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farmers beware of the change in name of tin oao no 7 vatiety oioah at the ontario agricultural college for each of nine years in succession the o a c no 7i variety of oats has surpassed the banner in yield per acre and in quality of grain it has eei the most productive and the irifi popular variety in the coopera tive experiments throughout ont ario in each of thepast live years and it was awarded more fi st prizes than any other variety in the field crop competitions with oats on- 2137 farms in the some of the competitions in both eastern and western ontario it received all of the prizes offered thirteen years ago the o a c no 72 variety of oats was orig inated at the ontario agricultur al college from a single seed 1 has made the best record of over three hundred varieties obtained from various parts of the world and which have been tested out at guelph for five years or more a member of the firm of l p gunson co of new york state visited the college saw the 0 a c no 72 oats growing in the experimental plots secured our reports ascertained the source of seed and early in 1015 bought six hundred bushels at ll0pcr bushel from a farmer living with in ten miles of the o a c we have just learned that the nam- 0 a c no 72 has been changed to imperial that the college re cords have been appropriated and that the reported yield has been increased about six per cent as the standard weight per bush el of oats in the united states is 32 instead of 34 pounds these oats under the name of imperial have been advertised extensively in catalogue form and numerous apents have been travelling from farm to farm over ontario and elsewhere during the spring of 191c selling this renamed variety of oats for s3 18 and upwards per bushel the oats wer adver tised in exactly the same way by ljtsulison co arid by geo k higbie co also of new york i state whose catalogues appear to be identical except in title pages first class seed of the 0 a c no 72 variety of oats can now be purchased in abundance from ontario farmers at 100 per bushel c a zvitz breed more cattle a very competent authority es timates that having reference to last years trade average prices current for beef on the smithfield market in london england for 1915 show an increase of 30 per cent since the outbreak of the war the last english produce re- oort to hand quotes irish beef at 19 to 20 cents per pound for sid es wholesale and english at 20 to 21 cents per lb as against a price of 15j to 10 cents for ir- ish and 15 to 1gj cents for eng lish during the last week in dec ember 1915 it further quotes so uth american chilled forequart ers at 164 cents and hind quart ers at 19g- cents as aw and 10 respectively for forequar ters and hindquarters in decem ber supplies of frozen beef are practically exhausted only a few small odd lots of bull beef being obtainable these in view of the stiong demand ruling for all classes realize high prices the absence of frozen supplies has again forced buyers on to tnc chilled article with the result that values have advanced sharp- ly the general beef situation from tlie standpoint of the home and foreign market further em phasizes the shortage of supplv one feature is particularly note worthy it has never been indic ated from any country that iicre is an undue accumulation of beef in storage or a congestion ol cattle going forward to the mar ket present prices and present demand fully confirm this lest the position ia europe is well known the argentine output has been absorbed for army supply to such an extent that very little frozen argentine beef is available for consumption in great britain australia has passed through a severe season of drought and her exportable surplus lias been grea tly diminished moderate supplies of cow beef are going forward from new zealand but these are not of first rate quality canada and the united states have not appreciably increased their cattle population and are clearly able to find a remunerative market in europe forany of their product available for export the steady and continuous rise in price def initely reveals the condition of the world market for beef and emphasizes the fact that the sit uation is growing worse with the progress of the war contrast the position with res pect to grain enormous store of i wheat are tied tip in rvuss1a in siberia alone it is estimated that there is an accumulation of over nine milliontons of grain until peace is declared this acc umulation will probably become more pronounced after the war the production of grain will aga in be undertaken on an enormous scale in all the contending coun- tries in view of this fact and with the release of accumulated stocks it is undoubtedly true that grain will then drop in price ta a very considerable extent with an overstocked grain mark et and a pronounced undersupply of cattle the farmers of canada should have little difficulty in making up their minds as to what their policy shall be for the future one warning however should be given we must emphasize quality before quantity on the british market canadian beef does not equal in quality the beef exported from the united states or from the argentine unless we can im prove our cattle bath as regards quality and finish