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AN "EVER-INCREASING PINCH" Markets of the1 World
•.CAUSED'BY BRITISHBLOCKADE'
Breadstuffe.'
_-..e.
Toronto, .Tan. 18.-Menitoba, wheat
'
. realesew crbp--No. -1 , Northern,
. $1,19% ,.• No. 2.Northern, Oa 17%' -s NO.
- Berlin Papers' Admit That the. People ,There .Are 3',Nortliera, $1:13%, M store; Fort
William. ' _ -
Hungry All Day Long Manitoba oats -No. 2. C -We 43%ei
No. 3 C.W. 41%. extra No. 1 feed
41%c. No 1 feed 40%c in store
Fort William.
though all the bells are ringing and ,Americaif corn -No. 3 Y'ellow, new,.
flags wave. The children are under- 81%con track, Toronto. "
fed, pale and wan, looking like faded • Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, old,
Rol -Vers. The extent to which the fall nominal,on track, Toronto.
in the birth rate occupies the atter- I Ontario oate-No. 3 white, 40 to
tion of the Government was shown at 41c; c,ommercial oats, 39 to 40e, ac -
the meeting of the People's msvelfare 1'cm:ding t6
freights outside.
-Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter per
,
Association at Berlin. On that oma- ears lot, $1.06 to 31.08; wheat dight-
sion a representative of the Prussian 15, sprouted, $1.03 to $1.06, and
Ministry of the Interior stated that tough according to sample; wheat
the Government was fully aware of sprouted, smutty, 94c to 31; and tougit
the importance of the question in its according to sample; feed wheat, 80
bearing on the future of ethe Gerinsi to 85c,-amthrdirig to freights outside,
nation, especially in view of the facet Peas -No. 2, per car lots, 31:80;
that hundreds of thousands of young Pe"' according to samplet 31.25 to
"(Despatch from London says: De-
.
, spite the assertions. made in the
' Reichstag that food is ample and
mtarvation in :Germany is impossible,
, the German press cOntinues to print
denials a the authorities' claims and
to give indicationof the "ever-
increrielng pinch" caused, by the Bri-
tish blockade, The Berliner Zeitung
• says:
. "It i$ difficult to imagine that things
Could grow worse just now without
fionse crowning disaster. The masses
of the people are hungry all day long,
enany articled of food having reached
en price wholly beyond the reach of the
- families of the working cfass. Hun-
ger renders the people sullen and de-
prives them of all joy in victories,
men are being bet off in the power of . Barley-Malting.barley, 51 to 62c;
their youth. In the meantime we are feed barIcY, 53 to 5c,- aecOrding to
informed that the rnilitraY authorities freights outskle, • ,
.Buckwheat, -Car lots, 76 to 78c, ac-
oortlieg to freights outside.
• Rye -No. 1 commercial, 88 to 904
rye, rejected, 70' to 80; according to
saftple. -
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jiite bag's, $6780; second peter:its, 'in
have forbidden oneetiags. eonyened. to
discuss the dearness of living."
MEETING OF THE EX-
PERINIENTAL UNION
HONEY IS •A VALUABLE NA-
TURAL RESOURCE.
Farmers Saved the Country -Triumph
a the- "0. A. C. No. 72"
t• Two eases illustrating the unusual
eproilts that may be made from the
!keeping of bees \vete cited by Mr,:
Morley Pettit, Provincial Apiarist, in
• .address celivered at the Experi-
, mental Union meeting at the Ontario
!Agricultural College, Guelph. One
' was that of a young undergraduate of
the.O.A.C. whose bees during the sum-
• mer vacation produced $1,000 worth
of honey, and the other of a woman
Whose bees produced more than 32,000
1.avorth of honey during the season of
•' 1910.
t. The speaker also pointed out the
other side of this business -namely,
- ;failures due to to poor crop, diseases,
'and %linter injuries, in most cases the
result of careless handling.
Tons of Food Wasted.
'• "A veluilble hatural resource," con-
• tinued Mr, Pettit, "is the honey which
is produced every summer by the mil-
lions'of flowers blooming on the hums
of Ontario. This honey not only satis-
• get the human craving for sweets, but
; it has real food sthlue, so it cannot in
any way be considered a luxury. At
present many tons are wasted for
: want of bees, and many bees are kept
under unprofitable conditions for lack
of skillful management.
Need of Capital.
