is par- 3 Tha for 'thorough sani- A necessity. lain the out sanitary condi- : the dairy barn should be built ay Sond sh Sood datums) i» ' rom the ids of ° winter, Horse stables, hog sheds, privies, pits should be far not to contaminate the There is always a uddy and foul, but when the is situated on a high, well- med spot thik tendency is reduced to a minimum, as the lots soon be- come dry after a rain and in the the If the yard is inclined to be muddy, it may be improved by the use of cinders or gravel. It should be free from mud holes, and manure should not be allowed to accumulate in it. In severe winter weather, or in the #pring when the ground is soft and manure can not be hauled to | the fields daily, it should be stored in a manure pit some distance from the stable and not in the basement of the barn or any place in the dairy stable. An ideal site for a barnyard is on a south slope that drains away from the barn. A clean yard is a great help In keeping the cows from be- coming soiled by mud and manure. Drinking water for cows should be fresh and uncontaminated from any source. The well should be so locat- ed and protected that there is no danger of pollution of the water by the drainage from the barnyard, water tank or trough should be so convenient to ¥ cows to ¢ povere storms. It cléan and filled with an abundance of fresh pure water, to remove any doubt as to the ability of each animal to satisfy its thirst. The construction of the dairy barn may be less important in keeping down the bacterial count of the milk than careful methods in handling milk. Proper construction, however, lightens the labor necessary to keep the barn and its equipment in a clean, sanitary condition. In the old-time basement dairy barn little attention was paid to proper venti- lation and distribution of the light. * This type of barn is not recommend- ed and if used for h dairy cows the lighting and ventilation should receive special attention, , A one-story dairy stable is a very good type. It should preferably be located with its length extending north and south and have an abund- ance of window space. If the stable is located this way it receives the purifying benefit of both the morning and afternoon sun. The construction should be such as to keep floor, walls, ceiling, and stable fittings in a clean and sanitary condition. The floor, gutter, and mangers should be , impervious te moisture, and free from cracks in which filth may collect. The gutter back of the cows should be large enough to hold the droppings; a width of 16 to 18 inches and a depth of 7 inches are usually sufficient. The gutter should incline 50 as to drain readily unless the liquid is taken up by absorbents. All drains and waste pipes should be water-tight and air-tight. Every 'Waste pipe should have a trap to pre- vent foul air from coming back ~~+-- through the waste pipe. Those types of stables and mangers aro best which present the least pos- sible surface for collecting dirt and dust and the least obstruction to the circulation of air. Stalls of wood have many flat surfaces and cracks which are dificult to keep clean and in case of 4 outbreak of disease are not easy to disinfect thoroughly. Stalls and swing stanchions made of metal pipe are more sanitary. A low, smooth manger without sharp angles is preferable, for it is easy to keep clean. Cobwebs, dust, or dirt, should not be allowed to accumulate on the walls and ceiling, With a tight, smooth ceiling and smooth walls without ledges there should be little trouble from dust and cobwebs. White-wash should be freely applied at least twice a year, both to the walls and ceiling, as it helps to puri- fy the stable and ep It light. An abundance of' + is nmecessary----4 square feet of glass per cow is gen- erally sufficient if the windows are well distributed and not obstructed in any way. ' 3 Every