APRIL 9. ,19sa_

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Livestock and MeatTrade Review

IUIVDIABY

m. o! live stock ..nt to ma; in Febmary was oorrslde below the same month last

1y um u well, the acoumuiat-Jve

mar-listings for the vwo tbs of January aml February mnmngiflly lower. Cattle sales

a year 85°- were more 95 165

‘l pabf, guhpplio; for tlillftfio W, “i, about 4,000 need short

last vw- ‘M m“, H“ February l!“ showing dc-

“swim ilfmarkegmnca

olinea but the u“. dew-w was msfirfi “if.

Western C Sheep and lamb offering; Wm “PM? lll 986m 0i! same month a: year. and the m, the 11m 11w of the year p, some 12.000 head. mum's °°

liidbruary was a month g1 eflgjfl- lv eifedr markets with no grams. {:13 Willi"!- Prloee. as a rule, fluc- unwed “ml-ll "T! narrow limits mm“? the trade was of s dun "mum". There was very little in- WWM in rhilpoers to liquidate “m? he?! M a mlninulm. The Ewen-l "ill-look. however. at the "id "l “binary was a. deal brlshter than at the of {he month. This was pariicu arly “l” °l “mm when. with West- Egldwhfle m"! llKh-t, the Toronto e was aible to accommodate fill-Wt of Ontario's differing, "he ex. port situation, both in (11-93)), 31-1- taln and e United Smarts", also Willem". and shipments were "efing Week by week to these markets. In the west, pagk- “"595 NDQYi/Bd a very slow movement of beef from their cooler:

The Lure of the Seed Catalogue

(By a. o. LAIRD)

1d gl-rgkespeare: “That which call a rose hl’ Bill), “h” ma‘; uld smel as sweet. But. wo ed Catalogue under such ca?‘ as, "The Healthiest Way to a spasm," “How to Grow Weeds. "Th3 Approved Method of Ac- ring Freckles." be half as allur- as it now is under the Plain c, "Seed Catalogue.’ he Catalogue arrives in the mall day in mldwlnter, but younvhil e iust looked out at frozen fields leafless trees, and stared dis- olatcly at a patch of white be- tlic window in the vain hope i, by some miracle 0i the glnatlon you might Elllnllse l grass and ruscs. lay the iilnnll k to one side with a impnilclil Llnwhy do lrlrrylsen out Seed ao ueslnwii er ' her? evening comes, Wllh llEhl d warmth; winter is shut aWnY the darkness. One might as l have a look through till". un- cly herald of the siulilil. 140W‘ , your mind is firmly made up t with all this depression the e of European politics and n bllng stock market, you will est very few pennies in flowers d5 this year. There are geranium ; for the window boxes, Mrs. s5 has prom.scd_ some double py seed .the marigolds will shoot themselves. bless their yellow :ts,-—a.iid there is a fair share srennlals. Yes. a packet or two do nicely. Oh! Those snap‘ gons in color on the front paid- t summer the snnpdragflns 71¢" dling. You decided against snail‘ gons. Still, these would look gro s in a. wide border against b i; fence-mrovlded that t-hd pas rcow doesn't shrink i! 9°" etai: a’ la Hitler some moonll h lit."T.s \ve.l to write one or W0 kets, anyway. That cow did eat sweet peas one summer! . re must be oodless of sweet Pen! ot for ilic cow. 0i ililllfse- The v varieties are superb. a liitla re expemlve. Pefhiifls- Andi turtiums. The new sweet scent- double variety Nfililftllln“

w in spite of cats, cutworms chickens. Cats - cutworins- keris! one can wreck vei18¢i1il°° the cutworms. But. the CBl-il remember painfully the milm" you seized the spade. leap‘ r the Smith cat and feel into syringo bvsh. Another morn- you threw the trowel at one of own prize chickens, and a1- gh you could never understand how it ha llened. Yilll "dmlt had fried cilcken for dinner- r all, gardening should be done indow boxes wherein no cats. orms nor chickens may enter- the window boxes! Would it b9 to plant lobelia seed im- lately. Well . . . that winter it planted, don't you remember- as you though (after W69" weeks) you aaw Uometlllnl. the knocked the seed box to the

plants. Still . .. it to have lots of lobella. And ins-double ones. last surn- the petunias were a auccwi .Thc ges tilrn. your pencil t ‘filter ltepii. gala?‘ packe , un your s - is full and you are asonishcd. are greatly‘ astonished when compute t e cost. Gracious . you have mentally spent ton on flower seeds! you sit in your chair with d e es . . .Suddenlt£ the all" wee? with roblns: e 800d turns its wholesome lip-i l0 the seed: the grim ' green" tulips lift there ea-VY u; g gp sunshine; the the fragrance far h ldi “(Tylom i? 713$ . 0 n! n H‘? (is a delicate blossom stilt in er stalk, are repeatinB rently:

r in the crannied wall. uck you out of the crannlel. ld cu here. root and all, in my and.

a flower --but If I could un-

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‘ma! the lure of the Seed o.