Dr. Cm C. Creelman; in a few
',verde, showed the eecessity of capital
for the graduates in agriculture,
"These men," he said, "have to start
in where their fathers did fifty years
ago -on an unimproved farm, with
poor stock and machinery. If they
were alloeved capital to put a farm in
shape the first year they eirosild be
able to mak a use of their education,
5natead ot wasting it on scrub .cattle.
. and run-down soil." Dr. &Tolman
• also favored the idea of B.S.A. Men
going out to manage one -thousand -
acre. farms as a business proposition.
• Farmers Saftd the Country.
Farmers by producing a record. crop
lost year saved tins country from a
seyere financial depression, said the
President of WI union, Mr. Herbert
Gaols, unlit' applause. In his opinion
the 'farmers of Ontario were a little
sleek this .Year in their interest in the
welfare of the Empire, and should
bear in mind the fact that Providence
favored the German and Briton agri-
culturist alike,
Triumph of 0.A.C. No. 72.
'It ie interesting to note that at
the college in 1915 the '0.A.C. No. 72'
• oat gave a yield at' the rate of 103.5
bushels pee! acre, its nearest competi-
tor, 'American 33anner,' yielding 92.8
bushOls," said Professor Zavitz, in ree
viewing the results of co-operative ex-
• -peremetts in egriculleme carried, on at
• the college and on more than 4,000 r
• farmg tlamigholit Ontario..
'The greatest value of this- work,"
continned the Professor,: referrieg to
• the co-operatiVe experiments, "is from
the individeal experiments carried out
ktmet by the farmers and their sons, Not
only these men, but their aamilies and b
',;m.mmeaes-- imfiteighbore wen, are all watching
the results of. the plots an which the
' new varagme of seed or roots or a
' differeoe mixture of fertilizer is being
tested." •
_
FRENCTI OCCUPY CORFU.
Pothe Loses Thintigh hot. .'
•
Professor. J. E. Howitt gave a few
starthog statistics regarding th
enornious losses to potatoes caused b
rot. "Despite the last year's increas
in the acreage of the potato crop,' h
stated, "there was a shortage of mor
than five rnillion bushels, or on th
average of forty bushels per acre.'
While this loss might be partly ettri
buted to climatic' conditions, he point
ed out, the main cause was the dam
age done by an epidemic of Int
blight and rot. Both these -disease
may be controlled byselecting th
best disease -resisting varieties of tii
ben, of good quality and heavy yield
ers, and by spraying the plants con
stantly, from the time they appear
above the ground till the.. tops die
down, with the Bordeaux •mixtute,
adding a'poison to combat the ravages
of the potato beetle." • -
Sweet Clover -Pro and Con.
Sweet -clover came in foe some dis-
cussion. While some people regarded
it as little better than a weed, others
welcomed it as .a valuable addition to
our leguminous crops. The chemical
department at the college, after
thorough test, considered . it almost
equal to any other clover in the
amount of its digestible proteins.
.
Prof. nicoust advised using st on
poorer lands, or practically any 'place
where other clovers had been found
to fail. Some men from actual experi-
ence favored it for pasturing and
eveed smothming. On a farm in West-
ern Ontario, according to one of these
men, two brillocks to the acre could be
run on a field of it all season after it
once got a start of eighteen inches.
Talk on Farm Management.
Paul Angle, a successful manager
of a fifteen -hundred -acre farm at Sim-
coee gave a brief talk on faem man-
agement. "Business methods are noth-
ing more than methods' which assist
you to obtain greater profits," he said,
"The business end of farming has
changed from siinple teaching in our
grandfather's time to complex prob-
lems of buying and selling and tbe
hiring of labor. Concentrate your
busieess and study how you min time
waste tiine into valuable labor," was
the pith of his address.
--4.-
PRO'PESTS AGAINST
GERMAN BRIGANDAGE
A despatch from Paris says: The
Havre comesponclent of the Petit
Journal telegraphs that the Belgian
Government is about to lodge a pro-
test with neutral Governments against
the new German war levy of 40,000,-
000 francs monthly, in addition to lad
year's tax of 480,000,000 francs. The
Belgian prated, the correspondent
says, will point odt that under sthe
provisions of The Hague Convention
war taxes levied its occupied territory
are limited to amounts neeessary to
Meet needs of the army of , occupa-
ben or to pay for the administration
of the territory in question. The new
Belgian tax is said to be far in excess
of the amount needed for these Shim
poses.
