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1n”;â€" w._-..H_.~.flwummmÂ¥-’: 1%“; l 'off‘. iiile 0N POTATO GROWI Special Investigation by the Provincial Department of Agriculture.-~ The Ontario Department of Agriculture is making an investigation into the potato industry of the Province by Mr. [I B. Smith, BSA. After Visiting the most. important potato-growing sections of Ontario, he is preparing a special re- port for publication. l’eiiding the free report, which will probably show a more serious state of affairs than is generally supposed, the following re- commendations are put out Willi a view to impressing upon farmers the necessity of immediate action. The treatment of potatoes to prevent the rot a matter of extreme Ill’lpOI’ltllliCC. “Ontario produced fewer potatoes in 1006 than she ever produced in any single year in all the time the Provin- cial Department of Agriculture have been collecting information concerning the acreages annually devoted to farm crops. area planted to potatoes in this province has decreased by 50,000 acres; the pro- duct by approximately 6,000,000 bush- els. Present indications are that‘ the crop of 1007 will be lighter than last year’s Willi the hiin prices that have ruled for some time strongly maintained. Farmers, on the right kind of soil, who have planted a good acreage to this crop this spring, will, if they are .able to sucâ€" cessfully bring their crop to maturity, reap larger returns from potatoes than they could likely derive from any line of farming in which they might engage, and it is to point out briefly one or two little things that in these days must be attended to, if potato growing is to be successfully accomplished, that this article has been prepared. Inability to cope with the rot has been filie great cause of failure in potato growing in Ontario, yet five dollars or even less, will cover the entire cost for material and labor required to treat one acre of potatoes with Bordeaux Mix- ture, and this mixture properly made and consistently and intelligently ap- fplied is a certain preventive of rot. .From experiments officially conducted at Guelph, at Ottawa, and at practically every experiment station in the United States, and from the practical experi- ence of growers everywhere, Bordeaux Mixture INS proven‘the only effective ing the past three years, the average in- crease in yield from spraying with this mixture was 04.5 bushels per acre. Bordeaux Mixture for potato spraying is made from the following formula 2â€"- Copper sulphate (bluestone or blue vitriol) 6 pounds, unslaked lime 5 pounds, water 40 to 50 gallons. As it is inconvenient to weigh the and quite impracticable to keep a sup- ply of ready-mixed Bordeaux on hand, stock solutions of the copper and lime are usually prepared ready for mixing as required. To prepare material suffi- Within the past few years c remedy for Potato Bot. At Ottawa dur lime and copper at the time of mixing cient to treat one acre of potatoes four pounds of bluestone in a bag or basket and suspend it near the surface in 36 gallons of water in a barrel. It will dis- times, proceed as follows: l-‘lace 72| FIVE MEN KILLED. solve in a few hours, and every gallon afterwards dipped from this barrel will contain exactly 2 pounds of bluestone. For the lime stock mixture take 60 pounds of fresh unslaked lime and 30 gallons of water. Shake the lime by the use of as little of the water as possible, and when all is 'broken down, bring the solution to standard strength by adding what remains of the 30 gallons of water. livery gallon of lime mixture now con- tains exactly 2 pounds of lime. These mixtures, if kept under cover mid evaâ€" poration prevented, will retain their stiength all summer. In making the Bordeaux it is impor- tant to remember that these strong “stock” mixtures must never be brought together. Pour 3 gallons of the blue- stone solution into a lid-gallon barrel (an ordinary barrel holds between 40 and 50 gallons), half till the barrel with water, edit 2% gallons of the lime solution, fill up with water, stir thoroughly and he mixture is ready for use. For applying, a spray pump will be found economical of labor and mater- ials, and the gain in product- from one year’s spraying of one acre of potatoes will usually pay the entire cost. of such an appliance, but if none is at hand, Bordeaux may be applied after the same manner as Paris Green would be applied in solution for