» THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JULY 21. 1917. . ------ " -- a ---- - -- i ee ANDARD BANK MEAD OFFICE - TORONTO ' ¥ TRUST FUNDS / - Our Savings Department gives you a guarantee of absolute security and . ST "Of And For Canadian Farmers . * in typical cases buf chicks may also' . be bady affected and exhibit no out-| The ston Market | ward appearance of disease until '] i { death suddenly takes place. | 4 News And Views BE 5 Rye flour quiet; fair to good, $11.50" ¢ to $11.75; choice to faney, $12.10 to $12.50. Hay dull; No. 1, $1.10 to $1.15; No, 2, $1.00 to $1.05; No. 3, 85¢c to 95a; shipping, 75c to £0e. Hops quiet; state, medium to choice, | 1916, 30c to 35c¢c; 1915, 6c to Se. Pacific Coast, 9¢ to 13¢; 1915, 7c to KEEP THE POTATOES GREEN AND GROWING | The Market Reports | Treatment: Treatment consists | in. dissolving fifteen grains of POW=! fouge | dered Catechu in a gallon of drink-, ing water. This should be kept con-! Experimental Farm Note. LIVE STOCK MARKETS, ; Kingston July 21. . ! 5 - Dairy Products. EST'D 1073 Montrexl. Montreal, July 20. $10.50 to $11.25; good, $10 to $10.50; medium, $8.75 to $9.50; 1 choice bulls, $9.25 to 9.75; good, | 8.50 to $9; medium, $7.6 choice cows, $8.75 to $9.25; $8 to $8.50; medium, 8 to 8; sheep, $8 to $9; spring lambs, $7.50 to $9; calves, choice, $10 to 11; good, $8 to $9; hogs, véry choice selects, 16.50; good selects, $16 to $16.25; sows, $14 to $14.50. 7 Toronto, Toronto, July. 20.--Heavy steers, $11.28 to - $11.50; choice steers, | $10.50 to $10.75; do. good, $10.25 | to $10.50; do. common, $9.25 to $9.50; heifers, good to choice, $8.50 "to $9.00; do. medium, $8.75 to $9; 4 butcher cows, choice, $8.00 to $8.50; 3 do. medium, $7.00 to $7.50; butch- |: er bulls, choice, $9.25 to $9.75; do. | good, $7.00 to 37.25; do, medium, $6.00 to$6.50; feeders, 900 to 1,000 1bs., $7.75 to $8.50; stockers, 700 to $00 1bs., $7.00 to $7.76; do., med., 650 to 750 lbs, $7.00 to $7.25; do. light, 600 to 659 1hs., 36 to $8.70; canners, $5.00 to $6.25; cut- ers, 35.60 to $4. sheepy lgat, $5.75 to $9.60; do. heavy, $6.75 to £8.00; calves, 32.00 to $16.00; sprig lambs, cw:, $15 ' to $16; yearlings, $11 to §12; hogs, fed and watered, $16.25; 0 weighed off cars, $16.50; do | 3 8 3 3 e 2 do. f.0.b., $156.50, 3 Buffalo. East Buffalo, July 20.--Cattle- Receipts, 4,200; active and steady; prime steers, $13.26 to $13.75; ship- ping steers, $11 to $13; butchens, $9 to $12.25; yearlings, $11 to $13.25; heifers, $8 to $11.26; cows, $6 'to $9.75; bulls, $6 to $9.50; stockers and feeders, $6.50 to $8.25; fresh cows and springers, $60 to $1265. Veals--Receipts, 1,400; active and steady; $6 to $17.76. Hogs--Receipts, 8,800; heavy, $15.90 to $16; mixed, $15.85 to $165.- 90; Yorkers, $15.75 to $15.90; light Yorkers, $15 to $15.26; pigs, $15; roughs, $13.85 to $14; stags, $12 to 12.76. \ ' Sheep and lambs--Receipts, 1,- 000; slow; lambs, $10 to $16; year lings, $9 to $13.50; wethers, $10 to $10.25; ewes, $5 to $9.50; mixed sheep, $9.50 to $10. Chicago. Chicago, July 20.--Cattle receipts, 21,000; market weak; beeves, $8.25 to $13.90; stockers and feeders, $6.- 20 to $9.10; gows and heifers, $.850 to $11.80; calves, $7.50 to $14.50, Hoge, receipts, - 89,000; market slow; light, $14.45 to $16.65; mixed, $14.45 10, $15.80; heavy, $14.25 to} $15.85; rough, $14.26 to $14.46; pigs, $11.25 to $14.40; bulk of sales, $14.80 to $15.75. Sheep, receipts, 20,000; market weak; native wethers, $7.60 to $10.- 80; lambe, native, $9.50 to $15.40, GRAIN QUOTATIONS, p 3 4 il $ § $ $ $ Pi Montreal. Montreal, July 20.