. m. w.» b m f0: Live cattle, to sing}. “mflgg? “mde- We" sharply curtailed and the unfavourable condition or out- “iile markets trimmed Operators

80 verv cautiouslv in their buying, The brightirt spot in the cattle

market throughout m-y was m” "ii-Wham? 800d call experienced for wwa this class being well out

l“ m!" 0'1 other lines of stock. The rather aotory situation in Heard to the market for good sine-l? was perhaps due. in large mes ure to the fact that the mar- ket has been overshadowed by re- Dofls elf large nuimllwers of steers in the hands 0f feeders which, 80 181'. halve not found an out-leg on American markets. and the fact that these can only be moved to the British market a1 ocean space mnlnapurlng 1937. in some of the 81‘ 0-9196. a large retail trade was built up on cow beef and beef 1mm the lower priced classes of steer". and retailers now ar to be reluctant to return to t c prac- tice of stocking good steer b-ef

Ollflc Prices

General average prices or all grades of calf-tie. with tlm exception 01f those dbtaining on the Toronto market. were at least equal to or a little better- than the averages for the month of January. 'I‘cron- to. however. Wu; down about 20c l><~r owt. at $4.55. General averagm in Feibnlarv this year cmriipared Very favorably with the same month a W51‘ 88v. some ruling a. lltrtle low- er and others slightly higher. 0n the other hand. top prices on but- cher steers and reprevznbatlve sales generalllv were sharply below Jcnu. lso below February last ye . Toronto. the top on butcher steers at a/t $6.25 was $1.35 below January and $125 below Fwaruary last year. Overseas buyers took some 2.000 cattle off the ‘I'm-onto market, paying any- where from $5 to $6.25 with the av- erage around $5.65. Mos; of the-e were steers weighing around 1160 libasomiebullswerealsctakenfor Glasgow. Toward the close of the month. an outlet for several him-- dredcaittleaweekwa: found in the United Sit-aim although net re- lvums were sometimes The price range for butcher cat e

at Toronto was very narrow from $4 to $525. Montreal sold steers at $6.25 which was 50c below January and $1 below Fbbruary last year. Several of tihc best lots were taken for Overseas shipment. Winnipeg was 50c down from January a/t $5. 50 and $1.50 below February 1987. The price spread in the steer divi_ slon was an extremely narrow one and. while material was not too well covered sold around the $4.50 mark, it took real good steer; to re- allizc wp to $5. Buyers got their pick oif the good weighty steers, silitelble

to.- e - , at $5.25. Other Westiem

experienced :1 - dltions, Calgary and Edmonton having tqp prices of $4.50 which

were considerably lower than both January 1938 and February 1937. Moose Ja/w with it top of $4.75 was $1.5 below the previous month and $1 below February last year,

Calf Market Active

Althowh exporia 0f callus: to the United States were considerably short. of those stripped in the same month last year. amounting to ap- proximately 3.800 head. as compared with ‘over 5500mm Iibbruargv “$937. 81901‘ WWW: 800d l" "we vea-lc on the ‘Toronto market made for good prices and at the close 0d the month the market was about $1 above a year ago at $10. but re- wind to $10.5) at the close. ‘Prad-

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of a cut in rlces, sales were com- paratlivelv ska throughout. Tao prices mt Tomn and Montreal were about on a with January

' For best results and quickest return!

Ilse the fnmoul BROOKVILLE LIME-

l-llghestqaallty. Moat finely pull/filled Price — Good Service

- Bulk or Bag!

Brookvllle Manufacturing to. Lill-

Brookvllie, Saint John co. N-B- u. o. s. ADAMS. Mans!"

Low

niuiw scans rum on rum.

THEN LAY OU'.l.‘ GARDEN.

BOWS SHOULD RUN NORTH AND SOUTH TO GET FULL

SUN.

While good vetables will grow in crooked rows or even if the seed is broadcasted over beds, the work of cultivating and caring for the

Innis ls immeasurabl reduced if be seed ls sown in s alght rows.

Take the trouble to stretch a. line. and mark the row with exactness; it will save hours when the time comes to push a wheel hoe clown the aisle between them.

S I S! glfffot? in?“

LAN YOUR GARDEN CADE- FULLY. .

Gas AGUIDE use WHEN OPENING BRILLS TO ANURF. STRMGNT »- ROWS.

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arc best to let sunshine reach the soil after ilic illliiiui ale well grown. Distance between the rows may vary considerably. In small gar-dons, well supplied with plant food, rows of low-growing crops may be as close as (i inches.