. ---
SPY WHO DENOUNCED
EDITH CA.VE'LL SHOT
A doss/atoll from London says: The
Belgian spy, Cele, who denounced
ndith ,Cavell,' th a English nurse, who
was executed at Brussels some time!
Igo, to the Germans has been assas-
sinated. His body was found in a I
street of Schaerbeck, near ,Bnissels
with two bullet wounds in it.
A despatch froth Brussel!! Nevelt-
er 27 last said that a French; sal-
tier, whose confession to the German
authorities resulted in the inmost and
ex.ecution of Miss Cavell) bad com-
mitted suicide in hanging ip the mili-
tary prison at Bruseels.
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SOCIALIST OlePOSIT10.7/7 ' I
• - INCREASING. DAILY
• A cleenatch from London gays: The
Motterciam correspondent of. the Daily
Sail says he had reliable information
o the cfica that: Lim Socialist opposi-
ion to the German. Government is in -
rearing • • • •
cenfeeence. Socielists, !
;renter Berlin adopted a exesolntion '
xpreesing regret that ohlY twenty
ocialists in the teichetag eimported
v. Karl Liebknecht ilie ottoeition
gainst the war erudite. Similar reso-
utioes mere adopted at Socialist meet-
ngs in Litipzig. Weimar end in the
6 jute bags, $6,30; strong bakers, in
Y jute bags, $6.10, Toronto.
e . Ontario flour -Winter, 34.60 to
e 34.80, according to sample, seaboard
e or Toronto freights in bags, prompt
e shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freiehts. Bran, 324 per ton;
• shorts, $25 per ton; middlings, 326
- Per t011; good feed flour, 31.60 per
- bag.
• •
s • Country Produce.
e Butter -Fresh dry, 28 to 316; in-
ferior, 24 to 25e; creamery prints, 36
to 37e; solids, 32 to 34c.
Eggs -Storage, 30 to 31mper dozen;
selects, 35 to 36e; new -laid, 40 -to 45c,
case lots.
Honey -Prices, in 10 to 60 lb. tins,
12 to 121/2e; combs, No. 1, $3; No. 2,
32.40.
Beans -$4.20 to 34.40.
Poultry --Spring chickens, 17 to 18e;
fowls, 13 to 14e; ducks, 17 to 18e;
geese, 15 to 19c; tarkeys 23 to 26c.
Cheese -Large, 19c; twins, 1914c.
Potatoes -Cur lots of Ontario quot-
edt $1.50, and New Brunswicks at
31.75 per bag, on track.
Provisions.
Bacon, long clear, 16% to 161/2,e
per -lb, in case lots. Hams --Medium,
17% to 181/2c; do., heavy, 141/2 to 15e;
rolls, 16 to 16%e; breakfast bacon, 21
,to 23e; backs, plain, 24 to 25e; bone-
less backs, 27e.
Lard -Pure lard, 14 to 141fic;
compound, 12 to 12%c.
--
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Jan. 18. --Corn, Ameri-
can No. 2 yellow, 83% to 84c. Oats,
Canadian Western, No. 2, 501/2e; No,
8, 49%; extra No. 1 feed, 4.31/2e; 'No,
local white, 40% to 47c; No. 3 local
vhite, 451/2 to 46e; No. 4 local white,
4% to 45c. Barley, Man. feed, 60c;
milting,. 67 to 68c. Buckwheat, No.
2
4
2; 82c. Flour, Nfan. Spring wheat pat-
ents, fiests, 36.90; seconds, 36.40;
strotg bakers', 36.20; Winter patetts,
eboice, $6.50; straight rollers, $5,80
to 86.90; do., bags, 32.75 th 32.86.
Rolled oats, barrels 35.20 to 35.25;
bags, 90 lhs., 32.45' to $2.50. Bran,
32,1. Shorts, $26. Middlings, 328 to
330. Mouillie, $31 to $38. Hay, No.
2, per ton, car lots, 320 to 320.50.
Cheese, finest westeens, 1814 to 181/2,c;
finest easterns, 18 to 18%c. Butter,
choicest 'creamery, 34-% Wee;
seconds, 32% to 38e. Eggs, fresh, 45
to 48e; selected, 38e; No. 1 stock, 30e;
No. 2 stock, 28e. Potatoes, per bag,
car lots, 31.75 to 31.80.
Whinineg Grain.
Winnipeg, Jan. 18. -Cash quota-
tions: -No. 1 Northern .31 19te, • No
, . , .