--Corn, Ame erican No, 2 yellow, $1.75 to $1.80. Oats, Canadian western No. 2, 81¢; do. No. 3, 80¢; extra No. 1 feed, 80c. Flour, Manitoba spring -wheat patents, firsts, $12.50; do. seconds, $12; strong bakers', $11.80; wint- er patents, cheice, $12.75; straight rollers, $123 fo $12.30; do. in bags, $5.76 to $6.90. Rolled oats, bar- rels, $9 ta JIa5; bag of 90 Ibs, $4.40 to $4.50. Millfeed--Bran, $33 to $34; shorts, $38 to $39; middlings, $40 to $42; mouillte, $44 to $49. Hay---No. 2, per ton, car Igts, $11 to $11.50. . Toronto. Toronto, July 20.--Manitobla wheat--No. 1 Northern, lake ports, $2.66 %; nominal; No'" 2 northern, $251%, . Manitoba, Sats--No. 81%c, rack, ' 8. x eran arn --31.09; nominal track, Toronto. - nt, wheat+-No, 2> winter, per 2.35 to $2.40; No. 2 win- 38 to $2.38, according to "ie NE $3.05 t 1 7 Ld $ 0 " 1 : First patents, in jute bags, ME second pAtents, $11.90; strong bakers, $11.50, Ontario flour--Winter, according to sample, $10.45 to $10.66, track, i nibo, prom shipments. . "Mik od ar lots, delivered 'shorts, $38 to $39; bran, 4; 1 a: ir, per bag, $28.0 to $2.90; $42. © Hay--Baled, track, Toronto, car lots, No. 2, $12 fo $12.50; mixed, $9 to $11; straw, $8, # ------ 8 d 0 Chicago >: Chicago, July 20.--Wheat--No, 2 red, No, 3 ned and No. 2 hard, nom- inal; No, 3 hard, $2.35. Cornw-No. 3 yellow, §1.94% to $1.95; No. 3 yellow, $1.94 fo $1.95; No. 4 Yeti > '3 white, 34 , $12.00 to ' 00 to $17,00. sists Lael September July, be ler, Cash_No. 1 bard." $335; No Nottherd, 60 #0 72.70; Neo. 2 n, 50; to $2.60. Corn-- No. 3 yellow, $1.88 to $1 85. Oats-- . Neo. 3 T2% to T3%e. Flour Bran, $31 to $32, p $1.97. v Duluth, J 20.--Wheat-No. 1 hard, $3.57; No. 1 Northern, $2.56; No. 2 Notthérs, 32.46. Linseed, $3.08; July $3.08; September, $3.11; October, $3.03%, "New York. . 1.15 to $11.40; ° New apring winter winter | 8e Chgice steers, | to $8; | 33 3: good, +$1.80 -~July, $2.40; --No. 2 .C.W., T4c; { No. 1 feed, 72c¢; No. 2 feed, 69 3-4c, | Barley rejected, $1.11; feed! $1.11. CW, $2.86%; No. 3 C.W.; $2.70%. Kitchener, 35¢ to 37¢; London, 37¢ [to 42¢; Owen Sound, 27¢ to 28¢; Peterboro, Stratford, Owen Sound, 27¢ to 28¢; Peterboro, Thomas, 35c¢ to 38¢; Stratford, 33c¢ to 36¢c; and Woodstock, 22¢ to 23¢; Cobourg, Chatham, don, 36c to 40c; Owen Sound, 22¢ to 23c; Peterboro, 25¢; Port Hope, ford, 24c¢ to 26c¢c; 30c pet pound. ford, $3.50; Chatham, $3 to $3.50; Ham- Owen $3 to $3.25; 2.75; bourg, $2.25 $2.10 to $2.25; Hamilton, $2.10 to $2.20; Kitchster, to ford, § bushel. ford, $1.05 to $1.19; Cobourg, $1.- 35; Chatham, $2 to $2.50; Hamil- ton, $1.10 to $1.25; Kitchener, $1.- 0; Owen Sound, $1.26 ! Petepboro, $1.25; Port Hope, $1.15; St. Thomas, $1.50 to $1.60; Stratford, $1.10-to $1.30 per bushel. oC Hamilton, 7c to 74¢; Kitchener, 85¢; London, 71c; Owen Sound, 63¢ baled $10; Chatham, Hamilton, loose $10 to $13; Kitchen- er, baled $15 to $15.50, toose $13.- 50 to $14.50; London, loose $10 to $18 to $19, loose $13 to $14; Port Hope, baled $18, loose $12; Strat- [ford loose $9 to $10; end Wood 'stock, baled $15 to $16 $15 per tom. ¥ chance. twelve square feet of floor the shed. with gasoline. reduced if several farmers use fa silo cutter co-operatively. m better: ne feed for hogs. in { of Sora genous feed for hogs in fall. or" AEs food for tions is Winnipeg. Winnipeg, July 20.--SWheat, No. northern, $2.40; No. 2 northern, 2.37; No. 3 northern, $2.34; Ne. 4, No.. 5, $1.99%: No' 6, ; feed, $1.38. Jasis contract August, $2.35. Oats No. .3 Cw, 1:feed, 73 1-4¢; C C 3lz¢; extra No. ~-No. 3, $1.27; No. 4, $1.23; Flax Ne. 1, No. NWIC., $2.89; GENERAL TRADE. . Butter. Belleville, 43¢; Brantford, 38¢ to Oc; Cobourg, 35¢ to 38¢; Chathan, Gc to 38c; Hamilton, 42¢ to 45c, T 35c to 38¢; Port Hope, 5c to 37c; St, "Thomas, 38c to 40c; 34c¢ to 38¢; and Wood- tock, 36c to 43c¢ per pound. A Eggs. Belleville, 34c to 36¢; Brantford, 8c; Cobourg, 35¢; Chatham, 35¢ to 8c; Hamilton, 40¢ to 42c; Kitchen- r, 35¢c to 36¢c; London, 36c to 37¢; 0 S5¢ to 38c; Port Hope, 28¢; St. |P 32¢ to 35¢ er dozen. Chickens. Belleville, 26¢c to 30c¢c; Brantford, 28¢c to 30ey Hamilton, 25¢ to 28c to 