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ticlots :and, latest cl Sighs; which 'vilL lay salt{ tfa;my.
. CUStF1111 ors a eii.p,en credit as any-ta sons!, est, bl h".
neil't pan sell ':for- 4lsb, . • laving no rents or Cutters to
; tj attd pitying 'spot e11$.11 rut' my goods; I ATI1 enabled
to it►inour ee, that ,my prices•'wi U defy eomtaetitiOn• l.s
0uttf'.r of Fashionable anis Complete: Ftting Clotl'Jiri;?,'
I claim to be in the. front yank:.
tits';;Stock:; 'of 'Read{ • f#t.le Clothing, Hats, gaps and Gent's
Furnishings, iS full and complete.
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and after •t1 e 1st April I open a,. Cutting School, when I
will teach the 'k.K mnedy Outliner,'.the best system
that has ever been invented in this Dominion. For
fa:tiler partienl<was and terms address.
JACKSl'.HURON ST,,
ON CLINTON,
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rho' ./iirron
, I *thing, etc., etc.; and the prices pair{
�VPirV«�''!7�7(�iiii}YU to Laborers, t:tc,; :Ind to see generally if
the farmers who have the benefit of
5140 b Year -31.25 in ,Advance
- • , -1.
Wedtlostlay, rl,ngust 2ud, 1$9:1.
IIERIE IS- THE PROOF
CONDITION OF FARMERS.
As Reported by Delegates from
Among Themselves.
A VISIT AOROSS THE LINE
ONE OF THE den sebeiONs OF NEW YORK
SUIT L )0ERD OVER AND DILIGENT EN,
(Ij U11ttns MADE—LAND Is LOWER IN VALUE
THAN IN THE sECTIONS OF ONTARIO JUjT
AOROsS THE RIVER—A COMPARIsON OF
PRIORS. ,
Following, is the . report wade by
Andrew Gt.ay, Esq., farmer, ani warden
of the united counties of Leeds and
Grenville; John A. Nebster,'Esq., fat -
mer, reeve of the front of Leeds and
Landsdowne; John Connor, farmer and
cheese manufacture; Alexander Atche-
son, farmer, president of the South
. Leeds Agricultural Association; John
Roddick, miller and farmer, ex.reeve of
rear of Leeds and Lansdowne; Thomas
Berney, agricultural implement dealer,
et.reeve of rear of Young and Escott;
John Franklin, farmer, and president,
of the Farmers' Institute for Brockville
= riding; E. G. Adams, Esq., farmer and
implement dealer, ex•reeve of North
Crosby; John R. Dargtivel, general •
merchant, and township clerk for South
Crosby.
BROCKVILLE, 7th July, 1893.
To GEORGE TAYLOR, Esq., 14I. P., South
Leeds.
DEAR SrR,—Agreeable to thew request
contained in your letter of February 27
last, addressed to a meeting of your
constituents, which reads as follows :
"Another matter which I . would
suggest and ask the Council to approve
of and assist in carrying out is this :
"As there is a great deal of talk at
present about free,trade, or freer tra le
relations, unrestricted reciprocity, com-
mercial or political union, or, as the
latest platform—proposed by Sir Richard
Cartwright in his amendment now be-
fore the douse—viz., tariff reform; and,
as you will have seen the Government
- proposition is .(as made by the Minister
Of Finance`in his Fuctget speech) that a
general revision of the tariff shall take
place next year on the.Nationnl Policy
pr protection lines to all our industries,
manufacturing and agricultural, with the
view of reducing and equalizing the
burdens of the people, 80 far as is pos-
sible, without resorting to direct taxa,
tion, in order to successfully carryon
• the business of the country; and that in
the meantime, the Minister of
Finance, the Minister of Trade and
Commerce, together with the Con,
trollers of Customs and Inland Revenue,
will vlait all the Manufacturing centres
end agricultural districts to -discuss with
•
the people the whole question and re-
"' oeive sukgeations, etc., etc; and as I
expect them to visit our county, where
•-4hey.'Will spend a day or two to meet
the tnaiiufaoturers and farmers, and in
order that we may, from a farmer's poin t
,of view, discuss matters intelligently
ft t'dWith a lull knowledge of the situs -
t 611,1 suggest that a committee of two
be Appointed to select one man from
each township in South Leeds, and that
the most reliable, practical, common
Senee then be selected, and in the selec-
tion I would suggest that one or trio
. nefortners he chosen, and that all are
wen who are able to express their opin-
i(iwi in public; and in selecting to take
one who is well up in the cheese end
butter industry, another in stock, an-
0ther' in mercantile pursuits, another
in faun IMp einents, another in fruits
and vegetables, etc , etc., so that all
tsfasses 'May be fairly represented; and
K T Want it so arranged that the fneti thus
elected will meet mo say early in June.
