Exeter Times, 1915-8-5, Page 2MANY NEW FACTORIES FOR MUNITIONS
Sixt
n Established and Ten £Lore to be Set Up
in England
• despatch from London says: ---
Sixteen national munitions factories
have been established in England,
and, after consultation with the
French Ministry, the British Govern-
ment has decided to set upan addi-
tional ten large establishments.
This announcement was made in the
House of Commons by the Minister of
Munitions, David Lloyd George, who
told of the progress madeby
his de
-
partment in overcoming the shortage
in shells that had prevented the army
on the Continent from doing all it
might otherwise have done. These
new factories are being erected in the
vicinity of the arsenals and the ex-
isting armament establishments, and,
the Government has completed in a
few weeks the developments it is now
engaged on the supply of shells will
be doubled.
"This," said the Minister, "will not
merely enable us to support our men,
but will enable them to cleavetheir
Way through to victory."
I'dr. Lloyd George explained that.
until the new factories are built the
work of the department will be di-
rected to speeding up existing con-
tracts. At first the Government had
been faced with a grave labor short-
age, and some machines were lying
idle because no one could be found to,
work them. One-third of the machines
engaged in Government work at the
outset were not
being utilized at night,
During three moths his depart-
ment had succeeded in adding nearly
40,000 men se -elect -to the ranks of
the workers connected with arma-
ments, and they were pouring in fur-
ther supplies. His department had
also enrolled 100,000 volunteers, but
it had been found difficult to remove
the majority of these from their pre-
sent employment. Howeverq scores
of thousands of skilled men who had
enlisted had been traced, and ar-
rangements were made with the War
Office for the return of these znen to
the factories.
Markets Of The World
Breadstuffs..
Toronto, Aug. 3. -Manitoba wheat
-No. 1 Northern, $1.381/4 to $1.89;
No. 2 Northern, $1.351/4 to $1.36;
No. 3 Northern, $1.32, on track lake
ports.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 621/4e;
No. 3 C.W., nominal; extra No. 1
feed, nominal, on track, lake ports.
American corn -No. 2 yellow,
861/4c, on track lake ports.
Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, nom-
inal, on track Toronto.
Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 58 to
59e; No. 3 white, 57 to 58e, according
to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
car lots, $1.10 to $1.12; do., new,
$1.02 to $1.04, according to freights
outside.
Peas -No. 2, per car lots nominal,
according to freights outside.
Barley -Good malting barley, nom-
inal; feed barley, 60c, according to
freights outside.
Buckwheat -Car lots, nominal, ac-
cording to freights outside. •
Rye -No. 2, nominal, according to
freights outside.
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jute bags, $7; second patents, in jute
bags, $6.50; strong bakers', in jute
bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags,
10c more.
Ontario flour Winter 90 per cent.
patents, $4.60, seaboard', or Toronto
freights in bags.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights -Bran, $27 per ton;
shorts, $29 per ton; middlings, $30
per ton; good feed Sour, $1.90 per
bag.
Country Produce.
Butter -Choice dairy, 22 to 23c;
inferiotr, .19 to 20e; creamery prints,
27 to 2.9e; do., solids, 26 to 28c.
Eggs -Straight stock, 21 to 22c per
dozen, in case lots, and selects, 23 to
24c. •
Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress-
ed, 16 to 18c; Spring, chickens, 22 to
25c; fowl, 14 to 15c.
Cheese -151/4c for large, and at
15sc for twins. Old cheese, 211/4 to
22e.
Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear 14 to 141/4c
per Ib, ,in case lots. Hams -Medium,
18 to 181/4c; do., heavy, 14% to 15c;
rolls, 15 to 16c; breakfast bacon, 20
to 23c; backs, plain, 22 to 23c; bone-
less backs, 24 to 25c.
