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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-8-26, Page 4T H E (gx.der blie .Cat Chas. E. Sanders, Editor and Prop TBURSDAY1 AUGUST 25, 198, The report of the Bureau of Indus- tries of Ontario for the year 1896, lately issued io complete form, represents a vast amount of work in collecting and arrangiug statistics, hence the imp:,ssi bility of bringing down the work sooner every year. The number of acre un der crop in the province in 1896 was 8,511,414, which was larger than ever before. Hay aud clover led with 2,426,- Z11 acres; oats were next with 2,4.23,107; Bien fall wheat with S7,6,055; aud peas, barley, corn and spring wheat in the order named. The average of spring' wheat in 1896, was 235.261 compared c a e 0 f. 1602, The a ae with b51,a0,, ata Zell wheat in 1$!2 was 906,522, and it cell to 74%188 in 1893. The average yield per acre of fall wheat in etario was 17.0 bushels, which was greater! titan .any of the grain growing :Tates of the Union. Illinois leads the latter with 11.7. lea Spring wheat Ontario's average yield was 13.8 bushels per acre compared with 11 S in Manitoba, 3.4.2 in Minnesota, 13.8 in Iowa aud 1;1.3 iaa Wisconsin. In oats, Ontario with all average of 32:2 in bushels per were was se out] only to Wiseonsiu with =35. Ontario was tied with ]Wisconsin In Walley, with an average of "27.4, The totiai farm property of tlntario in 1S9n, including land, buildings, implements and live stock, was valued at 8010.2it1,- t3.,S, In 1636 the a egregate value was =;Ile ,1 °'7,011,, the t.ight'st figures retitle 'ad. Farm land values showed a steady decline since V 6 to 10:16, but a change :gar :'io better has taken place since then. Cheese factories iu 1800 were 1.,1.17, as compared with 1,161 in 1895, the decrease being due to the drought: In 1896, 104,903 985 pounds of cheese were :made, compared with 100,250,640 in 1895. The population of all the cities, te,wns villages and townships in Ontari'1 in 1806 was 1.972 286, aud the assessmentw814,017,631, compared with 1,628,496 and $994,380,639 respectively ten year$ before. ..VO TE AD COMMEXT. The Manitoba wheat crop is estimated. at 25,000,000 bushels, and that of the Territories at 7,000,000 bushels. , Returns complied by Mr. Geroge Johnston show that there are in Can- ada 559 creameries, 2,556 cheese fac- tories and 203 factories producing both. butter and cheese. ' Five billiona cigars and three billion seven hundred and fifty million cigar- ettes were smoked in this country in the last fiscal year. Assuming that there are 25,000,000 males of smoking age, this means 200 cigars and 150 cig- arettess for each one of them.—New York World D ANILL ON TIHE. DREDGING DECD, They say it is an inspiring sight to see Commodore Dan McGillicuddy pat ing the win'ard side of the quarter deek of the dredge Goliath, hitching his. trousers aud, turning a quid lit his cheek to spit over the loo'ard hammock net- tings, while his eagle eye sweeps the horirou. Then be seizes leis spealtiu° trumpet and bellows "Darn my stays'1 'halyards, why the blaul:et,-b,altt, to blank don't you'se fellers dump that pi in the for'ard end of the galley—I mean scowl "—Ottawa Citizen, ** lair, David Cantelon, of Clinton, per- haps hest known as the c, Huron Apple King," has begun the season well, ship ping last week seven carloads of the Duchess variety, four carloads to Liv- erpeel, one to Philadelphia. and two to ,Manitoba. These will go from Gode- rich, Clinton, Blyth, Seafarth and Tees - water stations. The Apple King will operete this seasou. in Kent, Waterloo and Huron counties, .and already has a large number of buyers out, Mr. Can- teion estitiaates there 1011 be 75,000 barrels of apples for export from Huron this fall, as compared witha total out - mit last season of 10,000 barrels. The best yield, though, will be iu Essex and Kant; each county will market 100,020 barrels, Speak?ng of the yield iu the Province, the Apple King says that west of Toronto, taken all over, there will be no Moro than a quarter crop of wittier fruit. * A seen Ix PROSPERITY. Possibly no better evidence of the abundant harvest just reaped by the fitrruers, iu the tine belt of couutrycou tiguous to Exeter is to be found than in the fact that the commodious barns everywhere abounding are not equal to the task of accommodating the erop. Duriug the past week threshing has been the order