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PROFIT TN TREE FARMhliG. Owners of Forest Lands. malted States can be made to produce . mwiiwwmfiwmmwawwmm “Government Advice Which wm Help, lfrom $6 to $20 an acre. according to a ! irecent forestry report by the govern- 4ment. In the report the interests of theI country in general are considered, and i lin this light tree growers are advised I ‘to keep their trees uncut until they are 'of mature size. “Plantations of red Cedar twenty-five years old." says one report, “have netted $200.54 an acre. European larch, used for telephone or ‘fence posts, will net from $200 to $225 =an acre at the age of twenty-five years. .White pine at the ripe age of forty i'years will produce $300 an acre as an- cut timber,” while other woods more . than twenty years of age bring prices that compare favorably with these. But to the man who is expecting that ‘in ten or fifteen years his tree crop ‘will reach a salable value the figures 'of the national forest service are a bit out of reach. Yet to that individual hope is offered in the announcement that there are uses and even good prices paid for trees which range from the tender age of six years up and :that the demand for these slender zstriplings is growing greater each year. An example of this lies in theJnatch "industry alone. This line of manufac- Itux-e. has nearly all been merged into a great trust which annually purchases at a good figure thousands of acres of white pine trees anywhere from Maine 5to California. It buys these as uncut ‘timber in size from six inches up and :after clearing the tract moves on to its "next forest. in the manufacture of barrel stares and hoops trees of almost any tough, flexible wood are used from "the ages of four to fifteen years, while fiauy straight young trees of ten years 'will make salable flag or tent poles. Young alders. poplars and willows ~of from ten to fifteen years serve man- ”kind in the manufacture of gunpowder. ‘while the prolific beech and maple, “from six inches in diameter upward, "can be used in the manufacture of "-'wood alcohol, for‘wliia'h there is an "enormously increasing demand all over the country. Furniture manufacturers, always on the outlook for wood with :a fine grain, will take birch. cherry. walnut, etc.. not large enough to be used in making parts of house furnish- ings for use as veneer. Never before Pin the history of the United States has so much wood been used in the manu- facture of ornaments and toys as is 'now being used for that purpose. and thousands of feet of spruce are em- , ployed by manufacturers of sleighs and " wagons. In some parts of New York and * reetut-Lfienn‘sylvania large quantities of small "rtimber are used in wood distillation *plants for the production of acid. while >111] over the country small timber is fused for the manufacture of charcoal. tSmall sizes of timber, particularly the spruce of New England. is used in the pulp mills where paper and other wood I 10qu products are manufactured. Then, again, many small trees are bought for the manufacture of toothpicks, ‘while in the mining country of Penn- rsylvania and other coal producing istates thousands of “sprags” are pur. chased to serve their peculiar purpose. This is to check the speed of the mule carts as they go rapidly down the steep grade of the mines by being thrown beneath the wheels. These are only a few of the hundreds of uses to which young timber may be put it it is near enough to a market do be sold. Prairies of a New Country. By way of contrast in a new country ‘we give a picture showing the break- ing up of virgin soil at Cordova, South America. A large part of the Argen- tine Republic, including practically the whole of the rich and fertile provâ€" inces of Cordora. San Luis and Santa Fe. is in its virgin state of little use for. grazing, being sparsely covered with coarse. bitter grasses of but little _ ,nutriment. 'Thcse lands, although hav- ing such a poor natural covering. re- quire only the hand of man to turn VIRGIN SOIL IN SOUTH AMERICA. 3 BREAKING UP them into the finest pasturage in the world. Often as many as ten three- fnrrow disk plows may be seen fol- lowing one another up and down. breaking up the land preparatory to sowing alfalfa (luccrn). The plows. as shown in the picture, are drawn by eight criollo (native) horses tied four abreast. the plowman riding the near wheeler. With two changes of horses one plow will break up as much as five acres of virgin soil 3 day. Some mMixers sow with lucern 5,000 acres a year. This in its virgin state would 3‘"! Spine 250 head of cattle. but once own n l r W hm \Icern would suppo t i. l l l ~I- .. -w.