cow stable should have a system of ventilation to keep the air fresh and pure and the sows Suntory able without exposing them to injur- fous drafts. If the smell in the barn d at any time, it indi- cates that the ventilation is deficient. least 500 cubic feet of air space should be provided for each cow, The room, supply chute, and hay should be permanently located, i same time they should be £ ree ghar as muc ; Farm, in yet to Large areas in Ontario are, says Prof. Harcourt of the 0.A.C., natur- ally deficient a lime. In all lime is essential, and recent failures in these crops in parts of Ontario are probably ldrgely explained by a lack of lime in the soil, s < "The natural chemical changes that take place in a cultivated soil," says Prof. Harcou its soluble plant constituents into a soluble form. These changes are essential to render the food avail- able to the plant. But, among these food constituents, at Naturally, unless it is. again taken up in an in~ soluble form, it must gradually be carried downward with the water that sinks into the soil. For this rea- Son the water of - wells, of many springs, and of our rivers is hard or limy. For the same reason a subsofl contains more lime than a surfane soil, and the latter may become so leached that it does not contain suf ficient lime to neutralize the acids formed in the decay of the organic matter when the soil becomes acid or 'sour.' It is well to remember that the richer the soil is in decaying vegetable. matter and the more tigr- ough the cultivation, the faster ihe lime will be rendered soluble an leached away. For the same reason, the longer the land has been under cultivation, the more likely it is 'o need lime. During the past season's work on the soil survey, we have had abundance of evidence that these changes have progressed far enough to render the application of lime a necessity in many districts. In the course of the summer's work thou- sands of borings were made in the soils of the counties studied. and there was not enough carbonate of lime present to cause any apparent effervescense until a depth of 20 to 24 inches was reached. In some cases there was none even at 40 inches, The only surface soil rich enough in carbon- ates to give an effervescence with acid was found in Lambton county, and that was of comparatively small area. On such a soil it would natur- ally be useless to apply lime. In some other places, as in the neighbor- Bood of Guelph, the soil is not yet in need of lime, but the supply is work- ing dovenward, while in other dis- tricts there is great immediate need." THE CALL OF CANADA. The Late C..C. James Warned Cana- dians to Prepare for After War. The late C. C. James, who was, in many respects, the Sir Horace Plun- kett of Ontario, recalls in "Canada's Future"--a symposium just publisn- ed by Macmillans of Toronto---an in- teresting event of just a century ago, when a band of Irish settlers from county Wexford, among whom was his own great-grandfather, arrived in { this country and settled in what was then Upper Canada. "To-day," he writes, "the descendants of that } small group of Irish farmers are numbered by thousands." Then be- gan the big movement westward from the British Isles to which so many Canadians now living can trace their connection with the New World. These settlers brought to this coun- try as their chief assets sturdy fam- | ilies, a few household effects, hope and determination." Canada is to-day she owes largely to the splendid faith and broad vision of those hardy pioneers. Their com- ing marked a new departure in the history of the old land. In one of the most striking chapters of the sym- posium, "The Call of Canada," the late Dominion Commissioner of Ag- riculture leaves, as a last word to the ntry he served so well, the injunc- tion to the Demimion to be guided Ly the experiences of the past and