HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-05-02, Page 2CANADA LEADS IN AGRICULTURE
Conditions More Prosperous Than in
Any Other Country.
A despatch from Ottawa says : The
Conuouus {'iii nille'u on Agriculture and
(:ulonization submitted its final repoort to
1'urlianuitt on Thursday. 11 mentioned
Iliat in Great Britain the average wheat
crop Ls 30.95 bushels per acne. In On-
tario the average of %% Inter wheat is
22.50, and of spring wheal 18.92, stew-
ing that wo are nlot in this respect a
great way behind the Mother Country ;
Franco averages 19.57 buseels, which is
under tiro average yield for Ontario.
Manitoba give, about 18.45. The North-
West of Canudu 19.13, while Itussia in
Europe Pleas an average of 9.05 bushels
per acre, and the United Slates 13.43.
The Argentine Itepublio gives an
average of 14.76 bushels per acre. Aus-
tralasia as follows : New South Wales,
9.9 bushels per acre; Victoria, 7.18
bushels; South Australia, 6.62 bushels;
West Australia, 11.51, and Queensland,
15.77.
Referring to the dairy industry In
Canada, it says it Is in a very prosper-
ous condition. Canadian cheese is now
regarded .in the British market as
second to that of no other country.
This Ls largely due to the introduction
of cool curing room,. as an adjunct o1
chteee fie:tories, and tate ample provi-
sion for export. in cold and cool storage.
Large quantities of small fruits of tho
ripple orchards aro lett over annually.
These are not marketable, owing to size,
but it might bo profitably manufactured
Into excellent jam, jellitas, etc.
It is suggtstcd that co-operation
would probably convert what is now a
Ides into a prdltablo industry.
The report concludes: "A careful sur-
vey of the entire field demonstrates thut
egrieulture, the correr-stone of national
v: calfs and power is in a more prosper -
oris condition at present in Canada than
in any other country of tho wworkl,
while the yet unmeasured territory of
rich virginal lands awaits settlement,
ready to respond bounteously to the in-
dustry and intelligence of ninny millions
of willing hands. in a word, Canada Ls
the world's greatest bread field of the
day."
ONE-SIDED BATTLE.
Lone Brigand V.'ilh Revoker Against
Russian Field Gun Detachment.
A despatch from Warsaw says: A no-
torious brigand, Stanilutts Lis, the au-
thor of litany crines, has been captured
at Lublin, 93 miles from here, mortally
wounded, after the house in which no
had sought refuge had been' blown to
pieces by artillery are. Lis, when Ito
saw that a detachment of police was ad-
vancing on the house, barricaded him-
self within and opened tire on the po-
lice, killing several of thein. Troops
were summoned to the assistance of the
p elice, but they were unable to dislodge
the bandit. Finally several quick -firing
field pieces were brought up and trained
en the house. Eight shells hit the build-
ing. which was demolished, after which
the infantry stormed the reins and found
1.': desperately wounded. trying to re-
load his revolver, which he lied emp-
tied at the attacking party.
RUSSIAN BARBARITY.
Prismters Tortured in Horrible Manner
by Soldiers to Secure Confessions.
A despatch from S1. Petersburg says:
In the Lower (louse of Parliament on
Tuesday M. Pergamont, Constitutional
Democrat, read tate reports of the Inter-
pcitntion Committee regarding charges
that prisoners had been tortured in or-
der to obtain confessions. Details of
some seventy cases were given. They
were beaten on sensitive parts of their
bodies with Cossacks' whips and rub-
ber rods, and their linger nails and
irntr were pulled out. The tortures In
many CANS Neero prolonged for eight
to ten slays. One mom, who was only
twenty-two seals old, looked like an old
Nunn rifler having been tortured. M.
Mnkarolf, Vice -Minkel. of the Interior,
admitted the cruelty practised by he
Government oflicinls on April 131h, and
nnnounred that prosecution of the guilty
ones hod already been begun.
ASIIES FAILED 10 RI'IIN,
Test Made In Two Places on the Cann-
dian Pacific.
