rs EE ---- or 2 EE ----_-- TL A---------------------- a ---------- i News And Views Sprouted Oats For Hen Feed In purchasing oats, with the in- tention of sprouting the same to pro- vide green feed for poultry, the poul- try man should satisfy himself that the oats will sprout This kind of grain is sometimes jreated with sul- phur to make it more atiractive, and oats so treated will not sprout. Green food is essential in keeping birds in a healthy condition, and where pro- viston of green vegetables has been made, sprouted" oats are mos satisfactory on account of the good keeping quality of the grain dnd he small amount of space necessary for their storage, The only requirement in the sprouting of oats is a warm, moist atmosphere, for they will not grow | satisfactorily, in a temperature be-| low 60 degrees, They will grow to a height of 114 to 2 inches in 1 days if they are kept at a tempera- | place | twre above 70 degrees A near the furnace in the cellar is very desirable, providing there is a suffi- cient amount of light to CA co in IRON AND APPLES | 0 Br Bee Bn i ee Be Overlooking 'he valley of the North Fork of thie Keftie River, a few iniles above Grand Forks, B.C., thera is a mountain called Volcanic Moun- tain, in which there as a large per- centage or irom. At the base of this mountain, which is passed By the Kettle Valley vrailway, there are many tons of ved dust, consisting lafgely of iron. A few years ago, Mr.-A. D. Morrison, a vineyardist of Grand Forks, who, besides growing Concord and other grupes, grows ap ples, determined to try ap- experi- ment with the dust from Voleanie Mountain, with the object of finding out what effect, iron would have on the coloring of apples. He had two apple trees, of. the Wealthy variety, which were of the same age, and apparently similar in all respects. He placed some of the iron dust at the roots of one of the trees, but none at the roots of the other. the fall, he as he expected, that there distinct improve- ment in the «coloring of. thé apples from the tree which had the iron dust at its roots. He found, also that the iron hadsanother unexpected and marvellous effect, The apples from the tree with the iron dust at its roots lastedtwo full months long- er than the apples from the other tree. This discovery was a matter of great importance to Grand Forks; as the orchards of the district now con- tain nearly two hundred apple trees, and furnished in A, according to the report of the Provincial Department of ture, nearly one third of. all the ap- ples produced that year in British Columbia. © The great beauty of the coloring for which the apples of the district are noted is, without doubt, found, was a partly due to.the presence of iron, | to a gpeater or less extent, in most of the soil there. The results of Mr, Morrison's ex- periment are, however, of equal im- Brn er ~~ A A ne not | | keep the When his apples ripened in! thousand | Agricul- | Oats green. The oats should be soaked for twelve hours in warm wa ter and then spread out in a layer of one-half inch deep on the floor or in a tray or tier of flats which have openings or holes or a 2.16th-inch mesh wire bottom, so that the water drains freely They should ' be sprouted daily with warm water and allowed to sprout without tirring. They reach their best feeding con- dition when they are] 15 to 2 inches in---height When oats' are being sprouted in a room of low tempera ture they frequently become mouldy while they are sprouting. To prevent this they may be treated with forma- lin, using 1 pint formalin to gallons of water, which may sprinkled over and thoroughly mix ted with 30 bushels of oats. The oats | should be covered with a blanket for 24 hours and then stirred until they are dry. They should be kept in sacks which have also heen soaked in formalin Oats thus treated may be held for a long time for sprouting of 20 be AAA A ANY ance to the apple growers of On tar since large guantities or iron- filings annually go to waste in Province, which might be used them, and there are also quantities of serap-iron, which might be put into such a form that it could be used. 1f the use of our waste iron will improve the coloring of our Ontario apples, thus adding greatly to the at- tractiveness of their appearance, and