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VOL. CXLVI. No. 26

Whole Number 3894





The Only Weekly Agricultural,





 





Horticultural,





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1916





and LiVe Stock Journal in the State.





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Improvmg Michigan’ 3 Wheat Crop





By JOSEPH F. cox





WENTY—FIVE years ago Michi-



gan wheat ranked with the best



. on the market. At that time



Michigan Amber, a red winter wheat,



constituted a separate grade and was

famous for its excellence.”



“Today wheat from Michigan grades

lower than wheat from neighboring

states. Comparatively little red wheat

reaches the market from Michigan,

nearly all of it being mixed, ‘white and

red,’ or ‘red and white.’ ”



“At the present time the white and

mixed wheat brings from three to

twelve cents per bushel less than red

winter wheat.”



“Tell the farmers of Michigan that

in order to improve their wheat crop

they should cease growing the white

wheats and mixed wheats and return

again to good red varieties.”



The above statements were made to

the writer while visiting the Toledo

Grain Market, by. Mr. E. H. Culver,

Chief Inspector of the Grain Testing

Laboratory. Since a large proportion

of Michigan wheat arrives at the To-

tairly representative of. the condition

ledo market, they may be taken as

of Michigan wheat in general.



Mr. Culver went on to say that on

that particular day, December 23rd,

which was representative, 30 cars of

Michigan wheat came on the Toledo

market. Out of this number only two

classed as red wheat, grading No. 2.

The remaining 28 cars were mixed

wheats classing as either “red and,

white” or “white and red,” and grad-

ing No. 3 or lower. Carload lots of un-

mixed white wheat seldom come on

the market, there being enough red

mixed in to cause most of it to grade

“White and red.” The market price of

that day for “red and white” was sev-

en cents per bushel under the price of

N0. 2 red while the “white and red”

wheat was twelve cents under N0. 2

red. In other words, each carload of

mixed wheat sold at from $70 to $120

less than a carload of red wheat. The

state of Michigan lost over $1,000,000

during the past season because of the

fact that her farmers are growing

white wheats and mixed wheats in-



stead of good red varieties. _



Twenty-five years ago, the acreage

devoted to wheat in Michigan was



more than double what it is today and

at that time Michigan ranked high as _

a wheat state.‘ In view of the fact that

much of the area once given over to

wheat is now occupied by other, and

in many cases more profitable 'crops,

it is doubtful whether the area should

be increased,‘but that the quality of





'Michigan wheat has deteriorated and





that the yield per acre remains so low

are certainly facts to be deplored and

remedied if possible. .



A study of fair exhibits, where ”only





' the best of a community is brought in,





shows strikingly the extent to which

Michigan wheats have become mixed.

In the majority of eases, the white





‘Wheats will show numerous red ker-





els and the red wheats are very often

y mixed with white kernels.

.;.before, the present demand





 





is stronger on the market for red





wheats than for white or mixed

wheats. All indications are that this

condition will continue and that the

spread in price between red and white

wheats will increase. The red wheats,

as a rule, are superior in quality to

white wheats for bread—making pur-

poses, since they are harder and con-

tain a higher per centage of gluten.

The white wheats make a better flour

for pastry purposes but the demand

is not .strong enough to keep the price

on a par with the good red wheats in





ticular, were high-yielding varieties.

The red wheats in many sections had,

through neglect, been allowed to “run

out,” or become badly mixed with a

predominance of low-yielding strains,

so that the white varieties readily re-

placed these inferior strains. Where

several bushels more per acre can be

secured by growing a white variety,

the advantage gained by the higher

price per bushel for red wheat may be

more than offset. There are, however,

many good strains of red wheats which

will yield as well or better than the





 





 





Red Rock Wheat, a Pedigreed Variety





view of the overproduction of white

wheat.



One of the reasons advanced to ex-

plain why Michigan farmers substitut-

ed white wheats for red wheats is that

in the early days of the breakfast. food

industry white wheats were. very large-

ly used and a premium of several cents

per bushel was paid for white wheat,

thus encouraging many farmers in

growing wheat of this type. At the

present time corn has very largely sup-

planted wheat in manufacturing break-

fast foods and the premium is no long-

er paid.



Another reason is that the white

wheats, Dawson’s Golden Chaff in par-





 





Developed at Mich. Experiment Station.





best white varieties, and before choos-

ing permanently to adhere to white

wheat, these should be secured. Those

strains which have been improved

through selection, or “pedigreed

strains," are particularly worthy of a

thorough trial. In the variety tests

conducted at the Michigan Experiment

Station, Mr. F. A. Spragg, the plant

breeder, finds the improved strains of

red wheat to be better yielders than

the best white wheats.



In bringing about the mixing of red

and white wheats, the threshing ma-

chine and carelessness have been very

largely responsible. With out present

methods of threshing, the separator





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





 

 





 

 

 

 





 

 





 

 





passing from farm to farm, the Wheat

of the community is rapidly and effec-

tively mixed unless care is taken to

clean the ledges of the separator or to

take wheat for seed after the sepa-

rator has been running for some time.

Suggestions for Improving Quality and

increasing Yield.



For the improvement of the quality

and the increase of the yield of wheat

in Michigan, the following suggestions

are offered:



1. Widespread seeding of improved

or high-yielding red varieties instead of

white and mixed varieties. In choos-

ing which variety of red wheat to grow

it must be kept in mind that some are

much superior to others. In the vari.

ety tests at the experiment station, the

Red Rock wheat, 23. pedigreed variety,

is one of the highest yielding strains.

This wheat is also the best from a mill-

ing standpoint. Shepherd’s

is another variety that has given sat-

isfaction to both farmer and miller.



Wheats of the Lancaster type, as

well as being good yielders, as a rule

are superior from a market standpoint

in that they are not so easily damaged

by heating in the bin or by weathering.





Perfection '





On the other hand, wheats of the Claw— _





son type are very easily damaged by

adverse weather conditions and by

sweating in the bin.



2. Avoid the mixing of varieties.

This can best be accomplished by com-

munity co—operation in growing improv-

ed red wheats. Where both white and

red wheats are grown in the same 10-

cality it is very hard to keep them

from mixing. The individual can usu-*

ally keep his wheat clean for seed pur-

poses by seeing to it that the ledges

of the separator are thoroughly clean-

ed and by taking out wheat for seed

after the machine has been running for

some time. By storing in the barn

enough wheat in the sheaf for seed

purposes, and threshing when the oats

are threshed, unmixed seed wheat can

be secured. Any admixture of oats

will be killed out by the winter.



3. Treat seed wheat for smut. The

great annual loss from smut in Michi-

gan can be very largely controlled by

the formalin treatment. The most con-

venient method is to spread the seed

wheat out on the barn floor and thor-

oughly sprinkle with the formalin" so-

lution, shovelling the wheat over dur-

ing the sprinkling process and after so

as to hasten drying. One pint of 40

per cent formalin to 40 gallons of wa-

ter is the advised proportion.



4. Grow wheat in a good rotation.

Wheat does best in rotation with other

crops, the yield falling off where wheat

follows wheat continuously, due to soil

depletion and the increase of wheat

diseases and insects. Since clover can

be seeded so conveniently with wheat

as a companion crop the wheat crop is

a useful one in Michigan rotations.



5. Fertilize with acid phosphate, or

a fertilizer high in phosphate Two





hundred pounds of acid phosphate per _,





acre in the Michigan Experiment Stai- .

tion fertilizer experiments with wheat

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Realizing that quite a large number

of our readers are accumulating some

surplus capital and naturally are seek-

ing some safe and remunerative invest-

ment, in accordance with our policy of

progress we will inaugurate in our next

week's issue a department under the

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After much careful investigation we

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by all who contemplate an invest-

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pective investor may base his judg-

ment.





CURRENT COMMENT.





Notwithstanding the

fact that weather con-

ditions have been de-

cidedly unfavorable

for the rapid advancement of the

spring work, the estimate of Michigan

crop conditions by the correspondents

is‘iof the U. S. Department of Agriculture

shows a most encouraging prospect for

a profitable season for Michigan farm-

ers.

‘ In a summary indicating the general

crop conditions on June 1 in each state

’as compared with the ten-year average

of all crops reported upon, Michigan

is givena prospect of 103.5 per cent as

compared with 97.7 for the whole coun-

try. This percentage is larger than

that of any contiguous state, figures

for which are as follows: Ohio 100.6;

Indiana 96.2; Illinois 99; Wisconsin

97.6 per cent. ~

As prosperity for Michigan farmers

depends quite as much upon the price

levels as upon yield, a comparison of

present price levels for a series of

years will prove interesting. Accord-

ing to the government report, the level

of prices paid producers for the prin-

cipal crops increased 1.7 per cent 'dur-

ing May, as compared with a normal

increase of 2.6 per cent during May,

consequently on June 1 the index fig-

_ “are of prices was about one per cent

‘lower than a year ago, but five per

cent higher than two years ago and

“four per cent higher than the average

for the past eight years on June 1.

"“the live stock department of produc-

am however, prices have soared until

” ,‘pretuint~ index price for meat ani-





Michigan . Crop

' Conditions.





 





 





 





 





 





ment.-5.1.3.3 _r‘ watt}: _ _ _ _

average “on like date lei-Vibe past six

years, and 17.4 per cent higher than a-

year ago. .



‘ While there is considerable fluctua:

tion in the wheat market, depending

not only upon weather reports, but as

well upon reports of European opera-

tions, it is a fair conclusion that even

though the European war should end

at a comparatively early date, price

levels for wheat and other staple farm

products will continue on a compara-

tively high basis. Impending trouble

in Mexico will have some bearing on

the situation, and the fact that there

has been very marked inflation of our-

rency in all the belligerent countries

of Europe will tend to stimulate a high

level of prices for foodstuffs as well as,

of other articles of general consump-

tion for some years to come, conse~

quently good crop prospects mean pros-

perity for the general farmer as well

as the specialist, and by way of com-

parison, Michigan’s prospects are far

better for this season than those of the

country at large or of most of the im-

portant agricultural states.





Increased pros-

Advanced Prices for perity of Ameri-

Farm Equipment. can farmers, due

in part to the for-

eign demand for foodstuffs, stimulated

by the great European war, is not des-

tined to be an unmixed blessing in the

long run. So great is the sympathetic

balance between values, that manufac-

tured foodstuffs, and in fact all items

of general consumption are bound to

share a sympathetic increase in pric-

es, even though no shortage be caused

through the disturbance of trade re-

sulting from the war.



In many lines, however, this disturb

ance has been so great as to materially

affect the available supply of raw ma-

terials and thus cause abnormal ad-

vances. This is the case with steel

and steel manufactures-and is bound

to be felt in an unavoidable advance in

the cost to the consumer of farm

equipment. Most manufacturers had

considerable stocks of raw material in

hand when this trade disturbance oc-

curred, but with the exhaustion of such

supplies and the necessity of purchas-

ing them in the open market in compe-

tition with the demand for material for

the manufacture of munitions, the in-

creased price will necessarily be pass-

ed on to the consumer.



The advance in the primary raw ma-

terial, pig iron, is estimated by one

leading manufacturer to be 44% per

cent, while the increase in the cost of

small manufactured items, such as

bolts, nails, rivets, etc., has approxi-

mated and in many cases exceeded 100

per cent. The advance in the cost of

factory equipment and tools has been

still greater, while in some cases, nota-

bly one large manufacturer of agricul~

tural implements, the cost of labor has

increased from 67 to 86 per cent in dif-

ferent factory departments from the

low wage period when former sale

prices were made. It therefore seems

certain that prices for farm equipment

of all kinds’must necessarily advance

and remain at a higher level than dur-

ing recent years, at least until the ma-

terial market again becomes normal af-

ter the re-establishment of world chan-

nels of trade on a peace basis.





Following the now es-

Road Bee Day. tablished custom which



worked so advantage-

ously in many communities last year,

Governor Ferris has designated June

29-30 as road bee days in Michigan.

Reviewing as it does, the progress

made in permanent road improvement

work in Michigan last year, the text of

the governor’s proclamation will be of

interest to Michigan Farmer readers,

for which reason it is reproduced in

full as follows:





On June 4-5, 1914, and June 10-11,

1915, Road Bee Days were observed in

Michigan. Much good to the rural highs

ways was accomplished on these days,

the amount of good depending entirely

upon the shorts put forth in the var-





 





 

 

 





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er ...eri‘ou y wit hrs year

and nany compl ,

that the dates set, were too early. In

many neighborhoods Road Bee Days

were observed later. This being a

prov’erbially “late season,” the time

has been set “after planting" and “be-

fore harvest” in the hope that good

weather may prevail and the oppor-

tune time selected.



During. the past year road building

sentiment in Michigan has grown rap-

idly. The Legislature of 1915 passed

some of the most progressive highway

laws (\er enacted in Michigan. These

were followed by the largest (rash ap-

propriations ever made for state road

purposes—the appropriations for two

years, including the state’s portion of

the automobile taxes, aggregating

three millions of dollars. Already un-

der the Assessment District Road Act,

petitions. have been filed with the var-

county road commissioners and

the state highway commissioner, for

more than one thousand miles of road

which will cost more than five millions

of dollars to build. ‘



In the aggregate the road taxes as

.~essed last fall by the state, counties

and townships, amounted to $9,164,609.

Many personal donations were made

which would make a grand total ex-

pended on the highways of the state

last year, approximately $10,000,000.



The mileage of state reward roads

completedwas the greatest on record.

If connected they would make more

than three continuous lines across the

state from the Ohio line to the Straits

of Mackinaw.



But notwithstanding this apparently

satisfactory progress in substantial

road building, there are thousands of

miles of neighborhood roads which

need attention, not alone annually but

almost constantly throughout the sea-

son. Good churches and good rural

schools 'are impossible without good

roads, and all call for a live commu-

nity interest and a well organized sys-

tem of maintenance.



Knowing that well kept public wag-

on roads are vital to the moral and

physical well-being of every commu-

nity, and that the people of Michigan

are anxious to extend the work of road

improvement so as to include all of

our road mileage, and believing that

specially appointed .road days are a

great stimulus to the work, 1, Wood-

bridge N. Ferris, Governor of Michi-

gan, do ask that the people of the

State of Michigan set apart Thursday

and Friday, June 29-30, 1916, as “Road

Bee Days,” and so far as possible turn

out and work under such competent

supervision as may be available on the

highways of the state in such manner

as shall be most conducive to their bet-

terment.





 





HAPPENINGS 5F THE WEEK.





 





' National.





At the national democratic conven-'





tion held in St. Louis last week, Pres-

ident Woodrow Wilson, of New Jer-

sey, and Vice—president Thomas R.

Marshall, of Indiana, were re-nomi-

nated as candidates for the offices of

President and Vice-president respec-

tively, on first ballot. The only issue

that was debated on the floor of the

convention was the question of woman

suffrage which was finally left as a

matter for the states to dispose of

rather than for the federal govern-

ment. The other planks of the plat-

form were adopted without contest or

compromise. A peculiar coincidence

is brought about by the selection of

Vice—president Marshall in that the two

men contesting for his office on the

tickets of the two great parties are

both from the same state and city,

Indianapolis, Ind.



Gov. McCall, of Massachusetts, has

signed the state income tax law re-

cently passed by the legislature of that

commonwealth. This measure is con-

sidered one of the most far reaching

pieces of tax legislation enacted in

years. It provides for a six per cent

tax on incomes from intangible per-

sonal properties and one and a half

per cent on the income from trades,

professions and business in excess of



, It also provides for a. two per

cent tax on the income of profits from

stock speculation and carries a com-

pulsory return provision with a heavy

penalty for violation. The importance

of the measure may be better under-

stood by the fact that $5,000,000.000

of intangible personal property escapes

taxation every year according to the

tax commissioners of that state.



in rep! is the request that the bar-

racks at art Wayne. Detroit. be turn-

ed over to the city for use in relieving

the housing situation, the war, de-





partment at_Washington announces its





 





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to grant a permanent" injunction re—

straimng the drain commissioners of

Lapeer. Tuscola and Sanilac counties

from proceeding with the dredging of

the lower 24 miles of the north branch

of the Flint river. This action is taken

to prevent_ a deluge of spring. water

from covering the lowlands of Saginaw

county. It is also hoped that it will

gain the co-operation of these counties

with Saginaw county in providing a

sufficient outlet for the immense quan-

tities of water that flow down the Sago

inaw river'during the spring months.





William Merritt Osband, widely

known over this state as an educator

and journalist, died of apoplexy at the

University of Michigan hospital at Ann

Arbor, Sunday. He was 79 years old,

and had lived in Ypsilanti since 1887.



The National Convention of the Mys-

tic Order Veiled Prophets Enchanted





Realm is in session in Detroit this

week with around 10,000 delegates

present.





During the past ten years the cost of

education in the leading universities

of the country has increased about 20

per cent, according to investigations

by Carnegie Foundation statisticians.



Foreign.



Mexican Affairs-An ultimatum has

been received at Washington from

First Chief Carranza of Mexico, advis-

ing that if American. troops are not re-

moved from Mexico within seven days,

a state of war would be considered as

existing between two countries, and

that armed Americans in Mexico would

be considered as invaders. Immedi-

ately upon receipt of this ultimatum

President Wilson issued a call to the

National Guard organizations of every

state in the Union for service on the

Mexican border. The purpose set forth

in the call is for the protection of the

American frontier from‘ ' invasion.

There is a general belief that this ac-

tion marks the first step of interven‘

tion in Mexico—The Mexican raiders

who attacked several ranches and a de-

tachment of the twenty-sixth infantry

in Texas last week, have been dispers-

ed by the fourth punitive column sent

into Mexico by the American govern-

ment. Having accomplished this ob—

ject, the American force has now with-

drawn to the north of the boundary

line.-—The National Guard consists of

132,208 commissioned ,and enlisted

men. Of this number Michigan has

2,620. Governor Ferris is ordering out

the Michigan guard in accordance with

the Washington order.——The Pacific

fleet has received instructions to leave

at once for Mexican waters. In addi-





tion, four warships and three destroy:





ers will be rushed to Mexican ports

on the Atlantic, while the battleship

fleet will be held in readiness.





The European Wan—The Austrian

headquarters admit that the Russian

forces have recaptured Czernowitz in

southern Galicia. This important" rail;

road center was one of the objectives

of the great Russian drive which has

been attracting attention on the east-

ern front during the past fortnight.

German reinforcements have already

been brought from the French front

to the assistance of the hard pressed

Austrians. In less than two weeks the

Russians have captured besides an

enormous quantity of war munitions,

70,000 men, 1,309 officers and ten sur-

geons. Covel and Lemberg appear now

to be objective points of the Russian

forces—«On the western front the Ger-

mans have been repulsed by the

French in the vicinity of Dead Man

Hill, enabling the French to maintain

their recent gains in that district. The

French were also successful in repuls-

ing attacks in the Thiaumont sector to

the east of the Mouse river.





General Von Moltke, chief of the sup-

plementary general staff of the Ger.

man army, and one of ’her foremost

soldiers, died of apoplexy Sunday after-

noon during a service of mourning in

the Reichstag for the late Field-Mar—

shal von der Goltz.





HISTORIC MACKINAC ISLAND.





Bulletin No‘. 5 just issued by the

State Historical Commission, is a little

volume of rare value, breathing the

spirit and romance of Mackinac Island

and the Mackinac country, the Indiana

the fur traders and the missionaries in

the days when Michigan was you . It

contains the newest map of Mack nae,

with descriptiveiand explanatory notes

of over 200 places of natural and his-

torical interest on the island. The vol—

ume is issued free for the pleasure. and

profit of the people, who may by its

aid learn more about their beautiful

northern park, Mackinac Island.





 

 





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(Continued from firSt page). , ly rooted and a very rank growth.

usually gives a return of about six

bushels per acre, accordingto Prof. V.

M. Shoesmith, or a return of over 400

per cent on the money invested in fer-

tilizer. When used as a reinforcement

of manure the returns are even great-

er. The fact that Michigan soils as a

rule are deficient in phosphorous and

that the wheat crop makes a heavy

draft On this element are additional

reasons for the use of fertilizers high

in phosphorous. Three hundred pounds

per acre used once in the rotation on

the wheat crop will probably give the

most profitable results.



6. Apply lime or marl to soils defi-

cient in calcium carbonate, and land

that has been cultivated for a genera-

tion or more without the addition of

lime is usually benefited by its appli-

cation. A successful crop of clover

cannot be secured after wheat on an

acid soil and since the clover crop is

the king pin in a rotation including

wheat, it' is of the greatest importance

that a good catch be secured. Acid

phosphate is fully utilized only on a

soil well supplied with lime. Two tons

of ground limestone, or one to one

and a half tons of hydrated lime is us-

ually sufficient to correct the acidity of

. acid soils for a period of several years

' or more. If marl can be conveniently



secured, it may be used with as much

assurance of success as lime or lime-

stone. .



7. Fan out seed wheat with a good

fanning mill and the yield may be in-

creased to a certain, though limited,

extent, making the use of the farming

mill well worth while.





8. Prepare a firm seed bed. Ground

on which wheat is to be seeded should

be plowed early, harrowed or disked

thoroughly, and given ample time to

settle so that the seed bed will be

firm and in good condition at plant-

ing time. Wheat kernels sprout and

the plants develop and start best on a

firm soil. The roller is often a useful

implement to use in, preparing a good

seed bed.



9. Seed late enough to avoid the

Hessian fly. Seeding from ten days to

two weeks later than the average seed-

ing time will usually control the fly.

No definite date of seeding can be giv-

en for Michigan on account of her var-

ied climatic and soil conditions. A good

general rule is to seed just late enough

to avoid the fly and early enough so as

to give time for sufficient growth to

withstand the winter.





A close study of the methods of suc-

cessful wheat growers will bring out

the fact that some or all of the above

operations characterize their methods

and differentiate them from those of

the average farmer. The average farm-

er receives the average yield, which

returns but little above the cost of

production. It is in the return above

the cost that the profit lies, and hence

the urgent necessity of giving any

inethod which will tend to increase the

yield and quality with no great in-

crease in cost of production, a thor-

ough trial. In a broad way, the meth-

ods of the superior farmer and the av-

erage farmer, are much alike—each

plows and cultivates his land and sows

and reaps his crop in much the same

way. The difference lies chiefly in at-

tention to small details. The superior

natural conditions may account for

many high yields, under average soil

and climatic conditions it is attention

to the above mentioned details which

rewards the skillful farmer with the

successful crop.





and planted it to strawberries.





was also about four inches high.





time no quack grass is to be seen.





~





and killed it.

Hillsdale Co.





J. A. PALMER.





 





CROP AND FERTILIZER QUES-

TIONS.





 





Get Seed Crop.





good crop of clover seed from the sec-

ond growth? I have two or three tons

of spoiled silage. If this is mixed with

stable manure and spread on the land

will it sour the soil or spoil it in any





way?

Sanilac Co. B. C. K.





Probably the best time is when the





a little before. But if it is left until

the first crop begins to blossom it will

do very well in ordinary years. It

must not be delayed too long. Don’t

wait until in full bloom and some of

the heads turning brown.- If you do

you take chances for a crop of seed.





You may think you can not cure the

first crop for hay if out so early, let it

you can. We do alfalfa. Cut it, let it

dry a little and cock it up and let it

cure in the cock. It will be the best

hay. Don’t let it get too dry before

cooking or you will lose lots of 'the

leaves, and besides it will not cock up

well.



No, your spoiled silage will'not in-

jure the land. This is the best use to

make of it, in fact it is the only use.





Will it Pay to Tile Drain Wet Land?





Could a man, say half in debt, on 100

acres of land worth from $80 to $90 an

acre profitably invest $500 in tile

drainage? Would it add that much val-

ue to the farm, and would it be safe to

hire the money and pay interest at

six per cent on investment? Would it

be safe financing to do this? This

farm produces good to fair crops now,

but I believe it could be made to pro-

duce a great deal more than now. Sur-

face water will drain off now to fair

advantage, but some of the farm is

quite level and some places there are

small pockets which hold the water

and it has to practically dry out by

sun and wind.



R. H. S.





Clinton Co.

subject of tile





- straws» . .





My views on this

drainage must be pretty well under-

stood by readers of the Michigan Farm-

er. I have advocated it constantly at

every opportunity, and I have practiced

what I preach. Any heavy soil will

bear the expense of tiling. Dr. Beal

told us at M. A. C. one time that to

tell when land needed tiling, to dig a

post hole and let it stand open. If at

any time during the year water stood

in this hole for a considerable time

that land needed tiling.



Now, if it pays to run in debt for the

land in the first palce, it will pay to

go‘in debt to tile drain. The land will

produce enough more to many times

pay the cost of tiling in a period of

five years. Tile draining is an invest-

ment just as well as the land itself. No

business man on a farm should hesi-

tate one moment about the cost of til-

ing if he can borrowihe money. It

, will be the: best investment he ever

’ .made'. l-AnYhody who hastiled willrte‘ll





 





EXTERMINATING QUACK GRASS.





