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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1904-9-8, Page 2FIIiIITJN� AT 1)()1111. SOWNIN 11111 11 U 11,1EXPERIMENTS IN 1903 AND 'QR A SERIES OF YEARS. liulletie, From 0. A. Zavite, Dine apanese Capture Two •Coast Fortst ector, Agricultural College, Guelph, Oat, Near the Town. Owing to the peculiar weettner cone ditions of the past year, the autumn sewn Crops hate leeee. 4.4 seccesenn CAPTURED TWO FORTS. teays:-Lient. De anverville, tb e i ,F , ieezech eaeal attache, tti. the EntliaSSy he London Deily Telegrapei, printe I nee, wineh departed from Pert Arthur that t Innese Nebo it ort a (snatch Irene elle-fee, states I ''''' .Torteiglet ago, aed ba e ziot einee been tw>passed through . P - rthur 4, ,eArd from, There is great anxiety o daya ag, and , Al the Japanese lines at Kinchoe Day„ bout barn' naT the Japitnese, after our days + treavy hetenberilneeet irate* the sea, LARGEST LIVE STOCIen SALE. Soddeely loaded a force trent- junks - ne cantered the twe coast forts at That Held at Calgary, N. W. T. Twang ared Inzeshall, cent of the Tig- Enneys That Dietioaction. nee and eutraneet and threenillarter5 1 Some four or five years ago the ef a mile fretra the towee The Rus- ererlitorial Cattle Breeders" Aseociee Sian garrison was small, a nial°,ritY ltion initiated, an annual atmeion sale of Gm mete being eugaged eon aelganye in °peter totieeelon ing Mreplies te the foetS, whien4 l'a"4 rime -ewe for pure bred cattle pro- lereeSolisly been donleged 13Y shells' eneced ize the West and to eacourage The Japariase wene only abI tO the increased produetioa of fetich mount eniall game, The Ruaelane re- „etenn eneneetary c. W. deeterson Viva. beyond a /testily consteeteted Kiys ttiot this eale now er,joye the neent of •heavy timbere With Steel alietireetion of being the largest in - plates, and ere stubbornly nelending eleinernal auction sale of pare bred tile lead to the tenet- t'r areall fort ,stenh in the world. The *ale last farther west hee Also been alPtureet. and nee most, eneeteragieg to breed, IteigiOrecilaegt'S have hee:4 landei nes wbo frem every pore of. the NerteWeet Territories. Plinee Albert to 0Ateev, wed 'nfooseentin to Moiney. The fa et tbe etoele industr,y of the very lergely depends upen the y and member of pure bred vailable tbere, and, conse. awouragement extended IVOnl, rafts. heavy fightirM 'Ito Iton"%iaue, Iteshan, aief are boldin t l'alieherang. froze. wine nee bave been driven, The bonehardienee of ine Tiger's Tam is proeeeding. 'Ilse easault froze the Sat arid the west iS tieing Vigor- ovsl,e preseant The town is line it eity of the dead. Tile 44101's are elesed man the people l'ive in nombproof 514elters. The htispitele are flied. arid the snpfily of kfrugs ie short. Oue fine alotie pea- eSs9 all the flour. The troops are very weary. `Ille ztained at a price only slightly above oinuoat yield per acre ce the folinerae -elate, The grain of each 'variety tittileineve, ou tlie otiwr Iralicl. have %teat other brmiers were prepared was 60.5 bushelS and that of the,is tvd. lar, and recommended, for the atfednatdel;e Of havinf5 rt''‘'ry3, , to pay, a feature of Purchasing by latter 57,8 bushels. 'Ilie l'hoesared t.lie productioli of flour of good (mai- The illinese are -5t`11.°Tvt7 to "'4,VQ Pnblie CODINtitiOn width, Will no Fold variety gave the largest Yieldj.itl?.. All three varieties are rattler by wholesale. All tlhou%... who s.1)iar. doubt appeal to most buyers. in 19-03 nod the Dinlale"s Manunothl weak M the straw. The Imperial I It"'"5-5-43/411, are ..n.f`t.iireti hY the 'Japan" Mlle annual event draws bri.eders wito,,) officers say they regret end stoe',:men from all over the Vast that any Chinese remain SP. tli° ar.cl sinee its inception the protinc- town as they ‘vill Prniii,titr. be nilltel .tioil of pure bred eattle in tile Terri - at least four ceecienteitelly Nv4ite the flghting is tri itenes ens ineeeasen by progress- hundred, per ceut„ due to the fact Tite latest reports place the Ja- an annual remaneraftve cash l'a7ie5‘` advandetf DesKl°115 at "V°rt linarket for pore bred stock is now ieties for tee pest live .N -ears, incled- At :bur thus: -.Eat, 'Gr N. 5: 3-te•eilehle in 1994 havo ju'oduccd the follow- nortb. l'alichwang, and west, Ilithal- ton and Tiangtowang, ri'llo ./aparreen lionve flestroyeil Fort Tungnaiteehate and flatlet gens on dile adjoining bill. It is eteted that the inner forts are I reteeted by sited arms:Per platen Numerous efaxiens are mot:tilted eo as to repel an attacle Within tile main creel:wee teethe -hen, nileret tidn PrOgreSS'. nee !from lele-n froze Own tare ap" West At the college er threughaut Caere) as they been been ea some former occasions. Tee summery of the re- eults of the experiments which arle here wesented, leowever, Are interest- ing. leStrecteve, and worthy of Care- rul study. 