30c¢; Lon- 3b¢; Oc; Kitchener, Oc; St. Thomas, 22¢ to 28c; Strat- and Woodstock, Potatoes. $2.75 to Cobourg, Belleville, $3.60; $2. Brant $3.20 to ton, $2.40 to 4.50; London, $3.20 to $3.60; Sound, $3.60; Peterboro, Port Hope, $3; St. Thomas, Stratford, 2.50 to and Woodstock, $2.40 to 3.20 per bushel. $3.50; Kitchener, 3.60; B Wheat Belleville, $2; Brantford, $2; Co- to $2.405 Chatham, $2.25; London, 2; Owen Sound, $2.25 to $2.30; eterboro, $2.26; Port Hope, $2.35 $2.40; St. Thomas, $2.10; Strat- 2.25; and Woodstock, $2 per "a9; Barley Belleville, $1.15 to $1.20; Brant- to $1.30; and Belleville, 80c; Brantford, 70c; obourg, 80¢; Chatham, 66¢ to 86¢; 65c; Peterboro, 76c; Port Hope, 6c; St. Thomas, 90c¢; Stratford, de; and Woodstoek, 80¢ per bushel. Hay Belleyille, baled $10 to $11, 10086, 12 to $13; Brantford; $10 to 12, loose, $12 to $14; Cobourg, baled $14; 11,60; Owen Sound, baled $10 to 11, loose $10; Paterboro, balled $16, $12 to $15; St. baled B , loose $14 to CHOPPED STUFF. Vv Pigs will be clean if given the It is as natural for pigs to eat rass as it is for any other animal to 0-86, . a ih Breeding ewes reghire at. least | Butter, creamery, Butter, Trout, salmon, White fish, 1b... . Feed flour, bag . Hay, baled, ton .. Hay, loose, ton.. Oats, Man., bush Oats, local, bush . vor Shorts, middHngs $41.00 Straw, baled, ton. . . Straw, loose, ton. Wheat, local bush, 1.85 Cuts, 1b, .. . . . Local carcase, 1b. Tioeal, hinds, Ib Local, fronts, Ib. . Cow Hides (green), lbs. Cait Bkins, lbs, .. Deacon Skins, each ve Sheep (fresh take off), each Tallow (rendered), lbs, .. Beef Hi Horse Hides a Lambs » Shearlings, each ... 45 40 30 rolls, Ib 35 heese, 1b Eggs, fresh, doz vei tm e---- od, steak, 1b Eels, ib. .. .. Floénders, 1b. .. . Filletts, lbs. .. Fionin Haddle, Hake, 1b... .. Haddock, fresh, 1b. Halibut, Kippers, doz... .. Perch, 1b. ... ' Pike, 1b Rock-fish, 1b... Salmon, Ib, 'Ib. fresh, 1b. ilefish, 1b. ...... 1b. (fresh) Whiting, 1b. ..... pples, peck Bananas, doz ... Cocoanuts, each .. Cucumber, box .. Cranberries, qt Dates, 1b. .. . Grape-Fruit, Lemons, doz each. ranges, doz... eaches, dozen Plums, dozen Straw berries, box. Tomatoes, 1b Grain, Barley, seed, bush. ton Buckwheat, bush. . Corn, cracked, cwt Corn, meal, cwt. Corp, yellow teed bush ... Flour, cwt, first LY grade Flour, cwt, second grade i 3.10 12.00 12.00 Meats. eef-- 15 Western, fronts . Western hinds, 1b Hogs live cwt, .,. Hogs, dressed cwt. . oe Lambs, spring car., ibs .. Veal, éarcase, lb. 11 Pouiery. Chickens, dressed, We «5s ne .. Chickens, live, 1b, Hens, dressed, 1b. Hens, live, 1b. ... Turkeys, 1b Beats, bunch .. . . Yabbage, Ib .. . Carrots, bunch .. Celery, bunch :... Letude, bunch .. Potatoes, new peck Ondons, dry, 1b, . Onions, green, bun. Radishes, bunch . | Rhubarb, bunch .. --- Hides and Skins--John McKay, "es te se ae eef Hides, No. 1 per 1b 68, Grubby, No. 2 aerdd. ... ... .. 4.00 . OReR ... a0. eals, per 1b. 'Wool, washed :... Wool unnwashed . AOE space in At the present time when grow- The running of 'a gas engine may he chicks are attaining an 'age of ften be improved by cleaning it out The cost of silo filling js greatly] ti Shim milk and grain can be fed to advantage to Boas than vi seeded at tho last Cultivation] will furnish abu a hon impouant po the ity of farm toy ya] Lime is n rect plants, but its chief fun in the soil are to neutralize and. fo. promote bacterial ac-} Kaoses straights, $11.90 to $12.4, compacting of the soil. sonsiderabie ' as t gs according to Dr. W Tage. the. Sxporint utal Farm, Quite OMB a. aud. dn, ny: nitro- dia is lost and chicks wiil give utterance to a shril from one month to ten weeks, a dis- ease (known as ~, Yi aflde- 'ating rder ng the liver and bowels, onaily. th masters ) ..Jdoing wonders in breaking. down 'prejudice and shyness at embarks white 'stato it was a better piece