of the day, and though machines are numerous, no fewer than half a dozen operating within a radius of as many miles, yet it seems impossi• ble in many cases to secure room and the result is seen in a number of over- t aw stacks which ornament the e front of the outbuildings Ie some few easels the excess is so great that a straw stack iu the rear of the barn fails to afford the desired relief. The yield is very satisfactory. Roots, with the exception of potatoes, are also doing well. The apple erop is exeelient and pears have seldom made a better showing. The harvest is practically Over, and trade will soon assume a livelier trend. *u* A citizen came to register' a birth at the City Hall yesterday and when asked his wife's maiden name could not re again member it and had to go home for the informatiou. This is nearly as bad as a gentleman who once called on the late City Clerk Woodyatt to ob- tain a marriage license and could not remember the name of his intended bride.—Brantford Courier, A movement is onTfoot to introduce into the House a bill to amend the law regarding the payment of County Crown Attorneys. At present these of- ficials are paid by fees largely. Their duties are not very exacting, and they are allowed to practice the profession. It is in the interests of the people that these officials should be paid a stated salary, and thus save the public from being literally held up daily for every trivial duty that these officers perform. —Toronto News. Jamie is a bright-eyed eyed boy who be- longs to a family of seven children. He. las an uncle living in the country twenty miles from his city home, and :he loves to visit him. Although he is only six he shows great fondness for animals, and during his last visit he was much interested in a little calf there, and kept teasing his uncle to sell it to him to take home. Finally the uncle asked: "What •would you pay me for the calf ? " Jamie replied : '• I haven't much money, but I would trade the baby for the calf, for we have a baby at our house most every year." We notice by the "Votes and Pro- weeeding s"of the Legislative Assembly, that the abilities of the member, for ."South Huron, Mr. H. Eilber, has already 'been recognized. On Friday he was appoirted one of the members of a se- lect committee on the bill confirming the by-law of the town of Clinton, granting a loan of $25,000 to the firm of Doherty & Co. The by-law was car- ried. by the property owners by a vote sof 457 to 10, on March 14th last. Mr, Doherty has gone ou to rebuild his fac tory, and now it is in ' running order. The r,ommittiie decided that sin c.e i, Mr. Doherty has carried out his part of the proposal the town is committed to the M,grant. CANADA'S BIG DISPLAY British Columbia and other mining eaceps aro also shown: The euelosure contains a number of comfortable seats where visitors are in- vited; to rest themselves. A large re- gister is open to visitors and is being rapidly filled up. The low railroad rates now in force make it possible for many Canadians to visit the Omaha 11)osttion, ttesouree$ of the Dominion Exten- :tively- Shown at Omaha. In the Internation Hall at the Trans. Mississippi Exposition the largest ex- hibit is that of the Dominion of Cana- da, It occupies 5,000 feet of floor space and 6,000 feet of wall space, cov- ered with the best the couutry can pro duce. It is an .agricultural, Mineral, forestry and dairy exhibit combined. The location is first-class, taking in the main entrance to the building. C. H. Myers, commissioner from the Dominion of Canada, is in charge, as- sisted by W. V. Bennett, the resident Canadian agent, and his daughter, hiss June Bennett. The exhibit is viewed by ninety per cent of the Ex- position visitors, a vast proportion of whom are astonished by the great showing of the country's resources here made. Wheat that grades "No. 1 hard northern," and is produced to the amount of thirty-eight to forty-ffve bushels per acre ell through the Dom- inion is the principal agricultural pro- duct shown. Commissioner Myers says the Dominion can supply the bread - stuffs nations of the earth stn s for all oft e n o ff Not only wheat, but oats, barley, rye, corn and all of the cereals known to the United States grow and flourish in every locality, yielding abundantly. The corn is as large as that grown fur- ther south; the small grain has a light er color, the berry being more plump and