Lard -Pure lard, tubs, 11% ' to
121/4c do., pails, 12 to 121/4c; com-
pound, tubs, 10 to 104c; do., pails,
104 to 101/4c.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Straw is quoted at $7 a ton, in car
lots, delivered on track here.
Hay -No. 1 hay is quoted at $18
to $19; No. 2 at $15 to $16.
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, . Aug. 3. -Corn --Ameri-
can No. 2 yellow, 89 to 90c. Oats-
Canadian Western, No. 3, 62e; extra
No. 1 feed, 62c; No. 2 local white,
611/4c; No. 8 local white, 601/ec; No.
4 local white, 591/4c. Flour,, Man.
Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.10;
seconds, $6.60; strong bakers', $6.40;
Winter patents„ choice, $6.25;
straight rollers, $5.60 to $5.80; do.,
bags, $2.65 to $2.75. Rolled oats,
barrels, $6.25; do., bags, 90 lbs.,
$2.90 to $3. Bran, $26 to $26.50.
Shorts, $28. Middlings, $33 to $34.
Mouillie, $35-0 $40. Hay, No. 2, per
ton, car lots, $20.50 to $22. Cheese,
finest westerns, 14e; finest easterns,
131/4c. Butter, choicest creamery,
274 to 271(4e; seconds, 261/4 to 261/4c.
Eggs, selected, 26c; No, 1 stock, 23e;
No. 2 stock, '201/4c. Dressed hogs,
abattoir killed, $13.50 to $13.75.
Pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls.,
35 to 45 pieces, $29; do., short cut
back, bbls., 45 to 55- pieces, $28.50.
Lard, compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c;
wood pails, 20 lbs. net; 101/4c; pure,
tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 121/4c; pure,
wood. pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to 131/$c..
Winnipeg Wheat.
Winnipeg, Aug. 3. -Cash quota-
tions: -Wheat - No. 1 Northern,
$1.32%; No. 2 Northern, '$1.29%;
No. 3 Northern, $1.24%, Oats -No.
2 C.W., 58e; No. 8 C.W., 55e; extra
No. 1 feed, 55c. Barley -No. 3, 73c;
No. 4, 681/4c; feed, 60e. Flax -No. 1
N.W.C., $1.391/4; 'No. 2 C.W., $1.36%.
Minneapolis Wheat.
Minneapolis, Aug 3. -Wheat -No.
1 hard, $1.53; No. 1 Northern,
$1.40% to $1.50%; No. 2 Northern,
$1.35% to $1.47%; July, $1.89; Sep-
tember, $1.07%. Corn -No. 3 yellow,
781/4 to 79c. Oats -No. 8 white, 50
to 51c. Flour and bran unchanged.
Duluth, Aug. 3. -Wheat -No. 1
hard, $1.52; No. 1 Northern, $1.51
No. 2 Northern, $1.46 to $1.47; July,
$L 51; September, $1.101/¢. Linseed
-Cash, $1.581/4; July, $1.59; Septem-
ber, $1.60.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Aug. 3. -Best heavy steers,
$8.25 to $8.75; butchers' cattle,
choice, $7.75, to $8.35; do,, good,
$7.35 to $7.50; do., medium, $6.75 to
$7.25; do., common, $5.25 to $6;
Butchers' bulls, choice, $6.75 to $7.50;
do., good bulls, $6 to $6.50; do.,
rough bulls, $5.25 to $5.75; butchers'
cows, choice, $6.75 to $7.25; do.,
good, $6.50 to $6.75; do., medium,
$5.25 to $6.25;' do., common, $4.50 to
$5; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7.50;
stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to
$7.25; canners and cutters, $4 to
$5.25; milkers, choice, each, $65 to
$95; do.., common and medium, each,
$35 to $50(springers, $50 to $95; light
ewes, $6 to $6.50; do., bucks, $3.50
to $4.50; yearling Iambs, $6.50 to
$8; spring lambs, ewt., $8 to $10:7.5;
calves, $4 to $10.50; hogs, off cars, $9
to $9.15; do., fed and watered, $8.75;
do., f.o.b., $8.40.