2 Northern, $a.16%; No. 3 Northern,
1.1334; No: 4, 31.6934; No. 5,
1.01%; No. 6, 91%e; 'feed, 81%c.
Oats -No. 2 C,W., 43eic; No, 3 C.W.,
40tte; extra No. 1 feed, 401/2c; No. 1
feed, 38%c; No. 2 feed, 38%c. Bare
ley -No. 3, 62e; No. 4, 57c; feed, 50e.
Flax -No. 1 N.W.C., 32.12%; No. 2
C.W., $2.091/2. .
'United States IVIarkets.
Minneapolis, Jan. 18.--Wheit-May,
81.2611; July, 31.25; No. 1 heed,
31.30%; No. 1 Northern, 31.26%. to
31,28%; No. 2 Northern, 31.2214 to
31.2514. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 76 to
75%e. Oats -No, 3 white, 44% to
I4441c. Flour and bran unchanged.
Duluth 'Jan. 18. -Wheat --No. 1
hard, 31'.26ee; No, 1 Northern,
$1.25%; No. 2 Northern, $1.21%. to
$1,..22%; No. 2 Montana bard, $1.22%;
May, 31.26%; July, $1.25%. Lin-
seed -Cash, $2.86 to 32.36%; May,
32.40; July, 32.39.
, •
Aresiereparing for the Arrival There
of Serbiat Troops:
A despatch, from London "says; A i%
French dethaineent has been landed
on the Greek reland Corfu for pro- t"
visional oceimation, accerding to an
, e
Athens despatch to Benter's Tclegiam
Orimpauy. Veurteen ships of an -
known 'nationality' are cruising around `0
Corfu'. A Berrie despatch to the Ste- 01
font Bureau says that .0orfn advices
report that a French warship landed ,'-'
• a delmehromit troops on Tuesday a
evening m order to prepare :tor the
Serbiten troopS. '
Rhine' Province.
Net of Spies Unearthed in Britain
A despateli from London says, The
recent, inauguration of a censorship
upon both outgoing and Licensing
'Ameeican mails has already produced-
•losifies, aecoeding to officials,. in the
orm of the !revelation of, a wide-
stiread, espionage plOt, whith the °M.
cials (imam'e has aneply justified the
organization of the large department
necesdary to carry on the
According to evidence veveided by
the opening of Arnevican mail,' it: is
stated, an organization of ;mice; here
has keen seeding ithontatioe to an
Artie/Sean branch, which feewards it to
Germany by vaeiotte Ignites, ' chiefly
by 0110 through Holland,
Live Stock Markets., .
Toronto, Jan. 18. -The (potations
wore; Butchers' cattle, choice, 37.60
to 38; do., good, 37.25 to 37.50; do.,
medium, 36 to $6.75; do., common,
35.40 to $5.75; butchers' bulls,
aboice, $6.50 to 37.25; do., good buns,
35.75 to $6.26; %io., -rough bulls, 34.75
to 35.25; butchers' cows, choice, 36.25
to e7; do., good, 36 to $6.25g do., Trio-
ditun, 35.25 to 35.75, do., common,
34 te 34.50; feeders, good, 36.25. to
36.50; stockeve, 700 to 900 lbs., 36 to
36.00; canners and mittens, .33 to
34.50; milkers, choice, each, 375 to
3100; do., common and mechum, each,
335 to $60; Springers, $50 to $100;
light ewes, 36.50 h,o 38.25; sheep,
heavy, 35.25 to $6• do. bucks 33.50
to $4.50; yearling Iambs, $7 to $7.75;
lambs, ewe, 310 to 311.76; calves' me-
dium to cimice, $6.75 to 310.50;do,,
coniinon 34 10 34.50; hogs, fed ancl
wateeed; 39.25 to $9.50.
Montreal, Jan. 18, -Choice steers
sold at 37.76 to 38; good at 37.25 to
37.50, atel the lower grades at 35.95
to 37, while betthers' cows brought
erom $4.50 to 36.25, and bulls from
35 to 37 per cwt.; cosvse $3 .50 le 33:60,
and bulls at e4 to 34.00 per cwt.. On -
teeth lambs said a 310, and Quebec
stock at $9.50 to 39.75, while ewe
sheep /nought 36.75, and bucks and
culls at 36.25 per cwt. Milk -foci calves
sOld at IPA to 3.0c, and grass-fed at
6 to 61/ec pee lb.. Selected lots of hogs
sold at 310.25 to 310.35 • per cwt.,
eyelid -led off CEO'S.