A despatch from Toronto says: The
C. P. it. master mechanic, under the
direction of General Sup t rinleu,tlent Os -
tome, made a test of burning ashes In
two places. These tests weers, carried en
at 'Toronto Junction, and at the boiler
house at tt:o foot of John street, near
the Union Station. 'i'he lest proved a
fuilu►e. After the mixture vas placed
le the fire places it flared up fer a et -
Pe while, but 411,1 not last lone. The
ashes left large clinkers, and were found
to be entirely valueless as fuel.
NI)\'f11EtL Mi i;i1 DEAD.
Once n Minister Reputed to be Worth
13100,000
A de.patcli froom Montreal says : Neil
Itrodie. an eccentric chara'ter, who was
well known in the financial district, is
dead in his 71th year. The deceased was
at one time a Preelyterinn minister• at
home Nos., tut came 10 Montreal !natty
years ago. He operated on the Stock
Eschango and made money, owning
considerable teal estate beside sloe{.,
Ho was reputed to be worth over $100, -
Oars, but had the reputation of being a
ntisete living in squalor.
NONTIIS IN TRANSiT.
Grads Shipped From Toronto Before
(:lldstmas Still on tate (toad.
A despatch from 'foronto says: The
wholesale dry goods !tenses are receiv-
Ing Intimation that the Meek on the
Canadian Northern and the western
reads is being relievisl. Gorden Nlncliny
& Company, on \\'ednesitay morning, re -
creed a telegram frv,rn a merchant in
Sestet en. Advising the arrival of ge,ods
un .\I/,II 231d, shipped from Toronto en
Jnnunry 31st, other houses shipped
goods before Chrt.tluas, and these hnw•e
not yet rrachcd their destination.
smT.AND' FOB THE REST.
Sir Prides -kit Borden', View 01 the
Ward "Englishman."
A 11 -patch from London stye: Sir
Frederick Borden, epeaking at the St.
George's [Lay banquet, said the word
"Engl►shntnn" Nand f,)t everything; beat
in humanity,
COURSE IN AGRICULTURE.
Iligh Schools Ready to Adopt Education
Department's Suggestion.
A despatch from Toronto Says: The
Ontario Education Department is ar-
ranging for a course in agriculture in
the High schools, and Dr. Seats slates
that already some half dozen schools
are ready to fall In with the proposal.
The idea is to have teachers who are
graduates of they Ontario Agricultural
College in addition to their other quali-
fications. The salary of each would Lo
about $1,000, and the province would
Lear half of the expense. The .course
would extend over Iwo years and would
include physics, horticulture and other
subjects appropriate to modern farming.
ROCK FELL UPON THEM.
One Man Killed and Another Seriously
Injured at Parson's Camp.
A despatch from Kenoru says: An
nccelent occurred at Parson's (:amp,
Canyon Lake. on Tuesday morning,
whereby one Waller Snllttl, an English-
man, lost his life and another named
McDonald was seriously injured. The
sten were engaged in drilling a hole in
a large piece of rock which had been
dislodged by the blast, when suddenly
the rock above there slipped down up-
on them. Smith's remains were brought
into town In the evening. McDonald
was taken to the hospital.
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C. N. R. TRACK WASHED OUT.
Line Disabled Belwccen Lumsden and
Regina.
A despatch from Winnipeg says. Hon.
Mr. Motherwell, Minister of Agriculture
for Saskatchewan, is in the city, and
stings the startling inforniatlon that
the C. N. R. line between Regina and
Lumsden Is washed away in about
twenty places, and no traffic can Le
carried until the track is restored, which
will require considerable thne. The
north Is completely cut off.
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FtST ATLANTIC SElt)ICE.
Communication Front England Indicates
I1 Will be Carried Out.
A de.patch from Montreal says: A
communication receiver) from London,
Engem!, is taken to indicate that the
promoters of the proposed fast Atlan-
tic steamship lino between Black Sod
Bay, Ireland, and Halifax. N. S., aro de-
termined to carry out their project. The
("!nmunication slates that the promot-
ers, have hid several long interviews
with Sir \\ ilfrid Laurier and other (:n-
nndlan Ministers now In England. an I
Mat the Prettier and his colleagues
evinced much interest in 1110 undertak-
ing.
