{ The Making of Lean Pork is Useful In former years it was the prac- tice to feed the pigs along slowly through the summer, winter them, pasture through the second summer, and fit for market in the following fall and early winter. One of the prime objec was to get fat hogs that carried a large amount of lard. Such a thing as quality in pork, as far as lean meat was concerned, was rarely, if ever mentioned. It was fat pork that was in demand for sev- ®ral reasons, and that is what was produced. Compared with the hog business of 50 years ago the hog business of to-day is radically different. Lean meat is demanded by consumers of pork meats, and only in exceptional cases are the fat parts of the meat mentioned by the consumers except perhaps when side portions called for because it is, clidaper than pork chop, hams or bacon. In the majority of cases it is the tender, juicy sweet; lean meat that is sought for and se< cured if possible, With the facts in mind the pork producers have the task before them of meeting the demands of the con- sumer. The problems of producing the lean meat, at the least possible cost, ar¢ the ones that should vre- ceive attention One should study the nature of the pigs, for mature hogs are only a lesser factor in the business One should keep in mind the fact that muscles, the lean neat, come by inheritance and can be developed by liberal feeding while the animals are young and growing. Constant: growth produces muscles in an economical way. To check the growth at any time is to increase the costs of the production of the desired weights. The costs for the increase in weights are less while the animals are young than dater in life. The prudent pro- ducers can easily see the methods which should be followed in order to secure the greatest profits. There are " many excellent hog foods. Corn has been relied on to a great extent but N. A, Clapp, in the Michigan Farmer claims that it is the most expensive of the feeds gen- erally used. It is a fact that should be| kept in mind that fat costs more for its weight than the lean, and as corn alone does not encourage the development of muscle in the right proportion with the fat, it is an ex pensive feed. : Field peas are an excellent feed for the production of pork, both ec- onomically as well as to the quality of the meat produced. If sown on the right kind of rich soil, and at different times from very early in the spring to the first of July, and the hogs allowed to gather them as they approach maturity, peas make one cf the best and cheapest feeds that can be selected for the production o perk. The cost of harvesting is eli- minated and the pigs get just about the right amount of exercise while gathering their food from them. Barley is an excellent feed on which to raise and fatten hogs. It has a feeding value about equal to corn, but the-quality of the pork is better than that produced with corn. To get the best results from barley it must be harvested, threshed and ground. Barley meal, mixed with oth- er feeds and soaked for from 12 to 16 hours starts fermentation and thereby increases the digestibility of the whole mass. It shouM not, however, be allowed to stand so long as to generate an acid which will in? jure the alimentary tract of the pigs consumipg it. A variety of feeds invariably give better returns in increasing weight and' producing meat of the right quality than any one feed. Probably peas come the nearest to a perfect feed for pigs of any feeds we use, bat they do rot produce well on all soils and can not be relied on in all loca- lities, Wheat middlings are an excellent feed to start the young pigs, and can be profitably used with other feeds during the whole feeding period. When used alone the meat made from middlings seems a little tuo soft and flabby, but mingled with ot- her feeds, like corn meal, it adds pal- atability and digestibility, and also helps to balance the ration making economical production more possible than can be the case without them As lean meat is what is demanded, inrtead of putting the hogs in'the pen and feeding grain alone for a consid- erable time, as was the custom 2a half century ago, the pigs are taken 