of work ap= etantly in front ' of the chicks and! should be changed every two days. Prevention: --Prevention consists in the isolation of all ailing chicks {from the remainder of the flock and the thorough disinfection of afl the quarters and russ, which may be accomplished by the application of a limewash solution made by adding two and one-half pounds of stone lime to a pail of water, to which is also added one-half a teacupful of a good commercial disinfectant. This should be applied full strength with a4 spray pump, brush or old broom, to all parts of the quarters, brooder houses, etc. The feeding troughs should be gleansed daily by scalding 'with boili water and special care 'taken fo prevent the chicks from getting their feet either in the feed- Ing utensils or drinking fountains as the disease is transmitted from bird to bird in this way. The floor of the brooder houses should be covered with a coating composed of nine parts of sand and one part of air- alaked line, and if the droppings are not removed daily, they should at least be mixed with a fair amount of air-slaked lime to insure pro- per disinfeétion. If the runs are not too large, it is also advisable to cover them with a thin coating of the above mentioned lime and. efiher spake or plough them up. The chicks should be kept away from all adult fowls and carcasses of dead birds immediately burned as burying only serves to keep the infection going from year to. year. FARMERS SEEK HELP OF WOMEN LY In England the services of women on the land will be more imperative- ly needed than ever owing to the withdrawal of 40,000 soldiers lent by the army for the heavy spring work of the fields. The new Women's Land Army under National Service is being or- ganized to meet this need, and the work is being greatly helped by the existence of a small nucleus of trained women, or at least of women with some experience on the land, known as the Women's National Land Service Corps. In February, 1916, conditions having become serious and promising to be more 80, owing to the continual drain of men off the .land, * the Women's Farm and Garden Union, the only association that dealt with women's outdoor work before the war, sent a deputation to the Board of Agri- culture, and as the result of gubse- quent negotiations; a grant was al- lowed to the association for the o1- .Banization of the training of wo- men for land cultivation. This led to the inmediato formation of the | Women's ational Land Service 'Corps with headquarters . in Upper 'Baker street, at a house lent for the purpose by Lord Portman. Since its formation 2,000 women have joined the corps and have been placed on the land. The re- cruiting of the right type of women for work on the land is essential to success, and since the county com mittee dealt mainly with. the enlist- ment of local resident women in the country districts, it became the work of the corps to recruit suitable girls and women in fhe towns whe could be sent to any. district to sup- plement local labors. The value of ediicated women in the. work which the corps is doin has been very clearly shown. Many members of the corps, on taking up work on a farm, have, after a short thwe.. heen asked by the farmer to see if they could not get the village 'Women to give a helping hapd, ana in many eases they have succeeded in organizing the women into wholes time "or part-time gangs. Forge, of example and a little persuasion. is Rg on umaccustomed work, The (farmers have thus proved the value of women's work agd have Been led L to ask for their help. » Th Just what happened , in the fruit districts near = Grimsby, Ontario. : Some fifteen young ladies who worked in the canneries while 'the American strawberries were on the market had three weeks to jput in while waiting for .the Canadias ero S50 'as to make use of their services, Miss