bugs. The object_is to keep the crop covered with the mixture during the season in which blight is liable to occur, and while modern spray- ing machinery does this a little better than anything else, there are scores, of farmers in Ontario who are obtaining quite satisfactory results from applying the Bordeaux by whatever means went their disposal. In preparing the ,nx- ture where any kind of power sprayers are to be used, always strain the lime solution when mixing with the blue- stone. The lime sometimes slakes lumpy and clogs in the nozzles. If re- quired Paris Green may be applied with ill-c Bordeaux, adding half a pound .of Paris Green to each barrel of the mixâ€" ture. v Spraying should begin about July 15th and the vines kept covered till Septem- ber. Four applications as required, Will usually accomplish this. Some have got fairly satisfactory results from one good spraying just at the time thedisease. be- gins to spread, and as we gain in spray- ing experience, the number of applica- tion may perhaps be decreased, biil ordinarily, it is best to use the mixture at least four times. Bordeaux is the only effective remedy yet devised for the control of potato blight. It is easy to make and easy to apply, and where properly made and thoroughly applied is certain to be effec- tive. The only precautions to observe in making are to use pure fresh materials and mix these in correct proportions and in the proper way, and in applying to keep the mixture on. the vines during the season that blight is likely to ap- pear. Parliament Buildings, Toronto, June, 1007. W FALLING OFF IN \Vl‘iEAT AREA. C. P. R. Express Dashes Into a Chinese The Manitoba Department Issues :1 Crop Special. A despatch from Winnipeg says: No. Bulletin. A dcspatch from Winnipeg says: A 97. regular westâ€"bound C. P. B. express, bulletin dealing with the condition of and a Chinese special going east, col- lided at Butler, 275 miles _east of here, shortly after 5 o’clock on Friday after- noon. The accident resulted in the death of five Chinainen on board the special and the serious injury of N. E. O‘Connor, of St. John, N. B., a guard ‘ on the special, and a number of China- men. The cause of the wreck was a iniisuiiderstood order. The injured have been taken to Fort William. I: 200 DIE IN HURRICANE. Immense ‘Waves Devastatc Many Parts of the Carolines. A despatch from Sydney, N.S.W.. says: The German steamer Germanic. which has arrived here, reports a hurâ€" ricane, accompanied by immense waves, which swept the Caroline group. i/fany islands were devastated, and it is esti- mated that at. least two hundred naâ€" tives perished. >14-..â€" BREAD IN SEALED BAGS. Direct From Baker to Consumer is Idea of \Vinnipcg Controller. A despatch from Winnipeg says: En- cased in a sealed oiled paper bag and direct from the baker to consumer, without handling by delivery boys or storckeepers, is the way Controller J. W. Baker would like to see loaves of bread delivered to consumers in Win- ”.nipeg. He is now bringing the matter before the health authorities, and a move along this line may be expected in the near future. >X<«......__’ CANADA AND SOUTH AFRICA. Trade Between Two Countries to be Developed. A dcspalch from London says: Sir A. Jones, referring to his grant of free passage to commercial travellers beâ€" tween Canada and South Africa, says there should be an enormous trade be- tween the two countries. The Elder- Dempstcr Company would do all they could to develop it. crops, live stock, etc., in Manitoba was issued on Thursday morning by the local Department of Agriculture and Immigration. Reports of correspondents indicate promising conditions in every section of the province. A falling off is reported in the acreage of wheat, but a substantial increase in the acreage of oats and barley. The wheat acreage reported in last year’s June bulletin was 3,141,537 acres, against 2,780,553 acres this year. Last year there were 1,155,061 acres of oats, this year 1,213,506 acres. The barley acreage last year was 640,570 acres. As to live stock, the figures show the cattle fattened during the winter and the number of mllcli cows : Cattle Milch ,. Districiâ€" fattened. cows. South-western . . . . . . . . . . 10,058 25,654 North-western . . . . . . . . . . 5,046 2,872 North Central . . . . . . . . . . 5,542 22,018 South Central . . . . . . . . . . 