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THE }WIWI EXPOSITOR
AUGUST 6, 1920:
' NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
'Turnishings-Stewart Etres.-3
'Great Sale -Greig Clothing Co, -1
Sugar --Humphries & Co. -1
. Gard. of Thanks -Citizens' Band -5 -
Gard of Thanks -Mr. and Mts. J. Pollard -5
Highland Inn -Algonquin Park -5
Camping and Canoe Cru1sing-5
Auction Sale -W. .1. Docking -5
County Distributor -6
New Goods-Beattie's Fair -8
Robert Warwack at the Princess -8
Notlee-Public Library -8
Calves For Sale -Lorne Webster -5
'The Ceeillian Piano--Wegies-8
Ladier's Aid Concert -8
Cow For Sale -D. Nixon -8
Good Groceries -(3) -Garden's --8
Hens for Sale -George Lowery: --8
Strayed -Mrs. R. Daltha-s
1,ast--Expositor Office -8
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
SEAFORTH, Friday, August 6, 1920.
THE BRANT COUNTY FARMER
WHO :REMODELLED CANADA'S
HOGS
Can one man change the type of
hogs and - reform the whole export
aid domestic pork business of a
country?
Can a single farmer -working al -
mot lone -handed -accomplish such a
result?
And can he do it within a life -time.
and yet live to enjoy the fruits of
his work and reap the satisfaction of
knowing that he has greatly servetl
his fellow men and ben.efitted his day
and generation to an extent quite be-
yond thA possibility of accurate estim-
ate or calculation?
Yes! . It has been done!
It has been done by Mr. J. E. Bre-
thour, of Burford, which is in Brant
'Coe Ont., some eight -miles in a west--
erly direction from the MY of Brant-
ford.
The start was made about 3a years
ago. To be 'exact it was in 1889.
Mr. !William Davies, the noted (and
-Plow aged) Toronto pork packer,
"started something" when in that
year he, sent out through the farm
papers a consmunication calling on
farmers to chauge their methods of
raising hogs and -to get into a more
profitable type of swine to better meet
the feed conditions in Canada and the
export / market for bacon in Great
Britain.
Th et message, through his farm
papers, started Mr. Brethour think-
ing.
Shortly afterwards he chanced to
obtain a copy of some English Agri-
cultural almanac in which Was repro-
duced some photographs showing the
large Yorkshire hogs of England.
Mr. Brethour "took a. notion" to
these hogs at once and, couple& with
the message from Mr. William Davies,
he decided to import a -selection of
these hogs. He brought them in to
Canada and started to build up
this breed and this type in Canadh
as his life work and as his contribu-
tion to this country, which he loved
and loves so well.
Yes, there Was sentiment in the
undertaking as well as business -and
this was good business, too!
Hogs are so much like human be-
ings; they vary in types -some are
fat, short, thick, fleshy; others are
long, lean, flat and. deep, and so on.
Mr. Davies (who, by the way, is
now 87 years of age, had driven home
his rneesage that in Canada we must
eget away from the old common type
of fat hogs,' which we then had in
this country. "We must get flesh,
flesh, flesh," he said, "and get rid of
those 'accursed' jowls," he emphasiz-
-ed. For he knew that the great de-
velopment of jowl -cheap, waste
head -meat -went with a short, thick,
- all -too -fat hog, not economical to
produce and not turning out the right,
finished product in prime demand in
our one and only available export
market, the British market for bacon,
-and! "Wiltshire" sides.
Mr. Davies knew, and he at once
convinced Mr. Brethour, so that he
knew, and took action to get what was
wanted and needed in the right hogs
for Canada -a longer, deeper hog with
less waste on his body, a hog with
most meat and most weight in places
-from which come the high-priced cuts.
It was to be a hog with a long, well
arched, strong back; short from the
shoulder to the snout, light weight in
the e head and neck; smooth, even
shoulders; broad, full loins; deep,
well-developed hams; sides straight
and, flat and deep to give that abund-
ance of streaked lean and fat meat
that is the pride of a top grade
'"Wiltshire" side.
With the ideal fixed in his mind and
the need clearly in view before him,
Mr. Brethour, in co-operation with
Messrs. Green Bros., of Innerkip,
Ont., (English gentlemen), brought
out the first large Yorkshire hogs to
Cana da
- Mr. Brethour, in 1898, ten years
after his first importation, made the
trip across the water ta make a fur-
ther selection and to learn all that
could be learned about this type of
hog and the raising and feeding of
them as practised in England.Be-.
fore taking this trip he visited' the
various large packing houses in Can-
ada to study the requirements of the
trade from the Canadian end of it.