His Own Plivilege.
Manager -What do you mean by
talking likeethat? A ts you the man -
8061' hero, Or am
know isot the manager.
Menager-Very well, them If you're
not the menager, don't talk like an
idiot! •
sammemesemem,,
BRITISH MAJOR'S DOG -CART.
Byway of variety, -when they esee off duty, seine vides behind the.
trenches in France, British officers have "harness races" with real "dog-
carts" and -dogs, The.pleture shows the champion of. one regiment and Ida
owner,
RUSSIAN ROLLER IN MOTION
ALONG BESSARABIAN FRONT
Desperate Attacks Again t the, Teuton
Renewed at Various Points
e
A despatch -from London says: On
the Russian front, the Austrian offi-
cial commumication records renewed
desperate attaeles by the Russians on
the B.essarabian frontier, ba elaims
that the attacks everywhere were re-
pulsed. The Petrograd communica-
tion is silent on the subject, but the
Russians usually withhold mention of
their movements until they are well on
the road to conipletion.
For the first time in several weeks
the Russians displayed aetivity on the
north-western part of the battle line,
launching an attack on Field Mar-
shal von Hindenburg's forces around
bviuslr, south-east of Illuxt, which is
xn German hands. Illuxt is only eight.
miles west from the peat railroad
city of Dwinsk. The German War
Defences
Office reported on Wednesday after-
noon that the Russian attacks failed,
with heavy losses to the attackers.
The Petrograd- correspondent of the
London Daily Mail telegraphs: It is
reported that the Russians are ener-
getically apushing towards Czerno-
witz. They have oeciipled Sadagora.
It is reported. that 10,000 Austrian
prisoners have. been taken in the re-
cent battles in the Bukowina and on
the Stripa. Besides a great number
of killed wore abandoned on the bat-
tlefield.
"Austrian and German wounded and
prisoners say, the Russian artillery is
devastating and caused lodges aggre-
gating 70,000 to the armies of Gener-
als von Pflanzer and Gount von Both -
mer."
• HUN CAPTIVES LIVE WELL.
3,400 at Dorchester :Have No Cause
For Complaint.
In the historic artillery barracks at
Dorchester, England, where the Hano-
verian regiment was quartered as the
guard of honor for King George T.,
and whoa later French prisoners of
the Napoleonic wars AVC1:0 confined, a
correspondent of the Associated Press
Was permitted to inspect the quarters
of 3,400 German prisoners of war.
This is one of the largest camps,
devoted exclusively to the confinement'
of combatants taken in battle. • It has
overflowed the barracks until a small
town of wooden huts has been formed.
' •
gs are Iieatett 03' slicet,
Iran stoves. Each now of buts has a
kitchen, which is operated by the pri-
soners. Tho cooks and their assis-
tants are paid fifty cents each a week.
The ration consists of half a pound of
beef and mutton of good quality
daily, with potatoes, white bread,
soup, ecasonable green vegetables,
and plenty of coffee. Some of the pri-
soners -Work in tailor and boot shops,
where they repair the uniforms , and
footwear of their comrades. FM this
work 31.50 a week is paid.
There were only eight arMed
guards but the camp is securely sum
roundeh with barbed wire fences. The
discipline of the camp left to Ger-
man ton -commissioned officers.
ENEMY'S LOSSES ENORMOUS
IN CZARTORYSK FIGHTING
A despatch from Petrograd says:
German and Austrian prisoners cap-
tured on the south-western front state
that their losses at Czartorysk were
enormous. Along the battlefield the
Russians collected 10,000 unwounded
prisoners, At Czernowitz, Tarnopol
and on the Bukowina frott the Teu-
ton wounded numbered 100,000.
Men Fitted With Nerves of Pigs.
The gaccessful transplanting of
the nerves of young pigs into the
human body nas been rein/god to the
Moscow Society of Surgeons? by- Dr.
D. A. Gruzdeff, Three operations, all
.
weie e-
: scribed by Dr. Geuzdeff. In two ,cases
he had to deal with a leg that had
been • paralyzed by a'wound, in the
third Can with an arm that had been
shttilavly paralyzed. .
