Daily British Whig (1850), 5 Jun 1918, p. 9

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MACHINES FOR MILKING Farmers Will Find That They Are Very Profitable. TO MEET LABOR SHORTAGE ---- How to Prevent Bees Swarmi Hints for the Gardener and Dairy. man In June--Methods by Which to Destroy Troublesome Weeds. (Contributed b; tario ; i cata Toron tment " HE statement that the milk- - Ing machine bas now be ! me & practical proposi tion ean now be made with considerable confidence. Practically all the standard makes of machines sold in this province, the cheaper ones as well as the more expensive, are giving good satisfaction in the hands of a great many dairymean, But all machines are some] what complicated, and somewhat delicate of adjustment, so that to be successful the operator must exercise some mechanical ability, and strict care and attention to the needs of in- dividual cows, Without these the milking machine bas always proved i & failure. It can hardly be said thst the machine will get as much milk from the cows as good hand milking, but properly handled, it will give better results than the average hand- milking, and there is no doubt of its being a great economiser of labor and time." The machine has its place on the farms of dairymen who milk more than ten cows, it being doubt~ ful economy to invest so much for a smaller herd, June is the swarming month and BORIS, pete ae oc . ween 8 2: of the month, depend- season and the latitude. -- @ THE SCIENCE OF "SMELL" Prof, A pens Asks If It Can Be Measured. Have you an ambition to found a new science? Why not measure a smell? Can you teil whether one spiell is just twice as strong as an- her? It is obvious that we have very many different kinds of smells, from the odor of violets down to asafetida, but until you can measure their likenesses and differences you can have no seience of odor. In the first place we have to define un odor. Is It an emanation of ma- terial particles into the air or is it @& form of vibration, like sound. If you can decide that question, yeu will have the starting point for an entirely new investigation. If odor is an emanation, it could he weighed; if it is a vibration, it could be we- flegted from a mirror. Light and sound aad heat can be reflected. | have even warmed my hands at the reflection of a fire in a mirror of pol- ished metal, Thet a cultivation of the sense of smell may be very valuable was pro. vided In the discovery of the suh- stance selenium. In experimenting with the waste products obtained in manufacturing sulphuric acid, a dis- tinguished chemist noticed the char- acteristic smell of tellurium--an odor that has no counterpart on earth or in heaven. But the smell was thb only indication of the presence of the substance; all the chemical reactions declared that there was no tellurium present in the powder. The chemist therefore concluded that, if no tellur- um was present, there must be a new substance there, as yet undis- covered, which resembled tellurium. When he had extracted from the mass all the materials that he knew were present, he found a residue, which proved to be, as he had suspected, a new elementary substance. This new substance, which was named selenium, resembled black sealing wax in appearance. In its vitreous form it was a nonconductor of efectricity, but when heated al- most to the fusing point and allowed to cool very slowly it completely changed its appearance. It acquired a dull, metallic look, like lead; and in that, its crystalline condition, it was & conductor of electricity, but of extremely high resistance. A little peneil of crystalline selen- ium, not much more than an inch long, offered as much resistance to the passage of an elebtrical current as ninety-six million miles of wire, enough to reach from here to the sun; Yet it was a conduetor.