TURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1016. + Send Many of the eps produced in this country are lost through carelessness in gathering and handling them. Sorting eggsshas been advised as a method for giving the purchaser good value for his money, but as a matter of fact sorting should only be considered in the case of cold storage eggs and such eggs. should not inter- est the progressive poultryman in the Teast. For the sake of efficient sorting, ~capdling is necessary, and candling might well be practised where the number of eggs gathered dally is not sufficient to make a daily shipment worth considering, If the farmer intends to do an egg business he had better make up his mind to keep enough hens to provide eggs for shipment daily, as any egg starts on its way to staleness just as soon as it is laid; possibly before. Eggs to give satisfaction sheuld bé graded: according to size and color; this does not mean that color should affect the price, as different people have differ- ent preferemces in. this regard, but that the size of an egg should have an influence. on the price is' easily understood. ~ The idea of puttihg all like colored eggs in one lot is for the sake of attractiveness and sorting for this purpose will hardly be necessary if the flock of fowls kept is of one breed. ' Size of the eggs laid by different individuals of the breed is hard to govern, and it would not always be wise to discard hens that lay an un- der or over-sized eggs, so for this reason, sorting fof size must be prac- tised, and price per dozen must be expected according to size of eggs in each dozen, until it becomes the gen eral practice to sell eggs by weight. Eggs Are New, Only Once. The aim of the keeper of a flock of hens for laying purposes should he to obtain the highest ruling price for fresh eggs, Bnd to accept this price with a clear conscience he must send out hig eggs daily. ' In addition to this he must remove .all male birds from the flock a good while before starting to ship With these rules faithfully followed the egg producer need have but little candling to do. Candling of eggs becomes neces. sary just as soon as the exact date of the laying of an egg is lost, or as 809n as time, shipment or storage has a chance to Interfere with the fresh- ness of the egg. An egg that has been chilled" to the most satisfactory temperature for keeping, directly alter it is laid, will possibly be in better condition at the end of several weeks than the egg that is placed in the pot within four or five days of laying, if the lat- ter egg has heen shipped in too great hedt; but the confirming of the state of freshness of these eggs is a mat tér for the handler, The producer has only two courses to choose from, he must ship daily to a nearby mar- ket or provide cold storage and be satisfied with the proof of the can- dle, .y If eggs shipped on the day they are laid are found to be siale on arrival at market them something must be wrong with the shipping or else the hen house is in bad order and must be overhauled. This trouble can, of course, be checked up by candling at the producer's end, hut, as a. rule; candling iz a jab for the the eggs, as it is in his interest and that of the consumer as well STARTING VEGETABLE PLANTS, The kitchen windows afford ample room. for growing enough early plants for the average home garden. It is necessary to give the tomatoes, egg plants and peppers a start some- what earlier than can be done in the outside rews, especially in the more nerthern sections, ew havé the opportunities to give the plants the benefit of a greenhouse, but the kit- chen answers the purpose very we'l, 1 use a method in starting the plants that avoids transplanting. In many cases thig is a somewhat delicate operation, 'especially if the ground is dry when the time comes to set the plants A box or tray, three.inches Arrant ara --t------ | The Latest Market Reports | LIVE STOCK MARKET. 