1. -Hairy vetches produce a cron which satins specially useful ne pasture for farm stock, a cover- crop in orthards, or a, greea manure for kill the etinniere smelt, and the ref - suite bay° been very satisfactory. In the autumn of 1903, seeen different treatments were made with each of twa Varleties of \\heat. Ire the crop of the preemie year, the wneat, prOn duced from treated nett bad uo smut, peel that from untreated seed had 3.6 per cent, of smutted heads. The treatmeet which proved very simple, °heap klud, effective wee the immere sien of the seed wheat for twenty, miuutes in a selution made by edding ene peat of formaldehyde (fort -Italia) to forty-two gallons of water, RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS, 0o -operative experiments with au- tumn sown, crops were conducted during the past year on -three hun- dred and four Ontario farms. The stunniary of the results of the care- fully conducted co-operative experi- meats which have been reported this senson are here preseated, plowing under to eltrleh the sell- 1, -Au, wi eetestng co-operatiVe , ex- Tio see a has been, orinelliallY ilaPertd perinlent has been carried on hi each ed from Germany and &see about of the past two years by sewing five dollars per bushel. In. the aver- Hairy Vetehes, Winter Eyeand age of four yearsexperiments at Ghot. nvennon mover en the externi for collegeimported seed, semn in the the purpose of prodoeing green fod- autumn and ripened the followirig dee in the foneeread seedaten The Year has produced an average Yield repor.s show th t the C Cloy of 8.6 bushels of hairy vetellee Per el, wee badly winter killed Meach acre- During the last year a come ee the past two years.. da the aver., parson was made het-weern Ontariolade results of the experiments of tee eatter ia yieli pera$reeled'r'rb‘pe:aist311.ed4thlemlahrtle;-' i:144-073:ttie,31sdeasEsliilaii anilfirYgith'eelev zelVi elliretes• e ir gave els,acre. Wbeie fed to farm etock, the T1TE WORLD'S YARKETS BEPoRTs FROIYI TE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, Sept, 6. -Wheat -Old No. 2 white And red Winter are quoted at $1.04 to $1.05 east or west.. and new No- 2. at $1.01. NO. 2 goose, 90e east, and No. 2 Spring. 96 to 980 east. nlaeitoba wheat es nrm; Northern is quoted at $1,08; No. 2 Northere, $1,05, and No. 3 Northern at n1.02, Georgian Bay parte. Grindieg in transit Prices are fic above those quoted. Oats -No. 2 old white quoted at 88c west and at, 34e low ereights to New York; No. 1 white &L east east, No, 2 at 84e east. N. 2 new white oats 32c low freights. Barley -No. 2 quoted at 44e mid- dle freights; No. 3 extra, 130; and • No, 3 at 40 to 401e middle freights, Pease -The enarizeir is firm at 63 tO 64e at outside points. Corit-Ko, an yellow ed at 62c on track, Toronto. an'd No, 3 mixed at 61e. Canadian etorn • searce and firm ae 530 west. Rye -The market .13 firm, with rices minal r3 to'r9Q No 2 11QW, east or west, Flazin--Nitrety per Met, peteats Aro .-Watter berleY hA5 been gro HAirez Veteltee lip eared ti be Ten filleted/ at, $.4,.35 to $1 40 in buyers' eperimental groueds for kliev-tlislied Mitch !natter than the Wiater enSt nr west^ Straight r°11” n years. It hes completely killettitunte ere of elieetal brands for dontititle ut, in some SeAsees, Pr0‘ illg Itt°11) '2,---Ttiree varieties Of Winter wbeat trade in bl.d,s,, $1,79 to $4.-1 Man i rider than winter weeen 'nen It, were elietributed throughont Ontario• itoba. flours are firm; No. 1 pittents, as survived the whiten hoWev,e,rt 4/:.` in the atiturint of 1903 for co -opera- "$5.40; No. 2 Patents, $5.10, and bee usually' given a high Yiem 04- tate eeperinlenta The following is strong bakers', on track, Teron- Finn, the averege fer eight years te-i the tie erege yield in weighed bushels tee Mg 64.3. 