we need not expect to be able to effect sales at smithfield but shall be obli ged to seek a market in france or italy even our best grass fed cattle when offered on the chic ago market last i year yielded disappointing returns in canada there is any number of good beef cows but we can never develop a beef trade by breeding these to dairy bulls to grade bulls or even to pure bred bulls of an in ferior type a really good pure bred sire is an asset to any com munity he should have thepat- ronage of all the farmers in the neighborhood the maintenance or use of a scrub bull under the present circumstances should be deemed an unpatriotic act one other nonprogressive prac tice should be eliminated or at least superseded by a better one reference is to the sale and pur chase of stocker and feeder cattle whether for finishing in the stab le or on grass in the case of the farmer who sells this practice unless in exceptional circumstan ces is a mistaken one he should feed and finish his own stock on the part of the farmer who buys a speculative and nonproductive enterprise is continued and en couraged which has neither an economic nor a practical argu ment in its favorf he should grow his own feeders or a i part of them at least trading of this nature has done as much as any other factor to destroy the beef cattle industry in many parts of canada it can only be built up by a change of system gjjgg ij ha nrflana m us ggg gjgjjj the lion is leaping the 220th yorks to be known in history as the lion battalion of york frimiii i price si 475 in canada y quality first you can almost talk to her this 3400 r p m chalmers theyre buying motor cars today as theyre hiring men on ability blue eyes brown hair a rugged jaw mean something but not so much as they used to theyre seeking ability and that is not always measured in stature weight and reach likewise in a car they look her over learn her wheel- base note the tire sizes ask the bore and stroke of the engine and then they make her perform they make her hit the trail they roll her up the stiftest hill they let her out on the straightaway and they make her accelerate at slow speeds its the only way to judge a car and tvere partic ularly glad because we have in the 8400 rpm chalmers a car that answers every human wish you can almost talk to this animal you can lead her anywhere we know of no one who has ever called on her for too much nor asked of her anything she couldnt deliver shes like a young ballplayer who keeps driving em over the rightfield fence shes there and the reason is her magnificent 3400 r p m engine when history in our business is written 3400 r p in will occupy a thick chapter simply because at the lowest speeds she saves her energy turns up only 500 r p m at 10 miles an hour and 1000 r p m at 20 miles an hour thus using only 18 per cent of her power at such speeds and saving 02 to 80 per cent for winding hilly roads bad turns and on occasions when a little extra power gives you possession of the road one ride of five miles behind the wheel and youll own it ask your dealer about chalmers service inspection coupons negotiable at all chalmers dealers everywhere this system is a most important consideration in buying your car fivepassenger touring car s1475 in canada twopassenger roadster si 475 in canada three- passenger cabriolet 1900 in canada color of touring car and roadster oriford maroon or meteor blue cabriolet oriford maroon valentine green or meteor blue wheels standard dark primrose yellow or red wire wheels optional on roadster or cabriolet at extra cost local agent j a brill1ng stouffville ont the glory of the lion is lads of york his mane line up or youll bo too lato dont miss such a chance as this to hand down your nnme in history stock register furioso the famous pacing stallion owned by chas park sutton west will leave his stab le newmarket and proceed to kcttlcby king city richmond hill unionvillc markham stou- ffville gormley and aurora ooo bonus prince- imported cly desdale the property of jas torrance markham will make the season as follows stouffville r raes goodwood j davis j lewis r kester j turners s bakers mr lagecrs i and g donohucs 000 netherby herothe canad ian bred clydesdale stallionthc property of r h spofford mon golia will be at the following l harrises forsyth bros and stouffville top gallant prince also owned by r h spofford will stand at his own stable at mon golia ooo earl of sanquharthe im ported clydesdale stallion prop erty of graham bros clarcmont will make the season as follows jos alsops goodwood ii jar- vis s bakers stouffville glas gow a carruthers w cowics and miller bros ooo sir leonardthe imported clydesdale stallion owned by john fisher ringwood will stand at gis own stable except on tues noons when he will be at stouffville lambtonthe imported clyde sdale stallion owned by john fisher ringwood will make the season as follows ringwood wm zeathers c widemans cashcl and stouffville a slratlicona story lord strathcona was fond of tell ing this story of a highland chief the macnab a pioneer on the upper ottawa on one occasion macnab entertained sir george simpson and a number of leading fur traders of highland origin some surprise was expressed that simpson should have occupied the seat at one end of the board