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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-6-20, Page 3Alf GERMAN OFFENSIVE BEING CECEED AT ALL POINTS IN NOYON AREA advancing Hordes of Enemy Repulsed With Heavy Loss) -Foe Made Some Gains in Aisne Sector Etit Foiled To Improve Them. A despatch from Paris says: .A. con- centrated fire fr'dm the French guns Caught powe1'2i4 German forces at- tempting a counter-attack between Coureelles and jVlery, in the Montdi- dier sector, and not only drove back the advancing waves, but inflicted very heavy losses, according to the War Office announcement on Thursday night, , Dearing VPednesday night the French in a splendid counter-attack, drove the enemy back to the north bank of the Matz River, farther to the east, The important Height of Croix Ricard and the village. of Melaeocq wero also taken by the French. On the Aisne front the Germane continued their thrust between the river and the important forest posi- tion of Villers-Cotterets and gained a little ground, but all their attempts to improve the position have failed, Elsewhere other German attacks have been defeated, the Americans break- ing up a particularly violent attempt between Bonresches and Belleau Wood, Amae The French during the course of the various engagements took many pris- oners and consolidated all their gains. A despatch from the front, dealing with the Aisne fighting, says: "Probably for the purpose of mak- ing the Allies move their reserves to- ward the right flank, the Germans started a big diversion in the vicinity of the Forest of Villers-Cotterets, The enemy progressed slightly, obtaining a foothold in Coeuvree, but this does not improve his position. Five Gorman divisions participated, two of which had just reached the battlefield. "The attack extended along a front of about four miles, but met such op- position from the French, who fought with stern determination, that the Germans apparently renounced their efforts" The sole result of the enemy's at- tack on the Montdiclier-Noyon line up to the present is that he has, by the violence of his attacks east of the Oise and the forced retreat of the French from the region west of the stream, blotted out the nasty Noyon salient and brought the battle front more into direct alignment with that beginning at rho Aisne. And a ter- rible'price has been paid for this rec- tification of the line. Whether the Germans are prepared again. to offer Fuge sacrifices in at- tempting to bend back the other sa- lient from the Aisne to Villers-Cotter- ets, and bring the Picardy 'and Aisne battlefields into a more -continuous front, romaine to be seen. There are signs that for the moment the German efforts are 'waning. Markets of the World Breadstuffs Toronto, June 18. -Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $2.23%; No. 2• do., $2.20%; No. 3 do., $2.171/2 No. 4 wheat, $2.10%; in store Fort William, including 2eec tax. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 851/sc; No, 3 C.W., 82%c; extra No. 1 feed, 82eec; No. 1 feed, 79%,c, in store Fort William, American corn -No. 3 yellow, kiln dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried, nominal. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 80 to 81c; No. 3 white; 79 to 80c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car. lot, $2.$2; basis in store Mont. real. Peas -Nominal. Barley -Malting, $1.81 to $1.88, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat -$1.80, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 2, 32.00, according to freights outside, Manitoba flour ••- War quality 310.95; new bags, Toronto and Montreal freights, prompt shipment. Ontario flour - War quality, 310.65, in bags, Toronto and Mont - Teal; prompt shipment. Millfeed - Car lots - Delivered •4*Ifike Montrea freights, bags included: Bran, per• ton, $35.00; shorts, per ton, $40.00, Hay -No. 1 per ton, $15.50 to 316.50• nixed, 311.80 to $14.00, track Toronto. Straw -Car lots, per ton, 38.00 to $$.50, track Toronto. Country Produce -Wholesale Butter -Creamery, solids, per lb., 41 to 42e; prints, per Ib., 41%, to 421,4e; dairy, per lb., 85 to 86c. Eggs -new laids, 34 to 86e, Poultry -Roosters, 23 to 26c; fowl, 28 to 30c; ducks, 25 to 30c; turkeys, 27 to 80c. Wholesalers are Belling .to the re- tail trade at the following prices: -- Cheese --New, large, 23% to 24c; twins, 23%. to 2414,c; old, large, 251/ to 26c; twin 26 to 261/20, Butter -Fresh, dairy choice, 40 to 42c; creamery prints, fresh made, 45 to 47c; solids, 44 to 46c. Margarine -2$ to 33c. ib. Elaid, cartons, 43 39 44c.o 40c; new eeee .Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 65c; roosters, 28c; fowl, 38 to 40c; turkeys, 40 to 45c. Live poultry -Spring chickens, 55c; roosters, 26c; turkeys, 30c; hens, 33 to. 870. Beans - Canadian, hand-picked, bushel, $8.75; imp., hand-picked, Bur.: pia or Indian, 36.75; Japan, $8.50 to! 38.76; Limas, 19 to 20e. Maple Syrup -33i -lb. tins, 10 to a c case, 314.50; imperial gallon tins, per `t!,' tin, 32,25; imperial flve-gallon cans, per. can, $10.50; 1:5 -gallon kegs, per gal„ 32.00; maple sugar, 1 -lb. box, pure; per Ib„ 24 to 25c, Previsions -=Wholesale Smoked meats ---Hams, medium 36 to 88c; do., heavy, 30 to 32c; Cooked,: 60 to 51c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast bacon, 41 to 440• backs, plain, 44 to to 31.c; clear belI'ies, 29 tol0c. Lard ---Pero, tierces, 311, to 82c; \tubs, 31%e; palls, 32 to 8214e; prints, 88 to 3314.0. Compound tierces, 26 to 26%c; tubs, 26% to 20%,c; palls, 261,4 to 27c; prints, 27% to 28c. ,Montreal Markets Montreal, June 18,-Oats---Cana- ellan Western, No. 2, 96%c; extra No. 1 feed, 94'4ec. Flour --New standard Bring wheat grade, 31.0.95 to 311,05, Oiled oats -Bags, 00 lbs. 35.10 to 115.1.6. Bran, 385.00, Shorts, $40.00, touilllo, 372.00, Hay --No. 2, per on, car lote, 315.50, Live Stock Markets Toronto, June 18, -Extra choice heavy steers, 315.50 to 316.75; choice heavy steers, 314.50 to $14.75; but-- ehers' cattle, choice, 314.50 to 315.00; do., good, 313.76 to $14.00; do., med- ium, 312.50 to 313.00; do., common, 311.50. to 311.75; butchers' bulls, choice, 312.50 to 313.25• do,, good bulls, $11.50 to $11.75; do., medium bulls, 310.75 to $11.00; do., rough bulls, $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows, choice, $12.50 to 313.25; do. good, $11.75 to $12.00; do. medium, $10.75 to 311.25; stockers, $9.60 to 311,25•. feeders, 311.25 to $12.00; canners and cutters, $0.00 to $7.25;"milkers, good to choice, $90.00 to 3140.00; do. com. and med., $65.00 to $80.00; springers, 390.00 to 3140.00; light ewes, $17.50 to $20.00; yearlings, $19.00 to 320.00; spring lambs, 23c. to 26c; hogs, fed and watered, 318.00; do, weighed off• cars, $18.25; do. f.o.b., $17.00. Montreal, June 18. -Choice steers, $13.50 to $13.25; inferior, $10.50; Latchers bulls, 312.50 to 312,00; but- chers' cows, 318.00 to $7.60; choice calves, 315.50 to 38.50; good, $8.60; sheep, 315.50; spring lambs, 21 to 23 cents per pound on hoof. Select hogs, 310.50 to $19.75. WILL NOT CALL 19 -YEAR- OLDS BEFORE AUTUMN. A despatch from Ottawa says Call to the colors of 19 -year-old men is de- layed. When the proclamation requir- ing these men to register was pub- lished, it was intimated that they would not be required actually to re- port for duty before July. It is now considered improbable that many, if any, of the men will bet summoned before September or October. Up to the present 51,383 men of 19 years of age have registered for military ser- vice. Of these it is estimated 75 per cent. would probably rank in medical category A, that is men fit for gen- eral service overseas. ENEMY AVIATORS MAY BE DESERTING. A despatch from the British Army in France says: The British Air Ser- vice has been improving steadily in recent days. This has Been due per- haps to an increase in men and equip- ment. One famous airman recently destroyed three German machines within a few hours. There have been more German planes flying over Brit- ish territory lately than in any other similar period, but very high in the clay time for observation work and photographing. A. majority of the flights have been taking place back of the German line. There is an increasing number of German aviators being captured un- hurt along this front. RECORD PRODUCTION OF SAWN LUMBER. A despatch from Ottawa says: A report on the operations of the Cana- dian Forestry Corps overseas receiv- ed by the Militia Department states that one company in France has made a record production of sawn lumber. In ten hours' sawing they turned out a total of 1.66,000 feet, board measure, or 872 tons of one -inch, two-inch and three-inch square -edged butted lum- bar. Logs sawn numbered 842. AMERICANS INFLICT HEAVY LOSSES ON ENEMY A. despatch from Washington says: -•-Complete repulse -of enemy attacks north-west of Chateau Thierry with heavy losses for. the Germans was re- ported on Thursday night in Gen, Pershing's communique, The American lines advanced on Wednesday by taking the -last of the Gernnan positions in the 'Belleau Wood. Rte,. u,,• n • ce ryu"'tii xn lk; ,<�js't93¢: The Empire Conference of Premiers now in Session in London. Left to right: Et, Hon. W. M. I•Iughes, Australia; Rt. Hon, David Lloyd George, Great Britain; Et, Hon. Sir Robert