Iarger. The dairy business of Canada has grown with great rapidity during the past few years. Last year's shipment of butter to Great Britain aggregated 12,000,000 pounds, valued at $2,900,000. Along with the butter goes the cheese, which last year amounted to 165,000- 000 pounds, valued at $15,000,000. Honey and maple sugar are two other staple products of Canada shown in the exhibit. WINTER WHEAT teseta sea X arieties aneeos$fully 'Aestett int ISOn on 101 Ontario F:u•ms. Oue million acres of winter wheat will likely be sown in Ontario within the next three weeks. As the variety sowu has a marked influence upon both quality and the quantity of the crop produced, it is very important that the very best kinds be used. An increase iu yield of one bushel of win- ter wheat per acre means a total in- crease of one million bushels for the pt1t e, Tb average e a nual yieldd of winter wheat per aere in Ontario for the past diteeu years is about twenty seven percent, lower than that of Great Britain and Ireland and about thirty-one per cent, higher than that of any of the winter wheat growing States of the American Union. The aim of Ontario should be to approach made for this year guarantee that the the record of the former rather thee Exhibition will Inc easily the best ever that of the latter. The average yield held. Awing to the war, amusement of winter wheat in. Ontario for the matters have been very quiet in the eight years cutting with 1S98 is. 21.6 l:'taited States. As a consequence the bushels per acre, aud that for Otte management have been able to secure' eight years Budin; with 1800 was 1b.f special features that otherwise could bushelschaug er acre. Hence the e not have beeu obtalued. Nor is thetall, p chauge the exhibits are of a great deal bet- ter quality and more varied than usual. For the first time menufaeturiug estab- lishments of both France and Great Britain are sending over eolleetious of goods especially made for this purpose, included in then being several reeeut scientific inventions of a revolutionary tature. It would be impossible here to enumerate the wonderful attractions that will be offered, but they will in- clude the famous driving elks, that have ereated a tremendous furore America, ,. ca throughout Ataatraas samples af the greatest state of perfectiouto which animal training has been brought; Mlle. Gertrude and her four rnagaaifieent lions; Mons, Achille Philioa, spiral tower and revolving globe artist t and a whole army of other performers, who are at the top of their profession. And these are only minor features, for two great spectacles are to be given oua, which will be free by day, and the other by eight . The first will be, an illustr't:'tt of real warfare, and will be conducted by the Royal Engineers, of Halifax, and the•Dominiou Artillery, of Kingston, and will comprise the exploding o. s 1L- marlue mimes, the blowing up of ships, the storming of forts with shot and shell. from quick firing and Maxim machine guns, Red Cross hospital work, and so on. At night the great spectacle pre seated will include the blockade, bom- bardmeut, and surreudor of Santiago, the sinking of the Merrimac, the cap- tive balloon, and the destruction of Cer- vera's fleet, concluding with a joyful celebration of victory. There will also be horse races and horse jumping con- tests every day, and one day of bicycle races. An exhibit of homeless carriages will be another feature of interest, while the bands of music will number a score, including three or four from the United States. The usual dog show will be held, but the value and number of prizes exceeds previous years by sev- eral hundred dollars, the amount in- volved being $2,800. On the whole there is more to be seen at Toronto for less money than at any fair in Ameri ea, and such an opportunity as the present, when rates prevail on the rail ways that may never the so low in an- other year, should not be missed. The lumber industry of the Domin- ion has assumed great proportions since the destruction of the forests of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, , and much of the material used in the United States is from the country to the north. The lumber exhibit is -in- teresting as well as instructive, both on account of the numerous samples and the character of the exhibits. There are some oak, pine, poplar, birch, hickory, walnut, maple, cedar, and _a score of other varieties