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â€"Ws Wye-- 6 g 011 the Farm. “MMâ€"m. SiVINE-FEEDIN G EXPERIBIEN TS. Prof. Day, agriculturist of the Guelph Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion, has concluded one of probably the most important series of experiments ever attempted and successfully car- ried out in the interests of swine-rais- ers. The object of this experiment was to wage a battle of the breeds. Six breeds of pure-bred hogs entered the lists, comprising Berkshire. Poland- China, Yorkshire, Chesterâ€"White, Tam- wurth, and Duroc-Jersey. The contest was on the principle that the proof of the pudding was to be in t the eating thereof, consequently the \Villiam Davies Company of Toronto constituted the commission to distri- bute the trophies to the victor. The Tamworth was the victor. The Davies Company speak thus of the breed: " General characteristics, exceedingly fleshy, small shoulder, evenness of fat on back; a long head, which. however, is compensated for by neck being mod- erate, bone suitable. . The two breeds of hogs whfih are unquestion- ably in advance of all the others, from the standpoint of aCanadian exporter who wants a. long, lean side. with well- developed belly and small shoulders, and full ham, are Yorkshire .and Tam- worth. Coming next to these two breeds are the Berkshires, all of the others being generally so_ unsatisfac- tory that they do not need to be con- sidered." ' The Yorkshire, while satisfactory to the packer was, however, so far behind in economy of feed, them to second place. The Tamworth was the most economical feederâ€"0n a. par with the Berkshire in this regard and far above all others as asubject that this relegates discovered tlh‘lf bacteria perform spe- cial functions in the growth of all plants. One of the easiest modes of experi- ment with bacteria is for farmers to procure soil from other forms. On a field where one farmer endeavored for years to grow clover, without success was applied four bushels of top soil from a field which had grown a luxu- riant crop of clover. The result was almost miraculous. as the field which had been used without success produc- ed a magnificent crop. It had all the elements of fertility for clover, and was capable of giving a large yield, but was lacking in the microâ€"organâ€" isms necessary for converting the plant food of the soil into forms best adapted to the desired crop. A MERITORIOUS BREED. The Houdan is the great market fowl of France, and since it was introduced into this country, it has been greatly improved. The Houdan has good size and produces a great amount of very tender flesh, while in addition it lays a large number of large, white eggs. 1t and these birds present a very striking appearance, the being exceedingly is a crested variety, pullets especially handsome. The plumage is black mottled meat upon their bones. certainly not Houdans carry. They grow rapidly, are very tame, and are, moreover, good foragers. of more general culture present given them. than is at MUST BE A GOOD DAIRYMAN. No matter what breed of cows is used nor how perfect the dairy appliances, They are certainly worthy for fine bacon; the Yorkshire keepingn close company, however, in this regard. no dairy will be a success without the right kind of a dairyman. More de- pends upon securing the right breed of dairyman than anything else. He must be intelligent, studious and will- ing to work. \Vhen such a man goes into the dairy business the first step should be to secure the right sort of a dairymaid as a helper. He must then get as good cows as he can afford to buy, using them simply as a basis from which to start, testing the individual SPRAYING THE CURRANT. .The varieties of the red and white currant, Ribes rubrum, usually shedi their leaves very earlyâ€"often beforel the end of’ summer. This early drop- ping of the leaves has not been recog- nized by all as the result of disease,: -and currant bushes often fruit. welll in Spite 0f it- some years 380 the 81"} merits of each animal and breeding periment was made at our station of¢only the best, so that by' the law of spraying cum-ant bushes with the selection he will be continuously weed- Bordeaux mixture