PAGE FOURTEEN. ~ ETE -------- $rsssrrssrresanrertead ¢ Tips For : the Farmer | @Vsssssssssssassassasy i Great Trade in Geese. (lermany, says the Westminster Lin zette, imports. annually sboat S000, 000 live geese from Russia. The are driven on foot from points of pro duction in western and southwestern Russia to frontier station where they are put on board trains for Berfin and, other cities. The cars usd for this purpose are built. in four decks, each enr holflog about 1,200 birds. Special train are run in the 8 mson, consist ing of a dozen Lo thirty-five ears, in accordance with thee xupply, As mans as 5LOOO geesn have heen known gi arrive at Magervichhol Market, Ber- Hn, on a single dwy. The geese are fin ally subjected to a period of fattening after arrival in Germany. geo First Bir Cheese. The manufacture of big checse for ex hibition purposzs has been one of the chiel means used for advertixing Can: ada as a dairy country. The first of these big cheese was made by Andes Smith of Norwich, Oxford county, in 1863, and this weighed 4,000 he This cheese was shown nt the New York State Fair and completely eclipsed any- ' thing seen up to that tink. The cheese really made Canada {amous, was the mobdier weighing 22,000 h., which was made by Mr. Ruddick himsAf in Perth, Out, in Sep: tember, 1812, for exhibition it the World's Fair, Chieago, This clieeie wns afterwards exhibited in Great Britain So good was the quality of the chen that, when part of it was roturnad to Canada one and one-half years old, after having been exhibited under no glass roof in England for six months, it was still' in good condition. Wr Ruddick hos a piece of that cheese to- day. It ts as dry and hard as a bone, but is perfectly sound, Select Seed Corn Now. Now is the time to select seed corn Take the best ears from the bent | stalks and store id a building which has been carefully airddried and has a tight roof. Ears should not be allow- ed to come 'nn contact with each other. When the corn has become thor. oughly air-dried for three or four weeks it should then be fire-dried with dry air in a temperature of about 40 F. for two ar threg weeks more. On many farms this can best be ac complished in the attie, but seed corn should not be dried over the kitchen stove or any place where it will be in an atmosphere where water vapor is pressnt to any extent, Corn whonhi be kept in a cool, de} place over win: | ter. If properly dried freezing will net injure it, nevertheless, it is much bet ter to keep it in a dey place which does not get below a temperatire of B34 degrees F. during the winter. In (this way seed corn of the strongest nating power will be wcwied for 1 12, Seed corn of will doubtless be scarce and expensive in the spring of 1912, Select, pick, cure and test your own seed corp, vather than pay some dealers a high price for seed that may be much inferior to "the seed corn you are letting go to waste on your own farm now i A Short Year. All leading crops in the United States show a decline ana compared with last vear. The American Agricul turist estimates this year's yield of porn' at 2,600,000,000 bus, This is half » billion bushels les« than the final sstimate of the yield for 1010 of the United States Department of Agri culture. The vield of wheat ix placed! by the Agricalturist' at 639,000,000 bur, or 56,000,000 bus. boss than the departmental estimate of the evop fin lakt year. The vield of oats is placed mb THT.O000.000 bus, or J29.000.000 fess Gained 29 Pounds | { premateiin | Years an Invalld=<Untold Agony From Headaches, Many | Dizziness, Sinking Spells and Faces sive Weakness Disappear ! "With Use of : . : Dr. Chase's | Nerve Food every womnn will read with t the letter of Mrs. George w, queted below. It tells of { of great suloring from nervous dache and other symptoms avis | from weak, watery blood and a id and exhausted condition of the Vous syste. Mra. George lradshaw, Cosy ..o0k | gowe, Out. writes: "I am glad | te that 1 received benefits from hase's Nerve Pood which 1 hil} got any place else, | was trou for many voare, in fact from my womanhood, with weak, watery und given to dropsy, 1 suder agonies from nervous sick , diols and chiking fact was g semi invalid for f tried wany kinds of site, aid pel ba bol ary new doctor that came x il to help -- A ---- S------ § the best uality Sdnped for 0 than a year ago. The tat crop is the smallest in 25 years i All three of fiitde above the sho snd MH was the that brought about the depris.aom of that year, saort yichl of Im, The Practical Farmer, Don't whip the horse him wots: In the rush of field work don't for get the wanty of the young stovk our mn the back pasture. Better have dhe vheep so they will crowd about 'vou, ra Fr than seat tor and ran the minute sou enter Lhe pen. Doping dors not count much wit! sheep, as un sick sheep little more than a dead one. The oli saying that prevention ms better thy cure "has more sigmificancy than with any other annual. Careful attention should be given to the oiling of harness eared for, haroess will be made to last tuice as long. Rain and mwml dr) ang on the leather will cause it to erach There 1% no better time to oil the har ness than on a rainy day. Ong of the greatest mistakes a farm It vuly miakes is worth but with shosy When properly | er can nmke is to give a purchaser the | pick of his stock stockman say, "Take your choice, When you hear al vou may rest nssared that he hasn't | anything worth choosing: or if he hus | it will be but a short Gime before his stock will be little better