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Wednesday, June 16, 1954.

NATURE'S
SCRAPBOOK

Beaver. Lodges.

Beaver lodges often serve pur-
poses ‘other than: providing shelter
and protection for -beavers. and
are quite. frequently” “cosmopolitan”
lodges. :

' Often. the. Canada..Goose: takes

»on. April 30, at. which. he. was the |.

Ga Nipuatiee aN

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

The Hon. Walter E. Harris, .min-
ister of citizenship and immigration, |
will, in future, send.a-Ivtter of com- |
mendation to every Canadian Boy |
Scout qualifying for the Citizen |
{Proficiency badge. .The minister’s |
offer to this effect was made and ac-
cepted at the annual dinner. of the
Canadian General Council ‘of | the
Boy. Scouts. Association: in Ottawa

PAGE SEVEN

Fish Live To Be 100
According to Amram’ Scheinreld

Wise (gardener i “You and Heredity’, under. thie

| best of conditions. elephants live to.
he no more than ‘about 70° years; -
horses about 35; dogs and. cats. about
20; parrots, about 45; oxen,.about ©”
30, Among: fish, of the fresh. water...
species, carp, ‘pike. and’ catfish may
jive to be almost’ 100.:: Tortoises ‘ap- ..
pear to be the longest- lived of lower

‘Notes: ‘From Saanickton Experimental Station

There is plenty ot evidence now. in
the station's strawberry. plots to
show that spraying: for mildew: con-
trol Chas been. effective: Powdery
mildew has been very: severe in the
1953 season: in certain plots: where

them off may result j in damage being
done to the adjacent leaf or a por-
tion of the main stem. Cutting: off
the shoot with a sharp knife often:
becomes essential itr such ‘cases,
Usually from lewves |

six to nine

3 wuest speaker. | no“control spraying’ was carried’ out. ‘above the ground are developed: be- animals with recorded ages up to 150.
up rooms on the apex:of the lodges, _ . | This season three spray applica-: fore the first blossom cluster ‘ap-! Only: about three: or four: persons:
“there to lay her eggs and build the bone shark, is the ‘most ‘massive | tions have been applied at two-week | pears. This blossom: cluster is. fol- per 100,000°on this continent are re-. |
family nest. Then a. little further | all fishes. attaining a length of intervals. beginning April 28 Wet- [lowed by three more leaves, then j ported inthe. 100-yearcage groupe 2s
down,- the muskrat- and / WAECT 36 feet and an. enormous weight, table sulphur was used. Unsprayed another blossom cluster, and: this} The all-time. authenticated ‘longevity. 6505
e shrew are known to take up resid 1 y4 js a dull and. sluggist’ animal, Wants, are severely affected with} sequence repeated. In an ‘date, was. that ‘of Mrs ay!
eae beveath the Te aie and little nut it ig said: that a blow’ fron its. mildew and this will no doubt in- | season four or five trusses of fruit | Louise W. Thiers, a: Milwaukee: wo-"
ish s refuge ‘in’ the

crevices {tai} will destroy an ordinary whale-

interlacing of sub-|joat Whalers occasionally take
So, the industrious |; for its liver

fluence the yield.

will ripen. Tt is a good - practice to

made by the nip out the terminal grewth imme-

merged sticks.

man who died in 1926 at the age

Spraved plants are not entirely of 111 years, 138.days. Also appar-

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free from mildew. However, its | diately above the third leaf follow- | cently authentic was the. report that
ee sets up a wilderness hotel | Buffalo On Increase spread has been greatly limited and | ing the: fifth truss. This tends to | a Canadian, Pierre Joubert, who died
! ies a great many of nature's chiles The fact that buffalo steaks are much of the foliage is clean. It} make those fruits already set ripen! in 1814, had reached the age of 113
‘ dren. .

| tgain appearing in the butcher
:shops is an outstanding Canadian
Zoologists usually find that the accomplishment in wildlife man-
skeletons of “sea serpents” found tgement. In the present century
in this coast turn out to be basking |the protection and restoration of
sharks. According to Jordan, this ‘the North American bison or buf-
hugs, clumsy shark of the northern ifalo has increased from small be-
seas, called also elephant shark and ginnings up until there are now

more quickly.

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would seem that the mildew con-

Sea Serpent trol measures outlined. on the 2
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+ years,

124 days.

frait chart will have do he applied
annually in many locations to reduce
Ch-

varictigs are

infection on “British
max cand some
less susceptible.

About 200 gallons of spray are-re-
quired per

Sovereign,
other

acre for each. application.