The best distance for crops not exceeding 2 feet in height is 18 inches, which enables you to cul- tivate each aisle in one trip with the wheel hoe. Seed catal08s usu- ally state the space which each crop needs. These are relative rather than exact directions; you may vary them somewhat to fit your special needs, but remember that crowding your crops may re- duce the yield.

Time spent in thinking out a gar- den program, deciding what you want to grow. and then drawing a plan, will be well repaid by reiniti- Transferring this plan to your 8111'- den area. is easy. if you proceed

SUMMARY

price advanccs in the cat- were expected to attract larger receipts of cattle but, con- trary to expectations, country load- ings were held down to fairly mod- erate dimensions and, as a remit, the market staged a very good per- formance this week. While Toronto opened 25c lower on Monday, light runs for the rest of the week brought a stronger tone lo the market and price gains of 25c to 40c from the week's low level more than wiped out the earlier loss. At other major markets, the trade was active and supplies were well clear- ed out at firm values. While some cattle were taken for export over- seas, and also to the United States. the latter outlet did not lend a great deal of support to the mar- e

At Toronto all grads of’ killing cattle were off 25c on Monday. but light runs enabled the market to stage an excellent recovery, and good butcher steers and heifers were selling at the colse at $5.75 to $6.25, while the top price on steers was $7. Montreal was 25c higher on the better classes of steers and heifers. Good steers going for ex- port to Great Britain. Winnipeg receipts were in fairly light vol- ume. which provided the trade with good action and ave sellers the advantage of ma talning firm rates on virtually all classes of cat- tie. des lte the fact that the trade receiv very little encouragement on shipping account. The trade stood up exceptionally well, with most killing chases meeting a de- nendable outlet on local account. The best end oi’ the weighty steers sold mostly between $5.50 and $5.75. with g few eligible to make a top of $6. Calgary was active and strong under curtailed receipts with good to choice butcher steers at $5 to $0. Edmonton continued brisk and had hardly sufficient receipts to fill all orders. Steers were fully 50c higher, up to a top of $6. Other western markets showed improve- ment and tops at Moose Jaw were at $5.25 and ‘at Saskatoon $5.50.

The United States Cattle Martel

Buffalo was mostly steady on na- tive cattle and on some weighty Canadian steers but rough and kinds of Canadians were slow and were selling at 25c or more lower than during the previous week. One load of l lb, Can- adian steers broilvht the high m-fce for the week of $8.75. but the mai-

Recent tle marke

orlty went between $7 and $7.75. with heifers at l7 to $7.50. Choice weighty Canadians at St. Paul

made 08.75. and the balance of the ganadfan steers from $7.25 to $0.-

lxporll to United Staten

Cattle exports were sharply re- duced this week. amounting to us» bee! and Ml dairv cattle. Calf shipments totalled i188. Dilrlng the sum a yearralo. filaments e

amounted be ca . 1B3 da . a l calv to data to the United States totalled

calves, and 7 h I. as compar- ed with 51.562 beef. 2252 dairy. l7,- 000 calves. and 19.227 hogs.

The Bfllllh Market

Only one steamer 1m duo to

Four steps to a Well Planned Vegetable Garden.

methodically. An evening's thought may save afternoons or labor; not that labor isn't good for you, but why waste it‘! In most gardens there will be other thin s to do.

You: plan should prov de for the whole season. This means in some cases, two or more grown in the same row. Where several successive crops of the same vegetable are de- sired, there are two methods of get- ting them. Either sow at about the same time early, mldseason and late varieties, which will come into yield at different times, or make several sowings of the same variety, ten days or two weeks apart.

Where directions say sow in a drill, it means a shallow furrow. Sowing in hll‘s dces not mean in

STAKE OUT YOUR GARDEN SlTE iébhtllii“

A WELL PLANNED GARDEN lS A Hill. SATISFACTION. IT l5 EASlER T0 CULTIVATE AND WELD!) MOST

i Illlfliflllltlllhill lib filtration“-

elevations, unless you live in a sec- tion of heavy ralnful. It means a. series of spots, evenly spaced. at each of which several seeds are sown, as contrasted with the con- tlniious row which is termed a drill. Vino crops are usually sown in "hélls," and they need room to rea -

Plan your garden so that early sowings are made at one end. and the rows are added in regular ord- er, as planting proceeds. so that the planted area is always com-

iete without vacant space. This simplifies cultivation and irrigation.

Remember that to sow in straight rows to thin out properly so your plants have room to ow, to culti- vate faithfully so tha weeds never grow ,and retest. your plants a-

ainst insec and diseases- these

our points carefully observed will

i-Acavbrrivp .

