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mm/[BY COOPB SHOULD B
WELD VENTIDATED. `
one and the Observance of Slin- P|° ngles Save Tmllble of Ovgse ' aqywding and Boll Conthlllhltiou
_soil In Yards Should Be Turned. With all classes of-poultry breed-
ggs there should be more careful ef- ggrt than ever before to secure thor- ngh sanitation and thus to prevent disessc. '“
On farms correct sanitation is ss-
mred in houses and coops by good ventilation at all times and the re- moval of the night droppings as often gg necessary to avoid bad odor. On the land the desired result is obtain- ed by distributing the stock so that gil droppings are taken up as ferti- liser by the vegetation growing on it gp quickly that there is no soil pol- lution. Observance of these simple mics will not only prevent all dis- “cs caused by overcrowding, and wil contamination, but the young neck reared uniicr. such conditions
.
chickens An Always i»lsalI\|¢ Il Kept so Open llangs.
will grow faster and better. Where it is inconvenient to distribute a large stock as widely as is necessary to secure permanently the line sani- tary condition of land desired, the same result is obtained in growth by a rotation which places young birds always on la`nd not used for poultry the preceding year.
ln backyard poulvry keeping seru-
pnlous cleanliness is essential. The night droppings should be removed early in the morning. Those which fall on the floor of the house~and in the yard should be removed as often as is necessary to get them before they become finely broken and so mixed with the litter of the floor oi tile soil of the yard that much oi such material must be taken up with them. Frequent turning of the soil in small yards is desirable, but ougbi not to be accepted as a proper sub- stitute for removal of droppings there. If these are simply turned under in soil in which no 'vegetation is growing there is temporary im- provement, but after a short time conditions become so bad that re- newal of the soil to a considerable depth is necessary. Clay soils should be frequently and liberally treated with lime. ~
Good sanitation checks the ,rapid
multiplication of lice and mites, bui does not destroy them. For this the lliiiropriate insecticides should be used. ln a series of tests of insecti- diim by the Bureau of Entomology sodium iiuorid was found most eden- '-lis. completely destroying all lice present at the time of application, and making the birds treated im- lliiine to attacks of lice for some time.
Farming In Fra-nes.
Farming here is not yet a science,
but merely a living handed down from father to son, and farms are nearly always small, 20 to 40 acres shout the usual. but south from n iiolnt in the region of Merville, down to the Somme, one can see for miles "ross the country from any point of Wllllse, and not see a single farm- lwiile. for in this region they ral-in Oil the village system, and the dark clusters of trees here and there, with ‘l"l7l a church apire pointing out
-'Nm the foliage, are small farming
Vllllses, one long street with farmers homes on both sides of the road till °\\° passes the church. and in time out to the country again. Nearly al- Vlys all are farmers, some have “°|‘°l. wine shops, or even a black- smith shop attached to the farm, but ssch has his plot of land to work, liliiiewhere on the way to the next "mise-G. lil. Butler, B Company. glad,-CMI!-illsn Engineer Battalion, in
rwest Farmer. ~
French Losses In Livestock.
the end of French
Jan-
CDO- food
Bello" unmssiss.
v .-. a4__
BEE BWABMING.
s°m° lull" R¢K8I'dln'g One Impol-una
0 Problem. “° °f N10 greatest problems in
3€;`!l:fDlDS i0-day is the control of colon ntg. it is natural for a strong m Y 0 bees to swarm in early sum-
er when honey is coming-in, but uw greigllls up of the colony cum umm
° 0119? yield; while watching for
and hiving swarms takes a great dag] gfvmihe beekeeper’s time, and gpg
"1 U10? escape notice and ily
away.
The methods of controlling
sgvarming that have been tested gg t e Central Experimental Farm, 0;- l-HV/0. fall under three heads.
hl. General Measures. -- Partly B Adina the aplary; providing s large entrance with deep gpg” bggween °°“'b“ and 50°F; giving plenty of room in the brood chamber mg ““l’°*`B- “nd YOUDS queens. These measures, while valuable, have been found insufficient in themselves to Drevent the bees from raising queens lil Preparation for swarming,
2- Mllllpulations to Prevent More
Than One Swarm. -,The queen’s Wll1Ss are clipped, preferably during fruit-bloom, and when a prime swarm issues and is still in the air, the queen is picked up from the ground and placed in a cage, andthe hive is removed to a new stand. A new hive containing the caged queen is then placed on the old stand ts re- ceive thev returning swarm,the queen being liberated later. The field bees join the swarm, leaving tho parent hive so weakened that it is not like- ly to swarm again. To make certain of this, however, the parent hive may be merely turned around and not re- movedto the distant stand until ilve days later. _This method of swarm control necessitates immediate atten- tion when the swarm issues. but. as the manipulations are simple, they can often be carried out by the home folks should the beekeeper be away.
