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LTD. * Abchureh lane London ® O OPING COUGH CROUP ASTHMA COUGHS CATARRH COLDS WHO SP nu Est. 1079 A simple, sale and effective treatment avoiding drugs: Vaporized CFesolene stops theparoxysms of Whooping Cough and relieves Spasmodic Croup at once. tis a boon to sufferers from Asthma. Theair carrying theantiseptic vapor, in- haled with every breath, makes breathing easy; soothes the sore throat and stops the cough, assuring restful nights. Itis invaluable to mothers yo! ang . Send ws postal for descriptive bookict SOLD BY DAUGOISTS ESOLENE Old Xmas Wines Ripe Old Ale and Porter. Matured Whiskies. Also Cigars, Cigarettes, etc. Wholesale and Retail JAMES MCPARLAND. 341 King St. i ni "K pop will 'give pleasure all the th can be lighted MATCHES VID HALL Rn BP J; Ar "riapiyrat Many feeders are given to the practice of feeding their.animals just whatever feed happens to be cheap- est. "Rather, the feeder ought to work on the principle of getting the greatest gains for the cost of feeds. It might be that a ration, though more expensive in point of cost of feeds, would give such a greater re- turn. in gain of flesh than a ration made up of cheap feeds that it would be more profitable tn the vuicome. A trial at the Kansas Station con- firms the above assertion. Corn meal and soy bean meal in the proportion of four parts to one, was fed to a lot of twelve pigs averaging 173 pounds at the beginning of the trial; andth- er lot, of the same number, averag- ing 168 pounds at the beginning was fed on corn meal only. The test cov- ered a period of thirty-seven days. At the end of the trial the former lot averaged 296.75 pounds, the lat- ter 194 pounds. Lot 1 gained 29 percent. more than-lot 2 and consumed 150 pounds less feed, and the feed consumed for 100 pounds gdin in lot 1 was 526.5 pounds, and for Jot 2 726.5 pounds. | In-this case, the cost of soy beans by bulk was twice the cost of corn meal, yet by adding it, a better balance was made than when corn meal was fed alone, and enough greater gain to overbalance the higher cost of feed consumed.--O. Erf. Experiments With Corn. ments with corn plots. on twentieth aere Agricultural Topics = For Whig Readers a = Here is a record of some experi-|- A rather slender and somewhat soft corn cob was broken off about three inches. long, pierced. through the pith with a fork tine and soaked for a minute or two in milk. It was then thrust into-the calf's mouth and he began to work to get the warm milk. Next bis head was pushed 'cautiously into the bucket until the the protruding end of, the cob was in the milk. The calf soon forgot his troubles in the draught that came through the hole in the cob. He J&t go in a few minutes, and the false teat had to be placed in his mouth aguin, but he soon learned to recover it for himself.. Then one time while, "bobbing" for the cob he discovered | that he could get the milk much fas- | ter and much more conveniently with | out anything in his mouth. There- after he asked nothing of the feeder further than that his pail of milk be | placed before him. This scheme has been found to! work with entire satisfaction on cal-! ves of every age. Straw As A Fertilizer. In Maryland an experiment conducted to see what straw as a fertilizer would do. Fresh wheat straw was broadcasted at a rate of 2 | tons per acre in the early fall and! ploughed down the following spring, | and the following results were obtain ed: The untreated land produced 34] r { was 1. Hen manure, 15 two-horse loads per acre; yield, per acre, 57 bushels. 2. Acid phosphate, 820 pounds per acre; yield, per acre, 24 bushels. 3." Nothing; yield per acre, 19% bushels. 4. Sulphate potash, 160 yield, per acre, 28 bushels. Acid phosphate sprinkled pounds; | 5. on | els 6. Bone meal, 700 pounds} Yield, per acre, 30 bushels, 7. Acid phosphate on cow manure sulphate potash,. 160 pounds, yield, per acre, 45 bushels. 8. Horse manure, 40 two-horse loads, yield, per acre, 60 bushels. 9. Acid phosphate, 320 pounds, sulphate potash, 160 pounds, yield, per acre, 35 bushels. 10. Lima, 500 pounds; yield, per acre, 38 bushels. Nitrogenous fertilizer here gave largely increased yield A combina- tion was much better than phosphate of potash alone. Bone meal was dis- appointing and Jimeé « agreeably sur- prising. Potash in this case did not help when added to phosphgrus and manure.--"Farm Journal. 4 A Fodder Test. Corn stover," while long recogniz ed as a valuable feed for all kinds of cattle, has not received the attention it should as a food for farm horses. To compare its value with high quality timothy hay, a part of the corn crop was cut and dried in the field, and after being husked the stover was stored under cover. It was run through the silage cltter and fed to form a part of all the roughage in the rations, which were made up as follows.: Ration A. -- Six pounds corn sto ver, six pounds hay, seven pounds corn, four pound oats and three pounds bran. cow manure; yield. peracre, 47 bush: , SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1914. of to figures, prove failures when put into actual practice by the feeders, , 'We must feed * according to the, prices of Ae various feeds. Many of the:best balanced rations are not strictly prohibited rations. We must also plan fo feed out our home-grown crops at an advantage to,obtain the most profitable: indome from our cows, i "The best feeders make as nearl as possible 2 balanced ration, but still do not hesitate if if is not exact- ly balanced as long as it can be eco- nomically combined: 3 Few men real the value of salt in the dairy." 