He took with him to England letters
of introduction from the different
Canadian packers, giving him the
entre to- their various representatives
in England. wha took him to see and
study the markets whOre Canadian
bacon was meeting the best in Danish
and Irish bacon in competition. This
experience gave Mr. Brethour an eye-
opener as to the exact requirements
of the English consumer and the
shortcomings that attached to the
class of hogs that went ino the pro-
duction of Canadian bacon up to that
time.
Up to the time of his first impor-
tation Mr. Brethour had several
varieties of hogs -first one and then
another --in the effort to get a hog
that would suit his purpose best. He
was not satisfied with the "fat" breeds
for they were not as healthy as „;they
needed to be to return the desired
profits; nor were they prolific. Fre-
quently those old type hogs would
farrow only two to five or six young
ones. So the highly prolific large
Yorkshire, producing from 8 to 12
little ones on the average for each
litter surely attracted him greatly
as a business proposition. Besides,
he wanted to get away from the
waste of the "accursed" jowl and
produce a bacon hog that would top
the best market in the best markets
of. the world.
The first importation consisted of
,eight brood sows, heavy in farrow,
and two boars. This lot proved
four distinct families in females and
two distinct families in males.
From these, up to to -day, have come
ten, generations of straight Oak Lodge
breeding on championship winning
lines in both breeding and bacon pen
competition; for Mr., tBrethour .has
been a noted winner qt- coveted prizes
on many and many an occasion, re-
peating success after success at na-
tional and international live stock
exhibitions. *
Such noted families ae the Cinderil-
las, the Princess, Prides, Julies, Vio-
lets, Maidens, Sunbeams, Queen Bess-
ies and the Royal Queens have been
developed' by Mr. Brethour (assisted
more recently by his nephews). And
neighbor, let us right here make it
known that 130 selections from thie
renowned (Brethour) "Oak Lodge"
herd will be sold at the Exhibition
grounds, Toronto, by unreserved pub-
lic auction on Wednesday, August
18th, 1920. It has been se arranged
that the animals as purchased by any
buyer will be eligible for entry at
Toronto Exhibition this year in the
purchasers name.
But to resume the story: M. Bre-
thour was held up to ridicule over
many years from the time he started
breeding these 'large Yorkshire hogs
in Canada. Farmers started writing
to the farm paiiers condemning • this
new , breed. They "Claimed that you
could not feed them enough," that
they would "not fatten," etc., and
certainly they would lose money for
any farmer who tried to feed and
-;raise them!
But in spite_ of all of this talk an
knocking, the breed came gradually
to the front in Canada, until to -day
it is reported from the Wm. Davies
peeking plant in Toronto that 75t per
cent. of the hogs they receive at their
plant are of this type and class of
breeding.
Mr. Brethour pointed out that the
fat type of hog always looks better
to the average farmer, who does - not
just fully realize what value and
weight he has in thg large Yorkshire
swine. • The young developing pig
of the fat breed looks nice, is neat
and plump and pleasing to the eye;
but, as he said', and we knew it to be
a fact right well from our own ex-
perience, "If an animal looks plump
and fat as a youngster it will never
develop into the ideal for which we
work; there never seems to be any
outcome of it. As the Scotchman,
with his Clydesdale experience, al-
ways says of the Clyde colt, or yearl-
ing, 'If 1 am to give you a good
horse, I want a bit of raw, unfinished
colt.'"
Certainly- one should never sell a
large Yorkshire type ef hog by the
lump -by so much for the animal!
These hogs should be soldiii- a com-
mercial way only by the weight. For,
being long and deep and with fleshy
hams, they give the weight and weigh
up surprisingly well -in fact, astonish-
ingly well to a man who has been
used to the "fat" types of hags and
who would judge the large Yorkshire
accordingly.
We would point that the bacon type
of hog, such as Mr. Brethour's large
Yorkshires, lends itself. or is adapted
peculiarly )well, to the supplies of
feed available in Canada -for in-
stance, dairy offal, vegetable feeds
such as clover, betts and mangels and
ether flesh -building feeding stuffs as
our most common cereals or coarse
grains, as against the common abund-
ant supply of corn ayailable in the
corn belt of tip United States fo-:.
the "fat" hogs of that country.
Mr. Brethour pointed out to us that
he had as good or a little better type
of large Yorkshire hogs than are to
he found elsewhere in the world. For
elsewhere they are liable to lack the
quality which he has always sought for
and consistently developed.