Montreal, Aug. 3. -Sales of the best
steers were made at $8, and the lower
grades sold from that down to $6,
while butchers' cows and bulls
brought from $4.50 to $6,50 per
cwt. Best lambs offered at $9, and
the more common ones at $8, while
sheep sold at $4 to $5.50 per cwt.
The demand for calves was good at
prices ranging from $3 to $15 each,
as to size and quality. Hogs steady.
Sales of selected lots were made at
$9 to $9.50 per cwt., weighed off
cars.
INVISIBLE AEROPLANES
LATEST GERMAN PLAN
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
Germany possesses invisible aero-
planes, according to the Cologne Gaz-
ette. The wings are made of a clear
transparent material called cellon,
which is the invention of a German
engineer named Knaubel. Cellon,
which is manufactured from cellulose
and acetic acid, is tough, pliable and
non -inflammable, and is used instead
of canvas. A machine covered with
cellon is said to be virtually invisible
above an altitude of 3,000 feet. Herr
Knaubel made his first experiments
with the material two years ago.
•
In the Middle Ages people in Eng-
land wore the beaks, or points of
their shoes so long that they encum-
bered themselves in walking, and
were forced to tie them up to their
knees.
KAISER
ASKED PE.
PO
TO
Hol. See Declined Proposal Because of Condem-
nation
oked
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nation of German Submarine Warfare
MEDIATE
A despatch from Rome says: --It is
learned here that the Minister of
Prussia accredited to the Holy See,
who recently has been living in Switz-
erland, has convoyed to Pope Eenediet
a proposal from: the Kaiser suggest-
ing that the Holy • See offer to medi-
ate between Germany and the United
States and promising to abide by the
Pope's decision if mediation should
be emoted.
It is further reported orted that the
,p Pope
replied , that he was unable to offer
mediation because he resides in a 'bel-
ligerent country where Germany's
representatives cannot come, and be-
cause of condemnation of submarine
warfare, he could not pass upon , a
matter involving its justification,
The Pope called attention to the
fact that as the Holy See was neutral
it could not assume the arduoustask
of settling controversies between the
powers, He suggested, therefore,
that the Kaiser submit the question
to The Hague Tribunal,
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VALVES
Steamship men state that an ima ginary line, known as the stability
line, which keeps the steamers upright, was' only four inches deep on
the Eastland. These same men said the Government required this line
to be 20 inches. On the majority of the lake steamers " this line is, 32
inches. On the larger steamers, which make the Georgian Bay trips, the
line is 42 inches, preventing any possibility of a tipoyer.
ONLY REMAINING HOPE OF THE TURKS
lntitr ation Any Such Plan. Will be Nipped in Bud
by Surprising Move of Allies
A despatch from Athens says:
Enver Pasha issued an extraordinary.
message to his troops on the Gallipoli
Peninsula before the last big attack.
It ran thus:
"Soldiers, you will fight with all
your strength. At least you will
resist., as long as possible, for I can
promise you within a month's time
I shall be able to ` send you to yoir
homes. The life of Serbia cannot
now last longer than a month. With-
in that time the German armies will
crush her and will come to our aid."
I learn that great pressure had.
been put on the Germans by the
Young Turks to fulfill the promise to
send German armies through the Bal-
kans to the assistance of the Turkish
forces. The Young Turks regard
the achievement of that plan as the
only hope for the Turkish Empire in
Europe. A prominent military expert
who has just completed a tour of the
Balkan States,. and who latterly has
been in Austria, expresses to zne
the belief that such an effort will be
the next great move on the part of
the Austrians and Germans. Should
this cross . move be . made it will have
immediate and important results in
this corner of Europe. It would be
unwise to give details which are with-
in my knowledge, but 1 think I may
be permitted' to say that counterbal-
ancing events are moving rapidlyand
the enemy's plans may quite possibly
be nipped in the bud by a surprising
move of which the public should hear
at an early date.