3. Manipulatlons to Prevent
Swarming Ait'ogether._At the time of writing, none of the manipulations that have been tried has succeeded except the cutting out of all queen- cells every seven or eight days. and this failed during a heavy honey now from clover at Ottawa in 19,16, when the bees raised queens from workei larvae. and swarms issued before the queen-cells were capped over. It has, however, been found possible to pre- vent swarming in out-apiaries, forty miles north of Ottawa, by this means, although it entailed weekly visits from the middle of May until the middle of August. and much time was spent in examining each colony.
Experiments in the control of
swarming are being continued, espe- cially along the following lines, which seem the most promising:
1. Testing systems of raising
brood to the super. Many of these will delay swarming under some con- ditions. ' -
2. Finding means by which the
brood chamber may be easily exam- ined without lifting of! the supers. A hive in which the brood combs are in a rack that can be drawn out side-
ways ,is being tried.
3. Endeavoring to breed a strain
that will not swarm, of which the preliminary step is to find out if the non-swarming character shown by some queens is inherited. A queen showing this character was found to retain it the following year.-Experi-
mental Farms Note.
Conserve All Grass Crops.
There is need of making use of all
meadows and pastures to the best possible advantage for the production of a large tonnage during the cur- rent season, but without reducing the production of milk and pork from pasturage_ la Eastern Canada there are a considerable number of farms
- .
i-..s»sssss»» _
uairy paws on Timmy, and Dlaiiat
' Pastuqs.
where there is a substantial acreage of natural meadow and pasture such as prairie and marsh land, which can ben profitably harvested for hay this year. _ The high prices of the past winter for both hay and straw point to the desirability of illliag barns and stacking the surplus beyond the immediate apparent needs as a mea.- sure of safety. Transportation prob- lems may be serious again next win- get” - ~ w '- . _.
sweet to»0onserve,.pu_gar. » °'°°" ""‘t.‘°:. "“i. "°. “..*‘21.'f"..2
save sugar Vu ng. _O l'_ - - son,’-according to-tile Dspartiiient 6( Horticulture.. Dlliirfllxlsrllnelif. 5 _ lien., ,swsecipsies mir be “Fil “_ 4 iin11i¢d‘n,i/'ici s nllillilf, °l °"|°. mary phi-posse, csnilins and lalkllil,
of butter, and, l,r0itl£l:°¥ VW- ".ll1.°f ‘ 1251; iffy 5:;.§f&~in»ss°g»` °'f__1l\°‘ , men-sasenssvvsonls U0- » "i
Should Welt lil
OIIDPS Il THE WKI.
Good Reports From District About Saskatoon.
Wheat that will yield between
forty and fifty bushels an acre and oats that will run in the neighbor- hood of one hundred bushels to the
'acre abound ia` districts north of
Saskatoon, according to Wm. Watts. of Hanley, and Thomas Cleary, of Saskatoon, in an interview with the Saskatoon Star. .
The Regina Leader reports_ that
the anticipated yield in Saskatchewan ranges from 30 bushels of wheat to 65 bushels oi oats 'all the way down to aero. Rokeby, in the Yorkton dis- trict, expects the high yield mention- ed. At Bulysa_and a number of oth- er points a yield of 25 bushels of wheat is expected, while at some points, notably Fusileer and Senlac, the crop is a complete failure and at the latter place is being cut for feed. I-‘rom Grenfell to MooseJaw on the main line of the C.P.R. conditions have been im-proved as a result of recent rains and at the present out- look yields from 10 to 20 bushels of wheat may be expected, the higher yields being between Regina and Moose Jaw. Oats are expected to run from 25 to 50 bushels, Belle Plaine reporting the latter figure. Farther east conditions are reported favorable and an average crop, in the vicinity of 20 bushels, is expected between Broadview and Kirkella. Beyond Moose Jaw conditions vary, getting poorer farther west. At Mei- ha. the crops are good. At Valpean 12 bushels of wheat is expected. This diminishes to 10 bushels at Ernfold and five at Waldeck. From Swift Current to Maple Creek estimated yields of wheat range from eight to two bushels per acre and oats from 10 bushels to aero.