TREASUi1E CAVE REVEALED.
Earthquakes Near Lisbon Disclose Buc-
caneer's Hoard.
.\ despatch front Lisbon say: Re'enl
earthquakes in Northern i'orlugal have
revealed a cave en the coact centnhting
valuable treasures. '1 hey include o 'd
mils of many nationalities, especially
Spanish geld doubloons, jewelry, and
antique nrtns. They are stippreed to
Lave been a bnccnnecr's hoard.
A LATE OPENING.
Montreal Shipping Alen Concerned Over
Nawt{tatent Prospects.
A d•'spatch froml \tnntreal says: Mont-
real stripping cnmpnnfes are somewhat
dtsnppointed at the late opening of navi-
gation this year. It Is net expected that
nu first vessel of the seas•nt will cone
into title port until about the 2nd of
Nies., or probably n; Inle ns the 5th of
May. Grain men in the cily are nnxi-
nusly w•niling Iho• hrenking-up of Ice .et
Vert William and t'uri Arthur.
NEGRO AGED Ib* )'EARS.
)Vas Born 19 Years Before the Ameri-
can Revolution.
A despatch fr.un Santiago de Cutin
says: Antonio inflnate, n negro, is lend
al the age of one hundred end fifty
years. Despite his great nge, the gre'tl•
est recorded in modern limes. he re-
tained all his faculties unimpaired to
the end. ile was born in 1757, nineteen
years before the o ping of the Ameri-
can Revoltttlon.
THE WORID,IARKETS
SUwIiill f ItOli a LEADLN4
TItAI ii C8RC9•
Pokes of Cattle. Gral Cheese M8
Ober Paley 1ho4'wl Memo
and Abroad,
Toronto, April 30. --- fou' Ontario
wheat 90 ixrrt cent. pu'ent ro 4n'feel ut
5:.67 to 8'.70 in bowers' s:us outside tot
export. Manitoba Ilial jeente,
see•nrul e, 1, ne' sling baker's .
73.90, Toroputnto.lls.a
Wheat --- Manitolet era,
chanivxl. No. 1 lhutitoba Iia
91,; North flay, all rail; No.
ill 92c ; No. 1 hard quote.) at
ports, May delivery ; No. 1 t
83'/•,c, and No. 2 northern at
ports, May ,{'livery.
Corn -No. 3 American corn
at 54,X to 55c on truck,' '
Ilan corn is nominal at 47c, Chatham
freights.
Bran --t'rin'e temente al 821 outside in
bulk ; shorts aro quoted at 822 to 823
outside.
►'r choice ranging front 85 to 85.25,
radium Irons $1.73 to 65.00.
Loire butchers ranged trout 81.75 to
810, with ,n diunt quality from SUM
t 41.60. choice cows aro quoted
s:l;► to 51:0,, ntediutn cows. $2.75 to
to feeders are s ieady'•
'kers and f'
(1 ,:e from 83.75 to $4; hb'ht, $9.75 to
s sold
811 A bunch of heavy short -keep
lay at 81.75. and uuehung
cha cows are steadyand
bio to
eel (3tuice, $S0 to &N0, �a
its-es are quoted easier at 3e to 5iac
lam' . ound• quoted ul. $7.50
n -fed lambs are q
Cornmeal are a little
C.V.I. BOARD.
Wheat --No. 1 northern was 93e spot
North Bay ; it offered at 92elc en route
to N. B., and at 93c Montreal. No. 2
northern offered at 91c en route North
Bay, without kids.
Barley --No. 2 wanted at 54c on a 5c rate
to Toronto, without sellers. No. 3 extra
offered at 51c at 78 per cent. points, with
52c bid. No. 3 offered al 53c at 78 per
cent. points with 51c bid.
Peas --No. 2 offered at 9c outside with-
out bids.
Oats --No. 2 white, 39%c bid on a 5c
rate to Toronto, without sellers.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -Good to choke winter stock,
82.50 to 83,50 per bbl.
Beans -Hand-picked quoted at $1.45 to
81.50, and prunes at 81.35 to 31.40.
