@ News | The Market Reports, LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto. Toronto, May 18. Choice heavy steers, $12 to $12.50; do, good, $11.50 to $i2; butcher cattle, choice, $11.40 to $11.85; do., good, $11.15 to $11.33; do. medium, $10.25 to $10.75; do., common, $8.75 to $9.25; $11; do., good, '$ medium, $8.50 to $9; rough bulls, $6340 $6.40; butcher cows, choice, $10.25 to $10.65; do., good, $9.25 to $10; do., medium, $8.50 to $9.25; stockers, $7.50 to $8.85; (feeders, cutters, $5.50 to choice, $85 to $110; do., com. med., $40 to $60; springers, $50 to $110; hess, fed and watered, $16.85 sto $17; do., off cars, choice, $17.15 to $17.25; do, $16.40. Montreal. i Montreal, May 18.--Choice steers, | 11.25 to $12; good, $10.50 to $11; medium, $9 to $10; choice cows, $10] to $10.50; good, $9.50 to 9.75; me-| dium, $9; choice bulls, $11 to $11.-| 650; good, $10.50 to $11; medium, | $9.50 to $9.75: calves, choice, $11; good, $10 to $10.75; others $6.50 to | $10; sheep, $8 to $10; lambs, spring, | per head, 6 to $8; choice select hogs, $17.75 to $18; sows, $15 to $16. Oh CWicago, May 18.--Cattle--Re- ceipts, 18,000; market firm. Beeves, $9.50 to $13.70; stockers and feed- ers, $7.80 to $10.40; cows and heif- ers, $6.65 to $11; calves, $9.76 to 14.25. Hogs--Receipts, 39,000; market strong. Light, $15.30 to $16.45; mixed, $15.85 to $16.55; heavy, $15.85 to $16.60; rough, $15.80 to $16; pigs, $10.65 to 14.50; bulk of sales, 16.10 to $16.50, Sheep--Receipts, 8,000: market' firm. Native wethers, $10 to $14.- 75; native lambs, $14.60 to $19. Buffalo. May / 18 --Cattle--Re- active, Shipping steers, $90.50 to $13.25; butchers, . $3.50 to $9.50; heifers, $7.50 to $11.25; cows, $5.75 to $10.50; bulls, $6.50 to $11; stockers and feeders, $7.50 to $9.55; fresh cows and springers, active aud strong, $60 to $125. Veals--Receipts, 1,800; ac- tive and 50 cents higher, $5 to $13.- 50. Hogs--Receipts, 8,000; active and strong. Heavy, $16.50 to $16.- 85; mixed, $16.50 to $16.75; york- ers, $16.36 to $16.50: light yorkers, $14.25 to $14.50; pigs, $13 to $14; roughs, $14.40 to $14.50; stags, $12 to $13.50, Sheep and lambs--Re- ceipts, 9,000¢ - active. Lambs, 10 cents lower; ot 50 cents. Lambs, $9 to $15,265; yearlings, §9 to $13; wothers, $12 fo $12.25; ewes, $5.50 to $11; mixed sheep 11.75 to 12. Buffalo, ceipts, 3,300; GRAIN QUOTATIONS Montreal Montreal, May 18.--A sale of 8,- 000 bushels of sample Manitoba wheat was made to a milled at $2.- 60 per bushel ex-track here.Oats-- Canadian. western, No. 2, 90¢; No. 3, 88¢; extra No. 1 .feed, 88¢c. Bar- ley-----Manitoba feed, $1.22. Flour-- Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, + $16.50; 'seconds, $16.00; strong bakers', $15.80; winter patents, choice, $16.50; straight rollers, $16.- 00 to $16.30; do, bags, $7.75 to $7.- 90. Rolled oats--bbls, $8.75 to $9.- 00; do, bags, 50 Ibs, $4.25 te $4.50. Bran, $40.00. Shorts, $46.00. Mid- dlings, $48.00 to $853.00. Mouille, $52.00 to $67.00. Hay----No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13.00 to $13.50. | \ Toronto Toronto, May 18.---American Corn track, Toronto, No. 3 yellow, $1.- 70, nominal, subject to embargo, Ontario oats: (acceording to freights outside)--No. 2 white, 76¢c to 78¢c, nominal; No. 3 white, 75¢ to 77¢, nominal. Ontario wheat (according to freights outside)No. 2 winter, per car lot, $3.10 to $3.15; No. 3 winter, per car lot $3.08 to $3.13. Peas (according to freights out- side)---No. 2 nominal, Barley (according to freights out- side)--Malting, $1.40 to $1.45, nom- inal. 3 Rye (according to freights out- gide)~-No. 2, $1.98 to $2, nominal. flour--First patents in bags, $16.50; second patents, in 4 butcher bulls, choice, $10 to} 0 25 to $9.75% do., | F300: : Butter. choice, $9.75 to $10.25; canners and | ar lie, 18¢ to 50c:, Kitchener, $7.50; milkers,| 4 And Vi Rye flour strong; fair to good, $12. Buckwheat, bysh: . 25 to $12.75; choice to fancy, $12.- +75 to $13.25. Hay steady; No. 1, {31-18 to $1.20; No. 2, $1.10; No. 3, $1.00; shipping, 80 to 8bec. { | Chicago { Chicago, May 18.