Crop reports coming to the Alber-
ta Department of Agriculture indi- cate that damage from frost covers a wide ares.. Most of the northern part of the province, included in s. line east and west of Wetaskiwin, has suffered severely-only a small por- tion of the wheat and barley will be fit for threshing. In some small dis- tricis in this area, however, the frost seems to have been lighter, and as ii consequence some of these grains may be threshed.
From present appearances of the
out crop it would appear that the heads, generally speaking, are filling. lt is too soon yet, the Department says, to pass judgment as to what percentage of the oat crop in the nbove-mentioned area will be damag- ed by frost. The district from Pono- ,ka through to Red Deer escaped frost pretty largely. South of Didsbury practically no damage was done. Most of the farmers throughout the north who have had their crops froz- cn are prepared io sell this feed at from seven to nine dollars in the stack. There will be a very large amount of this green feed for sale, and this will greatly relieve the shortage in coarse feed for live stock.
Hon. Duncan Marshall assures the
Calgary Herald that, so far as it has been possible to foresee and plan. the unusual and discouraging grain :ind stock situation which faces Al- berta farmers und stockmen both north and south is being successfully mat. The result is that a condition of affairs which some weeks ago looked well-nigh hopeless for many men and two, great industries has been largely overcome.
The Minister of Agriculture for
British Columbia estimates the fod- der crops of that province at not over seventy per cent. of the normal yield. The situation is aggravated by the fact that neither Alberta nor the State of Washington is able to ,con- iribute towards the supply for Brit- ish Columbia. Last year ' British Columbia imported no less than 16.000 tons from the neighboring province and from adjacent states. According to information reaching the Minister, the supply of bran' and shorts - extremely scarce the past year - will be reduced by at least
ilfty per cent.
Why Food ls High.
In 1891 approximately 46 out of
every 100 workers in Canada were on the farms engaged in agriculture. in 1901 the percentage -had been re- duced to 40. In 1911 to 34, and to- day to 30 in 100. In 1881, or only 37 years ago, only 14 Del' 129111- Of the population ni Canada lived lu cities. By 1891 this percentage had increased to 31, by 1901 £0 37. Mid in 1911 to 45.5 per cent. "To-day fully one-half of the population of Canada is urban," states the Canada Food Board. "Canada, with one- thirtieth of the population, is almost as highly urbanized as the United States."
This explains why food P14008
have been steadily rising of late years,in this country. Food is high because the number \of food-produ- ccrs has been unduly lessened.
Turn Weeds Into Wool and Mutton.
ls the iight to control weeds tak-
ing up much of time and pre- venting you from other
sary farm work? so, keep a
sheep-they 111051
choice feed.
ace weeds
but
took
of Chargq
._
Her Bay
ti-lets in ‘ where it is there
railway
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TORDNTO MARKETS.
TORONTO. Sept. 9.-The Board of
Trade illlclfiltions for Saturday were as follows: . Manitoba Wheat 1ln Store Fort Wlllllm,
- ,Neg including Tax).
No. 1 northern. 32-34%- No. 2 northem, 83-21%-
. 4 W 2 . ~
Manitoba Oats (Iss Store Fort William),
Nb. 2' C.W.. 34%!!-
Extra No. J. feed. 83710.
No. 1 feed, 80950. _
American Corn (Track. Toronto!-
No. 3 yellow, xiln dried. nomina. No, 4 yellow, kiln dried. nominal.
Ontario Oats (New Crop). According tp F hh Outdde).
reip
No. 2 white, 'I6c tn 78c. No. 3 white, _75c to 'I7c,
Ontario Wheat (Bi¢\l;» In SUN, Moni- rea .
No. 2 winter, per cair lot, $2.31. No, 3 winter, por car lot, 32.21.