Borden, Canada; Rt. Hon, W. F. Massey, New Zealand; Rt: Ilon. Gen, Christian Smuts, South Africa (re- presenting Premier Botha), and Et. Hon; W, F, Lloyd, Newfoundland, ATTACK U-BOATS 70 TIMES A WEEK Allies Are Sinking More Sub- marines Than Germany Can Build. A despatch from London says: -In an interview with the London corres- pondent of the Petit Parisien, Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty, had the following to say with regard to submarines: "The allied navies continue to sink more German submarines than the enemy can ,build. It is certainly a fact that since January we have sunk more submarines than they have built. We attack their submarines 70 times a week on the average. "We base our returns of submarines destroyed only on those we' are sure of from having seen wrecks or se- cured the crews; but most of the other submarines hit are in urgent need of repairs, and it is evident that the re- sults of many of our attacks are un- known. If you have moles in your garden you may put down a thousand traps witelout catching all of them, and it is the same way with submar- ines." Two Enemy Mines Destroyed Off the New Zealand Coast. A despatch from Wellington, New Zealand, says: -Two enemy mines have been destroyed off North Cape, the northern extremity of New Zea- land, according to an annauncement made here. It is most likely the mines found floating off the north coast of New Zealand were laid by a German com- merce raider, They probably were sowed by the raider Seeadler, formerly the American ship Pass, of Balmaha, which, after roaming the Pacific coast for seven months, preying on Ameri- can and allied shipping, was stranded on one of the Society Islands. BRITAIN PURCHASES AUSTRALIAN WOOL A despatch from London says: -"It is announced that the Imperial Gov- ernment has purchased the whole of the Australian wool clip for the period of the war and for one year after- ward," says a despatch to the Ex_ change Telegraph from Melbourne. "The first two clips involve the sum of £100,000,000. It is the largest wool transaction in the history of the world and insures the commercial and financial stability of Australia." MANY LOST VESSELS MAY BE REFLOATED. A despatch from Washington says Unofficial estimates by naval experts show that in excess of 600,000 tons of shipping sunk by submarines may be refloated, as a resulCof salvage oper- ations conducted by Great Britain and the other allied Governments. Ameri- can naval engineers aro to be sent to assist, in this work, carrying with them a fleet of powerful sea -going tugs, scows and other equipment. BRITISSR BOMB GERMAN CITIES Successful Raids Carried Out Against Metz-Sablons Sta- tion and Other Points. A despatch from London says: The official statement on aerial operations isued on Thursday night says: "Our flying squadrons on the French battle front Wednesday were chiefly engaged in offensive patrol work, seeking Gorman machines and fighting them wherever found. They destroyed 15 enemy airplanes, some of which went down in flames, others broke in the air. One of our machines on this sector is missing. "On the British front a good deal of aerial reconnaissance, photography and aerial observation was carried out. We lost two machines and de- stroyed five German machines, Two other hostile machines were driven down out of control, while a German observation balloon was brought down in flames. "Twenty-two tons of bombs were dropped by us durir:g the day, the principal targets attacked being the lion nineteen, railways at Courtrai, Armentieres and Chaulnes, a dump at Bapaume and the Bruges docks. The weather at night was unsuitable for flying. "On Wednesday two successful raids were carried out by our squad- rons against the Metz-Sablons rail- way station and sidings. Mhny heavy bombs were dropped. On Thursday one squadron of our airplanes attack- ed the station at Treves, another drop- ped a ton of bombs on factories and the station at Dillingen. At the same time factories and the station at Hag- endangen were subjected to an at- tack. At Dillingen direct hits were observed on two furnaces. Success- ful long-distance photographic recon- naissances were carried out by other machines. "In the course of attacks made by the enemy on our bombing machines one hostile airplane was destroyed and two others were driven down. One of our machines is missing." FINLAND WILL BE INDEPENDENT KINGDOM. A despatch from Helsingfors, land, says: The Government proposal for the establishment of a new form of government has been delivered to the Langtag. It provides that Finland shall be an independent kingdom with a kingship hereditary in the male