 





I have been a reader of the Michigan

Farmer for a good many years, and



‘ mousht Perhaps someof its subscrib-

; ers.‘ might be interested in my experi-





 





 





 

 

 

 





ck‘ grass} about 10‘or 20

feet acrbss each way. It was thorough-





had the ground plowed and harrowed

I hoed

the ground thoroughly through the

summer, but the quack grass kept on

growing. The next year it got the best

of the strawberries, and took full sway.





Last year, about May 1, I spaded up

this ground, hoed it over and planted

it to a large kind of sunflower in hills

two and one-half feet apart each way.

When the sunflowers were about five

inches high I thinned them down to

two stalks in the hill. The quack grass

I

cut it off with a hoe and that was the

last work done on the patch until the

sunflowers were ready to harvest;

then I gathered them. At this time I

discovered the quack grass was all

dead, and this spring I set the ground

out to strawberries again and at this

I

think the sunflowers shaded the ground





When to Cut First Crop of Clover to





When, or at what stage in its growth

should clover be cut in order to get a





first crop is just beginning to head or





 





 





you this. Get at the job as soon as

passible. When it is done you Will

wish many times you had done it

long ago. '





S





I

COLON C. LILLIE.





 





THE FARMER’S SCRAPBOOK.





 





Mr. De La Mater’s comment on the

farmer’s scrapbook in the May 20 issue

of the Michigan Farmer has been not-

ed. I am in accord with the writer in

that many of the articles in the farm

paper are suited more or less to a par-

ticular locality and I believe that it is

a good thing to have a scrapbook in

which these articles may be pasted for

future reference. I would, however,

not wish to throw any cold water on

the idea of Mr. Evans that each farm-

er should have a technical library.

This library would consist of bulletins

and books many of which cost nothing,

and so arranged that they may be eas-

ily at hand. I have both the reference

library and the scrapbooks and know

that both of them are great help.





It may be interesting to know just

what these scrapbooks are. I tried

several schemes, among them the tak-

ing of old catalogues and cutting out

every other page, and taking well-

bound books and pasting the clippings

into these books. Neither of these

schemes were exactly suitable because

the columns of the farm papers are

longer than the average book or cata-

logue and this necessitated cutting the

columns into two strips. After a while

my mother conceived the idea that it

would be a good scheme to take old

sample books containing tailor’s sam-

ples, tear out the samples and paste

the clippings onto these pages. This

I have done and find the idea a very

good one. For convenience I have di-

vided the various clippings into: First,





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That’s Why You Thrash,





era are interested in getting all of the sin there is

in the crop. They don't forget that t e cull reg—

ister attachment is connected at the sucker. not

the slacker.



You'll find it right there where they put it

buy or hire a Nichols-Shepard machine this season.





If





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Some makers of threshing machine get so inter-

ested in getting the straw out again a to! it gets into

their separator that the forget where the grain l):-

longs and run it right ong with theatrow.



Their smokers Work fine, but their cash register

gets terribly out of killer and generally ring: up,

"Raid Out."





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you are influenced by good neighborly opin-

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farm crops and soils; second, animals;

third, farm buildings, and fourth hu-

morous and educational articles. These

disused sample books are usually

well-bound, in fact three of mine are

three-fourths leather bound and each

sheet is bound in cloth. It makes a

very durable scrapbook of pages long

enough to take the average thirteen-

and-one-half—inch column, the only ob-

jection being that these books are a

little cumbersome to handle. However,

it is the best plan I have found.





I presume there are many farm

homes to which bulletins from the

state experiment station come and

many of these bulletins are thrown in-

to the fire because there is no suitable

place for keeping them. A way that 1

make these bulletins handy is to take

all along one subject, for instance

dairying, and fasten them together by

means of shoe laces threaded through

holes that may be made with the bar-

ness punch. This manner of keeping

these bulletins is not ideal, and I am

looking for a better way that does not





 





 





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At the end of twelve months if a Gallo-



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h ySpreal'er has not paid for itself. provided

3





ve hauled out 100 loads of manure or more, an ,

has not proven everything I say for it,





 





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roe to take It back. pay freight:

oth ways and return your money



no matter on which of 11: six lam



you buy. Could I make t is 0 er I!



l was not sure of my ground—that



_ the spreader would please you—that

)t-would pay for itself—that every-



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backed up by the 3 reader itself? V

new steel beater an wide-spreading .

rake pulverizes and tears the manure no

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keeping this matter where it may be

available when wanted.



Illinois. I. J. Inkrnnws.





 





FA R'M NOTES.





 





The Second Seeding of Alfalfa.



I have plowed up some alfalfa that

was run out by June grass. I have

manured it and planted it to potatoes.

I am going to try and kill the June

grass this summer and seed it to al-

falfa next spring. Would it be all right

to sow the seed without inoculation?

Red clover grows good here.



Delta Co. I. C.



If the alfalfa plants remaining in the

old seeding had nodules on their roots,

there will be no necessity of inocula-

tion for the second seeding. If this

stand of alfalfa had been productive

and some of the plants had endured

for a number of years, there is little





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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doubt that inoculation was present. If

the plants were of a dark green color

and made a vigorous growth, this was

certainly the case. An. examination

of the roots to determine the presence





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HE time is not far distant when the

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.When you consider that pheasant eggs

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check on all weights often points out the way to great-

er earnings. For accurate information you need:





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,  Orchard Observ





Peach ~





of unfavorable Weather, peach



trees in some localities suffered

severely from leaf diseases and borer

injury. The fruit was not always free

from disease and much of it displayed

in the market was spotted and checked

from scab.



The results of such a season are

sure to be far reaching, and one may

expect that the next year will bring

a continuation if the conditions are

favorable. Trees that are badly dis-

eased, the leaves of which were dis-

eased, may carry over the disorders

' and trouble will begin again.



Most growers are familiar with the

disease known as peach scab. The

fungus which causes the disease is

found in every section in Michigan

where peaches are grown. It forms

numerous small sooty spots on the

fruit. The spots may be very small, at

first no larger than a pin head. Later

the spots may increase in size and

merge. Due to the injury caused by

the fungus on fruit, checking and se-

vere cracking may result. As a rule

the scab is found mostly at the stem

end of the fruit, and on top. But it is

not necessarily confined to this area

alone; it may be scattered over the en-

tire surface, more or less.





The Peach Scab.



The spots are confined only to the

epidermis, the fungus not penetrating

into the fleshy portion of the fruit.



' It is sometimes said that this fungus

causes spots 011 the leaf to form. This

is perhaps not true as the spotting and

shot hole effect is due to another

cause. Generally on the lower side of

the leaf small purple spots are notice—

able. This area of the leaf does not

die and amp out, however, and the

fungus which causes this purple area

is the one causing the spot on the

fruit, the scab.



The twigs may also become affected.

The fungus forms brown purplish spots

which are never deep, seldom extend-

ing into the cambium, generally only

to the cambium. These areas winter

over the disease and from them the

fruit may again be infected. They may

dry and drop out. ‘

It is only on the young twigs that

the fungus will grow. The spots may

be found near and around the buds

and also between the nodes. As a rule

the spots can rarely be found; they are

not large, perhaps one-eighth to one

fourth of an inch in diameter.





Prune Out Affected Limbs.

When trimming“ is wise to cut out





'the badly diseased branches, and to





leave the healthier ones, if possible.

Even with the most thorough spraying

some of the fungus may not be do

strayed.



Last summer there was a great

amount of twig infection and orchard-

ists should examine the trees carefully.

Some of the orchards that had been

sprayed as well as in years previous

produced an inferior grade of fruit. It

was not the fault of the grower or the

spraying material in this case, but the

abnormal condition for which the grow-

er’s experience had not prepared him.

There are two other diseases of

peaches, bacteriosis and peach blight,

which may be confused with scab. For-

tunately one of them, peach blight, has

not been found in Michigan. Peach

blight attacks the twigs and causes the

buds to die. It attacks the body of

the fruiting wood. Spots of varying

size are produced on the gre‘en wood

and the fungus grows into the Gambi-

um and wood and may girdle the young

twigs, causing death. Bacteriosis and

other diseases cause spotting of the

fruit and is found in Michigan. The

spots are more brownish, often sunken,

irregular and scaly or scurfy. On the

wood sunken rough, cankers are pro-

duced and penetrate beyond the cam-

bium. A halo may be, around the spots.





 





 





 





On the leaf the spot is reddish brown





   





DURING the last season, because





 





 





 





.. 2; “

Diseases '

and the infected area dries and may

later drop out. The spots on the leaf

often have this halo effect. Most of

the shot hole is produced by bacte-





riosis. This disease has not been re-

ported extensively in Michigan.





The Leaf Spot.





Control measures have been worked

out for these diseases and seem to con-

trol them well. The Ohio Experiment

Station reports good results with modi~

fied Bordeaux and later experiments

with self boiled lime-sulphur have also

been successful. In New Jersey fairly

good results were obtained with self-

boiled lime-sulphur, 10 pounds of lime

and 10 pounds of sulphur to 50 gallons.



If the attack has been severe it

may be well to spray the orchard with

Bordeaux, 4:4:50 in November and be-

fore the buds open apply the commer-

cial lime-sulphur at the usual strength,

which is one gallon of commercial lime

sulphur at 33 degrees Baume, to eight

and one-fourth gallons of water.





It may not be necessary to make the

spray, which is applied when the blos-

soms begin to fall, fungicidal but if

only one winter spraying has taken

place and conditions are bad it may

pay. as some growers have determined

experimentally.

should come when the fruit is about

the size of a small hazel nut, that is,

when the calyx is shed. This spray

and the former, if fungicidal, is made

by slaking 10 pounds of lime in about

one and a half gallons of water and

allowing it to get well started in its

action and then adding 10 pounds of

finely powdered flower of sulphur. Stir

the mixture to get out the lumps and

to distribute the sulphur. Add water

until the mass has the consistency of

paste. In about ten minutes the boil-

ing will subside. Then add more wa-

ter to prevent further action. Cairo

should be exercised in seeing that no

red liquid is formed as this would in-

dicate a compound similar to the win«

ter spray and harmful to the foliage.





An important Spray.



The last spraying should be applied

about four weeks before the fruit ~ma-

tures. This is an important spray,

and it is the neglect of this spray that

Selby, at the Ohio Experiment Station,





finds is the cause of most of the late ’





spotting. If warm moist weather ar~

rives as the crop is maturing it is un-

wise to allow the one spraying to suf-

fice. The" lack of the last spraying

may jeopardize the whole crop. When

prices are good, taking risks does not

pay for weather is a fickle, uncertain

element.’ Man plays as shrewdly as he,

may, but not an error he makes is

overlooked, nor does the penalty he

must pay fail to be exacted.



Growers in Michigan who spray

when the blossoms fall may perhaps

not find it necessary to make their

spray fungicidal. The New Jersey bul-

letin recommends three sprayings, one

when the calyx is shed, another two

or three weeks later, and the last

about a month before the fruit ma-

tures. Scab first appears in the early

part of June, or even later, some rea-

sons and during this time if the weath-

er is favorable it makes tremendous

headway. ’



Results so far seem to indicate that

commercial lime-sulphur diluted is not

a good spray to use for peach trees.

The poison should not be omitted from

the first spraying, at least as insects

aid in carrying diseases and in infect-

ing the fruit.



Peach scab may injure the epider-





mis to such an extent that brown rot .





may attack the fruit and losses from

rotting will be great. In case the dis-

ease has been severe it may be well

to follow the spraying given when'the

calyx falls,- by a'similar spraying two

or three weeks later, and another one





about a month. before, the fruit_‘ ,'





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The second spraying
mb 1‘ Crop

_’ The lambing‘ season is now over and

our lambs are out on green pasture





care is not over with.

just beginning.





velop into good mutton at the earliest

possible moment. Prices are high and

the lambs are sure to be a source of

”revenue to almost any farm where

sheep raising can be carried on even



'fl way. {

e feed our lambs a ration consist~

ng of cracked corn, oats, a little buck-

wheat and barley. We have a feed-

ing place for the lambs where the rest

-' ' . of the flock cannot bother them. In

i this yard we have troughs and fill

them with the above mixture, together

with some wheat bran. It is really sur-

prising how much a small lamb will

eat when thrifty and in good condition.

One very important thing in sheep

raising that we should not lose sight

of is making special preparation for

some shade during the summer and

while hot weather lasts. Sheep will

_ not feed during the heated part of

l " the day and they should have a dark

shed in which to lie, or be put into

fields where there are plenty of shade

trees to protect them. Sheep are great-

ly annoyed and lose flesh also by the

gadfly which deposits its eggs in their

nostrils and sometimes causes grub in

the head. If they have plenty of shade

this will be prevented to a large ex-

tent. During the extreme hot weather

our sheep almost invariably come a

little after sunrise in the morning and

stay around in the shade until about

sundown, when they go out to pasture



again. .



It is commonly said a change in pas-

ture will make a fat calf. This is true

no doubt, and the same can be said of

lambs also. A change from one place

to another seems to do them good. Our

sheep are changed around as often as

possible onto new pasture. It is a fine

thing to have a patch of oats out so

wecan let them have free access to

them. In case of an extremely dry

summer, a patch of rape will be a good

thing to plant for forage. Sometimes

we plant a patch of rape and oats mix-

ed. This makes an excellent forage



' for sheep. We sow two pounds of

rape with the oats and this usually

gives us a fair stand. There are other

combinations that can be sown profit-

ably as a forage crop for both hogs

and sheep, as well as for the cattle.



‘ Some forage crop should be grown for

’ hogs and sheep each summer.





Our lambs are weaned at between

four and five months of age and put on

fresh feed. This gives the ewes plenty

of time to rest up and get in good con-

dition again before breeding time





 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





with the balance of the flock, but their

In fact, it is

We should aim to

give them every chance possible to de-





 





the r'tliree states, "and steps «were taken

between farmers and the banks to se-

cure co-operation that the cattle indus-

try may be financed. “Fifty-cent beef”

is being talked of now, in fact, best

cuts of meat have almost reached this

figure in a retail way, and it is believ-

ed a big future for beef cattle new con-

fronts farmers. Banks have plenty of

money and can make long—time loans.

Bankers are interested and Jackson

bankers will meet with the farmers of

that section at the Otsego Hotel, Jack-

son,\June 29, to discuss plans.





The Tri-State Live Stock Dealers’

Association met at Hillsdale and chose

officers as follows: President, F. E.

McConnell, Allen; vice-president, Dav-

id Cortright, Homer; secretary, Bert

Rowe, Camden; treasurer, John Bow-

ditch, Pittsford. The matter of freight

rates was left with the legislative com-

mittee. It was voted to hold the semi-

annual meeting at Fort Wayne, Indi-

ana, November 14.





Cattlemen of Gratiot, Montcalm and

adjoining counties met at Carson City

and discussed merits of various breeds,

with Prof. Anderson of M. A. C., C. W.

Cruin, of McBride, secretary of the

Central Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’

Association, and other speakers. Senti-

ment seemed to be divided between

Holsteins and Shorthorns and it was

voted to form two associations. The

Holstein farmers organized, in affilia-

tion with the national body, with the

following officers: President, Delbert

Mayes; vice-president, Albert Van

Sickle; secretary-treasurer, Frank Dail-

ey. The Shorthorn men will organize

later.



Thirty dairy farmers of Kalamazoo

county have formed a co-operative cow

testing association, with officers as fol-

lows: President, Chas. E. Powers, of

Pavilion; vice—president, O. G. Skinner;

secretary—treasurer, Carl Buckham;

directors, the officers, I). Lacey and R.

C. Balch. This is the ninth organiza-

tion of the kind in Michigan and there

are 240 cow—testing associations in the

United States.



The Menominee County Dairy and

Stock Association has bought its first

carload of high-grade stock, the regis-

tered Holsteins coming from southern

Wisconsin, and will be placed on farms

near Powers, Nadeau, Stephenson and

Daggett. Business men and farmers

are co-operating for improved dairy

stock on farms of‘the county.



Kent Co. ALMOND Gmrrsx.





SOME RECENT PUBLIC SALES OF

SHORTHORNS.





 





As secretary of the Michigan Short-

horn Breeders’ Association, 1 wish to

report the following public sales of

Shorthorn cattle:





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The faint musical sound of

a plucked spring was elec-

trically carried from one room

to another and recognized on

June 2, I875. That sound

was the birth-cry of the tele-

phone.





The original instrument—-

the very first telephone in the

world—is shown in the picture

above.





From this now-historic in-

strument has been developed

an art of profound importance

in the world’s civilization.





At this anniversary time,

the Bell System looks back on

forty-one years of scientific

achievement and economic

progress, and gives this account

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At Manilla, Iowa, on June 1, C. A.

Saunders & Sons sold 49 head at an

average of $1,068.





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they are given a little grain, wheat





per ton of silage put up or per year of life. Tremendous-

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barn, and oats. Sometimes we feed a

small amount of corn for a change in

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—At Altoona, 111., on June 6, C. J. Mc-

Master sold 32 head at an average





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of $601.



At \Vheaton, 111., on June 7, Thos.

Stanton sold 30 head at an average

of $1,236.



At Mansfield, Ohio, June .8, Messrs.

Carpenter & Ross sold 58 head at an

average of $1,110.



At Tifi‘in, Ohio, on June 9, F. R. Ed—

wards sold 38 head at an average

of $651.



The offerings in these five sales

made an average of $933.



Livingston Co. W. W. KNAPP.





lambs, the ewes must be in first-class

condition. I never -look for good,

thrifty lambs from poor, weak ewes.

Considering the high prices prevailing

for all kinds of live stock, I think the

outlook for sheep raising never was

better, especially with the mutton

breeds. Sheep raising is not a hard

task. Getting started, or perhaps mak-

ing a start along this line, is all that

is necessary and the investment will

be a good one.

Penn.





H. W. Sworn.





Recently increased Chicago market-

ings of live muttons have caused some

big breaks in prices, and on a late

Monday there were breaks of from 50

@750 per 100 lbs. for lambs and about

50c for sheep, almost everything com~

ing ‘shorn. V The southern lamb crop is

now being marketed, and a late Mon-

day saw something like 8,000 lambs





MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK. NOTES.





 





The Tri-State Meat Growers’ Asso-

ciation, organized last fall by cattle

breeders of Michigan, Ohio and Iidiana,

held its first annual meeting in Jack-

son on June 8-9, and elected L. Whit—

ney Watkins, of Manchester, Mich.,'





the Chicago packers, lowering mate~

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The treasurer’s report shows that





money and property. Such a large

reserve is a visible sign of the prosper-

ity of the association, and assured the

permanency and progress of the H01-

stein-Friesian interests of the country.

The total disbursements for the year

were $172,992.26, while the total re-

ceipts amounted to $388,383.14.



In making his report, Superintendent

of Advanced Registry Malcolm H.

Gardner, said that the whole fabric of

the dairy industry rested on the pro-

ductivity of the dairy cow. Of the

various kinds of dairy cows there were

over twenty million in the United

States. Of these the good ones re-

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‘ers. The indifferent cows return a

profit or loss according .o the condi-

tions of their environment, while the

poor cows Show more or less of loss.

If the care and feeding expenses of

five million unprofitable cows could be

eliminated, there would be a saving to

the dairy industry of at least $100,000,-

000 a year, and if it were possible to

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cow maytnrn a loss mall-goat. LA RO-FEED

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the value of the dairy products would

increase $135,000,000. Such an imme-

diate saving and gain is of course im-

possible, as improvement takes time,

but it is not only a possible accom-

plishment for the future, but may be

far surpassed. Only one of twenty

pure—bred dairy bulls born in the herds

oi the country is needed for use in his

breed, leaving the remaining nineteen

available for use in improvement of

grade and common herds. What is

needed is the bringing together of the

one who needs and the one who breeds

the surplus bull. The mission of the

Advanced Registry is to furnish means

for improvement within the breed, and

a source of supply for pure—bred males

to increase the average milk produc‘

tion of the dairy herds in the country.

The man who gets two quarts of milk

from the improved cow where he got

before but one quart from a scrub, is a

public benefactor, but if he supinely

permits the dealer to cut the price

paid for his milk while keeping up the

price to the consumer, he not only

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minded.



Covoperation the Greatest Need.

Organization and co-operation are

the greatest needs of the dairy indus-





HE sale of 140 head of Holstein

cattle by the National Holstein~

Friesian Sale Company of Mich-

igan, in connection with the recent an-

nual meeting of the National Holstein

Breeders’ Association at Detroit, June

7—9, proved to be an epoch-making

event in the history of this breed in

America. The average price received

for the animals established a new rec-

ord for auction sales of dairy cattle.





 





 





The 140 animals sold for the aggre-

gate amount of $152,365, making an

average price of $1,088.32 per head. Of

this number there were 18 males which

brought their owners a total of $55,525

or an average of $3,084.72 each. The

average price received for the 122 fe-

males was $793.77.





Among the individual animals, King

Champion Rag Apple (179305), an

eight months’ old male calf consigned

by Oliver Cabana, Jr., Elma Center, N.

Y., enjoyed the distinction of selling for

the highest price paid at the sale. A.





$20,000 for this animal. First place

among the females must be given to

Jessie Forbes Bessie Homestead (100-

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The Big Auction Sale 21 Great Success





York, who also acted as sale director

at the auction.

York, was in the box during the sale,

while B. V. Kelley, also of New York,

R. E. Haeger, of Illinois, J. E. Mack, of

Wisconsin, and D. L. Perry, of Ohio,

did the auctioning.





sold, the consignors, the purchasers

and the price paid:

Consigned by Oliver Cabana, Jr., Elma





Copia (190576) to Fred S. Hall, De-

troit, $600; Luzette Pietertje Nether-

land 5th (167807) to Rising & Bensen,

Fayette, Ohio, $1,700; Superba Rag Ap-

ple Luzette

‘Farms, Orchard Lake, Mich., $1,300;

Inka Waldorf 2d (119708) to H. C.

Langan,

Princess Mutual Pontiac (260955) to

W. Green, of Middlefield, Ohio, paid Flanders Farms, $1,675; Manley Farm

Odina (191604) to J. W. Bigelow, Eas-

ton, Md, $1,000; Pontus Aaggie Cornu-

copia (123289) to D. W. Field, Field

Farms, Montello, Mass, $1,125; Lucile

Inka Segis (166127) to Barber & Jenk-





Jdays' butter record of 34.96 pounds ins, Haslett, Midi" “325'





VDavid Roberts, W. J.

Brpsu W. J. Wright, Waltke‘sha, Wis,





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?'BrcederS’ Meeting 7





try. Along this line two events of the ,





past year stand out prominently,- these

were the organization of the National

Dairy Council and the strike of the

Chicago milk producers for a fair price

for their milk. The Dairy Council will

be the greatest factor in informing the

general public as to the value of dairy

products, while the success of the Chi-

cago milk producers will add $1,500,000

to their income while at the same time

increase the measure of their self-re-

spect and self confidence.



Secretaary F. L. Houghton’s report

showed that by comparison with other

dairy breed associations, the Holstein-

Friesian is the leader over all. It con-

tains in number over seven thousand

more members than all of the dairy

cattle associations together. In growth

by states New York led with 2,433 new

members, Wisconsin second with 1,289,

Ohio third with 838, and Michigan and

Pennsylvania following in line with

618 and 601 respectively.



The Progress of the Breed.



The literary committee which is es-

tablished for the purpose of carrying

on the literary work of the association

by preparing and disseminating arti-

cles and information respecting the su-

periority of the Holstein-Friesian as

dairy animals, showed in its report

that the registrations and transfers

have increased from 42,271 in 1908 to

141,431 in 1915. The application for

membership in 1908 were only 466, but

during the past. seven years the aver-

age has been 908. The average auc-

tion price of the Holstein has increas-

ed from $156 in 1908 to $202 in 1915.

The high yield in the seven-day class

in 1908 was 28.176 pounds, while at

present the record is 35.54 pounds of

butter—fat, which is held by Ormsby

Jane Segis Aaggie. Of its $25,000 ap-

propriation the literary committee

spent for advertising in farm papers

$9,412.38, in medical journals $2,520.85,

and in general magazines $7,109.83.



The proposition presented by John

B. Irwin, of Minneapolis, to provide in

the Advanced Registry classification

for a 305-day test the same regulations

as those now governing the 365day

test was passed without a dissenting

vote, the proposal by N. A. Cole and

Prof. A. C. Anderson and Alton B. Rob-

erts for a 270-day test under the same

conditions having been withdrawn in

favor of the 305—day test.



The president’s address, election of

oli‘icers and the meeting place for next

year were given in last week’s issue.





Cass Farms Company, of Sumner, 1a.,

for $4,600.



All the animals included in the sale

were of especially high class; they

were all selected under the personal





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Following is a list of the animals





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Consigned by Lawson Holding 00.,

' , lnc., La Grangeville, N.1Y.

Females—Hattie Walker De Kol ‘2o

(91844) t6 A. A. Hartsh‘orn, Hamilton,

N. Y., $1,000; Pietertje Hengerveld

' .~ .. Creamelle (132729) to Hollywood

.4 l h . , Farms, Hollywood, Wash., $3,200; Tidy

’ “ _ "Abbekerk Princess Annetje (105667)

-~ to E. N. Stanton, Fayetteville, N. .,

$1,525; Eli Chornita Wayne (185966)

. to .John Arfmann, Middletown, N. Y.,

925





Male—King of the Pontiacs Segis

- (169124) to Flanders Farms, $6,000.