No. 2 spring. $2.26. No. 3 spring, $2.22. Peas (According to Frelghts Outaido). No. 2. nominal.
Barley (New Crop), Accerdlhu to Frelghts Ollfslds).
Malling, $1.03 to $1.05.
Buckwheat (According to Frolplita Out.
aide),
Buckwheat, nomina .
Rye (According to Frelphts Outside),
No. 2, nominal.
Manitoba Flour (Toronto).
War quality. $10.95.
Ontario Flour (ln Bags, Prompt Ship. ment).
War quality, 310,85 Montreal; $10.85
Toronto, old crop. Mlllfeed (Car Lets, Delivered, Montreal Frslghts, Bags Included).
Bran, per ton, $35. Sh -t t S40
Ol B, Del' On. .
Hay (Track, Toronto).
No. 1, per ton. $18 to $19; mixed, Del'
ton, $16 to 817. _
Straw (Track, Toronto).
Car lots, Ear ton. $8 to $8.50.
srmors' Market.
Fail wheat-No. 2. 32,17 per bushel.
No. I spring, 03.12 per bushel.
No. 3 goose. $2.08 per bushel,
Oats (old), il2c to 03c per bushel.
Rye-According to sample. nominal.
Barley-Malting, nominal, Hay-Timothy. $20 to $22 per ton: mix.
ed and clover, $18 to $19 por ton.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
J. P. Blckell & Co. report the follow-
ing prices on the Chicago Board of Trade:
Prev.
High. Low.
Close.
157% 155% 156% 158% 156% 158%
Nov_ ... 157%, 155% 156|/4, 156%
Oats-- _ sent. 70% '11 _ 7055 705;, 'mai 0 t. 72 72
c 72% 72% 1/4, 54 72% Nev. 14 74% 'lang 73% 741/,
Pork-
40.40 41.4021. 41.45
Sept. ..,.40.40 41.50 Oct. .....40.70 41.60 40.70 41.60 41.70
26.75 27.00 26.75
Lard-
Scpt. ...,26.75 27.00
26.85 26.60 26.75 20.52
23.65 `
Oct. . .26.70
23.70 24.05 23.75
Open.
Corn-
Sept. ... 156|/5
158%,
Oct. . . .
1n7%
Close,
156,55 1571/¢
I'i.lbs-
SBDL ....23.70' Oct. .....24.00
oa'rTLE_M_aRKE'1‘s
UNION STOCK YARDS.
TORONTO, Sept. 9. --- Receipts of
live stock of all kinds at the Union Yards since last Friday on sale for to-day’s market consists of 218 cars, comprising 4523 cattle, 323 calves 1032 hogs and 977 sheep and lambs.
WINNIPEG LIVE STOCK.
Winnipeg, Sept. 8,--The market Satur-
day was dull and featureless. Oats
closed ‘Ac loweié for October and *Ac
lower foi Decem er
Flax closed ic lower for October, lo
lower for November, and 21/Bc lower for December,
Cash prices : Oats-No, 2 C,W_, 84-160;
No. 2 feed, 75%c_
Barley-No, 3 C.W.. $1,055 No, 4 C.W,,
$1.001 reject. 92c; iced. 92c,
Flax-N0. 1 N.W.C,, 54,05.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
Chicago Sept. 'l.-l-ings-Rcceipi'.s,
4000; market uneven, 10c to 20c higher; some 25c up; top, $20; butchers. '$19.25 to $19.95; light, 519,40 to $20; packing, 518,40 to 819,10; rough, $17.75 to $18.25; pigs, ood and choicc. $18.05 to $19.
Catge-Receipts, 2000; market, cum-
pared with a week ago, good and heat native steers steady to strong: others mostly 25c lower; Westerns steady: butcher cattle. mostly 50c lower: bulls off more and canners less; veal calves. 25c to 50:: higher; stockers and feeders steady. -
Sheep-Receipts 1000; compared with
a week a|:o_ fat classes oi' lambs and yearlings. 25c to 400 lower; .sheep steady to Z5c lower; feeding classes of lambs steady to 35c higher, and of sheep. 25c to 500 higher; yearllngs and breeders, steady.
13.70 23.70 23.90 23.97
Minister Forsees is Canadian Fleet.
