PAGE FIFTEEN . a 2 THE "STANDARD BANK OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE - TORONTG 5: ETD MAE CORA GPO DES es one | he Latest Market Reports | Samer aed. S | bo] Be All classes of business accounts | Suckers 'a . Sie Tilenst, 1b 1215 | . receive careful attention. 48T'D 1873 LIVE STOCK MARKETS. - | No. 4 yéllow, 813% to 83%.c: No. 4| mens songs MM - n | All Demands of Hens Must Be Mel--Various Causes for Pres- KINGSTON BRANC H E. Richardse non A | white, 92%5c to 83c. h (fread) o .. . 18 ent Scarcity of Eggs--Suggestions for Pre- Montreal. + Oats---No. 3 white, nominal; | whitine, Ib. .._. 12% : ni y h é | : venting Future Hen Strikes Montreal, Dec. 29.---~The offerings | standard, 51%ec to 52¢. : -- hae . 5 of live stock were not numerous, but Rye--No. 2, $12.20. Barley, 83¢ Fruit ith ¢ 1 retailing in cities 28S during the winter on the cron j~ A 3 ' Y, . hk ets ed 2 er the ground | there was a steady demand for high- to $1.20. Timothy seed, $3.50 to Apples, peck .... 40 r rithin t + -producing dis- that they were not hatched Sound] " er prices still "fo come. The best! $5.50. Clover seed, $12 to 317, | Apples, Spys, bbl tricts at 40 to 70 cents a dozen, and | Proper time. This excuse 1 justi- UBUAL NAR. Once. it hus Yeon | FANANGIAL® MATTERS lambs are now $12.50 per 100 ---- Bananas, doz. i 2) : storage eggs bringing 30 to 40 cents fed. Aside from a lack of dofinite frly establisied, it becomes diffi- -- pounds, while cholee hogs are the Minneapolis. I Celer o t dozen, the hens have quit work on breeding for' egg production, eult to break. Prevention is the To Owe a Three Hundred Per Cent San Ry as an _Sxeelient 106 Alinnexpolis, Dee, 29. Wheat, | Cocoanuts, each . . many farms, and the supply is far Most important factor rut, Jb Hur be ney by Melon. » pr, PES g ma . " : v 3 Y sort he EN to 3 ri ar 3 3 : . be +» proper re © - - pouiids were quoted as follows: May, $1.70%; July, $L68%. IR ash | Dates, th, i. .. . fro n. meeting the demand, The oa low winter egg yield js late oa hop. br par 3 a om. | New York, Dec. 26 --An inereacs Chole steers, 39: rood steers, $712 No. '1 hard, $L.73% to 31.78%; ! Grapes, Malaga, 1b. hens, 100, are taking advantagd of] hatehing. Pullets should be hatched feeding. The only ss fe plan f& in AL in the capital stock of Atlantic Re- to $8.50; 'hatchars' bolls $7 to $8: No. 1 northern, $1.70% to $1.73%; Grape-Fruit, each. the times Their strike has begun! 0 that, "inder normal conditions, | ultryman is to 4 - Bah ar ta fining Company from $5 000 000 4 butchers' cows, $5.50 to $7 50: an No. 2 Jorthern, 31.05% to $1.71%.! Lemons, doz .. .. just before winter, with the stock of they will mature and begin to lay pau al the don opure coy Hu $20,000,000 resulting in 2 300 per a era pry tn "orn, No. 3 yellow, 32%e¢ to 88%c. | Lettuce ib €ggs in storage several hundred during October and Novembe Ply- | - MRands ol the hens . " Iie aban ners' bulls, $5.60; ecanners' cows v i132 4 sy £1 * Tre g ~~ er. ¥-1 4 1 av 2 Reika in tha cent. stock dividend to stockholders ' ' 8 3 w > . 81ie 9 ai CRUE vie 1 wha i Srila n order to avoid a strike in the fu- 0 , $5.40; grass calves, $5.75: milk fod Jus, Neo. white, 49¢ to 45 2¢.| Oranges, doz... . thon and cas below the normal Mouth Rocks and similar breeds turel They are demanding phi it is believed, will be put into effect tives lour unchanged. © Bran, $24 to] Potatbes, sweet, 1b upply. should be hatched in March and those conditions which are essential | ©471F dn the Now. Year Atlantic ! Lambs, $11.75 to $13.50; sheep, 324-50 | Tomatoes, 1b. . .. vr The strike is not confined to one | APril 'White Leghorns do best I] oe on Hons Se h are essential Refining is one of the biggest refine $9; select hogs, $12.50 to $13.50, pm : i section of the country, to one class | batched during April and May, Al} ! 