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_ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1918. _ PAGE THIRTEEN re -- News and Views of and for the Farmrs The Market Reports { 1817, \eifle coast, 1917, 20 to 23; 1916, 1 +10 16¢, ; Minnes polls, , LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal. Montreal, Aug. 2.--Steers, $9 to $12; butchers' bulls, $7 to $10 canners, $6.60 to $7; cows, $7 to $10; canners, $5 to $6 select thogs off cars, $19.50 to $20; roughs and heavies, down to $15; calves, milk-fed, $11 to $13; grass, $7 to $9; sheep, $12.50. Toronto. a Toronto, Aug. 2. --Choice --heavy steers, $14 to $14.50; do. butcher, $12.60 to $13; do. medium, $9.50 to $11; do. common, $9 to $9.50; heifers, good to 'choice, $11 to $12.76; butcher cows, choice, $10 - to $10.50; do. medium, $8 to 39; bulls, choice heavy, $5.50 to $10.25; do. . $9.25 to $10; do. light, 37 to $8; campers and cutters, $6 to $7.26; feeders, 9500 to 1,000 1bs., $10.50 to $11; stockers, 750 to 800 1bs., $9.50 to $10; do. med., 630 to 700 lbs.» $0 to $9.25; do. light, 600 to 650 1b., $9 to $9.50; rass cows, $8 to $8.50; milch cows, £50 to $126; lambs, $19 to $20; sheep, light, $13 to $15.50; calves, $10 to $16.76; hogs, fed and wat- ered, $19; do. off ears, §19.25; do, f.o.b., $18. Winnipeg. Aug. 2.---Butcher steers, $7 to $14; heifers, $6.50 to $11.50; cows, $4 to $10.50; bulls, $6.50 to $8.50; oxen, $5.50 to $10; stockers and Teeders, $5.50 to $10.25; wvealers, $5.50 to $11.50; sheep and lambs, $9.75 to $14. Hogs--Selects, $19; heavies, $16; sows, $10; stags, $14; and lMghts, $18. Winnipeg, Chicago. Aug. 12.--Hogs--Re- ceipts, 35,000; strong, mostly 10c. higher; big packers slow to take hold; butchers, $18.60 to $19; light, $18.76 to $19.06; packing, $17.40 to $18.50; roughs, $17 to $17.35; bulk of sales, $17.90 to $18.95; pigs, good and choice, $17.25 to $18.25. Cattle--Receipts, 15,000; general- ly steady to higher on beef and but- cher stocks; calves steady. Sheep----Receipts, 21,000; lambs slow, mostly §0c. lower on killing Chicago, butchers' i Minneapcls, Aug. 2.--Flour, ! ¢hanged. Loan, $24.45, Corn, No. 3 yellow, $1.60 to $1.65. Oats, No. | 3 white, 71 to 72¢. Flax; $4.62 to $4.65. Duluth. : Duluth, Aug. 2.-- Linseed, $4.66; July, $4.70; Sept. $4.70 bid; Oct, $4.65 bid; November, $4.61 bid, GENERAL TRADE. Butter. Belleville and. Brantford, 48c¢ to §0¢ per 1b.; Cobourg, 45c to 48¢; Chatham, 45¢; London, 43¢c to 48¢; Port Hope, 40¢; Stratford, 44c¢ to 48¢c; and Woodstock, 48c. 'ggs- Belleville, 45¢ to 48¢ per doz; Brantford, 48c to 50¢; Cobourg and Woodstock, 45¢; Chatham, 42¢ to 45¢; London, 47¢ to 48¢; Port Hope, 40e to 42¢; Stratford, 45¢ to 47¢c per dozen. Chickens, To Belleville, 28¢ to 32¢ er 1b; Bra 25¢ to 28¢c; Cobourg and Chatham, \g5c; London, 32¢ to 35¢; Port Hopd 40c; Stratford, 25¢ to 30¢: and "Woodstock, 40c to ilc per 1b. x A Potatoes. Belleville, $2 per bag; $2.25; Cobourg, $3; Chatham, $2.50; Port Hepe and Woodstock, $2.40; Stratford, $1.50 to $1.60 per bag. Brantford, Wheat. Belleville, $2.10 to $2.15; Brant- ford, Cobourg and Chatham, $2.10; London, $2.10 to $2.12; Port Hope, Stratford and Woodstock, $2.12 per bushel. a-- Hay. Belleville, baled, $13 to $13.50 per ton; Brantford, baled, $13; loose, $11 to $13; Cobourg, baled, $18; loose, $15 to $17; Chatham, Joose, $17 to $20; London, loose, $10 to $12; Port Hope, loose, $10; bated, $17 to $18; Stratford, baled, $18 to $20; loose, $8 to $11; Woodstock, baled, $15 to $16; Joose, $11 per ton. 35 to 53c; 1916, nominal; Pa-, «* | The Kingston Market | ' Kingston, Aug. 2nd. Dairy Produce, creamery, Butter, iD, «nly jutter, rolls, 3b, Cheese, 1b. .. ... Eggs, fresh, doz. Oleomargarine