27 Relatives in the War.
Mr. Henry Collie, of Cambridge,
England, a retteed warrant officer of
thirty-three years' service, thiety of
which wer•ti spent in India, has tathietsa
seven relatiVes serving with the col-
Ots. They Maude five sons, one son- e
nelaw, two grandsons, two brothers,
'fourteen nephews, and thr,ec brothers- h
in -lam All but three have served at
the front, Mr, Collis has just' received
the King's congratulation, '
_
Professor (to student) -What are t
you laughing at? Not at me? .
Student -Oh, no; sir.
Professor -Then what elee ie there h
rn the room to laugh- at? .
FIVE ALLIED SHELLS
TO GERAN ONE
Spirit of Optimism on Bath ,British
and French reaint. •
London, Jan. 12. -There is a 'great
spirit of optimism in both British and
French despatches from the west
front, the eorrespondents expressing
the firm conviction of the allied Gen-
erale that there is no possibility of
any successful German offensive any-
where in the west lines. The come-
snondent of Reuters Telegram Com -
Palm sends from British Headquarters
an inteyview with an unnamed pro-
minent staff' officer, who was quoted
as saying: "We now have full in-
formation about the Gernean forces
racing us. We know their exact dis-
positions and strength:- We every-
where outnumber the Germans, and
also outhember them in both field and
heavy artillery, and our weapons •are
better than theirs. We can fire five
shells to their one witOut depleting
our munitions. We, can •take their
Blest line of trenches whenever we
wish. To say that we have got them
beaten' is daegmous rubbish, but the
truth is we have got them ready. for
a boating." . .
SINGLENESS OF DIRECTION.
, a
IlMaMie Not to Replace Joffre as Com
m ander.
• Premier Briand is authority for the
statement that the Government has
Ito intention of appointing a successor
to General Joffre, in command of the
armies on the French front, according
to the Journal. In reply to an in-
quiry from the . Army Committee of
the Chainber as to what would be the
effect of the creation of the new pos
of Commander-in-chief Of all th
French armies except those in Africa
to which General Joffre has been ap
pointed, NI. Briand is quoted as having
s8i'tcTlhe solo object of the extended
powers of the generalissimo is to in-
ure singleness of direction in
eu operations, ;which has become
sore necessary than ever now, and at
he same time .to establish close co-
rdin:Allies, which will be held at
tiort_letweel:_t_lie_ _command of
Ur armies and the •technical councils
f the
rand h °achy arters."
WESTERN ONTARIO
DAIRYMEN MEET
CANADA TO REPLENISH EU-
ROPE'S DAIRY HERDS.
Will Be Big Demand After tho War
• For Dairy Products
and Meat.
When shogilitied cease a great de-
mand for dela' products' live stock
and meat products willfollow; de-
pleted European herds must be . re-
plenished, and Canada is one of the
national sources sfrom whichto draw
for this purpose,, according to the
directors of the Dairymen's Associa-
tion of Western Ontario in their re-
port to the forty-ninth annual donven-
tion held et St.' Marys last week.
• Should Set a Standard.
President Robert Myrick Of Spring -
force in his opening addrees referred
to the increased production of the
year and the -high pricei,. though re-
gretting the cause. of the abnormal
'prices: ' He expressed the opinion thett
the time was Ape for creameries -and
cheese factories to set some standard,
so that they might receive .all high-
grade cream and milk that had been
produced under such sanitary condi-
tions as are already maintained by a
large number of patrons. • - ,
tairy Herd Competition.
The dairy herd competition repre-
sents One of -tlie important activities
of the association, the prizes being
awarded to cheese factory patrons
who, furnish the largest quantity of
milk per cow from herds of not less
than eight.
The first prize winners, • James
Burton ite Son of, Sarnia, furnished
from their herd of eighteen, betweeh
May and November, '7,175 pounds of
milk per cow; J. C. Harkes' (Listow-
el) herd of ten gave 7,071 pounds per
cow, and the herd of sixteen owned
by S. IL Coneybeare, Listowel, gave
6,806 pounds.
Following the announcement of
these results, Mr. 0. F, Whitley, who
has charge of dairy tecords at Otta-
wa, gave an illuminating address out-
lining some dairy 'herd records. In
one month the Dairy Division had
22,000 records of individual cows
come into the office, and from a few
of these he illifstrated the advantages
of individual records. He compared
records of 69 good cows with those of
73 poor cows. The latter produced
milk valued at $4,310, the better cows'
product being worth 36,694. One
herd of sixteen cows showed it profit
of 34470, as against $3.84 shown by
a poorer herd within ten miles of the
first herd, showing that one cow in a
good herd would make as much profit
as eleven cows in a poorer herd. The
lesson he pressed home was that of
individual cow responsibility.
