Set that the orders generally have been for higher grades. All the seed merchants, without exception, agree in this. Several consider that this to a noticeable extent is a result of the recent patriotism and production campaign. Enquiries were made in many section of the country and the responses received were all of the one tenor, that greater care had evi- dently been taken in the selection of seed, and that,' with fair weather, there was every prospect of improv- ed growth and consequently of im- proved production. Professor Zav- itz, of the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege, was written to, but he being in California, Assistant Professor W. J. Squirrell replied showing that there had been a marked increase in the demand for spring wheat, barley, field peas, spring rye, Pmt oo mi Farm a Place of Oppotmity | Speaking before the Experimental | : : as- | opportunities in Farm Superintendents recently sembled in convention at Ottawa, George H. Clark, Dominion buckwheat, | | carrots, fodder and silage corn, sorghum, al- beans, millets and clover also showed improvement. One of the leading merchants in his testimony as to the results at- tained says that he has gone i¥o the matter extensively and has found an increase in Red Clover amounting to 300 per cent. Both timothy No. 1, and No. 2, show a gain. No. 1 there is a gain of 10 per cent. and of No. 2 over No. 3 of 40 cent. He adds: "We have notic- ed that the demand for the better grades exists very generally throug- out Western Ontario and that the demand for the lower grades is more in Eastern Ontario and Quebec." In testifying to an increased demand for garden and field root seeds, the prin- cipal of another prominent house modified so as to require the mini mum of labor for their maximum yield of net returns. City industries have completely outbid the farm in the matter of labor, and it is prob- ably true that at least one-third of city ,working men have had experi: ence in farming. I wpuld like to say to those men now that if the the city looked | brigher during the past ten years, Seed | the next ten years, in my judgment, | Commissioner, sounded a note which | assuredly belong to the farm, and is of special interest at the present | the sooner they realize that the bet- crisis in Canadian agriculture. tractive to young men of good abili- ty and to capital than other indus- tries in urban centres. of arm labor has been an exceed- ingly perplexing one and in sequence farm systems have ~-- 3 Kingston, June 19, Meats, Beel, local carcases, Io... 11 13 15 12 14 25 Beef, hinds, 1b. .. Beef, cuts, 1b... Beef, western, by tarcase, 1b. ... Hogs, live, ewt. .. Hogs, dressed, 1b. . Lamb, frozen, by carcase, 1b. .... Lamb, spring, by by carcase .. Mutton, 1b. ...., Veal, by carcase,lb. Fish. Bloaters, dos. .... Cod, steak, 1b. ... Hels, 1b. ........ Haddies, finnan, 1b. Haddock, fresh, 1b. Haddock, frozen, 1b Halibut, fresh, 1b. Herrin: fresh wa- ter, doz. ...... Live lobsters, 1b. Mackerel ve 14 960 14 15 8 00 13 14 . 13 700 08 40 12% 10 12% 12% 12 CEE Lees essen Rock-fish, 1b. .... Salmon,Qualta, 1b. Salmon, cohos, Ib. Salmon, Chinook, hs. sens Shad, smoked, Ib. The problem | Charles and | In| ter for themselves and for all con- prefacing his address he said: "Un-| cerned. fortunately farming during the last] ten years or more has been less at-| -- Getting A New Variety. The credit for originating Marquis wheat must be given to Doctors William Saunders, of The first experiments @ The Prices Paid For Produce On Kingston Market Suckers, 1b, ..... Trout, salmon, Ib. White fish, 1b. .. 06 16 Poultry. Chickens, dressed 1b Chickens, Ducks, I. ¢..u. Hens, dressed, 1b. Hens, live, 1b, ... Turkeys, 1b, .... Dairy. Products. creamery live, 1b, Butter, 1b. Butter, Butter, prints, 1b. rolls 1b .. Cheese, old, 1b, Cheese, new, 1b, .. Eggs, fresh, doz, . Fruit. Banapas, doz, ,... Cocodnuts, 'each =, . Cucumbers, each . Figs, 1b. Grape-fruit, each . Lemons, Messina, GOB: vuvinannin Nuts. mixed, 1b. .. Oranges, doz. .. Pineapples, each . Strawberries, per box Tomatoes, 1b. .... Vegetables. Beets, bush. .....