'My best results have been obtained by feeding each cow an ounce of salt a day. Death May Lurk In Silos, The 'Journal of the American Me- dical Association" _salls on papers' with a rural circulation to sound a' warning in regard to the silo, which | Is a common strueture on the mo- dern farm. . It'appears that carbon dioxide gas, most deadly, forms in silos, and that fatal accidents are! likely to happen if silos ave not care- fully ventilated béfore being enter- ed by humans beings. It appears that out in Ohfo such an accident has happened, costing the llves of four workmen; who were employed on thé farm of a state hospital. These men went up the ladder on the outside. of the silo to an open door about twelve feet from the top and jumped down on to the silage, the top of which was was about six feet below the door. Five minutes later two other work- men did the same thing and found the first four unconscious. The bo- dies were af oncé taken out and the doctors in the hospital were immed- to be no Santy Klaws this year." bushels of corn per aere and 16 bush els of wheat The straw land pro- Ration B. -- Twelve pounds hay, seven pound oats and seven pounds corn, Ration C Twelve pounds corn stover, seven pouhds oats and seven pounds corn. Ration D.-----Twelve stover, seven pound pounds corn. Ration E.-- Twelve pounds hay. seven pounds bran and seven pound corn, In the feeding trials which follow ed. corn stover proved of practically equal value as timothy hay, and was furnished at but one-third the cost Where corn and oats were fed to fur nish the grain part of the ration the advantage was slightly in favor of the hay. Where corn and bran formed the grain ration, the stover was quite equal to the hay, Some of the hor ses gained slightly and others Jost slightly on the different rations, pro- bably due largely to the individual- ity of the animals. The conclusion, therefore, which may be drawn from this experiment is that corn stover has a feeding va- lue when fed equal with corn and oats, or corn and bran, in the pro- portions which was done here equal to timothy hay, and also that when corn stover or timothy hay furnishes the roughage of a ration, oats and corn or bran and corn in equal parts by weight, have, generally speaking, equivalent feeding vdlue. The five horses in this experiment ranged from 1,100 to 1,300 pounds in weight and were such as are commonly found upon many New England farms. pounds corn bran and seven ---- i A Cob For The Calf. | It is comparatively easy to train a) young calf to drink if he is taken in | hand within a few days after he is born, but it is a different matter if he has-been allowed to run with his mother for a while and has not been fomewhat accustomed to. human handling. The calf that is born in the pasture and doef not soon come in contact with man" is about as wild as any wild animal imaginable. A method of teaching such a calf to drink was hit th by one who had 1aBored d week with a particul- arly obstreperous youngster that had not been taken from his mother un- til more than a old. It seemed 48 if that calf & could not leArn to drink alone. The old-fashioned method of giving the call the fingers to suck was w until nearly all the skin had been worn off the knuckies by contact with the edge of the pail. while the little fellow's sharp teeth had badly lacerated the flesh of the frst two fingers. He had been com- to go without several meals in Suckession, in the Nope of starving iim Into dr'oking, but it would not ion cande to the call duced 58 and 19 bushels, respective- ly, and the same land manured pro- duced 86 bushels of { corn and 22 bushels of wheat. The results show that while straw igs not as valuable a fertilizer as ma nure, it will produce a Considerable increase in yield and should be used fresh where available, rather than al lowed to go to waste. The Making Of A Good Cow. To make a good cof, it is neces sary to begin with thé calf, with the first meal of the animal, in fact. Right treatment of a young animal has its effect all through life, and lays the only sure foundation for a well-developed adult. It would be well if this facet were more generally known. The line of progress and improvement once adopted should not be deviated from This is the way in which the herd will be augue mented and stocked with improved animals in the cheapest manner, for the calves and heifers will eventual- ly repay with interest the attention bestowed upon them during their growing stage; and their proper feed- ing continued as cows, will result in an increased yield of milk and a lar- ger