MONTREAL, Sept. 9. - In the
course of an informal talk before the Sons of the Empire at the Windsor Hotel here on Saturday night, the Hon. C. C. Ballantyne, Minister of Marine and Fisheries and Naval Scr- vice, indicated his belief and hope that in the near future Canada will
,have a strong, sound naval policy of
her own. l~lis vision was oi’ a Cana- dian ileet, forming a part and parcel of the Imperial ileet, but at the same time Canada's unit and under the absolute control of Canada,
Bolsheviki Makes War on China. VLADIVOSTOK, Sept. 9. - The
Russian Bolshevik Council at Blago- vieshtchensk, capital oi’ the Amur Province of Asiatic Russia, has de- clared war on China because the Chi- nese Government is sending troops to tho northern Manchurian front. The Siberian frontier has been closed and the Bolshevlki are conilscating Chi- nese property.
Child Scalded to Death.
GALT. Sept. 9.-While the mother
was transferring clothes from a boiler to a tub on the floor, Leslie Alexander Mclntosh, a year 'and seven months old, son of Pte. J. Mclntosh. overseas, threw a potato he was playing with into the tub, and in try- ing to recover‘it had his arm badly scslded. Death followed from the shock.
Jewish New Year, 5679, was cele-
brated yesterday.
Mothers of soldiers who have fal-
len in the war were presented with medals by the Associated Kin. _ Two thousand postal and Govern- ment telegraph employes at Buenos Ayrsd, Argentina, went on strike on 'i'i\ur‘sdsy, asking higher wages.
The -Dominion Oovsrnmsat - is un-
No. 3 northern, $2.171/|. - No h at 2.11%
'0xford’s oat crop this year will ex-
one his various nisaa»"~°." °9 ..*5*'!.`»'. -. . -
ll P°°P|’ m0f0 g|h?¢fm~f‘,` 1-_QW mn. ‘I h.'. ‘n.|"._
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' FALL WHEAT.
A Little Advice About This Important Crop.
Any good soil, preferably clays
and loams, where judicious crop methods are observed, may be used
_ if _
NEWS TUPIGS 0F WEK
Occurred During the Week,
for fall wheat. Clover sod, pea Tim Bug, world., Hnppemnss cu*
ground and summenfailow provide most suitable conditions, but meadow or pasture land. thoroughly prepared, may be expected to give satisfactory returns.
As promptly as possible afoer the
removal of the previous crop, plough not more than six inches deep, roll or pack, and work thoroughly until the seed-bed is deep, mellow and
Q
level, not later than the second week
'lilly Gvmniica ....<1 Put inc. Handy and Attractive Shape for the Renders of Our Paper-_ A Solid Hour's Enjoyment.
TUESDAY.
Rev. R. B. Nevitt died in England. County Court judges met at the ueen's Hotel, Toronto. Tllfl €XDort oi' casein from Canada
U1 Selltember. has been prohibited.
Light dressings of short manure
Capital and Labor joined hands in
stimulate strong growth and act ns Guelph to make the day’s celebration
protection during winter. Knolls, at
inclincs and rolling land are especi-
big success. _ Twelve Halifax aldcrmen resigned
ally benefitted. Ordinarlly, however, on Saturda and i-ive more are 53|
the manure should bo sirpplled to i some other crop in the rotation, rather than directly for the wheat. i
Sow large, plump, sound seed of i
strong vitality and free from weed
- ' y. d
o have quit since. Sir Robert Borden made an' impor-
ant announcement respecting com- ng railway legislation.
A battalion of United States troops
seeds. Use the fanning-mill wisely. are at the Exhibition grounds to re- Treat the seed wheat for “stinking main until Thursday. -
smut.” This sim lo method is effec-
Lahor Day attendance at the Ex-
D
tive: immerse the seed for twenty hibition,‘wbich was 174,500, broke minutes in a solution made of one all previous records by over_20,000.
pint formalin to forty-two gallons
Arthur Parkes, Hamilton, was
water. drowned in thevbay at Burlington
Beach while teaching his wife to
Prepare Pastiuo for Cows. 5011!.