line. The king may not simultaneously be the ruler of any other State. Ile shall have an absolute veto in matters af- fecting the constitution and land and sea traffic. In other matters his veto may be overruled by a two-thirds ma- jority of the Langtag elected at a new election. It is more important this year than ever before that the garden crops be protected from injury by insect pests. Window boxes in hot situations should be watered night and morning and once or twice a week given liquid manure. ene, Hoare From the Hu A repatriated man, assisted by blueja a seat on the tender ship. us' Hell. cket, helps a blinded comrade to feeeme From Erin's Creep Isle NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE- LAND'S SHORES. Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irish, men. John McCormack, the noted Irish tenor, pays /15,000, -as an income tax. A very successful auction sale of gifts was held at Bray in aid of the Bray Hospital Supply Depot. A dredge working in the River Liffey brought up two cannon balls and the head of an old pike. Sir Alexander Dempsey, M,D., has been appointed on the governing body of Queen's University, Belfast. Irish workers returning from Eng- land say that the pay is good, but they could not get proper food on any terms. Dr. George Siegerson has been ad- mitted to an honorary fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. The death occurred the other day at Stewardtown of Robert Morgap, who had been town .postman for over fifty years. Two certificates for gallantry and devotion to duty have been awarded to Sergeant G. J. T. Cambeell, South Irish Horse. Sergeant J. Moyney, ,who was re- cently awarded the Victoria Cross, was presented by his friends in Rathdowney with £1.00 in war bonds and a wrist watch. A civic welcome was given to Cor- poral Thomas Woodcock, V.C., Irish Guards, when he returned to visit his home in Wigan. It is expected that one and a half million additional acres will be under tillage in Ireland this year. The Military Medal has been award- ed to Signaller T. A. Brown, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, whose parents reside at Ballynegarrick, Armagh. Sergt. Cyril E. Gorley, M,M., a na- tive of Galbally, Dromore County, Ty- rone, has been awarded -the Vietoria Cross. The Victoria Cross has4een award- ed to Major the Rev. John Fitzgibbon, son of John Fitzgibbon, M.P., Castle- rea. John Shier, Kolbegnet House, Ros- common, has been notified of the death in action of his son, Lieut. Trew Shiel. The offer of Lord Fitzwilliam to sell the town of Carnew to the ten- ants wad accepted at a meeting of the tenants. An order has been issued stopping the exportation from Ireland of pigs alive or dead, also bacon and ham, except under license. The farms of P. Giimarti'n, at Car- rickrevy and Carrickshaven, have been taken over owing to non-compliance with the tillage order. Twenty-three teams, given volun- tarily for the purpose, ploughed seven- teen Irish acres for allotment holders at Mountrath. His Majesty the King has awarded the bronze medal to George Healy for rescuing a passenger from the steam- er Cork at Dublin. The death has taken place on active service of Major P. L. Leared, Glturka Rifles, son of the late R. H. Leered, Glenville, Wexford. Owing to the pressing need of young medical men at the front, the appointment of two medical assist- ants at Richmond Asylum has been deferred. SANK A SUBMARINE ON 74th BIRTHDAY. A despatch from Newcastle -on - Tyne says: The captain of a Tyne steamer recently completed his 74th birthday by fighting and sinking a German submarine, It wee just before dawn when the submarine rose and started firing at the steamer. The skipper manoeuvred and placed bis steamer so that he took advantage of the eastern light and brought the enemy astern. After a brisk fight of about 'five Minutes the submarine went down and clic] not re- appear. The skipper got: in three di- rect hits on the U-boat. • TROOPS IN RUSSIA RUSII a O TO FRANCE Movement of Il'orces to OCCUPY Seven 'Days. A despatch from London says:- Gerinany Is about to withdrew the belle of her troops now In Russia for service on the western front, accord - leg to a statement from Maxim Gor- icy's newspaper, the Petrograd Novala Zhizn, quoted by;the Daily News cor- respondent at Stockholm. The Nla Zhizn claims to give the text ofovaa despatch sant by Gen- eral Falkenhayn, former chief of the Gorman General Staff, which, it says, was intercepted, in which General Falkenhayn declares that the battles on the western front are critical and decisive, but that in order to ensure definite victory and the end of the war the