to be ready to grasp the opportunities that await her on the threshold of another epoch in the life of Canada and the Empire. To those in the United Kingdom who are. gtirred by the tragic events of the past two years and who are unsettled by the exacting period of readjustment through which Europe must pass when peace is declared, this, in the words of the late C. C. James, is the call of Canada: "The man who has fought for his country and for the highest human ideals will desire to settle down where he can best find the peaceful enjoyment of the ideals for which be bas made sacrifices. The first thing that suggests itself is, that, as the British Empire has staked the very essence and life-blood of its exist- ence, he should and will desire to live, and have his family live, and his descendants after him, in some part of the British Empire. An Empire that is worth fighting for is worth living in. Canada has given of her best for the Empire, and now, in 1916, she opens her doors to the Britisher as she did in 1816." To the 2 assurance of comfort and reasonal prosperity for all who make good use of the opportunities offered Canada adds the privileges of citizenship in a country that is en- ¢ upon a new era, a country in which democracy will explore beck- oning paths of reform along which lie greater vistas of h Fathers of parts of | § , "tend to bring | Alfalfa has been boomed a great deal in Ontario--"a great deal toof much," says a friend of the Toronto Sun. At any rate, alfalfa persists in spite of a series of very hard knocks. Once established it gives such splendid returns that it seems worth while taking chances with the crop in order to secure them. The one big problem is to secure a sufficient supply of good seed-- seed that wifl stand the hard winters and trying spring conditions. Grimms and Ontario Variegated are the two varieties that have stood the test best so far, and men are growing these for seed. G. B. Curran tells lof what one grower in Ernesttown township in Lennox. and Addington is doing, from a small beginning. This District Rep- resentative writes as follows: "In the spring of 1915 Prof. Zavitz sent me one.pound of Grimm Alfalfa. ave this seed to Dan Wright, Violet, and he planted it early in May on well manured potato ground. The alfalfa sced was planted in rows about twenty-four inches apart and the one pound of sced planted an acre. The acre was' cultivated thoroughly last summer and was also hoed regularly so that no weeds got a foothold. This was a very hard job, as last year was so wet late in the season and the weeds kept coming on rapidly. Mr, Wright cut the alfalfa twice last season and got enough hay off in the two cuttings to more than pay for the yse of the land. "I visited this field on May 26th last and inspected the field carefully; the alfalfa was about twelve inches high and the rows were stout and in many places the alfalfa would soon be covering the ground. In only one Place was the alfalfa partially killed, and that was a little basin where the water cannot get away by surface flow, lying on the field. From a dis- tance of one hundred yards it looks like a solid field of alfalfa and is very beautiful and healthy looking. Mr. Wright intends to save all the seed he can from this acre this year and will use practically the first cut- ting for saeqd if conditions look favor- able. "Last year Mr. Wright bought the best ordinary alfalfa seed he could buy and sowed. five and one-half acres with grain. In the fall he had a beautiful stand of alfalfa and the prospects wore that it would winter perfectly. However, this spring practically all the ordinary alfalfa was dead and Mr. Wright ploughed up the field, leaving only one strip to see if it would amount to any- thing. "Scores of farmers are watching carefully this: experiment of Mr. Wright's and indications are that there