54 ® Bait on ob all demands Ing units in the Standard ON groun GENERAL TRADE. S of fowls or to any one breed, says pullets intended jor winter egg pro- or a low egg viéld is their gltimatum 3s well as ONG of tue LM ¥ Toronto Jarley, bu ' Milligan C. Kilpatrick. It js' on| duction should be hatched before - ---- Lu Toronto, Dec, 29. -- Heavy steers, Sellevile ¥ gs ve | Buckwheat, bugh . .s 3 wherever poultry is kept. It is most June 1, Barly hatching coupled | ¢ vy Orders for Rails seilevitle, 45¢; Brantford, 48¢ to] Corn, cracked, cwt. eo N24 common among the farm flocks of With "good breeding, will insure a| | New York, Dec' 29.---Orders for rv or 0S CID £2 pt Nong < choice, $8.85 to $9; chaice butcher, of - © &S Bns I $8.25 to $8.50; do. good, $7.75 to $8; S9e: ER Aa fa 5c: Chathum, Corn meal, cwt. .. 'se : the country, but involves back-lot &90d yield of eggs the next fall and | CHOPPED STUFF over 450,000 tons of rails have heen be ' be * chene 3 p ks ¢ ® é Finte ri N Sar dar 2 do. medium, $6.75 to $7; do. common, ne - p Me \ gy oe bo he ny T-| Corn, yellow feed flocks and egg farms as well. No | Winter, provided the proper environ- placed in the past four days, and $6 to $6.25; heifers, 00d to choice, | su.' yar. ound, 10c; Peterboro,; yugn .... .. .. . } breed of fowls is exempt; Leghorns |inemt conditions are maintained since the buying rement for 1% . ) \ & e the buying movement for 1518 $7 to 27.25; do, medium, $6.25 fo] 330 to dey op, ord. 490] Flour, cwt, first . and Plymouth Rocks and other pure-| Well-bred pullets, hatched at the 4] delivers enc heromen or x 3 $6.75; butcher cows, choice, $6.25 to og en Woden "4 fg Oc ef! grade .. .. .. .. ; breeds join with scrubs and mongrels Proper time, will be of little value asf A little oil cake added to bran |2.000,000 tons have boen ex epted 37; do. medium, $5.75 to $6.2 yous ; W . 45 y 50¢ | Flour, ewt, second in their efforts to make the strike a, Winter egg producers, however, if] wili help te keep horses in condition. ! butcher bulls, cholee, $6.85 to $7.50; ean | Grade .. .. .. all 4.71 success, {egy are uot properly reared. Two! Much of the timber of commerce Talk Granby Increase. do. good, $6.50 to $6.60; do. medium, Fags | Feed flour, bag .. 2.50 2.7 The strike has reached such pro. things must be carefully guarded | in the United States is now being Boston, Dec.: 29. --Granby Consoli- $5 to $5.50; feeders, $00 10 1,000 leville, 60e per doz ; Brantford j Hay. haled, ton .. 12.00 3. portion and its results have become against--stunting or retarding - the| produced from farm wood lots dated appears a logical candidate for bas $e 50 t0'86.75; fo. baile, $5.23 to Gdc: Cobourg, 30c to tae. | HRY, loose, ton .. 8.00 00 80 far-reacaing that strenuous meas- Slow of the pulleis and forcing| The British War Office has under | @ dividend increase when directors in 50 To locket, a ta Soe Tha Chatham, 45¢ to 48c; Guelph, 60c Sots. local, Youn : 23 7! ies to Preik a i pd For- Ly at. Bey are disastrous! Sons duration the employment of pri-| meet next week. During 19186 Gran- 36.50 10 $6.75; 3 ay try to 66e; Kitchener, 55c to 60c: Owen | O3t& " EY ely for both producer and con- br somers for work on the land. by has paid $7 per share in divi- be., $5.50 to §:6 do. light, 600 10 650 "gound. 