--Wheat--No. $ { red, nominal; No. 3 red, $3.25; No. |2 hard, $3.25 to $3.35; No. 3 hkard, $3.12. Corn--No. 2 yellow, $1 66% to $1.68; No. 3 yellow, $1.65% to 1 $1.67; white, 74% to 75¢; standard, {74 to 753%c. Rye nominal. Barley | nominal. Timothy, $5.00 to $7.50. Clover, $12.00. to $17.04. Pork, Lard, $22.80. Ribs, $20.- {55 to $21.10, . GENERAL TRADE. | ¢ to 45¢; Brantford, 45¢; Cobourg, ¢; Chatham, 44¢ to 45¢; Guelph, 101 45k to 46c; Hamilton, 42¢ to 45¢; | London, |-38¢c to 40c; Peterboro, 45¢ to 48c; | Port Hope, 38¢c; St. Thomas, 44c to fob, $16.25 toc. 44c to 47g; Owen Sound, Stratford, 40c to 42¢; Weodstock, 42¢ to 45 per 1b. and Eggs. Dellev lle, 38¢c to 42¢; Kitchener, { 35¢ to 38¢; Brantford, 37¢; Cobourg, 35¢; Chatham, 36¢; Guelph, 35¢ to 38¢c; Hamilton, 35¢ to 4¢¢; London, 40¢; Owen Sound, 30¢ to Cic; Peter- bora, 35¢ to 40¢c; Port Hope, 35¢ to 37¢; St. Thomas, 35¢ to 37¢; Strat- ford, 37¢c to 40c; and Woodstock, 38c per dozen. Chickens, Belleville, 22¢ to 28c; Kitchener, 28¢c to 30c; Brantford, 22%c¢ to 23¢; Cobourg, 28¢; Guelph, 28¢ to 30¢c; Hamilton, 30c to 40c; London, 28¢ to 30¢; Owen Sound, 23¢ to 24¢; Peterboro, 22¢ to 25¢; Port Hope, 25e to 28¢; St. Thomas, 25¢ to 28¢c; Stratford, 24c to 26c; and Wood- stock, 30c¢c per 1b. rl Potatoes. . Kitchener, $3 to $3.20; Brantfgrd, $2.60 to $2.75; Cobourg, $3;. Clat- ham, $2.40 to $3; Guelph, $3.40; Hamilton, $3; London, $3 to $3.20; Owen Sound, $3.65; Peterboro, $3.50; Port Hope, $3; St. Thomas, $3.25 to $3.50; Stratford, $3 to $3.25; and Woodstock, $2.75 to $3.25 per bus. . Wheat. Belleville, $2.40; Kitchener, $2.85; Brantford, $2.75 to $2.80; Cobourg, $2.25 to $2.28; Chatham, $1.90 to $2.65; Guelph, $2.90; Ham- ilton, 2.90; London, $2.40; Owen Sound, $2.75 to $2.90; Peterboro, $2.75; Port Hope, $2.60; St. Thomas, $2.75; Stratford, $3; and Wood- stock, $2.75 per bus. Barley. Belleville, $1.10; Kitchener, $1.25; Brantlord, $1.05 to $1.10; Cobourg, $1.35; Chatham, $1.10 to $1.20; Guelph, $1.40 to $1.65; Ham- ilton, $1.10 to $1.25; Owen Sound, 1.25 to $1.30; Peterboro, $1.15; Port Hope, $1.26; St. Thomas, $1.50; Stratford, $1 to $1.10; and Wood- stock, $1.10 to $1.20 per bushel. ---- . Oats, Belleville, 75¢ to 76c; Kitchener, 85¢; Brantford, 70c; Cobourg, 80e¢; Chatham, 60c to 80c; Guelph, 30c; Hamilton, 74c to 78c; London, 76c to 77¢c; Owen Sound, 85c to 862; Peterboro, 75¢; Port Hape, 75c; St. Thomas, 90¢ to 952; Stratford, 83¢; and Woodstock, 85¢ per bushel. Hay. Kitchener--baled $15.50 to $16, joose $15 to $15.50; Brantford baled $10 to. $12, loose $10 to $10.50; Cobcurg----baled $10, oose, $10; Chatbam--Iloose §14 to $15; Hawrilton--bated $10 to $12, Toose $10 to $13: London-loese 12 to $13; Owen ald Salie to : loose i erboro---baled 14; loose $12; Port Hope --baled $18, loose $11; St. gag oiea $16 to $18, loose $11 to $14; Strat- ford--loose $9 to $12; Woodstock baled $15 to $16, and loose $13 1$ per ton. L Ki | Kingston, May 19. Products. 48 ~48 A0 45 Butter, ecreamery,lb Butter, rolls, 1b, .. Cheese, Ib, ... . Eggs, fresh, doz, .. es -- Fish. 4 Cod, steak, Ib. .... Bels, 1b. .. .. Flounders, ; tof, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1917 Cora, cracked, ewt. Corn, meal, cwt. ... Corp, yellow feed BUSI as. sis nas Flour, cwt, first . grade ... .. Flour, cwt, second Srfads .. i... Feed flour, bag . Hay, baled, ton .. Hay, loose, ton .. Oats, local, bush. . Oats, Man., bush . Shorts, middlings 46.0 3.10 12.00 Wheat, local, bush. 1.85 ---- r Meats. nts, Ib: o.oo. Local, carcase, Ib. Local, hinds, Ib. .. Local, fronts, 1b. . Western, carcase > . .e -~ Westerh front, 1b. Western, Hr Hogs, live, cwt. . . Hogs, dressed, cwt. Lambs, spring, by CArCase ..~.. .. Veal, carcase, Ib. Chickens, dressed, Ihsan Chickens, live, 1b. Hens, dressed, 1b. Hens, live, Ib. ... Turkeys, 1b, .. 16 12 13 11 Vv Apples, bbl. Carrots, bush. ... Celery, bunch .... Lettuce, bunch Parsnips, bus. Potatoes, pk. .... Onions, dried, bus. Onions, green, bun. Turnips, bush. Hides and Skins--Joha McKay, Limited Cow Hides (green), Ibs. ... 20 Calf Skins, Ibs. .. .. .. .. 30 Deacon Skins, each, up to .. $2.00 Horse Hides (mane and tall on), each 7.00 Sheep (fresh take off), each 2.50 Tallow (rendered), lbs. .. . 