ows House. To grow hogs successfully some kind of a shelter must he provided. Oue plan is to build a central hog house, where the brood sows are to farrow and grow their young. An- other is to provide individual houses for the gows, and these have some ad- vantage over the immovable houses. The movable house makes it pos- sible to utilizé any field desired for hog pasture and at the same time get the benefit of the shelter, The farm- er can simply hitch his horse to the house and pull it out into whatever field he desires. The hogs being ac- customed to it will seek shelter there. in. If more than one house is.to be used they can be located some dis- tance apart, and this will reduce the danger of spreading infectious dis- eases By this°plan each sow can be lo- cated in a lot or pasture to herself. Her pigs will not bother other sows, robbing their litters of their nourigh- ment, If it is desirable, several of the houses may be run close together to Jurnish sleeping quarters for the hogs while fattening them in the winter time. These houses being movable alzo permit the owner to place them where water and feed is convenient, saving a lot of hard work in hauling or carrying the feed. Another advantage Is in the sani- tation, One can move the house away from the filth. Plenty of light and sunshine can be secured by opening the window in the side or roof. This means health to the growing brood. ~ | To Tell Steel, In many instances one is at a loss to know whether a piece of metal is iron or, steel, be it in a machine or in bar form. There are numerous methods used to distinguish between these, of which the following are the four most common: First: The method most common ly used is to tap the metal with an- other piece of metal ar to drop it on a hard surfice, a concrete floor will serve, and note the sound made. If the metal has a clear ring it ls steel, if a very dull or dead sound it is iron. Second: Examine the surface and corners of the piece in question. If the surface has a glass smoothness and the corners are sharp It is steel. If the surface is rough and the cor- ners somewhat rounded, it is fron. Third: Touch the metal to an em- ery wheel and observe very closely the sparks given off, If all the sparks burst after leaving the wheel it is steel. In steel some of the sparks burst and then the particles burst again. In iron this never happens and but very few of the sparks burst. Fourth: A final method, if the person is still in doubt, Ig to break the metal. If the fracture shows up fibfous with a dull appearance, it is iron. If the break is clean and the particles have a luster it is steel, Bread For Hogs. Bread for Is something new, and yot it is in New York state. Large bakeries in New York des liver fresh bread to grocery" and other places in large quantl every day. What is left or unsold is brought to thé bakeries bh she. de livery wagons every day. It is then broken up and placed on tép of the ovens, where it remains several days until thoroughly dried or until all the moisture is driven out of the pices, It is then in bags and 801d in carload lots to manufacturers of fancy chicken feed or elsewhere to supply the demiand. Its cost per ton at the present time including freight is less than meal, so it may be fed to stock to advantage. For pigs it is given with skim-milk or may be fed to hens or cows slightly moistened with water, and makes a desirable food. Although not as good for pro- ducing fat, owing to the small per- centage of protein it contalus, stock thrives on it and does well. Skim- milk is carried to the hog house at one farm where this is fed by means of an iron pipe from the cow barn, a distance of ten rods. CHOPPED STUFF. Professor C. E, Moyers of Pennayl- vania State College is