Nothing is gained by turning-dairy
cows into stalk fields or on to pasture D during the early spring months. Pro- I; tection from storms and good feeding l’
are of the utmost importance if the
The fishing schooners Elsie Porter f Lunenburg, N.S., and Potentate of it Have, N.S., have been sunk by a erinan submarine. Anaclet Girard and Mme. Gregoire
b k t F m mein new were drowned when a motor car ran
cows are to c ep fo g
or from “mug on in muk_ Much oi! a ferry as it was leaving the wharf
damage will be done also to pastures 9
if they are tramped and cut up while b
they are wet and before the grasses I have gotten well started.
A small patch of sorghum should C
be planted in 9. rich spot near the barn or pasture' as it safeguard _L
tThree Rivers. Que. Two hundred and twenty-nine ba- les were entered in the Baby Show
n connection' with the Labor Day
eiebration at Hamilton.
P By proclamation issued yesterday
iesident Wilson set $2 20 a bushel s the minimum price guaranteed by
' he
against a' shortage or pasture m t thc Government for the 1919 wheat
--_-l---*__
C
The War Has Brought About a Great Demand for, Better Dairy Cattle.
early summer, due to drought. Plan to plant a large enough acreage of corn or sorghum to fill a. silo. lf planted early tliesilo can be filled early, in readiness for use during the early fall, when the pasture may be short.
During the hot weather in the
summer and early fall every farm should arrange so that milk can be cooled as soon as drawn from the cow, unless the cream is to be sepa- rated with a. separator. Cream, as soon as separated or skimmed, should be cooled and kept cool until churned. Quick cooling of the milk insures more rapid and more com- plete rising of thc cream. Cream kept properly cooled remains sweet and produces a better grade of butter.
Something In “Divining Rod." Subterranean streams usually pro-
vide the best supplies of water, both as to quality and quantity. The dimculty is that the striking nf them is generally a matter of pure accident. From early ages, certain individuals have claimed the power of being able to locate such streams by aid of a forked twig from various trees, such as plum, cherry, hazel, etc. And it is undeniable that lu' many instances, phenomenal wells have been struck by digging or drill-
ing on sites selected by these "water I
diviners," in spite of provious fail- ures in the locality. For many years scientists as a class have atoutiy de- nied the possibility of there being any virtue in this method of locating water, but in recent years, as the re- sult of some investigation on the sub- ject, a considerable change has come about, many not only admitting the possibility of the method being genu- ine, but actually expressing their be- lief in it.-Prof. W. H. Day of 0.A.C., in Agricultural Gazette. _ '
.mill Even Alfalfa Sulered Here.
The winter of 1917-18 bore with
more than ordinary severity on ai- faifas, grasses. and clovers at Mac- donald College. Several plois of orchard grass and most plots of red clover have been winter-killed, while a number of blocks of alfalfa sown broadcast and _in rows, that have survived all winters since they were seeded in 1912 and 1913, have been from 75 to 90 per cent. winter- killed. Other plots of alfalfa that have come through a number of se- vere winters with llttle injury have this year been more seriously dam- aged.
0xford's Big Oat Crop.
It is conservatively estimated that
ceed 4,000,000 bushels, or nearly half a milion more than last year. This is’ figured on the basis of an average of less than 25 acres of oats to each 100 acres under cultivation through- out ihe county and an average yield of about 30 bushels per acre. Many farmers claim that their oats will run from 50 to 60 bushels per acre and harvesting operations have reached the stage where there is no guesswork about it.
An inventive Farmer.
J. W. Berry, one of the most pro-i
gressive of British Columbia dairy. farmers, operates his' milking ma-l chine with a iread.rniil,.the power be- tngfurnished by the herd bull. -
'saatmiiu mica.
ac svsmen an e ‘ _ . g °'F"°*"'l° ' ~ -` ’_»‘. ,sstwsfia mass. _ Q 3. 2?",
rop. _ Tank Hui Lung, Chinese Minister
of Education, was assassinated, it is believed, from political motives, at Victoria, B.C., `by Haw Chew. s. bar- ber, who afterwards, when pursued, coiumitted suicide.
Twenty-two members of the Naval
Armed Guard of the American steam- er Joseph Cudahy, reportedmissing when news of the loss of their ship was reported, have been brought safely into Atlantic ports 'by British steamers.
WEDNESDAY.
It was Americans' Day at the To-
ronto Exhibition.
Eight, of the twelve Halifax alder-
ihcn have resigned, and it is said the others will also do so.