'rom the pasture fields when in god bealthy condition, and supply (he bu.chers and packers with what they néad in the shape of palatable bacon, light hams and choice cuts, such as consumers relish, leaving a hand- sqme profit with the producers, and pe ap ; s giving satisfaction to those who sel- ect the best of pork meats as a part of their diet. Skilful management in feeding re- gularly of a moderate quantity of the feeds at hand on the farms, allowing the pigs a chance to get a part ra- tion of the pasture grasses, clovers and forage crops which they relish] and will consume greedily, will en- able ene to. fit.pigs for market at a cost which will leave a handsome profit, even at the present high prf- ces for grain feeds. | The Latest Market Reports nd LIVE STOCK MARKETS, Toronto. Toronto, Nov. 12,--The bulk of trading on the Union Stock Yardt] was in stockers and feeders. Butch- ers' were slow. Prices were steady. . Small meats were steady in price. Hogs unchanged. Receipts: 554 cattle, 52 calves, 1,109 hogs, 1,616 sheep. Export cattle, choice $7,50 to $8.- 50; butcher cattle, choice $6.75 to $7.25, medium $6.25 to $6.65, com- mon $5.25 to $6; butcher cows, choice $5.75 to $6.25, medium $5 to $5.75, canners $3.25 to $4, bulls $4.26 to $6.75; feeding steers, $5; stockers, choice $6 to $6.50, light $4.75 to $5.60; milkers, choice, each $70 to $100; springers, $70 to $100; sheep, ewes $6 to $6.50; bucks and culls, $4.25 to $5; lgmbs, $8.75 to $9.25; hogs, fed and watered, $8.75 to $8.85; calves, $4.25 to $10, Chicago. Chicago, Nov, 12. -- Cattle Re ceipts, 6,000; market steady; native béef steers, $5.90 to $10.40; western steers, $6.35 to $8.50; cows and heifers, $2.70 to $8.10; calves, $6.- 50 to $10.50. 3 Hogs----Receipts, 26,000; market slow; light, $5.95 to $6.95; mixed, $6.10 to $7.20; heavy, $6.05 to $7.- 20; rough, $6.05 to $6.25; pigs, $3.- 35 to $6; bulk of sales, $6.35 to $6.- Sheep-- Receipts, 12,000; market weak; lambs, native, $7 to $9.10; wethers, $5.85 to $6.40. Buftalo. East Buffalo, Nov. 12.--Cattle-- Receipts, 1,000 head; steady. Veals--Receipts, 350 head; tive; $4 to $11.75. Hogs --Receipts, 8,000 head; ac- tive; heavy, $7.25 to $7.35; mixed, $7.10 to $7.20; yorkers, $6.75 to $7.- 16; pigs, $6.50; roughs, $6 to $6. 10; stags, $5 to $5.75. Sheep and lambs-- Receipts, 3,600 head; slow; lambs," $6 to $9.10; yearlings, $5 to $7.50; wethers, $6 to $6.25; ewes, $3 to $5.50; sheep, mixed, $5.75 to $6. GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Toronto, Nov. 12.--The Board "pf ac- de has issued™these quotations: | Manitoba wheat--No. 1 northern,| new crop, $1.13 1-2, lake ports; No. 2; northern, $1.11, immediate ship- ment, * Manitoba oats--No. 3 C. W., "47 1-2¢, track, lake ports. - American corn--No. track, Toronto: Te. © Canadian corn--No. 2 yellow, 73e¢, Toronto. + Ontario ofits--No. 2 white, new crop, none offering; No. 3 white, 39¢ to 40¢; commercial oats, 38c to 39ec. wheat--No. 2 winter, new, 2 yellow, Ontario 87c to 99¢; sprouted or smutty, ace] cording : to 83¢; w! Peas--According to sample, $1.25 to $1.76; No. 2, nominal, car lots, $2.10. n Bariey--Good malting, 58¢ to 60¢; feed barley, 47c to 52c. iB Buckwheat--78¢ to 80c, Rye--No. 1 commercial, 90¢ to 92c; tough rye, 80c to 85e¢, accord- ing to sample. Manitoba flour---First patents, in Jute bags, $5.85; second patents, do., $5.35; strong bakers, do., $5.15, To. ronto. Ontario flour--Winter, $4.10 to $4.40, according to sample, seaboard or Toronto freights, in bags, prompt shipment, Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights. Bran, per ton, $21; shorts per ton, $23; middlings, per on, $25; good feed flour, per bag, 45. Hay---Baled, No. 1 track, Toronto, $16 to $17.50; No. 2, $13 to $14; straw, $6.50, Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 12. -- Wheat---No. 3 red, $1.07 to $1.10; No, 3 hard, $1.- 01% to.$1.06, : Corn--No, 2 yellow, old, 66¢c; No. 2 white, old, 64% to 65¢c; No, 3 yel- low, new, 62c; No, 3 white, new, 60c. Oats---No. 3 white, 356% to 35%c¢; standard, 39%c. Barley--53¢ to 65c. Rye--Né. 2, $1.01. Timothy--8$5 to $8. Clover--$10 to $20. Pork---$14.07, Lard---$8.82. 3 Ribs--§10.12 to $10.62. | Minneapolis, Nov..12.