and ammoniacal c'op- l xiii: lsiizlgéggngfblfiignfigildl? and per carbonate solution in early spring and the applicatlons were repeated at intervals until June 1. The result showed that the sprayed bushes retain-I ed their foliage considerably longer ‘ flow Russia Should Prepare for [lie Sup- than those not sprayed, but the fruit “me “mum was so badly 'soiled that the treatment was not constdered practicable, and so burg, says: The Grashdanin PUbliShes It was abandoned’ an article in which it asks whether The last season the ex eriment was . - ' made of a single sprayirlig with Bor-iRussm would net be aetmg “new In deaux mixture after the harvesting of ‘ renouncmg the possesSion 0f Port Ar- the fruit; and the result was striking. thur and Talienwan. The early dropping of the leaves of the .red and white currant is due to the, attack of a fungus, Septoria ribes and' our experiment the last season seems:a free hand; Secondly’ to rid her 0f 0 TO BLOT OUT ENGLAND. to show that this disease may be very ; harbours, where in the event of a war' largely prevented b sira in th ‘ - - - ‘ bushes after the fruit hirvgstegd. Thglwnh Great Brim”), her Shlps would pmuntum dropping of the leaves re_,be. caught like rats in a trap; and, duces the vigor of the plant, and doubt- thirdly. t0 Spare 1181‘ the cost 0f 01101“- less tends to the production of infer- ior fruit. mIMPROVING OLD STABLES. There are thousands of old and poor- ly constructed stables, sheds and the like all over the northern states, in which cattle are kept during the win- ter. These are often so cold that the ground freezes solid. Such shelter is very inadequate and results from a lack of building material in many of the prairie states and also neglect of farmers to provide comfortable stables even when the material is at hand. On all farms where grain is raised these stock barns can be made comfortable with the straw. If it can be baled so much the better. Place a layer of b on the mstdb of the barn wall just as the mortar. When the top is reached place a board or rail on the top bales to keep them in place. If it is impracticable to have the straw baled it can still be used with good results. Build a fence as high as the wall of the building five or six feet outside of it and have it made comparatively light by placing the poles or boards used not more than one foot apart. Fill in the open space between the fence and the building with straw and tramp it down as solâ€" idly as possible. If flax straw can be used this makes the best kind of fill- ing. It is impossible for the wind to blow through this. and the stable will be as warm as need be. BACTE RlA IN SOILS. The new theory of inoculating the. soil with cultures of bacteria for spe- cial crops is a German discovery. and so for as tests have been made success has attended the experiments. With the opening of the new year of 1899 there will be opportunities for farmers to experiment without dcprnding on the several stations, and as the cost is small every farmer should become in- terested in making discoveries with the use of the "commercial lxicteria." Al- ready the dairyinea of this country have accepted these minute agents as adjuncts to success in (he production of choice butter, and scientists have mous defences. By occupying herself chiefly with afâ€" fairs in Northern China, especially that part of China which borders on Bus- sia’s own possessrons. and with the irailway in Manchuria, Russia will be 5a “ warning signal to the British, even in the south of China.” " Russia could then proceed,” says the journal, “ to develop her territory in the direction of Afghanistan, and pre~ 'pare herself for the supreme combat which she must inevitably have, soon- er or later, with Great Britain. profit- 1 ing at the same time by the latter hav- ing scattered her forces in all direc- ttionsâ€"an error by which she will have weakened herself in India. " It is absolutely essential that Rus- sia should fight this supreme battle on land and not on sea, encountering India.” With’- organ for St. white, and the shape of the birds shows that they carry a good quantity of They have a white skin, which is against. their sale in some markets,. but as the average