And here, probably, is the -secret of
it: In England the big business is
largely carried on by gentlemen of
means and wealth, who carry on their
breeding operations through the direc-
tion and assistance of hired men.
You know, as well as we know, from
experience what this means, for with
Mr. Brethour's Oak Loft* herd, he is
on the job to look after the hogs him-
self-a.big difference in his favor, to
be sure, and his herd shows it! So
'do his show yaril and exposition win-
nings over many successive years
show it!
Mr. Brethour first startedeshowing
his large Yorkshire hogs in 1891; and
in 1893 at the great Chicago World's
Fair he won more than half of all
the prizes that were offered for the
breed.
When he first exhibited in Toronto
a,leading breeder and a public man
carne up to him •and said: "Mr. Bre-
thour, you have got a very creditable
exhibit. But don't you think you are
making a mistake in getting away
from the type of the breed ?".
The critic had been following the
book of old pictures and he hardly
realized that Mr. Brethour had de-
veloped his favorites away from the
rough shoulders and the ungainly
type of the old breed' and had before
him, as he has throughout his whole
herd, a utility type of bacon hog.
And over the years he has gotten
all Canada thinking as he thinks
about the large Yorkshlre hogs,
A wonderful export Story could be
written about the finished pork pro-
ducts from these bacon hogs of Can-
ada. Meanwhile, we have been glad
to give the foregoing story, as an
editorial feature -not as an advertise-
ment, for Mr. Brethour, or on his
sale, although in effect it is all of
that, toot. But we. have protrayed the
story especially for some young rural
Canadians to read and heed, if per-
chance they will buti catch the vision
of what is ahead to -day for the bacon
industry and for swine in Canada. It
is a big feature that lies ahead. The
fore -sighted farmers are stocking up
with brood sows and developing plans
to be in on the good prices and the
big trade that is almost here and
which will surely continue over the
next six or eight years and more.
Mr. Brethour, as a Canadian is en-
titled to the honor which is his due,
and which is now so generally and so
great accomplishments with the
generously accorded to him on his
truly. I
impeited large Yorkshire swine for
Canada and Canadians.
Canada's export of bacon and hams
in 1868 had a value of $183,481. This.
was the year after •Confederation.
In /the 60 or more years since then
this trade has grown to approximate-
ly $44,000,000,an increase of 6,600
per cent. --all in a Period of 50 years.
BLYTH Nee
Attempted Robberie-A daring at-
tempt enaelle to secure $3,000 from
George McTaggart's home, following
the celebration here in connection with
the •laying of the Memorial Hall
corner atone, was unsuccessful. Fol-
lowing the big gathering Mr. McTag-
gart took the money home and buried
it, and went out. While he was. away
someone went through the house
thoroughly in search of the money.
Every room was searched, even the
carpets being lifted; but- it was not
found. Late in the evening when me
McTaggart's son was coming Jenne a
burglar in an alleyway near the house
placed a gun at his head and de --
mended to know /where the money
was. Some of the Katie bandsmen
happenedi along at the time and the
man made off in a hurry.
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LONDESBORO
(Too Late for Last Week.)
Notes. -The Women's Institute,will
hold their annual picnic in Mr. Wm.
Brigham's orchard on Thursdhy,
August 5th. A good time is expect-
ed. There will be all kinds of games,
also a ball game between Harlock
and Londesboro. verybod y ,come
andl enjoy a good time. -Mr. Stalker,
of Ingersoll, is spending his holidays
at the home of Mr. Geddes.Mr. and
Mrs. Braithwaite left Saturday for
a two months' visit to the West. -
Mrs. Brazier, of Toronto, spent last
week at the home of Mr. W. Brig-
ham. -Mr. and Mrs. Cole, of To-
ronto, are spending ehOir holidays
with friends here. -Miss Maud Lyon,
of Winnipeg, is spending her vacation
with her parents here. -The choir
social which was held at the home
'of Mr. Carters last Friday evening
was a grand • success.
USBORNE
Thames Road Notes. -Mr. RObert
Dennison, of Londoe is spending his
vacation with relatiVes in this neigh-
borhood. -The sons and daughters of.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Passmore,
with their families, enjoyed a picnic
at Springbank .last Thursday. -Mr.
and Mrs. Orville Cann and Mr. and
Mrs. Ray McDonald spent Saturday
in - London. -Misses Dorothy and
Alathea Switzer, of Kirkton, spenta
few days with friends in this vicinity
during the past week. -A Studebaker
car occupied. by three young men
from Crediton turned; turtle _ while
being driven up the 6th concessiee of
Usboene, in front of Mr. Elfend's
last Tuesday night. The young men
escaped injury but the4top and Wind-
shield of the car and one rear wheel
were /a complete wreck. kis report-
ed that the car was being driven
without lights and at a high rate of
speed,. and while going through a
new strip of gravel it overturned, -
Mr. Harry Ford is recovering from
his recent illness extending over three
months, and is able to do light *pork.