Because there.is a prejudice On the
part of the factories against the use
of milking machines and because the
trouble is in the handling of the
machines, the subject of "How to get
clean milk with a milking machine"
was introduced. The paper was pre-
pared by Prof. 1'. H. Lund, and was
read by the Secretory, Prank Hens.
The solutions in which many dairy-
men kept their machine parts were
insanitary. In one can the solution
ivas found to be teeming with bac-
teria. Prof, Lund's recommendation
was to use a solution of one pound of
chloride of lime to ten gallons of
watIeMportance of Lime to the Soil. -
The importance of lime to the soil
was set forth by Prof. Harcourt of
daelph, and the deep interest of the
convention was revealed by an un-
usually large number of questions at
the close. He explained the scientific
reasons why it was necessary to ap-
ply lime to the soil, especially to soil
that was sour. In the latter case he
advised the use of flaked lime'011.0
ton of which was equal to two tons of
ground limestone, which was more
suitable for ligher soil. Lime was
one of the cheapest materials that
could be applied to the soil, and ill
most cases was all that was needed
to release the plant food in the earth.
-4.
FRENCH INDUSTRY REVIVES.
Big improvement Within a Year -
•-Dressmaking Improves. -
A report made recently by the
French minister of labor as published
n the Paris Matin, shows an improve-
ment in industrial conditions in
France. Of 48,794 factories, the num-
er itt operation last year decreased to
3 per cent. of the total, but has now
teen to 81 per cent. The number of
mployed working men 'Tell to 31 per
ern. of normal lest year, but now
tends at '74 per cent. •
In sonie industries operations aim
ow as wide as before the war. This
g true of the metals, chemicals, teeth -
r and transportation industries.
thers continue to show depression.
perations in the textile industry at
resent are only 11 per cent, of the
ormal, compared with 48 per cent.
ast year.
There has been a marked improve-
ent in the manufacture of clothing.
avisian deessmalsing has shown an
nexpected revival.
e. •
"It has been frequently gated," the
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BRITISH , WASTAGE IS
15 l'ER PENT. MONTHLY
A. despatch from London eays: Bri-
tish infantry 'losses on all fronts now
average 15 per cent. monthly. Under-
ecretary for War Tennant informed
he House of ComMons on Wednesday
Afternoon, explaining why- the Gov-
rnment -round it necessary to adopt
onscription to fill the ranks. These
gurus take into acconnt soldiers re-
eved from duty because of wounds,
ut who afterWarcis recover and re-
run te the front.
Every time a reammakes al fool of
imself by acting contrary to his own
udgment he gets mad.
• The- Prefeseor's Break. .
Russians Destroy Turk Submarine
A despatch .1Irc!in London says; A
despatch to Reuter's Telegram Com-
pany from Petrograd says that Rus-
sian torpedo boats have destroyed a
Turk,ish submarine which, had ground-
ed. in December near the Mouth of the
Milen. Two Turkish. . sailing ships
with coal also were'. destroyed.
report further says, "that ince the
outbreak or war there hiss been an in-
crease in drunkenness among wornet.
In this 'natter it is not safe to rely
too much on statistics. When there is
more money to spend. on drink there is
more money sto pay fines, and the
number of eonvictions may be reduced
by the police being absorbed in other
duties and by the instructions. issued
to them in certain cases to warn of-
fenders ingead of charging therm
But so far as prison- statisticmgo they
do not support the view that drunken-
ness among women has increased. The
number of women received on convic-
tion for the offence of drunkenness
has fallen from 15,149 in 1913-14 to
14,045 in the year under report, or by
7 per cent."
From Erin's Green Isle
NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRELAND'S,
GREEN SHORES.
happenings in the Emerald bre o?,
Interest to All True Irish.
mem
The farmers in Ulster are Mill re-
ceiving very high prices,for their flax.
At the Coleraine flax market less than
50 tons offered for sale brought 350,-
000.
- The death has Occurred at the age
of 85 years, of Mr. James O'Dwyer,
County Tipperary. He was the uncle
of Sir Michael O'Dwyer, Governor-
General of the Punjab.
Opening the Munster Winter As-
sizes at Creek, Mr. -Justice Dodd stated
that there was 'a falling off in, the
number of reported cases, 134, as,
against 153 last year.