7 Toronto, Toronto, Feb. 18.---Receipts at the Union Stock Yards to-day were: Hil cattle, 46 calves, 1,613 hogs, 1,615 sheep. Trade was poor, with cattle prices generally 10 to 15 cents lower and other classes unchanged. Butcher cattle, choice $7.40 Yo 7.65, medium $6.75 to W7.25, com- mon $6 to $6.50; butcher cows, choice $6 to $6.50, medium $5.25 to $5.75, canners $3.50 to $4, bulls §4- 50 to $7y feeding steers, $6.00 to $7.; stockers, choice $6 .to $6.35, light $5.50 te $5.85; milkers, cholce, each $70 to $100; springers, $70 to $100: sheep, ewes $8 to $9; bucks and culls, $6 to $7; lambs, $11.50 to $12.50; hogs, fed and watered, $10; calves, $10 to $11.25 Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 18.--Cattle-----Re- ceipts, 6000 market, irregular; beeves, $6.60 to $9.65; stockers and feeders, $6.60 to $7.30; cows and heifers, $3.15 to $8.20; calves, $8- 75 to $11.25. Hogs Receipts, 33,000; market, unsettled; light, $7.80 to $8.40; mixed," $8.05 to $8.45; heavy, $8.05 to $8.45; rough, $8.05 to $8.15; pigs, $6.25 to $7.40; bulk of sales $8.15 to $8.36. . Sheep---Receipts, 10,000; market firm; lambs, native, $9 to $11.50 JEast Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 18. Cattle--Receipts 300 head; slow. ' Veals---Receipts, 125 héad; active and steady; $4 to $12.50 Hogs--Receipts, 600 head; active; heavy and mixed, $8.70 to $8.75; yorkers, $8 to $8.75; pigs, $7.50 to $8; roughs, $7.50 to $7.60; stags, §5 to $6.76 Sheep and lambs--Receipts, 3000 head; sheep active; lambs and year lings, slow; lambs, $8 to $11.90; yearlings, $6.50 to $10.50; wethers, $8.76 to $9.25; ewes, $4 to $8.60; sheep, mixed, $8.50 to $8.75 GRAIN QUOTATIONS Toronto. Feb. 18. ~-- 'Manitoba wheat--New crop, No. 1 Northern, $1.26 1-8; No. 2, do., $1.23 5-8; No. 3, do. $1.20 5-8, in store Fort WH- liam. Manitoba Qats--No. 2, C.W., 44c; No, 3, do., 41 5-8; extra No. 1 feed, 41 5-8¢; No. 1 feed, 40 1-4¢, in store Fort William. ; American corn--No. 3 yellow, 82 -2¢, track, Toronto. Canadian corn--Feed, 74 to 75¢, irack, Toronto. : {Ontario oats--No, 3° white, 44 to 45¢; commercial, 43 to 44c, accord: ing toufreights outside, Ontario wheat---No, 2 Winter, per car lot $1.10 to $1.12; wheat slight- ly sprouted and tough, according to sample, $106. to $1.10; wheat sprouted, smutty and tough, accord- ing to sample, ¥ to $1.04; feed wheat, 90 to ie, accordmg to freighis outside, | Peas--No, 2, $1.80; according to sample, $1.25 to $1.75, according to freights outside. Barley--Malting, 64 to 66¢; feed, '57 to 60¢, according to freights out- side, ? Buckw heat--Nominal to according to freights outside.- Rye--No. 1 commercial 92 to S4¢; . rejected, according torsample, 83 to 85¢, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour--First patents, in juté bags, $7.20; second patents, in jute bags, $6.70; strong bakers), in jute bags, $6.50, Toronto, 0 flour---Winter, Toronto, 78e¢, according to sample, $4.70 to $4.80, track, To- | ronto, $4.80 to $4.90 seaboard, prompt shipment. Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mont- rea] freights--Bran, per ton, $25; shorts per ton, $25-to $26; middlings, per ton, $27; good feed flour, per hag, $1.75 to $1.85. Hay---No, 1, per ton, $18 to $19; No. 2, per ton, $15 to $16, track, To- ronto StrAw--Car lots, per ton, $6.50 to $7, track, Toronto. - Winnipeg. ; Winnipeg, Feb, 18.---No. 1 North- 257%; No.2 Northern. $1.23; Northern, $1.20; No. No. 5, $1.09; 0. $1.0315; feed, 96 4c. Oats--Nao. CW, 43%c¢; extra#No, 1 feed, 413%¢; No. 1 feed, 39%ec; No. 2 feed, 38 %¢. Barley---No. 681% ci: No. 4, 63¢c; rejected, 67%; feed, 57%c. Flax-- No. 2 NW.C., $2.09%: No. 3 C.W,, $2.06 1% a o, Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 18, --=Wheat---No. red, $1.30 to $1.31; No. 3 red, $1.28 to $1.29; No: 2 hard, $1.30; No. 3 hard, $1.26 to $1.30. . Corn--No. 2 yellow, 4 yellow, 73%e¢; No. 1 white, 73%ec. Oats--No. 3 white, 46% ¢ standard, 48 %c to 50« Rye----No. 2, $1.02. Barley---68c to 78¢. Timothy---$5.50 to $8 Clover--$10 to- $18.50 Pork--$19 to $20.50 Lard---$9.92. - Ribs---$10.75 to $11.26 Liverpool. Liverpool, Feb. 18.