1)1;5 0 s. an that r , of gram per ere for each veils:le' for t heilal breeders of pure tired stone; per ann. 1-1141etairinroinistlioltrt oloalalernueI: 4ingpotral..1 wi" Le °‘'''N: ill it ganl QI°Lse' 7„,/r_ 3. ---Two varieties of winter oats Amen., 58 jezebels and 22,5 buottels; direflors of the Cattle ilrff'ders.. "'" were sown on the 4th of September. Michigan Anther, 52.0 bushels and 1 Millfeede-At outside Sonde brie is quoted wt $13,50 to 214, and Shorts itt $1.7.:n0, Manitoba bran. in sacks. $18, and shorts at n2S, varieties in j904 1 eing 26,3'1)110101s C sovietism are -Careful to emeduct the ;‘, 1003, but its tisuol the plants :lid 18.8 nusbeis; erei -Red, 53,1 annual sole In the most scrupulously „et „neve the winter, bushels end 17.1 bushels per acre, Itor.orable foamier, so that purchas- ers may always feel assured that any .animal bought at the sale is ob. COUNTRY PROM,' OE. Baum -Priam benne are quoted at 4, -The Mammoth winter rye has respectirene I three. vartettea are en.,25 to ne,80,- end band -picked at surpassed the common 'MHOS bearden. The cbaff of the Imperial ,pa,10 te s130, four out of live years, The average Amber le tel and that of the others Tr - t oils-- le mar e Uric Menge a 28 to 30e, according. to quelitY Iloueee-The Marizet is (mien at 7 Lo 71e per lb. Condi $1.50 nInsi per dome. White variety in 1904. ..e.taden is a dude rtrai to the paw., TitW"."'ent. intS aro quoted at $7,..50 5 within the pastarifiefttieteesnare'xevalura..:='sacGreo.l.den Chad M yield of grain to $8'.54"/ " tr'eeh" Tereeke* the 'lat.' Ottt two hundred ter for No. 1 timothy. Straw-Tne market is quiet, with wheat have 'been grown at thoi tbo ee,,enernt lye experiments QIU ilegd. The most these box° with different manures applied in Prices Unthnuged '55•50 to "56 been grown for at leaet :Years h't the spring of the year, the average succession Tne highest edelding NW"- yields of grain per twee for the Pest two ware are as follows :-Cow man- , ure, 30.2 bushels; mixed fertilizer, ing average needier of pounds al 30.2 bushels; nitrate of soda, 20.44 grain Per measured bushel and 2f , bushels; superphotiphate, 25,8 Miele, buehels of grain per acre Dawson'S,eis murinte oilmen -le 2-5.1 bushels. Golden Chaff, 59.9 lbs,, 59.8 me unfertilized land gave an average Imperial Amber, 01.2 lbs., 58 bus.„. of 21,2 bushels per acre. The cow Prize Taher. 59,8 lbs„ 57.6 bhs.;1 manure waS applied at the rate of Silver Dollar, 59,7 lbs., 57 bus.; 20 tons, superphoephate 320 pounds, Pestli, 01.4 lbs., 55.4 bus.; and mullet° of potasli and nitrate of 17 roRTs AT LTA.O.YANG. The St. Peterrburg correeporalent AUGITST FRUIT REPORT. uropean Crop Is Lighter Than Was Anticipated. The Fruit Division, Ottawa, re- "'"' orts as follows regarding the pro- Reth,, 611, tbs.. 55.4 bus.; Forty- soda each 160 pounds per acre, The tam grades, ing the roots to the surface where eLets for the fruit crop:- 9 to 1,11e; creamery of one- 'feline, 19 to 20e; solids, 18 to .1.9c. Apples. - to. ; ects liave not Iola, 59.1 lbs., 55.4 bus.; nnd BUD- mixed fertilizer consisted , they aro not, so numerous as to 'I' s t materially since the last Tea ! ,,,_ tian Amber, 01,4 lbs., 55.2 bushels- third the qUantity of eath of the Eggs--fnise lots aro selling at lee Wool: it up entirely, rplio roots cot- hangedgreatest yielders 'among seventy- last, three fertilieers hetc mentioned. Ter dozen; seconds at 14 to 15e. lectod should be allowed to dry and ,ort. In Southern Ontario the frtit two varieties grown in the past Tim usual Leost of the fertilizers its Cheese-Tbe market is quiet, with of the Petit Parteieu attris . year in • . used in thee° experiments is from prices firm at ee to ,., , 0i c the latter tben, burned. A well -worked corn 11 et least (meal the craze of last , ' I : • from e 'xi ' - - . year, eowever, were the Imperial Aue- or-root crop the next year will help . • . „ . . - 1;,,ear zn quantity and eurpass it. in suaernu cancer of the general ezne , . „ --- ber. 41.3 bus.; Buda. Pesti/. 40 bus.; ; three to three and a. half cents per i for twine. nettetrially in subduing the weed. t • qualne. In the Georgiau Bay and annear, Ben 38.9 Ina; Rudy, :p3,3, 1:zennzl, that Gen. N.ovirope.tlan will not ab- Ox -eye Dejsy,-The daley is most Lake Ontario district everything bus.; Tasmania Red, nn bus.; paw- 'Each of the 3,740 experiraenters on tract:, .roroeto. Potatotee-The inure% is quiet. With Fele)* of new at 70 to 75e per bushel. , Pointry--Spring chickens, 11 to llic per lb.; yearlings, 10 to Ole per Ib.; duclis, 32 to 13c per lb. THE DAIRY MA,RICETS, le Butter-aW� quote :-Finest btlyT mrcAeacnt: "on( litrtbeedv larndo sir:11;s rolls,. 