will be a great demand Yor seed 48 soon as Mr. Wright has any for sale. Mr. Wright intends to sow all the seed that he can save, and sow a lot of land to Grimm Alfalfa and produce seed for sale. Alfalfa has janet proven.hardy in this couaty and many farmers are discouraged with it, although each spring a quantity of alfalfa seed is purchased by Lennox and Addington farmers. I have been advocating for the three years that our farmers Be only home-grown seed. * "In one case Alf. Lapum has a field that has been seeded for nine years to alfalfa and last year he harvested over $400 worth of alfalfa seed from nine acres. "This seed has been grown in this country now for three years to my own knowledge and in every case has given a good stand and the alfalfa has wintered well. However, the goed is very poor In grade as it is rather weedy with some of the com- mon weeds, foxtail, black medic, etc., but not any moxious weeds, and farmers do not like to buy alfalfa seed that does mot grade. Even in Timiskaming district, north of Cobalt, experimental work is going on with a view of producing hardy alfalfa seed. When all this work is completed it would scarcely surprise one to see alfalfa growing up through the snow, with its roots thriving in cakes of ice! W. G. Nixon, of New Liskeard, tells of the alfalfa plot they have under experiment there and which consists of Grimm Alfalfa seed. He was very much surprised this spring to note the exceptional condition of the plot and upon measurement found that there is mow an average growth of from 14 to 18 inches and no appear- ance of the plants having suffered in any way from winter conditions. The plot is an acre in extent and the plants are grown in drills as sug- gested by Prof. Zavitz He feels quite sure that they will get ex- ceptional good results from this plot and does not doubt but that it will mean a good deal to the northern districts in the future. Blackleg in Dundas County. How disease may be unwittingly spread around was illustrated recent- ly by E. P, Bradt, the District Repre- sentative. He had heard of an out- break of blackleg in cattle at Aults- ville, and made an investigation. He found that just one animal had died, and the symptom which was described indicated that it was a case of this disease. The animal had been buried on a prominent knoll which would give it an excellent chance to contaminate the farms on either side. The man who had bu- ried the animal was at once told that it would be very unsafe to leave it as it was, and was strongly advised that he remove the earth and either burn the animal or cover it over deeply with a heavy coating of lime. He had not considered the seriousness of the danger of spreading the dis- ease. There has beén very little of this disease in Dundas county. Honey at Montreal. Clover honey at Montreal is "a shade weaker this week. Quotations are: White, extracted, 12¢ to 12%ec per pound; brown, extracted, is steady at 10c¢ to 11c, and buckwheat honey, 9¢ to 10c. oe Our Enemy, the House-Fly. By Louise Fuller. Quoted from Pictorial Review for June. If the housefly ever stops leng enough in its busy career for self- pity, it must surely feel itself a vic- tim of the oft-quoted fickleness of public opinion! Until about a decade ago, what little protest was heard against the fly came in the main from those of our fathers, husbands, and brothers who possessed that attractive fiy- bait, a bald head. Otherwise, it was so familiar a pest in every house- hold that its presence attracted little or no atlention. Wo used screens and sticky or liquid fly-paper to keep down the population and save our- selves the irritation of the incessant buzz-buzz on a hot day, but that the fly represented any real menace to the household health was not imagined. Baby Bunting received homilies on the fly's preserving qua- lities, it marvelous