3,385 17,107 lastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,213 20,001 Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,142 114,642 The employment- and farm labor prob tent is shown thus : Farm hands employed . . . . . . . . . . . 18,501 Farm hands required . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,583 Female servants employed 4,610 Female servants required 5,162 ~eâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" A NE\v coanrn Member of Dominion Observatory Staff Makes Discovery. A despatch from Ottawa says: Mr. J. S. Plaskeit, who has Charge of the big telescope of the Dominion Observatory, a few days ago discovered' a bright comet which is approaching the sun and is daily growing more brilliant. At present the comet can be seen through an opera glass in the early morning, towards the southeast, and in a few weeks will probably be visible to the naked eye. The comet will increase In brightness till September, when it will be nearest the sun. BREADSTUFFS. .Toronto, July 2.â€"-Call board quota- tions are :â€" Wlieat~0ntarioâ€"-No. 2 white, 91%0 asked, outside, 80c bid. No. 2 red, 80c bid, outside, 80%0 bid west; No. 2 mixed, 010 asked. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 530 bid, 480 bid for one l:oad, September or October shipment; \‘O. 3 extra, 480 bid, October shipment; No 3, 50c bid. Peasâ€"No. 2, 810 asked, outside. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 460 asked, outside: 45-140 asked on a 6-eeiit rate to Toronto angibm. ' ()Ilier prices are :â€" \\7heatâ€"Oiitarioâ€" Unchanged; No. 2 while winter, 88c lo 800; N0. 2 red or No. 2 mixed, 88c to 800. Wheat.â€"l\Iai'iitobaâ€"-Lake ports, No. ‘1 hard, 05c; No. 1 northern, 05%(3; N0. 2 northern, 010.. u 'Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 44% t0 45%0, out- side; Manitoba, 450 to 45%0, outside. 6leorn~No. 2.2yell0w American, (30}gc to e. liarley~Nominal; No. 2, 53%0 to 544/20; No. 2 extra, 51%«3 to 53%c. Peasâ€"No. 2, 77%c to 78%0. Ryeâ€"70c. Buckwheatâ€"600. Flourâ€"Ontario, 00 per cent patents, offered at $3.55; Manitoba first patents, $4.75; seconds, $4.15 to $4.20; bakers’, $4.75. Bran~$18 to $.10. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter~Prices show no further change. Creamery prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 to 220 do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10c to 000 Dairy, prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17c to 180 do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17c to 00c Cheese-120$ for large and 130 for twins, in job lots here. 1 lEggsâ€"17c to 18c per dozen in case 0 s. Beansâ€"$1.50 to $1.55 for hand-picked and to 81.40 for primes. l’otatoesâ€"Delawares, $1.30 to $1.35, in car lots on track here. Ontario, $1.10 to $1.15. ialed Hayâ€"$14 to $15 for No. 1 lim- othy and $12.50 to $13.50 for secondary grades. Dated Strawâ€"$7 to $7.25 per ton in car lots on track here. PROVISIONS. Dressed Hogsâ€"Easy at $0.50 for light- weights, and $8.75 to $0 for heavies, farmers’ lots. Porkâ€"Short cut, to $23 per bar- rel; iness, $21 to $21.50. Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 1110 to 1.1%0 for tons and cases; lianis, medium and light, 15340 t) 160; heavy, 114%c to 15c; backs, 16%e to 170; shoulders, 10%0 to life; rolls, 111%0; smoked. Lardâ€"Steady at these prices: Tierces, 12%c; tubs, 12%c; pails, 12%0. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, July 2.â€"â€"flolled Oatsâ€"From $2.25 to 952.27% per bag. In a jobbing way $2.30 is asked. A fair trade is passing in oats on the local market. Holders are asking 400 to 40%0 per bushel for No. 2 white Manitobas, 483.40 to 400 for No. 2 On- tarios, 47%0 to 48c for No. 3, and 46c to 470 for No. 4. There is a good demand for all lines or millfe-ed, and bran and shorts are firm at unchanged quotations. Domestic trade is responsibledor the bulk of the business that is passing in baled hay and prices are steady. Provision Marketâ€"There was only a fair demand and prices dropped 150 to 250 per huiidredweight, with sales 'f select lots weighed off cars at $7 to $7.25. Cheese and Butterâ€"Cheese experiencw ci‘. a decline this morning. In the but- ter market prices were unchanged. Townships 20%0 to 210. Quebec 20%0 to 21%0, Ontario, 200, Ontario dairy 171/3: to 180. The cheese market prices drop- ped to Ontario 11%c to 11%0, town- ships 11%0, Quebec 11%c, Eggsâ€"Prices were 16%c wholesale lots and 18%c to 10c small lots. 4 it ha NGLEADNGJMETSH. PEkltS at AORv No Less Than 