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t EXETER
Briefs. -Richard Quance, Jr., -met
with a nasty aceident Friday morning
when operating the town grader. He
had the misfortune to fall off, and
the horses jumped, bringing the
heavy scraper plate in contact with
his leg. He is resting as easily as
possible, but it is feared -some bones
are broke -Mr. Rowcliffeji of the
London Road south, lost a valuable
team of horses during the electrical
storm Thursday afternoon. They were
found dead side by side in the pasture,
lightning having struck one and
passed on to the other. -E. J. Wethey,
principal of the High School, has re-
turned from Toronto, where he has
been for three weeks marking exam-
inetion papers. -James Hill is suffer-
ing from a fractured shoulder sustain-
ed whilst working at the canning fac-
tory. -Exeter Canning Company will
about complete the pea pack this
week, being' the heaviest in the history
of the company. Corn also promises
to yield a large pack. -Mr. W. A.
Gregory has left .,for his home in
North Battleford after visiting his
mother and sister here. -Miss Hol-
man, of Goderich, is visiting at the
home of Mr. Jaines Handford. -Mr.
John B. Mathews, of the staff of the
Bank of Commerce, has bethmoved
to Sarnia.
KIPPEN
Hot- Weather. -The 'Season when a DeLaval
-cream separatir saves most over any other
skimming system. We have them in stock
and we will take great pleasure in showing
you the working of the new De Laval. A
full line of the best separator oil, brushes,
eto., also extension ladders on hand. Give
us a call if in need of any of the above.
W. L. Mellis, Kippen. 2746-4
Notes. -Miss Graham, of Seaforth,
-was the guest of Mrs.A. Monteith.
As Mrs. Monteith and Miss Graham
are innch engaged! in church and mis-
sion work, their meeting together
would be a very pleasant on. -Rev.
Mr. Geddes, of Parkhill, will conduct
the services in St. Andrew's on Sab-
bath. -Mr. and Mrs. Bert Adams and
two children the past week were vis-
itors with Mr. and Mrs. Detweiler.-
Mr. and Mrs. J. Straut and daughter,
also Miss Edith. Beech, of New York,
and Mrs. R. Bain and daughter, of
Detroit, were all visitors at the homes
of Mr. Robert Daymond, of Tucker -
smith, and Mrs. James McClymont in
the village. -Mr. George McKay, from
Pilot Mound, Manitoba, is visiting
with his aunt, Mrs. A. McGregor, of
the village, and among his many
friends here. -Gilbert Jarrott is spend-
ing his holidays at Toronto. -Dr. and
Mrs. Aitken are visiting the doctor's
parents at Courtwright.-Miss Mae
McGregor who was spending the holi-
days in the village, has returned to
Toronto. -Mr. Thomas Parsons, of
Winnipeg, is visiting with his brother,
Robert, here. -Miss Louisa McClymont
of London, spent the week end at her
home here. --We are sorry to mention
that a painful accident happened to
'Master Robbie McGregor, son of Mr.
James McGregor, of Tuckersmith,
when in some way he fell out of an
apple tree dislocating his shoulder and
if
hreekine a couple of bones in his
arni. His many friends hope his re-
ccerety may be a speedy one. -Quite
a nutnber of the young people took
in the Chautauqua meetings which
were being held in Goderich last week.
-Mr. William Cooper, Jr, has bought
Mr. William'Jarrott's.clover mill, and
is now a busy man among the farm-
ers.. We wish him every success in
this line. -The lawn social held on
Wednesday evening last under the
auspices of, the Ladies' Aid of the
Methodist church was in every way a
gratifying success. The evening for
the occasion -was most favorable and
the result was that a good attendance
was present to enjoy the evening
entertainment and- to have a social
time together. The ladies of the
congregation who hold a high reputa-
tion for doing things in the right way,
made ample provision for well spread
tabels for the satisfying of the at-
tendance, after which the people took
their seats in the church and a lengthy
programme was carried out. -Mr.
Hickson, .of London way wag the
principal speaker of the evening, also
the Misses .Emily and Jean Ivison
giving muchessistance, The pastor,
Rev. Mr. Felker, acted -as chairman
M his witty manner, also with his
good lady, Mrs. Faster, assisted in
the programme. At a late hour all
returned homeward feeling that they
had well enjoyed the evening's enter-
tainment. -The following from a
Western paper will be of interest to
many here: "Knox Church Ladies.'