14/ to 1.c.c7, ordinary to choieo hotee-rnee. The spring -tooth mann largo rolls, 13 to 1.40; low to wed- valor le also very effective in ell'aw- CANADA'S NOXIOUS WEEDS CORDENSED NEWS ITEMS WHATALISATRHEKINCGAUsSA:ArDT.IIEra How to 'Prevent Distribution and How to Destroy Come:non. Vaeities. Weeds not only cioise a great "deal sactriunzgknectlesieslialaYrveWsTi;kigeatnidire';hnnieTannede. cleaning of grain, but they sap the very vitality from the plants or crop e growin Itinmre seed, particul- arly of grasses end covers, is lar•ge- ler sespoileible for the Alarming spread of noxious weeds coneequent- teesite s•ieteludei4ev-eantatitlei.sable to sow the Early maturing crops, such as clo- ver hay, eau be eut before the weed seeds lanture, tlius preventing the distiilzertion of weeds. Summer eine tivation of the stubble land, follow- ed next season by a lioed.crop prop- leuar..elcee,a tcosaereegdodsirmf lnyd esnter4oly. tahlel sur. To erndiCitte WeCilS it is important to LAM gsomalung of tiwir eaten) and growth. Some excellent', advice regardinne commoner varieties is given r Sitneson Rennie owner • af thQ gold medal Weil of Ontario. The 0Anitea Thietle, and Perennial Sqw Thistle, --These earl, erairely killed in it simile eveson by a ro- jy cora on toot crop. Tile main thing, is to late') teem Irene Wowing above ground. •As soon as the thistle is «Dewed to gi'ow and develop leaees eommemete to store away plant food` its undergroiled stem and roots, so that by the time it is in fun bloom it Will nave stor- eriefilseittnt, feted to lire through =- other seafien, Ito ;as what cid- ttvation is given the lune. Where summer fallow is resorted to there is uo trouble ie. clearirtg the land. of perennial thistles. either hy shallow! plowing or by using „a eintivator witli wide points on tlie teeth, go- ing over the lend at leest OnCe every 'three weeks uutil August Blind 1Veed,,--This is a, perennial, (ma one at the meet difficult Weeds to eeadieate. On account of its twitting eater!) aut.{ deep roots it can Seale:01y he killed in A single asa- son, even where the land is in a. boea crop. The only way to rill it tlioronedlllY is witen it summer fal- low. woldeil every eight or ten days r with a brotanshared cultivator, Couch Grase.--1 o eradicate this trounleseme perennial it is advitiable to plow immediately after earveet, bet not more than four of five nich- es :deep, ite the rooends aro near the surface. When the weather is dry, HAPPENINGS PROM ALL OVER TE GLOBE, Telegraphic Briefs Freon Our Own and Other Countries of Re- cent Events. • CANADA. Alex, porter, a pioacer farmer of, Kilarney, Man., Was gored to deatie bY bull, The work of restocking the etreams around London with fish bet' the Government etill goes on. Permits to the emoutit of $7,000,- 000 have been issued in Winnipeg for the coristruetioe of buildinga this rear. A lower rale of insurance will be givea ea the eity buildings of Kengse, ton on account of the stand pipe be - in erected The conductors and motormen who work, on Sunday cars in Kingston. are to he prosecuted by, the Lord's iDay thence. The abolition of the ward system. and the election of aldermen by gen- eral vote will he considered by the Brantford Couocil at its next meeti Mg. The Scotch method of curing her- ring is proving successful in Trx Nova Scotia. A, shipment of priekages, caught near Canso, were sent to St. Petersburg and /*calked as high, prices as the fish from Scot- land. lion. Raymond Prefontaine, ter of Maxine, etattel that lee had reeeived a. wire from Ottawa stating that tee United States Was asking for a, coefereece upon questions et iee sue beeswax the Stheries of the Unit- ed State,s and Canada, ;indent Liao -Yang. The position of vehi.3 / to a medium crop, cleaner son's Golden Chaff, 35.7 bus.; and with s ring /mil summer crops will 'We quote :-Bacon, long clear, 8 to but is not -much seen in well -cultivate HOG PRODUCTS. troublesome in pasture and sod land, the town render:* it nearly impreg- h' a and (en. Ko rep a t lz n has at Ins disposal troops revel in none - bens and morale to tlie Japantext. They number 250,000. The force i$ nettle eft of six Siberian and two E:d•opean army corps, with 144 than usual. Nova Scotia is de- Egyptian Amber 35 buseels 'per kindly report the results of their ex- velopine considerable fungus. Prince acre, acre, The wei'ght per ineasured Perillienis as soon as they can after Edward /seam! reports no appreci- ^bushel for this season has been ex- the crops are harvested. able change. ceptionally light, as can. be seen • , Other Fruit,, -Pears of art sorts from the following; Tasmania • Bed, wi_N,_ TER, cuors FOR 1904-5: ars) a liglit Crop. Plums are a total 58.6 lbs., Imperial :Amber, 57.6 lbs.; Material for ally one of the five failure in more than half the or- Dawson's Golden Chan 55.7 lbso uedrons of cavalry awl 300 