farmer sells his poultry this will hard- ly count for much against the breed, when customers have once tasted the splendid flesh that the A Reuter despatch from St. Peters-- I This renunciation would have the! mains THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. b=-__‘ nterestlng Items About Our Own Country. Great Britain. the United States. and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed ant Assorted for Easy Reading. CANADA. The Quebec Ice bridge has formed. .Hull, Que, will now control a civic lighting plant. It is reported from “'innipeg that the Galician murderer, Simeon Czuby, is dying of grief. Edward Hardy, out of work, discour- aged, attempted suicide with a razor in Hamilton. He will live. F. X. Choquette, Q. 0., Montreal, has appointed police magistrate of been Montreal, succeeding Judge Dugas. The report that exâ€"Mayor A. D. Stewart of Hamilton died on his way to the Klondike seems to be authen- tic. . Lord Strathcona has ordered a new Paul's Presbyterian church, Montreal, as a Christmas gift. The returns from the recent ship- ment of fattened poultry to England show that it was highly profitable and successful. r Four Hamilton shoe dealers were fined 25 cents each for breaking the 7 o'clock closing by-law on the evening of December 23. Three Italian brothers named Cubelli hztve‘been sentenced at Montreal to three years in the penitentiary for Counterfeiting. Prof. 'E. Stone ‘Wiggins announces that he has gone out of business as a weather prophet owing to the lack of popular appreciation. A delegation of the civil servants waited on the Premier and Hon. Dir. Fielding at Ottawa to urge the restor- ation of the statutory increases in their Pa?- The Department of Trade and Com- merce have received notice that lead bullion and dross may be imported inâ€" to the United States and refined in bond, subject to a duty of 2 1-8 cents per pound gross weight. During the past navigation season 21,234,604 tons of freight were looked through the Canadian and American canals at Sault Ste, Marie, an increase over last year of over 2,000,000 tons, and the highest on record. Solicitors for the Bank of Ottawa have issued a writ against the Ontaiio Central Railway Company, claiming $300,759.78, the amount due as interest upon certain coupons to debenture bonds issued by the company. The Mounted Police are sending a patrolvto Red Deer country. Settlers report that the Blackfeet are killing cattle. The Indians are short of meat, as the antelope have not come south, owing to the mild winter. . Arrangements have been made by the immigration branch of the Interior Department to send Mrs. Sandford of Portage la Prairie to Great Britain to conduct a. movement for the emigra- following effects: Firstly, to give her I tion of servant girls to western Can- } ada. GREAT BRITAIN. Sheffield, Eng. has made a profit of $41,000 during the past half year in running its own street cars. The Bishop of Bath and \Vells was flooded out of his palace at Bath red cently by an overflow of water from the old' moat. A case of bubonic plague is report~ led to have been discovered on board ithe steamer Golconda at Plymouth, from Calcutta. Johann Schneider is to be hanged in London, Eng, for the murder of Conrad Berndt, whom he killed with: an axe and burned in an oven. England's oldest royulpostboy, Jonas Miles, is dead at. the age of 93 years. He served as postilion for George 'III., George 1V., '\\'illiam .IV. and. Vic- l toria. Emperor William has sent a gold [watch to the London policeman who saved Count Valley from an assassin outside the German Embassy in Lon- ! d‘on l alesiher adversary simultaneously in their h 11 th f you wedld my briCk, omitting of course I north of China and at the gates of L “e , was 6 guest 0 honor at a Iticciotti Garibaldi, who speaks Engâ€" recent dinner of the National Liberal "he. Grashdanin rejects all notion of C11”): and startled the 01111) by a toast an eventual reapproachment lreat Britain, the inveterate enemy of ,-Russia, from whom the latter can look with l he proposed. "And now, gentlemen," the said, "I drink to the health of Mrs. l Grundy, that is to say, the great pubâ€" l for no advantage, and its advocates, on,! 