--Wheat fu- «tures closed to-day as follows: De- cember, 98% cc; May, $1.02%. Cash wheat--No. 1 hard, $1.03%; No. 1 northern, $1.00% to $1.02%; No. 2 northern, 95%ec to 99¢; No. 3 north- ern, 90% to 95%c¢; No. 1 Durum, 95% to 98%c¢; No. 2 Durum, 92% to 953g¢c. ~ Liverpool Liverpool, Nov. 12.--Spot wheat closed firm and unchanged to-day; corn quiet and unchanged. 'heat--No. 1 northern Duluth, old, 12s 2%d; No. 2 northern Manitoba, 11s 5d; No. 3 Northern Manitoba, 11s 44d. , = Spot corn, 8s 4d. 'Oats, 4s 4d. -% Montreal, Nov. 11.--Business-over the cable in all lines of grain to-day was very quiet, there being little de- mand from foréign buyers and only np BEEF AND MILK YIELD. How much milk per cow should a herd of big, thick milking Shorthorn cows give on an average? Who can answer? A great deal depends upon the cows and their feeder, but does this sound reasonable -- big cows weighing from 1,400 to 1,600 pounds each or heavier, and carry- ing a fair amount of flesh as well as showing the type capable of produc- ing calves which could be easily fat- tened to topnotch finished heef, may be considered very satisfactory and suitable dual-purpose cows if they practically maintain their condition and produce from 6,000 to 9,000 pounds of milk per lactation per- iod of anything under eleven months? Perhaps 9,000 pounds is a little high. It is a good herd that can be made average 7,000 pounds per cow. It must be remembered that the average production of the dairy cows of Canada, dairy breeds and heavy miilkers included, is only between 3,000 and 4,000 pounds per cow per annum, Dual-purpose cows then, as a herd, might be consider- ed good producers if they average less than 7,000 pounds each. As a dual-purpose proposition the herd averaging 7,000 pounds per cow and raising big, healthy, fairly thick, meaty heifers, bulls and steers seems a safer proposition than the herd of phenomenally high milk producers, but the progenitors of narrow, skin- ny, weak-constitutioned calves. Farmer's Advocate. BARRA dd ob ddd ddd bop dp > DAIRY CALVES. # - A visit to almost any stock yards will often show dairy, calves which are being sent to™# the block, when they could be profitably kept for their natur- al purpose. This means a seri- ous loss to the country. The object to raising dairy heifer calves. shbuld be to improve the nerd, and under ordinary cir- cumstances it will pay to raise every well-bred calf of this class. Heifer calves of infer- ior breeding, and grade bull calves, or pure bred bull calves of inferior breeding should not be raised at all with the inten- tion of using them for breeding purposes. . -* + RAISE THE * LAA ZEEE EE ER EE TE EEE ooo oe oF ole oo oe ob Boole oo oe oP Be lB 3 | | The popularity of silage for steer feeding is increasing, especially since its use is becoming better under- stood. Through the growing period it can be fed to about the same extent as to dairy-bred animals of similar relative development, b t the approach of the fattening stage and its requirement for a more concen- trated ration the grain is increased | smutty No. 2 northern, 95 %c; tough | 50c on the local farmers' markets without a corresponding increase in the amount of silage fed. > feed is good, of which supplies are ample to fill all requirements. Quo- tations: --Corn--American No. 2 yellow, 77¢ to 78¢c. Qats--No. 2 lo- cal white, 44c to 46%c¢; No. 3 local white, 45¢ to 45%c; No. 4 local white, 44¢ to 44%c. Barley--Malt- ing, 66%c to 67c. Flour--Mani- toba spring wheat patents, firsts; $5.95, seconds $5.45, strong bakers' $5.25; winter pateiits, choice, $5.80; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.20; do. bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Rolled oats-- Barrels, $5.20 to $5.25; bags, 90 1bs., $2.45 to. $2.55. Bran--$21. Shorts--$23. Middlings--$29 to $30. Moullie--$30 to $32. Hay Fr 2, per ton, carlots, $17.50 to 18. \ Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Nov. 12.