e s experhuents here mentioned will be eq "Lin ' chaeds and only a light crop any- Turkey Red, 55.5 lbs.; and .Early sent freo to any Ontario farmer AP - The staff ofileer -iiii that Gen. Inour- where. /no prospects for peaches Genesee Giant, 52.8 lbs. The Dann plyieg for it, if he will conduct an °Wenn had erented around Liao - g 17 forts heavily armed with have not improved. Fifty per cent. son's Golden th Chaff possessed e experiment with great (are and re- Yanof the correspondents report a total stiffest straw and the Red Hussar the port the results after harvest next artillery. The superiority of Gen. failure. Black rot lias injured the weakest straw in 1904, All varieties eter.tr. The seed will be sent out in lioaropatkin'a valry compensates gz ape crop materially, in the larger rusted more or less in 1901, 1-nI e the order in which applications are ca to it certain extent for the inferior- vireyards, but the crop will still ity of his artillefey. .At the head- be fair. quarters of the Russian general staff 1 Foreign 'Markets and Crops.' -The perfect confidence is felt,. It is ne- first American apples sold in Glas- nied that Gen. Id.outropatkin's retreat gout at 12 to 14 shillings. The Brit - has leen cut off. The public is less i . lie sh and continental crop fill t or,tiatistie. merket at present, but tee fruit crop is lighter than was anticipated, PAY FOR J.e.P ARMY. ••••••••••••111 A despatch from Chafe° says The steamship Independent chartered by the Osaka. Shosen Itraisha, was held here on Tuesday by Custoine Commissioner Campbell while dis- embarking passengers and local :freight. The vessel is engaged in cerryinn food from Japan to New- Chwang. Commissioner Campbell contends that is she is allowed to go it will be a violation of China's neutrality, and ensiets upon, the car- go being landed here. The Japanese Consul here has protested against the commissioner's decision, and has referred the matter to Mr. Uchida., the japanese Minister at Pekin. Mr, Campbell meanwhile lias appealed to Sir Robert Hare, Inspector -General of Customs for China, for support. It is believed the In.dependent is con- veying a large sum of money, esti- mated at 10,000,00 yen (e5,000,- 000), to pay the Japanese army. It is rumorel that a Japanese "destroy- er arrived late Tuesday night from Daluy and toek off all the money. ex- cept 30,000 yen. • THE BALTIC FLEET.: A despatch from. Berlin says :-The Vossiche Zeitung's Kiel correspon- dent learns from a nenst reliable source that the Baltic fleet on its way to the Far East will call at Kiel. The Russians desire to pass tlerougb the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. They already have. asked the Ger- mane on what clay the pa.seage can be made. Tlierefore it is supposed that Germany will allow belligerents te ese the canal and German ports antler certain conditiane. The best informed circles in Berlin do not know of any request on the part of the P,USSiallS for permission to use -the canal. CAPTURED OFFICERS. • A despatch from efoo says:nit is grated that Japanese torpedo-boat destroyers have waylaid and captur- ed a .jenk conereyhig a party Of' Rue- sian officers with important despatchL es to Port, Arthur. The officers were ttrken to Da AVL AI"PACTIFt, MISSING. A de ) Ironclad, Tasmania, Red, and Pride of America being the freest. THE HESSIAN FLY did only a small amount of damage the past year. 6. -Seed taken from wheat which was allowed to become very ripe be- fore it was cut produced it greater y though still a good crop. American ield of both grain and straev• and a apples are 75 per cent., peacees 60 heavier weight of grain. per measured per cent. and grapes 90 per cent. of a full crop. EQUAL TO LAST YEAR. Worst That Can be Expected oS Manitoba Crop. A Montreal despatch says: "Re- ports on the Manitoba wheat crop have beern decidedly better, and a n.aritecI improvement has taken place in the general keened, of the crop tlis- inlet in the past ten days." This was the -view expressed' by Mr. P. W. Thompson, the vice-president of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company on Wednesday. The Ogilvie company has received exhaustive reports from its large number of crop experts throughout the wheat belt, and, leasing its estf- arate on the full inforraation to nand; Mr. Thonpeon said that Mani- toba ancl the Territoriee this year wolaci yield 58,000,f100 of wheat. This woeld mean an increase of 5,- 000,600 breeliels over last year. "In malting this statentent," said Mx. ThoMpson, "I am allowing for rust