i Fish, Cod, 1b, on Eels, 1b. oe Flounders, Ib. .. . Fillets, 1 cas ine Finan Ehadie, ib. Hake, Ib... .. .. ifaddock, fresh, 1b, Halibut, fresh, Ib. Herring, fresh, Ib. Kippers, dos...' Mackerel, 1b, Perch, Ib, cov «uu. Pike, 1b, ... +44 «o Rock-fish. 1b. .. .. Salmon, 'b, ...... Smeits, 1b. .. . Tilefish, Ib. Trout, salmon, Ib. White fish, Ib... . (Iresh) Meats. Beef: Porterhouse Steak Sirloin Steak, 1b. Round Steak, 1b .. Rump Roast, Ib. Rib Roasts, 1b. .. Shoulder Roasts, 1b Boiling Cuts, 1b, West'n carcase cwt West'n Fronts cwt Western Hinds cwt 2 Local carcase cwt. Local Fronts cwt, Local Hinds owt. . Pork: Loin Roasts, 1b. .. Leg Roasts, 1b .. Chops, 1b, .. . Hogs, live, cwt, Hogs, dressed cwt. Lamb, spring, 1b. . Mutton, Ib, .. . Veal, 1b, .. poco Ce to td sr ETIoo wae SST 2 @® = BS be BO BO 1D RNS TIS Poultry. Chickens, dressed, ib. fine sign last wey looked im vain for year and the year be- ring the portent of 186% : ¢ who declare © fore, ren victory Tae sign may be seen by anyone. It is to be found on the flag leaf, which is the leai nearest the head of the grain. To find it, pull the leaf, in doing which it is' unneces- sary to injure the grain, and spread ! the lance-shaped front flat on a table under a strong light. It makes no difference which side of Ahe leat is uppermost ag the my- stersous sign can be seen on: either side. About one-third of .the dist- ance from the place the leaf joins. the plant to the tip, there is usually, but not always, an appreciable nar- rowing of the leaf, and right at this point, fmpressed through thes leaf, as it were, as though with a large type is the letter "B" or the figure "8," plain to the eye, BARBERRY PLANT IS A MENACE TO WHEAT Spreader of Stem Rust Should Be Cut and Destroyed. The commen barberry is a direct spreader of black stem rust, a terri. ble scourge of wheat, oats, barley and rye in the spring-wheat districts. Com mon barberry on lawns and In hedges in cities and suburbs, as well as on farms, throughout these districts is a fearful thorn in the side of the wheat raiser. The presence of this shrub fn your yard may mean that your county or district produces less bread to feed the nation and the al- lies. While the farmers are being urged to take every cultural and pro- tective measure to prevent rusting of their fields, owners of city yards and |The Output Will Be Substan- ; rent BUSINESS ADVANCE OF A RAZOR FIRM . tially. More Than Double That of 1917. Boston, Aug. 2.--For an estab- Hshed industrial company to double its production in a single year is an achievement worth more than pass. ing notice even in this era of fever ish acceleration of output The Gillette Safety' Razor Company Is far enough into the 1918 fiscal and calendar year to be assured of an output substantially more double that of 1917. Last year Gillett's sales amount- ed to 1,004,182 razors and 8,524, 848 dozen blades. herefore 1918 will show a production of more than 2,188,000 razors and more than 17,000,600 dozen blades. Due to increased cost and bulk sales net profits may not gain commensurate- iy, but they will show a handsome increase Dividend on Coniagas. Cobalt, Ont., Aug. 2.--A dividend of 2% per cent. declared payable August 1st to the shareholders of the Coniagas Co. makes a total of 7% per cent. paid during the cur- year; amounting to $300,000. The Coniagas Co. went on a divs dend paying basis In 1907 since which two annual disbursements ranging from 6 per cent. to as high as 41 per cent. have been made. The lowest disbursement of 6 per cent. was made in 1910, while the high record of 41 per cent. was made in 1913. Altogether the com- pany has distriuted 2b26 per cent. meluding that just declared. mak- ing a total of $9,040,000 paid since 1907. A New Order For Cement. Montreal, Aug. 2.