--Cash quota- tions: -- Wheat -- No. 1 northern, $1.05; No. 2 northern, $1.02; No. 3 northern, 97c; No. 4, 91%¢; reject- ed No. 1 northern, 97%e¢; rejected No. 2 northern, 95 %¢; smutty No. 1 northern, 97%e¢; smutty, 97%c; No. 1, $1; tough No. 2, 98%c; red winter, No. 1, $1.04; No. 2, $1.01; No. 3, 96¢c. Oats--No. 2 C.W,, 4l¢; Na. 3 C.W,, 40¢; extra No. 1 feed, 40c; No. 1 feed, 38ec, Barley--No, 3, 7l¢; No. 4; 65%c; rejected, 60c; feed, 60c. 'Flax -- No. 1. NW.C., $1,87%; No. 2 C.W,, $1.84%. GENERAL TRADE, Prices Of Apples, Quebec. --Ontario, No. 1 Spy, $6; other varieties, $5 to $5.50; No. 2, $4.75 to $5; No, 3, $4 to $4.50; No- va Scotia and New Brunswick, No. 1, $3 to $3.50; No. 2, $2.75 to $3; No. 3, $2.25 to $2.50. Quebec Fameuse, No. 1, $7.75 to $8; No. 2, $5 to $6; No. 3, $4.75 to $5.25. Five cars of apples shipped to Liverpool by 8.8. Carpathia from this port. . Montreal:--No. 1 apples, Snows, $5 to $5.75; Mcintosh, $6 to $6.50; Baldwin and Greening, $4 to $4.50; Spy and King, $5 to $5.50; No. 2, 50c¢ to $1 less per barrel in each case; large quantities of No. 3. $2 to $2.50; Anjou, Clairgeau and Duch- ess Pears, $4.50 to $6.00 per barrel; Kieffers, $3 to $4. Cranberries, $7 to $9 per barrel. Grapes, 13 to 15c, and Quinces, 35¢ per six-quart bas- ket. Market firm. ( \ - Ottawa.--Spies, $6 and $6; Bald- wins, $5 and $4; Kings, $5 and $4; Greenings, $4 and $3.50; Snows, $6 and $5.25; Wagners, $6 and $5; Pe- waukees, $4 and $3.50 for No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. "Cheese At Montreal. 1 Cable demands injected strength into the Montreal cheese market last week, and higher prices were paid for most grades. Prices are as fol- lows: Finest colored cheese, 16% ¢ to 17¢ per pound; finest white cheese 165%¢ to 18%ec; fnest Eastern chéepe, 16% c to 16% cc; undergrades 33e¢ | delivered at Toronto: "Chickens, 1c or Canadian POULTRY MANURE BEST FERTILIZER YET DISCOVERED For years scientists have proved the fertilizing effects of poultry manure, showing it contains more quality than is found in any of the commer- cial fertilizers on the market. As a top dressing for a lawn it is especial- ly adapted; owing to its high"centent of nitrogen in the form of ammonia compounds, which are almost as prompt th effect as nitrate of soda. The writer, in his alternate poultry vards, each year grows vegetables, fruits, ete, and the anly fertilizer used is the manure from the fowls. On the drdpping boards is lightly sprinkled a coat of sifted coal ashes (road dust is also good), and at least once a week the droppings and ashes are gathered and placed in a dry place until wanted. For the garden the mixture of manure and ashes is broadcasted over the plot intended for planting, and then plowed in with a hand plow. For fruit trees a circle is made around the tree, about six inches from the trunk, and this is fill- ed With manure and then covered up with earth. For the lawn the man- ure is broadcasted in late fall or dur- ing winter. For over twenty years the. writer has used poultry manure exclusively for the vegetables, fruits, flowers and lawn on his place, and {always with the best of results. It is estimated that an adult fowl is capable of producing nearly 100 Lppunds of highly concentrated man- wre in a year. At present values of fertilizers fresh poultry manure is worth 60 cents per 100 poynds. Some authorities advise mixing the weekly droppings with kainit or acid phos- phate and sawdust. In the case of a pen of 15 fowls the weekly drop- pings should be mixed with four pounds of kainit or acid phosphate and a quarter peck of sawdust. While on the subject, I might add that when there is a large flock there is a great amount of manure made, and the saving of it means something more than simply cleaning out the poultry house. The droppings should be preserved; or one-half of their value will be lost before the fact becomes known, Manure from some hens is worth more than from others. The droppings from the old fowls is more valuable than those from immature ones, because the lat- ter are growing and do not void man- ure containing as much nitrogen and mineral matter as the old fowls. The hen that is producing eggs does not give manure so valuable as the non-producing heén, as the lay- ing hen is compelled to appropriate a larger proportion of the fertilizing" manure depends upon the kind of Cobourg, 33¢ to 