Mushrooms have appeared in un-
precedented numbers in Peel County during the past few days.
The aviator carrying the aerial
mail io Ottawa and return, failed to get back to Toronto yesterday. .
London’s new Technical School,
one of the largest and most up-to- date in the Dominion, was opened.
An order-in-Counpil empowers the
Wai' Trade Board to co-ordinate the output and orders of iron and steel.
A drastic reduction in 'the sugar
allowance for public eating-places has been enacted by the Canada Food Board.
A new freight yard constructed by
the T., H. & B. Railway at Victoria, near St. Thomas, will be operated by the M.C.R.
The Germans at Hertubize have
deported fifty workmen who would not sign a contract to work in the army zone.
The'great steam shovel, Bucyrus,
used in tho Hydro canal, near Nia- gara Falls, was broken by a landslide of hundreds of tons of clay.
All persons in Petrograd and Mos-
cow not actually resident have been ordered by the Soviet Government to eave within twenty-four hours.
Hon. Dr. Cody is going to England
and France to study ' educational problems in connection with the re- establishment of returned soldiers.
With only three places heard from
outside of Toronto, the iirst day of the "Sailors’ Week" campaign ob- tained nearly three hundred thousand dollars.
H. B. Walker, president of the old
Dominion Steamships Line, has been placed by the United States in charge oi’ all coastwise steamships operated by the Railroad Administration.
The New South Wales Parliament
has given iirst reading to the anti- sediiion bill, which disqualides per- sons convicted of sedition from vot- ing in state or municipal elections or sitting in Parliament for from four to scven years.
THURSDAY.
The Grain Growers are meeting in
Ottawa.
It was Farmers’ Day at Exhibition
yesterday.
Henry Hamilton, the dramatic
author, died yesterday in London.
J. H. Davidson, Wellington. Ont.,
was accidentally shot at the Exhibi- i_lon grounds.
A civic and provincial welcome was
extended by the Ciiy of Toronto to the visiting soldiers from the United States.
Arab forces under the King of the
Hedlaz continue to make harassing raids upon the railway in the hands
of the Turks.
The British postmen. it is reported.
are about to demand on increase of wages and better arangements of working hours. _
The Government has assumed com-
plete control oi' the purchase and sale for expo`rt and of the methods of ex-
port nf wheat.
Waterloo Council ordered its Town
Solicitor to resign, alleging ineillcisnt service and not attending all the
Council's meetings.
A sentence by court-martial iii
London oi' five years' penal servitude on a deserter was reduced by the authorities in Ottawa to 42 days' detention. '_ "Phe recently granted to postal in the outside ser-
it is estimated,
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Miss Ruth Walker, B. AL, of,Wood-
stock Collegiate Institute std, has, after competitive examlnatioii, been asked by the Dominion Government to join the Civil Service Gomilllllbn
at Ottawa.
FRIDAY. _ lt was Manufacturers' and- na- ponaucn my -stuns aasnisii T°,ronto,. e ' Q.
The British Conl_ulate,s.t_ .
it_ls,siate_d..has been attacked! the _B°l_shevlkl. 1
York County captured three nrst
prim in the runners' livestock Jueg- ing competition at_'l'oronto. .
Neill! ii. million s;ailway_;embloyea
in the United States are to receive wage increases of $26 permoirth.
A proclamation has been made by
the Lieutenant-Gbvéruor -of” 'Prince Edward Island making clubs -‘*dry."
Lieut. G. S. Touehsrd, R.A.Ff.,_the
well-known lawn tennis player, died suddenly in hospital froliran abceas on the brain. _ "
Jean. the 18-ye_ar-gig daughter of
Rev. George Daniels, C atham, Ont.. was killed by a fall from a Metro- politan radial cnr. '
A hoard of conciliation has been
appointed in the dispute between the Poison and oth'e1;'£ors,mto _ilrins._and their blacksmith employes and helpers.
The C.P.R. will close up the Trans-
cona Terminal till next summer or fall, owing to cancelling of exemp- tions from military service issued to employes.
Public ownership and heavy tax-
ation of luxuries are recommended at the annual meeting of the Metho- dist Board of Social Service and Evangelism.
Mrs. George McKelvey, aged 80,
and Miss Mary Johnston, almost 9|. died within an hour and a half of each other at theirhoine in Chatham, of old age.
