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fne bOnse in BroekiIIe, te
sehool inapector, through forg-
ed certificates, and in May bis big-
amous act was exposed through his
restl wife's fondly its Toronto,
'was aist,d at the Renfrew home
of wife No. 2. After a week in jail
lthAdinitted his crime, and was
VINDER1GETS DIAMONDS.
Tea Thonsatid Dollar Prike for a
Montreal Man.
A de'spatels, from Montreal soya:.
Some time ago $10,00o. worth of
....-rings and diamonds were found in
the C. P. R. station by man
named Augustus Cooper. Re was
Artglitrflogtrar"Vhars'st"941-etesil.
them, but now they will become his
ptoperty. This is the effect of a
communication reeeived !rem Mr.
Ulric Lafontaine, Clerk of ths
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la , w ere e was sent as special
commissioner to " inquire into the
caso Mr, Lafontaine in his letter
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:released him. on Wcdtij
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of 114 tieskiiia
he, WAS tint 39. After Ins sentene
Queen'a University mode enquiries
and learned that he claimed to be
4 graduate and specialist of the
college. It was found that he had
"forged the necessary- documents to
l make the showing.
- GOOD CR ORT.,
D rector 'Sausider, Of Experinte ta
Forms in Alberto.
A despatch, from. Ottawa- sap.:
The Director of Experimental
Farms wires the Department of
Agrieultere from Lacombe, Altos,
under date of the 25th ult., as foe -
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V -claim to le
jewels. The diamonds are at pre-
srentin the:possession of the per
but will be turned over to. Mr.
Cooper:
CANADA AHEAD OF BRITAIN.
ember ot , Scottish Commission
Praises Guelph Colleges
A despateh from Guelph says:
The Scottish agrieulturists who are
110%, touring Ciinada arrived in
Guelph on Wednesday morning and
spent the day at the 0: AC., in..
specting the province's agricultur-
al institution and being shown
around by President Creelman and
hi$,# staff. They had hid& at the
College, and expressed themselves
itch -impressed with .what was he
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let ali cut. Crops good.'
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f the spring wheat s still stand-
ing, but ripening fast. The heads
are very plump and well filled. The
thersstrAtasectsesitlesPollseffilsM
th 20th does not apnear to have
injured the wlwat much. Barley
is cut and sir large acreage of oats
.tG graiflcrop ozrthe.
4ett are heavy
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a s ntatio, new, W- to 40e
eutside; told, nominal, at 45c to 460
outside; Manitoba, No. 3, 45c to
41,0%e; rejects, 43c to . 44e, lake
ports.
Itye-New, 68e to 70c outside; old
no stocks.
Corn..--Nonains.1 at 87i4e to
Terontb freights for No. 2 yellow,
and We to 803-40 for kali-dried.
• Bralress$10to $18 per ton in. hulk
outside; in bags, $2 more.
Shorts ---at $20 to $21 per ton in
bulk outside On begs $2 more.
• Flour Monitoba, firt natenth,
1.46?..aes
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pat-
ents, $3,30 to $3.35.
COUNTRY PRODUME
silaiiiiital=eVittgI;uotatons
are :-
Creamery, prints .. ..... 25C to 26C
do solids - .. 23e to 240
do ordinary's.- . 210 to 22
I, tit -MEC RAS A StiftplAss.
trig one. 5 ne o
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matter of ,, agriculinral education,
/ and expressed the hope , that the
. Imperial Government would awake
) the iinport ce of the great bene-
.
• fits of -suck ' --titutions. as Canada
- , ceuld boast o .
at
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TWO BROTHERS KILLED.
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• Crossing Accident on the Interco.
Naiad Near Truro.
. A despatch from Trere, N. S.,
eays: Wednesday niorning at 7
'clock while No. 10 r. C. rt. train
was bowling along' towards Truro
and was . approaching Eastville
crossing .a carriage contaiming two
brethers, sons of William Scott,
Lernevale, was struck and the oc-
cUPants immediately killed. The
,herse was also killed and the car-
• riage demolished. Both young
Men , were on their way to Moose
River, gold mines. Their names
Were. Walter and Herbert Seat,
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AREs-WITIL-EIMOS/VES.
Receipts ShOW MIIAUCC Over Ex.-
penditute ot p1,011,696.