Honey -Strained quoted at 11 to 12c
per Ib, and comb honey ut $2 to $2.50 per
dozen.
flops -New, quoted at 18 to 21c.
Ilay-No. 1 timothy is quoted at $12 to
813.50 here, and No. 2 at $10 to 811.
Straw -$6 to 87.25 a ton on track here.
Potatoes -Ontario, 85c per bag, on
track, and New Brunswick, 90 to 95c
per bag.
Poultry -Turkeys, fresh killed, 13 to
14c ; chickens, dressed, 12 to 11c; do,
alive, 10 to 12c per lb; fowl, alive, 8 to
9z.; ducks, dressed, 11 to 12e.
THE DAIRY' MARKETS.
Butler -Pound rolls aro quoted at 24
to 25c; lube, 21 to 23c; large rolls, 21
h. 23c. Creamery prints sell at 28 to
29c, and solids ut 25 to 27c.
Eggs --New laid aro quoted at 16 to 17c
per dozen, in case lots.
Cheese -Large cheese, 13} to 14c, and
twins, 14y to 14%e.
IIOG PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs in car lots are un-
chunged, with prices quoted at 88.25 to
$&.50 here. Bacon, long clear, 11 to 11%c
per Ib in casts lots; mess pork, 821 to
$21.50; short cut, 123 to 823.50.
Hanes -Light to medium, 15Xc ; do,
heavy, Wee; rolls, l lye ; shoulders,
1 Ic ; backs, l6Xc ; breakfast bacon,
15%c.
Lard ---Tierces, 12yc; tubs, 12%o;
pails, 12%e.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, April 30. -The local oat mar-
ket continues quiet and featureless.
Manitoba No. 2 while were quoted at
(3jl, to 43%c ; Ontario No. 2 white, 43c ;
No. 3, 42X to 42%c ; and No. 4, 413fc per
bushel ex store. Flour -Tho local finer
market is steady. Choice spring wheat
patents, 14.50 to $4.60; seconds, $1;
winter wheat patents, $4 to 84.15;
slrutght rollers, 83.55 to 83.65; do, in
Lags, 81.60 to $1.70; extras, $1.45 to
$1.55. Fend -Manitoba bran, in bags,
$21; shorts, 822 per ton ; Ontario bran,
in bags, 824.50 to $25; shorts, 825 to
826; milled moutllie, 822 to 825 per Ion,
and straight grain, 828 to 830. Provi-
slons-Barrels short cut mess, 822.50 to
I $23.50; half -barrels, 811.75 to 812.50;
clear tit bn'ks, 821 to $2.1.50; long cut
heavy ntceo, 820.50 to 822 ; half•b arrels
do, 810.75 to $11.50; dry salt long clear
►icon, i1% to 12c ; barrels plate beef,
813 lot $14; half -barrels do, $7 to $7.50;
lorrels heavy mess bt'ef, $10; half -bee -
leis do, $5.50; compound lard, 9y, to
10c; pure lard, 12% to 12'„c ; kettle
rendered, 13 to 13%c ; hank, 13!, to 15c;
breakfast bacon, 15 to 16e; Windsor
buoon. 15 to 16c ; fresh killed abattoir
dressed hogs, 89.75 to 510; alive, 17.25
l0 87.10. Eggs -Firmer: 17 to 17%e.
Cheese ---Fodder grades, 11% 10 12e.
flutter -New milk creamery, 21 to 2-1e c.
UNITED STATES MAIIKETS.
Milwaukee. April 30.-\Vhent- No. 1
northern, 83 to 84c ; Not. 2 northern, 80
to 803.c ; July, 81Sec oekexd. Rye -No. 1,
72 to 72jsic. Barley- No. 2, 71% to 72c;
sample,. 62 to 71c. Corn ---Nu. 3, cash,
%6' to 47e; July, 19Xc awked.
Duluth, April 30.- Wheat -.No. I hard,
81';c; No. 1 northern, 8.1%c; No. 2
northern, 82%c; May, let,ec ; July,
Wee; ; 85Xe.
Minneapolis, April 30. -Wheat -No. 1
Lard, 84X to 85c ; N'. I northern, 81%
to ale; No. 2 northet'tt, 8I'/, to 82c ; No.