'e' Will then arose over the river- to
Olaytim and drive through the country
one' thio AB Ogdensburg, calling at farm
huh, •' stares, cheese factories, and
teartl.`bew land compares in value with
ours, also; heroes, cattle, sheep, pork,
eggs, fruits, butter, cheese, grain, roots,
etc,; did ; 'the taxes paid by farmers
there as compared .with ours; the
p rtcee O farm machinery, waggons,
bggietlegroceries, cattdtts, woollens,
the 65,000,000 market are more prosper,
ons than we are in Canada, how lands
and personal property stand as to mort-
gages, etc., and to generally gather such
information as to be able to iidvise the
Government where changes, if any, can,
be made that will benefit the agrieul•
tura) interests of the Canadian farmer.
I may add that all I want vis that good
practical men be selected in whom their
neighbors will have confidence when
they make their report, to come '.vith
me, as 1 will pay the expenses of the
trip in order to he able to gather this
in`ormation; and to be ita a position to
represent properly the views of my
constituents to the Government in any
changes. that may be suggested. I may
say also that I will expect this com-
mittee to meet the members of the
Government when they visit Gauanoque.
I suggest this course, and hope it will
meet with your approval. I am, yours
faithfully.
"(Sgd ) G. TAYLOR.''
THE' REPORT.
We beg to report as follows :
We, trie delegates selected, whose
names are hereto annexed, met you as
agreed at Brockville on the 4th` day of
July, and proceeded with you to Ogrlens
burg, and spent three days driving
through different portions of the best
farming and dairying sections in St.
Lawrence and Jeff.;rson counties, in the
state of New York; stopped at farm
houses; talked with farmers, cheese
manufacturers; visited a number of
stores, obtaining samples of goods pnd
prices also; visited harness shops,
agricultural implement dealers, carriage
dealers, blacksmiths' shops, etc., etc., in
order to carry out the instructions cone
stained in your letter. We embody in
this our report to you several interviews
had with some of the rnen with whom we
talked. We conversed also with many
others, and found them all fairly agreed
in the views of those herein reported.
From all we could learn we found that
farmers in Jefferson and St. Lawrence
counties, where we visited, pay as touch
or mere for what they have to purchase
and get no more for the produce they
have to sell than do farmers in the
county of Leeds. We also found that
they are not any more prosperous, and
from all we could gather are more heavi•.
ly mortgaged than farmers in the county
of Leeds. We also found that well im•
proved farms of the very best of soil,
free from broken lands,and lying within
from 2 to 10 miles of the city of Ogdens
burg, as well assn other localities where
we made enquiries, can be purchased
much cheaperithan lands of the same
quality with same improvements sim-
ilarly situated in the county of Leeds;
that lands have depreciated in value
more in the last 10 years in St. Lawrence
and Jefferson counties than similarly
situated lands in the county of Leeds:-
In
eeds:In regard to .prices we found cotton
goods of all kinds will average about the
same in the United States as in Canada
woollen goods of all kinds and clothing'
are very much higher in the States than
in Canada; sugar and teas are higher in
the States than in Canada; provisions.
about the same; agriotrltural machinery,
and binder twine are higher in the States
than in Canada; waggons and buggies,
considering quality, the Canadian goods
are as cheap if not cheaper than the
American; cheese furnishings are higher
in the States than in Canada, while
cheese is not so high; taxes, irrespective
of school and poll taxes are higher in
theStates than in Canada; western corn is
very little, if any, used by the farmers
f.,r feeding purposes in the section of
country visited by us, farmers using
chiefly their own coarse grains. The
following are some of the prices quoted
by merchants and implement dealers at
Gananoque, Brockville, Lansdowne,
Athens, Delta, Newboro', Lyndhurst,
Westport and Elgin, in the county of
Leeds, and by merchants in Ogdensburg,
Ilewvelton, Redwood and Clayton, New
York, for their leading articles :
onoce1t I ee,
CANADIAN PRICES. AMERICAN PRICES. -
16 lbs. gran.
