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siiiiiiiiiiijon iiuis
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
'_ .. ». 1..
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.|"._
“.1 “°’°~:.~“-.:°:.°‘......:==i='-“`"'   spins.-ei  
' 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,
,. ......vs_-
hdlbfi IN'
ie __ 
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.