3 northern, 79 to 80e. Flour --First pn•
tents, $1.30 to 81.10; second patents,
$1.15 to *1.25 ; first ciente, $3.20 to 83.50;
second ciente. 82.10 to 82.511. Ilran-in
hulk, 116.51) to 816.75.
LIVE S'I'(lr.h MARKET.
Tomnto, :11)ri1 30. -Thr rim at the
City Cattle Markel this morning wvas e3
cars. which included 1,173 cattle, 11:t
sheep and lambs, 1,!AX1 hogs and 1..f.
calves.
Taken as n whole, the nlnrket showed
f, w clinngrs from the previous one.
e ill price changes small and of little
;weenie. The hulk of the !nide still 1s
c.enlincd to butcher cattle. with some
demand for heavy stockers. There k
emetically no expert business doing.
Prices are slendy, with Alight advance
let butcher reeve. (:hei.'e stock i, in
prod ilemenil, hut prlees ire net touch-
ing the very high levels so* nolieenble
enrl'.er in the Innnth. The bulk of the
cattle offering to -day were of fairly gem,)
quality, and very little was left unsold
at the {•lase of the market.
Rxporl trade minutiae dull. An extra
e1!ni00 deer weighing ahead 1.500
was repelled 10 have sold 01 #.5.40 to_
day. General Quotations are nominal.
s
Wounding.
A despatch from 1'eterl►oro' s
Chanib'rs, alias Fronk Centeno
sotto, who pleaded guilty
charges of wounding Levi TI
I'at King, and Gilbert Bleier
itoyal ilotel, In this city, on A
and of assaulting Constable
was on Thursday sentenced in 1
Gent t by Magistrate Dumble to
in the Kingston Penitentary.
toner got three .years on each
charges of stabbing, two of 1
to run concurrently. Chambe
had record. A letter received f
Grasett, of Toronto, by the loc
states lltat since he was relen
the Kingston Penitentiary in
last ho has been associating
fessional thieves, and it Ls beli
taken part in a number of •r
bevies. in 1889, the prisoner
fenced in Toronto to four years
And in 1899 he was given 10
the penitentiary for attempted
with violence, of Ilenry Asp
cery. 216 Victoria Street,
Chambers struck down As
felled his daughter with an ax
Slack was his accomplice, an
years.
NO ALMS FOR KING AND
Adventure of F.dward and
W4th Neapolitan Monks
A despatch from Naples say
Edward and Queen Alexand
sighlsoeing here on Wednesda
visited the ancient Church o
Chiara, where it happened th
who caro for the edifice, were ea
lunch. '1'ite visitors knocked at
but as there was no reply they
again. The sacristan inside, s
it was a beggar wlto had
shouted :
"Go in peace, there is not
you."
Tho Royal party were greatly
One of the members knock
saying they wanted to see the
"Don't bother us," the sacr
sponded, "this isn't sightseeing
The visitors would have had t
to the rebuff, but Gen. Salsa,
Italian army, happe► d to pass
nixed them, and prevailed u
sacristan to open the door.
When the sacristan realized th
tion he was profoundly apologet
called the other monks, who hast
act ns showmen. The church'
benefitted front the visit.
NUM PIIISONG FIR
500,000 Pours of lard Suddenly
Burst1to Flames.
A des
INSANE; USED REVOLVE
SI. Catharines Man Arrested -
Shots at Constable.
A despatch from St. Catharine
Roland McGuire, about 30 years
was errested here on Thureday,
with being insane. Neighbors r
10 the police on Wednesday that
walking up and down the str
a loaded revolver in his hand, n
Scrgl. \IcCnrthy was sent to to
ht charge Mc(lulre barricaded
in a r,;o►n and fired several sho
his revolver. Ile escaped from t
and reached Niagara Falls, but
ed hero on Thursday morning,
nrretted on his arrival. McGt
spent-sonie time in the IlAmll
turn and will probably be rot
thnt institution. •
(:AR WHEELS SEVERED II
Voting Prospector Killed nt
Station at Ilaileybury.