Harvey induced farmer to employ the girls an at farm. He was very dubious of | regibts, but finally consented. diligently and well have the farmer: etfes. worked that farnf@¥s all abou~ the strict are plying 'for = fe- tnale 0 the. ap. Shad One of the: pieces of work the wo- men: did was tg clean ont an old eyard. very hard work, buf they were 80 successful that the farmer an men would have accomplishes. In isolated districts the total lack of saccommodation will preven: 0 from applying for women nt of the. dairy vary impo nalts that the & regular. pe . \t he ans hour night. ana nearly as ; the twenty-four hours \ 4 'which the ares, Lo iy he fie auantity and the quality of ith a shortage of more than L000 gs this year ai the elaven "principal markets of the United States. as compared with last yearn, coupled with the high dressing percentage of the parker. as com- Many are growing potatoes in Canada this year, for the first time, and, as a result of the greatly increas- ed number of growers the crop will probably be greatly increased, But to insure a good crop there must be an abundance of moisture in the soil and the tops must be protected from insects and disease, . Cultivation--The soil should be kept cultivated with the cultivator or hoe until the tops meet sufficiently to shade the ground. As most of the tubers develop in the three or four inches of soil nearest .the sur- face, and 'as the tubers will not de- velop well in dry soil, quite shallow cultivation is desirable at this season of the year. In soil which is dry there may be good development of tops but. there will be few tubers, The roots in such cases have gone down deep into the soil to obtain moisture, but the tuber-bearing stems, which are quite different from the root system, do not dévelop well, Where the soil is a loose, sandy loam, hilling is not necessary, and may be injurious, as the soil dries out more than if left on the level. In heavy soils it is desirable to hill the potatoes as it will loosen the soil and the tubers will shapelier than when the ground"is left level. When there is sufficient rainfall and mois- ture in the soil hilling is likely. to give best results in all kinds of soil, as the soil will be looser and the tubers can push through it readily. As a great development of tubers takes place during the cooler and us- ually moister weather of the latter part of summer, it is very important to keep the plants growing well un- til then. In one experiment it was shown that during the month of Sep- tember there was an increase ° of 119 bushels of potatoes per acre. Protection of Potato Tops from Insects--It is very important to pre- vent the tops of potatoes from being eaten by insects, particularly the Col- orado Potato Beetle. The old "bugs" do not do much harm to the foliage, as a rule, and usually the plants are not sprayed to destroy these, though the fewer there are to lay eggs the less difficulty there will be in destroying the young ones. These begin to eat rapidly soon after hatch- ing, and close watch should be kept 80 that the vines may be sprayed be- fore much harm is done. Paris green kills more rapidly than arsen- ate of lead, but does not adhere so well, and in rainy weather it is desir- able to have something that will stay on the leaves so that they will be protected until it stops raining and thus prevent the tops being eaten. At the Central Experinmrental Farm a mixture of Paris green and arsen- ate of lead is used in the proportion of 8 ounces. Paris green, 1% pounds paste arsenate of lead or 12 ounces dry arSenate of lead) to 40 gallons of water in order to get the advan- tage of both poisons. It may be that it is not convenient to get both pois- ons when either 12 ounces of Paris green or 3 pounds paste arsenate -of lead (or 1% pounds dry arsenate of lead) to 40 gallons water could be used, or