Consigned by Peter Small, Chester-





'- ' land, Ohio.

. ’ Females—Belle Pontiac Lincoln

(156045) to Stevenson Bros. Co., Liver-





pool, N. Y., $605; Meadow Holm Ona

,Cornucopia- (142038) to Mr. Aiken,

$2,000; Aroc Edna Pietertje (112769)

to Kossir Bros., Marshallville, Ohio,

$925; Maplecrest Pontiac De K01

Champion (123363) to Babbler &

Pierce Bros., Monticello, Wis., $1,350.





Consigned by Munro 60., Spokane,



V ,Wash.



Females—Bessie Segis Lady Oak

(240526) to L. E. Connell, Fayette,

0., $400; Bessie Forbes Sunnyside

Fayne (306247) to Fishkill Farms,

Hopewell, N. Y., $610; Bessie Blanche

Tritomia (294781) to Fishkill Farms,

$505; Hendrika Pietertje Fayne to J.

N. Hackney, St. Paul, Minn., $300; Bes-

sie Piebe Homestead 3d (129516) to B.

Meyer, Finderne, N. J., $1,150; Stella

Canary ' Tritomia (202029) to F. P.

Knowles, Auburn, Mass, $460; Bessie

Pride Polkadot Fayne (306245) to Fish-

kill Farms, $400; Johanna, Pietertje

Fayne (287356) to B. Meyer, $800; Jes~

sie Fobes Bessie Homestead (100742)





 





Bessie Fobes Pietertje Fayne (287360)

to Lawson Holding 00., $2,000; BessIe

Lilly Pietertje Fayne to Ohio Board

of Administration, Columbus, 0., $415.



Males—Finderne Pietertje Fayne

(98104) to H. C. Davis, Granger, Wash.,

$3,000; Fobes Pietertje Fayne, to Fred

More, St. Jacobs, 111., $300.



Consigned by Stevens Bros.’ Co.,

' Liverpool, N. Y.



Females—K P Reina (261348) to

J. A. Hughson, East Aurora, N. Y.,

$1,325; K'P Veeman Mona (293476) to

Mr. Bray, Bridgeport, Pa., $1,075; K

P Mona Veeman (293477) to Mr. Bray,

$1,075; K P Lady Ruth $322114) to

Oliver Cabana, Jr., $1,275; K P Segis

Jewel (293468) to Vandercamp Farms,

Syracuse, N. Y., $1,200; Hattie Walker

De Kol 2d (284778) to Francis Jones,

Clinton, N. Y., $800; Dora Woodcrest

Rag Apple 2d (283498) to E. Le Roy

Pelletier, Pontiac, Mich., $800; K S P

Frindaella (215545) to Hollywood

Farms, $550. . ‘



Male.——King Pontiac Segis Jane, to

Mr. Pless, Brighton, $1,050.



Consigned by Bernhard Meyer,

Finderne, N. Y. '



Females.——Woodcrest De K01 Prin-

‘ cess (131269) to B. B. Davis, Omaha,

-‘ ‘i . Neb., $525; Finderne Lady Fayne (160~



' 393) to A. A. Cortelyou, Somerville,

N. J., $2,500; Finderne Lady Pell Fayne

(183213) to Barber & Jenkins, $300;

Finderne Adelina Fayne Korndyke

(239348) $270; Judge Hengerveld De

Kol Valdora (211833) to Paul T. Keis.

ling, Kokomo, 111., $500; Mercedes Hen-

gerveld Maia (199170) to D. H. Hoover,

Howell, Mich., $400; Valdessa Ormsby

De K01 (140444) to Oliver Cabana, Jr.,

$3,000; Finderne Valdessa Segis Korn-

dyke (291469) to Rachanway Farms,

New Hackensack, N. Y., $450; Pontus

Aaggie Cornucopia 3d (211829) to A.

A. Cortelyou, $325.



‘Males.——Finderne Alexis Segis Korn-

dyke (174998) to P. T. Buth, Grand

Rapids, Mich., $3,100; Finderne Holin—

gen Fayne Korndyke (164269) to A.

G. Danks, Allamuchy, N. J., $2,000.



Consigned by Francis M. Jones,



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"N Females.-——Orpha Pontiac (100049)

to W. D. Robens, Poland, N. Y., $975;

Spring Farms Cornucopia Pauline, to

, ,w. W. D. Robens, $450; Spring Farm

' ' Cornucopia Ormsby, to John M. Tobin,

Allegan,‘ Mich., $500; Spring Farm

Cornucopia Lady, to Stearns Bros. Co.,

Liverpool, N. Y., $1,600; Spring Farm

Cornucopia Johanna, to Ohio Board of



Administration, $370.



'Male.—Spring Farm Pontiac Cornu-

'copia 16th, to Hollywood Farms, $950.

Consigned by John Arfmann, Middle-



town, N. Y.

Females—Aagie Cornucopia Pauline

Girl (156188) to D. W. Field, $1,125;

Zozo Pontiac Hengerveld, to L. C. Lov-

ell, Bellows Falls, Vt., $550; Janie Rue

De K01 (139887) to C. W. Bray, Bridge-

port, Pa., $825; calf to Winterthur

Farms, Winterthur, Del., $560; Fair-

1 mont Alcartra Tehee, to Flanders

' 5., Farms, $1,275; Fairmont Alcartra Te-

' , ~ -‘hee, to Flanders Farms, $1,275; Daisy

" _C£11,2n11c0pia ,Pauline 2d (157739) to

A. Ignite, fWarrtlen, tMifih" $7753;

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West Unitey,.Ohio,' $525; Alcartra Hen-

gerveld De Kol, to B. B. Davis, $2,000;





Pietje Alcartra Pontiac, to





Farms, Allamuchy, N. J., $4,900.

Consigned by C. L. Amos, Syracuse,





New York.





Females.~——Oakhurst Hengerveld Gen-

evieve (286926) to N. C. Graham, of

Rochester, Minn., $400; Fair Acres

Cornucopia Maud (274723) to Mr. God-

frey, Liverpool, N. Y., $250; Union

Valley Netherland Beets (291078) to

Edw. Clinton, Redford, Mich., $330;





Neta Beets Segis (269649)

Munro, Camillus, N. Y., $430.





Consigned by Fred F. Field Holstein

Co., Brockton, Mass.

Females.—Dutchland Colantha Clo-

thilde (288825) to W. E. Stillwell. Mon-

tello, Mass, $575; Dutchland Colantha

Kuperus (293042) to Christopher

Grahn, Rochester, Mich., $900.

Male.—Dutchland Creamelle Sir Col-

antha, to L. L. Lawson, La Grangeville,





N. Y., $3,000.





Consigned by F. C. Soule &. Sons,





Syracuse, N. Y





Females—Maple Grove Annie De

K01 (140508) to Stevens Bros, $350;

Brookdale Pietje Pauline (138643) to

J. M. Hackney, $450; Brookdale Pietje

Teresa (138644) to Dudley E. Waters,

Grand Rapids, Mich., $500; Brookdale

Pietje Ormsby (138645) to Houselett &

McNutt, Oxford, Wis., $580; Brookdale

Pietje Belle (138646) to Stevens Bros,

to Cass Farms 00., Sumner, 1a., $4,600; $650-

Con,signed by Edwin K. Munro,





Camillus, N. Y.





Females—Pioneer Gordon Girl (261-

349) to Ohio Board of Administration,

$225; Pioneer Nellie Segis (288416) to E

Vandercamp Farms, $550; Pioneer Lu- _

dilla Lass (261347) to Hollywood





Farms, $410.





Consigned by D. H. Hoover,





Howell, Mich.

Female.——Two-year-old to





Farms, $405.





Consigned by P. Buth, Grand Rapids,

'ch





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Females—Jewel De K01 Hartog

(213271) to Ohio Board of Administra-

tion, $465; Uno Fearless Fannie De





Kol (133577) to Dudley E.





$850; Creston Pontiac Segis Fannie, to

R. & H. Van Dyk, Holland, Mich.,

.3550: Creston Fairview Korndyke

(288612) to A. W. Brown, West Win-





field, N. Y., $360.





Consigned by A. A. Cortelyou,





Somervillp, N. J.





Females.—-Covery Mercedes Johanna

3d (200064) to Reed & Knowles, How-

ell, Mich., $325; Johanna Mercedes Clo-

thilde Rue (217609) to Flanders Farms

$510; Agnes Clothilde De Kol 2d (261-

857), $315; K P Clothilde Pietertje

(304817) to Hollywood Farms, $925;

Carlotta Fayne Johanna (259130) to

Lawson Holding 00., $1,350; Quoque

Boon 2d King Beryl (124470) to B.

Meyer, $1,175; Quoque Boon Abbekerk

(272183) to Fred S. Hall, $850; Quoque

Boon Pride Fayne (319656) to B. Mey-

er, $700; Heeringa Segis (200067) to





John C. Buth, $365.





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Consigned by W. J. Prentiss

Alstead, N. H.





Females.——Maplemont Pontiac Rag

Apple (240971) to McPherson Farms

(30., Howell, Mich., $880; Maplemont

Nettie Mahomet (208866) to G. A. Hos-

$700; Nettie Blanche Mahomet

(89352) to Houslett & McNutt, $350.



Consigned by D. D. Aitken, Flint,





Mich.

Females—Flint Ferndale





145161) to F. J. & C. B. Sarmiento,





Detroit, Mich., $1,300; Flint





veld Crescent (161888) to Lakewood





Farms, $525.





Consigned by C. F. Hunt, Oran, N. Y.

Females—Elma Clyde Veeman (268-

974) to George Homegardner, Sandus—





ky, Ohio, $200; Rest Easy





Burke (301232) to Paul T. Kiesling,

$300; Aaggie of Lynfeld Ormsby 2d,

to Ohio Board of Administration, $226;

Countess Pontiac Abbekerk to Ohio

Board of Administration, $295; Segis

Pontiac Detroit, to Racmanway Farms,





$235





ville, Ohio, $1,400.





Consigned by W. D. Robens,





Poland, N. Y





Females—S V H Soldene (285361)

Fishkill , Farms, $410: two-,year-old ,to

Racman'way Farm, $425; Jennie V919;





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Male—Walker Lyons (174771) to F.

J. McRae, Mt. Pleasant, and E. L. Sal-

isbury. Shepherd, Mich., $500.

Consigned by A. W. Brown & Sons,

West Windfield, N. Y.

Females—Vallev' View Nellie Pon-

tiac (218877) to F. P. Knowles, $260;

two-year-old to Francis M. Jones, $500.

Male—King Pontiac Boon Lilith 2d

(159883) to Lawrence Paumier, Louis-





 





   

 

 





 

 

 





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Urieeda‘ Korndyke Beryl 2d, Winter-

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Fairmont Alcartra Charlotte, to G. G.

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By FLOYD W. ROBISON.





 





; 'the respective advocates usually say a in the consumer‘s mind, for at first in





, Most of the controversies which come oleomargarine shall not "a colored

up are prolonged because of this very then butter shall not be colored.

condition. Partisanship prevents any The Second Infringement.





Oleomargarine a Butter Substitute. in logic 01‘ in law for any such con





When oleomargarine was first manu-





stitute for butter at a. time When it _ _

was impossible to get butter or at the use of coloring matter in butter.





least impossible to get it without the The Third Infringement-





imitated in any way without a vigor- stituent part oi their own product.





 





ous protest. (Continued next week)‘

Butter Industry is Fundamental.

' ' When you take into consideration THE BIG AUCTION SALE A GREAT

7 further that the butter interest of the SUCCESS-

country, being an agricultural interest,

is in a great sense fundamental to the (Continued from page 779)-





pared futher to understand why there 431) to Fred F. Field Farms 00., 3900‘





far as we are acquainted with the laws istration, $1,425. .

of the various states relating to butter ConSIgned by J- IG- Fuggle, Cazenovsa,

and oleomargarine there is only one in: Females—Inkspér . Lady Do Hann

Junction against the periect treedom at (125062) to Flanders Farms, $1,000;

sale of oleomargarine. This iiijunc‘ Inksper Lady de Hann 2d (21518714),

tion is that it shall not be colored in $38? Inksper Lady de Harm ontiac

imitation of yellow butter. We do not ”0‘6“” to J“ M' HaCkai/ethgolw

Uunderstand that the dairy interests C°"S'9"ed by H°nfifcrfi ' ay, ason,

have any quarrel with oleomargarine Females—Canary Mercedes Butter

as such, except where it enters into Girl (114099) to J. M. Hackney, $520;



what nlay justly be called the legiti- $111109le 0f"; Oakditle 2%1(51215548]:_2)).t0 D.



. .4 , . . . '. i‘ie «‘arms ‘o., , ; rincess

mate marktt 01 buttel. but the whole Korndyke Oakdale (321523) to Lawson

history ot the manulacture of, and sale Holding Co., $1,000; Anna Dean Prin-

of, oleomargarine has been an attempt cesg Korndyke (253974) to Lawson

not only to usurp the market for butter HOIdiiig Cg-,1?1.4(%01; Slighllyt Deain Prin-



. . - -, , . , cess {orn y e 7 o awson



throughb an toilelftllyde {Eh/91 Uéuzig (£31.11 Holding (30., $1,500; Honny Hartog



w paign, ut 0 u? , e” 1’10 uc “1 Korndyke (321525) to Lawson Holding

such a way that it Will look as much Co., $330; Bonny Concordia Korndyke

like butter as it is possible for it to do (321525) to Lawson Holding Co., $330.

and pass in the market for butter. Consigned pr C. H. Thiamas, West



The first operation to make this con- mdge, N- -



. . ‘ , _ Female—Maid Paul Colantha (173-

dition possible was the method oi man- 604) to D. L. Baker, Likeston, Mo.,.

ufacture whereby the Oils and animal $255.

fats which form the base of oleomar- Consigned by John M. Tobin, Allegan,

garine are actually churned with skiiii- Mich.



» milk, milk or cream, to impart to the Females.—Allegan Maplecrest SDOt“





oleomargarine a. milk or cream, or but- $3113: gf§§0i2%:§§£g Chlanlfliidlsflfigllgildi





ter flavor} This product made inthis ley (245975) to Lawson Holding Co.,

way does have an odor somewhat akin $360. ‘

to butter, but as usually manufactured Consigned by R. Bruce McPherson,





‘ alto eth r too white to be easilv' Howell, Mic“-

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(next step was the introduction of arti— $360.



,ficial color to make the product look Consigned by percy A. Nye, pontiac’

like butter, not to give it a distinctive Mifih.K 1 E



trade mark but to ive it the mark of Female—Agnes e 0 0f vergreen

butter to make it dgifiicult for the con. Law“ (197805) t0 Ernest 000193" Hud'





, . son, Mich., $280.

, sumer to Judge as to its true character. consigned by Guy Wakefield, Fowler-

' The only reason which we have ever ville, Mich.

It en advanced for the use of color in Female—Princess Vale De Kol Mer-

iile‘bmargarine has been because the cedes M (181065) ‘30 Flanders Farm,





«dairy interests are permitted to color $1400





at, ir product. The practice has been Consigned £5333? Blicahue" a" 8°"!





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





' HERE has been a great deal of margarine while at the same time per-

‘ rivalry in commerce between mitting the coloring of butter, is class

the butter interests and the oleo- legislation. It is this argument which

,margarine interests, and. in each case has been the one most difficult to meet





great many things that are not so. stance one naturally argues that if





clearness of understanding. We do not believe there is any basis





tention, but we are in sympathy with





- expenditure of a great sum of money. The two points wherein the product

It has been manufactured from the oleomargarine has been made to imi-

very start with the idea of stimulating tate butter, that is, first the churning

dairy and creamery butter. Practically with skim—milk, milk or cream, and sec-

the whole cOntroversy which has end, the introduction of an added arti-

grown up around these two products ficial yellow coloring matter, have

has arisen because theoleomargarine been followed later by a still third

interests in the first instance were not means. This third means has been

perfectly fair in the marketing 01' their the one which removes absolutely ev-

product- They have 110E been satisfied ery fundamental argument against but-

to give it a coined and distinctive ter which the oleomargarine interests

name. Every effort possible has been have made, that is, the actual introduc-

made to make it sell in the butter mar- tion of butter itself into the' composi-

ket, in fact in the place 01’ butter. VViLh tion of oleomargarine. It will be found

the exceptiOIl Of a few concerns there upon chemical analysis at the present

has been no great attempt by the man- time that much of the so-called high-

ufacturers of oleomargarine to put grade oleomargarine which is upon the

their product Upon the market ill 511011 market contains all the way from five

a way that it becomes easy for the to 50 per cent of butter in its compo-

consumer to recognize the true charac- gluon, Vy'hat ground is there, there-

ter Of the DI‘OGUCL It is IIOt strange lore, tor the argument against the use

that‘the dairy interests should resent of butte: from the standpoint of sani-

thiS condition. We know 0f 110 other tation, which is the argument which is

interest which Will stand idly by and used most vigorously by the oleomar-

permit their especial trade mark to be gal'ine interests, when they are at the

taken from them 01' their article to be same time using butter itself as a con-





has arisen such bitter antagonism to- Male—King Sadie Veeman Henger- Ouf _

ward the oleomargarine interests. As veld (173243) to Ohio Board of Admin- 66th





   

 

 





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ONSTRUCTION foremen are usu-

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men under them. Quality of ma-

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By EARL ROBERT RICE.





assistant engineer when the Baker

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for cool judgment and, sometimes, a

very quick decision, i. e., the handling

of the giant crane used in laying the





foundation first and afterward putting

in place the heavy steel of the super-

structure.



“Yes, I need a man,” said Davis,

when Bruce approached him. “But I

am afraid, my lad, that you would

hardly do.”





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hold my breath for fear Tompkins will

niiscalculate his distances, and Tomp-

kins is the best man I ever had. I

just let the other assistant go because

I saw him grab the wrong lever when

he was placing a five—ton load.”



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watch myself. I’ll do my best, sir.”



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“Well, go to it,” he said, “butmind,

you’ll likely be fired. if you make one

slip.” ' .

“What does he think I am,” thought

Bruce, during the day’s work. "‘I’ll

show him."



The work on the Butler building

was a familiar kind in that city. An

old-style five-story structure on a cor-

ner had been torn down to make room

for a. more modern affair. This old

building was one in a solid block front-

ing a busy street, and the wall of its

next neighbor, an unoccupied four-

story, loomed above the workmen the

morning Bruce came on the job.



The excavation for the new building

was broad and deep, deeper, in fact,

than that under the adjoining one.

Bruce’s first duty was in connection

with the going in of the heavy stuff

for the new foundation.





The work was fascinating, as con-

struction work always is. To Bruce it

was doubly so. He had often watched

similar scenes, but this was his first

real connection with the actual work

done. The great arm of the crane

seemed lifelike as it picked up its load,

swung it out and with a toss as gentle

as a girl’s, laid it at the feet of wait-

ing men, or held it while being fitted

into place. To see Tompkins operate

that fifty foot stick with its running

cables and powerful swing fired in the

heart of the new assistant a desire to

become as competent as he.





As the work of the foundation pro-

gressed Bruce had much practice in

handling the swinging crane. Tomp-

kins took an interest in him and at

noon, and sometimes later in the day,

showed him how to operate it with

skill and precision. With proficiency

gained the young assistant rose in the

estimation of the foreman, who, ac-

cording to his promise had kept a.

sharp watch upon him.



“You‘re doing fine,

Davis said one day as he watched

Bruce handle the lovers. “You lifted

that one as well as Tompkins, himself,

could have done. You’ll be an engi-

neer yet.”



' And Bruce’s skill stood him in good

stead when the great call came.



But there was one thing that trou-

bled him. It will be remembered that

the excavation in which the work was

being done was at the foot of the wall

of the neighboring building. Bruce of-

ten looked up at this rough side of

bricks and then down at the men in

the out below.



Of course, it was no part of his work

to watch the wall. He supposed, in

fact, that Davis had taken the neces-

sary care in the beginning of the job

to insure the safety of all concerned.

But Bruce could not help but realize

the terrible menace of that towering

pile. If it should fall with the cut full

of men—well, he had read of such

things.



The cut, in which they were working

was easily forty feet wide, and the

great crane was exactly opposite the

wall in question, firmly anchored on

the solid ground. Its great sweep

reached to both ends of the cut. Some-

times as it swung low to a point op-

posite, its outer end grazed the bricks

beyond. There was a‘sidelong scratch,

a good twenty feet up the side, where

the end had scraped in its passage. In

the early part of the work Bruce had

noted that always the crane hit the

wall at the same height.



011 the tenth day of his work Bruce

Was left for a few minutes in charge

of the situation. Tompkins was called

to the farther end of the cut to exam-

ine a new set of hooks and cables that

had been sent in. While he was gone

the foreman called for the lift, and the

young assistant sWung it over with

steady hand.





young fellow,”





a foot of the crane to clear the oppo-

site wall. But as it- swung he felt a

slight jar. This he thought might





 





 





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But whatever its source, when the

crane came to rest there was a slight

scratch on the bricks a few- inches

higher than the'original one. .



The danger of a collapse from that

side of the out once more occurred to

him. He resolved to speak to Tomp-

kins, and presently did so as the engi-

neer returned.



Tompkins glanced up to the place in-

dicated. ‘



“Never mind,” he said. “That’s all

right or Davis would have seen it be-

fore we even thought of it.”



Brunce, however, was not satisfied.

He sensed a real danger. But like any

other young fellow of his age he feared

the laughter of the older men. Should

he speak to the foreman, and perhaps

be told to look after his own work

and leave others to do the same? It

must be confessed that there was

some danger of just such a result.





 





 





He resolved to call the attention of-





Davis, in a laughing way, to the new

mark on the wall and let him draw his

own conclusion. This he started to do

at the close of the day’s work. He

crossed the cut for this purpose but

Davis had left for another errand and

he did not find him.



The opportunity passed, but the im-

pression stayed with the young assist-

ant. He went down early the next

morning and getting in as close to the

wall as possible looked for signs of

weakness. He was relieved to find

none, and reassured, went to work

without looking up the foreman. The

work went merrily on during the morn-

ing, Tompkins handling the levers. ,



At noon that day Bruce asked per-

mission to practice a little in operat-

ing the crane. When Tompkins was

not looking he swung the outer end as

low as he could, and scraped it along

the wall, trying to reach as low as the

original mark. But try as he would,

the higher mark of the day before was

as low as the end would reach. It was

a matter of relief to him that no one

else seemingly paid any attention to

the wall, and he began the afternoon’s

work with the simple determination to

\watch developments and report. his

fears later, if at all.



That was a warm afternoon in the

middle of June. The air was still

and close, and Bruce. noticed that the

men were working stripped as close as

possible. The construction work was





as far along now as the laying of the

temporary floor, though men were still

down in the cut, a dozen in number. In





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It Was Once Old and Dingy





Davis was pushing the day’s effort,

the immedate task being the swinging

into shape of the first set of heavy

steel. .



At two o’clock a haze was in the air,

and a half hour later low rumbles in

the west indicated the coming of a.

thunder storm. At three a storm of

unusual violence broke over the city.

The thunder crashed incessantly and

the rain poured in sheets. But up to

the very moment of the breaking of

the storm the work went on. The big

crane swung back and forth, and when

the rain began to fall a great piece of

steel was attached ready for lifting.



The work came to a sudden stop as

the rain came down. Bruce and Tomp-

kins were under the shelter of a tem-

porary cover for the engine. The

workmen swarmed up from the cut

and, with the foreman, took refuge in

the tool-house.



“Look after things awhile,” said

Tompkins, after a few moments, “I

think I’ll run over where the boss is.”



Left to himself Bruce huddled close,

with an oilcloth over his shoulders,

but eyes attentive. The. shock of the

thunder and the roar of the rain shut

out every other sound, and a glance

showed him that the street had been

deserted at the coming of the storm.



Then suddenly, as a great crash of

thunder sounded near, Bruce’s mind

went back to what had been troubling

him in the morning.



“What if the storm should loosen

that wall, and it should tumble?" was

the question that flashed in upon him.

Fearfully he looked out and up. The





scratch on the wall showed clear and ,





plain, washed out by the rain.



As he looked a brick fell from the

top of the wall, and out near one end

a crack suddenly shot half way down

the side. And then another opened up

and the corner of the wall slid away,

and went down, With a crash, into the

alley behind. To the startled eyes of

the young assistant the whole wall was

tottering.



A dozen days of practice had taught

Bruce some precision and skill in hand-

ling the crane. His quickness was

hastened by the need of the moment,

for right before him, and in the dos

cending path of that heavy crushing

mass of brick and mortar, should it

tumble, stood the toolhouse with a

dozen men inside.



He snatched at a lever. The engine

snorted and the cables tightened.