wall-climbing prowess, and its general meekness of nature, and every child was taught the sinfulness of pulling out a fly's wings. ' Then suddenly the scientific men began to find out things about the relationship of the insect world to certain prevalent diseases. The mos- quito became more than a disagree- able pest; it appeared as the trans- mitter of malaria germs. The tsetse fly and sleeping sickness, a particu- larly deadly and incurable plague, were found to be intimately associ- ated in their labors. And the house- fly, instead of a mildly annoying but harmless domestic animal, was un- cloaked as a very enemy within our , purveying germs of filth and sease beyond description. It used to be a popular custom to discover a use for every living crea- ture and the sanitarians tell us that the fly's principal value is as a dan- ger signal, indicating the presence of. dirt in some form. Wherever you find flies, there is clean-up work to be "done, and the community which disregards the warning will. not be among those boasting a low death-rate, s Flies cannot live except in dirt; it {s their natural habitat. A really wel ght up fly as naturally pre- bi unglean TS a8 Jasidious peo er sweet ones. ey a Biod'in aarbage, manure, or similar refuse; they derive their daily sus- tenance from it; and in due course they deposit their eggs in it--thus completing the cycle. When, then, : eso looking fly drops isto rour milk. or cream-pitcher, scram- om about a little and slowly crawls out again; he has brought a minute . 7 portion of the manure-heap to your breakfast table--m'nute but not so very minute as the millions of germs which dwell in this same manure and which are transmitted with it. A revolting thought? Decidedly so, but not more revolting por nearly so deadly as the facts in the case. Every summer, by just such means, the house-fly kills more peo- ple in the United States than mur- der, storms, cyclones, mad dogs, and poisonous reptiles, all combined. Not by diréct methods, of course-- the fly does not work that way-- but by spreading the germs of typhoid and various other intestinal diseases. The baby is the fly's most helpless vietim. As he lies sleeping in his crib, the fly crawls over his head and hands, his nursing-bottle or teething-ring, leaving germs in its wake to be absorbed into the child's system, not yet strong enough to throw off and counteract disease. If there are flies in your house or your neighbor's, you are courting danger for yourself and your house- hold. If the grocer, butcher, baker, and tradesman from whom you buy your foodstuffs has flies in his shop, either withdraw your custom and deal in a shop where the food is protected under glass and sanitary conditions make it an unattractive gathering-place for flies, or else force him to clean up. To get rid of flies, it is necessary to strike at the root of the evil by removing the breeding-places of these insects. See that all horse-manure, kitchen-offal, and the like is disposed of in such a way that the house-fly can not pro- pagate, A fly-trap arranged on the inside of the garbage-can is sure to slay its thousands, for this is the flies' gathering place; a cone-shaped trap is best and your dealer wil] explain how to use it if you do not already know. The use of sticky fly-paper is an- other reliable method of ridding a house of flies. It comes in several forms, one of which is suspended in the air, thus keeping it out of the reach of the children aid pets of the household. Do not' use the liquid fly-poisons unless you have carefully investigated them and are positively certain that they contain nothing in- jurious--many of them are danger- ous not only to your dogs and cats but to human beings as well. In some States legislative measures are being adopted against the sale of these liquid poisons, and on the wholé they are to be avoided