concentration of enormous forces will be necessary. It is planned to accomplish the movement of the troops in seven days. WHO PAYS DELIVERY CHARGE? Needless Waste of Money and Labor in Retail Merchandising. The cost of delivering parcels is approximately four per cent. of the total sales, and about one-half of these sales are delivered. Sales of, say, $35,000 per annum would, there- fore, have a delivery cost of 31,400, the delivery customers paying 3700, though receiving no service therefor. The carry customers, however, are doing more than this. Had all the parcels been delivered, the delivery Meat would have been doubled awl the delivery customers would have had a delivery charge of eight per cent. add- ed to the original cost of the goods. Under the delivery system, the ser- vice rendered and paid for is as fol- lows: The carry customer receives 31 worth of goods and pays 31.04, The delivery customer receives $1 worth of goods and eight cents worth of delivery service -•$1.08, for which he pays only 31.04. Another phase of delivery cost is the number of small orders delivered to one customer. If the cost of each delivery, which averages six to ten cents, were added to each small order, the customer would object. Conse- quently, it is added on a percentage basis, and thus the customer who groups his wants and places an order of larger amount is mulcted in the de- livery cost of the service supplied to the less considerate customer. Thus, under the present delivery system, a sur -tax •is placed upon the customer who carries his parcels and is considerate in ordering, while the customer who requires delivery ser- vice does not pay for the service re- ceived. Canada is suffering from a shortage of man -power; all available help is required for production. Deliveries should be restricted to one per day; all parcels of reasonable weight should be carried hone, and, so far as possible, co-operative deliveries should be established. FIRES ON CLEARINGS. System of Regulating Settlers Clear- ing Fires Works Admirably. The permit system of regulating settlers' clearing fires is now in ef- fect throughout nearly all the forest regions of Canada. Last year, legis- lation to bring it into farce was ad- opted in Ontario, Manitoba and Sas- katchewan. This year, the new Fire Act in New Brunswick makes the plan effective throughout that province. In Nova Scotia, Quebec and British Col- umbia, the system has been in effect for years. Alberta is now the only, forest province without it. Wherever the setting out of set- tlers' clearing fires has been regulat- ed under the permit system, with an adequate staff for its enforcement, it has worked wonders in reducing the forest fire losses, with no real setback to agricultural development. The disposal of logging slash by flee, under control, is a problem close- ly related to that of slash resulting from settlers' clearing operations. In various parts of Canada, the safe dis- posal of logging slash is receiving in- creased attention, due to the rapidly increasing stumpage value of timber and to the realization that our forest resources are by no means inex- haustible. CANADA IS PAYING 34,879 PENSIONS • A despatch from Ottawa says: - The total number of pensions awarded from the beginning of the war up to May 81 was 34,879 and the total num- leer of gratuities was 3,018, according to the figures made public by the Board of Pension Commissioners. Scouring the Floor. Before scouring your floor, sprinkle a good washing powder mixed with sand over it. Do this at least an hour before scrubbing, and walk over it so , the mixture will be Tubbed into the floor.. This removes all grease and leaves the floor very white. HaLEN, Tins Is AN (AWeUfl l SMALL Pi are/ OF MEAT We HAVE t•"• ••' ' is EVENING WeLLYoU i<NOW YOM„ I NAD To COT EA:UITE � A PIECE UPF F'oR THE KITTet4 -` .}m I �'tE, ' soRRY TOM,IIUY You wad. HAVE To DRINK +(Quiz cOFrrE� 9LpcK Yo•NIG11Y, 1 GAVe �"' %i THE CREAM To THe !' 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I "T `iS , _. {4I/ if IM; r y:.,-.44siet' -'. ,�i...,; .:'', 1 N `� ......,..,:, c `, wm. wd;A:lt ' %� w jM'• oar. '� 0.40 , ,,. va- ' AER 'RAVE - - ... to A MIi Klfi bU H M� ((�' dd �, h:-::5,. ... _lb' r" - - ,.n;. .sw.w....: ("0 ` ,�kf, '.: '.. rv' \` .. , p: • _--...