Slowly at first, so slowly'it seemed to





 





This old bedroom was made cosy and

warm by covering. the old unsightly

broken plaster with wallboard.‘ .The

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are many farm homes where dark,

dingy rooms could be converted into

serviceable ones full of sunshine and

cheer,- by the owner or his farm help

during days or Seasons when it is im-

possible to do outside'work.





 





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,ularity. for a wide reagent uses—5W." ‘
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twenty-toot piece of'steel. Brueeswung

it out, and over to the very center of

the wall. Then with deft hand he

dropped the head of the crane till it

rested on the wall and the steel stood

a. strong prop against the loosened

mass. He stiffened the crane itself

‘ ' r v ‘ ' , with a. strong pull on the cable and



" thrust its powerful opposition in front



of the impending rush.



His action had not been a moment

too soon. A tremendous roar of thun-

der crashed out and the lightning flash

was blinding. It seemed to the pant-

ing boy as if the engine itself had been



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another. by two others, in fact, liar the

two ends of the fouretory wall both





fell outward, coming down in crumb-





ling blocks, which covered all the floor

on each side of the tool-house. But the





steady thrust of the crane and the





stick of steel held back the center.

They held it back while Davis and his

men rushed out of the almost fatal

trap.



“Not a man was lost,” declared the

foreman, as a reported came up, an

hour later. “I want to tell you that I

am glad I took young Russell on. He

ought to have a medal for putting that

old crane square in the face of that

slide.”





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1' > , luck and prosperity of our neighbor;

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things take on greater importance



. than the same occurrences would in a



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ly innocent recitals, who surmises evil

which are often only the reflection of

the gossiper’s own unhealthy attitude

5 : toward life; and who presents one of

the most deplorable aspects of gossip.



John Jones calls on Mary Brown. At

once they are slated to be married

soon, when John may have called on

business only, or an errand. Henry

Thomas gets a new horse and buggy,

or a. new piano for his wife, or even a

new automobile, if he is lucky enough

to see his way clear to the purchase.

Immediately the word is passed that

Henry must have been insane enough

to mortgage his farm for that tom-fool-

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the gossips who are settling his affairs

know from unmistakable signs the

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is a hard-hearted wretch. That’s Why

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her own. _Heads wag, and Tom’s and

Nellie’s cases are settled for good and

all. I’ve known women who couldn’t

be dragged out with a grappling hook

—foolish, but true—how do we know

it’s not Nellie’s fault instead of Tom’s?



Jack Morse never buys and sells any-

thing without taking his wife along;

and when he goes out with any sort of

rig, from the lumber wagon to the au-

to, Molly’s always on deck. Poor hen~

peeked chap! And all the time it is

quite within the range of possibility

that Jack and Molly are one of those

happily 'married couples who like to



' share their work and play together—

as the ideally married couple should.

Maybe Jack found out quite a while

ago that Molly’s judgment is better

than his—at any rate it would be a

good thing if there were more Jacks

and Mollies married and living on

farms.



So much gossip is without founda-

tion of any sort. The stories grow in

mystery, go rolling along, getting larg-



- . er and larger as they roll, for all the



“" “ ‘ world like the snowballs which the



‘ children push through the damp snow.

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are multiplied into mountains of wick-

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Not long ago I was told by a clergy-

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sons. for leaving a certain charge.



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.sips in the church who made life so

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‘. er than endure such a malign influence.



These gossips worked in two ways, try-

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other, and with their leader. They suc-

ceeded welli‘I judge. Think of two or

three gossipers doing all this, and then

ponder on the power of the tongue for

evil as well as for good. You will nev-

er find a better piece of advice, and a

better antidote for gossip than the

words of Christ, “Let him who is with-

out sin cast the first stone.” Every

day we ourselves are doing things we

know to be wrong, but because we

know our temptations and our weak-

nesses we can paliate our sins. “I was

overtired; I was ill; I was not at all

to blame in spite of the way things

look.” Oh, our excuses are forever in





our hearts and on the tips of our ton-r





gues. But in our attitude toward the

other fellow the opposite method is

taken. We dilate on the worst, and for-

get his provocations, his excuses, and

his hot temper, which are so all-suf-

ficient to him as reasons for his defec-

tion. Dr. Jordan‘s words sum up the

whole matter: “We never see the tar-

get a man aims at; we only see the

target he .hits.”



Men and women need not to insist

on poking and nosing about for all the

scandal they can find, as the pig noses

in the filth and mud for a stray bit of

grain. The pig at least follows the die

tates of a healthy appetite, and for

need of.proper provision on the part of

his owner must wallow in the dirt; but

we have no_excuse for wandering about

in the darkness of unhealthy thoughts

and malicious gossip regarding neigh-

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from the depths of a sympathetic

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O-METIME before I die I hope to



see a magazine published in the



interests of women whoch shall

be owned, managed and edited exclu-

sively by women. Looking over the

field now, I can find few magazines for

women on which a woman has the de-

ciding voice as to what shall go into

the sheet. In most instances it is a

man who decides the policy of the mag-

azine, and as a result the patient and

long-suffering women readers get sur-

feited with advice as to their duty.





For years now we have been treated

to articles dealing out profound advice

on how we shall know when the right

man proposes and what we must do to

keep him from breaking the halter af-

ter we have him tied. We have been

lectured on our duty to keep our trou—

bles to ourselves, never to show jeal-

ousy, to be always serene and calm,

how to bring up the children, how to

furnish the homes properly, how to set

a table on three dollars a week with

five in the family, how to make over a

dress we have worn five years so it

will look like new, and then, once

more, how to keep our husband's love.

In between we have been blamed for

the high cost of living, race suicide,

man’s drunkenness, divorce, the white

slave traffic, the tango, turkey trot, slit

skirt, and affinities. Women have been

lectured, blamed, advised and threat-

ened, until this particular worm has

turned. It seems to me it is high time

for something to be said on the other

side.



I should like to see, just for a change

a. few articles on how men should be-

have after matrimony. What should

the man do to keep his wife’s love? Is

it taken for granted that women are

so much more loyal than men that

they will love in spite of ill—treatment?

Or are they considered to be of so lit-

tle importance that it isn’t necessary

for the husband to make any effort to

retain their respect and affection? I

might tell the men who are so confi-

dent of their wives’ love, no matter

what their own behavior, that they

very much overestimate their own im-

portance. If editors would only accept

the manuscripts, there is many a wife

who might write thrillingly of “How

my Husband Lost my Love,” instead

of “What I Did when 1 Nearly Lost my

Husband.”



The American husband takes too

much for granted when he marries. He

seems to be imbued with the idea that

the girl he honors by choosing is so

tickled to death to escape being an old

maid or having to work for her living

that she will be willing to eat out of

his hand for the rest of her days. Per-

haps the woman of twenty years ago

did have this frame of mind. But the

woman of today is far from it. Matri-

mony is no longer considered the sole

end and aim of woman existence, and

when a girl honors at man by consent-

ing to adopt his name she no longer

does it from a sense of gratitude or

with an idea of escape from the ig-

nominy of being a spinster. She does

it because she loves him and wants to

form a partnership which shall be

founded upon mutual respect and love.



All too often she discovers that the

partnership. Sb far as she isconsider—

ed, must be a silent one. No matter

what her education, accomplishments





‘of training her husband’s attitude to-





wards her’ becomes one of tolerance

and calm superiority. The mere fact

that she is his wife relegates‘her to

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When Women Edit Women’s Papers





is concerned. It is no longer neces-

sary for him to try to be entertaining

or polite. Does not this woman cook

his food and mend his socks? How,

then, can she expect to tread the men-

tal plain where walk the lords of

creation?





She, poor thing, loves him, of course.

How could she help it? It isn’t neces-

sary for him to exert himself to be

agreeable. Home is the place for a

man to relax. After having been forc-





, ed to be polite and smiling to outsid-





ers all day long, hang it all, a. man has

got to have some place to growl and

show his teeth. That’s what a home is

for, and wives don’t mind it. They

thrive on it. But let the wife beware

how she bares her claws. If she isn’t

low-voiced and pussy-footed and ser-

vile, some other woman who is pleas-

ant and charming is going to get her

husband. It’s a woman’s duty to be

nice to her husband and spend her en-

tire time studying how she may please

him. Every woman’s magazine in the

country, edited by a man, says so.

And so on this assurance the American

husbands calmly rest.





So far women have had to stand for

it, for thieves hang together and no

male editor is going to print things

which in any way reflect on the glory

of man. But “it’s a, long, long lane

that has no turn, and every little dog

must have his day,” as the song runs,

and some day women are going to

have their turn at telling 'men their

duty. DEBORAH.





CLEANSERS AND REJUVENATORS.





BY EMMA GARY WALLACE.



Grease Remover.—Mix equal parts

of ether, alcohol and ammonia water.

If the spot is so located that you can

do so, place a piece of blotting paper

or thick, clean, absorbent cloth under

it. Take a piece of old, soft linen and

wring out of warm water. Now moist-

en with the mixture and pat the spot

until thoroughly moistened. Do not

rub. Continue until the grease has

been absorbed by the pad underneath

and partly changed to the soapy sub-

stance. Then rinse the cloth and wring

out partly dry and pat with this until

spot is absorbed.





To Clean Carpet on the Floor.———All

the dust should be removed from the

carpet. Sponge with the following mix-

ture, keeping all the time a pail of

clean, hot water at hand in which to

rinse the cloth, and frequently chang-

ing the cleaning solution as fast as it

is soiled. To each half pailful of water

use one cupful of oxgall. Rub until

clean, then go over the carpet with

clear, warm water to rinse out the ox-

gall. Rub as dry as possible.





Another cleaning solution for car-

pets is prepared by taking one pint of

ammonia water, one-half pint of- alco-

hol, one-half pint of turpentine, and

one-half pint of water. ‘Mix, and use

one-half cup of this to one—half pail

of warm water and go over the carpet,

rubbing thoroughly.





Tar and Axle Grease.~—To remove

tar and axle grease from white goods,

rub first with soap, then with a little

turpentine, next with alcohol, and last-

ly with water. To remove the same

stains from colored goods and wodlens,

smear the spots with lard, then rub in

naptha soap and water, and let stand

awhile. After this, wash cut with wa-

ter which contains a little spirits of

turpentine. Rinse thoroughly, To take





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thesame kind of stains out of silk, use

gasoline in which a few grains of salt

have been dissolved.





Wall Paper Cleaner.—-Take' regular

white dough as prepared for baking,

add a few drops of ammonia to this,

and form into a good-sized ball. Go

over the paper and as the dough be-

comes soiled, fold inside, taking a. fresh

piece or adding more ammonia as need-

ed. To remove grease spots from wall-

paper mix Fuller’s Earth to the con-

sistency of thick cream, with water and

apply to the spots. Let it stand sev-

eral hours, or preferably over night,

then remove with a, clean brush or

cloth.





When a bottle of ink is spilled soak.

up as much as possible with cloths,

blotters, or whatever may be handy,

then wash with sweet milk until the

spot is pretty well out and the milk

used is not much discolored. Finish

by washing with cold water.





To Clean Marble—Make a paste of

quicklime and water in which a little

sal soda has been dissolved. Cover

and let stand several hours. Remove,

wash thoroughly. and polish.





Renewing Oil Paintings.—-Wash the

painting with pure white soap and wa-

ter to remove the dirt, then with a.

piece of soft cotton treat the surface

gently. with pure linseed oil. Do’this

for several days. Rub dry each time

so the surface will not collect dust.

The oil evaporates in‘the hot rooms

and the surface. of the painting is lia-

ble to become cracked. and defaced.

The oil also helps brighten and sOften

the colors slightly.





Cleaning Engravings.———When these

have become yellowed and discolored,

they may be exposed to the fumes of

muriatic acid and, then sponged gently

with cold water. Or the engravings

may be dipped in a. solution of hydro-

gen peroxide, using two ounces to a.

quart of water, after which they may

be rinsed in'cold water. Pat partly dry

and stretch on a smooth surface with

thumb tacks.





Gold Frames—All dust should be re-

moved with a soft brush. Slice an

onion in cold water and steep until

pulpy. Strain and use this water. Af-

terwards rinse with clear water and

dry.



Paint Stains on Glass. —Use a hot

solution of sal soda. Moisten to sOften,

then rub the spot with the edge of a.

milled coin. Apply hot vinegar With a.

cloth for fresh paint.



A Good Furniture Polish. —WaSh the

furniture in warm water made slight-

ly soapy. Dry, then polish with the





following mixture: Two ounces shaved y





beeswax dissolved in five ounces of hot

oil of turpentine in which has been

soaked one-half ounce of alkanet root.

Strain while hot. Care must be taken

that the mixture does not catch fire.’

The turpentine must be heated in a lit-‘

tle pail inside of a larger container of

water.-





Another furniture polish is made by

taking seven ounces of linseed oil, one

ounce of vinegar, and two drains of"“hy‘-

drochloric acid. Mix and apply. Any

furniture must be polished until dry'

and the surface not left greasy.





' Leather Renewer. —'Equal parts ‘of

cream and linseed oil beaten together,





applied as a dressing and rubbed in ..





thoroughly.





Cleaning the Family Silver.-.;-Make

a cream of four ounces of, fine whiting,

two ounces of ammonia Water and ono. ‘

pint of cold water. Use this to polish '

and wash the articles in a hot solution

of borax. Dry with a. obit cm.





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‘ May 27 was especially designed by

nature for picnics. Not a breath stir-

red. Unfolding leaves mantled the for-

est in daintiest verdure. Snow-white

trillium starred the earth and blossom-

ing orchards- freighted the air with

fragrance and glorified the landscape.

As if prophetic instinct guided our

plans the secretary of Empire Grange

No. 1458 mailed notification cards to

each member informing them that a



' picnic at Glen Lake would replace the

regular meeting of that date.



It was a happy thought. Many left

behind dull care for a‘few hours of

wholesome pleasure. Loads of grang-

ers in autos and carriages drove from

far and near to the lake of unsurpassed



l. beauty where one of our members eon-



ducts a summer hotel. Here a long ta-



ble was arranged on the hotel porch



I . within a few feet of the hill-rimmed,



glistening lake. The committee in

charge of the commissary department

transferred the generous contents of



" , many baskets to the huge table where



. presently a hungry throng ate their



famished way from sandwiches and



coffee to every known variety of lus-

cious cake and delicious ice cream.



Not a moment of dullness marred

the hour. Faces glowed with happi-

ness, and at the crest of gaiety Miss

Lela Barr and Mr. Baker set up cam-

eras and photographed the long table

surrounded by smiling grangers. Later

the throng was posed facing the lake

and the artists secured a massed por-

trait of it.



Master McCormick’s field day pro-

gram next was staged on the hotel ten-

nis court. The sack races, potato races,

, needle threading contest and tug of

l ' war received enthusiastic applause. In

the first contest half the sack racers

fell repeatedly but one of them, Har-

vey Dorsey; not to be outdone, rolled

to the goal. A ladies sack race was

closely contested and finally won by

Mrs. H. Norconk, overseer. In the

needle-threading contest each gentle‘

man chose a lady able to quickly add

thread to his needle. The line of gen-

tlemen then, at a signal, rushed to the

waiting ladies at the extreme end of

the court and presented the needles.

Miss Barr threaded her partner’s

needle in record time and he easily

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' One paper was presented. Miss Dena

Setter wrote of a dream which trou<

bled her some nights before the picnic.

She dreamed that the sisters were told

by the dining committee~because of

housecleaning time—to bring anything

handy so they all brought beans and

nothing else. This calamity climaxed



others. Like all dreams it proved to



be the reverse of the actual hap-

pening. Our real picnic with its mu~

sic, good food, games, kindly cheerful



. faces and the exquisite scenery turned

5 out to be a red-letter day, a day to be

i~ long remembered with pleasure. It



' was, in brief, a perfect day.





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AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





Musical Night—A large number of

members of the Bend of the River

Grange met at the home of Clarence

Dixon near Berrien Springs, and a fine

time was enjoyed. It was a musical

evening and the Misses Ruth and Bess

Sewell gave a duet, Mrs. William Eg-

gert read an excellent paper entitled,

“The Songs that Live,” which was fine-

ly illustrated with vocal songs and vic-

trola selections.



. _ County Picnic.——A large number of

-' ? representatives from Eaton county

. Granges met recently at Grange hall,

- Charlotte, and made partial arrange-

ments for a county picnic to be held

in this city about August 10. W. L.

» Huber was elected chairman and com:

mittees were appointed to take charge

‘of thevarious-departments of the ex-

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Memorial Services by Casco Grange,

f ' ' departed-grangem, was held June

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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSO-

CIATION 0F FARMERS' CLUBS.





President—R. J. Robb, Mason.



Vice-president—C. B. Scully, Almont.



Secretary and Treasurer—~Mrs. J. S.

Brown, Howell.



Directors~Alfred Allen, Mason; C.

T. Hainline, Alma; W. K. Crafts, Grass

Lake; Edward Burke, St. Johns; Mrs.

C. J. Reed, Spring Arbor; Roy E.

Moore, Bellevue.



Address all communications relative

to the organization of new Clubs to

Mrs. J. S. Brown, Howell, Mich.





 





 





Associational Motto:



“The skillful hand with cultured

mind is the farmer’s most valuable

asset."





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





The Rural Church as a Social Cen-

ter.—On Thursday, June 8, at Fairview

the pleasant farm home of Mrs. C. C.

Emling, occurred one of the most en-

joyable gatherings ever held by the

Sand Beach Farmers’ Club. The meet-

ing was called to order by President

Howard Baker and opened with sing-

ing. After an earnest prayer by Wes-

ley Ririn, roll call found everyone ready

to respond Willi his or her favorite

book. Mr. John Gilbert then favored

the Club with a very instructive talk

on “My Western Trip,” giving a vivid

picture of the country visited by him-

self and his estimable wife on their

trip to Twin Falls, Idaho. He found

some of the scenery barren but in

many places very beautiful, the huge

rocks and mammoth boulders were in

tcnsely interesting, but lacked the

beauty to be found upon the vast fruit

ranches visited. Following this, Rev.

H. T. Wilson gave a fine discourse on

“The Rural Church as a Social Cen-

ter.” He defined the socialized coun-

try church as “one which has taken un-

to itself the spirit of. ministering unto

the community,” and showed how this

may be done in four ways, viz., by min-

istering to the physical, educational,

social and spiritual needs of the peo-

ple of the rural communities. This pa-

per was.very ably discussed by Mrs.

Malcolm Campbell, who brought to

bear upon the subject much practical

knowledge and experience. The con-

cluding number of the program was

vocal music by the Emling young peo-

ple which was appreciated by all. The

Club members and their friends to the

number of 60, then repaired to the din-

ingrooms, where all did ample justice

to the bountiful repast. After accord-

ing their hostess a warm vote of

thanks, for her gracious hospitality,

all left for their homes, feeling that

the day had been well spent—Mrs.

George Vi'ard, Cor. Sec.



An Interesting Question Box.—The

Washington Center aFrmers’ Club met

Thursday afternoon, June 8, at “Fair

Acres,” the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eu-

gene Wagner, “Sunshine and Rain”

were well represented for the good

cheer greetings and happy faces made

one forget about the rain that was lia-

ble to come down any moment. The

meeting was called to order by Vice-

president Mrs. F. L. Cook. After a

song the usual order of business was

dispensed with and the several topics

on the program were taken up. “Are

Everbearing Strawberries a Success?”

could not be talked upon from any per-

sonal experience, but hope to know

more about them by another year, as

some of the members have invested in

plants this spring. After short talks

on “Music in the Home,” and “Amuse

ments for Children,” the question box

was opened. Among the several ques-

tions was one which the Club would

like an answer from the editors of the

Michigan Farmer, viz., “How can we

sell sugar to foreign countries for half

what we have to pay at home?” After

listening to a vocal duet by Messrs.

Gilman and Cumberworth, the hostess

served a two-course luncheon of sand-

wiches and salad, ice cream, lemonade

and cake. The Club then adjourned

to meet at “Fairholm,” with Mr. and

Mrs. Clarence Henson on the second

Thursday in July—Mrs. S. Z. Crowel,

Cor. See.



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Allies purchased a quantity of sugar

against future needs in our open mar-

ket and at prevailing values, thus caus-

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June 20, 1916.



Wheat—A combination of war news

and bad weather served to check the

slump in wheat values early this week

and start prices upward. Wet weather

is delaying harvesting in the south-

western states and threatening war

With Mexico is also regarded as a bul-

lish factor by the trade. Should Amer-

ica become involved, it is quite likely

that European agents will take steps

to' insure their supplies. Some foreign

buying was noted on Monday. The

world’s exports are large, and there is

an increase in the quantity on passage.

Because of the large stocks at primary

elevators, the cash market is unusually

quiet. One year ago No. 2 red wheat

was quoted locally at $1.15 per bushel.

The visible supply decreased 861,000

bushels last week. Detroit quotations

for the past week are:





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Red. White. July.

Wednesday ..... 1.07 lé 1.02 1/3 1.08 1A»

Thursday . . . 1.08% 1.03%, 1.091/2

Friday .......... 1.06% 1.01% 108

Saturday ....... 1.05% 1.00% 1.07

Monday . . .1.07 14, 1.02 14 1.08%

Tuesday .... . . . .1.07% 1.02% 1.09





Chicago.~—July wheat $1.033/8; Sept.

$1.057A3; Dec. $1.087/8.



Corn—Wet weather and the foreign

sales boosted corn prices on Monday.

The new plant is not growing as it

should. While eastern buyers are not





bidding high for corn at present, it is





expected that their needs will cause

them to become more active soon. The

United States‘visible supply decreased

2,206,000 bushels last week. One year

ago No. 3 corn was quoted at 77c per

bushel. Last week’s Detroit quotations

are:





No. 3 No. 3



Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday ......... 75 77

Thursday ........... 76 78

Friday .............. 76 78

Saturday ............ 76 78

Monday ............. 77 79



Tuesday ............ 771/2 79%.



Chicago—July corn 73.5c; Sept.





73.5c; Dec. 64.3.



Oats.—The new crop is growing rap-

idly, and each day shows promise of a

better harvest. Consequently the tone

of the trade is dull and transactions

are restricted. A year ago standard

cats were quoted at 511/2c per bushel.

The United States visible supply de-

creased 1,064,000 bushels. Last week’s

Detroit quotations were:





No. 3



Standard. White.



Wednesday ......... 421/2 41 1/2

Thursday ........... 43 42

Friday .............. 43 42

Saturday ............ 43 42

Monday ............. 43 42

Tuesday ............ 43 42



Chicago—July oats 39.5c; Sept.





39.3c; Dec. 40.6.



Rye—Prices rule a fraction lower at

91/20 for cash No. 2. Very little trad-

ing is done.



Beans.—Trade is firm at greatly ad-

vanced prices. Cash beans are quoted

at Detroit at $4.45 per bushel. On the

Chicago market beans are firm and

stocks light with pea beans hand-pick-

ed quoted at $4.30@4.40 and red kid-

neys at $5@5.30.



Seeds.——Prime red clover $8.85; al-

sike $9.25; prime timothy seed $3.60

per bushel.





' FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





FIour.——Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $6.20; seconds $6; straight

$5.60; spring patent $6.50; rye flour $6.



Feed—Iii 100—1b. sacks, jobbing lots

are: Bran $24; standard middlings

$25; fine middlings $30; cracked corn

$33; corn and cat chop $29 per ton.



Hay.——No. 1 timothy $21.50@22;

standard timothy $20.50@21; light

mixed $20.50@21; No. 2 timothy $19

@20; No. 1 mixed $16@16.50; No. 1

clover $13@14.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Butter.—The market is easy; prices

1/éc lower. Extra creamery 281/2c; firsts

26%c; dairy 23c; packing stock 21c.



. Elgin.—The market is easy and low—

er. Price for the week, based on sales





 





Chicago.—An' easy tone prevails and

prices favor buyers. Trade is slow.

Extra creamery 2815c; extra firsts

27%@27%c; firsts 26%@27%c; dairy

extras 28%,c; packing stock 2214c.





~ Eager—The demand is good; prices .

cull to‘,fair$6@11.50; yearlings 38,515,!

59.311894141331295. .





.. “arehighefr... Current'receipts are “quot-

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‘21%c; ordinary firsts ,181/§@201,§c;.-

miscellaneous lots, cases included 20

@21c per dozen. ’





-Poultry.—Market easy; broilers low- ,





Fowls, 17 1/2 @

ducks 18@





er; others unchanged.

1935c; broilers 26@28c;

190; geese 10@11c.

Chicago—The supply and demand

is moderate and prices remain un~

changed except for broilers, which are

lower. Hens 171/20; roosters 11c; spg

chickens, 2 lbs. and over 27c; 1%» lbs.

26c; turkeys 12@200; spring geese 160.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Strawberries—Michigan berries in

demand at $1.10@1.15 per 16-qt. case.

At Chicago the price ranges from $1

@125 per 16-qt. case.



Potatoes.—Potatoes are scarce and

firm at unchanged prices. Carlots on

track $1.25@1.35 for white. At Chicago

the demand is active and receipts are

small. Prices higher. No Michigan

stock is quoted but others sell from

$1.05@1.30.