Aid went as a surprise party to bid
farewell' to Mrs. Jessie Fowler, last
Friday afternoon. The party 'left
town in cars at 2.30. A very pleas-
ant.- afternoon was - spent with Mrs.
Fowler, Mrs. Golding read an ad-
dress, -and Mrs. (Rev.) Hunter pre-
sentedher with a beautiful leather
Presbyterian Book of Praise (revised
edition). Mrs. Fowler was taken
entirely by surprise, but responded
in 'a most amiable Manner, , wishing
the, Aid and church progress in the
coming !years. The ladies then took
,possession of the kitchen and served
a very dainty tea, and a very social
hour was spent over the teacups."
in full swing in this locality and the
• HENSALL
Briefs. -Harvesting operations are
crops are fine. -The flax yield is un-
usually good this ?ear and a large
force of men, women, boys and girls
are actively engaged from day to day
in pulling. -Mrs. R. Paterson, who
has been here for some months visit-
ing her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W.
Webber, left for her home in Calgary
on Tuesday last. -Mr. Archibald
Rowcliffe had the misfortune recent-
ly to have his fine span of working
horses killed by lightning. The
horses were in. the pasture field on
what has been known in past years
as the Duncan -McEwen farm, near
Hensall, and were in the open when
struck, and is quite a lo'ss to their
owner. -Mrs. T. Murdock returned
the first of this week from Toronto,
where she had been spending a couple
of weeks with her son-in-law and
daughter, Dr. B. Campbell and Mrs.
Campbell. -Miss H: Bolton, •familar-
ly known as Auntie Bolton, is here
from Toronto spending a few weeks
with relatives and friends. -Mrs. T.
Neelande is visiting in Oakville, ac-
companied by het 'daughter, Mrs. A.
Kings, and her Children. -The Rev.
Mr. McConnell is being visited by a
number of relatives from Toronto and
vicinity. -Mr. and Mrs. E. Rennie
and son, Sam, returned this week
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from an auto trip with relatives in
different parts of Waterloo County
and also in Perth, and report a most
enjoyable trip. -The oiling of the
Main Street between the pose office
and Carniel Presbyterian church is
giving good satisfaction. -On Wednes-
day of last week a happy event' took
place at the hothe of Mr. John Zuefle,•
one of our pioneer business meneeee
here 'refer to the marriage of 'his
eldest daughter, Miss Nellie, was
united in marriage to Mr. Peter
Buchanan, who has been carrying on
business for some time in our village
as a boot and shoe merchant in com-
pany with Mr. Milne Rennie and who
is a returned soldier. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Mr. Rivers
in the presence of 'a fest relatives and
intimate friends. The bride's travel-
ling suit was of navy serge with hat
to match. They autoed -with friends
as far ts London on their wedding
trip where they took the train for
Toronto, where they intend making
their future holne, and we unite with
their many friends in wishing' them
long and continued happiness. -Mrs.
J. McD. Wilson has returned from a
visit with her sister. -Mr. and Mrs.
Rennie and members of family, of
Port Elgin, are .here this week visit-
ing their relatives, Mr. Weir Acheson
and deughter.-Miss Helen Fisher, of
Toronto, accompanied by a friend,
spent the week end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher. -Mr. Wm.
Webber is this week visiting relatives
in Oshawa. -Mr. And Mrs. John Miller
who spent the ast week with Mr.
and Mrs. R. Bont ron and' family. have
returned to troit.-Miss Hattie
MeQueen is spending a week or two
with friends in Hanover. -Miss Yuill,
professional nurse in one of the To-
ronto hospitals and formerly of this
village, has been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. R. McLaren, Sr. -Mrs. R. Cud -
more is visiting members of her fam-
ily in Toronto. -Mr. and. Mrs. Thos.
Sherritt, Sr., are now residing in
their new home on Richmond street
South. -Mrs. (Dr.) A. Moir is spend-
ing a week or so with friends in dif-
ferent parts and meeting some rela-
tives, from her, former home in the
West. -Mr. Lloyd Davis, of Montieal,
was here this week spending a few
days with his parents,. Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Davis. -The annual Sabbath
school picnic of Carmel Presbyterian
church was held at Grand Bend last
week. There was a good attendance
and a pleasant time 'spent, nothwith-
standing that the weather did not
prove very favorably during the af-
ternoon. -On Wednesday of last week
the Hensall Bowlers gave a good ac-
count of themselves in the Goderich
tournament, winning the fine silver
trophy given by the Purity Flour
Mills Mills Co., of that city. The rink was
composed of Mr. W. 0. Goodwin, Mr.