2c to 430; Peterhoro, Hoc: | SBOTts, middlings. 26.00 2. sumer, the breaking. of the = strike Anything that tends to retard tie! The grand champion steer at the| dends, two of $1.50 each and two of Jou. Pp 35.15; Samer, yi or Port Hope, 50c¢ to 65e: St Thomas, | girs ew: Unled; the. ; oe : may he accomplished by putting into Frowin ot & iatiel gown 10 deiay| Chicago International, California Fa-| $2 each. In July the rate was raised ; era, $4.50 to $5.25; sheep, | Lo ' * ro, Ban: ,» loose, ton. .. _ 8 practice on fhe farm certain well- | Der maturity and interferes' with vorite, sold for $1.75 1 16] Tro $6 pe 1 8.50 to $0.50; heavy, $7.50 (0! W¢ to 4be; Stratford, Soc te 55¢; | Wheat, local. bush. 1.66 ' x ' Bs wilh | ability to lay eggs. Poor hateh » +¢9.4 pound on the Irom $6 to $8 per annum. It is ex- * SOring . : a. and Woadstoek, Ge 15 60c¢ per dozen. | . : nown.prineiples.. Foy the strike is . BY oEBs. r hatching, hoof. pected that the rate ; spring lambs, $10.76 wo $12; 4° HIRO, alle 50¢ per dozen ---- 'dge entirely to, tha * poultryman's careless breeding, improper feeding, Potatoes in winter storage should in % \ 3h will ndw ) falves, $8 4 $12.50 hogs, tod amd { Honey. failure to provide for the hens all Inadequate housing during the grow- be kept at a temperature a er | through an Sir e xu Te FR i pars y i i é ance | arterh™, w atered, $12; do. weighed off cars, Bellevii : poy | White extracted 1h .. that is essential to egg prodnction. . | {PR period, failure to protect trom | rises above f \ 1 \ y be a8 Rar ~ $12.25; do. f.0b., $11.15 le. 18c to 25¢; Brantford, Comp, buckwheat p 1 pont, | 1€67Tes or below | rate, to be paid tn Februdry, to §2.- $12.25; do. fob, 15. 20c; Cobourg, 20c: Guelph oe Foran . .e If the strike has affected - your Mites and lice, and failure to provide freezing point. 50 per share or © { Buffalo Live Stock 24¢; Kitchener, 23¢ to 2Be; Owen! © i slover-... .. . flock, find out what the grievances FN8€ and pasture for the chickens! ~The Farmer and Siock- Breeder -- Es ne a. Sound, 18¢ to 20c; Peterboro, 15e | Ante of your hens are, and if possible that are hatched next spring will al- (Eng.) says there is a world short- | W. Angus Goes to Brid "xecutiv Jast Buffalo, Dec. 29. Cattle re- ; nid Meats. RE pee most certainly result i : dt she deren | aun Uots io Hridge Executive, ceipts 400; steady to 16¢; Port Hope, 20¢; St. Thomas, Beal -- satisfy every one of their demands. Ailiy result in another hen ' age in sheep and that the demand Montreal, Dee. 29.--W. F. Angus Veals--Receipts, 6.300: aetive: | 20¢ to 2c; Stratford, 19¢ to 20 i [Bets b 15 The earlier this is done the better, Strike next fall. On the other hand, |avicad for breeding stock must bo | the vice-president and managing heavy, 1,090 at $11; mixed, 1 08C at 80d Woodstock, 20¢ per pound. | Loeal, carcase, Ib. ' for it will very likely be found that If the pullets are forced into egg pro- great in the near future director of the Canadian Steel Four Sy roan tiL: hired, 1 35 a onl, pohivass, h. is many of the hen's grievances involve dueiioh prematurely they will pro-| wr. Frank Lethingwell, X.P.P., of | dries would shortly retire from bis 975 at $10; roughs, 950 at $9.75: Potatoes. Western, ® carcase © | practices that must be corrected now 'duce smail eggs, will not be able to| warner, Alberta, had 200 acres in| Dresent position to take executive pis anh ahs, JuY at $9.25; Belleville, $1.70 to $1.76 per h.. .v in order to avoid a repetition of the Continue high egg production for an wueat this year, avergging tty. office with the Dominion Bridge Sheep and lambe--Receipts, b,.