 





WOOL.





 





Wool continues to advance. Manu-

facturers are becoming anxious, and at

the primary markets a large volume of

contracts were made last week. At

Boston the aggregate of sales was the

largest for any week since February.





“ In the fleece states farmers and local





dealers are holding back their stocks

of wool so that very few fleeces are

reaching the eastern seaboard. Present

conditions appear to justify holding for

later marketing.



Hides.~—No. 1 cured hides 181,50; No.

1 green hides 15c; No. 1 cured bulls

13c; No. 1 green bulls 10c; No. 1 cured

veal kip 200; No. 1 green veal kip 18c;

No. 1 cured murrain 180; No. 1 green

murrain 16c; No. 1 cured calf 28c;

No. 1 green calf 250; No. 1 horsehides

$6; No. 2 horsehides $5; sheepskins

as to amount of wool 50c@$2.50; No. 2

kip fand calf, lléc; other No. 1 hides

c o .





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





This is strawberry week, with her-

ries starting off at 10@12c per quart

retail. Berries are of good quality de-

spite the rains, and if the weather con-

tinues cool the growers should do well

with their fruit. Canneries are mak-

ing a large pack which will tend to

stabilize the market. Old potatoes are

higher, selling at $1@$1.20. Hay is

lower, selling at $15@17 per ton. Eggs

are worth 21c; live fowls 14@15c. The

mills pay 960 for No. 2 red wheat.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





An. increased number of farmers’

loads was offered at the Eastern Mar-

ket Tuesday morning, and prices were

well maintained. Strawberries ranged

from $2.50@4 per 24—qt. case. Old po-

tatoes $1.30@1.40; lettuce 70@90c; to-

matoes $2.50 per one-fifth bushel bas-

ket; celery 600 per bunch; eggs 320

per dozen. No loo’se hay in sight.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

June 19, 1916.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts here today as follows: Cat-

tle 154 cars; hogs 100 d. d.; sheep and

lambs 10 d. d.; calves 1400 head.



With 154 cars of cattle today, the

good to choice shipping cattle were

scarce and sold about steady, but the

medium cattle and grass stuff were

very slow going and the bulk of them

sold 250 lower than last Frida\y, or 40

@50c lower than a week ago‘ today.

Bulls also showed a break of 25c per

cwt. We look for a fair run of cattle

here next Monday and what few strict-

ly choice cattle that will be here will

sell about steady, but this medium

and cow stufl that is showing grass is

bound to work lower.



We had about 100 double decks of

hogs here today, and with big runs all

over the west and lower markets all

along the line, our prices broke fully

25c per cwt. from the close of last

week, choice grades selling at $10 gen-

erally, and quite a number of ordinary

grades, regardless of weight, selling

from $9.75@9.90; pigs and lights $9.50;

roughs $8.40@8.60; stags $6@7. Quite

a number of‘ hogs in sight for Tues-

day’s trade and with a slow tone to

closing trade here today looks very

much like-would have a slow and lower

market for the next day or two.



Market was active on sheep and

lambs, with prices steady with the

close of last week. About all sold and

we look for steady to possibly a shade

lower prices for last of the week. .

We quote: Spring lambs $12,@12_.25:





 





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Chicago, * . _

June, 19, 1916.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today. .22,000 50,000 14,000

Same day 1915..16,33_8 37,598 9,364

Last week ...... 45,374 121,025 75,487

Same wk 1915..39,505 108,012 , 49,235

Only 7131 hogs were shipped from

here last week, comparing with 11,142

a week earlier and 19,445 a year ago.

Hogs received averaged 226 lbs. This

week opens today with larger receipts

of hogs than usual and a decline of 10

@15c in prices, sales ranging at $9.10

@980. The cattle market opens with

a large supply for these times and a

slow demand, bids being 15@250 lower.

The least weakness is shown in choice

beeves. Sheep and lambs are in small

supply, and a large part of the receipts

came consigned to the big packers.

Prime lots are higher, with Idaho

spring lambs soldat $11.55@11'.65.

The best cattle were higher last

week, but the undesirable kind moved

slowly at declining prices. The cus-





 





tomary weekly new high record was '





made when prime heavy steers sold for

$11.40, with the bulk of the steers sell-

ing by Wednesday at $9.50@11.25 and

top yearlings fetching $11.25. Good

steers brought $10.50@11, choice to

fancy beeves $11.10@11.40, medium

class steers $9.75@10.45, inferior to

fair light killers $8@9.45. Inferior to

middling grades of yearlings 'sold un-

satisfactorily, as did older cattle of

poor finish, and the same was true of

poorly ’ fattened cows and . heifers.

Butchering cows sold at $6.15@9.50,

heifers $6.10@9.75, cutters $4.80@6.10,

canners $3.75@4.75, bulls $5.50@9.

Calves were taken at $5.50@12, with

choice light vealers selling especially

well. There was a lively call for de-

sirable lots of stockers and feeders at

high prices, ordinary to prime offer-

ings going at $6@9, but not many

steers were good enough to sell near

the top figures. The best cattle on Sat-

urday were only a little higher, while

common to pretty good cattle, includ-

ing steers, cows and heifers, declined

largely 25@35c. ‘



Hogs were in active local demand

most of last week, and prices scored

substantial advances, because of small

receipts. Country owners of hogs re-

fused to be stampeded by packers into

letting their hogs go at constantly de-

clining prices and hogs are now sell-

ing up to prices never before paid in

June. After prime hogs sold up to

$10.15 on Friday, a bad break took

place that left prices on Saturday at

$9.30@9.95, comparing with $8.75@

9.60 a week earlier. Prime light hogs

sold a dime below the top price. Pigs

brought $7.50@9.25.



Fed lambs, yearlings, wethers, ewes

and spring lambs sold high last week

as compared with past years, despite

some declines, resulting from buyers

holding back at times. Spring lambs

comprised a large percentage of the

daily receipts, with extremely few feed-

ers included. Prime spring lambs de-

clined about a dime, while the general

sheep and lamb market was about 25c

lower, closing as follows for shorn of-

ferings: Lambs $5.75@10.30; year-

lings $7.75@9.15; wethers $7.15@8;

ewes $3@7.25; bucks $5@6; spring

lambs $8@11.50; clipped feeding lambs

$6.50@7.75; breeding sheep $5.50@7.



Horses were in unusually small sup-

ply last week, and prices were well

maintained. Horses were taken for the

British army up to $185 for field and

$200 for heavy artillery horses with

sales of light artillery rejected horses

at $85@120 and $25@75 for rejected

drivers. Drafters were salable at $230

@265, extra heavy ones being scarce

and worth up to $275@300.





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





A short time since the Chicago Live

Stock Exchange made the important

announcement that an advance in the

price of dead hogs weighing 100 lbs. or

more had been made by which' they

will bring one and three-fourths cents

per pound. This is the highest price

offered for at least 20 years in the Chi.

cago market, and it was paid then for

a period of only a few months.





MICHIGAN STEERS BRING $10.80.





 





Two carloads of fancy white-faced

steers fed by Eben and G-iles Kellogg

on the Kellogg farm near Ithaca, Grat-

iot county, recently sold on the Buffalo

market at $10.80 per cwt. The feeders

of these animals are certainly to be

congratulated upon receiving so high

a price for-so large a number. Thevcat-

tle were put in last fall an dcarrie'd

through on heavy feed until sold. The

top price on theBuiIalo market for the

day was $10.90» for a singleycarload.

The steers in two loads 'froin,..the EKelA



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Thursday’s Maiket.

June 22, 1916.

Cattle.





Receipts 2141. The local market op—

ened this week with a large number of

cattle on sale and nearly the entire lot

were grasSers and many of them of

the common order, as was predicted

last week all grass cattle took a bad

slump. and were fully 25@75c per cwt.

lower than they were at the same pe-

riod a week ago, the only grade to hold

up. being canners and bulls, which

were steady. Quite a bunch went back

for feeding at considerably lower pric-

es. The close was very dull on Wed-

nesday with a large number holding

over and the same applied to Thurs-

day. Quotations below are for grass

cattle only: Best heavy weight steers





~$8.50@9.25; best handy weight butcher





steers $7.50@8.50; mixed steers and

heifers $7@8; handy light butchers $7

@775; light butchers $6@7; best cows

$6.25@7; butcher cows $5.25@‘6; com-

mon cows $4.50@5; canners $3@4.50;

best heavy bulls $6.50@7.25; bologna

bulls $5.75@6.50; feeders $7@8; stock-





. ers $6.75@7.50; milkers and springers





$40@65.



Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Golden 1 cow

wgh 1080 at $6, 1 canner wgh 1000 at

$4; to Mich. B. Co. 19 butchers av 810





at $7.50, 2 cows av 915 at $5, 2 bulls





av 890 at $6.25, 31 butchers av 731 at

$7; to Breitenbeck 15 do av 910 at $8,

1 bull wgh 990 at $6.25; to Bray & B.

1 cow wgh 1270 at $5.50, 3 do av 1247

at $7, 1 bull wgh 1790 at $7; to Kam-





‘ man 6'steers av 1146 at $8.75, 7 do av





817 at $7.10; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1

bull wgh 1040 at $6.50, 1 do wgh 720 at

$6; to Wallace 23 stockers av 612 at

$6.40; to Kendall 11 feeders av 764 at

$7.25; to Frutchey 1 steers av 725 at

$7.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 5 butchers av

av 816 at $7.75, 2 cows av 980 at $5.25,

6 do av 1055 at $6, 6 steers av 865 at

$7; to Kamman B. Co. 26 do av 921 at

$8.65; to Bray & B. 5 cows av 1346 at

$7.60; to Kendall 12 feeders av 775 at

$7.25, 3 do av 887 at $7.25, 8 do av 771

at $7.25; to Brighton D. M. Co. 8 cows

av“1150 at $6.40; to Sutton 2 stockers

av 775 at $6.50, 24 do av 614 at $6.50;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 2 bulls av 955

at $6.25, 2 do av 1085 at $6.25; to Mich.

B. Co. 1 steer wgh 940 at $8.75, 2 do av

855 at $6, 10 do av 858 at $7.50.



Erwin & S. sold Fineman 1 heifer

wgh 710 at $6.25, 2 bulls av 665 at $6;





> to Golden 2 cows-av 930 at $5; to Sul-





livan P. Co. 6 cows av 1011 at $6.25, 3

do av 990 at $6.25, 6 do av 1023 at $6.25,

9 do av 920 at $6.15, 13 butchers av

823 at $6.85, 12 do av 816 at $7.35, 6

do av 1030 at $8, 4 do av 755 at $7; to

Fineman 4 do av 670 at $5.75; to Frut-

chey 15 feeders av 800 at $8.10, 6 do

av 850 at $8.



Haley & M. sold Bell 2 bulls av 950

at $6.50, 1 cow wgh 850 at $5.90; to

Golden 3 do av 947 at $5.50, 1 do wgh

920 at $5, 1 bull wgh 1000 at $6.50; to

Kamman 1 bull wgh 1620 at $7; to

Rattkowsky 2 cows av 410 at $6, 2

steers av 1230 at $8.50; to Bray 4 cows

av 1217 at $6.30; to Feldman 2 steers

av 915 at $7.50; to Brighton D. M. Co.

9 cows av 1131 at $6.40; to Mich. B. Co.

6 do av 1053 at $5.85, 9 steers av 1092

at $8.35, 2 do av 990 at $7.



Veal Calves.



Receipts 1266. The veal calf trade

was active at last week’s prices, a few

’extra fancy selling at $12.25, but the

'bulk of sales for the best was $11.50@

12: common and medium $8@10.50.



Haley & M. sold Goose 3 av 160 at

$12; to Hammond, S. & Co. 11 av 170

at $11.75, 22 av 160 at $12, 12 av 160

at $11.75; to Rattkowsky 2 av 220 at

$10.. _



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 958. The run of sheep and

lambs was again very light and the

quality not very good; the market was

strong at last week’s prices, selling as

follows: Best lambs $10@10.25; fair





. do $9.50@9.75; light to common lambs





$7.50@8.50; spring lambs $11@12; fair





'to good sheep $6@6.75; culls and com-





mon $4@ 5.50.





1 . : Bishop. B, & H. sold Hammond, S. &

.. 500.12 5;)

V ~75at $11. 0, 14 sheep av 105 at $6.50;

to Newton B. Co. 15 spg lambs av 59 at





lambs av 50 at $12, 7 do av





$12.13 lambs av 60 at $10, 4 sheep av





.120. at $6; to Olich 28 spg lambs av





.65, at $12; to Sullivan P. Go. 44 sheep





lay 125 at $6, 9 do av 95 at $5.25, 15 do

fflVllo at $5.25, 30 do av 95 at $6.





" ._L.Refc?e1pts 8267.





Hogs.



Hogs started advanc-

in: early :in the week and kept going

nd,'on.,,Wednesday the bulk of the

11189.75: on Thursday

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Lyniphangitis—Farcy.—My 18-year.

old mare has for years had periodical

attacks of ‘lyniphangitis and last fall

she showed symptoms of farcy.— B. R.

DeL., Alberta, Mich—Careful and light

feeding when idle, and regular daily

exercise will have a tendency to ward

off future attacks. Give her 2 drs. of

Fowler’s solution of arsenic at a dose

three times a day. Also paint suppur-

ating nodules with tincture of iodine

three times a week.





Feeding Horses Grass—I am work-

ing mare and have been feeding her

ground feed, bran 'and hay. She has

also had about an hour’s run on grass

every evening. Now I have changed

her to oats, bran and hay without feed

ing grass, thinking perhaps the grass

might do her harm. T. ‘11., Sterling,

Mich—At this season of the year when

the grass is fresh, I believe every

horse should be allowed to eat a cer-

tain quantity of grass that is dry and

free from wet that has grown in other

than shaded places. Allow your Vet.

to treat your young colt that has had

scours.



Blind Staggers.—I have a‘12-year-old

gelding which is apparently in good

health, but twice during the past week

while driving he has suddenly stretch~

ed out his neck sidewise and started

toward the ditch, then he trembles vio-

lently for two or three minutes when

the attack leaves him as suddenly as

it came. We cannot control him with

the reins during the attack. Two or

three years ago he had a similar at-

tack. J. D., Belleville, Mich—Your

horse suffered from a mild attack of

blind staggers (vertigo) caused per-

haps by over-feeding, improper har-

nessing, being over—fleshy, a torpid liv-

er or indigestion. A run on grass will

do him more good than drugs. Be

sure and not over feed him, and keep

his bowels open. An ailment of this

kind is usually considered incurable,

unless you ascertain its cause and re-

move it. _



Septic Poison—I have a five—year-old

cow that came fresh April 5, since then

she has lost considerable flesh. After

calving she had to be cleaned by our

local Vet. Has been bred twice, but

fails to get with calf. F. P., St. Louis,

Mich—Give your cow 1 dr. powdered

sulphate iron, 1 oz. cooking soda, 1/3 oz.

of ground gentian at a dose in feed

twice a day. Dissolve 1 dr. perman-

ganate of potash in two quarts of wa-

ter and wash out vagina three times a

week.



Enlarged Gland—I wish you would

tell me what to do for a cow that has

a lump underneath the jaw, which is

about the size of a teacup and gradual-

ly growing larger. J. J., Berrien

Springs, Mich—Apply tincture iodine

daily and if bunch softens which it per—

haps will, open it, and continue apply-

ing the iodine externally and into the

cavity.



Injured Fetlock——Bog Spavin.—My

four-year-old horse caught his foot in

a wire fence while rolling, injured the

ankle joint and sprained hock, result-

ing in bog spavin. M. H. W., Ovid,

Mich—Apply to both fetlock and hook

joint equal parts tincture cantharides,

aqua ammonia, turpentine and raw linv

seed oil two or three times a week. If

this horse is lame, you should give him

rest.



Indigestion—VVeakness—Vl’e have a

five-year-old mare that has not yet

shed her winter coat, although she has

a good appetite and eats plenty of

feed, she is not able to endure much

work, tiring quickly. _C. (3., Elk Rap-

ids, Mich.—-Give her 1 dr. of ground

nux vomica, 1/2 oz. cooking soda, 1/2 oz.

ground gentian and 1/2 oz. powdered

charcoal in ground oats and bran two

or three times a day. She should be

allowed enough grass to keep her bow-

els open or perhaps turned out on pas-

ture every night.



Infected Navel—I have a colt three

weeks old that was born apparently

well with the exception of having a

large navel cord which broke off about

an inch from the body. We did not tie

the cord as it did not bleed, but we ap-

plied an antiseptic at birth to the na-

vel. On the third day a gathering be-

gan to form around the cord; we had

this bunch lanced and from that time

on until now we have painted bunch

daily with iodine and occasionally in-

jected some into the opening. The

cord sloughed off close to body; the

colt is lively. I would like to know if

there is any danger of losing this colt

it the treatment is kept up. P. C.,

Coopersville, Mich—Apply equal parts

powdered alum,

acid and tannic acid to, cavityonce a

day. Also apply one part iodoform





‘Qmi’three parts boric add: oncea day.





   





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: 15437





EINS





FOR SALE





‘ Havingi sold my farm in the city for

for me to i





platting purposes. it will be iieCessary





spose of the Holsteins before August lst next, as [have agreed to





surrender possession of the farm at that time.

These animals represent the highest type of the Holstein breed and are





representatives





of the best known families.





I shall be glad to have any one who anticipates startin ‘a Holstein herd to





come and see them.

of years of careful breeding.





They are suitable for foundation stoc





and are the result





I have on hand a number of Iyoung bulls of the highest type of the breed,





readiy for service, that will be so





d at very reasonable prices.





venture the assertion that a man can take four of these animals, retain





them and their female offs rim

of that period his pure bre





provided he grows them and takes first-class care of them.





for six ears, selling the males, and at the end

Ho steins wi 1 be worth more than his 80 acre farm,





In the meantime he





as had the milk and the returns from thesale of the bull calves.

A year’s time will be given to responmble parties, with interest at 6%.





D. D. AITKEN, Flint, Michigan.





 





 





DISPERSION SALE





Having decided to go out of the dairy business I will sell my entire herd of





69 H BAD 69





At the farm 9.1 mile ndrth and % mile West of the village of Armada. on





MONDAY, JUNE 26, l9l6





(‘oiiiiiient-ing at 11:00 ()'(‘lock A. M.





1 Registered Jersey Aged Bull ; 1 Registered Jersey

2 Registered Jersey Heifers; 35 (trade Jersey Cows ;

Lunch will he





5 Registered Jersey (Jews ;

1o tirade Jersey Calves.





mo. old ;





Jersey Heifers: Fri-c





Yearling Bull ; 1 Registered Jersey Bull Calf ll,

14 Grade

served at noon.





TERMS r—One year’s time given with good approved. endorsed notes ilt 7 per cent interest.





Geo. A. True, Prop., Armada, Mich.





James Haviland, Auctioneer.





An itemized list of the Animals will be printed before the sale and mailed to all that apply.





Duroc Jersey Herd Boars





Special Oil'orin‘ of High Class Full Boar Pigs,





Breeding and Individuality good





enough for breeders who appreciate the bolt.





Also some good farmer's boars.





dial invitation is extended to visit the farm and inspect tllt‘, stock.





This is the best lot of full pigs we have ever had to ofi‘er.





A cor-

lf you wish one of the best





young Jersey bulls in Michigan we have hiin for sale. For further particulars. address.





Brookwater Farm, Swine Dept, Ann Arbor, Mich.





 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   





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MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. I. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





Average yearly production 422.3 lbs. of fat. three

fourths of them making their records as two year»

olds. By the use of a pure bred sire. a big im-

provement can soon be attained if the right

selection is made. The breeding of the Beach

F‘arni Herd is as good as can be found. and we

guarantee them to be. free from contagious dis-

eases and to be satisfactory in every we. or

rigoney refunded. Write and let us tell you 3. us

t em.





CAMPBELL 8 ANGEVINE,





Coldwater, Michigan.

0 U E R N S E Y S Inbiirbflir‘ig





Oontoinin blood of world clam Ions.

HICKS' OUER SEY FARM. Saginaw. . 8.. Mich.





HerefordS—One Bull Calf.





ALLEN BROS. PAW PAW. MIC“.





 





 





 





 





 





CATTLE.

We are





ABERDEEN ANGUS : Dong...





ing 15 head of Choice young bulls, one two year old

Trojan Erica at S'AXW‘J if taken in 6 weeks, 14 head from

8 to twenty months old including the first. and second



rize. Senior bull calves at the 1915 State Fair. rite

or Particulars, and come to the farm to look our

stock over. they are of the Blackbird ’l‘rojan-Ericas,

and K Pride Families onlv. '. L. CLARK. Hunters

Creek. Mich. SIDNEY SMITH, Mgr.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





Blimp ESTABLISHED IN 1900.

TBOJAN- ERICAS and BLACKBIRDS only.

Also breeders of Percheron. Hackney and Saddle





Borneo.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





P I B d Aberdeen Angus. a few bulls and heifers

“r' I. one year and older at one .

GEO. HATHAWAY & SON. OVID. MICHIGAN.





‘Ynsmnis—Ono of the foremost dairy broods. The

most. economical milk reducers. Calves

for Iolo. White Leghorn oookore I: Duroo Jersey

"vino. Miohilan School for the Deaf. l‘lint.Mlohigon.





HEREFO DS : “39““;

EARL c. MCCARB, Bad Axe, III/£2333.





 





 





Purebred Registered

H 0 L S T E I N





c A T T L ‘

Holstein, the be“ dual purpose breed.





Bemarkgbl. H olBWlp Productlveness. In

1915, from April 22 to April 28 the records of 670

cows were acce mod to entry in the Holstein-Frie-

sian Advanced egiau'Y- A8 6,Vld0m'8 of the high

efficiency of pure bred 11018901!!! these 670.com; of

which over one—half were heifers with first or sec-

ond calves. produced in seven days.279, 121 pounds

of milk containin 10,067 pounds ofbutterfat. an

average percent of .61 butterfat- Average product-

Ion for each animal was ‘28 quarts of milk per day

and 17 pg unds of commercial butter per week.

This Is Just. a random showing of the wonderful

things of which the big "Blark-and-White" Is

capable.



Sand forFREl Illustrated Ducriptive Bookloi.

The lIoIoicln-lrieslon Association oi America.

I". L. Hourhton. Scc'y.. Box I64. lralilchoro. VI.





 





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VILLAGE FARMS, Incorporated

Grass Lake, Michigan,





GUERNSEY CATTLE

BERKSHIRE HOGS





 





VONDALE Guernsey bulls all sold. Sou-rho dio-

Aappoint those wishing ourstook. Only registered





bullcalvesleft. Avondnle Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich.





(V uerniiey‘lM ay R059) Bull for sale. born Sept. 5. 1913.

I Splendid animal in every respect, Dam 520 lbs. fat

class F. J. K. Blatchford, Audimriiim Tower, Chicago. “.1





 





of service age and calves f m

Guernsey Bil“: choice. Adv. reg. breeding?

T. V. HICKS. Route I. Battle Cceek, Mich.





 





ueI-nse , yearling bull also a bull calf. Gr.

I Son. saline Sottswood ’745 lbs. fat. cheap enough

so you can buy.





1. M. Williams. No. Adonis, Mich.





 





HOLSTEIN BULLS FOR SALE





.Four of them from 12 to 17 months old by 31 lb.

Sire dam‘sA.R.0. Price $100.00 to $150.00. Younren





bull calves from I$50.00 up.

BLISSVELDT ARMS. Jenison. Michi‘ln





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.





From I grand daughter of Th. King

Ponchos. fitted by a bull that is more mono: fl]:

broihor to the Champion Holstein Cow tho

World. and whose dun is o 30 lb. 6% j m don htor

3: PmtioiéhAmo Ko‘rgrdyrio-who has more ii lb.



u. on a '

write for paella-0?." 0 or "u" ball. If ’0‘ do





EDWIN S. LEWIS, Mar-hall, Mich.

FOR SALE '





SOME VERY FINE YOUNG BULLS '

Whose sires have as high as 31 lbs. of butter behind

them. As they are young. will make a low rice on

them. BIGIILOW'S HOLSTEIN ARMS.



BREEDBVILLE. MICE.





 





 





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We offer a choice lot of higfirulo Gaol-no: cows and

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lfieifeIfi-bredggo raglan N %gor!§rr‘ooi Maple

. one 0. an no 0. . .

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Hie»): gig born nothing? 191?.” mi. 12:97. ”"533:

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Prac . Instinctive—YOUR:

‘0 PA PER. o“For 1mifife’b breeders of Mich

11111.. Ill.,a Wis., Onl. mlgou should read

it. 5011 yea 100. ents

wanted. aBig 4rPou1tryo Journal esk

.Chioago.

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POULTRY.





 





BARREDB‘ Rocks Parks 200 Fgg32112f‘aénegith gc¥gsc$





. r—-$1.50 or 1.3

egfisrecl’A‘stlin'g. pConstantine, Mich.





O k birds. hens. Three puliets

“Ind BockE gs, Infill 950 eggs in one Iyear.