also add considerably to the length of the time during which they can be used, let it, by all means, he us ed for this purpose \ by Keep The Best Stock. Owing to the heavy drain upon the live stock of dhe various warring countries of Europe, they have been forced to go abroad for supplies. The { longer the war lasts the greater will this demand. Moreover, when peace is restored, these countries will require large numbers of the various classes of animals to replen- ish their studs, herds and flocks. It should be borne in mind, however, that. the buyers, who come do this country after the war, will require better animals than have beeg bought during war time, as they will De used largely for breeding purposes With this end in view, the best of the females and particularly young stock should be kept breeding purpc Breeders should not fail to raise «H the live, stock possible at this time, in order that ! be | the country may be able to supply a | large number of the animals that are certain to be needed by the warring countries, Canada's Apple Trade, | In six me last some $: were imported into Ca $52,300 grapes: $178,000 plums, While we imported close to 000 worth of apples, exports are re | corded in the same period of only $90,803, mostly to the United King dom mths ending September 5,600 worth of apples , larg from the U : $48,500 cherries; $230,000 oD. $220,000 quine 1] | The Latest M LIVE STOCK PRICES. Toronto, Toronto, Feb. 4.--Export cattle, choice $45 #0 $8. bulls $8; butcher cattle, choice, $7 to $7.60; medium $6.50 to, $7; fommon $6 fo $6.50; butcher cows, choice $6 to $6.5¢ dium $5.25 to $5.75, canners $4, bulls $4.25 to $6.85; feeding steers, $6.50 to $7; stockers, choice $6 to $6.25, light $5.50 to $6; milk- ers, choice, each, $60 to $100; spring- ) $8.50; bucks and culls, $6 to $7: lambs, $10 to $12; hogs, fed and wa- tered, $10; calves, $5.50 to $10.75. Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, Feb. 4, --Cattle- ceipts, 100 head; steady; Veals--Receipts, 50 head: and steady; $4 to $12. Hogs-- Receipts, 3,200 head: ae- tive; heavy, $8.35 to $8.50; mixed, $8.50 to $8.65; yvorkers, $7.75 to $8.65; pigs, $7 to $7.60; roughs, $7.25 to $7.40; stags, $5 to $5.75. Sheep and lambs-- Receipts, 2,- 400 head; activé; prices unchanged. Re- active . Chicago Live stock. Chicago, Feb. 4. -- Cattle--Re- ceipts 6,000; market steady; native beef steers, $6.40 to $6.90; sand heifers, $3.20 to $8.25; calves, $8 to $11.25. 3 Hogs--Receipts 44,000; slow; light, $7.20 tw $7.7 7.40 Jo $7.85: heavy, $7.85; market mixed, $7.40 to rough, $7.40 to $7.55; pigs, 0 $6.75; bulk of sales, $7.55 Sheep and' lambs-- Receipts 000; niarket slow; lambs, $11; wethers, $7.60 to $8.25. GRAIN QUOTATIONS, : Torénto.. ~ Toronto, Feb. 4.-~What vey dull and uninteresting with disap- pointing cables and cash prices gen- erally easier. Quotations are as follows: 'On- tario wheat, No. 2 winter; $1.13 to $1.15 outside, according to location; Manitoba wheat, No. 1 northern, $1.- 25%: No. 2 northern, $1.21% to $1.23: No. northerd, $1.15% to $1.20% ; oats, Ontario No. 2 avhite, none offerMg: No. 3 white, 44¢ to 46c outside; corn, American, No, 2 yellow, S8%e to on track, Torosto: is to arket Reports - : No. 2, $180 car lots; barley, 64¢ 66¢ outside for malti buckwheat, 78¢, shipping points, ¢; Manitoba flour, first patents, $7.20: second pa tents, $6.70; strong bakers Ontario flour, winter flour, pel cent patents, $4.90 to $5.10 sea board; milifeed, Manitoba bran, $24 per ton; shorts, $25 per ton on track, Toronto i to Chicago, Chicago, Feb. 4.--Wheat showed some renewal of strength as a result of Liverpool advices that were more bullish than had been expected. Ar- gentine shipments to Rurope, al- though increased, were said 'to disappointing as to volume, whereas import needs especially in Great Britain, seemed to be on the in- crease. Buying here, however, was light and the announcement of fresh embargoes against the Philadelphia and Baltimore had an unsettling ef- fect Opening prices which varied from unchanged figures to 1% higher with May at 133 te 13 and July at 124% to 124%, were followed by a moderate general then a sharp setback. but. not of lasting sort, : be Winnipeg. { Winnipeg, Fab. 4 Wheat closed | 1-2¢ to -Se¢ higher after a steady