- ~. officials of the forest service who are ----4ulf 15.5010. 18.75; | i News And Views Of And For Canadian Farmers ' {Ground the Fence Wires To Protect Stock "The loss of live stock from light- ning may be greatly reduced if mot entilery prevented by .properly gro- unded fence wires says Professor H. H. Hoy, of thé engineering depart- ment of the South Dakota State Col- lege. According to Mr. Hoy, fence wires on wooden posts should be unded by running ground wires at : tervals of two to four hundred feet slong the fence, being securely at- tached to the fence wire at several points if woven wire is used, and to all the wires when ordiniary barbed wire or smooth wire is used. © The lower end of the grounded wire should be carried at least two feet below the surface beside the post if possible, into moist earth. The wire | should be galvanized to prevent cor- rosfon and should be of larger diam- eter than the fence wire. A number 8 wire would be still better. i Just why lightning seems to have a tendency to strike live stock is ex- by Professor Hoy as~follows: | able, "Metal fence wires are good con-| Waste of Manure "it has been carefully estimated that the value of the farm manure _ which' is allowed to go to waste in the United States is $700,000,000 The wheat. ¢rop ~ for 1912 -has been estimated at 730,000,000 bushels. It is seen from these figures that the value of the manure going to waste on the farms in' the United States is worth as much as the total wheat crop of the country. How does it compare in Canada? : Mechanical Tree Planter. A machine which plants from 10,- 000 to 15,000 forest tree seedings a day is now being used at the Letch- worthy Park forest and arboretum, in Wyoming County, N.Y., according to 'acting as advisers in the work. Pre- viously the planting has been done by hand at the rate of 1,200 to 1,- 600 trees each day per man. There is nothing which takes away from the value of a good horse so 'much ag bad habits, and unfortunate- n npthing becomes so easily acquir- == § . i The Latest | lavor, and far to be preferred | Market Reports ET TEE I " CHOPPED STUFF. 1 i Every sheep pasture should have | shade and shelter. The first potatoes of the season in England sold in the field up to £80 I\per atre, 'The average in one district {was £50 4s 11d, against £35 10s 7d | the year before. ¢ | The Ridgetown Dominion says that peas Tecelved by the Ridgetown can- ning factory gre clean and free from {the bug that was so bad a couple of {ears ago. No finer peas, it says, will | be canned in Canada. ~ | A correspondent of The English FFarmer and Stock Breeder says that ! there is a tendency with some of the | tribunal dealing with exemption 'from' military service to rate the ser- {vices of butlers and valets higher { than those of agriculturalists. It is understood that accumulat- {fons of stocks in canning factories have been pretty well cleaned up, and with a much less than the normal acreage In tomatoes, etc., supplies | will not be fully replinished this season. Canners will probably be keen on tomato acreage next spring. | Of all pure breeds of ducks I find | the Indian Runners the most profit- They are paying in eggs the whole year round, they are the best foragers, and although they do not attaln to great size for mar- ket durks they are most delicious in to the large breetls\<-- Poultry Expert in Farmer and Stock, Breeder (Eng- land). It takes from 18 to 19 pounds of skim milk to make a pound of cheese. Milk testing 1 per cent. fat requires from 15 to 16 pounds to make a pound of cheese; milk testing 2 per cent, fat requires 13 to 14 pounds; milk testing 3 per cent. fat requires from 11 to 12 pounds; milk testing 4 per cent. fat requires about 10.3 pounds to make a pound of cheese. It is known that the higher normal milk tests in milk fat the more cheese can be made from 100 pounds. 