credited with having grafted a tomato vine to a potato stalk, thus producing both vegetables from one plant. Dead leaves, contrary to common belief, have practically no fertilizing value, in the opinion of M. F. Ahearn, Professor of Landscape Gardening in ithe Kansas State Agricultural Col- lege, Wheh some of the New York grape growers wanted to change their varieties they never thought of taking out the old roots. They graft- ed the improved varieties on to the old. stalks, Two steers at the O. A. C. farm two years old. horn-Augus, Shorthorn bulls being the sires in hoth cases. Murne Cowan, the Guernsey cow whose record of 24,008 pounds milk and 1,008 pounds butter fat placed her as one of the leading dairy cows in the world has again been put test for the advanced register of Guernsey cattle. Now is the time, says the Cana- dian Horticulturist, to order stock for next spring's delivery. The nur- serymen show few favoritisms, Their method Is first come, first served. The earlier you get your order in the greater chance you will have of getting good stock, and of having it arrive- at the proper time next spring. Cows fed a ration composed large- ly of silage produced seventeen per cent. more milk and twenty-eight per cent. more butterfat than those given a ration consisting mainly of grain in a feeding test conducted for 121 days at the Ohio Experiment Station. The silage ration was algo cheaper for milk production. Horses becoming thin from under- feeding during the winter are losing money. More feed is required to put these hordes in shape for the hard work of summer than would be a good maintenance ration during the whole idle season. In 1850 the average weight of wool was 2.4 pounds a sheep in the United States. In the last Federal cénsus year it was 6.9 pounds, While in 60 years sheep did not double in num- bers, the production of wool has in- creased more than five times. To tind the number of tons of hay in a mow, multiply length by depth by breadth in feet and divide by 450, In case of straw, divide by from 600 to 1,000, according to the length of time in mow. The longer the time in mow, the smaller the divisor to be used. Early attention should be given to the seed. grain which is to he,.sown next spring. If no special fields for seed purposes were grown last Sum- mer, next season's requirements may be met by very careful recleaning of the main crop harvested last autumn, The pullets should be fed heavily for egg production, and the hens--- the .breadera--fed on a light ration. Feed the pullets mixed grain morn- ing and evening. This should be buried in a deep litter to make them work for It... Keep a hopper filled with dry mash before them. Good straw is more valuable than low-grade lay, and should be fed either cut and mixed with other roughages or fed long once daily, or the animals given free access to the straw a: a supplement to the supply of better roughage, ted with a well- balanced grain ration. Use a sufficiency of absorbeng lit- ter, not only to keep the cattleidr, and comfortable, but also to take u and hold all the liquid portion of the manure. If the supply of straw is limited, It will repay to cut it, for by 80 doing its absorptive capacity will be increased threefold, The more manure that can be made this wister; and the better it is handled, the largér will the crops of 1917 be, for whether the season. be favorable or unfavorable, a soil well supplied will be more productive than fone poor in these important constitu ents, ~ "For years," says the American Agriculturist, "this dog evil has giv- en sheép owners more trouble than all other sheep trouble combined, and it has got to stop. Apparently nothing short of rigid legislation will do any good. Farmers In every east ern state