its neck. When a young woman'
in maid's apron and 'cap came to the
door and stamped for "Wiki-Wi
return. Bimbo seemed hurt at the i'
fellow's being taken away.
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and
ugh
bon
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title
A Texas man says It's his ambition
to have a suit of clothes for each day, who can make crime aPectacul
Mostof ehave that now, but It's the Professor Raymond C. Maley.
samee one. . � •
the very qualities necessary to lead his careful driver halts and puts moc-
team over the moat perilous trails, casins on the furred pads to protect
To me, Bimbo was the ideal lead- i them from the sharp particles of ice.
dog; to others, perhaps, he was merely These moccasins, or canvas sacks, if
a splendid leader. With his uncanny not ripped off by the fangs of the
trail sense, he was easily the best tha
I had ever known. He was the kind
of dog that stood in one's mind for
ancestry, pedigree, blue blood; as if
bred from regihood 1s wear the jingle -
and train-
edfrom pupP.
ppy
bells of a leader. And yet he Was
simply one of the litter( whelped in a
Siwash fish -camp on the coast of
Alaska, and turned loose as a puppy
to reach maturity as best he might.
When Bimbo was shout one year old
he had been picked up as a common
young work -dog for fifteen dollars,
and for weeks thereafter was thought
to be worth just fifteen dollars -less
than the sum paid for him! Ile had
been bought at Seward to fill out a
wearer, usually last for one or more
days' travel.
Bimbo, because of his strong, steady
pulling was unusually hard on shoes,
an inspection at the noon rest some-
times revealing his moccasins, espe-
cially those on his hind legs, worn
through the bottom. He wore out
twice as many moccasins as any other
dog in the team, attesting to hiscoii-
scientious work. He put his best into
the tow -line until a word from the
driver or a slowing down of the sled,
indicated that the other dogs must
have time out for a "blow,"
A sledge -dog should be a good trail-
er, and Bimbo was. One of the best
pieces of trailing he ever did was to
—9 --
The
n
There seems to be little difference
in the crop results of tobacco whether
fertilizers are drilled in or broadcast
oii the soil: At the Dominion Experi-
mental Station at Harrow, Ontario,
twelve plots were staked offin a por-
tion of the saltie field for tots with
methods of applying fertilizer for
Green River and Burley toacco. The
same amount of fertilizer was drilled
into the rows; on five plots and broad-
cast on five others. Two other plots
received no fertilizer. The, fertilizer
used in this test per acre was compos-
ed of a mixture of 400 pounds of sul-
phate of ammonia, 400 pounds of acid
phosphate and 200 pounds of sulphate
of potash. In the case of the Green
River variety drilled plots gave 1,360
and 1,380 pounds to the acre. The
broadcast plots gave 1,320 and 1,400
pounds, while the plot receiving no
fertilizer yielded' only 995 pounds. In
the case of the Burley the drilled plots
gave yields of 1,740 pounds, 1,520 and
1,700 pounds to the acre, while two of
the broadcast plots gave 1,740 pounds
and another 1,640 to the acre. The
plot receiving no fertilizer yielded s:
little more than half a ton of crop.
While the difference is slight as be-
tween broadcasting, and drilling of the
fertilizer, it is in favor of drilling
which shows up particularly in the
quality and weight of the curets leaf.
RAPE AND OTHER FORAGE
PLANTS.
Rape is recognized as a valuable
forage cropfor sheep, swine, and
young cattle, but there are other crops
of similar character that might with
advantage be more generally grown.