110 opinion Of England." {the contrary, an alliance with Ger- Eniany, in which France might be in- jduced to join. | â€"â€"._..- ___-â€"..-â€"_ GREEN CITY FOLKS. Mrs. Hayseedâ€"ch, I had some city gboarders durin’ th' summer, but I didn't interdooce ’eni around much 'cause [saw they wasn't fust-class folks what goes out of the. city every summer. Neighbbor~0h l They showed they'd never been in the country before, did they i” Mrs. Hayseedâ€"Yes, indeed, “'hy, the very fust meal they asked for cream. Abbot Hilda died. BABYLON‘S RUINS. The ruins of Babylon have for years been the searching grounds of anti- quarians and others. It is said that visitors to these wonderful ruins have recovered over 400 diamonds. Many of them are uncut, and the majority are polished on one or two sides only. RELIEVED. H‘sâ€"l love you. Sheâ€"Oh, is that it! I was afraid you had the ;iundico. Ireland's tel-:graph department reâ€" cently proved that it could manage Gaelic by taking-the speeches delivered at an Irish festival at Lettcrkenny, County Donegal, in the native tongue and receiving them at Dublin, so that they could be, printed in Gaelic charac- ters in the Freeman's Journal. The naval authorities have been offi- cially notified of the intention of France to replace her obsolete war vesâ€" sels engaged in the fishery protective service on th* Newfoundland coast; with modern cruisers. Great Britain will also put out of commission the obsolete gunboats Pelican, Buzzard and Cordelia and substitute for these vessels of sufficient power to-cope with the Frenchmen. UNITED STATES. It is reported that the big wire trust has purchased the Cleveland Rolling Mill Trust. Mrs. J. Weller was burned to death by the explosion of turpentine at Oma- ha, Nebraska. Burglars entered a New Jersey jail and robbed tie sleeping Sheriff, George Litterest, of $500. of Admiral Bunce. three poolrooins the retirement Police raided in Louisville, Ky, arrested operators and bettors, and carried away $18,000. Senator Justin S. Merrill, author of the Merrill Tariff Act, of 1861, is dead at Washington. He had been in Con~ gress 44 years. A report from “'ichita, Kan, says an old soldier. thought to have died, remained buried two days, and when resurrected was living. Joseph Churchill, aged 80, and his wife, aged 7:3,:ire in the Divorce Court at Jan‘sville. “'is. They were mar- ried in I‘eierboro’, Ont. ' Edward J. Ivory, the Irish agitator. arrested in England a year ago on a charge of conspiracy, has filed apeti» tion in bankruptcy in New York. A mysterious robbery occurred at the American National Bank, Sunday night, at Lima, Ohio. Gold and paper money to the amount of nearly $50,000 was carâ€" ried off. A satchel was stolenl from Mrs. “'m. L. Smith, of East Liverpool, Ohio, conâ€" taining money and diamonds to the value of $1,500 while en route to New York in aPullman car. . Another suspected murderer of Amos J. Suell has been arrested at Chicago and discharged .He is the 4lst thought to be \Vill 'I‘ascott, the murderer, who has eluded detectives now for ten years. The New York Auto Truck Company with a capital of $1,000,000, has been incorporated. \Vith this capital it is proposed to place autoâ€"trucks, operat- ed by compressed air, in the streets of that city. Police of Columbus, Ohio, believe they have James C. Dunhrim, for whom there is a reward of $11,000 offered, dead or alive, at San Jose, Cal. He is charged with the murder of his wife, her pa~ rents and brother. Marion Taylor was lynched at Scotts- burg, Ind, on Saturday morning by a mob. [He was taken from the gaol, where he had been since November 3rd, on the charge oi having attempted to kill' his wife. Prof. Henry T. Rosoland, of Johns Hopkins University, has invented_ a printing telegraph instrument, which enables several messages to be sent and received at the same time from the same or separate points over the same wire. Michael Ferrando, charged in New York with having decoyed a Greek sailâ€" or, Nicholas Zoutzouble, to his room and there beating and robbing him, has been identified as the Greek bri- gand Soteros de Sarantos, for whom the Greek Government has offered 5,000 francs, dead or alive. GEN EiRA'L. Civil war seems inevitable in