have been so severely troubled by sheep-killing dogs that many had to give lp raising sheep." In the year ending June last United States exports of dairy pro- ducts were valued at $24,000,000, 'being $10,000,000 more than in 1915 and $21,000,000 more than in 1911 or 1913. On the other hand impo of that group of 1916 amounted in value to Shightly less than $10,000, 000, as against $14,375,000 in 1918 The first week of Decémbe: weighed 3,500 1bs. the day they were $95; One is a Shorthorn-!ewes, $7.50 to $7. Hereford cross and the other Short- | i NO. 1 commercial No. 2, new, $1.40 to $1.32. .| Manitoba jute, § {so | Th Market Reports | LIVE STOCK MARKETS Montreal. Montreal, Dee, 1--Butchers' cattle, choice, $8 to $8.25; do. medium, $7 to $7.50; do. common, $5.50 fo $6.50; canners, $2.90 to $5.25: ibutchers' cattle, choice cows, $6.25 ito $6.59; do . medium, $5.25 to $5.75; do. bulls, $5 to $6.75; milk- ers, choice, each, $100 to $110; do. common and medium, each, $90 to springers $70 to $85; sheep, 5; bucks and eulls, $7 to $7.25; lambs, $10.75 to $11.50; hogs, off ears, $11, fo $12.10; calves, per 100 pounds, $4 to $10. Buffalo, [° Buffalo, Des. 1. native. steers, 1300 1350 pounds., $0.50 to 2; good to choice, $8.75 to 9. fair to good, $7.50 to $8; plain to coarse, $6.75 to $7.26; Ca- nadian steers, 1300 to 1400 Ibs., $8.50 to $9; Canadian steers, 1250 to 1350 Ibs., $7.75 to $8.25; Cana- dian mixed heifers and steers, $7 to $7.26; yearlings, dry-fed, prime, $9.50 to $10; best. handy "steers, $7.20 to $7.50: best butcher steers, $6.50 to $7; best butchering steers and heifers, mixed. $7 to $7.50; and heifers, mixed, $7.00 to 7.60. Hogs Heavy, $10.15 to $10.25; few, $10.40; Yorkers, $9.90 to $10.15; pigs, $8.7 Sheep--Re- ceipts, 30 cars. Market strong. Best lambs, $11.76 to $12; yearlings, $9 to $10; wethers, $8 to $8.50; ewes, $7.25 to $7 5 Calves Top calves, $12.75; fair to good, $11 to $12; feed calves, $5 to $5.50. East ~~ Choice to prime to Chicago, 4 Chicago, Dec. 1. Cattle--Re- eeipts, 20,000. Market strong. Beeves, $6. 70 to $12.35 (a new high record); western steers, $6.75 to $10.25; stockers and feeders, $4.60 to $7.50; cows and heifers, $3.65 to $3.75; calves; $9 to $12.76. Hogs-- Receipts, 54,000. Market weak at 10c¢ higher. Light,.$8.80 to $9.95; mixed, $9.40 to $10.25; heavy, $9.70 to $10.25; rough, $9.70 to $9.85; pigs, $6.65 to $8.75; bulk of sales, $9.40 to $10.15; Sheep-- Receipts, 26,000. Market strong. Lambs, na- tive, $9.50 to $12.25. Toronto. Dee. 1. There was a strong market for choice butchers' cows and bulls, Choice fat cows brought $6.50 to $7, good, $6.75 10.36.25; medium, $4.75 to $6.26; common and cutters, $4.40 to $4.75, and canners, $4.10 to $4.25. Choice bulls sold at $6.75 . to $7.25; good at $6 to $6.60; medium, at $6.40 to $5.80, and holognas at $4.85 to $5.20. Milch cows were steady, with prices ranging between $60 and $105. Good -to choice milkers and springers brought $80 to $105. Prices held farily steady in the small meats department. Choice spring lambs sold at 10% to 11%ca pound; good lambs at 10c to 10%ec, and culls at 8%¢ to 8%ec. Light sheep ewes werd firm at $8.50 to $9; heavies and bucks at $6.50 to $8, and culls at $3 to $56. Calves were steady at $10.50 to $11.50 for choice and $9 to $10 for medium. The receipts of hogs were rather heavy for the opening market of the week, with 1,594 at the Union Yards and 1,254 at the city market. Prices held close to the quoted prices at $11.15 to $11.25, weighed off cars, and $10.90 to $11, fed and watered. The f.0.b. price for the week given out by Toronto pacwers was $10.40. GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Toronto, Toronto. Toronto, Dee. 1.--Manitoba wheat --No, 1 Northern $1.971-4, track, bay ports; No. 2, $1.94% : No.3,81.