W. A. McLaren, Mr. Milne Rennie
and Mr. Albert Whitesides as skip.
They competed against twenty odd
rinks, and we have reason to 'feel
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proud of our boys. -A large number
are preparing to attend the Fard
picnic at Grand Bend on Wednesday.
---Mre. Layporte, nee Miss Martha
Gilchrist, formerly of this village
but now of Aberdeen, Wash., was in
the village this week visiting rel-
atives and friends, who were pleased
to meet her again after a lapse of
many years. -De. Smillie, of Niagara
Falls and Mrs. Smillie and members
of the family are here visiting their
many relatives and friends in Henault
and vicinity. --The picnic of the Meth-
odist Sabbath school, wlich was to
have been held' at Bell's Grove on
Thursday of last week, was, on ac-
count of the rain on that day, post-
poned to Thursday afternoon. of this
week. --Mr. R. J. Paterson, of the
Hensall Flom. and Feed Store, has
purchased another horse to match the
one he has had' for some time and
will now be in a 'good position to at-
tend to not only the delivering of
express matter and flour and feed,
but also to •teaming of all kinds of
loads, and has now a nice matched
span of Gertie Zuefle
is visiting this week in Windsor. -
Mr. Charles Nicholls, of London, was
in the village on Monday last visit-
ing relatives. -Our annual civic holi-
day was •held on Monday last and a
large number took advantage of the
holiday to visit the different points
along .the lake shore, while a number
also 'were in Clinton 'where a cele
time was held. -Dr. J. Hagan, of
Chicago, lit, who has been spending
a few weeks with his mother an the
Parr Line and members of the family,
returned to the city on nond'ay last,
looking iv though his trip and visit
had well agreed with him. -Mr. Jas.
Logan, of Windsor, was here during
the past week on a visit. --Mrs. T.
E. McIntosh, of Peterboro, is visitine
her parents, Dr. E. S. Hardie and Mrs.
Hardie. -,Miss Irma Rennie, trained
nurse of Detroit, Mich., is spending a
day or so here with her parents. -
'We are pleased to see , Mrs. Albert
Traquair able to be out again after
nearly three months' Illiness.-Miss
Hoggarth intends adding a large siz-
ed verandah to her dwelling on Queen
street -Mrs. Hunt, of this village, is
this week being visited' by one of her
sons and by her daughter, MTS.
Johnston.
LIVE STOCK MARKET
Buffalo, August 3. -Cattle receipts, 4,700;
heavy, steady; others 25 to 50c lower. Ship-
ping steers, $15 to 516; few, 511.85; butchers
59 to 514.75; yearlings, 515.50 to 516.50;
heifers, 59 to $12; cows, 3 to $10; bulls,
$6 to 59.50; stockers and feeders, 8 to 510;
fresh cows, and springers, 566 to 5150.
Calves -Receipts, 2,400; 50c lower; 56 to
519.
Hogs -Receipts, 6,400; heavy, slow; light,
15 to 25c lower, heavy, 516.50 to $16.75;
mixed 517 to $17.25; yorkers, light do. and
pigs, 517.25; roughs, 513; stags, 58 to 510.
Sheep- and Lambs -Receipts, 2,400; lambs
25e higher; lambs, 58 to 515.25; yearlings,
57 to $12; wethers, 59.50 to $10; ewes, 53
to $9; mixed sheep, 59 to 59.50.
Montreal, August 3. -Cattle receipts, 1,276.
Although prices quoted are about equal to
those paid last week, there is a better tone
to the trading, and sales have been fairly
brisk. There were no really good cattle for
sale," 513.50 being the top paid for steers.
The best cows sold up to $11.50 and a few
fair lots of steers and heifers for $11 to $12:
The majority -of sales were made for 810
and under: canners, $3.50; bulls, a little
firMer .at $5.50 up. Quotations:
liutcher steers, good, 511.50 to 513.50;
medium, 59 to 511; common, 57 to $9; butch-
er heifers choice, $10.50 to 512; medium,
$8.50 to $10; common, 56 to 58.50; butcher
cows ehoice, .59.25 to $11.50; medium, 56
-to ;£1; canners, 53 to 54; /cutters, 54 to
55.50; butcher bulls, good, 59 to $10.50;
common, 55.50 to 57;
Calf receipts -1,307.