of the woods of the forest. One of the most interesting is a slab cut from a log of hard pine. It is six feet across and Mr. Myers vouches for the statement that the tree from which this plank came measured 150 feet to the first limb. In addition to this, he declares that there millions ofacres of pine forests in the north of the. Dominion that have never been visited by the chopper, A great showing of apples, pears, plums and oiher fruit is also made. In grasses there is no end to the .des play. There are all the varieties grown in the United States, both tame and wild, and the assertion is made that some of them produce as high as three tons per acre. In the centre of the court is the min- eral display. Three large cases are tilled with rich specimens of gold, sit ver, copper, lead, zinc, tin, iron and other metals from the gray sulphates to the most beautiful and delicate forms of crystalizationa. A number of photographs cf mining scenes from careful experiment with ono of theseir adcatll�casexdc>alcel4cadS.adc.�c�c:k� +� aac�ac>il Lia i8c sets should apply to the Experin ental-. arieee ist, Agricultural College,. Guelph, for E the-deri'red set and one-half potted of t� j each variety together with instruetious for testing and the blank form on which toreport will be furuished free of cost to his address, The supply of some of the varieties is limited but we will be euabled to furnish a large number with this seed before the supply is exhausted A bulletin giving theresults of 92 a varietiesr w of winter • =h . t t h to a n eti a n u e t alica6c c aer 4l .1.-a&mikai6caaca� r GLIIYELANB p Er peritnentai Departuleut of the Cute, rio Agricultural College is now in the , printer's hands and will be matted from 1S, 1�110i11 citlality, and represents tile highest type 0 the Department of Agrieuiture, Toren- cycle construction. , - . to, as soon as printed. C, A Z. v;vz, Ep at ,a ist � $55.0o3$470t003 8Vaff !Agricultural College, Guelph, Aug. 20. 30 Ineh Wheels, S100.00 oro4to9s ' ExiMt!on. 4 AGENTS EVERYWHERE. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE, SOLE REPRESENTATIVES Atte 1 tee L PERKINSx tt t y the Non n arxed, trae- 9 ti>aui►tFair in the 1CnmpieheeWorld, Annual ��y( T [Jy, ry�(�;���r & CO., Toronto Junction. e1 IL A. L0Z�IE �{ COholo no JNrnctions Ou Monday next, the 29th inst,, Can- ada's Great Exposition and Industrial Fir opens at Toronto. It is no idle boast to say that the arrangements in average yield of winter wheat per. acre iu Ontario is moving in the right direction. The groawieg of this importaut crop bus received a good deal of ]etiolation in the Experimental Department of he Agricultural College within the past feu years. Vtarieties obtained from the United States, England, Germany, France, and Russia are being careful- ly tested along with those secured from the wheat growing sections of Canada, After the varieties have been careful- , ,� at a X ria t nt plots I - tested in the a, et u al o the College in each of five years, the leading kinds are selected for eo-oper- ative experiments throughout Ontario. It has been found that the varieties which have given the best average re• sults in the experiments conducted at the College for a few years in succes. Sian, have nearly always given good satisfaction on the farms 01 the pro viece. Seven varieties of winter wheat were sent out for co-operative expert ments in the autumn of 1897. 'Tete were divided into three sets with three varieties in each set, the Dawson's Gol- den Chaff being used in all the sets as a basis by which the results of all the varieties could be compared with one another. We have received 191 full. and satisfactory reports of carefully conducted winter wheat experiments for 1898. The following table gives the com- parative yield of straw and grain per acre of the varieties of winter wheat tested in 1898 on 191 farms. Straw per train per acre. acre, (tops) (weidhbus) Dawson's Golden Chaff. -...1.8 80.8 Imperial Amber 1.0 20.8 Early Genesee Giant. 1,7 New Columbia .... 