91 Fatalities Reported? During May. " A despatch from Ottawa says: Do- pcrts to the Labor Department show that the number of trade disputes dur- ing May was 40, an increase of twelve over the corresponding month of 1006. the loss in working days was approxi- mately 88,325 as compared with 45,675 Ill May of last year. The increase is largely due to the strike of coal miners in the west, and of longshoremen In Montreal. There were about 411 firms and 11,607 employees affected by the various disputes. I '1 here was a marked upward tendency in wages in nearly all lines of industry during the month. The number of new ported to the department was considerew ' ably in excess of that during the cor-- responding period in any previous yea since 1003. Nearly all the new agi ments were on the basis of higher w ,3 schedules. In the majority of cases th increases were obtained as a result r amicable D 2 negotiations and ployee's. l . without? : friction between employers and cm--" 1 3 During May there were 287 work poo-‘2 ple injured in industrial accidents. 01? these 01 were fatal and i106 resulted in serious injuries. were. responsible for twenty fatalities and thirty by them were injured. ‘agreements with respect to wages res: / BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo, July 2.â€"â€"Flourâ€"-Quict. Wheat â€"«Spring strong; No. 1 hard, $1.03; Win- le"; firm; No. 2 white, $1.02. Corn â€"â€" Frm; No. 2 yellmv, 57%0; No. 2 white, 57}./_,c. Oatsâ€"Unsettlod, weak; No.2 white, 48%0; N0. 2 mixed, 45%0. Bar- leyâ€"~Quiet; Western offered 78 to 85c. ryeâ€"Scarce and strong; No. 1, 010 asde c.i.f. NEW YORK \VHEAT MARKET. New York, July 2.â€"-Wh-eatâ€"Spot firm; No. 2 red, 97%0 in elevator and 951.00% f.o.b. afloat; No. '1 northern Duluth, 551.03% f.o.b. afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 51.02% f.o.b. afloat. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, July 2.â€"Export trade con- tinued quiet. Very few cattle were of- fering, and the demand was only mid- dling. Quotations were easier, choice selling from $5.60 to $5.75. Medium grades are dull. ‘ Light offerings and a better demand were the features of the day’s trading in butcher cattle. Extra choice sold from to $5.50. Medium quality were unchanged at $4.50 to $4.75. Choice cows sold from $3.50 to $4.15; common cows, $3 to $3.25. Buyers of stockers and feeder cattle reported a good demand for good qua- lity. Choice were quoted from $3.75 to $4; common from $2.50 to $3. Milch cows were dull at $30 to $50 for choice and $20 to for common. Veal calves were quiet and unchanged at 3c to Go per it). Export ewes were quoted from $5 to out of pickle, 10 less than andlambs from So to 00 per lb. The mark-ct for hogs was easy, as a result. of heavy deliveries, but no further! declines were registered. Buyers quot- ed selects at $6.75, with prospects for lower levels. _. sf:â€" .__._... STEAMER BURNED. Explosion of Lamp Started Fire in Engine-room. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie says : The steamer Balchewana, of the Ganley Tug Line, was totally destroyed on Wed- IT IS SIR MORTIMER. Licutfi-chernor Among Recipients of King’s Birthday Honors. I A despafch' from London says: The: King’s birthday honors include the fol-3 lowing:â€" i Baronetcyâ€"â€"Col. Ivor Herbert, ex-i Major-General, Canada. '- Knighlhoodâ€"lvfr. Nathanial Dunlop,. Chairman of the Allan Line. Order of St. Michael and St. George- Grand Crossâ€"Sir William MacGregor, Gevernor of Newfoundland. Knight Commander â€" Hon. Charles- Fitzpatrick. Companions â€"â€" Mr. James Stewart- Pitts, Newfoundlandy' Captain B. H. Anstrutlier, Royal Navy; Mr. Alfredf Duclos Decelles and Mr. Martin Joseph. Griffin. Knight Bachelor â€" Mont-Governor William Mortimer Clark and M. F. C. S. Langelier and Mr. Robert Gillespie- Beid (in recognition of services to New- foundland). 3 Railway accidents- ,3 I) “<4; I ‘_VV‘- ~ int-“4‘. .. .w“ r“. curvy/.â€" ';‘ Us Victorian Order Knight Commanderâ€"m ‘ Earl Dundonald and Sir T. G. Shaugh-i nessy. Sir Ivor John Herbert Bart corn"â€" manded the Canadian local forces with the local rank of kliajor-General from 1800 to 1805. At Qiteen Victoria’s jubilee conunemoration in 1807 he was in command of the colonial troops. ‘I‘_â€".