A despatah from- Quebec says:
The official stateinent of revenue
and expenditure of the Province of
Quebec for the fiscal year ended on
30th of June last, has been issued
bs the Provincial Treasurer, ats
tested by the Assistant Treasurer,
G. H. T. Machin, and the Provien-
eial Auditor, M. A. H. Verret, -and
shows that the total ,ordittaty re-
ceipts amounted to $0,010,615.77,
and the total ordinary and extra-
ordinary expenditure, including
44-1,000 for public works -to $4-940 •
w nes eaves a surplus o
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erior • • • do• • 170 tell :0
Cheesess.Large, 13Y4c to 13%c;
twins, 13%c to 13,40.
Eggs -20e to 21c per dozen in case
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Poultry-Sm.:tic chickens. . live
weight, 15e to tee; fowl, 1.0c to Ile;
ducks, 10e to 120.
-Honey-Strained, 400 to lie per,
pound.
Beans -Primes, $2 to $2.10; hand-
picked, $2.10 to $2.20.
Potatoes -From 650- to .300 in
farmers' waggons by the load.
PROVISIONS'.
Pork Short cut, $23.50 per bar-
rel; mess, $19 to $19.50.
• Lard -Tierces, 'Wit s tubs, 12%c;
pails, 12%c.
Smoked and Dry ed Meats--
TO TAKE BANK'S LAND.
Captain Bernier Has Orders
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.4ouss';Yette; Iretiring:Lieuten..
atit.Goverstor of - Quebec, will *re.
turn to the Rebell.
The town of Delorimier will:, be
annexed to Montreal on October
ist. The population -is nearly 7,-
000. •
Mr. II. H. Kerr's' three-year-old
daughter was killed at "Milltown;
N. B., by a horse falling upon her.
There has been 4 great falling
ea in the amount of pulpwood ear-
ried by the Teiniskaming 4t.North-
ern Ontario Railway.
-Josephs Ilithels-was---4eqUitttql
thecharge of assaulting a con-
stable at Montreal, it being shown
that the constable struck hint first
to keep him back from the fire lines.,
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Britain'a fifth battleship Of the
*inh.
triitTertsitiouth on Sept, 10th.
The wife of Major-General Laurd
was found mysteriously murdered
is 4 dense wood 'near Seeenoitks,
not far fret's, Lorislon,„7.___
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•euscogroslaboreritsles
their lives in the floods trt Augusta,
Gas
A lone highwayman held up-' and
robbed seven- coaelles-of tourists in
Yellowstone Park, •
John Lyneh, imprisoned in a New
York sewer, was drowned by water
from floode'd cellars.
Rev. Albert Fria, a Presbyteri-
an minister, shot ancrElled Wm -
self in a Nevr York hotel.
The succession and transfer taxes
on the estate of the late Russell
Sage amounted to $007,583.
Two persons were drown"ed and
seventeen are missing as the result
td the washing away of a bridge at
Camden, Ga.
Frank Bryant murdered Tlionuts
Brady in Chieago_because the latter
roaned in his -alegro„Lwhen Bryant
was not feeling well.
The -trial --of- the-gains--brether
J. are accused of the murder of
William E. Annii, will probabi
commence about Oct. 1st.
The Atlas Portland Cement Co.
has been awarded the contract to
supply 4.500,000 barrels of cement
or use. in the construction of the
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tons and cases; hams, medium and
light, -14%-e-tO 15c, hams, large,
124e to 13e; backs, 17%c to 18c;
shoulders, 10c to Ile; rolls, 10%c
to 11c; breakfast bacon, 15c to
51%c; green meats, out of pickle,
c less than smoked.
Push Through lice.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
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enteied the hotel at
an • at the point of z gun
four ' men, includingw
Thomet, *e
told to 'throw tip their hands. Tho.
met, being behindthebar, put hi*
hand on revolver and opened fire
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.,tbrte more lnllletsintos the, .
body '1 the dying
'made their ,escape. liTloohdelYtthounedna' l-
ore being hi -ought from Spokane to, •
put on the trail of the eriminala.
One of .the sdeeperadoes is thoughb, .
to be seriously weunded. „.
THE RULER OF TURKEY
fEW MEN ALIVE WHO 11.AyE
BEEN SO .MALIGNED.
3listrust of Subjects Some Pee
liar Stories Collieeraing
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ssros-ssfas.„..„.
There is probably few. Men alive
to -day wheshowsheertsnioresirtia-
%holt has Abdul Ilamidt, the " ul-
tan of Tiirkey; yet, in spite of his
unenviable reputation he has con-
tinued to sit on his perilous throne
for over thirtlyyeors, says a writer
ja. ess.e.4 AitIssItatitasiisszi
TiF4trangSittnixtinssa -ot bravery
And
magtn
and so much has been written and
eaid about him that to obtain any-
thing like an accurate idea of his
eat eharacter is almost impossible.