day with a narrow margin of fluctu- ations. May was $1.29 5-8 at the close and July $1.28 3-4 In coarse grains the trading was fairly good, with oats closing from the. same to l-4c loss. ® May was sold at 48 3-Sc and July at 17 1-4e, Flax was 7-8¢ down from yesterday, but little changed on the day. July flax entered the trading for the first time this season at $2.15. May sell- ing at $2.14 1-8 tp-day Barley was| offered at 0c, but there was no de- mand, , = * Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Feb. 4 Wheat May, $1.31; July, $1.28 3-4 to $1.28 7-8; No. 1 hard, $1.38: No. 1 Nor- thern, $1.32 10 $1.35 No. 2, 'do. $1.28 to $1.22. Corn--No, 3 yellow, TT to T8c. Oats--No. 3 white, 47 47 1.2 Flour-- Unchanged. Bran--$19.25 Yo $20 . - i nS . Duluth. peas, No. 2, $1.26 (0 $1.75 sample: this immenss for | peaches; | advapee, and | af Duluth, -Feb. 4.~Wheat--No, 1. Peterboro, $1.08; Port Hope, 30¢ to SAVING A CROP OF BARLEY! J. D. MacGregor, who is visiting the Winter Fair, is more than a rais- er of fat cattle he is an experiment or in new lines of agriculture On hig fann near Brandon, Man, he has several large wooden silos. These structures have been former- ly filled with corn, but this year, ow- ing to the cold, wet weather, this crop in that section of the Dominion proved a fadure. The early frosts slightly damaged many acres of his barley. It was inipossible to thrash the partly ma- tured grain, and 10 save the crop he put it all in the silo. It was "kill- ing two birds with one stone." The were going to be empty and the barley. was going to spoil, but by a littlé extra care both "would-be" losses were turned to a profit The barley, straw and all, was cut up as fine as possible and blown in- to the silo together with a good half- inch stream water under about twenty pounds pressure, A little more difficulty in tramping was ex- perienced than with corn, but. the stuff kept well and made quite as good feed as ordinary corn ensilage, Next year Mr. MacGregor is going to mix barley with his corn, and is also going to try the same manner silos of some peas in FOr gpm gue { cHoPpED STUFF | Satna tegue AAA on the Toronto market Snowdrifts make poor for valuable machinery, This is the wood harvesting sea- s0n U'se all the dead trees first, | A short A I he conducted by the Ontario Agricul- tural College from January 11th 22nd. Clean / protectign the stable windows and let stock, sunlight, have a work your to do its your chicken feed as the cold ther ccmes on. of wheat is a good winter feed The past season has been the best registered Leicester sheep. the prices were better than previous season. The reports regarding the root crops are not very encouraging, and in any | suggest that, on the whole, the sup- It's the | 10 be feared, too, that some of the mangels have got caught by the frost, | which will tend further to aggravate | before | ply will be under the average. 1 difficulties to. be faced spring grass is available. | the | | "Joc" Martin Resigns Seat. London, Feb, 4.--The. St. Pancras | "hronicle, Liberal organ for that di- { on, Mr.- Joseph Was at last resigned his seat { n the British House of Commons, { &and expresses the hope that this is { true. The Chronicle says if Mr. Mar- jt really resigned St. Pancras | to be very pleased and set the ringing, and adds that it | will be glad to announce the Iocal Sharities to whieh Mr. Martin has { | understands that rtin i lls consented to hand-hig\Parliamentary allowance for the period during { which as been absent from the ountry he Turkeys are reported to he scarce course in agriculture will that essential to the perfect health of chance in modern times for the breeders of Nearly 500 rams were sold by auction, and * CO iw sh ce ve th re: in at to M wint tried This ing 1 a ber BO 3 fa FERRER PPI R PRT bP bpd Npd animals per head. have taught lamplight, both, night and morning, in a cold house that freezes the eggs. the léngth of feed- of milking ws used. een eight eight of the Ontario da ows that an would ry much e animals fad ade 54 ce ined in th Ottawa have "One "da or eggs is with proves that ime is the od supply 10th." no made poultry feeding for winter eggs wiih Plymouth Rock hens that been told before, that writes Janis R. Bellamy, Kleczkow- ski, Sask., GP¢he