PERSONS OF NOTE,
Anecdotes and Facts About People
Whose Names You Know.
On an occasion Lord Fisher may be
seen walking in St. James's Park, Lon-
don, ,with hie wife. Very simple in his
habits of dress, he es partial to a dou-
ble-breasted. coat and a flat hat, similar
to that popularized by Mr. Churchill.
These warm, sunny afternoons he
likes to uncover his head, and then
one notices the stiff, white -hair has a
tendency to fall on the forehead in a
Napoleon -like projection,
The late Mr. Joseph Chamberlain
was probably the Statesmnan who
smoked the most cigars in the course
of a day; in his case the damage was
done net by the number he smoked as
by the strength of the leaf of which
they were manufactured. Mr. Fred.
Terry, until he was stopped by his doc-
tor, had a way of goring in for chain
smoking -that is to say, he lit one
cigar from the stump of the one before
it, and so on.
When the average man comes
across Sir Edward Carson, the new
British Attorney -General, with his
trim, erect, sturdily -built figure, he is
apt to forget that the great lawyer and
Ulster patriot is sixty-one years of age.
He certainly does not lookmore than
Atty.This impression is accentuated
by the free -and -easy way he dresses,
ne
for nearly always he eo to the
House of Commons in a double-breast-
ed lounge suit and a bowler hat.
In retirement Lord Haldane will
probably turn again to literature. He
has written some of the most notable
essays on philosophical criticisms of
the day., 'and students ofphilosophy
would welcome further contributions
from him. • `
Not only has Lord Charles Beresford
offered the Admiralty the .benefit of
his advice and experience from time
to time, but he has been over to the
Front, and narrowly escaped .death.
Once having seen the popular seaman
with his square figare, it is impossible'
to rnis'take him, and when the House
is sitting, and he strolls on occasion
into the Outer Lobby, a whisper usual-
ly goes round the waiting crowd at the
barrier: "That's Charlie Beresford!"
Lord Derby is easily themest popu-
lar peer in the North of England. A
man of great initiative and will, • he
says what he means,and telling the
people the truth he finds no difficulty
in evoking a steady response. There
Is a curious resemblance in his writing
to that of Sir Edward Grey, but in gen-
eral characteristics a . wide gulf saps,-
rates
eparates them.
It was commonly anticipated that
Mr. Edwin Montagu, who is back again
at the British Treasury as Illnancial
Secretary, would be saved for the
Ministry, if not for the Cabinet. He is
remarkably clever at finance, and in
addition he has enjoyed for years the
privilege Of the Premier's friendship,
spending many week -ends with him.
Like Mr. Austen Chamberlain, another
financial expert, he affects 'the mono-
cle.
Back again in England, Major F. E.
Smith, who takes °Moe .for the first
time as British Solicitor -General, 'will
probably surprise his friends once
more by his insatiable love of cigars.
Ike smokes, as a rule, a, dozen long
Coronas a day, and one of the impor-
tant duties of his clerk has been to
see that a full case went to the Law
Courts each day for his use--e-one cigar
to be smoked during the luncheon
hour, and another, directly the Court
rose. Thence onward the Coronas
went in quick succession,.
Weaving was .practised in China
more than a thousand years before it
was known in Europe,
.German May Not Mswer N
de
U.S.U.S N
Y
A despatch from Berlin says: -A,
careful study of the German attitude
towards the last American note justi-
fies the conclusion that the note,
all probability, Will not be answered
at all.
ail -
If a t answer Is sent it will
I nct be to
er'gue any yt;uestions of prineiple, but
to suggest a possible means for ar-
ranging indemnities. Any steps that
the Government may take depend to
it large extent on the German eon-
cejtion of the tenor of the American
irate to England.