$ | crease the seed. y | supervision was maintained to insure the Central Experiment Station, Ot-| the purity of the strain. con- | tawa, Canada. Improved Seed Is' Now In Improved Demand Reports received relative to the de- husking corn, sugar beets for feed says: mand for seed this season indicate | purposes, Swedish turnips, "There is no doubt but that the agitation and educational work { which has been done has had a bene- falfa and field beans. Oats, Japanese | ficial effect by causing the planter to | | give more thought to the use of high grode stocks." A third leading dealer writes: "We are of opinion that your advertising campaign has been very beneficial. At least we { have found it so. Not only has the | farming business been greater, but | the demand has been geperaly* for In Alsike | the finest -selectioin' of seed stocks." | | A firm With ramifications all over the English-speaking world says: | "We notice a marked tendency for | better seed in the requirements of our farmer customers this year. Es- pecially when ordering timothy, al- sike and alfalfa they insist on gov- ernment grade No. 1." Other firms both east and west, testify that the demand for the best seed has been higher than in any previous year. ANN attained by cross-breeding the native Red Fife with Hard Red Calcutta, a variety secured from India and accli- mated to northern conditions, After many years of careful- selections to 4x the type and get rid of the unde- sirable characteristics, the variety was fully developed in 1903 and named Marquis. The new wheat in- herited the remarkable earliness of the Hard Red Calcutta and the frost resistant and yielding qualities of the Red Fife, The new blood, moreover, seemed to increase the good qualities of each of the parent varieties. The original stock of seed was | small. It was distributed among the Canadian Experimental Stations and a few of the best farmers to in- Meanwlila striet The first | Marquis in any quantity was raised been | were conducted in 1886. Success was | curing the season of 1911. i | 3 Cabbage, new, 1b.. Celery, bunch Lettuce, bunch,dos. Onions, green, bunches, dos. Potatoes, bush, .. Parénips, bush. ... Rhubarb, bunch .. Turnips, bag ... Grain, Barley, bush. ....$ Bran, ten Buckwheat, bush. . Corn, yellow feed, bush. Corn, cracked cwt. Corn, meal, cwt. .. Flour, ewt, ..%... Hay, baled, ton . Hay, loose Oats, local bush. . Oats, Man., bush.. Straw, baled, ton. . Straw, loose, ton . Wheat, bus!. .. Hides. Beef hides, cured, per Ib Beef, hides, green, Ib, ...... Heavy bulls, 1b. . .......... Veals, green, 1b. . Deacons, each ae Tallow rendered in cakes .... Kips or grassers, Ib, ........ Calf skins, per 1b. . Lamb and shearling, each .. 25¢ Sheep skins, each, up to .... $2.00 14¢ 12¢ 8¢ 12¢ 90¢ Se 8c 15¢ The Key To Success Many a man owes his start in life to the purchase of an endowment This the beginning S. Roughton, mes Phone 610 or B81. 1 a! ; ENERAL AGENT Res., a Sharp, When You Need Irons, Toasters, Mazda Lamps, or anything Electri- cal, phone 94. WHEN YOU BUY EDDY'S MATOHES YOU " RECEIVE A GENERO Horse hides, each, up to .... 350 WITH THE CHICKENS There is no farm stock which re- pays good care as quickly as the hen, but it must be good care. t Do not wash eggs. Use the dirty and small eggs at home. | Keeps eggs in a cool, dry place, which is free {rom odors. i { If'a man hasn't the time to at-| tend to his fowls, better to sell] them at once, The b®st pure-breds | | soon become scrubs in the hands of a slovenly poultryman. . | 'Don't sell "eggs which have been if an incubator. { | Don't put the little chicks in { which the old- birds or the younger | chickens larger than themselves. | Grade the flocks according to size. | Broilers should be ready for mar- | ket by now; they are wanted small enough for one person. Hens that are afraid of the care-| taker and fly every time he ap- proaches will never lay as well as those which are on friendly terms and have found they can trust the men and women who work around them. Fresh air is one of the greatest aids to health that poultry can have, and lack of it will always cause trouble. Therefore, provide good ventilation in -all poultry buildings, but do not allow draughts to blow on the fowels. The working hours of the poultry- man extends from early till late. Sickness and lice are scarce artic- les where poultry quarters