35c; Chatham, 30c to 35¢; Guelph, 45c; Harriston, 33c to 35c; Hamilton, 45¢ to 50¢ London 35¢; Owen Sound, 29¢ to 30¢; Peter- boro, 32¢ to 35¢c; Port Hope, 28¢; St. Thomas, 38¢ to 40¢y Woodstock, 32¢ to 35c per dozen. Potatoes At Local Points, On the' local farmers' markets throughout Ontario, potatoes sold as follows; Belleville, 80¢ to 85¢ per bushel; Berlin, $1; Cobourg, 85c to 90c; Chatham, $1; Guelph, $1; Har- riston, 90c¢ to 95¢; Hamilton, 90¢ to $1; London, $1; Owen Sound, 60c to 65; Peterboro, 90c¢ to $1; Port Hope, 75¢ to 80c; St, Thomas, $1 to $1.10; Woodstock, $1 per bushel. Hay At Local Points, Hay sold as follows: Belleville, baled, $16 to $17 per ton, loose $15 to $17 per ton; Berlin, baled, $17 to $18, loose, $14 to $16; Cobourg, toose, $15 to $16; Chatham, loose, $12 to $14; Guelph, baled, $19 tc $20, loose, $16; Harrison, baled, $13, loose, $12 to $14; Hamilton, baled. $16 to $20, loose, $16 to $20; Lon- don, loose, $15 to $17.50; Owen Sound, baled, $18 to $20, loose, $13 to $14; Peterboro, baled, $18 to $20; loose, $18 to $20; Port Hope, baled, $18 to $20, loose, $18; St. Thomas, baled, $18 to $20, loose, $15 to $16; Woodstock, baled, $14 to $15, loose, $11 to $13 per ton. Butter At Locad Points, On the local farmers' markets of Ontario butter sold at follows: Belle- ville, 34¢ to 35¢ per pound; Beflin, 30c to 82¢; Cobourg, 30¢; Chatham, 29¢ to 32¢; Guelph, 30¢ to 32¢; Har- riston, 27c to 28¢c; Hamilton, 33¢ to 38¢; London, 300 to 82c; Owen Sound, 27¢ to 28¢; Peterboro, 30c to 32¢; Port Hope, 25c; St. Thomas, 33¢ to 35c; Woodstock, 31¢ to 34c per pound. Beans At Montreal. el all round is the feature of .the Montreal bean market this week. Car lots of 134 -pound pickers are selling at $3.55 to $3.60 per bushel; car lots, 3-pound pickers, $3.45 to $3.50; $3.10 to $3.30; and undergrades, $3.15 per bushel. 3 Sa Poultry At Toronto. Pouitry prices at Toronto are un: changéd according to Gunns, Limit: who give them as follows, live weight per ; old fowl, heavy, 1lc light, 7¢; ducklings, 10¢; old ducks, Bc. geese, 8c: poung turkeys, 15c; old turkeys, 12c¢; and old roosters, 7c per pound.' Seed Prices At Toronto. J. A: Simmers, Limited, reports a firmness in the red clover market, as well as in-alsike I the 'tatter sec: tion of the market there is no weak- Another advance of 15¢ per bush- |, food given. ' The hens that ard given bone, meat, milk and clover will give manure that is more valuable than that produced from corn or wheat. To arrive at a correct knowledge of the value of a lot of manure is diffi- cult owing to the conditions above named, while manure may decrease in value from 25 to 50 per cent. in 24 hours, according to the weather, its temperature, and the manner of pre- servation. In the winter, when the ground is frozen, a daily scraping of the yards will add a large amount of manure to the heap, as the residuum of the food is also valuable. If it is laborious to do so the labor will be amply com- pensated for in the gain of manure saved. No one who has not tried to learn how much more can be saved from a flock of hens can form an es- timate of the amount until he has gone to the trouble to accumulate every ounce to be had from . all sources. The main point is to save the ammonia. When the droppings are fresh and damp is the time to col- lect them, hence it should be done early in the morning, but the yards should be scraped at night. Mix one peck of plaster with a bushel of the droppings, and if you have dry dirt add a bushel to it. OAK LEAVES REDUCE MILK, "I have to shut my cows Sut of an oak pasture every fall when the leaves begin to fall, regardless of the fact that they have good feed otherwise," says a man who has pasturage under his oak trees. "They pick up in the milk flow at once, when shut away from the leaves, and that, too, without changing their other feed in any way. I have tried this several times with the same results. Oak leaves will reduce the milk flow, of that I am sure." 3 Pre dsb bbb bb bb bbb bide Gob ebb bbb bre bbetad CHOPPED STUFF Is your fall plowing finished? An unproductive brood sow should not be wintered. The winter's supply of coal should be hauled now. Finish up any out cement work be- fore the "freeze-up." Early maturing hogs and beeves are the only kind that pay. They command higher market prices and consume less feed. Do not feed your carrots or beets to the stock. Store them away in some sand down cellar, and use them through the winter. Why work with a dull saw? Sharpening costs a trifle compared ? ly moderate price. Timothy is also continuing firm, with no change to be spen. No samples have been re- ceived yet from any Ontario point; but they are expected soon. Simmers marks prices up this week, to the following level: Alsike, $9.50 to $10 and $10.50; No. 3. $8.