�.tr.... FROM OLD SCOTLAND NATES OP INTEREST FROM X31011 BANKS AND BRAES; , Whop Is Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld • Scotia. The Military Medal has beon award. ed to elergt,-Farrier John Connolly, R,A.F„ Penicuik. Two Tranont boys have won the Military Medal, namely, Driver Boyle, R,F.A., and Pte. H. K. Dodds, R,II. Lieut. S. T. Dickson Wallace, R,8', A., who was awarded the Victoria Cross, is a son of John Wallace, Ford, Thornhill., The baronetcy of Manderston has become extinct through the death of Sir John' Alexander Miller, Sergi, II. Patterson, R.S.F., a native of Newmilns, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, The Distinguished Conduct Medal has been awarded to Pte. W. B. Wat- son, R.S.F., of Lesmahagow. - The• first Victoria Cross has been won for Argyllshire by Private John- stone of Lochgilnhead, Lieut. -General Sir Charles Fergu- son, 7th Baronet of Kilkerran, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre. The house in Ayr formerly owned by Sir William Arrol, has been trans- formed into a splendid military hospi- tal. Sergeant Alexander Jack, formerly, a teacher at West Calder, has been awarded the Military Medal. The Military Cross has been award- ed to Captain James Hamilton, R.S.F., son of Robert Hamilton, Rossarden, Glengarnock. The Distinguished Conduct Medal has been conferred on Man A. How- ling Stewart, grandson of the late Captain A. Stewart, J.P., Leith, Dr. Francis D. Boyd, Edinburgh, has been appointed consulting physi- cian to the army in Egypt. The freedom of the city of Edin- burgh has been offered to Lloyd George in recognition of his great ser- vices. Sgt. Alexander Murray n F,A„ for- merly manager of Hengler's Circe., Glasgow, has been killed in action, The Military Medal has been award- ed to Private James Hamilton, Gor- dons, a native of Uddingston. On the Scottish Churches Flag Day held in Glasgow recently the sum of nearly £1,800 was collected. Ardrossan 'has subscribed the wherewithal to build five tanks as its efforts in the War Savings Week. Lendrim Ainslie has been appointed Clerk of the Peace for Peebles in the place of J. Ogilvie, resigned. His comrades in the Scots Guards have presented Sergt. McAuley, V.C., D.C.M., with many handsome gifts. Brig. -General John Charteris, who has been awarded the Croix de Guerre, is a son of the late Prof. Charteris, Glasgow University. One Victoria Cross, twenty-two Military Crosses and four D.S.O's have been won by old pupils of Dum- fries Academy. The Rev. William Jardine, minister of Brigend U.F. Church, attached to the A. and S.H., has been awarded the Military Cross. The Military Medal has been award- ed to Corporal Thomas Manson, High- land Light Infantry, whose wife re- sides at Troon. SOW BUCKWHEAT. Convenient_ and Valuable Substitute For Wheals. Try a field of buckwheat this year. It is a wheat substitute and will be needed more than ever next winter. Buckwheat will be sure to have a more important place in the human diet. It is useful for feeding purposes, especially for poultry. In addition, buckwheat is a "handy" crop, It can 'be grown on a great variety of soils and under many different conditions. If oats, barley, or corn.fail in some parts of the fields, try buckwheat. If you have a field that drys up late, try buckwheat. If you have a sanely corner on the faun, try buckwheat. If you have an acre that has just been cleared, try buck- wheat, It is easy to grow, and will often give gond returns on soil where other crops will scarcely survive. It must also not be forgotten that buck- wheat will respond roadily to the richer soils and to good cultivation. There are several varieties that aro good; among them being Rough or Rye, Silver Hull and Tartarlan. Buckwheat will, as a rule, do well if sown any time during Juno. It is best to have the soil well worked in order to start the crop growing quickly, Three to four peeks per acre should be sown with the ordinary grain drill, and don't sow it too deep. About one inch in heavy soil and net more than two inches in light soil is the proper depth. Tho crop should be harvested when the largo proportion of the seed has turned dark. It can be ant with the binder into loose, small sheaves acid etooked as other grain. In threshing, it is best to lower the concaves to prevent 'rushing the seeds. Something Toward It. It was the last, ear for the sub• urbs that night.. Suddenly there came the tinkle of a coin dropped on the floor of the ear, and the benevolent old gentleman 1110 was sitting in the tonnes seat leaned over and peeked up' something, "Anyone lost e 5 gold piece?" he rifted, Nino passengers aeai'ehod through their ecieltets and amieu:need that they had. "It Is dated 1896," said the findcrc The ranks at the loser's wore thin•' ping. b'nur averred that their lost rain here that date. "And it 40 510111 on one side," said the old mat. "Yes," glibly lied one passenger. "Then, ere, you are, beamed the irk' gentleman. rtidgre's a mercer to. Ward ib,0 • , . t . 5.