A Kenora hotel has to close its
dining-room for two weeks for hav- ing sugar bowls on its tables, and a
Welignd bakery firm is shut up for a we k for persisting in making oven sole bread. '
Admiral Sir David Beatty in reply
to a message from the Trades Union Congress said the Grand Fleet was con-vlnced complete victory would crown the continued efforts of the Empire and the Allies.
SATURDAY.
Yesterday was Live Stock Review
Day at the Exhibition.
Thanksgiving Day has been dxed
for Monday, October 14.
Liquor in barrels labelled "sauce-
kraut" shipped into Toronto was seized by the police.
Five Americans have been decor-
ated with Briiish honors for conspic- uous gallantry in action.
Canadian bond dealers have decid-
ed not to sell _Victory Bonds' until after the next' loan is ilbated.
Norway lostthirteen vessels, ag-
gregating 22,9‘I6 tons, through war causes in the month of August.
Andrew Routledge of Iambeth, 18
years of age, was instantly killed hy the bursting of n. ily wheel in-a ma- chine shop.
C. W. Jefierys, the Toronto artist
is at Niagara Camp to make sketches for the Canadian Vllar Records Com- mission, London, Eng.
lion. J. D. Reid stated that the in-
terests of ;Sir William Mackenzie and Sir Donald Mann were now entirely separate from the C.N.R.
The U. S. Senate yesterday passed
the twelve-million-dollar emergency agricultural appropriation bill with its rider for national prohibition from July 1 next until the U. S. armies are demobilized after the war.
U. S. Secretary of War Baker has
ordered the chief of 'each bureau in his department to replace by Dec. 31 all physically tit meinwlthin the draft ages, who would be in Class 1. by men physically disqualided for mili- tary service' ' ` '
A oneselfe niet at the ottawa ax-
perimental Farm has produced 84 bushels of oats this 'ye`ar. by'far the record for oats in the Ottawa dis- trict, and the main oat ileld‘of the farm beat all pnit yields with an average of 71 bushels-_ to_ the acre.
MONDAY.
Natural gas has been`discovoi'ed in
Stirling, Ont. , `
The Exhibition' attendance for the
two weeks _of the fair was'948,400.
Premier Arsenault of Prince Ed-
ward lsland is in Toronto on educa- tional matters.
The _York Pioneers Association
opened the Sharon Temple as 'an his- torical house.
Provincial crop estimates in Sas-
katchewan place the wheat yield at 98,500,000 bushels. »
The Siberian Expeditionary Fone
mobilizing in Canada is to concea- trate at Victoria, B._l}. <
Geo. Jones,'a fartnieli naar Graves-
hurst, was killed by lightning on Sat- urday while stllcltirlg, " `
Dr. Geo. H.“laic_ke hmjibeen made
Associate Diregtiii 'off Inform- ation at a sdiaralifji a_’Y§d.rf.'
vlsiting‘"lliD pa-_"fl‘olt_' all over
Canada olleistedmtf war- ious Anglican gchiiffohdii' iil"‘l‘bi~onto.
The' Torontd _M_llk‘ ‘Plbdi_i`c0i\s' As-
sociation decidsd' td' ihgfealo the price ‘of'mllk' from Oct; 1 0`clhtl an
eight-gallon can.
Capt. Al¢lU!d0F‘$r\lifll‘»“; 'Duke of
Wagram, s descendant of Napoleen's iield mai°ah'Al*,"lll* bissi “Kit the
front. a Paris despatch, curve.
The inst\*uinent_s-of rtiilhcat n of
the- Russo-Oernilu 'siipslem tary treaty have been exchaa sd so-
presentatives offthe two _ ments. ' ‘ ' <1,- ‘ .4 treaty orsiiisncs has homeca-
eluded betwlren Germany and M
under hic _ s ent re man-po .-
rising is*|ni't1h¢ the disposal
many. _ _ _ e
ri»'s'1.ea|sii.lss., mmsm sin
azladlade strc doa dis'4;i;ssi tion of their uncle a:d,a Ht. ui their eisims respecting wales and
p°n°l0\ll¢ _ .
Rev. Dr. 0
visttili the
interests warmly Ottawa tllllil" ssrvlss.