Like most autocratic Monarchs he
goes about in hourly dread of as-
sassination, and it is said that he
spends as much as 2180 a, reght to
hove his bedroom securely guard-
ed.
The Sultan's mistrust of his sub-
jects has sometimes led to curi-
ous results. A iciv years ago he
was on his waf-to the mosque,
when he suddenly noticed that some
new telegraph wires had been
stretched across the roadway, No
one to this day knows what he
thought Would happen, but he gavt.
ordets for the royal procession to
fl
.fl nd nsessen ers were e
post -last° to the telegraph com-
cs:
wires. After considerable delay
this was actually done, and then the
Sultan and his retinue proceeded
on their way. " Not content with
merely having the wires destroyed.
Abdul Hamid also commanded that
they were on no account to be re -
610. at .1 *Li
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A despatch from Ottawa says_: Panama Canal.
Montreal, Sept. 1: -Flour -Mani -
Detectives in New York discover-
ed over $15,000 worth of jewels,
The Canadian GoVernment cruiser, • toba spring wheat patents, $0.10 to., -
$6.20; second patents, $5,50 to ,$5
70; winter wheat patents, $5 to
81).50; straight rollers, $4.25 to $4.-
50; in bags, $1.05 to $2.10; extra,
81.50 to $1.70. •
ICornmeal -4/.85 to $1.95 per bag.
Roiled Oats -$2.59 in bags of 90
pounds.
Oats -Manitoba, No. 2, 49e; No.
3, 47c; rejected, 46e. per bushel.
Mantled -Ontario bran, in bags,
$ill to 822; shorts, 824 to $25;
Cheesc-12%c to 12%e and east-
-tiros at 1234a to le,%c.
' Butter -24c in round lots and
4 0 to grocers.
Mrs -Selected, 230; No, 1 at r 2
nd N9..3 -at lde per dozen.- -
Provisions -.:-. Barrels short et
Mesas. $22,50; - half barrels, $11.50;
clear fat back, $2.3; dry salt long
eleak backs, 110; barrels plate. Geef,
$17.50; half barrels, ih4., '$9; com
-
pound lard, Ce to934e; Imre lard,
120 to 13c; kettle rendered, 13c
to I3!.1e; hams, i234e to 14e, *wird-
iris to size. breaktast bacon, 14e to
15c; Win sor bacon, 150 to 10c;
fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs,
10; live, $6.75 to $7.
Arctic hich
last month, is under instructions
to push its way through Lancaster
Sound and Melville Sound, if the
-ivy permits, to Bank's Land, and
to take possession of ,that territory
and other islands in the vicinity.
If the ice blocks the passage west-
ward, the vessel is to visit the Gulf
of Boothia, and may either return
in the fall Of 1909 or stay, over un-
til 1910. Captain ,Bernier issunder
strict injunctions to take no cours
which. inisiht -result in international
mtaplications.
, w sailedfrom Quebec
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A. :STARVING CAN
Transportation Companies Must
• Take Precautions.
A despateh front Ottawa says:
As the result -of the explbsion of a
tor of nitroglycerine at Essex some
tune ago, regulations have been
prepared for the handling of' ex-
plosives by transportation COMpan-
ille. These regulstions, while .de-
signed to permit of the transporta,-
on of explosives, will reqpire
[resautiens wheh will guard-aigainst
be loss of life in.aaiy. accident. The
railway coMpaides have expressed
• It desire to be beard before regula.
tions are finaltv ado .ted.
Ate 1tis Brotber'a Wile and r0111,1
Children.•
A despatch from St. Petersisurs.
says: Details are given in Yakiitsk
newspapers of a revolting eafte of
cannibalism of the nomadic tribes'A
of Lannits, living on the IlAvtr
Korkodin, in extreme north-west-
ern Siberia. ,One of he noznads,
driven desperate by hunger, de.
voured the bodies' of his brother's
wife and four children. A party of
hunters Came upon the desrtcd
encampment, found the reinahis s.f
the bodies and reported the ease
Therq was no vestige of food on the
presumes.
et, ere Into
\ Oklahoma,oal
dPi'reii ,
e.
A despatch. from McAlester,
Says More than thirty min -
wore suffocated on 'Wednesday
u'reing- in Milet
y Okla., teal
▪ i„, near Ilaileyellle, four-
tcen
miles east of McAlester,- when
fr destroyed the hoisting shaft
arl air shaft and cut off air from
jlw men ,below. Twenty.five routes
suffocated and some of their
edies were burned.
!orations in the channels on
„day afternoon revealed
that ne, of the men met death by
lurning,, but that all were surto.
fled.