‘ . _ h MULES FOR FARM WORK. Why a Breeder Considers Them More Desirable Than Horses. Unused “mag in any part of the! All mules are good mules if prop- erly treated, says a Tennessee breed‘ er. And there is no necessity that any limitations of climate or latitude be placed upon them. When owned and managed by unprejudlced people on northern farms they are as satis- factory in that section as in Tennes: see, Missouri or Texas. , Of course where large implements are used and weight is an important factor in a team small mules will not serve. But on the sugar plants: tions of the south mules sixteen to eighteen hands are common, and, though they have less weight than the draft breeds of horses of the same height, they draw as big a plow and break as much land in a day as most of the heavy horse teams. . As to the cost of keeping, I am sure that they are at least 25 per cent less expensive. And in the matter of use on southern farms or any others, where careless management may be detrimental, mules are far more desir‘ able than horses. ’ Of course the efiiciency of a team of mules in accomplishing farm work de A J’EN‘NET AND FOAIJ. pends on the same factors as in the horse teamsâ€"that is, quick movement. The average plow mule may be slow- ‘er than an average plow horse, bull there is no need that it should be so. ', '1: The training is what determines that in most cases, and from my own expe‘. rience I should say that it is as easy to have a quick stepping mule team as a horse team. If a cotton or sugar planter buys young mules and leaves their breaking to negro farm hands and along with slow, old horses or mules he will be sure to have a very slow walking team. I once had a four mule team that, hitched to a wagon or two plows did as much work as any team'in the vi- cinity. I required that they were to be well treated, and they were as safe to use, accomplished as much work of any kind as the best horse team and 'cost a fourth less to feed. And an- other important pointâ€"when I parted with the mules at twelve or thirteen years old they seemed to be really in their prime. It is seldom that horses prove as durable. Protecting Horses From Flies. To keep flies from horses take twoor three small handfuls of green walnut leaves. Over them pour two or three quarts of soft cdld water. Let this stand one night and pour the whole _ next morning into a kettle. Allow it to boil about fifteen minutes. When cold it will be ready to use. more is necessary than to saturate a sponge before starting out with the team from the stable and with the ' liquid go over those parts which are most affectedâ€"Farm Journal. . ....o..a. s..._.._. .-_â€"._ ._ EENELON FALLS MARKETS Fenelc-n Falls, Friday, Nov. 5, 1909 Wheat, Scotch or Fife, 950. to 970. \V’hztaf, full. 08 to $1 Wheat“, spring, 93 to 95 llarlcy, 1.-crl:nslzol. to 5') (late, [)l'l‘ bushel, to 35 Posse, per biliili(‘l, 80 to i)” Potatoes, '13 to 30 llultrr. per pound. 20 to Eggs, pci- doze-n, ‘13 to '24 Hay. per ton. $115 to $15 Hides. $10 to $11 Dogs, live, $6.75 to $7.50 ling“, rll'i-~:~'eil, :3'iU t0 lltcf, $5.50 to Sli F-il: cpsltins, :70 to 80 Won], 17 to 18 3 . Flour, “Victoria, $2.05 to 53 .82) 7 0 Hour, new process. $1.0) t $2.80 Fleur, family, clipper, .,"2.55 to $2.75 lz‘ran. pc-r 1(‘0 pounds, $1.20 to $1.25 Shorts. do.. $.25 to $1.35 Mixed Chop, (10., $1.35 to $1.50 ' ' .; i . ..l . .' ,, ping, Silk b1a.d and buttons. regular plICO Nothing ' ’ ‘ Department of Railways and 0311213, Canada. TRENT CANAL. Concrete lhun at. Burlcigh Falls. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. SEALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned and endorsed " Tender for Dam,” will be received at this office up 'to 16 o’clock on Tuesday, the 10th of November, 1909, for the works con- nected with the construction of a Con‘ crete Dam at Burleigh Falls, Ontario, on the Trent Canal. Plans, specifications, and the form of the contract to be entered into, can be - seen on and after this date, at the allies of the Chief Engineer of tho. Depart- ment of Railways and Canals, Ottawa, and at the oiiice of the Superintending Engineer, Trent Canal, Poterboro, Onb., at which places forms of tender may be obtained. Parties tendering will be required to accept the fair wages Schedule pre- pared or to be prepared by the Depart.- . mcrt of Labour, which Schedule will = I form part of the contract. 0 Contractors are requested to bear in mind that tenders will not be consider: ed, unless made strictly in accordance with the printed forms, and in the case of firms, unless there are attached the actual signatures, the nature of the occupation, and place. of residence of each member of the limo. An accepted bank cheque for the sum of 532,50 .00 must accompany each ton- der, which sum will be forfeited, if the party tendering declines entering into contract for the work, at the rates state-d in the cilcr submitted. The cheque. thus sent in will be re- turned to the rospcotive contractors whose tenders are not accepted. The lowest or any tender necessarily accepted. By order, L. K. JOL’E. , Secnrtnrv. Dcpartmcnt of Railways and Canals; Ottawa, October QLii'h, 'l‘ihl9. Newspapers inserting this advertiseâ€" ment without authority from the De- partment will not- be paid for it. w! gazes l‘lii'u‘f-‘L‘Eiobh‘ â€". 3qu ~- .‘1- -". - . “ Wild: d‘ili‘HMnéfa‘il'le-fi: :‘f-V'l . " ' C‘ 2 1‘3 . ~= - was not Ladies’ Light and Dark Tweed Coats, also plain navy, trimmed with self strap- $7 and 3‘58, now on sale at only m Office over Farmers’ Bank, Kent St., Lindsay. _._._... Ladies Coats of dark tweed or plain brown, green and navy, nicely trimmed, andvery Warm and serviceable garments, regular price $9.00 and $10.00, now on sale at only Lot 3 - Conveyancing. Money Loaded on Farm or Town Property. Insurance. .,...-‘a~m 2r-.w.~;~:l;.;p+1rr,,<,_;.:;g ;,:,_"_'~ , Estates Elizaan ted. Farms for Sale in Fenelon, Veruiam, tips and Mariposa. 4:... ~._ . 1, nan-l}; c . 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