The ruling price for good veal calves
is $14. Four choice calves have been sold
for -$16, and a few lots for 514.50. Common
calves from 55 up. Qu.otations:-Good veal
$13'60 to $14.50; medium, 59 to $12; grass,
57.00.
Sheep reoeipts, 2,776. Good lambs have
been sold in car lots at 514.25 to 514.50, a
common quotation being 514. Twelve select-
ed black-fa'Oed lamb; brought 515.50. Light
lambs -from the East brought $11 to $13.50.
Quotations: Ewes, 56 to $9; lambs, good,
514 to 514.50; common, 511 to $13.50,
Hog receipts, 1,362. Hogs are quoted at
$21.50 for selects. Small picked lots have
been sold up to 522. Light feeders, 519 and
mixed lots including sows and roughs, from
517.50 to' 520. Quotations -Off car weighta,
selects, $21.50 to 521.75; sows, 516.50 to
317.50.
Union Stock Yards, Toronto, August 3. -
Buyers had it all their own way at the yards
this morning. The plants which they repre-
sent being closed down for the day on ac-
count of the Civic Holiday, they had no
immediate need for cattle to kill, and they
simply wandered round looking for bar-
gains. When a price asked did not suit them
they simply walked on. The result -was-that
before long they had cut down values for
cattle' 75 cents to a dollar in spots. In ad-
dition the trade was very, slow, even at the
weaker _prices, and a lot of the thirty-four
hundred' head of cattle , penned were held
over until Tuesday. The general situation
this morning from a shippers point of view
was a further argument .for the closing down
of the yards on all holidays, even though
these happen on a Monday. Numerous loads
of good stuff were included among the "held -
overs" and the best sales this morning,rang-
ed from 514 to 515 per hundred pounds. There
were comparatively few at the former
price, and only odd cattle at the latter. The
bulk of 'the business transacted was done
at values between 510,50 and 513. The
market for cows was not in any better shape
while the trade for bulls was slow and barely
steady.
Stockers and feeders were quiet. The few
milkers forward net firm prices.
There was a collapse on the lamb market
when prices fell off $1.50 per hundred
pounds. Veals dropped 050 cents, and sheep
'ere a shade weaker trade.
Hogs were steady at 520.50 f. o. b., and
$21.60 fed and watered.
The receipts were 207 carloads, with 3,409
cattle, 651 calves, 1,944 hogs and 3,136 sheep
and lambs.
Dunn and Levack, Limited, sold -Butchers
-1, 1.020 lbs., 314; 17, 700 tbs. 511.35; '7,
1120 Ms. 510.50; 4, 790 lbs. 510.25; 8, 880
lbs. 311.50, Cows -3, 1,220 lbs. 512.50; 4,
1,4180 lbs. 510.50; 2, 800 lbs. 510.25; 2, 840
lbs. $10.25; 1, 900 Ms. 58; 2, 790 lbs. 59.50.
Bulls --1, 1,069 lbs. $9.50.
Rice and Whaley sold: Butchers47, 770
Ms 59; 1, 1,080 tbs. 512.75; 25, 810 tbs.
$12,50; 1, 450 lbs. 514. "Bulls -1, 1,030 Ms.
58.50. Calves -35, 140 lbs. $12-25; 2, 85
Ms. $10; 1, 225 lbs. 513; 15, 155 lbs. 517.25;
8, 165 /bs. 517.75.' 13, 125 Ms. $17.25; 9,
135 lbs. 517.25; 2,140 lbs. 518.50; 10, 150
ibs. 517; 14, 145 Ms. 812.5Q; 1, 175 Ms.
$13.50. Sheep --1, 140 lbs. '$9.50; 1, 110
lbs. $13; 2, 155 lbs. 510; 1, 80 lbs. 513;
8, 95 /bs. 510.60; 1, 135 lbs-. 59; 1," 220 Tbs.
57.50; 2„ 105 lbs. 59.50. Lambs -15, 60
lbs. 517•, 23, 70 lbs. 517; 5, 90. lbs. 517;
25, 80 lbs. $17; 20, 90 lbs. 51'7.
United Farmers, Limited, sold': Butchers
-1, 1070 Ms. 515; 2 1,010 lbs. 514.25;. 2,
300 lbs. $11.50; 1, 750 lbs. 521.50; 2, 850
Ms, 513.25; 11. 1,050 lbs. $13.25; 3, 1,050
lbs. $13; 2, 910 lbs. 513.50; 1, 890 tbs. 312,50;
'7, 870 lbs. 513.50; 5, 1,030 ibs. 514; 5, 970
Ms. $12.50; 4, 970 'Ms. $13.75; 7, 900 lbs.