snaar for... ,$1
2Q 1bs.bt.Mus-
covado sag. $1
Japan tea, fr'm 25 to 35e
Black tea .... 35to50c
Coffee 36 to 40c
Raisins
Prunes.....•
Currants
Rice, 22 IUs for
Oatmeal
Flour, per 100
ii'actory cot-
ton,36in. , 6
Bleached cot•
ton,36 in ..84
Cottonadee.,Th
16 lbs gran.
sugar for.,. $1
18 lbs Musgo-
vado...... $1
Jep'n tea, 30, 40, 50 60o
Black tea, 70, 80 and
upwards.
Coffee 37 to4,5c
8c Raisins 10e
8e Prunes 10c
8c Currants. 10c
$1 Rico,201bsfor $1
3.4o OatmealSe
$2 Flour,pporsack
of 50lbs .. $l to$1 05
DRY GOODS.
S Factory cot.
to 80 ' ton,36 in, 5 to 71c
Bleached cot-
to 10c ton, 36 in.. 6 to 90
to 25c Cottonades..10 to 26e
1 "tIGh#ff' a to 30u' to Olt
Spool ootte0. ' • pool renes
2011 5 )r. y 40 2Q0 yds, ., lid
Cheifro band hectic 1)444•'2
agecloth,lii t tOileth, 5
to 10 in,. 11$ tit 1010, .,00 to 819
;{{ell's pttj#tf eta it on't Butts ries{'
bhtel.l-vOpt bleu]( twgrst-•
•
rl`re.'11boa, Iter sty lat{ rat' '''gartcy shop opri.
o a (Mit f Weed,- stet of the e arley
male to hpnse,Betl'weed,hatt
iX. Arnold, Athens iieast let Pante Mit<,
whfch•t ost•It m t15., tettal,tnsd0 tp oxder
ut f3 t 'ath.,$s
. � d , tt•tI
Iced same in crel•y.
way flit which lie
paid $24; .,
: 11110 10 atAnnt isle lliflepence we found at
several ,penile tl# all hinds .of custom
of it:Ide , I;adiouwoollen dress goods or
every sleaeripf son we found at least 50.
per eget-higher thaw in Canada,... Linen:
goods. a1 .e? • are very Much cheaper in..
cana(1a.than in the United States, while.,
rubber clothing la, somewhat cheaper le
the United States than in Canada,
Ii,ittUW4 E
OANARIAN PRIG s.
4,4 0,410411 ewes,
Scythes $0 6Qto$0 90 S.cythes$0 50to$0 05
Heyfka, 1 Hayflrs.
3 -tined 0 45 .0 50 3 -tined Q 40 • Q 45
:Shovels,..... 0 tab, Shovels. 0 50
Hoes.... 9 40 -0 50 H008.,.. 0.30 0 35
Scythe Scythe
snatlts 0 60 0 75 suythe
Hay Hay.
' rakes.. 0 10 0 15 rakes:, 0 15 0 20
Barba.1, Barbed
wire... ..,.. 0 '44 wire.. .... 0 31
Cnt nails ..1. 2 65 Cut nails .... 2 10
Woad Wood
cook cook
seen -ell 00 20 00 stove. 11 00 25 00
Milk - • Milk
cans 30 cans 30
gals.. .. 4 00 gal.... 5 50
Antes.... 0 75 1 00 Axes—. 0 60 0 90
Horse' Horse
nails...... 0 10 nails .... 0 15
Coal oil Coal oil
imp.gl., 0 13 0 30 w'negl. 0 10 0 121
Some Horse
'fork, fork,
co'pl'te single . 1 25 1 50
for 60- do cutu-
ft.b'rn. plate for
rn'nilla • 601! b'r•a 13 00 18 00
rope. .22 00 25 00 But the Autorica;r
frock and fork are not
nearly so good as the
Canadian.
Lawn tnowers . $4 00 Lawn mowers. $7 00
Bern door. rollers Barndoonrollers
andtrackrollers 1 00 and track rollers 1 00
Track 6c. ft. Track 7c. it.
llAR\ESS.
Single 810to$20 Single. ..$12 50to$25
Lightdouble 20to 40 Lt. d'ble 25 00 50
Lumber.,25 27 Lumber. 25 00 35
IMPLEMENTS.