- 50 to $9; No. 3, $7.50 to $8; and red clover, $10 to $12 per bushel. George Keith and Sons believe the American seed market to be easier in tone, 'but do not alter their quota-- tions of $6 to $9 for alsike. Red clo- ver is quoted by this firm at $8 to $12 per bushel, Add general Wheat at Loca) Points, Wheat ranged in price from 76¢ to $1.10 on the local markets on Sat- urday last, and sold as follows: 'Belle- vile, 85¢ to 90c per bushel; Berlin, 90c¢; Cobourg, 90¢c; Chatham, 8b5c; Guelph, 95¢c; Harrison, 85c to 90¢; Hamilton, 90c; Londen, 85c to 90¢; Owen Sound, 90c to 95¢; Peterboro, 90c; Port Hope, 90c to 96c; St Thomas, 95¢; Woodstock, 90c per bushel. -- Kingston Markets Kingston, Nov. 13. Meats ~~ 10 12 23 12 800 Hogs dressed, cwt Lamb, spring, by carcase, 1b. Veal by qtr, 1b. . 08 yu . wen ole Fish car lots, 5-pound pickers, $3.25 to Fin fresh, 1b. Halibut, fresh, 1b. to 35¢ per dozen; Berlin, 35¢ to 40e; | gn Preventing the introduction of weed seeds on the farm, previnting weeds from going to seed and pre- venting perennial weeds from mak-- ing tep growth are the three princi- ples of weed control. In purchasing for planting clover seed, grass seeds or grain many weed seeds as impurities are brought to the farm. In no permanent way will the quality of seeds offeréd for sale be improved exeept by a greater knowledge and alertness on the con- summer's part. - The first requisite is to know what constitutes good seed; second, to know fairly closely what 'grade seed is worth, and, third, to be willing to pay a fair price for it. Laxity on one or more of these points is res- ponsible for most 'of the farmer's trouble over poor seeds. Cheap seeds are really the most expensive kind that can be purchased. In improving his knowledge of what constitutes good seeds the far- mer will find the advice of the state agricultural experiment stations and the United States department of ag- riculture of great assistance. These instituflons gladly test samples of seeds Tor farmers free of charge, Some kinds of stock feed are free of weed seeds, while others are not. Cottonseed meal, oil meal, brewers' and distillers' grains, corn bran; mid- dlings and the gluten feeds are prae- tically free of weed seeds, but mol- asses feeds, oat chop, wheat bran and the mixed feeds are apt to contain more or less seeds of various weeds. This is especially true of that class of mixed feeds made from mill by- products, for the reason that such byproducts are partly composed of screenings. These screenings con- tain weed seeds resulting from the cleaning of grain. Some firms grind or heat the screenings that go into mixed feeds, and in such cases the percentage of live weed seeds is very low. Nearly all purchased manure is full of weed seeds. If it is hauled to the farm when fresh many thousands of weed seeds are introduced, so that the farmer is storing up future trou- Weed Seeds On the Farm : ble for himself. As this manure us- ually has to be removed from the town in the fresh state 'the only chance to compost it in order to make the weed seeds rot is aftér it reaches the farm. It haé been found that the weed seeds fn manure piles got quickly under ordinary conditions, so that practically all of them have lost their vitality in two months. Wheth- er the farmer should compost city manure by leaving it in piles after he has drawn it to his farm is question- able. This would require extra handling, and unless care is exercis- value, Still, in many cases it would undoubtedly pay to do this for the sake of keeping the farm free of