--The Canada Cement Company has had consider- able business from Halifax recent- ly, both in connection withq public works and also in connection with the city's reconstruction pro- gramme. For instance, the com- pany has closed an order to supply the cement for 1,000 concrete houses which are being erected to relieve the housing problem. Commercial Notes. Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines may shut down or stop mill- ing pending the ameloration of operating difficulties. , : Eddystone rifle plant of the Mid- vale Steel and Ordnance Company made a new record in rifle produc- tion in June, when the output was slightly more than 130,000, The directors of the Dominion Foundry and Steel Co. have declar- than | ees eg ESTABLISHED OVER 100 YEARS Victory Bonds Victory Bonds, other secu- rities and important papers should be kept safe from fire and burglary. Safety Deposit Boxes in the vaults of this Bank may be rented at a small charge. A. J. Macdonell, Manager, Kingston Branch. _ APPREHENSIVE Of Plans Ottawa, Canadian tish investors in Aug. Ministers tain and their conferences with Bri- regarding railway ernfment"s plans tionalization and for a post-war in- flux of British have disclosed a certain feeling of uneasiness there Bolshevik J. F. ROWLAND, Bacon Hogs Wanted tendency =) 2 'D aT Canada to Nationalize Railways. 2.--The visit of the Great Canada. Se- curity for private contracts and in- vestments in Cahada against BPFECT Bri- tionalization" proposals Gove na- the 1 to Canada. | terprise." . a possible cording to despatches, gently appealing for relief. THE any STANDARD BANK OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO Your surplus earnings in our Savings Department earn inter- est at current rate. KINGSTON BRANCH, Manages Federal or Provincial Govermen public ownership or expropriation onslaught has been "put up" to the Canadian Ministers by the British capitalists, whose fears seem to have been aroused by the railway in Canada, the C.P.R. special taxation and oth- er "evidences" "of eXpropriating for the people "the fruits of private en- Moscow and Petrograd have, ae- been with- out bread for four 'days and are ur- Millions of men in the trenches--scores of millions abroad and on this side--want Canadian Bacon. _This world-wide demand assures good prices for the hogs you can raise. Buy more brood sows--select registered stock--fatten more pigs. If you heed money for any of these pur- 8s, see the Manager. e Merchants nk is always ready to make loans to progressive farmers. . THE MERCHANTS BANK ed a special dividend of $10 per share on the common stock. Pressed Steel Car Company, New York, has declared a quarterly divi- dend of $2 a share on the common stock. This compares with a dis tribution of $1.75 a share (three months ago. It is understood that the bonds of the Montreal Protestant Board of School Commissioners, which are being sold to the public to yield 6.40 per cent., are being well taken care of, something like over [fifty per cent. having already been ab- sorbed. Shareholders of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation will meet in Chickens, live, 1b. Hens, dressed, 1b, Hens, live, Ib. ... Turkeys, 1b, classes; choice Washington wethers, $14.40. Coarse Grains at Toronto. Oats are steady and are now be- ing quoted at 93e to 94c per bushel. Manitoba oats at Fort Willlam are quoted at 88 1-8¢ for Nb. 2 C.W., receipts, 4,300; prime steers, $17.25| ;nq Ontario oats are at outside to $17.50; shipping steers, $16.50 10] ,,ints quoted at 86¢ to 87c for No. $17; butchers, $12 to $16.50; year-|3 white. lings, $13 to $16.50; heifers, $10 tof Mflting barley is fm, being $13.50; cows, $6.50 to $11.50; bulls, | quoted at 1.40 to $1.45 per bushel, $7.50 to $11.60; stockers and feed- land at outside points prices are aleo ors, $7.60 to $10.50; fresh cows and| ynchanged at $1.35 to' §1.37 per springers, $65 to $145. bush. p88---Roceipts, 2,200; . steady' | ~ Buckwheat Is achanged, 'seling $7 to $17.50. at $1.80 per bushel at outside Hogs ~-- Receipts, 5800; light points. easier, others steady; heavy, $19.50 Rye is steady, and is quoted Buffalo, Buffalo, Aug. 2--Cattle--Strong; ------ + Vegetables. Beets, bunch .. . og Beans, Butter, qt. Cabbage, head Jarrots, bunch ... Cauliflowers, each Jelery, bunch Cueumbers, each . Lettuce, bunch Onions, bunch .'. . Onions, dry, Ib. Parsley, bunch ad Smo mMP AMM; Common barberry, showing: cluster at . cups on the leaves. Note the three- to $19.55; mixed and Yorkers, $19.- 50 to $19.65, a few $19.70; light Yorkers and pigs, $19.65; roughs $17 to $17.26; stags, $11 to $13. Sheep and lambs--Receipts, 10, 000; slow; lambs, $14 to $17; year- lings, $10 to $14.50; wethers, $13.50 to $138.75; ewes, $6 to $13; mixed sheep, $13 to $13.50. GRAIN QzOTATIONS. Montreal. Montreal, Aug. 2.-Oats, Can- adian western, No. 2, $1.00%; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 97%e. Flour, new standard grade, $10.95 to $11.06. Rolled oats, bags, 90 lbs, $5.20 to $5.30. Bran, $85. = Shorts, §40. Moiillie, $68. Hay, No. 2, per tom, car lots, $1 RE Winnipeg, Aug. 2.---Oats, No. 2 CW. 88 1-8c; No. 3 C.W., Shc; ex- tra No. 1 "85 1-4¢; No. 1 feed, §2%¢; No. 2 feed, 9c. Barley-- No. 3 C.W.. $1.25; No. 4 CW, $1.20. Flax--No. 1 NW.C, 34 53%; No. 2 C.W., $4.50%. { to, Toronto, ug. B.-~Manitoba . wheat---No. 1 northern, $2.23%; No. 2, $2.20%; No, 3, $2.47%: No. 4, $2.10%%, including 2%c tax, in store, Fort William, Manitoba oats--Neo, 2 CW, 88 fe: No. 3 C.W., 8be; extra No. 1 feed, 85¢; No. 1 feed, 82c, in store, Fort William. erican corn--not quotad. Ontario wheat--No, 2 winter, $2. 22, basis In store, Montreal, Ontario oats--No. 2 white,88¢ to 32% pominal; No. 2 white, 85¢ to C, - Barley--Malting, $1.35 to $1.37. | .Buckwheat--$1.80, > - 2, $1.90. |. Ontario flour--War quality, $10. 65, Toronto-Montreal, $10.65, new itoba flour--War quality, $10.95, Toronto. Millfeed--Ca delivered, : r lots, Mi ; shorts, $40; bran, $36; outside points at $1.90 per bushel. Milifeeds at. Toronto. Militeeds are still short in sup: ply, and are quoted at the set fiz- ures of: Bran, per ton, $35.40, and shorts, pr ton, $40. The new standard hog feed Is quoted at $57 per ton in sacks, do- livered to any station in Ontario. Honey at Toronto. Our recent predictions: for higher prices than had recently been quot- ed has been speedily justified, and this week while supplies are practi- cally non-existent buyers have con- ceded to 20¢ to 22¢ per lb. quota- tion. Some beekeepers have been talking 24c, but buyers have not yet come to the point where they will pay this price. Every indica- tion of the honey market at the cent time, however, points to continued firmness. & BROWN SWISS GOOD GRAZERS Animals Are Mild and Docile and Rank Well in Milk Production Records of Cows. ; The Brown Swiss breed, which does not have a widespread distribution in the United States, originated in the canton of Schwyz, in Switzerland, gnd is found prifcipally in New York and Wisconsin. ) y 'The cattle vary in color from a light- gray mouse color or brownish-dun to dark brown. They are mild and docile and are excellent grazers, especially on feed . fot quoted; middiings, not | ~~Baled, track, Toronto, car lots, , 6 to $17: 3h to $8 to No. 2 mixed.