:\ despatch from Ilnileyhur
says: 1'. J. Neff, (rem Detroit,
stately kith it here on 'i'hursdn
trying to board a northbound
(rain. Ills feet caught in a w
he fell under the wheels, wvho,
pklely severed the head from f1
The nee ,I tt1 happened inunerli
front of the ticket-ollice windo
the settee) platform ww•ns crowd'
tinge. The victim wwss formerly
ce ns an operator by the Gran.
Hallway. He had remit up he
peeling, haw ing pur'hnsed a
license in the tnerning. Ile ww
about 28 years old.
EARTHQUAKE IN IT.ti.
People Throtn Into Panic
Casualties.
\ deletes from \'eeeia, Ila,
\ sharp earthquake shock was
at 5.15 ''.'tock on 'fhiirsdny t
II was followed by ni ilher hu
shuck at 7 o'eloele The pen
thrown into a pane'. 'filer,' 5
cr..unlfes. The earthq.utke w•o
Padua. I rbin.., I)nnto d'Oesoin.
Florence. \lonrnlieri end Porto
TUNNEL 1111.1. ))'ITHhR %A
Mirontt t►ppo.ilion Indicated Ilii
he Defeated.
\ despatch from London .•.
bell inliolineed in Ili.' 11011>e
(11.1114 n111111 1104 the construct
bonnet undo r Engtlislt 13uin1
Etiolate' to • i' s. wltii h
sac nIf opposition, ii. J•eert wi
One
locular
ra yl on
n Zoeller
ing Gar-
ito this
fire was
ergo fire-
tho
ly burst
alto
tile, and
es iron
h
to buildinte-
furnace.
nd hr -
t intowva
in an
fid from
tory.
cry turn
by the firemen, who s'ood by in east'
the walls of the warehouse should cul-
lapeee and plow the blazing lard to
reach adjacent I r,p.•rty•
Shortly after the lire was discovered
on 'flow t,) night, find ►►Mile the thee -
sands of speclalurs were gathered, n
dorm largo 1111111101101 tanks e explud.st
with terrific force. There was a ptotic
among the spectators, but no one Wit.
injured. That no loss of life attended
the 111•e is considered marvellous.
Fite was first diseovere•d in lho killing
department of Iso plant, and is stip-
lewd to have been caused by cr west
electric wires. Owing to the intlitnt
moble nature of tho gyrase -laden used -
work, this building. wvas• soon beyond
control of the firemen.
At eight o'clock on Thursday morning
the lire had practically burned itself out,
it was ,aid that the loss would reach
8300,000, partly covered by insurance.
TENS
u Tlltii
wn and
re been
11 visit
led In
hotels
Is with
silver
found
ttawa.
y may
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'dims
his life
milton
'osting
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nd is
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obtain
t pine
Colorado on Senator Paterson for snying
the court was corrupt.
Charles Strauss, a negro, who was
charged ww•ilh attempting an assault on a
white woman near Itunkie, La., on Sun-
day, was taken from officers by a mob
and hung to a Tree about six miles from
Runkle, while being taken from the jail.
His body was riddled will bullets.
„GENERAL.
Five hundred miles of sea coast have
suffered more or less from the Mexican
earthquake.
China has now (1111 possession of Man-
churia, the troops of Russia and Japan
being withdrawn.
Germany is issuing 4 per cent. treasury
bonds, redeemable in 1912, to the extent
of 400,000,000 harks.
Twenty-five persons were drowned on
Saturday by the foundering of a steam-
er on the River Neva;
it is rumored That King Leopold's
visit to Paris may result in the cessior
of the Congo Free State to France.
The famine in China is becoming so
ncuto that many people have been re-
ducod to eating clay and the green scum
on ponds. -
The visit of King Edward to Spain and
Italy is said to have for its object the
formation in the Mediterranean of a
Latin union supported by Britain.
Twenty-five members of the fighting
organization of the Social Revolutionists
were arrested at St. Petersburg Monday.
among them being seven women.
Gtstttve Pfifer, a German, and his
fiance, Flora Kun, because they were
short of money, lied themselves together,
jumped Into the Tiber River in itoly and
were drowned.