or psed with a good deal of caution, great ly good, but the volume of business LIVE STOCK MARKETS, ---- ¥ Toronto. Toronto, July 7. -- There was a big run of cattle at the Union Stock Yards this morning. Trading was slow and prices lower. Hogs were weaker. Receipts: 3,388 cattle, 162 calves, 561 hogs, 431 sheep. Export cattle, choice $9.76 to $10.35; butcher cattle, choice $9.25 to $9.75 medium $8.75 to $9.25, common $7.75 to $8.50; butcher cows, choice $7.75 to $8.25, medium $7 to $7.50, canners $j to $6, bulls $6 to. $8.50; feeding steers, $8.25 «| low, to $8.75; stockers, choice $7.50 to $8, light $7 to $7.50; milkers,! choice, each $75 to $100; springers, 75 to $100; sheep, ewes $7.50 to $8.50; bucks and culls, $4 to $7; lambs, $8.50 to $12; hogs, fed and) watered, $11.25 to $11.40; calves, $6 to $12, Montreal. Montreal, July 7. -- Prices ruled lower on: the live stock market this morning for cattle and hogs, owing to poorer stock offerings. Butchers' steers, good, $9.50 to $9.75; medium, $8 to $8.25; cows, good, $7.50 to $7.75; common, $6- .50 to $6.76; bulls, choice, $8.25 to $8.50; medium, $7.25 to $7.50. Sheep, eves, $7.50 to $7.75: bucks and culls, $7 to $7.25; lambs, each, $5 to $7, Hogs, $10 to $10.75. Receipts at West 850; sheep and lambs, 1,100; calves, 1,100. they were: Cattle, and lambs, 1,200; calves, 1,700. End--Cattle, 700; hogs, Last week 1,200; sheep hogs, 1,800 Chicago. July 17. aCttle--Re- Market strong. Nat- ive beef cattle, $7.50 to $11.40; stockers and feeders, $5.75 to $8.80; cows-and heifers, $3.75 to $9.85; calves, $8.50 to $11.75. Hogs--Receipts, 32,00. Market firm. Light, $9.55 to $10.05; mix- ed, $9.50 to $10.10; heavy, $9.50 to $10.15; rough, $9.50 to $9.65; pigs, $8 to $9.40; bulk of sales, $9.80 to $10.05. Sheep--Receipts, 20,000. Market weak. Wethers, $6.50 to $8.10; lambs, native, $7.50 to $10.90, Chicago, ceipts, 9,000. Buffalo. East Buffalo, N.Y., July 7. -- Cattle, receipts, 2,800; active; ship- ping, steers, $9 to $11.50; butchers, $8 to $10.40; heifers, $7 to $9.25; cows, $4.50 to $8; bulls, $5 to $7.75; stockers and feeders, $6.75 to $7.75; stock heifers, $6 to $6.50; fresh cows and springers, active, $50 to $1005. Veals--Receipts, 1,050; active; $4.50 to $12, Hogs--Receipts, 10,000; active; heavy, $10.45 to $10.50; mixed, $10.40 to $10.50;. yorkers, $10 to $10.40; pigs, $10; roughs, $8.85 to $9; stags, $6.50 to $7.50. Sheep and lambs--Receipts, 800; active; lambs, $7 to $12; yearlings, $5.50 to $10; wethers, $8 to $8.25; ewes, $4 to $7.50; sheep, mixed, $7.50 to $7.75. GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Toronto. Toronto, July 7.--Manitoba wheat Track, bay ports, No. 1 northern $1.19; No. 2 northern, $1.17%; No. 3 northern, $1.13%. Manitoba oats--Track, bay ports, No. 2 CW, b1¥ec; No. 3 CW, 511 ¢; extra No. 1 feed, 503¢; No. 1 feed, 49%c; No. 2 feed, 481%¢. American corn--Track, Toronto, No. 3 yellow, 82¢; track, bay ports, 86e. : Ontario oats Accordifig to freights outside, No 3 white, 48¢ to 49c. Ontario wheat -- According to freights outside, No. 1 commercial, 97¢ to 98¢c; No. 2 commercial, 93¢ to 95¢; No. 3 commercial, 87¢ to 89c¢; feed, 83c to 85¢, nominal. Peas--According to freights out- side, No 2, nominal, $1.70 to $1.80, according to sample, $1.25 to $1.50: Barley--According to freights out- side, malting barley, nominal, 65¢ to 66¢; feed barley, 60c to 62¢c. Buckwheat-- According to freights outside, nominal, 70c to 71ec. Rye--According to freights out- side, No. 1 commercial, 94c to 95c. Manitoba flour--Toronto, in jute bags, first patents, $6.50; second patents, $6 strong bakers', $5.80. Ontario flour--In bags, track To- rento, prompt shipment, winter, ac- cording to sample, $4.05 to $4.15; bulk, seaboard, $4 to $4.10. Montreal. Montreal, July 7.