--Spot market closed strong to-day, higher; spot ,corn closed dull, changed Quotations: No. winter, 13s 4d. Spot corn, 11s 2d. -- Baltimore. Baltimore, Feb. 18.----Wheat closed quiet and easier but nominal... No. 2 red spot and "February and March, $1.34; No. 2 red Westera spot and March, $1.36%. Corn closed quiet and easier. Spot and February, 80 %¢ nomidnl; March, §0% c nominal; April, 811% ¢ nomi- nal. Oats--Market steady. Standard white, 5436c; No. 3 white, 52%e to 523%.¢: No. 4 white, 4814¢ to 49¢ to 47¢; wheat, 1%d Minneapolis. : Minneapolis, Feb. 18.--Cash wheat, No. 1 hard, $1.35; > 2 Northern, $1.245 to $1,298; No? 3 Northern; $1.195% 16 $1.25%; No. 1 durum, $1.25 to $1.27%; No. 2 durum,$1.22 to $1.25; futures closed: May, $1.27%; July, $1.25%. GENERAL TRADE. Butter--- Belleville, 30c to 33¢ per pound; Berlin, 32¢; Brantford, 33c to 358 Cobourg, 32¢; Chatham, 30¢ to 35¢; Guelph, 356c; "Owen Sound, 27¢ to. 28¢; Peterboro, 35¢; Port Hope, 28c¢ to 30c; St. Thomas, 33¢ to. 34¢; Stratford, 31¢ to 33¢, and Woodstock, 30c to 34c. ; Eggs----Belleville, 32¢ to 33¢ per dozen; Berlin, 30c to 22¢; Brantford, 30¢c; Cobourg, 35c; Chatham, 2% to 35¢; Guelph, 32¢; Owen Sound, 25¢; Peterboro, 30¢; Port Hope, 28¢; St. Thomas, 32¢ to $5e; Stratford, 30c to 32¢; and Woodstock, 30c to 33¢ per dozen. Potatoes ---- Belleville, $1.40 to $1.48 per bushel; Berlin, $1.30 -to $1.40; Brantford, $1.50; Cobourg, $1.25; Chatham, $1.40 to $1.60; Guelph, $1.50; Owen Sound, $1.30; Peterboro, $1.75 to $2: Port Hope, .{#1; St. Thomas, $1.50 to-R1.60, ° Poultry--RBelleville, 15¢ to 16¢ per. andler of | + [Sound, to $20; think more and more about larger and better milk and ¢ talk up cow testing. gel me reduced operaling expenses. a pul of better quality, then indicated, and in henefil. The assistance from the ment of Agriculture at Ottaw ner years, and a thoroughly competent milk samples from or plies of preservative | sent free of charge. | forms: beyond this, a payme tested will be made. makers will do well to note t very blets Ne deep, and if a size to fit the window shelves and hold a certain number of ordinary smal] tin, cans, is made of half-inch pine lumber. This has one gide s0 arranged that it can be re- moved by nnhcoking at each end. In- to this are set as many cans 28 it will hold. Tue tops and botlomsg are first removed from the cans by stand +Hag them on a hot stove to melt the solder. These are filled with soil, and the seeds planted, a few in each ean, One plant left in each re- { cepticle until time for transplanting. { When the plants are set out in the | garden, holes g dug of sufficient 'depth to hold the can, After press- | ing the dirt solidly around it, gently {slip the can off over the plant. | This leaves it in the ground without tany disturbance to the roots. A piece of tin or a shingle may be us- ed to slip underneath the bottomless pound; Berlin, 20c¢; Brantford, 15c¢ to 16¢; Cobourg, 15¢; Guelph, 20c¢; Owen Sound, 18c to 20c: Peterboro, 20c¢; Port Hope, 20c to 21¢; 8t. Tho- mas, 15¢ to 18¢; Stratford, 16¢ to 17¢; d@nd Woodstock, 16¢ per pound. Wheat--Belleville, $1.05 to $1.07 per bushel; Berlin, $1.10; Brantford, $1.08; Cobourg, $1.05 to $1.10; Chatham, $1.05 to $1.10;+} Owen Sound, $1; Peterboro, $1.15; Port Hope, 96c¢ to $1; SL Thomas, $1.10; Stratford, $1.05, and Woodstock, $1.05. Oats Berlin, 4&c¢; ham, 35e to 38¢; Cobotirg, - 40c; {Guelph, 45¢; Owen Sound, 40c¢ to [420; Peterboro, 40¢; Port Hope, 34c {to 35¢c; St. Thomas, 38c; Stratford, 10ci and Woodstock, 40¢ per bushel. Barley--Belleville, 60c per hushel; Berlin, 55¢; Brantford, 5c: Cobourg, 50e; Guelph, 48¢ to © Owen 55¢; Peterbord, Port Hope, 650¢; St. Thomas, *; Strat ford, 40¢ to G0c; and Woodstock, 48c 10 50¢ per bushel. Hay--BeHevitie, bated; ~ $18 "to $18.50, loose, $17 to $18; Berlin, baled, $18 to $19, loose, $16.50 to $17.50; Brantford, baled, $15 to $16, {loose, $13 to $15; Cobourg, baled, {$20, loose, $19 to $20; Chatham, loose, $14; Guelph, baled, $21, Toose, $18 to $19; Owen Sound, baled, $17.50, lose, $14; Peterboro, baled. $20 to $22, loose, $19 to $20: Port -Belleville, 40¢ per bushel; Brantford, 40¢c; Chat- 4 i . 