Best
Binders. 8100 to$110
Reapers. 60 65
Mowers 40 45
Horse
rale se 22
Seeders. 48
10 -hoe
drill , .. 60
Randall
d isk
harrow. .. 22
General purpose
plough, Frost &'
Wood pattern or
the Wilkinson. 13
Binder twine
Standard.... 94c
Manilla lOie
Best
Binders..$120to $185
Reapers.. 60 65
Mowers.. 40 18
notso
rakes... 25
Seeders.. 50
10 -boo
drill.. 65
Randall
disk
harrow. .. • 28
General purpose
plough, Frost &
Wood pattcrn or .
the Wilkinsoa. 16
.Binder twine'
Standard:... 110
Manilla..... 121c
Last year's prices fur
binder twine were 12
and 130.
The prices on machinery are quoted
for cash in both markets at,d qualities
are equal.
CARRIAUES
Lumber wag-
gon,box and
all complete to$65
Open buggy,
leather
trimmed • ..$50 65
Top buggy,
rubber top
and leather
trimmed.. 60 110
Phaetons,
leather
trimmed :125 175
arts 18 45
Democrats 75 90
Lumber wag-
gou,hox and
all complete to$65
Open buggy,
clout trim-
med 65
Top buggy,
rubber top
and cloth
trimmed ...$70 85'
Phaetons, •
cloth trim-
med... ..137 175
Carts 15 50
Democrats75 90
CHEESE FACTORIES.'
We visited several cheese factories in
both St. Lawrence and Jefferson coun-
ties and tound that the cheese factories
manufacture the cheese and furnish all
the findings at. from 1 to I c per pound;
that the average is about 101 lbs. Milk
to produce a pound of cheese The
furnishings cost as follows :
Cheese boxes 9 to 91c
Bandage cloth, for seamless 15
to 16 inches 61; 6�
While the Canadian price for
thesame goods is5�
Halt, per bbl., fine $275
Or per sack of 120 lbs., coarse.. 00
Vat. holding 6,000 lbs. milk....
costs 65 00
Cheese hoops, each 3 00
Press screws 3 00
Rennet extract, per wine gal..$1 40 1 60
Average sales of cheese at last weak's
ea' le,July 1, 81c per pound,at the Water-
town board, while on same date Cane
adieu sales, Brockville board, 9 to 91p.
A BPEOIAL DEALER'S PRICES.
The following prices were given by
Mr. E. H. Sheldon, Ogdensburg, N�'Y.,
importer and jobber of the Wilkinson
plough and dealer in carriages, harness
and all classes of agricultural implements,
binder twine, etc.:
Time
Cash. (list Oct).
Osborne Moore ..41 4.2 $ 45
Deering Moore .. 45 48
Binder .....,.... 120 125
Reaper 60 65
Wilkinson plough 16 ...'
Waggons without box50
Waggons with box,
neckyoko and wiffletree. 65
Sulky plough .. 42 45
Mann seeder . 50 55
Binder twine, standard... 0 11 ..
Binder twine, manilla.... 0 121 ...
I will furnish any of the above articles
at the above prices.
(Signed) E. H. SnELDox, Ogdensburg,
N. Y. ,
REPORTS DEPRECIATED VALUER.
L. Xing Martin lives three miles south
of Ogdensburg, owns a well-equipped
210 -acre farm', with firstsclass buildings;
14 also a horse and cattle dealer, and the
county supervisor., His farm is well
stocked, including 40 toilet cows, sells
his milk at five cents pervert delivered
Ili• biplane . . f1 thrills to 7 l le •
eallty,.bave pretfftated• Vef'y ni4413i>
the.' alittf(fw yenta --14:104 f'ttC rt* alt: ilia,
road worth frothIl0. to, $50 all bore;
- ntehaaed ' the fork he nalY ofttle siv
years ago at #5ti per acre, ixea Poneider,
ably trprov441l bot dol+is•taot lith{ , he
nOtild;bow aell.tt for 444 per aore.., that
than h.are alAprpplatQd rn v U e 25 per
e)4ernt,, in� the'laet fe:leere l JailuIC:, tl�e.