proportion of butter in it Feeding Dairy Cattle. Every dairyman who is producing milk for the city trade finds that it} is necessary to provide the best ; | cheapest feed every month in t year to secure largest profit from hi herd. Different logalities furnish a. dif- ferent variety of feed, and the dairy- man must work out the feed prob- lem according to the conditions of the country in which he is lotated. Alfalfa will twke the place of both hay and wheat bran in the ration and is greatly relished by all kinds of farm animals, If it is not pos- sible to grow alfalfa, provide all of the good red clover hay that is pos- gible. The more we can raise of this valuable hay, the better for the cows, the soil and ourselves. Clover has done more for American agriculture than any other one crop. The man- gers should be cleaned aud kept neat and tidy at all times. More cows are put off their feed by allowing old feed to sour in the mangers than from overfecding. My best results have been obtain- ed by feeding the grains and mill feed wet, but not in the form of a slop, daring the winler months. Ev- ery dairyhun will recelve much use- ful inférmastion concerning the vari- ous kinds of teed by keeping in close touch with. his experiment station. whee ali these feeds are tested and analyzed. a Too much has been written about balanced rations and too I palatable rations for dairy "Must be a fake, Jimmy. Mothe: 1 says she's afraid there ain't goin' A AAA i i iately summoned, but were unable to resuscitate any of the men. It is supposed that thd earben dioxide gas had formed during the night, form- ing a layer some six feet deep, into which the mien jumped. The medieal journal says the same thing may oc- cur on any farm with a silo, hence the necessity for thorough ventila tion St. Albans (Vt). "Messenger." Fast Walking Horse. The gait of the horse is whatever s made in' the training. When breaking or training the youngster is the time to set his pace, and he is slow or fast walker accordingly when grown to service. This is a matter that should be well considered The fast walking horse will do one-half more farm work than the ordinary speed of training. One-half reach- es back to the man, or sometimes Yi ma » F ' cooked, is a valuable incentive to egg-production, It bas the effect of counter-balancing a too starchy diet. Scraps of meat from the table are good for fowls, but these are not al- ways available in a sufficfent quan- tity. Where only a few birds are kept a little dried meat or meat meal may be bought to make up for any deficiency in the home supply. To readers interested in geese it y be of advantage to know that old geese lay more, larger, and more reliable eggs than young ones, that there is less risk in using young gan- ders than old geese for breeding, and that the proportion of fertile eggs produced by a goose in the second year of laying is always greater than the first. It is also worth doting that geese which are moved about from place to place do not lay satis- factorily. sep -- CIAL MATTERS. ---- The Dividend Record ¥s Much Better Now. New York, Dee. 18/~The dividend record of the present month is far more satisfactory th am that of the preceding" three or four months. There have been dozens of meetings of cor- poration directors since December Ist to take action on payments to ne made in the first quarter of 1915. So far, only a very small number have been passed or reduced, save ip cases where they were passed or reduced last meeting time and have been kept the Same as for the last quarter of 1914. The deferring of dividend payments by the New York Central and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern is not due to current conditions but it a result of the near approach of the consdlidation of the two roads. The general corporation tendency is to pay dividends if warranted by earnings, whereas two or three months ago dividends were being passed wholesale. FINAN Flou Mills Dividend. Montreal, Dec. 18.--The board of directors of the St. Lawrence Flour Mills company declared a dividend of fourteen per cent., being the accumu- lated dividends on.the preferred shares up to. August Ist, 1914. Of this amount the shareholders have agreed to take ten per cent. in preferred stock, which will add over $50,000 to , the capital of the company. Did Not Go Through. Cobalt, Dec. 18.--It has been offi- cially announcéd that the McKinley- Darragh has turned down the Jupi- ter option. Ye 1 The bonds, amounting to $50,000, were due in August, and since the McKinley-Darragh have not taken them up, the bondholders may, if they with, press for settlemeot also. The bonds were issued to. pay the debts of the company, The mine has but ome vein, and that, while fairly consistent from the surface down to the 475 feet, is ra- ther patchy. Diamond drilling shows that the prospective area is not very large. 1t is understood that a syndicate of Montreal stockholders is trying to raise the money for the bonds, so that the property may be redeemed. Ihe Mc¢Kinley-Darragh spent between £10,000 and $50,000 in development while they were in charge of the mine, which has now been shut down. | Hudson's Bay Co. Passes Dividend. London, Dec. 18.