- ‘NEWSY

NOTES -

B! AGBICOLA

The winter constellations are pas- sing away westward. and the surn- mer star-groups an; beginning to "swim into our Ken." It is with a kind of vague regret that 1 observe “Orion low in his grave," asTemiy- son puts it; for the stars of suin- mer are not nearly so conspicuous and interesting. The sickle-like group in the constellation Leo is in evidence to the South-east, and the three stars in a triangle close be- hind the sickle, complete the image of “Leo? The star Regulus is situ- ated at the end of the sickle handle; it name was given be- cause lt "regulated" human affairs in a fortunate manner --so the old astrologers thcugliti

Happlening to train the binoculars onto t e sun on March 25th, I saw two fairly large sunspots exactly central on its disc. The Astronomer Royal tells us that suns ots give rise to streams of e ectrically charged particles which may enter our atmosphere and cause various happening; of the sunspots: that is, they must be "centrol" before the Earth is affected .That is the right view to take, as the stream is thus aimed directly at the Earth: if the suns ots were low down, or even nn t e other side as the Slill rol- ates, naturally their influence would be dlrectrd away from us.

Well. the particles did enter out atmosphere. and that same night. there was a magnificent display of aurora. It reached from the North over the Zenith, to within 30 de- grees of the southern horizon. Usu- ally our Northen Lights are of a greenish cast. but this time there was a. good red patch to the West- ward ;a feature not common in these latitudes. “The facility with which radio waves can travel round the Darth depends upon the state of ionization in the ionosphere or ionized region of the atmosphere— the “radio roof of the world," as it has been called." On the night in question (March 25) we could " et town." but other more distant s a- tions were cut out by the electri- fied atmosphere.

is brings up the "meteor" of Saturday. March 26. Was it a meteor? We heard a rumbling peal of thunder that night and some of the neighbors saw a single flash of lightning. That again was ulte compatible with the electr fled state of the atmosphere, and was a hang over from the sunspots! Be- cause there was but one flir-h. some observers made sure it was a meteor

lastly it may be remarked that the wind, which had been in some Northerly point on the 25th and 83., turned to the S. E on the Saturday night. That shift cf wind has occurred time and again after an auroral display, say my records:

of an inch during the night.

By March 30th the sunspots were low down on the sun's disc, and al- most out of sight. "The rotation of the Sun about its axis causes the

make your rden one of pro- fessional qualify.

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

carry cattle to Great Britain this week. The S. S. Manchester Port left. St. John N.B.. for Birken- head on Thursday with 571 cattle. Price of fat cattle on the Old Country market were somewhat irregular during the week, but storas were holding firm. At the moment, only d. guallty dairy cows are in eman. Canadian cattle from the S. S. Manchester Regiment sold at Birkenhead at prices ranging from l5l/ic to 1699c per 1b. dressed weight including of- fal. The cattle were mostly stores. Glasgow estimated good Canadian taggers at around 9% per lb. live w

Calves Mostly Steady to Firm

The calf market at Toronto was uncha to $10 for choice veais. w lie Montreal wu steady to strong and closed 25c higher, with veals up to a top of $8.50. Win - pe was an exception to the rule and develo d a weaker undertone. A few cho ce veals topped at $7.50 but the bulk made no better than $7. Calgary had a high price of $8.50, and Edmonton was firm up to $8. Moose Jaw topped at $7.- 25, and Saskatoon at $7 50.

Hogs Make Further Gains With reduced su plies of hogs and early cable a vices indicating

bacon market. the hog market a pmslble advan in he British staged a. good erformance and

price advances were recorded at all centres.

The hog run for the Dominion totalled 69.032 as compared with 83.334 for the came week last year. Markctlngs to date this year now amount to 918.739, while in the same period last year arrivals a- mounted to 1,064,120.

Toronto scored an advance and closed with bacons at $10.25 to $10 40 off trucks. Montreal was also higher, with bacons at $10.75 f. and w. and $11 off trucks. Winni- peg also made further gains and sold bacons at $10 to $10.15 f. and w. Ca‘. ary was stronger up to $9.75 orbacons. Edmonton wise gained strength and closed with trucked - bacons at $9.76. Prince Albert closed at $8.75 for bacons off trucks; Moose Jaw at $0.$; and Saskatoon at $9.75.

Some Baring Lambs Arriving Small lo o spring lambs are ma an appearance o

eastern

marke, and Toronto sod a few this week at $7 to $10.50 each. The general quality of the Ontario feed- ot lambs wasaoounA fewgood ones Bold at 89 to .25. Montreal had odd early lambs at $6 to $9 each and common lambs and bucks ‘of last‘; crop at $6 to $7 per cwt. Winnipeg was unchanged. under a small supply. Ind sold a few suit- e killing lambs up to $9 50. Calgary reported a foo Edmonton had hardly supplies on hand to astablsh