weeds. The answer to this question depends largely upon the farmer's cropping system. Thrashing outfits are very likely to bring weed seeds to the farm. It saparator is well cleaned before # reaches the farm or at least is clean- ed in a place where the weed seeds will not be scattered on the fields. Wild mustard is very apt to be intro- duced by this means. Purchased hay and straw are al- most sure to contain weed seeds, and as long as a man continues to buy them there is little chance for him to have a weed free farm. The only way to prevent seeds getting to the land where hay or straw is purchas- ed to feed stock is to leave the re- sulting manure in a pile, or, better yet, in a pit, for several months be- fore spreading. Weed seeds may get to a farm by being wind blown. This is especially true of chicory, dandelion, broom sedge, Canada thistle and such other weeds as possess a light feathery pa- pus. Such seeds may be carried a mile or more in a strong wind. The Russian thistle of the western states is perhaps the greatest wind blown weed pest. The matured plant, which is almost round in shape, rolls ac- ross the prairie, scattering seed as it goes. A good fence is very effective in arresting the progress of this en- emy. ' with the poor results and extra labor of working with any blunt tool. Start your repairing. A féw shingl- es for the roof, those hrokeh wind- uws, the lack of whitewash in the vig pen, are all calling your attention When the last of the grain, fodder and fruit is in, take an inventory of your stock. From then on the keep- 'ng of a set of books will be a simple ruatter. 10 20 18 Hens, live, 1b. ... Turkeys, 1b. .... Dairy Products Butter, dairy .... 33 Butter. creamery 1b. 35 38 32 20 40 Butter, roils '1b .. Cheese,lb. .... .. Eggs, fresh, doz. . Fruit. Bananas; dos. .... Cucumbers, each . Grapes, Malaga, 1b. Grapes, basket . Lemons, Messina, dos, ... . Pears, Seakle, pk. Nuts. mixed, 1b, .. Oranges, dos. . Sweet potatoes, 20 06 20 20 20 20 60 Vegetables. Beets, bush. ..... $ Cabbage; doz. .... Celery, bunch ... Potatoes, bush. Potatoes, bag .... Parsnips{bush, ... Onions, bush. .... Tugnips, bag 40 05 90 100 Gra Barley, bush. ... Bran, ton Buckwheat, bush. . Corn, yellow feed, bush. Corn, cracked,cwt. "* Corn, meal, cwt. .. oe Flour, ewt, ....... Hay, baled, ton ... Hay, loose Oats, local, bush . Oats, Man., bush. Straw, baled, ton. . Straw, loose, ton . Wheat, local, bush. . Hides. Beef, hides, cured, per Ib, .... Beef, hides, green, Ib. Heavy bulls, B. ............ Veals, green, Ib .. ....... De ns, each ps or grassers, Ib. Lamb and sheep skins up to . Horse hides, each, up to Tallow rendered in cak: 70 23 00 85 19 00 A RATION FOE CATTLE. A very acceptable ration can be made by feeding each ani- mal daily about 30 lbs. of corn silage and a liberal aliowance of mixed Ray. A mixture consist- * ing of 400 bs: gluten feed, 4 200 ibs. ground oats or bran, ® 200 Ibs, ground corn, and 100 # Ibs. ofl meal will supplement % this roughage nicely. Feed # abont 1 Ib. of this mixture for 3oaeh iy to 4 ibs. of milk pro- $ >. TEPER TRIPP br Save the seed from your best thet t ere Peds eeb 200080 i and squash for next year's UN 3 WANTED | -- DOWN ONLY Highest Cash Prices Paid ware JOHN MCKAY uwires THE FUR HOUSE KINGSTON ONT. Soothes and Heals inflamed Skin Sore Joints Piles and Boils in tine, 2680. Business Reopening I HAVE RE-OPENED A Furniture Refinishing Shop, where all kinds of work will be done. Mahogany and Antique Furni- ture a Specipity. An 'nvitation is ex- tended to all eld: friends and' also to the public, to call and inspect my work. Pat. Driscoll 23 JOHN STREET. SOWARDS Keeps Coal and Coal Keeps SOW ARDS. Eee een) $1,000.00 REWARD For information that will lead to the discovery or whereabouts of the person or persons suffering from Nervous Debility, Diseases of the Mouth and Throat, Blood Poison, Skin Diseases, Bladder Troubles, Special Ailments, and Chronic or Complicated Complaints who can- not be cured at The Ontario Medi- cal Institute, 263-265 Yonge St, Toronto. Correspondence invited. Balk Oysters Dominion Fish Co. ed the manure will lose some of its of is a wise precaution to see that the ,