At a meeting of the Dublin Port
EtIld Docks Board a report on the darn-,
age done by the repent storm was subei
mitted by the engineer, which was ese
thnated at alma 320,000.
Notice has been given to even?
young civilian in the Army Pay Dept.
at Islandbridge and Linenhall Bar-
racks, who is of military age, that his.
services will shortly be dispensed
with.
An important conference was re-
cently held in the, city of Waterford
onmecruiting in the city and country.
The Lord Lieutenant was present and
Mr. John Redmond and others attend-
ed.
Between 1,700 and 1)800 men have
joined the Colors from Kilkenny, ir-
respective of the large number that
hirve gone away within the last couple
of months to engage in munitions
work.
' Mr. Wm. E. Creaghe Hai -nett,
Abbeyfeale, has volunteered for ser-
vice with the East Lancashire Regi-
rnent, the same regiment in which his
grandfather, Captain Lockwood, was
wounded at Waterloo.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has re-
ceived a cheque for $250 from Mr..
Thomas Mahon, manager of the Wick-
low -Hotel, Dublin, in aid of the fund
which is being raised for the benefit
of Irish regiments.
Antimony, a mineral used in the
manufacture 61 high explosive shells,.
has been discovered in the Codnty
Monaghan. The new mine is a rich
one, and is situated in the townland
of Crosshave, four miles from Keady.
The seamen and firemen of the
steamship Innishowen Head refused
recently to join the ship at Dublin
unless they had an increase of wages,
A crew was fetched from Belfast to
take their place, and the sailing was
not delayed.
A soldier named Pte. Charles Pres-
ton,of the 10th Battalion Royal Irish
Ries, stationed at Clandeboye, was
burned to death in a fire that totally
destroyed the barn of a farmer
named James Thompson, near Seski-
nore, County Tyrbne.
The Senate of Queen's University,
Belfast, has issued a notice urging
teachers and students, except fourth
and fifth year medical etudents, of
military age to join His Majesty's
forces, and intimates that no person
of military age will be appointed to
any position.
The, new military order made under
the Defence of the Realm Act by
Brigadier -General Howard, Queens-
town Barracks, respecting licensed
premises in Tipperary, is now in
force. It forbids publicans. admitting
to their premises all men in military
uniform at any hour.
OUR DAILY DREAD.
The Composition or a Single Grate
• of Wheat
The average person's knowledge of
bread is very limited. He knows -that
it is made of floar-or sapposed to Iss
-and that it is dear, like the other
things. But there is much else el
interest.
If a grain of wheat be cut into thin
slices three parts can be seen -the
imier germ from which the !future
plant would grow; the kernel, which
Nature intended as food for the germ,
and the bran, or protective covering,
•composed of hard, woody fibre im
pregnated with mineral salts. Tin
germ represents 11,6 par cent. of tht
grain, the kernel 85, and the covering
13%.
Each part contains, in varying,
quantities, protein, the "life", basis of
food, but the kernel holds most, it
the form of,gluten, the sticky sub-
stance which alone makes the manu-
facture of bread from flour possible,
There is practically no "fat" ie
wheat; the little there is is in the'
germ. Wheat could be eaten whok
by prolonged soaking, then boiling in
milk, and adding sugar, thug making
"frumentje"
• But for breadmaking the wheat is
milled or ground to flour, and to ob-
tain white flour much of the valuable
Dart of the wheat is sacrificed, the
germ and the bran being both dis-
carded, and much protein and minimal
"Salts -indispensable for body build-
ing -lost. This first loss in grinding
is followed by a further big loss itt.
baking; three-quarters of the fate go,
and much of the protein and catholy-
dretes, the "energy" basis in food.
An ordinary loaf is nearly half wa-
ter, too, though you may find it hard
to believe.
Wholemeal.brade or "brown bread,"
is sepposed to contain the whole grain
of wheat, kernel, germ, and bran. It
requires greater mastication, and hae
the advantage of retaining much that
is lost to white bread.
• Finally, there is no other article of
food whieh lends itself better to ad-',
elteration than bread, and nothing
whieh is more adulterated. Potato,
alum, "bleachers," and other things
best not known, all form pant of "our
daily bread."
Came True.
"A :fortune teller told me yesterday '
that 5 would meet with a financial re -
"And did you?" •
"Yes; the charged me two dollare.",