- 90; No. 4, $1.76; old crop 4c above new crop, Manitoba oats--No. 2 C. W., §7- 3¢; No. 3, 66%¢; No. 1 extra feed, 663 ¢; No. 1 feed, 661-3c. . American corn---No. 2 nominal; No. 2, new, $1.04; December ship- ment subject to embargo; track, To- Tonto, 2 ' Ontario oats--No. 2 white, 63c to 65¢; No. 3, white 62¢c to 64c. Ontario wheat--No. 2 winter, per car lot, $1.73 to $1.75; No. 3, $1.71 to $1.73. No. 2 nominal, car lots, $2.45 « Barley--Good milling, $1.18 to $1.20; feed barley, nominal. Buckwheat--nominal, $1.35. Rye--N , nominal; 8, in Jute bage, $10.20; second ents. in : 3530; Syong bakers, in jute, ~ Ontario four--New winter, $7.65 to $7.75, in bags, track, 3 Shorts, refed $37; bran, fod Sour, per bas. Barley reed, ~+ Demand for milifeed continues good, and prices ruled firm. Corn Ameri- can, No. 2 yellow, $1.12 to $1.14. Oates---C. W. No. 2, ¢9%s: C. W. No. 3, 69%¢; extra No. '1 feed, 6945. Barley---Man. feed, $1.05: malting, $1.20. Flour--Man. spring wheat patents, firsts, $10.30; sec- onds, $9.80; strong bakers', $9.60: winter patents, cholce, $10; straight rollers, $9.50 to $9.80; do bags, $4.55 to $4.70. Rolled oat Bar- rels, $7.45; do bags, 90 Ibs. 60. Bran, $30. Shorts, $33. Middlings, $35 to $37 Moullie, $40 to $45. Hay--No. 2, per -ton, ear lots, $13. Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Dee. 1,.--Wheat--No. 1 northern, $1.8735; No. 2 northern, $1.84%; No northern, $1.793%, No. 5, $1.40%; No. 6, $1.06 %. Oats --No. 2 C.W,, 603%¢; No. a. Wh 69% e; extra No. 1 feed, 59 i8¢; No. 1 feed, 58%c: No. 2 feed, 57%ec. No: , $1.12; No. 4, 96: 88¢. Flax---Ne, '1 N. W. C., No 4 $2.06%; GFAERAL TRADE Butter, Belleville, 45¢ per pound; Brant- ford, 48¢; Chatham 43¢ to 45¢; Ham- ilton, 45c to 48¢; London, 47¢ to 50¢c; Owen Sound, 38¢; Peterboro, 45¢ to 48c: Port Hope, 40c; St. Thomas, 45¢ to 50¢; Woodstock, 114c to 48¢ per pound. Eggs. Belleville, 50c per dozen; Brant- ford, 60c to 65c; Chatham, 42¢ to 45¢; Hamilton, 55¢ to €5¢; London, b0e to 55¢; Owen Sound, 39¢ to 40¢; Peterboro, 45¢ to 50¢; Port Hope, 40c St. Thomas, 48¢ to 50¢, and Woodstock, 50c per dozen Chickens, Belleville, 16¢ to 18e¢ per pound; Brantford, 20¢ to 22¢; Hamilton, 14¢ to 16¢c; London, 19%¢ to 21¢; Owen Sound, 17c to 18¢; Peterboro, 15¢; Port Hope, 16¢ to 17¢: St. Thomas, son- | RACOON 19¢ to 23c; and Woodstock, 20¢ per pound, Potatoes Belleville, $1.50 to $1.75 per bus- hel; Brantford, $1.75 to $2; Chat- ham, $1.50 to $1.60; Hamilton, $1.50 to $1.70; London, $1.50 to $1.60; Owen Sound, $1.25 to $1.35; Peterboro, $1.80; Port Hope, $1.50; St. Thomas. $1.40 to $1.75: and Woodstock, $1.50 per bushel. Wheat. Wheat sold as follows on farmers' markets on Saturday last: Belleville, $1.80 per bushel; Brantford, $1.85; Chatham, $1.76; Hamilton, $1.85; London, $1.75; Owen Sond, $1.86; Peterboro, $1.80; Port Hope, $1.78; = Soma, $1.85; al Woodstock, Oats, Belleville, 70¢; Brantford, 65c to 65¢; Chatham, 46¢ to 60c; Hamil- ton, 70¢ to 73¢; London, 73¢ to 77¢; Owen Sound, 70¢ to 71e¢; Peterboro, 66c; Port Hope, 63¢; St. Thomas, 75¢ to 80¢; and Woodstock, Shc per bushel, Barley. Belleville, 85¢ to $1.05 per bushel; Brantford, $1.05 to $1.10; Hamil- ton, $1.16 to $1.25: Owen Sound, 97¢ to $1; St. Thomas, 95¢ to $1; Peterboro, $1; Port Hope, $1.8 to $1.12: and Woodstock, 90¢ per bushel. Mill Feed in Montreal. Recent high mill feed prices at Montreal are fully maintained this week. Bran is still selling at $30, shorts at $33, middlings at $35 to $37 pure grain moullie at $42 to $45, and mixed 'moullie at $40 per ton, including bags. Hay. » Belleville--baled, $11, loose, $9 to $10; Brantford--baled, $10, loose, $8 to $10; Chatham--loose, $14; Hamilton--baled, $10 to $13, loose, $10 to $13; London--loose, $13 