SN.tLL TREES.
Why Very Young Trees Are Preferred by
the Forest Planter --Use of Wild Stock.
Tho small size of the trees planted In
forest plantations Ls a point that sur-
prises tato average tree -planter. Trees
1, will from a foot up to eighteen inches in
over height are commonly used ; and coni-
er. lerous, or evergreen, trees may be
els for planted before They have reached even
aso of This height.
year. Why are such small trees used? For
oronto ono thing, they aro cheaper to raise,
tion is handle unit transport from place to
'{ilium i plsre than older trees would be. As to
raising the trees, suppose we have Iwo
'ndent plots of ground, equal In area, sown to
('one forest fives; on the first the tree are
$85,0(0 allowed to grow two years, on the
second three years. Then in the third
l year d,
t o es- • e r from Iho sowing the Ilya plot of
tent In ground will be free, and can be used for
to To- starting another crop of seedlings. Thus
you can raise three crops of two-year
seedlings while you are raising two
crops of three-year seedlings. Ilesides a
number of the smaller trees cost less to
transport than an equal number of the
larger ones. Furthermore, the three-
year-old tris may need to be trans-
planted at Iho beginning of 1he third
year, and So cost mono in tail; way,
red in Most hardwood, or brad -leaved,
and trees, early develop n strung system of
under nets; ; au oak, for inetance, or a hick-
ory or a black Locust of over two years,
by an ie very far from easy to get up out of the
wvas ground and get in again. Hence seed-
. The kings of these brond•leavod trees older
"man than two years are seldom used. Nut
Trees, In.k'eet, can usually snfely be
planted !If there is no great danger to
ih, y.uing trees from animate) by mak-
ing n hole throe or four 'relies deep and
putting three or four nuts in this hole.
Evergreen. or coniferous, trees can
easily be handled al twice the ago given
for broad -leaf seedlings, licenuse the
coniferous trees ere of much slower
growth at this stage and do not forst
their note nearly as rapidly as brond-
„ninnl !cawed tree_:.
est in. Verne! Ir•e,•4 of the age named stand
transplanting ami pulling nut on the
onular area to ho planted better than nkier
In Iso trees do. and the roots are less likely to
ehold. be injured. Transplanting is 0 pretty
ct has wiel'nt shock to the tree at any lime. and
Brllislt the young tree. seem to stand it better
Than those Ihal net older.
nitned \Niki .'<, k luny be used as well es
to sell stook Irutght front a nursery.
passed stock trtsy often be got along roadsides
teen_ or nn the borders of wwoolliand4. ha
! teach places numbers of young maples.
Iter exainple. :are often found. The
young h.r$ .It•oul.l always he teluell
ice in f1'o111 such places rather Than frun deep
wuul4: if they aro ttrketn 84,111 deep
Boner• wc.red+ the eluange is apt to Is' leo vee
k. N.J. lent ter three. cud the plant ;eaters.
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NEW MILITARY TACTICS
THE GERMAN ARV)' IS STILL TUT
MOST CONSERVATIVE.
Lessons of the Lust Few liars Its+pier
Armies to Vary Their
W'llsods,
'I'o what extent the experience of the
great campaigns of the lust few years
have modified the tactics of modern
arntita may be gathered from an inter-
esting memorandum which a'aunpan-
ies tho report on foreign manoeuvres in
1906. just issued by the British War
Office,
1'lll: (::A\'AI.RY, 'Noe
Little or no light appears to have teen
thrown on the vexed question of the em-
ployment of cavalry. Lack of numbers
o:t the Japanese side, want of enterprise
on the part of oho Russians, and the fact
that the armies were practically fighting
in a defile, hod a cramping effect on
°rivalry action. Hence continental ideas
en cavalry training remain very much
where they were, except, perhaps in 13eb
giutn and Switzerland. The movement
of large bodices in close formulism is still
adhered to, and dismounted action is
still practised to a very small extent.
TILE SWORD.