~It is confirmed that owing to a dislocation of all branches of the Hudson's Bay com: pany's business during the war, the governor and commiblee have decided not to recommend the. payment of the interim dividend on the ordinary shares. On this occasion twelve months ago fifteen per cent. was paid on them, showing an increase of five pet cent. on the previous year. November Fire Losses. Toronto, Dec. 18.--The losses by fire in the United States and Canada during the month of November as compiled by the New York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulle- tin, aggregated $21,372,750, as com- pared with $15,207,600 charged against November last year, an in- crease of over six million dollars for the month. The losees fcr the eleven months of 1914 already reacly oa total of $212,084,200, as against $208,- 656,900 for the same months in 1913. several men depending on the walk- Order $500,000 Worth of Knapsacks. ing speed; and'in these days of Scarce and high-priced labor it counts u rapidly against the farmer. It is also said that reapers, mowers, and other farm machinery perform bet- ter work when drawn by rapid walk- ing horses. So" it is that the matter of training colts and young horses is ofno small congider- ation. . Trainers say that it is about as easy to train the colt to a fast walk as to a slow pace. Poultry Pointers. Even though the weather should set in cold---- and we may expect it to do so now never shut your fowls up too closely at night. Give them plenty of ventilation, but see that they do not roost jn a draught. Close stuffy houses are a certain cause of colds, leading to bronical complaints and roup. A canvas covering over the window of the house will afford ample protection even in the most severe weather. Lime in'.some form is indispen- sable to laying hens, and most poul- try-keepers provide it in the form of crushed oyster-shell. But this mater- fal, it should be borne in mind, is of 00 use to male birds or to hens that are not laying. It merely provides material for shell formation, and does not perform, as many imagine, the function of flint grit. The laber is indispensable to fowls at all times to enable them to digest their good. Many have failed in trying to pro- duce a strain of fowls possessing a combination of exhibition, , laying, and table qualities, It cannot be done, The fowls must be bred year after Year 1afane Jengite objuct a- one. If ope ¢gg production in, view the birds should emanate from readily seen| St. Louis, Dec. 18.--An order for P| $500,000 worth of knapsacks has been. placed with a large garment fac- tory here by the British government, it. was learned to-day. No Bonus This Year. Ottawa, Dee. 18.--Ottawa Power announced - yesterday the regular quarterly dividend of two per cent. bu the one per cent. bonus declared this time a year ago was not includ- ed in the announcement. As ne bonus was paid in June, the distribu- tiow to shareholders this year will he eight per cent. against eight plus two per cent. in 1913. . Financial Notes. A new' trust comphny, with a capital of a quarter of a million dounars, is being organized at Minne- apr lis. Goodyear Tire & Rubber com- pany's net for fiscal year was $3, 391,165; 18.63 per cent., for depreciation. Gross earnings of the Kaminis- tiquia Power for the year ended October 31st were $327,109 as against $302,741, the year pre vious. A petition to wind up the Canadi- an me Investment Company at Vancouver was presented Saturday in the supreme court chambers. The petition Is on behalf of the contract holders, + A meeting of teh 40-year bond- holders of the Western Canada Po Company has been called to co -a modification in the terms of the company's m i Many of the best Ualauced rations,!ed thai | reserve | | KINGSTON H.E ; Le "THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA WNCORPORATED 1868 500 Capital Paid U, $11,660, Gowital Paid Ue 13,575,000 Total Assets 180,000,000 CT throughout Canada and the COLLE TIONS Havin, TS Jomtien Varivalied facilities for handling collections with-economy and despatch. DEW LONDON, ENG., OFFICE, LEW. YORK AGE NOY eX RINGETON BRANCH, £. E. NEWMAN, Manager, Announcement ? As 1 have decided to vacate present premises in the early of 1915, T am now prepared to reductions on any monument I have in stock. If it is your tention of purchasing t would be your advantage to bu) wow. Phone. 1417. xX oqege Militia Men Notice the fine line of pocket flash-lights in our win. dow. We have them all prices. Call and see them. Halliday's Electric Shop Phone 94 AUTOMOBILES DO YOU WISH TO BUY, TO SELL OR EXCHANGE? "We store, list and advertise 'cars for sale, and will supply ex- perienced chauffeur for demopstrating. Cars for sale may be seen at any hour. Garage well heated, central and fireproof. PORRITT GARAGE CO. Limited Phone 454. 210-214 Wellington Street. 4 | ASK FOR ubana' 10c CIGARS In Holiday Packages of 10, 25 and 50 : S. OBERNDORFFER MAKER, KINGSTON | | 1to5 ..$1.50 and $1.75 | with the hitch, sizes 1 | %05.......... $300