After
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r* narne, Mrobd: at
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i6 the Moisting shaft and the air.,
shaft, and all commuttiettion with
the top WAS eut off. The first e
Teflon the people ' at the surface
Lad, of the trouble, was the flames ,e
and smoke corning out of the top
tf te sbaft.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. I. -Wheat,-
Spring easier 94o. Northern .car.
loads,. store, $ .18; •Winter,
Corn -Firm. Oats -Firm, Barley
reed to Malting, 00 to 700. Aye -
NO. 2 on track, 80e.
Minneapolis, Sept. 1. --Wheat
-1.001,o $!.; Dec., 9,974e
h, No. , 1 hard, $1.04ri; o.
Northern, *L021: No. 2 Northern.
ys,45; No. t Northern, 900. Flour
PAtent0, $5.75 to 4s.85; *et-
a d patents, $.00 to $ .70 Arst
clears, $4.35 to $4.45 Liteeotid el ars
.50 to $3.00; bran, in bulk, 10..
to $11.75.
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,CATTIA mArttn
Toronto, Sept. 1. -Choice butcher,
ottle were almost 'Atkins. A very'
ew today sold at high. at *5 per
wt., and A number of fairly good
butehers brought between *41 and
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There was * little better propor-
tion of gOO(1 cowt, one or two very
tory ones of Which brought *4.80,
ud a number of others ever *4.
The run of cares was tight. The
*ups of prices is ftern $3 tO
Sheep and bobs were offered in
very large numbers. The prie:%t At
oted unettan $3to 114.15 for
Itundreds of Miners rushed to the.
scene and tried to •get into the air
shaft, but this was impo.ssible
flames 'and smoke *eft eoming u
that way with mull fore as to drive
tbent back. Then an effort was
made to operate .the eages running
rip and down the heisting shaft, but
ib was found Abet the\ cages, 'Abe
able* and the '
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Th p*-opeLy 10
silks and furs in the house of Mrs.
Minnie Curtis, whoni they arrested
foi complicity., in several robberies.
Charles Knusley, a young English-
man captured at Port Huron, will
be deported to England, where he
has been sentenced to life imprison-
ment for being implicated in a mur-
der.
GENERAL...
Abd-el-Aziz„ithe deposed Sultan,
/a Morocco, wll take refuse in•Det-
paseust.
Ar entina .has docided to build
o battkships and & flotilla °flor-
a boats and-7destroyffs.
Baron, Makin° Yebuski willpro-
bably succeed Count ton:tura as
Japanese Ambassador at London.
Baron Speck Von Sternberg, Ger.
man Ambassador to the -United
States, died _suddenly at Heidel-
berg.
A Berlin teachef.caused a run on
the rreidrithherser Bank by stdvis
ing• his mils to telt their parents
that the institution was incolvent.
A Irenzitelati court has found the
Freneh 'Cattle Company guiltY ist
omplitity in the Matos revolution
against' President. Castro. and has
imposed a fine, of *54000,000.
•A , LOY-ZIPS 4VAIllitt.
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ttesttreal Xoptis rnd 01,4 Try to
-Pols** 'Themselves.
A, dmops,
Attest „„sa
*(frestiit-ko • totarr41,
Eied Minto, twenty; ,yrtitt of age,'
and Miss Nellie, .Burton,, \ about
twenty years of ageLtried Ito poi.
setithentoilvest At, $3 Cadieux stree43t
ott Wednesday. They were hurfiel,
to the general' 'hospital, where a
stomach pump ,was used with go t1
effeet. It was at first feared th%t
the young girl was fatally poisorw&
,Fut at I, lite hour she was reportei
•Sus being, out Of danger. Mint* will
also recover.
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trayeL
A despateh from Dauphin, Ma
Two children of Peter (lood,
r Using near' Ethelbert,
buTnCd to death on /Sunday
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MY VOICE."
Th 9 Sultan's love of rang was
once exemplified -in an extraordin-
ary manner. He had purchased a
parrot, of which he grew very fond,
and he spent many hours in teaeh-
ing it to speak. .The bird was an
apt pupil, and learnedto imitate ita
august master's voice to perfection.