| VUShel; Dranttord, $1.76; @obours, Western, hinds, 1b, 15 Site fn JIT. The hens know) ¥iehded period, and will not be Bt{ bushels 10 the Gere. mo cent Company ¢ a op an Gabe lied Joh con | $1.50: Guelph, $1.46; Kitchener, West ory. front Ib. » nothing of arbitration or compro-| for hse = bSudere { $16,967.15 for tho crop. ' : ; ay or ($1.35; Gwen Sound, $1.40; Peter |p ot oth 1.00 mise. da rell bred, properly hatch- | at : S : 4d 2 700 1 "50: "wa ound, ; *T-| Hoge, live, cwt.... 11. ; ) ) . . ; 2 Dr, McCampbell of Kansas Agri- Standard Oil New Presi Jeanine, A IL 50 hers, | boro, $1.80 to $2; Port Hope, $1.40; Ho Hye, sn awit 1.00 11.5 Were it possible for representa. ©d and-reared, require good bouslug | cultural College says that for Io New York, Dec. 29.--A ont gin A . "4986. Thomas, $1.60 to $1.75; Strat- bp Sel. oy - h tives of the striking hens to present If they are to give a profitable Viel {six pats of Con 8 HP Lor a dap vr, SS wih. 5 p, 8 at $9.25, ford. $1.60 $1.75 bus , Spring, by he . y of eggs duri th i " | d r parts of ; | ay elected president of mina ord, $1.60 to $1.75 per bushel. their claitns before a committee of ment in housing con nier. lmprove-| bran has practically the same feed. | the Standard Ol Company of New Chicago Live Stock. * investigation, it would be found that : nt in flousing condiidons now wily Ing value as an oqual weight of oats. | Jersey to succeed the late John D Chicago, Dec. 29 --Cattle--Re- Viet Wheat. ; the causes of the strike are many | on lowed immediately hy increas- | Over half the laand holdings in | Archbold. Mr. Bedford hag for some wipts, 19.000, AR hte Re. Be lleville, $1.50; Brantford, $1.35; and varied. Certain practises that 3, Jroduttion oa Joost farms, Servia are in lots of less than twenty | years heen vice-president and treas , 10,000; ; ~ V3 Ce 3 " : ie princips 'ts to be 2 : ¢ OF tive beet cattle, $7 to $11.75; west: | 87 Ciuc Fram, $1.50 to Chick a Pou are generally followed on the farm principal objects to be Kept | acres, and in normal times hired ag- urer of the company. 85; UH rl » ' ckens, reased, i. :. BEG steers 35 : would he cited' by the majority as IR View in housing poultry are the | ricultural labor is - " inh 35 4 ad Lp ockats and Petorboro, $1.50 Port Hope, $1.65; 3 ich he a the reasons for their faflute to pro-| Nea and tonenort of the hens and | Bach family BR er Dominon Bridge Profits, ers. $1 to $10; calves, $8 to $11.78. St Thomas, $1.50; Stratford, $1.60; (Chickens, live, Ib. : duce eggs. Fme, Tpvenie Ree of the | Ritendam. | Eight thousand one hundred and Montreal, Dee. 29.--Net profi 's fo Hogs--Receipts, 22,000; market | 40d Voadstack, $1.45. Qecse, 1h. = 3 _Probably one of the most impor- well BE Wie u oy d be dry, eigaty-six stallions were licensed in Dominion Bridge of $2,776.3%0 slow, shado lower: light, '$9.50 to | + Ducks, 1b. ....... 03 2 Jit reasons that the hens. would | and ae watin a) lighted, cheer {filinois this year. Of this number | equalled 42.7 per cent. compared $10.16; mixed, $9.80 to $10.40; ) Oats. Hens, dressed, Ih.. " §~offer would be their right to an Si 4% warm as possible Without | 5 304; or 64 per cent. were pure breds,! with 20.7 per cent. in 1914-15 and heavy, $9.90 to $10.40; rough, $9.90 Belleville, G0c per bushel; Brant-| Hens, live, Ib... .. vi i annual vacation, taken at the time ° os ventilation Agr providing | ang 2,980, or 86 per cent, grades. 