Ori; hae,noth� rtl fo�.do wall the•, ,tle re,
oieftltat at Varna l�tolterty,,,
A
• hire:number A
I."farMe in,his l
e
gality
live weight$Gper MO, lbs, na�peielvnSm�ri ag6d. St e:o d'lnlloh
ow are w0 t 1 IMO/ $40 tc 0a; f#oget
uxaserri;Teae TI, ex isIveof
et 6440.91. Calces road work or -pelt tax, .
notlotii;'r AT goo, ww'gwivD •sola+. eOr 665 nos
;atPttQY$At�NT9.
George i -I. 12u1lritioli l ivbs 'within .24
'miles of Ogdtlnaburg, eagle es choice a
farm as can, bo• found anywhere con,
tairlin$95acres withlfiret,alassbuildings;
•purs;haaNd i4 iA i$790116Q per acre with.
gait • any huildings,; Would be glad to
sell it new at $55 per we after expends
ing 61,500 or 62,000 on Unprovewenta.
Paid , 032 taxes lust year besides his
school, tax and 10 days statute labor.
Paid 147 for mowing mutilate now using.
Sold his No {.hay this spring at 612 per
ton in Ogdenabttrg.
NEAR THE CITY. -
JameiiBefl, living on the Hewvelton
road,- about Six miles froin the city of-
Ogdeneburg,o wns;15:1 acres of choice land
well improved; says his farm, is worth
about 060 en aore and that that is the.
average price for well,improved farms in
this section ; he does not think be could
sell at that and says it is as good a tarns
as their is in the section. Taxes ex-
clusive of school tax, statute labor and
poll tax, $49 last year. Good cows are
worth from "$30 to $35, veal calves from
$4 to 65. Keeps a large number of cows;
mauufactures all his 'milk into butter,
churns with horse power, has all the
latest appliances for making choice
creamery butter ; raises a number of
hogs—sold his pork for $7.50 per 100
lbs. dressed at Ogdensburg ; his cream
ery butter for 22 cents.
PRICES or uonsEs GONE DOWN.
Mr. Satnuel McLennan lives three
miles south of Hewvelton on a good
well•improved farm with good buildings
—160 acres of land assessed for $3,200;
taxes last year 030, exclusive of school,
statute labor and poll taxes. Says
price of land in his section has depre,
elated about 50 per cent. in last 10
years. A firateclass term with alt
modern improvements can be bought
at $40 per acre. Wages to good farm
hands - during baying and harvesting
$1.75 to $'2 per day. Milks 16 cows,
which return him $26 each (realized this
last year front the cheese factory).
Horses have depreciated at least 30 per
cent, in the last six years—sold p fine
4,yeateold colt for $100 this spring, white
six years ago sold ono of about same
quality for 0150. Pork sells at 71 cents
per pound dressed on Ogdensburg roar,
ket. Pays $250 rent, per year for the
farm and can purchase it for $5,000. Paid
$65 this spring for a seeder. Says binders
are 6120, reapers t65, rakes $25, ploughs
$14. Says the Conger farm,near Canton,
containing 150 acres sold last spring at
$50 per acre, on which there had lately
been erected a $1,500 barn. 'This sane
farm was valued a few years ago by the
appraiser of the loan company at 660 per
acre before the barn was erected.
A FRANK OPINION OF TUE CANADIAN MARKET.
Frank Gallagher, of ilaminond, a
cattle and sheep dealer and general
speculator, says a good fancy horse,
with plenty of style and speed, will com•
mend a good price, while good farm
horses, young and sound, can be bought
for from $75 to $85 ; plugs, $25, $30 to
$40. An A No. 1 new neiloh. cow, with
self at herside, worth $35, average $30;
hogs that will weigh 175 to 200 lbs. are
worth $$5.0 per 100 lbs., live weight,
while heavy hogs areworth less. Sheep
and lambs, no price fixed, but will be
considerably less. than last year; expect
they will not bring over 41 cents per lb
live weight,' for lambs that will weigh 70
to 80 lbs. Hay is worth $8, $10 and $.12,
according to quality. Al clear timothy
is $12,•when delived at the station, the
seller to furnish the help to press and
the wood to bind it and draw to station,
Oats, 35o.; wool, 22c.—bought 3,000 lbs.
last week at 22c. per Ib.; butter, 16' to
18c.; eggs, 13c on Ogdensburg market.
Says that for the last 10 years, to his
certain knowledge, hogs and cattle have
been worth more money in Canada than
in the States; that the Montreal market
was considerably higher for both hogs
and cattle than either New York, Bost-
on or any of the American markets.