North West Farm- 'uerease the proportion of corn in| ¢ wea- Two of corn to one rite rig COST OF PRODUDING MILK: The cost of producing milk ob- viously depends a great deal on the capacity of th (Comparison «wf the hest hover cows in a 5 record iry yielding cow average profit poorer have had doubt reduced th feeding been the same for all Those that yielc ed thé higher profit wera much better The average cost of their feed for the milking $43.96 per head, while the food ceived by the less profitable- was valued Calculating from the standpoift of cost of the milk the eight cows yields made only fit on a hundred pounds of milk while tife higher yielding cows 'nts profit equal amount of milk. This information and 'a gre: deal more of equal value is con- than the period bein at 32.3 with a0 from a recently issue e annual Report of the Dairy and Cold Storage Commissioner of the Department of "Agrieultur » healesfededesfolrofeolesdsdesfeide dod ddedosded dodo bed Feeding Hens Ly Lamplight, a little advane has I know use of failure to the shortness of that hens have for feeding in Deceém- ber and January. 1 have tried warm- ing the house, and saw artificial heat poor my SUCCess, No hens to feed cause Iam get of eggs since Dex '. jaf foleadeddedesfeoforfusfufe ods dbeodedesfedfestenfesdooeote DAIRY PROSPECTS. ring. After the war is over there may possibly drop in the pfices fot dairy pro- ducts, especially during the re. adjustment period; but thehope is expressed that should prices decline for the time being, this may not to any extent influence milk producers to decreasetheir herds, 'but to continue to make dairying a permanent feature of their farming operations. experience there is no other line of agri culture which will, for a period of years, pay better than dairy Western Dairymen, he a has proven ths stedesfeodesfeofordedeodrdesdededeoduledodefoode doodles AA A lA i Pt NA Northern, ! 31; St 28 5-8; No Montana, $1.29 $1 5-8 to $1 to $1.30 5-8 } May, New York. New York, Feb, 4 Steady, Rye flour--Quiet Hay - firm; No. 1, $1,30; No. 2, $1.20 to {$1.25; No. 3, $1.05 to $1.10; ship- ping, %0e te 95¢ Hops--Steady, Hides -- Firm." Leather--Fium Flour Liverpool, liverpool, Feb 4 Wheat, spot steady; No. 1 Manitoba, 14s 1-24; No, 3 Manitoba, 13s 11d; No. 1 hard winter, new, 13s + No I Northern, Duluth, 14s 1d. Corn, spot quiet: American mixed, néw, 105 16d Flour, winter patents, 49s 6d Hops in London (Pacific coast), £4 to £5 Closing GENERAL TRADE. Butter. { BeHeville, 3e¢-to 33¢ 3 pound; Berlin, 30c to 32¢; Chatham) 30¢ to 35¢; Owen Sound, 28¢ to 30¢; Peter- boro, 32¢; Port Hope, 27¢; St. Thom- as, 34¢ to 36; Stratford, 30¢ to 32¢; and Woodstock, 33¢ to 34« Eggs. to 3¥c¢ per dozen: Berlin, 32¢ to 35¢; Chatham, 35¢ to 40c; Owen Sound, 28c to 30¢; Peter- boro, 35¢ to 36¢; Port Hope, 35¢; St. Thomas, 37¢ to 39¢; Stratford, 40¢; and Woodstock, dozen. , Belleville, 2 Jelleville, 15¢ To, 160Nper pound; Berlin, 18¢ to 20¢; Owen Sound, l6¢ to 18¢; Peterboro, 18c to 20¢; Port Hope, 18¢ to 22¢; St. Thomas, lic to 18¢; Stratford, 16¢ to 18¢; and Woodstock, 15¢ per pound. g Potatoes. Belleville, $1.30 to $1.35 per bushel; Berlin, $1.50 to $1.75; Chat- ham, $1.35 to $1.40; Owen-Sound, Peterboro, $1.75; Port Hope, $1.25; St. Thomas, $1.35 to $1.504 Stratford, $1.50 to $1.75; and Wood- stock, $1.25 per bushel. 4 Wheat. . Belleville, $1.07 to $10 per bushel; Berlin, $1; Chatham, $1.05 to $1.10; Owen Soulld, $1 to $1.04; Thomas, $1.15; Stratf | $1 10% and Woodstock, $1.05, Cheese at Montreal is unchanged colored Onta 18% | to Ww treal est loose Hope $20; quote | Spys, wins, tusset, $5, § $2.75 $1.25 Joe: 40¢; Berlin Hope, Tord, bushel Ibs, $1.25 Finest 18%¢; $20 to $22, Sound, Cheese At Montreal, Waeste rio cto 18 15 holesale S00n, ace ileville--t , $16.50 loose, $13 to $14 baled, $18, loose, $15; Peterboro - loose, $19 to $20; Port baled, Thomas $20, loose, $15 to $16; Stratford loose, $12 10 $15; loose, $157%% $16 St Apples A new range of apple d from $5.50 $4, $4.1 { and and $2.2 to §1.50, ¢heese is rn Ontario still selling ¢, with white at while fine Eastern Town- | ships cheese is unchanged at 17 | to 17% ¢ per pounu, trading be absolutely off the board at Mon- cheese in ording to the go oi the trade, as a result of the scar- city