'Pure Seed Problem. ductors of electricity, often carrying | of the current a long distance. Bodies of live atock also form good coaduct- | ors, especially when they are driven by a storm against a fence, affording | a better path for the current to the ground through their bodies than) down the fence posts. The result' is death to whatever animal helps to form the path. | - "Proper grounded fence wires not | oily will carry off elcctricity without injury to animals standing near, but also have a tendency to dissipate elec- tric charges. This is especially true of barbed fences where the accumulat- ing charges pass off readily from te ' sharp, pointed barbs. Fences ground- ed in this manner prevent to a com- siderable extent the occurance of dis- charges and provide a path to the earth for the discharge when it does take place." - ¥ 5 "Observer" writing from Napanee to the Globe says: The rapid increase of noxious wee{ls on Ontario farms should form p interesting subject for our' legislafors and the general public as well, especially as the seed control act by its operation alone serves to increase instead of diminish these pests. For instance, a farmer offers a quantity of grass seed for sale to a4 seed merchant, who dares not buy it on account of its not being up to No. 3 Government standard, as even having it in his possession (un- der ordinary circumstances) would subject him to fine or imprisonment, although not selling or offering the seed for sale. The farmer takes the seed home, sows. it himself or sells it to his neighbors for seed, in which act he is protected by the seed con- trol act, thus forcing the poor seed back to the Ontario farms and the good seed into the general market. But this is only one of the many defects that make up the character of the vile piece. of legislation called the Ontario seed control set. * LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto. Toronto, Sept. 1. -- Good cattle steady at the Union Stock Yards to- day > Receipts 2,654 cattle, 228 calves, 691 hogs, 1,690 sheep. Toronto, Aug. 28.--Export cattle chofce $8.28 to $8.75; butcher cattle choice $7.75 to $8, medium $7 to $7.10 common $6 to $6.75; butcher cows, choice $6.50 to $7, medium $6 $6.35, canners $3.50 to $4.75, bulls $6 to $7.75; feeding steers, $8 to $6.75; stockers, choice $6 to $6.25, light $6.70 'to $6; milkers, choice, Ben $60 to $100; springers, $65 to 00; sheep, ewes $7.60 to $9; bucks and culls, $4 to $5; lambs, $11 to $11.50; hogs, fed and watered, $11- 65; calves, $6 to $12. ¢ Montreal. Montreal, Sept. 1.--Prices at the Weat-End Market today were firm on small offerings. Quotations: Butchers' steers, good $7.50 to $8; fair, $7 to. $7.25; medium, $6.60 to $6.75; common, $4.50 to $6.50 cwt, Butchers' cows, good, $6 to $7; common, $4 to} Butchers' bulls, best, $6.50 to $7; good $6 to $6.50; fair, $5.50 &36; cantiers, $4.60 to $56. Poss Te to ae per 1b; lambs, € to oper a ad $12 to $12.25; mixed lots, $10.50 to $11.50; sows $10.00 to $10.25; all off cars. i hea 10 ALERE $11.15 to $11.30; yorkers, $9.50 te $11.25; pigs, $9.25 to $9.50; roughs, $950 to $575; stags, $7 to $8.25. Sheep and lambs: Receipts 7,000; active; lambs, $5 fo $10.75; year- lings, $5.90 to , $9.00;x wethers, $7.75 to 8; sheep, mixed, $7.50 to $7 76. . Veals: Receipts 1,000, slow; $4.50 50 to $1.10. GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Toronto. Toronto, Sept. 1, -- Manitoba | wiheat--Track, bay ports, No. 1 northern, $1.67%; No. 2 northern, $1.66%; No. 3 northern, $1.67%. Manitoba Oats--Track, bay ports, No. > CW, 67%; No. 3 CW, R614¢c; extra No. 1 feed, 56% ¢c; No. 1 teed, 55% ¢. American Corn--No. 96 Ye. : ntario Wheat--New wheat, No. 2, $1.28 to $1.30; No. 1 commereial, per car lot, according to freight out- side, $1.23 to $1.25; No. 2 commer- cial, $1.19 to $1.21;?No. 3 commer- clal, $1.15 to $1.17, Ne Ontario Oats--No. 3 white, ac- cording, to freight outside,' 52¢ to 5%e, nominal. Rye--No. 2, new, $1.10 to $1.12, Manitoba Flour--First patents, in ute bags, $8.40; seconds, in jute, 7.90; strong bakers', in jute; $7.70, Ontario 3 _ yellow, Flour--Winter, new, nominal; in jute bags, bulk seaboard, L5.60 to $5.70, al, 4 $26; , No. 1, track, : ronto, new, $10 to $12, car fois: No. 3, $9 to $9.50; straw, $6 to $7. . \ fred, $1.58% ; No. 3 red, $1.51% to 470: $20.50 to $2150. | ------ Sato, gems nto 1 ifeéd -- Car lots, nT firm af $2.36: =r Reports on Winter Grains. 