9.7 in 1913-14 N to $10; pigs, $7.60 to $9.25; bulk of 127% 60¢; Cobourg, GGe to Tc; Chat-| Turkeys, Ib. . ... . Nature has specified. Nature -has|®rt a heat. It must be kent cledn| Ay A. W. Hickling's sale of Hack- ---- sales, $9.90 to $20.30. ham, bie to 60c; Guelph, 80; Kit- nt provided that every hen shall rest (404 | Tee hom pests. 1. { neys in England an average of $1.- D.U.R, To Double Capital Sheep---Receipts, 4,000; market | chener, 63¢; Owen Sound, Gc to 62¢; Vegetables, from egg production once every | t . bullets should be transferred | 190 was made. on fourteen head. Montreal, Dee, 29.--Shareholders steady; wethers, $9 to $10; lambs, Petertoio, 55¢; Port Hope, G2¢; St.|Apples, bbl. ,. .. 3.00 : twelve months in order to grow her oil rep inter quariers early in the| por the yearling colt, Adbolton For- of the Detroit United Railway, at the native, $11,35 to $13.45. | Thomas, 75¢ to Sle; Stratford, 65¢; | Carrots, peck .... .s new coat of feathers and recuperate | A, Preferably soon after Sept. 1.!.q King, the highest-yet price of annual meeting on February 8th ¥ elton and Woodstock, 60¢ per. bushel, Cabbage, doz.. .. 1.00 . from her labors of the provious year. This will allow them to become ac-| $2,850 was paid by J. Chivers will be asked to approve a resolution GRAIN QUOTATIONS -- GL Im aif ows a SOE hak I. ory Uh CINE or So Aan SOUT 1 Ba car | Shan $0 re ot } . .e 3 8 s show wd Bec . by the tenan e ) ing tal stock of » © any 2. Montreal. Bellovilie, $1 to $1.05 per buahel; | Potatoes, bag ... as > majority of the best layers molt Weather. Once settled, they should the reve (Eng. Shire Heo iax rack at +s 000 006 Mo a VInntreat, Dee. 29.--The quotations | Brantford, $1.05; Cobourg, $1.15; Potatoes, pk. .. ., 40 5 late in the fall. - Though many hens | not be disturbed. Any disturbance | oy for hire of the stallion King of say money Is needed . to make bet- were: Qaté--Canadian western, No, |#uelph, $1; Kitchener, ke: Owen, Onicus, dried, bus, in , have sufficient stamina to continue |OF radical change in environment | pangridge, and after using him at a terments and improvements to sys. 2, 66%e; No. 8, 8434¢; extra No. 1|Sound, $1.05 (0 $1.07; Peterboro, $1; | Turnips, bush. ... J : Teg production during the process of temas 'o Interfere with egg produc-| $100 fee to members there is a profit tem. PAN feed, 6415c. Barley--Manitoba feed, art Hope, $1.15; St. Thomas, 98¢| : molting, the majority are non-pro-| Hon, ne poultryman who permits! to pe recorded. : 96: malting, $1.20 to $1.32. Flour |t0 $1: Stratford, $1 to $1.10; and Raw Fur Rrice List--John McKay, | ducers during the late fail and early | i pullite to Toss: In the trees until] "Ap 5 "meeting of farmers recently To Open Twelve Farm Banks Manitoba spring wheat, patents, | Woodstock, 90¢c per bushel, I4mited. 5 * 1 winter, ; ange shi who is constantly | nelg tn a centre in England ene Washington, Dec. 29.--Tie Fedbr- firsts. $9.50; seconds, $3; strong bak- | . ee. rw $14, 3 $a Al efforts ta MNDrOvE Winter pe) who he : th trum peu 10 en, oF speaker said the more dogs in al Farm Loan Board expects to ane ers, $6.80; winter patents, choise, Hay. Raeeoo .. 4.5 '30 production by forcing hens to, moje! WW a righ on to be unduly dis-| pyojang today. than there are sheep. nounce within a few days the loca. £9.26; straight sellers, $8.50 to|. Délleviile--baled, $11 to $11.50, 3.0 . pH eQrly have failed. It is generally | 8 -- Fi NE a bid for a strike| ju London alone there are, he said, tion of the twelve farm loan banks $8.80 do. thirds, $4.10 to $4.95. | loose $9 to $10; Brantford--baled, He aw 330 1.00 ayepted among practical poultrymen | Poor teedi ds h | about a million doge, many of them to be established throughout the Rolled oats--mBbls., §7; do. bogs, 50 $'0 to $12. loose $8 to $10; Cobourg x Bova o 25 thai no effort should be made to in- a OO t mek na er important | .oeiing 185 a week each to keep. country. z Ibs, ¥31.40. Bran, $32; shorts, $35. baled $11, loose, $10; Chatham-- Cre ee 12. 