than a col leetion of culls, Some in connection with fattening sheep on sweet corn. The results have been sul ficiently successful to indwate that the work of fattening sheep in this way could be very considerably extended Sheep are very fond of sweet corn, and if allowed to feed upon it in the field after the crop has matured they t a i experimenting has boon done will eat most of the stalks ns well na» the corn on the ear Green corn, stalks and all, make o good starter for the 'steers that will soon be on full corn feed. Hf a moder ate allowance is given at first and | gradunlly increased it will not derangs their digestion, as it is so much like the grass they are accustomed to. As the corn ripens the allowance may be increased, so that by the time il i ripe they will be on full feed with out the difficulties usually experience! wher their food is changed direct from grass to corn A common mistake ito buy a hand separator of too small a capacity. A Iarge machine turns bat little harder than a small one. When the ssparal ing is done by hand musele is usually more plentiful than time Where a hord of twenty or more cows are kept a 700 or 800-pound machine is small enoiigh. The only place for a small machine is in very small herds, or where the separating is done by sheep on a trend power. Then it does not make so much difference, as the sheep's time is not worth much any way The Cow. Every animal on your farm should be tested, 16t 11 be eattle, awine, horses, sheep or cows. The ordinary cow should have her morits known to her keepwr, and he should at oti quaint himse? with her qualifications, not only as a milk. producer, bin as to the kind and quality of food best her purpose, and thy wt profitable. A cow may give only twenty pountls of milk a day and yet ba an excellint animal, if she can pro dice that pmount at. a low while, another cow in the same barn. may yield 30 pounds a day and yet prove uaprofitabls compared with the other. When vou test cows for reenrds cost, | they are not to be fad on straw and fodder, nov with a view to saving i the food, bit, on the contrary, the best foods are not considered to. good or costly, Grain, clover, pastu we, linseed meal and roots acast, each to afford a variety or change t promote the appetite and induce the pow to eat as veh aw she can digest Produce and Prices. Kingston, et T-The follawing prices are reported on the market Carrots, 4c. to Be. doz turnips, TO, to 60c. per bag, new potatoes, $1 to 81.20 per bush; beans, ac. yt. new cabbage, WiC, doz. new cel ery, Te. per head; tomatoes, T3¢. to $1! bush.; green gorm, S¢. to ite. dor: onions, $1 a hush. H radishes, Je. bunch; lettuce, He. bunch; apples, 20¢, 25e. peck. A. MacFarlane, Brock street, re follows ; Oats, 43¢.; local buckwheat, 70c.; seed rye, $15 peas, Me. to $1; vellow feed corn, 0c bakers' flour, $2.00 to $£.73: farmers', 2.75; Hungarian patent, $280; oat meal and rolled oats, $4.30 per bbl; cornmeal, $1.80 to_ 82; bran, $2 ton; No less this nin timed drag the fr The « slocve in at the ehh to $M: raccoon, $1.50: small, 75 $M to 26, sku of stripe, Of bunches; | Solo organist GATTY SELIAR f | Highest § TEL IRTCATBLBTRIRISSS Hands rendered deft by years and years of work at shaping fabrics, fashion each minute part of a SOVEREIGN BRAND suit of CLOTHES That is why each garment bearing the Sovereign Brand trade mark is bound to possess distinction not found in other * makes." It is the hand-tailor- ing--the careful regard for body lines consistent with the prevailing trend of fashion--that makes them more than "clothes." It makes them your clothes. € Assure yourself that the label is right. If it is--the clothes will be right. == W. E. SANFORD MFG. CO., Limited HAMILTON Pr vemsssesansenssesenal Grades GANOLINR CUAL ON. LE BRMOATI Flom ol KANE PROMPT DELIV Wor. ERLL) tarence snvl Oainrin stress ture Hmililing seas asneswsacecae aan GATS PeNERN WT Manufactured by |PAVTRIDGE & SONS Phone 359 Crencent Wire and fron Works Also Elertre Pinting, & ah SS Sh Seocsesssssassssssasesas Pevsesssssassassssassssl ) Be Prepared For the Bad Weather By wearing a pair of our Men's Wet 'rouf, Double Sole, Leather Lined Hoots, on com- for'able lasts and up-to-date styles, from the best Canadian manufacturers, $5 and $6. H. Jennings, - King 5 @evessssssssssssssssssffirrsssssssssassascss A | ory 4 BOPP VVOTITVLRLRVOLITR STL BVLLTILETLLBLES EERE AR TEI TAT R BERET ER AL Cn tees tat Bae {ports grain, four and feed selling as wheat, $!.} shorts, $25 ton; baled straw, $7; loose, | 28: hay, loose, $9 to $11. Meat Reef (local), carcase, Sic; prime western cwt.: by carease, Kve hogs, 6 38¢. th. dressed hogs. Hoe) pork, 18e. to He, by quarter; mut ton, Lie. to 132 spring lamb, He. to foe. per Ih; veal, Se. to Wer per th ducks, 31 to $1.05 pair; turkeys, 1% Me, Ib; fowl, We, to §1 a pur; spring chickens, 8c. to He, pair; but ter, ereamery, Me. to 2k. lb; rous, He. to Be. 1h; oz, Te. to Te, Dominion Fish company reports rices as follows: | Whitefish, 150. Ib; pike, he Ib; hinook salmon, Ie. 1b: kippered ering, Yarmouth bloaters, 10. yloz.; tlantic salmon, 0c. th; salt et: . 8c. Ih: halibut, 0c; fresh haddook, Oe. UG buliheads, 1240. 1b. mackerel, Se. Ib; sea bass, 1200. Ib John McKay, Broek strest, reports ar follows : Hides, trimmed, 40%. Ib; horsohides, 2 10 8.25; calfsking, veals, 11. Ih; me, | SACORE, - to 8; a0 Bisod, and © Be yg w, in cakes, Ge. 1b; bees dis- wax, 2c gi 5 b.: wool hed | : Tie. to | beef, $10 per | cuts, 0c. te Idec: | . At Your Grocers For Large Familios ™ * [0S SRS" ---- A.