2 . A Seasonable Suggestio | Now thal tie regittar facly many localities to take weights and samples as soon' as the first' cow freshens, it would seem opportune forgmore factory owners to'consider this matter seriously. every dairy farmer in the vieinity. many others, the factory Where a cow lesting association is organized dividual cows once a month, ogether with the necessary blank Factory owners, cheese and butter - wy patron is gelilng cow testing, preparing to mn If a ream 'supply is wanted, then wre patrons interested. If re sought, with a larger out- recommend cow testing to For in the ways above must dairy divisioh of the Depart- a is just as liberal as in for- persont will do the lesting of sup- and sulphurie acid 'will be 'ul of five cents per sample hese facts and act promplly. J APP lA Ht Nl PA Al, Stl tt ttt ec caus when removing them from the tray THE POULTRY IN FEBRUARY. If some of the hens show signs of hroodiness this month make 'sure that they mean business before risk- ing valyable eggs under them, and never start a setting unless you have warm quarters for the hen and chick- ens Three weeks from now may land us in the middle of very severe weather, Rather than starting to incubate too early it is better to pay attention to the building up of the breeding stock as an insurance against poor hatches and puny chicks Do not let the still fairly good prices for eggs induce you to placa fertile eggs on the market for table use, It does not take very long for such eggs to begin to zo on in a well.-heaied store, Amer 1 and Asiatic breeds of Baldwins in hoxes, £1.50 No. 1, Honey at Montreal. Montreal is steady at last week's advance. Quotations are: White, exiracted, 12¢ 10°12 -1-2¢ per Ib.; brown, extracted, 10c to 11l¢; buckwheat honey, 8c to fc: Snies and to 22 for Honey at Wool At Toronto. Toronto's wool prices are given hy E. T. Carter & Co., at the following level: Wool, washed, 40c to $44¢ per 1b.; wool, rejections, 33¢ to aie: wool, unwashed, 28¢ to 22¢ Beans at Toronto, Beans at Toronto. dre unchanged this week. Gunns are offering $3.75 per bushel for 1 1-2 1b. pickers. The common run of receipts are unchang- ed at a quotation of from £2 to 23.50 per bushel, Beans at. Montreal, The Montreal market for beans is mnchanged this week, Three-pound pickers selling at $3.90 to $4: Five pound pickers are quoted at $3.75 to $3.80 and undergrades £2.60 to $3.70 per bushel. are American Horse Market. Rough, big horses have ' been a slow sale at Chicago. Chubks of big weight and drafters with flesh "and Hope, baled, $18 to $19, loose, $19 St. Thomas, baled, $18 to $20, loose, $15 to $16; Stratford, loose, 12 to $15; and (Woodstock, | baled, $16 to $17, and loose, $16 Baled hay is unchanged through out at Montreal this week. No, bay is $21; No. 2 hay, $20 to $20- 50; and No. 3 hay, $18.50 per ton at the track -- . New York Hay Prices. Hay is unchanged through at Ney York this week. Prima (iiothy y still .sells from $1.30 to $1.2§/per 100 1bs.; No. 1, $1 to $1.26; No. 2,°$1.15 to $1.20; No. $1 to $1- «clover, 90c¢ to $1.15; rye straw, ¢ to 72%e, according to quality Seeds At Toronto, J. A. Simmers quote prices as un-s vhanged this week from last, with the situation practically steady. Red clover is quoted as selling from $10 Alp to $13, according to grade. Al- sike sells from $7.50 to $10 pe: bushel. . George Keith & Sons note a higher feeling in the red clover market, anc have raised their top price 50¢ in the week, with a