0 1.3 terfere with the molting process, and | Suse wt eg Je ds. Tae import-| "qT farm of C. 8. Noble, Noble- ' oe Mid iings, $38 to $40. Mouillie, 343 100so $14 10 $15; Guelph -- baled $15, 0.01 4000 300 |iunt bullets must he depended upon | 31ct of feeding has so often been em tora. southern Alberta, a 1,000-acre National Iron Extends. to 48. {loose $13.50 to $14; Kitchener--bal- Fishor . « reas $5.00 3h {for the bulk of the winter yield ut] Dhas Soy hat The aVertge. ours. field of spring wheat has thrashed an Toronto, Dee. 29 The National --~ia od $14.50 13, c 2.50 a "4 ee . " . eggs, 8 P e ed at egg tw : - ap . . : pe aa 150 = sone NEE 1 Bear .v vv ne .. 25.00 1.501 This shifts the resvomsibility for | Production is almost entirely depen- | rae hy fw busliels pe ere, Iron Works Is understoed to have : q 5 5 op | Muskrat--Ontario--close 56as0n | the supply of eggs at this season to] dent upon the ration fed. 3) a total crop of 230.- Lad a successful year, and a further Toronto, Dec. 20.-- Manitoba wheat ' $11.60, loose $9.50 to $10; Petor- x Ppiy ® n to] : { 000 bushels of grain last year, and No, 1 Northern, $1.90%, track, Doro--baled $10 to $18, loose $8 to UBL March 1st, 1917. . ie pullets. But the majority of Ia Juany eins pose ofp Prattuceion | prospects are for an increase of that Sxinsion ot te plans i is Septem: ¥ : y $1 ! . : - Po Aaas - es these may well -evade the responsi- is due to improper feeding; in many | J . © shell forging depart. bo aor No. 2, 87K: No. 3.1 $10, Part (Jape loose 310; St) Hides and Skins, bility by claiming that no attention ' Other cases it is due to other causes, | *0uUnt this year. re nent is now jn full operation. Mr. $1.82%;: No. 4, $1.72%; old crop, | Thomas -Laled £16 to 218, loose $13 Cow Hides ( ), 1bs. a0 y by 8 ne cs Be h | \ its Gordon, general ha 4c above new erop. 10 $15; Stratford--loose $12 to $14: > 5 teen ' "ee '30 has been paid to their breeding, a ado remedied by feeding. | EXPERIMENTS TRIED, el oted x moral Jassger, 14s heen Manitoba oats--No. 2 C.W., 66% ¢. | Woodstock bated $15 fo $16, and Pit kipa, he oh seime an $208 thercfore they are under no obligat- | Pro table egg production does de- | ecte vice-president of the com. American ©orn--No, 2, nominal: ocen $13 per ton. . Jeacon ns, each, up to .. $2.00, to lay eggs during the fall and pend upon a suitable ration properly | notation Compared With Manure fos pany, No. 3 new, none offering owing to | at [Home Hides (mane and tall winter--or ac any other time, for fed, but the best of feeding will not he------ afbar i , on), each ..... cx. ou oo 8.00 iat matter. atone for lack of breeding, lack of Corn. | Asbestos To Be Listed. | Sheep (fresh take olf), each 2.50] 'pp greatest progress in the de. | attention during the growing season,! In one of the experiments at the Montreal, Dec. 20. -- The securities carcase, tb ., . Veal, by ecarcase, 0: Cade a 11 - - i Ont oats---~No. 3 white, 80c to A ad ¥o. 3 white, §9¢ fo lc: } Tallow (rendered), Ibs, .. . 