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Latest -Official Bulletin Showing
their Condition in Ontario.
Fall Wheat.—From June 1st, the date of
our previous reports, to July Ist, the general
condition of the fall -wheat crop materially
improved in most parts of Ontario. As
stated before, at least one-quarter had been
plowed up. ` at
places fields or por-
tions of fields were left that should have
been plowed up and these at present appear
thin and weak. The total produce will
:.probably fall below the average owing to
the reduced acreage, and the present pros-
pect of the production per acre being a little
less than the average. Many farmers report
excellent prospects but the majority indicate
Duly fair prospects at the present time.
Spring Wheat.—Owing to the poor crop
of 1892 and the lateness of the spring, the
acreage of spring wheat is Iees this year
than last year. , Very little is reported from
the western half of the province and the
condition .is below the average. In the
Geogian bay elounties the high land looks
well, the low land wheat is thin and late.
The lake Ontario counties reports are
variable, some excellent, some poor—on the
whole the crop is only fair, but ahead of
1892. In the .St. Lawrence and Ottawa
group spring 'wheat is late, reduced in
acreage and of fair prospects. In the East
Midland group the condition is fair. Taking
the province as a whole the spring wheat
crop is not altogether satisfactory, but the
production will probably be in slight excess
of 1892.
Barley.—Our previous bulletin reported
sowing in progress on June 1st. _ The back-
wardness and variable nature of the prese
ent season may be understood when we
state that even as late as July 1st a few
fields were just being sown. Most of the
crop, however, was beginning to head out
at that time. The crop is very uneven,
being reported as very good on high, well
drained soils that were early sown, thin and
poor on low lying soils. The straw is pretty
generally reported as short, but the grain
appears to be filling very well. The most
unfavorable reports come from the districts
that were formerly known as the leading
Ontario barley dist icts, principally along
the front of lake Ontario and in the bay of
Quinte regions. The crop will be a little.
late, it will be quite a bit under the aver-
age in quantity, but- unless .unfavorable
weather occurs during. July, it will be fully
up to or above thee average, in quality.
Oats. —The crop continues to be, as was
reported on June 1st, the most promising
of the grain crops. Through the western
and eastern sections the condition is excel-
lent_; along lake Ontario it is quite up to
the average. The yield on high and well -
drained lands will be good, on low-lying
land only fair. In many sections the
growth of straw is almost too rank. The
reports as to this crop are far more uni-
form than as to the other grain crops, and
we may expect a yield somewhat above the
average if the proper maturing of the grain
is permitted by favorable weather.
Rye.—Only about one correspondent
out of five reports to us as to rye, but
the limited quantity grown appears to be in
good condition. On July 1st it was about
headed out.
Corn.—In the south-western part of the
province, especially in Essex, Kent and
Elgin, where corn is grown from the grain,
an increased acreage is reported, and the
condition on July 1st was from very good
to excellent. Elsewhere corn is being grown
principally for soiling and the silo. In lake
Huron and Georgian bay districts the
acreage was limited, the growth backwar d
but improving rapidly. In the West Mid-
land district the prospects were improv-
ing at the beginning of the month. In
the lake Ontario countries the condition
was fair to good ; in the eastern and north-
ern counties the crop was quite late and
just beginning to make good growth. On
the whole the crop was backward in start-
ing but rapidly going ahead, and the pros-
pects were exceedingly good on July lst.
There are many complaints from the western
half of the province of poor seed.
Peas.—The pea crop of Ontario will prole -
ably be quite up to the average this year.
On low-lying lands the rains drowned out
the young peas, but on high and well-
drained lands the crop has done very well,
there has been a vigorous growth and pros-
pects are very good. In the southwestern
part of the province the acreage sown was
less than formerly-. Elsewhere it was larger,
but so much has been destroyed in low lands
that probably the average will be no greater
than usual. The unanimous report of cor-
respondents is " Good in high lands, poor
in low lands." If the " bug" does not do
much damage the total pea crop of the prov-
ince will be satisfactory.
Buckwheat.—At this date buckwheat is
still being sown, and owing to a failure of
some of the earlier crops a larger area than
usual will likely be put in, more especially
in eastern Ontario. Where sown, the crop
is reported to be coming along nicely.
Beans.—This crop is said to be doing well
where grown, but the acreage as a field
crop is confined chiefly tc Kent and a few
other counties. The area does not seem to
be smaller than usual in those sections.
Hay and Clover. -Farmers were nicely -
into haying when returns came in. Fine
weather—and the prospects for it were good
—was the only thing required to ensure a
first-class crop. There is an immense yield
of clover on new fields, and old fields are
well up to their average. Timothy, al-
though not equal to clover, has also done
well The midge was mentioned by a
Waterloo correspondent, but no one else
complained of injury by insect enemies. It
is too early to compute the average yield,
but it will be unusually high.
Potatoes. —The only thing apparently in
the way of a splendid crop of potatoesis
the presence of the Colorado beetlein im-
mense numbers. Thereat
are o thick bthis us
year as to excite g apprehension,
otherwise the tubers are making grand
growth above and below ground, more par-
ticularly those plant -ed early.