W. C. 00F AN. BENTON HARBO . HIGH.





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BARRED ROCK EGGS pgofns 11100? $250953 121323117

rivhe%ld’1}13.?0 33312312518112.) ’MICH’IGAN.





Barred Plvmouth

cousin: llorihern King Sirain Rocks 1...}. two.

man rizes. gs $2. for 15. Both matins s.Satis ac Ion

guar’axuteed. 195.;de .Cousins. Nort Port. Mich.





OHN’S Big, beautiful, hen- hatched Barred Rocks. Eggs,

30.32. 50', 100. $7. 00. Select matings 15, M; 30. 37.00.1111

postpaid. Photos. Ciwulars. John Northon. Clare, hlich.





Balance of season, Wh. and Brown Leghorns

chicks!” .C. Reds. Anconas, Wh.Wy1Indotte$11

hundred,prepaidb FrecpurtHntchery, Box 12, Frceport. Mich.





BABY CHICKS





From Standard Bred S. C. White Leghorns and

Brown Leghorns. Down to $8.00 per 100.for

chicks after June 15th., delivery. Safe arrival

guaranteed. Catalogue free.





WOLVEHINE HATGHEBY. Box 2221. Zeeland, Michigan.

Sirong Day Old Chicks Now 88. 00 For 100 ‘gf‘iPJt





Leghorns, large. great layers. pure white, hatch e1ery

week till Aug 1st. Guaranteed delivery alive and





lively. EVERFRESH EGG FARM. Ionia. Mich.





HICKS 7c and up. Barred Rock, Wyandcttes, Leg-

C horns, Minorcas, etc. Sate delivery guaranteed.

Circular tree. RelIable Hatchery, Bchlisiervillc. Box 13 1’11





‘66: for hatching from pure biod \\ hitc Ply mouth

Rocks an'i S. C. Bull Leghornson free 1'ang1.





 





Kletzlen & Webster Ba t,h Mich

' B riff B11r1ed,Colu1nbian Par- '

".lchmg tilidge, Silver and White ltocks chicks

Pekin 11nd Rouen D111 ks. Sheri— D H'

Eggs dan l’oultly Yards Sheridan, Blich. uc "lg:





 





 





E; R1)1l1s.l’ckin $1111 ite runnnc1 1lu1 ks. White

rican guineas. H.V.Hostetler. R. 1,St Johns. Mich.





I Delivered from S. S. Hamburgs rose comb

99$ Whitechhornls-I B. l’. Rocks, white Indian

Runner Ducks, fine el gi an hare bucks. 3.,3 $4 85.

Circular free. RIVERVIEW FARM, Vassar, Mich.





for hatching—From ure bred White Plymouth

88 11‘ ii





Piices reduced one

FOWIOI'S' BI!“ HOOK?) J‘I half, balance of seas-

on. Utility eggs 8.” 4.3 forln for l .32 for 50, $3. 50

for 100 3.15. OLW ER.1 Hartford. Mich.





lohorns, Baby Chicks, Priors fllerduofd. f

, 8100 .

goo; ow 'te (land .rBriI‘ffiy. 3 Sri NNYBRCOK" “3811?.

TRYO FARNOIS, dIIillsdnle, Michigan





ILLIE Farmstead Poultr1. 11.1). 11111115 R I. Reds

W Leghorns. 1.3 egg gs $1; 26 eggs 311.50; .30 eggs $2 50;

P P. delivery free. Colon C. Lillie. Co11pcrsville,Mi1h





ORPING TONS Kfiiirifriaqs.s’iiiiifg§3§i





thens.1cock$?0. M. E. THOMPSON. Rediord.l\'lich.





INE Crest S. C. White Or )ingtons—‘z and 8 months

old cockerels for sale 11tcl1ing eggs and stock

from 1011s, one half price No bub chicks. MRS.

WILL S HOUGH, Pine Crest. F arm, oyal Oak,Mich.





ii. I. Rods, Bolh Combs. Mosl Popular $133.33





gs for hatching. Baby Chicks. Write for (atalog

I TERLAKES FA RM. Box 39.L.111rence, Alix-.liigan





 





and S. C. I. Reds, c gs and breeding stock for

0 sale at reduced pri1es or ha) of season, Belgian





hares very reasonable. 0. E. Hnuloy. Lurliugton. Mich.





Rose Comb Brown Leghorns





Kulp and Gale strains $2}3 .50 er 100 eggs. Cookerels

600 each. CLAUDIA TS. Hillsdaie, Mich,





 





HODE ISLAND WHIT ES Win at the National Egg

Laying contest. Cold weather don't stop them.

Eggs $1. 50. 2 settings, 82. 50. H. H. Jump, Jackson. Mich.





.uFF LE'RORNS: Big cutr in {irf‘icgsw for remain.





DR. WILLIAM SMITH. PETERSBURG. DIICH





 





—200 Egg Strain-—Eggs. chicks. 8



FIIIIS [Ughorns week- old puilets from hens with

records up to 264 eggs. Prize winners at largest shows.

Prompt. shipment. prices low. quality guaranteed.

White Leghorns are best- for eggs. We raise thousands.

gand price list gives particulars. Write for itnow.





PERIIS mlEliliDMl FARM. 934 Union. Irsnrl Rapids, Mlch.





' —~I.o 11 , hr

Heavy Wmter LaEyers : bod...f=’s.a.%f?

Leghorns. WyckoifA strain. Egg gs 31001111115; $3. per

60; $5. per 100. H. A.Magoon, i. 5, Ann Arbor, Mich,





[1008 ISLAND REDS and PLYMOU TH ROCKS.



Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to age $2 to 85; P. R hens

weight. 5 to 10 “111.. eggs 16 for 81.00;100, $5; 120

Mammoth Bronze 'lom Turkeys. 8 to 38 lbs. according

to 388 36 to $25.10 eggs 33. A. E. Cramton, Vassar. Mich.





OSE Comb Rhode Island Red Eggs. dark colored

matings $1.01pcr 1:3. I't ility eg ggfi. lining stran

fiperiOO. MRS T A. ETTERlti1hland,.\iich1gan





OSE andS. C R I. lied eggs by mail $1. 50 per 1.3

or 20¢ per e vfiom special pe 11s: 35 per 100110118

for sale. JEN IE BUELL. Ann Arbor. R.8 Mich.





IMPROVE yourpoultry. MyYouLng' sstrain S. C. White

Leghorns great money ma ers Strong.vigo1ous, free-

range stock. Baby chicks $8per100. Satisfaction guar-

anteed. Free catalogue. W. Van Appledorn, Holland Michigan





0. WHITE LEGHORNS. bred for size, shape,



. vigor, egg prhnluction. l-l vears experience breed-

ing Le rns. H11t1hinfieg $4.50 per 100. Baby

01110113310 per 100. A0 0 ARI). Tecumseh. Mich.





 





 





Le horns. Large vigorous

tom Banana stock. I‘vvlggs 00 per 100. $1.25 per-1.5,

post paid. No Chicks Bruce V‘V. Brown, May ville.Mich





 





B if Wyandotte 11nd Barred Rock 001- kerels $2. 00

u ehac . e gs for hiItAchlng $1.00 per 15.

Mrs. R W. A,CK Caro. Michigan





ILVER GOLDEN AND WHITE WYANDOTTES.

Eggs from all mattings, 1. R50per 15, $2. 50 per 30 until

Julyls C. W. Browning,R .2. Portl and, Mich.





' C 1111 C k l 1. -. ,

IlIIlo Wyandoilo °°pe.15‘f’°s1°'§.c.o " 13315:: 0’09. ‘3

DAVID AY 202 ForestAve., psilanti, Michigan.

WHITE WYANDOTTES. Eggs $1.50 per 15.82.50





:.7 00 per 100. From choice stock.

A. F AN KLIN SMITH, Ann Arbor, Michigan.





While! andollo Ego llali Prior 1.1.1.6280? “1°





EGGAD YPOULT RANCH. Marshall, Michigan.





'11 - n 8)! win :-

,gfwfl il’IBIlilMEWWIIlllMIESWW1.3m:





flilllillllilillllllllllilllllllililllllllllllilllllllllliliillllllllllliilllllllllllllillllililli





Poultry





   





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MAKING POU LTRY YARDS SAN l-

TA RY.





Sanitary conditions in the poultry

yard are important. The tramping of

many “hen feet” on the same ground

for any length of time will naturally

compact dirt and disease into the soil.

Also the soil is in many cases damp.

All poultrymen know that dampness

and poultry are not good mates. Where

poultry is kept in yards continuously

the earth needs turning over at least

twice a year. Sanitary conditions

about a. poultry yard can be improved

by the use of a few sticks of 20 per

cent dynamite which is especially valu-

able in eliminating surface water where

hardpan exists near the surface of the

soil. In lowering surface water by

drainage the soil can be sweetened eas-

ily by lime. Besides shaking up the

soil and draining the poutry yards,

dynamite explosions have some influ-

ence in destroying offensive pests. The

explosion scatters them and the new

soil gives them but little encourage-

ment.



The shaking of the soil provides new

scratching material and a good wallow-

ing place. After lime is scattered on

the surface the fowls will mix it with

the mellow soil and when this is done

they can be taken away and clover

sown in the yards.



Experience has shown that small

charges used in this work during the

hatching season had no effect upon the

fowls, chicks or hatching eggs.



The time to perform this work

seems to be at a time when the ground

is dry and the soil not waterlogged. To

determine whether the soil is too wet

for subsoiling depends on the soil;

sandy soils and those of a loose friable

nature can be treated at most any time

but the heavy clay soils should be

treated as near the dry state as

possible.





 





WHITE DIARRHEA.





Two years ago when we bought eggs

for our incubators we lost about 500

chicks with white diarrhea. We were

informed later that if we had dipped

the eggs in a solution containing alco-

hol it would have prevented this. We

expect to buy eggs again. Do you

think this precaution is all right? If

you do, could you tell me what per

cent of alcoholto use?



Saginaw. Co. J. F. R.



We doubt very much whether the

dipping of eggs for hatching in a solu-

tion of alcohol would have any pre-

ventive effect on white diarrhea.



Investigators of this common chick-

en disease say that very frequently

the disease is carried in a dormant

state in the hen and is transmitted to

the eggs she lays. Another likely

cause of the trouble is the picking of

the droppings by the chicks shortly

after they are hatched. This is most

frequently done in the nursery tray of

the incubator. In order to prevent

this, the tray should be kept darkened

during the time the chicks are in it.



It has been found that the bacteria

causing this disease are quite easily

destroyed by weak acids, and one of

the most common methods of keeping

the chicks free from the disease is to

feed them a little sour milk shortly

after they are hatched. There are also

commercial white diarrhea remedies

which are very satisfactory, and if one

follows the directions sent with them,

he can feel quite sure of successfully

combating the trouble.





Keep the.litt1e chicks busy by feed-

ing small grains in fine litter. ..



Chick-size grit and fine charcoal

should be kept before the young chicks

at all times.



Feed three times a day and no more,

but add rolled oats to the chick feed





twice a. day and stale bread crumbs or.

corn bread will do if there are no rel-h . ~





 





 





ed cats 011 band.





 

 

 

 





 





Herd headed by grandson of King

and tuberculin tested annually. A aw choice

young bulls from dams having official records;

PEACELAND STOCK FARM. 'I‘h'm 1111.... 111a.

Chas. Peters. Herdsman. 6.1.. Brody, Owner. Port Hummllch:





. BigR Holstein Bull 2 yr. old. Good breeding.

For SRIC- Reg. bulls and heifers 10 mos. old.

Ferd. J. Lange. Sebewalng. Mich.





$7 5% ets Hazel let randson of Ms axlecrestIB De Kol



Parthenon. an Pontiac Mai Born

March %. Dam Pontiac Hesperia 211d. 14 89 lb; 436. 6 lb;

her dam’ s Sire brother to sire of world‘s record cow 81884 lb

milk 1 yr. M. L. MoLAULIN. BEDFOBD. MICH





I Have Holstein Bulls, 3.2% 0235232212?





I can show breeding. records individuality and auras

tive prices L. E. 00 o.NNEi.L Fayette. 0110.





“T0 P N OTC II ” Holsteins





By careful retention for many years, of largest' ro-

ducing females, and use of superior sires. a bree ing

herd of wonderful quailt has been established. We

are selling young bullso this“'l OF NO TCH"quaIity

of serviceable age, at moderate rices. Information.

pedigrees,etc.. on application. A cPHERSON FARMS

00.. Howell, Michigan.





FOR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls





 





 





ready for service. and bull calves. also females. .





FREEMAN J. FISHBECK. Howell, Michigan.





 





EG. HolsteinLFfeisian cows and heifers. some fresh

and some ready to freshen 3125. Reg. bulls 830 11

Frank Stail‘en, R. 3, Box 38. Howard City. Mich





WANTED





Six ixgood men to buy pure bred HOLSTEIN BULL

CALVES. Good notes on a year' s time accepted in pay—

ment. GEO .D. CLARKE. ASSAR, MICH.





 





3' Pontiac,





 

   

 





 





09m. 1611

11.1 1'19de

cheil’s Lakesidell‘amrgfe “(Iris





‘1





 





   





price. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almcnt, 0W





HOLS’I'EINS AND BERKSHIRE

We have for sale a fine bull calf born March“ 111

marked,dam a nineteen ound three year 01.0%

$100. In Berkshires we ave a nice lot of fancy fal

bosrs,slred by Sensational CharmersM





mals.of unsurpassed breeding, our price: are rl

we guarantee to please, or return your mien:





Swigarldale Farm, Pelersbnrg,lc

erkshires. I have 6 ohoilclae fall gilts bred for





farrowin at $25 one for immediate dell

A. A. PATT LLO, It. 4. Decketvlllefii





 





 





and Red i rice 01 t

Duroo Jersey 301118.... 8.....9313'3u2m 93’ .53.:

faction, express prepaid. J. ILBanghar-t, East Lansing.





 





Duroc Jerseys. some choice Jan. boars. sprl pigs,

airs dz trim-1 not akin, a few sows for June arrow

W. C. Taylor, Milan. Mich.





nuroc Jerseys—Fall]? and spring pigs either sex. from





choice strains. 8. 0. TAHLM .

01111111111 LAWN F.ARM Shepherd. Mich Infill.





Dunne urnssv 8194.5?“ «33., .2;





ordersfor spring pigs E. D. Heydenberk, Wayland. lick.





of leading blood lines.





 





 





1)UROCe Jerseys—Fancy “110W?“ (either sex). Bu!

Rock figs 5 per-.15; Leghorn eggstlper

15. John cNicoll. Station A. gBay City, Mich.





 





-—Sept. boars ready for service also 0 n

gurgc 3.2314311“) and some sows hredf or .Auc. pod

ep . .





 





BRAGGING NOW





M consignment of Holsteins at the Detroit sale the

St and 9th, sold for an average price of $929 per head,

,including 3 calves under six months of age.



HOBART W. FAY. Mason. Michigan.





 





HOICE HOLSTEIN BULLS— all from A. R. O. dams

Entire herd on Semi of. test for yearly work. Jr.

2—yr -old just finished year’ s lecord of over 15 000 lbs.

milk. over IlXles butter record 1n mature class. Cherry

Creek Stock Farm, M. E. Parmelle, Prop. Hlllmrds.M1ch





H l. f .

Hill SALE.“n Helg‘ii'éifi’ifii’fiiis‘i‘éi‘ianZTfiilléS





right. 1 to 5 years. n A Rinke, Warren.





6 Holstein Bulls





Ready for service. at farmers’ prices. All have high

testingA. R. 0. daughters from world Record Sire

nothing better at 21111 price. LONG BEACH FARM,

Gull Lake. (Kalamazoo Co.) Michigan.





 





For Sal 3 pure bred Holstein Bulls, ready for ser-

3, 1'i1e. Sires, 211111111241 dams average 34. 4131b



butter in 7 (law-1.1 bull 1111112 heifers 5400.



W. C. JA ACKSON. 719 Rex St., South Bend. Ind.





 





LilolieM Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R.

M. Co.ws also heifer calves and several bred

heifers for sale. Colon C. Lillie, Coopersville. Mich.





ggilclflllilflgi..o Sale i:2.‘i‘.l;‘“l‘.§:f’1:221:21;““3”





 





 





READY FOR SERVICE. and e -

one lime] BlIl'leral Heifers and Calves for sing.

NOTTEN ymrm. GRASS LAKE, MICHIGAN.





 





enior herd bull,M11j esty' s Wonder 9J’il7. for sale.sire



Royal Majesty,Du1n Mina a be 11 drop, his full sister

Mnjesty' s Butter 1up produced 703... '2 lbs butter 1n 1 yr.

Sons of Royal Majesty are scarce, here is a chance to

get one reasonable. must sell to avoid too dose in-

breeding.1\r1te for particulars also 1hoice youn bulls

from above sire. Alvin Balden. Capac, Mic igan.





 





' ' A l0 mos. old solid color bull now

Hillside Farm lomys 0...... f... .n. 1).... i. . Rh 0. M

cow with record (if—«646 lbs. of boiler as _a 3 yr. 111.11 He is ;

fine individual. Price right. C. &0. Decks, lpsilanii. Mich.





R. of \I. JERSEY HERD ofl‘ers for sale,

maple Lane tuberculin tested 10w”: belle-1,5 bulls.

and bull calves backed by se1era1 generations of R.

of M. breeding. IRVIN FOX. Allegan. Miohlgan.





JERSEY BULL CALF FOR SALE

Ready for service. Majest1 —Raleigh breeding.

Meadowland F'ann, Wate1 111111181 Waterman A1111 Arbor, Mich.

FOR SALE? ()ur herd bull. J.11-oba' s 1‘ sin Emanon

age 4 years kind. 111111 and sure.

Must be seen to be ap )1ec1ated Reasonufor selling,





must change shes. A so two yearling hulls from 1 im.

SMITH PARKER, R. D. No. 4, Howell, Michigan.





BIDWELL SHORTHORNS





For “Beef and Milk"

Registered bulls.

Scotch - topped roans, ,

redsand white for sale.

Farm at N.Y.C. Depot;

also I). T. & I. R’y.

lddms G.l.3cl1mior My.





BIDWELI. STOCK FAR“

Box B. Tecumseh, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Albion Stamp 352670





 





Shorthorn Cattle oi both Sex for Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





AIRY Bred Shorthorns of host Bates strains. No

D more females for sale at any price

J. B. Hummel Mason Michigan.





 





0R Sale—Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Manyalton

FMonarch 2n1l.a son ofAvondale, f10m8 to 10 mos. old

John Schmidt, Reed City. R. No. 5., Michigan.





, i ll

Shogho‘rgm Eagle“. gifefigfigi‘iic‘gi‘ffiii ’10?" all...

e ose .

8H0lllll0ill COWS Hill SIIE : “32.1.1.1?“

R. 11. Station, Elsie. H. B. PETERS, Car and. Mich.

Shodhorn AND POLLED DURHAMS FOR SALE.





Have red roan and white. Have over 100

head In herd. C. Carlson, Leroy. Mich.





 





8h dh —Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all

0 om: ages for sale at farmers prices. C. W. Crum

Secy. Cant. lich. Shorthorn Brecders' Assn.. McBride. Mich





Two vr’.l red shorthorn Bulls. Roan Calf 9 1110. old

Poll Angus Bull calf. 8 mo. old not reg. P1 iced to

move quick. CHASE' S Stock Farm. Mariette. l\rlich,R.1.





llairy Shori llorn: For Salt, 11.... 1.1.11.1...





Fifteen leans.

M. A. BRAY, OKEMOS, (Inflhnm Co.) Mich.





 





 





H005.





llonliou Ind 11.1mm... ‘91..” iii.“ ”Phil? 2‘13:





October boars and gilt: registeredm with 3papers. Satis-

faction guaranteed. 1). F. Valentine. 811110.. Temperance, Mich.





 





B.RWehner. . 6. Allegan. M1ch ,





5,11le MONROE MICH

DUROC JERSEYS ;-- “'3???"

present. Wm. W. Kennedy, Grass Lake, Michigan.





DUROG JERSEY ‘fioaéeflr £3.12





Carey U. Edmonds. Hastings, Michigan.





 





bred for September Iarrow.





QBSON'S DUROCS Combine size, quality, breed-

. ing. Boarsfor sale. 1 at weaning time. Be

istered Jersey bull. Orlofs Dobson, Quincy. Mic.





Ready for service. Big,

DurocJersey Boats smrmth, lengthy i. llcws.

Grand Champion blood Illnes. Gilts bred for Sept. far-

row. F. J. DROD1,MonrOe. Michigan.





 





UROC JERSEYS. with qualitv, fancy feel] wsows‘a

few spring boars sired by Principal 4t 0 d.

J. ROBERT HICKS. R. 3. ST. JOH 88. HIGH.





Rfi§éflhbsterflhites

Like This‘





like original big producers

7/]





HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to



success. I can help you. I want to Place one he yfrom

my "a? berg in all 01762:] .1333: vgildarf-eady“ fort rkety at 0:1;

$53213 oliW “tie temirr myyp Ian-RM“ ore Mon sy gun





a. s. autumn. a. r. n. 10 Portland, mama





 





GHESIEH wmrrs agrarian?“ we"

F. W. ALEXA DER. Vassar. Mich.





 





J. CARL JEWETT, Mason. Mich





 





 





lrIgM-Ide Form 1 .

Grand Ledge, Mich.





 





 





O 1 SPRING BOARS of food ty ype and

o o - Red Polled bul calves.

John Berner and Son. Grand Ledge. Mich.





' —A nice lot of s ring pi . Write

0. l c. SWIM your wants. ll endow flew Stock

Farm, Holland, Michigan. R. R. No. 5.





 





October boars weighin 200 lbs. at 825

0. '- Co each for,April shipmen g

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. 3111011181111.





 





0. l. c. Boar: ior service. Junemmw rein,

express. G. P . ANDREWS, Dansvillle. pM





 





O ' c Servicenble boars and bredi gilts all

0 0 sold. Booking orders for 81' pigs.

$10.00 each. H. W. M ANN. Dansvllle. r!





- I smbooklng orders for Sprin p

0.1. C. Swme. One yr. old Holstein 131111198113.

ElmerE. Smith Redford. Mich





o I .o bred gilts all sold, am oflering Sept. boars

0 and gilts.ia1}ze growthv ones, and booking

1Belmont,Mich-





ordersforspring pigs. A Barker.





0 I. c! 50Mar. and Apr. pigs. pnirsandtriaosnoakin.

8.5 bred gilts to term 121 in Rogue“.

Bulls. Cloverleaf Stock Farm, Monroe. ich.R.1





 

 





From ar andA pr. airflow sired byl the five bell:



boars in the state. 80110111 Mast 11.52707 W 0 won’ more



cham ions, defeated more championst han any hour



show 9 bo2nd. sire toour undefea

oun herd at 7stete fairs Allen'



Wis. “State fair 1914 and Captain



months bear and Junior chaml ion atm eve



show . Then we have Le 11!



in class at Sioux City. Iowa, 1914. Get our 4a?



lts free. We Register Free; Guarantee “ti



_ 11 every ' .

ROLLINGV VIEW STOCKFARMy'Ofl! CI. .0? m.





' f ”5:?

ll. I c 3. :ngguthrgdlhavemlm 1





'5! H “I '

.sohuiizvof Nuisiivu'le‘llioh.





 





 





 





1.11111... 25.1113" “WW” tiara...“





SWIGAR'I‘DALE FARM





   

 





also spring boars. these are all lar Ixig 0190:?!“- ..





Iha esome ood lastSe tembel'

IllII‘DC Jerseys souls and in... Giltspwill be .

H. G. Keesler. R. No. 5. Cassopolis. Michigan





 





0. I. C. BRED GIL'I'S, Qfiigpelwnfi 3?“.





2 1

on I

I11 I

m I

ill I

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111 l

1 .



1





 





Gi ilts bred for IMax:110 ‘ -





   





4011 815115.0' I. ll. and chosler While fig; _, H
, “no .psired by Len my Pri nce,



;.‘ on r-péth 11033287 ebyW



«capsular been of the b

as





i 11.0 fur lap in p-irs not skin.

It“: Is'dfdbiirnfi'hfi. 1 .Iarlette.llloh.





I BIT ’

' ' it’s. um mangwfi’bgd 1111,1513,





0 .11; Ill” IIISII IIIIm





“81‘0".





. 01

book wing orders fir spring

DIES- A- A. WOOD 8 SUN. Slime. me





FORr SALE EP. "0. Saws, ‘m‘Bigfl'lI‘y e "bred for hSept.

mon 11

April pigs. S. O. B. Minorcns. B,W. Mills, Saline,Mich.





tiai’row.





Igun. .P. D. Long. R. F.D





oar. March and





5100





F111 Sale Poland China: “1332' ”" will 382.3233





Sows Bred.





l d ‘

"a“! ”on“ Po on Chinese. Isall and Summer Pigs.

orl5. ROBERT NEVt,





urn





I





No.8. (II-and Rapids. lch.





Eggs f rom big Ba rred Rocks

Pierson, Michigan.