to $14; Owen Bound--baled, $13, loose, $10.50 to $11; Peterboro--baled, $12, loose, $10; Port Hope--loose, $10 to $11; St. Thomas--baled, $15 to $16; loose, $12 to $14; and Wood- stosk---baled, $15 to $16, and loose, $13 per ton. Seeds at Toronto, Red Clover at $10 to $11.50 for No 1; $8 to $9.60 for No. 2; alsike, from $6 to $10.60 per bushel and timothy, 4c to 6c per pound. Beans in Montreal, Beans continue very firm in Mont- real, and are quoted at an advance of 50c to '60c above last week's prices, as follows: Can. hand-picked car lots, $6.75 to $7; three-lb. $6.50 to $6.65; five Ib. pickers, to $6.- mn to seven-ib. pickers, $5.75 to » » ;. 2, 1916. New And Views Of And For Canadian F armers .- LACKAWANNA STEEL Earnings Now Running Between $40 and $45 on Common, New York, Dee. 1.--The share by the Leckawanna Steel Com- pany is accompanied by the report that earnings are now running at the declara- | tion of an ewtra dividend of $3 a| PAGE FIFTEEN - > for 40 locomotives, al a cost approxi- mately $1,250,000, has been signed by representatives the Russian sovernment with the Baldwin Loco- motive Worka of Riordon Controls American Co, Toronto, Dec. 1.--The purchase or controlling interest in the Ticonder- | Kingston Markets Kingston, Dec. 2nd. Products 48 45 = 30 50 Butter, creamery, lb, 46 Butter, rolls, 1b ba Cheese, Ib... ... .. Eggs, fresh, doz. " -- Oud, steak, 1p T° od, steak, 1b .... 12%: Bolg) 4b, i..." 107 Flounders, Ib. .. , 5 12% Finnan Haddie, 1h. . 16 | Hake, Th... ... -.. 12% Haddock, fresh, 1b. 12% Halibut, fresh, 1b. 25 Kippers, doz... .. 60 Oysters, quart .., 70 Perch, 1b... .. 10 Pike, jb... .. ... 12% Rock-fish, 1b... .. 6 Safmon .. .. .. . 30 6 Suckers, 1b... .. . Trout, salmon, Ih, 18 White fish, 1b... (fresh) ,. 18 Fruit. Apples, peck .... Apples, Spys, bbl... 4. Bananas, doz... .. Celery .. Cocoanuts, each . . Grapes, Malaga, 1b. Grape-Fruit, each . Lemons, doz ., .. Lettuce, Ib, .... Oranges, doz... . Potatoes, gweet, 1b Tomatoes, 1b. '> Barley, bush. Buekwheat, bush Corn, cracked, ewt. Corn meal, cwt. . . Corn, yellow feed 2 IE Flour, cwt, first . grade .. .. Flour, cwt, second grade ... .... Feed flour, bag ... Hay, baled, ton .. Hay, loose, ton .. Oats, local, bhsh.. Oats, Man., bush.. Shorts, middlings. Straw, baled, ton, . Straw, loose, ton. Wheat, local, bush. Honey White extracted Ih Comb, buckwheat. Comb, clover , . Meats, Beef-- Cuts, 16 .. ..-,, Local, 'carcase, 1b. Local, hinds, Ib. .. Western, carcasq 1:90 12.00 $.00 15 10 Te ae 11 Western, hinds, 1b, 15 Western, fronts, 1b. Hogs, live, ewt. . . Hogs, dressed, ewt. Lambs, spring, by carcease, 1b. Veal, by carcase, Chickens, dressed, ME ae on Chickens, live, 1b. Hens, dressed, Ib.. Heus, live, Ib, .... Turkeys, 1b, .. .. ---- Vi Apples, bbl. Beets, peck Carrots, peck .. Cabbage, doz.. Celery, bunch .. Potatoes, bag .... Potatoes, pk. .. .. Onions, dried, 1b Turnips, bush. ... Bridging a Sink Hole. In an Ontario village are two bad "sink holes," where the water has no suitable outlet, and no matter how many loads of gravel are dumped across them, in a few years the road is as low and wet as ever. One year one of the police trustees (there is always ome who does the work) who happened to be a barber, |" used his head and got a scheme that worked well. He had branches and trunks of small trees growing nearby | cut and thrown on the road until they were at least three or four feet thick. On top of this he had a perm- anent layer of dirt and gravel placed. The filing was light and did not sink 80 quickly as the old roads had yet there was a good surface to travel on, after the gravel had con- solidated. The filling lasted its time well the barber left t and it be- came an incorporated . Now the village council continues the old and expensive method of dumping gravel there as as the hungry fast maw of the sink hole swallows it up. RAW FUR PRICE LIST No. 1 Xo. 1 9.00-12.00 6.00- 8.00 4.00. 