of unsold price at Lont plies, The h n has been28s. « Hay. aled, $18, loose, to $18; Berlin--baled, $18 to $19, to $17; Chatham Owen Sound $18, loose, baled, $18 $18 at Montreal, prices as follows: 3 ; Bald- Golden e ; Green- ing, $4, $3.25 and $2.50; Fameuse; $3. a, for No. 1's, No. and No. 3's respectively. varicus varities, 25 Ben Davis, No. -- Oats-- Belleville, 2 ber bushel; Berlin, Hoe; 35¢ to 28¢7 Owen Sound, 40¢ to 42¢: | Peterboro, St. and bushel. Bar} 38¢; ley a0 foe; 8t. Thomas, Coarse Grains at Local Points Port Hope, 342 38¢; -Belleville, 35¢ per bughel; Chatham, $1.10; Owen Peterboro, bbe; New York Hay Prices. to 31.30; 100 ibs; No. No. 2.+ $1.15 $1.20; No. 3, $1. te $1.05: Clover, 90¢' to $1.15; rye straw, 6ic to 7 ¥ according to quality. hes and centre there was a differ- ence in profit per cow of $24.56 the eight high giving 37.21 while the returned a profit of only $12.- 65 per head. The milk in each case was valued hundred pounds. The differen~ been of cows at $1.15 per others the low cents pro- temporary Past and Woodstock to 38e -per Chatham, | Port Thomas, 8c; Strat- and Woodstock, 48¢ per e n 8 e 1- 8. g FEL b bbb dbl abd bd db bh ndd ddd 4 it d re e in not of," get time w, I by ting em- at Bp bb pbb bbb bbb ddr ord, | | | | | | | at 18¢ hC will ssip igh- i.f V $17 to to is 50, 3's; { Tom-cods, SEEN | Trout, salmon. | White fish, 1b, Suckers, 1b. ... Salmon : to Stratford, Woodstock, 40¢ to 41¢ per R Hay is stronger in most divisions) 3PY apples, bbl. .$ 5 at New York, advancing 5¢ per 100 Tomatoes, 1b, |. Prime timothy hay still sells from $1 to $1 85 per 3 to 9 Beef, Hogs, live, ewt. | Hogs, dressed, cwt. Mutton, carcase,lb. Veal,by carcase, lt, Veal by qtr., 1b. . Bloaters, doz Ciscoes, 1b. Fillets, 1b, .... Finnan haddie, 1b. Haddock Trozen, 1b Herring, fresh salt Rippers, doa. ... Mackerel Oysters, qt. Oyster: Pickerél. 2g | Perch, Pike, 1b, but poor auality, | Rock-fish, Ib. Rananas. dng. Dates, 1b. .. Grapefruit, each . Grapes. Malaga, 1b. Figs 1h, ..... Leuons, Nuts. mixed, ib. .. Oranges, doz. .... Ducks, 1b. : La § Chickens. live, Ib: =F fanning mill, then hand Chickens, m, MATE UP. PENS NOW. Now is the time to mate breeding pens for hatching Make the final culling, retai ly the strongest, thriftiest duals, See that these layers are receiving a good laying ration, supplying plen- iy of protein, green feed and oyster shell. | This is the time to feed the surplus vegetables that are stored away in the cellar. A cabbage head suspended by strings, a couple of feet from the floor will be relish. ed by the hens, Be sure you are giving them plenty of exercise. Whole grain should be fed in a ten- inch litter, Clean up the incubator and get it in running order, It might be ad- visable to run a trial batch before the season opens. There is always some new equip- ment sich as brooders and feed hop- pers, and this is the time to order all such supplies. Have you considered any addition to your poultry yard? A small trial with ducks, geese, turkeys, capons or pigeons may prove profitable, ttt tt tetera atey For The Poultry Raiser When the fowls get off the roost in the makning they should have a small feed; it may be a wet mash, moistened, not sloppy. If dry mash | #ised exclusively, a sufficient num- | ber of hoppers should be used to al- low all fowls to feed for an hour, then close the hoppers until noon when they should remain open. the rest of the day. Scratch food should be scattered in the litter in the morning, sufficient to keep the fowls working until about 3 p.m.; in winter and 6 p.m. in summer, when the night food of wheat or cracked corn should be gi ven, much they will up clean. Water: As the egg contains a-darge quantity of water, and the process of manufacturing the egg goes on day and night, water is just as necess: y as grain, and when poultry pays, wa- ter must be supplied. The poultry raiser who boasts that he does not water his fowls when snow is on the ground but lets them eat snow' or pick at the frozen water.. cannot boast of large egg production nd therefore cannot make pouliey pay. The egg shell must be manufactur. ed, Grain: does not contain suffi- cient quantity of lime to supply a business hen with shell matter, Lime must be supplied in some form. Crushed oyster shell is the best. If that cannot be had, old plaster, slak- ed lime or sifted coal ashes will help, and when fed from a hopper it is surprising how much they will eat. While supplying the necessary ma- terials for the hen to produce the egg, we must supply the necessary material to sustain the fowl, supply a new coat of feathers and keep her in healthy condition. 