are kept dry and clean. Little chicks need a feeding coop where they can eat in peace away from the older fowls. Do not keep ducks and chickens in the same house or the same runs. Their habits are too dissimilar, one or the other will not do well. Ducks require a different method of feed- ing and should be yarded away from the fowls. The rolling stone can never be | truthfully called a "mossback." Early Plowing. Prof. L. E. Call, of the Kansas Agricultural College, told the Ameri- can Society of Agronomy that early plowing in preparation of western land for wheat appears to be of va- lue rather because of the large sup- ply of plant food liberated, especial- | ly nitrates, that for any additional moisture stored in the soil by early cultivation. Poor results from late plowing are due to the fact that in- sufficient plant food is liberated to supply the needs of the crop. Prof. Call presented in detail the results of experiments leading to his conclus- fon, While it has been known for some time that the earlier the seed- bed for wheat is prepared the great- er is the yield secured, most persons have regarded the increasing yield as | due to conservation of moisture, says the Breeder's Gazzette. Green Oats For Pigs. One and one-tenth cent per pound saving in the production of pork is the result of seeding oats alone as a forage crop for growing pigs. This information is from the North Dako- ta Experiment Station. Every far- mer has oats in his bin, he is famil- iar with every detail in the growth of the crop, and it is an easy step for him to provide a lot seeded to oals. In comparison with dry lot feedihg 4.3 pounds of grain were requiredito produce one pound of gain, while with oats 3.2 pounds of grain wére sufficient to producé one pound lof gain with pigs foraging on oats. How- ever, the station advises that rape has been found superior to oats as forage for hogs, both as to gains made by the pigs and amount of.feed produced per acre. THE SPORT REVIEW The Guelph Canadian League franchise maye be transferred to St. Catharines. A league meeting will be held in Hamilton Sunday to de- cide the matter. President James A. Gilmore of the Federal League, in company with several of the league's club ewners will go to Boston on Sunday to meet a group of Boston men who wish to establish a Federal League club in that city for next season. George Goulding and ome other athlete will represent io at the Canadian championships at Winani- peg or July 1st, 2nd apd 3rd. To select the ofher representative trial meet will be held at U. of T. field on Thursday night of aext week. with be 100, 200, 440 and 880 yards. The athletic making the best showing in these four races will be the one chosen. The meet will be open to all amateur athletes in On- tario. -- Owisg to the Jotul of the mem- bers of ctoria, .. Baseball reduction of sal- The events in this contest ed Manager Nye to report at Van- couver to-day with what players he can hold together. A Renfrew despatch says: Differ- ent daily newspapers of Canada, in their sporting columns, have lately announced the death of Michael (Tacky) Laderoute, of Arnprior; yet the same young man was the other day in Renfrew, coming up as a member of a motor party from the lumber town. It has been stated that he died of wounds sustained in battle. He has been in many battles in hockey rinks and on lacrosse grounds, both in Ontario and Que- bec, but has not enlisted to fight in the present European war. Laderoute kiljed in action is John Fa tetyte, a younger brother of y."" Live Frog in a Piece of Coal. A collier who was working re. cently at the coal-face in the twenty- HH ea of 2 oR gt HF : { tempt to control weeds in the corn OF | shate dissolved in 50 gallons of 'wa | ily destroyed by spraying with eith- {er iron or copper sulphate. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1915. F. E. Robertson, manager of the Jefferson county farm bureau has is-| sued the following statement rela-| tive to the control of wild mustard and other weeds: : . The , most--important time to t at- oat fields is to attack them while still | young. There are two good meth- | ods both of which are followed, but not followed as generally as they | should be. In the oats, weeds such as wild | mustard, plantain, etc., can be read- | It is | time now that this shoul® be done, | and well done. Many fields of oats are foul with mustard and ragweed. Frequently the yield of oats is re | duced 20 per cent. because of the] weeds. This loss may be avoided | Is JUNE HINTS FOR FARMERS Farmer's Advocate: Kill the weeds while you may. Keep the calves growing by giving plenty of clover. Cultivate! should be the watch- word this month. June is the month to kill weeds and make tlie corn grow. * Get the breeding bull out in the paddlock. He must have exercise. On the sheep's back is no place for the wool at this season of the year. Do not sow turnips too early. The middle of June is generally soon en- ough in Ontario. June should bring the warm wea- ther that the corn needs; but do not leave it all to the weather, cultivate. The man who killed off all his! brood sows is already beginning to} equipmerit. Hints About How To Control Wild Mustard we by spraying the field with solutions of iron or 'copper sulphate. The me- thod is simple. Rig up a suitable pump together with suitable spray ing nozzles, or make use of a regula: power. potato sprayer; and use "thiv The spraying solution is made of 100 pounds of iron sul- ter. Another equally good solution is made by dissolving 12 pounds of copper sulphate in 50 gallons of wa- ter. Either of these solutions made as above should be sufficient for one acre of grain. The resutt or such a spraying will be that the mustard is destroyed, but the oats remain un- harmed. Another good method that applies to the control of weeds in corn and potatoes, consists of harrowing the field, before 'and after the corn or potatoes are above ground. This is done by making use of a spike tooth- wish that he had sdme of them back again. Raw Rock Phosphate. A great many farmers are unde- cided whether to buy the raw rock phosphate or not, says Hoard's Dairyman. They would like very much to know if it would prove a wise investment. A good way to look at it is this. The farmers of Europe before the war were buying American phosphate in large quanti- ties and paying very much more than it costs our farmers. If they could af- ford to buy it at such rates it looks as if our farmers. could afford to do so without much risk. The man who refuses to be qugted | ought not to find a willing listener. It's a blessed privilege to earn the right to be called honest and upright. * | ed harrow, or good weeder. A few corn plants or potatoes plants may pe destroyed in the process, but the amount of good accomplished far. ex~ ceeds any harm done. The use of the Barrow for the first cultivation is inr creasing, and in some section of the county it is common practice. By this sarly harrowing the young weeds Just beginning to grow are easily destroyed, and the field is kept clean. Further more, the harrow or weeder breaks the crust that so often forms on the surface, and at the same time a soil mulch is formed, which mater- ially helps to conserve the moisture, an important matter this season. The farm bureau is ready to assist any farmer to undertake to rig out a spraying outfit for spraying mustard in. oats providing there are any who desire to do this, and have not pre- viously had experience with the me- thod. | Cow Tesing Figures Some cow testing figures given to the Dairy Division, Ottawa, by dairy farmers prove that some herds of cows produce milk at a feed cost of $1.45 peér 100 pounds, while close by are other herds whose average feed cost of production. is only eigh- ty cents per 100 pounds of milk. | Again, between two cows in the same | herd the ccst of feed per pound of butter-fat is frequently found as { much as from twenty-three to forty- | nine cents. There's lots of difference between practicing economy and being in the sense of the word a miser. ~~ The Crop Outlook Is Quite Favorable This Year A press bulletin issued by the cen- sus and statistics office is of special | interest, as giving the preliminary | estimate of the areca sown to grain crops on May 31st, as reported by correspondents. The reports receiv- ed show that in the Maritime Pro- vinees cold and rainy weather dur- ing May delayed farm work, and at the end of the month a good deal of seeding had still