in smaller quantities, say 1 ounce Paris green to 3 gallons, or 3% ounces paste arsenate of lead or half that quantity of dry to 3 gal- lons of "water. An experiment con- ducted for six years at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, show- ed that, on the average, where the tops were sprayed to kill 'bugs,' the vield "was 186.9 bushels per acre, while when the tops were not spray- ed and allowed to be eaten, the yield was only 98.2 bushels per acre. It is desirable not to stop with one spraying," which usually does not kill al the bugs, but to spray several times, if necessary, so that as little as possible is eaten Protection of the Potato Plants from Late Blight and Rot.--In some years the crop of potatoes is much lessened by the late blight disease, and when rot follows little of the crop may be left. It is, therefore, very desirable to prevent this dis- ease from spreading. This is done by keeping the plants covered with Bordeaux mixture from about the first week of July, or before there is any sign of the disease, until Sep- tember. Sometimes the first appli- vation of Botdeaux mixture Is made before the potato beetles are al} kill- ed when the poison for them may be mixed 'with the Bordeaux. While the disease Is not very bad every year it is well to be prepared. There Was an average increase per year of 94 bushels of potatoes from spraying with Bordeaux mixture in three years. The formula for Bordeaux mixture for potatoes is 6 p d pper sul- phate or bluestone, 4 pounds fresh- ly slaked lime to 40 gallons of wa- ter. While the bluestone will dis- solve more quickly in hot water; if it is not convenient to get this, it may be suspended over night in a} cotton bag in a wooden or earthen vessel containing four or five or more gallons of water. The lime should be slakeéd in another vessel and before mixing with the copper sulphate solution should be strained through coarse facking or a fine sieve.. The copper sulphate solu- tion is now put into a barrel, if it has not already been olved in one, and enough water added to half fil the barrel; the slaked lime should be diluted in agother barrel with enough water to .x b rel of the lime mixture. Now pour the diluted lime mixture into the di- luted copper solution and stir tior- oughly. 'when it is ready Tor use. The comeesitrated Hime mixture should not be mixed with the concen- i laf £5 Be at corn exten tartar ia oll dies TP TS ok mo trated copper sulphate solution, as, it this is done, an inferior mixture will result. If the barrels are kept covered so that there is no evapora- \ . al- | ke hall a bar-} J. ML CV.0. LLD, D.CL., Presiden: & CAPITAL PAID UP, $15,000,000 personal duty of conserving tion; stock -solutions of the concen- trated materials may be kept in sep- arate barrels throughout the season. It is important to have the quanti- ties of lime and copper sulphate as recommended, but, in order to be sure that enough lime has been used and there is no danger of hurning the foliage, let a drop of ferrocyanide of potassium solution (which can be obtained from a druggist) fall into the mixture when ready. If the lat- ter turns reddish-brown, add more lime mixture until no change of color takes place. ) EARNINGS OF US. STEEL Net For Quarter About $100,000, 000 After All Taxes. New York, July 20.--The .direc- tors of the United States Steel Cor- poration meet om the last Tuesday of the current month to act on divi- dends and pass on the report for the second quarter of the year. The statement for the first quarter of the current year showed earnings of $113,121,018 and estimates for the current quarter have ranged around $130,000,000. In the first quarter the $113,131,018 earnings were af- 'ter all taxes deductions. If United States Steel anticipates the excess profit tax in the current quarter, it is figured that net earnings will run around $100,000,000 or at the rate of $400,000,000 angually. Annual interest, depreciation and preferred dividend charges amount to about $86,000,000 annually, so that there would retain a surplus at the rate of $315.000,000 annually on the common, equal to approximately $62 a share on that issue. Ontario Steel Earnings High. Toronto, July 20.