aconae,,e and other nepreciation. Of course, we cannot look ahead, and we may have damage from frost. In that eaee 'tlie estimate would have -to be adjusted, but should we have frost, and there is nothing to indi- cate it now, the very worst we could respect is a crap fully equal to last year. rrOur reports on Wednesday were exceedingly encoara,ging, one place reporting- a fine, full crop, in fact the best on record.. So there are lots of good reports as well as the less satisfactory ones." EARL GREY FOR GOVERNOR. „ Ea,r1 Miato'si Snecessor Has Been Selected, - A neepateh from Ottawa says From information of a send -official character which has 'reachell here there tIOW Seems little doubt tnat Karl "Grey, and not the Duke of Marlborough, 'will be the next GON"- eromStPeztersburg ernorr-Gentel'alt bushel than that produced from wheat whicli was cut at any one of four earlier stages of maturity, ac- cording to the average results of fourteen separate tests. 7. -Selections of seed made from two varieties of winter wheat and tested for six years produced average annual results in bushels of grain per acre, tons of straw per acre, and pounds per measure bushel as follows: Large plump seed -46.9 bushels, 2.6 tons, and 59.4 pounds; Small plump seed -10.1 bushels, 2.2 tons, and 59.2 pounds; Shrunken seed -39.1 bushels, 2.1 tons, ,and 59.3. pounds; and Broken seed -9.3 bushels .6 toes, and 51.2 pounds, respective - 8. -The average yields, less the amount of seed used, from sowing one busnel, one and one-half bushels', and two bushele of each of two var- ietiee of winter wheat per acre in each of six years, have been 39.7 bushels, 42.3 bushels, and 42.4 bush- els per acre, respectively. 9. --Seed wheat grown a thousand miles south of Guelph gave practical- ly the same results as Ontario grown seed in the average experiments of 10. -Winter wheat sown at the col- lege during -the first ten days of Sep- tember in each of nine years nas yielded 5.2 bushels per acre more than that sown from the 16th to the 20th of' September. 11. -The average results of sixteen experiments, coVering a period of eight years, Show that on well culti- vated land winter wheat which was drilmd in with a machine and that which was sown broadcast by hand gave practically the same yields 01 grain per acre. 12. --Winter whea,t gave Much better satisfaction on clover sod than on timothy sec. ,13. -Land on welch field peas were used as a green remain), yielded 6.5 bushels of wheat per acre more than land on which buckwheat was used as a giant manure, end 2,3 bushels per acre more than land which was work- , ed as a bare fallow, in the average of eight separate tests. 1e. -In each of five yeare, experi- ments have been conducted in treat - winter wheat in dill'ercnt Ways to . • , . •, ,• received as long as the supply lasts. 1. -Testing Hairy etches and .Win- ter Rye es fodder crops, 2 plots. Testine three varieties of wia- winter wheat, 6 plots. 3. -Testing live fertilizers with winter wheat, 6 pots. • 4. -Testing autnmn tont spring ap- plications of nitrate of soda and common salt with winter wheat, 5 plots. 5. -Testing winter barley and win- ter rye for grain production, 2 plots. The exact size of "each plot is to be one rod wide by two rods long. The material for either of the first two experiments or forenTo. 5 experiment will be forwarded by mail, and ,for each of the other two by express. Each person wishing to conduct one of these experiments should apply as soon as possible, mentioning which test he desires, and the material, with instructions ear testing . and the blank form on which to repert, will be furnished free on cost until the supply of exnerimentel material is exhausted. SALMON CATCH POOR. Scarcity of Fish in Eastern. Wat- , ere Reported. A despatch from Ottawa. says :--- - Reports to the :Department of Marine and Fisheries are to the effect that tgenerally the salmon fiehing in Eas- tern waters nuring the season just closed lias been very poor. The only exception is contained in a report received frora the onerseer on the IVIoisie River, which lies to the north of Anticosti Island, I -le says in ,that stream the salmon 'hays) been eiccep- tionally plentiful, and in ,six daytime - from Aug. 5th to 1,1th-between 700 and 800 salmon were taken every The demonstratione in the §cottish day. , method of cleaning, curing and pacl in,g herring, which have been con- ducted at Canso since Alny by Mr. .1. J. Cowie, of -noseiemouth, Scot- land, will continue until the Montle of No-vember. The experiments so ear have been very successful, al- thoughthe supply of herring- was not as large as was expected. , Fernilies, employing servants at Madison, Wis., have decided. to ex- tend the l tbert les and - privileges o :nee etvilig, tlieni,the•iiee of all or a large. portion of the house at; stated intervals for the 'entertain. - meet of their friends,. eneoeraging teem' church ant charity work, and ether wave liroading end elevating a • .. 