---Alex~ ander Grabam Bell in the Youth's Companion.. ---------- % Argentine's Most Interesting City. Mendoza, which ls séme six 'huh- dred miles from Buenos Ayres, Is one of the oldest elties in the Argentine, and certainly one of the most inter. LOlORY | op ~No-situstion. could -be more the | Genightrat. THE eity, whieh "is batt ull in 333 (On a Agricul ure thoroughly 1 and studied by ail . The the gar- going The 'thin. ac 25 § ili g £ i on a flat plain, Hes directly at the foot of the Andes, and enjoys a superb view of Its beautiful snow- covered heights. One Captain Cas- tillo, says a writer 'in the March Wide Warld Magazine, founded the city as far back as 1568, but it was entirely destroyed by an earthquake in 1861. Ruins of some of its ancient churches still exist, and very pathetic to look at are these relics. Unfortunately for Mendoza, it is always subject to earthquakes, and these visitations, (which generally come three or four "times in the year, never fall to cause the inhabitants the greatest terror. Owing to its predisposition to the natural phenomana, the new city Is built with houses of one stery only. The earthquake which occurred on the Ash Wednesday of 1904 was par- ticularly severe. The disaster hup- pened * after sunset, . when the churches were filled with worship- pers. Thirteen tho d persons per- ished, and out of the whole popula- tion only sixtéen hundred escaped. The most horrible phase of the dis- aster was that whilst people were burning or suffocating under the ruins, a set of brigands plundered the place and robbed even the dying. m------------------ The Size of the Sun. . During the day, when the sun is high, nothing is near it te compare it with in distance, so. we think it is small; but when we see it en the horizon, ® church spires intervening, we believe it to be large. How often have you swallowed this explanation as the truth? To be candid, it is a scientific fib. To prove it, look at the moon | behind a lace curtain or from PET an Ho Beige EH rite KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1918 rn LIEUT.-COL. J. C. A i STEWART, D.8.0. ey LIVE STOCK MARKETS Toronto, Toronto, June 4.-- Heavy "steers, $16 to $15.50; choice butcher, $12.50 to $15; do. medium, $11.50 to $12: do common, $10.75 to$11.25; heifers, good to cholce, $12.50 to $14.50; butcher cows, chice, $9.25 to $12: do medium, $7 to $7.50; bulls, choice heavy, $10 to $12; do good, $9.25 to $9.76: do light, $7 to $8: canners and cutters, $6.25 to $3; feeders, to 1,000 Ibs, $11.50 to $12.50; stockers;, 750 to 860 1bs., $10.50 to $11.26: do., med., 600 to 650 lbs. $8 to8.50; grass cows, $9 to $9.50; milch cows, $90 to $125; calves, $10 to $156.78; lambs, $18.50 to $22: sheep, lMght, $16 to $18; hogs, fed and watered, $20; do off ears, $20.- 25; do f.0.b. to shippers, $19. Montreal, Montreal. June 4 --Steers, choice, $14.50 to $17.50; good, $12 to $14: medium, $10.50 to $11.50; bulls, good, '$12 to $13; medium, $10 to $14: cows, choice, $11.50 to $12.50; medium to good, $11 to $11.25; calves, $8 to $12; sheep, $12 to $14; lambs, $16 to $18; hogs, $19.50 to $20; ? Montreal, Montreal, June 4.--Stéers, 'choice; $14.50 to $17.50; god, $12 to $14: medium, $10.50 t $11.50; bulls; good $12 to $13; wedium, $10 to $14; cows, choice, 11.60 to $12.50; me- dium to good, $11 to $11.25; calves, $8 to 812; sheep, $12 to $14; lambs, $16 to 318: hogs, $19.50 to $20. £1 Chicago. Chicago, June 4.---Hogs--Heavy 'butchers, = $1.40 to $16.60; light butchers; $16.60 to $16.30; prime heavy, $16.45 to $16.60; heavy pack- ing, $16 to $16.35; roughs, heavy, $15.50 to $15.85; selected light. $16.76 to $16.90; medium and light mixed, $16.40 to $16.65; bulk, $16.- 50 t $16.70; pigs, $16.25 to $17. Receipts 12,000; native lambs, re ceipla light; market weak: Wesh ern lambs early. Light shorn lambs quoted at $17.35; prime natives at $19.50; native ewes, few offers, feel ing very bearish; best stock $14.50 to $14.75. § Buffalo. . Butfalo, N.Y, June 4. Cattle Receipts, 3.800. Market strong. Prime steers, $17.25 to $18.25; shipping , $16.50 t§ $17; butchers, $12 Wo $16.85; yearlings, $13.60 to 316.75; heifers, $10 to $14.50; cows, $6.50 to $15.50: bulls, 7.50 to $13; stockers ana iy to 811; Bran cows and" : rh to A ecalpts, "2,300; marked strong; $7 to $15.50. : and aay rad SIT Co J &. ivy, to mixed, $17.65 to $17.75; $17.75 to $18; Mght vork- Jers, $18 to $18.35; pigs, $18.25 to $78.0 ume TLS £16.50; $12, | The Latest Market Reports ll lambs, $20.50 to $22; other lambs, $14.25 to $16; wool lambs, $20. GRAIN QUOTATIONS, Toronto, Toronto, June 4. -- Manitoba wheat--No. 1 northern, $2.23 1%: No. 2, $2.20%; No. 3, $2.17%; No. 4. $2.10%, including 2% ¢ tax, in! store, Fort 'William. Manitoba oats--No, 2 C.W.,78 we; No. 3, C.W,, 75%¢; extra No, 1 feed, 76%, No. 1 feed, 72%e¢, in store, Fort 'William, American corn---Not quoted. Ontario oats--No, 2 white, 78¢ to 78¢, nominal No. 3 white, 77¢ to 78¢. 