range of from $7 to $13 per bushel, and a premium of $50¢ still higher for extra good seed of good.color. ._ The alsjke markets are easier since the export demand has ceased, and it has become ap- parent that Americans, have lots of supplies on hand., Alsike is quot. ed by this firm at from $4.50 to $4- 50; and timothy, frm $1 to $2.56. Cheese, New York, Feb.. 18. -- Cheese Steady; receipts, 3,418; state, whole milk, flats, heM, colored, . specials, 183 ¢; do. white, 18¢; do., célored, average, fancy, 18c¢;- do., white, 173% c; flats current make, specials, 17'%¢;° do. average rug, 17¢ to 17%e. Montreal, Feb. 18.--Cheese was unchadged to-day. Prices: Finest westerns; 18% e to 1%; finest east- erns, 183ic to 18%e. Liverpool, Feb. 18.-- Cheese, Can- adian, finest white, new, : ored, 99s, Apples at Montreal. Montreal apple market is reported as follows: ,Spies, $5.50, $3.75 and A3 for 1's, 2's and 3's; Baldwins and Groeenings, $4, $3.50 and $2.50; Gol- Hay At Montreal, | quality are holding their own, the. former selling around $215, and the latter -at $225 do $250, with a few above the latter figure. | Kingston Markets ansand ay PN Kingston, Feb. 19th Meats Beef, local carcases Ib, Beef, hinds, |b Beef, cuts, 1b... . Beef, western, by carcase, 1b. .... Hogs, lite, ewt. Hogs, dressed, ewt Lamb, spring, by carcase, Ib. Mutton, carcase,lb. Veal,by carcage, 1h, Veal by qr. Pe $ ib Bloaters, doz Ciscoes, Ib. Cod, steak, 1b. ... Fillets,-1b, ...... Finnan haddle, 1b, Beis, Ib. ........ Haddock, fresh, :b, Halibut, fresh, 1b. Haddock, frozen, 1b Herring, fresh salt water, doz. . Kippers, doa Mackerel Oysters, qt. Oysters, sll, Plekerel, Perch, 1b. Pike, 1b. Rock-fish, 1b, By. ail Tom-cods, 1b, Trout, salmon, White fish, Ib, Suckers, Ib. ... Salmon Apples, bbl. Bananas, 0a, . Dates, 1b. , Grapefruit, each . Grapes, Malag®, |p. Figs, Iv, ....... Lemons, Messina, den Russets and Rox Rumsets, $4.50, $3.76 and $2.75; Phoenix, Canad Red and Stark, $4, $3.25 and $2.50. : { Gof se.uu...., Nuts mixed, Ib, Oranges, doz. Sewn { i | i Oats, fowl take longer to develop than do the Mediterraneans, so should be hatched earlier in the season, but at that, March 1st should be early enough for starting the incubator un- less facilities for brooding are the very best... The poultrymag who goes in for the broiler business must be the first to start. Many breeders make it a rule 'to mate two-year-old males with pul- lets and cockrels with the older hens. This practice is usually successful. As soon as matings have been made fo your satisfaction make haste to get rid of any surplus males. There should be a demand for the good ones by people who, wish to intro- duce new blood into their flock. A newspaper advertisement will put you in touch with lots of people wi want good fowls. FEBRUARY REMINDERS. At this season a vessel containing fresh cut bones, bone meal, meat scraps or other animal food should be kept before the fowls continuous- ly. This method is better than ad- ding the animal matter to the ra- tions, for (he birds than consume as J much of the food as they desire and just when they need it. This is a good time to visit. the nurseries to select stock for Spring planting. Go to a number of es- tablishments when the nursery order is a long and varied one, purchasing the various things from the nursery that bas the best plants of each kind. Build a coldframe over wintering onions, spinach, sprouts and other crops. Then bank fermenting ma- nure about the outside of the frame and mat it over the sash. The plants will soon start into growth from the sun's warmth and be ready to gather in March. If stout, well colored stalks. of rhubarb are' desired early, the clumps must be planted in a forcing pit where the sun can get at them. Sell winter vegetables now, as im ported spring stuff is about due in large lots, * Take care that the does not become hard from much watering. sharp sand with It, Finish