08 7 t 1.25 |! + 4 + AROUND THE FARM. + * -- * + Sweet clover on that patch + # of wornout land or on that run' + % down pasture may surprise you. $ % Have you taken that annual + 4 farm inventory yet? It should + % be taken before the spring rush ¢ + begins. + Before the days of raliroads # there /were more home-grown # things on the family table than & there are to-day. During the # present year there may be few- & er vegetable d'shes on family 4 tables unless there are more + and larger home gardens plant- spring. Keen disappointment is like- to be by farm- who plant a greatly increased acreage to cabbages in 1917, though 'present prices reached the unprecedent- fevel of $150 to $175 a ton. is is the opinion of J. R. elpler, specialist in vegetables truck growing at the Col- of Agriculture, University Wisconsim, 23 E i 232 t ik SPP PPP PPP PPP 0024400044 CHIPPOP4004444 2 'When the land for the Experimen- tal Station, now located at Morden, Man., was purchased in 1915, it was found to de badly infested with couch i (also called quack, twitch or quick, grass). In an effort to exterminate this weed, sixty-five acres of that part of the farm which appeared to be the worst infested was treated as fol- we: About the first of June it was four inches deep and well harrowed. The spring tooth culti- vator was then used, serving to draw, the roots well to the top of the ground. Next a chain harrow was . This implement brought all the loose grass to the surface and left it in large rolls all over the field. then forked imto sanitary anid value. tory means of storing fodder corm. ly reduce the time spent in keeping the corn clean. now in giving the seed grain one more cleaning. sale bf Ayrshires prices ran from $105 to $382.50. help to keep horses (n condition dur- heifer to produce a good milk cow is when it is young. Eagland sixteen cows averaged £84 7s 10d. vating the feeding protlem. Moll, but rich, friable, sandy loam is considered best for a heavy yield. \}Sows in England prices ranged from ten and a half to thirty-two guineas. count more waste products than will any other class of farm animals. pasture by turning stock on it too early, should never be mixed with milk. \ plants to wilt, as any ¢heck to their steady growth will out down yield, land prices ranged from 80 to 125 guineas. Mares ran from 82 to 176 guineas. acres under 'the plough in England next year, an increase of 6,000,000 over recent years. , picking up 3,000 army horses weekly and French buyers 2,600 more. And a tén months' Holstein calf, sold for $21,500 at the Portland, Ore, sixth International Live Stock Exhibit. -- CHOPPED STUFF ¥ Test the seed corn before planting. Do not neglect salting when cattle £0 on pasture. It jooks Itke a short Plant more corn. Tails on lambs are unsightly, un- reduce the market hay crop. The silo af ords the only satisfac. A two-horse cultivatoc will great- Time can be profitably spent just At the Menie District combination Oil cake added to'the grain will ng the spring work. The best time to start breeding the At am auction of Shorthorns in a heifers Pastures in England were a month ate this spring, thus further aggra- Tomatoes grow well on almost an> At a sale of Yorkshire silts and Sheep will turn to profitable ac- Feed is high, but it is not se high hat one ¢an afford to ruin a good i Plenty of water should be supplied 'or the calf from its birth, but wate: the Do not permit the roots of tomate the At a sale of Shire stallions in Eng- It is planned to have 17,000,000 At St. Louis British buyers are still Ontario is overlooked. Finderne Mutual Fayne Valdessa, A little oil cake added to the skim las twelfth well for it. past winter on many farms where soils. medium texture that permit deep penetration by roots and are well supplied with lime and the mineral plant foods. ws Of And For Canadian Farmer | banhal per acre, viz, 13,260 wild oats, and probably that many' plants would grow, many of which would shed their seed before the oats $were cut, to lie over in; the ground 'and grow the next spring, many of them as a. volunteer crop." . A serious fire hazard is the sum-' mer kitcien or lean-to. Frequently there 's no chimney attached, ye: stoves are moved out for the warm season, and a stovepipe put through the wall or roof. This is a very FINANCIAL MATTERS. Carter Crume Co. to' Carve Share Melon. Toronto, May 21.