and a mr mckenzio the other end at last some one inquired mac nab why are ye no at the held o your ain table the host turned upon his ques tioner and answered with great dig nity mr macpherson id hae ye ken wcel that where the macnab sits there is the heid o the table fob sale strawberry plants senator dunlop per 100 75 cents per 1000 400 a s collins childrens first shoes let the first shoe be on tbo order of an indian moccasin and as the foot grows it should bo fitted from trac ings have tho child stand upon a piece of paper and traco tho outline of the foot with a pencil uso this as a guide when buying his shoes and you will never make the mistake of getting them too small or 111 fitting- i qettino gamv jl humors of caste how rules governing travel study and dining are broken though going to foreign countries by crossing the ocean is to break ones caste hundreds of young indians are now visiting europe aud america in pursuit of modern scientific and indus trial education indeed so numerous arc the families affected that public opinion has compelled the lirahmans to ordain that no loss of caste shall re sult from going abroad for education it is not so much tho golug abroad that is objected to as tho eating of for bidden food as beef pork and chief or any food cooked by foreigners obviate partly this difficulty the hin dus organized a steamship line tho indian peninsula company between bombay and london on board tho ships of this line hindu caste rules are studiously observed this company in tends to open a hotel in london for the caste people of india so that hin du students merchants aud travelers may go to london reside for any length of time and still return homo without breaking their caste caste rules prohibit people of differ ent castes dining together these rules however are broken by the rising gen- eration in schools and colleges tha students defying the cold and calculat ing conservatives uso tho school and college building for dinner parties where hindus and mohammedans christians and jains buddhists and atheists break bread together in be nares tho stronghold of brahmanical orthodoxy intercaste dinners are of common occurrence the indian lead ers in reform havo gone a step further on a public occasion they dined pub licly with europeans in tbe town hall of calcutta these dinners are helping break down obnoxious rules and thus are establishing dinner table democ racy not the wigs fault the baring of a bald fact that had been long hidden one of- the best known wigmakera of the city declared recently that ho had won a wager with his barberby- wearing a wig to the tousors shop and having it well trimmed before the man with the shears discovered his mis take whether this is an exaggera tion or not the hair furnisher has a long list of additional stories to back up his claim that wigs can bo made so natural that it is all but impossible to detect them as artificial head covering why said the wig man as he pointed to a case in his sixth avenue establishment there are wigs in there made of human hair that i would defy the closest scrutiny to det fakes would youbevieit my customers jf well known this secuoarfs the city woro ob thesswigrsom the nightjie wo ried for ten long years and h never knew that he was bald ltts fact sir a positive fact in year and out for the entire ten he was so careful that his spouse never had the slightest suspicion the way the discovery came about was well while it was painful to him it nevertheless bad a gleam of humor in it he bought a new wig and i sent him the bill to his business address he carried tho bill home inadvertently changed his suit and his wife found the little telltale paptr in his pocket and he would not have been discov ered then only his wife sad to say bellied that he was paying for the wig of some lady and there was a stormy time he was forced to reveal himself as bald but you will readily see it was not the fault of my work manship i wear one myself could you tell nobody could sun almost made a word has bad handwriting ever managed to add a new word to tho language there have certainly been some nar row escapes a correspondent sent to sir james murray for the new ox ford dictionary tho mysterious word brean which he found in a story by r l stevenson it was presumed to be an obscure scottish term and the presumption lasted till stevenson wrote back that tho word he had written was ocean had the author been dead brean would no doubt have fig ured in the dictionary as sanctioned by b l s london observer central asia the people living in tho cotton belt of central asia represent a conglom erate of ill the races and nations that in ages past havo inhabited these re gions from pure aryans to full fledged mongols they all adhere to tho mo hammedan faith and speak various dialects of tho tartarsartbokhara language except in tho southwestern part whero the influence of tho pen sian language is felt serfdom serfdom was abolished in russia in 1801 i in england in 1cg0 in france not wholly until tho frcncl7jfcouitlan lq prussia in 1702 in tbe restlmlrmany 1781 in denmark 17cc arsptn brazlft 180788 there is now practically no legalized serfdom any whero on earth an exception no man would approve of tho rt call as applied to himself j oh yes an actor wouldl vtt