'The more food a laying hen van digest, the greater will be the egg production. The hen's teeth must be looked after--grit being the only teeth that fowls have. Unless proper grit is always supplied, the health of the fowls will be affecied. A very important detail which is often over- up the eggs. ning on- indivi- as as eat The Wintering 0f Idle Horses At this time of the year practically all the heavy work on most farms has been (finished, and with the ap- proach or Winter horses are more or less idle, Some idle horses give no return in labor performed, the feed- ing should be as economical as pos- sible, and 'proper care should be ta- ken of the animals in order that they may be in the best possible condition for work in the early Spring. Horses should not be confined to the barn during the Winter-on a lib- eral supply of grain: It is far bet- ter to "rough" . them through the cold months. They should be given the run of the yard or lot during the day. This should be provided with a protected shed one that is thor oughly dry and well provided with bedding. While nature does her part and protects the horse with a heavy coat of hair during the cold months, the shed is necessary in or- der to afford the necessary shelter and protection against rains, snow and cold winds. Winter winds come mostly from the north and north- west, and the shed should be so sit- * proper protection from this quarter. In the fedding of idle horses the high-priced feeds should be avoided in order to keep them in proper con- dition at the lowest cost. It has been found that idle horses do very well on a Winter feed consisting of all the hay, oat straw, cornstalks, or sorghums they will consume, so that little grain is necessary, Idleness also pérmits of a more thorough mas- tication of the feed, thus ensuring proper digestion. From six to eight weeks before the Spring work is started the horses* should be put at light work and started on a small grain ration in or-" der that they mdy be in proper condi- tion for the work required of them. The grain ration may then be gra- dually increased until the regular al- lowance has been reached for the working season. Grawing colts require . consider- able protein, They should be so fed as to secure proper development and at a minimum "cost. Rough feed, such as clean, mixed hay, ai"al- fa, or clover, may be fed along with 4 mixture of bran, oats and corn.-- uated and constructed as to give the blood, absorbs impurities and pre- vents bowel trouble to a great extent ~Woman's World for February Which are the skim milk calves, was the puzzle. Two lots of four calves each, one fed whole milk and the other skim milk and boiled flax seed. The two lots looked equally sleek and thrifty. Mr Peters, ani- mal husbandman of the North Dako- ta Experiment Station, explained that -the experiment was undertaken to determine how well dairy calves could be grown on skim milk The first three weeks both lots were fed whole milk. From then on Lot No. 1 was fed eight pounds whole milk and 8 pounds skim milk daily, while lot No. 2 was fed on sixteen pounds of skim milk and one pound of boiled flax seef, which re= placed the fat taken out in the cream. During the first three months Lot: No. 1 made somewhat larger gains and looked a little more thrifty, but during the next three months Lot No. 2 caught up. At six months several experienced dairy cattle breeders pronounced the calves in Lot 2 equal to those in Lot 1 in individual merit and dairy develop ment. When the calves were five weeks old they were also fed clover hay and a grain ration made up of equal parts whole oats and bran. To this was added one-tenth by weight of linseed meal. It cost $19 less per head to feed the skim milk calves than. those fed half whole milk to the age of six months Freeze The Pork, Every now and then a scare over trichinosis from eating infected pork is started. Thorough * cooking is the surest prevention, but now it has been found that freezing the pork for twenty days at 4 temperature of looked is supplying granulated char- coal; it helps digestion, purifies the A a, © | | Kingston Markets || Kingston, Meats Beef, local carcases, Ih. Beef, Feb. &th hinds, 1b, cuts, 1b.... Beef, western, by carcase, 1b. .... Lamb, spring, carcase, 1b. . 