EXPEQSiYES HELD AT ROUMANIAN BORDER
Smuggling Devices of Germans to Get Munitions
to Ottoman Troops Frustrated
A despatch from Paris says: -A re-
port from Bucharest that orders had
been issued to the Roumanian .officials
at all fronties stations to make the
most thorough examination of all.
freight cars owned by Austria-
Hungary, Germany and Turkey to pre-
vent any possibility of the passage
through Roumanian territory of mu-
li
n t on s and arms has been officially
confirmed at the Roumanian Legation
in Paris.
It is reportedthat car loads of beer
barrels packed in ice sent from Ger-
many. to Turkey were examined and
the barrels found to contain war mu-
nitions. The freight, cars are re-
ported to have •.been provided with
false bottoms and walls, behind which
arms Were hidden. Every device
known to modern smugglers is said to
have been used to pass armsand mu-
nitions through Roumania for the 4t
toman troops.
A despatch from Rome says:--
News has reached here that Turkey
has only one mouth's stock of am-
munition. Consequently the Italians
believe the allies will take the Dar-
danelles in a relatively short time if
Bulgaria and Roumania act energeti-
cally against contraband.
DISORGANIZED TURK FORCES RETREAT
Successful Progress. of British Campaign in Asia
Tlinor Reported by Sir John Nixon
A despatch from London says: -
"Gen. Sir John Nixon reports that as
a result of an action near Nasiriyeh
f Asiatic Turkey) the disorganized
Turkish forces retreated northward
more than 25 miles.
"The enemy's casualties in killed,
wounded orprisoners amounted 'ap
proximately to 2,500 men, the prison-
ers including 41 officers and 690 men,
of whom some 200 were wounded: Our
capture of arms and material includ-
ed one 40 pounder gun, twelve field
and two mountain guns, several ma-:
chine guns, 1,000 rounds of artillery
and 30,000 rounds of small ammuni-
tion and explosives and bombs, and
other miscellaneous ordnance stores.
"Our casualites numbered 564 men,
as follows:. British officers killed : 5,
and wounded 20; other ranks, killed
47; wounded 142, and missing 30;
Indian officers,. killed 4, wounded 7;
other ranks, killed 45, wounded 257,
and missing 6.
"The evacuation of the sick and
wounded from Nasiriyeh has com-
menced."
INTERNED GERMAN BOATS • •
HAVE TURNED AROUND
A despatch from New York says: -
The . War News Strategy Board of
Brooklyn scented in the shifting of
six German steamships at Pier 33,
South Brooklyn, another attempt of
the detained fleet of the Kaiser to
make a "dash for the open." Tho
marine superintendent of the Ham-
burg -American. Line said it was true
that the ships, including the President
Grant, the Hamburg and Koenig
Wilhelm the Second, had turned end
for end in the dock. Some of them
had been nearly a year in dock, and
the metal of thepier had badly de-'
fleeted the compasses. The object of
turning the, .other sides of the pier
was to readjust the compasses to
some extent.
NO MORE GIFTS OF TOBACCO.
French Government Cannot Under=
take to Effect Delivery.
A despatch from New York says: -
Hereafter the hardships of the French
soldiers at the front will not be light-
ened by the occasional gifts of cigars,
tobacco and cigarettes which have
been sent to them in the past by
kindly -disposed Americans. '
The French postal authorities have.
informed the authorities here that
they are, unable to effect the delivery
of the smokes to the soldiers or the
prisoners of war in France. In conse-
quence it has been found impossible
to collect from the addresses the.
Customs charges to which all such
gifts sent from abroad are liable in
France at present.
CHECK SPY EXODUS
FROM GREAT BRITAIN
A despatch from London says A
closer check on possible spies is in-
dicated in an official notice published
in England to the effect that travelers
from the United Kingdom to Scan-
dinavian countries will not be permit-
ted to leave this country on or after
August 10th without special permit
from the Home Office. This restric-
tion applies to British subjects as well"
as neutrals, with the exception of
soldiers and sailors.