After the South African war the Amer -
icon Cavalry (:uuintittee recotmttended
Iltat tho sword should be abolished, but
in consequence of reports received from
Mcanchuriaarriedout. the change has not been
As regards infantry, tho effect of the
Manchurian campaign has been that
continental military authorities, besides
recognizing that the densely packed fir-
ing lines of a few years ago are no
longer possible, also acknowledge that
increased extension must be accom-
panied by delegation of authority, a
higher training of the individual, and the
developmentranks, of the initiative In tate lower
TILE: ATTACK.
Of the great continental armies, 11
would appear that the German is still
the most conservative. There tho firm
belief In vigorous frontal attacks, closely
supported by artillery, with masse of
cavalry held In readiness to take every
advantage of the confusion of the bnttle-
Ileld, still survives. The men now, as
before, are taught in times of peace that
their first duty in war is to die.
in France, on the other hand, the for-
mation of the first lino for the attack,
ate essentially elastic, the advance is
preceded by sections, each under a non-
commissioned officer, which work inde-
pendently, making every use of cover,
'I'IlE Ul'.FEi CE.
in defence, again, there is a marked
difference between the tactics of the two
armies. The German regulations lay
down that there roust. as a rule, be only.
one position, and that this must be en-
trenched and held to the last ; in France
advanced positions aro favored, and the
men are taught to retire before the pre-
sence of superior forces, but always to
watch for an opportunity for resumirtn.
the offensive. �l
.8
PRUNING TREES.
The Forester Leaves It to Nature -111a
Object to Lessen Expenses.
In the orchard or park Trees aro
pruned by the hand of man ; in a forest
Trees do their own pruning. This is
ono of the striking differences between
the treatment of trees by the fruit far-
mer and the arboricullurist and the
forester's treatment of thein.
in a forest riot !natty year!' pass (es-
pecially if the trees are nearly all about
the sante age; or, to use the foresters
terms, If the stand is an even -aged one)
before the light begins to bo cut off from
the lower branches of the trees. Now,
as light Ls essential for the forntalion of
the food of trees and other plants and
so for their proper nourishment and
growth, so tho lower branches of Ute
trees, front which the light has been cut
off, gradually die, leaving the upper
bratiche-s to ninnufacturo the trees food
and so maintain its life.
Gradually the dead branches become
weaker and eventually are broken off by
the wind or some other agency. This
process goes on all through the tree's
growth, branches growing out and in
the course of years being dis; aided as
the need for them disappears.
Finally, as goevIh in diatteter pro-
ceeds, the stub, if any has been left, is
survoundd by the new wood and forms
a knot in the tree. And so, often there
is found the long stent of the tree, fifty,
seventy, a hundred or more feel in
length, with no such stubs to bo seen,
Me dead Mules having been grown ower.
The essential point to bo noted is that,
in genving trees under forestry methods,
artificial pruning is not dont, but the
natural priming is relied) en. In the vast
majority of cases, nrtflicinl pruning
would not pay, Lr Ilio original cost of
pruning. together with twenty or thirty
years' interest 011 it. v. old lake up e
large proportion of the money received
frena the Innes, And Ili Ilnancial as-
pect of tale qucslium t ntwoys befura tt
.
forester's mind.
PIIINCJEMS IS STAGE STRUM.
The Kaiser's Fourteen -)'ear -Old Daugh-
ter Desires to Act.
Princess \'icturin I: eui'e, the 11 -year-
old daughter of lite linker, i; slage-
struck. She has been fire) with the
ambition to act, and especially to take
part in the private Iheatr(rnls that aro
given in the lmperial Palace on the
Kaiser's birthday.
A(Ier' seeing the .\netrinn rhild•ar.
tress, \Venda IhtdG,rd, perform, the
princess was eniiIn f.11mv hxam
plc, The Princesser is n determinedere111-
•
tit person and usually gels what she
wattle from her indulgent ►ntefer. r.o
he has roneented to lel her like les-
sens in the &e metic art from Wanda
Iia lferd.
Che Princess Is entlwtincliciti!v shl.ly
ing ein'nllnn and gesture forst Iho
y.nrlhful
professor. and next veer will
take n more prominent port lion td,
reeve), "Ittinlhina' one In Ilan privet*
theatricals of the imperial fa11:.ly.
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