1 | : Experiments have been conducted | at the Ontario Agricultural College | and throughout Ontario in the past] year with Winter Wheat, Winter Rye, | Winter Barley, Winter Emmer and Hairy Vetches. The autumy of 1915 | and the spring of 1916 were very | wet, and the month of July was dry | and hot. Gaal i About two hundred and ninety varieties of winter wheat and a large number of selections and crosses ave been tested at the College with- i past twenty-seven years. Of named. varieties fourteen have been grown in each of twenty-one years, and the results of these are of special value. The following gives the average for twenty-one years in yield of both grain and straw per acre and in weight per measured bushel of a few of the leading varie- ties: . Dawson's Golden Chaff 51.3 bushels, 2.9 tons, and 60.1 1bs.; Imperial Amber 479 bushels, 3.2 tons, and 61.2 lbs.; Barly Genesee Giant 46.8 bushels, 3.0 tons, and 60.2 1bs.; Early Red Clawson 46.6 bush- els, 2.8 tons, and 59.2 « lbs; and Egyptian Amber 46.4 bushels, 3.2 tons, and 61.7 lbs. © The average result of the fourteen varieties are as follows:'. yleld of grain per acre 40.9 bushels for 1916, and 45.1 bushels fog, the twenty-one year period; yield of straw per acre 2.9 tons for 1916 and also for the average of the twenty-one year per- fod; and weight pbr measured bush- el 63.2 Ibs for 1916 and 61.1 Ibs. for the whole period. It will be seen that in 1916 'the winter wheat gave an average of practiéally four bushels per acre below and two pounds per measured bushel above the average of the past twenty-one years, Of the twenty-eight varieties of winter wheat which have been tested | for the past five years the highest yields in bushels per acre were pro- duced by Grand Prize 46.7, Kharkov 46.4, Imperial Amber 45.3, Gilles- pie Red 44.9, Yaroslaf 44.7, Ameri- can Banner 44.1, Theiss 43.8, and Michigan Amber 43.7, Those varieties of winter wheat which produced the largest loaves of bread from equal quantities of flour in which the aveiage tests of nine years made in the Bakery Branch of the Chemical Department of the Col- lege are as follows: Yaroslaf, Bana- tka, Crimean Red, Tuscan island, Buda Pesth, Tasmania Red, Egyptian Amber, Kentucky Giant, Rudy, Tur- key Red, Treadwell and Bulgarian. Crosses have been made between the Dawson's Golden Chaff and some of the varieties of particularly high! quality for 'bread production, such was Tasmania Red,-Crimean Red, Tur- key Red, Buda Pesth and Imperial Amber. * In the average. tests for the past five years one of these cros- ses has surpassed in yleld per acre all the named varieties which were grown at the College. In treating winter wheat for smut the best results were obtained by im- mersing the grain for twenty minutes in a solption made by adding one pint of formalin to forty-two gallons of water. This treatment is simple, cheap and effectual. Other experi- Bran, $25; shorts, $27; middlings, $29; moullie, $31 to $34. .... Winnipeg, Winnipeg, "S8épt. 1.--Wheat--No. 1 northern $1.69 %; No, 2 northern, $1.567%; No. 3 northern, $1.53%; No. 4 $1.46%; No. 5, §1.41%; No. 6, $1.313%; feed, $1.°3%. Oats--No. 2 C. W., 60%c; No. 3 C. W., 49%c; extra No. 1, feed, 491%c; No. 2 feed, 485% c. Barley-- No, 3, 8244¢; No. 4, 79 %c; rejected, 72%c; feed, 72%ec. Flax--No. 1 N.W.C., $1.92%; No.2 C. W, §1- 89% ec. Chicago. Chicago, Sept. 1.--Wheat--No. 2 $1.54%; No. 2 hard, $1.56; No. 3 hard, $1.53% to $1.56. Corn--No. 2 yellow, 87%c to 88%¢c; No, 4 yellow 85%c to 87%s; No. 4 white, nominal. Oats--No. 3 white, 47%ec to 48¢c; standard, 47%c to 48%c. Rye--No. 2, $1.25 to $1- 26%. Barley, 88¢c to $1.10. Tim- othy, nominal. Olover, $7 to $14. Pork, $27.80. Lard, $14.20. Ribs; $14.20 to $14.60. Ba, Minneapolis, Sept. 1.