--In reliable quarters on the street the statement is heard that the Ontario Steel Com- pany will show a financial report for the year ended June 30th, which will over-shadow in- the matter of pros- perity that of id previous year in the Company's history. The statement is heard that the profits of the year will be equal to 12 per cent on the common stock. This means after allowance has been made for war tax, depreciation of plant, and after allowing full 7 per cent for the preferred. ' The capitalization of the Ontario s J - interest at current rate. KINGSTON BRA ¥ a ta NCH, SIR JOHN AIRD, General Manager > HV. F. JONES, Aw Gen, Manger RESERVE FUND, - $13,500,000 p---- SAVINGS BANK BUSINESS A Savings account will assist you in the patriotic and your finances. This Bank allows interest at current rates, and welcomes small accounts as well as large ones. Kingston Branch--P. C. STEVENSON, Manager. A A A AAA tac at at a ai Bait Bongard, Ryerson & Co, MEMBERS OF TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE STOCKS, BONDS, GRAINS & COTTON Private wires to Toronto, Montreal and New York. Howard S. Folger, Manager. i Kingston Address, 44 Clarence St. Phone 995. ' Toronto Address, 85 Bay street.' Steel Products consists of $750,000, each of preferred and common stock, together with $600,000 of 6 per cent bonds. Gold and Silver Dividends. Toronto, July 20.--=During 1916 dividends and bonuses declared by silver mines at Cobalt amount to $65,5610,830.14, making the tgfal re- turn to shareholders $65,181,742.84 up to the end of 1916. Gold' mines at Porcupine and Kirkland Lake paid dividends in 1916 amounting to $4,- 431,750. The mines were Dome, Hollinger, Porcupine-Crown and Tough-Oakes. The gold mine divi dends to theend of 1916 from these two camps amounted to $9,774,626. Half Year's Fire Foss, Toronto, July 20.--The losses by fire in the United States and Canada during June, as compiled by the Journml of Commerce, were $15,513,- 270, compared with $12,247,500 in 1916 and $10,803,950 in 1915. The losses for the first half of 1917 reached the unusually heavy total of $144,621,725, compared with $125,776,420 last year and $92,391,- 000 the year before. United Cigar Stores. New York, July 20.--United Cigar Stores Company reports Juno sales gained $875,000 over June, 19186, and including June business sales for first half of 1917 gained $3,500,000 over first six months of preceding year. J. D. McGregor, Brandon, sgeded a field to sweet clover last year It. wintered well, says The Norsliwest Farmer, and has been pastured by sheep up to the present time. They seemed to relish this pasture as well as any other, and the sweet clover withstood the pasturing well, The hog makes a mature product quicker than any four-legged animal, and in these strenuous times should be. the mainstay in our efforts to in- crease meat supplies. When draft mares are used for farm work the Income from the sale of colts each year makes the cost of horse labor much less than when the work is done by geldings. Reports from various parts of the country indicate the flush of egg pro- duction is past in consequence re--- ceipts are deeliniiig rapidly at con- suming centres. y Fulfills Every Claim No furnace can do more than satisfy-- - but the " Sunshine" furnace absolutely and invariably does satisfy 'completely when properly installed. Ask our local dealer to show you this good furnace, or write for free booklet, + "SUNSHINE FU RNACE HO Tul ! fully and + For Sale bv J. B. Bunt & Co.