15 27.5 Early Red Clawson 1,7 20.9 Pride of Genesee- 15 35.5 Poolo 1.8 21.5 This table should be of great value to the wheat growers of Ontario, as none except the 191 good reports are included in the summary. Much credit is due to the careful experimen- ters who sent us the reports of the tests made on their farms.. CONCLUSIO.N.IS. I. In the average yield of winter wheat per acre, the Dawsons Golden Chaff stood highest among 11 varieties tested over Ontario in the year 18133, among nine varieties in each of the years 1894, 1895 and 1896, and among 7 varieties in each of the years 1897 and 1898, 2, Three of the varieties of winter wheat have been tested over Ontario for five years in succession with thefol- lowing average yields; of grain per acre: Dawson's Golden Chaff, 32.0 bush- els; Early Genesee Giant, 28.9 bushels; and Early Red Clawson, 28.7 bushels. 3. Dawson's Golden Chaff was the most popular variety with the experi- menters in each of the past five years. 4. In the cooperative experiments for 1898, the Dawson's Golden Chaff and the Early Genesee Giant, came through the winter the best, and the New Columbia the poorest. Genesee The Early Ge ee Giantaw- Daw- son's Golden Chaff, and New Columbia possessed the strongest straw and the Poole and Imperial Amber the weakest straw in 1898. 6. In the co-operative experiments of each of the past five years, the Daw- son's Golden Chaff was one of the least and the Early Genesee Giant was one of the most affected by rust. 7. In 1898, all varieties were practi- cally free from smut, which is nearly' always the case when no smut is sown with the wheat. 8. The Pride of Genesee aud the Imperial Amber produced the longest' and the New Columbia the shortest straw. 9. The New Columbia, Early Red Clawson, and Dawson's Golden Chaff were the first and the Early Genesee Giant and Pride of Genesee were the last to mature. 10. The Dawson's Golden Chaff and New Columbia produced the plumpest and the Poole the most shrunken grain. The following leading varieties of winter wheat will be distributed this year for co-operative experiments: Set 1. Dawson's Golden Chaff, Early Genesee Giant, and Early Red Clawson, Set 2. Dawson's Golden Chaff, Imper perial Amber and Golden Drop. Set 3. Dawson's Golden Chaff, Beard- ed Winter Fife and Stewart's Champion. Any person wishing to conduct a A Narrow Escape. Clinton, Ont,, Aug. 20.—The residence of Dr. Bruce was destroyed by fire yesterday morning, with the entire contents. Dr. Bruce was alone in the house, and escaped scantily clad. The building was only partly insured. It was owned by Thomas Gibbings Played With a Revolver. Guelph, August 22.—The seven year- old son of Chas. Raymond, jun., of the Hamilton Herald, accidentally shot him. - self yesterday while playing with a loaded revolver. The bullett embeded itself in the region of the heart. The boy was taken to the hospital, and now lies in a critical condition. General Debility and Loss of Flesh Scott's Emulsion has been the standard remedy for .nearly a quarter of a century. Physicians readily admit that they obtain re- sults sults from, it that they cannot get. fIQtxi. aziy other flesh -forming food, There are many other prepara- tions on the market that pretend. to do What CTT' EMULVON does but they fail to perform it The Norwegian Cod-liver Oil Made into as delightful cream, skill- fully blended with the Hypophas- phites of Lime and Soda, which are such valuable tonics, makes this preparation an ideal one and checks the wasting tendency, and the patient almost immediate - y commences to put on flesh and gain a strength which surprises diem. Be sure you get SCOTT'S Emulsion. See that the maa and fish are on the wrapper. sae, and $t.00, all druggl§ts, SCOTT & BO\1'NE, Chemib;s, Toronto. Death of Mr. Robert Gibbons. Goderich, Aug. 19. -Mr. Robt Gib, bons, ex -Sherrill, passed away tit his eternal rest this evening at 8 o'clock, at the ripe age of 87 years. His name occupies a prominent place in the pol- itical and municipal history of Huron County. He was of Scotch origin, hav- ing been born in Glasgow onDecem her 24, 1811. In 1832 he emigrated to Canada and on the 16th of May in that year arrived at Goderich, then a vil- lage of less than 250 inhabitants, Here. he launched into business and at an early age took a leading part in muni- cipal affairs, subsequently serving sev• eral terms as Mayor of Goderich and was also Reeve and Warden of the County. Mr. Gibbons was elected to represent South Huron in the. first Par- liament of Ontario, and four years later, in 1871, was re elected to the Legislature, each time as the candi- date of the Liberal party, whose doe trines he effectually advocated. After serving in that capacity during two, terms of the second Parliament he -re• signed his seat to accept the