513. Cows -1, 480 lbs. 512; 1, 1,180 tbs. 512:
1, 1,110 ibs. $11; 1, 1,260 lbs. $9.50; 2, 925
lbs. $11.25; 1, 1,220 Ms. 510; 1, 1,150 Ms.
$9.50; 1, 1,200 lbs. $10.25; 1, 900 Ms. 56.'60.
13ulls-1, 1,080 Ms. 510; 1, 1,060 lbs. 510;
1, 1,790 lbs. 510.50; 1, 1,180 tbs. 59. Lambs
-Choice, 516.50 to $17; good, 515.50 to
816; common, $12 to $14. Sheep -Choice -
$8.75 to $9; good, $8 to $8.50; heavy, $6
to 57; culls, -54 to 56. Calves -Choice, 518
to $19; good, $16.50 to $17.50; medium'514
to $16; common, 58 to $13. Hogs -520.25
f.o.b.; $21.50 fed and watered; 521.75 off
cars.
Sparkhall and Armstrong sold: Butchers
-4, 760 Ms. 511.25; 12, 840 lbs. $13.50;
2, 690 lbs. 511.50; 2, 975 lbs. 514; 1, 750
lbs. 512.50; 1, 830 Ms. $11.50; 1, 720 tbs.
$11.50; 16, 860 lbs. $13; 2, 711 lbs. $11.50.
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Calves -514 to $17.54.
Quinn and Hisey sold: Butchers -3, 860
lbs. 512.50; 6, 820 lbs. 511.75; '7, 670 tbs.
58.75; 2, 785 Ms. 39; 8, 670 lbs. 58; 1, 980
. lbs. 510.25; 234 880 lbs. 511.65; 8, 810 lbs.
59; 6, 1315 lbs. 511.25: 5, 875 lbs. 11:25;
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7, 910 tbs. $12; 4, 674 lbs. 59; , 1,210
Ms. 511 ; 1, 890 Ms. 510.25; 12, 850 s. 59.50.
Cows -2, 1,025 tbs. 58.25; 4, 1,080 Ms, 510;
1, 840 lbs. 58.50; 1, 980 lbs. $5.50; 1,
1,120 lbs. 510.25; 1, 1,230 Ms. 510.75; 1,
920 lbs. $10.25; 1, 1,110 Ibi. 510.50; 3, 1,03.0
lbs. 58; 1, 740 Ms. 55; 1, 1,160 Ms. $11;
1, 910 lbs. 510.50. Calves -512 to 517.50.
Corbett, Hall and Coughlin quoted: Butch-
ers -Choice, 513.5 Oto 513.75; good, 512.75
to $13; medium 511 to 511.50; common, $10
to 510.75. Cows -Choice, 11 to $11.50; good,
$10 to. 510.50; medium, $8 to 59; common, 56
to 57; canners, $4,50 to 55. Bulls -Heavy,
$11.; butchers, $11 to 512. Sheep -Choice,
58.50 to 49.50; heavy, 57 to 57.50; lambs,
516.50 to 317. Calves -518.50 to 519.
McDonald and Halligan sold: Butchers -4
19, 925 lbs. $13.50; 22, 875 /bs, 512.50; 21,
805 lbs. 511.75; 21, '725 Ms. $10. Cows -1„
1,260 Ms. 511.65; 1, 1,110 lbs. $11.50;
1,070 Ms. 510; 1, 1,000 lbs. 511.50; 2, 1,199
lbs. $11.
The quotations were: Choice heavy stem.
514.50 to 515.001 good heavy steers, 514.00_
to 314.25; butchers' cattle, choice, 513.75 toS
314.00; -do., good, 513.00 to 513.59; do„,
medium, 512.00 to 512.50; do., COM211011, 57.80
to 59.00; bulls, choice, 511.75 to $12.25:
do., good. 510.75 to 511.25; do., r+augb.
$6.00 to 58.00; butcher cows, choice, $11.74
512.00; do., good, 810,75 to $11,001 do.„
common, $6.50 to 57,50; stockers, $9.00 tar
511.00; feeders, 511.00 to 512-.60; cannOns and
cutters, 35.00 to -$6.25; milkers, good, tat
choice, 3100 .to 5166; do., common. and med.
Iunl, 565 to 875; springers, 390. to SIM;
Iambs, yearlings, 510.50 to $12.50; dn.,
spring, $12.00 to $17.00; salves, good t*
choice, 516.50 to $19.00; sheep, 56.50 to 59.50:
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