5.00 4.00 2.50- 3.00 1.25. 1.50 35 4.00. 7.00 2.00- 3.00 £.00-10.00 3.50- 5.00 A450 1.00 0 1.50. 2.0 3.00- 5.00, 3.00- 6.00. 4.00- 8.00 4.00- 8.00 1.50. 3.50 No. 2 No. 3. Large Medium - 4.00 1.50 . 150 35 = 1.09 4.00 - 4.00 5 k - 3.00 SL 2.00 - 2.00 233 PA ---------- ---- CE i 100 Fo ogi, N.Y., by the Riordon Pulp and Paper Company was announced yes- térday 'by the management of the latter concern. The American com- pany is a manufacturer of fine book paper, and is one of Riordon's hest customers for sulphite fibre, It has fixed assests of $1,700,000 and sur- plus current assets area aid to amount to over §850.Q00, rate of between $40 and $45 a share ou the stock, October earnings were approximately $1,250,000 net for dividends and November profits are expected to be somewhat higher. Earnings for ihe nine moaths to September were $8,879,000, after all charges, Estimating last quar- ter profits at $4,000,000 would bring the total net for the vear to approx- imately $12,380,000, ar equivalent te $38.50 u share. Grain Deal Confirmed. New York, Dec. 1.--The Corn Ex- change Bank of New York, announe- ed today that it had made a loan of 25,000,000 to the Wheat Export Company of Canada, guaranteed by the British Government. The pro- teeds are tp be used by the export company purchase of Canadian grain and the facilitating of its exporation. Commercial Notes, | At a meeting of the Gifford Mine shareholders it was unanimously agreed to increase the capital from $250,000 to $1,000,000, W. C. Durant, president of General Motors Co., told stockhol- ders at the annual meeting. that earnings were running at the rate of $2,250,000 a month. J. W. Norcross, managing director of the Canada Steamship Lines Lim ited, has been elected a director of the Sterling Bank of Canada. The decision of the directors of the Steel Comapny of Canada to pay a dividend of four per cent on the common stock of the big corporation . means that the dividend checks of Locomotive Order is Place M I the company for 1916 will total close Philadelphia, Dec. 1.~--~A contract! te a million dollars. ete gt A rt -~ A tegatana tt THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO TRUST FUNDS Our Savings Department gives you & guarantee of absolute security and €sT'0 1673 interest at current rate. KINGSTON BRANCH, i Bn» Artistic Memorials In Granite and Marble. Made to your order. Splendid stock, equipment and ip. The McCALLUM GRANITE CO., Ltd. 397 Princess. Phone 1931. Kingston. Sunkist Raisins First Car New Raisins Just Arrived. At all Grocers. Insist on SUNKIST Going to Russia, New York, Dec. 1.--Arthur E. Cor- bin has resigned as assistant gener- al manager of the Packard Motor Company to accept a position "as general manager in Russia for Mes- srs. Pluym and Ochs, for whom the Gaston, Willlams and Wigmore Cor- poration is selling agent in this conn- try . ---- Big Orange Crop. Washington, Dee 1.--The commor- cial orange crop of the United States shows a probable increase of 2,635, 000 boxes this year. An estimate issued by the Department of Agricul- ture places the crop at 5 the 23,835, boxes, of which the California pro- duction is 17,600,000 boxes, or 2, 450,000 more than last year, and that of Florida 6,235,000 boxes. or an increase of 185,000. The Florida grapefruit crop is estimated at 1,.- 000,000, a decrease of 100,000 boxes from last year. ~~ 239 ETE Pa ara CHRISTMAS ' FURNITURE. ! A ALL THE LATEST DESIGNS IN MUSI(" CABINETS Large Assortment to choose from, $6.30 to $25.00. DAVENPORTS, CHESTERFIELDS, EXTENSION COUCHER, FTO R. J. REID, Leading Undertaker Phone 577