Bolivia. Lawless-mess is increasing in Havana. Dusseldorf, Germany. is making ready to hold a VVorld’s Exposition in 1902. Leprosy is reported to be spreading in the provinces of Livonia. and Courtâ€" land, Russia. ‘ The Austrian authorlies are alarmed over the increase of arsenic eating in the Austrian army. The city of Besancon, France, has de- cided to erect a monument to the mem- ory of Victor Hugo. The quarrel between the. Hungarian Promier and M. Horanszky is likely to lead to six duels. The Sivedish Government expedition sent out in search of Andree, the Arc- tic cxplorer, hats returned to Stock- h_;lm. Part of the Red Rook mountain in Switzerland 1118 fallen into the village of Airolo, destroying a hotel and sev- eral houses. Belgrade's Svski Dojek h-is suspended publication for a time, as the sixteenth editor it has hid in two years has joined his fifteen predecessors in goal. Emperor \Villiam proposes to spend $12,000,000, in embellishing the Imper- Lal capital. Part of the neighbouring river is to be made a magnificent avenue. Galileo's manuscript of the treatise “On the Ebb and Flood of the Sea," written in 1616, has been discovered in the Vatican library by Father Luzzi, the sub-librarian. Grand Duke Cyril, of Russia. was among the passengers of the steamer China, which reached San Francisco from the Orient on Monday night. The Grand Duke is on his way to St. Petersâ€" burg. {I‘he oldest prelate in the Catholic Church is Cardinal Mertel, who is now in his ninetyâ€"fifth year, and so active and energetic thit he bids fair to see the twentieth century ushered in. The Petit Bleu, of Brussels, points out that the Belgian cities and vill- ages cxcel those of any other country in the. number of taverns. In Chis- lenghien, there is a tavern for every thirteen inhabitants. A French watchmaker has made a microscopic repeating watch that weighs a little over sixty grains. He intends to exhibit it. at the Paris World's Fair, after which it will be for sale for $1000. An exceedingly clever Jap-incsc workman of Tokio his carved a ligure in wood that is so like. himself that when the two are. placed side by side. it is impossible to tell even at a short dist amt» which is the living figure, A Russian officer his been making experirncnts with very successful re- sults in the use of falcons instead of pigeons as carriers. 11-! finds they can fly much faster. A pigeon ('Ot'ors ten or twelvel cagues in' an hour, while a falcon can do fifteen. Rune h‘lH gone p ykcr mid. A num- ber of scions of nolility hive recently hazardrd their fortunes on the game, “hich is being played in iii-'irly all the large cafes of tho- city and his invaded the private rcsidences. This police are determined to stop the nuisance. A subje cow and Kazan. Russia, vi here intense S'l Lb-ni'il 'I'fif'n' and temperature hm bean some time ih'u'. lb.- The for ct of much comment is ih0 «ax- , _ , _ iri'rne inildness of tha u'eaih-r :ii Mos- ? Admiral Dewey IS now the senior of-i ‘ ' §f ' y ' l . . no“! " n" Amenmn 33"“ "mug “'gmld usu'illy prevails at this season. % before gushes in the parks are coming out in bud. There is trouble in the Dutch navy. Despite a law recently enacted which prohibits commanders of vcxwls from compelling their subordinates to be present at divine worship on board ship, some of the commanders insist on in men attending the Sunday services. Russia has been pleasantly surpricd l-y a ukas of the Czar ordering the Academy of Sciences to make prepare- iions for a fitting celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the poet l’uschkin's birth. The University of Moscow is arranging for a Puschkin exhibition next ymr. A Russian farmer sought to smuggle his son across the frontiers near Pink- line“ in order to help him evade‘ miliâ€" ta ry service by hiding him in a load of b y. The young man was so badly in- jurcd by the. hay fork of the customs officer, during the inspection of the wrggou. that he died in a few. hours. Three municipalities â€" Chamounix, Les Houches and St. Gerrais â€"- are fighting in the Swiss courts for the ownership of the ‘top of Mont Blanc, and the right‘ to let concessions to speculators for .the entertainment of tourists. The old maps only mark divistons on the lower part of the mountain. A band ,of robbers nine men strong, recently attacked and robbed thirty peasants on the border of Kutuis Province, in the Caucausus. They were followed: by a detachment of Cos- sacks and mounted men as far as .