up the exception of evergreens, hotbed and Mix a if too heavy pruning, with Before baked the the wl arb, 'unc 1 ® 3py apples, bbl, Tomatoes, 1h $ 500 Poultry. Ducks, 1b, . i Chickens, live, 1h. Chickens, Ib, Hens, dressed, 1b, Hens, live, 1b. Turkeys, 1b, a0 Dairy Products Butter, rolis 1b .. _. Butter, dairy .... Butter, creamery HW conan Cheese, 1b, ...... Eggs, cooking,doz fe , fresh, doz * Vegetables. , bush, 1nd Cabbage, doz. .... Celery, bunch ... Potatoes, bag Potatoes, bush. Parsuips, bush Onions, bush Turnips, bag 40 056 . Grain, . Barley, bush. $ $ Bran, ton a Buckwheat, bush, Corn, yellow feed, hush. >. ri.. Corn, cracked, cwt, Corn, meal, cwt. .. Flour, ewt. . Hay, baled, ton Hay, loose Oats, local, bush. Man., bush Straw, baled, ton.. Straw, loose, ton . 21 20 20 00 18 00 | Wheat, local, bush. Furs and Hides. Dlelow are the "ruling market prices for hides, skins and raw furs. These pieces répresent the full value of the articles quoted, and have been approved as correct by John McKay, Lid., for dealers: Horse hides, No, 1 Beef hides, trimmed, 1b Sheep skins, fresh Veal Sking, Ib. 3 Deacons ....t Tallow, rendered, Ih Beeswax, clear, 1b, Ginseng, wild, 1b Mugkrats, spring Foxes, No. 1 red Raccoon, Ne. 1, prime Skunk, ' 5 Mink £4.00 14e 16¢ $1.00 Ge $2 large .5be to .50¢ to Kaiser, A Tired Man. Correspondent London Mail How (id the Kaiser look? Weil, I will tell. Whether it be due 0 the fatigues of the war, the effects {of a two-day journey, .or ill-healil 1 cannot say. So much is certain the face is that of a tired and broken man. The hair is white, though the moustache is still suspiciously dark. There was an absence of the old ae- tivity of gesture, the quick, nervous wheeling about and unstable manner ' of the man, all of which I remember- 215 | ed distinctly from my previous: ens counter with him in 1908. As seen in Nigh'soon after its fall Which To Omit, © "The younger methbers of a con- gregation sometimes' ask shrewd questions," says a parson. "I once told a, very young class that there were as many command- ments as fingers and thumbs vn the two hands. One of my listeners in- troduced a small friénd to me a day or se after with the question: ' 'Please, sir, here's Jim. He's only 'got three fingers on his left hand on account of an accident, an' me an' -him's been talking' it over since last Sunday which one of them commandments wouldn't belong -to him." L, New Tealand's Agricultural Growth | | " The New Zealand Government has done and is doing much to develop the agricultural and pastorial sources df this dominion, and with markell success, says the United States Consul General at Auckland. The Department of Agriculture has a staff of able specialists who ar active and alert, and the industry seems' to be developing very rapidly and satisfactorily. Agricultural and pastoral products furnish practically all of the exports, which inthe year ending with September 30fh, 1915, amounted to $145,851,803 The handling of diseases among live stock has been so successful that the coup'try at this time is entirely free from foot-and-mouth disease, glanders, anthrax, tick, fever and scab and much has heen done to re- duce tuberculosis. When it becomes necessary to slaughter diseased stock n the iniefést of the public the own- or is paid one-half of the value of the animal Meat for local con- sumption and export is inspected Also much has been done to improve the breeds, both for beef and dairy purposes, Experts have been employed ic consult and advise with the dairy in- terests to great advantage. They inspect sites for manufacturing de: pots, furnish plans, give instruction ingmost improved methods, and grade tha output before exportation, They have also done much to improve the re Ing co-operative societies for testing in the chief centres and -in persuad ing the hérd-hood societies to estab- inevitable cold snap and snow come. Mate up the poultry and