 





 





 





I.” I. c. erIIIII: ms.





0.3 l. (I. September pigs, 28.32.133.51.





E'owlery ille, Michigan





0. I. c. SWINE: 3‘1°““3’i.‘.t°2333€.‘.‘t





you with a. choicegmlr or trio.fl not skin, or a gilt, due





to furrow about ptemb er





A.J.





Ready to Ship.

Write for Prices.

ANP. CLAX’ION. FLINT. M1011. B.





GORDEN. B l.sNo 2. Dorr. Mich.





at the State Fair last fall

Bred





Poland China 891111;! Pigs





Our herd sire was Champion and Grand Champion

Our sows are great big,

stretchy. splendid individuals. with best breeding.



Pigsir 0111 such matings will please you. Get our prices,





HILLCRES'I' FARM





KALAHAZOO, “I 0".





W. J. BAGELSHA





[war 0 Type P. G. Sows & Gilts all sold. Have 3 extra

g good spring boars Sired





by Big Defender.

Augusta. Michigan.





 





September 8 [£3





Large Yorkshires A332





2 sprin

Route





boars. Prices reusonable.

.l. ADA. MICHIGAN.





 





{717-4789. _.





Bred Bows and guts for August nnd"



Hampshire Swine. September mm. s l

both sex. FLOYD mums. 11.110. 9 m "g mm

ll. ii. lialladay





Breeders of Hampshire Swine.

Write your wants.





Lecatur. ind.

0.1!. liailadsy &. 5011

Clinton. Mich.

SHEEP.





Kope Kon Farms Offers





100 Yearling





Shropshire Rams.

Yearling And Ag





100 Ew ‘

s. L. WING. PROPR” KINDEBHOUK. Mien.





 





 





 





Largo Strain P.





furrow in Aug.





 





Boar's at Half Price

We still have a. few big boned. big type Poland Chino

boars ready for Service, wefhing up to 250 lbs. notfat

In buy er' 5 name.

registered block Percheron Stallion 2yesrs old SE06)

J. Bell Phone.





at 15820 It 325 each. Registers

C. BUTLER.





BI. IIPE August furrow. Sfirins Dik'fl





G. W. BOLTON, Route 11





Port! and, Mich...





Poland (‘hina sows bred for July and B our





alamazoo Michigan.





A few choice fall boars ready

0 for service, and

Gilts for early furrow all sold. a few choice Gilts to

, and Sept” bred to black Wonder and

Oaklands Equal Jr. H. O. Swartz, Schoolcraft, Mich.





GROWTHY

May boar.





PHOFITABL‘

O





 





large Tyne P. 0.





“mm Moines, Big Knox Jr. ,ahd





King Fesenmeyer A

Bone. W. B





 





Gilts and sows. Bred for Mar. and

April furrow.

Giant Defender. Bred to Big

Knox Jr. Smooth W onder 3 and Big Jumbo. iourgreat-

est boars in state Come or write. W E. Livingston. Psi-ms, Mich.





IG Ty 9 Poland Chimes, Sired by Big Type King.

b. boar. Spring pigs. sired by big type



Wonder Jr. , and it

rewimker A; Sons,





Hired by Big Des





low 8 Big

Michigan.





 





Elsie,





 





 





FOR VOL. CXLVI.

From January I, l9l6 “to July l,19l6





 





L___—_—.





 





 





TH E



enounc ' ‘ MU LE FOOT" RESIST-

HOG '"°



WE ARE NOW BOOKING ORDERS FOR SPRING PIC.





THE CAHILL FARMS

KALAMAZOO -





. HAMPSHIRE SWINE $38“;ng Pigs





registered. John W. Snyder, R. 4, St. Johns, Mic





 





Farm.





A better filing system. . . .

About fencing 684

Adjusting farm machinery 29

A farmer’ s scrap- -book.. .652

A farm workshop ........ 125

A good crop of potatoes. .123

Among upper peninsula.



farmers 62

An





inter-county

. day. 96

. Bean crop, the, for 1916. .267

disease situation. . . . . . . .267

situation, the ........... 548

Beans and soil fertility” .307

Better highways in Mich-





tractor





igan ................. 382

Blasting hardwood stumps. €67





pine stumps ...........



Bracing fruit and shade



' trees 729



Building a cistern in



quicksand bottom . . .547



Burning hardwood stumps 59



Care of the roadside ...... 196



Cash crops for Michigan



dairy farms ......... 705

value of trees. .125

Catching rats . ........... 125



Cement mixer, a. home-



made ................ 571

Clover seeding on fall-sown

grain 349



Commercial potato grow-



' ing . 62



Concrete anchor and line



posts 651



tile, durability of. . . . . .228



Corn show, the. . . ..... 4

Cost of husking and shred-



ding corn ........ 97, 158



Covering our bald spot.. 3



Crop and Fertilizer Ques-

tions—Best field for sug-

ar beets, sowing-alfalfa

in growing wheat, how

to use hardwood ashes,

selling sweet corn to can-

ning factory, speltz vs.

Oats, growing lima

beans, 268; permanent

pasture, speltz or barley,

which? two forage crops

in one season, 451; clean-

ing alfalfa of the June

grass, getting a stand of

clover, a. catch crop pass

ture, a nurse crop for

permanent pasture, 452;

purchasing a fertilizer

drill, what. sized tile to

use, clipping clover in-

tended for seed, how

large for main tile, soy

bean questions, 572; fer<

tilizing old meadows, ap-

plying hardwood ashes

to corn hills, 596, apply-

ing fertilizer to beans

and corn, laying drain tile

in quicksand, field peas

the best crop, 628; fer-

tilizing the bean crop,



, millet after rye, plant-

ing beans with horse

corn planter, clover is



; better than alfalfa, how

.long will drain tile last?

sowing alfalfa in stand-

‘Ing corn, 652; will drain

tile clear themselves of



. permanent

fes on new land, how

apply fertilizer to the

crop, 684; what.

, tegro on a wet





field, com 011 muck land

732.

Cross pollenation of com. .653

Cultivate the corn shallow

Developing high yielding

pedigreed oats ....... 345

Disinfection of seed pota-

toes 4.5

Does over w01klng pay"? ..... 3

Doing the best we know. .419

Don’t mix ashes with ma-

nure

Employing farm labor. . . .

Estimating timber in the

woodlot

Experience with old bean

seed ............ 571, 627

Factors in farm failures. ..‘382

Farm buildings and equip-

ment ' "

Farmers’ institute, the. . . .

Farm management demon-

strations in Kent C0. .379

Farm Notes.—~Wild carrot

and horse nettle, saw-

dust in manure, length-

ening the crop rotation,

4; sweet clover vs. alfal-

fa, potatoes “after pota-

toes, buckwheat for

green manure, 92; land

plaster, lime and fertil-

izer, clover for the seed

crop, value of ashes as a

fertilizer, 156; seeding

alfalfa with oats, where

'should manure be ap-

plied? 196; the inocula-

tion of legumes, 197;

seeding clover in oats,

plowing, apple pomace

sweet clover in heavy

land, 270; blighted pota‘

toes as a source of seed,

a poor stand of alfalfa,

when to sow sweet clo-

ver, noxious weed seeds

in manure, sowing lime

on clover seeding, 310;

lime on muck and clay

land, eradicating quack

grass, will sweet clover

become. a weed? apply-

ing marl before or after

as a. fertilizer, 381; lim~

ing for alfalfa, seeding

with vetch and rye, seed-

ing alfalfa on low land,

forage crops for sandy

land, alfalfa on sandy

soil, seeding clover with

rape, hulled vs. unhulled

sweet clover seed, seed-

ing sweet clover in rye,

longevity of bean seed,

the value of wheat straw

421; legumes as nitrogen

fixers, inoculating for al-

falfa, destroying Canada

thistles, 484; liming soil

for clover, a catch crop

with oats, 516; when to

sow alfalfa, Seeding

,sweet clover, 552; will

clover selflseed? install-

ing a ventilating system,

'seeding alfalfa, eradicat-

ing the sand-burr, Wis-

consin seed beans, ma-

nure as a. source of been

infection, 597 ; an uneven

stand of alfalfa, using

fertilizer with manure,

time to plow for beans,

628;. eradicating Canada

thistles, 684; questions





on bean culture, destroy

ing gophers, the chess

question again, 708;

blighted potatoes as a

source of seed, the place

of vetch 111 the crop rota-

tion ................... 156

Farm tractor, the futuie

of the

Fence post problem, the.

Getting ready for Michi-

gan fans ..... , ....... 270

Good roads in Michigan. .. 29

Growing the out crop ..... 347

Helps to more profitable

timber utilization . . . .310

Hunting nuisance, the. . . ..383

Ice house, the, on the farm 93

improving Michigan's corn

crop ................ 569

the farm woodlot ....... 229

Inoculating alfalfa and clo-

ver

ls Michigan to have a new

fibre industry? ...... 572

Keeping the young folks 011

the farm

Lillie Farmstead Notes,

484,517,595, 684, 708, 755

Make a partner of the boy 28

Manure and fertility ...... 195

Michigan experiment asso-

ciation

experiment association

fifth annual meeting. . 60

Michigan’s sugar bush. . . . 89

Northern Michigan farm-

Ing .................. 707

Oat smut

Pasturing the farm wood~

lot .................. 377

Peppermint and Spearmint

industry, the ......... 92

Plant good seed .......... 484

Practical farm accounting 91

Road building in Michigan

269, 547, 596.

one township, record 111.348

Rye as a fertilizer ........ 516

Salt as a substitute for

potassium 12

Scrapbook, the fa1'111e1"s. ..

Seed corn situation, the. .

testing

Seeding alfalfa with grain

drill 481

Seed potatoes for

gan

Soil management problems 27

Soy beans as a farm c1'op..158

Specializing as a factor of

success .............. 731

Start an acre of alfalfa. ..308

State conference on tuxes.382

Straw ,the disposal of. . . .756

Stuffing the soil to restore

fertility . . ........... 753

Success with the clover

crop . . . . . . ’

Sudan grass ............. 649

Summer crops for the hog

pasture .............. 349

Sweet clover ............ 230

That farm woodlot ....... 516

The farmer vs. the sports-

man 22

bean maggot ........... 755

farmer’s professional li-

brary . . . . .125

farmer’s vacation ....... 308

farm wood supply. ...... 155

state champion

grower ........... 195

successful farmer loves

his work

unpaid tenants of our





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............... 449

in plant

683





farms

water factor

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Tile drainage ............ 731

and soil fertility ........ 121

111 the Saginaw valley. .265

Tramp question, solving

the 26

the question .......... 4, 93

Tree planting on public

highways ........ . .193

Trying to beat nature ..... 269

Vetch experience in south-

western Michigan . . .417

Where the potato leads in

profit

Whitewash, to make ...... 547

Winter care of the farm

tools ................ 228

White grub, the, in 1916. .653

Stock





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Annual live stock meeting,

the 1"

Azotu1 1.1 par aly tic hemog

lotnemla . .

Blue g1ass for hogs ....... 618

Bleeding p1ofitable pigs. .320

Brood sows, the, in winter 32

Care of the sow at furrow-

ing time 2~

Catch crop pasture ....... 391

Cattle feeding in Michigan ..





Co-operatlve live

shippers’ association. .

Cottonseed meal for hogs.

Depraved appetite 0f the

calves 391

Dressing percentage ...... 686

Farm horsepowei costs. .236

Fecundity in swine ....... 734

FeedeIs' P1'.0ble111s —Co1'11

silage for fattening the

sheep, outs for feeding

steers, flaxseed meal for

calves, 23; profit in cat-

tle feeding, 96; a forage

crop to sow with oats,

164; rye meal and oats

for horses, 220; silage

for pregnant ewes, alfaL

fa meal for the hogs,

238; cabbage for the

sheep, 277; com sil- .

age for horses, summer

pasture for hogs, 320;

peas and cuts as a hog

pasture, raising calves 011

skim-milk, 390; carrots

for breeding ewes,'not a

good dairy ration, 456;

grain f01 hogs on alfal-

fa, spling sown hog pas-

ture, fattening up thin

horses, 523; balanced r21.

tion for hogs, 550; value

of skim-milk for hogs,

619; a ration for growing

pigs, feeding value of

oat hay, spring-sown for-

age crops for calves, 658;

a ration for young pigs,

effect of rape on white

pigs ................... 710

Feeding VS. Dan ving ...... 759

Feeding young pigs. ..658

Ground feed for stock... .. 23

Harvesting crops '

swine

Hog cholera, control of. .

Hogs by the carload ..... 67

Horse efficiency ......... 424

Live stock and soil fertil-

iyt .................. 734

stock for Michigan waste

places ............... 126

stock meeting, the ...... 66

Live stock news, 32, 85, 96,

166, 239, 277, 320, 353.

in northern Michigan. ..759

organizations, the ....... 221

report ................. 619

Making progress in horse

breeding ............. 278

Missouri cattle feeding ex-

periments 7

Mule-foot, the, in Michigan

658





National wool

convention

Old family horse, the. . . ..

Ox warbles in the northern

states . . . . ........... 425

Pasturing corn with the

sheep





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the hogs ............... 686

Rain water for stock ..... 23

Raising aristocratic lambs



5





Ration for young bull ..... 710

Saving the young lambs. .352



pigs 487

Seculing a good litter





D1 gs 42

Stay with one breed ...... 424

Summerc 02119 of the farm





The farm horse

hog situation .......... 456

pig- eating sow ......... 353

runt pig ............... 391

spring liLLeI

W001 market

U. S. live stock possibili-

ties 658

Water for the hogs ....... 319

W'intering horses ........ 167

Young calves, raising the.352

lambs, the care of ...... 164





Poultry and Bees.





A11 incubator chart ....... 474

An insect poisonous to the

chickens ............ 676

Bee-keeping, suggestions

on 442

Bran for poultIy .......... 407

Breeding fow is, the selec

tion of ............... 509

Brood coops ............. 474

Champion hen, the ....... 21

Chick feeding, essentials

of .................. 474

Cleanliness essential about

the poultry plant ..... 475

Clover for winter egg layo-

ing .................. 3

Common diseases of the di.

gestive tract ......... 142

Contagious catarrh ....... 182

Critimsm of recommended

fl001 construction . . . . 114

Does trap- nesting pay" ..... 181

Do not sell eggs from 111-

cubators 4'

Dropping-boards

Dust bath ................ 115

material ............ .. . .143

Early chicks for winter

layers

hatching best ........... 541

Eggs for hatching, care of.406

laying competitlons nec-

essary ............... 372

Experiments in egg incu-

bation , “

Feather troubles ......... 748

Feeding bees and 1'e-queen«

ing .................. 254

for egg production ...... 51

eggs ................... 253

goslings and poults ..... 700

Fertility of early hatching.334

Fresh air poultry houses. .372

Frozen combs 82

Fungus disease, 21, attack-

ing chickens ......... 620

Getting started with the

turkeys

Ground grain for chicks. .

Handling young chicks. . . .620

Hen louse, controlling the.644

How many hens to a pen ‘?.724

Incubator, a primitive . . . .588

starting the ........... 254

June reminders for the

poultry yard . . . . . . . ..7 724

Killing the germ in eggs. .333

Leg weakness ............ 115

Lessening deaths among

young chicks . . . . . . . .

Liver trouble ....... 115, 700

Make the hens exercise. ..218

Making up breeding pens. .335

Management of roosters

and culls ......... . . .700

Mating the breeding pens. 255

Nests for the hens. . . . . . .254

outside.... ..... .......541

Oat sprouter, home-made.294

Open-front poultry house,

the 219

Pen points . . ........... 219

Pigeons on the farm ..... .333

Planting poultry crops... .748

Poultry ' house, construct- -

ing the .............. 292

construction ...... 183, 540,

investigations . . . . . . . . . .564
management that brings

profit

noteSIDIOCIIOOCO...

progress .....

show hints . . . . . ....... 21

show notes . . . . ........ 115

Practical poultry hints. ..143

poultry pointers ........ 564

Raising geese for profit” 1.42

late-hatched chicks . . ..620

poultry for profit ....... 442

Range for poultry ........ 769

Removing the cause of dis-





ease . . . . . ............

Roup





............. 474

advanced stages of. . '. . ..509

the treatment for ...... 21



Scaly legs ............... 334



Secrets of the good hatch. 475



Shape of hens and produc-



tio 407

Shipping hatching eggs. .294

Specializing, its value in



poultry work ........ -82

Squab raising as a busi-





nes

Successful hatching essen-

tials ................. 18

Success with poultry ..... 475

Suggestions on raising of

ducks 724

Summer incubator hints. .700

The importance of fa1m





poultry .............. 153-





laying hen ............ 373

old shed as a poultry

house . 5.88

poultry mite ........... 724

profits from hens ....... 255

Timely poultry hints for

spring 564

Transferring bees ........ 748

bees from box hives. .508

Turkeys, the spring man-

agement of .......... 564

Value of free range for the

poultry 508

With hens in cold weathei. 183

the growing chicks. ..676

Winter laying ............ 181

Dairy.

A farm butter problem. . .. 6

An interesting contest at

the dairy meeting . . . .280

A record Jersey cow ...... 575

' Assisting the dairy farmer.603

A successful dairy farmer.491

Balanced dairy rations. . ...132

Bitter milk .............. 711

Building a dairy herd from

common stock 426

Butter from scalded cream316





Care of pure- bred dairy

cows 168

Cheapest grains for dairy

ration

Cleaning the dairy uten-

sils 1

Cost of keeping a cow. .

of shredding corn ...... 34

Cottonseed meal too ex-

pensive

Cow fails to yield as usual 99

Cows at calving time ...... 427

Cow- -testing work, results

of. ................ 551

Dairying for profit ........ 520

on a small farm ........ 602

Dairy problems. ———T he p11n

ciple of the balanced ra-

tion, poor silo doors, wet

brewers’ grains, 133; is

a pit silo practical? how

to test milk, balancing a

ration with buckwheat

middlings, cottonseed

meal not necessary, 169;

wet brewers’ grains for

cows, a heavy feed of cot-

tonseed meal, can make

butter from scalded

cream, wheat bran and

corn meal sufficient, how

many cows can one man

milk? cost of filling silo,

cottonseed meal for the

calves 203; feeding

one pound of grain to

three or four pounds of

milk, butter and ov er-

run, pea bran as sole

concentrate, ensilage too

dry to keep, 241; the ra-

tion lacks protein, cotton-

seed meal not necessary,

probably skin disease,

Can the ration be cheap-

ened? 281; how to feed

run-down” dairy cows,.

corn and oat chop for

cows, amount of silage in

silo, cow falling off in

milk flow 316, soy beans

for silage, will cull beans

improve the ration? 355;

amount of silage neces-

sary,'dried beet pulp will

not balance alfalfa and

corn silage, must buy ex-

tra. protein, 389; can

green oats be ensiloed?,

weight of one gallon of

milk, more protein than

' necessary, 427 ; amount

and value of silage, how

to organize and operate

a. cheese factory, will a

, twin heifer breed?. ra-

~ tion might be cheapened,

large a silo for ten





tein, 459; the: secretion ,

of milk, wheat bran vs. '

buckwheat bran for the

cows, an early silo crop,

491; build a silo, udder

permanently injured,

mixed hay for roughage,

521; soy beans in corn

for silage, peas and oats

for forage, ground wheat

' or wheat chop for cows,

a good ration, 575; suc-

culency lacking in the

ration, probably poor sil-

age, another silo for sum-

mer 602; how did Mrs.

Harris raise the big crop

of corn 603; grain ration

on pasture, when to dry

at heifer ............... 631

Dairy notes .............. 711

Ensilage corn, the best.. 6

Feed and milk 35

Feeding cottonseed meal

to pregnant cows. .

the dairy calf ........... 458

the milch cow in winter.317

Flavor in butter .......... 68

Food value of cull beans. . 35

Frost-proof silo, a ........ 99

Goat milk butter .......... 631

Going into dairying. . . . . ...389

Holsggiln breeders meet, 6, 69,





Home-grown vs, purchased

protein feeds ........ 520

How many cows to an

acre? ................. 426

Inspection for a high-clas

product

Is the dairy farmer mak-

ing good? ........... 489

Judging dairy cattle ...... 735

Keep a cow diary ......... 13

milk sweet

Keeping silage from freez-





mg

Making milk production

profitable ............ 354

Meeting of Michigan Jer—

sey cattle club ........ 69

of West Michigan Hol-

stein breeders ........ 551

Milch goats .............. 603

Milk and cream contests. .356

fever, preventive treat-

ment for ............ 711

situation, the . . . . . . ..574

Milking methods ........ 280

More protein needed ...... 69

National dairy convention. 656

resolutions 687

National Holstein Breed-

ers’ meeting ......... 758

No milk for calf: ......... 35

N0 rich protein food nec-

essary

Northeast’n Michigan H01~

stein breeders meet. .657

Northern peninsula dairy-

men meet 2

Raising dairy calves ...... 631

Registered vs. grade cows 68

Results of cow-testing as-

sociation work ....... 317

Soft unhusked corn and al—

falfa

Soy beans in silage ...... 69

Standard of the farm dairy

' herd ................ 280

System on the dairy farm 34

The building of a profita-

ble dairy ............ 387

butter doesn’t gather. . . 35

cow pasture ........... 575

man, the cow and the

farm 2”

The persistent milker. . . .

Use cull beans freely ...... 69

Variations in the cream

test 7

\Vhen the

come

Will twin calves breed?. . .





Veterinary.





butter won’t1





AbOItion ............ 647,703

Acute congestion ........ 591

indigestion . . . . . .,55 87, 447

Anemia ............. 447, 479

Atrophy of udder. . . . . . . ..62 3

Barren cow, 119, 343, 623, 679,

703.

heifer ................. 567

Bloat ............. ‘ ....... 727

Blood poison ............. 703

Bots .................... 511

Brain toumor ............. 511

Breeding question, 303, 511,

679





Brood mare and lymphan-

gitis 44

Bruised face .............. 55

leg ............... 679, 770

udder 727

Bunch in udder ........... 479

on shoulder ............ 703





Bursal enlargement. . ... . . .679

Caked udder .............. 679

Calf has poor appetite 623,647



has sore foot ............ 30





Cathartic for horses ...... 119

Cats were poisoned ....... 223

Chorea 6.23679

Chronic bone spavin lame-62





~ Scratches





3 . Sheep ticks .

Should





an urge . .7 r .

1ndi'ge‘stion116, 679, 793,7 7 75

1 Sore back Q I I D I I I I .1 I7: ’ 727





sore DECK cocoa..- qo-60651

soreness 67, 591

stiffness 5

sweeny ..IIOIOIOIOOOOOI 3

Clinging afterbirth. . . . . . .

Collar galls

Colt born blind .......... 679

Contagious abortion, 87, 303,





scours . . . . . 448

Contracted hoof ......... 727

Cow fails to come in heat,



191, 479,623. .



gives bloody milk ....... 151



holds up milk .......... 191



leaks milk ............. 647

Crib biting ............... 375

Curb .................... 543

Dairy question .......... 151

Death resulting from cas-



tration 647

Dehorning cattle . .

Diarrhea

Diphtheritic roup ..... . . .

Diseased hoof ............ 770



tail .................... 647



tooth ..... . ....... 543,647

Distemper ........ . ...... 591

Dog eats eggs .......... 62 3

Eczema.........151, 343 703

Enlarged gland ...... ..751



liver .................. 448

Feeding pigs. ............. 415



too much salt ........... 303

Film on eye .............. 679

Fistula .................. 343

Flat warts .............. 191

Food infection ........... 191

Foot lameness ........... 647





Grease heel of a chronic

nature 447



Growth of false tissue on

54





eg



Grub in the head ..... 623,727

Haid milker ............. 511

Heaves .303, 591, 647, 727

Heifer fails to come in



heat ............ 375, 511

Hip lameness ....... 591, 623

Horse slavers when hit is



in mouth ............ 479

Hoven 87

Imperfect udder .......... 703

Improperly castrated. . . .55

Indigestion, 87, 119,15};191,



223,303, 415,448, 511,567,



623, 727.

Infected joints ....... ~. . . .543





Inflammation of bowels. . .

of eyes



Influenza ................ 119



Injured ankle ............ 479

hock .............. 119, 679

sow 303





Insane poultry ............ 511

Irritataion of urinary or-

gans

Knuckling ....... . . . . 7

Lacerated coronet ........ 375

Lampas . ......... . ....... 727

Leaking navel ........... 751

Leucorrhea ............. 151

Lice ......... . ..4,48 543

on rabbits .......... . . . 415

Light- -n1ilking heifer ...... 567

Looseness of bowels ...... 415

Less gf. appetite, 119,191,303,

7





Lumpjaw ....... 343,415,647

Luxation of stifle ......... 62 3

Lymphangitis ............ 119

Mange ......... . ........ 223

Mare disowns her colt. . . ..647

does not come in heat. .263

passes water frequently. 727

took cold ,263

Mechanical lamenes ....... 62 3

Medicating hogs .......... 119

Milk sours quickly ........ 7 03

Muscular weakness. .479

Nasal catarrh ....... 375,770

Navicular disease. .,375 591

New remedy for grub in

head of sheep ........ 679

Nodular disease

Obstructed teat

Occult spavin ............ 679

Opacity of cornea ......... 647

Paralysis ........ 3.03 727

Partial dislocation of stifle 55

of stifle cap ............ 511

loss of power .......... 343

Periodic ophthalmia ...... 119

Pigs born without hair. . ..727

choke ................. 119





Piles ....... 119, 191,232, g2; '





Poll evil

Poor appetite ............ 727

Punctured breast. . ....... 751

hock joint ...... . . . .567

Quittor ....... . . . ..... - . .511

heumatism . . . . .,623 679

oarer ...... 119, 623, 679,727

Roup 727

Scarred hind leg





2

3 _ Scar tissue under fetlock. 5%}





Scours

in cattle.