--The foreign de- mand for all lines of grain was fair- done was small, and principally oats and barley. The bids on wheat were 6d higher, but owing to the advance in Winnipeg exporters were not dis- posed to accept them. Flour and milifeed continue quiet and steady, Demand for butter fair, but cheese is quiet. Eggs active and firm. Corn--American No. 2 yellow, 83¢ to 84c. Oats--Canadian Western, No. 2, 54%ec; do. No. 3, 58¢c; extra No. 1 feed, 53¢; No. 2 local white, 652%c; No. 3 do. 61%¢; No. 4 do., 50 %ec. Barley--Malting, 75¢ to 76c. Flour---Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.60; do. seconds, $6.10; strong bakers', $5.90; winter patents, choice, $6 to $6.25; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.60; do. in bags, $2.40 to $2.65. Rolled oats--Bar- rels, $4.75 $5.56; of 90 lbs, $2.25 to 2.60. Millfeed--Bran, $10 to 821; shorts, $22 to $24; mid- dlings, $25 to 927; mouillie, $27 to $32. Hay---No. 2 per ton, car ots, $20 to $21. : ---- Chicago, July 7--Wheat---No. 2 red, $1.06; No. 3 red, $1.02 to $1.03; No. 2 hard, nominal; No. 3 hard, 98e to $1.01%. Cora--No. 2 yellow, 78¢ to 78%c; No.-4 yellow, 76%¢ 77c; No. 4 white, 75 to 76%ec. No. 3 white, 38%¢ to 39¢c; standard, |. Rye--Nominal. Barley--§4c to 7%c. T'mothy---8.75. Clover-- $7 to $13. Pork--$24.50 to $25.50 Lard--$13.25. Ribs -- $13.50 to $14.10. 41c, Minneapolis, Minneapolis, July 7---Wheat, July, $1.073%; Sept. $1.09% +o $1.00%; No. 1 hard, $1.13%; No. 1 northern, $1.09% to $1.10%; No. 2 northern, $1.06 to $1.07%. Corn--No. 3 yel- 76%ec to 77. Oats--No. 3 changed; shipments, 15,900 barrels, Bran--§1 Tto $18. Winnipeg, July 7.--Cash wheat quotations -- No. 1 Northern, $1.13%; No. 2 Northern, $1.11%; No. 3 Northern, $1.083%; No. 4, $1.02%; No. 5, 96 %c; No. 6, 93%c. feed, 883%c. Oats -- No. No. 1 food, 44%¢; No. 1 feed, 43%c; No. 2 feed, 42%c. Barley-- ON. 3, 71¢; No. 4, 67¢; rejected, 62¢; feed, 62c. Flax--No. 1 N.W.C, $1.68%;: No. 2 C.W,, $1.56%c, ---- GENERAL TRADE. Butter--Berlin, 26c to 28¢c; Brantford, 27c to 28¢; Chatham, 28¢ to 32¢! Cobourg, 28c; Guelph, 27¢ to 30c; Hamilton, 30c to 37¢; Owen Sound, 22¢ to 24c; Peterboro, 25¢ to 27¢; Port Hope, 23c; Stratford, 28c to 30c¢; and Woodstock, 32¢ to 34c per pound. Eggs--Berlin, 28c to 30¢ per doz.; Brantford, 28¢c to 30¢; Chatham, 24¢ to 25¢; Cobourg, 24c; Guelph, 27¢ to 30c; Hamilton, 30c; Owen Sound, 23¢ to 24c; Peterboro, 26¢; Port Hope, 23c¢; Stratford, 23¢ to 25¢; and Woodstock, 25¢ per dozen. Potatoes--Berlin, $1.40 per bush- el; Brantford, $1.40 to $1.50; Cha- tham, $1.50 to $2.25; Cobourg, $1.40; Guelph, $2.25; Hamilton, $1.45; Owen Sound, $1.30; Peter- boro, $1.40; Port Hope, $1.50; Stratford, $1.50 to $1.75; and Wood- stock, $1.50 per bushel. Spring Chickens--Berlin, 24¢ to 27¢; Brantford, 18c¢ to 22¢; Cobourg, 18c; Guelph, 20¢; Hamilton, 25¢; Owen Sound, 21c to 22¢ Peterboro, 15¢ to 18¢; Port Hope, 24c¢ to 26¢; Stratford, 18¢ to 20c¢; St. Thomas, 15¢ to 18¢, and Woodstock, 25¢ per pound. Wheat--Berlin, $1; Brantford, 95¢; Chatham, 80c to 95¢; Cobourg, 95¢ to 98c; Guelph, $1.15 to $1.20; Owen Sound, 95c to 98¢c; Peterboro, 95¢ to $1; Port Hope, 95¢; Stratford, $1, and Woodstock, 95¢ per bushel. Oats--Berlin, -40c¢ to 45¢ per bush- el; Brantford, 50c; Chatham, 43c to 45c¢; Cobourg, 50c; Guelph, 60c; Hamilton, 50c; Owen Sound, 48c to 50c; Peterboro, 46c to 47c; | Port Hope, sik: Stratford, 50c, and Wood- stock, b r bushel. Barley=--Berlin, 5bc; 50c; Cobourg, 66c;/Guelph, 76c to 80c; Hamilton, 80c¢; Owen Sound, 58c to 60¢c; Peterboro, 56¢c; Port Hope, 66¢; Stratford, 55¢, and Wood- stock, 66c to 60c per bushel. Hay at Toronto. A slightly lower range for hay is to be noted on the Toronto market again this week, with deliveries of about 28 loads yesterday. Prime timothy sold at $18 to $20 per ton; lower grades, $14 to $16; loose straw, $6.50 to $8; and bundled oat straw, $14 per ton. New York Hay Prices. Hay prices at New York are as fol- lows