to be completed. In Quebec and Ontario cold winds and frost, coming after the exceptionally warm weather of April, retarded growth. In these provinces tha frosts injured pastures, but did litti., dam. age to grain-trops. In the North-West provinces growth was checked some- what by ¢old and frosty nights, but, on the whole, conditions continue to be favorable. In some parts of Manitoba and Saskatchgwan the naed of rain was being felt. In Alberta and British Columbia the condition of tha grain crops wag generally fa- vorable. Wheat is estimated to nccupy this year a total area of 12,896,000 acres, which is more by 1,662,500 acres, or 14.8 per cent., than the area sown for 1914, and more by 2,602,100 acres, or 20 per cent., than the area harvested in 1914, the area sown for last year having been reduced by 939,600 acres, the estimated aggre- gate of total failures through the winter-killing of fall wheat (211, OUR FRESH GROUND OOF- FEE AT 40c. CAN'T BE BEAL. rd an gk FAs aries GROCERY Princess St. Phone 720. Prompt Delivery Rs 500 acres), and through drought af- feoting spring. wheat (728,100 acres). Not only is the wheat area this year, under the double stimu- lus of patriotic impulse and high prices, largest area ever sown to wheat in Canada, As previously re- ported the area to be harvested of fall.sown wheat 18 1,208,700 acres, the balance showg an increase in the wheat area it is the three North- West provinces which preponderate in the national effort to produce more wheat, The total area sown to wheat in these provinces is 11,- 659,700 acres, dn increase over last year's harvested area of 2,324,300 acres, or 25 per cent. In Manitoba the area is 3,166,900 acres, an in. crease of 21 per cent.; in Saskatche wan it is 6,642,100 acres, an in- crease of 24 per cent., and in Al berta it is 1,850,700 acres, an in- crease of 35 per cent. Rather more than half of the total wheat area of Canada is in the single Pro- vinee of Saskatchewan. Oats are estimated to occupy a to. tal area in Canada of 11,427,000 acres, an increase over last year's harvested area of 2,824,300 acres, or 25 per cent In Manitoba the area is 3,166,900 acres, an increase of 21 per cent; in Saskatchewan it is §,. 642,100 acres, an increase of 24 per cent., and in Alberta it is 1,850,700 acres, an increase of 35 per cent Rather more than half of the total wheat area of Canada is in the sin- gle Province of Saskatchewan. Oats are estimated to occupy a total area n Canada of 11,427,000 acres, an increase over last year's harvested area of 1,365,800 acres, or 13 percent; barley, 1,618,400 acres, as compared with 1,495,600 acres last year; rye, 106,440 acres, against 111,280 acres; peas, 18,470 acres, compared with 205,950 acres; mixed grains, 455,000 acres, against 463, 300 acres; hay and clover, 7,788,400 acres, against 7,997,000 acres, and alfalfa, 94,480 acres, against 90,385 acres, Measured in percentage of a stand- ard of 100 representing a full crop, all the grain crops were reported as showing a high average, the points being as follows: Fall wheat, 94; spring wheat, 96; oatg and barley, 92; rye, 91; peas, 93; and mixed grains, 91, Hay and clover, with 86, pastures and alfalfa, with 87, are not so good, these crops having suf- fered from cold- and frosty nights during May. Converting the points of standard condition for the prin cipal grain crops into a scale of 100 representing the average of the past five years, 1910.1914, the result--as- suming conditiong between now and harvest to be equal to the average-- is an anticipated increase in the yield per acre of 15.6 per cent. for fall wheat, 2.6 per cent. for spring wheat, and 2.5 per cent. for rye. For oats and barley the. indications are for yields slightly below the average, or to the extent of 1.5 per cent. for oats and 0.7 per cent. for barley. we 4 GET OUR PRICES ¥or plumbing work, or gas piping. Have your repairing done by us. Sat- isfaction guaranteed A. AND J. JAMIESON, Plumbers and Gasfitters. Yifels lg SUCCESSFUL CANNING AT HOME and Fruit perfect in shape and a clear well made Syrup. The Syrup must be made with pure good sugar, as organic matter in sugar acts like over-ripe fruit and causes fermentation. 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