} - lots, | | Presages Victory. So a Great ; + Believe. Peas, unshelled pk Peas, shelled, pk. . Potatoes, new, pk. Radishes, bunch Tomatoes, 1b, ... Fruit, oa oS Apples, doz. Bananas, doz. .. Blue Berries, qt. Blue Berries, box. Janteloupes, each. Cherries, 1b, .. Dates, Ib. .. ... . Grapefruit, edch . . Lemons, doz. Oranges, doz. Peaches, doz. Raspberries, box .. Red Currants, box Pears, doz. ' Plums, doz. .. ee Grain. Rarley, bush, . fRean, ton... .. Buckwheat, bush.. Jorn meal, cwt, . 'oro, yellow feed hush... ox #lour, Govt, stan- dard, cwt, . Hay baled, ton .. tav, loose, ton .. Oats, Man., bush.. Oats, loeal, bush.. shorts, ton .. . . Straw, baled, ton 'traw, loose, ton. Vheat, local, bush. 1: 39. 1. Hides, Furs, Hides, beef, 1b 'amb skins, fresh THp te... 100 Veal Skins, 1b, .. Deacon skins, No, 1 Horse hides, No. 1 arge .. . vi.» Tallow Cakes .. . Wool, wash, 1b. . Wool, unwashed, 1h. . . Gensing, wild dry per Ib. 14 1.50 5.00 85 30 1.00 16 .. YB" ON TAKE OATS Sampo s Many For some weeks observant pepe |i {in tie agricuitural districts Tole ted out a curious canenon forked spines and the Irregular edges of the leaves. estates are called upon to belp by digging out and destroying this spread- er of stein rust. How serious the black rust is to the bread supply of the nation may be judged from the fact that this disease was the principal factor in reducing the yield of wheat alone in North Da- kota, South Dakota. Montana and Min- nesota by nearly 200,000,000 bushels in 1916. The common barberry bush (Rer- beris vulgaris), Including the purple leaved variety, nurses the black stem rust through one of its stages, helps it develop, and enables it .to spread to the grains in the spring and early | snmmer. The most direct method of attacking this rust is to keep common barberry bushes out of wheat-growing ons. The effect of a single harherry hush may extend for miles. They should be dug and destroyed throughont the upper Mississippl valley, especially in the following states: Montana. Wyo ming, Nebraska. South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Towa, Wisconsin, Nlinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Liess is known about the importance of barberry elsewhere, The question will be investigated In all grain-grow- ing regions this sen' ales of Fall Fis, 1918 Bi ly Soe Issted 'by the Agricunural Societies Branch of the Ontario Department of AgHeulture, Toronto, J. Lockie Wilson, superint nt. \lox sndria ais ... Sept. 10-11 Araprior ... JJ, Sept. 17-19 Baneroft <.. .. Sept, 28-27 Te . 2-3 Belleville .. Bowmanyike COERaTall 51s sada hw wen Sep! EE special session on August 8th in Newark, N.J., for the purpose fo authorizing $500,000,000 bonds ander a consolidated wortgage covering all the property and as- gets of the Bethlehem Steel Com- pany and the Bethlehem Steel Cer- poration. . United States Steel is turning out at the rate of more than 16,000,000 tons of finished | steel annually, which is very close to a record. It is estimated excess| current assets of U.S. Steel at pre-, gent are close to $5560,000,000,! which is a new high record, with actual cash on hand of more than; $175,000. | Half a million francs have been appropriated by the American Red Cross to complete the installation of four tuberculosis hospitals in France. Corporation | i Head Office: Montreal. OF CANADA Established 1864, KINGSTON BRANCH, H. A. TOFIELD, . . po 7 as WE BUY AND SELL WAR LOAN ISSUES Bongard Ryerson & Co. Private wires lo New York, Ghicago, Toronto, Mon- 239 Bagot St. Phone 1728 Members Toronto Stock Exchange. STOCKS, BONDS, GRAINS AND COTTON freal. ANN In New York State "Good Roads' has e to mean Concrete Roads Manager.