this week: Prime, from $1.50 per 100 pounds; No,1,$1.40 to $1.45; No. 2, $1.30 to $1.35; No. 3, $1.10 to $1.15; clover, 56c to $1.35; rye straw, 80c to 85¢ per 100 pounds, according to quality. DATES OF FALL FAIRS. Dates of fall fairs jn Eastern On- tario as announced by the Agricul- tural societies branch of the Ontaric Department of Agriculture 'Toron- to, are as follows: Alexandria . Almonte Arden .... Arnprior Bancroft ...... . Belleville .... .. Bowmenville . . .. Brockville .... ..... Centreville Cobden .. ..... Cobourg .... Colborne . .. Cornwall Delta Dercorestvill Frankford Siro Frankvilla ..... iw Inverary : Kemptville Kingston Lanark . Lansdowae Lombardy . Maberly ... Madce ......... Marxara Mavnocth ........ ... McDonald's Corners ...... Sept. 29 Merrickville .......... Sept. 14-15 Morrisburg .... . Aug. 1-3 Napanee .. ' Sept, 12-13 Odossa ......... J Oshawa Ottawa. ........ Parham .... Perth is Peterbors .... Picton ..... ... Port Hope Precoott Renfrew Roblins Mills .. Shennonville Stella Sept. 12 and 13 . Sept.- 19 and 21 oy . 5 and 6 .. Sept, 14 and 15 . Sept. 19 and 20 Sept. 4 and 6 ... Sept. 23-24 . 7-8 . 21-22 Sept. 9 .+ Sept. 26-27 «.., Oct, 3-4 Sept. 25-26 ..« Sept, 21 Wolfe 1 Sept. Some dates such as that of the Harrowsmith, Lyndhurst and other fairs have uot yet been set. These Brantford; Oct. 3| - 6 and R1of the . 'Sept. 28-29 Skunk, Sept. 13 'Tallow, rendered, Ib : Skunk, black ..... > Kingston, July 8. 35 30 Dalry Butter, creamery, 1b Butter, rolls, Ib. . Cheese, 1b . Eggs, fresh, doz. . Ln Butter-fish, Ib. ... Cod, steak, Ib. .., Belg, Ib. ..oxon.e Finnan haddle, 1b. Flounders, Ib. ... .e Haddock, fresh, 1b. ve Halibut, fresh, Ib, .r pers, dos, ... Lobsters, 1b, ., .. Mackerel, 1b 13% 2/ Perch, Ib. .... .. C.W., 46%e; No. 3 C.W., 45c; extra! Pike, IV. «oosvec. Rock-fish, Ib, .... Salmon Shad, Suckers, Tile-fish, Ib, ..... Trout, salmon, Ib, White fish, 1b. (fresh) .e Fruit, Bananas, dos. ..., Cantaloupes, each Cherries, red, bskt. Cucumbers, each . Gooseberries, bskt. Grapefruit, each . Lemons, Messina, dOB. coevrvnens Oranges, doz. .... Peaches, doz. .... Plums, doz. Pineapples, each Strawberries, box. Tomatoes, 1b. ... Watermelons, each Grain, Barley, bush, ....§ Bran, tom .. .. .. Buckwheat, bush . Corn, cracked, swt Corn, meal, ewt. .. Corn, yellow feed, bush, 'a Flour, ewt. ...... Feed flour bag ... Hay, baled. ton '.. Hay, loose, ton .. Oats, local, bush. . Oats, Man., bush. Shorts middlings . Straw, baled, ton. , Straw, loose, ton . Wheat, local, bush Honey. White extracted IL. w BE ke 3222 Wed eg3s3zs Beef-- Cuts, 1b. "e's w Local, carcase, 1b. Local Hinds, I... Western, carcase i .. 34 oo ue Western, hinds, 1b. Western, fronts, 1b. Hogs, live, cwt. .. Hogs, dressed, cwt. Lambs, spring, by carcase Veal, by carcase ib ... 8.00 oR "es sap Chickens, dressed 1b Chickens, live, Ib. Hens, dressed, Ib. Hens, Itve, Ib, ... Turkeys, Ib. V Beets, bunch . Carrots, bunch Cabbage, 1b, ..... Celery, bunch Lettuce, bunch... rims DAE +. bush. .. mew, pk. bunch . Furs and Hides. : Below are the 'market prices for hides, sking and raw furs, These prices represent the full valine articles quoted, and have been approved as correct by Johm McKay, Ltd,, for 2 14a ¢ Potatoes, Potatoes, Potatoes, Rhubarb, Beef hides, trimmed, Ib. ...... Beeswax, clear, Ib, .....cc... Fs No 1 oXes, Cee "y ve Ginseng, wild, ib. ol Horse hides, No, 1 ..$4.00 to $5.0 MIDK ooivioversnenn bl to $30 Maskrats, spring Con + aw smn ang fe ccoon, « 1, prime . a Sheep skins, fresh me Wnsgs, . ceessessascBlc to $2.un ¢ SESE assesses ann he sve vanns Veal skins, 1b, ,............. 22 George Mills & Co. are paying the following for raw furs:-- rE Bear, 1a. spEE2Iises "see aa Small uo... accoon, large .... Do. medium .... Csesnae ww i 3T23zkik piek $5; as . ers, $4.40 to $4.50; and pickers, $4 to $4.30 peg bushel, © wR Ps ee a, -