NO COTTON RESOLD
IN NEUTRAL PORTS
A despatch from London says: -
The Foreign Office denied a statement
published recently that American cot-
ton seized by the British authorities
is being reshipped to be resold in neu-
tral ports.
FAKE PASSPORTS
MADE IN BERLIN
Germans Enter England as Citi-
zens of U.S. and
Switzerland.
A despatch from London says: -It
has been learned on high authority
here that the British authorities have
arrested a German subject who had In
hes possession a forged* American
passport, which the arrested man ad-
mits is not genuine. The forged
document had been compared with
the original passport which was issu-
ed to a bona -fide American citizen.
The real passport, which was sent to
London by the State Department at
Washington, shows that the forgery
is a dangerous imitation.
The arrested man is understood to
rave declared`"that the false passport
was given to him in Antwerp by Capt.
Schnitzer, a German secret service
officer. The American State Depart
Ment is said to have taken up the
question with the German Govern-
ment, as the imitation is so .clever
that it constitutes a danger to Ameri-
cans abroad, The real passport on
which the bogus one is based was
issued to an American business man
who reached Germany March 24th
and left that country April 8th. This
mail was at his home with his pass-
port when the holder of the false
document was arrested in England.
As a result of investigations by the
United States Government, the State
Department has instructed Ambassa-
dor Gerard at Berlin to bring to the
attention of the German Government
evidence indicating that Germans
have been engaged in forging Ameri-
can passports and furnishing them tb
German spies. -
Stray Thoughts.
The worst kind of fool is the one
who doesn't want to, learn.
Courage is the yeast that causes a
man to rise to the occasion.
There is a new way of doing almost
everything except lovemaking,
A healthy loafer can easily ensure
his life for more than it is worth.
Apparently some men only use their
heads when they want to butt into
other people's affairs.
About the only thing some people
put off till to -morrow are the un-
pleasant things they eau say to -day.
If, when you are at the office you
wish to make the time pass more
quickly, all you need d'b is to get be-
hindhand with your work.
AUSTRIANS LOOT AND BURN HOUSES
Garrison Has Been Withdrawn and the City Has
Virtually Been Evacuated
A despatch from Rome says,--A,n
uncensored despatch from Trieste
says that over 800 houses and "WO
there have been looted land wrecied,
'Yerdi's monument and other worsts of
art have been destroyed. The -city is
practically empty, A, majority of
the Italian inhabitants have been ar-
rested and interned.
The shops are opened at 9 o'clock
in the morning and closedat sunset.
The streets are without lights at
nights. The wards near the clack -
yard have been damaged by the
Italian ae1
cit
t ,.,la al bombardments. The
''Y as tu
aty
been
evaouttted
,the
gareleon liavipe
been withdrawn and•
only the gendarmes left, The aro
requisitioning
22��the scanty supply of
foedstuft , •
The Xtallan language has been
abolished.
bo 1
�e.
A rupture between Turkey and Italy
y
s inevitable, Furley has ignored,
the Italian rem
onstrances and threats,
against tho interment of Italien0.,
From the Oct Shore
aa1Ts OF NEWS FROM TEE
MARITIME PROVINCES.
;items of Interest From Places
Lapped By Waves of the
Atlantic..
Annapolis Valley bears promise of
a record apple crop this year.
The new post office at St. John
will likely be ready for occupation in
two weeks,
Fredericton has taken a dog cen- •4 ..
i
sus and recorded 350 cazrl s and.
only 100 licenses. 'e.ae•
Thea Sons of England banaSt
John has contributed fourteen re-
cruitss for, war service.
A New York firm is enquiring at
Halifax and St. John for dried and
baled seaweed for packing purposes.
The third party of. British settlers
has arrived in New Brunswick this.
season under the province's guidance.