8ec per lb, in case lots; mess port: ed fields. It may be got riiI of by $15 to $15.50; do., short cut, $1, 7.- 50 to $18. seeding only to clover, cutting this before llto (laisy s-eds ripen, and Smoked mcats-liams, light ,to plowing up the soil after the first medium, 13c; do., hea.v3r, -12c; roils, 9ec; shoidders, Sc; haeks, 1$e to 14c; brealdast bacon, 12/ to 13e. Lard -The demand is fair, with (grow in the fall and produce seed prices unchanged. We quote -Tierces, Itc; tubs, Sc; pails, 8L.c. the next seateare If fall wheat be left out of the rotation, they may be readily eradicated by regular sum- mer cultivation after harvest, thus gerMineting and destroying the seed. Rag need. -By growing early ma - no trouble in disposing of their No. timing (noes and plowing up the eand 2 old stock at 41c in store; tit te intmerdiately after the crops are off, ccju'No. 2 oats wound bring 4-0c if any 1 I e• - If 2 • the seed of the Rag Weed will be nuotted at 37ec afloat. Peas are prevented from maturing, and in a about steady at 73c afloat, Montreal; fT years this weed will be 'destroy'. No. 2 barley, 00ec; No. 3. extra, '5.0e; No, 3, 49e. Flour -Strong bale- $5.20,Wild Oa s ,-This is an annual teerns.'tsaraet °ff$e15..15n0g; at tIlrinter wheat pat se''tm nee pa_ which_,.nsis. very troublesome in some It is best to work the tents, $5.25 to • $5.35; straight rol- lers, $5.15 to $5.25; .straight roll- ers, in bags, 2.40 to $2.50. Feed - crop. False Flax, Pigeon Weed and these weeds start to BUSINESS AT 1/10NI`REAL. Montreal, Sept. G. -The market for bats is steady, and dealers will have land as soon as the crop is taken 'ofT, thus encouraging the seeds to germinate. The next season a hoed Manitoba bran, in bags, $17 to crop should be put in. The second $18; shorts, $T9 to $20 per ton; spring tlie land should be SONVil with Ontario bran, in bulk, 215.50 to some grain without plowing- and 816.50; shorts, 319 to 920; mouillie, seeded down to grass. If the land is left in sod for three or four years most of the seed will have lost its germinating power: Wild elestartle--Althougli only an ammal, this weed is very trouble- some on aCcount of the vitality of its seeds. They may lie in the grounct for years and. yet, when brought to the surface, will germin- ate. Thorough surface cultivation from harvest to time of freezing up, follon-ed by a hoed. crop the next spring will largely, 'eratlicate mus- tard. It aney also be destroyed in grain crops by spz•aying with ,a two per cent. solution of copper sulphate at the rate Of fifty gallons to the aere. If the museard plants are in -bloom a se, ore, r so neon, will be necessary, say three to four per $26 to $28 per ton, Provo:lens- Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $17.50 to $18; light short cat, $17 to $17.50; 'American fat backs:, 817.- 50; American clear fat banks, $20; compound lard, 6.L. to 76; Canadian lard, 6e to 71c; kettle rendered, 81 to 9ec; bania 13 to 13ec; bacon, 12 to 12c; fresh killed abattoir hogs, $7.50 to $8; live heavy sows, $4.75; mixed lots, $5.50; select, $5.75 to $5.85, off cars. Cheese -Ontario white, 8ec; coloved, fle to 9c; Que- bec, 83 to 81-c. Eggs -Select new. lafd, 21c; straight gathered candler:le 18 to 1Sec; No. 2. 1.21 to 13c. But- ter -Fancy grades, 19c; ordinary fin- est, 18 to 18/c, Western dairy, 14 to 111c. UNITED STATES MARKT. Buffalo, Sept. 6. -Flour -Steady. Wheat -Spring, offerings light; No. 1' Northern, $1.23,t; Winter, no tiling doing. Corn -Steady; No. 2 yellow, 591c No. 2 corn, 5S, -c. Oat-'--Firm;- No: 1. white, 351c; No. 2 mixed, 32ec. Carial freights --Steady. Milwaukee, Sept. 6. -Wheat -NO. 1 Northern $1.16 to 31_17; No 2 Northern, $1.10 to 31.12; December, 31. 081 tot $1.08e bid. R o. 1 7'Sc. - Barley -No. 2, -.58e; sample, 38 to 56e. Corn -No, No.3, 58 to 55e: December, 511c bid. . • Minneapolis, Sept. 6.