08 | velopment of the poultry industry in POO" housing or failure to provide Missouri Agricultural Experiment of the Asbestos Corporation of Can- 7 we Theat--No, 3 inter; ver om S fecent years has been along the line Other conditions essential to winter Station corm has been grown for ada consisting of $2,000,000 common ' 2 to $1.64; No. 3, $1.60 ; Some Good Ayrshire Kecords, of increasing egg producing by | 8g productions. twenty-five years on the same plot of stock, $4,000,000 6 I eent. pre- €1 g2 During the two months ending De- breeding, Prins FI 1 bay bave! Successful feeding for egg produc- Eround with an application of man- ferred stock, and 3,000,000 Mp Peas--No. 8, nominal, car lots, : A : cember 9th twenty-three Ayrshire! shown the possibility of inereasing ton has been defined by a successful ure averaging about seven tons an- cent. bonds will be called on the $2.40 Kingston, Dec. 30. cows and aeifer: qualined iu tiie the output of eggs from the fart Penn:vlvania poultryman as a com- nually. In: comparison with this, Montreal Stock Exchange on Satur- Barley--Good malting, $1.16 to Canadian record of merit. Six ma- through selection of the breeding bination of equal parts of a good ra- corn has been grown In various ro-, day next. $1.18; feed barley, eal | Butter, ergamery I 48 ture tows made an average of over stock. Unfortunately, however, tion and common sense. It is certain tations without manure, A sum- ------ Buckwheat---Nominal, $1.25. Butter, rolls, Ib. . ho 9.700 pounds; one, Rosie, save 11,- comparatively few farmers have that no one ration or method of feed- mary of the yields for the last six, Commercial Notes, _ltye--No. 1 commercial, nominal; Cheese, 1b. .... .. is ' 620 pounds of milk and 376 pounds made any use of this information. Ing is superior to all others under all years on these. plots shows that the! The Dominion Copper Producta «No. 2, new, $1.32 ta $1.33. Eggs, fresh, doz. . fat, and another, Primrose of Tang- Too many of them still limit their conditions. Suitable rations may be average yield of corn on the rotated ' Co. has obtained authority to fi. Manitoba flour--HFirst patents, in| Eggs, case, doz. 3 { | lewyld, 19,015 pounds milk, and 104 poultry bréeding to am occasional made from a great many combina- plots is greater than the average create its capital from $1,000,000 to jute bags, $9.40; second patents, in| ima | pounds fat. jintroduction of new blood through! i'ns of graius and mill feeds. For yield of corn which has been grown: $3,500,000, wie, $3.90; strong bakers, in jute, | ~ Fish, | One four-year-old, Milkmaid of roesters. . | tals reason it Is possible for the continuously with manure. In other] One New York Stock Exchange $8.50, Toronto, Cod, steak, Ib .... 12 Qrkney, made remarkable record The investment of a liitle labor Poultryman to adjust any suggested words rotation has been somewhat' seat was posted for transfer at $75.« S$ 80. 1 % Ontario flonr--New AN $6.70 Bela. tb. .. .. .. : 1¢ of 14,872 milk, and 590... time each scason In the selection '3tion io meet his own conditions better than heavy manuring in this 000 and another at $76,000, latter a a to 56.50, fo bags, *. tra Wo... fat. A three-year-old, Queen of a few fowls for breedi urposes "0d the condition of the market experiment. The last six years of price bei al t '8 i Proint sBipment, 3 | Finnan Haddle, Ib. 18 | Jassie of Brookside, also did remark- | yi pay a high rate preg lrg without sériously impairing its effic- the quarter century have been chos- | record. yu 18 Yours "Nien ho Sifeud ol My ivered ss oo 0 : 123% | ably 10,162 pounds milk and jy reased production. When ege | lene. en'for comparison, since one of the At the last meeting of the board teed flour, per bag, $2.80 : 3 | 448 pounds fat. Weduction is the artctpal object t e The quirements of a suitable rotations ia a Si-yods rotation, and of directors of the Bank of Toronto, four, 80, il . { - es {se on of" breeding stock ration for egg production may be number of years is suffi- Archibald H. Campbell, Toronto, was Hay -Haled, No. 1, trick, Toroute, i= oa 20 |orgiRdntiue Augue breeders have [should be made during the all and briefly summarised au rola): To cleat (0 IATEoE orercn seasonal! lected a director. . best grade, new , car lots, $12 t0| Oysters, quart . 