prapare for early setting of eggs The present is a good time for re- '| planting large trees, as a supply 3011 little | of earth will stay with the roots if th digging is done in frozen gronnd a | According to 2 census bureau esti- imate, 30 per cent. of the deaths in the United WE HAVE Store Cars are $10.00 per car. warm. Room for 35 cars. Porritt G Phone 454 A oo pm mm dairy herds of the country by form-{ able price el Al A lt Pl Pt Ai. * lish an official register for merit, The Government service has also been instrumental in the production of butter from cheese-factory whey, and with good results, Six experimesftal farms have been established in different parts of the country, 'three of which are' largely devoted to fruit testing. are made, and the advantage of growing lucerine (alfalfa) and green manuring are demonstrated, as well as by repeated tests to determine the best plants for certain districts and soils, Plant-breeding work is in active progress on two farms, and at three farms young men are given instruc- tion pritctically without cost to the parents. The Department has also established a co-operative fleld ex- periment scheme in order to induce men to follow the farm. Special agricultunists are laying out and su- pervising trial crops on many private farms in d#ferent parts of fhe coun try about 900 farmers Having co- operated with the Government last year These experts are also ex pected to control the rabbit.and nox- ious-weed pests The testing: of ag- ricultural seeds by the biologista Is given special dttention. Experts are employed to look after the poultry industry, and two estab lishments are run by this department where pure-bred stock is raised and eggs sold to the public at a reason A poultry instructor is employed to give lectures and dem- onstrations in modern methods of poultry keeping fn A Sn cm nd disease, tuberculosis and pneumonia, and more than 60 per cent. to eleven diseases. In a new French telephone a sec- ond microphone is provided to catch the sounds which come from its States are due to heart NOW COMMENC for the Our rates, including charging batteries, J We have splendid facilities, dry, clean Drop in and pick your place, arage Go. nser's pose | Additional power is given a new | gas engine by turning the exhaust" | into one of the fly wheels, which is | inclosed to form a turbine 4 : A Winter acking up cgrs, "ne. . - 3 - Limited y WELLINGTON STREET BO a teeny w wi om NEW YORK FRUIT STOR E Sunkist Oranges, 20¢ and up to 50¢_a dozen. Grape Fruit, 3; 4 and b for Malaga Grapes, 20¢ a lh, Pineapples, 200 each. Of Oe. v -- Bananas, 15¢ and 20¢ a dozen. Fresh Mixed Nuts, 20¢ a 1b. 9 "New Figs, 20e;a 1b. New Dates, 10¢ a 1b. 314 PRINCESS STREET. AR ct lA SP A Ag i - 0c. and 1 Yard Rolls, $1.00. I mr Fresh Home-made Chocolates A Ae mvc, sot eA ron, Ibe and 20¢ a Ib. Phone 1405 A ASP NA A --~ FOR BACKACHE and "RHEUMATIC PAINS USE HAZOL-MENTHOL PLASTER Davis & Lawrence Co, Montreal munici the general progress this way the money A Double Service The citizen who insures his life performs a service to the State as wel as to his dependents. Through the contributions of their policy- holders the Canadian life companies subscribed over $8,000,000 towards the government war loan, and in 1915 they invested $75,000,000 in debentures, mortgages, industrial and utility bonds, etc., all caleulated to promote Unless gathered together and utilized in meant nothing to the country's growth. ; The funds of the Canada Life, totalling $56,217,000, are invested profitably as well as usefully, the surplus earned in 1915, $1,480,000, being one of the most satisfactory in the com- pany's history. The cash dividends paid policy- holders in the year totalled over $2,800,000. The full. Report will glady be sen you on request. Herbert C. Cox, President apd General Manager, General Agent, Kingston, of the community. represented would have . . 1. 0. HUTTON Soil tests