One day the parrot was hanging in
its cage in the Sultan's -private
apartment, when it suddenly called
out the name of his Majesty's fav-
orite. attendant. The litter eame
at, the sununons,,but Abdul Hautid
flew into a towering DiI,SltiOn. Tear-
ing the unfortunate bird from its
case he killed it on the put;sthen,
tdrpilig to_the firslitene=aitt,_
he said: "Understand that in fu.
ture niuly my voice shall comuiani
heitreuriAbdul Tumid bas a Softer
-and altos -ether -nobler "side to Ns
character, and those who--know-him-
ietimately- have -spoken eloquently
of his kindness. His own dread of
physicol pain has made him
thoughtful of the welfare of others,
and he has bad , hospital built
which is kept up entirely at his own
expense. This homital is
prinei-
pldly for the, use of women and tbit.
dren, but anyone is eligible for aits
and every patiertb is treat.
tid• entirely free oVeltarge.
e walla straugercare admit
tet.:the
1,anlotsht!;:tdrit:Its. ris un
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DIPLOMAOY.
The Sultan is * born diplomat,
although occasionally his diplomacy
is hardly comfortable with gnglish
ea*. ---The story is -told of-iicer- -
tain Ambassador who while walking
in the streets of ConstalltinePle
one of his. $tAkIltrta de3ea-Car
,• litarkled from the Pry -
o the popultiee, The Aul-
t s or was indiscreet enough to
endeavor to7p,mititor,,,t14.44441114_,...
repented of his folly
when he received a, stinging blow
If the face from SO attendants Mad
with rage, he 'demanded an Audi-
ence of Abdul Hasaid, which was
granted. After listening quietly to
.„. tesstolesnissassersthes -
Sultan - smiled and said aye*
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your ease, and
a er
You are, ef course, a, gentleman,
and you wOuld neves. have eoramit-
ted such a breach of good manners
as you allege took place; therefore,
your Excellency, no attendant
could possibly have struck you. The
whole affair must be a product 'of
your fancy. Let us then dismiss
it." What the Ambassador thought
has not been recorded.
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SAVED NIS FATHER'S LIFE.'
ei• •11411.
Harry Cline, of Ingersoll, is Lit.
,tle Item
despatch from Ingersoll nays;
Harry Cline, the little -thirteen-
year-old son of Mr. W. A. Cline
of this town, is 'wing kleked upon
as a young hero. Whilesswimmin
-River o
re, on Wednesday. with his
* g s5C-a-r:old son, Mlvin, on his
back, Harry's father was seized
with a cramp. Re became uncoil-
aciees and sank with the young-
ster. Harry, who was on the bank
stripped off his clothing, and, div -
rescued both father and bro-
ther from the fiftten•feet of water
that is found at that spot. Mr.
Cline and his_three-boya w-eie out
• sMng, -and- were attempting to
cross the river in order to make a
short cut to town when the accident
happened. The younger lad could
ffot. swim.
ASSESSMENT FRAUDS.
Montreal Properties Estape Taxa.
. lion Altogether.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Some startling revelations have
Leen made by -,the new city asses -
set's. It has been discovered that
.n one division of the city alone
OI;er. twenty dwelling were were not as-
ssed bY the Did aide's; that a
dwallitiga and other structure; up -
cu it, had escaped assessment for
untold year; and that properties
which are now being assestedAtt--
69,000 we staid=wttl an as-
itessinen of -*NA There will be a
civic investigation.
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OVN IftWNfl TRAIN.
Peterkorot'' Mao 'Meets. Deatit e*
Route to Birrel, Mans
etch from Wtiiiiitieg says:
11. Young, of -Peterboro'.
itikillett by st train, on
'sHe was en...route to ihr. „.
take -charge of Ji‘
tI*re''
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iioat Co at 1
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despatch from Winnipeg 1st
The Northwest Grain Dealers' A.
Keiation has issued a revised esti.
matt of the produption of Ole Cana.
dion west this season AS a result of
the, tour tayert by the members two
weeks ago. It places tho ',heat
acreage at 0,065,600, and tho aver.
*go yield at 17.7 bushels, giving
ti,tal.production of 107,18i,000 bush,.
els. ' , •
Tht, acreage of at is placed at
007,604),Aind the aver0e at
0.5 bushele, giving it, total pro.
duction of 14,16o,wbushels.
The stre,rtige of barlepls pla
s
of .11 at s l*d at
••• d the •1001111
- - ,
1i.5 bushels, giving * tote
Ition of 1,424,330 bushels.
The, assoeiation aiso .
' that i50,000 busitols of 'w
1 100,060 bushels pf old 'oats *re still
14the farmers" hailis.
The statement adds that alto
per cont. of the wheat cutting vi1l
i1, be 40(imp1eted by the end' of the pro
sent 'leek.
The previous • estimite • of tb
,•e,hcat ofrense; moth June 1, is
gairded as tea 5!inv1). and an in.
treir,3t.(.1 ti•per cc#it. has beel rade. • t, .
There litt,s tIcrt ronlc. fr At damates ,
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