Shrievalty of Huron. County, which office he ac- ceptably filled c-ceptably'filled until about a year ago, when he found that his advancing age incapacitated him from the active du ties of his office, Set Herself on Fire. A patient at the Loudon Insane Asy- lum suicided by setting herself on fire Thursday morning of last week, and died Friday. night. It appears that the unfortunate wo- man, who was with the other patients in one of the female corridors dressing for breakfast. At such a time the at- tendants are very busy, and the wo- man seized the opportut,ity to apply a match •to her clothing. When her condition was discovered she had been badly burned about the face, neck and one arm. The flames were with diffi- culty extinguished, the woman fight- ing" with those who came to her assis- tance, The whale upper part of her dress was burned oaf. The doctors hoped to he able to save the patient's life, but Friday night she sank rapidly, at d passed away. The flame she had Whaled caused death, rather than the exterior burns. She suffered great agony. The deceased had been in the Asy- lum but a short time. She was affect- ed with a suicidal mania. How she se cured possession of the match is a com- plete mystery, but it is presumed that she begged it from a visitor. She was 55 years of age and married. London's Great Fair, It is scarcely possible that there is any person in this locality but has heard that the Western Fair will cele- brate its Silver Jubilee next month, 8th to 17th, and as we at present enjoy ex ceptionally low railway rates on all lines, it puts it within the possibility of any of our readers to accept this oppor- tunity to see one of the best Live Stock and Agricultural Fairs in Canada, or in fact America. To those who have attended this Fair in Past years, suffice it to say that the management purpose making this especially grand m ac- count of their Jubilee, and to the few who have not availed themselves of this privilege, that it will well repay the outlay and time. The Secretary informs us that the exhibits and special features will sur- pass former years in point of excellence and the evening entertainments are the best ever offered by them. The stage and ring performances will be supplemented with a realistic representation of the "Battle of Manilla Bay," by Prof., Hand Fireworks Co. The Art Loan of celebrated pictures from private collections, to be held in the Art Annex erected this year, will be a great feature, A combination of all these events should be both pleasing, entertaining and instructive. Programs and prize lists will be sent to every applicant, The estimated yied of fall wheat for the Province of Ontario for 1898 is 25,305,890 bushels, as against 23,988,051 bushels last year. Henry McLaughlin, a youth of six- teen years, was shot and probably fat- ally wounded, while hunting in the y h s woods with.a companion named Chas, Crane, For-sooiAg Poo pie. M 1e. Far Seeing people don't need to look through a telescope to find bargains when they visit our store. We have them on all sides, The telescope is all right in its place ---locating small ob jests for iustnnce-and it might be all right to locate thins like our prices, whit''h are so small that you will weeder how we sell so cheaply. Note a few of the following - 25c. for Window Screen, 24x26. 75c. for Screen Door, with springs hinges, pulls, hooks, etc. $2 for Wringer with double coos. Preserving Kettles. Apple Pearers. Apple Wire for Drying. Ask to see our New Washing Machine, Best in the market. 110 B!sfloD 4q EHFi 5 o . , . EXETER FOR TWERTY-SEVEN YEARS. U 7 AKI OWDER THECOOK'S BEST FRUEND RGEST SIDLE IN CAtVAD,... 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Six packages guaranteed to aura all forms of Sexual Weakness, all effects of abase or excess, Mental Worry, Excessive use of To- bofacco, priceOpium,onepaoreelraStge $1,imulants. six, 5M8. ailedOne wild oni rpleaseeceipt , six will ewe. Pamphlets free to any address. The Wood Company, Windsor,' Ont. ile-Wood'sPbospli,odineis.sold. inExeter by J. W. Browing, druggist. A girl named Dorley was thrown out of a buggy near Ringwood and killed: John Hallett of Drummondville fell off a T., H. & B, train at Fenwick. and was instantly killed. George and Alfred Nicholson have been committed for trial on the charge of setting fire to Bichlo & Henley's brewery on -the night of August 711i at. Cobourg. night o aj t