--The Carter Crume Co. directors plan, subject to approval, a distributicn on prefer ence stock as follows: One year's 7 per cent. dividend in cash, one 7 per cent. 1 eferred share ¢f Am. Baok Sales Co., with 12% per cent. divi- dends accun::lated, par $100, and 3 half shure of Am. Book common, par $20. This covers. all arrears in Cartér preferred. . Common stock wil get: 3-5 of one share of Am. Bok opld., and 4-5 of one ghare of common, Under the by-law, if approved, there will be disteibuted 11,777 pre ference shares and 14,639 common dangerous practice, and should not Shares of American Sales Book, out be permitted. 1 The separator should set on a' of the Carter Crumes holdings of 15,- 903 each of preference and common solid use or foundation, so that Stock. The L:lance of the holdings, there will be nq jar or shaking about as It is turned, such as would tend ! to interfere with the even flow of * sundry remaining assets amounting to $61,707, used to pay off the com- milk through the bowl, and thus do: stroy the efficiency in skimm ng.. Estimates of the number of farm tractors in actual usedn te Unitey' States show Ilhnois is second wih namely, 4,126 of preference and 1» 264 shares of commen, will be sold nd the proceeds, together with pany's liabilities, which amoynt to $326,267. The residue, if any, wil te disicidbuted rro rata to the hold- 2,287, followed closely by Texas, ©'S ©f thie preference shares of the Iowa and Nort company. h Dakota with over ferred stock' will be offered to the Carter Ctume shareholders at an at- tractive price. 2,000 In each <nse. New Yoerk ranks with 1,210. Hogs will eat alfalfa hay, and pay That was preved the economy was practised. by! substi-| tuting hay for part of the corn and tankage or other millfeed which it' was customary to feed. Grade Percherons from the United! States have done so well in the Brit- ish artillery service that the powers {that be are looking forward to the Percherons being England for the future raising of ar- tillery horses. widely used in The general indifference to horse- breeding at present in some farm sections offers all the more encour- agement to those who less popular course and raise horses before they are actually at a prem- follow the um on the markets. By planning now to seed part of the fields allotted for grain produc- tion with emmer and buckwheat! both the seeding season apd the | harvest season will be prolonged and a greater crop area can be provided for without increase of help. University of California Jock, the masive champion of the Aberdeen- Angus division at thé Chicago Inter- national, was a son of Boswell of Meadowbrook, with Barbara's Rose- gay and Lucy's Prince as grandsires. Alfalfa is adapted to a wide range of soils, growing well on loose, san- dy soils, as well as upon heavy It succeeds best on soils of At a conference of wholesale and retail potato dealers at Newcastle, Eng., it was decided to ask the Food Controller that steps be taken to force farmers to put on the market -- The 4,126 shares cf pre- PAGE SEVENTEEN June 1st, upon surrender of certin: cates of deposit to the Bankers Trust Company, preferred stockhold- ers of the International Paper Co. will receive their deposited stock to- gether with the cash and securities provided by pian in full settlement of the defe:red dividends. Under the plan, preferred stock- holders will receive 14 per cent. in preferred stock, 12 per cent. in com- mon and 7% per cent. cash in settle- ment of 33% per cent, Commercial Notes, American Telephone and Tele- graph had earnings during the first three months of 1917 of $7,942,923, an increase of $1,267,010. The net after taxes was $3,936,804, an in- crease of $384,641. George Beardmore, Toronto, and W. 