--Wheat-- September, $1.69%; No. 1 hard, $1.65%; No. 1 .northern, $1.60 to 1.63%: No. 2 northern, $1.66% to 1.61%. Corn--No. 3 yellow, 86¢c to 87c. Oats--No. 3 white, 46%¢c to ----Fiour unchanged. -- Bran; Duluth, Sept. 1.----Wheat--No. 1 hard, $1.64%; No. 1 northern, $1.62% to $1.63%; No. 2 northern, 1.67% to $1.61:% September, 1.697% bid. No linseed market. tt-- west- fi' Berlin--baled $13 to $14, loose Iv) x ments show the great importance of using large, plump, round, well] matured seed of strong vitality. i In the co-operative sexperinients throughout Ontario reports have been received from thirty-three counties, These 'aesults show the following average yields in bushels per acre; | Imperial Amber 35.5, American Ban- ner 31.9, Banatka 30.8, and Yaroslaf and Crimean Red each 29.8, In Winter Rye the Petkus variety made the highest records both at the College -and throughout Ontario. Winter Barley gave a yield in 1916 of 49 and an average yield for nineteen years of 52 bushels per acre. Winter Emmer gave a yield of 2,635 pounds of grain per acre in 1916, and an] average of 2,480 pounds for pine years. A Ld Experiments in 1916. As long as the supply lasts; mater- ial will be distributed free of charge in the order in which the applications ' in, while others prefer to get other drained land will produce more than are received from Ontario farmers|and more pressing matters 'disposed | that 'which is wishing to experiment and to report the results of any one of the follow- ing tests: 1, three varieties of, Winter Wheat; 2, one variety of Winter Rye ahd one Winter Wheat; 3, Spring Application of Five Ferti- lizers with Winter Wheat; 4 Autumn and Spring Applications of Nitrate of Soda and Common Salt with Win- ter Wheat; 5, Winter Emmer 'and Winter Barley; 6. Hairy Vetches and Winter Rye as. Fodder Crops.- The size of each plot is to one rod wide by two rods long. Fertilizers will be seen by express for Number 4 this autumn and for Number 3 next spring. All seed will be sent by mail except that for Number 4, which will accompany the fertilizers. ~--C. A. ZAVITZ. --- Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont. With the rapidly growing day-old chick industry the question of sex determination naturally arises. Many buyers would like to order all pullets, all .cockegels or a given number of each, and "would be glad to pay dn additional price for this assurance. The sex of Barred Plymouth Rock chicks can be told with a reasonable degfee of accuracy. The pullet has a dark, willow-colored beak, some- times streaked with black. It is of finer bone than the cockerel and the legs are dark and smoke colored. The cockerel has bright yellow legs and beak and usually a coursé head and prominent eye. The cockerel is a gray or slate color while the pullet is dark- er. The white tip of the wings and spot on top of head are more notice- able on the pullet due to the con- trast with the deeper black. This means can only be used to denoted the sex the first couple of days. After this time they all take on the one characteristic blue color, the beak and legs of the pullet fade out to yel- low. Similar methods can be employed with all parti-colored breeds. With solid eolor birds the best means of determining sex is the prominent cockerel. . ins . | 3 Sex of Day-Old Chicks. 30c to 31c; Stratford 29c to 32¢; and Woodstock, 27¢ to 30c. Spring Chickens. --- Belleville, 20c to 23¢ per pound; Berlin: 24¢ to 26c; Brantford, 18¢c to 20c; Guelph, 18c to 20c; Hamilton, 26¢, to 30c; Peterboro, 20c to 23c; Port Hope, 25c; St. Thomas, 16¢ to 20c; Stratford, 17q to 19¢; and Woodstock, ;20c. e Potatoes. Belleville;, $2 per hel; Berlin, $1.60 to $1.75; Brantford, $1.5v w $1.40; Cobourg, .26; Chatham, $1.40 to $2.00; Guelph $2.25; Ham- {lton $1.50 to $1.86; Peterboro $1.70 to $1.80; Port Hope $1.50; St, Tho- mas, $1.85 to $2; and Stratford, $1.75 to $2 per bushel. Wheat. - Belleville, $1.10 to $1.15 per bu- shel; Berlin, $1.10; Brantford, $1.15 to $1.20; Cobourg, $1.15; Chatham, $1.15 to $1.25; Guelph, $1.20 to $1.25; Hamilton, $1 to $1.05; Peter- boro, $1.20; Port Hope, $1 to $1.22; St. Thomas; $1; Stratford, $1.20; 'who are quoting them this week at IR DAILY BRITISH WIIG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1916 i * i One Form of Co-Operation. 