Said he purchased 300 calves from Mr.
S. Ransom, of Delta, in the county of
Leeds, four or live years ago, and that
with this exception, being a very dry
year, the Canadian markets were the
best. Improved farms in his section,
are worth $50 per acre if with first-class
buildings; the land can be brought from
$39 to $50. A $5,000 farm sold in this
section this year; the taxes on it last•
year, exclusive of school taxes, etatute
labor and poli tax, were somewhere •
between 4160 and 070. hand has dee
predated in last l0years 331 per cent.
at least. •A large percentage of the
farms in his locality are mortgaged.
Two-year old steers are worth $20 to
$25; has 27 hulls, all 2 years old, except
four, which are 3 years old, which cost
him 616 per head, or 11 cents per pound
live weight; has 50 head of beef cattle
from 3 to 8 years 'old, cost/him $19.23
per head when he put them in pasture
this spring, offered a party 25 of them
last week, to pick them, at $25 perhead.
A good witch cow is worth as much at
home as in New York-cg;nnot sell
them there at more than $35. The
only thing in his opinion, and he is
well acquainted with both markets,
that the Canadian farmers would be
benefited In by. having free trade in
natural products, would be fu lambs,
and now that they are raising them in
such quantities out west etcpeets them
to be very low here• this year. The
farmers here buy very little, if any, corn
for feeding Purposes.
SELIs His 011NEaE IN O.INADA.
1Vl'r, 8. Robertson, farmer,,North Ham%
mond post office, owns a good farm ` 0
100 aeres, well improved, worth $4000,
Says average , price for good' tvelf.itn4
proved lama with good buildings in ;lila
Vicinity would run from $115 to 650 per
acre; that land 114 depreclitted,-yelry
o now till is
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LOOK THIS WAY.
8.
Ladies, those elaborate Shot and Checked Surah Silk 131ous
ings are the nice goods. Our range of Colors are still
complete.
* A First-class Dress -maker in connection. -.
A PRETTY NOVELTY
is the new Sailor Collar, for ladies, in white linen with
fluted rutile, reduced to 50c. a set, viz : Collars and'
Cuffs.
A fine stock of
,--,..=DRESS S
with the latest Trimmings to match.
Low prices show our anxiety to clear out our summer Stock,..
Plumsteel & Gibbings, Clinton.
much in the last five or six years; a great I drovers and general dealers 'at RedsMod,
many of the farms are mortgaged fully
25 per cent. Cows can be bought at
from $25 to $30, good milch cows.
Pays 01.10 per 100 lbs. to manufacture
his milk into cheese. Buyers are offer,
ing from $2.50 to $3 for lambs, and as
yet no market established. Hay from
$8 to 312 per too, Butter, 18 to 20c. per
Ib. Hie cheese sold last week to D.
Derbyshire, Brockville, at dice, deliver-
ed at Oak Point. Hogs for shipping are
worth $4.50 per cwt.. live weight, the
butchers are paying $5.50 for home cone
sumption. Purchased a new mower, and
paid $48 cash for it, and a plough at $15.
Good general purpose horse, sound in
every way, ,can be bought at from 4175 to
$100. Barley is worth 48e. per bushel,
wheat 60c., and oats 35c, Wages to men
during haying and harvesting, $1.50 per
day.
PRICES OF LAND AND HORSES.
'Val Hotis, a German farmer, within
hall a mile of Redwood, owns a farm
which be purchased four years ago con-
taining 150 acres of good laud, wall stne
proved, with good frame house, a barn,
105 x 46 ft., containing two drive floors,
sheep barn, horse barn and stabling for
36 cows, and other outbuildings. This
with 20 cows 3itorses and all the imple-
ments required to farm it he got for
$6,0;:0 and said be could not sell it now
for over $5,000. Said good =lob cows
were $30, and his team of 5,year.old
horses, weight 1.150 lbs, each, sound,
well matched, no better team in the
county, could not sell for over $200,
while three years ago the same team
would bring from $300 to 5350. His
taxes for 1892 were one cent on the dol,
lar, exclusive of school taxes, statute
labor end poll tax. Mr. Butterfield, an
exemember of Congress, and a retired
gentleman living in Redwood, with
whom we conversed, told us that in his
opinion the Ilotis farm would not bring
over $30 per acre at the present time.