Kale, of which there are many var-
ieties, is a heavy yielder of useful
forage. Several varieties of kale and
rape were tested side by side by the
Forage Crop Divisions of the Experi-
mental Farms. The results, which;
appear in the report for 1927 publish-
ed
ublished by the Dept. of Agriculture at Ot-
tawa, show that as high as 30 tonson
green crop per acre were produced
from a variety of kale called Green
Stem, with almost as large yield from
a purple -stemmed variety. Rape yield.
ed as high as 291st tons for a variety,
called Large Seeded Winter Umbrella*
Improved Dwarf Essex, which is per-
haps the best known variety in this
country, yielded 17 tons, 167 pounds
The chief of the Forage. Plants Divi-
sion concludes his report with the
view that satisfactory crops of these
plants can be produced in many parts
of Canada and that they may be grown
more extensively to good advantage. •
tents." ... "The best way to catcb fish," s he
We have borrowed many things rays, "is to keep your line wet and,
from our Indian brothers, but noth-
not .think too much about the lure
ing more valuable than their custom you are using or going, to use. It le
of generous- hospitality. They paved seldom' possible to take trout on -a dry
the way for the :hospitality which has fly during a snow storm or when the
become so peculiarly associated with . freezes on your. line, but the
this country. We owe them, as we man who fishes consistently, con -
water
owe all peoples of the world from 'ecientiously and intelligently with any
whose manners and customs we have lure with in reason, usually comes
borrowed, a debt of •gratitude. ... home with a good catch of fish.
The early pages in the history of "Here is a suggestion to those who
our country, darkened by tlse pathetic In thepast have twiddled their
struggles of the colonists to master thumbs until the first of May. Get
the conditions in which- they found out this year on the opening day with
themselves, are brightened here and a good selection of wet flies and try
there by tales of jolly entertainments+ your luck. Take a few each of Hare's
and generous hospitality. We read Ear, Coachman, Cahill, 'Cowdung,.
with quickening heartbeat of a March Brown and Queen of the
pathetic (little wedding feast in Waters. Put on one or at most two
Plymouth. We read with a sudden different' flies of the above assortment
warmth of tenderness of a Thanks-
giving dinner in the wilderness. We
follow a train of covered wagons
westward and rejoice with the pica
neers when they reach at last their.
destination and every mann woman,
and child gladly helps in clearing the
grounds for the great celebration..,.,
There were kind to one "another,
generous, hospitable. They shared
alike the hardships and'the pleasures
of their experiences. And they built
strong" because they built together.
We have never wholly lost that
heritage bequeathed us by the early
colonists—a love of simple kindliness
and hospitality, a love of sharing with
our neighbors and having them share
with us.—Lillian Eichler, in "The
Customs of Mankind."
The public always fall for a man
ar.-
team on the long mush north to the lead Mill uise over Rainy Pass, on the
Yukon, At that time he answered to! ridge of the high Alaska Range, in a
some other name. It would be mote I driving blizzard. This is how Bimbo
detract to say that he responded to handled the situation:
tto naive at all ; and, placed in the j When the storm broke we were too.
"run," sulked the entire journey. This far tip the; mountainside to tutu back.
stubbornness persisted in spite of fro- sphere was nothing to do but stagger
(went lashings by the Jap who drove blindly ahead—and leave the outcome
the leant. " to Bimbo.
Even en the Yukon this sullenness For three hours I could not see Bim -
Famous Father Has Lovely Daughter
CONNJE MACK'S
on your leader and fish them hard
for a While before you change to a
different fly."
f
Jamaica s Red
On exchanging Kingston for the
country, one soon realizes that the
color of Jamaica is red. Green, of
course, prevails—the green patches of
the mountains, the green covering of,
the hills, the green of thegreat leaves
of the bananas, the green of palms
and ferns and grass. And yet it is
red' that remains on the retina: the
red of the hibiscus, the red of the
poinsettia, the red of the Flame of the
Forest, the red and purple rad of the
bougainvillea, and, by no means least,
the red of the clothes: the old wom-
en's handkerchief turbans, the young
women's 'dresses—so many of them
crude crimsons conflicting with every
natural bloom. There seems to be no
sense 'of prismatic' harmony: in the
negro temperament.
Thegreen you take for granted; the
red is the surprise; and If I wereto
be asked what color came` next I
should say white; the white of 'teeth
usually smiling, the white or eyes
turned lazily upon the passerby. For
every one 'is'looked at in Jamaica, not
with the insolent Latin stare, of even
inquisitively, ' bat with mild and en-
gaging and genial curiosity; and the
spectacle of the passer-by is, next to
gossip, the island's principal amuse-
ment, for you sec no games.—Id. V.