The Public Works Department is
building a wharf at Renforth, N.B., on
the Kennebecasis for landing coed-
wood. '
For swearing on the street and re-
sisting arrest, Harry Neal, at St.
John, was fined $104 or sixteen
months in jail. -
Some one cut the long tresses from
the head of ten -year-old Helen Wat-
ters as she slept at her home in In
diantown, St. John.
Heavy rains have saved New
Brunswick the usual influx of brown
tail moths from the south, according
to official exterminator.
Corporal Geo. F. Craft, of St. John,
is sending home' from the war a Bible nen
which saved his life in battle, in which ".
a bullet lodged.
Rosa Magyllo, arrested at St. John
for vagrancy, was found to speak
seven languages, and used as an ten
terpreter'at the Police Court.
Sydney, N.S., refused the offer of
the residence of the late J. K L.
Ross for use as a city hospital which
would have saved nearly $70,000
Moncton district farmers are angry
because they cannot carry their bas-
kets of eggs and butter into the pas-
senger cars on the way tp market.
Captain Ellis, of the stranded Plant
liner, A. W. Perry, 'at Halifax, had
his certificate suspended' for six
months by the wreck commissioners.
Under the Nova Scotia Temperance
Act fifty-six convictions and eight
dismissals were made in the year's
second quarter and one man went to
jail.
A tablet was unveiled in the old
Loyalist Church, Kingston, to John
Beardsley, pioneer missionary in
New Brunswick and first Grand Mas-
ter of the Masons there.
A Prince Edward Island bridal pair
were stopped from honeymooning�, e to
the United States at St. JohnW'be-
causethey had not the required funds
to enter the States.
The new` double tracked ferry boat
to run from New Brunswick to
Prince Edward Island with the Inter -
colonial railway cars has arrived at
Halifax from England.
New Brunswick government will
arrange that their London office shall
keep in touch with the sons of the
province at the battlefront and give
them news from home.
Two Nova Scotia boys at the front
now, had a great-grandfather at Wa-
terloo, Peter Alders, the first settler
in Aldersville, Lunenburg." The boys
are. Clifton and Horald Hiltz, of
Kingsport.
Captain John Elliott, of Quoddy,
Charlotte County, N.B., is 103 years
old and has 100 grandchildren. lie
made his first trip to St. John ninety
years ago, when Indians were seen
on the streets.
THE FARM.
Too Many Corn Growers Take a Risk
With Cheap Seed Corn.
Bad germination in seed corn, com-
bined with prolonged cold weather at
time of planting, has -been the cause
of much disappointment this season
to ensilage growers. The seed corn
growers of south-western Ontario
were almost equally disappointed
through being unable to find a market
for their thoroughly -dried corn of
strong vitality. Many samples were
taken by seed inspectors and the in-
vestigations . made indicate clearly
that at least 75 per cent. of the cause eye
for a poor stand can be traced to the
ensilage growers buying low priced
seed.
Unfortunately high priced seed is -
not always a guarantee of high qual-
ity, but low priced seed is possible
only with cern that has had no special
care'in curing for seed. The farmer
who gets $1.60 per bus. of 70 lbs. on
the ear for corn taken out of his corn
crib in the spring has more profit
than the farmer who receives $2,50 a
bus, of 70 lbs. on the ear for cornitlekt
has been kiln -dried or, rack -dried :in•'
special corn -drying buildings.
If harvested in dry weather and
kept in narrow cribs through the
winter, the cheap corn may give a
fairly satisfactory , stand of plants
with thick seeding and good soil and
weather conditions, But too many
farmers have 'learned to their sorrow
the very serious risk they take in
using corn wintered .in this way. It
ie always advisable for growers ger. s to
pprocure seed corn on the ear as dur-
tran,smpoattiowneaotrhesrtorsahelledw i
llcoarbnsorinb
Moisture
and mold within a very fetid
(lays, thus destroying its vitality.-
Seed
itality.-Seed trench, Otawa.