1} The Farmers' Advocate suggests| one simple form of fdrm Go-opera- | tion that might well be more gen- | erally adopted than it has been. The! suggestion is that the farmers of] the neighborhood agree to use the) same machine for threshing, and | that they arrange to have the out-| fit .go from the neighboring farm | to another until the whole section] is cleaned up. There are, it is true,! some objections that may be ad-| vanced against the plan proposed. All farmers in a meighborhood do| _not follow the same general system | in their operations, Some make two threshings of it--one early, in order to provide barn room for the later harvest; some, again, want the! machine as soon as all the crop is of first. Still the advantage of the! scheme proposed, rin so far as cir-| cumstances permit of its adoption, | are obvious. The owner of a thresh-| ing outfit could afford to do the! work for less than the usual charge if he could go to one farm after an-| other and not have to make big| jumps from section to section, as is) frequently the case; a not particu-| | realized more work in this line would x the live stock business, and éven the most recently settled, sections are showing a decided interest in the im- portation and breeding of good ani- mals; and before a great while the prairie farmers will be taking care of all grain but the best wheat in their own feeding bormns. To prepare for that time the Ontario farmer should begin to make provision for capacity crops in all seasons that are at all favorable to grain growing, and per- haps the best move in that direction would be the installation of a thor- ough drainage system, If the great advantage of- under- drainage in all seasons were better be done. 5 man who has had ex- perience of drained land will give up his advantage if he can help it; and a run of three or four dry seasons will not make him regret the expense of the work, because even where rain is not 'superabundant the under- without drains. A glance at an insufficiently drained field of grass or grain during a long drought will give an exact idea of where the lines of tile are situated, as in these pldces the growth will show greener 3nd stronger than in other parts ofthe field. This state of the crop is brought about by Lhe ex- cess of water that stands in' those portions of the field furthest from the | Hog-fat is not desirable. age ae-gTaitet carcasses are prefer- ' Unlimited range makes the flesh more or less tough, Market as soon as the desl weight is gained. ! Overfeeding cannot place poultry in a marketable condition. t The Brahma "is always sharp breasted unless very fat, while the Leghorn has a plump breast even" when comparatively poor, . Tender eat is made by quick growth. The spring chicken season starts about July 15th. { Scalded poultry will long shipments. Mareh to August is the roasting fowl season. . Have the water as near boiling point as possible, without bolling, when scalding poultry. The broiler market opens in Feb- ruary, improves in-March, reaching the highest point in April. After that there is a. gradual decline until August 1st, when it is very fluctuat- ng. . A "broiler" is not more than four- teen weeks old and weighs not more not stand larly agreeable part of farm work drains and interferes with the proper | than two pounds dressed. would be cleared off the slate at one| development of the root system, A young bird weighing over two time and the habit of co-operation which in the places aghere the drains ! pounds is a "spring chicken." * generally would be stimulated. GOOD DRAINAGE _ TO ENSURE CROPS Increased Yields Justify the "Exenditure That Is Necessary. | The reports of "best prospects: in years,, for Western crops are begin- ning to come in, and it is to be hoped that the cutting and threshing wi bear out the forcast of the report- ers because stockmen of the Eastern provinces