Reots: It was,ratlzer early: when corre-
spondents wrote to say much about, roots
The references to mangles were mostly' re-
assuring÷ they were coining up nicely, al-
though erne report from Brant reported
some plowed up. But little was saidabout
carrots, which are not so general as a field.
crop. Turnips were cominginto leaf .prom-
isinglyx enol where the- fly was named it was
Chiu- to note itsabseuifce,to-'the- time of
writing.. -
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the south -*est are repor ed fair ; alsike az_
white clover in all parts of Ontario, vers
fined millet;: good ,'.bops, vet°yaaromising
flax in the West Midland district, very good :
pasture in all sections, exceptionally good
Apples, especially' Winter apples, will h
very limited as liTosspming :was .:iiisatisfae
tory and young fruit has" been'` dropphu
heavily. Pears and cherries will be light.
peaches and'piunis only a fair drop. Smah
fruits are better than large fruits; straw
berries were reported abundant in all se: -
tions. Grapes -s, far promise a geed erop.
V6 ild fruits appear to be abundant. On the
whole the indications are that in :frith the
present year will he a little below the aver-
age.
Crops in General.—The present year has
shown the great controlling influence of thr
weather ; it has also proved the great ad•
vantage and .necessity, of. - more thorough
drainage in ontario --' With few exceptions
the -general report is in-regardto nearly al`
crops : "Crops good on high and well -drain-
ed fields, poor or total failure en low and
undrained fields." Clover and timothy hay
and pasture stand ahead of all crops so far.
Grain crops are fair ; fruit crops poor. The
staple grain crops may be arranged about
thus in order of prospective yield : oats:
corn, peas, fall wheat, barley, spring wheat.
All crops will be a little late in being harv-
ested.
�liGOLIII� Lieptants•
A traveller in India says that tame ele-
phants, many of which he used in working,
have a great dread of wild ones. On Sunday
it was customary to let the tameones loose,
fettered only by a chain attached to one of
the hind legs, so that they might have a day
to themselves in the forest. They always re-
turned, oat of attachment to their keepers
or to their rice-pudding—huge masses of
boiled rice seasoned with a kind of sweet oil,
which were given them at nightfall. One
Sunday evening, however, they had not re-
turned, and their delayled to an exciting
adventure.
On Monday morning, says the traveller, a
messenger came to me to say that the tame
elephants were sorrouuded bya herd of wild
ones, and that the keepers dared not go in
to rescue them. They begged me to come
at once. I lost no time in collecting my
rifles and hastening to the scene, and I can
scarcely describe the confusion I found
there <:
The forest; usually so'silent, was resound-
ing in every direction with the screaming
and trumpeting of the animals and the crash-
ing and breaking _of bamboos. The best
thing would be to shoot one of the wild ele-
phants, as that would disperse the herd.
As a rule, the hunter can distinguish one
from the other; the tame animal, being reg-
ularly groomed and washed, is as black as
a piece of India rubber, and a wild one
covers itself with mud and sand to keep off
the insects.
I took aim at one or two very dirty
elephants, and was pressing the trigger of
my rifle when I heard the clank of a chain,
just in time to save the animal's life. I
firmly believe that these two elephants had
covered themselves with mud and sand so
as not to be recognized and attacked by the
wild herd about them.
There were about sixteen of the wild
ones, and.I had to run some .distance to
intercept them, as they were now thoroughly
alarmed, and were rushing through grass
so high that I could only see the tops of
their backs. Suddenly an old female either
saw me or smelt me, and came charging at
me through the grass.
To run would have been dangerous, as
there were no trees for a shelter, so I wait-
ed until I could see her eyes. On she came,
and when she was not more than eight
yards from me I planted a ball exactly be-
tween her eyes; but to my horror she did
not fall.
There was a stream behind me, and the
hop,skip and jurnp I made over it would,
I think, have brought me a prize at any
athletic game. There is nothing like au
enraged elephant at one's back to ensure a
long jump.
As I leaped I looked over my shoulder to
see if the beast was upon me, and I found
!she had fallen dead. f recrossed the stream,
1 and with my other barrel knocked over
another which was endeavoring to pass its
fallen companion. The rest of the herd
rapidly dispersed, and I was glad to find
that none of my tame animals had received
any injury.
How Did the Rabbit Pest in
Originate ?
One ofthe peculiarities of the average
Australian colonist is that they are more
British than the Britons themselves are.
Everything that is to the fore in the United
Kingdom they adopt with a zeal stimulated
by their own ardent sun. As soon as any
colonist gets his heal above water he goes
in for what he left behind him. Be it good
or bad, useful or -noxious, it is enough for
him that they have it in the " Old Country."
Therefore, as rabbit shooting is a good thing
in England, the Victorian colonists thought
it would be equally successful in Australia,
and so determined to have the real grey
wild English rabbit. Mr. Hayter, the
Government statist of Victoria, in reporting
upon the rabbit plague, informs us that
there was a time when the only rabbits in
the colony were a few tame ones kept as
pets by the early colonists ; and that it was
a landed proprietor in the western district
who did his country the sinister sister ser-
vice of turning out rabbita on an extensive
scale. They bred rapidly, and for several
years there was a deivand for specimens in
most districts of the colony for breeding
purposes. At that time no one seemed to
have thought of the nuisance they might
eventually become, but now there are few
parts of Victoria which are not infested
with them, notwithstanding the vigorous
efforts made to suppress them. The rabbits
spread rapidly into other Australian
colonies; and it was to stem the torrent that
such colonies have expended large sums in
erecting the .long fences extending over
hundreds of 'miles. " A pair of rabbits are
capable of producmg a - progeny of twenty
millions _ in five years, and in Australia
appear -to fact ng up to this capacity.
- At monstrosity is carefully guarded on
the farm orlir4 Reynolds," at Gannon,
Australia
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-rand pay for it with one-fourth of the
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+Iron meet there so many old neighbors
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