'G. Roos, Montreal, have been e'ected directors of the Cunadian Genc al Electric Company. Mr. Beardmore takes the seat made vac- ant by the death of the late Semator Kerr. American Sugar - will receive a handsonre "extra" from its holding of Great Western Sugar, probably the most prosperous beet sugar com- pany in the country wich split a 42 per cent. melon for the common, pay- able in common stock last year. Directors of Dome Mines inet In New Ycrk and, according to mes stzos received by various wire rouses, cut thre quaiterly dividend on Dividend Plan Accepted. New York, May 21.---On and after Rhe stock from fifty cents to twenty- five cents a share, payable June 1, em THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA MEAD OFFriCE TORONTO BUSINESS ACCOUNTS All classes' of business accounts receive careful attention. S8T'D fara KINGSTON J. M. 237 BRANCH, Manager. : Bongar , Ryerson & Co. MEMBERS OF TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE STOCKS, BONDS, GRAINS & COTTON Private wires to Toronto, Montreal and . New York. Howard S. Folger, milk will make an excellent sub- stitute fer fat in the ¢alf's feed after the whole m Jk hus been cut off. Rape makes excellent forage for hogs, And rape, sown on land kept undér clean cultivation until July, some portion of their potato stocks in March at the rates prescribed for that month. y Hall's Westbury is a purple top variety of turnip that as been will assist in land cleaning. er during have sold in larger nunibers than at any time during the lust three years. tuberculosis is the estimated annual tax which this disease levies on the hogs and cattle of the United States and Stock Breeder, cows and heifers are going to the butcher. Norts Dakota have been secured by planting them in rows three feet apart and twelve inches apart in the row greed stock for January was one of the best ever experienced. All told, | $366,000 worth of stock left the country. ' ization, and once neglected gives up with little effort. with good care it will be as hardy as any other animal. glected do not let the corn area be lessened. No crop will produce as much feed, in proportion to labor expen : grown throughout Canada for a num- 'er of years. The roots ave oval, shaged and usually large. On good # } the variety yields well, and the feeding value of the crop is exceilent. The variety can be recommended for any part of Canada, The entry of the United States in- to the war will still further decrease American horse stocks, and these stocks are already below normal. Bread every sound nore, but use judgment in mating. Even in & brisk market scrub horses spell loss to the producer. Another important feature. in favor of the'miltking machine, says a correspondent of the Nor'-West Far-. mer, is that when one comes from the field, tired and hot, it is easy and cool to let the machine do the work, as compafed with sitting down among a bunch of cows. A few years ago it was considered an normal things for cows to give 2,« 500 to 3,000 pounds of milk in a year. "Today yields of twenty to twenty-five thousand pounds pass al- most unnoticed. Animal husbandry; In Alberta horses have been Qigh- the spring months, and A $25,000,000 annual 9s from Every week in England, according 2 a correspondent of The Farmer thousands oi The best results with potatoes in Britain's overseas trade in pedi- A sheep has a low nervous organ- But kept in thrift Whatever other trop may be ne-| 9 FCpliL Srl Locations, The best potato soils are loose and friable, varying in texture from fine sandy or gravelly loam to a slit loam. The light-working soils pro- duce potatoes of better quality and champion at the Chicag | tional, was sired by the Hereford bull Prince Lad 11th, a son of the famous Van Natta show bull Prime Lad 9th, and had for a dam the California-bred has become one of the most import-! Manager. Kingston Address, 44 Clarence St. Phone 995. Toronto Address, 85 Bay street. - SPECIAL ALE EsTaBLISHED 182 SPECIAL STOUT SPECIAL LAGER Under 21% Prool Spirits Gry fe and sparkling. Ta Brag: For in fist and further information i 5 + write to and bottled. Fine flavor and nutri- For sale by all standard delivered direct from the N LABATT or Jas, McParland, 76 Brock St, Kingston. N EPONSET Twin Shingles J homo when fire is weighborhood, because falling on such a roof die