3 by t, fresh, water, doz. . shell, doz. oT ! | ib. . i ».. : 12% 'JI Messina, 8 doz. hubarb, bunch a 'Poultry. Corn, cracked, cwt, Horse hides, No. 1 Beef hides, trimmed, ib. Sheep skins, frésh Veal Skins, Ib. Deacons A . Tallow, rendered, ib. Beeswax, clear, Ib, Ginseng, wild, Ib. Musk rats, Foxes, No. ve Raccifn, No. 1, prime large .$2.50 Mink attention now will make for profit five degrees destroys the parasites, remarks Rural New Yorker. Hens, live, 1b. ... Turkeys, 1b. 10 25 Dairy Products Butter, roils 1b ,. Butter, dairy .... Buiter, creamery 32 35 33 40 £2 35 45 Cheese, Ib, ...... Eggs, cooking,doz. Eggs, fresh, doz. -- Vegetables, $ 40 Beets, bush. Cabbage, doz. '... Celery, bunch ..,. Potatoes, bag Potatoes, bush. Parsnips, bush. ... Onions, bush, Turnips, bag 50 50 10 10 40 78 78 50 05 Grain, Barley; bush. ....$ Bran, Ton Buckwheat, bush. . Corn, yellow feed, bush. Corn, meal, cwt. .. .e Flour, ewt, . .. Hay, baled, ton . Hay, loose Oats, local, Oats, | Straw, baled, ton. . | Straw, loose, ton Wheat, loeal. bush, | 20 06 Man., bush. Furs and Mid. Below are the rultmy market prices for hides, skins and raw furs, These prices represent the full value of the articles quoted, and have been approved as correct by John McKay, Ad., for dealers: $4.00 «14a $2.50 . 16e $1.00 fic 25¢ $7.00 dering ; ibe red . $7.00 Kunk, .<..« .«50e to $2.00 .50¢ to $3.00 'Bxercise and plenty of rough food is necessary for the devélgpment of il young farm animals, A little fter awhile. Clean up the seed grain witly the pick it. The AN rs co arm, « St. Paul Farmer tte Sg tf eure ett stat sR AA AN ses, Arse rat | OTEST YOUR-COWS | ec tet Sah It is soinetimes given as an excuse for npt joining cow-testing associa- tions 'and keeping milk records that the zood aid bad cows in a herd are known already, and that it would be only a waste of money and time to provide the necessary outfit, and gO Ie the trouble of weighing the milk and taking the composite samples weekly Experience has shown, however, that it is almost impossible for the most careful milker to esti- mate even approximately the milk vield of any cow in a herd, and it is frequently found--when milk records are kept--that there is a difference of as much 48 one thousand pounds per year hetween the yields of two cows which were considered equally good miikers by the owner. When this is the case with regard to the quaplity of milk, it will be easily un- dersrdod that the question of quality is much more difficult to decide by observation, as one cow which is con- sidered "very good' may produce a large amount" of milk with a low hutter-fat test, while another cow producing less, but richer, milk may be the more profitable animgl, and this difference can only be ascertain- ed by keeping systematic milk rec- ords. The difficulty of procuring la- bor on the farm is also given as an excuse for not testing cows, but when it is considered that weighing the milk and taking composite samples for 'a herd of ted or twelve cows would nat occupy the time of one person {or more than about twenty inutes per week, it will be seen that the advantages derived from COW- testing more, than compensate for any little trouble involved in keeping the records, especially as the work can gegerally be carried out by the' person who milks the animals. ---- Give heef cattle, particularly, all the exercise and fresh air possible, rn. Bulk : Oysters Dominion Fish Co. Amn, Mon rm omery orks For the Dent in French Dry Cleaning, Dyeing and Pressing. J. B. HARRIS, Prop, 225 Princess St. Phone 1114. IRR Here is Your Chance TT Avan For a short time we will give an enlargement with a dozen of our $4.00 Cabinet Photos. THE COOKE STUDIO 159 Wellington Street, Next Carfiovsky's Fruit Store. ---- At a meeting of the Believille School Board P. J, Wims was ap- latter job iay be a hard one, but it] pointed representative of the Bo : School Board. rl to the. Public