Ano- TO MORTGAGES.
Mr. Watson,' a conveyancer, and the chief
magistrate of Redwood, with whom we also
conversed, stated that land in that section,
with all modern improvements, could be
bought in that Eec'ion at from $30 to $50 per
aore, and that to his certain kuowledge over
30 per cent. of the farms in that locality
were mortgaged, and that chattel tnorgages
are in excess of this. Re also stated that to
his knowledge farming implements were
cheaper in Canada than in the States, and
also other articles, such as sewing machines,
and announted for this that oomhinatioas
kept the prices up for the home market, and
sold them leas to go out of the country.
Also that he bought coal in Brookville, and
after paying freight, had it cheaper thanhe
could buy it at home.
N. Y. PRIDES OF FARM IMPLEMENTS.
Mr. Robert Lang, an extensive imple-
ment dealer at Redwood, quoted, the follow.
ing as prices at whioh he i, selling farm im-
plements this year:
Mowers, from $ 42100 50
McCormick Binder 135 140
Horee Rakes 25
ReapeYs... 60 6'5
Plough (Smith's 1'all'a pet)..,14
Se@d brills 60 65
Cultivators
Hinder twine, standards 10e. t menifley
lib., and that last year's primate Cor eetare
Were 12 and like , •
?belle. w:, Cosgrove and li". Rupture,:
to •
Choice dairy cows $30 00 to $35 00'
Hogs. live weight 5 00 5 25
Fat cattle that will drres
from 400 to 450 lbs., are
worth from 22 00 25 00
Day, per tong for • No. 1
quality 12 00
No price yet fixed for lambs.
The question of whether there are more
poor in the United States than in Canada -or
not eau be bear judged by tho figures which
your cottlrnittee got from the report of the
.Jetereon county poor house for the last year, •
which is as follows :
The number of weeks•board furnished from .
October I, 1891, to O•aober 1, 1892, iit5,-
622 5.7 ; average oostlper week, $1:15 2.3.
Males Fe a1ea.
Number pers me in poor house
lit October, 1891 41 36'
Number peraoue admitted din-
ing the year 40 36
Nom ber peraoue .burn during
the year 0 2
Transferred ftom county asy-
lum 4 16
Total 91 90--181
Discharged during the year. 24 28
Died during the year 9 1
Absconded during the year7 1
Total ' 40 30— 70 •
Total remaining on hand 51. 60-111
We idterviewed several other farmers at "
different points and found their statements
to agree with arose given ; also implement
dealers at Clayton and elsewhere who gave
similar quotation, to those already mention-
ed. We may add that no finer section of
farming country can be found in the county
of Leeds than that through whioh we drove
for many miles in the counties of St. Law-
rence and Jeff'eratn. We found all persons
with whoth we oonvereed to be quite willing
to give all the information they could and
upon whose statements we fully rely as be-
ing truthful.
In oonoluding thie our report, whioh is
longer then we had intended, yet we feel
that in justice to ourselves we ought to re-
port the foots as fully as possible, and that
we have only reported thorn as we found
them and know them to exist on both sides
of the line, and to whioh we can testify
and give many other'reports of interviews,
which we have noted down, if necessary.
We can also produoo aamplee of cotton and
woollen goods, teas, edger, bieder twine and.
other Articles whioh we eeoured by purchase
and otherwise for comparison, and whioh we
CACI produce at any time if necessary, so that
all the facts herein stated you may depend
upon as being porfaotly reliable.
All of Which ie moat. respectfully submit- le,
ted, (Sacs).
ANDREW GRAY, Chairman,
JNO,. A. WEBSTER, Secretary.
ALEX. ' ATOBESON, JOHN
1,'12AN1i:LIN; JOHN CON-
NOIt, E. G. ADAMS, THOS.
BERNE r,JOHN RQDDIOI ,
J. R. DARGAVEL, Cont.
Mattes.
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—A cad drowning .accident happatirt
ed at Grand bend park on Thursday
about noots. While '. Phippen, aged
about 20 years, sen of Mr. Phippen; bf•
rarkill, with two ether young melt,
were in Lake Hutto bathing, young
'h1ppet got out beyond his depth and
wailoaught by the undertow and drdwil4
ed, although he Wes A good, swimmer",
he bot1 was recovered to the eve lb w '°
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