â€"_â€" CHARGED ‘WITH MURDER. Henry Lockyer Committed ,for Trial at Siralford. A despatch from Stratford says: Henry Leckyer, who in a fight here .u weeks ago struck the blow which he’ Coroner’s jury found caused the death of Noah llllls, was brought before Police ltiagistrate O’Loane on Friday. Medical and other evidence, which was practi- cally the same as that given before the Coroner’s inquest, was heard, and the Magistrate sent the prisoner for trial on the charge of murder. Counsel for 1hr defence tried to have the charge changed to manslaughter, but the court held that the jury might if they wished make a change in the charge. The nesday night in one of the first IllaI'Illelirjal will likely take place at the Fall disasters of the season at Copper Mine Point, fifty miles west of the “Sea,” on the Canadian side. At ten o’clock fire was discovered in the engine-room, due it is said to the explosion of a lamp. The flames made rapid progress, com- pelling the engineers to make a hurried exit, leaving the engines in operation. The vessel was immediately turned to the shore one mile away and beached, the crew of fifteen men, under Capt. James Ganley, all being landed safely. They reached the “Soo” on Thursday morning on the tug Shamrock none the worse for the incident. The Batehewana carried a cargo of iron ore from the lfelen Mine for the Algoma Iron Works a' the “Soo.” The boat was partly iii- sured, but the Ganley Linc will lose heavily on the disaster. A Marked Increase «u Shown in Natural- ization Statistics. A despatch. from Ottawa says: The re- turns of naturalization in Canada for 1006 have been tabulated by the Secre- tary of State’s Department, and show that a very large proportion of Canâ€" ada’s new citizens from foreign coun- tries are taking the oath of allegiance. During the year the naturalization totalled 10,242, as compared with 6,632 for the previous year, an increase cf 5,610. The Naturalization Act requires three years residence in the Dominion before papers of citizenship can be taken out. Taking into consideration the fact. that only the heads of families and young men over 21 years of age of for- eign birth need to take the oath of al- legiance, the total of 10,242 for last , migration of thirty to forty thousand. And since three years’ residence is re- quired it will be seen that almost the whole foreign immigration of 1003 has become naturalized by law. ' The total naturalizations of immi- grants from United States were 3,888, which, compared with the immigration figures of 1002-03, show that nearly all the American male settlers in the West are taking the. oath of allegiance to the British Crown. The total immigration for the month of April was 44,051, as compared with 35,313 for April of last year, an increase of 25 per cent. For the ten months, July 1 to April 30, the immigration was 163,718, compared with 124,031 for the corresponding months of the fiscal year, an increase of 4,687 or 36 per year probably repnwewk A leadâ€"a 5m. Dan-L Assizes in September. Bail was refused. , >1<â€"--â€"-â€" STAR’I‘LING EV IDENCE. Cook of the Crystal Stream in Fear of Fire. A despatch from St. John, N.B., says: A sensation was caused on Wednesday at the inquest at Cole’s Island into the burning of the Crystal Stream, in which [our men lost their lives, by the testi- mony of Mrs. May Coleman, cook on the steamer. She said she was in fear of fire, and this was chiefly because Mrs. Chase, the stewardess, had told her vent geance against the Crystal Stream had been threatened, if it took ten years. Sht thought Captain G. If. Perry of 1m. steamer Aberdeen, who formerly was on the Crystal Stream, was the man meant as having threatened the steamer. Cap- tain Perry was shown this statement on the arrival of his steamer here on Wed- nesday, and he denied it strongly. He imputed a motive to Mrs. Coleman, say. tag 110 was influential in having her dis. charged from the steamer Star som; years ago. PICKPOCKET’S HAUL. Thousand Dollars Stolen in \Vinrfg'mp," Building. A despatch from Winnipeg says Pickpoekcts are busy here, and humor ous thefts are reported. J. J. Miller, at Iowa speculator, was relieved of a thou sand dollars in the elevator in the Bani of Hamilton building on Wednesda, afternoon just after he had cashed 1 draft. *â€"-â€"â€"aâ€"-â€" GRA'I‘UI’I‘Y TO LORD CROMER.’ iritisli Governifient to Present [Iii Willi $250,000. A despatch from London says: It 1 stated that the Government will awar Lord Cromer, who lately resigned h’ post of British and Consul-General 1 Egypt, the sum of $250,000 in recogn tion of his services in that country.