--Illieat---Sept, 81.111; Dec., $1.101; May, 81.13; No. 1 hard, 81.17a; No. 1 Northern, 31,1en, No. 2 Northern, $1-121. Flour -Fest pat,ents, $6.10 to 36.20; second do., $5.95 to $6.0•5; ,first clears, 341.50 second' do., , $2.86. ' Bran -In bullc, $15 to Experts place the total damage to the wheat crop at 143,000,000 bush- els in the United States arid Manila- , bit s is cut in preaious inures . Ty0s1t,on in li e• and, the; Vield , the United' ntats 0,11,111,1“rm, GREAT BRITAIN, Nene years meeting of the ritieb. ASeCiatiOn will be held at Cape Town. Renewed efforts to settle the stock yards strike at Chicago and else- where failed. Sir n'rancis Leveion Bartle will ninceeti Sir Edmund Moneon es AM- bessador to France< Sir TbomAS Lipton has opened nee gotiations with the Deere's for build- ing the Simenroeit 11,1,„ provided George L. Watson will design an - ether challenger for .the Amerlea'a Cup. At the British Aseoeiatien Meeting at Cambridge it Was said that the depression, in tee eetton and allied trades means a. lose to capital and label' Britaittof not Wee than, $1,500,000 per week. 'UNITED STATES. Seven. new cases of mate been "discovered in Nortb Adams, Mass., making fifteen eases in all, two of winch have been fatal. At the St. Louis Fair Grourel Bar- liey °Week' lost control of his auto- mobile, ctn Saturday, which crashed through the track fenee and killed two men. :Garry B. Casein, bank. Messenger, aged 16, was given $50,000 in bills instead of $6,000 at the Southern National Bank, Louisville, Ky. ito immediately returned the eacniter Endiug Out the mistake. By the capsizing' of it small cat- boat oft Boston Light three persone of a, party of five lost their lives. One of the party lostt his hat, and all the occupants leaned over the leo side in their endeavor to rescue it. . GF,NERAL. The rebels in Paraguay captured it mtreanintloloarelceosf, stores for the Govern - Morocco's anewer to the protest against tee imprisonment of it Brit- ish subject at Tangier is said -to be unAsraatiilf ale:users 3ria.rts seelcing to avoid war service are crossing into Ger- many, thence leaving for Britain and the United States. The strike of dock laborers and seamen at Marseilles, which has eon - tinned intermittently for two yeaes, has been vigorously renewal. Altliodge onl, a of the noxious weeds are there mentioned ;- if ,th' ,above methods are carried out they Will destroy at the same tine score of others of less importance. !!! VILLAGE WIPED OUT. Terrible Forest Fires in New- foundlan.d.. ' A St. .1ohn's,, ilespateli says: Forest fires have destroyed the liana let of relate Bay, and 300 famines are homeless. Two men liave been 'drowrien. stearnca Prospero has eraliar,leca the women and children. The men are hghting tlie flames in ,aix. pilort to iirevent the destructive Bros covering e Wider area. The 0-overriment is previcling, food, shel- ter ,anc, o her aanterteame the ease Tlie cont,intiect success of the reveille tionists has Prechleed, a panic at e d -at 8 000,090 bushelsAmin ton cittt.a1 of Brngua3. INSECT BIECHANICS. The deliberate use of a tool by a little sand -wasp might well be sup- posed to indicate reasoning power. A well-known. naturalist. Doctor. Peel:111am, watched a wasp dig a hole in the earth and deposit therein an egg, together witli a spicier, which she had stung ieto paralysis, to , feed the grub which should be hatch- ed in due course. Then she filled" up the hole with sand or earth, and jamened it down with her head. "When at last gee filling was level with -the ground, she brought a quan- tity of fine grains of dirt to tlie spot, picked up a small pebble in her mandibles, and used it as a hammer in pounding them down with rapid strokes, thus making this spot as hard and firm as the sourrounding surface; Before we could recover from our astentsluneat at this per- formance, she nad dropped her stone and was bringing more earth. In a moment we saw eer pick up the peb- ble, and again pourid the earth into place -with it. Once more the whole process was repeated, and then, the little creature flew away." "The whole of this performence," writes Sir Herbert Maxwell, "ie- so unexpected- teat even Doctor Peck, ham's high reputation as it scruple bus observer neight fail to e011Vinea skeptics that he had not been ,de- ceive m SUM al c avior on le part 'of ae wasp of the same specie,s has been recorded independently le Doctor Williston, of Kansas Univer- sity." No matter how homely a iiiinistet is a woman' always says lie has a .. goodn‘7?faactcselz.:ieitli the world's ass the iTjitt 1)1', er turned from the telephone ,ead aered for her. bonnet and wraps. ``.1111 go- ing into' the teityn.' said, 'Airs: High-, sl,p7aosaher eyes xiS She ke,., to call your father up., and 111(41,rd ldizi tell. the boy, t0. say. lie 'Wasn't 14 11