This and That

et A
ee

i eoreipted ; Materials. for this amount would | of
PROTECTION ACROSS S0—Never! iGo chen extant ' cost in the neighborhood of $2.
: +. . . _ —Lati jath —-Male title of reapect : . . . .
Here your preseriptions are’ filled with 5 Righteous 54 rere abbreviation “ (abb.). pe i Pruning Tomatoes ;
scientific accuracy in exact aceordanee wi 9—Preposition $5—Authoritative command 28—Mental images | Pruning tomatoes is a simple op- | ;
a Wiest ate accordance: Sith 10—The self * $8—Three-toed stoth 29-—— Putts sinouncesisceit ‘eration, but one which is -freduently
your Physician’s orders, 12--Pronoun 59—Exclamation 31—Masculine name ePahous, DUEL One i '
a Beloueine to 60~—Circle segment 32—Offspring | found puzzling by the amateur ar |
Fort at Broad 16-—Negotiated 61—Oppored to | 3 Meadow ‘ dener, |
421195 19—Greek fetter 03—Flower part In ' i a as . a
: 20—To make lace 64—To press into u mass A eal ve { There are two main types of toma- | i
: i & ime, Dougtas. at View ame Paar ai raatip ; 27 bine measuce | toes, the dwarf, determinate, or self- ty Vi Dail 8:00 «. Stenderd fio 7: 45 “
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mR i¢ liseate 24~-Resting place nOWN Set coed Fpruning type an the one hand, and | v ictoria ai ty: 0 a.m., 12:00 0.,4:00 p- m., p-m.
: E RITION, AW Victoria, B.C. ' ee of respect ae 45~~Ingenious expedient jthe indeterminate or staking type Direct bus connections at Port Angeles for Seattle
i. er me ren nine enema - pment ' 29—Exclamation 4—Requirements aia 1 il aces | on the other. It is important to a aE ;
; a a Pat pi of 49--U. S. “Corn State” linow whieh you are dealing with, | ee eee enmarane nattsartameas
35$—Chemical symbol for 7 Breponition si—Thn division of the | for varieties of the former class |
36—Forebodings 8—Highway hostelry P Bible (abb.) [should be left unpruned. and un-
37—In reference to aaa ira _ cry — | staked for best results. H
z a 3a vastrour sabia 13—Summons before a s$—Pad The Jatter is) most frequently | f°
Ie Hral Troe Chap Ete ine Bemmntmn 09 | sn to maine wes ts di
ora “unera ape: pel fe 1050 17--Ancient sun god $9—Pronoun . jel: The procedure consists . of
Your exact preference ina service ! 47—Curious | 18—Printer's measure 62—One of the continents i breaking off the young shoots ap-
, ; : -, : 49—Preposition | 19—Italian river (abb.) \ ;
darge or small, amid surroundings of . { pearing. in the axils of the leaves,
graceful beauty. | cn np i i __. | but taking care to, leave the terminal
: . oT S row tact: “When. these _ side
. & lis WORK IS “ANSWER TO. growth “in
1400 VANCOUVER STREET G12 4 LAST WEEK’ S PUZZLE | shoots are small. they will break off
Z ‘WIDELY KNOWN | very readily. If permitted to become:
: ' arge, however; their removal. is far:
: CAA AWS | nee dition ‘an attenipts ee br a
: a ul ; In St. Joseph's hospital where he | Ce aan

j celebrated | his | 87th’ birthday -is
| Richard: Layritz, Wilkinson -Road,
:pioneer nurseryman, Mr. Layritz,
i was admitted'to hospital April 2-for
{treatnient. until which time he had | |
theen’ w orking in “his: ppaeiets gare: “
dens, :

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Layritz came to. ‘Canada over
605 years ‘ago. vas a: “professional
7nursery¥iman.. “He: cleared the: land
on whieh: stands. his: present: “fam=
ous “nursery: and.on! which: he
plantéd trees’ and shrubs that: have
a ined: him, World- .

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“Me : ae eee been}
Har iecly. responsible. for /.mtch of
[thie beauty in’ the-gardens-of Sadn-}-
jehy Oak: Bay and” in: the”.Greater. |
Victoria, areas, a is plants: and
shrubs: have” ‘been ‘shipped: across
the: dominion besides gatering., for.
many local: outlets, : :

The. muiny friends (of. Mr. Lave

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ritz’ wish him “well; “and ‘a very| ( @ COURTS © GARAGES }
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‘He’ 5 changing the nation’ 8 Jondseare.:

Your may see the result of what he ls’ doing dn the city's changing.
skyline — or-out where the corn grows Gl) in the mushrooming.
suburbs —_ordn the new loak of Main Street in a mellow old town,”

“Where many wvacint lot-once stood, he helps lit witha fine
few. school, Where you used to see aestructire that was.an eyesore
you MAY Naw. seca new aAparunent house, store: or other: building»:
he played a role in providing, .:

Thanks in part to him, nny houses ‘ise ere and there, of row!
on row, in community afterccommunity. New black ribbons of.
asphalt tig town to town, Somewhere, a new bridge: is built,

New industrial plants, too, are sometimes the by-products. of
his helping hand, Perhaps one of them has provided you with a job,

Whe is he?

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