will be glad eo exchange cash for graiin to balance their feed- ing rations, as their own prospect for a stipply of hay and course fod- der is very good, but grain is likely to be short on account of reduced acreage and the lack of suitable wea~ ther at seeding time. No year yet has seen the failure of every kind of crop, so the farmer who really takes advantage of long experience is he who sticks to a ro- tation which allows ef a considerable variety of crops every year. _This practice together with the keeping of all the live stock that the place will carry in good shape will soon make the farmer independent, even in years when his grain crop fails utterly, as a reasonable amount of cash will overcome that trouble. The greatest catastrophe that can occur in a live stock country is a fail- ure of the hay crop, but even this is offset to a great extent when corn is grown for the silo. What is really necessary is a good supply of the bulky feeds which can be balanced by the concentrates. Dependence on the west for a sup- ply of feeding grains cannot go on for aver as that country is taking to "tion to the potato crop, particularly A put down deep enough will ex-| nd downward for three or four feet. 0 overcome such a condition it is >cessary to lay other drains midway between those already existing. The disappointment of finding a drainage system insufficient may be guarded against if a thorough survey of .the area to be drained is made, and advice taken from an expert with regard to the proper distance apart for:the lines of tile. * } Black Log in Potatoes. Testimony is forthcoming that ow- ing to the work of the Dominion plant pathologists, the disease of Black Leg in potatoes has'decreased. Still it causes considerable destruc- in the Maritime Provinces. The dis- ease in 1915 gost the Maritime Prov- inces the large sum of $695,266. It is interesting.to know that with early care and attention the disease is com- paratively easily controlled. P. A. Murphy, -in a departmental circular, details the symptoms in clear, terse language, describes the life history of the causal organism, estimates the loss in the Maritime Provinces at $6.65 per acre with an average yield of 133 bushels, gives the methods of control and supplies notes on the preparation and use of the disinfect- ants that are suggested. Further in- formation, if desired, can be had on application to the Dominion Botan- ist, Central Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa. Scotland has over Toman nearly eight times the num sheep, | essed in Ontario. er poss- prices onthe Toronto fruit market, according to Dawson and Elliott, $3 to $3.50 per case, a case carrying about 11 dozen heads. Cucumbers show a wider spread this week, selling at anywhere from 20¢ up to 60c per 11-pt. basket. Carrots are somewhat lower this week, selling at $1.25 per bag, with beets steady at 75¢ per bag. Tomatoes are selling anywhere £75 265¢ to 40¢ per basket, and there is a good demand for these whenever the prices are reasonably low. Green peas are a trifle lower this week, selling at 60c to 75¢ per 11-qt. basket, with wax beans the same, Small silver skin onions for pickl- ing are selling at $1.25 to $1.95 In 11qt. baskets. : Honey at Montreal. Clover honey at Montreal is still unchanged, Wholesale quotations are: White, extracted, 12c to 12%¢ per pound; brown, extracted, Is steady at 10c to 11c; and buckwheat honey, 9 to 0c. and Woodstock, $1.20 per bushel. Oats. . Belleville, 66c per bushel; Berlin, 45c; Brantford, 60c to 60c; Cobourg, 5c; Chatham, 45¢ to 48c; Guelph, 55¢; Hamilton 482 to 50¢; Peterboro, 52¢c; Port Hope, 60c to G3c; Bt 80c to 85c; | bushel. ---- 55¢ per ? Barley. y Belleville, 60¢c per bushel; Berlin, 60c; Brantford, 50c; Guelph, 80c to 65c; Hamilton, 60c to 65¢; Peter- boro, 65¢c; Port Hope, 65¢c to 70c; St. Thomas, 58¢; Stratford, 55¢; and Woodstock, 60¢ per bushel. Bellevilie--Baled $13, loose $9 to 11 to' $11.50; Brantford---baled 10, loose $8 to $10; Cobourg-=-loose ¢ : Chatham--Iloose $10 to uelph----baled $18, loose $10 baled $11 to $14, a Perch, | Kingston Markets Kingston, Sept. 5. Dairy Products Butter creamery 1b Butter, rolls, 1b. Cheese, 1b. .. ... Eggs, frosh, doz. . ---- ' Fish Cod, steak, 1b. ... I cvaiinee Flounders, 1b. ... Finnan Haddie, 1b. Halibut, hvrdioy Kiptra, dou. wee ,esessenn 40 35 - 24 35 18 2 0 12% 20 60 ity Ld 18 05 75 Thombleberries, Tomatoes, 1b. .. Watermelons, each Grain, Barley, bush. ....