-\d- jtria, where the brigands opcncd fire on their pursuers and retired into the forest. A perilous feat. was recently perâ€" formed by a Cossack in a menagvrie at Moscow. 3. was directed to clcan the cages of tame beasts and sponge the animals. By mistake he entered the cage of a savage “gym with: a buc- kot of water, and coolly procccdcdnto to wash the brute. The tiger liked . novel sensdion and quietly submit- ted. i W NAMES T0 BURN. __ 1 People “'ho .“llVe to be Announced In Sections. Oriental potentates have been pop- ularly supposed to head the lost of rulers, who are burdened with numer- ous and extravagant titles, but lovers of artistic justice will be pleased with the fact that Kaiser Wilhelm, the Great Young Man, holds the precedence in this respect. He has no fewer than 55 distinct territorial titles, apart from the orders conferred upon him, num- bering upward of 40, and his ranks in various armies and navies. Nicholas II. of Russia, has a fair number of titles, for on ascending the throne he was proclaimed as "Autocrat of All the Russias, of Moscow, of liieff, of Vladi- mir, of Novgorod; Czar of Kasan, of Astrakhan. of Poland. of Siberia“. of Khersonâ€"Taurida, of Gronsia ; Gosoudar of Pskoff; Grand Duke of Smolensk, of Lithuania. nf Volhynia, of Podolia, and of Finland: Prince of Esthonia, - of Livonia, of Courland, of Seinigalia, of the Samoyedes, of Bielostock, of Cor- elia, of Foer, of lngor, of Perm, of Viatka, of Bulgaria and of other coun- tries; Lord and Grand Duke of Novgor- od in the Low Country, of Tchernig- off, of Riazan, of Polotsk, of ltostol', of Jarosloff, of Bielosersk, of Oudork, of Obdorsk, of Kondisk, of Vitalsk, of Mstilaff and ol all the Northland; Mas- ter Absolute of lversk, of Kaslalnisk, of Kabardinsk and of the. territory of Armenia; Sovereign of Mountain Princes of Circassia. and of other here- ditary Princes and rulers; IIeir~l’re- sumptive of Norway, and Duke of Schâ€" leswigâ€"Holstein, of Stormarne, of the Dithmarshes and of Oldenburg." For the oddest titles of royalties, however, it is necessary to’ go to the East. The King of Aclicm is " Sovereign of the Universe and Luminous as the Sun, with Eyes as the Northern Starâ€"a King as spiritual as a Ball is Round, and odorous as a Sweet. lt‘lower to his I’eo- ple." The old Kings of Kandy were styled ” Protectors of Religion, whose fame is Infinite, Surpassing the Moon, the Jasmine Buds, and the Stars in Excellence, with Fact: Fragrant to oth- er Kings as Flowers to Bees." BOUND TO BE IN THE RIGHT. It's sorry Oi am to see ya gnin‘ so soon, remarked Mrs. McSh:mt~e, as her guest, Mrs. MoSquattc-r, arose to leave; but as ya go through Mrs. Mic- kcy Moylan's yarrud, wud ye do me a favor ? Wid pleasure Oi wull, responded Mrs. McSquartti-r, Surv, l tbort, twin’ such near neighbors. you an' tli' Moy- lans wud be uiifriiitlly. They're. not. at home th‘ day explain- ed Mrs. McShanUm, an' it isn't th' Moy- laiis Oi want to 500, she added, with suppressed ruintlnn. This morning hirs. BIOyIflIl’gth' iiie ballyhoo wid ber voil tongue, because muy chickens scratched up bo-r yarrud. I’hwy didn t ye soiluncte her? Sure wasn't she in lh-e roightl May chick-ens had no call in Ill'r yurrud, an" pliwat cud ()i do but stimuli :in' lake vphwat she said. It's work ‘Hiotigh ()i am, Mrs. McSquatu-r, “Ill‘n Him in tli' wrong. 3"“ niver Ioind nw. mak- in' thronblo wiilout ()i have tli' roight on moy said. See! I‘li-vat is it y.- want me to do as I pa~s through Mrs. Mnylan's yarrud? Iaskud Mrs. MCSquatler, with :i puzzled air. I (ii want yez [or open tli' k'tc-Iien door lan' b-t their billy goat out. 'l'l'it-y ,Iocked him in [main they wint down § town. Suri- ()i will that. 'I’bzinkee, Mrs. McSquatter. it's a {good frb-nd yuz arr. It won‘t be long that billy goat guts ovc-r into i lthh yarrud, and thin wbiii Mrs. May- Ian comm borneâ€"Hiven hilp 'er. _. . '_._...___.____..__,.r m-__~_.â€"_m.~mumflfi__ ,_..._.-......,..L..s -w..~..~