Lucas, in "A Fronded Isle.
r,.
The Old Way of Warmth
Manchester Guardian (Lib.) : It is
interesting to notice that in these days
of frigid travel some passengers are
calling out for old tin foot -warmers
which used to be the most comforting
of railway companions. There are
two main schools of thought about
the proper strategy in campaigning
against cold -the European and the
American. The American practice is
not to heat the person but to heat the
room, and this method is often carried
to what English taste finds intolerable
stuffiness... Perhaps, if the cold
continues, the American habit of tak-
ing iced drinks as a detente against
the hot dryness of steam -heated rooms.
will give<way to the consumption of
mulled wines and the neguses which
Englishmen drank before the days of
the cocktail and central heating. The
real argument for supplying Iocal
heat by means of a. fire or foot -warmer
was that you could keep your feet
warm and your head cool; in a cen-
trally heated room or carriage it is
possible to' have only a stuffy head,
while one's extremities grow unpleas-
antly chilly.
Love
Old as the ages,
Bright as the day
Love le immortal,
Happy and gay.
Rare as red roses
In a deep shade
Blooming forever
Never to fade!
01d as dim Egypt,
Love's in her prime!
Stronger than Troy,
Outlasting time!
• Pearls for a princess,
All in a seat
Gold for a ruler
Love still for mei
—F, Howell Woodring in the Path-
finder,
I do not deprecate for a moment
the value of the spirit of selnsacritice.
—Will H. Hays.
BREEDING
ABROADPOULTRY. GOING i
Canadian poultry raisers and par.
ticularly those who are participating
in the benefits of the Record of Per,
formance, are finding a market fou
their stock in many parts of the
world. One shipment made front Van.
couver in the month of February in-
cluded one thousand hatching eggs
and twenty White Leghorn birds.
This order was filled through the.
British Columbia Record of Perform-
ance Breeders' Association that has
already sent about three .thousands
eggs to Japan. Tho majority of the
hatching eggs in this shipment were
for the Japanese Experimental Farms
system, while the breeding stock, con -
Slating of five cockerels and fifteen
hens from High record stock, were
purchased by a Japanese breeder.
The Live Stock Branch of the Dept.
of Agriculture, within svhich the Rec-
ord of Performance work is carried
on, reports that of the eggs shipped
to Japan last year the hatches were
well over fifty per cent-
FEEDING FOXES FOR GOOD
COLOR.
"The average tourist le not so
much interested la the bridge of size,
but the average dentiet is."
Probably when Cupid twanged one
in the direction 01 .Lindy he pulled
that old one about "the higher they
fly the harder :they fall"
I•noticed you wife sitting by' the
The food that foxes receive during
the summer and fall months has a `
decided .influence on the color and
lustre of the fur. At the Summerside,
Prince Edward Island, Experimental
Fox Ranch, foxes fed on a carnivorous
diet devel.ped a decided brawn shade •
in the fur. Faxes of sinter breed.
ing that received an omnivorous ra-
tion, that is a ration containing less
meat and more suph foods as breads
made from wheat (lour, rolled oats,
vegetables and milk, with a small
amount of ,flesh foods, :without excep-
tion took on a clear black color whicli
was retained throughout the. winter
and spring menthe.' According to the
Superintendent of the Station, Mr. G.
Ennis Smith, in his report published '
window sewing this, morning. t by the Dept. of Agriculture at Ottawa,
CAUGfiTEFl FOLLOWS HIS LEAD'thought you told me elle was 111?"the feeding of a high meat ration to
Events may follow a sinuous course,
MaryMack, daughter of the Athletics"' famous manager, Connie Mack,
"'So she Was; but to day she's on talo silver foxes during the early fall
g but In the hMistory.—Leon
school t Trotsky.learned mend!° months should be rigidly- avoided
is a leader In sporting events at Nit; St, Joseph's. Academy in Philadelphia, to look• at history.—Leon g y-