70 organized an association, R grade, . . -" . early winter the characteristics should be easily digested and variations. i + The Canada Steamships company 333; Xo 2, $9 to $10; straw, $9 to & | that denote t sood layer are more It should not be understood from made two quarterly distributions in -- yp, = a i ; pronounced [ine in : these results that rotation is suffi-' 1914, none in 1915, throe in the cur. w ; on RAW py ve, : The bréeding stock should consist Sion St the Jarce Smouuts necessary Sent to attain the yield of sam. | rent year. Apparently there will be Wintipeg, Dee. 39.--Wheat, No. 1 As Furnished by Soo. Mills & Co. : of mature' two ot three! for p e eke production; it matter rlment which, | 0 of 12 1-4 per cent arrears to niipeg 0 Fos ished bf Gro Sul TA Yo. 8 hens, IE ron TSE! should De. SHANE fr a an Jt A kor of In experiment which Me dealt with after the turn of the northgra, 1.78; No. 2 hern, B73 No, 3, $1.68: Nob 5 $134; RE ,, large Medium Small | eveloped = cockerels. ene. the eM of these Dorsal To of Electric Railway Co L : eo X ' : : ¢ ? e i x i 's earn. SHEE St Ee Ofer | SIMRO 000-800 40: 500 sag pool, HELENE Lin pall Show ve ccm a ! Bos soon, tone fut are reflecting sutactrity 1 a % : i G" . € [ 8 are, ~| impro in i h a axe; is : Toe: | 250- 400 250- 3.00 1.36 1.800 -- 1.50 rand» ; is move important than fairly' coast. For the foar months. 0 Oe a Hy Ne ) elmer he ; . ! ' manuring in the long run, but tober 31s: Kross earnings show a $2.5044e; No. 2 C.W., $2.53; No. a EASERS (pire whe) hae: 20 SH heir, oe A - maintain lana In En abot § o ae a. Anan. 59% : : re ) : : in land in productive 5 t. : SOW. $238k. He A 35 aston, tion In making | © : ; economically it should be both} Michipoten Power and Paper Com- BAR ; EL ; 2 hens Sel . Totated and manured, while Ih many pany, Lid. has been ' fncornra'el, 00-2200 §.00-10.00 4.00- 1.00 - - 4.00 4 - 2.00 [ers should be of good size--preter. : Ring _xter-| with Torenta head office and capital have . ' zation o «500,000, to carry on a Ford aioe. nei No. 4, 95, [igi a00 3.50. S00 200.800 Shoe 200 ~ 1.00 fock--and should possess § : pou ; Speer and, pulp and paper : : Mash ground Soy " : business, involv saloby L ws Flax--$2.60, - S---- | Miller Wood, of Ti 8 : ; 2% 2.00- 5.00 3.00- 6.00 -200 - 1.00 ent Tayers widdlings, 106 2 5 lath. ; ---- . 1 SR or aD ae , the 0 In 1860 the British Vieo-consul at pany of lands, pu Be LILI Ne sheen 4 00.3 4.00: 8.00 490-300 150: 280 15 2.00 ox by observing the tie ot TaD. i va or wil Govirn., Watéepowes rights, 12%; No. : :.2 bE wolting, ; : : that "butter, or what is sold! : TT . © Medium Small: Large Modis gud Supls ak | g el that name is exeerably bad." A Province of Small Fayms, . : : x 4 ; fore than 00 4.00 $.50- 3.00 1.50- 2.35 1.00- 1.75 BO 1.00 - | selected 'he re n : 0 y en other country and at a bigher aver. 4 Sane Y \ 0 : ° ) rody : ; price per " i - 2.00 = hy NE S50. 75 Ap ¥ xt | at cor | ; : (2) between fitry zo, Dec. '29. --Wheat--No. : x a § acres, ; red, $1.68; No. 3 red, $1.61; No. 2 ; bo F 35-50 a eh 24 ag vin 3.54 ¢