$ Bran, ton... :.... Buckwheat, bush ° Corn, cracked, cwt. Corn, meal, cwt, . Corn, yellow feed, bush "eee Flour, éwt, .. ... Xe Feed flour bag ... 190 Hay, baled, ton .. se Hay, loose, ton ., 12.00 Oats, local, bush, . . Dats, Man., bush. Shorts, middlings . Straw, baled, ton. 3traw, loose, ton ' Wheat, local, bush. bx White extracted 1L Beef-- Cuts, Ib... .. .. Local, carcase, ib. Local, hinds, 1b. . bid el Western, hinds, Ib. Western, fronts, 1b. Hogs, Nve, cwt. Hogs, Jressed, cwt. Lambs, spring, by carcase, 1b .... veh by carcass "~ 17.00 hs. sens Poultry. Chithans, dressed Chickens, live, Ib. Hens, dressed, Ib. Hens, live, 1b. ... Turkeys, 1b. Vi Beets, bunch .... Carrots, bunch .. Cabbage, doz. ... Celery, bunch ... bunch cone, bag +... Rotatoss, new, pi. new, Rbubarb, bused . averse a trimmed, Th. ovis. gt Fea AAR SESE N RNa , No. 1 red February is the best selling month for capons. : : A capon is not imparied by age, provided the bird is not kept longer than a year and a half. Capons weighing six pounds meet quick sales, but weights of nine to ten popnds command best prices. Caponizing should be performed when the birds are about two or three months of age---before the comb developes. {* \ The proper way to dress capons is leave the feathers on the neck from the hedd down two-thirds to the shoulders; on the first two- joints of the wings, on tail, half way up the back and on legs from knee two- thirds up the hips. All\the rest of- the feathers are taken off. Lo Keep the Dirt Roads. Dirt roads are the cheapest---and for a large part of the year the best ~highways that can be built. Be- cause we want to use our roads every day in the year we are willing to go to the expanse of hard road building, but that is no reason for discarding the dirt roads entirely, says one man. More than halt the wear on the hard. road. can be avoided by making @ good dirt track om each side, he says. People will use the dirt road from preference when it is passable. The life of the hard road will be greatly lengthened, the cost of re- pairs reduced, and the needs of the road users better served by building tia combination of hard and dirt roads, mb le---- x Separate the best pullets from the main flock and feed them for early egg. production, Even in the rush of harvest it will pay to keep the hen roosts clear of mites; PAA A Mr Np. v Muskrals, spring ssssnnseess 400 Raccoon, No. 1, prime large .$2.60 Sheep skins, fresh .......... Skunk, ..............50ct0'} Tallow, rendered, Ib. ......,. Veal skins, I. ....0ve0s0eees 330 George Mills & Co. sre paying the following for raw furs: -- s 83332 00 80 On hn 00 , large Do. medium .... - Do..small ...... I'krats, winter, large Do. medium ...., Do. small ...... Raccoon, large .... A Do. medium v Do. small ...,... . Skunk, black ..... 2. 833s 6 6 2 5 | aiing ¥s. General Fam. | Hoard's Diaryman recently took a J census of twenty Wisconsin farms on which dairying is the chief Hne and TO! these with twenty oth farms producing general farm crop lines. The result showed average net profits of $2,733.90 on the dairy farms and /3491.95 on the general crop farms. Those figures illustrate the whole agricultural history . of Wisconsin. In 1859 Wisconsin held first place as a wheat-growing state, Grain wing on the rop method followed year after year rapidly exhausted the soll, ylelds be- gan to fall fast, and one crop after another was lost by the prevalence of insect pests and plant diseases be- cause of the lack of rotation. Cheap- or lands farther west more suitable for one-crop farming caused an ex- from the state, H the farmers that remained in the to that had