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IOIIOCOIIII. I543

Scrotal hernia ........7.. .703

Scurvy ..

Septic infection .......... 55





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Soil . sea-firm





eye OOOIIOIUIQICUIO447’

foot 119

mouth ............447, 623

necks . . . .......... 151, 263

Soreness ........... .447, 770

Sore shoulders ....... 223, 647

Sores on back ............ 727

Sore throat .. ........ 303, 343

Sow fails to come in heat.679

Spasmodic colic .......... 87

Splint .............. - ...... 703

Sprained fetlock ......... 479

hock . .> . , .............. 7 51

tendons 55

shoulder ............... 679

Stocking ............. 87, 303

Stomach worms ...... *. . .263

worms in horses ....... 223

Stunted little pigs. . . .151, 679

Suppression of urine ..... 703

Suppurating ear .......... 151

glands ................. 703

Symptoms of pregnancy. .343

Thick winded 263

Thrush .................. 191

Thumps .............. . . . 543

Tongue loller ............ 679

Tonic for horses and 4cat-

tle .............. 7,9 543

Tumor on sheath ........ 37 5

Turkey has sore eyes. .415

Unthrifty brood mare. . . .

calf 263





Vaginal hemorrhage, 679,

polypus ................ 343



Vertigo .............. 87, 119



Veterinary question .. . .543



Warb les 5,67 679, 727



Warts .......... 223,303,623

in ear ........... ......479

onneck..... ...... ....751

on teat ................ 511



Water farcy.



Weak bac



Weakrgesscb7191,” 223, 511, 67723



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Worms ...... 151, 191, 448, 751



Wounded teat ........ 87, 151



Yeast treatment .......... 303





Horticulture.

American plum borer... . 31

Among the fruit growers. .315

A pension in trees ........ 54 8

Aphis control, a method of. 573

Apples for commercial or-



' chards ............... 350

A profitable garden ....... 63

Arsenate of lead as an in-



secticide ............. 733

Bark wounds from heels. .314

Before planting the or-



chard ............... 160

Blackberry, growing the” .518

Buy 01 chard trees early.. .95

Cellar- forced pieplant. .03

Curl leaf, control of ...... 351

Dont’s for spraying ...... 454

Dormant spray, the. .235, 315

Dressing, pruning wounds



of fruit trees ........ 518

Early lettuce, growing. . . . 199

Efficiency methods in fruit



growing .............. 198

Egg—plants, growing ...... 455

Ever3bs%aring strawberries 271,

Fruit trees and cuttings..422

Garden marker, a handy. .315

Greenhouse for farmers, a



practical

Growing pears for profit. .

small fruits ............ 454

prize tomatoes ......... 315

Hiding unsightly objects. .454

Horticultural hints 95

Hot-bed, making a ........ 62

Irrigatitng the strawberry





tch 57



M. AD. a.C Hort. show ...... 233

Making blackberry root



cuttings ............. 199



Mapping the orchard ..... 62

Michigan fruit and fruit



growers 685

Muskmelons, growing . . . .

Observations of fruit bud

formation 2



Orchard heating in Michi-485





observations

Painting of tree wounds. .386

Peach leaf curl, a new

idea in control of.... 31

Pear growing in Michigan 30

Planning for fruit and veg-

etable gardening. 62

the garden ........ 27 422

Planting and pruning. ..314

board, making a ....... 128

Practical hints for fruit

growers .. .94

spraying methods ...... 225

Producing fine tomatoes. .655

Provide now for the '1917

crop~of apples ........ 733

Pruning apple trees ....... 128

Reducing mole injury. . . ..486

Removing Bordeaux stains199





Solving the small grower’ 8

problems . ‘. . . . . .733

Some raspberry





insect ~

‘ pests . 65





5 _. Losses





spring work in the





orchard ............. 384 ,

Strawberries, an educations . ;.

al aid . .

mulching the

spring 'work with. . . . . . .598

Strawberry and raspberry - 1,1: ‘

culture ' . . . . . .. "

growing, a problem in. .423

Taking the farm to the

market

Tar pads for cabbage mag-

gots IIIOIIIIOIIUIIIOI

Tarred paper collars for

. cabbag ges............598

The farmer’s garden. . . . .. 305

farm orchard .......... 232

problem of the farm or-' ' '

chard ...............685

Thinning the peach. . . . . . . 757 -

Transplanting and use of

hand cultivators .....455'

bushy plants . . . . . . . . . ..518

Tree grafting and setting

of fruit trees. . . . . . . .. 386

production records, the

value of .............129

Trouble Dept. ——Lice and

blight, 63, getting ger-

aniums to blossom, 95;

mushroom growing, 162;

peanut culture, 199;

peaches for home use,

314; cutting cions, 455;

the care of peach trees,

486; control of insects

and diseases, girdled

trees, 519; spraying the

grapes, girdled trees, pro-

tecting tomatoes from

frost, spraying and

blight control, 629; oys-

ter shell scalé, 655; the

growing of onions, 709;

arsenate of lead for po— .

tato bugs, paint for the

trees, 733; oyster shell

scale, currant louse. . . . . 757

Value of strawberry mulch 63

Vegetable garden, the..,.3l3 '

Well- known fruit grower

dies

Where to

l' b





‘ place frame 63

Winter meeting of fruit

growers .............272

With the Michigan fruit

growers . . . . . . . . .274, 423'

Working for orchard prof-





its ......





Practical Science.





Cereal food products. . .15, 44

Cottonseed meal for hogs. 96

Fruit and garden fertiliz-

ers . . . . . . . 11

Gasoline.. ..... ..188, 212, 260

and alcohol 0

the cost of ...... ....... 60

Michigan state brand for7

butter 76

Oil ringixed concrete, 576, 708,





The form of the element in



fertilizers



milk inspection prob-



milk inspection prob-

lem, 488, 522, 559, 600,

630.



pasteurization. of milk,



. 688.



source of materials in



fertilizers . . . . . . . . . . ..476





Farm Commerce.





Activities of the “Square

Deal Coop’

A new idea in pmarketing. .675

Apples in storage Jan. 1 .2111

Austria’s aid to agricul-

ture

Big business by the “CO-

ops,’ . . . . . . . 46

Bulletin board, the ........ 7 68

Cold storage holdings of

apples ........... . . ..297

00- -operation in Michigan. 507 ,

Cream, the distribution of, 336

Cultivating the grocerman 3

I O 0 .4 8

Doings of Michigan’s “CO-

ops,’ 4

Eggs by parcel post. . . . . ..697 “

Extending scope of associa-

tion IIIIICIOOOOOOOOOI

Farr? butchering, a house

or ' O O I O O C I O l

Federating Michigan co-

op societies .........16

our “co-op” associations

Frozen and dried eggs, ‘

the preparation of. . . .615





Fruit exchange prospers. .674 ‘





Gets good prices for apples ., "

Government and co-opera:

tive agriculture . . . . .- .

Grape associations unite. 1‘

Honey crop, marketing 151!

1103' “co-0.11.7 1133513151: ,

STOW neocooIIIII ,,

to sell the big crops. .‘ ’

Live stock sailings. assoc P

tions Q I ». o o n

from» ti;





 





ounces-cocoo-lfioWflm





.655
- 'butter,c cOst ’ _

by parcel post and 01:-

press . . . . . 31

conference at M. A. C. . .405

perishable mducts. . . . .585

summer eggs ..........

talk at Rochester. . . . . .. .110

the cherry crop........768

the residue .... ..... 64

Milk thienspect‘ion [111111110111170





...m...641





. Milk prices in Michigan



producers hold enthusi—

astic meeting ........ 720

More money from eggs. . .184

11 key to better 65





farming...

. Peach marketing, a signifi-

. ' cant phase of ........ 408

Reducing cost of odd jobs. 506

Selling cracked cherries. .438

Should know cost of milk. .640

Shrinkage a factor in mar-

keting .............. 366

Special markets for per-

ishables

Starch from potatoes. . ... 17

Storage apple holdings. ..409

Suggests state grade pro-

ducts . . 214

The advantages of selling

difficulmt marketing prob-

lem 338

farmer as buyer and sell-40





middleman, a modern

necessity . . . ......... 538

middleman occupation . .584



To. extend corn quarantine4





16

Editorial.





Advertising costs ........ 482

A fine point in farm man-

agement ............. 266

Agricultural appi opriations 2

An agricultural leader. .306

A new kind of publicity. 26

A new opportunity for Am-

erican breeders ...... 754

Bankers aid agriculture. . .

Bean jobbers .and bean

growers

Bond issues for road build-





, ng 0

City real estate ........... 706

Vs. countiy health ...... 650

Conservation vs, develop

ment 45

Co- -0perati_ve marketing.

Country vs. city thrift ..... 514

County agricultural work. 730

Crop production and values 2

Decoration day .......... 682

Delay in live stock ship-

ments

Desired oleomargarine leg—

islation . ............. 1

Echoes from the campaign 2

Educational entertainment226

Education as an asset. . . . .418

Epoch- making events for

M. A. ..626

Farmers’ week.

Farm management demon-

strations ............ 378

Federal aid for good roads59





Guaranteed advertising .

Hauling the crops to mar-

ket ................. 306

-Hay vs. soil fertility ...... 58

Important farmers’ meet~

' ings

Improved seed 3

Judging live stock at the

fairs ................. 266

Land owners as tenants. .306

Limiting the parcel post. .482

Live stock tor northern

Michigan .............. 122

Michigan dairy’men organ-

ize 706

Michigan’s bean crop ...... 154

Milk inspection and milk

_prices 546

inspection methods . . . ..450

producers should organ-

Mothers’ day . .

Naming the farm ......... 378

Nature’s law of compensa-

tion 7

Northern Michigan agricul-

68





t 0

Our agricultural fairs.

Planning for maximum

profit . .546

Prison industries . ....... 570

P110 investments . ..482

Profit from the institute. .. 90

W dragging .482

Rural credits . . ...... 2,26 346

’ Some important testimony. 650

.. Starting the fiscal year. . .450

Stat-B taxation..-.........378

rm advance in Jim equip-





.t ...............





.5944

city milk- supply. . . . . . .514

gout of milk............594



‘ dairy meeting . . . . . . . . ..226

’toundatmn of agriculture





mas question. . . . 418,





08“ 1188.19 oo‘donnnoni75 "





index of good tanning. “5’70

last daycf of-school......706

problem ... .346

milk inspection contro-

versy ...............570

milk produCers’ meeting. 626

need for rural credit. . . .418

Pete Marquette reorgan-

ization .

preservation of records. 650

rural credit problem”

sisal fibre cont10versy

,570

sisal fibre monopoly.2 . . .194

successful fifth ‘. . . . . . . .590

test of adversity ..... . . .682

value of the county

agent

visible supply 01' pota-

toes . ........ ........1_22

wool market . .. . . . .. . ..546

Value received ...... . . . . .266

Vocational training ...... 306

Winter use of automobiles-122

Would investigate packersg14

Your attention, Mr. Dairy-





Magazine.





A battle in a sugar camp. .170

Afamousfiag ...... 0

A messenger from Ft.

Stanwix .282

An agricultural viewpoint

of taxation . .393

An Indian legend ..... . . .763

Bird flies 12,000 miles. . . .325

Bosnia’s model govern-

ment 243

Covadonga Day in Mexico

City. 3

Educated out 01' school, 72,

136.





European Co-operative ag-

riculture, Denmark,

231; Norway, 395;

Spain, 466; France,

577; England, 633;

W'ales and Scotland,

661.



Evolution of Hope Hollow

district ............. 204



Interesting facts on Mexi-



................... 493



In the other fellow’ s shoes



431





Japanese farmers in Amer‘

ica .101



Junior Club work ........ 284



Land O’ Nod Stories, 40, 102,

136, 173, 284, 324, 362,434,

498,530, 579, 610.



Light of Western Stars, 10,

38, 74, 102, 138, 174, 206,

246, 286, 326, 358, 398, 430,

462, 494, 527, 554,579, 606',

635, 662, 714, 738, 761.



Lighting the farm home. .465



Little Faim Fables ....... 434



“Looflirpa” .............. 461



Manual training in rural

schools .526



Michigan’s Daniel Boone. .605



“Of the people, by the peo-1

p,’le’



Peter Strong, Patriot.



Rix Robinson, Pioneer.



The community without a

program .429



least we can do. . . . . . . .689

plea of the tree. . . . . . . . 525

robin in winter ...... . . . 70

supply of Easter lilies. .553



True incidents about birds. 737



Turning the new leaf.... 9



Utility of birds ........... 663



Why not a winter fair?....3



Will- -p0we1



sports



Work and play



Yucatan, the home of sisal



ron'rnr.



A February Ramble. . . . . .289



An oak tree .......... .. . .529



Apple blossom time. ..499



A song of spring ......... 434



A theory ................ 611



Back to the land ......... 139





' Be content ............... 72





Dandelions . . ............ 666

Do it well ................ 435

Eph’m Jones ............ 284

Guiltless ................ 497

In nature’s school ........ 496

June .................... 716

Leaves left over .......... 608





Memorial Day ........... 692





thoughts .............. 690

New Year Bells .......... 13

Refuge .................. 362





‘ Rejuvenation ............ 580





Service . . . .............. 432

Springtime again ........ 581

The country road ........ 527

old country road ........ 325

man with the scythe. . . .634

sale of the Collie ....... 362

Things might be worse.. .664

Wind: yom'selfgo by.....137

When the wfmd’s in the





..... .-.......714





pines.

WW is 1W3...s.....om

Household.

A good roast from a tough

cut .. . . . . . .

A merry heart excuseth a





multitude of sins. . . . .500 ,





,. t'y...... 638"]

Avplea for the birds. .

A successful rural co-oper: ~





. 2.52





ative laundry . . . . . . .. .743

Baby week ..............1.41

Baking powder, general



rules for using . . . . . .437

Balanced rations for hus-



bands 742

Beet sugar vs. cane sugar. 695

Better babies depend upon



pure milk ..... . . . . . .

Cake plate, the best. . . . . . 14

Candied cranberries ...... 179

Can meat for summer use. 501

Caring for elderly people. 533

Catsup salad dressing. . .-..669

Centerpiece with Venetian

crochet lace edge. . .. .534

Cheese 14

Children’s worst ill is the



measles . . . . ......... 583

Cleansers and rejuvena-



tors ...... ...........764

Colonial rugs . . . . . ....... 107

Coming beef, directions



for 17

Crocheted muff, a, for lit-



tle daughter . . ....... 178

Curtain talk, a. . . . ....... 43

Diets lacking in mineral



nutrients . . . 638

Diphtheria . . . . . ...... 365

Doily, a tatted. .42

Doing one ’s best by the



childi en .532

Dried fruits and how to



cook them . . . . ....... 332



fruits, excellent way of



‘ serving .............. 558

Early salads and greens. .612

Fashions, 77, 108, 179, 252,



404, 437, 502, 534, 613, 719



'For the fancy w01"..kei . . 76



St. Patricks Day pa1ty.178

French 0n the menu ...... 639

Geiman measles .141

Hanging pictures . . . . . . . . 612

Home queries, 107, 179, 291,



403, 583, 743, 764.

House-cleaning .......... 718

Household helps ......... 332

Houseplants, care 01' ...... 250

In the cellar .............. 290

January white sales, the. . 14

“Keep thy tongue from un‘



kindness,”



Letter box ...... 331, 403, 501

Life more than money-



making .............. 7 42

Living-room, the ......... 251

Make stairs of your stum-



bling blocks .......... 764

Making button holes. . . .. . 670



fancy work pay. . . . . ..532

Measles . . 43

Milk in bread making” ..403

Mumps .................. 332

New furnituie £10111 old. . .532

ideas in dinnerware. . . .. 43

ways with stiwawbeiiies. 669

Night gown yoke of cro-

ceh t ................. 364

Old- fashioned home- made



soap 40

Peace purchased by sacri-



fice 1

Pin-money methods . . .

Planning a canna bed.

Pleasing gifts for the girl



graduate 718

Policewomen prove prac-



tical 5

Potatoes in various ways



. . . . ............... 77,108

Proper food for the young



children 53’

Recipes—Ginger s n a p s



365; dressing for boil-



ed meats, 403; oat-



meal, nut bread, meat

turnovers, vegetables,

cabbage with sausage,



cabbage with ham 01'



bacon, 639; delicate



fried parsnips, the best



fruit juice ........... 643

Sandwiches in the school



lunch

School luncheon, the. . .

Short cuts to housekeep-



ing, 45, 252, 365.



Simple crochet edging. ....250

Spring’s first fruits ........ 582

Suggested bills of fare for



the home lunch ...... 670

Suggestions in housekeep-



ing 10

Summer care of winter



clothes

Swat the fly early ..... . . .

Tatting designs . . . . . . . . . .

Teaching that may save a



heartache

Temperature in cooking..670

The American woman’s

chance ......... . . . . .250

backward child . . . . . . ..290

cook’s time table. . . . . . .534

Domestic Crucible, 14, 140,

210, 290, 364, 468, 582,

668, 694.

first table 77

giving habit ...........178

outside of the platter. . .718

part of family arbi-



trator .330



“Pass-it-along” 468,

. . 583





play ’corner

present trend . .1 ....... 558

rural school ...........402





ossa-sc-u-ono.





Club,





.01





voooooqcob‘nnrootl





Three eggless cake recipes331



To remove tarnish from

silverware 613



Typhoid fever ... . ..... . .532



Until berries are 1'ipe....638



What kind of house are '

you going to build?. .533



When parents go to school. 330



you shingle your build-



ing .................. 469

Whooping cough ......... 251

Who said “Wifely Submis-



sion?” .. 76

Why we are cheated in



buying materials . ..210



Winter butter-making '

the home .



Women and dress ....... 533



farmers in Grand Trav-



erse ................. 290

Work for the long even-



ing s .



withg your might. .' . . . . . . 42

Grange.



Ambng the live granges, 84,

213, 261, 412, 445, 535, 645,

677, 701, 725, 749, 765.



Anniversary Pomona meet-

ing 5



Annual meeting of State

Grange



report of state home eco-



nomics committee. . . .340

A week among the Granges



of Jackson Co. . .621, 645

Fenton Grange anniver-



sary 5

Granges organized and re-



organized ............ 535

Ingham county pomona



meeting 503

Interesting children in the



Grange .......... 701, 5

Juvenile granges ........ 749

Kent Pomona meeting, 301,



565.



Madison girls’ home eco-

nomics club ......... 116



Mendon united welfare as-

sociation corn show. .412



Millington grange an ac-

tive organization .. .213



Newaygo County Pomona. 146



Pomona meeting ......... 261



Report of state lectui'ci 1'01

1915



Shiawassee pomona M. A.



C. scholarship ....... 116

Special pomona meetings. 189

Standaid g1anges146‘

The grange in co- operative



selling 47



Hesperian meetings . . . .'

market problem ....... 340

three suggestions ...... 52



Traverse gi'ange discusses



social centers ........ 589

Farmers’ Clubs.





Annual club banquet ...... 413



Club discussions, 20, 53, 84,

117, 146, 213, 261, 301, 341,

371, 445, 477, 503, 565, 621,

677, 701, 725, 751, 765.



Club extension ........... 53



Co-operative enterprises of

farmers’ clubs



Make the club a boosters’

organization ......... 701



Midsummer club activities725





Patriotism ...... 535, 565, 589

Preparing for next year’s

meeting ............. 37.1.

Taxation views misunder-

stood 445

That summer rally 58

Yearly programs, 189, 301,341





I llustratlons.





Alfalfa fields ........ . . . .481

Barnyard, unsanitary . . . .707

Bean contest, winners in

Huron county . . . . . . ..195

field... ....... .........650

Blackberry patch . . . . . . . . 518

Box, refrigerator ......... 560

Bruce, Robt., ruins of the

home of ....... . ..... 666

Bulletin board . . . . . . ..... 768

Calves, Jersey . . . . ....... 132

Cattle, best on the Detroit

market .............. 16

Chart showing jobbers and

retailers’ prices ...... 538

of Michigan, corn. . ..... 571

Chicks, runs for .......... 474

Children out for all ing. . .109

at play ........... 662, 739

Colony house, portable. . . .508

Concrete fence posts. . . . . 651

Co-operative association

loading station ...... 164

scenes of South Haven. 674

buildings in Norway. . . .395

warehouse in Copenhag-

en . . . . .256

Corn, short 4.....49

ideal seed .............569

Cow and baby. . . . . . . . . ...241

Culverts, corrugated metal

..... ............. 7

Cutworms on tree. . . . . . .654

Danish dairy building-s. . .. .231

bull ...... OOOOOOOOIOOIC231

Daisy field ..............666

Dairy barn, 01d. . . . . . . .317

buildings .........387

stock in Illinois, pure~





so...





w0men’s'congress at M'. H

A.





.7v—1, .





.. '; 603" ' "





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Ditch by road caused by

‘erosion

Ditching scenes . . . . ..121, 285

Daily design ............. 42

Drainage diagrams . . . . . .. .731

Edging design ...... . . . . .259

Egg crates ...'...........614

Fancy work designs... . . . 76



Farm buildings, utility ar-

rangement

in France . .578

home -of H. A. Osborn. .628

scenes in Upper Penin~

sula ............... . .625

scene on Whitney ...... 628

home of Harvey Haynes 25

home, pioneer ..... . . . .

Fence posts, scenes show-

ing treatment. . . .513, 515

Field, burning over ....... 417

Flag of Revolutionary days





bred ' 6'





Flowers, Easter ...... . . . .555



Funston, Gen ......... . . . .494



Garden marker



Gardening scenes . . . .



Germination box



Girls’ home economics

club views ........... 116



Girl with snowshoes . . . . ..249



Gown for miss, evening. ..718



Grange, meeting place' of





Grass and brush land. .. .227

Greenhouse for farmers. . .385

Gypsy camp .......... . . .498

Hay, loads of ............ 584

Hen champion egg produc-





Hens on exhibit .......... 334

Highways, planting along

public .......... . . . . .193

Hog house, plans for ...... 32

pasture 67

Hols3t§én cows in pasture, 279,





Hort. show at M. A. C. 233

Horse stalls, COllCl ete abut-

ments for 307

Horses, farm.

cultivating with . . . . .

Hot-bed, cross section 0f..314

Ice house, permanent ..... 93

Irrigating outfit for straw-

berries ............... 573

Japanese gardening scenes





Jei sey cow .......... 203, 735

Lambs, Dorset .......... 545

in field .425

Lincoln, Abraham. . . . . . . .206

Manure pit, concrete. . . . . .451

spreader 706

Mares, good brood. . . . . . . 487

Mexico, map of ..... . . . . . .494

Milk wagon ............. 438

Motorcycle on country road





Muff for child. . .

Nu1 seiy grown trees. . . . .196

Nut trees ............... 549

Oats sprouted for

ens

Oat s prouter, home-made..294

fields

Orchard chart

heaters in operation. .

in blossom ........ 232

plowed

Pattern of 17 pieces ..... ..

Peach or chaid, grass in.

tree ................... 757

tree, pruning .......... 384

Pigs, litter of ............. 734

Plantng board for orchard

........................ 128

Plant protector for cab-

bage ................ 598

Plowing under vetch and

rye .

green manure

Potatoes, a good crop of. .123

Potato field, Mr. Emery’s. .417

farm, scenes in Maine, 593,

596.

Poultry, automatic feeder

for. . . . .218

house on posts ......... 253

house Wood' 5, 372, 540, 676

yard scenes ....... 153,292

yard, Spanish .......... 466

Red-Polled bull, champion

of 1915 3

School children in celebra-

tion ................. 430

Scratching pen for winter

use .

Sign board on tree. . .

Soil, well drained. . . . .

Spraying scenes .......

Strawberry patch,





..225

snow

mulch for .......... .31

patch ........ 160, 271, 455

Sugar bush, scenes in a

Mich higan .......... 89,

Tatting designs . . . . . . .694

Tractor meet scenes. . . . . .633

Trees, broken shade. . . . .728.

grafted ............ . . . ..386

in blossom, plum. . . . . . .733

methods of bracing. . . ..732

Vineyard of R. A. Smythe. 272

Wallace, Henry ...... ”.306

Washington, George . . . . .244

Women, well gownedz. 2. . .324

Wood pile ......... ,267

Woodlot scenes, 57,59,155,

377, 379.





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