'Barley---Malting, $1.90 to $1.42. Ontario 'wheat--No: 2 winter, $2.22, basis in store, Montreal. « Peas--No. 2, nominal - Buckwheat---$1.80, Rye->-No. 2, $2.10. Ontario flour--War quality, $10.- 65, Toronto-Montreal, $10.65, new bags. Manitoba flour--War quality $10.- 95, Toronto. . Millfed--Car lots, delivered, Montreal; shorts, $10; bran, $35; "feed flour, mot quoted; middlingh, ' not quoted, Hay--Baled, track, Toronto, car lots, No, 1, $15.50 to $16.60; No. 2 mixed, $13 to $8 to $8.50, \ New York. § New York, June 4.--Flour--Mar- ket quiet; springs, $10.75 to $11.25; winters, '$10.85 to $11.15; Kansas, $10.90 to $11.25, | Rye flour--Market dull; fair to good, $9.25 to $10.40; choice to fancy, $10.45 to $11.50, | White corn flour--Market steady, $4.80 to $5.28, * / | Barley flour--Market dull, $8.35 to §11, in 98-1b. sacks. Cornmeal---Market steady: yellow granulated, $5.07%;: white granu- lated, $5.27%. Rye--Market weaker; No. 2 west- ern, $1.81, cost and freight New York. : Barley-- Market easy: ~ feed $1.20, and malting, $1.25 to $1 cost and freight New York, Corn--=Spot market unsettled: kiln dried No, 2 yellow, $1.63% : No. 4 yellow $1.53%, cost and freight New York, ! Outs--8pot market steady; stand- ard, 796 ta 79 %e. ing, .30, ! Chicago, Chicago, June 4.--Corn--No. 2 yellow, $1.62; No. 3 yeHow, $1.56 10 Had No. 4 yellow, $1.32 to Oats--No. 3 white, 72¢ to 12%e¢; Standard, 72%6¢ to T3%e. i €---No. 2 nominal; No. § nomin- al; No. 4, $1.53. Barley--$1 to $1.26. Clover--$18 to $28. Pork---Nominal. = . Lard---$24.07, Ribs--3$21.50 to $21.87. ¥ $14; straw, car lots, | cheese, Ib., 30c; do. fancy, b., 35¢; maple syrup, hall gakon, $1.45; do. gallon, $2.50 to $2.75; turkeys, lb. 30¢ to 3%¢; fowl, 1b, 30¢ to 34c: spring chickens, 60¢; roosters, Ib., 28¢c; ducks, Ib." 30c; apples, bkt., 40¢ to 75¢c; do. bbl., $2.50 to $5; strawberries, box, 25¢ to 30¢; pine- appes, each, 25c to 30¢; as:aragus, .» bunch, 8¢ to 10¢; beans, wax beets, new, ed, small mrs, 25¢; i & The Daily British Whig [ev I bunch, 5c to 10¢; cucumbers, each, Se to 160; cabbage, each, be to 15¢; lettuce, 3 for 10¢; onions, Bermuda, case, $1.75 10 $2; do. green, bunch, d¢ to 10¢; parstey, bunch, 10¢; parse nips, bag, 90¢ to $1; do. peck, 30¢; Potatoes, bag, $1.50 to $1.80: do. Irish Cobbler, seed, $2.25: do. new, peck, 50c; radishes, 3 bunches, 10¢; vhubar®d, 3 for 10¢; sage . bunch, 5s; | savory, bunch, Se. Lift Off Corns! "Freezone" is Magic! Li ft any Corn or Callus right off. with fingers--No pain! Drop a little Freezone on an aching | cents, sufficient to rid your feet of corn, instantly that corn stops hurting, It doesn't then you lift it right out. hurt one bit. Yes, magic! Why wait? iny bottle of Freezone for a Your druggist sells a few every hard corn, soft corn, _or corn between the toes, and calluses, without soreness or irritation. Freezone is the much talked of ether discovery of a Cincinnati genius. 5,000,000 cards to be filled out. 000,000 certificates to be issued. 150,000 workers to be enlisted, - 25,000 registration booths to ; * be operated. isa SECOND SECTION ------ 3 Pumps With Low or High Heels in Tan or Dark Brown, in Black Kid or Patent Leather. Stylish and Dressy The Sawyer 'Shoe Store - Registration a Stupendous Task One Day - SATURDAY - June 22nd The task undertaken by Canada to register every male and fernale, British or alien, of 16 years and portions. The machinery tha information procured form as to make it possible for Canada to human energy, either in the "First line of defence" or at day. her Allies, In order to make registration Sonvenient 4nd easy, 15,000 places over, residing in, the mobilize Canada, Tocationct these oe it Canad with from one to twelve Dominion, is of stupendous pr comprehensive in its every available unit of home in : t has been created is most through pro- isp § of registration will be at each place. The Registrar, who is instructed assistant deputies a

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